... , pg 27)." Meanwhile, Mary Brave Bird created her autobiography to show what Native Americans go throughout their lives. It continually talks about the harsh realities of the Native American life to show how they were oppressed by white people. Although she does not state it bluntly as Benjamin Franklin stated his ... that get us down, but just being Indian, trying to hang on to our way of life, language, and values while being surrounded by an alien, more powerful culture(Lakota Woman, Pg 5). In trying to attract a different audience, it effects their structure of their autobiographies....

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