A Conversation With Vine Delori Video Analysis

For this assignment, I have chosen to write about Geraldine Keams. I first heard of Ms Keams on one of the first videos we referenced for this course. In the video A Conversation with Vine Deloria, Jr. Ms Keams was the primary interviewer of Vine Deloria, Jr. When watching the video I was upset of the condescending tone and activist mindset Mr. Deloria was portraying in front of the young impressionable students in the video. Out of curiosity, I researched the young students in the video to confirm that they too became activist or worse in order to disprove Mr. Deloria. What I found was the total opposite of what I expected. I was only able to find two of the three students, Steven Crum who is now a Professor of Native American Studies at UC Davis and Ms. Geraldine Keams who is storyteller, actress, and author who got her first acting break in The Outlaw Josey Wales starring Clint Eastwood.
As we have learned through this course, Native American people are known as the first people or the first nation as they have been documented the first to live in the America’s (North America, South America and Latin America). Our culture since its inception has had a
Their cultural values are shared across numerous Native American tribes, community or social groups; give them a sense of belonging towards American society. Their culture unites them and giving them a sense of security. The language they speak, the art, literature, and their heritage, food, festivals, and customs and traditions together form their culture. By using multimedia, they become a part of daily life and influence others in the same way. They understand the importance of their culture and cannot stress it enough, as it is something that lies within them, around them, and is an integral part of their being. It defines the way they treat others and