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Post by biggordie on Dec 23, 2008 22:13:47 GMT -5
A special "thank you" to all who helped, or will do in the future. Your contributions are greatly appreciated.
Happy Holidays to EVERYBODY, and best wishes for 2009 and on and on and on......
Gordie
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Post by biggordie on Dec 16, 2008 12:09:02 GMT -5
The Northern Cheyenne Reservation is now having big problems in heating homes during the current big freeze. See my post on the Northern Cheyenne threads. Please help, if you are at all able to do so. www.cheyennechildrenservices.comYou can make a $25 donation via Paypal. thanks, Gordie
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Post by biggordie on Dec 16, 2008 12:04:29 GMT -5
The Northern Cheyenne Reservation is currently in the grips of a deep freeze, and many families are without heat, or wood to feed their wood heaters. Christmas looks like a disaster in the making, especially for the children, amny of whom are living in poverty all the time. You can help, if you are able by making a $25 donation to the Cheyenne Children Services. This money will be used for heating, and perhaps will allow a few simple gifts for the kids. Donations can be made via Paypal at www.cheyennechildrenservices.comThis is an all-volunteer organization, and all contributions go directly to the welfare of the children. If, unlike me, you are reasonably well-off, you might consider sponsoring a Cheyenne child for the princely sum of $300 bucks a year. You can find details on that web site. I don't know how to post links, being generally illiterate in such modernities. Please help, if you can. Gordie
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Post by biggordie on Aug 16, 2008 10:12:14 GMT -5
Happy Birthday to all!!
Gordie
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Post by biggordie on Jul 21, 2008 13:52:48 GMT -5
Exactly.
Gordie
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Post by biggordie on Jul 19, 2008 13:34:28 GMT -5
tatanka:
I have not yet purchased or read the book. The fights on the Little Horn are my principal interest, with First Nations culture coming in about third place. One of these days, I will get it, if only so that I can intelligently discuss it with my "cohorts" here and elsewhere, and so that I can better understand the Lakotas and their women's place in their culture and history. Actually, I wouldn't mind discovering something about how to understand WOMEN. Period.
Usually, I stick with the warrior ways, since that is most relevant to my principal studies; but I have learned to broaden my horizons a bit lately. Even old dogs CAN learn new tricks.
Gordie
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Post by biggordie on Jul 19, 2008 9:44:02 GMT -5
clw:
There are several copies available on abebooks, starting at 9 bucks, with a bunch between 9 and 13 dollars - very affordable. Shipping within the USA is usually inexpensive.
Gordie
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Post by biggordie on Jul 18, 2008 22:16:12 GMT -5
According to Di Silvestro in his In The Shadow Of Wounded Knee, which deals with the trial of Plenty Horses, the man in the photo supposed to be Redshirt, is Jack Red Cloud. Neither Redshirt nor Woman Dress are mentioned in the book, as far as I can tell.
I'm not sure that this helps any.
Gordie
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Post by biggordie on Jul 18, 2008 9:19:45 GMT -5
Me too. Sorry, Diane, and folks - I got carried away [which I often do].
Gordie
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Post by biggordie on Jul 16, 2008 22:07:45 GMT -5
It was the little tic he had around his mouth when he finished a sentence [whenever he actually finished one] that did it for me. As if he were still dribbling something out of his mouth, as opposed to the drivel which had already spewed forth.
BTW - He still doesn't think that gasoline will ever hit 4 dollars a gallon, and that the financial system is "basically sound."
And so it goes, Billy Pilgrim, so it goes..........................
Gordie
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Post by biggordie on Jul 14, 2008 18:11:07 GMT -5
Welcome back to the boards, Frank. Your input has always been illuminating.
Gordie
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Post by biggordie on Jul 14, 2008 10:18:48 GMT -5
I had forgotten that Tricia Johnson-McDuffie was a member of this forum, although she had only made a few posts. Tricia was a very proud and forceful voice in defense of First Nations people, culture and heritage. She was of Dine heritage herself, and supported several other forums - being a devoted "fan" of Autie Custer, about whom she was writing, or maybe had finished, a new novel - The Russian Diplomat's Daughter. I hope that it is eventually published. I only read one chapter, and it was quite good.
Tricia died unexpectedly of a heart attack last Wednesday. I heard the news yesterday and was completely overwhelmed and devastated. Those of you who have read her posts on other forums will understand that we have lost someone who would have made valuable contributions to this one.
We are all made less by her loss, and I am sure that you will join me in hoping that the Everywhere Spirit will guide her path.
Gordie
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Post by biggordie on Jul 8, 2008 0:33:55 GMT -5
Thank you, ephriam.
Gordie
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Post by biggordie on Jul 7, 2008 16:14:22 GMT -5
I haven't seen any mention of Red Tomahawk at the LBH, I have just finished transcribing a Cheyenne account which mentions a warrior of the same name, without attaching any tribal affiliation. Does anyone definitely know whether or not Marcellus Red Tomahawk was at LBH? And if he were, what band would he likely have been with?
Any information would be helpful. Thanks.
Gordie
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Post by biggordie on Jul 6, 2008 23:50:44 GMT -5
According to DeMallie's introduction to The Sixth Grandfather, Black Elk was born in December, 1863, which would be well after the Sioux and the U.S. Army had met one another. Neihardt interviewed him in 1931 and 1944 [and perhaps in 1929 and 1932]. Black Elk was an old man even at the earliest interview date, and had been exposed for many years to Catholic teachings, which he seemed to accept, with certain revisions to suit his Lakota heritage, culture and religion - much as native peoples around the world have done, especially in Mexico and the Phillipines, and maybe Haiti as well.
Neihardt was principally a poet, by calling and by inclination, and there is no doubt that his poetical bent colored his writings. As with any white account of interviews with First Nations people, there will always be a question of how much is the interviewer and how much the interviewee - this might well be an enlarged question when the white is a poet [where poetic license might be more prominent than otherwise], rather than a more pedantic historian or ethnographer.
There is enough coloration and interpretation to go around, without adding more to the mix.
Gordie
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