Crow Indians

I thought that in terms of comparing the message of the article on the Crow Indians to the message of hope in Lamentations was interesting but to say that there is hope for the Crow Indians to regain their culture and religion is impossible. Over and over again in the Crow article courage, honor, and bravery of the Crow warriors was said to define the tribe and the families within the tribe, “Girls as well as boys derived their names from a famous man’s exploit. Women danced wearing scalps, derived honor from their husbands’ deeds, publicly exhibited the man’s shield or weapons.” I think that even with strong government help to give the tribe back their land it cannot give back the culture. The tribe cannot go back to living in a hunting and scalping way of life and although the Crow Indians remember their past and may grieve the loss of their culture they will not want to return to their old traditions and leave the luxuries of today’s society. So I think what the article was really doing was shaking its finger at our government for destroying the culture of the Crow people although sadly there is seemingly nothing that can be done about the restoration of the culture.