Rockin' Raven

Client Joined: Apr 15, 2003 Posts: 466 Location: FL

I just wanted to stop by and kiss Raven's ring.

I bow before him.
Thanks for going above and beyond for me yet, again Raven.
You rock!

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 12:02 am

WOW! This is one happy customer! Laughing

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

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Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 12:36 am

You bet Nuekem!!
Rockin' Raven---tweet , tweet, tweet...
Eew, I have been up far too long................

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 6:27 am

Osiyo Deseroka,

Love your site! I had one something like that about four years ago.
I'm half Cherokee and I have a lot of the stories told by the People.
Need a story teller? Laughing

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 8:51 am

You bet I do!!! I saw you joined. Thank you, what a wonderful asset to my site! (right during one of my fits, Embarassed

, I do that sometimes)
I'll get permissions set for you sometime today!
Oh gosh, now we got some serious ring smooching going on at both sites.

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 9:37 am

Halito Deseroka, Chim Achukma? Chahta iskitini anumpuli li.

Margie's grandmother was 100% Choctaw. My grandpa was raised with the Choctaw indians in Oklahoma. He died in 1970 and taught me how to count to 10 in Choctaw. I remember he told ma the Choctaw word for happiness was the longest word in their language but I can't remember what it was. The picture above - it is beautiful, is it not? The Choctaw were originally from Mississippi as I understand it and there is still a major reservation there. Where were the Lakota from? is there history between the 2 Nations?

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 9:49 am

Raven, I am not sure of the relationship between Choctaw and Lakota.
I am Shawnee, but I have many members and brothers and sisters who are Lakota.
Aki, who does much of my jewelry etc is Lakota and like a brother to me. The Lakota, Nakota, Dakota Sioux are in the badlands, the Dakotas some in Canada. The Sioux got the worst rap of all, and are still getting beat up today.
The two poorest rez's and perhaps counties in the US are inhabited by the Sioux.That would be Pine Ridge and Rosebud.
Aki ( Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login!) is presently selling a handmade drum to benefit Pine Ridge. You can read more about that Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login!.
If you go over and post how to count to 10 in Choctaw, you will receive additional ring kissing I can assure you. Heck, they may just give you another new ring. You know how we like shiny stuff. Rolling Eyes

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 10:18 am

I'm sorry

- I thought you had told me you were Lakota. I'll go back to my nest now.

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 11:00 am

Don't be sorry. Believe me, I have been called worse than Lakota, and in fact consider it an honor..........

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 8:24 pm

I've already posted this to your site Deseroka, but I thought Raven might like to read this. Laughing

This is the story "The Origin of Light" as it is told by the Alaskan Inuit.

In the early times, there was only darkness in the world; there was no light at all. At the edge of the sea a young woman lived with her father. Once she went out to get some water. As she was scraping the snow, she saw a feather floating toward her. Her mouth was opened and the feather floated in and she swallowed it. From that time she became pregnant.

Then she had the baby. It's mouth was a raven's bill. The young woman tried hard to find toys for her baby. In her father's house was a bladder hanging on the wall that was blown up. This belonged to the young woman's father. Now the baby, whose name was tulugaak (meaning "Raven"), pointed at it and cried for it. The young woman did not want to give it to him but he cried and cried. At last she gave in and took the bladder down from the wall and let the baby play with it. But in playing with it, he broke it. Immediately, it began to give light. Now there was light in the world, and darkness, too.

When the young woman's father came home, he scolded his daughter for taking the bladder down from the wall and giving it to the baby. And when it was light, tulugaak (Raven) had disappeared.

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 8:35 pm

Thanks! I just posted it into Legends and Lore. Great story. I am so looking forward to more!!!
And to hear Raven count to 10!!
I better shut up now, since I have not posted how to count to 10 in my language... Embarassed

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 9:21 pm

Oh, I have hundreds more.... Laughing

Worker Joined: Feb 16, 2004 Posts: 164

Great site Idea Deseroka!

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 4:31 am

Idea? No life....