http://preprod.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/tscmd/tc/2628 en-us This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Arts & Entertainment Native Americans have a culture that expresses the Beauty-way, the land and the Creator (Great Spirit.) These stories, songs and interviews allow you to experience the BlessingWay in a fashion that is totally personal and relevant. The stories flow from Turtle Island, the place of creation. "Turtle Island" is a universal phrase used by all soverign nations to represent the land inhabited by indigeneous Native North Americans. This Podcast was created using www.talkshoe.com 720 http://www.talkshoe.com/custom/images/icons/TC-2628-MainIcon.jpg http://preprod.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/tscmd/tc/2628 100 100 Tom McCormack Native American Culture, Stories & Music Native Americans have a culture that expresses the Beauty-way, the land and the Creator (Great Spirit.) These stories, songs and interviews allow you to experience the BlessingWay in a fashion that is totally personal and relevant. The stories flow from Turtle Island, the place of creation. "Turtle Island" is a universal phrase used by all soverign nations to represent the land inhabited by indigeneous Native North Americans. This Podcast was created using www.talkshoe.com Tom McCormack storydreamer@gmail.com clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1890.mp3 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1890.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1890.mp3 Talkcast Description Modified _id988:_id989 Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: Buffalo Lake Talkcast Description Modified _id988:_id989 05:08 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1893.mp3 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1893.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1893.mp3 Talkcast Description Modified _id1031:_id1032 Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Music: Flute Love Medicine Talkcast Description Modified _id1031:_id1032 07:38 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1907.mp3 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1907.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1907.mp3 Talkcast Description Modified _id30012:_id30013 Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: Fog, Thunder and Hap Talkcast Description Modified _id30012:_id30013 05:28 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1910.mp3 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1910.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1910.mp3 During this episode a bear comes falling out of the sky. Look-out! What can two men do with this dead bear after it has landed on a long razor sharp rock? A wealthy man at the Casa Grande up on the hill has never laughed in his life. How can these men and their dead bear make him laugh? Outrageous events unfold leading to.......come and listen. Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: The Two Bears During this episode a bear comes falling out of the sky. Look-out! What can two men do with this dead bear after it has landed on a long razor sharp rock? A wealthy man at the Casa Grande up on the hill has never laughed in his life. How can these men and their dead bear make him laugh? Outrageous events unfold leading to.......come and listen. 06:47 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1908.mp3 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1908.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1908.mp3 Talkcast Description Modified _id935:_id936 Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: Coyote Fooled by Lizard Talkcast Description Modified _id935:_id936 04:50 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1909.mp3 Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1909.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1909.mp3 This pueblo episode shows how a tiny mouse comes of age. He faces off against a large chickenhawk whose been terrorizing the village. A plan? What happens? Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: Mouse and Chickenhawk This pueblo episode shows how a tiny mouse comes of age. He faces off against a large chickenhawk whose been terrorizing the village. A plan? What happens? 03:59 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1906.mp3 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1906.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1906.mp3 During this episode, a hunter is obsessed to be the greatest of them all. His greed boomerangs back in unexpected ways. Even the Thunderbirds are still laughing! Listen and find out why. Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: Dawn At Lake Louise During this episode, a hunter is obsessed to be the greatest of them all. His greed boomerangs back in unexpected ways. Even the Thunderbirds are still laughing! Listen and find out why. 02:21 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1905.mp3 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1905.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1905.mp3 In this episode, the two-leggeds are coming so the four-leggeds and winged ones are scurrying to prepare. Crow's job is to make them all look pretty. What transpires is a surprise fiasco. Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: Crow Paints The Creatures In this episode, the two-leggeds are coming so the four-leggeds and winged ones are scurrying to prepare. Crow's job is to make them all look pretty. What transpires is a surprise fiasco. 02:54 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1904.mp3 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1904.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1904.mp3 Talkcast Description Modified _id901:_id902 Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: The Creation Of Butterflies Talkcast Description Modified _id901:_id902 03:37 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1901.mp3 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1901.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1901.mp3 This episode shows how the quest for romance is not all it's cracked up to be. Coyote takes a wild ride through the galaxy and ends up where? That place is sacred to the Wasco people and tribes in southern Oregon. Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: Coyote and Star Dancer This episode shows how the quest for romance is not all it's cracked up to be. Coyote takes a wild ride through the galaxy and ends up where? That place is sacred to the Wasco people and tribes in southern Oregon. 07:25 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1900.mp3 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1900.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1900.mp3 In this Chinook tale, playing tricks back-and-forth gets out of hand. Spider grandmother intervenes and helps who? The amusing conclusion has Coyote giving different colors as a gift.....for? Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: Chickadee and Coyote In this Chinook tale, playing tricks back-and-forth gets out of hand. Spider grandmother intervenes and helps who? The amusing conclusion has Coyote giving different colors as a gift.....for? 07:24 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1899.mp3 Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1899.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1899.mp3 During this playful episode, Coyote underestimates the power of an odd little fish. Is Coyote the trickster, or the one being tricked? Dialoging animal voices bring this tale to life. What does Spearfish bird do to help find coyote? Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: Coyote and Bullfish During this playful episode, Coyote underestimates the power of an odd little fish. Is Coyote the trickster, or the one being tricked? Dialoging animal voices bring this tale to life. What does Spearfish bird do to help find coyote? 03:38 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1897.mp3 Sat, 09 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1897.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1897.mp3 This White Mountain Apache story will delight younger children. How do two rivals go about changing each other's shape? Who gets the best of the other? Listen and find out! Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: Coyote and Bobcat Change Each Other This White Mountain Apache story will delight younger children. How do two rivals go about changing each other's shape? Who gets the best of the other? Listen and find out! 04:02 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1891.mp3 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1891.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1891.mp3 Talkcast Description Modified _id30363:_id30364 Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: Coyote and Eagle Visit the Land of the Dead Talkcast Description Modified _id30363:_id30364 07:46 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1896.mp3 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1896.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1896.mp3 In this episode, a sacred woman appears as a buffalo being? She instructs a scout to go back and tell the people to prepare for her arrival in four days. What does she bring the Lakota Nation? A prophecy emerged later, and what does it say about the sign's for global peace in our contemporary world? Listen as the spiritual symbols are interpreted and unfold. Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: White Buffalo Calf Woman Returns In this episode, a sacred woman appears as a buffalo being? She instructs a scout to go back and tell the people to prepare for her arrival in four days. What does she bring the Lakota Nation? A prophecy emerged later, and what does it say about the sign's for global peace in our contemporary world? Listen as the spiritual symbols are interpreted and unfold. 06:11 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1895.mp3 Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1895.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1895.mp3 This unusual episode documents the contrasting reality between the missionaries and Native-American people. It also illustrates the harmony exchanged from their different spiritual traditions. Most listeners will find the non-native beliefs at that time disturbing, and harsh. But, prepare to laugh unexpectedly at the end! This story comes from the San Juan Pueblo in New Mexico. Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: San Juan deCaballeros This unusual episode documents the contrasting reality between the missionaries and Native-American people. It also illustrates the harmony exchanged from their different spiritual traditions. Most listeners will find the non-native beliefs at that time disturbing, and harsh. But, prepare to laugh unexpectedly at the end! This story comes from the San Juan Pueblo in New Mexico. 04:38 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1894.mp3 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1894.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1894.mp3 *Recommended for ages 15+. This episode reveals how well-intended discipline leads to the death of a young child. Indigenous superstition and shamanic overtones reveal the revenge that follows. Some believe that McCormack went back in time to the native village to record this tale. The dramatic realism captivates the listener. *Recommended for ages 15-on up. Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: The Great Horned Owls Take Night Flight *Recommended for ages 15+. This episode reveals how well-intended discipline leads to the death of a young child. Indigenous superstition and shamanic overtones reveal the revenge that follows. Some believe that McCormack went back in time to the native village to record this tale. The dramatic realism captivates the listener. *Recommended for ages 15-on up. 05:15 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1892.mp3 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1892.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1892.mp3 The episode opens.."This Wishram are known as the Smohalla or dream people". The story is about series of strange misadventures. How did indigenous language come to the different Native-American tribes. Listen to find out....with the help of Coyote. Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: Coyote and the Mouthless Man The episode opens.."This Wishram are known as the Smohalla or dream people". The story is about series of strange misadventures. How did indigenous language come to the different Native-American tribes. Listen to find out....with the help of Coyote. 07:44 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1889.mp3 Sun, 03 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1889.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1889.mp3 This episode is filled with sound effects, as two artists find their home is invaded by snakes. All is well, in fact even incredible, because the way they handle the situation turns out to honor Native American traditions. In an entertaining way, this story teaches the value of tolerance and respect for nature. Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: The Artist and The Snakes This episode is filled with sound effects, as two artists find their home is invaded by snakes. All is well, in fact even incredible, because the way they handle the situation turns out to honor Native American traditions. In an entertaining way, this story teaches the value of tolerance and respect for nature. 04:54 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1885.mp3 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1885.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1885.mp3 A brief interview with Tom McCormack plus an extremely entertaining story. Known also as, "The Storyfeller," Tom is a performing artist who really does perform a story. In this one, we delve into the strange things that happen when two brothers and a dog go fishing in the winter. Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Episode 1: Interview + Story: Fishing InThe Winter A brief interview with Tom McCormack plus an extremely entertaining story. Known also as, "The Storyfeller," Tom is a performing artist who really does perform a story. In this one, we delve into the strange things that happen when two brothers and a dog go fishing in the winter. 07:09 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1877.mp3 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:00:00 -0400 storydreamer@gmail.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1877.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-2628/TS-1877.mp3 Birdman illustrates the dynamics and power associated with being able to shape change from one creature to another. Shape shifting is significant theme in Native American culture. Arts & Entertainment Tom McCormack Story: Birdman Birdman illustrates the dynamics and power associated with being able to shape change from one creature to another. Shape shifting is significant theme in Native American culture. 01:59 clean native american, Great Spirit, nature, god, creator, BlessingWay, good medicine, Turtle Island