Connections: In the White Man's Image & Ceremony

- The white man tried saving the Indians by killing who they were
- "Kill the Indian, save the man"
- Exiled Indians were looked upon like zoo animals as they came in from the west
- Experimentation was preformed in Florida in attempts to turn the "savages"into civilized humans. They gave them soldiers uniforms to make them part of the community.
- This relates to how Tayo is always lost within himself and makes him questions who he is because he is both Indian and white. Tayo was also a soldier who gained a sense of belonging when he had the uniform on, just like the Indians in Florida. Once the war was over he lost the community of soldiers that he was with and was once again lost
- Schools are erected to teach the Indian children the culture of the white man
- Children were taken from their homes and from their communities to live in boarding houses in the east. This destroyed them mentally in that they lost their culture and their family. Their homesickness led to many of their deaths.
- These children are also like Tayo in that his community was not there to support him. Very few accepted him for who he was. This Isolation only deepened his condition.
- “Cattle are like any living thing. If you separate them from the land for too long, keep them in barns and corrals, they lose something. Their stomachs get to where they can only eat rolled oats and dry alfalfa. When you turn them loose again, they go running all over. They are scared because the land is unfamiliar, and they are lost. They don’t stop being scared either, even when they look quiet and they quit running. Scared animals die off easily.”

Silko, Leslie Marmon (2006-12-26). Ceremony: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (p. 74). Penguin Group US. Kindle Edition.