... behavior (http://members.tripod.com/terz_forum/indians1.htm). It was not difficult to instill these beliefs in people because they started teaching the Indians when they were children. "Indeed the Declaration of Independence did state that all men were created equal, that they are endowed by their ... these laws. With no one to turn to after WWII, many Indians turned to alcohol for hope. Indian men originally joined the war because they felt as if they were needed. In Silko's Ceremony three of the pueblo boys, Tayo, Rocky, and Emo believe they have finally found access ... The Indian Cu...

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... of Indian woman that went with them" (57). At a very young age, Tayo's mother sent him to live with her sister and her family on the Laguna Pueblo reservation. Soon after he moved in, Tayo's mother died. Tayo grew up on the reservation and lived with Auntie, her husband, Robert, and their young son, ... animals and the land.(186) The White did not try to live with nature but they only raped the land as they pleased. They rob the Indians of their land which is accepted as the Mother. However, Silko says the White are also victim of their own atrocity. It was the white people ... own coun...

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