The Native American Nations of Oklahoma Native American Business Help. American Indian law links Stand Watie, a full-blooded Cherokee was the only Native American Indian to attain the rank of Brigadier General during America's Civil War. He was also the last general to surrender to Union forces. Since retiring, Jack teaches the skills and disciplines of baseball to Indian Youth, bringing his skills, encouragement and boundless enthusiasm to children who rarely get the chance to participate in any kind of organized sports. One thing Indians know how to do is have fun.
Rodeos can bring a whole tribe together and anybody wants to watch the fun, come on.
The welcome mat was always out, and I took advantage of it just as often as I could sneak off from home. Indians can have fun with the simplest things on earth. Some of the best fun we had as kids was sketching animals in the dark night with a live coal. Chasing rattlesnakes was the second best thing we did for fun, though I feel sorry for all those snakes now. As the evening shadows lengthened and the leaves of the cottonwoods sighed with relief one of the elders would pull up an old oil bucket and begin nodding.