FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Question
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Zitkala-Sa’s school made Native Americans change their dress and language.
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After a hard time at boarding school, Zitkala-Sa worked to preserve Native American culture.
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After a hard time at boarding school, Zitkala-Sa went to college against her mother’s wishes.
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Native American families did not like day schools on or near their reservations.
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Detailed explanation-1: -American Indian Stories is a collection of childhood stories, allegorical fictions and essays written by Sioux writer and activist Zitkala-Ša. First published in 1921, American Indian Stories details the hardships encountered by Zitkala-Ša and other Native Americans in the missionary and manual labour schools.
Detailed explanation-2: -Zitkala-Sa’s autobiography informs her readers of the damaging and traumatizing effects of assimilation by utilizing her life experiences as a narrative, demonstrating how living under an oppressive and dominant culture was an internal struggle between society’s expectations and her own cultural identity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Among many Native American Nations, braided hair represents the union with the infinite (or The Creator). Free-flowing hair represents the freedom of Life.
Detailed explanation-4: -“I was not wholly conscious of myself, but was more keenly alive to the fire within. It was as if I were the activity, and my hands and feet were only experiments for my spirit to work upon.” “Few there are who have paused to question whether real life or long-lasting death lies beneath this semblance of civilization.”