Native American Mamas tribe - Page 9

[member]

Hi mamas! I wanted to pass on an awesome article that I just found; it's free to read online. Got Tradition? is all about American Indians use native foods to fight diabetes and revive Indian culture. Well written and informative.

My next powwow is Memorial Day weekend. It should be great fun and I am thinking about signing up to dance. I am hedging though because I've not done so for a long time.

[NinaBruja]

selu, that was a great article...
ive never cared too much for frybread, until i was pregnant then i was ravenous...

okay i have a question...
i was wondering if anyone could help me...
im wanting to have my daughter officially dance at pow wows...
is there an age they start? is there a website that explains it all?
and the costumes i see on little ones are stunning!
anyone want to share pics of thier little ones in native dress?
after i finish my current project im going to start working on a mohave diamond dress for my daughter...
ive been googling but not finding much in the way of pictures of native dress...
i wanted to make her mohave, navajo and chemouevi outfits but im lacking in knowledge of what that would entail. esspecially chemouevi...
i only had a red mohave diamond dress when i was little...

[Jennbee]

Boozhoo, hello,
I'm fairly new here and just happened to find this thread. You might be able to find me on the Law enforcement thread too, DH is a rez cop. I'm Ojibway/Pottawatomi from southwestern Ontario region. I've lived on the rez for most of my life, exceptions were for being away for university and college. I have one child, DD is 15 months old.
I hope to post here more often. I found this place because I was feeling like I didn't really belong to another message board.

mamabuzzybee, does your DD name mean "wolf".

[Mother2Amaya]

Boozhoo Jennbee! I'm Ojibwe as well, from Northern Minnesota, and my dh is hoping to become a cop! :cop: :

Just checking in with everyone. It's been a busy couple of months. Does anyone know where I can find a good powwow calendar online? We are up in Philly and there are very few powwows here that I know of... I'd like to check it out to see if I'm missing something!

[hippymama]

What a great thread! I too Walk the Red Road. I was spiritually lost and lonely for a long time. I would lurk around powwows, never expecting to be accepted because I'm a blonde-haired, green-eyed white girl. People love to tell me that I couldn't possibly be Cherokee because of this. Never mind the fact that I'm one of only two blondes in the family. But through prayer to the Creator I have found a great church and some incredible NA friends to sweat and pray with. I don't feel like I have to prove anything because it was never about how "cool it is to be Indian" but what I knew to be true spiritually in my heart. You could say that I'm a recovering baptist and born-again-Indian. :LOL I did register with an intertribal org. to help the cause of many displaced Indians in my state and so that I may wear my feathers without hassle. Though I haven't had my official naming ceremony yet, I was given the name of Red Feather Woman just the other day. I was so proud. : It is so wonderful to meet you all. The Earth is my living, breathing Mother. wado

[motherscircle]

New here

Hi everyone
I have been to the Mothering website before, but did not realize there are forums. I was just directed here to read the thread about "The View" and negativism towards breastfeeding.
I am a WAH mother to 11 yr old Brittany, hubby is a full time airline employee, and part time sheriff deputy and soon to be employed by one of the local casinos.
I walk the red road, but hubby is a confirmed baptist.
I am also an herbalist, pp doula and RN.
Glad to be here and hope to join in discussions

[Mother2Amaya]

cool jobs!

So I have a question. My dh and I got married in 2003 and I haven't been to a powwow since! I feel disconnected!

Anyway, part of it is because dh is African-American and he is actually afraid to go! :LOL First he didn't know what the heck a powwow was (he was 19 when we met and from inner city Philly where there's nare a native in sight!) and when I first told him I was 'indian' he thought I meant "from India!" : :LOL

So anyway, he is worried he won't be accepted at powwows and will look out of place, which is totally not true because there are so many different people at powwows... not only that but we are such an accepting people, there is no way he'd be made to feel awkward... how can I convince him to go? There is a powwow coming in Baltimore this fall and I wanna take our 13-month-old for the first time. I can't completely avoid the culture because it's my daughter's culture too.

Advice?

[Little Bear's Mama]

Mother,your dh will be accepted just fine. I don't see any reason why not!

If you're looking for pow wow info,this site has it all:
www.powwows.com The forums are great for all kinds of info/questions.

If you're looking for a pow wow calender,there is one on powwows.com and here:
http://www.thespike.com/welcome.htm

[lisa78]

just wanted to say hi, i am mom to a Inuit baby boy, almost 2 so not much of a baby anymore. He was adopted at 3 months of age.
i am detemined to teach him about his culture. We live in BC so we are learning Salish customs.
i will listen openly to any and all advice you mamma's might have for me, i feel i need alot.

[MotherEarthMom]

I don't remember if I posted on this thread before,I am part Lenape and my husband is Taino,we haven't been to a powwow in over 2 yrs,hoping to find some in my area to go to.Nice to see some other native moms.

[mamacitarisa]

: My son is half Pipil mayan from el salvador, His father left us and I'm not quit sure how I'll fill the void for him, I'm from Canada originally, and we moved back here. But i feel Oxtlan (my son) will lack his heritage from there, and not growing up with a man around.
Like how am i gonna teach him to pee standing up! lol things like this cross my mind. But really it's the culture we will both miss experiencing. I think people that grow up in a different country then there country of origin maybe experience displaced, i don't know, Anyway just thought i'd let that fly out there,

Lisa y Ox'tlan

[chancemilomia]

Hey there

Hi, I'm new to this website and was very happy to see your post. I am Cherokee and Crow, and I too have a son whose name is Little Bear! I hope to make some new friends here...we are expecting baby number four in November. See you around!

[boatbaby]

Hello again

I realize we are the odd ones here because I have SOUTH American native blood... but I have a question anyhow.

Our family is Inca/ Huanca on my father's side... anyhow -- we did our 1 year check up and my cousin (who I rarely every see) was in town and came with. We opted out of several vaccines and the nurse gave us a bit of a hard time.

My cousin then told the nurse to leave me alone and that since we have indian blood we are at higher risk for bad reactions to vaccines and how she nearly died as a infant from routine immunizations and so on...

The nurse just looked at her like she was nuts.

Anyone else have these issues?

[NinaBruja]

Originally Posted by boatbaby

My cousin then told the nurse to leave me alone and that since we have indian blood we are at higher risk for bad reactions to vaccines and how she nearly died as a infant from routine immunizations and so on...

The nurse just looked at her like she was nuts.

Anyone else have these issues?

we have a higher risk for vax complications?!
eek do you have any other info on that?
i was forced to get a hep vax when i was like 9 and it got swollen like a golfball under my skin. oww. come to think of it all the vaxes i ever remember getting i had swelling and fever...hrrrrm

i find that alot of nurses will give you a dirty look or something if you arent a good patient
i just searched for a supportive caregiver... now i cant even comprehend going back to listening to nonsense, speeches and lectures.
we dont vax at all and were unswayable, you can imagine the times weve had enough to drive you crazy

[mamacitarisa]

I had an Issue in El Salvador when I went to get my son vaccinated, I didn't really understand which vaccines they were gonna give him, it looked like she was preparing to do a small pox vaccine, And i said nobody needs that anymore! And my partner & the nurses argued he needed all of them, In the end I foigured out he ended up getting TB vaccine & Hebatitis B, above his regular ones, But i guess there is alot of TB and Hepatitis in Central America.
Medical treatment in a forein country is one of the most confusing. My Son also spent a week in a hospital in El Salvador with Dengue Fever, scared me to death, I really didn't have confidence the doctors knew what they were doing, there were so many other kids in the same room, with god knows what too... I had to tend to him 24 hours a day sleeping on the floor beside his crib, he couldn't nurse, he had a fever they wouldn't give him anything to hide the symtoms... horrible experience!

[apmama2myboo]

oops posting. new here and have info for Little Bear's Mama

I'll just copy this, please bear with me. I am new here and trying to get used to the format of this message board!

Hi ladies. I am Bad River Band, lake superior tribe, Ojibwe. My tribe is a good 7 hour drive from where I currently live. I still have to get around to getting my daughter's application for tribal enrollment, as it wasn't til she was already almost one that i found out that she would have been accepted at birth but since she was older, i have to do more paperwork!

I am a SAHM, BF and AP all the way. my tribal blood is thru my father (his mother more specifically), who passed away a few years ago at 51. My parents divorced when i was very young and he was an alcoholic, and didn't make much effort to spend time with us (my brother or myself). His mother is still alive, but refuses to talk about her heritage. She acts like it's something to be ashamed of, so i don't get much help there. I have taught myself beadwork and have started trying to learn the language, so that I may teach my daughter. I do plan to get up north for the pow-wow this fall if we can.

I am a very strong supporter of BF, and Little Bear's Mama, i think it's great what you're doing. In case you haven't found this video in your search for lactation information, here is a link to a video targeted to native mamas like us.

i haven't personally SEEN the video, but here is the link where it can be ordered:
http://www.glitc.org/health/nursing/default.php
also, here is a link where you can find basic info about health programs as well as Lactation Education Assistance, along with a woman's name, she might be a good resource for you
http://www.glitc.org/programs/default.php

good luck. nice to see so many other native mamas here doing AP

jen
caitlyn 2/9/04

[~member~]

"Once a month, he receives a package of traditional foods from the White Earth Land Recovery Project. The package usually includes buffalo meat and wild rice. Sometimes it includes foods that have been donated, like potatoes. It is a welcome relief to elders on the White Earth Reservation, where the median income is less than $10,000 a year. At the supermarket, buffalo meat is just too expensive for most Indians, says Becky Niemi, development director for the White Earth Land Recovery Project, who adds that traditional foods are out of reach for most Indians." quote from Got Tradition?

Selu Gigage - thank you for the article.
My DH has type 2 diabetes. Buffalo, moose, and caribou are too expensive and hard to find. We have switched to wild rice, removed all bread, and only drink water and coffee. Yeah, coffee's hard to give up :LOL
He did get a membership at the local Y. He gets a personal trainer and has to go at least twice a week, or else he loses his membership. Pretty cool incentive, since a membership is over six hundred a year. He got that thru the indian center's diabete's support.
I've been cooking asparagus, leeks, spinach, etc. We don't really like brocolli either. But the 'good' stuff is too expensive. My sister is trying to grow all of the above in her garden. Last year she got two asparagus...imagine all four of us eating them :LOL They were the best tasting aparagus

I am having a hard time finding info that is specifically for anishanaabeg with diabetes, especially concerning diet. Most indianz are poor, yanno? Part of the genocide?
Anyways, we are refusing to die, and would really like to thrive and live to see our babies grow up.

Also, am making fancy shawl outfits for all my nieces. Wondering where to find the really cool iron on appliques....or maybe I am saying it wrong and that is why I can't find any
That's always my problem, spent too many years not speaking english, so I get it all confused
At least I am good enuf that I don't anymore :LOL

We speak mostly ojibwe to our children. Too many english words that don't exist in ojibwe, or else it is easier to say it in english than go on all day telling your kid what a pencil is lol!

[Little Bear's Mama]

MamaInTheBoonies,
A friend of mine had a video about diabetes made specifically for NA. I'll ask her where she got it. I *think* it was from native seed search, but I can't be sure.


Newcomers! Glad to see this thread growing.

[Little Bear's Mama]

Originally Posted by chancemilomia

and I too have a son whose name is Little Bear!

Cool. Actually Little Bear is ds' nickname. Part of it comes from our last name. :LOL He actually has 3 names.

[Sharlla]

My great grandfather was cherokee. So that makes me 1/8 I believe.