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Russell Means spoke yesterday at 4th of July celebration in Sturgis
Our friend Russ Means spoke, signed books and did a presentation of Lakota culture and dance at the Ron Paul 4th of July Celebration weekend in Sturgis, South Dakota yesterday, July 3rd.
Russell Means ran for President on the Libertarian ticket a while back and lost the party nomination to Ron Paul by only a few votes.
Russell and his family danced and did a presentation on Lakotah culture on July 3rd at the gathering sponsored by the Libertarians and their Raging Grannies.
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July 3 Schedule
The Day starts at 10am for Speakers and Ends around 5pm
Start your day with a Granny Warrior All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast Bar.
Roger Weidner
Jack McLamb
Frank McEnulty
Ernest Hancock
Russell Means - Lakota Heritage Celebration. Available for book signing! Get your copy today!
Book signing hour. The Authors will be bringing some books to sell, but they will not have enough for everybody, we suggest to pre-buy and bring one!
6:00 Dinner provided by the Lakotah People. Home Cooked Buffalo Stew with Fried Bread! (And don't forget we have our other food vendors as well!)
Movies will also be showing on a big screen
Dusk Fireworks at Mt Rushmore
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where we've seen Russ Means and his family dance
and been inspired by this great leader's love of
his family, culture and Lakotah people. Our friend Russ Means spoke, signed books and did a presentation of Lakota culture and dance at the Ron Paul 4th of July Celebration w... more -
Lakotah Nation: Black Hills sovereignty
The United States is now occupying Lakota country illegally, in violation of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, which granted the Lakota control of the Black Hills in western South Dakota. The treaty was repealed by Congress in 1877, and the Lakota have struggled ever since. "We are the poorest people in America," said Russell Means, "and we have the shortest life span in America, too. The life expectancy for Lakota women is 47; for a man, it's 44. After 155 years of genocide, our way of life is on the brink of extinction. We have finally decided to withdraw from the United States and save our people and our lands. The United States is now occupying Lakota country illegally, in violation of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, which granted the Lakota... more
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Black Mesa Water Coalition Needs Your Support
URGENT! PLEASE ACT NOW!
JULY 7, 2008 DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS
Please Forward Widely to Everyone You Know!
On May 23, 2008 the Office Of Surface Mining (OSM) opened a 45 day public comment period concerning the proposed Black Mesa Project: Peabody Coal Company's massive coal-mining expansion plans on the sacred ancestral homelands of the Dine' (Navajo) & Hopi peoples of Black Mesa, AZ. Peabody Coal's plans would devastate whole communities & ecosystems and de-stabilize our planet's climate for their own personal gain. Your voices are urgently needed before the comment period closes July 7, 2008!
Big Mountain, Black Mesa Elder Faces Threat of her Ceremonial Lodge/Home being dismantled while Peabody Coal Company is pushing their massive coal-mining expansion plans on the sacred ancestral homelands of the Dine' (Navajo) & Hopi peoples of Black Mesa, AZ. Your voices are urgently needed before the deadline!
PEABODY COAL COMPANY'S PLANS UNDERMINES PLANETARY LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS BY ACCELERATING ECOLOGICAL & CULTURAL COLLAPSE! We cannot allow a small cartel of energy corporations and their financial backers to knowingly de-stabilize our planet's climate and devastate whole communities & ecosystems for their own personal gain. This may turn out to be the most devastating crime ever perpetrated against humanity, the planet and future generations. We are at a critical juncture. Indigenous and land-based people globally have maintained the understanding that our collective survival is deeply dependent on our relationship to the Earth.
Please, act now in support of the communities on the front lines of resistance! The Black Mesa Project Environmental Impact Statement (BMP-EIS) outlines harmful impacts to every level of the ecological and cultural systems on Black Mesa and has global repercussions. If we don't stop these plans, Peabody will have the green light to:
Lock in mining rights until the coal runs out or until 2025!
Substantially accelerate global warming and cause an ecological meltdown.
Destroy thousands of acres of canyon lands, vanishing indigenous vegetation and shrines or burials.
Blast the land for coal & deplete air quality, increasing the health risk of the local residents and their livestock.
Deplete an underground source of water that residents depend on to survive by pumping massive amounts of water.
Uproot & relocate families from their ancestral homelands where the coal mining expansion are.
Sacrifice human dignity and planetary health for elite profit! Peabody would cause many more problems than what is reflected here.
HERE'S HOW TO SEND YOUR COMMENTS: You can send as many comments as you want on different issues, as long is it's before the deadline on July 7, 2008. Your comments must directly address components of the EIS. Alternative C, (No Action), is our preferred alternative. Alternative B is Peabody Coal's preferred alternative. Find a sample letter here or write your own. At the top of your letter or in the subject line of your e-mail message, indicate: "BMP Draft EIS Comments.'' Include your name and return address in your letter or e-mail message.
The Draft Black Mesa Project Environmental Impact Statement for Peabody Coal's preferred Alternative B is available for review on OSM's Internet Web site at: http://www.wrcc.osmre.gov/WR/BlackMesaEIS.htm
EMAIL: BMKEIS@osmre.gov. You should receive a confirmation that OSM has received your e-mail comment, or contact (303) 293-5048.
Read more at link above.
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from TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog.blogspot.com
where the Touchette/Paisner family lived in the
1980s just miles from beautiful Black Mesa in Navajo Nation.
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Blackfeet Vote Out Long-time Chief Earl Old Person
"Blackfeet vote for change"
| greatfallstribune.com | Great Falls Tribune
Browning, Montana
BY TRAVIS COLEMAN Tribune Staff Writer • June 25, 2008
Blackfeet tribal members overhauled their government and voted to do the same to their constitution during tribal elections Tuesday, adding a separation of powers to their 73-year-old charter and ousting the longtime tribal chairman.
Henry Butterfly received 1,860 votes to Tribal Chairman Earl Old Person's 999 in the Browning District to win a spot on the Tribal Business Council, according to unofficial election results released by the tribe late Tuesday.
Butterfly said he won because voters wanted change.
"I'm just very excited. I'm glad," said Butterfly, 65, after learning the results. "Now I'm just waiting to get sworn in."
Old Person, who is also the tribe's chief, could not be reached for comment Tuesday night.
Butterfly said council members will choose a new tribal chairman from among the nine members of the council on July 12, the same day new members are sworn into office.
A total of 2,868 votes were cast in the election, according to tribal Elections Office.
Voters also passed a referendum to restructure the tribe's constitution, adding executive, legislative, judicial, traditional and ethical branches to its constitution.
Supporters previously said these checks and balances would limit the amount of power the Tribal Business Council holds, which could give the tribe a stronger infrastructure.
The referendum passed with 2,322 "yes" votes to 454 "no" votes.
"I think it's really saying the people wanted change," said Rodney "Fish" Gervais, a council member who helped push the resolution leading to the referendum. "To me, it's exciting."
A committee of five people, which will be appointed by the council, will meet with tribal members for one year to get their input on what should be in the constitution.
The committee then will submit the proposed new constitution to voters, who will choose whether to approve it in a special election.
In a second referendum, voters chose to ban alcohol sales on the reservation during North American Indian Days July 10-14 and the Heart Butte Society Celebration Aug. 7-10. A previous ban, which was in place for seven years, was lifted last year. Tribal members passed the ban by a margin of 1,701 votes to 1,112 votes.
In a third referendum, voters supported prohibiting people who owe a debt to the tribe from sitting on a tribal council, board or commission.
That referendum passed with 2,253 "yes" votes to 538 "no" votes.
Voters also ousted another council incumbent when Terry Joseph "TJ" Show beat Edwin "Sooney" Little Plume by 1,692 votes to 1,167 votes, respectively, in the Old Agency District.
In other races, Peter Tatsey, with 1,891 votes, beat Jessie Jay St. Goddard, who had 969 votes, in the Heart Butte District and Reese "Reis" Fisher, who received 1,787 votes, beat Titius "Titus" Upham, who had 1,070 votes, in the Seville District.
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Winona LaDuke Talks about Conservation and How to Model a Sustainable Society.
Winona LaDuke, director of the Honor the Earth Fund, talks about conservation efforts on her reservation, and the lessons modern society can take from indigenous peoples such as the American Indians on how to model a sustainable society. (2007)
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American Indian Activist Winona LaDuke on Colbert Show
June 12, 2008
Our sister Winona LaDuke appears on the Colbert Show in a segment on American Indians and the 2008 Presidential Political Race.
Anishinaabe Environmental Activist Winona LaDuke who ran for U.S. Vice-President in 1996 and 2000 on the Green Party Ticket with Ralph Nader is gracious when Stephen Colbert says "Migwetch" (Anishinaabe for Thank You) for electing George W. Bush.
Winona gifts Colbert with a flag souvenir from the White Earth Nation and $24.00, and jokes, "That should make us all set."
Watch the video to hear Winona LaDuke's Indian humor.
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where Charleen Touchette has been friends with Winona LaDuke
and her mom Betty LaDuke since the mid-1970s when Winona
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MN Native American activist Thomas Dalheimer fights racist names, pushes state gen...
Thomas Dalheimer, Director of Rum River Name Change Organization Inc., in Wahkon, Minnesota fights to preserve heritage of a great river, and state apology for American Indian genocide.
“When we become aware of or able to look at our own history and acknowledge the painful wounds of ethnocide and genocide right here in Minnesota we will be inspired to go through a radical social, political and religious transformation. A peaceful cultural revolution will occur and we will be changed for the better," Dalheimer said.
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Turtle Island Project Director: Some rich think Indigenous Peoples are "expendable...
(Marquette, Michigan) - Many of the rich around the world view Indigenous Peoples, women and children as “expendable commodities,” said Turtle Island Project Director Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard during Northern Michigan University 2008 Indigenous Earth Day Summit.
Hubbard added he fears for the future of mankind and the planet because “we have lost any sense of the sacred.”
The summit was held on Earth Day 2008 on the NMU campus in Marquette, Michigan near the shores of Lake Superior.
The two-day summit - the first of its kind at NMU - was April 22-23.
Read more by clicking on link. (Marquette, Michigan) - Many of the rich around the world view Indigenous Peoples, women and children as “expendable commodities,” sai... more -
Lakota Organization OWE AKU & An Environmental Victory
April 30, 2008
Greetings from Owe Aku, the traditional Lakota (Sioux) organization advocating for Lakota peoples’ human, ecological and treaty rights from a proactive grassroots perspective. Owe Aku, on behalf of our communities and allies, is very pleased and humbled to express our gratitude for recent developments regarding the protection of our sacred Mother Earth. The United States Federal Atomic Licensing Board (ALB) has granted Owe Aku the opportunity to put forth its arguments why Crow Butte Resources, Inc. should not be allowed to expand their current mining interests in northwestern Nebraska.
“Petitioners Debra White Plume, the organizations Owe Aku/Bring Back the Way and the Western Nebraska Resources Council are admitted as parties in this proceeding and their Requests for Hearing and Petitions to intervene are granted…”
The land and water that Canadian-based Cameco/Crow Butte Resources, Inc. is trying to access is traditional Lakota treaty territory under the 1868 and 1851 Fort Laramie treaties. The 1868 Ft. Laramie treaty has been acknowledged as legal and binding by the United States Supreme Court (1980) and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Treaties (2000). In filing its petition with the NRC, Owe Aku submitted the treaty issue as a relevant part of the discussion along with the recently passed Declaration on the Rights of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, relying on provisions regarding Indigenous peoples’ rights to traditional land and resources, and free, prior, & informed consent. Prior to its decision yesterday, on January 16, 2008 the NRC sent a three judge panel to Nebraska to hear oral arguments and specifically requested additional information on the treaties and the UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights. Although the ALB, in its written decision, mentioned the issue of international human rights and treaty law by stating they need not rely on these assertions for this particular decision, an entire section of their Memorandum and Order was dedicated to just that.
Debra White Plume, an organizer and strong force behind this action, stated:
“We are very, very happy about this decision. Now that Owe Aku and the Western Nebraska Resources Council has been granted “standing,” the Oglala Sioux Tribe, our traditional elders and chiefs from the treaty council and others will now be able to join the case. It was their blessing and encouragement that helped us in this EARLY victory, WHICH IS BASICALLY FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHT TO FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS. In this work we do what we have to protect our sacred water and our future generations.”
CONTACT: Kent Lebsock, Owe Aku Intl Human Rights and Justice Program iamkent@verizon.net
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The World's Hardest Working Shaman
Western Shoshone leader, Corbin Harney talks about his prophetic conversation with the water
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Crow Nation adopts Obama
American Indians have a unique historical standing with the United States government. The once popular image of the "vanishing Indian" has been proven wrong by a very present Native American community throughout the North American continent. Their adoption of a political figure, especially, a possible candidate for the US presidency is very symbolic and of great importance. American Indians have a unique historical standing with the United States government. The once popular image of the "vanishing Indian"... more
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Portrait of Rick West cost Indian museum $48,500 - washingtonpost.com
Senators, trustees question spending by former Director.
W. Richard West Jr. commissioned this portrait by Burt Silverman that now hangs in the patrons' lounge. (By Burt Silverman).
W. Richard West Jr., the founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, spent $48,500 in museum funds to commission a portrait of himself.
This Story
The portrait of West by New York artist Burton Silverman hangs in the patrons' lounge on the fourth floor of the flagship museum, which is dedicated to the arts and culture of American Indians. Silverman said West picked him after he saw a portrait Silverman had done of former Smithsonian secretary Robert McCormick Adams. The Adams portrait, completed about a decade earlier, was smaller and cost about half as much.
Silverman, of Polish descent, was chosen, said Smithsonian spokeswoman Linda St. Thomas, after "they couldn't find a Native artist who did formal portrait sittings like this."
By James V. Grimaldi
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 4, 2008; Page C01
via TouchArt.net and oneearthblog.blogspot.com.
"Dick West should have called me or any of a dozen Indian art curators nationwide who would have given him a long list of renowned American Indian, Canadian First Nation and Alaskan Native artists to chose who would have painted a much better portrait for a much more reasonable price. He could have spent the extra $40,000 to buy several paintings of other Indian artists to get more contemporary art in the collection of the NMAI - National Museum of the American Indian. Several Native communities could have benefited from the excessive amount of money spent for Dick West's vanity. Several Indian artists could have been validated by the museum and be inspirations for the young people on their reservations." Charleen Touchette, author NDN ART (Fresco. 2003) Distributed by the University of New Mexico Press.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0974102326/sr=8...
Instead the former director West, made another decision that reveals he doesn't care about Indians.
Don't miss checking out Dick West's other adventures in ripping off Indians, the federal government and the American people at
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More graft in Bush administration - Indian museum director spent lavishly on trave...
The founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian spent more than $250,000 in institution funds over the past four years on first-class transportation and plush lodging in hotels around the world, including more than a dozen trips to Paris.
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Smithsonian Funds Expensive Retirement Video
By James V. Grimaldi and Jacqueline Trescott
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, December 28, 2007; Page A01
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Cherokee
Hello, All -- For your reference, I include the article below. See the web site for links to potentially useful reports and news releases.
Cherokee says, " The preceding statistics are used to illustrate the importance of green, low-GHG real estate development – such as transit-oriented, infill, mixed-use, brownfield, smart growth development and/or green building in meeting US greenhouse gas reduction goals."
-- Bill Brown
from Charleen Touchette at TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog.blogspot.com Hello, All -- For your reference, I include the article below. See the web site for links to potentially useful reports and news rele... more -
Researchers claim photovoltaic cell advance
Greetings, All -- Researchers at the University of Tel Aviv claim new photovoltaic technology that costs at least one hundred times less than conventional silicon-based devices. The device is based on a genetically engineered dry proteins photosystem called PS I that -- importantly -- emininates the need for an expensive cooling system. PS I is expected to cost about $1 (one dollar) per square meter of panels compared with a cost of about $200 (two hundred dollars) per square meter for panels using silicon.
"The Israeli team is set to challenge others who are using photosynthesis for photovoltaic cells, including universities such as Cambridge in the U.K., and Stanford, M.I.T, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, and the Universities of Tennessee and Arizona in the U.S, and several others. "
-- Bill Brown
http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2074...
William M. Brown
Sage West Consultants & The Climate Project
Energy Science, Law, Architecture
Arroyo Hondo & Taos, New Mexico
Email: nmglobalwarming@yahoo.com
Web: http://nmglobalwarming.org
Web: http://www.theclimateproject.org
Brought to you on this earth day from Charleen Touchette at TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog.blogspot.com
Photo "Cloud Break Over Chimayo" by Charleen Touchette, On the Road with Mixed Blood Radio Archives with Martin Luther King III outside Chimayo, New Mexico in June 2007. Greetings, All -- Researchers at the University of Tel Aviv claim new photovoltaic technology that costs at least one hundred times le... more -
Clearly New Mexico
Clearly New Mexico
Clearly New Mexico is a project of the Center for Civic Action, a state-based advocacy organization working to advance socially responsible public policies in New Mexico. We believe that a stronger democracy is the best path to addressing the challenges facing our state and our nation. This site provides cutting edge online communications tools in the service of this purpose.
Core Values
People are our greatest asset. Thus, we seek policies that invest in people, expanding opportunity and fostering full participation in the democratic institutions that shape our lives.
We all live under one sky. Thus, we advocate policies that protect the planet for the health and happiness of this generation and those that follow.
Public structures belong to the people and serve to keep our communities safe, secure and healthy. Thus, we seek to strengthen these structures that promote public safety and health, while holding them to the highest standards of public accountability.
CONTACT US
Clearly New Mexico
PO Box 27616
Albuquerque, NM 87125
505.842.5539
Email: info@clearlynewmexico.com
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Have a green day.
P.S. Google Greensburg, tornado, going green for news on positive news from this town hit hard by tornadoes committed to rebuilding green Clearly New Mexico ... more -
Dance With Destiny Documentary more than Global Warming
After watching this video, my heart was touched.
Think yours may be too.
Watch this documentary about our earth and what we can do.
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Grand Canyon Skywalkers
Skywalking Indians explores the impoverished Hualapai Tribe's search for economic independence in the heritage tourism industry by sinking millions into the Skywalk: a gigantic glass walking bridge jutting out into the Grand Canyon--a kitschy tourist trap with peculiarly
indigenous overtones. Featuring tribal business leaders who advocated for the Skywalk, tribal elders who opposed it--and hosted by two
sincere and satirical anthropologists-- this pod explores the
issue most pertinent to Native American independence: when should
tradition be compromised to make a buck? Skywalking Indians explores the impoverished Hualapai Tribe's search for economic independence in the heritage tourism industry by sin... more -
I am an American Indian, not a Native American!
American Indian leader Lakotah Russell Means from Pine Ridge, South Dakota explains why he and many of us abhor the term "Native American."
Check out Russell Means' informative website at www.russellmeans.com
From Charleen Touchette, Oppressionist Artist recruited by Russell Means in 2006, for TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog.blogspot.com
HAVE LAND? THANK AN INDIAN
You can get a tee-shirt with the wise words above at www.nativeharvest.com American Indian leader Lakotah Russell Means from Pine Ridge, South Dakota explains why he and many of us abhor the term "Native Ameri... more -
Urban Navajo
Anthea grew up in the city, but she is curious about her Navajo roots and seeing where she comes from. She takes a trip with her family back to her birthplace, the place where they buried her umbilical cord and rolled her in the first snow as a baby. Anthea grew up in the city, but she is curious about her Navajo roots and seeing where she comes from. She takes a trip with her fam... more
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