Dr. Kim Marcus Summary

Dr. Kim Marcus is a Native American of the tribal group called Koiya which is interpreted as the powerful ones. Dr. Kim is one of the 4 individuals who speak the native language of his tribe. His objective was to talk about the differences of traditional Indian values and European values. The storytelling was an important aspect and used throughout the presentation. The story of his ancestors was an important lesson of symbolism of genocide from the offered blankets to tribal villages. This incident was an impactful feeling to several tribe members and still is carried on today. This Indian members are carrying trauma and believed to happen again. This small incident has decreased their number of villages to small populated numbers. It continues to go down and traditions are being forgotten as members assimilate. There is some great traditions still
Like for example, many Mexicans are timed based and must be productive throughout their entire day. No slacking is allowed and it all must be done like an example a student gave was her family wants the path to be back to back to graduate to go to grad school to earn diplomas and even grow a family. It differs for a Native Indian family more on the act of relaxing and not needing to be so active. Children are corrected by the elders to sit down and take time to have relaxation which I believe is an important value to have relaxation and not be so tensed. To hear stories by Dr. Kim was interesting and I enjoyed so much. The one that I thought was amusing and yet informative upon traditional Indian Values was about deer hunting. His experience of needing to be quiet and observe, there is no need to be talking or asking questions. During the hunt, when Dr. Kim and his great great uncle were close to capturing a deer he had spoken and scared the deer. It was a lesson learned that usually the most effective learning technique is