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Design and concept by Copyright & copy;1997 Wenona Gardner.Copying the art work or writing from this site is illegal.No part of this virtual publication may be reproduced in any form, andor copied for personal and or commercial purposes, (i.e. web pages,printed copies, logos, etc.), or stored in a data base or retrievalsystem, or transmitted or distributed in any form or by any means,electronic, mechanical photocopying, recording, or otherwise, withoutthe prior written permission of Copyright ©1997 Wenona Gardner (author of web site and writer & artist) |
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Wenona Gardner Wabun-Anung Wenona Gardner is a writer and an artist. She is Native American enrolled in the Mohican tribe. Her medicine name is Wabun-anung which means Morning Star. Wenona has a B.A. in Business & Management and Arts and Humanities from Alverno College of Milwaukee. And has also attended UW-Milwaukee studying in the Fine Arts specializing in drawing and painting. While at UWM she developed an interest in creating digital artwork. She has played the violin, clarinet, and the Native American flute. She has been in four bands including a jazz band, Lake band of Milwaukee, three orchestras, and a musical production. She has been a singer in several choirs and has done singing around Pow Wow drums. She was also the lead singer for the Oneida Intertribal Singers of Milwaukee that performed regularly for Native American ceremonies, weddings, and funerals. . Wenona has been a Native American women's traditional dancer. She was a member of the Great Lakes Intertribal Dancers whose purpose was to teach school children in Milwaukee county about Native American culture through the art of Native American dancing. Her Grandmother taught her how to do beadwork at an early age. Wenona has done loomwork, embroidery, peyote stitch, earrings, mandalas, necklaces, medicine bags, headbands, and other decorative beadwork etc. Wenona is also the group owner to The Artist's Way Circle and Mohican-7 groups. Wenona loves to laugh and has a passion for comedy especially improv comedy. She loves all kinds of dance music including disco, retro 80s, techno, world music, and of course Native American contemporary and Pow Wow music. Her favorite Pow Wow is Milwaukee's Indian Summer Pow Wow. |
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Mohican-7 Bringing the Mohicans together using the internet. A way to meet and learn about other Mohican people wherever they live. Subjects: Mo he con nuk Confederacy Woodland Indians Algonquin Stockbridge-Munsee band of Mohicans Mo he con nuk Hudson River Valley Housatonic Wisconsin & New York tribes Mohican language Mohican government Mohican Constitution Mohican arts Genealogy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mohican-7 |
The Artist's Way Circle A group for creative people everywhere. . http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_Artists_Way_Circle |
Table of Contents Page 2 Bask in the Glow Page 3 My Mother Page 4 My Dream for the Future Page 5 The Rose Page 6 Spirit Bead |
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Morning Star by Wenona Gardner Wabun-anung I am the light shining in the darkness. A glimmer of love in a sea of black. I am a sign of hope and a beacon. Letting the restless know the dawn of a new sun is soon rising. A chance to start fresh. A new day. I am the light. |
"Morning Star, there at the place where the sun comes up, you, who have the wisdom which we seek, help us in cleansing ourselves and all the people, that our generations to come will have light as they walk the sacred path. You lead the dawn as it walks forth, and also the day which follows with it's light, which is knowledge. This you do for us and for all the people of the world, that they may see clearly in walking the holy path, that they may know all that is holy, and that they may increase in a sacred manner."~ Black Elk |