Ellsworth

There is such a huge difference between this (below)

https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/co...re_details_in/

https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/seventh-generation-principle

And that (below)

1. The Greatest Generation: Born 1901–1927
2. The Silent Generation: Born 1928–1945
3. Baby Boomers: Born 1946–1964
4. Generation X: Born 1965–1980
5. Millennials: Born 1981–1996
6. Generation Z: Born 1997–2012
7. Generation Alpha: Born 2013–2025

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When technological experience defines generations, then it's generation by design.

I believe that is partly what spurs this era of quick change, a 7 generation army, ain't nothing gonna hold it back.
YOMV YMMV

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https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/seventh-generation-principle

From that webpage...

"The Great Law of Haudenosaunee Confederacy is also credited as being a contributing influence on the American Constitution, due to Benjamin Franklin’s great respect for the Haudenosaunee system of government, which in itself is interesting from the perspective that the United States formed their Constitution not on the principles of European governments, but rather on that of a people considered “savages”."

Oh the debates I had about that in College.

And yet, a Native American professor nominated me for an academic fraternity and tried to get one of my papers published. He missed the deadline for the paper, but not the academic fraternity.

He did that because our debates were civil, informed and mutually respectful.
In other words, I did not argue in class.
We genuinely learned from each other, new data/understanding, flowing both directions.

The paper that he tried to get published was one I wrote on the masks of the Iroquois Nation.

IIRC I had to get special permission to write about the Iroquois.
The class was on "Western Native Americans" iirc.

The Iroquois are indeed part of this current countries foundation.
But not as much as the Two Treaties that preceded the formation of our Nation.
I formed that opinion by studying and trying to understand both perspectives.

That paper on Native masks was not a psychology joke, they are simply beautiful and meaningful and part of the Iroquois social/cultural/religious/political/life fabric. I learned a lot by doing the activity.

Just like it is no joke that there are possibly three native Americans contained within a single image... on each Buffalo Nickel. Indecision or political decision, you be the judge. And perhaps like me, you'll also consider the complexity of purpose(s) and presence of intended honor and healing.

Over the last 10 years I've gone back to visit several of my old professors.

I cautioned one about log homes, because iirc he or a good friend was contemplating having a log home kit custom built. I introduced my son to another, the one who taught the hardest subject I ever studied and went the extra mile to help me succeed on my own efforts.

Each visit was a conversational pleasure.

When I tried to visit my 'old' Native American professor Kenneth 'Ken' La Fountaine, at my old Community College (at least 20 years after graduating), I found that he had passed away years earlier from cancer. He passed away at age 56.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries...ry?id=29042866
https://www.meadowdale1967lynnwoodwa...ber_id=6747805
(Ken never asked me to redo a paper and that epic sounding event was before my time)

One of the moments that defines my experience with Ken La Fountaine involved another Ken.
The class textbook said that every part of the buffalo was used in a traditional, historically accurate, buffalo hunt, that no part was wasted.
I objected, expressing that I had recently seen a documentary which explained that there was a fair amount of waste generated in the traditional hunting style of driving buffalo off cliffs.
He was skeptical and I didn't push the issue. But the next day I came to class with the proper citation written down, for a Ken Burn's documentary, and Ken La Fountaine accepted the citation sincerely.

A short while later I took a class from a different professor where I found at least 7 factual errors in the primary course book's preface, before page one.
"Only Japanese American's were interned in America during WWII" was in black and white.
I explained that while Italian Americans received far better treatment, and many were not interned, there were Italian American internment camps.
That professor was far less interested in the citations, or any contrary opinion, but I still got an A in the class.

That's a stark contrast of experience. Ken La Fountiane had a great approach to public education.

Now I often reflect upon how for a Native American, born around the time of his birth, he fell short of the statistically average lifespan by about 4 years. He tried really hard during his life and developed many protective factors and yet in regards to longevity he didn't make it to average. That speaks volumes about health impacts for the Nations. I wish I had the chance to meet him one last time.

Edited to correct errors of memory, dates and add links. He passed away in 2006, I visited campus trying to see him around 2015 +-. I had incorrectly said that he passed away about 5 years before my visit. And sadly, I had the math wrong on average life expectancy. I originally posted he had exceeded it by approx 10 years, instead he fell about 4 years short of average for a Native American born in 1949, despite the protective factors. I had made the post and then then looked up the memorial pages. I had guessed he was born in 1940 not 1950 (rounding), based on my memories of the man when I was in his class. What a difference 10 years makes. See Figure 1 in the link below for reference.

https://ncuih.org/2024/06/07/life-ex...d-19-pandemic/