tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56571477500800401502024-03-13T16:39:07.860-04:00Don't Pay To PrayA blog about all the fakes, frauds and flim flam artists that don't pray, but prey on the gullible and the greedy.Don't Pay To Prayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08774818867173300267noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657147750080040150.post-7062762320692085432014-12-28T18:30:00.001-05:002014-12-28T18:31:16.354-05:002014: an Indigenous Year in Review<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">2014: A Year of
Indigenous Resistance and Solidarity</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2014 was a year of
struggle for Indigenous people, but it was also the dawning of a new era of
collaboration between diverse groups. We bonded with our African-American
cousins over police brutality and the murder of innocent people of color. We
marched with Indigenous people from around the world for Climate justice. We
formed grassroots alliances with farmers and ranchers in efforts to stop the
Keystone XL pipeline. Our young people re-discovered the activism of the 1970s
and gave the struggle new life around Idle No More, Dakota 38, Un-Thanksgiving.
The Daily show brought the 40 year old racist mascot issue to the fore-front.
Our struggle to bring attention to the murders of our indigenous sisters along
the Canadian border was also given more attention this year. Alliance were made
between young and old, NDN and non-NDN, environmentalist, anti-fascist,
anti-Capitalist, Anonymous and Occupy Wall Street. It was a year to be proud of
our new relationships. In 2015, the struggle will be to keep Indigenous people’s
voices in the fore-front of all the grassroots movements that we seeded in
2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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getting acquainted with indigenous struggles, here is a list of the top 15
stories on the #NDNZ hash tag on twitter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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non-mainstream news reporting are:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brenda Norell’s
Censored News<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Last Real Indians<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Native News Online<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;">TOP 15 stories of 2014</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tonto at the Oscars. Major twitter storms
erupted when the film The Lone Ranger was nominated for best make-up. Hash tags
that emerged were:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#NotYourTonto
and #NotYourNDN<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Indigenous representation by Hollywood were
questioned when Rooney Mara was cast as Princess Tiger Lily in the 2015 prequel
to Walt Disney’s Peter Pan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hash
tags: #NotYourTigerLily<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Cliven Bundy stand-off and extreme right wing racism against Native
Americans and claims of “ancestral rights” to Federal lands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/property-records-cast-doubt-on-cliven-bundys-ancestral-claims-to-disputed-federal-land/<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hash
tag: #ClivenBundy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Native American headdresses worn by hipsters and supermodels. University of
North Dakota students selling “Siouxper drunk” T shirts and Oklahoma State
University students posting an offensive “Trail of Tears” banner. Heidi Klum,
Pharell Williams, Khloe Kardashian and other vapid celebrities became infamous
for wearing headdresses without understanding the meaning behind them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hash
tags: #Cochella #NativeAppropriations #RedFaceDisgrace #NotHappy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Indigenous protests against the Keystone XL pipeline, fracking and the Virginia
spill mounted in a huge Cowboy and Indian alliance protest in Washington, D.C.
Native leaders worked with farmers and ranchers and in direct action against
the pipeline as well as leading ceremonies and protests around the country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hash
tags: #NoKXL #RejectandProtect #NoBlackSnake #cowboyindianalliance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hopi sacred artifacts and masks were auctioned in Paris and Ojibwe scalps were
put on display in Germany. #HopiMasks #Ojibwe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The issue of 1200 missing and murdered Indigenous women was raised all over
Canada. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tags: #MMIV #OpThunderbird #InquiryNow #VAW <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Indigenous
Feminists also jumped on the hash tags: #BringbackOURgirls #YesAllWomen and
#NotOneMore<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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@kwetoday @_RuthHopkins @Megawitch @apihtawikossian for information about
fighting sexual violence against Indigenous women and girls<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.)4<sup>th</sup>
of July Independence day twitter storm to free all Indigenous Political
Prisoners<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tags: #FreePeltier #LeonardPeltier #FreeJohnGrahms<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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http://www. leonardpeltier.info<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Removal of racist mascots, chief Wahoo and the R*dsk*ns logo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tags: #ChangeTheName #NotYourMascot #NoHonorInRacism #DeChief <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jon Stewart show appearance of a crying R*dsk*ns apologist also sparked the
popularity of the #WhiteTears tag<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The People’s Climate march in New York City was lead by Indigenous peoples.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tags: #PeoplesClimateMarch #ClimateJustice #IndigenousRising<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Revitalization of the American Indian Movements and re-discovery of the issues
of the 1970s by young activists<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tags: #WoundedKneeII #AmericanIndianMovement #Alcatraz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Dakota 38 ride and the movie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Racist Halloween Costumes were protested along the same time that the movie
#DearWhitePeople premiered. Our issues of respect and dignity overlapped.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A Thanksgiving education twitter storm along with attempts to fight ulta
right-wing erasure of America’s history of genocide<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hash
tags: #UnThanksgiving #DecolonizeThanksgiving #AntiThanksgiving
#JeffCoSchoolboard<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Police brutality and murder of un-armed men of color was highlighted as Native
Lives Matter joined with Black lives matter. Protests of un-armed indigenous
men murdered by police:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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T Williams<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ha-Vist Goodblanket<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kanoush<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Don't Pay To Prayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08774818867173300267noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657147750080040150.post-28488966040185424052013-08-17T22:55:00.000-04:002014-03-03T02:41:51.154-05:00Why America Still Needs Tonto<h4>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Reposted and Updated 2.27.2014</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today, February 27, 2014 is the anniversary of Wounded Knee II. In 1973 Catholic church built next to the grave sites of the original victims of the 1890 Massacre was occupied by members of the American Indian Movement and their supporters. This is also the week of the 2014 Oscars. I'm still in shock to learn that <i><b>"The Lone Ranger"</b></i> was nominated for "best makeup" in 2014. Forty-one years ago, Sacheen Little Feather refused the oscar awarded to Marlon Brando for his performance in<i><b> "The Godfather."</b></i> Sacheen was permitted to make a brief speech where she outlined Brando's reasons for refusing the oscar. She stated that he could not accept the oscar due to Hollywood's poor treatment of Indians. Brando brilliantly used the oscars to highlight the mistreatment of the occupiers currently at Wounded Knee as well as the misrepresentation of the American Indian in Hollywood films. It's depressing how little has changed since Sacheen made her stand in 1973. It's depressing how mainstream America still clings desperately to the racist stereotypes presented in this film. Few people realize that, as a result of helping Brando to raise consciousness about the treat ment of Native Americans, Sacheen lost her acting career.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://youtu.be/2QUacU0I4yU">Sacheen Little Feather at the Oscars</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chris Eyre summarized the
problem with the Lone Ranger beautifully when he said. Johnny Depp's
"Tonto" resembles nothing that is Native American in reality. “I
literally don’t know what is Native American about Tonto.” He is correct. Tonto
has nothing to do with Indians. Tonto has everything to do with what White
America still needs Indians to be. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The original Lone Ranger
narrative was a revisionist history that projects a fantasy of what White
Americans need the Indian to be—a “faithful companion” to a white hero. The
very existence of such a “faithful companion” is absurd and problematic for
anyone with a grasp of the reality of Texas history. But, this isn’t a film for
anyone with a consciousness of the ugly realities of American history. This is a film that is made for Whites, by Whites. Its function is not just to entertain. Its
function is to use recognizable stereotypes to tell the white audience what
they are not (guilty) and what they should aspire to be. (Godlike to the
heathens). </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Lone Ranger can’t teach
anyone about the reality of indigenous life, past or present, but it can reveal
a lot about contemporary White anxieties and a guilty National conscience and
an insatiable need for absolution from the victims of “progress.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Depp’s Questionable
Choices</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It didn’t surprise any of the
Native people I know that Johnny Depp behaved predictably as a typical “well-intentioned” white liberal. Despite his “adoption” and conflicting
reports of a distant Cherokee, Creek or maybe Choctaw ancestor, Depp remains a
member of the 1%. As Noam Chomsky elucidates in <b><i>Manufacturing Consent,</i></b>
Depp is an elite cultural manager who must be heavily indoctrinated as to his
role in American society. His consent to the dominant racial ideology is
crucial. Depp has means. While he has no cultural connection to any tribal
community, he does have the means to develop a reciprocal relationship with a
tribal community that could help him to understand the error of trying to
rehabilitate an inherently racist stereotype. Depp makes a bad decision to play
Tonto based on the arrogance and ignorance of an outsider. Then, he compounds
his error with a series of equally bad choices.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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First, Depp decides he will
play Tonto without soliciting input from cultural authorities and then he
convinces himself that it is necessary and desirable to turn the racist
stereotypes associated with Tonto on their head. He fails to realize that a
stereotype turned on its head is still a stereotype. Next, Depp chooses to work
for Disney, a well-documented vehicle for American racist ideology. Depp has
the means to finance and produce a small independent film with Native American
actors that could have educated and enlightened a small population as to the
real history of Comancheria. He could have picked any number of crucial
contemporary Indigenous issues from which to produce a documentary. He could have chosen to shines
a light on present-day injustices. Instead, Depp chose to make an
action-comedy about a period in Texas history when the Comanche were nearly
exterminated by vigilante settlers.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Depp could have analyzed his
desire to play this role. He could have examined what is lacking in his
privileged existence that attracts him to this White Fantasy of Tonto.
Predictably, Depp turns to the internet and finds what is always there for
cultural outsiders to find. He finds what many white seekers mistake for
authentic representations of indigenous people -- a White nuage artist
imagining a Native person. He finds the sort of romanticized imagery that makes
Native people cringe, yet fascinates outsiders like himself. Next, Depp does
what all privileged whites have always done when confronted with criticism from
Native people – he ignores them. Then he seeks out yes-men and sycophants to justify
his error. When the movie turns out to be a box office flop, he throws money
at the problem by offering to purchase the grave site of the Wounded Knee
massacre from another White man who’s trying to sell it. When this gesture is
not well received, he goes to Europe to promote the film to other cultural outsiders. Depp uses every
device that a Plastic Shame-man would use to rationalize and justify his many
errors in judgment. Depp mimics the behavior of a plastic shaman in every way -- except of course for pursuing frivolous lawsuits. But
the he has the influence of power of a multi-billion dollar corporation to use
to convince the public that the Lone Ranger is a “tribute” to Indigenous
people.<o:p></o:p><br />
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I saw this movie twice in a
very liberal and enlightened Michigan college town. What shocked me the most
about the film was the inability of the educated audience to see the racist
ideology presented throughout the film especially in the fabricated back story
that is supposed to explain Tonto’s decision to become a “faithful companion to
a Texas ranger. There’s a deafening silence from the progressive community
about the film and there’s been a noticeable lack of comments on Liberal
newsletters and blog about the back story.</span></span><br />
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Depp’s biggest mistake was
not to play Tonto as a human being. Without a cultural context, Depp mistakes
the vertical lines in the face paint on the nuage painting as an indication
that Tonto should be played as a “fragmented” individual. With this mindset,
Depp seems to think he can construct a whole human being by simply adding
existing stereotypes together into an incoherent mish-mash. Depp appropriates
Comanche ethnic identity and uses it as a ridiculous costume in which to
perform his standard, hackneyed physical comedy. He asserts his white privilege in using perceived spiritual practices for comic effect. He refuses to
acknowledge how profoundly disrespectful this is. Instead, he seeks out questionable “cultural
advisers” who in an Al Jazeera interview insists that there are contemporary Native people
who “talk exactly like Tonto.” In interviews, Depp laughably claims that
Disney “went out of their way to portray Tonto in a positive light.” The question is, positive to whom?
Unfortunately, stereotypes sewn together like something out of a Tim Burton
film, does not make a whole human being.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Depp makes Tonto seem even
more absurd and ridiculous by wearing a taxidermied crow on his head and
attempting to feed it and protect it from a cat by wearing a bird cage on his
head. While I’m sure the Comanche did use crow feathers in a way similar to
other tribes, the use of an entire crow carcass defies all logic. Depp’s
incoherent justifications for this error in judgment make me think of James
Arthur Ray’s logic. He was Oprah’s fraudulent self-help guru who murdered 3
people by trying to out-do the Indians and run a hellaciously hot perversion of
a sweat lodge. The only sense I can make of the crow is that Depp was following
the same misguided logic—If a Comanche warriors were known to wear single crow
feathers in their scalp locks, then an entire dead crow will really legitimize me as a Comanche.<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i> </i></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Depp’s “Fragmented”
Tonto</i></b></span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #660000;">Tonto: The Specimen</span> </span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
Depp begins his feeble effort
to portray a Comanche by presenting a grotesque caricature of an elder. As the
film opens, Tonto is presented to the viewer as a non-human object encased in
glass as part of a “Wild West show”. Presented as an extinct species like the
Buffalo, Tonto is a specimen, frozen in time and existing only for the
edification of a young White boy. In 1933, Tonto would be in his 90s, but he still
can’t speak English properly. He is presented along with extinct animals as a
remnant of the American past. Tonto, as a dehumanized thing on display, wakes up
only to be of use to a White person. The artifact Tonto is
under the complete control of the dominant White society. This common fantasy
reveals much more about the needs of the White audience than it does about
Indians.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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As the film progresses, Depp
resurrects Tonto as the savage stereotype. He has no concept of a warrior as
part of a sacred lifeway, so he can only present Tonto as a one-dimensional
stereotype. Depp imagines a Warrior who is separated from any community who is
entirely focused on violence and revenge. He is stupid, even though is
bi-lingual. He is cowardly when faced with danger, even though he is supposed
to be a warrior. Tonto is an incompetent guide and even more incompetent in trying
to kill the demonic Butch Cavendish. He is entirely dependent on the Lone
Ranger to act as his savior. Tonto is portrayed in a typically stereotypical
fashion. He ogles White women, drinks whatever alcohol he can find and throws
tomahawks while adopting the standard fierce savage pose.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
Everything about this
conception of Tonto belies the reality of the Comanche society. The stereotype
erases the fact that the Comanche at the time were the greatest light Calvary
in the world and they successfully defended their homeland against the Mexicans
and the Texans. Only the incredible power of the U.S. government and the
invention of the repeating rifle defeated the most powerful Native American
Nation.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
Portraying Tonto as the Lone
renegade savage without a family or a tribal community reinforces the idea that
White settlers were justified in the systematic dispossession o Comanche lands.
Historically, there were no White saviors standing up for the human rights of
the Comanche. Depp reproduces the savage
stereotype just to give the Lone Ranger something to compare himself to.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>"Best make up" is actual Blackface</i></b></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another thing that seems to
have escaped the notice of Depp’s liberal defenders is that he portrays Tonto
in<b><i>
literal</i></b> Blackface. It is unconscionable that the oscar committee could nominate a film for "best make up" that utilizes <i><b>actual</b></i> black face. Depp chose to play this role with white clown makeup
and literal black paint on his face and around his eyes. The face paint makes
him like a white actor being a buffoon in black face paint. On the scene on top
of the train when Depp mugs for the camera with eyes bulging out, he seamlessly continues
the tradition of the racist minstrel show. Depp’s Buffoonish antics done in
Blackface is in no way a “tribute” to Native people. In the end, Depp is a
white man with black paint on his face speaking in a mock dialect. There is no
difference between this so-called entertainment and the entertainment style of
the days of the Wild West shows and the minstrel shows.<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i> </i></span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Disney’s Entertainment
is Political</i></span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
Disney has always been a major vehicle to convey
the racial ideology of America. Just as
the Nazis used Nordic folklore to establish a National Aryan identity, Disney
revised European fairy tales to teach White American children what it means to
be White. (As a reference, please see the YouTube videos documenting Disney’s
racism below.) Since the 1930s, Disney cartoons
presented some of the most racist stereotypes which shaped the consciousness of
American children for nearly a century.
In Peter Pan, <b><i>What Makes the Redman Red</i></b>, Native people are presented
without faces, without individuality or humanity. We are depicted as primitive
and superstitious creatures who behave in a nonsensical manner. We talk to
horses and trees and the wind and we look more like animals than people. Native
women are consistently depicted as over-sexed sq***ws who want nothing more
than to abandon our own people to be with a white man.
African Americans are depicted as savage cannibals
or happy servants as in the Song of the South or as monkeys in Jungle book or
as “Jim Crow” in cartoons. Asians in Disney films are depicted as sly and
inscrutable and depicted as sneaky cats or other duplicitous creatures.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Because Disney whitewashes the truth of the
American past and present, I do not allow my children to consume Disney
media. Disney dutifully re-creates the
ideological legacy inherited from Manifest Destiny. I strongly object to Disney because the cartoons and films teach young people to
submit to the rule of the powerful elite; not to question the existing social
order; and to distrust any proponent of collectivist values.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Perhaps the reason that White audiences don’t pick
up on Disney’s racial ideology is that Americans have never been aware of their
present-day racism. In the 1930s, people
watching Wild West shows that depicted wild Indians losing battle after battle to
soldiers resembling Custer. They couldn’t see the racial ideology being promoted.
Americans consuming what now seems as blatantly racist Disney cartoons,
watching Step ‘n Fetch it minstrel shows, collecting racist kitsch and
displaying lawn jockeys all claimed not to see any racism in the media of the
day. In the same way, contemporary
Disney racism remains unperceived by contemporary American audiences.<o:p></o:p>
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While Disney has attempted to re-brand itself, and new "progressive" minded writers have
replaced the old, the basic messages that Disney feeds the public about race, gender and
class have not.<o:p></o:p> Every racial group was stereotyped in the film. Blacks, Asians and other immigrants are used
as background. They are depicted as cowardly, passive and accepting of their
status as “happy workers.”<o:p></o:p>
One thing I kept asking myself throughout the film is
where are all the women? Women of color have no voice in this film. The
nameless Chinese woman is depicted as a sinister pimp. Comanche women were
entirely missing from the film. They were shown in only one scene and only as
the dead. The only women in the film with any significant lines were white
woman and they were divided into the patriarchal dichotomy of Madonna / whore. Female
sexual slavery is depicted as something comical and empowering. Red correctly states that the railroad
required prostitution on order to function, but the film erases the real
history of brutal forced prostitution of Mexican and Indigenous women that
accompanied the railroad. Rebbecca is exalted as an innocent and pure white
woman even though historically she would have most likely been a slave-owning
confederate demanding the extermination of the Comanche along with the rest of
the European settlers. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b>Tonto:
the Savage</b></span></span></span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 107%;">The Cognitive
Dissonance of the Windigo</span></i></b></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Depp spends the
majority of the film grunting, “Windigo getting away.” When he meets the Lone Ranger, he is depicted
as an inferior, incompetent and threatening savage who’s only mission in life
is to kill the Windigo. He perpetuates
the present day stereotype of Native American men who take any action as
threatening, violent thugs. His white
prince civilizes him by convincing him to abandon his misappropriated belief in
Windigos. The film promotes the
Christian ideology that the savage must abandon his backward thinking and
accept the Christina morality that forbids any act of revenge against an
oppressor. Tonto is encouraged to accept the law as his only redress for past
atrocities. The scary bad Indian has always been any Native male who take any
action toward retribution. The good Indian passively accepts that he has no
right to avenge wrongs perpetrated against him.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Growing up in
Michigan, I heard many different versions of the Windigo story. I never heard
one where a man fights or kills one. The Windigo story is a healing story that
works on many levels. It’s basically a story about a man overcome by greed who
eats too many beavers, or some other animal and transforms into a monster. Of
course a cultural outsiders are going to pervert the story to be what they want
it to be. In all the stories I’ve heard, the Windigo is redeemed by a female
character. Either a woman or a group of women see the man underneath the monster.
The Windigo is transformed back to a human being by unfreezing his frozen heart
with hot grease or lard. The story teaches that while greed can transform a
human being into a monster, there is a way to get back to your human self if
you seek assistance from your tribal members.
The Windigo story is appropriated and made into an absurdity and quickly
abandoned. The audience is expected to believe that Tonto held a belief in
Windigos his whole life that he suddenly abandoned to spend his life being of
service to a man hired by a government bent on the extermination of his
remaining relatives.</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The
Othering of the Land</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Even the land itself is
depicted as cannibalistic. This is an
alien view to the Indigenous mind where Nature is in balance and the world of
the European brings unbalance and disharmony to Nature. In the light of the popularity of the Idle No
More movement where Indigenous people all over the world are engaging in collectivist
action to protect sacred sites and preserve the balance of the environment, it
would do us all good to pay close attention to Disney’s demonization of the
environment and utter silence on the actions of multi-national corporations
that are destroying the environment. Where blame is laid is always a political
statement.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Manifest
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Through-out the film, the word "progress" is used as code for Manifest Destiny. Disney merely re-cycles the same colonial attitudes of the 1950s without any regard for historical accuracy. The white hero eases the white audience's guilty consciences in the same way that churches, governments and all other Colonial institutions have always done -- attribute a deliberate campaign of mass genocide and exploitation of indigenous resources as an inevitable act by an invisible force. In the past, the genocidal crimes of Colonial governments was attributed to "God's will." In the present, the causes are much more cosmic and undefined. The railroad is depicted as necessary to progress and the need to exterminate a race of people is made to seem inevitable. The genocide of the Comanche is highly romanticized in this film. The Comanche are seen as tragic victims who are resigned to die in order to make room for the inevitable "progress" that the white race requires. The real brutality and savagery brought about by Colonial institutions that consciously and systematically worked together to exterminate a people to make way for white "progress" were completely erased. That is no accident. That is the type of "entertainment" that White America demands.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Apologists for the film, claim that people of conscience shouldn't be upset by the way Depp portrays Tonto because the film is fictional and never intended to about "real indians." What they conveniently omit it that the film depicts real individuals who really lived and died in what is known today as the state of Texas. The Texas Rangers are not fictional. They really existed. The railroad, the calvery, the Comanche Nation, the settlers. These are all part of real American history. However, the truth that is
whitewashed in the film is that the Comanche people were hunted down and
murdered by Texas Rangers. The “law” that the Lone Ranger believes in so
zealously sanctioned the genocide of the Comanche people. Genocide wasn’t even a work in the 1860s, and
it certainly wasn’t a crime. The genocide perpetrated in the Americas was
divine providence. Genocide wasn’t called a crime until white people murdered
other white people during World War II.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Lone Ranger apologists that Disney is a mirror to the what America is really thinking. Disney is not a mirror. It is a political machine. Its function has
always been American holocaust denial.
This film reinforces the idea that White settlers, by virtue of their
superior progress, should rightfully hold indigenous land and resources. It erases the reasons for Comanche
self-defense and attributes all evil and wrong doing to two White “bad apples”
who are seen as a unique aberration, an anomaly, not like the rest of the
settlers and soldiers at all. This is a very carefully crafted lie. This isn’t “just
entertainment.” Disney has always force-fed generations of American children
historical revisionism to justify the current racial hierarchy.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">The Lone Ranger
erases the accomplishments of Comanche. It ignores the fact that the US
annihilated an advanced society in order to forge an easy path to California’s
gold. The Comanche used the technology of the day, horses, better than any
other people on the planet. They invented sustainable technology such as
controlled burns to create an environment that was teaming with game. The U.S.
annihilated an advanced society in a matter of decades. Disney covers it up in
149 minutes.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">The film erases the
Comanche-Kiowa-Apache alliances. It erases the fact that the majority of the
white settlers were pro-slavery as were the Texas Rangers. It erased the
intelligence and skill or Comanche warriors who formed alliances and created
forms of democracy not seen in the white world. It erases the voices and the
role of women in Comanche society and shows them only as dead sq**ws. It erases
the fact that the Texas rangers were paid to murder Comanches. It erases the
fact that the law so dearly embraced by the Lone Ranger did nothing to protect
the human rights of the Comanche people. It erases the fact that the treaties
were laws that the whites thought nothing about violating. It erases the fact that
the official U.S. policy was removal and that removal was solely in the
economic interests of the settlers and the very rich.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 107%;">American
Holocaust Denial</span></i></b></span></span></div>
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Texas Rangers was the deliberate mass extermination of all indigenous peoples
inhabiting Comancheria. There were no
laws to contain their savagery. They scalped Comanche people and mutilated the
dead. They castrated corpses of men and small boys. They ripped open pregnant
women’s and removed fetuses. They collected the private parts of women. They
bragged about cutting out the heart of a sq**w and displaying it on a stick.
There is nothing heroic about the Texas rangers. This savagery is not the work
of a mystical demon, it was the deliberate systematic savagery of a Colonial
empire. None of it was destined to occur. None of it was caused by mysterious
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What
does it say about you if you need to romanticize Manifest Destiny? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Journalist
John L. O’Sullivan published this statement in the New York Morning News on
December 27, 1845:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the claim is by the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess
the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of
the great experiment of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>liberty and
federated self-government entrusted to us.</i></b></span></span></div>
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Quincy Adams made this statement in 1811:</span></span></div>
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whole continent of North America appears to be destined to Divine Providence to
be peopled by one nation, speaking one language, professing one general system
of religious and political principles, and accustomed to one general tenor of
social usages and customs. For the common happiness of them all, for their
peace and prosperity, I believe it is indispensible that they should be
associated in one federal Union.”</i><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></div>
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Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun made this statement:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>“We
have never dreamt of incorporating into our Union any but the Caucasian
race—the free white race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To incorporate
Mexico, would be the very first instance of the kind, of incorporating an
Indian race; for more than half of the Mexicans are Indians, and the other is
composed chiefly of mixed tribes. I protest against such a union as that. Ours,
sir, is the government of a white race.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></span></div>
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Lone Ranger were real, he would have thought and believed as the Texas rangers thought and believed. The Lone Ranger would have believed that Tonto was of a lesser race. All the Texas rangers of the
1860s were required to believe this. Not one of them questioned the dogma of the day. The Lone Ranger character is a deliberate lie meant to cover up a shameful past.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is extremely disturbing to me that not one person, Native or non-Native has expressed any outrage over the racist back story presented in this film. I was shocked to sit and watch a liberal audience, just eat up the assertion that a child could be responsible for the genocide of his entire village. It seems the effect and the intent of the racist back story behind The political agenda behind the Lone Ranger is to completely white-wash the real and brutal history of the attempted annihilation of hundreds of separate sovereign Native American Natoins, and to completely erase the collaboration of the church, the state and the military the corporations and the settlers in genocide. Instead, the audience if manipulated to focus on two "bad actors." The intent is to keep them from every learning about the oppressive Colonial institutions that formed their society, from ever analyzing them or holding them accountable for their present day atrocities. Every Disney story is about a single white "prince" who comes to the rescue of the main character without ever upsetting the existing unjust social order. Disney is about fantasy. It's about not questioning the order of things. It's about accepting hierarchy and waiting for a prince to come and save you. In real life there are no such princes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The back story is a distraction to cover up the ugly collaboration between the Texas Rangers and the White settlers to exterminate the Comanche. The film allows the white audience to throw the real history of their ancestors down the memory hole. It allows them to exist in a state of blissful ignorance about how they came to have everything they now possess. America needs a non-threatening Tonto who will not remind them of the bloodshed and oppression that created their current privileged positions. Depp provides them with the fantasy they so desperately need to ease their guilty consciences. But that should come as no surprise since Depp has aided and abetted Disney in its racist propaganda for much of his career. He made enough money doing it to buy himself a Carribean island that is fairly close to the area where Columbus made his "discovery" of America.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In this film, Tonto is the instigator of his
own people’s genocide. When I was this, I was disgusted that a ten-year old
Comanche child was blamed for the systematic extermination of his village. It is further asserted that this child would
have been isolated from the rest of the Comanche tribe. This is ridiculous. The
film makes a reprehensible political statement meant to erase the reality of
Texas history. It’s even more infuriating to me that the racist back story is
further justified by unintelligible references to nuage racial karma.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Americans need to believe that indigenous
peoples DID something to bring about their own extermination. Such fantasies
allow them to continue enjoying their un-earned privileges holding illusion of blamelessness.
The only explanation I can come up with for this sick and twisted back story is
that Americans need a Tonto to feel guilty for the history they can’t face –what
their ancestors did to secure their present day privileges.</span></span><br />
<br />
<h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tonto: The Vanished</span></span> </span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 107%;">Steiner
Racial Ideology</span></i></b></span></span></h3>
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with the racial doctrines of Rudolf Steiner. It manipulates the audience into
believing that indigenous people were a races destined by some cosmic force for
extinction in order to make room for the inevitable “progress” of the white
race. The Comanches go to their deaths with resignation. The White race is
depicted as the future, the “red race” is the past. These deliberate
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transpired in Comancheria in the 1860s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The American Indian Removal policies were studies and adapted by the
Nazis in World War II. One of the founding fathers of Nazi racial ideology was
Rudolf Steiner. Steiner cults are gaining increasing popularity in the United
States today. His main points are presented over and over again in this film.
Steiner believed that the white race is more morally advances and that
extinction of the inferior races was an inevitable part of human evolution. He
strongly believed that the red race must go extinct in order for the white race
to evolve. The white race was the race of the future to Steiner. He believed
that the evolution will not be peaceful and that violence between the races was
necessary for the White race to evolve to higher levels. Today, the nuagers
call it dimensions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Lone Ranger is
the white protagonist who is depicted as a “spirit walker” a more spiritually
evolved being than the Comanche who have the misfortune of being born into an
inferior race that must submit to their own extinction in order for a grand
cosmic plan to take place. In the 1860’s, it was God’s divine providence that requires
extinction of inferior races, in the 1930s it was spiritual evolution, in the
Lone Ranger it’s making room for progress. It’s never anyone’s fault, it’s
always an unconquerable supernatural force.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 107%;">Incoherence
as a Political Tool </span></i></b></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">In the end of the
film, Tonto, the specimen, packs his suite case, dresses as a Whiteman and walks
into the Arizona desert. Tonto passes from 1 one-dimensional stereotype to the
next for the entertainment of the White audience, but he is never seen as a
whole human being. He has been animated <b><i>only </i></b>to tell the story of
a fictional white male hero to another white male. He has become the ultimate
good Indian – no longer any threat to white society. He waits in suspended
animation until a white person needs him to tell a comforting lie and then he
fades away. He has no needs, no family no cultural relationship and no context no existence.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Depp may think he is giving Native Youth a depiction of a warrior that will empower them, but in actuality he has merely re-branded cultural imperialism.He is a walking embodiment of “End of the Trial” Kitsch animated by Disney. All the evils and excesses of the settlers and the Texas Militia Rangers are erased. There is so much historical revisionism, absurdity and deliberate incoherence that the viewer is incapable of learning anything significant about real Texas history. Deep has the means, the power and the privilege to do some real good in educating the American people about the current conditions of indigenous people all over the world struggling for their right to be indigenous and to live on lands they have always lived on. I guess Depp just doesn't have the character or convictions of a Marlon Brando.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Depp has made a lot of noise about paternalistically purchasing the Wounded Knee grave site for the "poor NDNZ", but as of this day he hasn't taken any action. Several traditional Lakota tried to reclaim the land legally by siting the 1868 Treaty of Laramie, but their efforts failed. There is no evidence that Depp offered the Lakota any assistance in undoing the treaty violations that allowed a white man to purchase their ancestors grave sites. With all his wealth and power, he could have brought the issue to national attention the way Marlon Brando's refusal of the oscar brought attention to corruption and exploitation on the Pine Ridge reservation. </span></span><br />
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Native people have been tweeting and pod casting all this week about a organizing a twitter storm during the Oscars on Sunday March 3, 2014 using the hashtag #NotYourTonto. It sounds like a good start, but Indigenous people need a lot more from people posturing as our allies. We need the respect and national voice that Marlon Brando gave to us. We need our treaties recognized as law. We need an investigation into the murders of the 57 American Indian Movement Activists who were murdered by GOONS armed and supported by the United States Government. We need real allies and real activists. Indigenous people don't need Hollywood sell-outs like Depp. We don't need Disney's lies about our history. We <b>DO NOT</b> need Tonto. A guilty and fearful white America does.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can learn more my follow
<span style="color: blue;"><b>#WoundedKneeII</b></span> and<b> <span style="color: blue;">#NotYourTonto</span> </b>on twitter.<o:p> </o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please contact the White House and
demand an independent investigation into the deaths of AIM activists killed
between 1973 and 1975 on and around the Pine Ridge reservation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact" target="_blank"> http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact</a> </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Virginia AIM has done a good job of keeping up a list of murdered activists whose deaths have never been investigated.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maybe Depp could do a film about these unsolved murders?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Jazz Singer was not nominated for best make up in 1927.
Yet the Lone Ranger was nominated for best make up in 2013. So much for
historical progress.</span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">RESOURCES:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">BOOKS:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Aleiss, Angelo. <b><i>Making
the White Man’s Indian: Native Americans and Hollywood Movies. </i></b>Westport,
CT: Praeger. 2005.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Anderson, Gary
Clayton. <b><i>The Conquest of Texas: Ethnic Cleansing in the Promised Land,
1820-1875. </i></b>Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. 2005
F395.A1A532005<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Colllins, Peter
and John E. O’Connor. <b><i>Hollywood’s Indian: The Portrayal of the Native
American in Film.</i></b> University of Kentucky Press. 1998.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Gwynne, S.C. <b><i>Empire
of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches. The
Most Powerful Indian Tribes in American History.</i></b> New York, New York:
Simon & Schuster, 2010 (E99.C85P38352010)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Kavanaugh, Thomas, <b><i>Comanche
Ethnography. Field Notes of E. Adamson Hoebel</i></b> Lincoln, Nebraska:
University of Nebraska Press. 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Kiernan, Bob.<b><i> Blood and
Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Dafur.</i></b>
Yale University Press. 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=XR91bs70jukC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false"><span style="color: blue;">http://books.google.com/books?id=XR91bs70jukC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Kilpatrick,
Jacquelyn. <b><i>Celluloid Indians. Native Americans on Film. </i></b>Lincoln,
NB: University of Nebraska Press. 1999.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Richardson,
Rupart Norval. <b><i>The Comanches: Barrier to the South Plains Settlement.</i></b>
Autsin, TX: Eakin Press. 1996. (E99.C85R51996)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Schilz, Thomas
Ford and Jodye Lynn Dickson Schilz. <b><i>Buffalo Hump and the Penateka
Comanches. </i></b>El Paso, Texas: University of Texas at El Paso. Southwestern
Studies Series No. 88. 1989.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Singer, Beverly
R. <b><i>Wiping the War Paint Off the Lens: Native American Film and Video. </i></b>Minneapolis,
MN: University of Minnesota Press. 2001.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Stannard, David E.<b><i>
American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World. </i></b>New York, NY: Oxford
Press. 1992. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=RzFsODcGjfcC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false"><span style="color: blue;">http://books.google.com/books?id=RzFsODcGjfcC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Unlearning
the Language of Conquest: Scholars Expose Anti-Indianism </span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Chapter 5“Conquest
Masquerading as Law.” Vine Deloria Jr. Austin: University of Texas Press. 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Stephanie A.
Fryberg Stanford University</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">University of Arizona
page</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.ais.arizona.edu/people/stephanie-fryberg"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.ais.arizona.edu/people/stephanie-fryberg</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fryberg,
Stephanie A. University of Arizona<b><i> American Indian Social
Representations:</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Do They
Honor or Constrain American Indian Identities?</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.indianmascots.com/ex_15_-_fryberg_brown_v.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.indianmascots.com/ex_15_-_fryberg_brown_v.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fryberg, Stephanie A.<b><i> Psychological
consequences of Stereotypes</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.indianmascots.com/ex_15_-_fryberg_brown_v.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.indianmascots.com/ex_15_-_fryberg_brown_v.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://sitemaker.umich.edu/daphna.oyserman/files/frybergmarkusoysermanstone2008.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">http://sitemaker.umich.edu/daphna.oyserman/files/frybergmarkusoysermanstone2008.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Williams, Robert
Jr. (Lumbee)<b><i> Savage Anxieties: The Invention of Western Civilization</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13721512-savage-anxieties"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13721512-savage-anxieties</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">AUDIO:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Native America
Calling</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
July 4, 2013 <b><i>The Full Tonto</i></b> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/nac_past.shtml"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/nac_past.shtml</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Native America
Calling</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
July 3, 2013 <b><i>Tonto rides again Love Him or Lasso Him? </i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/nac_past.shtml"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/nac_past.shtml</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Psychological
consequences of Stereotypes</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.indianmascots.com/ex_15_-_fryberg_brown_v.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.indianmascots.com/ex_15_-_fryberg_brown_v.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://sitemaker.umich.edu/daphna.oyserman/files/frybergmarkusoysermanstone2008.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">http://sitemaker.umich.edu/daphna.oyserman/files/frybergmarkusoysermanstone2008.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Depp's
Tonto: A Major Setback for the Native American Image</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/07/03/depps-tonto-major-setback-native-american-image-says-expert-150271"><span style="color: blue;">http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/07/03/depps-tonto-major-setback-native-american-image-says-expert-150271</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sacheen Little Feather states her career was cut short because of her stand at the oscars</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/oDr1p7TSlC4"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://youtu.be/oDr1p7TSlC4</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marlon Brando on the Dick Cavett show after refusing the 1973 oscar</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People booed because <span style="color: #0000ee;">"I </span>ruined their fantasy with the intrusion of a little reality." </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>American Holocaust</b> (Full Documentary) </span><a href="http://youtu.be/gTrbVf6SrCc"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://youtu.be/gTrbVf6SrCc</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Native American Holocaust Exterminate Them! </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The California
Story </span></span><a href="http://youtu.be/bwgopN9lFpg"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://youtu.be/bwgopN9lFpg</span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Noam Chomsky <b>Manufacturing
Consent</b> </span><a href="http://youtu.be/3AnB8MuQ6DU"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://youtu.be/3AnB8MuQ6DU</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reverend Billy Protests
the Disney store </span></b><a href="http://youtu.be/qD1rMf5k3wE"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://youtu.be/qD1rMf5k3wE</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Al Jazeera: <b>Hollywood’s
Native American Narrative</b> </span><a href="http://youtu.be/jk3xlAtxHnU"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://youtu.be/jk3xlAtxHnU</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">How Hollywood Stereotyped American Indian</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">s </span></span><a href="http://youtu.be/_hJFi7SRH7Q"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://youtu.be/_hJFi7SRH7Q</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: large;">WALT
DISNEY RACISM ON YOUTUBE</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What Makes the Red Man Re</b>d <a href="http://youtu.be/0ppe1tDB6X8">http://youtu.be/0ppe1tDB6X8</a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Native Americans through
the Eyes of My Children</b>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Native American Indians in Cartoons</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> - AMIND435<span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://youtu.be/ucZxKxTnwcQ"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://youtu.be/ucZxKxTnwcQ</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Racist Cartoon - Native American Stereotypes</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></span><a href="http://youtu.be/E-JYchakO_8"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://youtu.be/E-JYchakO_8</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Disney’s Wild West Show</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgyRGKzfN4o"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgyRGKzfN4o</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Censored News: AIM casualties 1973 - 1975</span></b></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2014/02/now-photos-wounded-knee-liberation-day.html">http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2014/02/now-photos-wounded-knee-liberation-day.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Native
Appropriations:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I saw The
Lone Ranger of you don't have to</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://nativeappropriations.com/2013/07/i-saw-the-lone-ranger-so-you-dont-have-to.html"><span style="color: blue;">http://nativeappropriations.com/2013/07/i-saw-the-lone-ranger-so-you-dont-have-to.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b><i>Does Johnny Depp's Tonto make The Lone Ranger a 'minstrel show'?</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2013/07/is-johnny-depps-portrayal-of-tonto-in-the-lone-ranger-too-controversial.html">http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2013/07/is-johnny-depps-portrayal-of-tonto-in-the-lone-ranger-too-controversial.html</a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b><i>Lone Ranger: A
Mess of a Show</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Arts+and+Entertainment/ID/2395619340/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Arts+and+Entertainment/ID/2395619340/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b><i>Seeing Red:
Hollywood's Pixeled Skins</i></b> by Harvey Markowitz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">INTERNET RESOURCES:<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Chris Eyre: <b><i>Tonto: A
Misguided Friend of the Indian</i></b> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-eyre/native-americans-hollywood_b_3569823.html"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-eyre/native-americans-hollywood_b_3569823.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Reel Injun:
On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian </span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Part 1 </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/sQcvy53iywQ"><span style="color: blue;">http://youtu.be/sQcvy53iywQ</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Reel Injun:
On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian </span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Part 2 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/_xzXGh0c0ig"><span style="color: blue;">http://youtu.be/_xzXGh0c0ig</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Reel Injun:
On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian </span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Part 3 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/XBw03-2k34E"><span style="color: blue;">http://youtu.be/XBw03-2k34E</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Blackface:
The History of Racist Blackface Stereotypes</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.black-face.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.black-face.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Huffington Post: <b><i>The
Lone Racist</i></b> <a href="http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/lone-ranger-racist/51ca11a102a76060f70001ba"><span style="color: blue;">http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/lone-ranger-racist/51ca11a102a76060f70001ba</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">STEINER RACISM - prevelant in the backstory</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Staudenmeier,
Peter. <b><i>Race and Redemption: Racial and Ethnic Evolution in Rudolf
Steiner’s Anthroposopy.</i></b> University of California Press. Published in
Novo Religio : Vol. 11. No. 3. (February 2008) The Journal of Alternative
Emerging Religions. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.marquette.edu/history/documents/StaudenmaierCV2011.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.marquette.edu/history/documents/StaudenmaierCV2011.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Steiner’s Racism –
Waldorf Watch</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://sites.google.com/site/waldorfwatch/steiners-racism"><span style="color: blue;">http://sites.google.com/site/waldorfwatch/steiners-racism</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Steiner Waldorf Schools Part
1-3 <b><i>The Problem of Race</i></b> <a href="http://www.dcscience.net/?p=3853"><span style="color: blue;">www.dcscience.net/?p=3853</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Skeptic Report: <b><i>The
Racial Teachings of Rudolf Steiner.</i></b> 6/12/2005 <a href="http://www.skepticreport.com/sr/?p=480"><span style="color: blue;">www.skepticreport.com/sr/?p=480</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Quackometer: <b><i>The
Insidious Pervasiveness of the Cult of Rudolf Steiner.</i></b> 7/5/2012 <a href="http://www.quackometer.net/"><span style="color: blue;">www.quackometer.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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On the third anniversary of the three deaths in James Arthur ray's plastic death lodge, I'd like to invite all my readers to reflect on this tragedy.<br />
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<center><font size="+2"><b>Resources:</b></font></center><br />
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<font size="+1"><b>Books:</b></font><br />
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Carp, Benjamin L. Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party & the Making of America. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2010<br />
<a href="http://is.gd/7HGllb">Google Book<br />
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Deloria, Phillip J. Playing Indian. New Haven : Yale University press, 1998<br />
<a href="http://is.gd/uq2YcV">Google book<br />
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Deloria, Vine Jr. Spirit & Reason: The Vine Deloria Reader, Chapter 17 "The American Revolution and the American Indian." Golden, Co : Fulcrum, 1999.<br />
<a href="http://books.google.com/books/about/Spirit_reason.html?id=nl_5MqfY2PEC">Google book<br />
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<font size="+1"><b>Photos:</b></font><br />
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Daylife <br />
<a href="http://news.daylife.com/photo/06pAacN03afBD?__site=daylife ">http://news.daylife.com/photo/06pAacN03afBD?__site=daylife <br />
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Washington Post:Converstions <br />
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/conversations/ducklings-health-care-rallies-ocean-currents-face-transplant-patient-and-more-in-the-day-in-photos/2012/03/28/gIQAHwgVgS_gallery.html#photo=9 ">http://www.washingtonpost.com/conversations/ducklings-health-care-rallies-ocean-currents-face-transplant-patient-and-more-in-the-day-in-photos/2012/03/28/gIQAHwgVgS_gallery.html#photo=9 <br />
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Washington Post Local <br />
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/supreme-court-and-health-care-day-3-live-blog/2012/03/27/gIQAiWbwfS_blog.html ">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/supreme-court-and-health-care-day-3-live-blog/2012/03/27/gIQAiWbwfS_blog.html <br />
Photos: courtesy of Reuters, San Franciso Gate & Associated Press Charles Dharapak<br />
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<font size="+2"><b>2011: A Year of Connections and Resistance for #NDNZ in Cyber-Space</font></b><br />
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If you look at the top 20 tweeted stories from 2011, a dark picture is painted for NDN country. Most news stories were dominated by reports of the result of 519 years of Colonization: hate crimes, police brutality, racist stereotypes, the horrors of the residential schools, reservation poverty, domestic abuse, struggles to save sacred sites, sexual oppression, struggles to save sacred sites, culturally insensitive and paternalistic media and the homicidal results of New Age frauds. But there’s another way of looking at it. 2011 was a year of resistance for NDN Country – a year of standing up to fight for the preservation of a way of life, world view and sacred spaced threated by greed and ignorance.<br />
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2011 was also a year of making connections in cyber space. Twitter was instrumental in getting the word out about what’s happening in Turtle Island and several new indigenous bloggers came on the scene to offer insight and analysis from their unique perspectives. Some of the most insightful bloggers this year were:<br />
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Censored News<br />
<a href="http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/">http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/<br />
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Unsettling America: Decolonization in Theory and Practice <a href="http://unsettlingamerica.wordpress.com">http://unsettlingamerica.wordpress.com<br />
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</a>American Indian Alaskan Native: Attack the System<br />
<a href="http://aianattackthesystem.wordpress.com">http://aianattackthesystem.wordpress.com<br />
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</a>American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL)<br />
<a href="http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/">http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/<br />
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</a>Native Appropriations by Adrienne K. (Cherokee)<br />
<a href="http://nativeappropriations.blogspot.com">http://nativeappropriations.blogspot.com<br />
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</a>My Culture is Not a Trend<br />
<a href="http://mycultureisnotatrend.tumblr.com/">http://mycultureisnotatrend.tumblr.com/<br />
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Top 20 Tweeted News Stories in NDN Country in 2011<br />
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1.) Geronimo EKIA controversy <a href="http://is.gd/CoOrSr">http://is.gd/CoOrSr<br />
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2.) James Arthur Ray convicted of negligent homicide in Arizona <a href="http://is.gd/QJ1J7w">http://is.gd/QJ1J7w</a> and <a href="http://is.gd/5nFlfC">http://is.gd/5nFlfC<br />
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3.) Klee Benally chains himself to heavy machinery to Save the San Francisco Peaks <a href="http://is.gd/e2ieTe">http://is.gd/e2ieTe<br />
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4.) Protest to preserve Glen Cove / Segora Te <a href="http://protectglencove.org">http://protectglencove.org<br />
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5.) The Cobell Settlement <a href="http://is.gd/S0PAb9">http://is.gd/S0PAb9<br />
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6.) MTV the Dudesons and racism on the Findians show <a href="http://is.gd/DcnMSm">http://is.gd/DcnMSm<br />
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7.) Racist bake sale <a href="http://is.gd/p9WiPK">http://is.gd/p9WiPK<br />
</a><br />
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8.) Canadian residential schools inquiries and apologies <a href="http://is.gd/eYgYGJ">http://is.gd/eYgYGJ<br />
</a><br />
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9.) The Dateline report on poverty on the Pine Ridge reservation <a href="http://is.gd/bS1kG1">http://is.gd/bS1kG1<br />
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10.)Longest Walk III to fight diabetes among Native Americans <a href="http://is.gd/fROs9Q">http://is.gd/fROs9Q<br />
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11.)Leonard Peltier, political prisoner ignored by president Obama <a href="http://is.gd/qCqOVL">http://is.gd/qCqOVL<br />
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12.)Movement to rescind the Wounded Knee medals of dishonor <a href="http://is.gd/ppQCkL">http://is.gd/ppQCkL<br />
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13.)Native American protest of the XL pipeline in Washington DC <a href="http://is.gd/9m9sMU">http://is.gd/9m9sMU<br />
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14.)John T. Williams, deaf American Indian wood carver murdered by a police officer <a href="http://is.gd/vCN9YK">http://is.gd/vCN9YK<br />
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15.) Kiesha Crowther exposed as a fraud, AIM West protest in Palm Springs, CA <a href="http://is.gd/N7Bz5m">http://is.gd/N7Bz5m</a> <a href="http://is.gd/lSpvE6">http://is.gd/lSpvE6<br />
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16.)Hate crimes against Native Americans in the Southwest <a href="http://is.gd/OvxfVu">http://is.gd/OvxfVu<br />
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17.)(Un)Occupy / Decolonize Wall street movement <a href="http://is.gd/Wh4dub">http://is.gd/Wh4dub<br />
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18.)Aboriginal poverty on Canadian reserves - Donations sought for Attawapiskat <a href="http://is.gd/WOFrb4">http://is.gd/WOFrb4</a> and <a href="http://is.gd/88woEr">http://is.gd/88woEr<br />
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19.)Missing and murdered women in Canada, Aboriginal feminism, fighting domestic abuse and abolishing prostitution <a href="http://www.missingjustice.ca">http://www.missingjustice.ca<br />
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20.)Protest against racist Halloween costumes <a href="http://is.gd/Y6bzOf ">http://is.gd/Y6bzOf </a>and <a href="http://is.gd/Bh3sVq">http://is.gd/Bh3sVq</a><br />
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<b><font size="+2">Indigenous Tweeters on Twitter:</b></font><br />
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AboriginalPress AboriginalNewsGroup <a href="http://www.twitter.com/AboriginalPress">http://www.twitter.com/AboriginalPress<br />
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beadb8bybead Carrie <a href="http://www.twitter.com/beadb8bybead ">http://www.twitter.com/beadb8bybead <br />
</a><br />
BJTuininga <a href="http://www.twitter.com">http://www.twitter.com</a> BJTuininga <br />
burnssweetgrass Maria Myers <a href="http://www.twitter.com/burnssweetgrass">http://www.twitter.com/burnssweetgrass<br />
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Cuckfuster Jim B <a href="http://www.twitter.com">http://www.twitter.com</a> Cuckfuster<br />
CreativeCrip TheCreativeCrip <a href="http://www.twitter.com">http://www.twitter.com</a> CreativeCrip<br />
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debreese Debbie Reese <a href="http://www.twitter.com/debreese">http://www.twitter.com/debreese<br />
</a><br />
DecolonizeWS Mary L Adams <a href="http://www.twitter.com/DecolonizeWS">http://www.twitter.com/DecolonizeWS<br />
</a><br />
gr8tefulred Doug Self <a href="http://www.twitter.com/gr8tefulred">http://www.twitter.com/gr8tefulred<br />
</a><br />
Elohi_Unitsi Earth Mother <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Elohi_Unitsi">http://www.twitter.com/Elohi_Unitsi<br />
</a><br />
fancyshawl48917 Lucy Alvarez <a href="http://www.twitter.com/fancyshawl48917">http://www.twitter.com/fancyshawl48917<br />
</a><br />
Greenthoughtbox Theresa Marinez <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Greenthoughtbox">http://www.twitter.com/Greenthoughtbox<br />
</a><br />
greyhoundgerry Gervasio Morales <a href="http://www.twitter.com/greyhoundgerry">http://www.twitter.com/greyhoundgerry<br />
</a><br />
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IAMNotAMascot Simon Moya-Smith <a href="http://www.twitter.com/IAmNotAMascot">http://www.twitter.com/IAmNotAMascot<br />
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indigenousissue Peter N. Jones <a href="http://www.twitter.com">http://www.twitter.com<br />
</a><br />
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IsumaTV IsumaTV <a href="http://www.twitter.com/IsumaTV">http://www.twitter.com/IsumaTV<br />
</a><br />
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joanie399 joan rodriguez <a href="http://www.twitter.com/joanie399">http://www.twitter.com/joanie399<br />
</a><br />
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JarridSmith Jarrid Smith <a href="http://www.twitter.com/JarridSmith">http://www.twitter.com/JarridSmith<br />
</a><br />
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loveandfriction Helen Kuveke <a href="http://www.twitter.com/loveandfriction">http://www.twitter.com/loveandfriction<br />
</a><br />
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jpmontano JohnPaul Montano <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jpmontano">http://www.twitter.com/jpmontano<br />
</a><br />
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mediaINDIGENA MEDIA INDIGENA <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mediaINDIGENA">http://www.twitter.com/mediaINDIGENA<br />
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Megawitch Lynda Kitchikeesic <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Megawitch">http://www.twitter.com/Megawitch<br />
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</a>militantoutside John Claw <a href="http://www.twitter.com/militantoutside">http://www.twitter.com/militantoutside<br />
</a><br />
NATIVObserver <a href="http://www.twitter.com/NATIVObserver">http://www.twitter.com/NATIVObserver<br />
</a><br />
mz_chief mz chief <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ mz_chief ">http://www.twitter.com/ mz_chief <br />
</a><br />
ndeertrack Vincent Rinehart <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ndeertrack">http://www.twitter.com/ndeertrack<br />
</a><br />
nikkealexis Diné Bikeyah <a href="http://www.twitter.com/nikkealexis ">http://www.twitter.com/nikkealexis <br />
</a><br />
Nishwilguno1 Terrance H BoothSr <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Nishwilguno1">http://www.twitter.com/Nishwilguno1<br />
</a><br />
OccupyIthaca Occupy Ithaca <a href="http://www.twitter.com/OccupyIthaca">http://www.twitter.com/OccupyIthaca<br />
</a><br />
Ojibray Raymond <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Ojibray">http://www.twitter.com/Ojibray<br />
</a><br />
Okie Bowl (MKG) <a href="http://www.twitter.com/okiebowl">http://www.twitter.com/okiebowl<br />
</a><br />
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realndntm C T Harper <a href="http://www.twitter.com/realndntm">http://www.twitter.com/realndntm<br />
</a><br />
realtucsonn8tiv Maya G <a href="http://www.twitter.com/realtucsonn8tiv">http://www.twitter.com/realtucsonn8tiv<br />
</a><br />
redroadcollect Marie Aqiiaqwak <a href="http://www.twitter.com/redroadcollect">http://www.twitter.com/redroadcollect<br />
</a><br />
robohontas Robohontas <a href="http://www.twitter.com/robohontas">http://www.twitter.com/robohontas<br />
</a><br />
smartassNDN J Skenadore <a href="http://www.twitter.com/smartassNDN">http://www.twitter.com/smartassNDN<br />
</a><br />
squashblossomgr Irene A <a href="http://www.twitter.com/squashblossomgr">http://www.twitter.com/squashblossomgr<br />
</a><br />
swskeptic Rose Garcia <a href="http://www.twitter.com/swskeptic">http://www.twitter.com/swskeptic<br />
</a><br />
TheAngryindian Abiyomi Kofi <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheAngryindian">http://www.twitter.com/TheAngryindian<br />
</a><br />
tommy_hawk Tommy Hawk <a href="http://www.twitter.com/tommy_hawk">http://www.twitter.com/tommy_hawk<br />
</a><br />
UBCIC UBCIC Union of British Columbian Indigenous Chiefs <a href="http://www.twitter.com/UBCIC">http://www.twitter.com/UBCIC<br />
</a><br />
waytooindian Tom <a href="http://www.twitter.com/waytooindian">http://www.twitter.com/waytooindian<br />
</a><br />
werhumanbeings Rachel in Owosso, Michigan <a href="http://www.twitter.com/werhumanbeings">http://www.twitter.com/werhumanbeings<br />
</a><br />
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WillowsHowl Jacelyn <a href="http://www.twitter.com/WillowsHowl">http://www.twitter.com/WillowsHowl<br />
</a><br />
slow_ro RPS <a href="http://www.twitter.com/slow_ro">http://www.twitter.com/slow_ro<br />
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</a>UpliftingWoman Sherry Dion <a href="http://www.twitter.com/UpliftingWoman">http://www.twitter.com/UpliftingWoman<br />
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<b><font size="+1">Facebook Groups</b></font><br />
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<b>Decolonize Wall Street</b><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/155451274551415/">http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/155451274551415/<br />
</a><br />
<b>Anti-racist working group for Decolonize Oakland</b><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anti-racist-Decolonizing-Working-Group-for-Decolonize-Oakland/267329019970029?ref=ts&sk=wall">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anti-racist-Decolonizing-Working-Group-for-Decolonize-Oakland/267329019970029?ref=ts&sk=wall<br />
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</a><b>Decolonize San Diego</b> (A Group That Won't Censor Posts on Racial Inequity)<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/decolonizesandiego">http://www.facebook.com/groups/decolonizesandiego<br />
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<b><font size="+1">Online Radio</font></b><br />
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Rosebud Rez on Blog Talk Radio<br />
<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rez-king-international">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rez-king-international<br />
</a><br />
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Censored News on Blog Talk Radio<br />
<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/brenda-norrell">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/brenda-norrell<br />
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</a><br />
Blog Talk Radio<br />
Unification of the People<br />
<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/unification-of-the-people/2012/01/02/all-native-aerican-issues?utm_source=BTRemail&utm_medium=ShowReminder#.TwIzrOgKuTA.twitter">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/unification-of-the-people/2012/01/02/all-native-aerican-issues?utm_source=BTRemail&utm_medium=ShowReminder#.TwIzrOgKuTA.twitter<br />
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</a><br />
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Native America Calling<br />
<a href="www.nativeamericacalling.com">www.nativeamericacalling.com<br />
</a><br />
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Native Voice One<br />
<a href="www.nv1.org">www.nv1.org<br />
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Censored News on Blog Talk Radio<br />
<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/brenda-norrell">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/brenda-norrell<br />
</a><br />
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Engler Refugee's Comprehensive List of Native Online Streaming Radio Sites<br />
<a href="http://englerrefugee.bravehost.com/OnlineRadio.html">http://englerrefugee.bravehost.com/OnlineRadio.html<br />
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</a></a>A variety of online daily newspapers also became more popular this year. Word in the twittersphere is that WaytooIndian/Tom got fed up with the colonized #NativeAmerican hashtag that was full of advertisements for cheap knock-off “Indian art” made my non-Indians and ads for disrespectful plastic sweats. He created the #NDNZ tag and got quite a following that defends the hashtag ferociously to keep it clean from wannabes and New Age frauds. Twitter NDNZ have created quite a unique space for indigenous people from around the world to post news and commentary of interest to us and not of a commercialized nature.<br />
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<b><font size="+1">Online Newspapers</b></font><br />
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#FreePeltier Daily<br />
<a href="http://paper.li/tag/FreePeltier">http://paper.li/tag/FreePeltier<br />
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</a>The #JamesRay Daily<br />
<a href="http://paper.li/tag/JamesRay">http://paper.li/tag/JamesRay<br />
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The #NDNZ Daily<br />
<a href="http://paper.li/tag/NDNZ">http://paper.li/tag/NDNZ<br />
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The #Indigenous Daily<br />
<a href="http://paper.li/tag/indigenous">http://paper.li/tag/indigenous<br />
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News for NDNZ <br />
<a href="http://paper.li/f-1319923983">http://paper.li/f-1319923983<br />
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DECOLONIZE! Daily Online Journal<br />
<a href="http://paper.li/f-1320536209#">http://paper.li/f-1320536209#<br />
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<b>Native News Network</b><br />
<a href="http://www.nativenewsnetwork.com">http://www.nativenewsnetwork.com<br />
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The Circle<br />
<a href="www.thecirclenews.org">www.thecirclenews.org<br />
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Rez Net News<br />
<a href="www.reznetnews.org">www.reznetnews.org<br />
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Native Network<br />
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<a href="http://naenetwork.com">http://naenetwork.com<br />
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This year, NDNZ should be proud of staking out a small space in the social media world that has remained just for us, just about us. There has also been a large following of “fellow travelers”, anti-racist white people, anarchists, anti-cult activists and people from the occupy wall street movement have all started following the #NDNZ tag as well as the #decolonize tag. Natives from all over Turtle Island and even aboriginal people from Australian and New Zealand have tweeted the stories they care about and most affect their lives as indigenous peoples. <br />
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<b>#NDNZ<br />
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#indigenous<br />
#SacredSites<br />
#nopoopsnow<br />
#JamesRay<br />
#rez<br />
#rezlife<br />
#powwows<br />
#FirstNations<br />
#LeonardPeltier<br />
#FreePeltier</b><br />
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I’d like to call out for all Natives with online access and out allies to get connected this year.Get involved and get connected in any way you can! We need more intelligent indigenous voices using the internet to get our perspective out there. If you feel passionately about an issue blog about it. If you don’t have the time to blog, then consider microblogging with an application like tumblr where you can post a photo and write a paragraph about it. If you don’t have the time to do that, at least get connected to twitter and read the news. It only takes a few seconds to retweet an important news story and get it out to people all over the planet. We now have a small space in cyper-space, the question is, can we all work together to keep it?<br />
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How to use twitter hashtags<br />
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I'm sure there are lots of great tweeters and online Native news sources that I've missed. Please feel free to add them to the comments.Don't Pay To Prayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08774818867173300267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657147750080040150.post-52851832420020795842012-01-02T01:50:00.000-05:002012-01-03T20:41:46.045-05:00Decolonize Christmas! Stop Turning Culture Into Kitsch!<center><img src="http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb333/burnswagons/Cultural%20Appropriation/KooKoo4KoKopellies.jpg" width="650"></center><br />
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Every year there seems to be more and more Christmas kitsch which misappropriates an indigenous cultural symbol. In the 1990s, Kokopelli was a central figure in the Southwest Christmas fad. The image could be seen everywhere, stripped of its original meaning and commercialized to the point of absurdity. Kokopelli was used without permission to brand products sold to tourists and expanded to promote the fashionable Southwest Christmas. His likeness appeared on every conceivable product from Christmas ornaments to key chains, baseball caps, cigarette lighters and even boxer shorts. In the process, the meaning of the flute player was twisted into everything from a hyper-masculine, amoral “sex god” to a matriarchal goddess.<br />
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Lately, I’ve seen the Ojibwe dream snare, or dream catcher, commodified in a similar manner around Christmas time. The symbol has been so completely appropriated that it is no longer anchored in Ojibwe culture in the mind of the public. The dream snare has been reduced to the brand logo of the corporatist “positive thinking” movement.<br />
The well-intentioned white liberals I encounter can’t seem to understand my outrage at their invasion and occupation of my cultural space. While many of them are actively engaged in criticizing the wealth gap in this country and Wall Street’s role in that, they don’t seem to be able to examine the morality of their own consumer choices.<br />
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There’s a movement among indigenous activists to change the “Occupy” movement’s name to the more all-inclusive and coherent “decolonize”. An essential element of the colonial mind set is not stopping to think if indigenous peoples want to occupy space in Christian or neo-pagan lore. The appropriation of the Ojibwe dream snare is a sub-genre of the more blatantly racist Christmas kitsch made popular several decades ago. (See my post Beginning To Look A Lot Like Racism from last year) Cultural appropriation is an act of colonization that reinforces the power imbalance between the colonizer (consumers and New Age marketers in this case) and the colonized. Marketing cultural artifacts is an exercise in the colonial prerogative to appropriate meaningful symbols from indigenous culture, to strip them of traditional meanings that threaten the status quo, and to replace them with corporatist values. <br />
Using the dream snare to promote the idea that the New Age concept of “negative energy” can be warded off by magical objects is objectionable on many levels. It helps to promote the corporate agenda to coerce workers into becoming subservient, mindless cheer leaders for “positivity.” It serves the needs of corporations to convert the workforce into enthusiastic , loyal customer service reps who have voluntarily stripped themselves of any part of their humanity that the corporation deems “negative.”<br />
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Appropriation of the dream snare by neo-pagans only serves to prop up consumer capitalism and to reinforce corporatist group think. It is reminiscent to me of the forced acculturation Ojibwe people encountered in the boarding school era, but instead of imposing purely Christian ideology on Aboriginal culture, it imposes a hodge-podge of incoherent New Age philosophies that serve to confuse indigenous people about the original meanings in their own cultures.<br />
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What gets lost among all the corporatist propaganda, is the authentic meaning of the dream snare developed in Ojibwe communities over thousands of years. Its name in Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe language) is <b><i>Bwaajige Ngwaagan</b></i> or dream snare, not dream catcher. Every aspect of its construction is imbued with symbolism and meaning that has been lost through commodification. A dream snare was constructed out of natural materials that had meaning to Ojibwe people. It was intended to be placed on or near the cradle board of an infant, and it was never meant to last very long. Its temporal nature had profound meaning to those who followed a traditional life way. Its shape, design, type of feathers used, all had deep meaning in Ojibwe culture. All this has been lost in the Disneyfied versions that are marketed to clueless cultural outsiders as an “alternative” Christmas ornament.<br />
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It’s not just insulting and inappropriate to trivialize the dream snare. By making it out of pink plastic or making it something cute and fluffy it infantilizes the cultural symbol. Making the dream snare into a magical shield against “negativity” is an affront to the beauty and intelligence of the Ojibwe concept of the dream. This act reduces it to the intellectual level of a Harry Potter book.<br />
The dream is a profound and essential element of Ojibwe culture and ceremonial life ways. It has nothing to do with vapid New Age group think about negative and positive “energy.” A dream, to the indigenous mind, is a much broader, more profound concept. A dream is part of a path of life, a spiritual inspiration that initiates a course of action that leads to a good life, a way of living in balance with all of creation and in good relations with other human beings.<br />
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A dream snare was never intended to be used by adults, to be marketed to people who had no concept of Ojibwe culture, to be put on T-shirts, used in Christian Nativity scenes and especially not hung from the rear view mirrors of gas guzzling SUV’s on the way to a high-end plastic sweat lodge. The Ojibwe understanding of the use of the dream snare for their children is much deeper than a magic amulet that prevents road rage or filters out any criticism of one’s actions.<br />
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The mass marketing of the dream snare has done more to strip it of its cultural power than the missionaries could ever do. The vapid negative energy shield concept has supplanted the Ojibwe concept of the dream and replaced it with the empty alienating idea of the American dream. To the Ojibwe, a dream is a gift from the creator to be lived out in daylight. Part of living a good, balanced life is struggling to keep the good path, the good values central in the minds of the community. The American dream is a competitive race for scarce resources. It glorifies selfishness and is antithetical to traditional Ojibwe values. Advertisements for objectionable, racist New Age philosophies have recently been attached to image of the dream snare. Beliefs such as the Law of Attraction that blames the oppressed for “attracting” their own oppression through their “negative” thoughts falsely claim alignment with indigenous values in order to make themselves more palatable. The worst part of the misappropriation of the dream snare is that an Ojibwe cultural artifact has become the logo for the mandatory “positive thinking” and lack of critical and realistic thinking required by corporate America. This isn’t a movement that enlightens the public about the value of a good dream. It is nothing but a means of social control. Appropriation takes indigenous concepts that threaten the status quo and converts them to the exact opposite in order to coerce obedience to the values of those in power. To market a cultural artifact to maximize the number of consumers requires that its cultural power be diluted so that it can be understood and sold to the least common denominator in society. The consumption of cultural artifacts is calculated by consumer capitalism to make the consumer feel more and more empty and alienated so that more and more artifacts will be consumed. Last year consumers bought went koo koo for Kokopelli Christmas stockings. This year, they went out in herds to get a dream catcher wreath, next year it will be something else. All the cultural artifacts, stripped of any real meaning, will be discarded and forgotten once their real meaning is erased by the free-market. The worst injustice is to the indigenous youth who won’t be able to recover the meaning to their culture once their artifacts have been devoured and spit out by the “free” market. <br />
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Anyone who really wants social justice should take a long look at the false equivalence of associating the bad dream (the wrong minded, selfish life way) with “negativity” Hard questions should be asked about why thinking realistically is “negative” in consumer culture. Progressives would do well to stop mindlessly consuming and altering indigenous cultural artifacts and to take a hard look at what corporate American defines as negative: whistle blowing, critical analysis, calls for reform, union organizing etc.<br />
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Decolonize your mind from these thought patterns! The Ojibwe world view revolves around the concept of balance. Think about that and think about how to avoid getting caught in the trap of the Western mind that only thinks in extremes of “negative” and “positive.” Think before you buy a dream snare. Think before you tell your friends it drives away “negative energy”. Think about what politics you are really espousing. Discuss with your friends why corporations fear “negativity” so much. Why does American business culture require its workers to constantly purge themselves from the sin of “negativity”.<br />
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Question people who mandate positivity. What’s so threatening to them about honest, spontaneous emotions? Don’t accept the black-and-white thinking that the opposite of positivity is despair. It isn’t. The opposite of the extreme out-of-balance thinking of “negativity” and “positivity” is realism, and it’s closer to the traditional way of thinking than the thinly veiled Christian ideology in the positive thinking movement.<br />
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The person who twisted the dream catcher in this obscene and offensive way has probably justified her action in her mind based no her "good intentions. There are so many things wrong with this that I don't know where to begin, but a productive discussion with a colonized mind that has been trained to repeat the same liberal politically correct rhetoric over and over again to avoid painful self-examination is nearly impossible to achieve. If indigenous people and those who claim to admire us are going to be able to work togethter, we need to start the discussion about how to "un-cool" expressions of cultural appropriation like this.<br />
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Question the morality of cultural appropriation. Listen to indigenous activists who write volumes on what an immoral act of conquest and domination it is. Don’t go looking for the easy rhetoric that allows the colonizer to lead the unexamined life.<br />
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To indigenous people, the type of kitsch that neo-pagans create is visual terrorism. It’s a form of cultural colonization that devours everything with meaning and spits out bland propaganda that serves a corporate agenda. To us, cultural appropriation is an assertion of power and control by the 1% of privileged neo-pagans and well-intentioned liberals with the means to exercise economic control over indigenous culture. It’s their power over us, the 99% of the indigenous peoples on the planet without any power to stop them. The buying power of cultural outsiders far outweighs the limited power indigenous people have to educate them about the power dynamics that reinforce their privileges.<br />
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When New Age symbols and indigenous symbols are marketed as interchangeable, the result is always the annihilation of the indigenous symbol. What’s left is only the empty form where a dynamic, meaningful cultural symbol used to exist. This is cultural genocide. If indigenous people and occupiers are to work together, the well-intentioned and those who claim to admire and respect indigenous people need to wake up and realize that ALL their consumptive patterns matter. Those who see themselves as progressive need to realize that indigenous people do not see the commercialization of our cultural artifacts as harmless. Their “innocent” purchases have profoundly negative impact on our cultures. When the preservation of cultures that have been attacked by the colonial beast for centuries is at stake, the absence or presence of “good” or “bad intentions” is irrelevant. Occupiers need to realize that is an assertion of colonial privilege to refuse to see cultural appropriation as an immoral act.<br />
For those who cannot or will not decolonize their minds, typical excuses will be uttered defensively over and over again. The most dishonest one being that every culture “borrows” from every other culture. This justification is one of the most offensive because it implies that outsiders are part of an indigenous community and possess an indigenous way of thinking. It also implies consent where there is none. If you borrow something from an equal, you return it in its original condition. When you take something without asking permission, alter it and change it in ways that are offensive to its guardian without any concern for the impact of your actions, that’s not borrowing. The typical excuses made by apologists of cultural appropriation may vary, but they all reveal a mind deeply indoctrinated by colonialism and consumer capitalism. The statement, “no one owns it” in reference to indigenous cultural artifacts, only reveals the twisted thinking of consumer capitalism that places “copy rights” on everything, only to the benefit of the monied class.<br />
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Another offensive excuse for erasing cultural meaning in indigenous artifacts is, “Everything has already been done before.” This uses the banality and lack of imagination of the indoctrinated as an excuse to continue to exist in that flawed way. Those who want to decolonize their minds need to examine the need for novelty that consumer capitalism instill in them and how that impacts the cultures that are strip-mined for the next neo-pagan fad. They need to examine what place fads have in a “spiritual” movement in the first place. Ever moral person can easily see who the rightful guardians of indigenous culture should be. There are no excuses for not listening to the objections of indigenous thinkers who have articulated the argument against cultural appropriation over and over again.<br />
I’d like to challenge the “Occupy Wall Street” supporters who claim to be supportive of indigenous struggles to include indigenous people, as whole human beings, in their movement. I’d like to challenge them to decolonize their minds by (Un) occupying our cultural space.<br />
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A lot has been said about what the Occupy Wall Street movement needs. In my opinion, Occupy Wall Street doesn’t need a political platform so much as it needs a good dream in the Ojibwe sense. We all need a good vision for a world-wide community that enjoys their natural rights to land, clean air and water, nourishing food, health, education and the freedom to create their OWN real and meaningful culture. We all need a vision of what freedom from corporate control and manipulation can be like, and you don’t get that form the obligatory consumption of indigenous peoples’ culture as a fad. We all need to free ourselves from the corporate fascism that prevents us from feeling what we honestly and spontaneously feel, whether it’s “positive” or “negative.”<br />
There’s a saying in Ojibwe that says, “How can you stop a woman who has dreamed a dream like mine?” If Occupy Wall Street had such a dream, maybe they would be as unstoppable as the Ojibwe with a good dream.<br />
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<b><font size="+1">Further Reading:</font></b><br />
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These are some readings that are a good place to start for anyone who is truly interested in an honest discussion of commericalized culture. <br />
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<a href="http://www.coopersquarepublishing.com/catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5E/DB/NBN/NBN.db&eqSKUdatarq=0873587324"><b><i>Cuckoo For Kokopelli</b></i><br />
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<a href="http://www.barbaraehrenreich.com/brightsided.htm
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<a href="http://culturejam.com"><b><i>Culture Jam</b></i></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.bravehost.com/burnssweetgrass/DreamSnare.html"><b><i>The Meaning of the Ojibwe Dream Snare</b></i></a> (Note: there's a lot more meaning to the dream catcher than this, but I would never publish anything more specific than this descripton on the internet for fear that is would be exploited by someone with a colonized mind.)<br />
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Today is a historic day because James Arthur Ray is the first plastic shame-on to be held accountable for taking human lives in fake ceremonies. Finally, after more than two years, Ray has been sentenced for his negligence that caused the deaths of Kirby Brown, James Shore and Liz Neuman.<br />
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There’s a lot of mixed emotion in Indian country today. There’s happiness that someone was finally held accountable for perverting our ceremonies, but frustration that the prison term for killing three human beings was so short. Ray was sentenced today to only 2 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $57,514.12. He was given only 2 years for the death of each human being, but is being allowed to serve his sentence concurrently. With time off for ‘good behavior', he may be out of prison in less time than it took to try him.<br />
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Yavapai County Superior Court Judge Warren Darrow told the court that he wanted his decision to be based on law, not emotion. Yet, earlier he referred to James Ray as "vile" on an audiotape where he’s barking orders at people gullible enough to believe he had some masterly of what indigenous spiritual practices. The judge made it clear that he intended the sentence to be a deterrent to other frauds seeking to use bogus ceremonies and thought control methods to hustle money from cultural outsiders. Previously, Darrow threw out the defense motion to strike the aggravators that the jury found and stated, "I find that the aggravating circumstance of emotional harm is so strong and such that probation is simply unwarranted in this case.” <br />
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While the judge was convinced that it was necessary to punish James Ray for his recklessness, Darrow's concern about the deceased willingness to believe everything Ray claimed also factored into the sentence. Prior to handing down the sentence, the judge wondered out loud why doctors, lawyers, and other educated professional people attending the event did not exhibit any common sense. This seems to indicate that concern over the lack of critical thinking skills on the part of James Ray’s victims may have mitigated his sentence. Judge Darrow admonished Ray saying, "Mr. Ray, when a person has your capabilities to gain people’s trust, there is a large, large responsibility that goes with that trust … They placed their trust and it was violated.” The judge concluded, “a prison sentence is mandated in this case." Yavapai County prosecutor Sheila Polk strongly urged the judge to impose the maximum sentence of 9 years, 9 months "The defendant led the life of a pretender, and there are predictable consequences when one leads a life of pretense," she argued.<br />
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Most of the friends and family members of those who passed in the plastic sweat lodge agreed that it wasn’t about revenge for them; It was all about being accountable. Kirby Brown’s mother’s testimony was both moving and memorable. She testified previously that has come to realize that Kirby should have been more skeptical and has become active in educating the public about the dangers of blind acceptance of those who claim to know something about spirituality. Today, she told the judge, “My heart's been ripped out! My life blown apart!” She strongly criticized the New Age teachings that were promoted by James Ray and the Angel Valley camp and referred to the “horrible fact of Sedona.” Kirby’s mother made a strong statement against those who tried to rationalize her daughter’s needless death as a choice to "transition" and labeled the thinking behind it as “horrifying” and “disturbed.”<br />
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Although he wasn’t very convincing, James Ray addressed those in the courtroom and finally expressed remorse for his charlatanism. But instead of forthrightly accepting responsibility for concocting a scam, Ray blamed the deaths on the “arrogance that comes from my industry.” He justified his egotism and arrogance by blaming his behavior on his profession and suggesting that the self-help industry, not his own character flaws, bred ignorance and made him believe his own press.<br />
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Since Ray chose not to fight the claims for restitution, the judge ordered him to pay $57,514.12 of the nearly $130,000 the state requested. Most of this will go towards compensating the friends and relatives of those who passed in the bogus sweat lodge for the costs they incurred in coming to the lengthy trial.<br />
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While this landmark prison sentence for a plastic is encouraging, people shouldn’t be too confident that this will stop the thousands and thousands of other frauds out there trying to exploit Native American spiritual practices for money. Sadly, this sentence will probably do nothing more than make the existing frauds more cautious and more likely to adopt a “kinder, gentler” approach to the perversion of our sacred rites. There are still thousands of people out there who fraudulently present themselves as “shamans” and "medicine people" and “ascended masters”. The sad reality is that there are more individuals out there determined to sell their own perversions of Native American spiritual practices, to market their twisted and contorted from their own ignorance and arrogance, than any tribe has time or energy to deal with. Someone has already died this year in a bogus vision quest near Sedona, and I doubt that this sentence will do anything to stop the next person from dying in a “kinder, gentler” plastic ceremony run by a more clever huckster with a softer approach to cultural genocide. <br />
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Getting James Arthur Ray out of society for two years or less is a good start, but it's only a band-aid solution to the enormous problem of cultural appropriation of indigenous ways of being. Until the root of the problem is addressed, people will continue to be harmed emotionally, physically, financially and spiritually in the many bogus ceremonies offered by frauds who value material wealth over their fellow human beings. The root cause of plastic ceremony deaths are, ignorance, arrogance, deeply instilled racism, white privilege and colonialism. It would be a good thing if James Arthur Ray’s prison sentence served, as Judge Darrow wished, as a deterrent to the plastic medicine people, but experience has taught most Native people that frauds never stop their deceit. Even after being exposed, frauds merely transform themselves into less objectionable versions of themselves. Scam artists become addicted to the easy money and the glory and will do anything to continue their insatiable pursuit of profit and undeserved status. They re-market themselves, fix any flaws in their false persona that gives them away and continue to take people’s money in exchange for spiritual fool’s gold. But these frauds couldn’t make a penny without followers who are all too willing to believe their pretty lies. Until cultural outsiders are willing to take a hard and courageous look at themselves, to look at their privilege and entitlement and their indoctrination from centuries of colonialism, these frauds will continue to seek them out and offer them empty rituals that have no connection to anything spiritual. Those who refuse to look at this reality will continue to risk their welfare and even their lives when they seek arrogantly and out of willful ignorance. I hope the James Ray verdict will be a wake-up call to all those who misappropriate Native spirituality, but I know that all those frauds and exploiters out there will just use this as an opportunity to paint themselves as the opposite of James Ray. Only those with the courage to really look at what is lacking inside them that compels them to seek out Native spirituality as a solution to their affluenza and discontentment with their materialistic society will be safe from the next wave of James Ray wannabes that is surely to come along, dressed in the sheep's clothing of the "kinder, gentler" plastic shaman.<br />
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<b>CNN: Sweat lodge leader sentenced to two years in prison<i></i></b><br />
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<b>Reuters: Guru gets two years jail for Arizona sweat lodge deaths<i></i></b><br />
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<b>The Guardian: Jail for self-help guru James Arthur Ray over sweat lodge deaths<i></i></b><br />
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<b>People: James Arthur Ray Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Sweat Lodge Deaths<i></i></b><br />
<a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20546783,00.html">http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20546783,00.html<br />
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<b>Associated Press: James Arthur Ray, self-help guru, gets prison time in sweat lodge deaths <i></i></b><br />
<a href="http://ktar.com/6/1471663/Ray-gets-prison-time-in-sweat-lodge-deaths">http://ktar.com/6/1471663/Ray-gets-prison-time-in-sweat-lodge-deaths</a><br />
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<b>CBS: Guru sentenced to 2 years for sweat lodge deaths<i></i></b><br />
<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57327563/guru-sentenced-to-2-years-for-sweat-lodge-deaths/">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57327563/guru-sentenced-to-2-years-for-sweat-lodge-deaths/<br />
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<b>UPI: Sweat-lodge operator gets 2 years<i></i></b><br />
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<b>Phoenix New Times: James Ray Sentenced to Just Two Years in Prison for Sweat Lodge Deaths<i></i></b><br />
<a href="http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/11/james_ray_sentenced_to_just_tw.php">http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/11/james_ray_sentenced_to_just_tw.php<br />
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<b><i>An in-depth article from Self magazine ‘When Self-Help Harms</i></b><br />
<a href="http://www.self.com/health/2010/09/scary-side-of-self-help">http://www.self.com/health/2010/09/scary-side-of-self-help</a><br />
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<b>Dorothy Schley: Colorado Springs Spirituality Examiner<br />
James Arthur Ray sentenced today<i></i></b><br />
<a href="http://www.examiner.com/spirituality-in-colorado-springs/james-arthur-ray-sentenced-today">http://www.examiner.com/spirituality-in-colorado-springs/james-arthur-ray-sentenced-today</a><br />
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<b>Sweat lodge victim's mother laments Ray's charisma<i></i></b><br />
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<b>The most racist thing I’ve seen today … I James Ray listened to indigenous people, three need not have died<i></i></b><br />
<a href="http://nicdhana.blogspot.com/2011/11/most-racist-thing-ive-seen-today.html">http://nicdhana.blogspot.com/2011/11/most-racist-thing-ive-seen-today.html<br />
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<b>Video of Judge Darrow giving the sentence<br />
Self-help Guru Gets 2 Yrs. in Sweat Lodge Deaths <i></i></b><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/iiDULh9Omeg">http://youtu.be/iiDULh9Omeg</a><br />
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<b>ABC 15 Video: Self-help Guru gets 2 years in sweat lodge case <i></i></b>(this one shows a bit of the perp walk) <br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/DWEY5Rasi_0">http://youtu.be/DWEY5Rasi_0<br />
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Arizona v James Arthur Ray in 10 minutes <br />
On ISUMA TV from Iktome Returns Film Collective<br />
<a href="http://www.isuma.tv/hi/en/iktomereturns/az-v-james-arthur-ray-in-10-minutes">http://www.isuma.tv/hi/en/iktomereturns/az-v-james-arthur-ray-in-10-minutes</a><br />
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Twinkie Wrangler’s Takes: This is NOT what a Spiritual Warrior Looks Like<br />
<a href="http://twinkiewrangler.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/james-arthur-ray-this-is-not-what-a-spiritual-warrior-looks-like/">http://twinkiewrangler.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/james-arthur-ray-this-is-not-what-a-spiritual-warrior-looks-like/</a><br />
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<b>Cooked Justice? Disgraced #SelfHelp Guru #JamesRay Will Stew In Short Prison Stint For 3 Deaths!<i></i></b><br />
<a href="http://newsjunkiepost.com/2011/11/19/cooked-justice-disgraced-self-help-guru-james-ray-will-stew-in-short-prison-stint-for-3-deaths/">http://newsjunkiepost.com/2011/11/19/cooked-justice-disgraced-self-help-guru-james-ray-will-stew-in-short-prison-stint-for-3-deaths/</a><br />
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<b>Families Tearfully Tell of Sweat Lodge Deaths<i></i></b><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/KGeni46_PEE">http://youtu.be/KGeni46_PEE</a><br />
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<b>Video of James Ray crying and expressing remorse<i></i></b><br />
Sweat lodge organizer to be sentenced Friday<br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/NKGDmhbXm3c">http://youtu.be/NKGDmhbXm3c</a><br />
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<b>James Ray, White Shamanism and Death <i></i></b><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/tmqEXfZsRCc">http://youtu.be/tmqEXfZsRCc</a><br />
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<b>James Ray Sob Fest Part 1<i></i></b><br />
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<b>James Ray Sob Fest Part 2<i></i></b><br />
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<b>Native America Calling: Monday, November 14, 2011– What is Sacred?</b><br />
The term “sacred” is thrown around quite a bit in Indian Country. Sacred lands, sacred ceremonies, sacred objects – sacred this and sacred that. The English definition describes sacred as something holy, blessed or revered. But what is the Native grassroots understanding of this term? Can something that is shared with the public be considered sacred, like our tribal dances or our traditional songs? Once they are revealed, do they lose their power or their sacredness? Is it necessary for the sacred to be shrouded in secrecy? Guests include traditional practitioners Boye Ladd (Ho Chunk) and Gladys Jefferson (Crow). <br />
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Last year, I was pleasantly surprised by the overwhelmingly positive response to my Halloween racism post. Usually, I get a lot of nasty e-mails informing me I’m a dirty drunken casino rat and advising me to “just go extinct already”, so it’s nice to get support from people reading my blog around the world. The defensive reactions of one particular demographic surprised me, however. I received several vitriolic emails from individuals identifying themselves as white and feminist who insisted that the seductive sq**w stereotype was purely misogynist, and not at all racist. Several people from this demographic insisted that patriarchy is the cause of all racism and that if we eliminate patriarchy, we will automatically eliminate racism. The defensive tone of these emails was a big clue to what was really going on here.<br />
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I've come to the conclusion that liberal left is dominated by white people who insist on remaining colorblind. The most taboo subject in liberal audience is whiteness and racism on the left. They are more than happy to point the finger at how racist the tea party is, but they cannot or will not look at the less obvious racism in their own camp. I’ve never bought the trickle down social justice theory, so I usually try to engage the colorblind liberals in a discussion of the implications of 5 centuries of colonialism, imperialism and white supremacy on these stolen lands. I’m almost always met with the same defensive rhetoric and the insistence that all women are equal victims of patriarchy. <br />
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I have found that most of the time, the so-called feminists who stridently claim that sexism is more important than racism are merely trying to avoid any discussion of race and any deep reflection on their own unconscious racism. It’s easy for white women to insist that sexism a more significant form of oppression than racism because they’re not affected by it personally. The problem is that this defensiveness leaves them with an incomplete and distorted understanding of oppression and prevents any productive work between women of color and white women. The same goes for white liberal men who insist that all oppression is really based only on economic class and racism will magically go away when the socialist revolution comes. If only it were that easy. <br />
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One thing that is seldom discussed is that Halloween costumes chosen by young people are increasingly influenced by Greek theme parties. These are parties are staged by senior members of the Greek system for predominantly white, privileged college students destined to be the future rules of society. The parties are carefully orchestrated and specific instruction s are usually given to those attending to dress as less privileged people of another race. The most common theme is “cowboys and Indians” followed by some type of African American stereotype such as “ghetto chicks and pimps”. Check out how many times the idea of "cowboys and indians" is suggested on this message board <a href="http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/archive/index.php/t-2476.html">http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/archive/index.php/t-2476.html</a> <br />
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When confronted with the offensive nature of these theme parties, a representative for the fraternity or sorority almost always resorts to the standard defense that the idea for the theme party came from the mind of one rogue individual and did not reflect the thinking of the entire fraternity or sorority. Then the critic is distracted by testimonials of the Greek organization's devotiion to acts of community service. (It makes me wonder how many good works they think it takes to justify one racist theme party) This can't be an accident. It's part of a system that is feeding suggestions for racist theme parties to the young, impressionable recrutis. If you look online, you can find numerous websites where the same racial themes are suggested over and over. Racial theme parties have become an essential ritual in Greek life, it is not one individual's aberrant choice.<br />
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It’s important to analyze what is really going on behind all the “fun” and not just blindly accept the spin. While most young women who voluntarily dress as a “seductive sq**w” or a “Poca-hottie” are probably completely unaware of their role in reinforcing the racial hierarchy in this country, it’s important that cultural activists find a way to make young people conscious of what the agenda is behind the “fun.”<br />
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The Greek system is highly regimented and exists to deeply indoctrinate the future professional class. Getting accepted to a fraternity or sorority means economic success and a network of helpful contacts. The Greek system has shaped the mind of judges, generals, CEOs and even presidents. The pressure to conform to the unwritten and often subtle rules of the theme party is huge. Noam Chomsky provides a very good analysis of how and why the professional class in America needs to be deeply indoctrinated in order to be controlled. <br />
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The racial theme party functions as a teaching tool. The system needs to teach future leaders who is and who is not a suitable mate. The function of the stereotypes is to underline the difference between the white privileged caste and the rest of the country, who are stereotyped as drunken, promiscuous losers -- suitable for mockery, but not for marriage. The "Indian Princess" and "Easy sq**w" are very old stereotypes, established in the minds of the privileged class since the inception of this country. At times when it is in the white man's interests to make alliances with Native people, the "Indian princess" is prominent. At times when the Native population is an obstacle to the white man's desire for resources, the "Easy sq**w" becomes the dominant Native American female stereotype. When the corporations wanted to exploit uranium in the Black Hills and in the Four corners area, the "easy sq**w" was the dominant stereotype and it wasn't cool to be Indian. When uranium mining become heavily regulated and unpopular with the environmental movement, the "Indian princess" side of the stereotype emerged. Now that the country is looking to nuclear power to solve its energy problems, the "easy sq**w" stereotype is once again prominent. It's no accident that heiress Paris Hilton chose to be a "seductive sq**w" last Halloween. She represents privilege in this country and the mainstream media uses her to send messages to the public.<br />
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The influence of the Greek system reaches deep into communities of young people not associated with it, neo-pagans, hipsters and other segments of society adopt the Greek theme party attitude even when they are trying to imitate or honor Native people in appropriated rituals. It's important to note that theme parties are mandatory for most fraternities and sororities. Anyone who tries to opt out or to question the theme faces heavy peer pressure to conform to the model provided for him/her. This not because the system wants to make sure that the members have a good time, but because it is necessary to deeply indoctrinate them to the ideology of white supremacy before they become the future leaders of the country. They need to be taught who is to be favored in society and who is an appropriate marriage partner. To accomplish this, they are presented with a common racial stereotype and directed to act it out while consuming vast amounts of alcohol. This reinforces the stereotype and prevents it from being challenged. The fog of alcohol and the massive amount of stimulation in the form of music, play acting, drinking challenges etc, prevent any deep reflection on the activity provided for the members. The theme party assures that the members will conform to the group-think desired by those who control the institutions in this country. <br />
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The “Compton cook-out” caused outrage a few years ago and it was predictably dismissed and trivialized as merely the “bad taste” of “one bad apple.” The incident was spun by the Greek system so that it seemed like merely a small social faux-pas. The agenda was to keep anyone from analyzing the true function of theme parties. The “Compton cook-out” was designed to demonize the lowest economic caste and to reduce poor black people living in poverty to one-dimensional caricatures. When oppressed people are dehumanized and objectified as “pimps” and “ghetto chicks”, the young people involved in reproducing the stereotypes do not have to think deeply about the reality of urban poverty. They are bombarded with alcohol and superficial representations of poor African-American people and are so pre-occupied with using these people for their entertainment that they never have to stop and think about why poor African-Americans live under the conditions that they do. They don’t have to look at existing racist institutions or how they function together as a system to oppress people of color. Deep analysis and systematic thinking is replaced with the endless pursuit of “fun”. The future ruling class is kept occupied learning who is superior and who is inferior and the idea that people are poor because of some essential inferiority is reinforced by repeatedly acting out society’s most deeply rooted racial stereotypes. Combined with New Age beliefs such as the law of attraction, the ideology that some people are naturally superior and others are naturally inferior is driven into the minds of the “fun” seekers.<br />
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In the same way, the “cowboys and Indians” theme party prevents the target audience from seeing Native Americans as real, contemporary people with environmental issues and cultural concerns. The act of taking native women out of context makes it easier to indoctrinate the youth into blaming native people for their own oppression. When you are a young white male and you only see an over-sexed, wild stereotype, you only think you have the right to tame the inferior savage. Hyper-sexualizing the sq**w stereotype makes it more powerful in young minds. When you combine the power that anything sexual has to a young mind with the racist ideology that Native American women are wild and untamed and therefore in need of conquering – physically, psychologically and spiritually, you have a powerful tool for controlling people. The hyper-sexuality serves to camouflage the racism so that it can be more easily inserted into the minds of the young targets. Fraternity and sorority members are deliberately kept so busy consuming alcohol and engaging in proscribed rituals that they have no time to research the true history of indigenous people, the use of rape and sexual exploitation as a tool of colonialism or current Native American concerns about environmental racism or the desecration of sacred sites. Using racial stereotypes as entertainment serves to keep the Greeks unaware of how Native people, especially native women, have been exploited for centuries by the very corporations that one they will serve.<br />
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Racist Halloween costumes are frequently re-framed by the mainstream media as “harmless fun”. The female stereotypes are hyper-sexualized to disguise the racism, but the intent of promoting a cultural identity as a costume is still profoundly racist. Hyper-sexualized racism is still racism however it is spun by those with an agenda. There is a specific script to follow. In my previous post, I examined the “sq**w on the warpath” stance. You can see young women acting out the stereotype in the exact same way. The wild whooping, hyper-sexuality and the chopping motions with plastic hatchets and spears is no accident. It’s all part of a script that must be acted out over and over again to reinforce the racist ideology that drives their society.<br />
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What is most troubling is that this racist ideology doesn’t remain in the Greek system. It spreads throughout the entire society. Another demographic that has adopted the “seductive sq**w” stereotype as a form of diversion and entertainment is the hipsters. This group tends to excuse its offensive behaviors, particularly the wearing of the hipster headdress, as irony. Cynicism and irony have always been the purview of the privileged classes. These attitudes a luxury that oppressed people struggling with institutionalized racism cannot afford. The concept that irony excuses offensive speech and behavior is common among this demographic. Hipsters tend to promote their stance against consumerism as an excuse for a lot of offensive cultural appropriation, but very few of them that I’ve spoken to have any real knowledge of the history of colonialism and its negative impact on Native Americans. Their privilege allows them to play with cultural images and identities and take them out of context for their amusement. The problem is that the hipsters too end up with a distorted, inaccurate picture of reality and are just as vulnerable to racial indoctrination as the young people in the fraternities and sororities that they claim to have contempt for. Think how horrified the hipster who defends wearing a headdress would be if s/he realized that the act of re-creating an old racist stereotype is actually the ultimate act of conformity. Ironic appropriation keeps native women out of context so that our long history of sexaul exploitation is made invisible to the consumer of this ready-made fun.<br />
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Television and social media shapes and controls the information that our young people are allowed to have. The drinking games are part of a hidden agenda to sort out the winners and losers, the rich and the poor (who deserve to be poor) the conformists and the dissidents, the superior and the inferior. The use of hyper-sexualized images, large amounts of alcohol, competitive drinking games are all designed to reinforce neocolonialist ideology. There’s nothing accidental about the images that are fed to our young people. They are encouraged to judge each other based on standards that are fed to them by corporate America, not by their families, teachers or churches. <br />
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While it is true that all women are objectified and hyper sexualized, women of color are always depicted as inferior to white women. This is no accident. The theme party teaches white women how undesirable it is to be a “ghetto chick” or a “seductive sq**w” and how much better it is to be a white woman in this society. The ritual of re-creating the "easy/seductive sq**w stereotype reinforces the superior social position of white women. In popular culture, television, social media, and in Greek social life, white women are held up as the standard of beauty and desirability. Women of color are exoticized and sexually objectified to teach young white men that they are inferior to white women, but young white women are also being taught that they are superior to women of color. This is racism. It is well hidden as “sexy fun” but it is still racism.<br />
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When all this racism is fed to our young people as “fun” and “sexy”, it has a more powerful impact on their impressionable minds. At the same time, they are denied any coherent analysis of the history of sexual, physical and psychological exploitation of women of color in this country. Native American women are presented as a thing from nature that needs to be subdued. The “seductive sq**w is a plaything that exists to meet the needs of the white man. In the same way, the ideology that nature exists to be used up and exploited by corporations for the benefit of the superior white man is promoted. For centuries the doctrine of Manifest Destiny was deeply implanted into the minds of the privileged. The idea that this land needed to be conquered in order to benefit the superior white race runs parallel to the idea that women of color also need to be exploited for the pleasure of the white man. The drinking games and the play acting associated with young women dressing up as “seductive sq**ws” all function to hide the ugliness of the lesson and also makes it more powerful. The lesson is racist and it is aimed at both young men and young women. <br />
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Non-Indian children are taught how to play cowboys and Indians from a young age. This isn’t merely play. It’s a lesson in black and white thinking, in who is superior and who is inferior. The play acting justifies the violence of colonialism and prevents any deep analysis or understanding of how the society really functions or why some people live in poverty and others live in luxury. Children have to be taught to be racist and the ideology must be reinforced over and over again. <br />
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The same images of the 1950s that were used to keep Native American women down are recycles and modernized. The “seductive sq**w today is reminiscent of the objectified playboy bunny, but all the objectification and white supremacy found in pornography is present also. The fluffy tail has been replaced with feathers and fringe, but a racial hierarchy is also being enforced. At the same time that this objectification teaches white men that they are superior and entitled to dominate white women, it also teaches white men and white women that they are superior to Native women and entitled to control and dominate their bodies, their lands, their culture and their religion. It’s disturbing to me that young women have no understanding of the history of their own mothers’ movements towards the sexual liberation of women along with a complete lack of understanding of the evils of colonialism. It takes this type of ignorance to dress up as a “seductive sq**w" and this is just what corporate America is looking for.<br />
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When young people dress as another race for Halloween, they do this without any historical context. They accept the rituals created for them by society without questioning the real function of those rituals. Most non-Indians are extremely ignorant about what colonialism is and how it has negatively impacted the lives of contemporary native people. Very few non-Indians realize that at the beginning of the European invasion, the colonizers portrayed Native men as savages and the women as submissive prostitutes. The intent was to destroy the status of native women in order to make conquest easier. The “seductive sq**w” costume serves to reinforce these old ideas and stops all thinking about the reality of Native women’s lives. Poca-hotties, easy/seductive sq**ws are an old stereotype used to dominate and suppress Native women. Few who play with it realize that stereotype has been re-marketed and updated to make it more palatable to the young mind and hyper-sexualized to disguise the underlying racism. Few stop to think about how play acting serves a deadly serious function: to teach white men that Native women are naturally submissive to white men and disloyal to their own people. This justifies any violent act done in the name of conquering them. The racist Halloween costume isn’t kid’s play and it isn’t just good clean fun. It serves to reinforce the existing racial hierarchy and the existing systems that privilege those with white skin and disadvantage those without it. It also reaffirms to the young man that white people’s justifiable role is to force the savage native woman to conform to the capitalistic system and submissive gender role of their conquerors. Cowboys and Indians, winners and losers, oppressors and oppressed -- the play acting limits the thinking of the young mind to these two extremes.<br />
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Many people are trained to argue that all this is just good clean “harmless fun”, but there is a real human cost of racial stereotypes. The Canadian press has been filled with stories about the staggering statistics that show that aboriginal women significantly more likely to be victims of rape, domestic violence and more likely to be are forced into prostitution, because of their economic oppression. Lately, a lot of disturbing facts are coming to light.<br />
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For the whole population of the United States, one in five women are raped, but for Native women, more than one in three women are raped and we are 2.5 times more likely to be a victim of sexual violence than white women.<br />
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A report from the American Indian Women’s Chemical Health Project found that three-fourths of Native American women have experienced some type of sexual assault in their lives and that Native American women experience the highest levels of sexual and domestic abuse of any group. Is it really a coincidence that Native women are also the most stereotyped and the most exploited in "edgy fun."<br />
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According to the Department of Justice, 70% or more of violence experienced by Native American women is committed by persons not of the same race. Most often Native women are on the receiving end of violence from white men. According to the report, <b><i>“Maze of Injustice: The Failure to Protect Indigenous Women from Sexual Violence in the USA</b></i>, at least 86 percent of reported rapes or other sexual assaults against Indigenous women are committed by non-Indian men who are rarely prosecuted or punished.<br />
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Since stereotypes have real human costs, it’s important not to casually dismiss them, but to confront them and to analyze them. Our young people need to be trained to question what is being fed to them and not to accept every idea as “edgy fun” We need to help them look at what the message is that they are giving when they dress up as another race for Halloween and we need to encourage them to examine their lives, to ask questions, to think about who really controls their "fun" and the message that they're sending. <br />
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<b>Here are some resources that go into more depth about the issue of Native American women, sexualized violence and manipulation of the privileged classes:</b><br />
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<b><i>Go ahead and continue sexualizing American Indian and First Nations Women</b></i><br />
<a href="http://blackwingeddove.buzznet.com/user/journal/9247321/ahead-continue-sexualizing-american-indian">http://blackwingeddove.buzznet.com/user/journal/9247321/ahead-continue-sexualizing-american-indian</a><br />
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<b><i>Colonialism and the Sexual Exploitation of Canada's First Nations Women</b></i> <br />
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Growing up in the Michigan parochial school system, we were told by the sisters that the word Hallow’een was a contraction of All Hallows Eve, and that Hallow meant holy or sacred. We were told that on this night when the border between the worlds became blurred, the Celtic tribes believed that the spirits of the dead were allowed to come back to earth. Because they believed that the spirits of the dead could walk among the world of the living, they feared what the spirits might do to them, and tried to disguise themselves to fool the spirits into believing that they weren’t living. <br />
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As an impressionable Native girl, that seemed pretty awesome to me back then. Unfortunately, all these traditions have been lost in a materialistic society that transforms everything into a commodity. Sex sells the best in the mainstream media, and this is reflected in the choices that young women make in Halloween costumes. I’ve heard that there are some college parties where women are not allowed to attend unless they are dressed "sexy." The backlash against feminist values is even more chilling when the costumes use other people’s ethnicity to appease the demands of a generation of young white men whose sexual attitudes were constructed almost entirely from pornography. As an indigenous woman, it is disheartening to see how a spiritually bankrupt, pornographic youth culture has transformed All Hallows eve into an opportunity to get drunk and engage in minstrelsy, abusing my image in the process.<br />
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While there have been many bloggers objecting to the hyper-sexualization of children and young girls and to the racist element of playing with another human being’s ethnicity on this day, there has been very little written from the perspective of indigenous women, who must confront both misogyny and racism on this day that once carried the connotation of "holy."<br />
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My Grandmother always taught me that my female body is sacred. She frequently reminded me that when something is sacred, you cover it. When something is for sale, you put it on display. It wasn’t easy to follow these values as a teen-ager when I wanted to fit in with the other girls, but I am extremely grateful for these teachings today. All of my Native girlfriends are outraged at the way our images are being sold against our will and marketed for the perverse enjoyment of the dominant portion of society.<br />
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The most common rationalization put forth by non-Indians engaging in Halloween minstrelsy is that it’s just “harmless fun.” The question I have is, harmless to whom? <br />
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I have no doubt that the average college student is unaware that the representation of indigenous women in media has a direct correlation with how we are viewed by society. I’m certain that the young woman hoping to give herself the illusion of being "exotic" by dressing as an Indian princess never stops to think that is a correlation between the objectification and dehumanization of indigenous women and real world violence perpetrated against them. <br />
Over the last 30 years, the Native Women's Association of Canada has chronicled over 600 cases of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada.<br />
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They found that, "Sexual violence against Indigenous women in the USA is widespread -- and especially brutal. According to US government statistics, Native American and Alaska Native women are more than 2.5 times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than other women in the USA."<br />
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While it is common for non-Natives to assume that Native men are the cause of all this violence, 70% of sexual violence against Native women is committed by non-Natives.<br />
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No group of people is more hyper-sexualized on Halloween (and the rest of the year) in America than indigenous women. The Indian Princess is one of the most popular "sexy" costumes. Still, it is difficult for white people to look honestly at the power dynamics in the society where they enjoy the top rung on an artificial and unjust racial hierarchy.<br />
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The lack of positive images of indigenous women and the distorted and sexist media image lead to real world- role-playing of racist stereotypes about us on Halloween. This leads to real world violence perpetuated against us. Psychiatrists have well documented that there is a causal link between dehumanization of a group of people and violence against them. The work of Phil Zimbardo who did the Stanford prison experiment documents this very well, but those who are blinded by their own whiteness cannot see this.<br />
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Another way that some people avoid talking about Halloween minstrelsy is to claim that one person’s fun is another person’s degradation. My response is, the person having fun is allowed to be a full human person, but the person feeling degraded has been reduced to an object and is not being thought of as a person by the one just having “fun.” The person doing the objectifying has the point of view that is in error. The person being objectified has the more realistic perspective because she is aware that she is not an object.<br />
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Stereotypes reduce whole human beings to objects. The harmful impact of both negative and so-called positive stereotypes on Native Youth has also been well documented.<br />
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I would further argue that there is no such thing as a positive stereotype because reducing an individual even to a positive caricature, still limits her humanity.<br />
Native women have had to confront the two opposing stereotypes of squ*w/princess for centuries. The two complete opposites of the sexless squ*w as workhorse and the hyper sexualized princess who is desperate for a white man, have been used to dehumanize indigenous women and keep them from full participation in society for centuries. Even today, well-intentioned white liberals still see indigenous people in terms of simplistic dichotomies. Our men are either lazy drunks and strident militants or spiritual servants and brave eco warriors. We women are either licentious harlots or wise earthy elders. That doesn’t leave much room in between for our true humanity.<br />
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A friend of mine recently saw a preview of the documentary Reel Injun. The documentary revealed that before the 1930s, indigenous people were depicted in a broad range, but after the great depression hit, Hollywood began to produce images of indigenous people as savages. The country was on hard times and it needed a less powerful group to hate. There’s a stunning parallel to the way that immigrants and Muslims are portrayed during the current "recession."<br />
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Media images served as a powerful tool to legitimate the taking of indigenous resources. The white population didn’t feel any guilt in the forced acculturation of Native American children because they had been slowly conditioned to view them as savage, less than human and in need of civilizing. It’s easier to seize natural resources and force human beings into virtual slavery if you have been conditioned to see them as less than human. Hollywood deliberately perpetuated racist stereotypes about Native Americans to make it easier to take gold, silver, uranium and land from us. Keeping these stereotypes alive today in the imagination of privileged white American youth will make it easier to continue to use reservations as toxic waste dumps and to continue to seize our resources.<br />
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The "Sexy squ*w" costume, where indigenous women are depicted as promiscuous animals, has always been the most offensive Halloween costume to me. This year, when I was surfing the net, I started to notice something – all the women were posed in the exact same fashion. If you survey the costumes available to young women, you will see that all the models have been posed in the exact same manner. They are all scantily clad, barefoot or wearing skimpy high heels and carrying a squ*w axe (or some other weapon). I started asking myself, how do all these different companies know to pose all the models in the exact same way? Well the answer has to be that they are all working from their imaginations that have been shaped by the exact same stereotype.<br />
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I looked for a historical precedent and I found what I’ll call the "squ*w on the warpath" stereotype. It is a subset of the "Indian Princess" stereotype, but with the added element of danger. The Pocahontas stereotype is offensive to me because it depicts indigenous women as subservient, passive and existing only for the sexual pleasure of the white men she craves. This emerging stereotype has another dimension to it. The indigenous woman is depicted armed and angry. That anger is not justifiable anger that every treaty that has ever been made between indigenous nations and the United States government has been broken. The women are depicted as sexually desirable and vulnerable, yet armed and irrationally angry and therefore in need or conquering. And who gets to do the conquering? White men of course. The white men who control the college parties where young women exploit themselves are given the privilege of constructing indigenous women according to their own desires and fears – mostly fears of losing their undeserved privileges in the society where they dominate. This "harmless fun" serves to reinforce the racial and sexual domination of indigenous women.<br />
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The first use of the "squ*w on the warpath" stereotype that I could find was Carrie Nation. She carried on a prohibition campaign swinging what she termed a "squ*w axe" and tried to used the stereotypical savagery and irrational anger of the Native American woman to her political advantage. In the late 1950’s movies such as "White Squ*w" depicted scantily clad Native women (always played by white women) who were irrationally angry and needed to be subdued by the superior white man. Loretta Lynn came right out and used the term "squ*w on the warpath" as the title for her album. You can see she used the pose from Hollywood movies. When the hippies first started to appropriate Native American images in the 1960’s, the band 1910 Fruitgum Company knew to use this pose in their album cover. And in 2010, Neytiri the blue Avatar has an action figure that is posed in the exact same way. Even people who consider themselves to be liberal have been indoctrinated with these racist and sexist images of indigenous women. The indoctrination is so slow and so complete that they don’t realize it.<br />
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A 2010 version of the "squ*w on the warpath" stereotype: Neytiri from Avatar<br />
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Playing with racial stereotypes is about power. Those with white skin privilege have chosen to do the defining. Those of us without it are dismissed as hyper-sensitive and told to spend our time on issues that whites define for us as being more important. Those of you reading this that have white skin privilege and think it’s just harmless fun to try on the ethnicity of others, need to realize that dehumanization is the essential processes in the transformation of “good” well-intentioned people into perpetrators of evil. There will be a lot of racist idiocy tomorrow among people of every political persuasion, every race, age and sexual orientation. It’s time to put a stop to it.<br />
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There is no reason why you have to succumb to media indoctrination. There is no reason why Halloween has to be the most racist day of the year. As feminists, humanists, and white anti-racists allies, you can challenge undignified images that misrepresent indigenous people. You can chose to talk about racial stereotypes when you see people “just having fun” with other people’s ethnicity on Halloween. We all need to start honestly discussing who has the power to define others in this society and how we can view all human beings in their full humanity and not as one dimensional stereotypes. <br />
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When you are in a position of power, you have a responsibility NOT to mock people who are not in a position of power. Racial stereotypes only function are to reinforce outdated notions of white supremacy. You can choose not to engage in the degradation of your fellow human beings. You can contact he companies who manufacture these costumes and inform them how inappropriate they are. Ethnic costumes are meant to produce a reaction. If you are reading this, you now know that the reaction they produce in indigenous women is one of outrage and offense. If you know something offends a marginalized group of people, then why continue to do it? It’s time to turn Halloween back into a night that is sacred, by respecting all women’s bodies and respecting the dignity of all human beings.<br />
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<font size="+2"><b>Here is the <font color="crimson" size="+3">Hall of Shame:</font></b></font><br />
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The top companies who are marketing racist Halloween costumes:<br />
(Most of these companies are in Australia or the UK, co-incidentally, the parts of the world where fake Native American "shamanism" is most prevalent.)<br />
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Some of the businesses have already removed their "sexy Indian" costumes.<br />
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sexyindianprincesscostume.com<br />
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http://www.zoogstercostumes.com/landing/sexy-indian-costumes.php<br />
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http://www.costumesupercenter.com/womens+costumes-indians/DI14180-womens-sassy-lone-ranger-tonto-costume.html<br />
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http://www.fancydress.com/costumes/search_result?search_text=indian<br />
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http://www.inspirationcostumehire.com.au<br />
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http://www.anycostume.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=93<br />
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abfabulous.com<br />
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http://www.kookykreations.com.au<br />
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boxingcorner.co.uk<br />
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seamonkeysonline.co.za<br />
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fancydressheaven.co.uk<br />
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hennightcostumes.co.uk<br />
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cravingchocolateandlazydays.com<br />
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kaboodle.com<br />
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http://www.galsh.com/displayimage-53260.html<br />
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sexyindianprincesscostume.com<br />
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http://www.costumesupercenter.com/womens+costumes-indians/DI14180-womens-sassy-lone-ranger-tonto-costume.html<br />
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http://www.fancydress.com/costumes/search_result?search_text=indian<br />
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http://www.inspirationcostumehire.com.au<br />
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http://www.anycostume.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=93<br />
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http://www.galsh.com/displayimage-53260.html<br />
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<font size="+1"><b>REAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN</b></font><br />
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<b>American Indian, Native Alaskan and Native Canadian women and girls from rural areas are prime targets for sex traffickers.</b><br />
<a href="http://www.dailyyonder.com/sex-trafficking-home/2010/10/13/2989">www.dailyyonder.com/sex-trafficking-home/2010/10/13/2989</a><br />
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<b>Missing and murdered Aboriginal women</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/Feds+spend+million+help+missing+women/3751887/story.html">www.vancouversun.com/Feds+spend+million+help+missing+women/3751887/story.html</a><br />
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<font size="+2"><b>Like Minded Bloggers</b></font><br />
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<font size="+1"><b>ON RACISM</b></font><br />
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<font size="+3" color="red"><b>UPDATE - CELEBRITIES CHOOSING RACIST COSTUMES</b></font><br />
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<b>Native Appropriations: Rachael Zoe as "Makeshift Indian Warrior"</b><br />
<a href="http://nativeappropriations.blogspot.com/2010/11/rachel-zoe-as-makeshift-indian-warrior.html">nativeappropriations.blogspot.com/2010/11/rachel-zoe-as-makeshift-indian-warrior.html</a><br />
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<b>Paris Hilton was a drunk sexy indian for Halloween</b><br />
<a href="http://www.wwtdd.com/2010/11/paris-hilton-was-a-drunk-sexy-indian-for-halloween/">www.wwtdd.com/2010/11/paris-hilton-was-a-drunk-sexy-indian-for-halloween/</a><br />
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<b>Paris Hilton as a "Sexy Indian": the Halloween Fallout Begins</b><br />
<a href="http://nativeappropriations.blogspot.com/2010/11/paris-hilton-as-sexy-indian-halloween.html">nativeappropriations.blogspot.com/2010/11/paris-hilton-as-sexy-indian-halloween.html</a><br />
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<b>Angry Navajo/Indian Girl</b><br />
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<b>My Identity is not a costume for you to wear</b><br />
<a href="http://whebrhotub.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-identity-is-not-costume-for-you-to.html">whebrhotub.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-identity-is-not-costume-for-you-to.html</a><br />
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"appropriating the identities of racial minorities and perpetuating stereotyping isn’t cool at Halloween or any other time."<br />
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<b>The S-Word: The Squaw Stereotype in American Popular Culture</b><br />
<a href="http://csws.uoregon.edu/?page_id=238">csws.uoregon.edu/?page_id=238M</a><br />
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<b>Racialicious: Take Back Halloween</b><br />
<a href="http://www.racialicious.com/2008/10/30/take-back-the-halloween">www.racialicious.com/2008/10/30/take-back-the-halloween</a><br />
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<b>Lightweight Racist</b><br />
<a href="http://lightweightracist.blogspot.com/2009/10/heavyweight-halloween.html">lightweightracist.blogspot.com/2009/10/heavyweight-halloween.html</a><br />
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<b>Unmasking Racism: Halloween Costuming and the Engagement of the Racial Other</b><br />
<a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/p2757w747806xu1r/fulltext.pdf">www.springerlink.com/content/p2757w747806xu1r/fulltext.pdf</a><br />
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<font size="+1"><b>ON SEXISM</b></font><br />
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<b>MS.</b> - They fail to mention racist costumes hmmm<br />
<a href="http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/09/29/and-the-most-sexist-halloween-costume-award-goes-to%E2%80%A6">msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/09/29/and-the-most-sexist-halloween-costume-award-goes-to%E2%80%A6</a><br />
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<b>Halloween Breeds Sexism</b><br />
<a href="http://collegecandy.com/2010/10/12/halloween-breeds-sexism">collegecandy.com/2010/10/12/halloween-breeds-sexism</a><br />
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<b>Collection of sexist and inappropriate Halloween costumes</b> (at least they included Indian princess)<br />
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<a href="http://sexgenderbody.com/content/collection-sexist-and-inappropriate-halloween-costumes">sexgenderbody.com/content/collection-sexist-and-inappropriate-halloween-costumes</a><br />
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<b>Halloween Costumes for Feminists</b><br />
<a href="http://gender-focus.com/2010/10/21/feminist-halloween-costumes">gender-focus.com/2010/10/21/feminist-halloween-costumes</a><br />
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<b>Halloween Can Sometimes Be More Of A Trick Than A Treat</b><br />
<a href="http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/09/11/halloween-can-sometimes-be-more-of-a-trick-than-a-treat">www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/09/11/halloween-can-sometimes-be-more-of-a-trick-than-a-treat</a><br />
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<font size="+1"><b>BOOKS</b></font><br />
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<b><i>Killing the Indian Maiden: Images of Native American Women in Film</i></b><br />
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<font size="+1"><b>VIDEOS</b></font><br />
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For all the white folks out there who still just don’t get it<br />
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<b>Tim Wise-The Pathology of White Privilege Part 1/6</b> <br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ8xQPdjJfM">www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ8xQPdjJfM</a>Don't Pay To Prayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08774818867173300267noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657147750080040150.post-84081739738846393932010-03-16T20:16:00.000-04:002010-03-19T20:43:57.057-04:00James Arthur Ray's Trial Date Set<center><img src="http://i41.tinypic.com/k065xe.jpg" width="300"></center><br />
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James Ray's trial date has been set for August 31st. <br />
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The autopsy reports show that Kirby Brown and James Shore died of heat stroke and Liz Neuman died of massive organ failure and hyper thermia from prolonged exposure to excessive heat. <br />
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The families of the victims wanted Judge Warren Darrow to withhold the autopsy photographs and all but the first and last pages of the autopsy report. Thankfully, he respected their wishes.<br />
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Please remember James, Liz and Kirby in your prayers today.<br />
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The Camp Verde Bugle reports that the trial should run from August 31 to approximately December 17th. If the trial continues the expected 56 days, jurors will only be paid $672.00 during that time, so only those who can afford to take that much time off will be able to judge whether Ray is guilty of manslaughter. <br />
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James Arthur Ray has plead not guilty to three counts of manslaughter. It's clear that he has the means to hire a legal team to engage in an extended legal battle to assure his acquittal. Since James Ray refused to issue any refunds, part of his defense may actually be financed with money from the deceased.<br />
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Arizona has been hit hard by the recession and very few lower to middle class people are likely to welcome extended jury duty. Consequently, James Ray is likely to have a disgruntled jury. <br />
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On the other hand, Ray may face a jury of individuals who also make their living selling spiritual quackery to unsuspecting tourists who may want to make an example of him to protect the fake-shame-man industry. Or they may be reluctant to make an example of Ray for fear of being prosecuted themselves one day.<br />
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What about the tendency of Arizona juries to nullify the law of criminal negligence? Can James Ray’s well -paid legal team convince a jury to reject the law out of concern for the fate of this particular defendant? Will plastic sweat lodge peddlers be willing to convict another plastic sweat lodge peddler?<br />
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Will the prosecution be able to assemble 12 people who can’t get out of jury duty and who are able to understand and follow the jury instructions? From the information I’ve gathered about Sedona, the jury may be composed predominantly of New Age enthusiasts who distrust logic and reason and are intellectually incapable of evaluating the evidence. Are there 12 people in Sedona who have 3-4 months to kill and who possess the basic cognitive skills to rationally evaluate the evidence and render a fair verdict?<br />
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I can just imagine the voir dire questions:<br />
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Do you believe that aliens from the Pleiades are influencing our lives on earth?<br />
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How often do you receive channeled messages from the archangel Michael?<br />
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How many times have you had your chakras aligned in a pay-to-pray sweat lodge? <br />
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What kind of sweat lodge are you currently running?<br />
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Do you believe the Universe is your cosmic ATM, willing to hand out all the prosperity you ask of it?<br />
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Can you see my aura right now?<br />
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I guess we'll all just have to wait and see.<br />
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For the latest updates on this case, follow the hashtags:<br />
#jamesray or #deathlodge on <a href="http://www.twitter.com">twitter</a><br />
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<b>Read More About It:</b><br />
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Fidel, N. (1991). Preeminently a political institution: The right of Arizona juries to nullify the law of criminal negligence. Arizona State Law Journal, 23, 1-60.<br />
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Horowitz, Irwin A. (2001). Jury Nullification: Legal and Psychological Perspectives. Brooklyn Law Review<br />
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<font color="red" size="+2"><b>NEWS LINKS</b></font><br />
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<font color="red" size="+3"><b>UPDATES</b></font><br />
<b><font size="+1">March 19, 2010</font></b><br />
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<a href="http://tommcfeeley.com/content/Supplement-140-Ray-Stephen-transcript-012510-C23.pdf">Stephen Ray Interview Transcript</a><br />
[tommcfeeley.com/content/Supplement-140-Ray-Stephen-transcript-012510-C23.pdf]<br />
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<b><i>"I think he was grossly negligent and I think he should have to suffer the consequences of that."</b></i> – Stephen Ray<br />
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Stephen Ray gave testimony that James Ray had a bucket of water that he used to splash himself and his assistants, but offered no relief to the participants who paid thousands of dollars for harmonic wealth. Ray also testified that James Ray was adamant about having everyone take a teaspoon full of salt, which only dehydrates a person faster.<br />
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<b><i>"I mean there was a call that he had after which was supposed to be for participants and one of his underlings spoke up and said, 'the people that passed away were in another place and were having so much fun that they just didn't want to come back'. And I thought that was the biggest crock of crap that I've ever heard in my life."</b></i> – Stephen Ray<br />
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Detective Diskin informs Stephen Ray that even if James Ray is acquitted, the Yavapai County prosecutor can still charge Ray with nearly 50 aggravated assaults on behalf of the survivors with neurological problems.<br />
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<b><font size="+1">March 18, 2010</font></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35939247/ns/us_news/#storyContinued">Records in Arizona sweat lodge case offer details</a> <br />
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<b>"Stephen Ray, who was among the 18 people hospitalized following the ceremony, said he hasn't recouped his sense of taste or smell and still has ringing in his ears, severe headaches and trouble sleeping.</b><br />
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He said <b><i>"James Ray showed a callous disregard for the participants because of his own ego and greed."</b></i><br />
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[www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35939247/ns/us_news/#storyContinued]<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/94ZnCd"><b>Verde Independent</b></a><br />
The "accidental" ruling by the coroner will not change James Ray's prosecution status<br />
[verdenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1189&ArticleID=35529&TM=75040.03]<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/ca8sSq"><b>Prescott Daily Courier</b></a><br />
The main issue in the James Ray manslaughter case will be his recklessness and disregrad for human life.<br />
[http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=78915&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1086&S=1]<br />
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<a href="http://www.azcentral.com/ic/pdf/0316sweat-lodge-autopsy-findings.pdf"><br />
Autopsy Report released 3/17/2010 by the Arizona Daily Star</a><br />
[www.azcentral.com/ic/pdf/0316sweat-lodge-autopsy-findings.pdf]<br />
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<a href="http://www.prescottenews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3223">Prescott E-news James Ray Appears In Court As Trial Date is Set</a><br />
[www.prescottenews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3223]<br />
This report contains audios of the judge setting the trial date.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20000640-504083.html">Crimesider: Sweat Lodge Autopsies Show People Died from Heat Stroke and Organ Failure</a><br />
[www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20000640-504083.html]<br />
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<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j4PHcSvMF8pPe_CpIRZejl7OD1vgD9EG156O0">Autopsy reports released in AZ sweat lodge deaths</a><br />
[www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j4PHcSvMF8pPe_CpIRZejl7OD1vgD9EG156O0]<br />
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<b>Verde Independent</b> <br />
<a href="http://verdenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=35500">James Arthur Ray trial to take 3 to 4 months</a> <br />
[verdenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=35500]<br />
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<b>Camp Verde Bugle</b>:<br />
<a href="http://campverdebugleonline.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=26035&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=992&S=1">James Ray trial to take up to 4 months<br />
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[campverdebugleonline.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=26035&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=992&S=1]<br />
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<b>WKBT Channel 8</b><br />
<a href="http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12150263">Judge issues orders in sweat lodge case</a><br />
[www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12150263]<br />
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<b>News Talk Radio 97.5</b><br />
<a href="http://www.wtaq.com/news/articles/2010/mar/16/az-judge-decide-withholding-pics-autopsy-ray-case/">AZ Judge To Decide On Withholding Pics, Autopsy In Ray Case<br />
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[www.wtaq.com/news/articles/2010/mar/16/az-judge-decide-withholding-pics-autopsy-ray-case]Don't Pay To Prayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08774818867173300267noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657147750080040150.post-77283026149298536452010-02-28T07:22:00.000-05:002010-02-28T23:24:14.707-05:00The Jailbird Flies the Coup and Starts Tweeting Again<center><img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/33p3v2s.jpg"></center><br />
<font size="-1"><i>Photo courtesy of Buffalo post</i></font><br />
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On Friday, February 26, 2010 James Arthur Ray was released from Camp Verde jail. On Thursday, Yavapai County Superior Court Judge Warren Darrow lowered Ray's original bond from $5 million to $525,000. By the next morning at 11:00 am, Ray was able to post bond. For now, he is a free man. The conditions of his parole are that he surrenders his passport, that he doesn’t conduct any more plastic sweats of visions quests and that he not leave the state of California except for work.<br />
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<a href="http://www.abc15.com/content/news/northernarizona/sedona/story/Exclusive-James-Ray-breaks-silence-after-AZ-jail/WsFS6zvyGkaeY81wTW9fdw.cspx">Ray’s statement to the public</a> can be heard here:<br />
[www.abc15.com/content/news/northernarizona/sedona/story/Exclusive-James-Ray-breaks-silence-after-AZ-jail/WsFS6zvyGkaeY81wTW9fdw.cspx]<br />
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It seems that a lot of frauds featured on Oprah are re-creating themselves these days.<br />
<a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/lit_101/is_james_frey_going_native_153067.asp">James Frey</a> has re-created his reality to include a fake Indian name – John Twelve Hawks.<br />
Frey told the media, "I will neither confirm nor deny that I am John Twelve Hawks [...] or anyone else ... I will say that I have done, and I am continuing to do, projects that will come out anonymously or with invented names on them,"<br />
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Source: http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/lit_101/is_james_frey_going_native_153067.asp<br />
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James Ray has been tweeting differently lately. He seems to have abandoned "The Secret" philosophy – well at least he isn’t interested in how he attracted 3 counts of manslaughter – and he’s projecting a more mainstream, Christian image online.<br />
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Ray’s choice of quotations may merely be just part of his racist indoctrination in American culture. He may be unwittingly equating light with knowledge and civility and darkness with mystery and savagery from his CORE western Christian beliefs. He seems to have abandoned the create your own reality philosophy and is attempting to re-make himself in a more acceptable, mainstream born-again Christian fashion. I’m sure all this is for a potential jury. Frauds who get caught always re-make themselves and go back to doing exactly what brought in money before. Ray’s going to have to sanitize himself from any bizarre beliefs promoted by the Angel Valley people and present himself to a jury of his peers as a sincere, religious leader who was the victim of a terrible accident. To maintain control over the true believers, Ray has always demonized critical thinking and free debate. His latest tweets are quite chilling when you put it the context of his history of influencing people to take risks with their mental, physical, spiritual and financial health.<br />
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"…Aspirants to be noble clay under the Almighty effort, let us advance on chaos and the dark"<br />
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Source: http://twitpic.com/15rsmd<br />
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"If you can't embrace the dark you'll never dance in the light"<br />
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"Very few understand that it's the dark that creates and gives birth to greater light. Read the book of Genesis again."<br />
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"It's the experiences of the darkness that bring clarity to the light"<br />
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It’s not too bright after repeatedly being accused of being a cult leader to talk about turning people into clay, and Ray is a cunning guy. So I’m sure that this quote has a lot of hidden meaning to the true believers who are still out there, refusing to admit they’ve been fooled by this cunning trickster. I know the Angel valley compound uses "light" and "dark" metaphors in their space opera. Either way, Ray is clearly setting up an "Us verse Them" dichotomy to prevent his few true believers from being contaminated by free discourse or critical thinking. It’s not uncommon from frauds who have been unmasked to adopt a persecution complex and paint themselves as Jesus, crucified by the ignorant unbelievers. It should be interesting to see how Ray is "re-born" after the deathlodge incident.<br />
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Ray’s fate is now in the hands of a jury, so Ray’s PR team has probably been working on his public image before he faces a jury of 12 of his ‘peers’<br />
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I did an internet search for demographics by <a href="http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=86000US57770&_geoContext=01000US|86000US57770&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=&_zip=86336&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=860&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=">zip code</a> for<br />
the Angel Valley Retreat in Sedona 86336 and this is what I found:<br />
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James Ray’s ‘peers’ are 53.2% female, 92.5% white with a median age of 50.7. 57.4% are gainfully employed with a median income slightly above the U.S. average at $41,966 / year in 1999 dollars. 90.5% have High School diplomas, 38.5 % have Bachelor’s degrees (significantly above the national average of 24.4%)<br />
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According to my sources, the people of Sedona who will decide Ray’s fate are also overwhelmingly politically liberal and to open New Age philosophies. The jury pool includes all of Yavapai county, but Arizona only pays $12.00 per day for jury duty, so that lets out almost anyone who's not wealthy enought to afford to take time off for a long jury trial. I hear Arizona is having trouble getting jurors because very few people can afford to take even a day off for the fabulous wage of $1.50 / hour! Also, I hear from skinz in Arizona that there isn’t a lot of love lost between some of the more straight-laced proprietors of businesses that cater to tourism and the Angel Valley people. It should be interesting to see if Ray will distance himself from the people he termed "experts" in his "white papers". I'll definitely be watching how he re-creates his reality in the coming months.<br />
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Too bad there can’t be a change of venue to the <a href="http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=57770&_cityTown=57770&_state=&_zip=57770&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Yzip">57770</a> code, ey?<br />
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<a href="http://forum.rickross.com/read.php?12,77450,82481#msg-82481">The Rick Ross forum</a> has been analyzing Ray’s tweets as the specific, technical persuasion techniques that they clearly are:<br />
[forum.rickross.com/read.php?12,77450,82481#msg-82481]<br />
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The Anti-Cult analyzes James Ray’s tweets as being "carefully written and deliberate." He claims Ray is using twitter to contact his followers and maintain control over their thinking so that they see themselves as ‘elite’ and special. This is what all plastic shamans do to prevent their followers from researching their credentials and bizarre paranormal claims.<br />
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James Ray’s supporters on twitter are:<br />
http://twitter.com/HermiaNelson<br />
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An example of a James Ray true believer is Hermai Nelson:<br />
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Hermia tweets to James Ray: "Light can only serves it purpose if darkness exists. My #1passion is bring light into darkness. Wonder why I'm so supportive?"<br />
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Hermia tweets to James Ray: "thanks 4 play-by-play tweets. Feel like playing HWW in my head. 3 years ago my new life begins when I saw u in the secret dvd."<br />
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James Ray to Hermia : "Is it still uncomfortable 4u to become HUB master faculty member?? Be our speaker at HUB event to pre-sale your book in Nov 6-7."<br />
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Without all the attention to the Sedona incident, there would not be so much information about how MLM (Multi-Level-Marketing) Cults attract and manipulate young idealistic and ambitious people. <br />
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The willingness to believe on the part of MLM cult members is remarkably similar to the willingness to believe among New Age seekers. That willingness and desperation makes them vulnerable to cults that can take their live savings, their spiritual integrity and even their lives. Let's hope the nons learned their lesson this time. <br />
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You can't find spirituality from people advertising it on the internet. It has to come from within. It doesn't come effortlessly or without struggling with your shadows. If you truly want to be a more spiritual person, look within. Look at your relationships to other human beings. Native Spirituality is all about sharing and reciprocity. It doesn't have anything to do with living a long life or attracting wealth. James Ray's philosophies and the philosophies of most plastic shamans who advertise on the internet are completely antithetical to indigenous spiritual teachings. Our spirituality is about sharing power equally and creating community. Selfless giving is what it's all about.<br />
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My advise to any non-Indian seeking a spiritual dimension to their life it to look within -- examine your white skin privilege and find ways to balance power in the society you live in. Forget about revisionist history and creating a fantasy past that never existed. Look at the present society you live in and do what you can to make it a little bit better. Native Americans value acts of selflessness, NOT intentions. Spirituality is hard work. If you try to take short cuts, you make yourself vulnerable to cult leaders who manipulate you because of their insatiable lust for power. I hope the trickster James Arthur Ray learned his lesson, but I predict he will just shape-shift himself into a more cunning, more mainstream version of his old huckster self. It would be a great thing if James Ray could learn from his mistakes and really become a different, less self-involved and selfish person. He needs to understand that the Native community isn't fooled by empty promises or claims of good intentions. These things are meaningless if not backed up be real action. We decide who is our friend based on their actions. Our friends prove themselves to be our friends by their actions. A good man shows himself to be a good man by his generosity with people who are less fortunate than he is. James Ray was given many gifts by the creator which he squandered for accolates in the White world. Can he make amends to the indigenous communities he wronged by perverting their spiritual rites? A good start would be to give generously to Pine Ridge, Cheyenne River and especially the Northern Arizona reservations that were hit hard by severe winter weather. Is James Ray capable of "playing full on" and becoming a generous man of integrity? We will wait and we will watch.Don't Pay To Prayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08774818867173300267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657147750080040150.post-26408222313014122282010-02-03T23:37:00.000-05:002010-02-17T23:34:13.402-05:00BUSTED!!!!<center><font size="+3"><b>JAMES ARTHUR RAY BUSTED!!!!<br />
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James Arthur Ray was arrested today in Prescott Arizona. The charges are even more serious than expected. Surprisingly he’s being charged with manslaughter in the deaths of 3 human beings last October. <br />
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Yavapai County officials presented their case to a grand jury on Wednesday February 3, 2010 and an indictment was handed down very quickly, on the same afternoon. The grand jury returned a "true bill" on 3 counts of manslaughter. This means that, after having heard the witnesses for the government, the grand jury is of opinion that there is sufficient cause to put the defendant on trial. The indictment took almost 4 months and alleges that the deaths of Kirby Brown, James Shore and Liz Neuman were a result of James Arthur Ray’ recklessness.<br />
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This afternoon, at approximately 3:30 pm, deputies delivered a warrant to James Ray’s at his attorney’s office in Prescott Arizona. Ray surrendered to authorities and was taken into custody at the sheriff's Prescott office to begin booking procedures. He was then transferred to the Camp Verde Detention Center for final processing where he will spend the night and will face a judge tomorrow morning.<br />
I couldn’t find precise statistics, but I’ve been told that the majority of the prison population in Yavapai county is brown – either Native or Mexican. Since Native Americans are placed under correctional supervision at <a href="http://www.spokane.net">twice the rate of whites</a> in this country, I’m guessing that the great shaman is about to be surrounded by a whole bunch of those Native folk he claims to have such a close association with. The word, Custer comes to mind. <br />
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The court considered Ray’s means and his likelihood to flee and wisely set his bond at $5 million. Good Morning America is reporting that Ray is unable to pay the bond so he may have to stay in jail until a trial can be scheduled. That'll give him a lot of time to get acquainted with the skinz inside the iron house. I'm sure they'll be very interested in hearing about how his prosperity philosophy landed him in the pokey.<br />
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Arizona Revised Statutes defines manslaughter as:<br />
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Manslaughter; classification <br />
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A. A person commits manslaughter by:<br />
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2. Committing second degree murder as defined in section 13-1104, subsection A upon a sudden quarrel or heat of passion resulting from adequate provocation by the victim; or<br />
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4. Committing second degree murder as defined in section 13-1104, subsection A, paragraph 3, while being coerced to do so by the use or threatened immediate use of unlawful deadly physical force upon such person or a third person which a reasonable person in his situation would have been unable to resist; or<br />
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5. Knowingly or recklessly causing the death of an unborn child by any physical injury to the mother.<br />
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B. An offense under subsection A, paragraph 5 of this section applies to an unborn child in the womb at any stage of its development. A person shall not be prosecuted under subsection A, paragraph 5 of this section if any of the following applies:<br />
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2. The person was performing medical treatment on the pregnant woman or the pregnant woman's unborn child.<br />
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<b><font color="red">C. Manslaughter is a class 2 felony.</font></b><br />
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Manslaughter is a lesser crime than murder. It is defined as the unlawful taking of another life under circumstances that make the criminal less culpable than someone who commits murder. A criminal who's found guilty of manslaughter will usually receive a lesser punishment than if he was found guilty of murder. Manslaughter is usually divided into two types:<br />
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To prove involuntary manslaughter, prosecutors will have to convince jurors that James Arthur Ray took risks he shouldn't have -- and that other, reasonable people, wouldn't have.<br />
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James Ray faces three felony counts. Each count carries a penalty of 3 - 12.5 years in prison. However, the actual sentence could range anywhere from probation to the full 37.5 years in prison. James Ray could only serve the time it takes to schedule a trial or he could spend the rest of his life in prison. Unless there is a change in venue, it will most likely all depend on a jury composed of several people who conduct the same type of plastic sweat lodges that Ray did. They may choose to deny their own exploitation of Native American spiritual practices and depict Ray the "one bad apple" making and example of him so they can define themselves as the opposite. They may let him off with probation out of fear of setting a precedent that may one day lead to being charged with a similar offense (jury nullification). How a jury will vote is anyone's guess. Looking at the way James Ray's attorney's are arguing, it looks like they're going for jury nullification to me. Here's an example of the type of <a href="https://www.azflse.org/download.cfm?filename=Jury%20Instructions&type=pdf&loc=mocktrial">instructions</a> a jury may be given. Nevertheless, James Ray's troubles will not end even if he does receive probation. After the criminal trial, James Ray will be facing civil charges as well as possible Federal charges from the Lakota Nation.<br />
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James Ray posted what he sees as the facts on <a href="http://jamesray.com/sedona">his website</a> [jamesray.com/sedona]<br />
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Yavapai County Sheriff Steve Waugh issued this media release<br />
You can learn more about the arrest in this link:<br />
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<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/Sweat_Lodge_arrest.pdf?tag=contentMain;contentBody">YCSO Media release</a><br />
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Citizens can contact the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office with information or questions at:<br />
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the <a href="http://www.ycsoaz.gov">YCSO website</a>: www.ycsoaz.gov<br />
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<font size="+2" color="red"><b>UPDATE: February 17, 2010</b></font><br />
An up-to-date <a href="http://apps.supremecourt.az.gov/docsyav">list</a> of all legal documents in James Arthur Ray negligent homicide case:<br />
[apps.supremecourt.az.gov/docsyav]<br />
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<font size="+2" color="red"><b>UPDATE: February 12, 2010</b></font><br />
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An interesting development today in <a href="http://forum.rickross.com/read.php?12,77450,81975#msg-81975">Rick Ross's Anti-Cult Forum</a><br />
Forum member confirms that James Arthur Ray <b>was</b> a $cientologist.<br />
[forum.rickross.com/read.php?12,77450,81975#msg-81975]<br />
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James Ray’s right hand man, Josh Fredrickson and his wife, Meagan, spoke with detectives on the condition of immunity from prosecution. <br />
Transcripts of <a href="http://saltydroid.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Megans-Memories.pdf">Meagan</a> & <a href="http://saltydroid.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Mr.-Megans-Memories.pdf">Josh</a> Fredrickson’s Immunity Interview are posted on the Salty Droid Blog: <a href="http://saltydroid.info/mania-megans-memories/">Mania Megan’s Memories</a><br />
[saltydroid.info/mania-megans-memories]<br />
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Arizona Republic<br />
<a href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/02/12/20100212sweat-lodge-deaths-12-ON.html">No gag order ruling by judge in sweat lodge case</a><br />
Judge Warren Darrow did not rule on the gag order today. Instead, he took the matter under advisement and advised attorneys to comply with rules governing their conduct.<br />
[www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/02/12/20100212sweat-lodge-deaths-12-ON.html]<br />
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KTVK 3 Phoenix<br />
<a href="http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/84212622.html">No Gag Order in James Arthur Ray Case</a><br />
[www.azfamily.com/news/local/84212622.html]<br />
Judge Warren Darrow did not immediately rule Friday over whether a gag order should be issued.<br />
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<a href="http://www.prescottenews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3089">Prescott E-news</a>:<br />
Judge Warren Darrow, Yavapai County Superior Court, ruled against the State’s motion for a gag order in James Arthur Ray’s manslaughter trial.<br />
[www.prescottenews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3089]<br />
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<a href="http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/flagstaff/no_gag_order_sweat_lodge_case_021210">FOX News Phoenix</a><br />
Judge Darrow said he would take the prosecutor’s request for a gag order under advisement and reminded attorneys to comply with ethical rules that govern their conduct. Attorney’s for the media also argued against a gag order stating that it would it "severely limit the public's ability to monitor the proceedings."<br />
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/flagstaff/no_gag_order_sweat_lodge_case_021210<br />
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<b><font size="+2" font color="red">UPDATE FEBRUARY 8, 2010</font></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-11245-Philadelphia-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2010m2d8-Breaking-news-2nd-secret-James-Ray-conference-call?cid=examiner-email">Breaking news: 2nd secret James Ray conference call</a> <br />
[www.examiner.com/x-11245-Philadelphia-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2010m2d8-Breaking-news-2nd-secret-James-Ray-conference-call?cid=examiner-email]<br />
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It seems that James Arthur Ray can't legally plead guilty yet. His attorneys were just attempting to manipulate the media by getting the words "not guilty" out into the media and (subliminally?) influencing potential jurors to associate the words "James Ray" and "Not Guilty". IMHO, it’s kind of like trying to get people to associate the terms "Glenn Beck" and "self-control", but Ray seems to be getting desperate and the truth just isn’t working for him.<br />
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An Editorial in the <a href="http://www.prescottenews.com/editorials/editorial-not-guilty-plea-errr--not-so-fast">Prescott E-news</a> has the entire audio of the James Ray initial appearance. This may be the last information you get on the trial if Yavapai Prosecuting attorney, Sheila Polk has her way.<br />
[www.prescottenews.com/editorials/editorial-not-guilty-plea-errr--not-so-fast]<br />
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After James Arthur Ray’s attorneys plastered their faces all over the media, on Good Morning America and Larry King Live, in a transparent attempt to influence a potential jury, Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk, has requested a "gag order" hearing. A gag order is a judge's order prohibiting the attorneys and the parties to a pending lawsuit or criminal prosecution from talking to the media or the public about the case. The intent is usually to prevent prejudice due to pre-trial publicity which would influence potential jurors. Based on the "freedom of the press" provision of the First Amendment, the court cannot constitutionally restrict the media from printing or broadcasting information about the case. The prosecutor's tool to stop a case from being tried in the press is a gag order on the participants under the court's control.<br />
While the Gag Order would stop James Ray’s attorney’s from trying the case in the media, it would also stop the public from having access to <b><i>any</i></b> information from Yavapai county staff regarding <b><i>any</i></b> aspect of this case with the exception of the scheduling of hearings.<br />
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Please contact <a href="http://www.co.yavapai.az.us/ContactUs.aspx?id=15518">Sheila Polk</a> to protest any limitation on the public's right to be informed about the James Ray trial:<br />
[www.co.yavapai.az.us/ContactUs.aspx?id=15518]<br />
County Attorney's Office - Camp Verde<br />
2830 N. Commonwealth Drive, Suite 106<br />
Camp Verde, AZ 86322<br />
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Camp Verde Office<br />
Phone: (928) 567-7717<br />
Fax: (928) 567-7745<br />
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Prescot E-News <a href="http://www.prescottenews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3062">Certain Hearings Cancelled in James A. Ray's Case</a> <br />
[www.prescottenews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3062]<br />
The expedited Reduction of Bail hearing set for Friday, February 12, 2010 at 8 am has been cancelled along with the Early Disposition Court hearing scheduled for Thursday February 11, 2010 at 8:00 am.<br />
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Phoenix New Times<br />
<a href="http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/02/sweat_lodge_prosecutor_seeks_g.php">Sweat Lodge Prosecutor Seeks Gag Order in James Ray Manslaughter Case</a><br />
[blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/02/sweat_lodge_prosecutor_seeks_g.php]<br />
Prosecuting Attorney Sheila Polk's motive is probably to stop James Ray's PR team from making a pubicity tour and polluting potential juries, but the ax of media censorship swings both ways. The gag order would prevent the public from learning about the trial also.<br />
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<a href="http://video.aol.com/video-detail/sweat-lodge-not-criminal-case/3911013401">Larry King Live</a> <br />
See for yourself how James Ray's PR team is spinning this crime.<br />
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FOX News Phoenix <a href="http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/justice/ray-gag-order-request-2-8-2010">Prosecutors want gag order in James Arthur Ray Trial</a><br />
[www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/justice/ray-gag-order-request-2-8-2010]<br />
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Arizona Central <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/02/08/20100208arizona-sweat-lodge-deaths-gag.html">Prosecutors want gag order in Arizona sweat-lodge case</a><br />
[www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/02/08/20100208arizona-sweat-lodge-deaths-gag.html]<br />
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KPHO 5 Phoenix: <a href="http://www.kpho.com/news/22502140/detail.html">Gag Order Sought in Sweat lodge Case</a><br />
[www.kpho.com/news/22502140/detail.html]<br />
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<b><font size="+2" color="red">Debunking Nuage 'Detoxification' Quackery</font></b><br />
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New Wager$ and Neo-Pay-gun$ are fond of claiming that Native Americans used the sweat lodge to "detoxify" the body in a literal, physical sense. Nothing could be further from the truth. Do not be fooled by those claiming to "detoxify" the body with plastic sweat lodges. Even some of our own people are beginning to believe the New Wage psedo-science. This harms us for generations as it confuses our young people and makes it nearly impossible to hand down our authentic traditions with the integrity of their truly beautiful and meaningful symbolism intact. New Wager$ only seem to be interested in living a long life for its own sake, without any commitment to community. To the indigenous mind, this is a selfish, sacrilegious, un-spiritual way of being. There is always a price to pay for this lack of humility.<br />
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Quack Watch: <a href="http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/detox_overview.html">"Detoxification" Schemes and Scams</a> by Stephen Barrett, M.D.<br />
[www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/detox_overview.html]<br />
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<a href="http://open.salon.com/blog/aliquot/2009/10/22/the_detox_and_the_cleanse_science_and_pseudoscience_collide">The detox and the cleanse: science and pseudoscience collide</a><br />
[open.salon.com/blog/aliquot/2009/10/22/the_detox_and_the_cleanse_science_and_pseudoscience_collide]<br />
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<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585068,00.html">Sweat Lodge can be Deadly but NOT Cleansing</a><br />
[www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585068,00.html]<br />
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New Age Detoxification Quackery comes from $cientology - It is <b><font color="crimson">NOT INDIGENOUS</font></b><br />
<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19840/scientology-quackery-20">Meth cops swear they can sweat off toxins (Scientology Quackery)</a><br />
[www.religionnewsblog.com/19840/scientology-quackery-20]<br />
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<b><font size="+2" color="red">UPDATE February 6, 2010</font></b><br />
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Washington Post <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/05/AR2010020504616.html">Employees of sweat lodge leader granted immunity</a> by Felicia Fonseca<br />
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Two key employees of James Arthur Ray, Megan and Josh Fredrickson, upon being granted immunity from prosecution are now coming forth with information that Ray erroneously told them that people passing out and vomiting was to be expected in a sweat lodge. Even though Megan Fredrickson was sitting right next to Ray, she still claims she cannot recall much of what he said and did. She told investigators, <b><i>"James is my boss, so I listened to what he says and I listened to what he told participants." </b></i><br />
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<b><font size="+2" color="red">UPDATE February 4, 2010</font></b><br />
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Prescot E-news<br />
James Arthur Ray's Hearing To Be Today at 11 am <a href="http://www.prescottenews.com/latest/james-arthur-rays-hearing-to-be-today-at-11-am">a detailed account</a><br />
[www.prescottenews.com/latest/james-arthur-rays-hearing-to-be-today-at-11-am]<br />
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It has been widely reported that James Ray plead not guilty in court on February 4, 2010. Judge Warren Darrow set a hearing on whether to lower the bond amount for Thursday, February 11th.<br />
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KPNX-12 News: <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2010/02/04/20100204james-ray-pleads-not-guilty-020510-CR.html">James Ray plead not guilty today in court.</a><br />
[www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2010/02/04/20100204james-ray-pleads-not-guilty-020510-CR.html]<br />
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Phoenix New Times<br />
<a href="http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/02/james_ray_pleads_not_guilty_to.php">James Ray pleads not guilty and opts to stay in jail</a><br />
[blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/02/james_ray_pleads_not_guilty_to.php]<br />
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<b><font size="+1">Native Protest at James Ray's Court Appearance</b></font><br />
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The <b>Camp Verde Bugle</b> <a href="http://campverdebugleonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=991&ArticleID=25608"><b>Native Protesters Hear Ray's Pleas</b> </a>By Jon Hutchinson<br />
[campverdebugleonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=991&ArticleID=25608]<br />
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The Intertribal Eagle Feather Law Council claims that James Ray’s practices violate the <a href="http://www.artnatam.com/law.html">American Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990. </a><br />
[www.artnatam.com/law.html]<br />
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<b><i>"We have been given that ceremony by our elders. We are taught to fast. A sweat lodge is never that large and we don't charge for it. We don't sell spirituality. That is greed ... This is a giving-of-life ceremony, not a taking of life." -- J.R. Packhorse, (Ponca, Black Hills Sioux)</b></i><br />
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Note: An amendment to the American Indian Arts and Crafts, <a href="http://www.gop.gov/bill/111/2/hr725">HR 725</a>, bill is being considered that would authorize any federal law enforcement officer to investigate crimes relating to an alleged counterfeiting of Indian arts and crafts. This is significant because it would authorize the Indian Arts and Crafts Board to refer any violations involving the sale of goods misrepresented as Indian-produced goods to any federal law enforcement officer or agency, as opposed to just the FBI. In addition, any federal law enforcement officer would be authorized to conduct an investigation without a referral from the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. [www.gop.gov/bill/111/2/hr725]<br />
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<b><font size="+3">NEWS LINKS</font></b><br />
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Prescott e-news - the most thorough coverage<br />
<a href="http://www.prescottenews.com/latest/sedona-sweet-lodge-organizer-james-ray-arrested">Sedona Sweat Lodge Organizer James Ray Arrested </a><br />
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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/04/arizona.sweat.lodge/index.html">CNN Video of James Ray's Perp Walk</a><br />
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ABC Nighline: <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/125791/abc-nightline-day-of-reckoning">Day of Reckoning </a><br />
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<a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/nightlinedailyline/2010/02/sweat-lodge-update-james-arthur-ray-arrested.html">Nightline investigation</a> - February 3, 2010 <br />
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CBS NEWS: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGJxOSyzn8M">Sweat Lodge Guru Faces Manslaughter</a> <br />
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<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-02-03-sweat-lodge-arizona_N.htm">USA Today video</a><br />
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<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/gma">Good Morning America </a><br />
James Ray may be in jail until the trial because he doesn't have the money to post bond.<br />
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San Diego<br />
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<b><i>"He only wants one thing, money."</b></i> <br />
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<a href="http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/04/james-arthur-ray-arrested">Anderson Cooper 360 blog</a><br />
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New York Times<br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/us/05sweat.html">Sweat Lodge Leader Is Indicted in Deaths</a> <br />
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Los Angeles Times<br />
<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-sweatlodge4-2010feb04,0,1470682.story">Self-help guru arrested in Arizona sweat lodge deaths</a><br />
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Senator Albert Hale, a Democrat from Window Rock, AZ and the former president of the Navajo Nation, has proposed SB 1164 to regulating all pay-to-pray practices that are claimed to be “Native American” and conducted by non-Natives off tribal land. This would include the use of all sweat lodges by non-Natives. The measure requires the Arizona Department of Health Service regulate individuals or businesses that charge people to participate in what are claimed to be "traditional and authentic Native American practices." Violators would be subject to yet-to-be-determined civil penalties. SB 1164 would not restrict what Native Americans can do on reservation lands or off them and would uphold the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/FHPL_IndianRelFreAct.pdf">Native American Religious Freedom Act</a>.<br />
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Senator Hale was quoted as saying "Native American rituals are sacred and can be dangerous without training." He went on the further claim, "People should be protected from paying for inauthentic Native American ceremonies." <br />
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KPHO News Phoenix quoted Hale today saying, "This process has been a perversion of our traditional ways. The dominant society has taken all that we have: Our land, our water, our language, and now they're trying to take our way of life." Current Navajo Nation president, Joe Shirley added, "We need to be respected. Our ways cannot be abused."<br />
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To Contact Senator Albert Hale to voice your opinion on this matter:<br />
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James Arthur Ray's name has been in the media a lot lately, but let's not forget the names of the twelve human beings who lost their lives to greed, ignorance and ambition. They were all loved by other human beings. They all had hopes and dreams of becoming better people and those desired were used against them in a most despicable ways. Let's all do what we can to see that no one should ever have to die in a pay-to-pray ceremony ever again.<br />
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<b>In Memoriam</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/18/liz-neuman-third-person-d_n_324995.html">Liz Neuman</a>, 49, from Prio Lake, MN died from James Arthur Ray's sweat lodge on October 18, 2009<br />
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<a href="http://www.bajapulse.com/BajaPulse/News/Entries/2010/1/3_A_Life_Interrupted__Remembering_Kirby_Brown.html">Kirby Brown</a>, 38, from Westtown, N.Y died in James Arthur Ray’s sweat lodge on October 9, 2009 <br />
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<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=8831287">James Shore</a>, 40, from Milwaukee, WI died in James Arthur Ray’s sweat lodge on October 9, 2009<br />
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<a href="http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/10/lawrence-baptiste-catholique-1956-2009/">Lawrence Catholique</a>, 52, from a Chipewyan First Nation's community near Yellowknife died February 9, 2009 alone in a sweat lodge in which he used wood embers - a non-traditional method suggested to him by a New Age non-Native.<br />
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<a href="http://www.crossdrivenradio.com/memory-rev-karen-blomberg/">Reverend Karen Blomberg</a>, 54, died July 21, 2008 in a Vision Quest conducted by Wilderness Rites of Ashland, Oregon. Non-Native Anne Stine of was responsible for the group that was selling "elder" certificates - something no legitimate Native medicine person would ever do.<br />
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<a href="http://www.rickross.com/reference/general/general690.html">Rowen Cooke</a>, 37, Melbourne Australia died in a sweat lodge 2004 conducted by David Jarvis who was associated with Spirit of the Earth Medicine Society.<br />
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<a href="http://wwrn.org/articles/12913/?&place=australia§ion=native-religions">Kylie Watt</a>s, 30, Byron Bay in New South Wales died in a sweat lodge in 2003<br />
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<a href="http://articles.sfgate.com/2002-06-27/bay-area/17550218_1_sweat-hot-rocks-owl">Kirsten "Kris" Babcock</a>, 34, Redding, California died in a sweat lodge in 2002 conducted by members of the Sun Bear tribe.<br />
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David Thomas Hawker</a>, 36, of Union City, California died in a sweat lodge in 2002 conducted by members of the Sun Bear tribe.<br />
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<a href="http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=4652&pst=623738">Gordon Reynolds</a>, 43, of Twickenham, West London died in a sweat lodge on November 21, 1996<br />
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Kelly Rice</a>, 35, of Austin, Texas, housekeeper and masseuse, died of accidental heatstroke inside a sweat lodge 1993<br />
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Ronald Delgado</a> of Santa Barbara California was killed in Archie Fire Lame Deer's 'Vision Quest' on July 12, 1980. <br />
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I have always been taught, that when we do nothing in the face of such an injustice, we create a moral imbalance. I want to urge all NDN-born-NDNS to start posting comments, joining online communities and speaking out, write your local officials and create your own blogs. Non-Native people need to hear the true feelings that we have about cultural misappropriation and exploitation of our sacred ways. It's more important than ever that minority NDN-born-NDN voices, that have historically been silenced, be heard now. The internet is a powerful medium. Let's find a way to use it in a good way.<br />
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Twelve precious human beings have lost their lives in pay-to-pray sweat lodges conducted by or influenced by ambitions non-Natives who were all later shown to have absolutely no knowledge or understanding of indigenous spiritual protocol and philosophies. There have been many other close calls that were not reported in the manin stream media. In my opinion this legislation is overdue. It's telling to me that it took a Native American member of the legislature to come up with a bill that penalizes non-Natives from profiting from the exploitation of indigenous spiritual beliefs and practices, while taking steps to ensure that indigenous people are still allowed their rights to freedom of religion. I have always been an advocate of culture-jamming and taking the "cool" out of the exploitation of our spiritual ways, but perhaps the solution really lies in taking the profit motive out of this exploitation as well.<br />
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Here are several links to the story:<br />
<a href="http://www.kpho.com/news/22277044/detail.html">Sen. Hale seeks to Sanction Use of Native American Ceremonies off Tribal Land For- Profit without Permission</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.azfamily.com/news/Hale-wants-to-regulate-Native-American-practices-after-sweat-lodge-deaths-82094217.html">Former President of the Navajo Nation, Senator Hale seeks to regulate ceremonies off tribal land for profit</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/01/19/20100119sweat-lodge-deaths-lawmaker-wants-to-regulate.html">Regulations sought in wake of sweat-lodge deaths</a><br />
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AZ Capital Times<br />
<a href="http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/01/19/hale-files-to-bill-to-regulate-native-american-rituals/">Hale files to bill to regulate Native American rituals</a><br />
[http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/01/19/hale-files-to-bill-to-regulate-native-american-rituals/]<br />
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<a href="http://wap.myfoxphoenix.com/w/main/story/8922914/"><br />
FOX 10 NEWS: Lawmaker Wants to Ban Sweat Lodge Use</a><br />
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<a href="http://buffalopost.net/?p=6049#more-6049">Arizona lawmaker seeks to regulate use of traditional ceremonial practices after “sweat lodge” tragedy</a><br />
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<a href="http://campverdebugleonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=25411">Lawmaker: Restrict profit from Native American practices</a><br />
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KWST NEWS<br />
<a href="http://www.kswt.com/Global/story.asp?S=11846507">Lawmaker: Restrict profit from Native ceremonies</a><br />
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KPHO News<br />
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Verde News <a href="http://verdenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=34631">Sedona Sweat Lodge deaths prompt legislation to restrict Native American practices off reservation<br />
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Native American Times<a href="http://www.nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2922:lawmaker-restrict-profit-from-tribal-ceremonies&catid=43&Itemid=19">Lawmaker: Restrict profit from tribal ceremonies <br />
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Special thanks to<a href="http://englerrefugee.bravehost.com/grammasays.html"> Laura from Maria</a> from DDR and RRC for helping me sort out the moral and ethical issues here. Chii Miigwech!Don't Pay To Prayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08774818867173300267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657147750080040150.post-27544695431941924572009-11-14T16:14:00.001-05:002009-11-15T21:53:44.915-05:00Lakota Nation Calls James Arthur Ray on his Disrespect<center><img src="http://i37.tinypic.com/2zi99gk.jpg"></center><br />
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<b><i>"They made us many promises, more than I can remember. But they kept but one - They promised to take our land...and they took it."<br />
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<p>Last year, James Arthur Ray made approximately $94 million dollars selling his twisted version of Native American Spiritual practices. While on Pine Ridge, the median income on the reservation is just $3,500 a year and the unemployment rate is 85% . <a href="http://www.city-data.com/forum/south-dakota/345877-true-pine-ridge-indian-reservation-poorest-9.html#ixzz0WQVfMuJR">City Data Forum</a><br />
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It seems to have escaped the notice of the so-called alternative media that James Ray perverted the birth right and the cultural property of the Lakota people while pulling in roughly 2700 times the average income of the rightful guardians of that culture. The amount Ray made is approximately 1593 times the average income of the residents of the nearest reservation, Camp Verde. The median income there was a mere $8347 in 2000 with a 33% rate of unemployment. <a href="http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/arizona/Documents/SpeciesDocs/SWWF/Econ_Ana/Chapter7.pdf">Fish and Wildlife Report</a><br />
To my knowledge, there hasn’t been a single new story that covers the conditions that the rightful owners of Sedona have to live with. All the attention has been on the harm done a handful of non-NDN people. No coverage has been given to the impact that the Sedona deathlodge incident has on indigenous people.<br />
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Well, perhaps there’s hope that this injustice will be remedied.<br />
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The Lakota Nation has filed suit against James Ray, Angel Valley and the United States government citing the Laramie treaty of 1868.<br />
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The plaintiffs listed are Floyd Hand and Ivan Lewis on behalf of the Oglala Nation.<br />
The lawsuit cites articles 1 of the 1868 treaty of Laramie, article 6 of the United States Constitution and articles, 29 and 36 of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous people. The plaintiffs argue that under the customs, traditions and cultural values of the Lakota people the Inipi/Oinikaga ceremony is a way of life, not a religion<br />
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They argue that “indigenous people are entitled to the recognition of the FULL OWNERSHIP, control and protection of their cultural and intellectual property. They have the right to special measures of control, develop and protect their sciences, technologies, and CULTURAL MANIFESTATION including human and other genetic resources, seeds, medicines, knowledge of properties of fauna and flora, oral traditions, literature, designs visual and performing arts.” (emphasis mine)<br />
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The plaintiffs allege that James Ray violated the peace between the United States government and the Sovereign Lakota Nation by impersonating an Indian and by abusing the cultural property of the Lakota people. The plaintiffs are asking that in order to maintain the treaty of Laramie, that James Ray and the owners of the Angel Valley Retreat center be held accountable and prosecuted under United States law.<br />
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If they are successful, and it will be difficult, this will be a ground breaking case in defense of the integrity of Native American spiritual life ways.<br />
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You can read the Law suit filed by Floyd Hand and Ivan Lewis to protect the Inipi/Oinikaga here:<br />
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The full statement made by Longblackcat behalf of Lakota Nation is here:<br />
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I support the efforts of Floyd Hand and Ivan Lewis 100%. I’d like to call on all NDN-born-NDNS and our true supporters to call the so-called alternative media on not covering the indigenous perspective on this issue. On emphasizing the harm done Non-NDN people and only presenting the opinions of illegitimate representatives of NDN culture. It only takes a minute to send an email to the alternative media and demand that this issue be covered fairly and responsibly.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_poorest_places_in_the_United_States">Poorest places in the US </a><br />
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<a href="http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/arizona/Documents/SpeciesDocs/SWWF/Econ_Ana/Chapter7.pdf">Fish and Wildlife Report Chapter 7 Potential Economic Impacts of Tribal Activities</a>Don't Pay To Prayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08774818867173300267noreply@blogger.com89tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657147750080040150.post-29718952648959614592009-10-16T17:04:00.003-04:002009-10-16T17:21:15.559-04:00Someone DID Die in a Sweat Lodge: Arvol Looking Horse's Thoughts<p><font size="+1"><br />
On October 9, 2009, two human beings died in a plastic sweat lodge conducted by self-help guru James Arthur Ray. Please remember them in your prayers along with, Liz Neuman, who remains in critical condition at the Flagstaff Medical Center, as a result of James Arthur Ray’s plastic sweat lodge in Angle Valley, Arizona.</font></p><br />
<p align="center"><font size="+2"><b><i>In Memorium</i></b></font></p><br />
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<b>Kirby Brown</b>, 38, from Westtown, N.Y died in James Arthur Ray’s sweat lodge on October 9, 2009 <br />
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<b>James Shore,</b> 40, from Milwaukee, WI died in James Arthur Ray’s sweat lodge on October 9, 2009<br />
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<b>Lawrence Catholique,</b> 52, from a Chipewyan First Nation's community near Yellowknife died February 9, 2009 alone in a sweat lodge in which he used wood embers.<br />
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<b>Reverend Karen Blomberg,</b> 54, died July 21, 2008 in a Vision Quest conducted by Wilderness Rites of Ashland, Oregon Anne Stine of was responsible for the group that was selling "elder" certificates.<br />
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<b>Rowen Cooke,</b> 37, Melbourne Australia died in a sweat lodge 2004<br />
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<b>Kylie Watts</b>, 30, Byron Bay in New South Wales died in a sweat lodge in 2003<br />
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<b>Kirsten "Kris" Babcock</b>, 34, Redding, California died in a sweat lodge in 2002<br />
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<b>David Thomas Hawker</b>, 36, of Union City, California died in a sweat lodge in 2002<br />
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<b>Gordon Reynolds</b>, 43, of Twickenham, West London died in a sweat lodge on November 21, 1996<br />
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<b>Kelly Rice</b>, 35, of Austin, Texas, housekeeper and masseuse, died of accidental heatstroke inside a sweat lodge 1993<br />
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<b>Ronald Delgado</b> of Santa Barbara California was killed in Archie Fire Lame Deer's 'Vision Quest' on July 12, 1980 </font></i></p><br />
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In keeping with the tradition of letting our elders speak first, I'm posting the words of Chief Arvol Looking Horse before I write my thoughts on this tragedy.</font></p><br />
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This is Chief Arvol Looking Horse's statement on the Sweat Deaths at Angel Valley last week: </font></p><br />
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<p><font size="+1"><b>As Keeper of our Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe Bundle, I am concerned <br />
for the 2 deaths and illnesses of the many people that participated in a <br />
sweat lodge in Sedona, Arizona that brought our sacred rite under fire in the <br />
news. I would like to clarify that this lodge and many others, are not <br />
our ceremonial way of life, because of the way they are being conducted. My <br />
prayers go out for their families and loved ones for their loss. <br />
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Our ceremonies are about life and healing, from the time this ancient <br />
ceremonial rite was given to our people, never has death been a part of <br />
our inikag¹a (life within) when conducted properly. Today the rite is <br />
interpreted as a sweat lodge; it is much more than that. So the term <br />
does not fit our real meaning of purification. <br />
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Inikag¹a is the oldest ceremony brought to us by Wakan Tanka (Great <br />
Spirit). 19 generations ago, the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota Oyate (people), were given <br />
seven sacred rites of healing by a Spirit Woman Pte San Win (White <br />
Buffalo Calf Woman). She brought these rites along with our sacred C¹anupa <br />
(pipe) to our People, when our ancestors were suffering from a difficult time. It <br />
was also brought for the future to help us for much more difficult times to <br />
come. They were brought to help us stay connected to who we are as a <br />
traditional cultural People. The values of conduct are very strict in <br />
any of these ceremonies, because we work with spirit. The way the Creator, <br />
Wakan Tanka told us; that if we stay humble and sincere, we will keep <br />
that connection with the inyan oyate (the stone people), who we call the <br />
Grandfathers, to be able to heal ourselves and loved ones. We have a <br />
³gift² of prayer and healing and have to stay humble with our Unc¹i <br />
Maka (Grandmother Earth) and with one another. The inikag¹a is used in all <br />
of the seven sacred rites to prepare and finish the ceremonies, along with the <br />
sacred eagle feather. The feather represents the sacred knowledge of our <br />
ancestors. <br />
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Our First Nations People have to earn the right to pour the mini <br />
wic¹oni (water of life) upon the inyan oyate (the stone people) in creating <br />
Inikag¹a - by going on the vision quest for four years and four years Sundance. <br />
Then you are put through a ceremony to be painted - to recognize that you <br />
have now earned that right to take care of someone¹s life through <br />
purification. They should also be able to understand our sacred language, to be able <br />
to understand the messages from the Grandfathers, because they are ancient, <br />
they are our spirit ancestors. They walk and teach the values of our <br />
culture; in being humble, wise, caring and compassionate. <br />
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What has happened in the news with the make shift sauna called the sweat <br />
lodge is not our ceremonial way of life! <br />
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When you do ceremony - you cannot have money on your mind. We deal with <br />
the pure sincere energy to create healing that comes from everyone in that <br />
circle of ceremony. The heart and mind must be connected. When you <br />
involve money, it changes the energy of healing. The person wants to get what <br />
they paid for; the Spirit Grandfathers will not be there, our way of life is <br />
now being exploited! You do more damage than good. No² mention² of <br />
monetary energy should exist in healing, not even with a can of love donations. <br />
When that energy exists, they will not even come. Only after¹ the <br />
ceremony, between the person that is being healed and the Intercessor who has <br />
helped connect with the Great Spirit, the energy of money can be given out of <br />
appreciation. That exchange of energy is from the heart; it is private <br />
and does not involve the Grandfathers! Whatever gifts of appreciation the <br />
person who received the help, can now give the Intercessor whatever they feel <br />
their healing is worth. <br />
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In our Prophesy of the White Buffalo Calf Woman, she told us that she <br />
would return and stand upon the earth when we are having a hard time. In 1994 <br />
this began to happen with the birth of the white buffalo, not only their <br />
nation, but many animal nations began to show their sacred color, which is <br />
white. She predicted that at this time there would be many changes upon <br />
Grandmother Earth. There would be things that we never experienced or heard of <br />
before; climate changes, earth changes, diseases, disrespect for life and one <br />
another would be shocking and there would be also many false prophets! <br />
<br />
My Grandmother that passed the bundle to me said I would be the last <br />
Keeper if the Oyate (people) do not straighten up. The assaults upon <br />
Grandmother Earth are horrendous, the assaults toward one another was not in our <br />
culture, the assaults against our People (Oyate) have been termed as <br />
genocide, and now we are experiencing spiritual genocide! <br />
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Because of the problems that began to arise with our rebirth of being <br />
able to do our ceremonies in the open since the Freedom of Religion Act of <br />
1978, our Elders began talking to me about the abuses they seen in our <br />
ceremonial way of life, which was once very strict. After many years of witnessing <br />
their warnings, we held a meeting to address this very issue of lack of <br />
protocol in our ceremonies. After reaching an agreement of addressing <br />
the misconduct of our ceremonies and reminding of the proper protocols, a <br />
statement was made in March 2003. Every effort was made to insure our <br />
way of life of who we are as traditional cultural People was made, because <br />
these ways are for our future and all life upon the Grandmother Earth <br />
(Mitakuye Oyasin All my relations), so that they may have good health. Because <br />
these atrocities are being mocked and practiced all over the world, there was <br />
even a film we made called ³Spirits for Sale². <br />
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The non-native people have a right to seek help from our ³First Nation <br />
Intercessors² for good health and well-being; it is up to that <br />
Intercessor. That is a privilege for all People that we gift for being able to have <br />
good health and understand that their protocol is to have respect and <br />
appreciate what we have to share. The First Nations Intercessor has to earn that <br />
right to our ceremonial way of life in the ways I have explained. <br />
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<font color="crimson"><font size="+2"><b>At this time, I would like to ask all Nations upon Grandmother Earth to <br />
please respect our sacred ceremonial way of life and stop the <br />
exploitation of our Tunka Oyate (Spiritual Grandfathers).</b></font></font> <br />
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In a Sacred Hoop of Life, where there is no ending and no beginning! <br />
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Namah¹u yo (hear my words), <br />
<br />
Chief Arvol Looking Horse, <br />
19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White <br />
Buffalo Calf Pipe Bundle.<br />
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<p>I hope everyone subscribed will think and pray about this.<br />
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Heather<br />
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People sending letters of protest can find useful information to use to convince tribal leaders and others no to support the fund raising activities of this unscrupulous fraud.<br /><br /><a href="http://nicdhana.blogspot.com/2008/04/seneca-man-speaks-out-on-rachel.html">http://nicdhana.blogspot.com/2008/04/seneca-man-speaks-out-on-rachel.html</a><br /><br /><a href="http://jayfulton.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/grandmother_peace_drum_and_pepper-spray"><br />http://jayfulton.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/grandmother_peace_drum_and_pepper-spray</a><br /><br /><br />It would also be helpful for someone with knowledge and writing skills to self-publish an article on one of the Indy media websites in the areas where White Ego Woman will be appearing:<br /><br /><a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/index.html">http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/index.html</a><br /><br />Anyone is allowed to self publish<br /><br /><a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/static/openpublishing.html">http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/static/openpublishing.html</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.independentmedia.ca">http://www.independentmedia.ca</a><br /><br /><br /><br />If you want to stay updated on the protests. Anyone can follow us on twitter and retweet with hashtags #nativeamerican and our tag #DPTP<br />http://twitter.com/dontpaytopray<br />(You don’t even have to have a cell phone, just web access)<br /><br />If you don’t know what that means, just type:<br /><br />“RT White Ego Woman continues her deception. Flag her as scam. http://dontpaytopray.blogspot.com #nativeamerican #DPTP @dontpaytopray”<br /><br /><br /><br />We’ve also been given a list of the addresses and phone numbers of venues, the actual physical places where White Ego Woman will be appearing<br />(These are not the sponsors, but the landlords):<br /><br />The additional contact info I received follows:<br /><br /><br />White Ego Woman is appearing September 22, 2009, at:<br />Levittown Hall<br />203 Levittown Pkwy<br />Hicksville, NY 11801<br />(516) 933-6400<br /><br />White Ego Woman will be appearing September 26-27, 2009, at:<br />Coast International Inn<br />3450 Aviation Avenue<br />Anchorage, AK? 99503<br />(907) 243-2233?<br />FAX: (907) 248-3796<br />Toll Free 1-800-716-6199 <br />International +800-800-26278<br />Email contact form: https://www.coasthotels.com/contactus<br /><br />White Ego Woman is appearing on October 16, 2009 (7pm-10pm), at:<br />Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church<br />1845 Wantagh Avenue,<br />Wantagh, NY 11793<br />(516) 785-1247<br /><br />White Ego Woman is appearing on October 17, 2009 (10:30am-6:30pm), at:<br />Merrick Golf Course Clubhouse<br />2550 Clubhouse Road<br />Merrick, NY 11566<br />(516) 868-4650<br /><br />White Ego Woman is appearing on October 23 (7pm–10pm) and October 24 (10am-6pm), at:<br />Comox Band Hall<br />3320 Comox Road<br />Courtenay, BC<br />V9N 3P8<br />CANADA<br /><br />Contact info for the Comox (Kómox) First Nation <br />Chief Ernest Hardy and Council, K'omoks First Nation <br /> <br /> Chief Ernest Hardy <br />Telephone: (250) 339-7122 <br />K'ómoks First Nation <br />3320 Comox Road <br />Comox, BC V9N 3P8 <br />(250) 339-4545 older number (250)339-7122 <br />Barbara Mitchell <br />Melinda Knox ( Manger) <br />Fax: (250) 339-7053 <br />Website: http://www.comoxband.ca/index.php <br />Email: Email: info@comoxband.ca <br />Cultural Center <br />Telepone: 250-339-7702<br />Fax: 250-339-7053<br />e-mail: sales@ihosgallery.com <br /> <br />Kwakiutl District Council <br />Kwakiutl Band Council Chief Marion Wright <br />PO Box 1440 <br /> 99 Tsakis Way <br /> Port Hardy B.C. V0N 2P0 <br />Telephone: (250) 949-6012 <br />Fax: (250) 949-6066 <br /> <br />MAILING ADDRESS: <br />Kwakiutl District Council <br />(Administers the KDC Member Nation communities of Kwakiutl, <br />Mamalilikulla, Da’nanxda”Xw, We Wai Kum, Kwiakah, and Komox) <br />Kwakiutl District Council <br />Telehone: (250) 339-6593 <br /> <br />P.O. Box 489 <br />CAMPBELL RIVER, British Columbia <br />V9W 5C1 <br /> Location Address: <br />695 Headstart Cres. <br />CAMPBELL RIVER, British Columbia <br />V9W 5C1 <br />Telephone: (250) 286-3263 <br />Toll Free Phone: (866) 999-3263 <br />Fax: (250) 286-3268 <br />Email: kdc@oberon.ark.com <br /> <br /><br />P.O. Box 2490<br />109 Tsakis Way <br />Port Hardy <br />British Columbia Canada V0N 2P0 <br />Telephone: (250)949-9433 <br />Fax: (250) 949-9677 <br /> <br />Kwakiutl Indian Band<br />P. O. Box 1440<br />99 Tsakis Way <br />Port Hardy <br />British Columbia Canada V0N 2P0 <br />Telephone: (250) 949-6012 <br />Fax: (250) 949-6066 <br /><br />It was also suggested to contact First Nations leader’s in Vancouver, BC:<br /><br />The University of British Columbia Aboriginal Strategic Plan Task Group<br />http://aboriginal.ubc.ca/contact-us/<br />Telephone: (604) 822-0307<br />email: aboriginal.strategicplan@ubc.ca<br /><br />and <br /><br />Kla-how-eya Aboriginal Centre<br />13629 108th Ave. Surrey, B.C.<br />V3T 2K4<br />For staff contact or to get more info on programs please call: <br />Telephone: (604)584-2008<br />Fax: 604-588-1850<br />Email: reception@sacsbc.org<br /><br />http://www.sacsbc.org<br /><br />If anyone has any creative suggestions for educating, protesting and culture jamming this event, post them in the comments or email us at<br />dontpaytopray@gmail.com<br /><br />Thanks to all of you who've emailed and commented for your support. <br />It's really been overwhelming.<br /><br /><br />Stay red, stay strong<br /><br />HeatherDon't Pay To Prayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08774818867173300267noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657147750080040150.post-82796824762049010562009-09-13T21:05:00.000-04:002010-03-14T10:47:59.203-04:00White Eagle Woman is at it again!<center><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqEVSlLwjgt9gA8HPbdSA_U_-D8BX9t2xVqHF0pOUsH84Qa3Br2xA9tINZDGwBLF2WGnTuoCWcyf1vx7UB-ao4XzG-MaleEJtXTEzesK4QZSP9xJ5P-7EnPp65p1WOIOxwjzy_C7SJaU/s400/white-ego-fraud.gif" width="500"></center><br />
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WHITE EAGLE WOMAN IS AT IT AGAIN!<br />
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Even after promising not to continue to offend to Native People, Susan Holzworth AKA White Eagle Woman has broken her word and joined forces with yet another fraud, "Medicine Wolf"<br />
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You can now follow DPTP on twitter<br />
<a href="http://www.twitter.com/dontpaytopray"><br />
www.twitter.com/dontpaytopray</a><br />
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you can follow us using hashtags #DPTP<br />
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YouTube Action - Flag White Eagle Woman’s Videos for SPAM/SCAMS<br />
and Flag her fraudulent friends too!<br />
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It only takes a minute to send a message!<br />
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WHITE EGO WOMAN’s schedule is here: <br />
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<a href="http://whirlingrainbow.com/schedule.htm">http://whirlingrainbow.com/schedule.htm</a><br />
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As far as we know, the Sedona and Prescott appearance were cancelled due to threats of protests from Indian Country. <br />
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However, the Fraud will be appearing in Levittown New York (October 16-18, 2009) and in Van Couver BC (October 23-24th) in the next two months.<br />
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We need contact info for AIM groups in the New York Area and Aboriginal groups in the Van Couver area. Please email us at dontpaytopray@gmail.com if you know of groups who could organize a protest in these areas.<br />
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Sept. 26-27, 2009 Whole Life Festival: Coast International Inn. Anchorage Alaska<br />
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TO PROTEST: <br />
Call the Coast International Inn (near Anchorage, AK)<br />
3450 Aviation Avenue, Anchorage, AK<br />
Telephone: (907) 243-2233<br />
FAX: (907) 248-3796<br />
Toll Free 1-800-716-6199 <br />
International +800-800-26278<br />
Email contact form: https://www.coasthotels.com/contactus<br />
NEW YORK <br />
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009: Grandmother Drum Film /DRUMMING & SINGING Levittown, NEW YORK (Get ready for White Eagle’s appearance in October!)<br />
Presented by Marjorie Harriz, RMT and Karin Tamborello,RMT The film” Grandmother Drum: Awakening the Global Heart” will be shown. This viewing will be followed by an interactive drumming and singing session. Please feel free to bring your drums and rattles. A spectacular door prize will be given away. Sponsored by The Long Island Reiki Connection<br />
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TO PROTEST CONTACT: Teri Sarin tsarin@optonline.net<br />
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TELEPHONE: 631 486 4577 <br />
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You can call or email Teri with your protests for sponsoring this fraud, but Reiki groups are very difficult to reason with.<br />
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NEW YORK<br />
October 16, 2009 CD Release LIVING WATERS OF GRACE ‘Prayerformance’ with White Eagle Medicine Woman.<br />
WHERE: Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church, Wantagh Ave. Wantagh, New York <br />
WHEN: 7pm to 10pm. <br />
TO PROTEST CONTACT: The Long Island Reiki Connection. <br />
Email: Teri Sarin tsarin@optonline.net.<br />
Telephone: 631 486 4577<br />
Website: <a href="http://www.ReikiConnection.org">www.ReikiConnection.org</a> <br />
NEW YORK<br />
October 17, 2009 GATE OF GRACE: Sound Healing and the Power of the Drum with White Eagle Medicine Woman.<br />
DESCRIPTION: “ A day workshop of sacred music, indigenous teachings, drumming and transformational meditation practices to open the Gate of Grace in the Heart. This Gate of Grace allows for an opening of profound gratitude, forgiveness and lasting peace.”<br />
WHERE: Merrick Golf Course Club House on Club House Rd. New York <br />
WHEN: 10:30am- 6:30pm. <br />
TO PROTEST CONTACT: The Long Island Reiki Connection<br />
Email: Teri Sarin tsarin@optonline.net<br />
Telephone: 631 486 4577<br />
Website: <a href="http://www.ReikiConnection.org">www.ReikiConnection.org</a><br />
VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA<br />
October 23, 2009 CD Release LIVING WATERS OF GRACE Prayerformance with White Eagle Medicine Woman. <br />
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WHEN: Friday, October 23, 2009 7pm – 10pm<br />
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Where: Comox Band Hall 3320 Comox Road, Courtenay, BC<br />
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Description: “CD Release LIVING WATERS OF GRACE Prayerformance with White Eagle Medicine Woman.”<br />
TO PROTEST CONTACT: Julie Pelzer telephone: 250-339-5389<br />
Email: jpelzer@shaw.ca <br />
All Events Sponsored by: Violet Waters <a href="http://www.violetswaters.com">www.violetswaters.com</a> & The Whirling Rainbow Foundation <a href="http://www.whirlingrainbow.com">www.whirlingrainbow.com</a> www.violetwaters.com <br />
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OCTOBER 24, 2009 GATE OF GRACE: Sound Healing and the Power of the Drum with White Eagle Medicine Woman.<br />
WHERE: Comox Indian Band Hall, Comox, BC. <br />
DESCRIPTION: "A day workshop of sacred music, indigenous teachings, drumming and transformational meditation practices to open the Gate of Grace in the Heart. This Gate of Grace allows for an opening of profound gratitude, forgiveness and lasting peace."<br />
WHEN: October 24, 2009 10:00am- 6:00pm. <br />
TO PROTEST CONTACT: Violet Waters. <br />
Telephone: Julie Pelzer at: 250-339-5389<br />
Email: jpelzer@shaw.ca <br />
Website: <a href="http://www.violetwaters.com">http://www.violetwaters.com</a><br />
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Susan has aligned herself with a NEW FRAUD – "Dr. Medicine Wolf"<br />
OCTOBER 31, 2009 (Scary Halloween Frauds!) <br />
WHEN: 10:30 am (Alaska Time)<br />
DESCRIPTION: "White Eagle will have the honor to interview Dr. Medicine Wolf, biophysicist, medical doctor, naturopath, Iroquois medicine man, and one of the world’s leading authorities on monatomic elements. Dr. Medicine Wolf and his partner Ambaya will speak on super conductive mono atomic elements as the purest foods for the Light Body and his 5 Steps to Radiant Health! FREE CALL<br />
Conference Dial-in Number: (218) 339-4600<br />
Participant Access Code: 701472#<br />
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YOUTUBE ACTION<br />
EVERYONE PLEASE JOIN YOUTUBE <br />
and FLAG THIS VIDEO!<br />
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For more information on Dr. Medicine Wolf go to:<br />
Dr. Len Horowitz & Medicine Wolf Part 1 of 6<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAyvdhhQ0L0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAyvdhhQ0L0</a><br />
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Please join YouTube (www.youtube.com) and comment on this fraud. Flag it for spam and chose the subcategory spam/scams fraud.<br />
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This "Medicine Wolf" character is a complete fraud. He is NOT a Medicine Man. Len Horowitz is a con artist. <br />
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WHITE EGO WOMAN’s VIDEOS ARE HERE:<br />
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Please flag her videos for spam/scams – it only takes a minute to get her kicked off from YouTube.<br />
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GrandMother Drum White Eagle<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO66TQlY7Ok">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO66TQlY7Ok</a>GRANDMOTHER DRUM ACTIVATION, HAWAII<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_iITsxLvho<br />
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White Eagle Live H2O Commercial<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxxZGUE19og">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxxZGUE19og</a><br />
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White Eagle Grandmother Drum H20 528 hertz, sea of Galilee, Israel<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdKHcu-eGVE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdKHcu-eGVE</a><br />
GrandMother Drum in Tikal for Spring Equinox<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6_Uw2w1d3E">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6_Uw2w1d3E</a><br />
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Grandmother Drum Global Heart<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7n6LQfNAhQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7n6LQfNAhQ</a><br />
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GrandMother Drum White Eagle<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO66TQlY7Ok">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO66TQlY7Ok</a><br />
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One Big Drum<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-ZupjD1Ob8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-ZupjD1Ob8</a><br />
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To protest contact: <br />
<a href="http://beyondrawfood.com/blog/tag/dr-medicine-wolf">http://beyondrawfood.com/blog/tag/dr-medicine-wolf</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sacredhealth.com">www.sacredhealth.com</a><br />
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Please take some time to join YouTube and flag White Ego Woman’s videos and Medicine Wolf’s videos for scam fraud or email or call the above and express your disgust at the activities of these unscrupulous frauds.<br />
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If you still don’t know about White Eagle Woman you can learn about her here:<br />
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White Eagle Medicine Woman Fraud<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEChaNnvaWc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEChaNnvaWc</a><br />
White Eagle Medicine Woman Fraud<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_9nptu77IQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_9nptu77IQ</a><br />
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White Ego woman<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHtJYR-neIY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHtJYR-neIY</a><br />
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White Ego Woman<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHtJYR-neIY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHtJYR-neIY</a><br />
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<strong>REMEMBER: These frauds count on your silence and your apathy!</strong>Don't Pay To Prayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08774818867173300267noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657147750080040150.post-33153659298789324882008-06-22T18:56:00.000-04:002008-06-22T19:13:58.201-04:00In Memoriam<span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><p align="center"><b><i>Rowen Cooke 37, Melbourne Australiadied in a sweat lodge November 4, 2004<BR><br />Kylie Watts, 30 Byron Bay in New South Walesdied in a sweat lodge in 2003<BR><br />Kirsten"Kris" Babcock 34 Redding, California died in a sweat lodge on June 21, 2002<BR>David Thomas Hawker, 36, of Union City, California died in a sweat lodge on June 21, 2002<BR>Gordon Reynolds, 43 of Twickenham, West London died in a sweat lodge on November 21, 1996<BR>Kelly Rice, 35 of Austin, Texas, housekeeper and masseuse, died of accidental heatstroke inside a sweat lodge in June 1993<BR>Ronald Delgado of Santa Barbara California was killed in Archie Fire Lame Deer's 'Vision Quest' on July 12, 1980<br /></i></b></p><br /><p>Please remember these victims in your prayers and don't let these deaths be forgotten. They were all human beings and none of them deserved to die like this.</p><br /><p>I think that their deaths should be seen as a warning. For thousands and thousands of years, no one died in a sweat lodge. When people decided to sell them, seven people, that we know of, died on 28 years. The act of subjecting spirituality to Capitalism is what makes them poisonous to the spirit. This is what happens when indigenous people lose sovereignty over our own spiritual practices. This is inevitably what happens when one engages in the absurd act of subjecting spirituality to free market forces. Because in Capitalism, the customer is always right. To make the maximum profit, service must be adapted to the greatest number of customers – the lowest common denominators.</p><br /><p>The lesson that the frauds refuse to learn is protocol. The counterculture shuns rationality, accountability, sacrifice, discipline and protocol and embraces narcissism and self indulgence. These were never indigenous values. When people reject our protocol out of ignorance and arrogance and try to take the empty form of our spiritual practices, they will harm themselves. They will remain empty. They will lose their integrity, they will lose their money and some of them will lose their lives. The frauds will always try to trick their targets into believing they are following protocol. And most people are too lazy and ignorant to know who to check out their claims.</p><br /><p>Many of these people died in sweats held on very hot days around the summer solstice. With the popularity of the twinkie sweat lodge ever increasing there’s an increased probability that someone will die this weekend. Some New Age businesses think it’s enough to force participants to sign waivers. This only protects the business and does not hold the New Age Capitalist accountable for any acts of negligent homicide. To this date, none of the frauds running these deadly sweats have been prosecuted for their crimes. Spirit of the Earth Medicine Society is still running sweats in Australia. When you think about it, it really reveals the true character of people perpetuating this fraud when you see that their primary response to this horrible event was to protect themselves legally in the event of future deaths. This refusal to be held accountable for one’s actions is definitely NOT indigenous.</p><p>Don’t Pay to Pray has been keeping statistics on the number and cost of non-NDN sweat lodges since 2001. We found that the average cost of sweats reported to us from people across the United States and Canada has increased from $46.67 in 2001 to $95.00 in 2007 and it skyrocketed to $965.26 in 2008. The number reported to us has risen nearly 900%. It appears that the sweat-lodge cottage industry is not a mainstream high-end service. The popularity of the inauthentic sweat only increases the probability that someone will die this weekend.</p><p>The frauds who conduct these sweats are getting bolder in creating specious rhetoric to finagle payment for their services. Unfortunately, a lie repeated often enough becomes the truth in the sustainable community and more and more people are simply taking the frauds at their word. Most are claiming that payment is merely an “exchange of energy” and that it is no longer appropriate just to give the twinkie shame-man blankets, food or gas etc. We’re hearing over and over again that it’s appropriate to give large sums of “energy” (meaning money). As activists, we can’t let our voices be drowned out by those who would commercialize our spirituality.</p><br /><p align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">What does it mean for the future of indigenous spiritual practices when more non-NDN people have participated in sweat lodges than have NDN people?</em></span></strong></p><br /><p>It was recently pointed out to me that it’s probably now true that more non-NDN people have participated in sweat lodges than have NDN people. Through their numbers and their resources, non NDNs have barged into our communities and have nearly supplanted us from our own cultures. This weekend millions of people all over the world will attend twisted versions of sweat lodge ceremonies believing they are doing something good that is sanctioned by indigenous spiritual leaders. They simply are not. </p><br /><p>While the price of the average twinkie sweat lodge is rapidly growing beyond the means of the poorest people, these businesses have priced out everybody but the richest, whitest people from the trendiest sweats. A New Age sweat lodge is now one of the whitest events one can attend. I don’t really think this was completely unintentional. Whether they intend it or not, those who claim to respect our religion are supplanting authentic native people from our own religious practices. </p><br /><p>I think that what is necessary to stop this perversion of indigenous spiritual practices is for all the well meaning non-NDNS to start educating themselves and to start looking at themselves in a brutally honest fashion. Indigenous people have no real power to fight the superior resources of those who profit from the exploitation of native spiritual practices, so I think what we need to do is to culture jam -- that is to de-cool the sweat lodge as a countercultural practice. When people who truly support indigenous people start confronting those who brag about attending a sweat lodge and let them know that this contributes to the destruction of native spiritualities and is definitely NOT COOL, then indigenous people will start to reclaim control over OUR birthright. If the well-meaning sustainable/green community can understand why it is essential to simply leave some environments alone, then they can certainly understand why it is essential that they leave our spiritual environment alone. If they truly respect for our spirituality it and wish it to continue, they’ll leave it to us. Native people, not New Age Capitalists, must have full sovereignty over OUR spiritual practices.</p><br /><p>The simple truth is this: subjecting Sweat lodges to the Capitalist marketplace is NOT a SUSTAINABLE practice. The counterculture is at a crossroads. Will they choose to leave our spirituality alone so that it can be preserved or will they say and do nothing while it is exploited to extinction? Can the left take an honest look at themselves and make the necessary changes? Or will their hypocrisy continue?</p></span>Don't Pay To Prayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08774818867173300267noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657147750080040150.post-80002248654881307982008-06-19T15:59:00.000-04:002008-06-24T00:08:47.242-04:00Will Someone Die in a New Age Sweat Lodge this Week-end?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3A3FEdi81TznMq3_SEDI4U_7Dr3eZmKtam02wPfYK2ei1PyX6wC-Jla6fZ0sKSAyE7sY8CEJjIV_JpfYBj3DY13Xk6NCN5tAXIpSzyqwSHuezAV1FuSPo-ofvjI_ESzicyaxyViRoLJF/s1600-h/DeadlyNewAgeLodge.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213688424389551122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3A3FEdi81TznMq3_SEDI4U_7Dr3eZmKtam02wPfYK2ei1PyX6wC-Jla6fZ0sKSAyE7sY8CEJjIV_JpfYBj3DY13Xk6NCN5tAXIpSzyqwSHuezAV1FuSPo-ofvjI_ESzicyaxyViRoLJF/s400/DeadlyNewAgeLodge.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> <p><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Summer Solstice 2008: Pay to Pray Sweat Lodges</span></span><br /><br />What follows is a list of individuals who are not entitled to conduct sweat ceremonies who are charging people for the service. Some call it “tuition”; some call it a “love donation” some use distorted rationalizations about exchanging “energies”. When you clear away the rhetoric, you have a pay-to-pray scam. Don’t Pay to Pray has been keeping statistics since 2001. We found that this, year the number of pay-to-pray sweat lodges held around the summer solstice has skyrocketed. So has the cost. The actual sweat lodge has become high end entertainment for the privileged classes who are deliberately kept ignorant as to its true meaning and purpose. Please take the time to contact your spiritual and political leaders and tell them of this disrespect. Please feel free to forward this information to whatever tribal organizations you think are appropriate.<br /><br /><br />UNITED STATES<br /><br />ARKANSAS<br /><br />WHO: Jim PathFinder Ewing (who is allegedly Cherokee) and wrote the book, Reiki Shamanism<br />WHAT: 6th Annual Summer Solstice Celebration and World Soul Retrieval Day<br />WHEN: Saturday June 21, 2008<br />WHERE: Russellville, Arkansas<br />COST:<br />DESCRIPTION: “Sweat lodge and Bear Dance<br />In the Dance, the dancers wear bear skins and “become” the Bear. They “take on” all the ills of the people assembled, and the ills are transmuted into healing power. It is not the dancers who heal the people, but the healing power of the Bear. The wing men keep the dancers bathed in sage smoke, so that the dancers themselves don’t “take on” the illnesses.<br /><br />“In the shamanic way, we are taught to dance our power animals; we do this to honor them. Anyone can honor their power animals, and I highly advise it, to keep your connection strong. Our power animals guide and protect us; they are always with us. It is good to honor them, by keeping pictures of them around, thinking of them, thanking them, or dancing them. To dance your power animal, allow yourself the time and space to “be” with your power animal – whether it be a bird, fish, whatever – and while listening to a drumming tape, or having someone drum, allow yourself to be guided into a dance. Even if only for a few moments, it can be powerful and refreshing”<br /><br />“You are encouraged to fast and ask to enter the sweat lodge before ceremonies begin.<br />In the Sweat Lodge, women wear dresses and men wear cut-offs. Hydrate and fast before arrival. Potluck meal to follow - Bring a dish or other food/beverages, if you wish to participate.<br />The sweat lodge here follows Yokuts, Cherokee and other traditions as may be the case with the ways of the water pourer.”<br /><a href="http://www.blueskywaters.com/beardancehome.html">http://www.blueskywaters.com/beardancehome.html</a><br />Contact info:<br />Address: Healing The Earth/OurselvesP.O. Box 387 Lena, MS 39094<br />Telephone: 601-654-3301<br />Email: blueskywaters@att.net<br />Website: <a href="http://www.blueskywaters.com/">http://www.blueskywaters.com/</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />ARIZONA<br /><br />Northern Arizona<br /><br />Sedona<br /><br />WHO: Dr. Susan Shumsky<br />WHAT: Journey of Awakening"Summer Solstice Retreat<br />WHEN: June 20 to 23, 2008:<br />WHERE:<br />COST:<br />DESCRIPTION:<br />Contact info:<br />Address: Divine RevelationP.O. Box 7185New York, NY 10116Telephone: 212-946-5132Email: divinerevl@aol.com<br />Website:<br />Fax:<br />June 20 to 23, 2008:Journey of AwakeningSummer Solstice Retreat<br />Dr. Susan Shumsky<br />Divine RevelationP.O. Box 7185New York, NY 10116212-946-5132divinerevl@aol.com<br /><br />Sedona<br /><br />WHO: Clay Miller Sedona Aleh-zonSacred Healing Journeys<br />WHAT:<br />WHEN:<br />WHERE: Sedona<br />DESCRIPTION: ”Keep in mind that all my offered experiences are private. They are tailored to your interests and needs. We surrender to the agenda that awaits. COST:<br />3 1/2 - 5 hours $155.00 per person with two People$115 with three or more people $265.00 for single person”<br />“Base price is $695 for one person and $595 per person for two or more. You can make a deposit of $195 with credit card through PayPal. Or you can send a check to: Clay Miller, 405 W. Yuma St. Cottonwood, Arizona. Deposit for more than one person is $350.”<br />Contact info:<br />Address: Alehzon Sacred Journeys 405 W. YumaCottonwood, AZ 8632686326<br />Telephone: 928 634-3497<br />Email: soul@arizonahealingtours.com<br />Website: <a href="http://www.arizonahealingtours.com/home.html">http://www.arizonahealingtours.com/home.html</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />Sedona<br /><br />WHO: Susan Shumsky<br />WHAT: Journey of Awakening Summer Solstice Retreat<br />WHEN: June 20 to 23, 2008:<br />WHERE:<br />COST:<br />DESCRIPTION:<br />Contact info:<br />Address: P.O. Box 7185New York, NY 10116<br />Telephone: (212)946-5132Email: divinerevl@aol.com<br />Website: http://www.divinerevelation.org/Retreats.html<br />Fax:<br /><br />WHO: Maya Rose<br />WHAT: Associated with the Wild Rose Sweat Lodge<br />WHEN: June 21, 2008<br />WHERE: Northern Arizona – Sedona area<br />DESCRIPTION:” The Shamanic Wild Rose Dreamers Lodge is a center for the study and practice of esoteric healing and psychology, energy work, spiritual astrology and prophecy, metaphysics, and flowering tree and other shamanic ceremonial rituals. Magickal (white magick) exploration of universal and planetary energies, integrating unconditional love and sacred intent, is the focus of the lodge.<br />Led by Dance Chief Lyn “Starflyer” Hopkins, the lodge holds classes on shamanism, conducts vision quest and sweat lodge ceremonies, drum team gatherings, and Eagle Dream Dances. We also design and conduct shamanic healing rituals and ceremonies as needed for particular occasions. “<br />COST:<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone:<br />Email: Lyn at <a href="mailto:Starflyer@thewildrose.net">starflyer@thewildrose.net</a><br />Website: http://www.thewildrose.net/<br />Fax:<br /><br />SOUTHERN ARIZONA<br /><br />Phoenix<br />WHO: Deer Tribe Medicine Society<br />WHAT:Sweat Lodges and Pipe cermonies<br />WHEN: Sweat June 6-8, 2008 Pipe ceremony June 21, 2008<br />WHERE: all over the world<br />COST: $2500 to complete all their ‘gateways’<br />Website: http://www.dtmms.org<br />Email: <a href="mailto:redlodgeaz@dtmms.org">RedLodgeAZ@dtmms.org</a><br />Address: Scottsdale, Arizona<br />Telephone: (480) 443-3851<br />COST: $2500 to complete all their ‘gateways’<br />Also in Germany, Italy, Australia, England, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland<br />http://www.dtmms.org/locations.htm<br /><br /><br />Tucson<br /><br />WHO: Ku Istan<br />WHAT: Womyn’s Sweat Lodge<br />WHEN: Summer Solstice<br />WHERE: Tucson, Arizona<br />DESCRIPTION: “Prayer in a Native American format. 1st Saturday on/after full moon, 3:00 - 7:30pm. Bring towels, dry clothes for after, a gift for the pipe, food to share for the Potluck after (no pork), a Frog Skin donation ($) to help with expenses, and wood (nails must be removed). Call in advance for info.”<br />COST: (averages $100)<br />Contact info:<br />Address: Tucson, AZ Phone: 520-690-0546Telephone: 520-690-0546Email: <a href="mailto:kuistan@hotmail.com">kuistan@hotmail.com</a><br />Fax:<br />Website: http://www.wingspan.org/content/res_category_detail.php?desca=Community&descb=Religious+and+Spiritual+Organizations&totaldescc=Other<br />Tucson<br /><br />WHO: Reverend Ann Marie Clock, a “manufacturing, process, validation, and electronic documentation consultant” turned white shaman. (her resume: http://www.spiritgathering.com/MyOtherLife.htm)<br />WHEN: June 17, 2008<br />DESCRIPTION: Reservations are required for Sweat Lodge and sleep over in the Guest Room, $60 Breakfast included<br />“The Buffalo Lodge clears the mind, detoxifies the body and heals the Spirit.<br />This is a nontraditional lodge.<br />It is a place to die and be reborn.<br />ALL MY RELATIONS“<br />WHERE: The sweat lodge is held in New Mexico in Chaco Culture National Historical Park.<br />CONTACT INFO:<br />Spirit Gathering Tucson Center<br />7878 W Tree Frog Trail<br />Tucson, Arizona 85735<br />COST:<br />Website: <a href="http://www.spiritgathering.com/default.html">http://www.spiritgathering.com/default.html</a><br />Information: Information 520-820-8019<br />Email: <a href="mailto:spiritgathering@comcast.net/">mailto:spiritgathering@comcast.net/</a><br /><br />CALIFORNIA<br /><br />Mount Shasta<br />WHO: Sue Sutton Leland Earth Circle Foundation/Association<br />WHAT: Women’s Sweat Lodges conducted by Thomas<br />WHEN: Saturday June 21, 2008<br />WHERE:<br />COST:<br />DESCRIPTION:<br />Contact info:<br />Address: Joyce Jones, President Earth Circle Association<br />501 N. Main St., Yreka, CA 96097<br />or<br />Earth Circle 2227 P.O. Box 706 Fort Jones, CA 96032<br />Telephone: 530-842-6157 or Charlie Thom's number is 530-468-2277 or 530-468-2277<br />Email: <a href="mailto:jonezee57@yahoo.com">jonezee57@yahoo.com</a><br />Website:<br />Fax:<br /><br />Mount Shasta/Weed<br />WHO: Spirit of the Wind / Walking Eagle (claims to be a Karuk spiritual leader)<br />WHAT:<br />WHEN: Saturday June 21, 2008<br />WHERE:<br />COST:<br />DESCRIPTION:” Spirit of the Wind staff welcomes you to the sacred Sweat Lodge Purification Ceremony on the sacred grounds of Stewart Mineral Springs.”<br />Contact info:<br />Address: 4617 Stewart Springs RoadWeed, California 96094<br />Telephone:<br />Email:<br />Website: <a href="http://www.stewartmineralsprings.com/sweat_lodge.htm">http://www.stewartmineralsprings.com/sweat_lodge.htm</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />Boulder Creek / Santa Cruz<br />WHO: Char Lynn<br />WHAT:<br />WHEN: June 21, 2008<br />WHERE: Boulder Creek, CA (Santa Cruz Mountains)<br />DESCRIPTION: ”June 21st we are celebrating our connection to the Earth Mother. We will hike in the redwoods, share a potluck dinner, create and talk around an evening fire and weave together a Dream Circle inside the Sweat Lodge Grandmother. I ask for a $40-100 donation to honor the land, the materials, and time invested in this ceremony.”<br />“June 21st we are celebrating our connection to the Earth Mother. We will hike in the redwoods, share a potluck dinner, create and talk around an evening fire and weave together a Dream Circle inside the Sweat Lodge Grandmother. TIME: 3-10pm COST:$75 or $140 for the whole weekend's ceremony<br />June 22nd we step into the Santa Cruz Mountain's Indigenous Medicine Wheel for teachings of our 'Spiraling Growth,' share a meal together (provided), create art from our hearts and dance the Medicine Wheel Pole of Alignment. “<br />“ROOM TOWELS: ROOM TOWELS ARE FOR ROOM USE ONLY! Please do not take Room towels to the Bathhouse, Indian Sweat or Creek. Towels for these activities will be provided at the Bathhouse. Guests violating these rules will be charged the cost of a new towel.” “Stewart Mineral Springs reserves the right to vary our prices, vary charges and to amend any of our Rules and Regulations at any time as we see necessary.”<br />COST: $20.00 MINIMUM donation<br />TIME: 9:30am-4:30pm COST:$75 or $140 for the whole weekend.<br />Overnight accommodations available: Zen Garden Room (1 queen bed, can be shared) $75/room Mountain Roon (2 twin beds, shared) $80/room Sun Room (2 full beds, shared) $80/room Peacock Room (single air mattresses, indoor camping) $30/person Outdoor Camping available- $10/person Breakfast will be included for all overnight guests. Rooms available first come basis.”<br />Website: http://spirituality.meetup.com/243/calendar/7991970/<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone: 831-338-2996<br />Email: <a href="mailto:charlynn@weavingunity.com">charlynn@weavingunity.com</a> or MtnChar7@aol.com<br />Fax:<br /><br />CALIFORNIA<br /><br />Fortuna<br /><br />WHO: Rosalind Skyhawk Ojala of the Loving Hands Institute<br />CLAIMS: Rosalind claims to be an Interdenominational Minister, a Metis Pipe Carrier, a Ceremonial Sweatlodge Leader, the Chief Of the Pan American Indian Association Thunderbird Clan of Redwood River Lodge, and a Life Member of the Pipestone Indian Shrine Association.<br />WHAT: Sweat lodge<br />WHEN: Saturday June 21, 2008 11am - 4pm<br />WHERE:<br />DESCRIPTION:”The ceremony is based on the Based on the Sacred Tree Teachings.<br />COST: Tuition $1500<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Loving Hands Institute<br />639 11th StreetFortuna, CA 95540<br />Telephone: (707) 725-9627<br />Email: <a href="mailto:%20skyhawk@northcoast.com">mailto:%20skyhawk@northcoast.com</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.lovinghandsinstitute.com/htm/dr_ojala.htm">http://www.lovinghandsinstitute.com/htm/dr_ojala.htm</a><br />Fax: (707) 725-2471<br /><br />Palomar Mountain<br />WHO: Kevin Norton is leading the sweat. He claims to have been following a Native spiritual path since 1993 with the Cheyenne River Lakota community in South Dakota. He claims to be a pipe carrier in the Lakota tradition and to have participated in 5 Sundance’s and many years of purification ceremonies.<br />“His life partner Lisa Ezzard, who is a Moon Dancer and amazing woman, has participated in the Dansa de la Luna in Mexico for the past eight years with women from around the world. This ceremony takes place near the Sun and Moon pyramids on lands sacred to the Nawatil people. Together Lisa and Kevin lead the Purification Ceremony (Inipi). Their balance between the warrior and the sacred feminine is a powerful and moving experience.”<br />WHAT: Spirit Weekend Traditional Style Native American Purification Ceremony<br />WHEN: September 22-23, 2007 or October 13-14, 2007<br />WHERE: Pacha Mama's Grove on Palomar Mountain, CA<br />18187 Nate Harrison Grade RoadPalomar Mountain, CA 92060 (not a mailing address?)<br />COST: $85<br />DESCRIPTION: “Traditional Style Native American Purification Ceremony. Come celebrate the Birthing of a New Lodge at Pacha Mama's Grove on Palomar Mountain, CA.”Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone: (619)865-3905<br />Email: <a href="mailto:susie@pachamamasgrove.org">susie@pachamamasgrove.org</a><br />Website: http://www.pachamamasgrove.org<br />Fax:<br /><br />PASADENA<br />WHO: Wild Rose sweat lodge Starflyer (AKA Lyn Hopkins, M.S.W., Ph.D.) is chief of the Wild Rose Dreamers Lodge<br />WHAT: The Wild Rose Dreamers Lodge founded in in 1993 by Lyn Hopkins, continuing today as Lodge Chief and Drum Team Chief. She offers weekly shamanic classes, sweat lodges, ceremonial weekends and shamanic healing.<br />WHEN: Summer Solstice sweat Saturday June 21, 2008 6:00 pm and also the weekend June 27, 2008 – June 29, 2008<br />WHERE: Pasadena, California Lightning Point Campground at Angeles Crest<br />COST: $65 per class $200.00 for the weekend (includes camp fees, teachings, materials, ceremonies and individual feedback)<br />DESCRIPTION: Lynn Hopkins claim to conduct ceremonies comes from her study with Thunder Strikes, Humbatz Men, Don Miguel Ruiz, Wallace Black Elk, the late Sun Bear. She is the author of THE MEDICINE WHEEL AND YOU<br />Luminous Egg Cocoon. “Beginning with the Harmonic Convergence, followed by the 11/11, the 12/12, the August 11th Eclipse, the May 5th, 2000 Planetary Alignment, and the Harmonic Concordance. Lodge Chief Lyn "Starflyer" Hopkins, Ph.D., and her Assistant Director, Shama, CHT, CDC, TDE have joined the lightworker community to sponsor ceremonial conclaves to work with the magickal energies of this time of history. Their intent is to connect with light workers throughout the world in order to awaken our divine nature and take our power as sacred humans by helping to sculpt the New Dream for the Age of Aquarius.<br />The May 5th, 2000 event was held at the Wright Land in Malibu, California, sponsored by Lyn and Shama and The Wild Rose Dreamers Shamanic Lodge. We commemorated the Birthing of the New Dream, the planetary alignment of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn - all within 27 degrees of Taurus. See the<a href="http://www.thewildrose.net/planetary_lineup.html"> Planetary Alignment</a> page to find out more.”<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone:<br />Email: Lyn at <a href="mailto:Starflyer@thewildrose.net">starflyer@thewildrose.net</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.thewildrose.net/">http://www.thewildrose.net/</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />San Diego<br /><br />WHO: Gadohi Usquanigodi of San Diego / Ven. Running Wolf is leader of the Thunder PeopleWHAT:Sweat Lodge Ceremonies<br />WHEN: the second Saturday of each month @ 4pm<br />WHERE:<br />DESCRIPTION:” We are a 501 (c)(3) Non-Profit Native American Spiritual Center, offering monthly sweat lodge & prayer circles. Mission Statement: Our mission statement is to provide a safe place to pray and form community with others, regardless of age, race, sexual orientation or beliefs. Additional Information; Sweat Lodge Ceremony is the last Saturday of each month @ 10 am. Prayer circle is the second Saturday of each month @ 4pm. We offer workshops and additional ceremonies”<br />COST: You must be a member, minimum donation is $25.00<br />Gadohi Usquanigodi Native American Spiritual Center P.O. Box 578 Inola, OK74036-0578<br />Contact info:<br />Address: 1450 Starship St<br />San Diego, CA<br />Telephone: (619) 766-3316<br />Email: <a href="mailto:Eaglewomen1177@aol.com">Eaglewomen1177@aol.com</a> or <a href="mailto:gadohi@laplaza.org">mailto:gadohi@laplaza.org</a><br />Website: http://www.gadohi.org/contact.htm<br />Fax:<br />San Francisco<br /><br />WHO: Bay Area Pagans<br />WHAT: Litha Sweat Lodge<br />WHEN:<br />WHERE:<br />DESCRIPTION:” Bay Area Pagan Sweat Lodge<br />Energy Medicine DowsingLabyrinthCore Bits DowsingMen's Sweat LodgeWomen's Sweat LodgeHarrison Hot Springs Dowsing”<br />COST:<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone:<br />Email:<br />Website: http://bapa.net/<br />Fax:<br /><br />COLORADO<br /><br />Fort Collins<br /><br />WHO: Christina Eala A Place for Every Woman's Spirituality<br />CLAIMS: “Christinia Eala is considered a young elder among the Lakota People. The Divine Feminine nudged her awake at a very young age and after much searching, her primary passion is following the Red Road, the Spiritual Path of the Lakota. She has worked helping others to bring Wicosani (a Lakota word meaning ?Balance in the four aspects of one?s life?- mental, physical, emotional, and Spiritual) back into their lives.”<br />WHAT:<br />WHEN: Saturday, June 21, 2 to 6 p.m. ?<br />WHERE:<br />COST: Cost: $30 or $125 for the entire series<br />DESCRIPTION:” When attending an Inipi ceremony (sweat lodge), it appears deceptively simple. You go into the lodge and pray, get out, smoke the Sacred Pipe, eat, and leave; ah, but there is so very much more to it than this. This final workshop will advise how to ?sponsor? a sweat lodge ceremony in a good and sacred manner”<br />Contact info:<br />Address: 1304 S College Ave #6<br />Fort Collins, CO 80524<br />Telephone: 970-556-3111<br />Email:<br />Website:<br />Fax:<br /><br />CONNECTICUT<br /><br />Newtown<br />WHO: Vicky Lagoudis who is a “metaphysical practioner, a Reiki Master and a Transformational Healaer(sic)”<br />WHAT: DAY of HEALING & SWEAT LODGE CEREMONY~WHEN: Sunday June 22nd 9:00 am – 4:30 pm<br />WHERE: Newton Connecticut<br />COST: $95 Advance sign up is required, space is limited.DESCRIPTION: “Please join us for an entire day at Sticks and Stones as we celebrate this season of the year and of our lives. The Sweat Lodge Ceremony is the traditional Native American way of cleansing body, mind and spirit. Experience a more balanced relationship with ourselves, the Earth and all that surrounds us as we cleanse our bodies of toxins, our minds of negativities and help to heighten our spirits. Men and woman both welcome.”This journey of renewal will take you through a Morning Tea, Sweat Lodge Ceremony, Healthy Vegetarian Lunch, Guided Woodland Walk and afternoon”<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Sticks and Stones East<br />201 Huntingtown Road<br />Newtown, CT 06470<br />and<br />Sticks and Stones West<br />Pahoa Hawaii<br />Telephone: (203)270-8820 or Cathy (203) 938-3195,<br />Email: <a href="mailto:cwheels33@sbcglobal.net">cwheels33@sbcglobal.net</a> for info: Annie: anniesands@gmail.com<br />Website: <a href="http://www.sticksandstonesfarm.com/">http://www.sticksandstonesfarm.com/</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />OXFORD<br /><br />WHO: Medicine Wind Society Lori-Ann Locke<br />pours the lodge<br />CLAIMS: Money goes to the Lakota<br />WHAT: Open Sweat Lodge<br />WHERE: 500 Chestnut Tree Hill Road, Oxford, Connecticut.<br />WHEN: monthly<br />COST:<br />DESCRIPTION: “Although I am of Cherokee ancestry, I make no claim to represent the Cherokee Nation in any capacity. <br /> ““the Shaking Tent or Spirit Calling Ceremony was once one of the most widely known and used ceremonies in North America. Among the Crow, Gros Ventre, and Blackfoot the ritual was most often performed by female medicine elders.<br />Respected female healers and ceremonialists “<br />CONTACT INFO:<br />TELEPHONE: 203-815-5365<br />EMAIL: lori-ann@sweatlodges.info or<br />kangipejuta@yahoo.com<br />WEBSITE: <a href="http://www.sweatlodges.info<br />">www.sweatlodges.info</a><br />FAX:<br /><br />Suspicious appeal to money for Pine Ridge<br />http://www.sweatlodges.info/id76.html<br /><br /><br /><br />DELEWARE<br /><br />Georgetown Washington DC /Deleware<br /><br />WHO: Troupe of the Starry Door<br />Jim Welch, RN HNC was formerly High Priest of Keepers of the Holly Chalice, the founding coven of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel. He has been active in the Wiccan/Pagan community since 1981. He was the chair of the committee that wrote the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel's code of ethics. He teaches a variety of workshops that focus on ethics. He is a Waterpourer and conducts Sweat ceremonies using Wiccan protocols.<br />WHAT: Wiccan Litha Sweat lodges<br />WHEN: Litha: Saturday, June 21, 2008 WHERE: 14914 Deer Forest Road Georgetown, DE 19947<br />DESCRIPTION:<br />COST:<br />Contact info:<br />Address: <a href="http://www.sacredwheel.org/directions.html" target="_blank">Seelie Court</a><br />14914 Deer Forest Road Georgetown, DE 19947<br />Telephone: (302) 855-9422.Email:<br />Website: http://www.sacredwheel.org/tsd/<br />Fax:<br /><br />GEORGIA<br /><br />Hiawassee<br /><br />WHO: Gary Adler FourStaris currently the President of the Many Horses Foundation an organization dedicated to the elders, the children, the earth, wild horses and earth cultures and teachings.<br />Gary is an enrolled member of the Costanoan-Rumsen Carmel Tribe (Ohlone), and the son of Jerome FourStar, an Assiniboine Elder from the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana<br />CLAIMS:<br />WHAT: Enota Mountain Retreat Sweat Lodge CeremonyWHEN: June 28 2008 (Saturday) at 2:00 p.m<br />WHERE:<br />DESCRIPTION: “Everyone who joins us on the property must be a conservation member of Enota. There is a $10 conservation membership fee per person per visit. This fee is an impact fee on Enota's land which is in trust. There is also a $10 facility fee for each person participating in ceremonies. This fee covers the operational and maintenance costs of producing ceremonies at Enota.<br />There is no charge for ceremony, however please understand that the Ceremony organizers incurs substantial costs to perform the ceremony (rocks, woods, blankets, gasoline, etc.). It is customary in the Native American Tradition to honor the sweat facilitator and fire keepers with some type of offering. In the past this has been with food and blankets. Currently a monetary offering is a more appropriate exchange for services and benefits derived from the ceremony.”<br />COST: minimum $20.00<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />1000 Highway 180Hiawassee, GA 30546Telephone: 706-896-9966 800-990-8869<br />Email: <a href="mailto:debby@manyhorses.org">debby@manyhorses.org</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.manyhorses.org/">http://www.manyhorses.org/</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />Talbotton<br /><br />WHO: Rose Hill / SomaVeda Institute<br />The leader for this ceremony will be Dr. Anthony B. James LMT, ND, MDAM. Dr. James a fully adopted Crow tribal Member of the Whistling Water Clan, son of the late medicine man Floyd Realbird.<br />Cost: there is no charge for ceremony however we are holding this on SomaVeda Institute property , SomaVeda Institutes regular day fee of $7.00 per person applies for all activities on the premises. This applies whether you sweat or walk in the gardens!<br />CLAIMS: “The leader for this ceremony will be Dr. Anthony B. James LMT, ND, MDAM. Dr. James claims to be a “fully adopted Crow tribal Member of the Whistling Water Clan, son of the late medicine man Floyd Realbird. Dr. James is one of four living persons given the Crow Chanupa or pipe ceremony directly by Chief Realbird. Dr. James was introduced to the Sweat Lodge ceremony by the late elder Sun Bear of the Bear Medicine Tribe, progressed in his education under Charla and Tarwater of Spirit Wind (Cherokee Nation, Ala.), trained under Crow medicine men and women on Crow Agency, Montana for seven years. He was also assistant fire keeper at the first three Sun dances (Pipe Carriers Sun Dance) held at the Memorial at Pipestone National Monument under Sun dance Chiefs Chris Leaf, Clyde Bellecourt, Leanard Crowdog and others. Dr. James was given the right and honor to conduct the sacred lodge by his adopted father, Chief Floyd Realbird (Past president NAC- Native American Church), Robert Littlelight (Past President NAC) and Richard Realbird (Past President Crow Nation, Gary Owen , Montana). Additional training and authorization was received from Acasio Acatecatl Oltehua Spiritual Leader and healer, born in the Nahuatl Nation of Veracruz , Mexico. The Tehkulle of Kalpulle Olmeca in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico and the spiritual leader of Kalpulli Tonal Teokalli in El Paso Texas.”<br />As we are peoples from many and various backgrounds the lodge is set up and run in an eclectic fashion suitable for this purpose. This means elements of tradition are borrowed and incorporated from Crow, Ojibway, Lakota, Dakota, Cherokee, Huichol, Tarahumara and Rainbow traditions as described by Black Elk, Sun Bear, Floyd Realbird, Tarwater, Acasio Acatecatl Oltehua and Ed Mcgaa of Mother Earth Spirituality and . Prayers will be made, Sacred fire fashioned and water pored in a good way. We begin and end with the pipe ceremony. This ceremony will be made clear for beginners and elders alike. All good people are welcome. The Lodge will be co-ed.”: <a href="http://www.thaiyogacenter.com/tyc/sweat.html">http://www.thaiyogacenter.com/tyc/sweat.html</a><br />WHAT: Full Moon Coed Sweat Lodge<br />WHEN: Saturday June 21st. 2008<br />WHERE: The SomaVeda Institute 390 North Washington Ave. Talbotton, GA 31827<br />Located in the Piggley Wiggley Shopping plaza!<br />COST:<br />DESCRIPTION:<br />Contact info:<br />Address: The Thai Yoga Center<br />PO Box 367, Talbotton, GA 31827<br />Telephone: (706) 358-8646 Ask for Dr. J, Julie or Michael!<br />Email: itta@core.com<br />Website: <a href="http://www.thaiyogacenter.com/">http://www.thaiyogacenter.com/</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />ILLINOIS<br />(odorless twinkie sweat lodge)<br />WHO: Relax4Life Center<br />WHAT:<br />WHEN:<br />WHERE: Barrington, IL<br />COST: $60 non-refundable donation which goes to St. Joseph's Indian School<br />DESCRIPTION: ” Note* the "sweat" that is released during the ceremony tends to have no odor, so the ceremony feels very cleansing to all.”<br />“As a reminder: for the sake of those with environmental allergies, you will not be permitted to participate if you or your clothes are fragrant. Perfumes, Colognes, Scented Skin Cremes/Hairsprays/Lotions/Deodorants/Shampoos, Aromatic Oils are just a few of the products that are not permitted in or around the center. There is also no smoking of cigarrettes in or on the property.”<br />“Ceremonial Gift: Terry Kinsey, the sweat leader, follows a Buddhist tradition of DANA, or mutual giving. It has supported monks in the Buddhist culture for 2500 years. The monks offer their guidance and the people support the monastery and fill the monks’ begging bowls each morning as they walk through the village on alms rounds. It is a beautiful exchange, in which the hearts of both the giver and receiver are opened in joy and gratitude, and love flows between them.<br />Terry donates his time and energy as our lodge leader and does not receive any money for doing so. If after a lodge, you wish to offer Terry some money in appreciation of his time and energy (which he donates to charity), it will be warmly and gratefully received. A DANA bowl will be placed in the "feasting" area with his name on it toward the end of each lodge experience. You are always very welcome here whether or not you choose to or are capable of placing a donation in the DANA bowl for Terry. “ http://www.relax4life.com/sweatlodge.html<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone: (847) 842-1752<br />Terry Kinsey, the sweat leader at 708-383-3957<br />Email: <a href="mailto:relax4life@comcast.net">mailto:relax4life@comcast.net</a><br />Or<br /><a href="mailto:terrykinsey@comcast.net">terrykinsey@comcast.net</a><br />Website: <a title="http://www.motherearthadventures.com/" href="http://www.motherearthadventures.com/">http://www.motherearthadventures.com/</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />MICHIGAN<br /><br />WHO: Shirley Jons<br />CLAIMS: Lakota<br />WHAT: The Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival<br />WHEN:August 5, 2008 -<br />WHERE: Hart, Michigan<br />DESCRIPTION:<br />COST: 5 days $420.00<br />Contact info:<br />Address: WWTMC Box 22 Walhalla, MI 49458.<br />Telephone: (231) 757-4766<br />Email:<br />Website:<br />Myspace: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/michfest">http://www.myspace.com/michfest</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />MARYLAND<br /><br />Darnestown<br />WHO: Brooke BrodyWHAT:<br />WHEN: June 14, 2008WHERE: Meet at Potomac Pathways. Transportation provided from here.COST:<br />DESCRIPTION:” We will be doing a Native American Sweat lodge, which you may be familiar with. Lunch will be provided, and everything that you will need to have an awesome and safe experience. You can expect to have a meaningful and an awesome experience. Wear sturdy shoes, and bring: swim suit and at least one towel (I recommend two). See you there!”Contact info:<br />Address: Potomac Pathways<br />15720 Seneca RoadDarnestown, MD 20874<br />Telephone: (301) 987-7284<br />Email: <a href="mailto:bbrody@potomacpathways.org">bbrody@potomacpathways.org</a><br />Website:<br />Fax: (240) 246-7851<br /><br />MASSACHUSETTES<br /><br />Plymouth<br /><br />WHO: Sanctuary Studios<br />WHAT: Sweat Lodge,<br />WHEN: Saturday, June 21st begins at sundown, please call for registration - spaces are very limited.<br />WHERE: Downtown Plymouth, MA<br />DESCRIPTION:<br />COST:<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />47 Court Street<br />Plymouth, MA 02360<br />Telephone: (774) 454-7290<br />Email:<br />Website: http://www.thesanctuaryofplymouth.com/<br />Fax:<br /><br />MICHIGAN<br />WHO: Rebecca Medicine Owl (AKA Rebecca Denton-Wuerth )Center of Light Spirituality Center<br />WHAT: Native American Sweat Lodge<br />WHEN: June 21, 2008<br />WHERE: Oxford, MI<br />DESCRIPTION:” Join us in Sacred Ceremony<br />As Rebecca Medicine Owl leads us in a powerful sweat lodge”<br />COST: A LOVE OFFERing for the The Center is traditional ($10.00)<br />“In Native American tradition the community took care of ALL the Medicine Mans/Womans needs, as they took care of the communities needs. We hold to this tradition.<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />5898 Baldwin Rd.<br />Oxford, MI 48371<br />Telephone: (248) 236-0432<br />Email:<br />Website: http://spiritualitycenter.centeroflight.us/html/SweatLodge.html<br />Fax:<br />THEY HAVE A GUEST BOOK!<br /><a href="http://us.1.p8.webhosting.yahoo.com/gb/view?member=colcom33">http://us.1.p8.webhosting.yahoo.com/gb/view?member=colcom33</a><br /><br />MONTANNA<br /><br />Billings<br /><br />WHO: Dreamweaver Lodge Jaqui Thier<br />WHAT:<br />WHEN:<br />WHERE: 45 minutes south of Billings, MT near theRed Lodge Mountain Ski Area, the Beartooth Highway and the northeast entrance to Yellowstone Park. East of the Crow Indian reservation<br />COST: “Dreamquests” cost<br />DREAM QUESTS: $1250 for six day and $1500 for a seven day<br />DESCRIPTION: ”The Rainbow Lodge was given to me in 1990, by a native woman of African American and American Indian ancestry. In the world of ordinary reality, she is a social worker and also a native healer and teacher. I was introduced to her by my Qigong teacher at a time when I was preparing for my first vision quest which took place in the summer of 1990. To honor her privacy, I will call her Oya after the African Goddess. She and others helped me to prepare for my quest and the gift of the lodge and its ritual was part of that preparation. In the spring of the year, the Rainbow Lodge was built by me and the women who were part of a Ceremonial Circle that met monthly at my home in the mountains above Boulder, CO. Oya conducted a "Consecration of the Land Ritual", naming me as Keeper of the Land and the Lodge. She instructed me and the women in the building of the lodge and conducted the first sweats for us while tutoring me in the ritual. At that time, the lodge was primarily a woman's lodge. Honoring the feminine principal through this earth centered ritual has always been a strong focus of the lodge even after we began to conduct co-ed lodges.”<br />http://www.dreamweaverlodge.com/sweatlodge.html<br />Contact info:<br />Address: Jaqui Thier, M.A.P.O. Box 1686Red Lodge, MT 59068Telephone: (406) 445-2517Email: info@dreamweaverlodge.comWebsite: http://www.dreamweaverlodge.com<br />Fax:<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone:<br />Email:<br />Website:<br />Fax:<br /><br />NEW HAMPSHIRE<br />WHO: Sparky Shooting Star/Mary Thunder<br />WHAT:<br />WHEN: Windham, NHWHERE:<br />DESCRIPTION:<br />COST:<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone: Cyrus (617)838-9825<br />Email:<br />Website:<br />Fax:<br /><br />NEW MEXICO<br /><br />Magdelena<br /><br />WHO: Turtleshire Mountain Ranch<br />WHAT:Solstice Sweat Lodge<br />WHEN:<br />WHERE: Turtleshire Mountain Ranch Magdalena New Mexico<br />DESCRIPTION: “Full Moon is on the 21st of June during Solstice ceremonies where there are evening sweat and fire ceremonies<br />“Spirit names are given to those who do not know their names by which the spirits know them. There is medicine in your spirit name. Your medicine, who you are, have been and will be. The medicine of your soul that you have, that is you, that you can learn to share with others.<br />The pipe also sometimes awards clans, the totem medicine of your brothers and sisters in the spirit world.<br />Teachings of the four shields and the four directions are passed, and some learn in which direction of the wheel they were born. This helps them understand their medicine even further.<br />The pipe will sometimes take things from us that are no longer ours to carry, or give things to us as need demands.<br />When the circle is complete, when all the helping and healing spirits that have come are finished, the lodge pipe is closed and it is on to the next ceremony.”<br />COST:<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone:<br />Email:<br />Website: <a href="mailto:learn@turtleshire.org">learn@turtleshire.org</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />Ruidoso/Alto<br /><br />WHO: High Mesa Healing Center in Ruidoso New Mexico Barbara Mader<br />WHAT: Sweat Lodge<br />WHEN: weekly – Saturday June 21, 2008<br />WHERE: It’s just past the KOKOPELLI, Gated Community!<br />DESCRIPTION:” Here at High Mesa the Lakoka Sioux Ceremony is practiced. While the sweat lodge itself is simple enough to describe, the actual experience cannot be rendered in words. You have to participate in it to truly realize its fullness and depth. From the preparation of the fire, covering of the frame, making the tobacco prayer ties and on through the many facets of the ritual, the seeker is involved in a sacred inner journey that can be profoundly transforming. Every second Saturday of the month, weather and fire conditions willing, we celebrate this ancient method of purification through the ceremony and pot-luck meal afterwards.”<br /><a href="http://www.ruidoso.net/highmesa/sweatlodge.html">http://www.ruidoso.net/highmesa/sweatlodge.html</a><br />COST:<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />101Mader LanePO Box 834Alto, New Mexico 88312<br />Telephone: 505.336.7777Email: <a href="http://www.sonnie@gmackre.com/">http://www.sonnie@gmackre.com/</a> or <a href="mailto:highmesahc@beyondbb.com">highmesahc@beyondbb.com</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.ruidoso.net/highmesa/MainHome.html">http://www.ruidoso.net/highmesa/MainHome.html</a><br />Fax: 505.336.4808 (also a fax)<br />Santa Fe<br /><br />WHO:The Swan Foundation<br />WHAT:<br />WHEN:<br />WHERE:<br />DESCRIPTION: NORTH RETREAT:COST:<br />“4 Day January 23rd - 26th, 2009 Only 4 participats for both.$940 7 Day: January 23rd - January 29th, 2009Extended retreat includes experiencing more of the Santa Fe area.$1300 Includes: Food, lodging, program and transportation.” “A $50 non-refundable deposit is due within 10 days of booking. Remainder of balance due 60 days prior to start of retreat.”<br />Contact Info:<br />Address: Heyokah Retreat Center7 Avenida Vista Grande, #326Santa Fe, NM 87508 USATelephone: 505-989-8981<br />Email: <a href="mailto:info@swanfoundation.org">info@swanfoundation.org</a><br />Website: http://www.heyokahcenter.org/id4.html<br />Fax:<br /><br />NEW MEXICO<br /><br />Galisteo<br /><br />WHO: Vista Clara Ranch Resort & Spa Julie Rivers and Dona Wilder<br />CLAIMS: “Julie Rivers returned to her Indian "heart" felt roots when she and her partner, a Cochiti Indian, owned and operated a tour business that took visitors to the Pueblos, ruins and ceremonies in northern New Mexico.” Julie claims to be a water pourer for the intertribal purification "Sweat" lodges .Dona Wilder, a registered nurse, spiritual leader and counselor returned to New Mexico six years ago to assist Julie at the Heyokah Center in expanding the programs offered. Julie and Dona claim to have had the opportunity to experience Pueblo, Seneca, Cherokee, Shumash, and Lakota traditions”<br />WHAT: Weekly Sweat Lodge<br />WHEN: June 21, 2008<br />WHERE: Northern New Mexico nestled in the historic Galisteo Basin just twenty minutes south of Santa Fe<br />COST: 3 night summer weekend special $1,549.00 per person<br /><a href="http://www.vistaclara.com/int.php?re=news-specials">http://www.vistaclara.com/int.php?re=news-specials</a><br />DESCRIPTION: “Julie leads our guests in discovering the native way of viewing life through the Medicine Wheel. These Teachings explore the Seven Cardinal Directions ­ North, East, South, West, Mother Earth, Father Sky and the Sacred Space within. Learn the subtle meanings of the tribal drums, the heartbeat of the Mother Earth, and how each of us connects with the earth and the sky. Guests will conclude the evening by creating their own Medicine Bag as a reminder of the cultural experience. After lessons in Ancestral Ways, our guests are invited to join Julie and Dona in a purification ceremony in the sacred Sweat Lodge at Vista Clara Ranch. This ritual is challenging, yet has been carefully designed for the novice. It releases toxins from the body, while anxieties of the mind are replaced with quietness of inner peace. The spirit is rejuvenated with the feeling of unlimited freedom. The celebration of new beginnings continues by sharing a traditional native meal prepared by Vista Clara Ranch's Executive Chef.”<br /><a href="http://www.vistaclara.com/int.php?re=visit-fitness-sweat">http://www.vistaclara.com/int.php?re=visit-fitness-sweat</a><br />A $1500 weekend package includes:Luxury Southwest Lodging, Two Massages or Body Treatments, One Yonka Facial, One half-hour Manicure or Pedicure, One half-hour Reflexology or Hikers Foot Massage,All Scheduled Fitness Classes, All Scheduled Activities, Three Gourmet Meals Daily Snacks, Use of All Resort Facilities, Native Ancestral Ways Program, Sweat Lodge Ceremony, Breathtaking Views of the Galisteo Basin, Special does not include service charge or taxes”<br />Contact info:<br />Address: Vista Clara Ranch Resort & Spa40 Camino Vista ClaraGalisteo, NM 87540<br />Telephone: (505) 466-4772<br />Email:<br />Website: <a href="http://www.newmexico.org/relax/resorts/vista_clara.php">http://www.newmexico.org/relax/resorts/vista_clara.php</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />Jemez Springs<br /><br />WHO: Wolf Martinez and Hunter Flournoy<br />“Wolf will once again be supporting the Summer Retreat. He will be offering his "Transformational Body Therapy", a incredible blend of body work and spirit work. He also will be supporting us in many other ways, as only he can. Wolf is a two spirited, third gender, walks between worlds student of life. He has studied extensively with keepers of traditions in the Amazon, Andes, Mexico, and across North America as well as learning the Oriental medicinal practice of Shiatsu from a Japanese Master. Combining the medicine ways of the ancients, along with intuition and spirit, Wolf has developed for 10 years his practice of "Transformational Body Therapy". He has also been given the privilege to lead the Pipe Ceremony and Sweat Lodge “<br />“Hunter Flournoy (pictured right) is a lover of life and a messenger of life's sacred passion. A shaman, seer, poet and storyteller, he distills the deepest wisdom of the Toltec, Christian, Sufi, Buddhist, and indigenous healing traditions of the world into a crystal clear vision of personal revolution. Hunter is a teacher in the Toltec Eagle Knight lineage of Don Miguel Ruiz (author of The Four Agreements), a shamanic healer in the lineage of Rebecca Crystal, facilitates healing sweat lodges, and serves as a pastor for Amigos de Dios, a mystical Christian fellowship. Hunter has an MS in counseling, an MFA in creative writing, and has been coaching individual clients and leading workshops in intuitive awareness, holistic healing, and personal freedom for fifteen years in the US and Mexico. For more information on Hunter visit <a href="http://www.newdestinies.com/">http://www.newdestinies.com/</a>.”<br />WHAT: 16th Annual Summer Retreat<br />WHEN: August 11, 2008 to August 17, 2008<br />WHERE: Jemez Springs, New Mexico<br />DESCRIPTION:<br />This Retreat is for Gay and Bi Men<br />COST: $1295.00 A deposit of $300.00 is required to reserve space for this journey. To register, use the "Register for this Journey" button on this page. Payment in full is requested by June 27, 2008<br />Contact info:<br />Address: Spirit Journeys 134 River RoadNew Milford, NJ 07646<br />Telephone: VOX: 828-258-8880 VOX: 800-754-1875FAX: 828-281-0334 Email: <a href="mailto:info@spiritjourneys.com">info@spiritjourneys.com</a><br />Website: http://www.spiritjourneys.com<br />Fax:<br /><br />NEW YORK<br />WHO: Sparky Shooting Star<br />WHAT:<br />WHEN:<br />WHERE: The Center for Symbolic Studies New Paltz, New York<br />DESCRIPTION:<br />COST:<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone: (631)766-5936 or Liz (917)294-8636<br />Email: <a href="mailto:Eesh21@gmail.com">Eesh21@gmail.com</a>Website:<br /><br />NORTH CAROLINA<br /><br />WHO: Deer tribe medicine society Scottsdale AZ<br />13 Moon Mystery Schools Sandpoint Idaho<br />Dolphin Star Temple Mt Shasta CA<br />Philip Thunder Panther Trice - Sweat Lodge Chief of the 13 Healing Moons of the Great Turtle Mystery School. He is a graduate of the 13th Moon Mystery School Kivas, Earth Lodges, and Butterfly Clan Métis Medicine Way Apprenticeships in<br />Stephanie Rainbow Lightning Elk has been on the Metis Medicine Path since she was 12 years old. She is of the Twisted Hairs Metis Cherokee lineage, a massage therapist, author, playground/workshop leader, co-chief with Guy Lone Eagle of the 13th Moon Mystery School Kivas of North Idaho and co-founder and co-chief with the former Guy Lone Eagle of the Butterfly Clan of Northern Idaho (1999-2002), and a FireMedicine Woman of Chuluaqui-Quodoushka traditions<br />WHAT:<br />WHEN: June 6-8, 2008 and July 5-12, 2008<br />WHERE:<br />DESCRIPTION: This one has a white dog teacing!<br />Kitchie kahuna is a Medicine Wolf Dog<br />COST: “Each weekend or New Moon “Turtle” of training has a fee exchange of $610 with a commitment fee of $2440 due prior to Sept. 14, 2007. This commitment fee is a prepayment for the last four Turtles. Ceremonial Week has a fee exchange of $2500. Half of the cost will be due prior to Ceremonial Week. “<br />“That which does not serve you will die in the Sweat Lodge ceremony. You will experience meditation and receive the teachings of Wheels and Keys of Wisdom. You will learn to heal others as you yourself are healed. You will be in a group, moving together with a sense of community and intimacy on a path of beauty and joy.”Great Turtle Mystery School will be held in beautiful North California. Call for details.<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone:<br />Email: Phillip <a href="mailto:ptpt@nworiginaryarts.org%20">mailto:ptpt@nworiginaryarts.org%20</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.greatturtlemysteryschool.net/index.htm">http://www.greatturtlemysteryschool.net/index.htm</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />Swannanoa<br /><br />WHO: Zoe Bryant<br />WHAT: Solstice Full Lovers Moon Sweat Lodge<br />WHEN:June 21, 2008<br />WHERE: Swannanoa, NC<br />COST:<br />DESCRIPTION: “June is called the "Full Lover's Moon" or to the Natives "The Making of Fat" or "Strong Sun Moon"”<br />“Come early and we will clean and revitalize Sun Bear's Medicine Wheel which he dedicated on this land over 20 years ago.’<br /><a href="http://spiritualism.meetup.com/274/calendar/7397705/">http://spiritualism.meetup.com/274/calendar/7397705/</a><br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />302 Old Fellowship RD<br />Swannanoa, NC 28778<br />Telephone: (828) 298 3935<br />Email:<br />Website:<br />Fax:<br /><br />OREGON<br /><br />Beaverton<br /><br />WHO:<br />WHAT: An Earth Awareness Festival<br />WHEN: June 19-22, 2008<br />WHERE: Silver Falls State Park (the Ranch Area)DESCRIPTION:” A Magickal three day camp-out!An Earth-friendly event honoring diversityand promoting Earth Harmony worldwide!”<br />COST: $150.00 per person<br />Contact info:<br />Address: 9598 SW Whittford Ln<br />Beaverton OR<br />Telephone: Kathy (503) 319-1273<br />(503) 502-1415<br />Email:<br />Website: <a href="http://www.earthgatherings.org/">http://www.earthgatherings.org/</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />Detroit<br /><br />WHO: Breitenbush Retreat and Conference Center<br />WHAT:<br />WHEN: June 12, 2008<br />WHERE: Just outside Salem Oregon near the Cleator Bend Campground<br />DESCRIPTION:” Breitenbush is privileged to offer a sweat lodge once a month which is open to everyone, free of charge. Traditionally, participants make offerings to the leader and fire tender such as pipe tobacco, spiritual gifts, food or money. Breitenbush also appreciates any offerings that offset the costs of wood and caring for the leaders. Participants are responsible for any other Breitenbush services they use (hot springs, meals, lodging...reservations are required and space is limited). Please call (503.854.3320) in advance if you wish to attend the Sweat Lodge Ceremony.”<br />COST: $92.00/night to stay in a cabinContact info:<br />Address:<br />Breitenbush Hot SpringsPO Box 578Detroit, OR 97342<br />Telephone: (503) 854-3320<br />Email: office@breitenbush.comWebsite:<br />Fax:<br /><br />Salem<br /><br />WHO: Robin Lynne Rainbow Feather<br />WHAT: Solstice Sweat Lodge<br />WHEN: June 20, 2008 2 pm<br />WHERE: RiverBank Farm in Surrey County - about 50 minutes North of Winston-Salem Riverbank Farm, a quiet sanctuary, is located along the Dan River and is only a 20 minute drive from Pilot Mountain<br />DESCRIPTION: “Robin began her training with Will Rockingbear, a Cherokee Teacher and Healer in Western North Carolina. She now holds weekly healing circles, a bi-monthly Clan Mothers Circle, as well as private healing sessions and ceremonies. Robin offers healing through the Soul Retrieval Ceremony, Twin Heart Dreaming Ceremony, Calling Ceremony and other ceremonies; and vibrational, energetic healing through Tibetan Singing Bowls, Native American Drumming, Laying-on-of-Hands, Sacred Feathers, Stone Medicine Beings and Animal Totems.”<br /><br />Robin began facilitating monthly Clan Mother Circles (based on The 13 Original Clan Mothers by Jamie Sams) in 1991, after experiencing the Clan Mothers for herself. They not only assisted Robin in her own feminine journey and personal healing but shared with her the ceremony of Twin Heart Dreaming to assist others in healing their own wounded hearts.”<br />“Please join us for the Little Boys and Little Girls Arapaho Sweat Lodge with Water Pourer Zoe Allison-Rockingbear to celebrate the Summer Solstice. This is a gentle, balanced sweat lodge for men and women, adult and child, beginner and experienced.<br />COST: Because I work in the native, traditional way, I do not have a set fee or cost for the services I provide. However, monetary gifting is appropriate. This is the way I feed my family and earn my living. The amount you gift is entirely up to you. My teaching from my elders is that I show up to do my work and the amount you gift to me is between you and Spirit. There is a gifting bowl in the Flower Eagle Medicine Lodge for your monetary gifts. Cash is preferred but checks are acceptable.<br />Contact info:<br />Address: Robin Lynne 2960 Bennington CourtWinston-Salem, NC 27106<br />Telephone: (336) 416-7553<br />Email: <a href="mailto:robin@flowereagle.com">robin@flowereagle.com</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.flowereagle.com/cd_info.cfm">http://www.flowereagle.com/cd_info.cfm</a><br /><a href="http://www.flowereagle.com/www.flowereagle.com" target="_blank">http://www.flowereagle.com/www.flowereagle.com</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />PENNSYLVANIA<br /><br />Center Valley<br /><br />WHO: Snow Star Raven Hawk<br />WHAT: <br />WHERE: Center Valley, PA Eight miles South of Allentown<br />WHEN: <br />COST:<br />DESCRIPTION: “She also conducts Native American Sweat Lodges & Medicine Wheel Ceremonies, Monthly Circles, Marriage Re-dedication & Baptism Ceremonies. Spiritual readins performed in a sacred space are also available. Sacred Path and Medicine Cards are tools used in these spiritual channelings and have been designed to bring spiritual messages & initiate healing. She also performs reiki, shamonic, crystal healing, teaching and ceremonies. She will read for someone over the telephone “<br />CONTACT INFO:<br />TELEPHONE: (610)351-9428 <br />EMAIL: <br />WEBSITE: http://www.freewebs.com/snowstarravenhawk<br />FAX:<br />Youtube: Spiritual Reading with Snow Star Raven Hawk<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEf41AdmEzY<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEf41AdmEzY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEf41AdmEzY</a><br /><br />Malvern<br /><br />WHO: Jim Frank and Byron Katie<br />WHAT: Malvern Sweat Lodge<br />WHEN:June 21, 2008<br />WHERE:<br />COST: ” How much does it cost? : Money is a problem, isn't it? The Sweat Lodge Ceremony is our prayer and you can't buy it at any cost. But people do need to make a contribution and money is the most common way. We open our home and there are expenses. We put out a basket at the pot luck and donations are anonymous. Donations go to cover expenses. If each person attending contributed $20 the lodge would be self sustaining. So plan on a give away donation of labor, fire wood, or money.”<br />DESCRIPTION: Today, at age 63, Jim Frank maintains a standing sweat lodge at his home in Malvern, PA. Since 1995 we have kept a standing sweat lodge in the way taught to him by Beautiful Painted Arrow, Joseph Rael.”<br />Contact info:<br />Address: P.O. Box 503, Malvern, PA 19355<br />Telephone: (610)-648-0953<br />Email: <a href="mailto:jim@malvernsweatlodge.com">jim@malvernsweatlodge.com</a><br />or <a href="mailto:info@malvernsweatlodge.com?subject=more%20info,%20please">mailto:info@malvernsweatlodge.com?subject=more%20info,%20please</a><br />Website:<br />Fax:<br /><a name="How_much_does_it_cost?">NOTE: As of May 5, 2008, all workshops have been canceled in Malvern</a><br /><br />RHODE ISLAND<br /><br />Providence<br /><br />WHO:<br />WHAT: Rhode Island Sustainable living Festival sweat lodge<br />WHEN:<br />WHERE: Enviromental Education Center: 451 Hammet RoadCoventry, Rhode Island<br />DESCRIPTION:” The Deadline for registering is Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 (Earth Day). After the deadline, call to check availability. Space is limited! Make checks payable to The Apeiron Institute, 17 Gordon Ave, Suite 207, Providence, RI 02905, or register on-line at <a href="http://www.apeiron.org/">http://www.apeiron.org/</a>”<br />COST: The cost of the 2-day Earth Awareness Retreat & Sweat Lodge Ceremony is $150 including 3 meals and on-site camping accommodations.<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Apeiron Institute<br />17 Gordon Ave, Suite 207<br />Providence, RI 02905<br />Telephone: (401) 228-7930<br />Email: nfo@apeiron.org<br />Website: <a href="http://www.apeiron.org/">http://www.apeiron.org/</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />TENNESSEE<br /><br />Pinewood/Nully<br />WHO: Laughing Winds/Recovery Ranch<br />Dede Beasley Sweat lodge facilitator<br />CLAIMS: Sweat Lodge Ceremonies are performed by therapeutic staff with extensive training in the Lakota Sweat Lodge Tradition”<br />WHAT:Theurapeutic Sweat Lodges<br />WHEN:<br />WHERE:<br />DESCRIPTION: Equine Therapist and Jeanmarie Guthery (Mama), Animal tender says:<br />“We have learned from one of our teachers that the wheel can be understood as a symbol of this journey called life; a guide for our own self-discovery. Like life our wheel has undertaken many changes. The design came in a vision after Jeremy and Davids first trip to sundance. They also found the center stone on that trip a 60# piece of rose quartz crystal. “<br />“At Laughing Winds we use our wheel to celebrate birth and honor death. We go there to pray, meditate, and to practice listening. Our wheel is filled with all kinds of healing herbs. The wheel reminds us of our own beauty. We share with others how the wheel helps guide us on our journey back to self.”<br />“The Sweat Lodge process provides several invaluable therapeutic opportunities, including the opportunity to recognize and overcome habitual responses to fear, discomfort, and self-judgment; mobilize new coping responses to these common relapse triggers; increased awareness of internal visceral and affective responses and their impact; recognition of personal defense mechanisms; movement from intellectualized and rationalized self-expression to more authentic, feeling-based expression; and supported opportunities for clients to ask for what they need.” COST: All inclusive; except airfare, $1,495.00 per person double occupancy<br />Contact info:<br />Address: The RanchP.O. Box 38<br />Nunnelly, TN 37137Telephone: (615)446-4594 or Call Toll-Free: 800-849-5969! Email:<br />Website: <a href="http://www.laughingwinds.com/index.php?p=Home">http://www.laughingwinds.com/index.php?p=Home</a><br /><a href="http://recoveryranch.com/recovery/default.asp?page=lodge">http://recoveryranch.com/recovery/default.asp?page=lodge</a><br />Fax: 931.729.9632<br /><br />Washburn<br /><br />WHO: Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center<br />WHAT: Summer Solstice Celebration sacred circle cosmic walk<br />WHEN: June 21, 2008 7:00 pm Vision quest June 21-29, 2008<br />WHERE: Mac Smith Resource Center at the Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center<br />COST: $50 deposit is due by March 15, 2008<br />DESCRIPTION: ”Participants will experience several days of preparation and training, a time of fasting alone on a mountain near Narrow Ridge Center, and several days of processing including a sweat lodge ceremony. Past participants have reported significant increases in clarity about life directions, decisions, and purpose, in addition to finding the experience profoundly restorative in terms of feelings of health and well-being. Vision Quests have been part of the rites of passage of many different cultures since time immemorial.“<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center<br />1936 Liberty Hill Rd.<br />Washburn TN 37888<br />Telephone: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener at 615-419-6970 or (865) 497-2753<br />Email: <a href="mailto:community@narrowridge.org">community@narrowridge.org</a> or <a href="mailto:mitziz1@bellsouth.net">mitziz1@bellsouth.net</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.narrowridge.org/">http://www.narrowridge.org/</a><br />Fax:<br />They have a guestbook!<br /><a href="http://www.earth-learning.org/page.aspx?navid=2437">http://www.earth-learning.org/page.aspx?navid=2437</a><br /><br /><br /><br />TEXAS<br /><br />West Point<br /><br />Mary Thunder Sweat Lodge<br />WHO: Mary Thunder, Leonard Crow Dog, JoAnn Parks, Sparky Shooting Star<br />WHAT:<br />WHEN: Saturday June 21, 2008<br />WHERE: Thunder Ranch West Point, Texas<br />DESCRIPTION:” “Fasting before a ceremony is very beneficial could heighten awareness. If you are too hot in the lodge, please wait until the song or the prayer is finished before speaking up and telling the water pourer you need help. The Old ones used to say, “It is supposed to be hot. Keep your face to the ground and breathe in the coolness of the Earth, let go of what may be holding you back, and pray hard.” Within the sweat lodge, when you are offered water to drink, remember this is the lifeblood of the Earth Mother, feel its healing energy flowing through you. The length of the ceremony can vary greatly depending upon the leader and the participants. Let Sweat lodge leader and Spirit guide you. After leaving the lodge it is best to rinse your body to wash away the toxins you have released and to close your pores. If you have to wait for your lodge to begin, please be patient, and use the time to consider what you want to release and what prayers you would make for yourself, your loved ones, your Earth Mother and your relations upon Her. This is a very powerful healing ceremony, I have seen many heal! “<br />COST:<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone:<br />Email:<br />Website: <a href="http://www.marythunder.com/SpiritualServicesEvents/Events/Sweatlodge/SweatLodge.htm">http://www.marythunder.com/SpiritualServicesEvents/Events/Sweatlodge/SweatLodge.htm</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />Fort Worth<br /><br />WHO: Randy Crow Parsons<br />WHAT:<br />WHEN: Saturday June 21, 2008<br />WHERE: Fort Worth, Texas area<br />DESCRIPTION:<br />COST:<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone: 817 221-3772<br />Email: sacredtreeusa@yahoo.com<br />Website:<br />Fax:<br /><br />UTAH<br /><br />Salt Lake City<br /><br />WHO: Queer Spirit nonNDNs Jerry Buie and John Cottrell<br />WHAT: Weekend retreats for gay men shamanic sweat lodgges<br />WHEN: monthly<br />WHERE: Windwalker Lodge in Spring City, Utah<br />COST:<br />DESCRIPTION: “Although Buie is not Native American, he was taught to pour Sweat – that is, to conduct the Lodge – by Ute leader Carolyn Sanders and closely mentored by several Elders. He has participated in Lodges for 12 years and has poured them for nine. He regularly pours “two to three” times each month for the Utah community.“Auntie Brucie invites you to queer summer camp”<br /><a href="http://queerspirit.blogspot.com/">http://queerspirit.blogspot.com/</a><br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone:<br />Email:<br />Website: www. queerspirit.org<br />Fax:<br /><br />VIRGINIA<br /><br />Charlottesville<br /><br />WHO: Katy Cannon, a fourth-year student at the University of Virginia<br />WHAT: public art piece "Our Sweat"<br />WHERE: Charlottesville University of Virginia between Dell I and Ruffner Hall.<br />WHEN: Monday, April 28 at 7 p.m.<br />COST:<br />DESCRIPTION: ” Cannon said, "This structure of a sweat lodge is universally known, yet, for each culture it has a unique and specific use. The aim of my work is to find a way to bridge cultural specificities through this universal structure."<br />Those attending this performance should bring a rock or similar item that can be heated and then wet to produce the steam for the sweat lodge.”<br />CONTACT INFO:<br />TELEPHONE: 804-387-1672 <br />EMAIL: kgc5e@virginia.edu<br />WEBSITE:<br />FAX:<br /><br />Gore<br /><br />WHO: The Land Celebration<br />WHAT: Solstice sweat lodge ceremony<br />WHEN: Friday, June 20-Sunday, June 22, 2008 7:00 am Saturday<br />WHERE:Virginia<br />COST: $250.00 for festival plus “love offering” for sweat<br />DESCRIPTION:” Summer Solstice Retreat at The Land Celebration Our 10th Annual Summer Solstice Retreat featuring workshops on Color Therapy, Building Your Dreams, Sweat Lodge Ceremony, Wellness Wash, yoga, and the music of Armand and Angelina. Swimming pond, hot-tub, three labyrinths, medicine wheel and meditation trails.”<br />“While our Lodges are based in the Native American tradition, we honor many other paths as well, and the gifts of all are welcome to be shared in the Lodge.”<br /><a href="http://www.thelandcelebration.org/lchapel2/sweat.htm">http://www.thelandcelebration.org/lchapel2/sweat.htm</a><br />Contact info:<br />Address: The Land Celebration 411 Three Oaks Drive Gore, VA 22637<br />Telephone: 540-858-2776<br />Email: <a href="mailto:info@thelandcelebration.org">info@thelandcelebration.org</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.thelandcelebration.org/">http://www.thelandcelebration.org/</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />WASHINGTON<br /><br />Tacoma<br /><br />WHO:<br />WHAT: Change of Seasons Sweat Lodge<br />Summer Solstice Sweat LodgeWHEN: June 21, 2008 - June 22, 2008 2 pm<br />WHERE:<br />DESCRIPTION: “Inuit Sweat Lodge to Celebrate the Solstice with Gratitude. Spend the night, bring a tent, sleep under the stars. RSVP” <a href="http://seattle.consciouschoice.com/calendar/6/21/2008">http://seattle.consciouschoice.com/calendar/6/21/2008</a><br />COST: $10 donation for wood if possible or some kind of energyTobacco offerings if you have special prayers<br />Contact info: Wayne and Dianne<br />Address:<br />5425 S. K StreetTacoma, WA 98408Telephone: (425) 760-2918Email: info@ unionwithtruth.com<br /><a href="mailto:info@unionwithtruth.com">info@unionwithtruth.com</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.unionwithtruth.com/">http://www.unionwithtruth.com/</a>Fax:<br /><br />WEST VIRGINIA<br /><br />Elk Garden<br /><br />WHO: Chief Lightning Wolf (Sweat Lodge facilitator)Water Pourer- Leonora Lantella and the Fire Tenders:Mole Woman and Rainbow Spider<br />Founded by Vince Lombardi. Vince's multi-cultural background comes from having traveled the world extensively including several places in the Middle East (Jordan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates), parts of South Asia (India, Nepal), Europe, Central America (Costa Rica, Mexico) and the whole USA<br />WHAT: Sweat Lodge Ceremony -- A Guided Spiritual Journey:In Native American tradition and style<br />WHEN:June 21, 2008<br />WHERE: Abram's Creek Lodge & Campground Meet at the Peaceful Spirit Sweat Lodge between Campsites #5 and #6 in Sector I.DESCRIPTION: native American style Sweat Lodge, Ceremony, and Ritual.Liability waiver required. <a href="http://www.abramscreek.com/cautions.html">http://www.abramscreek.com/cautions.html</a><br />COST: $20 donation to Lodge Facilitators (under 18, $10 donation). Cash or Check in advance please<br />Contact info:<br />Address: Abram's Creek Retreat & CampgroundRR 1 Box 118Elk Garden, WV 26717<br />Telephone: Lodge House - Campground: (Business Only) 304-446-5383<br />Social Calls: 304-446-5113Vince Cell: 703-328-1840Email: <a href="mailto:vlombardi2003@msn.com">vlombardi2003@msn.com</a><br />Website: http://www.abramscreek.com/Lodge_schedule.html<br />Fax:<br />They have a guest book!!!<br /><a href="http://www.theguestbook.com/sign.php/617146">http://www.theguestbook.com/sign.php/617146</a><br /><br /><br />CANADA<br /><br />MANITOBA<br /><br />WHO: Robert Currie<br />WHAT:<br />WHEN:<br />WHERE:<br />COST:<br />DESCRIPTION: “Wir Sprechen Auch Deutsch. We have been supplying high quality eco-adventure canoe trips to the national and international market since 1996. Our packages are all inclusive and include hotels, food, and special add-ons such as beluga whale watching tours, First Nations Sweat Lodge ceremonies and tours of various Canadian National Historic Sites.”<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Wilderness Spirit<br />696 McMillan Ave.,<br />Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3M 0V1<br />Telephone: (204)452-7049 or 1 (866) 287-1591<br />Call tollfree (in North America) 1 (866) 287 1591 or 1 (204) 452 7049<br />Email: <a href="mailto:Rob@WildernessSpirit.com">Rob@WildernessSpirit.com</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.wildernessspirit.com/">http://www.wildernessspirit.com/</a><br />Fax: (204) 452-7049<br /><br />ONTARIO<br /><br />Barrie<br /><br />WHO:<br />WHAT: Shamanic healing retreat at<br />WHEN:<br />WHERE: located at 461 Penetanguishene Road (Hywy 93), RR # 1 Barrie, Ontario 461 Penetanguishene Road here in Barrie Ontario<br />DESCRIPTION: “We are Rainbow Spirits , Eclectic thinkers, following a Multi-Cultural Medicine Way. We offer you a glimpse of multi-cultural spiritualism through products, resources, services, workshops and events from around the world.”<br />COST:<br />Contact info:<br />Address: 461 Penetanguishene Road<br />Barrie Ontario<br />Telephone:<br />Email:<br />Website: <a href="http://earthandskyconnection.com/dcontent/13042">http://earthandskyconnection.com/dcontent/13042</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />Guelph Ontario<br /><br />WHO: Dirt Time Trackers (The does anybody know how to do this? Sweat)<br />WHAT: Summer Solstice Sweat Lodge and Tipi Finishing GatheringWHEN: Saturday & Sunday June 21 & 22, 2008<br />WHERE: the home of Kathy & David Browne which is 20 minutes north of Georgetown, just south of Erin. Arrival can be anytime after 10:00 a.m. on Saturday morning<br />DESCRIPTION: “As noted already, we will be having a Sweat Lodge. We will require 2 people to facilitate the Sweat. We need a Sweat Chief and a Fire Keeper. The Sweat Chief manages the entire Sweat with the assistance of the Fire Keeper who takes care of the fire and heating the rocks. There is much more to these roles. These simple definitions don't even scratch the surface of their true job descriptions. If you would like to participate in either of these roles, make yourself known to the group. Dress code for the Sweat is a bathing suit or similar attire. We expect to start the fire at 7:00 p.m. and enter the Lodge around 9:00 p.m.”<br />COST:<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone: Kathy Browne at (905) 702-9649<br />Email: <a href="mailto:brownes@tbcinc.com">brownes@tbcinc.com</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.dirttimetrackers.com/invites/solstice-06-08.htm">http://www.dirttimetrackers.com/invites/solstice-06-08.htm</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />Orangeville<br /><br />WHO: Kerrie Dancing Butterfly<br />WHAT:<br />WHEN: July 16th ~ 20th, 2008<br />WHERE:<br />DESCRIPTION:” Kerrie Dancing Butterfly will be leading the ceremonial aspects of the retreat including the Fire Offering Ceremony, Cofacilitating the Sweat Lodge and initiating the daily intentions. Kerrie will also be offering Private Shamangelic Transformational Empowerment Healing Sessions and Spiritual Card Readings.“<br />COST: Investment in Your Health is $695-$1095 US depending on choice and availability of accommodations.<br />Contact info:<br />Address: Ecology Retreat Centre<br />Journeys for the Soul<br />978 Temple Hills Dr,<br />Laguna Beach, CA 92651<br />Mailing Address: 308046 Hockley Rd. RR#1, OrangevilleOntario, Canada L9W 2Y8<br />Telephone: 949.294.2966<br />Email: <a href="mailto:journeysforthesoul@hotmail.com">journeysforthesoul@hotmail.com</a> or<br /><a href="mailto:bookings@ecologyretreatcentre.com?subject=Contact%20Email%20from%20the%20ERC%20website">mailto:bookings@ecologyretreatcentre.com?subject=Contact%20Email%20from%20the%20ERC%20website</a><br />Website: http://www.journeysforthesoul.com/summer_rejuvenation_july_2008.htm<br />Fax:<br /><br />MEXICO<br /><br />San Miguel de Allende<br /><br />WHO: Casa Dharma<br />PATRICIA FELDMAN GONZALEZ<br />Patricia is one of the pioneers of spiritual life in San Miguel, having made this her home for the past 25 years. She is a gifted communicator with experience in community building, groups,meditation and practical spirituality. Early in life she began a path that led her to Tibetan Buddhism. Her teachers include Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Chogyam Trungpa and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Patricia has dedicated her life to nurturing others on the path to spiritual enlightenment.<br />BEN-ZION<br />Ben Zion Ptashnik, a former State Senator from Vermont, was born in Jaffa, Israel, the son of Holocaust survivors. Ben-Zion has been in service for most of his adult life, first as a peace activist, and later organizing organic farmers, consumer cooperatives, and environmental organizations. He is the founder of the Stopnitz Fund, a charitable foundation which is dedicated to human rights, cultural survival, and the elimination of genocide<br />WHAT: Summer Solstice Sweat Lodge and Children's Sweat Lodge with Roland WHEN: June 18, 2008 8:00 a.m. Sweat Lodge Camp - June 21, 2008 – June 22, 2008WHERE: <a href="http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/bestwoodcp">Bestwood Country Park</a><br />DESCRIPTION: “Celebrate the Summer Solstice with a weekend of sweat lodges, children’s sweat lodge building, ceremonies and healing. For further information please contact Jason Sewell”<br />COST: A charge applies to this event and pre-booking is essential<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone: 0115 956 9603<br />International & Mexico: +01 52 415 152 6336 Direct US Line: 802 526 1020<br />Email: Jason: <a href="mailto:turtlelodge@btinternet.com">turtlelodge@btinternet.com</a><br /><a href="mailto:info@casadharma.com">info@casadharma.com</a> or <a href="mailto:groups@casadharma.com">groups@casadharma.com</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.casadharma.com/san-miguel-events.asp">http://www.casadharma.com/san-miguel-events.asp</a><br />Fax: 01 52 415 152 8986<br /><br />EUROPE<br /><br />United Kingdom<br />Devon<br />WHO: Sacred Earth Camps offer sweats conducted Sun Eagle Heart (AKA Bethlehem Taylor), an alleged Rainbow Elder and Pipe Carrier, and Lodge-Leader Whispers-in-the-wind (AKA Sara Drew).<br />WHAT: Sweat Lodges<br />WHEN: June 13 –15, 2008<br />WHERE: Tiverton, Devon<br />COST: ” Cheques payable to:- Sacred Earth<br />Please send to:- 3 Rainbows, Stoodleigh, Tiverton, Devon. EX16 9QQ<br />Now, let us begin to build the second teaching wheel. The wheel of the six directions - the wheel of the spirit Grandmothers and Grandfathers.<br />So, we now introduce another dimension which gives the wheel tension. This represents the dynamic of opposites - duality and our place as humans on the wheel of life.(left) The Polar Axis . costs 25 English pounds”<br />“3 Day Camps - £90 (Concessions £85) 4 Day Camps - £120 (Concessions £110)One Day Sweat Lodge - £30Includes good vegetarian FoodPeople faced with a long or difficult return journey may stay over until the Monday.”<br />DESCRIPTION: ” All the shamanic tools you need for personal empowerment and transformation. The four days, with two sweat lodges, allows us more time to explore the mystery teachings of the medicine wheels: Pluging energy leaks. Increased vitality and inner radiance equals increased heightened awareness. Earth energy healing alignments using the drum, connects us to the spirit.”<br />Contact info:<br />Address: Rainbows, Stoodleigh, Tiverton, Devon. EX16 9QQ<br />Telephone: 01884 881467<br />Email:<br />Website: <a href="http://www.sacred-earth-camps.co.uk/">http://www.sacred-earth-camps.co.uk/</a><br />Fax:<br /><br />Crowborough<br /><br />WHO: Eagles Wing Centre For Contemporary Shamanism<br />WHAT: Women's Sweat Lodge Ceremonies Spring and Shaman and<br /><a title="26613428 - Men's Sweatlodge Weekend" href="http://brighton.floodlight.co.uk/brighton/course-details-reviews/eagles-wing-centre-for-contemporary-shamanism/men">Men's Sweatlodge Weekend</a><br />WHEN: June 21, 2008<br />WHERE: Hourne Farm, Crowborough, TN6 2SQ<br />DESCRIPTION:<br />COST: £150; Deposit: £50<br />Contact info:<br />Address: Eagles Wing Centre For Contemporary ShamanismSteel CrossHourne Farm,<br />Crowborough, TN6 2SQ<br />Telephone:<br />Email:<br />Website:<br />Fax:<br /><br />AUSTRALIA<br /><br />WHO: Spirit of the Earth Medicine Society (SOTEMS)<br />NOTE: This is the group that was responsible for the negligent homicide of Rowen Cooke in 2004<br />Website: http://www.sotems.com.au/sweat_lodge.htm<br /><br />Western Australia<br />Mixed Sweat Lodges<br />Every Thursday 6:30pm<br />Brad 08 9331 2461<br />Fremantle<br /><br />Mens Sweat Lodges<br />Every Sunday 6pm<br />Paul 0414 224 269<br />Fremantle<br /><br />Womens Sweat Lodges<br />First Friday of the month 6pm<br />Erycka 0419 332 558<br />Fremantle<br /><br />Southern Australia<br />AT MCLAREN VALE<br />Women's Dark Moon Sweat Lodge 7pm<br />Contact Prue to confirm details<br />Prue 0419819089<br />McLaren Vale<br /><br />Mixed Full Moon Sweat Lodge 7pm<br />Contact Prue to confirm details<br />Prue 0419819089<br />McLaren Vale<br /><br />Weekly Mixed Sweat Lodges 5pm<br />Prue 0419819089<br />McLaren Vale<br /><br />AT WISTOW<br /><a href="http://www.sotems.com.au/workshops.htm">Shining Woman Program</a><br />Contact Deb Pezet for details<br />Deb Pezet (08)85363382<br />Wistow SA<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sotems.com.au/workshops.htm#Womens">Women's Ceremonies</a><br />Contact Deb Pezet for details<br />Deb Pezet (08) 85363382<br />Wistow SA<br /><a href="http://www.sotems.com.au/coming_vic.htm">Victoria</a><br /><br />PLEASE NOTE If the forecast temperature is 35 degrees Celsius or above the sweat lodge will be<br />Mixed Sweats 2007<br /><br />Every Sunday at 6pm<br />First Sweat 2008:<br />3 February<br /><br />Book on Sweat line 95135959<br />CERES<br />cancelled. Please check the weather forecast before coming.<br /><br />Men's Sweat Lodge<br />First Monday of the month 7pm<br />First Men's sweat 2008:<br />4 February, 3 March, 7 April, 5 May, 2 June, 7 July, 4 August, 1 Sept, 6 Oct, 3 Nov, 1 Dec.<br />Book on Sweat line 95135959<br />CERES<br /><br />Women's Sweat Lodge<br />First Thursday of the Month 7pm<br />First Women's sweat 2008<br />7 February, 6 March, 3 April, 1 May, 5 June, 3 July, 7 August, 4 September, 2 October, 6 November, 4 December.<br />Book on Sweat line 95135959<br />CERES<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sotems.com.au/coming_vic.htm#Mens">Men's Initiation</a><br />By Invitation 10 & 11 Nov 2007<br />Kamalesh<br />Mobile 0427224604<br />Bunyip State Forest<br /><a href="http://www.sotems.com.au/workshops.htm#Shamanism">Shamanism for Women</a><br />Travelling the Worlds of Self<br />7-9 March 2008<br />16-18 May 2008<br />26-28 September 2008<br />21-23 November 2008<br />Residential Workshop<br />Phoenix Institute<br />95104264<br />Healesville<br /><br />Shamanic Practice Workshop<br />10 & 11 May, 2008<br />Phoenix Institute<br />95104264<br />Healesville<br /><br />Shamanism for Men<br />28 & 29 June 2008<br />Phoenix Institute<br />95104264<br />Phoenix Prahran<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sotems.com.au/coming_nsw.htm">New South Wales</a><br /><a href="http://www.sotems.com.au/coming_nsw.htm#WEAVING">Dynamic Shamanic Practice</a><br />17-20 November<br />0417964703<br />Sydney<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sotems.com.au/workshops.htm#STUDIES">Studies in Shamanic Practice</a><br />Throughout 2007<br />Ralph Locke<br />Sydney<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sotems.com.au/coming_qld.htm">Queensland</a><br />Sweat Lodges<br />For details contact<br />Martin Kornaus<br />0410 286 746<br />Rocklea<br />Brisbane<br />Men's Sweat Lodges 6pm<br />First Sunday of the month<br />Contact Les to confirm details<br />Lez 0439494633<br />McLaren Vale<br /><br />South Africa<br />WHO: Sunmoon Lodge<br />WHAT:<br />WHEN:<br />WHERE:<br />DESCRIPTION:<br />COST:<br />Contact info:<br />Address:<br />Telephone: Mobile: 082 927 9445Email: leeaniyan@sunmoon.co.za Website: http://www.sunmoon.co.za<br /><a href="http://www.sunmoon.co.za/sweathut/index.htm">http://www.sunmoon.co.za/sweathut/index.htm</a><br /><br />WAIVERS<br /><a href="http://www.sotems.com.au/pdf%20files/Waiver.PDF">http://www.sotems.com.au/pdf%20files/Waiver.PDF</a><br /><br />You can see for yourself what kind of offensive and disrespectful behavior goes on at these unauthorized sweat ceremonies. There are several offensive Sweats that have been videotaped on put on Youtube:</p><p>Please join YouTube, give them a low ranking, make comments and flag the videos you see fit.<br /><br /><b>After Sweat Lodge Party</b><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgXHjP2UAzE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgXHjP2UAzE</a> </p><p><object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UgXHjP2UAzE&hl=en&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UgXHjP2UAzE&hl=en&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349"></embed></object></p><p> </p><p>And<br /><br /><b>Beluga Day 2007</b><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd0kJAJExqc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd0kJAJExqc</a> </p><p><object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nd0kJAJExqc&hl=en&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nd0kJAJExqc&hl=en&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349"></embed></object><br /><br /><b>Sweat Lodge – Otvaranje</b><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddc0BVcwRV8&NR=1">www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddc0BVcwRV8&NR=1</a><br /><br /><object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ddc0BVcwRV8&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ddc0BVcwRV8&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349"></embed></object><br /><br /><b>Sweat Lodge with david wolfe (at Ronora Lodge MI)</b><br><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEWhVbjDOR4&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEWhVbjDOR4&feature=related</a><br /><BR><BR><br /><br /><b>NAKED MAN IN SWEAT LODGE</b><BR><br />Racist, offensive, disgusting ...<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b93MvbgI4pc&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b93MvbgI4pc&feature=related<br /></a><br /><object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b93MvbgI4pc&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b93MvbgI4pc&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349"></embed></object><br /><br /><b>Earth Dance Sweat lodge New Year 2oo6</b><br><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9qHuo0FaXM&feature=related<br />">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9qHuo0FaXM&feature=related</a><BR><br /><object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y9qHuo0FaXM&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y9qHuo0FaXM&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349"></embed></object><br /><br /><b>Czarodzielnica</b><br><br />Europeans? <BR>Drumming, Firewalking, whooping like in a Hollywood movie - very stereotypical, very offensive<BR><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj370xGQUJM">www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj370xGQUJM</a><br><br /><br /><object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gj370xGQUJM&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gj370xGQUJM&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349"></embed></object><br />VERY VERY OFFENSIVE<br /><br /><b>Ulazak u Coral prije Sweat Lodgea</b><br><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx0hY8TdTBI">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx0hY8TdTBI</a><br><br /><object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xx0hY8TdTBI&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xx0hY8TdTBI&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349"></embed></object><br /><br /><BR><BR><br /><br /><br />Chi Miigwech </p></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Heather<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(102,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italic">Articles about Sweat deaths still online:</span></span> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><br /><a href="http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=17111075">http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=17111075</a><br /><a href="http://www.geocities.com/englerrefugee/SweatDeaths.html">http://www.geocities.com/englerrefugee/SweatDeaths.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,25198,21870954-5005361,00.html">http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,25198,21870954-5005361,00.html</a><br /><a href="http://healthfraudoz.blogspot.com/2004/11/de-tox-in-sweat-lodge-kills-37-yo.html">http://healthfraudoz.blogspot.com/2004/11/de-tox-in-sweat-lodge-kills-37-yo.html</a><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><p align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /></p></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">For an archive of articles of people who have passed away in sweat lodges over the last two decades go to our website:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ca.geocities.com/dont_pay_to_pray">www.ca.geocities.com/dont_pay_to_pray</a><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"><br /> </p><p align="center"><em><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,153,0)"><br /></span></em></p><p align="center"><em><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,153,0)">Weweni dibaajimon. Gego giiwanimoken!<br />Goji bima’adoon iwe anishinaabe bimaadiziwin, weweni anishinaabe izhchigwewin.<br /></span></em><br /></p><br /><div align="left"></div></span>Don't Pay To Prayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08774818867173300267noreply@blogger.com31