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Camp Grant Simulation Paper

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This rotation, I participated in a Peace Committee Simulation, reenacting the Camp Grant situation in 1871. This was a four day simulation. The first day was a planning day, in groups, where we worked on our position papers and learned the views of the nation we were representing. (For this specific problem) I represented the USA with Megan and Julia. We had to represent both how the settlers and the US government felt about the situation at Camp Grant. However, during the planning day, we came up with a long term solution for the Apache and O’odham who were living in Camp Grant. We intended to buy the Baja Peninsula from Mexico, and give it to the Native tribes, and let them live there however they wished. However, as the only views we saw, as the US were our own, and we were not aware that Mexico could not afford to give us land, and the Apache wanted to stay in southern Arizona with their primary food …show more content…

Day one (Thursday) was only half of the class, so it was perfect for letting us get used to using the speakers list and learning how to work and have a conversation in a mock peace committee, which was what we did. Day two (Friday) was the most productive day of the simulation, as we were steadily improving at participating in the simulation environment, and used our time more productively. During day two, our (US) long term solution was shut down, but the dire need for a solution grew with “mail” that was sent to the countries during break and caucuses. So, the class made up a short term solution. Our short term solution was to create a DMZ between all groups, to limit contact between groups, and any communication work be done through a peace committee who met at a remote location. All the groups were to shrink back into previously owned territory, and solve their internal problems before dealing with the other groups. During this time, the media was to humanize groups, and release this

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