Section One In 1492 when Columbus discovered what he thought was a New World; he had found many new items. The items he came across in the search for new land were different kinds of metals, minerals, and agriculture, but this is what was expected, and what was one of the major things he was look...
From the 1850s to the 1890s, most of the works written by Indian authors were histories of tribes from the East and Midwest. This history of literature goes along with the history of the white migration across the United States. ... The literary history of American Indian writers started in the 1850s with John Rollin Ridge's publications. ... The sun or sky represents the father in which his rain, or sunlight nourishes the Earth, who is the mother. ... It was a book that dealt with personal experiences, character sketches, Sioux tales and history. ...
Larry Bowden says that the film paid appropriate attention to this, so much so that the director, Kevin Costner was awarded a bronze buffalo by the director of The Natural Museum of the American Indian for helping to preserve the their history. ... For example, the film neglected to include certain details that were very much a part of the Sioux's way of life, such as the self-torture of the sun dance ritual and the common intertribal feuds, for fear it would tamper with the starry-eyed Indian people it had depicted so far. ... According to Lake Randall...
