Category: Native Americans

The Busted Nut

Posted in Badlands, Bed & Breakfast, Black Hills, Crazy Horse, December, Iowa, Lakota Sioux, memoir, Mount Rushmore, Native Americans, Rapid City, restaurant, salad bar, South DakotaLeave a comment

(re-run) A decade ago, my boyfriend (at the time) and I took a driving vacation from my mom’s place in Iowa, up to Sioux Falls, and across South Dakota to Rapid City, Mount Rushmore, and Crazy Horse.  I’d never seen the Badlands or the Black Hills. First we heard the story of Mount Rushmore, USA… Continue reading The Busted Nut

Harriet and Betty

Posted in Andrew Jackson, Betty White, Harriet Tubman, memoir, music in the park, Native Americans, post office, postage stamp, treaties, twenty dollar bill, underground railroad, USPSLeave a comment

What do Betty White and Harriet Tubman have in common? Both are being celebrated at the Federal level, one on a USPS postage stamp and the other on the twenty-dollar bill. Betty’s stamp is coming out soon. Harriet won’t be on the twenty-dollar bill until 2030. That’s right, Andrew Jackson, you are going bye-bye. You… Continue reading Harriet and Betty

The Navajo in the Room

Posted in Abraham Lincoln, aunt, Christmas, college professor, cousins, German, grandma, grandpa, grandparents, Iowa, multicultural, Native Americans, Navajo, New Mexico, racism, Shiprock College, Spanish, Thanksgiving, uncle, World War IILeave a comment

My mother’s brother was a college professor at Shiprock College (now renamed Diné College) in New Mexico.  He met and married my aunt Grace, a Navajo woman.  This was exciting news in my all-white Iowa family. Uncle Jim was coming to town with his new bride. Uncle Jim was tall and slim, and had a… Continue reading The Navajo in the Room

The Busted Nut

Posted in Badlands, Black Hills, Crazy Horse, Iowa, Lakota Sioux, memoir, Mount Rushmore, Native Americans, Rapid City, restaurant, salad bar, South DakotaLeave a comment

(re-run) A decade ago, my boyfriend (at the time) and I took a driving vacation from my mom’s place in Iowa, up to Sioux Falls, and across South Dakota to Rapid City, Mount Rushmore, and Crazy Horse.  I’d never seen the Badlands or the Black Hills. I heard the story of Mount Rushmore, USA government… Continue reading The Busted Nut

The Serendipity of It All

Posted in DVD, Facebook, humor, internet, kitchen remodel, memoir, Native Americans, Netflix, political correctness, serendipityLeave a comment

(re-run from 2018) Several months ago I rented a movie the old-fashioned way from Netflix. It came in the mail as a DVD, and I proceeded to lose it in my house. Let’s blame it on the kitchen remodel. I like the old way of using Netflix because then I can carry the DVD down… Continue reading The Serendipity of It All

The Serendipity of It All

Posted in DVD, Facebook, humor, internet, kitchen remodel, memoir, Native Americans, Netflix, political correctness, serendipityLeave a comment

Several months ago I rented a movie the old-fashioned way from Netflix. It came in the mail as a DVD, and I proceeded to lose it in my house. Let’s blame it on the kitchen remodel. I like the old way of using Netflix because then I can carry the DVD down to the beach… Continue reading The Serendipity of It All