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I would say my family reunions/birthdays are a variation of powwows.. 

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Yes! We usually have “powwows” for Christmas with my whole family!

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The dad working overtime is something I can relate to because not only is it a need sometimes but from the dads point of view I believe it helped him stay distracted from all the other problems he felt he had

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My family and I come together to celebrate Día de Los Muertos

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Yeah, I have several family traditions we do yearly.

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Yes, Within my family, I have seen my dad have a similar struggle of constantly working to make ends meet when I was younger so I can relate to that struggle that Deborah’s family had. 

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Yes, Within my family, I have seen my dad have a similar struggle of constantly working to make ends meet when I was younger so I can relate to that struggle that Deborah’s family had. 

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I can relate to Debra’s feelings disconnect from her own culture. Especially how her Dad hasn’t talked to her much about it (until the end of the chapter). 

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I can relate to Debra’s feelings disconnect from her own culture. Especially how her Dad hasn’t talked to her much about it (until the end of the chapter). 

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I can’t say that my family has the same energy and cultural passion that powwows have within them, but I feel that for Christmas I have family traditions that are within our culture such as cooking tamales and menudo, as well as staying up until midnight to open gifts. 

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Yes, something that is more or less of a powwow tradition that also helped direct me to my ancestry or culture is when my family come together to make tamales for Christmas. I think it ties me down to strong family values while also learning more the culture of Mexican food. 

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This chapter was tough to read as I can relate to some of her struggles being that of indigenous descent. My parents stress and worked so hard to keep up on a straight path. Both working, going to school and still trying to raise us wasn't easy and I'm also doing it myself. I'm a mom of 2, working 2 jobs and school full time. My little family started our own tradition since my first born turned 1 was to sign happy birthday on the kitchen floor. Not exactly sure how it started but we have continued it for the last 4 years with all of our birthdays and it's just a bitter sweet moment for us. 

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I really related to the author when she spoke about how she felt about her place in her community and culture. I am a first generation Mexican-American and I have similar struggles when it comes to feeling connected with my culture while simultaneously living the United States and making a life for myself here. 

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There’s a lot of experiences that can influence someone to create a drinking problem, coming from a perspective of having seen family members use drinking as a hobby is worrying but also it shows that we all experience hardships that can change us in good and/or negative ways. I don’t condone drinking but people have their own traumas and we all deal with those issues differently some drink and some do other things, etc. 

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I can relate in the way the author was feeling about her culture

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I can relate in the way the author was feeling about her culture

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Like Ms. Taffa, I do feel disconnected from my culture and not knowledgeable about the significant activists and figures of my culture. I live very far from all my extended family and I’ve been isolated from my culture for most of my life. 

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I can relate powwow the most to Vasaki which is Indian tradition kind of related to Powows .