A word to describe this illustration is “hypocritical.” This illustration worth a thousand words.
Some Americans believe what’s done is done. I kind of agree since I can’t think of what else the Americans can do to repay the Native Indians except for a full return of the original land.
For the Native Indians, what do you expect the Americans do to repay you?
If I’m a tribal leader, I would ask for an extra land back other than the reservation and declare independent.
I just did a little research to see if any tribe declare independent within the United States and indeed there is a tribe called Lakotah who proposed a country in North America to serve as a homeland for the Lakota.
They argue that as an Indian tribe in the United States, the Lakota were already and always have been a sovereign nation as guaranteed under Article Six of the United States Constitution, bound to the United States Federal Government by treaty.
You make my teacher-heart happy with thinking about this information and then doing research to find out more!
We may not be willing/able to make things completely right(we can't bring back the 90% of the population we killed and giving back all the land would not get a lot of support in the dominant culture), yet I still think we have to strive to at least honor (for lack of a better word) the flawed treaties we signed back in the day. Honor isn't the right word, yet I am struggling to find one that works when the treaties themselves were not honored by the Feds or were they very not honorable in and of themselves.
That is cool about the Lakota Nation. When I read some of the legal issues around tribal sovereignty, it seems like all the Native nations are still supposed to be independent, with a few caveats as to them not being able to make treaties with foreign nations (foreign to the Feds). Since they were sovereign nations before European settlers came and the treaties mainly focused on them giving up land- not their rights as people ruling themselves-then they technically still have the right of independence. However, I am not a lawyer or legal scholar, and even people who are will tell you treaty law is a world unto itself.
Anyways, I do like visuals as they can tell a story or important ideas really quickly and sometimes deeply.
I ponder on the definition of the word, "modernization". First let me ask you, what is the definition of the word? Say it out loud, let me hear it! Scholarly speaking, the definition of modernization embodies the idea of westernization, as well as spreading democracy across the globe without a doubt. That is what America is all about right? And we truly love, bleed and die by it. I do at least.
I started on a chain of thoughts when I asked myself: Why do we, Americans, have so many "haters" around the world? I mean every players got haters, but we are the good guys! Why!? By earlier definition we can also state that: spread of modernization equals spread of democracy as well as westernization and American ways. But it really confuses and grind my gears (no, I am not Homer Simpson) is that our beloved government justifies the use of violence when terminating whatever is a threat to democracy and thus spreading the democracy. Hence, in a long run, it could be true that violence is used/has been used against whaever is threat to westernization. I am just spitting out the facts and the truth that we Americans unconsciously pass by. But most importantly, I hate any form of violence in the world.
A word to describe this illustration is “hypocritical.” This illustration worth a thousand words.
ReplyDeleteSome Americans believe what’s done is done. I kind of agree since I can’t think of what else the Americans can do to repay the Native Indians except for a full return of the original land.
For the Native Indians, what do you expect the Americans do to repay you?
If I’m a tribal leader, I would ask for an extra land back other than the reservation and declare independent.
I just did a little research to see if any tribe declare independent within the United States and indeed there is a tribe called Lakotah who proposed a country in North America to serve as a homeland for the Lakota.
They argue that as an Indian tribe in the United States, the Lakota were already and always have been a sovereign nation as guaranteed under Article Six of the United States Constitution, bound to the United States Federal Government by treaty.
What do you think?
Jackson.
Jackson,
ReplyDeleteYou make my teacher-heart happy with thinking about this information and then doing research to find out more!
We may not be willing/able to make things completely right(we can't bring back the 90% of the population we killed and giving back all the land would not get a lot of support in the dominant culture), yet I still think we have to strive to at least honor (for lack of a better word) the flawed treaties we signed back in the day. Honor isn't the right word, yet I am struggling to find one that works when the treaties themselves were not honored by the Feds or were they very not honorable in and of themselves.
That is cool about the Lakota Nation. When I read some of the legal issues around tribal sovereignty, it seems like all the Native nations are still supposed to be independent, with a few caveats as to them not being able to make treaties with foreign nations (foreign to the Feds). Since they were sovereign nations before European settlers came and the treaties mainly focused on them giving up land- not their rights as people ruling themselves-then they technically still have the right of independence. However, I am not a lawyer or legal scholar, and even people who are will tell you treaty law is a world unto itself.
Anyways, I do like visuals as they can tell a story or important ideas really quickly and sometimes deeply.
I ponder on the definition of the word, "modernization". First let me ask you, what is the definition of the word? Say it out loud, let me hear it! Scholarly speaking, the definition of modernization embodies the idea of westernization, as well as spreading democracy across the globe without a doubt. That is what America is all about right? And we truly love, bleed and die by it. I do at least.
ReplyDeleteI started on a chain of thoughts when I asked myself: Why do we, Americans, have so many "haters" around the world? I mean every players got haters, but we are the good guys! Why!? By earlier definition we can also state that: spread of modernization equals spread of democracy as well as westernization and American ways. But it really confuses and grind my gears (no, I am not Homer Simpson) is that our beloved government justifies the use of violence when terminating whatever is a threat to democracy and thus spreading the democracy. Hence, in a long run, it could be true that violence is used/has been used against whaever is threat to westernization. I am just spitting out the facts and the truth that we Americans unconsciously pass by. But most importantly, I hate any form of violence in the world.