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This week I was genuinely surprised to see that I knew so little about Native Americans and the facts that I did know were completely incorrect. After this single week, I have more respect for Natives than I ever did for my entire 17 years of existence. I never took the time to contemplate and think about what Native Americans had gone through in the past and even present today. With the blood labeling that Natives have to do today, proves that they are still being labeled. There are so many misconceptions for Native Americans, such as associating them as being alcoholics. 
When it comes to the debate on Friday, I still believe that researchers should be more respectful and ask for permission from Native Americans to use blood samples for research. Native Americans are justified in their stance to reject and be cautious when researchers ask to use blood samples, however although it will most likely be difficult, I feel that they should try to be more open and realize that the present today is much more different from the past. 

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  1. Unknown6 September 2018 at 05:24

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  2. Unknown6 September 2018 at 05:26

    I defiantly agree with your statement in your first paragraph, on how you have more respect for natives. I feel this is something that needs to be addressed, if we have basic required classes that have curriculum on native Americans. We could break the chain of stereotypes and how the media portrays them. We will have a more educated pubic and no longer view the natives as primitive.

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    1. Anonymous6 September 2018 at 19:25

      I think adding Native American perspectives into curriculum is a really good idea. A lot of American curriculum is presented from a very westernized point of view and allows for stereotypes to form because of a lack of understanding. If schools can teach history from many perspectives, especially to younger kids and teenagers, it can teach people to be more respectful of those different to them.

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  3. Unknown6 September 2018 at 15:07

    People should be informed that the alcoholic and incarcerated population of Native Americans doesn't represent the entire people. The socioeconomic position they have been placed by a long history of mistreatment has caused these unfortunate statistics. Native Americans are diverse with varying rich cultures and practices. Modern day Native American influencers are trying to spread the message to the rest of society that there culture is quite rich and to the rising generation of Native Americans that there is a place in this world for them to be successful. This video published by BBC news (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM8WZ0ztMuc) talks about this information.

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  4. Anonymous6 September 2018 at 16:38

    I agree, I learned a lot about Native Americans this week also. I definitely learned that there is a whole world of issues that were oblivious to me. I think it is important that these issues, like DNA testing and grave robbing, be addressed in a more public way so that more people are aware of these issues.

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  5. aubrydreikosen6 September 2018 at 17:12

    I think it is so cool that in the past week we have learned more about native americans than we ever had before and I definitely agree with you on the amount of respect I have earned for them ever since starting this class. Since starting this class one of the main things I have wondered is how these stereotypes came to be such as the alcoholic stereotype associated with native americans you mentioned although this stereotype does not apply to a large majority of the population
    -Aubry Dreikosen

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  6. Megan Nickel6 September 2018 at 18:36

    I shared the same feelings as you because I did not realize how little I really knew about Native Americans. Before this class, I really only thought of them in the context of the past as opposed to the present. The debate that we had made it extremely clear to me that Native Americans are not just people of the past. I was surprised that I was not aware of the current controversies regarding Native Americans. In addition to this, I was surprised that previous history classes failed to inform me of any of this.

    -Megan Nickel

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  7. Unknown9 September 2018 at 09:39

    I definitely agree that just during the first week of this class I realized how little I really knew about Native American history. It opened my eyes and how my historical education was being taught.

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  8. Anonymous9 September 2018 at 19:20

    I agree with you 100%! Coming into the class I knew that I would definitely learn things I hadn't before, but there was so much I was discovering in only the first week. Things from architecture, to art, to culture really surprised me because usually people look at Natives as uncivilized, when in reality they were quite advanced. It's truly amazing.

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  9. Unknown9 September 2018 at 20:05

    I completely agree with you. Coming into this class was almost a wake up call for me. I felt so bad for all of the stereotypes I had been holding onto throughout me entire life simply because I didn't know any better. I am so excited to learn more about Native cultures and civilizations, in an attempt to better understand them.

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