This week we viewed a documentary in class about John Trudell. I was absolutely fascinated by his life, and work both as an advocate for Native American rights and as a Poet. John Trudell’s work with the American Indian Movement (AIM) inspired those around him. He uses his rhetoric to move people, to motivate people to understand the struggle that American Indians still endure.
When watching the documentary, I didn’t see the death of his wife and children coming. I was appalled, and well, very surprised that anyone could take such a traumatic event and turn it into something beautiful and productive. Trudell’s poetry is such an interesting blend of his own activism, emotion, and cultural influences; I think anyone would enjoy it. So, needless to say, I immediately became an advocate for Trudell and started forwarding YouTube clips of Trudell to my family. We’ll see what they think.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Week 4 Blog 1
Response to Reading; Kidwell and Velie Chapters 4, 5, and 6
I enjoyed Chapter 5 Of Kidwell and Velie the most. In this chapter, the discussion of language brought to my attention to the use of Language in A novel I am currently reading.
(I lost this Blog, Will finish it ASAP.)
I enjoyed Chapter 5 Of Kidwell and Velie the most. In this chapter, the discussion of language brought to my attention to the use of Language in A novel I am currently reading.
(I lost this Blog, Will finish it ASAP.)
Week 3 blog 2
First Final Project Idea?
Today my Grammar professor volunteered to help me look at a Native American language structure. She suggested that studying the language of a specific tribe would broaden my knowledge of that tribe’s culture. I am pretty excited about this tip. I LOVE LANGUAGES, and while this sounds like a challenge… I think It might be one that I can’t pass up. However, I am stressed about choosing a language blindly; and would love some advice.
Today my Grammar professor volunteered to help me look at a Native American language structure. She suggested that studying the language of a specific tribe would broaden my knowledge of that tribe’s culture. I am pretty excited about this tip. I LOVE LANGUAGES, and while this sounds like a challenge… I think It might be one that I can’t pass up. However, I am stressed about choosing a language blindly; and would love some advice.
Week 3 Blog 1
Idiot’s Guide to Native American History; Chapter 11
My initial response to this reading was to hate myself a little for being a white person; since white people have a long standing history of mistreating Native American peoples (not that I wasn’t aware of that before). Reviewing these events in such a candid way made me want to sit through high school history again. I feel like I’ve forgotten most of these event; or maybe never learned them at all.
I was assigned to do a project Cherokee Trail of Tears when I was in Middle School. Reading the section about it, reminded me of the project. We were supposed to research a Native American Tribe in teams. The “team” in my eighth grade class studied the Cherokee. We decided to narrow the subject matter, and looked at specific historic events surrounding the Cherokee tribe. We summarized the events of the Trail of Tears and made it into a story. Then we read it in front of our class.
My initial response to this reading was to hate myself a little for being a white person; since white people have a long standing history of mistreating Native American peoples (not that I wasn’t aware of that before). Reviewing these events in such a candid way made me want to sit through high school history again. I feel like I’ve forgotten most of these event; or maybe never learned them at all.
I was assigned to do a project Cherokee Trail of Tears when I was in Middle School. Reading the section about it, reminded me of the project. We were supposed to research a Native American Tribe in teams. The “team” in my eighth grade class studied the Cherokee. We decided to narrow the subject matter, and looked at specific historic events surrounding the Cherokee tribe. We summarized the events of the Trail of Tears and made it into a story. Then we read it in front of our class.
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