05.15.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:33 am by Monica
I threw together this tree which focuses directly on Nathaniel. (The folks potentially attending the Naming.) Please let me know if you notice any typos or skipped people. I know this tree is a little confusing, but it will stay until I draw up something better. In my privacy paranoia, I have removed all the last names. If you want more complete info, I will email it to you.
Generation: 1 (Nathaniel and his brother)
Generation: 2 (Nathaniel’s parents)
- John G
- Monica F
Children:
Nathaniel F
Generation: 3 (Nathaniel’s grandparents)
- Trudell “Butch” G
- Linda G
Children:
John G
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Posted in Uncategorized at 8:47 am by Monica
Since we as a family seem to have insufficient communications skills and forget that just because one person heard it doesn’t mean we all automatically know it (maybe the Borg had something there?), I am going to start putting all the Naming information here. If you know something I don’t know, PLEASE drop me an email or comment here.
- Date: July 14, 2007
- Location: Ft. Laramie, WY
- Hotel: Holiday Inn, Scotts Bluff, NE
- Casual dress, a hat, sunblock: it is outside and it will be hot.
I don’t have any real details on the ceremony itself, because Butch didn’t want to ruin the magic of it. I also don’t know the name. There will be several people named on this day.
Grandpa Butch said Pendleton blankets would be very appreciated, money is always appropriate, but that any gift given with respect would be accepted as such. It was hard to hold a conversation, because his cell was breaking up.
Dad and Linda have deer skins.
TurtleMother2 (online acquaintance): Gifts of tobacco and pouches are very good as gifts for the man doing the Naming and for the dancers. She also encouraged me to just meditate on it and the proper gift would come to me. The tobacco/pouches and Linda’s towels [mentioned below] are known as ‘give-aways’ and are important. They are signs of respect and thanks.
Hopi Princess (online acquaintance): She encouraged me to wear a dress. Casual and comfortable but feminine. She also mentioned the give-aways and agreed that gifts given with the right attitude will be appreciated. She is (you may have guessed) not Lakota but gave some very general guidance since Hopi is closer to Lokota than European Mutt is. 
Butch encouraged (video and still) cameras and a tripod. He said some people discourage them, but he strongly disagrees and it’s HIS grandson so he gets to say. 
I currently have email addresses and/or phone numbers for: Trudell/”Butch”, Ellen, Linda, John
My family who are planning to attend: Robert, Virginia, Me, Erwin, Andrew
Cheryl, Rhonda
Others who are probably unable to come: Marsha, Rack, Louise
This is an excerpt from an email reply from Linda about my dad:
What is appropriate dress?
-July in WY. Casual with sun block and a hat. Can always cool off at night. Last year John was really hot and burned.
What else does he need to know as the “other grandfather” of the Namee?
-Butch instructed me to get a doe or buck skin for the man doing the naming. John is to obtain some pipe stone. The families give gifts. Butch is having quilts made. As you know, I am buying many towel sets.
[Dad and Linda now have those skins]
Just to double-check: The date is July ??
-The actual ceremony is Sat. July 14. There will be some activity Friday night and Sunday, but the main event is Saturday.
John added:
We will spend the night in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska the night of the 13th. If your dad is driving he’ll need to head west on I-80 then north to Scott’s Bluff. If he’s flying he can fly into Denver or Cheyenne. [He also gave me phone numbers for Ellen.]
Linda and I spoke later:
There -will- be shade, but we still need to be prepared for heat and some sun. It was restated that the Friday and Sunday stuff is completely voluntary, but I do plan to ask Butch again, because I don’t want Nathaniel to miss anything he ‘should’ attend.
We have turned this into a big family trip beyond the naming, visiting my dad’s Aunt Sis and Virginia’s father. We plan to ask Aunt Sis a lot of questions about the family tree, and we’ll be celebrating Charles’ 90th brithday. I will post a separate entry with that itinerary on it.
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