Hello, thanks for your warm greetings and welcome. I am sure I will enjoy a lot this community. Kisses.

Thank you so very much. I will try to post more pics of my work. I am not familiar with this site so still trying to get used to it.

I welcome your involvement in my seminars and collection of data. Please check out my
Archaeology
at Yahoo. See the photo section and give me your comments.

Max, did you post the picture of the long band (snake?) at the Archeology
section here. I saw something similar from a Yale investigation here in the
Indian River (Space Coast) area.

Thanx!

Hola Maximillian:
As per your request I am providing the URL link to my first blog post.
http://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2030313%3ABlogPost%3A14562
Thanks,
John Browne Ayes, AKA, Ayesart

Hi there - Sorry for the late remarks ... it's a busy semester for me at CCSF. Midterms are next week. I redesigned the Latin American history course I am teaching so I had to rewrite material and so forth. My lectures use the reading material as background to a coversation in class that can span everything from industry to sacrificial theoogy to transgender in the indigene world to my next topic: sex and gender in the New World.

Since I finished my thesis I have been looking for new directions. I am planning an postal exhibit for the Guantanamo material that came from the thesis research. This can easily take months. Unfortunately the direction my thesis took seems to have turned off a number of my Miami Cuban colleagues.

I have also been doing reading on Nicaragua. I have found several pseuo-histories which beg for redress.

Hope you well. Drop a line when you have a chance

Thank you for welcoming me :) I cannot express how excited I am at having found this site...Thank you for your part in making this place available. I am still learning to navigate my way around, but I will let you know if I get lost :)

Thanks for your interest.

It is a chalk drawing done on a black canvas. For the past 6 years, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC has hosted a chalk festival that has been going on since 1998. In the past we have done the drawings on the sidewalks, brick and even large panels of wood. Now they have these 6 foot by 5 foot canvases painted black that are reused. The painting will be on display until the Kennedy Center's book fair in November and then it will be hosed down. The only way to preserve these drawings is via a digital camera. To see the group in action, go to http://flickr.com/photos/scbushnell/sets/72157607277136763/

Good morning my friend! I hope this day finds you as wonderful as usual. I would like to have you place my last blog about spiritual leaders on the front page here at ICN. Thank you so much
p&l~c

Hi Max well I got quite far in my search and it will get easier. I did finally find my great grandparents recorded as employees of the Hilo Sugar Company in 1910 census under a mispelling of names. My great grandfather was from Spain and my great grandmother from PR. She was only 13 when they immigrated in 1901 and he was 30. I also from reading all the ships arrived in New Orleans La first they took rail to Cali then to Hawaii. I will be able now to order microfilm knowing where to look. Take care.

Yes Yupukari is one of my villages - that is where I did my primary education (may be 5 years) because there was no school then at Katoka - where I was born - which is about 8-10 mls. I still have my little hut there (upper part of the picture) holding the spot for when I return for the rest of my life to serve my people. I also taught there briefly after high school.
Anyway there is a guest house for persons who are interested in experiencing an Amerindian village. Please check more on www.rupununilearners.org
We also need volunteers for various fields - health, education, etc, etc.

Many thanks for your "very-warmed" welcome

Thanxs for such a warm welcome.

Oops! I left my comment for you on MY page! lol

Hi Maximilian, thank you for the comment, unfortunately I really don't know much about those paintings, the first two (Celia Cruz and the conguero) I don't even have the titles or artist names for, but the last one is called "Yuiza" and is done by Puerto Rican artist Samuel Lind. I think she is supposed to represent the "last Taino queen". I should do more research on them so I can give proper credit where it is due. But aren't they absolutely beautiful?!

thanks for your warm welcome!

Hey max. Thanx for your warm welcome.