“Sharing One Skin: The Okanagan Community”

"Sharing one skin" is about the Okanagan tribe. They talked about how the land and community is important to them. And how they have words in the language but they do not have a way to say it in english. There is a main person that really explains the whole story. The main person that talks in the story is Jeanette Armstrong. So in a way if you think of it she is also talking about identity. And in the story there are different words that really mean something. The words are the physical self, the emotional self, the thinking-intellectual, and the spirit self. She tals about how important land and life is.

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

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“How place names impact the way we see landscape”

In the article written about how the names of places connect with us, Toastie says "Place names and the stories behind them define how we perceive and connect to landscape." The article goes on that many of the sacred sites have two sets of names. Many of these places have stories and when they have two names the story gets lost. People outside the

Research Log 2

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The first article I read was about how Native children were taken away from their home.We were taken away from our family and culture for a little while. Native kids were taken away from their home and had to go to boarding school. They lost that connection with their family, community, and culture. They were forced to leave and they were all alone. They had to learn new ways and a whole different kind of lifestyle. All those little kids were probably scared they didn't have any mom, dad, siblings, and grandparents. At this point in time it is horrible not knowing where you are or what to do.

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Then the second article I picked was about the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) 1978. In 1978, the Federal Government enacted The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). The law was a response to the high number of indigenous children placed out of home caused by the social services lack of cultural sensitivity and hash assimilation of Native American families into the dominant society (George, 1997). Family and community belonging are important aspects of Native American culture; 2) oppression and colonization had a negative impact on family, community, and tribal relations; and (3) social work has an obligation to restore family, community, and tribal relations. Social work has a responsibility to connect culture, trauma, and resolution.

Action Plan 1

On November 11th , 2022 I had my action plan during lunch in mst-2. I had invited Mrs. Terrie Chavarria to talk a little about what she does and how it works in her community. She is from the pueblo of Santa Clara. Mrs. Chavarria works with the Santa Clara Social Services Foster Care Program. There was about 12 students and 3 teachers that had came to the presentation.