Osh-Tisch (L) seated next to his wife. Finds Them & Kills Them, aka Osh-Tisch, was a famous Lakota warrior who was born a male and married a female, but adorned himself in women’s clothing and lived daily life as a female. Billy Bob Odom was a gay redneck cracker living in a broken down trailer in a broken down micro town just off the Tamiami Trail on the edge of the Everglades called Copeland. If you read my second book, you'll remember him as the guy who provided an "undercover" van to get me, Nokosee, and his 14-year-old sister Jerryragni to Hialeah so she could live with her mom's sister. At the time the raging war with Uncle Sam was getting heated and dangerous so Ma and Pa Osceola decided to get her the hell out of there.
Finds Them And Kills Them was the New Seminole link to the Outside world and proved to be a real bad ass when it came to fighting for Gaia. Once a Marine (I know, and always a Marine) he was skilled in hand-to-hand combat and a weapons master, from a machete to an AK. In short, he wasn't one to mess with when you got him riled.
That said, he taught me how to apply my warpaint, what brand to use-- Maybelline was the NS brand of choice because of how it stood up in the humidity-- and introduced me to the work of Native American fashion designers. Those beaded boots you see in the picture are by Jamie Okuma. A pair just like them are behind glass in the National Museum of the American Indian.
It's when I was hanging with the NS that I learned Native Americans had no problem with being gay. In fact "Two Spirit" people were highly revered and families that included them were considered blessed. Native Americans believe a person who is able to "see the world through the eyes of both genders at the same time was a gift from The Creator." You can learn more here.
Finds Them And Kills Them was the New Seminole link to the Outside world and proved to be a real bad ass when it came to fighting for Gaia. Once a Marine (I know, and always a Marine) he was skilled in hand-to-hand combat and a weapons master, from a machete to an AK. In short, he wasn't one to mess with when you got him riled.
That said, he taught me how to apply my warpaint, what brand to use-- Maybelline was the NS brand of choice because of how it stood up in the humidity-- and introduced me to the work of Native American fashion designers. Those beaded boots you see in the picture are by Jamie Okuma. A pair just like them are behind glass in the National Museum of the American Indian.
It's when I was hanging with the NS that I learned Native Americans had no problem with being gay. In fact "Two Spirit" people were highly revered and families that included them were considered blessed. Native Americans believe a person who is able to "see the world through the eyes of both genders at the same time was a gift from The Creator." You can learn more here.
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