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Black Eagle
Sen. Barack Obama became the first American presidential candidate to visit the reservation of the Crow Nation, and in doing so was adopted into the nation under the Crow name "One Who Helps People Throughout the Land."
McCain, on the other hand, would be "Old One Who Bends With the Wind."
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Comments (30)
Rec"d!
May 19, 2008 8:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
My Indian name is "Standing Tall With Pelican Legs".
Lately it's been "Drinking Well With Hollow Legs", but that's beside the point.
Recommended.
May 19, 2008 8:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for the link. Shows a great interaction between Obama and that beautiful child. I just wish it could have caught all of his "new parents". What is it about Republicans that they can't grasp the importance and substance in such a simple gesture?
May 19, 2008 8:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, and then there is the multi-millionairess (Hillary), who bragged about taking money from a kid who sold his bike and video games to support her. Wouldn't a normal person be embarassed to admit that she took his money?
May 20, 2008 8:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Seems like decades ago, but McCain used to care about Native Americans....or so he said.
May 19, 2008 8:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank for sharing this story. It is one of the nicest story.
It shows Obama's depth and humanity.
May 19, 2008 9:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Barack Black Eagle" is so bad-ass!
There's a nice diary up on Daily Kos as well:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/19/203352/187/74/518606
May 19, 2008 9:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
That IS a good name.
New parents...what an awesome concept.
May 19, 2008 9:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
I love this. I wanted this to happen.
I'm so happy.
May 20, 2008 12:47 AM | Reply | Permalink
Wouldn't McCain be "Old One Who Breaks the Wind."?
May 20, 2008 1:42 AM | Reply | Permalink
Thus far, I've resisted specifically saying that I'm from Montana on this site. I guess I didn't want people to discount my opinion when they figured out how little my vote is actually worth.
But today is different. I am always proud of my home state, but today I'm proud in a whole new way.
I wonder if people outside of Montana can really comprehend how big of a deal this really is.
May 20, 2008 3:10 AM | Reply | Permalink
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I was born and raised in Missoula, and only moved away to the desert 3 years ago. I miss the mountains and green like crazy. Whereabouts are you?
As a fellow Montanan, this story (and others coming out from home) also made me smile like you can't believe.
May 20, 2008 3:22 AM | Reply | Permalink
Typing from Missoula right now (been here 7 years.)
Ever go dancing at the Union Club? If you did, I probably played music for you.
May 20, 2008 9:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
The Union Club was always too country for my tastes, unfortunately.
Man, I'd love to be up there for the week leading to the primary. Missoula in particular has to be going Obama crazy.
May 20, 2008 10:40 AM | Reply | Permalink
Believe it or not, MSO has a really committed HRC contingent right now, and they're still keeping the faith.
The Clinton field office is in the old Expert Tire building (across the street from the Elks.) There's a HUGE "Hillary" banner right under the "Custom Wheels" sign on the window...
May 20, 2008 4:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Too bad they cemented the L a few years back, or we would've for sure seen some enterprising young griz running up there with spraypaint to form the O logo on Mt Jumbo. :)
May 20, 2008 7:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
But yeah, Obama's gonna slaughter Missoula.
May 20, 2008 4:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
I do.
May 20, 2008 3:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Great blog. Thanks for the heads up and for the link. This is a momentous and historic occasion that is long overdue. It is way past time we honored our obligations under treaties signed under many presidents.
Just makes me more committed to seeing this man elected. I have a feeling I'll be making a lot of phone calls and shaking a lot of hands between now and November.
May 20, 2008 7:26 AM | Reply | Permalink
We need to come up with Crow Nation names for some other people:
John McCain, Mark Penn, Ted Stevens, etc, etc
I'll start with the easy ones:
Bill "One who showers a lot" O'Reilly
Larry "One with wide stance" Craig
May 20, 2008 10:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hillary: Princess Summer/Fall/Winter/Spring/You name it/ I'll be it as long as I can win!
May 20, 2008 8:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Mark Penn--Polls with Douchebags
May 20, 2008 2:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
classic!
May 20, 2008 2:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
until we acknowledge, honor and respect our 'native nations' , we cannot move forward as a nation, a people, of this sacred land we call america. this is a small step, but it is a begining---this can begin a process of healing, and it will.....indeed, it will.......
May 20, 2008 2:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Another small step forward would be recognizing that facetious "Indian Names" are really pretty disrespectful of the culture.
May 20, 2008 3:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Donal Fagan -- any relation to Brian Fagan, the archeologist/anthropologist?
May 20, 2008 3:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Proof that TPM is more erudite than most websites - usually I get the Steely Dan question (even though we're spelled differently). No, I'm no relation to Brian, but I've browsed one of his textbooks.
May 20, 2008 3:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Now you can read his
blog
May 20, 2008 4:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
That did not work...
here:
http://blog.brianfagan.com/
May 20, 2008 4:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Righteous!!!
May 20, 2008 3:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
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