Hi Troy & katie mixed with native roots
there is only two things that are important to me .My blood & my Music. that is who i am . and no one cant take that away from me . many have tried but my native roots & my music are who i am. it is like breathing i cant stop that and neither can i stop playing native flute or honoring my heritage. that gift the creator gave me to share . the native flute means that much . and like i said in other posts. the roots , culture, traditions and history mean as much.I share this with native and non native kids. it is sad that with out my birth info from my father I have been told I cant play by some who dont know me.if they did know me they wouldnt say that. I just tried to get info on possible military records of my birthfather.but was told no .( I dont have my birthfathers birth date and S.S.)this is just one of the many parts of my story. it has been a long and painful journey but i pushed ahead praying that the creator would at some point say ok here is the info .i have searched thousands of places.talked to hundreds of people.registered on many more adoptee registries. I have check on every web site i could get into .I have been searching since my early 30's I am now 57 with health problems. the other reason i want to know my birthfathers nation is the nation is ones family. its much more than just the mother & father. I am a lost bird that wants to come home.I had hoped i would have heard back from you ( Team ,Troy,Katie) there is just no way I can afford a searcher .
keep playing the native flute katie it is a healing instrument for those who play it and those who listen to it also.learn alittle about the history and traditions and especially the stories.you will be glad you did. I sent a hi to bruce .if you checked my website which was a gift to me from others I hope you like the song tribute i wrote to my birth mother and adopted mother the music it pretty much sez it all on how i feel. thanks for listening.
Peace & Blessings
William








Hi Katie
really good to hear from you again. my email is grassbc@aol.com. in a nutshell i have an adoption decree naming my birthfather but i will go into detail when you ask me questions. one more thing i know for sure is that I am at least 1/4 Native on paper... i mean I am really happy to hear from you. this has been an emotional rollercoaster I am sure you have heard that one before but for some reason it has gotten 10 times more intense in the past couple of weeks. I don't know why.
Bill Buchholtz
William, please post your email addy and i will respond personally to you. I really need to know what information you have on your father. Far too many times, sadly, people want to find their fathers yet have almost NO information at all.
I am so happy you are sharing the blessings of NAF music. There will be those few who will object to lineage issues but that is not why you do what you do...so don't let it get you down. Mary Youngblood has been very successful and definitely touched many thousands with her outstanding flue music and she is told regularly that she should not play b/c she is a female native.
Go back to the foundation of The Red Path where you know that we are all one and just share your heart in music and all will be well.
KatieDunn-TroysMom
Hi Katie
3 new flutes that is great I bet you are excited. i just had a friend an Ojibwe from Canada he is in town doing drum circles. I taught him how to play the native flute which he uses with native youth I am very proud of him. i just gifted him a drone what a smile he had lol. I will be headed out to play at a school later today. there is no better feeling when i close my eyes and am playing . i go somewhere else when i play. the song I wrote the tribute to both my mothers (Piano & Flute) i am going to record a flute line to it when i get a chance I have one in mind.
Peace & Blessings
William
William, I am very familiar with the traditions and history of the NAF. I agree that it brings healing. When my grand daughter was so ill with cancer, in addition to prayers being offered up in her behalf from all religious affiliations, there were flute circles and drum circles sending her healing and love.
I have 3 new flutes coming, an F#, A, and an Edrone...I can't wait. I have gifted most of mine so I really am excited to get my new 'babies'.
Continue your journey in love and light.
Namaste,
KatieDunn - TroysMom