photos - http://gallery.mac.com/alliesms Select album by date. They’re not super quick to load. I recommend selecting Slideshow for viewing.
Video is on my site at http://www.alliesmediaart.com Click on May 10, 2008. Might take awhile to load. It’s raw footage strung together in a short piece showing the events at Ft. Snelling.
I sent a few notices out to some local media and got a call from WCCO. I told him (Jordan) to call the Mendota Dakota office for information. Haven’t heard from others.
The video will be on YouTube - probably this evening. It might be quicker viewing, I’m not sure. But certainly easier to share with others. I don’t know the link yet. But if you go to YOUTUBE.com and search for alliesms…videos that I’ve uploaded should be there.
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Protesters decry ’shameful history’
TOM MEERSMAN, Star Tribune
About two dozen protesters, many of them Dakota Indians, blocked the Minnesota Sesquicentennial Wagon Train for about an hour Saturday afternoon as it reached Historic Fort Snelling.
The protesters said Minnesota’s 150th birthday this weekend is no cause for celebration among Indian people, whose lands were stolen from them and who endured injustice, broken treaties and imprisonment before and after Minnesota became a state.
Officials planning the sesquicentennial and historians have ignored the state’s “shameful history,” said Chris Mato Nunpa, who just retired as associate professor of indigenous nations and Dakota studies at Southwest Minnesota State University. “We’re engaged in truth telling,” he said.
He said the early history of Minnesota’s settlement by whites included bounties on Indian scalps, a mass execution in Mankato, and a “concentration camp” of Dakota women, children and the elderly at Fort Snelling during the winter of 1862-63.
“We honor those people who passed away, and we also grieve for them,” said Allan Henderson, another of the protesters. “It’s very emotional for us.”
The protesters carried signs in the rain, burned sage and beat on drums while singing, and two of them lay on the wet asphalt in front of horses pulling the first of several dozen wagons on their way from Cannon Falls to the Sesquicentennial celebration in St. Paul today.
Escorting the wagon train were about a dozen Dakota County deputies on horses, who were joined by several squads from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and the airport police.
Joe Dalby of Bemidji, riding a mule at the front of the wagon train procession, watched as Hennepin officers arrested five adults and two adolescents and ushered them to squad cars. “I certainly appreciate their passion, but it’s too bad it has to end this way,” Dalby said.
After the arrests, deputies formed a line across the road and walked through the remaining protesters, allowing the wagons to pass so they could reach a special campground a few hundred yards away.
The Indian group is planning a march from Mounds Park in St. Paul to the Capitol today, where it may meet the wagon train again.
Watching the event Saturday was Heather Koop of the Minnesota Historical Society, who said that she’s sympathetic to the issues being raised. “What this protest is really about is the power of place,” she said.
Bob Dalbec of Bloomington saw the police cars from the highway, exited and parked to see what was going on. “Indians have a right to protest and to show their feelings,” he said. “I’m with them 100 percent.”
After checking the identifications of the arrested and holding them for less than an hour, authorities released them with warning tickets.
Tom Meersman • 612-673-7388
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Subject: [oceti_sakowin] VISIT/Ihantunwan Dakota/Resistance/Hog Farm
Hau Mitakuyapi, "Hello my relatives"
Owasin cantewasteya nape ciyuzapi do! "With a good heart, I greet all of you with a handshake."
I just returned from a visit to the Ihanktunwan Dakota Reservation, May 01-03, 2008. The purpose of the visit was to stand in support and solidarity with the Ihanktunwan against the hog farm that will soon start operations. However, it rained on Fri 5/02 so there was no standing and watching the invaders build their pig farm. I wish to share some thoughts, observations, and reactions…
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Video’s of the Dakota’s Wakan/"Rum" River Watershed traditional/ancestral homeland
(1.) The mouth of the Wakan/"Rum" River.
This sacred Dakota river flows out of Wakan/"Mille Lacs" Lake. The Dakota call this river by the sacred name for their lake [Wakan], which translated means Spirit or Great Spirit. The Dakota had a village located at this sacred site. Around the year 1750 French "settlers"/invaders tricked a newly arrived band of Ojibwe to violently forced the Dakota from this sacred site of theirs. However, the Dakota are beginning to return to reclaim this sacred site. The Dakota name for the sacred land surrounding the mouth of this river is Mdo-te-mini-wakan, pronounced Bdoh-Tay-Mni-Wah kahn, and translated as Mouth (of river) + Water + Spirit.
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Subject: [oceti_sakowin] VISIT/Ihantunwan Dakota/Resistance/Hog Farm
Hau Mitakuyapi, “Hello my relatives”
Owasin cantewasteya nape ciyuzapi do! “With a good heart, I greet all of you with a handshake.”
I just returned from a visit to the Ihanktunwan Dakota Reservation, May 01-03, 2008. The purpose of the visit was to stand in support and solidarity with the Ihanktunwan against the hog farm that will soon start operations. However, it rained on Fri 5/02 so there was no standing and watching the invaders build their pig farm. I wish to share some thoughts, observations, and reactions.
1.) As I approached the Ft. Randall Casino Hotel on Th. 5/01 I wondered what I should do first, who I should call, and who could tell me exactly where the site of the hog farm is. I was registering at the hotel desk and there comes Faith Spotted Eagle. We exchanged greetings and she said she would show me around.
I mention this because I have noticed that as I have been following, learning, and practicing our ancient spiritual ways, that things seem to fall into place. And this happens when I have prayed about what I am going to do. Faith came along and answered all my questions. This has happened many times for me.
2.) I met some young people from Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas. These young people were very intelligent and talented. It was they who created the videos about the Resistance to the hog farm.
The names and email addresses of these young people are:
Carlos Cariaga primitivesun@yahoo.com
Diane Sampson sun_shyne25@yahoo.com
Jon Ray jonra505@yahoo.com
Chris Ross native_prophecy@yahoo.com
It was a pleasure to eat the evening meal with them.
3.) That evening, Th. 5/01, the Longest Walk Talk Radio show hosts - Govinda Dalton and Brenda Norrell - interviewed Faith Spotted Eagle and her son, Glen. The interview was very fascinating and informative.
Both Faith and Glen stressed that it was the Ihanktunwan Dakota who were in charge and had jurisdiction over the road BIA #29. Glen talked about the “animal nations” who would be impacted negatively by the hog farm. He talked of the false arrests and how the police and the state troopers were the trespassers. Faith stressed that these young men were not “protestors” but “protectors” of the People and of the Ihanktunwan land. She also mentioned that the governor of South Dakota had NOT communicated with the Ihanktunwan Dakota People. She talked about the passing of the guard from the older activists, like herself, to the younger activists, like her sons Glen and Kip, and John Zephier.
4.) It was my pleasure to have breakfast with Brenda Norrell. She was a writer for “Indian Country Today“. They told her not to write of grass-roots movements and genocide. She did, and was fired. she has 25 years of experience. She was, then, blackballed. She couldn’t get a job. No one would pay her for her expertise and skills. Now she is working for the Longest Walk.
She told me that the Colorado legislature had passed a resolution about genocide and holocaust of the Indigenous Peoples of the U.S. That this action had created much controversy.
5.) That Friday morning, 5/02, I was interviewed by Govinda and Brenda re: the Sesquicentennial, the 150th birthday of Minnesota as a state. This interview can be found at: http://www.earthcycles.net under “Genocide.
6.) That afternoon, Fri. 5/02, I was invited to participate in a talk show with Govinda and Brenda. This also can be found at
www.earthcycles.net
However, I am not sure which topic it is under.
7.) That evening, Fri. 5/02, Govinda and Brenda interviewed Faith Spotted Eagle, her son, Kip Spotted Eagle, John Zephier, John’s wife, and Joan Olive, who described herself as “the token white woman.”
This was when I found out about all 45 state trooper cars in the state of South Dakota were there at Marty, South Dakota, along with the local police, the county sheriff and his deputies, 2 SWAT teams, and 2 snipers. In my opinion, these supposed “law enforcement” officers were there to shoot and kill “Indians.” I have always viewed South Dakota as an extremely racist state, a state where there is so much racial hatred.
John talked about the bullying,” and intimidating behavior of the officers. There was a front-loader that knocked over a Dakota youth.
Then, there was the incident in which John’s 24-year-old son was “chain-sawed” in the back of his legs and left bleeding alone in the field. The son is alive but can’t walk right now. The sheriff says it was “an accident.” John mentioned that the BIA police “would not protect us.” As I listened to Kip and John, I wanted to cheer, to cry, and was so damn angry at these hate-filled racists.
John said, “we have alwaysd been in a fight with South Dakota. We stood our ground. We’re still standing our ground.”
The “token white woman” was very knowledgeable about the toxic substances that come from a hog farm and how these poisons harm the children, the people, the water, and the earth.
One ironic incident, and absurdly humorous, clean water from the Yankton reservation area was piped down to Hull, Iowa, where this pig farm corporation came from. Apparently, the water in Hull, Iowa was to dirty to use with the pigs.
8.) As I was driving home today, I called Faith Spotted Eagle to thank her. She told me that Erin Brockovich was going to defend those arrested, was going to represent the Ihanktunwan Dakota in a class action law suit, and was going to defend the young man who was “chain-sawed” by the Chain-saw Madman. What wonderful news!
However, the Ihanktunwan Dakota People need our help, finances, encouragement, etc. Those of you who follow the ancient traditional ways. Pray for the Ihanktunwan People when you’re at your personal alters. Pray for them when you go into the Inipi. Pray for them when you load your pipe.
That’s something all of us can do, pray for them no matter what our religious/spiritual persuasion is.
Hau, henana epe kte. “Yes, this is all I have to say”
Toksta, ake owas waciyakapi kte. “I will see all of you again, soon.”
Mato Nunpa de miye do! “I am Two Bear!”
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A Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center Workshop Series
Internalized Oppression and the Native American Community - a 3 part series
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www.nacdi.org
UPDATES
See what is going on in Yankton.
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Indian Uprising is a one hour public and cultural affairs program concerned with sober and meaningful issues by, for and about Indigenous people.
(Indian Uprising on Sunday 7-8pm)
Program producer, Chris Spotted Eagle, is a long-time resident and activist in Minneapolis. He was a TV producer at Twin Cities Public Television. Spotted Eagle said, “regular programming about Indian issues on any radio station here in the Twin Cities was nonexistent. Indian Uprising is filling that historical gap.”
About fifty-five thousand Indian people live in Minnesota with over half living in the Twin Cities. Ojibwe people are the largest group in the state with Dakotah being second. Other Native people from Nations throughout the U.S., including Alaska live here too.
http://www.kfai.org/node/125
Posted on 4 May '08 by thunder women, under PEOPLE. No Comments.
Indian Uprising
KFAI’s Indian Uprising for May 4, 2008 from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. CDT #264
Statehood - now reaching one hundred and fifty years. "On May 11, 2008, Minnesota will reach its 150th anniversary as the 32nd state in the United States of America. Beginning in January 2008, the Sesquicentennial will be a year long, statewide commemoration and a catalyst, to learn from our past and connect all of us as Minnesotans in creating a thriving, innovative future." - 2007 Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission.
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Update Please go to www.earthcycles.net and hear what is going on there.
earthcycles.net has been broadcasting from Fort Randall since May 1.
They have archived their interviews on this website. The program
numbers begin at 324 through 329. My suggestion is that you begin
with #326, and after 329 go back to 325. #325 is actually the final
live broadcast program broadcast last evening. (Bill DuBois, on #325
the Pew Report is mentioned…thank you for alerting me to that
report in your e-mail, which I then forwarded to Mato Nunpa.)
I hope that the non-indigenous people on this e-mail list will be
shocked, appalled and outraged at what has been happening to the
Ihanktuwan Dakota on their own land in South Dakota. What will you do.
WE NEED TO REDO THE INIPI ( SWEAT LODGE ) AT MMDC.
IF YOU HAVE ANY GOOD USED BLANKETS PLEASE BRING TO OUR MEMBERSHIP MEETING ON TUSDAY MAY 6th at 7:00 PM.
WE NEED ABOUT 17.
PIDAMAYA SHARON
MN’s American Indian Month / May 2008 Events
- Wednesday, April 30 – 11AM (until 3PM) 13th Annual American Indian Wellness Fair, Midtown YWCA, 2121 E. Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, This exciting event promotes awareness of, and access to health services and community resources, More than 60 local health agencies, community groups and HMO’s will offer exhibits, displays, and free health screenings, buffalo burgers, wild rice, and beverages served free, Everyone welcome, To register, call Sandra Rivera (612) 625-4441
- Thursday, May 1 – 6:30AM Sunrise Ceremony, Location: East River Flats by the riverbank, directly south of Coffman Union down the hill – Signs posted), There will be a fire burning; tobacco will be distributed, Prayers will be said and each person will put their tobacco in the fire; A continental breakfast will be served afterward, If you need to sit, please bring your own chair, Free and open to the public, FMI contact Betty GreenCrow at (612) 625-5187 or bgreencr@umn.edu
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13th Annual American Indian Wellness Fair
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
= Location has changed! =
YWCA Midtown, Minneapolis Sports Center
2121 East Lake Street
To request an Exhibitor Table Registration, Please contact Sandra Rivera at 612-625-4441.
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Greetings,
One good way to work is learning a song, the drum song we were introduced too during one of the meetings.
What are the words to that song again?
The GPGPSSR 2008 start date will not change, but the daily run mileage may change as the runners adjust to their running abilities.
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WE NEED TO MAKE MORE SIGNS, WE NEED YOUR HELP. I KNOW WE ARE STARTING TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, HA HA.
I JUST WANT TO SAY PIDAMAYA TO EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND HARD WORK.
MMDC IS VERY HONORED IN HAVE YOU AS PART OF OUR LITTLE MENDOTA TRIBE.
PLEASE BRING A DISH TO PASS IF YOU CAN.
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WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THE NEXT CLASS IS VERY SOON. TODAY DATE IS 4/29/08.
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This Friday May 2nd there will be a Benefit Concert for The Longest Walk 2 Northern Route at Walker Church, 3104 16th Ave. S. Minneapolis from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. Jackie Bird, Darren Geffrey, Bluedog and Red Ponie are performing. $10.00. Hopefully many of us will be making signs that night, but some of us may want to stop by the concert afterwards.
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