Old Crow Medicine Show

A “narrative” is defined as being a “written or spoken account of connected events” (“Narrative”). Narratives can take many forms. For instance, in english class many of the short stories we read are narratives. However, a movie, a television show or a song, could also be a narrative. Even our lives can be considered our own personal narratives in which we are the writer, the main character and often times the reader. “Life as a Narrative” demonstrates how certain events, both minor and major, can alter the course of the story. In our own life narratives we are the main character but in another person’s narrative we may be just a guest appearance in a particular episode of their life (Gobodo-Madikizela and van der Merwe 4). This effects the…

“Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.” This quote by Rachel Grady sums up my feeling after reading about life through the eyes of Mary Crow Dog in her book Lakota Woman. Mary Crow Dog lived a life of joy and sadness, oppression and small victories, and little retribution. Her life wasn’t easy from her childhood through her adulthood she fought for survival of herself and her people, the Lakota People. This essay will…

Entry 1: How White Men Affected Her In the beginning of the book, Mary Crow Dog immediately tells the audience about how hard being an Indian woman is in the face of white men, through repetition and examples like: “I am a woman of the Red Nation, a Sioux woman. That is not easy.”(Crow Dog, pg. 3) and “It is hard being an Indian woman.”(Crow Dog, pg. 4) She says that she is a victim of sexual violence because she is not respected due to her race and gender, “At age 15 I was raped.”…

In the novel Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog, it tells the life story of Mary "Brave Woman" Crow Dog. However, her story shows not only the happiness but the pain her and a lot of others felt. It also revealed he struggle of the Sioux as they waver between embracing the white man's ways and maintaining their ancestral traditions. Mary’s experiences show struggle, pain and determination in hopes of getting the reader to see both sides of the Indian movement. “The fight for our land is at the core…

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”, said an Indian chief named Emerson. In the three Native American stories; “The Coyote”, “The Buffalo and Corn”, and “The False Face”, are Native American legends and myths. In which there are many similarities and differences. In the Native American stories; “The First False Face”, “The Buffalo and Corn” and “The Coyote” have many similarities. The first similarity is that they are…

an elderly African American; who goes on an adventurous journey in the bright early morning of December to the doctor’s office for medicine for her grandson who swallowed lye as a baby. During the journey Phoenix under goes hardships that put her life in peril. Although, the obstacles are hard to overcome Mrs. Jackson remains determined throughout the whole story. She encounters a few hurdles, but she doesn’t let them interfere in her ramble. A manifold of symbolic connotations can be made in…

Throughout Momaday 's writing his use of myths and legends from his culture (Kiowa) and his traditions, beliefs, morals, and conflicts have influenced American literature as well as his own life. He tell us stories of his mentors/ancestors and old myths/legends and how they lived around them. Until the Cavalry invasion in which his ancestors lost their freedom of religion…

In The Rez Sisters, Nanabush changes the mindset of one of the reserve women, named Pelajia. Originally, Pelajia was out of touch with her spirituality and had set her mind on leaving the reserve she had lived on her whole life, to move to Toronto. She describes her reserve as, “plain, dusty, boring, [and] old” (Highway 1.2). From her viewpoint, Toronto is a wonderful place that will fulfill all of her dreams. After Marie-Adele passes away, and Nanabush returns some spirituality into the lives…

Going through and analyzing the war shields of the Cheyenne, Sioux, and the Kiowa, it is learned that the focus and design of war shields is not just about the features on it and their meaning. From the Cheyenne its show their high value of cosmological masses and creatures in the sky, and their limited pattern of following those design principles. The Sioux showed that the shields can also be used for signs of peace, and a means of protecting people and warriors by putting down the weapons. And…

life the chief occupied many different names to coincide with his actions and behaviors. During his youth years he was called “slow” and “Jumping Badger, but at the age of 14 he gained the name “Sitting Bull”. His father relinquished the name to his son after he showed bravery by knocking down a Crow warrior from his horse (Andrews, 2015). Becoming arguably one of the most powerful and famous Native American Chiefs, Sitting Bull possessed many different titles and recognitions ("Sitting Bull…