By Jeannette Armstrong

The author is trying to get us to find ourselves. She talks about her own personal experience. She says that there are 4 parts to us. In my opinion, I like the physical self. I say this because there are two quotes: the first being, "It is our great gift of existence." The next one is, "Okanagans teach that the body is Earth itself. They both really hit me because sometimes we forget to be thankful for our existence. My grandma always told me that the creator put us on this world for a reason, and we just have to find what it is. Another thing is that we are on borrowed time; she is trying to say live life to the fullest. Have no doubts or dont regret anything because you only live this life once.

Armstrong, Jeanette. 1996 "Sharing One Skin: The Okanagan Community" Pp.     460-470 in Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith (eds.), The Case Against the Global Economy, San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books.

By Joe Suina

I really enjoyed this article. I relate to it in some ways. It really goes back to when natives were punished for engaging in any activities related to their culture. Then you end up losing all of who you are and where you come from. One of the quotes that really hit me was, "How I wished I could understand other things in school just as well." He wants to be like all the "white" people in school. He wants to be like everyone else. What other choice does he have? Another quote would have to be,  "My Super Indian self-image was no longer intact." He is losing himself and who he was because of that school. He's forgetting who he once was because that's what school was trying to do then.

Suina, Joe. (1985). And then I went to school: Memories of a Pueblo childhood.  New Mexico Journal of Reading, 5(2).

By B. Toastie

Reading this article, I really liked it. The one quote that really stood out to me was, "Water has spirit, introduce yourself, approach it respectfully, it will help you." It really hit me because it just reminds me of the dances at home. You dont go and disrespect things or people. I was taught to always be respectful, no matter what. Also, there was a quote having to do with how people basically just make up things about indigenous people. I feel that because it's like, why are they doing that? The things they say about indigenous people, half the time aint even true. I would like to know what or where they get this fake information from.

Oaster B. 'Toastie'. "How place names impact the way we see landscape." High Country News, 24 Jan. 2024

-American Immigration Council

In this article it talks about how there are worksite raids by the U.S immigration authorities began in the 1980s. It began after the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. That made it illegal to hire undocumented workers. Since then the enforcement has shifted over time. Large raids went up under President George W. Bush. It shifted to a quieter employer audits under the President Obama. Then it just went back up again during the Trump administration. In my opinion I think that it shouldn't be illegal that immigrants are trying to find a job and trying to fix themselves to get a better life. They came here for a reason why are we trying to push them away.

"Understanding ICE Raids at American Workplaces - American Immigration Council." American Immigration Council, 9 Oct. 2025

-U.S Customs and Border Protection

While reading, they discuss how the history of U.S. border security demonstrates its evolution. From a small group of mounted watchmen in the early 1900s to a big group of people. which is known as ICE or U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP).  I just really hate how things have changed. We went from getting them for doing something bad or just for when they got in trouble. Now they are going after anyone, no matter who they are or if they look different. They want to assimilate everyone. That's why they are trying to remove everyone and take them "back to where they belong."

Border Patrol History| U.S Customs and Border Protection

-USAFacts

This article talks about how ICE is a U.S federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security. Its mission is to enforce immigration laws. Also to detain and remove unathorized immigartns. They are also threats to the U.S security. Taking people "back to where they're from." When yet some are actually from the U.S. At this point they are going just for anyone. which like i have been always saying before it's so dumb because they are trying to come here and get a better life.

USAFacts."What is ICE and What Does It Do?" USAFacts, 21 Mar. 2025

-Jasmine R. Hernandez & Heather J. H. Edgar

The article examines migrant deaths in southern New Mexico. It focuses on what is known and unknown about deaths along migration routes. It talks about how increased border enforcement has pushed migrants into remote areas. Which then leads to a rise in fatalities and places a growing strain on New Mexico’s Office of the Medical Investigator, while emphasizing the need for better data, resources, and more humane policies. In my opinion i think it was just so crazy how this was happening without some of us even knowing. i didnt know this until i read the article. It is so bad that New Mexico is a state that has so many deaths. it espesically has to be immigrants or even native americans. This world is such a sad and cruel place. 

Hernandez, J. R., & Edgar, H. J. H. (2024). Migrant Deaths in New Mexico: What is Known; What is Unknown. Journal on Migration and Human Security, 12(3), 226–242. 

- Mustafa Sagir & Stephen T. Mockabee

The article discusses whether Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign influenced public attitudes toward immigration.  The researchers find that overall opinions on immigration did not shift much between 2012 and 2016. Instead of persuading people to change their views, Trump’s campaign message mainly activated and reinforced existing anti-immigration attitudes. It is especially among conservative voters, due to the media attention on immigration. In my opinion i felt that in other people's eyes it didn't really change or impact people, but it did for the 'imigrants'. They are the ones who have to put up with all that Trump says, all the rules that he puts up for whoever it's toward. It has affected people even more now; it is all over the news or people post about it on social media. i really dislike what Trump has done to this world. I feel as if he just made the world so much worse, but that's just my opinion.

Sagir, M., & Mockabee, S. T. (2022). Public attitudes toward immigration: Was there a Trump effect? American Politics Research, 51(3), 381–396. 

-Mentzelopoulou, M. M. & Nefeli Barlaoura

This article explains that, under EU law, the detention of migrants (the restriction of their freedom of movement by a Member state) is supposed to be used only as a last-resort measure, after an individual assessment, and based on the principles of necessity and proportionality under international human rights and EU law. It also discusses how detention fits into return procedures, which Member States should consider before resorting to detention. This article connects to the U.S becuase they both are a part of their border and asylum system. I just hate how similar the EU is to the U.S. They both have the same procedure for detaining migrants. They seem so different, yet are closely the same in how they do things with or about immigrants.

Mentzelopoulou, M. M. & Nefeli Barlaoura. (2023b). Detention of migrants: A measure of last resort. In EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service (Report PE 753.926)

-Policy Detention

This article talks about how Australia's immigration detention policy requires all non-citizenswithtout a valid visa to be detained with no distinction between adults and kids. The Inquiry found that this system fails to comply with international human rights standards.  Especially those in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the childrens. Serious concerns about prolonged and indefinite detention and inadequate consideration of individual circumstances and best interests. While reading this, it honestly made me feel frustrated and sad at the same time. It's just hard to believe that people, org even kids can be locked up. Just because they dont have the right visa, and sometimes you dont know what's going on or what to do. It hurts to wonder how those people feel, what and how they have to live. This world is such a cruel place now.  

Policy Detention. "6. Australias immigration Detention Policy and Practice | Australian Human Rights Commission."

-CGTN America

The video talks about how Mexico has increased efforts to stop and deport undocumented migrants within its borders and those trying to go into the U.S. They are trying to plan for large-scale deportations and increased enforcement through checkpoints and National Guard deployments. The idea is being pressured onto them from regional immikgration polices and shifting asylum procedures. Watching the video made me feel so sad. It made me realize how much people go through. It's so easy for people to record everything and then just give it a title without doing anything. Without cameras, you see people trying to better themselves. That's kinda what my family is going through, and theyre trying to better themselves day by day. 

CGTN America. "Mexico Ramps up Crackdown on Undocumented Migration." Youtube, 10 Apr. 2025