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- Relationship Status:
- Married
- What is your ancestory or nation
- I am a part of the "BlackFoot" Tribe on my grandmothers side. My father was named after his grandfather, "Hiawatha".
- Tell us about your self
- It has been to great discovery to know about my Indian Heritage. My great great grandfather was a buffalo soldier who took as his wife a "Blackfoot" Indian woman. My grandmother is her granddaughter. She used to tell us stories about the Wagon Trail and did not like to ride in automobiles. She didn't understand them and wanted no parts of them. I remember her being a Mid-wife and seeing many children born with a "Birthing" chair. She knew about herbs and roots and my only regret is not paying attention when she tried to teach me this skill. I can recall some of the things she taught me but I think that I lost the most important. She used "SweetGrass" to cleanse us of "spirits" she said would hinder us in our spiritual growth. She was also a Christian and I was brought up to know the Lord. She told us of the "Great Spirit" her mother told her about. When I began as a young woman to understand, I found that the Great Spirit is the Lord by another name known in the "Spiritual Growth of a nation of people.
- Interests
- Bible Study, History, Sewing, Crafts, and the pursuit of understanding people.
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