Help please:
Read the excerpt from “Last Rites of the Indian Dead.”

And it is not just collectors of the macabre who pay for skeletal remains. Scientists say that these deceased Indians are needed for research that someday could benefit the health and welfare of living Indians. But just how many dead Indians must they examine? Nineteen thousand?

How does Harjo’s style affect her message?

Select the two correct answers.


Harjo’s questions create a sarcastic tone that emphasizes her disgust at disrespect shown to so many American Indians for dubious benefit.

Harjo uses the term “collectors of the macabre” to try to discredit scientists who conduct research using American Indian remains as barbaric.

Harjo asks the audience to consider whether the investment required to research American Indian subjects is worth the outcome.

Harjo refers to skeletal remains as “deceased Indians” and “dead Indians” to emphasize their humanity and to condemn scientists for ignoring this.