A First American Views His Land

A First American Views His Land was written as an article for National Geographic magazine by N. Scott Momaday. It is an article about Native Americans and their view of the earth compared to the view shared by many that earth is for us to use without giving back or appreciating. N. Scott Momaday's background is very interesting because he comes from Native American descent, his father is from the Kiowa tribe, while his mother is caucasian, but adopted the Native American lifestyle as her own. 

This excerpt is written as a persuasive article to those who do not understand how much the earth means to the Native American people. The structure of the article is kind of all over the place, but does a great job of giving examples and stories of how the tribe and earth interact. One example that stuck out to me was the story of the woman who was buried in a dress and jewelry made from resources given by an animal. Nobody remembers her name or where she was buried, but they know that she was given back to the earth as a sort of give and take system between the Native Americans and the earth. Overall, the article is very convincing, but the structure seems like it could have been a bit more orderly so the effect would have been greater as well.