Postcards from Indian Country Project

Catching up

So, I’ve not posted in a while. I know that some folks got really interested in the Postcards from Indian Country Project. This was really exciting to see. It was exciting enough, that I am now working on turning the concept of the Postcards from Indian Country project into a book. That’s right, a publishingContinue reading “Catching up”

At Buffalo Bill’s Gravesite

As part of my Postcards from Indian Territory series, on November 5th, I published the story Buffalo Bill Visits Indian Territory. Here I speculated, that because I’d found a historic postcard from the 1920s of Buffalo Bill, that my great-grandparents, Eula and Frank Morris Jr., had been a fan and seen his show. Furthermore, IContinue reading “At Buffalo Bill’s Gravesite”

Buffalo Bill Visits Indian Territory

As a scholar of American Indian Studies, I specialized in images and representations of American Indians. I used to regularly teach a class on Images of Indians and I always included a segment on Buffalo Bill or Col. William F. Cody. I’m not sure why I was always fascinated by him; maybe because I’m fromContinue reading “Buffalo Bill Visits Indian Territory”

“Whether I love thee, ask this flower.”

In my second story in the Postcards from Indian Country Project, I’ll start at the beginning. As I said, I received a collection of postcards that belonged to and were saved by my great-grandmother. I’ve become absolutely entranced by these postcards. My great-grandmother is Eula Maulsey Holder Morris and these postcards were sent to herContinue reading ““Whether I love thee, ask this flower.””

Greetings from Ardmore, Okla

I had dinner with my Dad last night and we were talking about my upcoming trip to Chickasaw Nation, where I’ll be presenting a lecture. I asked him if he wanted me to look up anything at the Chickasaw Cultural Center, which is a genealogy center. My Dad has done significant genealogical research into ourContinue reading “Greetings from Ardmore, Okla”