This time I went to a powwow for my multicultural event. It was not my first time at a powwow. Since I am part of an Aztec Dance group back at home. The Aztec dance group has been invited to dance at different powwows and I have had the opportunity to travel and learn a little bit more about different powwows in Minnesota and also in Wisconsin. The biggest powwow I’ve been part of, was the one in Wisconsin. Three years ago I went to the Honor the Earth Pow-wow. It was an incredible and unforgettable experience.
However, It was my first time going to a powwow here in Mankato. I was expecting the powwow to be as big as the Wacipi powwow in Shakopee but, this one was way smaller. Later I learned that the one in Shakopee is more like a contest …show more content…
So then this child’s family offered gifts to the community as well. They were calling people from the community by different categories to come up to the stage and pick up a gift. They called the people by categories for example they ask come up to the stage 3 girl teens, 3 boy teens, 3 elderly women, 3 elderly man and so on. While I was talking to my friend, I was able to learn more about the things that he considers are highly important in his …show more content…
Then I asked him, according to him, what are the biggest problems native people face today? He said, one of the biggest issues that gets overlooked is human trafficking in the native community. He said that Native American women are the major trafficked group in the United States and Canada. He said that the twin cities and Duluth are major pathways to other cities and into Canada. We talked about the reason of why these women are an easy target to these people and everything came back to that poverty and survival cycle. We also talked about how no one really protects them. He said: “…The issue is that Native people are such a small percent of the US population that they get over looked. They get over shadowed by blacks, Mexicans, Asians, Hmong, Africans, etc. But when it’s cool to be native. Everyone and their grandma is Native American...” He laughed and continued saying “… they want our glory but none of our struggle” and he laughed again. I was still in shock for all the things he had said because that is very true. It upsets me that this community keeps being oppressed. I remember reading in my book that the most oppressed group in the US are the Native Americans. Which I find outrageous because they were the ones that were here first, I mean this is their land. How can this happened? Things like this highly stress
However, It was my first time going to a powwow here in Mankato. I was expecting the powwow to be as big as the Wacipi powwow in Shakopee but, this one was way smaller. Later I learned that the one in Shakopee is more like a contest …show more content…
So then this child’s family offered gifts to the community as well. They were calling people from the community by different categories to come up to the stage and pick up a gift. They called the people by categories for example they ask come up to the stage 3 girl teens, 3 boy teens, 3 elderly women, 3 elderly man and so on. While I was talking to my friend, I was able to learn more about the things that he considers are highly important in his …show more content…
Then I asked him, according to him, what are the biggest problems native people face today? He said, one of the biggest issues that gets overlooked is human trafficking in the native community. He said that Native American women are the major trafficked group in the United States and Canada. He said that the twin cities and Duluth are major pathways to other cities and into Canada. We talked about the reason of why these women are an easy target to these people and everything came back to that poverty and survival cycle. We also talked about how no one really protects them. He said: “…The issue is that Native people are such a small percent of the US population that they get over looked. They get over shadowed by blacks, Mexicans, Asians, Hmong, Africans, etc. But when it’s cool to be native. Everyone and their grandma is Native American...” He laughed and continued saying “… they want our glory but none of our struggle” and he laughed again. I was still in shock for all the things he had said because that is very true. It upsets me that this community keeps being oppressed. I remember reading in my book that the most oppressed group in the US are the Native Americans. Which I find outrageous because they were the ones that were here first, I mean this is their land. How can this happened? Things like this highly stress