Roswell, New Mexico

The Apache are an interesting Native American tribe. One interesting part of their culture is the baskets they create. The uses of their baskets, as well as their design and materials, are somewhat unique to them. While these baskets aren’t made anymore, they are still an interesting sight to behold. Most of the original baskets were made of willow sprouts, which are normally white. These willow sprouts were dried for use by the sun, creating its yellow color. Other materials included devilsclaw…

Did you know about an indian tribe that lived in northern California? The Shasta Native Americans lived in northern California and Oregon. At the top of the map in purple is where they lived. They were already there when a spanish explorer claimed the land for Spain in the mid-1500s. They lived in cedar bark teepees and grass mat houses in the summer and winter pit houses in the winter. I made a winter pit house. The cedar bark teepees were semi-permanent shelters with very long strips of…

The Elephant in the Room Navajo code talkers were considered America’s “secret weapon” in World War II. US Marines used the Native American language as a code in order to relay secret messages during wartime. This code was vital to our victory in World War II because the Japanese easily cracked top secret military codes. Just as American soldiers relayed messages in code during wartime, women wrote in “code” in order to portray society's limitations during their time. They addressed these…

valley. The author also tries to portray the importance of Mexican American history by focusing on the aspect that we are not informed of our own history. Manuel Maderno biography of Americo Paredes is a clear example of how his contributions brought a new awakening towards the civil rights movement which helped laid the foundation of what a true Mexican American really is. The author informs of Paredes early years to try to evoke a significance on how most Mexican Americans in the valley dint…

To share blood with immigrant workers is something one must carry with honor. They overcome any obstacle that blocks them from providing for their family across the border. In “El Sonavabitche” by Gloria Anzaldua, we encounter with an American landlord which employs immigrant workers. This character exploits his workers and delivers them to law officials before payday arrives. This poem focuses on underlining the lack of working rights and lack of support by the government towards undocumented…

Theme: Students will study and create the Native American tradition of dreamcatchers Social Studies Standard 5.1 - Students describe the major pre-Columbian settlements, including the cliff dwellers and pueblo people of the desert southwest, the American Indians of the Pacific northwest, the nomadic nations of the Great Plains, and the wood­land peoples east of the Mississippi River. Substandard 2 - Describe their varied customs and folklore traditions Visual Arts Standard 3.0 - Students…

Who Are These Guys? Have you ever wondered about the relationship between two very diverse cultures that both wanted to claim the same land? By reading documents and taking detailed notes in class, I finally understood how culturally different the Native Americans were compared to the Anglo-Europeans. It was said that The Anglo-Europeans stumbled upon the Americas and discovered people that had already occupied the land. These people that the Europeans saw were called the Native Americans. At…

Culture is all around us. From what we wear to what we eat to how we speak. You can try to hide your connection to culture, but it will always find you. When searching for a definition to culture I feel Texas A&M University did an amazing job. Their definition states: “A culture is a way of life of a group of people—the behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation…

Molly Ivins’s essay, “Is Texas America?” states various points in her essay about Texas politics, demographics, geography, and education. The “Is Texas America?” essay is according to the author’s perspective about Texas. There are various statements within Ivins’s essay that are supporting and contradictory to the modern-day Texas. The reason there is a difference in the number of supporting and contradicting statements about Texas within Ivins’s essay is because Texas is changing over time…

widely distributed in the country. In major cities that also form the key markets, such as New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, Hispanic millennials make up 25% to half the number of all millennials. Over 95% of the Hispanic millennials were born in the US. This number exceeds the numbers…