Milt Shirleson (Navajo)
Have you ever wondered if anyone really loved you? Have you ever felt abandoned? These were issues that Milt wrestled with because his father walked out. His wounded heart...
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Edna Shugak (Dena’ina) Part 2
She wondered what the point of life was… why should she go on living. She contemplated suicide, reasoning that it made more sense to leave than to stay. Edna...
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Edna Shugak (Dena’ina) Part 1
Edna grew up in Pedro Bay, Alaska. Her father died when she was five. At age 14, she took on a commercial fishing venture for the family. Then her...
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Eddie Lindsey (Creek) Part 3
“We’ve always been people of Storying”, Eddie says. He shares a story that his momma told him about a turtle. The lesson was not lost on him. Then he...
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Eddie Lindsey (Creek) Part 2
Eddie grew up with a dad who drank. He always knew that his daddy loved him though he never heard the words. One day something happened in his daddy’s...
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Eddie Lindsey (Creek) Part 1
As a young person, Eddie was afraid of dying. He didn’t know much about it. One day he went to Sunday School where his aunt was teaching and she...
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