Indigenous Resistance

This article studies the issues of the Coast Salish people as they struggle to keep there culture alive in the home of British Columbia. They are being faced with problems concerning the goal of the government and school systems so assimilate them into the American culture. The government is using the school system as a way to force them into American ways and they are fighting hard to resist. The Coast Salish people are very fond of their traditions and culture and do not want to be assimilated into the school system by the American or Canadian government. The Salish people won't give up in the fight to save their culture and traditions! I don't think any one would want to compromise their culture to obey the government.

Food and Sustainability

I read an article on a website titled Cultures of Resistance. The article focused on issues with farming. The article discussed how until recently farming had not changed much for many years, but as a result of the laziness of Americans they have found other ways to do the jobs they once had such as fertilizing and tilling the soil. These alternatives are known as pesticides, and synthetic fertilizers, and also cheap fossil fuels. Although it was thought that these synthetic fertilizers and pesticides were only helping in agriculture they were actually polluting the crops and the food that many people eat. A greater problem on the sustainability end is the huge amounts of fossil fuel that are needed to keep industrialized farming going. At the end of the article it provides ways that one can contribute to getting rid of these aspects of farming or atleast trying to eliminate this out of their own lives. These ideas are eat local, eat organic, and eat less meat!

http://www.culturesofresistance.org/food-issues-food-and-sustainability