Indigenous culture in the play!

The Indigenous culture revealed in this play explores the different stereotypes people see in Native Americans. Most of the stereotypes are one sided representations of Indigenous culture. Some of people’s assumptions of Native people include them being alcoholics. Drew Hayden Taylor presents one of his characters as having an alcohol problem to show a Canadian’s stereotypical view on Indigenous people. I also believe that all the characters respected Old Lodge Skins very much, which is truly something Native’s should be proud to be represented by. Respect for the elders is a very big part of Indigenous culture that has been proven very clearly throughout this play. In this culture, people have a very strong tie to relationships, nature, and the love between family members. Once the community around them changed, Indigenous people felt forced to change as well in order to “fit in”. This is because the diversity around them is not very accepting to those who are different than the usual. Moral of the play is to stay loyal to your culture and never be ashamed or feel forced to change for anybody.