She was known as the "Beloved Woman" of the Wolf clan. ... Warrior captives were sometimes forced to endure torturous forms of mutilation, such as having a foot or limb cut off so that they were unable to escape while also serving in a sort of grief ritual for those lost in war (Burton). ... As male warriors began to interact more with European colonial men and their societies which were dominantly patriarchal, they began to seek control over captives for their own compensation as well as for trade. ... Their warriors began completely disregarding and disrespecting women's pow...

• Word Count: 2752
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The larger Anglo-American forces combined with horses, muskets, cannons, and other arms, over powered Indian warriors armed with tomahawks, spears, bows and arrows, or clubs. ... Children attending the schools were often administered cultural "shock treatments" (Lakota Woman, 1990). ... Many young braves agonized because of their hair lose (Lakota Woman, 1990). ... Many children, not surprisingly, had an extremely difficult time adjusting to their new surroundings, and runaways were a common problem facing administrators (Lakota Woman, 1990). ...

• Word Count: 1959
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Within this novel Alexie manages to merge together the mythical and romanticized view of Native Americans (although Alexie "has been at pains to deflate just such romantic myths, whether steward of the earth, stoical warrior, shaman or savage") with a more realistic, and perhaps somewhat depressing, account of Native Americans regarding matters such as racism, religion, the commodification of Native American culture and life on the reservations including alcoholism and health services. ... Also Alexie writes that "Indian women had never paid much attention to him, because he d...

• Word Count: 2551
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate