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We do not Inherit

Added by ERIC SHARP on January 21, 2018 at 7:09pm — 1 Comment

“Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the wind,

Whose breath gives life to all the world.

Hear me; I need your strength and wisdom.

Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes ever

behold the red and purple sunset.

Make my hands respect the things you have

made and my ears sharp to hear your voice.

Make me wise so that I may understand

the things you have taught my people.

Help me to…

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Added by ERIC SHARP on January 21, 2018 at 6:55pm — No Comments

I am He POEM

I Am He

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I am he

that cares too much

and allows this world to penetrate.

I am the man

that loves too deeply,

while others merely perpetrate.

Do you see this man

or the boy inside,

with emotions to great

and plentiful to hide?

They've shorn my hair

and crushed my pride.

Taken my…

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Added by ERIC SHARP on February 4, 2014 at 7:20pm — No Comments

I am He

I Am He

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Back To Native American Poems

I am he

that cares too much

and allows this world to penetrate.

I am the man

that loves too deeply,

while others merely perpetrate.

Do you see this man

or the boy inside,

with emotions to great

and plentiful to hide?

They've shorn my hair

and crushed my pride.

Taken my land

and my wife from my side.

A man of honor,

whose spirit remains…

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Added by ERIC SHARP on February 4, 2014 at 7:16pm — No Comments

Our inner strengths are very strong! we use them all the time

Final Vision by Crowfoot, Blackfoot

Life is the flash of a firefly in the night.

It is the breath of the buffalo in the winter.

It is the little shadow which runs across the grass

and loses itself in the sunset.

Great Spirit, God, Creator of All by Laurel Singing Water Cat

Great Spirit, God, Creator of All

I welcome You into…

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Added by ERIC SHARP on March 24, 2013 at 11:17am — 1 Comment

Kitten And Chicken Become Good Friends

Kitten and chicken become good friends

People have always thought that cats and birds are natural enemies. However, Russian girl Maria’s true funny stories told us different fact, her pet cat becomes became close friends with her pet chicken, they eat, sleep and play together, never separated just a moment.

Maria’s father said Maria adopted the only homeless…

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Added by ERIC SHARP on May 11, 2012 at 12:48pm — 1 Comment

A cute short story enjoy : The Greedy Eating Squirrel Was Trapped In A Cage

Hears true funny stories told you a greedy eating squirrel, it climbed into a cage of wild birds for food, it kept eating the food inside, that the squirrel become too heavy to climb out of the cage. The whole true funny process was shouted.…

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Added by ERIC SHARP on May 11, 2012 at 12:32pm — 1 Comment

Good reading Where did we come from? Part 1 and 2 of a series by Red Wolf

Where did we come from?

Part 1 of a series by Red Wolf

(Sandi Red Wolf is the Turkey Clan Mother for the United Eastern Lenape Nation based in Sharon, Pa. Grandmother Red Wolf graduated Cum Laude from Kent…

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Added by ERIC SHARP on April 16, 2012 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

I found this little article on cats

ByStacey Brecher

From The Daily Cat

How do you know if your relationship with your cat has crossed over into an unhealthy obsession?

If caring for your cat has heavily interfered with everyday aspects of your life, you may be obsessed, according to Debra Rothschild, clinical psychologist and addictions expert.

Putting off work deadlines or…

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Added by ERIC SHARP on March 12, 2012 at 7:01pm — 1 Comment

Censorship: is hear read a free Country we are not !

Native Books Banned in Tucson:

Reports in the media that the Tucson Unified School District banned books by prominent Native American and Mexican authors and has discontinued its Mexican-American Studies programs spread like wildfire and prompted outrage from people all across the country. Is this taking compliance to Arizona HB-2281 too far? What books are on the list and no longer available for students and teachers to use in the classroom? Guests are author and educator Simon Ortiz… Continue

Added by ERIC SHARP on January 22, 2012 at 8:30am — 10 Comments

A STORY: The wandering Cow

For three months, she’s held a whole country spellbound. As if sensing that she was next in line for the slaughterhouse, Yvonne the cow broke through an electric fence on a farm near Munich, Germany, and headed for the forest.

A few days later she was almost hit by a police car while crossing a highway, and was promptly designated a public danger who should be shot on… Continue

Added by ERIC SHARP on September 16, 2011 at 10:46am — 1 Comment

The Modoc war a piece of our History

California and the Indian Wars

The Modoc War, 1872-1873

by Warren A. Beck and Ynez D. Hasse

This conflict resulted from forces common to all Indian wars: the encroachment of whites upon traditional Indian land until the aboriginal way of life was threatened with extinction. However, it was complicated by the appearance of the Ghost Dance religion, which (it was believed) protected the Indians from the white man's… Continue

Added by ERIC SHARP on September 6, 2011 at 8:31pm — 1 Comment

I like animals, I found this story very funny want to shear this one - it's a hoot !

- What a funny squirrel! I showed Marianne the picture on a magazine.

- Oh, don´t talk about squirrels… she sighed.

- Why?

- Our neighbor isn´t talking to us.

- What? Again? What this time? Something to do with squirrels?

- Oh yes.

- Let´s hear it!

- All right. The other day we were a bit tired and had a nap after I had done the laundry, and before it was time to start preparing dinner. Well - I was just about to fall asleep when…

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Added by ERIC SHARP on August 11, 2011 at 8:00am — 6 Comments

Oil spill cleanup turns up trove of Indian relics

CAMINADA HEADLAND, La.Cleanup after the BP oil spill has turned up dozens of sites where archaeologists are finding human and animal bones, pottery and primitive weapons left behind by pre-historic Indian settlements — a trove of new clues about the Gulf Coast's mound dwellers more than 1,300 years ago. But they also fear the remains could be damaged by oil or lost to erosion before they can be fully studied.

So far, teams of archaeologists hired by the oil giant have visited more than 100… Continue

Added by ERIC SHARP on July 23, 2011 at 5:26pm — 1 Comment

A cool story ,Ship lost for more than 150 years is recovered

Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and which was lost in the search for the doomed expedition of Sir John Franklin, the head of the team said Wednesday.

Marc-Andre Bernier, Parks Canada's head of underwater archaeology, said the HMS Investigator, abandoned in the ice in 1853, was found in shallow water in Mercy Bay along the northern coast of Banks Island in Canada's western Arctic.

"The ship is… Continue

Added by ERIC SHARP on July 23, 2011 at 5:15pm — 2 Comments

In Iceland, hunters and watchers battle over whales

A slick black head breaks the surface, drawing delighted shrieks from whale watchers in a growing, and lucrative, activity that some say should replace Iceland's controversial whale hunt.

Since their meagre beginning in the 1990s, whale safaris in this island state have grown to attract tens of thousands of visitors each summer. But its proponents tensed up when Iceland reintroduced commercial whaling in 2006, and the two sides remain uneasy bedfellows.

"Whaling is bad for our… Continue

Added by ERIC SHARP on July 23, 2011 at 5:05pm — No Comments

Big domestic cats there big

Cats are probably the most popular of pets nowadays. Originally valued for their inbred ability to hunt various house pests such as mice and roaches, cats also offer a warm and affectionate companionship to their owners. In 1987, cats overtook dogs as the number one pet in America (about 50 million cats resided in 24 million homes in 1986) and bout 37% of American homes today have at least one cat. Domestication of cats were first believed to have originated in ancient Egypt in about 3000 BC,… Continue

Added by ERIC SHARP on May 23, 2011 at 11:00am — 7 Comments

An Abenaki Legend enjoy

When Glooscap came in from the sea, he was riding his canoe, which was made of stone. He ran aground near what we now call St. John. He had been chasing two giant beavers. He was trying to stop them from raising any trouble.

He tried to stop them right… Continue

Added by ERIC SHARP on May 15, 2011 at 12:50pm — No Comments

A Passamaquoddy Legend enjoy

What the Micmacs call a Chenoo is known to the Passamaquoddies as a Kewahqu' or Kewoqu'. And this is their origin. When the k'tchi m'téoulin, or Great Big Witch, is conquered by the smaller witches, or M'téoulinssisk, they can kill him or turn him into a Kewahqu'. He still… Continue

Added by ERIC SHARP on May 15, 2011 at 11:31am — 1 Comment

More health tips: Home Remedies Around the World

Home Remedies Around the World

Chicken Soup for Cold Symptoms

Chicken soup may be good for the soul, but some people swear that it’s also good for the body. Many Americans reach for a steaming bowl of chicken soup whenever they’ve got a cold, while the equivalent… Continue

Added by ERIC SHARP on March 10, 2011 at 9:01am — 3 Comments