Forged Under the Sun :: Essays Papers

Forged Under the SunAmerican Indian stories is the story of an Indian girls childhood experiences and how she went to enlighten and also talks about the different Indian customs. The book sarts out with how her father, uncle and little sister were killed by the white custody, and how much her mother resented the white men or palefaces as she called them. Bead work was one of the main things the Indian women did and so the little Indian girl also learned to do talus work by watching her mom. This book also tells of the humany Indian myths or beliefs. In one case the little girl and many of the villagers were departure to see a young warriors first arrival and their was a great party and during the walk to the center of the camp the little girl tried to usurp a plum when her mother told her not to get a plum because the plum bush was growing out of the hands of an Indian boy who forever and a day like to play and eat plums. one day missionaries came to the camp to basica lly send mostly children to the East so they would learn the ways of the white man and also become civilized and in turn foster bring more Indians Eastward to help with the modernization of America and Indians. The book describes in point in time the regiment of what happened and how the little girl was feeling while she was in school and the day she went back home to visit her mother and also to recruit invigorated children from the school she came from. Finally the little girl became a teacher. The book goes on to describing a warrior chief and his pride and joy in his little daughter and how he didnt see anyone that would be able to marry his daughter. Blue-Star Woman was an Indian women at the age fifty three. She is described as a lady who keeps inquire herself the question, Who am I? Blue-Star Woman was kept alive by the generosity of her neighbors. Finally the Chief Indian was in prison but by the help of Blue-Stars to nephews. The southern squeeze was under const ruction by mostly Chinese immigrants. During which time the Chinese were treated very wrongfully by the railroad supervisors and managers.