[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Any Native Americans here (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 9/15/2013 11:40:38 PM EDT
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Maybe. I guess you could ask your wife..
The drought here is extreme. Lake Travis is almost down to the original river channel. So the question is, are rain dances a real thing and if so do they ever work? I'm not trying to be a smartass. Just getting desperate. My lawn, front and back, is mostly dead, we are only allowed to water once a week. They're about to ban washing cars in your driveway, slap "excessive use" fees on the utility bill. I'm genuinely curious. The only full-blooded Native I know is a lifelong friend of the family, about 75 years old, and I'd ask him but I'd be mortified if I did and he found the very idea insulting. Yes, we pray in Church for rain. Doesn't seem to be helping much. |
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I suspect that any Native American who took rain dances seriously would probably laugh at you for being concerned about keeping a lawn in that particular climate... Yeah, I agree. And don't really care about the lawn. I'm more concerned with drinking and showering and flushing. And the gigantic water utility bills that are soon to come just from drinking, showering... etc.. |
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Yeah, I agree. And don't really care about the lawn. I'm more concerned with drinking and showering and flushing. And the gigantic water utility bills that are soon to come just from drinking, showering... etc.. Quoted:
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I suspect that any Native American who took rain dances seriously would probably laugh at you for being concerned about keeping a lawn in that particular climate... Yeah, I agree. And don't really care about the lawn. I'm more concerned with drinking and showering and flushing. And the gigantic water utility bills that are soon to come just from drinking, showering... etc.. Meh. Dig a cathole 
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Yes, rain dances are a real thing in many tribes, although not really done anymore. It is really just a way of praying for rain. It isn't anything magic. It is essentially the same thing as you going to church and praying for rain.
Hope things improve for you soon. Keep praying. |
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I would, but due to being adopted and only finding out recently about it, ( the Indian part )I have no idea how to do a dance. I haven't even looked into what tribe yet ( closed adoption ). I do find that if my nuts itch it tends to rain shortly thereafter, well, maybe it's scratching the itch, but it seems to do the trick.
Next time they itch, I'll point the pecker due west, and give it a good scratching in your honor. |
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Are you allowed to collect rainwater in TX? Might consider storage in times of plenty. I know I would in that climate, but I'm a gardener so...
Edit- you could also flush toilets with a bucket of stored water if needed. Especially if they get crazy with the water bill. |
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I would, but due to being adopted and only finding out recently about it, ( the Indian part )I have no idea how to do a dance. I haven't even looked into what tribe yet ( closed adoption ). I do find that if my nuts itch it tends to rain shortly thereafter, well, maybe it's scratching the itch, but it seems to do the trick. Next time they itch, I'll point the pecker due west, and give it a good scratching in your honor. Any and all help is appreciated!! 
These pics are a year old. It's only become worse since. And this is where Austin and surrounding areas draw our water from. ALL of that dry land should be well submerged. And again, it's worse now. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Lake+Travis+Drought+Pics&id=91FE8E0B88B6A111D5A1644D2E280AEF1CC65CF4&FORM=IQFRBA |
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I just read the handbook.
Unfortunately , the testicles of the user must be scratched within 25 miles of the location of the needed rain. I went outside and tried it, it's raining here, but unfortunately that won't help you. We've had a ton of rain this year, record levels. Took me a bit to link my misadventure of peeing in a patch of poison ivy while shooting this spring. Think I must have overdone it. There is one remedy, since it sort of needs to be close by. There is a footnote in the manual. I can send a photograph your way, but you'll have to scratch it, or pay someone to. |
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I just read the handbook. Unfortunately , the testicles of the user must be scratched within 25 miles of the location of the needed rain. I went outside and tried it, it's raining here, but unfortunately that won't help you. We've had a ton of rain this year, record levels. Took me a bit to link my misadventure of peeing in a patch of poison ivy while shooting this spring. Think I must have overdone it. There is one remedy, since it sort of needs to be close by. There is a footnote in the manual. I can send a photograph your way, but you'll have to scratch it, or pay someone to. Uhhhhhh.... Maybe let's hold off on that for now... I might get back to ya though... |
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Uhhhhhh.... Maybe let's hold off on that for now... I might get back to ya though... Quoted:
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I just read the handbook. Unfortunately , the testicles of the user must be scratched within 25 miles of the location of the needed rain. I went outside and tried it, it's raining here, but unfortunately that won't help you. We've had a ton of rain this year, record levels. Took me a bit to link my misadventure of peeing in a patch of poison ivy while shooting this spring. Think I must have overdone it. There is one remedy, since it sort of needs to be close by. There is a footnote in the manual. I can send a photograph your way, but you'll have to scratch it, or pay someone to. Uhhhhhh.... Maybe let's hold off on that for now... I might get back to ya though... lol |
I was born here. I own my land and pay my taxes (I pick up the tab for a few others as well). My family has worked and fought for this country for generations. My family helped build America from before there was a United States through Westward expansion, Industrial Revolution, Civil War, Great Depression and a World War or two. I am a native American 
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I was born here. I own my land and pay my taxes (I pick up the tab for a few others as well). My family has worked and fought for this country for generations. My family helped build America from before there was a United States through Westward expansion, Industrial Revolution, Civil War, Great Depression and a World War or two. I am a native American
What would you like to know? 
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I was born here. I own my land and pay my taxes (I pick up the tab for a few others as well). My family has worked and fought for this country for generations. My family helped build America from before there was a United States through Westward expansion, Industrial Revolution, Civil War, Great Depression and a World War or two. I am a native American
What would you like to know? I'm Cherokee and I'd like to know how your newbie family is enjoying it over here?
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Maybe. I guess you could ask your wife.. The drought here is extreme. Lake Travis is almost down to the original river channel. So the question is, are rain dances a real thing and if so do they ever work? I'm not trying to be a smartass. Just getting desperate. My lawn, front and back, is mostly dead, we are only allowed to water once a week. They're about to ban washing cars in your driveway, slap "excessive use" fees on the utility bill. I'm genuinely curious. The only full-blooded Native I know is a lifelong friend of the family, about 75 years old, and I'd ask him but I'd be mortified if I did and he found the very idea insulting. Yes, we pray in Church for rain. Doesn't seem to be helping much. It is a real thing. But you gotta be careful. Use the wrong moves, and well, look what happened to the dinosaurs. 
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I'm Cherokee and I'd like to know how your newbie family is enjoying it over here? Quoted:
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I was born here. I own my land and pay my taxes (I pick up the tab for a few others as well). My family has worked and fought for this country for generations. My family helped build America from before there was a United States through Westward expansion, Industrial Revolution, Civil War, Great Depression and a World War or two. I am a native American
What would you like to know? I'm Cherokee and I'd like to know how your newbie family is enjoying it over here? Ohhhhh that's gonna leave a mark. We have heap plenty big water up here in CO, come and get all you want..... Or just call Al Gore and complain to him. |
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Shawnee. But I don't really identify that way because my people threw away their identity in order to remain in their home land. They just blended into the woodwork and evaded the authorities. I will say that the old-timers would probably just tell you to take what nature gives you and make it work. Not enough rain for a green lawn? Seeing as how you can't eat that lawn just let it die. When the rain comes back you can have another one. |
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You know, maybe it is time for those leftist aholes in Austin to stop worrying about which taco truck is the best, or the need for bike lanes on MoPac or which club is "Willy's favorite" and start thinking about getting a massive desalinization plant built. Then they just lay a 36" or bigger pipe down to the coast and pump in gulf water, run it thru the plant and pump it into Travis. Important issues are... important. Not long ago I was down that way visiting, FIL was sad about his very brown lawn.. it started to sprinkle/rain and there was hope... then one of the family members arrived, walked in the door and said "geez I wish this rain would stop already..."  Some people just can't see the bigger picture... we up north are having the same issues. Just not enough rain... we have been banned from washing cars in the drive; only water one day a week for a long time now. Surprised it is only "in the future" down there. And they have had punitive water bills for over use for three years now in my community. Another thing.. good friend is mayor of a midsized town just north and west of us here... he said the state "allows municipalities" to build/fill/keep excess water generated by their water treatment plant... every budget year he has had an underground storage built and filled... they have water restrictions "active" ... but don't enforce them because ... they have plenty of water stored. I wish my council would start the same plan but we have the NTMWD in my town.. those fuckers..  I would bet they wouldn't allow it.Good luck with the rain dance.. we all could use it.
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We get an inch or two of rain every afternoon down here in S. Florida. Maybe you could take up your lawn, load it on a truck and send it down here for a while. I have a few bare spots on the side that could use some new grass.
As far as doing a Rain Dance goes, my wife swears I am able to duplicate the moves perfectly by getting my car out of the garage and washing it in the driveway. It works every time, it rains within an hour.  
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I'm pretty sure the TV weathermen here just are trying to keep us all from killing ourselves... lol
Today there were widely scattered showers. I mean widely, no place got more than .25", most places nothing. None of it makes one damn bit of difference as far as the drought. But to hear the guy on tv... "WOOHOO!! IT RAINED! YESSSSS!!.." etc... I've believed for years now that they throw up, "30% chance, maybe a nice soaking rain!", just to mitigate killings and suicides..... lol |
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During my walkabout in Northern Arizona I learned a valuable lesson, and a close-guarded secret of the Navajo peoples' ancestors...
... Unless you're wearing the traditional garments, living in hogans, and going about life AS the ancestors did, both physically and spiritually - the rain dance wont work. INSTEAD: Just try filling your concrete expansion joints with self-leveling sealant on a sunny day, and clouds will roll in and it'll pour like a mofo... doesn't matter what day of the week it is!
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During my walkabout in Northern Arizona I learned a valuable lesson, and a close-guarded secret of the Navajo peoples' ancestors... ... Unless you're wearing the traditional garments, living in hogans, and going about life AS the ancestors did, both physically and spiritually - the rain dance wont work. INSTEAD: Just try filling your concrete expansion joints with self-leveling sealant on a sunny day, and clouds will roll in and it'll pour like a mofo... doesn't matter what day of the week it is! And if you want real rain, wash your car/ truck. It never fails here. 
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