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    Passione and Tradition: A native walkthrough of culture and entertainment.

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    Passione and Tradition: A native walkthrough of culture and entertainment.

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I have always been enamoured by the cultural substance my village has kept going for a long time. When the white man came to town I noticed a difference in our cultures. Seeing this difference made me want to explore the diversity and roots of our tradition. I asked the chief what he thought our oldest culture based tradition was, he responded with “well too answer your question I would have to say the grass dance, its a dance ive known since the day i was born” I just had to agree with him, the grass dance is very vibrant part of the are pow wows. While i was thinking of pow wows, i decided to ask a pow wow drummer who i knew was passionate about the subject. I approached and asked a few questions such as, how he feels about drum etiquette, playing style, technique, and the family naming. He said, “All throughout my life I have been enamoured by the sound and passionate playing of the drums during pow wow. It brings me to tears every time”. I thought it was a very moving response. After, i decided to ask him more about how he feels about the traditional family aspect of the tradition. “Well, drumming groups are usually named for their families, he said, and we always display my name and so does my brother”. It's a special tradition that unifies our bond and tightins are playing.” While the family bond and tradition his important, so is etiquette, he told me.”

Drumming etiquette is what i was taught forever” he said. My father always used to tell me was to think of the drum as a person and respect them as such”. “It's basically a fancy way of him telling me to take care of the drum and play it with care a refined dignity”, he said as he laughed.” I was always impressed by the dedication, spirit and intense loyalty when guiding yourself towards your instrument.” My agreement couldn't have been bigger, after i was done discussing drumming with one of are pow wow drummers. I decided to go home and ponder over one last quick subject, weaving as a merchant good. Weaving has been a staple part of many native american communities, including my own. So it becoming a merchant good would be inevitable. Rugs and blankets are a community good that i have known for years. My tribes community and tradition is absolutely wonderful, and i'm glad i touched up on it.     WORKS CITED:

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-dances/2/

https://www.cla.purdue.edu/WAAW/peterson/Petersonessay2.html

https://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/tag/weaving

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The next season for Stickball starts in three moons. The Native American tribe of the Cherokee is facing off against the Powhatan tribe for the first game of the season. The game is to start when the sun rises and is to end on the setting of the moon. “Another game with crooked stick and ball made of leather stuff with hair,” says the Powhatan chief. One player ,from the Powhatan tribe, says “We have not made our Kabocca or the Towa for practicing yet”. The Cherokee chief ,talking about his team, stated “They spent whole days training ,tumbling ,and ball tossing from sun up to sun down to get ready for the customary season”. One fan of the game told us that he played last year and is hoping that his team can beat their rivle. The fans as well as the players are ready for the game to start ,but there were a few new rules added to the game just before the practice season started. These new rules are There is no longer a boundary on the field ,the goal is now two trees instead of just one ,the third and last rule adde is that minor violence is allowed during gameplay. Both the Powhatan and the Cherokee are having to adapt to the new rules. Red Bear ,a Cherokee Stickball player, says “ These new rules are going to change the way that our team plays the game”. The team is still confident that they will win the first game of the eventhough the rules of the game have changed.

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A few thousand sunsets ago, The chief of the U.S Government created a very difficult situation     for our people. His people are hungry for land just like the Choctaw were at one time. They want our sacred land to earn more worthless paper. It always seems the white people get their way with us always and of course, that’s what happened this time. Currently,  our leaders have tried to strike deals with no success. President Andrew Jackson in a recent speech stated that a treaty with all the chiefs in ohio extinguished all reservations there. Removal efforts in Georgia also got two-thirds participation. To avoid anymore conflict, christian missionaries and philanthropists have been trying to advance us from our “ barbarism to the habit and enjoyment of civilized life.” It’s complete rubbish. Although on a positive note, Representative Edward Everett is on our side in the white government. He acknowledged that our suffering would be inevitable. He also stated that obviously it would be evil for the U.S to remove us and possibly by force (stated few thousands sunsets ago). Thank you Representative Everett.

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The Native American students are forced to attend boarding school, after the long harvest moon.

The impact of White American teachers on them is a big change upon their culture. The White American teachers want to better them in education and “civilize” them just like them. They don’t allow them to speak their native language at school and they are also taking control over their cultural beliefs. The schools want their students to be involved in the American culture more than their Native American roots.

Throughout the school, many children that are attending the boarding schools have talked about the ways the teachers have treated them. A parent said, “the main focus of the school is to assimilate them to dominant the American culture’s language, values, and behaviors through the process of deculturalization”. By doing this, many children have changed the way they communicate with their family members and others that attend the boarding school. One student said, “ We are forbidden to use our native language and engage in our customs, in attempt to replace with the dominant American culture.”. The schools want to change the way Native American children are raised at a young age. For now, the children are still attending these schools and day by day their original origin roots are long forgotten. As they now become “civile” people just like the rest of the American population.

Work Cited

10, et al. “The Sobering History of Native American Education in the 19th Century.” The Edvocate, 3 Sept. 2016,