1. Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
... dreams where cowboys falsely declared friendship before cranking the generator and electrocuting the three Indians or where the white landowners have occupied ground (presumably stolen from the Native Americans) and like the cowboys, offer friendship (in the guise of free beef) but that they have erected an ... electric fence under the pretense of keeping the cows in, but the reality is to keep the Native Americans out. The latter is also symbolic of ... further oppress them, as recounted by Father Arnold when the missionaries instill a dishonest fear within the Native Americans under th...
- Word Count: 2551
- Approx Pages: 10
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate