intended to send a poem
a love poem
but
it disappeared with dawn
perhaps dream wind took it
unsent
December 18, 2009 at 9:58 pm (creative writing, poetry, random)
Tags: dawn, dream, love, poem, wind
Auroville Beach, look familiar?
December 18, 2009 at 8:58 pm (art, buddhism, exploring interconnectedness, history, Tibet)
Tags: Auroville Beach, exhibit on history of Tibet, photograph, Tibetan woman, Tibetans at Auroville Beach, Wave
Auroville Beach
Tashi Deleck,
Anyone know any or all of these Tibetan wave riders? Working the six degress of separation and the interconnectedness of all things to send greetings to a correspondent from years ago who managed an informative travelling exhibit on the history of Tibet.
WAVE!
Men Who Died with Sitting Bull
December 18, 2009 at 7:57 pm (ethics, history, Indigenous People, Lakota, Native Americans)
Tags: america, Crow Foot, death, December 15 1890, history, Hunkpapa, Indian Police, James McLaughlin, Lakota, Native Americans, Sitting Bull, Standing Rock Indian Reservation
This post is offered in memory of the dead.
On December 15th 1890, James McLaughlin, the Agent for the Standing Rock Indian Reservation successfully employed the strategy of divide and conquer when he sent his Indian Police force to arrest Sitting Bull.
The following information is quoted directly from McLaughlin’s correspondence in the Standing Rock Letterpress for outgoing correspondence for December of 1890. The Letterpress book is available for public viewing at the National Archives located at the Central Plains Region in Kansas City, Missouri.
“Indian killed outright and bodies held by police,
1 Sitting Bull
2 Black Bird very bad man
3 Catch the Bear ditto
4 Little Assinaboine ditto
5 Crow Foot, (Sitting Bull’s son, 17 years old, a bad young man)
6 Spotted Horn Bull, a chief
7 Brave Thunder, a chief
8 Chase Wounded”
“Casulties in the Police Force,
Henry Tatankapah (Bull Head) 1st Lieut., in command dangerously wounded, 4 wounds.
Charles Kashlah (Shave Head) 1st Sergeant, mortally wounded, since dead.
James Wambdichigalah (Little Eagle) 4th Sergt, killed
Alexander Hoehokah (Middle) Private, Painfully wounded
Paul Akichitah (Afraid of Soldier) Private, Killed
John Armstrong (special Police Killed
Hawk Man ” Killed”
THE story in Indian Country Today–Cobell settles?
December 13, 2009 at 8:14 pm (ethics, history, Indigenous People, Native Americans, politics, Uncategorized)
Tags: Cobell vs Salazar, Indian Country Today, Native American news
This is a must read headliner that deserves attention from anyone interested in Native American issues in the United States.
There is apparently a settlement at hand in the huge Cobell versus Salazar class action lawsuit that has been going on forever. Elouise Cobell has been fighting for what is rightly due over 300,000 Native Americans. I’m not sure this is exactly the ‘desired outcome’ of years of litigation; because, let’s face it, how much is a check for one thousand dollars really worth today? After a legacy of perpetual mismangement, outright theft, and corruption concerning land and resource leases –many unpaid for decades–the United States Government could get off ‘cheap’ in this settlement. Considering recent economic events in the USA–well, who am I to say when enough is enough concerning this shameful legal mess.
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/home/content/79058262.html
Flicks anyone?
December 13, 2009 at 5:51 pm (culture, drama, entertainment, Independent film, movies)
Tags: A Serious Man, autism, Coco Before Chanel, Departures, films, movies, Paris, The Horse Boy, The Road Home
A few flicks:
Departures —What can a cellist do when the symphony goes bust? Even when predictable it satisfies immensely on multiple levels. Some of the images are delicious. Some reminded me of The Road Home.
Paris— Love stories? Then catch it. The views of the city are wonderful all by themselves. The ‘main’ man is a subtle ‘wonder’ of loving life.
A Serious Man–A seriously twisted and scary rendition of Job story via Murphy’s Law pie plate. Darkly comic yet painful too.
Coco Before Chanel– If you adore Audrey Tautou, then indulge in this pre-liberated woman feature. Keep the context of historical time period in mind and then Coco’s ‘rise’ takes on certain serious meanings. Otherwise you’ll miss some crucial points about women and men and culture entirely.
The Horse Boy –One family’s dealing with autism. Powerful and moving in perhaps unexpected ways. The audience seemed to hold its breath throughout the entire movie. Perhaps they were considering their own experiences with autism–which seems to be on the ‘rise’.
searing
December 13, 2009 at 3:13 pm (creative writing, life, poetry)
Tags: haiku, love, sorrow, sun
cacti wither burnt
crisp hearted drought flesh denied
sun cries no watering
Remembering
December 13, 2009 at 9:21 am (art, ethics, history, Native Americans)
Tags: 1890, art, history, Lakota, massacre, watercolor, Wounded Knee
Spirit Road from Wounded Knee
Fumio Sawa, Sarah Booty and cafeseed–all in Kansas City
December 11, 2009 at 12:16 am (art, culture, entertainment, exploring interconnectedness, food, life, random, Uncategorized)
Tags: abstract art, cafeseed, Fumio Sawa, Hyde Park Gallery, independent musicians, Kansas City, KKFI, radio, reiki, Sarah Booty, vegan food, vibrational healing
Here’s a feel good fix for folks—enjoy this positive mindset of moi’s while it lasts.
Looking for some high energy art? Then discover Fumio Sawa’s lovely creations at the Hyde Park Gallery located at 3257 Gilham Plaza. Fumio’s abstract creations are engaging visual delights. (With luck photos of these will put in an appearance here soon.) The Christmas Collage exhibition runs December 4 to December 20. Other artists include: Dennis Davis, George Trimbal, Lora Nava, Gene Ferris, Lauri Thal, Debbi Grubb, Gabriel Sencial, Eugene Ridgely, Rindskopf, and S. Taylor. It’s all lovely to behold, engaging and impossible to ‘box’ beyond the energy of COLOR as a common element. Visit–you’ll be so glad you did.
http://www.hydeparkgalleryllp.com/
Need some energy healing in these multi-stressing times when making ‘war’ is called ‘peace’? Then do not hesitate to put in a call to Sarah Booty via 913.558.0651. Sarah taps into some top shelf vibrations down on 17th Street where the purple lotus sits. You’d have to be dead to not breath better after her reiki heating. Booty–what’s in a name?–recognition?–also is attuned to the healing properties of ‘sound’ via music– a potent combination with her reiki.
Oh and for your food fueling needs check out cafeseed at 2932 Cherry Street just north of the intersection of 31st and Cherry on the west side of the street. Great vegan menu complete with smoothies, salads, and cheesecake. Cafeseed also offers good tunes, a small gallery space for local artists, and books for a cozy place driven by good natured folk. No processed chain food here. Just ‘seeds’ for satifying hunger. Visit them at www.cafeseed.com or M-F 11-7pm, Sat & Sun 11-4pm.
ps.
Oh and check out KKFI’s online items for some musical experiences on the auction block at www.kkfi.org . FYI, independent music folks searching for radio time might find some sound waves at Kansas City’s Totally Community Radio Station–one of the reasons they’re “Radio Like You’ve Never Heard It Before.” Totally ‘corporate free’ our KKFI ‘be’.
The Only Good Indian on DVD now!
December 7, 2009 at 9:37 pm (culture, drama, entertainment, ethics, history, Independent film, Indigenous People, life, movies, Native Americans, random, Uncategorized)
Tags: boarding schools, children, cultural genocide, dvd, family, films, history, Indian Policemen, movies, Native Americans, The Only Good Indian, Wes Studi, Winter Fox Frank
http://www.theonlygoodindian.com/
Okay, some folks have been kind enough to post heads up regarding the availability of The Only Good Indian on dvd for us here in North America. Unfortunately this seems a definite NO to seeing it on the big screen in a movie theater. If you’re interested in Indian issues this film staring Wes Studi and the incredibly talented Winter Fox Frank is a must see. The initial focus of the the film is the destruction of Native American family and culture via the forced boarding school experience where children often did not return home for years and years–nor even when they were sick and dying –and not when dead either. But this movie offers a great deal more regarding some insight into the mindset and values of Indigenous people; some things to seriously consider in this time of failing consumer based mainstream culture rife with all sorts of symptomatic addictions and dysfunctions. Never, never underestimate an Indian ‘boy’s’ power.
Btw, the only thing I’d change about the film is that Wes Studi’s character would be an Indian Policeman because one of their ‘jobs’ on the reservations was to ‘collect’ children from their families–and there were standoffs with gun weilding angry parents. Would you voluntarily give your children up to complete strangers to never see for several years in a distant place you had no way to travel to?
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