es, the silences around the subject of genocide are a trag
I wonder why they chose to omit this. I also question how many of the Natives agree with sentiment and would have preferred for it to have been on display.
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- Jun 2019
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? Reviews of the exhibitions have indicated that visitors are often left feeling overwhelmed, confused, and frustrated by the display techniques
If viewer's biggest critiques revolve around how things are displayed, I feel as though they are missing the bigger issue surrounding the history of Natives in the US.
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ou have to go beyond they story of the tragedy and the travesty of the past 500 years
This is significant. Native Americans have lived on this land far longer than the Europeans have discovered America, yet most history tends to ignore everything before the 15th century.
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missing. Voices of individuals from all cultural and profes- sional backgrounds express dissatisfaction at what they view as ineffec- tive and vastly disappointing exhibitions that are confusing, unengaging, and lacking in histo
Both methods were described as confusing, but they seem to employ very different methods. Is it a no-win scenario or does some middle ground need to be found?
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Other museums have pursued this approach prior to the NMAI, and the institution is not unique in this regard
If the NMAI has gotten the most recognition for doing this, does that indicate it has been the most successful or just the most publicized?
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s. This very ambitious enterprise by the NMAI was critiqued by many as failing to address the needs of the audienc
What audience are they referring to, Natives or non-Natives? Is it more important that the Natives are able to use their voice, or more important that others are able to interpret it?
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During the course of my research I have found that one of the primary objectives of those working with museums is to have the exhibition not only serve as important sites of "knowledge making and remembering" for their own communities but also to challenge the commonly held stereotypes about American Indian history and culture that are predomi- nant in our society.
It's important to note the twofold objective of Native influence in museums. It serves a purpose both for remembrance for the Natives and teaching non-Natives.
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We can certainly see this new development reflected in exhibitions- the "most prominent and public of all
I think that this is a significant statement. It is good that there is a reflection of Natives within Native exhibits.
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When analyzing the high propensity for crime on reservations, the answers to curbing those numbers have to do with jurisdiction and a return to traditional teachings and values.
I'm glad they recognize the jurisdictional issues within tribal organizations.
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Within the Ìrst three months of its opening there were sixty- three arrests made, “mostly for alcohol related crimes.” ere were also domestic disputes, and “ were removed for bringing drugs or alco-hol onto the premises”
How many of those arrested were Navajos and how many were non-Natives?
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. e assumption was made
This phrasing alone makes it difficult to imply a causal relationship between the two. There is no definitive way to test whether it is a cause and effect relationship.
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In , members of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Stacy Nunez- Barajas and Erik Barajas placed a hit on Leonard Epps, a non-tribal member and non-Indian
https://casetext.com/case/epps-v-barajas
This link describes the case.
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Anti-sovereignty groups have protested outside of casinos, arguing that tribal sovereignty in un- American.
I find this ironic. America was founded on ideals of justice and liberty for all, which have both been withheld from the Natives on multiple occasions.
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Petti’s scheme did not work, but the allegations of maÌa inÌltration continued to plague Indian gaming.
It's crazy how one failed attempt has caused so much trouble for every Native tribe who attempts to venture into the gaming world.
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In the early years of Indian gaming, tribes that decided to venture into gaming did so because they had few other options for economic develop-ment. Indian gaming met opposition from the beginning from the states.
The states don't want to have to provide for the tribes financially, but they also oppose one of the few means for the tribes to become economically independent in a sense from the states.
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Anti- Indian groups have sprung up just as fast as Indian casinos, claiming that Indian gaming causes crime, deteriorates neighborhoods, and gives Indians special privileges in the form of casinos and sovereignty
I wonder if these same people would make the same arguments regarding casinos in Vegas or Atlantic City that are not run by Natives. I don't really see a difference between the two.
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Previously impoverished tribes living in third- world conditions, without running water and electricity, struggling to survive, are now major players in politics, government, and economic growth
I find it fascinating how allowing them something that seems so simple has allowed some tribes the means to completely turn around their standard of living and how they are perceived as a whole.
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If a victim does not have an intimate relationship with the perpetrator, the non-Indian is still exempt from tribal criminal authority pursuant to Oliphant.
This doesn't seem fair considering the majority of perpetrators are non-Natives.
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As Capitol Hill energy ramped up in 2012, many politicians told lies about the tribal provisions of the VAWA bill.
I don't understand why people have to tell lies to attempt to get others to side with them. If what the Natives were doing were so bad, then they should have been able to get people to agree with them by telling the truth.
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This legis-lation has been framed as a “partial Oliphant fix” because it alters the legal rule imposed by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1978 deci-sion Oliphant v. Suquamish
I find it important that there are attempts at going around the Oliphant case.
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VAWA is a comprehensive federal law that approaches violence in a multifaceted way, including funding, programming, and criminal justice system reform.11 The funding streams have included targeted resources for tribal domestic vio-lence and sexual abuse, which also resulted in the development of tribal nonprofit coalitions.
How have these evolved through the different amendments of VAWA?
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Federal legal reform is only a small aspect in legal reform for tribal nations. So TLOA and VAWA, and laws to come, are and should be the subject of rigorous debate and intensive critique.
How does the author believe that these policies should be improved?
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The long-term health problems ACEs has linked to childhood trauma are all elevated in tribal communities, including heart dis-ease, diabetes, obesity, and liver disease
It is so unfortunate that children are exposed to such traumatic event so early on in life and that they continue to impact them as they grow older both mentally and physically
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But use of rape is widespread and is intended to terrorize and destroy the psyche of communities.
I find it horrific that this is something people are doing to deliberately hurt this community.
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The federal government is the source of the problem, so why would we expect it to be the source of the solu-tion?
It is unfortunate that this is the case. Because they live under the thumbs of the federal government, they don't really have any choice but to wait for the government to implement reform policies.
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unilaterally authorized states to exercise civil regulatory authority (to register and track offenders) in Indian country, extending state authority into an unprecedented realm.
It is difficult to understand where to draw the line in terms of state authority over Native territory. There lacks a definitive line in terms of whether Native territory falls under federal or state jurisdiction.
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The Native women who have championed this legislation are heroes of the highest order; no one thought it could be done.
You have to admire those that are able to fight for what's right even in the face of adversity.
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“Trust the government? Ask an Indian!”
That is an interesting bumper sticker. Can't say that I've seen it before though.
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The raping, plundering, because of the greed of the United States of America for our natural resources, it is still yet a form of sterilization.
This is a disturbing yet effective metaphor comparing some of the wrongdoings the US has done towards Native tribes.
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The Indian women of the Western Hemisphere are the target of the genocide that is still ongoing, that is still the policy of the United States of America. We are undergoing a modern form called sterilization, which has been going on for hundreds of years, to totally exterminate the Red man
I find this to be a very disturbing practice by the people who are supposed to ensure our health. I cannot even imagine the uproar that would be caused if these same things happened to a large group of white women.
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We have not asked you to give up your religions and beliefs for ours.We have not asked you to give up your language for ours.We have not asked you to give up your ways of life for ours.We have not asked you to give up your government for ours.We have not asked that you give up your territories to us.
For a country founded on providing freedom and liberties to the people living within, they are doing a very poor job providing these basic rights to the people they took the land from.
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We ask for justice, and not from the muzzle of an M-16 rifle
They have spent a long time under duress and being treated as less than. This does not seem as though they are asking for more than they deserve.
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Trail of Broken Treaties
This is an interesting choice in name, is it in reference to the Trail of Tears?
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From sea to shining sea
I feel as though this term is used almost ironically to put emphasis on American ideals.
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genocide
This is an interesting use of the term "genocide." I feel as though they are using it to mean a killing of the Native culture and practices rather than the people themselves.
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Many potential leaders have fallen by the wayside because they have allowed themselves, or were forced by oth-ers, to become so involved in the intricacies of bureaucracy that their basic goals were forgotten.
I think this is an interesting claim. There is a lot of truth behind it in my opinion.
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United Indians of All Tribes
This is a strong name for this organization of sorts to display a united front for all Native people.
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citing an article in the Treaty of Fort Laramie regarding surplus federal property, demanded that it be returned to Native people.
I was unaware that they used this as their argument for trying to retain rights to Alcatraz
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In fact, the whole pan-Indian movement came out of the urban Indian situation.
It's interesting that they are able to take whatever it is that they have in common in order to band together and make themselves more comfortable in the situation that they have been put into.
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In some cases, if you are born off the reservation, you are automatically not included as tribal members.
I wonder why this decision came about. Is this something dictated by the tribes themselves or by the American government?
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We had little understanding of what termination really meant
It's concerning that something that will have such drastic impact upon so many people is not adequately explained to them so that they have proper understanding of how things would change.
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Relocated Indians were scattered throughout the cities so they could not form neighborhood cohorts.
Why couldn't they choose where they wanted to live?
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The assistance ought to begin with an indication from a family or individual on the reservation that they wanted to leave, an indication of where they wanted to go, counseling about what things would be like, and some vocational testing.
This to me seems like a better basis for this type of program. Proper counseling and taking into account the wants of the people taking part in the program is a good place to start. Hopefully they actually try to grant them the things that they want.
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He attempted to repeat his success in the Japanese-American relocation centers.
I find this to be an odd goal to take in this situation. I feel as though the two situations are very different from each other.
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A short time later, John Ralph Nichols was made commissioner of Indian affairs.
Not much is said about him. Did he do a decent job? What caused him to last only 11 months?
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They also made a stronger effort to locate employment opportunities near the reserva-tions, rather than transport people from South Dakota all the way to Los Angeles and other distant places.
Were they deliberately sending people away from their reservations, or were they just choosing not to put effort and almost randomly assigning them a place?
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If she went to Denver and learned how to be a secretary, the entrance salary would be only $175 a month.
Is there the possibility of increasing her salary above $175? It uses the term entrance salary, however, I am not sure to what extent raises would have been given.
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They filled these jobs with local people if we did not have any Indian people for these particular jobs.
Was it intentional that there were no native people to fill the job or did it just so happen that no Indian happened to relocate to that area?
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His family was not included
I wonder what the rationale behind this idea was. It seems as though governmental policy makers can't make up their mind regarding how they want the Indians to act. Do they want them to follow the traditional "white" actions or just follow this other idea of how they think a Native American should act?
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The other phase of the program was to relocate people from reservation areas to pri-marily urban areas
The way this two-phase system is worded almost makes it sound as though there weren't really jobs in the urban areas, just the training.
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He tries to restore the Indian race so that the Indian may be on a par in his mind and heart.
Collier is trying to mold the Indians to fit the image he holds for them in his mind, but that does not necessarily adhere to what they want for themselves.
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Now there is no reason why the Commissioner of Indian Affairs could not increase that amount to two hundred thousand dollars a year if the Indian people showed him that that amount was necessary to take care of the higher education and professional education of the Indians.
Is there really no reason? Additional cost seems to be a big reason as to not give more money.
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This thing would go over big in Congress if the Indian people got behind it themselves and that is what the President is expecting to see.
Does the opinion of the Indians actually have any sway of what Congress would do?
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The reason that we as Indian people, do not progress and forge ahead very fast is because we are looking to Washington and the Secretary of the Interior and Superintendents on each reservation to do the things for us that are necessary.
It is only necessary because they have lost access to the resources that were previously sustaining them.
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In the first place, the Indian, when the white man came to this coun-try, lost his buffalo; and in the second place, he lost the elk and deer; and in the third place, he finds himself hard-pressed for a place to hunt even small game; and in the fourth place, he has lost this vast territory of land involving his health and bringing about a high death rate and therefore a future that is mighty gloomy, indeed.
The term "lost" is so much more innocent than what actually happened. All of these are a direct result of the white settlers taking and exploiting what belonged to the Indians.
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Because the Indian had so many acres of this whole community to roam over, he did not value the land that he had.
I'm not sure that I necessarily agree with this statement. I feel as though they showed their value of their land in a different way. I would go far as to say that they valued the land itself more.
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I would like to give my personal opinion on this whole bill and it might be interesting to some of you.
Was it interesting because he was agreeing with something that the government proposed or because the New Deal had a lot of opponents?
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opportunity to know the real American peo-ple, quite distinct from those who have assumed this honored name when it suited their selfish ends
Does she actually believe this, or is this just an attempt to appeal to the ego of the American people?
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When it pleased the Provisional Government to give their control another name, they called it the Republic of Hawai‘i
I find the technique of flip-flopping between referring to themselves as either Americans or Hawaiians to be very underhanded. It seems obvious to me that they will always consider themselves Americans, and only refer to themselves as Hawaiians when they feel it will be advantageous for them.
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Hawaiian people, I refer to the chil-dren of the soil—the native inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands and their descendants.
I would also find it difficult to consider the Americans who forced themselves into the government of Hawai'i actual Hawaiians.
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the President acknowledges the right of the Hawaiian people to choose their own form of government.
How is it that the United States government can so easily go back on their word without facing any form of repercussion? What is the point of creating treaties if no one will abide by them?
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And because I was suspected of having the welfare of the whole people also at heart (and what sovereign with a grain of wisdom could be otherwise minded?), I must be made to feel yet more severely that my kingdom was but the assured prey of these “conquistadores.”
She appears to understand the mental tactics that the US ambassadors try to use against her. I feel as thought this allows her to better stand up for herself.
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It should, however, be only necessary to remember that the measures which brought about our accession of wealth were not at all in line with the policy of annex-ation to the United States, which was the very essence of the dominant “missionary” idea.
She does a good job in presenting the commonly known facts regarding Hawai'i, and then telling people how it should actually be seen. Rather than believing that everything happened because of the missionaries, people should understand that the prosperity just so happened to align with the time that they were there. Not as a direct result of them being there.
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Although she did not succeed on either count, Lili‘uokalani galvanized an ongoing resist-ance movement.
Did her brother not attempt his own resistance movements, or were hers just more well-known? The only information really presented about him is that he was forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution.
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alumnae and their descendents have gathered together on the grounds of North-eastern State University to celebrate the seminaries and all that the schools meant to them.
Is this a celebration that still happens?
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At least 30 percent of the students were of one-sixteenth degree or less Cherokee blood, yet they still considered themselves to be Cherokees
Did these students also consider themselves to be white?
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Prejudice against traditional Cherokees was the parents' main argument against the seminaries
If the prejudice is so well-known among the students parents, I wonder why some full-blooded families still chose to send their children. Did they feel as though the pros outweighed the cons, or did they lack any real choice?
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graduates' fathers had a 98 percent literacy rate and their mothers 100 percent, compared to the 82 percent and 86 percent literacy rates of the non-graduates' fathers and mothers,
Though there is an obvious disparity between the two, it doesn't seem as though the gap is too large. Though I wouldn't be surprised if the students whose records could not be examined were the non-graduates which I would guess would further depress the literacy rate.
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We present you again with a collection of Rosebuds, gathered from our Seminary garden. If, on examining them, you chance to flnd a withered or dwarfish bud, please pass it by .... We hope for lenient judgment, when our efforts are compared with those of our white sisters
I feel as though the rosebuds are almost a metaphor of the students attending the seminary, where the full-blooded Cherokees would be seen as the "withered or dwarfish" buds when compared to the mixed-blood or white students.
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Students also took pleasure in comparing the old Cherokee ways with the new and improved lifestyles of the tribe to show that many tribal members had progressed past savagery and were on their way to equality with whites
I feel as though this idea of being on their way towards equality with whites was more of a fantasy of the students rather than a reflection of reality.
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Separation of the Cherokee and black races was a fact
I wonder, in the eyes of the white people of the time, what separated the Indians from the blacks and placed one at a higher standard than the other.
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[I will] endeavor to be useful, although I sometimes think that I cannot be
It is disheartening to hear that these young girls lost faith in themselves solely based on how others perceived the color of their skin.
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many were not particularly happy about it and wanted the type of education offered at the seminary.
I find this odd because it seemed as though many of those who did attend the seminaries did not actually want to attend. Would these students want to actually go to the seminaries or just receive the same education at the common schools?
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"Can the mental wants of an Indian youth be satisfied ... by resources less fruitful than that which caters to the Anglo-Saxon mind? The Cherokee language, at the present advanced period of their [Cherokees'] civilization, cannot meet the exigencies of our people. "
I wonder whether or not he was able to understand the Cherokee language well enough to even come close to this being an accurate statement or if it is yet another example of the idea of racial superiority.
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few white pupils
I am surprised to hear that there were also white students attending the Indian schools, I would have thought there would be almost no co-mingling among the two groups.
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like many mixed-bloods today, the Cherokee women who looked Caucasian
It's interesting how the author makes the comparison to modern society, and just goes to show how little the views of society has changed in the past century.
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a higher cultural class
I wonder if how large of a role the "mixed-blood" played in this idea of a higher cultural class versus the "pure-blood," and I wonder if they believed the contrary is true if they were to compare themselves to the white Americans.
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destroyed by fire
I find it oddly coincidental that both the male and female boarding schools burned down. I wonder if this was a common occurrence at the time or if there were other factors at work.
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