I'm not sure exactly what topic we should go with but I think it should be in the 20th century because there will just be so much more to work with we could incorporate videos and blogs? What do you guys think?

Blog 5

I feel like there are many things that we don't know about in regards to Native Americans. The conflict described in this podcast is just another one of these interactions. In talking about the Lakota, the narrators really convey the idea of white man just invading and taking whatever we want. When they describe the plaque in the beginning of the podcast, it made it sound as if the Native Americans were the ones responsible for the violence that took place. This obviously led to an even larger conflict and resulted in mutual hostility. Without this podcast, I wouldn't have known about this. As far as I know, Native Americans were just shoved aside by the United States government and there really was no violence between those on reservations and the rest of the US. The Pine Ridge project also opened my eyes on this. Looking through Aaron Huey's pictures gave me an in depth look at what the Native Americans really live like. The appear as if they have been robbed of everything they have. Huey does exactly what he aims to do with his photos.

"Little War on the Prairie"

The podcast of the Lakota Indians was very compelling in my eyes. I have never heard of this event and I am glad my eyes have been opened to it because now I have learned about something that is very significant and important to so many and it makes me feel more knowledgeable and understanding. By studying the Pine Ridge I have gained insight for this story in many ways. Especially in Native American culture in general. Unfortunately I did not learn enough about Native Americans in my previous school years and that was something that I always had unanswered questions about. By studying the Pine Ridge I learned many traditions and ways of life practiced by the Native Americans and this helped me while listening to this podcast. Some similar aspects I noticed was their overall emotion towards events that involved their people in a negative way. I feel as if it really effected them, past or present. They both seemed to be very passionate about their people and what they go through. A difference that really stood out to me was the overall time period. Although this was an obvious difference, it was something that really stood out to me. The present day Pine Ridge people just seemed to have a different look/way about them. There are so many things I can take out of listening to this podcast and incorporate into our group "Living Newspaper" project. For example, all the different aspects of the Pine Ridge and Lakota people is something we could use in our project and we could use several examples/stories to provide evidence and insight.

Pine Ridge

I thought that the podcast of the Lakota Indians was very interesting. It had a lot of information that I had never heard before. I really could not believe how much sacrifice these Native Americans really went through. I'm not sure what I think about them killing 5 settlers there and I definitely think that someone needed to be held responsible. It was sad to learn what the settlers had done to them however. It was cruel and unusual punishment to hold all of the Native Americans responsible and that is shameful to what we stand for in the United States. Also, holding over 300 of them on trial and then to be hung was ridiculous. Lincoln did the right thing by narrowing down the list by a great deal but as I said before someone did have to be held responsible. I also think it was wrong to ban them from the state completely but looking back now I think if they would of stayed there they would of faced more and more hardships. One thing that really made me cringe was the settlers taking baby's out of Native American women's hands and throwing them down to kill them. This is so awful and cruel for any human being to do that at that time I felt embarrassed to call myself an American.

the long forgotten truth

Mankato 

Dakota people lived on this land for thousands of years

Thomas Jefferson wrights a letter saying we will get the Dakotas land by putting them in dept

1851 the Dakotas are in dept to the US they must pay!

US agrees to help the Dakotas if they give up some of their land

Henry Sibly gets the treaty signed 

Indian men kill 5 settlers 

The Dakotas are starving to death

 1862 Dakotas are finally done with the broken promises and attack settlers

Dakota worriers taking women and children from there homes others killed

Henry Sibly is put in charge to stop the Dakotas

Alexander Ramsey announced all Dakotas must be killed or pushed out so far that they will never come back!

Dakota warriors captured and taken to trial all others are taken to Snt.Pauls

Death toll rises for the Dakotas

Lincoln tells the men at Fort Lincoln only to hang 38 of the 333 Dakotas accused  

Living News Project

For the Living Newspaper Project, I think it would be interesting to take a focus on Native Americans, more specifically in the 1930s. I feel like we've touched on African Americans and Whites, but we have yet to discuss much about the Native American people during the Great Depression Era. Did they experienced what other groups of people experienced? Did the fact that they were on their own reservations prevent them from going through trials of the Great Depression? For those who no longer lived on reservations, what was life like at the time? How were they treated during this time overall? I feel that there are many questions to be answered here. Throughout my education and discussion of the Great Depression Era, I have encountered very little information on this group of people and that is why I believe it would be an interesting topic. Either that or the lifestyle of the Native Americans now. I also hear very little about their lives now. Anything that looks in depth in the lives of Native Americans will be a step back and a bit refreshing than just the norm.

Living Newspaper Project

I think a really interesting topic for our group living newspaper would be to talk about the educational system in current time. This is a broad topic but I think it would be very easy to narrow down. I like this topic because it is an important issue today and very controversial. People argue if our educational systems in the United States are as up to par as other countries. This would be an easy topic to find numerous debates on and also personal documentaries. I like this topic because it relates to us as students and we would be able to put a lot of our input and decisions into the presentation. Also, I think it is important to have a topic that we have some knowledge of so it makes it easier to focus on the quality of the project.