Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources

[Richard Zane Smith]

Kweh Rolland!
tizhamëh!

I'm gunna say somethun you already know...with a few pictures!
the grandfather you spoke of....somehow his words took root in *you,*
and ....then you winged his words accross to me...
so... do his "words" still somehow (((vibrate))) into...*the present*?
cuz if they are still vibrating it means there's still *a heartbeat*
and if there is still a *heartbeat* ...there is the possibility of *life*
and that indigenous spiral that is wound up on itself just possibly could
unwind.

Maori carvers carve it on their Morae ...Mound builders put it on their
pottery
and it shows up in so many indigenous cultures.(see jpgs)
Birth, middle age, death and, rebirth ....
Actual detection of living culture is when culture itself is either emerging
or fading
and there is only two times when all is silent and its invisible.
One time is when Culture is at its highest - its like air, unseen and no
longer felt.
"When the shoe fits the foot is forgotten"
the other silent place is there at the center of the spiral right at the
moment before
it turns...and becomes reborn...
and YOU just might be one of those "on the turn!"

I love this spiral, and have been incorporating it in some of my own art
work.

ske:noh
Sohahiyoh
(Richard)

On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:

>  Good to hear cyber cousin! That is a good site. I'm looking for one with
> only good news...lol...I even 'kliked' my heels three times...
>
> For this elist, I think it is just great, great to see you respond in your
> primary language and an incidental translation into English...love it. I am
> not capable in our language but we don't use it either. An grandfather, gone
> now, told us. If the creator put it here for us to use and we don't use it,
> it will go back and we will lose it.
>
> -------
> wahjeh
> rolland nadjiwon
> ______________________________________________
>
> A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory…
> ______________________________________________
>
>
> On 03/07/2010 10:20 AM, Richard Zane Smith wrote:
>
>  tizhamëh zharaseh !
> ndae' yawahstih trondi'
> (thanks cousin !
> that one's reelie good!)
>
>  Sohahiyoh
> (rzs)
> hatidare' nde wandat, akwatras ayömendeh
> (Wyandotte Oklahoma)
>
>
>
>
>  On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 12:18 AM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca>wrote:
>
>> A good resource should you have an interest.
>>
>> http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/
>>
>> -------
>> wahjeh
>> rolland nadjiwon
>> ______________________________________________
>>
>> A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory…
>> ______________________________________________
>>
>
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