Reading Journal 6 || Suzan S. Harjo || "Last Rites for Indian Dead"

1. She constructs her argument by bringing out lots of Ethos and Pathos in her essay. By creating these appeals in her writing she develops emotions and evidences to support her argument. She wants the readers to sympathize for the Natives and also prove to them that these actions are harsh to our families and need to stop. Harjo also does a great job on focusing on the purpose of her paper by informing, persuading, and speculating. She completes all of three points and also brings in many effects to the one cause of American Indians being dug up from their burial sites to be sold, bought, and held in storage for research. 
2. Harjo's position in her essay is that American Indians are not artifacts that are to be sold and bought from collectors. It is wrong to dig them up and store thousands of them for future research. Lastly, they are entitled to be untouched and kept or returned to their burial sites. In this discussion she expresses the emotions and feelings of her Native American relatives and other tribes. Her position on this problem shows the voice of all the Natives that feel this way as well.