Cheyenne

My heart felt as big as the Empire State Building and knowing that I was coming back tomorrow made it grow even larger. My stomach's butterflies were long gone and weren't expected to come back any time soon. A large smile from ear to ear covered my whole face. Nervousness from earlier now seems completely silly. The shelves of books towered over my head. I innocently grabbed the three books that looked most interesting and immediately dashed home. The mailbox creaked open and I took out our…

Labre Indian School took the stage. She talked about the history of St. Labre, their mission, and things that have changed since the school has opened. She then informed us that we would want to give our best effort to not offend the Northern Cheyenne culture and we should recognize that many aspects of their culture were different than ours. The day was already coming to a close when the welcoming ceremony was finished so, we all went back to our rooms to rest up because we knew the next few…

After divulging into “Cheyenne Again” and “When My Name was Keoko” the books and characters provoked thoughts of reflection upon my own culture, both my Chinese heritage, and my adopted mixed Lithuanian-American culture, but above all how much courage I have within myself and to what extent would I be willing to risk for a cause that I and so many others feel deeply passionate about, ourselves. It is simply human nature to develop beliefs, values, and traditions throughout the course of our…

I was getting kind of frustrated with her constantly talking about being transgender and not even knowing what she was talking about, so I decided to test her. “Hey, Cheyenne, do you know what dysphoria means?” I asked her. “Um, I don’t know long words.” She responded nervously. That was the final straw I thought I was burning with rage. You can’t be transgender if you don’t even know what gender dysphoria is. Gender…

raped on a daily basis. I’d let him have sleepless nights not knowing when the next beating or rape will happen.” Bryan’s icy glare settled on Cheyenne as he thought about what she had said, “You know what else happened to Harley in all of this? Your sick fucking husband raped her so hard he killed her baby.” Hunter and Cheyenne both gasped then Cheyenne fell to the floor in tears, “I’m so sorry, oh my God. I’m so sorry.” Her face was buried in her hands and her shoulders shook fiercely…

were at peace with the government and as a result many innocent people died. These incidents of discriminative killings made the distrust from the Plains Indians grow and later this distrust led to major conflicts. The U.S. killed people from the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes even though they were friendly. The governor of the territory of Colorado said that all Native Americans who sought peace to move to nearby military posts. Chief Black Kettle and his people did as he told and thought that…

For example, "How The World Was Made" makes a huge emphasis on the evolvement of animals and how important they are, treating both humans and animals as these remarkable creatures created for Earth. This attitude led the Cheyenne people to appreciate all the Earth’s gifts and leave it as it was for generations to come, which differs from the Genesis' views on things. The Genesis seemingly depicted beings on a scale with God ruling over all, following us, then animals, which…

and my friend Courtney were outside talking and drinking lemonade. Courtney looked at and said “ Let's call Brendan and Cheyenne over and see what they're up to”. I agreed and said “Yes call them over”. We waited about 10 minutes and we seen Brendan and Cheyenne walk over we greeted them. Brendan was wearing a black t shirt with tan shorts and had his Jansport backpack. Cheyenne was wearing pink shirt and black jeans. Brendan grab his backpack and grabbed out a brand new Wilson football. Brendan…

brokenhearted friend Emily. So, early one morning, I was riding on the bus waiting for my friends Emily and Cheyenne to get on. Once they got on, Emily sat up against the window and she wasn’t talking to us and I was worried because usually she had a huge mouth. About 10 minutes later, I asked her why she wasn’t talking, and she didn’t answer me, so I just left it alone and carried on my conversation with Cheyenne. When we got to school she was still acting the same so I asked her again. No…

I started reading a novel called Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown. The novel is based on a true story that occurred around the fifteenth century. This story takes place in old history, and talk about the Native Americans at the time when the Europeans arrived to the new world. The story started out when Christopher Columbus was exploring the new world in 1492, and found its people, who were kind and nice and called them Indios. There were many tribes who lived in the east coast region…