Analyze Imagery Anaya uses imagery-words and phrases that appeal to the reader's senses-to describe his grandfather. How do the images describing his childhood impressions of his grandfather contrast with the images describing the grandfather as he actually was?

"most native american reservations were established by the federal government; a limited number, mainly in the east, owe their origin to state recognition. the name "reservation" comes from the conception of the native american tribes as independent sovereigns at the time the u.s. constitution was ratified."

"the indian reservation system established tracts of land called reservations for native americans to live on as white settlers took over their land. the main goals of indian reservations were to bring native americans under u.s. government control, minimize conflict between indians and settlers and encourage native americans to take on the ways of the white man. but many native americans were forced onto reservations with catastrophic results and devastating, long-lasting effects."

"on may 28, 1830, the indian removal act was signed by president jackson. the act allowed the government to divide land west of the mississippi to give to indian tribes in exchange for the land they’d lost. the government would pick up the cost of relocating the indians and them resettle.

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"the indian removal act was controversial, but jackson argued it was the best option since settlers had rendered indian lands incompatible with sustaining their way of life"

"as white settlers continued westward and needed more land, indian territory shrank—but there was no more land for the government to move them to. "

"in 1851, congress passed the indian appropriations act which created the indian reservation system and provided funds to move indian tribes onto farming reservations and hopefully keep them under control. indians were not allowed to leave the reservations without permission."

"the indigenous reservation system in the united states of america began in 1763 with the royal proclamation set by great britain, the “indian removal act of 1830” and the “non-intercourse act of 1834” which all came into play in the forceful removal of indigenous peoples into specific land reservations"