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Tim Giago article; She Sued a Catholic Priest for Justice.
"... A second lawsuit against Poole was filed in June of 2005 by Jane Doe 2 an indigenous female. This complaint alleges that Poole sexually abused her for 8 years beginning when she was 12. The complaint states that Poole impregnated Jane Doe 2 at age 14 and then told her to "get rid of the baby" and to blame the pregnancy on her dad.
I was always surprised whenever I spoke about the abuse of Indian children by Catholic priests and nuns by how often people that came up to speak to me after my talk were from Alaska or Canada. It seems that the abusers in those two regions were not as adept at covering up their crimes as were the priests and nuns of the lower 48, or maybe it was because the American people in the lower 48 just plain refused to accept the idea that a priest or member of the clergy could sexually, mentally and physically abuse Native American children."
Why Bob Lovelace is in jail; A message is being sent to mining companies: Ontario is open for business.
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Some new peyote stitch (flat, ruffle & tube varieties) earrings and bracelets. [Pics click to enlarge.]:
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Nominate a Canadian artist [under 40], for the Sobey Art Award. March 30, 2008 deadline.
"The curatorial panel creates a list of five artists from each region; these are selected from the list of nominated artists, and based on their professional knowledge of their regions and of the national art scene. The curatorial panel then meets and chooses one representative from each region to be included on the national shortlist to be announced on May 20, 2008.
The panel will choose the winner on October 1, 2008."
The mystery of "Maya Blue" pigment has been solved.
"According to 16th Century textual accounts, blue was the color of sacrifice for the ancient Maya... Human sacrifices were also painted blue before they were thrown into the Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá. In addition, blue was used on murals, pottery, copal incense, rubber, wood and other items thrown into the well...
Maya Blue is resistant to age, acid, weathering, biodegradation and even modern chemical solvents. It has been called "one of the great technological and artistic achievements of Mesoamerica."
'Native' author exposed as fraud.
"Margaret B. Jones wrote about her life as a half-white, half-Native American girl growing up in South-Central Los Angeles as a foster child among gang-bangers, running drugs for the Bloods... The problem is that none of it is true.
Margaret B. Jones is a pseudonym for Margaret Seltzer, who is all white and grew up in the well-to-do Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles..."
Angie's got a going-out-of-business sale, at She'sASheila. Great handmade handbags.
Olympic deal will let First Nations showcase artwork.
"The deal, which was signed Thursday, but is being kept under wraps until later this week, will see half of the royalties from the Vancouver Organizing Committee go toward funding national aboriginal youth programs around art, culture, sport and skills development..."
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Canadian blues guitarist Jeff Healey passed away, Sunday.
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A Canadian evangelist is "taking credit" for screwing the Canadian Film Industry. In a hidden legislative bill, there is now an instrument to retroactively deny funding to any film that "somebody [who?]" finds offensive. That means that some loony, conservative sh*tbag will be able to demand that government grants/other funding be returned, after a movie is made, if he/she/it finds it "offensive". Not a done deal, yet; but disturbing. The conservative federal minority government is really beginning to show its banjo-plucking, hayseed... oh, never mind.
"Draft guidelines would give the Heritage Minister the clout to deny tax credits to projects deemed "offensive" by an independent committee that includes members of the Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office and the Department of Justice.
Several powerful arts groups say the changes violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms."
The new Nine Inch Nails album, Ghosts; available for download.
"Connections: Earth + Artist=A Tribute Art Show in Resistance to Desert Rock" May 9, 2008 deadline
"to be held June 22, 2008 at the Center of Southwest Studies Gallery Museum at 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO."
Indigenous Earth Day Summit still seeking proposals; deadline now mid March.
"... representatives of the international Indigenous community to the American Northwoods to meet with the area tribes, regional activist community and university students to discuss environmental issues from an Indigenous viewpoint."
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Very cool animation of cell activity (previously posted).
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An online survival manual; Backcountry Survival.
Beauty pageant and muskrat-skinning competition. Slideshow and audio at WashingtonPost.Com.
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A new look at Plate Tectonics.
"[Der Spiegel article] "The continental drift that we observe on the surface of the Earth has its counterpart in the Earth's mantle," explains the professor...
"Old, cold plates are pushed down into the Earth's mantle on the continental edges," he explains. "At this point they collect large amounts of iron. You can imagine it as something similar to water condensation." Weighted down by the iron, the plates sink farther and farther into the hot, molten rock until they reach the inner sanctum of the Earth's mantle..."
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