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Orville H. Huntington on Perspectives from the Arctic-Climate Change and Tribal Perspectives

Posted on March 29, 2011 | Leave a comment

Orville H. Huntington on Perspectives from the Arctic-Climate Change and Tribal Perspectives 4-3-2011

Dr. Orville Huntington
Orville Huntington is a wildlife biologist, hunter, and community leader, living in the remote Athabascan community of Huslia. While preferring to stay home with “my girls” (his two daughters) he has served on the Alaskan Native Science Commission.

…Orville Huntington is presently the Chair of the Interior Athabascan Tribal College. He also currently is serving as the Interior Villages Representative on the Alaska Federation of Natives Board for the 43 villages in the Doyon area, and makes his home in the Athabascan community of Huslia, a village in the Yukon-Koyukuk region of Alaska.

Orville works exclusively with professors, non-profit organizations, and colleges regarding the issue of “Climate Change Impacts and the Sustainability of Rural Communities.” He also uses and continues to develop the Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge database.

His research interests are the direct and indirect impacts of subsistence use on fish, animals, and plants of northern ecosystems; the evaluation of currently policy and regulations and their affects on the subsistence methods and means of harvesting fish, wildlife, and plants. Orville is also committed to education and outreach projects that help non-Alaskans understand the culture and subsistence lifestyle of his people.

Orville has extensive experience in presenting to the public. He has given keynotes at various ARCUS Arctic Forums and has spoken on panels at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. In 2000, he participated in the Arctic Visiting Speakers’ program as a presenter at the Marine Science Institute at Port Aransas, Texas. He enjoys the Arctic Visiting Speakers’ program because it allows him to, “share and add to what little knowledge is out there on matching Native American Traditional Knowledge with contemporary western science.”

He is interested in presenting to school audiences (K-12), academic audiences, graduate seminars, and the general public. Orville is not available during mid-June through mid-July or September due to subsistence activities. See More

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Orville H. Huntington on Perspectives from the Arctic Sunday, April 3 · 5:00pm – 6:00pm

Posted on March 28, 2011 | Leave a comment

Orville H. Huntington on Perspectives from the Arctic-Climate Change and Tribal Perspectives

Dr. Orville Huntington
Orville Huntington is a wildlife biologist, hunter, and community leader, living in the remote Athabascan community of Huslia. While preferring to stay home with “my girls” (his two daughters) he has served on the Alaskan Native Science Commission.

Orville Huntington is presently the Chair of the Interior Athabascan Tribal College. He also currently is serving as the Interior Villages Representative on the Alaska Federation of Natives Board for the 43 villages in the Doyon area, and makes his home in the Athabascan community of Huslia, a village in the Yukon-Koyukuk region of Alaska.

Orville works exclusively with professors, non-profit organizations, and colleges regarding the issue of “Climate Change Impacts and the Sustainability of Rural Communities.” He also uses and continues to develop the Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge database.

His research interests are the direct and indirect impacts of subsistence use on fish, animals, and plants of northern ecosystems; the evaluation of currently policy and regulations and their affects on the subsistence methods and means of harvesting fish, wildlife, and plants. Orville is also committed to education and outreach projects that help non-Alaskans understand the culture and subsistence lifestyle of his people.

Orville has extensive experience in presenting to the public. He has given keynotes at various ARCUS Arctic Forums and has spoken on panels at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. In 2000, he participated in the Arctic Visiting Speakers’ program as a presenter at the Marine Science Institute at Port Aransas, Texas. He enjoys the Arctic Visiting Speakers’ program because it allows him to, “share and add to what little knowledge is out there on matching Native American Traditional Knowledge with contemporary western science.”

He is interested in presenting to school audiences (K-12), academic audiences, graduate seminars, and the general public. Orville is not available during mid-June through mid-July or September due to subsistence activities

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Indigenous World Prayer Gathering 3/19/11

Posted on March 24, 2011 | Leave a comment

On 3/19/11, The Living Light Network was privileged to host a special two hour radio broadcast, with Master of Ceremonies Chief Phil Lane, Jr. and special guests Chief Arvol Looking Horse, White Bear, Firewoman, Jordan Big Horn, Charla Tarwater, Grand Mother Arla, Artie Crippen, Pat Crosby, and other Indigenous relatives.

Chief Phil Lane Jr’s –Four Worlds International Institute

“Cherokee Morning Song” (We n’ de ya ho) by Robbie Robertson and Rita Coolidge

International Common Law Copy Rights by Michael Edward, the Living Light Network  and the World Vision Portal .

Blog Talk

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Music of Gabriel Ayala on Make No Bones About It.

Posted on March 23, 2011 | 1 comment

COME JOIN RAVEN AND HIS GUEST GABRIEL AYALA on Sunday Evening , 3. 26, 2011 at 5 PM on KAOS Radio 89.3 fm

A member of the Yaqui people of southern Arizona, Gabriel Ayala is at the forefront of a new generation of Native Americans making a career performing classical music. He began playing the guitar as a child. He earned a Master’s Degree in Music Performance from the University of Arizona in 1997, has taught at all educational levels from elementary through college, and serves as a competition adjudicator. Although Gabriel truly enjoys being a teacher his busy touring schedule allows him to only teach in masterclass settings.

Ayala performs regularly throughout the United States and has appeared at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, National Museum for the American Indian, ASU Kerr Cultural Center and Oscar Meyer Theater in Madison, Wisconsin. He has been recognized by the former State of Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, now Director of Homeland Security, for his musical achievements. In addition, he has also been honored as the Artist of the Month for the Indigenous Internet Chamber of Commerce (IICOC). Gabriel has also been named Tucson Citizen of the Month and recognized as the leading artist in Tucson for 2009 in “9 to watch in 09”. Not only is Gabriel recognized locally and in the United States but has had the opportunity to be the featured performer at the “Festival Internacional de la Guitarra Academica” in Venezuela with Performances in Caracas, Guarenas, Guatire and on National Public Television throughout Venezuela.

Gabriel was selected as one of ten musicians featured in “Native Musicians in the Groove” highlighting stories of musicians in their struggles while persevering with a career in music. He also has been featured in several media publications such as “Native Peoples”, “Indian Country Today”, “SAY Magazine” (Canadian and United States Editions), “Spirit of the Southwest (German Publication)”, “Native America Calling”, “Canadian Broadcasting Corporation” and numerous others.

Ayala has released three self-distributed albums: “Self Titled” in 2003, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” in 2007 and “Tango!” in 2008. He has also been a featured artist on several other CD releases. Gabriel signed with record label Canyon Records to release their first classical CD, “Portraits” on Canyon Records Explorer Series- Classical. The Explorer Series is the new sub label developed by Canyon to be able to feature Native Americans performing music outside of the traditional genre. Gabriel has been breaking stereotypes amongst Native and Non-Native people by performing classical, jazz, flamenco, and new compositions of his own. In 2009, Gabriel was nominated and performed in the Indian Summer Music Awards, Native American Music Awards, Aboriginal People Choice Awards, and the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards. He led the Native American Music Awards (NAMMY’s) with the most nominations and received Best Instrumental CD for “Tango!”. Gabriel received many accolades in this year alone including the honor of sharing the stage with Motown living legends The Four Tops and The Temptations.

As Ayala continues to travel throughout the United States and other countries he serves as an advocate for education for all youth while instilling his values of living a traditional lifestyle while abstaining from Alcohol, Drug and Tobacco. Gabriel believes in leading our children in the right direction through his philosophy, “Honor your elders, love your children, and respect your women”. Gabriel wants to share the gift of music with as many people and show children that they can become whatever they dream. Gabriel currently resides in Tucson, Arizona.

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Blessing from Squaxin Island -New City Hall 3-26-2011

Posted on March 22, 2011 | Leave a comment

Call them and GIVE THEM A BIG THANKS!!!!!

The grand opening of Olympia’s new City Hall is Saturday, March 26. The celebration will begin at 12:45 p.m. with the blessing from Squaxin Island – Chairman Lopeman, followed at 1:00 p.m. by the official ribbon cutting. The first official event is the grand opening on March 26 2011. The City Council will not be meeting in the building until after the grand opening, instead they will continue to have their meetings in the old city hall until the blessing and opening ceremonies.

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City of Olympia WA | PO Box 1967 | Olympia WA 98507-1967
phone: 360-753-8361

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Raven speaks with Mary J. Pavel shares about American Indian Sovereignty and Law and more.

Posted on March 22, 2011 | Leave a comment

Raven speaks with Mary J. Pavel shares about American Indian Sovereignty and Law and more.

Mary J. Pavel is a member of the Skokomish Tribe of Washington. Mary joined the nationally recognized federally Indian law firm of Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry in 1992 and became a partner in January 1999. Mary was one of the first Indian women to be made a partner in a National Law Firm. Ms. Pavel graduated from the University of Washington School of Law and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Dartmouth College. Mary works in all phases of the Firm’s practice, with a special emphasis in legislative matters pending before Congress. Mary has been noted in the Hill Newspaper as one of the Nation’s top tribal advocates in Washington, D.C. She is the Founding President of the Native American Bar Association of Washington, D.C. She is a member of both the Washington State Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar Association.

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One Earth – One Mankind

Posted on March 22, 2011 | Leave a comment

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Raven visits with his guest Linley B. Logan 3-13-2011 at 5pm

Posted on March 13, 2011 | 1 comment

My home is the Tonawanda Seneca Nation. I interact as a multidisciplinary artist ranging from the traditional arts to contemporary artistic expression. My artistic educational background includes industrial and graphic design, and multidisciplinary fine arts. The wealth of my employment experience encompasses cultural artistic consulting, and presentation. I have curated and cocurated two contemporary Haudenosaunee (Six Nations …Iroquois Confederacy) art exhibits. I have authored articles published by the Smithsonian Institution. I have presented cultural program presentations for the Smithsonian Institution. I have served on numerous grant review panels. I participated by invitation in two International Indigenous Visual Artists’ Gatherings in Hawaii 2007, and Rotorua, New Zealand 2010. I serve on local, and regional arts boards.

I interact as a multidisciplinary artist with my foundation in the traditional arts and my applied artistic statement conveyed through contemporary artistic expression. I have engaged a broad range of the two-dimensional arts from printmaking to painting, and in the three dimensional arts worked in carving, silver jewelry, pottery and three-dimensional lost and found art creations.

I attended the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico. I received an AFA in Two Dimensional Arts, and AFA in Three Dimensional Arts, and engaged Museum studies, 1985.

I attended a session in ceramics at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle Main, 1985.

I attended the Rochester Institute of Technology for a BFA in Industrial Design, 1987. I have co-curated contemporary Haudenosaunee art exhibits, reviewed arts grants, and authored cultural articles on traditional dance and indigenous internet implications.

I have co-curated contemporary Haudenosaunee art exhibits. I co-curated “Iroquois Art in the Age of Casino’s”, Iroquois Indian Museum, 1995. I served on the curatorial committee representing Seneca artists for the “Where We Stand” Contemporary Haudenosaunee art, Fenimore House Museum, 1997.

I authored “Native American Dance, Ceremonies and Social Dance Traditions” published by the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, 1994. A similar article titled “Dancing the Cycles of Life” is published in the 1993 Festival of American Folklife program catalog. The article was part of the social dance in the America’s program for the Festival of American Folklife. for the Center for Folklife programs and Cultural Studies, Smithsonian Institution, 1993.

I organized and presented a number of Haudenosaunee social dance programs for the Folklife Festival, and the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution

Linley B. L o g a n – Seneca, Deer clan As an artists I attended the International Gathering of Indigenous Visual Arts in Hawaii, 2007. I accepted the invitation to participate in “Creation, Migration, and Change” an indigenous arts forum, co-organized by the Seventh Generation Fund and
sponsored by the Ford Foundation. I accepted the invitation to participate in the Te Tihi International Gathering of Indigenous Visual Arts hosted by the Maori people in Roturura (New Zealand) in 2010.

In the mid 90’s I authored the grants, developed and directed a Cultural Retention Program in the Tonawanda Seneca Nation. The Cultural Retention Program focused on researching documentation of our social and ceremonial song & dance traditions. As founder and director of the Cultural Retention Program, I published the Cultural Retention Program Newsletter (vol. 1, issue 1) for the Tonawanda Seneca Nation. My employment experience includes the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Office and the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. I have served on numerous grant review panels from the NEA Folk and Traditional Arts grant review panel, All Roads Seed Film program for the National Geographic Society,
“ARTOGRAPHY” the Ford Foundation/Leveraging Investments in Creativity, Michigan Council for the Arts, and the Longhouse Education and Cultural Center @ the Evergreen State College. I have reviewed Community Spirit Award nominations for the First Peoples Fund for seven years, as well as their Cultural Capitol grants. I have served on National Initiative to Preserve American Dance forums.

I have authored articles on Haudenosaunee social dances, “Dancing the Cycles of Life” Native American Dance, Ceremonies and Social Dance Traditions, published by the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution.

I have authored articles, co-curated contemporary Native Art exhibits, founded and directed a Cultural Retention Program in Tonawanda.

I live in Bremerton, Washington and serve on local, county, and regional arts boards. I currently serve as the Chairman of the Kitsap County Arts Board.

I served in many capacities for the Tonawanda Seneca’s Traditional Chiefs Council from education to health issues. I also served the Six Nations Confederacy’s Traditional governement concerns such as repatriation and environmental issues. There are many aspects of Cultural identity that shape my art that I engage. I servedon the Haudenosaune Repatriation Committee for the Tonawanda Band of Senecas.This experience defines relevance of repatriation issues reflective of our sacred ceremonial, and medicine society values. I fulfill a role within our religious way of life which obligates my participation to ensuring our ceremonial way of life.

I aso served on the Haudeosaune Environmental Task Force representing the Tonawanda Seneca Chief’s Council. The HETF developed a Environmental Strategic Plan which addressed our Environmental concerns for presentation to the United Nations Environemental Protection Agency. Our environmental values assert our Linley B. L o g a n – Seneca, Deer clan relationship and stewartship of balance within the natural world. My ability to articulatea cultural perspective of values has lead to my being invited as an Elder for the Traditional Ecological Knowledge Sumit, hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, in Hawaii. The repatriation and Environmental experiences enhance articulation of a cultural identity which benefits artistic perspective and articulation for me as a Seneca. I currently live in Bremerton, Washington and serve on local, county, and regional arts Boards Linley B. L o g a n – Seneca, Deer clan

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Professor Lehman L. Brightman-President of United Native Americans on KAOS

Posted on March 4, 2011 | 1 comment

Professor Lehman L. Brightman-United Native Americans

Lehman L. Brightman is a Sioux and Creek Indian who was born on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. He is the father of three boys — Lehman Jr., Gall and Quanah — and currently lives in Pinole, California.

Professor Brightman is the founder and National President of United Native Americans, Inc. a non-profit Indian organization formed in 1968, to promote th…e progress and general welfare of American Indians. In his capacity as President of UNA Mr. Brightman has testified in two U.S Senate Hearings on the deplorable conditions of Indian boarding schools and hospitals on reservations. And led investigations of seven Indian boarding schools and three Indian hospitals due to the poor service and abusive treatment of Indian people.

He is a former football and track star at Oklahoma State University where is earned a B.A. Degree, he has an M.A. Degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Mr. Brightman is an ex-Marine and served one year in the Korean conflict where he was wounded in action. He was a disinterested student going through the motions during high school and college in order to play football. However, when be joined the Marines, he found a renewed sense of purpose. “When I came back from the Marine Corps, I had straightened up,” he says. “It taught me to be responsible.

Most people who served in the Marines are proud of it. Before the Marines, my life wasn’t structured. I’ve lived my whole life since structured, and I learned that from the Corps.” USMC, Korea 1951 He established and coordinated the FIRST Native American Studies Program in the United States at UC Berkeley in 1969, and has since taught at the University of California in San Diego, Sacramento State University, and Contra Costa College in San Pablo, California. Brightman is the author of numerous articles on the history of Indian Education and federal boarding schools.

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