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The author from the passage Act of Sadness , was given the name Wooden Leg by his tribe as a result of his capability to walk lengthy ways than any other man within his tribe. Wooden Leg is also well known for taking part in the Battle of Little Bighorn where the Natives defeated and vanquished the Americans. He soon went on to become a judge, a Christian priest, and a teacher of American law. In the passage, Wooden Leg asserts how he subsumes American culture yet it’s not uprooting him from his tribe but is a strategy to protect the endowment and legacy within his tribe. Wooden Leg interprets that old Native teachings should not once ever be uprooted or else it will be permanently wrecked. Wooden Leg says that anything growing on earth may be cut but certainly not uprooted from the earth. The demolition of any development or growth can only be done by a dependable Indian when “his act is done in sadness and with a prayer for forgiveness for his necessities.” The metaphor that Wood...

What circulates the world? Power, money, manipulation, and greed. How does one gain it? Targeting submissive, obidient, mild humans. Power and greed is the essence of what took place when the colonists seized the Native Americans. Colonists empathically and forcefully assembled their way into Native grounds. Naturally, the natives rigidly fought back but were ruthlessly exploited and mistreated by the colonists. The struggle of retaining their land and culture exhausted them. Colonists shouldn’t have the right away to dominate one’s land or corrupt and convert one’s culture. Sadly, Natives didn’t have the entitlement to triumph in the never ending battle with the colonists. This fatigue exhaustion was exhibited in Chief Joseph’s surrender speech taken place on October 5th, 1877 and interprets how worn out and fatigued him and his were. He commences his speech with “I’m tired of fighting.” How can four words be this affective? He simply accepts defeat and weariness. This gives the col...

When learning about Native American culture, you instantly know they are collaborative, communal, and family oriented. They endeavor to conserve their traditions and rituals and maintain their culture pristine. They highly respect, cherish, and value their ancestors and sight them superior and as an authority figure. This implies to both the youth and mature individuals within the tribe. As for modern and contemporary Euro-centeric culture, altogether is administered, edified, and dominated. Laws are written to guide and inform us what we can do and what we can’t when as Native Americans who aid, lift, and support each other. John Lame Deer, author of Seeker of Visions discusses on whence the two cultures are amalgamated along with how the European colonists asserted that Native Americans are uncivilized in a mordant, sardonic, and satirical manner. Yet in actuality, the European colonists are the uncivilized, vulgar, and uncultured individuals. Author, John Lame Deer mockingly indic...

I believe that Coates's experience with racism doesn't leave humanity any anticipation that there will ever be any racial equality, ever. His knowledge of living the life of a young black man followed him with the constant fear of death and oppression as well. Death could emerge anywhere whether it's from his own people or the hands or gun of a policeman. The oppression extracts from schools that Coates attended as well as the complex network of the United States which exploits to maintain minorty class, especially Black people under their power and control to demote their role within civilization.  Our civilization lives off of racism and was built upon it. Coates's intentions were to reveal the hopelessness of rectifying this racial matter and he does this by discussing his own experience as a young black man in America. With that being said, this leaves the reader with the reality of racism of the United States and what big of a target it feels like to be black in Am...