Douglas (Spirit Bear) Neely
72, Male
Toledo, OH
United States
Profile Information:
- Please tell us a little bit about yourself
- I am a 66 year old exStudent at The University of Toledo, with a major in Sociology. I am Native American with Shawnee and Cherokee blood!
- What brings you to this website?
- My love of Native Americans and everything to do with our culture and traditions! And my dear friends Arvel Bird and Kimberly Kelley!
- Do you have a special animal totem that has come to you?
- My Totem animal is the bear! Especially the Kermode Bear (Known familiarly as the Spirit Bear)from the rain forrest in the Pacific Northwest. They are not Polar bears even though they are white, they are actually a Black Bear but only one in ten are born a creamy white!
- What are some of your favorite Animal Totems books and resources?
- "Totems, The Transformative Power of Your Personal Animal Totem" by Brad Stieger
- How did you find us?
- Arvel Bird and Kimberly Kelley recomended the site!
Terri Benning
Just stopping by to say HI! and WELCOME to our new online Totem Talk community! This site is still quite young, just one week old, and is in the process of being set up at this time. You are amongst some of the first to arrive, so please feel free to browse around and to check out what we do have up on the site so far. I'm also working on a welcome, orientation and introductory message which will go out sometime later today to all of the new TT members. I hope you will enjoy being part of this community, and look forward to getting to know you better through our online chats, discussions and personal blog entries. Wishing you a marvelous day! :-)
Sincerely, Terri
Apr 20, 2010
Terri Benning
These photos of the Red-Tailed Hawk that you posted are VERY COOL! .... Especially knowing the story behind them! Thanks so much for sharing them with us! really great capture on film too! I'll bet you were stoked after getting those shots! :-) Hawk is one of my major totems, and this one is truly magnificent! :-)
You wrote:
These photos were taken at the 2008 PowWow "They Walked Here Before!" held at Buttonwood Park in Perrysburg, Ohio
Apr 21, 2010
Pat in KC
Thank you for inviting me to be your friend. I love your photos of the birds! You made quite a connection with them. I shared one of the hawk photos on my FaceBook page.
Apr 22, 2010
Terri Benning
I just want to thank you so much for posting your pictures here too. I thoroughly enjoyed perusing them all tonight, and even went through for a second round on just about all of them I think. These albums are all awesome, and you've really got a good 'eye' for composition and take some really outstanding photos. I really appreciate that you've taken the time to add them all here to our new site. Makes our photo gallery SO much more interesting to visit. :-)
Looks like you had a great weekend ... wish I could have been there too. Would have been RIGHT up my alley. :-) Course, I ALWAYS miss the horses when they're not around, but the beauty of nature comes pretty darn close to making up for it. :-)
Have a great week! Best blessings, Terri
May 18, 2010
Arvel Bird
May 23, 2010