"I Am Not a Mascot" student video

"I Am Not a Mascot" student video
Jimbo,
And friends, the struggle continues. AIM-WEST will see about posting video about Mascots, on the website. Also, the AIM agenda in Minneapolis is set for June 3-5, 2010. People who are interested in traveling now need to start saving cash for a ticket. I didn’t see anything about lodging….We can talk more about this at the AIM-WEST meeting on Wednesday, May 14 at SFCC, (second Wednesday of the month…). And, also an update on the California State Board of Education with regards to Mascots in Public Schools.
Tony Gonzales
AIM-WEST
www.aimwest.info

ere at the University of Colorado Denver a group of undergraduate students in an Ethnic Studies class produced a video about the use of Indian mascots for sports teams called "I Am Not a Mascot". Some of the video focuses specifically on Colorado schools which currently use Indian mascots (or which have switched mascots), but much of the video is of more general interest.

You can view it at http://vimeo.com/11070010

Lando Archibeque
Social Science Bibliographer
Auraria Library, serving:
Community College of Denver
Metropolitan State College of Denver
University of Colorado Denver (downtown campus)
Orlando.Archibeque@ucdenver.edu


Kúmateech /Later
André Cramblit, Operations Director
Northern California Indian Development Council (NCIDC)
(http://www.ncidc.org) 707.445.8451

American Indian Movement
Grand Governing Council Meeting
June 3-5, 2010 Minneapolis, MN
Tentative Agenda
June 3rd
12:00 Noon Arrival, registration and tour of AIM institutions
Meeting site: MN Chippewa Tribes Office
Indigenous Peoples Green Jobs Coalition
1308 E. Franklin Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: Valerie @ 763 479-9573
4:00 PM Report from AIM Chapters, Communities and Support Groups
6:00 PM Dinner
June 4th
9:00 AM Opening Ceremony and Introductions – Clyde Bellecourt, Chief Terry Nelson, Kieth Lussier and Frank Paro
10:00 AIM Membership Standards, Guiding Principles and Trademark Protection
Panel Members: Dennis Banks, Janice Denny and Larry Leventhal
11:00 AIM Youth Panel, Moderator, Keith Lussier
Regional Youth representatives
12:30 Lunch – Luncheon speaker, Dennis Banks

2:00 Spiritual Leaders and Medicine People Forum
Panel Members: Eddie Benton Banai, Arvol Looking Horse and Warfield Moose, moderator, Mitch Walking Elk
3:45 Community Health Development
Panel members: Dr. Rock, Susan Hibbs, Marcy Gilbert, Ted Means, Pat Bellanger and Herb Powless



Page two
4:30 Treaty Rights
Panel members: Larry Leventhal Esq., William Means, Chris Mato Nunpa, and Chief Terry Nelson
6:00 Dinner
7:30 Entertainment: Mitch Walking Elk, and Drum Group
Movie: Disturbing the Universe Slide Show: Dick Bancroft.
June 5th
9:00 AM Political Prisoners - Legal Rights and AIM Patrol

Panel Members: Len Foster, Lonnie Blake, Clyde Bellecourt, Reid Raymond Esq. and MaDonna Thunder Hawk
10:30 Culturally Based Education/ Racism in Sports and Media
Panel Members: Vicki Howard, Elaine Salinas, Mike Hearth, Roxanne Gould, Charlene Teeters, Lisa Bellanger and Jerry Lopez
11:30 Economic Development, Green Jobs and AIM Interpretive Center
Panel Members: Justin Heinemann, Pat Spears, Valerie Martinez, Winona LaDuke and Clyde Bellecourt
1:00 Lunch
2:30 Communications
Panel Members: KILI Radio, Circle News, NMTN and MIGIZI
3:30 Break
4:00 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples/ Border Issues and Migration
Panel Members: Bill Means, Antonio Gonzales, Jimbo Simmons, and Chief Terry Nelson
5:30 Closing Ceremonies