SPEAKER, ADVISOR, THOUGHT LEADER
When they leave We’re worst to the ones we love. And even when we know our loved one is ill, that their death is imminent, we still hope, that just maybe they won’t die. Rights of kinship I can see the sunset of your life in your eyes ~ Isaugha and Kunshi knew many things …
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There are times when not much makes sense even to the most sensible. Gun case was in that same space. Even after years of helping and guiding people/events and thinking nothing of it, he also had his moments of sad reflection. They all believed. They had to believe. If they did not believe in something …
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His aunt Doris called him one day just before Christmas when he was still a young man. “Wakinyan Duuta!”,…. “Take this food over to your auntie Amy’s place” “They are going to have a remembering ceremony for her son – your cousin” It was 3 years since his cousin was killed by a drunk driver …
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The new direction meant many long days sitting in meeting after meeting. Sometimes they were worthwhile and some days it just seemed like it was just enough to get through the day. It was a strange world to him and he would end up wondering where the old forms of leadership had gone to. Did …
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After many years Wakinyan Duuta found himself in a similar spot. His thoughts took him away from the tracks of the elk he was following most of the past hour. He slowly and quietly followed the tracks thru the late winter snow. It was difficult because the snow had melted a few times already and …
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The smell of coffee the way his wife made it always made him smile and greet the day. He slept in this particular morning and the house was empty. He felt good to see the world from his house. Everything seemed fresh and peaceful. Even the fresh blanket of snow that had fallen seemed so …
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The winds of a storm blow outside my Tahansi Jim’s trailer. He has long gone to sleep but I am up listening to the house creak and talk to me as I sit here in the quiet of the night. The winds of change have been blowing in my mind and through my heart for …
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The dancers had long gone to sleep after a day of dancing under the hot Sun. It was the time of ceremony and they had given much of themselves that day. He sat there looking into the fire that had been burning continuously for the last 2 days. His eyes watched the sparks fly up …
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Singing songs read through the mind of time. Playing chess with 40 watt lightbulbs. His polyester war pony called Chevrolet Malibu speeding down the highway. He thinks about the day’s events. The visit that threw out the words of hurt just to see the dance of pain emit from that long distant gaze. Tough life …
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Where and when do people go for spirituality? Wakinyan ran out of fingers and toes as he looked up into the night sky counting the stars as they gazed down at him. remembering… His toes where cold as he stood in the night. So he started counting stars with his toes to keep them moving …
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