Tatonka

My dad's mother was from the Pikuni tribe and my mother still had relatives from the Seminole tribes. I'll be stopping in the reservations in Browning, MT, Wewonka, OK and Nacimiento, Mexico to pay my respects during my trip from Aug to Oct. Will also stop in Texas to visit the Indian Scout cemetery, so it will be kind of a roots trip I guess. I had always asked myself why I had a long torso and short legs in comparison and like horses so much. I grew up in DC but my grandparents had a farm with a bunch of horses (my dad's) so I could ride by the time I was five. Rain dances are a little scary for me because they always seem to work. I don't know how to dose it properly though and have caused a few floods over the years unfortunately. Last time I tried it was in Scotland last year in May when all of the distilleries in Speyside were already complaining about low water levels and possibly having to cut back on whiskey production (and I love single malts) so I jokingly did a rain dance and it started to rain that evening and continued for three days with a lot of flooding. Scotland is a small country and the word got around and I received numbered bottles of rare single malts from four distilleries.

Tatonka (buffalo in Lakota and Dakota) is close to the meaning of the name that my grandmother called me.

Hi PJ, Thanks for the friend invite which I accepted quite happily. Yes, the trike is still here, but my wife prefers to drive it. Afro-American who was in international banking in Germany and retired here. Native Indian blood from both sides of the family but not enough to qualify for the rolls of either tribe. Doesn't matter, I can make it rain whenever I want to.

Thanks, Tatonka aka Gypsy

Hi John,

Just wanted to wish a fellow Nam vet a hearty welcome. Thanks for your service. I'm sure you can see that we don't have "FNG" syndromes here, so enjoy. Ride safe, ride hard and ride with God. Best from Tatonka

Hi Guns_USN,

Have seen you post a couple of times and like your style. Looking at your name here I almost think we have a couple of things in common. I was a GMM in the Navy before I converted to GMG in order to go to Nam and have fun with the brown water Navy. I've always found Lexington to be a wonderful place, especially with the Horse Farm there. You be careful now and don't drop no loads. God bless and keep safe. Tatonka AKA Gypsy