The Three Native Americans: The Child's Cry

My hand swung to my side, feeling the sharp stone puncture layers of skin and muscle. Wailing in agony as blood spurted out of the wound, I run towards nearby shelter. The shrill screams of dying men rip through the air, accompanied by the sounds of arrows whizzing through the air and the Indians whoop when they hit a target. Dizzy from pain and hunger, I lay in a more comfortable position, just hoping to survive this wretched attack. ”Why did I ever come here?” the thought pounded through my head. “Oh yeah, I remember why. Land. Money.” That irritating know-it-all voice answered. I hear feet pounding around me and realize that the Indians have gone inside the town. One enters the door and maliciously grins when he sees me. He runs toward me and my eyes widen with shock as the spear plunges down, and becomes closer and closer….

She had walked quite a long distance from the lake towards the huckleberry shrubs when she suddenly found herself facing a grizzly bear just twenty paces ahead of her. She wanted to run away that instant but her instincts stopped her and she slowly tried moving one step backward. When she did that the bear came one or two steps forward. She stopped and the bear stopped too. She saw Liam behind the

Early one morning, Dunbar felt what seemed to be an earthquake. He ran outside to see hundreds of thousands of buffalo stampeding past the fort. Dunbar then jumped on his horse and rode to the Sioux village to inform them of the good news. Although he wasn’t welcomed warmly, when the Sioux realized what Dunbar was telling them another celebration broke out. From that moment, Dunbar felt as a celebrity among the Indians and the majority of them accepted him. Dunbar participated in the buffalo hunt and saved the life of a young Sioux boy by killing a buffalo that was charging towards him. That evening, Dunbar took the some of the first steps to becoming one of the Sioux. He traded away his soldier jacket and hat for Indian goods and joined in on the feast and celebration of a successful buffalo hunt. Dunbar no longer saw these men as savages but quite the opposite. The Sioux were a civilized tribe that loved nature and family, as well as acted on carefully thought out

Many were forced to evacuate to other regions within the country and endure the infamous Trail of Tears. While Native Americans are not forcibly removed from their homes anymore, this story shows a modern-day example of mistreatment or borders that Native Americans deal with. While the mother faced many different conflicts, externally and internally, she readily accepts the challenge and is not willing to step down. She displays the pride of the Blackfoot Indians and is not willing to let the government tell her who she is and let them define her. She sets an example for Native Americans, standing up against a government that has held them down for so long. That they should always have pride in who they are, and where they came

As she adventures into the deep Everglades with only a few supplies, she comes across a deer, and she wondered why it was so spooked. “Hardly had she spoken than she was struck by a blast of hot air, more searing than the one she had felt in the boat.’ It smelled of burning grass”(27). Then she sees fire through all the tall and short trees and runs to shore when she realizes her boat and then runs straight to it. As she gets on the ship, she cannot paddle fast enough, and she says “The fire is coming too fast”(27). So she finds a nearby cave and figures it is her only hope. As Billie is running from the fire, she assumes the fire was the serpent because “They spat black smoke as the many-tongued beast came rushing toward Billie”(27) just like if the fires black smoke was the tongue of the serpent. While she was hiding from the serpent, she explored the cave and found fascinating artifacts about the Calusa tribe. The Calusa tribe are the ancestors of the Seminole tribe and there a Seminole legend. The Calusa tribe are called the underground people because they built ramps that go underground and she identified how they lived.When Billie was in the cave, she found a cause pot that inspired her to start believing in her tribe's legend. So far billies evaluation has changed because she has become very intrigued in her tribe's

The role of storytelling in this film initiates great importance in the Native American community. It is seen throughout the movie that many stories are being told by different Indians in their point of view that emphasize some type of importance in their life. It is also a way of exchanging something and/or build a relationship with others. Storytelling has the power to draw someone in and let the storyteller have a voice. The audience may have never heard from a Native American, therefore it was their stage to present their feelings and experiences. I think the film is saying that stories can ease the soul and “the truth” hurts. This history of Native American’s is tragic and it seems it has caught up with today’s generation. Stories gives Indians an outlet to get away from the real world and express themselves freely, while the truth resembles reality.

“Can I talk with you for a little while, Myra?” asked Miranda. “Before we part company, I have something to get off my chest.”

The Cherokee were Stripped from their homelands and forcefully evacuated through a perilous journey from miles on end; this was due to the implementation of the Indian Removal Act in 1838. In Diane Glancy’s “Pushing the Bear”, the reader discovers how the Cherokee Indians overcome their hardships and flourish into a new, thriving community during what is known as the “Trail of Tears.” In this novel, the audience observe how these Cherokee Indians outlast the harsh environment after the Indian Removal Act. Additionally, Glancy creates a human experience during the Trail of Tears; giving a different perspective of various characters. Through the eyes of characters such as Maritole and Knobowtee, the reader can sense the desperation that the

It was a warm, breezy summer morning in Tennessee, 1838. Under the cool shade of the trees was a village of a tribe called the Cherokees. Their houses had wooden walls made of cut up logs, their roofs were made of wood bark. Chea Sequa. Chief of the Wolf Clan village, stood tall and strong with long hair as dark as the middle of a sunflower (where the seeds are held through the long summers). His eyes were brown like the rich brown earth (that was used for farming). Amadahy (the Chiefs’ wife) stood confident, she had hair as dark as the midnight sky, and she had the powerful eyes that belonged to a wife and a mother of a young daughter. Adsila the chiefs daughter who is now 8 summers (years) old stood confident like her mother, but had the

She gets around them and manages to mount her horse. She encourages the horse to move, and soon they are sprinting down the street. She could hear the faint sounds of explosions and screams behind her. Whipping out her map, she finds a random route to follow. She pushes forward and ignores the chaos behind her. The trees become thicker around

“Uhm guys what's that?” Sarah questions as she's shaking of nervousness. As I turn my head to look at what they were talking about I see a very old, rusty, scary looking house.

Before she knew it, she heard the scary sound of fear. Troops came marching down the street to her door. They said no words to her, but drank ale instead. She sat at her table and waited for Jeff to save her. The troops tied her up and bound her to the foot of her narrow bed. They knelt beside her with muskets at her

Emily picks her up and starts walking away. INT. House - SunriseRay starts to wake up and immediately starts to panic.

Two weeks later they arrived at Oklahoma, where they were told to go to homes given to them called the reservation. It seemed so weird using their houses provided for them instead of their wigwams. Everything had changed in the few past months. Itawamba lost his father, his home, and his life. Itawamba and Miko still go out to hunt for deer and live life the way they used to. One late summer day Itawamba woke up and heard his mother talking to someone in their house.

Standing by his dresser with his hands on his face coming down till his right hand is holding his right arm. She notices his anxious look and tries to comfort him, “Coop it’s not your fault we both didn’t want this to happen but it did. Don’t think of me as an enemy, if it means putting an end to this we can’t be like before. Looking at Regan he nods his head but stays quiet