Native American and tranformation...

In the text they talk about the migration to America and what was acceptable behavior for an America. Any Immigrant was seen as a threat until they were “Americanized” an assimilation into American society.  For Native American assimilation the white men thought to put the Native Americans on reserves. They wanted the Native Americans to learn about religion and become more domestic, the Indians did not want to lose their own way of life while going through this assimilation. The Americans’ saw the Indians as savage people and did not wanted to live amongst them unless they were assimilated.  The American thought the Indians ways were to unusual their ceremonies and ritual. The white American seen the Indians as inferior, savage and child-like. The Indian people thought if they were Americanized they would lose their heritage, all their story would be lose in the transformation. Stories played a big part in the Indian way of life, every story was intertwined with another story.  If the Indians were fully Americanized their stories would disappear when they learned English. Some Indians resisted, some fought back the massacre at Wounded Knee was an example of the Native Americans resisting the transformation to American culture.