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...
Native American History: Rediscovery of Ancestral Pueblos
When the Ancestral Puebloan People, popularly known as the Anasazi, Left their magnificent pueblos in Chaco Canyon and throughout New...
Cherokee Ball Play Dance
This past weekend (March 29 and 30), there was a powwow in Nachez, Mississippi. Native American powwows are very colorful and the dances...
Native American Skies: The View from Down Under
Last Sunday we watched the very popular new show, Cosmos, which is a remake of the famous Carl Sagan series from the 1980’s. In this...
Native American Skies: Perceiving Spring
Twice a year, a day comes along where the length of daylight equals the length of darkness. Today we call that day the “equinox”. We...
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