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basic Ohio style mocs(Wyandot/Shawnee/Delaware)
richardzane:
kweh Beadman,
yeah the Lakota,Dakota,Nakota were living around Lake Superior in the mid 16oos. I know because my ancestors who had been dispersed from Ontario , fought them
...over a woman as the story goes...and since they couldn't come to an agreement we (Wyandot) migrated towards Detroit area...then Ohio.
Lakota's own horse culture is actually fairly recent in the light of MANY 1000s of years of life here.
nclonghunter:
Richardzane, thank you for posting those pictures. They are awesome and fascinating. I have made many center seam Creek style (woodland) design moccasins. I have never attempted the detail those have. It would be great to meet the person who sewed all of it together. The knowledge that has been lost is terrible.
I recently took my wife to DC for a test and insisted we visit the Native American Museum. It is a beautiful building and design. We even had some buffalo, rice and sunflower root in the cafeteria. I had hoped to see more eastern material than was there. I visited the Smithsonian when I was 12 years old and remember seeing a lot more native American artifacts. I expected all of it to be in the new museum but did not see it. I was a little disappointed in what was there. After leaving and thinking about all the cultures and areas that are represented there is actually little room given to each. It would take 20 buildings that size to just do a decent showing of each tribe or cultural period. So I understand why only a little can be shared as you go from floor to floor traveling around the world. We also watched a movie in a room that showed mother earth at the bottom, the land in the middle and the sky above. It was really enjoyable and educating. The entire museum is interesting and worth the trip to see it. I would have loved to have gotten the tour you did, but again I understand and appreciate you sharing the photos.
richardzane:
thanks nclonghunter,
you are right the displays are a little slim...disapointing
the main collections of the Smithsonian are in storage and are vast! I saw shelves and shelves of Bows and hundreds of arrows on trays.
If you ever get a chance ,you can schedule a visit to the Cultural Resource Center and see some amazing things.
ok...I've been holding back on the Wendat stuff..ok
again....if anyone passes these pics around give credit to the collection where its housed.
NMAI.CRC.Washington DC
IsaacW:
--- Quote from: IndianGuy on June 22, 2013, 12:12:52 pm ---very nice, very traditional, I think a build along is in order?
--- End quote ---
I use a similar method and here is how I do it.
http://frenchinwisconsin.com/2011/05/makazinan-moccasins/
Since doing this how to--- I have gotten better but the process is the same.
YosemiteBen:
Richard and Pekane -
Thanks for the language lessons. In the museum I get that question all the time - "Do you speak your own language?" then I get to tell the stories of our peoples and the tragedy of boarding schools. In my family I had three out of four grandparent who were all schooled. Didn't have much opportunity to learn tribal stuff till I got older. I am Maidu on my dads side and Annishnabe on my moms side. All together I am about 75% NDN by "quantum", such an ugly word. We work to use words for family members and such in our house. My wife is born Tsa la gi and raised Miwok.
NDN history has for a very long time been only a very small part of "American" history. There are new history books written by the "conquered" that are showing up - got to do a little digging to find them.
We are not dead, We are still alive - We are still Here!
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