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"Rep. Raul Grijalva, environmental groups, American Indian tribes, ranchers, sportsmen and others have been on the opposite side of the Republican lawmakers, advocating for a permanent withdrawal of the land from new mining claims. They contend that the mining industry cannot guarantee that extracting uranium would not contaminate water sources, endanger public health or cripple the tourism industry.""Rep. Raul Grijalva, environmental groups, American Indian tribes, ranchers,... more
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For nearly 150 years, the voices of Dakota men imprisoned after the Dakota Conflict of 1862 went unheard. But the details of their imprisonment are starting to emerge, in letters written by those prisoners after six weeks of fighting along the Minnesota River Valley that left hundreds of Indians, settlers and soldiers dead.
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Concentration Camps, Genocide, In the U.S? 150-year-old Letters Give Voice to Dakota Prisoners
by Dan Gunderson, Minnesota Public Radio
January 19, 2011
Go read the article - you'll be glad you did.
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"We're very cold, and they took the stove away from us," one prisoner wrote. "It's way below zero and we're freezing. A lot of people have died."
The letters add important first-person perspective to a troubling time in history, said professor Bruce Maylath, one of Canku's colleagues in the NDSU English Department. They plan to publish 50 of the letters.
"There's a lot to be bothered by," Maylath said. "This has been a one-sided story to this point. And for the first time this tells the other side -- directly from the Dakota side. And it tells it in the language they were most comfortable in."
The letters also raise uncomfortable questions for historians.
"What happened? Did they have concentration camps in Minnesota? Even today, people don't believe that," Canku said. "People died. They were in prison. They experienced genocide. And when you talk about these things you are going to get opposition saying, no, these things didn't happen. But they did happen."
For Canku, the project is about truth telling. He said it's time for these long silent voices to be heard.
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http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/01/19/dakota-tribe-lettersFor nearly 150 years, the voices of Dakota men imprisoned after the Dakota Conflict of... more
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http://pwccc.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/proposal-universal-declaration-of-the-rights-of-mother-earth/
Preamble
We, the peoples and nations of Earth:
considering that we are all part of Mother Earth, an indivisible, living community of interrelated and interdependent beings with a common destiny;gratefully acknowledging that Mother Earth is the source of life, nourishment and learning and provides everything we need to live well;
recognizing that the capitalist system and all forms of depredation, exploitation, abuse and contamination have caused great destruction, degradation and disruption of Mother Earth, putting life as we know it today at risk through phenomena such as climate change;
convinced that in an interdependent living community it is not possible to recognize the rights of only human beings without causing an imbalance within Mother Earth;
affirming that to guarantee human rights it is necessary to recognize and defend the rights of Mother Earth and all beings in her and that there are existing cultures, practices and laws that do so;
conscious of the urgency of taking decisive, collective action to transform structures and systems that cause climate change and other threats to Mother Earth;
proclaim this Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth, and call on the General Assembly of the United Nation to adopt it, as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations of the world, and to the end that every individual and institution takes responsibility for promoting through teaching, education, and consciousness raising, respect for the rights recognized in this Declaration and ensure through prompt and progressive measures and mechanisms, national and international, their universal and effective recognition and observance among all peoples and States in the world.
Article 1. Mother Earth
(1) Mother Earth is a living being.
(2) Mother Earth is a unique, indivisible, self-regulating community of interrelated beings that sustains, contains and reproduces all beings.
(3) Each being is defined by its relationships as an integral part of Mother Earth.
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Aaron Huey's effort to photograph poverty in America led him to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the struggle of the native Lakota people -- appalling, and largely ignored -- compelled him to refocus. Five years of work later, his haunting photos intertwine with a shocking history lesson in this bold, courageous talk from TEDxDU.Aaron Huey's effort to photograph poverty in America led him to the Pine Ridge... more
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WASHINGTON — The Senate has approved almost $4.6 billion to settle long-standing claims brought by American Indians and black farmers against the government.
The money has been held up for months in the Senate as Democrats and Republicans squabbled over how to pay for it. The two class action lawsuits were filed over a decade ago.
The settlements include almost $1.2 billion for black farmers who say they suffered discrimination at the hands of the Agriculture Department. Also, $3.4 billion would go to Indian landowners who claim they were swindled out of royalties by the Interior Department. The legislation was approved in the Senate by voice vote Friday and sent to the House.
President Obama in a statement praised the Senate for passing the bill and urged the House to move forward on it. He said his administration is also working to resolve separate lawsuits filed against USDA by Hispanic and women farmers.
"While these legislative achievements reflect important progress, they also serve to remind us that much work remains to be done," he said.WASHINGTON — The Senate has approved almost $4.6 billion to settle long-standing... more
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(Big Bay, Michigan) – Residents of the Yellow Dog Watershed, whose tranquil life in nature has already been degraded by preliminary mining activities in the area, are inviting everyone to join Native Americans and leaders of various faiths for a day of prayer and fasting, this Sunday near Eagle Rock to honor Lake Superior.
The Lake Superior Day (Sun., July 18) event near Big Bay in north Marquette County is named "Under the Shadow of Eagle Rock: A Day of Prayer and Fasting."
Residents of the Yellow Dog Watershed hope the public will join in prayers for the protection of the environment where Kennecott Eagle Minerals is building a nickel and copper mine.
The event will run from sunrise to sunset with rituals, prayers, meditations and ceremonies every two hours on the hour.
Lake Superior Bi-National Forum and Lake Superior Day
http://www.superiorforum.org/
http://www.lakesuperior.com/lsdmain.html
Lake Superior Day 2010 events:
http://www.lakesuperior.com/lsdcalendar.html
Northland College and lake Superior Day
http://www.northland.edu/lake-superior-day.htm(Big Bay, Michigan) – Residents of the Yellow Dog Watershed, whose tranquil life... more
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Story/photo about Drew Nelson song about sacred Eagle Rock came out in this week's Indian Country Today newspaper
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/greatlakes/96146394.html
Video with Drew Nelson song entitled "Eagle Rock (Song for the People)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ces63iissE
Contact singer/songwriter Drew Nelson who wrote Eagle Rock (Song for the People)
http://www.drewnelson.net
http://www.drewnelson.net/boozhoo/shows/
http://www.drewnelson.net/boozhoo/2010/05/20/please-read-2/
Book Drew Nelson:
1-616-706-2539
drew@drewnelson.net
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1251 Penn Ave N.E.
Grand Rapids MI 49505
http://www.myspace.com/drewnelsonmusic
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Drew-Nelson-singersongwriter/45080254917
http://www.reverbnation.com/drewnelson
http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/artist/drewnelson.html
Eagle Rock (Song for the People)
By Drew Nelson
Sun breaks over the Yellow Dog
call the thunder down
feel the wind rush against my face
sound of the children
breaks the stillness of the morning
red tail rises not a mile from this place
all through the night
they kept the fire burning
all through the night they sang
call the directions, put tobacco down
prayers and smoke on the wind
Chorus:
Here at Eagle Rock we will take our stand
Here at Eagle Rock we will pray
for the healing of our people
and the healing of our land
there’s a fire burning in our hearts
Ishkoday (Anishinaabe for sacred fire)
Ishkoday
Ishkoday
For a thousand years
this place has been sacred
it will be for a thousand more
all those who lover her
cry all my relations
see the old ones sing
see the young ones grow
Chorus repeats:
There is a law higher than any government
places more important than a mine
a love that is greater than any corporation
ask the Eagle, ask the Bear, Ask the Pines.
Three brave American Indian women from Baraga, MI started the encampment at sacred Eagle Rock at sunset on April 23, 2010.
They are KBIC members Charlotte Loonsfoot, 37, and Chalsea Smith, 20, and Georgenia Earring of the Cheyenne River Lakota Sioux tribe in South Dakota.
The camp was triggered by mine officials ordering the trespassing arrest three days earlier (April 20) of non-native environmentalist Cynthia Pryor of the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve
Over the next month campers would build lean-tos, start several campfires including the sacred Grandfather Fire, pitch dozens of tents, pray, plant the Eagle Rock Memorial Garden, host the KBIC Tribal Council meeting (May 10), hear from many healers and elders including popular Native American singer “Bobby Bullet” St. Germaine (Lac Du Flambeau Tribe) and Lee Sprague (Little River Band of Ottawa Indians), and create a kitchen to store tons of food and other supplies donated by supporters.
A massive police raid began about 9 a.m. on May 27 as dozens of heavily armed state and local law enforcement officers swopped down on the camp at the order of officials with Kennecott Eagle Minerals.
Two members of Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve arrived moments before the raid to warn four campers that police were on their way.
Arrested Keweenaw Bay Indian Community members Chris Chosa, 28, and Charlotte Loonsfoot, 37, both of Baraga, Mich.
The other two campers present for the raid were Kalvin Hartwig (Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa), and Catherine Parker of Marquette – were ordered by police and mice security to leave with their vehicles.
Stand for the Land blog
http://www.standfortheland.com
Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve
http://www.yellowdogwatershed.org
Save the Wild UP
http://www.savethewildup.org
Cedar Tree Institute
http://www.CedarTreeInstitute.org
Drew Nelson photo:
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Kennecott%20Minerals%20orders%20Ojibwa%20camp%20crushed/SingerDrewNelsonEagleRocksongwri-1.jpgStory/photo about Drew Nelson song about sacred Eagle Rock came out in this... more
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JUNE 18-23 SET FOR 2010 NATIONAL SACRED PLACES PRAYER DAYS
Washington, DC — Observances and ceremonies will be held across the country from June 18 through June 23 to mark the 2010 National Days of Prayer to Protect Native American Sacred Places.
The observance in Washington, D.C. will be held on Monday, June 21 at 9:00 a.m. on the United States Capitol Grounds, West Front Grassy Area
Descriptions of certain sacred places and threats they face, as well as times and places for public commemorations are listed below.
Some of the gatherings highlighted in this release are educational forums, not religious ceremonies, and are open to the general public.
Others are ceremonial and may be conducted in private. In addition to those listed below, there will be observances and prayers offered at other sacred places that are under threat and at those not endangered at this time.
“Native and non-Native people nationwide gather at this time for Solstice ceremonies and to honor sacred places, with a special emphasis this year on sacred waters and those beings that depend on them,” said Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee).
She is President of The Morning Star Institute, which organizes the National Sacred Places Prayer Days.
“Ceremonies are being conducted as Native American peoples engage in legal struggles with federal agencies that side with developers that endanger Native sacred places,” said Ms. Harjo. “Once again, we call on Congress to build a door to the courts for Native nations to protect our traditional churches. Many sacred places are being damaged because Native nations do not have equal access under the First Amendment to defend them.”
All other peoples in the United States can use the First Amendment to protect their churches, but the Supreme Court closed that door to Native Americans in 1988.
The Court, from 1988 to 2009, has declined to allow federal religious freedom statutes to be used to protect Native American sacred places or the exercise of Native American religious freedom at sacred places.
“Today, Native Americans are the only peoples in the United States who do not have a constitutional or statutory right of action to protect sacred places or our exercise of religious freedom there,” said Ms. Harjo. “That simply must change as a matter of fairness and equity.
Native nations have been cobbling together protections based on defenses intended for other purposes.
Some may permit a place at the table when development is being contemplated, but Native peoples are not taken seriously because the agencies and developers know that the Supreme Court does not appear inclined to hear lawsuits which lack a tailor-made cause of action.”
“The Obama Administration is strengthening consultation and sacred sites Executive Orders,” said Ms. Harjo, “but executive orders do not create legal protections.”
During his presidential campaign in 2008, Sen. Barack Obama addressed this issue as part of his Native American policy platform for religious freedom, cultural rights and sacred places protection:
“Native American sacred places and site-specific ceremonies are under threat from development, pollution, and vandalism. Barack Obama supports legal protections for sacred places and cultural traditions, including Native ancestors’ burial grounds and churches.”
“Native American people are heartened that President Obama is fulfilling his promise,” said Ms. Harjo. “And we look forward to the day when the President calls on Congress to create a right of action so we can defend our holy places. Over 20 years have passed without Congress creating a door to the courthouse for Native Americans. Now, with the support of the President, we pray that this will be the last year we are denied justice.”
The 2010 observances will be the eighth of the National Prayer Days to Protect Native American Sacred Places.
The first National Prayer Day was conducted on June 20, 2003, on the U.S. Capitol Grounds and nationwide to emphasize the need for Congress to enact a cause of action to protect Native sacred places.
That need still exists.
Native peoples also are encouraged that the U.S. is reviewing the United Nations’ Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and consulting with tribal leaders about whether or not to adopt it.
The Declaration includes the following statements regarding sacred places:
“Article 11, 1: Indigenous peoples have the right to practise and revitalize their cultural traditions and customs. This includes the right to maintain, protect and develop the past, present and future manifestations of their cultures, such as archaeological and historical sites, artifacts, designs, ceremonies, technologies and visual and performing arts and literature.
“Article 11, 2: States shall provide redress through effective mechanisms, which may include restitution, developed in conjunction with indigenous peoples, with respect to their cultural, intellectual, religious and spiritual property taken without their free, prior and informed consent or in violation of their laws, traditions and customs.”
“Article 12, 1: Indigenous peoples have the right to manifest, practise, develop and teach their spiritual and religious traditions, customs and ceremonies; the right to maintain, protect, and have access in privacy to their religious and cultural sites; the right to the use and control of their ceremonial objects; and the right to the repatriation of their human remains.”
“Article 25: Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinctive spiritual relationship with their traditionally owned or otherwise occupied and used lands, territories, waters and coastal seas and other resources and to uphold their responsibilities to future generations in this regard."
In addition to those listed separately below, prayers will be offered for the following sacred places, among others:
All Waters and Wetlands
Antelope Hills
Apache Leap
Badger Two Medicine
Badlands
Bear Butte
Bear Medicine Lodge
Black Hills
Black Mesa
Boboquivari Mountain
Cape Wind
Cave Rock
Chief Cliff
Coastal Chumash sacred lands in the Gaviota Coast
Coldwater Springs
Colorado River
Columbia River
Eagle Rock in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Everglades
Fajada Butte
Gulf of Mexico
Haleakala Crater
Hickory Ground
Hualapai Nation landforms in Truxton and Crozier Canyons
Indian Pass
Kaho’olawe
Katuktu
Kituwah
Klamath River
Lake Superior
Mauna Kea
Medicine Bluff
Medicine Hole
Medicine Wheels
Mokuhinia
Moku’ula
Mount Shasta
Mount Taylor
Mount Tenabo
Nine Mile Canyon
Ocmulgee Old Fields and National Monument
Palo Duro Canyon
Petroglyphs National Monument
Pipestone National Monument
Puget Sound
Puvungna
Rainbow Bridge
Rattlesnake Island
Rio Grande River
Sweetgrass Hills
Sutter Buttes
Tse Whit Zen Village
Tsi-litch Semiahmah Village
Valley of Chiefs
Walking Woman Place
Woodruff Butte
Wolf River
Yucca Mountain
Zuni Salt Lake
Sacred places of all removed Native nations
2010 National Sacred Places Prayer Days events across the U.S.;
Turtle Island Project blogs:
http://turtleislandproject.blogspot.com/2010/06/2010-national-sacred-places-prayer-days.html
http://turtleislandproject.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/201nationalsacredplacesprayerdays/
Navajo Lutheran Mission blogs
http://navajolutheranmission.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/navajoarizona2010nationalsacredplacesprayerdays
http://navajolutheranmission.blogspot.com/2010/06/navajo-nation-2010-national-sacred.html
Indian Country Today newspaper three-part series on Suzan Shown Harjo, president of Morning Star Institute
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/archive/28180329.html
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/archive/28180139.html
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Ojibwa Treaty Rights trampled once again - by state of Michigan Kennecott Minerals
Stand for the Land Rally at Michigan Capitol: They sang, they cried, they proclaimed Mother Nature First! as Native Americans, non-Natives protested the raid on sacred Eagle Rock and continued the fight against Kennecott Eagle Minerals nickel and copper mine on the Yellow Dog Plains near Lake Superior
http://turtleislandproject.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/standforthelandrallymichigancapitolOjibwa Treaty Rights trampled once again - by state of Michigan Kennecott Minerals... more
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Eagle Rock Video Drew Nelson's Song:
Over 100 attended June 3 rally at the Michigan State Capitol protesting arrest of Ojibwa defenders at sacred Eagle Rock, sulfide mining in northern Michigan on the Yellow Dog Plains near Lake Superior in violation of Ojibwa Treaty Rights.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ces63iissEEagle Rock Video Drew Nelson's Song:
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Mariana live tweeted the east coast premiere of "Rape on the Reservation." Here are some of the reflections and extra information she offered during the show:
+ It was minus 3000 degrees in SD. OK, maybe exaggerating a bit, but South Dakota is so, so cold in the winter [Read more from producer Joanne Shen about the cold—and hot—side to South Dakota.]
+ My first pow-wow. Loved it. Incredible to see how much of their culture the Lakota have been able to maintain. [Watch a clip of Mariana at the pow-wow.]
+ This is a staggering statistic. 1 in every 3 native American women are raped in their lifetime. [Read more from producer John Henion about faulty rape statistics.]
+ This was a really tough story to report. I'm used to traveling around the world, but it's tough to know that this is happening right here.
+ St Francis is an all Indian high school, meaning all students are native American. They have a great varsity basketball team. We went to one of their games. Unfortunately they lost that night, but it was fun.
+ These kids told us how there's not much to do on the res, except basketball, drinking + partying, and that's where a lot of the rapes happen
+ We spent several hours on this tribal police ride along. Most of the time was spent speeding from one call to the other. This is because there aren't enough officers on call. Less than a handful patrolling an area the size of Rhode Island.
+ There should be many more of these shelters. The White Buffalo Calf Woman Society is great example of how people can make a difference.
+ In 2006 the feds declined to prosecute more than 65% of major crimes cases on Indian reservations. This is incredible. The Attorney General of SD sees the shortcomings of the federal govt, when it comes to prosecuting crime on Indian land. [Watch an outtake about tribal courts, often the last resort for rape victims.]
+ Has anyone tried Indian nachos? They’re soooo good. They’re made w/ buffalo meat and u can find them all over the res.
+ Antonio's views are shocking, but it says a lot about this cycle of violence that kids grow up with on the res. [Watch Antonio and his brother talk about being abused by their father.]
+ This Indian retreat was held in Bear Butte, SD. It's so beautiful there.
+ I didn't know what to expect from therapy session w/ Indian sex offenders, but amazing how most were willing to tell us their stories. And surprising to find out that almost all of them were sexually or physically abused themselves.
+ Martina has made it her mission to burn the abandoned houses around the res. Houses like the one where her 19-yr-old daughter was murdered. [Watch Mariana talk more about Martina's mission.]
+ The fed govt has promised to take action, by spending more money on prevention and law enforcement to combat crime on Indian reservations.
+ "Auto-pilot for self destruction," said Indian sex offender we met. He says if they go back to their roots, they can be beautiful ppl again.
+ Sadly, the house still stands. Martina's still working to get rid of abandoned houses. Her way 2 try to prevent more crime ag Indian women.
Watch Mariana's behind-the-scenes commentary after the jump.
Mariana live tweeted the east coast premiere of "Rape on the... more
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Winds average 18 mph across the great plains of South Dakota and one Indian tribe has been a pioneer in harvesting this natural resource. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe was the first tribe to own and operate a commercial scale wind turbine in 2003. Located in south-central South Dakota on the Nebraska border they now are in development for two large-scale wind farms - a 30 megawatt and 190 megawatt.
Indian reservations have high rates of unemployment, homelessness and poverty. Clean energy projects will help rebuild impoverished economies, create jobs and better ways of life for America’s First Nations.
Recent reports and surveys estimate the potential for renewable energy projects on Indian Tribal lands would meet the energy needs of one quarter of the entire U.S.Winds average 18 mph across the great plains of South Dakota and one Indian tribe has... more
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http://www.russellmeansfreedom.com/2009/the-united-states-continues-to-steal-land-from-indians/
During the course of this long-running, class-action litigation, it has been documented that the United States owes Indian people more than $137 billion for mismanagement of trust accounts. That was established just by the documents that were presented.
The original federal judge on this case was Royce Lamberth, who held at least three secretaries of the Interior in contempt for not producing thousands of additional documents. Also, during the course of this case, hundreds of relevant documents were found in the trash by Interior Department employees, who reported this to the court and to Interior Department officials.
So basically, now, the U.S. government is saying that it has identified the thief of Indian royalties and resources as itself. It has allowed the thief to determine the value of the settlement and mostly has allowed the thief to keep what has been stolen.
Only in America if you steal something and hold onto it long enough does it becomes yours.http://www.russellmeansfreedom.com/2009/the-united-states-continues-to-steal-land-from-... more
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Native Peoples Magazine features articles written by authors that create sensitive portrayals of the indigenous people of North and South America.
It is considered the periodical voice of the American Indian community.Native Peoples Magazine features articles written by authors that create sensitive... more
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Artist Brian Jungen says that one of the best ways to get people to look at artwork is to create it out of materials that they recognize. Visitors to Jungen's exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., will recognize plenty of the materials that compose Jungen's work — everything from basketball sneakers to plastic chairs to baseball gloves.Artist Brian Jungen says that one of the best ways to get people to look at artwork is... more
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Mark 16:15 John 1-5 Ephesians 1: 3-4 & 1: 9-10
(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.
Celtic Christianity Today
www.celticchristianitytoday.org
youtube & bliptv:
http://celticchristianity.blip.tv
www.youtube.com/celticchristianity
Rev. George Cairns, Spirit Cafe blog, United Church of Christ
http://i.ucc.org/FeedYourSpirit/SpiritCafe/CafeBlog/tabid/83/Default.aspx
Iona Community
www.iona.org.uk
www.isle-of-iona.com
www.iona-nwf.org/links.htm
Union Community Church, Valparaiso, IN
http://unioncommunitychurchucc.blogspot.com
Rev. Gregory Jones, Theology Department Valparaiso University
www.valpo.edu/theology/faculty/gregoryjones.php
http://faculty.valpo.edu/gjones
The Lutheran Magazine: Who is the Cosmic Christ? By Elaine Siemsen
www.thelutheran.org/article/article_buy.cfm?article_id=2696
United Nations: genocide
www.preventgenocide.org/genocide/officialtext.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocides_in_history
www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/p_genoci.htm
www.hawaii-nation.org/genocide.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide
Native American Genocide:
www.nemasys.com/ghostwolf/Native/genocide.shtml
www.exiledmothers.com/babies_taken_for_adoption/native_american_babies.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_death
www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/01/a-native-american-language-goe.html
Ecocide:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecocide
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1574160052/bookrags
American Museum of Natural History survey on Ecocide:
www.well.com/~davidu/amnh.html
www.well.com/~davidu/extinction.html
www.well.com/
www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/02/is-mass-species.html
ABC News Special “Earth 2100”
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Earth2100
Sixth Great Extinction:
http://rewilding.org/thesixthgreatextinction.htm
www.nerc.ac.uk/research/issues/biodiversity/sixth.asp
www.well.com/user/davidu/sixthextinction.htmlMark 16:15 John 1-5 Ephesians 1: 3-4 & 1: 9-10
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Celtic Christianity Today Homily “The Goodness of Creation” on April 26, 2009 at Union Community Church, Valparaiso, IN by Rev. Dr. George Cairns of Chesterton, IN.
Rev. Dr. George Cairns delivers Celtic Christianity Today homilies:
The 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 is working 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 that is a dispersed Christian ecumenical community working for peace and social justice, rebuilding of community and the renewal of worship.
Cairns is a research professor of Practical Theology and Spirituality at Chicago Theological Seminary, an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and lives in Chesterton, Indiana.
Cairns recently completed a six-part "contemplative reading and discussion" of Philip Newell's book "Christ of the Celts" at the Union Community Church. Cairns and his wife, Nancy, recently hosted a conference on Celtic Spirituality, Ecology, and Participative Consciousness.
Dr. Cairns says:
Celtic Christianity is a strand of the Christian tradition which developed during the
middle of the first millennium. Its full flowering in Ireland and Scotland continued for several hundred years before it was incorporated into the dominant church as many of its traditions were lost or suppressed.
There are two major reasons for this recovery and reconstruction of Celtic Christian practical theology for the church today: Church Renewal & Engaging and transforming the genocide and ecocide taking place today.
We are concerned that our current individual and systemic western consciousness is disembodied and ill. We believe that this process started several thousand years ago in the late Paleolithic. We are not trying to turn back the clock to the Stone Age. But we do know that a change in consciousness must begin if our planet and we are to survive.
What we have lost is participative consciousness, which understands that our lives are profoundly related to the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of all of creation. Another way of putting this is that we are completely relational beings. Reconnection with all of creation as sacred and responsive
and alive is our great task in the early 21st century.
We have living guides to help us such as Celtic Spirituality, Native American Spirituality and post-modern science. I believe we need to integrate the profound gifts of these resources and open ourselves to deepen our relationships with all of creation.”
Related websites:
Celtic Christianity Today
http://www.celticchristianitytoday.org
Rev. George Cairns on Spirit Cafe blog, United Church of Christ
http://i.ucc.org/FeedYourSpirit/SpiritCafe/CafeBlog/tabid/83/Default.aspx
Iona Community, Scotland
http://www.iona.org.uk
Iona Community New World Foundation: Iona associates, friends in U.S.
http://www.iona-nwf.org/links.htm
Turtle Island Project
http://www.TurtleIslandProject.org
Union Community Church, Valparaiso, IN
http://unioncommunitychurchucc.blogspot.com
Rev. Gregory Jones, Theology Department at Valparaiso University
http://www.valpo.edu/theology/faculty/gregoryjones.phpCeltic Christianity Today Homily “The Goodness of Creation” on April 26,... more
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Presbyterian EarthKeeper Jill Martin of Ford River Township in Delta County writes the fourth of seven columns about the environment and the interfaith Upper Peninsula (U.P.) EarthKeeper Tree Project that planted 12,000 trees across the Upper Peninsula in early May 2009.
The EarthKeeper columns and news stories appeared in numerous U.P. newspapers including the Marquette Mining Journal, the Escanaba Daily Press, the Iron Mountain Daily News, the Houghton Daily Mining Gazette, the St. Ignace News, the Marquette Monthly and the Ironwood Daily Globe.
Jill Martin is a Presbyterian EarthKeeper team member, an environmental scientist with Wilcox Professional Services in Escanaba and a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Escanaba.Presbyterian EarthKeeper Jill Martin of Ford River Township in Delta County writes the... more
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