Native American Literature

EQ: For the indians it seem like that had a change to achieve the american dream but the white man came and took it over for them selves. It seems that the indians were living the american dream untill there white man came.

Indian Shoes
by: Wazi Nagi

These shoes are old and wornThese shoes are old and torn,These shoes have seen many milesWhile tears haunted Indian styles.These shoes have seen the yearsThese shoes know the Trail of Tears,As many wore awayThese shoes realized the need to stay.These shoes are old and pitiful.Their roads were cruel and scornfulThese shoes have walked in painThey endured life with nothing to gain.These shoes are Indian shoesAnd as the end of life nearsThese shoes will fade awayThey walked the Trail of Tears one day.

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DIARY


Dear Diary,

03/18/08

Today was sad day, we learn that hte white men that have came into our community is moving us to the west. We been through too much, now these people want to take over everything that we have. How could they just come here and take over, its not fair. Im so angry, i cant believe that they think that they can come up and mess up our tradations and mess up the way we work things.

-dt.

REFLECTION

This poem makes me sad, because it shows how the indians have been through alot and for the white man to come in there setting and kick them out is sad. This poem talks about the pain the indians have been through. It also shows they felt. They used shoes to show how the audience how it feels to walk in there shoes . Reading this poem makes you see how they felt where they were invaded by the white man.