Deloria, with her analytical investigation, Indians in Unexpected Places, recounts the synthesis of the expectations of Western whites and American Indians. The book takes its title from the overall thesis, which explores not only the relationship between Indians and their introduction to an alien culture, but also the expectations we have of Indians and how they "should" interact with our culture Western white. According to Deloria, the common idea is that “the Indian people, locked in isolated and impoverished reserves, have lost modernity – indeed, they have almost lost history itself”. (Deloria p. 6) This false expectation we have of Native American peoples makes us balk at the anomalies of an Indian when combined with Western culture. Deloria, in the introduction, begins with an image of an American Indian using a modern bubble hair dryer in a hair salon. This image often evokes a chuckle, as Deloria states, because of our innate expectation that an Indian would wear buckskin on the plains, rather than in a hair salon. Often, once the topic of stereotypes, malice and expectations is raised, the giggle or smile vanishes. The preconceived ideal of what an American Indian should be like is so deeply ingrained within us that we don't even think twice when we judge a supposed anomaly like the woman under the hair dryer. Deloria organizes his work into five sections, in the form of essays. These address issues related to the stereotypes and expectations we have of Native peoples, in a variety of different aspects. The first focuses on the idea of ​​violence and the popular notion of a savage depiction of Indians. The second focuses on Native Americans' view of themselves... middle of paper... the perception of Native Americans, as the current state is less than satisfactory. Deloria was successful in her argumentation and presentation throughout this work, and allowed me to realize my expectations that may have been latent and unconscious. My favorite essay in the book was the one that focused on technology and automobiles in Native American culture, until that chapter I didn't realize how anachronistic the "savage and primitive" Indians appeared when depicted in an automobile or with a gun . This realization in my mind was really interesting to see, as I had always thought it was strange to see a headdress next to a man-made machine, but I couldn't explain why this was before Deloria's analysis. The unnaturalness of the anachronism was due to my personal expectations of where an Indian should be, and even a latent superiority that led me to judge the image.