I chose to read about Vine Deloria, a teacher and Native American author. Studs Terkel interviewed Vine and what he had to say influenced me to be a little more open-minded and appreciative of history, my own and the countries. Mr.Deloria is a 45 year old Sioux Indian who now teaches Political Science at the University of Arizona. His background is what caused him to speak about the issue of people not understanding and appreciating their heritage and history. During the interview, I noticed that Vine is very descriptive and gives in depth visuals on what he saw growing up. By him doing that, it helped me understand the point that he was trying to get across to the audience. He spoke about the struggles that Indians had to go through way back when, while now everyone has it so easy...and we dont appreciate or notice it. One thing he mentioned which I completely agree with was that today, people don't appreciate or even acknowledge the history of the places they travel through. There are many places that I have been, I once took a road trip to Yellowstone national park and didn't even take in the history behind all of the monuments I passed through. There were battles that were fought all around the United Sates and we don't even take the time to overview that or learn about it when we're actually there. Most of the interview was about that, appreciating and noticing the history...One thing he said was "You have to take a new look at what you thought America was before you can figure out where it's going". Translating into, before someone can look forward, they need to understand how they got there and the meaning of their background. Nowadays, people don't look into anything, their history or their thoughts and ideas, which connects back to what Vine Deloria said at the end of his interview about people not living meaningful lives anymore. If people can't appreciate their background and see the deeper meaning of their lives, then their life isn't meaningful until they can appreciate it. By the end of the interview the one thought that I had was that everyone wants the American Dream, but does that even exist anymore? If we can't appreciate our lives, live them to the fullest or live meaningful lives, then how can someone achieve the American Dream?