Running Commentary #7a

Running Commentary: #7a
July 17, 2012 - Tuesday

     Joel called last night. He had just scrolled through Running Commentary #5 and was horrified to read his grandfather Sunday was abusive and his grandmother Sunday, Polish. Miriam emailed after reading #5, commenting that through the thick and thin of our forty year friendship, she was shocked to learn 'that' about my father. Apologies to all. I can see my arrangement of words wasn't quite right. The descriptions were for Laura's mother and father.

     Joel, your grandmother Sunday was mainly English, German, and a little bit of Irish.

     The following published synopsis of your grandfather Sunday was so then and remains true today:

     My grandfather, Andrew Sunday (full-blood), and great-grandfather, Sheriff Jess Sunday (full-blood), were involved in the Cherokee communities and Cherokee politics (Bumpers & Littlefield, 2004). Before Removal, direct descendents of my great-grandmother represented the Old Cherokee Nation politically (Starr, 1984, p. 584-585). My father's public political service to the Cherokee Nation came later in his life. However, throughout his life, my father was a friend, advisor and educator to untold numbers of Cherokees. He was elected member of Ross Swimmer's and Wilma Mankiller's Councils. Unfortunately, my father unexpectedly died during his third term of office.


     Trusting the above erases all confusion, horror, and shocks. Now, daddy may have 'tippled' now and then. But, physically abusive? Never. This is not the Cherokee way.