What Makes America Great? Your Freedom of Speech. Freedom of the Press. #NoDAPL
September 11, 2016 at 3:06 am (art, Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, environment, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, issues, Lakota, life, nature, Pine Ridge Indian reservation, politics, random, Uncategorized)
Tags: #NoDAPL, america, Bakken, Dakota Access Pipeline, event, Iowa, media, news, North Dakota, Oil, protest
About that water issue underway ~~~ Scatter Their Own ~~ “Taste The Time” . . . .
October 18, 2013 at 4:02 am (art, culture, entertainment, environment, exploring interconnectedness, Independent film, Indigenous People, Lakota, life, music, Native Americans, nature, photography, Pine Ridge Indian reservation, random, Uncategorized)
Tags: "Water", album, band, Don't Fear To Tread, Earth, entertainment, environment, Grandmother, Indigenous, Issues, Lakota, life, Mother Earth, music, nature, Pine Ridge Reservation, Scatter, Scatter Their Own, song, Taste The Time, values, video, videos, Willi White Concept
I think the video says it all. It just hit the tubesofyou today. What have you been tasting today?
Water is life! We as Lakota people, believe that we are only as clean as our water, and as healthy as our Mother… Grandmother Earth.” – Scatter Their Own.
Scatter Their Own’s video for ‘Taste The Time’ from the forthcoming album, Don’t Fear To Tread – available January 2014 / Scatter Their Own Music. Download the EP now on iTunes here:http://bit.ly/CatchAFireEP
iTunes: http://bit.ly/CatchAFireEP
Website: http://scattertheirown.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/scattertheirown
Twitter: http://twitter.com/scattertheirown
YouTube: http://youtube.com/scattertheirown
Instagram: http://instagram.com/scattertheirown
Directed by Willi White
Concept by Juliana Brown Eyes Clifford
© 2013 Scatter Their Own Music
Political? Active? Musical? Thematic? –Oooo Johnny what have you done?
October 9, 2013 at 5:15 am (art, buddhism, culture, education, environment, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, history, Independent film, Indigenous People, journalism, Lakota, life, photography, Pine Ridge Indian reservation, poetry, politics, random, Uncategorized)
Tags: 2011, Activist, Acts the Bear, Be My Own Radio, Biko, Bullet Proof, Canada, capital, Come Away, Cry Freedom, exploring interconnectedness, film, First Nations People, Gangnam Style, Greenpeace, history, Idle No More, Ireland, journalism, life, livestream, Madison, McCreary, Mickey Coleman, movies, music, No Time For Apathy, Oakland, Occupy, Pat O'Donnell, Peter Gabriel, political, politics, port, protest, Psy, random, Rossport, She's Alive, Shell to Sea, South Africa, strike, Students for a Free Tibet, Tell Me What Democracy Looks LIke, theme, Tibet, Tribute, video, Wander My Friends, Wisconsin, You Are Amazing
Well, yeah, I got a little carried away with Johnny’s theme, Political/Activist–Musical Selections. I feel like I haven’t even scratched the surface here. There are so many ways to go with this theme. Hmm. Oh well, it is what it is. Namaste.
Tibet:
“Tibetans challenge XI Jinping – Gangnam Style.
Upload by SFTHQ http://www.youtube.com/user/SFTHQ?feature=watch
Published on Nov 7, 2012
On the eve of the CCP’s 18th Party Congress, Students for a Free Tibet and the International Tibet Network release a parody video titled “Tibetans challenge Xi Jinping – Gangnam Style.” A takeoff of Korean star Psy’s uber-popular Gangnam Style, the video features China’s heir apparent as a dimwit — a big-headed oaf whose only response to Tibetans’ growing resistance is to arrest, beat and torture protestors. But Xi — like the four generations of undemocratic CCP heads before him — cannot stop Tibetans who are moving beyond fear and challenging the very foundations of Chinese rule in Tibet. Ultimately, the joke is on Xi Jinping, the soon to be leader of the unfree world and a remnant of authoritarian rulers of the past. Xi: Resolve the Tibet crisis now or Tibet will soon become your biggest headache.
Join Tibet’s Xi Challenge:
http://www.xijinping-tibetchallenge.org/About the making of this video: Using the power of humor and theater, this video highlights the cruelty and absurdity of the Chinese government’s colonial policies in Tibet that have driven 63 Tibetans to set themselves on fire in protest of Chinese rule; 50 this year alone. It also depicts some of the creative protest tactics being used by Tibetans to challenge China’s occupation, including a 2011 boycott of Chinese vegetable vendors. This video will be banned in China and Tibet but Beijing’s censors cannot stop the truth from spreading: Xi Jinping, China’s 5th generation leader will be the last to rule Tibet. Above all, this video is a call to action to the world, urging individuals and governments to help the Tibetan people in their nonviolent struggle for freedom.
For more information on the current crisis:https://www.studentsforafreetibet.org…
International Tibet Network
http://www.Tibetnetwork.orgStudents for a Free Tibet
http://www.Studentsforafreetibet.orgBackground music by: PSY, “Gangnam Style”
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Madison, WI, USA:
Two Weeks In Madison WI, A Tribute, The music is “Wander My Friends” by Bear McCreary
BEFORE there was “Occupy” the people of Wisconsin occupied the Capital Building in protest. This ongoing event was IGNORED by most of mainstream media in the United States. Other countries sent reporters to cover what was happening in Madison while the major networks in the USA did their best to ignore it. Democracy Now! was one of the few American news outlets that provided coverage. Students, teachers, firefighters, farmers and people from every social economic class in WI joined together with the Wisconsin 14 who did the only thing they could to stop The Bill–they exiled themselves from the state of WI.
“Tell Me What Democracy Looks: This is What Democracy Looks Like” —Inside the Capital building in Madison–this was not a fifteen minute protest. This continued for days on end until Gov. Scot Walker found ways to keep the people out of the building. Enlarge the video to full screen and watch for the round ‘food’ tray, I think it’s bread, come to the drummers through the crowd.
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For more on WI in 2011 https://47whitebuffalo.wordpress.com/2011/02/
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Ireland:
Rossport Solidarity Camp Join the Resistance
Intinn song ‘ Come Away’
Come in solidarity – the rossport solidarity camp is open all year round for people to come find out about what’s going on and take action against Shell.
http://www.shelltosea.com
http://www.rossportsolidaritycamp.org
“The Shelltosea campaign in Co Mayo, Ireland is the longest running environmental and economic campaign in the world. The campaign is entering its’ 13th year of protest against Shell Oil’s attempt to bring ashore deadly untreated gas to be refined inland.”Dominick Bruno
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Shell to Sea Protest at castlerea prison
edeire29 upload
Mickey Coleman’s song about Pat O’Donnell
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Canada:
Idle No More
Get four like minded, highly motivated smart women together and you’ve got traction in all four directions. I posted about Idle No More early on. Its blog / site and actions have spread far and wide since then. The video is long but it covers a range of issues all in one.
Buffy Peters upload
Drums – sung by Donna Augustine, written by Johnny Cash
Seventh Generation – Seventh Generation Singers
No No Keshagesh – Buffy Sainte-Marie
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Idle No More
Bullet Proof
Fair Use – For Educational Purposes Only (feel free to mirror)I do not own any of the material (music, images & video).Watch in HD/Full Screen and read the following before starting the video.The following video tries to cover 1200 years of History (from my perception, I live in BC so there is a couple of issues that are close to my heart that are represented), relating to the indigenous peoples of North America from the Viking, Spanish and British invasions, to current. It is an attempt to cover a long time frame in a short period of time and I mean no disrespect to anyone. It is a show of support for the “Idle No More” campaign, and to show my support towards peaceful protests. The images and videos used are meant to portray a general overview and are not meant to cast all non indigenous individuals in a bad light. I believe most human beings are on the same page when it comes to equality and fair treatment.It is a little blunt, but sometimes there is no way around it…..Music:”Titanium” – David Guetta cover by: Boyce Avenue
Video Clips: (in order of first appearance)
“Pathfinder” (2007)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446013/?…
“Apocalypto” (2006)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472043/
“Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” (2007)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0821638/
“The Last of the Mohicans” (1992)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104691/
“First Nations – Lakota People” (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3HpvJ…
“Time Lapse Scenery” – Youtube user – Nik123dj
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW8p8J…
“Wounded Knee” – Short Film w/Russell Means (2012) – Youtube user – ANRYIN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MME8Q…
“Oka Crisis” – News coverage – CBC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61ldZT…
“Shawn Atleo (Canadian National Chief) w/Stephen Harper” – News coverage – TDTV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMG5vl…
“Theresa Spence hunger strike” – News coverage – NTDTV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtI4Ny…
“Flash Mob” clip – Youtube user – Aaron Peters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHEUgh…
“Idle No More” image – professional recreationalist
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brucedea…
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South Africa:
Peter Gabriel & Simple Minds “Biko”
Simple Minds & Peter Gabriel – Biko Mandela 70th Birthday Concert June 1988 Wembly 1988
From wiki-google
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Stephen Bantu Biko was an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. A student leader, he later founded the Black Consciousness Movement which would empower and mobilize much of the urban black population. Wikipedia
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Born: December 18, 1946, King William’s Town, Eastern Cape, South AfricaAssassinated: September 12, 1977, Pretoria, South Africa
I know I should decide on a version of the same song but I can’t. So take your pick. The first offers the incredible live crowd. The second offers images from the film “Cry Freedom”.
pcfrlog upload
Released in 1987 for the film ‘Cry Freedom’
Directed by Godley and Creme
From a live performance at Cleveland Blossom Amphitheatre 27 july 1987
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Oakland, CA, USA – – 50,000 strong Occupy the Port — Community Unity Without ‘leaders’, “Mic Check.”
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Occupy Oakland Port Shut down “Be My Own Radio”
Bay musical group we dont know their name provides musical context for the joy and pride felt by of all those present at the Port of Oakland Shut Down, today, 11.2.11. This non-violent action was done in the most peaceful and loving way in the HISTORY OF MANKIND! The people of Oakland, CA have showed the rest of us how to stand together and continue this move towards true democracy and true economic repair of the chronic and cynical damage inflicted on the 99 by the greed of the 1%.
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To provide a sense of the number of people involved, here is Helicopter ‘music’ from the air view provided by a news cam. Soon after there would be no more of these views as the local television stations ceased reporting to the public the huge turnout. Probably in an effort to NOT inform and encourage others to participate. The main coverage was via people live-streaming the event on the ground via smart phones and laptops to online livestream sites where thousands more people watched on the world wide web.
Occupy Oakland called for a general strike on the Port of Oakland, the 5th Largest port in the United States. They held the Port for 20+ hours stopping out incoming and outgoing cargo trucks.
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Everything about the Earth and the environment is now Political–there’s no getting around it–the issues with pollution, food, water, destruction of our environment all comes down to the influence of corporations on politics. So–there’s no way I could not go here to people and the planet.
“You Are Amazing” Greenpeace Music by the Maccabees
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She’s Alive…Beautiful…Finite…Hurting…Worth Dying For
This is a non-commercial attempt fromhttp://www.sanctuaryasia.com/ andhttps://www.facebook.com/sanctuaryasi…, to highlight the fact that world leaders, irresponsible corporates and mindless ‘consumers’ are combining to destroy life on earth. It is dedicated to all who died fighting for the planet and those whose lives are on the line today. The cut was put together by Vivek Chauhan, a young film maker, together with naturalists working with the Sanctuary Asia network (http://www.sanctuaryasia.com/). Content credit: The principal source for the footage was Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s incredible film HOMEhttp://www.homethemovie.org/. The music was by Armand Amar. Thank you too Greenpeace and http://timescapes.org/
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Check out what Johnny, Bear and willow have selected. Go on, you know you want to. Be curious. I am.
Johnny http://johnnyojanpera.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/music-theme-politicalactivist-music-for-10913/
Bear http://bearspawprint.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/music-themes-politcal-activists/
Willow http://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2013/10/08/theme-political-and-protest-songs/
Need some Joy and Resolve? Discover Peaceful Uprising: Idle No More, Tar Sands, Library Intel, Volunteers, Moccasins in Action.
September 8, 2013 at 8:42 pm (culture, education, environment, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, Indigenous People, journalism, Lakota, life, music, Native Americans, nature, Pine Ridge Indian reservation, politics, random, religion, Uncategorized, Writing)
Tags: Chapman LIbrary, climate justice, culture, future, Idle No More, Indigenous, Lakota, library, life, Native Americans, nature, news, Peaceful, Peaceful Uprising, people, Poltuck, Principles, random, safe space, students, Tar Sands, Univeristy of Utah, Uprising, Utah, volunteers
Public service announcement for peace lovers everywhere. News from Peaceful Uprising out of Utah. Invitations to solidarity, Tar Sands action, volunteer and share joy. One of these days I’ll get the shortlink thing down. Not today. For now, joy and resolve all around. Imagining and building a better world is possible.
All following content from Peaceful Uprising news:
IDLE NO MORE
Monday, September 9 4 to 7 p.m. U of U Union Patio
Want to learn more about indigenous struggles that continue across North America and beyond? And show solidarity with all indigenous peoples fighting for their lives? Students at the U of U and others who have been active with the Idle No More movement are hosting this event, which will teach people about the struggles of the Lakota people of Pine Ridge who are fighting the Keystone XL pipeline and the liquid genocide of their people. If you’re an ally, this is a great chance to deepen your understanding of climate justice! https://www.facebook.com/events/175001062682627/
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TAR SANDS AND CLIMATE JUSTICE: PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION NIGHT
Chapman Library: Monday, September 16
577 S 900 W
Day-Riverside Library: Monday, September 30 1000 N 1575 W
Our campaign to block tar sands development is about climate justice. We’re fighting for the survival of people down the Colorado River, from ourselves to the delta communities. This presentation will deepen your understanding of how defeating tar sands, oil shale, and other forms of extreme extraction are integral to the cause of furthering climate justice.
This holds particular relevance to residents of the Wasatch Front. Tar sands refining has begun in North Salt Lake, and it could scale up dramatically in the coming years if the mining proceeds in Utah.
We’ll create a space for sharing fears, concerns, and ideas. You’ll learn what PeaceUp has been doing to protect our shared resources. You’ll also get connected with people who are working on projects you might want to get involved with!
Please RSVP on the Facebook event, or just show up!
Want to help us organize a presentation for your PTA, congregation, community group, or neighborhood? Email Melanie@PeacefulUprising.org to set one up!
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CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS!
Volunteer opportunities abound! We need your help now more than ever, to defeat tar sands and forge a livable future. We’re calling on everyone in our beloved community to ask themselves if they have any time to give to further the cause of climate justice this month. Every hour helps, and there are boatloads of ways to get involved.
VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
We’re now recruiting for a robust list of volunteer positions! They’ll provide you with excellent organizing experience, a deeper understanding of climate justice, and the satisfaction of serving a vital role in a campaign that’s protecting our future. These are just a few of the positions we’re recruiting for!
- Community Events Coordinator Plan a fun monthly community event for the broader PeaceUp community each month, and spread the word!
- Bold School Publicist Promote the PeaceUp Bold School by arranging radio spots, writing press releases, and making short presentations to various groups.
- Research Specialist Enhance our existing knowledge of tar sands and oil shale, and related governmental processes, by conducting research on these issues.
Click here to learn about more open positions!
CANVASSING AND POTLUCK!
Tuesday, September 17 AND Tuesday, September 24
Meet at the Salt Lake Center for Science Education in Rose Park, at 1400 Goodwin Ave.
Come canvassing in the Rose Park community to let them know about an upcoming presentation on tar sands and climate justice at the local library! Invite them to get involved with the campaign or just attend, learn, and share.
These TWO canvassing opportunities will give us a chance to meet lots of community members living near refineries, who could be affected most directly by the impacts of tar sands on air quality. Afterward, we’ll meet up for a potluck!
RSVP on the Facebook event, or just show up!
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MOCCASINS ON THE GROUND, AND DIRECT ACTION AT WHITE CLAY
Folks from Peaceful Uprising and allies recently traveled to the Moccasins on the Ground nonviolent direct action training camp in eastern Montana. Here, they shared skills and built alliances with an indigenous community working to halt coal extraction on their land. Numerous Moccasins on the Ground training camps have been happening since last winter, and by serving as an important resource for these camps, PeaceUp is building strong alliances with indigenous groups throughout the region. Together, we’re standing strong against all forms of extreme extraction and living our belief in climate justice.
The group also traveled to the Pine Ridge Reservation in the territory known as South Dakota to help Lakota allies blockade liquor stores and deliveries in the “town” of White Clay, which exists just outside of the reservation, has 14 residents, and exists solely to profit from the continued liquid genocide of the Lakota people. These continued actions have been having a significant impact on beer deliveries to White Clay.
Watch video of the action here! http://vimeo.com/73831842
Core Principles of Peaceful Uprising
- We refuse to be obedient to injustice.
- Our human stories are extremely powerful, and genuine sacrifice has the ability to awaken and inspire others.
- We are connected to something much greater than ourselves, which has an incredible power to change the world.
- We are steadfast in our commitment to the truth.
- Our allies and strategies align with and create the healthy and just world we want to see.
- A powerful movement originates with personal transformation and a commitment to being an agent of change.
- Creating a better world is not only necessary, but makes us authentically happy people.
- We are committed to building a supportive community that empowers our members to realize their potential.
- The best response to intimidation is joy and resolve.
- We recognize a nonviolent movement as the most effective means of creating a just and healthy world.
- We respect the inherent worth and dignity of every person*.
- Protecting Peaceful Uprising as an institution will never take precedent over our commitment to the fight for a healthy and just world.
Explore Peaceful Uprising –>>> http://www.peacefuluprising.org/
Idle No More, Utah, Sept. 9, Drummers Don’t Be Shy
September 6, 2013 at 2:58 pm (art, culture, education, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, history, Indigenous People, journalism, Lakota, life, Native Americans, Pine Ridge Indian reservation, random, Uncategorized)
Tags: 2013, art, Canada, culture, Drummers, event, history, Idle No More, Idle No More Utah, journalism, Lakota, life, music, Native People, news, photo, photograph, photography, Pine Ridge, rally, random, Sept. 9, solidarity, U of U Union, University, Utah, White Clay
Honor the Treaties — Free Art to Download, Print and Paste.
August 14, 2013 at 3:46 pm (art, culture, education, environment, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, history, Indigenous People, Lakota, life, Native Americans, photography, Pine Ridge Indian reservation, publishing, random, street art, Uncategorized)
Tags: American history, art, culture, Davis, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, free, history, Honor the Treaties, Huey, Indigenous, life, links, Native American, people, politics, posters, random, treaties
click to fb page
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Honor the treaties: http://www.honorthetreaties.org/#p4,s3
Share the power of ART.
FYI, there are t-shirts and stickers available.
Moccasins on the Ground via Peaceful Uprising
August 14, 2013 at 3:03 pm (culture, education, environment, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, history, Indigenous People, Lakota, life, Native Americans, nature, Pine Ridge Indian reservation, random, Uncategorized)
Tags: 2013, 23-25, action, August, Butte, culture, exploring interconnectedness, Lakota, life, Moccasins on the Ground, Montana, non-violent, Peaceful Uprising, people, random, solidarity, South Dakota, Tar Sands, training, Women's Day of Peace
News from Peaceful Uprising:
Note: the following content is entirely from Peaceful Uprising’s newsletter and site. All written content ought to be in blocked quotes-but “add new post” is not co-operating and insists on doing its own thing. Well, we work with what we’ve got. Solidarity.
MOCCASINS on the GROUND:
What Solidarity Looks Like!
Peaceful Uprising, among dozens of other grassroots groups, has been invited to the first Moccasins on the Ground to be held in Butte, Montana: another frontline non-violent direct action training camp. From there, we will be travelling back to South Dakota, to support our allies from the Oglala Lakota Nation for a Women’s Day of Peace action in White KKKLay – a march to “save (their) nation from the mental diseases of Alcoholism.”
Do not confuse this with a plea for charity. Landless peasants from all over the world benefited from the genocide of indigenous people across these occupied territories called the United States and Canada. When American Indian tribes sometimes signed treaties with the US government which sometimes allowed new white settlers to stay on tribal lands-that was charitable. So working today to mend damage and stop the genocide of indigenous people is not charity; it’s justice and solidarity.
Click here to read more:
‘Red Cry (Documentary) Today’s Genocide In America’
July 27, 2013 at 1:46 pm (art, Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, culture, education, environment, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, history, Independent film, Indigenous People, journalism, Lakota, life, movies, music, Native Americans, photography, Pine Ridge Indian reservation, politics, random, religion, Uncategorized)
Tags: documentary, Elders, film, First Nations, genocide, Grandmothers, history, iloveancestry.com, Indigenous, Issues, Lakota, Lakota Solidarity Project, land, life, matriarchs, movie, people, Pine Ridge, politics, random, Red Cry, religion, Sioux, South Dakota, Today's Genocide In America, treaties
Lakota Elders Take Back Their Strength ~ Lakota Grandmothers action:
http://www.lakotagrandmothers.org/
Thanks to iloveancestry.com for posting Red Cry on YouTube.
Posters You Too Can Download, Print and Paste Where You Please. Oh yeah, they’re free.
July 27, 2013 at 1:07 pm (art, culture, education, exploring interconnectedness, history, Independent film, Indigenous People, journalism, Lakota, life, movies, Native Americans, nature, photography, Pine Ridge Indian reservation, politics, random, street art, Uncategorized)
Tags: Aaron Huey, art, Black Hills, blog, culture, documentary, downloads, Ed Becker, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, film, free, history, Honor the Treaties, independent, Indigenous, Issues, journalism, law, life, links, Native Americans, people, photo, photograph, photograpy, politics, poltics, posters, random, rights, Shepard Fairey, short film, The Black HIlls Are Not For Sale, Turtle Talk, We Are Still Here, We Belong To The Land
*Come on, you know you WANT to! Go for it!
*Download, print and post these beauties everywhere!
*Pick one, pick all–cover some space any place.
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Thanks to Turtle Talk’s Matthew Fletcher for the link to the page for Honor the Treaties poster download–
http://www.honorthetreaties.org/download/index.html
Small, Medium and Large sizes are available.
Link to Turtle Talk, Indigenous Law and Policy Center Blog Michigan State University College of Law
http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2013/07/27/shepard-fairey-honor-the-treaties-posters/
An example of posting of Shepard Fairey’s ‘The Black HIlls ARE Not For Sale” as shared on Facebook page for “Honor the Treaties.” View more images on Facebook.
*photo credit unknown at this time–somewhere in Jasksonville, FL.
Use the power of art to educate, transform and liberate.
‘We Are The Land, Uranium Mining In the Black Hills’ –Showing tonight, Rapid City, SD.
July 24, 2013 at 4:26 pm (art, culture, education, entertainment, environment, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, Independent film, Indigenous People, journalism, Lakota, life, movies, music, Native Americans, nature, photography, Pine Ridge Indian reservation, politics, random, Uncategorized)
Tags: "Water", Barbar High Pine Peltier, Christopher Crosby, Dahl Arts Center, Dayton O. Hyde, documentary, Edoal Spirit Buffalo, environment, film, Gilbert Sanchez, Heartland Independent Film Society, horses, Hot Springs, Hyde, injection, Institute of Range and the American Mustang, journalism, Karla R. LaRive, LaRive, Martin Meyer, mining, movie, music, mustangs, nature, PK Productions, politics, polllution, Powertech, Rapid City, SD, South Dakota, Susan Watt, Tom Ballanco, Tom Cook, Uranium, Uranium Minin in the Black Hills, Virgil Red Cloud Goode, We Are the Land, wells, Wild Horse Sanctuary, Windwalker
Text via Karla R. LaRive
WE ARE THE LAND, Uranium Mining in the Black Hills”
A new documentary film from Christopher Crosby
Produced by PK Productions LLC and the Institute of Range and American Mustang.
ABOUT “WE ARE THE LAND” –
Governments and the uranium industry say the mining and milling of uranium provides high-paying and much-needed jobs in some of the most remote areas of the country, with manageable environmental risks. But it’s an industry that has long attracted its share of controversy.
This is a major concern for the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary in western South Dakota, and other residents including environmental and conservation groups. The Sierra Club of South Dakota warns that water pollution will be a major concern if the mining company Powertech is given a permit to mine for uranium. The Sierra Club’s Black Hills Group, says there’s a high likelihood that aquifers will become polluted if an injection-well recovery system is used to mine the ore.
Powertech Inc USA has submitted its uranium mining application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and it can be viewed at the NRC website. The NRC has announced a time period for interested individuals to voice their concerns regarding the uranium mine’s impacts to the environment. This proposed uranium mine will be the first time folks can be heard under the new GEIS.
“It’s going to be my last great battle, but I’m going to win this one.” says Hyde.
The Institute of Range and American Mustang owns 13,000 acres of private land dedicated to range preservation and a balanced ecosystem. I.R.A.M.’s finest gift is The Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, whose purpose is to provide not only freedom for unadoptable and unwanted wild horses, but also a research area dedicated to solving wild horse herd management that will contribute to the well-being of wild horses everywhere.
Dayton O. Hyde, Founder and President Institute of Range and the American Mustang. Dayton Hyde is a rancher, conservationist, award winning photographer, essayist and author of 17 books; He runs the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, an 13,000-acre ranch in Western South Dakota where he protects wild horses.
About the Production:
Director / Editor: Christopher Crosby
Producers: Karla R. LaRive, Susan Watt
Featuring, Tom Ballanco, Tom Cook, Dayton O. Hyde, Barbara High Pine Peltier, Virgil Red Cloud Goode, Gilbert Sanchez, Susan Watt and Windwalker.
Music soundtrack by Windwalker, Edoal Spirit Buffalo (Wind Spirit Drum), Virgil Red Cloud Goode, Barbara High Pine Peltier, Christopher Crosby, Martin Meyer.
Recorded and engineered at Great Sky Studios, Hot Springs South Dakota. June 2010
Filmed on location at the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, South Dakota, USA.
All Rights Reserved
2011
Contact information for the Sanctuary:
Susan Watt, Program Development Director
Institute of Range and the American Mustang
PO Box 998, Hot Springs South Dakota 57747 iram@gwtc.net
http://www.wildmustangs.com
Public Relations for WE ARE THE LAND:
Karla LaRive | Studio West Management
PO Box 752, Hot Springs, South Dakota 57747
http://www.studiowestmanagement.com
The Voices of the Heartland Independent Film Society presents two regional films tonight at 6:30pm the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City, SD.
We hope to see you there.
Frank Waln, “Common Man, Nake Nula Waun”
Black Hills WIld Horse Sanctuary’s “We Are The Land”
6:30-6:45 Introductions
6:45-7:30 Film “Frank Waln”
7:30-7:45 Randy Q&A
7:45-7:50 Play the video “Hear My Cry”
7:50-8:20 Cody Q&A plus some songs mixed in
8:20-8:40 “We are the Land” video
8:40-9:00 Clay discussion
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