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Mining industry warned to brace for more aboriginal protests.
Canadian Press: LAURA BOBAK
" The irony, junior mining companies say, is that the colossal failure of governments to settle land claims promptly is curbing mine exploration and development, which would create jobs in on poverty-stricken reserves."
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NEW AMSTERDAM
Pilot
1 hour
Fox and Regency Television
Location: New York, NY
MAIL PHOTOS TO:
ALEXA FOGEL CASTING
516 WEST 36TH STREET
4TH FLOOR
NY, NY 10018
[OLD NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN] Woman, 50s-80s, Native American. She does not speak
English only her Native language. When Amsterdam
saves the young Native American woman’s life, she brings him to the Old Native
American Woman so that they can bring him back to life…ONE
SCENE. NO LINES IN ENGLISH. PREFERABLY SOMEONE OF NATIVE AMERICAN DESCENT WHO
CAN SPEAK IN A NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE.
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Indian Blood.
"Winer announced they weren’t buying beer after all. Instead, he said, they were going to a "party" in a secluded area just north of town known as The Glades, a scrubby system of juniper- and sage-lined trails frequented by teenage partiers and mountain bikers.
Blackie sensed trouble. He asked Winer to pull over so he could relieve himself and Winer did, but no sooner had Blackie stepped out than he was clocked hard and fast in the head with a club. He fell to the ground and tried to crawl away as the men stomped and kicked his prone body, shouting, "Die n*gger! Just die!"
When Blackie’s pockets revealed only crumpled receipts and a bottle of medicine, Winer later told police they decided to "cut their losses," and left their victim bleeding in the desert..."
This story was produced
by the Intelligence
Project of the Southern
Poverty Law Center, www.intelligencereport.org.
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Another Native blog, Somena Media, "Indigenous News, Media, & Contemplations".
Wikipedia entry for the Somena Nation, in B.C.
" In recent years, some descendants of the original Somena Aboriginal peoples have taken steps to assert their independence from the Cowichan Indian Band. Most recently those same members sparked a tax-revolt on the reserve when the Cowichan Indian Act band government attempted to impose what some thought was an illegal tax upon Aboriginals' and non-Aboriginals' purchases of alcohol, tobacco, and fuel.
These same Somena Aboriginals have officially requested that the Government of Canada recognize their independence from the Cowichan Indian Act created "Band". Furthermore, they have informed the British Columbia Treaty Commission that the Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group does not represent their interests in treaty negotiations."
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Looks like the galleries and pics on the index page are back up. The guys at Zoto.com were overwhelmed for a few days, but it looks like they're ironing things out. It really is a great image-hosting service.
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