Author: lalamilk

Idle No More with JOE PARKER

Today I liked talking about how a group of people stood up against the Mexican government from taking over communal land from indigenous peoples to the land in Chiapas. The United States government passed a new law with the Mexico and Canada called NAFTA(The North American Free Trade Agreement) which allowed the governments to disallow ejidos, communal land, and sell it off to each other. But a group called The Zapatistas went into Chiapas which was the next target, and took back a few cities in the state of Chiapas to protect the lands of the native people to that land. What really interested me about them was that they protect themselves from the government by bringing celebrities or people of importance from all over the world. I was very intrigued today, The Zapatistas were the most intriguing thing to me today.

Visit with Elder Lori Sisquoc:

One of my thoughts on the archive of artifacts was learning about a different representation of story telling. On the surface of the artifacts it may seem that the pictures and patterns that were put on there to make the artifacts look nice and beautiful. But the drawings are actually telling a story and have memories and moments captured and are kept sacred by ancestors. I learned that our ancestors left many presentations of their legacy and the artifacts I witnessed today were one of them.

I had had a wonderful time learning how to create traditional indigenous baskets and painting on cloth with paint that were made different trees and plants. I also had a lot of fun in theater that had different activities that brought the whole group together and form unity. Overall I had a great first day.

Hello my name is Antonio Carrillo. I am now a 10th grader at Anahuacalmecac International University Preparatory in Los Angeles. I am fifteen years old and I live in East Los Angeles with my parents and younger brother. I enjoy interacting with others and I am open-minded to any knowledge I am able to absorb. I am excited to get to know different people from different tribes and learn as much as I can from this program.