This is the notes page for Race (Whites and Native Americans).  To get to the paper click here: Race Paper

• In this book, they treat Native American's very differently than they treat the white people. For example they call all of the Native American's, "Indians" in this book. This can be considered very offensive to Native American people. These are basically the only two races they talk about throughout the entire story. "She's an Indian- why would she tell the truth?"- (Hayden 46) They looked at the Indians as almost second-class citizens in a way. 
• It would seem that Native Americans and Caucasians are looked upon very differently in the book and sections of the reading. No one really care about Native Americans and would not believe anything they say or do. David's father is one example of being racist against Native Americans and it would seem that he thinks they should only be treated as servants and should not be compared to a man like himself. Especially when Frank came in to look at Marie Little Soldier, it would seem that the accusations put on him were of molesting Native American girls when he looked at them. This in some terms is discrimination on them because, Frank probably thinks that they are lower than him and he has the right to do as he pleases with these people who are nothing to him.
• In one part of the story when Wes Hayden is calling Frank to come and look in on Marie, they make fun of her for the culture she had grown up in and not believing in modern medicine. Marie did not want a doctor, because usually she went to a medicine man. When Wes got off the phone with Frank, he said Frank had responded by saying, "Frank said maybe he'd do a little dance around the bed. And if that doesn't work he'll try beating some drums."(Hayden 35) Well first off this is truly racist to be making fun of somones culture. At this instance, it shows that one does not care for different rituals other than their own. Wes made it clear that he nor his brother cared for the Native American race as they were.
• Native Americans are considered less than people.  Like when Grandpa said, "Screwing an Indian. . . You don't lock up a man for that." The main idea  is that  because he did it to an Indidan that it is not a crime.   Just like when we thought that taking their land and saying we would pay them then didn't wasn't a crime.  They were in the way of the government but no matter how hard they tried to kill them many survived.  That is the mentality of the Grandpa and many people in that town.

Quotes: 

• "She's an Indian-why should she tell the truth?" (p.46)
• "Frank said maybe he'd do a little dance around the bed. And if that doesn't work he'll try beating some drums." (p.35)
• "What the hell am I supposed to think? Screwing an Indian. Or feeling her up or whatever. You don't lock up a man for that..." (p. 119-120)
• "I don't care. I tell you, if you could hear him talk. As if he had no concern for what he did than if...if he had kicked a dog. No. He'd show more remorse over a dog." (p.150)
• "He wears those and soon he'll be as flat-footed and lazy as an Indian." (p.34)

 Essay:

Hey there group, So I was wondering what was going on for our paper and how we should go about setting it up. I feel that maybe I can take a couple of paragraphs and such. So let me know what you all want to do. Oh and if anyone does want to give me anything to put together, email it to me at breezy247@gmail.com

~Breezy

Citations:

" Homicide and Suicide Among Native Americans, 1979-1992." National Center for Injury     Prevention Control. 07 Sept 2006. CDC. 5 Nov 2007 <http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-    res/natam.htm>.