My American Indian LifeDiary Entry By Sydney Tillman

Me, Myself , And Tribe

Hi my name is Lomasi that means pretty flower in indian and I am from the Seneca tribe and I am

apart of the iriquois nation

And this is my story…

The sounds of natureI see my dad working on our lonhouses and

my uncle and my friends dad and many more people working on our longhouse. I kept on hearing so many bangs and clanks and cablamo I couldn’t hear the wonder sounds of nature. Why with my mom working on the farm and my dad working on our longhouse there is nowhere to have fun and relaxation with all the scraping sound from the hoe and the bang from the hammer there is no peace and quiet around here I need more awesome sounds of nature. Eww I stepped in bear poop. Now I have to wash my moccassins. AGAIN

The earth inside our houseI smell a great smell inside our house. The ground is uncomfortable because we have very rocky land and we haven’t got flooring yet and there’s a tree so in my space I have no privacy because that stupid tree gosh doesn’t every one want privacy. But when I see my mom over pacing around she was probally thinking whats for dinner but it sounds silly when you think of for dinner is having a good meal funny my mom cant think of something good to eat I was walking up to her then I tripped on on a rock and it hurt and I fell on my worm even though I rather have another but if I don’t eat all my food Ill give it too my pet worm even though I rather give the worm the scraps and its less work.I think my worm died. RIP buddy

Eating differently then my family ,tribe etc.

My brother and my dad sit at our carved table as my mother stirs the rice and beans but even though I have cooked deer in front of me I just don’t want it it just doest taste good to me but everyone in the tribe loves it they will put it in everything it feels like I would just ask my mom to be excused or see if my dad or my brother wants it. They will swallow it down like hogs. I cant stand them doing that I really just don’t want to do anything and just go to sleep. We eat our food late because everyone in the tribe is always asleep or in the bed I don’t care if I don’t eat anything I just want to go to bed.

No canoeing for me Its not Fair .My brother Ahote gets to go canoeing in the rain and its cold because its spring My father PROMISED me to go canoeing FIVE months ago do you think that’s fair every little brother gets his way and I have to make masks even though I like doing that but canoeing and fishing even though it’s a boy thing its still fun its not fair I’m going to have to be home alone while my mom works in the field and I will be playing with my playing with my corn husk doll because today I don’t feel like making mask for our tribe. Or I might play lacrosse I don’t know but Ill find something to do.

A blizzard is coming to townI see dark grey clouds in the sky and many people are heading inside and closing their doors I knew it was a snow storm we all were in the house with my uncle my aunt cousins and a few of my friends. I was hoping that it wasn’t going to last long but I was wrong we were in there for hours and ours until midday it lasted most of the day but my mom let me pull out my sled so it would be a snow day. This is going to be awesome . I put on my jacket and my moccasins and I went outside for many hours playing with my friend see you guys later.

Wondering afterI look at my parents grave I am wondering what will happen now My parent were attacked by these white men I think that I wont be able to survive now. Being alone in the woods with some people of the tribe I don’t know look in sorrow. Many of them were killed trying to attack but I think it will be ok I have to move out my house into someonelses today. I cant live alone by myself our leader red jacket said that he would take any child into care. I am one of those kids. So I have to pack up all my things today. Im am g going to take everything I can in the next two hours .

EvaluationWhat I have learned about this project about the Seneca Indian tribe. I thought it was fun gaining more knowledge about my tribe. What I really like about this assignment is how it is a diary entry it is one of my perspective because I like first person point of view. I disliked that my computer bassicaly lost all my work so I was ahead so now I am behind. So I have realized that if I focus I can get back on track because some days I can type an entry some days one and a half. But for now I know I should either use a flash drive or Google Docs. So my work will save but overall this is one of my favorite projects I have done all year.

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