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Another remarkable Native American Woman, Eva Mirabal. She has a chapter in They Roared but there is a beautiful and much more comprehensive work created by her son, Jonathan Warm Day Coming and Lois Rudnick, Eva Mirabal: Three Generations of Tradition and Modernity at Taos Pueblo. There is so much more to this woman's story than you will find here, but this is a start. Eva's work is remarkable and her sons carry on her tradition with their art. Eva Mirabal, Eah Ha Wa, in her

About six weeks ago, I began a yearlong course with Sharon Blackie called Hagitude. The focus is on the second half of life. While I am at the end of that part of life, there was a hesitation before I joined, and I also really disliked the word "hag." (Sharon Blackie is a scholar who also wrote If Women Rose Rooted. She is in the UK- check her out) This community comprises almost a thousand women from around the world. Sometimes it is overwhelming, but I am learning, feeling

We celebrated Native American Heritage Month in November. The brave and patriotic woman has a chapter They Roared, which will be out next month. Ola Mildred Rexroat was born in Argonia, Kansas, on August 28, 1917. Her father, Ulysses Stewart Rexroat, was an Euro-American and her mother, Clara Rexroat, an Oglala tribal member. The family moved frequently, making attendance at school irregular, though there is a record of Ola's attendance at public school in Wynona, Oklahoma fo

In honor of Native Heritage month, I am highlighting some extraordinary Native American women (there are so many more!). Minnie Spotted Wolf is one woman from They Roared, my second book, which is in final edit and will be going to print very soon. “I grew up cutting fence posts, driving a two-ton truck, and breaking horses.” Photo courtesy of her daughter Gerardetta England Minnie Spotted Wolf was born in 1923 in western Montana, near the community of Heart Butte. She was a

November is my favorite month of the year. It is my birth month, but it is also Native American Heritage month. One way we can highlight Native American Heritage, is with positive stories. This does not mean we ignore the ugly ones. They happened, they are real. Moving forward in this century, it seems to me that looking at some of the more positive aspects of the histories, the times that we collaborated beneficially, are important. I think the following is a lovely example