In the article “ The Pueblo Revolt” by Edward Countryman, it talks about the Pueblo indians and spanish. The Spanish people tried to take away the pueblos from their beliefs and culture. In 1680, the Spanish had control over them, their lives, their land, and their souls. They forced them to learn the Christian ways. Catholic missionaries set out to destroy the ancestral world. By 1680 to 1692 it went virtually blank and rebels destroyed Spanish documents and returned to ancestral ways. Po’pay quickly lost the position he gained as the revolt leader. 

Boarding schools in 1860, affected Native American Children. They were disrespected and were basically forced to give up their Native American identity. The point of boarding school was to assimilate natives to the American way of life. The end goal was to end all vestiges of Indian culture. The kids staying at the boarding schools were forced to cut all their hair. They had standard uniforms and were given new “white” names. Native foods were abandoned and they were not able to speak their native Language. If they were to practice their cultural ways, they were severely disciplined. 

In the video, “Imagine Your Story: Eleanor Griego” by Museum Of Indian Culture, she talks about the importance pottery has in her culture. She makes pottery so she mentions how the process goes for her and how she connects to her art. Pottery is useful to the women in Zia Pueblo. Eleanor mentions that it is important to make a spiritual connection. She says that it is important to speak your language to whatever art you may be making. The language being taught was lost along the way. I believe that in our generation not many children are interested in learning because it is too “hard”. Eleanor mentions that it is important to have a heart when doing art. 

In the article “Native American Life Today:Understanding the destruction”, I identified four main ideas. The four ideas are challenges and issues, historical trauma, overcoming challenges, and Native American culture today. In the article, it talks a lot about the trauma Native Americans went through and how it affects them today. The Native went through genocide, dislocation, physical, mental, and social abuse. Some overcome these challenges by performing places and bringing hope to their people. Others deal with trauma by healing through art. Today, it is no small task to keep Native identity alive. “Native art is among the most beautiful in the world” states the article. This is a positive thing that Natives could hear because it is encouraging. 

“Heritage Cinder Fire: Native Americans Fight For Culture, History, Survival” by Dwayne Fatherre, the article mentions three main points. The three main points are no good deeds, fighting to survive, and glimmers of hope. The article talks about Native Americans' loss of language, trauma, and the ways some are saving their tradition and culture. The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) plays a big part with tradition because it is important that children in the foster system get taken care of by someone that can teach them their tradition/ culture. The loss of tradition is a real issue in some of these communities. “When something needs to be done, the creator makes a way”, this sentence is important because it is all about belief. Believing in your tradition is what also keeps it strong.

In the article, “Keeping Culture Alive: Native Hope” it gives us information about why storytelling, ceremonies, artwork, and celebrations are important when it comes to tradition and culture. “Culture equals identity. When a culture disappears, so does its people” says the article. Storytelling is part of keeping culture alive because young people find their place through storytelling. This allows us to make connection with the past. With storytelling you must have aa open mind and make a connection with what is being said. Ceremonies have been misunderstood and even feared. They are a big part of life and part of why traditions must be kept alive. Your community and culture is the identity that will heal a nation. Artwork is part of how our identity is shown to different cultures. This is a beautiful way to celebrate culture itself. “Native hope celebrates culture to give voice to the past and present artisans and elders who have kept these vibrant customs alive” says the article. It is the young Native Americans duty to keep the tradition alive and protect it.

“The loss of African Culture, Values, Morals: Reason For Africa’s under development” by Abu Ibrahim Azebre article mentions a lot of culture had changed overtime. These changes have affected general values of society. The values and morals are abstract and invisible. Although throughout all of this, Africa is blessed with natural resources. These resources include gold, diamond, soil, and timber. Human resources were also really helpful. Their religion and morality was very important in the social order and the social change process. The beliefs promoted kinship, relations, and respect for elderly. In the African societies, organizations, and institutions play a significant role. “ In the past, traditional African healers used natural ingredients for treatment of ailments”,  this is one of the traditions they should try to bring back. 

The Cherokee Nation had to fight for their culture in order to keep it going. Lewis never gave up trying to preserve their language even through some restrictions they had. The United States Bureau Of Indian Affairs had put restrictions on citizens who were half blood or more. In order to preserve their culture, they also created an immersion school in 2001. The students are taught using only Cherokee language and syllabary. This syllabary traces back more than 180 years. By the time this syllabary was approved, one- fourth of the Cherokee population had died. “ We are here today, and it tells the world that the survival of our people has made us stronger and makes us continue to fight and to continue exerting our sovereignty of who we are”, this is what they live by. 

Sara Kehaulani Goo focuses on the Hawaiian language and how the radio brought their language back. Hawaii never gave up on preserving their language. The Hawaiians talked to each other on the radio which showed interest in one another. The Hawaii language was banned from the school which made it difficult. This has a major impact on them because English then quickly replaced their language. They worked hard to get it back by creating immersion schools. They wanted to revive the language by teaching the young children. As a community, they committed to keep it alive. Families started talking to one another in their language which was nice to see. Some families even started going to groups where they learned songs and stories. “ We are trying to teach ourselves what got dropped between the generations and hold on”, this is how they are typing to keep their language alive and they are not giving up.