One fact I’ve learned thus far, is Native people were both resilient and adaptable. After realizing settlers were never going to let them be; they expected the reservation life or other conditions to exist. As they could no longer continue to risk their community goals. “ The Americans will never leave us alone. Let us not concern our hearts…” (345). Weather facing reservation policy or becoming farm workers, Natives created strival strategies. The adaption, enabled Round Valley Indians and Grand Ronde indians to keep their community intact. Through forging, agriculture, and wage earning, Natives were able to preserve their culture. Native people labored side by side, young and old. “Such work injected cash into Indian households and enables families to work together” ( 335 ). They incorporated family, kinship ties, and traditions, to assistant them on a path not seen by their ancestors (345). The outcome of the Round Valley and Grand Ronde Indians new endeavor…show more content… They accepted the transition to reservation life with creativity and initiative ( 345 ). At the same time, Natives of the Grand Ronde Valley did not do many of the things the Round Valley Indian adopted. Grand Ronde Indians for instance still valued and actively used the advice of traditional Indian doctors. Grand Ronde natives pursued their self reliance by building new way to gain independence. They worked in gender divided agriculture, just a s the Round Valley did. Unlike the Round Valley Indians, who only worked in various fields, Grand Ronde Indians strived for more earning with other trades including chopping wood, cooking, housework selling woven baskets ( 350 ). They found displaying their wealth, enjoyable. Grand Ronde selectively adapted to certain constraints; unlimitedly the tribe solidly wanted to live an independent life. Free from conforming policies and much push to the
