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Kimberlee Came to See Unci

Dakota Dream's Baby Blanket

As If He Were Human
The long-expected detachment of Sioux, on their way to the Oklahoma Indian Territory, arrived in Omaha yesterday afternoon... American Horse had his squaw and papoose with him and there were eleven other squaws in the party. One or two were quite pleasing in the face, but the majority looked as though they were natural-born mothers-in-law. Perhaps this is too severe

Cranberry Salad That is absolutley DIVINE!!
With all the holidays coming up and so many never having eaten a good cranberry salad, I thought I'd share this tradition from my childhood family. Cranberry Salad--Easy and Sweet My mother and I used to do this twice a year, Thanksgiving and Christmas, in an old hand grinder. We clamped it to the table and one of us would feed the cranberries in and the other would turn it.I now make this

I AM Worth It
In a brief conversation, a man asked a woman he was pursuing the question ... ... "What kind of man are you looking for?"  She sat quietly for a moment before looking him in the eye and asking. "Do you really want to know?"  Reluctantly, he said, "Yes." She began to expound ... As a woman in this day and age, I am in a position to ask a man what he can do for me that I can't do for myself. I

Kimberlee Came to See Unci
Okay, Unci is the Lakhota word for grandmother-go here to hear the proper pronunciation. Through the efforts of the American government, Christians and other well-doers, the Waccamaw (and many if not most Nations and Tribes) lost their original languages over the years. We do know that our language was Siouan based. I'll not go into a history/language/culture lesson here, as that is not what

Dakota Dream's Baby Blanket
Here is Dakota's baby blanket! The main color is a yarn I found nine skeins of at Goodwill. The Coffee was some I had for an afghan my husband wants and the pink on the edges is one I received in an exchange I was involved in once.