Views on Indians

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Savage is cruel and vicious; aggressively hostile. Savagery is the quality of being fierce or cruel. 

Today I looked at an old textbook and read what it had to say about indians. Then I searched for what it had to say when I typed in the word savage. I also looked up the definition for savage and savagery. 

If I was a student reading this textbook, it would shape my view of the Indians in a negative way. This is because the way they talk about them using the word savage and talking about all of the conflict that they caused and the warfare. It would call it "savage warfare" and "savage chieftain".  It also talked about the savages killing and capturing people. All just awful things. So if this is what I read to get a view of the Indians it would be very negative because it sounds like all they do is cause trouble. It talked about how people would go to the Indians and force them to supply things for them such as corn so this also shows that people were just using the Indians. However when they described what the Indians looked like at first it talked about them in a positive way. It said they were very revengeful and it said they thought war was the most honorable employment. It said they would also burn prisoners and torture them even more. Once again all negative things about the Indians.

Diary Entry

This newspaper really meant a lot to me because I know several of the Indians from Walla Walla and it upsets to me read about how they are being taken to a new reservation. I really hope that they find a way to have peace but the chances of that sound slim from reading this. I don't think it is fair that they don't have food prepared for them because food is a necessity and I really feel bad for them. I hope that since this is in the news that maybe there will be some people willing to help them out. It gives me a little bit of hope to know that there are nice Indians out there like the ones that helped get the stuff back that was stolen. Our community needs more people like that. On a more positive note, I really liked the advertisements in this newspaper. We actually have friends in town right now that are staying at the Parker House and we went to eat with them last night at the Walla Walla restaurant. I am pleased with what this newspaper is doing with our community. It is informing people about what is going which is a good thing and I really like the advertisements included. They are all the things that I would want for someone new or visiting to know about. I wish there wasn't so much negative going on but I guess it's good that the newspaper talks about it because it informs the community.

Old newspapers concerning Indian conflicts

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn96061149/1879-05-09/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1865&sort=relevance&rows=20&words=Indian+Indians&searchType=basic&sequence=1&index=1&state=Oregon&date2=1880&proxtext=Indian&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2

In the newspaper I read from Oregon called the Daily Astorian from 1879 talked about how a group of Indians from Walla Walla will be placed on a new reservation when Chief Moses arrives. They don't think there will be peace because feeding the Indians hasn't been arranged yet. No one has confidence in Wilbur, the agent of the reserve. There will be no peaceful solution of the Indian Northwestern question. There were Indian murderers that escaped from jail have finally been recaptured. There was a group of nice Indians that helped get the stuff back that was stolen and in the process 2 of the Indians were killed. The new reservation is unpopular.

The newspaper is about 3/4 advertisements. The newspaper also talked about California adopting the new constitution which the mining companies are against and the agricultural ones are for it.

Social Media vs Newspaper

Our use of social media is selective and intentional so that we tend to remain interested in only things we've already been interested in, whereas newspapers expose readers to information on a broad range of topics. This can can connect communities by providing information about what others may be interested in. It may raise questions I never thought to ask.

Newspaper Exhibits homework

3.  A newspaper is A  publication, usually issued daily or weekly, containing current news, editorials, feature articles, and usually advertising. 
4. In Boston in 1690 is where and when newspapers first came into existence. 
5.  Some of the very oldest newspapers in the us are : 

• The New Hampshire Gazette (1756)
• The Hartford Courant (1764 - the oldest daily)
• The Register Star (Hudson, NY) (1785)
• The Poughkeepsie Journal (1785)
• The Augusta Chronicle (1785)

6. The Wall Street Journal- 

had big titles such as:

Dell to buy EMC for 67 billion

Barclays to name American its CEO
A lot of the titles include shocking news with words like tension,shooting,rebel,stolen

7. 

A "newspaper of record" is a  major newspaper that has a large circulation. Such as:

New York Times in 1913

Also the Washington Post

8. Looking at a newspaper is different to stay connected rather than our social media because it includes all areas. When using social media we pick what we want to look at or read about. When having a newspaper you at least see it all even if you don't read it. Having it in your hands reading it means you are more committed to learning about the news because thats all you're doing but when you're on your phone there are so many other things you could be doing. The invention of social media has totally downgraded newspaper reading and caused people to stop it entirely. A newspaper makes you more involved with your town and nation than social media does.

Native American Clothing Controversy

There has been a lot of controversy dealing with fashion and Native Americans. I learned off of a USA Today article that the Native Americans get very offended when other companies use their stuff. I had never thought about it that way because you see tribal print products all over the place and just assume its a print that people like. For example Victorias Secret had an issue because one of the models wore an Indian head piece in the fashion show. It's interesting because the people in charge don't think twice about what they are producing and then they get a complaint about how people feel offended by it and then it's too late and they're in trouble. I personally feel like it shouldn't be an issue for someone to wear something that is from another country or tribe because they could just like the product and not have any intention of causing trouble. However, when empathizing with the people that feel offended, I can see where they are coming from.

When I was researching I saw another article that talked about how a Native American personally felt about Gwen Stefani's music video "Looking Hot". The Native American felt that Gwen Stefani portrayed a bad example of a Native American woman. It was interesting to read the interview with the Native American woman because she really stood up for the way she felt. She said, "I know some people think this is overreacting and that Native people are whining again" She knows the way society thinks about Native Americans and she wants them to know that she is truly offended by this. If I was in that position I would not think to report it and make a big deal about it but you need people in the world to do that so that they Native Americans can try and preserve their culture. 

It is fascinating to research controversy because you find yourself wondering which side you agree with.  Personally, for the first topic about the model I do not feel like it is an issue because she's just wearing the clothing. But for the music video I can understand where the Native American woman is coming from because the music video is portraying Native American women in a negative light. 

 

1st Quarter Reflection

     I have learned a lot from this class just in the first quarter. I have learned simply more about history, but I have also learned new thinking and tech skills. As far as history goes, I now have more knowledge about how bad slavery really was. I really enjoyed the movie 12 Years a Slave because that is what made me realize the truths about slavery. It answered and cleared up a lot of questions that I have had over the years when we study slavery because it was always briefly mentioned. I also learned that slavery had a lasting impact. I thought it was so cool to see how the states that had a high percentage of slavery are now some of the poorest states. I had never thought to connect those together and never realized how many aspects of life slavery affects. This quarter we discussed empathy and sympathy a lot. At first I was very confused on the difference and had no clue how we were going to incorporate it with our learning. I learned a lot from it, I had never deeply thought about what it meant to empathize with people especially people in history. Being able to empathize is a new thinking skill that I have learned and since learning it, I have already applied it to other situations outside of US History. Another skill that I have strengthened is being able to paraphrase and quote effectively. This had always been challenging to me because I know it is easy to mess up and plagiarize so I was scared to do it, but now I feel more comfortable incorporating them into my writing like I did on the essay. 

     I have also learned new tech skills this quarter such as hyperlinking. In my past writing we usually just had to refer to the source, but this year in this class I have learned how to put the source directly into my writing by hyperlinking. An area of strength for me has been being able to empathize and understand how the people in the situation felt and incorporating quotes in my writing. This quarter I have also been on top of doing the worksheets and trying to understand them. However, an area where I think I can grow is to make connections and draw conclusions from what we are studying. I struggle to see the reasoning of some of it and how it connects to other aspects of history or even how it connects to life today. I hope that I am able to develop the skill to be able to do that. This quarter I feel like what we studied just became more clear. I had heard about most of the topics and knew little parts of them but after studying them I have a clear understanding of them. I like and hope to continue investigating topics that have a lasting impact such as slavery. It is interesting to me to see how it connects to our country today and how our country today came to be. I liked the essay we did where we had research going into it so I hope we continue to do that. I will tell you that usually I don't obtain information from history classes well because they are usually lectures and boring to me. But this year I have really enjoyed what we have been doing in class because it is engaging and gets my mind thinking in a different way. Therefor I have learned a lot so far and can remember the topics we have been discussing which is a goal I had set for myself this year. It makes me more interested to learn history when it is presented in an engaging way and when I am interested in it I can then see the values of studying it.