CHIMAYO, NM—This week, young people from across the country are arrived at the Disarmament Summer Encampment to spend an exciting 10 days organizing for a nuclear-free world. Think Outside the Bomb (TOTB)—the nation’s largest youth-led network working for nuclear abolition—is hosting about 150 youth who have joined together to oppose the far reaching nuclear-industrial-complex.
Think Outside the Bomb is a cross-cultural alliance of youth working together to reignite hope from below and build a grassroots, consensus-based, nonviolent direct action movement. In partnership with the Tribal Environmental Watch Alliance, TEWA Women United, the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment, Products of Atzlan youth group, and the Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum, we are committed to collective liberation, a sustainable future, and an end to the cycle of nuclear violence.
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http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2010/08/chimayo-nm-think-outside-bomb.html
Also watch video: Tewa Women United at US Social Forum in Detroit
Recorded by Earthcycles: www.earthcycles.net
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7887096
August 4, 2010
US violating NAGPRA laws
GAO Report on Federal Agencies' Non-Compliance With NAGPRA, Recommendations for the Obama Administration Among Topics at Tribal Historic Preservation Officers Meeting
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly two decades after the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was passed federal auditors say the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service and other key federal agencies that all have significant collections of Native American remains and cultural objects have not fully complied with NAGPRA. The results of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, "Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act: After Almost 20 Years, Key Federal Agencies Still Have Not Fully Complied with the Act," will be discussed at the 12th annual meeting of the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers or NATHPO hosted by the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin Aug. 9-13 in Green Bay, Wis. After decades of desecration or sending Native American human remains to museums or anthropology labs for study, Congress enacted NAGPRA in 1990 to protect indigenous human remains and cultural objects. The law also requires federal agencies and institutions that receive federal funding to return Native American human remains and cultural items to their respective families and tribal homelands. The agencies and museums are required to take inventory and notify tribes about their collections and work in collaboration with tribes in determining a cultural link to the remains or objects. But some federal agencies have not identified or reported all the remains or cultural items in their possession, according to the GAO report.
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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gao-report-on-federal-agencies-non-compliance-with-nagpra-recommendations-for-the-obama-administration-among-topics-at-tribal-historic-preservation-officers-meeting-99925414.html
http://www.nathpo.org
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly two decades after the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was passed federal auditors say the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service and other key federal agencies that all have significant collections of Native American remains and cultural objects have not fully complied with NAGPRA. The results of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, "Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act: After Almost 20 Years, Key Federal Agencies Still Have Not Fully Complied with the Act," will be discussed at the 12th annual meeting of the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers or NATHPO hosted by the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin Aug. 9-13 in Green Bay, Wis. After decades of desecration or sending Native American human remains to museums or anthropology labs for study, Congress enacted NAGPRA in 1990 to protect indigenous human remains and cultural objects. The law also requires federal agencies and institutions that receive federal funding to return Native American human remains and cultural items to their respective families and tribal homelands. The agencies and museums are required to take inventory and notify tribes about their collections and work in collaboration with tribes in determining a cultural link to the remains or objects. But some federal agencies have not identified or reported all the remains or cultural items in their possession, according to the GAO report.
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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gao-report-on-federal-agencies-non-compliance-with-nagpra-recommendations-for-the-obama-administration-among-topics-at-tribal-historic-preservation-officers-meeting-99925414.html
http://www.nathpo.org
Services for Anna Oakes, wife of Richard Oakes
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100804/ARTICLES/100809807?p=2&tc=pg
Dear Friends and Relations of Anna Oakes,
The Funeral Notice below was published in the Sonoma County Press Democrat today, except there was an error with the donation info. I just want to share more detail about the sequence of services which will take place beginning Saturday, August 7, and ending Monday August 9. Again, please share with or forward to other friends and relations of the Oakes Family.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7: The Wake. Sat. 6:00 PM thru Sun 9:00 AM (all evening,15 hours), Fulton Pentacostal Church of God, 3380 Fulton Road, Fulton, California.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 8: Funeral Services. 12:00 Noon to 2:00 PM. Daniels Chapel of the Roses Funeral Home & Crematory, 1225 Sonoma Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95402, (707)525-3730, email: decroses@pacbell.net
SUNDAY, AUGUST 8: Gathering. 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM (or longer). Sonoma County Indian Health Project, 144 Stony Point Road, Santa Rosa, CA. (Food/Refreshments will be available.)
MONDAY, AUGUST 9: Burial. 1:00 PM. Sebastopol Memorial Lawn, 7951 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol, CA.
If you wish, donations for funeral expenses can be sent to Anna Oakes Memorial Fund, c/o Redwood Credit Union, 8945 Brooks Road South, Windsor, CA 95492. Make checks payable to Yvonne A. Oakes. Or if you wish to wire money the Routing Number is 321177586 and the Account Number is 352373. If you are also a member of a Credit Union you can transfer money. Go to www.cuswirl.com or call toll free 888-287-9475.
Also, if you wish to send flowers, please send by Saturday, to Daniels Chapel of the Roses Funeral Home & Crematory, 1225 Sonoma Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95402, (707)525-3730, email: decroses@pacbell.net
Dear Friends and Relations of Anna Oakes,
The Funeral Notice below was published in the Sonoma County Press Democrat today, except there was an error with the donation info. I just want to share more detail about the sequence of services which will take place beginning Saturday, August 7, and ending Monday August 9. Again, please share with or forward to other friends and relations of the Oakes Family.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7: The Wake. Sat. 6:00 PM thru Sun 9:00 AM (all evening,15 hours), Fulton Pentacostal Church of God, 3380 Fulton Road, Fulton, California.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 8: Funeral Services. 12:00 Noon to 2:00 PM. Daniels Chapel of the Roses Funeral Home & Crematory, 1225 Sonoma Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95402, (707)525-3730, email: decroses@pacbell.net
SUNDAY, AUGUST 8: Gathering. 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM (or longer). Sonoma County Indian Health Project, 144 Stony Point Road, Santa Rosa, CA. (Food/Refreshments will be available.)
MONDAY, AUGUST 9: Burial. 1:00 PM. Sebastopol Memorial Lawn, 7951 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol, CA.
If you wish, donations for funeral expenses can be sent to Anna Oakes Memorial Fund, c/o Redwood Credit Union, 8945 Brooks Road South, Windsor, CA 95492. Make checks payable to Yvonne A. Oakes. Or if you wish to wire money the Routing Number is 321177586 and the Account Number is 352373. If you are also a member of a Credit Union you can transfer money. Go to www.cuswirl.com or call toll free 888-287-9475.
Also, if you wish to send flowers, please send by Saturday, to Daniels Chapel of the Roses Funeral Home & Crematory, 1225 Sonoma Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95402, (707)525-3730, email: decroses@pacbell.net
August 3, 2010
AIM-West: Report back Winnemem Wintu mobilization
By Mark Anquoe, AIM-West
Photos by Marc Dadigan
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Brothers and Sisters,
For those of you that did not join the caravan to the McCloud River, I'm pleased to report that the mobilization was a success. There were neither arrests nor injuries, and the Winnemem Wintu Balas Chonas ceremony was performed without significant disruption.
Originally, we intended to enforce a physical blockade across the McCloud River, taking a confrontational stance and risking arrest and injury. However, upon our arrival, we were asked by Headman Mark Franco to engage in different tactics than we had planned.
He informed us that this ceremony had actually been planned for the previous year, but had been postponed because the two young women undergoing the ceremony were afraid of a repeat of the intimidating and abusive behavior from the local non-Natives that the tribe experienced in 2006. Given this additional information, it was made clear to us that the confrontational tactics we had planned would interfere with the solemn and calm atmosphere that the young women needed to conduct the four-day Balas Chonas ceremony. Subsequently, we improvised a less confrontational, but still effective strategy of buffering the Winnemem Wintu people from any unnecessary interactions with the local non-Native population.
While we were asked to not physically immobilize any watercraft, we encountered very few boaters that would not turn back when asked. Those who refused to turn around were escorted on water by kayak and on foot on the riverbanks to ensure their respectful behavior and to prevent them from attempting to land at or near the ceremony site. Our team also secured a perimeter around the area to turn back hikers and campers using non-violent methods. We maintained the perimeter with 24hr/day watches for the entirety of the four-day ceremony.
While our AIM people did have to deal with a number of indignant and angry european americans, the Winnemem Wintu people were free to focus on their ceremony knowing that the situation was well-in-hand.
With temperatures climbing to 106 during the afternoons and a chronic lack of sleep, tensions and frustrations ran very high among all our crew. Nevertheless, it was worth every sacrifice made by our people. The Winnemem Wintu people continually expressed their gratitude to us and welcomed us into their circle to participate in prayer. Fred Short, one of the spiritual leaders of the American Indian Movement, joined us on Monday to encourage us and maintain morale.
Our 40 person team was composed of AIM members (as well as a few loyal supporters) from Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Oakland, Davis, Pendleton and Portland. Everyone involved sacrificed their time, their sleep, and their sanity in addition to incurring significant financial expense.
We are all profoundly grateful to the Winnemem Wintu for inviting us onto their land and bringing us into their circle.
We are also grateful to Resist Inc (http://resistinc.org/), who supported our effort with a small grant to help defray travel expenses and to our generous donors in San Francisco, you know who you are. We are also grateful to our AIM members who supported us from home in all their various capacities. You are an integral part of our efforts.
I am personally humbled to be associated with a group of individuals that would choose to give of themselves so deeply for such a cause. Through this exhausting effort, old bonds were renewed and new alliances forged. I believe that the experience has inspired all of us to redouble our collective and individual efforts to defend our people, our beliefs and our land.
Mark Anquoe
AIM-West
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