Native Americans

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2.Today,In class, we are looking up the history of Native Americans on an online textbook. We are reading abut what they looked like and their living style. A Savage is defined as a member of people regarded as primitive and uncivilized, a savagery is deinfed as the condition of being primitive or uncivilized.

3. As an american srudent reading about native americans i would be very frightened by how they lived. it is scary that their favorite thing was war and that they would be known as the bravest warrior if they showed how many scalps they tore from their foes. Just by looking at one i would not be as frightened. as they are written about they do not seem at all scary, instead they seem very friendly. it is just some of their hobbies that would make me think differently. it also interested me how they built their houses and hardy had to wear clothes to stay warm.

Indian Newspaper

         The blog that i found during class was an article called The Indian written in The Weekly Arizona, July 17, 1869. It is events from the January 1868 to the present day of 1869. he article is about everything that the Indians have done wrong. All of their killings and stealing. There are certain points that describe the Indians taking 200 mules and horses from someone else's farm. Looking at the list the Indians would kill at least 2 men and then would take some cattle,mules, or horses, always alternating. It says that sometimes they would just kill for fun if there was ever a mild argument. Just to think of this it was a killing spree over 18 months that the government did not help to stop.
          Having all these unfortunate events happen around me is just frightening. i don't feel safe anymore. what am i supposed to do if an Indian comes my way and tries to kill me? i have no weapon to use for protection, Indians have killed many of my friends and have even stole from many. they mostly steal animals and never any other valuables.But i am scared to walk outside of my house, i just want this to stop. that is why i am okay if the military aids the Indians. i would rather be able to make some settlement on what to agree on, but unfortunately that is not possible.

Social Media vs. Newspaper

Our use of social media is selective and intentional so that we tend to remain interested in only things that we've already been interested in, whereas newspapers expose readers to information on a broad range of topics. This can connect communities by providing information about what others may be interested in. It may raise questions i never thought to ask.

Newspaper

the definition of a newspaper is a printed publication consisting of folded unstapled sheets that contains recent news, featured articles, advertisement, and correspondence. Newspapers first came into existence in the 17th century in Germany. Some of the oldest newspapers in the united states are still used today such as the New Hampshire Gazette-1756, Hartford Courant-1764, Augusta Chronicle-1785, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette-1786, and the Berskhire Eagle-1789. A Newspaper of record is a large circulation whose editorial and news-gathering functions are professional and authoritative. The first designated Newspaper of record in the US was the 1913 New York Times. Another paper that could be considered as a newspaper of record could be The Washington Post. Looking at a newspaper is different from the social media in today's society by the differences of a newspaper being a print out and harder to receive. a newspaper includes the recent deaths compared to the social media where deaths are harder to look up.But the social media is much easier to access and you are able to find many more stories. to find then compared to the newspaper. i recently found a newspaper that was published October 15,2015 of Wall Street Journal some of the leading stories on this newspaper are Fed Doubts Grow on 2015 Rate Hike, Medicare set to soar, Feds catch-22: rates and recession Risk, and Democrats Press Biden to make decision.
 

Indian Fashion Controversies/Celebrities

           i first started researching Indian fashion controversies, and it was interesting to see Urban Outfitters and Victoria Secret doing something wrong. Urban outfitters sold many Indian clothing and they labeled all of them as Navajo, and the Indians did not like it. it was offensive towards their race and very stereotypical, but that wasn't the only popular store that was in trouble. during one of the Victoria Secret fashion shows, Karlie Kloss walked out in a bra and underwear wearing a headdress, the Indian heritage was very upset. As it says on National Turk the outfit was "heavily criticized as a display of ignorance toward tribal culture and history. It was an abuse of Indian culture, from a nation that lacks history culture and values." figuring out the Karlie Kloss was busted for wearing an inappropriate outfit in the Indian tribe, it lead me to think about what other celebrities have gotten in trouble for what they had wore and the i found a lot. 
            As it says on Fashion & Style, celebrities wearing Indian outfits is very offensive. many celebrities have the option to do interesting music videos, and in those videos many dress up to show a story, but what they have figured out is that sometimes the way they dress is very offensive. On Native Appropriations it is explained that wearing a headdress is a symbol of honor and respect and only men are supposed to wear them. Many celebs such as Pharrell, ke$ha, Lana Del Ray,  Karlie Kloss, Vanessa Hudgens, and more have worn these headdresses in concerts, magazines, the runway, and music videos.

1st Quarter Reflections

          Throughout this quarter my class has had multiple discussions on slavery, Old West, Civil war and any more. But i have learned the most information this quarter on slavery and the old west. these topics have been very interesting to learn about because it was our past and that has a significant impact on our world now.  Learning about these topics blew my mind who would've known that what we believe a cowboy is now was never what it was back then. Cowboys were known as a symbol of nature and violence, the superior. Now we think of cowboys as dudes riding horses and getting into fights all day, completely opposites. I also was surprised that most southern states owned slaves, and that the population of those states are much less then any other state in the country. Owning a slave back then was awful and the way they abused them was just cruel, When we watched 12 years a slave it made my heart race and not in the good way, i could not believe what these owners had done to their "property." The whipping, the screaming, and the sadness was just hard to watch. towards the beginning of the year we discussed the topic of empathy and sympathy , it wasn't too long after that that we had to relate empathy to every discussion we had and to every topic that was announced, it was very interesting to see that you could relate yourself to an awful situation such as war, you empathize for those soldiers even though you don't like all the killing they're doing but yet you know that what they are doing is right and its for a good cause.
            This quarter i have learned an incredible amount of information, and that usually is not normal for me. last year in history we would go over a topic and i would forget what we discussed not even 30 minutes later, but this year i have learned a bunch and i mean a bunch of information. this quarter i think i have grown as a thinker because i always have something to say after every topic and i hope that i grow to become a great learner of history! really just someone that can know what they're talking about instead of just blabbering about random facts. We have not done many huge assignment but we did recently have an essay and i didn't do too shabby. i got an 88% and i believe that was one of my areas of strength! i hope that throughout the rest of the year we can learn about different religions in the United states because as a Jew i know a lot about my religion but not as much as other peoples, except Christianity, i know a lot about that religion, but i think it would be interesting if we learned about Hindu, Indian, and more!