From these two videos, I have a better understand of American Indian history overview. Especially from video Pride 101, Dr. Duane Champagne mentions the removal policy of Native Indians, and because of the policy, the tribes have to move from Southeast to Oklahoma. These two videos show audiences a long history and policy about American Indians and how struggled they had been through in a native land. After I finished from these two videos, I can see many parallels between the struggles the Native American Tribes and my people encounter dealing with the U.S. Government “You can never be part of Indian. You are or you are not.
Native Americans were forced to apply the American culture when western settlers had moved on to their land. Children from Native families were sent to charter schools, where they could only speak English. The federal government prevented the Indian tradition of the Ghost Dance because they fear
Forgive and Forget It is very important for every human being to forgive him or herself because if you live, you will make mistakes- it is inevitable. But once you do and you see the mistake, then you forgive yourself and say “Well, if I’d know better I’d have done better,” that’s all. (Interview) Maya Angelou, author of the novel, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, describes the act of forgiveness in this interview with In Context magazine, issue #43, as well as many other pieces advice. In Angelou’s memoir, she suffered many tragedies, and she tells of them in her book. The story begins during her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas, and as the story progresses, she goes through many experiences.
Allison’s characters are notably similar to her own poor southern family. And even the story seems to follow and mimic her own escape from the fate that destroyed so many generations of her family and would have swallowed her alive. She used writing as a means to fight back and to expose the evils of her childhood. By writing this story as fictions it makes it possible for her to create the basic detachment needed to comprehend the transparency of the characters without being too sentimental. In that aspect her characters are not lacking in depth and it is because of this nonfictional pretense that some of the images are so horrifying.
Finally the re-scripting of events through diaries and other literature that describe Indian “occupation” rather than possession or nativity, or the “first” wedding in a New English colony to manufacture a status quo where the New English become native New Englanders, and where Indians become intruders in settlements rather than the land’s native inhabitants. In other words, narrative frameworks are a tool of erasure of Indian culture and society in the early history of New England. New English settlers used racial and cultural differences to drive a wedge between themselves and the “other” inhabitants of the
These struggles were not only political but also personal. Housseine portrays a story of oppression and hope through the eyes of two women in the war scared country. 2. Characters Mariam- “Mariam knew that life had for the most part been unkind to her. But as she walked her final twenty paces, she could not help but wish for more of it” (Pg.
Analysis of Walker Brothers Cowboy Being born in a time of economic downfall and financial woes would often deter a person from trying to overcome their situation and strive to break the mold of normalcy. This is exactly what Alice Munro did when she began writing short stories telling of poverty and broken expectations for people during the depression, especially women. Not only were the stories she wrote recognized and regarded highly by fellow Canadians, but people all over the world related to what she wrote and respected her for the life lessons and realities found in her works. Walker Brothers Cowboy is a story in which Munro combines poverty, misfortune, adolescence, lust, confusion, and confinement to show how monotony and expectations can and will break down a family through the eyes of an adolescent. Walker Brothers Cowboy delves into the brutal truth of how hard life can be, especially during a time when money was scarce and secrets ran deep.
In the book Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Kathleen Boo, the destitute life of poverty in Annawadi serves as a double-edged sword in Asha’s life; while it inspired her determination to lead a superior life, it also gradually corroded the humanity within her mind. Motivated by her impoverished childhood life and the poor living conditions in the slum, Asha had developed her strong determination to rise above her current situation and to live a better life with power and money. Unfortunately, she had gone through a difficult childhood in her hometown in northeastern Maharashtra. As one of the women in her hometown recalled, “She’d been distinguished by her ability to work like a donkey even when she had not eaten for days” (136). Despite the lack of food and terrible living conditions, Asha had been working hard since she was a child.
My Life As A Native American Dear Amanda: Thank you for your recent letter inquiring about my thoughts on the continued discrimination of Native Americans in America. As you can imagine, being of Native American heritage, I find it completely unacceptable in this day and age for racism and discrimination to be so prevalent. As I am sure you may not be are aware, that the American Indians have suffered through acts of racism and discrimination longer than any other race of people in the United States. With that being said, let me share a little of my heritage with you so that you might better understand the issues my people faced during the European invasion as well as today. At one time in history it was believed that the population of the different Native American tribes in the United States ranged anywhere for ten to ninety million people.
Returning home from school with a new name, look, attitude, and man; Dee continuously finds reasons to insult the lifestyles of her mother and sister. Walker shows that one’s culture and heritage are represented by neither the possession of objects nor external appearances, but by one’s lifestyle and attitude. In this short story, Walker shows us how Dee was not only greedy with money but also with her heritage and had a total lack of regard for her family. It seems as if acquiring collegiate educated, she realizes that her heritage really has meaning in her life. Walker characterizes the different sides of culture and heritage in the characters of Dee (Wangero), her mother and sister -Maggie.