tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post8328046997724903182..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Kindergarten "Indians" celebrate Pow Wow DayRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-53837556400262062702010-11-23T01:14:17.574-08:002010-11-23T01:14:17.574-08:00No, Burt, you're assuming that the teachers ar...No, Burt, you're assuming that the teachers are teaching the actual dances. (Rather than just saying "dance like a bear" or "wave the ribbons around.") That the teachers know enough to correct the children's inevitable mistakes. And that this is part of some long-term learning process rather than a one-time event.<br /><br />I don't assume any of these things. That is, I assume they're not true until proven otherwise.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-19733786920553819902010-11-21T16:33:48.203-08:002010-11-21T16:33:48.203-08:00I think it is a start in the right direction. Yes,...I think it is a start in the right direction. Yes, they could not authenticate the dancing and singing, but you are assuming that a child from a particular tribe that starts dancing and singing has no room for error in the beginning, that is simply a learning process. <br /><br />Whether you are 5 or 50 and learning about your own peoples culture, it should be acceptable that you approach your learning not as a "know it all", but rather someone that is fallible and human.<br /><br />I agree with your ideas about lore, gardens and medicines because it does not LIMIT their grasp of indigenous people to pow-wows.<br /><br />If there were more schools out there that not only harbored this approach to native peoples, but also included African American, Asian, Latino and even European cultures, this country just might be able to resolve alot of its racial ignorance and strife from within, something that would make America truly unique and actually fulfill its currently overrated patriotic rhetoric proclamations as being a great civilization, until then, patriotism remains guided by religious zeal, greed and militaristic might!Burtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-38996788291898531552010-11-21T10:45:55.602-08:002010-11-21T10:45:55.602-08:00The whole drumming thing is best and effectively a...The whole drumming thing is best and effectively accomplished by having an actual tribal drum group drop by and play for the kids, and show them the drums.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com