Hibulb Cultural Center (Module 2)

I used the source Hibulb Cultural Center and the Tulalip tribe created the website.  I believe the perception they are trying to convey is an education and legacy of the Tulalip tribe. The website regarding the Cultural Center is showing what the Center has to offer to the public. Having the access to learn about the Tulalip tribe and how they lived. The center has a natural history preserve on the premises that shows what the land is like now. They are trying to show respect to many members before and keep the tribe alive by education of different exhibits that represent the Tulalip tribe. There are many things that they excelled in one example being canoe building. They have a canoe exhibit that displays a canoe once used. It was said “the sense of importance of the canoe to the culture of the Tulalip people; gives visitors a sense of the local waters as used for transportation.” (https://www.hibulbculturalcenter.org)  The quality work you can see in the picture below is fantastic. To be able to use natural resources like they have is incredible. The Cultural Center is trying to keep these accomplishments well known, and the website is very detailed on these things as well.



Since I have started reading about many different tribes, my views have changed dramatically regarding tribes and their communities. I have not been taught much about Natives or their communities, and even less education regarding their communities now in 2018. I do know that I have a few reservations close by to where I live. Which to me has always meant a casino is near-by or somewhere cheap to buy tobacco products. That is my uneducated outlook on Native reservations. After reading about the Tulalip tribe in particular; it is not about that at all. It is about their history, tribe members from the past and future. These reservations are to preserve their past and save what little land is for them. The Tulalip tribe “believes that our ancestors and their belongings should not be disturbed. It is not a cultural value to remove human remains or the artifacts associated with the remains from their resting place” (https://www.hibulbculturalcenter.org/Explore/Archaeology/default.aspx) I know now that what I have arrogantly once believed; is far from the truth. The Tulalip tribe in the present day has more than 3 thousand members living on their reservations. They have on-reservation middle and high schools; health centers,  a housing authority that they help find housing for tribal members. (https://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Home/WhoWeAre/History.aspx) This is not even a comparison of what I have once believed. These tribes have full functioning communities on their tribal reservations.






References:
https://www.hibulbculturalcenter.org , Tulalip Tribes. Created: Unknown Date Accessed: 10/4/18
https://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Home/WhoWeAre/History.aspx Created: Unknown Date Accessed: 10/8/18


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  1. UnknownOctober 20, 2018 at 11:19 AM

    It seems the more I read about specific tribes they all associate themselves with something that describe them, for example the Tulalip tribes is associate with fishing. There are other tribes that is associated with hunting or farming this could depend on where they first settled and them appreciation what’s around them. What is impressive is that these tribes work tirelessly to preserve what they are associate with as part of their heritage. The Tulalip is known for their fishing heritage, their reservation is rich with natural resources, marine waters, creeks, lakes, forests and land.

    Reference:
    http://local.townsquarepublications.com.washington/marysville/03/toipc.
    https://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Home/WhoWeAre.aspx3

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    1. CKaneOctober 22, 2018 at 6:35 AM

      I agree, every tribe being a little different but striving on what resources they had around them. I just think about when I go fishing, and I am a terrible fisherman. I never catch anything, and then you read about the Tulalip tribe and they are very successful. I would say that it is where I go, just does not have any fish....but I do not think that is the case since I move to different waters. I am not experienced, and have never had luck fishing.

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