Indigenous Ability

  [For those who ride till the end, I actually tell you how not to give me money. Hell, I go one further, I point to products—my own, no less, where I say, “ If I were you, I’d skip this .” That ain’t in no sales book that’s been written yet.] I am 57-years-old. I’ve been in this head-smackin’, body-twistin’, researchin’ and livin’ the Old Ways business a long time. I am grateful for the ride. Before that sounds like a sign-off, stand-down, I’ll keep on ridin’ this horse as long as I can mount up. As I age, I’ve been partial to this anecdote said of the philosopher Diogenes. Those who said to him, “You are an old man; take a rest,” “What?” he replied, “if I were running in the stadium, ought I to slacken my pace when approaching the goal? Ought I not rather to put on speed?” But, in that span of time have I been right 100% of the time? Hell, no. To paraphrase Ol’ Blue Eyes: “ Mistakes, I’ve made a few .” But…all mistakes were exactly that, errors in interpret...

  Let’s take a random walk among four Warrior cultures and have a look at seemingly trivial aspects of the Warrior Life, facets that one would assume are ornamental, or irrelevant and demonstrate how Warriors who lived close to the marrow-bone of reality could afford no needless step. There is always more to Warriorhood than meets the eye. Comanche Feather Language When we see Indian headdresses in full panoply, or a more stripped-down version of one or two feathers in headbands, or feathers in hair, we likely think to ourselves, “ That is their ornamental headgear, like trucker gimme caps are to most of us.” But that assumption could not be further from the truth. There is actually a tripartite reading of Native American feather language, here, we will deal with only one—the other two…another day. To get a glimpse into Comanche feather language let us learn a wee bit about horses, specifically horses’ ears. Horses are prey animals, and, as such, always remain remark...

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