people moved into america, it was empty, and we are far from empty. one textbook picture of what a native american looks like and that is not how it is today. the common stereotypes. how? yeah, how. americans walk around on eggshells. like, what do we call you guys? we only want to have a seat at the table. we do not want anything more. you just don t want i would have to create space, opportunity for young people to know that there is hope. to most, this is the city of seattle. for me, this is joe amish land. my name is alyssa london. i grew up here, but i m a proud member of the indian tribe of alaska. as an alaskan native, my native identity includes as everything i do. as an msnbc contributor, entrepreneur, and former miss alaska usa. alaska airlines flew me to washington, but i m not here to be in seattle. i m on my way across the puget sound. we are really moving! to the suquamish tribal nation. these are the plans of chief seattle, a suqua
i know your hat is from indian art market. well, the thing about the hat, i bought it at the santa fe market. i will tell you, going into santa fe mark it was an absolutely fantastic. i had to buy another suitcase. that s why we go to the indian market. jane? the cool thing is i don t we are usually shooting on movies. so, i had this and i ve never worn it. but as a place when, and i felt like i had done some sort of bead work on because we love our beadwork. okay, what do you think? it s beautiful. i tried to steal it from her. yeah, trying it on and then why is it important as native women to wear our culture so visibly in our outfits? i think it s just to make ourselves proud because so many years, we were ashamed of who we were, you know? you think of what our family went through and they couldn t dress like this, and we can now with pride. you can t just go to walmart and buy one of these. and ali, i see you are
is that a drug reference? what is going on on? am i at a wolf convention? did being a mother of 4 i will legitimate children from six dads make it easier to compete in pageants? it did. they hand sewed all of the bead work to my gown. you can save a lot on labor which is great. i understand the whole being a dad and the kid and the pressure is on. however, he means he has the gold waiting for him at home so he does president feel the pressure to win it because it gives him perspective in life. that s what it is. it is context. if you have the gold at home, you don t need the gold out there. i would like to speak for the single community. i don t think you should. those of us who don t have to hunt for hour food they say
i come back and my cellie s already at work. i clean. i get ready about 8:00, 8:30. i have to go to school for prerelease. after school gets out about 2:30 my friend gets out of pai and we run laps and squats and sit-ups and do 100 burpies. after that, i kick back, watch tv for a little bit and after chow i come back and i ll either do some beadwork or i ll watch tv, but usually i do some bead work and about 7:00, i go to night yard. and that s my time to just go out and walk around. after yard i got tv programs that are from 9:00 to 11:00 i like to watch. i ve been beading for about a year. trying to learn all i can about different stitches. it s very intricate. one mistake you have to take the whole thing apart. this is the most recent one i made. it s a bear claw. a little thunderbird in here.
at 8:00, 8:30, i have to go to school for pre-release. after school gets out about 2:30, my friend gets out of pia. then we usually run about six laps. we do squats and sit-ups and 100 burpees. after that, i ll kick back, watch tv for a little bit. and after chow, i ll come back and do some bead work or watch tv. usually, i do bead work. about 7:00 we go to night yard and that s my time to go out and walk around. after yard i have tv programs on from 9:00 to 11:00 that i like to watch. i ve been beading for about a year, trying to learn all i can about different stitches. it s very intricate. one mistake you have to take the whole thing apart sometimes. this is the most recent one i made. it s a bear claw. it s a little thunderbird in here. it takes me out of here. it relaxes me. it s a good pastime. when i came to prison, i left behind a pregnant wife, mother of my son.