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Today we had a class with Joshua Hathaway. I would first of all just want to say thank you to our speaker that we had today. I also want to speak up to what i believe. I am Alyssa Flores I am Tohono O’ oldham, and Pima. I also identify myself as being christian. I did feel a bid triggered and sad about the words and things that he has make today in our class. He stated that I or any others are not considered Native if we are religious. He also stated THE GUY “JESUS” did’t die on the cross for us our ancestors did. I do also strongly believe in this because our people went through struggles for us too. I have an issue with this because I was both raised in my native culture and raised as a christian I believe this doesn’t make me any less native than other natives that aren’t religious. I know that this just makes me have a bigger heart and bigger mind set. I was given a calling from my lord and savior Jesus Christ that i would be called into working with youth. As a youth born into the 7th generation I know that my calling is to work for my native people on the rez. I kinda don’ t really have a lot to say because i was just so hurt and mad about what was said and i blacked out about what the rest of the conversation was about. I am NATIVE AMERICAN NO MATTER WHAT.

Yesterday we had a workshop with two amazing womyn, Valerie Thomas and Katherine Watkins. Our  workshop was suppose to be about social justice, but in stead it became more about our feelings and the way our people are treated. People throwing around their stories on how they were told they were not black, mexican, white, or indian. I find it very ignorant how some people just get to suggest what you claim yourself as instead of respecting your race.

Today, we had a history class that was very much needed to fill my brain up with so much knowledge. The way Joshua Hathaway taught this history class, grabbed my attention instantly, having me write non-stop on my notebook page after page, it was so amazing. Teaching us about how our indigenous ancestors were colonized by the Europeans and the Christian religion. I liked the way he expressed his feelings and instead of throwing facts at us expecting us to remember it as most high school teachers do, he used his body language to explain the story about our ancestors. What I did not like, is the way he said “if you are a proud native as you say you are, step away from the religion.” Me being catholic it affected me because I felt disrespected for believing in something I should not because it caused many of ancestors pain and suffering. My mom raised me as a catholic child, and I do believe that our creator is god himself, but I was always raised by my indigenous school that taught me so much about the mexica culture and inspired me to look into my own culture.

always happy, Johanna Osuna

today the talk with all of the meetings we had. the one with where we were talking about colonization. i though the words he said was really touching because i want to learn more about my culture and not the colonist way of the history. i think it is kinda messed up how we the schools keep the actual history from us. i want to know how my ansestors where. i am going to start looking into the history about it though.

 

Today, Joshua Hathaway gave on a class on colonization. Although the class was a short hour he was able to spread a few topics out for us to discuss. We been studying colonization my whole live, today was a mind opening class with just enough time to graze the line of us getting mad. He went over one of the biggest lies we are told in this world. The man on the cross died for our lives. That is wrong, our ancestors died and suffered for us. The europeans brought over their weapons of mass destruction with their first voyage. Europeans were filthy people, metaphorically and literally. They never bothered to wash and lived in trash. They had many diseases with them that over the years of living in filth, they became immune. On their first encounter with the indigenous people of this land, the began to spread their disease which killed off natives left in right. Elders and children were the first to experience the rath of the disease due to their lower immune system. The past and the future were killed off, the teachings and hope were killed off. 

Today started off great! I woke up at about 8:30 then headed to breakfast. Me thinking being able to sleep in was going to make me feel much more energized and ready for the day, boy I was wrong. I have been tired all day, regardless I still tried to focus and stay awake in all of my classes and workshops. My favorite part of the day was the class were we learned about colonialism and its affect on us (indigenous people). He kept it real and talked about how religion and white ways of thinking have ruined the earth and humanity. I’m pretty tired so I’m gonna end my blog here.

Today I woke up in a very tired mood but after the indigenous games I woke up and was ready for my day. Today I was very excited to be able to be in a cadaver lab at Western University because I love being able to learn about the body and how it works and just the different ways your body reacts on what you consume and/or put on it amazes me. Today was basically a glimpse into what i may see in my future… for the longest I’ve always wanted to be a cardiovascular surgeon which basically means i would be working a lot with the heart. Learning what I learned today made me feel more excited to become a cardiovascular surgeon. Today would perhaps be my 4th time being in the lab and getting to learn just a little bit more about the heart made me very happy. The body is amazing and the functions of our body are absolutely crazy. We are basically big machines who live in this crazy machine wired world.

Peace and Love Christine

Today we had a guest speaker named Joshua Hathaway. The reason why he was here was to talk to us about colonization and the identity of indigenous people. He had talked to us about how the colonists came to our land and they killed our people just because they we greedy and they wanted to use the lumber from this land for boats and other building materials. The colonist came to our land with diseases and it only to one person to spread that to a native and that caused the death of hundreds of indigenous people. This was morally wrong. The colonists were hypocrites because they tried to force their religion and teaching on us when they didn’t even have their things together. I know I was raised as a catholic christian but I don’t agree with the church. For example they say that a man died on a cross for our sins. Yeah maybe someone did but it didn’t help our people. If he died for our sins then why did the colonists come to our land and destroy us and take our land. I really don’t agree with that. Also I don’t like the fact that in order to get married in the catholic church you have to go through a process called confirmation to confirm your religion. That is the church trying to control us. We preach all this crap about the government being corrupt, and I’m not saying the government isn’t corrupt but we don’t look at the church. Their hiding behind the curtain while they are still practicing genocide and being corrupt. All I have to say is that I don’t agree with the church. I do believe in a higher power, force and creater.

 

Today thar wart nor dismay

After today me thinks I shalt hit thar hay

Tonight, I speaketh in an ordd Jorgan, right?

Sayeth thingies like cellular like cellorlor

I ist nort single or marrrried.

nOr am I interrrested in conjorgul affarrs

Ornly in strorlling through the orchard

Ornly in the things I can afford.

-Zaryn Prussia

 

 

today was pretty chill we didnt have indigenous games so we got to sleep in. We started with some bomb breakfast and we did some writing with shelva and also the common app. Then it was lunch and after lunch we did math and then had a lecture by a rude person. We had free time then it was dinner and then another lecture and now im blogging

What another groovy fantastic day here at Ptzer College. I started off my morning in a really good way, I woke up at seven thirty in the morning to do Danza with Vicente and other students and mentors. When I was dancing it gave me such a rush and I started to remember the moments I’ve had at ceremonies and practices and it just gave me such a good vibe. The sun was definitely covering my whole body and sending me good energy to keep moving my patas and continue to move my body. Then towards the ending of the day we had a session with Katherine Watkins which was a lot of fun and my favorite part was when she played some really good tunes and we had to write what we were feeling when listening to the song. She played two songs that made me so happy cause it brought good moments that I’ve had with my family, it kind of made me sad because I wish I still had those moments with my family. But overall I’m ready to end the program on a good positive note and see my family and get back into the groove with them and be  in my element again.