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David’s entire Storyline can be viewed here.

David’s Mother’s Storyline

David is a proud descendant of the Anishinaabe First Nation Peoples (the Ojibwe of northern Great Lakes and Algonquin of Ontario) on his Mother’s mother’s side, and of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) nation [Mohawk tribe, “People of the Land of Flint”, properly known as the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka] from the eastern Great Lakes region on his Mother’s Father’s side.

These 10 Remindings guide nvWatoHiyadv’s heart and mission:

He would partially return to the Iroquoian speaking People in 2021, rejoining his People [non Fed-Recognized], the Lower Towns Cherokee.-a distinct people apart from the Cherokee. 

He hopes to return also to his Algonquian speaking People someday soon.   Initial attempts to re enroll have been blocked by the grotesque policies of the USA’s BIA (bureau of indian affairs).  His People in the enrollment office showed him beautiful compassion and trust, for this is who we ARE.  Unfortunate, that yet another relative will be excluded due to “not appearing for inventory day after the death march”.   nvWatoHiyadv / ⭕️bizaan will trek on though.   His People have already welcomed him home for ceremonies and relationship, whether ‘counted in the eyes of USA government’ or not.   Gratitude and AWE for the Peoples we still are.  Gidinawendimin ᑭᑎᓇᐌᓐᑎᒥᓐ 🙏🏽❤️⨁⭕️🔥 (all is ⭕️ne relation)  

David share’s Anton’s perspective on “belonging based on Understanding and DnA history, regardless of official USA permission and enrollment card granting”.

David’s matrilineal GG grand parents, Wapun (“dawn”) and Keme’Wiizagam ([holds back] a Painful Secret) were full blooded Abenaki / Wôbanakiak (meaning “People of the Dawn Land”), born to families near the coast in present day Bangor Maine.   Their People were pushed inward towards Montreal by the English Colonizers around the 1860s.   Keme and Wapun would bond, between Montreal and Ottawa, while evading pressure from the Colonies and to trade with the French.

These maps created with Tripline, follow modern day efficient roadways.   Don’t take their pathways literal, nor the modern destination cities and towns.   Consider that they likely traveled via waterways.)

They would be pushed further into Odawa territory (beyond Canada’s capital now known as Ottawa) where they would have a daughter named Namid (“star dancing”, the cosmos her obsession).   An interesting language shift from Algonquin to an Ojibwe name, suggesting [temporary?] union with these related People.  Also funny, considered a boy’s name – perhaps she had a strong bond with healthy masculine energy in female form and her parents felt this? [David has a strong bond with healthy feminine energy as a male; life patterns responsible for rebalancing macro life energies?] Wapun would die somewhere near Whitefish falls.  Keme apparently made it into the 1907-1910 Durant Roll associated with the Grand Traverse Bay band of Indians (Chippewa & Ottawa).   We are uncertain if he lived in the Grand Traverse county.

Namid, born from parents who somehow avoided generations of cultural collisions with French and English colonizers (according to mom’s account), would have an [un]fortunate experience with Jacques Tremblay (parents from Strasbourg France, late participants in fur trading commerce ~1860s).   There is no marriage record although his name is listed on their daughter’s birth certificate.   She was not yet ‘named’, listed just as ‘baby girl’.  We question whether he had consent.  This was near what is now known as Algonquin Provincial Park.

Namid somehow managed to stay off grid, fleeing with and hiding her daughter from Canada’s Boarding schools aggressive assimilation and displacement adoption programs.   She likely had support from the Indigenous Peoples as she traveled from Whitefish Falls into Michigan, keeping her daughter hidden.  Her tribal affiliation was unknown but presumed to be Ojibwa or Odawa based on the region she hid in.

Namid and daughter (age 2? proper trait/spirit name unknown and hidden by her People) moved on to Sault Ste. Marie area for a few years, and then down into Upper Michigan near Hiawatha Forest area, where Namid died around 1950, the same year of meeting my mother for the 1st and last time.  This picture offered to David on his 7th birthday morning, before he went to school.  His storyline would officially diverge from “civil society” as of that morning. (map at right shows Odawa territories before Cession 205 after Pontiac’s War).   

My mother met Namid in 1950 while she ran away from her foster care home at age 10 (see below).   Unsure how they met and knew of each other.   My mom didn’t know [officially ?] that she was adopted until her 30s.   I would guess that Namid kept an eye on Linda from afar, after Linda’s mother (Namid’s daughter) died giving birth to her.

Namid’s daughter would move into lower Michigan in her teens, near Walloon lake.  David’s Grand father Roseman Doherty (half Mohawk, half Irish) lived in Grand Traverse county, somehow meeting and forming a relationship with Namid’s daughter while courting and marrying Dorene (David’s step Grand Mother).

Namid’s daughter would die giving birth to David’s mother Linda (May 1939), likely in Kalkaska (non-resident / Native ‘1’ birth and 1 of their 4 deaths), but possibly in Leelenau or nearby in Grand Traverse county rural area.  This was only 5 months after Dorene’s marriage to Roseman late December 1938.

This is a painting [by David’s Lakota friend] of the one and only drawing Linda had of her mother as an adult, given by Namid during her brief time with Linda during her Foster care transition.

There was intentional secrecy about Linda’s birth and her true mother, until she turned ~35.  Linda would share some of the painful secret with David on his 7th birthday.

Linda was adopted at birth by Dorene and they moved with Roseman to Kingsley, where Linda would grow up until age ~7.   Something tragic happened by age ~9, as both Roseman (her bio-logical father) and Dorene would leave her life around the same time in 1948.  Roseman divorced Dorene in 1949.

Linda would be reclaimed by Dorene and her new husband Lewis Coe in ~1951 and they would all move to Grand Rapids (Lewis’ home town) around age 12.  This is where she’d meet David’s Father John for the first time (both around age 12).   John adored Linda from the 1st time he saw her.

Unfortunately, the English (Dorene) and Irish (Roseman) bloodline interrupts brought pain and mystery.  Roseman would leave Dorene age 22 with FIVE kids.  David doubts that the younger four kids were Roseman’s.   The story is rather strange here.

Roseman started a new relationship (woman in his smaller picture, name unknown).   They would both die ~1951/52 in a car/train wreck.

Rather interesting that Roseman would replay a similar scenario that led to his own Indigenous birth “out of wedlock” (an Amer-i-can’t concept of Bonding people Financially as indentured Servants of the [unUnited] State), by conceiving Linda with Namid’s daughter outside of wed lock to Dorene?   He more likely was drawn to his real People, a deep attraction in his DnA, but couldn’t [properly, ceremonially as an ⭕️riginal real-Person] act upon it due to the colonizing machine surrounding him.

Either before or soon after Roseman left, Dorene abandoned her own FIVE kids (David’s mother oldest at age 10).  @ as of Jan 2024 the mystery is revealed, but too painful to share publicly.  Dorene was to blame.  Very uncommon and sad scenario!

Linda had to grow up fast, trying to hold together the other four siblings as family amidst foster care system.   Of course she failed at age 10.  The majority of the family split up and didn’t reunite for 20 years.

Dorene apparently sought out and reclaimed (adopted via her next marriage) Linda, and only Linda.  Dorene disappeared for about 2 years 1948-1950.  Why she didn’t seek and reclaim her other kids is part of a very strange and private back-story.   This instability overwhelmed Linda’s fragile young heart, and haunted her to her last breath and premature end at age 49.

David rejects any assumed ties to the French and Irish heritage because of their MEN’s actions, proving selfishness and inflicting suffering.  But he does feel deeply, their pre Monarchy original Way and Tribal roots (especially Irish music).   Their men didn’t offer any loving cultural stories to pass along and cherish.  David adore’s the feminine energies and Understanding from the Irish clan who adopted him.  Rose Doherty would visit David as a strong energy.   He embraces her name for her loyalty and spiritual love which made his existence possible. See below…

David had to seek Matrilineal examples for inspiration and identity upon Mother earth, sensing the need for Language/Culture tied to PLACE upon Her, to heal the multi-generational trauma brought to these once peaceful lands.

David’s Maternal Grandfather, Roseman, was born in Mohwak territory (Adirondack mountains, near Indian Lake) to pure-blood Mohawk mother Kaiennenhá:wi and Irish GG father Karey Barber.  Karey was part of the man-camps who were clearing forests and mining minerals for the colonizing machine, between Michigan out through New York.  David suspects that Karey may have cleared the forests in Bellaire, near his home as of 2020.  Karey’s son Roseman also participated in the extractive commerce [unwillingly we’d hope].

There are no loving stories of this secret, brief relationship with Kaiennenhawi.   Karey was married to Minnie Doherty at the time of Roseman’s conception.  Karey seemed to have intended to bring his son and Kaiennenhawi to Michigan, but Kaiennenhawi’s storyline ended near Niagara Falls.   Foul play was suspected.   No criminal reports can be found.  Roseman was brought to Michigan and quickly adopted by Minnie Doherty as her own, perhaps to hide the embarrassing infidelity.  They would live between Antrim County and the new Roscommon village, both their original hometown names in Ireland (kind of bizarre).

Maternal adopting Great Great Grandfather Albert Doherty who traveled literally from Roscommon Ireland (as a child, GGG grand parents from Country Antrim), to have his own son Roseman settle in the new village of Roscommon Michigan. Bizarre?  David now lives in Antrim County Michigan.   Very bizarre!
Gidinawendimin ᑭᑎᓇᐌᓐᑎᒥᓐ 🙏🏽❤️⨁⭕️🔥 (all is ⭕️ne relation)

Roseman was named after his [adopting] grandmother Rose [solidifying the adoption bond].  David’s father John mysteriously honored Roseman by naming little David “Ross” for his middle name.   Should the name have been “Rose”, not Ross? LoL.  That would have been a nice way to honor the Matrilineal heart.  David embraces the name Doherty for the adaptive love they displayed amidst relational strife.   Perhaps John was subconsciously honoring the Indigenous bloodline and the strength of the women on both sides?

David would as an adult, just being told of all his true Indigenous lineages, legally remove this middle-name tie to a part of broken family history.   It’s amazing, the intentional impact the US Government had on shaming our beautiful Peoples to forget, deny, and bow their hearts in shame for who they really [still] are!  David sought this remembering since age 4, and would NEVER give up his quest to reclaim his Peoples beautiful Original Way of Understanding and living within the Great Mystery.

Great grandmother Kaiennenhá:wi had a short storyline trek with GGpa Karey Barber, and would die near Niagara Falls. She has visited David [as energy] and i’m-parted painful remembering.   “Walk lightly / carefully” was the common message, as well as “you are NOT alone”.

He was also visited frequently by whispers of a mysterious foreign [yet familiar] phrase “keme’wiizagam”.   He would come to understand what this meant over his adult years.

His matrilineal ancestors were lovingly encouraging him not to forGet, and to continue their trekking.    The same would be true, quite literally, on his father’s side also.

Age 14, David’s last picture with dear mother, on vacation in Dayton Beach FL

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David’s Father’s Storyline

On his father’s Father’s side, David is a proud descendant of the Comanche (Numunuu: “The [plains] People”, Spain labeling them “the [worthy] enemy” via Comanche reference).

GG grand mother Esharsotsiki (“sleeping wolf”) and GG grand father Penateka (“rolling thunder”) were full blodded Numunuu (aka Comanche).   They had their daughter Lydia, the name she took to survive in the new “civilized culture” (original Numunuu name unknown), near what is now Eagle Pass, Texas.  The picture below of Lydia shows her dressing for “civil society success” and greed.  She was clearly losing her [original, beautiful] Way.

If you ever experience David’s rare temper, here’s where it originates!

 

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On David’s father’s Mother’s side, David is a proud descendant of the Apache (Nde’ Lipan).  _fname?_ Sanchez (husband of Eugenia) and Genovevo Garcia (her adopting father) were from the Apache Nation.  She was raised in that Apache culture, secretively (study the USA history here).  Not much is known aside from verbal stories affirming Garcia’s compassion for little Eugenia (Cherokee name “Journey” ꭵꭲꮝꭵꭲ  uh-ee-suh-ee), who lost her parents (Mamasinijiwan and nvWatoHiyadv) when she was young.   Again, study the brutal warring history in this region.   Sanchez was an enslavement name.   Their original Indigenous trait names were intentionally hidden and forgotten.

On David’s father’s Father’s side, another painful interrupt to our Indigenous lineage occurred by Louis Borte’ traveling from Genova Italy, to Savanah GA (likely pursuing work, and the American “dream”). He would meet David’s Paternal Great Grandmother, Lydia, in San Antonio TX.

They would introduce a most tender energy to Earth in 1908, named Blas. Louis would abandon Lydia when Blas was 4 yrs old, never to be seen again.  Lydia would soon after abandon Blas, who would then be adopted by a compassionate local man by name of Vicente’ Fernandez (unrelated bloodline from Spain direct).  Vicente’ was the father of her 1st husband, prior to marrying Louis.  Her 1st husband died young, leaving Lydia with 2 kids before Blas was born.   So she actually abandoned 3 kids (though two 12+ yrs older) !  This was a blessing in disguise, as the same people who began the invasion of the Western hemisphere (Spaniards), would now protect our hidden identity from a “late walk” to Oklahoma reservations and stealing our kids to send to boarding schools. (click to expand image).

David’s inherent understanding and respect for the Indigenous Way of balanced energies (men and women share care aka servant leadership for the Village), humility and respect for ALL, were tarnished on this side of the family, with Lydia’s atypical unnatural separation (lack of nurturing compassion). Life was complex and difficult in the region around Texas, no doubt. But she had opportunities (kept in touch with prior marriage children) to return to Blas, and never did. Of course, both Matrilineal the Patrilineal traditional ties died with Blas’ abandonment and Borte’s unknown [yet later known to be cruel Roman] culture with it.

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On his father’s Mother’s side, David is a proud descendant of the Tsalagi people from the Southeastern Appalachian Mountains in Northern America, commonly referred to as “the Cherokee“.

David’s Grandmother Alexandria [died in 1965 and he never met], was born from Eugenia Sanchez (her Mother full blooded Cherokee – the infant to escape the Trail of Tears; and her father Mamasinijiwan).

Eugenia bonded with a full blooded Lipan Apache with the enslavement name of Sanchez, relecting Spain’s rule over the area between San Antonio TX and Coahuila Mexico.  They hid her Cherokee bloodline under the name Sanchez, to avoid losing her children to boarding schools and being forced to move to her Peoples’ reservation which too would be stolen (the Oklahoma land rush atrocities in full effect at the time) or later, to a “Indian Relocation City”.

Alexandria met and married Grandfather Blas in San Antonio.  They birthed David’s father John in 1941, where he would live until age 9, then moving to Grand Rapids Michigan.  They continued to hide under the surname of Fernandez (and partially in gratitude for Vincente’ saving Blas).

 

 

Eugenia’s mother nvWatoHiyadv (trait name passed on from her mother) met Amayi Adeyvasgv (meaning “Flowing Waters” in Tsalagi) near Tahlequah village (meaning “rare peace”, aka Tellico by settlers).  He was also known by Algonquian speakers as “Mamasinijiwan” (flowing with/through [Life’s] twisting and turning).  He was a wandering prophet [and likely continues, “walks on through” David] who’s own journey began with his People the Wyandot / Huron in Little Current Ontario, down through Haudenosaunee Mohawk and Seneca territories, likely encountering much Colonial strife in route to Cherokee territory.   Eugenia was her adopting name from a loving man named Genovevo Garcia.  Her Cherokee name was “Journey” ꭵꭲꮝꭵꭲ  pronounced “uh-ee-suh-ee”.

Mamasinijiwan and nvWatoHiyadv likely named her, honoring her father’s journey.   David continues that journey.  His heart was compelled to trek on, since age 5, with many key visions and affirmations across his storyline (view to appreciate the Great Mystery of life’s design, which escapes all assumptions. of linear time, and one-time-and-done “soul incarnation”).

The picture shown here is of “Little Hawk” ~1880s from the Kul Wicasa Oyate nation (aka Lower Brule Sioux tribe).   My dad often described his great grandfather, having seen him twice in person [he lived a long life, >100 yrs old], and wished he had a photo to share with David.   When David found this resemblance to his own father and his description of Mamasinijiwan, and shared it with John, John wept at the similarities, proclaiming “how did you find Great grandfather’s picture!?”.   Amazing!  David shares this photo for likeness of an important, loving and balanced masculine energy from his own lineage, and means no disrespect to Little Hawk’s original descendants by doing so.  His energy has passed through Blas, John and David, with an important mission to rebalance the energies …

women to reclaim their shared role in Support of Life and their healing (prevention of) extremely wounded and unchecked masculine energy, which has almost led to the complete demise of Humanity.

Closing Summary of David’s Origin

So that’s the origin of David, preferably honored and addressed as nvWatoHiyadv or ⭕️bizaan (english: “Harmony”).  “David” is an obvious biblical reference and leftover byproduct of his parents’ terrible childhood experience of the Catholic Church.  He will soon reject this colonizing First Name, reclaiming only his proper original names, which likely expand to honor his pattern energy’s reclamation:  Bizaan-ayaa Mamasinijiwan ⭕️bizaan
ᐱᔀᓐ – ᐊᔹ ᒪᒪᓯᓂᒋᐋᓐ   ᐅᐱᔀᓐ

His combined family lineage “crosses over” from Algonquian and Haudenosaunee war assimilations on both his Mother’s and Father’s side.   Bizarre and wonderful!

As of 2023, he hopes to be officially welcomed home by his Matrilineal family, the Anishinaabe of the Great Lakes region.

Now that you know the history, it should be clear how he reclaims the name and mission of Harmony.   Tied to that mission, is an undying loyalty to those Peoples who cared for the women in their greatest time of need (the Lower Towns Cherokee for his father and the Odawa and Ojibwa for his mother). 

 

 

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About the Cherokee

The ‘Cherokee’ original name was AniYunWiya (meaning, the Principle People). We commonly respond to a reference via our Iroquoian language, which is Tsalagi.

Funny fact: we were ‘initially identified’ by Colonizers using the first observed regional ‘Native’ language from the Creek tribe, by using their word “Cherokee”, meaning “[creek] people of another language”.

David’s Cherokee GGG mother, Nvwatohiyadv, (depicted in the film excerpt below, watch full show here 15m52s part2 on Amazon Prime) was from the Anitsiskwa (Bird: Eagle) clan.  We cared for the spiritual messengers (birds), passing along those messages as maintainers of faith and grace amidst life’s Great Mystery.   We also collected and assigned all Eagle feathers worn by clans, their Chiefs and warriors … a deep honor which was sincerely respected by all.

The Colonial expansion impacted our region 1st (Carolinas), despite our sincere attempts to Adapt to new language, government and social norms.   Although the Proclimation of 1763 recognized the indigenous peoples of North America, seeking to live harmoniously among them, the Founding Fathers of these “united” states disagreed and sought to take all the land as Their Own.   This is the true reason for seeking Independence from England – sorry, as a kid your History teachers lied to you.   The insults and ignore-ance of attempts to uphold those agreements, continues to this very day.   I guess Playing and watching sports is more important than an entire peoples sovereignty.

Land ownership is a Concept which Natural people remain confused and amazed by (because one insignificant Person cannot “own” the Earth).   Ownership has a shakey foundation of “for profit” and a sadly false sense of security.   “This Land was your Land, but now it’s MY land” … so the song goes.   Research the Doctrine of Discovery for a rude awakening to the cruel foundation of these United States.

The 1838 Trail of Tears mass exodus, was enforced by Executive Order (overruling the Supreme Court) by that prick Andrew Jackson. David’s GGG mother escaped a [prison] encampment from the 2nd phase of “rounding up the Indians”, with Fort Gibson OK as its Winter destination.   She left our family a crucial cipher nearby, which was stolen years later by a US Senator.  She had heard the horrors of our demise in the initial roundup and vowed to save her daughter, passing on her own Knowing through our lineage.  She joined the southern band of her People, the Lower Towns Cherokee, resisting colonial expansion to the bitter end.  Due to overwhelming Colonial Army pressure in the 1860’s, she would later flee to Texas, hiding her indigenous identity to save her daughter.

The Colonizing tactics only “partially succeeded” in destroying David’s family lineage by “denying their formal recognition”, since they opted OUT from [sub standard] Property-ownership via [unrecognized by us] Government Rolls and Reservation imprisonment [their original purpose].   David received the ancient wisdom via Cipher across several deathbed moments.  He reinstated his proper name and indigenous family honor.   Nvwatohiyadv means “[Gratitude within inherent Balance] aka Harmony“.  He’d prefer Nvwatohiyadv to be his legal name, but only his indigenous relatives may utter it properly with deep meaning.   It is one of the most special spoken sounds to hear in Tsalagi.

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Euro-Christian Reflection (our ask of you)

As you sincerely learn about the atrocities of Colonial expansion, drop the myths and slang about the loving people who were trampled. Please stop refering to us as Indians or Natives.  Out of an ultimate display of respect for yOUR own “natural origins”, no matter what Continent you originated from, seek a return to a more Harmonious, Natural state of Existing and Knowing (that you, we, did, co-exist, meaningfully).

Native is an English (Saxon->Latin) word with the ConNotation of “primitive and uncivilized”, and more recently, “simply born IN the local context”.  Immigrants now claim “native American status” because they were born in the USA.   Lol !!

Native really means:  to be of / ⭕️ne with a specific location on Mother 🌎, meaning traversable on foot over a few days to a week or two at most.  This requires [admission of] co-reliance on Others;  on people, and all that seems not to be People, including four-leggeds, wingeds, insects, plants, earth, water, fire … Environment, and position- tracking Constellations from That vantage point on Her 🌎 … the UniVerse from That vantage point of your CommUnity’s vantage point, recaptured in verbally-felt Stories in a Shared, Expressive language that represents That [part of] US, as ⭕️ne Symbiotic process.

The ultimate show of concern is to inquire on how ancestors lived (their culture, not their “color”; there’s no such thing as “black” or “red” or “white” culture) and attempt to practice a return to that honorable way of life.  True for us and for you.   You should seek to understand and reclaim your own Peoples culture which predates overrun and domination by the vicious Monarchs.  And no, a regression from modern conveniences is not necessary.   Ask David for ideas and what he means by this suggestion.

How could you not evaluate the 2020+ reality as anything but severely imbalanced, insane, unnatural, and unkind?   To this very day, we continue to delude ourselves into believing aspects of life are not “civilized” as a means to protect and “insure” our own false sense of happiness.   In 2020, we have no real options to vote for, yet, which will Unite all of us.

Instead, …

let us seek and physically / locally sense our “modern” Village, and take care of it and the environment we lovingly relate with and through, via shared language and culture, instead of just occupying and extracting from (like a consuming virus).

 

Harmony’s Lineage

David’s entire Storyline can be viewed here.