For the first two weeks of my course, I had no idea what direction I was going to take in terms of the learning experience, but I soon found out. During the first week, we had to define “Indigenous identity”, which was actually a foreign language to me. After determining the meaning (because there were so many choices), I settled on the meaning “that which connects one or more people by their culture, their race, their beliefs and their way of life”. I never considered myself or included myself in this definition because I thought it only applied to people from other nations or countries. Eventually my thoughts and understanding changed. As I said before reading chapter five of “Thinking Like an Anthropologist”, “What This Practice or Idea Was Like in the Past – The Temporal Question (2008, Omohundro, JT), will be an excellent and informative guide for my research (into what it was). Additionally, having to use syncretism as a tool allowed me to research not only rituals, beliefs, etc. past but also present of African-Americans and their evolution over the years. Going through this research as a critic allowed me to broaden my horizons not only about my culture but also about other cultures that are included in this identity. We first discovered two articles: The “Gebusi” and the “Body Ritual of the Nacerima”. And I thought their rituals and their beliefs were somewhat extreme, but then I realized that if they looked at our society and our practices, they might consider the same thing about us. That said, I decided that as an African American woman, I was ready to take this journey into the unknown, to investigate my culture, our accomplishments, and therefore have the opportunity to share my discoveries and my observations with others. Week after week we were in the middle of a sheet of paper with topics, but there were two statements that I would play over and over in my mind. She said: “It takes a village to raise a child” and her second statement: “When we recognize our talents, we must share them with our communities and the country. » We also discussed my African ancestry and I shared with him that through this research, I would not only like to have my DNA tested to see where my roots began, but I would also like to research my family tree. Everyone should know not only where they come from, but who they come from. In conclusion, I found this course to be much more than I could have imagined. It was an experience I will never forget. Undeniably, I understand that not only are we all part of “indigenous people”, but we are also part of the history that has contributed so much to the world and will continue to strive to do so.