Ojibberish and merry new year

Looks like my main image-hoster is upgrading their servers again, so some pics and galleries are currently unavailable. Hopefully, they will be back up by the time you read this.



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Artistream; a new online Native Art gallery and NA artist blog with some heavy goals and a cool, simple design. From the site:

"...from the very beginning, Ron and I felt that Artistream should be much more than just a typical corporate enterprise. In fact, we decided that Artistream should:

1. Be a vehicle for producing and distributing beautiful art
2. Provide economic benefits to the artistic community that works in partnership with Artistream
3. Work to preserve (and restore) Native American culture, spirituality, history, ceremonies, etc.
4. Be intelligent about the resources that it consumes / transforms and give back to the environment when possible
5. Be aware of the local communities that it interacts with and strive to be a good corporate neighbor
6. Respect the people who work for and partner with Artistream and strive to meet (and inspire) them as individuals who have lives other than Artistream
7. Listen to feedback on how Artistream executes on these ideals and goals as well as regularly refine and update these ideals and goals
8. Be profitable and therefore continue to invest in these goals as well as provide for our families and those who partner with us."

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5th International Indigenous Librarians' Forum 2007:

" The Forum is an opportunity for Indigenous library workers from around the world to share information, contribute in the development of solutions to common concerns, and to discuss issues relating to the communication, documentation and preservation of Indigenous cultures. "

The Canadian Yukon Territory has (almost) reached an amazing milestone; Two years, no murders.

NATV; Currently just an online presence, but Native American Television is a necessary addition to the American mediasphere. Canadian counterpart, APTN, 'Aboriginal People's Television Network' is already on cable.

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Major change made to Miss Loontrout...





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