Blog Post #1 Introduction

Hi, my name is Vince Zamora, but most people call me by my middle name Buckie. I’m a second-year student from Tucson Arizona, and I decided to come to Knox late into the summer after my senior year. I knew that Knox was the best fit for me academically and in my pursuit of continuing to play baseball at the collegiate level. I’m not entirely sure about what I’d like to major in. I came to Knox thinking I’d like to major in communications/ journalism however now I’m thinking of majoring in sports psychology, with a minor in environmental studies. I love history and learning about humanity’s great accomplishments and also the mistakes we’ve made along the way. I was also in Professor Andrella’s HIST 181 class in the spring.

In this class, I’d love to just continue learning from the end of the previous class. My general information about most Native American history was mostly basic and not in-depth before I took last term’s class, however, that has changed drastically. I’d like to continue learning more about their very rich and unique cultures. I’d also like to learn how different nations continued to interact with each other and the U.S. government post-1871. I admire what they did to endure and survive throughout the early 1700s to the mid-1800s. They experienced so many wrongdoings, manipulation, and many forced changes in life. I’d also like to continue to learn more about how native Americans have shaped the late 1800s and into the early 1900s. I’d also like to possibly learn more about American southwestern nations, tribes, and info since that’s the area where I’ve lived my whole life. That’s also the area I know the most about when it comes to native peoples and their culture. I can’t wait to continue this journey.