( – promoted by navajo) (cross-posted from daily kos) The Indian Health Care Improvement Act is being debated this week in the Senate. The bill is to reauthorize the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and bring the Native American health care services to modernity. The Indian Health Care Improvement Act was originally signed by Gerald … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) I just wanted to share my experiences with Abenaki culture and go into depth on who the Abenakis are, etc. I first found out that I had Abenaki blood when I was 15 years old. Dad took me down to the Tribal Affairs office to get my tribal card. … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) On some positions a coward has asked the question is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Why say “Dead Warrior Creek,” when racism fuels cultural hegemony so well? Source The official name now is Dead Warrior Lake, ending for some a controversy over the lake’s name that has been going on for almost a decade. – snip – The first settlers in the area came up … Continued
This is a test diary and not meant to ever make the front page. So if it does somehow make it to the front page, please ignore it and let it creep down the page into oblivion. Thanks, CKDemo (No Extended Text)
(crossposted on the Daily Kos and Street Prophets under betson08 and Docudharma under PiledHigherand Deeper – I guess I have an unstable identity!) I want to update everyone who has been involved in the Pretty Bird Woman House fundraiser on the situation with the house purchase. After you read this you might also ask: Why … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) NativeVue was created to cultivate an interest in Native performing arts by featuring North America’s most innovative Indigenous filmmakers, musicians, actors and media entrepreneurs. A sampling: “Creative Spirit” Films Premiere at Paramount Studios The purpose of the Creative Spirit program is to foster employment and training opportunities for American Indians … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Leonard Peltier is one reason I can’t support Hillary Clinton for president. I was one of thousands who petitioned Bill Clinton to grant Leonard a pardon. Thanks to Harvey Wasserman for reminding others of the history of Peltier and Bill Clinton. The disagreements are deep and generally predictable. But it … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) My apologies; I only learned of the existence of this blog today when someone at Daily Kos suggested I crosspost this announcement. I hope this is not inappropriate. Thank you. In October, Betsy Campisi, a volunteer on the last Pretty Bird Woman House fundraising drive called Georgia Little Shield, the … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Today marked the anniversary of the massacre of Chief Big Foot and over 300 Lakota men, women and children at Wounded Knee. Some of my relatives went over to the site today to offer prayers and I sweat with them when they returned tonight. Just thought there should be … Continued
