We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower
In this episode, it involves the Wampanoag who are local Native American and their political leaders of the other local tribes. Actually, these are the major cohorts used in the entire play which appears to have been directed to the audience to give some in-depth insights and understanding of the political stand and relationships of the locals with their leaders, besides highlighting the kind of social interactions of the people from the society.
It is revealed from the commencement of the play that this episode tries to expand the relations of Native American and English men in the agreements that they signed starting with the 1st treaty which took place between Massasoit leader and King Philips (Bennet 35).
The Massachusetts Bay colony platform seems to be more difficult and hard to understand and more challenging to the Christian pacifists. His final decision to form a political coalition with Pilgrims was driven by personal and political gain to form allies against rival tribes (Moore and Bruder 237).
Although the Massachusets had welcomed the colonial in a friendly mood, the colonists continued to grew in number; they became less reliant on the Wampanoag and got more interested in their land. Due to high immigration of the Europeans from England, Wampanoag land becomes more squeezed resulting in their resettlement. In early 1660, Europeans introduced praying towns which were used to offer safety to natives as they were changed to Christianity and making their traditions useless hence condemning any traditional practices. It is clear that After Mayflower Wampanoag is not seen as a dormant victim but as an active victim. This is openly stipulated by the decisions that Massasoit and King Philips made of loving their enemies and welcoming them.
We Shall Remain: Tecumseh’s Vision
This is the second part of the episode and it features on religious beliefs where a young prophet (Tenskwatawa) emerges to claim to have been sent by God to review that Indians have been in terrible straits for adapting western culture and omitting traditional spiritual ways. As the Tenskwatawa went on prophesying against the whites, his brother was organizing and forming military forces from the hostile community to stop and defend the spread of the white people. In this episode, Tecumseh dies as an Indian warrior and a hero in his nation for devotedly fighting for the independence (Moore and Bruder 241).
We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears
From this episode, it brings the memories of 1838 when Cherokees were relocated from their ancestral land to Indian Territory in Oklahoma. It was a long journey which claimed a good number of the Cherokees in the wilderness. The group was lead by their leaders John Ross and major Ridge who disagreed with the oppressive rules and vowed to serve the interest of their people till the end. Although, more than four thousands Cherokees perished on the way colonial rule never sympathized with them (Bennet 148).
We Shall Remain: Geronimo
This documentary features life of a Native American who believed to fight unto the end to ensure that freedom was achieved by his people. He was a Chiricahua Apache, an Indian originated tribe, who was devoted to fight his Mexican and American enemies to death. He firmly resisted colonialism and fought for the independence.
Works Cited
Moore, Noel, and Kenneth Bruder. Philosophy: The Power of Ideas. London: McGraw Hill, 2010. Print.
Bennet, Sage. Wisdom walk: Nine Practices from the World’s Spiritual Traditions. Novato: New World Library, 2007. Print.