[karibear]

If I remember correctly, the movie Soldier Blue was about the original Wounded Knee, more or less.

[HighlandLady]

Hello, karibear

I've stumbled onto this particular thread and only wish I had sooner to see all the beautiful images that are now gone. Redbird...kudos to you for beginning this.
I have been to Oklahoma and love the beauty in the land and its people. I have several extended family members outside of Tulsa. Long before them, my ancestors on my father's side relocated to Oklahoma after serving their 'indentured servitude' following the Highland Clearances in Scotland and intermarried within various tribes there. All this before the family returned to Scotland and from hence, my immediate family is from.
I have spent a great deal of time studying NDN literature and history, have worked on several 'rez's' have walked many hours in the Paha Sapa's and in the Southwest (Mesa Verde specifically) and it all only serves to draw me back more.
My thanks to you for posting the various links and stories...I have enjoyed them all immensely.

[karibear]

Originally Posted by HighlandLady

Hello, karibear

I've stumbled onto this particular thread and only wish I had sooner to see all the beautiful images that are now gone. Redbird...kudos to you for beginning this.
I have been to Oklahoma and love the beauty in the land and its people. I have several extended family members outside of Tulsa. Long before them, my ancestors on my father's side relocated to Oklahoma after serving their 'indentured servitude' following the Highland Clearances in Scotland and intermarried within various tribes there. All this before the family returned to Scotland and from hence, my immediate family is from.
I have spent a great deal of time studying NDN literature and history, have worked on several 'rez's' have walked many hours in the Paha Sapa's and in the Southwest (Mesa Verde specifically) and it all only serves to draw me back more.
My thanks to you for posting the various links and stories...I have enjoyed them all immensely.

Hi, HL!

I really like this thread, too. I got into NDN culture while I was in AK, then onto some of the ngs - ask Floyd sometime if he remembers the old alt.culture.alaska group, there are a lot of links there for native cultures, too, but I think you'd have to go back 10 years or so to find the good ones. I'm taking a long break from the AK forum, it always makes me feel homesick for the past.

[HighlandLady]

Originally Posted by karibear

Hi, HL!

I really like this thread, too. I got into NDN culture while I was in AK, then onto some of the ngs - ask Floyd sometime if he remembers the old alt.culture.alaska group, there are a lot of links there for native cultures, too, but I think you'd have to go back 10 years or so to find the good ones. I'm taking a long break from the AK forum, it always makes me feel homesick for the past.

I am also taking a break from that particular forum for reasons other than what you have. I have been researching a wee bit on the culture here in Alaska, but I must say, it will take many months to even begin to acquaint myself with it. I am content in living vicariously through the images and links provided through this thread though; and I have plans on returning to different areas in the SouthWest et al for further Archaeological studies - though that may be some time in the future.
I hope you are well, karibear

[_redbird_]

Time to Honor the Veterans.

I met this man in panhandle area of Texas. He is a Creek Indian. Very wise man.



Warrior Members - Muscogee Red Stick Society

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-1.htm

http://www.homeofheroes.com/united/childers.html



Ernest Childers. A Creek from Oklahoma, and a First Lieutenant with the 45th Infantry Division. Childers received the Medal of Honor for heroic action in 1943 when, up against machine gun fire, he and eight men charged the enemy. Although suffering a broken foot in the assault, Childers ordered covering fire and advanced up the hill, single-handedly killing two snipers, silencing two machine gun nests, and capturing an enemy mortar observer.

http://www.army.mil/americanindians/...ontgomery.html

[Fullback32]

Originally Posted by _redbird_

Ernest Childers. A Creek from Oklahoma, and a First Lieutenant with the 45th Infantry Division. Childers received the Medal of Honor for heroic action in 1943 when, up against machine gun fire, he and eight men charged the enemy. Although suffering a broken foot in the assault, Childers ordered covering fire and advanced up the hill, single-handedly killing two snipers, silencing two machine gun nests, and capturing an enemy mortar observer.

I met Mr. Childers several years ago when our committee invited him to be guest speaker at the Native American heritage Celebration at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio. He is a very humble man and displayed all that is good about our NDN veterans and elders. It was an honor to meet him.

[_redbird_]

Those old warriors are the greatest. And it seems like they are very grounded spiritually and humble.

Billy Turpin (the Creek veteran above Mr. Childers) with his friend Jimmy Northcutt teach the history of our Native Peoples and the soldiers in the 1860's. Northcutt dresses in Civil War uniform. I met Northcutt in Canyon, TX. He is awesome too.

He plays a home made bass guitar which is wash tub turned upside down and has a broom handle and one string attached to it. Very cool.

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by _redbird_

Those old warriors are the greatest. And it seems like they are very grounded spiritually and humble.

Billy Turpin (the Creek veteran above Mr. Childers) with his friend Jimmy Northcutt teach the history of our Native Peoples and the soldiers in the 1860's. Northcutt dresses in Civil War uniform. I met Northcutt in Canyon, TX. He is awesome too.

He plays a home made bass guitar which is wash tub turned upside down and has a broom handle and one string attached to it. Very cool.

That Sounds like a Homemade Steel Guitar

[karibear]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

That Sounds like a Homemade Steel Guitar

Nah, those tub things are mainstays of jug bands. They are cool, but I don't think I could ever play one - the tone varies according to how much the broom handle is moved to change the tension on that one string. If I tried it, I'd either snap the string and smack my face, or else yank the tub up and smack my knees!

[Jammie]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

You've always sounded like a very educated woman....don't tell me alzheimers is starting to set in...( as if I have alot of room to talk)

Thank you for the compliment. It's unfounded though because I'm not very edumacated. As far as alzheimers, I've always been forgetful so it's not middle age setting in.

Kari, that's nice to hear. I'm not familiar with that movie. Actually, I was pleasantly surprised when the show was about the more current Wounded Knee incident. The other one is old history and it may be important to some people, but I prefer things that have happened in my lifetime.

Just adding~since this is a Native thread~I don't know if anyone is interested or not, but it looks like they're making some pretty good progress on the Crazy Horse monument. Things had been moving slowly for several years, but it may be worth checking out in the near future.