Incident at the Canal: Tales from the Rez
Not sure but I think this was a springtime happening. I do remember the news was huge and shocking. Few Indians had a telephone back then, or…
Lake Malaria: Tales from the Rez
The twins might have been in fifth grade, which would mean I was in fourth, but I’m not real sure about that. I am sure it was summertime though, and…
The Sun Bear That Wasn’t: Tales From the Rez
We went to the local zoo a few months back, walked the zoo’s pathways, checking out the animals. After negotiating the many twist and turns and keeping a wide berth…
ONE LONG AGO THANKSGIVING: Tales from the Rez
Okay, so this goes all the way back to when. I had yet to reach my fifth birthday when this Thanksgiving incident occurred. We still lived…
TUMBLEWEED CHRISTMAS: Tales from the Rez
When we were little, my sister and I would play paper dolls with cutouts from catalogues or any magazine we could scrounge up or which came…
4-H Fail!: Tales from the Rez
Okay…so my dad the farmer decided that the twins and I were to be involved in 4-H when we were in grade school. It wasn’t our choice so the enthusiasm…
AIRPLANE: Tales from the Rez
We always had a menagerie of animals on the farm. Mostly dogs, dogs that idiots dumped in the desert and since we lived way out in no man’s…
The Ride: Tales from the Rez
Okay…I’m pretty sure this happened during some holiday vacation from school and I’m positive it was during one of the cooler months and not during the blazing hot…
The Jay-Walking Chicken: Tales from the Rez
So…..this goes way back to when. I learned how to drive on a John Deere tractor. Mama didn’t drive. Never learned. Other than Mama…
The UFO and the Rattlesnake: Tales from the Rez
So…a couple of weeks ago they had reruns of the X-Files playing on TV. The SF series has always been a favorite and I’m elated it’s…