My World, Your World; The Third World
Marcus J. Esquibel
San Felipe/ Jemez
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"Natural Beauty". Marcus Esquibel. Personal Photo. 2021
Sharing One's Skin
“Sharing One’s Skin”; we as indigenous people have values, and that was clearly stated in the article. In the article it is stated that we have four capacities of self; the physical self, the emotional self, the thinking intellectual self, and the spiritual self. To give a summary of what the physical self means is how our whole body exists outside of the skin. How do we survive through the continuous interaction between our bodies and everything around us? The emotional self is which connects to other parts of our larger selves around us. This bond is a priority, especially for whole and mental well-being. As for the thinking intellectual self, we must be disciplined to work well with others, because a fire that isn’t controlled can destroy. Lastly, the spiritual self, as the Okanagan refers it to as the “living source of our life”. It is how we as indigenous people stay connected and whole to function in the skin we are in.
Armstrong, Jeanette. “Sharing One Skin: The Okanagan Community,” in Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith (eds), The Case Against the Global Economy. San Francisco, CA, Sierra Club Books, 1996. Pp 460-470.
Horse, G. Perry. “Native American Identity”, New Directions For Student Services, Sp 2005. p 61-68
Title Page: "Pronouns, “Academic Freedom,” and Conservative Judicial Activism" American Constitution Society. April 12, 2021. Date Accessed 12/09/2021
Image 2: "Census 2020: Why and How to be Counted as a Native American." Mashpee Wampanog Tribe. March 1, 2020. Date Accessed 04/02/2022
Image 3: "Gay man social problems and life hurdles. Illustrations depict homosexual men facing social difficulties, acceptance, rejections, and bullying". Lermey. ShutterStock. Creation Date Unknown. Date Accessed 04/01/2022
Identity Connection
Identity Connection
“American Indians and Alaska Natives count: the US Census Bureaus’ efforts to enumerate the native population”, was about the discrimination towards Indigenous people as a whole. When it comes to the U.S Census people need to be counted because that determines how billions of dollars of federal funds are distributed among various programs. Native Americans have a very unique relationship with the United States government because tribal governments are referred to as “domestic dependent nations”. The main point of this Article is how Indigenous people have been discriminated against when it comes to the Census. In the 1970 census, race was determined based on the census workers' observation in rural areas, including on reservations. As for the 1980 census, respondents self-identified their race. In addition, differences in the wording of the question on race and improvements in enumeration procedures, such as hiring people from the community as census enumerators, may also have influenced the outcome of the 1980 census.
"Social Exclusion/ Inclusion and Australian First Nations LGBTQ+ Young People's Wellbeing". This article was about a study done to get an insight from the Australians First Nations LGBTIQ+ youth. The continue to share that life experiences are much harder than opposed to someone who is not Indigenous. The First Nations have gone through the same experience Indigenous people in North America, they face racism and cultural genocide. Since the impact of settler-colonialism of First Nations LGBTIQ+ youth racism, discrimination, poverty, homelessness, loss of community, LBTIQ+ phobia, unemployment, and out-of-home placement of children be the significant factors affecting First Nations LGBTIQ+ adult and youth wellbeing. At the individual level, this played out in terms of higher reported levels of self-harm, childhood physical abuse, sexual abuse, and intimate partner violence.
Worked Cited (in order)
Soldatic, Karen, et al. "Social Exclusion/Inclusion and Australian First Nations LGBTIQ+ Young People's Wellbeing." Social Inclusion, vol. 9, no. 2, July 2021, pp. 42+. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A667588429/OVIC?u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=0f3f6fc9. Accessed 8 Oct. 2021.
Lujan, Carol Chiago. "American Indians and Alaska Natives count: the US Census Bureaus efforts to enumerate the native population." The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 3, summer 2014, pp. 319+. Gale OneFile: High School Edition,
“Hetero-patriarchy and Settler Colonialism” Youtube. TedxPortlandStateUniversity, 26, April, 2019.https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+cite+a+video&rlz=1CAYXSA_enUS936&oq=how+to+cite+a+video&aqs=chrome..69i57.5935j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on
Image 4: "The Verywell Mind Mental Health Tracker." Morin Amy. Very Well Mind. March 9, 2022. Date Accessed 04/01/2022Image 5: "Workplace Discrimination." RA Studio. VectorStock. Creation Date Unknown. Date Accessed 04/02/2022
Current State
Current State
“New Research Underscore Mental Health Disparities Faced By Diverse LGBTQ Youth Amid Covid-19 & Beyond”. The Trevor Project’s third annual survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health emphasizes the need for greater investment in mental health care solutions to confront the public health crisis of suicide. Among LGBTQ respondents to the Trevor Project’s survey releases that 31% of Native/Indigenous youth have attempted sucicide. With all the 45% of respondents being LGBTQ youth of color and 38% being transgender or nonbinary, this survey provided critical insight into the risk factors. These factors included the Covid-19 pandemic, lack of mental health care, discrimination , and food insecurity. With the Covid-19 pandemic 94% of LGBTQ youth reports that recent social negativity impacted their mental health and that out of the 94% percent responded 70% of those stated that their mental health was “poor”.
“A Spotlight on Two Spirit (Native LGBTQ) Communities” Among the fifty states there are only twenty-four tribes within thirteen states that allow for same sex marriage. In the economic opprtunity aspect there are 36% of Native American transgender that reporting losing a job because they are trasngender. Even when employment is still maintained it is far less likely for the position to be full time. In a state survey LGBTQ and Two Spirit people who are American Indian reported the lowest rate at 37% being employed full time. When it comes to family acceptance, family acceptance is essential to the well being of LGBTQ children. Families of LGBTQ children want to help but do not know how. LGBTQ young adults reported high levels of family rejection, which are eight more times likey to attemoted suicide, and are six times more likely to experience levels of depression.
“Complete the Circle” by Sherenté Harris brings a wave of change to her people and her community. At the age of sixteen years old she began dancing in the way typically performed by the women. She goes on to mention the change of mindset when it came to colonization. How we as society feel into the social construct of gender. The difference between men and women and the social rules both have to face in the daily presence. She goes on to mention that in a cultural setting people can use traditions to leverage over others to exclude others from tradition. The Narragansett people believe that the Two Spirit people were sacred and because they dipped not only into the masculine or feminine side but they were the middle.
“A Spotlight on Two Spirit (Native LGBTQ) Communities” Among the fifty states there are only twenty-four tribes within thirteen states that allow for same sex marriage. In the economic opprtunity aspect there are 36% of Native American transgender that reporting losing a job because they are trasngender. Even when employment is still maintained it is far less likely for the position to be full time. In a state survey LGBTQ and Two Spirit people who are American Indian reported the lowest rate at 37% being employed full time. When it comes to family acceptance, family acceptance is essential to the well being of LGBTQ children. Families of LGBTQ children want to help but do not know how. LGBTQ young adults reported high levels of family rejection, which are eight more times likey to attemoted suicide, and are six times more likely to experience levels of depression.
“Complete the Circle” by Sherenté Harris brings a wave of change to her people and her community. At the age of sixteen years old she began dancing in the way typically performed by the women. She goes on to mention the change of mindset when it came to colonization. How we as society feel into the social construct of gender. The difference between men and women and the social rules both have to face in the daily presence. She goes on to mention that in a cultural setting people can use traditions to leverage over others to exclude others from tradition. The Narragansett people believe that the Two Spirit people were sacred and because they dipped not only into the masculine or feminine side but they were the middle.
"New Research Underscores Mental Health Disparities Faced By Diverse LGBTQ Youth Amid COVID-19 & Beyond." PR Newswire, 19 May 2021, p. NA. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A662210554/AONE?u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=ebsco&xid=0fdbe72b. Accessed 2 Nov. 2021.
“A Spotlight on Two Spirit (Native LGBT) Communities” NCAI Policy Research Center, 6 October 2015. P. NA PDF, https://www.ncai.org/policy-research-center/research-data/prc-publications/A_Spotlight_on_Native_LGBT.pdf. Accessed 2 Nov. 2021.
“Complete the Circle” Youtube. TedxURI, 7, March, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFwehh6RulQ. Accessed 2 Nov. 2021.
Image 4: "Greener World". Marcus Esquibel. Personal Photo. 2021Image 5: "tree". Marcus Esquibel. Personal Photo. 2021
Global Connections
Global Connections
“The Queer Indigenous Artist Reclaminig a Fluid Sense of Gender”. The colonist concepts of gender have long sought to erase expansive views, but the newer generation is making work that honors their culture’s beliefs on their terms. The artists both reside in what today is known as Canada. While both are part of the First Nations tribes, they use art to connect back to their cultural beliefs. One of the portraits captured by Dayna Danger is created to show that the “Big’Uns' ' is about reclaiming our bodies as well as our sexuality. In the photograph taken the model is a nude woman who has their upper body covered with their hair, while her lower half is covered with antler. Danger included the antler because the antler evokes a tribal tradition of hunting in which no parts of the animal are wasted. This piece might be controversial to others who have an older mindset because antlers are used as tools and are considered to be sacred objects. The tension in this image, a 2017 portrait from the ongoing series “Big’Uns,” comes from a more cavalier approach to hunting, like sport. Body parts are reduced to trophies; the antlers’ imposing size testifies to the prowess and virility, not so much of the animal as of the hunter who bagged it.
“She Was Racially Abused by Hospital Staff as She Lay Dying. Now a Canadian Indigenous Woman's Death Is Forcing a Reckoning on Racism”. When Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old Indigenous Canadian woman, began experiencing stomach pains, she checked herself into a hospital in Joliette, Quebec. But she did not get the help she needed. Instead, hospital staff told Echaquan she was stupid, only good for sex, and that she would be better off dead. She momentarily went on to Facebook Live to show the lack of treatment and respect she was shown at the hospital. Echaquan died shortly later after she had posted the video on September 28, 2020. Her family suspects that it was due to the overdose of Morphine given to her as she is allergic to the drug. In another incident in that region of Quebec, a dashcam video emerged showing police officers beating Allan Adam, chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan Nation, after stopping his vehicle for expired license plates. The incident sparked nationwide protests calling for reforms to policing, just as the death of George Floyd did in the U.S.
“Love Simon” The romance drama that was released in 2018 is about a young man named Simon Spier. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online. The movie is followed up with a spin-off sequel “Love, Victor” that premieres exclusively on the streaming plat from Hulu. The spin-off sequel captures a more of a depth perspective on coming out because the main protagonist is Victor Salazar, a Mexican male who has devoted catholic parents. At the end of the last episode of the season, Victor comes out to his parents. As we continue the story plotline in episode one season two, Victor's parents are split. While his dad is being supportive, his mother is objective to Victor’s life.
“The Queer Indigenous Artists Reclaiming a Fluid Sense of Gender” Mishan, Ligaya. The New York Times, Feb. 17, 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/t-magazine/queer-indigenous-artists-gender.html. Date accessed Feb. 17, 2022.
“She Was Racially Abused by Hospital Staff as She Lay Dying. Now a Canadian Indigenous Woman's Death Is Forcing a Reckoning on Racism” Godin, Melissa. Time, Oct. 9, 2020. https://time.com/5898422/joyce-echaquan-indigenous-protests-canada/. Date accessed Feb. 15, 2022.
“Love, Vicor” Aptaker, Issac, Berger, Elizabeth. Hulu Television Network, June 17, 2020. https://www.hulu.com/series/3cb4c446-d459-41a2-97d2-2ea9ed164ab7. Date Accessed Feb 17, 2022.
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