Luther Standing Bear What The Indian Means

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In “What the Indian Means” the author Luther Standing Bear explains that Native American cultures are part of America and that they should be honored and respected. Many white men have imposed their views on Native Americans whether for putting them down or attempting to help them by their own standards. Standing Bear does not accept that many people are not letting Native Americans be themselves and are not trying to truly understand them; he claims “Let none but the Indian answer!” (Standing Bear 290). Standing Bear is “a Lakota Sioux from the Pine Ridge Reservation,” and that he is a “passionate voice for a marginalized minority in the American population.” (KGR, WCM, 287). The white men colonized Native American land and forced

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