Classmates' Blog

Héctor Porrata-Doria http://sayhellogoodbyeoutloud.blogspot.com/
Héctor's essay had information about how the whites tried to control the Native Americans. It talked about how the Whites used violence in order to try and gain control of the Native American's, and how the Native Americans were suffering under the situation. I liked it because I think Héctor did a really good job with explaining the events by using a lot of details. Héctor talked about how whites wanted to assimilate the Native Americans and have them under their control, but they tried to do it in an immoral way by using violence.

Cristian Virella http://www.cristianhistoryblog.blogspot.com/
Cristian's essay explained the events in the movie "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" and events in the movie like "The Wounded Knee Massacre" and the whites trying to assimilate the Native Americans by changing their Sioux name to a Christian name. Cristian was very detailed with the events and the situations that occurred while the whites tried to gain control of the Sioux.

Jan Paul Perez http://jpah11.blogspot.com/
Jan Paul's essay had to do with how the whites wanted to control the Native American's religion and beliefs. One of the examples he used was "The Ghost Dance", which was a religious tradition of the Sioux tribe, and the whites wanted to get rid of it. He explained very well the situation on how the Native Americans' best option was to conform to the whites' ways, even if it meant losing their identity, because then the whites possibly wouldn't use violence towards them.

Stephanie Ruiz http://www.tefiruiz01.blogspot.com/
Stephanie Ruiz's essay talked about the Native Americans struggle to try and overcome everything the whites did in order to try and control them, and their struggles still today.
The essay explained how the whites promised a lot of things to the Native Americans, but then broke their promises. The Native Americans could not have their own beliefs or independent opinion. After the government realized their mistakes, it was already too late, the Native Americans still live with struggles. Stephanie did very well explaining the situation.

Carlos Collazo http://qeehai.blogspot.com/
Carlos Collazo's essay explained how the Native Americans were forced to move into camps so the whites could have control over them. The whites would take away their Sioux identity by giving them a Christian name. The Native Americans had to follow the whites' orders and basically do everything the whites said, the Native Americans ended up having a lot of struggles because of this. Basically, he talked about the whites' control over the Native Americans.