Savages?

I found Winnemuca's reading from Life Among the Paiutes to be very telling about the true meaning of the "Savage" stereotype placed upon the Native Americans.  Through her writing I believe that Winnemuca really transforms her readers image of the indigenous people away from an aggressive monstrous image to friendly and peaceful, I know it did for me at least.

By talking through the personal experiences of her tribe and specifically her and her families experiences  with the white really captures the reader to empathize with the indigenous viewpoint.  After reading about the grandfather and chief leader continuously trying to welcome the whites with a friendly greeting and the amount of excitement her grandfather elicited about the arrival of the whites, it allowed their true intentions to shine through.  The Native Americans had no intentions of doing anything but aid the whites upon their arrival, offering aid with food and housing helping them survive on unfamiliar land.  To me, this made the poor treatment of the indigenous people to be even more devastating, for their pure intentions were met with nothing but greed and cruelty.

First Blog

I titled my first blog enp28 on accident, I basically got really confused by this site, I'm not exactly computer literate. Enp28 is my first email address from way back in the day, like sixth grade or so. The three letters stand for my initials and the two numbers are my favorite numbers from every since I was little. I didn't exactly mean to make this my title, but for lack of better idea, it was the easy choice.

So far in this class, I was really interested by the readings of book one and book two of the Popol Vuh. I think the personification of the animals and the trickery throughout the books are two aspects that greatly caught my interest. I liked how all of the trickery can be tied back to lessons and relate to the mistakes and faults of previous experiences in the story. It was interesting to link the trickery within the stories of the Popol Vuh to the life lessons and stories I've heard throughout my childhood.