AudreyHepburn…
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.

I met Lori Bruno at a Reality TV Reception I hosted at the Hotel Indigo last year. Fascinating woman. Interesting article with alternative options.

Christopher Capozziello for The Wall Street Journal

Lori Bruno, right, who claims to be a descendant of 16th-century Italian witches, performed a blessing on a home in Salem, as warlock Christian Day, left, assisted.

Snuggled in front of the wood stove, I have just come in from shaking the bushes…and the shrubs….and the trees, literally — to get them out from under this immense dump of snow.

Grabbing each branch, as if to give it a rigorous “hand” shake, the action released the slumping branches from the weight of 20 inches of snow. A broad broom was also used to pull lower branches up out of the snow, as well as prod the upper branches, which caused cascades of snow.

In an attempt to shake down the snow from the still higher branches, I played “basketball” with the larger chunks of snow in the driveway, bi-products of the snow plow. Every time a clump landed on just right the right spot on a branch, it caused a mini-avalanche of snow, freeing the branches. It was even more exciting than making a basket, although Paul Pierce and Rondo would most likely disagree!

Once shaken by me, the broom or the snow basketballs, it was as if the trees were awakened from a deep sleep as they slowing and gracefully assumed their B.S. (before storm) positions.

As much as I love reaching out and touching thousands through technology, and as much as I support progress, it is essential to remember to take time to “be” with nature. Nature is awesome. Respect it. Honor it. Make time to experience it. It will amaze you and give to you unexpected gifts and surprises. Why, just today I walked across my pool, instead of around it, to release a cherished weeping cherry tree from the burden of snow. So, Mother Nature enabled me to “walk on water” this winter! I will add that to our long list of memories.

Charles “Ohiyesa” Eastman Humanitarian Award Delivered to Flandreau Tribe

(Lake Prior, MN) – Four generations of Eastmans attending the Shakopee Pow-Wow Saturday were able to see and hold a medal given to their ancestor, Dr. Charles Alexander ‘Ohiyesa’ Eastman as it traveled across the country. Dr. Eastman (class of 1890) was recently honored by Boston University Medical School with a posthumous Humanitarian Award for his efforts on behalf of Native Americans. Known as the most prominent Anglo-Dakota of his time, Eastman was the attending physician at the Wounded Knee Massacre and devoted much of his life to preserving his beloved culture.

Native elder Emmett ‘His Many Lightnings’ Eastman of North Dakota, producer Syd Beane of Minneapolis, and business advisor Daniel G. Eastman of Massachusetts, were among the 20 Eastman relatives who came together from across the country. They gathered in the Pow-Wow arena with Glynn Crooks, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Tribal Council Vice Chairman to view the Humanitarian Award. Charles’ brothers, David and John, were grandfathers to Emmett Eastman and Syd Beane respectively. Daniel is a descendant of yet another Eastman line.

For Daniel and Emmett, this was the second time they have held the medal. The first time was when they first met the direct descendants of Charles Eastman. This past spring, Daniel located Dr. Eastman’s grandson, Robert Prentiss, inviting him to accept the Humanitarian Award on behalf of his family at the BU Medical School Alumni banquet. Emmett addressed 400 people and spoke poignantly about the influence Charles Eastman has had on his life. Attendees lined up to thank him for his simple thoughts of wisdom and spirituality, which he credits largely to Dr. Eastman’s example.

Prentiss, like Daniel, is from Massachusetts, and requested that he carry the award first to Minneapolis, where Charles’ history began as the grandson of famed artist and Fort Snelling Commander Seth Eastman. And asked that he then deliver it to Flandreau, South Dakota where Charles’ family was relocated by the government and eventually settled.

Syd’s brother, William Beane, Tribal Historian & Archivist received the award in Flandreau where it will be displayed at the Moody County Museum. Eastman family members are working together to have Charles and his only son, Charles ‘Ohiyesa’ Eastman II, repatriated from an unmarked grave at 8 Mile in Detroit, Michigan, to the Flandreau Indian Presbeterian Church Cemetery where Dr. Eastman’s father Jacob ‘His Many Lightnings’ Eastman, his brother John and other family members have been laid to rest.

Eastman Family Footnotes:
Daniel G. Eastman has studied Eastman family history for decades, learning about the Dakota line several years ago while researching Seth Eastman at Fort Snelling with his father, Cornell Professor Lester Eastman. Daniel connected with Emmett last year through Daniel Giat, the screenwriter of the Emmy Award winning HBO Epic, “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”, and through Emmett has met generations of Eastman family relatives.

Emmett ‘His Many Lightnings’ Eastman is an internationally recognized Native American Elder who at age 76 has run as many thousands of miles as years he has been alive all around the globe. He recently ran the Boston Marathon while in the middle of ‘The Longest Walk II’ across the country. He uses sacred running and traditional dancing to honor and raise awareness about his Dakota Sioux heritage. The father of 8, Emmett’s wife died in 1974 giving birth to their last child. He was named Charles Alexander ‘Ohiyesa’ Eastman.

Syd Beane serves as Tri-Chair & National Coordinator for Native Media Technology Network (www.nacdi.org) and is Senior Partner of B&B Productions in Minneapolis which produced the documentary Native Nations: Standing Together for Civil Rights www.elca.org/nativenations featuring Peter Coyote. It is scheduled to air on ABC affiliates across the country this fall.

William Beane, historian and archivist, oversaw the restoration of the Indian Presbyterian Church, helping it to remain the oldest active church in South Dakota. He is dedicated to preserving it and its grounds which include its historic cemetery.

George Eastman, of Eastman Kodak. was a same generation cousin of Charles Eastman. It is not known if the two ever met during their parallel lifetimes.

He did it! Emmett finished the Boston Marathon and Boston not only loved him, but respected the messages he carried.

Here’s some of the press he got: 4 TV interviews, stories on 5 different TV stations, WBZ radio interview, an Internet interview and 4 different print articles (that we know of). And Emmett will return to Boston in May to attend the Dartmouth Pow-Wow and the BU Medical School Alumni Banquet where his grand uncle, Charles Eastman, will be honored with a posthumous Humanitarian Award on May 17th.

Thanks to our fabulous friend, Chris Collins of NECN, Emmett had a chance to speak with Jacoby Ellsbury before the 4/23 game and told him what an important role model he is to Native youth, encouraging them to believe in their dreams. Ellsbury went on to hit a lead off home run, a second home run AND scored the winning run that night! Can’t help but think the chat had something to do with his amazing performance!

Boston Globe Story

Wonderful article on Emmett in MetroWest Daily

For those of you who have contributed, THANK YOU!!!! JQE & Dan

If you would like to make a contribution to the HAA, please make your check out to the Hopkinton Athletic Association and mail to:

Dan Eastman
223 Winter Street
Hopkinton, MA 01748

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