Tag: native
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December 03, 2007 02:08 AM EST --
One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between 2 wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, . . . more
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June 15, 2006 12:35 AM EDT --
On a night flight to Mexico recently, I heard soft voices in Spanish and English and I thought about how they all seemed to blend together. . . . more
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June 11, 2007 12:52 PM EDT --
If you're walking around New England this time of year, you'll often see hedges of this beautiful plant blooming around now. It's known as Spiderwort ( the folk name is Widow's Tears) . . . more
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June 19, 2007 06:53 AM EDT --
[writer's note: these women were my grandmother's neighbors ~kate]
“The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” – Robert Byrne
In the early part of the . . . more
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July 17, 2007 11:41 AM EDT --
Summer, to me, is a time for the beat of drums, the rattle of bells, attuned with Earth's heartbeat. It's a time to sing, to dance, to heal. A time to dance prayers for the People. . . . more
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October 30, 2006 12:23 PM EST --
Invited to address a major gathering of the American Indian Nation last weekend in Arizona, President Bush spoke for almost an hour of his future plans for increasing every Native American's present . . . more
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February 03, 2008 01:39 AM EST --
What is the last thing a Groundhog ever hears? That tree falling in the forest!
I don't really know how the Groundhog got the name Whistlepig. I suppose if one of the top-hatted handlers . . . more
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August 21, 2006 09:42 AM EDT --
My Kentucky grandmother gave me many secrets.
"Don't tell your momma, Birdie," she laughed as she lifted sage embers toward the ceiling of her dirty house. The smoke swirled a silent cry . . . more
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February 26, 2008 03:14 PM EST --
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Brown Bear ( August 22 - September 21)
and their partner
Otter . . . more
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September 12, 2006 10:24 AM EDT --
As the Iraq war grinds deeper into its fourth year with sectarian strife increasing, not abating, and with more and more U.S. servicemen and women dying in -- not departing from -- that nation, I find . . . more
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February 18, 2007 09:29 PM EST --
Wood smoke and embers
spiraling high into night
stirs something ancient.
more
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July 27, 2007 07:18 PM EDT --
This is the painting that my Mother gave us for Christmas last year. It adorns one of the walls in our living room. I hold it dear to my heart. She has been taking painting classes at . . . more
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October 04, 2007 07:07 AM EDT --
In the beginning there was nothing but soft darkness, and Raven beat and beat with his wings until the darkness packed itself down into solid earth. Then there was only the icy . . . more
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December 01, 2007 02:25 AM EST --
The little Wren is the messenger of the birds. It pries into everything. She gets up early in the morning and goes round to every house in the settlement to get news for . . . more
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July 08, 2008 04:18 PM EDT --
I had to take my son to the doctor this morning, and since the doctor was close by a farmer's market, we decided to visit for the first time. It was not just any farmer's market, it was a farmer's . . . more
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February 28, 2008 11:03 AM EST --
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The Brown Bear (August 22 - September 21)
and his partner
The Falcon . . . more
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June 21, 2007 03:17 AM EDT --
Traditional
Author Unknown
Mother's Day sure pulls the scabs off old wounds with me . I am forced then, to admit to missing her long and achingly hard. Probably more than I should, but . . . more
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August 04, 2007 03:29 PM EDT --
ELDER
Bow your head, an elder passes
Behind him the trees weep.
His mother earth opens her arms
Welcoming him gently into her last embrace.
. . . more
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August 13, 2007 10:23 PM EDT --
"Shy, modest and faithful
I hide amoung the shadows
yet wear the color of Emperors and Divinity.
With a true heart I herald the
Goddess of Spring,
and caution vigilence in all things.
Sugared . . . more
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January 28, 2008 05:49 AM EST --
Great film on YouTube:
Tatanka is Going Home
A herd of American Bison (Tatanka) are sent back to the Lakota in South Dakota, Sponsored by the Catalina Island Conservancy, Catalina Island . . . more
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