My People the Sioux

My People the Sioux "My People the Sioux" is a good literary work written in 1928. This book leaves an everlasting impression with some because it definitely intensifies the sympathy for the Indians. Luther Standing Bear, also known as Plenty Kill, portrays the dramatic and traumatic changes about the Sioux throughout their traditional way of life. As a young boy growing up, he experienced many of these hardships first hand between his people and the whites. This autobiography is quite valuable as it helps allow us to envision what really happened in the battling times of the Indians. Luther stated this quote, which to me, is unforgettable and very well said. It reads: "We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills, and winding streams with tangled growth, as "wild." Only to the white man was nature a "wilderness" and only to him was the land "infested" with "wild" animals and "savage" people. To us it was tame. Earth was bountiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery. Not until the hairy man from the east came and with brutal frenzy heaped injustices upon us and the families we loved was it "wild" for us. When the very animals of the forest began fleeing from his approach, then it was that for us the "Wild West" began." This quote stated by Luther is stated as if it was said today. It describes the relationship between the Indians and the white folk well. The relationship between the Indians and whites was a battle in the 1860's and it still remains to be a bit of a battle today. The Indian way of life definitely contrasts with many of the ways the white folk tend to live their lives, but with those differences we could bring forth new teachings. If we were to all respect each other in the ways we each choose to live, life and its relationships would by far be at more peace, and we could all grow wiser with each other. Luther Standing Bear was Chief of the Oglala and the