13.06.17 - update and draft paragraph one

13.06.17

i have been writing my essay and completed a few paragraphs.

my body paragraph one focuses on browns aims
this is my first draft and will be editing once i completed the full essay which will probably be by the end of this week.

Brown explicitly states in his original publican of bury my heart at wounded knee the intentions for writing this red history. He expresses his concern regarding the lack of historical alternatives in the colonisation of the west and stresses the value of a native american perspective to influence current ideology and prejudice in america. Brown explains the reasoning for the previous bias in history, “the indian was the dark menace of the myths and even if he had known how to write in english, where would he have found a printer or a publisher?” and from this insight he attempts to fill this gap in history and to balance the one sided perspective of the american west. The necessity of revising history is a concept based upon discrimination and dogma, Robert Hughes pertinently advises a constant reconsideration of events, specifically regarding european conquest of north america, “After the myth sank from the histories deep into popular culture, it became a potent justification for the plunder, murder and enslavement of peoples”. The implication of a set history integrated into the culture of a nation forms current attitudes and prejudices, brown sums up this issue by stating that “history has a way of intruding upon the present”. However, he addresses the myths of america's past in a uniquely though focusing on the native indian culture throughout in the 1830s-50s, hence educating his audience to what he calls the ‘hopelessness and the squalor of the modern indian man” and demonstrating the cause and effect relationship.


(i only included my first paragraph as i am not completing the essay in chronological order as i find it easier this way. i have also finished the three paragraphs for other factors for continuity and change however they come later in the essay)

Questions i need to ask:
- should i follow peel structure?
- should i stick to one title when referring to native americans or can i switch between indian americans and native indians?