The Price of Progress By John Bodley (1998) REFLECTION QUESTIONS on Indigenous Peoples Day

1. What is the end goal of government as per Bodley’s Article? Provide evidence to support your response.
2. What is the point or proclaimed value to sacrificing traditional culture? B. For what sacrifice and what gain?
3. According to Bodley, why is American benefit paramount (most important)?
4. In your opinion, A. are the tribal people being abused or advantaged? B. What about according to Bodley?
5. How does the author define “Standard of Living?” B. It is determined by whom? C. Why is it “better/ higher” amongst the rulers and not the ruled? D. What is the standard?
6. Does progress increase or decrease the physical needs of the tribal people? Provide clear evidence to support your response.
7. If more developed economies have more diseases and societal issues than what you’d consider low quality of living, what makes the former (like USA) more advanced?
8. What happened as tribal groups became larger societies?
9. What is the significance of imported food upon tribal societies? B. Discuss relationship between economic development and Mental health. Provide evidence to support your responses.
10. Did colonization cause more natural disasters? What are the science and the spiritual dimensions? Provide evidence from Bodley article.

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