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70 A Multi-Media Performance get ready for their 11-8-08 show @ The Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art. A performance by Ayo Ngozi with Ayodamola Okunseinde, Hesihima James, Hambone Swamp Guinee, Torkwase Dyson, Ernesto Mercer, Tazima Davis, Holly Bass, Tierra Buggs, Samaa Claiborne, Melani N Douglass, Candace Mickens, Nakima Smith70 A Multi-Media Performance get ready for their 11-8-08 show @ The Smithsonian... more
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Another speaker at the Smithsonian Institute NMAI Conference - "A Call to Consciousness on Climate Change".
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Dan Wildcat (Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma)
Daniel R. Wildcat is director of the Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center and of the American Indian Studies Program at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. In 1994 Wildcat helped form a partnership with the Hazardous Substance Research Center at Kansas State University to create the Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center as a nonprofit Native American initiative to facilitate technology transfer to tribal governments and Native communities, transfer of accurate environmental information to tribes, and research opportunities for tribal college faculty and students throughout the United States.
In 1996 Dr. Wildcat helped plan and organize an American Indian educational program to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Earth Day. As a part of the program, he moderated a live, nationally broadcast dialogue in Washington, D.C., between traditional American Indian elders and American Indian scientists and engineers about the way we must live if we are to ensure a healthy planet for our children. Wildcat also helped plan and design a four-part video series entitled All Things Are Connected: The Circle of Life (1997), which dealt with land, air, water, and biological issues related to environmental science and policy challenges facing Native nations. His recent activities have revolved around forming the American Indian and Alaska Native Climate Change Working Group, a network of individuals and organizations working on climate change issues.
Wildcat received B.A. and M.A. degrees in sociology from the University of Kansas and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. He is the author or editor of several books, including Power and Place: Indian Education in America (2001), with Vine Deloria, Jr.; Destroying Dogma: Vine Deloria's Legacy on Intellectual America (2006), with Steve Pavlik; and Red Alert: Saving the Earth with Indigenous Knowledge (forthcoming).
Complete Video - http://www.nmai.si.edu/iss/2008/me_webcast.html?siref=YouTube&video=Wildcat
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From TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog.blogspot.com
Another speaker at the Smithsonian Institute NMAI Conference - "A Call to... more
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Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabekwe [Ojibwe], enrolled member of the Mississippi Band Anishinaabeg)
Winona LaDuke is a rural development economist who has spent many years working on energy policy and energy self-sufficiency issues in Native America. The author of five books, she is the executive director of Honor the Earth, a national Native American foundation, and founding director of the White Earth Land Recovery Project on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota.
LaDuke is a graduate of Harvard University, with graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master's degree in rural development from Antioch University. Twice a U.S. vice presidential candidate, serving as Ralph Nader's running mate and representing the Green Party in 1996 and 2000, LaDuke lives and works on the White Earth Reservation.
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Watch entire video at
http://www.nmai.si.edu/iss/2008/me_webcast.html?siref=YouTube&video=LaDuke
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From TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog.blogspot.com
where we know Winona LaDuke has warned for decades
of the climate change we are experiencing worldwide.Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabekwe [Ojibwe], enrolled member of the Mississippi Band... more
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These professional photographers take stunning photos despite the fact that they are blind.These professional photographers take stunning photos despite the fact that they are... more
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Are you smarter than a 5th-grader? Apparently the folks over at the Smithsonian are not. As such, all the people who lost on that FOX tv show should definitely not feel bad about themselves.
Some facts from the story...
5th-grader Kenton Stufflebeam (is that name for real, because it is AWESOME), from Allegan, Michigan (YEA Meeeeeeechigan!!!) went to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History over his winter break and noticed an error in the Tower of Time display. What did he catch that millions of other missed? The display had a notation indentifying the Precambrian as an era, which it is not.
Huh?
Turns out the Precambrian is no era after all but instead is "a dimensionless unit of time." Props to the kid!Are you smarter than a 5th-grader? Apparently the folks over at the Smithsonian are... more
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Come on Smithsonian, how could you not know when to refer to the Precambrian era...
Props to the 5th grader Kenton Stufflebeam who called them out...Come on Smithsonian, how could you not know when to refer to the Precambrian era...... more
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