Uc Berkeley June 2013 Native American studies scholar Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy knows society-ending events have happened before. Engendering Western History and the study of Genocide and Massacres in Northwest California. 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Did that happen?" Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: Zombies! 1491s (I couldn't decide if that's what they were saying.). The alcohol abuse? March 2016 Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Save Our River Cutcha Risling Baldy is an Associate Professor and Department Chair of Native American Studies at Humboldt State University. She says "come back and visit." The Daily Show Native American characters remind us that history is… complicated, But ultimately what I was arguing was that. #SettlerNonsense January 2016 Gold Rush Now, while I think Z-Nation did complicate some of the usual Native Cameo points in their episode. Native American studies scholar Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy sees many connections. Native American Studies And all heck breaks lose. The casino has a big bus, and a parking garage and lots of cool ass Indians. My friend who was watching this with me said "Sorry. NBC Also he puts his daughter in charge (go Native women being leaders!). Almost Z-Nation. Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recogni- tion. Dr. Risling attempted to explain what these two subjects have in common, and did so quite successfully. The language barrier, the genocide, the stealing of the land, the drastic turn of morality, the trauma. Reflective Posting December 2013 June 2014 Native Appropriations Or listen to this radio interview. See that look on her face it says "wait, did I just forgive that guy for all the genocide?". Sacramento State This video could be shared in the classroom or used as a resource for professional self-growth. March 2014 Tiffany Midge I appreciate that she puts him in to his place. This 3-4 page assignment asks you to focus on a specific aspect of a text as a starting point and, in the process of unpacking it, explore the text further. She opened her lecture with the question, “What the heck do you say to someone who tells Native Americans to just get over it?” Dr. Risling attempted to define what the ‘it’ in the question stood for. Mad Indian guy decides he's going to entrap the white guys and sacrifice them to the zombies because he's mad and he used to be a Native American Studies professor. on informed community based research that does not treat decolonization as “metaphor” but articulates a tangible means by which to decolonize Native communities so that they can be healthier, vibrant peoples (Tuck & Yang). For her people, the Hupa, Yurok, and Karok tribes of Northern California, the apocalypse began centuries ago. This is Chief Indian after he prayed with some sage and then decided to go out gambling. (2007). The Indians aren't having it. Junipero Serra Indigenous scholar Cutcha Risling Baldy discusses how she uses the zombie television show The Walking Dead in her teaching to discuss what it was like for Indigenous peoples in the United States to contend with the end of worlds—the apocalypse—at the … U of Minnesota P, 2014. And after they are told that there is a horde of zombies coming their way… they refuse to leave. January 2014 American Indians In Children's Literature October 2016 upports an Indigenous decolonizing praxis by enacting Indigenous methodologies that center on ceremony to counteract the impact of settler colonial ideologies of gender, history, and spirituality. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. The whole casino gets swallowed by the horde and destroyed. Ep. Medicine Woman is thinking about how she just forgave random white guy for settler colonialism. Cultural Appropriation Cutcha Risling Baldy, who is Hupa, Yurok, and Karuk, writes . She received her PhD in Native American Studies from the University of California, Davis. 175: The Serious Business of Self-Indigenizatio… At first it sounds like a bit of a stretch. How can you compare the experience of Native Americans to the experience of a zombie apocalypse? I offer you here my picture essay of this episode. Native Studies scholar Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy said that Indigenous peoples have been facing the apocalypse for generations. How does the article connect to the history we've learned so far? After the "medicine woman" fixes the old white guy up she gives him Peyote and they go out trippin' together. No Doubt (Touche SyFy Channel), Hey stop being so mad, says the Native woman. As a result, many Native nations no longer practiced their women’s ceremony. April 2016 May 2011, All There was still a lot of really problematic storylines that actually resulted in me and my friends GUFFAWING (yes, guffawing). You have to watch it if you don't understand. May 2013 ii ABSTRACT RETELLING NARRATIVES OF ECO-MEMORY: SETTLER COLONIALISM AND CARCERAL OCCUPATION OF THE JORDAN RIVER JK Rowling Ishi Last Of The Yahi Although she did go into the history of Native Americans, it didn’t feel like a lecture, as much as it did like necessary contextualizing, putting tragic historical events into this new and modern perspective, (because, really, who thought zombies could have anything in common with colonialists?). August 2014 Medicine Woman gives old White Dude some more Peyote probably hoping he'd forget that she forgave him for all the settler colonialism and genocide. (Also check out Medicine Woman, she's still thinking "wait. That didn't happen. ( Log Out /  “Why I Teach ‘The Walking Dead’ in American Indian Studies Classes”: Settler Colonialism, Zombies and the End of the World. Strong Indian Woman and Mad Indian Guy are fighting about how you shouldn't be mean to white people. Noon – 2 p.m. Brero House - ITEPP/NACAE Lounge 104: ITEPP Open House. And all the settler colonialism. Beyonce ", In the mean time, Chief of the tribe who is at the casino is giving his daughter the side eye. Stop making him so mad white people. Disney He says "we need a plan" for the zombie-storm. April 2012 This can get boring if you’re already associated with the history or if this just wasn’t what you had in mind about the lecture. “Governing Terror: The State of Emergency of Biopolitical Emer- gence.” Is it wrong to ask what it’s like to be a woman in music? He thinks everybody is a settler. Review an upcoming episode that featured Native American people living on their reservation post-apocalypse, because it featured many Native actors and a very Native specific storyline, no:'olchwin-ding, no:'olchwin-te (to growold in a good way): The Hupa Flower Dance and the revitalization of women’s coming of age ceremonies in Native California, Blue Jay Sings-- The Revitalization of Women's Coming of Age Ceremonies and making Blue Jay Veils, Sometimes Writer-Blogger Cutcha Risling Baldy, Act For The Government And Protection Of Indians, American Indians In Children's Literature. It almost sounds absurd, but the real question is, how can you not compare them? That's Right CHRIS ROCK You're the best. Enjoy. She is the one who ends up in charge). 1) Describe the comparison the author, Cutcha Risling-Baldy, makes between California Indians and the show, "The Walking Dead" in her article "Why I Teach 'The Walking Dead' in my Native Studies Classes." What does TV's The Walking Dead reveal about the colonization of Indigenous peoples? Goodbye gambling that was still working because there's always a generator at the casino. In comparing attitudes seen in the show “The Walking Dead” and attitudes toward the Native experience, scholar Cutcha Risling Baldy asked the question “can we come back from this?” in her 2014 article “Why I Teach ‘The Walking Dead’ in My Native Studies Class.” Native American Worldview And the best lines. I think the dance brings a lot of people together. U of Arizona P, 2012. Indigenous scholar Cutcha Risling Baldy (2013) discusses how she uses the zombie television show The Walking Dead in her teaching to discuss what it was like for Indigenous peoples in the United States to contend with the end of worlds—the apocalypse—at the hands of Spanish, British, and American empire. At one time,women's coming of age ceremonies were a public celebrations of a girl’s first menstruation which demonstrated how young women are powerful members of Native cultures and societies and that gender equality is central to Native epistemologies. California Missions Almost). Wednesday, Oct. 11. December 2019 Naturally, I thought Dr. Risling’s lecture would turn into a compact lecture of Native American history. Presentation: “Why I Teach ‘The Walking Dead’ in My Native American Studies Class” by Native American Studies Professor Cutcha Risling Baldy. When we are represented in places like Network television it can and should speak to our continued investment in our shared existence, in our shared experiences on Indigenous lands. The invasion (as opposed to taking of the land)? May 2014 Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Prior to invasion by western settlers, the Hoopa Valley Tribe, like many other tribes in Native California, were complex societies where gender roles were egalitarian and spirituality was central to all aspects of life. (Milwaukee, WI) “Please help me find my daughter." Dr. Risling arrived around 5:30 p.m. November 2017 (IT DID). He decides that the Casino is sacred land and he's going down with the ship. Understanding, discussing, and complicating the Native Cameo is important. They come upon some Indians. Iskorodin. It … November 2012 Jon Stewart Retrieved from YouTube. Winnemem Wintu The zombie comes to kill the two white guys and old white guy (who has been forgiven for all the settler colonialism) transmorphizes (jumps out of his body) and becomes this painted Native looking spirit thing and is able to kill the zombie even though he's still trapped in the net. xoq’it-ch’iswa:l (on her- they beat time; a Flower Dance is held for her) The revitalization of the Hupa Women’s Coming of Age Ceremony. If you want to know more you should read my blog about The Walking Dead and Settler Colonialism. Network Television This is the title of the lecture given by Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy, who is a new professor in the Department of American Indian Studies at San Diego State University. Are we the living or the dead? In these song groups many of the women were afraid at first of singing but were encouraged by those older women who remembered when women “sang out.” In this respect, the personal journey of the women was reflected in their journey of learning, creating and singing a song in the ceremony. Native Americans are spiritual peoples full of knowledge that is specifically aimed at addressing answers to questions and conundrums of main characters, 2. There's a lot of side eye going on in this episode, all by Native people. Indigenous (Mis-)Representation in the Arts (ep 218). Klamath River July 2012 Let's play spot the dream catcher, random baskets, pendleton blankets? ... Cutcha Risling Baldy is an Associate Professor and Department Chair of Native American Studies at Humboldt State University. March 2012 For her, the dance is about empowering women, because of how colonization targeted Native women. 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