In Black Elk Mary Crow Dog Analysis

As white settlers encroached on the Native Americans land the spread not only the destruction of the land but the destruction of a culture. The US government sided with the white people who sought after making a quick buck off the land which threatened the Native people and their way of life. As they forced the Native Americans into reservations they also forced their culture and religion. Black Elk and Mary Crow Dog have very different views when it comes to the white settlers imposing the religion of Christianity on them. Mary Crow Dog has an extremely negative view towards Christianity. By living at a Christian boarding school that she was forced to attend she experiences many negative aspects around her every day. She makes it clear in …show more content…
What is factually known is that Black Elk committed to being a Christian and that he became a Catechist to teach and spread the religion. He would not have committed his life to teaching and understanding the religion if he had negative views towards the religion, he must have had some sort of positive or neutral view but to that degree it becomes a little unclear. In Black Elk speaks it is never brought up about his Christian lifestyle, it seems to have a strong connection to the Lakota religion and a deep hate towards the white man’s religion. In some of the other readings that touch on Black Elk as a Christian they aren’t written by him so it is impossible to tell what his personal feelings are. The last reading that is produced by Black Elk himself is a defense to his religion being questioned which you must take with a grain of salt; because he was almost forced to produce it we truly cannot tell if he truly and full heartedly feels the way he expressed his feelings. This makes it hard to tell if he has a positive or neutral feeling towards

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