Tuesday, September 7, 2010
New Begining
After the Great Death the culture became suppressed by the incoming culture of the missionaries. Then they became depressed by adapting the nallinguaq pretending it did'nt happen way of life. This life led to generational depression of a proud culture. So now to get out of the cultural distruction they are in, they need to do as they should have after the great death, they need to do as Harold says and "talk" talk their circles of stories good or bad. Bring the families together for understanding of generations of what got them where they are today and how they can become a better Native community. And yes they need to govern themselves. As long as a group of people are dependent on another then they will never thrive. They will always be dependent. But to be the leader of their own culture brings on a independent proud nature. That is not to say that they should not abide by the laws of the state. But to sustain their culture inherint laws and ways of life to be respected by the citizens of the state.
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Its strange that we (white men) seem to be better at the "pretend it never happened" lifestyle. They teach generations what we've done and they are forever troubled, and the ones that lived it suffer from PTSD. Yet we actually do go on as if it never happened. Its shocking that reading this book is the first i have heard of the white man's impact on the native lifestyle.
ReplyDeleteI think it's easier to say the "white man" will pretend it never happened because so much of the world's history has to do with the "white" or "Western" man doing bad things to other cultures that they didn't understand. However, without these Western explorers where would we be today? I'm not saying that these people were innocent by any means, but was some of what happened during this period of time necessary?
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