{"id":22345,"date":"2024-04-22T04:42:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T04:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/week-12-the-smokehouse-boys-poems-for-week-12-and-yurok-tribe-official-website\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T04:42:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T04:42:00","slug":"week-12-the-smokehouse-boys-poems-for-week-12-and-yurok-tribe-official-website","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/week-12-the-smokehouse-boys-poems-for-week-12-and-yurok-tribe-official-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 12: “The Smokehouse Boys”, poems for Week 12 and Yurok Tribe Official Website"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Week 12: “The Smokehouse Boys”, poems for Week 12 and Yurok Tribe Official Website<\/span><\/h2>\n

Welcome to Week 12!<\/span><\/p>\n

This discussion will give us an opportunity to thoughtfully analyze Shaunna McCovey’s poems in depth,  and compare\/contrast the readings with background contexts from the Yurok Tribe’s official website.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Learning Goal<\/span><\/h2>\n

Your posts for this discussion board will help to cultivate and direct an in-depth analysis of Shaunna McCovey’s poems with cultural and historical contexts. <\/p>\n

Prompt<\/span><\/h2>\n

2 Initial posts are required for this discussion board. As indicated above, posts are due Sunday 4\/21 by 11:59pm. 2 peer responses are due by Tuesday 4\/23 by 11:59pm.<\/span><\/p>\n

For reference, please refer to the Weekly Discussion Posts and Peer Responses Assignment Rubric, which is available on Canvas under “Assignment Rubrics”. <\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Your first post should address each part of the prompt indicated below: <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For this prompt, we\u2019re going to do something a little different! This week, we will focus on Yurok history, and Yurok religious\/spiritual practices.  It is vital for us to begin the last section of this course, at the beginning, where it all began. As you view\/read the materials listed below, please keep the poems assigned for this week in mind. Jot down any notes, or take mental notes, of what stands out to you, things you may have learned in school, may or may not have known, your reactions to the material, and any connections you can draw to the poems.<\/p>\n

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    • Please view the maps of the Yurok Tribe\u2019s Ancestral Territory, and The Yurok Reservation (from the Yurok Tribe\u2019s official website). You will see the link on Canvas, under the McCovey\/Smokehouse Boys module.<\/li>\n
    • Please also view the Yurok Tribe\u2019s official website, and click on \u201cAbout Us\u201d at the top, then \u201cOur History\u201d. Read the \u201cOur History\u201d and \u201cToday\u201d sections carefully, keeping the poems assigned for this week in mind. When you are finished, you will see several sections\/buttons under \u201cLearn About Our History\u201d.<\/li>\n
    • Please view\/read the following sections: \u201cExploration and Settlement,\u201d \u201cGold Rush in Yurok country\u201d, \u201cTreaty Negotiations\u201d, \u201cRevolts Against Settlers\u201d and \u201cFormation of Reservations\u201d. These sections are very short \ud83d\ude00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      In \u201cCreation Story I\u201d, McCovey states, \u201cIt began upriver\/at Katamiin\/where the people\/danced  themselves into existence. This is the first poem in the book, and it is grouped under the first section titled \u201cUpriver: Where Love Begins\u201d. \u201cKatamiin\u201d and \u201cThe Dance Dress\u201d follow suit. In contrast, \u201cCreation Story II\u201d, \u201cThe Fast,\u201d \u201cSweathouse Wood\u201d and \u201cClearing the Camp\u201d are grouped under the last section of her book, \u201cDownriver: Where Love Begins Again.\u201d In \u201cCreation Story II,\u201d McCovey states, \u201cIt began downriver\/at Kenek\/where the people\/sang themselves into existence\u201d.<\/p>\n

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      1. Examine the Creation Story poems carefully (Creation Story I & II); paying attention to structure\/form, rhythmic patterns, repetition, theme, word choice, narrative voice, tone. How are they similar? Different? b) In your opinion, what is the significance of the placement of these poems in the book (mentioned above), based on the Yurok history you learned about on the Yurok tribe\u2019s website? <\/span>Be sure to cite specific passages from the readings to develop and support your ideas. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. Your second post should also address each part of the prompt indicated below:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Please also view\/read the following section: \u201cReligion\u201d on the Yurok tribe\u2019s website as well, under \u201cLearn More About Our History\u201d (Again: very short!) <\/p>\n

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            1. With this section in mind, \u201cKatamiin\u201d (\u201cthe center of the world\u201d) addresses the determination of the Yurok people to continue dancing despite the government\u2019s efforts to ban ceremonies such as the Brush Dance, and despite efforts to acquire, destruct and reconstruct their sacred ancestral lands for other purposes. In \u201cThe Dance Dress\u201d, the speaker of the poem is a ceremonial dancer. As McCovey writes \u201cThrough this lens\u201d, what can we learn through this dancer\u2019s perspective, about her experience being <\/span>in <\/span><\/em>ceremony, in that deep, spiritual state that transcends time and space? b) <\/span>How<\/em> <\/span>does McCovey craft this poem so it captures the rhythms and feeling of a song and dance?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n
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              MAP WEBSITE: <\/div>\n
              https:\/\/www.yuroktribe.org\/is-git<\/div>\n
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              YORUK TRIBE WEBSITE:<\/div>\n
              https:\/\/www.yuroktribe.org\/<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Week 12: “The Smokehouse Boys”, poems for Week 12 and Yurok Tribe Official Website Welcome to Week 12! This discussion will give us an opportunity to thoughtfully analyze Shaunna McCovey’s poems in depth,  and compare\/contrast the readings with background contexts from the Yurok Tribe’s official website. Learning Goal Your posts for this discussion board will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[14],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/22345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/22345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=22345"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=22345"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=22345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}