Native Our Pride

"A bit of sunshine, a drop of rain, a puff of life from the Great Spirit as He gently breathed upon that spot, created the Native Americans. They were well formed and agile, copper colored and proud." --Harriet Starleaf Gumbs, SHINNECOCK– We are made in the image of the Great Spirit. A long time ago He breathed life into our ancestors. He made the Indian strong. He created a Warrior. Our ancestors created more warriors. We have been tested throughout the seasons and we are still here, stronger than ever. It is good to be Indian. We are proud of ourselves and our ancestors. Mostly we are proud the Great Spirit has never forsaken us, and continues to guide us. My Creator, let me live my life today in a way that would make my ancestors proud. Let me remember each month that I am here to serve You. Today let me conduct my life in a way that also would make You proud.

"Dawn Michelle Staley (born May 4, 1970) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team. A point guard, she played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers and spent eight seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), primarily with the Charlotte Sting. Staley also played on the United States women's national basketball team, winning three gold medals at the Olympic Games from 1996 to 2004, and was the head coach of the team that won an Olympic gold medal in 2021.
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She is the first person to win the Naismith Award as both a player and a coach.
During her college career with Virginia from 1988 to 1992, Staley set the NCAA record for steals, the school record for points, and the ACC record for assists. She played professionally in the American Basketball League (ABL) during its three years of operation before being selected ninth overall by the Sting in the 1999 WNBA draft. As a member of the Sting and the Houston Comets, she received six consecutive WNBA All-Star selections from 2001 to her final season in 2006. Staley spent most of her WNBA career simultaneously serving as the head coach of the Temple Owls women's basketball team from 2000 to 2008, leading them to six NCAA tournaments, three regular-season conference championships, and four conference tournament titles.
After becoming South Carolina's head coach in 2008, Staley rebuilt the Gamecocks into one of the top women's basketball programs. During her 16 seasons, she has led South Carolina to eight SEC regular season championships, eight SEC tournament championships, eight Sweet Sixteens, five Final Fours, and three NCAA women's basketball national championships, including the school's first in 2017 and a perfect season in 2024. Staley was inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.
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THREE CIRCLE RANCH ROUNDUP, 1939. Nearby Herefords were looking at the young photographer from the Bronx. Arthur Rothstein, then age 23, was working for the Farm Security Administration, a New Deal program to aid rural America. Grass was tall for the spring branding roundup, not far from Birney in Southeastern Montana. In a few weeks, Rothstein would visit Miles City and take stellar photos of the Stockman Bar (see first comment on my page)…and numerous not-so-good photographs of the Miles City Roundup (rodeo). Without knowing rodeo events, Rothstein was seldom in the right position for great captures.

Rothstein became one of the USA’s most respected photojournalists in a career that spanned five decades. Angus have replaced Hereford as the most popular breed. Text and digital sharpening of photo by Gary Coffrin. Click image to enlarge/clarify.

THE FIRST SHACKS in Miles City (Montana). The town was founded in 1877 when Col. Nelson A. Miles required that sellers of alcohol leave Fort Keogh land. John Carter was reportedly first to build his saloon. Other bars, merchants, and brothels quickly followed.

L.A. Huffman’s title for the print was perhaps not precisely correct, but the photo showed some of Miles City’s oldest structures. Huffman and later Jack Coffrin’s Old West Gallery sold many copies of the photo, which was originally captured on a glass-plate negative. A woman was holding her child in front of their house, which had a split-log roof. A toy carriage was to the right. The building at the far right had a sod roof. Text and small-file digital restoration of photo by Gary Coffrin. PC users can click photo to enlarge.