About me

I’m Navajo, Apache, and Native Hawaiian. I love to sing, draw, and play

guitar, Piano, and the Native American Flute. My family and my friends are

what propelled me through this world ever since I joined this program I have

been active, social, and more involved in Native Activities. My parents are

Hawaiian and they teach hula, ever since they stared I was less interested in my

culture and never got a chance to join. Last year my mom signed us up for this

Native Pipeline Program that I didn’t even know about, I didn’t want to go

because I thought it was a waste of time. I went anyway because of my mom, I

was scared, nervous, and upset that the people over there were going to be mean,

I was wrong… Throughout the two weeks I’ve been making new friends and

soon started participating in Native activities such as dance, making clapper

sticks, fry bread, and going to other colleges. When it ended I was upset but still

excited that I’ll see them again next summer. My best friends Christa, Amber,

Elka, Manny, Fabian, and Alejandro have always been there for me since last

summer and they still do today. I want to thank my parents for showing me that

what we have in our blood is important and we should take the initiative to

continue our culture.

 

 

   

 

 

 

The  places  we’ve  been  to….  

The  people  we’ve  met….  

We’ll  never  forget  them….  

  These people supported this program for us to learn and

experience what college feels like. Some of them show us how to

use plants, tell stories, eat healthy, and understand how old

living plants are. The mentors are always there when we needed

them even if it’s personal, we’ll never forget them. These people

we should respect them and their hard work, they try really hard

for us to not only learn but enjoy this program . I want to thank

Scotty for everything he did for us without him we wouldn’t have

known anything about our Native origins or know what college

feels like.

~Thank You Scotty~

*WE LOVE YOU!!! !! ! !*

CONNECTIONS

             

  I am here to connect with my native origin. I sort of know most of my Hawaiian culture but I also want to learn about my

Apache and Navajo Heritage too. Not only that I also want to relate my Hawaiian

qualities with other tribes, and so far they are a bit similar. Learning all this

important information made feel like we are connected as one. Our ancestors were last to be sent on this earth to protect our

relatives the plants, animals, and the spirits. And now that we’re here we should

do the same just like what our ancestors did. I’ve always wondered who my native ancestors were and what ceremonies they

did. I want to show my ancestors that I’m a true native. I want to do this for my

Grandma because her spirit lives in my heart and I want to show her that I I’ll

never give up on my Hawaiian culture, it’s

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Why Am I Here?

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cd  Our relatives are the living plant’s that

surrounds us and gives us Oxygen while we give them Carbon Dioxide. We need them and they need us that’s why were connected with each other, were alive, we breathe, and we have a

spirit.

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When we wake up, we make sure to greet the Sun and Grandmother

Moon for providing us light on our Mother Earth. Without the Sun our relatives we’ll die and so will we. Without Grandmother Moon we’ll

live in a world of darkness, we pray for her and thank her for giving us

light during the night.

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