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Thanksgiving November 27th, 2008
FIRST VOICES INDIGENOUS RADIO
WBAI NYC – PACIFICA RADIO 99.5 FM
FROM PLYMOUTH AND BEYOND
A PRIMER INTO THE REALITY OF AMERICA’S CONTINUING DENIAL
The question posed is. The myth of the American “Thanksgiving”?  and the Indigenous perspectives of Turtle Island regarding celebration, denial, rational justifications used by all races, classes, and religions in the United […]

Six Native officials to Obama transition team »

Obama appoints Native officials to transition team
By JODI RAVE of the Missoulian
As President-elect Barack Obama appoints a new team of cabinet members and fills other key federal work posts, he’s named six Native people to his transition team - half of them assigned to assist in Interior Department policy, budget and personnel changes.
“We’re lucky […]

MARCH POINT »

March Point’ to air on PBS
Environmental story documents three Swinomish teens’ journey to adulthood
By Correspondent: Richard Walker
Story Published: Nov 4, 2008
SWINOMISH, Wash. – The Coast Salish people have a saying: “When the tide is out, the table is set,” a reference to the rich resources of the Salish Sea.
Chester Cayou, a member of […]

Native Perpective shared on Thanksgiving 11-23-08 on Make No Bones About It. »

Hello Listeners,
It is I  “Raven” your DJ at KAOS radio here in Olympia, WA. Our show is every Sunday night from 5-6 pm - “Make No Bones About It.”.
I am writing to you to ask if you could call in and and talk for a few minutes on “the myth of Thanksgiving”.  America is not […]

Help for Winona LaDuke »

Friends,
This past weekend, Winona’s house had an electrical fire and the house burnt to the ground. No one was hurt. While the house and its contents are gone, the blessing is that all five kids and three grandchildren are safe.
I’m writing to you because I know Winona won’t ask for help, and I also know […]

“Thanksgiving as presently celebrated is an affront to civilization.” »

“Thanksgiving as presently celebrated is an affront to civilization.” 
Nobody but Americans celebrates Thanksgiving. It is reserved by history and the intent of “the founders” as the supremely white American holiday, the most ghoulish event on the national calendar. No Halloween of the imagination can rival the exterminationist reality that was the genesis, and remains the […]

A Lummi Elder’s Voice for the Ancestors »

Nov 16, 2008, on “Make No Bones About It.” 5pm
 
PRE-RECORED INTERVIEW. PART ONE

 
A Lummi Elder’s Voice for the Ancestors
Pauline Hillaire (Scalla) a Native American musician, storyteller and cultural historian, comes from a prominent Lummi family.  Her father, Joe Hillaire, was recorded by Willard […]

Puget Sound - Wildlife and conservation »

Puget Sound - Wildlife and conservation (part 1 of 6
)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxF8LgYzxng 
Puget Sound - Wildlife and conservation (part 2 of 6) 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfi4Pv7YhTA&feature=related
  
Puget Sound - Wildlife and conservation (part 3 of 6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJm7a1bBrXg&feature=related
Puget Sound - Wildlife and conservation (part 4 of 6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewSbZcDGyO8&feature=related
  Puget Sound - Wildlife and conservation (part 5 of 6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luwrXH2TCFw&feature=related
  Puget Sound - Wildlife and conservation (part 6 of 6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeC7gQNzKNk

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Generations drawn to SAM exhibit »

Generations drawn to SAM exhibit
Generations drawn to SAM exhibitGallery | Salish Art Exhibit opens Friday at SAM