The sun dance refers to a ceremony where people undergo pain and sufferings for healing and visions (Peterson Para 8). Throughout the book, the author shows spirituality and resistance which cannot be broken down; he does not change his mind. It is also evident that the book is depressing and breaking, but there is hope and life at the end where Peltier is visited by his grandson and talks about interconnectivity and family. He says, “I’m an Indian, Cyrus is an Indian, Alexandra [his granddaughter] is an Indian. We’re all links in an endless and unbroken chain (Peltier 210).” He gives a message of hope that the spirit of his people will carry on and will never take a softer line. He has a vision that his ethnicity will finally be free and vows to fight for them. He views his situation in jail as his sun dance; he is undergoing sufferings to set his people
The sun dance refers to a ceremony where people undergo pain and sufferings for healing and visions (Peterson Para 8). Throughout the book, the author shows spirituality and resistance which cannot be broken down; he does not change his mind. It is also evident that the book is depressing and breaking, but there is hope and life at the end where Peltier is visited by his grandson and talks about interconnectivity and family. He says, “I’m an Indian, Cyrus is an Indian, Alexandra [his granddaughter] is an Indian. We’re all links in an endless and unbroken chain (Peltier 210).” He gives a message of hope that the spirit of his people will carry on and will never take a softer line. He has a vision that his ethnicity will finally be free and vows to fight for them. He views his situation in jail as his sun dance; he is undergoing sufferings to set his people