Makalah Blackfoot Summary

Kaylah Lightfoot
3. Can you find any similarities between Laetitia and her mother?
They are both are hard-headed and had to prove a point to each other. Laetitia knew that her mother didn’t want her to move away from the reserve. At first Laetitia, didn’t know if she wanted to go for sure but after the boy told their mom Laetitia said “Well, I’m going for sure, now.” She knew she had to go to prove to her mom she could make it in the world, outside of the reserve. The mother was making a point the entire story, with trying to cross the borders. Her mother made a known point that she was not Canadian nor America, she was Blackfoot. She never gave into either border she just kept saying “Blackfoot.” when the border guards would ask “Citizenship?” Both Laetitia and her mother are strong and determined women. They stick to what they say and don’t give up on it either. Laetitia is proud of her mother for finally bringing herself to visit her and her mother was proud of how well she was doing all by herself outside of the reserve.
4. The border guards
They deny her to enter either Canada or America with answering Blackfoot. The guards try asking her in a different way: “Canadian?” and “Canadian side or American side?”, but she still replies “Blackfoot” and “Blackfoot side.” The men guards tried to explain to her “we got Blackfeet on the American side and the Canadians got Blackfeet on their side. Just so we keep our records straight, what side do you come from?” The mother still does not care what way they explain it nor how they ask her. She sticks her ground to believing in her culture and nationality. She will never compromise with being anything other than Blackfoot because she knows what she is and what she believes in. She believes that you should be loud and proud of who you are and never change that because someone doesn’t believe in what you