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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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.
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Jose Contookook
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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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