Category Archives: North American

North American native interests

From Garbage Can Lid to Mask

1st mask

One day the local hardware store had a garage sale and we found that we could get only garbage can lids without the cans. Our lids seem to always crack, probably because of our climate. We bought two kinds of … Continue reading

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The Native American Zodiac

I came across this listing in a newsgroup and checked out the site where it came from and decided to place the info here. The info is from the book “Earth Medicine, a Shamanic way to Self Discovery” by Kenneth … Continue reading

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The White Buffalo

buffalo

There was a long time where I hardly every thought of native American things until suddenly in early 92 I was ready to learn more again. I bought the book "Buffalo Woman Comes Singing" by Brooke Medicine Eagle. I just … Continue reading

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My Introduction to Native Design

Native Design original utility blanket embroidery

In August of 1978 I gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. Once the children were around half a year I needed something to take my mind off taking care of them while they were … Continue reading

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Karl May

Pierre Brice as Winnetou

My association with ‘Native’ was ‘Native American’. I had seen movies and read books by Karl May and had watched his movies where Pierre Briece, a French actor who played Winnetou (text is in German), the famous character from the … Continue reading

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Who Was Kokopelli?

kokopelli

One summer I found in the reduced price bin at a local department store the book “She who remembers” by Linda Lay Shuler. I was immediately pulled into the story and later discovered that it was only the first in … Continue reading

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