MMDC PATCH, AVAILABLE NOW!

Jan 2nd, 2009 Posted in FEATURED, STORE | no comment »

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This embroidered 2.5 inch X 2 inch patch, representing the tribal shield of The Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community, is available exclusively from the MMDC by sending a check or money order of $8.00 plus $1.00 for shipping and handling, all of which is tax deductible, to:
Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community at PO Box 50835mendota_dakota_mdewakanton_dakota_logo_patch
Mendota MN 55150.
Please allow two weeks for shipping.
Below is a explanation of the tribal shield.

Six Sacred Directions:
Blue Half Circle - Sky
Green Half Circle - Earth
Red represents the north - where we came from
Yellow represents the east - where the sun is born
White represents the south - journey to the spirit world
Black represents the west - where the sun dies and life-giving rain comes
Upper Left Quadrant - The confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Ancestral homeland of Mendota.
Upper Right Quadrant - Pipe signifies prayer.
Lower Left Quadrant - Survival as a People
Lower Right Quadrant - Father Sun - Mother Earth
Seven Feathers - Oceti Sakowin - Seven sacred fires of Dakota or Sioux Nation.

So far Canada’s response has been violence. Bring out the guns and bats!

Sep 1st, 2008 Posted in NEWS & POLITICS | no comment »

So far Canada’s response has been violence.  Bring out the guns and bats!

Canada and the world knows this is wrong.  They have no choice but to deal with us, the landowners.  We are the legal trustees of Onowaregeh, Turtle Island.  Each time they hit us, they remind us of our duties.  We struggle even harder to uphold them.

The use of force can never produce a legal result.  The Supreme Court of Canada and international law agree with our law, the Kaianerehkowa/Great Law.  The only legal way to solve problems is through discussions, negotiations and understandings.

Canada must start listening to our legal reasoning. The violence against Indigenous peoples has got to stop.  We know what’s right and wrong.  The more they beat us, the more they make it clear that they are wrong.  They must back off, stop arresting us, stop beating us up and stop shoving their kangeroo court documents down our throats.

On Tuesday, at 9:00 a.m., some of our people will be brought into the Brantford Court.  There is no proof that it has jurisdiction over our people and our land.  Many Indigenous people have been asserting our law.  They have refused to attorn to the court.  They have declared that they stand on the law of the land, the Kaianerehkowa.  Or they have demanded proof of the court’s jurisdiction.

So far Canada’s colonial courts have all refused to provide proof for their authority.  They know they have none.  So they find some way of putting things off. They don’t know what to do when indigenous people who have been accused for political reasons demand proof of their jurisdiction or evidence of the valid termination of our law.  They know full well that we never gave our informed consent to become Canadians.  We are not Canadians.

If you can, please come to witness the court proceedings and provide support. We need to tell Kingspan of Ireland, Hampton Hotels of the U.S. all the other shysters trying to trespass on our land to go away.

MNN Staff
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Monday’s protests at the RNC.

Sep 1st, 2008 Posted in NEWS & POLITICS | no comment »

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TRIBAL WRITERS CHAPBOOK SERIES

Sep 1st, 2008 Posted in GROUPS & ORGANIZATIONS, PEOPLE | no comment »
PLEASE FORWARD TO NEW NATIVE WRITERS

TRIBAL WRITERS CHAPBOOK SERIES

The Sequoyah Research Center announces its second series of Tribal
Writers Chapbooks.  The first series published chapbooks (small,
limited editions of poetry, prose, or drama) by such noted Indian
writers as Maurice Kenny, Lance Henson, Glen McGuire, Ron Wellborn,
and Doris Seale.  We hope to continue to bring out writing of the same
high quality with this second series.  Stuart Hoahwah (Comanche) leads
off with a collection of poems, Black Knife, followed by Elgin
Jumper's (Florida Seminole) work Nightfall, Doyle Turner's (White
Earth Ojibwe) Time is a Parlor Trick and Other Poems, and
The.Indian.In.Indian.School by Linda Grover (Ojibwe).

The focus of the second series is on new Native writers, those who
have not published a significant body of work, either as individual
pieces or in book or anthology formats.  We are attempting to give
exposure to new (not necessarily young) writers.

The major dif
ference between the first and second series is that in
addition to publishing in hard-copy the new works will appear in
digital format in the Tribal Writers Digital Library.  We hope in this
way to reach a wider readership for what we think are some exciting
new Indian poets, storytellers, and dramatists.  You may view the
first volumes at http://anpa.ualr.edu in the Digital Library.

Payment to authors will be in the form of copies of their chapbook.
The SRC will print 250 copies that will be furnished to the author
upon completion of the press run.  No funds are required from the
author; no funds will be disbursed to the author.  Copyright will
remain with the author.

We envision that two chapbooks will be published each year under a
grant from the Bay and Paul Foundations.  An editorial board of
prominent Native writers review all submissions and make
recommendations to the editors.  The target date for chapbook
publication each year will be the annual Sequoyah Research Center
Symposium, held in the third week of October.  Submissions are
accepted at any time during the year.

Native writers should submit manuscripts that are no longer than 36
pages to fit the print format.  Further information should be
requested from or submissions sent to James W. Parins, Sequoyah
Research Center, Suite 500 University Plaza, University of Arkansas at
Little Rock, Little Rock, AR 72204, or e-mailed to <  a href="mailto:jwparins@ualr.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; cursor: pointer; ">jwparins@ualr.edu.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

•   Use Microsoft Word only.
•   Use Times New Roman font.  If you have a preference for another
font, please let me know separately.
•   Turn OFF all "AutoCorrect functions" under "Tools."  These features
make encoding more difficult.
•   When typing poetry, indent where appropriate according to your text.
•   Double space between paragraphs.
•   Provide a hard copy of your manuscript.
•   Provide a digital copy of your manuscript via email to jwparins@ualr.edu
•   Submit questions to the same email address.