We have done a lot since the last time we blogged:
On Friday, we had a salsa dancing class. It was fun to learn about that type of dance because we had a funny teacher who got everybody involved. Everybody felt comfortable to be around her and be ourselves.
On Saturday, we went to Chaffey to help improve on the garden. It was a lot of work to do in a few hours, but we helped out a lot. I had the experience to yank out the root of a tree, thanks to the experience I had back at home. For lunch, we ate fresh food from the garden, such as salsa, vegetables, even brownies. It was yummy to have fresh and natural food from a garden that we all contributed to. Later that night, Red Cloud and Crystle Lightning came to Pitzer to help us in a workshop. It was very cool how we all came up with really difficult words, yet, Red Cloud was able to put them all in a rap. After dinner, we attended a Lightning Cloud concert with the Japanese students, had a dance party, and got their autographs at the end of it.
Yesterday, we went to the Farmer’s Market to look around and shop: I bought some fruits, a Blues Brothers poster, and a Mango Smoothie…which was yummy! We also had a culture class in which we jammed out on the drums and sang different songs that represent our culture. After that, we had a class on Native Hawaiin Hula Dancing. We all learned to dance hula and got to see Jessica sing a song. That was nice for me, because I had never seen a Hula dance before. After dinner, we watched a documentary called “Alcatraz is not an Island”; it was about how Native Americans from all over the country came together to protect their land and their way of living. This was after the government took back the land of the Natives. It was an interesting documentary to watch.
The day was a good one, and I can’t wait for what lies in the future days.
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