ACTIVE AMBER Alert : Gabriella Goolsby - , TNDate: 04/30/2011 15:50:43 CDT
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ACTIVE: Amber Alert : Gabriella Goolsby - , TN
04/30/2011 15:50:43 CDT
If you have any information please CALL Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 8008243463 or 911
Victim: Gabriella Goolsby
Name: Gabriella Goolsby Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown Age: 1 Year(s) old
Ethnicity: White Weight: 22 lbs
Gender: Female Height: 0 feet and 0 inches
Identity Features: No Information Provided
Clothing Features: No Information Provided
Victim: Georgia Goolsby
Name: Georgia Goolsby Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown Age: 2 Year(s) old
Ethnicity: White Weight: 50 lbs
Gender: Female Height: 3 feet and 0 inches
Identity Features: Pierced ears with gold studs
Clothing Features: No Information Provided
Suspect: Valory Veloz
Name: Valory Veloz Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown Age: 21 Year(s) old
Ethnicity: White Weight: 185 lbs
Gender: Female Height: 5 feet and 6 inches
Identity Features: No Information Provided
Clothing Features: No Information Provided
Vehicle: 2006 Blue CHEVROLET EQUINOX
Vehicle Photo Indicated above might not be the exact representation of the vehicle Color: Blue Year: 2006
Make: CHEVROLET License State: TN
Model: EQUINOX License Plate # 699MFB
Description: No Information Provided
Incident: , TN
Issue Date: 04/30/2011 15:50:43 CDT
Incident Date: 4/30/2011
Incident Time: 00:00
Missing From: , TN
Incident Summary: A Middle Tennessee AMBER Alert is being issued for the Sumner County Sheriffs Office for one year old Gabriella Goolsby, white female, brown eyes, brown hair, weighing 22 pounds and two year old Georgia Goolsby, blue eyes, brown hair, 3 tall, 50 pounds. They are in the company of their mother, 21 year old Valory Veloz, white female, brown hair and brown eyes, 5 6 tall, 185 pounds. They are travelling in a 2006 Royal Blue Chevrolet Equinox, Tennessee license plate 699MFB. Veloz has threatened to kill herself and the children. If you have information about the whereabouts of Vveloz and the children, please contact the Sumner County Sheriffs Office at 615-442-1809 or the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
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This is an activation of the AMBER Alert System.
We have just received this important information regarding abducted children in , TN Sumner County. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking for a child who was last seen at , TN and is believed to be in danger. The children's names are :
Gabriella Goolsby, she is a 1 year(s) old White Female with Brown hair and Brown eyes. She is believed to be weighing 22 lbs;
Georgia Goolsby, she is a 2 year(s) old White Female with Brown hair and Blue eyes. She is believed to be 3 ft, weighing 50 lbs.
Authorities say that the children may be in the company of Valory Veloz she is a 21 year(s) old White Female with Brown hair and Brown eyes. She is believed to be 5 ft and 6 in, weighing 185 lbs. They may be traveling in a 2006 Blue CHEVROLET EQUINOX vehicle, with license plate: TN #699MFB . If you have any information on the whereabouts of these children please contact 8008243463 immediately.
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"When crazy people call you crazy, you know you're sane.
When evil people call you evil, you know that you are a good person.
When lairs call you a liar, you know that you are truthful.
Know who you are and don't let others tell you who you are." - Dave Kitchen
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Indigenous Issues & Sacred Sites
Indigenous Issues & Sacred Sites
Have your VOICES HEARD to save this Sacred Site- Contact NAHC ASAP!
It only takes 5 minutes to make a huge impact-!
Please forward this message far and wide. Meetings were moved from Vallejo , California , city hall today to the Native American Heritage Commission. Other officials, possibly including the Justice Department, met there. No one knew of the change of venue!
Wounded feels that the Native American Heritage Commission does not understand that there are numerous supporters behind the protests on the site, and he asks for everyone to send all letters and e-mails that you have written to the commission to help them see that we all DO support the preservation of Glen Cove and are behind the protectors of that sacred place.
Please spread this far and wide!!!!! Here is the commissions e-mail and link to their website! Wounded Knee said to thank everyone who has helped and will continue to help!
website: http://nahc.ca.gov/
e-mail : nahc@pacbell.net
California Native American Heritage Commission
915 Capitol Mall, Room 364
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 653-4082
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Slaughter Halted for Now, Actions to Take!
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Buffalo Field Campaign is the only group working in the field
and in the policy arena to protect America's last wild buffalo.
Buffalo Field Campaign
Yellowstone Bison
Update from the Field
April 28, 2011
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* Update from the Field ~ Take Action!
* News from Capitol Hill ~ Take Action!
* Urge Governor Schweitzer to Keep his Word ~ Take Action!
* Citizens Urge for Prosecution of Gardiner Buffalo Killer
* Volunteer with BFC this Summer!
* By the Numbers
* Last Words ~ Todd Wilkinson's Tribute Article to barb abramo
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* Update from the Field ~ Take Action!
Last week, up to 100 bull buffalo trapped inside Stephens Creek were at risk of being shipped to slaughter, but your persistent action has halted Yellowstone from taking such action! Thank you! BFC file photo. Click photo for larger image.
Your actions have again made a huge difference! Last week we learned that Yellowstone was considering sending up to 100 bull buffalo to slaughter. Shortly after we let you know and encouraged your action, the Park Service amended their decision. The latest word from Yellowstone is that no buffalo will be shipped to slaughter this season! The Park has said they will begin to release buffalo from the traps starting this week. At least eighteen calves have been born in confinement and hundreds of buffalo have been trapped since late-January. While we celebrate the Park's decision not to slaughter, we cannot let up until they are all set free! Please keep the pressure on the park to release all the trapped buffalo now. Thank you for your persistence and many thanks to our attorneys at Western Watersheds Project for their steadfast legal support! TAKE ACTION to keep the pressure on!
Chasing buffalo off of their chosen ground, especially in winter and spring, can cause great harm to buffalo, forcing them to use up the energy stores they so desperately need to survive. Here a DOL agent aggressively hazes buffalo across the cold waters of the Yellowstone River. BFC file photo. Click photo for larger image.
Nearly all of the hundreds of buffalo that were roaming in the Gardiner basin have been repeatedly chased off of their winter range and into the higher elevations of Yellowstone where the snow is still very deep and the grass is hard to find. Some buffalo have been returning to habitat outside the park where they are able to find life-giving grasses. During one recent hazing operation, BFC patrols tried to prevent buffalo from being hazed off our rental property in Gardiner. Volunteers formed a human barrier between the agents and the buffalo, trying to protect the bulls from the agents and letting the riders know neither we nor our landlords wanted the agents there. Ignoring this, the agents persisted in harassing the bulls by yelling and throwing rocks at them, and the bulls then ventured onto another property where the DOL was able to chase them across the Yellowstone River into the Park.
The calendar says it's spring, but here in the high country the buffalo are still feeling the strong grip of winter. West Yellowstone received another eight inches of snow the other night during a spring blizzard. Times are hard for our shaggy friends this year. BFC file photo by Stephany. Click photo for larger image.
Throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, winter has been intensely persistent, taking a heavy toll on all area wildlife. Montana wildlife officials have been quick to recognize that winter conditions are so harsh for elk that they are pro-actively taking steps to keep critical habitat closed to protect elk from human disturbances, yet these same agencies are actively engaged in displacing hundreds of buffalo from the Gardiner Basin.
Sometimes the path of least resistance is a dangerous one. Here a couple of tired and hungry buffalo walk down Highway 191 looking for any available grass along the way. BFC has been running highway patrols all day, every day, deep into the morning hours, putting up our "Buffalo Ahead" signs to warn traffic that the gentle giants are on or near the road. BFC file photo by Stephany. Click photo for larger image.
As it does in Yellowstone's interior, hard, crusty snow still covers most of the ground in the Hebgen Basin near West Yellowstone and spring storms continue to dump snow. The buffalo have long since used up their winter fat stores, but grass is still very hard to find. BFC volunteers have seen a fair amount of winter-killed buffalo and the living giants we encounter are clearly struggling to survive, moving slowly, looking very thin and sluggish. Many are simply not going to make it, yet Montana's livestock interests will nevertheless insist on forcing buffalo out of Montana.
This little baby buffalo and its family got to enjoy a little bit of warmth and sunshine a few days ago. The cold and snow maintain a stubborn presence, but slowly, the spring tides flow in, and none too soon. BFC file photo by Stephany. Click photo for larger image.
Regardless of winter's grip, south-facing slopes on Horse Butte are beginning to open up a little and calving season is upon us. Buffalo are giving everything they've got to reach these less-snowy hills of their western calving grounds. Every day smiles are brought to our faces as we spot a few more newborn buffalo. Buffalo mothers are having to work extra hard to find enough food to produce the rich milk their babies need to grow strong, but they are powerful animals and will do whatever it takes to protect and nurture their young. We celebrate the coming of the next buffalo generation and we hope with all our hearts that the waxing sun will prevail sooner than later, melt all the snow and bring forth the good grasses the buffalo are made of.
Roam Free!
~Stephany
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* Update from Capitol Hill - Take Action!
On Tuesday, April 26, members of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Rep. Mauice Hinchey and Rep. Raul Grijalva, sent a letter to NPS Director Jonathan Jarvis expressing the great concern that Congress has for the welfare and management of Yellowstone's wild buffalo herds. Specifically, the letter urges the Park Service not to send any buffalo to slaughter this year and to work toward replacing the current IBMP with a new plan "that places the conservation of bison and the end of invasive livestock practices, including the unnecessary hazing, capture and slaughter of bison, as top priorities." The letter further requests that NPS, "work closely with the current IBMP's Native American partners in the development and implementation of a new bison policy."
For many years the US Congress has taken a serious interest in this issue. Efforts have included letters to past NPS Directors, two Congressional bills requesting a moratorium on the hazing, capture, and slaughter of Yellowstone buffalo along with significant changes in management. Several attempts have been made through the appropriations process to restrict funding for the National Park Service to slaughter buffalo, the Government Accountability Office conducted an investigation and commissioned a report, and the buffalo slaughter was the subject of a recent Congressional Oversight Hearing.
Buffalo Field Campaign has played an instrumental role in these actions and with a consistent presence in Washington, DC, we will continue to encourage Congress to hold the Park Service and other federal agencies accountable. Your support is vital in these buffalo-protection efforts! Please contact your Members of Congress and keep the pressure on them to take positive action for America's last wild buffalo! TAKE ACTION!
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* Urge Governor Schweitzer to Keep His Word!
While Montana Governor Schweitzer has done the right thing by vetoing a handful of harmful bills that would have had dire impacts on wild buffalo, there is one bill - SB 212 - that he has amended, and that still adversely impacts wild buffalo by attempting to treat them like livestock. It would give Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks "shoot on site" authority. Please contact Governor Schweitzer to thank him for vetoing the bad buffalo bills and let him know that you oppose SB 212 and encourage him veto it as well. TAKE ACTION!
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* Citizens Urge for Prosecution of Gardiner Buffalo Killer
The Park County Attorney's office reports that they have been overwhelmed with phone calls from Gardiner-area residents who are asking for the prosecution of the individual who shot four bull buffalo on April 15th, killing at least two. A third bull buffalo was found dead earlier this week, but wildlife officials say necropsy findings were unable to connect this bull's death to the shooting incident. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials have completed their investigation and will turn over their case report and prosecution suggestions to Park County today. BFC commends the Gardiner residents who have taken a stand against such violence in their community and who have risen up as strong voices for the buffalo. We are hopeful that the Park County Attorney will prosecute this individual to the fullest extent of the law. If you would like to lend your voice, please contact Park County Attorney, Brett D. Linneweber at 406-222-4150 and insist that this individual be charged and convicted of these crimes!
Read a Reuters news story about the incident, which ran in papers as far away as the United Kingdom, and also an article from Montana's Billings Gazette.
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* Volunteer with BFC this Summer!
As the harsh winter snows begin to melt and the life-giving grasses start to green we can sense the approach of summer. We are forming our summer tabling crew and are seeking volunteers to come help us educate visitors to Yellowstone on bison issues and what we do as a Campaign. BFC provides food, lodging, camping in and near the Park, gear, and transportation to and from the park will be provided. We ask for at least a three week commitment in order to accommodate training and orientation. This is a great opportunity to get involved and advocate for the last of the American free roaming buffalo! If you are interested please contact me, Tony, at volunteer@buffalofieldcampaign.org and I can answer any questions you may have.
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* By the Numbers
AMERICAN BUFFALO ELIMINATED from the last wild population in the U.S. The last wild population is currently estimated at fewer than 3,600 individual buffalo. These numbers do not reflect winter kill estimates, which will be significant this year.
2010-2011 Total Buffalo Killed: 223
2010-2011 Government Capture: 659
2010-2011 Government Slaughter: 0
2010-2011 Died In Government Trap: 3
2010-2011 Miscarriage in Government Trap: 1
2010-2011 State & Treaty Hunts: 211
2010-2011 Quarantine: 0
2010-2011 Shot by Agents: 2
2010-2011: Killed by Angry Residents: 2
2010-2011 Highway Mortality: 5
2009-2010 Total: 7
2008-2009 Total: 22
2007-2008 Total: 1,631
* Total Since 2000: 3,934*
*includes lethal government action, trap-related fatalities, quarantine, hunts, highway mortality
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* Last Words ~ Todd Wilkinson's Tribute to barb abramo
"Horrified at how Yellowstone National Park bison were being killed for simply crossing an invisible line into Montana, [Phil] Morton and [barb] abramo were impressed by the fearless resolve of the younger people affiliated with the Buffalo Field Campaign. ... abramo knew BFC's strength came from the fact that it had defied skeptics, persisting all these years in calling attention to Montana's Draconian treatment of bison. By not going away, the organization has helped usher forth increased tolerance for the iconic animals and forced a re-examination of how brucellosis is approached."
~ Todd Wilkinson, from his tribute article about our beloved barb abramo, "Bison's kindred spirit to rise Mother's Day."
Do you have submissions for Last Words? Send them to bfc-media@wildrockies.org. Thank you for all the poems, songs, quotes, and stories you have been sending; you'll see them here!
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Community alert: Convicted priest-rapist active in catholic church again in Ottawa, Canada - please post and take action!
Community Alert from The International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State (ITCCS) www.itccs.org
Warning: Convicted priest-rapist active again in catholic church in Ottawa, Canada
In 1992, John (Jack) McCann, OMI, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two teenage girls and was sentenced to 10 months in jail by a New Westminster judge. ITCCS has just learned that today, McCann is a priest in "good standing" in the Archdiocese of Ottawa.
McCann officiates at church functions and conducts "Pro-Life Masses" in cities across the Province. He is a religious order priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) whose Ottawa residence is at 175 Main St. Web site: http://www.omilacombe.ca
John McCann has even "co-celebrated" Mass with Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast who granted him "faculties" or permission to function as a priest in the archdiocese.
http://archbishopterry.blogspot.com/2010/12/pro-life-mass-celebrating-our-lady-of.html
http://archbishopterry.blogspot.com/2010/06/last-mass-in-visitation-monastery.html
Prendergast has also given safe haven to disgraced Bishop Raymond Lahey who was arrested at the Ottawa International Airport in October of 2009 for possessing child pornography on his laptop. In addition to seizing his computer, authorities say that Lahey has made several trips to Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand since 2005 - countries known for their active child sex trade.
This discovery of John McCann in active ministry is yet another example of the practice of Roman Catholic Bishops to quietly reinstate predator priests back into unsuspecting parishes. Those who sexually abuse children are difficult if not impossible to cure and their tendency to re-offend is high.
We call upon all Ottawa citizens to protest at the Catholic Archbishop's office, at McCann's church, and at the OMI headquarters in Ottawa, and demand that John McCann be banned from priestly and public functions. Keep your children away from this man and this church!
ITCCS Canada, April 28, 2011
Newspaper articles on John (Jack) McCann's trial and conviction, and a recent YouTube video:
"PRIEST CHARGED IN SEX OFFENSES" by Lori Pappajohn, Royal City Record/NOW, New Westminster, August 25, 1991.
"PRIEST RECEIVES FIVE CHARGES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT" Royal City Record/NOW, New Westminster, February 2, 1992.
"PRIEST PLEADS GUILTY" by Bessie Brown. Royal City Record/NOW, New Westminster, June 16, 1992, Vol. 9 No. 25.
YouTube Video from December 2010: At about 58 seconds into the footage, McCann appears on the left in priestly vestments: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r52Z55-OsT8
See the evidence of Genocide in Canada at www.hiddennolonger.com and on the website of The International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State at www.itccs.org .
Watch Kevin's award-winning documentary film UNREPENTANT on his website www.hiddenfromhistory.org
"True religion undefiled is this: To make restitution of the earth which has been taken and held from the common people by the power of Conquests, and so set the oppressed free by placing all land in common." - Gerrard Winstanley, 1650
"We will bring to light the hidden works of darkness and drive falsity to the bottomless pit. For all doctrines founded in fraud or nursed by fear shall be confounded by Truth."
- Kevin's ancestor Peter Annett, writing in The Free Inquirer, October 17, 1761, just before being imprisoned by the English crown for "blasphemous libel"
"I gave Kevin Annett his Indian name, Eagle Strong Voice, in 2004 when I adopted him into our Anishinabe Nation. He carries that name proudly because he is doing the job he was sent to do, to tell his people of their wrongs. He speaks strongly and with truth. He speaks for our stolen and murdered children. I ask everyone to listen to him and welcome him."
Chief Louis Daniels - Whispers Wind
Elder, Turtle Clan, Anishinabe Nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r52Z55-OsT8&feature=player_embedded
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Posted By: Tjay Henhawk
To: Members in First Nations & Aboriginal Rights
Voting as an Aboriginal Canadian: Conservative, Liberal or NDP?
I would think most aboriginals (the ones who live in the territories) oppose too much government involvement in their lives and want to be left alone. A great number of aboriginal Canadians living in the big cities like Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton can make a huge impact on the voting poles.
There are currently four parties leading the pack, they include:
• CONSERVATIVES: I don’t believe the aboriginal community would support Harper's party in fear of budget cuts affecting services to first nation groups
• LIBERIAL: I don’t see too much affiliation with the Liberal Party
• GREEN: I don’t see some aboriginals voting Green because hunting for food is their way of life
• NDP: Too much government intervention could cause the aboriginal community not to vote
Nunavut (primarily Inuit youth) voted Conservative, but NWT (more non-Inuit aboriginals) voted NDP.
Are aboriginal Canadians truly happy with any one of the parties or should there be an Aboriginal Rights Party to itself much like the Bloc Party in Quebec?
Isn't there a movement for a Bloc Party for natives? Not a separatist party, just a party that's Anti-global warming but extremely Pro-Hunting?
Other ethnic groups prove that more political parties are needed.
First Nations already have political bodies that represent them:
• Locally
o Band councils
• Regionally - organizations such as the
o Union of Ontario Indians – http://www.anishinabek.ca/
o Grand Council of Treaty 3 – http://www.gct3.net/
o Grand Council of Treaty 8 – http://www.treaty8.ca/
o Mocreebec Council of the Cree Nation – http://www.mocreebec.com/
o Nishnawbe Aski Nation – http://www.nan.on.ca/
o Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs – http://www.manitobachiefs.com/
o Nationally the Assembly of First Nations – http://www.afn.ca/
NDP is the only Canadian party that have always included strategies to address First Nations issues and concerns.
No matter which party you do decide to vote for, it's important that your voice is heard! If not for yourself but for your family and your community!
ON MONDAY MAY 2ND HAVE YOUR SAY AND VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!!!!!
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As communities in Georgia work to recover from the devastating storms of the past few days, those affected are in our prayers.
If you've been affected by these storms, please call FEMA at (800) 621-3362 for assistance.
If you can pitch in to help, please donate or volunteer your time by visiting www.redcross.org.
Thank you,
Jim Messina
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Bear Butte: Brief on Oil Drilling & New Action Alert, Petition
Please take a moment to sign our petition listed at the end of the brief.
Thanks!
Tamra
April 29, 2011
Brief of Bear Butte Oil Drilling Issue
Written By: Tamra Brennan
Director/Founder Protect Sacred Sites
www.protectsacredsites.org
www.protectbearbutte.com
Historical Background on Bear Butte
Bear Butte is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Bear Butte is sacred to many of the Plains Tribes, who continue to travel to the mountain each summer to pray and hold their annual ceremonies. This ritual has been followed since the beginning of time, and continues today.
There are three Tribes that have a vested interest at Bear Butte and are paying property taxes in Meade County. The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe owns 1080 acres on the east side of the mountain, Rosebud Sioux Tribe owns 40 acres on the north side, the Northern Cheyenne’s own three separate properties: 40 acres on the west side; north side property is 160 acres, and north-east side is 440 acres. Both are undeveloped properties.
Northern Cheyenne’s also share with several other Tribes in a land use agreement with Bureau of Indian Affairs, for the 120 acres on the west side of the mountain at the entrance of Bear Butte State Park.
The struggle to protect the serenity of Bear Butte from continual encroachment has ultimately developed into a religious freedom vs property rights issue.
The Cheyenne’s prophet, Sweet Medicine, received the covenants of the bundle and four sacred arrows from Bear Butte, also known to the Cheyenne as Noavose.
The Lakota people received their traditional way of life and star knowledge from Bear Butte.
These covenants hold equal reverence for native people as the Ten Commandments do for those from many other religions.
To Native people, Bear Butte is sacred ground, just as Mount Sinai to Hebrews or the Vatican is to Catholics.
The religious and historical significance of Bear Butte is also evidenced by the great Sioux chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse and Red Cloud, each traveling to the mountain for ceremonies throughout their lifetime. Historical encampments were documented, such as the 1857 camp that included many different bands of Lakota, all joining forces at Bear Butte to discuss the invasion of settlers on their homelands.
Bear Butte is a State Park with a National Wildlife Refuge protected by USFWS and also has four National Designations including;
• National Historical Landmark listed on December 21, 1981
• National Historical Places listed on June 19, 1973
• National Natural Landmark, listed on April 1965
• Registered National Trail (Bear Butte Summit Trail), listed on June 1,1971
Background on Oil Drilling Issue
On November 18, 2010, the Department of Natural Resources approved Oil and Gas Order # 17-2010 permit from Nakota Energy LLC for oil drilling just west of Bear Butte and within the boundaries of the protected Historical Landmark. The permit encompasses all of section 14 and the north half of section 23 in T6N, R5E, in which 360 acres are within the National Historic Landmark Boundary. View public notices and recommendations pertaining to oil drilling near Bear Butte on the DENR website.
DENR failed to provide proper notification of the proposed oil drilling permits near Bear Butte to all applicable agencies (State Parks, South Dakota State Historic Preservation Office, USFWS and Tribal Nations and the general public.
DENR violated South Dakota Codified Law, SDCL 1-19A-11.1 - Preservation of historic property--Procedures. The state or any political subdivision of the state, or any instrumentality thereof, may not undertake any project which will encroach upon, damage or destroy any historic property included in the national register of historic places or the state register of historic places until the Office of History has been given notice and an opportunity to investigate and comment on the proposed project.
Our organization, Protect Sacred Sites promptly began an email and calling campaign for the Protect Bear Butte efforts encouraging the public to contact DENR voicing opposition to this proposed oil drilling. An overwhelming show of support and action taken by SDHPO enviably forced DENR to temporarily restrict all oil drilling permits from Nakota Energy and re-open the case for public hearing and comments. The re-hearing was held on April 21st, 2011.
Five tribes intervened in the contested case hearing, including Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Northern Cheyenne, Santee Sioux Tribe and Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. The Sisseton-Wahepton Oyate also submitted an opposition letter for the contested case.
The remaining of the evidentiary portion of the hearing will be held on May 18th at 10:00am in Pierre, SD. At that time parties will continue to submit evidence and witnesses. Upon completion of the hearing, the Board will either make a decision or take it under advisement.
In our conversations with DENR, statements from their upper management such as “This is a conservation vs property rights issue” and several other statements supporting property rights, have great concern with the direction of their final decision making.
We are requesting DENR take into account the evidence provided and cultural and historic significance of Bear Butte, that revoke any and all oil drilling permits located near Bear Butte and within the Historical Landmark boundaries.
We would like to encourage the public to continue to support the efforts of NO Oil Drilling at Bear Butte and sign our petition today!
http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-oil-drilling-near-bear-butte-south-dakota
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"When crazy people call you crazy, you know you're sane.
When evil people call you evil, you know that you are a good person.
When lairs call you a liar, you know that you are truthful.
Know who you are and don't let others tell you who you are." - Dave Kitchen
Have your VOICES HEARD to save this Sacred Site- Contact NAHC ASAP!
It only takes 5 minutes to make a huge impact-!
Please forward this message far and wide. Meetings were moved from Vallejo , California , city hall today to the Native American Heritage Commission. Other officials, possibly including the Justice Department, met there. No one knew of the change of venue!
Wounded feels that the Native American Heritage Commission does not understand that there are numerous supporters behind the protests on the site, and he asks for everyone to send all letters and e-mails that you have written to the commission to help them see that we all DO support the preservation of Glen Cove and are behind the protectors of that sacred place.
Please spread this far and wide!!!!! Here is the commissions e-mail and link to their website! Wounded Knee said to thank everyone who has helped and will continue to help!
website: http://nahc.ca.gov/
e-mail : nahc@pacbell.net
California Native American Heritage Commission
915 Capitol Mall, Room 364
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 653-4082
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Slaughter Halted for Now, Actions to Take!
View this email in your web browser
Buffalo Field Campaign is the only group working in the field
and in the policy arena to protect America's last wild buffalo.
Buffalo Field Campaign
Yellowstone Bison
Update from the Field
April 28, 2011
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* Update from the Field ~ Take Action!
* News from Capitol Hill ~ Take Action!
* Urge Governor Schweitzer to Keep his Word ~ Take Action!
* Citizens Urge for Prosecution of Gardiner Buffalo Killer
* Volunteer with BFC this Summer!
* By the Numbers
* Last Words ~ Todd Wilkinson's Tribute Article to barb abramo
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* Update from the Field ~ Take Action!
Last week, up to 100 bull buffalo trapped inside Stephens Creek were at risk of being shipped to slaughter, but your persistent action has halted Yellowstone from taking such action! Thank you! BFC file photo. Click photo for larger image.
Your actions have again made a huge difference! Last week we learned that Yellowstone was considering sending up to 100 bull buffalo to slaughter. Shortly after we let you know and encouraged your action, the Park Service amended their decision. The latest word from Yellowstone is that no buffalo will be shipped to slaughter this season! The Park has said they will begin to release buffalo from the traps starting this week. At least eighteen calves have been born in confinement and hundreds of buffalo have been trapped since late-January. While we celebrate the Park's decision not to slaughter, we cannot let up until they are all set free! Please keep the pressure on the park to release all the trapped buffalo now. Thank you for your persistence and many thanks to our attorneys at Western Watersheds Project for their steadfast legal support! TAKE ACTION to keep the pressure on!
Chasing buffalo off of their chosen ground, especially in winter and spring, can cause great harm to buffalo, forcing them to use up the energy stores they so desperately need to survive. Here a DOL agent aggressively hazes buffalo across the cold waters of the Yellowstone River. BFC file photo. Click photo for larger image.
Nearly all of the hundreds of buffalo that were roaming in the Gardiner basin have been repeatedly chased off of their winter range and into the higher elevations of Yellowstone where the snow is still very deep and the grass is hard to find. Some buffalo have been returning to habitat outside the park where they are able to find life-giving grasses. During one recent hazing operation, BFC patrols tried to prevent buffalo from being hazed off our rental property in Gardiner. Volunteers formed a human barrier between the agents and the buffalo, trying to protect the bulls from the agents and letting the riders know neither we nor our landlords wanted the agents there. Ignoring this, the agents persisted in harassing the bulls by yelling and throwing rocks at them, and the bulls then ventured onto another property where the DOL was able to chase them across the Yellowstone River into the Park.
The calendar says it's spring, but here in the high country the buffalo are still feeling the strong grip of winter. West Yellowstone received another eight inches of snow the other night during a spring blizzard. Times are hard for our shaggy friends this year. BFC file photo by Stephany. Click photo for larger image.
Throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, winter has been intensely persistent, taking a heavy toll on all area wildlife. Montana wildlife officials have been quick to recognize that winter conditions are so harsh for elk that they are pro-actively taking steps to keep critical habitat closed to protect elk from human disturbances, yet these same agencies are actively engaged in displacing hundreds of buffalo from the Gardiner Basin.
Sometimes the path of least resistance is a dangerous one. Here a couple of tired and hungry buffalo walk down Highway 191 looking for any available grass along the way. BFC has been running highway patrols all day, every day, deep into the morning hours, putting up our "Buffalo Ahead" signs to warn traffic that the gentle giants are on or near the road. BFC file photo by Stephany. Click photo for larger image.
As it does in Yellowstone's interior, hard, crusty snow still covers most of the ground in the Hebgen Basin near West Yellowstone and spring storms continue to dump snow. The buffalo have long since used up their winter fat stores, but grass is still very hard to find. BFC volunteers have seen a fair amount of winter-killed buffalo and the living giants we encounter are clearly struggling to survive, moving slowly, looking very thin and sluggish. Many are simply not going to make it, yet Montana's livestock interests will nevertheless insist on forcing buffalo out of Montana.
This little baby buffalo and its family got to enjoy a little bit of warmth and sunshine a few days ago. The cold and snow maintain a stubborn presence, but slowly, the spring tides flow in, and none too soon. BFC file photo by Stephany. Click photo for larger image.
Regardless of winter's grip, south-facing slopes on Horse Butte are beginning to open up a little and calving season is upon us. Buffalo are giving everything they've got to reach these less-snowy hills of their western calving grounds. Every day smiles are brought to our faces as we spot a few more newborn buffalo. Buffalo mothers are having to work extra hard to find enough food to produce the rich milk their babies need to grow strong, but they are powerful animals and will do whatever it takes to protect and nurture their young. We celebrate the coming of the next buffalo generation and we hope with all our hearts that the waxing sun will prevail sooner than later, melt all the snow and bring forth the good grasses the buffalo are made of.
Roam Free!
~Stephany
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* Update from Capitol Hill - Take Action!
On Tuesday, April 26, members of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Rep. Mauice Hinchey and Rep. Raul Grijalva, sent a letter to NPS Director Jonathan Jarvis expressing the great concern that Congress has for the welfare and management of Yellowstone's wild buffalo herds. Specifically, the letter urges the Park Service not to send any buffalo to slaughter this year and to work toward replacing the current IBMP with a new plan "that places the conservation of bison and the end of invasive livestock practices, including the unnecessary hazing, capture and slaughter of bison, as top priorities." The letter further requests that NPS, "work closely with the current IBMP's Native American partners in the development and implementation of a new bison policy."
For many years the US Congress has taken a serious interest in this issue. Efforts have included letters to past NPS Directors, two Congressional bills requesting a moratorium on the hazing, capture, and slaughter of Yellowstone buffalo along with significant changes in management. Several attempts have been made through the appropriations process to restrict funding for the National Park Service to slaughter buffalo, the Government Accountability Office conducted an investigation and commissioned a report, and the buffalo slaughter was the subject of a recent Congressional Oversight Hearing.
Buffalo Field Campaign has played an instrumental role in these actions and with a consistent presence in Washington, DC, we will continue to encourage Congress to hold the Park Service and other federal agencies accountable. Your support is vital in these buffalo-protection efforts! Please contact your Members of Congress and keep the pressure on them to take positive action for America's last wild buffalo! TAKE ACTION!
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* Urge Governor Schweitzer to Keep His Word!
While Montana Governor Schweitzer has done the right thing by vetoing a handful of harmful bills that would have had dire impacts on wild buffalo, there is one bill - SB 212 - that he has amended, and that still adversely impacts wild buffalo by attempting to treat them like livestock. It would give Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks "shoot on site" authority. Please contact Governor Schweitzer to thank him for vetoing the bad buffalo bills and let him know that you oppose SB 212 and encourage him veto it as well. TAKE ACTION!
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* Citizens Urge for Prosecution of Gardiner Buffalo Killer
The Park County Attorney's office reports that they have been overwhelmed with phone calls from Gardiner-area residents who are asking for the prosecution of the individual who shot four bull buffalo on April 15th, killing at least two. A third bull buffalo was found dead earlier this week, but wildlife officials say necropsy findings were unable to connect this bull's death to the shooting incident. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials have completed their investigation and will turn over their case report and prosecution suggestions to Park County today. BFC commends the Gardiner residents who have taken a stand against such violence in their community and who have risen up as strong voices for the buffalo. We are hopeful that the Park County Attorney will prosecute this individual to the fullest extent of the law. If you would like to lend your voice, please contact Park County Attorney, Brett D. Linneweber at 406-222-4150 and insist that this individual be charged and convicted of these crimes!
Read a Reuters news story about the incident, which ran in papers as far away as the United Kingdom, and also an article from Montana's Billings Gazette.
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* Volunteer with BFC this Summer!
As the harsh winter snows begin to melt and the life-giving grasses start to green we can sense the approach of summer. We are forming our summer tabling crew and are seeking volunteers to come help us educate visitors to Yellowstone on bison issues and what we do as a Campaign. BFC provides food, lodging, camping in and near the Park, gear, and transportation to and from the park will be provided. We ask for at least a three week commitment in order to accommodate training and orientation. This is a great opportunity to get involved and advocate for the last of the American free roaming buffalo! If you are interested please contact me, Tony, at volunteer@buffalofieldcampaign.org and I can answer any questions you may have.
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* By the Numbers
AMERICAN BUFFALO ELIMINATED from the last wild population in the U.S. The last wild population is currently estimated at fewer than 3,600 individual buffalo. These numbers do not reflect winter kill estimates, which will be significant this year.
2010-2011 Total Buffalo Killed: 223
2010-2011 Government Capture: 659
2010-2011 Government Slaughter: 0
2010-2011 Died In Government Trap: 3
2010-2011 Miscarriage in Government Trap: 1
2010-2011 State & Treaty Hunts: 211
2010-2011 Quarantine: 0
2010-2011 Shot by Agents: 2
2010-2011: Killed by Angry Residents: 2
2010-2011 Highway Mortality: 5
2009-2010 Total: 7
2008-2009 Total: 22
2007-2008 Total: 1,631
* Total Since 2000: 3,934*
*includes lethal government action, trap-related fatalities, quarantine, hunts, highway mortality
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* Last Words ~ Todd Wilkinson's Tribute to barb abramo
"Horrified at how Yellowstone National Park bison were being killed for simply crossing an invisible line into Montana, [Phil] Morton and [barb] abramo were impressed by the fearless resolve of the younger people affiliated with the Buffalo Field Campaign. ... abramo knew BFC's strength came from the fact that it had defied skeptics, persisting all these years in calling attention to Montana's Draconian treatment of bison. By not going away, the organization has helped usher forth increased tolerance for the iconic animals and forced a re-examination of how brucellosis is approached."
~ Todd Wilkinson, from his tribute article about our beloved barb abramo, "Bison's kindred spirit to rise Mother's Day."
Do you have submissions for Last Words? Send them to bfc-media@wildrockies.org. Thank you for all the poems, songs, quotes, and stories you have been sending; you'll see them here!
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Community alert: Convicted priest-rapist active in catholic church again in Ottawa, Canada - please post and take action!
Community Alert from The International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State (ITCCS) www.itccs.org
Warning: Convicted priest-rapist active again in catholic church in Ottawa, Canada
In 1992, John (Jack) McCann, OMI, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two teenage girls and was sentenced to 10 months in jail by a New Westminster judge. ITCCS has just learned that today, McCann is a priest in "good standing" in the Archdiocese of Ottawa.
McCann officiates at church functions and conducts "Pro-Life Masses" in cities across the Province. He is a religious order priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) whose Ottawa residence is at 175 Main St. Web site: http://www.omilacombe.ca
John McCann has even "co-celebrated" Mass with Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast who granted him "faculties" or permission to function as a priest in the archdiocese.
http://archbishopterry.blogspot.com/2010/12/pro-life-mass-celebrating-our-lady-of.html
http://archbishopterry.blogspot.com/2010/06/last-mass-in-visitation-monastery.html
Prendergast has also given safe haven to disgraced Bishop Raymond Lahey who was arrested at the Ottawa International Airport in October of 2009 for possessing child pornography on his laptop. In addition to seizing his computer, authorities say that Lahey has made several trips to Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand since 2005 - countries known for their active child sex trade.
This discovery of John McCann in active ministry is yet another example of the practice of Roman Catholic Bishops to quietly reinstate predator priests back into unsuspecting parishes. Those who sexually abuse children are difficult if not impossible to cure and their tendency to re-offend is high.
We call upon all Ottawa citizens to protest at the Catholic Archbishop's office, at McCann's church, and at the OMI headquarters in Ottawa, and demand that John McCann be banned from priestly and public functions. Keep your children away from this man and this church!
ITCCS Canada, April 28, 2011
Newspaper articles on John (Jack) McCann's trial and conviction, and a recent YouTube video:
"PRIEST CHARGED IN SEX OFFENSES" by Lori Pappajohn, Royal City Record/NOW, New Westminster, August 25, 1991.
"PRIEST RECEIVES FIVE CHARGES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT" Royal City Record/NOW, New Westminster, February 2, 1992.
"PRIEST PLEADS GUILTY" by Bessie Brown. Royal City Record/NOW, New Westminster, June 16, 1992, Vol. 9 No. 25.
YouTube Video from December 2010: At about 58 seconds into the footage, McCann appears on the left in priestly vestments: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r52Z55-OsT8
See the evidence of Genocide in Canada at www.hiddennolonger.com and on the website of The International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State at www.itccs.org .
Watch Kevin's award-winning documentary film UNREPENTANT on his website www.hiddenfromhistory.org
"True religion undefiled is this: To make restitution of the earth which has been taken and held from the common people by the power of Conquests, and so set the oppressed free by placing all land in common." - Gerrard Winstanley, 1650
"We will bring to light the hidden works of darkness and drive falsity to the bottomless pit. For all doctrines founded in fraud or nursed by fear shall be confounded by Truth."
- Kevin's ancestor Peter Annett, writing in The Free Inquirer, October 17, 1761, just before being imprisoned by the English crown for "blasphemous libel"
"I gave Kevin Annett his Indian name, Eagle Strong Voice, in 2004 when I adopted him into our Anishinabe Nation. He carries that name proudly because he is doing the job he was sent to do, to tell his people of their wrongs. He speaks strongly and with truth. He speaks for our stolen and murdered children. I ask everyone to listen to him and welcome him."
Chief Louis Daniels - Whispers Wind
Elder, Turtle Clan, Anishinabe Nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r52Z55-OsT8&feature=player_embedded
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Posted By: Tjay Henhawk
To: Members in First Nations & Aboriginal Rights
Voting as an Aboriginal Canadian: Conservative, Liberal or NDP?
I would think most aboriginals (the ones who live in the territories) oppose too much government involvement in their lives and want to be left alone. A great number of aboriginal Canadians living in the big cities like Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton can make a huge impact on the voting poles.
There are currently four parties leading the pack, they include:
• CONSERVATIVES: I don’t believe the aboriginal community would support Harper's party in fear of budget cuts affecting services to first nation groups
• LIBERIAL: I don’t see too much affiliation with the Liberal Party
• GREEN: I don’t see some aboriginals voting Green because hunting for food is their way of life
• NDP: Too much government intervention could cause the aboriginal community not to vote
Nunavut (primarily Inuit youth) voted Conservative, but NWT (more non-Inuit aboriginals) voted NDP.
Are aboriginal Canadians truly happy with any one of the parties or should there be an Aboriginal Rights Party to itself much like the Bloc Party in Quebec?
Isn't there a movement for a Bloc Party for natives? Not a separatist party, just a party that's Anti-global warming but extremely Pro-Hunting?
Other ethnic groups prove that more political parties are needed.
First Nations already have political bodies that represent them:
• Locally
o Band councils
• Regionally - organizations such as the
o Union of Ontario Indians – http://www.anishinabek.ca/
o Grand Council of Treaty 3 – http://www.gct3.net/
o Grand Council of Treaty 8 – http://www.treaty8.ca/
o Mocreebec Council of the Cree Nation – http://www.mocreebec.com/
o Nishnawbe Aski Nation – http://www.nan.on.ca/
o Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs – http://www.manitobachiefs.com/
o Nationally the Assembly of First Nations – http://www.afn.ca/
NDP is the only Canadian party that have always included strategies to address First Nations issues and concerns.
No matter which party you do decide to vote for, it's important that your voice is heard! If not for yourself but for your family and your community!
ON MONDAY MAY 2ND HAVE YOUR SAY AND VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!!!!!
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As communities in Georgia work to recover from the devastating storms of the past few days, those affected are in our prayers.
If you've been affected by these storms, please call FEMA at (800) 621-3362 for assistance.
If you can pitch in to help, please donate or volunteer your time by visiting www.redcross.org.
Thank you,
Jim Messina
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Bear Butte: Brief on Oil Drilling & New Action Alert, Petition
Please take a moment to sign our petition listed at the end of the brief.
Thanks!
Tamra
April 29, 2011
Brief of Bear Butte Oil Drilling Issue
Written By: Tamra Brennan
Director/Founder Protect Sacred Sites
www.protectsacredsites.org
www.protectbearbutte.com
Historical Background on Bear Butte
Bear Butte is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Bear Butte is sacred to many of the Plains Tribes, who continue to travel to the mountain each summer to pray and hold their annual ceremonies. This ritual has been followed since the beginning of time, and continues today.
There are three Tribes that have a vested interest at Bear Butte and are paying property taxes in Meade County. The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe owns 1080 acres on the east side of the mountain, Rosebud Sioux Tribe owns 40 acres on the north side, the Northern Cheyenne’s own three separate properties: 40 acres on the west side; north side property is 160 acres, and north-east side is 440 acres. Both are undeveloped properties.
Northern Cheyenne’s also share with several other Tribes in a land use agreement with Bureau of Indian Affairs, for the 120 acres on the west side of the mountain at the entrance of Bear Butte State Park.
The struggle to protect the serenity of Bear Butte from continual encroachment has ultimately developed into a religious freedom vs property rights issue.
The Cheyenne’s prophet, Sweet Medicine, received the covenants of the bundle and four sacred arrows from Bear Butte, also known to the Cheyenne as Noavose.
The Lakota people received their traditional way of life and star knowledge from Bear Butte.
These covenants hold equal reverence for native people as the Ten Commandments do for those from many other religions.
To Native people, Bear Butte is sacred ground, just as Mount Sinai to Hebrews or the Vatican is to Catholics.
The religious and historical significance of Bear Butte is also evidenced by the great Sioux chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse and Red Cloud, each traveling to the mountain for ceremonies throughout their lifetime. Historical encampments were documented, such as the 1857 camp that included many different bands of Lakota, all joining forces at Bear Butte to discuss the invasion of settlers on their homelands.
Bear Butte is a State Park with a National Wildlife Refuge protected by USFWS and also has four National Designations including;
• National Historical Landmark listed on December 21, 1981
• National Historical Places listed on June 19, 1973
• National Natural Landmark, listed on April 1965
• Registered National Trail (Bear Butte Summit Trail), listed on June 1,1971
Background on Oil Drilling Issue
On November 18, 2010, the Department of Natural Resources approved Oil and Gas Order # 17-2010 permit from Nakota Energy LLC for oil drilling just west of Bear Butte and within the boundaries of the protected Historical Landmark. The permit encompasses all of section 14 and the north half of section 23 in T6N, R5E, in which 360 acres are within the National Historic Landmark Boundary. View public notices and recommendations pertaining to oil drilling near Bear Butte on the DENR website.
DENR failed to provide proper notification of the proposed oil drilling permits near Bear Butte to all applicable agencies (State Parks, South Dakota State Historic Preservation Office, USFWS and Tribal Nations and the general public.
DENR violated South Dakota Codified Law, SDCL 1-19A-11.1 - Preservation of historic property--Procedures. The state or any political subdivision of the state, or any instrumentality thereof, may not undertake any project which will encroach upon, damage or destroy any historic property included in the national register of historic places or the state register of historic places until the Office of History has been given notice and an opportunity to investigate and comment on the proposed project.
Our organization, Protect Sacred Sites promptly began an email and calling campaign for the Protect Bear Butte efforts encouraging the public to contact DENR voicing opposition to this proposed oil drilling. An overwhelming show of support and action taken by SDHPO enviably forced DENR to temporarily restrict all oil drilling permits from Nakota Energy and re-open the case for public hearing and comments. The re-hearing was held on April 21st, 2011.
Five tribes intervened in the contested case hearing, including Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Northern Cheyenne, Santee Sioux Tribe and Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. The Sisseton-Wahepton Oyate also submitted an opposition letter for the contested case.
The remaining of the evidentiary portion of the hearing will be held on May 18th at 10:00am in Pierre, SD. At that time parties will continue to submit evidence and witnesses. Upon completion of the hearing, the Board will either make a decision or take it under advisement.
In our conversations with DENR, statements from their upper management such as “This is a conservation vs property rights issue” and several other statements supporting property rights, have great concern with the direction of their final decision making.
We are requesting DENR take into account the evidence provided and cultural and historic significance of Bear Butte, that revoke any and all oil drilling permits located near Bear Butte and within the Historical Landmark boundaries.
We would like to encourage the public to continue to support the efforts of NO Oil Drilling at Bear Butte and sign our petition today!
http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-oil-drilling-near-bear-butte-south-dakota
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"When crazy people call you crazy, you know you're sane.
When evil people call you evil, you know that you are a good person.
When lairs call you a liar, you know that you are truthful.
Know who you are and don't let others tell you who you are." - Dave Kitchen
BAY AREA INDIAN CALENDAR, APR 27, 2011
BAY AREA INDIAN CALENDAR, APR 27, 2011
Thanks to American Indian Contemporary Arts for the calendar. More info is linked to the Bay Native Circle page at www.kpfa.org. To include events in calendar send text info to Janeen Antoine or post on the Bay Area Native American Indian Network.
Bay Native Circle at kpfa 94.1 airs every Wed from 2–3 pm with rotating hosts Lakota Harden; Janeen Antoine; Morningstar Gali and Ras K’Dee. Thanks for listening to BNC, live, podcast, online and archived for 2 weeks, and made possible through public support. Please support kpfa.org with a financial contribution. Thank you.
UPCOMING
BNC extends heartfelt condolences to the families of long time community member Jimi Simmons and Theresa Lee. There will be a memorial service for Jimi at Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road, Los Altos, California Thurs, May 5, at 1 pm. At present there are no services announcements for Theresa.
The vigil at Sogorea Te (Glen Cove) to protect the ancestors continues. All support is needed with your participation, donations, and volunteer work. FMI: www.protectglencove.org. Organizers & Coordinators: Sacred Site Protection & Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSP&RIT) Wounded Knee DeOcampo: 707.373-7195 Corrina Gould: 510.575-8408 Morning Star Gali: 510.827 6719, Mark Anquoe: 415.680 0110, Please help us spread the word by calling or eMailing your friends and family. Please also contact GVRD and the Major of Vallejo to voice your disapproval of their actions: GVRD: 707.648-4600 General Manager Shane McAffee smcaffee@gvrd.org, City of Vallejo: 707.648-4377 Mayor, Osby Davis, mayor@ci.vallejo.ca.us Local Newspaper: Vallejo Times-Herald: 707.644-11. Organizers & Coordinators: SSP&RIT, Wounded Knee DeOcampo: 707. 373-7195 Corrina Gould: 510.575-8408, Morning Star Gali: 510.827 6719, Mark Anquoe: 415.680 0110, Legal Support: 415.285-1011 (if you are arrested, or see someone being arrested) Walter: secretary.ssp_rit@yahoo.com, Strong Heart Preservation Movement League of Indian Nations of North America Rob Dunaway: raidernationdna@yahoo.com.
Wed Apr 27, 4 pm, Joseph Myers & Kelly Myers "Tribal Sovereignty in Modern America" at the Wildavsky Conference Room, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, 2538 Channing Way, Berkeley. This presentation offers practical information on tribal sovereignty and sheds light on the impacts of recent negative opinions by the U.S. Supreme Court. It examines the status of sovereign in the modern era with special emphasis on inter-jurisdiction struggles. Joseph Myers, J.D. Co-Chair, Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues; Exec Dir, National Indian Justice Center (NIJC); and Lecturer in Native American Studies, UCB and Kelly Myers, J.D. Asso Dir, NIJC, and Lecturer in Native American Studies, UCB.
Get advance tickets now for Dancing Earth's "Of Bodies Of Elements", Marine Memorial Theatre, 609 Sutter, San Francisco. Fri May 20, 8 pm. FMI: www.sfiaf.org. One night only, but another show may be added, part of the San Francisco International Arts Festival.
Volunteer for the Stanford Powwow and get a Stanford Powwow T-shirt. Email supowwow.volunteers@gmail.com.
Thur Apr 28, Colloquium book talk - Title: Quebec Questions, Quebec Studies for the Twenty-First Century, With Christopher Kirkey, (Prof Political Science and Director, Center for the Study of Canada at SUNY Plattsburgh) and Jarrett Rudy, (Prof. History and Director of the Quebec Studies Program, McGill University), Buffet lunch followed by presentation at approximately 12:30, Time: 12 noon – 1:45 pm, Place: 2223 Fulton St., 6th floor conference room, Berkeley, RSVP by Tues, April 26, FMI: rjross@berkeley.edu, canada@berkeley.edu, 510.642-0531.
Fri Apr 29, 2:30 pm. Native Am Caucus election of officers for the CA Democratic Convention, at the Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J Street. The elections are held on a one vote for each person attending the Caucus. FMI: Ronald Andrade. RAndrade@css.lacounty.gov.
Sat Apr 30, 10 am - sundown, Sofia Yohema 2nd Annual Gathering, Honoring Our Daughters, at Lake Yosemite, Merced. California Traditional Dancers, Arts/Crafts, Youth Activities, youth hand games tourney, dinner, storytelling, raffle, prizes, NO camping. Demo booths for baskets, clapper sticks, berrys, etc. Free, No drugs, tobacco, alcohol or pets. FMI: www.johnnyclayart.com, 209-230-0192, johnnyclayart@gmail.com,
Sat Apr 30, 3rd Annual Pow Wow, Sacramento City College, 3835 Freeport Blvd. Sacramento. 11am-10pm. Grand Entry noon & 6pm. Featuring champion drum group Black Lodge. All drums welcome! Admission free. Enjoy crafts, artwork, food and more. FMI: 916-568-3100 ext 13059 or sccnafsa@yahoo.com.
Sat/Sun Apr 30 - May 1, Meet Huichol Artist Luciano Valdez, at Gathering Tribes, 1412 Solano Ave, Albany. FMI: 510.528-9038, www.gatheringtribes.com. Weekend hours: Saturday, 10 am - 6 pm., Sunday, 11 am - 5 pm.
Sat/Sun Apr 30 - May 1, 27th Annual CA Indian Market & Peace Powwow Honoring our Ancestors, Our Troops, Our Veterans. San Juan Bautista -School Soccer Lot on the Alameda, Highway 101 to 156 E. Intersection at The Alameda, Fine Arts & Crafts, Dancers, Drums, Native Food. Opening Blessing Song -Kanyon Sayers-Roods- (Costonoan) Amah Ka Tura California Indian Dancers, Traditional Northern Drum: Red Storm & White Bears Boy Scouts, Xipe Totec Aztec Dancers and Drum, Native foods: Indian Tacos, Fry Bread, Beverages, etc. $1 Donation www.peacevision.net Maggi Malone: 831-469-3724.
Sun May 1, 10 am - 2 pm, March for Immigrant Rights/ International Workers Day, Sacramento State Capital (West Steps). http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=16 7021130000507
Sun May 1, 10 am - 6 pm, UC Berkeley Powwow, west side of campus on Lawn at Oxford/Center Streets. Free. Headstaff: MC Tom Phillips, AD Earl Neconie, HM Marc Keka, HW Aurora Mamea, Honor Guard Joseph Smith, Head Gourd Erik Kimple, Host Northern All Nations Singers, Host Southern Red Buffalo, Outgoing Princess Juliet Small, Contest Tabulator Kaylene Kimple. Vendors FMI: Ruth Hopper, 510-642-6613 or redcorn@berkeley.edu. FMI: Bridget Wilson, 510-643-7902, naoc@berkeley.edu.
Thurs May 5, 7 pm - Blackfire, Aztlan Underground + Guests! East Side Arts Alliance Cultural Center, 2277 International Blvd. Oakland, 510 533 6629, sliding scale $10.00- $15.00, All Ages.
Fri-Sun May 6-8, Stanford Powwow, held every Mother’s Day Weekend in the Eucalyptus Grove. Open to the Public Rain or Shine. Donation for admission. FMI: stanfordpowwow.org.
Sat May 7, 7-10 pm, Making Pathways w/ Native Basket Weavers Julia & Lucy Parker, Eastside Cultural Center, 2277 International Blvd., Oakland, SNAG & ESAA present: Making Pathways Speaker/Demonstration Series & Fundraiser, Julia Parker (Kashaya Pomo) renowned traditional native basket weaver. Taught by Miwok elders of Yosemite Valley, Julia has been weaving and teaching for decades. Her life’s work has been devoted to living and passing on the ancient traditions and art of basketweaving. Her daughter Lucy is continuing these traditions. With guest hoop dancer Sage Romero, and Ras K'dj selection tunes, $5-$15 suggested donation, youth Free!, No one turned away for lack of funds. FMI: http://www.snagmagazine.com/ SNAG's mission provides Native youth the opportunity to achieve balance and harmony, address historical and modern grievances, and explore and develop leadership and community skills through arts and cultural expression. Through a holistic approach that combines spirituality, tradition and multi-media skills, we aim to shape the next generation of Native leaders.
Fri-Sun May 13-15. 3rd Annual Pit River "Big Time" Powwow, Pit River Casino, 20265 Tamarack Ave, Burney. map and directions. ***MC - Fred Hill Sr., AD: Carlos Calica, HM: Ardell Scalplock, HW: Henrietta Scalplock, Host Drum: North Bear - Lame Deer, MT, Invited Drum: Southern Express - WA, Host Local Drum: Northern Eagle - Chico, CA. Special Contests: Sweep the Tee Pee, Clown Dance, Chicken Dance, Hand Drum Contest, more TBA.
Sat May 14, 5 am - Noon, 12th Annual Bloody Island Memorial, In honor of the Pomo Indian people that perished and those that survived the Bloody Island Massacre of 1850. Directions: From Upper Lake, go 1.5 miles east on Hwy 20, turn right at Reclamation Road, go 2.5 miles and park on the side of the Road. FMI: Clayton Duncan 707.274-6788. To Forgive the Oppressor is the Medicine that heals. The Sunrise Ceremony starts at 5:30 am. Potluck Breakfast 8 am: speakers and dancers at Oddfellows Hall, Upper Lake. Cleanup of Oddfellows Hall: 12 Noon(Volunteers welcome).
Sat/Sun May 13-14, California Indian Market, Heritage Park, Black Oak Casino, Tuolumne. Two day event celebrates the 10th anniversary of the market, FMI: Jennifer D. Bates, 209.928.9378, jbates@blackoakcasino.com.
Fri May 20, 8 pm, Dancing Earth's "Of Bodies Of Elements", one night only, at Marine Memorial Theatre, 609 Sutter, San Francisco. Part of the San Francisco International Arts Festival.
Sat Jun 18, 5 - 11 pm, Traditional California Big Time Gathering. Programs are in both in the Yerba Buena Center Forum and Yerba Buena Gardens between Mission and Howard Street and 3rd/4th Streets in San Francisco. The Ohlone Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe hosts a ceremony on traditional Ohlone land, features dance and song groups from five supporting California tribes: Elem Indian Colony, Pit River Maidu, Shingle Springs Miwok, Stewarts Point Kashaya Band of Pomo, and Manchester Pomo. Presented by the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival in association with Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, the Native Contemporary Arts Festival, and organized by the Ohlone Profiles Project.
Sun Jun 19, 12 noon-3 pm, 13th Annual Native Contemporary Arts Festival, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, with music, dance, artist tables, free family event. Sponsors Yerba Buena Arts & Events, American Indian Contemporary Arts. Yerba Buena Gardens is between Mission and Howard Street and 3rd/4th Streets in San Francisco. FMI: www.ybgf.org or 415.543-1718.
Jul 15 and Aug 19, 4-6 pm. American Indian Care Awareness Days: Native American Health Center, 2950 International Blvd., Oakland. With food, games, prizes, raffle, appointments, eye exams, diabetes screening, and blood pressure control info. FMI: Dawn Lulua-Claxton, 510-535-4471.
EXHIBITS
April 4 - June 12, Extended Voices: Prints from Crow's Shadow Press, CN Gorman Museum, UC Davis. CN Gorman Museum, 1316 Hart Hall, UC Davis. In collaborations with Tamarind Master Printer Frank Janzen, the exhibition features a selection of prints reflecting a range of techniques practiced by established and emerging Native artist artsits. Including Rick Bartow, Edgar Heap of Birds, James Lavadour, Kay Walkingstick, Joe Feddersen, Marie Watt, Phillip John Charette, Gerald McMaster, Wendy Red Star and others. Mon-Fri 12 - 5pm & Sun 2 - 5pm, http://gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu/ FMI: cngorman@ucdavis.edu 530.752-6567.
California Indians: Making a Difference, The California Museum, 1020 O St., Sacramento. This exhibit is the first statewide project to emphasize Native voices in California. Visitors will be immersed in California Indian culture through displays of California Indian artifacts, oral histories, photographs, maps, and contemporary art. FMI: 916.653-7524 or www.californiamuseum.org.
February 19, - May 8, Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico, at the de Young Museum, San Francisco. Special FREE admission Friday evenings, 5-8:45 pm through May 6, featuring more than 100 objects, drawn primarily from Mexican national collections with additional loans from over 25 museums, Included in the exhibition are colossal heads, a large-scale throne, and monumental stelae in addition to precious small-scale vessels, figures, adornments, and masks. Olmec brings together for the first time new finds and monuments that have never been seen by American audiences and reveals new scholarship on Olmec culture and artifacts.
- April 30. The Latin@ Printmakers Exhibition: Grabados de Paz y Guerra, Jerry Adams Gallery, Berkeley City College, 2050 Center Street, near Berkeley BART. Curated by Juana Alicia Araiza, the show comments on war, violence, immigration, international movements of resistance and peace. The Jerry Adams Gallery is on the first floor of the college, and the artwork is visible through plate glass windows on Center Street. The six-week exhibit is part of an eighteen-month long project: Sorrows of War: Struggles for Peace, which includes a lecture series, exhibits and curricular offerings. Featured Artists: Ester Hernández, Juan Fuentes, Tirso Araiza, Artemio Rodriguez, Jesus Barraza, Melanie Cervantes, Emmanuel C. Montoya, Gabriel Martinez. FMI: Juana Alicia juanaaliciam@gmail.com.
Thur Mar 3 – Sat Apr 30, New World Border, Artists Respond to US/Mexico Border Wall. La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, 510-849-2568. Gallery: Mon - Fri 10-4 and by appt. The wall, now being constructed across the length of the US/Mexico border, is like a knife cutting off neighbors, wildlife, indigenous people, and families, inflaming hatred and contributing to an atmosphere of vigilantism and oppression. Responding are esteemed Latino Poster Movement artist Malaquias Montoya, Black Panther Minister of Culture Emory Douglas, Kearny Street Workshop icon Nancy Hom, New York political illustrator Frances Jetter, California Indian Art Movement co-founder Frank LaPena, and many other artists. Exhibit organizers: Francisco Dominguez, Art Hazelwood, Doug Minkler.
NMAI Events: Small Spirits: Dolls from the National Museum of the American Indian, Mar 5 - Feb 12, 2012, Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows, Mar 19 - Sep 5, 2011 Both at George Gustav Heye Center, New York, NY. Artist Talk: Margarete Bagshaw: Three Generations of Pushing Boundaries, Saturday, Mar 12, 2 - 3 pm, Room 4018-19, NMAI, Washington, D.C. Live Webcast. Vantage Point: The Contemporary Native Art Collection, Washington, D.C. The exhibit includes pieces by Marie Wyatt (Seneca), James Lavadour (Walla Walla), Alan Michelson (Mohawk), Truman Lowe (Ho-Chunk), Rick Bartow (Wiyot), Judith Lowry (Hammawi Band Pit River/Mountain Maidu/Washo/Scottish-Irish/Australian), James Luna (Puyukitchum [Luiseño]), and Catherine Nelson-Rodriguez (Luiseño/Wailaki/Choctaw). For more information call (202) 633-1000 or visit www.nmai.si.edu.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/OPPORTUNITIES
Mother Earth Water Walk 2011 ... meet and bring the sacred waters from the four directions to Lake Superior at Bad River Reservation, Odanah, WI on June 12, 2011. The Mother Earth Water Walk began in 2003 in answer to question—“What will you do?”, FMI / pics: www.motherearthwaterwalk.com, For updates, http://emptyglassforwater.ca/map/.
For 19 years, the SF Arts Commission Cultural Equity Grant Program (CEG) has provided grants to artists and arts organizations in SF's diverse communities and now seeks to clearly understand how best to serve SF's artists and arts providers. CEG grantees and applicants please help us by completing the following 15 minute survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NYB7ZMK.
Friendship House Case Manager, Nick Volpe, will compete in the ‘Devil Mountain Double Century’ bike race on April 30, 2011. He will ride 206 miles and climb over 18,600 feet in just one day! He has generously offered to raise funds for the Friendship House in conjunction with the competition. To learn more or make a contribution go to www.friendshiphousesf.org and thanks in advance for your support.
National Museum of the American Indian's Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program Accepting Applications for Artist Leadership Program. Indigenous artists of the Western Hemisphere or Hawai'i will receive career, leadership, and artistic training on a funded ten-day trip to the museum in Washington, D.C., and will then receive $7,000 to complete a project in their home communities. Deadline: May 2, 2011.
The School of Art at ASU seeks qualified candidates for a year long, non-tenure track Visiting Asst Prof position for the academic year 2011-12, pending funding approval this May to teach survey courses (Native Art of North American, Southwest Indian Art and/or other appropriate areas) and seminars. Requires a PhD or ABD status, college or university teaching experience beyond a Teaching Assistantship, and evidence of ongoing research and writing. Teaching load, at least 3/2, to be negotiated. Submit a letter of interest, CV and contact info for three professional references to Kate C. Duncan Professor, Art History School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1505, Ph: 480.433-0397, 480.423-9314 Fax: 480.965-8338.
The Winnemem Wintu seek letters of support on two very important efforts. They need a stretch of McCloud River temporarily closed this summer to create the privacy needed for the the Bałas Chonas, or Coming of Age Ceremony, for the young woman who will become the next spiritual leader of the Tribe. The second effort is to bring their salmon home from New Zealand. A professor from New Zealand notified the Tribe that salmon eggs from McCloud River Salmon were transported to New Zealand and miraculously established a healthy salmon fishery. The Wintu now seek the cooperation of the US and CA State Governments to establish their own hatchery from the salmon to be returned by the Maori. FMI: www.winnememwintu.us.
The 2011 Carol Jorgensen Scholarship for Environmental Stewardship awards $1,000 to a full time student pursuing an undergraduate degree in an environmental stewardship discipline, and honors Carol Jorgensen, Tlingit from the Yandestake Village and Eagle/Killer Whale Fin House of Klukwan whose service to her family, community, country, and Mother Earth was an inspiration for all. A complete application due June 3, sent via e-mail (jones.luke@epa.gov), fax (202.564.0298), or regular mail to: SAIGE Carol Jorgensen Memorial Scholarship for Environmental Stewardship c/o Luke Jones, American Indian Environmental Office (2690-M) US EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460.
California has 4 NEW Housing Finance programs that can help save your home from foreclosure. 1) Unemployment Mortgage Assistance Program (UMA) Up to 6 months free mortgage payments for unemployed homeowners. 2) Mortgage Reinstatement Assistance Program (MRAP) Up to $15,000 in mortgage payments for homeowners that have experienced a change in household circumstance which has led to default. 3) Principal Reduction Program (PRP) Funding to homeowners whose homes are now worth less than their mortgage. 4) Transition Assistance Program (TAP) Money for relocation costs in the event of a short sale or deed in lieu of foreclosure. FMI: Nancy Skinner, Assemblymember 14th District, 510.286-1400, http://asmdc.org/members/a14/resources/item/2826-save-your-home-from-foreclosure?utm_source=email&utm_medium=eAlert&utm_campaign=Skinner_Keep_Your_Home
Alameda Co. Arts Commission now accepting submissions for 2 new opportunities from professional Alameda County artists for 2d or low-relief, wall-mounted artwork. FMI: (www.callforentry.org). Search the list for “Alameda County Arts Commission”. Complete application info: http://acgov.org/arts/html/opportunities.html. Deadlines May 13 and Jun 10. Call 510.208-9646 for a copy by mail.
Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues & Center for Urban Ethnography Summer Internship and Mentoring Program for UCB undergrads applications. Due May 1. FMI: http://crnai.berkeley.edu/.
Kaiser Permanente (Oakland and Richmond) seeks qualified under-served h.s. students, ages 15-20, for the LAUNCH (Learn About Unlimited New Careers in Health Care) High School Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). FMI: [ http://xnet.kp.org/hr/ca/youth/syep/index.htm ]http://xnet.kp.org/hr/ca/youth/syep/index.htm
The Community Spirit Awards, a national fellowship award of $5,000 for American Indian Artists to "practice their art." Nominate at First Peoples Fund or send postcard with complete names and addresses of nominee and nominator to PO Box 2977, Rapid City, SD 57709. Applications will be mailed after May 31 nomination deadline. A national selection committee selects awardees.
A free 48 page Student Resource Guide is available from California Congresswoman Lucille Royball-Allard.
May 19-21, Third Annual Meeting of the Native American & Indigenous Studies Association, at the Hyatt Regency, 1209 L Street, Sacramento, CA, Host: Department of Native American Studies, UC Davis. The NAISA Council is accepting proposals for individual papers, panel sessions, or roundtables. Must be NAISA member. Limit submissions to one proposed session per person. FMI: naisa.org.
San Francisco Tlingit & Haida Community Council newsletter, contact Kathryn Paddock, President, 415.887-9315.
Kawika Alfiche’s single "Ho`i Hou Mai" from the upcoming album: KALE`A (CD purchase for Mar release) at www.hawaiitunes.com for $3.00. Proceeds benefit Hawaiian Cultural Center in So. San Francisco. Tour begins in Mar.
Subscribe to News From Native California for $22.50. Read this message from Margaret Dubin, Managing Editor of News.
Free Bay Area events: mybart.org, and sf.funcheap.com. Also in Oakland, kids eat for free.
ONGOING
TV: San Jose, Channel 15, Native Voice TV, Sat 4-5 pm. Hosts Cihuapili and Michael New Moon. Also 1st, 3rd, 4th Mon, 8 pm courtesy La Raza Round Table.
Radio:
Bay Native Circle, Wed 2-3 pm, kpfa.org 94.1 fm, Janeen Antoine producer, Hosts Lakota Harden, Janeen Antoine, Morning Star Gali, Ras K’Dee. Berkeley.
Indian Time Tues 8-10 pm, kkup.com 91.5 fm, Jack Hyatt/David Romero.
Native Way, 2nd/4th Sun, 1-3 pm, David Romero / Veronica Gonzales. San Jose.
On Native Ground - Where Art Speaks! kdvs.com, 90.3 fm,Thurs 8:30-9:30 am, Jack Kohler / Patrice Pena. Sovereignty Sound, DJ Ya-nah, Sun 3-6 am, 916.380-2818. Davis.
Webworks: Voices of the Native Nation, 3rd/4th Wed, 6-8 pm, kpoo.com 89.5, Mary Jean Robertson, San Francisco.
Calendars:
Bay Area native community network.
Bay Area Indian Calendar.
News from Native California Quarterly. Submissions by email, or PO Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709 or fax 510.549-1889.
Powwows: http://500nations.com/California_Events.asp.
Arts in Oakland, Emeryville, Berkeley & Richmond: 510arts.com.
West of Bay (SF Peninsula)
Learn powwow and honor songs. 1st Tuesday every month 7:30 - 9:00 pm, at LGBT Center, 1800 Market Street, San Francisco. Ask for BAAITS drum practice; Jaynie Weye Hlapsi aka (Jaynie Lara) leads the classes sings and drums on Sweet Medicine Drum.
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford. 650-723-4177. “Living Traditions: Arts of the Americas,” Northwest Coast, California, Southwest, and Mesoamerica collections. Wed–Sun. Free.
de Young Museum, Teotihuacan murals, California baskets, Inuit/Eskimo art, Pueblo pottery. Free 1st Tues, Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, SF, 415.750-3600. For admission to see the Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico
Admission for Olmec exhibit: $25 adults; $22 seniors 65+; students with ID $21; youth 6–17 $15. Members and children 5 and under are free; the first Tuesday of every month is free. Advance purchase: $5 discount on all tickets. Group (10 or more) $16 per person with advance purchase. FMI: www.deyoungmuseum.org; 415-750-3600.
Images of the North. Inuit sculptures, prints, masks, jewelry, several exhibits yearly, Oct. Cape Dorset Print Show. 2036 Union, SF, 415.673-1273, gallery@imagesnorth.com.
Kaululehua Hawaiian Cultural Center, 423 Baden Ave, So. SF. Mon: Men & Women (13-40) 6:30-7:30; Tues: Kupuna (50+) 6-7; Wed: Keiki (5-12) 6-7; Thurs: Makua (35-50) 6:30-7:30. Bring an open mind and willingness to learn. ($10/class for the month of Sept) rsvp: info@apop.net 650-588-1091.
Mission Dolores. 3321 16th St, SF, 415.621-8203, Andrew A. Galvan, (Ohlone), Curator. SF’s oldest intact building. The only intact Mission Chapel of the original 21. Final resting place of 5,000 First Californians. Native plants / artifacts.
North of Bay (To Sacramento)
CN Gorman Museum, 1316 Hart Hall, UC Davis. cngorman@ucdavis.edu 530.752-6567.
California Indian Museum, 1020 O St, Sacramento. “American Masterpieces: Artistic Legacy of California Indian Basketry,” Through early 2010, Admission.
California Indian Museum & Cultural Center, 5250 Aero Drive, Santa Rosa, 707.579-3004, cimandcc@aol.com. “Ishi: A California Indian Story of Dignity, Hope, Courage and Survival.”
Jesse Peter Native American Art Museum, Santa Rosa Jr. College, Bussman Hall, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.527-4479. California cultures, artists change monthly.
Maidu Museum and Historic Site, 1960 Johnson Ranch Dr., Roseville. 916.774-5934.
Marin Museum of the American Indian, 2200 Novato Blvd., Novato, 415.897-4064. “Sharing Traditions,” last Sat, 1-4 pm. Tues-Sun 12-4 pm. Free.
Mendocino County Museum. 400 E. Commercial St., Willits, 707.459-2739. Wed-Sun: 10-4:30. Pomo baskets and basket weavers. Free.
Northern California Flute Circle. 530.432-2716. Native Am. Flute concerts & workshops.
Pacific Western Traders, 305 Wool St., Folsom. 916.985-3851 Wed-Sun, 10-5. Native American arts, books, recordings, videos, Pendletons. Changing exhibits.
Vallejo Inter-Tribal Council. Mugg’s Coffee Shop, Ferry Building, 495 Mare Island Way, Vallejo. 707.552-2562 or 707.554-6114. Call to confirm Wed 7 pm meetings.
East of Bay (To Tuolumne)
Four Directions AA Meetings, Suns at 2, IFH, 523 International Blvd, Oakland. Meetings: 1st Sun: Birthdays; 2nd Sun: As Bill Sees It; 3rd Sun: Step Study; 4th Sun: Basket Drop. Children welcome, open meeting. FMI Vermaine @415-933-1259.
Lakota conversation class, Mon, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, IFH, 523 International, Oakland. FMI: Janeen. *** Healthy potluck, donations requested per class. Lila wopila to IFH, Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival, Community Futures Collective, AICA and AICRC for helping our tiyospaye learn Lakota. Thanks also to Willie who is temporarily away as he prepares for the coming of his expected twins with his partner Christina.
Medicine Warriors All Nations Dance Practice. Free, open to all. Thurs, 7-9 pm, IFH, 523 International, Oakland. Motto: Friendship, Fitness, Fun.
San Leandro Thursday Nite Powwow Class,. 6 - 8 pm, on FB w same name.
Gathering Tribes, 1412 Solano, Albany. 510.528-9038. Weekend artist presentations.
Intertribal Friendship House, 523 International Blvd, Oakland. 510.836-1955. Classes: Mon: 6:30-8:30 Lakota, Tues: 6-9 pm, Beading Circle w Gayle Burns, Drum, Aerobics. Thurs: Medicine Warriors/All Nations Dance, Fri: Talking Circles, Sat: Gardening, Parenting. Library open some Tues/Thurs.
Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak St, Oakland. 501.238-2200. Historical display of California lifeways/basketry. Free First Suns.
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, 103 Kroeber Hall, Berkeley. 510.643-7649. Wed-Sat, 10 am-4:30 pm, Sun 12-4 pm. Free; $5 tours, $2 children.
South of Bay (To Santa Cruz)
Four Directions Native American AA Meeting, 8 pm, Every Friday, 749 Story Rd, San Jose Info: Linda W, 408/564-3895.
Indian Canyon, Ceremonial Refuge/Facilities, w. of Hollister, ams@indiancanyon.org.
ANNUAL EVENTS
Avoid scheduling conflicts and plan in advance. For inclusion, email listings in same format as listings below. Wopila! You can post events full details on the Bay Area Native American Indian Network.
Apr 30, Sat, 3rd Annual Pow Wow, Sacramento City College, sccnafsa@yahoo.com.
Apr 30, Sofia Yohema Gathering, Lake Merced, johnnyclayart@gmail.com.
Apr 30-May 1, CA Indian Market, San Juan Bautista, fourcornerstrading@msn.com.
May 1, Sun, UCB Powwow, Berkeley, naoc@berkeley.edu.
May 6-8, Mothers Day Weekend, Stanford Powwow, info@stanfordpowwow.org.
May 13-15, Fri-Sun, 3rd Annual Pit River "Big Time" Powwow.
May 14, Sat, 12th Annual Bloody Island Memorial, Clayton Duncan.
May 14-15, Sat/Sun, CA Indian Market, Tuolumne, jbates@blackoakcasino.com.
May 21, Sat, 5th Annual Comedy Jam, San Jose, vmcloud@ihcscv.org.
Jun 5, Sat, Gathering of Honored Elders, Sacramento.
Jun 18, Ohlone Big Time, Yerba Buena Gardens, SF.
Jun 19, Sat, Native Contemp Arts Festival, Yerba Buena Gardens, SF, Janeen Antoine.
Jun 25, 2nd Annual Richmond Powwow, Nichols Park, Courtney Cummings.
Jul 17, Sat, Kule Loklo Big Time, Point Reyes National Seashore, 415.464-5100.
Jul 23-24, Vallejo ITC 16th Annual Pow Wow, Midge-Vendors 707.226-1234 , Eric 707.297-0580.
Aug, Sat, Storytelling Festival, Indian Canyon, Hollister, ams@indiancanyon.org. date to be revised.
Sep 11, Sat, MWAN Powwow, Clinton Square Park, Oakland, Gilbert Blacksmith.
Sep 18, Sat, AmInd Heritage Celeb/Big Time/Powwow/Market, San Jose, vmcloud@ihcscv.org.
Sep 24-25, Black Nat Am Assn. Powwow, CSUEB Hayward, Don Little Cloud.
Sep 24, 4th Fri, California Indian Day.
Oct 2-3, NAHC Pow Wow, Treasure Island, SF, Cathy Wisdom.
Oct 2, Tlingit Haida Gathering, Oakland 1st Congre. Church, Kathy Paddock.
Oct 3, Ohlone Gathering, Coyote Hills, Fremont, chvisit@ebparks.org.
Oct 9, IPD Pow Wow/Market, Berkeley, info@ipdpowwow.org.
Oct 11, IPD Sunrise Ceremony, Alacatraz, Morningstar Gali.
Oct 27-30, 26th Annual California Indian Conference, Amy Huberland, 530.898-5438.
Oct 30, Sat, Oakland Library N. A. Culture Day, rchacon@oaklandlibrary.org.
Nov 5-13, Sat, AIFF American Indian Film Festival, SF, filmfestival@aifisf.com.
Nov 13, AIFF Awards Night, SF, www.aifisf.com.
Nov 22-26, AIM National Conference, SF, Tony Gonzales.
Nov 25, Sunrise Ceremony, Alcatraz Island, Morningstar Gali.
Nov 26, Black Fri Shellmound Mall Protest, Emeryville, shellmoundwalk@yahoo.com
Dec 3-4, Sat/Sun, AICRC Powwow, Laney College, Oakland, Mary Trimble Norris.
Jan 29, MWAN B-Day Party, IFH, Oakland, Gilbert Blacksmith.
Mar 12, Sat, Running is My High, Oakland, LauraM@nativehealth.org.
Mar 19, Sat, Taking Care of the Tribe NAAP Powwow 5, Horace Mann School, SF, sendawee@yahoo.com.
Thanks to American Indian Contemporary Arts for the calendar. More info is linked to the Bay Native Circle page at www.kpfa.org. To include events in calendar send text info to Janeen Antoine or post on the Bay Area Native American Indian Network.
Bay Native Circle at kpfa 94.1 airs every Wed from 2–3 pm with rotating hosts Lakota Harden; Janeen Antoine; Morningstar Gali and Ras K’Dee. Thanks for listening to BNC, live, podcast, online and archived for 2 weeks, and made possible through public support. Please support kpfa.org with a financial contribution. Thank you.
UPCOMING
BNC extends heartfelt condolences to the families of long time community member Jimi Simmons and Theresa Lee. There will be a memorial service for Jimi at Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road, Los Altos, California Thurs, May 5, at 1 pm. At present there are no services announcements for Theresa.
The vigil at Sogorea Te (Glen Cove) to protect the ancestors continues. All support is needed with your participation, donations, and volunteer work. FMI: www.protectglencove.org. Organizers & Coordinators: Sacred Site Protection & Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSP&RIT) Wounded Knee DeOcampo: 707.373-7195 Corrina Gould: 510.575-8408 Morning Star Gali: 510.827 6719, Mark Anquoe: 415.680 0110, Please help us spread the word by calling or eMailing your friends and family. Please also contact GVRD and the Major of Vallejo to voice your disapproval of their actions: GVRD: 707.648-4600 General Manager Shane McAffee smcaffee@gvrd.org, City of Vallejo: 707.648-4377 Mayor, Osby Davis, mayor@ci.vallejo.ca.us Local Newspaper: Vallejo Times-Herald: 707.644-11. Organizers & Coordinators: SSP&RIT, Wounded Knee DeOcampo: 707. 373-7195 Corrina Gould: 510.575-8408, Morning Star Gali: 510.827 6719, Mark Anquoe: 415.680 0110, Legal Support: 415.285-1011 (if you are arrested, or see someone being arrested) Walter: secretary.ssp_rit@yahoo.com, Strong Heart Preservation Movement League of Indian Nations of North America Rob Dunaway: raidernationdna@yahoo.com.
Wed Apr 27, 4 pm, Joseph Myers & Kelly Myers "Tribal Sovereignty in Modern America" at the Wildavsky Conference Room, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, 2538 Channing Way, Berkeley. This presentation offers practical information on tribal sovereignty and sheds light on the impacts of recent negative opinions by the U.S. Supreme Court. It examines the status of sovereign in the modern era with special emphasis on inter-jurisdiction struggles. Joseph Myers, J.D. Co-Chair, Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues; Exec Dir, National Indian Justice Center (NIJC); and Lecturer in Native American Studies, UCB and Kelly Myers, J.D. Asso Dir, NIJC, and Lecturer in Native American Studies, UCB.
Get advance tickets now for Dancing Earth's "Of Bodies Of Elements", Marine Memorial Theatre, 609 Sutter, San Francisco. Fri May 20, 8 pm. FMI: www.sfiaf.org. One night only, but another show may be added, part of the San Francisco International Arts Festival.
Volunteer for the Stanford Powwow and get a Stanford Powwow T-shirt. Email supowwow.volunteers@gmail.com.
Thur Apr 28, Colloquium book talk - Title: Quebec Questions, Quebec Studies for the Twenty-First Century, With Christopher Kirkey, (Prof Political Science and Director, Center for the Study of Canada at SUNY Plattsburgh) and Jarrett Rudy, (Prof. History and Director of the Quebec Studies Program, McGill University), Buffet lunch followed by presentation at approximately 12:30, Time: 12 noon – 1:45 pm, Place: 2223 Fulton St., 6th floor conference room, Berkeley, RSVP by Tues, April 26, FMI: rjross@berkeley.edu, canada@berkeley.edu, 510.642-0531.
Fri Apr 29, 2:30 pm. Native Am Caucus election of officers for the CA Democratic Convention, at the Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J Street. The elections are held on a one vote for each person attending the Caucus. FMI: Ronald Andrade. RAndrade@css.lacounty.gov.
Sat Apr 30, 10 am - sundown, Sofia Yohema 2nd Annual Gathering, Honoring Our Daughters, at Lake Yosemite, Merced. California Traditional Dancers, Arts/Crafts, Youth Activities, youth hand games tourney, dinner, storytelling, raffle, prizes, NO camping. Demo booths for baskets, clapper sticks, berrys, etc. Free, No drugs, tobacco, alcohol or pets. FMI: www.johnnyclayart.com, 209-230-0192, johnnyclayart@gmail.com,
Sat Apr 30, 3rd Annual Pow Wow, Sacramento City College, 3835 Freeport Blvd. Sacramento. 11am-10pm. Grand Entry noon & 6pm. Featuring champion drum group Black Lodge. All drums welcome! Admission free. Enjoy crafts, artwork, food and more. FMI: 916-568-3100 ext 13059 or sccnafsa@yahoo.com.
Sat/Sun Apr 30 - May 1, Meet Huichol Artist Luciano Valdez, at Gathering Tribes, 1412 Solano Ave, Albany. FMI: 510.528-9038, www.gatheringtribes.com. Weekend hours: Saturday, 10 am - 6 pm., Sunday, 11 am - 5 pm.
Sat/Sun Apr 30 - May 1, 27th Annual CA Indian Market & Peace Powwow Honoring our Ancestors, Our Troops, Our Veterans. San Juan Bautista -School Soccer Lot on the Alameda, Highway 101 to 156 E. Intersection at The Alameda, Fine Arts & Crafts, Dancers, Drums, Native Food. Opening Blessing Song -Kanyon Sayers-Roods- (Costonoan) Amah Ka Tura California Indian Dancers, Traditional Northern Drum: Red Storm & White Bears Boy Scouts, Xipe Totec Aztec Dancers and Drum, Native foods: Indian Tacos, Fry Bread, Beverages, etc. $1 Donation www.peacevision.net Maggi Malone: 831-469-3724.
Sun May 1, 10 am - 2 pm, March for Immigrant Rights/ International Workers Day, Sacramento State Capital (West Steps). http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=16 7021130000507
Sun May 1, 10 am - 6 pm, UC Berkeley Powwow, west side of campus on Lawn at Oxford/Center Streets. Free. Headstaff: MC Tom Phillips, AD Earl Neconie, HM Marc Keka, HW Aurora Mamea, Honor Guard Joseph Smith, Head Gourd Erik Kimple, Host Northern All Nations Singers, Host Southern Red Buffalo, Outgoing Princess Juliet Small, Contest Tabulator Kaylene Kimple. Vendors FMI: Ruth Hopper, 510-642-6613 or redcorn@berkeley.edu. FMI: Bridget Wilson, 510-643-7902, naoc@berkeley.edu.
Thurs May 5, 7 pm - Blackfire, Aztlan Underground + Guests! East Side Arts Alliance Cultural Center, 2277 International Blvd. Oakland, 510 533 6629, sliding scale $10.00- $15.00, All Ages.
Fri-Sun May 6-8, Stanford Powwow, held every Mother’s Day Weekend in the Eucalyptus Grove. Open to the Public Rain or Shine. Donation for admission. FMI: stanfordpowwow.org.
Sat May 7, 7-10 pm, Making Pathways w/ Native Basket Weavers Julia & Lucy Parker, Eastside Cultural Center, 2277 International Blvd., Oakland, SNAG & ESAA present: Making Pathways Speaker/Demonstration Series & Fundraiser, Julia Parker (Kashaya Pomo) renowned traditional native basket weaver. Taught by Miwok elders of Yosemite Valley, Julia has been weaving and teaching for decades. Her life’s work has been devoted to living and passing on the ancient traditions and art of basketweaving. Her daughter Lucy is continuing these traditions. With guest hoop dancer Sage Romero, and Ras K'dj selection tunes, $5-$15 suggested donation, youth Free!, No one turned away for lack of funds. FMI: http://www.snagmagazine.com/ SNAG's mission provides Native youth the opportunity to achieve balance and harmony, address historical and modern grievances, and explore and develop leadership and community skills through arts and cultural expression. Through a holistic approach that combines spirituality, tradition and multi-media skills, we aim to shape the next generation of Native leaders.
Fri-Sun May 13-15. 3rd Annual Pit River "Big Time" Powwow, Pit River Casino, 20265 Tamarack Ave, Burney. map and directions. ***MC - Fred Hill Sr., AD: Carlos Calica, HM: Ardell Scalplock, HW: Henrietta Scalplock, Host Drum: North Bear - Lame Deer, MT, Invited Drum: Southern Express - WA, Host Local Drum: Northern Eagle - Chico, CA. Special Contests: Sweep the Tee Pee, Clown Dance, Chicken Dance, Hand Drum Contest, more TBA.
Sat May 14, 5 am - Noon, 12th Annual Bloody Island Memorial, In honor of the Pomo Indian people that perished and those that survived the Bloody Island Massacre of 1850. Directions: From Upper Lake, go 1.5 miles east on Hwy 20, turn right at Reclamation Road, go 2.5 miles and park on the side of the Road. FMI: Clayton Duncan 707.274-6788. To Forgive the Oppressor is the Medicine that heals. The Sunrise Ceremony starts at 5:30 am. Potluck Breakfast 8 am: speakers and dancers at Oddfellows Hall, Upper Lake. Cleanup of Oddfellows Hall: 12 Noon(Volunteers welcome).
Sat/Sun May 13-14, California Indian Market, Heritage Park, Black Oak Casino, Tuolumne. Two day event celebrates the 10th anniversary of the market, FMI: Jennifer D. Bates, 209.928.9378, jbates@blackoakcasino.com.
Fri May 20, 8 pm, Dancing Earth's "Of Bodies Of Elements", one night only, at Marine Memorial Theatre, 609 Sutter, San Francisco. Part of the San Francisco International Arts Festival.
Sat Jun 18, 5 - 11 pm, Traditional California Big Time Gathering. Programs are in both in the Yerba Buena Center Forum and Yerba Buena Gardens between Mission and Howard Street and 3rd/4th Streets in San Francisco. The Ohlone Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe hosts a ceremony on traditional Ohlone land, features dance and song groups from five supporting California tribes: Elem Indian Colony, Pit River Maidu, Shingle Springs Miwok, Stewarts Point Kashaya Band of Pomo, and Manchester Pomo. Presented by the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival in association with Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, the Native Contemporary Arts Festival, and organized by the Ohlone Profiles Project.
Sun Jun 19, 12 noon-3 pm, 13th Annual Native Contemporary Arts Festival, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, with music, dance, artist tables, free family event. Sponsors Yerba Buena Arts & Events, American Indian Contemporary Arts. Yerba Buena Gardens is between Mission and Howard Street and 3rd/4th Streets in San Francisco. FMI: www.ybgf.org or 415.543-1718.
Jul 15 and Aug 19, 4-6 pm. American Indian Care Awareness Days: Native American Health Center, 2950 International Blvd., Oakland. With food, games, prizes, raffle, appointments, eye exams, diabetes screening, and blood pressure control info. FMI: Dawn Lulua-Claxton, 510-535-4471.
EXHIBITS
April 4 - June 12, Extended Voices: Prints from Crow's Shadow Press, CN Gorman Museum, UC Davis. CN Gorman Museum, 1316 Hart Hall, UC Davis. In collaborations with Tamarind Master Printer Frank Janzen, the exhibition features a selection of prints reflecting a range of techniques practiced by established and emerging Native artist artsits. Including Rick Bartow, Edgar Heap of Birds, James Lavadour, Kay Walkingstick, Joe Feddersen, Marie Watt, Phillip John Charette, Gerald McMaster, Wendy Red Star and others. Mon-Fri 12 - 5pm & Sun 2 - 5pm, http://gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu/ FMI: cngorman@ucdavis.edu 530.752-6567.
California Indians: Making a Difference, The California Museum, 1020 O St., Sacramento. This exhibit is the first statewide project to emphasize Native voices in California. Visitors will be immersed in California Indian culture through displays of California Indian artifacts, oral histories, photographs, maps, and contemporary art. FMI: 916.653-7524 or www.californiamuseum.org.
February 19, - May 8, Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico, at the de Young Museum, San Francisco. Special FREE admission Friday evenings, 5-8:45 pm through May 6, featuring more than 100 objects, drawn primarily from Mexican national collections with additional loans from over 25 museums, Included in the exhibition are colossal heads, a large-scale throne, and monumental stelae in addition to precious small-scale vessels, figures, adornments, and masks. Olmec brings together for the first time new finds and monuments that have never been seen by American audiences and reveals new scholarship on Olmec culture and artifacts.
- April 30. The Latin@ Printmakers Exhibition: Grabados de Paz y Guerra, Jerry Adams Gallery, Berkeley City College, 2050 Center Street, near Berkeley BART. Curated by Juana Alicia Araiza, the show comments on war, violence, immigration, international movements of resistance and peace. The Jerry Adams Gallery is on the first floor of the college, and the artwork is visible through plate glass windows on Center Street. The six-week exhibit is part of an eighteen-month long project: Sorrows of War: Struggles for Peace, which includes a lecture series, exhibits and curricular offerings. Featured Artists: Ester Hernández, Juan Fuentes, Tirso Araiza, Artemio Rodriguez, Jesus Barraza, Melanie Cervantes, Emmanuel C. Montoya, Gabriel Martinez. FMI: Juana Alicia juanaaliciam@gmail.com.
Thur Mar 3 – Sat Apr 30, New World Border, Artists Respond to US/Mexico Border Wall. La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, 510-849-2568. Gallery: Mon - Fri 10-4 and by appt. The wall, now being constructed across the length of the US/Mexico border, is like a knife cutting off neighbors, wildlife, indigenous people, and families, inflaming hatred and contributing to an atmosphere of vigilantism and oppression. Responding are esteemed Latino Poster Movement artist Malaquias Montoya, Black Panther Minister of Culture Emory Douglas, Kearny Street Workshop icon Nancy Hom, New York political illustrator Frances Jetter, California Indian Art Movement co-founder Frank LaPena, and many other artists. Exhibit organizers: Francisco Dominguez, Art Hazelwood, Doug Minkler.
NMAI Events: Small Spirits: Dolls from the National Museum of the American Indian, Mar 5 - Feb 12, 2012, Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows, Mar 19 - Sep 5, 2011 Both at George Gustav Heye Center, New York, NY. Artist Talk: Margarete Bagshaw: Three Generations of Pushing Boundaries, Saturday, Mar 12, 2 - 3 pm, Room 4018-19, NMAI, Washington, D.C. Live Webcast. Vantage Point: The Contemporary Native Art Collection, Washington, D.C. The exhibit includes pieces by Marie Wyatt (Seneca), James Lavadour (Walla Walla), Alan Michelson (Mohawk), Truman Lowe (Ho-Chunk), Rick Bartow (Wiyot), Judith Lowry (Hammawi Band Pit River/Mountain Maidu/Washo/Scottish-Irish/Australian), James Luna (Puyukitchum [Luiseño]), and Catherine Nelson-Rodriguez (Luiseño/Wailaki/Choctaw). For more information call (202) 633-1000 or visit www.nmai.si.edu.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/OPPORTUNITIES
Mother Earth Water Walk 2011 ... meet and bring the sacred waters from the four directions to Lake Superior at Bad River Reservation, Odanah, WI on June 12, 2011. The Mother Earth Water Walk began in 2003 in answer to question—“What will you do?”, FMI / pics: www.motherearthwaterwalk.com, For updates, http://emptyglassforwater.ca/map/.
For 19 years, the SF Arts Commission Cultural Equity Grant Program (CEG) has provided grants to artists and arts organizations in SF's diverse communities and now seeks to clearly understand how best to serve SF's artists and arts providers. CEG grantees and applicants please help us by completing the following 15 minute survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NYB7ZMK.
Friendship House Case Manager, Nick Volpe, will compete in the ‘Devil Mountain Double Century’ bike race on April 30, 2011. He will ride 206 miles and climb over 18,600 feet in just one day! He has generously offered to raise funds for the Friendship House in conjunction with the competition. To learn more or make a contribution go to www.friendshiphousesf.org and thanks in advance for your support.
National Museum of the American Indian's Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program Accepting Applications for Artist Leadership Program. Indigenous artists of the Western Hemisphere or Hawai'i will receive career, leadership, and artistic training on a funded ten-day trip to the museum in Washington, D.C., and will then receive $7,000 to complete a project in their home communities. Deadline: May 2, 2011.
The School of Art at ASU seeks qualified candidates for a year long, non-tenure track Visiting Asst Prof position for the academic year 2011-12, pending funding approval this May to teach survey courses (Native Art of North American, Southwest Indian Art and/or other appropriate areas) and seminars. Requires a PhD or ABD status, college or university teaching experience beyond a Teaching Assistantship, and evidence of ongoing research and writing. Teaching load, at least 3/2, to be negotiated. Submit a letter of interest, CV and contact info for three professional references to Kate C. Duncan Professor, Art History School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1505, Ph: 480.433-0397, 480.423-9314 Fax: 480.965-8338.
The Winnemem Wintu seek letters of support on two very important efforts. They need a stretch of McCloud River temporarily closed this summer to create the privacy needed for the the Bałas Chonas, or Coming of Age Ceremony, for the young woman who will become the next spiritual leader of the Tribe. The second effort is to bring their salmon home from New Zealand. A professor from New Zealand notified the Tribe that salmon eggs from McCloud River Salmon were transported to New Zealand and miraculously established a healthy salmon fishery. The Wintu now seek the cooperation of the US and CA State Governments to establish their own hatchery from the salmon to be returned by the Maori. FMI: www.winnememwintu.us.
The 2011 Carol Jorgensen Scholarship for Environmental Stewardship awards $1,000 to a full time student pursuing an undergraduate degree in an environmental stewardship discipline, and honors Carol Jorgensen, Tlingit from the Yandestake Village and Eagle/Killer Whale Fin House of Klukwan whose service to her family, community, country, and Mother Earth was an inspiration for all. A complete application due June 3, sent via e-mail (jones.luke@epa.gov), fax (202.564.0298), or regular mail to: SAIGE Carol Jorgensen Memorial Scholarship for Environmental Stewardship c/o Luke Jones, American Indian Environmental Office (2690-M) US EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460.
California has 4 NEW Housing Finance programs that can help save your home from foreclosure. 1) Unemployment Mortgage Assistance Program (UMA) Up to 6 months free mortgage payments for unemployed homeowners. 2) Mortgage Reinstatement Assistance Program (MRAP) Up to $15,000 in mortgage payments for homeowners that have experienced a change in household circumstance which has led to default. 3) Principal Reduction Program (PRP) Funding to homeowners whose homes are now worth less than their mortgage. 4) Transition Assistance Program (TAP) Money for relocation costs in the event of a short sale or deed in lieu of foreclosure. FMI: Nancy Skinner, Assemblymember 14th District, 510.286-1400, http://asmdc.org/members/a14/resources/item/2826-save-your-home-from-foreclosure?utm_source=email&utm_medium=eAlert&utm_campaign=Skinner_Keep_Your_Home
Alameda Co. Arts Commission now accepting submissions for 2 new opportunities from professional Alameda County artists for 2d or low-relief, wall-mounted artwork. FMI: (www.callforentry.org). Search the list for “Alameda County Arts Commission”. Complete application info: http://acgov.org/arts/html/opportunities.html. Deadlines May 13 and Jun 10. Call 510.208-9646 for a copy by mail.
Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues & Center for Urban Ethnography Summer Internship and Mentoring Program for UCB undergrads applications. Due May 1. FMI: http://crnai.berkeley.edu/.
Kaiser Permanente (Oakland and Richmond) seeks qualified under-served h.s. students, ages 15-20, for the LAUNCH (Learn About Unlimited New Careers in Health Care) High School Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). FMI: [ http://xnet.kp.org/hr/ca/youth/syep/index.htm ]http://xnet.kp.org/hr/ca/youth/syep/index.htm
The Community Spirit Awards, a national fellowship award of $5,000 for American Indian Artists to "practice their art." Nominate at First Peoples Fund or send postcard with complete names and addresses of nominee and nominator to PO Box 2977, Rapid City, SD 57709. Applications will be mailed after May 31 nomination deadline. A national selection committee selects awardees.
A free 48 page Student Resource Guide is available from California Congresswoman Lucille Royball-Allard.
May 19-21, Third Annual Meeting of the Native American & Indigenous Studies Association, at the Hyatt Regency, 1209 L Street, Sacramento, CA, Host: Department of Native American Studies, UC Davis. The NAISA Council is accepting proposals for individual papers, panel sessions, or roundtables. Must be NAISA member. Limit submissions to one proposed session per person. FMI: naisa.org.
San Francisco Tlingit & Haida Community Council newsletter, contact Kathryn Paddock, President, 415.887-9315.
Kawika Alfiche’s single "Ho`i Hou Mai" from the upcoming album: KALE`A (CD purchase for Mar release) at www.hawaiitunes.com for $3.00. Proceeds benefit Hawaiian Cultural Center in So. San Francisco. Tour begins in Mar.
Subscribe to News From Native California for $22.50. Read this message from Margaret Dubin, Managing Editor of News.
Free Bay Area events: mybart.org, and sf.funcheap.com. Also in Oakland, kids eat for free.
ONGOING
TV: San Jose, Channel 15, Native Voice TV, Sat 4-5 pm. Hosts Cihuapili and Michael New Moon. Also 1st, 3rd, 4th Mon, 8 pm courtesy La Raza Round Table.
Radio:
Bay Native Circle, Wed 2-3 pm, kpfa.org 94.1 fm, Janeen Antoine producer, Hosts Lakota Harden, Janeen Antoine, Morning Star Gali, Ras K’Dee. Berkeley.
Indian Time Tues 8-10 pm, kkup.com 91.5 fm, Jack Hyatt/David Romero.
Native Way, 2nd/4th Sun, 1-3 pm, David Romero / Veronica Gonzales. San Jose.
On Native Ground - Where Art Speaks! kdvs.com, 90.3 fm,Thurs 8:30-9:30 am, Jack Kohler / Patrice Pena. Sovereignty Sound, DJ Ya-nah, Sun 3-6 am, 916.380-2818. Davis.
Webworks: Voices of the Native Nation, 3rd/4th Wed, 6-8 pm, kpoo.com 89.5, Mary Jean Robertson, San Francisco.
Calendars:
Bay Area native community network.
Bay Area Indian Calendar.
News from Native California Quarterly. Submissions by email, or PO Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709 or fax 510.549-1889.
Powwows: http://500nations.com/California_Events.asp.
Arts in Oakland, Emeryville, Berkeley & Richmond: 510arts.com.
West of Bay (SF Peninsula)
Learn powwow and honor songs. 1st Tuesday every month 7:30 - 9:00 pm, at LGBT Center, 1800 Market Street, San Francisco. Ask for BAAITS drum practice; Jaynie Weye Hlapsi aka (Jaynie Lara) leads the classes sings and drums on Sweet Medicine Drum.
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford. 650-723-4177. “Living Traditions: Arts of the Americas,” Northwest Coast, California, Southwest, and Mesoamerica collections. Wed–Sun. Free.
de Young Museum, Teotihuacan murals, California baskets, Inuit/Eskimo art, Pueblo pottery. Free 1st Tues, Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, SF, 415.750-3600. For admission to see the Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico
Admission for Olmec exhibit: $25 adults; $22 seniors 65+; students with ID $21; youth 6–17 $15. Members and children 5 and under are free; the first Tuesday of every month is free. Advance purchase: $5 discount on all tickets. Group (10 or more) $16 per person with advance purchase. FMI: www.deyoungmuseum.org; 415-750-3600.
Images of the North. Inuit sculptures, prints, masks, jewelry, several exhibits yearly, Oct. Cape Dorset Print Show. 2036 Union, SF, 415.673-1273, gallery@imagesnorth.com.
Kaululehua Hawaiian Cultural Center, 423 Baden Ave, So. SF. Mon: Men & Women (13-40) 6:30-7:30; Tues: Kupuna (50+) 6-7; Wed: Keiki (5-12) 6-7; Thurs: Makua (35-50) 6:30-7:30. Bring an open mind and willingness to learn. ($10/class for the month of Sept) rsvp: info@apop.net 650-588-1091.
Mission Dolores. 3321 16th St, SF, 415.621-8203, Andrew A. Galvan, (Ohlone), Curator. SF’s oldest intact building. The only intact Mission Chapel of the original 21. Final resting place of 5,000 First Californians. Native plants / artifacts.
North of Bay (To Sacramento)
CN Gorman Museum, 1316 Hart Hall, UC Davis. cngorman@ucdavis.edu 530.752-6567.
California Indian Museum, 1020 O St, Sacramento. “American Masterpieces: Artistic Legacy of California Indian Basketry,” Through early 2010, Admission.
California Indian Museum & Cultural Center, 5250 Aero Drive, Santa Rosa, 707.579-3004, cimandcc@aol.com. “Ishi: A California Indian Story of Dignity, Hope, Courage and Survival.”
Jesse Peter Native American Art Museum, Santa Rosa Jr. College, Bussman Hall, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.527-4479. California cultures, artists change monthly.
Maidu Museum and Historic Site, 1960 Johnson Ranch Dr., Roseville. 916.774-5934.
Marin Museum of the American Indian, 2200 Novato Blvd., Novato, 415.897-4064. “Sharing Traditions,” last Sat, 1-4 pm. Tues-Sun 12-4 pm. Free.
Mendocino County Museum. 400 E. Commercial St., Willits, 707.459-2739. Wed-Sun: 10-4:30. Pomo baskets and basket weavers. Free.
Northern California Flute Circle. 530.432-2716. Native Am. Flute concerts & workshops.
Pacific Western Traders, 305 Wool St., Folsom. 916.985-3851 Wed-Sun, 10-5. Native American arts, books, recordings, videos, Pendletons. Changing exhibits.
Vallejo Inter-Tribal Council. Mugg’s Coffee Shop, Ferry Building, 495 Mare Island Way, Vallejo. 707.552-2562 or 707.554-6114. Call to confirm Wed 7 pm meetings.
East of Bay (To Tuolumne)
Four Directions AA Meetings, Suns at 2, IFH, 523 International Blvd, Oakland. Meetings: 1st Sun: Birthdays; 2nd Sun: As Bill Sees It; 3rd Sun: Step Study; 4th Sun: Basket Drop. Children welcome, open meeting. FMI Vermaine @415-933-1259.
Lakota conversation class, Mon, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, IFH, 523 International, Oakland. FMI: Janeen. *** Healthy potluck, donations requested per class. Lila wopila to IFH, Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival, Community Futures Collective, AICA and AICRC for helping our tiyospaye learn Lakota. Thanks also to Willie who is temporarily away as he prepares for the coming of his expected twins with his partner Christina.
Medicine Warriors All Nations Dance Practice. Free, open to all. Thurs, 7-9 pm, IFH, 523 International, Oakland. Motto: Friendship, Fitness, Fun.
San Leandro Thursday Nite Powwow Class,. 6 - 8 pm, on FB w same name.
Gathering Tribes, 1412 Solano, Albany. 510.528-9038. Weekend artist presentations.
Intertribal Friendship House, 523 International Blvd, Oakland. 510.836-1955. Classes: Mon: 6:30-8:30 Lakota, Tues: 6-9 pm, Beading Circle w Gayle Burns, Drum, Aerobics. Thurs: Medicine Warriors/All Nations Dance, Fri: Talking Circles, Sat: Gardening, Parenting. Library open some Tues/Thurs.
Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak St, Oakland. 501.238-2200. Historical display of California lifeways/basketry. Free First Suns.
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, 103 Kroeber Hall, Berkeley. 510.643-7649. Wed-Sat, 10 am-4:30 pm, Sun 12-4 pm. Free; $5 tours, $2 children.
South of Bay (To Santa Cruz)
Four Directions Native American AA Meeting, 8 pm, Every Friday, 749 Story Rd, San Jose Info: Linda W, 408/564-3895.
Indian Canyon, Ceremonial Refuge/Facilities, w. of Hollister, ams@indiancanyon.org.
ANNUAL EVENTS
Avoid scheduling conflicts and plan in advance. For inclusion, email listings in same format as listings below. Wopila! You can post events full details on the Bay Area Native American Indian Network.
Apr 30, Sat, 3rd Annual Pow Wow, Sacramento City College, sccnafsa@yahoo.com.
Apr 30, Sofia Yohema Gathering, Lake Merced, johnnyclayart@gmail.com.
Apr 30-May 1, CA Indian Market, San Juan Bautista, fourcornerstrading@msn.com.
May 1, Sun, UCB Powwow, Berkeley, naoc@berkeley.edu.
May 6-8, Mothers Day Weekend, Stanford Powwow, info@stanfordpowwow.org.
May 13-15, Fri-Sun, 3rd Annual Pit River "Big Time" Powwow.
May 14, Sat, 12th Annual Bloody Island Memorial, Clayton Duncan.
May 14-15, Sat/Sun, CA Indian Market, Tuolumne, jbates@blackoakcasino.com.
May 21, Sat, 5th Annual Comedy Jam, San Jose, vmcloud@ihcscv.org.
Jun 5, Sat, Gathering of Honored Elders, Sacramento.
Jun 18, Ohlone Big Time, Yerba Buena Gardens, SF.
Jun 19, Sat, Native Contemp Arts Festival, Yerba Buena Gardens, SF, Janeen Antoine.
Jun 25, 2nd Annual Richmond Powwow, Nichols Park, Courtney Cummings.
Jul 17, Sat, Kule Loklo Big Time, Point Reyes National Seashore, 415.464-5100.
Jul 23-24, Vallejo ITC 16th Annual Pow Wow, Midge-Vendors 707.226-1234 , Eric 707.297-0580.
Aug, Sat, Storytelling Festival, Indian Canyon, Hollister, ams@indiancanyon.org. date to be revised.
Sep 11, Sat, MWAN Powwow, Clinton Square Park, Oakland, Gilbert Blacksmith.
Sep 18, Sat, AmInd Heritage Celeb/Big Time/Powwow/Market, San Jose, vmcloud@ihcscv.org.
Sep 24-25, Black Nat Am Assn. Powwow, CSUEB Hayward, Don Little Cloud.
Sep 24, 4th Fri, California Indian Day.
Oct 2-3, NAHC Pow Wow, Treasure Island, SF, Cathy Wisdom.
Oct 2, Tlingit Haida Gathering, Oakland 1st Congre. Church, Kathy Paddock.
Oct 3, Ohlone Gathering, Coyote Hills, Fremont, chvisit@ebparks.org.
Oct 9, IPD Pow Wow/Market, Berkeley, info@ipdpowwow.org.
Oct 11, IPD Sunrise Ceremony, Alacatraz, Morningstar Gali.
Oct 27-30, 26th Annual California Indian Conference, Amy Huberland, 530.898-5438.
Oct 30, Sat, Oakland Library N. A. Culture Day, rchacon@oaklandlibrary.org.
Nov 5-13, Sat, AIFF American Indian Film Festival, SF, filmfestival@aifisf.com.
Nov 13, AIFF Awards Night, SF, www.aifisf.com.
Nov 22-26, AIM National Conference, SF, Tony Gonzales.
Nov 25, Sunrise Ceremony, Alcatraz Island, Morningstar Gali.
Nov 26, Black Fri Shellmound Mall Protest, Emeryville, shellmoundwalk@yahoo.com
Dec 3-4, Sat/Sun, AICRC Powwow, Laney College, Oakland, Mary Trimble Norris.
Jan 29, MWAN B-Day Party, IFH, Oakland, Gilbert Blacksmith.
Mar 12, Sat, Running is My High, Oakland, LauraM@nativehealth.org.
Mar 19, Sat, Taking Care of the Tribe NAAP Powwow 5, Horace Mann School, SF, sendawee@yahoo.com.
Issues & News From STSSA Friends & Family
Issues & News From STSSA Friends & Family
Posted By: Tjay Henhawk
To: Members in First Nations & Aboriginal Rights
Why so few aboriginal people vote
The federal election campaign is dominating the news as politicians, analysts, volunteers and many others actively work at swaying Canadian voters. For many First Nations people, however, elections are another tiresome and irrelevant Canadian institution, particularly as it appears that dropping the writ is quickly becoming too common a pastime. In 2008, the number of onreserve votes barely reached 10% of the reserves' voting populations. The rising number of those under 25 years of age means that aboriginal votes could, increasingly, influence election outcomes if voter turnout was high.
A quick look at history helps explain the overall non-involvement of aboriginal people in exercising their voting rights. Under Sir John A. Macdonald, Indian men were allowed to vote, a right included in the country's first elections legislation. In 1898, though, Sir Wilfrid Laurier revoked that entitlement on the grounds that Indians, as wards of the Crown under the Indian Act, could not have a say in elections. Some historians have argued that the real reason for the reversal was that the predictably large number of Indian votes favouring Macdonald's Conservative party was a threat to the continuation of Laurier's Liberal leadership.
After the Second World War, a new social consciousness emerged in Canada that included a growing awareness of the plight of aboriginal people in the country. One outcome of active lobbying was a removal, in 1960, of the discriminatory part of the Canada Elections Act, to include those registered under the Indian Act. Registered Indians, both women and men, were thus free to vote close to 50 years ago in the 1962 federal election. Because of how recently these changes were made, today's middle-aged native people do not have memories of their parents and grandparents discussing how they voted, and what happened to them in some of the past, more memorable Canadian elections. Voting traditions, as with all traditions, are not established overnight, so generational voting traditions are only now being established among some native people.
While the number of eligible native voters continues to climb, the number of actual voters remains low. Studies have identified two compelling factors that influence how actively certain populations participate in elections:
A sense of civic duty. This is the be-? ? lief in the value and importance of voting, and an awareness and conviction of having the political clout to make relevant changes.
Association with the political com-? ? munity. The closer this association is, the more likely people are to vote. For example, strong ties to the federal political system often parallels strong incentives and social pressure to participate in the voting processes.
These two factors as they relate to the First Nations are too significant to ignore. Historical exclusion from Canada's democratic institutions has made it virtually impossible for native people to feel a sense of their own significance within those structures and whatever sense of civic duty that had been fostered in the Macdonald days has long since faded. As well, a look at the long-standing history of aboriginal-federal government conflict makes it easy to understand the sense of futility that many aboriginal people feel toward federal institutions, such as the electoral system. Governments' patterns of inadequate responses to the voices of native concerns, including denials of treaty agreement obligations, initiate a general apathy and mistrust which translates into reluctance by native people to participate in government undertakings. People tend to participate only in those activities in which they feel they are meaningfully contributing, and perceived as a valuable part of the group. The Third World standard of living is only one indication of the governments' influence on First Nations people. Perhaps the reluctance of the federal government in working toward effective solutions is directly proportional to the voting reluctance among reserve populations.
We can also consider First Nations' unwillingness to participate in provincial politics. Understandably, there is more day-to-day conflict between First Nations and provincial governments than there is with the federal government. The distribution and use of land and resources such as hunting, fishing, and mining, fall under provincial jurisdiction and are important in the daily lives of First Nations people. As well, many First Nations are adamant about not being "provincial citizens." They are nations who signed historic treaties with another nation and do not think well of Canada's attempt to relegate them into mere provincial status. Making matters worse, the provinces, seeing reserves as federal authority, view Indians as "federal citizens." These dichotomies and conflicting views end up with First Nations populations in "lose-lose" situations that are difficult to resolve.
Considering the historical context and status quo of the First Nations, it is not surprising that the choice of many is non-participation in the government institution of voting -one which most Canadians cherish as the heart of democracy.
Anita Olsen Harper recently received a PhD in education with an emphasis on history, from the University of Ottawa.
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Washington, D.C. - Shirley Sherrod, civil rights leader and cooperative developer, will be among five outstanding cooperative leaders receiving the cooperative community's highest honor on Wednesday, May 4rd, 2011, when they are inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame. In addition to Sherrod, the 2011 inductees include: agri-business leader, Noel Estenson; international cooperative developers, Gloria and Stanley Kuehn; and former Member of Congress and credit union leader, Daniel A. Mica. The dinner and induction ceremony will be held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
Sherrod, a native of Baker County, Georgia, is a veteran of the civil rights movement who found a way to achieve economic justice and rural land ownership for small and lower-income farmers through collective farming and cooperative development. As co-founder of a 6,000 acre black-owned cooperative and land trust that was forced into foreclosure, she was a party to the recently- successful class action law suit against US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for discriminatory lending practices. After the foreclosure, she joined the Georgia field staff of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF, where she spent the next three decades helping small farmers, developing rural cooperatives and building economically viable rural communities. In July 2009, she was appointed as the USDA Rural Development Georgia State Director by the Obama Administration, a position from which she was forced to resign a year later.
"The roster of the Cooperative Hall of Fame tells the story of the US cooperative community through the lives and accomplishments of extraordinary individuals. Induction to the Cooperative Hall of Fame is reserved for those who have made genuinely heroic contributions to the cooperative community," said Gasper Kovach, Jr., Board Chair of the Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) which administers the Hall of Fame. Kovach pointed out that only 147 individuals have been inducted since the Hall of Fame was established in 1974. The complete roster and the life stories of its members are available at www.heroes.coop.
The Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) is a 501 (c)(3) non profit organization with a rich history in the U.S. cooperative community and a mission to raise public awareness and stimulate the development of sustainable cooperatives that can contribute to all sectors of the U.S. economy. For more information on CDF: www.cdf.coop
For Cooperative Hall of Fame dinner or sponsorship information, contact CDF at 703-302-8097 (tbuen@cdf.coop).
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Cooperative Development Foundation
2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22202
(Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund)
www.federation.coop
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"When crazy people call you crazy, you know you're sane.
When evil people call you evil, you know that you are a good person.
When lairs call you a liar, you know that you are truthful.
Know who you are and don't let others tell you who you are." - Dave Kitchen
Posted By: Tjay Henhawk
To: Members in First Nations & Aboriginal Rights
Why so few aboriginal people vote
The federal election campaign is dominating the news as politicians, analysts, volunteers and many others actively work at swaying Canadian voters. For many First Nations people, however, elections are another tiresome and irrelevant Canadian institution, particularly as it appears that dropping the writ is quickly becoming too common a pastime. In 2008, the number of onreserve votes barely reached 10% of the reserves' voting populations. The rising number of those under 25 years of age means that aboriginal votes could, increasingly, influence election outcomes if voter turnout was high.
A quick look at history helps explain the overall non-involvement of aboriginal people in exercising their voting rights. Under Sir John A. Macdonald, Indian men were allowed to vote, a right included in the country's first elections legislation. In 1898, though, Sir Wilfrid Laurier revoked that entitlement on the grounds that Indians, as wards of the Crown under the Indian Act, could not have a say in elections. Some historians have argued that the real reason for the reversal was that the predictably large number of Indian votes favouring Macdonald's Conservative party was a threat to the continuation of Laurier's Liberal leadership.
After the Second World War, a new social consciousness emerged in Canada that included a growing awareness of the plight of aboriginal people in the country. One outcome of active lobbying was a removal, in 1960, of the discriminatory part of the Canada Elections Act, to include those registered under the Indian Act. Registered Indians, both women and men, were thus free to vote close to 50 years ago in the 1962 federal election. Because of how recently these changes were made, today's middle-aged native people do not have memories of their parents and grandparents discussing how they voted, and what happened to them in some of the past, more memorable Canadian elections. Voting traditions, as with all traditions, are not established overnight, so generational voting traditions are only now being established among some native people.
While the number of eligible native voters continues to climb, the number of actual voters remains low. Studies have identified two compelling factors that influence how actively certain populations participate in elections:
A sense of civic duty. This is the be-? ? lief in the value and importance of voting, and an awareness and conviction of having the political clout to make relevant changes.
Association with the political com-? ? munity. The closer this association is, the more likely people are to vote. For example, strong ties to the federal political system often parallels strong incentives and social pressure to participate in the voting processes.
These two factors as they relate to the First Nations are too significant to ignore. Historical exclusion from Canada's democratic institutions has made it virtually impossible for native people to feel a sense of their own significance within those structures and whatever sense of civic duty that had been fostered in the Macdonald days has long since faded. As well, a look at the long-standing history of aboriginal-federal government conflict makes it easy to understand the sense of futility that many aboriginal people feel toward federal institutions, such as the electoral system. Governments' patterns of inadequate responses to the voices of native concerns, including denials of treaty agreement obligations, initiate a general apathy and mistrust which translates into reluctance by native people to participate in government undertakings. People tend to participate only in those activities in which they feel they are meaningfully contributing, and perceived as a valuable part of the group. The Third World standard of living is only one indication of the governments' influence on First Nations people. Perhaps the reluctance of the federal government in working toward effective solutions is directly proportional to the voting reluctance among reserve populations.
We can also consider First Nations' unwillingness to participate in provincial politics. Understandably, there is more day-to-day conflict between First Nations and provincial governments than there is with the federal government. The distribution and use of land and resources such as hunting, fishing, and mining, fall under provincial jurisdiction and are important in the daily lives of First Nations people. As well, many First Nations are adamant about not being "provincial citizens." They are nations who signed historic treaties with another nation and do not think well of Canada's attempt to relegate them into mere provincial status. Making matters worse, the provinces, seeing reserves as federal authority, view Indians as "federal citizens." These dichotomies and conflicting views end up with First Nations populations in "lose-lose" situations that are difficult to resolve.
Considering the historical context and status quo of the First Nations, it is not surprising that the choice of many is non-participation in the government institution of voting -one which most Canadians cherish as the heart of democracy.
Anita Olsen Harper recently received a PhD in education with an emphasis on history, from the University of Ottawa.
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Washington, D.C. - Shirley Sherrod, civil rights leader and cooperative developer, will be among five outstanding cooperative leaders receiving the cooperative community's highest honor on Wednesday, May 4rd, 2011, when they are inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame. In addition to Sherrod, the 2011 inductees include: agri-business leader, Noel Estenson; international cooperative developers, Gloria and Stanley Kuehn; and former Member of Congress and credit union leader, Daniel A. Mica. The dinner and induction ceremony will be held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
Sherrod, a native of Baker County, Georgia, is a veteran of the civil rights movement who found a way to achieve economic justice and rural land ownership for small and lower-income farmers through collective farming and cooperative development. As co-founder of a 6,000 acre black-owned cooperative and land trust that was forced into foreclosure, she was a party to the recently- successful class action law suit against US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for discriminatory lending practices. After the foreclosure, she joined the Georgia field staff of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF, where she spent the next three decades helping small farmers, developing rural cooperatives and building economically viable rural communities. In July 2009, she was appointed as the USDA Rural Development Georgia State Director by the Obama Administration, a position from which she was forced to resign a year later.
"The roster of the Cooperative Hall of Fame tells the story of the US cooperative community through the lives and accomplishments of extraordinary individuals. Induction to the Cooperative Hall of Fame is reserved for those who have made genuinely heroic contributions to the cooperative community," said Gasper Kovach, Jr., Board Chair of the Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) which administers the Hall of Fame. Kovach pointed out that only 147 individuals have been inducted since the Hall of Fame was established in 1974. The complete roster and the life stories of its members are available at www.heroes.coop.
The Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) is a 501 (c)(3) non profit organization with a rich history in the U.S. cooperative community and a mission to raise public awareness and stimulate the development of sustainable cooperatives that can contribute to all sectors of the U.S. economy. For more information on CDF: www.cdf.coop
For Cooperative Hall of Fame dinner or sponsorship information, contact CDF at 703-302-8097 (tbuen@cdf.coop).
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Cooperative Development Foundation
2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22202
(Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund)
www.federation.coop
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"When crazy people call you crazy, you know you're sane.
When evil people call you evil, you know that you are a good person.
When lairs call you a liar, you know that you are truthful.
Know who you are and don't let others tell you who you are." - Dave Kitchen
Oil subsidies, gas prices and you
Oil subsidies, gas prices and you
Just thought that everyone suffering under the current price gouging might want to read this.
Good morning,
This week, as gas prices hit four dollars a gallon, oil companies like ExxonMobil announced skyrocketing profits -- while still receiving billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies.
There's something wrong with this picture, and in this video President Obama outlines the steps we're taking to make it right:
http://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTEwNDMwLjExMjE0MTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTEwNDMwLjExMjE0MTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjc2ODEyMDgyJmVtYWlsaWQ9c2hhcm9ua2l0Y2hlbkBlYXJ0aGxpbmsubmV0JnVzZXJpZD1zaGFyb25raXRjaGVuQGVhcnRobGluay5uZXQmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&100&&&http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/04/30/weekly-address-ending-taxpayer-subsidies-oil-companies?utm_source=email1112&utm_medium=image&utm_campaign=gasprices
A few weeks ago, I emailed you about rising gas prices, and I want to give you a quick update on three important steps:
Ending oil and gas subsidies. Oil companies are receiving $4 billion a year in taxpayer subsidies that don't make sense and that we can't afford. That's why President Obama has called on Democrats and Republicans in Congress to stop subsidizing the oil and gas industry so that we can afford to invest in the clean energy economy of tomorrow.
Stopping oil market fraud. Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a working group focused on rooting out the cases of fraud in the oil markets that might affect gas prices (the President discussed this in his Weekly Address last Saturday).
Reducing our dependence on oil. Stepping back to look at the bigger picture, President Obama recently unveiled his Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future that set a goal of reducing our imports of foreign oil by a third in a little over a decade. To do this we have to increase our domestic energy production, reduce our demand for oil by building cleaner, more efficient vehicles, and fully utilize alternatives to oil in the transportation sector like natural gas and advanced biofuels.
These are difficult issues to tackle, and it's going to take all of us working together to move forward. For years, politicians in Washington have kicked this problem down the road, but we simply cannot afford the price of inaction any longer.
Sincerely,
David Plouffe
Senior Advisor to the President
Just thought that everyone suffering under the current price gouging might want to read this.
Good morning,
This week, as gas prices hit four dollars a gallon, oil companies like ExxonMobil announced skyrocketing profits -- while still receiving billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies.
There's something wrong with this picture, and in this video President Obama outlines the steps we're taking to make it right:
http://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTEwNDMwLjExMjE0MTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTEwNDMwLjExMjE0MTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjc2ODEyMDgyJmVtYWlsaWQ9c2hhcm9ua2l0Y2hlbkBlYXJ0aGxpbmsubmV0JnVzZXJpZD1zaGFyb25raXRjaGVuQGVhcnRobGluay5uZXQmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&100&&&http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/04/30/weekly-address-ending-taxpayer-subsidies-oil-companies?utm_source=email1112&utm_medium=image&utm_campaign=gasprices
A few weeks ago, I emailed you about rising gas prices, and I want to give you a quick update on three important steps:
Ending oil and gas subsidies. Oil companies are receiving $4 billion a year in taxpayer subsidies that don't make sense and that we can't afford. That's why President Obama has called on Democrats and Republicans in Congress to stop subsidizing the oil and gas industry so that we can afford to invest in the clean energy economy of tomorrow.
Stopping oil market fraud. Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a working group focused on rooting out the cases of fraud in the oil markets that might affect gas prices (the President discussed this in his Weekly Address last Saturday).
Reducing our dependence on oil. Stepping back to look at the bigger picture, President Obama recently unveiled his Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future that set a goal of reducing our imports of foreign oil by a third in a little over a decade. To do this we have to increase our domestic energy production, reduce our demand for oil by building cleaner, more efficient vehicles, and fully utilize alternatives to oil in the transportation sector like natural gas and advanced biofuels.
These are difficult issues to tackle, and it's going to take all of us working together to move forward. For years, politicians in Washington have kicked this problem down the road, but we simply cannot afford the price of inaction any longer.
Sincerely,
David Plouffe
Senior Advisor to the President
The Birthers Lose Again
The Birthers Lose Again
(Note: This is not about Sacred Sites. It's about truth.)
I had a family member in the intelligence community. And I aboslutely know there is no way this President would get past them, if he wasn't born here. On the news they interviewed the family whose baby was in the crib next to Obama in Hawaii and the wife of the doctor who delivered him in Hawaii, because the doctor had died. This is a non issue and always was. Now some are continuing with it and nothing will convince them. And if it continues as a major issue for the conservative platforms, it will fail and cause conservatives to loose.
Family with baby in crib in hospital next to Obama in Hawaii
http://www.thelocal.se/33472/20110429/
The widow of the doctor who delievred Obama in Hawaii
http://www.tmz.com/2011/04/27/barack-obama-birth-doctor-delivery-birth-certificate-ivalee-sinclair-dr-david-a-sinclair-attendant
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"When crazy people call you crazy, you know you're sane.
When evil people call you evil, you know that you are a good person.
When lairs call you a liar, you know that you are truthful.
Know who you are and don't let others tell you who you are." - Dave Kitchen
(Note: This is not about Sacred Sites. It's about truth.)
I had a family member in the intelligence community. And I aboslutely know there is no way this President would get past them, if he wasn't born here. On the news they interviewed the family whose baby was in the crib next to Obama in Hawaii and the wife of the doctor who delivered him in Hawaii, because the doctor had died. This is a non issue and always was. Now some are continuing with it and nothing will convince them. And if it continues as a major issue for the conservative platforms, it will fail and cause conservatives to loose.
Family with baby in crib in hospital next to Obama in Hawaii
http://www.thelocal.se/33472/20110429/
The widow of the doctor who delievred Obama in Hawaii
http://www.tmz.com/2011/04/27/barack-obama-birth-doctor-delivery-birth-certificate-ivalee-sinclair-dr-david-a-sinclair-attendant
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"When crazy people call you crazy, you know you're sane.
When evil people call you evil, you know that you are a good person.
When lairs call you a liar, you know that you are truthful.
Know who you are and don't let others tell you who you are." - Dave Kitchen
Friday, April 29, 2011
Breitbart on Bill Maher?
Breitbart on Bill Maher?
Dear Dave & Sharon,
We just learned that tonight, Andrew Breitbart — the man behind the take-down of Shirley Sherrod — will appear on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher." Turns out this will be the second time that Maher has had Breitbart on since Breitbart was exposed as a fraud in the Sherrod incident. In the first show, despite Breitbart having recently been shown to be a con-artist, Maher referred to him kindly as a "publisher and journalist" and engaged him as a credible commentator.1
Bill Maher needs to hear from us — if Breitbart is going to appear on his show at all, Maher needs to tell his audience that Breitbart is neither a journalist nor a commentator — that in fact he's a liar, a race-baiter, and a con-artist. Maher needs to know that it's irresponsible for him to give Breitbart a stage without making Breitbart's history and penchant for deception clear.
Can you make a quick phone call to Maher's show? The script below makes it easy (or you can come up with your own).
(323) 575-7702 - Real Time with Bill Maher
Our suggested script:
Hi, I'm calling because I'm outraged that your show is hosting Andrew Breitbart. He has been exposed over and over again as a race-baiter and a liar, and now he's trying to repair his reputation. Breitbart has been considered a fraud by most of the media since he smeared Shirley Sherrod and the NAACP using deceptively edited video. But in September, Bill Maher had him on the show and referred to him as a journalist and publisher. Bill Maher shouldn't help sanitize Breitbart's image. If he still plans to have Breitbart on tonight, he needs to make it very clear that Breitbart is someone who uses lies to stoke racial fear and conflict, for personal and political gain. Anything less would be irresponsible and shameful.
Once you've called, please let us know by sending an email to calls@colorofchange.org.
ColorOfChange members like you were instrumental in making sure that ABC News and Huffington Post didn't legitimize Breitbart by giving him a platform where he could appear as a credible commentator. For his race-baiting and lies to be effective, he needs access to the media, and he needs to appear as a legitimate commentator and news-maker.
It's critical that we continue to make sure he's not given prominent platforms without being clearly labeled as a race-baiter and a liar. Please take a moment to call "Real Time with Bill Maher" and ask Maher to confront Breitbart and make it clear who he really is.
Thanks and Peace,
-- James, Gabriel, William, Dani, Matt, Natasha and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team
April 29th, 2011
Help support our work. ColorOfChange.org is powered by YOU--your energy and dollars. We take no money from lobbyists or large corporations that don't share our values, and our tiny staff ensures your contributions go a long way. You can contribute here:
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/205?akid=1970.605349.cho8Wd&t=2
References
1. "Bill Maher, Andrew Breitbart, And Seth MacFarlane Bond Over Trashing Democrats," Mediaite, 9-25-2010
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/814?akid=1970.605349.cho8Wd&t=4
Dear Dave & Sharon,
We just learned that tonight, Andrew Breitbart — the man behind the take-down of Shirley Sherrod — will appear on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher." Turns out this will be the second time that Maher has had Breitbart on since Breitbart was exposed as a fraud in the Sherrod incident. In the first show, despite Breitbart having recently been shown to be a con-artist, Maher referred to him kindly as a "publisher and journalist" and engaged him as a credible commentator.1
Bill Maher needs to hear from us — if Breitbart is going to appear on his show at all, Maher needs to tell his audience that Breitbart is neither a journalist nor a commentator — that in fact he's a liar, a race-baiter, and a con-artist. Maher needs to know that it's irresponsible for him to give Breitbart a stage without making Breitbart's history and penchant for deception clear.
Can you make a quick phone call to Maher's show? The script below makes it easy (or you can come up with your own).
(323) 575-7702 - Real Time with Bill Maher
Our suggested script:
Hi, I'm calling because I'm outraged that your show is hosting Andrew Breitbart. He has been exposed over and over again as a race-baiter and a liar, and now he's trying to repair his reputation. Breitbart has been considered a fraud by most of the media since he smeared Shirley Sherrod and the NAACP using deceptively edited video. But in September, Bill Maher had him on the show and referred to him as a journalist and publisher. Bill Maher shouldn't help sanitize Breitbart's image. If he still plans to have Breitbart on tonight, he needs to make it very clear that Breitbart is someone who uses lies to stoke racial fear and conflict, for personal and political gain. Anything less would be irresponsible and shameful.
Once you've called, please let us know by sending an email to calls@colorofchange.org.
ColorOfChange members like you were instrumental in making sure that ABC News and Huffington Post didn't legitimize Breitbart by giving him a platform where he could appear as a credible commentator. For his race-baiting and lies to be effective, he needs access to the media, and he needs to appear as a legitimate commentator and news-maker.
It's critical that we continue to make sure he's not given prominent platforms without being clearly labeled as a race-baiter and a liar. Please take a moment to call "Real Time with Bill Maher" and ask Maher to confront Breitbart and make it clear who he really is.
Thanks and Peace,
-- James, Gabriel, William, Dani, Matt, Natasha and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team
April 29th, 2011
Help support our work. ColorOfChange.org is powered by YOU--your energy and dollars. We take no money from lobbyists or large corporations that don't share our values, and our tiny staff ensures your contributions go a long way. You can contribute here:
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/205?akid=1970.605349.cho8Wd&t=2
References
1. "Bill Maher, Andrew Breitbart, And Seth MacFarlane Bond Over Trashing Democrats," Mediaite, 9-25-2010
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/814?akid=1970.605349.cho8Wd&t=4
Monday, April 25, 2011
Just Peace
Just Peace
Mondays, 6pm - 7pm EST ----- WRFG-Atlanta 89.3 FM
http://www.wrfg.org/features/shows/shows-desc.asp?showid=36
This Monday on Just Peace, we will talk with Atlanta urban farmer K. Rashid Nuri and continue in our discussion about urban agriculture and growing food naturally.
K. Rashid Nuri is the founder of Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture in Atlanta (TLW).
After 40 years of learning how food is produced and distributed in more than 35 countries, Rashid’s thinking came full circle with the founding of TLW. He has identified three high priority needs:
A return to natural and sustainable production methods that deliver higher quality food, enhance the environment and improve human health.
A return of food as a central focus in family and community life. For most of human history, food was produced within walking distance of where it was consumed, resulting in a direct connection between man, land and his food.
Development of infrastructure to support the growth of local food production and distribution.
TLW now has a 4 acre garden in the heart of the City of Atlanta in the historic Sweet Auburn Avenue district, which is a community steeped in Black history locally, nationally and internationally.
For more information about Truly Living Well, please go to www.trulylivingwell.com.
Heather Gray & Nadia Ali, Ph.D.
Co-producers, Just Peace
WRFG 89.3 FM
404 523 8989 (studio)
www.wrfg.org
Tune in and join the conversation! You can also listen on the web by going to our home page (http://www.wrfg.org/) and clicking on the "Listen Live" icon on the righthand side of the page. For more information about Just Peace, check out http://www.wrfg.org/features/shows/shows-desc.asp?showid=36.
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"When crazy people call you crazy, you know you're sane.
When evil people call you evil, you know that you are a good person.
When lairs call you a liar, you know that you are truthful.
Know who you are and don't let others tell you who you are." - Dave Kitchen
Mondays, 6pm - 7pm EST ----- WRFG-Atlanta 89.3 FM
http://www.wrfg.org/features/shows/shows-desc.asp?showid=36
This Monday on Just Peace, we will talk with Atlanta urban farmer K. Rashid Nuri and continue in our discussion about urban agriculture and growing food naturally.
K. Rashid Nuri is the founder of Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture in Atlanta (TLW).
After 40 years of learning how food is produced and distributed in more than 35 countries, Rashid’s thinking came full circle with the founding of TLW. He has identified three high priority needs:
A return to natural and sustainable production methods that deliver higher quality food, enhance the environment and improve human health.
A return of food as a central focus in family and community life. For most of human history, food was produced within walking distance of where it was consumed, resulting in a direct connection between man, land and his food.
Development of infrastructure to support the growth of local food production and distribution.
TLW now has a 4 acre garden in the heart of the City of Atlanta in the historic Sweet Auburn Avenue district, which is a community steeped in Black history locally, nationally and internationally.
For more information about Truly Living Well, please go to www.trulylivingwell.com.
Heather Gray & Nadia Ali, Ph.D.
Co-producers, Just Peace
WRFG 89.3 FM
404 523 8989 (studio)
www.wrfg.org
Tune in and join the conversation! You can also listen on the web by going to our home page (http://www.wrfg.org/) and clicking on the "Listen Live" icon on the righthand side of the page. For more information about Just Peace, check out http://www.wrfg.org/features/shows/shows-desc.asp?showid=36.
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"When crazy people call you crazy, you know you're sane.
When evil people call you evil, you know that you are a good person.
When lairs call you a liar, you know that you are truthful.
Know who you are and don't let others tell you who you are." - Dave Kitchen
What If Jesus Came Back as an Indigenous Person?
There are folks out there telling people who do not know better that being poor, or sick or handicapped or a widow or another race except white, that there is something wrong with them,
because they are cutting social programs that have helped millions. They may not say it with words. But actions speak louder than words.
And these same people do not want to honor treaties with Indigenous People. They call Indigenous Treaties a handout.
To not honor those treaties would make any future treaty that the U.S. makes with any country suspect. And it would make the word of the USA mean nothing.
These corporate fat cats and their followers and cronies hate so many and want to dump on people
when the only thing wrong with them is they are unacceptable to the corporate wealthy fat cats and the church of the fake Jesus.
I read this article and I have read their Bible and I see that they do not even follow the Jesus in it. They follow a made up one.
http://www.laprogressive.com/law-and-the-justice-system/jesus-litigator/
I usually don't advocate anyone's work on one side or the other. And I am usually sort of a moderate type person.
But I get sick to death of these wealthy and power mongers making every evil thing they do look like it's right and proper.
And everything that is done to help Indigenous People or for that matter any people who by no want of their own have to depend on this government.
Believe me I am not advocating dependence on the U.S. government by Indigenous People or anyone if you can help it.
But what I do advocate is that circumstances happen and people need help. And the fat cats and their cronies and their fake church will not help enough to make a difference.
Sure they put out little offerings to make it look like they are at least doing something. But basically they could care less if humans, animals or the Earth suffers from the effects of their greed.
Look at the oil advocates coming back wanting to make more oil rigs with the same faulty drilling techniques that caused the worst disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Look at the radiation poured all over the earth with the poor construction techniques for these nuclear plants like those in Japan.
And when they hurt the Earth it hurts us all
A few years back there was this story about the first time that the Lakotas got the Bible translated into their language.
It was said that one of the Lakota elders commented, "This Jesus seems like a good man. Too bad his followers don't live by what's in this book."
And, in this humble almost 64 year old's opinion, Indigenous already had a way of life that would have been better than most who cal themselves Christians,
but live nothing like the real Jesus' words told his followers to live.
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So where am I going with this? (as an esteemed comrade pastor friend of mine would say. ( You know who you are Griffin :-)
My point is this. Those in power believe what they want to believe. And they make their philosophy and religion fit their wants for power and greed.
What you hear on TV news channels fits their need for greed also.
What you read in the paper fits their need for greed.
What you read in many books fits their need for greed.
What you see on the Internet fits their need for greed.
In the mix, they use people's fears and weaknesses against them to control them.
This is how they stay in power and keep people fighting among themselves. So that people never see that they are being manipulated, controlled, used, abused and following like good little sheeple to the slaughterhouse where they forfeit their human rights and will end up owning everything and owning nothing.
Now some will say that this is what these so called 'socialist" (which are not specifically socialist. They are programs that just help people.) programs will do for the U.S. But I disagree.
It is your greedy capitalists who will destroy the U.S.
I got no problem with compassionate capitalists.
If you go back to the original inhabitants of this country who still follow their traditions, you will find the truth about the way life should be lived without greed or the lust for power.
Some of the elders used to think that those who came from Europe were all "dead eyed" people. In other words they had no connection to the Spirit or this Earth and were filled with greed. And it showed in their eyes. But later they met some who had life in them.
And the real Jesus would probably come back as a Traditional Indigenous Person in order to be able to follow his original teachings.
You see the real Jesus had Spirit and Life in him and was connected to the Earth so much that he could talk to the storm wind and make it stop storming and blowing.
He healed people because he had the Spirit in him.
He was nothing like these fake followers. He actually cared about ALL people. How could he identify with these dead eyed people who have no Spirit or connection to the Earth?
I wonder what would happen if the real Jesus were born today? I have this funny feeling he would congratulate many Indigenous People.
There was an Atheist that recently wrote about his being a better person that most Christians living today.
And he is absolutely right. If the teachings of Jesus and His Apostles were really followed by so called "Christians" there would be no poor in this country or people without food, medical care, homes, greed would not be an issue. Then the world would be a much better place.
I have met many Atheists and other belief systems (especially Traditional Indigenous People) who are much more moral and caring people than many who wear the faux mantle of "Christian" and are heartless and cut all programs that aid the poor, handicapped, widows, orphans, .... you know all the people that Jesus helped and told Christians that they should help. I never read anywhere where Jesus told any person to pick themselves up by their own bootstraps. He always went after the wealthy powerful religious elite who put burdens on the common man and lived the good life while others suffered.
And the wealthy fat cats and pious hypocrite religious leaders had the Romans crucify him for calling them hypocrites.
And many of these wealthy and powerful elite and their churches are destroying his true teachings and replacing them with a gospel of greed and hate. And these so called "Christians" would try to kill him today if he made a big enough stink to disrupt their little game.
--
"When crazy people call you crazy, you know you're sane.
When evil people call you evil, you know that you are a good person.
When lairs call you a liar, you know that you are truthful.
Know who you are and don't let others tell you who you are." - Dave Kitchen
because they are cutting social programs that have helped millions. They may not say it with words. But actions speak louder than words.
And these same people do not want to honor treaties with Indigenous People. They call Indigenous Treaties a handout.
To not honor those treaties would make any future treaty that the U.S. makes with any country suspect. And it would make the word of the USA mean nothing.
These corporate fat cats and their followers and cronies hate so many and want to dump on people
when the only thing wrong with them is they are unacceptable to the corporate wealthy fat cats and the church of the fake Jesus.
I read this article and I have read their Bible and I see that they do not even follow the Jesus in it. They follow a made up one.
http://www.laprogressive.com/law-and-the-justice-system/jesus-litigator/
I usually don't advocate anyone's work on one side or the other. And I am usually sort of a moderate type person.
But I get sick to death of these wealthy and power mongers making every evil thing they do look like it's right and proper.
And everything that is done to help Indigenous People or for that matter any people who by no want of their own have to depend on this government.
Believe me I am not advocating dependence on the U.S. government by Indigenous People or anyone if you can help it.
But what I do advocate is that circumstances happen and people need help. And the fat cats and their cronies and their fake church will not help enough to make a difference.
Sure they put out little offerings to make it look like they are at least doing something. But basically they could care less if humans, animals or the Earth suffers from the effects of their greed.
Look at the oil advocates coming back wanting to make more oil rigs with the same faulty drilling techniques that caused the worst disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Look at the radiation poured all over the earth with the poor construction techniques for these nuclear plants like those in Japan.
And when they hurt the Earth it hurts us all
A few years back there was this story about the first time that the Lakotas got the Bible translated into their language.
It was said that one of the Lakota elders commented, "This Jesus seems like a good man. Too bad his followers don't live by what's in this book."
And, in this humble almost 64 year old's opinion, Indigenous already had a way of life that would have been better than most who cal themselves Christians,
but live nothing like the real Jesus' words told his followers to live.
.
So where am I going with this? (as an esteemed comrade pastor friend of mine would say. ( You know who you are Griffin :-)
My point is this. Those in power believe what they want to believe. And they make their philosophy and religion fit their wants for power and greed.
What you hear on TV news channels fits their need for greed also.
What you read in the paper fits their need for greed.
What you read in many books fits their need for greed.
What you see on the Internet fits their need for greed.
In the mix, they use people's fears and weaknesses against them to control them.
This is how they stay in power and keep people fighting among themselves. So that people never see that they are being manipulated, controlled, used, abused and following like good little sheeple to the slaughterhouse where they forfeit their human rights and will end up owning everything and owning nothing.
Now some will say that this is what these so called 'socialist" (which are not specifically socialist. They are programs that just help people.) programs will do for the U.S. But I disagree.
It is your greedy capitalists who will destroy the U.S.
I got no problem with compassionate capitalists.
If you go back to the original inhabitants of this country who still follow their traditions, you will find the truth about the way life should be lived without greed or the lust for power.
Some of the elders used to think that those who came from Europe were all "dead eyed" people. In other words they had no connection to the Spirit or this Earth and were filled with greed. And it showed in their eyes. But later they met some who had life in them.
And the real Jesus would probably come back as a Traditional Indigenous Person in order to be able to follow his original teachings.
You see the real Jesus had Spirit and Life in him and was connected to the Earth so much that he could talk to the storm wind and make it stop storming and blowing.
He healed people because he had the Spirit in him.
He was nothing like these fake followers. He actually cared about ALL people. How could he identify with these dead eyed people who have no Spirit or connection to the Earth?
I wonder what would happen if the real Jesus were born today? I have this funny feeling he would congratulate many Indigenous People.
There was an Atheist that recently wrote about his being a better person that most Christians living today.
And he is absolutely right. If the teachings of Jesus and His Apostles were really followed by so called "Christians" there would be no poor in this country or people without food, medical care, homes, greed would not be an issue. Then the world would be a much better place.
I have met many Atheists and other belief systems (especially Traditional Indigenous People) who are much more moral and caring people than many who wear the faux mantle of "Christian" and are heartless and cut all programs that aid the poor, handicapped, widows, orphans, .... you know all the people that Jesus helped and told Christians that they should help. I never read anywhere where Jesus told any person to pick themselves up by their own bootstraps. He always went after the wealthy powerful religious elite who put burdens on the common man and lived the good life while others suffered.
And the wealthy fat cats and pious hypocrite religious leaders had the Romans crucify him for calling them hypocrites.
And many of these wealthy and powerful elite and their churches are destroying his true teachings and replacing them with a gospel of greed and hate. And these so called "Christians" would try to kill him today if he made a big enough stink to disrupt their little game.
--
"When crazy people call you crazy, you know you're sane.
When evil people call you evil, you know that you are a good person.
When lairs call you a liar, you know that you are truthful.
Know who you are and don't let others tell you who you are." - Dave Kitchen
Sunday, April 24, 2011
New Idani Album Available!!
Yep new Christian Music (with an Indigenous Flavor) from Idani is uploaded.
"BY The grace Of God"
Wanna Listen?
Website http://www.myspace.com/Idani_
Wanna buy it? Send $15 to: New Album>
Idani Music P.O. Box 324, Townsend, Ga. 31331
Thanks,
Dave
"BY The grace Of God"
Wanna Listen?
Website http://www.myspace.com/Idani_
Wanna buy it? Send $15 to: New Album>
Idani Music P.O. Box 324, Townsend, Ga. 31331
Thanks,
Dave
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Honoring barb Abramo / Mother's Day Reminder
Buffalo Field Campaign is the only group working in the field
and in the policy arena to protect America's last wild bison.
Dear Sharon,
As you know, BFC lost a very close family member in March with the passing of barb Abramo. She was a mother, a best friend, and a strong example to many of us. As BFC's Office Coordinator she communicated with hundreds of our supporters, sending a hand-written thank you for each and every donation. barb first raised her voice for wild bison in April 1992, Nineteen years ago this month. She never shied from expressing her thoughts and feelings, and believed passionately in the Yellowstone buffalo's right to be wild and migrate freely.
barb's companion Phil Morton died in 2003. Every year on his birthday, April 22, barb honored his memory with an Earth Day message asking family and friends to support Buffalo Field Campaign. We thought it would be fitting to do the same for barb, and have created a special page in her memory. Click to view video, photos, her Earth Day message from 2005, and short memories of barb shared by BFC supporters.
Three Ways You Can Help the Buffalo in barb's Memory
1. In addition to visiting barb's page, we are asking you to honor her memory by taking action to prevent the slaughter of any of the more than 660 wild buffalo currently being held in captivity near Yellowstone's northern boundary. Send a message to Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk and urge him to release all the Yellowstone bison currently being held in the traps and pens.
2. The next month will be very difficult as we run patrols in both West Yellowstone and Gardiner, bearing witness to and opposing ever-intensifying government actions against the buffalo. To support our field work this spring we have created a special donation page where you can make a contribution in barb's memory.
3. Send a Mother's Day card to someone special in your life and support BFC in the process. Click the link or see below for information and a photo of this year's card.
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* Deadline to Send a Hand-Crafted Mother's Day Card is Monday, 4/25
Click on photo to view full size image.
Buffalo Field Campaign is happy to announce the return of our immensely popular Mother's Day card fundraiser. With the recent passing of barb abramo, BFC's Office Coordinator and one of two women who gave incredible amounts of time, energy, and passion to make this project possible, we weren't sure if we would be able to offer cards this year. But when Kathleen Stachowski--the artist whose vision and dedication gave rise to this popular fundraiser--told us that she wanted to make a special card this year, we knew that it would be the perfect way to honor barb's memory.
For just $15 Buffalo Field Campaign will send one of these beautifully designed and hand-colored cards to the recipient of your choice. Please scroll down for details and remember that the deadline for ordering is Monday, April 25. We will send the cards to arrive by Mother's Day, May 8.
Spring is the season of rebirth, and this year’s card embraces the miracle! Our hand-made, hand-colored Mother’s Day card features a copy of an original drawing—a flower bedecked baby bison—and a Walt Whitman quote: “As to me, I know of nothing else but miracles.”
The sentiment inside reads:
“Where there is great love there are always miracles.”~Willa Cather
A gift has been made in your honor by
___________________________
to further the work of Buffalo Field Campaign for a miraculous animal.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
The drawing, entitled “barb’s baby bison,” is a loving tribute to BFC’s recently departed Office Coordinator barb abramo (who insisted on no capital letters). While never a mother herself, she was heartily committed to all endeavors to raise babies—human or animal—in peace.
When you send a card to the special women in your life—whether or not they are mothers—you celebrate the miracle of spring, the miracle of birth and rebirth that is our shared experience, and the miracle of a new generation of bison—born into the only place on Earth where a wild bison herd has survived continuously since prehistoric times. You also fund the work of BFC as we protect and defend these shaggy miracles.
Our cards, suitable for all the nurturing women in your life, are copies of a hand-drawn original; each one is colored by hand. For your minimum donation of $15 per card, we'll send one to the recipient(s) of your choice, timed to arrive before Mother's Day. (A note on the envelope flap will advise the recipient to open on May 8th!)
Our card-maker has committed to crafting a limited number of cards; to ensure that your special recipient receives a BFC card, please order early.
To place your order, click HERE. We must receive your order by Monday, April 25. Remember to clearly state the name and address of the person/people you'd like us to send the card to as well as any message you'd like us to write in the card.
For the Buffalo,
Dan Brister
Executive Director
Buffalo Field Campaign
and in the policy arena to protect America's last wild bison.
Dear Sharon,
As you know, BFC lost a very close family member in March with the passing of barb Abramo. She was a mother, a best friend, and a strong example to many of us. As BFC's Office Coordinator she communicated with hundreds of our supporters, sending a hand-written thank you for each and every donation. barb first raised her voice for wild bison in April 1992, Nineteen years ago this month. She never shied from expressing her thoughts and feelings, and believed passionately in the Yellowstone buffalo's right to be wild and migrate freely.
barb's companion Phil Morton died in 2003. Every year on his birthday, April 22, barb honored his memory with an Earth Day message asking family and friends to support Buffalo Field Campaign. We thought it would be fitting to do the same for barb, and have created a special page in her memory. Click to view video, photos, her Earth Day message from 2005, and short memories of barb shared by BFC supporters.
Three Ways You Can Help the Buffalo in barb's Memory
1. In addition to visiting barb's page, we are asking you to honor her memory by taking action to prevent the slaughter of any of the more than 660 wild buffalo currently being held in captivity near Yellowstone's northern boundary. Send a message to Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk and urge him to release all the Yellowstone bison currently being held in the traps and pens.
2. The next month will be very difficult as we run patrols in both West Yellowstone and Gardiner, bearing witness to and opposing ever-intensifying government actions against the buffalo. To support our field work this spring we have created a special donation page where you can make a contribution in barb's memory.
3. Send a Mother's Day card to someone special in your life and support BFC in the process. Click the link or see below for information and a photo of this year's card.
-----------------------------
* Deadline to Send a Hand-Crafted Mother's Day Card is Monday, 4/25
Click on photo to view full size image.
Buffalo Field Campaign is happy to announce the return of our immensely popular Mother's Day card fundraiser. With the recent passing of barb abramo, BFC's Office Coordinator and one of two women who gave incredible amounts of time, energy, and passion to make this project possible, we weren't sure if we would be able to offer cards this year. But when Kathleen Stachowski--the artist whose vision and dedication gave rise to this popular fundraiser--told us that she wanted to make a special card this year, we knew that it would be the perfect way to honor barb's memory.
For just $15 Buffalo Field Campaign will send one of these beautifully designed and hand-colored cards to the recipient of your choice. Please scroll down for details and remember that the deadline for ordering is Monday, April 25. We will send the cards to arrive by Mother's Day, May 8.
Spring is the season of rebirth, and this year’s card embraces the miracle! Our hand-made, hand-colored Mother’s Day card features a copy of an original drawing—a flower bedecked baby bison—and a Walt Whitman quote: “As to me, I know of nothing else but miracles.”
The sentiment inside reads:
“Where there is great love there are always miracles.”~Willa Cather
A gift has been made in your honor by
___________________________
to further the work of Buffalo Field Campaign for a miraculous animal.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
The drawing, entitled “barb’s baby bison,” is a loving tribute to BFC’s recently departed Office Coordinator barb abramo (who insisted on no capital letters). While never a mother herself, she was heartily committed to all endeavors to raise babies—human or animal—in peace.
When you send a card to the special women in your life—whether or not they are mothers—you celebrate the miracle of spring, the miracle of birth and rebirth that is our shared experience, and the miracle of a new generation of bison—born into the only place on Earth where a wild bison herd has survived continuously since prehistoric times. You also fund the work of BFC as we protect and defend these shaggy miracles.
Our cards, suitable for all the nurturing women in your life, are copies of a hand-drawn original; each one is colored by hand. For your minimum donation of $15 per card, we'll send one to the recipient(s) of your choice, timed to arrive before Mother's Day. (A note on the envelope flap will advise the recipient to open on May 8th!)
Our card-maker has committed to crafting a limited number of cards; to ensure that your special recipient receives a BFC card, please order early.
To place your order, click HERE. We must receive your order by Monday, April 25. Remember to clearly state the name and address of the person/people you'd like us to send the card to as well as any message you'd like us to write in the card.
For the Buffalo,
Dan Brister
Executive Director
Buffalo Field Campaign
Bay Area Indian Calendar, April 20, 2011
Bay Area Indian Calendar, April 20, 2011
Thanks to American Indian Contemporary Arts for the calendar. More info is linked to the Bay Native Circle page at www.kpfa.org. To include events in calendar send text info to Janeen Antoine or post on the Bay Area Native American Indian Network.
Bay Native Circle at kpfa 94.1 airs Weds 2–3 pm with rotating hosts Lakota Harden; Janeen Antoine; Morningstar Gali and Ras K’Dee. Thanks for listening to BNC, live, podcast, online and archived for 2 weeks, and made possible through your public support. Please if you can, support kpfa.org with a financial contribution. Thank you.
UPCOMING
BNC extends heartfelt condolences to the families of long time community members Jimi Simmons and Theresa Lee who crossed over in the past week. Jimi's funeral ceremony and burial will be held Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Oregon. Making the River will be shown on the reservation on the evening of Monday, April 25th. There will be a memorial for Jimi at Christ Episcopal Church in Los Altos, California at 1 p.m. on May 5th. At present there are no services announcements for Theresa.
The vigil at Sogorea Te (Glen Cove) to protect the ancestors continues. All support is needed with your participation, donations, and volunteer work. Organizers & Coordinators: Sacred Site Protection & Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSP&RIT) Wounded Knee DeOcampo: 707.373-7195 Corrina Gould: 510.575-8408 Morning Star Gali: 510.827 6719 Mark Anquoe: 415.680 0110 FMI: www.protectglencove.org. Wounded Knee DeOcampo, AIM SB, and other activists have released an emergency request for ALL people to converge at Glen Cove. GVRD has threatened to attempt a mass arrest tonight. Please remember, no weapons, no drugs, no alcohol -- this is a spiritual gathering to honor and protect the ancestors. Mr. Presley from the Greater Vallejo Recreation District (GVRD) arrived yesterday to tell the protestors that they "are not allowed to camp in the park, and that they will be removed by force if necessary." The League of Indian Nations and The Strong Heart Preservation Movement, which are backed by The International Parliament of Safety and Peace, has sent word to the City of Vallejo that under international law, and several US laws, that they will be breaking regulations whereby indigenous people are entitled to worship and protect their own lands. Wounded reiterated once again, "This is not a park yet, this is a sacred burial ground and place of worship." ******** Please help us spread the word by calling or eMailing your friends and family. In addition, please contact GVRD and the Major of Vallejo to voice your disapproval of their actions: GVRD: (707) 648-4600 General Manager Shane McAffee eMail: smcaffee@gvrd.org City of Vallejo: (707) 648-4377 Mayor, Osby Davis: eMail: mayor@ci.vallejo.ca.us Local Newspaper: Vallejo Times-Herald: (707) 644-1141 Official website: http://www.ProtectGlenCove.org/ Organizers & Coordinators: Sacred Site Protection & Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSP&RIT) Wounded Knee DeOcampo: (707) 373-7195 Corrina Gould: (510) 575-8408 Morning Star Gali: (510) 827 6719 Mark Anquoe: (415) 680 0110 Legal Support Number: (415) 285-1011 Please write it somewhere on your person. It is the number to call if you are arrested, or if you see someone being arrested. Walter: secretary.ssp_rit@yahoo.com Strong Heart Preservation Movement League of Indian Nations of North America Rob Dunaway: raidernationdna@yahoo.com
Wed. April 20, 4-6pm, Protest at Obama Fundraiser in San Francisco, Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California St., (btwn Jones and Taylor), SF, President Obama will be in San Francisco for a $35,800 per plate fundraiser and other events. Join the ANSWER Coalition and other organizations to say: End the War and Occupation, Fund Jobs, Healthcare, Schools and Housing, Not War!, Help The People & the Planet, Not Nuclear Profits!, FMI: 415-821-6545 or answer@answersf.org.
Thurs, Apr 21, 7:30- 9:30pm. The 13 Grandmothers’ screening of their new film "For the next 7 Generations", California Theater, 2113 Kittredge St, Berkeley.tickets $15 advance, 20 at door. The grandmothers will share their mission and introduce the film that documents the coming together of the Grandmothers Council. A short Q & A follows. FMI: www.grandmotherscouncil.org. Originating from all corners of the world, these 13 wise women elders, shamans and medicine women have formed an alliance for a peaceful and sustainable planet. They have been traveling the planet holding council and ceremony together since 2004. Their wisdom shines through these powerful times. Join the grandmothers for these very special events as they share their ancestral knowledge for these modern times.
Fri, April 22, 9 am- 3 pm. Workshop with Grandmothers, Humanist Hall, 411 28th st. Oakland. Tickets: $100 (includes vegetarian lunch). Enjoy intimate time with the Grandmothers as they open up to spirit, sharing their messages with us. advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com. FMI: www.grandmotherscouncil.org. Originating from all corners of the world, these 13 wise women elders, shamans and medicine women have formed an alliance for a peaceful and sustainable planet. They have been traveling the planet holding council and ceremony together since 2004. Their wisdom shines through these powerful times. Join the grandmothers for these very special events as they share their ancestral knowledge for these modern times.
Fri, April 22, 7-11 pm, SNAG Earthday Celebration, Galeria De La Raza, 2857 24th Street, SF. ($5 suggested donation). The celebration includes Artists Exhibition: Richard Castaneda, Rene Castro, Nizhoni Ellenwood, Spencer Keeton Cunningham, Rye Purvis, Anthony Sul, Cy Wagoner, Peps 357, Merisha Lemmer. Eco Fashion Show: Amelia Berrumen (Itzpapalotl), Laryssa Verdussen and Rachel Znerold (Loft 1513). Performances by: The Bluntest, Sista Hailstorm, Linda Koffman, Daygots, Guerilla Queens, Backwordz Medicine, Ras K’dj & SNAG youth Dj’s. Traditional Song and Dance by: Ta’c’wees (Traditional Acapella), Dancing Feathers (Youth Inter-tribal Dancers). Fresh Squeezed Juice Bar & Youth Art Exhibit on the new SNAG bio-bus. Native Arts/Crafts Vendors. For vendor applications, email snagmagazine@yahoo.com. FMI: http://snagmagazine.tumblr.com/. RSVP: FB: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155472117847535&ref=ts.
Sat, Apr 23, 2:45-4:15. Emma Tome will be presenting her undergraduate thesis "Managing Maps, Making Territory: GIS and Karuk Eco-Cultural Resource Sovereignty" part of Environmental Science 100 Symposium. Her session is on "Policy, Organizations, & Management," There are 5 additional speakers. 145 Dwinelle Hall, Berkeley. http://www.berkeley.edu/map/3dmap/3dmap.shtml?dwinelle.
Sat, Apr 23, 7pm, performance and cd, “Kale’a” release with Kawika Alfiche at Intramuros Music Hall, 101 Brentwood Dr, South San Francisco, CA 94080. Cover charge $10.00. CD’s will be available at a special price this evening only. rsvp 650-588-1091 or info@kawikaalfiche.com. Hawaiian musician Kawika Alfiche is pleased to announce his upcoming CD, Kale’a, also available for download and purchase at www.cdbaby.com & www.itunes.com FMI: info@apop.net, www.kawikaalfiche.com/kalea for touring information.
Sat, Apr 23, 1 - 5pm, Earth Day Celebration, Sogorea Te (Glen Cove), Vallejo. We are inviting the general public to this gathering that will bring together people from many faiths, cultures and religions in support of the struggle to protect Glen Cove from desecration and destruction and to dedicate ourselves to continue the struggle until we win. Friends, family and co-workers please bring food to share and reusable utensils, cups and plates, as it is our intention to create as little trash as possible. Organizers & Coordinators: Sacred Site Protection & Rights of Indigenous Tribes SSP&RIT. Wounded Knee DeOcampo: 707.373-7195, Corrina Gould: 510.575-8408, Morning Star Gali: 510.827-6719, Mark Anquoe: 415.680-0110 Walter: secretary.ssp_rit@yahoo.com. FMI and directions: http://www.facebook.com/l/d6f60MFrTR7T71iQeH2-x5IPlfw/www.ProtectGlenCove.org.
Internationally acclaimed poet/musician/playwright JOY HARJO appears Sat, April 23, at Mills College Student Union, from 7-9pm. The event is free and open to the public. She will be performing a selection of her songs and some from her brand new solo work, Red Dreams: A Trail Beyond Tears, blending music, poetry, personal reflection, and cultural histories, accompanied by Grammy-award winning guitarist and producer Larry Mitchell. Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is a member of the Mvskoke Nation. An award winning poet, musician, and playwright, she is a founding board member of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, writes a column “Comings and Goings” for her tribal newspaper, the Muscogee Nation News and lives in Albuquerque, NM. FMI: Dr. Melinda Micco, melinda@mills.edu, 510.430.3324.
Fri-Sat, Apr 22-23, Symposium/Film festival “Cultural Industry and Political Expression: the Rise of Canadian Inuit Film-making”, Fri 1:00– 6:00 pm, Sat 8:30 am – 5:30 pm. Full Agenda and reservation details at: http://canada.berkeley.edu/InuitFilm/InuitFilmhome.html. Place: Gifford Room, 221 Kroeber Hall (Bancroft at College) Registration is free but required for Saturday. Please rsvp with Rita by Tues, Apr 19. FMI: rjross@berkeley.edu, canada@berkeley.edu , phone and fax (510) 642-0531, 2223 Fulton St. # 2324, Berkeley CA 94720-2324.
Get advance tickets now for Dancing Earth's "Of Bodies Of Elements", one night only, at the San Francisco International Arts Festival, at Marine Memorial Theatre, 609 Sutter, San Francisco. For the 2011 San Francisco International Arts Festival. Fri, May 20, 8 pm. FMI: www.sfiaf.org.
Thurs, Apr 28, Colloquium book talk - Title: Quebec Questions, Quebec Studies for the Twenty-First Century, With Christopher Kirkey, (Prof Political Science and Director, Center for the Study of Canada at SUNY Plattsburgh) and Jarrett Rudy, (Prof History and Director of the Quebec Studies Program, McGill University), Buffet lunch followed by presentation at approximately 12:30, Co-sponsor Quebec Government Office, Los Angeles, Time: 12 noon – 1:45 pm, Place: 2223 Fulton St., 6th floor conference room, Berkeley, RSVP by Tuesday, April 26, FMI: rjross@berkeley.edu, canada@berkeley.edu , phone and fax (510) 642-0531, 2223 Fulton St. # 2324, Berkeley CA 94720-2324.
Sat, Apr 30, 10 am - sundown, Sofia Yohema 2nd Annual Gathering, Honoring Our Daughters, at Lake Yosemite, Merced. California Traditional Dancers, Arts/Crafts, Youth Activities, youth hand games tourney, dinner, storytelling, raffle, prizes, NO camping. Demo booths for baskets, clapper sticks, berrys, etc. Free, No drugs, tobacco, alcohol or pets. FMI: Johnny Clay, 209-230-0192, johnnyclayart@gmail.com, www.johnnyclayart.com
Sat, Apr 30, ARC-SCC 3rd Annual Pow Wow (Sac City College), Sacramento City College, 3835 Freeport Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95822. One day contest pow wow from 11am-10pm. Grand Entry noon & 6pm. Featuring champion drum group Black Lodge. All drums welcome! Admission free. Enjoy crafts, artwork, food and more. Sponsored by: ARC Native American Resource Center, 916-568-3100 ext 13059.
Sunday, May 1 · 10 am - 6 pm, UC Berkeley Powwow, Location TBA. Headstaff: MC Tom Phillips, AD Earl Neconie, HM Marc Keka, HW Aurora Mamea, Honor Guard Joseph Smith, Head Gourd Erik Kimple, Host Northern All Nations Singers, Host Southern Red Buffalo, Outgoing Princess Juliet Small, Contest Tabulator Kaylene Kimple. Vendors contact Ruth Hopper at 510-642-6613 or redcorn@berkeley.edu. FMI: Bridget Wilson, 510-643-7902, naoc@berkeley.edu.
Sat, Apr 30- Sun May 1, 27th Annual California Indian Market & Peace Powwow Honoring our Ancestors, Our Troops, Our Veterans. San Juan Bautista -School Soccer Lot on the Alameda, Highway 101 to 156 E. Intersection at The Alameda, Fine Arts & Crafts, Dancers, Drums, Native Food. Opening Blessing Song -Kanyon Sayers-Roods- (Costonoan) Amah Ka Tura California Indian Dancers, Traditional Northern Drum: Red Storm & White Bears Boy Scouts, Xipe Totec Aztec Dancers and Drum, Native foods: Indian Tacos, Fry Bread, Beverages, etc. $1 Donation www.peacevision.net Maggi Malone: 831-469-3724.
May 6-8, 2011. Stanford Powwow, held every Mother’s Day Weekend in the Eucalyptus Grove on Stanford campus. Open to the Public | Rain or Shine. Donation for admission. FMI: stanfordpowwow.org.
Saturday, May 7 · 7:00- 10:00 pm, Making Pathways w/ Native Basket Weavers Julia & Lucy Parker, , Eastside Cultural Center, 2277 International Blvd., Oakland, CA, SNAG & ESAA present: Making Pathways Speaker/Demonstration Series & Fundraiser, Julia Parker (Kashaya Pomo) is a renowned traditional native basket weaver. Taught by Miwok elders of Yosemite Valley, Julia has been weaving and teaching for decades. Her life’s work has been devoted to living and passing on the ancient traditions and art of basketweaving. Her daughter Lucy is continuing these traditions. With guest hoop dancer Sage Romero, and Ras K'dj selectin tunes, $5-$15 suggested donation, youth Free!, No one turned away for lack of funds. FMI: http://www.snagmagazine.co, , m/SNAG's mission provides Native youth the opportunity to achieve balance and harmony, address historical and modern grievances, and explore and develop leadership and community skills through arts and cultural expression. Through a holistic approach that combines spirituality, tradition and multi-media skills, we aim to shape the next generation of Native leaders.
Fri, May 13 - Sun, May 15. 3rd Annual Pit River "Big Time" Powwow, Pit River Casino, 20265 Tamarack Ave Burney. map and directions. ***MC - Fred Hill Sr., Arena Director: Carlos Calica, Head Man: Ardell Scalplock, Head Lady: Henrietta Scalplock, Host Drum: North Bear - Lame Deer, MT, Invited Drum: Southern Express - WA, Host Local Drum: Northern Eagle - Chico, CA Special Contests: Sweep the Tee Pee, Clown Dance, Chicken Dance, Hand Drum Contest, more TBA.
Sat, May 14, 5am - Noon, 12th Annual Bloody Island Memorial, In honor of the Pomo Indian people that perished and those that survived the Bloody Island Massacre of 1850. To Forgive the Oppressor is the Medicine that heals. The Sunrise Ceremony starts at 5:30 am. Potluck Breakfast 8 am: speakers and dancers at Oddfellows Hall, Upper Lake. Cleanup of Oddfellows Hall: 12 Noon(Volunteers welcome). Directions: From Upper Lake, go 1.5 miles east on Hwy 20, turn right at Reclamation Road, go 2.5 miles and park on the side of the Road. FMI: Clayton Duncan 707.274-6788.
Sat/Sun, May 13-14, California Indian Market, Heritage park, Black Oak Casino, Tuolumne, CA. Two day event celebrates the 10th anniversary of the market, FMI: Jennifer D. Bates, 209.928.9378, jbates@blackoakcasino.com.
Fri, May 20, 8 pm, Dancing Earth's "Of Bodies Of Elements", one night only, at the San Francisco International Arts Festival, at Marine Memorial Theatre, 609 Sutter, San Francisco. For the 2011 San Francisco International Arts Festival, SFIAF will put Tickets on sale Tuesday Mar 1 at www.sfiaf.org offering a limited amount of tickets at the Special Early Bird Rate of $12, (less then HALF the regular ticket price!). Only about 5% of the seats (maybe 30 seats) are being sold at this rate so jump on it if you can!
Sat, Jun 18, 5-11pm, Traditional California Big Time Gathering. The Ohlone Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe hosts a ceremony on traditional Ohlone land, features dance and song groups from five supporting California tribes: Elem Indian Colony, Pit River Maidu, Shingle Springs Miwok, Stewarts Point Kashaya Band of Pomo, and Manchester Pomo. Programs are in both in the Yerba Buena Center Forum and Yerba Buena Gardens between Mission and Howard Street and 3rd/4th Streets in San Francisco. Presented by the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival in association with Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, the Contemporary Native Arts Festival, and organized by the Ohlone Profiles Project.
Sun, Jun 19, 12 noon - 3 pm, 13th Annual Native Contemporary Arts Festival, with music, dance, artist tables, free family event. Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco. Sponsors Yerba Buena Arts & Events, American Indian Contemporary Arts. Yerba Buena Gardens is between Mission and Howard Street and 3rd/4th Streets in San Francisco. FMI: www.ybgf.org or 415.543-1718.
Jul 15 and Aug 19, 4-6 pm. American Indian Care Awareness Days: food, games, prizes, raffle, appointments, eye exams, diabetes screening, and blood pressure control info. Native American Health Center, 2950 International Blvd., Oakland. FMI: Dawn Lulua-Claxton, 510-535-4471.
EXHIBITS
Extended Voices: Prints from Crow's Shadow Press, In collaborations with Tamarind Master Printer Frank Janzen, the exhibition features a selection of prints reflecting a range of techniques practiced by established and emerging Native artist artsits. Including Rick Bartow, Edgar Heap of Birds, James Lavadour, Kay Walkingstick, Joe Feddersen, Marie Watt, Phillip John Charette, Gerald McMaster, Wendy Red Star and others. April 4 through June 12, CN Gorman Museum, UC Davis. CN Gorman Museum, 1316 Hart Hall, UC Davis. Mon-Fri 12 - 5pm & Sun 2 - 5pm, http://gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu/ FMI: cngorman@ucdavis.edu 530.752-6567.
California Indians: Making a Difference, The California Museum, 1020 O St., Sacramento. This exhibit is the first statewide project to emphasize Native voices in California. Visitors will be immersed in California Indian culture through displays of California Indian artifacts, oral histories, photographs, maps, and contemporary art. FMI: 916.653-7524 or www.californiamuseum.org.
Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico, February 19, 2011 - May 8, 2011, featuring more than 100 objects, drawn primarily from Mexican national collections with additional loans from over 25 museums, is presented at the de Young Museum. Included in the exhibition are colossal heads, a large-scale throne, and monumental stelae in addition to precious small-scale vessels, figures, adornments, and masks. Olmec brings together for the first time new finds and monuments that have never been seen by American audiences and reveals new scholarship on Olmec culture and artifacts. At the De Young Museum in SF.
The Latin@ Printmakers Exhibition: Grabados de Paz y Guerra, Jerry Adams Gallery, Berkeley City College, 2050 Center Street, near Berkeley BART. Curated by Juana Alicia Araiza, the show comments on war, violence, immigration, international movements of resistance and peace and runs through April 30. The Jerry Adams Gallery is on the first floor of the college, and the artwork is visible through plate glass windows on Center Street. The six-week exhibit is part of an eighteen-month long project: Sorrows of War: Struggles for Peace, which includes a lecture series, exhibits and curricular offerings. Featured Artists: Ester Hernández, Juan Fuentes, Tirso Araiza, Artemio Rodriguez, Jesus Barraza, Melanie Cervantes, Emmanuel C. Montoya, Gabriel Martinez. FMI: Juana Alicia juanaaliciam@gmail.com.
New World Border, Artists Respond to US/Mexico Border Wall. Thurs, Mar 3 – Sat, Apr 30, Reception: Sat, Mar 12, 3:30-5:30 pm. La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, 510-849-2568. Gallery: Mon - Fri 10-4 and by appt. The wall, now being constructed across the length of the US/Mexico border, is like a knife cutting off neighbors, wildlife, indigenous people, and families, inflaming hatred and contributing to an atmosphere of vigilantism and oppression. Responding are esteemed Latino Poster Movement artist Malaquias Montoya, Black Panther Minister of Culture Emory Douglas, Kearny Street Workshop icon Nancy Hom, New York political illustrator Frances Jetter, California Indian Art Movement co-founder Frank LaPena, and many other artists. Exhibit organizers: Francisco Dominguez, Art Hazelwood, Doug Minkler.
NMAI Events: Small Spirits: Dolls from the National Museum of the American Indian, Mar 5 - Feb 12, 2012, Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows, Mar 19 - Sep 5, 2011 Both at George Gustav Heye Center, New York, NY. Artist Talk: Margarete Bagshaw: Three Generations of Pushing Boundaries, Saturday, Mar 12, 2 - 3 pm, Room 4018-19, NMAI, Washington, D.C. Live Webcast. Vantage Point: The Contemporary Native Art Collection, Washington, D.C. The exhibit includes pieces by Marie Wyatt (Seneca), James Lavadour (Walla Walla), Alan Michelson (Mohawk), Truman Lowe (Ho-Chunk), Rick Bartow (Wiyot), Judith Lowry (Hammawi Band Pit River/Mountain Maidu/Washo/Scottish-Irish/Australian), James Luna (Puyukitchum [Luiseño]), and Catherine Nelson-Rodriguez (Luiseño/Wailaki/Choctaw). For more information call (202) 633-1000 or visit www.nmai.si.edu.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/OPPORTUNITIES
Mother Earth Water Walk 2011 ... begins April 10, 2011, 4 water walks will embark on simultaneous journeys across turtle island starting from points of the four directions:, West: 4/10/11: Aberdeen WA, North: 5/21/11: Churchill, Manitoba, East: 5/7/11: Machias, ME, South: 4/20/11: Gulfport, MS, all to meet and bring the sacred waters from the four directions to Lake Superior at Bad River Reservation, Odanah, WI on June 12, 2011. As the northern snows begin to melt and further south spring rains fall, our Mother Earth awakens and new life begins. At this time of renewal Anishinaabe grandmothers, women and men, and youth from Canada and the United States will continue walking for our waters. The Mother Earth Water Walk began in 2003 in answer to question—“What will you do?”, FMI / pics: www.motherearthwaterwalk.com, For location updates, http://emptyglassforwater.ca/map/.
National Museum of the American Indian's Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program Accepting Applications for Artist Leadership Program. Indigenous artists of the Western Hemisphere or Hawai'i will receive career, leadership, and artistic training on a funded ten-day trip to the museum in Washington, D.C., and will then receive $7,000 to complete a project in their home communities. Deadline: May 2, 2011.
For 19 years, the SF Arts Commission Cultural Equity Grant Program (CEG) has provided grants to individual artists and arts organizations in San Francisco's diverse communities. In this critical time of changing economics and demographics in San Francisco, it is important that we clearly understand how best to serve you and other San Francisco artists and arts providers. The SFAC seeks surveys completed by CEG grantees and applicants. Surveys completed by 5pm on Tuesday, April 26th are eligible to be entered in a contest to win $100. Please help us by completing the following 15 minute survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NYB7ZMK.
The School of Art at Arizona State University seeks qualified candidates for a year long, non-tenure track Visiting Assistant Professor position for the academic year 2011-12, pending funding approval this May to teach survey courses (Native Art of North American, Southwest Indian Art and/or other appropriate areas) and seminars. Requires a PhD or ABD status, college or university teaching experience beyond a Teaching Assistantship, and evidence of ongoing research and writing. Teaching load, at least 3/2, to be negotiated. Submit a letter of interest, a CV and contact information for three professional references to Kate C. Duncan Professor, Art History School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-1505 Ph: 480.433-0397, 480.423-9314 Fax: 480.965-8338.
The Winnemem Wintu are working on two very important efforts right now and seek your letters of support. First, this summer they will hold the Bałas Chonas, or Coming of Age Ceremony, for the young woman who will become the next spiritual leader of the Tribe. They need support in getting a stretch of McCloud River temporarily closed this summer to create the privacy the Tribe needs to bring their next leader into womanhood. The second effort is to bring their salmon home from New Zealand. A professor from New Zealand notified the Tribe that salmon eggs from McCloud River Salmon were transported to New Zealand and miraculously established a healthy salmon fishery. They now need the cooperation of the US and California State Governments to establish their own hatchery from the salmon to be returned by the Maori. FMI: www.winnememwintu.us.
The 2011 Carol Jorgensen Scholarship for Environmental Stewardship awards $1,000 to a full time student pursuing an undergraduate degree in an environmental stewardship discipline, and honors Carol Jorgensen, Tlingit from the Yandestake Village and Eagle/Killer Whale Fin House of Klukwan whose service to her family, community, country, and Mother Earth was an inspiration for all. A complete application is due June 3, 2011. sent via e-mail (jones.luke@epa.gov), fax (202.564.0298), or regular mail to: SAIGE Carol Jorgensen Memorial Scholarship for Environmental Stewardship c/o Luke Jones, American Indian Environmental Office (2690-M) US EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460.
The Alcoa Global Service Leaders Scholarship Program invites h.s. students (grades 9-11) anywhere in the world to apply for full scholarships up to $5,000 to attend ICL's 2011 Summer Academy, a comprehensive, two-week hands-on summer leadership program for students at Dwight International School in Vancouver Island, Canada. Students will learn about sustainable leadership and will master key leadership skills through workshops, team-building exercises, games, and excursions.
Galería de la Raza invites Native American and Indigenous artists living in the Bay Area to participate in three FREE 5-hour program planning and grantwriting workshops. Galería will subsequently award at least 3 commissions between $250 and $1500 to artists working in all disciplines to create and stage innovative community-building projects that will be presented at Galería during 2011-2012. For detailed information of the workshops and commissioning process, go to www.galeriadelaraza.org/. Deadline Apr 20.
Friendship House Case Manager, Nick Volpe, will compete in the ‘Devil Mountain Double Century’ bike race on April 30, 2011. He will ride 206 miles and climb over 18,600 feet in just one day! He has generously offered to raise funds for the Friendship House in conjunction with the competition. To learn more or make a contribution to this exciting project please visit our website at www.friendshiphousesf.org. Thanks in advance for your support.
Request for Proposals - Honor the Earth’s “Building Resilience in Indigenous Communities” for summer granting cycle. Ddln: April 15, 2011 FMI: HonorGrants@honorearth.org.
Sign up to volunteer for the Stanford Powwow! We need a lot of volunteers to make the Powwow run smoothly. Sign up for a shift and get a Stanford Powwow T-shirt. Email supowwow.volunteers@gmail.com to volunteer.
Save Your Home From Foreclosure, California has 4 NEW Housing Finance programs that can provide direct assistance to help prevent foreclosure. Unemployment Mortgage Assistance Program (UMA) - Provides up to 6 months free mortgage payments for unemployed homeowners. Mortgage Reinstatement Assistance Program (MRAP) - Provides up to $15,000 in mortgage payments for homeowners that have experienced a change in household circumstance which has led to default. Principal Reduction Program (PRP) - Provides funding to homeowners whose homes are now worth less than their mortgage. Transition Assistance Program (TAP) - Provides money for relocation costs in the event of a short sale or deed in lieu of foreclosure. To find out if you or someone you know is eligible for one of these federally funded programs click here. I encourage you to forward this e-mail to homeowners facing financial hardships. You may also contact my office at (510) 286-1400. My staff can assist you with information about foreclosure prevention programs or other state services. Nancy Skinner, Assemblymember 14th District, FMI: http://asmdc.org/members/a14/resources/item/2826-save-your-home-from-foreclosure?utm_source=email&utm_medium=eAlert&utm_campaign=Skinner_Keep_Your_Home
Alameda Co. Arts Commission now accepting submissions from Alameda County artists for 2 new opportunities. Professional artists who make two-dimensional or low-relief, wall-mounted artwork are invited to apply. FMI: (www.callforentry.org). Search the list for “Alameda County Arts Commission”. Complete application information available at http://acgov.org/arts/html/opportunities.html or call (510)208-9646 for a copy by mail.
Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues & Center for Urban Ethnography Summer Internship and Mentoring Program for UCB undegrads. Applications Due May 1. FMI: http://crnai.berkeley.edu/.
Kaiser Permanente in Oakland and Richmond are looking for qualified high school students, ages 15-20, for the LAUNCH (Learn About Unlimited New Careers in Health Care) High School Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) for paid summer work experience at Kaiser to underserved high school students. FMI: [ http://xnet.kp.org/hr/ca/youth/syep/index.htm ]http://xnet.kp.org/hr/ca/youth/syep/index.htm
The Community Spirit Awards, a national fellowship award of $5,000 from First Peoples Fund for American Indian artists to "practice their art." Nominate at First Peoples Fund or send a postcard with complete names and addresses of nominee and nominator to PO Box 2977, Rapid City, SD 57709. Applications will be mailed after May 31 nomination deadline. A national selection committee will select awardees.
A free 48 page Student Resource Guide is available from California Congresswoman Lucille Royball-Allard.
May 19-21, Third Annual Meeting of the Native American & Indigenous Studies Association, at the Hyatt Regency, 1209 L Steet, Sacramento, CA, Host: Department of Native American Studies, UC Davis. The NAISA Council is accepting proposals for individual papers, panel sessions, or roundtables. Must be NAISA member. Limit submissions to one proposed session per person. FMI: naisa.org.
San Francisco Tlingit & Haida Community Council newsletter, contact Kathryn Paddock, President, 415.887-9315.
Kawika Alfiche’s single "Ho`i Hou Mai" from the upcoming album: KALE`A (CD purchase for Mar release) at www.hawaiitunes.com for $3.00. Proceeds benefit Hawaiian Cultural Center in So. San Francisco. Tour begins in Mar.
Subscribe to News From Native California for a $22.50. Read a message from Margaret Dubin, Managing Editor of News.
Free Bay Area events: mybart.org, and sf.funcheap.com. Also in Oakland, kids eat for free. Arts calendars for Oakland, Emeryville, Berkeley & Richmond 510arts.com.
Powwows: http://500nations.com/California_Events.asp.
ONGOING
Television:
San Jose, Channel 15, Native Voice TV, Sat 4-5 pm. Hosts Cihuapili and Michael New Moon. Also 1st, 3rd, 4th Mon, 8 pm courtesy La Raza Round Table.
Radio:
Bay Native Circle, Wed 2-3 pm, kpfa.org 94.1 fm, McVicar / Antoine producers, Berkeley.
Indian Time Tues 8-10 pm, kkup.com 91.5 fm, Jack Hyatt/David Romero.
Native Way, 2nd/4th Sun, 1-3 pm, David Romero / Veronica Gonzales. San Jose.
On Native Ground - Where Art Speaks! kdvs.com, 90.3 fm,Thurs 8:30-9:30 am, Jack Kohler / Patrice Pena. Sovereignty Sound, DJ Ya-nah, Sun 3-6 am, 916.380-2818. Davis.
Webworks: Voices of the Native Nation, 3rd/4th Wed, 6-8 pm, kpoo.com 89.5, Mary Jean Robertson, San Francisco.
Calendars:
Bay Area native community network.
Bay Area Indian Calendar.
News from Native California Quarterly newsletter. Submissions by email, or PO Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709 or fax 510.549-1889.
West Bay (SF Peninsula)
Learn powwow and honor songs. 1st Tuesday every month 7:30 - 9:00 pm, at LGBT Center, 1800 Market Street, San Francisco. Ask for BAAITS drum practice; Jaynie Weye Hlapsi aka (Jaynie Lara) leads the classes sings and drums on Sweet Medicine Drum.
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford. 650-723-4177. “Living Traditions: Arts of the Americas,” Northwest Coast, California, Southwest, and Mesoamerica collections. Wed–Sun. Free.
de Young Museum, Teotihuacan murals, California baskets, Inuit/Eskimo art, Pueblo pottery. Free 1st Tues, Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, SF, 415.750-3600. For admission to see the Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico
Admission for Olmec exhibit: $25 adults; $22 seniors 65+; students with ID $21; youth 6–17 $15. Members and children 5 and under are free; the first Tuesday of every month is free. Advance purchase: $5 discount on all tickets. Group (10 or more) $16 per person with advance purchase. FMI: www.deyoungmuseum.org; 415-750-3600.
Images of the North. Inuit sculptures, prints, masks, jewelry, several exhibits yearly, Oct. Cape Dorset Print Show. 2036 Union, SF, 415.673-1273, gallery@imagesnorth.com.
Kaululehua Hawaiian Cultural Center, 423 Baden Ave, So. SF. Mon: Men & Women (13-40) 6:30-7:30; Tues: Kupuna (50+) 6-7; Wed: Keiki (5-12) 6-7; Thurs: Makua (35-50) 6:30-7:30. Bring an open mind and willingness to learn. ($10/class for the month of Sept) rsvp: info@apop.net 650-588-1091.
Mission Dolores. 3321 16th St, SF, 415.621-8203, Andrew A. Galvan, (Ohlone), Curator. SF’s oldest intact building. The only intact Mission Chapel of the original 21. Final resting place of 5,000 First Californians. Native plants / artifacts.
North Bay (To Sacramento)
CN Gorman Museum, 1316 Hart Hall, UC Davis. cngorman@ucdavis.edu 530.752-6567.
California Indian Museum, 1020 O St, Sacramento. “American Masterpieces: Artistic Legacy of California Indian Basketry,” Through early 2010, Admission.
California Indian Museum & Cultural Center, 5250 Aero Drive, Santa Rosa, 707.579-3004, cimandcc@aol.com. “Ishi: A California Indian Story of Dignity, Hope, Courage and Survival.”
Jesse Peter Native American Art Museum, Santa Rosa Jr. College, Bussman Hall, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.527-4479. California cultures, artists change monthly.
Maidu Museum and Historic Site, 1960 Johnson Ranch Dr., Roseville. 916.774-5934.
Marin Museum of the American Indian, 2200 Novato Blvd., Novato, 415.897-4064. “Sharing Traditions,” last Sat, 1-4 pm. Tues-Sun 12-4 pm. Free.
Mendocino County Museum. 400 E. Commercial St., Willits, 707.459-2739. Wed-Sun: 10-4:30. Pomo baskets and basket weavers. Free.
Northern California Flute Circle. 530.432-2716. Native Am. Flute concerts & workshops.
Pacific Western Traders, 305 Wool St., Folsom. 916.985-3851 Wed-Sun, 10-5. Native American arts, books, recordings, videos, Pendletons. Changing exhibits.
Vallejo Inter-Tribal Council. Mugg’s Coffee Shop, Ferry Building, 495 Mare Island Way, Vallejo. 707.552-2562 or 707.554-6114. Call to confirm Wed 7 pm meetings.
East Bay (To Tuolumne)
Four Directions AA Meetings, Suns at 2, IFH, 523 International Blvd, Oakland. Meetings: 1st Sun: Birthdays; 2nd Sun: As Bill Sees It; 3rd Sun: Step Study; 4th Sun: Basket Drop. Children welcome, open meeting. FMI Vermaine @415-933-1259.
Lakota conversation class, Mon, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, IFH, 523 International, Oakland. FMI: Janeen. *** Healthy potluck, donations requested per class. Lila wopila to IFH, Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival, Community Futures Collective, AICA and AICRC for helping our tiyospaye learn Lakota. Thanks also to Willie who is temporarily away as he prepares for the coming of his expected twins with his partner Christina.
Medicine Warriors All Nations Dance Practice. Free, open to all. Thurs, 7-9 pm, IFH, 523 International, Oakland. Motto: Friendship, Fitness, Fun.
San Leandro Thursday Nite Powwow Class,. 6 - 8 pm, on FB w same name.
Gathering Tribes, 1412 Solano, Albany. 510.528-9038. Weekend artist presentations.
Intertribal Friendship House, 523 International Blvd, Oakland. 510.836-1955. Classes: Mon: 6:30-8:30 Lakota, Tues: 6-9 pm, Beading Circle w Gayle Burns, Drum, Aerobics. Thurs: Medicine Warriors/All Nations Dance, Fri: Talking Circles, Sat: Gardening, Parenting. Library open some Tues/Thurs.
Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak St, Oakland. 501.238-2200. Historical display of California lifeways/basketry. Free First Suns.
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, 103 Kroeber Hall, Berkeley. 510.643-7649. Wed-Sat, 10 am-4:30 pm, Sun 12-4 pm. Free; $5 tours, $2 children.
South Bay (To Santa Cruz)
Four Directions Native American AA Meeting, 8 pm, Every Friday, 749 Story Rd, San Jose Info: Linda W, 408/564-3895.
Indian Canyon, Ceremonial Refuge/Facilities, w. of Hollister, ams@indiancanyon.org.
ANNUAL EVENTS
The “Annual Events” section aims to help community event planners avoid scheduling conflicts and plan in advance. For inclusion, email listings in same format as listings below. Wopila! Also, you can post your full events on the Bay Area Native American Indian Network.
Apr 30-May 1, CA Indian Market, San Juan Bautista, fourcornerstrading@msn.com.
Apr 30, Sofia Yohema Gathering, Lake Merced, johnnyclayart@gmail.com.
May 6-8, Mothers Day Weekend, Stanford Powwow, info@stanfordpowwow.org.
May, c. 15, Sat, CA Indian Market, Tuolumne, jbates@blackoakcasino.com.
May 21, Sat, 5th Annual Comedy Jam, San Jose, vmcloud@ihcscv.org.
Jun 5, Sat, Gathering of Honored Elders, Sacramento.
Jun 18, Ohlone Big Time, SF.
Jun 18, Sat, Native Contemp Arts Festival, SF, Janeen Antoine.
Jun 25, 2nd Annual Richmond Powwow, Nichols Park, Courtney Cummings.
Jul 17, Sat, Kule Loklo Big Time, Point Reyes National Seashore, 415.464-5100.
JUL 23-24, Vallejo Inter-Tribal Council 16 Anniversary Pow Wow, Midge-Vendors 707.226-1234 , Eric 707.297-0580.
Aug, Sat, Storytelling Festival, Indian Canyon, Hollister, ams@indiancanyon.org. date to be revised.
Sep 11, Sat, MWAN Powwow, Oakland, Gilbert Blacksmith.
Sep 18, Sat, AmInd Heritage Celeb/Big Time/Powwow/Market, San Jose, vmcloud@ihcscv.org.
Sep 18-19, Black NA Assn Powwow, CSU Hayward, Don Little Cloud.
Sep 24, 4th Fri, California Indian Day.
Oct 2-3, NAHC Pow Wow, Treasure Island, SF, Cathy Wisdom.
Oct 2, Tlingit Haida Gathering, Oakland 1st Congre. Church, Kathy Paddock.
Oct 3, Ohlone Gathering, Coyote Hills, Fremont, chvisit@ebparks.org.
Oct 9, IPD Pow Wow/Market, Berkeley, info@ipdpowwow.org.
Oct 11, IPD Sunrise Ceremony, Alacatraz, Morningstar Gali.
Oct 27-30, 26th Annual California Indian Conference, Amy Huberland, 530.898-5438.
Oct 30, Sat, Oakland Library N. A. Culture Day, rchacon@oaklandlibrary.org.
Nov 5-13, Sat, AIFF American Indian Film Festival, SF, filmfestival@aifisf.com.
Nov 13, AIFF Awards Night, SF, www.aifisf.com.
Nov 22-26, AIM National Conference, SF, Tony Gonzales.
Nov 25, Sunrise Ceremony, Alcatraz Island, Morningstar Gali.
Nov 26, Black Fri Shellmound Mall Protest, Emeryville, shellmoundwalk@yahoo.com
Dec 3-4, Sat/Sun, AICRC Powwow, Laney College, Oakland, Mary Trimble Norris. .
Jan 29, MWAN B-Day Party, IFH, Oakland, Gilbert Blacksmith.
Mar 12, Sat, Running is My High, Oakland, LauraM@nativehealth.org.
Mar 19, Sat, Taking Care of the Tribe NAAP Powwow 5, Horace Mann School, SF, sendawee@yahoo.com.
Thanks to American Indian Contemporary Arts for the calendar. More info is linked to the Bay Native Circle page at www.kpfa.org. To include events in calendar send text info to Janeen Antoine or post on the Bay Area Native American Indian Network.
Bay Native Circle at kpfa 94.1 airs Weds 2–3 pm with rotating hosts Lakota Harden; Janeen Antoine; Morningstar Gali and Ras K’Dee. Thanks for listening to BNC, live, podcast, online and archived for 2 weeks, and made possible through your public support. Please if you can, support kpfa.org with a financial contribution. Thank you.
UPCOMING
BNC extends heartfelt condolences to the families of long time community members Jimi Simmons and Theresa Lee who crossed over in the past week. Jimi's funeral ceremony and burial will be held Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Oregon. Making the River will be shown on the reservation on the evening of Monday, April 25th. There will be a memorial for Jimi at Christ Episcopal Church in Los Altos, California at 1 p.m. on May 5th. At present there are no services announcements for Theresa.
The vigil at Sogorea Te (Glen Cove) to protect the ancestors continues. All support is needed with your participation, donations, and volunteer work. Organizers & Coordinators: Sacred Site Protection & Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSP&RIT) Wounded Knee DeOcampo: 707.373-7195 Corrina Gould: 510.575-8408 Morning Star Gali: 510.827 6719 Mark Anquoe: 415.680 0110 FMI: www.protectglencove.org. Wounded Knee DeOcampo, AIM SB, and other activists have released an emergency request for ALL people to converge at Glen Cove. GVRD has threatened to attempt a mass arrest tonight. Please remember, no weapons, no drugs, no alcohol -- this is a spiritual gathering to honor and protect the ancestors. Mr. Presley from the Greater Vallejo Recreation District (GVRD) arrived yesterday to tell the protestors that they "are not allowed to camp in the park, and that they will be removed by force if necessary." The League of Indian Nations and The Strong Heart Preservation Movement, which are backed by The International Parliament of Safety and Peace, has sent word to the City of Vallejo that under international law, and several US laws, that they will be breaking regulations whereby indigenous people are entitled to worship and protect their own lands. Wounded reiterated once again, "This is not a park yet, this is a sacred burial ground and place of worship." ******** Please help us spread the word by calling or eMailing your friends and family. In addition, please contact GVRD and the Major of Vallejo to voice your disapproval of their actions: GVRD: (707) 648-4600 General Manager Shane McAffee eMail: smcaffee@gvrd.org City of Vallejo: (707) 648-4377 Mayor, Osby Davis: eMail: mayor@ci.vallejo.ca.us Local Newspaper: Vallejo Times-Herald: (707) 644-1141 Official website: http://www.ProtectGlenCove.org/ Organizers & Coordinators: Sacred Site Protection & Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSP&RIT) Wounded Knee DeOcampo: (707) 373-7195 Corrina Gould: (510) 575-8408 Morning Star Gali: (510) 827 6719 Mark Anquoe: (415) 680 0110 Legal Support Number: (415) 285-1011 Please write it somewhere on your person. It is the number to call if you are arrested, or if you see someone being arrested. Walter: secretary.ssp_rit@yahoo.com Strong Heart Preservation Movement League of Indian Nations of North America Rob Dunaway: raidernationdna@yahoo.com
Wed. April 20, 4-6pm, Protest at Obama Fundraiser in San Francisco, Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California St., (btwn Jones and Taylor), SF, President Obama will be in San Francisco for a $35,800 per plate fundraiser and other events. Join the ANSWER Coalition and other organizations to say: End the War and Occupation, Fund Jobs, Healthcare, Schools and Housing, Not War!, Help The People & the Planet, Not Nuclear Profits!, FMI: 415-821-6545 or answer@answersf.org.
Thurs, Apr 21, 7:30- 9:30pm. The 13 Grandmothers’ screening of their new film "For the next 7 Generations", California Theater, 2113 Kittredge St, Berkeley.tickets $15 advance, 20 at door. The grandmothers will share their mission and introduce the film that documents the coming together of the Grandmothers Council. A short Q & A follows. FMI: www.grandmotherscouncil.org. Originating from all corners of the world, these 13 wise women elders, shamans and medicine women have formed an alliance for a peaceful and sustainable planet. They have been traveling the planet holding council and ceremony together since 2004. Their wisdom shines through these powerful times. Join the grandmothers for these very special events as they share their ancestral knowledge for these modern times.
Fri, April 22, 9 am- 3 pm. Workshop with Grandmothers, Humanist Hall, 411 28th st. Oakland. Tickets: $100 (includes vegetarian lunch). Enjoy intimate time with the Grandmothers as they open up to spirit, sharing their messages with us. advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com. FMI: www.grandmotherscouncil.org. Originating from all corners of the world, these 13 wise women elders, shamans and medicine women have formed an alliance for a peaceful and sustainable planet. They have been traveling the planet holding council and ceremony together since 2004. Their wisdom shines through these powerful times. Join the grandmothers for these very special events as they share their ancestral knowledge for these modern times.
Fri, April 22, 7-11 pm, SNAG Earthday Celebration, Galeria De La Raza, 2857 24th Street, SF. ($5 suggested donation). The celebration includes Artists Exhibition: Richard Castaneda, Rene Castro, Nizhoni Ellenwood, Spencer Keeton Cunningham, Rye Purvis, Anthony Sul, Cy Wagoner, Peps 357, Merisha Lemmer. Eco Fashion Show: Amelia Berrumen (Itzpapalotl), Laryssa Verdussen and Rachel Znerold (Loft 1513). Performances by: The Bluntest, Sista Hailstorm, Linda Koffman, Daygots, Guerilla Queens, Backwordz Medicine, Ras K’dj & SNAG youth Dj’s. Traditional Song and Dance by: Ta’c’wees (Traditional Acapella), Dancing Feathers (Youth Inter-tribal Dancers). Fresh Squeezed Juice Bar & Youth Art Exhibit on the new SNAG bio-bus. Native Arts/Crafts Vendors. For vendor applications, email snagmagazine@yahoo.com. FMI: http://snagmagazine.tumblr.com/. RSVP: FB: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155472117847535&ref=ts.
Sat, Apr 23, 2:45-4:15. Emma Tome will be presenting her undergraduate thesis "Managing Maps, Making Territory: GIS and Karuk Eco-Cultural Resource Sovereignty" part of Environmental Science 100 Symposium. Her session is on "Policy, Organizations, & Management," There are 5 additional speakers. 145 Dwinelle Hall, Berkeley. http://www.berkeley.edu/map/3dmap/3dmap.shtml?dwinelle.
Sat, Apr 23, 7pm, performance and cd, “Kale’a” release with Kawika Alfiche at Intramuros Music Hall, 101 Brentwood Dr, South San Francisco, CA 94080. Cover charge $10.00. CD’s will be available at a special price this evening only. rsvp 650-588-1091 or info@kawikaalfiche.com. Hawaiian musician Kawika Alfiche is pleased to announce his upcoming CD, Kale’a, also available for download and purchase at www.cdbaby.com & www.itunes.com FMI: info@apop.net, www.kawikaalfiche.com/kalea for touring information.
Sat, Apr 23, 1 - 5pm, Earth Day Celebration, Sogorea Te (Glen Cove), Vallejo. We are inviting the general public to this gathering that will bring together people from many faiths, cultures and religions in support of the struggle to protect Glen Cove from desecration and destruction and to dedicate ourselves to continue the struggle until we win. Friends, family and co-workers please bring food to share and reusable utensils, cups and plates, as it is our intention to create as little trash as possible. Organizers & Coordinators: Sacred Site Protection & Rights of Indigenous Tribes SSP&RIT. Wounded Knee DeOcampo: 707.373-7195, Corrina Gould: 510.575-8408, Morning Star Gali: 510.827-6719, Mark Anquoe: 415.680-0110 Walter: secretary.ssp_rit@yahoo.com. FMI and directions: http://www.facebook.com/l/d6f60MFrTR7T71iQeH2-x5IPlfw/www.ProtectGlenCove.org.
Internationally acclaimed poet/musician/playwright JOY HARJO appears Sat, April 23, at Mills College Student Union, from 7-9pm. The event is free and open to the public. She will be performing a selection of her songs and some from her brand new solo work, Red Dreams: A Trail Beyond Tears, blending music, poetry, personal reflection, and cultural histories, accompanied by Grammy-award winning guitarist and producer Larry Mitchell. Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is a member of the Mvskoke Nation. An award winning poet, musician, and playwright, she is a founding board member of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, writes a column “Comings and Goings” for her tribal newspaper, the Muscogee Nation News and lives in Albuquerque, NM. FMI: Dr. Melinda Micco, melinda@mills.edu, 510.430.3324.
Fri-Sat, Apr 22-23, Symposium/Film festival “Cultural Industry and Political Expression: the Rise of Canadian Inuit Film-making”, Fri 1:00– 6:00 pm, Sat 8:30 am – 5:30 pm. Full Agenda and reservation details at: http://canada.berkeley.edu/InuitFilm/InuitFilmhome.html. Place: Gifford Room, 221 Kroeber Hall (Bancroft at College) Registration is free but required for Saturday. Please rsvp with Rita by Tues, Apr 19. FMI: rjross@berkeley.edu, canada@berkeley.edu , phone and fax (510) 642-0531, 2223 Fulton St. # 2324, Berkeley CA 94720-2324.
Get advance tickets now for Dancing Earth's "Of Bodies Of Elements", one night only, at the San Francisco International Arts Festival, at Marine Memorial Theatre, 609 Sutter, San Francisco. For the 2011 San Francisco International Arts Festival. Fri, May 20, 8 pm. FMI: www.sfiaf.org.
Thurs, Apr 28, Colloquium book talk - Title: Quebec Questions, Quebec Studies for the Twenty-First Century, With Christopher Kirkey, (Prof Political Science and Director, Center for the Study of Canada at SUNY Plattsburgh) and Jarrett Rudy, (Prof History and Director of the Quebec Studies Program, McGill University), Buffet lunch followed by presentation at approximately 12:30, Co-sponsor Quebec Government Office, Los Angeles, Time: 12 noon – 1:45 pm, Place: 2223 Fulton St., 6th floor conference room, Berkeley, RSVP by Tuesday, April 26, FMI: rjross@berkeley.edu, canada@berkeley.edu , phone and fax (510) 642-0531, 2223 Fulton St. # 2324, Berkeley CA 94720-2324.
Sat, Apr 30, 10 am - sundown, Sofia Yohema 2nd Annual Gathering, Honoring Our Daughters, at Lake Yosemite, Merced. California Traditional Dancers, Arts/Crafts, Youth Activities, youth hand games tourney, dinner, storytelling, raffle, prizes, NO camping. Demo booths for baskets, clapper sticks, berrys, etc. Free, No drugs, tobacco, alcohol or pets. FMI: Johnny Clay, 209-230-0192, johnnyclayart@gmail.com, www.johnnyclayart.com
Sat, Apr 30, ARC-SCC 3rd Annual Pow Wow (Sac City College), Sacramento City College, 3835 Freeport Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95822. One day contest pow wow from 11am-10pm. Grand Entry noon & 6pm. Featuring champion drum group Black Lodge. All drums welcome! Admission free. Enjoy crafts, artwork, food and more. Sponsored by: ARC Native American Resource Center, 916-568-3100 ext 13059.
Sunday, May 1 · 10 am - 6 pm, UC Berkeley Powwow, Location TBA. Headstaff: MC Tom Phillips, AD Earl Neconie, HM Marc Keka, HW Aurora Mamea, Honor Guard Joseph Smith, Head Gourd Erik Kimple, Host Northern All Nations Singers, Host Southern Red Buffalo, Outgoing Princess Juliet Small, Contest Tabulator Kaylene Kimple. Vendors contact Ruth Hopper at 510-642-6613 or redcorn@berkeley.edu. FMI: Bridget Wilson, 510-643-7902, naoc@berkeley.edu.
Sat, Apr 30- Sun May 1, 27th Annual California Indian Market & Peace Powwow Honoring our Ancestors, Our Troops, Our Veterans. San Juan Bautista -School Soccer Lot on the Alameda, Highway 101 to 156 E. Intersection at The Alameda, Fine Arts & Crafts, Dancers, Drums, Native Food. Opening Blessing Song -Kanyon Sayers-Roods- (Costonoan) Amah Ka Tura California Indian Dancers, Traditional Northern Drum: Red Storm & White Bears Boy Scouts, Xipe Totec Aztec Dancers and Drum, Native foods: Indian Tacos, Fry Bread, Beverages, etc. $1 Donation www.peacevision.net Maggi Malone: 831-469-3724.
May 6-8, 2011. Stanford Powwow, held every Mother’s Day Weekend in the Eucalyptus Grove on Stanford campus. Open to the Public | Rain or Shine. Donation for admission. FMI: stanfordpowwow.org.
Saturday, May 7 · 7:00- 10:00 pm, Making Pathways w/ Native Basket Weavers Julia & Lucy Parker, , Eastside Cultural Center, 2277 International Blvd., Oakland, CA, SNAG & ESAA present: Making Pathways Speaker/Demonstration Series & Fundraiser, Julia Parker (Kashaya Pomo) is a renowned traditional native basket weaver. Taught by Miwok elders of Yosemite Valley, Julia has been weaving and teaching for decades. Her life’s work has been devoted to living and passing on the ancient traditions and art of basketweaving. Her daughter Lucy is continuing these traditions. With guest hoop dancer Sage Romero, and Ras K'dj selectin tunes, $5-$15 suggested donation, youth Free!, No one turned away for lack of funds. FMI: http://www.snagmagazine.co, , m/SNAG's mission provides Native youth the opportunity to achieve balance and harmony, address historical and modern grievances, and explore and develop leadership and community skills through arts and cultural expression. Through a holistic approach that combines spirituality, tradition and multi-media skills, we aim to shape the next generation of Native leaders.
Fri, May 13 - Sun, May 15. 3rd Annual Pit River "Big Time" Powwow, Pit River Casino, 20265 Tamarack Ave Burney. map and directions. ***MC - Fred Hill Sr., Arena Director: Carlos Calica, Head Man: Ardell Scalplock, Head Lady: Henrietta Scalplock, Host Drum: North Bear - Lame Deer, MT, Invited Drum: Southern Express - WA, Host Local Drum: Northern Eagle - Chico, CA Special Contests: Sweep the Tee Pee, Clown Dance, Chicken Dance, Hand Drum Contest, more TBA.
Sat, May 14, 5am - Noon, 12th Annual Bloody Island Memorial, In honor of the Pomo Indian people that perished and those that survived the Bloody Island Massacre of 1850. To Forgive the Oppressor is the Medicine that heals. The Sunrise Ceremony starts at 5:30 am. Potluck Breakfast 8 am: speakers and dancers at Oddfellows Hall, Upper Lake. Cleanup of Oddfellows Hall: 12 Noon(Volunteers welcome). Directions: From Upper Lake, go 1.5 miles east on Hwy 20, turn right at Reclamation Road, go 2.5 miles and park on the side of the Road. FMI: Clayton Duncan 707.274-6788.
Sat/Sun, May 13-14, California Indian Market, Heritage park, Black Oak Casino, Tuolumne, CA. Two day event celebrates the 10th anniversary of the market, FMI: Jennifer D. Bates, 209.928.9378, jbates@blackoakcasino.com.
Fri, May 20, 8 pm, Dancing Earth's "Of Bodies Of Elements", one night only, at the San Francisco International Arts Festival, at Marine Memorial Theatre, 609 Sutter, San Francisco. For the 2011 San Francisco International Arts Festival, SFIAF will put Tickets on sale Tuesday Mar 1 at www.sfiaf.org offering a limited amount of tickets at the Special Early Bird Rate of $12, (less then HALF the regular ticket price!). Only about 5% of the seats (maybe 30 seats) are being sold at this rate so jump on it if you can!
Sat, Jun 18, 5-11pm, Traditional California Big Time Gathering. The Ohlone Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe hosts a ceremony on traditional Ohlone land, features dance and song groups from five supporting California tribes: Elem Indian Colony, Pit River Maidu, Shingle Springs Miwok, Stewarts Point Kashaya Band of Pomo, and Manchester Pomo. Programs are in both in the Yerba Buena Center Forum and Yerba Buena Gardens between Mission and Howard Street and 3rd/4th Streets in San Francisco. Presented by the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival in association with Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, the Contemporary Native Arts Festival, and organized by the Ohlone Profiles Project.
Sun, Jun 19, 12 noon - 3 pm, 13th Annual Native Contemporary Arts Festival, with music, dance, artist tables, free family event. Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco. Sponsors Yerba Buena Arts & Events, American Indian Contemporary Arts. Yerba Buena Gardens is between Mission and Howard Street and 3rd/4th Streets in San Francisco. FMI: www.ybgf.org or 415.543-1718.
Jul 15 and Aug 19, 4-6 pm. American Indian Care Awareness Days: food, games, prizes, raffle, appointments, eye exams, diabetes screening, and blood pressure control info. Native American Health Center, 2950 International Blvd., Oakland. FMI: Dawn Lulua-Claxton, 510-535-4471.
EXHIBITS
Extended Voices: Prints from Crow's Shadow Press, In collaborations with Tamarind Master Printer Frank Janzen, the exhibition features a selection of prints reflecting a range of techniques practiced by established and emerging Native artist artsits. Including Rick Bartow, Edgar Heap of Birds, James Lavadour, Kay Walkingstick, Joe Feddersen, Marie Watt, Phillip John Charette, Gerald McMaster, Wendy Red Star and others. April 4 through June 12, CN Gorman Museum, UC Davis. CN Gorman Museum, 1316 Hart Hall, UC Davis. Mon-Fri 12 - 5pm & Sun 2 - 5pm, http://gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu/ FMI: cngorman@ucdavis.edu 530.752-6567.
California Indians: Making a Difference, The California Museum, 1020 O St., Sacramento. This exhibit is the first statewide project to emphasize Native voices in California. Visitors will be immersed in California Indian culture through displays of California Indian artifacts, oral histories, photographs, maps, and contemporary art. FMI: 916.653-7524 or www.californiamuseum.org.
Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico, February 19, 2011 - May 8, 2011, featuring more than 100 objects, drawn primarily from Mexican national collections with additional loans from over 25 museums, is presented at the de Young Museum. Included in the exhibition are colossal heads, a large-scale throne, and monumental stelae in addition to precious small-scale vessels, figures, adornments, and masks. Olmec brings together for the first time new finds and monuments that have never been seen by American audiences and reveals new scholarship on Olmec culture and artifacts. At the De Young Museum in SF.
The Latin@ Printmakers Exhibition: Grabados de Paz y Guerra, Jerry Adams Gallery, Berkeley City College, 2050 Center Street, near Berkeley BART. Curated by Juana Alicia Araiza, the show comments on war, violence, immigration, international movements of resistance and peace and runs through April 30. The Jerry Adams Gallery is on the first floor of the college, and the artwork is visible through plate glass windows on Center Street. The six-week exhibit is part of an eighteen-month long project: Sorrows of War: Struggles for Peace, which includes a lecture series, exhibits and curricular offerings. Featured Artists: Ester Hernández, Juan Fuentes, Tirso Araiza, Artemio Rodriguez, Jesus Barraza, Melanie Cervantes, Emmanuel C. Montoya, Gabriel Martinez. FMI: Juana Alicia juanaaliciam@gmail.com.
New World Border, Artists Respond to US/Mexico Border Wall. Thurs, Mar 3 – Sat, Apr 30, Reception: Sat, Mar 12, 3:30-5:30 pm. La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, 510-849-2568. Gallery: Mon - Fri 10-4 and by appt. The wall, now being constructed across the length of the US/Mexico border, is like a knife cutting off neighbors, wildlife, indigenous people, and families, inflaming hatred and contributing to an atmosphere of vigilantism and oppression. Responding are esteemed Latino Poster Movement artist Malaquias Montoya, Black Panther Minister of Culture Emory Douglas, Kearny Street Workshop icon Nancy Hom, New York political illustrator Frances Jetter, California Indian Art Movement co-founder Frank LaPena, and many other artists. Exhibit organizers: Francisco Dominguez, Art Hazelwood, Doug Minkler.
NMAI Events: Small Spirits: Dolls from the National Museum of the American Indian, Mar 5 - Feb 12, 2012, Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows, Mar 19 - Sep 5, 2011 Both at George Gustav Heye Center, New York, NY. Artist Talk: Margarete Bagshaw: Three Generations of Pushing Boundaries, Saturday, Mar 12, 2 - 3 pm, Room 4018-19, NMAI, Washington, D.C. Live Webcast. Vantage Point: The Contemporary Native Art Collection, Washington, D.C. The exhibit includes pieces by Marie Wyatt (Seneca), James Lavadour (Walla Walla), Alan Michelson (Mohawk), Truman Lowe (Ho-Chunk), Rick Bartow (Wiyot), Judith Lowry (Hammawi Band Pit River/Mountain Maidu/Washo/Scottish-Irish/Australian), James Luna (Puyukitchum [Luiseño]), and Catherine Nelson-Rodriguez (Luiseño/Wailaki/Choctaw). For more information call (202) 633-1000 or visit www.nmai.si.edu.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/OPPORTUNITIES
Mother Earth Water Walk 2011 ... begins April 10, 2011, 4 water walks will embark on simultaneous journeys across turtle island starting from points of the four directions:, West: 4/10/11: Aberdeen WA, North: 5/21/11: Churchill, Manitoba, East: 5/7/11: Machias, ME, South: 4/20/11: Gulfport, MS, all to meet and bring the sacred waters from the four directions to Lake Superior at Bad River Reservation, Odanah, WI on June 12, 2011. As the northern snows begin to melt and further south spring rains fall, our Mother Earth awakens and new life begins. At this time of renewal Anishinaabe grandmothers, women and men, and youth from Canada and the United States will continue walking for our waters. The Mother Earth Water Walk began in 2003 in answer to question—“What will you do?”, FMI / pics: www.motherearthwaterwalk.com, For location updates, http://emptyglassforwater.ca/map/.
National Museum of the American Indian's Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program Accepting Applications for Artist Leadership Program. Indigenous artists of the Western Hemisphere or Hawai'i will receive career, leadership, and artistic training on a funded ten-day trip to the museum in Washington, D.C., and will then receive $7,000 to complete a project in their home communities. Deadline: May 2, 2011.
For 19 years, the SF Arts Commission Cultural Equity Grant Program (CEG) has provided grants to individual artists and arts organizations in San Francisco's diverse communities. In this critical time of changing economics and demographics in San Francisco, it is important that we clearly understand how best to serve you and other San Francisco artists and arts providers. The SFAC seeks surveys completed by CEG grantees and applicants. Surveys completed by 5pm on Tuesday, April 26th are eligible to be entered in a contest to win $100. Please help us by completing the following 15 minute survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NYB7ZMK.
The School of Art at Arizona State University seeks qualified candidates for a year long, non-tenure track Visiting Assistant Professor position for the academic year 2011-12, pending funding approval this May to teach survey courses (Native Art of North American, Southwest Indian Art and/or other appropriate areas) and seminars. Requires a PhD or ABD status, college or university teaching experience beyond a Teaching Assistantship, and evidence of ongoing research and writing. Teaching load, at least 3/2, to be negotiated. Submit a letter of interest, a CV and contact information for three professional references to Kate C. Duncan Professor, Art History School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-1505 Ph: 480.433-0397, 480.423-9314 Fax: 480.965-8338.
The Winnemem Wintu are working on two very important efforts right now and seek your letters of support. First, this summer they will hold the Bałas Chonas, or Coming of Age Ceremony, for the young woman who will become the next spiritual leader of the Tribe. They need support in getting a stretch of McCloud River temporarily closed this summer to create the privacy the Tribe needs to bring their next leader into womanhood. The second effort is to bring their salmon home from New Zealand. A professor from New Zealand notified the Tribe that salmon eggs from McCloud River Salmon were transported to New Zealand and miraculously established a healthy salmon fishery. They now need the cooperation of the US and California State Governments to establish their own hatchery from the salmon to be returned by the Maori. FMI: www.winnememwintu.us.
The 2011 Carol Jorgensen Scholarship for Environmental Stewardship awards $1,000 to a full time student pursuing an undergraduate degree in an environmental stewardship discipline, and honors Carol Jorgensen, Tlingit from the Yandestake Village and Eagle/Killer Whale Fin House of Klukwan whose service to her family, community, country, and Mother Earth was an inspiration for all. A complete application is due June 3, 2011. sent via e-mail (jones.luke@epa.gov), fax (202.564.0298), or regular mail to: SAIGE Carol Jorgensen Memorial Scholarship for Environmental Stewardship c/o Luke Jones, American Indian Environmental Office (2690-M) US EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460.
The Alcoa Global Service Leaders Scholarship Program invites h.s. students (grades 9-11) anywhere in the world to apply for full scholarships up to $5,000 to attend ICL's 2011 Summer Academy, a comprehensive, two-week hands-on summer leadership program for students at Dwight International School in Vancouver Island, Canada. Students will learn about sustainable leadership and will master key leadership skills through workshops, team-building exercises, games, and excursions.
Galería de la Raza invites Native American and Indigenous artists living in the Bay Area to participate in three FREE 5-hour program planning and grantwriting workshops. Galería will subsequently award at least 3 commissions between $250 and $1500 to artists working in all disciplines to create and stage innovative community-building projects that will be presented at Galería during 2011-2012. For detailed information of the workshops and commissioning process, go to www.galeriadelaraza.org/. Deadline Apr 20.
Friendship House Case Manager, Nick Volpe, will compete in the ‘Devil Mountain Double Century’ bike race on April 30, 2011. He will ride 206 miles and climb over 18,600 feet in just one day! He has generously offered to raise funds for the Friendship House in conjunction with the competition. To learn more or make a contribution to this exciting project please visit our website at www.friendshiphousesf.org. Thanks in advance for your support.
Request for Proposals - Honor the Earth’s “Building Resilience in Indigenous Communities” for summer granting cycle. Ddln: April 15, 2011 FMI: HonorGrants@honorearth.org.
Sign up to volunteer for the Stanford Powwow! We need a lot of volunteers to make the Powwow run smoothly. Sign up for a shift and get a Stanford Powwow T-shirt. Email supowwow.volunteers@gmail.com to volunteer.
Save Your Home From Foreclosure, California has 4 NEW Housing Finance programs that can provide direct assistance to help prevent foreclosure. Unemployment Mortgage Assistance Program (UMA) - Provides up to 6 months free mortgage payments for unemployed homeowners. Mortgage Reinstatement Assistance Program (MRAP) - Provides up to $15,000 in mortgage payments for homeowners that have experienced a change in household circumstance which has led to default. Principal Reduction Program (PRP) - Provides funding to homeowners whose homes are now worth less than their mortgage. Transition Assistance Program (TAP) - Provides money for relocation costs in the event of a short sale or deed in lieu of foreclosure. To find out if you or someone you know is eligible for one of these federally funded programs click here. I encourage you to forward this e-mail to homeowners facing financial hardships. You may also contact my office at (510) 286-1400. My staff can assist you with information about foreclosure prevention programs or other state services. Nancy Skinner, Assemblymember 14th District, FMI: http://asmdc.org/members/a14/resources/item/2826-save-your-home-from-foreclosure?utm_source=email&utm_medium=eAlert&utm_campaign=Skinner_Keep_Your_Home
Alameda Co. Arts Commission now accepting submissions from Alameda County artists for 2 new opportunities. Professional artists who make two-dimensional or low-relief, wall-mounted artwork are invited to apply. FMI: (www.callforentry.org). Search the list for “Alameda County Arts Commission”. Complete application information available at http://acgov.org/arts/html/opportunities.html or call (510)208-9646 for a copy by mail.
Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues & Center for Urban Ethnography Summer Internship and Mentoring Program for UCB undegrads. Applications Due May 1. FMI: http://crnai.berkeley.edu/.
Kaiser Permanente in Oakland and Richmond are looking for qualified high school students, ages 15-20, for the LAUNCH (Learn About Unlimited New Careers in Health Care) High School Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) for paid summer work experience at Kaiser to underserved high school students. FMI: [ http://xnet.kp.org/hr/ca/youth/syep/index.htm ]http://xnet.kp.org/hr/ca/youth/syep/index.htm
The Community Spirit Awards, a national fellowship award of $5,000 from First Peoples Fund for American Indian artists to "practice their art." Nominate at First Peoples Fund or send a postcard with complete names and addresses of nominee and nominator to PO Box 2977, Rapid City, SD 57709. Applications will be mailed after May 31 nomination deadline. A national selection committee will select awardees.
A free 48 page Student Resource Guide is available from California Congresswoman Lucille Royball-Allard.
May 19-21, Third Annual Meeting of the Native American & Indigenous Studies Association, at the Hyatt Regency, 1209 L Steet, Sacramento, CA, Host: Department of Native American Studies, UC Davis. The NAISA Council is accepting proposals for individual papers, panel sessions, or roundtables. Must be NAISA member. Limit submissions to one proposed session per person. FMI: naisa.org.
San Francisco Tlingit & Haida Community Council newsletter, contact Kathryn Paddock, President, 415.887-9315.
Kawika Alfiche’s single "Ho`i Hou Mai" from the upcoming album: KALE`A (CD purchase for Mar release) at www.hawaiitunes.com for $3.00. Proceeds benefit Hawaiian Cultural Center in So. San Francisco. Tour begins in Mar.
Subscribe to News From Native California for a $22.50. Read a message from Margaret Dubin, Managing Editor of News.
Free Bay Area events: mybart.org, and sf.funcheap.com. Also in Oakland, kids eat for free. Arts calendars for Oakland, Emeryville, Berkeley & Richmond 510arts.com.
Powwows: http://500nations.com/California_Events.asp.
ONGOING
Television:
San Jose, Channel 15, Native Voice TV, Sat 4-5 pm. Hosts Cihuapili and Michael New Moon. Also 1st, 3rd, 4th Mon, 8 pm courtesy La Raza Round Table.
Radio:
Bay Native Circle, Wed 2-3 pm, kpfa.org 94.1 fm, McVicar / Antoine producers, Berkeley.
Indian Time Tues 8-10 pm, kkup.com 91.5 fm, Jack Hyatt/David Romero.
Native Way, 2nd/4th Sun, 1-3 pm, David Romero / Veronica Gonzales. San Jose.
On Native Ground - Where Art Speaks! kdvs.com, 90.3 fm,Thurs 8:30-9:30 am, Jack Kohler / Patrice Pena. Sovereignty Sound, DJ Ya-nah, Sun 3-6 am, 916.380-2818. Davis.
Webworks: Voices of the Native Nation, 3rd/4th Wed, 6-8 pm, kpoo.com 89.5, Mary Jean Robertson, San Francisco.
Calendars:
Bay Area native community network.
Bay Area Indian Calendar.
News from Native California Quarterly newsletter. Submissions by email, or PO Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709 or fax 510.549-1889.
West Bay (SF Peninsula)
Learn powwow and honor songs. 1st Tuesday every month 7:30 - 9:00 pm, at LGBT Center, 1800 Market Street, San Francisco. Ask for BAAITS drum practice; Jaynie Weye Hlapsi aka (Jaynie Lara) leads the classes sings and drums on Sweet Medicine Drum.
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford. 650-723-4177. “Living Traditions: Arts of the Americas,” Northwest Coast, California, Southwest, and Mesoamerica collections. Wed–Sun. Free.
de Young Museum, Teotihuacan murals, California baskets, Inuit/Eskimo art, Pueblo pottery. Free 1st Tues, Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, SF, 415.750-3600. For admission to see the Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico
Admission for Olmec exhibit: $25 adults; $22 seniors 65+; students with ID $21; youth 6–17 $15. Members and children 5 and under are free; the first Tuesday of every month is free. Advance purchase: $5 discount on all tickets. Group (10 or more) $16 per person with advance purchase. FMI: www.deyoungmuseum.org; 415-750-3600.
Images of the North. Inuit sculptures, prints, masks, jewelry, several exhibits yearly, Oct. Cape Dorset Print Show. 2036 Union, SF, 415.673-1273, gallery@imagesnorth.com.
Kaululehua Hawaiian Cultural Center, 423 Baden Ave, So. SF. Mon: Men & Women (13-40) 6:30-7:30; Tues: Kupuna (50+) 6-7; Wed: Keiki (5-12) 6-7; Thurs: Makua (35-50) 6:30-7:30. Bring an open mind and willingness to learn. ($10/class for the month of Sept) rsvp: info@apop.net 650-588-1091.
Mission Dolores. 3321 16th St, SF, 415.621-8203, Andrew A. Galvan, (Ohlone), Curator. SF’s oldest intact building. The only intact Mission Chapel of the original 21. Final resting place of 5,000 First Californians. Native plants / artifacts.
North Bay (To Sacramento)
CN Gorman Museum, 1316 Hart Hall, UC Davis. cngorman@ucdavis.edu 530.752-6567.
California Indian Museum, 1020 O St, Sacramento. “American Masterpieces: Artistic Legacy of California Indian Basketry,” Through early 2010, Admission.
California Indian Museum & Cultural Center, 5250 Aero Drive, Santa Rosa, 707.579-3004, cimandcc@aol.com. “Ishi: A California Indian Story of Dignity, Hope, Courage and Survival.”
Jesse Peter Native American Art Museum, Santa Rosa Jr. College, Bussman Hall, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.527-4479. California cultures, artists change monthly.
Maidu Museum and Historic Site, 1960 Johnson Ranch Dr., Roseville. 916.774-5934.
Marin Museum of the American Indian, 2200 Novato Blvd., Novato, 415.897-4064. “Sharing Traditions,” last Sat, 1-4 pm. Tues-Sun 12-4 pm. Free.
Mendocino County Museum. 400 E. Commercial St., Willits, 707.459-2739. Wed-Sun: 10-4:30. Pomo baskets and basket weavers. Free.
Northern California Flute Circle. 530.432-2716. Native Am. Flute concerts & workshops.
Pacific Western Traders, 305 Wool St., Folsom. 916.985-3851 Wed-Sun, 10-5. Native American arts, books, recordings, videos, Pendletons. Changing exhibits.
Vallejo Inter-Tribal Council. Mugg’s Coffee Shop, Ferry Building, 495 Mare Island Way, Vallejo. 707.552-2562 or 707.554-6114. Call to confirm Wed 7 pm meetings.
East Bay (To Tuolumne)
Four Directions AA Meetings, Suns at 2, IFH, 523 International Blvd, Oakland. Meetings: 1st Sun: Birthdays; 2nd Sun: As Bill Sees It; 3rd Sun: Step Study; 4th Sun: Basket Drop. Children welcome, open meeting. FMI Vermaine @415-933-1259.
Lakota conversation class, Mon, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, IFH, 523 International, Oakland. FMI: Janeen. *** Healthy potluck, donations requested per class. Lila wopila to IFH, Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival, Community Futures Collective, AICA and AICRC for helping our tiyospaye learn Lakota. Thanks also to Willie who is temporarily away as he prepares for the coming of his expected twins with his partner Christina.
Medicine Warriors All Nations Dance Practice. Free, open to all. Thurs, 7-9 pm, IFH, 523 International, Oakland. Motto: Friendship, Fitness, Fun.
San Leandro Thursday Nite Powwow Class,. 6 - 8 pm, on FB w same name.
Gathering Tribes, 1412 Solano, Albany. 510.528-9038. Weekend artist presentations.
Intertribal Friendship House, 523 International Blvd, Oakland. 510.836-1955. Classes: Mon: 6:30-8:30 Lakota, Tues: 6-9 pm, Beading Circle w Gayle Burns, Drum, Aerobics. Thurs: Medicine Warriors/All Nations Dance, Fri: Talking Circles, Sat: Gardening, Parenting. Library open some Tues/Thurs.
Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak St, Oakland. 501.238-2200. Historical display of California lifeways/basketry. Free First Suns.
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, 103 Kroeber Hall, Berkeley. 510.643-7649. Wed-Sat, 10 am-4:30 pm, Sun 12-4 pm. Free; $5 tours, $2 children.
South Bay (To Santa Cruz)
Four Directions Native American AA Meeting, 8 pm, Every Friday, 749 Story Rd, San Jose Info: Linda W, 408/564-3895.
Indian Canyon, Ceremonial Refuge/Facilities, w. of Hollister, ams@indiancanyon.org.
ANNUAL EVENTS
The “Annual Events” section aims to help community event planners avoid scheduling conflicts and plan in advance. For inclusion, email listings in same format as listings below. Wopila! Also, you can post your full events on the Bay Area Native American Indian Network.
Apr 30-May 1, CA Indian Market, San Juan Bautista, fourcornerstrading@msn.com.
Apr 30, Sofia Yohema Gathering, Lake Merced, johnnyclayart@gmail.com.
May 6-8, Mothers Day Weekend, Stanford Powwow, info@stanfordpowwow.org.
May, c. 15, Sat, CA Indian Market, Tuolumne, jbates@blackoakcasino.com.
May 21, Sat, 5th Annual Comedy Jam, San Jose, vmcloud@ihcscv.org.
Jun 5, Sat, Gathering of Honored Elders, Sacramento.
Jun 18, Ohlone Big Time, SF.
Jun 18, Sat, Native Contemp Arts Festival, SF, Janeen Antoine.
Jun 25, 2nd Annual Richmond Powwow, Nichols Park, Courtney Cummings.
Jul 17, Sat, Kule Loklo Big Time, Point Reyes National Seashore, 415.464-5100.
JUL 23-24, Vallejo Inter-Tribal Council 16 Anniversary Pow Wow, Midge-Vendors 707.226-1234 , Eric 707.297-0580.
Aug, Sat, Storytelling Festival, Indian Canyon, Hollister, ams@indiancanyon.org. date to be revised.
Sep 11, Sat, MWAN Powwow, Oakland, Gilbert Blacksmith.
Sep 18, Sat, AmInd Heritage Celeb/Big Time/Powwow/Market, San Jose, vmcloud@ihcscv.org.
Sep 18-19, Black NA Assn Powwow, CSU Hayward, Don Little Cloud.
Sep 24, 4th Fri, California Indian Day.
Oct 2-3, NAHC Pow Wow, Treasure Island, SF, Cathy Wisdom.
Oct 2, Tlingit Haida Gathering, Oakland 1st Congre. Church, Kathy Paddock.
Oct 3, Ohlone Gathering, Coyote Hills, Fremont, chvisit@ebparks.org.
Oct 9, IPD Pow Wow/Market, Berkeley, info@ipdpowwow.org.
Oct 11, IPD Sunrise Ceremony, Alacatraz, Morningstar Gali.
Oct 27-30, 26th Annual California Indian Conference, Amy Huberland, 530.898-5438.
Oct 30, Sat, Oakland Library N. A. Culture Day, rchacon@oaklandlibrary.org.
Nov 5-13, Sat, AIFF American Indian Film Festival, SF, filmfestival@aifisf.com.
Nov 13, AIFF Awards Night, SF, www.aifisf.com.
Nov 22-26, AIM National Conference, SF, Tony Gonzales.
Nov 25, Sunrise Ceremony, Alcatraz Island, Morningstar Gali.
Nov 26, Black Fri Shellmound Mall Protest, Emeryville, shellmoundwalk@yahoo.com
Dec 3-4, Sat/Sun, AICRC Powwow, Laney College, Oakland, Mary Trimble Norris. .
Jan 29, MWAN B-Day Party, IFH, Oakland, Gilbert Blacksmith.
Mar 12, Sat, Running is My High, Oakland, LauraM@nativehealth.org.
Mar 19, Sat, Taking Care of the Tribe NAAP Powwow 5, Horace Mann School, SF, sendawee@yahoo.com.
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