As you read through each set of chapters, fill out the following table.
Quotes, words, or phrases from the book
Your thoughts, comments, opinions
List words or phrases used to describe her
experience living on Hopi, during her time at
the boarding school, after she attended
boarding school
“when she was a child the village on the
mesa had teemed with activity” (2)
“Like other children of the old village,
Polingaysi spent her little girlhood playing”
(13)
“She did not know the missionaries were on
the mesa to teach the Hopis the sinfulness of
their ways, to lead them from their ancient
beliefs into the white man’s way of worship.”
(15)
“From earliest childhood she had been taught
to pray” (15)
It seems like Polingaysi had an eventful
childhood. She played with her fellow tribe
members and had a great time. Although
there were good and bad times, this was her
own culture and no one could take this away
from her. She wanted to experience the
boarding schools herself and she went, and
she was taught to pray and do routine work. I
think this scared her a lot because it was so
different from what she is used to in her tribe.
It seems like she could not relate to the
white-man and she had to do many of the
tasks alone. When I was reading the tone
was very depressing because it seems like
