In March 2004 Daniel Callaghan was arrested and then convicted for chaining himself to the street to stop a float he believes demeans and exploits American Indian culture and spirituality. After appealing all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, Callaghan was sent to jail from December 5 to December 26, 2008, for stopping the Krewe of Chasco float, a private club of white business and civic leaders in New Port Richey, Florida that dresses in authentic Indian regalia, then appears in nine regional parades as a living advertisement for the Chasco Fiesta. On January 4, 2009, Callaghan delivered a sermon entitled "My Sabbatical at the Pasco County Jail" to an overflowing congregation at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tarpon Springs. On March 21, 2009, Callaghan was informed he is the recipient of the Charles Skinner Award for the best sermon delivered in our Unitarian Universalist faith, and he's been asked to deliver it again at the International General Assembly in Salt Lake City in June 2009 to 5,000 delegates. Callaghan is asking Lakota Russell Means to join him in asking the delegates to return home and to ask friends and families to boycott New Port Richey and Pasco County, Florida, until the Krewe of Chasco changes its theme to anything but Indian. Callaghan has also notified more than 30 local civic leaders, the Chasco Fiesta officials and the Krewe of Chasco leadership by letter today that they have a window of opportunity to stop the stealing of American Indian culture and spirituality before he seeks national condemnation in June to what Peter Matthiessen has called the biggest insult to American Indians today. The struggle continues! Semper fi, Dan Callaghan, Board of Trustees, UU Church of Tarpon Springs; Head Librarian, West Pasco Historical Society; president, Society of Citizens Against Racism (SCAR), Felon.
1/5/2009 Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project: Kewenaw Bay Indian Community tribal youth and northern Michigan teens protect pollinators by building butterfly houses, distributing 26,000 native plant seeds
Non-profit Cedar Tree Institute celebrates first of three years of the new Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project: KBIC tribal youth and Upper Peninsula teens are protecting pollinators by building butterfly houses and planting and distributing 26,000 native plants seeds
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(Marquette, Michigan) - Northern Michigan teens are on a mission to protect pollinators by helping butterflies and restoring native plants to areas of the Upper Peninsula.
Perhaps the best know pollinators are bees - like honey bees and bumble bees.
Billions of these bees are dying across the world in a syndrome called Colony Collapse Disorder.
Zaagkii Project artwork created by a teen volunteer
Bees are disappearing and its not clear why - although human impact on the environment are among the suspected causes like pesticides and global warming.
A world without bees would mean world without food. - as was dramatically pointed out in the Jerry Seinfield 2007 comedy - Bee movie.
Bees go on strike causing plants across the world die - that means no food, no flowers, no trees - the death of civilization.
After bees, the next best pollinators are butterflies.
Marquette teens build a butterfly house in July 2008 in the parking lot of the Grace United Methodist Church.
The butterfly houses are longer than the better known birdhouses and are lined with bark.
Marquette, Michigan area teens and Native American youth spent the summer of 2008 building butterfly houses - that are longer and slimmer than birdhouses and are lined with bark.
Teens participating in the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Summer Youth Program built and painted the houses at the tribes Natural Resource Department along Lake Superior.
KBIC Natural Resource Department Director Todd Warner said the Zaagkii Project is a good way for youth to become aware of their connection to natural resources and nature.
The butterfly houses offer protection to butterflies that can enter thru tiny slits.
Butterfly houses, pictured above on poles, also offer rest to migrating monarchs and can be used for reproduction.
Marquette teens and two Zaagkii Project volunteers are pictured in July 2008 planting native plant seeds at the Hiawatha National Forest Green House in Marquette, MI
Marquette teens have planted or distributed 26,000 native plant including at the Hiawatha National Forest greenhouse in Marquette.
In the spring of 2009 some of the plants will be planted at several areas across northern Michigan including at Sand Point - a beach that the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community has been repairing from the effects of copper mining.
The mine dumped copper processing waste into Lake Superior in the late 1800s and early 1900s - polluting miles of shoreline.
KBIC Photo of Sand Point
The tribe capped the pollution and the native plants will be used to attract wildlife and restore the ecosystem.
The Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project will enter its second year in the summer of 2009.
This is the first of several videos on the many aspect of the Zaagkii Project that was founded by the non- profit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette that has sponsored numerous environment projects.
The three-year Zaagkii Project is sponsored by the CTI, Marquette County Juvenile Court, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) and the United States Forest Service (USFS).
Future videos will include a look at a bee farm in Marquette County that fascinated Zaagkii Project teens who received a close look at the hives and learned about the importance of pollinators.
Pictured above, the Cedar Tree Institute held a BBQ in July 2008 to honor the Zaagkii Project teens at Presque Isle Park in Marquette, MI.
The teens visited a KBIC pow-wow where they were recognized. And amongst numerous news stories done on project Jan Schultz of the USFS was interviewed by a California radio station about Zaagkii Project.
All this in future videos.
The Zaagkii Project is made possible by contributors like the Marquette Community Foundation, the Negaunee Community Fund, the Negaunee Community Youth Fund, the M.E. Davenport Foundation, the Kaufman Foundation, the Phyllis and Max Reynolds Foundation, with assistance from the Upper Peninsula Childrens Museum in Marquette, Mich. and the Borealis Seed Company in Big Bay, Mich.
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Eternal God, your amazing power to innovate goes on forever, but in our time we are seeing your glorious Creation slipping away.
Continue to touch our hearts with a concern for Creation; continue to give us wisdom and insight into Creation's healthy parameters; continue to draw us together on Creation's behalf and well-being.
Then as the earth brings forth its shoots may our lives bring forth your love and justice and grace. --- EarthWords Suggests - Give a native species plant:
Consider a (local) live plant gift, or perhaps even a contribution to purchase and preserve rain forest or some other wilderness place!
Austin, Texas Honeybee video courtesy: Johnnie Hargrave
Photos by Richard Burkmar; Paul Billiet & Shirley Burchill
Wikipedia photos by (Usernames when real name not available): Tübingen-Hagelloch, Björn Appel, Warden, Debi Vort, Kristof Van der Poorten, John Severns, Waugsberg, Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, Derek Ramsey, John O'Neill
--- KBIC Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project contact info and web links --- Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) Contacts:
KBIC Tribal Chair Warren C. Chris Swartz Jr. 906-353-6623 ext. 4104 --- KBIC Vice Chair Susan LaFernier 906-353-6623 --- KBIC Natural Resource Department (NRD)
Kim Klopstein, one of the summer youth supervisors for the KBIC Summer Youth Program 906-201-0020 -------- United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees United States Forest Service (USFS) USDA USFS Forest Service Eastern Region 626 E. Wisconsin Ave. Suite 700 Milwaukee, Wis. 53202 ---
USFS Official Jan Schultz speaks to Zaagkii Project supporters and volunteers in July 2008 at a Cedar Tree institute BBQ at Presque Isle Park in Marquette, MI
Jan Schultz, Botany & Non-native Invasive Species Program Leader
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Angie Lucas, contractor, Hiawatha National Forest Greenhouse Manager
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Terry Miller, forest botanist
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Deb LeBlanc, WestSide Plant Ecologist
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Does Monach Workshops
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Richard Burkmar (editor of Space for Nature) graduated from the University College of Cardiff in 1984 with a degree in zoology and a PhD in avian ecology in 1989. He currently works for Merseyside Environmental Advisory Service where he manages the North Merseyside Biodiversity Action Plan (Liverpool, St. Helens, Knowsley and Sefton Boroughs).
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An Andrena bee collects pollen among the stamens of a rose. The female carpel structure appears rough and globular to the left. The bee's stash of pollen is on its hind leg.
A European honey bee collects nectar, while pollen collects on its body.
A European honey bee (Apis mellifera) extracts nectar from an Aster flower using its proboscis. Tiny hairs covering the bee's body maintain a slight electrostatic charge, causing pollen from the flower's anthers to stick to the bee, allowing for pollination when the bee moves on to another flower.
Photo by John Severns (Wikipedia username Severnjc)
Blueberries being pollinated by bumblebees. Bumblebee hives need to be bought each year as the queens must hibernate (unlike honey bees). They are used nonetheless as they offer advantages with certain fruits as blueberries (such as the fact that they are active even at colder outdoor ambient temperature) A picture showing blueberry pollination by bumblebees, aswell as the system of furrow irrigation using siphon tubes. Pictures were taken at "blueberry fields", Koersel, Belgium.
A picture showing blueberry pollination by bumblebees, as well as the system of furrow irrigation using siphon tubes. Pictures were taken in July 2008 at "blueberry fields", Koersel, Belgium.
A cultivar is a particular variety of a plant species or hybrid that is being cultivated and/or is recognised as a cultivar under the ICNCP. The concept of cultivar is driven by pragmatism, and serves the practical needs of horticulture, agriculture, forestry, etc.
The plant chosen as a cultivar may have been bred deliberately, selected from plants in cultivation, or discovered in the wild. Cultivars can be asexual clones or seed-raised. Clones are genetically identical and will appear so when grown under the same conditions.
Viola 'Clear Crystals Apricot', a hybrid cross viola (Viola x hybrida), Victoria, Australia. Wikipedia photo by John O'Neill (Wikipedia username Jjron)
Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators. 2006. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: NBII Mountain Prairie Information Node. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org
The Value of Honey Bees As Pollinators of U.S. Crops in 2000 by Drs. Roger Morse and Nicholas Calderone of Cornell University (2000) :
Colony Collapse Disorder (or CCD) is a poorly understood phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or Western honey bee colony abruptly disappear. While such disappearances have occurred throughout the history of apiculture, the term Colony Collapse Disorder was first applied to a drastic rise in the number of disappearances of Western honey bee colonies in North America in late 2006.
European beekeepers observed a similar phenomenon in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, and initial reports have also come in from Switzerland and Germany, albeit to a lesser degree. Possible cases of CCD have also been reported in Taiwan since April 2007.
1/5/2009 Four-Part Video on Michigan non-profit Turtle Island Project Dec. 2008 Cowboys & Angels benefit concert raises funds for White Buffalo Calf Woman Society on Lakota Rosebud Reservation in SD
Northern Michigan residents give during the Dec. 13, 2008 Cowboys and Angels free benefit concert to help fight American Indian domestic violence, teen suicide
"Cowboys and Angels": Third annual free northern Michigan benefit concert a success in effort to battle domestic violence and teen suicides on one of the the poorest American Indian reservations in the U.S.
(Munising, Michigan) - Northern Michigan residents helped fight American Indian teen suicide and family violence during December 13 third annual free benefit concert in northern Michigan.
The non-profit Turtle Island Project (TIP) in Munising organized the third annual "Cowboys and Angels" concert that was held to benefit the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society (WBCWS) in Mission, South Dakota the first Native American domestic violence shelter in the world.
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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.
Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard performed original songs and seasonal music during the concert on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008 from 7 - 9 p.m. at the Falling Rock Cafe and Bookstore at 104 East Munising Ave. in downtown Munising
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.
Photo stills of the Rosebud Reservation by KOTA TV Sioux Falls, SD --- Photos in "Sorrow on the Rosebud" graphic by photographer Lara Neel, Argus-Herald Leader newspaper Kudos to reporter Steve Young, photographer Lara Neel and Argus Leader staff/management.
Links to stories and video by Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, SD on the tragic suicide epidemic involving Lakota youth and young adults
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Marie Wilcox, (upper right) who lost her son, Stoney Larvie, to suicide more than two years ago, says his spirit visited her on the night he died. "He put his arms around me and said, 'Don't do that. Don't blame anyone.' " Wilcox says that not understanding why her son chose suicide is the most difficult thing to deal with. (Photo by Lara Neel / Argus Leader)
Angel Wilson (lower right) visits her son's grave on her property near Mission in south-central South Dakota on a recent summer day. Clay Wilson committed suicide at age 19 in January 2007, several months after two of his friends killed themselves. (Lara Neel / Argus Leader)
Lino Spotted Elk (lower left) visits the grave of his son, Lino "JJ" Spotted Elk Jr. The younger Spotted Elk committed suicide while in jail on a warrant for a speeding ticket. "I try to figure out what could I have done," the elder Spotted Elk says. "You can beat yourself to death with those kinds of questions." (Lara Neel / Argus Leader)
Lino Spotted Elk Sr. (upper left) sits in a St. Francis cemetery, reflecting on his son's life. Spotted Elk said images and attitudes from MTV videos of rappers and gangsta music are powerful influences on reservation young people. (Lara Neel / Argus Leader)
Tillie Black Bear, (center photos) the executive director of the White Buffalo Calf Woman's Society, tells a northern Michigan audience about the teen suicide crisis facing her reservation back home in South Dakota. Black Bear was a keynote speaker on September 23, 2008 at the Northern Michigan University 2008 United Conference in Marquette, MI (Tillie Black Bear photos by Greg Peterson)
The youth suicide problem on and around the Lakota Rosebud Reservation is finally get the recognition it deserves.
Kudos to reporter Steve Young, photographer Lara Neel and any other members of the Argus Leader staff and management involved with this important story.
Lakota community leader Tillie Black Bear and others have worked tirelessly to bring this issue to the attention of many.
Black Bear and a few other brave native women founded the White Buffalo Calf Woman's Society 31 years ago this October - the first domestic violence shelter on an Native American reservation.
The WBCWS has done its best to provide counselors and alternatives - and held a suicide summit earlier this summer.
The non-profit Turtle Island Project in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (Munising) and others have been trying to get South Dakota media to pay attention for over a year.
On Sept. 21, 2008, the Argus Leader newspaper did a thought-provoking, great but sad series of articles (and related videos) on the problem. Some 27 Rosebud members have killed themselves and over 400 youths have attempted suicide in the past few years.
Except for some American Indian media, only a handful of the white news media (including KOTA-TV, South Dakota Public Broadcasting and the Lutheran Magazine) have done much coverage of the issue that caused Rosebud Leaders to declare a state of emergency in the spring of 2007.
Numerous American Indian news outlets and websites helped the Turtle Island Project spread the word last fall. (That media includes Indian Country Today, Native Times, Native America Calling, News from Indian Country, Yahoo Indigenous Peoples Forum, Red Nation Society, Pow Wow TV, Native Radio, Mostly Water, and others we don't mean to leave out).
Thanks also to the Custer Lutheran Fellowship Church in Custer, SD.
Here are links to videos/Argus Leader newspaper stories:
Video #7 --- White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc. PO Box 227 Mission, SD 57555
PH. 605-856-2317 FX. 605-856-2494 http://www.wbcws.org --- To see KOTA-TV news story, videos and other info on Turtle Island Project and its founders Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Dr. George Cairns:
Tillie Black Bear. Executive Director White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc.
Tillie Black Bear is an enrolled member of the Sicangu Lakota Nation/Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
She is presently the Executive Director of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc., which operates the oldest shelter for women who have been battered or raped on Indian reservations; and is the first shelter for women of color in the U.S. (1977).
Rosebud Tribal Judge Sherman Marshall presents Tillie Black Bear a plaque that honors the White Buffalo Calf Womans Society - the oldest domestic violence shelter for women of color in the world. (Photo by Javier Alegree)
She is recognized throughout the state, nationally, and in Indian Country as one of the leading experts on violence against women and children.
She is a founding mother of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) and a founder of the South Dakota Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (SDCADV&SA) both in 1978.
She was the first woman of color to chair NCADV and continues to sit on the Board of Director for the SDCADV&SA.
Black Bear presently serves on the advisory board of National Sexual Assault Resource Center, Pennsylvania and is past member of the professional advisory board of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, Austin, TX.
She is currently a council member for Clan Star a technical resources for tribal grantees through Department of Justice.
Tillie Black Bear was the recipient of an award from the U.S. Department of Justice for her work with victims of crime in April,1988; and in 1989 was one of President Bushs Point of Light .
In 1999 at the Millennium Conference on Domestic Violence in Chicago, IL, Black Bear was one of 10 individuals recognized as one of the founders of the domestic violence movement in the United States.
She was awarded an Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award in December, 2000 by President Clinton.
In May, 2003 Black Bear was a recipient of the first annual LifeTime Achievement Award from LifeTime Television.
Black Bear was selected as one of 21 Leaders for the 21st Century award by Womens eNews in 2004.
In 2005, she received an award from NOW.
She is retired from Sinte Gleska University as a part-time instructor in Human Services; Casey Foundation as a licensed foster parent.
Currently, Black Bear works as a teacher of 13 years teaching students taking a course on cross-cultural ministry at Catholic Theological Union through Shalom Ministries out of Chicago, IL.
Black Bear and colleague Sally Roesch Wagner, Ph.D. have completed a poster series on D/Lakota women elders on each of the nine Dakota/Lakota Nations in South Dakota entitled: D/Lakota Women Keepers of the Nation .
Another collaborative work is workshops on issues of Racism and Cultural Diversity, which has taken them to South Dakota, Vermont, New York, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa.
Black Bear has worked as a therapist, certified school counselor, administrator, college instructor and comptroller.
She holds a Master of Art (1974) from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD; Bachelor of Science (1971), Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD.
She has served on the St. Francis Indian School Board of Directors, St. Francis, SD; and Sinte Gleska University Board of Regents, Mission, SD.
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Rev. Dr. George Cairns, TIP Co-Founder, Board President
Turtle Island Project Director Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard of Munising, MI was a guest speaker at the 2007 and 2008 UNITED Conference at NMU. Rev. Hubbard is pastor of the Eden on the Bay Lutheran Church in Munising, MI.
Please see the videos on his talks on TIP TV.
For more information on the TIP call 906-202-0590 or 906-401-0109.
In recent years, the Turtle Island Project has held several free concerts and other events to raise money for the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society. This concert was held in Munising Michigan in Dec. 2007
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9/30/2008 Lakota domestic violence activist Tillie Black Bear sings
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Tillie Black Bear addresses the Northern Michigan University 2008 UNITED Conference
Tillie Black Bear is the executive director and one of the founders (31 years ago) of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc. (WBCWS) that serves the Lakota Sioux Rosebud Reservation in Mission, S.D.
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She spoke to the Northern Michigan University 2008 Uniting Neighbors in the Experience of Diversity (UNITED) Conference on September 23, 2008.
This is the first of several videos about her talk in the Great Lakes Room of the NMU University center and a roundtable discussion that followed down the hall.
In this video, Black Bear is introduced to the northern Michigan audience and sings the Direction Song.
With traditional sage burning, Black Bear sings as she and the crowd face the four directions - West, North, East, South - and honor the Sky and Earth.
Her visit was coordinated by the NMU Center for Native American Studies and the non-profit Turtle Island Project in Munising, Michigan.
The Turtle Island Project (TIP) has held several concerts and other events to raises funds for the WBCWS. TIP Director Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard travels several times a year to the Rosebud Reservation.
Black Bear was greeted by Dr. Judith Puncochar, an NMU Professor and an organizer of the annual UNITED Conference
Tillie Black Bear was introduced by Grace Chaillier, an NMU Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Center for Native American Studies and a registered member of the Sicangu Lakota band of the Rosebud Sioux - the same tribe as Black Bear.
Please watch the other Turtle Island Project videos on Tillie Black Bear's talk in northern Michigan.
Black Bear addresses the Lakota teen suicide crisis, domestic violence, people respecting people and many other important issues.
Tillie Black Bear is an enrolled member of the Sicangu Lakota Nation/Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
She is presently the Executive Director of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc., which operates the oldest shelter for women who have been battered or raped on Indian reservations; and is the first shelter for women of color in the U.S. (1978).
Tillie Black Bear is recognized throughout the state, nationally, and in Indian Country as one of the leading experts on violence against women and children.
She is a founding mother of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) and a founder of the South Dakota Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (SDCADV&SA) both in 1978.
She was the first woman of color to chair NCADV and continues to sit on the Board of Director for the SDCADV&SA.
Black Bear presently serves on the advisory board of National Sexual Assault Resource Center, Pennsylvania and is past member of the professional advisory board of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, Austin, TX.
Tillie Black Bear is pictured on Sept. 23, 2008 in Marquette, MI with Dr. José Cuellar of La Raza Studies at San Francisco State University, who spoke on "The Four Enemies of Diversity."
Black Bear and Dr. Cuellar were both featured speakers at the 2008 UNITED Conference at Northern Michigan University.
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Black Bear is currently a council member for Clan Star a technical resources for tribal grantees through Department of Justice.
Tillie Black Bear was the recipient of an award from the U.S. Department of Justice for her work with victims of crime in April,1988; and in 1989 was one of President Bushs Point of Light .
In 1999 at the Millennium Conference on Domestic Violence in Chicago, IL, Black Bear was one of 10 individuals recognized as one of the founders of the domestic violence movement in the United States.
She was awarded an Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award in December, 2000 by President Clinton.
In May, 2003 Black Bear was a recipient of the first annual LifeTime Achievement Award from LifeTime Television.
Black Bear was selected as one of 21 Leaders for the 21st Century award by Womens eNews in 2004.
In 2005, she received an award from NOW.
She is retired from Sinte Gleska University as a part-time instructor in Human Services; Casey Foundation as a licensed foster parent.
Currently, Black Bear works as a teacher of 13 years teaching students taking a course on cross-cultural ministry at Catholic Theological Union through Shalom Ministries out of Chicago, IL.
Black Bear and colleague Sally Roesch Wagner, Ph.D. have completed a poster series on D/Lakota women elders on each of the nine Dakota/Lakota Nations in South Dakota entitled: D/Lakota Women Keepers of the Nation .
Another collaborative work is workshops on issues of Racism and Cultural Diversity, which has taken them to South Dakota, Vermont, New York, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa.
Black Bear has worked as a therapist, certified school counselor, administrator, college instructor and comptroller.
She holds a Master of Art (1974) from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD; Bachelor of Science (1971), Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD.
She has served on the St. Francis Indian School Board of Directors, St. Francis, SD; and Sinte Gleska University Board of Regents, Mission, SD.
Black Bear is single mother of 3 girls, grandmother of thirteen and survivor of domestic violence.
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Rev. Dr. George Cairns, TIP Co-Founder, Board President
Turtle Island Project Director Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard of Munising, MI was a guest speaker at the 2007 and 2008 UNITED Conference at NMU. Rev. Hubbard is pastor of the Eden on the Bay Lutheran Church in Munising, MI.
Please see the videos on his talks on TIP TV.
For more information on the TIP call 906-202-0590 or 906-401-0109.
In recent years, the Turtle Island Project has held several free concerts and other events to raise money for the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society. This concert was held in Munising Michigan in Dec. 2007
9/27/2008 South Dakota newspapers finally wake up: Argus Leader publishes long overdue series on Lakota youth suicide crisis
Links to stories and video by Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, SD on the tragic suicide epidemic involving Lakota youth and young adults
Photos:
Marie Wilcox, (upper right) who lost her son, Stoney Larvie, to suicide more than two years ago, says his spirit visited her on the night he died. "He put his arms around me and said, 'Don't do that. Don't blame anyone.' " Wilcox says that not understanding why her son chose suicide is the most difficult thing to deal with. (Photo by Lara Neel / Argus Leader)
Angel Wilson (lower right) visits her son's grave on her property near Mission in south-central South Dakota on a recent summer day. Clay Wilson committed suicide at age 19 in January 2007, several months after two of his friends killed themselves. (Lara Neel / Argus Leader)
Lino Spotted Elk (lower left) visits the grave of his son, Lino "JJ" Spotted Elk Jr. The younger Spotted Elk committed suicide while in jail on a warrant for a speeding ticket. "I try to figure out what could I have done," the elder Spotted Elk says. "You can beat yourself to death with those kinds of questions." (Lara Neel / Argus Leader)
Lino Spotted Elk Sr. (upper left) sits in a St. Francis cemetery, reflecting on his son's life. Spotted Elk said images and attitudes from MTV videos of rappers and gangsta music are powerful influences on reservation young people. (Lara Neel / Argus Leader)
Tillie Black Bear, (center photos) the executive director of the White Buffalo Calf Woman's Society, tells a northern Michigan audience about the teen suicide crisis facing her reservation back home in South Dakota. Black Bear was a keynote speaker on September 23, 2008 at the Northern Michigan University 2008 United Conference in Marquette, MI (Tillie Black Bear photos by Greg Peterson)
The youth suicide problem on and around the Lakota Rosebud Reservation is finally get the recognition it deserves.
Kudos to reporter Steve Young, photographer Lara Neel and any other members of the Argus Leader staff and management involved with this important story.
Lakota community leader Tillie Black Bear and others have worked tirelessly to bring this issue to the attention of many.
Black Bear and a few other brave native women founded the White Buffalo Calf Woman's Society 31 years ago this October - the first domestic violence shelter on an Native American reservation.
The WBCWS has done its best to provide counselors and alternatives - and held a suicide summit earlier this summer.
The non-profit Turtle Island Project in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (Munising) and others have been trying to get South Dakota media to pay attention for over a year.
On Sept. 21, 2008, the Argus Leader newspaper did a thought-provoking, great but sad series of articles (and related videos) on the problem. Some 16 Rosebud members have killed themselves and over 400 youths have attempted suicide in the past few years.
Except for some American Indian media, only a handful of the white news media (including KOTA-TV and the Lutheran Magazine) have done much coverage of the issue that caused Rosebud Leaders to declare a state of emergency in the spring of 2007.
Numerous American Indian news outlets and websites helped the Turtle Island Project spread the word last fall. (That media includes Indian Country Today, Native Times, Native America Calling, News from Indian Country, Yahoo Indigenous Peoples Forum, Red Nation Society, Pow Wow TV, Native Radio, and others we don't mean to leave out).
Thanks also to the Custer Lutheran Fellowship Church in Custer, SD.
Here are links to videos/Argus Leader newspaper stories:
Javier H. Alegree Public Relations Specialist Media and Education White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc. PO Box 227 Mission, SD 57555
PH. 605-856-2317 FX. 605-856-2494 http://www.wbcws.org --- To see KOTA-TV news story, videos and other info on Turtle Island Project and its founders Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Dr. George Cairns:
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Ontario Canada--September 15, 2008 Lady Selah' SuJuris has joined the ranks of published authors with the opening of the new website promoting her new book "Blackbeard Decoded", A Truth Hidden In Plain Sight.
Lady Selah' SuJuris; a dedicated and skilled researcher has been compiling researched material, historical documents and surprising famous public records to share with us a compelling story of Blackbeard the archetype seafaring pirate.
"For over 200 years we have had more questions than answers regarding Blackbeard. This research project helped me gain insight to the man behind the infamous beard including where he came from, his real name, where he grew up, his family linage and why he named his Flagship "Queen Anne's Revenge and much more. The information will surprise you as well as dispel the many stories and myths made up about Blackbeard. I wrote the book as a researcher's trail&I take you on the same passageway I took, follow it and the truth will reveal itself to you." Lady Selah SuJuris
The new website will place information as to the release of the new book as well as public appearances and book signings. The Release date is expected in December of 2008. For additional information visit the Official site at: www.blackbearddecoded.com
Article Written By Jose Contoocook
Canadian Writer
9/18/2008 Michael Bucher
For Immediate Release...Studio West Management...September 15, 2008...Hot Springs, South Dakota.
PK Productions, LLC congratulates music performing artist Michael Bucher (Birchwood, WI) on his four (4) music nominations at this year's 1st Annual Native E Music Awards on September 20, 2008 at the El Rey Theatre in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Best Political song
Michael Bucher - Don't Forget About Me
Best Inspirational song
Michael Bucher - Do What We Must
Best Blues/Jazz song
Michael Bucher - Dirty Water
Songwriter of the Year
Michael Bucher - Do What We Must
Michael Bucher is a Cherokee singer-songwriter who was taught from the beginning of his memory the stories, language and legends of his people. His songs are intended to teach, heal and bring an awareness to everyone who hears them. He sings about topics that are important to him and others in Indian Country. From the desecration of sacred sites, to Cherokee legends, to the sometimes seemingly Invisible Indian, there's a passionate quality throughout.
With strong vocals and heartfelt lyrics, his music is a blend of acoustic guitar, native and a contemporary drum, flute, shakers, rattles, bass and electric guitars, and cuk.ts a swath through native folk, blues and rock.
Contact Information For: Michael Bucher
Karla LaRive, Studio West Management
P.O. Box 752
Hot Springs, South Dakota 57747
605-890-3819 office
karla@studiowestmanagement.com
www.myspace.com/pk_productions
www.myspace.com/studiowestmanagement
9/18/2008 Skylar Wolf
For Immediate Release...Studio West Management...September 15, 2008...Hot Springs, South Dakota.
PK PRODUCTIONS, LLC congratulates music performing artist SKYLAR WOLF (New Mexico) on his five (5) music nominations at this year's 1st Annual Native-E Music Awards® show will being held in downtown Albuquerque, NM - September 20, 2008 at the Historic El Rey Theater.
Best Inspirational song
Skylar Wolf - SHOULD I PRAY
Best Blues/Jazz song
Skylar Wolf - DEVIL'S SON
Songwriter of the Year
Skylar Wolf - SHELTER
Song of the Year
Skylar Wolf - SHELTER
Mainstream Song of the Year
Skylar Wolf - DEVIL'S SON
Skylar Wolf - Accomplished artist, musician, guitarist and harmonica player. He is a singer songwriter of great talent. Wolf grew up on the Navajo reservation and lived a life of tradition. He walks in two worlds and tells his stories from both sides. His message is one of hope and redemption: a life free from addiction and suffering is a life of beauty and harmony.
Skylar's passion resides in helping our children. He states, "I can always deal with fame and fortune in the next life. As for now, I spend my musical stage time and money on the children"
Contact Information For: Skylar Wolf
Karla LaRive, Studio West Management
P.O. Box 752
Hot Springs, South Dakota 57747
605-890-3819 office
karla@studiowestmanagement.com
www.myspace.com/pk_productions
www.myspace.com/studiowestmanagement
9/6/2008 Everyone invited to free event: 12th annual Upper Peninsula Indian Education Conference in Marquette, MI on Sept. 29
Youth and Adults invited to free Upper Peninsula Indian Education Conference in Marquette on September 29, 2008
12th Annual Upper Peninsula Indian Education Conference "Engaging American Indian Youth in the Classroom and Beyond"
Monday, September 29, 2008 Northern Michigan University, Bottum University Center Note from April Lindala, director of Native American Studies at Northern Michigan University (NMU) in Marquette, Michigan:
I wanted to share an announcement about the upcoming Upper Peninsula Indian Education Conference at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan on Monday, September 29, 2008
Marquette is located on the south shore of Lake Superior.
Our keynote speaker is D.J. Eagle Bear Vanas, motivational speaker and noted author.
Keynote Speaker : D.J. Eagle Bear Vanas
D.J. Eagle Bear Vanas is a husband, father, internationally acclaimed motivational storyteller and success coach.
He is also the author of the book The Tiny Warrior: A Path to Personal Discovery & Achievement which is printed is six countries.
D.J. is Odawa and uses traditional warrior concepts and wisdom to inspire others to achieve their best in life and career.
For over a decade, he's delivered programs in 45 states and overseas to over 1,500 audiences including NASA, IBM, and hundreds of tribal governments, communities and schools.
Scroll down to see descriptions of presentations with list of speakers. This is a free conference for all participants.
We also have a youth track for grades 6-12.
Participants can also gain 0.5 continuing education credits through the Northern Michigan University's School of Education (scroll down for specific information).
Please call the graduate school office at 906-227-2300 for more information.
If you are interested in registering for the conference, visit our website at:
If you are able to bring youth, don't feel as though you need to register each youth, simply register yourself for the professional track and let us know how many will be joining you as we have activities arranged for them.
This is a beautiful time of year to visit our campus so we hope to see you there.
8/7/2008 U.S. Native Warrior Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 2008
MEDIA CONTACT: Gregg Nevarez, Producer/co-founder
U.S. Native Warrior Project
1-760-612-7099
www.usnativewarrior.com
gwnevarez@earthlink.net
Honoring our First American Patriots A Tribute and Exhibit
Sunday August 24, 2008
Hours 1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
Video Presentation 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Free Admission
Royal Scandinavian Inn
400 Alisal Road
Solvang, CA 93464
Honoring Our First American Patriots
Sunday, August 24, 2008 will be the first launching of the photo panel exhibit Honoring Our First American Patriots . This exhibit contains photos and factual information that covers the Civil War to the current conflict and individuals that served in the U.S. Military.
The U.S. Native Warrior " Projects mission is to honor not only these individuals but the Native Nations that supported them. The U.S. Native Warrior " glorifies the warrior not the war and hopes to unify all Native Nations in the pride and integrity that was displayed by these first American Heroes.
This exhibit will be traveling the nation and it is with great pride that we have the opportunity to launch this exhibit here on the Central Coast of California. Please join us in this tribute in Honoring Our First American Patriots .
7/7/2008 Prison Lockdown and Leonard
Dear Friends and Supporters, The U.S. penitentiary at Lewisburg is in lockdown for the fifthconsecutive day. Lockdowns, especially those that last a long while,are dangerous. Why? First, it's common for Leonard not to receive his medications at such times. Second, the prison has told all of us that Leonard has access to a diabetes testing kit in the infirmary. Right? Unfortunately, during a lockdown, Leonard isn'tallowed to go to the infirmary at all. There's no way for him to test his blood glucose level. Please help us ensure that Leonard receives proper medical care. 1. Leonard must receive his medications as prescribed. 2. Leonard also still needs access to a diabetes testing kit. Leonardshould be allowed his own kit at the pharmacy for accurate readings,as well as easy and regular access. In this way, he'll be ableto test himself three or four times a day and hopefully achieve abalanced blood glucose level. 3. Leonard needs diabetic shoes that will help him with hisdiabetes-related foot problems. If the prison cannot provide a kit and/or a proper pair of shoes,the family will work with an approved medical supply company tosee to it that Leonard gets what he needs. All supporters are requested to continue to contact: Warden BledsoeUSP LewisburgUS Penitentiary2400 Robert F. Miller DriveLewisburg, PA 17837Phone: 570-523-1251Fax: 570-522-7745E-mail: lew/execassistant@bop.gov Also contact: D. Scott Dodrill, Regional DirectorNortheast Regional OfficeUS Custom House2nd & Chesnut StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19106Phone: 215-521-7301E-mail: nero/execassistant@bop.gov Harley G. Lappin, DirectorFederal Bureau of Prisons320 First Street., NWWashington, DC 20534Phone: 202-307-3198 Thank you for your concern. Betty Ann Peltier SolanoCoordinatorLeonard Peltier Defense Offense CommitteePO Box 7488, Fargo, ND 58106Phone: 701/235-2206E-mail: contact@whoisleonardpeltier.infoWeb: www.whoisleonardpeltier.info --- Amnesty International considers Leonard Peltier a "politicalprisoner" who should be "immediately and unconditionallyreleased." Leonard Peltier, now a great-grandfather, is a citizen ofthe Anishinabe and Dakota/Lakota Nations and a tireless advocatefor Indigenous Rights. A participant in the American IndianMovement, he went to assist the Oglala Lakota people on the PineRidge Indian Reservation in the mid-1970s where, on June 26, 1975,a tragic shoot out occurred. He was wrongfully convicted in thedeaths of two agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and hasbeen illegally incarcerated since 1976. Federal prosecutors havetwice admitted before the Courts of Appeal that they don't knowwho fired the fatal shots. The government also has admitted thatit isn't known what role Leonard Peltier "may have played" in theincident. Since his politically motivated prosecution and conviction,proof of fabricated and suppressed evidence, as well as coercedtestimony, has been uncovered. The Courts of Appeal have repeatedlyacknowledged investigative and prosecutorial misconduct in this case,but have failed to take corrective action. A model prisoner, Leonardcontinues to maintain his innocence and has conseqently been deniedfair consideration for parole. Join with numerous internationallyrecognized human rights organizations, civil rights leaders,celebrities and other luminaries who have called for the immediaterelease of Leonard Peltier. Visit www.whoisleonardpeltier.info. Time to set him free... Because it is the RIGHT thing to do. Friends of Peltierhttp://www.FreePeltierNow.org
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ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE TO HOST SUICIDE PREVENTION SUMMIT JULY 1-2
Rosebud, SD-The Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Rosebud) will host a Suicide Prevention Summit July 1-
2 in Rosebud, South Dakota.
The Rosebud Reservation has been deeply impacted by high suicide rates; in fact according to the Indian Health Service the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation has the highest suicide rate in the world for 10-24 year old males.
In a statement issued by the President of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rodney Bordeaux, he stated, "the Summit is a critical joining of federal, tribal and private sector partnerships as we work toward building a healthy nation in body, mind and spirit. We have experienced the pain of suicide for too long and the Summit will give us a cornerstone to lift the hope and vision of our people to begin healing and restoring our families."
WHO: Rosebud Tribal President Rodney Bordeaux and other Rosebud tribal leaders
Senators Johnson and Thune (invited)
Congresswoman Herseth Sandlin (invited)
Others, including officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, the Indian Health Service, the Rosebud Suicide Prevention Taskforce,
the Native American Boys and Girls Club, and family & community members
impacted by suicide.
WHAT: The Rosebud Sioux Tribe will host the Suicide Prevention Summit to explore the
scope of youth suicide and develop solutions to reduce and eliminate this problem
on the Rosebud Reservation and throughout Indian Country.
WHEN: Tuesday July 1st 9am-6pm & Wednesday July 2nd 9am-4pm
There have been at least 15 deaths (teens, early 20's) involving Rosebud Reservation youth in past 30 months and about 500 attempted suicides.
Important message about the 2008 Rosebud Suicide Summit from Javier Alegree, Public Relations Specialist (Media and Education) for the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc. in Mission, SD.
The summit is entitled: Wiconi Wakan Suicide Prevention Summit: "Sacredness of Life" and will be held July 1 & 2, 2008 in Mission, SD.
As you very well now, the Rosebud Reservation has been facing a suicide crisis for last few years.
According to the Indian Health Service department, we now have the highest rate of suicide for males ages 10 to 24; not only in the nation but in the world.
We have endured many losses and are still healing.
At this time we are organizing a suicide prevention summit that we hope will be the cornerstone of our healing process.
The summit will be in Mission, SD on July 1 & 2, 2008.
We would appreciate your support; any public coverage would be great either on television or radio.
We are looking forward to working with you once again and are very excited to perhaps update your viewers on the efforts made to help our communities and even the further development of our video into a fully interactive school curriculum that has been and will continue to be used in all local schools: "Suicide is NOT a video game, you won't be able to press play again"
Should you have any question, please call me at your convenience.
My cell number is 605-828-0291
Javier H. Alegree Public Relations Specialist Media and Education javier@wbcws.org
White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc. PO Box 227 Mission, SD 57555
Tillie Black Bear is the Executive Director of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc.
Black Bear is an enrolled member of the Sicangu Lakota Nation/Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
She is presently the Executive Director of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc., which operates the oldest shelter for women who have been battered or raped on Indian reservations; and is the first shelter for women of color in the U.S. (1978).
She is recognized throughout the state, nationally, and in Indian Country as one of the leading experts on violence against women and children.
Black Bear is a founding mother of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) and a founder of the South Dakota Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (SDCADV&SA) both in 1978.
She was the first woman of color to chair NCADV and continues to sit on the Board of Director for the SDCADV&SA.
Black Bear presently serves on the advisory board of National Sexual Assault Resource Center, Pennsylvania and is past member of the professional advisory board of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, Austin, TX.
She is currently a council member for Clan Star a technical resources for tribal grantees through Department of Justice.
Tillie Black Bear was the recipient of an award from the U.S. Department of Justice for her work with victims of crime in April,1988; and in 1989 was one of President Bush's "Point of Light".
In 1999 at the Millennium Conference on Domestic Violence in Chicago, IL, Black Bear was one of 10 individuals recognized as one of the founders of the domestic violence movement in the United States.
She was awarded an Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award in December, 2000 by President Clinton.
In May, 2003 Black Bear was a recipient of the first annual LifeTime Achievement Award from LifeTime Television.
Black Bear was selected as one of "21 Leaders for the 21st Century award by Women's eNews in 2004.
In 2005, she received an award from NOW. She is retired from Sinte Gleska University as a part-time instructor in Human Services; Casey Foundation as a licensed foster parent.
Currently, Black Bear works as a teacher of 13 years teaching students taking a course on cross-cultural ministry at Catholic Theological Union through Shalom Ministries out of Chicago, IL.
Black Bear and colleague Sally Roesch Wagner, Ph.D. have completed a poster series on D/Lakota women elders on each of the nine Dakota/Lakota Nations in South Dakota entitled: "D/Lakota Women Keepers of the Nation".
Another collaborative work is workshops on issues of Racism and Cultural Diversity, which has taken them to South Dakota, Vermont, New York, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa.
Black Bear has worked as a therapist, certified school counselor, administrator, college instructor and comptroller.
She holds a Master of Art (1974) from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD; Bachelor of Science (1971), Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD.
She has served on the St. Francis Indian School Board of Directors, St. Francis, SD; and Sinte Gleska University Board of Regents, Mission, SD.
Black Bear is single mother of 3 girls, grandmother of thirteen and survivor of domestic violence.
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Recent free benefit concerts held in Michigan and South Dakota organized by the non-profit Turtle Island Project to help raise money for the White Buffalo Calf Woman's Society to battle the youth suicide crisis on the Rosebud Reservation.
Two Michigan folk groups performed August 12, 2007 at the Custer Lutheran Fellowship church in Custer, S.D.
Comprised of family and close friends, White Water and Duo Borealis are based in Michigan's remote Upper Peninsula and are known for their unique folk music.
And in December 2007, Turtle Island Project co-founder/director Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard (below on guitar) held the "Cowboys and Angels" free benefit concert at the Falling Rock Cafe and Bookstore in downtown Munising, Michigan.
6/13/2008 2008 Creefest in Cochrane Ontario Canada
This is an open invitation to the 2008 Creefest :
place: Cochrane, ONtario Canada(10 hours north of Toronto)
dates: August 13, 14, 15th 2008
open invitations to All First Nations, Native North American Aboriginal people and to the rest of USA and Canada.
objective: a fun time of gathering of talents from North America.
Talents could include:
1. music,
2. arts of all nature
3. comedians
Please submit your proposal and some expense subsidy may be provided pending availability of funding and the nature of your talent.
Thomas Kim
416-937-3377
doraemiglobal@yahoo.ca
6/13/2008 Videophones
As I mentioned it brings two major benefits:
lower communications costs for your community residents and (as low as $40/month you can call anywhere in North America for free and unlimited) videolinkeable to see each other while talking
Requirements for the phones to operate:
high speed internet
power cord
There is a third benefit&..your community can generate income using these phones.!
By having your communities embrace the videophone technology, your community will become technologically most advanced community in the world!
Will you be willing to see a live demo ?
I have a microsoft Word file based one pager flyer...if you could give me an email where I can send it to, I will be happy to send it to you.
Thank you for your time.
Meegwetch!
Thomas Kim
DoRaeMi Enterprises
416-937-3377
5/3/2008 Video: Menominee spiritual sturgeon: EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge & Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative
(Keshena, Wisconsin) - The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin contributed over 4 tons of electronic and pharmaceutical waste to the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.
This is the second of several videos explaining the numerous MITW projects including teaching youth about the legend of the sturgeon and its place in tribal culture, cleaning up the reservation, replacing gang symbols with Native American art and making garbage monsters.
In part two, the non-profit interfaith Earth Healing Initiative looks at the sturgeon education classes.
Earth Healing TV on youtube:
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Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge TV on bliptv:
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5/1/2008 Video: College of Menominee Nation - EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge & A lesson in Great Lakes recycling 101
The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin contributed over 4 tons of electronic and pharmaceutical waste to the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.
This is the first of several videos explaining the tribes numerous projects that included cleaning up the reservation, replacing gang symbols with Native American art, teaching youth about the legend of the sturgeon and its place in tribal culture.
In part one, the non-profit interfaith Earth Healing Initiative looks at the many recycling projects of the College of Menominee nation.
Challenge TV youtube:
EHTV blip tv:
4/27/2008 WI tribal school students block gang graffiti, clean up reservation, and adults recycle tons of e-waste, gather thousands of pills for proper disposal healping EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge exceed goals
Update: Photos of Wisconsin tribal school teens saying "no" to gang graffiti and photos of sturgeon lessons
Menominee tribal school students remove gang graffiti, pick up litter; College students collect 23 pounds of pills; dozens of computers in Earth Week projects connected to the EPA Great Lakes Earth Day Challenge
The College of Menominee Nation e-waste and pharmaceutical collection pulled in 23 pounds of pills, and dozens of computers, related equipment and cell phones. Pictured, above left to right, are Heidi Cartwright, a part-time police officer in the town of Manawa and a police science instructor at the college, who guarded the drugs; College of Menominee Nation event co-organizer and student Cheyenne Caldwell; her daughter, Jazzmin Caldwell, 7 years old, first grade student at Keshena public schools; and Diana Wolf, MITW Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator. (Photo courtesy tribal college professor William Van Lopik, Ph.D., who teaches the Implementing Sustainable Development classes)
(Keshena, WI) - Faculty and students brought their old computers, cell phones and medicines to an e-waste and pharmaceutical collection site at the tribal college in Keshena, Wisconsin to help a federal Earth Day challenge to clean up the Great Lakes Basin, while younger students have been cleaning up the reservation and whitewashing gang graffiti.
At the College of Menominee Nation, the e-waste and medicine collections went without a hitch as people turned in hundreds of items on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at the campus commons.
Over 23 pounds of medicines were turned in including about 100 bottles of pills, more than 25 computers and dozens of related components like hard drives, printers, keyboards and speakers. American Indian households are dropped off televisions, radios, DVD players, 12 cell phones and over 100 small batteries used to power the electronics.
Pictured, above left to right, is Jazzmin Caldwell, 7 years old, first grade student at Keshena public schools; and her mother, College of Menominee Nation event co-organizer and student Cheyenne Caldwell, who are showing computers and other e-waste gather as part of the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.
Tuesdays six-hour collection is among numerous Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin projects that are part of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge that runs through the end of April.
MITW students say no to gangs, replace negative graffiti with positive Native American artwork
Gang graffiti was whitewashed from a wall at a skateboard park near the tribal school this week by K-8 students on the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin reservation who wanted to clean up the area in honor of Earth Day and replace the negative message with a positive Native American symbol.
"The younger students put their hands in paint and made flower hand prints on the wall," said teacher Beth Waukechon. "All week students have been cleaning up the reservation, and one student was so inspired she wants to start an Earth Club."
On Friday, April 25, over 180 students continued cleaning up litter around the community of Neopit, one of four towns on the 234,000-acre reservation known for its thick forests and 24-miles of the pristine federally protected Wolf River.
"The students are giving thanks to Mother Earth for all that she had done," Waukechon said. "They are taking a moment each day to do that."
"We know that she (Mother Earth) can shake us off at any moment," Waukechon said. "We are the ones that need her - she doesnt need us."
Another project, "Clean up the Rez Day" was held on Thursday, April 24 based at the tribes Youth Development and Outreach program.
The Menominee Teen Court Panel and other volunteers cleaned up litter and garbage, said Claudette Hewson, MITW Restorative Justice Coordinator.
The litter was separated and when possible recycled through the MITW Solid Waste/Recycling Department.
The panel is comprised of teens, ages 14 to 17, some of whom have been in minor scrapes with the law. The teen panel acts as a peer review for youthful offenders sentenced in tribal court who "need to learn healthy behaviors," Hewson said.
On May 2, at-risk teens sentenced to probation and parole will paint over gang graffiti around the reservation.
Sponsors of the ongoing project include the tribes Community Resource Center, Menominee County Police, Menominee Tribal Police, Tribal Clinic Wellness Program, Maehnowesekiyah, Probation and Parole, Community Recycling Project, Recreation Department, EarthHealing.org and the U.S. Post Office in Keshena.
Tribal School students used April to learn about many aspects of the planet and the environment including the legendary sturgeon, that's much more than a fish to Menominee Indians.
In many ways, the Menominee culture revolves around the sturgeon and satudents learn its value from a young age.
During Earth Week all classes at the MITW tribal school have been applying subjects like math, history and others to different aspects of the life cycle, biology and value of the sturgeon, an important fish to the Menominee tribe
The MITW students learned a wide range of facts including about sturgeon habitat, its cultural and historical value to their tribe, why it grows so big and lives longer than many fish
The colleges Implementing Sustainable Development classes, that sponsored e-waste and medicine collections, found out Tuesday during the project that they had won the National Recycling Coalition Bin Grant through Coca-Cola, said class professor William Van Lopik, Ph.D.
"One of premises of the class is to do things, not just talk about what we are going to do and how the world is going to be changed, but having students do things," Dr. Van Lopik said.
The college was among 75 colleges and universities, and the only tribal college, to receive the grant out of over 1,100 applicants, Van Lopik said.
The grant pays for 50 recycling bins to be placed around the campus and other areas.
The class has participated in the ten-week Recycle Mania project two years in a row that involves weighing recyclables as they leave the building. This year, the class ranked 136 out of 200 colleges and universities with 8 pounds of recyclables per person, beating out Ohio State and Georgetown, Van Lopik said.
The MITW held a curbside pickup of electronics for members during Earth Week, April 21-24.
A couple thousand pounds of electronics was turned in at the MITW transfer station since April 1 and the total weigh of circuit boards to be recycled is expected to reach several tons.
"Garbage Monsters" give students a friendly environment scare
Native American students, their parents and others recently created "Garbage Monsters" out of bottles, paper and other items found in their trash in a project at the Keshena Public Schools, said Diana Wolf, MITW Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator. After naming their monsters, the students gave a presentation on other uses for the garbage they used to make the creatures.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued the challenge to Great Lakes basin residents participating in over 100 projects in literally hundreds of communities that are collecting pharmaceuticals, electronics and household poisons. The EPA awarded grants to some of the projects.
The MITW and interfaith groups are volunteering in the challenge to help the EPA reach its goal of one million pounds of e-waste and one million pills across the Great Lakes basin states of Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania.
"We will do whatever it takes to do cradle to grave recycling," Wolf said, adding the tribe follows EPA guidelines. "We are not making a profit off of it but it is the right thing to do."
With assistance from an EPA grant, the new non-profit Earth Healing Initiative (EHI) is offering a wide range of free services to the MITW and some of the cities to hold e-waste and pharmaceutical collections.
The EHI involves American Indian tribes and "a coalition and partnership of churches, synagogues and other faith traditions joining together and sharing their projects and resources to heal, protect and defend the environment," said EHI founder Rev. Jon Magnuson of Marquette, Michigan.
Trust between religions and Native American communities including participating in joint environment projects are vital to protect the future of the earth, said a Lutheran bishop, who has participated in numerous Earth Day recycling projects.
"We are in an environmental crisis in many ways," said Lutheran Bishop Thomas A. Skrenes of the Northern Great Lakes Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). "The Great Lakes watershed is really a kind of a mother to all of us here in the populated areas of the upper Midwest."
Interfaith and Native American participation in environment projects like the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge will help ensure a better future for all humans, Skrenes said.
The Earth Healing Initiative volunteers are working with challenge project organizers in numerous cities including Milwaukee, Chicago, Duluth and the Greater Cleveland Area.
Related Links:
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Youth Development & Outreach
More Garbage Monsters - from the hearts and hands of children - a message to adults about reuse of stuff we throw in the trash:
4/24/2008 EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge & Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin: Gang graffiti replaced by Native American art, students gather litter; adults collect 23 pounds of pills, dozens of computers
Menominee tribal school students remove gang graffiti, pick up litter; College students collect 23 pounds of pills; dozens of computers in Earth Week projects connected to the EPA Great Lakes Earth Day Challenge
The College of Menominee Nation e-waste and pharmaceutical collection pulled in 23 pounds of pills, and dozens of computers, related equipment and cell phones. Pictured, above left to right, are Heidi Cartwright, a part-time police officer in the town of Manawa and a police science instructor at the college, who guarded the drugs; College of Menominee Nation event co-organizer and student Cheyenne Caldwell; her daughter, Jazzmin Caldwell, 7 years old, first grade student at Keshena public schools; and Diana Wolf, MITW Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator. (Photo courtesy tribal college professor William Van Lopik, Ph.D., who teaches the Implementing Sustainable Development classes)
(Keshena, WI) - Faculty and students brought their old computers, cell phones and medicines to an e-waste and pharmaceutical collection site at the tribal college in Keshena, Wisconsin to help a federal Earth Day challenge to clean up the Great Lakes Basin, while younger students have been cleaning up the reservation and whitewashing gang graffiti.
At the College of Menominee Nation, the e-waste and medicine collections went without a hitch as people turned in hundreds of items on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at the campus commons.
Over 23 pounds of medicines were turned in including about 100 bottles of pills, more than 25 computers and dozens of related components like hard drives, printers, keyboards and speakers. American Indian households are dropped off televisions, radios, DVD players, 12 cell phones and over 100 small batteries used to power the electronics.
Pictured, above left to right, is Jazzmin Caldwell, 7 years old, first grade student at Keshena public schools; and her mother, College of Menominee Nation event co-organizer and student Cheyenne Caldwell, who are showing computers and other e-waste gather as part of the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.
Tuesdays six-hour collection is among numerous Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin projects that are part of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge that runs through the end of April.
Gang graffiti was whitewashed from a wall at a skateboard park near the tribal school this week by K-8 students on the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin reservation who wanted to clean up the area in honor of Earth Day and replace the negative message with a positive Native American symbol.
"The younger students put their hands in paint and made flower hand prints on the wall," said teacher Beth Waukechon. "All week students have been cleaning up the reservation, and one student was so inspired she wants to start an Earth Club."
On Friday, April 25, over 180 students will be cleaning up litter around the community of Neopit, one of four towns on the 234,000-acre reservation known for its thick forests and 24-miles of the pristine federally protected Wolf River.
"The students are giving thanks to Mother Earth for all that she had done," Waukechon said. "They are taking a moment each day to do that."
"We know that she (Mother Earth) can shake us off at any moment," Waukechon said. "We are the ones that need her - she doesnt need us."
Another project, "Clean up the Rez Day" will be held by the tribes Youth Development and Outreach program from 3:30 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 24.
The Menominee Teen Court Panel and other volunteers will walk around the reservation cleaning up litter and garbage, said Claudette Hewson, MITW Restorative Justice Coordinator.
The litter will be separated and when possible recycled through the MITW Solid Waste/Recycling Department.
The panel is comprised of teens, ages 14 to 17, some of whom have been in minor scrapes with the law. The teen panel acts as a peer review for youthful offenders sentenced in tribal court who "need to learn healthy behaviors," Hewson said.
On May 2, at-risk teens sentenced to probation and parole will paint over gang graffiti around the reservation.
Sponsors of the ongoing project include the tribes Community Resource Center, Menominee County Police, Menominee Tribal Police, Tribal Clinic Wellness Program, Maehnowesekiyah, Probation and Parole, Community Recycling Project, Recreation Department, EarthHealing.org and the U.S. Post Office in Keshena.
This week all classes at the tribal school have been applying subjects like math, history and others to different aspects of the life cycle, biology and value of the sturgeon, an important fish to the Menominee tribe.
The colleges Implementing Sustainable Development classes, that sponsored e-waste and medicine collections, found out Tuesday during the project that they had won the National Recycling Coalition Bin Grant through Coca-Cola, said class professor William Van Lopik, Ph.D.
"One of premises of the class is to do things, not just talk about what we are going to do and how the world is going to be changed, but having students do things," Dr. Van Lopik said.
The college was among 75 colleges and universities, and the only tribal college, to receive the grant out of over 1,100 applicants, Van Lopik said.
The grant pays for 50 recycling bins to be placed around the campus and other areas.
The class has participated in the ten-week Recycle Mania project two years in a row that involves weighing recyclables as they leave the building. This year, the class ranked 136 out of 200 colleges and universities with 8 pounds of recyclables per person, beating out Ohio State and Georgetown, Van Lopik said.
The MITW is holding a curbside pickup of electronics for members during Earth Week, April 21-24.
A couple thousand pounds of electronics have been turned in at the MITW transfer station since April 1 and the total weigh of circuit boards to be recycled is expected to reach several tons by the end of the month.
"Garbage Monsters" give students a friendly environment scare
Native American students, their parents and others recently created "Garbage Monsters" out of bottles, paper and other items found in their trash in a project at the Keshena Public Schools, said Diana Wolf, MITW Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator. After naming their monsters, the students gave a presentation on other uses for the garbage they used to make the creatures.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued the challenge to Great Lakes basin residents participating in over 100 projects in literally hundreds of communities that are collecting pharmaceuticals, electronics and household poisons. The EPA awarded grants to some of the projects.
The MITW and interfaith groups are volunteering in the challenge to help the EPA reach its goal of one million pounds of e-waste and one million pills across the Great Lakes basin states of Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania.
"We will do whatever it takes to do cradle to grave recycling," Wolf said, adding the tribe follows EPA guidelines. "We are not making a profit off of it but it is the right thing to do."
With assistance from an EPA grant, the new non-profit Earth Healing Initiative (EHI) is offering a wide range of free services to the MITW and some of the cities to hold e-waste and pharmaceutical collections.
The EHI involves American Indian tribes and "a coalition and partnership of churches, synagogues and other faith traditions joining together and sharing their projects and resources to heal, protect and defend the environment," said EHI founder Rev. Jon Magnuson of Marquette, Michigan.
Trust between religions and Native American communities including participating in joint environment projects are vital to protect the future of the earth, said a Lutheran bishop, who has participated in numerous Earth Day recycling projects.
"We are in an environmental crisis in many ways," said Lutheran Bishop Thomas A. Skrenes of the Northern Great Lakes Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). "The Great Lakes watershed is really a kind of a mother to all of us here in the populated areas of the upper Midwest."
Interfaith and Native American participation in environment projects like the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge will help ensure a better future for all humans, Skrenes said.
The Earth Healing Initiative volunteers are working with challenge project organizers in numerous cities including Milwaukee, Chicago, Duluth and the Greater Cleveland Area.
Related Links:
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Youth Development & Outreach
More Garbage Monsters - from the hearts and hands of children - a message to adults about reuse of stuff we throw in the trash:
4/23/2008 NAVA (Native American Volleyball Academy) June 4-7
*When School is out...Volleyball is in!*
We invite you to the 2nd Annual 2008 Native American Volleyball Academy Collegiate Camp!
We hope that your school year is going great! The time has come upon us to open up the only collegiate camp geared toward volleyball for young Native women in Indian Country, and what a better place to host this event than in the beautiful Southwest! We invite you to spend a four day intense and educational experience with other NAVA campers and your favorite collegiate coaches!
NEW! We are excited to say that this year campers will learn more about the collegiate recruiting process by drafting a sports resume, researching all levels/types of institutions, viewing different styles of skill DVDs, and walking away having emailed five of your top colleges.
Spaces are limited to the first 50 campers.
To apply, please download and print the attached brochure. Read the entire brochure for important information. The brochure is also our official registration form. It must be completely filled out and sent to the address indicated with a money order only. You can opt to send a deposit money order of $100 to reserve your spot and pay the remaining balance at the start day of camp, JUNE 4, 2008.
We will contact you for confirmation of received application and fee.
2nd Annual NAVA Collegiate Camp
June 4-7, 2008 Navajo Preparatory School, Farmington, NM
Boarder $200 and Day Camper $150
Participants must be entering high school students (grades 9-12) or recent graduates
Questions call (303) 513-9824 or email NAVAleadership@gmail.com
visit http://www.haskell.edu athletics for downloadable applications
We look forward to bringing you this wonderful opportunity to develop your collegiate skills, inspire you to further your education, and open the door to being a recruited athlete!
~NAVA Staff
4/10/2008 Earth Healing Initiative: Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin shines for EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge
Youth and adults at the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin holds three events for EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge
Spread over 234,000 acres just south of Green Bay, the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin reservation is known for it's beauty
By planning numerous Earth Day 2008 projects and other environment awareness campaigns, the tribe is preserving the dignity of its reservation.
Students and adults at the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin are joining forces for Earth Day 2008 and cleaning up the reservation, recycling electronics and properly disposing of old/unwanted medicines.
These photos show the large 30-yard dumpsters filled with electronics at the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin solid waste transfer station in Keshena, WI.
"Tribal members living on the reservation bring electronics and other stuff to the transfer station," said Diana Wolf, the MITW Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator. "We compact cardboard and breakdown electronics at the transfer site." (Photos by Diana Wolf)
(Keshena, Wisconsin) - As the students of all ages plan a major hands-on clean up of a tribal community and the recycling of electronics and proper disposal of unwanted medications to honor Earth Day 2008, adult members of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin in Keshena, WI have already turned in several thousand pounds of electronic waste as part of a national Earth Day Project.
The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin (MITW), located about 30 miles south of Green Bay, is collecting e-Waste all month including during the tribe's regular curbside bulk items Spring Cleaning collection on April 21-24 (Monday thru Thursday).
"We are getting lots of electronics right now," said Diana Wolf, the MITW Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator.
Meanwhile - tribal grade and middle schoolers are planning an outdoor cleanup project for the last Friday in April, and the students at the tribal college have scheduled an April 22 collection of e-Waste and unwanted pharmaceuticals.
The three projects are part of about 37 events planned across 8 states in hundreds of cities as part of the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The events are being promoted by the interfaith Earth Healing Initiative that teams numerous faith communities and American Indian tribes with local challenge organizers to be volunteers and participants in the projects spread across the Great Lakes basin.
During the first week of April, the tribes drop-off sites collected several thousand pounds of electronics including 919 pounds of "low-grade circuit boards" that tribal employees remove from TV sets, stereos, high quality computers, cassette players and other electronics.
Wolf estimated that about two tons (4,000 pounds) of electronics will be turned in by the end of the month.
Wolf said that the 919 pounds of e-recyclables (circuit boards) represents about 100 individual TVs, computers or other electronics.
The circuit boards and some other the electronics are turned over to Mike Zastrow, a buyer for Samuels Recycling in Green Bay.
Plastics and wood from electronics collected by the tribe are recycled by Waste Management Inc. in Antigo, WI
"The electronics contain silver and gold and we give it Samuel's Recycling in Green Bay - they pay us 12 cents per pound," Wolf said. "We are assured it is recycled correctly."
The tribe pays Lamp Recyclers Inc. of DePere, WI to remove hazardous materials like fluorescent light bulbs, batteries and some parts of TVs and computer components.
"We will do whatever it takes to do cradle to grave recycling," Wolf said, adding the tribe follows EPA guidelines for electronics and other recyclables.
When you add up the labor to break up the electronics and other costs the tribe is losing cash money but are gaining something much more important - a clean community that the adults can proudly leave their children.
"We are not making a profit off of it but it is the right thing to do," Wolf said.
On Friday, April 25, 2008, the 183 students at the Menominee Tribal School (k-8) will be cleaning the area around the school of litter and recyclables and other downtown areas of Neopit, one of four communities on the reservation.
The tribe's 234,000-acre reservation includes the communities of Keshena, Zoar and South Branch.
"The students will be picking up litter and recyclables - and anything that's on the roads or sidewalks or the yards," Wolf said, adding the students will be planting 50 saplings.
The tribal school cleanup project will be followed by a potluck picnic lunch of native foods plus Sloppy Joes, potato chips and Kool-Aid, Wolf said.
"We are inviting the parents to bring a potluck and there will likely be wild rice and other Native American dishes," Wolf said.
The lunch will include a drama performance and include Native Music involving the "Wind Eagle Drum" or the "high school drum" consisting of students who are learning the music of the Menominee tribe's history.
"Our school is very much a cultural-motivated school," Wolf said. "The school teaches about the Menominee culture and language. The students learn about our Menominee history and our language amongst the non-native teaching."
"My children speak fluent Menominee because they have been in the school for three years," Wolf said.
The MITW has nearly 10,000 members including an enrolled population of 8,471 (most of whom still live on the reservation) and 1,268 enrolled descendants.
"We believe it's important for our Tribal members to recycle, reduce waste and energy consumption, and reuse items," said Wolf.
Wolf said her office does everything they can to educate youngsters about protecting the environment. Wolf said every year her co-workers have to clean up illegal dumping sites in the tribe's 234,000 acres of forest.
The tribe's solid waste facility has annually collected up to five tons of computers and other electronics over the past decade.
Meanwhile in a separate event, Menominee tribal college students are doing their part to protect the planet with e-Waste and pharmaceutical collections.
The College of Menominee Nation (State Hwy. 47/55) in Keshena, is accepting e-waste and unwanted medicines on April 22 from 9 a.m. to noon - and accepting e-Waste from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the commons building.
The colleges Implementing Sustainable Development class is hosting the collection with help from the tribe's solid waste coordinator.
The e-Waste collection will accept electronics including old/broken computers, cell phones and batteries. The pharmaceutical collection is accepting old and unwanted medications that must be in their original bottle or container.
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Keshena, Wisconsin:
(all month) April 21, 2008
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Diana Wolf (715-799-5189)
e-Waste
Collected with regular curbside bulk items Spring Cleaning collection.
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Keshena, Wisconsin:
April 22, 2008
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (e-Waste)
9 a.m. to noon (Pharmaceuticals)
College of Menominee Nation - commons building
Cheyenne Caldwell
715-851-3240
e-Waste and Unwanted Medications
State Hwy. 47/55
Our college will collect e-waste and expired medicines and work with the Solid Waste Coordinator of the Menominee Indian Tribe in the disposal of this material.
March 31, 2008
For Immediate Release
Storytellers Campfire Launches a new Internet/Radio program April 2008.
Storytellers Campfire a not-for-profit literacy program, is giving authors, storytellers, poets, instrumental musicians, campfire singers and other literary artist an opportunity to be a guest on their show. Storytellers Show Host is Lynette Morgan; Seattle Radio Personality, who brings great energy as she interviews the guest about their experiences and contributions in the world of literature.
Program Director Lady Selah' SuJuris says"Our Mission; Where Literary Art Comes To Life, and our talented professionals are bringing you a very unique program, which is also fun and entertaining for the whole family, as well as informative for those who love reading or need a good tip on a great book or the serious writer looking for some good advise."
The Show will feature Storytellers Hosted By Craig Nelson, Authors Voice, Writers Wheel, Poetry Circle, Musicians and Campfire Singers, Hosted By Lynette Morgan, Bookworm Trivia Game Show, Hosted By Steve Golden and Misho, a theatrical reading from Classical literature.
You can visit their website at: www.storytellerscampfire.org to learn more about the program or requirements for submissions to be a guest on the show.
Storytellers Campfire is supporting the Children's Literacy Program and is supported by Sponsors and Donations to the program.
Jose Contookook
Canadian Writer
3/30/2008 FRITZ SCHOLDER: AN INTIMATE LOOK - IAIA Museum Exhibit
Dates: Saturday, Jul 19 2008 to Sunday, Feb 15 2009
Times: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Presented by: Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
City: Santa Fe
Address: 108 Cathedral Place
Description: Exhibition will offer a glimpse into the artists' own private collection with paintings, drawings and sculptures never before viewed by the public. IAIA Museums unique access allows our visitors an intimate look at the controversial Artist, renowned for his artistry and notorious for his reputation and opinions on the Native world and art community. Public opening reception on August 20, 4:30-6:30 pm.
Contact: Guin White
Phone: 505-983-1777
Email: gwhite@iaia.edu
URL: http://www.iaiamuseum.org
Ticket Prices: Adults $5, Seniors & Students $2.50, Kids 16 and Under are Free, New Mexico residents Free on Sunday, Museum Members always admitted free
3/30/2008 IAIA BENEFIT DINNER & ART AUCTION
Dates: Wednesday, Aug 20 2008
Times: 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Presented by: Institute of American Indian Arts
Location: La Fonda Hotel on the Plaza
City: Santa Fe
Address: 100 E San Francisco
Description: 2012 is IAIAs 50th Anniversary, and the COUNTDOWN STARTS NOW so we are& CELEBRATING A HALF CENTURY OF NATIVE AMERICAN ART: The 1960s: A Revolution Begins | What? Benefit Dinner & Art Auction | When? AUGUST 20, 2008 | Why? To raise money for Native American student scholarships and improve student services at IAIA | Where? Historic La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fe | Seating is limited so reserve your seats today! Sponsorship opportunities available: 473-2309
Contact: Chad Gasper
Phone: 505-474-2310
Email: cgasper@iaia.edu
URL: http://www.iaia.edu/museum/celebrating.php
Ticket Prices: $125 each | Call Susan Crow for Sponsorship Opportunities: 505.424.2309
Ticket Phone: 505-474-2310
3/30/2008 IAIA Museum: May Events
ª Space is limited | RSVP required ª
Contact Guin White to reserve your spot: 983-8900 ext. 122 or gwhite@iaia.edu
~Events subject to change~
May 7, 11:30am-12:30pm
IAIA Museum Collection Tour; $10 general admission | Members FREE
Thursday, May 8, 6pm Grassroots Art in Lesotho, Swaziland & Kwa Zulu Natal, The Answers Lie Within lecture series, FREE
May 10, 11:30am-1:30pm
Artists Studio Tour and Pueblo Luncheon with Angie Reano-Owen (Santo Domingo Pueblo), Jewelry; $75 general admission | Members only $65
May 13, 3:00-4:00pm
IAIA Museum Collection Tour: $10 general admission | Members FREE
May 14-15, Exact Times TBA
IAIA New Media Students Film Screening: $3 general admission | Members FREE
May 17, 10am-3pm
Native American Storytellers Event
Program for young children and their parents featuring storytellers and art activities; FREE
May 20, 2-4pm
Members Tea at the Inn of the Anasazi, downtown Santa Fe: $25 general admission | Members only $20
May 29, 2-4pm
Tour of Bill and Jane Buchsbaums Private Collection; $25 general admission | Members only $5
3/10/2008 Humanitarian Hall Releases Names of Final Nominees for 2006-2007
Press Release
For Immediate Release;
Humanitarian Hall releases the names of the final Nominees for 2006-2007. The list includes a Queen, Governor, Doctors, a 6 year old little girl along with men and women "who have served the needs of others" the Humanitarian Halls motto.
The Nominees are submitted through the Official Website of Humanitarian Hall, then the Nominees must meet the criteria for induction. Once a Nominee has been inducted into the Hall then the Nominees continue to receive supporting votes until the voting expiration date. The votes are tallied and the one with the most votes wins the Humanitarian of The Year Award. This years Humanitarian Hall Award goes to Frank Hopkins of Florida, for his years of dedicated service of the SHARE program. "Frank Hopkins won by a big margin, commented Abornazine Shanaduc of the Ojibwa Council and committee member for Humanitarian Hall. All the Nominees will receive a Humanitarian Hall Nominee Award and Frank Hopkins is inducted into the Humanitarian Hall Legacy for Humanitarian Of The Year for 2006-2007.
HUMANITARIAN HALL NOMINEES
Dr. Steven Kramer - CA
Frank Hopkins - Florida
Jeff Lubin - Cleveland, OH
Queen Raina - Jordan
Hal Lingerman - Sun City, CA
John Fullerton - Piedmont, CA
Linus Torvalds - Portland, OR
Dr. Teruo Higa - Japan
Arnold Schwarzenegger - CA
Darin Detwiler - Kirkland, WA
Andie Huff - Santa Cruz, CA
Laurel Blythe - Australia
John Lloyd Young - NY
Pam Rettig - North Dakota
"All the Nominees are deserving of these awards and their efforts of "serving the needs of others" are in-measurable. We cannot thank them enough, but their service of mankind, will be remembered and they are now permanently in the Humanitarian Hall Legacy. Congratulations to all the Nominees and may you be an inspiration for all of us." Lady Selah' SuJuris
You can hear a broadcast of the Nominees and what they were nominated for at the website: www.humanitarianhall.com
"We are adding Group Nominations for Organizations and Groups that are "serving the needs of others" and making a difference in our world. Humanitarian Hall is now accepting Nominations for 2008.
Nominate someone you know!
Jose Contookook
Canadian Writer
2/27/2008 14th Annual Haskell Commencement Indian Men's & Women's Fast Pitch Tournament
May 10-11, 2008
Clinton Lake Sports Complex
Lawrence, Kansas
Entry Fee: $200.00
MONEY ORDER ONLY!
AWARDS: (Subject to change)
Championship: $700 + Pullovers
Runner-up: $500 + T-Shirts
Third Place: $300 + T-Shirts
All-Tournament Team: T-Shirts
M.V.P. Bat Bag/Jacket
Entry Deadline: MAY 5, 2008
For Tournament Information:
Email or Call us!
Kerry Girty kgirty@haskell.edu
Robert Berryhill Jr. robertberryhill@hotmail.com
Wayne Thompson wthompson@haskell.edu
Kerry Girty: 785.832.6600 Work
Robert Berryhill Jr.: 785.830.2749 Work
Wayne Thompson: 785-979-1311 Cell
2/1/2008 Native Americans and God's Other Good People Have Been Deceived
If you know anyone diagnosed with anxiety, panic, OCD, schizophrenia, another mental illness, ADHD, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, autism, or another disorder, you might want to pass along the link- http://www.welcometothedancecaffeineallergy.com/knownot.htm , because it is biologically impossible for the brain to change function without a change in the physical state. A person is not normal one day--and then mentally ill or demented a month later. It doesn't happen. There is no such thing as mental illness, Parkinson's disease, or Alzheimer's, but there is a second gear system in the body. When the body is stressed, for any reason, the body shifts into second gear and poisons itself. That's the cause of anxiety, panic, OCD, mental illness, ADHD, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, and other fictional disorders. A medical technologist with extensive knowledge about biochemistry, I am allergic to caffeine. My allergy to caffeine was misdiagnosed starting when I was a teenager. For 24 years, doctors misdiagnosed me. Late-stage of my illness, caused by caffeine, which is a stressor, doctors tried to convince me that I was mentally ill, pure blarney. I had been in second gear since high school and sick from caffeine, other FDA approved toxins, and my body's own chemicals. A few years ago, I started having symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Instead of seeing a doctor first, I researched, found the second gear system, treated myself, recovered, and then I saw a doctor friend of mine, who agrees with my findings. Like myself, many Native Americans and other Celtics are right side brain dominant. Many of these individuals are wonderful people, and many of them are physically ill but they have unethically and wrongly been convinced that they are mentally ill. Native Americans and Celtics have been committing suicide lately due to being stressed and sick from being stressed. Please remember that psychiatrists and psychiatric drugs cannot cure anyone. Drugs treat the symptoms--but they do not treat the cause, stress-induced poisoning. Ethically, Ruth
1/16/2008 The Longest Walk
Support The Longest Walk 2. Leaving California in Feb. and arriving in Washington DC in July.More info at www.longestwalk.org
1/8/2008 Manoomin Project: Ojibwa Storyteller explains importance of Native American eagle feathers, powwows to at-risk teens in northern Michigan
#3 Ojibwa Storyteller explains importance of Native American eagle feathers to Manoomin Project teens in Marquette, MI
During the summer of 2007, an Ojibwa elder spoke to Manoomin Project teens about the use of Eagle Feathers by Native Americans including why tribal members can legally possess the sacred feathers.
The teens were also told about powwows and the use of ceremonial tobacco as a sign of respect for nature and to Native American culture.
Over 100 Manoomin Project teens have planted more than one ton of wild rice seeds over the past four years, however the endeavor also stresses education about American Indian culture and heritage.
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community elder Glen Bressette spoke with the teens in July 2007 at Presque Isle Park along Lake Superior in Marquette, MI.
Length: 9:32
KBIC Website:
http://www.ojibwa.com/
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (Preserving Ojibwa Culture and Embracing Technology Through Education):
http://www.kbocc.org/flashpage.htm
KBIC contact page:
http://www.ojibwa.com/html/contact.htm
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The Cedar Tree Institute, Marquette, MI non-profit that founded Manoomin Project and other Native American environmental and cultural projects:
http://www.CedarTreeInstitute.org
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related links:
Ojibwa Eagle Feathers/dream catchers:
http://www.nativetech.org/shinob/index.html
http://www.rivernen.ca/legend_1.htm
http://turtle-island.com/dreamcatcher.html
http://www.eaglesearth.com/introducing.htm
http://www.krolltravel.com/stories/Ontario_OjibwayCulture.html
http://www.native-languages.org/chippewa.htm
1/8/2008 Manoomin Project:: Ojibwa storyteller explains Medicine Wheel: Colors, directions, and meanings
American Indian Storyteller explains Medicine Wheel - colors, directions, meanings of the Ojibwa Medicine Wheel
The Manoomin Project is about much more than restoring wild rice to northern Michigan.
The project teaches at-risk youth about Native American heritage, culture and social issues.
During July 2007, American Indian elder Glen Bressette told the youth the meaning behind the Medicine Wheel and the four sacred colors and directions.
A well-known Ojibwa public speaker, Bressette told the teens in Marquette that he gets questions from Michigan students that are inquisitive and honest - while other questions are blatantly stereotypical like: Do Indians still live in Tee-Pees?
An elder with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Bressette explained the difference between cultural beliefs and stereotypes.
Time: 6:37
The Manoomin Project was founded by the Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, MI with help from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and other tribes. Volunteer American Indian guides have taken over 100 at-risk teens to plant more than one ton of wild rice during the the past four summers (2004-2007) at seven secret and remote sites across the central Upper Peninsula.
CedarTree Institute:
http://www.CedarTreeInstitute.org
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Here are explanations from the internet on the different - though similar - definitions of the Medicine Wheel in Native American culture:
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The Medicine Wheel is representative of American Indian Spirituality.
The Medicine Wheel symbolizes the individual journey we each must take to find our own path.
Within the Medicine Wheel are The Four Cardinal Directions and the Four Sacred Colors.
The Circle represents the Circle of Life and the Center of the Circle, the Eternal Fire.
The Eagle, flying toward the East, is a symbol of strength, endurance and vision.
East signifies the renewal of life and the rebirth of Cherokee unity.
East is Red: success; triumph
North is Blue: defeat; trouble
West is Black: death
South is White: peace; happiness
There are three additional sacred directions:
Up Above is Yellow
Down Below is Brown
Here in the Center is Green
Winter: go-la
The color for North is Blue which represents sadness, defeat.
It is a season of survival and waiting.
The Cherokee word for North means "cold" u-yv-tlv.
Spring: gi-la-go-ge
The color for East is Red which represents victory, power.
Spring is the re-awakening after a long sleep,
victory over winter; the power of new life.
The Cherokee word for East is ka-lv-gv
Summer: go-ga
The color for South is White for peace, happiness & serenity.
Summer is a time of plenty.
The Cherokee word for South means "warm" u-ga-no-wa.
Autumn: u-la-go-hv-s-di
The color for West is Black which represents death.
Autumn is the final harvest; the end of Life's Cycle.
The Cherokee word for West is wu-de-li-gv.
RED was symbolic of success. It was the color of the war club used to strike an enemy in battle as well as the other club used by the warrior to shield himself.
Red beads were used to conjure the red spirit to insure long life, recovery from sickness, success in love and ball play or any other undertaking where the benefit of the magic spell was wrought.
BLACK was always typical of death. The soul of the enemy was continually beaten about by black war clubs and enveloped in a black fog. In conjuring to destroy an enemy, the priest used black beads and invoked the black spirits-which always lived in the West,-bidding them to tear out the man's soul and carry it to the West, and put it into the black coffin deep in the black mud, with a black serpent coiled above it.
The blue spirits lived in the North:
BLUE symbolized failure, disappointment, or unsatisfied desire. To say "they shall never become blue" expressed the belief that they would never fail in anything they undertook.
In love charms, the lover figuratively covered himself with red and prayed that his rival would become entirely blue and walk in a blue path. "He is entirely blue, " approximates meaning of the common English phrase, "He feels blue.
The White spirits lived in the South:
WHITE denoted peace and happiness. In ceremonial addresses, as the Green Corn Dance and ball play, the people symbolically partook of white food and, after the dance or game, returned along the white trail to their white houses.
In love charms, the man, to induce the woman to cast her lost with his, boasted, "I am a white man," implying that all was happiness where he was. White beads had the same meaning in bead conjuring, and white was the color of the stone pipe anciently used in ratifying peace treaties.
Two numbers are sacred to the Cherokee.
Four is one number, it represented the four primary directions.
At the center of their paths lays the sacred fire.
Seven is the other and most sacred number.
Seven is represented in the seven directions: north, south, east, west, above, below, and "here in the center" the place of the sacred fire.
Seven also represented the seven ancient ceremonies that formed the yearly Cherokee religious cycle.
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* Oshun, is represented by the color yellow.
This Orisha indicates medicines which effect the digestive organs, circulatory system, and the elimination system.
Its direction is East.
* Ogun, is represented by the color green.
This Orisha indicates medicines which tone the tendons, and sinews.
Its direction is south.
* Elegba, is represented by the color black.
Medicines indicated are herbs which effect the Brain and nervous system.
Its direction is West.
* Obatala, is represented by the color white.
This Orisha indicates herbs, and white purity that cure human deformities.
Its direction is North.
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related links:
Ojibwa Medicine Wheel:
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1835/wheel.html
Native American Spirituality - Medicine Wheel:
http://users.ap.net/~chenae/spirit.html
Medicine Wheel Gardens:
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096411113
Sun Bear Medicine Wheel:
http://www.ewebtribe.com/StarSpiderDancing/wheel.html
All tribes (scroll down):
http://www.alltribes.com/Medicine-Wheels-c-339.html
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Keweenaw Bay Indian Community elder Glen Bressette of Harvey Michigan spoke to the Manoomin Project teenagers during the summer of 2007 just before they embarked on a survey of the previous year's wild rice crop.
During the talk - a helicopter flew low and close to the teens as they listened to Bressette while along the shores of Lake Superior in Marquette, Michigan.
Bressette grabbed his chest and explained how the chopper was bringing back memories of his days as a U.S. Marine gunner aboard a helicopter in Vietnam.
The teens, who get involved in the project as part of juvenile court probation, learned that Bressette overcame many issues that they are currently dealing with - and turned his life around to become a well-known public speaker across northern Michigan.
Manoomin Project volunteer media advisor Greg Peterson covered Bressette's talk and has the story:
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