Tuberculosis, Consumption, Congestive Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy?

I have been struggling with a way to write this since 1993.

The reason for writing this, for me, is twofold.

Could this be just another attack on the Native American immune system that has been missed diagnosed because of lack of enough information?

and

How many of my ancestors picked up this new (since first contact) virus that attacked the heart muscle?

I spent hours with my father and grandfather, on my native side, they did not have Tuberculosis.

On my grandfathers death certificate it stated (Consumption).

My father and his brothers it said Tuberculosis.

I have (Cardiomyopathy) Congestive Heart Failure and was not confirmed until I was sent to the teaching school at Yale University hospital!
01/09/1993

I won many law suits with my companies insurance companied as my confirmation!

For my information I used Wikimedia encyclopedia the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation only because I wanted my information from the same source.

You should use your own choice, if you wish to?

Consumption, now called  Tuberculosis is a very different disease  however common symptom chronic cough typically attacks the lungs (shortness of breath)

Tuberculosis common symptom chronic cough typically attacks the lungs (shortness of breath)

Congestive Heart Failure symptoms including (shortness of breath)

Cardiomyopathy common symptom is (breathlessness)

I write this just to get you thinking about your ancestors!

Chief Homer St. Francis, Mohegan/Pequot/Wabanaki

Welcome

Albuquerque New Mexico

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico

to the postings about our people

http://mysmudgingblog.blogspot.com/

Looking for a picture of our friend Chief Homer St. Francis  my Grandfather, Sachem Tallfox elected him as our War Chief.

Google Images: Native American news 7/31/12

I wonder what a person form New Mexico will do with one of my chiefs photo's?

Yes he, like many of the warriors in those days, wore war bonnets until my grandfather had them remove it, we never used war bonnets they are from the plains Indians.

However, this is the only picture I have of him and he was one of my teachers.

Native American traditions in wedding ceremonies

Flagstaff entrepreneur incorporates Native American traditions in wedding ceremonies

http://www.nhonews.com/main.asp?SectionID=74&SubSectionID=514&ArticleID=14726

I like this idea and wish to see this takes at least one step farther.

Yvonne Chavez a Flagstaff business women is one of the first to go back in time some 40 years or more to add enjoyment back into our future by showing displays from both cultures at weddings.

For over 20 years I have enjoyed the knowledge that couples can have their cake and eat it too, so to speak!

Spiritual Leaders (Qualified to do so) have performed weddings along side of pastor's, Rabbi's and priest's for years to mixed couples wishing to show their respect to both cultures.

Why not dress the past, for example, a native dresses native, non native dresses accordingly.

Now here is the best part ( NO GOVERNMENT CARD NECESSARY)!

http://mysmudgingblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/traditional-native-american-wedding.html

If your government controlled casino reservation Indians will not perform this wedding there are thousands of True Traditional Spiritual Elders that do!

One last thought to keep in mind, a true Spiritual Leader knowing that blood seeks blood can tell if both have blood even if one does not know.

This is a plus for your wedding!

Sacrificial fire

One can only guess (hope) the writer is a non Native American?

As a Traditional Elder Spiritual leader it is our duty to speak about this.

As a Native American Elder one must be careful not to get too picky with peoples gatherings, so my whole day was completely wasted trying not to think about an article this morning in my mailer!

Someone should correct the author or at least call it what it is. 

This thing was held at a school where we should be teaching our culture and ceremonies correctly?

If you wish to call a Flag song sacred, I can live with that, sort of.

A Veterans Song (dance) is just that, a Veterans song, a Fallen soldiers song (dance) is not the same thing as the Veterans song.

If a group of people in the Eastern Woodland area wish to have a gathering, this is a free country.

If a group of people in this area wish to have a gathering and call it a Native American Gathering, this gets my attention.

I do not care if you name it gathering or some kind of powwow, this is a free country.

However, if you stick a fire into a circle and call in Scared, it should be a Sacred Gathering!

If you have a Gathering or a Native American powwow stick a Sacrificial fire

into it.

It then becomes an Occult Gathering!
It is by no means a Native American Gathering!

Please call it what it is.

Amherst Ohio

Welcome to

Amherst Ohio

http://www.amherstohio.org/

looking for information about our word

Aquai (Hello of Welcome)

http://newindianridgemuseum.org/about/chronology-ohio/

to

http://www.sachem-uncas.com/

AQUAI

Our Pequot/Mohegan Aquai word means hello, when meeting someone in passing, a friendly Aquai as you go by.

Aquai is our friendship word for hello or I pass in peace, we use to tap our chest with our left hand and open palm straight out as a friendly way of showing no weapons however, we learned the hard way that the Plains Indians and Canadian Indians have a very different understanding for that move so we stopped using it except at our gatherings and Paw-paus!

We have no word for good-by, we use the same words Aquai or  Aquine, while on our way, this time, with the left hand starting from the heart, palm up and straight out, heart high.

While you are walking from the area you are always welcome back so your good-by in not needed.