Native American Writing Response Blog - Alexandre Maciel

Alexandre Maciel

Mr. Roddy

IHSS

10/15/2021

Native American Writing Response Blog

     In the articles, I noticed how Christianity, and adapting with outside people became a common theme. In the Early American Literature article, most of the stories talked about their encounters with the Americans, how they were treated "less than human". Although these readings only became available in the 1960s, many stories about Native American experiences go back more than 300 years. Humiliation and how they were forced to adapt with "outsiders" struct them hard, especially after when President Jackson removed lands from the Natives and forced them into a territory in present day Oklahoma. Many refused at first, but when the Americans came to their homes, they agreed, and feeling humiliated traveled the trail of tears. Out of the Native Americans who didn't agree to travel at first, some of their children would be taken from their families, and be converted to Christianity. They would move in with white families and ultimately grow up to be one of them. This process is called Cultural Assimilation. For example take these pictures of Native American children. They were forced to let go of anything they knew, family, culture, name, just because the Americans though so. 

Incredible 140-year-old pics show Native American Indian families before and after they were forced into school and banned from wearing traditional clothes (thesun.co.uk)

    While this wasn't forced for everyone, even for those who choose to attend schools outside their reservations had a hard time. They were often discriminated, and they weren't allowed to use their given name. Bad habits were often made such as drinking and drugs, and those sometimes that ruined careers. When I moved from Portugal to the Houston, I had trouble fitting in because I couldn't speak English. I had to learn my way in while receiving 0s in school, and with no teacher giving me support. After about 2 months I could understand English very well, but I didn't speak much. I built friendships via sports, and that saved my first year to going even worst, so I can't imagine what they must have felt without anything they knew.   


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