Tulip Town -Wish You Were Here!
Enjoy this slide show I made with some samples of over 300 photos I took on 4-21-10...day before Earth Day///YES! It's a beautiful world! Love the song too!
Happy Earth Day!
Tulip Town
Photos by Robin Carneen ©4-21-10
All Rights Reserved
Photos OF ME will be credited
DO NOT USE THESE PHOTOS WITHOUT PERMISSION!!!!
Enjoy!
Happy Earth Day!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
1-1-2010 Happy New Year_ Winter in Pine RidgeSD_ Friends helping Friends_music and outreach
1-1-2010 Happy New Year_ Winter in Pine RidgeSD_ Friends helping Friends_music and outreach
Windwalker and Edoal Spirit Buffalo of Wind Spirit Drum; Karla R. LaRive of Studio West Management; Michael Bucher; and quillwork artist Virgil Redcloud-Goode will be calling us from Fall River county, the neighboring county to Pine Ridge Reservation( Shannon County)to talk about the relief efforts; Blue Sky Charity group and the free benefit concert for the children and family give away-including warm coats. Please tune in...call in your New year's hopes, greetings and offers of assistance!!!! www.michaelbucher.com/ www.windspiritdrum.com/ www.studiowestmanagement.com RED Alert/State of emergency for Pine Ridge Reservation: www.oglalalakotanation.org. For more information, please feel free to contact Loretta Afraid of Bear-Cook, OST Public Relations @ (605)441-5692 or (308)207-5732. E-mail: Loretta@oglala.org
Windwalker and Edoal Spirit Buffalo of Wind Spirit Drum; Karla R. LaRive of Studio West Management; Michael Bucher; and quillwork artist Virgil Redcloud-Goode will be calling us from Fall River county, the neighboring county to Pine Ridge Reservation( Shannon County)to talk about the relief efforts; Blue Sky Charity group and the free benefit concert for the children and family give away-including warm coats. Please tune in...call in your New year's hopes, greetings and offers of assistance!!!! www.michaelbucher.com/ www.windspiritdrum.com/ www.studiowestmanagement.com RED Alert/State of emergency for Pine Ridge Reservation: www.oglalalakotanation.org. For more information, please feel free to contact Loretta Afraid of Bear-Cook, OST Public Relations @ (605)441-5692 or (308)207-5732. E-mail: Loretta@oglala.org
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
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(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
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