Zitkala-Sa

Indian Girl” by Zitkala-Sa. Both Du Bois and Zitkala-Sa discuss two different worlds that they live in while trying become both identities. Unfortunately this is a difficult thing to achieve because of the loss of individualization, lack of education, and the hate experienced by these minorities. The loss of individualization is experienced by these

of an Indian Girl by Zitkala-sa, it shows us a view of ethnic identity. By telling us how a little girl is in a home, away from her mother, while learning how to adapt to the new culture she’s in. In Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, it shows us a different view of a man in another form of an ethnic identity. It shows us that the man is seen as a different person then who he really is, instead of a black man who isn’t seen as what he actually is. In Why I am A Pagan by Zitkala-sa, it used cultural identity

stamina. Adaption is an enormous aspect because a person might be required to move from a place to another in order to achieve a certain goal, so the ability to adapt need to exist in order to succeed. In Sa’s memoir School Days Of An Indian Girl, Zitkala-Sa was required to adapt to the American culture in order to achieve her goals and to succeed. When I moved to the United States six years ago, I faced the exact same problem, which was the requirement of adapting to the new culture in order to succeed

all trace of the Indian culture. One of the harshest critics was Gertude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa: “Red Bird”), a famous Indian author and artist who once taught at the Carlisle Indian School. According to Zitkala-Sa, the boarding school system was a "miserable state of cultural dislocation," that created problems long after the children returned home. (Yu) The passion for Native American representation began with Zitkala-Sa personal heritage and on-going desire to retain the American

Most children of immigrant parents are living a double life: American citizen by day and citizen of their homeland at night. The expectation from these children is to assimilate into a new culture and still hold on to their native roots. In theory they should be getting the best of both worlds. However, in reality many of these children will grow up in the American society with a confused, unhealthy mindset and not progress as they should. Above all, not being able to fit into one culture can desensitize

Zitkala Ša’s “Impressions of an Indian Childhood” and “The School Days of an Indian Girl,” as well as Sherman Alexie’s “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona,” are extremely informative in regard to the gross injustice suffered by Native American cultures across the United States. The effects of forcing Native Americans to assimilate to American ways are still evident today and is most obvious in the shift in their cultural identity. Assimilation destroyed the cultural identity of Native

Consequences of this, however, included alienation from their tribal family members. As Zitkala-Sa explains in her essay, The School Days of an Indian Girl, “My mother...was not capable of comforting her daughter who could read and write” (Zitkala-Sa). In fact, it is only after her tenure in America that Gertrude Simmons gives herself the Native American name Zitkala-Sa, which translates to Red Bird. Aptly named, Zitkala-Sa returned to traditionalism and as a cardinal takes flight, she began her legacy as

The beginning of the story of the United States starts like this: a group of Spanish foreigners were traveling across the oceans in order to find the so called new world. In their journey to this world, they stumbled upon new land and decided to visit the land. During their visit, they encountered the native Americans and came to amicable terms with them. They later went back to their country to tell about their founding to their king and upon hearing the news, more people started migrating to this

In the reading (“Impressions of an Indian Childhood”) The author Zitkála-Šá describes her experience about how she decided to go East with white missionaries which she refers to as “palefaces”. At the beginning of the reading we get to be knowledgeable about Zitkála-Šá mother feelings towards the palefaces’ conquest over the Indian American’s land. She assimilates to her mother’s anger; however, curiosity starts invading her when she gets convinced by her friend Judewin who tells her about how she

warrior. Tusee is described as beautiful just like her mother, but sturdy and strong just like her father. Anything that Tusee wants, she receives. We see this when she asks her uncle to get her a pony, he responded, “I go if Tusee tells me so” (Zitkala-Sa 36). Tusee does not possess fear, but does possess compassion. We see this when she stays back, and rescues her lover. Tusee holds all the traits and quality of a great