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/

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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6eUW7Vny9w&feature=related

That's a serious case of heartburn.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

this is a picture of brady udall

The Men Who Stare At Goats -

I watched "The Men Who Stare At Goats" a few weeks ago, and i remember there being a few dominant Native American symbols that related to the class. One of them being being the Eagle Feather and The Sun Dance Ritual that we saw in the video in class. Can anyone remind me of what they were/meant?

Exam review

we aren't having an exam review session on monday or tuesday are we?

Exam Identifications

Would it be possible for someone to explain the fact of "popular sovereignty" and "manifest destiny" to me. I looked up some definitions online and i found nothing but confusing words piled together. THANKS

Wendigo

Since we are doing a project in class about the Wendigo, I thought it might be helpful to have a refresher on the background material of the Wendigo. The link below has information on the lore, culture, and actually historical events that are associated with Wendigo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo

Excommunication

After talking to the Mormon missionaries about excommunication I was curious about excommunications in general and did some research. I found an article by PBS that explains many of the reasons and processes of excommunication in Mormonism and in other religions.

http://www.pbs.org/mormons/faqs/controversies.html

The Life of a Mormon Missionary

Ever wondered what the life of a Mormon missionary is like? If you were not satisfied with the brief view into the lives of Mormon missionaries that we were given when the two sisters came to class then read the link below for more detailed information on their lives and rules.

http://www.lds4u.com/Missionaries/nutshell.htm

The Book of Mormon and the King James Bible

I noticed that Mormons typically only use the King James version of the Bible and found that this is because the King James version is believed to be the most accurate and least translated according to the Mormons. As the article from the link explains, there are many similarities between the Book or Mormon and the King James Bible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Mormon_and_the_King_James_Bible

Assassinations

Here is a list of all the Presidential Candidates who have been assassinated or someone has attempted to assassinate them. Ms. Deckard briefly talked about this in class but she did not specify any names so I thought it would interest some of you.

Date President/Candidate Attempt's Result Assailant, Motive

Jan. 30, 1835 Andrew Jackson failed Richard Lawrence,
declared insane
Apr. 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln killed John Wilkes Booth,
Confederate loyalist
July 2, 1881 James Garfield killed Charles Guiteau,
disgruntled office-seeker
Sept. 6, 1901 William McKinley killed Leon Czolgosz,
anarchist
Oct. 14, 1912 Theodore Roosevelt
(former president, then-current candidate) wounded John Schrank,
declared insane
Feb. 15, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt
(president-elect at the time) missed Guiseppe Zangara,
anarchist
Nov. 1, 1950 Harry S Truman failed Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola,
Puerto Rican independence
Nov. 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy killed Lee Harvey Oswald,
motive unknown
June 4, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy
(candidate) killed Sirhan Sirhan,
opposed Kennedy's views toward Israel-Arab conflict
May 15, 1972 George C. Wallace
(candidate) wounded Arthur Bremer,
motive unknown
Sept. 5, 1975 Gerald Ford failed Lynette Alice Fromme,
member of "Manson family"
Sept. 22, 1975 Gerald Ford failed Sara Jane Moore,
revolutionary
Mar. 30, 1981 Ronald Reagan wounded John W. Hinckley, Jr.,
declared insane

How many U.S. presidents have been assasinated?

Four presidents have been killed in office: Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy.

Blogging???

I was wondering if this is the last official week that we have to blog?

Interview with Brady Udall

This is an interesting piece about what Udall's thought process is when writing Edgar Mint!

http://www.bookbrowse.com/author_interviews/full/index.cfm?author_number=792

Facts about the 1970s

I think it is important when reading a book to understand a bit about the setting. Here are some facts about the 1970s.

Population: 204,879,000
Unemployed in 1970: 4,088,000
National Debt: $382 billion
Average salary: $7,564
Food prices: milk, 33 cents a qt.; bread, 24 cents a loaf; round steak, $1.30 a pound
Life Expectancy: Male, 67.1; Female, 74.8

It's kind of crazy to see how much things have changed, right? I wonder what it will be like twenty years from now...