I have lived in Indiana my whole life. I was born in Frankfort, Indiana and I grew up in Greencastle, Indiana. Greencastle is only about 30 minutes from downtown Indianapolis; however, I never experienced downtown until I came to college. Until this past July, I had no idea what the Indianapolis Canal was, and I was blown away by it went I visited it. I walked it with a group of my friends from high school. We walked passed the many museums on the canal. I, also, did not know that Indianapolis was full of so many museums. There are many opportunities in Indianapolis for people to experience cultures from all around the world from different time periods. I had a wonderful opportunity during this semester to go to my first museum on the canal, The Eiteljorg Museum.
Once again, I had no previous information about The Eiteljorg Museum. I did not know what the museum is or what I would experience there. I was surprised to learn that is a museum dedicate to Native Americans. I learned a little about the Native Americans in my introduction to religion course here at Franklin College, but our focus was the religion and not the culture. Therefore, I was eager to learn more about the culture itself and how leadership plays a role in the Native American culture.
Within Native American tribes, their leaders are referred to chiefs. The chief has legitimate power because they are placed into a positional power. They have a higher status than all the others within the tribe. Their status gives them power as an authority figure. There are many different tribes throughout North America, and I learned at The Eiteljorg Museum that the different tribes would invade other tribes just so they could show power. One of the many activities that tribes would do is invade a tribe and steal some of their signature trade items. This explains why many artifacts after found throughout North America. Native American tribes show who has the most power by doing these invasions. This power is called coercive power. Coercive power is a positional power that is used which forces followers to do things through punishments.
I learned a lot about Native American culture at The Eiteljorg Museum. Most of the culture I learned is from their art and artifacts. Through theses forms of art, one can easily see how much leadership influences through culture. A lot of their art focused on the leader of the tribes, their chiefs.
Once again, I had no previous information about The Eiteljorg Museum. I did not know what the museum is or what I would experience there. I was surprised to learn that is a museum dedicate to Native Americans. I learned a little about the Native Americans in my introduction to religion course here at Franklin College, but our focus was the religion and not the culture. Therefore, I was eager to learn more about the culture itself and how leadership plays a role in the Native American culture.
Within Native American tribes, their leaders are referred to chiefs. The chief has legitimate power because they are placed into a positional power. They have a higher status than all the others within the tribe. Their status gives them power as an authority figure. There are many different tribes throughout North America, and I learned at The Eiteljorg Museum that the different tribes would invade other tribes just so they could show power. One of the many activities that tribes would do is invade a tribe and steal some of their signature trade items. This explains why many artifacts after found throughout North America. Native American tribes show who has the most power by doing these invasions. This power is called coercive power. Coercive power is a positional power that is used which forces followers to do things through punishments.
I learned a lot about Native American culture at The Eiteljorg Museum. Most of the culture I learned is from their art and artifacts. Through theses forms of art, one can easily see how much leadership influences through culture. A lot of their art focused on the leader of the tribes, their chiefs.