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  1. May 2021
    1. HS sterilization procedures drastically af- fected all aspects of Native American life.

      Absolutely; I would say that it is also say it can be attributed t a lot of distrust.

    2. . Both were having appendectomies when the doctors sterilized them without their knowledge or co

      It is just horrifying and highlights exactly why minorities are so often distrustful of any doctors.

  2. Apr 2021
    1. "childishly confining their im-provements, as if the crop would eat itself"

      Honestly? True; I had never considered how ineffective fencing must be for agriculture.

    2. men and women often willingly helped one another. Men assisted in sev-eral agricultural chores including the arduous task of clearing fields and harvesting the crops

      It was a fluid system.

    3. but their concern with balance made hierarchy, which often serves to oppress women, untenable.

      If anything, it may be considered a way of appreciating that both are different but equally important.

    1. male

      I am curious if she had to portray herself in a more feminine or masculine light or if there was fluidity allowed there.

    2. favorite female children among the Piegan often led i n child-hood games, played boys' sports, and took for them-selves the names of great warriors. Moreover, some indulged in sex play early in life

      I wonder if they were treated like they were just special boys or if their femininity was allowed to be highlighted? Idk if that makes sense

    3. "masculine."

      "Masculine" by western standards.

    1. As Navajos see matters, her identity as someone other than Navajo is simply not an issue.

      Cultural identity rather than a race identity.

    2. if it suited her, she would comply.

      Agency!!

    3. are called mother.

      This appreciation would be exceptional in terms of respect.

    4. “complementary,”

      I love this conceptualization in daily life in general "different but equal and necessary".

    5. experienced boarding schools and were sent away for long periods.

      I know enough about Native peoples experience with the Boarding Schools that it sends shivers down my spine.

    6. łk'iníbaa had at least three husbands, so some of the descendants do not claim Dághá Chíí Bik'is as their grandfather. Her older sister also had several hus-bands. This experience appears to have been common in this period and may reflect ruptures created when men left to seek wage labor or died from epidemic diseases.

      They could have also just remarried because they wanted too? Idk

    7. more fully the importance of oral tradition and affirmed for myself the importance of our cultural values.

      Again, I ask if there was not a supremacy in the western style of academia would the way we appreciate oral histories be different? Would instead of written articles being the sources we turn to for research papers we had podcast detailing histories/findings? Idk i just think about how different the world would be without colonization and the detriments of the current style of academia.

    8. the history of Indian education has meant a loss of tra-ditional knowledge and Native languages and little if any access to our own histories.

      I would say there has been a deliberate effort to erase native history of every level and then shift the narrative for the history that remains.

    1. -not to become the validators or verifiers of stories

      THIS! Often times in historical studies the conversation always centers around how the narratives will be biased and that thus should lessen their validity. However, this ignores the fact that every single thing we consume in all fields of academia will have some degree of bias within it.

    2. they always say the Indians are ruthless killers and that they massacred white people. The white people are just as bad, even worse. You never hear about the things that happened to our people because it was never written in the history books. They say it is always the Indians who are at fault

      This reflects the way that those in power are able to craft and change history to suit their narrative.

    3. d fulfilled her obligations and that these stories would not be forgotten

      I feel like it is important to highlight that this was very much a cultural traditions and thus obligation.

    4. ead that oral history is contained within oral tradition. For the Dakota, "oral tradition" refers to the way in which information is passed on rather than the length of time something has been told.

      This was personally my own conceptualization of oral traditions.

    5. er grandmother, in particular, had carried vivid, painful memories of those traumatic times. Over time, those painful memories of my great-great- grandmother became the memories of my grandmother and, then, they became my memories

      The rich inheritance that comes with oral traditions is reflected here. I also wonder how this could tie into studies on generational tramas.

    6. f kinship responsibility, a responsibility that relays a culture, an identity, and a sense of belonging essential to my life. It is through the stories of my grandmother, my grandmother's grandmother, and my grandmother's grandmother's grandmother and their lives that I learned what it means to be a Dakota woman, and the responsibility, pain, and pride associated with such a role. These stories in our oral tradition, then, must be appreciated by historians not simply for the illumination they bring to the broader historical picture but also as an essential component in the s

      Striking in the importance of this kind of inheritance. I had never seen the term "kinship responsibility" in this fashion and I feel it fits perfectly.

    1. “interlocking hierarchies” of gov-ernance.

      :(

    2. The fl edgling colony of Plymouth “pretended” to claim preemptive rights to the entire Wampanaog country, through their al-liance with Ousamequin; the legitimacy and bounds of their “patent” rested in part on their treaty with him

      This is again so upsetting especially when you consider the generosity of the native people.

    3. kinship through pronouns like “my,” “our,” and “his.” Yet these terms do not denote possession, but rather evoke responsibilities and shared histories that bind people to each other and the land.

      These words are not inherently possessive and signify otherwise

    4. “has falsely educated New En-glanders” and Americans “for generations,” engendering a mythological history in which the English, and their American descendants, “replace” Indians in the land.

      This intertwines with many narrative in the United States that wish to erase less favorable, more thought provoking aspects of history.

    5. These newcomers also carried a vision that “Englishmen” would replace the Indigenous people, including women planters, as the rightful inhabitants of this land

      Again, just absolutely infuriating. It reminds me of Columbus who took upon receiving a war welcome from indigenous people concluded they would make excellent slaves.

    6. “friendly entertain-ment”

      It's the sexism for me lol. I wonder how many historical documents strip women of power due to their own bias.

  3. Mar 2021
    1. remember thinking that the confer- ences seemed very assimilationist. I

      Even within the community of native women there is layer of what is considered "correct" or "acceptable".

    2. the early studies on Native women were anthropological, and because Medicine was an anthropologist, although she understood the discipline through the lens of a Nativ

      I imagine this is so important because it offers a different narrative than what was previously offered.

    1. Narratives are helpful only in the absence of grades

      I agree with this. I often only consider comments to be a justification for whatever grade I was given and dismiss it as thus.

    2. “measurable outcomes may be the least significant results of learning”

      THIS. If anything, we must asess if there is any quantifiable measure of learning to being with. If educations let go of the concept of quantifying education I feel as though it will be a step in the right direction.

    3. “If you have one eye on how close you are to achieving your goal, that leaves only one eye for your task.”

      This whole quote gets me thinking. It has been years since I have felt like I was truly learning, when it comes to classes, rather then determining what the teacher/professor wanted and giving it to them.

    4. Research on the effects of grading has slowed down in the last couple of decades, but the studies that are still being done reinforce the earlier findings

      Likely due to the fact that nothing is being done to change the current system.

    5. Suddenly all the joy was taken away. 

      This is something I personally relate to and struggle with every day. I used to love to write fiction but now struggle too. This is because now when I write, I write with the expectation of consumption and then criticism.