'The Border Crossed Us' Univ. Mass. April 2011

http://www.ikatun.org/thebordercrossedus
'The Border Crossed Us'
Art installation, with O'odham and more Native American speakers

Wednesday, April 20
Opening Reception 3-4:30 PM
The Border Crossed Us site between Campus Center and Campus Parking GarageArtist Talk 4:45 PM Studio Arts Building, Room 240
In Conversation: Catherine D’Ignazio, Ofelia Rivas, Susan Jahoda, UMass Professor of Art, and Mario Ontiveros, UMass Professor of Art History.
The talk will investigate public art practices, social activism, and the visualization of borders.
Friday, April 22
Symposium: Herter Hall 227, 3 PM – 7 PM
3 – 4:30 PM Panel talk with Ofelia Rivas (Tohono O’odham), Solomon “Rocky” Bear (Maliseet), Curtis Lazore (Mohawk), and moderator Ramona Peters (Director, Cultural Survival Board, Cambridge MA).
Reception following
Saturday, April 23
Powwow, Tours of the Border & Flute Performance
10:00 – 6:00 PM Powwow, Curry Hicks Cage
11AM & 2:30 PM Virtual Tours of the US-Mexico border fence at the Project Site. Led by Ofelia Rivas & Flora Marietta (Tohono O’odham) and Catherine D’Ignazio (the Institute for Infinitely Small Things).
6:30 PM – Red Cedar flute performance at the Project Site by renowned musician, DJ and activist Tiokasin Ghosthorse of the Cheyenne River Sioux.
All events are free and open to the public.
'Talk to the Fence' add your thoughts on the blog for the event at:
http://www.ikatun.org/thebordercrossedus/

Untouchable media: Queen of England and Pope, wealth from the blood of Indigenous

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com

How much of the lavish wealth of the Queen of England and the Pope has come from the lands, resources and suffering of Indigenous Peoples.


When I see the wealth of the Queen of England, I see the suffering in Africa, and then around the earth. The public relations machine of the Queen and family members make their accumulated wealth look so glitzy and glamorous, as if everyone should want to be like them.

They want you to celebrate their wealth.

The source of the wealth of the Queen of England, and the Pope, are among the untouchable stories in the media. This is the type of story that rocks the foundation of the exploiters, shakes the cradle which allows it to continue.

The acquisition of lavish wealth by the Queen of England and Vatican have been disguised by their well-paid publicists, and the coopted media. The reporters who have started investigations of these matters in the mainstream media have quickly found themselves unemployed. Instead of revealing the truth, the media wants you to join in and promote these exploiters -- celebrate their wealth and power.

Don't be fooled by the hype. Research for yourself the so-called conquests of Africa and the Americas, Australia and the South Pacific, and see whose blood these riches were drained from. Read for yourself of the Indigenous Peoples tortured and raped as they struggled to hold on to their land, water, trees and natural resources.

The conquests continue today. Research the miners buried alive in Africa and Indigenous activists assassinated by mining companies in Guatemala and Peru. Research the fact that Indian lands of the Navajo, Pueblo, Lakota and others are targeted with uranium mining and coal-fired power plants in the US.

Read about the long history of corporate genocide in Canada and Australia, and the role of abusive boarding schools, colonization and militarization. You can begin your research with today and work backwards in time, to the time when the British and conquistadors seized land and carried out the slaughter, the blood bath and genocide of Indigenous Peoples.

Today's conquistadors are in Washington, on some tribal councils and on lobbying firms. The goal is to keep the profits going to the exploiters and corporations. The wealth comes from mining, oil and gas, uranium, coal, forests and minerals.

The corporations reap their profits from wars and target those they consider expendables, people of color and the poor, to fight those wars and die in those wars.

The wealth and power mongers need water and land for the rich to keep getting richer, they need the rivers and the streams. They need the air you breathe. They need to control your thoughts.

They need public relations folks to spin it all, deceive you.

They need to own the media.

Photos Long Walk 3 at Eagle Butte, Cheyenne River, SD

Long Walk 3 northern route for the reversal of diabetes in Eagle Butte, Cheyenne River Lakota land, South Dakota, April 2011. Photos by Chris Francisco LW3.

April 10, 2011: Long Walk 3 in South Dakota and Oklahoma

Northern Route: On Saturday, April 9, Chris Francisco said, "We will be heading towards Ft Yates today around 9-10. We had a day of rest in Eagle Butte. I hope everyone is warm and dry. Peace and love to you all. Aho creator for keeping us safe on the roads and bless all the supporters that have been praying for us. Be well."

Southern Route: The southern route was in Canton, Oklahoma on Saturday and with Cheyenne Arapahoe and Commanche at events. On Monday the southern route plans to go back going to Lawton to tour their Wellness Center and discuss their diabetes prevention program.

Bloody Island Memorial, May 14, 2011

Bloody Island Memorial

May 14, 2011

We'll have camping at dance area in back, available at 3 pm on Friday. Dance all night at dance area. Have runners and walkers leave dance area at 4 am to the island. Come back on Sat afternoon at 1 pm for more dances, all welcome. Close with bear dance after all the dancers are done. Thank You Doug Duncan. Dance area: enter Robinson on Pomo Way to end of Pomo Way, turn left, follow to sharp right turn, enter posted area to dance grounds.