2019 Fall SUNY First Peoples

I reviewed the "Challenges Facing 21st Century Indigenous People"  by Arizona State University Library. The film was recorded on October 2nd, 2008 at the Heard Museum in Phoenix Arizona. Featured in the film was Wilma Mankiller who spoke about the issues that Native Americans continue to face. She began the speech by thanking everyone who came out that evening to see her including the venue that hosted the event. Most people don't realize how much activity happens behind the scenes. When Wilma Mankiller started diving into the details, she first mentioned that "the history, contemporary lives, and future of native people is intertwined with outside communities". She pointed out that everyone benefits when Native Americans conduct economic activities including building roads and starting businesses.  I thought it was interesting when she said: "Native Americans believe that the world will end when people can no longer protect nature or restore its balanc...

2019 Cherokee National Holiday & Powwow| Tahlequah Oklahoma      I reviewed the “Challenges Facing 21st Century Indigenous People” by Arizona State University Library. It was recorded 2 October 2008 at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. The film featured Simon Ortiz and Wilma Mankiller. Wilma Mankiller is a former and first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. Wilma Mankiller speaks about the diversity and distinctiveness of the Indigenous People in the world. She also talks about the duties and responsibilities to preserve and protect the world. She talks about the beliefs and importance to take care of nature because it will take of you.  Wilma discusses how some cultures don’t have memories of their origins and in turn they have little understanding of where they belong in the world. Wilma Mankiller is a speaker on Native issues and speaks to bridge the gap between Native and non-native communities. I like the analogy she used about rain for...

Final Blog - Wilma Mankiller Wilma Mankiller, former Principal Chief of the Cherokee in the video Wilma Mankiller, Challenges Facing 21st Century Indigenous People , by Samuel Ortiz presents and reinforces the theme of Native American’s, and Indigenous peoples around the world, responsibility to the land, Mother Earth, and all living things that dwell upon her.   She starts by mentioning the Hila River water settlement in Arizona being an example of cooperation between native and non-native people to observe land and treaty rights for the betterment of all.   She tells us that there are over 300 million indigenous people around the world and that a common value shared by all is the inseparable relationship of all life with the land and the need to conserve the earth for all.   She mentions the traditional stories that describe the peoples’ obligation to protect the land and all life and the predictions in many of these traditional stories that the world will e...