In this essay, a Native American compares and contrasts natives like him and The White/Red Man. In one part of his essay, he asks "How then can we be brothers".He says that the White Man's God has written their religion in stone whereas his "religion" are traditions passed down from his ancestors. When he says this, I believe he is trying to say that his religion is better than the white man's religion because it was written in stone so that they "could not forget" it. Instead, his religion is better because no one forced his people to remember it; they chose to remember and continue practicing their ancestors' traditions.
He also says the white man's "God makes [them] stronger every day.” He also compares how their God protects them like "a father leads his infant son". He believes that the white man's God "hates" him and his people because white men continue to fill the land whereas his people "are ebbing away".
I believe that he has been wondering why his people are mistreated when they honor their God and care for their deceased family members. I believe he feels as if the White man is not grateful of his heritage (the fact that their religion had to be written down so they won't forget it) but they get rewarded. Sometimes life can seem this way. Sometimes I feel as if people do not deserve certain things that they get, but there are two sides to every story.
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Well, if gods exist I can't wait to see how they judge those that were doing all these horrific things in his/her/its name. I have to imagine god has some issues with how Native Americans, etc. were treated.
ReplyDeleteThis Sacred Soil is really a great essay talking about how the "red" men are like so much better than the "white" men.
ReplyDeletei thought that the red men and the white men were the sam but that confused me b/c i thought that native americans were redder (if that's a word) that white men...
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