User talk:K. Kohfeldt

K.Kohfeldt

In the month of November we celebrated Native American Heritage Month. I am a teacher and we have put together an exhibit of Native American artifacts which will be on display for the month of January and beyond. Schools will be coming to see the exhibit, our national teacher's union will be posting pictures and an article about our exhibit, we were highlighted in our district News Letter as well as a Native American Indian Organization will be coming to our school today to view the exhibit as well as give a presentation. In researching the Native American Indians I came across Chief Joseph who gave a speech in 1879 he was 39 years old. On January 18, 2016 we will be celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. I was amazed at the excerpt from Chief Joseph's speech in 1879 and it's relationship to Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech in 1963. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech said what Chief Joseph stated in 1879. Both Men were 39 years old when they delivered their speech's. See if you agree.  '''Excerpt: Chief Joseph's speech in 1879 ''' If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace..... Treat all men alike. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The Earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.....Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade.....where I can choose my own teachers, free to think and talk and act for myself, and I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty. TEXT: Chester Anders Fee, Chief Joseph: The Biography of a Great Indian, Wilson-Erickson, 1936.] PBS.org

'''Excerpt: Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" 1963 ''' I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.....Published: August 28, 2013 By: BYUtv

I suggest that both speech be read in it's entirety the benefits will demonstrate the similarities and respect both men for their vision, wisdom and a message that impacts everyone.