Walking Spirit in a Native Way

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By James B. Beard aka Noodin James B. Beard aka Noodin October 19, 2023

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Think! Help prepare for seven generations to come. Help heal seven generations that have passed.

By James B. Beard aka Noodin James B. Beard aka Noodin August 19, 2023

As we witness the degradation of values in our country we forfeit the richness in heritage that make our country great and deny those that are indigenous their basic rights of existence. Noodin James Beard aka Noodin Cultural Storyteller, Educator, Speaker, Author James B. Beard, Author of: Walking Spirit in a Native Way

Honor all veterans!

By James B. Beard aka Noodin James B. Beard aka Noodin November 10, 2023

In 1962 I entered the military services. At that time, I put up my hand and swore that I would support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. It was a proud moment in my life. I did not see a lot of action while on active duty. I was stationed on a Destroyer, The USS Warrington, DD 843, out of Newport, Rhode Island and our patrol duties included the Cuban Crisis and intermittent duty off the shores of Vietnam. The Navy saw to it that I was trained to handle what would come at me in service. The real battle began the day I was released back to civilian life. No one prepared me for that. The p rotests against the Vietnam conflict were happening all over the country. R ace riots were going on in major cities across the country and only blocks from where I lived in Buffalo NY. Veterans were being harassed on college campuses and in the workplace. I came home in 1967 to a different United States of America than the one I h...