Love Medicine

Love Medicine
Detail of beadwork from an Ojibwe medicine pouch

Monday, May 3, 2010

Wendigo

I ran across a movie titled Wendigo and they portray the Wendigo as a man who can shape shift into a deer as its power. I haven't seen it but it seems like it makes the Wendigo come across as something different than we've been reading.

Wes Studi

Wes Studi is a Native American actor that has quite a few notable roles in pretty big films and he's just another example of a Native American who has become apart of the music industry.

Udall Scholarship

This is a scholarship that Morris and Stewart Udall have created to give Native Americans so thy can preserve their heritage. http://www.udall.gov/

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Katabasis

Are these all the requirements of katabasis? Female Littoral, Crossing water, hero, orphan?

Mormon Sighting

I saw some Mormons the other day on the way home from Senior Chapel. They were two men, on bikes wearing the traditional missionary clothing: white shirt, black tie and pants + their name tag.

http://www.openoffice.org/

http://www.openoffice.org/

A wonderful website if you don't want to invest in Microsoft word. Especially if your a cheap bastard like myself.

Mr. Wendigo

Apparently, the wendigo made an appearance in a Supernatural episode.


That's a serious case of heartburn.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!