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Remembering that you wouldn’t be here without your ancestors and asking yourself if they would be proud of you defiantly makes a big difference. I have to say that is something i always ask myself to get me through what i want to accomplish. Another aspect is Ceremonies, to help me stay connected with my traditions. It makes me feel happy and that I am one with my spirit. Learning beautiful songs in all sorts of languages makes me feel so great. You always want to share them and sing them, that they play over and over in my head.

While your thinking about the creator and praying for your people. You realize that a lot of us are lost, and straying away from the path that was made for us. So it makes you want to get a good education for your people. So you can actually make a bigger impact in your community.

Getting the knowledge you need to understand politics, so you can defend your people. Its also good to start now, learning ways that you can make a difference. Volunteering for things that are for a good cause. Try to become close to people in your community so they know they can trust you in the future.

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I think that learning and passing down your native tounage is very important. Keeping the language can help you get scholarships because you know more than one language. I also think that ceremony help you too not just to keep your native culture going on but doing ceremonies you have to have patients and a lot of respect. knowing your cultural can help in varires of ways. If your taking a native american class and the knowledge is wrong you can correct them. If you know your cultural you can teach the people in your cummunity the specials of being native.

The three aspects of a Indigenous Culture/Community that prepare me to be a successful and have a meaningful is life is singing, elders, and ceremony.   Ceremonies can have  a story be hide it and it teaches us.  Elders also helps me prepare me for a successful life because they teach the youth and there are very knowledgable. Participation in ceremony help me prepare me in college and further education because they teach me and could help you.

When you and Lia think it’ll be real easy…

When you’re hella wrong.

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1. I like the songs, we learn new songs and we talk about how we were created. I feel great when I can learn new songs, one thing I find weird is when I have a hard time speaking my one language and yet when we learn new song with different languages we can catch on real quick. I like the circles also because w get to express our feelings, talk about our culture and ancestors and talk about how we were all close and how we all together at one time. I love my culture my “Schelangen” Our way of life. I also love to learn about other cultures to. Especially when we are told stories about the elders like about the Boldt decision and Frank’s landing. I loved learning about Billy Frank Jr. and watching clips of the things the white people did to the natives long ago just because we wanted our fish.

2. It helps us by knowing more about your culture, every tribe is taught to have patience. You need to learn and be patient, give things time to start the change, don’t assume things are gonna change in the snap of your finger. Things take to start and you need to have some of these things in the real world to. Have patience, don’t get mad so quickly, be kind to everyone you see even if their mean, my grandpa always says “kill them with kindness” you have to use some things form your culture and use it in the real world.

3. They prepare us for giving back to our community by getting a degree and going back home and working for your tribe. The place you grew up the people who helped you, the family who helped raise you, you need to give back to your community because some people gave you everything and you don’t just want to leave and never come back, you need to give back to all the people who helped raised you, encouraged you , discouraged you, all the people who helped you and didn’t, you just have to show them you can do it and show them what your made of :D.     Sincerely- MacKayla Sharon George

I think that my language is a very important aspect of Indigenous Culture that prepares me to live a successful and meaningful life because it will help me stay connected to my culture and ancestors during ceremonies and gatherings; by understanding what the elders are saying.

Cultural Knowledge and Participation in ceremony helps to prepare me for college by allowing me to find myself and focus on what I want to do with my life. In ceremonies I feel like I know myself more.

After I’ve got to college, I will bring back my knowledge and education to help my community in any way that I can. Like becoming a doctor, nutritionist, teacher, etc.

Cultural knowledge prepares. Through it, I have evolved as a student, son, brother, and individual. I am grateful for the teachings that are held in every story, song, and dance. The knowledge we receive from our parents, grandparents, and community allow us to understand what it means to give back to that which gave to you. As human beings, we thrive off the land and everything on it. We are the children of the Earth after all, and the same way we love our mothers, we should our Earth. I grew up learning that it is my duty to do my best at everything, no matter what it is. If I am doing something, I should give it my all. This is indeed very challenging and sometimes I have trouble following through. However, I try my best.

Three aspects of indigenous Culture/Community that prepare you to be successful and lead a meaningful life are songs, ceremony, and ancestors. I picked each of those because songs can motivate you to do magnificent things you may or may not know you can do. Ceremony is important because its a daily reminder to be grateful for everything you have because you might not wake up tomorrow. It sounds morbid, I know, but its true. Ancestors are the most important thing that prepare me for everything because it reminds me every day for all that they’ve done to put me on this earth today. I have all of those to be grateful for and help me prepare me for everything. It prepares me to give back to my community because I have all that to be grateful for and I would love to give it back. Return the favor for all they’ve done for me.

My favorite aspect of Indigenous Culture would have to be the way in which we sit in circles. It is a form of decolonized communication. It teaches all to be able to see everyone around you, instead of everyone looking at one person. Another aspect that I find important would have to be ceremony. Ceremonies teach us to be prepared and to have meaning in our lives. To do ceremony before you do something else is a way of being ready. A way of being mentally prepared for whatever comes next. Rather it be in a good way, or in an open minded way, it prepares you for what comes next. My third and favorite aspect of Indigenous Culture is that of singing songs, especially in a community setting. It teaches us to work together, to keep our rythm as one.

Indigenous Culture prepares me for college by allowing me to have a clear goal as to why I want to receive higher education. It gives me greater purpose as to why I should reach my goals in higher education.

Indigenous Culture allows me to have a good mentality towards my community. It has prepared me to have a purpose as to why I should take care of my community and give back to it.