would have then the words that were spoken and the judgments that
             followed would have never taken place. To Zitkala-Sa's mother, the
             missionaries work was no more then to kill the salvage. To kill the culture
             of her people by stealing her child. For it was the white man that forced
             her to march the Trail of Tears. It was the white man who killed her brother
             and daughter. It was the white man who forced her onto a small reservation
             to allow colonization of the west. Seeing her daughter so eager to go East
             and ride the iron horse and pick the red apples was a blow to her psyche.
             She felt alienated by her daughters choice for fear that her daughter would
             lose grasp with her roots. Year after year her daughter went to the
             missionaries school and would then return more disassociated from her people.
             Slowly the gap between mother and daughter that was closer then arrow to
             bow began to grow. The education her daughter had received scared her to the
             extent they had little to talk about. She speaking the words of her people
             was intimidated by her own blood speaking the words of the paleface. When
             they did talk, outburst of discontent and difference of opinion would ensue.
             Mainly following the religious theme, Zitkala-Sa's disbelief in any Taku
             Iyotan Wasaka (pg 92) would conflict with her mo
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