Blackfoot

America is one of the most religiously,diverse country on earth and yet we remain dangerously ignorant about religion.Experiences and knowledge gained in the early ages of life often have a major impact on how students interact with the world for the rest of their lives. This makes it a critical time for them to be educated about the various religions of the world. Schools have the ability to give students a better understanding of what is going on in the news, religious events held, as well as…

focuses on the renewing of old roots instead of forming new ones. A clear example that represents this is Eli’s return from Toronto to his mother’s log cabin, in which he was born, in Blossom, Alberta. Eli also attends the annual Sun Dance of his Blackfoot community which symbolizes his revisit to his own culture and its traditions. Another example which embodies the notion of roots is when the water from the lake overflows and destroys the dam. The dam is a modern symbol of white colonialism’s…

I did my last two practicum sessions with Constable Brain Brusse and Constable Norman Smith. Brussue is usually a School Resource Officer but he was filling in for another officer at the front desk/public service that day. Smith, as mentioned in my first essay, is part of the Traffic Response Unit of the Lethbridge Regional Police Service (LRPS). The Traffic Unit is always out and about- kept busy by drivers. I cannot say much action happens at the front desk beyond paper work and conversation.…

Review Questions The two most popular theories on how the Native Americans arrived in the Americas are the Bundle Float Theory and the Bering Strait Theory. The Bundle Float Theory purposes the idea that Paleo-Indians went across the Pacific Ocean on man-made floats and ended up in the Americas. The Bering Strait Theory states that the Paleo-Indians came to the Americas through a land bridge that connected Alaska with Asia. The Bering Strait Theory believes that the Paleo-Indians came over…

who served. I did not know then that there was a long history of Native Americans who served in the armed forces. They asked them to go to the middle of the circle to be honored. The announcer from the Redhawk Native American Arts Council,Tchin (Blackfoot, Narragansett), talked about how the elders are the core of society and that people who serve in the armed forces are the warriors of today's society and the ones protecting everyone else in our collective tribe. When I later went to the…

versions of the Iroquois creation story where the “lead” female character doesn’t die, so one shouldn’t take this version as the definitive role of women within the Iroquois tribe. Merritt Johnson, an artist who is of mixed ancestry, including Mohawk, Blackfoot and non-Indigenous, relates a different version of the Iroquois tale in an article she wrote for an issue of Antennae. She writes, “The woman put the bits of roots from the Sky Tree in the mud on Turtle’s back and she began to walk…

Knowing who you are is very important. It is the foundation to your life. I think everyone should be knowledgeable of their heritage, culture, ethnicity and background information pertaining to their family. Everyone’s story is unique and it is what helps set them apart in the big world we live in. There are many events and people that have contributed to where I am today. My story is unique, complicated and has many twists to it; however I think I have managed to do quite well considering my…

While there were many conflicts that occurred due to the wording of the Royal Proclamation in relation to aboriginals, the Métis people were subject to a large issue: the fact that they were not considered in the Proclamation at all. They were not considered aboriginals, even though their origin says otherwise. This led to many battles and hardship as the Métis tried to fight for their political and legal rights, and largely their land rights as Aboriginals. Métis Nations developed in the 1800s…

My Hero Thursday, October 8th 2015, started out like any other day. I woke up, went to class, talked with my friends, and so on. It wasn’t until I was on my way to lunch my cousin came up to me and informed me that my great grandpa, Hyrum Watkins Kershaw, had died earlier that day. I didn’t cry upon hearing that he was dead. I simply wasn’t sad. I am not saying that I didn’t love my grandpa, but he was of the age where he was no longer happy. He weighed only 67 pounds and couldn’t really move…

of 86 missions in P-47 Thunderbolt which he later named after my grandmother Launa Lee. He received many awards for the missions he flew including a silver star the third highest award in the military. In March 1953 he moved his small family to Blackfoot Idaho and started his own veterinary practice were him and his wife Millie spent the rest of their…