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Puerto Rico remained under Spanish control until 1898, but in the 1540’s, Spain discovered silver mines in Mexico and Peru. Puerto Rico was virtually abandoned, becoming a frontier zone. However, both the Spanish oppression and this new development resulted in the development of a kind of counter culture among the peasant population of Puerto Rico. Forced into labor, the peasants developed a passive, evasive attitude toward Spanish control. (Figueroa 9/24) A reflection of this can be seen in Francisco de Valle Atiles’s article "The Spiritual Life of the Jíbaro". According to Valle Atiles, "The speech of the peasant has the imperfections of those who never had any education; he still uses words that modern Spanish has forgotten, and the impurity and barbarism of his language are notorious. (Valle Atiles 95)" This describes the essence of the Puerto Rican peasant: poor, uneducated, and deemed inferior by his Spanish oppressors. However, the Puerto Rican peasants had pride in their own culture, and did their best to survive despite their oppressed status. They refused to be controlled by the Spaniards, even to the point of escaping the areas of the island most heavily developed by Spain and living in the uninhabited area.

The Europeans had became greedy and selfish. They had become reliant on the native Americans to do everything for them. They had made them do necessary tasks that they could have done themselves, but chose not too. They had made them carry them when they didn’t want to walk, feed them, fan them,carry their hammocks,etc. They had become conceited, thinking they were too “royal” to do anything for themselves. They had made the Native Americans slaves and servants to their every bidding no matter the circumstance. They had become puppets to the Europeans and they controlled the Natives and forced them to do whatever they wanted. They had made the Natives lose their dignity and sink so low by making them complete their every request. The Natives had been worn down and degraded to be known as nothing to the Europeans but servants and people who they could call to do something for them. Countless Natives had died because of what the Europeans had brought to them

Native Americans have been forced out of their culture over time, forced into assimilation, lost their rights, and have lost their land due to policies and laws by the whites that can’t bear the Native American way of life. There used to be many Native American tribes all throughout North America, and now these tribes are spread across the country and are blended into the rest of the population. The native ways have changed drastically in the last two centuries due to relocation programs, Indian boarding schools, and the way to classify which tribe each person belongs to. Native Americans have endured so much pain, which results from everything they have lost over time, and they have constantly paid the price for their ethnicity.

Many of the new settlers were eager to find riches. The only thing their mind was focused on was gold. Since there was such a large new population, the settlers struggled to find places to begin mining. This led to the destruction of the Native Indian population. Greed and panic often took over the settlers, leading them to drive the natives off their homeland. On top of this, no government laws or regulations were implemented to assist victims of crime. Many of the natives left to avoid enslavement or poor treatment by

When the Europeans arrived in the Americas they were looking for riches, spices, and new trade routes to India. When they found this new world and the Native Americans that lived there, they deliberately mistreated them. Looked at as obstructions, the Natives were driven from their land and homes and pushed west. Europeans that encountered the Native Americans had different ideas about them depending on their political and religious beliefs but none were positive. Those ideas ranged from pity for them as non-Christians to be converted (Doc. A2) and treated as children to a lower status of human to be taken advantage of for profits. The Natives were forced to mine precious metals, and farm sugar cane and tobacco. They were not viewed or treated as equal persons. They were considered part of the wild land to be conquered, enslaved, killed, and beaten into cooperation.

He states that “A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and non-Indians alike...” (Alexie, 13). He presents evidence on the stereotype laid upon Indians aimed at keeping them uneducated such as the expectation to be stupid and not answer any questions in class. From White‐Kaulaity’s perspective, the culture of reading was taken as less important and it was rare to find Indians reading at home (White‐Kaulaity, 3). As such, it seems that the stereotype barred the progress of literacy among Indians.

During Columbus’ journey, he had found the people of Espanola to be very generous with all of their possessions but they behaved very timorous. He perceives them as barbaric and uneducated because of their use of clothes and weapons, “… all go naked, men and women, as their mothers bore them… they

Native American elders are challenged by the American government because of their history and relationship to the government. Native Americans have been discriminated by the government by, "Acts of violence and murder, isolation on reservations, land-grabbing, denial voting rights, removal from traditional lands to new and unfamiliar reservations, efforts to force Native Americans to conform to European culture, stealing of mineral and resources for rights" (Aguirre & Turner, 2009 p. 174). This means that the Native Americans encountered many problems that impacted Native

He states that they were never subject to different laws, and that every being, whether it be a Spaniard or aboriginal, were equal under the law (54). He then discusses how the aboriginals were subject to the conquest of souls were missionaries would assimilate them into the Renaissance Christianity. This form of Christianity “was more a way of life than a well-defined set of beliefs or rites (56). The indigenous were learning typography, to read, write, study classics and many even wrote better than some Spaniards that many weren’t able to tell the difference between the writings of the two (57). The aboriginals soon began incorporating European techniques into their lifestyle, so much so to the point that they would copy their “garments, furniture and even musical instruments, which they then mass produced” (58).

Rereading, writing and calculation was becoming a skill needed in governments, business and even agriculture. People who had there’s skills such as scribes, clerks and layer were standing in great power over other people. Everyone in settlement of Europe did not do going to school sand getting education. Only some people could go school and most of them were boys. The education a peasant would get would be to make a living. Girls were sent to other households to learn sewing and weaving, skills needed to manage a household. The Spanish introducing Christianity to the indigenous people meant to major effort to spread Christianity in the new world by converting indigenous peoples. I believe that the education should be an important thing to do, it can teach you all different

     Out of almost all of the other cultures, Native Americans are the most exploited. Not only was their culture subverted and their people forced to move, but also the Native Americans still today are trying to regain their cultural identity. It was only during the late 20's that the effects of this cultural genocide became apparent. With the Meriam Report, published in 1928, the inhumane treatment of Native Americans was brought to the public eye, and this made way for the establishment of progressive day schools where Native Americans could integrate their culture. Ever since, Native Americans have struggled to regain an identity of their culture.

Many tribes that have been uncontacted by the outside world have recently become more approached by the world. This threatens the independent lifestyle of the native people. The tourist industry has started to use the natives as attractions for the public. The increased contact with the outside world has caused the tribes to come into contact with diseases they have never been affected by. Many illegal activities occur on the tribes’ land resulting in the loss of land. Rather than the government helping the tribes they ignore their existence and allow laws to be passed that take away their land.

course of 500 years, there has been little progress in ending the inequity that the Native

Throughout the movie there were questions longed to be answered; one of them were, for me, the greatest controversy, it is when Taviel questioned Rizal if he will resort to violence? Knowing Rizal’s vision and ideals; we can assume and conclude that he will never resort to violence; however, the movie gave it a colorful meaning to what Rizal might have done. In addition, the movie gave me five points to ponder; let me first discuss this with you:

In the film Jose Rizal, the social, cultural, and historical significance found in this film was somewhat similar to eachother. The social significance that I found was how the Philippine and Spanish communities were impacted because of what Jose Rizal had written in his novels. In his novels, he incorporated accusations toward the Spaniards about how they have been abusing and taking advantage of the Philippine community. The Philippine community sought to fight back so his accusations caused a fight between the two comminutes and resulted to an arrest towards Jose Rizal. He was punished for the truth he had written in his novels. In the end, Jose Rizal was executed by the Spaniards and was named the national hero of the Philippines not long after. The cultural significance that I found was how Jose valued his culture and people in it. He used his culture as a way to encourage himself to do things in his education, career, and hobbies. He valued the way he was taught especially buy his mother. His mother had a great impact on his life because she taught him to see education as something he should greatly value. As a result, he was able to learn great things in some of the few great schools around the country. He used his cultural background to his knowledge to fulfill his morals and aspirations. The historical significance that I found was how the film greatly represented the history of the fight between the Philippine and Spanish community. The film presented great