MEMORIES OF CHILHOOD

This lesson presents the idea of marginalization from the perspective of two women, Zitkala-Sa and Bama, as they walk down the memory lane to the episodes that had significant influence on their lives.

I. The Cutting of My Long Hair (Zitkala-Sa)

The raucous cage

The author narrates the incidents of the agonizing first day of her new boarding school life as a Native American. The day was bitterly cold and she was agha…