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Respect In The Lakota Way Analysis

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American actress Estelle Parsons once said, “It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it;” respect is also one of the twelve virtues of the Lakota Nation. Respect is one of the revered and more important values that Native Americans still live by today. Because they hold a significant place in Lakota society, special respect is to be given to elders. Both children and adults must give respect to others to be able to receive respect. When you show respect, it shows that you were raised properly. Showing respect is an undoubtedly basic law of life. You should give special respect to your elders, teachers, parents, and people who are especially trying to help you, in any way. When you are in …show more content…

She knew that the Deer Woman would try to tempt him to lay with her. She had told him to never be near her lodge and never be allured by her. Koskalala saw the Deer Woman and he respected his grandmother deeply, he remembered what she had told him about her. If Koskalala had not respected his grandmother, he wouldn’t have remembered what his grandmother had said to him. Luther Standing Bear has made some admirable points on respect. He said that if we start degrading nature and our animals, that we will start desecrating one another. Luther was correct about how we treat each other. In this day and age, we do not have much respect for our animals or nature, meaning we have no respect for each other. As people, we should have a tremendous amount of respect for one another. In World on the Turtle’s back, the right-handed twin did not respect himself enough to have respect for anyone else. He didn’t respect his brother and he resulted in killing his brother. Their grandmother also had no respect in the Sky World. She did not respected the tree and its rules, and ended up falling into the world …show more content…

In the beginning of the story, Coyote saw that Buffalo Bull had died and decided to play with his skull. Coyote attempted to be on Buffalo Bull’s favorable side throughout the story, but in the end, he disrespected him. Coyote was given a calf and was supposed to be able to live off of it for the rest of his life, but Coyote did not respect Buffalo Bull enough. Coyote ended up killing and eating the calf that was given to him and tried to obtain another, but was denied. Buffalo Bull knew that Coyote did not respect him, as a result of that he did not give Coyote another

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