Extended response- Native American Selections Many of the selections that I read shared common themes as to the different technical methods that they used to prove their points. Of them, I liked the poems the best. I, of course, am impartial due to the fact that I am a poet and love poetry more than I am a short-story writer or enjoy short stories. I have a short attention span, so it is difficult for …showed first 75 words of 629 total…

…showed last 75 words of 629 total…disregard for and refusal to believe in nature and its related spiritualism is what has slowly led to the dissipation of Native American culture. I think one of the most important aspects of the community was the overall ?Americanization? of the tribes. At the same time they denied the culture and resented it (which I don?t blame them for), it seemed that they embraced degradation and a decline in their beliefs of their own.