Raven SiJohn

Raven SiJohn

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American Indian code talkers not just in WW II

Vanguard Sports - History of World War II

Many Americans have recently been introduced to the American Indian code talkers of World War II. However, like the blind man who touched an elephants trunk and described that animal as being long and tubular, the current vision of the code talkers is incomplete.

There were 17 tribes, not just one, that provided our military forces in the battlefield with this direct form of voice radio communication. When Indian code talkers were brought into battlefield communications, their monitored messages became wholly incomprehensible to the enemy. 

Their codes were never broken because the enemy didnt realize that the languages used and the codes built upon them were the languages of different American Indian tribes.
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The Sicangu are part of the Lakota, one of the seven council fires of the Great Sioux Nation

Origin stories tell of life beginning for the Lakota in a cave that is located in what is now Wind Cave National Park on the southern edge of the Black Hills of South Dakota.

The people emerged from the cave to join their relatives the Pte or buffalo, which were to assist the people by sustaining life and providing shelter, clothing and tools.
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18th Healing of All Nations Pau Wau

WHAT: 18th Healing of All Nations Pau Wau WHEN: Saturday Oct. 15 and Sunday Oct. 16, 2011 WHERE: Bending Water Park, 28325 Farm Market Rd, Marion Station, MD 21838 DETAILS: PUBLIC WELCOME RAIN OR SHINE Gates open both days 10am…

Leonard Peltier again denied parole

U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley says imprisoned AmericanIndian activist Leonard Peltier has been denied parole. Wrigley said Friday the next scheduled hearing for Peltier is 2024, when Peltier would be 79 years old. Amnesty International today regretted the US Parole Commission’s…

Where can I find a war tomahawk?

French pipe hawk traded to Chippewa Indians

QUESTION:
Hi Folks ! Where can i Find a war tomahawk? I guess the Indians didn't fight with a Tomahawk, which is at the same time a peacepipe. The hole throughout the shaft for smoke would make the Tomahawk weak. The back of the blade (Tomahawk) must have been a sharp peak or dull, to crush human head.

Have you a good picture for a Tattoo? I need one as well aa an origanal picture of a Peace pipe. I know the end of a pipe was make of a special stone. What is the name of it? I would be very happy if you can find anybody to send a few pictures of these two things.
~Submitted by Micky From Stockholm, Sweden

Hi Micky,
French pipe hawk traded to Chippewa IndiansActually the combined pipe-tomahawk, or Pipe Hawk as they were referred to in the trade jargon of the Old West, was a popular item in trading with indian tribes of the Plains in the late 1700s to mid 1800s. Often the pipe stem was made of metal as well as the tomahawk/pipe bowl end. The metal shaft was then circled by a wood sleeve so it wouldn't burn your hand holding on to the metal when the pipe was lit, and giving you a good grip if you needed to use the business end of the weapon, and doubling its strength.

If the shaft was solid wood, it was usually made from a hardwood like hickory or ironwood, so it was still strong even though it was hollowed out for the pipe stem. Ironwood is difficult to cut even today with modern tools becuase of it's density. So technically, the pipehawk would have been strong enough to use as a weapon. However, you are correct, they usually weren't used in battle, for other reasons.
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