Assertion Analysis: Wooden leg

       Wooden Leg was born into the Cheyenne tribe. He got his name "Wooden leg" because he was the only one who could outlast tireless walks alongside his uncle, in which he ended up inheriting his name. His Native culture (and native culture in general) is to be respectful toward animals and nature in general. They value everything equally, as if hey are one with nature and the Earth itself. Wooden Leg was an excellent leader and a role model to kids. As a respected person from all the wonders he did and heroic play in the battles his respect thrived throughout his tribe. 
            Wooden Leg fought in various battles for his tribe. He captivated the thought and way of life of himself through admiration and protection. He accustomed himself to some American ways, but never betrayed his Indian roots. He took value for his culture and history. He believed that things should never be uprooted from their birthplace. He understood they can be cut, modified, and weakend but he stated that when something is cut off completely, the person accountable acted out of sadness and prayed for the fellow thug that has lost. This doesn't just refer to nature, but also to the Indian culture. Colonizers came and stripped Indians of their beliefs, it was the Indians job to protect their roots and try to preserve them as much as they could. 
                The metaphor that Wooden Leg is stating is that Native culture and the people within that culture is given the acceptance to integrate into American culture and at the same time preserve their Native lifestyle. He believes that engulfing American culture isn’t uprooting himself from the Native culture but simply just cutting away his native ways and praying for forgiveness. He preserves Native culture for instance, Wooden Leg was a Christian priest himself believing that both power(s) in Native and American culture we're the same.
                   Wooden Leg believes assimilation is acceptable as it follows the old Native teaching of being cut but not uprooted. He is an example of an optimistic case who befriends the oppressor after being oppressed. He accepts the American ways, intigrating himself into that life style while still having his Native roots. Other Natives might call this naive, and destruction towards the culture itself. Yet Wooden Leg strongly believes it's a better option to keep his culture alive.