November 2008
People of Lakota Launch Private Bank for Only... →
indigen:
In a stunning development, the Free & Independent People of Lakota announced today the introduction of the world’s first non-reserve, non-fractional bank that accepts only silver and gold currencies for deposit.
“Today is a great day for us, a day that we begin to exercise our rights as a sovereign people with strength and pride,” comments Canupa Gluha Mani, Tetuwan Council...
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Lewis and Clark-Stop Celebrating. They Don't... →
Why Lewis and Clark don’t matter—and never did. - By David Plotz
The following piece was originally published in Slate on Aug. 16, 2002.
The American infatuation with Lewis and Clark grows more fervent with every passing year. The adventurers have become our Extreme Founding Fathers, as essential to American history as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson but a lot more fun. Last month,...
Some NDN Films
3 films in contemporary settings:
Skins (2002)
Clearcut (1991)
The Business of Fancydancing (2002)
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Thanksgiving Out Among The Colonized →
…Native people quoted in the newspaper article said essentially that the celebration to them was simply an annual getting together of family and friends. They didn’t feel themselves compelled to pray, feast and celebrate, and they held no bitterness. On the other hand, some said, they have plenty to be thankful for.I suppose that this response pretty much reflects the majority in Indian...
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Thanksgiving: Fact or Fiction?
by “HinTamaheca” In the minds of many Americans, when asked the question, “When was the United States first settled?”, invariably the response will be, “in 1620 when the Pilgrims landed.” This so called “origin myth” has frequently been termed “the story of the first Thanksgiving” in many children’s books about the subject. However, beginning the story of America’s settlement with...
A YouTube for Native Americans →
PLUMMER, Idaho—Tired of searching for Native media or losing your videos among the millions of random YouTube pieces?
With the launch of RezKast, Native Americans no longer need to waste time looking for Native-themed videos on YouTube. The Coeur d’Alene Tribe launched RezKast, a Native content site, in July with hopes of preserving the Native culture, history and language before they...
Rezkast- YouTube for Skins →
Powwow Idol winner Standing Horse releases first... →
RAPID CITY, S.D. – When the Standing Horse Singers won the first 2008 Pow wow Idol contest earlier this year, a part of the grand prize was the opportunity to record a CD that would be produced and distributed by DrumHop Productions. The album, called “The Beginning,” has been recorded and it debuted Oct. 10 at the celebrated He Sapa Wacipi Na Oskate (Black Hills Pow wow) an annual pow wow, art...
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“Sweet Jane”...
“i go to the sea at negative tide and sit, shape shifted against the granite”
– Blessed - Tassili
Coming of Age at a California Powwow →
BERKELEY, Calif.—Julian NoiseCat was headman dancer at this year’s Berkeley Indigenous Peoples Day Powwow—”a big honor,” he admitted, for a 15 year old.
“I led out the dancers and had a special contest and small giveaway as part of my giving back to the community,” said NoiseCat, enrolled in the Canim Lake Band of the Shuswap Nation, a Canadian tribe.
“For...
“he is fragile, too tender and will make a good husband for someone, perhaps he...”
– Blessed - Tassili
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unburyingthelead:
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, opium
The Romantic poet composed one of his most famous works after taking laudanum in 1797. After waking from a stupor in which he’d dreamed of the stately pleasure-domes of a Chinese emperor, he scribbled ‘Kubla Khan’. Coleridge’s addiction finally killed him in 1834.
- Drugs in literature: a brief history
Chicana intifada →
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Rocks are our weapons of choice, indeed the only ones that we have stockpiled. We never worry about running out of them. After all, our unpaved streets are filled with rocks. We have wiped the dirt off them so that they may sail with a smooth hardness when we fling them into the air. We shall name each one of our rocks for the family members we have lost...
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Alela Diane | White as...
In Iraq, Troops Watch Election From Afar →
BAGHDAD, Nov. 5 — As Americans flocked to polling stations on Election Day, Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan West and his men walked out of a small outpost in western Baghdad shortly after sunset, each carrying 40 pounds of gear on his back, for yet another foot patrol.
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New Morning - Bob Dylan
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Barack Obama's Victory Speech
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Remarks of President-Elect Barack Obama—as prepared for delivery Election Night
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Chicago, Illinois
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
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“I want your skin to smell like you, I want you slick and salty and ripe. I want...”
– … solipsubmissive … (via wattage) (via beautifulanddepraved) 