From the Horse's Mouth...

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

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

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A Good Time to Remember Standing Bear By Kevin Abourezk As the country honors the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. this week, I think i...
Monday, January 07, 2008

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U.S. tribes back Titla’s run for Congress Paul Giblin, East Valley Tribune American Indian tribes from across the state and country are pump...
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Friday, December 21, 2007

Jodi Rave: Youth a part of Big Foot Memorial Ride

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287-mile ride a rite of passage By JODI RAVE Missoulian BEAR SOLDIER, S.D. - When Donaven Yellow of Wakpala , S.D. , joined the Spirit R...

Abourezk: A Tribute to Floyd Red Crow Westerman

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We Must Give Back What This Minstrel Gave Us By Kevin Abourezk A lyrical and plainspoken voice for the oppressed. A gentle bu...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Rain and Rain in the Face....

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My oldest son Rain, Magazu, is going to be 9 years old on December 15. I am sad that I will miss celebrating his birthday this year, since...
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Obituary for Grandpa Elmer Blackbird...

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Grandpa Elmer always had words of encouragement for me. My memories of him are good. He was there for me when I graduated from UNL. I inv...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Omaha Tribe's Stabler, WWII vet and author, dies at 89

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Sioux City Journal WALTHILL, Neb. -- An Omaha Tribe member whose autobiographical book, "No One Ever Asked Me -- The World War II Memoi...
Monday, November 12, 2007

Finding the Beauty....

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Went to a really good sweat last night! With several new, good friends. Thanks to all of you who were in there. It was most helpful to me. I...
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Life Just Keeps Getting Better...

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One of my favorite songs by Staind that I like to listen to from time to time. Just serves as a reminder for me to keep in mind about where ...
Saturday, September 22, 2007

Feedback about your beautiful Poem...Breathing in the Here and Now

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Hi Renee, I would like to share your poem that you shared in Macy, Breathing in the Here and Now ... the students are working on learning ab...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Latest Poem...

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When we had the Honor the Youth Spiritual Run in June. I stayed in contact with Kevin Abourezk (Lakota) of the Lincoln Journal Star after h...
Monday, August 27, 2007

THE NEBRASKA DISPATCHES

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Monologue to tell tale of Standing Bear, tribes By Travis Coleman, Sioux City Journal staff writer Four years ago, Christopher Cartmill was...
Sunday, August 26, 2007

So Much to Write, So Little Time...

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There has been so much going on this summer. Each day has been totally amazing. I have received so many gifts in the people I 've met,...
Thursday, July 05, 2007

While in Minneapolis...

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Still going strong here in the Twin Cities. Enjoying all the sites and sounds. I've taken up bicycling again after 17 or 18 years...I a...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Run brings honor, awareness

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By Travis Coleman Journal Staff Writer MACY, Neb. -- Its been awhile since Barry Webster was asked to run so far. The 40-year-old used to r...
Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Incoming Thoughts on the Extraordinary...

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Whatever that means! Ha, ha, ha! I am visiting the lake country of the Anishinaabe people. I must admit that I am rather fascinated by all...
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...
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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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