Archives for 2009

Quileute Legends of Vampires – Are The Cold Ones Real?

Quileute legends which are pronounced as quill-yoot legends are the stories that have passed to American Indian from the Quileute tribe. The Quileute myths have characters that bring up real shadowlike images in your mind when you read or hear them. Some of the characters from these myths are Q’waiti, Thunderbird, Raven and Dask’ija. The Twilight book series explains the Quileute legend of "The Cold Ones", which is written by Stephenie Meyer. … [Read more...]

Bluejay and His Companions

Bluejay and his chief, with Land Otter, Beaver, and another man, used to go out seal-hunting together. In the same house with them, but at the other end, lived Grouse. Grouse was a widower with a lot of children, and he spent most of his time in the woods building a canoe. Every trip that the five men made, they caught five seals, very fat ones; but they gave nothing but the poor, lean parts to Grouse. Bluejay was at the bottom of this, and … [Read more...]

Fishing Forks Washington

Fishing Forks A family that prays together stays together. A few families go fishing together as well. This activity has been hailed as the most entertaining at the same time relaxing as well creating a superlative bond between family members. What better than the lovely region of Forks in Washington which offers the rain forest, the Northern Pacific Cost, Solduc Rivers and scenic beauty to make fishing memorable. Home for the healthiest salmon … [Read more...]

Quileute Storytellers

Quileute Stories Native American cultures spread out across the Great Plains of North America recite stories.  These stories are as old as humankind and are passed down generation to generation around camp fires.  They survive in our Contemporary living rooms during holidays and additional gatherings, when we take part in family customs and share family stories in very much the same way that the Quileute storytellers learned their stories by … [Read more...]

Twilight the Movie

Twilight the movie is a romantic film based on the novel, also entitled Twilight, written by Stephenie Meyer and published in 2005. Twilight is the first of the series of novels by Meyer. The movie, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, was released in US theaters on the 21st of November, 2008. The midnight viewing alone made more than 7 million US Dollars in ticket sales. In May 2009, the Twilight movie had already grossed over 382 million US dollars … [Read more...]

Quileute Words

With Native American languages around the world being lost, preserving the Quileute language is important. Today the Quileute tribe's put forth efforts not only save the language, but reinvigorate it: "[In 2007], the Tribal Council set up a two-year Quileute Revitalization Project with the goal of encouraging the use of Quileute words and phrases in everyday village life. A basic vocabulary of greetings, questions, numbers, names of things, … [Read more...]