Post by ctiger on Oct 27, 2017 16:28:59 GMT
Sorry this is so late, I've just discovered the course and am working my way up from the beginning.
I was born in my Cherokee tribal community in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where my family has lived since the Trail of Tears. Early in my childhood, though, my parents moved us to Texas to provide a better life and education for us, where I lived until college. Being raised away from the tribe provided a unique experience for me, as I was still very immersed in my culture, but with less of a communal experience. My brother and I were the only Native American kids in our schools, and our ethnicity was almost always the subject of yearly talks and programs in schools. We didn't mind, it was an opportunity to show the public who we are and have pride in our culture.
I went to college at Oklahoma State University and connected with other Native students and with my Cherokee people. I was elected to serve as Miss Keetoowah Cherokee on behalf of my tribe for the 2016-2017 years, where I acted as a public goodwill ambassador on behalf of the Keetoowah Cherokee and answer questions about my tribe to anyone curious.
I graduated last year and am working in STEM and am in the crossroads of deciding whether to continue my STEM education in grad school, or to veer into Native American studies, of which I'd want to research STEM preparation (and specifically access to technology/computer literacy in preparation for college) of Native students. Either way while I'm figuring this out, I'm thrilled to take this course to give myself a new lens of CRT to process current and historical events, and to think more critically about them.
I was born in my Cherokee tribal community in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where my family has lived since the Trail of Tears. Early in my childhood, though, my parents moved us to Texas to provide a better life and education for us, where I lived until college. Being raised away from the tribe provided a unique experience for me, as I was still very immersed in my culture, but with less of a communal experience. My brother and I were the only Native American kids in our schools, and our ethnicity was almost always the subject of yearly talks and programs in schools. We didn't mind, it was an opportunity to show the public who we are and have pride in our culture.
I went to college at Oklahoma State University and connected with other Native students and with my Cherokee people. I was elected to serve as Miss Keetoowah Cherokee on behalf of my tribe for the 2016-2017 years, where I acted as a public goodwill ambassador on behalf of the Keetoowah Cherokee and answer questions about my tribe to anyone curious.
I graduated last year and am working in STEM and am in the crossroads of deciding whether to continue my STEM education in grad school, or to veer into Native American studies, of which I'd want to research STEM preparation (and specifically access to technology/computer literacy in preparation for college) of Native students. Either way while I'm figuring this out, I'm thrilled to take this course to give myself a new lens of CRT to process current and historical events, and to think more critically about them.