Knowing My Culture with Charles Hunter

I think that’s a big thing it comes from the home and then you know with your identity who you are I know my growing up might like I said my uh my dad would always you know you know who you are you know where you’re from not to say it you know bragging both the way but you know you know where you’re from you know what tribe you are you know what clan you are you know what society member you are and I think that coming from home was is a big deal as I said I was fortunate enough to have that kids nowadays we have a lot that are not coming from a you know a single or two-parent home or you know some might be in and out of foster homes different all the difference there but I think if they can understand that you know hey I am a tribal member or I am from this family line they you know their families help connect with them and understand their you know what tribes are what their culture start learning languages letter learning well there’s a lot of different things I think I take into consideration with that myself growing up my I had a grandma that lived with me she spoke fluently I did take advantage of that today I kind of regret that like Jerome was saying you know throw another language I heard it every day I was fortunate enough to hear the Adhan language I took the class in school asked my grandma in the morning how to say his sentence and remembered a lot of it then but after I left I didn’t keep it or carried on so I kind of kind of doubted myself about that for a lot of years you know recrawl language as well through songs and different stuff I kind of forget some words here and there and takes me awhile I don’t have my father here anymore to ask him what this it was the word in his song again and I have a few uncles that are kind of gone now that helped me lock that so when I think of my age group with the identities we know where Native American we know we’re from Fort Berthold or whatever reservation what tries with our but you know there’s more to it or what about were you from what about what tribe you know learn you know if you can learn a story from like you said you know everything it cost something but it’s not I guess you say not a price you’re paying you’re you’re getting you’re paid for something to learn for the rest of your life knowledge you’re going to keep pass on so I take that where identity you know an eyes myself if I could share something with not only my kids my nephews nieces you know other students had asked you know family members and I’m I do that a lot I guess I’m fortunate enough that if they do ask me and I can remember it I’m pretty forgetful too but so I’m thankful for that I learned you know not on its head identity but I learned you know my culture my way of life that my parents learned their parents and on and on and so we get together if like we’re sitting around we ask each other hey do you remember this or this and it’s always good it takes me a while to remember stuff I know Charlie kind of looks at me kind of gives me a crazy look here and they’re like I can’t remember stuff but that helps everyday it helps more than in the school setting I think you know your kids it coming in now you know they’re they might not you know I might see something and curious and I think that should be a big thing where they’re curious about it yeah ask about it you know if we can help that’s that’s our job