The Loss Of Land Affects Native Americans In Louise Erdrich's Novel Tracks

Land has a tremendous affect on Native Americans starting in the 1912’s till even today when it comes to political issues throughout history with Americans.whether it is fighting for their land, watching their loved ones die from disease while moving, or even losing trust from love ones. Louise Erdrich helps explain to readers what Natives actually went through in the Novel Tracks. Nanapush and many other characters tell us how losing their land to the White Americans created many problems for them. Many of the characters go through a vast amount of pain with themselves and for family. Nanapush is almost like the story teller about what really happened from the beginning to the end, Pauline is the character that does not have a connection with the land like the other Natives, and Eli goes through a family separation, and the same with Fleur but she also has gone through many other things. While reading Tracks, Erdrich helps show how the political issue of land loss during early American history destroys Native families and Tribes …show more content…
Money and land has destroyed families, tribes and much more. Not only does this affect the past history but it still affects today 's future, many Native Americans still feel the same way as they did in the past. They should not be restricted to just one small area, they many have a different education than us but education is education no matter what religion you are. When I look back at reading Tracks I know that no one cared about any pain that one of the Natives went though as long as the Americans got what they wanted whether it was tricking them or is was paying them with money either way this tore apart families, friends, and a community. By the Natives losing the land by politics this caused Native Americans to physically, mentally, and spiritually become disconnected from family, friends, land, and