The Possess of Healing

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The two videos that I like the most from this class was the ted talk name “America’s native prisoners of war” by Aaron Huey, and the documentary “When Your Hands are tied” by Mia Boccella and Marley Shebala. These two videos brought my attention because in the first video which is the ted talk the author of the video is an outsider of the society that he is trying to represent he did not go through the experience that the native people that he is trying to defend went through. In the documentary when your hands are tied this is a little bit more personal I think because this is a documentary where people from the tribe and people that went through all this obstacles are trying to heal themselves. In the ted talk “Americas native prisoners of war” by Aaron Huey this ted talk he begins by saying that at the beginning of this project it was very difficult for him because of his skin color which is white he say that the Lakota people would call him wasichu is a Lakota word that means not Indian but it has another definition which is the ones who takes the best meat for himself. In this video he talks about the unfairness and the treaties that were broken by the Americans. He talks about the false promises that the American people made to the native Indians when they were trying to buy their land. He is goes into detail on how the chief of the tribes were told that if they don’t sign the treaties that are been presented in front of them than their tribe will not have food. He also says why the American Government broke the treaties that they made with the native people because they found a lot of gold in the Lakota territory and they wanted to take over so they can have money and power. I find this a very dirty move because if you are ... ... middle of paper ... ... Benavidez represents todays young who are responsible of bring the native american culture alive with the help of a leader like Talache and the rest of his young community. This for their older generation because of their sircuntances of their time. The Relocation program: the relocation program began on the 1950’s. Some people needed to adjust from the reservation life to the city life and this change was really big for them because they were not use to this kind of life. Retention of Traditionalism: for this young generations is really hard to keep up with the traditions because society has put it in them that in order to be accepted In society they need to blend in they cannot be different, so is hard for the young generation to keep up with their traditionalist side but at the same time be able to do the things that the people in the society they are living do.

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