I rattle my tongue for this! I've been applying for jobs since March 7 with no luck, & even the temp service hasn't had much come in, but as soon as I get some income (now down to $30 total cash & nothing I can sell but my museum-quality custom mocassins, which haven't been selling much, darn it!), I'll subscribe so I can have these articles, too, & I'll see if I can get the local library to take a subscription. Since the museums began robbing us of our artifacts & stashing them back when they convinced themselves that we would go extinct (partly with their 'help', by taking Sacred Bundles, Channunpas (prayer Pipes, which are not 'art objects', & so on), such things as truly old bows & arrows have also been withheld from us. The Cheyenne hold arrows to be Sacred, so a word to the wise.. before you photograph any bows or arrows, offer tobacco to the spirits with a prayer of thanks & for their forebearance about photographs at all. Kodak wasn't kidding, from our Traditional perspective, when they advertised "capture the spirit". It's about showing respect, & believe me, the spirits know more about the purity of everyone's heart's intentions than any of us ever will. Mitakuye oiasin - All (are) my relatives.
