In reading “Trask: From a native Daughter” I found myself curious and wanting to read more as I read the first few pages. The connection to this book and the different elements presented from stories to the knowledge presented as she grew up was something that I could relate to. One quote that stood out to me on page five was “There was the world that we lived in my ancestors, my family, and my people – and then there was the world historians described.” This quote stood out to me because I can connect to it. I also feel like two different worlds present my family and those closest to me but then the other side of the world is presented by historians and other important factors which was a place and environment they had expressed.
The reading “Pratt: Arts of the Contact Zone” was an article that was significantly different as it expressed different components and the change between literacy and how it is portrayed. The beginning of the article started by the idea of what literacy was according to the author and then later changes between contact zones. One quote that stuck out to me was “To lay out some thoughts about writing and literacy in what I like to call the contact zones. I use this term to refer to spaces where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other often in contexts.” This quote stood out to me as he explains his reasoning and knowledge behind what contact zones really are.
Interesting quote you picked from Trask: From a Native Daughter, I could understand how you resonated with the quote from the text about existing in the worlds of your ancestors, family, and our people. I also like how you acknowledge how different the text was from the reading Pratt: Arts of the Contact Zone, and how it speaks on the experience of language and literacy.
i agree with your statements about Trask, I do believe that history is a complex topic to understand. There is a a lot of nuance and it is important to keep an open mind about approaching history.