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Here are some Alaska Native pics:

Tanignak Productions INDEX: Wilson McKinley, Stone Table String Band. Alaska Articles, more!

Click on the link to Ouzinkie, that's the first village I went to after I arrived. And halfway through it is a section for Pleasant harbor, that's another one I knew well, and the family that lived there.

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Originally Posted by mkfarnam

Navajo Wisdom



THE BOTTLE OF WINE

For all of us who are married, were married, wish you were married or wish you weren't married, this is something to smile about the next time you see bottle of wine: Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walking on the side of the road. As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped the car and asked the Navajo woman if she would like a ride. With a silent nod of thanks, the woman got into the car. Resuming the journey, Sally tried in vain to make a bit of small talk with the Navajo woman. The old woman just sat silently, looking intently at everything she saw, studying every little detail, until she noticed a brown bag on the seat next to Sally.

"What in bag?" asked the old woman.
Sally looked down at the brown bag and said, "It's a bottle of wine. I got it for my husband."

The Navajo woman was silent for another moment or two. Then speaking with the quiet wisdom of an elder, she said: "Good trade....."

Cute story there Mk, I'm going to have too show it to Bjb123 and I'm sure she'll enjoy it as well.

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YouTube - Mother and Daughter Special - 2007 Red Earth




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YouTube - Red Earth Festival 2007

[peggydavis]

I had an interesting experience yesterday. We went to the museum of frontier culture in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. They had a lot of exhibits etc. about the Europeans settling there and it was all very nice and interesting.

There was one exhibit that showed a primitive camp a European would live in when first arriving to claim some of the "free land owned by no one". The lady dressed in period costume was explaining how they would select their new home. They would want land that was part wooded and part cleared. The Indians there had already cleared some of the land for their agriculture, so she said "Of course they would want some of that."

I know she was just reciting from a script, but I just wanted to slap her! I guess I will write them a letter when we get back and explain how insensitive they are.

[colleeng47]

Originally Posted by peggydavis

I had an interesting experience yesterday. We went to the museum of frontier culture in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. They had a lot of exhibits etc. about the Europeans settling there and it was all very nice and interesting.

There was one exhibit that showed a primitive camp a European would live in when first arriving to claim some of the "free land owned by no one". The lady dressed in period costume was explaining how they would select their new home. They would want land that was part wooded and part cleared. The Indians there had already cleared some of the land for their agriculture, so she said "Of course they would want some of that."

I know she was just reciting from a script, but I just wanted to slap her! I guess I will write them a letter when we get back and explain how insensitive they are.

OMG how rude! I sincerely doubt I would have not made a comment when she said that. That kind of attitude really boils my blood! Even if it was a script, didn't she ever listen to what she was saying?

[peggydavis]

They don't listen to what they are saying. We go to a lot of these museums and sites, and usually they will tell how the Native Americans helped them, then just sort of "disappeared" since they were rather inconvenient. They mentioned that the Europeans learned to grow corn from the Indians, and had a neat example of how they would burn a stump to make a device to pound the corn.

I will have to look up and see what tribe lived in that area. Right now I can't remember the town it was in, but I bought a coffee cup there that had the name on it.

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YouTube - kiowa Buffalo Song

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*"Renowned and award-winning American Indian artist Virginia Stroud will be featured in a special show at the Standing Buffalo Indian Art Gallery this spring. The opening reception will be 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 20, and will feature an opportunity to talk to the artist."

*The Norman Transcript - Virginia Stroud show opens Sunday at Standing Buffalo Gallery

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There is so much of Native American culture that is unknown to the average anglo american. And very little is written, save a few academic anthropological papers hidden away in the dusty archives of academia.

Has anyone heard of "Turning Trees"?

Here is link:

The Storytelling Place | November 2006 | TPW magazine

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Finally, some good news from the Department of the Interior.

Judge backs broad Indian preference at DOI

Indianz.Com > News > Judge backs broad Indian preference at DOI

Oklahoma NDN news:

Oklahoma weighs action on tribal tobacco

Indianz.Com > News > Oklahoma weighs action on tribal tobacco