- 1: Guided Discussion Relationships are a very important part of wildland fire leadership. In your group, discuss the history of the Wampanoag/Pilgrim Treaty. (What reasons did each side have for entering the treaty? What may have led to the collapse of the treaty?) With whom do wildland fire leaders make alliances? What can you do to maintain positive and productive alliances? Ethical dilemmas haunt every leader. What ethical dilemmas were presented in the film? Describe each of the following leaders—Massasoit, Edward Winslow, Philip, and Josiah Winslow. Utilize film clips to support your description. Sometimes leaders have to to maintain power and ensure the safety of their subordinates. “fight” Give examples of clips from the video where Native leaders could have made a different decision that could have potentially changed the course of history. Discuss the following statement and how it relates to the culture within the wildland fire service. was a community of communities and they had inter-meshed and had their own agendas, their “It own political problems, their own warfare, and their own trade. There was a rich sort of political interaction in this 9:12) Discuss the effects that group bias has had on the wildland region” (8:58 – fire service. In order to people here got the idea that somehow if we are to survive at all, survive, “Wampanoag we've got to at least say that we're assimilated; we've got to say that we're Christian. Whatever that means, or we're going to be wiped out 51:05) This required that traditions be completely.” (50:48 – abandoned. Give an example in the wildland fire community where a change may have resulted or may result in a threat to culture or identity. one’s
- 1: Guided Discussion Relationships are a very important part of wildland fire leadership. In your group, discuss the history of the Wampanoag/Pilgrim Treaty. (What reasons did each side have for entering the treaty? What may have led to the collapse of the treaty?) With whom do wildland fire leaders make alliances? What can you do to maintain positive and productive alliances? Ethical dilemmas haunt every leader. What ethical dilemmas were presented in the film? Describe each of the following leaders—Massasoit, Edward Winslow, Philip, and Josiah Winslow. Utilize film clips to support your description. Sometimes leaders have to “fight” to maintain power and ensure the safety of their subordinates. Give examples of clips from the video where Native leaders could have made a different decision that could have potentially changed the course of history. Discuss the following statement and how it relates to the culture within the wildland fire service. “It was a community of communities and they had inter-meshed and had their own agendas, their own political problems, their own warfare, and their own trade. There was a rich sort of political interaction in this region” (8:58 – 9:12) Discuss the effects that group bias has had on the wildland fire service. In order to survive, “Wampanoag people here got the idea that somehow if we are to survive at all, we've got to at least say that we're assimilated; we've got to say that we're Christian. Whatever that means, or we're going to be wiped out completely.” (50:48 – 51:05) This required that traditions be abandoned. Give an example in the wildland fire community where a change may have resulted or may result in a threat to one’s culture or identity.
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