Cultural Preservation for
Ohkay Owingeh
Loren Montoya, Jr.
Ohkay Owingeh, Taos
Loren Montoya, Jr.
Ohkay Owingeh, Taos
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Sharing One Skin
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.
The article Sharing One's Skin is about People who lived in the Okanagan Valley's mountains. Her identity as an Okanagan native is linked to the land, and she is typically emotionally bonded to the place where she and her ancestors grew up for the most part. She lives by the four selves of the Okanagan people which are the Physical self, the emotional self, the thinking intellectual self, the spiritual self. the selves are all equally important in a way they give us a healthy life.
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Native American Identity
Perry G.Horse.”Native American Identity” New Directions for Student Services.No 109.Wiley Periodicals.Inc.2005,Print.Pg 61-68.
The article Native American Identity is about Native American consciousness as important to identify development, such as Native American language and culture, self-concept as a Native American, Whether or not one is enrolled in a tribe, and the racial attitudes, Legal and Political status.
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“Reviving a crumbling pueblo"
Miller, Cynthia. "Reviving a crumbling pueblo." Santa Fe New Mexican [Santa Fe, NM], 12 Mar. 2018, p. A-1. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A530857461/ITOF?u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=ebsco&xid=e168b2c8. Accessed 24 Sept. 2021.
The article was about who some people in my pueblo were trying to get money to preserve old adobe houses in the village that people have lived in since the 1960’s so the goal is to give those houses repairs and new plumbing sewer system and another thing that can preserve the house and its history behind the house like for example they build supports for the old roof so it wouldn’t collapse or the house wouldn’t be destroyed to the whole article was about how they were asking for money and getting private programs to support this.
This article connects to me because it really just breaks down what my SHP will be about this elder that have been alive since the 1960s are trying to preserve their old family house and get them to repair just to keep that part of history alive and it just goes back into that culture preservation and what my whole SHP topic is all about.
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Pueblo Revolt of 1680
de Taos, David Fernández. "Blessing reconciliation of the 1680 Pueblo revolt." Santa Fe New Mexican, The (NM), sec. My View, 1 Sept. 2018. NewsBank: America's News Magazines, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNP&docref=news/16E307D5F0A5FAC0. Accessed 7 Oct. 2021.
The article I read was about the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and the violent uprising that began on August 10, 1680. It was a huge success, but it came at a huge price: hundreds of people were slaughtered in blood and fire. The Spaniards had no choice but to escape. For the time being, the uprising had been victorious. When the Spaniards arrived in 1692 to reclaim their sovereignty, everyone involved realized that their destinies had been entwined in their combined blood, water, and lives. The old spirits and gods, as well as Jesus and the Corn Mothers, would now cohabit.
This is important to my topic since it explains why we have our culture and customs in such a significant way now. They kept the culture alive by resisting the Spanish, who were aiming to eliminate all civilizations. As a result, the pueblos came together to oppose them, which was extremely significant.
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“Tesuque Pueblo Grandmother Speaks”
Youth CineMedia 2104, Kayleen Duran, “Tesuque Pueblo Grandmother Speaks”
The video I watched is about the Pueblo of Tesuque, in present-day New Mexico, a young Native American woman leads us on a journey to see her grandma. Grandmother talks about culture, maize, and how important it is for today's kids to keep their native language. Kayleen Duran, a Youth CineMedia student, is featured.
This video relates to my topic because it is the most important part of what my topic is about, which is the language because, without it, the songs and prayers that my Pueblo performs would die out. I may not be from Tesuque Pueblo, but they all speak Tewa, which is the most important part of my culture because I Pueblo also speaks Tewa.
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October 9, 2013/https://hyperallergic.com/87139/five-issues-threatening-the-destruction-of-cultural-heritage-sites/
By Ryan C. Francisco
Nov 6, 2021
By Bruno Beidacki | TEDxKentState
Aug 21, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2xgZkvVS-A
The article the 5 issues Threatening the Destruction of Cultural Heritage by Allison Meier is about The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has launched a two-year campaign to protect 67 sites in 41 nations. Each biennial group of watch sites seems to have its own dynamic, but the 2014 list represents many enduring preservation issues, as well as the contemporary climate. WMF has focused on giving national and international exposure to cultural heritage sites that are at risk since 1996.
This is important to me SHP because if they put up a protection act to help save 67 protected sites, can my pueblo also do the same, like making them off-limits to the public, and can it be possible for me to bring up my SHP topic to help get a bill passed that protects mine and publish sacred sites?
The article Cultural resources deserve protection by Reyaun C. Francisco is about Navajo Nation member of the Nankai Diné'e (Mexican People Clan), born for the Kinyaani (Towering House People Clan) that witnessed the Gold King Mine spill expose 12 Indigenous nations, including the Navajo Nation, to toxic sludge. In 1979, her people experienced the Church Rock uranium mine spill in New Mexico that released more than 94 million gallons of acidic, radioactive solution into the Puerco River. Decades later, studies still find significant levels of radiation remaining in the area from the spill and other mining sources. Yet, they want to resume mining for uranium. And if this is not enough, extractive industries have brought "man camps" that have led to an international crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous peoples committed on our lands. Native voices have been silenced when it comes to land-management decisions. Diné Nation has not had a say in the management of federal lands, which includes their ancestral homelands.
This relates to my SHP topic because they are talking about all the toxic oil spilled in their water, which is part of their culture because that water is scared for them and it is part of some of their ceremonies. The water they have as part of their way of life just like my Pueblo the water is part of us.
The video I watched was about Bruno Beidacki is a Brazilian journalist, writer, and storyteller based in the United States. Bruno is devoted to the process of language learning and has done extensive traveling in order to explore cultural preservation efforts. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format, but independently organized by a local community.
This relates to my topic because he made it part of his life to go to conferences and talk about what are people doing to preserve the culture and the efforts people are giving to language learning.
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The article I read talked about how the Chinese government is investing money and resources to preserve some of the old statues that still stand today, and how they promote cultural heritage with other people in order to keep the protection, restoration, and maintenance of parts of their scared statues and sites.
The article relates to my topic because it provides a different perspective on how other countries handle cultural preservation and what they are doing to preserve their culture and heritage, as well as how the Chinese government steps in to help promote the culture and spread it around some parts of the world. The China government has special funds saved, and it is just that overall global connection and seeing how other countries are preserving their cultures.
The article I read was about an organization called United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization that for some people around the world to sign a bill protecting, making sure some of their cultural heritage is protected from anything possible as this can later become a law and it would be against it for anyone to try or destroy any part of that cultural heritage.
This article relates to my topic because if they have that for some parts around the would it be possible for my tribe or any other tribe to sign a bill protecting all historical sites and make it become law as it could save some of my cultural heritage and some ties that my Pueblo still has and this would give people who go to mess with my cultural heritage to get a trespassing charge saving and preserving some of my scared sites from anyone that is not Pueblo.
The video I watched was about Eva, a 7th-grade student who is from China and enjoys performing arts, computing, and robotics. She speaks her own language and performs the Hu Opera, both of which are very close to extinction. Eva believes by telling her stories and teaching, might motivate young people to retain their culture and start to learn such an old tradition from her keeping it alive.
This relates to my topic because it shows how some of the younger generations are trying to protect old culture and preserving it in the bale to try to save it and trying to encourage the younger generation to participate in it and learn it so it can make a comeback and will never have to worry about it going extinct.
张少伟. (N.d.). Efforts made to revive China's Cultural Heritage. Efforts made to revive China's cultural heritage - Culture - Chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved February 28, 2022, from http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2012-11/15/content_15933484.htm Center, U.N.E.S.C.O. (n.d.). World heritage. UNESCO World Heritage Center. Retrieved February 16, 2022, from https://whc.unesco.org/en/about/