The Coyote And Buffalo Analysis

When I think of a shared “good” Value, courage is the first word that comes to mind. The Definition of courage is; “Bravery, by choice and willingness, confronted by agony, pain, danger or uncertainty”. Courage can also be hardship, shame, scandal and death. Out of the three short stories we read together in English class, all of those words describe the thoughts or actions individuals took like in “The Way To Rainy Mountain” and “The Coyote and Buffalo”. For example when Coyote killed of a large amount of live stalk that were grazing in the field, that action shows he was experiencing agony, shame and intimidation. All of those emotions/feelings are all related to courage. Another example would be from the short story, “The Way To Rainy Mountain”.
It was hard to focus on a specific topic that had a negative affect on the Native Americans. Like I stated earlier in the paragraph above Segregation and stereotypes were a large part of their life. Matika talked about the counter attacks indigenous nations had on Native American people, she talked about the struggles of the Native American Community not feeling accepted or not valued as equally as others. Another example would be when she interviews one individual that was part of the Grand Canyon tribe; he finally opened to Matika about how the tribe had been struggling with health issues, mostly diabetes. One man gave his blood to be tested to get help and turns out that the doctors turned on him and tried to get him to leave the reservation because of his blood. Those kinds of statements or comments makes the Native Americans feel like know one cares, again back to equality and what kinds of behaviors or actions have affected them over time. We should care, everyone should care, regardless of his or her age, gender or race, and we all are the same. Were all human beings, we might look different, dress different and speak other languages but that’s no excuse to be racial condescending to one or