Changing Woman Religion

When Changing Woman refuses to follow Noah’s “Christian rules”, he tells her that if she is unable to follow those rules, then she’s not wanted on the voyage. Through this, the conflict between whites and Native Americans, especially over the difference in their religion and spiritual beliefs. From the perspective of Changing Woman, the readers are introduced to the Native Americans’ perspective of Christianity and how ridiculous it seemed to them, shown through the humorous retelling of Noah’s Ark. This can reflect the attitudes towards Europeans when they first arrived, and even more so when they began excluding and discriminating the First Nations when they refused to adopt their beliefs.
This simile, comparing Bursum’s behaviour to that of a prayer as he watches his favourite Western, represents his devotion and love to the movies by comparing it to spiritual worship. This suggests that Bursum finds the Western narratives relatable, and hence believes in them and adopts the values shown. Usually, it portrays conflict between Whites and Native Americans in an inaccurate manner, hence feeding Bursum’s negative views on Native Americans. The movies also show how Whites are superior …show more content…
This represents how the history of Native Americans are not accurately portrayed, hence causing the four elders to fix it in order to tell it accurately. This is shown when they appeared in the film. After watching it further, the Lone Ranger states that they have to fix this one again, representing how despite efforts to tell Native American history accurately, little progress has been made. There are still many false beliefs, and are untrue facts or stereotypes are perpetuated by the media. Shedding light on Indigenous issues today, and damages caused over the course of centuries is one of the main purposes of the novel, shown through the four elder’s quest to “fix the