By Lara Trace Hentz Are we a country of people or are we a people living in a military complex? Does the government tell us the truth or do they tell us what they think we can handle or what they believe we need to hear? It’s obvious we spend more on military in America […]
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Why NASA called the Northwest Indian College Space Center
Hey everyone! The new HP computer arrived and seems to be working – though I don’t have some of my old files… Here is a great post I had to share…Lara/Trace (big sigh of relief)(who knew it could such a pain in the arse to use a brand new computing system with Windows 8) Christian […]
We The People and The Great Law of Peace
Figure 31. On June 11, 1776 while the question of independence was being debated, the visiting Iroquois chiefs were formally invited into the meeting hall of the Continental Congress. There a speech was delivered, in which they were addressed as “Brothers” and told of the delegates’ wish that the “friendship” between them would “continue as […]
Thank YOU
By Lara/Trace (or whatever you want to call me!) I am popping in to say thank you for 100,000 hits on this blog. REALLY! That is no small feat for a journalist writer who writes about adoption, ICWA, Native American history and other serious dark matters. Chi Megwetch, Pilamaye, Gratias and Merci Beaucoup! I have […]
Harvard Classics: Charting the future
One trip home I could not find the Harvard Classics. They were not in the living room. They were gone. Someone had taken them. Mom couldn’t remember who.
Death by Big Pharma: Are we safe?
“Death by medicine is a twenty-first century epidemic, and America’s war on drugs is clearly directed at the wrong enemy.” –Dr. Joseph Mercola “Prescription pills merely treat, or should I say bandage, undesirable behaviors and sensations as opposed to addressing the underlying root cause of the problem.” –Shelly M White LINK By Trace Hentz […]
2014 in review (Happy 2015 y’all)
WordPress.com “Helper Monkeys” prepared a 2014 annual report for my blog. WooHoo! I am thrilled! Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 32,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 12 sold-out performances for […]
WANTED: Writers
CLICK: FYI: Writers. THE MIX launch is January 1, 2015 – what are you waiting for? Start writing!
Identity, Indians and THE MIX
As Adoptees we need to be flexible, open to the new, to synchronicities, to unlikely possibilities and to seeing the extraordinary opportunities we have, to deal with the losses, the traumas of adoption, to be who we want to be. Identity, that ‘thing’ we have taken from us in adoption which is replaced by a […]
Effing brilliant writers, changing names, Becoming
By Lara/ Trace OK, I had my 9-9 birthday and survived it on a SUPER MOON. In numerology, your life is four phases. When I hit this one, age 58, (yikes) I started my fourth. But lately, so much anger has been pouring out of me! Not because of a birthday… It’s because I have […]
When the sh*t really hit the fan on faceb**k
By Lara/TraceThe sh*t really hit the fan last week when a good friend of mine shut down a Facebook group page. (She’d emailed me while she was deciding, so I knew and agreed.) (She shut down a group, not her own profile.) (I rarely went to that group page.)I’m not naming names but it was […]
Thoughts on depression from an artistic mind – The Globe and Mail
Hey everyone!I just finished up writing an essay for a new anthology about adoptees, adoption and Ireland! Whew, it’s done! The editor wants the Irish government to sit up and listen. Exactly! (We all want America to sit up too and listen to first mothers and adoptees.) As some of you know, I am a […]
Headlines: trafficking, adoption, Indian Child Welfare
House Passes Bill To Prevent Sex Trafficking, Strengthen Vulnerable Children and Families Posted on July 29, 2014 On Wednesday, July 23, 2014, the House of Representatives unanimously approved H.R. 4980, the “Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act.” This bipartisan, bicameral bill reflects agreements reached between House and Senate leaders on three separate bills designed […]
Changing the Way We See Native Americans – 500 NATIONS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIzYzz3rEZU Changing the Way We See Native Americans – 500 NATIONS | 500 NATIONS. By Lara/Trace This talk was given at a TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In 2013 Matika Wilbur (story/project link) took on a project of massive scope: to photograph members of each Federally recognized tribe in the […]
Proof from the CUB Video Archives; NOT Much has Changed in 40 Years of Adoption | Musings of the Lame
Adoption: No, NOT Much has Changed in 40 Years By Claudia Corrigan DArcy | July 30, 2014 | Adoption Truth, Birthmother Regrets & Lessons, Community, Cultural Views on Adoption, The Adoption Industry The Sad Depressing Proof from the CUB Video Archives I think I literally hear it or read it at least once a […]
