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November is American Indian Heritage Month 2014

Posted on November 3, 2014 | Leave a comment

November is National American Indian Heritage Month

It is a time to celebrate the rich cultural traditions and proud ancestry of American Indians and recognize …”the vital contributions that American Indians have made and continue to make to the strength, balance, tolerance, and diversity of our society.”

Native American Heritage Month 2014

Sharing Our Culture Through the Canoe Journey” Photo Exhibit by Denny Sparr Hurtado

The “Cultural Revival of the Canoe Journey” photo exhibit by Denny Sparr Hurtado, TacH mi acH t3n, a Skokomish Tribal member, will be on display November 4th, 2014, to November 30th, 2014, at the Department of Labor and Industries 7273 Linderson Way SW Tumwater, WA 98501

Sharing Our Culture Through the Canoe Journey

American Indian Heritage  Committee presents – Raven Heavy Runner of the Two Spirit Society shares on November 4th, 2014 from 12:00 p.m. to 1 p.m. in Room S130.

The return of the Wa He Lut Dancing Turtles, November 13th performance from 12:00p.m. to 1 p.m. in the rotunda.  

American Indian Heritage  Committee presents – Back to the River ,  November 20th. The film will be  12:00 p.m. to 1 p.m. with discussion in room S130.

The American Indian Heritage Month planning committee collecting clothing donations during November for Goodthinking .

email me if interested and I will email you the direction. Raven Redbone

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Buffalo Field Campaign – Olympia-October 10th, 2014

Posted on September 30, 2014 | 1 comment

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BFC’s Campaign Coordinator Mike Mease will be hitting the road in September and October for a road show to Washington, Oregon, and California to share music, stories, video, and activism inspired by the Yellowstone bison. He’ll be joined by musicians Goodshield and Mignon Geli for what promise to be a handful of very special events. Please join BFC if you live in or near the following towns.

Friday, October 10, 7:00pm
Olympia, WA
Evergreen State College
2700 Parkway NW
Olympia, WA 98506
TESC Lecture Hall 1
Contact Jesse jesse_drescher@yahoo.com

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Voices of Coal: Jay Julius, member of Lummi Nation tribal council and fisherman

Posted on September 8, 2014 | Leave a comment

Jay Julius is a fisherman and a member of the Lummi Nation tribal council. Lummi people have lived on the shores of Puget Sound north of Bellingham for thousands of years. Not far from their reservation lies Cherry Point, the proposed site for the largest coal export terminal in North America.

In the waters off of Cherry Point, Lummi fishers harvest halibut, salmon, herring, crab and shellfish. Julius worries that the increased coal tanker traffic would harm the tribe’s ability to exercise their treaty-guaranteed rights to harvest these fish and shellfish.

“One accident inside the Salish Sea and my way of life is gone,” Julius says.

If the terminal is built, he says, it could also destroy underwater archaeological sites and upland burial grounds.

audio by Ashley Ahearn, Katie Campbell
photography by Katie Campbell, Michael Werner

See more Voices of Coal: earthfix.info/coalvoices.
Read more on Coal in the Northwest: earthfix.info/coal.

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Warrior up!

Posted on September 2, 2014 | Leave a comment

We are honored and pleased to announce the second Totem Pole Journey, which will be taking place this August. The Journey will connect communities all along the rail line from the Bakken oil fields and Powder River Basin coal mines, through the Salish Sea and up into Canada’s tar sands.

http://totempolejourney.com/2014/07/10/our-shared-responsibility/
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Our Shared Responsibility—A Journey against Coal and Oil!

Posted on August 29, 2014 | Leave a comment
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Our Shared Responsibility—A Journey against Coal and Oil!
In the testimony of Master Carver Jewell James, the totem itself is not sacred — it is only when it is touched and shared by many communities standing together that the totem becomes a lasting part of our memories and a symbol of our resistance.
 
So please join us in this unique, indigenous event and let the Lummi community know that we stand with them in the fight against fossil fuels and we share the responsibility to protect the land, the waters, and the peoples of the Northwest.
The Lummi Nation’s annual Totem Pole Journey is taking a stand against coal and oil export in our region. Stand with them at events in Billings, Spokane, Olympia and Seattle.
 

Coal and oil extraction and export threaten the lands, waters, resources and human health of all of us, but none more so than the indigenous people who sit right in the path of destruction.

The coal terminal proposed for Cherry Point, WA would sit right on the ancestral lands of the Lummi. The mining of that coal would destroy Northern Cheyenne lands in Montana, and transport by rail would harm the fishing and treaty rights of Native Americans all along the way.

In protest against dirty and dangerous coal export and oil transport, Lummi carvers have created a new totem pole, which representatives from different tribes are taking on a journey from the Lummi ancestral home at Cherry Point to where the pole will be erected in the tar sands of Alberta. Along the way, tribal elders and community leaders will bless the totem pole.

If you can, please take part in this important journey by attending one of these stops along the way:
• Billings: August 24, 5-7pm at Riverfront Park. 7334 South Billings Blvd (Info and RSVP)
• Spokane: August 26th, 11-12:30pm at The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist 127 E 12th Ave (Info and RSVP)
• Olympia: Wednesday, August 27th, 1pm at Medicine Creek, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. To RSVP for the event or for information on carpools from south of Olympia email beth@climatesolutions.org
• Seattle: Friday, August 29th, 11:00 am—12:30 pm at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave East (Info and RSVP)

For more information visit www.totempolejourney.org
Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/totempolejourney
Follow us at #totempolejourney

 

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Red Cry | Official Release |

Posted on August 13, 2014 | Leave a comment

Red Cry is an original, feature-length documentary film chronicling the lives of Lakota Elders and Oyate (people) in the face of ongoing genocide against the Lakota by government and corporate interests.

The incendiary film is the result of a historic collaboration between traditional Tetuwan Lakota Elders and Warriors from Pine Ridge Reservation and a growing group of native and non-native solidarity activists. In togetherness they are working to bring Lakota Elders — particularly Grandmothers — to the world stage to speak with their own voices to the International community.

Shot in high-definition digital over the summer of 2012 by the Lakota Solidarity Project, Red Cry is the centerpiece of educational outreach for Wagunpi Woashake Ikicupi (Elders Take Back Their Strength) and Stand Behind the Lakota Grandmothers solidarity movement. Extensively researched, the documentary advances the struggles of the Lakota in their own words, from their unique perspectives.

Red Cry premiered on April 1, 2013 at the Mother Butler Center in Rapid City, SD in Lakota Territory. It was shown on consecutive nights in other cities as part of the Lakota Truth Tour.

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Rosalie Little Thunder, Lakota – 9/19/49 – 8/9/14

Posted on August 12, 2014 | 1 comment

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Feds weigh in on DC NFL team’s name – President Brian Cladoosby

Posted on June 19, 2014 | Leave a comment

Federal officials canceled trademarks protecting the DC NFL team name. National Congress of American Indians president Brian Cladoosby joins Ari Melber.

WASHINGTON_ Tribes want Congress to ban Redskins’ trademark _ National _ McC

The team and NFL should change the Redskins name, not the federal government

Sen. Maria Cantwell tells NFL_ Redskins’ name ‘insult,’ ‘racial slur,’ must

Original Pechanga’s Blog_ NCAI’s CLADOOSBY on WASHINGTON REDSKINS_SNYDER FOU

 

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World Wisdom- Chief Arvol Looking Horse

Posted on June 12, 2014 | Leave a comment

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Focused on collaboration

Posted on June 9, 2014 | Leave a comment

Ongoing collaboration between stakeholders is essential to creating meaningful dialogue on environmental protections and sustainable forestry.

Private forest landowners are committed to working in partnership with stakeholders, including tribes and conservation groups, to uphold and exceed the objectives of the Forests & Fish Law. Ongoing collaboration between stakeholders is essential to creating meaningful dialogue on environmental protections and sustainable forestry.

Here is an example of the collaboration and partnerships taking place between the private forest industry, tribes and conservationists in extension of the Forests & Fish Law.

Forest and Fish

Washington Forest Protection Association — One Voice Blog

 

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