Missing Lecture Reflection

 I enjoyed all parts of the lecture, but the missing middle section was my favorite section. I enjoyed learning about the Aboriginal camps, although some parts of the lecture were devastating, it is good to learn and educate ourselves. At first, entering the topic of Aboriginal camps made me believe they were being taken care of and being educated(basic schooling), but learning that they were trying to integrate the Aboriginals into “white society” was a bit saddening. It made me realize how much culture was lost and I feel bad for those who were changed. It was very interesting to learn how the men were taught more manly jobs and the women were taught how to do more domestic jobs such as sewing or cooking. I compare this to life nowadays because now women are doing amazing things in male dominated fields, so recognizing that difference is great. Understanding that the Aboriginals were taught how to dress, pray, work, and speak as Americans was heartbreaking as well. One quote that was very sad was, “kill the Indian… save the man.” It is so crazy to think that people wanted to erase Aboriginal culture and make them all learn white culture and erase their own culture. Another devastating part from the lecture was learning how every night they used to play the movie “ Cowboys and Indians.” Overall, learning that the intent of these schools is to completely transform the Aboriginals was very devastating but learning this information is crucial as well. 



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  1. Max WhiteJanuary 29, 2022 at 2:44 PM

    I too think that learning about these Native "integration" camps was very disturbing but important to learn. These and other aspects of settler colonialism are what have destroyed Native culture and I think that knowing how these atrocities come about help us learn how to prevent them in the future as well as heal from them.

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  2. Bailey BlackJanuary 30, 2022 at 10:37 AM

    Knowing that these camps were designed at least partially with the goal of erasing Native culture is really devastating, like you say. I think that in many ways, this effect of settler colonialism is the most harmful one, because it attempts to destroy people's group and personal identities.

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  3. KrisJanuary 31, 2022 at 4:30 AM

    I think that they're a separation between assimilation and cultural genocide that's extremely important. These camps, however, were definitely an example of cultural genocide to an extreme, which is just miserable.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2022 at 6:55 PM

    I love the Gif you have at the end of your page, it shows that you took the time to present your blog post and considered using visual assets to strengthen you argument. ON your point about schooling and losing culture, I recall an interesting comment one of my teachers made about the foundations of Kindergarten and school in general. From my memory, I believe that comment fell along the lines of "school was created to support and propagate national identity." reading your comment on how the camps took away the culture of the natives made me ponder this duality with culture and identity being created on one hand but culture also being stripped away.

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