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My feelings about casinos and American Indians are much like my feelings about potatoes and Idaho (I grew up in Idaho). With the numbers of truly remarkable, classy, academic, artistic, historic, record-breaking things to know about Idaho, not to mention the jaw-dropping natural wonders, it is sad and frustrating that people only know us for the potatoes. But then… if it weren't for the potatoes, I think there are people who would forget Idaho exists.
Likewise casinos and Indians.
A few friends saw my trip to Cherokee country in terms of casinos. Before and during the trip, they asked if I went to a casino, or how many casinos, or recommended a casino. I debated whether I should intentionally avoid mentioning casinos in my blog and on facebook, in case I contribute to this skewed perception of Indians. I decided that I can't change anyone's perception. I'll just write my blog for me. That's how I usually do it.
A fellow blogger at Wandering Through Time and Place introduced me to Bone, the travelling bone, who hitched a ride to Oklahoma with me.
I've got some neat stuff to share in the next several posts. The first half of the week was a conference at a hotel in Tulsa. You can get a snapshot of it if you read my previous blog post. The second half of the week was touring Cherokee historical sites, landmarks, museums, memorials, and administrative centers. We also had a class to learn some of the Cherokee language.
The Mt. Hood Cherokees in Portland have a sister community in Stilwell, Oklahoma. Our two groups were paired with each other by the Cherokee Nation in hopes that it would foster relationships and improve shared resources and ideas among regular people. This is to teach us to rely on each other as well as on our government because a critical part of Cherokee tradition is community, shared resources, and gadugi – working together for the common good. A few members of my sister group, Stilwell Public Library Friends were at the conference and they actively sought me out and made it a point to be at my service.
Even though a casino trip was not a part of the conference, a couple of the locals I spoke with told me that the nearby Hard Rock casino in Tulsa is a beautiful Cherokee facility with Indian arts and artifacts displayed and definitely worth seeing. I mentioned casually to Regina and Dennis from Stilwell that I tried to get a hotel shuttle to see the casino my first day here, but the hotel shuttle was booked. I was not asking for a ride, but they were powerless to resist the urge to help a nice lady stranded at the hotel. Saturday night after the awards ceremony, we headed right over.
Agreed: it's worth a visit, and I used to live in Nevada, so I'd like to believe I can recognize a quality casino. The place is beautifully designed inside and since it's a Hard Rock facility, there is wonderful music memorabilia on display. We took the time to wander throughout the entire casino and look at every display we could find. There were guitars and performance costumes and records of famous musicians. There were large collections of Elvis and Beatles memorabilia (Beatles shampoo – who knew?) The second floor holds some exceptional and tastefully displayed artifacts and sculpture. It was sort of a punch in the gut to see that the information plates do not advertise the artist's name, but instead say something like, "Cherokee woven basket," or "Cherokee Native beadwork." Imagine going to a museum and reading the information plate and it says, "Oregonian oil painting." It homogenizes anyone who lives in Oregon, and it diminishes the piece itself, and the artist. Clever artists put their names where the curious could find them. A couple pieces were signed. Dennis discovered that if you stand on tiptoes and look inside a clay bowl, for example, you will find the artist's business card. Regina and Dennis recognized the style of several pieces, and guessed the artist for me. More than once, Regina sighed with disappointment, "But I want to know who made this."
In the conference room area, the hallways are adorned with some stunning pieces, and in this section, the artists are all properly identified. There is a satisfying variety of mediums, subjects, and styles. My favourite piece was Uktena with Crystal, by Jane Osti. I collect dragons and Uktena is the closest thing to a dragon I can find in Cherokee tradition. Cherokees know that Uktena's power is in the crystal on it's head, so that's what the title refers to. But for a few minutes, Uktena was with another Crystal. I encourage you to do what we did if you find yourself in this casino: wander and soak it up!
And the place is a casino, too! What fun it was to walk through the jingling sounds, the machine noises so familiar to me from years ago and spending a lot of time in casinos. The lights are a riot of colours, blinking, strobes and mood-inducing illumination. The carpets are wild! The chrome polished slot machines and golden chandeliers reflected everything back at itself. People laughed, groaned, and whooped! We passed a live band, and each time they launched into a new cover of an 80s hit, the audience gleefully cheered. Gamblers, dancers, and nearby employees were all singing along and grinning.
By this time it was too late to gamble, though we all would have been game for it if it was not so late and/or I did not have to get up at 6am (Regina and Dennis were driving home the next day and could set their own schedule). So after we had seen all that we could see, we left and went back to the hotel.
The next day I was surprised to find that our Cherokee group did go on a planned trip to the Hard Rock casino. Our itinerary just said "lunch," so that's how I missed the news. No time to gamble though, which is good, because I had not purchased any gifts yet and needed to save my money. We stopped by for lunch, and so we hit the one thing I had missed the night before: sampling the restaurants. We ate at the buffet and it was excellent! One of the best meals of the entire trip. It is often the case that casino food is out of this world, and I was absolutely satisfied with this meal. More than satisfied. By the time I got to pecan pie with whipped cream and ice cream, I was pushing maximum density.
Then we hit the highway and headed out of Tulsa on our way to Tahlequah.
I have spent entirely enough time in conference rooms lately. A Cherokee Leadership conference (CCO=Community & Cultural Outreach) is exciting, yes, but also such a change from my regular life. Those clucking hussies, the hummingbirds, and my evening deer and coyotes seem so far away from me right now. And what I wouldn't give to have my kitty curl up on me at night in this hotel bed.
The exchange is worth it, however. I am learning as much in this weekend of workshops about my Cherokee people than in the years I've been attending Cherokee meetings. I was hoping this would happen when I had some immersion. For example, I walk the hallways between breakout sessions, and overhear groups of people talking in Cherokee. An unhesitating give-and-take the way people really speak a language (not the way they demonstrate, or practice a language, if that makes sense), with building or falling intensities and spontaneous laughter from everyone listening. (We're Cherokee, and that means there are jokes being told.) It's precious, you know, being able to hear your language spoken. I only realized that truth once I spent time in other countries, and then felt the relief of hearing recognizable sounds again, once I came back. Just imagine being a people whose language was dying out. It's a scary thought. Luckily, the Cherokees are aggressively working to keep the language viable.
It's hard to summarize what I've learned in a single blog post, because I've attended so many sessions on so many topics. What I have noticed, however, is that there are common lessons that come through over and over. That's how I'm learning this culture. (My degrees are in anthropology, so that's how I frame things in my mind.)
Every speaker is a Cherokee and/or Cherokee expert, and they keep saying things to reinforce our culture. Like I said above, "We're Cherokee, and that means there are jokes being told." I learned this to be true by spending time with Cherokees, and seeing it demonstrated, but also hearing people tell me the lesson over and over: Cherokees are always kidding around.
In this way, I'm also learning what a matriarchal society is. Of course, I studied it in my anthropology classes, so I know what it is. But book learning doesn't lay out in real-world examples what it actually means to be a matriarchal culture. Traditionally Cherokee men moved in with their wives' families, and the children and possessions and home belonged to the wife. At any point, for any reason, the wife could divorce the man by placing his belongings outside the home. Women had a lot of power, but a lot of responsibility, and the weight of keeping the family together rested on the shoulders of the women. One man told a story about trying to build a re-integration program for Arizona Indians, and met with failure until his female secretary berated him for not involving the women, and following their direction. Several people talked about going to Standing Rock, and talked about how women were/are instrumental in that movement. I hadn't even thought of it before, unconsciously mentally erasing women from power and action, when it turns out they were the source of power.
One speaker explained that when treaties were being discussed, the Europeans didn't trust the Cherokees who included women in their business talks, and the Cherokees didn't trust the Europeans who never brought their women. They didn't bring their women, they wondered, what are they trying to hide from us? I heard about the pensions offered to wounded Indians who fought in battles for the US Government, and how the Indians were confused about the idea of widows and orphans being offered pensions for men who died in battle. They did not grasp the concept of women being victims when a man died. They did not understand the concept of orphan, because the children belong to the mother's clan. Even if both parents were not living, the child belonged to the clan, and was not an orphan. Thus, when the pensions were offered anyway, and women went to collect for themselves and the children of their clan, their petitions were often denied. US officials sometimes knew very well that the woman herself did not birth a particular child, so how could she be so audacious as to try and claim a pension for the child's fallen father, a member of the clan? Likewise, a man would go to do his duty to his wife's clan, and seek to collect a pension for a fallen brother, related by clan, not by blood, and the federal officials were again confused.
I am learning this culture through the repetition of so many speakers saying things like, "As Cherokees, we understand community ownership, not individual ownership. When my mother used to make dinner, she would cook enough for an army. I'd ask, 'Why are you making so much food?' and she would say, 'Maybe someone will show up.' And sure enough, by suppertime, the house would be full."
Many speakers talk about water. "As Cherokees, we consider our water to be sacred. It's not just what we use to clean ourselves, but we drink it, we grow crops with it, we cook with it. Water is in every part of our life and makes up who we are." Now, these things are true for every human. But when it's said to you like that: "As Cherokees, we value water…" then you can't help but assign a greater significance to the things you've been doing with water since you were born.
I don't think I've made my point as clearly as I wanted to, but I hope with these examples you get the idea. I am learning so much good stuff about this important part of who I am. I am sad that I wasn't raised with this teaching, but I am so grateful to belong to a Nation that works so hard to provide me the opportunity to learn, now that I have decided to educate myself.
Today we are leaving Tulsa and heading off for some touring! We'll visit museums, cultural centers, and points of significance for Cherokees. We're finally heading to Tahlequah, and the center of Cherokee government. I finally get to see some of Oklahoma besides this city block in Tulsa. I promise to take photos and post when I can.
I'm in Oklahoma. Before today I had never been here on purpose, though I did drive through a few times on the Interstate.
Monday, a co-worker asked me the purpose for the visit. "Dream vacation!" I quipped. He replied, "Your idea of a dream vacation is different than mine."
My little joke sat in my head that day. Oklahoma seems to be perpetually the butt of jokes. Another co-worker recommended I watch a stand-up comedy routine disparaging Oklahoma. My dental hygienist remarked that her father was from Oklahoma, and someone asked once if he ever missed it, after he moved to Oregon. The man laughed.
And isn't that exactly the point? In fact, it's uncomfortable for me to think about it. The terminus of the Trail of Tears continues to this day a place that many people don't value. It is the reason why east-coast Indians are here. I am hoping to improve my perception of Oklahoma before I go.
I have mentioned before that I belong to an Oregon group called the Mt. Hood Cherokees. We are one of 22 official satellite groups recognized by the Cherokee Nation. We call ourselves "At Large" Cherokees.
Years ago, our modern Cherokee Nation became concerned at the large number of individuals and groups with very little real training or experience who were claiming to be able to pass on genuine Cherokee knowledge and traditions. At the same time, many Cherokees, or people believing themselves to be Cherokees, sought out these groups and the information they held, sometimes even paying for the erroneous information, hoping to make a better connection to their ancestry. Unfortunately, wrong information was widely spread as genuine Cherokee knowledge.
The losers in this scenario were not just the duped hopefuls, but also the Cherokee Nation, already a fringe society in the United States, but now actively undermined as people began studying information that was not authentic to the Cherokee way of life. The Cherokee Nation, based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, created Community & Cultural Outreach (CCO) and Community Organizing Training and Technical Assistance (COTTA). From the Nation's website: "The CCO-COTTA program's mission is to assist community organizations ability to increase their effectiveness; enhance essential services to those most in need, and build upon the organizational capacity of each community, diversify resources, and create collaborations to serve those in Cherokee Communities."
When an At Large group meets the Nation's requirements, it is officially recognized. Once recognized, the Nation then proactively supports the group by periodically sending employees who are experts in different fields of the arts, histories, language, government, and traditions.
Another step the Nation took was to create an Annual Conference of Community Leaders that is designed to teach visiting At Large Cherokees more about life close to the heart of the Cherokee Nation. The conference also provides workshops with tools the satellite groups can use, like how to manage (or get!) donations or how to manage our social media presence. The At Large groups each have a council, and the council votes on a representative. Once the selection is approved, the Nation provides resources to assist the traveler.
In 2017, the council selected ME! I am so excited.
I started this post talking about how Oklahoma gets picked on. Through the Cherokee Nation visitors I've met over the years, I've come to see there is a great love of the land of Oklahoma among Cherokee people. I'm hoping to learn more about that love.
Stuck for hours in a slow part of Tulsa with no car, I went for a walk and stumbled quite unexpectedly upon a path beside Mingo Creek that begins about two blocks from my hotel. I followed the path, sharing it with a fisherman, some joggers, some dog walkers, some kids, and eventually came to a park. I explored the park, then wandered back, admiring the homes that some people are lucky enough to have right on the edge of this green space. The entire walk was through green grassy fields with huge trees all around me. I found birds and a turtle!
I have only been in Oklahoma a few hours, but I think I'm already on the right track.
Litefoot is Gary Davis. And Gary Davis is a man with a mission. That mission is to inspire people to get up off the couch and take action.
At the last Mt. Hood Cherokee meeting, our new friend Gary Davis stopped by to share a few words. An enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation, Davis spoke about his interesting life story, but the story paled when he drove home a message at the end of his talk, about hope, tenacity, longevity, purpose, action, and faith.
He grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma but fell in love with a woman who lived in Seattle. She turned out to be smart and capable, as well as beautiful, and Davis knew that there was something for him in the Pacific Northwest. It helped that he's a huge Steve Largent (Seahawks) fan. He's lived in Seattle with his beautiful family (they all came to the meeting too!) since 1997.
Davis took the stage name of Litefoot and began rapping for his friends on the reservation as a teenager. His first rap album was produced in 1992. His music touched a nerve for some and resounded for others, bringing up painful or powerful topics from an Indian's perspective, in contemporary music. He reached even more people with his first movie in 1995 when he was The Indian in the Cupboard. He added television roles to his movie roles. And all the while he kept making music.
Back in the early days, Davis said, he knew what he wanted to do and he had a meeting with Chief Wilma Mankiller and told her about it. "I knew Oklahoma was not the rap or hip hop capital of the world. What I wanted to do was bring a message to the people. People were hanging their heads. Other people recognize what we have to be proud about that we don't even realize." The Chief could have reacted in any number of ways to a young punk making modern music, and she chose to ask him to sing at a function for her. "But there's one thing," Mankiller said to him, "I want you to speak." Davis said he thought he was nobody and had nothing to say, but he did as she asked.
It wasn't that there was nothing on his mind, but more like too much on his mind. "Things have gone on for so long that people can't even find a beginning point in order to find something to say. I prayed for the right words and 15 minutes later I stopped talking and people started clapping." He knew speaking was for him. The high only lasted until the end of a show when a girl met him and demanded, "What did those Pilgrims do to you?" Davis said he thought to himself, "Brother, you have a long way to go. You have people with privilege who don't even know they're privileged."
Since then he rapped in Kodiak, Alaska all the way across the continent to North Dakota and Maine. He was invited to perform in Rome. In 2005, he and his wife Carmen Davis started the Reach the Rez tour, to bring a positive voice to native people. To "get out ahead of drugs and suicide" he told us, "not once something has already taken place."
Davis is every bit as active as he says people should be. I mean, he walks the talk. His message resonates with me personally. I can get a little uneasy among my Cherokee brothers and sisters, and I begin to feel like an outsider when I don't find people who think about our heritage the way I do. So many Indians are about spirituality and artistic expression to connect to their indigenous heritage or to send a message. But that mooshy stuff simply doesn't really resonate with me. I totally get that there is a power in activism through radiating your positive energy into the world. I totally believe that people's lives are changed through creating or experiencing artwork. But…uhh…it makes no sense at all to me. Listening to Davis made me feel like I belonged again. Here is another one of us, and this man is about practicality and action. I am that kind of Indian.
He told us that someone once gave him a critical message: "No one cares." We can moan about how poorly our ancestors were treated, or about how hard it is to get ahead now, and how racism and how cultural appropriation weakens our power, but it will not get us anywhere. People have too much going on in their lives to give us their effort and attention, and there are competing stories of need. "I care, because I am one of you," Davis said. "But in general, people just don't care."
The answer is to become your own change. Do something. Volunteer, help build a home, help get legislation passed so that kids have access to better education. "I'm willing to think outside the box. It may not be the most comfortable for me, but I do what has to be done, in order to make it happen. People sometimes only see you for how they see themselves. They'll say 'We've tried that and it didn't work.' or 'Nobody has done that.' But don't let their words limit you."
"If it doesn't speak to you; if it doesn't resonate with you like you're on fire, then get out of there! What is it that you've been born for? I love education, but it's not the be-all end-all for everybody. What's your thing? We need to know our own value. We need to know how brilliant we are.
"So many of us, so many Indians, have important things to do and we need to get out of our own way. Sometimes people live their lives as though on accident. Ask yourself 'Why am I doing this?' If it is just about checking the box, it's not the right reason. We are who we've been waiting for. There's nobody coming, man. It's up to us. We're good enough to do this. We're capable enough.
"We weren't still supposed to be here in 2017. We were supposed to shrivel up and go away and die. Most of America doesn't even want to get out of bed in the morning and see that we are still here. This wasn't supposed to happen. Are we gonna sit here and talk about what they don't do for hundreds and hundreds more years, or are we gonna do something?
"You can make excuses, or make a way. Just start. Take a step."
Litefoot is working on his 12th album, scheduled to be released June 27th on the birthday of Warrior Kai McAlpin. This sweet little Cherokee tyke was sick with cancer on the day Davis spoke to us, and died three days later. It allowed us to hear Davis say "Kai is…" and we thought of Kai that day, alive and loved in Oklahoma.
A friend of mine had a booth at the gem and mineral show this weekend, and invited me to stop by.
I parked and walked toward the Hillsboro Fairgrounds building, and passed several nerds with big grins, clutching recent aquisitions. It was then I knew I was going to be among my people!
My reason for going to was to visit my friend Joe whom I had only seen twice before, and then only for 5 minutes each time. Once at a Mt. Hood Cherokees monthly meeting, and once at our summer Cherokee Event. Through a telephone interview and several emails over the past year, we knew instinctively we'd have things to talk about, but until now the planets had not aligned to put us into each others' path. Interestingly, that morning I told him I probably couldn't make it because I was going to a picnic at a park in town, and was hoping to play Cherokee marbles in the rain with other Indians from our group. I walked around the park in the rain, watching children on the jungle gym and middle school girls play some pretty impressive soccer, but no one I knew showed up. Finally I discovered (via facebook on my phone – just love technology) that the picnic had been canceled and viola! The planets had aligned for once, and there was time enough to visit.
(Since there would be no potluck, I brought the fresh baked walnut-apple crisp home for myself. Score!)
We had a great visit, and things were slow enough that my friend took a break from his booth at one point to walk through all the booths with me. This was bad news. I am smitten with lovely things. And I do think rocks are lovely. Soon I was clutching several irresistible slices of stone. My friend selected an agate from the table of a lovely woman from Oklahoma (who, yes, also turned out to be Cherokee), and she handed me a tool I had never used before.
"You'll need a loupe for that," she said.
"A whatsit?"
The professional rock hound taught me how to use it, and I gasped with astonishment at the magnified Moroccan berber agate in my hand. I gasped in exactly that way the first time I looked through a telescope powerful enough to show me Saturn's butter-coloured rings.
"There's a cluster of stars here," I told them excitedly, pointing at the rock. "And this is a whole galaxy! With a cloud nebula off on this side, see it?"
Joe chuckled and took the stone from me and said he was going to photograph it.
That's why he was there at the show: to exhibit his art. This guy has fixed a magnifying piece to his beautiful old lens that he used to capture east Asia after he fought in the Vietnam war. The lens has served him well, and now it has a new life. At his booth he had a 17-inch computer screen set up for visitors, and his camera, screen, lights and computer in the back. For most people he explained what they were looking at, and how he made the images, but for some who eagerly handed over their treasures, he photographed their rocks.
The results are magical.
I sent a text to another friend and mentioned that the gem and mineral show was near his house. The next day I got a text back. He and his wife had gone to the gem show, and he bought a rock too!
I am still curious about the Cherokee connection, right? The punch line doesn't seem to include any Indians, but they were all over the story in the beginning. My friend who went the next day is from east Asia, and his wife is not indigenous American as far as I know.
I found the connection in an old email in which Joe talked about his upcoming residency at the Crow's Shadow Institute on the Umatilla Reservation outside Pendleton, Oregon. He told me that in his art the Cherokee component is necessary. In his work he tries, in the Cherokee tradition, to see clearly and understand what is around us right now, and in that way make links to what has happened over time. One example of that is when he showed me photos of petrified wood, and I could see the cells! Cells in rock. Fascinating, don't you think?
Whenever I open myself up to what's out there in the world, I have the best adventures. Joe gave me permission to share more of his images, so I'll leave you with them. Click to enlarge. Look for unexpected landscapes.
On Wednesday, my regular day off, I wrapped up a draft of the Mt. Hood Cherokee quarterly newsletter much earlier than I expected to. I sent it off for review by another Cherokee in my group, and then I had a whole day in front of me.
It would have been a good time to vote. I've got the ballot sitting on the table, and it must be received in Tahlequah by June 27, 2105. I know exactly who I want for Chief, and I've known for at least a year. I know who I want for Deputy Chief. The holdup is because there is also an At-Large Councilor position open, and ten candidates for it.
The Cherokee Tribal Council includes 15 members representing citizens in local districts (local being the northeast corner of Oklahoma), and two additional representatives representing Cherokees who live elsewhere. You guessed it, I'm one of those "elsewhere" Cherokees, so electing the At Large Councilor is actually something I really care about. We are rather excluded way out here, and I'd like to have a representative who keeps us in the loop.
The Cherokee Phoenix has posted interviews with all the candidates online. I have resolved to read every one of them before I make my choice. I'm saving it for another day, however, because for the first time in weeks I had a break to go do something unproductive, and I wasn't in the mood to stay indoors and study election interviews.
A friend of mine was free to join me, but only for 2 hours, so I pulled up a map of Portland and scanned for nearby city parks I haven't explored yet. I found something I had never before seen in Portland: a rhododendron garden. It was meant to be, since I had just been raving at the photos from a rhododendron garden posted by my former University Advisor who lives in Boston. It's late in the season here, but I thought it might be worth a try, in hopes of finding late bloomers.
The garden is also named after me, so that is another reason to go! Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden is next to the Willamette River on the east side, where I am. It was only a 20 minute drive. It had been raining all morning and we practically had the park to ourselves. I can't tell you how many times I was reminded of when M and I visited The Butchart Gardens.
You will almost certainly have seen rhododendrons because they grow all over the world, in different habitats and elevations. I grew up thinking it was an Oregon native, since it grows wild and profusely in the forests here. This showy plant is indigenous to Asia, and is the Nepal national flower. It likes mild climates and lots of rain – hello UK!
Most of the flowers at the garden had browned, wilted, and dropped, because of the season. But as the photos show, there remained plenty of colour to gaze at. We were also distracted by the many ducks and geese. The woman who sold us tickets to enter (only $4) said that people in the neighborhoods drop off their domestic ducks when they get tired of them. (I have heard that people also do this in Laurelhurst Park, in another part of town.)
It was raining when we left the car, but the weather slowly changed as we walked the grounds, turning warm and muggy – but no longer wet. Is that better weather? I'm not sure.
It was a nice stroll. We didn't get very wet, and there were a surprising number of rhodies still blooming. Then I returned home and filled a couple more boxes with stuff, getting ready for my move.
Tara came home from their last day of school. Last day of high school and last day of that chapter of life. In celebration we went out to eat and properly stuffed ourselves at Olive Garden.
Who is this great warrior? Me!
I admit it is awkward and unusual to think of myself as an Indian warrior. But if the Cherokee Principal Chief is comfortable with it, then there is no reason for me to hesitate.
I was given the tremendous honor of being nominated by the board members of the Mt. Hood Cherokees. I am particularly grateful to our leader, David, who talked me into putting my name forward, when the idea of representing the group seemed like more of an honor than I deserved.
My Tara willingly gave up a dress rehearsal for her evening performance so that she could be there with me.
My Uncle Dwight and Aunt Joyce came up from Lebanon, Oregon and were able to see the ceremony.
Chief Bill John Baker presented me with a gorgeous framed certificate showing the Cherokee Warrior's Memorial in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, as well as a medal he pinned to my blouse. Before I knew what was happening, he popped a microphone into my hand and said, "Do you want to speak?" Answering his question honestly, I answered, "No," with a smile. "But since I have a microphone in my hand, I will." And I thanked my Mt. Hood Cherokees for nominating me, and I said how much of an honor it was.
Chief Baker said to me as I approached him, "Finally, a woman!" And I thanked him for saying that. It may be obvious by my own comment above that even *I* have fallen into accepting the incorrect social stereotype that a warrior is not a woman. And that an honored veteran is not a woman. My own At Large satellite group is sending a message that we aren't trapped by stereotypes, and I am happy to be the face of that message.
It was a great day for a Cherokee picnic. Many of our Oklahoma Cherokees came out to share information about Indian education and student scholarships, basket-weaving, and voter registration. They were assigning photo ID cards for Cherokee citizens (which I never signed up for: too much going on that day!). We had music from two traditional flutists.
And storytelling.
I can't say which was the best part of the picnic: receiving the warrior award, or seeing our storytelling friend, Robert, again. Both could have made my whole day on their own, together they just buoyed me beyond belief.
I've blogged about Robert Lewis in the past. His personal style of telling the tales of Cherokee history is to bring up audience members to tell the story with him. It's engaging and funny and educational. Robert's got a huge love of people and joyfulness, and his energy is irresistible. He's an art teacher at Northeastern State University and has to miss the first day of school on Monday because of this trip to Portland and Seattle. I'm sure he'll ease right into the school year with grace later on this week.
Then, we ran around and said goodbye to old friends and new friends and my Aunt & Uncle and off we went for the next big even of the day: Tara's ballet performance at Washington Park! That post will come next.
Not too far out of Portland, just southeast of Wilsonville, is Champoeg State Park. The morning was wet, and more wet was forecast for the entire weekend. The temperature was 37 degrees. We thought a flat park close to home might be the ticket on the cold, wet, grey day. Neither of us had been to Champoeg, so of course the burning question on our minds when we got to the visitor center was: "How do you pronounce it?!" (You were wondering, weren't you?) It's pronounced like the stuff you wash your hair with: Shampooey. It's from the Kalapuya language of one of the Native tribes that lived in the Willamette Valley before Lewis & Clark showed up.
And guess what? Crazy important history happened here, and I had no idea. This was the area jointly held by two nations, called the Oregon Territory by the United States, and the Columbia Territory by Britain. Non-natives first showed up in great numbers for the fur trapping trade. When the beavers had nearly gone extinct, French trappers who had been working with Hudson's Bay Company turned to farming, and the area became known as French Prairie. The town of Champoeg had a couple of steamboat landings that first hauled pelts and now took on wheat to be shipped to Russia or to nearby Fort Vancouver.
With the population and economic growth, it became apparent that Oregon would need some sort of government, and so the very first democratic vote on the entire U.S. west coast was held. Though disguised as a vote on other topics, it was in truth a vote for who should own that piece of land once and for all. Wealthy British Hudson's Bay Company was hoping to capitalize on the burgeoning local economy. The United States was embracing the concept of Manifest Destiny, and believed it was American's destiny to expand from coast to coast. The two main groups of people here were United States citizens who for the most part wanted wanted Oregon to belong to the United States, and the French-Canadians wanted whichever would give them the best deal in the end.
In 1843 that first vote happened, and it was close: 52 to 50 in favor of establishing a provisional government and thus paving the way for Oregon to become a part of the United States (even though some people still wanted to annex Oregon at the time). Thank you French-Canadian trapper-plowers!
As the population swelled, the Indians were pushed into smaller and smaller areas till they began to resist. In 1855 the remaining Kalapuya were forcibly moved to the Grande Ronde reservation.
Just as the city of Champoeg was getting a good start, a terrible flood came through in 1861 and wiped out absolutely everything. Today a single structure remains from the original town, Robert Newell's house. He is one of the 52 who voted to form a provisional government. The house is now a museum, but it is closed till June.
Arno and I walked the paths of the park and through the old town site. The streets had been planned out, though the town didn't exist long enough for the blocks to actually be filled with businesses and homes. Today wooden posts mark the old named streets and strips of grass are mowed to show where they would have been.
At the location where the vote was held, a granite marker is placed. The monument was installed in 1901 and attended by Francis Xavier Matthieu, one of the 52. It was a very busy spot when we were there, since the Champoeg 30K run was in progress in the wicked cold rain. The monument site was also the race finish, and it was filled with the usual tents with music playing and freebies like keyrings and energy bars, and inside the Pioneer Memorial Pavillion, water bottles and pies were being handed out to runners.
The pies made our mouths water, so we headed into Newberg to look for food. We finally found a good restaurant on the highway south, toward our second park. After we ate a stone-baked pizza and some soup to ward off the unpleasant weather, we went south again.
Along the way, we went through the cute little town of Dayton, Oregon, and Arno spotted a blockhouse in the city park. The design of this one is so clever. By rotating the upper story 45 degrees, it provides better cover for the rifles inside. "No blind spots at the corners," Arno pointed out.
The blockhouse was in a different site originally. It was near the Grand Ronde reservation. See, when increasing numbers of Indians were hauled in, the local whites feared they would revolt. So, this blockhouse was built and put on a hill to defend the whites from the Indians (who, I might add, would have nothing to revolt against if they hadn't been put there in the first place). In 1911 the blockhouse was brought to Dayton to be placed into the city square, carried by <slaps self on forehead> Indians with wagon teams.
Suddenly, we were in line to get onto a ferry. A ferry! I didn't even know there was a ferry across the Willamette till this trip. Walking through Champoeg Park it had seemed that the river was high, but here we could tell without a doubt that the river had overflowed its banks. We pulled in behind a small trailer of cattle. Our ferry ride went smoothly, as we were drawn along by cables. I was as excited as a little kid. That's what discovering something totally unexpected will do to me.
Next we arrived at Willamette Mission State Park. Missions are another thing I hadn't previously associated with Oregon. The mission here was established in 1834 by Reverend Jason Lee. Interestingly, he had been sent by the Methodist Church in response to a request from Nez Perce and Flathead Indians who wanted some of the power of the "white man's book of heaven" for their own people. Lee established his mission amongst the Kalapuya (nowhere near Nez Perce or Flatheads) and was almost completely ineffectual with the Indians. When more and more white settlers arrived, Lee gave up on the Indians and began ministering to the white folks.
The 1861 flood wrecked the mission too, but not Lee's legacy. He was instrumental in the establishment of the state of Oregon, by building the area's first school and founding the city of Salem, now our state capital.
Just beyond the first parking area, the road was gated, with a sign that the road was closed due to high water. We were content to park there and walk into the park. The park maps here show all the old meandering arcs that used to be riverbed before the river changed its course. You can see different routes happened at different times. History made so very clear. If only the founders of Champoeg had access to an aerial map.
We walked along the Willamette Vision Educational Trail. It was pretty muddy and not too remarkable, but we were happy to walk along and read the tree identification plaques. We startled a rabbit at one point, but stood very still until he came back out beside the path to munch leaves again.
This park hosts the nation's largest Black Cottonwood Tree. I had been very eager to see the Oregon Heritage Tree but was disappointed with this one. Possibly because I have lived in redwood country, possibly because it's winter and the tree looked lifeless, but it's not impressive to look at. It is believed to be 270 years old, measured at 155 feet tall with a circumference of 26 feet.
We reconnected with the paved road, and immediately saw why the road was closed. The path of the water here mimics a river, and this is what I was talking about with the map: it's a historic path of the Willamette. Not the river, but a narrow curved lake on mild weather days. This day the water was raging through, however.
Our trail passed beside it uninterrupted, and we continued on. Soon we were back at the car again. It was time for us both to get back to our children. Miss Tara had spent most the day in Wilsonville for "Battle of the Books," an academic competition where students read from a book list and then compete with quiz questions about the books. I had been receiving texts and knew they almost made it to the final round, so her team had done really well this year. What a great kid. I'm so proud of her! Arno's boys were out in The Hood (what we call Hood River) and hungry. Though they can cook for themselves, they knew Dad would be showing up eventually to do it for them. Ha ha. We were close to I-5, so in minutes we were flying north again through the rain.
Sunday I was scheduled for some mandatory overtime, so Saturday Arno and I took the opportunity to try Beacon Rock again. And the trail is open!
We had tried to climb to the top of the rock during the Winter, but a rock fall on January 25, 2013 had blocked the trail. We had a nice day hike anyhow.
On our way out of town, as I waited at a stop sign, still in my Montavilla neighborhood, we spied a tamale vendor on a bike across the street. We pulled over and bought some on a whim. $5 for six small tamales.
I decided to cross the Columbia River into Washington state, and take highway 14 out to Beacon Rock, rather than head east on the Oregon side, then cross Bridge of the Gods like we did in February. Highway 14 is so pretty, and I actively try to avoid the mental boundary that tries to form because of the river. Washington may as well be another country for as often as I go there, and I live about two miles from the border.
Portland was blanketed with stratus and damp with mizzle. (Misty drizzle. And yes, that is an official meteorological term.) About 30 minutes east brought us into full sunshine and warmth.
We arrived at Beacon Rock in late morning, and parked near the restrooms because I needed to use them. When I turned to go, I spotted these two handsomes in the stall with me. I started snapping photos and I wonder what the woman in the stall next to me thought I was taking pictures of!
We walked the short length to the base of the rock, and spent a little time looking at the cliffs. Arno spent a bit of energy trying to get me to say that I thought it would be fun to try to scale the face of it…but he didn't get anywhere with that. (he never does, but he keeps trying 🙂 ) Instead, he admitted that the key point was that HE was excited about climbing the rock.
It's about a mile to the top of this solitary rock standing in the valley. It is a basalt tower that formed inside the core of a volcano. As I wrote in my blog this winter, Henry Biddle built a trail to the top just because he wanted to, and I think that's a wonderful reason. One climbs 850 feet, mainly on switchbacks. The trail is old, but in very good shape, paved and bounded with railings at all points. There are wooden bridges and steps and ramps. The views of the magnificent Columbia River Gorge never stop.
From the top there is a reasonable 200 degree view of the river. I had been expecting 360 degrees, but to be disappointed would be ungrateful. Gorgeous day! Gorgeous gorge!
We read the information sign talking about how the gorge was carved by the famous Missoula floods, as they carried rocks and icebergs between the two states we now call Oregon and Washington. Ice dams in Montana burst periodically, 15,000 years ago, and sent catastrophic, otherworldly floods all the way across Idaho and Washington and into the Pacific Ocean. That's a flood practically beyond comprehension.
Like with the tamales, I was still feeling spontaneous when we reached the bottom, and I suggested we go find some fish to buy.
The Indians in this region have been fishing since the first humans lived here. They have legal rights to continue to fish, and when they have too much, they sell it at little stands along the highway. I've been meaning to buy some fresh salmon for years, but I never seem to have the cash on me, or the time to stop. Today was my chance!
Only a few miles down the road, we found a sign "FRESH FISH," and I pulled off the highway onto a little frontage road toward a long row of camp trailers and rickety wooden stands. I didn't know how to choose where to go. We walked to one stand with a few people who looked up and greeted us as we arrived. We watched as the man behind the wooden stand expertly filleted a salmon for the two men standing there.
The man with the fish was named Frank, we found out later. Frank introduced his grandson, Benny, as a guy who was a lot of help around the place. So I asked 10 year old Benny, "What's the difference between all these places selling fish?" I thought I was going to get an answer along the lines of different kinds of fish being sold, or different prices.
Benny deferred back to Frank, who went on for awhile about the trustworthiness of the sellers, the cleanliness of operations, and the reliability of the fish freshness. While he admitted that he was pretty sure he was related to every single seller out there, he couldn't recommend any of them except one guy who wasn't there that day. I suspected he was just trying to make a sale, till at one point in his animated stories, one of the guys buying the fish caught my eye and nodded his head at Frank and mouthed, "Buy your fish here."
Choosing the fish, getting it gutted and filleted and packed with ice, all while Frank told his many stories, took some time. Arno said later that it reminded him of what Sherman Alexie had said when we went to see him in Portland. Alexie explained that you can't hurry an Indian. Be patient and you'll get what you want.
While we waited, the guy buying the fish asked me, "Hey, you want some Chanterelles?" Heck yeah! I followed him to his truck and in the back he had baskets filled with mushrooms he and the other guy had just picked. He scooped as many as I could carry into my hands, and scooped another huge handful for Frank, and we carried them back to the fish stand as the fillets were finally presented to the buyer.
Instead of focusing on me, Frank turned to watch a family that had just showed up. They all looked like they were of western Asian descent. Frank showed them the fish in the coolers while I went to grab a paper towel from the stand to wrap up my mushrooms. Arno told me that while I was gone, Frank had instructed Benny, "Remember, for brown skin, it's $5 a pound." I love that he heard that! What a delicious glimpse into the intricacies of commerce.
The brown family decided not to buy, and left. It was my turn to buy a fish. I was still a little suspicious about whether we were at the right place until Frank said, "There goes Green Toes," as his earlier customers left. "That was his boyfriend with him. He was wearing shoes today, but when he's in sandals, you can see his green toenail polish." Frank went on talking about gay men and how uncomfortable he was to have them there, but glad for the business and the mushrooms. That sealed the deal for me. If this gay man was a regular customer despite the obvious problem Frank had with him, then it must be the best fish!
While Frank cut up my salmon, Benny's mom Betty came out of the trailer and began talking with us. The dog came out from beneath another trailer. Frank explained that his son was gone fishing and that he was with a friend who had rights to net fishing. "The rest of us platform fish," he explained. "Our family came in after the dam covered Celilo Falls, so we don't get the net rights." (Anyone who lives here soon learns that the sacred falls and fishing grounds were destroyed when The Dalles Dam was built.) I was learning so much standing there in the sun with the buzzing flies. Another Indian at a different stand turned on drum music from his truck stereo and Benny began dancing. They were a fun family.
Frank hadn't weighed my fish, but suggested $35 and I agreed since Green Toes' fish was about the same size and he had paid $40. When I pulled out my purse to pay for it, I found that I didn't have change, and happily handed over $40. If we ate huge portions this was about five salmon dinners for Tara and me, the fish was probably less than 24 hours out of the water, and I had just had an hour of entertainment. It was totally worth the price!
Arno and I found a park by the water in Stevenson, and we ate our tamales and drank some Kokanee beer for lunch. Then we made our way back home and I began barbecuing salmon and zuchinni for supper, and fried up half the mushrooms in garlic and butter.
It's always a pleasant surprise to me how easy it is to discover truly interesting and entertaining things in my world, if only I go outside and pay attention.
It also consistently surprises me that I forget my camera so frequently. No, worse, I think to myself Will I need my camera? Naaawwwww. And then 20 minutes into the journey, I am kicking myself. This is what happened weekend before last when Arno, Diego, and I wandered into Klickitat County in southern Washington.
Our original intent for the entire day was to attempt to spot bald eagles, and practically as soon as we crossed the Columbia River, we began to see them. Where was my fabulous camera with zoom lens? Safe at home, intentionally left behind because I thought I wouldn't need it. Luckily Arno had his little pocket camera, but the light in the sky was poor and the camera not powerful enough, so I can't show you photos of eagles. They are huge. Really huge. And beautiful. Every time I see a bald eagle it makes me proud and patriotic. Thank goodness our national bird didn't end up being a turkey.
We also saw a Golden Eagle and I was excited to spot a Kestrel. I became intimately familiar with a kestrel family when I lived in Nevada, and am glad that their voice is still recognizable to me.
We had parked beside a nature trail, so we went for a walk. I was very pleased to see the double bridges I had spotted many times from I-84, the Oregon side. Each time I see them I lament the lack of a place to pull over and take a photo of the remarkable arced bridges. Viola! Here I was at last with an excellent view of them, and not traveling on a freeway at 68 mph.
Not yet ready to head directly home, we followed highway 142 into the canyon. It was a stereotypically beautiful creek canyon for this area, and my hungry eyes gobbled up all I could see till I spotted something I had never seen before in real life. "Oh! They're fishing platforms!" I said out loud. "Arno, pull over." And he did, though he had not seen them.
I peered over the steep ledge and was more convinced that they must be fishing platforms built by local Indians. I had seen a photo or two of Indians standing on wooden platforms above rushing river water, waiting to spear fish, but I couldn't remember when or where. Perhaps that famous photo of Celilo Falls was my resource. Arno and Diego, the climbers, instantly felt that we needed to go over the side and get down to the water.
At riverside, I suddenly wanted Arno's camera, which I had – wait for it – decided to leave in the car thinking I wouldn't need it. Arno clambered back up the steep cliff to retrieve it for me.
I was satisfied simply by looking at the platforms, but the boys spotted the rickety wooden bridge spanning the river, and needed to cross it. So I indulged them bemusedly and watched with anxiety as Arno bounced across the bridge over raging whitewater.
After returning to the car, we continued farther into the river canyon, which led higher in elevation to the source of the Klickitat River. We went up, and up, and came out high above the rest of the world, on an incredible plateau so high that the mighty Columbia seemed only a mild trickle in the canyon below us.
We were understandably hungry by this time, and Diego was happy for the chance to play with his dad's smart phone, even if it was only to use the map feature to find us a place to eat. He steered his dad directly into the parking lot of a Mexican restaurant in Goldendale, WA. Sated, we turned south onto highway 97.
I remarked that I had never seen the Stonehenge replica out there before, except at night, when I was a kid traveling through in the back of a big brown 1975 Ford Elite. There were lights on the structure, and all I remember is the circle of bulbs, and someone telling me it was Stonehenge, which was confusing, because I thought Stonehenge was far away, but I was a kid and often wrong about things at that point in my life.
So Arno turned east on highway 14 and announced that we were going to see Stonehenge. It wasn't far, and soon we were standing beside it. I learned that it was built by Sam Hill to honor the fallen soldiers from Klickitat County in World War I. It was the first WWI monument built in the entire nation! The site now has other memorials, honoring the Klickitat military sacrifice in other wars, Vietnam, WWII, Afghanistan, and more.
My climbers couldn't resist the walls of the life-sized replica, and were soon scaling them. I wandered through the inside, marveling at not only the original monument in England, easy for me to visualize with this replica surrounding me, but also marveling at the ambitious project of the man who built the Klickitat version. It was a cold, windy, horrid day, and we were all ready to leave that exposed point rather quickly. However, I will go back this summer in better weather, better light, and armed with my camera!


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I remember a couple of years back, when I first started online. I became a friend and business partner of someone I met through the internet who shared a story with me that I have never forgotten.
He told me about a time when he and his wife fought over little things…
A towel left on the floor….a fork left in the kitchen sink….
You know the kind of "little fights" I am talking about? They don't really matter in the big scheme of things, but when you are feeling stressed, any little thing can set you off.
Once he built an income and financial freedom … online, those "little fights" stopped happening.
I can relate because once I started to experienced financial freedom for myself, life's little irritations became insignificant too.
So much of stress in all our lives, and those little things we think are about something else are predominantly related to the financial pressures we feel around one essential thing … money.
Or … lack of it…in most cases…
How to Become Financially Stress Free
Take a moment and imagine what you could do with … even … an extra few thousand dollars every month . . .
What would your life be like?
How would you spend your time?
Can you think of any problems in YOUR life … that would fix?
Would that extra money relieve any stress you may be feeling … right now?
In speaking with people around me, I have often noticed there are 2 things in common that most people want to accomplish in their life.
This seems to be a Universal message….
1. They want … financial freedom … to make sure their family has all their needs taken care of … and they are financially secure.
2. They want to be … socially responsible … and be able to give back to their Communities and help others in need.
The best way to help the poor is not be poor yourself!
If you are not currently making $10,000 per month or more in your home business … what is your plan to get there?
If you are someone with the same 2 wants mentioned above …but you have no means to achieve them… what is your plan to get there?
Do you have a solid game plan to get it done?
The internet and your own internet based home business provides one of the most solid ways that you can go about creating an extra $10,000 a month and more, while somewhat on Auto Pilot.
Yes, this is true, however there is no get rich quick scheme here … you have some business administration steps to take daily, however, they are not difficult or time intensive, especially once you know … exactly what to do.
Here is my daily focus
1. Blog Daily (or almost!) I focus this on my target audience … like you!
2. Market the content from my blog (blog posts, YouTube videos and my Podcast.) I offer complete training on how to do this as part of my business team.
3. Network online with a few people who might be already running an online home business … or looking for an online home business opportunity like mine – Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter
4. Learn something new or reinforce/revise old learning on techniques that work in online home business
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In this session you will learn how to do the ancient art of Batik. Batik is a textile surface pattern technique that's existed in many eastern cultures for hundreds of years and creates a distinct and attractive design. Using wax and specially made tools we'll make patterns on fabric that act as a resist to fabric paint that we'll apply on top of the wax.
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The workshop will take place at Crafty Praxis, a wonderful creative shop in Byram Arcade, Huddersfield. The perfect time to get some Christmas presents in!
Venue details:
Crafty Praxis is a wheelchair accessible venue with accessible toilets. The entrance is round the back of the arcade off Station Street, next to the entrance of the former Blue Rooms and above Camel Club.
There's lots of free street parking nearby however I would recommend arriving a bit earlier as sometimes the parking immediately nearby is scarce. The train and bus station are also very nearby.
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This post (and therefore, site) is now being hosted by a server sitting in my basement! To many of my international colleagues, this didn't sound like anything special until I explained to them that most United States IPSs block outgoing traffic on port 80. They were very surprised by this (and I was very aggravated). After all, would we accept the phone company restricting who we could accept phone calls from (same concept)?
I should be able to host a small site on the internet leveraging the connection and hardware I have already purchased. Granted, it's a residential connection and non-server hardware so there are inherint risks and limitations. I don't expect magic, after all. Fortunately I have figured a way around the port blocking and and quite happy with all of the implications of the workaround.
The key to all of this is CloudFlare. Basically it is a CDN that offers free introductory plans and a few features that make this all possible. Here's how you set it all up (after you register for your account, of course):
- Add your site, configure your DNS
- Configure your server to host SSL-based pages (port 443)
- Configure CloudFlare crypto settings
- Create page rules
Add your site, configure your DNS
The first step is of course to add your site to CloudFlare. The setup is fairly straight forward and is well-guided by CloudFlare so I won't be duplicating that information here. I will add that waiting on DNS refreshes can be frustrating, so after I got it set up I switched my local DNS resolution over to Google's (188.8.131.52) so I could test more quickly.
Configure your server to host SSL-based pages (port 443)
My ISP blocks port 80, but not 443. It would probably not hurt anything to leave port 80 running and open but I figured why chance it, so I shut all port 80 configurations down. My home server and all my sites are only configured for port 443 traffic now. The important part is that you must have port 443 (HTTPS) configured and running on your server.
This brings up the first implication and rather cool solution: self-signed certificates. Configuring HTTPS requires that you have a SSL cert which usually costs money. You can create a self-signed cert but then traffic would be prompted about how your certificate didn't come from a Certificate Authority.
With CloudFlare, they actually handle the certificate between themselves and the browser, and will accept your self-signed certificate between your server and their servers. This is great news as it means you can have HTTPS traffic without having to buy a certificate and without having users prompted on every visit that your cert … blah blah blah.
So, set up your web server to serve up pages via HTTPS on port 443 and configure the related self-signed SSL cert for it.
Configure CloudFlare Crypto Settings
Now comes the really good stuff. There are two aspects here; SSL (with SPDY) and HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS).
After you select your site in CloudFlare, go to the crypto section.
SSL (with SPDY)
This config is easy. Just make sure it's set to "Full".
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
Right below the previous config is the HSTS section. HSTS is a little more involved but not bad. Basically we want to force this domain to always serve HTTPS traffic and never allow for HTTP, even if a user tries to downgrade.
Click 'Change HSTS settings' to enter into the configuration screen. You'll first be prompted with some warning text to read and then check an 'I understand' box and click 'Next Step'. Now you're into the good stuff:
Here are the important settings:
- Turn the enable switch on
- Set the Max Age Header (I accepted the default of 6 months)
- Apply HSTS policy to subdomains. I did this as a precaution in case I ever wanted to add self-hosted subdomains in the future
Create page rules
The last step is to set up page rules. This ensures that we redirect any attempted undesirable traffic to use our desired configurations.
Select the 'Page Rules' section from the top of the screen:
You'll want to add 2 page rules:
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When entering these rule patterns, the only setting you need to select is 'Always use https'. This will disable all other settings.
That's it!
Now, you are happily hosting from your port-80-blocked home ISP! You have complete control over your server, can use it for other household automation or serving tasks, etc. Mine is also hooked up to a Drobo for redundant backups and I'm also researching for an offsite backup solution. Just because I host in my basement doesn't mean I'm throwing caution to the wind.
You may also want to investigate using one of the many DNS updaters to keep CloudFlare up to date with your current home IP address. Apparently DDclient works well though I opted for RealDNS.
The really nice part is, you're protected by CloudFlare from traffic increases by both popularity and attacks, as well as forcing all traffic to always be secure over HTTPS. Keep in mind this is all through CloudFlare's free-tier service. You may want to consider upgrading to a higher level of service especially if your site becomes more popular.


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Merit School of Music seeks highly qualified candidates for the position of Band Instructor to start teaching this fall in our Merit Music in Communities Program. Successful candidates will be offered between 6-16 hours of weekly band rehearsals depending on availability. Merit's band programs take place at Chicago Public schools, community sites and neighboring school districts.
Organization Overview
Since its founding in 1979, Merit School of Music has successfully motivated and inspired over 50,000 young people with high-quality music instruction. The School's broad-ranging comprehensive curriculum, extensive level of financial aid, sense of community and the standard of excellence set forth by the faculty and students are major components of its success.
Merit offers a multi-leveled, structured curriculum in a college preparatory environment. Programs take place at the Joy Faith Knapp Music Center in Chicago's West Loop and at nearly 30 locations in neighborhoods across the City. Instruction is offered to approximately 5,000 students of all ages, from infants to adults, and from beginners to the Juilliard-bound by over 150 accomplished faculty members.
Merit has an annual operating budget of approximately $6 million, of which more than half is supported by contributed revenue, with a third coming from earned revenue, including rental income.
Merit School of Music transforms the lives of Chicago-area youth through removing barriers to high-quality music education.
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The Band Teacher reports to the Band Program Director
Job Responsibilities
Responsibilities of the Band Teacher include, but are not limited to:
Teaching weekly band rehearsals to students in 4th – 8th grade
Prepare students for performances two to three times per year
Follow Merit's benchmarks for large ensemble instruction
Support students' growth through Merit's continuum of programming
Track student attendance and provide student recommendations for on-site programs
Assist Program Manager with instrument disbursement and collection
Attend Merit faculty meetings and departmental meetings
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Demonstrated success teaching beginning band to a similar age group (4th – 8th grade)
Demonstrated success teaching in a mixed instrument setting (woodwind, brass, percussion)
Strong classroom management skills
Ability to communicate effectively and work well with Merit staff and partnering leadership
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Bachelor's degree in Music or equivalent experience
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Did you miss the Financial Literacy Workshop "Dollars and Sense, Watch Your Expense" held by Engineering Student Services? If so, we've compiled a list of the top financial tips from the event into an infographic!
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Scholarship Application Tips
The LSU College of Engineering is beginning the scholarship cycle for the Fall 2016 semester. We encourage all undergraduate students to complete the following steps to improve your chances of receiving a scholarship from the College. We encourage you to complete steps one and two outlined below before September 15, 2016.
Step One: Update Your Scholarship Application
When awarding scholarships, we begin by reviewing your student record. We consider things like: your major, GPA, residency, extracurricular activities, and Expected Family Contribution (EFC) obtained from FAFSA. To update your student record, please visit scholarship-student.eng.lsu.edu.
Step Two: Upload Your Supporting Documents
We also consider your resume, work experience and personal goals when awarding scholarships. To improve your chances of receiving a scholarship, please upload your resume, transcripts, letters of recommendation, and work verification letters beginning August 18th. You can also complete a personal statement to tell us more about Yourself. Complete step one and two by Sunday, September 18, 2016.
Step Three: Complete the Scholarship Recipient Profile
If awarded a scholarship, you will receive a notification email from the College. All notifications will occur by October 31st for the Fall semester. To confirm receipt of the scholarship, you will be required to complete a scholarship profile. The notification email will include instructions to complete this profile.
If you have any questions about scholarships offered by the College of Engineering or the application process, please visit http://scholarshipfaq.eng.lsu.edu.
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Computer Science Senior Encourages Students to 'Stay With It'
Rising computer science senior Jacqueline Robinson recently wrapped up her first full semester as a squad member for Intel's Stay With It Engineering program.
As a squad member, Robinson said she spent the past eight months "promoting any initiatives the program hosted."
"We also try to maintain an active social media presence to showcase our journeys of becoming engineers to inspire those who follow us," she added.
The program, an online community in which engineering students can engage with each other and share engineering related content and support, was first introduced to Robinson through her participation with LSU's student chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). Robinson, who is from Slidell, Louisiana, said she was attracted to the program because of its potential for international impact.
"Many on-campus programs and initiatives are much more local to the organization members or the LSU community," she said. "This program has a much larger focus. The organization's purpose is to encourage students from all over the world."
The Stay With It Program is free for anyone to join. The program has a strong social media presence, which is mostly active on Facebook, according to Robinson. She encourages fellow students to check out the program's Facebook page.
"Some people use it when they need help with homework. You can also use it to reach out and see if there is another student or professional who is currently doing something you want to do," Robinson said. "If you are concerned about something or struggling to get past an obstacle, you can reach out on Facebook to see if anyone else has advice on a similar problem."
The program's main website also hosts a blog that offers advice on topics like how to land an internship, resume templates for first time job seekers, informative videos about the diversity of the field and other engineering resources—all free of charge for its members.
Robinson said her role is centered on being the liaison between college students and the industry.
"While I don't plan events, the insight I submit about our concerns of being engineering students and what we would like to see in the industry is important," she said. "During my time with the program, I worked with others to launch a Stay With It Women group because we felt that addressing the gender gap was important."
In addition to being a member of NSBE and attending Association in Computing Machinery (ACM) events, Robinson is a founding member of Women in Computer Science (WICS) at LSU. Through her involvement with these various organizations, she said, she's gained better perspective on her chosen field and received the necessary tools to sharpen existing skills and cultivate new ones.
Robinson said the Stay With It program "impacted her socially," and allowed for some relief from the anxiety that often accompanies entering the engineering field for the first time.
"A lot of the fear of graduating and entering the industry is attributed to low confidence and feeling unprepared," she said. "Students seeing videos of other students and professionals make you feel inspired and more prepared."
Robinson also said the program features a mentorship component that allowed her to grow closer with professionals and industry representatives in her field.
"I have received a lot of advice from the coordinator of the program, Rhonda Peters James," she said. "I learned how to analyze my skills in engineering and how to properly market my talent."
With eight months as a Stay With It squad member behind her, Robinson plans to begin her senior year this fall as an active member of the online support community of engineering students.
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5 Things Student Leaders Learned at the College's Annual Leadership Training Workshop
In April, more than 80 current and rising student leaders filled the Frank Walk Room for a comprehensive, interactive one-day workshop aimed at preparing the organization leaders for the upcoming academic year.
Communications assistant M.B. Humphrey sat down with associate director of diversity initiatives Sarah Jones to discuss the variety of topics covered by representatives from the STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP), the Chevron Leadership Academy, Student Services and the Office of Diversity Initiatives. Read more about the valuable insight students gained below:
1. What Leadership Is
Joseph Odenwald, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, gave students a thorough breakdown of what leadership is, as well as the several different theories of leadership that may be encountered within group settings. He highlighted the differences between leadership styles of the past, often role-specific and results driven, to more current leadership styles that are change-oriented.
2. What it takes to become a Transformational Leader
Transformational leadership is characterized by the ability to bring about change in an organization by developing a shared vision, values and ideas. Director Emerita of LSU's Center for Academic Success Saundra McGuire said, "transformational leadership is a requirement for leaders of today." She added that it is the duty of the leader to trust their team to handle their respective roles, while the leader focuses on the "bigger picture." She explained the necessity for students to be well rounded not only in leadership, but also academically, and highlighted the resources available in the Center for Academic Success.
STEP manager Adrienne Steele outlined the leadership styles featured in the DISC Assessment, which stands for dominant, influential, steady and conscientious. These four main leadership styles illustrate the practices that are most common within group settings. Steele walked through the characteristics of each group, focusing on the strengths and weaknesses of each. Students were then split into groups by their leadership style and discussed areas of improvement among them.
4. Leadership Cultivation Opportunities
Director of the Chevron Center Warren Hull spoke about a new program to the College, the Chevron Leadership Academy. The semester-long program, with a large mentorship component, gives select students the opportunity to cultivate and hone their leadership skills. The program supports it participants in a variety of ways including: an introductory kick-off workshop, monthly leadership seminars and the assignment of an industry mentor. Hull also debunked several leadership myths like, "only extroverts can be leaders."
5. How to make SMART goals
Sarah Jones and Jada Lewis ended the workshop by teaching students how to perform a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis and how to make "SMART" goals for their organizations, as the students planned for the upcoming year. The SMART acronym—which represents specific, measurable, attainable/actionable, relevant and time-bound— acted as an outline by which the student organization leaders could plan collaborative events and activities with other organizations that shared similar goals and missions
Ten Things to Do to Be Successful in College
Updated 5/24/2017
This post comes to you from Dr. Joe Odenwald, Assistant Dean of Engineering Student Services. He says, "This list is neither comprehensive nor particularly original. It's a compilation of good practices for students I have seen in ten years working with college students."
1. Begin with the end in mind. This comes from Stephen Covey's book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. The idea is that we envision in our minds where we want to go, who we want to be. His notion is that there are two creations, first in our minds and then in the physical. To be successful, you need to see the endpoint: graduation. President Alexander often says, "Graduation starts today." And it does. Covey also talks about a personal mission statement. You need to begin drafting yours now.
2. Go to class, every day. I really think this may be the best piece of advice anyone could give. When professors discuss students who are successful and those who are not, they often mention class attendance. If you aren't in class your ability to keep up, especially with math and science courses, is limited. This really isn't affected by how smart you are, because at this level it is as much about having the information as it is knowing what to do with it.
3. Get plenty of rest. Yes, you are young. And probably quite healthy. But you need to sleep, regularly. This helps keep you healthy so that you can attend class and remain awake while in class.
4. Eat a balanced diet. Easy on the Cane's chicken and pizza and other heavy foods. Seriously, the freshman fifteen is no myth. And weight gain can have a negative impact on mental health, too.
5. Get some exercise. The best way to deal with stress is to sweat it off. It also can energize you and enable you to focus better once you get back to your studies.
6. Make friends, but not too many. You need a circle of companions with whom to share the ups and downs of college life, but don't make the mistake of becoming such a socialite that you can't squeeze in studying.
7. Use a calendar. Whether you are a Google calendar person or an old fashioned wall calendar person, having one to map out all your tests, projects, etc., is a great way to keep things from sneaking up on you.
8. Have some fun, but not too much. You're all free to recreate as much as you like, but there are consequences. Going out Thursday through Saturday nights is not going to mesh well with your studies. Schedule fun as a reward for good grades, etc.
9. Call Mom and Dad. Or your grandparents or guardians. They love you and want to hear from you. Maybe not every day, but work in some phone calls amid texts. They want to hear your voice, and hearing theirs will help motivate you.
10. Try to do what's right in every situation. Look out for your neighbors and friends. Be academically honest. Think about how you navigate relationships, treating others as you would like to be treated.
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Student Services can help you with academic counseling, general assistance and referrals, scheduling, and more. They are located in the Audubon Sugar Institute Building off South Stadium Drive near Tiger Stadium between the Military Science Building and the LSU Police Station. To schedule an appointment with a counselor, you can use their online appointment scheduler.