This reading on "This Sacred Soil" was extremely meaningful to me because it showed exactly what it meant to be a Native American in the time in which white Europeans were invading their lands. It provided an account of a representative's exact thoughts and feelings on the whole situation.
Seattle's state of mind was that the world is apt to change at any moment, and she used many similies such as comparing the number of Europeans to the number of blades of grass in a prarie, or comparing the attack on her people to the "scattering of trees in a storm-swept plain".
It is an interesting first-person account because it shows how the natives strongly believed that they, the natives and the Europeans, could not exist together in harmony, as they were opposites in almost every aspect. However, the Native Americans were willing to attempt at tolerance, like brothers.
I enjoyed this piece because many states of mind that the natives exhibited should be emulated today in interacting with other countries, such as peace, tolerance, and abstinance from war. One interesting quote from the reading shows why the natives were so outgoing towards the Europeans: "There is no death, only a change of worlds." Because of this mentality, they seemingly had nothing to fear. This is a mentality that has the power to adjust many lives for the better if applied in the modern-day.
A Presto,
Simon
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