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June 3, 2019

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June 3, 2019
         
        Today, we had our orientation at the Cherokee Indian Hospital and I loved it.  My first impression that I found of the Cherokee individuals are that they love to teach other individuals about their culture and history.  It is very interesting to hear these individuals and their stories, especially because they love to tell them to individuals, like us.  Something that I found interesting about the Cherokee culture was that these individuals had a seven tiered bowl that the each tribe smoke out of their certain tribes tier.  If the wrong tribe were to smoke out of the wrong tier, they would get in trouble for it.  Their tobacco that they smoked was also very toxic and if it would get into their lungs, it would kill them instantly.  I found that these individuals value their families and I feel that I value my family just like them.  I would be lost without them.  This cultures heritage is integrated into the children in the community because they have a school that is strictly the Cherokee language to help teach the children the Cherokee language once again, to help bring it back.  I really like this idea because the language is not around that much anymore and with this school, it helps the children at a young age to be able to learn more about it.  While at the Indian Village, they had mentioned that some of the high schoolers were working at the village.  This was a great thing for these students and one of our  awesome tour guides was a senior in high school.  While at the Indian Village, we also were able to do an Friendship Indian Dance.  WaHoo AaHoo!!!

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  1. Nursing Instructor LGJune 3, 2019 at 9:57 PM

    Alexa,
    I am glad to see that some of your fear of wondering if the Cherokee would be welcoming or not is now a thing of the past. It was definitley a most educational and interesting day. You have the trait of perseverence and humor, these are fabulous life qualities.

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