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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