Love Medicine

Love Medicine
Detail of beadwork from an Ojibwe medicine pouch

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Mardi Gras Indians?

Do all Mardi Gras Indians have Native ancestory?

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Mardi Gras Indians

The reading says that other tribes would act hostile or friendly toward other tribes. Why would they be hostile toward each other?

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

No Humba Jumba

is any one else following this ? i dont see any relation between the introduction and chapters 1 and 2. i enjoyed the intro, it was cute and had alot of fun figurerative lines, but from intro to chapter one just seems like going from a exciting narrative whimsical chronical to a complicated monotonous history text book. i need help

Lone Ranger and Tonto ESSAY

On your reading/assignment schedule it says that the first draft of the paper on the novel is due Friday. I have decided to change this. On Friday you must hand in a typed outline that is fully fleshed out and has all quotes, a thesis, and topic sentences. This is not a prewrite in that a prewrite only has a thesis and quotes. This must be an outline.

The rough draft of the essay (4 pages) is due Monday after M.G. break.

The extra credit assignment is due this Friday.

Monday, January 28, 2008

mardi gras indians -victory or tragedy

Mardi Gras is full of secrets and the Mardi Gras Indians are as much a part of that secret society as any other carnival organization. The Mardi Gras Indians are comprised, in large part, of the blacks of New Orleans' inner cities. They have paraded for well over a century...yet their parade is perhaps the least recognized Mardi Gras tradition.


http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/mardigrasindians/

Thursday, January 24, 2008

The Ghost Dance



Ethan found this early film of the Ghost Dance made in Thomas Edison's studio in New Jersey. The studio was called "Black Maria" and each year there is still a film festival called the Black Maria film fest.

i was sick....

Hey, if anyone has good notes from yesterday I would love to have them because I was sick yesterday.

For the short answers, what should we primarily focus on in the packet?

Friday, January 18, 2008

what is your "its-a-good-day-song"

in Distances, Samuel sings and hums an its-a-good-day song and his mom sings it to. so whats urs?

mine is what is love by Haddaway and/or something from the Juno soundtrack...