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About Me

"LAKOTA GIRLS KICK ASS!" i am a member of the GREAT OGLALA LAKOTA NATION!! i come from two proud tiospayes- wahokiza nunpa na kangi witko!!! i live on the rez and i love it! i've been just about everywhere- i love to travel... lots of opinions... basically, i like to have fun, smile, laugh (i have the loudest laugh) and pow wow!!! life's too short to live the same day twice!! i enjoy traveling and meeting new people. "there are things in life you will never understand" (random quote but i strongly believe in it)i've been traveling a lot the past few months: colorado, minnesota, montana, north dakota... i love it! all leisure travel for me... i'm not working or anything at this time so i love it! i can pick up and go when i please! :P anyway, if u have any q's then ask..."; I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!
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My Interests

indigenous issues, the tribal college movement- AIHEC, traditional organizations, bilingual education, total language immersion schools... i'm very interested in preserving our traditiional ways, culture, language, games, songs, dances and arts... i have a lot of opinions... been just about everywhere and experienced a lot for my thirty years here on this earth... MySpace Backgrounds - Free Image Hosting

I'd like to meet:

i'd like to meet: gael garcia bernal, benicio del toro, zach braff, brad pitt, sting, carlos santana, fidel castro, beatrice wood, che guevara(i know he's gone but it would have been AMAZING to have met him in his day!), angelina jolie, sandra oh, johnny depp, ryan gosling, al gore, sen. john mccain and of course- HILLARY CLINTON... i'd like to meet people who are not too uptight and people who like to have fun like me... :D other indigenous peoples... i love my native men! :D especially those with long hair!! or native cowboys... :D nah, i'm just here to make frens and thats it... NOTHING MORE! some people are freakin' crazy...
You Are Aphrodite!
A total shining star with a ton of admirers
And no wonder: you live life to the fullest!
When things get bad, you can easily take off to a happier place
But occasionally, you need to deal with problems head on What Goddess Are You?

Music:

pow wow music- all time favorites are: Elk Whistle and Stoney Park. i have had the opportunity to meet the singers in both groups and just love them all!!! i love the kahomni songs Elk Whistle sings... Edmund Bull and his round dance songs... he has such a beautiful voice! i also like: Carlos Santana, Sting, The Police, Common, Alicia Keys, Buffy St. Marie, ROBERT MIRABAL (He's an AMAZING PERFORMER!!! I wish there were more artists like him!!)Country Music- just about everything... ask and i'll tell... i love the 80s!!! hahaha!! MySpace Backgrounds - Free Image Hosting

Movies:

Maria Full of Grace, Garden State, Once Were Warriors, Airplane!, LOTR Trilogy, All Viggo Mortensen Movies(my husband!), The Motorcycle Diaries, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Vacation Series: Vacation, European Vacation, Christmas Vacation and Vegas Vacation... The Scent of Green Papaya, Gone With the Wind, French Kiss, Map of the Human Heart, The Wedding Banquet, Double Happiness, Windwalker!!... I'm an indie movie fan... Before Night Falls, The Notebook... More recently, I have started watching documentaries... Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada, Being Caribou, Ricardo,Miriam y Fidel... BABEL!! MARIE ANTOINETTE!!! MySpace Backgrounds - Free Image Hosting

Television:

SCRUBS!!!(Zach Braff is a GENIUS!!),King of Queens, ER, Will & Grace, FAMILY GUY, The Sopranos, Entourage,Grey's Anatomy,UGLY BETTY,October Road,Medium, Law & Order Series, old Sex & the City Series.... I'm a channel surfer... I enjoyed the game show 1 vs. 100!! I love Nat Geo channel, Paula's Home Cooking on Food Network... Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch... More recently I've been watching the Documentary Channel- interesting shows! MySpace Backgrounds - Free Image Hosting

Books:

Dreaming in Cuban, Indian Killer, The Toughest Indian in the World, Gone With the Wind, Black Ice, various stories from indigenous peoples throughout the world... My most recent purchase was: Self Portrait Che Guevara MySpace Backgrounds - Free Image Hosting

Heroes:

Heroes? WTH!?! My heroes include: my mom, my dad, my sisters, my brothers, my grandparents... Tasunke Witko!!! Tatanka Iyotake.... Buffy St. Marie! I just love her!!! I have a fascination with Che Guevara... The whole cuban revolution... My ULTIMATE hero: STEPHEN YELLOW HAIR- USMC(My maternal grandfather-Gaks). He was a POW during WWII. Captured at Wake Island following Pearl Harbor. He was taken to China, Korea and Japan throughout WWII. He was tortured yet lived to tell his ordeal. I miss you Gaks!!! Wish I could have been here when you left us... MySpace Backgrounds - Free Image Hosting

My Blog

the return of the blog- VOTE NO on APRIL 22!!!!!!!

well, it has definitely been a while... i just haven’t had the urge to blog... i’ve been observing politics and as one fren said- trouble politricks... haha! if u get it then good for u......
Posted by -:-:- Trina -:-:- on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:13:00 PST

just a moment

i haven't written anything in a while. i haven't had the urge... every year at this time the family is on the bigfoot ride. riding in honor & in memory of our massacred relatives at wounded knee.&...
Posted by -:-:- Trina -:-:- on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:29:00 PST

ncai and other random thoughts

i attended the 64th annual national congress of the american indians in denver this past week... it was BEAUTIFUL!  i always come home so optimistic and full of energy.  i am surprised that ...
Posted by -:-:- Trina -:-:- on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:58:00 PST

Way of the Warrior

I posted the following bulletin earlier this evening... It is a subject that gets a lil heated... Native Veterans and War... Everyone has their own opinion on the subject.  I am undecided......
Posted by -:-:- Trina -:-:- on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:24:00 PST

somebody slap me!!!

somebody slap me!!! remind me of it all again... cuz this damn feeling will not leave me... i miss my jayson chalmers... how random of memories! i remember going to rosebud fair to see him play ball. ...
Posted by -:-:- Trina -:-:- on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:53:00 PST

beyond bored

beyond bored! is that even possible?? not feeling too good today... i had a good trip to MT yesterday... getting up hella early wasn't any fun but flying to lame deer was cool. too bad i didn't get to...
Posted by -:-:- Trina -:-:- on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:20:00 PST

nostalgia and the present...

a pic of days gone by... a time when we were all CRAZY! hahaha... my maske! i miss u!!! my first hubby los- i was his second wife... hahaha! we have since learned that we are distant family members......
Posted by -:-:- Trina -:-:- on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:45:00 PST

changes

today i encountered some difficulties within my organization. i am an executive board member for the Lakol Oyate Kawil Au. we are the little bighorn riders... anyway, we have been restructuring the or...
Posted by -:-:- Trina -:-:- on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:09:00 PST

freakin’ SNOW!!!

i awoke to freakin' SNOW! wtf!! i was not prepared for that... hahaha! that was in colorado this morning but now i'm back in south dakota!!! thank god! back to the desert of southwestern sodak......
Posted by -:-:- Trina -:-:- on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:39:00 PST

passing the time

the past week and a half has been quite hectic to say the least. i went from boulder to rapid city; rapid city to home; home to a funeral; funeral to boulder... it has been nonstop. now that the adren...
Posted by -:-:- Trina -:-:- on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:03:00 PST