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GENERATIONS
GENERATIONS!
HOW MANY DOES IT TAKE
BEFORE WE SELL OUT AND GIVE UP
WHO WE ARE?
WHERE WE HAVE COME FROM
WHERE WE ARE GOING
LIKE DUST IN THE WIND.
ARE WE A FORGOTTEN HERITAGE, AND FADING NATION?
WHEN DID WE LOSE PRIDE?
WHEN DID WE LOSE INTEREST
IN THE BLOOD OF OUR GENERATIONS
THAT TAUGHT US TO FACE THE WIND
AND FIGHT BACK?
WHEN DID WE STOP TEACHING OUR NEW GENERATIONS
OF A RICH CULTURE AND HISTORY
THAT IS FAR BETTER THAN THIS
SO CALLED MODERN, BUT SHALLOW WORLD?
STEP FORWARD PEOPLE AND TEACH
YOUR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN     
THAT THEY THEMSELVES MUST STAND UP
AND STEP FORWARD TO PRACTICE, TEACH
AND CARRY ON WHO WE ARE…
GENERATIONS! MOVING FORWARD!
WITH PRIDE HONOR AND DETERMINATION!
THE PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL…
WORK THAT KEEPS OUR PEOPLE FROM BEING
CONSUMED AND FORGOTTEN BY THE MASSES
OF THIS PRESENT UNCARING WORLD.
LEST OUR GENERATIONS BECOME NOTHING MORE
THEN DEAD NATIVE NATIONS.
BLOWING LIKE DUST IN THE WIND.
CREATOR! SAVE OUR NATIVE GENERATIONS!
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Copyright 05/08/2022  RITA GENTLE RAIN BOW, ELDER COUNCILWOMAN
 
 
Northern Cherokee Nation Tribal Citizen,
Gary "big standing bear" Raymo is a nationally recognized craftsman and artist of tribal jewelry, decorative masterpieces, and regalia accessories.  Many of Gary's pieces are commissioned designs.  
​
Wa-Do
Big Standing Bear!!!

Gary donates a portion of the sales of his beautiful artwork to help support his tribal family.


For more information and prices, contact Gary at draven3838@gmail.com

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Big Standing Bear (pictured at left in red tribal regalia) commissioned a special necklace for Keith Buffalo Healer Dobbs (also pictured at left),
a webmaster for the
​Northern Cherokee Nation.

“I wanted something special like Big Standing Bear has made for himself and wears to tribal functions,” stated Dobbs.

“He knew I had an appreciation for buffalo so he incorporated buffalo teeth into the piece,” Dobbs continued.

In addition to four polished buffalo teeth, Big Standing Bear included African turquoise which is in the jasper family.

The white beads are called “bone hair pipes” and the silver beads are nickel while the black beads are hemalyke.    The popular hemalyke is a mirror-like metallic black “stone” which is a look-alike for natural hematite.  The small round white discs in the necklace are bone, as well.

“I couldn’t be more pleased,” shared Dobbs.   “It’s great to own a piece that has been created by a tribal brother.”
Buffalo Teeth Necklace

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Necklace commissioned by
Council member
Gary "Big Standing Bear" Raymo
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  • Events
  • PowWow
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    • Warsaw Heritage Days
    • Old Glory Days Parade
    • Fourth of July Weekend
    • Tribal Headquarters Improvements
    • Council Meetings
    • Ceremonies
    • Darkening of the Sun
  • History
    • Children Massacre at Ywahoo Falls
    • Wampum Belt
    • Leaving our homeland
    • Spanish Treaty
    • Natural Disasters
    • Forced Removal
    • States against Indians
    • New Hope
    • Legal Genocide
    • Federal Recognition
    • Bringing the Children Home
    • Historical Cherokee marriage
    • In Ancient Times I
    • The Early Times II
    • The Colonial Period III
    • Sequoyah IV
    • The Cherokee Removal V
    • The Cherokee Today VI
  • Stories
    • How the Deer Got His Horns
    • WHY THE DEER’S TEETH ARE BLUNT
    • What Became Of The Rabbit
    • The Legend of the Cherokee Rose
    • Origin of the Bear
    • Why The Mink Smells
    • Life Lesson for All Cherokee
    • How the Partridge Got His Whistle
    • How The Redbird Got His Color
    • The First Fire
    • The Cherokee Legend of the First Strawberry
    • The Sixth Sun Has Risen
    • Young Harold Mayo and the Witch Woman
    • ORIGIN OF DISEASE AND MEDICINE
    • THE LEGEND OF THE FIRST WOMEN
    • How the Rabbit stole the Otter's coat
    • How the Honey Bee got their Stinger
    • BOY AND THE RATTLESNAKE STORY
    • LEGEND OF THE TLANUHWA AND THE UHKTENA
    • Yahula
    • Bears Race with Turtle
    • Why the Owl has a Spotted Coat
    • Why the Trees Lose Their Leaves
    • Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail
    • Why the Opossum’s Tail is Bare
  • Culture
    • Cherokee Adoption, past and present
    • Roles of extended family
    • Cherokee Clan System
    • Sacred Colors
    • Entering the Circle
    • Fall Cultivation
    • Dances
    • Straight Dancing
    • The Stomp Dance
  • Artist Showcase
  • Council Members
  • Council Minutes