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.