Indigenous people are being oppressed by the people of the dominant society for centuries. In the US, Native American people are oppressed by the white European explorers for hundreds of years. They are oppressed, marginalized their voice, killed their leaders, activist, and bright sons and daughters. People are in power seems to be watching each and every move of the Native Americans, and if the power feels threatened by anybody they are getting killed or brutally murdered. It feels like the Native American community is in a Panopticon where they are being consistently watched 24/7. This created sense insecurity among the Native American communities around the country, and the evidence could be found in the books, in the videos that we watched
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That created fear and sense of insecurity among the Native American communities around the country. The sense of insecurity is evident throughout the different class materials of this class. Last week, in the documentary "In the Light of Reverence" we have seen, a Hopi leader was saying they are not supposed to tell everything about themselves to the outside world. We have seen their sacred shrines and the places where their ancestors came through and left messages for them to follow are destroyed. We also have seen marks of the bullet in the rocks, an attempt to destroy the Native American histories. In the book, "Teaching American Indian Student" we read, a native student in the school was writing a story to publish on the school wall. He wrote the story yet did not want to share it because the information in the story is sacred to him and that might provide information to the outside world that he is not supposed to. In the current time, we see Dakota access pipeline is going through the Native American burial ground which is supposed to be protected by treaty between the US government and the Native Americans. Therefore, the Native Americans are keeping secret about themselves and do not share with the outside world for their own
That created fear and sense of insecurity among the Native American communities around the country. The sense of insecurity is evident throughout the different class materials of this class. Last week, in the documentary "In the Light of Reverence" we have seen, a Hopi leader was saying they are not supposed to tell everything about themselves to the outside world. We have seen their sacred shrines and the places where their ancestors came through and left messages for them to follow are destroyed. We also have seen marks of the bullet in the rocks, an attempt to destroy the Native American histories. In the book, "Teaching American Indian Student" we read, a native student in the school was writing a story to publish on the school wall. He wrote the story yet did not want to share it because the information in the story is sacred to him and that might provide information to the outside world that he is not supposed to. In the current time, we see Dakota access pipeline is going through the Native American burial ground which is supposed to be protected by treaty between the US government and the Native Americans. Therefore, the Native Americans are keeping secret about themselves and do not share with the outside world for their own