The importance of historical thinking and thorough analysis based on context.
1. Last week we learned about the importance of historical thinking and thorough analysis based on context. Practice analyzing the context of the Bering Strait Theory (BST) articles from last week. Who was the author? When/where were the articles published? Who is the intended audience? Why should the author\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s credentials, time and place of publication, and intended audience be considered?
https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/bering-stra…
https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/bering-stra…
https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/bering-stra…
2. According to the author, what are the controversies surrounding the Bering Strait Theory? In contrast, what are the current scientific perspectives on the Bering Strait theory, according to last week\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s PowerPoint lecture? Why are both theories important to consider, and why do you think we began our course by investigating this topic?
3. Based on this week\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s Module 3 materials on the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\”Follow the Corn\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\” chapter and the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\”1491\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\” article, why might it be important to briefly learn about the peoples’ history of the Valley of Mexico, Central America, and South America? In other words, how might the history of the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and Inca challenge \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\”single stories\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\” or encourage us to think differently about how American history is taught?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/…
4. What is Dunbar-Ortiz\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s overall argument in the chapter, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\”Follow the Corn\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\”? In other words, what seems to be the main idea or most important take-away? Please include direct quotes from the chapter to support your response.
How might this week\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s Module 3 materials connect to at least one of our key terms from last week\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s Module 2?
6. What was overall argument of Winona LaDuke\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s TED Talk? What connections did you see to our \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\”Follow the Corn\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\” chapter, and why might it be significant in our understanding of this week\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s material?
7. Lastly, please share your own thoughts/reactions/reflections on this week\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s materials.
heres 1 student discusiion that you have to reponsd to their discussion with 200 words:
The Author of the Bering Strait Theory articles is Alexander Ewen. The articles were published on June 13th, 2014. I believe the intended audience was for people who follow Indigenous News Sources (Hence the publishing on Indigenous Country Today). I think it\\\\\\\’s beneficial to have an author who identifies with an indigenous tribe when they are writing news about Native Americans. I think the intended audience was carefully selected because Ewen is writing as a native to native peoples.
I think it\\\\\\\’s important that we focus on how Native Americans even got to the Americas in the first place. The Bering Strait Theory makes sense to me in the sense of how Indigenous people got here. I thought it was interesting how the presentation noted that there is evidence to believe that Natives have been here for longer than we think. It was also interesting how scientists can track language patterns amongst different indigenous groups, leading people to believe they have been here longer than we previously thought.
I think a different perspective of history is beneficial to learn. I never realized that not only did Europeans cause destruction and mass genocide, but also famine. It was beneficial of the Author of 1491 to mention the biological warfare which was going on. I think it was beneficial for the author to share the number of Indigenous people there was in the Americas as well. In 1491, the author mentioned, \\\\\\\”Before Columbus, Dobyns calculated, the Western Hemisphere held ninety to 112 million people. Another way of saying this is that in 1491 more people lived in the Americas than in Europe.\\\\\\\” This is prevalent because almost all of those people were killed. Imagine having a third of the U.S Population killed.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz made it clear in the chapter, \\\\\\\”Follow the Corn\\\\\\\” that the Native Peoples of the Americas were all interconnected. Although they may not be all the same, they all share one thing in common, corn. Dunbar-Ortiz wrote, \\\\\\\”These were civilizations based on advanced agriculture and featuring polities. It is essential to understand the migrations and Indigenous peoples\\\\\\\’ relationships prior to the invasion, North and South, and how colonialism cut them off, but, as we will see, the relationships are being reestablished\\\\\\\” (31). It\\\\\\\’s important to note that the native people did have advanced agriculture systems, meaning they were effectively progressing in their own society. When Dunbar-Ortiz says that colonialism cut them off, she means that there could have been better advancement for the Native people, if they were just left alone in the first place.
I think the first chapter of our textbook reflected part two of the Bering Strait Theory. Basically, Dubar-Ortiz tied the colonization of America as racial genocide. I think her instillment that the native people were exiled just proves that it was racially motivated. That white supremacy is the root of our country.
I think Winona LaDuke\\\\\\\’s TedTalk was a great parallel with \\\\\\\”Follow the Corn.\\\\\\\” I loved how she brought up that remembering where you come from humbles you. The Native practice of growing corn is an important part of their culture, and recognizing that is important.
This week\\\\\\\’s materials really opened my eyes to the world that the Native People have endured the past couple of centuries. When you think about it, the conquest was way less than 1,000 years ago.
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