Native Americans and their culture have intrigued me from a young age. What drew me to them from the beginning was their mode of transportation. I grew up with horses and every year I would have a Native American birthday party. We would paint handprints on all of our horses and ride around with my cousins and friends. As I became older I watched Geronimo: An American Legend with my dad. I loved the thrill and the excitement in this movie. The Native Americans always fascinated me in the movie because they were so light on their feet and they always seemed to be one step ahead of their enemies. My interest in Native American’s is what led me to the book Crazy Horse by Mari Sandoz first. I was reintroduced and reminded of the book in my Natives
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While reading the book I felt as though I was sitting in a teepee surrounded by Native Americans sharing their tales with each other. Sandoz really captures the essence of Native American culture. She brings in her audience by focusing on one historically significant man. She then uses that character to bring in Native American culture and their struggle. As a future educator, the book also caught my attention because it starts with Crazy Horse at a young age. Starting from the beginning of Crazy Horse’s life gave a solid background and time to connect with the main character. Crazy Horse’s early years makes the reader fall in love with him and want to know where his story will end …show more content…
She shares historical facts with a sound knowledge of the beliefs and the culture of the Sioux people and furthermore shares the emotions that took place during those turbulent decades. I think that her book is so well known and widely recommended because it is not just battles or the shifting movements of the Sioux that she deems as important, but also those intervals between historical events, the understanding, and emotions of the people and their leaders. We can not begin to imagine all that the Native Americans had to endure during this time, but by reading Crazy Horse we get a good picture of what went
While reading the book I felt as though I was sitting in a teepee surrounded by Native Americans sharing their tales with each other. Sandoz really captures the essence of Native American culture. She brings in her audience by focusing on one historically significant man. She then uses that character to bring in Native American culture and their struggle. As a future educator, the book also caught my attention because it starts with Crazy Horse at a young age. Starting from the beginning of Crazy Horse’s life gave a solid background and time to connect with the main character. Crazy Horse’s early years makes the reader fall in love with him and want to know where his story will end …show more content…
She shares historical facts with a sound knowledge of the beliefs and the culture of the Sioux people and furthermore shares the emotions that took place during those turbulent decades. I think that her book is so well known and widely recommended because it is not just battles or the shifting movements of the Sioux that she deems as important, but also those intervals between historical events, the understanding, and emotions of the people and their leaders. We can not begin to imagine all that the Native Americans had to endure during this time, but by reading Crazy Horse we get a good picture of what went