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twilight33If that doesn't top the list of things I never thought I'd say to my 3 year old son, I don't know what does. Viva Skagway!
Last night we watched the premiere of an incredibly well-done documentary our local PBS station produced called Inside Passage. It's airing all over the place on the 14th and I highly encourage everyone to watch because it is not only beautifully shot, but they put two years of production into an hour film to ensure accuracy from all sides of what history we have here in the Pacific Northwest and it shows. I kept getting excited when they showed Native art, dances & storytelling because I could elaborate further each time and did so for Kieran.
My 5th generation native Californian self grew up thinking Indians were firmly fixed in the past, vanquished and absent everywhere from Sutter's Fort & the missions to a favorite family campground at Indian Grinding Rock. I internally winced when I saw some of the kids at Kieran's preschool working on totems made of cardboard shipping tubes. I know our society has a very long way to go towards not romanticizing/objectifying cultures & not just indigenous ones, but so help me I will do my part to promote holistic information and education instead of stereotypes.
Last night we watched the premiere of an incredibly well-done documentary our local PBS station produced called Inside Passage. It's airing all over the place on the 14th and I highly encourage everyone to watch because it is not only beautifully shot, but they put two years of production into an hour film to ensure accuracy from all sides of what history we have here in the Pacific Northwest and it shows. I kept getting excited when they showed Native art, dances & storytelling because I could elaborate further each time and did so for Kieran.
My 5th generation native Californian self grew up thinking Indians were firmly fixed in the past, vanquished and absent everywhere from Sutter's Fort & the missions to a favorite family campground at Indian Grinding Rock. I internally winced when I saw some of the kids at Kieran's preschool working on totems made of cardboard shipping tubes. I know our society has a very long way to go towards not romanticizing/objectifying cultures & not just indigenous ones, but so help me I will do my part to promote holistic information and education instead of stereotypes.
