Likewise, it is important in that it emphasizes the history of colonialism as a causal factor in the present degradation of the Maori people.
This history emphasizes the strength and greatness of Maori society rather than the negative attributes associated with the Maoris in the present. The chief then proceeds to outline the history of the conquest of the Maori people, the treachery of the British colonials, and the strength and dignity of the Maoris who fought valiantly in defense of their civilization. They taught us their history: English history" (173). As Beth notes at end of the novel when the chief evokes the chivalry and strength of Maori warriors, "No one taught us this at school. In this context, simply remembering traditional Maori society becomes important as a means of resisting colonial domination, for it restores a history and tradition erased by colonial ideology. (He's got history, Grace and Boogie Heke, and you ain't.) (Duff 29). This precious damn room with all his mates up around the walls supporting him, giving him not only the law on his side but them, the ones up on the walls in their big fancy frames, the education they must have had, the head starts. In the courtroom Grace recognizes this history of dominance and social advancement and notes the power that the judge has in The white New Zealanders, in contrast, are "They Who Have History," and their history of success and accomplishment allows them to succeed in contemporary society whereas the Maoris have only the history of a conquered and oppressed people. The Maoris are depicted as a people whose history, past, and traditions have been taken from them by colonialism, which forcibly separated them from their past.
In Alan Duff's Once Were Warriors, the history of the Maori functions as a source of both future salvation and present degradation. Urn:oclc:858264299 Scandate 20100719184422 Scanner Tradition and Change in Duff's Once Were Warriors Maori Tradition and Change in Duff's Once Were Warriors Megan Behrent '97 (English 27, 1997)
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