For Immediate Release : NAMAPAHH First People's Radio:
Bear Butte SD-Sacred Site VS Bikers & Liquor
Tribal Canoe Journeys ’08 /Swinomish teams up with USGS- testing
water, plant life , conduting scientific surveys & more
Update on fires in N. California- weather helping, but still hard for
some to breath.
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Thursday 7-24-08:
7-8:30 PM (PST)
NAMAPAHH First People's Radio
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Thursday 7-7:45PM (PST)
7-7:25pm PST: Bear Butte SD- Sacred Site VS Bikers & Liquor
Update on Bear Butte issue 7-24-08
Phone in Guest 1: Tamra Brennen
Founder/Director: Protect Sacred Sites Indigenous People, One Nation
Protect Sacred Sites Indigenous People, One Nation is a grass roots organization, working towards the protection of sacred sites across the country. Our organization has been actively involved with the ongoing struggle to Protect Bear Butte for several years. We are continuing these efforts, our organization is currently leading the campaign regarding the new developments and further expansions at Bear Butte.
Please visit our main website at www.ProtectSacredSites.org
We have a dedicated website for the Bear Butte issue at www.protectbearbutte.com
In peace & solidarity, Tamra Brennan
Founder/Director: Protect Sacred Sites Indigenous People, One Nation
www.protectsacredsites.org and www.protectbearbutte.com
Breaking News: 7-1-08: VIA TAMARA BRENNEN:
Meade County Commissioners approve Broken Spoke Campground liquor license; Corporate America ~vs~ Sacred Sites, Decision on Bear Butte issue 7-1-08; Bear Butte bar gets nod for liquor license
VIA TAMARA BRENNEN:
Topic: Broken Spoke Campground-upcoming motorcycle (bike) rally; concerts every night this year, helicopters flying overhead, etc.
“…the rally could be potentially 250,000 people ( in Sturgis) ….normally a community of about 6,500 people, so this influx of people all at once is overwhelming.
“Our organization Protect Sacred Sites and Parks, filed a complaint with FAA, they did make recommendations to BSC to not fly over Bear Butte, and gave them other suggested flight patterns.”
“We have been working with NARF for legal assistance, they hopefully will be filing a legal letter to Broken Spoke in the next few days about this issue.”
“Our org submitted a Tribal Resolution to the Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association for the protection of Bear Butte and the helicopter issue. They unanimously approved the resolution on July 10th, (Resolution 52-07-10-08) . This will also be submitted to NARF as additional documentation of support for the issue. I will post a copy of the resolution on our website and blog, as soon as I get a digital copy of it, within the next couple days.
We will be walking around each day during the Rally, reaching out to the Biker community about the Bear Butte issue. We are continuing the campaign "Bikers for Bear Butte" and will be passing out the fliers during the rally. Over the past couple months, our organization and volunteers have sent out approximately 5,000-6,000 emails and still counting, the Bikers for Bear Butte flier, to various biker websites, message boards, dealerships, organizations and clubs.”
What's new on Protect Bear Butte website: Detailed timeline summary of Bear Butte issue from 2003 shooting range issue, to today's struggle with the bars.
For up to date info about the ongoing efforts to Protect Bear Butte, visit us at www.protectbearbutte.com
VIA TAMARA BRENNEN:
"Our sacred lands are all that remain keeping us connected to our place on Mother Earth, to our spirituality, our heritage and our lands; what's left of them. If they take it all away, what will remain except a vague memory of a past so forgotten?"
Phone in Guest 2,3,4 : 7:30-7:45 PM:
1-Michael Bucher-Native American musician filmed music video: Dirty Water- singing about Bear Butte SD- Sacred Site… From CD release-SEVEN (2006);
2-PK Productions/Studio West Management;Karla LaRive; 3- Editor for "Best Short Form Music Video/DVD" Christopher Crosby
“The genesis for my CD, SEVEN was to help raise awareness and educate all I could reach about the desecration of native burial mounds, grave sites and sacred sites. It grew from there to include just a few of the difficulties Indian country is facing today, what my Cherokee ancestors faced in the past, my spiritual beliefs and personal struggle.
The path for this musical journey goes back to my youth and the stories told by my Grandmother and Great Uncle, the last fluent speaker of the language in my family. One of the most compelling for me as a youth was about the desecration of the burial mounds and grave sites prior to the forced removal.
That stuck deep inside. My passion was overwhelming.
So we come to present day and the desecration continues. Not only the graves of our relatives but the sacred places they have shared with us. Our sacred sites. Our holy ground. The reasons are many and some being more complex, however, my passion is the same. In the words of my uncle before he changed worlds, “If you want it to change, you’ll have to take a stand”. I humbly respond. A HANI TSI TOGA Here I stand.
I will remain vocal and in support of the ancient ones and all they held sacred. It is all that I hold sacred.
In peace, Michael Bucher”
For Immediate Release……. July 18, 2008
PK PRODUCTIONS, LLC releases its second music video, DIRTY WATER performed by (2007) NAMA nominated for "Best Debut Artist" and "Best Folk Recording" Native American acoustic singer/songwriter Michael Bucher and produced in association with (2007) NAMA nominated Video Director/Editor for "Best Short Form Music Video/DVD" Christopher Crosby of musicseenPROductions.
THE MUSIC VIDEO
DIRTY WATER is a tribute video about the spiritual battle of Mato Paha - Bear Butte Mountain, being threatened by the encroachment of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, South Dakota.
On the Northeastern edge of the Black Hills, just a few miles from the small town of Sturgis, off Highway 34, lies one of the most sacred mountains to the Plains Indians from the United States and Canada.
Up to 60 different tribes traveled to Bear Butte to fast and pray. Separated by about 8 miles of prairie from the greater Black Hills, which are also considered sacred by these same nations of people, Bear Butte looks like a sleeping bear lying on its side with its head pointed toward the northeast. Geologists call Bear Butte a laccolith, or a bubble of magma that did not become a complete volcano.
All the tribes of the Sioux people: Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota, came to Bear Butte to pray. The months of May, June, and July will see families camped at the base while a relative is standing on the side of the mountain fasting in deep meditation. Small colored pieces of cloth containing pinches of tobacco are wrapped around trees and bushes as prayer gifts to the Creator. Larger flags of red, white, black, or yellow, the sacred colors, also are tied to trees to carry the prayers to all the directions.
Bear Butte, the mountain proper, is currently a National Historic Landmark managed by the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Department. Although a few parcels of adjacent land have been purchased by some Native American nations, the rest of the surrounding area is ranchland, or is being sold to developers. Two drag racing strips, biker bars, a convenience store, campgrounds, and housing developments are all located within a few miles of this sacred place.
The tribute music video was shot on-location during the 2007 Sturgis Rally in the Black Hills, South Dakota including: Bear Butte Mountain State Park; City of Sturgis; Fort Meade National Cemetery; Reddy Ranch/Wounded Knee; Oglala Nation Pow-Wow/Pine Ridge Reservation; Hartman Ranch/Oelrichs, South Dakota and, Seneca Niagara Casino and Hotel, New York.
On the net: http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=33220278
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION COMPANY
KARLA LARIVE (Executive Producer) of PK Productions, LLC is Producer/Manager Rep on Native American Hip Hop Artist/Activist, SHADOWYZE's new CD release; 2006 Club Re-mix. She is co-producer with musicseenPROductions on Shadowyze's first music video, BUMPY ROADS.
Bumpy Roads premiered at the Tulalip Tribe Film Festival in Washington on August 24th 2007 and, was nominated for “Best Short Form Music Video/DVD” at the 2007 Native American Music Awards in Niagara Falls, New York.
With entertainment management background in Broadway theatre, special events and concert promotion, Ms. LaRive is also the Creative Director for Studio West Management of Hot Springs, South Dakota.
On the net: www.studiowestmanagement.com; www.myspace.com/studiowestmanagement; www.myspace.com/pk_productions
CHRISTOPHER CROSBY (Video Director/Editor) of musicseenPROductions, brings a background in video production and media development to PK Productions, LLC. musicseenPROductions was founded in 2000 with the concept of building leverage for the artists by producing music videos and promotional materials. With an education in music business management from the Art Institute of Atlanta, and music theory from the Guitar Institute of Technology; he specializes in creating music videos and web design.
Mr. Crosby was nominated for “Best Short Form Music Video/DVD” for Shadowyze’s BUMPY ROADS at the 2007 Native American Music Awards in Niagara Falls, New York.
On the net: www.myspace.com/musicseenproductions; www.visionquestvideomagazine
ABOUT THE ARTIST
MICHAEL BUCHER (Artist) is a Cherokee singer-songwriter who was taught from the beginning of his memory the stories, language and legends of his people. His songs are intended to teach, heal and bring an awareness to everyone who hears them. He sings about topics that are important to him and others in Indian Country. From the desecration of sacred sites, to Cherokee legends, to the sometimes seemingly Invisible Indian, there's a passionate quality throughout. With strong vocals and heartfelt lyrics, his music is a blend of acoustic guitar, native and a contemporary drum, flute, shakers, rattles, bass and electric guitars, and cuts a swath through native folk, blues and rock.
On the net: www.michaelbucher.com; www.myspace.com/michaelbucher
Michael Bucher, Dirty Water was submitted to 5 categories this year’s 10th Annual Native American Music Awards, Saturday, October 4, 2008 at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls, NY. Public voting will begin on August 4 thru October 4 2008 - On the Net: www.votenative.com
Public Relations for Dirty Water:
Karla R. LaRive, Studio West Management
PO Box 752
Hot Springs, SD 57747
karla@studiowestmanagement.com
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8-8:30 PM (PST) RED ROAD COMMUNITY CALENDAR:
PADDLES UP-
(taken 07/22/2008): USGS scientist Eric Grossman installing water-quality instruments in a canoe at the beach at the Swinomish Tribal Community Center near La Conner, WA (USGS photo by John Clemens)
A Blending of Science and Tradition
The Coast Salish leaders, skippers and community and USGS have formed a new dynamic relationship that blends traditional knowledge of the Coast Salish Nation and USGS science to help manage environmental resources and protect mother earth.
In an exciting new partnership between the Coast Salish (indigenous peoples of the Salish Sea ecoregion) and the USGS, members of western Washington Tribes and British Columbia First Nations will measure water quality in Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia during the Tribal Journey, the annual summer canoe voyage. The project will provide a snapshot of current water quality conditions and data that can be compared with future measurements along successive journeys. This information is important to improve management of ancestral waters that are experiencing environmental decline.
Note: Visit this site often to follow the Tribal Journey's progress through updated press releases, videos, podcasts and photos!
http://www.usgs.gov/features/coastsalish/
Listen to a pod cast: http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/details.asp?ID=84
(taken 07/21/2008): Eric Day, Swinomish Tribe canoe skipper; Brian Cladoosby, Chairman of the Swinomish Tribe; Bob Doyle, USGS deputy director; and Eric Grossman, USGS scientist, at the July 21, 2008, news conference in the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community's Administration Building near La Conner, WA (USGS photo by John Clemens)
Photo by Connie Allen
Paddle to Quw'utsun 2008-
Swinomish hosts Tribal Canoes heading to Cowichan BC
By Robin Carneen
7-22-08
On 7-21-08 close to a dozen canoes landed on Monday afternoon between 3: 30 pm and sunset, on the beach by the Swinomish Office of planning. Cedar canoes traveled from various parts of the Puget Sound and Oregon, to the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community to rest overnight before going onto Cowichan, BC- this year's destination for Tribal Canoe Journey.
Cedar canoes came ashore after a hard paddle on Monday- they had been going against the severe rip tide and afternoon wind, all safely making it to their host’s shores along the Swinomish Channel. Lummi; Nooksack; Grande Ronde & Warm Springs, Oregon canoe families, as well as Suquamish, Samish & Tulalip were the canoes They were greeted by growing crowd of friends, family and curious onlookers, who proudly welcomed the small band of canoes. Most canoes are able to seat about 9 people, per canoe and each canoe family averaged two full cedar canoes per family. Their ground crews had come ahead of them and set up their campsites on the Swinomish Ball Field, where they would be staying overnight, before they paddled the next day to the Samish Nation.
As the sun was setting behind the Rainbow Bridge between Swinomish and the town of La Conner, WA , canoe skippers asked their hosts permission for their families to come ashore, some used their Native language as they were asking. Swinomish Chairman Brian Cladoosby and some of the other Senators warmly greeted the tired and hungry crews and quickly gave them permission and invited them to eat, sleep and celebrate on the Swinomish land.
A big Salmon feed was put on and soon afterwards there was Protocol at the Swinomish Smokehouse- this where families come together to share songs and dance together. There were many young people in attendance and participating- which is a natural goal for TCJ- it is all about the youth & Elders getting together with each other; language preservation, healing and so much more. It is also a rare chance for the Salish people to have an annual reunion based on a foundation of rich, long standing traditions and a demonstration of cultural and language preservation- vital to the Northwest tribes.
For more information about the Paddle to Quw'utsun 2008, visit:
http://www.tribaljourneys2008.com/
Overall Source:
http://tribaljourneys.wordpress.com/
SAN JUAN ISLANDS ROUTE
FROM SAN JUAN ISLANDS, USA
START: Nooksack – Saturday July 19 / Leave July 20
Land Lummi – Sunday July 20 / Leave July 21
Land Swinomish – Monday July 21 / Leave July 22
Land Samish – Tuesday July 22 / Leave July 23
Land Shaw Island – Wednesday July 23 / Leave July 24
Land Roche Harbor – Thursday July 24 / Extra nite / Leave July 26
Land Tsawout (E. Saanich) – Saturday July 26 / Leave July 27
Land Tsartlip (W. Saanich) – Sunday July 27 / Leave July 28
Land COWICHAN – Monday July 28 / Combined Events go to Aug. 10
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FIRE NEWS UPDATE from Hoopa, CA- Ph interview w/ Allie Hostler (tentative)
Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Declares State of Emergency Due to Air Quality Northern California wildfire smoke poses public health threat Hoopa Tribe Leads Way in Wildfire Smoke Relief
See attached NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Allie Hostler, Hoopa Valley Tribe OES Public Information Officer
(707) 407-7390
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