1. Madelyn Dinger<br />November 24th 2010<br />HWLA period 5 <br />My life as an Apache<br />I am from the west of North America,<br />And where the days are desert hot.<br />I'm from the land where we worshiped Usen,<br />We praised, worshiped and gave him our thoughts.<br />My people have no organized religion, no holidays, nor a Sabbath,<br />But yet we still pray to Usen. <br />I am from the four day long fests,<br />We would invite over other tribes.<br />I am from the horse races, wrestling, gambling and foot races by day,<br />And we would dance, sing and feast by night. <br />I am from the place with no prisons or jails,<br />We would just ban the person from out plans.<br />I am from hunting the land for food on the prairies,<br />We would hunt buffalo, deer, antelope and elk. <br />I am from devoting hours to stalk a grazing deer to get our food.<br />I am from the planning and strategy,<br />So that once we target our food source, we wouldn't miss.<br />I am from using what we have, and not wasting a thing,<br />We would use everything we could from whatever we hunted.<br />I am from eating the meat and fat dried out or cooked.<br />I am from using the hides for our teepees. <br />I am from using the bones as musical instruments and utensils.<br />I am even from using the tail as a fly swatter!<br />I am from the land of equality,<br />Where no one could claim land,<br />Where my people lived together as one,<br />We live amongst each other in a clam, and helpful way.<br />I am place where no one had a face, <br />Because no one was taught to be vain,<br />For every one among us were all equal and the same.<br />I am from my mother and father and Usen,<br />I am from the Apache. <br /> <br />