i_hope_that
For many of us, the holidays can be kind of rough. If you're searching for a network of understanding friends, this ultra-nurturing community encourages you to express your heartfelt wishes and offer other members encouragement and acceptance. Not for the terminally snarky or emotionally-challenged, this is a good-spirited place to lend comfort and support.

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diygifts
Feeling crafty? If you've got a few last folks on your holiday gift list, this is a great place to seed your creativity and generosity. You'll also discover wonderful DIY tips to decorate your home and entertain guests. Offering a no-frills-no-skills attitude that welcomes the cash-challenged and arts-phobic, you're sure to get ideas and make friends in the process.

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cooking_club
A fun and friendly community dedicated to those who love to cook, whether you're a meat-and-potatoes type, an aspiring gourmand, and/or a vegan. In search of a brilliant dish to use up those weekly leftovers? Post your ingredients and you'll be whipping up a feast by dinner. You can also share favorite recipes. For Type A chefs, you can spice up your culinary repertoire with exciting cooking challenges.

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Oldies but goodies! Here ya go, noyeh

Top 10 Ways things would be different if Santa were Indian

10. At bedtime, kids would leave Cornsoup and frybread for the big guy
9. He would be wearing a red turtleneck to hide his hickeys
8. Santa's new moccasins are made out of Dasher
7. Santa has to take out a billion dollar pre-Xmas tide over loan at a border town bank
6. Five pound block of cheese under every tree
5. His elves would never show up for work on Friday's and sometimes
Monday's
4. The sleigh would need a boost every other state
3. His outfit would consist of a red flannel ribbon shirt, with matching leggings, moccasins and beaded black belt with matching beaded rimmed hat, all to match his oversized beaded gift bag. And underneath would be abeaded thong with a small delicate plume attached to the back.
2. Indian preference would require you to hire all Hopi's to fit in those teeny tiny elf outfits .
1. According to Indian time, our gifts would arrive in February.




12 Days of Christmas, rez style
On the first day of Christmas my best snag gave to me
the Keys to a New Rez Rocket.

On the second day of Christmas my best snag gave to me
Two Beaded Nikes, and the Keys to a New Rez Rocket.

On the third day of Christmas my best snag gave to me
Three French Kisses, Two Beaded Nikes, and the Keys to a New Rez Rocket.

On the fourth day of Christmas my best snag gave to me
Four Calling Cards, Three French Kisses, Two Beaded Nikes,
and the Keys to a New Rez Rocket.

On the fifth day of Christmas my best snag gave to me
FIVE FRY BREADS, Four Calling Cards, Three French Kisses,
Two Beaded Nikes, and the Keys to a New Rez Rocket.

On the sixth day of Christmas my best snag gave to me
Six New Hickeys, FIVE FRY BREADS, Four Calling Cards,
Three French Kisses, Two Beaded Nikes, and the Keys to a New Rez Rocket.

On the seventh day of Christmas my best snag gave to me
Seven Buckskin Hides, Six New Hickeys, FIVE FRY BREADS,
Four Calling Cards, Three French Kisses, Two Beaded Nikes,
and the Keys to a New Rez Rocket.

On the eighth day of Christmas my best snag gave to me
Eight Indian Round Steaks, Seven Buckskin Hides, Six New Hickeys,
FIVE FRY BREADS, Four Calling Cards, Three French Kisses, Two Beaded Nikes,
and the Keys to a New Rez Rocket.

On the ninth day of Christmas my best snag gave to me
Nine Food Stamps, Eight Indian Round Steaks, Seven Buckskin Hides,
Six New Hickeys, FIVE FRY BREADS, Four Calling Cards, Three French Kisses,
Two Beaded Nikes, and the Keys to a New Rez Rocket.

On the tenth day of Christmas my best snag gave to me
Ten False Teeth, Nine Food Stamps, Eight Indian Round Steaks,
Seven Buckskin Hides, Six New Hickeys,FIVE FRY BREADS,
Four Calling Cards, Three French Kisses, Two Beaded Nikes,
and the Keys to a New Rez Rocket.

On the eleventh day of Christmas my best snag gave to me
Eleven Bingo Sheets, Ten False Teeth, Nine Food Stamps,
Eight Indian Round Steaks, Seven Buckskin Hides, Six New Hickeys,
FIVE FRY BREADS, Four Calling Cards, Three French Kisses, Two Beaded Nikes,
and the Keys to a New Rez Rocket.

On the twelfth day of Christmas my best snag gave to me
Twelve 49 Songs, Eleven Bingo Sheets, Ten False Teeth,
Nine Food Stamps, Eight Indian Round Steaks, Seven Buckskin Hides,
Six New Hickeys,FIVE FRY BREADS, Four Calling Cards, Three French Kisses,
Two Beaded Nikes and the Keys to a New Rez Rocket.

...then I had a really big garage sale!!!!!
AYE!!!

Stumbled across a website, basically where anyone can contribue stories. Someone decided to write a story about Slavery in Hawaii, posing the question of Hawaii ever had African Slaves.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/198245/slavery_in_hawaii_did_hawaii_ever_have.html

The article doesn't really focus on that, but the writer decided to outline a timeline regarding Hawaii's kauwa or "servant" class which is always interpreted by westerners as a slave.

I replied pointing out a few things, but one in particular which bothers me whenever people try to cite sources, sometimes they don't get it right. I've seen it before and it happened in this article. The person wrote:

1870 it was published locally, "Today, with the breaking down of class barriers, members of the slave class are indistinguishable from the ruling classes." (Kepelino, 142-147; Kamakau, Ke Au Okoa, November 3, 1870.)

I corrected that person saying that passage actually comes from a book called "Hawaiian Mythology" by Martha Beckwith & even cited the page number. That they quoted only a part of the very first sentence, and in that long paragraph, Beckwith quoted a few words from Kepelino's "Traditions of Hawaii" but that she also cited Samuel M. Kamakau's article which was printed in the newspaper - Ke Au Okoa dated November 3, 1870.

I'm sick & tired of people trying to paint a particular image of Hawaiians. It's really bad when they try to look authentic and credible by citing sources but it's done incorrectly and in most cases, it comes from non-Hawaiians. Apparently a Hawaiian perspective (or any indigenous person for that matter) aren't credible enough, in which sometimes they like to cite academics, but the problem is not all academics may have done their research thoroughly as it was done in this article.

Anyway, below the cut is what I responded with.

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Any thoughts on this?
http://www.cobellsettlement.com/index.php

stepstomarrow
When granddaughter, Jada, was born with leukemia, a donor-match was located and Jada made a miraculous recovery. In honor of her grandaughter's health, Jeanna has decided to walk across the country (in the dead of winter) to raise awareness and build support for the bone marrow registry (all that's required is a cheek swab). Follow Jeanna's remarkable journey as she travels the United States by foot.

Hi, everyone,

Just wanted to remind everyone who posts here that we do have a NO ADVERTIZEMENT rule in this community. Unless you're destashing your beading supplies and want to give other members a heads-up about the sale, DO NOT POST FOR SALE ITEMS HERE.

It seems like we've been really trending towards for-sale posts here, and while I was ok with a couple here and there, from now on, such posts will be deleted.

Also, if you're guilty of posting adverts in here in the past few months, please delete them by the end of this week. I'll delete them then if they're still there.

Thank you.

-your friendly neighborhood mod

taste_buds
Holidays provide a built-in excuse for indulgent entertaining. This all-purpose foodie community covers everything from homemade hangover cures to dinner party menus. Need quick advice? Get five-minute snack suggestions, low-fat ingredient substitutes, and even measurement conversions. Delicious recipes garnished with humorous advice. Yum.

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