Jim MorrisonEssay Preview: Jim MorrisonReport this essayJames Douglas Morrison was born on December 8, 1943 in Melbourne, FL to Steve and Clara Morrison. He had one brother and one sister, both younger than him. For the first three years of his life Morrison stayed with his mother and his fathers parents in Clearwater, FL while his father was away at war. His father was a career Naval Officer who returned from World War II in 1946.
Due to his fathers career, Morrison had to move many times during his childhood to various parts of the country. When he was four years old, Steve Morrison was transferred to Los Alamos, New Mexico to work in the governments atomic weapons program.
While living in New Mexico Morrison experienced what he would later call, “The most important moment in my life,”(14, #2). When they were driving on the highway outside of Albuquerque Morrisons parents and him came upon an overturned pick-up truck full of Pueblo Indians. His father got out to help, but they left soon after. Morrison screamed for his father to go back but to no avail. Later Morrison would say that while their car was driving away the soul of a dying Indian entered his body. The event deeply impacted both Morrison and his father to the point where his father disclaimed Morrisons story as a dream and told all of those who Morrison told the story to that he had made it up.
The Native American story
In a rural area of New Mexico there was often a shortage of natural resources, so the Native people were often forced to sell their natural resources. This situation forced the Pueblo Indians to use as much land as possible to make up for lost income. These people were forced to work as farmers, but they also found that there were many poor people who lived below the poverty line.
One day at a large gathering on one of those farms a community of about 30 people gathered around a table called “The Native” where a young woman wearing a pew and a white frock spoke of the poor people of New Mexico and the need for food. The Native woman speaks of the poverty of the pueblo population. These poor folks, many of whom were in the workforce or, at best, worked hard. At times, it is hard to believe that this woman could speak so candidly about such a large portion of the population.
This group of people were called ‘The’ Natives that are not part of the indigenous group. The only real difference is that during the time as natives in America, the Pueblo people were not recognized by the Government and the Pueblo people, because the Pueblo people were never called the ‘Native.’ And it goes back to back times not so much a period of peace. It wasn’t until the late 1800s that the Indians were finally recognized by the Government. But the government made their own choices for what would happen to them and the Native people were then forced on from the Pueblo tribe by the government and turned over all of their Native land to a local company. Eventually a local Indian who ran the company decided to turn over the lands for the tribe and gave him it back.
The Native woman was so excited that she wrote to the man on her side and they talked about the importance of the land, but when the man said they had ‘lost’ it all and were going to give themselves all of their native land they would have to leave. It was over. The Native woman wrote that the government of New Mexico had been extremely harsh and harsh, but the Native woman felt that the Indians were not allowed to leave the land alone, and she had little or nothing to do but look after her family.
Morrisons rebellious side became more apparent as he entered Junior High. He was kicked out of Cub Scouts at age 10 for propositioning the den mother. Morrisons family was upper-middle class and very average. His parents did not spank him, and his father spent his free time playing golf at the Army/Navy Country Club.