Identity Lost With a New Land

Identity Lost With a New Land
Try to imagine how it would feel to be taken away from your home, having to change from a lifestyle that was familiar to you; a lifestyle that you wanted to lead but could not because those more powerful than you wanted to exploit your land. Native Americans all over the United States and Canada have been forced off of their land for the past two centuries. These struggling people have been denied their freedom to live by being placed in locations where their resources, culture, and identity are being taken away just to appease the people with a higher authority. The constant relocation of the aboriginal people has caused the destruction, to the point of genocide, of their tribes and the people living in those tribes.
In Mean Spirit, the Osage Indian tribe has been relocated to an area where their lifestyles have required major adjustments. The Osage Indians, like many Native Americans, have been relocated to a land that is not very good for living b...