Name's Darlene, 21 years old, graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in English-Creative Writing. I'm a published writer. Please see my bio page for more info.
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PLEASE REBOLG THIS! We need this film to happen. Please, watch and spread the word. My daughter and her father’s family are from this reservation. People need to know what really happens on native land.
Leech Lake represent…it’s hard on track. I’m glad people can finally see it’s not all about headdresses and dancing around fires or whatever it is people think we do. At first I thought this was the documentary that was being shot around my family last summer and winter but it’s not…this means there are more coming. It’s about time the reservations got some exposure.
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Pre-Columbian. How about we call it, “Pre-You-People-Came-And-Fucked-Things-Upian”?
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After succumbing to a fever of some sort in 1705, Irish woman Margorie McCall was hastily buried to prevent the spread of whatever had done her in. Margorie was buried with a valuable ring, which her husband had been unable to remove due to swelling. This made her an even better target for body snatchers, who could cash in on both the corpse and the ring.
The evening after Margorie was buried, before the soil had even settled, the grave-robbers showed up and started digging. Unable to pry the ring off the finger, they decided to cut the finger off. As soon as blood was drawn, Margorie awoke from her coma, sat straight up and screamed.
The fate of the grave-robbers remains unknown. One story says the men dropped dead on the spot, while another claims they fled and never returned to their chosen profession.
Margorie climbed out of the hole and made her way back to her home.
Her husband John, a doctor, was at home with the children when he heard a knock at the door. He told the children, “If your mother were still alive, I’d swear that was her knock.”
When he opened the door to find his wife standing there, dressed in her burial clothes, blood dripping from her finger but very much alive, he dropped dead to the floor. He was buried in the plot Margorie had vacated.
Margorie went on to re-marry and have several children. When she did finally die, she was returned to Shankill Cemetery in Lurgan, Ireland, where her gravestone still stands. It bears the inscription “Lived Once, Buried Twice.”
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I thought i’d share this….Honor our code talkers…….They did so much for our nation……RIP Mr. Fowler
In Memory of
King Fowler
Navajo Code Talker, USMC
The High Resolution version can be found here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/rezboyz/9013039732/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Mr. Fowler was born on December 12, 1915 in Kaibeto, Arizona. Mr Fowler passed on June 7, 2013 at his residence in Tonalea, Arizona.
He enlisted with the Marines on October 27, 1944 and completed Basic Training at Camp Pendleton with the Navajo Code Talkers.
After receiving an Honorable Discharge he returned home to his family and began his career as one of the Founder Fathers of Tonalea Chapter. He served as a Tonalea Council Delegate, a Chapter Official, a Grazing Official and a Community Development Worker. He was always dedicated to his fellow Veterans of American Legion Post 33.
(Yesterday at work)
5 year old girl: Miss Darlene, why are you wearing a Batman shirt?
Me: I like Batman and other superheroes.
Girl: But liking superheroes is only for boys.
Me: Sweetie, nothing is ever only for boys or only for girls. You can like whatever you want.
Girl: Wow! I didn’t know that! Thanks Miss Darlene!
(Getting rid of gender roles - priceless)
These men are my idols.
I really need to start watching them again. I’ve missed so much.
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