Another incredible SuperBowl pick!!!
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It seems that American lobbying efforts are working to persuade our Canadian representatives to undermine "fair use/fair dealing" rights under existing law. Check out the story at BoingBoing and
write your MP.Native
community divided on mascots"Many in Arizona's Native American community feel conflicted about the league, which has supported their causes in other ways. In January, the Super Bowl Host Committee sponsored a three-day Arizona Indian Festival in Phoenix"
New Sun "Reaching Back and Reaching Out"; 7'th annual conference on Aboriginal Arts. March1, 2008, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario.
Salmon return to the Coquitlam River.
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A little experiment, using a modified
Daisy-Chain Stitch, to create a textured bracelet.
As I kept adding new 'daisies', textures emerge from the folds. This may become a way to add foliage-type additions to other projects, but, I am also working on a freeform peyote-stitch piece [my first] that has a lot of possibility for organic bead sculpture.
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An LA Times essay about MN-based efforts to keep the Ojibway language alive.
A language too beautiful to lose.
"If my language does die -- not now, not tomorrow, but, unless something changes, in the near future -- many understandings, not to mention the words that contain them, will die as well. If my language dies, our word for "bear," makwa, will disappear, and with it the understanding that makwa is derived from the word for box, makak (because black bears box themselves up, sleeping, for the winter)..."
"Finding Our Balance" Churchill County [NV] Museum; Feb.2-Feb.29.
"The exhibit is presented on multiple two-sided panels and six subjects chronicle the struggles and choices made by Native American peoples today -- how to embrace the past, move forward into the future and how to share this knowledge with younger generations."
Native film fest. Palace Theatre, Syracuse, NY, Feb. 16, 2008
Ancient Nasca Iron Ore Mine In Peru"The researchers determined that the mine is a human-made cave that was first created around 2,000 years ago. An estimated 3,710 metric tons was extracted from the mine during more than 1,400 years of use. The mine, which is nearly 700 cubic meters, is in a cliffside facing a modern ochre mine.
Vaughn hypothesizes that the Nasca people used the red-pigmented mineral primarily for ceramic paints, but they also could have used it as body paint, to paint textiles and even to paint adobe walls..."
Native audio content,
at Irked Magazine.Com.
Soaring Heart Pictures.
"Dancing with Spirit" is a six-part 30-minute dance series profiling aboriginal dancers from across Canada. Produced by Soaring Heart Pictures Inc. in association with Bravo!, the series presents a rare glimpse into native mythology – combining traditional dance, music and landscape with modern interpretive dance to create a visually emotional program."
Homepage for
Santee Smith, contemporary Native dancer.
The 2008 Seminole Tribal Fair will be
webcast live, at Powwows.com.
The 15th annual
National Aboriginal Achievement Awards. March 7, 2008. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Ontario.
New Tim Giago article,
Honoring the Spirit of Carol Anne Heart.
"She had created a saying that went, "Don't get sick after June." She said it because by June most of the funds allocated to the Indian health programs across America had run out because they were so badly underfunded. New appropriations would not come until the budget was approved for October 1 every year. This meant that the Indian hospitals and health service programs were totally underfunded or without funds entirely for nearly 4 months."
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History Is A Weapon"This is an online Left reader focusing largely on American resistance history... If you are struggling with a particular question, you can go that chapter. For example, if you want to know "Why are there so many people in prison?" you can go to "Chapter 3: The Long Chain". We'll include a good starter essay here for each.
If you aren't dealing with a particular question, feel free to work your way through all the starter essays and head back to the issues that stirred you the most..."
Rethinking the reserve: Problems of governance.
"...Nearly all Canadians have an expectation that any public official in charge of urban planning, water systems or health administration has some kind of experience and training. Not so on reserves. Positions are frequently allotted to members wholly unqualified to hold them, either out of nepotism, patronage or simply because there are no properly trained or educated people to hire..."
Burmese women in Thai 'human zoo'. The famous "Giraffe-women" of the Kayan tribe bring in tourism dollars.
"The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) says that for the past two years, the Thai authorities have refused to allow a group of 20 Kayan to leave the country, despite firm offers to resettle them in Finland and New Zealand."
2008 Student Artist Competitio at IndianEducation.Org.
"The 2008 competition for the first time will include a personal narrative category for writers from grades six through 12. Entries for the 2008 Native American Student Artist Competition should relate to the theme Circle of Empowerment: Education, Language, Culture, Tradition and reflect the promise and importance of pursuing an education for Native youth."
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