Sioux Warrior
Sioux Warrior A warrior is a person experienced in or capable of engaging in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based society that recognizes a separate warrior class. However, a Sioux warrior is a member of the largest tribe of the Siouan stock of North American Indians, who originally occupied Minnesota and Wisconsin and later migrated westward to the Great Plains; several Siouan groups where Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota (Dictionary.com, 2011). In order to become a Sioux warrior is not only to be prepared for warfare, but to be prepared physically and mentally to protect their lands and surrender the enemies that they fight. What is the difference of being a Warrior and a so called Sioux Warrior? Culture, customs, tradition and religion are behind the Sioux Warriors. In the poem, “Sioux Warrior”, written by Darren M. Grine, the author expresses and writes the poem in first person, showing his knowledge of what a Sioux Warrior believed in, how the social structure is related to their thinking, and how the Sioux Warrior is embedded within the tribe. In order to be precise on the behavior of a Sioux Warrior, the author writes the poem in first person to reflect the lifestyle of the warrior. The order of the words that the author manages provides knowledge and assures the facts and truth of the life of Sioux. Darren says: “First born into tradition am I”, the order of these words asserts that the warrior has a path to follow. Also “ Truly am I a Sioux Warrior”, this line could confuse the reader that this is not a true statement but a interrogative statement, however, this sentence does not contain a question mark therefore it assures that the author is a real Sioux Warrior. In his poem, Darren showed the beliefs that the Sioux practiced and those who retained all these practices through generations are recognized in the poem. The main people that taught the warriors their principles were their religion prayers and their
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