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<p>[QUOTE="Matt Moore, post: 95155, member: 1333"]He was best friends with my great grandmother and was my dad's godfather. He left his land and personal estate to my great grandmother who has since passed it down to my grandmother then my father and now myself. Not much was remaining from his personal estate because the neighbor who took him to the hospital stole most of it such as his collections from the wild west show, army uniforms, original peace treaties he helped negotiate in Washington for the various tribes, guns, bow and arrows, the presidential peace medal he was issued, tomahawk and peace pipes, and of course his native wardrobe including both of his headdresses (the larger one which was given to him by sitting bull!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I happened to find some hidden boxes filled with letters, photographs, riding and riping awards, and lots of jewlry. Since then I've been on a quest to bring his amazing life nearly lost back to the history books and will be working with the legal council of the Pawnee tribe to recover the stolen possessions so that a complete showcase may be donated to a museum or on a rotation with several begi,ming w the Pueblo Arts Center. Additionally I'm dedicati,g his homestead land towards a memorial to be placed as a Point of interest with the restoration of his Adobe home as well as the education of his remains to be burried on this sacred ground with a prestigious head stone a,d his current burial site is very sad to see as it's quite literally the worst headstone you could imagine made of tin half the size of a license plate barely visible. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's a project with lots of moving parts that need to come together but my uncle and I are also writing a book about his life. </p><p><br /></p><p>When we are done he will never be forgotten. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Matt Moore</p><p>303.886.2two62[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Matt Moore, post: 95155, member: 1333"]He was best friends with my great grandmother and was my dad's godfather. He left his land and personal estate to my great grandmother who has since passed it down to my grandmother then my father and now myself. Not much was remaining from his personal estate because the neighbor who took him to the hospital stole most of it such as his collections from the wild west show, army uniforms, original peace treaties he helped negotiate in Washington for the various tribes, guns, bow and arrows, the presidential peace medal he was issued, tomahawk and peace pipes, and of course his native wardrobe including both of his headdresses (the larger one which was given to him by sitting bull!) I happened to find some hidden boxes filled with letters, photographs, riding and riping awards, and lots of jewlry. Since then I've been on a quest to bring his amazing life nearly lost back to the history books and will be working with the legal council of the Pawnee tribe to recover the stolen possessions so that a complete showcase may be donated to a museum or on a rotation with several begi,ming w the Pueblo Arts Center. Additionally I'm dedicati,g his homestead land towards a memorial to be placed as a Point of interest with the restoration of his Adobe home as well as the education of his remains to be burried on this sacred ground with a prestigious head stone a,d his current burial site is very sad to see as it's quite literally the worst headstone you could imagine made of tin half the size of a license plate barely visible. It's a project with lots of moving parts that need to come together but my uncle and I are also writing a book about his life. When we are done he will never be forgotten. :-) Matt Moore 303.886.2two62[/QUOTE]
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