ANIIN GAKINA-HELLO ALL WEATHER: 28* 3* NOW 19* MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY NATIVE WISDOM: My friend I am going to tell you the story of my life, as you wish; and if it were the only the story of my life I think I would not tell it; for what is one man so he should make much of his winters, even when they bend him like heavy snow? So many other men have lived, and will live that story, to be grass upon the hills.---BLACK ELK, OGLALA SIOUX, 1863-1950 A NATIVE TO KNOW: Black Elk was born in 1863 on the Little Powder River. When he was nine years old he received a vision that gave him a special power, a power instrumental in his later becoming a prominent member of his tribe. A religious medicine man, (holy man), he traveled the world and spoke to many about his beliefs and spirituality. In 1950, on the Pine Ridge Reservation, he crossed over. TODAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY: 1973: In Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, the US Supreme Court holds that tribal courts do not have inherent criminal jurisdiction to try and to punish non-Indians.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:03:00 +0000