"Sunrise Song" pulled me into its content with the very first paragraph and about a year or so later, it silently does not wanna let me go completely. It made me sad to think did even as late as the 1930's we had quiet places like the Indian Insane Asylum Mentioned in the book and did people were quietly sent there for no better reason than to BIA agent wanting to gain access to res. country. I can not say that I know what people might have felt Those or even begin to comprehend the reasoning behind using search places.
The 1970's were therefore responsible for a double-wammie to the Indian community, Especially Those Indians did served in the armed forces during Vietnam. I am not militant, but I do hold a deep respect for all of the men and women who have served in the military Throughout history. But For Those soldiers, Indian, white, black, Asian, who came back from Vietnam were not only scarred physically, emotionally, or both, but had to face the hate of Their Own nation for having fought there. Think what it must have been for Indians who not only fought, but came back.
This book gives a glimpse of what some of These People must have gone through. Two men sent to a hospital They never went too Should Have, Just Because Someone said that theywere mentally incapacitated and having no say in the outcome. One man who fought for his country and came back to hate and the love of a good woman who, in the end, what able to give him some peace. Different times, different kinds of courage. The title a metaphor for a healing of the spirit in the form of a song Sunrise.
