A Country by Consent

Between the Rocky Mountains and the Coast Mountains, local people occupy valleys and plateaus that encounter the desert and forest environment. The most important thing in their lives is to go through the main rivers in this area - Fraser, Thompson, Colombia. A group of tribes is known as an internal sailor (including grouping: Lil'etto, Thompson, Okanagan, Shushuwap), Kutenia (Kutunakusa), and Tilcotine (Chilcotin).

One of the most important food sources for the people of the plateau is during the spawning season (late summer and autumn). Squid prosper in the river. These are captured by net, po, spear, and trap. The job of a woman is to cut a small piece of fish. Takahara countries also capture and collect vegetable foods that dig roots, sometimes using hardwood digging bars. Kutenai in the north crosses the mountains and kills water buffalo. And that makes them conflict with the plain. Seiris dealt with coastal tribes and obtained silkworm shells used to decorate clothing with porcupine feather pens. Salish's women are skilled craftsmen, and today's Canadian craftsmen are still using "Salish loom"

I dig into the ground inside the Seirishu in the winter. Only the tweezers made dome roof is on the surface. These houses entered by a ladder who entered through a smoke hole. In the summer, they live in a bark-covered tent. I do not live in the mountain, I live at the tip of my skin. In winter, they made a larger hut and several families lived together.

Canoeing is a common means of transportation, but because the river is too rough it is mainly used for moving in the lake. Kutenai facing both ends has a very unique design - "Squid Nasal" canoe -. In winter, the people of the plateau travel with snowshoes. Dogs are often used to help carry their belongings

These are societies with no class at all, and village chiefs are elected by the Presbyterian Council. The chief can persuade but he can not force his people and most adult men to have a say in decisions

During adolescence, men in the young plateau are sent out alone without food waiting for a vision to reveal their spiritual guardian. As with other regional groups, the wizard has special supernatural power that you can use for good or evil purposes. Kutenai who combines the faith of the plateau and the belief of the plain also regularly shows Sundance. For Salish, "coyote" is a liar like a "Nanibush" of Ojibwa and "Raven" of Haida and is a defarter.

I visited Jefferson's farm in Monticello and wondered how the racial mix was made to reconcile His idea of ​​being "a degenerate home without love". This is a surreal experience, until the 1950s until the white women were almost all white men, their ancestors were slaves, studying at a famous university. But the problem of using "TJ" as a historical figure gave me a deeper understanding of myself, my school and my country. Handling him as a self-contradictory person, not an absolutely correct person, is an intricate part of understanding the history of America and understanding how it will appear with the intense eruption we witness .

In the United States, the age of consent varies from state to state, but all states are 16 to 18 years old. I am 16 in Alabama. By the 1920's, most developed countries had aged ages between 16 and 18, but in Africa and the Middle East there still remained a consensus age of 11 years old (Nigeria) . Of course, it is questionable whether a 32-year-old child "partially agrees" sexual contact with a 14-year-old child. Many people think this is impossible. I agree with this view. This is the reason why today's law clearly explains "minors" and "adults" and the reason why legal agreement age exists. And as I get older, I truly understand that I am 14, 15, 16, 17, "young", but at that time I felt that I knew everything and was fully in control It was. I am simple, cheaty, protected, and immature. Even though I am 18 years old, I do not think that I am "an adult."