Resistance By Bird Summary

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Years have passed since the murder of Bird’s family by the haudenosaunee tribe, and yet they are never far from his mind. Resistance is shown by Bird when captures a young haudenosaunee girl to adopt as his own daughter to raise, since his own were brutally murdered by the young girls tribe. Bird tends to show power by the saying an eye for an eye. He brings out a positive outcome with his resistance to lacking power, he did this by preparing young warriors for battle, assuring them they know the worst that can happen. Without Birds defiance towards the haudenosaunee tribe, the Wendat- Huron tribe would have not survived the battles. One battle bird captured three haudenosaunee warriors and brought them back to his village. Bird takes

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