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I've been working on our original website Oyate Ta Olowan.We've been working on adding digital downloads to the site, but it's still a challenge. Oyate is a public radio series that we did on traditional Native American music. We did 52 half hour shows and traveled over 100,000 miles collecting music from all over the Americas. It was a while ago, but people still seem to love it, so we keep offering the shows for sale.

It's all a part of our little press Many Kites Press. Life is so amazing, and so full, but we keep on trucking. I hope things are going well for all of you, and that continue to create wonderful things. Later, Milt Lee

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    Cass Metal Craft

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    Those of you that have been following my vlog know by now that we spent a month homesteading in Cass Lake Minnesota this summer.  What most of you don’t know is that it never would have been possible without the amazing help of Rick and Jeff Baird.  They are Jamie’s brother, and after twenty years in the family, they feel like my brothers too.  The main person is this video is Rick, the older of the two.  Jeff is the guy in the shorts.

     These guys know more about creating stuff out of metal than I could even began to tell you.  I am constantly amazed by the their skill, dexterity, and creativity.  This particular day, Rick was creating a small piece to hold a tiller on the back of a tractor.  In about 20 minutes it was done, and it worked perfectly.  

    Published by Milt on September 14, 2008 in Just Stuff. Tags: , , , .

    Blueberry Chronicles: Rabbit Proof Fence

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    This is the last piece on our first summer of blueberry farming.  With the help of Rick Baird, Jamie’s brother, we got our rabbit fence up - literally minutes before we left to come back home for the winter.  It was a sad time, but it was also joyous to see such a beautiful fence and the blueberries prospering so well.

    Published by Milt Lee on August 13, 2008 in Just Stuff. Tags: , , , , .

    Blueberry Chronicles - the plot

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    After spending our first night on the land, we had to wait a day until the blueberry plants showed up, but when they did, we needed to decide on a place to put them.  Originally we thought about an old garden plot that Jamie’s grandmother had, but after reading about what blueberries like, it became clear that that area would be too wet for blueberries - they love water, but don’t like wet feet.  After picking the land, it was time to began breaking the sod.  Oh yes, it was not pretty.

    Published by Milt Lee on June 11, 2008 in Just Stuff. Tags: , , , , .

    All Time Fav's

    This is an old piece (last summer) but we keep doing the Bead People, and I just love it, so here it is! This morning we went to St. Elizabeth Seaton... This is a piece that I did as an homage to Werner Herzog and his documentary. Grizzly Man. Of course I could never duplicate the amazing. haunting...
    Beads Beads BeadsDog Man
    This is one of my all time Fav's - I had done it a while ago, and then never looked at it again. Then last fall, I dug it out, and was a bit shake... I'm working on this project again, and it seems like we are going to be able to continue doing the letters between inmates and their children. This i...
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    Hollow Bone Films

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    Education

    Last week, we started an interview of Jackie Swanson, an 8th grade writing teacher at North Middle School, in Rapid City,  South Dakota.  During the... Jackie Swanson has been teaching for 31 years but the first 25 were not what she wants people to know about.  Calling herself a "traditional" teacher...
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    Real Rez

    A Song For Wounded Knee
    The "Voice of the Lakota Nation" had a celebration last month. It was very interesting, and probably a little strange if you don't live here. Lot... It's an old story, but it's still a good one. At the powwow, it's not always about just preserving culture, and keeping traditions alive. Lots of...
    Kili Radio 25th AnniversaryPreserving Humanity
    Back in 1974, a young Lakota guy with a big black hat came into my studio. He was a singer and wanted to record an album. I suggested that the fi...

    Just Stuff

    We just couldn't help it.  The Bead People have been traveling like crazy this year, spreading their message of inclusion and peace, but they decided...
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    My youngest son got married to a beautiful girl this last month.  Here's to you guys!  It is just wonderful. Love, Milt... Warning - this video has pictures of me giving blood, so if watching needles and such bothers you, DON'T watch it.  But having said that, i hope that...
    Blood GivingBead Active
    Jamie Lee has been busy again!  She designed a pack of 64 cards that expand what the Bead People do and mean.  Each card has a task that you can do....