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            Wooden Leg  was a northern cheyenne warrior who fought against custer at the Battle of  the Little Big horn. Wooden legs culture believes in respect and value towards animals and nature. He lived in a reservation and was taught new things .Wooden Leg became a mixture of American Culture and Native culture when he converted to christianity because of his belief that it wasn't much different from Native Culture.          Wooden leg appreciates and valued his culture. He believes that uprooting nature is wrong as he says so "it is wrong to tear loose from its place on the earth anything that may be growing there".  Wooden Leg stated that when something is cut off completely, the person responsible acted out of sadness and should pray for forgiveness". Even though Wooden leg has adapted to American ways he never fully commited those ways because its wrong.           Throughout the ...

       Chief Joseph was the leader of the one of the largest tribes the Nez Perce. He faced with white settlement in tribal lands of Oregon. Many believe he died of a "broken heart" but he will always be remembered for leading his people on an epic flight across the Rocky Mountains.He didn't want his people to be subjected to oppresion by the colonizers, so he led them on a journey to Canada's border. On this journey they had to combat with them for the majority of the way, until he was eventually exhausted of the will to carry on and goes on to elaborate more on this feeling, in this speech.       Chief Joseph asserts that he is tired of fighting  " I will fight no more forever".  Then chief joseph starts listing all the reasons he is surrendering such as they  have no blankets, little children are freezing to death, they have no food,etc. "Hear me, my Chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad". Due to the dissray of his people C...

     The people  who first discovered and lived in the Americas were called Native Americans. Native culture was wiped out when Europeans came to this country and labeled them as  "Savages". Native Americans survived in uncivilized conditions. John Lame Deer asserts natives were not "savages" but in fact more advanced.      John Lame Deer is insinuating that before the Americans ( White people) came to their land they were civilized. For them the value of a human being was not determined by their wealth. " We had no written laws laid down". They were too uncivilized and didn't give importance to wealth, private property, etc. When someone was too poor to buy something they would be given it as a gift. " Without a prison, there can be no delinquents." They didn't need to have a prison because anything they needed would be given to them as a gift, their was no need to steal. John also states that the white men make them believe that wit...

            In the book Between the world and Me fear distorted Coates's life and his way of looking at the world through past experiences he had to deal with while growing up.  Coates grew up in Baltimore surrounded by gangs and had to watch out for other things that can put him in danger of losing his body, while his son has had an easier experience.The experiences Coates went through at a young age and the lessons he was taught by his mom growing up affects how he sees the world around him. with negativity and has his mind set that there isn't a lot of opportunities for the black community. For Coates's The American Dream is not realistic because the idea of achieving great things isn't emphasized realistically. Fear is palpably described in the book, the fear isn't inevitable for Ta'Nehisi son because he hasn't lived a life like his father has, however for Ta'Nehisi the fear is inevitable because his history of his past is always there. Ta' Ne...