In My Tribe

Mile’s CEPA Project (Tlingit Tribe) My project was a totem pole from the tribes of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States; specifically the Tlingit. It took me 2-3 hours to make it. (I also got some help from my mom too). All of the materials came from my mom, too. There are three animals on my totem pole. They are a bear, wolf, and eagle. The bear represents strength and courage, as these were two things needed to live the hard life of a Native American. The wolf represents…

crosser who deserted his tribe? The subject of advancement of one's personality is clear in this book and as a general rule. On the main day of school at Reardan, Junior presents himself as "Junior" to a wonderful white young lady named Penelope. In any case, when the educator takes participation he is called by the name "Arnold Spirit". Penelope was a little irritated that Junior lied and requesting that he account for himself, which he did: "My name is Junior," I said. "Also, my name is…

dream of making a difference in their community. They want to make it a better place. This is one of many dreams that I wish to accomplish. My plan is to use this scholarship to help set a better example for the younger generation in my tribal community. My hope is that by attending college and bettering myself, then the youth within the tribe will follow my lead and decide to do the same; whether it be going to college one day or to just be a better person in general. I have the highest hopes…

Native American e-mail Good Morning Wikipedia today I will be talking about what I saw in your website about the Native Americans. The Native Americans are people who are the descendants of pre-Columbian people that lived in North and South America. The name Indian came from Christopher Columbus because he thought he had gotten to the East Indies so he called the people Indians and it eventually caught on with people outside of the Indies. The Native American culture was very interesting…

Chief Little Turtle is releated to me. Little Turtle is my 1st Great Grand Uncle of Husband of 3rd Great Grand Aunt. Little Turtle's Indian name was "Mihshahkatoohkwa" He was born around 1747 and passed away around 1812. (18th Century) My degree of Indian blood is made up of two seperate tribes: Shawnee and Miami. Because the Shawnee Indians were assimilated into the Cherokee Nation, I am also a Cherokee. From my research, I have found that my Paternal Great Great Grandfather was a white,…

Firm for the sole purpose of representing American Indian tribes. Sadly Mr. Sonosky passed away in July of 1997 due to heart failure. Mr. Chambers and Mr. Sachse continued his work and added partners to the Firm and continued to help and support American Indian Tribes (Reid Chambers & SCSE&P, LLP.) Growing up surrounded by people who have dedicated their lives to making other people’s lives better is in an insanely amazing way to grow up. My Grandfather, Mr. Reid Chambers is an amazing man…

LONG LONG LONG time ago there were three tribes called the Haida, the Inuit, and the Sioux and they were all over canada . The Sioux, Inuit, and Haida were completely different tribes in many ways, I will go over some of them but not all of them. There are subjects like where they lived, what their houses looked like. What their houses looked like. For differences, their hunting weapons, their carvings and how their houses look different. All of the tribes I will talk about lived in canada and…

balance his acceptance and rejection of reservation culture in order to be happy. This is first shown when Junior tells his best friend Rowdy that he is switching schools, next it is shown when his tribe gives him peace after his grandmothers passing, and finally it is shown when Junior shows empathy for his tribe. Junior first rejects tribal culture when he leaves the reservation to go to Rearden. This is junior rejecting reservation culture because he is abandoning his friend so he can go to…

explores her value of her tribe through creating imagery. The author also expresses her attitudes and beliefs on cultural loss and cultural discrimination through repletion and metaphor. There is a nostalgic and melancholy tone to the poem showing the authors resent towards white society. The poem evokes sympathy in the audience positioning them to see how apathetic the white people are viewing the past and present how the author does. Noonuccal explores her values or her tribe by creating…

Health issues and the decline of the Warao Tribe by Jennifer Fitzwater Objective In any culture/society disease and health related issues have many devastating affects. In very remote parts of the word these problems can wipe out an entire group. In the remote village on the Orinoco River Delta in Venezuela lives the Warao tribe. In recent years many diseases have made their way into this remote village. These diseases have created a deadly problem for the tribe. I would like to find out how…