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"Through The Stories We Hear Who We Are"- Silko

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"Through The Stories We Hear Who We Are"- Silko

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"The ancient Pueblo people sought a communal truth, not an absolute truth. For them ‘this truth lived somewhere within the web of differing versions, disputes over minor points, and outright contradictions tangling with old feuds and village rivalries."

The reason I selected this passage is because it questions the Western idea of truth as singular and absolute. The Pueblo oral tradition values multiple perspectives, recognizing that individual experiences and biases influence how stories are told. This approach fosters flexibility and preserves cultural memory, ensuring that knowledge endures even when details vary. It underscores that storytelling is more than just narrating events—it is a dynamic process of community engagement, adaptation, and resilience.

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“I felt as if I had actually been to those places, although I had only heard stories about them. Somehow the stories had given a kind of being to the mesas and hills, just as the stories had left me with the sense of having spent time with the people in the stories, though they had long since passed on.”

I chose this quote because it shows the power of the story. Stories describe people, places and things and give a good explanation of them though the words of the storyteller. However, they also bring those them to life to the point where they can become real to the audience. These kinds of stories can connect people to the things being told.

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Today I will walk out,
 today everything negative will leave me.

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This is very good citation for myself because I tend to have self-doubt on anything around me. However, I always come to the conclusion that everything will be alright. I don't know what sets me in a good mood, but I would want it to be like that from now until the end of this agitating semester.

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"In beauty all day long may I walk.

Through the returning seasons, may I walk.

On the trail marked with pollen may I walk." Reading this section made me think of being in nature, being surrounded with natural beauty has always had a very profound affect on me.

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"My earliest memories are of being outside, under
the sky. I remember climbing the fence when I
was three years old and heading for the plaza in
the center of Laguna village because other
children passing by had told me there were
ka’tsinas there dancing with pieces of wood in
their mouths. A neighbor, a woman, retrieved me
before I ever saw the wood-swallowing ka’tsinas,
but from an early age I knew I wanted to be
outside: outside walls and fences."

This stuck out to me because it reminded me of me when I was a kid when I would spend a lot of time outside playing with my neighbors. Today, I rarely see that now; every kid is now glued to their celular device or their console. The last sentence, "...I knew I wanted to be outside: outside walls and fences," also stuck out to me because the author wanted to be in a world with no discrimination; were everyone can be in peace no matter the race or ethnicity.

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"My words will be beautiful…"

I chose this quote because to me the post powerful things in this world are words of ourselves and others. I feel like there is such power and everything that is said is either said with meaning or feeling. Words are motivating and the foundation of building entire relationships. With the right things said, all words will be beautiful.

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"Today I will walk out,

today everything negative will leave me.

I will be as I was before,

I will have a cool breeze over my body.

I will have a light body,

I will be happy forever,

nothing will hinder me."

I chose these sentences because of how real it feels. Whenever I'm at the beach and walking, I forget about everything because to me the beach is so peaceful. Every negative thought I had before walking in the beach suddenly goes away and I feel like that's how the author of the poem feels when they go out for a walk.

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"Today I will walk out, today everything negative will leave me. I will be as I was before, I will have a cool breeze over my body."

I chose these lines because of how cathartic and relatable they feel. The line "cool breze over my body" brings to mind the refreshing feeling of walking out after a shower and leaving the dirt and negativity.

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(Kevin N.) Landscape as a Character in Fiction

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(Kevin N.) Landscape as a Character in Fiction

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"The river’s ice and the blinding white are her accomplices, and yet the Yupik woman never for a moment misunderstands her own relationship with that landscape."

This passage sticks out to me because of how they explained how the landscape plays a huge role in stories. The Yupik woman used the environment to get her revenge on a white man. But unlike the white man The Yupik woman takes advantage of the landscape but doesn't overstep that advantage. She has a type of relationship with the landscape where she respects it. This passage was also interesting because of how they see the end. They see the end coming as ice not fire.

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"Today I will walk out, today everything negative will leave me.

I will be as I was before,

I will have a cool breeze over my body."

I chose this quote because it explains letting go of the past the future and simply living in the present. Feeling your body in the present moment.

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"A rock shares this fate with us and with animals and plants as well." This stuck out to me because object, living, or not, becomes equal once it is gone. It's important to never take what we have for granted and appreciate every moment we have.

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"I will be as I was before,

I will have a cool breeze over my body.

I will have a light body,

I will be happy forever,

nothing will hinder me."

I choose this quote since its a way to say affirmations to ones self... to keep ones mind postive and not overthinking. being able to feel relaxed and keep serenity. Remiding yourself to stay positive not letting anything oppressing or weighing you down.

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"Today I will walk out,

today everything negative will leave me.

I will be as I was before,

I will have a cool breeze over my body.

I will have a light body,

I will be happy forever,

nothing will hinder me"

I chose this quote because it feels deeply empowering. It illustrates how negative emotions—like stress, sadness, anger, and pain—can weigh us down. However, in the midst of these challenging moments, there's always an opportunity to let it all go. Those emotions don’t have to control us or define how we live our lives. The "cool breeze" is a reminder of our smallness in the grand scheme, showing us that we can't control everything. Sometimes, we just need to release our worries and embrace the present moment, letting the breeze guide us to peace and clarity.

When we choose to let go of our negative emotions, we begin to feel free and "lighter." We return to a state of peace and happiness—like we were before the weight of those emotions took hold. In this process, we learn to have grace and recognize the beauty in both our pain and life itself. We no longer allow negativity to control us; instead, we embrace happiness and, in doing so, experience true freedom. "Nothing can hinder" us.

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"I will be as I was before,

I will have a cool breeze over my body.

I will have a light body,

I will be happy forever,

nothing will hinder me."

(Macario Cabrera)

The reason behind why I specifically chose this line from the reading is because I am someone who tries to see the positive side on things and one who tries to live by it. If I am having negative or "what-if" thoughts, then my mindset would solely be based on those thoughts and I've learned and taught myself to change my perspective on how things go. Then I continue doing so by turning it around and using it in a way to benefit and now hurt me.

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(Edgardo Sanchez)

"Today I will walk out,

today everything negative will leave me.

I will be as I was before,

I will have a cool breeze over my body.

I will have a light body,

I will be happy forever,

nothing will hinder me."

The reason why I picked this section is because everyone even me want to walk and have every negative leave you. Nothing holding you down and weighing at you. Just like before being calm and positive. Just being happy.

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The Migration Story: An Interior Journey

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The Migration Story: An Interior Journey

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"Thus, the journey was an interior process of the
imagination, a growing awareness that being
human is somehow different from all other
life—animal, plant, and inanimate. Yet, we are all
from the same source: awareness never
deteriorated into Cartesian duality, cutting off the
human from the natural world."

This caught my attention because the story continues to explain how we might have awareness we act just as the animals do connecting us to. We build our packs, or family's and communities. And while we have our imagination. We tell stories that connects us to our roots connected to the earth. Which in my personal opinion is why telling stories is important, it connects us to something greater than ourselves. To something more as to be a part of a community and for it to be a part of us.

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( Daniel G)"The ancient Pueblo people depended upon collective memory through successive generations to maintain and transmit an entire culture, a worldview complete with proven strategies for survival. The oral narrative, or story, became the medium through which the complex of Pueblo knowledge and belief was maintained." (Silko, p. 3). I choose this excerpt because of how it magnifies the importance and significance of oral history and the perseverance of ancient indigenous knowledge systems. 

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( Daniel G)"The ancient Pueblo people depended upon collective memory through successive generations to maintain and transmit an entire culture, a worldview complete with proven strategies for survival. The oral narrative, or story, became the medium through which the complex of Pueblo knowledge and belief was maintained." (Silko, p. 3). I choose this excerpt because of how it magnifies the importance and significance of oral history and the perseverance of ancient indigenous knowledge systems. 

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"The people were happy to listen to two or three different versions of the same event of the same hummah-hah story. Even conflicting versions of an incident were welcomed for the entertainment they provided." (Silko 3)

I found it interesting because even with different versions of the same event people were still fascinated. This to me shows that in the Indigenous culture, they acknowledge storytelling with different verses without anybody having to complain since they found it entertaining.

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"With dew about my feet, may I walk. / With beauty before me may I walk."(anonymous, lines 22-23). I like this quote because it is something small that we don't really think about. The poem talks about the different types of beauty, like beauty in oneself, but also beauty of nature. Dew is something we usually overlook, so to admire it, you have to really stop and see. Seeing the reflections when the sun hits the plants with the water drops on it is pretty, and it might be weird, but walking barefoot over wet grass and breathing in the smell of wet soil is nice. There might be a deeper meaning behind these lines, but I think it can relate to the idea that even with whatever happens in our lives, we should stop for a bit to allow ourselves to see that beauty.

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"Traditionally everyone, from the youngest child to the oldest person, was expected to listen and be able to recall or tell a portion of, if only a small detail from, a narrative account or story" (Silko 3). This caught my attention because this is really important to me. I would want to know as many portions of my story from my family (parents, grandparents, etc) and hear their stories as well to pass the traditions and stories to future family members and keep the family close by getting to know where we come from and who we are. This is why storytelling is very important and it's very special when it comes from family members because it embraces on where we come from and allows us to know more of our family.

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(Cesar Martinez) "Indigenous Perspectives" 

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(Cesar Martinez) "Indigenous Perspectives" 

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"It was at school that I learned just how different I looked from my classmates." (Silko pg.11) This caught my attention since at a very young age she had to process the "new world" and their expectations and thought of herself as someone who didn't fit in with others because of society expectations of someone "Normal"

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(Liberty Blair) "Indigenous Perspectives" 

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(Liberty Blair) "Indigenous Perspectives" 

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"Communal storytelling was a self-correcting process in which listeners were encouraged to speak up if they noted an important fact or detail omitted. The people were happy to listen to two or three different versions of the same event of the
same hummah-hah story." ( silko 3 )

i found it interesting because it shows that storytelling in indigenous culture is shared and a process that can be split up. different people can add details and share their insight. it also shows that history and knowledge belong to everyone not just to one person and that listening to different versions of the same story is valuable.

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"In Beauty I Walk" by Anonymous (Alex Alvarez)

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"In Beauty I Walk" by Anonymous (Alex Alvarez)

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"I will have a light body,

I will be happy forever, nothing will hinder me." (Anonymous 1)

This resonates with me pretty well. I am someone who deals with anxiety a ton and words like these are really calming, which I am inferring is the point of this poem -- to feel like you will be okay and that your life is beautiful. I have no doubt that the author of this poem wants their audience to feel this, and perhaps the author wrote this for themselves too.

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Reader Responses 2: Indigenous Perspectives 

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Reader Responses 2: Indigenous Perspectives 

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Something that stood out to me was the Gambler wanting to keep the Rain Clouds in his house. “The Gambler wanted a big stake to wager in his games of chance. But such greed, even on the part of only one being, had effect of threatening the survival of all life on earth.” It says that his greed could hurt all life on earth. This shows how one persons actions can affect everyone. It reminds us that being selfish can lead to big problems, while working together, like Sun Youth and Grandmother Spider did, can fix things and bring back life.

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(Kevin Galindo) "Indigenous Perspectives" 

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(Kevin Galindo) "Indigenous Perspectives" 

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"The people were happy to listen to two or three different versions of the same event of the same hummah-hah story. Even conflicting Versions of an incident were welcomed for the entertainment they provided." (Silko 3)

I thought it was interesting how different perspectives were encouraged and welcomed. Everyone has their own unique and valid way of interpreting and telling a story. These differences in a story can make things new and interesting for readers with the way they breathe new life into a story.

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(Fabian Hernandez) Reader Response 2 "Indigenous Perspectives"

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(Fabian Hernandez) Reader Response 2 "Indigenous Perspectives"

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"The world is a dead thing for them.
The trees and rivers are not alive.
The mountains and stones are not alive.
The deer and the bear are objects." (Silko pg. 3). This passage shows how European settlers saw nature as lifeless, while Indigenous people believed everything was alive and connected. By viewing the land and animals as mere objects, the settlers felt justified in using and destroying them without thought. This quote is powerful because it reveals how a loss of respect for nature leads to fear, destruction, and suffering.

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"Interrelationships in the Pueblo landscape are
complex and fragile."(Silko pg2)

"Survival depended upon harmony and cooperation
not only among human beings, but also among all
things—the animate and the less animate, since
rocks and mountains were known on occasion to
move"(Silko pg2)

Many times, we often forget that our survival doesn't just depend on our connection with each other but with the world as well. since we have lost this view on the world, we have started on destroying it and making it inhabitable due to our own selfish greed.

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(Andy Ponce)Reader Response 2 "Indigenous Perspectives" 

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(Andy Ponce)Reader Response 2 "Indigenous Perspectives" 

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"They fear. They fear the world. They destroy what they fear." (Silko pg.3).

"They will fear what they find. They will fear the people. They will kill what they fear." (Silko pg.4). I selected two quotes from "Long Time ago" by Leslie Marmon Silko because, to me, those statements not a lot of people want to hear by they have to the Native people of the land were currently standing on got violated of everything they own and assaulted and killed by the Europeans just because they were different from what they knew. What happened to the Natives must never happen again.