M2 Academic Journal Blog Assignment



            The online source that I reviewed is called The American Indian Cultural Center and Museum and was created by the Native American Cultural and Educational Authority (NACEA) upon establishment through the Oklahoma Legislature. According to the mission statement, the center was constructed for the purpose of generating awareness and understanding of the history of tribes and their relationship to Oklahoma today. The founding state agency also seeks to promote this awareness to all people of the Oklahoma American Indian cultures and heritage. The perspective or message that this online reference is meant to convey to its readers is to place emphasis that a legitimate organization founded by the Oklahoma Legislation created a center with the sole purpose to preserve the culture and heritage of the American Indian tribes of Oklahoma and serve to educate and clear any misconceptions or presumptions to anyone expressing an interest. This can easily be determined through the centers mission statement.
            I believe these web resources were selected and put specifically into this course to promote awareness of reliable Native American educational institutions that exists to educate anyone expressing an interest in Native American customs, traditions, and beliefs. This can be noted directly in the mission statement of the source I reviewed and in other mission statements or objectives of the online resources presented in the module. For example, the Jake Thomas Learning Centre objective is “to establish a historical and current library resource centre whereby educators from all over the world can come to research and learn firsthand about the history and development of the Iroquoian people”. It also states that it seeks “to promote the knowledge of Iroquoian culture and language”. On another resource provided and leading to the National Museum of the American Indian, their philosophy also shares the same mission in which they bring “native voices to what the museum writes and presents” and “serving the greater public as an honest and thoughtful conduit to native cultures”. Hence, we see the correlation between these institutions and their intentions.
            What makes a quality academic website is its credibility and trustworthiness. I believe that the source I selected is of quality due to its history on how and by who it was founded. The information that I read thus far hasn’t changed my views of native communities. It only exposed me to the existence of reliable Native American educational institutions.

Work Cited
“About the Museum.” About the Museum | National Museum of the American Indian, americanindian.si.edu/about. Accessed 6 June 2019.
Jake Thomas Learning Centre. “Jake Thomas Learning Centre.” Jake Thomas Learning Centre, jakethomaslearningcentre.ca/.
“Mission/Vision.” The American Indian Center, www.theamericanindiancenter.org/mission-vision. Accessed 6 June 2019.

Comments

  1. Prof. Nicole NesbergJune 10, 2019 at 10:34 AM

    Hi Enrique, does your account show your name. Either input it into the blog post or update your account so that others know who is posting. Good content on The American Indian Center. The museum in DC is my favorite, but all museums are important to remind people of our ancestors, who lived on this land prior to us. Nn

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  2. MkingJune 15, 2019 at 4:36 PM

    Hi Enrique, It is hard to figure out which resources are credible and have correct information. As I was doing my research on the tribes voice I am doing my reflexivity project on there was contradicting information mostly about whose responsibility farming was the man or woman's. Usually in Native American culture farming is the responsibility of women but in two different websites I found it was the man's responsibility and then in others it states it is the women's responsibility. It was difficult in deciding which information was correct.

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