It wasn’t in reference to any one tribe per se, but the Native American Church, which in part traces its history back to Chief Quannah Parker (Comanche) and various tribes along the US-Mexico border. It has evolved into a fusion of Christian and indigenous beliefs, in all night ceremonies of drumming and singing and…

New Zealand pinot noirs are also supposed to be good (I dunno, as I tend to prefer stronger reds than pinot noir, but that is what pn fans say); Chilean sauvignon blanc is wonderful too (I also like their Carmenere, which is a red that almost went extinct in France but thrives in Chile); Argentinian wines, I love…

Apparently most or all Central Valley ag products contain arsenic, because it is in the valley dust. Milk & dairy products, raisins, a whole lotta veggies, etc etc. It's just in most or all these things the arsenic levels are quite lot and don't pose a danger.

Well, that and any knowledge of history of how white men from Columbus to the present day have treated Indian women (Custer included http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/242) could assume it's a rape game. Racism and misogyny in one package - I'm surprised there isn't a current version of the game in existence.

I agree wholeheartedly!!!!

That's what I thought too - from what I can recall, there wasn't anything 'financial' about Wuornos' crimes - it was bloody revenge (from her point of view).

True that. Also I have long been bugged by how many people seem to condescend a bit to 'gathering'. For years now I've been studying my tribe's ethnobotany (an oft overlooked subject as we are from a region famous for fishing; plants get overlooked) and if nothing else I've learned 'gathering' is never as simple as…

We know, please don't be so literal minded, we're just exercising a little 'gallows humor' as it were. It is a peculiarly human thing to laugh in the face of horror.

Well, I would at least guess his/her heart is as white as Custer's. *rimshot*

I'm a Native American woman, and I gotta say I don't know exactly where the line is between inspiration and rip-off. I don't think there are simple answers here. Much of the difficulty comes from the ignorance of non-Indian designers. I never cease to be amazed at how badly educated so many North Americans are -…

A Tribe Called Red remixed that scene into a song. I LOVE IT. Here ya go:

And she met with "Diaper" Dave Vitter too...hmmmm. Yes, your hypothesis makes sense AND I cd see ol' Diaper Dave involved, as I could believe Phyllis to be one heck of a Dom-n-Diapering Queen. Makes sense.

You are right, they are idealists who seem to have a hard time seeing messy, complicated reality. I remember reading an article a couple of years ago about a man whose wife's pregnancy went wrong - the doctors discovered the fetus had a fatal birth defect known colloquially as 'mermaid syndrome'. The fetus would die…

True, but here in the States there has been a curious, at times uneasy, partnership between radical Protestants and conservative Catholics (and increasingly, Mormons are part of the partnership too)* that promotes anti-abortion, anti-sex ed patriarchal nonsense. In recent years, American Evangelicals and Fundies have…

I think you make a good point. And based off the basic knowledge of male anatomy it isn't a wholly unreasonable assumption. In my personal experience, I have noticed that the urethral exit in women is next to impossible to spot - it's tiny compared to the way-more-obvious vaginal entrance. Only reason I know where…

It is surprising to me how many people think women pee out of the vagina. Sigh. THere are even women who believe this (you'd think owning the body parts in question, they might have a bit more knowledge but...) I honestly don't know if it is a case of not paying attention/understanding those classes, or if they…

Religion is why. They are convinced that they are following The One True Religion and are going to be super holy living under the One True Interpretation of Sharia. The fact that their One Twoo Religion is cool with genocide, slavery and rape doesn't seem to cause them to question that there may be something very,…

OMG Edeline that is terrible. I wish the law could be modified so convicted abusers can lose all parental rights.

In addition to the sheer idiocy of Corbin's comments the other thing that leaps out at me is Shealey is the ONLY woman in the SC senate. That seems rather odd for 2015. I did a little googling and found that SC has 46 state senators. And in a 2013 article, it was reported that the average state legislature was on…

Oh I wish more doctors that absence or periods was abnormal and worth checking. all thru my 20s I mentioned to doctors that I wasn't having periods for months at a time - I got to where I only had one once every 5 or 6 months, and then it could last 2 weeks - but NOT ONE doctor thought this symptom was remotely…