Walking. La Cueva neighborhood. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Anniversary of assassination of Saint Oscar Romero.
Cherokee Nation Remembrance Day. “186 years ago today, one of the final groups of Cherokees arrived in Indian Territory after being forcibly removed from our homelands and enduring a perilous journey across the Trail of Tears.”
El Padre Antonio Y Su Monaguillo Andrés – Rubén Blades
Homenaje a Rutilio Grande – SON
Oscar Romero – Dafydd Iwan
Romero – The Project Martyrs
El Salvador – Peter, Paul & Mary
Oscar Romero – Brotes de Olivo
Eulogy to Oscar Romero –
Oscar Romero – Garth Hewitt
Oscar Romero – Richard Gilpin
Archbishop Oscar Romero Memorial – Fran Schultz
Cherokee Stomp – Litefoot, feat. Tommy Wildcat
Cherokee Morning Song – Walela
Orphan Child – Cherokee National Children’s Choir
Cherokee Tears – Jobel Star Cherokee Tears
On the Road Where They Cried – Cherokee National Children’s Choir
Cherokee Trail of Tears – Native American Indians
Amazing Grace – Cherokee National Children’s Choir
Trail of Tears Song, We Will Go Together -6 Joy Harjo
Trail of a Thousand Tears – Shannon Thunderbird & Sandy Horne
Trail of Tears – Clannad
Cherokee Bend – Gordon Lightfoot
Cherokee Morning Song – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Prayer for My People – Jay Red Eagle
For Those Who Cried (Cherokee Removal) – Jack Gladstone
Trail Of Freedom – Bill Miller
Tag Archives: Native Americans
24 March 2025
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights, New Mexico, playlist
6 December 2024
On this day in history–6 December 1830–the National Archives reports:
In the early 1800s, American demand for Indian nations’ land increased, and momentum grew to force American Indians further west. The first major step to relocate American Indians came when Congress passed, and President Andrew Jackson signed, the Indian Removal Act of May 28, 1830.
The Act authorized the President to negotiate removal treaties with Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi River, primarily in the states of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, and others. The goal was to remove all American Indians living in existing states and territories and send them to unsettled land in the west.
In his message on December 6, 1830, President Jackson informed Congress on the progress of the removal, stating, “It gives me pleasure to announce to Congress that the benevolent policy of the Government, steadily pursued for nearly thirty years, in relation to the removal of the Indians beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy consummation.”
This set the stage for the Trail of Tears.
Today’s playlist included the following:
Trail of Tears Song, We Will Go Together – Joy Harjo
For Those Who Cried (Cherokee Removal) – Jack Gladstone
Cherokee Morning Song – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Indian Reservation – Buddy Red Bow
Cherokee Tears – Jobel Star
Cherokee Trail of Tears -Native American Indians
We Are Still Here – Spirit Nation
Mourning Song for a Brother – Maggie Harry and Jenny Jack
Filed under Antiracism
19 October 2024
5K walk. Louisville.
Supporting Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women.
And We Can Love – Mary Youngblood
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
Calling All Warriors – Leela Gilday
I Am the Beginning and the End – Dorothy Tsatoke
The Unforgotten – Iskwē acākosīk, feat. Tanya Tagaq
Mother’s Rain Annie Humphrey
Some How – Nizhóní Girls
Through the Eyes of a Woman – Jana
Gentle Warrior – Kalolin Johnson
Indigenous – J25
Honor Song for an Older Sister – Poldine Carlo
Sinnatuumait – Elisapie
Resisto y Ya – Lido Pimienta
Fear – Joy Harjo
Strong Women’s Song – Ode’min Kwe Singers
Broken – Bear Fox
Roots And Wings – Joanne Shenandoah
For Me – Shawnee Kish
One Woman – Teagan Littlechief
Fight for the Rights – Kelly Fraser
God Created Woman – Martha Redbone
No More – Fawn Wood
Tongues – Tanya Tagaq
Grandmother’s Ways – Sharon Burch
The Warrior – Walela
Women’s Fancy Shawl – Shannon Thunderbird & Sandy Horne
One Woman: A Song for UN Women – Ana Bacalhau, Angélique Kidjo, Anoushka Shankar, Bassekou Kouyate, Bebel Gilberto, Beth Blatt, Brian Finnegan, Buika, Charice, Cherine Amr, Debi Nova, Emeline Michel, Fahan Hassan, Jane Zhang, Jim Diamond, Keith Murrell, Lance Ellington, Marta Gómez, Mari
Eagle When She Flies – Thunder Bird Sisters
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights, Louisville, Music, playlist
14 October 2024
Walking. Albuquerque.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Honour Song – Morgan Toney
Native America – J25
Turtle’s Song to the Wolf – Betty Mae
Earth Spirit – R. Carlos Nakai
Gathering of Eagles – Walela
Wind River – Andrew Vasquez
Zuni Friendship Song – Chester Mahooty B
Lakota Flute Song – Georgia Wettlin-Larsen
Pink Skies – Bear Fox
Not For Sale – Alice De Micele
We Emerged from Night in Clothes of Sunrise – Joy Harjo
Roots And Culture – Native Root
Some How – Nizhóní Girls
Noble Heart – Jack Gladstone
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
Kahawi’tha – Joanne Shenandoah
Anaa K’e Goo – Blackfire
Taos Song – William Gutierrez
Navajo Riding Song – Lillian Rainer
Drum Song – Shannon Thunderbird
Firedancer – Brulé
Mother Wolf – Fire Crow
Wounded Knee Hero – Thunder Bird Sisters
Makȟóčhe Kiŋ Thewáȟila II – Alex Fire Thunder
Have Good Dreams My Grandchild – Ojibway People
Golden Feather – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Standing Alone – Buddy Red Bow
Wovoka – Redbone
Tulsa County – Jesse Ed Davis
All Along the Watchtower – Micki Free
Filed under Antiracism, Cleveland Heights, Exercise, Movie, New Mexico, playlist
25 June 2023
Walking. Germantown. Shelby Park.
Battle of the Greasy Grass.
Wash Your Spirit Clean – Walela
Sitting Bull’s Medicine Song – Kevin Locke
It’s a Good Day to Die – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Lakota Forever – Brule
The Little Bighorn March – Bill Miller
Tatanka – Luis Cachiguango
Garryowen & Valley of the Little Big Horn – Jack Gladstone
Buffalo Prayer Song – Robert Tree Coy & Hovia Edwards
Crazy Horse Prayer – Peter Kater, feat. R. Carlos Nakai
Little Big Horn Battle Song – Porcupine Singers
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse – Thunder Bird Sisters
Sitting Bull’s Sundance – Dan McGrath
Battle of Little Big Horn – Sencheng Zhang
Battle of Little Bighorn – RedCloud
Filed under Exercise, Human Rights, Louisville, Music, playlist
20 November 2021
Stretching. NK Body Philosophy. Walking. Goochland
For Marsha P. Johnson – Bryce Dessner
Boy Girl Wonder – Bitch and Animal
Queer – Garbage
You Are My Sister – Antony & The Johnsons
Who Am I to Feel So Free – JD Samson & MEN
Lola – The Kinks
I Wonder What Happened To Him – Noël Coward
Rebel Rebel – David Bowie
Transgender Dysphoria Blues – Against Me!
I Am Her – Shea Diamond
Candy Says – The Velvet Underground
iT – Christine and the Queens
Warrior Heart – Shawnee
Dark Passenger – The Cliks
Wig in a Box – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Cameron – Jillette Johnson
We’re the Cool Kids – Ryan Cassata
A Girl Called Johnny – The Waterboys
El Lado Mas Bestia de la Vida – Albert Pia
Now That the Buffalo’s Gone – Buffy Sainte-Marie
American Indian Movement Song – Blackfire
Alcatraz – Redbone
Alcatraz (Pelican Island) – Malvina Reynolds
ALie Nation – A Tribe Called Red, feat. John Trudell, Lido Pimienta, Tanya Tagaq, & Northern Voice)
Never Say Never – Romeo Void
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Music, playlist
26 November 2020
Walking. Gym in the apartment.
Meadowlark Sunrise – Fire Crow
Sacred Praises – Brulé
The Prayer – SupaMan
Akua Tuta (Fais Attention) – Kashtin
You’re A Brave One – Joanne Shenandoah
For My People – Litefoot
Wash Your Spirit Clean – Walela
And We Can Love (World) – Mary Youngblood
Shimmer, Prayer For Cleaning the Water – Joy Harjo
Red Streaking Into The Water – R. Carlos Nakai
Brave Heart – Luis Cachiguango
Old One Wise One – Thunder Bird Sisters
Golden Feather – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Edge of America – Annie Humphrey E
Our Precious Mothers – Bear Fox
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
Thinking is needed
Today brought the final National Park (some day I have to figure out the different categories – National Park, National Historic Site, etc.) on this trip: Scotts Bluff National Monument.
The day started at Penny’s Diner – a restaurant near the Oak Tree Inn in Morrill, NE. It was a good place to stay and a good place to eat.
From there, we journeyed to the Riverside Zoo in Scottsbluff. And then on to the monument.
As are many of the parks, it is an interesting place with much to ponder. The bluffs served as a landmark on trails west. From the European point of view those trails were about emigration and expansion. From the point of view of the Native Americans those trails were about invasion. A great deal to sort through when one thinks about it. And a great deal of thinking is needed.
Travel continued to Denver. Tickets have been purchased for the Colorado Rockies game tomorrow. A visit to the Denver Aquarium is also in order.
11,602 steps.
See you along the Trail.
Filed under Baseball, National Park, Travel
Along the Graybeard Trail 