MendingWings

Mending Wings is a non-profit, Native American youth organization located on the Yakama Reservation in Washington State

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Mending Wings August 2020 Newsletter https://t.co/DdZ60oNSrR

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Diplomacy is the art if saying ‘nice doggie’ until you can find a rock -Roy Rogers

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From the beginning of the European colonization of North America, Indian-White relations were an itch that both parties scratched until someone broke the skin. And the temptation to pick the scabs was, in the end, just too much to resist.

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“Out of the belly of Christopher’s ship a mob bursts. Running in all directions. Pulling furs off animals. Shooting buffalo. Shooting each other. Pioneers and traders bring gifts...smallpox, Seagrams and Rice Krispies. Civilization has reached the promised land.” -Jeannette A.

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Lately, Indians have become Fist Nations in Cananda and Native Americans in the United States, but the fact of the matter is that there has never been a good collective noun because there never was a collective to begin with.

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Out of the belly of Christopher’s ship a mob bursts. Running in all directions. Pulling furs off animals. Shooting buffalo. Shooting each other. Pioneers and traders bring gifts-small pox, Seagrams and Rice Krispies. “Civilization has reached the promised land.”

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Mending Wings February 2019 Newsletter https://t.co/n5qGC4F2oI

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Master these arts: self-control, self-discipline & delayed gratification. One cannot achieve sustained success in life until these are mastered.

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Best shopping hack! Gumdrop auto finds & activates coupons when you shop online & donates a % to Help Mending Wings purchase a new van to pick up Yakama Nation teens who will attend their impactful youth programs. #goodshop https://t.co/MCDFpOrW1P

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Self control, self discipline & delayed gratification. One cannot achieve sustained success in life until these are mastered.

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Get up & make your wife breakfast for no other reason than you know it will make her happy. That kind of stuff goes a long way. Peace.

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The older I get the more aware I become of the brevity of life. Be kind to people. Take time for people. Do good things for people. Besides, you never know when you might be entertaining angels unaware.

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The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth

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Last night’s Erev Rosh Hashanah Service was one of the greatest spiritual experiences of my life. Special thanks to @adatchicago and our friends from @_mendingwings for such an amazing evening of praise.
#LShanahTovah #Year5779

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Good morning, everyone!

Tonight our Dancing Our Prayers team will be on the main stage at the tri-annual CHIC conference of the Covenant Churches.

You can watch it on live stream by going to https://t.co/wIPyNEhh23

Things begin at 8pm ET tonight. Remember, that’s 5pm eastern

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Good morning, everyone!

Tonight our Dancing Our Prayers team will be on the main stage at the tri-annual CHIC conference of the Covenant Churches.

You can watch it on live stream by going to https://t.co/wIPyNEhh23

Things begin at 8pm ET tonight. Remember, thats eastern time

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S.L.A.M. Trips is in full effect! Week 3 just ended. Beginning week 4. https://t.co/P7zpWTidmR #slamtrips

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Census releases latest population numbers, Native Americans are at 2.09% https://t.co/W8dGqpNx6B

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Master these arts: self-control, self-discipline & delayed gratification. You cannot achieve sustained success in life until these are mastered.

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4-1 Youth Group visited with a Lummi violinist & storyteller last… https://t.co/5mYBEHurzR