Day 14, People of the Big River 2017
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COEUR D' ALENE IDAHO: LARSEN CAMPSITE ---LAKE COEUR D'ALENE
DAY BEFORE LAST DAY.
THERE WAS QUITE THE RUTKUS AMONGST THE CAMP CREW---A CRAZY DEER STORY,,,APPARENTLY A DEER JUMPED AROUND AND TRAMPLED A COUPLE OF THE LADIES TENTS!! I SLEPT THROUGH IT FOR SOME CRAZY REASON,,, BUT THAT WAS THURSDAY IN THE EARLY MORNING,,,,I REALLY CAN NOT SLEEP IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH THE SUN RISING AND THE MORNING AIR OF THE COEUR D' ALENE LAKE. I GET THAT WAY IN THE MOUNTAINS,, REGARDLESS OF WHAT NUMBER OF HOURS OF SLEEP I GET,, IF IT IS THE EARLY MORNING DAWN,, I GET RESTLESS AND HAVE TO SKY UP. ANYWAYS..... I SIT HERE AT THE WELLNESS CENTER WISHING I COULD JUST RUN AND JUMP AND HIKE AND SWIM AND MOVE AND SWEAT...... I RAN THIS MORNING FROM COEUR D' ALENE LAKE WHERE WE ARE CAMPED AND AS I TOOK A DRINK OF MY STRAWBERRY LEMONADE I GOT FROM THE JULYAMSH POWWOW THIS MORNING I KNEW I WANTED TO RUN,,,,SO I TOOK MY TENT DOWN EARLY, AND GOT MY STUFF ORGANIZED ON THE ,,,, I SAW SOME COOL BIRDS DANCING ON THE ROAD BEFORE I GOT BACK.....
THE BETTER HALF OF THIS" PEOPLE OF THE BIG RIVER" TRIP, IS MOVING, NOT MOVING CAMP BUT MOVING OUR BODIES AND HIKING AND SWIMMING AND INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER. THE TEAMWORK AND HUMAN INTERACTION CAN NOT BE MATCHED WHEN COMPARED TO THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT THAT WE AS COLLEGE STUDENTS WILL RE-ENTER IN THE VERY VERY NEAR FUTURE... I AS A SEASONED STUDENT; ENTERING MY THIRD YEAR AT HERITAGE THIS COMING AUGUST HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT,,,,I WORK ON MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES WITHIN THE RESEARCH I UNDERTAKE....
I WILL RETURN TO THE YAKAMA VALLEY TOTALLY REFRESHED AND EXPERIENCED IN HANDS ON LEARNING.... HANDS ON HAS A NEW MEANING TO ME.....THERE IS SUCH A HUGE AND VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THINKING AND DOING......THINKING AND DOING CAN GO HAND IN HAND.....I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THINKING,,,DOING,,,PRAYING,,,WORKING AS A TEAM,,,LEARNING AND OVERCOMING CAN HAPPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY......THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT IS SO LIMITED NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT.....
SOME OF THE RESEARCH I HAVE DOVE INTO AS FAR AS READING SCHOLARLY AND PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES HAVE ALOT TO DO WITH PEDAGOGY AND ANDRAGOGY,,,,NATIVE WAYS OF KNOWING....THE THEORY AND SCIENCE OF HOW PEOPLE PRACTICE AND LEARN,,,,
HOW DO NATIVE PEOPLE LEARN THE BEST? HOW DO ADULTS LEARN THE BEST?
THE UNFORTUNATE TRUTH ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES EVERYWHERE,,,; AND WE HAVE NOTICED AND HEARD ABOUT IT ALL ALONG THE PEOPLE OF THE BIGRIVER TRIP,,,,,THE LOSS OF LANGUAGE WAS EXTREMELY EVIDENT AT EACH AND EVERY STOP AND HEARD IN THE VOICES OF EVERY SINGLE STOP FROM DESCHUTES TO COEUR D' ALENE.....FOR EXAMPLE AS I WALKED THROUGH THE POWWOW VENDORS AND TALKED TO THE POWWOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WERE SELLING JULYAMSH SHIRTS ;;;;THERE WAS A MAN AND WOMAN TALKING TO ME ABOUT THE POWWOW AND THE SHIRT DESIGNS THEY WERE SELLING,....
I COME TO ASK THEM ABOUT THE NATIVE LANGUAGE PHRASE PLACED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHIRT.....BOTH ADMITTED QUICKLY THAT THEY WERE BOTH ASHAMED AND SORRY THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PHRASE MEANT?? THEY ALSO MENTIONED THAT THEY HAD EVEN ASKED AROUND AND NOBODY THAT THEY ASKED KNEW THE LANGUAGE? VERY DIS-HEARTENING
THE METHOD AND PRACTICE OF TEACHING ADULTS (ANDROGOGY) HAS BEEN ON MY MIND ALL ALONG THIS TRIP.....HOW CAN WE TEACH OURSELVES (ADULT NATIVE AMERICANS STRUGGLING TO LEARN OUR OWN FORGOTTEN LANGUAGE) I HAVE A DEEP CONCERN WITH A HIGH HOPE THAT THIS CAN BE REMEDIED WITH INTERACTIONS LIKE THE ONES I HAVE FELT ALL ALONG THIS TRIP,,,,,THERE IS A CLOSENESS THAT I HAVE GAINED WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE ON THIS TRIP,,,,YOU GET CLOSER ,,,YOU KNOW PEOPLE,, ,YOU OPEN UP ,, ,YOU LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.....I WISH I HAD A STATEMENT TO MAKE OR A HYPOTHESES,,, IF I DID IT,, IT MIGHT GO SOMETHING LIKE THIS:
THE PATH TO RE-LEARNING THE LANGUAGE OF OUR PEOPLE, THE YAKAMA, WOULD INCLUDE VISITATION AND INTERACTIONS OF OUR YOUNG AND ADULT PEOPLE, NOT ONLY WITH OUR SACRED FOODS, BUT WITH OUR SACRED SPACES....IT IS CLEAR AND EVIDENT THAT THE MOST EFFICIENT LEARNING AND CREATIVE THINKING AMONGST NATIVE PEOPLE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FRESH AIR, ALONG THE RIVER AND STREAM BANKS WHILE WORKING TOWARDS PROTECTING WHAT PROTECTS US.
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COEUR D' ALENE IDAHO: LARSEN CAMPSITE ---LAKE COEUR D'ALENE
DAY BEFORE LAST DAY.
THERE WAS QUITE THE RUTKUS AMONGST THE CAMP CREW---A CRAZY DEER STORY,,,APPARENTLY A DEER JUMPED AROUND AND TRAMPLED A COUPLE OF THE LADIES TENTS!! I SLEPT THROUGH IT FOR SOME CRAZY REASON,,, BUT THAT WAS THURSDAY IN THE EARLY MORNING,,,,I REALLY CAN NOT SLEEP IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH THE SUN RISING AND THE MORNING AIR OF THE COEUR D' ALENE LAKE. I GET THAT WAY IN THE MOUNTAINS,, REGARDLESS OF WHAT NUMBER OF HOURS OF SLEEP I GET,, IF IT IS THE EARLY MORNING DAWN,, I GET RESTLESS AND HAVE TO SKY UP. ANYWAYS..... I SIT HERE AT THE WELLNESS CENTER WISHING I COULD JUST RUN AND JUMP AND HIKE AND SWIM AND MOVE AND SWEAT...... I RAN THIS MORNING FROM COEUR D' ALENE LAKE WHERE WE ARE CAMPED AND AS I TOOK A DRINK OF MY STRAWBERRY LEMONADE I GOT FROM THE JULYAMSH POWWOW THIS MORNING I KNEW I WANTED TO RUN,,,,SO I TOOK MY TENT DOWN EARLY, AND GOT MY STUFF ORGANIZED ON THE ,,,, I SAW SOME COOL BIRDS DANCING ON THE ROAD BEFORE I GOT BACK.....
THE BETTER HALF OF THIS" PEOPLE OF THE BIG RIVER" TRIP, IS MOVING, NOT MOVING CAMP BUT MOVING OUR BODIES AND HIKING AND SWIMMING AND INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER. THE TEAMWORK AND HUMAN INTERACTION CAN NOT BE MATCHED WHEN COMPARED TO THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT THAT WE AS COLLEGE STUDENTS WILL RE-ENTER IN THE VERY VERY NEAR FUTURE... I AS A SEASONED STUDENT; ENTERING MY THIRD YEAR AT HERITAGE THIS COMING AUGUST HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT,,,,I WORK ON MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES WITHIN THE RESEARCH I UNDERTAKE....
I WILL RETURN TO THE YAKAMA VALLEY TOTALLY REFRESHED AND EXPERIENCED IN HANDS ON LEARNING.... HANDS ON HAS A NEW MEANING TO ME.....THERE IS SUCH A HUGE AND VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THINKING AND DOING......THINKING AND DOING CAN GO HAND IN HAND.....I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THINKING,,,DOING,,,PRAYING,,,WORKING AS A TEAM,,,LEARNING AND OVERCOMING CAN HAPPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY......THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT IS SO LIMITED NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT.....
SOME OF THE RESEARCH I HAVE DOVE INTO AS FAR AS READING SCHOLARLY AND PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES HAVE ALOT TO DO WITH PEDAGOGY AND ANDRAGOGY,,,,NATIVE WAYS OF KNOWING....THE THEORY AND SCIENCE OF HOW PEOPLE PRACTICE AND LEARN,,,,
HOW DO NATIVE PEOPLE LEARN THE BEST? HOW DO ADULTS LEARN THE BEST?
THE UNFORTUNATE TRUTH ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES EVERYWHERE,,,; AND WE HAVE NOTICED AND HEARD ABOUT IT ALL ALONG THE PEOPLE OF THE BIGRIVER TRIP,,,,,THE LOSS OF LANGUAGE WAS EXTREMELY EVIDENT AT EACH AND EVERY STOP AND HEARD IN THE VOICES OF EVERY SINGLE STOP FROM DESCHUTES TO COEUR D' ALENE.....FOR EXAMPLE AS I WALKED THROUGH THE POWWOW VENDORS AND TALKED TO THE POWWOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WERE SELLING JULYAMSH SHIRTS ;;;;THERE WAS A MAN AND WOMAN TALKING TO ME ABOUT THE POWWOW AND THE SHIRT DESIGNS THEY WERE SELLING,....
I COME TO ASK THEM ABOUT THE NATIVE LANGUAGE PHRASE PLACED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHIRT.....BOTH ADMITTED QUICKLY THAT THEY WERE BOTH ASHAMED AND SORRY THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PHRASE MEANT?? THEY ALSO MENTIONED THAT THEY HAD EVEN ASKED AROUND AND NOBODY THAT THEY ASKED KNEW THE LANGUAGE? VERY DIS-HEARTENING
THE METHOD AND PRACTICE OF TEACHING ADULTS (ANDROGOGY) HAS BEEN ON MY MIND ALL ALONG THIS TRIP.....HOW CAN WE TEACH OURSELVES (ADULT NATIVE AMERICANS STRUGGLING TO LEARN OUR OWN FORGOTTEN LANGUAGE) I HAVE A DEEP CONCERN WITH A HIGH HOPE THAT THIS CAN BE REMEDIED WITH INTERACTIONS LIKE THE ONES I HAVE FELT ALL ALONG THIS TRIP,,,,,THERE IS A CLOSENESS THAT I HAVE GAINED WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE ON THIS TRIP,,,,YOU GET CLOSER ,,,YOU KNOW PEOPLE,, ,YOU OPEN UP ,, ,YOU LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.....I WISH I HAD A STATEMENT TO MAKE OR A HYPOTHESES,,, IF I DID IT,, IT MIGHT GO SOMETHING LIKE THIS:
THE PATH TO RE-LEARNING THE LANGUAGE OF OUR PEOPLE, THE YAKAMA, WOULD INCLUDE VISITATION AND INTERACTIONS OF OUR YOUNG AND ADULT PEOPLE, NOT ONLY WITH OUR SACRED FOODS, BUT WITH OUR SACRED SPACES....IT IS CLEAR AND EVIDENT THAT THE MOST EFFICIENT LEARNING AND CREATIVE THINKING AMONGST NATIVE PEOPLE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FRESH AIR, ALONG THE RIVER AND STREAM BANKS WHILE WORKING TOWARDS PROTECTING WHAT PROTECTS US.
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