Hushasha40
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My Tagline:
Native American Episcopalian
My Interests:
Prayer, Worship, Interfaith issues, Charity, Biblical archaeology, History, Music, Books, Education, Travel, Weight loss, Pets, Liturgy, Theology, Anti-racism, GLBT issues
My Favorite Books, Authors, Musicians, Movies, Preachers, TV shows, etc:
Books: "Auntie Mame" by Patrick Dennis, "Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux" by Gary Clayton Anderson, "First Peoples Theology Journal" by the Indigenous Theological Training Institute. Music: Gary Numan, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Kirsty Hawkshaw, Philip Glass, Chill Music, Classical Music, Opera. Movies: "The Lion in Winter, " "Dune, " all of the "Die Hard" movies, "The Apartment, " "Rear Window."
Who Inspires Me:
Zahra Niccu Tafarrodi, John Murphy, Bishop Mark MacDonald, Phyllis Whipple Fox, Blanche Whipple Zembower, Dorothy A. Robbins, Nancy McCombs, Ellen Weber, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts-Schori.
My organizations and affiliations:
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral [First Americans First Commitee, Earthkeepers], International Health Education Alliance (IHEA), Philanthrofund Foundation (PFUND), 20th International Two-Spirit Gathering, Native Ministries Consortium, Yuu-Hadaax, American Indian Community Tobacco Project.
My favorite spiritual activities:
creating inculturated liturgies, picking up aluminum cans and plastic bottles from street to recycle, walking my shih-tzu, writing cards to friends, reading Native American histories, tending my indoor plants, eating with friends.
Who I'm praying for:
Miracle Whipple Morris, The Rev. Melanie Lea Spears, Jack Zembower, Lynda Zembower Clark & Family;
What is your current spiritual mood?:
Tired
What's your spiritual type?:
Confident Believer - I have found the right path and am fully committed to it.
About Me
My name is Donald Whipple Fox. I am an enrolled member of the Santee Sioux Nation (now based near Niobrara, Nebraska on the Missouri River. My great-great-great-great grandfather was Chief Hushasha (Red Legs) of the Wahpekute Dakota who resided in the New Ulm area. I received the name Hushasha from my family and tribe in 2006. Hushasha converted to Christianity and is understood to have been baptized by the Rt. Rev. Henry Benjamin Whipple, the first Episcopal bishop of Minnesota, sometime before 1862. Many, if not the majority, of Hushasha's descendants have identified themselves as Episcopalians. Since 2001, I have been working as Executive Director for the Indigenous Theological Training Institute of North America, Inc. (ITTI). Part of my work with this non-profit organization which has roots in the Episcopal/Anglican tradition is to assist in the unique, theological expressions of Native Americans and First Nations peoples. Many indigenous peoples have been the objects of European cultural and religious colonialism. ITTI works in raising up indigenous leadership in the Church and in communities that address the specific ways in which Native Americans and First Nations people live into their understandings of traditional, indigenous spirituality in a Christian context. I am always interested in meeting people who are willing to explore and support this work.
My Basics
Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Gender: Male
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Posted: Apr 1, 2008 1:08 PM
This past weekend, the last weekend of March 2008, I traveled to Waldsee, the German language site of the Concordia Language Villages... (more)
Posted: Mar 27, 2008 2:38 PM
This morning, I spent three hours in a meeting concerning a merger of two non-profit organizations that focus their energies on health.... (more)
Posted: Mar 25, 2008 5:16 PM
Well, this is my very first journal entry on beliefnet.com. I am a little tired these days after such a busy Holy Week schedule. I... (more)
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