Monthly Archives: December 2011

Significant Dreaming

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

I launched the Great Plains Trail Project at the beginning of 2011 as a vision, and it is a vision that has occupied my thinking everyday since.  I have written of my original inspiration from twenty years ago.  I have … Continue reading →

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Where the Wind Blew Free

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

The final group of Native Americans along the Great Plains Trail are the Apache.  Apache is a name that denotes a larger group of peoples, but who really belong to several different bands.  The Great Plains Trail passes through Jicarilla … Continue reading →

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Run to the Hills

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

The next tribe along the Great Plains Trail is the Arapaho. One hundred forty-seven years ago (1864) in what is now Eastern Colorado a group of Arapaho as well as Cheyenne Indians were camped along Sand Creek.  One of their … Continue reading →

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Getting My Bearings

Posted on December 10, 2011 by

The next tribe along the Great Plains Trail is the Cheyenne.  I would like to relate a personal story about a place the Cheyenne believe is sacred. This past summer I had the opportunity to hike Bear Butte in South … Continue reading →

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The Sun Rose and Set on Their Land

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

The next tribe we encounter along our southward journey on the Great Plains Trail is the Lakota.  The Lakota is a member of the larger Great Sioux Nation.  The Great Sioux Nation  consists of 7 tribes known in the Lakota … Continue reading →

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