From the Horse's Mouth...

Words for Healing and Positive Transformation...from yesterday, today, and into tomorrow.

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Obituary...

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Ralph E. Preston Jr. WALTHILL, Neb. -- Ralph Edward Preston Jr., 69, of Walthill died Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at a Sioux City hospital. Serv...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

View from the Holy Fire Place

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This poem is dedicated to my Omaha Relative and Woptura Sundance Brother, Ralph "Rocky" Preston Who passed away today… May 29, 200...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Sky and Earth, Blue and Green...

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Sky and Earth, Blue and Green By Shonge Xube Wau, Renee New Holy What does it mean when we see no separation between the Sky and Earth, Blue...
Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Mom is a Powerful Word!

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Listening to my mother, Alice, speak last night at a wake for one of my aunts, I was overwhelmed by what she said to all of our relatives wh...
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Sunday, March 04, 2007

Now Is The Time by Hafiz

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Yesterday evening, I received an email from my friend, Christopher Cartmill, who has been at the Art Institute of Chicago, this week. One of...
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Blizzard Aftermath...

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This is truly a Minimum Maintenance Road! I always find snowdrift sculptures one of the Wind's most beautiful creations on this Earth. ...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

My Father's Voice...

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Me, Mom & Dad This poem is one I wrote a few years ago for my dad, Frank Saunsoci. It so happened in 2003, on this very same night, I c...
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Sunday, February 25, 2007

American Indian Millennium: Renewing Our Ways for Future Generations By Darrell Robes Kipp

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Okoyi: To Have A Home Banishment was the strongest punishment my tribe, imposed on a member unable to abide the tribal ways. Without realizi...
Saturday, February 24, 2007

Poetry by Jennifer Ashawasegai (Henvey Inlet First Nation Ojibwe)

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Today, I am publishing this poem by my friend and relative, Jennifer Ashawasegai, who lives on the Henvey Inlet First Nation Reserve in Pick...
Thursday, February 22, 2007

The Voice of this Place by Renee New Holy

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Today is my relative, Alex Gladstone's birthday. I wanted to wish him a very Happy Birthday. In July of 2003, several of us attended tra...
Saturday, February 17, 2007

Fix You by ColdPlay

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I like these lyrics to the song Fix You by the band ColdPlay. I actually like the entire album which is called X & Y. I play this song f...
Tuesday, January 30, 2007

My Views on Indian Education (Part Two)

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One thing I’ve learned over the years is that my perception of everything changes over time. Since last year and the beginning of this year...
Sunday, January 07, 2007

Poetry by Robe Walker (Gros Ventre)

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A Gentle Rain Becomes You to a T By Robe Walker silently...a storm approached emptiness..with everything in it clouds flew by ..and touched...
Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Facing Future...by IZ

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Facing Future... Words from IZ, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Native Hawaiian (1993) Facing backwards I see the past Our nation gained, our nat...
Sunday, December 24, 2006

What Leads to Divorce?

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May 2004 to November 2004... Before I go on to Part Two of My Views on Indian Education. I have this need to dwell on how everything that ha...
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Saturday, December 23, 2006

Poetry by Joy Harjo (Muscogee Nation)

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A Map to the Next World by Joy Harjo (for Desiray Kierra Chee ) In the last days of the fourth world I wished to make a map for those wh...
Monday, December 18, 2006

One of the Most Beautiful Places on Earth...

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I took this picture in September of 2004. What can I say? The Blackfeet Nation is so fortunate to have such a view. I'll return on any e...
Friday, November 17, 2006

My Views on Indian Education (Part One)

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Since completing my teacher's program in 2002, my views on Indian Education have altered completely. Much like everything else in my li...
Sunday, November 12, 2006

First Posting...At last!

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Beginnings... Today I decided that it was time to began my documentation of the upheaval I've been through this past year. Been trying t...
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Renee Sans Souci, Shonge Xube Wau (Sacred Horse Woman)
Renee Sans Souci (Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and Iowa) is a poet and educator. As a child, Renee was strongly influenced by the images and struggles of Native people during the 20th century. Her poetry and writing reflect the thoughts and feelings of being Native in this contemporary time period of the 21st Century known as the “Turtle Island Renaissance.” Renee is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Education and Human Sciences, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education. As a certified educator (K-8) and ESL (K-12) instructor, Renee is currently designing a language survival school based on Native philosophy and worldviews. She is dedicated to Native youth suicide prevention, language revitalization, community healing and to restoring spiritual connection to the Sky and the Earth through Native teachings.
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