Be Ready for the Ride

~ True Story ~ “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou Nathalie Bleser, multi-lingual writer and interpreter – Here I am, struggling with the “blank page” where I must pour words that will share the essence of my story, to inspire other people who share a love […]

Breaking Beyond

~ True Story ~ “White buffalo calf woman appeared from the north as a beautiful, young woman dressed in a brilliant white dress to give the tribe the sacred pipe and rituals which form the basis of their religion. She also took the form of a sacred white buffalo calf. When she left the tribe, […]

On Eagle’s Wings

~ History ~ Imagine riding on the back of a great raptor as it soars through an angry storm of billowing clouds and piercing rain. Up and down, over and around hills and valleys, bursting through the fog and wind. Your hair is plastered back, you cannot open your physical eyes, yet you believe in […]

Black Sheep of the Flock Can Shine

~ True Story ~ “Looking behind, I am filled with gratitude. Looking forward, I am filled with vision. Looking upwards, I am filled with strength. Looking within, I discover peace.” ― Native American Saying Shaylin Shabi-Young, Navajo, the First Miss Native American USA. Most people call me “Shay.” I am born from the Bitter Water […]

Let Nothing Stop You!

~ True Story ~ “You have to look deeper, way below the anger, the hurt, the hate, the jealousy, the self-pity, way down deeper where the dreams lie, son. Find your dream. It’s the pursuit of the dream that heals you.” ― Billy Mills, Oglala Lakota Sioux Sarah Ortegon, Eastern Shoshone, Northern Arapaho & Basque […]

I’m Still Here!

~ True Story ~ “Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.” ― Desmond Tutu Natalie Sunflower, photographer and survivor. I am first spirit, woman, mother, daughter, and grandmother. I was adopted by my Chiricahua Apache uncle when I was in my late forties. He was the one who prepared me for […]

She Was One of Them

~ History ~ Scene description from the screenplay, Sacajawea, The Windcatcher —It is late afternoon, on the banks of the Missouri River, Three Forks. Enemy warriors crouch behind a stand of cottonwood trees. They watch smoke rise from a bonfire above in the village, listening to the sounds of women and children filtering through the […]

“Soso Lobi” Nothing But Love

~ True Story ~ “We are Spiritual Beings, Indigenous to the Earth. How should we love?” ― Spirit Wind Monique Wijngaarde – Bekema, Founder of Growing Seeds Worldwide Foundation — I’m also known as “Moya.” My Foundation is based on my promise, as a 16-year-old, to my late Surinamese Indigenous (Lokono – Arawak) maternal grandmother, […]

Horses of Hochoka, the Healing Circle

~ True Story ~ “The earth would be nothing without the people, but the man would be nothing without the horse.” ― Author Unknown Kimberly Clarke, Hochoka Director, Healing with Horses – I was born to a family by half Native American blood, brought in by Daniel Israel Boone who fraternized with natives along the […]

Even in despair, you can rise!

~ True Story ~ “I have come a long way since my life as a single mother, but I have never forgotten all I had to do to give my children the life and security they deserved, and that I deserved.” ― Sue Sater Susan Hickman Sater, Published Writer and Retired Business Administrator — In […]