Through Words of the Past Comes Understanding

[JOHNNY RAMIREZ]

I will be posting Blogs on the main site starting August of 2009, they will be my grandfathers stories that he shared with my brother, my sister and me as child.

As readers, you can recieve these stories that I share on the blog any way you want to accept them.

It makes no never mind to me, because I am just sharing, as a couple of friends encourage me to do.

I will also share some facts about the Indigenous Native American peoples that can be verified by other writers and books.

From time to time will pass along wisdom that come from my people as well as other Native Nations, these will posted on my page. I will share some Apache words from time to time, as the language is dying out with the elderly people like myself.

Understand, Native American's never had a written language, until after the European's came from across ocean and landed on these shores. Our written word was through stories, shared over and over again, and pictures on rocks, leather, pottary as well as some groups made totems.

To my people the spoken was of great worth and valued, so there was no need at the time to even think to place them down, where European Americans place the worth of words in its written word.

So, my fellow True West community, I've taken my friends advise that I need to perserve my Grandfather's words. To do that, I am taking my European American culture and education method of keeping my Grandfathers words safe for future generations.

Adapations, is a form that my people and others have done for centuries, there by using this method will keep my Navite American culture and words alive through my eyes, ears, mouth and hands.

N'dee Johnny

[Terry Boniface (Malpaso)]

Good luck with it and we look forward to hearing about your stories

[JOHNNY RAMIREZ]

Thank you, that gives me more reasons to share them. Your message makes me want to make sure I do them right, not to do my Grandfather proud, but because you share your thoughts.

N'dee Johnny

[JOHNNY RAMIREZ]

Jeff,

I want to thank you for your support, as his is my first time going anything like. I've written a manuscript, but it never got publish. It was Gold Lady and Sixguns that thought I should share my stories with you all or send them into True West. I'm not there yet, so I am going with the blog first, then maybe True West later on.

Again Jeff thank for your support.

N'dee Johnny

[George D Rodriguez]

Keep a recording device with you at all times. When ever you speak of your stories record them. This way when you go to type them out you have a reference. These can also be donated to a living history course at your local or state college for future use by students and the public. This is a sure way that the language may continue to survive beyond your years.

[JOHNNY RAMIREZ]

I think I might have made a mistake alread. I think I sent your reply to Augustus, so I am writing you another Jeff. Thank you for replying to my new venture of writing about my stories from my Grandfather, it is new for me.

Again thanks for your support!

N'dee Johnny

[George D Rodriguez]

If you still have family elders left record thier histories as well. Sit with them and have them recount their stories of their lives and what they were doing when any historical action was taking place and their thoughts about what went on at that time. This can help future generations understand their history thru us.

[JOHNNY RAMIREZ]

Augustus, I owe you a rewrite for the mistake I made. I sent you reply with Jeff's name on it, and that was a big mistake. I am really sorry about! I do appreciate your support inwriting my Grandfathers stories. I have to do better than I've shown you so far.

Agian, thanks for sharing your support.

N'dee Johnny

[Sixgun]

Hoka Hey N'Dee

[Gold Lady]

Congratulations on your first blog! I'm really looking forward to your stories.

[Rick Rea]

Johnny,

I am also looking forward to your upcoming blogs. Please start with a little bit of family history so your grandfather's stories can be placed in the proper context. I am sure it is an interesting and proud family history.

Rick