Dia de los Muertos for Gringos
Tag Archives: Death
Grave
Mourning the passing of 227,000 Americans from Covid-19
Hoodoos I Have Known and Loved
The Hole in the Hug
For Patricia Fiske – Copper today and gold forever – and for everyone who fits into your empty hugs.
Patricia Fiske sings Stormy Weather – August 6th, 2020
Alone Koan
Sioux Death Song
overlay on prairie image by hosynth from Pixabay
When someone passes away, many Native people say that they do not die, but instead “walk on.” This implies a continuation of a journey rather than an endpoint on a linear path.
Dakota (Sioux) Memorial – 1862 in Mankato, Minnesota …
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2340627/dakota-(sioux)-memorial—1862 After listening to the bishop and personally reviewing the trial records, Lincoln commuted the death sentence for all but thirty-eight prisoners. At 10 am on December 26, 1862, the condemned men, chanting the Dakota deathsong, marched in single file to a scaffold guarded by 1,400 troops in full battle dress.
After the Death
16 years later, her friends are still holding the “Colours of Tiltan” annual memorial swim meet.
In Mysterious Ways
Blackout Thursday
George Floyd memorial in Minneapolis today.
Another Flower for George
