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05/13/2025

𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐌 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐄
Born June 22, 1952, on the Six Nations Reserve in Ohsweken, Ontario, Mr. Greene is a 72 year old FIRST NATIONS Canadian actor who belongs to the ONEIDA tribe. He has worked on stage, in film, and in TV productions in Canada, the U.K., and the U.S.
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He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his 1990 performance in "Dances with Wolves". Other films you may have seen him in include Thunderheart, Maverick, Die Hard with a Vengeance, the Green Mile, and Wind River. Graham Greene graduated from the Centre for Indigenous Theatre in 1974 & immediately began performing in professional theatre in Toronto and England, while also working as an audio technician for area rock bands. His TV debut was in 1979 and his screen debut in 1983. His acting career has now spanned over 4 decades & he remains as busy as ever. In addition to the Academy Award nomination for Dance with Wolves, he has been consistently recognized for his work, and also received nominations in 1994, 2000, 2004, 2006, and 2016. Graham Greene lives in Toronto, Canada, married since 1994, and has 1 adult daughter.
First Nations Canadian actor GRAHAM GREENE has been selected to receive the RED NATION LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
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05/11/2025

Why Isn’t This Map in the History Books?
Native Tribes of North America Mapped ✔
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The ancestors of living Native Americans arrived in North America about 15 thousand years ago.
As a result, a wide diversity of communities, societies, and cultures finally developed on the continent over the millennia. The population figure for Indigenous peoples in the Americas before the 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus was 70 million or more.
About 562 tribes inhabited the contiguous U.S. territory. Ten largest North American Indian tribes: Arikara, Cherokee, Iroquois, Pawnee, Sioux, Apache, Eskimo, Comanche, Choctaw, Cree, Ojibwa, Mohawk, Cheyenne, Navajo, Seminole, Hope, Shoshone, Mohican, Shawnee, Mi’kmaq, Paiute, Wampanoag, Ho-Chunk, Chumash, Haida. Below is the tribal map of Pre-European North America.
The old map below gives a Native American perspective by placing the tribes in full flower ~ the “Glory Days.” It is pre-contact from across the eastern sea or, at least, before that contact seriously affected change. Stretching over 400 years, the time of contact was quite different from tribe to tribe.
For instance, the “Glory Days” of the Maya and Aztec came to an end very long before the interior tribes of other areas, with some still resisting almost until the 20th Century. At one time, numbering in the millions, the native peoples spoke close to 4,000 languages. The Americas’ European conquest, which began in 1492, ended in a sharp drop in the Native American population through epidemics, hostilities, ethnic cleansing, and slavery.
When the United States was founded, established Native American tribes were viewed as semi-independent nations, as they commonly lived in communities separate from white immigrants.
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05/08/2025

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Ten Unknown Facts About
1. The first film made in 1888 was "Rounday Garden Scene" directed by French inventor Louis Le Prince.
2. "The Squ Man" was the first Hollywood movie in 1911 directed by Oscar Epfel and Cecil B. DeMille.
3. The first 3D film was "The Power of Love" in 1922 directed by Nat G. DeVrich and Harry K. Fairl.
4. The first film with sound was "The Jazz Singer" in 1927 directed by Alan Crossland.
5. "Ambion" was the longest movie made in 2016, directed by Anders Weberg, with 720 hours of runtime.
6. "Avengers: Endgame" is the highest grossing movie ever in 2019 directed by Anthony and Joe Russo.
7. 11 of the highest academy awards won by a single film, received by "Ben-Hoor" in 1959, "Titanic" in 1997 and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" in 2003.
8. The first film featuring computer-generated image (CGI) was "Westworld" directed by Michael Crichton in 1973.
9. The first film using speed capture technology was "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" directed by Peter Jackson in 2001.
10. Keanu Reeves is the highest-paid actor ever with $250 million salary for "The Matrix" trilogy.

05/04/2025

“The Last One to Leave”

Among many Native American tribes, the dog was never just a pet — it was family. Elders used to say:

“We lived in tents, through snow and wind. But wherever people slept by the fire, the dog always lay by the door.”

Long ago, when a warrior went off to hunt or war, a dog would follow — not to fight, but to remember the way home. If the warrior was wounded, the dog would return to the village and guide others to help. And if the warrior could not come back, the dog would stay by his side — for days, or until its last breath.

At a Cree naming ceremony, a young boy was given the name “Nehiyaw-nimihitowin” — “The One Who Walks with a Shadow.” Because no matter where he went, his black dog was always by his side like a shadow.

Years later, that boy grew into a respected elder. People still saw him sitting by the fire, gently rubbing the worn collar of his old friend. He would say:

“I’ve lost my parents. I’ve lost my tribe to a long winter of hunger. But there’s one thing I never lost — the friendship of a spirit who never knew how to leave.”
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05/03/2025

“The Owl and the Flame of Knowing”
An inspired retelling from Hopi & Apache wisdom

Long ago, when the world was still young,
Humans lived without fire — cold in the dark, afraid of what they could not see.
Each night, the shadows crept in, and the people prayed,
“Who will bring us the light?”

The wolf said, “I will hunt for it.”
The eagle said, “I will fly to the sun.”
But only the owl, quiet and unseen, watched in silence.

One night, the owl flew higher than any bird,
To the mountaintop where the gods guarded the Flame of Knowing.
They said: Whoever nears the fire will be burned — for truth is not gentle.
But the owl did not fear.

It did not want fire for warmth.
It wanted fire to see — to see what others could not.

The owl perched before the sacred flame.
It did not cry out or demand.
It only watched… and listened.
And the flame, fierce and proud, grew still.
It left behind a spark in the owl’s eyes —
A gift of sight beyond the veil.

Since then, the owl has seen through shadow.
It became the keeper of forgotten knowledge,
The one who walks through darkness without losing its way.

The elders called it:

“Yuna Nashi” – The Night Whisperer
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05/03/2025

"Teyána – The One Who Touches Without Bruising"
The elders say:
When someone leaves this world with love still unspoken, they don’t vanish —
they linger.
Not in the shadows,
but in the quiet spaces between two heartbeats,
in the soft light of early morning,
in the dreams we wake from with tears we can’t explain.

They speak of Teyána, an ancient spirit in the form of a tiny hummingbird,
who doesn’t follow the wind —
but moves through it,
too gentle to disturb,
too familiar not to feel.

No one calls for Teyána,
yet she always appears at the moment we feel most hollow.

Some say they saw her on the morning of an anniversary.
Some saw her circle the porch where their father used to sit.
Others simply noticed her stillness —
and were undone by a memory they thought had faded.

She doesn’t sing.
She doesn’t speak.
She only looks at you with eyes so small, yet full of someone you once knew.

And in that moment, you understand:

Teyána is not a bird.
She is the one you are missing.

They are not coming back.
But they never truly left.
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05/03/2025

"The Breath of the Wind – A Warrior’s Horse Legend"
They say before the horse, warriors walked with the land,
Their feet kissed the soil, their spirits grounded in stone.
But one dawn, when the clouds brushed the sun,
A strange wind galloped across the plains.

Out of that wind came thunder—not from the sky,
But from four-legged spirits with fire in their eyes.
The people named them Sunka Wakan — Sacred Dogs,
Born of sky and breath, sent by the Great Mystery.

To the Comanche, the horse was a gift from the heavens.
Not just a beast of burden — but a second soul.
Trained not by reins, but by whispers and heartbeats,
Their bond was woven by silence and ceremony.

Before battle, warriors painted their horses in prayer,
Each symbol a vow, each color a call to the ancestors.
They did not ride alone — for the spirit of the steed
Was part of their courage, their roar in the storm.

The Lakota believed:

"When a warrior falls, he does not walk into the next world —
He rides the horse that carried him through life’s final fire."

To this day, in songs and dances beneath the moon,
They still honor these noble beings —
Messengers of wind, guardians of freedom.

And if you listen to the wind racing the mountains,
You may still hear hoofbeats —
Echoes of a time when man and horse were one.
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05/02/2025

“When the Raven Appears”
The elders say that Raven is not a bird of death —
but a messenger between worlds.

When someone is nearing the end of their journey,
the family may not yet know.
But if a raven lands near your home,
or you hear its call three times at dusk,
know this: it is not a coincidence.

Raven does not cry.
It whispers.
And its whisper says:
“Speak what is still in your heart.
Hold their hand before the wind carries them away.”

Raven does not take the soul —
it gives the family one last moment
to love without hesitation.

And when the soul has crossed,
if a single black feather drifts down in silence,
the people believe it is a sign:
“They have arrived where they were meant to go.
And Raven has kept its promise.”
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05/02/2025

"The Light Bearer – A Cree Legend"

Long ago, the Cree people believed that the deer was more than just a creature of the forest — it was a sacred messenger between the Earth and the spirits of the ancestors.

When the world fell into its first great winter and darkness threatened to swallow the land, the Creator summoned a pure spirit, placing it in the form of a great stag with antlers glowing like fire.

This spirit was given a task: to journey across frozen mountains and through winds of death, to carry the sacred spark of the dying sun back to the people.

From that day forward, whenever sunlight breaks through the trees, the Cree say it is a sign that Atāhkwêw — The Light Bearer — still walks the edge between shadow and life.

Those who glimpse the deer in the silent forest are said to receive a blessing from the ancestors — a steady heart, and a soul gently guided home.
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05/02/2025

“The Whisper of Wings”
They say when someone we love crosses over, their spirit sometimes returns — not in grand gestures, but in delicate moments.
In many Native traditions, the hummingbird is believed to carry the soul’s lightest whispers. It does not sing loudly or stay long, but appears when the heart is most fragile — in the stillness between grief and healing.
It hovers at the window, where a name was once called.
It dances near blooming flowers planted by hands no longer here.
It pauses, midair, like breath held between memory and release.
The elders tell us: the hummingbird does not come to say goodbye.
It comes to say, “I’m still with you, just in a different form.”
Its wings are a prayer.
Its visit — a sacred bridge.
Not to erase the sorrow, but to cradle it in light.
They call it Teyá''ni — The Spirit Who Returns with the Wind.
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05/01/2025

"The Song of the Rain"
A legend from the Coast Salish people

Long ago, when the Earth was still young, the world grew dry because the rain had forgotten its way home.
The people cried out, trees withered, and rivers turned to dust.

In the silence of the forest, only the Little Frog sang each night.
The animals mocked,
“Why sing, little one? There is no water to answer you.”
But Frog did not reply. She sang louder — a song of calling the rain.

Then, one night, the sky cracked open.
Rain poured down, soft at first, then strong — as if answering a forgotten prayer.
The Earth drank deeply. Life returned. And the forest fell silent before Frog.

From that day on, the people called her:

"Kwet''kwet''" — The One Who Calls the Water

They carved her image near rivers, stitched her into sacred robes, and listened for her voice when the seasons turned —
as a reminder that:

"Patience is its own power. And a true prayer always finds the sky."
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