1st presentations

Erika and Emily presented Monday along with our group. They did a great job. It was interesting knowing how Tombstone and Unforgiven had a lot of things in common.

Group meeting 2

My group and I met Sunday at the library. While there we put finishing touches on our presentation. We created our power point and went over what each individual would present. It was fun and we are ready for Wednesday!

Group discussion 1

Today was the first time we met with our groups. We just arranged days to meet and what we were going to put in our presentation.

Movie presentation

My partners are Corina and Courtney. I have watched the movie and it was really good. Our group haven't had a meeting about it yet, but I am sure it will be interesting.

Essay 3

For paper three I think I will focus on why Native Americans were alcoholics and the affect it had on the individual, their family and so forth. Was drinking away to relieve some stress they were going through or did they have nothing more to do on the reservation and they turned to alcohol? The two text I think I will look at will be an Interview of Alexie and Smoke Signals ( Victor's Dad) .

Churchhill Review(made a mistake and did the Iowa interview first!)

The article was very insightful. I was able to learn a good bit about Native American movies and their struggles with the movie industry.

There was one thing that stuck out for me, which was the criticism about Smoke Signals. I love this movie! It gives you a real sense of the life of the Native Americans on the reservations and how they viewed people outside of them. It's a sort of sad movie but I am learning a good bit about the Indians in a more present day.