Killing Lean Bear, Part 3
It was probably a peaceful, happy morning for the families of Black Kettle’s warriors who were off on a buffalo hunt. Black Kettle...
Killing Lean Bear, Part 2
Lean Bear and the other Cheyenne chiefs came away from their meeting with President Lincoln in 1862 feeling good about the outcome. They...
Killing Lean Bear, Part 1
It was while reading one of my favorite authors, Margaret Coel’s book “Killing Custer” that I was reminded of the killing of Chief Lean...
Cherokee Fables: The Origin of Strawberries
When James Mooney, who worked for the Bureau of American Ethnology in the late 1800’s, lived with the Cherokee, he recorded many of their...
Alien-like Skulls of Ancient America
“Alien-like skulls found in a small Mexican village recently date back 1,000 years ago.” This quote is from a recent article by Bruce...
Unique Beings Being Unique: Cherokee vs Algonquin
I am constantly struck by the images evoked by the term “Native American”. I find that the English language has a way of sorting and...