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My name is Kayleen Knapp. I’m a member of the Ohlone, Seneca, and Tubatulabal tribes, and am in the Eagle, Turtle, and Bear Clans.  In September, I will be 16 years old, and entering my Sophomore year of high school, graduating with the class of 2016. My family consists of eight in total; two boys and two girls from my fathers first marriage, my two unoffically brothers,  and my brother and me from my father’s second marriage.  I’m the baby of our family of eight, the oldest being in her fifties. And if you can tolerate my not-funny jokes and references, I will shower you in love and hugs, I swear to gawd.

Just got back from the chumash people and had a good time. Got to surf for the first time and wiped out.:)

I had so much fun this weekend with the Chumash people at their village. They’re like family to me and we worked hard :p

Today was a good day now I cant wait to not sleep in sand and have it in my face all of a sudden. And OH MY GOD my face is sunburnt .__. And it hurts so bad anyways the chumash people had the most amazing breakfast this morning and I was sad to go. 

The past 3 days we’ve been in Malibu with the Chumash tribe. Spending the night in Ap’s and feeling the cold beach 5AM breeze, It was so spiritual and it felt amazing. I really felt at home there. Surfing was such an awesome part as well. I wiped at least 20 times. They also had 3 dogs there, all German Shepherds, and they were absolutely adorable :3 …. (There’s a picture of one of them) … Had a very good time and hope to go back to visit friends i made there.

hard workers

kids at work bring a tier to my eye

i am aaron facio from tule river and i am proud to be native and i have 5 bros and 4 sisters

I had a great time at the Chumash village!!! The Village is in Malibu!! The beach by the Chumash village is so beautiful!! 

Hello, Pipeline 2013! It feels nice to come back to Pitzer for another year, especially when there are five other people that I already know. I never really got to write a bio blog, so this is me: my name is Alysha White. I am from the Diné Nation in Windowrock, Arizona. My mom comes from St. Michael’s and my dad comes from Ganado. I currently live in Albuquerque, New Mexico and go to school at Volcano Vista High School…home of the Hawks! I am an auntie of two lovely little girls, Calisyana Brenda and Caleila Waniyetu; they are my loves and my life, and being away from them is really hard for me to deal with, but I know they are safe and sound at home, waiting patiently for me to return. I love movies and television…I enjoy watching and writing shows because one day, I hope to become one of the producers behind the scenes. I really would love to go to New York University when I graduate high school and study film production and creative writing. I enjoy talking and getting to know people. I believe I have interesting stories when I think of them, but as of now, I have nothing to say…but I know stuff will come soon!

I have had a super fun time here at Pipeline 2013 and can’t wait to see what future events we are going to venture on this week…!

~Alysha

My name is Brittany Calderon. I am from Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians. I am sixteen year old and I attended the Pitzer pipeline last year. Even though the first week is over, I am still looking forward to the rest of the week!