Someone like him feels the weight on his shoulders of past generations watching him to see that he respects the earth and everything in it and on it. He believes he must live his life keeping in mind the current generations today who are watching their indian role models, like King who is a poet and also protecting that is precious and seven generations into the future, “ Still, sometimes, sometimes late at night when all the world is warm and dead I wonder how things might have been had you followed, had we led so consider as you live your days that we live our under the gaze of generations watching us of generations still in tact of generations still to be seven forward seven back.” By saying this, it is surprising to think that Thomas King might be suggesting that he is both “As Indian as possible and as Canadian as possible under the circumstance in the country doing what all Canadians do, both good and unfortunate.” “I’m that other Indian, that one who live just down the street, the one you’re disinclined to meet.” He is paying attention to both his life as a Canadian in Canadian society and his responsibility to his First Nations culture and
Someone like him feels the weight on his shoulders of past generations watching him to see that he respects the earth and everything in it and on it. He believes he must live his life keeping in mind the current generations today who are watching their indian role models, like King who is a poet and also protecting that is precious and seven generations into the future, “ Still, sometimes, sometimes late at night when all the world is warm and dead I wonder how things might have been had you followed, had we led so consider as you live your days that we live our under the gaze of generations watching us of generations still in tact of generations still to be seven forward seven back.” By saying this, it is surprising to think that Thomas King might be suggesting that he is both “As Indian as possible and as Canadian as possible under the circumstance in the country doing what all Canadians do, both good and unfortunate.” “I’m that other Indian, that one who live just down the street, the one you’re disinclined to meet.” He is paying attention to both his life as a Canadian in Canadian society and his responsibility to his First Nations culture and