I don’t doubt the school did everything they could to help me, this was the tail end of the 90s and the data and tools we have now didn’t exist. It was the summer before fifth grade, and I was being advanced while the reading tests showed I was two years behind my peers. Teachers … Continue reading Knowledge is Power: My Grandmother’s Tools
Tag: Tohono O'odham
Make Changes NOW
Change the names back to their original INDIGENOUS names. They already have names. It's time for us to rise. The thunderbird will appear and it means a lot of different things depending on where you are... I suggest Squaw Peak be called Thunderbird Peak and Papago Peak changed to Segui Rise and "Sentinel Peak 'A' … Continue reading Make Changes NOW
The Unhinged Beast – Origins III
As I mentioned in part one, these memories happened around the time I started kindergarten or first grade. I was about five or six years old; Hemako (means: one) and I used to play at a park across the street from the house where we (sometimes) lived with Nisi-ohg (means: my real father). This is … Continue reading The Unhinged Beast – Origins III
So what’s a himdag, you ask?
I’ve been doing a ton of writing; I have lots of thoughts running around loose in my head. However, I’m not ready to go into detail, at least not without diving into what brought me to himdag (him-ee-dawk). So I guess explaining what it means is where we’ll start. I first heard the word himdag … Continue reading So what’s a himdag, you ask?
Why a blog and why now?
I started this blog for a few reasons, but I'll start with proposing to my BFF. I decided to get the ball rolling on getting married and starting a family with my best friend (and ex) of 12 years. While that is fantastic news under normal circumstances and a time for celebration, I proposed to … Continue reading Why a blog and why now?
and so we begin…
If life was a highway… If life is a highway, then I accidentally went down a dirt path at some point and have been lost since I was 19 and telling everyone I have met on this “life highway” that “I’m fine,” “I’m not lost,” “I know where I’m going….” And people believed me. The … Continue reading and so we begin…
finding himdag 