Tatum Annotations.

(3.) Several years ago one of my students conducted a research project investigating preschoolers’ conceptions of[4] Native Americans. Using children at a local day care center as her participants, she asked these three- and four-year-olds to draw a picture of a Native American. Most children were stumped by her request. They didn’t know what a Native American was. But when she rephrased the question and asked them to draw a picture of an Indian, they readily complied. Almost every picture included one central feature: feathers. In fact, many of them also included a weapon—a knife or tomahawk—and depicted the person in violent or aggressive terms.

I annotated this paragraph a lot, just because it caught my eye more than anything else. Probably because i am Native American. I don't really call myself Indian and i thought it was interesting that that's the only way these kids can process this request. I have seen movies like Peter Pan and how they portray Indians, and then i have gone to actual ceremonies and have seen the difference. It's a big difference. I also annotated the part about how the pictures these little kids drew perceived the 'Indians' to be violent or aggressive. I think that it is sad that these kids think this way. They are only lead by media/TV shows/movies, and not real facts. It is even more sad that they are only three- and four-year-olds.