Finished Paper

I recently finished my 10-15 pages research paper, I have to say it was a great learning experience. I was shocked in a way to find out some facts that i never knew or never even considered. I wrote my paper on the success of Indian casinos and the support this success gives to the people on the reservations. The amount of jobs it offers, and the money that can be provided for families living in poverty. It was a great eye opnener and i will never look at casinos in the same way again. I now know the history and details of operation of the Tulalip Casino in a small way for example. It was a good challenge to find information from credible resources and use good fatcs to support my thesis. Great idea for a final as people get a small idea of the Native American lifestyle, although we will never fully understand.

Movie on Monday

I thought the movie we saw on monday was a great emotional film of the people from reservations speaking of their past's and their experiences in Boarding schools. Although i came in a little bit late, i captured the emotion and seriousness of the people on film. Their inability to speak of the horrible times they witnessed and went through gives a good persepective on what really happened for around 100 years. It is an eye opener for the american kind, to realize that life as an indian was ridiculous compared to the luxury of the white people. It was truley unfair and in a way, genocide. Like the man said in the movie, this was the native american version of Schindler's List or why dont they have a movie like that. It would be powerful to see for all americans. Good information to have about what really happened.