From a historical lens, what you say is very true; Native American relocation and assimilation is definitely a main topic of this paragraph, along with the rest of the story. Additionally, from a memory-study lens, the topic of homesickness and familiarity is also incorporated in a similar manner.

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Good question, I hadn’t given this much thought so this was helpful.

I didn’t think about this thanks for enlightening me.

That’s really interesting. I knew that Tommy Orange didn’t like Iron Eyes Cody, but I didn’t know that they were honored during at the time. Really does show how not making the effort to reject stereotypes can be really damaging, because stereotypes lead to bias, leads to actions, leads to genocide.

Well written summary + explaining why he added it. It helped me to understand why they would completely eradicate them.

King Philip (Metacome) supposedly instigated war, but previously adopted English names with his brother. Also, many English missionaries spread Christianity to the plymouth colonies, turning many natives to Christ. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/metacoms-war/httpshttps://landmarkevents.org/chief-metacom-killed-1676/

I did a similar research to you guys. This helps connect to the historical relocation of the NAtive people.

>"https://www.history.com/articles/king-philips-war":https://www.history.com/articles/king-philips-war

- King Phillip had originally created the treaty with the English
- Tensions rose
- Wampanoag raids Swansea colony
- English destroy his home village
- England declares war
- Continued fighting until his eventual death

Likely included in order to highlight the existing precedence of violence against natives by Western communities. Demonstrates how they’ve historically been driven out.

Historical: It is found that the mentioned movie is Apocalypto by Mel Gibson, portraying a plot that depicts many instances of Indigenous Mayan peoples in a very violent, barbaric manner. Tommy Orange likely included this, as Mayans are closely associated to Indigenous Americans, and Gibson’s portrayal can be associated with the public opinion of Indigenous Americans in the 20th century.