soKAnoAno We are still here: The Yuchi tribe still has an active ceremonial life. Then and now photos, Oklahoma. (the Yuchi once lived in a village in Turkey Neck Bend, Cumberland County Kentucky, my grandmother was born nearby)
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Yuchi stomp dance
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Yuchi on September 7, 2021| Leave a Comment »
The end of the Trail of tears is still sacred
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Trail of Tears on September 7, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Flint Rock Ceremonial Grounds (stomp dance grounds) Rocky Mountain, Oklahoma, near Stilwell Oklahoma where the Cherokee Trail of Tears physically ended in 1839.
74th Anniversary Poem
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged poetry on September 6, 2021| Leave a Comment »
My parents, Charles George Suddeth and Mary Katherine Pait, married September 6, 1946 in Angola, Indiana. They met about 1945 when they both worked at Higsby’s Marathon and Diner, across the street from the Jeffersonville, Indiana train station.
Mom burned all her poems but one. This one is about meeting him in 1945 and was likely written right after his 2006 death.
Charlie Boy
Mary Katherine Pait Suddeth
Has been a long time,
Since your face I did see,
Working at Higsby,
And looking through the window at me,
My heart did flip,
And never did stop.
It’s Party Time!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged holidays on September 6, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Labor Day! Monday, September 6 is Labor Day! Labor is from a Latin word meaning toil and pain. No toil and pain on this day! Have fun! Picnic, party, and so on! (Some of us get wild, but I promised the neighbors I’d behave)
Ice cold mystery
Posted in Uncategorized on September 5, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Mystery—what is Blue Moon Ice Cream? Vanilla, citrus, marshmallow? No one knows, but it is has become popular in many countries. It is an ingredient in Superman Ice cream—blue, yellow, red—but the red and yellow are known and vary with the company.
1872 Mystery
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Lumbee on September 4, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Lowry War: After his father was murdered in 1864, Henry Berry Lowry organized a gang that robbed and terrorized wealthy whites, first Confederate home guard, later Union troops in Robeson County North Carolina. His gang was a mix of Lumbee Indians, blacks, and whites. After a lucrative 1872 raid, he vanished, but by then most of his gang was dead. He likely hid in nearby swamps. His legend has become summer theater, Strike at the Wind.
Dancing Lemur Press’s September special!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books on September 3, 2021| Leave a Comment »
September back-to-school special!
This includes Stone Man and the Trail of Tears!
Buy one print book direct, get two eBooks free.
Buy two print books direct, get two eBooks and an audio book free.
All orders come with swag – bookmarks, postcards, etc.
Conditions: Orders must be placed through the Dancing Lemur Press website.
USA delivery only – but please inquire into shipping costs as we can ship to some countries outside the USA.
EBooks over $2.99 not eligible for free eBook selections. Audio boxed sets not eligible for free audio book selection.
Offer good September 1 – 30, 2021.
Take advantage of this great offer – support your favorite author and publisher whose live events are mostly cancelled for the rest of the year.
It bes’ that way
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Indians on September 1, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Lumbee English
The Lumbee Tribe is located in Robeson County, North Carolina, with up to 100,000 living in the area. (likely some of my Pate family, a common Lumbee name). Their dialect is distinct from nearby white and black dialects.
Cuz—greeting used for a fellow Lumbee
Toten—smell, sound, vision betraying the presence of a spirit
“I’m got to do it” “it bes that way”
Back to school reading!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 1, 2021| Leave a Comment »
September back-to-school special!
This includes Stone Man and the Trail of Tears! Buy one print book direct, get two eBooks free.
Buy two print books direct, get two eBooks and an audio book free.
All orders come with swag – bookmarks, postcards, etc.
Conditions: Orders must be placed through the Dancing Lemur Press website.
USA delivery only – but please inquire into shipping costs as we can ship to some countries outside the USA.
EBooks over $2.99 not eligible for free eBook selections. Audio boxed sets not eligible for free audio book selection.
Offer good September 1 – 30, 2021.
Take advantage of this great offer – support your favorite author and publisher whose live events are mostly cancelled for the rest of the year.
Coincidence?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Tecumseh on August 31, 2021| Leave a Comment »
This photo is of Gary Hunt, present Chief of the Piqua Shawnee, a descendant of Peter Chartier, 18th century Chief of the Piqua, who settled Shawneetown, Illinois, where my family settled. Gary Hunt bears an uncanny resemblance to Tecumseh, the great Shawnee chief. This may be coincidence.
