775 - all about me 👌💯🔥

Hakanni memme? Ne Adam Nalley mai nanihante, ne Tokkapatih naite. Ne seemayente woosewihte man to’inkanna tomohkante. Ne pia Melinda Bear mai nanihante ma’ai nen kaku Valerie Dick nanihante. Ne tsooneweh naappeh Daisy Harney ma’ai William Dick Jr. nanihaneweh. Ne nanemenee Tokkapatih naite tease Paa Di She naite.

Hello, my name is Adam Nalley, I am Shoshone-Paiute from Duck Valley and Yavapai-Apache from Camp Verde, my mother is Melinda Bear, my grandmother is Valerie Bear, and my great-grandparents once living are Daisy Harney and William Dick, Jr. My family comes from Duck Valley and the Paradise Valley, NV areas. I was born in Alexandria, VA and then I moved out to Owyhee when I was 14 right after 8th grade. This was where I got to learn more about my identity, because even though I wasn't raised with the traditional values, I grew up the "stereotypical rezzy" way. I'll just keep this short for now.

I was interested in House Seminar not just because it’s required if I’m gonna stay here, but I think it would be a good way to get to know everyone that’s in the house and we would get to learn more about each other and our histories in a homey-type setting.

I’m definitely not fluent in either Shoshone or Paiute since I don’t really have many people to practice on at home, but I can still hold a general conversation. I also don’t know everything since a lot of cultural things that we do have been lost over the years, but every day, I try to incorporate the things that I do know about us in whatever I do, whether that be taking notes in Sho-Pai, singing, cooking, or doing artwork. This is a picture of our town from the south end when our SCLI program hiked up the radio tower last summer. I used to live right where those trees are. If you want to know more about me, let me know.

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