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Beautiful Native American Art ❤Artist: Karen Noles, 1947
07/03/2023

Beautiful Native American Art ❤
Artist: Karen Noles, 1947

Mohegan group on Mohegan Hill in Uncasville, Connecticut - 1921*L-R: Mrs. Myrtice (Fielding) Germaine, Burrill Hyde Fiel...
07/03/2023

Mohegan group on Mohegan Hill in Uncasville, Connecticut - 1921
*L-R: Mrs. Myrtice (Fielding) Germaine, Burrill Hyde Fielding,Mrs. Loretta (Fielding) Schultz, Chief Lemuel Miller Fielding, Gladys Lola Tantaquidgeon, and Elmer Fielding.

With regard to clothing, the elder Howard White Wolf shared that beads and fringes decorated the Comanche leggings. Frin...
07/03/2023

With regard to clothing, the elder Howard White Wolf shared that beads and fringes decorated the Comanche leggings. Fringes and beads also embellished their buckskin shirts. Along the shirt sleeve seams, whipcord fringes flowed nicely downward.
Sometimes the younger men wore breastplates made of shell bead or bone.
The best dressed moccasins worn by men had a couple lines of beads. Those two lines of beads ran from the tip of the toe to the instep. Between the beads, a painted line was visible. Moreover, short fringes with cone-shaped metal ornaments were located along the outside edge of the outer beads. Beads were generally present along the moccasin top toward the back. The edges of the lower side flaps were also beaded. At the rear seam of the moccasin were fringes that ran around four to six inches in length. With the good dressers of the Comanches, their fine dress clothes were well cared for, properly put away and stored.

A very impressive framed portrait photograph titled Quanah Parker. The very well-known Comanche Chief is handsomely shown in his finest tribal attire. Photograph courtesy of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections, Arlington, Texas.

A Chippewa Native American Allegedly Lived to be 137A Chippewa chief commonly referred to as “John Smith” lived to be an...
07/02/2023

A Chippewa Native American Allegedly Lived to be 137

A Chippewa chief commonly referred to as “John Smith” lived to be an incredibly ripe old age. If you eat a virtuous diet rich with sturgeon fresh from a lake, partake in vigorous regular exercise in the clear air of northern Minnesota, and stay sociable by getting married—eight times!—but never have the bother of raising children, how long might you count your years?

One man lived to the ripe old age of 137, according to reports at the time. Or maybe he was 100, or maybe 138. While his exact age remains in dispute, this much is certain: He sure looked pretty old.

The Chippewa Native American named Ga-Be-Nah-Gewn-Wonce —which translates to Sloughing Flesh or Wrinkled Meat, depending on your source—was called John Smith by white people, according to a February 8, 1922, front-page obituary in the Minneapolis (Morning) Star Tribune

Though John Smith had become blind in his last year, he’d been active—or as active as a centenarian+ can be—up until he contracted the pneumonia that claimed his life. He would walk out to wave to the trains passing through his area. His mind was reportedly, and remarkably, clear. At the end of his life, he lived with a nephew, whom he adopted as his son, Tom Smith, who took care of the old man.
While the day he left this Earth is indisputable, his birth date was also murky, especially at a time when records were scant, especially for non-whites. John Smith lived on Division Point at Cass Lake, in northern Minnesota, where he fished and rode horses, for all but a few years of his life. The Great Northern Railroad Company had a train turntable where they turned engines around at Division Point (hence its name).

John Smith would come out to the trains and sell pictures of himself for 5 cents on which he wrote his Indian name, his “white person” name, the location, and his age. In some of the pictures, he wears a traditional Indian headdress with feathers, poncho, and beads. In others, he wears a top hat or a jacket, vest, and cravat. On one picture from 1912, his age is cited as 128. A shock of white hair tumbles over his prominent nose and face, which is incredibly etched with deep wrinkles.
Smith told people that he’d been eight or nine years old “when the stars fell,” according to a University of Minnesota ethnographic biography of Paul Peter Buffalo, who’d been a child in John Smith’s circles. Some experts pin “when the stars fell” to the Leonid Meteor Showers of 1833, which would put Smith’s birthday in 1822 and make him 100-ish at the time of his death.

At the same time, he also claimed to have participated in the War of 1812, which makes his age in the 130-plus range more credible. A Federal Commissioner of Indian Enrollment, however, said Smith’s wrinkled face was due to a disease, not age. Paul Peter Buffalo reported that John Smith, whom he called “Grandpa John,” had been asked to become chieftan but had turned down the honor because he was “getting too old. He didn’t want to be responsible for anything

How old can a man really live? The oldest verified age validated by modern standards, which requires at least three official documents, belongs to Jiroemon Kimura of Japan, who died on June 12, 2013, at the age of 116 and 54 days!

Of the pronghorn antelope seen by explorers in the 16th and 17th centuries in North America, the Spanish tended to see t...
07/02/2023

Of the pronghorn antelope seen by explorers in the 16th and 17th centuries in North America, the Spanish tended to see them as a goat. The pronghorn observed by early adventurers seemed to have no match in Europe. Moreover, the Pronghorn is found only in the western United States.
The Kwahada or Antelope Comanches were very numerous on the open treeless landscape of the Southern Great Plains. Their band name signified a free way of living much like the unique pronghorn. Upon these lands, the pronghorn antelope were indeed abundant as well as the bison.
On the Llano Estacado of the western high plains, the vast area was their home. In the immense landscape, the Kwahadas felt safe and secure in the canyons of Palo Duro and Tule. With their swift movements and great knowledge of their country, the very elusive Kwahadas were sheltered beside the timbered valleys of the Staked Plains.

Incredible historical picture of the noted Kwahada Comanche warrior and tribal band leader Kawertzeme (Never gets enough of doing any activity he is taking part in). The treasured Penateka elder Nemaruibetsi shared that Kawertzeme was a possessor of wolf medicine. According to her, only a few men held such a gift among the Comanches. The medicine gave protection against the coldness of winter. On their war journeys, the cold had no effect on the man and to those warriors around him. Courtesy of the Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center, Lawton, Oklahoma. Additional information from Comanche Ethnography, Field Notes of E. Adamson Hoebel, Waldo R. Wedel, Gustav G. Carlson, and Robert H Lowie, Edited by Thomas W. Kavanagh.

A Chippewa Native American Allegedly Lived to be 137A Chippewa chief commonly referred to as “John Smith” lived to be an...
07/02/2023

A Chippewa Native American Allegedly Lived to be 137

A Chippewa chief commonly referred to as “John Smith” lived to be an incredibly ripe old age. If you eat a virtuous diet rich with sturgeon fresh from a lake, partake in vigorous regular exercise in the clear air of northern Minnesota, and stay sociable by getting married—eight times!—but never have the bother of raising children, how long might you count your years?

One man lived to the ripe old age of 137, according to reports at the time. Or maybe he was 100, or maybe 138. While his exact age remains in dispute, this much is certain: He sure looked pretty old.

The Chippewa Native American named Ga-Be-Nah-Gewn-Wonce —which translates to Sloughing Flesh or Wrinkled Meat, depending on your source—was called John Smith by white people, according to a February 8, 1922, front-page obituary in the Minneapolis (Morning) Star Tribune

Though John Smith had become blind in his last year, he’d been active—or as active as a centenarian+ can be—up until he contracted the pneumonia that claimed his life. He would walk out to wave to the trains passing through his area. His mind was reportedly, and remarkably, clear. At the end of his life, he lived with a nephew, whom he adopted as his son, Tom Smith, who took care of the old man.
While the day he left this Earth is indisputable, his birth date was also murky, especially at a time when records were scant, especially for non-whites. John Smith lived on Division Point at Cass Lake, in northern Minnesota, where he fished and rode horses, for all but a few years of his life. The Great Northern Railroad Company had a train turntable where they turned engines around at Division Point (hence its name).

John Smith would come out to the trains and sell pictures of himself for 5 cents on which he wrote his Indian name, his “white person” name, the location, and his age. In some of the pictures, he wears a traditional Indian headdress with feathers, poncho, and beads. In others, he wears a top hat or a jacket, vest, and cravat. On one picture from 1912, his age is cited as 128. A shock of white hair tumbles over his prominent nose and face, which is incredibly etched with deep wrinkles.
Smith told people that he’d been eight or nine years old “when the stars fell,” according to a University of Minnesota ethnographic biography of Paul Peter Buffalo, who’d been a child in John Smith’s circles. Some experts pin “when the stars fell” to the Leonid Meteor Showers of 1833, which would put Smith’s birthday in 1822 and make him 100-ish at the time of his death.

At the same time, he also claimed to have participated in the War of 1812, which makes his age in the 130-plus range more credible. A Federal Commissioner of Indian Enrollment, however, said Smith’s wrinkled face was due to a disease, not age. Paul Peter Buffalo reported that John Smith, whom he called “Grandpa John,” had been asked to become chieftan but had turned down the honor because he was “getting too old. He didn’t want to be responsible for anything

How old can a man really live? The oldest verified age validated by modern standards, which requires at least three official documents, belongs to Jiroemon Kimura of Japan, who died on June 12, 2013, at the age of 116 and 54 days .

'CROW DELEGATION':Courtesy~DavidMannThe Crow and Lakota tribes had a marathon enmity, which crossed over into the reserv...
07/01/2023

'CROW DELEGATION':
Courtesy~DavidMann
The Crow and Lakota tribes had a marathon enmity, which crossed over into the reservation era. That is behind them now however. The realization of many tribes, one people is abundantly clear to everyone. Case in point: There were Lakotas and other Plains tribes at Oak Flat, and Apaches/other southwestern tribes at Standing Rock.
Image Courtesy~DavidMann

Tecumseh - Shawnee chiefTecumseh (born 1768, southeast of Old Chillicothe [north of modern Xenia, Ohio, U.S.]—died Octob...
07/01/2023

Tecumseh - Shawnee chief
Tecumseh (born 1768, southeast of Old Chillicothe [north of modern Xenia, Ohio, U.S.]—died October 5, 1813, near Thames River, Upper Canada [now in Ontario, Canada]), Shawnee Indian chief, orator, military leader, and advocate of intertribal Indian alliance who directed Indian resistance to white rule in the Ohio River valley. In the War of 1812 he joined British forces for the capture of Detroit and the invasion of Ohio. A decisive battle against William Henry Harrison’s U.S. troops ended in Tecumseh’s defeat and death.

GRAHAM GREENE - Born June 22, 1952, on the Six Nations Reserve in Ohsweken, Ontario, Mr. Greene is a 70 year old FIRST N...
07/01/2023

GRAHAM GREENE - Born June 22, 1952, on the Six Nations Reserve in Ohsweken, Ontario, Mr. Greene is a 70 year old FIRST NATIONS Canadian actor who belongs to the ONEIDA tribe. He has worked on stage, in film, and in TV productions in Canada, the U.K., and the U.S. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his 1990 performance in "Dances with Wolves". Other films you may have seen him in include Thunderheart, Maverick, Die Hard with a Vengeance, the Green Mile, and Wind River. Graham Greene graduated from the Centre for Indigenous Theatre in 1974 & immediately began performing in professional theatre in Toronto and England, while also working as an audio technician for area rock bands. His TV debut was in 1979 and his screen debut in 1983. His acting career has now spanned over 4 decades & he remains as busy as ever. In addition to the Academy Award nomination for Dance with Wolves, he has been consistently recognized for his work, and also received nominations in 1994, 2000, 2004, 2006, and 2016. Graham Greene lives in Toronto, Canada, married since 1994, and has 1 adult daughter.

Aho ~ Artist, Un Known ~
06/30/2023

Aho ~ Artist, Un Known ~

Wonderful picture!
06/30/2023

Wonderful picture!

“Do not judge your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins." – Cheyenne
06/29/2023

“Do not judge your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins." – Cheyenne

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