Tag: Fourth of July

Everyday Indifference on the Third of July

by Michael Watson PhD, posted in native american, Social issues

A foggy, misty, sunny, breezy day by the sea. The snow peas have come and gone, and the first crop of lettuce now has just a bite of bitterness. The cauliflower have been wrapped in their leaves and the early potatoes are dying back. Out in the larger world the St. John's Wort is in … Continue reading Everyday Indifference on the Third of July

Thoughts Concerning the Fourth of July

by Michael Watson PhD, posted in First Nations, Healing, native american, Shamanism

The Fourth of July! This is one of those holidays, along with Columbus Day and Thanksgiving, I struggle with. My father struggled with it as well, although, the truth be known, he seemed to love Thanksgiving. Indeed, many Native people have very complex, often humorous and contradictory, experiences of the holiday.