Assertion

In the piece of writing There There by Tommy Orange, the author goes on to write about the cruel mistreatment of Native Americans, the bias that society currently has about them, and the way that they are trying to incorporate themselves into society, as well as some background that shows explanation of their past relations with both Americans and the English. Some examples that show this message are the following quotes, “They’d told us to fly the American flag. We flew that and a white flag too. Surrender, the white flag waved. We stood under both flags as they came at us. They did more than kill us. They tore us up.” The other quote I thought resembled the messas was, “This was part of the Indian Relocation Act, which was part of the Indian Termination Policy, which was and is exactly what it sounds like. Make them look and act like us. Become us. And so disappear.” These quotes express the ideas that Native Americans were severely mistreated in the past centuries due to the colonization of the Americas and the way that they were used by the Europeans. The acts that were furthered discussed in this piece of writing show the many ways of mistreatment they underwent. The following quote shows how the were trying to assimilate Native Americans into the ideal American and force them to leave their heritage and culture behind in order to be people who belong or mixed into society’s standards and in a way erased their past. Others might have interpreted this writing differently but the way I saw it was through the point of views and experiences that Native Americans went through in earlier time periods and this goes to show a part of what they went through.