hello fellow forum peoples

[Kerri]

Just wanted to introduce myself. My name's Kerri (as if that's not obvious?) I'm pretty psyched I just found this forum, looking forward to making time to read many of these posts, learn about The Community, ask questions, get to make new friends, get feedback, etc.

I know next-to-nothing about my Native American "part" but have always wanted to get in touch with that part of me in a big way.

I'm looking forward to the pow wow sponsored by Foxwoods in Connecticut at the end of August, it will be the 4th one I've ever been to, and I'm really excited! I wish I knew more about the culture and the people of which I'm a part. I would love to meet people I can talk to about things!

[middle of the sky]

hi kerri....welcome to powwows dot calm...

[stymee]

Welcome to powwows.com Kerri. Always follow your heart, 'cause if you follow someone else's, you just might smell a fart

[Lakota Wiyan]

Well howdy to you and all your Native "parts"...dont wanna know exactly which of your parts are Native, but I can imagine! LOL

Anyways, welcome and rest assured that you've come to a good place to learn about powwows. Maybe we'll be checking you out at Schemizun this year!

[LISA IRONMAKER]

Yea, so which parts of you are native, Kerri? lol........

Any Whooo.........welcome to da site. Hope you enjoy ur stay. Nice meeting you!

[Kerri]

Originally Posted by stymee

Welcome to powwows.com Kerri. Always follow your heart, 'cause if you follow someone else's, you just might smell a fart

that happened to me once, and I was like, whew, dude, lay off the baked beans...

thanks for the welcome, albeit a unique one :)

[Kerri]

Originally Posted by Lakota Wiyan

Well howdy to you and all your Native "parts"...dont wanna know exactly which of your parts are Native, but I can imagine! LOL

Anyways, welcome and rest assured that you've come to a good place to learn about powwows. Maybe we'll be checking you out at Schemizun this year!

well, my Father was pretty good-looking, and I resemble him a lot, so I'd think my good looks are my Native parts? :) probably.

Yeah, so far, I have spent hours on this site today alone, since I just discovered it. And I'm having a blast learning stuff, I wish I'd found this years ago! Great place to learn about Pow Wow's so the next time I go I don't feel like a total newbie dork (like I felt the last few times!) Pow Wow customs, do's and don't's, what I'm seeing going on around, at least now I have a clue, always the preferred way...! Hope to meet people at Schemizun this year, instead of just looking and being jealous and feeling soooooo out of place!

[Kerri]

Originally Posted by LISA IRONMAKER

Yea, so which parts of you are native, Kerri? lol........

Any Whooo.........welcome to da site. Hope you enjoy ur stay. Nice meeting you!

Hi Lisa, glad to meet you :) seriously, I think my Native American part is my BLOOD. It's always been there, I've always felt it. Sure, I look Irish/English like part of me is, my skin's white like a ghost and I burn in the sun after about ten seconds.. oh, and I freckle, too (ick!) and I cook like my Italian mother... so my hands are probably the Italian part... but..... okay, I have that sense of direction. I never get lost. I always know which way I'm heading. Always. So, I've got directional sense, that's Native American too, I suppose!

take care, nice meeting you, too!

[OneidaDreamer]

Welcome to the threads Kerri. May you find what you are looking for...

[Kerri]

Originally Posted by OneidaDreamer

Welcome to the threads Kerri. May you find what you are looking for...

Thank you OneidaDreamer. I'm enjoying this forum in addition to what I've been up to in life... finally visited the Schaghticoke reservation, am figuring out the 'how's" of finding out what Tribe my family descends from. Also, in reading my original post, I'm keenly noting how bizarre sounding my use of the word 'part' had been LOL.....

thanks for the welcome :)