Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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.
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I totally agree. I had a chat with my mom about this and she had no idea that things like the Holocaust were going on in the US, even a hundred years ago. I wonder why people do things like that...break people of their beliefs and all that they know. And for what? What was the real reason behind boarding schools? To make the white people feel like they were superior? Or was it colonization? Either way, what happened to all those children only proves how much of a monster and savage white people can be. For any group of people to think its okay to do that to someone's family, friends, and tribe is ridiculousness. Watching that movie made me feel ashamed about the slight possiblity of me being related to someone involved in that madness.
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