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It is late.The frogs buzz gently outside.Th e world is still, and so is Onzaam.Fil led with dread and apprehensi on (Onzaam tends to use big words when stressed). Onzaam reels, overwhelme d with the world.Even the hot shower does no good.The self-pity party Onzaam had planned,wa s interrupte d, again, by divine interventi on, in the form of a howling mangy monkey( some would call it an 'teething infant'.Oh dear blog readers,wh at will befall our charachter next??Will Onzaam find peace?Or a job?Gasp!S tay tuned.Same rez time, same rez channnel.

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Onzaam was taking a small sunbathing break to check in with our dear blog readers.We hope the weather is magnificen t where ever you are.Onzaam was also wondering if Rezkast accepted other forms of currency, such as wild rice, in exchange for tee-shirts n other Rezkast products?& nbsp;

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Our saga continues. ..The assailant made an appearance again this morning.Sm all in stature, with black eyes and a weird hairdo.Onz aam first thought it was one of  Anty's many snags but with the help of caffiene realized it was a skunk.Whew ! Another attempt on Onzaam's well being,evad ed.Ah the eaters awake.Time to make cereal...t une in later dear readers... .

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This is Onzaam's first blog.Its early sunday.The rezziest kids in the world are up.One is running around naked.Crys of distress fill the air.You could smell the crabbiness  (or was it the horribly overpriced coffee?) in the air.Onzaam , always gorgeous, is dangerousl y silent this morning.An earlier assasinati on attempt the night before has put Onzaam in a fouler mood than usual.The children's small primal hoots and calls only add to the grey tension... .Who dares threaten Onzaam?Whi ch of the zillion kids will get dressed?Ho w can Onzaam endure so much and still stay dammnnnnn goodlookin ?What is that smell?!&nb sp;Tune in fo r more  "As The Rez Turns" same Reztime same Rez channel... ......

I really enjoyed the RezKast News, you guys are really doing some great things with this site, so I just want to say keep up the good work!  ; Bill is quite the character too.  I can't wait to see what you all come up with next.

This is the space for your input for Rezkast News. Ideas for a story? Just want to tell us what you think? This is the place.

CULTURAL GATHERING JUNE 27, 2009 MOSE S LAKE, WA 12:30- 5PM THIS IS A FREE EVENT. A Gathering of Ethnic pe ople to share, teach about their culture and have fun. Drumming time will be included. Special Speaker from Vanc ouver, WA Contac t person: L inda 509-793-55 57 Potluck dinner will start this event.

Wolf-Dog Hybrid Es capes Captor

Foul Play Suspected In Disappeara nce

AKWESASNE TERRITORY -- An unusua l animal that was destined for a sanctuary has disappeare d. A wolf-hybri d found on the St. Regis Mohawk reservatio n in Akwesasne should have been headed to an Indiana sanctuary this weekend, but instead officials are searching for him and suspect foul play.

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Am optat sa impresarie z si eu acest artist pentru po livalenta sa, dar mai ales pentru inestimabi la sa valoare componisti ca si interp retativa, ne-a declarat Eugen Ungureanu, prezentand u-ne in continuare cateva date biografice ale lui Marius Dragomir: s-a nascut la Brasov pe 19 aprili e 1969 in Zodia Berbecului . Incepe activitate a artistica de cand era copil , iar Festivalul Lira de Aur, avea sa ii aduca primul premiu, cu Balada lu i Ciprian Porumbescu interpreta ta la vioara. Parintii l-au sustinut, si pe parcur sul timpului Marius Gelu Dragomir, cu ambitia si talentul pe care i le daduse Dumnezeu, reuseste ca in toamna anului 1989 la Festivalul National de interp retare si creatie Mamaia, sa obtina locul intai ! Avea sa devina repede cunoscut in tara si in strainatat e pentru prestatiil e sale originale, atat vocal cat si instrument ale, intrand cu brio in atentia c riticilor muzicali. In acelasi an obtine premiul Steaua Fara Nume, un concurs n ational de mare nivel profesiona l. Primul sau album Voice of Nature din 1992 a trezit curiozitat ea publicului pentru un gen nou adus pe piata romaneasca , respective , muzica electronic a progresiva . Vioara, pianul, trompeta, naiul, instrument ele de percutie, muzicuta, chitara, contrabasu l, cimpoiul, fluierul, dramba, sunt doar cateva instrument e la care stie sa cante si pe care le-a studiat. Sa aminti m ca Marius G. Dagomir a fost si este un rapsod al cantecului popular r omanesc, un iubitor al naturii si al genei spirituale universale .

In 1993, asigura continuita te cu albumul MAGICIANUL , bucurandu- se de o lansare de exceptie, la prestigios ul magazin Muzica din Bucuresti, unde vin sa il sustina si sa interprete ze in cadrul unui spectacol inedit, cele mai sonor e nume ale muzicii pop contempora ne. Criticile sunt exceptiona le, si Marius Dr agomir mai urca o treapta.
Nu mai vorbim de aparitiile Radio-Tv unde Marius este invitat in primetime. A avut numeroase colaborari cu firme de publicitat e, fiind realizator ul unor mome nte muzicale in filmul Bariera pentru care a realizat integral coloana sonora. Intre 1995-1996, sparge canoanele stilistice ale muzicii pop romanesti, venind pe piata cu noutat ea de care romanii si nu numai, aveau nevoie-sti lul KASHAY sau ETNO-POP. Vanzarile ating cote nemiintaln ite de 50 de ani, peste 1.800.000 de exemplare vandute n umai in Romania ! Numele cantautoru lui ramane pe primele pagini ale ziarelor si revistelor luni intr egi, marcand in acest fel aparitia unui album pe care lumea si-l dorea de mult timp: Party In Transilvan ia. Au mai urmat 16 albume cu real succes la public , vanzari de peste 3.000.000 de unitati, premii de toate felurile dintre ca re amintim cel al Revistei Uniunii Compozitor ilor din Romania, Actualitat ea Muzical a, Discul De Aur, Premiul pentru cel mai prolific artist al anului si Premiul P entru Intreaga Cariera. Vom mai aminti aici si cateva titluri ale albumelor care au sustinut succesul lui Marius Dragomir pe piata muzicala: Happy Bir thday, Dracula, Canta Romane, One More Party, Mustafa, Da-ma Mama Dupa Gyur i, Cine Oare, Suflet de Roman si Kashay Romanul. E clar ca succesul lui a fost, este si va fi rasunator pentru ca, Marius Dragomir are un motto, Credinta in reusita si in Dumnezeu, tine loc de GENIU ! eveniment zile – mihai dornescu

Orice artist sau trupa la evenimente le tale ! Impresaria t Artistic ! telefon-07 45.503.350& nbsp;

Impresaria t Artistic – evenimente , prezentato ri, actori, solisti si trupe.Euge n Ungureanu- telefon 07 22.410.597. Colaborari deosebite cu Fuego, Ileana Sipoteanu, Andra, po pulara-Geta Postolache , Radu Ille, Mioara Velicu, Florica Zaha, Elena Mer isoreanu, grup umor Voua, Octavian Ursulescu, Adriana Antoni, DYA, Benone Si nulescu, Mihai Traistariu , Bambi, Viorica Flintasu, Stefania Rares, Nelu Vlad -Azur, Maria Carneci,  Directia 5, Alexan dru Jula, Romica Tociu si Palade, Simona Nae, Marcian Petrescu-T renul de Noapte , Fanfara 10 Prajini, Marius Dragomir si multi altii. Sunati si la 0745.5 03.350, trimiteti e-mail la tvbucurest i@yahoo.com sau vizitati http://www .musik.ro Orice art ist pentru evenimente le tale !

37th Annual Dartmouth Pow - Wow


May 9th - 10th, 2009

Hanover, NH

Grand Entry at No on on Saturday and Sunda y

Location: The Dartmouth Green

Rain Location: Thompson Arena

Free Admission & Parking
Community Dinner
N ative Foods and Arts and Crafts

Presented by Native Americans at Dartmouth College

FOR MORE INFORMATIO N CALL: (603) 646-2110

This is a drug and alcohol-fr ee event.

http://www .dartmouth. edu/~nap/po wwow/2007.h tml

LaRae Wiley will be performing a concert of music in Salish and English at:

Northern Quest Casino

7:00 pm

Thursd ay April 23rd.  

$1 0.00 at the door.

we bsite:  ; www.laraew iley.com

Video and audio samples:
Up on the Housetop
Thundering Water

Douglas Should Cut Tax Loophole Save Jobs

 Rat her than thre atening to throw up to 600 state employees out of work, Governor Douglas s hould close what he admits is a “grossly unfair” tax loophole, to raise revenue a nd avoid the job cuts.

The Douglas A dministrati on keeps attacking state workers and government services in the name of closing the budget gap. He claims there is just no alternativ e to massiv e layoffs if state workers don’t agree to even more wage cuts and higher he alth care costs.

First, let’s not e, state workers have offered significan t concession s.

Second, let’s be clear: the Administra tion is wrong to say there is no altern ative to job cuts. Like the false notion that Vermont is the highest t axed state in the nation or “Jim Equals Jobs,” it is political spin to push a politic al agenda – underminin g state government .

Third lets realize that Vermont taxes workers’ wages more than capital g ains income from the sale of stocks and investment s. If a dollar is a dollar wh y does Vermont tax a dollar earned plowing the interstate more than a dollar ma de selling a stock. It makes no sense. Only nine states do it. Vermont has since 2002. We can’t afford it any longer.

And, a new analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Econo mic Policy (released in Vermont by the Public Assets Institute) says clos ing our capital gains tax break will generate up to $35 million in new reven ue annually, more than enough to avoid job cuts.

Douglas knows it is the right thing to do. Last year , he called for closing the loophole in his State of the State address. He said; “[A] working man or woman in Vermont making $50,000 a year pays nearly 50 percen t more tax than someone who does not work and simply lives off investment or trust fund capital gains income in the same amount. Our state is one of only a few that has such an unfair penalty for doing an honest day’s work. This is grossl y unfair. We must close this loophole and eliminate this working tax penal ty.” Yes, that’s Jim Douglas (of course he wanted to use the new revenue a nd give a tax break to wealthier Vermonters . But he did get the capital gains par t right).  But, now that we need it most, Douglas changes his tune. Insisting working Vermonters pay more or lose thei r jobs altogether .

What does closing the loophole mean? Most Vermonters see no change in taxes. People making $50,000 or less have very little capital gains and it does not affect retirement accounts. 75% of the new revenue is paid by the wealt hiest 1% of taxpayers, (with incomes over $369,700). And, keeping the looph ole does nothing for our economic developmen t because the extra money the wealt hiest get from it is invested anywhere in the U.S. or the world, not neces sarily in our local economy.

But, the new revenue will help Vermont reduce our budget deficit and avoid job cuts.

Some say ending the break will raise less money than esti mated in the weak economy. They may be right. But, any new revenue is needed . And, even gaining half the estimated income would save hundreds of jobs.

Douglas likes talking about making tough choices.

The Douglas approach throws up to 600 state employees out of work and onto unemployme nt. They need state services (no longer available) , pay less tax, spend less at local businesses , can’t pay their mortgage or afford college t uition. Some leave looking for work elsewhere.

This alternativ e brings new revenue into our state budget. Hundreds of people keep their jobs.  The wealthiest 1% who benefited from the tax break since 2002 along with the Bush tax cuts shar e the sacrifice. Instead of being unemployed , our neighbors pay their bills and taxes and support our local businesses and families.

And, Vermont does the right thing; taxing wages the same as investment income, closing a tax loophole we cannot afford and Douglas a dmits is  “grossly unfair.”

Now, how tough is that choice?

To view the report:  http://www .itepnet.or g/

Thanks

Anthony Pollina

The spirits are there for you a nd me,

Its something so unseen

for all who want to believe.

The spirits are always lingering

so peacefully in my heart.

I feel the calmness that lies within

wherever nature has been.

So much beauty,wit hout a doubt.

It's in the air,the gentle

breeze whispering all about.

It's in all living creatures,

from the birds soaring through our skies,

or others wandering all around!

It's in our rivers, streams and mountain.

It's in our past, present and future!

So if you believe, remember,

the spirits are watching over you

and guiding you in whatever you may do,

and protecting you throughout your days.

You can try using myspace layout  code s to customize your background ...

Clic k on the "My Home" tab, then click on the "customize " link in the "my page" box.  You will then see a box to add your layout codes.

You can find some layout codes at these sites:

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Onc e you find the code you like, copy it and then past it to your profile by following the steps above.

The Census Bureau

Don Stevens

Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs, Chairman

To all Native Leaders and Individual s,

At our last commission meeting, Wanda Lyons from the East Syracuse NY Census Bureau was in attendance . She works primarily on Native issues su rrounding census statistica l informatio n. Wanda suggested that we get the word out to our Native people on how to be properly represente d when it comes to statistica l data in the State of Vermont.

First, ma ke sure that the Native Person in your household is listed first on the Census Form. The first person listed on the form is what is counted t oward race in statistica l reporting for the family.

Second, u nder the Native American spot, there is a write-in block for Natives n ot listed on the form. The main objective to get an accurate count is to be consistent . If we are identifyin g ourselves as Abenaki, please ma ke sure that we put in "Abenaki" or "Western Abenaki" so that it is consis tent. If we put in whatever we want, including tribal de signation, we may be missed in the Statistica l reporting. The Census Bu reau will not break each tribal faction down into its own parts.

Please ge t this informatio n out to our people. This informatio n is important to apply for different grants and programs. We need to be able to show our true numbers to the rest of the State and on Grant applicatio ns. The statistica l informatio n can be used by the Tribal Leaders to show popu lations in their area when applying for programs like WIC, Empl oyment and Training, and other valuable programs to help our peopl e.

Any infor mation gathered by the Census Bureau is confidenti al as to who you are or where you live. No one has access to this data except the Census Bu reau. They are bound by many rules and regulation s about con fidentialit y. Once the data has been compiled, the Commission or Tribal Leaders can request Statistica l Data on how many Abenaki are in the State of Vermont and also the Geographic al location.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact the Census Bureau at 1-866-861- 2010 or visit http://201 0.census.go v/2010censu sjobs/ . It is you right to stand up, be counted, and show that we are many....

WE SHALL REMAIN

This is the link to the census job practice test. You can see what's involved ahead of time and see if you can pass it. It's actually pretty easy! Give it a try!

http://201 0.census.go v/2010censu sjobs/docum ents/docume nts.php

Once you get to the page, it's the third link entitled Census Practice Test. It's a PDF file so you'll need Adobe reader to see it.

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Here's a link that answers the "video buffering" questions:

http://www .querycat.c om/question /075ae6e424 bc0456000b0 2d636937075

TIP: To add videos to your QuickLinks (you have to be logged in), click on the "+" on a video you want to add (you can do this from most video pages). The list will be saved on this computer, so you can watch it later. On ce your list is created, you can see the QuickLink bar under any video you watch.If you want to watch your entire QuickLinks at once, cli ck "Play All". You can set QuickLink to remove videos as you watch the m by clicking the checkbox at the bottom of the bar, or you can manua lly remove them by clicking the trash can icon next to each video. If you want to save the list to share or to make it permanent, click "Sa ve," and you will be able to save your QuickLink as a regular Playlist.

Oddly Dys functional

Vermont C ommission on Native American Affairs

Administra tor - www.vcnaa. com

March 4, 2009

In times of budget restraints this might be a good time to review the purpose, function and value of this Commission .

Created in 2006 – S117, &nbs p; the Commission fought a 2 year battle with the state over its refusal to pass legislatio n recognizin g Vermont’s indigenous Abenaki people.

The Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs h as establishe d powers which are illusory; that is, how can the Commission maintain said establishe d powers unless the State concomitan tly recognizes Native peoples residing within its borders? The legislatur e continues to lack a social consciousn ess to address S117 and provide resolution to their created p roblem.

It appears now that the current Commission , (VCNAA), seems to be lacking continuity and is simply unorganize d.

Members with their hidden/per sonal agendas, some feeling a sense of entitlemen t, some obstructio nists, combined with continued in-house fighting, prevent them from moving forward in any significan t way.

It's downright silly and unintellig ent to think the current d irection of this Commission can solve current issues facing the Abenaki people of Vermont.

Not sure why this is so hard to do, but if you would like to upload a video for only certain people that you pick to view it, you must first Manage your relations for it to even be possible. So this short tutorial will guide you through the steps to accomplish that.

F irst, Sign in to your account. Then click on the "My Home" tab.

On ce your there, click on "Friends."

Then Click on the Friends button. On the right you will see a "Manage Relations" link. Click that.

T hen scroll down to where it says " Select Relation" Click it and change it to "New Relation" and click Submit. A pop up box may appear at the top of the page. If it does, select 'temporari ly allow scripted windows'.

Then a script prompt window will pop up that says "Enter your new relation". Choose a name for what you want that group of people to be called and type it in and select 'OK'.

T hen go back to your friends list and check the box next to all your friends you would like to add to that group and scroll down to the bottom of your friends list and make sure your new group name is there and click "Submit".

You have just created a Contact list!

N ow to upload a video that you would only like certain groups or contact lists to view, instead of the general public, follow these instructio ns.

Go to "Upload Video" - if you dont know how to upload a video, see the blog "How to Upload Videos" by BigBill.

Click "Private" and then check the box(s) below of the contact lists that you would like to have access to your video.

Upload video like normal after that and wa-lah! Now only certain people can view that video!

You can change your avatar by following these steps:

Wh en you login, click on the "my home button."

In the "my media" bo x click on the "photos" link.

On the right side of the screen click on the link that says "upload my photo."

F ill in the fields and upload a photo (gi f, jpg, bmp, etc).

Onc e it is uploaded you click on the "set feat ured" icon underneath the photo to make it your default.

You can post news and announceme nts in a few ways:

As a bulletin - click on the community tab, then scroll down to bullet ins and click on the gray "post bulletin" link.  ; From there you can fill in the informatio n and then click on "post bulletin."

As a blog - click on the blogs tab, then click on the "post blogs" li nk and fill in your informatio n then click the "add" button.

As an article - click on the article tab, then click on the "upload a rticle" link and fill in your informatio n.  For articles it will also ask you to upload a photo to go with it.  After filling in the infor mation, click on the "submit article" button.

Log in to your account.

On your profile page, over on the left, you’ll see a white box that says ‘Tips, change your profile template.’ Click on the orange ‘Go’ button.

This takes you to the setting page of profile themes. Here you can change your background color, font style and color, along with your header design settings. There are also links on the left that allow you to change settings in other areas. Play with it and have fun!

Log in to your account.

Click on the ‘Upload Videos’ button, which is the 4^th button right of the

‘Home index’ Button. This takes you to the Upload Video page.

Here you can click on the Video Album drop box and select a choice like My Latest Additions or Public; or you can click on the Create New Album and create a Title, Descriptio n, and Type for a new category.

If you stay on the Upload Video page and just select My Latest Additions or Public, then here you can also create a Title, Descriptio n, and make some ‘Tags.’ The ‘Tags’ are just basically keywords you can insert to help others find you video. If you are inserting a video about your friends wedding, then keywords that might help are ‘wedding,’ ‘friend,’ ‘party,’ or other words that relate to the event of video. Always separate the words by a comma.

Leave the radio button defaulted at Non-Adult, unless your video wouldn’t be suitable for young people. Then select a category. Test, Entertainm ent, Comedy, or some category that would be suitable for your video.

Then you can select Public or Private allow or disallow comments, or allow external sites to embed your video. Then click on Continue Uploading.

This takes you to the actual upload page. We can take all forms of video formats, like mpeg, dat, wmv, avi, mov and other extensions . Maximum size is 200 megabytes. Figure a minute of finished video is about 8 megabytes.

Click on the ‘Browse File’ button to navigate to the folder or file where you have your video stored. Like C:/My Documents/ MyVideos/we dding.avi. Once you click on the file, it will show up in the text box. Then just hit the ‘Upload’ button and you’re done! Rezkast will send you an email letting you know your video is ready and the link to see it!

Log in to your account.

Click on the ’Photos’ tab at the top of the page.

You’ll see the words ‘My Albums’ and your image or icon along with ‘Album Image, Album Name, Photos, and User Action.’

Right above User Action you should see ‘Create New Album’ with a multicolor ed icon next to it. Click that.

This will bring you to the Create an Album page. Here just give your album a title, a descriptio n, and choose public or private then hit the Create Album button.

Your new album should pop up above your member image or icon with the new title you’ve chosen. Then just add your photos to this new category!

All the News that is fit to print and some that is not

www.vcnaa. com

All the News topics from Federal Government , Local Government , Vermont S tate Government ,Abenaki News, Native American Tribal Government , and the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs that is fit to print and some that is not.

What is your ideal day of fishing?

Wake up at 5am, eat a solid breakfast, pack the cooler to the brim with Coors light, hit the water by sunrise, and return with an empty bee r cooler and try our best to limit out. End the day with a fresh fish barbecue with all tha boyz...

Keep it REEL!

I grew up in the West, but didn’t know it. Flagstaff was the quiet of vast, ponderosa and piñon-stud ded horizons and endless blue skies. California really was the outrageous place of legend back then, but in the Southwest, freedom seemed to whip me the way the bitterswee t wind whipped the plains, making me giddy, whispering promise, passion, everything . These were the carefree, irresponsi ble days. HIV was new but distant; Global Warming unknown. A roadtrip to Canyon de Chelly didn’t have to be a guilt-trip , and more than a kiss didn’t require latex or fear. 

My hometown didn’t boast a Little Chinatown, but the small reservatio n border town offered a rich cultural stew, blending Apaches, the Great Navajo Nation, Hopi, Negros and an Hispanic population with roots in medieval Spain. Add to this a scattering of outsiders, taking their turns in the local sawmill or at the newspaper or the college branch. It was a heady mix of unsettled but harmonious flavors, a microcosm of the Southwest. Folded in was the one ingredient I have come to understand as the real magic of the West: a sense of the haywire. This West is a place of confluence upon which powers that be try to exert a little restraint or impose order. But forget it. The West invites possibilit ies but ignores rules. People here don’t always bother to repair a broken taillight; red cellophane and tape will do. I learned among Navajos that baling wire is a car’s best friend. But I also found you can make a great table out of an old car windshield . The first rule of the Wild West is that there are no rules, especially when it comes to re-inventi on.
The Southwest’ s legacy of re-inventi on is famous, tracing back to the day an Anasazi ancestor made a clay pot, not a basket, defining herself a homebody, not a wanderer. My people, the Navajos bid their Canadian cousins adieu some 1,200 years ago, and have been re-inventi ng themselves ever since. Spaniards became conquerors or re-builder s, depending upon the story. And the rest—from Frank Loyd Wright to Georgia O’Keffe—ar e still hopping off trains and setting up shop and new identities . We learn from the snakes to shed our skins, to become new and more interestin g. Possibilit y and promise roll in on the tenacious wind. I moved back to this Wild West in September, after a few years’ foray to another part of the West—Monte rey, California , western sea city as you could get. Monterey is that really hip kid we longed to be in high school. But it is also strangely tame, lacking that sense of ‘what the hell’ we in the Wild West know so well. In a region bursting with over one million people from around the globe, it manages never to be haywire. The orderlines s and lack of rule bending shocked me, but it helped me identify what I missed about my West: its maverick style. In its defense, Monterey is a small, teeming city and anarchy is a valid concern. Maybe growing population demands a certain social responsibi lity.
 My return to the Southwest has been surprising ly jarring. It’s getting crowded. Those who moved here for breathing room are bumping each others elbows. Maybe haywire is best in small doses, with smaller population s. While it’s still the Wild West, at least at intersecti ons, today’s wildness feels more like selfishnes s. It probably always has, but the global stakes were unknown until now. As an archeologi st in the 90s I drove 1000s miles across the big west daily, because gas was cheap and Al Gore was just a vice president. Sorry. I didn’t know. But the party is over. We can’t pretend our actions don’t have consequenc es. In the 80s we learned condoms. Now we can learn sustainabi lity.

Phoe nix and Tucson are embracing urban style—look at all the new McMansions , but urban responsibi lity? Hello public transporta tion. If the West is about re-inventi on, we can re-invent ourselves as responsibl e people. We’re creative and free, remember? Being responsibl e is the new cool, green really is the new black. It’s not exactly haywire, but it’s alternativ e. It’s almost sexy. The new maverick can roll in on a bicycle, a hybrid, the Rail Runner, leaving plenty of resources for the next wave of rebels. ¬¬

Just an amusing little snippet.

What is The OriginsTV…

Well…a good start to find out is to look at the website which is…

http://the originstv.n ing.com/

Now to simply explain what it The Origins TV stands for…

It is a Network put together by the people for the people…wit hin a certain criteria…b ring us all back to the Origins of the United States, to the people that were here for thousands of years, and their descendent s…namely…Na tive Americans…

The Origins TV is a meeting place, a Networking Tool, an Awareness bringing mechanism of heartbeats , of flesh and blood individual s, sharing a common drive, goal and dream…

To see Native Americans , being able to have Media content regularly shown on MAINSTREAM Broadcast Networks, to have the ability to act, showcase, stimulate, produce etc. real Native American content, carrying Native Media delivery and production from past history into the current and present…

The OriginsTV, is a gathering ground for Native American & Indigenous artists, to promote, discuss, distribute and collaborat e…

If any of this resonates, and is applicable to YOU…then please join The OriginsTV… and together lets take things forward to where it begins with the Original People…

We welcome you…

http://the originstv.n ing.com/

if longhouse was not around what would we have to do? start a new way of religion or fight for what we know? or would you something else, and lean something that you just see people do.

so make your mind , what would you do if there was no longhouse?

if the world came to an end one day and you were the onlt one there wat would you do?

i would probably go crazy, and i would get really board?

i love my baby brother Cashis. Hes so cute!!! just like me! jk

Sorry I couldn't figure out how to get her pic on this blog...

Haskell Indian Nations College Grad Mioshia Wagoner, Member of The Navajo & Chickasaw Nations, Wins Silver @ The World Boxing Championsh ips

 Box er Mioshia “Yosh” Wagoner, pictured Friday in the gym where she and the Haskell Boxing Club train, recently returned from ....Ningbo City.., ..China... ., where she received the silver medal while competing in the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championsh ips.....

READ MORE AT:....

 htt p://www.tah chawwickahf amily.com/s portspage.h tm....

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Home: ....Lawren ce.., ..Kansas.. ..

Birthday : 1982

Hometown : ....Lawren ce.., ..Kansas.. ..

........ Birth date: 1982

Height: 5-7

Weight: 176 pounds

Coach's name: Erick Railey and Darren Jacobs

Club name: Haskell Boxing Club

Began boxing: August of 2006

Career Highlight: 2007 Native American Champion

Who has been your biggest influence and why: My father, he has always encouraged me in everything I do.

How did you get involved in boxing: I watched a Haskell Boxing event and was hooked.

What is your greatest strength in the ring: My power and Hook

Did you ever play any other sports: High school football, track and basketball ; and college basketball .

What do you love most about boxing: You keep learning everyday and you can never master the sport, it pushes you to be better.

What are your goals in and out of the ring: To compete to my best abilities and always learn more about what I can do better.

What is your favorite movie: Little Big Man

What is your favorite TV show: Family Guy and CSI Las Vegas

What is your favorite song: Down In Mexico

What is something different that most people don't know about you?: I not only represent Haskell Boxing Club, but the Haskell community and the Dine Nation from New Mexico.

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2008

U.S. Future Stars National Championsh ip: Unopposed Champion in the finals

AIBA Women World Championsh ips: dec. Nadia Mohamed, EGY in preliminar ies; dec. Fetti Paraschiva , ROU, 8-4 in semifinals ; lost on points to Jie Li Tang, CHN, 11-1 in finals for 2nd

recently, i got into a confrontat ion with a fellow YouTuber about how Americans treat the rest of the world. As a Native, i feel the blow from generation s before, and I;m trying to recapture the ancient Native ways and experience . now, i'm arguing with this guy, and i tell him that we're basically political prisoners of the U.S. when you think about it, we were and still are. we're not free to speak our own language fluently without HAVING to learn english. we can't call the earth our home, because the guy next door calls the cops on you if you light a sacred fire. and, politicall y, we can't have a tribal council without raising the United states flag. so, what say you? i'll post more of my point later...

If Obama was a Native.... .

Food for thought... .what kinds of things would you expect to see if there was a native president? What do you think the Inaugurati on would have been like? I watched the show after the Inaugurati on and seen many famous African Americans speaking on behalf of Obama and singing and so on and I thought to myself "Wow, look how far we have come!" Then I started to think what kinds of people would be there to speak on behalf of a native president and what events would take place and then of course my humor kicked in and I imagined a bunch of fry bread vendors and t-shirt vendors like you see at the pow wows all over the grounds... lol. I imagined a ton of ceremonies taking place and an annual pow wow at the white house....s o, just out of curiousity , am I the only one wondering these kinds of things or daydreamin g about them I should say....I mean, its obvious now that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! The dream doesnt seem like it is so unattainab le anymore.

Bigg B’s singles “My Lady” for his upcoming album Lifestyle Muzik are set for release in the perfect ice-cold month of January 2009. From the reservatio n life of a Warm Springs raised hip-hop vocalist to the dedicated rap enthusiast s and critics alike, Red S Management and Sacred Ground Entertainm ent present the most highly anticipate d rap artist in the west coast Native American Hip-hop Industry. While choosing 18 of the most potent, destructib le, and melodic beats from Gold Mind Production ’s studio, this release will no doubt be the subject of the year. Recorded in The Ground Studio, advised by First Nation Media marketing and promotions , Managed by Red S, Lifestyle Muzik will be one of the hottest albums Native Rap enthusiast s would have ever heard to date. From the mix tapes to making ballrooms and concert stages shake, Bigg B has been the Northwest’ s “Rez Kept Secret”. Bigg B will provide listeners with something the world has been waiting for, poetic, devoted, and powerful rap music for hip-hop heads of all shapes and sizes. The new single ‘My Lady’ has begun playing routinely on the radio throughout the Central Oregon and Willamette Valley markets in suit for the early release.

Originally posted on www.letsta lknativepri de.blogspot .com

Obama: The New Lincoln? I Hope Not!

Here's a link to an FLV player you can download for free to watch any of the videos you download from this site:

http://www .download.c om/FLV-Play er/3000-136 32_4-104670 81.html

E njoy!

This is for you all to suggest call sign letters for our radio station, and to see some of the emails Rezilla (Val) has so far recieved. Add your ideas and comments as well...

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The Seven Generation s

TOP TEN SIGNS YOU ARE A TECHNO-IND IAN

1. You now know a hard drive isn't just the road to Navajo Mountain!! ! (or whatever rugged road on your rez or homeland is called).

2. You have a beaded zip drive.

3. You ask chicks for their e-mail address at pow-wows, rodeos, 49's, & local NdN bar..

4. Your mouse is coated with frybread grease.

5. Before you attend a pow-wow or all-ndn rodeo, you need to check its website first.

6. Your e-mail address is: DancesWith Modems@hotm ail.com.

7. You send eeezzzzmai l.

8. You think a floppy disk slot crammed with sage will somehow increase your connection speed.

9. Yo ur snag doesn't want to hear that lame old "my server is down" excuse anymore.

10. You have several CPUs up on blocks in your living room.

HOW TO IMPRESS AN INDIAN WOMAN

Win e her,
Dine her,
Hug her,
Suppo rt her,
Surpr ise her,
Compl iment her,
Smile at her,
Liste n to her,
Laugh with her,
Cry with her,
Roman ce her,
Belie ve in her,
Shop with her,
Buy her flowers,
H old her hand,
Give her many horses,
Be ad for her,
Hold her in the moonlight,
Cuddle with her at a 49,
Play Native music for her,
Compo se a song for her,
Set up camp for her,
Call her by her Indian Name,
Hunt for her (clean it for her),
Carr y her chair atthe Pow-Wow,
K eep a job through Pow-Wow season,
Gi ve her beautiful Indian Jewelry,
K eep the run down cars out of the yard,
Alwa ys tell her, her fry bread is better,
Gi ve her many Pendleton Blankets, and no Indian Time,
Give her lots of attention and Sing beautiful Native music to her.


HOW TO IMPRESS AN INDIAN MAN

Show up with an Indian Taco, Corn Soup and an extra piece of fry bread..... ..

Here's another funny item I found while I was out browsing. I had a real good laugh,&nbs p;hope y'all do to.

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Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? NdN Style!&nbs p;

SOVEREIGN INDIAN: This is the Chickens inherent right as he is indigenous to this land!!!

MILITANT INDIAN: That chicken should block the road, not cross the road!!!

GRASSROOT INDIAN: If the darn chickens need to get across the road, let 'em cross the darn road!

COLONIZED INDIAN: Chiggens should never cross the roads that white men built before the great white father crosses it first. If the white father crosses it, it is good. We must then follow.

AMERICANIZ ED INDIAN: We must have roads. We must cross the roads that the white man built for us. We have to be thankful to the white man for this. I don't know why you Indians are always complainin g. You embarrass us. Chickens are good for us.

REPUBLICAN INDIAN: It's true that that white man built those roads for us. We are merely chickens. We will always be chickens until we learn to build those roads ourselves - for profit.

DEMOCRATIC INDIAN: The chicken crossed the road because he didn't have enough funding.

TRADITIONA L INDIAN: Those chiggens weren't traditiona l because they were supposed to be on it - not crossing it!

INDIAN GRANDPA: I think he was runnin' away from boarding school.

PARTY INDIAN: ‘Cause we sent him on a beer run! WOOHOO! Party On!

URBAN INDIAN: That chicken crossed the road 'cause it was a city, man. You know what I mean?

NEW AGE INDIAN: It was basically because of Jungian dream therapy, drumming, sweatlodge s, my shaman, and long walks on the beach, near my beach house.

POW WOW INDIAN: That chicken must have been heading to a 49!

EDUCATED INDIAN: I think it has to do with Einstein's theory which basically posits: "Did the chicken really cross the road or did the road move beneath the chicken?"

REZ INDIAN: Whats a chicken?

IHS INDIAN: I really don't care why he crossed that road. We still aren't paying for no stinkin hospital bills.

BIA INDIAN: They crossed it because of CFR 49, Section 11299, gives them the authority to do so, under Department of Interior regulation s, in the Executive Branch. They wrote a grant and we funded them. We are very proud of them.

KFC INDIAN: I'll take a leg, a thigh, with corn and potatoes. Extra Crispy, please.

WAANAABI (wannabe) INDIAN: Hey! I need those feathers for my authentic native american warbonnet. ..

And finally... ........... ......

TRIBAL INDIAN COUNCIL: The chicken crossed the road without our approval! Fire his family!!!

I just wanted to post something, to bring a little humor into this blog circle.&nb sp; I find easily & read all the serious stuff everywhere else. It's hard to find good native humor out in cyberspace (but they are out there), other than them crazy e-mails we might get from that certain someone slacking off @ work, lol. So I'll post some things I've found over the past couple of years, since I became a cyber-ndn.

Here's one of my faves:

Reposting for new frenz:

Hey I read this on a frenz blog in myspace & posted it on my myspace blog, I don't know where it came from but I really enjoyed it, and passed it on. 

I dedicated to all the Snaggers and Snagees out there in NDN Country (potential snags included).    

Pass it on to th ose w/a sense of humor who are proud to be NDN . ..

SNAG ON…

…and the adventure begins…

Rez Romance Novel: Chapter 1

One day While looking at books in Wal-Mart, in a futile attempt to find something worthwhile to read, in that literary wasteland, I saw a "white woman loves Indian man" paperback. The woman on the cover had flowing and blowing long blond hair and huge eyes, the guy had a six-pack (no--not beer, muscles), and he had long flowing, Blowing black hair and deep black eyes.  ;

I read the cover right away, extremely pleased at the unexpected treat.&nbs p; Sure enough, the woman's father had been killed by a renegade Injun and she took it upon herself to avenge his death... BUT, she falls in love with the savage killer's twin brother and is thrown into a quandary.

How did she fall in love with a red man??
Does she love him enough to chew hides?

Will she get along with his other wives?

Can't they just be her maids?
Well, I laughed out loud, big gasping, guffaws. People around me stared, but I didn't care. I considered buying the thing for a joke, but then I had a
better idea.

I'll write one myself.&nb sp; Yep don't see why not. I can burn wagons around that author and others like her. I have a distinct advantage because I don't have to look far for raw material. All around me are stories of passion, betrayal, and obsession.
The people the stories would be based on would not dare object lest they be exposed.

Ahhhh hahahahaha .
That was my wicked laugh, thinking of all the loot I'll make. At long last,
I have figured out my true niche, my calling so to speak.

Indian Country and beyond will be Desperatel y reading and then discussing who's who, wondering if they are the hero, seductress , villain or fool in this chapter or that one.And,I' m betting on the rest of the world's fascinatio n with Indians. They  will purchase my as yet unpublishe d books by the millions.

So you better be nice to me. I'm gonna be rich!

Here's a sneak peek at my new book: USDA Love, Chapter One:

Moosie looked magnificen t stacking the commoditie s. His body glistened in the dim light of the warehouse, his veins were popping and his arms rippled around the box of Vegetarian beans. He saw me then, and eyed me up and down.
Moosie smiled and the front tooth he was missing wasn't so bad, after all,
He could always get a new one at the clinic. I shook my hair a bit and approached him with a message. "Your counselor called, she wants you to pick her up at seven tonight."
Moosie took his dark glasses off, revealing his narrow golden eyes and said, "Do me a favor, Call her back and say I can't make it. Why don't you pick me up instead?"
I took a deep breath and enlarged my chest. "And" I said, "Your wife called
and asked why you have to work so late."&nbs p;

"Well?" asked Moosie. He looked extremely sexy in a faded red T-shirt with ripped off sleeves and tight Wrangler jeans.
Close to him I inhaled the compelling combinatio n of sweat, aqua velva, frybread, and the deep dark forest.

"Can't, it's my Bingo night."

"Can't or won't?" he asked. Moosie's nickel stained Fingers gripped my arm and we moved in unison to the walk in the cooler.
Inside the cooler Moosie pulled me into his arms and locked his lips and teeth in my neck, all the while pressing me against the butter.&nb sp; He was a gorgeous Native vampire and I his unresistin g victim. It was us two as embraced in a vortex of time. Surely, some of my grandmothe rs had been so
ravished by an awesome warrior such as Moosie.
The temperatur e in the cooler was rising and quickly.&n bsp; Soon the butter was in danger of melting. I was limp, like soft dough, In Moosie's calloused and knowing hands. He kneaded me and his Starchy sweat felt like hot frybread grease on my skin. He was my past, My present, and my future.
I knew now what I had been missing all that time. No wonder these women fight over our men! If any more compared to Moosie, I could, so, like, totally understand . Here I was, locked in a sizzling embrace with the
reservati on Romeo.

All prior resistance had been futile, because I was where I had sworn I would never be. At this thought, I pulled away and beat my fists on his Hairless chest...An d why, was his shirt off anyway?

Stop! Stop!
Don't Stop!
He laughed and grabbed on to the belt loops of my Chic jeans. I could not
withstand his pure animal magnetism for long:

he was all soft hair, probing lips, and hard muscle.

I hated myself but my body had a will of its own and it wanted Moosie.&nb sp; Then, the thought of his wife and his sisters put the skids on. I had just grown back the curly pouf above my forehead and didn't want to scrap my way out of church ever again!

Geez was that ever embarrassi ng. "

Quit! Now! For reals!", I pulled away, turned on the light and inspected my neck in a mirror.&nb sp; I had a ring of hickeys that looked like a freakish disease, but that wasn't the worst of it. They all had a distinctiv e tooth missing that I had seen on other women, and laughed about.

I started to cry, knowing I would be on the hit list.

Moosie took me gently in his arms and said, "Don't Worry little pumpkin, I know an old Indian trick to get rid of hickeys,bu t it has to be done by the light of the moon. I'll pick you up."
I didn't say no again.

It ain't easy bein' a savage.... but dang, someone's gotta do it. Whatever!! .....

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It is a good thing to be able to come to this site and see videos made by Native People to be viewed by other Native people.The re is much talent amoung the Native people and so far we have been able to see our Brothers & Sisters make a dent in mainstream Hollywood. People Like  Adam Beach who is now a known name in Hollywood. I look for m ore great things from him.

I am sure there are many more out there who have talents that go unheard in all a spects of Entertainm ent. That is what we need, A place for those Natives who have the talent but lack the contacts to be heard by those who could put them in a major movie or get them signed to a Recosring contract from a top label. We need those who have reached a level of success to reach back and guide those who need it to get seen and heard and Read in the mainstream .

There is to o much talent in Indian America that is going unseen and unheard and we need to find a way to fix that. Keep those Videos coming and let that talent and humor show.....& nbsp;

I'm a complete blog freak and I blog primarily on MySpace.

So check out my blog at:

http://blo g.myspace.c om/hokshila tate

Se e you there:)

Also I have a few videos on YouTube that are my short films that I made while I was in high school. I'll post them here as soon as I have time. But if you want to see them you can check them out here:

http://www .youtube.co m/2008blood productions and http://www .myspace.co m/blood-the -series

Winte​r Aid Neede​d for South​ Dakot​a CALL FOR ACTIO​N Peopl​e of Roseb​ud & Pine Ridge​ Reser​vati o​ns in Need of Emerg​ency Assis​tanc e​ Follo​wing Sever​e Blizz​ard & Weath​er Condi​tion s​ Child ​ren,​​ Elder​ly,​ ​ Disab​led, ​​ and Sick In Need of Heat and Winte​r Neces​siti e​s "​​Abo ut​ 60% of the Elder​s on Pine Ridge​ have sole custo​dy of their​ grand​chil d​ren or great​-​​g rand​child​ ren so there​ are often​ small​ child​ren in the home,​​ also at risk.​​" NAMA Commi​tted to Assis​ting Throu​ghou t​ Winte​r Seaso​n The Nativ​e Ameri​can Music​ Assoc​iati o​n,​​ N.​​A.​​M. ​​A.​​,​​ a non profi​t 501(​​c)​​ (​​3)​​,​​ (Fed Id# 13-​​40327 ​61)​​ is heedi​ng the reque​sts of NAMAP​AAH Radio​ and is joini​ng in the effor​t to provi​de emerg​ency cloth​ing, ​​ and heati​ng/​ ​utili​ty assis​tanc e​ for the Elder​s,​​ child​ren, ​​ the disab​led, ​​ and the sick on the Roseb​ud & Pine Ridge​ Reser​vati o​ns in South​ Dakot​a throu​ghou t​ this Winte​r seaso​n.​​ N.​​A.​​M. ​​A.​​ is calli​ng upon its inter​nati o​nal membe​rshi p​ to make a donat​ion in which​ ALL funds​ will go direc​tly to provi​ding cloth​ing to local​ churc​hes and schoo​ls on the Reser​vati o​ns as well as emerg​ency heati​ng/​ ​utili​ty assis​tanc e​ deter​mine d​ by the appli​cati o​n proce​ss of the Link Cente​r Found​atio n​'​​s prima​ry progr​am.​ ​ N.​​A.​​M. ​​A.​​ is also build​ing a task force​ consi​stin g​ of Winne​rs,​ ​ Nomin​ees & Volun​teer Staff​ in South​ Dakot​a to assis​t in filin​g emerg​ency appli​cati o​ns for those​ most in need of heat and Winte​r cloth​ing on the Pine Ridge​ and Roseb​ud Reser​vati o​ns.​​ The curre​nt goal is to raise​ over $​​15,​​00 0.​​00 in donat​ions which​ will provi​de all curre​nt appli​cati o​n appro​ved house​hold s​ with sever​al weeks​ of emerg​ency propa​ne and winte​r cloth​ing. ​​ Fuel vendo​rs will be paid direc​tly. ​​ A list of fuel vendo​rs is avail​able for those​ inter​este d​.​​ Addit​iona l​ly,​​ an open line of commu​nica t​ion is avail​able with Propa​ne compa​nies in the event​ they refer​ an emerg​ency recip​ient ,​​ i.g, , Lakot​a Plain​s Propa​ne Co. on Pine Ridge​.​​ Assis​tanc e​ is provi​ded in the order​ appli​cati o​ns are recei​ved or in cases​ of dire or life-​​thr ea​tenin​g emerg​enci e​s which​ then take prece​denc e​.​​ Propa​ne is curre​ntly runni​ng about​ $​​2.​​20 to $​​2.​​50 per gallo​n.​​ Fuel costs​ have risen​ about​ 33% in the last year.​​ The vario​us propa​ne compa​nies are requi​ring $​​120-​​$ ​​150 minim​um purch​ase per deliv​ery. ​​ Sadly ​,​​ some of the elder​s in the back count​ry (​​many of whom take care of their​ grand​chil d​ren)​​ don'​​t get into towns​ or local​ CAP offic​es and often​ miss out on obtai​ning emerg​ency appli​cati o​ns or even knowi​ng about​ them.​​ We can be of help to them!​​!​​ !​​ And most impor​tant l​y,​​ we want to be assur​ed that the assis​tanc e​ goes direc​tly to those​ most in need.​​ While​ need is every​wher e​,​​ parti​cula r​ly at this time of crisi​s,​​ there​ are no great​er needs​ than those​ of the Elder​s,​​ child​ren, ​​ disab​led, ​​ and ill on these​ reser​vati o​ns.​​ They have the lowes​t incom​e,​​ the least​ abili​ty to gain funds​,​​ and often​ suffe​r from such serio​us healt​h issue​s as to be sever​ely impai​red by the cold.​​ Even worse​,​​ for the most part,​​ they are the least​ able to trave​l to get assis​tanc e​ or to get somep​lace that might​ be warm.​​ Moreo​ver, ​​ accor​ding to the last Feder​al censu​s,​​ about​ 60% of the Elder​s on Pine Ridge​ have sole custo​dy of their​ grand​chil d​ren or great​-​​g rand​child​ ren so there​ are often​ small​ child​ren in the home,​​ also at risk.​​ We are depen​ding on YOU, the indiv​idua l​ donor​,​​ to help us help these​ famil​ies in crisi​s.​​ DONAT​E NOW throu​gh N.​​A.​​M. ​​A.​​'​​s websi​te.​ ​ FACTS​ :​​ Avera​ge incom​e on the Oglal​a Lakot​a Sioux​ Pine Ridge​ Reser​vati o​n is about​ $​​3,​​500 .​​00 per YEAR.​​ Jobs are extre​mely scarc​e;​​ unemp​loym e​nt hover​s aroun​d 85% on this 11,​​000-​ ​squar​e-​​ mile reser​vati o​n which​ house​s about​ 40,​​000 peopl​e.​​ The other​ Lakot​a Reser​vati o​ns face simil​ar econo​mic condi​tion s​.​​ Death​ by hypot​herm i​a is alway​s a conce​rn on the reser​vati o​ns.​​ Each winte​r (​​Octob​e r – March​)​​, ​​ tempe​ratu r​es drop well below​ 0*F. Many famil​ies must choos​e betwe​en food and heat.​​ In some cases​,​​ they have neith​er.​ ​ Feder​ al LHEAP​ and Triba​l Assis​tanc e​ Progr​ams offer​ each low-​​inco m​e famil​y appro​xima t​ely $300 per year.​​ With the curre​nt rate of propa​ne at $​​2.​​20 per gallo​n,​​ this provi​des only 136 gallo​ns – about​ enoug​h fuel for 2 to 4 weeks​ (​​depen​d ing on the harsh​ weath​er)​ ​.​​ For more infor​mati o​n on the LCF Elder​ heati​ng/​ ​utili​ty appli​cati o​n proce​ss,​ ​ feel free to visit​ the Link Cente​r Found​atio n​,​​ www. linkc​ente r​found​ati on​.​​ org. A list of minis​trie s​,​​ churc​hes and schoo​ls to direc​tly send cloth​ing, ​​ blank​ets, ​​ boots​,​​ etc is avail​able by reque​st via email​;​​ Nammy​s@​​ aol.​​com Let'​​s help ASAP.​​ It is just unacc​epta b​le to have third​ world​ count​ry condi​tion s​ in the middl​e of Ameri​ca!​ ​ We need to help them not only durin​g this crisi​s,​​ but throu​ghou t​ the entir​e Winte​r Seaso​n.​​ Pleas​ e make a donat​ion by click​ing the donat​e butto​n on the Nativ​e Ameri​can Music​ Award​s'​​ websi​te,​ ​ "​​Speci​a l Progr​ams" ​​ page.​​ Media​ Refer​ence s​:​​ ht tp:​​/​​/​​ www.​​ blogt​alkr a​dio.​​ com htt p:​​/​​/​​w ww.​​ rapid​city j​ourna​l.​ ​ com By Kayla​ Gahag​an,​ ​ Journ​al Staff​ Novem​ber 9th, 2008 ww w. NDNne​ws.​ ​ com by: Tamra​ Brenn​an Novem​ber 15th,​​ 2008 -​​-​​ -​​-​​-​​-​ ​-​​-​​-​​- ​​-​​-​​-​​ -​​-​​-​​-​ ​-​​-​​-​​- ​​-​​-​​-​​ -​​-​​-​​-​ ​-​​-​​-​​- ​​-​​-​​-​​ -​​-​​-​​-​ ​-​​-​​-​​- ​​-​​-​​-​​ -​​-​​-​​-​ ​-​​-​​-​​- ​​-​​-​​-​​ -​​-​​-​​-​ ​-​​-​​-​​- ​​-​​-​​-​​ -​​-​​-​​-​ ​-​​-​​-​​- ​​-​​-​​-​​ -​​ NOTE FROM NAMA'​​S FOUND​ER The Nativ​e Ameri​can Music​ Award​s & Assoc​iati o​n would​ like to assis​t those​ on Pine Ridge​ & Roseb​ud with their​ winte​r crisi​s.​​ The inspi​rati o​n for our entir​e organ​izat i​on,​​ was given​ to us by the youth​ on Roseb​ud and Pine Ridge​ over 12 years​ ago. We are well aware​ of the diffi​cult i​es and condi​tion s​ facin​g those​ on Pine Ridge​ and Roseb​ud and it would​ be a wonde​rful effor​t for mysel​f and our organ​izat i​on to come full circl​e and assis​t those​ there​ that are most in need.​​ Not only in this crisi​s - but on a conti​nuin g​ basis​.​​ It just amaze​s me at times​ that the mains​trea m​ or other​s throu​ghou t​ the world​ do not reali​ze we still​ have third​ world​ count​ry condi​tion s​ exist​ing in the middl​e of Ameri​ca.​ ​ Witho​ut Roseb​ud or Pine Ridge​,​​ there​ would​ be no NAMMY​S today​,​​ and it is imper​ativ e​ that we make other​s aware​ of the hards​hips the Lakot​a face.​​ We belie​ve we have secur​ed the best possi​ble metho​ds to offer​ the most direc​t assis​tanc e​ and reach​ those​ most in need,​​ wheth​er its money​,​​ diape​rs,​ ​ toys,​​ food,​​ water​,​​ etc. We look forwa​rd to your assis​tanc e​.​​ Visit​ our websi​te www. nativ​eame r​icanm​usi ca​wards​.​ ​ com the Speci​al Progr​ams Page to make your donat​ion now. In Unity​,​​ Ellen​ Bello​ NA MA Presi​dent & Found​er 212 228 8300

Watch Independen t Lens-March Point. Three teens from Swinomish stand up for their tribes issues regarding lands, fish, and the oil refineries that are destroying both. Three young men went all the way to DC, to find answers to their questions and made a HUGE impact not only for their tribe but for Native youth and adults nationwide ....if three young men coming out of treatment to try something new and better for themselves can make that kind of impact, what can the rest of our youth do? Billy Frank Jr, Native fishing rights activist from the Nisqually Tribe said it best when he told the three young men; Cody, Nick and Travis, that it is their generation that will be where he is one day...to carry on that fight and one day they will be where he is, answering questions for the younger generation s. Our native youth are our future.... .we have to remind them of this and guide them. I have heard many people tell me "Some youth can't be saved". I dont believe that for a minute.... .we owe them more than that. One day they will always look back and remember something someone did for them or said to them and use it. It may not be on our time but they will find their way. We cant give up. Cody, Travis and Nick, if you read this I just want to Thank You for reinstilli ng that faith in me. I only hope I can pay it back to your generation in some way.

To everyone else, take an hour out of your day and watch this video that these boys worked so hard on. Go to http://www .pbs.org/in dependentle ns/marchpoi nt/ and click on Check Local Listings to see when to view it.

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Good Indians

Surveys on a Reservatio n

A penney for your appraisal

Return to the scene of the Crime

Run the numbers

An "amootment " of sorts!

I listened to a human rights activist, whose heart is in the right place speak about some work he was doing in Africa. He said when he got there he was continuall y surprised to see the local population was always happy, always smiling, even though they had very little in material means.

My question then is, why would you change that? If they really are happy having school under a tree, why would you give them a modern building with doors that separate classes, separate cultural mentors from younger children, separate the student from the environmen t?

And then I reflect on how the reservatio n effects affected many of our tribal nations. The Navajo lost much of their culture when they were put in houses with separate rooms separated by doors. What was once a family classroom 24 hours a day in a one room hogan, was replaced by a "modern" house which instilled that "this room is mine, and this house is my family's, and this is our food in our refrigerat or.

The Nisqually Indian Tribe were already in houses. So while reservatio ns were made to centralize most other Indians, the U.S. Government created the Nisqually Indian Reservatio n and then gave them houses because they were too close, so while the effect was to herd up plains Indians, it was also to spread out other coastal tribes.

A nd now here we sit today and place values on the crops we cultivate on our reservatio ns. Only, "we" is an appraiser contracted by the Office of Special Trustee to come in here with no exposure to a closed tribal market and place a S.W.A.G. (scientifi c wild ass guess) on the value of our land, our crops, our leases, our timber, our resources lost as a result of rights of way, and easements.

Now my only caution to any of you is that when you take an appraisal from the Office of Special Trustee, take the appraisal and neatly file it away in a quiet, secluded, dark corner, locked away for eternity.

An appraisal is the MINIMUM AMOUNT YOU SHOULD BE GETTING, NOT THE STANDARD! Think about it. Ever bought land? When you did, did you ask if the land had been appraised? Of course you did, because that is the maximum amount you wanted to pay. If you're a savvy buyer, then you pick the property apart to refute or even LOWER the amount you will offer to below the appraised value.

Ev er looked at land to sell and wondered how to increase the appraised value if you were selling? Of course you did! You knew the appraised value held some value because it will be used against you. You will want your appraised value to be as high as possible because you know that a buyer will hedge against that value.

If you're sneaky, you don't get an appraisal, and sell to a unwitting buyer who either has a lot of money to throw away or has the credit line to swallow your enthusiast ic selling attempt.

So, when your reservatio n gets a reservatio n wide appraisal, glance at the amount that land is going for, but don't stare at it. We don't want to get used to that amount. We want to actually NEGOTIATE like we mean it. If all else fails let BIA tell everyone that the lease meets the appraisal quote, like Gerald Ben said they do in this article on The Authentic Voice.

Gerald said, "The only thing the bureau has to do is make sure the rate meets the minimum approved rate."

hmmmm... .would that minimum rate be the APPRAISED QUOTE? Hmmm?

That doesn't sound like much of a negotiatio n does it? Well let's hope that Gerald Ben isn't the one "negotiati ng" for your best lease on your land. As a matter of fact, lets hope that more tribal members are empowered with knowledge so that like Ernestine Werelus, we all negotiate the most advantageo us leases from an obviously lucrative resource that all tribes share in common, the land.

And yet, he challenges us to question appraisals : at an ITMA Listening Conference at Wild Horse Resort in 2004, he responded to...
...a question from the audience about appraisals showing Indian land as less valuable than off-reserv ation land, Gerald Ben stated that if a landowner has questions about an appraisal, “ask them to come back and explain to you so you know for yourself that what you sold your property for was really what it was worth.” He said that the BIA is trying to get local appraisers how know the reservatio n to work on contract so that appraisals can be done more quickly.

But then he would never question the fact that BIA sends out requests for Authority for BIA to negotiate your leases for you; insted the BIA will merely sign off on leases that went to bid, with no respect to the the minimum approved rate because it is "in your best interest," according to 25 CFR.

And they smile at us at every conference , at every public engagement . They smile at fellow Indians whose leases rob them of the chance to be prosperous .

I would think that much like our fellow human beings in Africa, we'd be better smilers too if we had far less to deal with. Let me live on the land, let me be poor, just don't let someone else profit at my expense--i t makes me feel abused. I guess my thanks for that feeling go to my friends, my fellow human beings, my fellow tribal members at the BIA who fail to speak up for me and for all tribal people. Don't feel guilty, just act for me, act for my aunties, my cousins, your relatives.

Restore the smiles we all had wayyy back when.

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Remember back when I discussed the contractin g of CFEDS surveyors and even Appraisers ? Remember when I said that accountabi lity walked out the door, when Office of Special Trustee and Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Bureau of Land Management all CONTRACTED their work out?
Here is what happens when anyone, I mean anyone, contracts work out to civilians who are under no authority to be reprimande d. Boo Hoo! Their contract service goes away and then you wonder what happened to their stolen documents, the stolen informatio n, the breach of security of sensitive documents, sensitive informatio n. It happened at the State Department as seen on Yahoo, news page by the Associated Press Writers, titled 3 CANDIDATES PASSPORT FILES BREACHED .
Now for any Natives out there, ask yourself if you want a CONTRACTOR to the Federal Government who also has an elected position in their county, their state, their city, to come on the reservatio n and survey your land. If this contractor who works for another government does come on the reservatio n and surveys your land, he is now privy to informatio n such as the title of the land, and the descriptio n, and the owner. If you are the owner who has been waiting for years to have your land changed from Fee (tax) to Trust land, congratula tions, the tax man just came onto your land!
If you are a County Treasurer wondering how much you should charge that crazy Indian living in the corner of your county that is on the reservatio n for land that he didn't know was out of Trust, congratula tions! With a quick phone call to the appraising firm that works for the BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, or the OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE, you are also on the list of people who will gain access to this informatio n.
If you are with Office of Special Trustee, DO NOT TELL ME IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, DON'T TELL ME IT WON'T HAPPEN, DON'T SAY ONE WORD!
Look at the State Department . You think you're more intimidati ng than Condoleeza Rice? You think you can control someone who isn't an employee of yours?
If you do, then you're stupid. What am I saying "if?"
For those of you on reservatio ns, listen up. They, meaning Office of Special Trustee, Bureau of Land Management , and the Glorious Bureau of Indian Affairs have all been contaminat ed with a dose of guillabili ty.
We currently have CONTRACTOR S performing
ALL OUR APPRAISALS
ALL OUR SURVEYS
on our reservatio ns. Well maybe not all the appraisals , maybe not all the surveys, but they could..... ...........
Makes you wonder if they'll be walking your property next week don't it?

P.S. Ever wonder how power companies get easements? They have to provide appraisals , and surveys. Ever wonder who did that for them? Look at their employee records. In the words of Borat, Wowwie Wow Wow Wow! They have appraisers and surveyors on staff! How come they didn't contract out for that? And more importantl y, why didn't a Federal Surveyor and a Federal Appraiser do it for us? Check your power lines, check your negotiatio ns for payments on the land that these power companies use. There better be a Federal survey, and a Federally reviewed appraisal.

P.P.S. IT CAN GET REALLY DEEP AROUND HERE SO PUT YER WADERS ON!!!!!!!

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Now this is only my opinion and I gather that there are a lot of opinions out there on this subject-pi ece of land, and I'm sure the Palestinia ns and Israelis will also tell you that land is an issue for them in a similar way.

Rea d here to see what the Bennett Freeze is. Basically, in the opinion of myself and others out there in Cyberspace , it was a blockade of services to Dineh (Navajo Tribe) to force them off their aboriginal land so that the Federal Government could "give" Peabody Coal Company access to the land and the water there.

Indianz.co m reports that this Thursday May 15, 2008, there is a U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing to repeal Sect. 10 (f) of P.L. 93-531, which is also known as the "Bennett Freeze." Robert Bennet was head of Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in 1966 and he is "credited" with having created this policy.

T he web page, Navajo-Hop i Land Dispute, states that:

Ob servers at the time of this decision felt (and wrote) that it (the Bennet Freeze temporaril y being removed) seems to have been influenced by the fact that the Navajo tribe could be expected to be more compliant and friendly to Peabody Coal than Hopis with newly-affi rmed Navajo subsurface rights. The coal deals were the basis for the swift rise to power of long-term Navajo tribal chairman Peter MacDonald, who had been appointed (in 1963) to head Office of Navajo Economic Opportunit y. MacDonald was elected to the first of his many terms as tribal chairman in 1970. MacDonald was recently released for health reasons from federal prison terms being served for conviction s in 1990, 1992 and 1993 for racketeeri ng and corruption charges in relation to land and financial dealings.

Peabody Coal was formerly a wholly-own ed subsidiary of Kennecott Copper. Many mergers later, it is now part of an empire of coal, owned by a British holding company, Hanson. Not only was the Black Mesa to be strip-mine d, but the Mohave power plant, 275 miles away was to be -- and is -- fed by a liquified slurry of crushed coal pumped along a pipeline that uses 3,000 gallons a minute of precious desert aquifer water, laid down in the deep rocks millions of years ago, before this land was desert. This irreplacea ble water is the most valuable of the subsurface rights Peabody acquired access to, and its profligate use is the most threatenin g to long-term survival of the entire southwest. The water pumping all takes place near the Black Mesa mine (though it can suck water from hundreds of miles away, the entire aquifer). The Peabody Kayenta mine feeds the power plant at Page with dry coal on coal trains. But for Black Mesa, Peabody counts only the cheaper method of delivery, which maximizes its profits, not counting the cost of stolen water to all life in the southwest.

Dirty Per Caps? Keep the Natives dependent, poor, denied of basic privileges , so that you can gain the most precious resources from under their feet for the cheapest of prices. Sounds like the policy was hard hitting all over Indian Country.

"It is discouragi ng to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit." (think: "money & bottom line")

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This article on Indianz.co m titled, Swimmer can't recall Navajo involvemen t
THURSDA Y, FEBRUARY 13, 2003 is what should have come up to the Public and Administra tion's minds before Ross Swimmer came to acquire his position as Special Trustee, Office of Special Trustee (OST). Well, it should have come up and then he should have been rejected for any position of advocacy for Indians. It probably did come up. Everyone from the President on down probably knew about it, but still welcomed him into the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and eventually the OST. They probably gave him a pat on the back as he was welcomed and said, "you're doing a heckuva job there Swimmer!"

It should be of note that at a recent Intertriba l Trust Monitoring Associatio n (ITMA) (of Trust Funds) meeting in April, 2008 in Albuquerqu e, NM, Ross Swimmer actually said that appraisal values should not be what people negotiate for on their agricultur al leases. He said appraisal values should be the low end you receive for leases. This despite the fact that he may as well have worn the shoes of the LOBBYIST for PEABODY COAL when he screwed the Navajo Tribe, out of the royalty rate for coal. The LOBBYIST convinced an Indian Advocate, who went down swinging for our cause (feigning a twisted arm--anybo dy recognize Ross Swimmer? ) may rest well only for a lack of conscience :

"In this case, the Court of Federal Claims found that the government met “secretly with parties having interests adverse to those of the [Nation] , adopt[ed] the third parties’ desired course of action in lieu of action favorable to the [Nation], and then misle[d] the [Nation] concerning these events.

t he [Navajo] Nation asked that the royalty rate be adjusted to a reasonable level, and Peabody had consented to such a reasonable adjustment explicitly in Lease 8580

Prio r to the ex parte interferen ce, (and the in-office interferen ce) the Bureau of Indian Affairs had deemed proper and approved an increase in the royalty rate to 20%. Despite the mandate of § 1300(e) and the Nation’s request for an adjustment to a reasonable royalty rate, however, it is undisputed that Secretary Hodel refused to make this royalty adjustment permanent after meeting with Peabody’s representa tive, (There were probalby two Peabody Representa tives when you think even for a second about it) whom the government conceded was “a former aide and friend of Secretary Hodel.

...the Secretary approved lease amendments with royalty rates well below the rate that had previously been determined appropriat e by those agencies responsibl e for monitoring the federal government ’s relations with Native Americans"

No Way? Really? He did that? All by himself? And then through a sudden change of heart over the course of time, he comes out telling Indians at the ITMA conference that they should negotiate leases advantageo usly, above the appraised value? In the words of Borat, wowie wow wow wow! Did he learn his lesson or is he merely attempting to put lipstick on a pig? Because no matter how well you dress up a pig, it's still a pig.

Your 'e doing a heckuva job there Ross, heckuva job.......

details at 11 on indianz.co m.

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The United States Department of the Interior released a report today, "Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne Initiates Action Following Receipt of Inspector General Reports. "

Dirk Kempthorne will get two cheers for now and the third? Well, I think he deserves a third cheer when he e x p a n d s his display of leadership ethics and exercises justice over the fiasco over unethical behavior at the Office of Special Trustee.

What makes it different? Is it that they wasted resources, time, and the reputation of an otherwise sound agency belonging to the United States instead of from Native Americans? I am not saying it is, I'm just asking, why now, why this agency and why not before when equally damaging behavior happened at the Office of Special Trustee?

Was it equally damaging? Well I would think that to the people who filed reports with the Inspector General, Earl Devaney, putting their jobs at risk, it would be equally damaging to their quality of life. To the people who were waiting for objective management of their resources, it would be equally damaging. To people who were expecting just treatment of disciplina ry problems, when Ross Swimmer assigned "correctiv e training," for Donna Erwin and Doug and Jeff Lords instead of real disciplina ry action, yes it is my opinion that it was equally damaging. And when one of the three Ringling Trustees recently got promoted, well that was too much.

So, while Mines and Minerals Management Service gets scrutiny, Native Americans everywhere wait for a little bit of attention on our fire. We wait for justice, we wait for the Trust to be put into the Office of Special TRUSTee.

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I am wondering if there is any chance Majel Russell might be seeking to get back into Carl Artman's office? Does she still have the keys?

I am in the earnest corner of "I hope she doesn't" because my opinion is that her stance on sovereignt y thus far has not been within even the lightest shade of what True Sovereignt y should be.

And because so many are oblivious to the facts surroundin g her recent stint as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Bureau of Indian Affairs means that not all Native Americans are the best judges or the best references for Majel. Instead ask Eugene Little Coyote of the Northern Cheyenne Nation what his opinion on Majel Russell may be. (she signed an order recognizin g a new Northern Cheyenne President in opposition to a Northern Cheyenne Constituti onal Court Opinion). Ask members from California 's Table Mountain Rancheria whose sovereignt y was wiped clean by the efforts of an enthusiast ic lawyer (Majel Russell) as their leadership was being turned upside-dow n what their opinion is on her view of Sovereignt y. All this happened as she and her clients sought to "peacefully take over leadership ." (Again she was party to a leadership dispute under circumstan ces which at least in part appears to have been underminin g tribal sovereignt y, as she tried to figure out who had jurisdicti on on the reservatio n? duh! Tribal police: think "Sovereign ty") At the heart of the matter is that both the incumbent and the "dissident " faction on the Table Mountain Rancheria had the reigns put on them by the Tribe. They wanted to decide who would lead them together, AS A WHOLE TRIBE. They did not need the outside "expertise " of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or some fancy lawyer who was not mediating, but instead intimidati ng by throwing the "Casino Percapita Bone" out in front of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In an unexplaina ble move, Kevin Gover, the BIA Secretary at the time, issued recognitio n for the dissident faction, because of violations of a gaming allocation plan by the incumbent Tribal Chairman. Funny, I never knew the GAMING ALLOCATION PLAN would trump a LEGAL ELECTION by the people. (funny, just like the Northern Cheyenne's overturnin g, the Tribal Constituti on is what should have prevailed, not the opinion of an outsider like a lawyer from another tribe, or an Assistant Secretary who didn't set up the Tribes' Constituti ons)

Remem ber one of the glaring points of this blog is that "right does not necessaril y mean it's good." Follow the rules until following them defeats the entire purpose (in relation to the trust responsibi lity and the benefit to the tribal member). The American Indians have a long trail of Federal Court rulings that we will all tell you are not ethical or beneficial to us as Nations. Just because you followed a case in a court of law does not mean it is necessaril y beneficial or ethical. I tend to believe Aristotle' s and Socrates' view that True Politics meant the pursuit of the "Common Good."

"C ommon Good" for Native Americans should mean equal treatment across the board, and the best and most economical treatment should be to let tribes decide for themselves to exercise their own sovereignt y. And in the absence of them exercising sovereignt y-in-action , let that remain as one of their options. Everything comes to an end eventually . It doesn't take a lawyer from outside a tribe to end a dispute. I believe talented people like Majel Russell may have a place in some courts for the Tribes. Her accumen has been sharp thus far, but like Saul, maybe she needs to take the talent she's been given and pour it into a new direction, a better direction, in support of True Sovereignt y. Maybe. Maybe like life, the tribal disputes across the nation will run their course and lessons will be learned from the snail's-pa ce flow of action. At any rate, tribes do not need a court to define sovereignt y. In fact, if you start to define sovereignt y, you begin to limit it.

The day you tell someone what sovereignt y is you should not stop talking... forever, (the definition is infinite) or you should just hand over the keys to your leadership office. Well in light of the fact that, in a small part of the Native American Public Opinion, Majel Russell stepped all over sovereignt y in the Northern Cheyenne Nation just recently, I would hope that the whoever gains the Presidency would ask a very short list of people for references if she ever seeks another leadership position at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or Office of Special Trustee, or the Department of the Interior. I'm hoping we don't hand the keys to our BIA leadership offices over to her if she ever pursues a leadership position under the next Administra tion.

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