Post by Levi Akecheta on Sept 24, 2009 14:34:37 GMT -5
Full Name: Levi Jeremiah Akecheta Walker or Wanageeska Akecheta (Means White Spirit Fighter or Warrior)
Newsie name: Indian (Newsies) or Boo (Younger kids). (His English Indian name is He Who Flies, or He Who Soars).
Name origin: He's an Native American (Newsies). He had a habit of jumping out and scaring kids (younger kids). He Who Flies, He Who Soars (Sioux Lakota Indians).
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Rose Bud, South Dakota
Currently Living: Brooklyn, New York
History: Born to a Lakota woman and a calvary officer in 1884, in 1888 him and his mother were placed on a reservation while his father returned home to his wife and child in New Hampshire. In 1890, his mother was killed in the Wounded Knee Massacre, he escaped because he had been learning to hunt when they rounded up his tribe. In 1898, Levi was chosen for a 'living display' of Indian culture in Omaha, Nebraska. While touring New York, he 'escaped' and established himself as the foremost young thief in New York.
Hair Color: Dark Brown/black
Hair Style: Wild, use to be long, but he cut it when people started recognizing him as an Indian.
Eye Color: Dark brown/black
Skin Color: Native American/Caucausian
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 110lbs
Clothing Style: Plaid shirts and jeans with buckskin coat with beading by his mother, knee high moccasins.
Items owned: A knife carved by his uncle, an arrowhead carved by his grandfather, a notebook from his father, and a beaded string from his best friend, Napay.
Troubles: His mother's death, finding his father.
Fears: Finding his father, but being rejected.
Siblings: Anne Walker, Margaret Walker-Brady, Joanna Walker (half-sisters). Kohana Odakota, Lootah Odakota, Maka Odakota (half-brothers, half-sister)
Parents: Kimimela Akecheta Odakota (deceased), Jeremiah James Walker the third.
Note: His mother was married to Chayton Odakota before and after she met Jeremiah (referred to as James). She fell in love with him and had Levi or Wanageeska. James did not know of Levi and he returned to New Hampshire to marry Marie Tones. He had three daughters. His wife died in 1897, Kimimela died in 1890. James, Chayton Odakota, and all his half-siblings are still alive, as are his uncle, aunt, best friend, and grandparents on the rez.
Newsie name: Indian (Newsies) or Boo (Younger kids). (His English Indian name is He Who Flies, or He Who Soars).
Name origin: He's an Native American (Newsies). He had a habit of jumping out and scaring kids (younger kids). He Who Flies, He Who Soars (Sioux Lakota Indians).
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Rose Bud, South Dakota
Currently Living: Brooklyn, New York
History: Born to a Lakota woman and a calvary officer in 1884, in 1888 him and his mother were placed on a reservation while his father returned home to his wife and child in New Hampshire. In 1890, his mother was killed in the Wounded Knee Massacre, he escaped because he had been learning to hunt when they rounded up his tribe. In 1898, Levi was chosen for a 'living display' of Indian culture in Omaha, Nebraska. While touring New York, he 'escaped' and established himself as the foremost young thief in New York.
Hair Color: Dark Brown/black
Hair Style: Wild, use to be long, but he cut it when people started recognizing him as an Indian.
Eye Color: Dark brown/black
Skin Color: Native American/Caucausian
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 110lbs
Clothing Style: Plaid shirts and jeans with buckskin coat with beading by his mother, knee high moccasins.
Items owned: A knife carved by his uncle, an arrowhead carved by his grandfather, a notebook from his father, and a beaded string from his best friend, Napay.
Troubles: His mother's death, finding his father.
Fears: Finding his father, but being rejected.
Siblings: Anne Walker, Margaret Walker-Brady, Joanna Walker (half-sisters). Kohana Odakota, Lootah Odakota, Maka Odakota (half-brothers, half-sister)
Parents: Kimimela Akecheta Odakota (deceased), Jeremiah James Walker the third.
Note: His mother was married to Chayton Odakota before and after she met Jeremiah (referred to as James). She fell in love with him and had Levi or Wanageeska. James did not know of Levi and he returned to New Hampshire to marry Marie Tones. He had three daughters. His wife died in 1897, Kimimela died in 1890. James, Chayton Odakota, and all his half-siblings are still alive, as are his uncle, aunt, best friend, and grandparents on the rez.
