Short story, "Because my father..." literary connection

For my Native American short story, I read Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock. The short story serves as a memoir for Victor, a Native American growing up at the turn of the 20th century. The story gives insight to the clash of Native American teenagers who try to uphold their heritage in a time when those around them express such different culture. This is expressed by the theme of music throughout the story. Victors father, a heavy drinker, found peace in listening to Jimi Hendrix's music. Although he listened to the modern music at the time, Victors father tried to keep the pride of being a Native American alive. Victors father attempts to express that Victor doesn't need to go to war to prove he's a warrior because, "Indians... are born soldiers anyway... (we) don't need a uniform to prove it" (25). Victors father tells Victor that because he is a Native American, he has already been born a warrior, and doesn't need to be put in the situation of war to prove it. Although in this passage Victors father describes the influence of being a Native American on Victors life to Victor, there were other times when he described the importance of accepting and embracing the American culture. Perhaps this clash of modernism and attempting to keep the traditions of being Native American alive led to Victors fathers downfall at the end of the story, as he ran away from Victor and his wife. Leaving ones family in the Native American culture is highly frowned upon because it is an idea which has been thrust into the natives mind by Americans. The Native American culture would never find the choice to leave your family acceptable. This piece of information really showed me the importance and theme of family which Native Americans highly value.