Wilma Mankiller


My source was https://intercontinentalcry.org/wilma-mankiller-challenges-facing-indigenous-people/, this source contains a 50 minute video and a brief summary of the video and of Wilma Mankiller. “Intercontinental Cry (IC) is a non-profit newsroom that produces public-interest journalism centered on Indigenous Peoples, climate change and international human rights”. IC created this article to inform people who didn’t know much about Wilma Mankiller or what she did. This source gives the reader/viewer a perspective of seeing Wilma Mankiller as someone who was very passionate about helping Native Americans and the problems they faced. I think these sources were put into this course to give us a reliable source, and other were not put into this course because the information isn’t a reliable source. A quality academic website is a website that is certified and is professional. In addition to that a website that make a topic easy to understand without missing any important details is perfect for students. With technology constantly evolving and becoming more common. It would make it easier for people to see a blog rather than a journal. When we spread the word to other, they will share the word and it will eventually get to everybody and there will eventually be change. “Another challenge Mankiller discusses, perhaps the greatest of all, is our need to develop practical models to capture, maintain, and pass on traditional knowledge systems and values to future generations”. Wilma shared this and many other have seen this and shared this and are hoping for change.

Reference:
https://intercontinentalcry.org/wilma-mankiller-challenges-facing-indigenous-people/

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  1. UnknownDecember 10, 2018 at 11:15 AM

    I agree with your statement about the video needing to come from a very reliable source in order to be a part of this course. It is partly sponsored by the Heard Museum in Phoenix Arizona. I had not heard of it before, so I looked on their website and it was established in 1929 by Maie Heard who was a collector and connoisseur of art. Its mission statement says it strives to be the “world’s preeminent museum for the presentation and interpretation and advancement of American Indian art, emphasizing its intersection with broader artistic and cultural themes” (https://heard.org/about/history/) This is a very interesting site. Wilma Mankiller’s presentation was the second of the 2018 Arizona State University Library’s Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture and Community. The lecture in named for Simon Ortiz, a Native American poet and the Labriola Native American Indian Data Center at ASU.

    Mankiller was introduced as someone who bridges the gap between Indian and Non-Indian communities. Another reason this video was an excellent choice for this course.

    “Wilma Mankiller: Challenges Facing 21st. Century Indigenous People”. 2013. ASU Libraries. Arizona State University. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K_rVUmV7Y8&feature=youtu.be. December 10, 2018.

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  2. CKaneDecember 10, 2018 at 11:23 AM

    I agree that Wilma is very passionate about helping the natives and what is needed to be done in to preserve the future all human kind. I think she made some very good points regarding what is done for the environment and what needs to happen in order to keep things running smoothly. She did not just speak of natives, but made a point that non-natives will have the same issues down the road; just that natives have more a spiritual reason to keep things in order.

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