M5 Wilma Mankiller Speech
The speech “Challenges Facing the 21 st Century Indigenous Peoples” was the focus of Wilma Mankiller's views, thoughts, research and perception of what is required for the Indigenous Peoples to succeed in the 21 st century. Her thesis of the speech centered around the process of “ acknowledge the past injustices but don’t let that paralyze you through anger ” (Mankiller) for the success of the Indigenous peoples rely on the preservation of culture and knowledge of every tribe, while creating a model to pass on the culture to the future generations. The future of the Indigenous peoples must be dependent on Tribal Identity. The Indigenous Peoples must never give up on the sense of dependency of each other and of the land. There must be a continuation of cultural practices, ceremonies and languages along with a diversity of each tribes cultural understanding for the common ground of mother earth. She further stated that “ Indigenous peop...
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