SUNY First Peoples Summer 2 2017

Wilma Mankiller, the first woman elected to serve as Chief of the Cherokee nation, is a community activist that champions the cause of the Indigenous people.  In the video, Challenges Facing 21 st Century Indigenous People, Wilma explains that there are over 20 tribal governments in Arizona alone and that these tribal governments cooperate with local governments and businesses on a variety of issues such as health, education, environmental, infrastructure, and other issues.  These tribal governments do not conduct their work in a vacuum but they partner with non-native governments to build infrastructure projects, housing, and other programs.  She speaks of the how the Indigenous people are as familiar with the land, rivers, and seas as they are with their own mothers; that they have deep beliefs of the interdependence of all living things which leads to the Indigenous people leading the charge to protect Mother Earth and all living things on it as it is Mother Earth wh...

“What source did you review and who created it? What perspective do you think it is meant to convey? Provide at least one specific example and citation from the M3 Online Resources to support your opinions”   (M3 Academic Journal Blog Academic Journal Blog Goals (Briefly Revisited)) . The source for my blog assignment was found in the webpage of the course entitled: “M3 Online Resources” and it was the link on that page entitled: “American Indian Film Institute”  ( SUNY Empire State College) . The institute was created in 1975 and was originally located in Seattle Washing on and then the Institute relocated to San Francisco in 1977 and the institute is still located in San Francisco today (American Indian Film Institute) . According to the AIFI on their website  webpage entitled: “What We Do” the “perspective” that the institute is trying to purvey is a non-biased Native American “perspective” by giving  young Native Americans ages 10-18 a platform that al...

Jim Pritt Professor Nesberg First Peoples of North America 14 August 2017 For this blog assignment I decided to look at the link on the online resources for module 2 entitled: “Culture-Based Online Resources “and we will attempt to answer the questions based on the webpage entitled: “National Museum of the Native American Indian“and answer the following questions listed below that can be found on the webpage entitled: “Culture-Based Online Resources”. Those questions will be: (Culture-Based Online Resources) (Explore) . “What source did you review and who created it? What perspective do you think it is meant to convey? Provide at least one specific example and citation from the M2 Online Resources to support your opinions”   (Culture-Based Online Resources) . As mentioned above the source that was examined from the list on the webpage entitled: “ Culture-Based Online Resources” was the source entitled “National Museum of the Native American”  (Explore) ...

For my post, I reviewed the interview with the Native American author , lawyer and activist Vine Deloria Jr. It was created by Arizona State College in a series titled Native literature from the American southwest. I found the interview with the Late Vine Deloria Jr very interesting, In the interview, he gives his perspective on what it means to be a Native American writer. Well also providing thought to provoke insight into the clash between white and native cultures. “ One of the ideas I'm currently working on is the whole intellectual climate of Western culture over the last hundred years, which is the acceptance of the theory of evolution and its implications in social science. You can go through a lot of Supreme Court cases and discover that they justify the confiscation of Indian lands on the basis that Indians are hunters and you want to give their land to white farmers. This is the order of nature, and, therefore, you don't have to argue legal rights. You ju...

WE SHALL REMAIN -WOUNDED KNEE The massacre that lead to the deaths of 300 Oglala Lakota Indians, including women and children.   The United States Army killed all people of the Native American tribe, without remorse, without any care of age or gender.    This land is now considered to be sacred land. I chose this video due to the emotion I felt while watching the documentary.   The documentary was full of specifics and facts that only those that attended the boarding schools would know.     To hear the now adults, speak of the many tales of fear they had endured in the scattered boarding schools around the United States.   They were forcefully taught the English language and were given no other alternative but to look and speak like a white American.   They no longer were allowed to look as an Indians.   They were torn from the hands of their mothers and father.   The mental and physical torment would and could never be fix...

    While discussing how each of our college experiences are progressing with my Niece in North Carolina, I explained the courses that I am taking, and she stated, did you know that I am going to a Native College.  Well of course that intrigued me.  Discussing more about my class and her experiences I decided to do a little research and here is what I found.      The Lumbee are the present-day descendants of the Cheraw Tribe and have continuously existed in and around Robeson County since the early part of the eighteenth century.  In 1885, the tribe was recognized as Indian by the State of North Carolina. The tribe has sought full federal recognition from the United States Government since 1888. In 1956, Congress passed the Lumbee Act, which recognized the tribe as Indian. However, the Act withheld the full benefits of federal recognition from the tribe.   Efforts are currently underway to pass federal legislation that grants full rec...