Hello to everyone reading my blog, Sky Woman Lives in Me. Today in Wisconsin it is very cloudy and rainy outside. I hope this photo on the left of the colorful Gladiolas brighten your day. My Great-Grandmother, Sophia Huff Powless would grow these flowers every year. The Gladiola was her favorite! The photo on the right is Sophia working in her garden on the Oneida Reservation in the 1950’s. I admire Sophia’s positive attitude, despite being forced to leave her parents at 14 to attend the Carlisle Indian Industrial Boarding School to become Christian, learn English, act like a white person and forget her Oneida self!
Well, Happy Spring to everyone! Yes, it is raining outside, but, water is life. We all need water! Whether, Black, White, Brown, Red…we all are human and bleed red! When Sophia returned to Wisconsin in 1902, she never returned to her job as a servant for ten years, for a Quaker Family in New Jersey. She had only spent one year at Carlisle before she was forced to be an indentured servant in the New Jersey countryside. She was expected to remain a servant the rest of her life. But, no, she did not comply with Carlisle’s plan to keep her from her Oneida self! Hence, here I am today, sharing her story!
Please remember to vote this Fall. Sophia wasn’t allowed to vote until 1924. Being Oneida Indian, she wasn’t considered human. I am proudly voting for Joe Biden for President. Yes, I am Oneida and Yes I am human. Sophia would be so proud! Thank you for reading my blog. Sincerely, Roberta Capasso, Author: Sky Woman Lives in Me
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