Native Americans: Growing Up A Native American

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Journal Entry 1: Native Americans. Growing up a Native American I had to learn about the things we did for this country. It was sad at first hearing about how my ancestors had to fight for the land they had first. My mom says they did not treat my family with much respect because we were not white, like the others. It really upsets me to think that we could not just shake hands and build this great country together. One of the things I learned, that was quite interesting, was that we, native Americans, have contributed a lot to the beginning of the United States of America. Especially more than any other minority that had come to the United States to start fresh. It is even said that we created somewhat of the boundaries for the United…show more content…
It really hurts that I have to stick up for my culture after founding this country. I cannot believe people have the audacity to say some of the things they say to me. One girl in my gym class said, “Why don’t you have long black hair?? You are native American Right?!” It was one of the worst things that has happened to me. I really wanted to just start crying but I could not, for my culture. Although we are still being looked down upon and degraded for the color of our skin, we have grown closer within our culture. What is cool to know though is that some of the people in my culture are writing books to tell our side of the story so people do not just hear one side. That is a great acknowledgement some people in my culture have made. I also think it is very brave of them to put effort into something that some people might not even believe or…show more content…
I found out a lot of information I never even knew about. Like how there are multiple tribes. I did not know there was more than just the Cherokee tribe. I belong to that tribe and we love our culture. We spend holidays like our ancestors and we even sometimes make food like they did, over a fire! My family is proud of where we came from and what he had to do to make it here in this amazing country. We are also proud to say that our culture had something to do with the foundation of our military and the United States of America in

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