1. Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
... the Trading Post is on a government funded Reservation that supplies "U.S.D.A commodity food" and that there was usually a lack of it ("He had to offer food to his guest, no matter how little he had" and "Then, hungry and tired, he opened his refrigerator for something to eat and discovered that he didn't have any food" ... the underhand tactics employed by white people in order to slaughter and oppress the Native Americans. This is evident is several dreams such as Thomas' dreams where cowboys falsely declared friendship before cranking the generator and electrocuting the three Ind...
- Word Count: 2551
- Approx Pages: 10
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate