The Story of Glenview
...Incorporated in 1899
is growing with the railroads.
It has north branch of Chicago River
and is in vicinity, west of Lake Michigan.
Glenview iconic Bear Fountain
given by Jackman in 1917,
r...
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Categories:
potawatomi, endurance,
Form: Verse
Benighted Enlightenment
...Potawatomi language,
says Robin Wall Kimmerer,
does not verbally divide us into masculine and feminine.
However, unlike most English verbs,
Potawatomi verbs distinguish between animate and inanim...
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Categories:
potawatomi, anger, culture, earth, health,
Form: Political Verse
Listening For God
...Among the Potawatomi
they speak of Yawe,
dynamic being,
integrity,
perpetuating interdependence
within this whole Earth system.
Among the Israelites
they only reverently spoke of YHWH,
agai...
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Categories:
potawatomi, earth, health, integrity, light,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Lakes
...The Iroquois, the Ottawa, the Potawatomi, the Crow,
The Lakota, the Chippewa; all dwelt by their shores
And in their deep forests, but are there no more.
Yet the Lakes remain; their waters abid...
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Categories:
potawatomi, nature, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
The Indigenous - the True American
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Apache, the Ndee, "the people" of Arizona and other States
Blackfoot, the Siksika, whose painted red faces we can relate
Cheyenne, the Tsitsistas, meaning relatives of the Cree
Dakota ...
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Categories:
potawatomi, joy,
Form: Abecedarian
Nikan
...Inspired by; Constance La France’s Native American Portrait
Nikan is a man who once stood proud and true all across this land
in symbiotic relation with nature endowed by the great creators h...
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Categories:
potawatomi, dedication, native americanfather, song,
Form: Sonnet
Kagakshi-Raven
...Kowabmago maske’wot notin,
He glides above on tacit wings,
Pne’to giwe’ bye'ton
Silent as the death he brings;
Kshe’mnito anwe'we'ksit nibwe,
The Guardian of departed souls,
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Categories:
potawatomi, animals, native american
Form: Couplet
My Blessings...
...Steven, My Love, my best friend in life,
Parents that support me in whatever I do;
My two puppies Zeus & Eos (both mutts)
My heritage of Potawatomi, Huron and Sioux;
A family willing to l...
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Categories:
potawatomi, family, friendship, health, husband,
Form: List
Potawatomi's Beginning...
...The story I have to tell- was told long ago to me,
About the creation of the Potawatomi Nation;
In the beginning the Creator made Anishabe,
And the Creator told Anishabe to name all of his crea...
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Categories:
potawatomi, historyson, daughter, grandmother, daughter,
Form: Narrative
Abc
...Apache, the Ndee, "the people" of Arizona and other States
Blackfoot, the Siksika, whose painted red faces we can relate
Cheyenne, the Tsitsistas, meaning relatives of the Cree
Dakota Sioux, the...
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Categories:
potawatomi, native american,
Form: ABC