What source did you review and who created it? What perspective do you think it is meant to convey? Provide at least one specific example and citation from the M3 Online Resources to support your opinions.

                        Tribal Sovereignty: The Right to Self-Rule

I used for my online resource the video, Tribal Sovereignty: The Right to Self-Rule. This video was created by Tribal Eye Productions. I picked this video because it helped me to get a feel of what sovereignty means. There are four recognized governments in the United States, tribal, state, county and city. An Indian Tribe constitutes a government. Sovereignty for Indian Tribes paves the way to govern themselves. The overall purpose for this video is to explain sovereignty and how it relates to Native Tribes.

 Why do you think these web resources where selected and put into this course and not others? What makes a quality academic website and do you think the website you reviewed is one? Provide at least one specific example and citation from the M3 Online Resources to support your opinions.

When I look at the overall scheme for this class it becomes clear to me that if I make an outline for this course I would make four categories. A) Who occupied the US first? B) Early Native Tribes (who, what when where) C) The arrival of Europeans and the overtaking of Native Indians lands, D) How Native Indians have risen from the ashes and are making their own place in the United States. In order to support my view, I offer all the information that was given to me for review in this course. I will cite, (Treuer, the introduction), Treuer, chapters one to eight), (Treuer chapter one) and lastly for the video, (Tribal Sovereignty: The Right to Self-Rule)

Has the information you have read thus far changed, in some way, your view of native communities? Provide at least one specific example and citation from the M3 Online Resources to support your opinions.



By all means my knowledge of Native Americans has been expanded and increased. I can never look at a western again and just assume Indians were made and killed a bunch of white people. I now know that due to lying and stealing the Native Indians were only protecting the lands they felt the Gods gave them. I guess the thing that impressed me a lot was the video of the elder woman who had all the young family around her and they had to beg her to tell them a story---in her language no less. (Iisaw: Hopi Coyote Stories and Hopi Songs with Helen Sekaquaptewa)




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  1. Colleen ChioffeJanuary 27, 2018 at 9:18 AM

    I find that as we continue this course, I am learning new things about sovereignty as well. Although, to be fair, I basically knew nothing before starting this class. Learning there are four sections of government, tribal being one of them was eye-opening.
    I grew up watching westerns with my father, he's a big John Wayne fan. I agree, I will never be able to watch them the same way again, now knowing what I know about the injustices brought upon the Native Americans. I knew they were treated unfairly, but I wasn't aware of the extent of it all.

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