1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic-climate
2.http://www.everyculture.com/North-America/Haida-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html
3.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haida_people
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Diary of Amitola/Free Choice Entry
Dear Diary,
Today my family had a potlach because my sister got married yesterday. This potlach will go on for 3 weeks. I am already sick from all the food that I ate. My brother and father will go fishing tonight for tomorrow's dinner. I wish I could go with them but father won't let me go. Mother asked me to help with dinner.
See you soon,
Amitola
Dearest Diary,
My grandfather has passed away and I am feeling very sad. Tomorrow we will take him to the Land Of The Souls. Our canoe can fit four people and my grandmother would like to come so we are inviting my aunts, Asdza and Aponi to go on with my grandmother. We will canoe out to the mountain and give his soul to the Land Of The Souls and prey that he will be reincarnated. I am getting to sad to write.
I will let you know how the trip goes later,
Amitola
Dearest Diary,
The Land Of The Souls was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. We let my grandfather go after we all prayed. It was like a professional ceremony. I miss my grandfather a lot and I hope he comes back. He was a highly-ranked man so now we have to have two potlaches in a row. In three days mother says that we will make a totem pole for him. I think I am going to ask father to carve a fish because grandfather loved to fish and there are so many around here. My family is extremely artistic and I love to paint the totem poles. We are thinking about making a new totem pole at the entrance of our house and maybe carving my grandfathers face on it. Life is ok right now besides the fact that my grandfather is gone so now I don't have stories to listen to at night. I am very depressed so I won't be writing for a while.
Till then,
Amitola
Today my family had a potlach because my sister got married yesterday. This potlach will go on for 3 weeks. I am already sick from all the food that I ate. My brother and father will go fishing tonight for tomorrow's dinner. I wish I could go with them but father won't let me go. Mother asked me to help with dinner.
See you soon,
Amitola
Dearest Diary,
My grandfather has passed away and I am feeling very sad. Tomorrow we will take him to the Land Of The Souls. Our canoe can fit four people and my grandmother would like to come so we are inviting my aunts, Asdza and Aponi to go on with my grandmother. We will canoe out to the mountain and give his soul to the Land Of The Souls and prey that he will be reincarnated. I am getting to sad to write.
I will let you know how the trip goes later,
Amitola
Dearest Diary,
The Land Of The Souls was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. We let my grandfather go after we all prayed. It was like a professional ceremony. I miss my grandfather a lot and I hope he comes back. He was a highly-ranked man so now we have to have two potlaches in a row. In three days mother says that we will make a totem pole for him. I think I am going to ask father to carve a fish because grandfather loved to fish and there are so many around here. My family is extremely artistic and I love to paint the totem poles. We are thinking about making a new totem pole at the entrance of our house and maybe carving my grandfathers face on it. Life is ok right now besides the fact that my grandfather is gone so now I don't have stories to listen to at night. I am very depressed so I won't be writing for a while.
Till then,
Amitola
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Navajo and the Red Berries/Narrative Entry
Once there was a boy named Navajo, he was a young man who was living with his mother named Omusa and his father Agwe. Navajo was very sad that he was living with his parents but he still loved them. He was sad he was living with them because when he was younger he wished that at this age he would all ready have a young, beautiful and kind wife with children who were very loving and carring. This wish did not come true and Navajo wasn't sure it ever would. Everybody was so suprised when they heard that he was not married because Navajo was very handsome. Every unmarried women loved Navajo and wished he loved them back but he didnn't. Navajo was very aware of the fact that all the young girls had a crush on him but he hated the thought of even being with them because all they cared about was looking their best and they were very self-centered. Navajo wanted a women who was kind, carring, loving, and all the other good things but he could not find a women who met up to his ecspectations.
One day Navajo went to the woods to find some Black Berries. When he stoped at the river to get a drink he saw the most beautiful women he had ever seen. Her long Silky Black Hair draped down her back like a curtain. Her eyes sparkled like the shiny lake that she was dipping her feet into.
"Hello" said Navajo "I don't mean to disturb you" Navajo said more strongly and manly.
"Oh, you're fine." the girl's silky but startled voice spread through out the woods."Please, stay" she said more lady like
"Thank you" Navajo replied. "Where have you come from" Navajo asked, now sounding like himself.
"I have just joined the Haida tribe" she replied. "My family used to be Nomads" she said happily sounding proud.
" I am in the Haida tribe as well" Navajo said happy as ever.
A yellow bird landed in her hands. The bird was injured and had fallen from the sky.
"Oh poor bird" the girl said sounding very sympathetic.
Navajo expected her to drop the bird in disgust as any other girl would've done from his tribe. But she didn't, she carefully put the bird on the ground and gave care to it. Navajo went over to her to help.
"May I help you" Navajo said.
"Sure" the girl replied
"Whats your name?" Navajo asked
"My name is Aiyana" she replied
"I thought you were going to dro-" Navajo tried to say.
"P the Bird" Aiyana interrupted. "I know, all the boys from my old tribe made fun of me, they said I should just worry about being pretty."
"Yeah I know how you fe-, I mean the girls in our tribe only care about that." Navajo said.
Then they got the bird to fly again and they shared stories about how ridiculous the girls could get and how annoying they could be. Both Aiyana and Navajo felt a feeling they had not felt before. The feeling of love. After they had talked for a very long time they headed their separate ways but they promised to meet the same place and same time tommarow. They were both so in love.
When Navajo was on his way home so happy he wanted yell he noticed bushes of Black Berries that looked very very sad. So he sat down next to the berries feeling bad for them. Then he stood up and screamed, "Let every one and every thing feel the feeling of love. May they turn red for that is the color of love and that is what I feel."
Then the sad Black Berries turned red and shiny like Navajo's heart beating so fast from the impact of Aiyana. That is why Berries are red.
One day Navajo went to the woods to find some Black Berries. When he stoped at the river to get a drink he saw the most beautiful women he had ever seen. Her long Silky Black Hair draped down her back like a curtain. Her eyes sparkled like the shiny lake that she was dipping her feet into.
"Hello" said Navajo "I don't mean to disturb you" Navajo said more strongly and manly.
"Oh, you're fine." the girl's silky but startled voice spread through out the woods."Please, stay" she said more lady like
"Thank you" Navajo replied. "Where have you come from" Navajo asked, now sounding like himself.
"I have just joined the Haida tribe" she replied. "My family used to be Nomads" she said happily sounding proud.
" I am in the Haida tribe as well" Navajo said happy as ever.
A yellow bird landed in her hands. The bird was injured and had fallen from the sky.
"Oh poor bird" the girl said sounding very sympathetic.
Navajo expected her to drop the bird in disgust as any other girl would've done from his tribe. But she didn't, she carefully put the bird on the ground and gave care to it. Navajo went over to her to help.
"May I help you" Navajo said.
"Sure" the girl replied
"Whats your name?" Navajo asked
"My name is Aiyana" she replied
"I thought you were going to dro-" Navajo tried to say.
"P the Bird" Aiyana interrupted. "I know, all the boys from my old tribe made fun of me, they said I should just worry about being pretty."
"Yeah I know how you fe-, I mean the girls in our tribe only care about that." Navajo said.
Then they got the bird to fly again and they shared stories about how ridiculous the girls could get and how annoying they could be. Both Aiyana and Navajo felt a feeling they had not felt before. The feeling of love. After they had talked for a very long time they headed their separate ways but they promised to meet the same place and same time tommarow. They were both so in love.
When Navajo was on his way home so happy he wanted yell he noticed bushes of Black Berries that looked very very sad. So he sat down next to the berries feeling bad for them. Then he stood up and screamed, "Let every one and every thing feel the feeling of love. May they turn red for that is the color of love and that is what I feel."
Then the sad Black Berries turned red and shiny like Navajo's heart beating so fast from the impact of Aiyana. That is why Berries are red.
The Haida Tribe's Life/Research Entry
The Haida Tribe is a tribe located in the Pacific Northwest area. They have unique ways of doing things, such as worshiping animals, and believing that animals could transform into humans. Their religion was to pray to animals for help. Animals were there idols. For religious ceremonies such as dances, high ranked men hosted these events.Also for being highly-ranked you would have a good after life.The Haida people believed in strongly in reincarnation so, whenever a highly-ranked person died they would take their soul to the Land Of The Souls and put it in to be reincarnated. Also for the highly-ranked people a potlach was held for them, which is a feast of celebration that goes on for several days. Besides the potlach a totem pole was made in their honor. For the nobles after life they were buried separate from the commoners and there was no potlach or totem pole in their honor. The slaves were thrown into the sea and they were not important.
The Haida tribe mostly ate anything they could find in the body of water around them. Such as Dried Salmon, Shellfish, Whales, Clams, Barnacles and Scallops. When they caught Salmon they would hang it all year and wait till it became Dried Salmon. Then after that they would eat it. The Haida Tribe did not usually eat the animals on land around them so most of their supplies came from the body of water around them.
The Haida/Pacific Northwest area had a very nice climate. They had warm but not hot summers. They also had cool but not cold winters. It was very nice living in that place at that time because you had nice temperatures mostly all the time. The had narrow and annual ranges of temperature's all year. They had very relaxing weather.
For entertainment there was potlaches held for special events such as marriages or the finishing of a house. Potlaches lasted for several days and they were lots of fun and when there was a potlach held instead of the guests giving the host a present the host must give the guests a valuble present. In the Haida tribe the potlaches were like a competition. Who's would be the most expensive? Who's would be the largest? This was how they showed their wealth but it was also a way to entertain themselves. Another way they would entertain themselves was by having dance performances hosted by highly-ranked men. Even though a lot of tribes have a main spot where their performances would be held, the Haida tribe did not.
The Haida tribe had special types of houses called the Large House. The Large Houses were made of Cedar trees and Spruce trees. To symbolize or show the family's history large totem poles were placed at the entrances of their houses. The totem poles were also made out of Cedar trees. On the totem pole there was not just the family's history, there was animals which represented the animals around them. In the Haida tribe there is two separate clans. One clan is called the Ravens and the other the Eagles. When a Raven is born it must marry an Eagle when it grows up. That is the same for the Eagles except the Eagles must marry a Raven. The Haida's language was known as the Na-Dene languages. The Haida culture has a lot of different characteristics.
The Haida tribe mostly ate anything they could find in the body of water around them. Such as Dried Salmon, Shellfish, Whales, Clams, Barnacles and Scallops. When they caught Salmon they would hang it all year and wait till it became Dried Salmon. Then after that they would eat it. The Haida Tribe did not usually eat the animals on land around them so most of their supplies came from the body of water around them.
The Haida/Pacific Northwest area had a very nice climate. They had warm but not hot summers. They also had cool but not cold winters. It was very nice living in that place at that time because you had nice temperatures mostly all the time. The had narrow and annual ranges of temperature's all year. They had very relaxing weather.
For entertainment there was potlaches held for special events such as marriages or the finishing of a house. Potlaches lasted for several days and they were lots of fun and when there was a potlach held instead of the guests giving the host a present the host must give the guests a valuble present. In the Haida tribe the potlaches were like a competition. Who's would be the most expensive? Who's would be the largest? This was how they showed their wealth but it was also a way to entertain themselves. Another way they would entertain themselves was by having dance performances hosted by highly-ranked men. Even though a lot of tribes have a main spot where their performances would be held, the Haida tribe did not.
The Haida tribe had special types of houses called the Large House. The Large Houses were made of Cedar trees and Spruce trees. To symbolize or show the family's history large totem poles were placed at the entrances of their houses. The totem poles were also made out of Cedar trees. On the totem pole there was not just the family's history, there was animals which represented the animals around them. In the Haida tribe there is two separate clans. One clan is called the Ravens and the other the Eagles. When a Raven is born it must marry an Eagle when it grows up. That is the same for the Eagles except the Eagles must marry a Raven. The Haida's language was known as the Na-Dene languages. The Haida culture has a lot of different characteristics.
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