As far as I know, I do not have any Native American ancestors. My family heritage seems to be mostly English and German. I think that , growing up in the "wild west" part of the United States, I have always had an interest in Indians, and loved watching western movies about the Indians. One of my all time favorites has to be the James Stewart movie, Broken Arrow, in which Jeff Chandler (always one of my favorite actors) plays Cochise, and Jimmy Stewart plays the Indian agent who falls in love with the beautiful Indian maiden, played by Debra Paget. This is an old 50's movie, and is available to watch for free on Youtube. If you have never seen it, and you like old movies, this is a classic. And if you have seen it, you might enjoy watching it again. Here is the link to the whole movie.
When we lived in Illinois we took a few trips to the Wisconsin Dells and I remember they had an Indian Theater and museum, they would put on quite a show! I just looked it up and it seems it closed in 1997 but is reopened again this year. http://www.wisdells.com/Blog-Storie...l-Grand-Music-Theatre-on-Saturday-August-.htm I still have a pair of turquoise chandelier earrings my husband bought for me there....they were expensive at the time for us but I was overjoyed with them. Think they were $90 and this was in the 70's.
I remember reading Broken Arrow many moons ago. I didn't know there was a movie. The last of the Mohicans was shot here in NCarolina in the Pisgah Forest area where we have many waterfalls and river rapids. I wouldn't recommend watching this whole movie because it's violent…very…I'm afraid to watch it because of that. And Little Big Man with Dustin Hoffman, Jeremiah Johnson, and Dances With Wolves.
I was looking up info on native Americans and this image caught my eye....I think it looks a lot like our lovely Ina (a pic Ive seen of her with the dark glasses)! This is Wilma Mankiller... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_Mankiller
Little Big Man was a great movie, thanks for reminding me of it! I may watch again as I dont remember the whole story....am wondering if my older grandsons saw it...maybe I'll watch it with them at their house.
American Indian children as so cute. The one on the left looks Navajo to me but I'm not sure, right one is definitely from the Lakota tribe.
Miss Native American USA 2013~2014 | Sarah Ortegon of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes, from Denver
Hi everyone, WOW!!! I can see that this thread is starting to get some of you to wondering about the far back history of how we settled this country. Wether you are of Indian heritage or not, most families that came here back in those early days of settlement had to adapt to the mergeing of different cultures. The following picture were taken by me while I was on my last trip in September.
Sorry, i had to go show a neighbor how to candle eggs, and of course I had to stay awhile. My friend speaks no English, and I don't speak Spanish. I imagine it must have been much like this for the first settlers and the Indians. The first two pictures are of the Cliff Dwelling outside of Colorado Springs, Colrado. I spent all of one day poking around those dwelling, and I was surprised by the small size of the rooms and cealings. It made me understand that the people that use to live there were shorter and smaller than todays people. The picture of vases were turned from wood by local Indians. The cradle and Kachina dolls were from local tribes in Colorado as well.
I see my heritage more in my mother than I do myself, but then I am half German. Although, I am told I look as she did at my age, and sometimes when I catch my own reflection, I can still see her. She has been gone since 1995, and my grandmother left in 1985. I wish I could show you pictures of her, but I only have a small one, and I put it in storage when I packed much of my stuff last spring, so I could get ready to sell my home.
Ina, your pictures of the Cliff Dwellings from your trip was a treat to see. And Joe, your videos were well chosen. But Ina, our beautiful Indian Maiden, you stole the show with your pic of you in authentic Indian attire and necklace (poochie is blocking my view of the necklace a little but the scarf gives cuteness overload and makes up for it lol…can you take a pic of just the necklace?). Is there a story you can tell us about where it came from and how you ended up with it? I love the legends and wisdom of the American Indians carried down through the ages.