Friends Leroy my husband is in the hospital in Evansville Ind he is
going to have surary today he has been in there sence thursday, he has
a very bad gallblader and a stone the size of a quater so there taking
it out some time after noon there is a lot of infection lots of prays
wood be helpful, i'm glad we have the native people as friends,they
seem to care more if you need to get ahould of me, my cell is 812-319-
6065, sky, paul sorry we won't be able to make the pow wow. Love to all
it's in the creators hands now to guide the Doctor

Hi everyone. I've just finished a year of beginnng Choctaw from
Choctaw Nation's internet class and am interested in speaking with
others who might want to voice chat with me via AIM or yahoo messenger
etc. I want to hear how the language is spoken by Choctaw people and
that part is missing from reading text books. If interested, please
contact me.         Charles

Hello, my name is Paul, i answer to my name or screen name. i am
Cherokee, SchotIrish, and German. im a tree hugger who dwells in the
gorgeus Mountains of Western NC. im here to talk. i ask alot of
questions. im intrested in learning more about my heritage, and native
culters of the world. i give great regard and respect to all those
that have tought me the many arts and craft i know. im learning the
art or silversmithing and welding, and im teaching myself herbologie
(wich is not easy,) :) ;i love my people, i love my home, i feel the
rytham of life, so im learning to play the drum. all of these thing i
would like to talk about and learn more. i love to learn new things.
for with new knowlage comes new wisdom. .... well, i supose
thats 'bout it. ill talk about most anything. i pray for many good
conversations. - Peace to you all.

Knyght Raven and others, halito...this is bvshpolawa, but now I am in
Michigan for a while...I was last in Mississippi the 27th August 2006,
as I try to work on behalf of Great Mystery I sometimes get
relocated...so, for the remainder of this year I will post on the
beauty that Earth Mother expresses up here...we had snow on thursday
last week, and it was incredible...snow is a powerful way for Earth
Mother to cleanse- all of life shuts down as she works...yet, the trees
survive, the birds also...daily there are always the biggest broad
winged hawks watching over me...they are rather large and white
breasted...I take my 5 yr old son fishing on saturdays, and twice we
have been blessed with visitations by otter...we have also encountered
woodchuck, these are beautiful creatures that everyone wants to kill on
sight...I guess that man and gun will eventually reduce these if we do
not intervene...lots of Spirit dreamtimes up here as well...so, if
there is anyone interested, lets share our lives from where we are
living now
bvshpolawa

my names is james, member of mbci,where is everyone in this group?no
one talking april?
hmmmmmmmmm

Eyes of fire- halito, chim achukma vt california,, aum, iksa opah hon
iho-ikbe achim...hello, how are you in california, yes, we are making
the owl clan down here...
yes Lynn, Opah (owl) is so many wonderful things to us...vision,
wisdom, protection, power over darkness, silent in action...we
believe that if you give a cat wings, you have an owl-hah!...and I
have been dancing through the steps of splitting the blanket, divorce
in modern terms..I spent 9 days in Houston TX visiting my oldest
children, Little Deer and Snake, they are fine...Snake shot a wild
boar so we feasted on that for X-mas...it is nowhere like
domesticated hog,I will not eat domesticated hog( or meat processed)
from anywhere...but then again, I only eat the nipi(meat) that I
either hunt or fish for- this is Mississippi's advantage-wild turkey,
quail, fish, deer,duck, boar, black berries,black walnuts, greens, my
garden is about 1/2 acre you know...we meet at Manataka American
Indian Council in Hot springs Ar in April, hopefully you will be able
to attend- chi achili achim-we shall speak soon
Many Knives
--- In iksaatiya@yahoogroups.com, L C <lfire88@y...> wrote:
>
> HO BO!
>    How great to get your email!
>   I had left you a couple of phone messages over the various
holidays and wondered how you have been doing. I "felt you around"
and wanted to touch base with you.
>   Anyway, I have applied to the new Owl society and am looking
forward to working
>   closely with the group. Yes, I know I'm over here in CA. but
Spirit knows no distance!
>         Thanks for sending out the email and it was nice to hear
from you!
>   Keep strong on the path.!  Linn Craig ( Eye Of The Fire)
>
> Bvshpo Lawa <glasschild@y...> wrote:
>   So many messages have been unaddressed, but I am again with a new
> computer, so I am with you again...regarding gender, in Chahta we
do
> use gender at times-not alot!- for instance, we say wak tek for a
cow,
> and wak nakni for a bull, but wak is the animal(cow) in
general...now,
> we never say issuba tek fr a mare, or issuba nakni for a stallion,
a
> horse is just a horse...so it appears that the rule is there are no
> written rules-you learn the words, and let spirit speak them
through
> your heart, you will find the way to say what you desire with
clarity...
> the year 2006 has been a moment of new energies reshaping the many
> levels we experience life from...my path has taken me to areas
within
> myself that I never knew existed...unlearning things that do not
serve
> my connection to the Great Mystery anymore has been a challenge,
for I
> have had to let go of things thsat were a pleasure to see who i
truly
> am in relation to Great Mystery...in letting go I have been gifted
to
> witness Spirit's magic when I could least expect it...the dreamtime
has
> been such a tool as well, keeping me grounded with Spirit on both
> sides ...I was gifted with the opportunity to host an Owl Society
> beginning this Spring... Manataka American Indian Council has
assisted
> me with getting THE SHORES WITHIN on line as 8 teachings to
download
> from www.manataka.org...so the releasing of bonds has allowed for
> Spirit to work in other areas of my life...we may think of what we
> want, but true connections will allow us to experience what our
Spirit
> needs this incarnation for its personal growth and evolution..well,
now
> I will honor this space with daily visits, sometimes mostly in the
pm
> but you will be able to share you moments and I will acknowledge
your
> postings as they are received...for at this moment, we must honor
those
> that enter our space in sacredness and wish to be a relation- we
are
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> sachunkash chihiahni- my heart caresses you
> Bvshpolawa
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HO BO!
    How great to get your email!
   I had left you a couple of phone messages over the various holidays and
wondered how you have been doing. I "felt you around" and wanted to touch base
with you.
   Anyway, I have applied to the new Owl society and am looking forward to
working
   closely with the group. Yes, I know I'm over here in CA. but Spirit knows no
distance!
         Thanks for sending out the email and it was nice to hear from you!
   Keep strong on the path.!  Linn Craig ( Eye Of The Fire)

Bvshpo Lawa <glasschild@...> wrote:
   So many messages have been unaddressed, but I am again with a new
computer, so I am with you again...regarding gender, in Chahta we do
use gender at times-not alot!- for instance, we say wak tek for a cow,
and wak nakni for a bull, but wak is the animal(cow) in general...now,
we never say issuba tek fr a mare, or issuba nakni for a stallion, a
horse is just a horse...so it appears that the rule is there are no
written rules-you learn the words, and let spirit speak them through
your heart, you will find the way to say what you desire with clarity...
the year 2006 has been a moment of new energies reshaping the many
levels we experience life from...my path has taken me to areas within
myself that I never knew existed...unlearning things that do not serve
my connection to the Great Mystery anymore has been a challenge, for I
have had to let go of things thsat were a pleasure to see who i truly
am in relation to Great Mystery...in letting go I have been gifted to
witness Spirit's magic when I could least expect it...the dreamtime has
been such a tool as well, keeping me grounded with Spirit on both
sides ...I was gifted with the opportunity to host an Owl Society
beginning this Spring... Manataka American Indian Council has assisted
me with getting THE SHORES WITHIN on line as 8 teachings to download
from www.manataka.org...so the releasing of bonds has allowed for
Spirit to work in other areas of my life...we may think of what we
want, but true connections will allow us to experience what our Spirit
needs this incarnation for its personal growth and evolution..well, now
I will honor this space with daily visits, sometimes mostly in the pm
but you will be able to share you moments and I will acknowledge your
postings as they are received...for at this moment, we must honor those
that enter our space in sacredness and wish to be a relation- we are
all a piece of the Great mystery's creation...
sachunkash chihiahni- my heart caresses you
Bvshpolawa





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So many messages have been unaddressed, but I am again with a new
computer, so I am with you again...regarding gender, in Chahta we do
use gender at times-not alot!- for instance, we say wak tek for a cow,
and wak nakni for a bull, but wak is the animal(cow) in general...now,
we never say issuba tek fr a mare, or issuba nakni for a stallion, a
horse is just a horse...so it appears that the rule is there are no
written rules-you learn the words, and let spirit speak them through
your heart, you will find the way to say what you desire with clarity...
the year 2006 has been a moment of new energies reshaping the many
levels we experience life from...my path has taken me to areas within
myself that I never knew existed...unlearning things that do not serve
my connection to the Great Mystery anymore has been a challenge, for I
have had to let go of things thsat were a pleasure to see who i truly
am in relation to Great Mystery...in letting go I have been gifted to
witness Spirit's magic when I could least expect it...the dreamtime has
been such a tool as well, keeping me grounded with Spirit on both
sides ...I was gifted with the opportunity to host an Owl Society
beginning this Spring... Manataka American Indian Council has assisted
me with getting THE SHORES WITHIN on line as 8 teachings to download
from www.manataka.org...so the releasing of bonds has allowed for
Spirit to work in other areas of my life...we may think of what we
want, but true connections will allow us to experience what our Spirit
needs this incarnation for its personal growth and evolution..well, now
I will honor this space with daily visits, sometimes mostly in the pm
but you will be able to share you moments and I will acknowledge your
postings as they are received...for at this moment, we must honor those
that enter our space in sacredness and wish to be a relation- we are
all a piece of the Great mystery's creation...
sachunkash chihiahni- my heart caresses you
Bvshpolawa

I dont think chahta anumpa has masculine/feminine like spanish.  At least I
have not learned it yet if they do.

As far as names go, you would have to ask a tribe member.  I am really just
a linguist and have not learned much about the beliefs of the tribe yet.  If
you have any questions about the language I would be happy to answer them
(or attempt to answer them with my limited knowledge)!

ninak achukma, chi pisa lachike. [good day, see you later]

///chris




From: L O <vagabond67@...>
Reply-To: iksaatiya@yahoogroups.com
To: iksaatiya@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Iksa Atiya] Hittak Achukma! Good day
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 02:31:00 -0600

Thank you!  Is nashoba most masculine?  Do the Choctaw use one word names or
a whole descriptive sentence like other Nations sometimes do?  A person can
pick their own name via a vision or meditation, right?

On 12/8/05, chris waner <cwaner@...> wrote:
>
>I dont know the word for birch but if you could use tree it would be
>
>bok iti
>
>yes wolf = nashoba execept first vowel is -a- not -e-.  pronounced
>-uh-.  [nuh-show-buh]
>
>I dont have my dictionary here at work so I cant research birch.
>
>///chris
>
>
>--- In iksaatiya@yahoogroups.com, L O <vagabond67@g...> wrote:
> >
> > And Gray Wolf also?  Isn't Wolf Neshoba?
> >
> > On 11/25/05, L O <vagabond67@g...> wrote:
> > >
> > > What would River Birch be in Chahta?  I have a special reason for
>asking
> > > this.....
> > >
> > > On 11/25/05, gayekyc1@w... <gayekyc1@w...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > hello, i also live in mississippi, it is chilly here
>too..thanks for the
> > > > explanation on names...I was thinking just this morning how I
>was born
> > > > in mobile, and named after an aunt who lives there, we moved to
>MS and
> > > > my sister was named after our grandmother who lived
>here...started me
> > > > thinking, again, how people, places and events affect our
>lives, our
> > > > names, maybe even our outcome...certainly our environment plays
>a big
> > > > part in who we are and who we become...
> > > > it has been revealed to me, that I am a "seeker-thinker",
>reader,
> > > > researcher, and at times I'm able to put it down on paper-so
>a "writer"
> > > > of the things I think about-but alas all of these are a
> > > > seeker/thinker...So how do I find the names for these? Wil that
>be
> > > > revealed as well?
> > > >
> > > > Gaylynn
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Thank you!  Is nashoba most masculine?  Do the Choctaw use one word names or
a whole descriptive sentence like other Nations sometimes do?  A person can
pick their own name via a vision or meditation, right?

On 12/8/05, chris waner <cwaner@...> wrote:
>
> I dont know the word for birch but if you could use tree it would be
>
> bok iti
>
> yes wolf = nashoba execept first vowel is -a- not -e-.  pronounced
> -uh-.  [nuh-show-buh]
>
> I dont have my dictionary here at work so I cant research birch.
>
> ///chris
>
>
> --- In iksaatiya@yahoogroups.com, L O <vagabond67@g...> wrote:
> >
> > And Gray Wolf also?  Isn't Wolf Neshoba?
> >
> > On 11/25/05, L O <vagabond67@g...> wrote:
> > >
> > > What would River Birch be in Chahta?  I have a special reason for
> asking
> > > this.....
> > >
> > > On 11/25/05, gayekyc1@w... <gayekyc1@w...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > hello, i also live in mississippi, it is chilly here
> too..thanks for the
> > > > explanation on names...I was thinking just this morning how I
> was born
> > > > in mobile, and named after an aunt who lives there, we moved to
> MS and
> > > > my sister was named after our grandmother who lived
> here...started me
> > > > thinking, again, how people, places and events affect our
> lives, our
> > > > names, maybe even our outcome...certainly our environment plays
> a big
> > > > part in who we are and who we become...
> > > > it has been revealed to me, that I am a "seeker-thinker",
> reader,
> > > > researcher, and at times I'm able to put it down on paper-so
> a "writer"
> > > > of the things I think about-but alas all of these are a
> > > > seeker/thinker...So how do I find the names for these? Wil that
> be
> > > > revealed as well?
> > > >
> > > > Gaylynn
> > > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck
> out.
> > > -James Bryant Conant
> > > Add yourself:   http://www.frappr.com/vagabonding
> > > www.angelfire.com/la2/wildlifeden
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > In honor of Johnny Cash's movie:
> > "Because you're mine
> >    I walk the line"  - Johnny Cash
> > My ultra-conservative-religious mother's rendition:
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I dont know the word for birch but if you could use tree it would be

bok iti

yes wolf = nashoba execept first vowel is -a- not -e-.  pronounced
-uh-.  [nuh-show-buh]

I dont have my dictionary here at work so I cant research birch.

///chris


--- In iksaatiya@yahoogroups.com, L O <vagabond67@g...> wrote:
>
> And Gray Wolf also?  Isn't Wolf Neshoba?
>
> On 11/25/05, L O <vagabond67@g...> wrote:
> >
> > What would River Birch be in Chahta?  I have a special reason for
asking
> > this.....
> >
> > On 11/25/05, gayekyc1@w... <gayekyc1@w...> wrote:
> > >
> > > hello, i also live in mississippi, it is chilly here
too..thanks for the
> > > explanation on names...I was thinking just this morning how I
was born
> > > in mobile, and named after an aunt who lives there, we moved to
MS and
> > > my sister was named after our grandmother who lived
here...started me
> > > thinking, again, how people, places and events affect our
lives, our
> > > names, maybe even our outcome...certainly our environment plays
a big
> > > part in who we are and who we become...
> > > it has been revealed to me, that I am a "seeker-thinker",
reader,
> > > researcher, and at times I'm able to put it down on paper-so
a "writer"
> > > of the things I think about-but alas all of these are a
> > > seeker/thinker...So how do I find the names for these? Wil that
be
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halito moma-

i am new to the group and learning chahta anumpa.  i hope this is a
group that can help me as well as learn with me.

talk to you soon

chi pisa lachike.

///chris

And Gray Wolf also?  Isn't Wolf Neshoba?

On 11/25/05, L O <vagabond67@...> wrote:
>
> What would River Birch be in Chahta?  I have a special reason for asking
> this.....
>
> On 11/25/05, gayekyc1@... <gayekyc1@...> wrote:
> >
> > hello, i also live in mississippi, it is chilly here too..thanks for the
> > explanation on names...I was thinking just this morning how I was born
> > in mobile, and named after an aunt who lives there, we moved to MS and
> > my sister was named after our grandmother who lived here...started me
> > thinking, again, how people, places and events affect our lives, our
> > names, maybe even our outcome...certainly our environment plays a big
> > part in who we are and who we become...
> > it has been revealed to me, that I am a "seeker-thinker", reader,
> > researcher, and at times I'm able to put it down on paper-so a "writer"
> > of the things I think about-but alas all of these are a
> > seeker/thinker...So how do I find the names for these? Wil that be
> > revealed as well?
> >
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What would River Birch be in Chahta?  I have a special reason for asking
this.....

On 11/25/05, gayekyc1@... <gayekyc1@...> wrote:
>
> hello, i also live in mississippi, it is chilly here too..thanks for the
> explanation on names...I was thinking just this morning how I was born
> in mobile, and named after an aunt who lives there, we moved to MS and
> my sister was named after our grandmother who lived here...started me
> thinking, again, how people, places and events affect our lives, our
> names, maybe even our outcome...certainly our environment plays a big
> part in who we are and who we become...
> it has been revealed to me, that I am a "seeker-thinker", reader,
> researcher, and at times I'm able to put it down on paper-so a "writer"
> of the things I think about-but alas all of these are a
> seeker/thinker...So how do I find the names for these? Wil that be
> revealed as well?
>
> Gaylynn
>
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hello, i also live in mississippi, it is chilly here too..thanks for the
explanation on names...I was thinking just this morning how I was born
in mobile, and named after an aunt who lives there, we moved to MS and
my sister was named after our grandmother who lived here...started me
thinking, again, how people, places and events affect our lives, our
names, maybe even our outcome...certainly our environment plays a big
part in who we are and who we become...
it has been revealed to me, that I am a "seeker-thinker", reader,
researcher, and at times I'm able to put it down on paper-so a "writer"
of the things I think about-but alas all of these are a
seeker/thinker...So how do I find the names for these? Wil that be
revealed as well?

Gaylynn

Wow, this is one of the most beautiful emails I have ever read.  Everything
you said here is pure poetry!!!

On 11/25/05, Bvshpo Lawa <glasschild@...> wrote:
>
> Hittak nitak hon mississippi vt kapassa- it is cold today in
> mississippi. how are things where you are living?
> I have been reading through the postings regarding the meaning of
> names. Spirit leads me to share a simple teaching with those of
> seeking spirit. The person gives the meaning to the name. Names are
> only symbols for describing things verbally. I can call something red
> and eadible an apple, you may call it a fruit, so who would be
> correct? we are both relating to the same thing. The histories
> associated with names give us an insight into what the name once
> meant to someone. From our red histories we know that each individual
> was given a name to demark their time of entering the physical world.
> As the individual grew and gained life experience, the name changed
> to reflect where the person was at that time in their life. Some of
> us still honor this old way and have had several different names at
> this point in life. My Chahta naming of bvshpolawa means many
> knives.I was told that a knife is a tool, and I walk with many tools.
> For those that are seeking to reconnect to Achuffa Chito/ the great
> one from their hearts, prayer will allow them to hear the name for
> their spirit to follow.Yes, there are vision quests, and also
> ceremonies and elaborate rituals to receive this spirit title, but
> for those living in areas that do not offer access to the more
> natural areas of Earth mother, simple sincere prayer will work. I
> presently live in the backwoods in Mississippi, but the same spirit
> that dances here with me is also with you where ever you live.Your
> pigeons are my vultures and eagles, your cats and dogs are my beaver
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Hittak nitak hon mississippi vt kapassa- it is cold today in
mississippi. how are things where you are living?
I have been reading through the postings regarding the meaning of
names. Spirit leads me to share a simple teaching with those of
seeking spirit. The person gives the meaning to the name. Names are
only symbols for describing things verbally. I can call something red
and eadible an apple, you may call it a fruit, so who would be
correct? we are both relating to the same thing. The histories
associated with names give us an insight into what the name once
meant to someone. From our red histories we know that each individual
was given a name to demark their time of entering the physical world.
As the individual grew and gained life experience, the name changed
to reflect where the person was at that time in their life. Some of
us still honor this old way and have had several different names at
this point in life. My Chahta naming of bvshpolawa means many
knives.I was told that a knife is a tool, and I walk with many tools.
For those that are seeking to reconnect to Achuffa Chito/ the great
one from their hearts, prayer will allow them to hear the name for
their spirit to follow.Yes, there are vision quests, and also
ceremonies and elaborate rituals to receive this spirit title, but
for those living in areas that do not offer access to the more
natural areas of Earth mother, simple sincere prayer will work. I
presently live in the backwoods in Mississippi, but the same spirit
that dances here with me is also with you where ever you live.Your
pigeons are my vultures and eagles, your cats and dogs are my beaver
and fox. They all are a piece of Spirit, as are you and i.
imola-good luck
many knives

Hi
    I have done all the searches, so I am not looking anymore. Thanks.  Linn

gayekyc1@... wrote:
   Linn, (I know now,) There are many ways to research using names, places,
dates, census records, tax records, land records, etc. For example if
you know the location - county, state, and dates where your ancestors
lived, you can search census records to find them from approx. 1810 -
1930...
Also posting the names, dates, places on a genealogy website such as
Ancestor.com or others. Someone will possibly see this and reply with
other information that has already been researched...good luck to you in
finding your ancestors...there are many ways to do this, if I can help
let me know.

Gaylynn



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Linn, (I know now,) There are many ways to research using names, places,
dates, census records, tax records, land records, etc. For example if
you know the location - county, state, and dates where your ancestors
lived, you can search census records to find them from approx. 1810 -
1930...
Also posting the names, dates, places on a genealogy website such as
Ancestor.com or others. Someone will possibly see this and reply with
other information that has already been researched...good luck to you in
finding your ancestors...there are many ways to do this, if I can help
let me know.

Gaylynn

Hi!
    There are places on the internet where you can research your family.
   Also, believe it or nmot, The Morman church in Salt Lake can do a search for
you. They claim to be able to trace Native families.
   In my case, no one had birth certificates so are not traceable. Good Luck! 
Linn

gayekyc1@... wrote:
   Thank you for the personal information, it is touching to know this.

I wish I had learned more about my heritage at a younger age...My
grandmother practiced some of the old ways, such as planting by the moon
phases. she used ashes for growing (fertilizing?) pumpkins, she was also
very superstitious about a lot of things. All of these ways were
undoubtedly passed down to her from another generation, because they
weren't widely practiced where she grew up in Mobile County.

Like Lisa, I don't know the exact ancestor who was Indian...but my
grandmother told me that it was a female on her Mother's side of the
family, either her grandmother or great grandmother or one of ther
mother's. Lavenia Law (her grandmother,  married John Mecklin Christian)
and Martha Williams (her great grandmother, who married Asa Christian).
They were all born in Nanafalia, Alabama area-in Marengo County...They
are all lived out their lives in Wilmer area, Mobile County Alabama.

My grandmothers mother, Mary Olga Christian Woodard, was a postmistress
in Nanafalia in the late 1800's.

Other names I have are:
Lucretia Barron Law, Lavenia's mother.
Emma Bracy Williams, Martha's mother.
Margaret Ayers Williams, Sarah Washburn Law and Priscilla Jones McSwain
Washburn.

I know these are all English sounding names, but I have dates and places
if any of these names look familiar. My grandmother did say they were of
Creek origin. I have always been interested in this, but never knew how
to go about researching it.

Gaylynn

Hopefully I will find myself...and my purpose...perhaps in a vision. And
be able to pass this quest on somehow to my children and grandchildren.
My wish is that it is as important to them as it is to me...But the
quest is sometimes of greater importance than the find...



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Thank you for the personal information, it is touching to know this.

I wish I had learned more about my heritage at a younger age...My
grandmother practiced some of the old ways, such as planting by the moon
phases. she used ashes for growing (fertilizing?) pumpkins, she was also
very superstitious about a lot of things. All of these ways were
undoubtedly passed down to her from another generation, because they
weren't widely practiced where she grew up in Mobile County.

Like Lisa, I don't know the exact ancestor who was Indian...but my
grandmother told me that it was a female on her Mother's side of the
family, either her grandmother or great grandmother or one of ther
mother's. Lavenia Law (her grandmother,  married John Mecklin Christian)
and Martha Williams (her great grandmother, who married Asa Christian).
They were all born in Nanafalia, Alabama area-in Marengo County...They
are all lived out their lives in Wilmer area, Mobile County Alabama.

My grandmothers mother, Mary Olga Christian Woodard, was a postmistress
in Nanafalia in the late 1800's.

Other names I have are:
Lucretia Barron Law, Lavenia's mother.
Emma Bracy Williams, Martha's mother.
Margaret Ayers Williams, Sarah Washburn Law and Priscilla Jones McSwain
Washburn.

I know these are all English sounding names, but I have dates and places
if any of these names look familiar. My grandmother did say they were of
Creek origin. I have always been interested in this, but never knew how
to go about researching it.

Gaylynn

Hopefully I will find myself...and my purpose...perhaps in a vision. And
be able to pass this quest on somehow to my children and grandchildren.
My wish is that it is as important to them as it is to me...But the
quest is sometimes of greater importance than the find...

Hi
    Thanks for your note.
   I don't know if names mean different things to different tribes. Might be
interesting to look into this.
    My "Linn" means: " She who sits by flowing water".
   My Spiritual name:"Eye of the Fire" , I "earned"  by crying for a vision for a
number of years and doing many things for it to be revealed.
   Hope you are able to find the things that will help you in your life as you
move forward.  Linn

gayekyc1@... wrote:
   I'm new here...I have some (a few) Indian ancestors...and I live in an
area that has many places named after Indian names...I have always been
interested in these names and the meanings. If you wouldn't mind, I
would love to know the meaning of some of these names...

My name is Gay"lynn", and found it interesting that your name was Linn (
Eye of the Fire)...Does this mean that part of my own name has this
meaning, or does it differ with different "people" (of different races)?
Really "new" at this...

Thanks,
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Hello!
  I am new and joined several lists.... not knowing which were active or not.
So you might get the same hello from me twice... or thrice. lol
  My name is Lisa. I am 3/16 Choctaw. I am not even sure what that means, but
that is what my father says. I'm not registered anywhere because we do not
know the names of our Choctaw ancestors. Besides 3/16 might not be enough to
register anywhere.
  I am deeply interested in expanding my knowledge of this part of my
heritage. I have just finished a very comprehensive and hard-reading book
about the whole history and my head hurts.
  I am a devoted Christian and am happy to see many references to God in the
Choctaw nations.... God is a loving and wonderful influence in my life and
in the lives of my ancestors and current family.
  How did you all get such wonderful names? Someone told me that a person can
be given a name or they can choose one. And where is everyone located? I am
vagabonding so I go between Texas and Louisiana, but who knows where I will
go next???? (smile)
  Lisa

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I'm new here...I have some (a few) Indian ancestors...and I live in an
area that has many places named after Indian names...I have always been
interested in these names and the meanings. If you wouldn't mind, I
would love to know the meaning of some of these names...

My name is Gay"lynn", and found it interesting that your name was Linn (
Eye of the Fire)...Does this mean that part of my own name has this
meaning, or does it differ with different "people" (of different races)?
Really "new" at this...

Thanks,
Gaylynn

Ho Many Knives
      Thanks so much for keeping me on your email list.
   Truely we are undergoing many shifts and changes. Hopefully you are doing
better than the last time we spoke by phone.
   I am also going through changes, as are many others that I know.
   Please know my thoughts and prayers are with you!  Linn ( Eye of the Fire)

Bvshpo Lawa <glasschild@...> wrote:
   Hello to those visiting this space again...this is many knives, and
again we visit these fires to share and gather for our growth...there
are more shifts on Earth Mother than we can acknowledge at this time,
this is due to a realignment of the new spiritual energies that began
beyond the realms of the Star Nation and have flowed down to the
physical level of Earth mother...welcome to the Great Cleansing of
our mother...it is an honor to witness this beginning, so many of our
Elders of many Nations worldwide had forseen this time...now we live
it...so, what appears to be an unraveling of one's personal life is
the prelude to a new spiritual beginning if one can embrace the
changes...but as we all know chaos is nothing more than uninvited
change within our peersonal space...our  personal losses create
fertile ground for newer abundances if we can remove ourselves from
being attached and available for the magic of the moment...I too have
experienced such unravelings, loosing things i cherished to allow
space for new beauties to enter my life...but we will go more into
depth soon, and I also have addressed this in my teaching website on
Lightning Dance Shamanism, at www.creatrixstudio.com, in the
lightning dance lessons...I have also finished the book The Shores
Within, and wish to share spirit's message with those of like hearts
and seeking minds
hina achukma mat hon chi achi achim- the good path will speak to you
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Hello to those visiting this space again...this is many knives, and
again we visit these fires to share and gather for our growth...there
are more shifts on Earth Mother than we can acknowledge at this time,
this is due to a realignment of the new spiritual energies that began
beyond the realms of the Star Nation and have flowed down to the
physical level of Earth mother...welcome to the Great Cleansing of
our mother...it is an honor to witness this beginning, so many of our
Elders of many Nations worldwide had forseen this time...now we live
it...so, what appears to be an unraveling of one's personal life is
the prelude to a new spiritual beginning if one can embrace the
changes...but as we all know chaos is nothing more than uninvited
change within our peersonal space...our  personal losses create
fertile ground for newer abundances if we can remove ourselves from
being attached and available for the magic of the moment...I too have
experienced such unravelings, loosing things i cherished to allow
space for new beauties to enter my life...but we will go more into
depth soon, and I also have addressed this in my teaching website on
Lightning Dance Shamanism, at www.creatrixstudio.com, in the
lightning dance lessons...I have also finished the book The Shores
Within, and wish to share spirit's message with those of like hearts
and seeking minds
hina achukma mat hon chi achi achim- the good path will speak to you
bvshpolawa

Declaration of The Great Calendar Change of 2004
(To be read at every Day Out of Time celebration at high noon)

On this Day Out of Time, White Spectral Mirror, the 365th day of the
Thirteen Moon/28-day calendar year, we, the people, are gathered in
numerous celebrations and festivals at sites around the world -why?
Because we are celebrating the Great Calendar Change of 2004. As of
the next day, Blue Crystal Storm, the first day of the Thirteen
Moon/28-day calendar year, there will be a New Time on Earth. What
does this mean?

It means that for the first time in human history, the people of the
Earth - not from one country, but from many countries and diverse
cultural traditions - will be in support of and already following
the new calendar. The times in which we are living are dangerous and
complex. The Earth's future is in the balance. The people know that
things will not get better until we are living in a New Time. There
are but a few years until the cycle of history closes in 2012. The
people know this. The signs are everywhere that the great standards
are changing. A new way must be found for the next evolutionary
leap. We can no longer wait for a Caesar or a Pope, a president or a
prime minister to issue the mandate for this kind of change. That is
why we, the people of the Earth, have undertaken this change by
ourselves and of our own volition. It is reason and common sense,
intelligence and compassion for all of life that move us to make
this change. We know that the future is ours to create.

In over 90 countries now the new harmonic standard of Thirteen
Moons/28 days has spread and is now being followed. This is an
irreversible change. This is a movement that cannot nor will not be
stopped. It is the force of evolution itself. It is in accord with
the principles of higher spiritual evolution. It is in accord with
the transformation of our biosphere into the noosphere - the unified
mental field of planet Earth. This is a cause of the greatest joy
and celebration. We, the people, know that by 2012, Earth and all of
her tribes and nations will be unified under the new standard of
peace, Thirteen Moons/28 days.

Though supported by the League of Nations, the International Chamber
of Commerce and individuals as diverse as Eastman Kodak and Mahatma
Gandhi, the Calendar Reform movement of the 1920s and 1930s, did not
succeed. But its efforts were not in vain. It prepared the ground
for such a change. In the seventy years since that noble effort, the
reasons for making the change have become blatant and glaring. The
disorder of society, reflecting the disorder of an irregular
standard of measuring time, is now worldwide and epidemic in scope.
This time the urgent call for calendar change has come from a
people's movement that has already succeeded in becoming a
widespread planetary phenomenon. What seems impossible today, will
be common sense tomorrow. Such is the obvious logic of a perpetual
standard of measuring our time, the harmonic standard of Thirteen
Moons/28-days.

Henceforth, may this wave of the future penetrate all sectors of
global society. May those who doubt find renewed faith. May those
who stand on the side lines wondering, jump in and find a new,
unifying commitment to a future of peace. We who make this change,
do so under the Banner of Peace, an internationally recognized
instrument for establishing world peace through culture. For that
reason this Day Out of Time is also known as the International Peace
through Culture Festival. On this day we pray for universal
forgiveness. Meditating on our unity, marching and dancing in rhythm
to the New Time, we proclaim: Time is no longer money. Time is art.
May peace prevail on Earth. May the standard of the New Time call
forth that day soon when our swords are beat into plowshares and
children of all races, colors and creeds are playing and praying
together in the sunshine of the promised land whose time has finally
come. May the New Time of peace prevail on Earth!

http://www.foundationforthelawoftime.org/

Finally Spring is here. A time of renewal, birth, and rebirth. A time
to remember the old and welcome the new. A time of new life. Welcome
Spring!

              Enjoy the beauty of Mother Earth
                      Beadmaker

Halito to all that pass this way.  Last night I was invited to take
part in a Lakota pipe ceremony. On our way we were asked to pick up a
lady who lived nearby, as she had asked for a healing ceremony. We
drove to her home in a snow storm, but after we left town the snow
ended. I was asked to drum for this cereomny. When we arrived we
started to ready ourselves for the pipe. The pipe went very well.
This was my first time to smoke with this pipecarrier. We then had a
meal, and proceeded to the Drum Circle to start the healing. At this
time I was told by the pipecarrier to let my wife have my drum,as
they wanted me to have a healing too. During two rounds of drumming I
shared my vision with the pipecarrier and a shaman. We all felt
Spirit had gifted a good healing for both myself and the lady. A good
exchange of energy and I felt a great gift from Spirit, many
questions in my mind were answered. A night went Spirit walked with
us and certainly touched my life. I am very honored to Spirit, and
now wish to share Spirit with all.

                    Walk as one with Spirit, Beadmaker

Halito Many Knives, I think you are correct about your dream. Dreams
can be warnings about things to come or a vision of things that are
happening in the present. My wife has had a vision each time a family
member has crossed over, at the exact time. Spirit speaks to people
by way of dreams and we must seek the reality in them.
We are thankful Spirit was protecting your wife that night so all was
well. Peace be with your family and you.

          Always walk with Spirit,  Beadmaker