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Gayla Shrader is a proud member of the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama. Growing up as a member of the tribe, Gayla Shrader learned quite a bit about the history of her people. Growing up in a culture that was steeped in so much history, Gayla Shrader felt that it was important to become an educator on the history of her people. Over the course of a decades long career, Gayla Shrader has educated everyone from the smallest children to fully formed adults on the history surrounding the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama as well as the issues that they are sure to face going forward. Gayla Shrader believes that it is incredibly important for people to understand the history of Native American populations. After all, as Gayla Shrader is quick to point out, anyone who lives in the United States of America has directly benefitted from the long work and history of the Native American population. When Gayla Shrader begins her lectures to students and adults of all ages, she begins her lessons with a brief overview of the Echota Cherokee Tribe. Gayla Shrader discusses how long these people lived in their ancestral lands and also discusses the many advanced civilizations and technologies that they had at their disposal. Then, Gayla Shrader transitions her discussion into a talk about what happened with the Echota Cherokee Tribe after the arrival of European settlers. Although most people understand that the Europeans arrived and had contentious relationships with the Native American populations, Gayla Shrader says that very few people have any knowledge whatsoever about the many horrible things that happened to members of the Echota Cherokee Tribe at the hands of the European settlers. At this point, Gayla Shrader takes a break from the session to give the students an opportunity to discuss what they have learned so far. Gayla Shrader very strongly believes that one of the most important aspects of the learning process is synthesizing the information you have learned with the people in your peer group. Once the session has resumed, Gayla Shrader moves in to the most difficult portion of the discussion. More specifically, Gayla Shrader then spends the rest of the lesson discussing the forced removal of Native American populations from their ancestral homelands. Gayla Shrader knows that it is sometimes difficult for people of European ancestry to come to terms with the history of the Native American populations. However, Gayla Shrader believes that it is her true vocation to educate people on this issue. .jpg)
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