![]() ![]() ![]() Contrast Captain Bourke's fiancée, Miss Lydia Bradley, with May Dodd. Compare what the Cheyenne culture valued in women compared with what white culture at the time valued in women.Do you think that the Cheyenne culture was respectful of women? Consider what might seem contradictory elements-for example, it is a matrilineal society, and yet warriors could have multiple wives. ![]() Were you surprised by elements of the Cheyenne Culture as depicted here?.Did you find it believable that the US government might undertake a covert project such as the "Brides for Indians" program? Do you think the author had more modern history in mind when he developed this idea?.Did you admire May Dodd's rebelliousness? Did you find it shocking that she would leave her children behind? Do you consider her a sympathetic character?.Were you surprised that Little Wolf, the Cheyenne chief, was so aware and seemingly resigned to the fact that his culture was doomed? How does this differ from our attitudes and assumptions as United States citizens?. ![]() During this time period, what is it that makes the Cheyenne savage, and the white "civilized"? Are there ways in which you would judge the Cheyenne in the novel are more civilized than the whites? Are there ways in which you consider them less civilized?
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