Morning Message: Erik
If you keep an
open mind, the world will open itself to you.
Journal: Katelyn
After waking up
and drinking my morning coffee- I mean coffees, we had a brief meeting and most
were off to Blackfeet duties. Gale, Robin and Barbara went to the library right
after the meeting. My aunt, Ally, Eric and I went to both the souvenir shops in
town and came home with a postcard and 3 sweet grasses. Afterwards, Eileen
headed to her task to help come up with a campaign for financial motivation.
Ginny took the rest of us to the supermarket to pick up 21 cases of water. We
knew the day would go well when 2 workers put all the cases of water in the
back of the van. We then headed to help Candy pass out food at the Tribal
Council inauguration. We all watched as the council spoke- some spoke about how
they would change the Blackfeet world and others just spoke a lot. It was a
very interesting experience for many of us to watch, mostly because it was very
different from how our government operates. It was very interesting for me to
hear what the council had to say and how they felt about both our government as
well as "our people." It was also strange to see all the heckling
about the corruption in the council. When the meeting adjourned, we all very
quickly set up 2 separate lines for food and each of us took an item and served
it in an assembly line.
It went by very quickly and we were left with much
food- although the most valuable item (corn) ran out. We then chomped down on
loads of food until Ginny and the others came to pick us up. Barbara, Bonnie,
Karen, Gale and Robin went to the Museum and some shops while the rest of us
headed back home to camp. A few short hours later, our crew was picked up by
Cary Deboo, but Barbara and Bonnie decided to hit the town.
After a gruesome
drive down the miles of driveway (I do not think any of us took Loraine's
warning to heart), we arrived and were fitted to the horses by Cary's husband
Chuck. I was last to hop on my horse, Jake and found out he was originally
named "Jack" then nicknamed "Jackass" then he came around
and was renamed Jake. He was an interesting horse- Ginny suggested Chuck had
placed the horses by personality and thinking about it, Jake and I were
definitely matched well. Ally and Robins horse loved each other’s behinds, mine
and Ginny's horse (perfectly named Chief) were attached by the nose to behind,
Kate and her horse were very complimentary of each other, Karen was able to
find answers to many of her cultural questions, Eileen didn't fall off, Mary
made a perfect mount onto her horse and Erik looked like a knight in shining
armor whisking away from the group. When we got to the beautiful rocks up on a
mountain, Erik and I went rock climbing and were able to get some awesome
pictures. All in all, the horseback riding and the landscape at the ranch were
spectacular.
Cary had a wonderful meal with fresh cut hamburgers from their own
collection of cattle and delicious dessert. I had my hour limit of playing with
children while the rest talked with the family aside a campfire. After a 15
minute, 13 person roller-coaster and an even longer, but smoother drive home we
all went to bed.
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