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A craft I made during Wishtoyo was an anklet made out of dog bane, and it included a whale bone from the Makah Reservation. It was an amazing experience for me because I felt more cultural and it turned out great. My anklet will always be wiht me because I mamde it with a little help from the Chumash people. Teachings that resonated with me during my stay at Wishtoyo was the respect for other peoples traditionsz. I can relate to that teaching because many people at my school don’t respect our traditions and I would love for people to respect our traditions just as the Chumash people wanted us to do. My favorite cultural experience from the entire trip was singing their songs with them and dancing traditional a little with them. When we first got there we had a ceremony right away, sang songs along with them, and we were shown a little bit of their traditional dances as well.

Some fun experiences that will always make me smile was how this morning a few of my friends and I didn’t plan on swimming we=hen we went to the beach. But we soon jumped into the waves and had an amazing memory together, it was totally worth getting my clothes drenched. Also after the sun rise ceremony, we all hugged each person in the circle and that was heart warming.

Reflect on your entire experience at the Wishtoyo Village.

1. Did you make any of the crafts? Which ones and how was that experience?
2. What teachings resonated with you during your stay (what teachings/lessons did you relate to the most)?
3. What was your favorite cultural experience of the entire trip?
4. Post a picture of your visit.

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1) It is important for native youth to tell their stories so that others see what it’s like to live in poverty, and racism, and to see how drugs and alcohol affect the native american communities and home life.

2) I have experienced seeing my family being addicted to drugs and alcohol, and it really took a piece of them even after they recovered. It also hurt my sober family and I as well. It was and still is hard to see the ones I love hurt themselves. I think the ones that take it day by day, are making the biggest difference in our community. It is one step closer to healing us as a whole, so we can continue our ways and traditions, and keep our reservation safe and clean, so that future children will be able to play in the neighborhood without worrying about accidents, or their parents worrying about child abduction.

3) ‘Smoke Signals’ really captured my attention when I saw that it had a lot of similarities to what life on the reservation is really like, and how it can affect native american children. The movie really shows how drugs and alcohol can really tear families apart, and damage childhood for the children of the parents witnessing the domestic violence and self harm. It also shows that we can learn from our parents’ choices, and addictions. A really big part of addictions is losing loved ones, and really learning how to cope with loss, and accepting things that we can not change. All we know is that in order to heal and inspire the people around us, that we have to be healthy, and to be leaders

It is very important for Native Youth to tell their stories because so much of us are holding things in and letting these stories hurt us and destroy us.

My story is who I am, what my family is like, and what my culture is, Coastal and Plains. I feel that the story that needs to be told is my parents pasts and how it affected them and their children.

My favorite movie is Strange Magic which is Directed by George Lucas and is a Animated Musical. I basically know every single line and song in this movie. My favorite books would be the Infernal Devices Trilogy by Cassandra Clare because they made me cry and they were amazing! So many words to describe how much I love that prequel series.

It is important for native youth to past down their stories so that there children and there children’s children can know there sacred stories. I feel that all native stories should be made into a short movie so that the stories live on. one story i always remember my dad told me is a story about ethos cave and this cave is located in Arizona and is on the Pima reservation and on this mountain there was a cave and the walk way was so narrow, and every time you would enter you would have to leave a idem that means a lot to you or otherwise the two walls would close you in and trap you forever. My favorite native movie is by sherman alexie and is called Smoke signals

1) It’s important for Native Youth to tell their story because we need to get the word out who we are like what type of people we are.

2) I don’t really have a story to tell but a story I think should be told is how our people got separated and now how were rebuilding.

3) A film that is my favorite would have to be Smoke Signals because it a true film and it also has an interesting story to go along with it. Another reason why this film is my favorite is because old most every native have watched it.

Throughout generations, our people have used spoken word to pass down knowledge. Since time immemorial, Indigenous peoples have used storytelling, along with body movements, to communicate teachings.

With every arm lift, there is a story. With every sway, there is a message. It is vital that our next 7 generations continue to practice these traditions. Our ancestors knew how to care for the land by giving back every time they took, and we must do the same.

I come from two backgrounds. From one grandfather, I come from the Mid/Southwest tribes of the United States. From the other, I come from the native roots in Mexico, Tenochtitlan. Both perspectives are vastly similar. There are stories that have been told to me about the history of the Great Lakes region in the United States having ties to Indigenous peoples from Mexico. Our customs are similar.

I have also conversed with elders from the Zuni nation. With every meeting, we uncover new identical sounding/meaning words. We have examined trade routes, where the Indigenous peoples from Mexico commerced with the Pueblo Natives. These are stories that must be shared, and I am honored to be able to tell them.

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