Sand Creek The Morning After In Annette Jaimes, “Sand Creek The Morning After” she first starts by giving a background to the atrocities done to the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho in late 1864 after stating they were at peace. This group of people, after being having countless lives taken, were driven out of their Colorado. She moves forward two decades where the American Indian community celebrate the renaming of Nichols Hall and honoring those who were slaughtered at Sand Creek. As the new plaque was unveiled it brought with it the truths behind the conquest of Native America. The center of focus in this dilemma is David Nichols the man who was revered as a successful man who prevailed in battle at Sand Creek. He had been described as an
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In addition, I believe the parallels between Germany and America was well placed to show the similar convictions but due to one succeeding and the other failing they are seen differently in history. The context of this article resonated with me, mainly since it portrays the past as not something to be embarrassed about but to learn from in hopes of not repeating it. This instills the thought that we must make sure we are better than what we were in the past, which is a positive outlook that can be taken from our morbid history. I understand that to this day Native Americans are not treated with the respect they deserve, but if we are to progress into the future we must acknowledge what we have done in the past so we can insure it does not happen in the future. There is no quick solution for this marginalization of their people, but to acknowledge that there was a mistake can be a first step to alleviating the tension and thus starting a dialogue. This article gave me insight not only on how we treated Native Americans not only in the past but also in the present, but how we can deter an incident like this from corresponding once again. Discussion questions I feel would be highly debatable, would be 1) How can we adhere to the divide between Native Americans and the elite society? 2) Have we learned from the History of Native Americans or are we to this day marginalizing other minority groups? 3) Is it possible to bring the Native American people back to their former
In addition, I believe the parallels between Germany and America was well placed to show the similar convictions but due to one succeeding and the other failing they are seen differently in history. The context of this article resonated with me, mainly since it portrays the past as not something to be embarrassed about but to learn from in hopes of not repeating it. This instills the thought that we must make sure we are better than what we were in the past, which is a positive outlook that can be taken from our morbid history. I understand that to this day Native Americans are not treated with the respect they deserve, but if we are to progress into the future we must acknowledge what we have done in the past so we can insure it does not happen in the future. There is no quick solution for this marginalization of their people, but to acknowledge that there was a mistake can be a first step to alleviating the tension and thus starting a dialogue. This article gave me insight not only on how we treated Native Americans not only in the past but also in the present, but how we can deter an incident like this from corresponding once again. Discussion questions I feel would be highly debatable, would be 1) How can we adhere to the divide between Native Americans and the elite society? 2) Have we learned from the History of Native Americans or are we to this day marginalizing other minority groups? 3) Is it possible to bring the Native American people back to their former