This poem was a fun read because I haven't read to many things relating to the Indian merchandising issue. The author talks about how everyone owns something that an Indian made and probably the only reason they have it because they might have had an ancestor that was Indian.""Maybe they have an old Indian grandma back in time to excuse themselves." Chrystos apparently feels very strong about the Indian merchandising issue. "How many Indians do you have working there? How much money are you sending the Haida people to use their sacred Raven design?" The issue is that people are paying Indians very little money to make crafts and etc. and then they sell the merchandise for much, much more than they pay the workers. This work of literature should be required to read in schools around the country, as well as the world; I recommend this poem to everyone!
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