Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Coming up on NAMAPAHH Radio: Follow Up CrowCreekRezSD Lights out and Land Grab Modern Day genocide
12-22-09_CrowCreekRezSD_ChairmanSazue_Mo Brings Plenty
_IRSlandgrab_EricKlein- RideForLights_Can-Do
Host & Producer Robin Carneen is doing a follow up show with Crow Creek Chairman Brandon Sazue & Sioux Actor/Activist Mo Brings Plenty who are in a vigil at the site of the sale re: IRS land grab & Auction of over 7000 acres of Indian Land for back taxes. FYI: (excerpt)The Crow Creek Reservation is located in South Dakota and was established in the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. (VIA NDN NEWS) Protest the sale
of these lands& IRS's actions by signing :http://www.petitiononline.com/CrowCrek/petition.html .
Following up also with Eric Klein & others who have teamed up with
the Mankato Reconciliation Riders who ride to remember the Dakota 38-
FYI: (excerpt) Upon being sentenced as war criminals, 300 men were sent to Mankato. On December 26th, 38 of these Dakota men were publicly hanged in Mankato, which is still known as the largest mass hanging in the United States.
This tragedy is known as the Dakota 38. Eric is the Founder of Can-do
organization & has done amazing projects of Hope on the Crow Creek Reservation in the past. He has become friends with the community & a Crow Creek Tribal member who has become his friend-Peter Lengkeek, has been filming the power shut offs & interviewing residents about their needs & health issues.
Power is a life saver for many- especially in the Winter in South Dakota.
See the films & for more info: www.can-do.org
Native American music will also be shared-some from independent labels, some from www.canyonrecords.com
_IRSlandgrab_EricKlein- RideForLights_Can-Do
Host & Producer Robin Carneen is doing a follow up show with Crow Creek Chairman Brandon Sazue & Sioux Actor/Activist Mo Brings Plenty who are in a vigil at the site of the sale re: IRS land grab & Auction of over 7000 acres of Indian Land for back taxes. FYI: (excerpt)The Crow Creek Reservation is located in South Dakota and was established in the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. (VIA NDN NEWS) Protest the sale
of these lands& IRS's actions by signing :http://www.petitiononline.com/CrowCrek/petition.html .
Following up also with Eric Klein & others who have teamed up with
the Mankato Reconciliation Riders who ride to remember the Dakota 38-
FYI: (excerpt) Upon being sentenced as war criminals, 300 men were sent to Mankato. On December 26th, 38 of these Dakota men were publicly hanged in Mankato, which is still known as the largest mass hanging in the United States.
This tragedy is known as the Dakota 38. Eric is the Founder of Can-do
organization & has done amazing projects of Hope on the Crow Creek Reservation in the past. He has become friends with the community & a Crow Creek Tribal member who has become his friend-Peter Lengkeek, has been filming the power shut offs & interviewing residents about their needs & health issues.
Power is a life saver for many- especially in the Winter in South Dakota.
See the films & for more info: www.can-do.org
Native American music will also be shared-some from independent labels, some from www.canyonrecords.com
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Crow Creek Sioux Land is NOT For Sale Petition
Crow Creek Sioux Land is NOT For Sale Petition
Posted by Robin Carneen- Host & Producer of NAMAPAHH First People's Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/namapahh_radio/2009/12/12/12-11-09crowcreekrezsdcan-doorg-ericklein-rideforl please listen- related radio show....http://www.petitiononline.com/CrowCrek/petition.html petition....we would like to see minimum the same # of signatures as acreage stolen....support Crow Creek protest! And get their power back on too! Where are you President Obama?
Sun Dec 20 2009 07:49:48 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/letters/79614237.html
Not for sale
Story Published: Dec 19, 2009
Story Updated: Dec 18, 2009
Brandon Sazue’s camper sitting in the middle of the prairie presented a lonely but inspiring image. Despite the bitter cold and wind, the young Crow Creek tribal chairman was taking a stand against the United States theft of any more Dakota lands, telling us “Crow Creek land is not for sale, and it never will be.”
Symbolically placing his camper under a wind data tower, Sazue has committed to remain on this parcel of land as long as it takes to achieve justice. The land is part of the 7,112 acres recently stolen by the United States government in what amounts to a 21st century land grab. Because the land is not currently held in trust, on Dec. 4, the Internal Revenue Service used that as an opportunity to claim it and auction it off as a means to settle what they assert is a delinquent $3,123,790 tax bill.
Though most of the Crow Creek Reservation is situated within the poorest county in the United States, the land under dispute happens to contain world-class sites for the harnessing of wind power. As the world’s fossil fuels dwindle and alternative energy sources are increasingly sought after, Crow Creek lands also become increasingly more attractive to outside interests. Whoever develops the site for wind energy stands to make a fortune. This connection is not lost on Sazue.
Anyone who understands the history of the Dakota people since invasion and conquest cannot help but be stunned by this attack on the tribal lands of people who have already suffered so much. After the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, the federal government and the State of Minnesota initiated polices of genocide and ethnic cleansing against Dakota people in our beloved homeland.
White Minnesotans hanged 38 Dakota warriors, rounded-up and force-marched our populations to concentration camps in Mankato and Fort Snelling, then forcibly removed us from Minnesota to fulfill Gov. Alexander Ramsey’s genocidal call for extermination or forced removal.
Dakota people were loaded onto boats that went down the Mississippi River and then up the Missouri River on a journey that was so horrendous, a missionary at the time compared it to the Middle Passage of the slaves. Under gun and bayonet, our ancestors were brought to Crow Creek in 1863. Thus, Crow Creek began as a concentration camp.
The trauma to Dakota people only continued there. Within the first few months of arrival at Crow Creek, hundreds of Dakota people died from the dreadful conditions. In fact, the missionary John P. Williamson wrote, “Nearly all the small children died in 1863.” The heartbreak from those events are still felt today. The people of Crow Creek live with that legacy, as do the rest of us with ancestors who were subjugated on these lands. After 1862, the United States government left our people with so little. Now, even what little we have is under attack again.
Sazue’s stand in defense of the land is a rallying cry to the rest of the Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires) of the Dakota Oyate (Nation). Though fierce winter weather has so far kept supporters from camping out next to Sazue, a steady stream of allies offering prayers, songs, food, supplies and encouragement continues throughout each day and even more people show their solidarity through phone calls and e-mails. We know more of our people will be coming. Like Chairman Brandon Sazue, we will not allow these lands to be taken. We will stand with him.
– Waziyatawin, Ph.D.
Granite Falls, Minn.
Posted by Robin Carneen- Host & Producer of NAMAPAHH First People's Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/namapahh_radio/2009/12/12/12-11-09crowcreekrezsdcan-doorg-ericklein-rideforl please listen- related radio show....http://www.petitiononline.com/CrowCrek/petition.html petition....we would like to see minimum the same # of signatures as acreage stolen....support Crow Creek protest! And get their power back on too! Where are you President Obama?
Sun Dec 20 2009 07:49:48 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/letters/79614237.html
Not for sale
Story Published: Dec 19, 2009
Story Updated: Dec 18, 2009
Brandon Sazue’s camper sitting in the middle of the prairie presented a lonely but inspiring image. Despite the bitter cold and wind, the young Crow Creek tribal chairman was taking a stand against the United States theft of any more Dakota lands, telling us “Crow Creek land is not for sale, and it never will be.”
Symbolically placing his camper under a wind data tower, Sazue has committed to remain on this parcel of land as long as it takes to achieve justice. The land is part of the 7,112 acres recently stolen by the United States government in what amounts to a 21st century land grab. Because the land is not currently held in trust, on Dec. 4, the Internal Revenue Service used that as an opportunity to claim it and auction it off as a means to settle what they assert is a delinquent $3,123,790 tax bill.
Though most of the Crow Creek Reservation is situated within the poorest county in the United States, the land under dispute happens to contain world-class sites for the harnessing of wind power. As the world’s fossil fuels dwindle and alternative energy sources are increasingly sought after, Crow Creek lands also become increasingly more attractive to outside interests. Whoever develops the site for wind energy stands to make a fortune. This connection is not lost on Sazue.
Anyone who understands the history of the Dakota people since invasion and conquest cannot help but be stunned by this attack on the tribal lands of people who have already suffered so much. After the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, the federal government and the State of Minnesota initiated polices of genocide and ethnic cleansing against Dakota people in our beloved homeland.
White Minnesotans hanged 38 Dakota warriors, rounded-up and force-marched our populations to concentration camps in Mankato and Fort Snelling, then forcibly removed us from Minnesota to fulfill Gov. Alexander Ramsey’s genocidal call for extermination or forced removal.
Dakota people were loaded onto boats that went down the Mississippi River and then up the Missouri River on a journey that was so horrendous, a missionary at the time compared it to the Middle Passage of the slaves. Under gun and bayonet, our ancestors were brought to Crow Creek in 1863. Thus, Crow Creek began as a concentration camp.
The trauma to Dakota people only continued there. Within the first few months of arrival at Crow Creek, hundreds of Dakota people died from the dreadful conditions. In fact, the missionary John P. Williamson wrote, “Nearly all the small children died in 1863.” The heartbreak from those events are still felt today. The people of Crow Creek live with that legacy, as do the rest of us with ancestors who were subjugated on these lands. After 1862, the United States government left our people with so little. Now, even what little we have is under attack again.
Sazue’s stand in defense of the land is a rallying cry to the rest of the Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires) of the Dakota Oyate (Nation). Though fierce winter weather has so far kept supporters from camping out next to Sazue, a steady stream of allies offering prayers, songs, food, supplies and encouragement continues throughout each day and even more people show their solidarity through phone calls and e-mails. We know more of our people will be coming. Like Chairman Brandon Sazue, we will not allow these lands to be taken. We will stand with him.
– Waziyatawin, Ph.D.
Granite Falls, Minn.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
12-11-09_CrowCreekRezSD_Can-DoOrg_ EricKlein- RideForLightsCampaign__ChairmanSazueFastin_IRSlandgrab
12-11-09_CrowCreekRezSD_Can-DoOrg_ EricKlein- RideForLightsCampaign__ChairmanSazueFastin_IRSlandgrab
(Please listen to the archive & sign the petition!)
Please help spread the word about our online petition to support the Crow Creek efforts! There is NO reason why we shouldn’t have several thousand signatures before this weekend is done!
Everyone PLEASE UNITE together on this issue. This issue could set a precedence and next time it could be your lands!
Crow Creek Sioux Land is NOT For Sale
http://www.petitiononline.com/CrowCrek/petition.html
To: Bureau of Indian Affairs, President Obama, SD Governor Rounds, SD Senator Tim Johnson, SD Senator Thune,U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
On December 3, 2009 the Internal Revenue Service unlawfully auctioned off 7100 acres located on Crow Creek Sioux Tribal land.
The land is owned by Crow Creek Tribal Farms, Inc. a Tribal corporation and distinct legal entity from the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe.
According to the recent motion for temporary restraining order, filed by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, the IRS seized and auctioned the land to recover $3,123,789.73 dollars in unpaid employment taxes. The document states, Because of erroneous tax advice received from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe became delinquent in the payment of employment taxes collected by the IRS beginning in 2003. The BIA had informed the Tribe that, because it was a federally recognized Tribe, it was not necessary to pay federal employment taxes.
The Crow Creek Indian Reservation was created by the 1868 Treaty, Act of April 29, 1868, 15 Stat. 635, and by Section 6, Act of March 2, 1889, 25 Stat. 888.
The Crow Creek Sioux Reservation encompasses Buffalo County and portions of Hyde and Brule Counties. Crow Creek Sioux Tribe is consistently documented as one of the poorest Reservations in the Nation, with 78% of their members living below the poverty line.
This despicable and irreparable action from the IRS, could ultimately eliminate 20% of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribes Reservation lands.
This action taken by the IRS could ultimately set a precedence, allowing the continual land grab on Tribal Lands. We must ALL UNITE and take a stand on this issue, to voice Tribal Lands are NOT for Sale!
We the undersigned, hereby request the immediate return of the unlawfully auctioned Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Lands.
Click this link to sign the petition! http://www.petitiononline.com/CrowCrek/petition.html
(Please listen to the archive & sign the petition!)
Please help spread the word about our online petition to support the Crow Creek efforts! There is NO reason why we shouldn’t have several thousand signatures before this weekend is done!
Everyone PLEASE UNITE together on this issue. This issue could set a precedence and next time it could be your lands!
Crow Creek Sioux Land is NOT For Sale
http://www.petitiononline.com/CrowCrek/petition.html
To: Bureau of Indian Affairs, President Obama, SD Governor Rounds, SD Senator Tim Johnson, SD Senator Thune,U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
On December 3, 2009 the Internal Revenue Service unlawfully auctioned off 7100 acres located on Crow Creek Sioux Tribal land.
The land is owned by Crow Creek Tribal Farms, Inc. a Tribal corporation and distinct legal entity from the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe.
According to the recent motion for temporary restraining order, filed by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, the IRS seized and auctioned the land to recover $3,123,789.73 dollars in unpaid employment taxes. The document states, Because of erroneous tax advice received from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe became delinquent in the payment of employment taxes collected by the IRS beginning in 2003. The BIA had informed the Tribe that, because it was a federally recognized Tribe, it was not necessary to pay federal employment taxes.
The Crow Creek Indian Reservation was created by the 1868 Treaty, Act of April 29, 1868, 15 Stat. 635, and by Section 6, Act of March 2, 1889, 25 Stat. 888.
The Crow Creek Sioux Reservation encompasses Buffalo County and portions of Hyde and Brule Counties. Crow Creek Sioux Tribe is consistently documented as one of the poorest Reservations in the Nation, with 78% of their members living below the poverty line.
This despicable and irreparable action from the IRS, could ultimately eliminate 20% of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribes Reservation lands.
This action taken by the IRS could ultimately set a precedence, allowing the continual land grab on Tribal Lands. We must ALL UNITE and take a stand on this issue, to voice Tribal Lands are NOT for Sale!
We the undersigned, hereby request the immediate return of the unlawfully auctioned Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Lands.
Click this link to sign the petition! http://www.petitiononline.com/CrowCrek/petition.html
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Fundraising & praying for the troops- thinking about them during the Holidays!
12-9-09_Bring the troops home to NW_ for Christmas-UPDATE with Greg Warnock of the OWVA
"I AM MSGT.TIM AND THE UNIT IS LISTENING AND SAYING GREETINGS,WE ARE COMING HOME IN
JAN FOR LEAVE"
Listen to the archive of tonight's show- dedicated to our troops Far away from their homes, either at bases all across the USA or Overseas...this unit tuned in from their post in Afghanistan~ They are ALL in our thoughts & prayers...ALWAYS!
News Release- For Urgent Release
Contact: Greg Warnock
www.owva.org
greg@owva.org
December 9, 2009
Oregon's National Guard Still Needs Our Help
Salem, Ore- Many of the news organizations in Oregon have been reporting the dilemma
, regarding the 105 (not 95) Oregon national Guard Troops who are stranded in
Wisconsin, for the holidays, and want to come home for Christmas.
Late last week, Brigadier General Mike Caldwell called Greg Warnock,
from the Oregon War Veterans Association and asked for his assistance to bring
"a bunch of Soldiers from the Guard home for Christmas."
Warnock agreed to go to the public for assistance, since they are a charitable
organization and focus on meeting the needs of Veterans, military families and
members of the military.
The service-members were mobilized to Wisconsin for training, and eventual service
in Afghanistan, but the deployment was delayed until after Christmas.
They were supposed to be deployed by now, but there was a problem receiving them
at their forward base, so they are stuck in the States for Christmas.
They want to come home to their families, since they have the opportunity
before their dangerous deployment- diffusing IED's in Afghanistan.
Warnock has been reporting the status of the fundraising on air with several
radio stations and TV news programs. KATU, Channel 2 will be hosting a telethon
for this effort on Thursday, December 10th all day, beginning at 6:00 AM.
"To date, we have raised $11,000 of the $40,000 needed," he said.
OWVA plans to raise $30,000.00 on air during the telethon to finish paying for
airline tickets for the stranded troops and reimburse the families who spent their
house payments and plans for Christmas on unexpected costs associated with bringing
their Soldiers home.
"We are very excited to have the opportunity to help the troops in this way,
and have enjoyed sharing this project with the general public," reported Warnock
to a local radio station earlier today. He continued by saying, "Oregonians are
very generous, no matter how they feel about the war, and always find a way to help,
even if it with a $5.00 donation. What better way to say 'thank you' than by bringing families together for the holidays?"
OWVA needs cash contributions for this problem. All of their efforts to use Frequent
Flyer Miles or charter a private jet, or every other conceivable option have been
exhausted. While frequent flyer mile (FFM) donations seemed like a great way to fix
this, the charitable donation facility for them was not in place early enough to
utilize them. OWVA will set up a charitable FFM program in the future- for later
transportation problems.
The fastest way for people to make a tax deductible donation available to OWVA
is by making a deposit directly to their bank account: USBANK, Oregon War Veterans
Association/ORNG, ending in #5051. Deposits can be made at ANY USBank branch.
(Email OWVA with your name, address, and amount donated, for a tax deduction receipt,
if you make a direct deposit.)
Deductible contributions can also be made online at http://www.owva.org/donate ,
or by sending a check to:
OWVA
PO Box 8043
Salem, OR 97303
Please be generous- and quickly!
** If OWVA raises all $40,000 needed for this project, all additional funds
will be used to send 35 disabled (lost limbs) Oregon National Guard Members
to the Paralympics in Vancouver, WA early next year.
Funds over the $20,000 needed for this project will go to the
OWVA/ORNG emergency fund.
"I AM MSGT.TIM AND THE UNIT IS LISTENING AND SAYING GREETINGS,WE ARE COMING HOME IN
JAN FOR LEAVE"
Listen to the archive of tonight's show- dedicated to our troops Far away from their homes, either at bases all across the USA or Overseas...this unit tuned in from their post in Afghanistan~ They are ALL in our thoughts & prayers...ALWAYS!
News Release- For Urgent Release
Contact: Greg Warnock
www.owva.org
greg@owva.org
December 9, 2009
Oregon's National Guard Still Needs Our Help
Salem, Ore- Many of the news organizations in Oregon have been reporting the dilemma
, regarding the 105 (not 95) Oregon national Guard Troops who are stranded in
Wisconsin, for the holidays, and want to come home for Christmas.
Late last week, Brigadier General Mike Caldwell called Greg Warnock,
from the Oregon War Veterans Association and asked for his assistance to bring
"a bunch of Soldiers from the Guard home for Christmas."
Warnock agreed to go to the public for assistance, since they are a charitable
organization and focus on meeting the needs of Veterans, military families and
members of the military.
The service-members were mobilized to Wisconsin for training, and eventual service
in Afghanistan, but the deployment was delayed until after Christmas.
They were supposed to be deployed by now, but there was a problem receiving them
at their forward base, so they are stuck in the States for Christmas.
They want to come home to their families, since they have the opportunity
before their dangerous deployment- diffusing IED's in Afghanistan.
Warnock has been reporting the status of the fundraising on air with several
radio stations and TV news programs. KATU, Channel 2 will be hosting a telethon
for this effort on Thursday, December 10th all day, beginning at 6:00 AM.
"To date, we have raised $11,000 of the $40,000 needed," he said.
OWVA plans to raise $30,000.00 on air during the telethon to finish paying for
airline tickets for the stranded troops and reimburse the families who spent their
house payments and plans for Christmas on unexpected costs associated with bringing
their Soldiers home.
"We are very excited to have the opportunity to help the troops in this way,
and have enjoyed sharing this project with the general public," reported Warnock
to a local radio station earlier today. He continued by saying, "Oregonians are
very generous, no matter how they feel about the war, and always find a way to help,
even if it with a $5.00 donation. What better way to say 'thank you' than by bringing families together for the holidays?"
OWVA needs cash contributions for this problem. All of their efforts to use Frequent
Flyer Miles or charter a private jet, or every other conceivable option have been
exhausted. While frequent flyer mile (FFM) donations seemed like a great way to fix
this, the charitable donation facility for them was not in place early enough to
utilize them. OWVA will set up a charitable FFM program in the future- for later
transportation problems.
The fastest way for people to make a tax deductible donation available to OWVA
is by making a deposit directly to their bank account: USBANK, Oregon War Veterans
Association/ORNG, ending in #5051. Deposits can be made at ANY USBank branch.
(Email OWVA with your name, address, and amount donated, for a tax deduction receipt,
if you make a direct deposit.)
Deductible contributions can also be made online at http://www.owva.org/donate ,
or by sending a check to:
OWVA
PO Box 8043
Salem, OR 97303
Please be generous- and quickly!
** If OWVA raises all $40,000 needed for this project, all additional funds
will be used to send 35 disabled (lost limbs) Oregon National Guard Members
to the Paralympics in Vancouver, WA early next year.
Funds over the $20,000 needed for this project will go to the
OWVA/ORNG emergency fund.
12-9-09_Bring the troops home to NW_ for Christmas-UPDATE with Greg Warnock of the OWVA
12-9-09_Bring the troops home to NW_ for Christmas-UPDATE with Greg Warnock of the OWVA
"I AM MSGT.TIM AND THE UNIT IS LISTENING AND SAYING GREETINGS,WE ARE COMING HOME IN
JAN FOR LEAVE"
Listen to the archive of tonight's show- dedicated to our troops Far away from their homes, either at bases all across the USA or Overseas...this unit tuned in from their post in Afghanistan~ They are ALL in our thoughts & prayers...ALWAYS!
News Release- For Urgent Release
Contact: Greg Warnock
www.owva.org
greg@owva.org
December 9, 2009
Oregon's National Guard Still Needs Our Help
Salem, Ore- Many of the news organizations in Oregon have been reporting the dilemma
, regarding the 105 (not 95) Oregon national Guard Troops who are stranded in
Wisconsin, for the holidays, and want to come home for Christmas.
Late last week, Brigadier General Mike Caldwell called Greg Warnock,
from the Oregon War Veterans Association and asked for his assistance to bring
"a bunch of Soldiers from the Guard home for Christmas."
Warnock agreed to go to the public for assistance, since they are a charitable
organization and focus on meeting the needs of Veterans, military families and
members of the military.
The service-members were mobilized to Wisconsin for training, and eventual service
in Afghanistan, but the deployment was delayed until after Christmas.
They were supposed to be deployed by now, but there was a problem receiving them
at their forward base, so they are stuck in the States for Christmas.
They want to come home to their families, since they have the opportunity
before their dangerous deployment- diffusing IED's in Afghanistan.
Warnock has been reporting the status of the fundraising on air with several
radio stations and TV news programs. KATU, Channel 2 will be hosting a telethon
for this effort on Thursday, December 10th all day, beginning at 6:00 AM.
"To date, we have raised $11,000 of the $40,000 needed," he said.
OWVA plans to raise $30,000.00 on air during the telethon to finish paying for
airline tickets for the stranded troops and reimburse the families who spent their
house payments and plans for Christmas on unexpected costs associated with bringing
their Soldiers home.
"We are very excited to have the opportunity to help the troops in this way,
and have enjoyed sharing this project with the general public," reported Warnock
to a local radio station earlier today. He continued by saying, "Oregonians are
very generous, no matter how they feel about the war, and always find a way to help,
even if it with a $5.00 donation. What better way to say 'thank you' than by bringing families together for the holidays?"
OWVA needs cash contributions for this problem. All of their efforts to use Frequent
Flyer Miles or charter a private jet, or every other conceivable option have been
exhausted. While frequent flyer mile (FFM) donations seemed like a great way to fix
this, the charitable donation facility for them was not in place early enough to
utilize them. OWVA will set up a charitable FFM program in the future- for later
transportation problems.
The fastest way for people to make a tax deductible donation available to OWVA
is by making a deposit directly to their bank account: USBANK, Oregon War Veterans
Association/ORNG, ending in #5051. Deposits can be made at ANY USBank branch.
(Email OWVA with your name, address, and amount donated, for a tax deduction receipt,
if you make a direct deposit.)
Deductible contributions can also be made online at http://www.owva.org/donate ,
or by sending a check to:
OWVA
PO Box 8043
Salem, OR 97303
Please be generous- and quickly!
** If OWVA raises all $40,000 needed for this project, all additional funds
will be used to send 35 disabled (lost limbs) Oregon National Guard Members
to the Paralympics in Vancouver, WA early next year.
Funds over the $20,000 needed for this project will go to the
OWVA/ORNG emergency fund.
"I AM MSGT.TIM AND THE UNIT IS LISTENING AND SAYING GREETINGS,WE ARE COMING HOME IN
JAN FOR LEAVE"
Listen to the archive of tonight's show- dedicated to our troops Far away from their homes, either at bases all across the USA or Overseas...this unit tuned in from their post in Afghanistan~ They are ALL in our thoughts & prayers...ALWAYS!
News Release- For Urgent Release
Contact: Greg Warnock
www.owva.org
greg@owva.org
December 9, 2009
Oregon's National Guard Still Needs Our Help
Salem, Ore- Many of the news organizations in Oregon have been reporting the dilemma
, regarding the 105 (not 95) Oregon national Guard Troops who are stranded in
Wisconsin, for the holidays, and want to come home for Christmas.
Late last week, Brigadier General Mike Caldwell called Greg Warnock,
from the Oregon War Veterans Association and asked for his assistance to bring
"a bunch of Soldiers from the Guard home for Christmas."
Warnock agreed to go to the public for assistance, since they are a charitable
organization and focus on meeting the needs of Veterans, military families and
members of the military.
The service-members were mobilized to Wisconsin for training, and eventual service
in Afghanistan, but the deployment was delayed until after Christmas.
They were supposed to be deployed by now, but there was a problem receiving them
at their forward base, so they are stuck in the States for Christmas.
They want to come home to their families, since they have the opportunity
before their dangerous deployment- diffusing IED's in Afghanistan.
Warnock has been reporting the status of the fundraising on air with several
radio stations and TV news programs. KATU, Channel 2 will be hosting a telethon
for this effort on Thursday, December 10th all day, beginning at 6:00 AM.
"To date, we have raised $11,000 of the $40,000 needed," he said.
OWVA plans to raise $30,000.00 on air during the telethon to finish paying for
airline tickets for the stranded troops and reimburse the families who spent their
house payments and plans for Christmas on unexpected costs associated with bringing
their Soldiers home.
"We are very excited to have the opportunity to help the troops in this way,
and have enjoyed sharing this project with the general public," reported Warnock
to a local radio station earlier today. He continued by saying, "Oregonians are
very generous, no matter how they feel about the war, and always find a way to help,
even if it with a $5.00 donation. What better way to say 'thank you' than by bringing families together for the holidays?"
OWVA needs cash contributions for this problem. All of their efforts to use Frequent
Flyer Miles or charter a private jet, or every other conceivable option have been
exhausted. While frequent flyer mile (FFM) donations seemed like a great way to fix
this, the charitable donation facility for them was not in place early enough to
utilize them. OWVA will set up a charitable FFM program in the future- for later
transportation problems.
The fastest way for people to make a tax deductible donation available to OWVA
is by making a deposit directly to their bank account: USBANK, Oregon War Veterans
Association/ORNG, ending in #5051. Deposits can be made at ANY USBank branch.
(Email OWVA with your name, address, and amount donated, for a tax deduction receipt,
if you make a direct deposit.)
Deductible contributions can also be made online at http://www.owva.org/donate ,
or by sending a check to:
OWVA
PO Box 8043
Salem, OR 97303
Please be generous- and quickly!
** If OWVA raises all $40,000 needed for this project, all additional funds
will be used to send 35 disabled (lost limbs) Oregon National Guard Members
to the Paralympics in Vancouver, WA early next year.
Funds over the $20,000 needed for this project will go to the
OWVA/ORNG emergency fund.
12-9-09_Bring the troops home to NW_ for Christmas-UPDATE with Greg Warnock of the OWVA
12-9-09_Bring the troops home to NW_ for Christmas-UPDATE with Greg Warnock of the OWVA
Archive of show is available now! We had a unit listen in for awhile from Afghanistan! Here is there shout out:
"I AM MSGT.TIM AND THE UNIT IS LISTENING AND SAYING GREETINGS,, WE ARE COMINGHOME IN
JAN FOR LEAVE"
I still have tears in my eyes! :)
News Release- For Urgent Release
Contact: Greg Warnock
www.owva.org
greg@owva.org
December 9, 2009
Oregon's National Guard Still Needs Our Help
Salem, Ore- Many of the news organizations in Oregon have been reporting the dilemma
, regarding the 105 (not 95) Oregon national Guard Troops who are stranded in
Wisconsin, for the holidays, and want to come home for Christmas.
Late last week, Brigadier General Mike Caldwell called Greg Warnock,
from the Oregon War Veterans Association and asked for his assistance to bring
"a bunch of Soldiers from the Guard home for Christmas."
Warnock agreed to go to the public for assistance, since they are a charitable
organization and focus on meeting the needs of Veterans, military families and
members of the military.
The service-members were mobilized to Wisconsin for training, and eventual service
in Afghanistan, but the deployment was delayed until after Christmas.
They were supposed to be deployed by now, but there was a problem receiving them
at their forward base, so they are stuck in the States for Christmas.
They want to come home to their families, since they have the opportunity
before their dangerous deployment- diffusing IED's in Afghanistan.
Warnock has been reporting the status of the fundraising on air with several
radio stations and TV news programs. KATU, Channel 2 will be hosting a telethon
for this effort on Thursday, December 10th all day, beginning at 6:00 AM.
"To date, we have raised $11,000 of the $40,000 needed," he said.
OWVA plans to raise $30,000.00 on air during the telethon to finish paying for
airline tickets for the stranded troops and reimburse the families who spent their
house payments and plans for Christmas on unexpected costs associated with bringing
their Soldiers home.
"We are very excited to have the opportunity to help the troops in this way,
and have enjoyed sharing this project with the general public," reported Warnock
to a local radio station earlier today. He continued by saying, "Oregonians are
very generous, no matter how they feel about the war, and always find a way to help,
even if it with a $5.00 donation. What better way to say 'thank you' than by bringing families together for the holidays?"
OWVA needs cash contributions for this problem. All of their efforts to use Frequent
Flyer Miles or charter a private jet, or every other conceivable option have been
exhausted. While frequent flyer mile (FFM) donations seemed like a great way to fix
this, the charitable donation facility for them was not in place early enough to
utilize them. OWVA will set up a charitable FFM program in the future- for later
transportation problems.
The fastest way for people to make a tax deductible donation available to OWVA
is by making a deposit directly to their bank account: USBANK, Oregon War Veterans
Association/ORNG, ending in #5051. Deposits can be made at ANY USBank branch.
(Email OWVA with your name, address, and amount donated, for a tax deduction receipt,
if you make a direct deposit.)
Deductible contributions can also be made online at http://www.owva.org/donate ,
or by sending a check to:
OWVA
PO Box 8043
Salem, OR 97303
Please be generous- and quickly!
** If OWVA raises all $40,000 needed for this project, all additional funds
will be used to send 35 disabled (lost limbs) Oregon National Guard Members
to the Paralympics in Vancouver, WA early next year.
Funds over the $20,000 needed for this project will go to the
OWVA/ORNG emergency fund.
Archive of show is available now! We had a unit listen in for awhile from Afghanistan! Here is there shout out:
"I AM MSGT.TIM AND THE UNIT IS LISTENING AND SAYING GREETINGS,, WE ARE COMINGHOME IN
JAN FOR LEAVE"
I still have tears in my eyes! :)
News Release- For Urgent Release
Contact: Greg Warnock
www.owva.org
greg@owva.org
December 9, 2009
Oregon's National Guard Still Needs Our Help
Salem, Ore- Many of the news organizations in Oregon have been reporting the dilemma
, regarding the 105 (not 95) Oregon national Guard Troops who are stranded in
Wisconsin, for the holidays, and want to come home for Christmas.
Late last week, Brigadier General Mike Caldwell called Greg Warnock,
from the Oregon War Veterans Association and asked for his assistance to bring
"a bunch of Soldiers from the Guard home for Christmas."
Warnock agreed to go to the public for assistance, since they are a charitable
organization and focus on meeting the needs of Veterans, military families and
members of the military.
The service-members were mobilized to Wisconsin for training, and eventual service
in Afghanistan, but the deployment was delayed until after Christmas.
They were supposed to be deployed by now, but there was a problem receiving them
at their forward base, so they are stuck in the States for Christmas.
They want to come home to their families, since they have the opportunity
before their dangerous deployment- diffusing IED's in Afghanistan.
Warnock has been reporting the status of the fundraising on air with several
radio stations and TV news programs. KATU, Channel 2 will be hosting a telethon
for this effort on Thursday, December 10th all day, beginning at 6:00 AM.
"To date, we have raised $11,000 of the $40,000 needed," he said.
OWVA plans to raise $30,000.00 on air during the telethon to finish paying for
airline tickets for the stranded troops and reimburse the families who spent their
house payments and plans for Christmas on unexpected costs associated with bringing
their Soldiers home.
"We are very excited to have the opportunity to help the troops in this way,
and have enjoyed sharing this project with the general public," reported Warnock
to a local radio station earlier today. He continued by saying, "Oregonians are
very generous, no matter how they feel about the war, and always find a way to help,
even if it with a $5.00 donation. What better way to say 'thank you' than by bringing families together for the holidays?"
OWVA needs cash contributions for this problem. All of their efforts to use Frequent
Flyer Miles or charter a private jet, or every other conceivable option have been
exhausted. While frequent flyer mile (FFM) donations seemed like a great way to fix
this, the charitable donation facility for them was not in place early enough to
utilize them. OWVA will set up a charitable FFM program in the future- for later
transportation problems.
The fastest way for people to make a tax deductible donation available to OWVA
is by making a deposit directly to their bank account: USBANK, Oregon War Veterans
Association/ORNG, ending in #5051. Deposits can be made at ANY USBank branch.
(Email OWVA with your name, address, and amount donated, for a tax deduction receipt,
if you make a direct deposit.)
Deductible contributions can also be made online at http://www.owva.org/donate ,
or by sending a check to:
OWVA
PO Box 8043
Salem, OR 97303
Please be generous- and quickly!
** If OWVA raises all $40,000 needed for this project, all additional funds
will be used to send 35 disabled (lost limbs) Oregon National Guard Members
to the Paralympics in Vancouver, WA early next year.
Funds over the $20,000 needed for this project will go to the
OWVA/ORNG emergency fund.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
NAMAPAHH First People's Radio proudly presents:National Native American & Alaskan Natives Month November 2009
NAMAPAHH First People's Radio proudly presents:
National Native American & Alaskan Natives Month November 2009
Host & Producer: Robin Carneen Tribal affiliation: Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
General link for Internet streaming show ( thank you Blogtalk Radio.com!) http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio
Native American, News, Views & Music- including friends & supporters of Indigenous People all over the Mother Earth!
►11/15/2009 7:00 PM-9:00PM PST/10:00PM-MIDNIGHT EST
HONORING OUR VETERANS Part ll
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/namapahh_radio/2009/11/16/nov15-2009honoring-our-veteransll-native-american-
Featuring some music from Canyon Records! www.canyonrecords.com
NAMAPAHH First People's Radio: HONORING OUR VETERANS! Native American Veterans & Others from 7-9pm PST / 10pm-midniteEST /11-15-09 on the internet: HONORING OUR VETERANS! Native American Veterans & Others Call in number: (718)508-9165 Host & Producer: Robin Carneen Featuring some music from Canyon Records! www.canyonrecords.com HONORING OUR VETERANS! Native American Veterans & Others: Featured Native American Veteran Interviews (PRE-RECORDED-others TBA) Swinomish Veteran Gus Stone and Navajo Code Talker-Sam Tso. If you are a Veteran or friends/family of a Veteran- please feel free to call in, in between interviews & music that we will be sharing to honor our Veterans! You can share memories, a poem, etc....and if you have some podsafe music (independent label only!) you can email me at robin.carneen@gmail.com give me at least email permission to use it on my radio show! and links & details to artist! Call in number: (718)508-9165 If you are over seas or in boot camp & can call in, we'd love to hear from you- say hello to friends & family back home....send them some love! Our prayers are with all our Veterans & those serving in the military now! Be safe, we hope you get to come home soon! Thanks for protecting our country & freedom! Check out my Facebook @ Robin Carneen.... Thanks for listening! Tell your friends to come sit by the fire with us.....share stories, etc I am starting to get some sharing: Lehman Brightman shared this: http://www.oklachahta.org/code%20talkers.htm WORLD WAR I AND II CHOCTAW CODE TALKERS Shout Outs: "Yes! Adrian Wilson, Oregon Nat'l Guard, lraq” /"3 tours. Tlingit tribe, from south east alaska." Sandra D Shotridge
►11/11/2009 6:00 PM-8:00PM PST/9:00PM-11:00 PM EST
HONORING OUR VETERANS!-Native American Veterans & Others Part I
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio/2009/11/12/Nov112009-HONORING-OUR-VETERANS-Native-American-Veterans-Others7-9pmPST
HONORING OUR VETERANS! Native American Veterans & Others: Featured Native American Veteran Interviews (PRE-RECORDED-others TBA) Chet Cayou SR-Swinomish Veteran; Upper Skagit Veterans: At Burlington Parade, WA Leonard Rodriguez( Vietnam Veteran-tribal Veterans Rep-Benefits); Valerie Fernando( Airforce-Gulf War Veteran); Earnie Cheer (Vietnam Veteran-Marine Corps/Nooksack/Upper Skagit-Tribal Veteran rep)
NAMAPAHH First People's Radio proudly presents:
National Native American & Alaskan Natives Month November 2009(cont.)
Featuring Music tracks( others TBA): "Thank A Veteran" by Dwayne Garvais & Friends (A Hip Hop Tribute Song); "Traveling Wall" by Thayne and Taiowa Hake Dedicated in Honor of Cousin Bill Hake and Tim's brother Robert Sheridan...for all the men and women who share a space on the Vietnam Memorial Wall.... If you are a Veteran or friends/family of a Veteran- please feel free to call in, in between interviews & music that we will be sharing to honor our Veterans! You can share memories, a poem, etc....and if you have some podsafe music( independent label only!) you can email me at robin.carneen@gmail.com give me at least email permission to use it on my radio show! and links & details to artist! Call in number: (718)508-9165 If you are over seas or in boot camp & can call in, we'd love to hear from you- say hello to friends & family back home....send them some love! Our prayers are with all our Veterans & those serving in the military now! Be safe, we hope you get to come home soon! Thanks for protecting our country & freedom! Check out my Facebook @ Robin Carneen.... Thanks for listening! Tell your friends to come sit by the fire with us.....share stories, etc
NOTE: Special guest Philip Red Eagle called in too& shared a few pages of his book “Red Earth” available at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1844712680?ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1844712680
Philip Harold Red Eagle is of Dakota and Puget Sound Salish heritage. His father, Philip Sr., is of Sisseton-Wahpeton-Mdewakanton-Yankton descent; and his mother, Marian (formerly Mary Ann) is of Steilacoom-S'Klallam descent. Clan names are unknown. They met in the late 30's at Chemawa Indian School near Salem, Oregon and subsequently married in the Summer of 1940.
Philip was born at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma, Washington, 16 February 1945, and was raised in the Northwest, including Sitka , Alaska, were he graduated from Sitka Senior High School in 1963. He holds two degrees from the University of Washington, Seattle, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Metal Design from the School of Art (1983) and a Bachelor of Arts in Editorial Journalism from the School of Communications (1987). He minored in Art Photography, Photojournalism and Native American Studies.
Philip writes poetry, fiction, essays and reviews. His works have been included in Art Access, Encyclopedia of North American Indians, Humanities Today, Nobody's Orphan Child (Anthology), Northwest Ethnic News, The Raven Chronicles, Red Ink, Seattle Arts Commission Newsletter - Diverse Views, Guest Editor Series-1990.
His current work is a book of fiction titled: Red Earth - A Vietnam Warrior's Journey. Red Earth has received high praise and is now going into a 2nd Edition. Red Earth is actually two novellas focused around the return home of Native American Vietnam veterans and their struggles with their loss and inability to cope with with their past. It is Philip's experiences in Vietnam in 1970-72 that he draws his images for these stories.
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Philip is also a visual artist and a photojournalist. His photos have appeared in American Indian Art Magazine, Air Cal Magazine, Northwest Ethnic News, The Raven Chronicles, The Seattle Post Intelligencer, The Seattle Times and The Tacoma News Tribune, as well as several gallery exhibits across the country.
Philip is the originator and co-founder of The Raven Chronicles - Multicultural Journal of Art, Literature & The Spoken Word (1990). He is currently publishing a South Sound Edition of the Raven out of
NAMAPAHH First People's Radio proudly presents:
National Native American & Alaskan Natives Month November 2009(cont.)
Tacoma, Washington. There is also an On-Line Edition of the Raven.
Philip has also worked in the area of cultural resurgence for the last five years. He has been part of the Canoe Nations Program which is bringing back the Traditional Carved Canoe to the Northwest. He is primarily concerned with using the canoe as a mechanism in which to bring about cultural change among the tribes and to bring the notion of traditional ideas to bring about healing and pride among Native youth. He has found that it also works with adults and elders. The focus of the use of these canoes has been in canoe journeys which encourage group cooperation, discipline and cultural pride. This is a growing program which has no single leader. The leadership comes from the canoe societies of each tribe and various spiritual and cultural persons from the area. This years journey, Power Paddle to Puyallup, started in Vancouver, British Columbia (Squamish) and passed through Tsawwassen, Lummi, Swinomish, Tulalip, Port Gamble S'Klallam, Suquamish Nations and finished at Puyallup, near Tacoma, WA. This has been a rapidly growing and successful program. The spiritual aspect has been especially powerful and has left some very positive and beautiful images in the hearts and minds of it participants.
Source:http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/redeagle/
►11/8/2009 7:00 PM-9:00PM PST/10:00PM-MIDNIGHT EST Where is Gina 9 Gina DeJesus): A Look At Missing Children- Documentary Film by IVMP Co-host /PR ( for the film)Tara Pretends Eagle Weber http://www.blogtalkradio.com/namapahh_radio/2009/11/09/nov-8th2009where-is-ginaa-look-at-missing-children
Where Is Gina? - IVM Productions: www.whereisgina.com Interviews with Director Rueben Reyes, Producer Tim White, Nancy Ruiz-Mother of Gina DeJesus who is still missing, and Tara Pretends Eagle Weber, Lakota Activist, Spokesperson for DeJesus Family and present Advocate & Promoter of the movie. Guest for the show for "Where is Gina? " www.whereisgina.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please contact your United States (Federal Senators) to sponsor and/or support AMINA & the epidemic for missing children! http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm Written by Tara Pretends Eagle Weber, Lakota Founder of The Intertribal Warrior Society for Children-Honoring AMINA Advocate for Amanda Berry & Gina DeJesus...other important links: www.missingkids.com http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/dejesus.htm Date of Birth: February 13, 1990 Place of Birth: Ohio Sex:Female Hair:Brown Height: 5'1" to 5'3" Eyes:Brown Weight: 135 pounds Race: White (Hispanic) THE DETAILS: On Friday, April 2, 2004, in Cleveland, Ohio, Georgina DeJesus disappeared while she was walking home from school. The 14-year-old teenager was last seen at a pay telephone booth, sometime between 2:45 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., at the corner of 105th Street and Lorain Avenue. Local law enforcement authorities initiated an investigation after DeJesus' parents reported her missing...(see site for more details) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Recently featured on Ophra:http://www.oprah.com/media/20091007-tows-missing-cleveland
NAMAPAHH First People's Radio proudly presents:
National Native American & Alaskan Natives Month November 2009(cont.)
►11/7/2009 7:00-9:00 PM PST/10:00PM-MIDNIGHT EST Strider-style music- an interview with Native American singer-songwriter Joseph Strider http://www.blogtalkradio.com/namapahh_radio/2009/11/08/nov-7th-2009-strider-style-music-an-interview-with
Bio Excerpt: "Joseph Strider was born in Texas where he began his lifelong journey as a singer/song writer. His influences are wide-ranging, from his Lipan Apache heritage and hard rock roots to the music of such guitar masters as Bruce Cockburn, Michael Hedges and Andre Segovia. He spent six years touring Texas as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in a rock/metal band. His growing knowledge, experience and love of music led him to the acoustic guitar, the instrument that would travel with him on the next leg of his journey. He has blended his beginnings, resulting in music with a folk/alternative twist and the sound that is uniquely Joseph Strider." More: "Joseph's heritage is as much a part of who he is as his music. He is a staunch supporter of Indigenous issues, volunteering his time and musical talents to assist in the effort to educate society on the atrocities committed against the People of the First Nations throughout history and today. Those who wish to experience the music of Joseph Strider in person are invited to stop by The City Grind Coffee House in Cranford, New Jersey where Joseph hosts an open mic. event on alternating Friday evenings at 8p.m. Interested parties are encouraged to contact him at JosephStridercgch@hotmail.com for details.
For those of you unable to attend a performance, a small sampling of Joseph's music can be heard on Myspace http://www.myspace.com/josephstrideracoustic Videos of Joseph's performances are available on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/Striderj25 He is an artists who enjoys connecting with his audience, so be sure to drop him a line. Joseph's debut cd, "Meanings Within Meanings Within Meanings" will be available for online sale December 2009. "Little Bird" will be released summer 2010. Joseph is currently at work on a concept album titled "The Journey" and an as yet untitled instrumental album. And the journey continues...."
►11/5/2009 7:00-9:00 PM PST/10:00PM-MIDNIGHT EST Open Mic re: White House Tribal Nations Conference: Nov 5th 2009-Tribal leaders meet with President Obama http://www.blogtalkradio.com/namapahh_radio/2009/11/06/open-mic-rewhite-house-tribal-nations-conferenceno
Folks this is a very historic day....I am having an open mic show for two hours in hope that we get phone calls from DC as follow up as far as how things went during the conference. If you get this early enough, tune in Thursday AM-9am:live stream until 530pm EST on: http://mytribetv.com/tribalsummit We will be sharing alot of good, related music to the truth about what happened to Native Americans for many generations. From the beginning of when Columbus took the wrong turn, to present day feet dragging by our government to live up to & honor the treaties. YES IT HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT 1) Real Estate 2) Resources 3) poor money management and investments 4) racist curriculum in our school systems and in the marketing/products/commercialism arenas 5)isolation; 6)minimal health care for all(if at all)-including urgent care; 7) trust fund appropriations & no pay out to those who, in some cases, have lived in poverty & died waiting for the well deserved payment; 8) mis-conceptions by outsiders who think we don't pay taxes & that casinos have made us all rich- NOT!; 9) theft & exploitation of our ceremonies by plastic shamans, cult leaders & even our own people in some circumstances; 10) boarding schools & other religions oppressing us & trying to "kill the Indian"; 11) toxic dumping on Indian lands, creating cancerous & other deadly health conditions & concerns on
NAMAPAHH First People's Radio proudly presents:
National Native American & Alaskan Natives Month November 2009(cont.)
some tribal lands; 12) having to create laws & acts to protect our ways; 13) Desecration of sacred sites; 14) dams erected , destroying historical & ancient sites of our people; 15) NAGPRA laws being ignored & exceptions being made for trespass & development on top of burial ground & archaeological sites; 16) loss of many our languages.....this is the short list PLEASE Call in (718) 508-9165
►11/1/2009 7:00-9:00 PM PST/10:00PM-MIDNIGHT EST 2009 NAMMY Follow Up: Wind Spirit Drum Group/Michael Bucher
Native American Music & Natl Native American Heritage Month
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/namapahh_radio/2009/11/02/2009nammy-follow-upwind-spirit-drum-groupmichael-b
Kicking off Natl Native American Heritage Month! 2009 NAMMY News Follow Up_Wind Spirit Drum & Michael Bucher will be our guests! Wind Spirit Drum-Traditional Drum Performance Group. This husband and wife duo share their Eastern Woodland Native American culture and music through their flute and drum performances.Windwalker and Spirit Buffalo's music showcases traditional Eastern Woodland drumming and spiritual Native American flute.They share their Mic-Mac, Lenape and Cherokee heritage thru their song and storytelling performances. Their performances are immersed in beauty, harmony and healing. The couples daughter, Anagqus, dances to her parents inspiring music. Their captivating performances have entertained audiences from Maine to Florida as they performed on the Pow Wow circut for six years. They now entertain and share their culture in New Mexico, their current home On the Net: www.windspiritdrum.com AWARDS:* Amazing Grace, Lenape Spirits - 2009 Native American Music Award Winner for “Best Gospel Inspirational” Recording * Lenape Spirits – Nominated for 2009 Indian Summer Music Award for “Best Traditional” Album >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Bucher (Cherokee) Musician/Songwriter His songs are intended to teach, heal and bring 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.AWARDS: * Michael Bucher and Joanne Shenandoah, Bitter Tears Sacred Ground-2009 Indian Summer Music Award for “Best Folk” Album * Michael Bucher and Joanne Shenandoah Bitter Tears Sacred Ground-2009 Native American Music Award for “Best Compilation” Album * Don't Forget About Me - Nominated for Best Political Song - 2008 Native E Music Awards * Don't Forget About Me - Nominated for Best Short Form Video - 2009 NAMA
http://www.michaelbucher.com/
Saturday, October 31, 2009
NAMAPAHH Radio: National Native American Heritage Month Nov-2009
We'd love to hear you on NAMAPAHH Radio( thx Jermiah!)
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NAMAPAHH: National Native American Heritage Month Nov-2009
http://www.loc.gov/topics/nativeamericans/
About Native American Heritage Month
Information courtesy of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose.
One of the very proponents of an American Indian Day was Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian, who was the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y. He persuaded the Boy Scouts of America to set aside a day for the "First Americans" and for three years they adopted such a day. In 1915, the annual Congress of the American Indian Association meeting in Lawrence, Kans., formally approved a plan concerning American Indian Day. It directed its president, Rev. Sherman Coolidge, an Arapahoe, to call upon the country to observe such a day. Coolidge issued a proclamation on Sept. 28, 1915, which declared the second Saturday of each May as an American Indian Day and contained the first formal appeal for recognition of Indians as citizens.
The year before this proclamation was issued, Red Fox James, a Blackfoot Indian, rode horseback from state to state seeking approval for a day to honor Indians. On December 14, 1915, he presented the endorsements of 24 state governments at the White House. There is no record, however, of such a national day being proclaimed.
The first American Indian Day in a state was declared on the second Saturday in May 1916 by the governor of New York. Several states celebrate the fourth Friday in September. In Illinois, for example, legislators enacted such a day in 1919. Presently, several states have designated Columbus Day as Native American Day, but it continues to be a day we observe without any recognition as a national legal holiday.
In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 "National American Indian Heritage Month." Similar proclamations, under variants on the name (including "Native American Heritage Month" and "National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month") have been issued each year since 1994.
Theme for this year's heritage month is "Celebrating Tribal Nations: America's Great Partners."
About this Site
This Web portal is a collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
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NAMAPAHH First People's Radio is proud & honored to be showcasing these various musician- some who are not necessarily Native American by heritage, but are friends of mine....or people I wish I had met before the Creator called them home- like Taylor Mitchell....hope you can tune in this weekend & through out next month! Other guests & topics & musicians TBA!
"Keep That Native Radio Going On"
Robin Carneen
Host/ Producer
contact: robin.carneen@gmail.com
for more info...
Oct 31: 7-9PM PST/ 10pm- midnite EST
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio/2009/11/01/From-Canada-to-youJanet-Rogers-Spoken-WordAllison-Barkley-Music-RIP-Taylor-Mitchell-Tribute
Janet Rogers Janet is a Mohawk/Tuscarora writer from the Six Nations band in southern Ontario. She was born in Vancouver British Columbia January 29th 1963 and has been living on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people (Victoria, British Columbia) since 1994. Janet continues to stretch her abilities as a writer, working and studying in the genres of poetry, short fiction, science fiction, play writing, spoken word performance poetry, video poetry and recorded poems with music. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Allison Barkley grew up in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, just a few doors from the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, where she spent many imaginative days. In her early twenties she migrated west to Victoria, British Columbia, where she resided for a few years before packing and moving up north to the Yukon. She lived there as a pioneer woman and taught art classes at an elementary school,on reserve, in Lower Post, BC. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Taylor Mitchell is( was) an 18-year-old singer songwriter whose engaging vocal style and captivating lyrics belie her young age. Praised by such Canadian luminaries as Lynn Miles, Justin Rutledge, and Michael Johnston, Taylor has just released her debut full length recording “For Your Consideration“- a collection of mostly original songs that showcases a range of styles, from folk to country-rock to pop, and reflects the diversity of her talent. http://www.taylormitchell.ca/index.php?show=home www.cbc.ca Source: www.cbc.ca The mother of Taylor Mitchell, the 19-year-old folk singer who was killed by coyotes in Nova Scotia, says her daughter would have been against killing the animals responsible for her death. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Nov 1: 7-9 PM/ 10pm- midnite EST
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio/2009/11/02/2009NAMMY-Follow-UpWind-Spirit-Drum-GroupMichael-B
Kicking off Natl Native American Heritage Month! 2009 NAMMY News Follow Up_Wind Spirit Drum & Michael Bucher will be our guests! Wind Spirit Drum-Traditional Drum Performance Group. This husband and wife duo share their Eastern Woodland Native American culture and music through their flute and drum performances.Windwalker and Spirit Buffalo's music showcases traditional Eastern Woodland drumming and spiritual Native American flute.They share their Mic-Mac, Lenape and Cherokee heritage thru their song and storytelling performances. Their performances are immersed in beauty, harmony and healing. The couples daughter, Anagqus, dances to her parents inspiring music. Their captivating performances have entertained audiences from Maine to Florida as they performed on the Pow Wow circut for six years. They now entertain and share their culture in New Mexico, their current home On the Net: www.windspiritdrum.com AWARDS:* Amazing Grace, Lenape Spirits - 2009 Native American Music Award Winner for “Best Gospel Inspirational” Recording * Lenape Spirits – Nominated for 2009 Indian Summer Music Award for “Best Traditional” Album >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Michael Bucher (Cherokee) Musician/Songwriter His songs are intended to teach, heal and bring 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.AWARDS: * Michael Bucher and Joanne Shenandoah, Bitter Tears Sacred Ground-2009 Indian Summer Music Award for “Best Folk” Album * Michael Bucher and Joanne Shenandoah Bitter Tears Sacred Ground-2009 Native American Music Award for “Best Compilation” Album * Don't Forget About Me - Nominated for Best Political Song - 2008 Native E Music Awards * Don't Forget About Me - Nominated for Best Short Form Video - 2009 NAMA
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Nov 7th: 7-8 PM PST/ 10-11pm EST
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio/2009/11/08/Nov-7th-2009-Strider-style-music-an-interview-with-Native-American-singer-songwriter-Joseph-Strider
Bio Excerpt: "Joseph Strider was born in Texas where he began his lifelong journey as a singer/song writer. His influences are wide-ranging, from his Lipan Apache heritage and hard rock roots to the music of such guitar masters as Bruce Cockburn, Michael Hedges and Andre Segovia. He spent six years touring Texas as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in a rock/metal band. His growing knowledge, experience and love of music led him to the acoustic guitar, the instrument that would travel with him on the next leg of his journey. He has blended his beginnings, resulting in music with a folk/alternative twist and the sound that is uniquely Joseph Strider." More: "Joseph's heritage is as much a part of who he is as his music. He is a staunch supporter of Indigenous issues, volunteering his time and musical talents to assist in the effort to educate society on the atrocities committed against the People of the First Nations throughout history and today. Those who wish to experience the music of Joseph Strider in person are invited to stop by The City Grind Coffee House in Cranford, New Jersey where Joseph hosts an open mic. event on alternating Friday evenings at 8p.m. Interested parties are encouraged to contact him at JosephStridercgch@hotmail.com for details. For those of you unable to attend a performance, a small sampling of Joseph's music can be heard on Myspace http://www.myspace.com/josephstrideracoustic Videos of Joseph's performances are available on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/Striderj25 He is an artists who enjoys connecting with his audience, so be sure to drop him a line. Joseph's debut cd, "Meanings Within Meanings Within Meanings" will be available for online sale December 2009. "Little Bird" will be released summer 2010. Joseph is currently at work on a concept album titled "The Journey" and an as yet untitled instrumental album. And the journey continues...."
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11-1-09NAMAPAHH Radio-Wind Spirit Drum & Michael Bucher!
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On Nov 1st NAMAPAHH 1st People's Radio is Kicking off Natl Native American Heritage Month!
W/Wind Spirit Drum & Michael Bucher~
Kicking off Natl Native American Heritage Month!
Organizer: "BlogTalkRadio.com" ..
When: Sunday, November 01, 2009 10:00:00 PM - 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Standard Time
Recurring: No
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The show:
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Copy or click the following link: http://www.Blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio/2009/11/02/2009NAMMY-Follow-UpWind-Spirit-Drum-GroupMichael-B.
And do not forget, if you want to call in live and speak with the host, be sure to dial (718)508-9165.
( Please hold all calls if you are not a scheduled guest, until I say it is time to take questions! Thx! You can call in to listen & you will be able to hear the show through your phone....but it will be on mute, unitl I pick up the line!)
You will be placed into the caller queue where you will still be able to hear the show while you are on hold. Enjoy the show, BlogTalkRadio Staff
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~2009 NAMMY Winners News Follow Up~
2009 NAMMY Award Winners: Wind Spirit Drum & Michael Bucher will be our guests!
Wind Spirit Drum is a Traditional Drum Performance Group. This husband and wife duo share their Eastern Woodland Native American culture and music through their flute and drum performances.
Windwalker and Spirit Buffalo's music showcases traditional Eastern Woodland drumming and spiritual Native American flute.They share their Mic-Mac, Lenape and Cherokee heritage thru their song and storytelling performances.
Their performances are immersed in beauty, harmony and healing. The couples daughter, Anagqus, dances to her parents inspiring music.
Their captivating performances have entertained audiences from Maine to Florida as they performed on the Pow Wow circut for six years.
They now entertain and share their culture in New Mexico, their current home On the Net: www.windspiritdrum.com
Wind Spirit Drum's myspace:
www.myspace.com/windspiritdrum
AWARDS:* Amazing Grace, Lenape Spirits - 2009 Native American Music Award Winner for “Best Gospel Inspirational” Recording
* Lenape Spirits – Nominated for 2009 Indian Summer Music Award for “Best Traditional” Album
Related Video:http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=61886173
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Michael Bucher (Cherokee) Musician/Songwriter
His songs are intended to teach, heal and bring 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.
AWARDS:
* Michael Bucher and Joanne Shenandoah, Bitter Tears Sacred Ground-2009 Indian Summer Music Award for “Best Folk” Album
* Michael Bucher and Joanne Shenandoah Bitter Tears Sacred Ground-2009 Native American Music Award for “Best Compilation” Album
* Don't Forget About Me - Nominated for Best Political Song - 2008 Native E Music Awards
* Don't Forget About Me - Nominated for Best Short Form Video - 2009 NAMA
His website: http://www.michaelbucher.com/
Michael's MySpace Page
www.myspace.com/michaelbucher
Check out his links:
http://www.michaelbucher.com/links.html
Music Video:http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=41789848
Bitter tears /Sacred Ground Video:http://vimeo.com/2816773
Hondo Mesa Records presents "Bitter Tears Sacred Ground," an album honoring Johnny Cash, Floyd Red Crow Westerman and Peter LaFarge and featuring Joanne Shenandoah and Michael Bucher, two Native American Music Award winners.
You can buy the album here: hondomesarecords.com/
Produced by Dennis Kinsey
Directed by David Coryell
Edited by Tuan Le
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More info/booking info:
Karla R. LaRive | Studio West Management
Subsidiary of PK Productions LLC
PO Box 752, Hot Springs SD 57747 USA
605-890-3819 office
www.studiowestmanagement.com
http://www.studiowestmanagement.com/rep.htm
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NAMAPAHH: National Native American Heritage Month Nov-2009
http://www.loc.gov/topics/nativeamericans/
About Native American Heritage Month
Information courtesy of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose.
One of the very proponents of an American Indian Day was Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian, who was the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y. He persuaded the Boy Scouts of America to set aside a day for the "First Americans" and for three years they adopted such a day. In 1915, the annual Congress of the American Indian Association meeting in Lawrence, Kans., formally approved a plan concerning American Indian Day. It directed its president, Rev. Sherman Coolidge, an Arapahoe, to call upon the country to observe such a day. Coolidge issued a proclamation on Sept. 28, 1915, which declared the second Saturday of each May as an American Indian Day and contained the first formal appeal for recognition of Indians as citizens.
The year before this proclamation was issued, Red Fox James, a Blackfoot Indian, rode horseback from state to state seeking approval for a day to honor Indians. On December 14, 1915, he presented the endorsements of 24 state governments at the White House. There is no record, however, of such a national day being proclaimed.
The first American Indian Day in a state was declared on the second Saturday in May 1916 by the governor of New York. Several states celebrate the fourth Friday in September. In Illinois, for example, legislators enacted such a day in 1919. Presently, several states have designated Columbus Day as Native American Day, but it continues to be a day we observe without any recognition as a national legal holiday.
In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 "National American Indian Heritage Month." Similar proclamations, under variants on the name (including "Native American Heritage Month" and "National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month") have been issued each year since 1994.
Theme for this year's heritage month is "Celebrating Tribal Nations: America's Great Partners."
About this Site
This Web portal is a collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
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NAMAPAHH First People's Radio is proud & honored to be showcasing these various musician- some who are not necessarily Native American by heritage, but are friends of mine....or people I wish I had met before the Creator called them home- like Taylor Mitchell....hope you can tune in this weekend & through out next month! Other guests & topics & musicians TBA!
"Keep That Native Radio Going On"
Robin Carneen
Host/ Producer
contact: robin.carneen@gmail.com
for more info...
Oct 31: 7-9PM PST/ 10pm- midnite EST
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio/2009/11/01/From-Canada-to-youJanet-Rogers-Spoken-WordAllison-Barkley-Music-RIP-Taylor-Mitchell-Tribute
Janet Rogers Janet is a Mohawk/Tuscarora writer from the Six Nations band in southern Ontario. She was born in Vancouver British Columbia January 29th 1963 and has been living on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people (Victoria, British Columbia) since 1994. Janet continues to stretch her abilities as a writer, working and studying in the genres of poetry, short fiction, science fiction, play writing, spoken word performance poetry, video poetry and recorded poems with music. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Allison Barkley grew up in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, just a few doors from the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, where she spent many imaginative days. In her early twenties she migrated west to Victoria, British Columbia, where she resided for a few years before packing and moving up north to the Yukon. She lived there as a pioneer woman and taught art classes at an elementary school,on reserve, in Lower Post, BC. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Taylor Mitchell is( was) an 18-year-old singer songwriter whose engaging vocal style and captivating lyrics belie her young age. Praised by such Canadian luminaries as Lynn Miles, Justin Rutledge, and Michael Johnston, Taylor has just released her debut full length recording “For Your Consideration“- a collection of mostly original songs that showcases a range of styles, from folk to country-rock to pop, and reflects the diversity of her talent. http://www.taylormitchell.ca/index.php?show=home www.cbc.ca Source: www.cbc.ca The mother of Taylor Mitchell, the 19-year-old folk singer who was killed by coyotes in Nova Scotia, says her daughter would have been against killing the animals responsible for her death. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Nov 1: 7-9 PM/ 10pm- midnite EST
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio/2009/11/02/2009NAMMY-Follow-UpWind-Spirit-Drum-GroupMichael-B
Kicking off Natl Native American Heritage Month! 2009 NAMMY News Follow Up_Wind Spirit Drum & Michael Bucher will be our guests! Wind Spirit Drum-Traditional Drum Performance Group. This husband and wife duo share their Eastern Woodland Native American culture and music through their flute and drum performances.Windwalker and Spirit Buffalo's music showcases traditional Eastern Woodland drumming and spiritual Native American flute.They share their Mic-Mac, Lenape and Cherokee heritage thru their song and storytelling performances. Their performances are immersed in beauty, harmony and healing. The couples daughter, Anagqus, dances to her parents inspiring music. Their captivating performances have entertained audiences from Maine to Florida as they performed on the Pow Wow circut for six years. They now entertain and share their culture in New Mexico, their current home On the Net: www.windspiritdrum.com AWARDS:* Amazing Grace, Lenape Spirits - 2009 Native American Music Award Winner for “Best Gospel Inspirational” Recording * Lenape Spirits – Nominated for 2009 Indian Summer Music Award for “Best Traditional” Album >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Michael Bucher (Cherokee) Musician/Songwriter His songs are intended to teach, heal and bring 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.AWARDS: * Michael Bucher and Joanne Shenandoah, Bitter Tears Sacred Ground-2009 Indian Summer Music Award for “Best Folk” Album * Michael Bucher and Joanne Shenandoah Bitter Tears Sacred Ground-2009 Native American Music Award for “Best Compilation” Album * Don't Forget About Me - Nominated for Best Political Song - 2008 Native E Music Awards * Don't Forget About Me - Nominated for Best Short Form Video - 2009 NAMA
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Nov 7th: 7-8 PM PST/ 10-11pm EST
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio/2009/11/08/Nov-7th-2009-Strider-style-music-an-interview-with-Native-American-singer-songwriter-Joseph-Strider
Bio Excerpt: "Joseph Strider was born in Texas where he began his lifelong journey as a singer/song writer. His influences are wide-ranging, from his Lipan Apache heritage and hard rock roots to the music of such guitar masters as Bruce Cockburn, Michael Hedges and Andre Segovia. He spent six years touring Texas as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in a rock/metal band. His growing knowledge, experience and love of music led him to the acoustic guitar, the instrument that would travel with him on the next leg of his journey. He has blended his beginnings, resulting in music with a folk/alternative twist and the sound that is uniquely Joseph Strider." More: "Joseph's heritage is as much a part of who he is as his music. He is a staunch supporter of Indigenous issues, volunteering his time and musical talents to assist in the effort to educate society on the atrocities committed against the People of the First Nations throughout history and today. Those who wish to experience the music of Joseph Strider in person are invited to stop by The City Grind Coffee House in Cranford, New Jersey where Joseph hosts an open mic. event on alternating Friday evenings at 8p.m. Interested parties are encouraged to contact him at JosephStridercgch@hotmail.com for details. For those of you unable to attend a performance, a small sampling of Joseph's music can be heard on Myspace http://www.myspace.com/josephstrideracoustic Videos of Joseph's performances are available on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/Striderj25 He is an artists who enjoys connecting with his audience, so be sure to drop him a line. Joseph's debut cd, "Meanings Within Meanings Within Meanings" will be available for online sale December 2009. "Little Bird" will be released summer 2010. Joseph is currently at work on a concept album titled "The Journey" and an as yet untitled instrumental album. And the journey continues...."
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11-1-09NAMAPAHH Radio-Wind Spirit Drum & Michael Bucher!
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On Nov 1st NAMAPAHH 1st People's Radio is Kicking off Natl Native American Heritage Month!
W/Wind Spirit Drum & Michael Bucher~
Kicking off Natl Native American Heritage Month!
Organizer: "BlogTalkRadio.com" ..
When: Sunday, November 01, 2009 10:00:00 PM - 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Standard Time
Recurring: No
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The show:
2009NAMMY Follow Up_Wind Spirit Drum Group_Michael Bucher_NAMusic _NatlNAMonth
Copy or click the following link: http://www.Blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio/2009/11/02/2009NAMMY-Follow-UpWind-Spirit-Drum-GroupMichael-B.
And do not forget, if you want to call in live and speak with the host, be sure to dial (718)508-9165.
( Please hold all calls if you are not a scheduled guest, until I say it is time to take questions! Thx! You can call in to listen & you will be able to hear the show through your phone....but it will be on mute, unitl I pick up the line!)
You will be placed into the caller queue where you will still be able to hear the show while you are on hold. Enjoy the show, BlogTalkRadio Staff
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~2009 NAMMY Winners News Follow Up~
2009 NAMMY Award Winners: Wind Spirit Drum & Michael Bucher will be our guests!
Wind Spirit Drum is a Traditional Drum Performance Group. This husband and wife duo share their Eastern Woodland Native American culture and music through their flute and drum performances.
Windwalker and Spirit Buffalo's music showcases traditional Eastern Woodland drumming and spiritual Native American flute.They share their Mic-Mac, Lenape and Cherokee heritage thru their song and storytelling performances.
Their performances are immersed in beauty, harmony and healing. The couples daughter, Anagqus, dances to her parents inspiring music.
Their captivating performances have entertained audiences from Maine to Florida as they performed on the Pow Wow circut for six years.
They now entertain and share their culture in New Mexico, their current home On the Net: www.windspiritdrum.com
Wind Spirit Drum's myspace:
www.myspace.com/windspiritdrum
AWARDS:* Amazing Grace, Lenape Spirits - 2009 Native American Music Award Winner for “Best Gospel Inspirational” Recording
* Lenape Spirits – Nominated for 2009 Indian Summer Music Award for “Best Traditional” Album
Related Video:http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=61886173
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Michael Bucher (Cherokee) Musician/Songwriter
His songs are intended to teach, heal and bring 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.
AWARDS:
* Michael Bucher and Joanne Shenandoah, Bitter Tears Sacred Ground-2009 Indian Summer Music Award for “Best Folk” Album
* Michael Bucher and Joanne Shenandoah Bitter Tears Sacred Ground-2009 Native American Music Award for “Best Compilation” Album
* Don't Forget About Me - Nominated for Best Political Song - 2008 Native E Music Awards
* Don't Forget About Me - Nominated for Best Short Form Video - 2009 NAMA
His website: http://www.michaelbucher.com/
Michael's MySpace Page
www.myspace.com/michaelbucher
Check out his links:
http://www.michaelbucher.com/links.html
Music Video:http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=41789848
Bitter tears /Sacred Ground Video:http://vimeo.com/2816773
Hondo Mesa Records presents "Bitter Tears Sacred Ground," an album honoring Johnny Cash, Floyd Red Crow Westerman and Peter LaFarge and featuring Joanne Shenandoah and Michael Bucher, two Native American Music Award winners.
You can buy the album here: hondomesarecords.com/
Produced by Dennis Kinsey
Directed by David Coryell
Edited by Tuan Le
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More info/booking info:
Karla R. LaRive | Studio West Management
Subsidiary of PK Productions LLC
PO Box 752, Hot Springs SD 57747 USA
605-890-3819 office
www.studiowestmanagement.com
http://www.studiowestmanagement.com/rep.htm
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Not Quite a Beginning Place
Please check out all of Melissa March's work! Its very unique & beautiful!
Friday, April 17, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Bad Indians by Ryan Red Corn
Wow- Woz...........the veil is lifting! Good for these Bad Indians for sharing this VERY powerful poem!
Wow~ Robin
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Subject: Bad Indians by Ryan Red Corn
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Far Northern California LPDOC Support Group
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To:
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Date: Mar 18, 2009 9:43 AM
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Wow~ Robin
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To:
Date: Mar 18, 2009 9:31 AM
Subject: Bad Indians by Ryan Red Corn
WoZ (Nituhkuyin Mahikan Mist.. iguso)
Far Northern California LPDOC Support Group
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To:
Date: Mar 18, 2009 9:14 AM
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
Benefit Concert for Peter Ali
http://sharing.theflip.com/greeting/3119355
http://sharing.theflip.com/greeting/3119378
http://sharing.theflip.com/greeting/3119476
Sent: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 8:56 pm
Subject: Benefit Concert for Peter Ali
Many of you already know our dear friend Peter Ali but for those who do not know Peter, he and his partner Tammy Kennedy are open-hearts who give to the community and has been fundraising for others for the past several years. They have been organizing the Cedar Tree Flute Native Flute Circle, play at the Snohomish Peace Village and bring a much needed element of cultural diversity to Snohomish and the surrounding area. Peter has been know to drive across the state just to hand deliver native flutes to children who otherwise might not have the opportunity to experience that part of their culture. He is an inspiration to be sure.
Peter has recently been going through some medical difficulties. Now is an opportunity for the community to have the chance to give back to one who has given so much. Whether you know him or not, please join us to show him the support he so deserves!
Benefit Concert for Peter Ali
Real Folk will be performing
February 28th from 7:30-10pm
Thumbnail Theater 1211 Fourth Street Snohomish, WA.
http://sharing.theflip.com/greeting/3119378
http://sharing.theflip.com/greeting/3119476
Sent: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 8:56 pm
Subject: Benefit Concert for Peter Ali
Many of you already know our dear friend Peter Ali but for those who do not know Peter, he and his partner Tammy Kennedy are open-hearts who give to the community and has been fundraising for others for the past several years. They have been organizing the Cedar Tree Flute Native Flute Circle, play at the Snohomish Peace Village and bring a much needed element of cultural diversity to Snohomish and the surrounding area. Peter has been know to drive across the state just to hand deliver native flutes to children who otherwise might not have the opportunity to experience that part of their culture. He is an inspiration to be sure.
Peter has recently been going through some medical difficulties. Now is an opportunity for the community to have the chance to give back to one who has given so much. Whether you know him or not, please join us to show him the support he so deserves!
Benefit Concert for Peter Ali
Real Folk will be performing
February 28th from 7:30-10pm
Thumbnail Theater 1211 Fourth Street Snohomish, WA.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Open letter-update about the South Dakota Outreach: Circle of Hope~Circle of Giving
Open letter-update about the South Dakota Outreach: Circle of Hope~Circle of Giving
Date: Feb 10th, 2009
Dear Tribal canoe families, tribal members, & friends:
This is an open letter-update about the South Dakota Outreach: Circle of Hope~Circle of Giving….by Robin Carneen-NAMAPAHH First People’s Radio/Swinomish Reservation
It seems like we have had many delays in getting the Circle of Hope~Circle of Giving donations back to the two reservations, back in Pine Ridge & Rosebud South Dakota that we are trying to help. However, we have still been accepting donations and are determined to get on the road soon!
Many have asked how we, Circle of Hope~ Circle of Giving got involved. It started with an email alert from Tamra Brennan a journalist who writes a column called NDN News. (www.NDNnews.com) Her email was the initial call to action, alerting many of us to the off-season, unexpected severe blizzard that immobilized at least two of these South Dakota Reservations on November 5th. 2008. After watching the video link: AP footage of Blizzard in South Dakota: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucYIjvT2ur0 and receiving her alert & cry for assistance for this already impoverished region, I sent it out to my listservs and social networking groups and started to host the topic on several of our radio program called NAMAPAHH First People’s Radio.
It did not end there, as I learned more about the situation, I was driven by compassion to get more involved. At the time, I was also employed by the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club, located on the Tulalip Tribes Indian Reservation, in Tulalip, WA. Shortly after the crisis, our TBGC director at the time, Vicki Hill, authorized my time and that of the all volunteer Tulalip Youth Multi-Media Club, as well as allowing our club to be a drop off point for others wishing to get involved.
Through a synchronistic chain of events, I was led to an “all hands” meeting composed of Frieda Williams- Tulalip Tribes Community Relations Coordinator, Teri Gobin and Lynn Bansemer of the Tulalip TERO program, and Linda Tolbert of the newly formed Tulalip Lion’s Club, which took place at the TERO office. At this initial meeting, I found out that the Tulalip Tribes had once before sent back a semi-truck load of donations to Pine Ridge, SD. This first outreach to that region was coordinated by Tulalip tribal member Frieda Williams in direct response to other Tulalip Tribal members who were concerned about conditions brought to her attention back then.
Since this first meeting and my dropping off the first two boxes of donations, one from our family and the other from the La Conner Pioneer Market, the response has been remarkable, but not surprising. So much so, that the Tulalip TERO had to rent a storage pod, in order to store all the donations until we could get them back to South Dakota.
At first, there was talk about shipping all the donations back to both reservations, with the Tulalip UPS store offering to donate 10% off each shipment. After a few short weeks, we realized we would need a truck, a semi-truck, like the one used for the first outreach effort.
I was delegated to approach both the American Trucker’s Associations and the Washington Trucker’s Association asking them for the donation of a semi-truck. After a long conversation with media relations staffer of the ATA, Clayton Boyce, he left me feeling assured that it would only take me contacting Elisabeth Barna Vice President, Strategic Planning & Outreach for the ATA. I did email and call her, but did not hear back from her and have since made a second request of the ATA to help us find a truck. My understanding is that this is something they were able to help make happen in the past. I really thought they were just waiting on us to get a semi-truck load of donations, contact them with a date and we would be on our way.
This unfortunately, was a mis-understanding and not the case. We still do not have a guaranteed way of getting all the donations back to South Dakota.
Other setbacks have been our unexpected snowstorms, we have snow again today. In between the snowy weather we had severe flooding, which caused even some major highways and interstates to be closed down for a time being.
At Tulalip, there have been at least fourteen funerals and illness amongst the tribal community. I also have fell victim to the dire straits of our economic times. I unfortunately was laid off on Dec 12th, 2008 from the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club and have not found new employment since. However, I continue in a volunteer capacity to see this outreach project through. Donating my time, as does my mother Connie Allen, until everything is safely & securely in the hands of those who will re-distribute the donations to those in the worst of need this Winter.
I felt that those of you who have stepped up to help in some way, shape or form or may be unaware of these extra hard efforts to help this Region, but regardless deserved an update. I know it has been confusing with all the extended dates and the continued “ask” for financial support. We cannot do this without all those who have helped thus far and those of my friends and even people I have never met, are donating money that many of them have to spare. I am grateful for everyone involved. The Tulalip Tribes Board also just donated $$$ towards a U-Haul truck , if that is the avenue we take to get the donations on their way. Once again, Tulalip is not only helping one tribe, but two and that is their way. I am especially grateful for their compassion and generosity as well. We are so close to being on the road.
We have also been in touch with our contacts on both Reservations and have even had Robert E. Eagle Elk on our radio show, who called in live from his office a couple of times. Last Sunday I aired a pre-recorded interview with Frieda Williams who has been one of the lead people in this project. If you would like to hear these programs, please go to: www.blogtalkradio,com/NAMAPAHH_Radio
Tomorrow, on Feb 11th, we are planning a Volunteer Day. We will meet at Frieda’s office (6729 Totem Beach Rd, Tulalip, WA )at 9:30am. I have a small core of volunteers who have cleared their schedule and made special plans to be onsite at the Collections Pod to help sort and create two loads for the Reservations. If you want more information, please contact me at: robin.carneen@gmail.com or call my cell ph: (503) 544-9794. We are doing this rain or shine, and a potluck…pray there is NO SNOW, or we will have to re-schedule…no more set back’s Creator, we are moving forward! Please contact Frieda Williams for directions: (360)716-4220 /425-754-0656
This last week, I also got a MySpace message & phone call from a very nice Modac woman living in Eugene Oregon, named Tambi Schonchin. She will be sending small financial contributions to help with our efforts to get our donations back to SD. She told me she and others in her circle are planning their own large-scale outreach effort and drive, taking our lead. She, like friends of mine : Karla LaRive, Tamara Brennen, Ellen Bello, Jeri Baker, and many others, are folks that act/ or have acted quickly on behalf of their organizations and communities to help this Region through this crisis. This circle is growing each day & is bigger than we know. Many, many people have responded. I have also written to celebrities like Ophra Winfrey and contacted our local Skagit County Speedway hoping that someone with larger connections and high profile will be the last push we need to get there.
To date we have received the following in-kind donations for Rosebud & Pine Ridge Indian Reservations:
• Nearly a 40 X 15 ft. pod-full of warm clothes, blankets, sleeping bags, non-perishable food items, hygiene products, toys, dolls, and various items that will make life a little better this winter
• Financial donations of close to $300-$400
• Gas Cards
• Rental of the 40X15 storage pod from Tulalip TERO
• Countless volunteer hours from youth and adults
• Staff hours from the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club, Tulalip TERO, Tulalip Community Relations, Tulalip Maintenance
• Transportation from people’s homes, churches and organizations to the various drop off locations at Tulalip
• Public Relations and advocacy, including internet, in person, news coverage and flyers on behalf of the effort
• Special charitable donation by the Tulalip Tribes Board to help partially pay for the transport the donations back to South Dakota
• Offers of drivers and caravan vehicles and volunteers to transport and represent the Circle of Hope~ Circle of Giving/South Dakota Outreach
• Donation by Tulalip Tribes and Tulalip TERO of canopy, chairs, tables, food & water for Volunteer Day coming up(Sorting Day)
• Networking with others like:
The Native American Music Awards Association: www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com
Native Progress- One Spirit: www.nativeprogress.org
Link Center Foundation: www.linkcenterfoundation.org
PRES Pine Ridge Enfance Solidarité's (France)
http://www.myspace.com/pineridgenfansolidarite
Examples of what others have done thus far:
• Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
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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• Native American Music Association Christmas Toy Drive for the 7500 children:
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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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
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Background information about this effort:
• To read past articles about the initial efforts, please go to these two links:
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. (Everett Herald)
• To see a slideshow about this effort, click on this link:
http://www.picturetrail.com/flicks/6598595/preview
• If you are on FACEBOOK: Join my Cause.... http://apps.facebook.com/causes/189163?m=a554242c&recruiter_id=7425876
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/beneficiaries/34220?m=4a365e51
If you wish to send direct money orders to:
Full Name: TULALIP FOUNDATION
EIN: 26-0807036
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Tulalip Tribes
Attn: Finance/ Frieda Williams/Lynne Bansemer
6700 Totem Beach Rd.
Tulalip, WA. 98271
Make checks payable to: Tulalip Tribes TERO
Deposit to account # 01-0210 / South Dakota
Enter South Dakota tribes/Adopt A Box on the notes line
To contact or send donations directly to the two Reservations, contact:
John Spotted Tail
(605)747-5266
jsst55@yahoo.com
c/o Rosebud Sioux Tribe: 11 Legion Ave P.O Box 430; Rosebud, SD 57570
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Robert E. Eagle Elk: (CAP DISTRICT OFFICE) District Coordinator
(605) 867-5381
Wbear27@hotmail.com
P.O Box 1796: Pine Ridge, SD 57770
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My final PS: WE STILL NEED A SEMI-TRUCK ASAP! Or CARAVAN+DRIVERS!
ALL FINANCIAL DONATIONS WELCOME!
Thanks again to the Circle of Hope~ Circle of Giving: Tulalip Tribes, Tulalip TERO, the Tulalip Lion’s Club, the Tulalip Boys and Girls Club, volunteers, private citizens, contributing businesses and other organizations. Much appreciation for those who have given or become involved thus far, they are giving for many reasons and we appreciate each and every one of them. It should be noted that the outreach and generosity has come from all walks of life and has been like sinew that is helping to mend a long-broken hoop.
Date: Feb 10th, 2009
Dear Tribal canoe families, tribal members, & friends:
This is an open letter-update about the South Dakota Outreach: Circle of Hope~Circle of Giving….by Robin Carneen-NAMAPAHH First People’s Radio/Swinomish Reservation
It seems like we have had many delays in getting the Circle of Hope~Circle of Giving donations back to the two reservations, back in Pine Ridge & Rosebud South Dakota that we are trying to help. However, we have still been accepting donations and are determined to get on the road soon!
Many have asked how we, Circle of Hope~ Circle of Giving got involved. It started with an email alert from Tamra Brennan a journalist who writes a column called NDN News. (www.NDNnews.com) Her email was the initial call to action, alerting many of us to the off-season, unexpected severe blizzard that immobilized at least two of these South Dakota Reservations on November 5th. 2008. After watching the video link: AP footage of Blizzard in South Dakota: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucYIjvT2ur0 and receiving her alert & cry for assistance for this already impoverished region, I sent it out to my listservs and social networking groups and started to host the topic on several of our radio program called NAMAPAHH First People’s Radio.
It did not end there, as I learned more about the situation, I was driven by compassion to get more involved. At the time, I was also employed by the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club, located on the Tulalip Tribes Indian Reservation, in Tulalip, WA. Shortly after the crisis, our TBGC director at the time, Vicki Hill, authorized my time and that of the all volunteer Tulalip Youth Multi-Media Club, as well as allowing our club to be a drop off point for others wishing to get involved.
Through a synchronistic chain of events, I was led to an “all hands” meeting composed of Frieda Williams- Tulalip Tribes Community Relations Coordinator, Teri Gobin and Lynn Bansemer of the Tulalip TERO program, and Linda Tolbert of the newly formed Tulalip Lion’s Club, which took place at the TERO office. At this initial meeting, I found out that the Tulalip Tribes had once before sent back a semi-truck load of donations to Pine Ridge, SD. This first outreach to that region was coordinated by Tulalip tribal member Frieda Williams in direct response to other Tulalip Tribal members who were concerned about conditions brought to her attention back then.
Since this first meeting and my dropping off the first two boxes of donations, one from our family and the other from the La Conner Pioneer Market, the response has been remarkable, but not surprising. So much so, that the Tulalip TERO had to rent a storage pod, in order to store all the donations until we could get them back to South Dakota.
At first, there was talk about shipping all the donations back to both reservations, with the Tulalip UPS store offering to donate 10% off each shipment. After a few short weeks, we realized we would need a truck, a semi-truck, like the one used for the first outreach effort.
I was delegated to approach both the American Trucker’s Associations and the Washington Trucker’s Association asking them for the donation of a semi-truck. After a long conversation with media relations staffer of the ATA, Clayton Boyce, he left me feeling assured that it would only take me contacting Elisabeth Barna Vice President, Strategic Planning & Outreach for the ATA. I did email and call her, but did not hear back from her and have since made a second request of the ATA to help us find a truck. My understanding is that this is something they were able to help make happen in the past. I really thought they were just waiting on us to get a semi-truck load of donations, contact them with a date and we would be on our way.
This unfortunately, was a mis-understanding and not the case. We still do not have a guaranteed way of getting all the donations back to South Dakota.
Other setbacks have been our unexpected snowstorms, we have snow again today. In between the snowy weather we had severe flooding, which caused even some major highways and interstates to be closed down for a time being.
At Tulalip, there have been at least fourteen funerals and illness amongst the tribal community. I also have fell victim to the dire straits of our economic times. I unfortunately was laid off on Dec 12th, 2008 from the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club and have not found new employment since. However, I continue in a volunteer capacity to see this outreach project through. Donating my time, as does my mother Connie Allen, until everything is safely & securely in the hands of those who will re-distribute the donations to those in the worst of need this Winter.
I felt that those of you who have stepped up to help in some way, shape or form or may be unaware of these extra hard efforts to help this Region, but regardless deserved an update. I know it has been confusing with all the extended dates and the continued “ask” for financial support. We cannot do this without all those who have helped thus far and those of my friends and even people I have never met, are donating money that many of them have to spare. I am grateful for everyone involved. The Tulalip Tribes Board also just donated $$$ towards a U-Haul truck , if that is the avenue we take to get the donations on their way. Once again, Tulalip is not only helping one tribe, but two and that is their way. I am especially grateful for their compassion and generosity as well. We are so close to being on the road.
We have also been in touch with our contacts on both Reservations and have even had Robert E. Eagle Elk on our radio show, who called in live from his office a couple of times. Last Sunday I aired a pre-recorded interview with Frieda Williams who has been one of the lead people in this project. If you would like to hear these programs, please go to: www.blogtalkradio,com/NAMAPAHH_Radio
Tomorrow, on Feb 11th, we are planning a Volunteer Day. We will meet at Frieda’s office (6729 Totem Beach Rd, Tulalip, WA )at 9:30am. I have a small core of volunteers who have cleared their schedule and made special plans to be onsite at the Collections Pod to help sort and create two loads for the Reservations. If you want more information, please contact me at: robin.carneen@gmail.com or call my cell ph: (503) 544-9794. We are doing this rain or shine, and a potluck…pray there is NO SNOW, or we will have to re-schedule…no more set back’s Creator, we are moving forward! Please contact Frieda Williams for directions: (360)716-4220 /425-754-0656
This last week, I also got a MySpace message & phone call from a very nice Modac woman living in Eugene Oregon, named Tambi Schonchin. She will be sending small financial contributions to help with our efforts to get our donations back to SD. She told me she and others in her circle are planning their own large-scale outreach effort and drive, taking our lead. She, like friends of mine : Karla LaRive, Tamara Brennen, Ellen Bello, Jeri Baker, and many others, are folks that act/ or have acted quickly on behalf of their organizations and communities to help this Region through this crisis. This circle is growing each day & is bigger than we know. Many, many people have responded. I have also written to celebrities like Ophra Winfrey and contacted our local Skagit County Speedway hoping that someone with larger connections and high profile will be the last push we need to get there.
To date we have received the following in-kind donations for Rosebud & Pine Ridge Indian Reservations:
• Nearly a 40 X 15 ft. pod-full of warm clothes, blankets, sleeping bags, non-perishable food items, hygiene products, toys, dolls, and various items that will make life a little better this winter
• Financial donations of close to $300-$400
• Gas Cards
• Rental of the 40X15 storage pod from Tulalip TERO
• Countless volunteer hours from youth and adults
• Staff hours from the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club, Tulalip TERO, Tulalip Community Relations, Tulalip Maintenance
• Transportation from people’s homes, churches and organizations to the various drop off locations at Tulalip
• Public Relations and advocacy, including internet, in person, news coverage and flyers on behalf of the effort
• Special charitable donation by the Tulalip Tribes Board to help partially pay for the transport the donations back to South Dakota
• Offers of drivers and caravan vehicles and volunteers to transport and represent the Circle of Hope~ Circle of Giving/South Dakota Outreach
• Donation by Tulalip Tribes and Tulalip TERO of canopy, chairs, tables, food & water for Volunteer Day coming up(Sorting Day)
• Networking with others like:
The Native American Music Awards Association: www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com
Native Progress- One Spirit: www.nativeprogress.org
Link Center Foundation: www.linkcenterfoundation.org
PRES Pine Ridge Enfance Solidarité's (France)
http://www.myspace.com/pineridgenfansolidarite
Examples of what others have done thus far:
• Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
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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• Native American Music Association Christmas Toy Drive for the 7500 children:
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
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Background information about this effort:
• To read past articles about the initial efforts, please go to these two links:
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. (Everett Herald)
• To see a slideshow about this effort, click on this link:
http://www.picturetrail.com/flicks/6598595/preview
• If you are on FACEBOOK: Join my Cause.... http://apps.facebook.com/causes/189163?m=a554242c&recruiter_id=7425876
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/beneficiaries/34220?m=4a365e51
If you wish to send direct money orders to:
Full Name: TULALIP FOUNDATION
EIN: 26-0807036
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Tulalip Tribes
Attn: Finance/ Frieda Williams/Lynne Bansemer
6700 Totem Beach Rd.
Tulalip, WA. 98271
Make checks payable to: Tulalip Tribes TERO
Deposit to account # 01-0210 / South Dakota
Enter South Dakota tribes/Adopt A Box on the notes line
To contact or send donations directly to the two Reservations, contact:
John Spotted Tail
(605)747-5266
jsst55@yahoo.com
c/o Rosebud Sioux Tribe: 11 Legion Ave P.O Box 430; Rosebud, SD 57570
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Robert E. Eagle Elk: (CAP DISTRICT OFFICE) District Coordinator
(605) 867-5381
Wbear27@hotmail.com
P.O Box 1796: Pine Ridge, SD 57770
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
My final PS: WE STILL NEED A SEMI-TRUCK ASAP! Or CARAVAN+DRIVERS!
ALL FINANCIAL DONATIONS WELCOME!
Thanks again to the Circle of Hope~ Circle of Giving: Tulalip Tribes, Tulalip TERO, the Tulalip Lion’s Club, the Tulalip Boys and Girls Club, volunteers, private citizens, contributing businesses and other organizations. Much appreciation for those who have given or become involved thus far, they are giving for many reasons and we appreciate each and every one of them. It should be noted that the outreach and generosity has come from all walks of life and has been like sinew that is helping to mend a long-broken hoop.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Compilation of support for Leonard Peltier....
RE: Thanks to everyone for their continued support!!
Spend some time watching these videos! I am inspired to make one too & post it....this is a GREAT compilation!!!!!!!!Thanks again Jermiah....we need to find you a good paying job in a non-profit as a PR & marketing man! You do great work for the people! Thanks bro!
Robin
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To: (0)
Date: Feb 9, 2009 8:21 PM
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From: Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee (287174278)
To: (0)
Date: Feb 9, 2009 10:59 PM
Subject: Thanks to everyone for their continued support!!
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Photo and video editing at www. OneTrueMedia. com....
En Vogue with Leonard Peltier
The cause of Leonard Peltier will always be en vogue if that means to right a wrong and a man wrongfully held in prison for thirty something years should be released - then everyone should know about it and be en vogue.
The case of Leonard Peltier is one that has been ongoing for Indigenous people from the time of "discovery" to the present day. This is not an isolated case, which many people who support political prisoners' rights know all too well. Leonard Peltier has been imprisoned for over 32 years and while there has been some who have let his plight fall to the wayside, for many of us he has never been forgotten. Leonard has remained in the hearts of many people who have continued to keep the faith that one day he will be free.
However this is not the case all too often, many people all too often view the case of Leonard Peltier as an Indian problem or Indian concern. It should be a concern for all Americans, because if his case stands as precedence then the freedom of everyone is in jeopardy. Because of the length of time that Leonard Peltier has been in prison, many people due to their age, especially the youth, do not know who Leonard Peltier is to us. Anyone 30 years or younger has likely yet to be educated on the case of Leonard Peltier. Any adults alive during the time Leonard Peltier was sentenced to prison may have died or perhaps are living as elders that don't have the youth, means or health, to say much or do much about it anymore.
That is why at this time we are reasserting the need for Freedom for Leonard and reeducating the public about the injustice that has gone on for over 32 years. You can help Leonard Peltier get justice and freedom by:
a) Signing the online petition
b) Writing letters on behalf of Leonard Peltier's freedom through parole, clemency or pardon. Write to your Congressmen, your Legislators, the President, the US Parole Board and Human Rights Organizations;
c) Starting a support group as an official branch of the LP DOC in your state or local area;
d) Taking the resolution found at
www. whoisleonardpeltier. com to your tribal elected officials and ask them to pass it unanimously; if you are not a tribal member anyone can get their organization to pass the resolution in support of Leonard Peltier's freedom and send it to the Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee where it will be presented to the appropriate agencies;
e) Donating to the Leonard Peltier gift and clothes drive for Pine Ridge Reservation;
f) Leonard himself has said that he appreciates the donations to his commissary account, but he would rather people donate directly to the Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee (LP DOC) because it goes directly toward gaining his freedom. The LP DOC is in direct contact with Leonard Peltier daily and works closely with his legal team to gain his release. Please consider donating to the LP DOC in the effort toward gaining Leonard's freedom today.
Leonard Peltier is a focal point for combating the injustice of the government who has targeted people, especially Native American people, who are dissenters with the US Policies toward native peoples. All too often people equate dissention with being unpatriotic, however, that could not be further from the truth. The only difference between dissenters who are championing our rights under the Constitution and the treaty rights that are being trampled on is that they don't have uniforms or have the government sanctions of the bureaucrats. But they definitely are sanctioned under the articles of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. And though they are unfunded except for their own dedication and passion, they are as patriotic as any soldier whoever fought for freedom for this country.
Thank you for all who are working to bring Leonard Peltier's case to the forefront of people's thoughts daily and unfailingly. We are altogether grateful for everyone who is contributing their time, efforts and money toward the cause.
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
The Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee
Rage Against The Machine - Freedom for Leonard Peltier Video
Peltier's Family Responds to 2005 Transfer. This video is of a July 12, 2005, 6News television interview with Peltier family members in Lawrence, Kansas, after he was transferred from USP-Leavenworth (Kansas) to USP-Terre Haute (Indiana). Peltier was subsequently transferred to USP-Lewisburg in Pennsylvania where he remains.
Mos Def & Cornel West voice their support
for Leonard Peltier on Real Time with
Bill Maher.
Bush denied clemency for Leonard - Time to Call OBAMA NOW!!!
Date: 27 Jan 2009, 13:23
President George W. Bush, on his last full day in office, formally struck down the petitions for clemency of some high-profile politicians and businessmen, including convicted lawmakers Randall "Duke" Cunningham, Edwin Edwards and Mario Biaggi, and "junk bond" financier Michael Milken, the Justice Department said today.
Bush also denied one of the longest-standing petitions for clemency, for Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment for the murder of two FBI agents during a 1975 shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. His application had been under consideration since 1993, current and former Justice Department officials said.
Such denials can be a serious setback for those intent on clemency. After a denial, a petitioner must wait two years to reapply for a pardon and one year for a commutation of a prison sentence, although they can also circumvent the Justice Department and appeal directly to the White House whenever they want. In some cases, a presidential denial can be a setback in other ways, as well, and make it harder politically for the next administration to approve it, according to several current and former administration officials involved in the pardon process. (snip)
http://www. baltimoresun. com/news/nation/politics/bal-pardons0127,0,5478821. story
WHAT YOU CAN DO......
Call President Obama to express your outrage and ask him to pardon Leonard now at 202-456-1111
E-mail President Obama to express your outrage and ask him to pardon Leonard now at http://www. whitehouse. gov/contact/
Write to President Obama to express your outrage and ask him to pardon Leonard now at The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500
"Develop who you are and remain true to your higher
self and your integrity will be an inspiration to
others. Show your strengths when necessary, even if
it is in being gentle or humble. Do your best to
find the good in all people and stand and speak up
against wrong doing. Respect the earth where you
stand. Many parts of Mother Earth are also held
captive behind concrete and steel. Do your best to
recognize inspiration from the Creator. Never be
too proud to say you were wrong or too fearful to
stand up for what you know is right" ~Leonard Peltier
“Mr. Peltier’s unjust incarceration remains a festering
sore that impedes better race relations in America.
Surely the time has come to promote healing and a
spirit of trust and genuine goodwill toward the
Indian peoples of America with an act that serves
both compassion and justice.”
–The Late Coretta Scott King
Spend some time watching these videos! I am inspired to make one too & post it....this is a GREAT compilation!!!!!!!!Thanks again Jermiah....we need to find you a good paying job in a non-profit as a PR & marketing man! You do great work for the people! Thanks bro!
Robin
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From: Jermiah (390120061)
To: (0)
Date: Feb 9, 2009 8:21 PM
Subject: RE: Thanks to everyone for their continued support!!
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From: Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee (287174278)
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Date: Feb 9, 2009 10:59 PM
Subject: Thanks to everyone for their continued support!!
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En Vogue with Leonard Peltier
The cause of Leonard Peltier will always be en vogue if that means to right a wrong and a man wrongfully held in prison for thirty something years should be released - then everyone should know about it and be en vogue.
The case of Leonard Peltier is one that has been ongoing for Indigenous people from the time of "discovery" to the present day. This is not an isolated case, which many people who support political prisoners' rights know all too well. Leonard Peltier has been imprisoned for over 32 years and while there has been some who have let his plight fall to the wayside, for many of us he has never been forgotten. Leonard has remained in the hearts of many people who have continued to keep the faith that one day he will be free.
However this is not the case all too often, many people all too often view the case of Leonard Peltier as an Indian problem or Indian concern. It should be a concern for all Americans, because if his case stands as precedence then the freedom of everyone is in jeopardy. Because of the length of time that Leonard Peltier has been in prison, many people due to their age, especially the youth, do not know who Leonard Peltier is to us. Anyone 30 years or younger has likely yet to be educated on the case of Leonard Peltier. Any adults alive during the time Leonard Peltier was sentenced to prison may have died or perhaps are living as elders that don't have the youth, means or health, to say much or do much about it anymore.
That is why at this time we are reasserting the need for Freedom for Leonard and reeducating the public about the injustice that has gone on for over 32 years. You can help Leonard Peltier get justice and freedom by:
a) Signing the online petition
b) Writing letters on behalf of Leonard Peltier's freedom through parole, clemency or pardon. Write to your Congressmen, your Legislators, the President, the US Parole Board and Human Rights Organizations;
c) Starting a support group as an official branch of the LP DOC in your state or local area;
d) Taking the resolution found at
www. whoisleonardpeltier. com to your tribal elected officials and ask them to pass it unanimously; if you are not a tribal member anyone can get their organization to pass the resolution in support of Leonard Peltier's freedom and send it to the Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee where it will be presented to the appropriate agencies;
e) Donating to the Leonard Peltier gift and clothes drive for Pine Ridge Reservation;
f) Leonard himself has said that he appreciates the donations to his commissary account, but he would rather people donate directly to the Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee (LP DOC) because it goes directly toward gaining his freedom. The LP DOC is in direct contact with Leonard Peltier daily and works closely with his legal team to gain his release. Please consider donating to the LP DOC in the effort toward gaining Leonard's freedom today.
Leonard Peltier is a focal point for combating the injustice of the government who has targeted people, especially Native American people, who are dissenters with the US Policies toward native peoples. All too often people equate dissention with being unpatriotic, however, that could not be further from the truth. The only difference between dissenters who are championing our rights under the Constitution and the treaty rights that are being trampled on is that they don't have uniforms or have the government sanctions of the bureaucrats. But they definitely are sanctioned under the articles of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. And though they are unfunded except for their own dedication and passion, they are as patriotic as any soldier whoever fought for freedom for this country.
Thank you for all who are working to bring Leonard Peltier's case to the forefront of people's thoughts daily and unfailingly. We are altogether grateful for everyone who is contributing their time, efforts and money toward the cause.
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
The Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee
Rage Against The Machine - Freedom for Leonard Peltier Video
Peltier's Family Responds to 2005 Transfer. This video is of a July 12, 2005, 6News television interview with Peltier family members in Lawrence, Kansas, after he was transferred from USP-Leavenworth (Kansas) to USP-Terre Haute (Indiana). Peltier was subsequently transferred to USP-Lewisburg in Pennsylvania where he remains.
Mos Def & Cornel West voice their support
for Leonard Peltier on Real Time with
Bill Maher.
Bush denied clemency for Leonard - Time to Call OBAMA NOW!!!
Date: 27 Jan 2009, 13:23
President George W. Bush, on his last full day in office, formally struck down the petitions for clemency of some high-profile politicians and businessmen, including convicted lawmakers Randall "Duke" Cunningham, Edwin Edwards and Mario Biaggi, and "junk bond" financier Michael Milken, the Justice Department said today.
Bush also denied one of the longest-standing petitions for clemency, for Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment for the murder of two FBI agents during a 1975 shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. His application had been under consideration since 1993, current and former Justice Department officials said.
Such denials can be a serious setback for those intent on clemency. After a denial, a petitioner must wait two years to reapply for a pardon and one year for a commutation of a prison sentence, although they can also circumvent the Justice Department and appeal directly to the White House whenever they want. In some cases, a presidential denial can be a setback in other ways, as well, and make it harder politically for the next administration to approve it, according to several current and former administration officials involved in the pardon process. (snip)
http://www. baltimoresun. com/news/nation/politics/bal-pardons0127,0,5478821. story
WHAT YOU CAN DO......
Call President Obama to express your outrage and ask him to pardon Leonard now at 202-456-1111
E-mail President Obama to express your outrage and ask him to pardon Leonard now at http://www. whitehouse. gov/contact/
Write to President Obama to express your outrage and ask him to pardon Leonard now at The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500
"Develop who you are and remain true to your higher
self and your integrity will be an inspiration to
others. Show your strengths when necessary, even if
it is in being gentle or humble. Do your best to
find the good in all people and stand and speak up
against wrong doing. Respect the earth where you
stand. Many parts of Mother Earth are also held
captive behind concrete and steel. Do your best to
recognize inspiration from the Creator. Never be
too proud to say you were wrong or too fearful to
stand up for what you know is right" ~Leonard Peltier
“Mr. Peltier’s unjust incarceration remains a festering
sore that impedes better race relations in America.
Surely the time has come to promote healing and a
spirit of trust and genuine goodwill toward the
Indian peoples of America with an act that serves
both compassion and justice.”
–The Late Coretta Scott King
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