by Wisdom Blogger | Nov 22, 2021 | Washington, Storytelling, Turtle Island Storytellers Network
What I’m All About My name is Roy Wilson. I am an enrolled member of the Cowlitz Indian tribe. I was born with an Indian father and a non-Indian mother. I have Cowlitz blood, Chinook blood, Yakama blood, and Iroquois blood. In my tribe, I served for thirty-two...
by Wisdom Blogger | Nov 16, 2021 | Oregon, Storytelling, Turtle Island Storytellers Network
Our Songs Have Meaning Hello, my name is Carlos Calica. I come from the Confederate Tribes of Warm Springs. I was asked to come here to share today on the Tribal Rhythms program on Native American drumming and the history of the drumming and singing of the Warm...
by Wisdom Blogger | Nov 16, 2021 | Oregon, Storytelling, Turtle Island Storytellers Network
Hi, this is Vernon Kennedy, Paiute from the Burns Paiute tribe. I’d like to share this coyote story. Coyote was with Esha who was going to be in a fight. As Esha was getting ready he told his brother don’t watch me even though you hear a lot of fighting....
by Wisdom Blogger | Nov 16, 2021 | Oregon, Storytelling, Turtle Island Storytellers Network
A Convention of Satyrs My name is Spider Moccasin and I’m an enrolled tribal member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. I’m a Wasco/Warm Springs person. I’m a cartoonist and a rock and roll musician I’m currently collaborating with a...
by Wisdom Blogger | Nov 15, 2021 | Oregon, Storytelling, Turtle Island Storytellers Network
Remember your Weyakin My name is John Bevis. I’m a member of the Umatilla tribe. I’m Umatilla /Walla Walla ancestry. My Indian name is Mowitit, which comes from my grandmother’s side the Barnhardt side. Born and raised on the Umatilla Reservation. I...
by Wisdom Blogger | Nov 11, 2021 | Oregon, Storytelling, Turtle Island Storytellers Network
Gerald Primeaux Senior, I am a Huntawa Lakota from the Yankton Sioux Reservation. My name is Chactawa which means Twin Eagle Boy. I was born in 1963 in Yankton, South Dakota, my dad was Asa Primeaux Senior. His dad, my grampa, was Harry Primeaux Senior. My great...
