Rudolfo Acuna

Decent Essays
The text chosen for this class is quite interesting, because I am learning my culture. I like that this text for how informative it is, and that in each paragraph I’m learning a new word. Also, Rudolfo Acuna does not try to hide anything, and he says the information straight out as if he were talking to me about it. One of the items I enjoyed reading was chapter 1, about the early civilizations and how they survived. Even they gods the believed in, and that each one had a meaning.
I dislike just reading how badly the indigenous people were treated. Even seeing the dates, just knowing that they have always have been mistreated. I have heard of some of things like the plague almost wiping them out and Christopher Columbus enslaving them. But

Related Documents

  • Decent Essays

    Mardy Morales ED-LLC 200 Reflection 6 Belma Sadikovic Reflection 6 Every chapter we read from the book makes me think deeper. This book has valuable information that we are able to put into practice as we become a multicultural educator. I gain valuable knowledge every chapter we read and makes me think deeper and ask questions that are being answered as we have the reading discussions in class.…

    • 299 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares or simply known as Father Antonio de Olivares, was a Spanish Franciscan who among others, founded the famous mission of San Antonio de Valero, also known as "The Alamo" in 1718. Father Antonio de Olivareswas born in 1630 in Spain. On September 8, 1720, after suffering a broken leg and worse health, Olivares retired from MissionValero and eventually died when he was 92 years of age in 1722. In 1709, he participated in the expedition headed by Pedro deAguirre, together with other Franciscans, exploring the area now known as the San Antonio city, until the Colorado River. In that same year, with the objective of establishing new missions to the bank of the San Antonio River, he travelled to Spain and remained there for six years, trying to persuade and convince the Spanish to approve his plan.…

    • 363 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Lakota Woman Summary

    • 327 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Most Canadians, if not all, know about Hitler and his savagery. Most Canadians know that Hitler tried to diminish the Jews. 6 million Jews were executed but this is only what was documented. Now let me tell you something you probably didn’t know: the genocide of Indigenous people. The life they had to suffer through is unimaginable.…

    • 327 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    I am familiar with the fact the Europeans came with diseases that Native Americans were vulnerable to but it reminded how pressing that must have been for Native Americans. Then to lose a great portion of your population as well as your culture is devastating. It makes me wonder why my history books while growing up have never referred to any of the many terrible events concerning the well-being Native Americans as a form or type of…

    • 476 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was born in the town of Jerez de la Frontera, and his ancestral lineage was of noble stock. Cabeza de Vaca served the king of Spain as a soldier, fighting in several campaigns. After earning his position as a respected soldier, “Cabeza de Vaca was appointed royal treasurer on an expedition to North America commanded by Pantilo de Narvaez” (“Alvar”). This expedition would become an “odyssey,” which is where Cabeza de Vaca acquired his reputation among the natives as a “medicine man,” and the material for his writings. After cooperating and cohabitating amongst the natives, Cabeza de Vaca later found “fellow” Christians in Mexico.…

    • 767 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Fausto Fausto Guzman

    • 147 Words
    • 1 Pages

    Fausto Guzman was born and raised in a poor, small town in Mexico. He explained how he married young and had a child before making the decision to move to America illegally because he believed that everyone in America had money. He was caught and deported after his first attempt, but was successful his second. Fausto landed a job at a Sonoma county winery working in the fields and ended up being the primary guy to apply the pesticides to the crop. He also worked in the warehouse when the forklift was operated.…

    • 147 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Before the Europeans, ancient hunters crossed the Bering strait to become the first inhabitants of what is now the United States. As Europeans explored, they found savage people inhabiting the land that they recently claimed. Countless times in the United States history, native people have been booted from their land and forced to move, pushed into boarding schools, and murdered all because they disgusted Europeans. In the time since the Europeans migrated to North America, the natives have only been abhorred and mocked. Even in today’s liberal society it is evident that the Native American culture is still subject to all kinds of discrimination, through TV shows, movies, and other types of media.…

    • 1630 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Struggle of a Native How can a country move forward if they still cannot respect the givers of their history? Quite frequently, our modern society ghettoizes and segregates our Native people without rational reasoning. Day to day, people are viewing our Natives in negative ways and often face them with several unnecessary challenges. Still, there is no change being made to these unfortunate circumstances, and our First Nations are currently struggling to be accepted by our society. These reoccurring concerns reflect on their struggles and adversities that greatly affected our first nations in the past.…

    • 1004 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Segundo Ruiz Belvis

    • 600 Words
    • 3 Pages

    How can I save my community when it needs me more than ever before? That is the precise question I ask myself every day when I get ready to perform my responsibilities as a volunteer for Lincoln Hospital Recovery Center at Segundo Ruiz Belvis. Lincoln Recovery Center is a substance abuse center, which main objective is to help those individuals with drugs and alcohol related issues. Segundo Ruiz Belvis is a Diagnostic and Treatment Center, also located in the South Bronx.…

    • 600 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    At the start of the 2015-2016 school year, Chiitaanibah Johnson, a sophomore student at California State University, was sitting in her U.S. History class when the professor allegedly denied that the term genocide should be used to encompass the tragedies that were brought upon the Native Americans. Johnson being of Navajo and Maidu descent especially took offense and decided that in the next class she would bring research to refute his claim. In the next class, the debate between Johnson and her professor became so heated that the professor expelled Johnson from his class. This story made headlines, however, there is still the unanswered question: Should what happened to the Native Americans be considered genocide?…

    • 1710 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Decent Essays

    After reading about Aztec poetry, I learn a lot of things about the Nezahualcoyotl’s. Ancients poets made me realialize that they were people who told the truth about life. reading there poets I learn how deeply they thought about life of how cruel life was and making me think they dint wanted to be born a die . Ancient mexican also, tried to pursued to people how life were treading them in terms of goods, feelings and emotions towards why god created us this way. The second storie that I found the most interesting is Chilam Balam.…

    • 137 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I found it fascinating that they were very religious and made that a big part of their teaching. I thought it was surprising how they didn’t have any problems within their society but when it was about people outside Mesoamerica then they were caution. Overall I think this chapter explain more about what they did in their society and how they wanted to be viewed by…

    • 728 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    History is linear but it is certainly not progressive. King frequently mentions that although much time has passed, it has meant nothing in regards to how Indigenous people have and are being treated. How can we change the future of the relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples when the basis of our history is presented in a way that paints one side as invariably dispensable? The Inconvenient Indian gives us a look at the valuable importance of how history shapes the relationships that are fostered as a result of how history paints each side. We must constantly be aware that not all history is truths; in fact at times history is a deliberate covering up of the truth.…

    • 1694 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Essay On Social Darwinism

    • 1003 Words
    • 5 Pages

    One of the key reasons for the general mistreatment of one ethnic group by a larger, more powerful one is that the underrepresented group is seen by the latter as standing in the way of political, social, or economic development. These are all key factors as the mainstream culture attempts to assimilate the lesser and encourage them to “progress” while they refuse to do so. Their refusal causes indignation on the part of the mainstream public, leading to unfortunate social crises. However, the most devastating effects tend to happen to indigenous populations when newcomers begin to take advantage of natural resources and experience an economic boom as a result. This leads to exploitation of the land and, tragically, the people who are closest…

    • 1003 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The novel The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie showcases the Native American people of the Spokane reservation in Eastern Washington that have been plagued with poverty for generations. Alexie writes stories about the daily struggles of the people on the reservation and how they strive to make it out of the poverty by becoming modern warriors. Three common issues setback the Natives of the reservation and their culture influences this repetitive cycle of triumph and inevitable failure. In the novel, Sherman Alexie introduces a new hero on the reservation who shows off his “superpowers” using a ball and hoop, however, he inevitably chooses the bottle over his love of the game.…

    • 1487 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays