My Dull Life Blog

A Northeast Woodlands Story as retold by Anne Jennison The Iroquois and Abenaki peoples of the Northeast Woodlands have many stories about what they call "The Three Sisters", the "sustainers of life". These Three Sisters called Corn, Beans, and Squash are central to the cultures and food ways of the Northwestern tribes. It is said that - a long, long time ago, Corn Spirit was so honored by being allowed to be one of the sustainers of life that she asked Creator what more she could do for her people. Creator told Corn Spirit that she could make a doll from the husks of corn, to make the children happy and keep them safe so the adults could do their daily work. Corn Spirit set to work, making the doll. When finished, she gave the doll a beautiful face and sent her to play with the children, and make them happy. The beautiful Cornhusk Doll went from village to village , playing with the children and doing whatever she could for them. Cornhusk Doll knew the best gam...

So apparently this blog isn't really taking off as fast as I had hoped for it to. But slowly its reaching the reason why I even made it. However, in the meantime, I promised a certain place that I would blog about them and get some readers of my blog to check them out. First off let me explain to you who I am trying to promote here in this blog now. I work and volunteer my time to a a place in Warner, NH called the Mt Kearsarge Indian Museum. It was created by none other then Bud Thompson in a small shed like building as he started a very small collection of Native American artifacts. His very first being a small arrowhead he found in his grandfathers crop field. Now you may ask me, "How did he start collecting?" and this is where I can tell you, that when Bud was in second grade a chief from a tribe in Connecticut came to his class, pulled everyone into a circle and spoke to Bud and his class about his people and their history. Immediately Bid was hooked, and hav...