A Fugitive Indians Analysis

In the book Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie the readers may have a difficult time identifying who the Indian killer was. The book creates a sense of desperation and peculiar self accomplishment by the killer, although falling short of their ambition. In everyone’s impermanence the killer did not last long after the chaos and sporadic murders in Seattle. In the Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie, John and Marie are both responsible for the killings because of their shared desire to kill a white man.

Chapter three in the book From Indians To Chicano by James Diego Vigil focuses on explaining the breakup and the transformation that occur with the social order. This chapter talks about who were the conquerors, how the destruction of Tenochtitlan occurred and how the colonial practices began after that. These three subtopics are important because it is what made Mexico. The first subtopic the book talks about is the conquerors.

Martin Luther King Jr. best addresses the discrimination and oppression of Native Americans (NAs) in his book, Why We Can’t Wait (1964):

The poem, “The Theft Outright” by Heid E. Erdrich, a Native American poet, refutes claims made in another poem, “The Gift Outright” by Robert Frost, that America was empty before the colonists. In his poem, Frost claims that America was “unstoried, artless, [and] unenhanced,”(Frost 15) demonstrating blatant racism by erasing the entire Native American culture and race from American history. Erdrich counters his beliefs by citing the colorful, full lives of Indians in the past and now, directly juxtaposing his work by saying that the Americas are “still storied, art-filled, [and] fully enhanced”(Erdrich 30) from the Native Americans that lived there. Similarly, the book “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie deals with racism. It tells the story of Arnold Spirit Jr, a Native American boy who wants a better life, so he switches schools from his poverty stricken school to an all white school in a small town called Reardan. Junior frequently faces challenges of racism; he is seen as less than his white peers at his new school because he is Indian, and he is constantly being shown by others’ words and actions that he does not deserve a quality education because of his heritage. Despite the novel’s humorous style, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” provides accurate commentary on education and racism in recent times through Junior’s experiences at Reardan, with his developing friendship with Gordy, his views on the pedestals that white

During the presidency of Andrew Jackson, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. The proponents of removal including President Jackson believed it was in the best interest of the native people to be relocated west of the Mississippi. The debate for Indian removal included several arguments to justify the government’s actions.

Marcus Garvey once said, “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots” (Bro). Here, he proclaims the idea that in order to live a culture must be passed down from generation to generation, growing its roots. When two cultures were fighting for dominance in the U.S., the American government developed a plan to eradicate the First Nations’ roots, buying into the philosophy of Captain Richard H. Pratt when he stated that instead of killing all the Natives it would be of more use to “kill the Indian, and save the man” (“Kill”). Between the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, the United States government used boarding schools to try to assimilate Native Americans into modern American culture;

In Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie, gruesome events hint towards each main character being a possible suspect. John Smith is the main character of the story that the readers know most about. Sherman Alexie gives John a mental disability in order to give the readers a suspect of being the killer. Reggie, Marie, Dr. Mather, and Jack Wilson are also main characters that can arguably be the killer. Reggie and Marie are the Indian killers because of the various death threats they make towards white men.

The Indian removal policy of the US government got signed to law on May 28,1830 which gave the president the right to grant unsettled lands west of Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing borders. “A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy.” Approximately 15,000 Cherokees had opposed the treaty because they wanted to keep their nation under their control not the U.S. government. The Cherokee Indians were moved west from the United States government during the fall and winter of 1838 and 1839. The leaders of the Cherokee nation had wrote a letter to congress to protest the treaty of Echota. Some of the Cherokee Indians had approved the treaty and signed their land into the U.S. government but majority

The author believes the Indian New Deal will provide the Indians with new found benefits, many of which had been taken away from them by the government. The greatest benefit that the Indian New Deal would bring is the restoration of land. The Indians have been removed from their homes without a real excuse, and having their land back would be great. The New Deal would also prohibit the selling of land, making “Indian-owned land into tribal or community ownership”. With their land back the Indians would also free themselves from the suppression of their religious and social customs. This would all result in the benefit of self-government for the Indians with federal supervision, and if they prove being capable of self-government it could lead advancements in citizenship and their rights.

In my opinion I think that the Cherokee should move because of the threat from the U.S.invader and the leader of white people already signed the Indian removal law.

The Plain Indians Fall The Plain Indians were a group of indians that got their name from living in the great plains of the United States. The Plain Indians were known for worshiping the Great Spirit, and would preform rituals and dances to their Great Spirit. Their main food source was buffalo and they would rely on that highly in order to survive. The Plain Indians were a very distinct group of people that relied on the land and natural resources in order to survive.

When finding vigilante justice should we follow the law or our own personal vendetta? When I hear of someone trying to arrest a rapist, I automatically think of the TV show Law & Order: SVU that deals with solving rape cases and a variety of sexual assault cases. When they’re solving rape cases, they look at the crime scene in order to get a motive, evidence, and witnesses that will help them find a cause to pinpoint them to the identity of the rapist where they will go to trial. If there is no type of evidence that will lead them to the crime scene, then they can not arrest them. When the novel describes the old Indian trail cases in chapter three, it seems very logical and straightforward without having to over analyze the crime. I believe Indian law is too simple because they follow their personal beliefs and mistakes can easily be made when trying to solve criminal cases. Along with their simple laws, the Ojibwe have their own tribal myths they play an influential role in the making of tribal laws, therefore, it is vital where the United States laws take it to a whole new level by looking at the crime scene from every angle. Both Indian law and the United States laws have their own unique system to solve the crime. When Joe is trying to solve his mother’s rape, he is conflicted on whether to follow the criminal justice system or the Indian laws to find his mother justice. I can see his problem, but in the end he had to follow his morals by advancing into a vigilante.

The Indian culture and everything they contributed to the successful culmination of the United States has been lost in history. Many historians have attempted to go back in time with minimal resources and reconstruct the history of Indian culture with diminutive weal. The Nation known today as the United States of America has a foundational structure built on beliefs and forms of government that derived from Native American culture; so extinguishing Indians from existence is nonsensical. Although it did not happen overnight the removal of the American Indians from the eastern tribes was forced upon them because of greed, and caused extreme

“No, I am not the guilty one here and should be called a criminal. The white race of American is the criminal for the destructions of our lands and my people.” Leonard Peltier is an imprisoned Native American who is considered by Amnesty International and the National Congress of American Indians, a “political prisoner” who should be “immediately and unconditionally released.” Leonard Peltier was a leading member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) an activist group and an organization, which seek to encourage and defend Native American Indian rights during a period of intense conflicts in the 1970s. On June 26, 1975, a confrontation involving AIM members and FBI agents occurred that led to the death of two federal officers Ronald Williams and Jack Coler. On June 1, 1977 Leonard Peltier was sentenced to two life terms for the deaths of two FBI agents. To this day, the Peltier case has been saturated in secrecy. Although he never denies he was there when the shooting happened, he always insists he never killed the FBI agents.

Next, the speaker talks about the fish’s eyes, larger, shallower, and yellower than hers. The different pieces of fishing line caught in his jaw shows how many times he either escaped or was let go by the other fishers. Then the description of the rented boat, the parts of the boat that all turned into a rainbow.