Month: March 2021

  

I hear people speak with a certain amount of pride for a family member who is this or that kind of engineer.

They have civil engineers, chemical, mechanical, industrial, and petroleum engineers…. Once in a while you hear someone can say they have one who is a train engineer!

All I could say was that I had been a combat engineer in the army. Which is just a fancy way of saying that I was a glorified ditch digger!

This really got me to thinking what do we as Ndns’ or Injins or whatever, have that others don’t have?  And do we have more of them?

It was quite an exhausting search. A lot of time spent pondering on this conundrum.

Good word huh?

I finally found what I believe is something that others don’t have. A great many things we can see and say for sure and with a certain amount of humility and a smattering of pride!

Of course!

Yes siree, Bob!

The one thing us natives have and more of them is…That’s right yep you got it…we have a lot of Injin-ears!

This thing about names or rather the use of a name or word. I thought about this Jeep deal and their use of the word “Cherokee”.

This is who we are called ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, romanized: Aniyvwiyaʔi, or principal people.

Question where did the word Cherokee actually come from?

Was it always in use or what form did it originally have?

Cherokee sounds like a Romanized- English word to me, or as Jethro would say “don’t know Uncle Jed, French maybe?”

I haven’t heard any “R” sounds in our language but I’m also not a scholar. Any scholars out there able to tell me?

I have no problem with seeing a car with Cherokee on it as long as it works. (No pun intended)

I’ve liked Jeeps even while serving in the Army. They have a unique appearance and style all their own.

Is our tribe too sensitive these days? I believe an arrangement could be made with them as long as it is respectful.

If both sides could not agree to it then….

I know I can let Jeep use my name Ronny or initials RDV.

Hey the Jeep RDV sounds good huh?

The commercial could be it’s a Vanntastic vehicle. I would even volunteer to do the commercials.

With monetary renumeration of course I’m not above being paid for my time!

I voted republican.  OOPS! They’ll probably try to cancel me, so what’s new about that? Natives have been there before.

Natives of, where, Indigenous?

I was told once “you need to stay in school to learn how to be an Indian.”

 I replied “listen up stupid one doesn’t go to school to learn how to be an Indian, you’re either born one or you’re not!”

Another was, I had to stop being so Indian! That you have to go to God because, he made me. How do I stop being one?

I was not made an Indian by a treaty!

Oh, by the way where did the word Indian come from? That Cleveland Indian person sure has a great set of chompers!

That tribe must have a really good dental care you think? Atlanta Braves have Chief Knock-a-home-a, a very good name.

Remember those Indian softball team with names such as Warriors, Braves, Chiefs, Scalpers, Redmen? Sequoyah High School Indians?

Do you think the real Indians from India get upset with us?

Historians got it wrong. Why not start there?