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While I learned briefly about Native Americans in high school, most of my knowledge and understanding of Native Americans is the result of my college courses, mainly Dr. Devine's Seminar on Native American-White Relations and Dr. Moon's History of the American West class. Both courses touched upon these two Native American groups and the seminar expanded upon the experience of the Cherokee and their removal. I know that these courses have allowed me to have a more well-rounded understanding of Native American life and cultural practices. However, I realize that I have more to learn about Native peoples, particularly understanding American history from their perspective. Media and modern popular culture has undoubtedly also influenced our understanding of these and other Native Americans. --Sarah Gardner | While I learned briefly about Native Americans in high school, most of my knowledge and understanding of Native Americans is the result of my college courses, mainly Dr. Devine's Seminar on Native American-White Relations and Dr. Moon's History of the American West class. Both courses touched upon these two Native American groups and the seminar expanded upon the experience of the Cherokee and their removal. I know that these courses have allowed me to have a more well-rounded understanding of Native American life and cultural practices. However, I realize that I have more to learn about Native peoples, particularly understanding American history from their perspective. Media and modern popular culture has undoubtedly also influenced our understanding of these and other Native Americans. --Sarah Gardner | ||
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| + | To be honest I haven't had much background either. There have been snippets of Native American history here and there in a lot of my courses and classes over the years, but there hasn't been one basic group that I've really studied intently enough to remember who was who and where. What I do remember is that Europeans and Natives fought a lot and whites forced their ways on the Natives because they felt the Natives' ways were savage and wrong. It would definitely influence how I interpreted these articles because the boarding school one just pissed me off with the way whites treated the Natives. Honestly, if you don't have the food and clothing to provide the students then don't open the school! Or at least secure the funds to properly feed and clothe them. --Ashley Wilkins | ||
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