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Continuing with symbols of Host Nation peoples: The flag of The American Indian Movement. I do wonder when we as a nation will face real honest history and admit and confess what people who were convinced of ‘manifest destiny’ did to the people who were here in the first place. How can you ‘discover’ someplace…

We had to do some hunting around our home in St Clair Shores (Detroitish) but we did finally find some foliage to take photos of. We have had too much rain and not enough cold so the colors were few and far between. We sound like geezers, …‘Boyhowdy back in the olden days every tree…

The state of Oklahoma. The word itself comes from two Choctaw words: okla-humma (Red People). The nickname ‘The Sooner State’ refers to the non-white people who staked claims on the land before the official opening of lands in the Oklahoma Territory. The history of the state is completely involved with the Host Nation People who…

The St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians. Original members of the Iroquois League, they are ‘The People of The Flint’ ‘Keepers of the Eastern Door’. They are part of the Akwesane Band. The Tribe spans the boarder of the US and Canada. The are located mostly on the St. Regis reservation. In 1974, 200 Mohawks…

Before the US changed it to Veterans Day, today was known as Armistice Day or The Day of Remembrance. Today I fly a flag that most of the rest of the Allied Nations recognize as the proper symbol for the day World War I came to a conclusion. At 5:45 am representatives from all of…

The dominate Host Nation Tribe of the Great Plains: The Comanche Nation. At one time they controlled large parts of Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas in what they referred to as: Comancheria. Therefore they were know as ‘The Lords of The Southern Plains’. Today they are headquartered in Lawton Oklahoma. (They were one…

With yesterday, November 8th, being Indigenous Veterans Remembrance Day in Canada, today I fly the recognized Canadian flag for Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada. It is a day designated by the Federal Government in Canada to officially confess to the truth of the horrid practices and attitudes that created The Residential School system. In…

The First Nation Peoples of Canada, representing all of the Indigenous people of our neighbor to the north. Today, November 8, is ‘Indigenous Veterans Remembrance Day in Canada. The Canadian National flag was lowered to half staff at sunrise and will remain so until sunrise November 9. In 2017 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared the…