Thursday, March 22, 2007

BADONKADONK

Doesn't it sound like some kind of indian tribe in Wisconsin? heehee... I don't know why, but I just like that word. They have a commercial on the radio where this couple is ordering fat body parts, such as a double chin and a badonkadonk butt, and when I hear badonkadonk, i have to giggle. Maybe because I've got lots of badonkadonk.

Speaking of... it would probably be helpful to have a scale so I could figure out if I've managed to lose (or gain) any weight. I had one in my bathroom, but ever since the remodel, it has gone M.I.A. I probably should get a new one. I'm sure it was broken. It was always wrong. =P Wrong I say!

1 comment:

SE said...

The Badonkadonk (also spelled Ba Donka Donk; known as "the people" in their own language) are a nation of Native Americans living in Wisconsin but also originating in Michigan. The name Badonkadonk means "wild rice" (literally "good seed") in the Ojibwe language, as wild rice is one of their most important traditional staples.

The tribe has a reservation which is conterminous both with Badonkaa County, Wisconsin and with the town of Badonkaa, Wisconsin. They operate a number of gambling facilities and speak the Badonkaa language. (There is also the Badonkaa River in the region, which flows into the Bay of Green Bay, and the city of Badonkaa, Michigan is located at the mouth of the river.)

The tribe originally lived in what is now upper Michigan around Mackinac. After selling their lands to the U.S. government in 1854, they were moved to their present reservation. Although their customs are quite similar to those of the Chippewa (Ojibwa), their language has a closer affinity to those of the Fox and Kickapoo tribes.

An Eastern Woodlands tribe, the Badonkaa belong to the Algonquian language branch of North America. They were known as "folles avoines" by the early French. The Badonkaas formerly subsisted on a wide variety of plants and animals, with wild rice and sturgeon being two of the most important foods; feasts are still held annually at which each of these is served. The five principal Badonkadonk clans are the Bear, the Eagle, the Wolf, the Crane, and the Moose.

Badonkaa mythology is rich with ethical meaning and interrelated in complex ways with the sacred literature of Native American people.

The Badonkaa have a college called the College of the Badonkaa Nation.