September 2008
10th Annual Native American Music AwardsTo Be... →
BEST OF NAMMYS & NAMA 9 TO BE BROADCAST ON MHZ NETWORKS IN NOVEMBER
The broadcast can be viewed on Saturday, October 4th by visiting
WWW.NATIVEAMERICANMUSICAWARDS.COM or WWW.SINGLEFEATHERMEDIA.COM .
New York - The 10th Annual Native American Music Awards (N.A.M.A.) will be featured in a free live internet broadcast via Single Feather Media, LLC on Saturday, October 4, 2008. The three...
Johnny Depp is "Tonto" →
indigen:
Depp will hit the screen opposite an unnamed kemo sabe for a 21st century re-imagining of “The Lone Ranger,” as previously announced by super-producer Bruckheimer. For a brief period of time, some news outlets believed that Depp would be playing the heroic cowboy — but this morning, the actor’s reps insisted that he’d been cast as the Ranger’s long-suffering, fiercely loyal Native...
Neweneit Na Ahas, The Prophecy of the Fourth Crow →
As told by Robert Red Hawk Ruth Translated by Shelley DePaul:
Lomewe, luwe na okwes xu laxakwihele xkwithakamika. Long ago it was said that a fox will be loosened on the earth.
Ok nen luwe newa ahasak xu peyok. Also it was said four crows will come.
Netami ahas kenthu li guttitehewagan wichi Kishelemukonk. The first crow flew the way of harmony with Creator.
Nisheneit ahas kwechi pilito...
“I am the welder.
I understand the capacity of heat
to change the shape of...”
– Cherríe Moraga (via lalilster) (via curate)
How much Indian are you really? →
Okay, we’ve heard it all now. Those strange statements arising from discussions of how you can tell if someone is Native American. Although no one will admit it in public, we go off to the privacy of our own home and see if we have the traits “they” are talking about, even if we are obviously Indian. One that I heard in college was that Native Americans and Asians have Shovel-shaped incisors....
Don't Mess With Indian Women
A Kiowa man has six beautiful children, and is very proud of his achievement. He is so proud of himself that he starts calling his wife “Mother of Six” in spite of her objections. One night they go to a party. The man decides that it’s time to go home, and wants to find out if his wife is ready to leave as well. He shouts at the top of his voice, “Shall we go home my little...
meeting with collision. again.
“Girl I say,
It is dangerous to be a woman of two countries.”
– Linda Hogan, Seeing Through the Sun
RezWorld 3D Video Game →
Thornton Media, Inc., the leaders in “Language Tools for Indian Country”, presents RezWorld™, the first fully-immersive 3-D Video Game that teaches Native languages. The game teaches spoken language and cultural knowledge. Students learn by playing fun, fully-immersive 3D video games that simulate real life social communications. It involves speaking to “intelligent virtual...
NDN Humor
Three Indian guys were sitting at a table by the concession stand at the Red Earth Pow-Wow. One was Kiowa, one was Apache and the other was Lakota. During the course of conversation they began talking about the problems with their wives. The Kiowa put down his frybread and said, “I told my wife in no uncertain terms that from now on she would have to do her own cooking. Well, the first day...
WILLIAM UNDER BAGGAGE interview with john LeKay →
”..I want to talk about myself a little bit first. My name is William Under Baggage. Literally, translation means carrying the burden. I have an organization called Indigenous Nations Network. We use this network to advise, inform and educate. First each other - the native peoples of this land. Secondly, to educate the larger population - the Americans - beyond that,...
“Je suis un pickpocket du web, des blogs, des cuisses qui s’écartent et des...”
– Damon Fishturn. MY FUCKIN’ WORLD IS OVER.
Indigenous Peoples Day Sunrise Ceremony on... →
ANNUAL SUNRISE GATHERING ON ALCATRAZ ISLAND MONDAY OCTOBER 13th 2008 International Indian Treaty Council and American Indian Contemporary Arts present: International Day of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples 2008 Celebrating our Survival and Challenging the Myth of Columbus and “Doctrine of Discovery”
