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During December, we asked you to submit a photo or video that reflects your 2018 :)
I submitted a picture of my girlfriend Lexy and myself. We are at our tribal community center after my high school graduation.
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healing
I am a competitive national cheerleader and in the summer I have several cheerleading practices which lead up to our national competition. This year our national competition will be in Orlando Florida! Last year my team and I won 3rd in the nation! I hope this year we can do the same!
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I am thriving in my culture by attending the national UNITY conference for Native youth. I attended the 2018 & 2019 conference and I have learned so much about my people.
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Culture
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Well Idk
Indigenize your plate
Grape dumplings are a traditional Chickasaw dish that is originally made from possum grapes but are now made with grape juice. This dish is very sweet and a great dessert
Indigenize your plate
My favorite tradition food is anykind of sx̌ʷyups (snake) I've caught them since forever and eat em when I can, my Indian name is qʷx̌iłat meaning the green blanket that comes in spring just when the sx̌ʷyups com out. I would describe sx̌ʷyups in one word with k̓aʔk̓ín kíʔ (childhood) cuz it’s what I grew up on
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Growth
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Freedom
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Healthier!
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Belonging.
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My 2018 was fun and it was something to remember.
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Lonely
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2018 was "Rooted"
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finished!
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Grateful
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Healing
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Healing.
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One of the MANY CEREMONIES I get BLESSED to tend fire and sing at the drum in SUPPORT of the dancers. I would LOVE to share and submit more photos and videos of the MULTITUDE of ceremonies and dances I've been blessed to offer my love.
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Blessed
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Blessed
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Random picture of me
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This picture was taking when i left a summer camp at UNC Pembroke. I made the necklace at the camp and i was so proud to wear it anywhere i went to symbolize that i was Native American. I still wear that necklace to this day and it is so dear to me.
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New Beginnings
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My son got his first archery bull on September 21st. My Birthday present. Made our year
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Losing your best friend years ago. Finally letting go loving life. Still no BFF may she forever RIP. I miss her dearly but I shall see her again someday. Sorry not trying to be negative I love life. Survived 7.2 earthquake and thousands of aftershocks. I am a survivor.
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This is a picture if my little sister reaching up to the sky (at sun set) making her look so powerful that beams of energy are radiating from her.
In January we asked you to share how you plan to be #wellforculture this year and pledge to make 2019 your best year yet.
Halito. (Hello). My 2018 was great.
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Hope
Swimming at the pond with my family.
I love dancing traditional over summer.
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"Adventure"
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SURVIVED
In January we asked you to share how you plan to be #wellforculture this year and pledge to make 2019 your best year yet.
I plan to be Wellforculture by sharing my traditional knowledge with various people from all over. Each year I attend ceremonies, I help others, I attend conferences, I travel and everywhere I go I love to share stories. I love to share teachings and stories that’ll hopefully impact the Native youth from all over. I plan to be wellforculture by not only expressing and sharing what I know but also by living it.
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If I had to choose one word to describe this picture it would be “Blooming.” This year I have been torn apart and enlightened. I have come to learn that to heal you must be broken down to be rebuilt. I have learned to be patient and have a positive perspective. While becoming who I was meant to be, I have begun to bloom. I am a gift to the world wrapped in indigenous resistance and love. I am healing, blooming like a flower with new beginnings. This is me.
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Training
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Kansas became the third state to pass a law to prohibit schools or other government institutions from prohibiting Native students from wearing their regalia to events such as graduations or other formal events.
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My sister and I visited Lake Superior for the first time this summer. This was emotional for us because we have tribal ties to Michigan.
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Experiential
Healthy and Uplifting Valentine's
During February, we asked you to share what your favorite nonverbal way to show affection is. Check out Grace's and all of this month's submissions!
This document is a short description of my favorite way to show my nonverbal affection to my boyfriend. I also have a scenario on when I would do it. Thank you very much.
My boyfriend is sitting by himself and minding his own business. I just look at him and admire how cute he is. My favorite way to show my affection towards him is to come behind him slowly and hug him. It doesn’t matter what he is doing but if I think he needs some of my love, this is what I do. He always asks me, “What are you doing goofball?”. I always tell him, “You just looked like you needed some affection.”
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2018 was Phenomenal!!!
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This is my niece who I had the joy of getting here ready for all the powwows this year an showing her how to dance an she enjoyed dancing this year an I enjoy her every day
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Blessed and ready for school to gain knowledge so I can grow to help my community and peers.
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Beauty at its finest
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I’ve had the great fortune and opportunities to travel so much this year to spread words of encouragement and hope to young people all ages and color and I’m excited for this coming new year to keep going with my work!
At family Olympics with our chief on the track.
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#Recognition
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Subsistence is our way of life that has been past down from my mother, and her mother, and so on. Fishing for salmon and gathering our native foods is more than nutrition to us. It’s sharing experiences, stories, and teaching the next generation.
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My sister and I learned how to make porcupine quil earrings at the Mary Murray Cultural Camp building on Sugar Island, Michigan. We enjoyed eating with our relatives up North and paid our respects to a family member who had passed on and was buried on Sugar Island.
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Re-named/Re-claim
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Morning drive to school with my mom and sisters.
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Teach
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Honor
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Grace
Hello, my name is Kameica R. Yazzie: I am a Navajo woman from Low Mountain, Arizona. I was born on the Hopi reservation in a small town called Keams Canyon. Growing up on the Navajo Reservation I had no access to a fancy gym. Therefore, I found joy in running outside my house. where I live there are a lot of sandy hills and this made an excellent running course for me. I would love to state that I love incline and found it as a stress reliever because I notice ever since I started running I was less stress.
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Amazing
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Happiness
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Storytellers
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My submission is an image of me beading on a loom. A lot of my heritage and culture was lost with my great great grandfather. My mother taught herself most of the culture and heritage that our family has lost through the generations and she has made sure I am learning too.
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ᓴᐨᒉᓴᓬ
“Successful”
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Bittersweet
Hiking to see that beautiful view of my homelands, Payahüünadü “the place where water flows”.
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Always doing anything to help my baby girl and those who suffer from MS.
"TEAM QUEENIE" MS Walk 2018..
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Lit
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Pop Socket.
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Glorious
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Myself, my mom and cousins participating in our ceremonial “Buffalo Dance” during Greencorn weekend. Greencorn is the celebration of the new year for each individual Ceremonial ground.
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I represent my tribe by helping my elders whenever I can and if they want to I listen to there story’s about our tribe in the past and how it’s changed. I believe we can not break the cycle unless we know what happened in the past. I don’t only help the elders just to get their stories, I help them because I care about our elders. I hope they live, and have lived a long and happy life, and If I can be a part of that I will always try to do my best.
I love going to LGBT prides and going to powwows as myself and not who people want me to be.
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Resilient
My favorite summer activity is exploring new places with my family. This is my cousin at a park we found. I love capturing pictures to remember the moment :).
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it's just me.
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During December, we asked you to submit a photo or video that reflects your 2018 :)
2018 was a year full of heartbreak, happiness, new experiences, traditions and love. I’m so thankful I made it to another wonderful year to experience everything all over again. I lost people, friends, family, boyfriend but through that I gained people I never thought I’d have to chance to know. I got a job as an infant toddler teacher at Port Gamble S’Klallam Early Education Center and instantly fell in love with all 8 of my WONDERFUL children. I went to my first festival (pictured), and it was utterly life changing. I found my place in the world w all of the loving people that surround me. I can’t wait to embark on this 2019 adventure and see what the world is going to throw at me next.
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During December, we asked you to submit a photo that reflects your 2018 :)
Blessed
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During February, we asked you to share what your favorite nonverbal way to show affection is. Check out Nataanii's and all of this month's submissions!
My favorite nonverbal way to show affection is with planning a small or simple surprise. For example, going out to dinner, seeing a movie, visiting a museum, or taking a trip to do something we’ve never done before.
Hi I have been a jingle dancer for 9 years. I was the Salem/Keizer Indian Ed Student Representative for Native youths for years 2018-2019 and will also be for school years 2019-2020. I dance for healing and my family. When I enter the arena my face immediately lifts into a smile. I feel so excited to be dancing my heart out in front of everyone, showing my compassion to be dancing jingle and help heal. When I hear the drums and can feel the flow of the beat I feel the stress of the day leave me and go into my dance. Going to powwow's is my favorite summer activity because I get to learn, dance, and see my grandma proud. My favorite jingle style is to do the side step.
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During December, we asked you to submit a photo or video that reflects your 2018 :)
Reflection and Peace
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During February, we asked you to share what your favorite nonverbal way to show affection is. Check out Olivia's and all of this month's submissions!
I love my family, my grandma passed away recently and it's just my grandma and my aunt now
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During December, we asked you to submit a photo or video that reflects your 2018 :)
Spiritual
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This photo is when my aunty Monica graduated with her Masters Degree from ASU. This photo is special to me because it shows three generations of White Mountain Apache. My grandma Rosie (red campdress), my Mom (purple campdress), and me (in green). I tend to cherish these moments because I don’t visit my Apache roots that often because I live near the Navajo Nation.
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My favorite indigenous food is the chinook salmon or in my native language nusux. it is nutritious and healthy and is a big part of my life.
My favorite summertime activity is going on the Canoe Journey with my friends and family! This picture is my cousin & I pulling in the canoe on our way to Puyallup last summer.
In January we asked you to share how you plan to be #wellforculture this year and pledge to make 2019 your best year yet.
The ground on which we stand on is sacred ground .It is the blood of our ancestors.
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This picture was taken at a dam and this dam is very special. After a 12 day ceremony, my family and friends will go to this lake and relax. This ceremony we practice are the ways of the Oglala Lakotas. I live in Skok but I practice my Lakota ways. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and to summarize my year in a word is Phenomenal.
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Me
I spend a lot of time in our community garden with our Native fraternity (Sigma Nu Alpha Gamma), growing fresh produce for our Cherokee elders. It’s a great way to relieve stress and feel good about the work we are doing to to help address food insecurity in our Native communities.
Fishing for Walleye like we do every year and having wonderful family time!
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During December, we asked you to submit a photo or video that reflects your 2018 :)
happiness
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Culture
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CULTURE
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Blessed
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Valiant
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Friendship
I love powwowing I like to see my family and friends at powwows, and drums, and songs at powwows.
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I chose one of my senior pictures.
I recently graduated from Shelton High School and I chose this picture because it captures a bit of my culture and the true me...a very strong, confident and very proud Native.
Thank you for your consideration
~Taliah Elguero
5th grade promotion ceremony.
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This picture was taken after a Medicine Bag workshop that I helped to organize and teach for our community. Knowing that I have such a strong supportive community behind me has really influenced my career choices because I know when I need them they will be there for me. I am currently applying to medical schools and the outpouring of love and encouragement from this community has been overwhelming in such a beautiful way.
The word I would use to describe this picture is:
bami'aagan (supported one)
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This is a picture of my sister and I, she is our newly crowned Miss Waaswaaganing Indian Bowl Princess 2019-2020 and travel to powwows every weekend.
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this is of me at ncnayo
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I had the honor to be a Happy Canyon Princess and not only to represent Happy Canyon but my community, my family and my culture here I went to Portland Oregon for the Rose parade and I saw this little boy on the curb so I pulled out a flower from my saddle flowers and waved to his dad to bring him so I can give him this flower because a small act of kindness can go along way. Through out my reign I was put in front of a big group of people who wanted to learn more about my culture and myself and everyone had a different story and I cherish the new friendships that I had made along the way.
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During December, we asked you to submit a photo or video that reflects your 2018 :)
Being native is amazing. Being in a Unity group gives me opportunities to meet new people every year hear about other tribes. Also to see new people.
Earth Day Clean Up
We thank the good Lord above everyday and we protect and cherish mother Earth to the best of our ability
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During February, we asked you to share what your favorite nonverbal way to show affection is. Check out Wanese and all of this month's submissions!
Hello there,
Valentine’s Day is all about spreading love and receiving love in anyway possible. I love this day of the year because it’s the day to appreciate all the little things in life. My daughter was born on 1/19/19. She is the greatest thing to ever happen to us! A nonverbal affection that we both show to her is just giving her everything we can and loving her and caring for her in every possible way. She is our image of love. It goes saying “love comes in all shapes and sizes.”
Me and my friend Kyrell enjoy going to Pow-Wows alot! This keeps us very fit and very happy!
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This is my favorite moment of 2018. For my birthday, my parents bought me and my friend Brooke Simpson VIP tickets. We had the chance to met Brooke Simpson and we had 2nd row seats! Brooke is such a sweetheart and has such a kind soul.
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Wanderlust
