Why Is Trust Important In The Lakota

An important value that was very important to Native Americans in the book The Lakota Way that I chose to write this essay over is Trust. Trust was very important to Native American’s and many other people during the upcoming of our society. The reason trust was so important back in the old times was because if you were trusted you could be reliable to many. Being trustworthy is being able to survive, Trust was a great acceptance among the Lakota. Reasons being not many people were trustworthy to the Lakota, especially white men. The Lakota always thought that the white men were after them, to either trick them or attack them. A reason trust was reliable to survive is because back in the day, they had no phones or anything to get jobs, No resumes no nothing. The only reliable way to hire someone was to trust them, and word of mouth. What word of mouth is when you …show more content…
Trust is still important but not as important as it was back in the day. Back in the day it was one of the most important reliances in getting a job. Today it’s based on your skills, degree, and what you major in and such. Yes you have to be trustworthy, but people can lie and get away with it a lot easier these days as well. Trust is still seen as respect to many people in the modern day. I see someone who trust me as someone who respects my authority, and I respect that person for trusting me. If no one trusted each other the world would have a hard way of moving on each day. Trust is a major factor in the world, Just think of everything and everyone that we have to trust every single day of our lives. We have to trust our car to not break down on the way to our destination, we have to trust our cooks for lunch to not undercook the food and give us food poisoning, we have to trust the government and feds to keep us safe and to keep the law in order every single day. If we didn’t trust these things, we would have huge problems on our