After nearly 250 VERY long years of separation, trials and tribulations, the Cornstalk, Silverheels and BlueJacket cousins were finally reunited Sunday, November 7, 2021 in Bartlesville Oklahoma and with our Tecumseh cousins on November 9, 2021 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma!
Photos provided by Dorene Soiret.
Photos: Casey Que
LEARNING TO MAKE TRADITIONAL FAMILY MEALS — CORN SOUP, FRY BREAD, MEAT PIES AND INDIAN TACOS!!!
Photos: Dorene Soiret
Debbie and I were honored to spend the evening with Grandma and family learning how to prepare traditional family fare!
Cousin Debbie and I have been waiting forever for Grandma’s tacos…the BEST EVER!!!
Grandma showing us how it’s done!
Beautiful Cousin Saundra in charge of the fixings!
Sister Shelley demonstrates correct cooking technique…
Mmmmmmm…..meat pies and traditional corn soup!
Photo: Dorene Soiret
How it used to be…
Photos: Dorene Soiret
Na-Nex-Se, wife of Chief Thomas Quasky Blackhoof, namesake of the city of Lenexa, Kansas. Artist: Kwan Wu. Location, Lenexa, Kansas. Photos: Dorene Soiret
“Living Lenexa History” A video about Na-Nex-Se from the City of Lenexa, Kansas:
The Shawnee Methodist Mission/Shawnee Indian Manual Labor Boarding School; originally established in 1830 in Turner, Kansas, but was relocated to present-day Fairway, Kansas.
Photos: Dorene Soiret
Text from display card reads:
“This walking cane was carved by Charles Bluejacket, a mixed-blood Shawnee, who became a Methodist minister. Bluejacket was in charge of the Shawnee Indian Mission during the Civil War. He carved and presented this cane to his friend and fellow minister Charles Boles sometime before leaving Kansas in 1872.
“The cane has been in the possession of Charles Boles’ descendants since his death in 1902. In May of 2009, using funds from KSHS, Inc., the Kansas Historical Society was able to add this exquisite piece to its collection.”
