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Movie: Windtalkers

Bensen32 @Bensen32 (28658) • United States 11 Jul

I watched Windtalkers again and thought I would write a little something if you haven’t seen it. Windtalkers releases in June of 2002, it stars Nicholas Cage, Adam Beach, Christian Slater and Mark Ruffalo. The film is about the...

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Native American Heritage Month

celticeagle @celticeagle (189957) • Boise, Idaho 7 Nov 23

So much to learn about Native Americans. I didn't know there were 574 federally recognized tribes in existence. That's 229 in Alaska and the others are in 35 other states. About 14.6 percent of the American Indian population is...

native americans

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Indian Arts

Marsha Cooper @marsha32 (6631) • United States 22 Jun 16

In this picture is Lula (I thought her name was Una, but my grandson assures me it was Lula as he worked with her husband on a sheetrock crew during the trip). She wanted us to come see the big rug that she was weaving. We came...

crafts for profit

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Bible School on the Mission Trip

Marsha Cooper @marsha32 (6631) • United States 21 Jun 16

Sunday through Wednesday evenings on the mission trip were spent hosting Bible school at a Navajo family's home, outside. We hosted 2 Bible schools at 2 different homes during the week. We split our group in 2 to do so. This...

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Woman on a Mission

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169566) • United States 12 Jun 16

I received a brief facebook message from @marsha32 this morning. They had finished the 18 hour train trip and they were boarding a bus for another two hours journey. I hope she stays well and tolerates the heat and physical...

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A "Native American" or "Indian" by any other name...

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 28 Dec 10

When it comes to terms we use to refer to groups of people, we seem to trip over ourselves a lot. None of our terms seems to be based on fact or historic significants. They all seem more out of convenience than anything...

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