In "Diamond Island: Alcatraz" by Darryl Babe Wilson raises the question of whether Native Americans should be excited with their old tradition and custom and hold on to these traditions or become one with world of the `white man.' In this story Darryl Babe Wilson loses not only his grandfather, but he realizes he loses the knowledge that his grandfather brought to the grave with him. Wilson believes that the Native Americans today need to seek the knowledge that was possessed by people like his grandfather. He said that Native Americans needed this knowledge "if we are to survive as a distinct and autonomous people. Perhaps a generation approaching will be more aware, more excited with tradition and custom and less satisfied to being off balance somewhere between the world of the `white man' and the world of the `Indian' and will seek this knowledge."

The Cheyenne...