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HERE IS SOME MUSIC FOR YOU ALL..
I WILL MAKE A SLIDE SHOW WHEN I AM NOT SO BUSY & TIRED..
GOLDIE (MODERATOR)
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Old Days
Just sharing...I just remembered how as a little kid back in grade school I used to love seeing pictures of native americans in the social studies books, how wise and strong they always seemed, and how I would always imagine how cool it would be to live in a teepee...
I HAVE NOT BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE
NO PC AT THIS TIME..ON MY SONS LAPTOP RIGHT NOW..I HOPE ALL ARE WELL. HAS ANYONE HEARD FROM BEAR? WORRIED ABOUT HIM...JUST WANTED TO WISH THE GROUP A GOOD SUNDAY, AND SAY HI..
MANY BLESSINGS TO ALL...LL
MANY BLESSINGS TO ALL...LL
Community Potluck today
Native American Community Potluck (Arts & Crafts, Charity & Outreach, Concerts & Live Music, Fairs & Festivals, Kids & Family, Meetings & Conventions, Performing Arts, Special Interest, Sporting Events, General
Dates: October 5, 2008
Time: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Target Audience: Kid Friendly, General Audience
Location: All Tribal Indian Center Community Potluck
Smith Park on E. Division
Springfield, MO 65803
Contact Info: Phone: 417-864-6416
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Ticket Info: Price: Free
Event Details:
Community Potluck For The Native American Community
October 5th, 2008 at Smith Park on E. Division in Springfield
Time: 11:00 am to 8:00pm
Activities: Yard Games, Board Games, Coloring Pictures and A Piñata With Treats
Music: Native American Background Music And A Drummer Will Be Present
Bring your favorite dish
Bring your own silverware, plates and cups
Come Have Some Fun
Meet Old Friends and Make New Friends
There will be Activities and Music
Dates: October 5, 2008
Time: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Target Audience: Kid Friendly, General Audience
Location: All Tribal Indian Center Community Potluck
Smith Park on E. Division
Springfield, MO 65803
Contact Info: Phone: 417-864-6416
Web: Visit web site
Please log in to contact event poster. - Log In
Ticket Info: Price: Free
Event Details:
Community Potluck For The Native American Community
October 5th, 2008 at Smith Park on E. Division in Springfield
Time: 11:00 am to 8:00pm
Activities: Yard Games, Board Games, Coloring Pictures and A Piñata With Treats
Music: Native American Background Music And A Drummer Will Be Present
Bring your favorite dish
Bring your own silverware, plates and cups
Come Have Some Fun
Meet Old Friends and Make New Friends
There will be Activities and Music
Our Eye In The Sky
This Coopers' Hawk was one of several magnificient creatures that were present at the Wildlife Festival I attended today.
Choctaw Tribe
A Choctaw competitor of the game lacrosse sports a horsetail and two sticks.
Recently I posted a thread about the Cheyenne people and one of our members, Lace, has requested some information about her tribe the Choctaw.
CHOCTAW (Chok'-taw). The largest tribe belonging to the southern branch of the Muskhogean family. They were farming Indians, formerly of the middle and southern sections of what is now Mississippi. Their name is said to have come from the Spanish word chato, which means "flat," because of their custom of flattening their heads.
The earliest historical record of these Indians is when they were found by De Soto in 1540. They were friendly to the French when the latter settled the Louisiana Territory, and were always at peace with the United States Government. The Choctaw began to migrate to the Indian Territory in 1835 when they ceded most of their lands to the government.
They had a strange custom in burying their dead. They first cleaned the bones before putting them in boxes and baskets in their bone houses. This work was done by "old gentlemen with very long nails." They allowed their fingernails to grow long just for this purpose. Another unusual custom among the Choctaw was that of the men wearing their hair long, and for this reason some of their neighbors gave them the name of "Long Hairs."
A Jargon of the Choctaw language was called the Mobile trade language, also known as the Chickasaw trade language. The Chickasaw and Choctaw languages were similar. There were reports that during World War I the Choctaw language was used as a code language by intelligence officers. A Choctaw would be placed at each end of a field telephone and would transmit messages in his own tongue. A similar report came out of World War II. (Note: He is referring to the Navajo soldiers, I believe, and a movie was made about them starring Nicholas Cage, "Wind Talkers.")
Quoted from: Concise Encyclopedia of the American Indian
Originally published as: "American Indians Yesterday and Today." By Grant, Bruce 1893
SEE FIRST REPLY FOR CONTINUATION
Recently I posted a thread about the Cheyenne people and one of our members, Lace, has requested some information about her tribe the Choctaw.
CHOCTAW (Chok'-taw). The largest tribe belonging to the southern branch of the Muskhogean family. They were farming Indians, formerly of the middle and southern sections of what is now Mississippi. Their name is said to have come from the Spanish word chato, which means "flat," because of their custom of flattening their heads.
The earliest historical record of these Indians is when they were found by De Soto in 1540. They were friendly to the French when the latter settled the Louisiana Territory, and were always at peace with the United States Government. The Choctaw began to migrate to the Indian Territory in 1835 when they ceded most of their lands to the government.
They had a strange custom in burying their dead. They first cleaned the bones before putting them in boxes and baskets in their bone houses. This work was done by "old gentlemen with very long nails." They allowed their fingernails to grow long just for this purpose. Another unusual custom among the Choctaw was that of the men wearing their hair long, and for this reason some of their neighbors gave them the name of "Long Hairs."
A Jargon of the Choctaw language was called the Mobile trade language, also known as the Chickasaw trade language. The Chickasaw and Choctaw languages were similar. There were reports that during World War I the Choctaw language was used as a code language by intelligence officers. A Choctaw would be placed at each end of a field telephone and would transmit messages in his own tongue. A similar report came out of World War II. (Note: He is referring to the Navajo soldiers, I believe, and a movie was made about them starring Nicholas Cage, "Wind Talkers.")
Quoted from: Concise Encyclopedia of the American Indian
Originally published as: "American Indians Yesterday and Today." By Grant, Bruce 1893
SEE FIRST REPLY FOR CONTINUATION
Foxes
My boss went out to his backyard one day earlier this summer to find that a female fox had taken up residence under his deck to have her babies. He managed to get a picture of a couple of them when they came out to play.
The family has now moved on into the wooded area.
The family has now moved on into the wooded area.
From the White Mountain Apache Res.
On a backroad near Hawley Lake. Paradise Creek.
We were up scouting for fall color and decided to take a detour.
We were up scouting for fall color and decided to take a detour.
