Against the Current

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Video Link: https://www.pbs.org/video/against-current-ycqmst/

17-year-old Daunnette Moniz-Reyome, who lives on the Umoⁿhoⁿ Reservation in Nebraska, interviews Native American youth and elders against the backdrop of a ceremonial powwow. Mentored by filmmaker Evan Mascagni, Moniz-Reyome shares her family’s journey to retain sacred rituals and culture traditions and the ways in which her community is healing historical trauma with strength and dignity.

Against the Current

Last updated almost 3 years ago

2 questions

Video Link: https://www.pbs.org/video/against-current-ycqmst/

17-year-old Daunnette Moniz-Reyome, who lives on the Umoⁿhoⁿ Reservation in Nebraska, interviews Native American youth and elders against the backdrop of a ceremonial powwow. Mentored by filmmaker Evan Mascagni, Moniz-Reyome shares her family’s journey to retain sacred rituals and culture traditions and the ways in which her community is healing historical trauma with strength and dignity.

Did you know that Native Americans children were forced into white-run boarding schools? The goal of this was to strip the Native Americans of the cultural identities and force them to conform to the white-christian American way. Their languages, clothing styles, hair styles, prayers, and tribal celebrations were made illegal.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/a-century-of-trauma-at-boarding-schools-for-native-american-children-in-the-united-states
https://www.history.com/news/how-boarding-schools-tried-to-kill-the-indian-through-assimilation
http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2021/07/09/federal-investigation-seeks-to-uncover-the-painful-history-of-native-american-boarding-schools/
Now, many remaining Native American tribes are working hard and racing to save what is left of their culture before it is gone completely. 
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/13/pandemic-native-american-languages-481081
https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/reading-writing-and-preserving-native-languages-sustain-native-communities
https://newrepublic.com/article/155913/native-american-languages-disappearing-reauthorization-act-congress
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/saving-americas-endangered-languages
https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2015/11/native-american-cultural-revitalization/

Do you do anything in your family to keep your traditions and culture alive? Give examples.

My example: I am Irish. Every year for St. Patrick's Day my family cooks traditional Irish meals. I am also German. My Grandma would speak German to us as little kids so we would pick up some of the language.

In your opinion, do you think it is important to keep cultural traditions alive in today's fast-paced world? Why do you think it is important or not important? Explain and answer in 3-5 complete sentences in R.A.C.E.S. format. (R= Restate the question. A= Answer the question. C= Cite your sources to back up your answer. E= Explain how your source supports your answer. S= Sum it all up.)

Against the Current

Against the Current

Do you do anything in your family to keep your traditions and culture alive? Give examples.My example: I am Irish. Every year for St. Patrick's Day my family cooks traditional Irish meals. I am also German. My Grandma would speak German to us as little kids so we would pick up some of the language.

Do you do anything in your family to keep your traditions and culture alive? Give examples.My example: I am Irish. Every year for St. Patrick's Day my family cooks traditional Irish meals. I am also German. My Grandma would speak German to us as little kids so we would pick up some of the language.