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ABORIGINAL/INDIGENOUS
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The Indigenous Peoples Literature Group
...one of the best sites on the web when it comes to the culture of North America's Indigenous Peoples.
IF YOU ARE IN A FINANCIAL POSITION TO DO SO, AND ARE INCLINED TOWARD ASSISTING THE EFFORTS OF A SELFLESS PERSON WHO IS DOING HIS UTMOST TO PRESERVE THE HERITAGE OF THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLES, PLEASE SERIOUSLY CONSIDER AIDING GLENN WELKER (who runs this web site out of his love for and dedication to the First Nations).
It would be better if you were to help him to do what he is doing than it would be for you to help me with what I am doing.
You can make a contribution to Glenn's work through the
Amazon Honor System Paybox
Which you can learn more about here:
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Assembly of First Nations
...Canada's Assembly of First Nations, where you can find out what's REALLY happening in Aboriginal Canada.
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
...Welcome to the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs Website.
KAHTOU
"...KAHTOU online: the voice of British Columbia's First Nations".
Hau de no sau nee Address to the Western World, Geneva, 1977
...Check out Hau de no sau nee Address to the Western World, Geneva, 1977; learn a bit about the First Nations perspective on Western European culture. A "must-read" for anyone seriously interested in First Nation's issues.
Gathering Place
"...Welcome... Canada's #1 source for Aboriginal... Native ... and First Nations News.
Indigenous, Aboriginal , Native and First Nations People's Stories -
Selected by Sharon Green".
Shawnee Mission Health Online
"...Shawnee Mission Health Online, a health and news magazine, serves residents of Shawnee-Mission, Shawnee, Mission, Fairway, Roeland Park, Merriam, Mission Hills, Prairie Village, and Westwood, Kansas. Our goal is to improve the quality of life of our friends and neighbors by providing current, accurate, meaningful, and useful healthcare information, along with updates, as they become available.
"Health information obtained from Shawnee Mission Health Online is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking clinical advice or treatment relating to any medical condition. If you have a concern about your health, promptly consult a licensed healthcare provider".
NATIVECULTURE.COM
"Welcome to NATIVECULTURE.COM... a comprehensive portal site for Native American resources on the Internet."
The Northeast Native American Librarians Forum
"...A continuing dialogue to meet the information needs of Native peoples".
Decicated to improving information services to native peoples in the Northeast United States and Southeast Canada, and to fostering dialogue among information providers serving Native Peoples.
NATIVE AMERICAN SITES and home of the American Indian Library Association Web Page
Maintained by Lisa Mitten.
"WELCOME to my page of Native American Sites on the WWW. I am a a mixed-blood Mohawk urban Indian, formerly a librarian for 14 years at the University of Pittsburgh. In August 2000, I became the Social Sciences Subject Editor for anthropology, history, and sociology for CHOICE Magazine, the premiere academic book review journal for libraries.
"My goal is to facilitate communication among Native peoples and between Indians and non-Indians by providing access to home pages of Native American Nations and organizations, and to other sites that provide solid information about American Indians."
The Indigenous Language Institute
"...The Indigenous Language Institute (ILI) recognizes the imminent loss of indigenous peoples' languages and acknowledges the individuality of indigenous communities. ILI facilitates innovative, successful community-based initiatives for language revitalization through collaboration with other appropriate groups and organizations, and promotes public awareness of this crisis.
ILI was founded as the Institute for the Preservation of the Original Languages of the Americas (IPOLA) by Joanna Hess in September 1992 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. ILI has a Board of Directors whose members are majority Native American. The Board's experiences in language work at various levels steer the program direction. A multidisciplinary corps of Advisors are called upon to assist the Board of Directors and staff in programmatic, administrative and fiscal matters."
IMAGe NATION
"IMAG is an aboriginal organization which believes in the philosophy of self determination and cultural autonomy for our communities. IMAG is a Vancouver based non-profit organization, which began in 1998 and is comprised of local media makers. IMAG’s activities include an annual film and video festival, training and other media related events in which to disseminate aboriginal production."
Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Online News
...a look at what is going on with Aboriginal issues in Australia.
friends of People's close to Nature
"...The forum for friends of Peoples close to Nature (f P c N) is a global movement of individuals and groups dedicated to the survival of Tribal peoples, in particular hunter-gatherers. These were the first and are the last societies on Earth to have a non-exploitative relationship with the natural world. Our task is to help them preserve their unique cultures from enforced assimilation, the ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and absorption in the global economy."
The Native Truth
A column dedicated to historical truth and human rights activism
of the American Indian.
"...Let's face it: American history textbooks were (and sometimes are still) full of lies, stereotypes and misconceptions in relation to the Native American Indian. Such books were written by the so-called victor - the white invader - who rewrote history to suit his own needs. It wasn't until the 1960's did the Native people begin to speak out.. telling their side of the story. Unfortunately, White Lies are still retold today and misconceptions held by those before us still hold tight to the American conscious. Knowledge is the key to changing such deep-seeded assumptions - and re-education is needed to correct the misinformation. I hope you will join me and read THE NATIVE TRUTH. Here we will explore the other side of the historical coin - from aboriginal slavery, treaty rights and land claims to cultural theft, reservation conditions, Wounded Knee and Christopher Columbus - giving voice to those stifled for hundreds of years".
American Indian News and Issues
"...This site is dedicated to news and issues of concern to the American Indian. Included is the undistorted, unblinking truth about the oppressive, terrorist entity known as the United States. Most of the information you will find here is slanted to the Nations that comprise the American Indian. This site is for all of you who are willing to open your minds and look at the facts whether or not those facts are in line with your current beliefs and concepts".
The Peace Party; Blue Corn Comics
...check this site out; it's great! I'll tie this link into their page on racism; you can navigate around this site from there.
"A summary of the findings prepared by the Clinton administration for the Geneva-based United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. From the LA Times, 9/20/00:
"Racial discrimination persists against various groups, despite the progress made through the enactment of major civil rights legislation," said the report, prepared by the State Department with the aid of the White House, the Justice Department and other agencies. "The path towards true racial equality has been uneven and substantial barriers must still be overcome."
Students And Teachers Against Racism
"...Students And Teachers Against Racism announces their new website that offers
insight into the Native American perspective to teachers and educators. As
an organization, STAR has been actively engaged in bringing understanding to
schools about the Native-based mascot for over a year; however, many of its
members have been involved in bringing understanding about this issue for
decades. STAR has collected the most important essays written by professors,
an attorney, psychologists and counselors, and many resolutions including
those from the Commission on Civil Rights and State Boards of Education.
There are also stories and letters from individuals who share their personal
experience of growing up Native surrounded by images that were meant to honor
and represent them but ultimately mocked and degraded them.
STAR's new website seeks to bring further understanding by providing
educational links to many sites that contain curriculum approved by Native
Americans. There are also links that show history and civil rights from the
Native perspective".
Winds that Whisper
"...Winds that Whisper was established with several goals and
dreams in mind. One being to create opportunities for American
Indian artists, craftmasters, musicians, authors, etc. Those
whom opportunity perhaps has not afforded itself. In addition to
do our best to provide a means for them to reach people with
their talents, we have several programs that we hope will be for
the betterment of our people. We have a mentoring program for
our youth, we plan on working with some of the adopt-an-elder
programs that are available, working to connect people with
others who have been successful in finding their "lost" children
or parents, and many more.
We are continuously and actively seeking those who are looking
for a good place to promote and sell on our site their American
Indian handmade crafts and other fruits of their talents. It is our
dream that in the future, we will have "real life" stores, therefore
offering employment opportunities for our people.
Another part of the dream...to afford a better understanding of our
American Indian Nations and their culture, in the hope that
understanding will bring about harmony between the different
cultures.
So for those of you looking to buy some of the finest handcrafted
American Indian items from across the entire USA, and for those
of you who are the artisans, authors, etc., and would like to
promote those talents, you have certainly found the right place.
We offer a wide range of products varying from moccasins to
dreamcatchers and most of our items come with the history and
origin explained. Please feel free to come in and browse our
online store. Let us know what you think. And if you have any
questions or comments don't hesitate to contact us".
American Indian Contributions to the World
"The Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World is the first A to Z reference book that extensively details and documents the inventiveness of American Indians. The book:
- contains over 450 separate entries ranging from abacus to zoos.
- covers the contributions of North, Meso-, and South American Indians.
- mentions over 180 different tribes and linguistic groups.
- is extensively cross referenced.
- includes 72 historical photographs and illustrations.
- features 20 maps.
- is written in a lively and easy-to-read style.
- is co-authored by an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
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ACTIVISM
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WITNESS
"...WITNESS is a human rights program that attracts the eyes of the world and inspires those who see - to act.
WITNESS strengthens local activists by giving them video cameras and field training.
Today, WITNESS unleashes an arsenal of computers, imaging and editing software, satellite phones and email in the struggle for justice."
Mission Statement
WITNESS advances human rights advocacy through the use of video and communications technology. In partnership with non-governmental organizations and human rights defenders, WITNESS strengthens grassroots movements for change by providing video technology and assisting its partners to use video as evidence before courts and the United Nations, as a tool for public education, and as a deterrent to further abuse. WITNESS also gives local groups a global voice by distributing their video to the media and on the Internet, and by helping to educate and activate an international audience around their causes.
353 Broadway
New York, NY 10013
tel: 212.274.1664
fax: 212.274.1262
witness@witness.org
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GRASSY NARROWS PROTEST
...This is the longest running Blockade in the histroy of this country called Canada...
"The Government of Ontario has never settled our first nation in regards to
mercury pollution. they say they did by giving us a road to the reserve
which now serve all pulp Industries to haul the wood out.
"How can they call this compensation that is further bringing harm to our
people . I know the Governments build these northern to benifit loggers and
Multi-national corporation to better transport thier extration from the
forests at the expense of aboriginal people and taxpayers.
"They may dodge reports of mercury spills into our river
systems but advisory at all location have listed fish consumption
restriction because of dioxin and furon in the fish.
"The mills have continually been releasing these chemical without any
restrictions from the Government Of Ontario. This year the two mills have
violated 42 environmental infractions everything from oil spills and over
harvesting."
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THE COALITION FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO THE DEATH OF DUDLEY GEORGE
WHAT HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1995
"Dudley George was fatally wounded, on September 6, 1995, at Ipperwash Park, part of the territory granted to the Stoney Point People as Reserve #43. Three Ontario Provincial Police units (including their "crack" TRU Team) combined forces for the assault that night... against a few dozen protestors. Dudley, two other protestors and a family dog were shot, and another person was severely beaten by the Police. Marcia Simon, Pierre George and Carolyn George, members of Dudley's immediate family who also been integral parts of the Stoney Pointers' land rights fight, were detained in police custody that night in apparent attempts to prevent them from getting medical care for Dudley, and also from letting the world know about what the OPP had done at Stoney Point.
For weeks, the media carried stories about the "armed stand-off at Ipperwash". These stories -- that the protestors had guns -- have now been exposed as politically-motivated lies. The Sarnia court judge hearing the case against Sargeant Kenneth Deane, the Ontario Provincial Police officer accused of mortally wounding Dudley, stated clearly that he believed the police made up the stories about the guns.
Sergeant Kenneth Deane was convicted of criminal negligence. Yet, he will serve no time in jail for his crime and nor has he lost his job. Are the police sorry for their actions? Some of the police involved in this assault later produced racially-offensive souvenirs to remember their participation."
THE COALITION FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO THE DEATH OF DUDLEY GEORGE
FACTS OF THE CASE
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THE AKHA HERITAGE FOUNDATION
"In Northern Thailand a horde of Christian missions are waging a war of racial and cultural genocide and assimilation against the Akha Hill Tribe.
Any policies of the Thai government pale in comparison.
Missionaries are a BUSINESS on the backs of the poor.
GET THE MISSIONARIES OUT OF THAILAND, OUT OF THE AKHA VILLAGES - NOW!
THEY'VE DONE ENOUGH DAMAGE ALREADY".
Contact us for how to help.
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PHILOSOPHICAL
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Autonomedia
...your first stop for post-structural philosophy. Autonomedia is a not-for-profit organization, so, buy a book from them, or something (they have some nice calendars).
Deleuze & Guattari on the Web
...Charles J. Stivale's list of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari WEB RESOURCES; and, you can also access other philosophic products related to Deleuze and Guattari from here.
Stuart Hameroff's "Quantum Consciousness" site
Rest assured, this isn't one of those "new age" sites that have made being vague a(n) (economic) science... you know, 'the pay us untill you understand' people who don't actually have anything concrete to say? Definitely not one of those sites!
"...Perhaps the most perplexing problem in science, the nature of consciousness reflects on our very existence and relation to reality. Most approaches to the problem of consciousness see the brain as a computer, with neurons and synapses acting as switches or "bits". In this view consciousness is thought to "emerge" as a novel property of complex computation. However this approach fails to adequately deal with enigmatic features of consciousness and more radical approaches may be necessary..."
I would probably go on to suggest that, if you do not grasp what this man is trying to show then, you will never truly understand the concept of non-metrical multiplicities [which plays such an important role in my research into non-metrical image writing].
Rhizome.org
"...Rhizome.org is a nonprofit organization that presents new media art to the public, fosters communication and critical dialogue about new media art, and preserves new media art for the future.
The Rhizome.org community is geographically dispersed, and includes artists, curators, writers, designers, programmers, students, educators and new media professionals".
A rhizome is a horizontal, root-like stem that extends underground and sends out shoots to the surface. Rhizomes connect plants in a living network.
Rhizome is also a figurative term used by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari to describe non-hierarchical networks of all kinds. Here are a few quotations from their seminal book, A Thousand Plateaus.
"A rhizome as subterranean stem is absolutely different from roots and radicles. Bulbs and tubers are rhizomes... The rhizome itself assumes very diverse forms, from ramified surface extension in all directions to concretion into bulbs and tubers... We get the distinct feeling that we will convince no one unless we enumerate certain approximate characteristics of the rhizome." -p. 7
"A rhizome ceaselessly establishes connections between semiotic chains, organization of power, and circumstances relative to the arts, sciences, and social struggles." -p.7
"Multiplicities are rhizomatic, and expose arborescent pseudomultiplicities for what they are." -p. 8
"Write, form a rhizome, increase your territory by deterritorialization, extend the line of flight to the point where it becomes an abstract machine covering the entire plane of consistency." -p. 11
"To these centered systems [arborescent structures], the authors contrast acentered systems, finite networks of automata in which communication runs from any neighbor to another, the stems or channels do not preexist, and all individuals are interchangeable, defined only by their state at a given moment--such that the local operations are coordinated and the final, global result synchronized without a central agency." -p. 17
"Let us summarize the principal characteristics of a rhizome: unlike trees or their roots, the rhizome connects any point to any other point, and its traits are not necessarily linked to traits of the same nature; it brings into play very different regimes of signs, and even nonsign states. The rhizome is reducible neither to the One nor the multiple... It is composed not of units but of dimensions, or rather directions in motion." -p. 21
"Unlike the tree, the rhizome is not the object of reproduction, neither external reproduction as image-tree nor internal reproduction as tree-structure. The rhizome is an antigenealogy. It is a short-term memory, or antimemory. The rhizome operates by variation, expansion, conquest, capture, offshoots. Unlike the graphic arts, drawing, or photography, unlike tracings, the rhizome pertains to a map that must be produced, constructed, a map that is always detachable, connectable, reversible, modifiable, and has multiple entryways and exits and its own lines of flight. It is tracings that must be put on the map, not the opposite. In contrast to centered (even polycentric) systems with hierarchical modes of communication and preestablished paths, the rhizome is an acentered, nonhierarchical, nonsignifying system with a General and without an organizing memory or central automation, defined solely by a circulation of states." -p. 21
[The quotations above are from A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Translated by Brian Massumi. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis. 1987.]
Pointless Hysteria
"...As a public venue, we are committed to creating the
ideal environment in which to present art. We are
content driven, and we represent the broadest
possible range of creative professionals.
Pointless Hysteria has its origins in the Downtown
East Side of Vancouver. Positive environments were
created for sober public use, performance installations, and research. Here at Pointless Hysteria, we have been busy exploring the relationship between the Performer and Audience Member
It is our intent to develop, produce and sell experiential products which invert the normal paradigm of viewer/audience vs. marker/inventor. This means that the experience is self-determined, with the assistance of devices, audio-visual artifacts or transformative performance."
KANE X. FAUCHER: Theorist and Novelist
"...This is a corpus in waiting, to be sure, much in league with what Hakim Bey calls ontological anarchism. Find herein the absurd fruits of my hind brain via texts both fictional and otherwise. Damn all you residents of the condemnable archie comic republic of shame and failure if all there is left to be done is to jabber pointlessly behind masks on the cocktail circuit".
evacuate & flush
...an ongoing web log (blog) of philosophical thought and critical analysis. Take a look! Lots of interesting ideas and links to some really, really cool stuff.
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MUSICAL
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Daevid Allen's University of Errors
"...established 1998, San Francisco, Ca. Professor Daevid Allen, Headmaster.
"The University of Errors is Daevid Allen's new band.
It is a modern extension of the Principia of Psychedelia born back in the 60's.
Walls of guitars: melodic vs. angular, a simple rhythm section, and some
of the finest lyrics are the ingredients of this pan-generational rock band.
Daevid Allen is well known as the founder of Soft Machine and Gong.
This is his first US based band since New York Gong in the late 70's
(which launched the careers of Bill Laswell and Kramer)."
Discipline Global Mobile
...an always interesting site where one can catch up on what is happening with some very talented people; and, where one can purchase music by some of my favorite artists. Home of KING CRIMSON and friends (David Bowie, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, PeterHammill, etc).
..."Welcome to Discipline Global Mobile: a small, mobile and independent music company.
The aim of our site is to connect the audience for Discipline's music with that music. Our concern is to find the right audience. If we find the right audience the artists and company will receive enough support to continue musicking and releasing records.
The future of any small and specialised company is in mail order. Assuming the quality of our catalogue, our business success is determined by the loyalty of our customers. Mail order by specialised shops and mail order companies comes to you, but first you have to make contact..."
DGM continues to evolve - yet another reason to visit here often!
bob wiseman's home page
..."here you will discover the events and stories of past and present, that shape the enigma, that is bob wiseman."
"His new recording, More Worksongs From the Planet of the Apes, has provoked a new category at the Junos for the best album by an anti-imperialist, Reform-Party-puking, Mike-Harris-hating, loud-mouth musician."
June 27, 2001).
The Tea Party
...for fans of that superlative Canadian rock band.
Eagle Warrior
..."Spirit Tracker - A beautiful album featuring Eagle Warrior performing the haunting music of the Native American Flute.
Hear the natural sound and style of American Indian Flute Music as it was played centuries ago. Occasionally blended with drum, other percussion instruments and the voices of nature to provide you with an unforgettable musical experience you will return to time and again.
This is music you will treasure, relax and meditate by, exercise to, and for all those special moments".
Thom the World Poet
I Begin To Know
i begin to know what it is like to grow old
eyes fail, particularly distinguishing
between 3 and 5, 6 and 8
hearing diminishes, and its NOT
just rock music that did this.
Thom the World Poet is putting together a new web site. Check it out!
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ENVIRONMENTAL
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Indigenous Environmental Network
...the Indigenous Environmental Network is an alliance of grassroots indigenous
peoples which describes its mission as "to protect the sacredness of Mother Earth from contamination and exploitation by strengthening maintaining and respecting the traditional teachings and the natural laws." The Project has had extensive experience in the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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PUBLICATIONS
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As of May, 2001, BRIARPATCH MAGAZINE is now online.
The first photographs, and the first article that I ever published, were in Briarpatch Magazine...in the late fall/early winter of 1979.
..."one of Canada's progressive newsmagazines, Briarpatch magazine is published ten times per year by Briarpatch Inc., an independent non-profit organization.
Briarpatch features articles about people who are trying to make the world a better place for everyone who wants social justice. Briarpatch has a mission to take its readers straight to the heart of today's most important issues, exposing the evils of this world, like the free press was meant to do but isn't doing.
Briarpatch is helping to build a strong activist network, reaching out to audiences with stories the mainstream media either won't cover at all, or covers from a right-wing point of view. That's one of the reasons Maude Barlow says, "Briarpatch is one of the few voices that will still challenge the corporate agenda and present workable alternatives."
Processed World
"...Processed World magazine was founded in 1981 by a small group of dissidents, mostly in their twenties, who were then working in San Francisco's financial district. The magazine's creators found themselves using their only marketable skill after years of university education: "handling information." In spite of being employed in offices as “temps,” few really thought of themselves as “office workers.” More common was the hopeful assertion that they were photographers, writers, artists, dancers, historians or philosophers...
from the start, the project's expressed purpose was twofold: to serve as a contact point and forum for malcontent office workers (and wage-workers in general) and to provide a creative outlet for people whose talents were blocked by what they were doing for money."
"Native Americas...
...is the representative voice of indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere."
--Gwich'in Athabascan, 1999
"Indian journalism has matured. It gets better and better, as times require more and more sophistication. The work of the Akwe:kon Press has been the leading edge in all of that, instructive and with a ense of the discovery for the possibilities of the craft. Native Americas has been the crowning touch."
--John Mohawk, professor of American studies at SUNY Buffalo
"Nowhere else will you be able to get such powerful,
knowledge-filled writing." --Wilma Mankiller, Former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
Indymedia.
Publish at Indymedia.
"...the Independent Media Center is a collectively run media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth. We work out of a love and inspiration for people to who continue to work for a better world, despite corporate media's distortions and unwillingness to cover the efforts to free humanity."
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GENERAL
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The Halcyon Cosmopolitan Entertainment
...has a really good collection of all sorts of interesting things.
The Long Now Foundation
...Aha: you'll see what time is; we'll dance again (interesting concept, with some good links)!
Margo's Magical Letter Page
"...Sound Symbolism, Phonosemantics, Phonetic Symbolism, Mimologics, Iconism, Cratylus, Ideophones, Synaesthesia, The Alphabet, The Word..."
Richard's Calligraphy Studio
"...The Calligraphy Studio Resource Guide is meant to function as a central directory of available Internet resources of interetest to Calligraphers, Book Artists, Studio Artists, and Crafters alike. With 386 listed resources, the Calligraphy Studio Resource Guide is constantly adding new listings from and for professional artisans and crafters."
Telegarden
"...This tele-robotic installation allows WWW users to view and interact with a remote garden filled with living plants. Members can plant, water, and monitor the progress of seedlings via the tender movements of an industrial robot arm. Internet behavior might be characterized as "hunting and gathering"; our purpose is to consider the "post-nomadic" community, where survival favors those who work together."
The Unbearables
"...The UNBEARABLES are a Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ) of noir humorists and beer mystics. They first met in 1985 at the Tin Pan Alley Bar in Mid-Town Manhattan to drink and talk about literature, and to bemoan the shitty state of American culture..."
Their guide to the 'self-help' movement sounds pretty good.
Serebella
...a large and growing open directory project where fields are actually expained, explored and cross-referenced, rather than simply listed.
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SOME OF THE ABOVE
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Stop the Melvin Creek/Cayoosh Ski Development Project
...the Society Promoting Environmental Conservation's coverage of this issue, in which a prominant ex-athlete has taken control of a First Nation's traditional land for her own profit and gain. What's her name? Is that anything like 'yellow snow'?
Subject:
NYM Press Release
Date:
Fri, 25 May 2001 04:52:25
PLEASE SEND WHERE U CAN AND SUPPORT OUR YOUTH IN STOPPING THE EXPLOITATION
OF OUR TRADITIONAL 'UNCEDED' TERRITORY. WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE IS A MEDIA
BLACKOUT ON THIS SITUATION, WE NEED TO LET OUR PEOPLES KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON....STOP THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKI RESORTS WHICH IS THE PLAYGROUND FOR THE RICH. WE WILL NOT LET THEM TAKE AWAY WHAT IS OUR INHERENT RIGHT; WHEN THEY TAKE THE LAND AWAY; THEY ARE TAKING AWAY OUR LIFESTYLE, OUR FOODS, OUR CULTURE, OUR WAY OF LIFE AND TEACHINGS, OUR FUTURE AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN'S FUTURE. STOP THE DEVELOPMENT OF MELVIN CREEK (SUTIKALH) AND SHUSWAP TERRITORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IN SOLIDARITY ,
NATIVE YOUTH MOVEMENT
...and, in case you weren't aware of how these sorts of things tend to progress in British Columbia:
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:09:01 -0400
From: "Sharon Green"
Subject: Gathering Place News Special:JUDGE SATHER'S OUT-DATED
SENTENCES FOR SECWEPEMC WOMEN SCREAMS OF GENOCIDE
Gathering Place First Nations Canadian News Special
October 23, 2002
Native Youth Movement
Secwepemc Chapter
Secwepemcul'ucw
PRESS RELEASE
JUDGE SATHER'S OUT-DATED SENTENCES
FOR SECWEPEMC WOMEN SCREAMS OF GENOCIDE
(Kamloops, Secwepemc Territory/October 22, 2002)
Provincial Court Judge Sather sentenced three Secwepemc Women today at
Kamloops Law Courts; Nicole Manuel, the spokesperson of the Secwepemc
Chapter of the Native Youth Movement, was sentenced to 45 days real
jail
time with one-year probation. The women were found guilty last month on
Intimidation and Mischief charges incurred as a result of a roadblock
they
participated in at Skwelkwek'welt (Sun Peaks) in August of last year.
Sather
stated that he based his sentencing on the fact that "these people and
people like-minded" must be discouraged and deterred from participating
in
further roadblocks or similar actions. His suggestion that Indigenous
Peoples should be deterred and discouraged from asserting our inherent
and
legal right to our land is not only blatantly racist, but shows the
great
injustice of systemic genocide we are up against.
Nicole Manuel was released late in the day after BC Court of Appeals
judge,
Justice Powers, granted a stay of her sentence until their appeal is
heard.
After her release, Manuel stated, "Despite Sather's racist decision and
sentences, we will not be deterred from our duty to defend and protect
our
homeland: the land is our life and without it our future generations
will
become landless, leading the Secwepemc to cultural and spiritual
extinction.
We will not let our Nation die as a result of a little jail time. NYM
will
continue to promote and encourage our youth to defend our land by any
means
necessary, including effective direct-action. Incarcerating us won't
stop us
from fighting the oppression of our people, it will only make us fight
our
oppressors harder and more brutally."
Judge Sather sentenced Miranda Dick, mother of three children including
a
five month old baby, to a six month conditional sentence. However, he
stated
that her active participation in the roadblock requires real jail time,
but
because she is nursing her baby, he finds it "highly unjust to
incarcerate
her." Miranda also got sentenced one-year probation and conditions
including
one that bans her from 100-meter radius of the Sun Peaks administration
office and the "entrance-way to the resort." Beverly Manuel was
sentenced to
a suspended sentence with the same conditions as Miranda. Beverly and
Miranda will be seeking a stay on their sentences until their appeal of
Judge Sather's decision is heard on March 3rd, 2002.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL:
Nicole Manuel, Spokesperson (250) 679-3413
...and on...
Message: 1
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 10:41:10 -0500
From: Sharon Green
Subject: Gathering Place News Alert: CANADIANS FOR RECONCILIATION MEDIA
ADVISORY - NANCY GREENE RAINE'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Gathering Place First Nations Canadian News Alert
Feb. 1, 2003
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C A N A D I A N S F O R
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Skwelkwek'welt Protection Centre
c/o P.O. BOX 608
Chase, BC, V0E 1M0
Telephone: +1 (250) 679-3295
Fax: +1 (250) 679-5306
Email: jrbilly@mail.ocis.net
and
Sutikalh - Melvin Creek Camp
P.O. Box 309,
Mount Currie, B.C. V0N 2K0, Canada
Rosalin: +1 (604) 894-2400
Fax: +1-(250) 259-8384
Email: sutikalh@telus.net
INVITATION FOR MEDIA ATTENDANCE - PRESS CONFERENCE
TOPIC:
EXPOSING NANCY GREENE RAINE'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST OVER HER POSITION
AS
BOARD MEMBER OF OLYMPICS BID COMMISION
Canadians for Reconciliation and representatives of Aboriginal Nations
are
shocked by a recent television ad promoting the 2010 Winter OLympics.
The
ad features Nancy Greene with captions referring to "partnership with
the
aboriginal people" , "respect for the environment",etc. Since such
unabashful statements implying her positive relationship with
Aboriginal
peoples are far from the fact, CFR in conjunction with aboriginal
groups
are holding a press conference to
1.reflect the facts
2. report the conflict of interest of Nancy Greene as Board member of
the
Olympics Bid Commission
3. call for immediate steps to be taken regarding her conflict of
interest
4. raise questions as to how much money the individual Olmpic promoters
are
allowed to benefit privately
The press conference will be held at:
DATE: Monday, February 3rd, 2003
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
PLACE: Grandview Calvary Baptist Church (1803 East 1st Ave.,Vancouver);
parking at E 1st Ave. and Victoria Dr.
Canadians for Reconciliation is a peaceful non-partisan grassroot
movement
committed to developing a new relationship with aboriginal people, one
that
signifies a deep apology for past injustice, a willingness to honor
truth
now and a resolve to embrace each other in the new millenium.
The Secwepemc people of the Skwelkwek'welt Protection Centre have been
opposing the expansion of Sun Peaks Ski Resort where Nancy Greene Raine
owns a hotel. The St'at'imc people of the Sutikalh Camp oppose the
construction of Cayoosh Creek Ski Resort propagated by Nancy Greene
Raine
and her husband Al Raine. Both groups have jointly submitted an
official
complaint to the International Olympic Committee regarding the
potential
impact of the Olympic Games on their traditional territories and the
governments' and companies' violation of indigenous rights in British
Columbia.
For more information please contact:
Bill Chu: (604) 261-6526
Rosalin Sam:(604)-894-2400
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...AND ALL THE WHILE, SITUATIONS SUCH AS THESE JUST CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND ESCALATE...
Action to Stop Development at Cheam
(forward widely please)
September 19, 2003
News Release
We, some of the people and Elders of Cheam, have been voicing concerns over the development of a ski resort and logging within the Pilalt Territory.
These concerns have fallen on deaf ears.
We cannot sit back any longer and let all of the proposed development plans to proceed.
As one of our late elders said the mountains are our leaders, the mountains are our idols, the mountains are our source of food, medicine and communication, a place for us to pray, and a place of teaching and learning.
Riches are in your qualities for what you could do for your people. These were more valuable than money or gold.
Logging in Elk Mountain has already started without our consent and has been going on for approximately four days.
We have tried negotiations, litigation and written notices so far none of these tactics have worked. It does not matter what we say, governments, and big corporations go ahead and do what they want even if it means destroying someone elses life, says June Quipp, elder and former Chief of the Cheam Nation.
This attitude leaves us no other alternative than to take action to protect what is rightfully ours. This shameful theft by governments and corporations has to stop.
Any support is welcome.
Contact person June Quipp
Ph. 604 794 5715
e-mail junequipp@hotmail.com
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