Question

"Whatever you wanted of me I have obeyed. The Great Father sent me word that whatever he had against me in the past had been forgiven and thrown aside, and I have accepted his promises and came in. And he told me not to step aside from the white man's path, and I am doing my best to travel in that path. I sit here and look around me now, and I see my people starving. We want cattle to butcher. That is the way you live, and we want to live the same way." Sitting Bull, 1883 Sitting Bull's point in this passage is that

Answer 1

"The third great goal is to continue the effort so dramatically begun last year: to restore and enhance our natural environment... I will propose a strong new set of initiatives to clean up our air and water, to combat noise, and to preserve and restore our surroundings. I will propose programs to make better use of our land, to encourage a balanced national growth... that will revitalize our rural heartland and enhance the quality of life in America. And not only to meet today's needs but to anticipate those of tomorrow, I will put forward the most extensive program ever proposed by a President of the United States to expand the Nation's parks, recreation areas, open spaces, in a way that truly brings parks to the people where the people are. For only if we leave a legacy of parks will the next generation have parks to enjoy."

Answer 2

Answer:

Sitting Bull's point in the passage is that his people are suffering because of the settlers.

Explanation:

The passage of the question belongs to a statement Sitting Bull gave in 1883. Sitting Bull was a Native-American leader who led his people during the times of resistance against the government of the United States. In the excerpt, Sitting Bull is expressing how even after trying to emphasize with the white men, and even when he tried not to go against them, he cannot avoid realizing how his own people are suffering and starving. The main point of the excerpt is for the leader to express his discontent with the circumstances in which his people are living, and to demand that they are allowed to live the same way that the white men are.