Denise Hicks:  

Life Well when I left St.Andrews in 1971,I hitchiked to california, got to Hollywood,told fortunes for a living,anyone who remembers I read the Tarot cards,I used to read them for people in gym class.lol Yeah I was a hppie, and war protester(Viet Nam)I used to wear all black,especially on school colors day.people would ask why, I said I was going to a funeral, they would ask who I said my own.I was so weird,lol,still am. Well, I came back home after a year in California,I worked in a record shop downtown on and off for years,I loved music and still do,its in my blood,my dad was a jazz drummer and my mom an artist,didnt know it back then but I was adopted,by my grandmother,I also found out later I was 1/4 iriah and 3/4 American Indian.Cherokee and Choctaw.My mom was Cherokee and Irish her mom came over from Ireland,and married a Cherokee off the reservation, my dad was full Chocktaw,no wonder he loved drumming. I became involved with my roots and native American spirituality, and One pow wow(3 day party,where there is dancing food and crafts) I got my Indian name, Wolf Eyes.I have used it ever since then.Later I got my spirit name,StarDancer,I can understand my personality so much better now.lol I was so different in High School, never felt I fit in,felt like an alien.I wasnt well liked,people dont realize at that time the cruelties they did to others lasts a lifetime. I kind of wandered, on my journey for awhile,became involved in social issues, I started a program down town after fighting the mayor and the cops, and winning, in Marion square, feeding and clothing the homeless,it was called Through the Cracks..for those people who fall through societies cracks, and there are many,I worked a suicide hotline in Chicago for a year, meanwhile went to Ministerial school to become a minister,I wanted to work with street people, not cramming religion down their throats, but to really help them get on track with their journey through life, helping with the basics ...Expand for more