Question

In "My Heart Is Bursting," which quote most contributes to the central idea that the Kiowa tribe wishes to maintain their lifestyle and traditions? A. The Kiowas and Comanches have not been fighting. We were away down south when we heard you were coming to see us.B. I love the land and the buffalo and will not part with it. I want you to understand well what I say.C. I don't want any of the medicine lodges [schools and churches] within the country. I want the children raised as I was.D. When I look upon you, I know you are all big chiefs. While you are in this country we go to sleep happy and are not afraid.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. I don't want any of the medicine lodges [schools and churches] within the country. I want the children raised as I was.

Explanation:

Santata was speaking with honesty and in good faith about the need fro his people, the Kiowa tribe to be left alone and be allowed to live their own lifestyles freely and in their own way. He asserts that he did not want anything to do with the westernized  ways of living, with their churches and medicines. They too have their own ways of dealing with those situations. For them, the most important thing is to be who they are, retaining their identity, lifestyle and traditions without any interference from the outside world.

Answer 2

Answer:

C. I don't want any of the medicine lodges [schools and churches] within the country. I want the children raised as I was.