Heartspeaker Lorefield Has Died

Grease Coakes recently heard that Heartspeaker Lorefield, a storyteller of the Spirit Nations sim, had passed away. Grease had interviewed him in March 2012. Grease felt from recent notices in the group, his health hadn't been good lately.

Grease may have some more information about the man in more recent times, and any memorial service planned, in the near future.

SL Video: "Chichén Itzá Mexico "

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From "Planet Video" August 2007, "The recreation of the ancient world of Chichén Itzá in Second Life. Part of the (successful) bid to become one of the Seven Wonder The recreation of the ancient world of Chichén Itzá in Second Life. Part of the (successful) bid to become one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World."

Facebook Accused of Suspending Accounts of Native Americans, Asking They Use "Real Names"

Although many Second Life users are perfectly happy with using their real-life names on Facebook, for others they would prefer to use their account names as what they post is mainly about what they experience in the virtual world. Unfortunately for the latter, Facebook's official policy is that users must use their real life identities as their profile name. As it turns out, their "Real Names Only" policy isn't just affecting users of the planet's most populated virtual world. Some American Indians have complained Facebook refuses to recognize the names they use in real life as real names, and have their accounts suspended for using them.

Read more in Extra.

Storytelling at Rawhide Native

A couple years ago, Grease Coakes wrote about Native American storytelling in the Spirit Nations sim. The sim has since faded away, but the stories go on at Club Rawhide in Tender Heart. Grease recently had a chance to head over and listen to more of the tales.

Read Grease's story in Places.

Birth of a Town: Salt Lake City

Gemma Cleanslate heard about a new roleplay community springing up: Salt Lake City. Taking place in the 1860s, this Wild West area will have no shortage of situations to deal with, from hostile Indians, to outlaws, to the day to day rigors of life on the frontier.

Read Gemma's story in Places.

Breezes Thoughts: "Twas an Old Lady ..."

Longtime readers may remember Breezes Babii, the creative spirit behind "Breezes Thoughts" of the original Second Life Newspaper. She sent in this little tale, one that starts like a familiar nursery rhyme but quickly takes a different turn.

Read Breezes' tale in Extra.

New Rawhide Club

Grease Coakes recently found out about a new club, this one in the Spirit Nations sim. The Rawhide Club offers a place for Native Americans and friends of to hang out, as well as listen to music. Grease had a few words with the owner, as well as some of the others there.

Read more about the club in Places.

Cartoon of the Day

Taken at the Area Pines Thanksgiving Pow WoW

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By Bixyl Shuftan

Heartspeaker and the Vison Quest

Grease Coakes did an article a few months ago about "Heartspeaker," the storyteller at the Spirit Nations sim. Recently, Heartspeaker asked him to come back for a story that meant much to him: one about his Vision Quest. So Grease headed over to listen to the storyteler's tale.

Read more of Grease's article in People.

Storytelling by Otter at Spirit Nations

Grease Coakes recently went to the Spirit Nations sim. He attended a weekly storytelling event by the Native Americans there, and was quite impressed. Here, he writes about Heartspeaker, the tale teller, and what he had to say.

Read more in Events.