Padilla, Regina. Personal Photo (2024) 

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.

What I learned reading this summary was that within all these 4 aspects of ourselves: the physical self, emotional self, thinking-intellectual self, and spiritual self. The physical self holds a special place in our lives, we depend on the environment for our survival. The emotional self helps connect us to a larger existence, it shapes how we see the world and what is important for us. Then, our intellectual self helps our ability to think creatively and to develop knowledge skills for new problems. Another thing could be moments and thoughts being triggered. Lastly was our spiritual self, helping to maintain a balanced community by connecting with their community and learning who they are and where they come from. Learning their tradition, hearing and interpreting all knowledge around them, and being able to think and store information. “Forming our communities, and it implies what our relationships are” (Armstrong p.462). The more they educate themselves about their tradition, the better they will understand their traditions and what their relationship is within their community.

Suina, Joseph “And I went to school” memories of a pueblo childhood,”. New Mexico Journal of Reading, Winter 1985, Vol. V, No.2.

Joe Suina, a Cochiti boy who lived with his grandmother and who attended boarding school.  This was Suinas first experience of boarding school, it took him weeks to get adjusted to the lifestyle. He was forced to leave his Indian culture at home, adjusting to only speaking English. He did not like being away from home and family; he felt embarrassed, had anxiety trying to speak the English language, felt ashamed of what he was becoming, and not being able to practice his culture. He had encountered the lifestyle of the white life, and the older he got further he felt away from what he was so much a part of. He longed for his family, tradition, dances, and culture, but had noticed the lifestyle of the white men was taking over his life during the time he spent at the boarding school. 

Toastie, B. “How place names impact the way we see landscape.” High Country News:    Know the West, 1 May 2022,     https://www.hcn.org/issues/54-5/people-places-how-place-names-impact-the-way-we-see-landscape/ 

Sacred locations reveal our true selves as Indigenous people and where we come from. All have legendary stories that reveal our indigenous sacrifices, such as eviction, relocation, and mistreatment. Explores place names and their impact on how we see and feel about different locations, including how names can bring up specific images, feelings, and ideas, influencing our understanding and connections with these places. Through different examples, the author shows how place names hold historical, cultural, and social meanings that can change our perceptions and experiences with them.

Parent neglect leads to struggles they face when raising American native children. Parent Neglect could affect the children, but parents would not be able to notice because of the treatment they face within parents. May cause to lead children down the road of something that could take their lives away. Other subjects of the struggles they face within their tribes and how parents and families are viewed in their environment. As well as the treatment they get from foster homes, policemen, humans, perspective, and how they are seen. But as said in this book, “Our children are a valuable resource and are the key to our future.” 

Creating a Parent Plan in New Mexico is complicated to deal with especially after a separation or divorce. A family must ensure they are okay and check in on their well-being. Parents need to be committed to prioritizing their child's development and practicing a child-centered approach. Visitation for parenting defines where a parent has to schedule for when time will be spent with that parent; negotiating time could be sensitive to either the parent or child. "Establishing a parenting plan in New Mexico is a crucial step to ensure the well-being of the children. Which is important to plan what is best for the children. In New Mexico, there are two types of custody: physical of how a child is living, and legal custody, where decisions are crucial for a child's life. 

This article talks about the importance of the emotions being encountered when dealing with parental absences. All emotional, physiological, and bad parenting affect children. Affects children through their self-confidence, depression, and mental problems, affects them academically, and also indicates how it is more likely to increase the likelihood of criminal behavior. Living in a home with neglect and abuse puts you on the road to having low self-confidence, anxiety, depression, and trust issues. "Children tend to pass on water they experience firsthand. The less cycle-breaking they have to do, the easier their futures. So it's best for "good" parenting to children at all ages in their lives. 

Parenting in Mexico is an important responsibility that in Mexico all children are taught to respect their parents, behave in public, and learn that "if you teach your children that family is forever, and not in a sense of once a year, then they'll also feel more connected to you during the years that they lived with you." Children in Mexico are an important piece in deciding whether it is work-related in a way. Children are allowed to be outside and just be left alone, letting them be kids. Which gives the parents more of a relaxing moment. "Parents care and don't let the iPad do the babysitting." Females in Mexico were more overprotected, and people said they were a bit rough, while others thought it was okay. Parents expected their kids and always taught them to be well-behaved, also included with them being well dressed made families more overprotective-especially of girls.