M5 Academic Blog (Wilma Mankiller)


The source that I reviewed is Wilma Mankiller: Challenges Facing 21st Century Indigenous People and was created by Arizona State University. The perspective that I believe it is meant to convey is what the title of the video implies. It is a discussion of the many challenges currently being faced by 21st century indigenous people. I believe these web resources were selected to makes us aware that many citizens of their respective tribes are still facing issues in the present day. Our class literature elaborated on both the past and present, but only a fraction of contemporary issues was discussed. I found myself researching and becoming aware of present day problems within my selected voice during our scholarly assignment in comparison when we utilized Treuers literature which elaborated on previous historical events.
I also believe this resource was selected and not others because it is from a reputable, educational, and credible source. A website that can be deemed credible and of quality is based upon where their facts and information was obtained and if it is expressed “as is”, meaning there is no sugar coating and the material is presented as it occurred or covered all angles of discussion. I do believe the source where the video we viewed is of quality because it was derived from an educational institute and the speaker was the former principal chief of the Cherokee Nation and is also an internationally known Native rights activist. She has also won numerous awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Indian Health Service Award, recognized as Indian Women of the Year, and entered into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
Ms. Mankiller elaborated on “the history of indigenous people” in Arizona and how it’s home to twenty tribal governments. She further elaborated on how these governments are working towards improvement of education, economics, and social conditions of their people. One statement that struck out to me is when she elaborated on when tribal governments construct roads, water systems, or develop business enterprises, it benefits everyone within the community. That’s something you don’t normally see in a typical neighborhood such as Brownsville compared to Brooklyn Heights in Brooklyn where local leaders are focused on improving selected regions or neighborhoods, but not the entire borough as a whole. Lastly, she stated that many of the tribal governments in Arizona have led the fight in land and treaty rights.
The purpose of making a Native American focused journal into a blog is to share what would typically be kept to yourself in a secured private notepad to the public. It gives you the opportunity to freely express yourself to your peers or in a more public forum regarding your opinions, beliefs, and knowledge the same way you would in a personal journal. The “added” feature would be that others may want to challenge your blog and should be (or at least I consider it to be) an opportunity to demonstrate your reasoning behind your posted blog. The reason why I believe we were encouraged to share our newly acquired knowledge in a public forum and beyond our “virtual classroom” is to not only express ourselves in a less formal demeanor (maintaining academic standards, of course), but to be able to hear what others think.
We’re able to hear others out, their opinions, reasoning, references, and not worry about writing in MLA format or following certain criteria in regards to our written expression. We can speak openly and it helps develop our reasoning by strengthening it through the challenge of others. It will force us to develop a deeper understanding behind our reasoning because if others have questions, you must be able to answer them precisely.
 

Work Cited
Libraries, ASU. “Wilma Mankiller: Challenges Facing 21st Century Indigenous People.” YouTube, YouTube, 10 Dec. 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K_rVUmV7Y8&feature=youtu.be.


Comments

  1. AnonymousAugust 15, 2019 at 9:11 PM

    Hey Enrique,

    I love that you pointed out the following:

    “The ‘added’ feature would be that others may want to challenge your blog and should be (or at least I consider it to be) an opportunity to demonstrate your reasoning behind your posted blog.”


    That’s a great point. Even in academic spaces, having your ideas challenged is important for growth, especially if you gain a better understanding of how to express said ideas. I do think that because these are academic journals, we still need to be wary of making sure to cite our sources, MLA formate included.

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  2. Chaohan SunAugust 16, 2019 at 10:30 AM

    Hi Enrique,

    The opinion of why we can use this video as a reliable source is the same. Moreover, not only the publisher is a reputable, educational, and credible source, all the reputations the speaker got, but the video itself also gave us a powerful signal that the tribal and local governments should work together to improve the local environment.

    I like the saying to explain“as is,”with no sugar coating as it occurred. It is significant to show the original appearance to people what they can see directly from the communities and the environment around the indigenous people.

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  3. MkingAugust 17, 2019 at 4:59 AM

    The Journal Blog was an interesting way to read others perspectives on what we were learning. It gave us the ability to use web resources in a different way and more inline with how the technological world works today. It did take me a bit to figure out how to use it. These Journals gave us the chance to relay information in a less formal way, stating our opinions rather than facts.

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