They went to go check the bunker out, but it was bolted shut and just decided not to try. Lucas Simms died a few days later… he
Blaming Montana for the events of one cataclysmic summer would just remove responsibility and imply that such events were acceptable in that environment. In the novel Montana 1948 there is much controversy on who or what can be blamed for such major events. The town of Montana cannot be blamed for events such as Frank Hayden’s rape of Indian girls, his murder of Marie Little Soldier or his suicide at the end of the novel with the constant decision of whether Frank should or shouldn’t be locked up for his actions. It can be argued that the characters of Montana are solely to blame but it can also be said that the town and the insane environment of Montana is at fault. The isolated and barren town of Montana cannot be blamed for such catastrophic events.
The Chickasaw tribe reluctantly agreed to this treaty under pressure from the United States, which left them little to no choice because of its mass power. In return for agreeing to this treaty, the federal government offered to provide the Chickasaw tribe with suitable Western land and would protect them until they moved to it. As a result of this treaty, the Chickasaw lost their ability to determine their own areas of settlement. This ‘negotiation’ demonstrates Jackson’s majority rule instead of looking out for the rights of all people, including minority groups that Jackson often showed a disinterest in helping. After this, Jackson believed, because the powers of the Mohigan, the Narragansett, and the Delaware tribes were growing over the power of the Choctaw, the Cherokee, and the Creek, that the weaker tribes should be moved to a different land to be protected.
A purification ritual in a Sweat Lodge always precedes the Sun Dance for the Sioux people. The white settlers thought this was highly uncivilised and wrong because the Indians practiced the ritual like it was a normal occurrence (which to them it sort of was) the white settlers thought it was an outrageous thing to do and it was
It shows that in the face of adversity, there is always that cloud with a silver lining. This article was actually an eye opener, reading about all trials and tribulations Kaplansky had to go through for rights that should be given to all, regardless of race and background. It is so hard to believe that just a couple years ago anti-Semitic views were shared by the vast majority of a town. This being brought to the light, having it hit so close to home, was a good thing for me because I now am proud of how far we as Canadians have come; especially, in certain areas like Toronto where multiculturalism is basically the trademark of the city. This article has changed my outlook on many topics, now that I have read it.
The Indians’ actions of chasing out missionaries and driving off surveyors with axes and not allowing whites in their villages portrays them as people who have a pessimistic attitudes towards the other races. The Colonizing Society also portrays the antagonistic/hostile attitude toward other races. This is seen in the mounted policeman’s conversation with Ms. Carr in Kitwangak. “We have no end of trouble with those people- chased missionaries out and drove out surveyors off with axes- simply won’t have whites in their village” (148). The colonizing Society also has the pessimistic attitude of hostility and unfriendliness with the Indians and they advised Ms. Carr not to visit Kitwancool.
In a country that prides itself on nationalism, the poor mistreatment of Aboriginal people in their communities does not express the idea of Canadian equality. “Popular usages of race have been based on the assumption that a race is a grouping or classification based on genetic variations in physical appearance, particularly skin colour” (Murry, Linden, and Kendall, 2014, p.274). Race minorities like Aboriginals are already at an unfair disadvantage because of being a minoritiy in Canada. A majority has the option to abuse its power or help those minorities, making equality possible (Murry.2014, p.276). People stereotype a whole minority as one type of people even if its not true (Murry, 2014, p.277).
As I said this is how they gained respect and by doing this they could also gain a wife. Indians didn’t belief in dying in warfare because they thought dying in a battle was stupid as a dead brave couldn’t feed his family. However for the Americans stealing was a crime, and murders were killed or imprisoned. They thought that to be killed in a battle was an honour but to run away was cowardly. In conclusion you can see why white Americans society thought differently from the Indians society.
Many of these acts proved to be failures, and left conflicts unresolved. The Allotment Act of 1887 was passed to provide each family of tribal members 160 acres of land in hopes for assimilation with the non-Native Americans. This act ended in failure with poor planning, and no effort with teaching Natives how to cultivate land like White homesteaders in order to survive. Later, this resulted in many White landowners taking possession of these lands. The few Native Americans that managed to keep their land, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), a federal government committee, served as trustee and held the legal titles over these lands.
Freedom is not free yet. It means responsibility and has many consequences. Some may argue that America is a democracy and a free country, but as I am growing older into adult hood, I have realized that this great land that we live in is not truly the home of the free but rather the home of the still oppressed and peoples of minority status. Freedom is a relative term where only certain people are regarded as human beings and thus deserve unalienable rights. Every day that goes, the media is constantly showing the realities of this cruel and oppressed country giving off vibes of racial inequality as pictures of the ghettos appear across the screen.