Drive-through customer orders three spoons

Would you like a value meal? "Three spoons please," said Kari, "Three spoons." Is there anything else? Three spoons, said Kari Tjaden, my 15 year old daughter, in front of four other people walking thru the local fast food drive up window late last night in Vermillion, S.D. "We looked all over the hotel for spoons but couldn't find any," said my daughter laughing. Imagine what the talk of that fast-food joint was after she left. You didn't even order something on the dollar menu?

  • Tell us what you think about the 'Navajobama' T-shirt, and we'll send your comments to the manufacturer—and to the Obama for President campaign. (No profanities, please.)

  • A Native American gay wedding ceremony takes place at a Two Spirit gathering in Montana.

  • Omission disappoints Native Americans attending the presidential candidate's speech in Wisconsin. Others express concern over Obama's stance on Indian gaming.

  • A Tennessee high school, whose mascot is the Indians, takes the Native American motif one step further: It calls school grounds "The Reservation."

  • The Native actor’s role on 'Law and Order: SVU' is coming to an end, but he plans to stay busy with an Internet TV show, a book and a new baby.


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