Like a lot of other class members mentioned, I am also astonished at the lack of previous knowledge I had on the class's subject matter. I couldn't believe that after being in school for 16 years, I had never learned about the history of people's who created civilizations that, in so many ways, shaped the U.S. history that we are used to studying. I feel that if the history of indigenous peoples was taught alongside typical U.S history, the view of modern-day native peoples would be different, and stereotypes may not exist today.
I was most impressed with the discussion of the Hohokam tribe. Their extensive canal systems intrigued me because I couldn't believe how advanced their structures were. How did they learn those building techniques? Did they affect those of other tribes? And in terms of their "downfall", I struggle to understand how their eventual separation and end could be called a downfall. Their skillsets left an impression that still exist today, thousands of years later.
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I think you have brought up a very important subject with the irrigation systems and how they affected other tribes. Even today people fight over water usage. Kansans are always unhappy about how much water from the Arkansas river is being used in Colorado and not allowed to get here. I would be interested to know what other Native groups around these great irrigation systems thought about how the water was being used.
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