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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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 Posted - Oct 12 2009 : 8:48:31 PM
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Isn't it great to learn new things...This past weekend DH took me to the Pope & Young Club/ St. Charles, MN Museum of Bowhunting. I'm not into hunting. But do enjoy the self-discipline of target shooting. What an awesome museum. We picked up 2 books. "The Witchery of Archery" by Maurce Thompson, and "ISHI In Two worlds" a biography of the Last wild Indian in North America", a very interesting, but sad account.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
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Posted - Oct 12 2009 : 8:58:34 PM
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I'd like to read the book about the last free Native American. Isn't it ironic that as we celebrate Columbus day, the poorest people in our country live mostly on reservations?
"Dog is my co-pilot"
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 6:58:51 PM
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So, ironic. I also find it difficult to believe that Ishi was the last "free", "wild" American Indian. Surely more people must have hidden themselves from the whites. Perhaps, its all a matter of perspective. However, as I read between the lines I found Ishi to be very intelligent, probably more so than his "captors".
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 7:14:03 PM
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I just finish reading, "The Education of Little Tree", about a young native american boy. What a super good, wonderful, heartwarming book.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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ruenietwoshoes
True Blue Farmgirl
90 Posts
Patricia
Thornton
West Virginia
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 5:25:43 PM
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Sounds interesting! I believe you just told me a good about a good read I'm going to get for my winter reading! Thanks!
<3 Patricia
sister.daughter.lover.knitter.best friend.quilter.hand stitcher.a cook.a soon-to-be-nurse.animal lover.mountaineer.facebook junkie.and a new blogger.and a lover of God!
I'm only 21! :)
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
2914 Posts |
Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 8:04:04 PM
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If you enjoy reading about Native Americans, a good contemporary book is A Cherokee Feast of Days, by Joyce Sequichie Hifler. It's a collection of daily meditations, most of them having to do with the natural world. Reading them is like having someone show you a secret spring in the woods.
"Dog is my co-pilot"
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ridgebird
True Blue Farmgirl
52 Posts
willow
MO
USA
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Posted - Oct 28 2009 : 1:54:58 PM
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| The "Education of Little Tree" is one of my top 5 books. It is so good to read to feel grounded. Peace |
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