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Martho is viewed as a hero. The pride of our old Jurassic tier (hall of cells.) He knows he’s dearly loved, so he struts like a celebrity. It’s rare that one of us doesn’t offer him a meal at least once a day. Martho always openly accepts the meals with glee. Martho doesn’t stay put for long; he is always active, coming in and out of the building dozens of times a day. Even with a well-rounded belly (from all the free meals he eats), he still moves with light feet and acrobat...
ANTI-TRAFFICKING AND ROOTS I salute you with universal greetings of peace. I got the latest issue of Indian Life. Thanks a bunch. Two things came up while reading the issue. First was the two articles on Human Trafficking and the article on the Choctaw Medical Center in Jackson. My mother’s family has Choctaw in their blood. My great grandmother moved from Mississippi to California a long time ago. She married a man named Emmit and thus had my Granny who gave birth to my mother Cherie who gave birth to me. How would I go a...
June 2015 will go down in history as being a very historic month on both sides of the 49th parallel (US/Canada border). At the beginning of the month, Canadians across the country marched together in support of the Truth and Reconciliation Summit in Canada's capital, Ottawa. During the final summit (there had been nine previous ones held throughout the country over the last five years), a final report will be issued by the TRC chairman, Commissioner Justice Murray Sinclair....
Most of us find time to relax and review our memories. For many, it is a satisfying and gratifying pastime. As a caution, however, when reviewing our past memories we should be careful not to condemn ourselves with regrets and remorse. It is easy to recall a cross word spoken without careful thought to a friend or loved one, or a time when children had tried our patience. Perhaps while enjoying our own good health, we neglected to visit a sick friend who would have appreciated our caring presence. Perhaps, we forgot to count...
In case you haven't noticed, our world is getting a lot more critical and mean. By critical, we're not referring to important as in "critically important." No, we're referring to judgmental and sometimes downright brutal. With the dawning of technological advances, we are now able to communicate in many different ways almost instantaneously. A couple hundred years ago, people waited weeks to receive letters from home bringing news of births or deaths. Many times news and...
There’s a great verse in the Bible that reminds us that we are children of God (First John 1:9). We also see that as a result of being a child of God, this same God wants to lavish His love on us. “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.” If you come to truly understand what this means it will heal your broken heart. If this doesn...
Spring’s glorious production opens with a chorus of geese flying north, in perfect V formation, over melting ponds and running streams breaking free from their icy strongholds. Mallards quack to each other in sharp staccato tones as they establish mates and nesting sites. Gulls quibble in high pitched notes as they vie for morsels shared by sun-seeking humans. Red-breasted robins arrive, adding their melodic songs to that of the chickadees, sparrows, jays, starlings and r...
The wolf pack raced through the forest. Tala was the largest and most fierce of the wolves. He leaped at a doe that jumped over a ravine and narrowly escaped Tala’s sharp fangs. The doe scrambled towards the safety of the deer herd and Tala and the other wolves began to surround the deer. Suddenly, Dyani a huge buck with sixteen points on his antlers came forward and shook his mighty rack at Tala. “Leave my herd alone, go chase rabbits and other game. If you attack us, I will...
RENEW HOPE I wish to convey a sincere “Thank You” to all the staff there at Indian Life. Your publication has helped renew hope to a lost spirit. I received an old copy of your newspaper and it was the first time I ever saw it and I’m glad I read it. —D.G., Indiana SPIRITUALLY CLOSER Indian Life has brought me spiritually closer to God and has given me more of an understanding about Native North America. I did not know of the existing matters that have been taking place with the Indigenous People of the land. I have lived o...
For the last couple of years, there’s been a sense that a raging evil force is at work in the world and it’s on a rampage. With the rise of ISIS or ISIL, terrorists have become more daring in how far they are willing to go to defeat their foes and recruit members. The most recent dastardly act was the beheading of twenty-one Egyptian Christians on the beach of Tripoli where their blood flowed into the Mediterranean Sea as the waves lapped the shore. This was not only a political statement challenging Europe but also a bol...
OPENS ONE’S MIND I truly do appreciate getting the Indian Life. It really opens a person’s mind to the Native American, their culture and ways of life. —D.M., Ontario REACHING PEOPLE This is J.T. from Death Row in Ohio. I just wanted to take a minute and write and thank you guys for sending me the paper and for keeping everyone in prison in your prayers and tell you how I love to get the paper and always pass it around to the other guys as even the non-Native Americans enjoy it too. So you see you are reaching people you d...
It’s hard to believe that another year has come and gone. Time is marching on. But with it, also comes increased violence and less compassion and care for one another. The past year 2014 was especially brutal and painful for millions of people around the world. Just think of these events or circumstances: • The mysterious disappearance of Malaysian Airlines jetliner with 227 on board. It could have been an act of violence. Conspiracy theories abound. Another Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down by Russian-supported fig...
RELIGION VERSUS JESUS A fellow inmate recently showed me his latest edition of the Indian Life newspaper. I was truly blessed. The stories and pictures are great! I am currently in the final stretch of a 97-month sentence for possession of child pornography. My incarceration made me realize I had been practicing religion without having a personal relationship with Jesus. That has changed now. When I read Luke Gilkerson’s “Husbands Who Watched Porn,” it touched me deeply. I was also impressed with how his “12 ways to reassur...
Even before the first snow falls, Christmas begins to make its appearance in our shopping malls, on our streets, and even in our homes. For those who live in cities and towns where winter weather is present for five months or more, beginning in October, images and lights of Santa, angels, and the birth of the Christ Child begin to appear in homes in early October after Canadian Thanksgiving. Christmas in our dominant society is not always a happy, peaceful time. It has become more about getting presents for our family and...
I could see he was sad, almost depressed. He wore it heavy on his eyes. Even his walk indicated that not all was well. I didn't know much about who Max was. Although I would see him almost daily, I had never really had a real conversation with him. However, I did know two important facts about Max: he was a believer in Christ, and he wasn't much of a talker. So it was a surprise to me when he walked up to me and tried to sell me a greeting card. "I didn't know you draw!" I sai...
DAMASCUS ROAD Yes, healing does take time Mr. Uttley. Especially with what you went through. I can relate very very well. But you did a lot better than me, as for coping with those memories. Myself, light was turned to darkness. I treated those I loved with great disrespect. Doing what was done to me and using alcohol as a bandage. Now I am in prison. It took our Creator to show me the way out of that lifestyle. I feel alive for the first time. Each day is appreciated, because I wasted living my life for the flesh. Amazing...
Thirty-five years—about half a person’s life. It’s hard to believe how time seems to slip by and all we have experienced in that amount of time. With this issue, Indian Life Ministries is celebrating its 35th Anniversary this fall. However, it is actually the 46th Anniversary of the birth of Indian Life newspaper. Our history began as a challenge and a dream. A South Dakota dairy farmer was challenged by a conference speaker in British Columbia to start a publication for the thousands of Native Americans living in and aroun...
CHERISHED MEMORY I wish to convey a sincere “Thank You” to all the staff there…Your publication has helped renew hope to a lost soul, although I do not practice Christianity, I do follow Judaism. I am the son of a Creek Indian father and a Cherokee/Irish mother. Born and raised in Oklahoma. Since leaving my homeland, I have strayed from my Native roots. Of course, I’ll always be “Stajodi” at heart or Indian as my “race” is listed here. I don’t attend the American Indian Religious service here because the circle is many ti...
Everything in our world is changing, including the most popular month for weddings. For centuries, June was considered the “wedding month” because June is named after the Roman goddess Juno and getting married in June meant special blessings. But that has changed. In the United States, August is now the most popular month followed by June, July, and then December. My family is excited about my son’s wedding on August 8 and happy for my niece’s wedding on July 11. But listening to the news, watching TV shows or certain...
"Look Mike," I said in my semi-serious voice, "the question should be 'What if Prince Charming had given up on Snow White – after all, she was in a deep dead-like sleep – and just simply moved on to the next available Princess?'" Mike's look was priceless. I think he even pinched himself to make sure he wasn't sleeping. "What?" he finally said. "What? What, what?" I answered, smiling of course. "What are you talking about?" "God's love. The topic we've been speaking about for...
Hello. I just have to say that I was very touched by an article I read in your paper by Naomi Knoles. I can relate to what she went threw because I have gone through the same thing. I am 29 years old serving a 40-year sentence for child neglect and battery. There’s not a day that I wish I could turn back the hands of time to go back and save myself and my daughter. You just don’t know how relieved I was to actually find a true story that I could relate to even though the circumstances are very different. I was 25 when my cri...
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) established by the Canadian government has completed its mandate with the last of seven national gatherings in Edmonton, Alberta. Now the commission has the task of organizing over 8,000 interviews and writing their report which will reveal through testimony, research, and relevant documents, the history of Canada’s Residential Schools. The commission has reached a historic milestone and Canadians ought to eagerly await the results of their work. Over the last couple of years, a...
Most everyone who lives within winter's grasp will agree. This has been a long, cold winter. For those who live where snow lies on the ground for more than four months, it's been a lonely winter. In the upper Midwest and north of the 48th parallel, neighbors aren't seen for weeks at a time. Few want to venture out into the -30 or lower temperatures unless it is absolutely necessary. Winter for many often means feeling alone and isolated. Do you feel abandoned? Perhaps if not now, there may have been times in your life when...
IMPRESSED I am a Cherokee. My tribe is the North Eastern Arkansas and East Missouri Tribe. I have been incarcerated for four years now. A friend gave me a copy of Indian Life newspaper. I was really impressed with your paper. I have been a saved man for about five years. That’s why I really like the Indian Life paper. It is very good to read about other tribes and hear about what’s going on in the Free World. I don’t get much mail. I could use a pen pal if you happen to know anyone who might write a lonely Christian man. I am...
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