101 things to love about Illinois (Lincoln: purchasing, eat, horse)

[Chicagoland60426]

Originally Posted by muleskinner

You didn't know that EVERYBODY has a Cherokee princess in their background

My Great Grandmother was one of them, but she was raised in Louisiana. I didn't know Illinois have pow wows like you will see in Oklahoma(sp?).

[whatever you want]

Originally Posted by Chicagoland60426

My Great Grandmother was one of them, but she was raised in Louisiana. I didn't know Illinois have pow wows like you will see in Oklahoma(sp?).

Yes they do...for some reason everyone in this area(where I live,not sure about up farther north) a few years ago fell into some kind of a scam/loophole or whatever and started filing papers saying they were Cherokee and had this amount of blood and that amount of blood....NOW they hold pow wows and stuff.ASSININE but hilarious....you have never seen so many blond haired blue eyed indians in your entire life.Really crazy AND to make matters worse,they have given themselves indian names and are buying into their own BS.

They look retarded IMO and would get their butts kicked by true NAs for being posers if they found out about it.

[doll lady]

Muleskinner.....just have to tell you....

My dad's mother looked as if she were Indian but she claimed to be Irish. But.... if you take an old buffalo head nickel and hold your finger over the feathers, the side view looks just like my dad from the side. I have always wondered if I have Indian blood....I have very high cheek bones and super dark hair (at least I did before I met Miss Clairol) but green eyes.

[whatever you want]

Originally Posted by doll lady

Muleskinner.....just have to tell you....

My dad's mother looked as if she were Indian but she claimed to be Irish. But.... if you take an old buffalo head nickel and hold your finger over the feathers, the side view looks just like my dad from the side. I have always wondered if I have Indian blood....I have very high cheek bones and super dark hair (at least I did before I met Miss Clairol) but green eyes.

THAT'S MY GRANDMA TOO!!!! I have black hair/eyes and high cheek bones as does every member of our family...but Granny claimed Irish

[linicx]

It is one thing to state you are a Native American and quite another to prove. My former neighbors were indian. He is full-blood Navajo straight off the res, and she is Cherokee/Irish. The biggest problem with Cherokee ancestry is Dawes Roll. There are an fair amount of families that never registered and never talked about it either because they escaped the Trail of Tears march.

Big pow wow in Tulsa. One of the biggest is in Albuquerque. It meets on university grounds.

[BigLake]

Steve-O -- props for a great list and great topic.

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by BigLake

Steve-O -- props for a great list and great topic.

Thanks! Got any of your own? This thread went from Illinois to talking about non-Native Americans acting like Native Americans.

[Steve-o]

Some more things Id like to add:

1. cottonwood tree seeds blowing through the air on a warm summer afternoon.

2. Driving over a creek and feeling the temp drop a few degrees.

3. The fishy smell of a river on a warm summer night.

4. The blaring of taxi cabs horns along Michigan Ave and the smell of diesel exhaust from the CTA buses.

5. The lions in front of the Art Institute.

6. The sight and sound of prairie grasses blowing in the wind.

[lighthearted grin]

Steve-o, what a poetic list! And so true, there's much to enjoy.

102. Peaches-n-cream sweet corn growing on it's stalk 15 minutes ago and now steaming on your plate.

103. Homemade lemonade in the expansive shade of a spreading maple tree.

104. People who smile and say Hi as you walk by.

105. Big green combines combing the hills in the fall.

106. Drivers who slow considerately and let jaywalkers live. (downstate)

107. Little planes like colorful dragonflies landing on a grass airstrip for a pancake breakfast by the local Kiwanis club.

108. Staking out a shady spot to watch a summer parade in which antique tractors and cars outnumber the floats.

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by lighthearted grin

Steve-o, what a poetic list! And so true, there's much to enjoy.

102. Peaches-n-cream sweet corn growing on it's stalk 15 minutes ago and now steaming on your plate.

103. Homemade lemonade in the expansive shade of a spreading maple tree.

104. People who smile and say Hi as you walk by.

105. Big green combines combing the hills in the fall.

106. Drivers who slow considerately and let jaywalkers live. (downstate)

107. Little planes like colorful dragonflies landing on a grass airstrip for a pancake breakfast by the local Kiwanis club.

108. Staking out a shady spot to watch a summer parade in which antique tractors and cars outnumber the floats.

Thanks for sharing!


Some more of my fave things about Illinois:

1. Those fast, afternoon thunderstorms, like we had today. IN and out fast, leaving behind that sweet smelling air.

2. Entering into Illinois via I-55 from St. Louis. Going from a big city to farmland in just a few minutes, and seeing the native prairie flora along the highways.

3. Crop dusters sweeping low in the early morning.

4. Driving on the highway next to Six Flags and rolling down your window and hearing the roar of the American Eagle and its screaming passengers.