Welcome to Inspirational Indigenous Women! I’m excited for you to meet Broken Bondage’s book cover model and my daughter-in-law, Tiffany Peone. Isn’t she gorgeous? No partiality here! Tiffany is a Colville Tribal Member, wife to my son, Corey, and the mother of three. She loves to Jingle Dress Dance at various powwows with one of…
I was born white. It’s my heritage. Yet I write main characters from another ethnicity––Native America. My grandmother always told us we were part Indian, but the proof never came. It still hasn’t and probably never will. I never intended to write let alone write books that have the protagonist from a different heritage. I…
My writing journey began in the late 1900s after taking a Longridge Writer’s online class for non-fiction. Native history swirled in my heart even before I settled on the reservation with my husband knowing I had some type of Indian in me, little as it is. And after interviewing several elders, I wrote Swallowed…
Strong women have always influenced the history of the west. They had to in order to survive. Mourning Dove, an Arrow Lakes enrolled woman of the Colville Confederated Tribes, was no exception. She was a trailblazer. Christine Quintasket, her given name, was the first female American Indian novelist, and the first woman elected to tribal…
Legends are American Indians greatest teaching tool of life skills elders have for the younger generations. Most include Coyote, a trickster, and his lessons of foolishness. These stories train youth and give them wisdom into the world of right and wrong and common sense. This is an excerpt from Delbert’s Weir: the legend of how…
I went to retrieve my dad last Monday night. Nine days have passed and the area fires surround us. Smoke hovers, winds blow, people pack. Fires blaze in all directions, but the town I live in is still the safety with the farthest fire 15 miles away and across the Columbia River. Thirty miles north…
The Pow-Wow grounds nestle at the base of Moon Mountain and their reflection mirrors Round Lake in my home town of Inchelium, WA on the Colville Confederated Reservation. On a damp but warm Sunday, May 24th, 2015, two young ladies will trade their crowns for a renewed confidence, wisdom and skill. The girls have represented…
Harmony dominated the Sinixt or Arrow Lakes People of northeast Washington State until 1930. Talk of a great dam being erected at Grand Coulee, Washington struck fear and tension reservation wide. Traditional fishing could be lost forever. Would be lost forever. Backwater would force towns, graveyards and other historical sites to relocate. Backwater would soon…
Roots and berries were a life force for the Sinixt or Arrow Lakes People of Northeast Washington State. The People were semi-nomadic and would travel to the area within their territory where the roots are berries grew abundantly. The spring months would burst forth fresh nourishment and bring one’s palate back to life. A long…
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