News From Indian Country- REDISCOVERING TECUMSEH’S VISION
News From Indian Country
December 9, 2008
REDISCOVERING TECUMSEH’S VISION
Meskwaki Filmmaker Explores The Shawnee Dance
Tecumseh, the legendary Shawnee leader, advocated unity among all Indian people. His dream was to create a coalition of tribes to form one unstoppable force. He worked to realize his goal by visiting as many Indian communities as he could, spreading his message with fiery speeches and traditional song and dance.
Filmmaker Conrad Brown hopes to help realize Tecumseh’s vision with a powerful new documentary, “The Shawnee Dance (Tecumseh's Legacy).” Currently in pre-production, Brown hopes to gather as many Native nations as possible at the upcoming 95th Annual Meskwaki Indian Pow-Wow held at the Tama, Iowa Meskwaki Nation Settlement from August 6-9, 2009.
“Tecumseh was a great man. His life was cut short, he died at forty-five, two years younger than I am now. It amazes me, the amount of travel he did and in those times. There were no cars, he did it by horse all over this country. One month he’d be here, then he’d pop up there, always trying to unite. To defeat the United States was his goal, to save his homelands. He is one of my historical heroes,” Brown enthused. “If I was alive back then, I would have followed him anywhere. He’s the man.”
Brown’s documentary will focus on The Shawnee Dance, a little known legacy the great traveling Chief of the Shawnee Tribe left behind almost two hundred years ago. “The dance was taught to the Sac and Fox and the Kickapoo tribes by Tecumseh when he traveled amongst them as he tried to form an alliance of Native Tribes,” said Brown. “The dance is unknown today to the relatives and descendents of the Great Chief, yet, it is a much beloved dance to the tribes fortunate enough to have received instruction. These tribes suffered hardships of warfare, disease, Christian attempts at conversion and the forced removal from their homelands. Despite this fact, the dance survived. As a result of time, the dance has evolved into a social dance for the Sac and Fox. The Kickapoo retained the dance in its original form - a religious dance.”
Brown is a member of the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa/Meskwaki. His Indian name is Qwa skwa mi and he’s a member of the Fish Clan. He’s also a traditional singer with a great love of the music he heard in his youth.
His transformational journey from traditional drummer/singer to filmmaker began in a humble, humorous way. “I have to laugh because the thing that got me to thinking about this project is I started selling corndogs at our Pow-Wow,” smiled Brown. The once plentiful crowds at the annual Meskwaki Pow-Wow had dwindled and all the vendors felt the economic pinch. “I started thinking about how to increase our attendance and I was working with the songs. Then, it just hit me.”
Conrad Brown grew up within his tribal community and has fond memories of his grandmother. “My Grandmother and all my old aunts would go and dance the Shawnee Dance once a year during our Harvest Festival. Sometimes they would dance it at a small gathering in our tribal gym. I used to sit there and watch as they danced it hard, laughing and singing along. During the year, she would sing the songs over and over again. I would listen but really never tried to catch them. After she was gone, I heard the songs and thought of her, heard her voice. She was a good singer,” Brown recalled.
Brown’s memories and respect for tradition propelled him to uncover the origins of the Shawnee Dance. “My Grandmother’s stories got me motivated to start doing research on how this dance got here. I read everything I could get a hold of on the internet, Jesuit manuscripts and such. It consumed me,” Brown stated.
His enthusiasm evolved into solid research and the impetus to turn his knowledge into a documentary. “My ultimate hope is to have this documentary aired for a couple million viewers to let them know that there is history beyond what is taught in school, not found in school books. This is history you find at home and amongst your elders.” Brown has advice to young, aspiring Native filmmakers. “Don’t be afraid to ask questions of your elders. Ask while they are still here, because when they are gone, that’s another piece of our oral history that disappears forever that you can’t get back. Ask now and retain that knowledge. Teach your children this knowledge. Pass it on. It’s our duty for the generations to come.”
Brown has also been assisted by scholars Professor Steve Warren from Augustana College, Professor Colin Calloway from Dartmouth College and Professor R. David Edmunds from the University of Texas. Also supporting the documentary is the First Nations Composer Initiative, who recently awarded a production grant to Brown. The group will also be on hand to film their own documentary about Brown’s project.
Brown plans to have a film crew on site for the upcoming Meskwaki Pow-Wow in August. He hopes that Tribal Elder groups will encourage their leadership to arrange for bus tours to Tama, Iowa to be part of the celebration.
“I want every Native Nation that Tecumseh tried to unite in his alliance to be here,” Brown said. “In this way, at least for one weekend, these Algonquin tribes can fulfill his vision of unity. I wish to complete his quest. If we can take one weekend and become united again and renew old alliances maybe it will send the people a message. This Shawnee Dance has the potential to unite. The dance is that powerful.”
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For More Information:
The 95th Annual Meskwaki Indian Pow-Wow. Tama, Iowa Meskwaki Nation Settlement -- August 6-9 http://www.meskwaki.org/special/mapa2009/mapa.html
Meskwaki Casino Hotel http://www. meskwaki. com/hotel. html
Telephone: 1-800-728-GAME extension 2000
Sunday, December 28, 2008
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Native Voices Internet December 21, 2008: Randy Huffman is back as your host of the Native Voices Internet Radio Program! Features holiday songs from Todi Neesh Zhee Singers and Friends, Warscout, Jana, R. Carlos Nakai and William Eaton, Douglas Bluefeather, and Radmilla Cody, and the music of Eagle and Hawk and Young Grey Horse. Plus news: Crow Nation of Montana Horse Mounted Unit to march in the 56th Inaugural Parade.
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Friday, December 26, 2008
RE: Re: ONE Spirit~Pine Ridge Rez Fresh Food Co-op Awesome!
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RE: Re: ONE Spirit~Pine Ridge Rez Fresh Food Co-op Awesome!
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: ONE
Date: Dec 26, 2008 7:31 PM
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From: Black Wolf
Date: Dec 26, 2008 10:26 PM
There is a cure for hunger: It is called food.
For the past 5 days Michelle has been out of food for her family. Her two children are able to get breakfast and lunch at school during the week but the only food at home has been rice and potatoes.
Bernice, a grandmother caring for 7 grandchildren, called yesterday. She had just received an order of food through Project SHARE. I could hear the excitement in her voice as she told me that they were so happy to get the food because they had been eating pasta for several days.
Another mother wrote "Thank you for sending us the food. My children love fruit, something they never get, so they gobbled it up in no time."
PLEASE HELP Victims' Assistance of Indian Country (VAIC) is requesting help with providing food for the many elders and families they serve. Examples include an elder who told me she had no food but that she does have some tea; and a mother who is 7 months pregnant and did not eat so her two children would have enough food. While VAIC and ONE Spirit work together to find ways to resolve the crisis, you can help insure that there is enough food so no one goes hungry. $50.00 will buy enough food for the elder for two weeks through project SHARE and will feed the family for a week.
Project SHARE On Pine Ridge and Cheyenne River Reservations
The Project SHARE food co-op, managed and operated by ONE Spirit and the Lakota people, is providing fresh fruit, vegetables and meat to over 100 families and elders representing over 800 people. Every month, increasing numbers of people ask to be part of the food program. This is the only food program on the reservation that delivers food that is both high quality and has high nutritional value.
Given the high unemployment (90%) and an average family income of $6000.00 per year, families time and again find food in short supply. Children attend after- school programs to take advantage of snacks as it is often the only food they will have for dinner. Government food programs are not designed for sharing societies. The Lakota people believe in and practice sharing.
Families share what they have with extended family, relatives, and neighbors. Those that are eligible for food stamps (EBT) and commodity programs also share with others. This means that food runs out or is in short supply long before the next government allotment. There are no food banks or food resources available to regularly meet basic food needs not covered by the government programs.
There is also an extremely high incidence of diabetes and other health problems that are likely related at least in part to diet. Government programs provide a high starch diet with little fruits and vegetables.
How does project SHARE help?
SHARE helps in two ways. First of course it brings fresh fruits, vegetables and meats to the families at a time each month when it is most needed. Second it provides employment and promotes self sufficiency. On Pine Ridge, the Lakota people unload the food trucks, sort the food, and deliver it to the homes. On Cheyenne River, a group of Vietnam Vets, through a compensated work therapy program, do the work required to get the food to the people. In both instances, the workers obtain food for themselves and their family and they help their people.
How do I participate?
1. Donate a SHARE of food. Click on the donate button at the top of the ONEspirit page to make a donation. (http://nativeprogress. org)
2. For more information about the program and how you can participate, contact:
ONE Spirit SHARE Food Program
Mike Glinsky
mglinsky@nativeprogress.org
Learn more about SHARE at their Web site: www. sharecolorado. com
RE: Re: ONE Spirit~Pine Ridge Rez Fresh Food Co-op Awesome!
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: ONE
Date: Dec 26, 2008 7:31 PM
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: Black Wolf
Date: Dec 26, 2008 10:26 PM
There is a cure for hunger: It is called food.
For the past 5 days Michelle has been out of food for her family. Her two children are able to get breakfast and lunch at school during the week but the only food at home has been rice and potatoes.
Bernice, a grandmother caring for 7 grandchildren, called yesterday. She had just received an order of food through Project SHARE. I could hear the excitement in her voice as she told me that they were so happy to get the food because they had been eating pasta for several days.
Another mother wrote "Thank you for sending us the food. My children love fruit, something they never get, so they gobbled it up in no time."
PLEASE HELP Victims' Assistance of Indian Country (VAIC) is requesting help with providing food for the many elders and families they serve. Examples include an elder who told me she had no food but that she does have some tea; and a mother who is 7 months pregnant and did not eat so her two children would have enough food. While VAIC and ONE Spirit work together to find ways to resolve the crisis, you can help insure that there is enough food so no one goes hungry. $50.00 will buy enough food for the elder for two weeks through project SHARE and will feed the family for a week.
Project SHARE On Pine Ridge and Cheyenne River Reservations
The Project SHARE food co-op, managed and operated by ONE Spirit and the Lakota people, is providing fresh fruit, vegetables and meat to over 100 families and elders representing over 800 people. Every month, increasing numbers of people ask to be part of the food program. This is the only food program on the reservation that delivers food that is both high quality and has high nutritional value.
Given the high unemployment (90%) and an average family income of $6000.00 per year, families time and again find food in short supply. Children attend after- school programs to take advantage of snacks as it is often the only food they will have for dinner. Government food programs are not designed for sharing societies. The Lakota people believe in and practice sharing.
Families share what they have with extended family, relatives, and neighbors. Those that are eligible for food stamps (EBT) and commodity programs also share with others. This means that food runs out or is in short supply long before the next government allotment. There are no food banks or food resources available to regularly meet basic food needs not covered by the government programs.
There is also an extremely high incidence of diabetes and other health problems that are likely related at least in part to diet. Government programs provide a high starch diet with little fruits and vegetables.
How does project SHARE help?
SHARE helps in two ways. First of course it brings fresh fruits, vegetables and meats to the families at a time each month when it is most needed. Second it provides employment and promotes self sufficiency. On Pine Ridge, the Lakota people unload the food trucks, sort the food, and deliver it to the homes. On Cheyenne River, a group of Vietnam Vets, through a compensated work therapy program, do the work required to get the food to the people. In both instances, the workers obtain food for themselves and their family and they help their people.
How do I participate?
1. Donate a SHARE of food. Click on the donate button at the top of the ONEspirit page to make a donation. (http://nativeprogress. org)
2. For more information about the program and how you can participate, contact:
ONE Spirit SHARE Food Program
Mike Glinsky
mglinsky@nativeprogress.org
Learn more about SHARE at their Web site: www. sharecolorado. com
Thursday, December 25, 2008
NAMAPAHH_Radio: Native American & friends Cabin Fever Christmas Show!
In case you missed it.....we had a great time- hope you all can tune in sometime- we know everyone was going to be busy...but the cool thing about blogtalk is you'll always be able to catch up to us!!! Merry Christmas from Connie, Robin, the boys & the critters(even the dogs made a cameo appearance as our doorbell! LOL).
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UPCOMING SHOW: 12/25/2008 12:30 PM-2:30PM PST/3:30-6:30PM PST
2 Hours
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We know this is a birthday for Jesus & we also know that many people/families celebrate this time of year in different ways...some people may be alone...some people may be out on the road-like some of our truckers & others...no matter where you are, we want to be with you....We will open up the phone lines & share music in between greetings, status checks, call in recipes, and much more!!!!!!!!! Don't be shy- at least put us on in the background! We will be sharing some NDN radio love & well wishes with you all! Let's truly spread the joy & light for 2 hours together!!!!!! ( Mom & I have Amazon wish list items for Santa to see!)
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Jae Jae AKA CLOUDWALKER had an interview today!
Jae Jae AKA CLOUDWALKER had an interview today!
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From: ღ ÇHÅRMer ღ GIRL
Date: Dec 25, 2008 3:31 PM
I just listened to a live radio show on the internet today because my brother Jae Jae AKA CLOUDWALKER had an interview today!He explained his collabs with fellow native musicians. He also did a collab with a Navajo DJ named DJ NAVE. DJ NAVE was also on the air explaining his music, so I went to his myspace profile and listened to his music.......it is phenomenal. So, with all that said.......feel free to add both as a myspace friend and help promote them with their determination to let themselves and sound be heard:) They are both very cool!
GO TO:
for Jae Jae AKA CLOUDWALKER>>>(www. myspace. com/morningstarrent)
for DJ NAVE>>>>>>(www. myspace. com/deejaynave)
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NAMAPAHH_Radio: Native American & friends Cabin Fever Christmas Show!
UPCOMING SHOW: 12/25/2008 12:30 PM-2:30PM PST/3:30-6:30PM PST
2 Hours
(ARCHIVED!)
We know this is a birthday for Jesus & we also know that many people/families celebrate this time of year in different ways...some people may be alone...some people may be out on the road-like some of our truckers & others...no matter where you are, we want to be with you....We will open up the phone lines & share music in between greetings, status checks, call in recipes, and much more!!!!!!!!! Don't be shy- at least put us on in the background! We will be sharing some NDN radio love & well wishes with you all! Let's truly spread the joy & light for 2 hours together!!!!!! ( Mom & I have Amazon wish list items for Santa to see!)
Discussion Thread
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Response (John S) - 12/22/2008 05:12 PM
Users must be current with their updates for Flash Player for their PC, if they are not current then they will have issues listening in. They can get the update free from www.adobe.com All shows are Flash Player based.
Take care!
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: ღ ÇHÅRMer ღ GIRL
Date: Dec 25, 2008 3:31 PM
I just listened to a live radio show on the internet today because my brother Jae Jae AKA CLOUDWALKER had an interview today!He explained his collabs with fellow native musicians. He also did a collab with a Navajo DJ named DJ NAVE. DJ NAVE was also on the air explaining his music, so I went to his myspace profile and listened to his music.......it is phenomenal. So, with all that said.......feel free to add both as a myspace friend and help promote them with their determination to let themselves and sound be heard:) They are both very cool!
GO TO:
for Jae Jae AKA CLOUDWALKER>>>(www. myspace. com/morningstarrent)
for DJ NAVE>>>>>>(www. myspace. com/deejaynave)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio/2008/12/25/Native-American-friends-Cabin-Fever-Christmas-Show
NAMAPAHH_Radio: Native American & friends Cabin Fever Christmas Show!
UPCOMING SHOW: 12/25/2008 12:30 PM-2:30PM PST/3:30-6:30PM PST
2 Hours
(ARCHIVED!)
We know this is a birthday for Jesus & we also know that many people/families celebrate this time of year in different ways...some people may be alone...some people may be out on the road-like some of our truckers & others...no matter where you are, we want to be with you....We will open up the phone lines & share music in between greetings, status checks, call in recipes, and much more!!!!!!!!! Don't be shy- at least put us on in the background! We will be sharing some NDN radio love & well wishes with you all! Let's truly spread the joy & light for 2 hours together!!!!!! ( Mom & I have Amazon wish list items for Santa to see!)
Discussion Thread
---------------------------------------------------------------
Response (John S) - 12/22/2008 05:12 PM
Users must be current with their updates for Flash Player for their PC, if they are not current then they will have issues listening in. They can get the update free from www.adobe.com All shows are Flash Player based.
Take care!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Native American & friends Cabin Fever Christmas Show!
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio/2008/12/25/Native-American-friends-Cabin-Fever-Christmas-Show
NAMAPAHH_Radio: Native American & friends Cabin Fever Christmas Show!
UPCOMING SHOW: 12/25/2008 12:30 PM-2:30PM PST/3:30-6:30PM PST
2 Hours
Call-in Number: (718) 508-9165
We know this is a birthday for Jesus & we also know that many people/families celebrate this time of year in different ways...some people may be alone...some people may be out on the road-like some of our truckers & others...no matter where you are, we want to be with you....We will open up the phone lines & share music in between greetings, status checks, call in recipes, and much more!!!!!!!!! Don't be shy- at least put us on in the background! We will be sharing some NDN radio love & well wishes with you all! Let's truly spread the joy & light for 2 hours together!!!!!! ( Mom & I have Amazon wish list items for Santa to see!)
NAMAPAHH_Radio: Native American & friends Cabin Fever Christmas Show!
UPCOMING SHOW: 12/25/2008 12:30 PM-2:30PM PST/3:30-6:30PM PST
2 Hours
Call-in Number: (718) 508-9165
We know this is a birthday for Jesus & we also know that many people/families celebrate this time of year in different ways...some people may be alone...some people may be out on the road-like some of our truckers & others...no matter where you are, we want to be with you....We will open up the phone lines & share music in between greetings, status checks, call in recipes, and much more!!!!!!!!! Don't be shy- at least put us on in the background! We will be sharing some NDN radio love & well wishes with you all! Let's truly spread the joy & light for 2 hours together!!!!!! ( Mom & I have Amazon wish list items for Santa to see!)
Monday, December 22, 2008
Tentative schedule for Vi Hilbert funeral arrangements.
To All,
Please pass this on to everyone so we can get word out to as many as
possible.
Tentative schedule for Vi Hilbert funeral arrangements.
Friday
3:00pm Arrive at Upper Skagit Gymnasium
Doby Tom family will sing Vi in
John Cayou, Jr Opening Prayer
Viewing
Open Floor for sharing stories about Vi
5:00pm Dinner
6:00pm Social hour
7:00pm All Denominational Prayer service
9:00pm End
Saturday
10:00am Funeral Service Conducted by John Cayou, Jr. Shaker Minister 12:00pm Lunch
1:30 Family Giveaway
This is all tentative but the family wanted everyone to have an
idea about the tentative schedule. The start times are set, this
information wasn’t included in the obituary notice.
Thank you,
Brian Cladoosby Chair Swinomish
Photo by AmyE 1976
Pine Ridge: A single mom just lost her house....Can u help?
Pine Ridge: A single mom just lost her house....Can u help?
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:37 PM, wrote:
A single mom just lost her house trying to stay warm with an electric heater on Pine Ridge.
Another family just lost their house the same way yesterday. A mom with 5 children. More info coming on that shortly. But see below for items needed to send to this first family.
Ellen
-------------Forwarded Message:
Subj: Re: Small Toys Ordered
Date: 12/21/2008 1:22:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
From:
To: BelloEllen@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)
Ellen,
Hello! There is one boy and one girl. boys size clothing 2x shirt, pants 40 x 34, he is 13 years old, and the girls clothing size 16 slim pants and size 16-18 shirt, and she is 10 years old. and the mothers clothing xl size shirt, pants size 36 x 34. she stated that they need some blankets and towels right now, but anything and everything would be appreciated. The Prairie Wind Casino has put her up for a few nights with a room, but she is going to stay with her mother,Thank you for your efforts in assisting this mother and her children!
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NAMAPAHH stands for: Native American Multi-media; Activism; Performance/poetry; Art;Health/Humor/History.
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Elder's Meditation of the Day - December 22
"From Wakan Tanka, the Great Spirit, there came a great unifying life force that flowed in and through all things-the flowers of the plains, blowing winds, rocks, trees, birds, animals-and was the same force that had been breathed into the first man. Thus all things were kindred, and were brought together by the same Great Mystery."
--Chief Luther Standing Bear, SIOUX
The Great Spirit has six things that make up this life force. They are life, love, intelligence, soul, principle, and truth. These are the reasons the life cycle continues. None of this can be altered by man, but we can have access to these powers any time we wish. Just think about it-anytime I have a need I can access one or more of these powers."
Oh Great Mystery, let me know how to use these powers. Today, let me love life, let me know truth, let me live by principle, and let me follow Your intelligence.
www.whitebison.org
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:37 PM,
A single mom just lost her house trying to stay warm with an electric heater on Pine Ridge.
Another family just lost their house the same way yesterday. A mom with 5 children. More info coming on that shortly. But see below for items needed to send to this first family.
Ellen
-------------Forwarded Message:
Subj: Re: Small Toys Ordered
Date: 12/21/2008 1:22:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
From:
To: BelloEllen@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)
Ellen,
Hello! There is one boy and one girl. boys size clothing 2x shirt, pants 40 x 34, he is 13 years old, and the girls clothing size 16 slim pants and size 16-18 shirt, and she is 10 years old. and the mothers clothing xl size shirt, pants size 36 x 34. she stated that they need some blankets and towels right now, but anything and everything would be appreciated. The Prairie Wind Casino has put her up for a few nights with a room, but she is going to stay with her mother,Thank you for your efforts in assisting this mother and her children!
--
NAMAPAHH First People's Radio is hosted and produced by Robin Carneen, co-hosted by Connie Allen, both enrolled members of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, in La Conner, WA. Native American news, views & music show on:
www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio
NAMAPAHH stands for: Native American Multi-media; Activism; Performance/poetry; Art;Health/Humor/History.
NAMAPAHH's MYSPACE!
http://www.myspace.com/namapahh
http://www.myspace.com/nativeradio4all
email: robin.carneen@gmail.com
Blog:http://namapahhmultimedia.blogspot.com/
Got a new music release? Press Kit?
Robin Carneen
c/o NAMAPAHH First People's Radio
P.O Box 1551
La Conner, WA 98257
Elder's Meditation of the Day - December 22
"From Wakan Tanka, the Great Spirit, there came a great unifying life force that flowed in and through all things-the flowers of the plains, blowing winds, rocks, trees, birds, animals-and was the same force that had been breathed into the first man. Thus all things were kindred, and were brought together by the same Great Mystery."
--Chief Luther Standing Bear, SIOUX
The Great Spirit has six things that make up this life force. They are life, love, intelligence, soul, principle, and truth. These are the reasons the life cycle continues. None of this can be altered by man, but we can have access to these powers any time we wish. Just think about it-anytime I have a need I can access one or more of these powers."
Oh Great Mystery, let me know how to use these powers. Today, let me love life, let me know truth, let me live by principle, and let me follow Your intelligence.
www.whitebison.org
Prayers for Vi Hilbert & Mary Hansen's community & family!
Prayers for Vi Hilbert & Mary Hansen's community & family!
Also special prayers for Peter Ali- hope they caught all his cancer & that he heals up stronger than ever! He is an amazing man & fluteplayer- lift him up on Eagle's wings so Creator can see him even more clearer!
Robin & Connie~
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On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:21 AM, R Carneen wrote:
--- On Sat, 12/20/08, tammyken1962@aol.com wrote:
From: tammyken1962@aol.com
Subject: Important info from Tammy @ Cedartree flute circle
To: tammyken1962@aol.com
Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 5:33 PM
Happy Holidays!!
Life is so very precious and we are all blessed with the ability to brighten and enrich it, not only for ourselves but for every one and everything that surrounds it. Everybody makes a difference in this world.
You have all brightened us and blessed us in so many ways and I would like say THANK YOU AND WE LOVE YOU.
Unfortunately we have some somber news to pass on.
...Any and all positive thoughts and prayers are welcome
Our Beloved Taqseblu Vi Hilbert passed at 7:00 this morning at sunrise 12/19. Her passage was peaceful, and her family was gathered around her.
The wake will be held next Friday, Dec. 26th, and the funeral on Saturday, the 27th. Both will be at Upper Skagit. More information will be forthcoming in the next couple days.
Please keep the family in your prayers.
http://www.grandmothersproject.org/2005_home/Taqseblu.pdf
Respectfully,
Raven E. Heavy Runner
And
Peter will be sending out something on the Internet soon but I'll go ahead and give you guys a heads up on what's going on around here.
We won't be doing flute circle this month.
We found out yesterday that Peter has been diagnosed Testicular cancer and is having surgery next Tuesday.
It will only take about an hour and he will be discharged the same day. After they remove it they will determine if he will need radiation or chemotherapy to keep any that has possibly moved into other areas from going any further, but that is all we know now.
He will stay with me and will have a 2-6 week recovery period.
We are still planning the Eagle Festival but we are thinking the flute circle this month will be too soon after surgery.
Love you all and hope you are all well.........Tammy
Also special prayers for Peter Ali- hope they caught all his cancer & that he heals up stronger than ever! He is an amazing man & fluteplayer- lift him up on Eagle's wings so Creator can see him even more clearer!
Robin & Connie~
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On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:21 AM, R Carneen
--- On Sat, 12/20/08, tammyken1962@aol.com
From: tammyken1962@aol.com
Subject: Important info from Tammy @ Cedartree flute circle
To: tammyken1962@aol.com
Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 5:33 PM
Happy Holidays!!
Life is so very precious and we are all blessed with the ability to brighten and enrich it, not only for ourselves but for every one and everything that surrounds it. Everybody makes a difference in this world.
You have all brightened us and blessed us in so many ways and I would like say THANK YOU AND WE LOVE YOU.
Unfortunately we have some somber news to pass on.
...Any and all positive thoughts and prayers are welcome
Our Beloved Taqseblu Vi Hilbert passed at 7:00 this morning at sunrise 12/19. Her passage was peaceful, and her family was gathered around her.
The wake will be held next Friday, Dec. 26th, and the funeral on Saturday, the 27th. Both will be at Upper Skagit. More information will be forthcoming in the next couple days.
Please keep the family in your prayers.
http://www.grandmothersproject.org/2005_home/Taqseblu.pdf
Respectfully,
Raven E. Heavy Runner
And
Peter will be sending out something on the Internet soon but I'll go ahead and give you guys a heads up on what's going on around here.
We won't be doing flute circle this month.
We found out yesterday that Peter has been diagnosed Testicular cancer and is having surgery next Tuesday.
It will only take about an hour and he will be discharged the same day. After they remove it they will determine if he will need radiation or chemotherapy to keep any that has possibly moved into other areas from going any further, but that is all we know now.
He will stay with me and will have a 2-6 week recovery period.
We are still planning the Eagle Festival but we are thinking the flute circle this month will be too soon after surgery.
Love you all and hope you are all well.........Tammy
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Please tune in from 11am-1PM PST:NAMAPAHH Blogradio
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UPCOMING SHOW: 12/21/2008 11:00 AM-1PM PST
It is getting COLDER in South Dakota & in Segment 4, we have another update!
Date / Time: 12/21/2008 11:00 AM-1PM PST
Category: Goals
Call-in Number: (718) 508-9165
11am-noon: Tulalip Tribes, Tulalip Boys & Girls Club, Tulalip Tero and now the American Trucker’s Associations have teamed up and made the Circle of Hope- Circle of Giving even bigger. The ATA will provide a truck and driver , the Tulalip efforts will fill it. Thanks to everyone who has made donations so far! They are coming in from far & wide! The last day to donate is Jan 16th, then soon after we will load are generous love and donations and send them to Pine Ridge and Rosebud Rezs, to help them through the severe winter. We are going to be getting an update from Frieda Williams-Community Relations Coordinator for the Tulalip Tribes and we will also be hearing from Matt War Bonnet who lives at Tulalip, but grew up in Rosebud, SD.
Noon-1PM: During the second hour of NAMAPAHH we will be hearing from singer, songwriter, Jackie Tice & share tracks from her latest release: Morning Sky Drum Song.
We will also pay tribute to two of our beloved Elders Vi Hilbert & Mary Hansen that come as hard blows for our NW Salish Tribes. They left us during the same week, this past week. Traveling in the same canoe on their last journey to the Creator’s loving arms. I have heard there has been some other losses as well, so this show will be dedicated to those who are grieving and remembering our dear ones.
BACKGROUND INFO:
North County Outlook: http://www.northcountyoutlook.com/1204_Tulalip_SD_givingcircle.htm
To read the latest Tulalip-related news articles, click here: http://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Home/NewsArchive.aspx
Below is an article published today in the Everett Herald.
Published: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Tulalips collect clothing for tribes
American Indians in South Dakota are suffering after a November snowstorm hit their reservations.
By Krista J. Kapralos
Herald Writer
TULALIP -- In South Dakota, the winter wind whips trees down over roads. When the snow comes, it socks in entire communities.
Those who live there are hardy people. American Indians on reservations there no doubt have stories about long winters, and traditional ways of coping with the cold.
This year, it was different. A severe snowstorm in November dumped 45 inches in areas of the state. The worst of it fell on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux reservations, where tribal members, left without heat and power for days, resorted to burning their furniture to keep warm.
"Even those that could have left for somewhere else didn't want to leave their homes because they were afraid there would be looting," said Frieda Williams, a Tulalip tribal member.
Those stories crept into Williams' heart, and the hearts of Robin Carneen, who works at the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club, and Linda Tolbert, a member of the Tulalip Lions Club, and others on the Tulalip Tribes reservation.
Something had to be done, they decided. Surely the people of Snohomish County will do what they can to help the people of the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations, they thought. Surely if word got out, donations would come pouring in, and the Indians in South Dakota could have new furniture, blankets and clothes.
And so it began. Much has already been given. A Goodwill store in Seattle has donated 700 pounds of blankets, Williams said. The volunteer team of Tulalip tribal members and other local residents believe that people want to be generous, so they're not shy about asking.
"At Rosebud they only have electric heat, so we're even asking people if they can donate wood stoves," Carneen said.
There's one other thing the volunteers need: a truck, and perhaps even a driver.
"We're sort of putting the cart before the horse by collecting all this, because we're still looking for a truck to be donated so we can drive it all out there," Williams said.
Williams and the others hope to collect enough blankets, clothes, furniture, ¬nonperishable food and other items to fill a large truck trailer by Jan. 16. By then, they hope someone will have offered up a truck in which to put it.
It's not the first time Tulalip tribal members have reached out to South Dakota's Indians. Williams organized a clothing drive for the Pine Ridge reservation in 2004.
The reservation has an 87 percent poverty rate, Williams said. About 40,000 people live there. There's a great need now, after November's storm, but the reservation is so poor that people there are in crisis all the time.
"There are children there who never have enough to eat," she said.
Williams hopes to make the clothing and food drive an annual event. She said she's spoken to leaders of the Oglala Sioux and Rosebud Sioux tribes who are happy that someone has noticed their struggle.
Almost anything is accepted for the charity drive, but there is one condition, Carneen said.
"Clothing and every other item should be new or practically new," she said.
Some of the items that have been donated were tossed out, she said, because they were so old and ratty that it would have been insulting to pass it along to people in South Dakota.
"This is extreme poverty, where people are living in third-world conditions," Carneen said. "But they have pride."
Reporter Krista J. Kapralos: 425-339-3422 or kkapralos@heraldnet.com.
How to help the South Dakota tribes
Donations of clean, new clothing, nonperishable food items, furniture, blankets and other household items are being accepted as part of a grassroots effort to help American Indians who live on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux reservations in South Dakota, where a powerful November snowstorm knocked out power for days and Indians were forced to burn their furniture to keep warm.
The donations are scheduled for delivery to South Dakota on Jan. 16, and donations will be accepted until then.
Donations will be accepted at the Tulalip Tribes TERO office at 6103 31st Ave. NE in Tulalip. For more information, call 360-716-4000 and ask for Frieda Williams.
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We are VERY excited & grateful for The American Truckers Associations, who have offered to donate a truck & driver(AMAZING)…we are waiting & praying here in the NW for the snows to subside so we can get our donations into the hands of tribal members on Rosebud & Pine Ridge Reservations.
American Truckers Associations:
"The Voice of the Industry that Moves America's Freight"
http://www.truckline.com/Pages/Home.aspx
"The trucking industry has an impressive record on safety, working to educate the motoring public with safety outreach programs, promote driving skills through national competitions and awards, and raise safety awareness through joint programs with the U.S. Department of Transportation.
We are also working to enhance the image of the trucking industry, using ambassadors with millions of accident-free miles and decades of service to reach out to the public and their colleagues to show how integral trucking is to the life of every American. Through a public image campaign, the trucking industry conveys the fact that we deliver life's essentials safely, securely, and on time."
Robert Eagle Elk -. Ogalala Sioux Tribe- District Coordinator will be calling in from Pine Ridge to give us an update on their weather. According to Eagle Elk, temperature wise” they have dropped below freezing and for this Region Winter came too early.” He will also tell us a little about his people and how we can help them through this severe winter weather.
Nov 5th Blizzard in SD: AP footage of Blizzard in South Dakota: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucYIjvT2ur0
Ellen Bello of the NAMA association will be giving us an update about her organization and how she and the membership have helped to raise funds for heating homes in SD rez’s is going as well as a Toy drive for Rosebud Rez.! We need & want to fill up this SEMI-TRUCK....so tune in, for our talking Circle of Hope-Circle of Giving+ awesome music to warm your hearts & souls as we send our prayers to South Dakota!
ROSEBUD TOY DRIVE & WINTER EMERGENCY RELIEF UPDATES
TOY DRIVE:
At Present, the Native American Music Association is sending 1440 small toy items to the President of Sicangu Oyate (Rosebud Sioux Tribe) for his Christmas Toy Drive for the 7500 children ages 1 thru 18 on their reservation. This now brings the current tally of toys raised to 4600 and leaves approximately 2900 toys needed. (just 290 people sending 10 items each would do it!)
Keep Spreading the word. NO GIFT TOO SMALL FOR THE CHILDREN.
Send Toys To:
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
PO Box 430 (For UPS: 11 Legion Drive)
Rosebud, SD 57570
WINTER RELIEF EFFORTS:
Temperatures in South Dakota reached a below 35 degree wind-chill. Some areas reported below 60 degrees. NAMA's Emergency Winter Relief Efforts remain underway on the Pine Ridge Reservation, particularly for the elders & disabled and small children. This week NAMA purchased emergency heat/electric for four households, one of which a grandmother taking care of five children almost died in the sub zero weather.
At present, 156 households are in need of emergency heat and have no access to funds.
Severe weather conditions are being predicted ahead. Donations are needed.
SEND FINANCIAL DONATIONS TO:
Native American Music Association
511 Avenue of the Americas
#371
New York NY 10011
212.228.8300 tel
646.688.6883 fax
www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com
WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE..THANK YOU
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
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Past guests & other non- profits involved: Visit One Spirit at www.nativeprogress.org
nimchira wrote:
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Greetings,
I am speaking to you about a small local non-profit charitable organization based in Sterling, Ks that has been in business 6 years. We provide clothing, household goods and other needs to those living in poverty conditions in the central states. We also provided for the needs of local residents who have lost their homes as a result of fires or other natural disasters. We make regular trips to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Central South Dakota, providing the same services to the Native Americans residing in sub-poverty conditions.
My name is J. Porter Selman, Founder and et al of Web of Life Enterprises, Inc. www.wole.org/
Our organization is supported solely by the donations of concerned citizens of this country, and some residing in other countries. During this time of social and economic upheaval in our country, donations have dropped extremely low, making it difficult to help others.
While many are sympathetic to the needs and misfortunes of others, it is often hard to comprehend the extent of the difficulties some people on Indian Reservations can face. With unemployment on the reservations reaching as high as 85%, and 45% of the children living below the governmental poverty standards and a life expectancy of only 45 years, it is clear to see that America is not always a place of liberty and justice for all.
While some tribes seem to be thriving with their casinos, it's important to realize that very little of that money ever reaches the people who are most in need. We are used to seeing the faces of poverty overseas, but in fact, there are many faces right here at home that can use our help.
The poverty on these reservations is so severe many can not afford heat in the winter, or warm coats and blankets. Many don't have electricity or a telephone, things we take for granted. The lack of funding has created an absence or lack of adequate prevention and intervention programs throughout Indian Country. Culturally, American Indian people believe that children are both sacred and the hope of the future.
The federal government, which promised in treaties to provide for Native Americans, spends less than half as much per tribal member as it does for programs covering other Americans.
Housing must be paid for, which goes against the stipulations in the treaties, HUD is responsible for this housing. Why do these people have to pay to live in sub-standard housing, and where is the money going? Certainly not into repairs or to provide adequate housing for the many homeless that wander about the reserve.
While it is not possible to "fix" all the problems within the Indian communities, it is possible to implement programs that help feed the elders and children, provide heat in the cold winters.
Web of Life Enterprises seeks to bring some comfort and help to those who are suffering on the reservations as well as those in immediate need. We strive to end the hardships that some people have faced, especially the children, and I am calling on you for your help and assistance in furthering our goals. Money, goods and services are all required to bring change, to providing better housing, decent food, warm clothing and blankets, and snow boots and coats for children who sometimes have to walk to the nearest schools or community centers for meals.
In a place where winter seems to begin just after it has ended, contributions of money, goods or services that are so hard to come by in these remote areas, will not only alleviate discomfort, but can also provide the means for people on these reservations to work towards bettering the future for the children.
Thank you for your attention, may the Great Spirit Bless you in all ways.
Web of Life Enterprises, Inc.
217 So. 2nd. St.
Sterling, Ks. 67579
620-278-3842
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Other news, views, and music sources:
Censored Blog Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Brenda-Norrell
Brenda Norrell, Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Censored Blog Talk Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Brenda-Norrell
Earthcycles Longest Walk Radio:
http://www.earthcycles.net
RED TOWN RADIO:
http://www.Blogtalkradio.com/RedTownRadio/2008/12/20/Red-Town-Radio
Native Voice One: www.nv1.org
www.nativeamericacalling.com
www.nativenews.net
www.airos.org
www.undercurrentsradio.net
Albert Cata on National Radio/Native American Radio Live in Santa FE Public Radio KSFR 890.7 FM: http://www.ksfr.org/
Michael "Kickingbear" Johnson
http://www.singlefeathermedia.com/
"Indigenous Peoples Music" the podcast
www.Indigenouspeoples.blip.tv
860.501.7988
Others:
http://www.nativeradio.com/
NIGHTWOLF
is broadcast each week on Pacifica's WPFW 89.3 FM
and over the Internet Sunday evenings
at 8:00 pm EST
www.wpfw.org
Visit Nightwolf's blog at www.myspace.com/nightwolfshow
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(They were guests on past last blogtalk radio show…Karla & Michael!)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE . . . November 28, 2008 (Hot Springs, South Dakota)
PK Productions, LLC (Hot Springs) in association with musicseenPROductions presents
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert and Coat Drive on December 26th, 2008 at 3 p.m. at the Little Wound School Auditorium in Kyle (Pine Ridge Reservation) South Dakota.
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert will feature Special Guest Artists; Skylar Wolf (Navajo Blues/Harmonica Player), Michael Bucher (Cherokee Acoustic Singer/Songwriter), Wind Spirit Drum featuring Windwalker (Mic-Mac/Cherokee/Lenape Traditional Drum Group), J. D. Nash (Southern Cheyenne Country/Blues/Rock), Lady Hope of Native Era (Lakota Inspirational/Hip Hop/Rap) and the White Lance Singers (Lakota Traditional Drum Group).
The concert will be performed as a free event for the community and will be video taped live in front of the audience.
The performance schedule begins at 12 noon with the White Lance Singers of Kyle, South Dakota and all drums are welcome. An opening prayer will precede the benefit concert which begins at 3 p.m. in the Little Wound Elementary School Auditorium.
Coat donations are gladly accepted and can be sent to:
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
c/o Wolakota Office, 101 Main Street, Kyle, South Dakota 57752
Attn: Edwina Brown Bull or Wendy McNaughton Apple
Office open until Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Public Relations and Contact Info:
Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
Karla LaRive | STUDIO WEST MANAGEMENT
Subsidiary of PK Productions, LLC
P.O. Box 752 Hot Springs,
South Dakota, USA 57747
605-890-3819 mobile
karla@studiowestmanagement.com
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Other Press Releases:
PLEASE Distribute widely!
Press Release
by: Tamra Brennan
NDN News
www.NDNnews.com
December 14, 2008
Life threatening temperatures of -60 degrees slam South Dakota. Heating crisis a major issue on the Rez!
URGENT HELP NEEDED!
South Dakota has been hit with yet another blizzard last night. This severe storm has brought low temperatures of -35 degrees with the wind chill factor. Tonight's low is expected to be -60 degrees in many areas of Western South Dakota. These temperatures are expected to last through Tuesday evening, with more snow expected over the next few days. The rest of this week, evening temperatures will be around zero, or just above.
Many of you are aware of the blizzard that slammed Western South Dakota on November 5th. Over two thousand power poles were broken, leaving hundreds of people on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations without power and heat for up to two weeks. That blizzard left snow drifts of up to twenty feet in some areas, leaving roads impassable for days. See our press release Eleven Days Later, Disaster finally coming to a close for Pine Ridge Reservation and all of the posts and updates regarding the blizzard on our blog post entitled "Blizzard slams South Dakota Rez's" http://news.ndnnews.com
Since that last blizzard, hundreds of people were left low or without propane. Now another storm blasts through, this time with even worse life-threatening temperatures. The National Weather Service states that a person could suffer from frostbite within ten minutes or less in these temperatures. At -60*F, it takes only one minute for exposed skin to become frostbitten. There are many people on the reservations that do not have adequate heating and are suffering horribly in these brutal temperatures.
Link Center Foundation (LCF), a non profit 501C3 organization, is desperately seeking funding for emergency heating assistance for the elders, the disabled, and/or the seriously ill on the Reservations. Also, there are often children found in the homes of elders. According to statistics, nearly 60% of the elders are raising their grandchildren or great-grandchildren.
Since the blizzard in November, Link Center Foundation has received a enormous amount of requests for heating assistance. LCF has successfully funded 132 families in need so far this year. However, as of today, they still have 130 approved applications still pending on a waiting list and more applications are arriving every day. Tragically, LCF has run out of funds even though winter has only just begun. Some assistance has come in from other organizations such as NAMA (the Native American Music Association). However, with the enormous number of requests pouring in, even that hasn't been able to cover the needs. Funding is the major challenge.
The first day of Winter has not officially arrived yet; it is still ten days away and we have already been faced with two blizzards and brutally extreme temperatures. South Dakota can receive snow up until May. The first snow this year was the beginning of October. Eight months of cold and snow is going to make for a horrific and very long winter this year.
How many people can withstand -60*F temperatures in sub-standard housing with inadequate or little heating? Well, this is what many elders, disabled, and folks with small children are being faced with this year.
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is located within three counties. Shannon County is one of the poorest counties in the country. Pine Ridge is the second largest Reservation in the United States, roughly the size of the State of Connecticut. The unemployment rate is approximately 80-85% and the median income is about $3,500.00 a year. To make matters worse, heating costs have risen approximately 33% this year.
Nearly 60% of the homes on Pine Ridge are significantly sub-standard. Many are over-crowded and without proper heating, insulation, running water, sewer, or electricity.
How can you help?
Please consider making a contribution (tax deductible), to Link Center Foundation for heating assistance for the elders, the disabled, and the seriously ill. No amount is too small (or large!). If you can send $10 or $20 dollars, every dollar can help make a difference.
The Holidays are upon us, many of you will be out shopping for your loved ones soon. Here is a creative idea to help: Instead of buying yet another toaster, sweater or video game for your family members, how about making a donation to LCF on behalf of your loved ones! You can give them a card, saying that they helped provide heat to a family in need on the Reservations in South Dakota.
It's a great way to help, and you are able to provide a life-saving gift to the people. I am sure your loved one would be thrilled that they were able to help someone in this way. You can also take it one step further and make a family decision for everyone to take their gift money and make a donation on behalf of your entire family!
Please visit LCF's website for additional information at www.linkcenterfoundation.org
or email admin@linkcenterfoundation.org
You can easily and securely make your donation on your credit card or bank debit card right on the Link Center Foundation website!
Or you can mail donations to the following address at:
Link Center Foundation
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 576 – Firestone, CO 80520-0576
Shipping Address: 117 Jackson Drive – Firestone, CO 80520
Local Phone: 303-833-6520
Toll-Free Phone: 888-220-1653
Thank you all for your continued help and assistance with this winter crisis on the rez.
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Related News:
Ride to honor American Indians killed in 1890
By CARSON WALKER – 8 hours ago
WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) — Kim Cameron is about to set off on a nearly 300-mile journey into the past.
She and other American Indian horseback riders plan to begin the annual Big Foot Memorial Ride on Monday at Sitting Bull's grave site. They hope to finish at Wounded Knee battle site in two weeks.
The trek has been made the past 23 years to honor the more than 250 men, women and children shot here Dec. 29, 1890, by the U.S. 7th Cavalry in the Wounded Knee massacre.
Cameron, who has done the ride before, said it has taught her patience, respect and discipline. She also has learned about horses, her Lakota culture and how to work with other people on the ride, which the young people call the Future Generations Ride.
"It means a lot. It means more for our people. It means our culture should be coming back steadily," she said.
About eight out of 10 of the riders are young people who want to experience the ride for themselves and learn more about their traditions, said Ron His Horse Is Thunder, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe chairman and a descendant of Sitting Bull.
"This has become a ride for them. A way of renewing, if you will, cultural values," he said. "It's become a rite of passage for those young kids to be able to say, 'I've done that and in doing so have practiced my culture and have learned the values.'"
Donaven Yellow, of Wakpala, said he was 11 on his first ride. He said he has gotten more involved with and learned more about his culture every year.
"It helps keep my mind focused on what's right and wrong," Yellow said.
The memorial ride began in 1986 when a handful of Lakota riders decided to follow the December 1890 trip across South Dakota taken by Chief Big Foot and his followers.
That year, Sitting Bull, living on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, was killed when resisting arrest by reservation police.
After he was killed, Big Foot's band fled Standing Rock and had hoped to spend the winter in safety with the Oglala in the Badlands.
They were intercepted and killed by the 7th Cavalry outside Wounded Knee, which sits at the juncture of three creeks on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota.
The modern-day riders feel some of cold the original riders felt, even though they have insulated caps, coats and warm food and shelter awaiting them at the end of each day.
"Riding for my ancestors is a really big thing for me," Cameron, of Wakpala, said of the challenge.
On the Net:
http://www.standingrock.org
http://www.google.com:80/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hs-dQzbeIKqT79Wfhpv4_R7FGVOAD9532QTO0
In peace & solidarity,
Tamra
www.NDNnews.com
www.protectsacredsites.org
www.protectbearbutte.com
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"Helping to make a difference for our people in Indian Country, one day at a time. What will you do today to help make a difference?" "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?"
......excerpt from One Nation, One Land, One People by Tamra Brennan, 2006
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Update on Riders:
RE: Pine Ridge Res - Big Foot Ride - Mankota - Skylar Wolf
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: Philip David Ochs
Date: Dec 20, 2008 7:30 AM
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There was another severe snap of cold and blizzard a week ago.
There have been two additional blows this week with added snow.
Dead of winter a day early w/ blowing snow - limited visibility.
I do not advise travel - very cold out there - check reports and links.
Addresses on the ground or area activists + services will be up.
Thoughts and attention need to go to our brethren to be sustained.
This wintry wind will remain beyond 24 - 48 hours of severity.
These conditions apply across the northern plains - be cautioned.
Three major snowfalls travelling over north america - please take heed.
We are waiting to hear of the 2 memorial Wounded Knee rides.
Skylar Wolf is a Dec 26 concert. Details gathered will be posted.
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http://www.jackietice.com/mitakuyeOyasin.htm
Jackie Tice
“Jackie Tice is a songwriter, artist, educator, Peace worker and mother of two teenagers. Born of mixed Indigenous Cherokee and old European ancestry, she fuses her diverse roots, exploring with universal images, the delicate and essential relationship of nature and human nature. Her original award-winning songs and deeply moving Native Flute compositions have been critically praised and honored.”
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Vi Hilbert has gone on.....my heart goes out to her family!
(Note from Robin- we also lost a Samish Elder, Mary Hansen, I got this news as well this last week.....we will miss them dearly! Vi brought back our Lushootseed Language, while Mary fought alongside her son Ken & others for Federal Recognition which they won back! We will never forget these Elders- Ken preceded his Mother's passing)
Upper Skagit Tribe elder dies
http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/upper_skagit_tribe_elder_dies/
Upper Skagit Tribe elder dies
Email | Print Tahlia Ganser | Skagit Valley Herald
December 19, 2008 - 07:23 PM
LA CONNER — A nationally known Upper Skagit Tribe elder died Friday morning, leaving behind the legacy of her preserved language and culture.
Vi Hilbert, who died at age 90 of natural causes, dedicated much of her life documenting and translating the Lushootseed culture and language. Lushootseed is the language of the Northwest tribes, which Hilbert called “the first people of this land.”
“My mother believed there was nothing she couldn’t do,” said her only daughter, Lois Schluter, 70, of Bow. “She had incredible energy.”
Born in Skagit County, Hilbert was one of eight children — the only to survive past the age of 3. As a child, she was sent to boarding school, where she was punished for speaking her native language, Lushootseed, which she later dedicated herself to saving.
At 5-foot-2, she plowed through life with dedication and ambition, working in everything from hair salons to restaurants and teaching at the university level, her daughter said.
In 1967, she met linguist Thom Hess, sparking a partnership bound by the passion of the Lushootseed language. The two delved into the regional language and culture, writing a number of books together, including a dictionary. She also translated a collection of traditional Lushootseed stories.
“She was an outgoing, regal, adventurous woman who was really on a mission to preserve the culture of our people,” said her 48-year-old grandson, Jay Samson, who lives on the Nooksack Reservation near Everson.
Hilbert eventually taught language courses at the University of Washington.
Hilbert died peacefully knowing that her ancestors and relatives “would greet her on the other side ... and be really delighted to see her,” Samson said. “It was sad, but it was also part of the natural flow of life.”
There will be a wake for Hilbert at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, and a funeral service at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 27, both at the Upper Skagit gym.
• Tahlia Ganser can be reached at 360-416-2148 or at tganser@skagitpublishing.com.
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Our Beloved Taqseblu Vi Hilbert passed at 7:00 this morning at sunrise 12/19. Her passage was peaceful, and her family was gathered around her.
The wake will be held next Friday, Dec. 26th, and the funeral on Saturday, the 27th. Both will be at Upper Skagit. More information will be forthcoming in the next couple days.
Please keep the family in your prayers.
http://www.grandmothersproject.org/2005_home/Taqseblu.pdf
Respectfully,
Raven E. Heavy Runner
"Our life is the sum of all your choices." Albert Camus
In honor of the Indigenous land wherein I currently reside, I wholeheartedly wish to promote the sovereignty of the Duwamish Nation. Please visit: www.duwamishtribe.org
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Elder's Meditation of the Day - December 20
"My pottery is the handiwork of God."
--Teresita Naranjo, SANTA CLARA PUEBLO
The Great One has given every human being at least one special talent and one special gift. We need to develop and practice these gifts because they are the handiwork of God. Maybe we are artists-when people look at our work it puts joy in their hearts; maybe we are singers- when people listen to our songs, their hearts are happy; maybe we are writers of song or poetry-when people hear or read our work, it may change their lives. We need to honor ourselves and our gifts. We need to thank the Creator for our talents and our gifts."
My Creator, let me use my gifts to further Your work on the Earth
www.whitebison.org
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This just in:
From: jamie moran [mailto:poorwolf@tiscali.co.uk]
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 6:05 AM
To: barvi@indiancenter.org
Subject: freezing red indian woman
DEAR FRIENDS IN USA---
There is an old Lakota woman [she does beautiful star quilts, in the traditional manner] on the Oglala Sioux reservation at Pine Ridge who is in danger of freezing this cold winter. She has lost her husband and is all alone, living in a small place near Manderson [where the holy man Black Elk is buried].
I have sent her what I can. It occurred to me, if I asked friends in America to send her some spare dollars, it might mount up, and get her through the cold spell. Many elders at Pine Ridge literally struggle to not freeze to dearth in the savage winter cold, but this is a particularly stark case. This old lady has no relatives on the rez. Can you help her?
If you can, then please send dollars in cash, or a dollar money order, [or even an international dollar money order - if sending something from abroad] to the following person and address=
Anna Firethunder,
P.O. Box 87,
Manderson,
South Dakota, 57756.USA.
Many thanks.
Have a good Christmas, and a better 09.
Cante wasteya,
Jamie.
21dec08
You can also buy her warmth at:
EMERGENCY WINTER HEATING/UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
October, 2008 through March, 2009
For the Elders, Disabled and the Sick Living on the
Lakota Sioux Reservations in South Dakota
Our goal is to raise $20,000.
We are not grant-funded at this time. We depend on YOU, the individual donor, to help these families in crisis.
§ Average income on the Oglala Lakota Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation is about $3,500.00 per YEAR. Jobs are extremely scarce; unemployment hovers around 85% on this 11,000-square-mile reservation which houses about 40,000 people. The other Lakota Reservations face similar economic conditions.
§ Death by hypothermia is always a concern on the reservations. Each winter (October – March), temperatures drop well below 0*F. Many families must choose between food and heat. In some cases, they have neither.
§ Federal LHEAP and Tribal Assistance Programs offer each low-income family approximately $300 per year. With the current rate of propane at $2.20 per gallon, this provides only 136 gallons – about enough fuel for 2 to 4 weeks (depending on the harsh weather).
§ Propane prices have already risen about 33% since last winter, and are expected to rise much higher as this winter goes on. Those families surviving with electric heat also face major increases in cost.
§ Propane companies require minimum amounts of propane to be purchased before delivery (currently $125 to $355 depending on the company). These minimum requirements are expected to skyrocket as the high cost of truck fuel increases. This makes families struggle even harder to accumulate enough funds at one time to ensure a delivery.
The Link Center Foundation has already received numerous emergency assistance applications that cannot be filled due to lack of funds. With propane, wood, and electricity prices continually rising, many more requests for help are expected to arrive.
95% of ALL donations to our heating/utility fund are USED for the heating/utility fund. The remaining 5% covers bank, credit card, and processing fees.
YOU Can Make A Difference!
All applicants are screened and documented
Payments are made directly to utility, propane, wood, or heat equipment companies
Donations carefully tracked and accountable
No donation too small
Visit www.linkcenterfoundation.org/id21.html to see map of Reservations
Visit www.linkcenterfoundation.org/id24.html to learn more about conditions on the Reservations
Note:
As with all Non-Profits, your donations are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law.
Please consult your tax advisor.
Please mark your check: "Emergency Utility and Heating Fund"
Please send donations to:
Link Center Foundation
P.O. Box 576 – Firestone, CO 80520-0576
For Credit Card Donations, please visit our website at www.linkcenterfoundation.org
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UPCOMING SHOW: 12/21/2008 11:00 AM-1PM PST
It is getting COLDER in South Dakota & in Segment 4, we have another update!
Date / Time: 12/21/2008 11:00 AM-1PM PST
Category: Goals
Call-in Number: (718) 508-9165
11am-noon: Tulalip Tribes, Tulalip Boys & Girls Club, Tulalip Tero and now the American Trucker’s Associations have teamed up and made the Circle of Hope- Circle of Giving even bigger. The ATA will provide a truck and driver , the Tulalip efforts will fill it. Thanks to everyone who has made donations so far! They are coming in from far & wide! The last day to donate is Jan 16th, then soon after we will load are generous love and donations and send them to Pine Ridge and Rosebud Rezs, to help them through the severe winter. We are going to be getting an update from Frieda Williams-Community Relations Coordinator for the Tulalip Tribes and we will also be hearing from Matt War Bonnet who lives at Tulalip, but grew up in Rosebud, SD.
Noon-1PM: During the second hour of NAMAPAHH we will be hearing from singer, songwriter, Jackie Tice & share tracks from her latest release: Morning Sky Drum Song.
We will also pay tribute to two of our beloved Elders Vi Hilbert & Mary Hansen that come as hard blows for our NW Salish Tribes. They left us during the same week, this past week. Traveling in the same canoe on their last journey to the Creator’s loving arms. I have heard there has been some other losses as well, so this show will be dedicated to those who are grieving and remembering our dear ones.
BACKGROUND INFO:
North County Outlook: http://www.northcountyoutlook.com/1204_Tulalip_SD_givingcircle.htm
To read the latest Tulalip-related news articles, click here: http://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Home/NewsArchive.aspx
Below is an article published today in the Everett Herald.
Published: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Tulalips collect clothing for tribes
American Indians in South Dakota are suffering after a November snowstorm hit their reservations.
By Krista J. Kapralos
Herald Writer
TULALIP -- In South Dakota, the winter wind whips trees down over roads. When the snow comes, it socks in entire communities.
Those who live there are hardy people. American Indians on reservations there no doubt have stories about long winters, and traditional ways of coping with the cold.
This year, it was different. A severe snowstorm in November dumped 45 inches in areas of the state. The worst of it fell on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux reservations, where tribal members, left without heat and power for days, resorted to burning their furniture to keep warm.
"Even those that could have left for somewhere else didn't want to leave their homes because they were afraid there would be looting," said Frieda Williams, a Tulalip tribal member.
Those stories crept into Williams' heart, and the hearts of Robin Carneen, who works at the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club, and Linda Tolbert, a member of the Tulalip Lions Club, and others on the Tulalip Tribes reservation.
Something had to be done, they decided. Surely the people of Snohomish County will do what they can to help the people of the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations, they thought. Surely if word got out, donations would come pouring in, and the Indians in South Dakota could have new furniture, blankets and clothes.
And so it began. Much has already been given. A Goodwill store in Seattle has donated 700 pounds of blankets, Williams said. The volunteer team of Tulalip tribal members and other local residents believe that people want to be generous, so they're not shy about asking.
"At Rosebud they only have electric heat, so we're even asking people if they can donate wood stoves," Carneen said.
There's one other thing the volunteers need: a truck, and perhaps even a driver.
"We're sort of putting the cart before the horse by collecting all this, because we're still looking for a truck to be donated so we can drive it all out there," Williams said.
Williams and the others hope to collect enough blankets, clothes, furniture, ¬nonperishable food and other items to fill a large truck trailer by Jan. 16. By then, they hope someone will have offered up a truck in which to put it.
It's not the first time Tulalip tribal members have reached out to South Dakota's Indians. Williams organized a clothing drive for the Pine Ridge reservation in 2004.
The reservation has an 87 percent poverty rate, Williams said. About 40,000 people live there. There's a great need now, after November's storm, but the reservation is so poor that people there are in crisis all the time.
"There are children there who never have enough to eat," she said.
Williams hopes to make the clothing and food drive an annual event. She said she's spoken to leaders of the Oglala Sioux and Rosebud Sioux tribes who are happy that someone has noticed their struggle.
Almost anything is accepted for the charity drive, but there is one condition, Carneen said.
"Clothing and every other item should be new or practically new," she said.
Some of the items that have been donated were tossed out, she said, because they were so old and ratty that it would have been insulting to pass it along to people in South Dakota.
"This is extreme poverty, where people are living in third-world conditions," Carneen said. "But they have pride."
Reporter Krista J. Kapralos: 425-339-3422 or kkapralos@heraldnet.com.
How to help the South Dakota tribes
Donations of clean, new clothing, nonperishable food items, furniture, blankets and other household items are being accepted as part of a grassroots effort to help American Indians who live on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux reservations in South Dakota, where a powerful November snowstorm knocked out power for days and Indians were forced to burn their furniture to keep warm.
The donations are scheduled for delivery to South Dakota on Jan. 16, and donations will be accepted until then.
Donations will be accepted at the Tulalip Tribes TERO office at 6103 31st Ave. NE in Tulalip. For more information, call 360-716-4000 and ask for Frieda Williams.
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We are VERY excited & grateful for The American Truckers Associations, who have offered to donate a truck & driver(AMAZING)…we are waiting & praying here in the NW for the snows to subside so we can get our donations into the hands of tribal members on Rosebud & Pine Ridge Reservations.
American Truckers Associations:
"The Voice of the Industry that Moves America's Freight"
http://www.truckline.com/Pages/Home.aspx
"The trucking industry has an impressive record on safety, working to educate the motoring public with safety outreach programs, promote driving skills through national competitions and awards, and raise safety awareness through joint programs with the U.S. Department of Transportation.
We are also working to enhance the image of the trucking industry, using ambassadors with millions of accident-free miles and decades of service to reach out to the public and their colleagues to show how integral trucking is to the life of every American. Through a public image campaign, the trucking industry conveys the fact that we deliver life's essentials safely, securely, and on time."
Robert Eagle Elk -. Ogalala Sioux Tribe- District Coordinator will be calling in from Pine Ridge to give us an update on their weather. According to Eagle Elk, temperature wise” they have dropped below freezing and for this Region Winter came too early.” He will also tell us a little about his people and how we can help them through this severe winter weather.
Nov 5th Blizzard in SD: AP footage of Blizzard in South Dakota: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucYIjvT2ur0
Ellen Bello of the NAMA association will be giving us an update about her organization and how she and the membership have helped to raise funds for heating homes in SD rez’s is going as well as a Toy drive for Rosebud Rez.! We need & want to fill up this SEMI-TRUCK....so tune in, for our talking Circle of Hope-Circle of Giving+ awesome music to warm your hearts & souls as we send our prayers to South Dakota!
ROSEBUD TOY DRIVE & WINTER EMERGENCY RELIEF UPDATES
TOY DRIVE:
At Present, the Native American Music Association is sending 1440 small toy items to the President of Sicangu Oyate (Rosebud Sioux Tribe) for his Christmas Toy Drive for the 7500 children ages 1 thru 18 on their reservation. This now brings the current tally of toys raised to 4600 and leaves approximately 2900 toys needed. (just 290 people sending 10 items each would do it!)
Keep Spreading the word. NO GIFT TOO SMALL FOR THE CHILDREN.
Send Toys To:
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
PO Box 430 (For UPS: 11 Legion Drive)
Rosebud, SD 57570
WINTER RELIEF EFFORTS:
Temperatures in South Dakota reached a below 35 degree wind-chill. Some areas reported below 60 degrees. NAMA's Emergency Winter Relief Efforts remain underway on the Pine Ridge Reservation, particularly for the elders & disabled and small children. This week NAMA purchased emergency heat/electric for four households, one of which a grandmother taking care of five children almost died in the sub zero weather.
At present, 156 households are in need of emergency heat and have no access to funds.
Severe weather conditions are being predicted ahead. Donations are needed.
SEND FINANCIAL DONATIONS TO:
Native American Music Association
511 Avenue of the Americas
#371
New York NY 10011
212.228.8300 tel
646.688.6883 fax
www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com
WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE..THANK YOU
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
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Past guests & other non- profits involved: Visit One Spirit at www.nativeprogress.org
nimchira
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Greetings,
I am speaking to you about a small local non-profit charitable organization based in Sterling, Ks that has been in business 6 years. We provide clothing, household goods and other needs to those living in poverty conditions in the central states. We also provided for the needs of local residents who have lost their homes as a result of fires or other natural disasters. We make regular trips to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Central South Dakota, providing the same services to the Native Americans residing in sub-poverty conditions.
My name is J. Porter Selman, Founder and et al of Web of Life Enterprises, Inc. www.wole.org/
Our organization is supported solely by the donations of concerned citizens of this country, and some residing in other countries. During this time of social and economic upheaval in our country, donations have dropped extremely low, making it difficult to help others.
While many are sympathetic to the needs and misfortunes of others, it is often hard to comprehend the extent of the difficulties some people on Indian Reservations can face. With unemployment on the reservations reaching as high as 85%, and 45% of the children living below the governmental poverty standards and a life expectancy of only 45 years, it is clear to see that America is not always a place of liberty and justice for all.
While some tribes seem to be thriving with their casinos, it's important to realize that very little of that money ever reaches the people who are most in need. We are used to seeing the faces of poverty overseas, but in fact, there are many faces right here at home that can use our help.
The poverty on these reservations is so severe many can not afford heat in the winter, or warm coats and blankets. Many don't have electricity or a telephone, things we take for granted. The lack of funding has created an absence or lack of adequate prevention and intervention programs throughout Indian Country. Culturally, American Indian people believe that children are both sacred and the hope of the future.
The federal government, which promised in treaties to provide for Native Americans, spends less than half as much per tribal member as it does for programs covering other Americans.
Housing must be paid for, which goes against the stipulations in the treaties, HUD is responsible for this housing. Why do these people have to pay to live in sub-standard housing, and where is the money going? Certainly not into repairs or to provide adequate housing for the many homeless that wander about the reserve.
While it is not possible to "fix" all the problems within the Indian communities, it is possible to implement programs that help feed the elders and children, provide heat in the cold winters.
Web of Life Enterprises seeks to bring some comfort and help to those who are suffering on the reservations as well as those in immediate need. We strive to end the hardships that some people have faced, especially the children, and I am calling on you for your help and assistance in furthering our goals. Money, goods and services are all required to bring change, to providing better housing, decent food, warm clothing and blankets, and snow boots and coats for children who sometimes have to walk to the nearest schools or community centers for meals.
In a place where winter seems to begin just after it has ended, contributions of money, goods or services that are so hard to come by in these remote areas, will not only alleviate discomfort, but can also provide the means for people on these reservations to work towards bettering the future for the children.
Thank you for your attention, may the Great Spirit Bless you in all ways.
Web of Life Enterprises, Inc.
217 So. 2nd. St.
Sterling, Ks. 67579
620-278-3842
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Censored Blog Radio
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Brenda Norrell, Censored News
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Censored Blog Talk Radio
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Earthcycles Longest Walk Radio:
http://www.earthcycles.net
RED TOWN RADIO:
http://www.Blogtalkradio.com/RedTownRadio/2008/12/20/Red-Town-Radio
Native Voice One: www.nv1.org
www.nativeamericacalling.com
www.nativenews.net
www.airos.org
www.undercurrentsradio.net
Albert Cata on National Radio/Native American Radio Live in Santa FE Public Radio KSFR 890.7 FM: http://www.ksfr.org/
Michael "Kickingbear" Johnson
http://www.singlefeathermedia.com/
"Indigenous Peoples Music" the podcast
www.Indigenouspeoples.blip.tv
860.501.7988
Others:
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(They were guests on past last blogtalk radio show…Karla & Michael!)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE . . . November 28, 2008 (Hot Springs, South Dakota)
PK Productions, LLC (Hot Springs) in association with musicseenPROductions presents
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert and Coat Drive on December 26th, 2008 at 3 p.m. at the Little Wound School Auditorium in Kyle (Pine Ridge Reservation) South Dakota.
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert will feature Special Guest Artists; Skylar Wolf (Navajo Blues/Harmonica Player), Michael Bucher (Cherokee Acoustic Singer/Songwriter), Wind Spirit Drum featuring Windwalker (Mic-Mac/Cherokee/Lenape Traditional Drum Group), J. D. Nash (Southern Cheyenne Country/Blues/Rock), Lady Hope of Native Era (Lakota Inspirational/Hip Hop/Rap) and the White Lance Singers (Lakota Traditional Drum Group).
The concert will be performed as a free event for the community and will be video taped live in front of the audience.
The performance schedule begins at 12 noon with the White Lance Singers of Kyle, South Dakota and all drums are welcome. An opening prayer will precede the benefit concert which begins at 3 p.m. in the Little Wound Elementary School Auditorium.
Coat donations are gladly accepted and can be sent to:
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
c/o Wolakota Office, 101 Main Street, Kyle, South Dakota 57752
Attn: Edwina Brown Bull or Wendy McNaughton Apple
Office open until Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Public Relations and Contact Info:
Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
Karla LaRive | STUDIO WEST MANAGEMENT
Subsidiary of PK Productions, LLC
P.O. Box 752 Hot Springs,
South Dakota, USA 57747
605-890-3819 mobile
karla@studiowestmanagement.com
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Other Press Releases:
PLEASE Distribute widely!
Press Release
by: Tamra Brennan
NDN News
www.NDNnews.com
December 14, 2008
Life threatening temperatures of -60 degrees slam South Dakota. Heating crisis a major issue on the Rez!
URGENT HELP NEEDED!
South Dakota has been hit with yet another blizzard last night. This severe storm has brought low temperatures of -35 degrees with the wind chill factor. Tonight's low is expected to be -60 degrees in many areas of Western South Dakota. These temperatures are expected to last through Tuesday evening, with more snow expected over the next few days. The rest of this week, evening temperatures will be around zero, or just above.
Many of you are aware of the blizzard that slammed Western South Dakota on November 5th. Over two thousand power poles were broken, leaving hundreds of people on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations without power and heat for up to two weeks. That blizzard left snow drifts of up to twenty feet in some areas, leaving roads impassable for days. See our press release Eleven Days Later, Disaster finally coming to a close for Pine Ridge Reservation and all of the posts and updates regarding the blizzard on our blog post entitled "Blizzard slams South Dakota Rez's" http://news.ndnnews.com
Since that last blizzard, hundreds of people were left low or without propane. Now another storm blasts through, this time with even worse life-threatening temperatures. The National Weather Service states that a person could suffer from frostbite within ten minutes or less in these temperatures. At -60*F, it takes only one minute for exposed skin to become frostbitten. There are many people on the reservations that do not have adequate heating and are suffering horribly in these brutal temperatures.
Link Center Foundation (LCF), a non profit 501C3 organization, is desperately seeking funding for emergency heating assistance for the elders, the disabled, and/or the seriously ill on the Reservations. Also, there are often children found in the homes of elders. According to statistics, nearly 60% of the elders are raising their grandchildren or great-grandchildren.
Since the blizzard in November, Link Center Foundation has received a enormous amount of requests for heating assistance. LCF has successfully funded 132 families in need so far this year. However, as of today, they still have 130 approved applications still pending on a waiting list and more applications are arriving every day. Tragically, LCF has run out of funds even though winter has only just begun. Some assistance has come in from other organizations such as NAMA (the Native American Music Association). However, with the enormous number of requests pouring in, even that hasn't been able to cover the needs. Funding is the major challenge.
The first day of Winter has not officially arrived yet; it is still ten days away and we have already been faced with two blizzards and brutally extreme temperatures. South Dakota can receive snow up until May. The first snow this year was the beginning of October. Eight months of cold and snow is going to make for a horrific and very long winter this year.
How many people can withstand -60*F temperatures in sub-standard housing with inadequate or little heating? Well, this is what many elders, disabled, and folks with small children are being faced with this year.
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is located within three counties. Shannon County is one of the poorest counties in the country. Pine Ridge is the second largest Reservation in the United States, roughly the size of the State of Connecticut. The unemployment rate is approximately 80-85% and the median income is about $3,500.00 a year. To make matters worse, heating costs have risen approximately 33% this year.
Nearly 60% of the homes on Pine Ridge are significantly sub-standard. Many are over-crowded and without proper heating, insulation, running water, sewer, or electricity.
How can you help?
Please consider making a contribution (tax deductible), to Link Center Foundation for heating assistance for the elders, the disabled, and the seriously ill. No amount is too small (or large!). If you can send $10 or $20 dollars, every dollar can help make a difference.
The Holidays are upon us, many of you will be out shopping for your loved ones soon. Here is a creative idea to help: Instead of buying yet another toaster, sweater or video game for your family members, how about making a donation to LCF on behalf of your loved ones! You can give them a card, saying that they helped provide heat to a family in need on the Reservations in South Dakota.
It's a great way to help, and you are able to provide a life-saving gift to the people. I am sure your loved one would be thrilled that they were able to help someone in this way. You can also take it one step further and make a family decision for everyone to take their gift money and make a donation on behalf of your entire family!
Please visit LCF's website for additional information at www.linkcenterfoundation.org
or email admin@linkcenterfoundation.org
You can easily and securely make your donation on your credit card or bank debit card right on the Link Center Foundation website!
Or you can mail donations to the following address at:
Link Center Foundation
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 576 – Firestone, CO 80520-0576
Shipping Address: 117 Jackson Drive – Firestone, CO 80520
Local Phone: 303-833-6520
Toll-Free Phone: 888-220-1653
Thank you all for your continued help and assistance with this winter crisis on the rez.
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Related News:
Ride to honor American Indians killed in 1890
By CARSON WALKER – 8 hours ago
WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) — Kim Cameron is about to set off on a nearly 300-mile journey into the past.
She and other American Indian horseback riders plan to begin the annual Big Foot Memorial Ride on Monday at Sitting Bull's grave site. They hope to finish at Wounded Knee battle site in two weeks.
The trek has been made the past 23 years to honor the more than 250 men, women and children shot here Dec. 29, 1890, by the U.S. 7th Cavalry in the Wounded Knee massacre.
Cameron, who has done the ride before, said it has taught her patience, respect and discipline. She also has learned about horses, her Lakota culture and how to work with other people on the ride, which the young people call the Future Generations Ride.
"It means a lot. It means more for our people. It means our culture should be coming back steadily," she said.
About eight out of 10 of the riders are young people who want to experience the ride for themselves and learn more about their traditions, said Ron His Horse Is Thunder, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe chairman and a descendant of Sitting Bull.
"This has become a ride for them. A way of renewing, if you will, cultural values," he said. "It's become a rite of passage for those young kids to be able to say, 'I've done that and in doing so have practiced my culture and have learned the values.'"
Donaven Yellow, of Wakpala, said he was 11 on his first ride. He said he has gotten more involved with and learned more about his culture every year.
"It helps keep my mind focused on what's right and wrong," Yellow said.
The memorial ride began in 1986 when a handful of Lakota riders decided to follow the December 1890 trip across South Dakota taken by Chief Big Foot and his followers.
That year, Sitting Bull, living on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, was killed when resisting arrest by reservation police.
After he was killed, Big Foot's band fled Standing Rock and had hoped to spend the winter in safety with the Oglala in the Badlands.
They were intercepted and killed by the 7th Cavalry outside Wounded Knee, which sits at the juncture of three creeks on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota.
The modern-day riders feel some of cold the original riders felt, even though they have insulated caps, coats and warm food and shelter awaiting them at the end of each day.
"Riding for my ancestors is a really big thing for me," Cameron, of Wakpala, said of the challenge.
On the Net:
http://www.standingrock.org
http://www.google.com:80/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hs-dQzbeIKqT79Wfhpv4_R7FGVOAD9532QTO0
In peace & solidarity,
Tamra
www.NDNnews.com
www.protectsacredsites.org
www.protectbearbutte.com
PROTECT BEAR BUTTE! "Providing news and information about Native American Issues & Causes"
"Helping to make a difference for our people in Indian Country, one day at a time. What will you do today to help make a difference?" "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?"
......excerpt from One Nation, One Land, One People by Tamra Brennan, 2006
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Update on Riders:
RE: Pine Ridge Res - Big Foot Ride - Mankota - Skylar Wolf
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From: Philip David Ochs
Date: Dec 20, 2008 7:30 AM
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There was another severe snap of cold and blizzard a week ago.
There have been two additional blows this week with added snow.
Dead of winter a day early w/ blowing snow - limited visibility.
I do not advise travel - very cold out there - check reports and links.
Addresses on the ground or area activists + services will be up.
Thoughts and attention need to go to our brethren to be sustained.
This wintry wind will remain beyond 24 - 48 hours of severity.
These conditions apply across the northern plains - be cautioned.
Three major snowfalls travelling over north america - please take heed.
We are waiting to hear of the 2 memorial Wounded Knee rides.
Skylar Wolf is a Dec 26 concert. Details gathered will be posted.
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http://www.jackietice.com/mitakuyeOyasin.htm
Jackie Tice
“Jackie Tice is a songwriter, artist, educator, Peace worker and mother of two teenagers. Born of mixed Indigenous Cherokee and old European ancestry, she fuses her diverse roots, exploring with universal images, the delicate and essential relationship of nature and human nature. Her original award-winning songs and deeply moving Native Flute compositions have been critically praised and honored.”
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Vi Hilbert has gone on.....my heart goes out to her family!
(Note from Robin- we also lost a Samish Elder, Mary Hansen, I got this news as well this last week.....we will miss them dearly! Vi brought back our Lushootseed Language, while Mary fought alongside her son Ken & others for Federal Recognition which they won back! We will never forget these Elders- Ken preceded his Mother's passing)
Upper Skagit Tribe elder dies
http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/upper_skagit_tribe_elder_dies/
Upper Skagit Tribe elder dies
Email | Print Tahlia Ganser | Skagit Valley Herald
December 19, 2008 - 07:23 PM
LA CONNER — A nationally known Upper Skagit Tribe elder died Friday morning, leaving behind the legacy of her preserved language and culture.
Vi Hilbert, who died at age 90 of natural causes, dedicated much of her life documenting and translating the Lushootseed culture and language. Lushootseed is the language of the Northwest tribes, which Hilbert called “the first people of this land.”
“My mother believed there was nothing she couldn’t do,” said her only daughter, Lois Schluter, 70, of Bow. “She had incredible energy.”
Born in Skagit County, Hilbert was one of eight children — the only to survive past the age of 3. As a child, she was sent to boarding school, where she was punished for speaking her native language, Lushootseed, which she later dedicated herself to saving.
At 5-foot-2, she plowed through life with dedication and ambition, working in everything from hair salons to restaurants and teaching at the university level, her daughter said.
In 1967, she met linguist Thom Hess, sparking a partnership bound by the passion of the Lushootseed language. The two delved into the regional language and culture, writing a number of books together, including a dictionary. She also translated a collection of traditional Lushootseed stories.
“She was an outgoing, regal, adventurous woman who was really on a mission to preserve the culture of our people,” said her 48-year-old grandson, Jay Samson, who lives on the Nooksack Reservation near Everson.
Hilbert eventually taught language courses at the University of Washington.
Hilbert died peacefully knowing that her ancestors and relatives “would greet her on the other side ... and be really delighted to see her,” Samson said. “It was sad, but it was also part of the natural flow of life.”
There will be a wake for Hilbert at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, and a funeral service at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 27, both at the Upper Skagit gym.
• Tahlia Ganser can be reached at 360-416-2148 or at tganser@skagitpublishing.com.
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Our Beloved Taqseblu Vi Hilbert passed at 7:00 this morning at sunrise 12/19. Her passage was peaceful, and her family was gathered around her.
The wake will be held next Friday, Dec. 26th, and the funeral on Saturday, the 27th. Both will be at Upper Skagit. More information will be forthcoming in the next couple days.
Please keep the family in your prayers.
http://www.grandmothersproject.org/2005_home/Taqseblu.pdf
Respectfully,
Raven E. Heavy Runner
"Our life is the sum of all your choices." Albert Camus
In honor of the Indigenous land wherein I currently reside, I wholeheartedly wish to promote the sovereignty of the Duwamish Nation. Please visit: www.duwamishtribe.org
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Elder's Meditation of the Day - December 20
"My pottery is the handiwork of God."
--Teresita Naranjo, SANTA CLARA PUEBLO
The Great One has given every human being at least one special talent and one special gift. We need to develop and practice these gifts because they are the handiwork of God. Maybe we are artists-when people look at our work it puts joy in their hearts; maybe we are singers- when people listen to our songs, their hearts are happy; maybe we are writers of song or poetry-when people hear or read our work, it may change their lives. We need to honor ourselves and our gifts. We need to thank the Creator for our talents and our gifts."
My Creator, let me use my gifts to further Your work on the Earth
www.whitebison.org
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This just in:
From: jamie moran [mailto:poorwolf@tiscali.co.uk]
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 6:05 AM
To: barvi@indiancenter.org
Subject: freezing red indian woman
DEAR FRIENDS IN USA---
There is an old Lakota woman [she does beautiful star quilts, in the traditional manner] on the Oglala Sioux reservation at Pine Ridge who is in danger of freezing this cold winter. She has lost her husband and is all alone, living in a small place near Manderson [where the holy man Black Elk is buried].
I have sent her what I can. It occurred to me, if I asked friends in America to send her some spare dollars, it might mount up, and get her through the cold spell. Many elders at Pine Ridge literally struggle to not freeze to dearth in the savage winter cold, but this is a particularly stark case. This old lady has no relatives on the rez. Can you help her?
If you can, then please send dollars in cash, or a dollar money order, [or even an international dollar money order - if sending something from abroad] to the following person and address=
Anna Firethunder,
P.O. Box 87,
Manderson,
South Dakota, 57756.USA.
Many thanks.
Have a good Christmas, and a better 09.
Cante wasteya,
Jamie.
21dec08
You can also buy her warmth at:
EMERGENCY WINTER HEATING/UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
October, 2008 through March, 2009
For the Elders, Disabled and the Sick Living on the
Lakota Sioux Reservations in South Dakota
Our goal is to raise $20,000.
We are not grant-funded at this time. We depend on YOU, the individual donor, to help these families in crisis.
§ Average income on the Oglala Lakota Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation is about $3,500.00 per YEAR. Jobs are extremely scarce; unemployment hovers around 85% on this 11,000-square-mile reservation which houses about 40,000 people. The other Lakota Reservations face similar economic conditions.
§ Death by hypothermia is always a concern on the reservations. Each winter (October – March), temperatures drop well below 0*F. Many families must choose between food and heat. In some cases, they have neither.
§ Federal LHEAP and Tribal Assistance Programs offer each low-income family approximately $300 per year. With the current rate of propane at $2.20 per gallon, this provides only 136 gallons – about enough fuel for 2 to 4 weeks (depending on the harsh weather).
§ Propane prices have already risen about 33% since last winter, and are expected to rise much higher as this winter goes on. Those families surviving with electric heat also face major increases in cost.
§ Propane companies require minimum amounts of propane to be purchased before delivery (currently $125 to $355 depending on the company). These minimum requirements are expected to skyrocket as the high cost of truck fuel increases. This makes families struggle even harder to accumulate enough funds at one time to ensure a delivery.
The Link Center Foundation has already received numerous emergency assistance applications that cannot be filled due to lack of funds. With propane, wood, and electricity prices continually rising, many more requests for help are expected to arrive.
95% of ALL donations to our heating/utility fund are USED for the heating/utility fund. The remaining 5% covers bank, credit card, and processing fees.
YOU Can Make A Difference!
All applicants are screened and documented
Payments are made directly to utility, propane, wood, or heat equipment companies
Donations carefully tracked and accountable
No donation too small
Visit www.linkcenterfoundation.org/id21.html to see map of Reservations
Visit www.linkcenterfoundation.org/id24.html to learn more about conditions on the Reservations
Note:
As with all Non-Profits, your donations are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law.
Please consult your tax advisor.
Please mark your check: "Emergency Utility and Heating Fund"
Please send donations to:
Link Center Foundation
P.O. Box 576 – Firestone, CO 80520-0576
For Credit Card Donations, please visit our website at www.linkcenterfoundation.org
Saturday, December 20, 2008
RE: BlogtalkNAMAPAHH_Radio: SPECIAL NOAA Weather Webinar Rep
Good morning...
I want to offer up last night's program.....its rough,repeats towards the end...server lagged and finally crashed....life saving info-thanks NOAA!!!!
I thought about redoing the whole show, but want to go on again tonight same time with update- another webinar today...which I will record and share again...sorry for the not so smooth show- at the mercy of the weather and internet server...one definately affects the other!!!! We can only go on once a day...may play Mark Moore's Avalanche warning as a special piece, nless he does it again, this afternoon,ok? Bottom line-stay home !!!!!
Send me a message how you all are fairing...tune in/call in tonight if you can and want to...thanks Nell for listening....and Brenda for your message...Rick too!!!!
Stay safe and warm....I am barely awake-animals and Mom are in safe and Tyler is coming back home today, before the next storm rolls in!!!
Alrighty, time to get ready...Mom stocked up....
Robin & family
RE: BlogtalkNAMAPAHH_Radio: SPECIAL NOAA Weather Webinar Rep
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From: Nell
Date: Dec 19, 2008 9:18 PM
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From: Robin
Date: Dec 19, 2008 8:44 PM
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SPECIAL NOAA Weather Webinar Report
SPECIAL NOAA Weather Webinar Report for WESTERN WA-Watch turned into Warning!
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www. blogtalkradio. com/NAMAPAHH_Radio broadcast Special from 9:00-10:30PM ( I may call in a few mins after 9pm-free mins start after 9pm!- so hang in there we will be coming on!) NOAA Weather Report for Western WA Hosted by: (Followed by really GREAT questions by other multi- media people from all over WA State!) Pre-recorded guest: Brad Colman: Meterologist NOAA Weather Office in Seattle, WA Early start to "Colder than normal predictions" Today from 3-3:30PM PST, I logged onto an important webinar hosted by NOAA of WASHINGTON STATE, who shared an important "Weather Briefing on the Significant Winter Storm Expected for Western Washington Saturday and Sunday Dec 20-21" Please join us tonight so you can get a head's up of what is coming your way this weekend if you live in Western WA. We will also sooth your nerves & cabin fever with some wonderful Native American Music & other favorites & open the phones lines up after the weather warning report, if you wish to say hello! ...so call in, tell us what you are doing if you have been snowed in. Shout out holiday & solstice greetings to your friends & family! Chat room will be open too! So get ready to batten down the hatches! Bring in more firewood, stock up your pantry & get ready for predicted power outages!Bring in your animals- check on your neighbors...all that! Robin & Connie invite you to sit by their blogtalkradio fire tonight & stay warm & safe! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ for more info about the weather, please visit: http://www. noaa. gov/ See what is forecast for your area!
Upcoming Show Schedule(Weather permitting!)
12/21/2008 11:00 AM - It is getting COLDER in South Dakota & in Segment 4 we've got another update! Jackie Tice has promised to call in talk about her new CD! too on Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Other Surprise guests TBA!
I want to offer up last night's program.....its rough,repeats towards the end...server lagged and finally crashed....life saving info-thanks NOAA!!!!
I thought about redoing the whole show, but want to go on again tonight same time with update- another webinar today...which I will record and share again...sorry for the not so smooth show- at the mercy of the weather and internet server...one definately affects the other!!!! We can only go on once a day...may play Mark Moore's Avalanche warning as a special piece, nless he does it again, this afternoon,ok? Bottom line-stay home !!!!!
Send me a message how you all are fairing...tune in/call in tonight if you can and want to...thanks Nell for listening....and Brenda for your message...Rick too!!!!
Stay safe and warm....I am barely awake-animals and Mom are in safe and Tyler is coming back home today, before the next storm rolls in!!!
Alrighty, time to get ready...Mom stocked up....
Robin & family
RE: BlogtalkNAMAPAHH_Radio: SPECIAL NOAA Weather Webinar Rep
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: Nell
Date: Dec 19, 2008 9:18 PM
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From: Robin
Date: Dec 19, 2008 8:44 PM
www. blogtalkradio. com/NAMAPAHH_Radio
SPECIAL NOAA Weather Webinar Report
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Date / Time: 12/19/2008 9:00 PM
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Call-in Number: (718) 508-9165
www. blogtalkradio. com/NAMAPAHH_Radio broadcast Special from 9:00-10:30PM ( I may call in a few mins after 9pm-free mins start after 9pm!- so hang in there we will be coming on!) NOAA Weather Report for Western WA Hosted by: (Followed by really GREAT questions by other multi- media people from all over WA State!) Pre-recorded guest: Brad Colman: Meterologist NOAA Weather Office in Seattle, WA Early start to "Colder than normal predictions" Today from 3-3:30PM PST, I logged onto an important webinar hosted by NOAA of WASHINGTON STATE, who shared an important "Weather Briefing on the Significant Winter Storm Expected for Western Washington Saturday and Sunday Dec 20-21" Please join us tonight so you can get a head's up of what is coming your way this weekend if you live in Western WA. We will also sooth your nerves & cabin fever with some wonderful Native American Music & other favorites & open the phones lines up after the weather warning report, if you wish to say hello! ...so call in, tell us what you are doing if you have been snowed in. Shout out holiday & solstice greetings to your friends & family! Chat room will be open too! So get ready to batten down the hatches! Bring in more firewood, stock up your pantry & get ready for predicted power outages!Bring in your animals- check on your neighbors...all that! Robin & Connie invite you to sit by their blogtalkradio fire tonight & stay warm & safe! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ for more info about the weather, please visit: http://www. noaa. gov/ See what is forecast for your area!
Upcoming Show Schedule(Weather permitting!)
12/21/2008 11:00 AM - It is getting COLDER in South Dakota & in Segment 4 we've got another update! Jackie Tice has promised to call in talk about her new CD! too on Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Other Surprise guests TBA!
Friday, December 19, 2008
NAMAPAHH_Radio: UPCOMING SHOW: 12/19/2008 9:00 PM
UPCOMING SHOW: 12/19/2008 9:00 PM
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http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio/2008/12/20/SPECIAL-NOAA-Weather-Webinar-Report-for-WESTERN-WA-Watch-turned-into-Warning
SPECIAL NOAA Weather Webinar Report for WESTERN WA-Watch turned into Warning!
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH broadcast Special from 9:00-10:30PM ) I may call in a few mins after 9pm-free mins start after 9pm!- so hang in there we will be coming on!) NOAA Weather Report for Western WA Hosted by: (Followed by really GREAT questions by other multi- media people from all over WA State!) Pre-recorded guest: Brad Colman: Meterologist NOAA Weather Office in Seattle, WA Early start to "Colder than normal predictions" Today from 3-3:30PM PST, I logged onto an important webinar hosted by NOAA of WASHINGTON STATE, who shared an important "Weather Briefing on the Significant Winter Storm Expected for Western Washington Saturday and Sunday Dec 20-21" Please join us tonight so you can get a head's up of what is coming your way this weekend if you live in Western WA. We will also sooth your nerves & cabin fever with some wonderful Native American Music & other favorites & open the phones lines up after the weather warning report, if you wish to say hello! ...so call in, tell us what you are doing if you have been snowed in. Shout out holiday & solstice greetings to your friends & family! Chat room will be open too! So get ready to batten down the hatches! Bring in more firewood, stock up your pantry & get ready for predicted power outages!Bring in your animals- check on your neighbors...all that! Robin & Connie invite you to sit by their blogtalkradio fire tonight & stay warm & safe! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ for more info about the weather, please visit: http://www.noaa.gov/ See what is forecasted for your area!
NAMAPAHH_Radio
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http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio/2008/12/20/SPECIAL-NOAA-Weather-Webinar-Report-for-WESTERN-WA-Watch-turned-into-Warning
SPECIAL NOAA Weather Webinar Report for WESTERN WA-Watch turned into Warning!
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH broadcast Special from 9:00-10:30PM ) I may call in a few mins after 9pm-free mins start after 9pm!- so hang in there we will be coming on!) NOAA Weather Report for Western WA Hosted by: (Followed by really GREAT questions by other multi- media people from all over WA State!) Pre-recorded guest: Brad Colman: Meterologist NOAA Weather Office in Seattle, WA Early start to "Colder than normal predictions" Today from 3-3:30PM PST, I logged onto an important webinar hosted by NOAA of WASHINGTON STATE, who shared an important "Weather Briefing on the Significant Winter Storm Expected for Western Washington Saturday and Sunday Dec 20-21" Please join us tonight so you can get a head's up of what is coming your way this weekend if you live in Western WA. We will also sooth your nerves & cabin fever with some wonderful Native American Music & other favorites & open the phones lines up after the weather warning report, if you wish to say hello! ...so call in, tell us what you are doing if you have been snowed in. Shout out holiday & solstice greetings to your friends & family! Chat room will be open too! So get ready to batten down the hatches! Bring in more firewood, stock up your pantry & get ready for predicted power outages!Bring in your animals- check on your neighbors...all that! Robin & Connie invite you to sit by their blogtalkradio fire tonight & stay warm & safe! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ for more info about the weather, please visit: http://www.noaa.gov/ See what is forecasted for your area!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Snowday at Swinomish-Lulu, Tyler & G'ma go Crazy~~~~~~~~~
Snowday at Swinomish-Lulu, Tyler & G'ma go Crazy~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Pk Productions,NAMA,Circle of Hope-Circle of Giving
Pk Productions, NAMA & Circle of Hope-Circle of Giving ....
"Please listen to NAMAPAHH_Radio on internet talk radio": Sunday 11am-1PM PST: Circle of Hope-Circle of Giving Grows- South Dakota Rez Outreach:Pk Productions, NAMA & Circle of Hope-Circle of Giving step up!
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio
"Listen to NAMAPAHH_Radio on internet talk radio"
Sunday 11am-1PM PST
Circle of Hope-Circle of Giving Grows-
South Dakota Rez Outreach:Pk Productions & NAMA step up!
Date / Time: 12/14/2008 11:00 AM-1PM PST
Category: Music
Featured musicians: Michael Bucher; Skylar Wolf; WIND SPIRIT DRUM; Floyd Red Crow Westerman; Marty Stuart; Keith Secola; others TBA….
Michael Bucher & Skylar Wolf will also try to call in! Along with Karla LaRive of PK Productions & Ellen Bello of NAMA; and tentatively reps from Tulalip- Circle of Hope- Circle of Giving; SD Reservation Tribal spokespeople…and others as time permits!
Two packed hours! Hope you can tune in…live chat feature & call ins from listeners as time permits!
Call-in Number: (718) 508-9165
More from South Dakota and friends!
This'll be segment THREE of the Circle of Hope- Circle of Giving outreach to South Dakota: We have had two great shows thus far to highlight the Region of South Dakota & the urgent need to provide support to at least two of the Indian Reservations located there, if not more.
Archived: www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio
It has been several weeks since a early blizzard touched down, leaving many, many people cold, without any alternative heat, stranded without electricity and unprepared to deal with extreme weather conditions of this particular snow storm that came to Rosebud & Pine Ridge Reservations, on Nov 5th.
AP footage of Blizzard in South Dakota: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucYIjvT2ur0
Through a news reporter from SD, Tamra Brennan of NDN News, word first came my way…I was all too aware of the third world conditions of this region and worried even more so when I heard about people burning furniture to stay warm and staying home to protect the little they have from looters.
Tamra Brennan
www.NDNnews.com
www.protectsacredsites.org
www.protectbearbutte.com
Never one to sit by & wonder how this would all end up, I passed the distressful news far & wide as my contacts would go & it has been amazing to see what has happened since & who has stepped forward to help these communities out. We invite you to Tune in on Sunday between 11am-1PM PST (check time zone)- you'll hear great friends & great music... a VERY nice way to help people out over the holidays & to help start this new era of change out right!
Here are announcements from our guests:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE . . . November 28, 2008 (Hot Springs, South Dakota)
PK Productions, LLC (Hot Springs) in association with musicseenPROductions presents
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert and Coat Drive on December 26th, 2008 at 3 p.m. at the Little Wound School Auditorium in Kyle (Pine Ridge Reservation) South Dakota.
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert will feature Special Guest Artists; Skylar Wolf (Navajo Blues/Harmonica Player), Michael Bucher (Cherokee Acoustic Singer/Songwriter), Wind Spirit Drum featuring Windwalker (Mic-Mac/Cherokee/Lenape Traditional Drum Group), J. D. Nash (Southern Cheyenne Country/Blues/Rock), Lady Hope of Native Era (Lakota Inspirational/Hip Hop/Rap) and the White Lance Singers (Lakota Traditional Drum Group).
The concert will be performed as a free event for the community and will be video taped live in front of the audience.
The performance schedule begins at 12 noon with the White Lance Singers of Kyle, South Dakota and all drums are welcome. An opening prayer will precede the benefit concert which begins at 3 p.m. in the Little Wound Elementary School Auditorium.
Coat donations are gladly accepted and can be sent to:
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
c/o Wolakota Office, 101 Main Street, Kyle, South Dakota 57752
Attn: Edwina Brown Bull or Wendy McNaughton Apple
Office open until Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Public Relations and Contact Info:
Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
Karla LaRive | STUDIO WEST MANAGEMENT
Subsidiary of PK Productions, LLC; P.O. Box 752 Hot Springs, South Dakota, USA 57747
605-890-3819 mobile email: karla@studiowestmanagement.com
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert and Coat Drive
Little Wound School – Friday, December 26th, 2008
About the Artists:
Skylar Wolf is a 2008 Native E Music Awards Winner and, an accomplished solo acoustic artist, musician and harmonica player, with an energetic, heartfelt stage performance.
Wolf grew up on the Navajo reservation and lived a life of tradition. He walks in two worlds and tells his stories from both sides. Skylar spreads his music by sharing it with the world, helping the less fortunate, the lost souls living on the streets. Most importantly, Skylar wishes to dedicate his life's work for the children, teaching and guiding them towards a better life or a new beginning. His message is one of hope and redemption: a life free from addiction and suffering is a life of beauty and harmony.
www.skylar-wolf.com
Michael Bucher 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.
Bucher is twice nominated at the Native American Music Awards for "Best Debut Artist" and "Best Folk" (2007), "Best Short Form Music Video" for DIRTY WATER (2008), Indian Summer Music Awards double nominee for "Best Folk" and "Best Pop", and 2008 Native E Music Awards winner for "Best Political Song" from his 2006 CD release, SEVEN. www.michaelbucher.com
J. D. Nash is a Southern Cheyenne Country/Blues/Rock performer from Topeka, Kansas. His love for music started at a very young age. Listening to country music on the family radio in the morning, and hearing his older sibling's rock and roll records in the afternoon. The love only grew stronger over time and soon consumed him. J.D. signed in 2005 with runningmouthMedia, a promotions and record company in Jersey City, New Jersey, owned by NAMMY award winning artist, Wayquay.
In early 2006, J.D. returned to the studio and began laying down tracks for a second CD, "So There I Was…" Many accomplished musicians and writers contributed to this project, making it worthy of 6 submissions for NAMMY nominations and a Native-E Music Award for the song, "How You Gonna Be?" Upon completion of the CD, the popular band, Backlash, joined with J.D. to become Red Circle headlining shows and opening for acts such as Chris Caffery (Savatage/Tran-Siberian Orchestra); Doro Pesch (Warlok) and several others.
Wind Spirit Drum is an Eastern Woodland Native family that shares their Mic Mac, Lenape and Cherokee heritage and culture through flute and drum performance art. They educate and story tell with song and music in English and native language. Windwalker, in addition to being the group's flutist and lead singer is fluent in many instruments and genres. She is a Native American healer and a licensed massage therapist. Spirit Buffalo is the group's resolute drum. He passes on his knowledge of his heritage through seminars on drum making and educational native performances. www.windspiritdrum.com
Lady Hope is Lakota and was born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Hope Brings Plenty a.k.a. Lady Hope, singer/ rapper for the group Native Era has been singing gospel since the age of 5 and began rapping in 2002.
The reason, purpose she feels why she chooses to do Hip-Hop, R&B in this type of style, no profanity nor explicit content in Native Era's music is because she cares about what the youth and the older generation listen to, specifically with Hip-Hop, R&B music.
The goal or level that she prays and hopes to reach is to make it big and crossover so that Native Era may become an independent and major record label and also help other Native American Hip-Hop, R&B artist to succeed.
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About the Producers:
Karla LaRive is Producer and Manager Rep for PK Productions, LLC, an indigenous music management and media company in the Black Hills, South Dakota.
Founded in 2006, PK Productions, LLC in association with musicseenPROductions, the company produced Native Hip Hop/Rap Artist, Shadowyze (Creek Indian Muscogee/Cherokee) 2006 Club Remix CD and, music video titled "Bumpy Roads." The video had its National premiere at the Tulalip Tribe Film Festival in Washington on August 24th 2007 and, was nominated for a 2007 NAMA for "Best Short Form Music Video" at the 9th Annual Native American Music Awards.
In 2007, LaRive produced her second music video with MusicseenPROductions for Acoustic Singer/Songwriter, Michael Bucher (Cherokee) short documentary music video titled "Dirty Water, a tribute to Bear Butte Mountain, South Dakota." "Dirty Water" was a 2007 NAMA nominee for "Best Short Form Music Video" at the 10th Annual Native American Music Awards at the Seneca Niagara Casino Hotel, New York.
She is currently in post production for Michael Bucher's new music video titled, "Don't Forget About Me." The project deals with the protection of Native burial grounds, Native grave sites and sacred sites. The video was shot partially on location at the petrogylph site at the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary and Wounded Knee Memorial, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
LaRive is Creative Director and Publicist for Studio West Management of Hot Springs, South Dakota; bringing her entertainment management background in Broadway theatre, special events and concert promotion. www.studiowestmanagement.com
Christopher Crosby is Producer, Video Director and Editor for musicseenPROductions. He founded his company 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 and a background in video production and media development; Chris began his career working as a freelance camera operator, audio technician and editor for Artisan PictureWorks. After shooting the opening highlights for the House of Blues during the 1996 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES; Chris interviewed several witnesses for Univision after the Olympic bombings.
Crosby's company joined its talents in September 2006 with PK Productions, LLC, producing the 2007 NAMA Nominee for "Best Short Form Video" for Native Hip Hop Artist, Shadowyze's music video "Bumpy Roads." In 2008, he was nominated for his 2nd NAMA for Michael Bucher's short form music video, "Dirty Water, a tribute to Bear Butte Mountain, South Dakota."
He is in post production on Michael Bucher's latest music video project, "Don't Forget About Me" and soon to be released in 2008. www.myspace.com/musicseenproductions
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Also joining us will be Ellen Bello of NAMA:
DEAR NAMA FRIENDS & FAMILY,
The Native American Music Association has been graciously invited by the President of Sicangu Oyate (Rosebud Sioux Tribe) to join his wife and he in a Christmas Toy Drive for the 7500 children ages 1 thru 18 on their reservation.
Help Santa find Rosebud so that these children may know and share in the true spirit of the holidays. Join NAMA, President Rodney M. Bordeaux & his wife Jody Waln in this direct and gracious effort.
NO GIFT TOO SMALL FOR THE CHILDREN.
Please keep the children in your hearts and minds
this Christmas. We wish you a very healthy and happy Holiday Season.
Send Toys To: Rosebud Sioux Tribe : PO Box 430 (For UPS: 11 Legion Drive)
Rosebud, SD 57570
Let us know about your local efforts so we may document them and include them in our next Awards Show broadcast
OR PLEASE SEND FINANCIAL DONATIONS TO:
Native American Music Association: 511 Avenue of the Americas
#371 New York NY 10011
212.228.8300 tel/646.688.6883 fax
www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com
All Contributions Welcome
PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY
NAMA's Emergency Winter Relief Efforts remain underway for the Elders & Disabled on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Financial donations are still needed for propane purchases.
To Send Winter Items or Toys to the Pine Ridge Reservation
please ship to:
OST District Coordinator Office: Post Office Box 1796
( For UPS - East Highway 18) Tero Building Basement
Pine Ridge SD 57770
We Are Making A Difference!
It has been great to see the outpouring of help that has come to this community. Thanks for your help! Reporter from Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, South Dakota I just wanted to thank you for your assistance, and to let you know that your labors have already begun to show fruit.
Blessings,--Russell Masartis Tree of Life Ministry, Mission, SD
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Tentative Guest(s): Circle of Hope- Circle of Giving:
The Tulalip Boys & Girls Club-Tulalip Multi-Media Youth Club has formed a "Circle of Hope- A Circle of Giving" with the following: Tulalip Tribes; T.E.R.O; Tulalip Resort & Casino; Tulalip Lion's Club; and Building Partnerships for a Brighter Future. We want to share the news of the incredible flow of donations and provide info how you too can help! We will invite those from the last show to call in with updates & a few more new folks/organizations who have responded to the Call To Action:
Local WA newspaper coverage:
http://www.northcountyoutlook.com/1204_Tulalip_SD_givingcircle.htm
http://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Home/NewsArchive.aspx.
((((WE STILL NEED A TRUCK & TRUCK DRIVERS!))))))
Truck & Trucker needed to help Circle of Hope-Circle of Giving
Making request on behalf of a special outreach effort for Native American Tribes in SD... I would like to invite you to listen to my last two shows at:
www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio
....and see if perhaps someone could help our task force(Circle of Hope-Circle of Giving) to find a truck or truck(s) heading back to South Dakota from Washington State(Marysville area) or a truck(s)leaving South Dakota & heading to WA State & then back to South Dakota...I can also email you info if you are interested in helping us with this cause in someway...
robin.carneen@gmail.com
Our target date is to have truck(s) leave from Marysville, Tulalip Tribes reservation by mid Jan 2009 at the latest- even arriving & turning around & heading back to SD...we have donations that need to get back to Rosebud & Pine Ridge...thank you on behalf of our Native American people & friends of Native American people!
Robin Carneen Host/Producer of NAMAPAHH First People's Radio-
da ha dwubs!
I will invite SD Tribal spokespersons to call in & be on the show with us and tell us how they are handling all the incoming aide & donations///and more surprise guests!
Tribal contact info:
John Spotted Tail
c/o Rosebud Sioux Tribe: 11 Legion Ave P.O Box 430; Rosebud, SD 57570
Robert E. Eagle Elk: (CAP DISTRICT OFFICE) District Coordinator
P.O Box 1796: Pine Ridge, SD 57770
Related links:
http://www.lakotamall.com/
http://www.kiliradio.org
http://www.blackhillsredcross.org
Check the current weather- yeah its getting colder!
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=SDZ042
FEMA & Red Cross did respond, here's some contact info:
http://www.fema.gov/emergency/reports/2008/nat120308.shtm
Region VIII
Media Contact
FEMA Region VIII News Desk: Telephone: (303) 235-4908
Scott J. Logan: E-Mail: scott.logan@dhs.gov Telephone: (303) 235-4864
Reference: Applicant Guide
Contact Us:
FEMA-Correspondence-Unit@dhs.gov
Telephone: 1 (800) 621-FEMA (3362)
TDD: 1 (800) 462-7585/ Fax: 1 (800) 827-8112
Technical Assistance (Online Registration):
Telephone: 1 (800) 745-0243/ Fax: 1 (800) 827-8112
Mail: Federal Emergency Management Agency
P.O. Box 10055/ Hyattsville, MD 20782-7055
http://www.redcross.org/where/search.asp?zip=57794
Black Hills Area Chapter
Address:
American Red Cross: Black Hills Area Chapter
1221 North Maple Ave: Rapid City, SD 57701
E-mail: rsmitharc@rushmore.com
Phone: 605-342-4010/ Fax: 605-342-2161
Web site: http://www.blackhillsredcross.org
Others who have opened up their hearts & more:
Breaking News:
http://www.ccsmdc.org/press/2008/20081120.pdf
SMSC Awards $250,000 Grant to Cangleska, Inc.
Supports Violence and Assault Prevention
California tribe donates $100,000 to blizzard aid
By Journal staff | Sunday, November 30, 2008
"When the tribe was made aware of the situation at Pine Ridge and at Rosebud, we knew we had to assist our brother and sister tribes," said Chairman James Ramos of the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians of San Bernardino. Wildfires in California galvanized desire among his tribe's members to help the Lakota, he said.
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/11/30/news/local/doc4930da383681c974072921.txt
Past Guests: 11-29-08
Sung Nagi Okolakiciye (Horse Spirit Society and Sanctuary)
Percy White Plume - Director, Sung Nagi Okolakiciye (Horse Spirit Society and Sanctuary)
Percy is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. He has lived on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation his entire life on his family's land and is fluent in the Lakota language. He has worked in the mental health care field for many years. He has conducted horse camps and rides for youth and families for over 10 years. He is the chief coordinator of the "Big Foot Ride" that occurs in December of each year in commemoration of Wounded Knee and "Youth Rides Across the Homeland" - a 4 day ride across the entire length of the reservation designed to acquaint the youth with the beauty of their homeland and to instill in them a pride in their heritage.
Percy White Plume-Pine Ridge Reservation
Mailing: POB 411 Manderson, SD 57756
Email: angcwp@yahoo.com ph:(605) 867-5834 (you can leave a message)
Horse Spirit Society & Sanctuary
Tax deductable place to also make donations for this program:
One Spirit & PRES
Visit One Spirit at www.nativeprogress.org
The ONE Spirit Mission is to assist the Lakota people in preserving and revitalizing the Lakota culture, language, and self-sufficiency while meeting the basic needs of Lakota families, children, and elders. We support the initiatives of the Lakota in planning and carrying out programs that allow them to care for and enhance the lives of their people. We strive to cultivate an intercultural relationship that recognizes that we are all related and that American Indians are an equal and valued part of our society.
PRES Pine Ridge Enfance Solidarité's at http://www.myspace. com/pineridgenfansolidarite
PRES is a French organization that works in partnership with One Spirit and support the mission and programs.
Wish list for 50 horses+ 50 children=10 mile Horseback Ride
Packs made up of saddles, tack, bridles, leather to make tack, saddle blankets, brushes and other grooming supplies, etc
"The survival of the world depends upon our sharing what we have and working together. if we don't, the whole world will die. First the planet, and next the people.Fools Crow, Ceremonial Chief of the Teton Sioux"
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Posted for Gloria Hazell:
Hi everyone, this is just to inform you that there will be a meeting to make plans for the food on Sunday (14th) afternoon at 1.If you live locally and want to help in some way please come along to it.
The meeting will be held at: Little Feather Center 317 4th St NE Pipestone
Hope you can make it. Updates will be given on the group page.
Thanks, Gloria
DAKOTA 38+2 MEMORIAL RIDE: www. dakota38. com
ON FACEBOOK: Dakota 38 + 2 Memorial Ride Group
RECENT NEWS:
NEW: FOR RIDERS:
it has been requested that everyone involved with the ride bring their own plates, cups, bowls and silverware in order to cut down on our garbage, the ride organizers would like this ride to be 'GREEN' in keeping with the 'old ways'.
Currently the crew that is filming a documentary about the ride, is in search of an R.V. or camper that they hope to film interviews in throughout the 330 miles of travel. We wanted to put this out to the community in the chance that someone might have ideas for finding a mobile device. It doesn't have to be pretty, all it has to do is block the wind and have 4 wheels :) Feel free to contact us if any of you have any thoughts or ideas.
If anyone in the local area would be able to make a hot dish for the riders for the 17th, please let Marge, Gloria or Alice know, thanks.
Also if anyone wants to give a hand serving the food again please contact the same people. Food will be served on both the 17th and the 18th.
The ride may be coming through your town or city if you reside in South Dakota or Minnesota. Please show support for the riders if you can. A schedule of the ride will be given on the group pages please keep checking back as information is coming in as places are confirmed.
The Ride Schedule is as follows: Schedule for Dakota 38 + 2 Memorial Ride
This is the completed Route
Dec 10th Ceremony in Lower Brule and ride to Ft Thompson and have Ceremony ;Dec 11th Ceremony then ride 28 miles to a creek named Crow Creek; Dec 12th Ride from Crow Creek to Woonsocket;Dec 13th Ride from Woonsocket to Roswell;Dec 14th Ride from Roswell to Madison ;Dec 15th Ride from Madison to Flandreau ; Dec 16th Day of Rest; Dec 17th Ride from Flandreau to Pipestone
(staying at the Little Feather Center, horses to be taken to the powwow grounds. Food will be provided and prepared by the Pipestone Dakota Community. littlefeather4@hotmail.com) Dec 18th Ride from Pipestone Russell MN; Dec 19th Ride from Russell to Milroy; Dec 20st Ride from Milroy to Lower Sioux and have Ceremony; Dec 21st Day of Rest; Dec 22nd Gathering at Lower Sioux and Day of Rest; Dec 23rd Have Ceremony at Lower Sioux then Ride to FT Ridgley;Dec 24th Ride from FT Ridgley to Courtland; Dec 25th Ride from Courtland to Land of Memories Park;Dec 26th Ride from Land of Memories Park to Downtown Mankato; The 21st is an extra Day for Bad Weather.
Please read the discussion section as I will be giving more information and comments there. You are welcome to add your comments as well. Thanks G
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Others blogs about SD area:
http://www.trailsandgrasslands.org/rez.html
http://www.wmburgweb.com/DigitalScrapbooks/Travel98/PineRidge/pineridge.html
Videos:
www.myspace.com/pappagordie
"I am not sure if you or anyone there has seen this,but it is a fair discription of how things are for these people.Just so you know,during the storm there were several elders who's conditions were unknown and many feared for the worst because some of them were on dialysis and others were already low on food and water.When the Red Cross came around they handed out MRE's to the people and a few bottles of water,they said they would return but never showed back up to even check on the people.You can imagine how hard it must have been for some of them,being in a house without electricity,water and no heat,using everything at your disposal to try and stay warm!That is life for many of the people,33% of the homes are with out electricity,water and plumbing already,66% of the houses would have to be burned down because of black mold,the list goes on!Diabete's is out of control,cancer,infant mortality rate,and so much more,they live in third world conditions RIGHT HERE IN OUR COUNTRY!And it seems NO one cares about the continued genocide of the first people of this country!SO,with all of this being said,I am asking,"Is there anyway your organization can shed light on this so the people can get some help quicker?"as of right now,the only ones helping are a few Native groups and since the populations of the Native people number less then 1% of the entire population here in the United States,we cannot get anyone to help.Please if there is anyway to help,I would(as well as all Native people)greatly appreciate it.Thank you for your time in this matter,I sincerely hope there is something that you can do for the Native people.
Sincerely,Gordon Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anbzRVyWH5M
NAMAPAHH First People's Radio is hosted and produced by Robin Carneen, co-hosted by Connie Allen, both enrolled members of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, in La Conner, WA. Native American news, views & music show on:
www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio
NAMAPAHH stands for: Native American Multi-media; Activism; Performance/poetry; Art;Health/Humor/History.
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http://www.myspace.com/namapahh
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Blog:http://namapahhmultimedia.blogspot.com/
Got a new music release? Press Kit?
Robin Carneen
c/o NAMAPAHH First People's Radio
P.O Box 1551
La Conner, WA 98257
Daily Wisdom:
www.whitebison.org
"Please listen to NAMAPAHH_Radio on internet talk radio": Sunday 11am-1PM PST: Circle of Hope-Circle of Giving Grows- South Dakota Rez Outreach:Pk Productions, NAMA & Circle of Hope-Circle of Giving step up!
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio
"Listen to NAMAPAHH_Radio on internet talk radio"
Sunday 11am-1PM PST
Circle of Hope-Circle of Giving Grows-
South Dakota Rez Outreach:Pk Productions & NAMA step up!
Date / Time: 12/14/2008 11:00 AM-1PM PST
Category: Music
Featured musicians: Michael Bucher; Skylar Wolf; WIND SPIRIT DRUM; Floyd Red Crow Westerman; Marty Stuart; Keith Secola; others TBA….
Michael Bucher & Skylar Wolf will also try to call in! Along with Karla LaRive of PK Productions & Ellen Bello of NAMA; and tentatively reps from Tulalip- Circle of Hope- Circle of Giving; SD Reservation Tribal spokespeople…and others as time permits!
Two packed hours! Hope you can tune in…live chat feature & call ins from listeners as time permits!
Call-in Number: (718) 508-9165
More from South Dakota and friends!
This'll be segment THREE of the Circle of Hope- Circle of Giving outreach to South Dakota: We have had two great shows thus far to highlight the Region of South Dakota & the urgent need to provide support to at least two of the Indian Reservations located there, if not more.
Archived: www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio
It has been several weeks since a early blizzard touched down, leaving many, many people cold, without any alternative heat, stranded without electricity and unprepared to deal with extreme weather conditions of this particular snow storm that came to Rosebud & Pine Ridge Reservations, on Nov 5th.
AP footage of Blizzard in South Dakota: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucYIjvT2ur0
Through a news reporter from SD, Tamra Brennan of NDN News, word first came my way…I was all too aware of the third world conditions of this region and worried even more so when I heard about people burning furniture to stay warm and staying home to protect the little they have from looters.
Tamra Brennan
www.NDNnews.com
www.protectsacredsites.org
www.protectbearbutte.com
Never one to sit by & wonder how this would all end up, I passed the distressful news far & wide as my contacts would go & it has been amazing to see what has happened since & who has stepped forward to help these communities out. We invite you to Tune in on Sunday between 11am-1PM PST (check time zone)- you'll hear great friends & great music... a VERY nice way to help people out over the holidays & to help start this new era of change out right!
Here are announcements from our guests:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE . . . November 28, 2008 (Hot Springs, South Dakota)
PK Productions, LLC (Hot Springs) in association with musicseenPROductions presents
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert and Coat Drive on December 26th, 2008 at 3 p.m. at the Little Wound School Auditorium in Kyle (Pine Ridge Reservation) South Dakota.
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert will feature Special Guest Artists; Skylar Wolf (Navajo Blues/Harmonica Player), Michael Bucher (Cherokee Acoustic Singer/Songwriter), Wind Spirit Drum featuring Windwalker (Mic-Mac/Cherokee/Lenape Traditional Drum Group), J. D. Nash (Southern Cheyenne Country/Blues/Rock), Lady Hope of Native Era (Lakota Inspirational/Hip Hop/Rap) and the White Lance Singers (Lakota Traditional Drum Group).
The concert will be performed as a free event for the community and will be video taped live in front of the audience.
The performance schedule begins at 12 noon with the White Lance Singers of Kyle, South Dakota and all drums are welcome. An opening prayer will precede the benefit concert which begins at 3 p.m. in the Little Wound Elementary School Auditorium.
Coat donations are gladly accepted and can be sent to:
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
c/o Wolakota Office, 101 Main Street, Kyle, South Dakota 57752
Attn: Edwina Brown Bull or Wendy McNaughton Apple
Office open until Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Public Relations and Contact Info:
Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
Karla LaRive | STUDIO WEST MANAGEMENT
Subsidiary of PK Productions, LLC; P.O. Box 752 Hot Springs, South Dakota, USA 57747
605-890-3819 mobile email: karla@studiowestmanagement.com
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert and Coat Drive
Little Wound School – Friday, December 26th, 2008
About the Artists:
Skylar Wolf is a 2008 Native E Music Awards Winner and, an accomplished solo acoustic artist, musician and harmonica player, with an energetic, heartfelt stage performance.
Wolf grew up on the Navajo reservation and lived a life of tradition. He walks in two worlds and tells his stories from both sides. Skylar spreads his music by sharing it with the world, helping the less fortunate, the lost souls living on the streets. Most importantly, Skylar wishes to dedicate his life's work for the children, teaching and guiding them towards a better life or a new beginning. His message is one of hope and redemption: a life free from addiction and suffering is a life of beauty and harmony.
www.skylar-wolf.com
Michael Bucher 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.
Bucher is twice nominated at the Native American Music Awards for "Best Debut Artist" and "Best Folk" (2007), "Best Short Form Music Video" for DIRTY WATER (2008), Indian Summer Music Awards double nominee for "Best Folk" and "Best Pop", and 2008 Native E Music Awards winner for "Best Political Song" from his 2006 CD release, SEVEN. www.michaelbucher.com
J. D. Nash is a Southern Cheyenne Country/Blues/Rock performer from Topeka, Kansas. His love for music started at a very young age. Listening to country music on the family radio in the morning, and hearing his older sibling's rock and roll records in the afternoon. The love only grew stronger over time and soon consumed him. J.D. signed in 2005 with runningmouthMedia, a promotions and record company in Jersey City, New Jersey, owned by NAMMY award winning artist, Wayquay.
In early 2006, J.D. returned to the studio and began laying down tracks for a second CD, "So There I Was…" Many accomplished musicians and writers contributed to this project, making it worthy of 6 submissions for NAMMY nominations and a Native-E Music Award for the song, "How You Gonna Be?" Upon completion of the CD, the popular band, Backlash, joined with J.D. to become Red Circle headlining shows and opening for acts such as Chris Caffery (Savatage/Tran-Siberian Orchestra); Doro Pesch (Warlok) and several others.
Wind Spirit Drum is an Eastern Woodland Native family that shares their Mic Mac, Lenape and Cherokee heritage and culture through flute and drum performance art. They educate and story tell with song and music in English and native language. Windwalker, in addition to being the group's flutist and lead singer is fluent in many instruments and genres. She is a Native American healer and a licensed massage therapist. Spirit Buffalo is the group's resolute drum. He passes on his knowledge of his heritage through seminars on drum making and educational native performances. www.windspiritdrum.com
Lady Hope is Lakota and was born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Hope Brings Plenty a.k.a. Lady Hope, singer/ rapper for the group Native Era has been singing gospel since the age of 5 and began rapping in 2002.
The reason, purpose she feels why she chooses to do Hip-Hop, R&B in this type of style, no profanity nor explicit content in Native Era's music is because she cares about what the youth and the older generation listen to, specifically with Hip-Hop, R&B music.
The goal or level that she prays and hopes to reach is to make it big and crossover so that Native Era may become an independent and major record label and also help other Native American Hip-Hop, R&B artist to succeed.
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About the Producers:
Karla LaRive is Producer and Manager Rep for PK Productions, LLC, an indigenous music management and media company in the Black Hills, South Dakota.
Founded in 2006, PK Productions, LLC in association with musicseenPROductions, the company produced Native Hip Hop/Rap Artist, Shadowyze (Creek Indian Muscogee/Cherokee) 2006 Club Remix CD and, music video titled "Bumpy Roads." The video had its National premiere at the Tulalip Tribe Film Festival in Washington on August 24th 2007 and, was nominated for a 2007 NAMA for "Best Short Form Music Video" at the 9th Annual Native American Music Awards.
In 2007, LaRive produced her second music video with MusicseenPROductions for Acoustic Singer/Songwriter, Michael Bucher (Cherokee) short documentary music video titled "Dirty Water, a tribute to Bear Butte Mountain, South Dakota." "Dirty Water" was a 2007 NAMA nominee for "Best Short Form Music Video" at the 10th Annual Native American Music Awards at the Seneca Niagara Casino Hotel, New York.
She is currently in post production for Michael Bucher's new music video titled, "Don't Forget About Me." The project deals with the protection of Native burial grounds, Native grave sites and sacred sites. The video was shot partially on location at the petrogylph site at the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary and Wounded Knee Memorial, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
LaRive is Creative Director and Publicist for Studio West Management of Hot Springs, South Dakota; bringing her entertainment management background in Broadway theatre, special events and concert promotion. www.studiowestmanagement.com
Christopher Crosby is Producer, Video Director and Editor for musicseenPROductions. He founded his company 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 and a background in video production and media development; Chris began his career working as a freelance camera operator, audio technician and editor for Artisan PictureWorks. After shooting the opening highlights for the House of Blues during the 1996 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES; Chris interviewed several witnesses for Univision after the Olympic bombings.
Crosby's company joined its talents in September 2006 with PK Productions, LLC, producing the 2007 NAMA Nominee for "Best Short Form Video" for Native Hip Hop Artist, Shadowyze's music video "Bumpy Roads." In 2008, he was nominated for his 2nd NAMA for Michael Bucher's short form music video, "Dirty Water, a tribute to Bear Butte Mountain, South Dakota."
He is in post production on Michael Bucher's latest music video project, "Don't Forget About Me" and soon to be released in 2008. www.myspace.com/musicseenproductions
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Also joining us will be Ellen Bello of NAMA:
DEAR NAMA FRIENDS & FAMILY,
The Native American Music Association has been graciously invited by the President of Sicangu Oyate (Rosebud Sioux Tribe) to join his wife and he in a Christmas Toy Drive for the 7500 children ages 1 thru 18 on their reservation.
Help Santa find Rosebud so that these children may know and share in the true spirit of the holidays. Join NAMA, President Rodney M. Bordeaux & his wife Jody Waln in this direct and gracious effort.
NO GIFT TOO SMALL FOR THE CHILDREN.
Please keep the children in your hearts and minds
this Christmas. We wish you a very healthy and happy Holiday Season.
Send Toys To: Rosebud Sioux Tribe : PO Box 430 (For UPS: 11 Legion Drive)
Rosebud, SD 57570
Let us know about your local efforts so we may document them and include them in our next Awards Show broadcast
OR PLEASE SEND FINANCIAL DONATIONS TO:
Native American Music Association: 511 Avenue of the Americas
#371 New York NY 10011
212.228.8300 tel/646.688.6883 fax
www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com
All Contributions Welcome
PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY
NAMA's Emergency Winter Relief Efforts remain underway for the Elders & Disabled on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Financial donations are still needed for propane purchases.
To Send Winter Items or Toys to the Pine Ridge Reservation
please ship to:
OST District Coordinator Office: Post Office Box 1796
( For UPS - East Highway 18) Tero Building Basement
Pine Ridge SD 57770
We Are Making A Difference!
It has been great to see the outpouring of help that has come to this community. Thanks for your help! Reporter from Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, South Dakota I just wanted to thank you for your assistance, and to let you know that your labors have already begun to show fruit.
Blessings,--Russell Masartis Tree of Life Ministry, Mission, SD
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Tentative Guest(s): Circle of Hope- Circle of Giving:
The Tulalip Boys & Girls Club-Tulalip Multi-Media Youth Club has formed a "Circle of Hope- A Circle of Giving" with the following: Tulalip Tribes; T.E.R.O; Tulalip Resort & Casino; Tulalip Lion's Club; and Building Partnerships for a Brighter Future. We want to share the news of the incredible flow of donations and provide info how you too can help! We will invite those from the last show to call in with updates & a few more new folks/organizations who have responded to the Call To Action:
Local WA newspaper coverage:
http://www.northcountyoutlook.com/1204_Tulalip_SD_givingcircle.htm
http://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Home/NewsArchive.aspx.
((((WE STILL NEED A TRUCK & TRUCK DRIVERS!))))))
Truck & Trucker needed to help Circle of Hope-Circle of Giving
Making request on behalf of a special outreach effort for Native American Tribes in SD... I would like to invite you to listen to my last two shows at:
www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio
....and see if perhaps someone could help our task force(Circle of Hope-Circle of Giving) to find a truck or truck(s) heading back to South Dakota from Washington State(Marysville area) or a truck(s)leaving South Dakota & heading to WA State & then back to South Dakota...I can also email you info if you are interested in helping us with this cause in someway...
robin.carneen@gmail.com
Our target date is to have truck(s) leave from Marysville, Tulalip Tribes reservation by mid Jan 2009 at the latest- even arriving & turning around & heading back to SD...we have donations that need to get back to Rosebud & Pine Ridge...thank you on behalf of our Native American people & friends of Native American people!
Robin Carneen Host/Producer of NAMAPAHH First People's Radio-
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I will invite SD Tribal spokespersons to call in & be on the show with us and tell us how they are handling all the incoming aide & donations///and more surprise guests!
Tribal contact info:
John Spotted Tail
c/o Rosebud Sioux Tribe: 11 Legion Ave P.O Box 430; Rosebud, SD 57570
Robert E. Eagle Elk: (CAP DISTRICT OFFICE) District Coordinator
P.O Box 1796: Pine Ridge, SD 57770
Related links:
http://www.lakotamall.com/
http://www.kiliradio.org
http://www.blackhillsredcross.org
Check the current weather- yeah its getting colder!
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=SDZ042
FEMA & Red Cross did respond, here's some contact info:
http://www.fema.gov/emergency/reports/2008/nat120308.shtm
Region VIII
Media Contact
FEMA Region VIII News Desk: Telephone: (303) 235-4908
Scott J. Logan: E-Mail: scott.logan@dhs.gov Telephone: (303) 235-4864
Reference: Applicant Guide
Contact Us:
FEMA-Correspondence-Unit@dhs.gov
Telephone: 1 (800) 621-FEMA (3362)
TDD: 1 (800) 462-7585/ Fax: 1 (800) 827-8112
Technical Assistance (Online Registration):
Telephone: 1 (800) 745-0243/ Fax: 1 (800) 827-8112
Mail: Federal Emergency Management Agency
P.O. Box 10055/ Hyattsville, MD 20782-7055
http://www.redcross.org/where/search.asp?zip=57794
Black Hills Area Chapter
Address:
American Red Cross: Black Hills Area Chapter
1221 North Maple Ave: Rapid City, SD 57701
E-mail: rsmitharc@rushmore.com
Phone: 605-342-4010/ Fax: 605-342-2161
Web site: http://www.blackhillsredcross.org
Others who have opened up their hearts & more:
Breaking News:
http://www.ccsmdc.org/press/2008/20081120.pdf
SMSC Awards $250,000 Grant to Cangleska, Inc.
Supports Violence and Assault Prevention
California tribe donates $100,000 to blizzard aid
By Journal staff | Sunday, November 30, 2008
"When the tribe was made aware of the situation at Pine Ridge and at Rosebud, we knew we had to assist our brother and sister tribes," said Chairman James Ramos of the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians of San Bernardino. Wildfires in California galvanized desire among his tribe's members to help the Lakota, he said.
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/11/30/news/local/doc4930da383681c974072921.txt
Past Guests: 11-29-08
Sung Nagi Okolakiciye (Horse Spirit Society and Sanctuary)
Percy White Plume - Director, Sung Nagi Okolakiciye (Horse Spirit Society and Sanctuary)
Percy is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. He has lived on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation his entire life on his family's land and is fluent in the Lakota language. He has worked in the mental health care field for many years. He has conducted horse camps and rides for youth and families for over 10 years. He is the chief coordinator of the "Big Foot Ride" that occurs in December of each year in commemoration of Wounded Knee and "Youth Rides Across the Homeland" - a 4 day ride across the entire length of the reservation designed to acquaint the youth with the beauty of their homeland and to instill in them a pride in their heritage.
Percy White Plume-Pine Ridge Reservation
Mailing: POB 411 Manderson, SD 57756
Email: angcwp@yahoo.com ph:(605) 867-5834 (you can leave a message)
Horse Spirit Society & Sanctuary
Tax deductable place to also make donations for this program:
One Spirit & PRES
Visit One Spirit at www.nativeprogress.org
The ONE Spirit Mission is to assist the Lakota people in preserving and revitalizing the Lakota culture, language, and self-sufficiency while meeting the basic needs of Lakota families, children, and elders. We support the initiatives of the Lakota in planning and carrying out programs that allow them to care for and enhance the lives of their people. We strive to cultivate an intercultural relationship that recognizes that we are all related and that American Indians are an equal and valued part of our society.
PRES Pine Ridge Enfance Solidarité's at http://www.myspace. com/pineridgenfansolidarite
PRES is a French organization that works in partnership with One Spirit and support the mission and programs.
Wish list for 50 horses+ 50 children=10 mile Horseback Ride
Packs made up of saddles, tack, bridles, leather to make tack, saddle blankets, brushes and other grooming supplies, etc
"The survival of the world depends upon our sharing what we have and working together. if we don't, the whole world will die. First the planet, and next the people.Fools Crow, Ceremonial Chief of the Teton Sioux"
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Posted for Gloria Hazell:
Hi everyone, this is just to inform you that there will be a meeting to make plans for the food on Sunday (14th) afternoon at 1.If you live locally and want to help in some way please come along to it.
The meeting will be held at: Little Feather Center 317 4th St NE Pipestone
Hope you can make it. Updates will be given on the group page.
Thanks, Gloria
DAKOTA 38+2 MEMORIAL RIDE: www. dakota38. com
ON FACEBOOK: Dakota 38 + 2 Memorial Ride Group
RECENT NEWS:
NEW: FOR RIDERS:
it has been requested that everyone involved with the ride bring their own plates, cups, bowls and silverware in order to cut down on our garbage, the ride organizers would like this ride to be 'GREEN' in keeping with the 'old ways'.
Currently the crew that is filming a documentary about the ride, is in search of an R.V. or camper that they hope to film interviews in throughout the 330 miles of travel. We wanted to put this out to the community in the chance that someone might have ideas for finding a mobile device. It doesn't have to be pretty, all it has to do is block the wind and have 4 wheels :) Feel free to contact us if any of you have any thoughts or ideas.
If anyone in the local area would be able to make a hot dish for the riders for the 17th, please let Marge, Gloria or Alice know, thanks.
Also if anyone wants to give a hand serving the food again please contact the same people. Food will be served on both the 17th and the 18th.
The ride may be coming through your town or city if you reside in South Dakota or Minnesota. Please show support for the riders if you can. A schedule of the ride will be given on the group pages please keep checking back as information is coming in as places are confirmed.
The Ride Schedule is as follows: Schedule for Dakota 38 + 2 Memorial Ride
This is the completed Route
Dec 10th Ceremony in Lower Brule and ride to Ft Thompson and have Ceremony ;Dec 11th Ceremony then ride 28 miles to a creek named Crow Creek; Dec 12th Ride from Crow Creek to Woonsocket;Dec 13th Ride from Woonsocket to Roswell;Dec 14th Ride from Roswell to Madison ;Dec 15th Ride from Madison to Flandreau ; Dec 16th Day of Rest; Dec 17th Ride from Flandreau to Pipestone
(staying at the Little Feather Center, horses to be taken to the powwow grounds. Food will be provided and prepared by the Pipestone Dakota Community. littlefeather4@hotmail.com) Dec 18th Ride from Pipestone Russell MN; Dec 19th Ride from Russell to Milroy; Dec 20st Ride from Milroy to Lower Sioux and have Ceremony; Dec 21st Day of Rest; Dec 22nd Gathering at Lower Sioux and Day of Rest; Dec 23rd Have Ceremony at Lower Sioux then Ride to FT Ridgley;Dec 24th Ride from FT Ridgley to Courtland; Dec 25th Ride from Courtland to Land of Memories Park;Dec 26th Ride from Land of Memories Park to Downtown Mankato; The 21st is an extra Day for Bad Weather.
Please read the discussion section as I will be giving more information and comments there. You are welcome to add your comments as well. Thanks G
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Others blogs about SD area:
http://www.trailsandgrasslands.org/rez.html
http://www.wmburgweb.com/DigitalScrapbooks/Travel98/PineRidge/pineridge.html
Videos:
www.myspace.com/pappagordie
"I am not sure if you or anyone there has seen this,but it is a fair discription of how things are for these people.Just so you know,during the storm there were several elders who's conditions were unknown and many feared for the worst because some of them were on dialysis and others were already low on food and water.When the Red Cross came around they handed out MRE's to the people and a few bottles of water,they said they would return but never showed back up to even check on the people.You can imagine how hard it must have been for some of them,being in a house without electricity,water and no heat,using everything at your disposal to try and stay warm!That is life for many of the people,33% of the homes are with out electricity,water and plumbing already,66% of the houses would have to be burned down because of black mold,the list goes on!Diabete's is out of control,cancer,infant mortality rate,and so much more,they live in third world conditions RIGHT HERE IN OUR COUNTRY!And it seems NO one cares about the continued genocide of the first people of this country!SO,with all of this being said,I am asking,"Is there anyway your organization can shed light on this so the people can get some help quicker?"as of right now,the only ones helping are a few Native groups and since the populations of the Native people number less then 1% of the entire population here in the United States,we cannot get anyone to help.Please if there is anyway to help,I would(as well as all Native people)greatly appreciate it.Thank you for your time in this matter,I sincerely hope there is something that you can do for the Native people.
Sincerely,Gordon Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anbzRVyWH5M
NAMAPAHH First People's Radio is hosted and produced by Robin Carneen, co-hosted by Connie Allen, both enrolled members of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, in La Conner, WA. Native American news, views & music show on:
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