Tag: the Great Spirit
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To Protect My Companion
“THE FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT” by Chief New Leaf, ©2016 (Oct. 28, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: Some of the imagery used in the following article may be upsetting to some readers.] He waited all night with his companion. The herd would be approaching from the west at sunrise. It was a gamble staying out in the open,…
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Telling Time the (American) Indian Way
“TRUTH WILL ALWAYS TRUMP LIES” by Chief New Leaf, ©2016 (Oct. 7, 2016) — Ever since the great Moose herds migrated from the lands of the tundra to the peach trees and back again, and ever since the American buffalo herds took the number of your fingers for the sun to set to count their passing,…
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Doctor, Lawyer and Indian Chief
“STANDING ON REAL SAND” by OPOVV, ©2015 (Dec. 2, 2015) — ACT I The music of Nobuyuki Tsujii’s “Elegy for the Victims of the Tsunami of March 11, 2011 in Japan” is played as the curtain rises. On the stage is a lifeboat drifting on a calm sea with a moderate swell. There are three…
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Washington: The Indian Prophecy (1770)
“THE MIRACULOUS CARE OF PROVIDENCE” by James Still, ©2015 (Jul. 1, 2015) — In 1755, a young Colonel George Washington fought under British General Edward Braddock against the French at Fort Duquesne [pronounced, “doo-cane”]. The British suffered a devastating defeat. Fifteen years later, as Washington was surveying lands west of Virginia, he was met by…
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The Words Were Spoken
“A LOST PEOPLE WITH NO IDENTITY” by OPOVV, ©2015 (Apr. 18, 2015) — CAST: Chief White Elk Chief Squirrel Who Stand And Fight (Swaf — pronounced ‘Safe’) First Brave: Fast Crawler Second Brave: He Who Likes Arrows (Hela — pronounced ‘Heel’) White Elk’s wife: Zapping Minnow Swaf’s wife: Take Out the Garbage, You Lazy Indian…