On Reservations at Risk Native American Youths Find Few Places to Turn Video Discussion 1. WRITE: Discuss the following aspects of your personal developm

On Reservations at Risk Native American Youths Find Few Places to Turn Video Discussion 1.

WRITE:

Discuss the following aspects of your personal development in

emerging adulthood

(if you still consider yourself an adolescent, your experience as a college student is

enough to give you a basic personal understanding of developmental changes):

A) Physical Development (current health and activity level)

B) Cognitive Development (difficulty of classes; changes in ability to reason and apply

logic to arguments [aspects of postformal thought])

C) Social/Emotional Development (identity development [evaluate through the lens of

potential occupation, ethnicity, and gender]; political beliefs/involvement; romantic

relationships; relationship with parents)

2.

WATCH

the following videos on Native American youth and identity issues, which total

about 20 minutes altogether:

A.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/opinion/a-conversation-with-native-americans-

on-race.html

B.

C.

3. Next,

READ

the first part of the following article, which discusses the psychological effects

of colonization (should take 5-10 minutes):

https://unsettlingamerica.wordpress.com/2011/01/17…

4.

WRITE:

Summarize the 5 ways that colonization leads to internalized destruction.