My New Perspective on Native Americans

From the start I haven’t really known a whole lot about Native Americans. I thought that everyone who was Native American was similar to the movie Pocahontas. I thought that everyone dressed that way they didn’t have modern things that we take for granted. I thought that they would hunt and fish and farm and that was how they got there food. But boy, was I wrong. They have religion practicing everyday which is different from what we do when we go to church once a week on a Sunday. They wear clothes like ours too but they do have many different outfits that fit with their religion. Our grade went to the Saugatuck Performing of the Arts Center. I learned a whole lot about Native Americans and what their culture and daily life is about. I had no idea that they did art. We actually saw some exhibits of what they do. If you see our art that we do at school. It doesn’t tie in to our religon or show that we are christian. It shows that we are merely copying an artist that came before us and their technique. But the art that is made by the Native Americans does show parts of their religion, which I think is really cool. Something that I thought that was super important was, when we went there we saw actual practicing Native Americans that live in our community. I don’t know about you but I have never seen a Native American in my community have you? My guess is that you haven’t, is it because we are so wrapped up in ourselves?

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