Christine Welsh searched for the voices because she was curious about her past and felt that she was surrounded by mystery her whole life. I do not know of anyone around me trying to uncover their past and heritage. I would like to see where my ancestors trace back to because I have a Scottish last name on my dad's side and my mom's side is from Sweden.
Christine Welsh's need to hide her Native heritage was because in her time it was not very accepted in her society. She would be cast out from every one because being Native was a "bad thing". The country wives were treated poorly beause they were only there to cook and clean and do laundry for the men on the road. They didn't use white women because they were too fragile and could not handle traveling. While social attitudes to both Native and white women were misinformed, one can understand that the author might have had mixed feelings about her background given the changing social status in her heritage.
Thus I agree with her decision to deny her heritage to survive school and her social life. She did this because she would be outcast from her school. Being Native at the time was very hard and she wanted to fit in, which is common in youth. I agree with this even though she was turning her back on her culture.
I have not discovered anything about my heritage besides that I descend from Scotland and Sweden. Therefore looking into my roots is not important to me.
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