In a message dated 7/17/0 10:54:31 PM, [email protected] wrote: <<I have had this for as long as I have been reserching and Found a lot on my Lines, so by almwans do check it out May Your Waters Run Gentle. Little Hawk. >> Hi Alece, thats wonderful........ glad to hear this has worked for others. blessings Turtle/

In a message dated 7/17/00 5:38:35 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4436.htm >> I have had this for as long as I have been reserching and Found a lot on my Lines, so by almwans do check it out May Your Waters Run Gentle. Little Hawk.

In a message dated 7/17/0 3:03:47 AM, [email protected] wrote: << <A HREF="http://stop-the-hate.org/">Click here: STOP the HATE.org</A> http://stop-the-hate.org/ Bright Star >> Thank Bright Star for all your hard work & compassion on this list & the others as well.......... This is a great link ! We need to stop & draw the line on hate & have no color lines, for we are all humanbeings. blessings Turtle/

Hi Everyone! So glad to be back. Thanks to all of you who kept things rolling on all the lists! I had a long journey to Los Angeles and then some! The best blessing ever was being able to meet with my Aunt Joyce! I met her for the first time Friday afternoon. We didn't bring her address or phone # , this was impulsive behavior, we just let the Creator guide us to her, people were very helpful in her town. The visit was such a wonderful one. I found that we have so much more in common then I think the both of us imagined we had. She is a beautiful humanbeing & so are her children & spouse. We just had us a great time. Thanks Aunt Joyce! Its great to be back, now I'm just back-logged........LOL! This is why I hardly go anywhere....... too many e-mails .........LOL! Please be patient if any of you e-mailed me while I was out of town, I will be trying to get these e-mails opened as fast & read as possible. Looks like y'all did fine without me! I'm so relieved to see that we are truly blessed with the way everyone interacts so nicely & peacefully on all the lists. I'm going to get to work now & see about getting caught up to speed! blessings & thanks to all of you for keeping our lists alive. Turtle/

Hi List, Want to find your favorite Native American movies that you just can't seem to locate? If so, go to this website: http://www.reel.com/[email protected] <A HREF="http://www.reel.com/[email protected]">Reel.com: Your Connection to the Movies</A> Blessings, Turtle/

In a message dated 7/17/0 1:28:13 AM, [email protected] wrote: <<I was wondering if any of you could please suggest some Native American related books, fiction and nonfiction, and movies. Please post them to the group so that others may enjoy your suggestions too. If possible I would appreciate a small summary of the book or movie. So many books and movies are written from the white man's point of view. I would like to know of some that YOU think are more accurate from the Indian point of view. THANK YOU! Diana >> Hi! BOOKS: Yes I suggest Leonard Peltier's book "PRISON WRITINGS, MY LIFE IS MY SUNDANCE" You can go to his site and purchase & part of the proceeds will be contributed to his defense committee. http://www.freepeltier.org/ "Wilma Mankiller" "Black Indians, A Hidden Heritage" I will list them each week if I can remember! lol. MOVIES: I suggest: "LAKOTA WOMAN, Siege At Wounded Knee" "Smoke Signals" "Pow Wow Highway" "Dance Me Outside" "Thunder Heart" "Geronimo" "Grey Owl"

Today's featured map is: DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS LAND ALLOTMENTS, 1660 To view this map, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID=4 86

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA DIRECTORIES, 1889-91 The largest metropolitan area in northern California, San Francisco was home to nearly 200,000 people in 1890. This database is a transcription of city directories originally published in that year. In addition to providing the residents' names, it provides their addresses and occupational information. This collection includes the names of more than 252,900 people, mostly heads of households. For those researching ancestors from northern California, this can be an informative database. Source Information: Ancestry.com. "San Francisco, California Directories, 1889-91." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: "San Francisco, CA, 1889-90," San Fransisco: W. H. L. Corran, 1889. "San Francisco, CA, 1890-91," San Fransisco: Painter and Co. Publishing, 1890. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4436.htm This database is also included in the 1890 Census Reconstruction Project and c an be searched through its main page at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/1890sub/main.htm MASSACHUSETTS TOWN VITAL RECORDS COLLECTION (Update adding Waltham) The Massachusetts Town Vital Records Collection now includes one new town in addition to the many previously posted on Ancestry.com; all are now available to search by record type. The town of Waltham has been added to the towns of Abington, Acton, Andover, Ashburnham, Ashfield, Bellingham, Billerica, Brewster, Brimfield, Brockton, Burlington, Carver, Chelmsford, Concord, Dartmouth, Dover, Dracut, Dudley, Essex, Framingham, Gill, Granville, Heath, Holden, Holliston, Hummards, Lawrence, Lynn, Medford, Medway, Middlefield, New Ashford, Palmer, Rockport, Rutland, Shirley, Shrewsbury, Sturbridge, Taunton, Templeton, Tisbury, Washington, Westford, West Springfield, Windsor, Worcester, and Wrentham. Originally published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, this compilation covers the births, marriages, and deaths of each town from its respective founding until 1850. This series is of particular interest to those with ancestors who lived in Massachusetts during the 1700s and 1800s. Ancestry's Massachusetts Town Vital Records collection is a growing series of books that were published earlier this century. Return often as we periodically increase the size of this valuable database. Source Information: New England Historic Genealogical Society. "Massachusetts Town Vital Records, Partial Compilation, (64)." Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1997-2000. New England Historic Genealogical Society. "Vital Records of Waltham Massachusetts to the Year 1850." Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/massrecords/main.htm WISCONSIN BIRTH RECORDS, 1820-1907 This database indexes more than 985,000 births recorded in the state of Wisconsin before 1907. Wisconsin is one of few states to have a widespread index of records prior to establishment of a state vital records office. However, it is important to note that there will be some records at the county level that are not included in this statewide index. Taken from the index created by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Vital Records Division, this database will prove useful to those who are researching ancestors from early Wisconsin. Source Information: Ancestry.com. "Wisconsin Vital Records, 1820-1907." Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original Data: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. "Wisconsin Vital Record Index, pre-1907." Madison, WI: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Vital Records Division, 19xx. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4750.htm COLUMBUS DISPATCH (OH), OBITUARIES, 1998-99 Source Information: Bell and Howell Information and Learning Company. "Columbus Dispatch (Ohio), Obituaries, 1998-99." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original electronic data is from the electronic newspaper newsfeed service of the Bell and Howell Information and Learning Company. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3527.htm

Hi, Chatters: Hope everyone will drop in tonight for the new ODD MIDDLE NAMES chat......if you have a stumper for a middle name--this is the place for you! We might find matches......or at least some hints of what that RIDICULOUS middle name come mean or point to in your research. Here's the rest of Monday night's schedule: Monday Chats: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm (subtract 1 hr. for Central; 2 hrs. for Mt.; 3 hrs. for Pacific) 8 pm Eastern--ODD MIDDLE NAMES (genealogy) 9 pm Eastern--ROBERTS family surname 10 pm Eastern--ALABAMA genealogy 11 pm Eastern--GENEALOGY RESEARCH HINTS & QUESTIONS Tuesday Chats: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm (subtract 1 hr. for Central; 2 hrs. for Mt.; 3 hrs. for Pacific) 10-11 am Eastern--NATIVE AMERICAN...AFRICAN AMERICAN...MELUNGEON genealogy 1-3 pm Eastern--NEW ENGLAND/MID-ATLANTIC STATES genealogy 8 pm Eastern--CEMETERIES chat (new chat on how to research in the cemetery, what to take, how to read the inscriptions, plus specific cemetery resources) BTW--if you're interested, you can attend a chat on Tuesday that is NOT genealogy related on HERBS--a professional herbalist will be sharing information and answering questions, RainBear from Alternatives from Nature. It starts at 9 pm Eastern time--if you're not interested, please remember that it's NOT genealogy related, so wait until Wednesday to come back to the chat room. Be sure and get ALL your surnames posted on the forum--and check to see what others have listed....We've had 26 new members REGISTER for the forum in the last 3 days....and that doesn't begin to count the old members and the guest visitors...so don't miss your chance to find someone who knows something about you-know-who! Post their name on the forum so the rest of us can see--don't keep your SURNAMES a secret! http://about.delphi.com/ab-huntsville If you know of anyone who might be interested in joining us in the chat room--please have them write to me for the instructions and schedule--or send me their address and I'll be happy to send it to them. Here's the ladder--now climb over your brick wall! Jean Brandau About Guide to Huntsville AL http://huntsville.about.com email: [email protected] forum: http://about.delphi.com/ab-huntsville chat: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm

Traditional Religious Beliefs of the Cherokee A-ne-jo-di, or Stickball, is a very rough game played by not only the Cherokee, but many other Southeastern Woodland tribes including the Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, and others. The game resembles the modern European game of LaCrosse, using ball sticks which are handmade from hickory. A small ball, made of deer hair and hide, is tossed into the air by the medicine man. The male players use a pair of the sticks, and female players use the bare hands. In earlier times, only the men with the greatest athletic ability played the game. The game was oftentimes played to settle disputes, and the conjurer for each team often became as important to the team as the players themselves. Seven points are scored when the ball strikes a wooden fish on the top of a pole approximately 25 feet in height, and two points are awarded when the ball strikes the pole. In earlier days, there would be a dance before the ballgame. The ballplayers were the participants of the dance, along with seven women dancers. Each woman represented one of the clans. Throughout the dance, the women would step on black beads which represented the players of the opposing team. The conjurer had placed these black beads on a large flat rock. Today, stickball is an important part of the days activities at ceremonial Stomp Grounds, being necessary to play before the Stomp Dance can ever begin. It is also a recreational sport at other times between community teams. There are also intertribal teams made up of players from Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Yuchi, Natchez, and other area communities. Be sure and check your e-mail newsletter next week for more information about the Stomp Dance. Info provided by the Cherokee Nation Cultural Resource Center

"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart." --Robert G. Ingersoll "A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction." --Rita Mae Brown "Things don't turn up in this world unless someone turns them up." --James A. Garfield

<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/cbplays/page3.html">Click here: Huntly</A> http://members.aol.com/cbplays/page3.html Bright Star

"There are the spiritual places where the wind and the spirits are free. The Eagle and the Raven sore high and the Bear and the Wolf roam wide. The Caribou, the Coyote, the Buffalo, the Fur Seal, and Great Whale are all a part of these places and they are seen, felt, heard, and are touched in our hearts." May Your Waters Run Gentle. Little Hawk.

<A HREF="http://www.senate.gov/">Click here: U.S. Senate</A> http://www.senate.gov/ Bright Star

<A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/bbbenge/page9.html">Click here: What's in a Name</A> http://hometown.aol.com/bbbenge/page9.html Bright Star

<A HREF="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/histus.html">Click here: Historical Maps of the United States</A> http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/histus.html Bright Star

<A HREF="http://www.ipl.org/cgi/ref/native/browse.pl/books">Click here: Native American Authors: Book Index</A> http://www.ipl.org/cgi/ref/native/browse.pl/books Bright Star

<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Tuffsearch/Genealogylinks.html">Click here: Tuffsearch's Ancestors' Attic</A> http://members.aol.com/Tuffsearch/Genealogylinks.html Bright Star

<A HREF="http://www.genhomepage.com/world.html">Click here: World-Wide Genealogy Resources</A> http://www.genhomepage.com/world.html Bright Star Lots of Irish links here.

<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/tawodi/indians.htm">Click here: Native American Links</A> http://members.aol.com/tawodi/indians.htm Bright Star