my gr-uncle was made an honorary Sioux after he successfully defended a Sioux who got soused and killed a soldier at the fort. The gov’t had to bring him in from Upstate cuz no one out there would defend a ‘lyin stinkin drunken Indian’. :0
I hear you. Quite a gift your uncle was given, for showing respect and kindness
My dad did so many things that we didn’t know about till he died. The givers don’t tell about it.
I look back today and finally realize why my grandparents never spoke to any of my brothers or sisters and especially my mother. I recently found a picture of my great grand-mother sitting on a porch of a small home wearing a full head dress.