Thursday, July 1, 2010
Group 1 to Group 4 Rebuttal
First, your example with Chief Seattle is severely outdated. You are talking of an era during the 1850's when America's Declaration of Independence wasn't even 100 years old. Second, Native Americans have been given their rights just as anyone through the perseverace of leaders of the American Indian Movement. The American Indian today has just as much access to better themselves and advantages than anyone else. They own casinos, real estate, and have treaties that were signed many years ago to let "bygones be bygones". Take a member of this panel for example; since this assignment was based on personal experience, she is a Native American that had lived on a reservation for eighteen years and has come a long way through her personal drive to acheive many goals, and has no hard feelings for what has happened to her ancestors in the past. What happened to the American Indian peoples nearly 200 years ago was in fact terrible, but one must remember that in order to acheive happiness and productivity, they should always look ahead and see what is in front of them now. How can you make your life better and how can you progress to a happier and more productive future for oneself without letting the past go?
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P.S. this was done by Sara Hall and Jacqueline Young
ReplyDeleteI like the parts of putting personal experiences in. Yes, how the Native American were treated unfairly but again this was 200 years ago. We do not need to hang onto a grudge for that long. Native Americans have been given a bad rap for the few that chose to live their life differently then those who chose to better themselves. Overall great rebuttal.
ReplyDeleteUmm well in response to the outdated information two out of the three possible sources at our disposal were outdated and we couldn't use any other sources. I absolutely agree with you though the information is outdated and we shouldn't dwell in the past. But in that respect we should still learn from our past mistakes on how we treated these people.
ReplyDeleteI think this rebuttal focuses too much on the Chief Seattle source, which I'm not really sure is "outdated" in terms of the message that is relayed within it. Yes, it's an old piece of literature, but "old" doesn't make it irrelevant, either. (Note to Jason: you need to defend your group's argument, not agree with the rebuttal.)
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