Native American Culture: An Ethnographic Experience

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Introduction
There is no other community or groups that have so diverse and rich cultures as that
of the Native Americans. After watching the television series 30Days as a part of an
ethnographic experiment, certain shreds of evidence and experiences have been gained. From
the episode 6 of season 3, shreds of evidence of the cultural practices of the Native
Americans can be understood ("30 Days (2005) Season 3 Episode 6"). This topic of Native
Americans has been chosen for analysis since it has been a prolonged interest of mine to
know about this discriminated and isolated group. The topic of Native Americans and their
rights has been a long-neglected topic, hence the topic of Native American has been chosen
in the intercultural participation of the day-long ethnographic experiment.
Discussion
A day with the family of Native Americans has given various knowledge about this
long-victimized group. I visited one of the families of Native American in the month of
November since it is the month when the history and culture of the Native Americans are
Figure: 30 Days TV Show
Source: (Misra and Haslyn)

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celebrated. The family with whom I spend the entire day lived in a longhouse or a birch bark
house. It is a narrow, longhouse and the symbol of the tradition of the American native
Indians of the northeast woodlands. After a warm welcome in their home, I sat down with all
the family members to collect information regarding their cultures, beliefs, thoughts
regarding their position in the society.Even after the massive persecution of the Americans
and the Europeans, these people have some very decent general policies (Jones and Renee).
Some of the notable things I watched in the Native American family were that they have an
eternal cooking meal, practice of being polite at the home; they host obligations and take the
responsibilities of the guest. I was given a large wooden bowl commonly known as calabash
with hot streaming food stew in it. The woman in the family was very enthusiastic about my
ethnographic project and sat down beside me to share her thoughts and beliefs. She told me
how the month of Thanksgiving is not a holiday or a day of social gathering (Misra and
Haslyn). She told me that there are actually no thanks in their thanksgiving ceremony. For the
people in her locality, the holiday is the day of mourning as they discuss on the centuries of
genocide, racism and attempts to diminish and destroy their culture. She shared how she and
other women in her locality have been treated and depicted inferiorly throughout their
lifetime. She highlighted how the women in the Native American culture have been subjected
to major sexuality throughout the history and the pop culture (Raghavan). Since the time of
Halloween was approaching, she showed her grudge towards the practice of dressing like
Native American cultures by all the people throughout the country. I understood that it is not
because of the practice of dressing but about the skimpy and inappropriate dressing styles that
are totally disrespectful towards their culture. She regrets how the women from the Native
American culture are represented inappropriately in the social media and in the advertisement
channels (Wolf). I understood how the world outside has been treating the culture inferiorly
and still in this era, the discrimination and the harassments have continued. The men in the