Dreaming plays an important role in someone’s well-being and health. They are an ongoing part of our lives but many people have lost their ability to dream. The fiction novel, The Marrow Thieves, by Cherie Demaline talks about the adventure of a young man, Frenchie and his group who are on the run from the government “recruiters” seeking Indigenous people to capture and harvest their bone marrows, the cure to regain the ability to dream for the Non-Indigenous people. To be able to dream again, people are willing to kill for three reasons: First, they kill people for the benefits of others. The second reason is for survival and lastly, for the preservation of culture. People are willing to kill other people to regain the ability to dream for …show more content…
the benefit of others. The back cover of the novel tells us that “... the Indigenous people of north America are being hunted for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost” (Demaline). In the novel, people die due to natural disasters and the ones who survive got sicker in the head. They lost their minds, giving them the thoughts of killing themselves and the motivation to not work at all. Miigwans, the leader of the group explains, “They stopped dreaming. And a man without dreams is just a meaty machine with just a broken gauge” (Demaline, 88). With these problems, the government of the North turns to the Indigenous people for help. Non-Indigenous people have lost their ability to dream and the only solution for this problem lies on the bone marrows of the First Nations people. Although this is a fiction novel, it is still heartbreaking to read or imagine this scenario. Everyone’s life matters and that no one should be sacrificed for anyone else. To dream is to live.
Without the ability to dream, one will not be able to survive. But without the bone marrows, one will not be able to dream. Life sure is complicated. As Frenchie recalls, “Dreams get caught in the webs woven in your bones. That’s where they live, in that marrow their” (Demaline, 18). This is a major obstacle that the characters in the novel have to deal with. In order for Frenchie and his group to survive, they will do whatever it takes as Miigwans explains, “... as long as the intent is good, nothing else matters’’ FIND THE PAGE # Frenchie’s group cannot just run away from the recruiters forever, sometimes one must do things “... that [they] wouldn't do in another time and place (Demaline, 145) even if that means fighting back against or killing the recruiters in order for them to survive and keep their marrows and dreams. Their survival also means the preservation of their culture and tradition. The First Nations people have gone through a lot of suffering from colonization, sickness, residential schools and many more. In the novel, passing down what’s left of their ancestors is a must, and that goes the same in real life. Referring to Miigwan’s story, they go to the schools and the government leach their dreams from where their ancestors hid them “... [they] join [their] ancestors, hoping [they] left enough dreams behind for the next generation to stumble across” (Demaline,
90). To dream is to survive. Minerva, the eldest woman in the group dreams as the recruiters start to extract her bone marrows and every dream that she has is in their language, Cree. Her dreams are like “... bright beads on a string of nights” (Demaline, 174) that are powerful enough to destroy the mechanics and computers. She sings with volume and pitch that echoes through her relatives’ bones and dreams with “... words [that] the Cardinals couldn’t bear and she survives. Dreams are an ongoing part of our lives and people are willing to kill in order to be able to dream again. Dream for survival and dream in order to preserve one's culture and tradition. Throughout the novel and in reality, the ability to dream is quite important and plays a significant role in someone’s life. It drives one’s determination to pursue a goal and its importance should not be underestimated.
Dreams are there to make the illusion of the impossible, you must always strive to do the impossible. Two people have shown that it is possible to achieve the impossible, and those two people are Althea Gibson and Barbara Jordan, and those two people had done their absolute best to make sure that they make it, and to make sure they make they succeed in life. In the article Althea Gibson and Barbara C. Jordan, both written by Frank Lafe They were both faced with obstacles that didn't want them to succeed, they had dreams that had seemed impossible for them to be able to achieve at that time. Both of them had different environments that affected their future, the environments around people affect the person too. All of those describe the lives
In Whapmagoostui, “accidental and suicidal deaths, drug and alcohol related illnesses, infectious diseases, and chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus and cancer are all found- sometimes in disproportionate number-in native communities across Canada” (14). By waamistikushiiu standards, such health conditions are deplorable; yet for the Cree, these ailments readily signify a deeper, perpetual ache of land and culture. For centuries, influences of waamistikushiiu culture have altered Cree living. Devastating fur trades, land usurpation, mercury poisoning in fish and waterways, and flooding damage are only a few of the casualties to Cree life in the whiteman’s pursuit of happiness. As “the only way to acquire [miyupimaatisiiun] strength is to eat Cree food, and the only way to get Cree food is by hunting,” the Cree are bound to defy whiteman devastation of their land and assert rights to survival on their own terms (94).
The First Nations have a special connection with nature and animals. Since the beginning of their civilization the First Nations as a whole have respected, and protected nature with an unparalleled love for it. The Natural world was always co-existed with and used from only to quell needs, not wants. [1] As you can imagine, this might have caused problems when the Europeans came to North America and started to deplete all of the resources that the Aboriginals protected. Take example of the mass slaughter of bison on the Great Plains throughout the 1850’s. But, this was prior to the climax of the Fur Trade. The Europeans brought with them Guns, Alcohol and other tools that disrupted the First Nation’s natural life of hunting and fishing for only what they needed. Dependencies on alcohol started a chain of negative events for the First Nations as a whole. [2] As well as disrupting their lifestyle; the Europeans depleted the resources that the First Nations depended on most for survival. Not to mention, removing animals vital to a successful ecosystem and of spiritual importance from the area, causing European and First Nation conflict. [3]
The significant societal, economical, and political changes of the First Nations tend to be overlapping and correlational. As political maintenance declines the economy declines, and as the economy declines society crumbles and quality of life declines. While issues in one area cause issues in others it becomes hard to separate what can be solved politically vs. societally. All issues, either with society or politics, cause damage to the First Nations economic situation creating gaping issues with society such as health issues, famine, sheltering, and education.
In Of Mice and Men, it seems an incontrovertible law of nature that dreams should go unfulfilled. From George and Lennie’s ranch to Curley’s wife’s stardom, the characters’ most cherished aspirations repeatedly fail to materialize. However, the fact that they do dream—often long after the possibility of realizing those dreams has vanished—suggests that dreaming serves a purpose in their lives. What the characters ultimately fail to see is that, in Steinbeck’s harsh world, dreams are not only a source of happiness but a source of misery as well.
Although the Canadian government has done a great deal to repair the injustices inflicted on the First Nations people of Canada, legislation is no where near where it needs to be to ensure future protection of aboriginal rights in the nation. An examination of the documents that comprise the Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms reveal that there is very little in the supreme legal documents of the nation that protect aboriginal rights. When compared with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples it is clear that the Canadian Constitution does not acknowledge numerous provisions regarding indigenous people that the UN resolution has included. The most important of these provisions is the explicit recognition of First Nations rights to their traditional lands, which have a deep societal meaning for aboriginal groups. Several issues must be discussed to understand the complex and intimate relationship all aboriginal societies have with the earth. Exploration into the effects that the absence of these rights has had the Cree of the Eastern James Bay area, will provide a more thorough understanding of the depth of the issue. Overall, the unique cultural relationship First Nations people of Canada have with Mother Earth needs to be incorporated into the documents of the Canadian Constitution to ensure the preservation and protection of Canadian First Nations cultural and heritage rights.s
Generations of native people in Canada have faced suffering and cultural loss as a result of European colonization of their land. Government legislation has impacted the lives of five generations of First Nations people and as a result the fifth generation (from 1980 to present) is working to recover from their crippled cultural identity (Deiter-McArthur 379-380). This current generation is living with the fallout of previous government policies and societal prejudices that linger from four generations previous. Unrepentant, Canada’s ‘Genocide’, and Saskatchewan’s Indian People – Five Generations highlight issues that negatively influence First Nations people. The fifth generation of native people struggle against tremendous adversity in regard to assimilation, integration, separation, and recovering their cultural identity with inadequate assistance from our great nation.
Many people believe that the only way to receive HIV and AIDS is through sexual intercourse. Although it can be spread through sexual intercourse without proper protection, there is a bigger issue at hand. Not only can HIV and AIDS be transferred through sex, it can be transferred through the sharing of needles. A large number of people forget that drugs are becoming a popular trend in today’s society. The spread of HIV and AIDS has increased because of the sharing of needles between drug users.Not only is it an STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) it is a bloodborne pathogen. This is why needle exchange programs are a must have in communities like Licking County, today. Needle exchange programs are extremely helpful because it decreases the spread of HIV and AIDS.
Hunting has been a passion in the United States for a long time. It’s what the people do after they shoot the animal that makes things interesting and fun about shooting a trophy animal. Mounting a game animal takes talent and you have to have a steady hand to make sure that it meets certain specifications. What are the processes of ways to mount an animal?
“In about half of the Dominion, the aboriginal rights of Indians have arguably been extinguished by treaty” (Sanders, 13). The traditions and culture of Aboriginals are vanishing at a quick pace, and along it is their wealth. If the Canadian Government restore Native rights over resource development once again, Aboriginals would be able to gain back wealth and help with the poverty in their societies. “An influential lobby group with close ties to the federal Conservatives is recommending that Ottawa ditch the Indian Act and give First Nations more control over their land in order to end aboriginal poverty once and for all” (End First). This recommendation would increase the income within Native communities, helping them jump out of
Warren French writes, “The world just hasn’t been made right, so that dreams are the only things that can keep men going.” Agree or disagree with this statement.
Indigenous people around the world have been affected by colonization, Christianization, and the advancement of technologies and development more than any other group. This has caused untold harm as Native peoples have suffered staggering rates of poverty, violence, and suicide. The Native people have not given up. Many indigenous people from tribes around the world are standing up and saying “no more”. They are reclaiming their heritage, their language, traditions, and spirituality and sharing it with the world to encourage a healthier, more balanced way of being.
It was during this time that the first obstacles to the government's progress first surfaced. The Métis people began to fear for their culture, rights and their lands as colonists sta...
The influence of the fur trade, religious missions, disease, language and acculturation changed the First Nations’ pre-colonial existence. Treaties that were signed with Aboriginal people acted as an attempt to make way for land settlement; and it was with the first Indian Act that the distinction was made between “Status” and “non-Status” Aboriginal people” (JUS-3360 module 3.2, (The Newcomers, 1997)).
Similar to other marginalized groups affected by colonialism due to the government in power, the Indigenous peoples of Canada have struggled as a nation due to the unequal treatment they have encountered in the past. The governing bodies that control these Indigenous communities have continued to have colonialistic tendencies that attempt to put the ‘white man’s’ needs before the Indigenous peoples.