It\u2019s a narrative that we see time and time again. A constant feud and distrust between natives and other non-native inhabitants and in general people of color.What’s seemingly alarming about this outrage is that it comes from people who have less entitlement to the country than those they are attempting to remove. The topic of the speech with its inclusion of \u201cThe MAGA Teen\u201d and the treatment of Indian priests in Montana is a constant reminder of the disrespectful coexistence between natives and people of color with non-natives.
\nA few slides into the presentation we were introduced to \u201cThe MAGA Teen\u201d. While the native tribe leader who is also a veteran beat his drums towards the crowd of mocking teens, this one particular teen, Nick Salmon,was captured smirking in his face. He later stated that the smirk was to let the tribe leader know that he was being peaceful. However, I believe many would agree that the smirk was done and a joking way and was taking light of the situation at hand. If he wanted to diffuse the situation and make the tribe leader feel at peace, then I believe he would have turned around and corrected his classmates that were causing the tension to begin with. Even though this moment was hard to stomach, life on the reservation showed an even more toxic coexistence.
\nThe speaker was very fond of her childhood memories and was most proud of her relationship with many priest in the area. She also mentioned that there were White priest who resided in the town and the Indian and White priest had a somewhat good relationship. Yet, she recalled how the inhabitants of the towns would often want the White priest to perform certain task and would refuse Indian priest. Not only is the prejudice from the non natives ironic it\u2019s also ironic that the prejudice was coming from people who were suppose to be Christians, but yet they were turning down another Christian because of their ethnicity. What is even more alarming is the implications of this tension on a larger scale.
\nDuring the first slide, the speaker showed us a picture that had the caption \u201cEvery American should vote\u201d. However, in order to vote you had to have a street address which Indians who lived on the reservation did not have. Therefore, they could not participate in this right. It\u2019s as if America is attempting to isolate people on the reservation into their own world and disassociate them from the democracy that everyone who lives here should be entitled to. In addition, it is extremely ironic that Native people are being left out of executive exercises on their own land.
\nThe talk \u201cIndians on the Reservation: Missionary Priests from India\u201d was very informing. It made me create connections and one of them I saw was an extreme level of disrespect for Indians on the reservation. There is a clear divide and a living situation that could be best describe as a coexist. We need not to isolate the reservation as its own being. We should work hard to attempt to unite the reservations with the rest of the surrounding areas by at least letting them be able to vote. Once we can stop this progressive isolation that has involved from the way before the speaker’s childhood memories to now, I believe that there would be less disrespect and prejudice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s a narrative that we see time and time again. A constant feud and distrust between natives and other non-native inhabitants and in general people of color.What’s seemingly alarming about this outrage is that it comes from people who have less entitlement to the country than those they are attempting to remove. The topic of … <\/p>\n