My Great-Grandmother was full blood Apache but she died before I had the opportunity to meet her. My Mother used to tell us stories about Geronimo and the Superstition Mountains in Arizona, my mother's birth place. She took us to see the bluff [Medicine Bluff] where he and his horse jumped from into the Medicine River to get away from the US Calvary...he lived and did get away.
My Mother was a half-breed and as a child when walking in Phoenix the white men would spit on her and her family and then they [the white people] would cross to the other side of the street so as to not be soiled by their presence. I lived with prejudice from within my own father's family [his mother did not want anything to do with us Native American brown skinned children]...even from my own father. Now that my Mother has passed on my father claims we are not Apache but he lies...my Mother was very proud of her heritage and wanted her children to be proud of it too and we are. Just thought I would share some of my Native American history. Sandy --- On Wed, 9/30/09, zoe w <[email protected]> wrote: > From: zoe w <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: CS> Native American stories--OT > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 4:11 PM > > Im glad you are enjoying the stories. > > zoe > > AHorse52251 wrote: > > Zoe, > > Thank you for posting the group! > > I am sorry to say I am not a sensitive > person, tuned into things around me. I wish I were. I can > certainly agree with Lois in what was done to the people > native to this country. There *should* have been white > bodies hanging from trees all across this country for what > the white man did, IMO. > > No other minority had annihilation attempted on them > in this country that I ever heard of. OK, I'll get off my > soapbox, not that I want to... > > Thanks again. I joined and look foreward > to the stories! > > Janis > > > > > > --- On Wed, 9/30/09, zoe w <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> From: zoe w <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: CS> Native American > stories-- > >> To: [email protected] > >> Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 1:46 PM > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> It is good that you are that > sensitive. Yes if you > >> listen closely you can still hear them > whisper. I am hardpressed to > >> find any place > >> on this continent that wasn't once > either a > >> campground or > >> huntingground or otherwise steeped in the > history of > >> one tribe or > >> another. Sleeping out under the > stars used to put > >> me in touch with > >> the ancestors, wish I could still do > that sort of > >> thing. I can > >> still sit in the woods by myself > and get tuned in > >> that way. > >> > >> > >> > >> zoe > >> > >> > >> > >> [email protected] > >> wrote: > >> > >> In a > message dated 9/30/2009 12:22:30 A.M. Eastern > >> Daylight > >> Time, [email protected] > >> writes: > >> Lois, > >> > >> Most of the stories told by my Grandpa were > very > >> personal family > >> stories that would have no meaning to > outsiders. Ours > >> have been > >> preserved and are being passed down to > successive > >> generations of which > >> there are three beyond myself so far. > If you are > >> looking for the > >> generic, creation, myth > stories there is a place > >> you can go. > >> > >> > >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IPLStories/ > >> > >> > >> Wonderful collections of stories > here, some old, some > >> new. > >> > >> > >> zoe > >> > >> zoe, I think > it is great you are preserving the > >> stories... I am > >> not looking for generic, have read many of them. I > live in > >> the land of > >> the Senecas. One of their camps was within walking > distance > >> of where I > >> live in Letchworth State Park. It is almost as if > I can > >> sense their > >> presence here in my woods. It is said that their > winter > >> camp was in > >> this woods. I just appreciate their history & > abhor > >> what was done > >> to them.. Lois > >> > >> > >> > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing > Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently > down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
