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Post by Diane Merkel on Aug 8, 2007 8:24:57 GMT -6
The festival was recently held in conjunction with the Jamestown 2007 Commemoration. Here is an excerpt about the grandson of a familiar name: In addition to the 15 tribes participating in the event, American Indians from other nations joined in during the intertribal dances. At the sidelines of the coliseum, August Little Soldier of the MHA Nation sat watching the intertribal dance.
Little Soldier garnered attention when some heard his grandfather scouted with George Armstrong Custer in the late 1800s during the Indian Wars.
''My grandfather died with Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn,'' said Little Soldier, 93. ''I never did know my grandfather.''
At one time, Little Soldier said he had his grandfather's military equipment, but after having loaned it for exhibits, he said eventually, the equipment was lost.
Little Soldier said he enjoyed watching the dances and learning more about the culture of the Virginia Indians. Article: www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096415540
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Post by Tricia on Aug 8, 2007 12:16:10 GMT -6
And for those who live in the West, today marks the start of the Annual Intertribal Ceremonial, held in Gallup, NM. This is one of the Granddaddies of Them All and you can't beat the scenery among the red rocks ... yes, there are some nice parts of Gallup. www.gallupintertribal.comI used to go as a girl with grandma and grandpa ... some of those dances were simply amazing. And of course the fry bread (I take mine with butter and honey)! Trish
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Post by crzhrs on Aug 8, 2007 13:23:23 GMT -6
Here in NH we have a wonderful Native American Museum in Warner . . . Kearsarge Indian Museum. There are all kinds of events with visiting tribes who put on shows and demonstrations.
In addition lots of artifacts from various tribes. Well worth taking a look if you are up this way.
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Post by Tricia on Aug 8, 2007 18:34:45 GMT -6
Actually, Crz ... I'm heading that way before year's end. Other Custer commitments keep popping up, but I'm supposed to be going to CT and NH soon. Hope to take it all in!
--t.
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Post by harpskiddie on Aug 8, 2007 20:04:29 GMT -6
Tricia:
Sop mine with butter and homemade strawberry jam [or Saskatoon berries up here]. Yes Gallup has some redeeming features and some nice tourist attractions. I particularly remember the world renowned Gallup Pole, carved from a 300 foot, thousand year old cedar [imported from B.C. natch] where people are encouraged to afix postit notes with their opinions of the day's topic [it changes day by day].
Good memories of Gallup..............specially as a jumping-off point for Durango.
Gordie, fours left, Gallup ho!!..................................................................................................
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Post by Diane Merkel on Aug 9, 2007 6:33:46 GMT -6
Bubbabod posted this in another thread, but I think he meant it for here: Harpskiddle and Tricia, three or four years ago Perry Baker was riding with me on our way to the LBH from Phoenix. I picked Perry up, spent the night at his house, and we took three days of touring to get to the LBH. As we arrived in Gallup, a fairly isolated place on old Route 66, I was taking him to see the famous old El Rancho Hotel, a stopping off place for Hollywood stars driving to LA in the old days. We ran into a traffic jam and weren't allowed to go the way we wanted. The reason? Here out in the desert, seemingly the middle of nowhere, John Kerry was in the city park making an appearance on the campaign trail. Having said that, it is beautiful country around Gallup. As you enter from the west along I-40, there are beautiful red mesas and what appear to be caves. Beautiful country.
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Post by crzhrs on Aug 9, 2007 6:47:46 GMT -6
Trish:
NH and much of the Northeast had its share of Indian-White conflict that is almost forgotten today because of the time period, mid-1600-late 1700s. However, it was just as fierce and ugly, and may a little more so than what took place in the West. Indian and White settlements were attacked far more often than out West with major loss of life on both sides. Many captives were taken by the other and/or sold into slavery.
The shame is . . . the same policy that took place in the East continued in the West but with a little more "legality" to it.
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Post by harpskiddie on Aug 9, 2007 10:09:28 GMT -6
There were. I would guess, far more casualties on both sides in the Northeast wars than in those in the West of the 1800s. Being originally an easterner, and always a history/war buff, I grew up with books on the French and Indian Wars, Rogers Rangers, Tippecanoe [and Tyler too], the River Raisin, Fort Detroit, Queenston Heights, The Blavck Hawk War, The Long Sault etc etc.
I still pick one up from time to time, although my focus has changed somewhat.
Gordie, girl I gotta say that it's not like before, and I'm not gonna play your games anymore..................
ps Didn't Elvis stay at the El Rancho???
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Post by crzhrs on Aug 9, 2007 11:27:55 GMT -6
The thing about the "Eastern" Wars were the many attacks by Indians on White settlements. In NH & Maine during that time numerous towns were attacked. So much so there was serious doubts about whether those settlements would continue.
But as the fighting went on and Indian numbers went down and Whites up, along with diseases, many Indians were defeated or left for Canada.
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