June 1st

Today all eleven of us piled into a fifteen passenger van and set out on our adventure to North Carolina.  I am very excited about this trip and all of the exciting things that we get to experience.  I am most excited for the Museum of Appalachia, the Museum of Cherokee Indian, and the Ocanaluftee Indian Village.  My apprehensions about the trip include being attacked by venomous snakes, venomous spiders, and accidently insulting the Cherokee natives.  I am excited to meet the Native American peoples and I am excited to learn about their culture.  I have found from my previous information gathering that the native people unfortunately live in remote isolation and poverty.  I feel that it was an amazing opportunity for our class to raise awareness back at home, in order to gather donations for the children in this region.  I have learned that the native people to this region take pride in their tribe and what their tribe has accomplished, will accomplish.  I think that I do not have many bias or prejudice of the native peoples to this region.  I am honestly worried that I will say the wrong thing or make a wrong joke because I am nervous.  It will not be intentional if I offend any of the Native Cherokee Indian.