Civic Participation Group Meeting

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I recently visited the American Indian Student Union as my civic participation group. The aspect of communication that was most relevant in the meeting were intercultural communication. In the first meeting they wanted to explain to the students who are not familiar with the Indian culture. They explained the myths and truths to their culture. For example, they explained that wearing headdresses to a Florida State University football game to imitate the Seminole is a false interpretation of the Indian culture. The southern tribes, including the Seminoles, did not wear headdresses. In the beginning of the meeting, the vice president who had the PowerPoint for the meeting was running late. This caused the president of the club to be distracted

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