Look, Last year the Lakota were freezing, and in desperate conditions. This year, Same story. It’s not good for them, it’s not good for anyone. The Lakota need an inward cycled economy,rather then one dependent upon external support. Part of the trick is having a sustainable economy. it would seem that there is a massive … Continued
Waving, rocking. waving, rocking. focus, going moving. moving. It was worse before; I was in a basement a constructed thing. a concrete box, with tiny holes. That was a terrible box. Now they have holes; I can fly into them, and without like a paper wasp making a nest, in her new, free open box … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) It is not uncommon for Indian tribes to be named for the food they consume. One group of Shoshone living in the mountains between Idaho and Montana were called Sheepeaters because mountain sheep were the mainstay of their food supply. In 1879, the deaths of five Chinese miners was attributed … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) In 1921, Albert Fall, the former Senator from New Mexico, was appointed Secretary of the Interior by President Warren Harding. Since the Indian Office (now called the Bureau of Indian Affairs) is a part of the Department of Interior, this meant that Fall was now in charge of Indian affairs. … Continued
In a deep coma like sleep with lucid awareness eye realized my body was made of a dark moving light. Something grabbed me at the center of this dark light body, pulled me up and pointed my “head” at the gold/red Thai Aum hanging above me just to the right and directly across from a … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) The Sonoran Desert stretches across Southern Arizona and Northern Sonora (Mexico). It is a hot, dry place. It is also the homeland for Indian people who call themselves O’odham. The name O’odham means “we, the people.” The Spanish, the first European people to enter the area, called them Pimas … Continued
The Sand Creek Massacre and the Washita Massacre both led to the Wounded Knee Massacre. The Sand Creek Massacre brought the realization that “the soldiers were destroying everything Cheyenne – the land, the buffalo, and the people themselves,” and the Washita Massacre added even more genocidal evidence to those facts. The Sand Creek Massacre caused … Continued
This is one a guy I know who lives in Albuquerque, told me. His name is Mark, but he has other ways of Mark to be named. He’s a very cool guy, about my age, in his early 50’s. His lady is an elephant vet. She is fine. I met her once, at a party … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) A casual reading of almost any book on American history-from popular accounts to textbooks to scholarly tomes-reveals that there have been a lot of conflicts or wars with American Indians since the creation of the United States. In 1907, the War Department officially enumerated 1,470 incidents of military action against … Continued
I Am A River I am a river, I move Sometimes I have waves, I thrust! Things fall into me And sometimes I am done with things. I move! I am a river, I change And am changed Because that’s what rivers do. Somewhere around here, I have a photo of the acequia madre, all … Continued
