For our culture project, my group and I have selected the Shoshone Indians as the culture we want to gain more information on and write about.  I am very excited about the prospect of it as I've always had a love for Native American culture and traditions.  Many of the things we have learned so far have been familiar to me.  I know a lot of history of the various tribes.  I did not expect to be surprised by any of the information we were able to find without digging a little deeper.

Something I did learn, however, was that the Shoshone tribe was located a lot further north than I thought they were.  I did not realize they lived a lot closer to where I am.  It makes me excited to go to museums and see more of their history and artifacts than I have before.  I also was not aware that Sacagawea, the Native American who led the famous explorers Lewis and Clark, was a part of the Shoshone tribe.  I thought that was a really neat fact.

Sacagawea.
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I think that what I learned from the information that we have gathered so far is that you cannot assume you know everything about a particular person or culture.  There will always be new things to learn and I have to be open to learning them.  I cannot walk into a room and expect I have all the pertinent knowledge I need to care for a person.  It is an ongoing relationship of trust and care and I need to let that relationship evolve rather than staying stagnant based off what I already know.

I really enjoy everything I have learned about the Shoshone tribe so far.  I think they had a wonderful way of life and knew how to appreciate what they had.  They worked hard and lived well.  I will always have an appreciation for all Native American tribes and look forward to learning more about the Shoshone tribe.