Elahogiant’s channel on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/elahogiant?feature=watch
Indigenous Environmental Network info on gathering http://www.ienearth.org/gathering-to-protect-the-sacred-from-the-tar-sands-and-keystone-xl/
“Protect the Sacred” ~ Earth is Everywhere and We’re All On It.
January 18, 2013 at 6:03 pm (art, culture, education, environment, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, Indigenous People, life, politics, random, religion, Uncategorized)
Tags: art, Canada, channel, Chief Ruben George, Earth, Elahogiant, environment, First Nations, Ft. Randall, Gathering to Protect the Sacred, Indigenous, Indigenous Environmental Network, Keystone XL, Native Americans, news, people, Protect the Sacred, South Dakota, Tar Sands, video, Yankton, YouTube
Dewey-Burdock Uranium Mining in the Black Hills — Just Say No! ~ Community Meeting: 10 January 2013, Hot Springs, South Dakota, American Legion, 6:30 pm.
January 7, 2013 at 5:19 pm (art, culture, environment, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, life, Native Americans, nature, photography, politics, random, Uncategorized)
Tags: "Water", 10 January 2013, American Legion, animals, art, Black Hills, Cheynne River, community, culture, Dayton Hyde, Dayton O. Hyde, Dewey-Burdock, Docket NRC-2012-0277, eagles, Earth Tribe, education, environment, Exposed, Facebook, flood, groundwater, historic site, horses, Hot Springs, impact, Indigenous, information, IRAM, Karla LaRive, letter, meeting, Mine, mining, mustangs, Native American, nature, news, people, photograhy, photograph, polluition, poster, Powertech, project, protest, public announcement, random, risk, SEIS, South Dakota, Susan Watt, toxic waste, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Uranium, Wild Horse Sanctuary
photo @ Karla LaRive 2012
The letter following my comments is from the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary pages on Facebook. Please help spread the news. I think they could use some major support. They’re fighting uranium mining. This post is my tiny effort to raise awareness. Thanks to Earth Tribe for its support.
Powertech Exposed –and the difficulty of commenting via a malfunctioning website: http://www.powertechexposed.com/ The uranium mining industry is not playing “fair”–because they know their mining is not wanted in the Black Hills -or anywhere else where the population is informed about the dangers of uranium mining and the environmental dangers it produces. Clearly some people learned nothing from the Fukushima disaster.
Please consider the dangers and consequences of the Dewey-Burdock project – From the desk of IRAM Program Director, Susan Watt
by Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 4:05pm ·
From the desk of IRAM Program Director, Susan Watt
January 1, 2013
Please, I would ask all of you to read and understand what is going on in the arena of the Uranium Mining.
This proposed project affects all of us. Please support our efforts by joining us and the community on Thursday Night, January 10, 2013 at the American Legion in Hot Springs, So Dakota for a Community Meeting at 6:30 pm.
- SW
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REPOST – December 30, 2012
Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements and Directives Branch
Division of Administrative Services
Office of Administration, Mailstop TWB-05-B01M
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, D.C. 20555-0001
Docket NRC-2012-0277, the proposed Dewey-Burdock project, comments on the SEIS
Dear Ms. Bladey,
Twenty five years ago I founded the Institute of Range and American Mustang (IRAM) a 501 c 3 non-profit corporation. IRAM’s Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary is home to more than 600 wild horses on 13,000 acres of private range in South Dakota.
On this location one can find; 60 million year old remains from the Pleistocene era of plants and animals, Ancient Petroglyphs that date back hundreds of years, Native American Ceremonial Sites, Historic Pioneer homesteads, and hundreds of native species of plants and animals. IRAM is supported by the thousands of visitors that come to South Dakota each year to see the natural history of the local area. Besides a Wild Horse Sanctuary the historic significance of this region brings people and scientists from all over the world.
For hundreds of years, the Cheyenne River that runs through the Sanctuary was the first source of water for the wildlife that lived on the grassy prairies. Ancient man and the dinosaurs of the past traveled this waterway. Native Americans hunted the buffalo and then held their sacred ceremonies on this land.
Along with IRAM’s Board of Directors, I am greatly concerned over the proposed Powertech Dewey-Burdock project that is located within twenty miles of the Sanctuary. We feel that the SEIS was issued before all the relevant information was available.
The Cultural and Historic impact that will result from this proposed project have not been considered properly. The relevant information is still not available. The SEIS should not have been issued until a thorough study of the cultural and historical sites on the proposed project area was completed.
The SEIS “dilutes” impacts by saying that the impacts are “small” because only part of the project area is involved. The impacts are large to the affected areas, and that is what should be considered. The Cheyenne River and its water shed are within a few miles from the proposed mining area. Our house wells and livestock wells all share the same aquifer that is to be used to inject the waste water from the project.
The SEIS only includes the impacts of a 100-year flood, and some facilities are allowed within the 100-year flood boundaries. A 500-year flood should be considered. No facilities should be allowed within the 100-year flood boundaries. Vigorous, overland and stream flooding is common in the Black Hills.
The SEIS says that impacts are “small” in a number of instances because Powertech Uranium has said it will do certain things if problems develop. The SEIS should not consider only the “best case” impacts, but should consider impacts if the problems found at other ISL projects develop. The public and the environment should be protected from worst case impacts.
Besides over 600 wild horses, IRAM also has a herd of Red Angus Cattle and over 100 domestic horses, chickens, turkeys, and peacocks. We are greatly concerned over the potential exposure to radiation for all of these animals.
The SEIS lists a number of things that Powertech should do before it starts its operation, such as air dispersion modeling, livestock radiation sampling, pump testing, creating well field operational plans, and setting up emergency procedures for truck accidents. These activities should be completed before a SEIS is issued, so that the public can have full information on which to base its comments, and so that the NRC can have full information on which to base its ratings of various impacts.
Due to the high desert environment, this area is very susceptible to lightning strikes and wild fires. This summer alone there were months of fires in the local area of the proposed mining.
The environmental impacts of wildfires, which are common in the immediate area of the proposed project, should be considered, including potential impacts if a fire strikes mining, pipelines, overhead power lines, and processing buildings.
The SEIS does not acknowledge environmental justice, cultural, and historical concerns that include Lakota treaty rights to the proposed project area and the fact that a number of Native American tribes consider the Black Hills to be sacred.
Bald eagles, sage-grouse, whooping cranes, and black-footed ferrets are all threatened or endangered wildlife species that could be negatively impacted by the proposed project. Wildlife is simply expected to disperse and go elsewhere. This creates undue hardship on sensitive species.
All ponds, including radium settling ponds, and areas where wastewater is applied to the land are threats to wildlife, particularly birds.
Public hearings should be held after full information is available on the proposed project. Hearings held elsewhere during the writing of the NRC’s Generic Environmental Impact Statement are not adequate to this specific project.
Because the state no longer has regulatory authority over ISL mining, the federal government’s plans for monitoring the project should be clearly explained in detail, so that the public can determine whether monitoring will be adequate.
All data provided by Powertech Uranium should be independently verified. It is not in the public interest to have the proposed project’s benefits and problems judged based almost entirely on data provided by the company seeking a permit.
The applicant has never mined uranium. They do not have anything close to the resources necessary to create a mine. The inexperience of the company and its lack of funding are important variables in the company’s ability to manage the environmental aspects of the proposed project and should be discussed in the SEIS.
The SEIS indicates that 30% of the water treated through the reverse osmosis process will become waste. The impacts of the removal of this water from local aquifers should be discussed much more clearly.
All of the above facts about the Dewey Burdock project and the SEIS clearly affect the Institute of Range and American Mustang Programs and Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary. The Uranium Mining would endanger the wildlife, the mustangs, the water supplies, the land and all the people that are on the land.
This matter of allowing Uranium Mining and using the water from an already delicate ecosystem must be considered and analyzed from all dangers and risks. Science tells us what a situation is but it is up to the humans involved to make the decisions. Once this area is exposed the Uranium Mining there is no turning back the clock to undo the mistakes.
Our policy at IRAM is that man is the caregiver of the Earth and all of its beings and no one has the right to contaminate or pollute the environment. There are no second chances at life if the water, land, wildlife, people and history of an area are destroyed by Corporate Greed.
There is something very great at stake here in the Black Hills of South Dakota and we ask you please to consider the dangers and consequences of the Dewey-Burdock project of what it can and might to do to the very water we drink and the land we live on.
Sometimes in life the risk is just not worth taking. Please help us keep our land and water safe.
Sincerely,
Dayton O. Hyde
IRAM President / Founder
January 1 2013
Global ‘Idle No More’ Solidarity Day ~ 11 January 2013
January 6, 2013 at 2:37 pm (art, culture, environment, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, Indigenous People, journalism, life, politics, random, religion, Uncategorized)
Tags: 11 January 2013, art, Canada, culture, Culturite, Earth, Earth Tribe, event, Facebook, global, Idle No More, Indigenous, life, people, politics, poster, random, solidarity, support
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/461884363867603
Let the cyberswamp waters flow. In other words, spread the word. Do your thing.
Culturite at http://culturite.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/j11-idle-no-more-global-day-of-action/
Earth Tribe –>> http://www.earthtribe.co/
namaste
Chief Theresa Spence Jan. 5 — camp benefit–Zaphods, Ottawa
January 3, 2013 at 7:08 pm (art, culture, entertainment, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, Indigenous People, life, music, photography, random, Uncategorized)
Tags: art, Benefit, camp, Canada, chief, culture, Derek Miller, Digging Roots, Don Kelly, entertainment, Indigenous, Jasper, life, Melody McKiver, music, Music is the Medicine, news, ON, Ottawa, people, photograph, photography, poster, random, Ryan McMahon, Theresa Spence, video, Zaphods
Poster/photo @Derek Miller on twitter and Facebook.
http://www.derekmiller.ca
http://facebook.com/derekmillerlive
http://twitter.com/derekmillerlive
http://youtube.com/derekmillerlive
http://soundcloud.com/derek-miller-live
http://myspace.com/derekmillermusic
“transient” plus a touch of real Joan Osborne~ on the side for good measure
January 2, 2013 at 5:37 am (creative writing, culture, entertainment, exploring interconnectedness, life, music, poetry, random, Writing)
Tags: "transient", creative writing, culture, entertainment, exploring interconnectedness, Fingerprints, Joan Osborne, life, loss, love, music, people, poem, poetry, pubic transportation, random, strangers, video, Writing
“transient”
catching number ten humboldt
eleven years riding
day begins at 6:17 am northbound
dies
then live again at 5:15 pm southbound
weekend hells
mondays through fridays swell
smiles on tuesdays
wednesdays wedging between masses
seats sharing thursdays
fretful friday exits
monday morning winks again
silent moves all around
until there’s one less in the bus crush
one tick tocker detoured
without a word
what did you expect
just transit affair
@wojcik
Now for Joan Osborne as the voice was meant to be….
“a woman is waiting”
December 26, 2012 at 6:19 am (creative writing, culture, exploring interconnectedness, history, Indigenous People, life, poetry, politics, random, Writing)
Tags: "a woman is waiting", Canada, chief, creative writing, Cree, culture, exploring interconnectedness, First Nations, genocide, history, hunger strike, Idle No More, Issues, life, people, poem, poetry, politics, prime minister, protest, random, resources, Stephen Harper, Theresa Spence
“a woman is waiting”
a woman is waiting
for a man to talk–what else is new-
conversation is long overdue
yet silence continues
another form of abuse
genocide via ignor-ance~
IF the woman had some WMD
maybe some nukes
a few drones
the man would not be so rude
as to keep a hungry woman waiting~
IF this woman had some oil
natural gas for fracking
tons of coal
the man would come courting business
but the woman is still waiting
silence as a form of debating~
IF this woman had some iron ore
a little gold
a lot of lithium
the prime minister would come running chatting up charming a storm with tobacco in hand
but he’s not
because all this chief has got
is an unprofitable diamond mine lease
a lot of folks who speak Cree
on a reserve with a distinct lack of decent homes, schools and jobs
so
Theresa Spence is still waiting
Stephen Harper is still evading
woman waits
man equivicates
yet
she gains ground
with every dance
beaten drum
song sung
@wojcik 2012
IDLE NO MORE ~ One Heartbeat Across Turtle Island, Friday 21 December 2012 Everywhere ~ And that’s just the tip of the drum.
December 20, 2012 at 6:15 pm (environment, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, history, Indigenous People, journalism, life, music, Native Americans, nature, politics, random, Uncategorized)
Tags: "Water", 2012, C-45, Canada, communities, dance, December, drums, Earth, Economy, environment, events, Facebook, Flash Mob, Heartbeat Across Turtle Island, Idle No More, Indigenous, Indigenous Environmental Network, land, life, music, Online Reporter, Ottawa, Peaceful, people, politics, protests, random, rights, Round Dance, sustainable, treaties, video
Okay folks, Idle No More’s site has been very busy –and this morning it’s clear why. There’s a lot going on and more on the docket. You’ve got to be quick. So instead of my yapping about all the information, C-45, protests, solidarity actions and the huge issues for Canada’s First Nations AND the Earth, I’m providing a link to their very informative blog for all interested parties to visit and share widely. According to recent posting on the Indigenous Environmental Network’s Online Reporter blog thousands are expected for rally protest in Ottawa this Friday! http://www.ienearth.org/blog/2012/12/thousands-expected-at-ottawa-protest-on-friday/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IenOnlineReporter+%28IEN+Online+Reporter%29&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail
For much more Idle No More information and a list of events on Dec. 20, 21 and beyond- visit:
http://idlenomore1.blogspot.com/
Idle No More was formed by Nina Wilson, Sylvia McAdam, Jessica Gordon and Sheelah McLean to oppose C-45 and other Canadian legislation (in violation of treaties) that will adversely affect the environment and Indigenous people.
Mission Statement”
Idle No More calls on all people to join in a revolution which honors and fulfills Indigenous sovereignty which protects the land and water. Colonization continues through attacks to Indigenous rights and damage to the land and water. We must repair these violations, live the spirit and intent of the treaty relationship, work towards justice in action, and protect Mother Earth. On December 10th, Indigenous people and allies stood in solidarity across Canada to assert Indigenous sovereignty and begin the work towards sustainable, renewable development. All people will be affected by the continued damage to the land and water and we welcome Indigenous and non-Indigenous allies to join in creating healthy sustainable communities. We encourage youth to become engaged in this movement as you are the leaders of our future. There have always been individuals and groups who have been working towards these goals – Idle No More seeks to create solidarity and further support these goals. We recognize that there may be backlash, and encourage people to stay strong and united in spirit.
O Canada!
Hey Harper!
One thing everyone everywhere can participate in is the Heartbeat Across Turtle Island event at Noon on Friday 21 December 2012. Any form of “drum” will suffice wherever you are on this beautiful blue and green planet. http://www.idlenomore1.blogspot.com/2012/12/one-heartbeat-across-turtle-island.html
Idle No More is heating up on Facebook fast!
Methinks the tipping point has arrived.
Idle No More Round Dance Flash Mob — Drums included.
“Special delivery”
December 13, 2012 at 4:35 pm (creative writing, culture, entertainment, exploring interconnectedness, humor, life, poetry, random, Writing)
Tags: "special delivery", conversation, creative writing, culture, entertaiment, gift, life, people, play, poem, random, refusal, rejection, Writing
Knock! Knock!
Who’s there?
Special delivery.
Don’t want any special any things. Delivery someone else.
Open up!
Nope. Not happening.
Open up. There will be consequences.
Consequences? Really. Huh. So what. Take a hike.
Are you refusing a gift from the Universe?
The Universe? Oh really. Make with the hiking already.
You know what happens when you refuse a gift, right?
Hmm. No Cash On Delivery payout is what’s happening. Now go kiss a brick.
Have it your way. Enjoy your ass biting. Ta ta!
“Ass biting”? As in ass kicking? You don’t scare me. Now haul your ass outta here!
~~~pregnant pause~~~
You sure about this?
Absolutely. Now if you don’t mind, I have vices to tend to.
You know this is a really really great gift. I wouldn’t mind having it myself. Are you absolutely certain you don’t want it?
You want it. You can have it. Now leave me the feck alone!
You’re absolutely sure about this choice?
Absolutely!!! Go away and take the damned gift with you. Don’t you dare leave it on the doorstep!
This is going to create some serious issues in other areas. I think you ought to reconsider your choice.
Not my problem.
Oh yes it will be. Still certain?
Still. Absolutely not accepting delivery.
Alrighty. I’ll be on my way then. Oh, don’t blame the dog. Ta ta!
OUCH!
Let’s Have Three Huzzahs! for the Volunteers of the New American Shakespeare Tavern! Why? Cause They Got Coats!!!
December 13, 2012 at 2:23 am (culture, entertainment, exploring interconnectedness, Indigenous People, Lakota, life, Native Americans, Pine Ridge Indian reservation, religion, Uncategorized)
Tags: children, coats, culture, exploring interconnectedness, JC Penny, Lakota, life, New American Shakespeare Tavern, people, Pine Ridge, random, volunteers
The wonderful people who donated their time and energy as Volunteers for Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” the other night upon learning from Anne Fields, who also volunteers at the New American Shakespeare Tavern in Atlanta, Georgia, about the coatless children in Cheryl Locke’s third grade class took swift and effective action to conclude the quest for coats. Donations were collected. Orders were placed online with JC Penny. Coats will be shipped to Ms. Locke. Arrival is expected early next week. How’s that for Volunteer Action? !
Wow!
Huzzah! for the Volunteers!
Very Loud Huzzah!! for the Volunteers!
Crazy Loud Huzzah!!! for the Volunteers!
Where these generous souls gathered to volunteer–The New American Shakespeare Tavern’s production of Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol.’
http://www.shakespearetavern.com/
A hearty Thank You to All Volunteer Souls Everywhere.
If anyone out there in cyberspace has already sent a coat on its way, don’t worry, Cheryl will find a child who needs it.
Looking for a few good “stocking caps.” Yeah, those things that warm heads in winter.
December 11, 2012 at 5:19 pm (culture, exploring interconnectedness, Indigenous People, Lakota, life, Native Americans, Pine Ridge Indian reservation, random, Uncategorized)
Tags: Big Foot Ride, caps, clothing, culture, donate, Future Generations Ride, hats, history, Indigenous, Lakota, life, Okini list, ONE spirit, people, random, share, South Dakota, stocking caps, support, winter, Wounded Knee
Hi folks. What’s your weather doing today? Yes, I really want to know. If you’re inclined please drop a link to your weather conditions in the comments. If you’re living on a nice clean beach near clean water then color me green with envy. As for mine, it’s thinking about stretching to a chilly 29 degrees C.
While doing this post the temperature at Pine Ridge, South Dakota is 21 degrees, C. A little nippy to be outdoors without a hat or coat (more about coats coming up). If you share a stocking cap consider yourself well thanked.
Definition: A close-fitting knitted cap.
Yeah, these things.
One Spirit could use a few of these for the Future Generations Riders.
So, if you care to share a stocking cap, visit One Spirit http://www.nativeprogress.com/index.php/en/
To see other clothing needs check the Okini List https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0ApTAXFy5cfA_dG9sQ2RNMHRXVFE0Tk84VnNFLVRzdmc&single=true&gid=0&output=html
Share soon because the long cold ride to Wounded Knee begins Dec. 23, 2012.
om mani padme hum jewel in the lotus wahupa qi prana universal life energy
