Posted in Celebrations, Connections, Social Justice, tagged Battlestar Galactica, choices, cooperation, culture, gathering, indigenous, lead, United Nations on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The sacred story of the circle of life…who has it…who wants it…who is allowed to know it.
For many people the traditional ways of diverse cultures are often overlooked if you are not directly affected by them. Even members of these diverse cultures are divided by tradition and contemporary practices. These are choices underpinned by their [...]
Posted in Accomplishments, Art and Media, Celebrations, Connections, Music, Social Justice, tagged aboriginal, art, celebration, ceremony, dance, drums, First Nations, gathering, life, Music, Pow Wow, powwow on June 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Three Feathers sent the following information…passing it along to you.
Pow-Wow Trail Dates and Aboriginal Annual Festival and Celebration Dates and Events 2008. If you have never ever been to a Pow-Wow you should try and attend one. The experience alone will be greatly appreciated. Everyone is most WELCOME. Some Restrictions May Apply. Safe to Call [...]
Posted in Connections, Reflections on a theme, Social Justice, tagged aboriginal, apology, assimilated, barriers, Connections, culture, education, First Nations, language, life, new beginnings, news, non-aboriginal, reconciliation, Social Justice, tradition on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The healing has started. Across the country there are many First Nation Peoples talking about the Canadian apology. So many lives were stolen, many tribes weakened, and many languages lost. I remember watching movies about WW II and how Jewish families were separated in lines going into concentration camps and the screams of young children [...]
Posted in Connections, Social Justice, tagged Benazir Bhutto, democracy, Disaster Capitalism, film, indie, John Cusack, Naomi Klein, politics, Social Justice, War Inc, war-on-terror on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With the opening of War Inc. at Tribeca, the movie brought to the screen the issues surrounding disaster captialism and the whole idea of governments creating choas and distaster to only be percieved the “hero” while making huge sums of cash cleaning it up and taking control of the territory.
This idea is not new and [...]
