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I honestly can’t even begin on how this program helped me and changed me at the same time. I can’t express how grateful for everyone in this program. I don’t even know what to say except, I love and will miss everyone!

SUUH DUDES

These past two weeks have been very emotional , but i’m going to miss all my friends:(!!!!!!!.

My first and last year at this program and I met a lot of great people. I hope we see each other again. I am glad I decided to come to this, at first I was not sure I wanted to go. This program got me to be more outspoken with people. Thank you to all the mentors and my mentor Belmont for making me feel home and offering help. I will miss everyone and this program. Wishtoyo, Limu, and Pitzer. This was a great experience

This was my third year at this program and sadly my last. It’s so sad seeing great friends that I made leave especially my Washington friends!! This program brought me out of my shell and made me into a different person. I’m also gonna miss my Wishtoyo family. Going over there visiting them making them feel like I’m part of there family especially when I’m gone away from my own family. Well these three years were the best part of my summer and I’m gonna miss everybody that I made friends. Hopefully I’ll come back and visit everyone again. With all the love goodbye!!!

-jess

Two weeks is over. I cannot express my appreciation for this opportunity. It was an honor being here and experiencing this program.  I feel I have gained an understanding of how I can apply my culture in a higher level of education. I have shared and heard many stories that I will keep close to my heart. I have learned a lesson to always value my culture it is what keeps me grounded. I feel so grateful for being here this year. The college course we have almost everyday have made me feel confident in myself to apply to college. I just want to thank Scott and everyone in the program for giving me this opportunity. I am so thankful.

Thank you,

MADDIE

During this program, I was not comfortable with being in a group because I didn’t know anybody. Going further into the program, I made certain connections with students and teachers. This made me more comfortable with them and motivated me to wake up every morning. The schedules were always so intense and kept me with exhaustion. Even though we got little free time, I still think it was a good learning experience. My favorite part was going to Wishtoyo and Limuw because it felt so natural. I had this white shirt that smelled so dank. I wore it because I didn’t care and felt free. I really liked making the declaration because I felt empowered. We didn’t finish, but we will continue to work on it. I believe that Wishotyo and Limuw. I appreciate all the mentors for keeping us safe and getting us to bed so early. I wanted to thank Scott for putting this program together. I hope I come next year.

Before I came to this program I was expecting just to come to Pitzer and learn about a little about native culture. I did not expect to evolve my understandings in native traditions, thinkings, language, and to especially learn alot more about problems within native communities. The first time I saw everyone here at this program I was pretty sure a few of them were really annoying and I would not want to talk to them. Now I am really close friends with them all and am even getting them on social media to keep in touch for long times to come. During this program we got into deep conversations which we all need to work on spreading what we learned with others. I was able to get stronger in my writing and feel more comfortable about applying to college. I will not forget traveling to Limuw island and hiking to the beach. I will also remember the run I shared with my friends through the island and even teaming up to form a power house team in Pool. Im going to be using alot of my new knowledge throughout my life. I learned to open up more through our theater classes and enjoyed myself through everything we did. Autobots roll out. 

This is the last night of the Pipeline program from the year of 2016. The past two weeks have been quite the experience. It’s definitely been the most emotional by far, but that isn’t a bad thing. It brought us closer than ever. Some of us at least. I’m so glad I was able to bring my sister Agnes here and hopefully we’ll both return next to cause more Chumash havoc.

The overall experience was good and it was nothing like I thought it would be due to theft I thought I wasn’t going to know anybody. Claro my roommate and I got along. The whole experience was spiritual and I got to find myself and find positive and negative assets that I have. I got to make different crafts that I really like and I will give some away to my family members so they will know where our heritage comes from.

This whole program was so much fun and different from last year and the years before. I enjoyed these past 2 weeks with all the new people. I love learning more about college because I can’t just apply to a college without figuring out what other attachments are needed. Wishtoyo has helped me become more open to being who I really am. To start to communicate more with my peers.

I am excited to see the performance we are planning to do at grad. Thank you to the mentors and the amazing staff that helped me out throughout this program.