The gentleman in the picture is of Native American descent. If you know anything about the Native American culture they will go to great lengths to protect what is theirs. Today there are several tribes that are nearing losing their land and their homes. Children in these tribes are being forced to quit school to help support their families. He looks as if he is ready for a war, a war that is going to be hard to fight. Politics seems to play a role in every aspect of life and it looks as if he is protecting this building or possibly his land from further damage. I would say he is at whit’s end and would do anything possible to protect the land he lives on. He seems to be trying to make a statement that the Native American spirit will not be broken. To this day they still dress in vibrantly colored feathers and extremely large head gear, although their reservations are being destroyed. The living conditions are beyond reprehensible and many could not imagine living this way. I feel as if they need to exclaim we still have the spirit that we did many years ago but this is what we have been reduced to.

Native Americans are still trying to stay the course and live off the land although it does not seem to be working for them. In this day and time with a grocery store or Wal-Mart on every other corner it’s pretty difficult for the Native American. These stores are selling the same goods at reduced prices and there is no way a small time farmer can keep up. All of this goes back to needing to keep our money in our own communities. If more and more American’s would keep their monies in their own communities and support small time farmers such as Native American’s we would all be better off.