What does helping Under serve Native Americans means to you?
Pastor Steve says " helping any group of people in need of adequate housing is a great way to share Gods love, and its parts of the church duty and the opportunity of helping any groups of people such as the American Indians."
What are your thoughts on how to improve the problems regarding Native Americans?
Rev Steve says " we can help with housing, food...and also that they need jobs and regular incomes, like settle up casino is a way to find a jobs for American Indians,the casino has do a great job contributing to help Native Americans with money"
Do you think the issue of Native Americans today is a serious problem? or is it something that can be put off?
Rev Steve says " The issue of the Native Americans today is not as serious as it was 20 years ago. back then they don't have casinos that helps them move their income."
Have you ever Volunteer in helping Native Americans? if so how?
Rev Steve said "Yes when in Pastor Julian Church, they have several reservation in their church. that's work with Native Americans, help building houses and windows for poor Native Americans."
What are your thoughts on the opposing views?
Rev Steve said "Many people feel like since they have lots of money form their casinos, many American people think that they don't need any help... thought actually they do need help they are struggling"
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
ONLINE SOURCE #4
“Specific Page Title or Article Title” | Foundation Helps Native Americans Students Overcome Educations Challenges |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) | Author ICTMN Staff |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) | Foundations Helps Native Americans Students Overcome Educational Challenges |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) | Indian Country Today Network |
Date Page was Last Revised | November 30, 2011 |
Date You Read It | February 7, 2012 |
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FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): |
the average percentages of Native Americans students who graduated high school and attended colleges are "only 46 percent graduate high school and a mere 17 percent go on to attend college." (ICTMN Staff ) |
organizations such as the Americans Indian Education Foundation created a system that will will "help Native American students realize that they can overcome these daunting statistics and the many academic challenges they face."(ICTMN Staff ) |
Just like any other students Native Americans students lack of confidence on themselves, some "believing that postsecondary education is beyond their reach. Yet, some of the factors that discourage these students from furthering their education are quite simple. " (ICTMN Staff ) |
other challenges thats Indian students faces "are often the first in their families to consider college. There is a need for additional role models." (ICTMN Staff ) |
other organization such as the AIEF is created to "provide American Indian students with adequate information about their options for a different future and to help them believe these options apply to them. " ( ICTMN Staff ) |
This articles talks Native Americans Students Education. the article stated that only 46 percents of Native American students graduated high school and about 17 percent of the students attend colleges. Native Americans students faces many challenges regarding their educations, challenges such as not knowin to, filled in aplications. the reason being because Native american sstudents are the first in their family to consider college, and their is no one in the family to assists them, through the process for search for a good collages thats suit their interests. the article aslo talks about different programs created to assists Native Americans students with their educations. so that they could reach their goal, and have more chances, and to be able to compet with other racial groups suchs as the African Americans, the white Americans, the Hispanic.....
Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?
This article was written by the ICTMN Staff . They are arthour of the india country today media network.
Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?
It simpliy informative.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
no bias just informative. whats others to know about the issues of Native american stoday
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
NO.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
i plan to use this article to support my opinion on helping underserved Native Americans in their Commuinty.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
The Senior Project Sources #3
“Specific Page Title or Article Title” | Native Americans' enduring struggle for justice |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) | Steven E. Levingston |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) | Political Bookworm: Native Americans enduring struggle for jutices. |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) | Washington Post |
Date Page was Last Revised | March 9, 2010 |
Date You Read It | Feburaury 3, 2012 |
<URL address> (ALL of it) |
FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): |
Our interfareance to the native americans back in those days has cause so many problems for them today. and this is the time for the young americans teen, and adult today to help contribute to the health and and probelms to the native Americans. "The history of Native Americans symbolizes the long path of American history – and in the 20th century the nation and the race continued to intersect through world wars, cold wars and cultural wars." |
Literature writer Paul C. Rosier state in his book that; " Native Americans' struggles for rights and justice are – like the efforts of African Americans – an integral part of the development of American society." in comparsing to the africans americans fighting for their right and to be equal, today native americans are fighting to keep their history, their traditional ways so that in geenerations to comes and their kids kids can known about their ethnic background. |
Obama adminsistry help contribute money to help "provided a measure of justice to American Indians, who, despite the poor treatment accorded them in matters such as trust accounts, racial discrimination, and treaty violations, have acted patriotically in the name of an America that champions cultural pluralism, minority rights, and international law." |
Though the native american shelp serve the country during the work time, after the war they were denied the right to vote " Yet when they returned to New Mexico in 1945 the Navajo Codetalkers and Ira Hayes (Pima), who helped raise the flag on Iwo Jima, were denied the right to vote." |
Though they are treated negtatively they continue to help serve their country to protect their land. it is our time as young americans citizens to help brings back salvation tot he native americans. "American Indians continue to see the defense of their ancestral Indian homelands as inseparable from the defense of the American homeland" |
Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
This article talks about the native Americans. it talks about thier previous history, and the issue they face, and what they contriubute to the nation, and how they way were treated in the past and also in the presents today.
Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?
The author for this article is steven E. Levingston. Steven is a jorunalist and a author.
Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
There is both, bias and unbiased.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
yes. no his cited references didn't take away from her work
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
i planto use this source to support my opinion paper
Senoir Project Online Source # 2
“Specific Page Title or Article Title” | Native Americans Students And Dropped Out. |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) | JUDY VUE |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) | Native American Students and droppouts: Confronting the Problem |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) | SEATTLEPI. COM |
Date Page was Last Revised | March 21, 2010 |
Date You Read It | Febuaray 2, 2012 |
<URL address> (ALL of it) |
FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): |
this is one of the issues of the dropped out of native Americans students in school. Vivian Alphonse "Her mother had cancer and was weak from chemotherapy. The bills piled up and eventually, Alphonse and her mother were evicted from their home." |
this is a research that proves that the dropped out of school for young Vivian is not an usually thing because she isn't the only one that going through this, many other Native American Students are facing the same issue, and some for other issues; "Alphonse's mother is a member of the Salish tribe of British Columbia's Vancouver Island. Data compiled by state agencies shows her story of dropping out of high school is not unusual among native students" |
Many young Native Americans Students are dropping out of school because of some family issues and sorts. researches have shown the percentile rate of dropped out rate and comparing the rate with other Americans groups..." Reports by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction reveal that Native American students in grades nine through 12 dropped out of high school at a rate of 11.5 percent during the 2007-2008 school year. That was the highest out of five racial groups surveyed -- American Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander, black, Hispanic and white." |
Judy in her article shows research evidence of the rate of dropped for Native Americans high school students is been increasing high than other other racial groups in America "Preceding years show the same patterns. Native American students have far fewer numbers compared to the four other racial groups, but their dropout rates have continually topped the charts." |
A professor and a tribal member of the Native Americans, stated that the " He said another factor contributing to high dropout rates is the history native tribes have had with European settlers involving war, disease and marginalization" |
Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
this article is talks about a native american girl Vivian Alphonse, who dropped out from high school due to some family issues. not only does this article only talks about Vivian but also talks about many others Native Americans study who also dropped out of high school for other issues. this article also give a rate of the number of native Americans students who dropped out and the article also comparing the dropped out percentage to other types of american groups such as the African Americans, Hispanic, white and Asians. the percentage of dropped out of native Americans is higher than the other groups.
Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?
The Author for this article is Judy Vue. her experience; she's a assistant producer of KUOW public radio, an a Native American English teacher at english program in korea.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
No there wasn't any bias detected as i was reading. i dint catch any bias whats so ever in the article.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
the author uses Michael Pavel a Skokomish tribal member and a professor making it stronger. the cited references didn't take away from her work.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
i will use this sources to back up my idea when writing my paper
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Senoir Project Online Source
“Specific Page Title or Article Title” | Whiz Kids: Sierra Service Project |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) | Judi Morales Gibson |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) | Whiz Kids: Sierra service Project Local teens learn the true meaning of serving a community. |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) | BeniciaPatch News |
Date Page was Last Revised | August 4, 2011 |
Date You Read It | January 29, 2012 |
<URL address> (ALL of it) |
FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): |
Each summer Sierra Service Project takes about 2,000 teens to five Native American Indian Reservations in Nevada, Arizona and Idaho to help the local communities. in this the author is stating how many youth get to go some services, and by stating this she is trying to recruit more youths to join the program. |
to attract many youths and parents to participate in this Program, the author talks about the differents things that they do that will interests many young youth;“We do building and refurbishing, roofing projects painting projects, disable access ramps..." |
to recruit more youths to the author states the age group that qualify to travel far to help those that are in need of help "Teens from grades eight to twelve are eligible" |
the author of this article is stating the responsibilities of the cams; "campers are each responsible for $180 of the $325 needed. The rest of the money is raised through fundraisers throughout year by St. Paul's" |
the author is stating what every youth gets from this experience; “This is one of those programs where the young people really get it... about what service is and serving a people who are much less fortunate than they are,” said Rodekohr. |
Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
this article is about SSP: meaning Sierra Service Project. it was written By Judi Gibson. she wrote this article to inform parents and young youth about the SSP program. it talks about the different what they do, and who are eligible for it. the article provides basic information that is needed to know about the SSP program.
Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?
the author of this article is Judi Gibson. her filed of tanning isn't specified. she is one of the staff members that volunteer to write about SSP to inform those who are willing to know about the SSP Program.
Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?
its both; the author of this article is informing people about what the youth at the program those, and it benefit those people that are seeking to get information regarding self help project and that there is always a place or groups that they can invest in that can directly help those are in need. Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
no, there isn't any bias in this article is all facts, information needed for people that are seeking n are interested in the SSP program. References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
the author uses the Main SSP site for those who are seeking for further information about the Program.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
i plan to use this source to support my opinion about the SSP program and how it encorages
young youth and above to percipient n to help those who are in need for help. n also use the source to go to another source, as it has a link to the main SSP page were furthur information is been posted. Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Senior Project Proposal
Proposed Topic in the form of an Essential Question:
How can I, as an individual help undeserved Native American community in the west?
What about this topic appeals to you? Why did you choose it?
what appeals me the most about MY topic is the meaning. SSP which stands for Sierra Service Project. meaning helping underserved Native American community in the west; Sierra Nevada are. I choose this because I like the idea of helping others. I like to make other people Happy, I like bringing joy to people; and also the idea of many individuals such as I dedicated their time to work with others to help those who are in need of help.
What do you already know about this subject?I no that this is a organization created by churches that recruit teens and adults and take them to this mission trip to help build houses, wheel chairs ramps, fix roof... for poor Native Americans citizens.
What are you hoping to learn about the subject?
well in regards to all my volunteering works that am gonna do for this subject that i choose, I will like to learn how to build a wheel chair ramps, also learn how to build houses. it will be a really good experience for me; and am excited to do it.
What are you most interested in regarding the topic?
I am most interested to find out more facts about this organization, more fact about other things they do.
What potential risks or challenges do you foresee for your project?
I don't see any potential risk or challenges of doing this project. I sort have a lots of information regarding to my topic; I have an idea of what am gonna write about my topics. I have lots of sources to find out more debt about my topic. so am set... :)
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