response feb 9

Why do you think that so many tribes and civilizations have died out over recent years? Do you think that we aren’t doing enough (as in carrying on traditions) to save cultures that make up the world? (think of Native American tribes too)

Sometimes there is nothing that we can do, the real problem is something that a majority of us have no chance to fix. I have a friends who was asked at a young age to train to be the chief of his tribe, he chose to not and instead wanted to be a "normal kid". He was the only person eligible to fill that role, but now that hes older its too late to say yes. I feel like this is the problem... this generations youth is not willing to give up a modern life to keep up the old traditions. It's a lot easier to sit at a distance and say that its sad that the old is lost, than for someone to give up their entire life for the cause. Another example of this was a documentary where only three members of an aboriginal tribe remained , each possessing a different skill passed down over hundreds of years only to members of that tribe. All three of these men have children to pass their skills on to , but not one of them have chosen to fill their dying fathers roles. When theses men die , so do their stories, history, and art forms.