M3 Resources Review

The resource for Module 3 that I decided to do my review on was the United South & Eastern Tribes website.  This website is the home of the United South & Eastern Tribes, INC. which was established in 1968.  The mission of this group appears to be for the greater good and continued growth of the Native American culture through the unity of the Native American community.  The mission statement on the website reads, "United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. is dedicated to enhancing the development of federally recognized Indian Tribes, to improving the capabilities of Tribal governments, and assisting the USET Members and their governments in dealing effectively with public policy issues and in serving the broad needs of Indian people."  The different resources that are included for this course and especially this Module are chosen over others because of the overall message as well as the information that is included in each resource.  The website for United South & Eastern Tribes, INC. for example highlights many different issues going on within the Native community today.  But with using the other resources as well as the readings throughout the course it is easy to make a connection and see the journey on all different subjects that Native Americans have gone through.  The current events side of things also shows that Native Americans have came along way but are still striving to go further and in some ways continue to fight issues that are centuries old.  A line within their Trust Reformpolicy section goes along directly with the issues that we have been covering in Module 3. "USET continues to take the position that stronger Nation to Nation relations with the United States will only result from a drastically improved federal trust model."  I do believe that the resource I chose to review for this Module can be considered an academic website.  For the reasons of current events and their unique stand point on issues going on in the Native American community I very much consider it use full for academic purposes.  It also makes seeing the overall picture of some major issues much easier to see and respect, when there's a resource that shows not only a standpoint on the issue but also a group of people still fighting passionately for the well-being of their people.  My outlook on Native communities has continued to grow from starting Module 1 more than it has changed overall.  I just continually find myself giving Native communities more and more respect because of the passion and love they have for their culture and where they came from.  Native Americans seem to have an all together mentality and stress the importance of respect for traditions and rituals.  That is why groups such as United South & Eastern Tribes, INC. can convey their message so well and be successful.  They want all Natives to come together to find a greater good themselves as a whole.  The major theme and quote on their website pertains to just that thought        and it is even on the banner of their website, it reads"Because there is strength in unity".  I think there is no better way to show how much the Native communities respect themselves and strive to keep their traditions alive and well.



South, U., & Tribes, E. (2016, July 18). Home. Retrieved from http://www.usetinc.org