Resist 2010: 8 Reasons to Oppose the 2010 Winter Olympics, is a short, fast-paced documentary focusing on the negative impacts of the 2010 Games to be held in Vancouver, Canada, and the ongoing resistance by Indigenous & other social movements.Resist 2010: 8 Reasons to Oppose the 2010 Winter Olympics, is a short, fast-paced... more
The adorable K-6th grade Navajo children during the second week of school at the Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, Arizona.
Narrated and videotaped by Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard, executive director of the Navajo Lutheran Mission
Featuring K-6 students, teachers and staff.
1-928-659-4201 (Office)
1-928-659-4202 (School)
Navajo Lutheran Mission School:
NELM School Principal Felisita Jones
Kindergarten teacher Sharon Woody
1st grade teacher Lark Pettit
2nd grade teacher Jolene Wilson
3rd and 4th grade teacher Pauline Wagon
5th and 6th grade teacher Eileen Holiday
Tara Chee, NELM Community Services Coordinator and Navajo Language and Culture Instructor
2009 Board of Directors
Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission
Ron Augustson, Chair
Janice Lee Jim
Roger Johnsen
Jerry Thomas
Bill Heincke
Richard Wixom
David Ulibarri
Jeannie M. Harvey
Christel Badey
Clarence Begay
Sue Vogel-Herrera
Alice Natale
Carol Buckley, owner of Arizona Flutes and Native Arts in Camp Verde, AZ (high desert in Verde Valley) and a non-native flute musician specializing in American Indian music.
She has Michigan roots - lived in Davison and taught school in LakeVille Public Schools in Otisville, where she was a Speech and Language Pathologist.
In 1994 Buckley decided to refocus her life, escape from the cold weather, and move to the beautiful Verde Valley in Arizona’s high desert.
She is a poet and writer who plays Native American style flute music and has great respect for the Navajo and other Native American tribes and their respective cultures/heritage.
Carol also teaches classes on how to play the Native flute.
Songs used from Carol Buckley's “Rhythm Keepers” and “Raindrops on Roses” CDs
Navajo Lutheran Mission Second Week of School & Photo Montage:
Carol Buckley's “Raindrops on Roses” CD
Track 4 “Living Life”
Track 6 “Dancing Moccasins”
Cal Farley's Girlstown, U.S.A.
Situated on 1,425 acres of land eight miles south of Whiteface, Texas, (west of Lubbock) http://www.calfarley.org/girlstown/pages/default.aspxThe adorable K-6th grade Navajo children during the second week of school at the... more
(Rock Point, AZ) - Videos produced by two Pittsburgh area churches led by Pastor Susan C. Schwartz that sent missionaries to the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, Arizona in July 2009.
Volunteers from several faith traditions and churches painted murals and did other work at the Navajo Lutheran Mission including the Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills and St. John Lutheran Church in Swissvale.
Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills
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Pittsburgh, PA
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1-412-242-4476 (church office)
Blog about 2009 NELM trip by volunteers from several Pittsburgh area churches including Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills and St. John Lutheran Church in Swissvale: http://scs1249.blogspot.com
Preview story on April 9, 2009 in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Pittsburgh Live about area church group heading to NEML to paint. Pastor Susan C. Schwartz heads Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills and St. John Lutheran Church in Swissvale and Kathy Gaberson, a Hope Lutheran member. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_619790.html
More about the flute music featured in this video:
Travis Terry is a native Flutist of the Pima Nation who is born of the indigenous Gila River Pima Nation in Sacaton, Arizona.
On his myspace page, Native flutist Travis Terry says:
"I grew up surrounded by ethnic music and instruments of long ago, including the Native flute," Terry said. “As a child I had natural appreciation for music, which contributed to me becoming a self-taught flutist in my adult years. My military service has sent me around the world exposing me to the musical traditions of various cultures."
"Ethnic music was a continual interest and drew me closer to this dream of creating music. I have always been grateful to my parents (Irving and Caroline) for supporting my dreams and at the same time continually teaching me and my sisters (Denise and Dawn) the indigenous Pima culture, traditions and language. These values have aided me in blending contemporary culture with this heritage of the 'Desert People.' This conscious blending of cultures is very much reflected in my musical compositions and playing style."
"After my military service, I visited Canyon De Chelly where my good fortune led me to meet my lovely wife Cara and settle in Chinle, AZ. Cara and her family taught me the ways and language of the Dine (Navajo) people."(Rock Point, AZ) - Videos produced by two Pittsburgh area churches led by Pastor Susan... more
(Rock Point, AZ) - During July 2009, volunteers from the Lutheran Church of the Cross in Sacramento, CA visited the Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, AZ to assist the Navajo people with the health of their livestock.
Despite the extreme summer heat and the remote Navajo homes, church members helped deworm and vaccinate 500 sheep and goats plus 200 horses.
The volunteers from the Lutheran Church of the Cross paid for the expense of vaccinating over 700 livestock.
The vaccination program badly needs funding and anyone wish to help should contact the Navajo Lutheran Mission (see contact info below)
The Navajo Lutheran Mission extends special thanks to Arizona Navajo musician Anthony Maloney, who music is featured in this video and will be used in upcoming videos (scroll down for more info and links about Anthony Maloney)
Songs by Maloney included in this video are "Our Warriors" and "A Better Life."
Pastor serves as a Chaplain at California State University Sacramento
Church is on the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Area Campus Ministry. http://www.sacacmin.com
Wikipedia on the Navajo Nation:
The Navajo Nation (Diné Bikéyah in the Navajo language) is a semi-autonomous Native American homeland covering about 26,000 square miles (17 million acres), occupying all of northeastern Arizona, the southeastern portion of Utah, and northwestern New Mexico. It's the largest land area assigned primarily to a Native American jurisdiction within the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_Nation
The Navajo Lutheran Mission extends special thanks to Arizona Navajo Musician Anthony Maloney, who music is featured in this video and will be used in upcoming videos
Songs by Maloney included in this video are "Our Warriors" and "A Better Life."
Navajo (Diné) singer, songwriter and poet Anthony K. Maloney, a member of the Navajo Nation (Diné Bikéyah) from Yuba City, AZ "Music City"
What are the three biggest lies about Hawai`i today? We hear and see them all the time.
Do you know what they are and what to say when you hear them?
Find out this Wednesday on http://FreeHawaiiTV.com. We’ll show you how to reply and say goodbye to the lie.
Meet Kauanoe Chang, Director of HOEA and you’ll soon see why even though Ho`ea may be a small project, it creates big results in our brand new show this week on Voices Of Truth – One-On-One With Hawai`i's Future.
Please share our Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network e-mails and videos with friends and colleagues. That's how we grow. Mahalo.What are the three biggest lies about Hawai`i today? We hear and see them all the... more
Founded in September 1953, the Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, Arizona (Tsé Nitsaa Deezʼáhí) located in the heart of the Navajo Nation (Diné Bikéyah).
In April 2009, Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard became the executive director.
Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard is a Presbyterian pastor was named the pastor of the Lutheran Mission House of Prayer.
This 2005 video by Drach Meinel Enterprises has been updated:
Please vote daily through August 30, 2009 for story about Rev. Jon Magnuson's nonprofit environment projects in Michigan's Upper Peninsula: Vote for the story by Donna Kumpula about the EarthKeeper Initiative and the Zaagkii Project
It was weekly winner in April but now its competing against about 19 others for the big prize . Money that would help fund the projects for a year.
You'll need to register - or login if you have voted before.
Its entitled:
Creating numerous environment projects that bring together diverse groups, students, American Indians
Brief summary of projects your vote would support:
The interfaith Earth Keeper Initiative:
The interfaith EarthKeepers planted twelve thousand (12,000) trees across northern Michigan for Earth Day 2009 thanks to over 100 churches/temples from 12 religions.
During past Earth Day projects, the EarthKeepers have recycled or properly disposed over nearly 400 tons of waste including cellphones, computers (and related equipment), printers, car batteries, poisons, pesticides, oil-based paint, pharmaceuticals and much more.
The Zaagkii Project:
This summer Native American youth and at-risk teens are repairing the ecosystem along a Lake Superior beach, built dozens of Mason Bee houses including some to be placed at the U.S. National Gardens in D.C.; Native American teens this month are helping build a greenhouse for native species plants on the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community reservation.
Last summer the teens built dozens of butterfly houses for migrating Monarchs.See Links to vote below:
Please vote daily through August 30, 2009 for story about... more
Please vote daily through August 30, 2009 for story about Rev. Jon Magnuson's nonprofit environment projects in Michigan's Upper Peninsula: Vote for the story by Donna Kumpula about the EarthKeeper Initiative and the Zaagkii Project
It was weekly winner in April but now its competing against about 19 others for the big prize . Money that would help fund the projects for a year.
You'll need to register - or login if you have voted before.
Its entitled:
Creating numerous environment projects that bring together diverse groups, students, American Indians
Brief summary of projects your vote would support:
The interfaith Earth Keeper Initiative:
The interfaith EarthKeepers planted twelve thousand (12,000) trees across northern Michigan for Earth Day 2009 thanks to over 100 churches/temples from 12 religions.
During past Earth Day projects, the EarthKeepers have recycled or properly disposed over nearly 400 tons of waste including cellphones, computers (and related equipment), printers, car batteries, poisons, pesticides, oil-based paint, pharmaceuticals and much more.
The Zaagkii Project:
This summer Native American youth and at-risk teens are repairing the ecosystem along a Lake Superior beach, built dozens of Mason Bee houses including some to be placed at the U.S. National Gardens in D.C.; Native American teens this month are helping build a greenhouse for native species plants on the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community reservation.
Last summer the teens built dozens of butterfly houses for migrating Monarchs.Please vote daily through August 30, 2009 for story about Rev. Jon Magnuson's... more
RAN organizers Joshua Kahn Russell and Kimia Ghomeshi are on a tour of Canada and the US with the bands Propagandhi and Strike Anywhere and the organization Substance to educate, organize, and mobilize people to stop a disastrous oil project called the Tar Sands.
Here is the 9th episode of our adventures - Clayton Thomas Muller from Indigenous Environmental Network tells us what's up with the most destructive project on the planet.
Every night we'll be speaking with the bands on stage, working with teams of volunteers and the organization Substance to get hundreds of people to sign up to join our campaign, take actions locally, recruit for different local organizations, screen slideshows and films, distribute literature and information, and even sing songs.
(Valparaiso, Indiana) - Rev. Dr. George Cairns of Chesterton, Indiana delivers a Sunday homily about “the major evils of today – genocide and ecocide” entitled “Repent or the Time is Near” on May 31, 2009 at the Union Community Church in Valparaiso, Indiana.
In this two part homily video series, Rev. Cairns discusses the “Cosmic Christ” and a related story in “The Lutheran” magazine by Elaine Siemsen, the United Nations definition of genocide, the loss of language and other heritages in Indigenous peoples like the American Indian, Ecocide, the acclaimed ABC News Special “Earth 2100” and how many experts believes the Earth and its inhabitants are facing the “the Sixth Great Extinction” of the world.
Cairns talks about the results of the American Museum of Natural History national survey on Ecocide that “reveals a biodiversity crisis” and is entitled “Scientific Experts Believe we are in the Midst of Fastest Mass Extinction in Earth's History: Crisis Poses Major Threat to Human Survival; Public Unaware of Danger”
With the statute of limitations up, Rev. Cairns confesses his childhood antics to prevent a highway construction project from ruining the woods in which he played - now an interstate freeway has “vaporized” those woods that meant so much to him while growing up.
The other homilies on Celtic Christianity take a look at several topics including the European roots of the Celts (primarily Scotland and Ireland) and how Earth-based cultures can impact the future of civilization including actively protecting the environment, respecting fellow humans, different cultures and nature.
Cairns works closely with Rev. Gregory Jones on several social fronts.
Rev. Jones is the pastor of the Union Community Church and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theology at Valparaiso University.
Founded in 2007, The non-profit Turtle Island Project is known for its ongoing work with Native American issues and the other wing involves other Earth-based religions like the Celts. Dr. Cairns is the co-founder of the nonprofit Turtle Island Project.
Rev. Cairns continues to work closely with the foremost Celtic group in the world, the Iona Community in Scotland.
(Marquette, Michigan) - Native Americans and other Indigenous peoples plus women, children and nature are degraded and silenced by the rich and powerful, said Turtle Island Project Director and Co-founder Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard recently while discussing Author Derrick Jensen's book "A language older than words."
Rev. Hubbard said some Americans - often wealthy white men and some corporations - exploit and ignore the voices of Indigenous peoples like Native Americans and other cultures and the voices of women and children - and ignore the cries of nature because we live in a silent world.
"This silencing is central to the workings of our culture," Hubbard said.
"The staunch refusal to hear the voices of those we exploit is crucial to our domination of them," Hubbard said.
"Religion, science, philosophy, politics, education, psychology, medicine, literature, linguistics and art have all been pressed into service as tools to rationalize the silencing and degradation of women, children, other races, other cultures, the natural world and its members." Hubbard said.
The third in a series, this video was made as Hubbard made two presentations on September 24, 2008 during the third annual UNITED Conference at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
Lakota domestic violence activist Tillie Black Bear, co-founder of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, also spoke at the event as a guest of the Turtle Island Project.
Some of the quotes from talks by Rev. Hubbard and Tillie Black Bear were used in Indian Country Today newspaper in stories written by Greg Peterson, the New York-based paper's Great Lakes correspondent and volunteer media advisor for the nonprofit Turtle Island Project:
Bolivia has voted in a new referendum on indigenous rights. The changes include strengthening state control over the country's natural resources, as well as no longer recognizing Catholicism as the official religion.Bolivia has voted in a new referendum on indigenous rights. The changes include... more
"Members of Colombia's largest rebel group live openly on or near several Indian reservations in western Venezuela with at least the tacit approval of President Hugo Chavez, indigenous leaders here charge.
Although the border area has long absorbed Colombian refugees fleeing decades of war, members of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have become visible as never before in the last two or three years, buying supplies, looking for medical assistance and forging relationships with indigenous women, said Venezuelan Congressman Arcadio Montiel, a Wayuu Indian.
Leaders of several Indian communities clustered around this town in a wild rain forest area that forms the border with Colombia told The Times over the weekend that the FARC's presence is harming their culture and youth.
'They have replaced the caciques, or chiefs, as authority figures and so who do the youths now want to emulate? The rebels,' said Javier Armato, a Yupa Indian who is a former Zulia state deputy and onetime Chavez supporter."
This bothers me, especially since I was born in this state. I would hate to see the beautiful culture and traditions of the different indigenous tribes being replaced by the corrupt and greedy ways of the FARC."Members of Colombia's largest rebel group live openly on or near several Indian... more
Thousands of people in the province are rushing to prove their Mi'kmaq ancestry so they can join a landless band set to form in late 2009.
The Qalipu band is part of a agreement between the federal government and the Federation of Newfoundland Indians that would give its members, about 7,800, status under the Indian Act.
The agreement — a majority of FNI members voted in favour of it in March — would provide those who can prove their Mi'kmaq ancestry access to government services such as health and dental benefits, as well as funding for post-secondary education.
Unlike other aboriginal bands that fall under the Indian Act in Canada, members of the Qalipu Band will not be provided with land to form a reserve.
Stephenville resident Doreen Swyers has already collected thousands of records on her family history in order to join the new Qalipu band.
"Well, I got mostly everything now that I need — birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates, pedigree chart, done up — I got it all, everything ready," she said.
Brendan Sheppard, president of the Federation of Newfoundland Indians, said people need to prove they have a direct relation to an ancestor who was registered with the government as Mi'kmaq in the 1945 census.Thousands of people in the province are rushing to prove their Mi'kmaq ancestry so... more
A top Bolivian government official said Monday that the country's intelligence services had uncovered a plot to assassinate President Evo Morales.A top Bolivian government official said Monday that the country's intelligence... more
How in this day and age can the United Nations now help my people. America has acknowledge its' wrong doing and its' illegal takeover our Kingdom and forcing our Queen to give up the thrown to save what Native Hawaiians were left. America gave her no choice, they were only 25 Police Officers, and some Palace guards against the United States of America and its’ Armed Forces and Provisional Government. How can they side with an; entity, corporation, business, whatever you wanna call it. The UN does nothing to assist the movement nor the intervention of American Affairs in Hawai’i, our people are dying from poverty, lack of education, imprisonment, lack of housing, lack of health care, lack of land rights, lack rights to language and culture (The law cited as banning the Hawaiian language is identified as Act 57, sec. 30 of the 1896 Laws of the Republic of Hawaiʻi, and on in the past 25 years or so has the language been reintroduced to my generation through my grandparents generation. The land, what is left of it is all that we have it should be protected for and be used for the best interest of the Hawaiians. When will the UN see that this is an Illegal trade of Stolen Land from the Hawaiian People? When will the government stop the desecration and Illegal Justice against my people? When will we be educated by the Billions Of Revenue from Ceded Lands create? Where is Healthcare? Where is protection against cultural and sacred places? Injustices against my people. We demand rights for the future and survival of Hawaiians and the Aloha Spirit, No Hawaiians, No Aloha Spirit.How in this day and age can the United Nations now help my people. America has... more
Mayan honey producers in Mexico's Southern Yucatan switch to organic production and tap into lucrative international marketsMayan honey producers in Mexico's Southern Yucatan switch to organic production and... more
Believing it may be their last chance to profit from the production of traditional straw hats, a group of Mayan artisans calling themselves 'la última esperanza' receives assistance and marketing advice from an IFAD-supported project.Believing it may be their last chance to profit from the production of traditional... more
The Supreme Court of Brazil is expected to make a landmark judgement later on the rights of indigenous people.
It will rule on whether a reservation in the Amazonian state of Roraima can remain a single unbroken territory.
Indian leaders in Brazil say the case could set a crucial precedent for the protection of their ancestral lands.
But rice farmers say they could be forced to leave the area if the court upholds its status as an official reservation, given in 2005.
There are more than 100 similar cases before the Supreme Court but it is thought this ruling will establish an important legal precedent which touches on a number of sensitive issues.The Supreme Court of Brazil is expected to make a landmark judgement later on the... more
"Cowboys and Angels": Third annual free northern Michigan benefit concert to battle domestic violence and teen suicides on one of the the poorest American Indian reservations in the U.S.
(Munising, Michigan) - A free benefit concert to battle American Indian teen suicide and family violence will be held on December 13 in northern Michigan.
The non-profit Turtle Island Project (TIP) in Munising is organizing the third annual "Cowboys and Angels" concert to benefit the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society (WBCWS) in Mission, South Dakota – the first Native American domestic violence shelter in the world.
The WBCWS battles domestic violence, sexual assault and an alarming increase in teen suicides on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation, the home of the Sicangu Lakota people.
Poverty, depression, a lack of jobs, drugs, alcohol and other social problems are among the reasons behind Rosebud suicides and family violence.
Performing on Saturday, Dec. 13 from 7 - 9 p.m. at the Falling Rock Cafe and Bookstore at 104 East Munising Ave. in downtown Munising, Michigan will be Pastor Lynn Hubbard. The concert includes original songs written by Rev. Hubbard and traditional songs of the season.
The WBCWS was founded 30 years ago by a group of courageous Native American women including current executive director Tillie Black Bear.
"The White Buffalo Calf Woman's Society and its domestic violence shelter are vital to address social issues like teen suicide and domestic violence on the Rosebud reservation," said Dr. Hubbard, pastor of the Eden on the Bay Lutheran Church in Munising, MI. "Women and children are treated with dignity."
"The Rosebud Reservation has been described as a Third World Country in America's heartland," Hubbard said. "Social problems on the Rosebud can sometimes seem overwhelming but the answer starts with a person donating money or volunteering their time and praying for the people.”
The TIP has organized numerous free benefit concerts in the U.P. and SD for the WBCWS including two by Iron County-based folk groups, White Water and Duo Borealis.
