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Today wasn’t too bad even though I was lied to the SAT teacher was all have fun at dinner and I was like oh heck yeah food. Then only to be told that we have to blog before I mean come on. Its not like I don’t like it I’m just really hungry and I want to eat really bad cause you know I’m like so hungry.

And my room stinks of the drums and now it smells like poop or something in there. And I really need to sleep earlier or something cause I’m so tired in the morning.

Hey what’s up everyone! So today was another good learning experience for my self and hopefully other’s.  The start of the day was a little rough due to the fact of having to wake up around 5 o’clock in the morning but it does not matter due to being such a productive day! Morning Ceremonies are fun as usual and also the exercises that we did were a good way to get my body warmed up. And for the last important thing I wanted to bring up a thank you for Robert John for helping me complete my drum: D

Today was such a long and educational day. I learned so much today, a little too much. I was much interested in drum making and survival skills that they did a presentation on. Mother earth has everything you need, and it’s not inside stores. Drum making smelled pretty terrible but was worth making, my hands still smell but I have a good-looking drum in my dorm. I also cut and sanded a perfect arrowhead made out of obsidian. What a good day though. N****

Today at the pipeline, we learned how to make drums, how to make arrows, and importantly how to survive. I feel like I’ve known my new friends forever. We all joke around, laugh together, and help each other out. One of the presenters was a survival expert. He taught us that all of the useful things to keep us alive are all around us on this earth. With that type of knowledge I’ve looked differently on the world now. We are related to the stars and at the same time part of this earth. We came from the stars when we were created as well as the earth. Also in the program, when the group and I go eat another program comes at the same time as we do and they’re from Italy. A lot of the Italians are girls and one of them noticed my long board. She started up a conversation and the rest of the guys said hello as well. Those girls were actually hot and we were tall dark and good-looking natives so the odds were good. So that is why today was a good day and it was worth living.

Today I got to make a drum and a arrowhead and I also got to learn about what kind of plants you could live off in the wild and learned how you can survive in the wild to. When we started to make the drum it was really fun but it was kind of stinky at first but you got use to it.  When we got done with that we start to make arrowheads and that was fun but it was kind hard.

after all this time i come back to this picture, i look at it now and i still like this picture. my mind is at ease now and i feel a lot better seeing this. easter eggs in the back if you had not noticed

I’m glad to have made a drum again and it was interesting seeing how differently it was done this year, I still smell like dead elk. It was interesting hearing from Richard Lone Wolf and the practices he has done.

We are required to add a picture to this post so I found one from last year’s program.

 TODAY WAS A AWESOME DAY WE GOT TO DO A LOT OF THINGS THIS DAY, For example today was a special day because people don,t get to make traditional drum from elk and it was a big privilege to get that opportunity to make some. The drum is apart of your heart beat so when ever you think of a drum think of your heart beat because your heart beat in connected to the beat of the drum so take that into consideration! Us natives also got to meet WOLF that means teacher in his native tongue, he a expert survivalist this guy teaches the marines to survive in Afghanistan know that’s pretty hardcore if i say so myself. Hes lived in the winter freezing cold for 1 years and two months know i could last 1 day. I could not be leave how many uses natural plants could have it could go to medicine all the way to cheats a bullet hole in your body know that’s CRAZY!!! So if you see a plant don’t just think of it as a plant think of it as your life is on the line and u can use that to help you. But i can’t forget to mention flint knapping that is so fun making arrow head that’s AMAZING! Just imagine our ancestor use to do that and know we are still using the same method today! and know i will leave you with a picture of a pry-mantis have a nice DAY!!! 

Today was very awesome, We got to study the SAT exam and later got to make hand drums. The hand drums was a very cool experience, we got to make them using a wood ring, elk hide, and some hemp rope to tie it all together. In all it took about an hour and a half, even though the drums still need to dry. after that we got do some knapping, which is carving stone to make things, For me i made an arrow head, it was a very cool experience. Later we got to sit down with an elder and talk about the different uses for planets and herbs and also he taught us some survival skills, that will help us if we need it. That was basically it, so tune in later to view more.

Some Photos of relavent things

Photo of relavent Knapping below:

-Johnathan