Reznjun

been busy helping at a funeral. that takes 3 days and we didnt have much help. i did get to go on another ‘take a hike’ sponsored by the diabetes prevention program. i believe in exercise. i know my arthritis is easier to live with if i am walking. if i dont exercise then i have problems.  we met again at the boys and girls club. we then drove to the northwest part of the rez. there are some big hills to climb. the young ones had no trouble going up the steep grades. the older ones just went a little slower. we seen a deer running along the creek when we were on the first big hill. later someone mentioned they seen an eagle flying overhead. i missed it. before we stopped for lunch  someone said there it is again. we all looked up and could clearly see the white head and white tail of the eagle. there was no doubt it was a bald eagle. we just watched it soar for awhile. we notice more eagles around here during the winter. we then continued on our hike after watching the eagle.

we ate on top of a big hill that overlooked the surrounding countryside. it was a great view of big soldier valley. long ago many of our tribesman settled on either the big or little soldier creeks. after we all passed our food around we rested awhile. the hills were steep climbs. i walk alot but could still feel the burn in my legs as i went up the hills. we then followed the creek back to our cars. it was another great outing. there will be a winter hike next month. it was suggested everyone bring something to add to a soup. that should be good.

i went to see the movie ‘the only good indian’ in lawrence. i know some people that were in the show. i heard it was about indian boarding school. i went to see the movie with several people that were went to boarding school. we were curious how they would treat the subject. it wasnt a bad movie. i enjoyed it. we were standing around outside the theater after the movie was over. some guy asked us how we like it. i said it was a good movie. but i thought it was more about boarding school. the guy said he worked on the movie and wondered why no one wants to pick it up for distribution. he said it did well at the sundance film festival. i said its just like that. i probably will order a copy of the dvd from the website.

i dont see any accounts of boarding school that are from the first person perspective. maybe because survivors dont want to relive that experience. or maybe it was just one small part of their lives. who knows. i read what other people thought it was like but i dont think they really got the point. you had to have been there i think.

someone dropped a suksi. i got the hide. i will have to work on that this week. i already scraped the flesh side. now i have to dehair it. will save it as raw hide for some hand drums. i got some of the meat and made jerky out of it. saved some meat for stew this winter. i remember an old guy around here used to save that wild game was the best. he ate it when he got sick. others say our diets are the reason for some of our problems. we have to try to eat our natural diet. that is a hard thing to do. not possible in all situations. can only try to do it.

the guy that rents this land added lime to the field. he had plenty left over so he put a couple of loads by my garden spot. i will add it to the soil.  i tried to burn the garden spot off but the grass is still damp. then i have to pull the cornstalks. still work to do so it will be ready by next spring. oh well..always have something to keep me busy.