Kiowa

Swing of a Hatchet When people envision justice, they often imagine a blindfolded woman holding a balance and a blade, they see courtrooms and fair trials, but what happens when the no one is willing to uphold the laws of the land? How is justice served then? Carrie A. Nation would answer that question with the swing of her hatchet. Living in the wake of World War One, on the front of the temperance and women’s rights movements, Carry A. Nation led a radical resistance to alcohol and…

They mapped over 34,000 miles of unsettled territory. RED RIVER WAR June 06, 1874 The U.S. Armies job was to try to get the Kiowa, Comanche, Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho back to the reservations in the Indian Territory. The Indian tribes fought one last fight for their native land under the leadership of Chief Quanah Parker. The army and Indians fought over 20 battles on the…

though it was the southeastern part of Territory that resembled their homelands in the southeast. They had lived further west, which was treeless, had little rain, and was completely foreign to their experience. In addition, it was there where the Kiowas, Comanches, Wichitas, and Apaches, who were buffalo-hunting, highly mobile societies. Who would raid anyone that would settle on the Southeastern tribes. Although the treaties guaranteed their rights to lands all the way to the Arkansas, Red,…

A former sergeant in the army and a writer, Tim O’Brien, in his short story, “The Things They Carried,” examines the experiences of Vietnam soldiers in combat and how tangible --but most importantly, intangible – burdens affect them. O’Brien seeks to inform people who have not participated in a war about physical and mental difficulties that can affect humans in their journey during battle, and how these distractions create chaos. O’Brien’s piece is not narrated chronologically from the…

Amidst the diverse experiences of humanity, the uncertainty of death is a universal truth. In Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, courage, fear, and shame play a pivotal role in how humans react to death. The soldiers in the novel struggle with having the courage to confront their innate fear of death. Failing to overcome this fear causes the soldiers to feel shame as a result of the underlying guilt from realizing their cowardice. However, in order for them to be truly courageous, it is…

use Martha as a reminder of the world outside the war, Cross comes to accept that his world is the war, and labels the world in which Martha lives as unreal. In this acceptance, though he grieves for his former self, he finds peace. Therefore, when Kiowa dies in In the Field, Cross does not turn to a female to try to…

The United States Government used one saying to justify the persecution of millions Native Americans, Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the U.S. throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. The doctrine caused the extinction of many tribes and their cultures. Some, however, were lucky enough to survive and continue their legacy. One such tribe was the Apache. Their name is believed to come from a Zuni word…

by a bunch of patriotic idiots who don’t know jack about what it feels like to kill people… or watch your buddy go down underneath the mud”(150). Bowker doesn’t feel pride for the actions taken during the war and would much rather have his friend Kiowa than some pointless medal. It is impossible to begin to understand what soldiers went through, making them not the ideal heroes. We as civilians are only able to see the part of an outcome of what they did, the medals, which to soldiers meant…

In the book, Our Hearts Fell to the Ground, author Colin G. Calloway noted that Native American were reluctant to discuss their lives once they had been relocated to the reservation. This reluctance to write or speak about life on the reservation became the mentality of many Native Americans due to varies factors. However, this reluctance can be explain if one was to examine the catastrophic damage that was cause to the Plains Indians culture and traditions. The expansion to the west stole not…

the Truth: How Fiction Helps Make Cogent War Stories, “...It is always difficult for an outside observer to learn about their true feelings, not to say for a writer to translate them into words” (2). Mathonniere studies emotion, and how it is integral to narrative, it is focused on to convey something that people can relate to, this allows for an enlightenment to come into fruition. (7). This enlightenment is also explored by Alexander, this is to say that by continuing the improvement of our…