Answer:
He feels strongly about preserving and maintaining them.
Explanation:
In this excerpt, Joseph is willing to continue whith his tribe's cultural tradition: to regain their lands from the hands of the white. Joseph's father has just died without being able to regain his land in Oregon. As a consequence, Joseph feels stronger in preserving and maintainnig their resistance against the white. "<em>He left a good name on earth. He advised me well for my peopl</em>e" these words make Joseph's intentions clear: he will go on with the tribe's peaceful fight against the white.
My sister sat down, opened the book and read several pages to us.
Answer:
Morgan freeman says the "declaration was meant to be spoken rather than simply read" to portrays that when the declaration was published the right thing to do was to follow, support and believe it so to say "spoken" from the heart but rather what happened was the declaration was simply "read" which suggests that it was not treated with value rather read like some common story.
For us to find out this question we would have to read the full book! Very sorry