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What Alcohol Did For Me by Shane Bear Heels
Mar 28, 2009 by Sherry Lucas
Shane Bear Heels Story from Rosebud Reservation
3rd rare white buffalo born on Wis. farm
Dec 26, 2008 by Sherry Lucas
A farm in Wisconsin is quickly becoming hallowed ground for American Indians with the birth of its third white buffalo, an animal considered sacred by many tribes for its potential to bring good fortune and peace.
The white buffalo is particularly sacred to the Cheyenne, Sioux and other nomadic tribes of the Northern Plains that once relied on the buffalo for subsistence.
The odds of a white buffalo are at least 1 in a million, said Jim Matheson, assistant director of the National Bison Association. Buffalo in general have been rare for years, thought their numbers are increasing, with some 250,000 now in the U.S., he said.
The Eagle, Buffalo, and Wolf
Dec 26, 2008 by Sherry Lucas
The eagle is a highly important sacred animal in Plains belief. It is considered the "chief of all creatures of the air, and the guardian protecting people from evil." It is admired for courage, swiftness, and strength. The buffalo was the very source of life for the Plains tribes. It symbolizes the "necessities without which life would be hazardous and wearisome." Wolves are givers of great wisdom.Indian Fry Bread
Dec 26, 2008 by Sherry Lucas
When Indians were moved onto reservations, they were suddenly without their traditional foods such as wild game and corn. They were given rations of flour, salt and lard. Fry bread was created. It is synonymous with powwows and western fairs. It is the official state bread of South Dakota. An Indian taco is a large piece of fry bread piled high with taco fillings. Small pieces are enjoyed with a meal in place of a slice of bread. Wojapi is a fruit sauce of blackberries or blueberries in which pieces of fry bread are dipped in as a dessert.Fry bread is delicious! But is it good for you? Is it good for the Indians who eat it regularly? According to an article written in August, 2005, it can be a definite health hazard. Type 2 diabetes is prevalent among Indians, almost double what it is among the general population. Fry bread is not solely responsible, but at 700 calories for a plate size piece with 27 grams of fat, it can certainly be considered a contributor to health problems. However, it is deeply imbedded in the culture and it's hard to imagine that it ever will not be.
The Journey of Crazy Horse, A Lakota HIstory
Dec 26, 2008 by Sherry Lucas
This book is an excellent biography of Crazy Horse as told by an Indian; a story passed down through the generations. Having grown up thinking Crazy Horse was a somewhat vicious Indian warrior, this book was very enlightening. It gives insight into the real Crazy Horse; the somewhat shy individual who seemed not to particularly want the role he was destined to assume. You get to know Crazy Horse through the stages of his life; a boy, young man, husband, father and leader. He was a man who wanted to live free.One Church Many Tribes
Dec 26, 2008 by Sherry Lucas
A full-blooded Lakota/Sioux whose bitterness towards the white man was washed away by the blood of Christ, Richard Twiss shows that Native American Christians have much to offer the Church and can become a major force for reaching the lost. Full of wisdom, humor and passion, this book explains how the Church can begin to break down the walls of anger, distrust and bitterness and move toward revival in our landBlack Elk Speaks
Dec 26, 2008 by Sherry Lucas
Black Elk Speaks is the story of the Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and his people during the momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century. Black Elk met the distinguished poet, writer, and critic John G. Neihardt (1881-1973) in 1930 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and chose Neihardt to tell his story. Neihardt understood and conveyed Black Elk's experiences in this powerful and inspirational message for all humankind." "This new edition features two additional essays by John G. Neihardt that further illuminate his experience with Black Elk; an essay by Alexis Petri, great-granddaughter of John G. Neihardt, that celebrates Neihardt's remarkable accomplishments; and a look at the legacy of the special relationship between Neihardt and Black Elk, written by Lori Utecht, editor of Knowledge and Opinion: Essays and Literary Criticism of John G. Neihardt.Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 2007
Dec 26, 2008 by Sherry Lucas
Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee intertwines the perspectives of three characters: Charles Eastman (Beach), n? Ohiyesa, a young, Dartmouth-educated, Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation; Sitting Bull (Schellenberg), the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of their identity, their dignity and their sacred land - the gold-laden Black Hills of the Dakotas; and Senator Henry Dawes (Quinn), who was one of the architects of the government policy on Indian affairs. While Eastman and patrician schoolteacher Elaine Goodale (Paquin) work to improve life for the Indians on the reservation, Senator Dawes lobbies President Grant (Thompson) for more humane treatment, opposing the bellicose stance of General William Tecumseh Sherman (Feore). Hope rises for the Indians in the form of the prophet Wovoka (Studi) and the Ghost Dance - a messianic movement that promises an end of their suffering under the white man. This hope is obliterated after the assassination of Sitting Bull and the massacre of hundreds of Indian men, women and children by the 7th Cavalry at Wounded Knee Creek on Dec. 29, 1890.On the Rez
Dec 26, 2008 by Sherry Lucas
This book is about the friendship of the author and an Oglala Sioux on Pine Ridge Reservation in Southwestern South Dakota.Thunderheart 1992
Dec 26, 2008 by Sherry Lucas
An FBI man with Sioux background is sent to a reservation to help with a murder investigation, where he has to come to terms with his heritage. Slowly he rejects the intimidating tactics of his fellow FBI agents, who are not so interested in solving the crime as covering up an incriminating situation with the locals, and as he becomes more tuned to his heritage, the locals begin trusting him. Based on actual Reservation occurrences of the '70s.