{"id":10093,"date":"2020-06-04T00:09:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T05:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/walking-in-many-worlds-part-2-corrin-lamere-pretty-mountain-sheep\/"},"modified":"2020-06-04T00:09:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T05:09:22","slug":"walking-in-many-worlds-part-2-corrin-lamere-pretty-mountain-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/walking-in-many-worlds-part-2-corrin-lamere-pretty-mountain-sheep\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking in Many Worlds (Part 2), Corrin LaMere, Pretty Mountain Sheep"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Editor\u2019s Note:\u00a0 This article, Part 2 about a very successful Native teen, Corrin LaMere, Sheridan, WY was nearly the victim the covid-19 virus frenzy.\u00a0 Part 1 was printed just before the NSNT closed for several weeks; and then many of us, including Corrin were nearly impossible to contact during the quarantine, etc.\u00a0 But, as things get back to normal here is the west, we pick up \u201cthe rest of the story\u2026.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

SHERIDAN, WY \u2013 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0May 2020 should have been the time for Corrin LaMere (a beautiful Native woman of Crow, Chippewa and Pueblo heritage) to shine in Sheridan, WY at the Shriffler Public High School graduation.\u00a0 As the only Native American in her class, she earned the honor of Valedictorian and was also to be recognized as a member of the State Honor Band and Chorus, an extremely completive process.\u00a0 She is still disappointed about not being able to play a personally composed classical composition at the State Music Festival.\u00a0 \u201cMusic is my passion,\u201d she smiles, self-taught to play an amazing variety of instruments (trumpet, French horn, melliphone, saxophone, obo, percussion, piano, guitar and ukulele) currently mastering the baritone (a small tuba), but her favorite is the guitar, especially classical music. All of this with only the benefit of 6 months of formal musical instruction.\u00a0 \u201cBecause of my Grandpa, the late John Whiteman, I know lots of old country western, too,\u201d she giggles.<\/p>\n

Weeks in the making, her Valedictorian speech will now only go into the family scrapbook.\u00a0 It makes several important points:\u00a0 Native Americans are still here; we are resilient, strong and capable and don\u2019t look for us to go away or tolerate narrow stereotypes.\u00a0 Important to her are younger sisters: Cayla, Kira and Adrianna.\u00a0 \u201cI want them to continue being confident, follow a sober lifestyle as taught by our parents and learn our traditions.\u00a0 They all dance, Crow style and jingle dress,\u201d she proudly noted.<\/p>\n

Although Corrin has been accepted to Kansas State University, three other colleges and submitted applications to several other institutions of higher learning, she is now considering a unique profession: becoming a mortician. This came as a result of two internships with Sheridan-area mortuaries and Corrin is drawn to that. \u201cI like to help people and when they are grieving, everyone needs help,\u201d she says.\u00a0 \u201cEspecially our Native people, because we have such a high mortality rate, often the very young.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think about my family and ancestors.\u00a0 I\u2019m graduating for them.\u00a0 In memory, I think they would be proud.\u00a0 That means a lot to me.\u00a0 White people didn\u2019t think that Indians were of any worth.\u00a0 But, we are still here, strong and resilient.\u00a0 We are thriving in this colonized world.\u201d\u00a0 Corrin LaMere can be reached at corrinelizlamere@icloud.com<\/a><\/p>\n

(Clara Caufield can be reached at acheyennevoice@gmail.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Editor\u2019s Note:\u00a0 This article, Part 2 about a very successful Native teen, Corrin LaMere, Sheridan, WY was nearly the victim the covid-19 virus frenzy.\u00a0 Part 1 was printed just before the NSNT closed for several weeks; and then many of us, including Corrin were nearly impossible to contact during the <\/p>\n

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