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It is with respect to the attitude displayed toward strangers that a com­ munity's psychic identity can be determined. A community that is uncertain about itself must act in self-defense against any outsider to prevent any con­ ceivable threat to its existence, whereas a community that has a stable identity accords to other communities the dignity of the distinct existence that it wishes to receive itself." (Vine Deloria Jr., Leslie Marmon Silko, George E. Tinker – God Is Red A Native View of Religion Fulcrum Publishing (2003))