Stereotyping In The Great Death By John Smelcer

Don’t let people talk about your region, when they are not from that region and criticize your country and offend you in someway. The author John Smelcer has been criticizing or stereotyping native americans, and i think he has no right to be writing about a Native American because he has not been born in and description of characters might irritate the native americans which would give a bad reputation for him and his book. I understand that people might say it’s fine because he is adopted by Native American parents , but that does not mean that he himself can write about Native American. In a way that would bother them.But there is no reason to put the Natives in the book ,“The Great Death” as if they are new to the world and never new anything because he is basically stereotyping.

Smelcer has no right to be talking about a region that he hasn't been born in and describe characters in a way that might irritate the native americans. A blogger “ Debbie Reese” was very offended from the stereotyping in the Great Death. She writes, “I find his claims to Native identity troubling, for two reasons. First, in schools, students often do author studies. Smeckler's website says he is Native. But, John Smelcer is not a

In the book , he describes the characters in a way that might irritate the Native Americans. Because“Great Death”John describes the natives while stereotyping them. On page 14 paragraph 4: “But the two men with him were strange-looking. Their skin was light, almost white. One had red hair , While the other’s hair was like that of a light-colored-grizzly bear.Both had blue eyes!” Smelcer talks about the natives as if they are weird ,on page 17 paragraph 3: “ Maura and Millie giggled. Other laughed as well. The strange man looked funny hushed down.” This shows that John writes based on his opinion and his feelings towards Native