1. This text could be considered a eulogy because it not only honors the memory of a Life or lives that have been lost but a memory of a movement that has occurred. It Honors the people of Wounded Knee, South Dakota and the things that they had to go through. Another genre at work is Historical, this was a happening in history that is being re told. Usually writings that involve historical stories are told to let us be aware of what has happened in years before we were born. They are also told to help us not forget and or not let occur again.
2. The title is interesting. The “Occupy Wounded Knee” part seems like it would be on top of a giant picture of a map, followed by the game plans and steps of this mission. The 71 Day siege tells what actually happened and the word “forgotten” in the “forgotten civil rights movement” makes it relatable to means. The whole purpose of this doing was to “make good” on treaties from the 19th and 20th centuries that were forgotten about.
3. This article is an excellent example of change and how people react to it. Change mostly always causes conflict in most situations. When things change in a certain culture there will always be people who will be for it, or be against it. That is how it is in life. Means is honored in this article because he had enough balls to gather up a group of people and force change. Not all of his tactics were honorable in my book but the effort was the “longest lasting civil orders” in 200 years of US History.
4. I personally feel as though the second paragraph on page 349 starting with “to many observers” was the most graphic. How they use the term “slaughtered” when talking about the US opening fire on Lakota Warriors. It is compared to the Vietnam war, and talks about the most critical moment that occurred. That critical moment was the death of a tribe member. It also talks about the surrender and the after effect this whole occurrence had on this town
5. Chertoff does keep a difference between war and civil disorder because it was not technically a war. To some it felt like it, but for something to be a war both sides need to have an issue needing to be resolved not just one. She quotes that some said it felt like vietnam war but she also says it was the longest “civil disorder” in 200 years of US History
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