Yet I struggled being away from the reservation, away from my traditions and my family. My family was adamant in keeping me away from any church because of what Christianity had done to our Native-American people. I was very skeptical and resistant to Christianity. I went once, but was turned off and didn't go back for quite some time. "Hey, I'm starting this Bible study group and I just want it to be for Native students." Nations is a Cru ministry that reaches out to Native-American students. One day, Sydney, who was in my bowling class, asked me to come to a Nations meeting. I Rejected a Bible Study Group for Natives My spirituality has always been a large part of who I am. When I came to Montana, culture shock hit me. It was non-Christian: We sang in the Yakama language, worshipped with hand drums and danced in a longhouse with a dirt floor.
I grew up on the reservation in south central Washington, raised in a traditional spiritual belief system.
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