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Manataka - Preserving The Past Today For Tomorrow
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Manataka American Indian Council Volume XII Issue 9 SEPTEMBER 2008
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Manataka - Preserving The Past Today For Tomorrow
SEPTEMBER ISSUE Page 1 of 3 |
Lee Standing Bear Moore for President
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Put a few Soap Nuts into a small cotton sack (included) and drop it in your washing machine. Your clothes will come out clean, vibrant, and soft. Replace your laboratory detergents and softeners with the soap made from nature. Your skin, clothes, family and your planet will thank you.
"In the absence of the sacred, nothing is sacred - everything is for sale." -Oren Lyons, Onondaga
The Elders often say that when something is sacred it has spiritual value. You'll hear, on the Earth there are sacred spots. You'll hear, our ceremonies are sacred, our children are sacred, marriage is sacred. When something is sacred it means it's so holy you can't attach a value to it. Therefore, it's not for sale. It's an insult to suggest buying something sacred. On the other hand, if we look at it differently, as
there is no sacred land, ceremonies are not sacred, children are not sacred, then everything is for sale. Sacredness creates spiritual space. Sacredness makes things holy. Sacredness shows respect for God.
Great Spirit,
let me honor
things that are
sacred.
AUGUST WEBSITE UPDATES
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| North Dakota Wild Horses Find Homes | Animal Rights | |
| Healing With Love Part 1 | Elders Speak | |
| I Touched The Earth | Elders Speak | |
| MomFeather Speaks - I am Children | Elders Speak | |
| World Drum Project | Feature | |
| Manataka: The Rationalist Alternative | Feature | |
| Love and Gratitude Water Ceremony | Feature | |
| Genetically Engineered Sugar to Hit U.S. in 2008 | Health | |
| List of Communities Rejecting Fluoridation Grows Larger | Health | |
| What's In That? How Food Affects Your Behavior | Health | |
| Seeds Of Wellness: Return Of A Super-grain | Herbal Medicine | |
| Exemplar of Liberty: Chapter 7 - Mohawks, Axes and Taxes | History | |
| The Aholi and Other Walpi Katcinas - Hopi | Legends | |
| Manataka Making a Relative Ceremony - Henbury School | Membership | |
| NO Dirty Gold! | Mother Earth | |
| Puerto Rico archeological find mired in politics | Sacred Sites | |
| Ellen Move Camp - Hero of Wounded Knee | Women's Council | |
| How To Can Berries | Women's Council | |
| NEW TRADING POST ITEMS | ||
Experiencing The World Drum
By Beck Flaming Owl Moore
An amazing diary of joy, enlightenment. and an unforgettable experience.
The World Drum was consecrated in a ceremony in front of the Norwegian Parliament in October of 2006. The World Drum was part of the official celebration of the Sami National Day in Gratangen, Norway. In July, 2008, the World Drum was presented in the halls of Canadian Parliament in Ottawa by the Metis First Nation.
The World Drum project coordinator, Dr. Morten Wolf Storeide, wrote a Speech for Mother Earth that is a wake up call for humankind to reinstate spiritual relationship to the Mother Earth.
Amanda Morning Star Moore learned of the World Drum’s existence soon after becoming Drum Keeper for the Manataka American Indian Council in 2006. “I watched the progress of the World Drum as it made its way from country to country. I requested the World Drum visit me. Twice I was on the schedule and both times the World Drum or I were unable to connect. Finally after 18 countries and 26 states it was coming to us on July 2, 2008.”
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ELDER MOMFEATHER SPEAKS Manataka
welcomes our newest (fourth oldest) correspondent. We have
known this fine lady for many years and always felt the world
was blessed to put her where we could witness her beautiful
works. Today, the people sing wherever she goes.
~Editors
Read About
Momfeather Erickson
A
champion of Native American ways in Kentucky
Organic Agriculture CAN Feed the World
and Reduce
Global Warming!
Compiled by Lauren Zack
THE TOP AGRICULTURAL BREAKTHROUGHS
Although the biotech industry and our indentured corporate mass media would
have us believe that recent scientific advances in food and farming are
derived from genetic engineering and chemicals, according to UK-based GM
Watch, the real breakthroughs in farming in 2007 came from organic and
sustainable agriculture:
1) In 2007 a deluge of new scientific studies from a wide variety of
institutions indicate that in comparison to genetically modified (GM) crops,
organic agriculture can better feed the world, reduce global warming,
provide greater nutrition, and boost the economy. Digesting new research on
the topic, the United Nations announced that organic agriculture is the best
way to feed the world and help stabilize the climate:
+ ORGANIC FARMING CAN FEED THE WORLD - STUDY Organic farming can
yield up to three times as much food on individual farms in developing
countries, as low-intensive methods on the same land - according to new
findings which refute the long-standing claim that organic farming methods
cannot produce enough food to feed the global population. ''My hope is that
we can finally put a nail in the coffin of the idea that you can't produce
enough food through organic agriculture,'' said Ivette Perfecto, professor
at University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment, and
one of the study's principal investigators.
http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8107
+ ORGANIC FARMING COMBATS GLOBAL WARMING... Big time, according to
data from the Rodale Institute's long-running comparison of organic and
conventional cropping systems. Converting the US's corn and soybean acres to
organic production would sequester enough carbon to satisfy 73 percent of
the Kyoto targets for CO2 reduction in the US.
http://www.newfarm.org/depts/NFfield_trials/1003/carbonsequest.shtml
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The Crown
When
I was a young mother of three little ones, I was faced with the dilemma of
working. I did not want to leave my babies to a stranger for the time I
would be gone from the house. It was so hard to find good baby sitters in
those days there were very few day cares and those that you could find did
not have to be licensed or inspected by the state. You just found some other
mother who was doing this from her own home because she also had small
children.
At one time I also took in children to watch in my home just to be with my own children. I also took in ironing and mending, dress making, cooking, craft making, and any other money making project I could find. At one time I worked in a shoe shop and as a nurse in a medical center and ran a cleaning service for offices and private homes. I think one has to be creative to work and still be there for her family.
With six children we worked hard to just make the basics let alone trips to Disney World. My kids never got to do that but they did go on camping trips. We fished in the ocean and the lakes and rivers. They grew up with a deep respect for hard work, the natural wonders of nature. Summers were spent on the river where I had built a home in the early 60’s. I remember picking out the land and going for the loan to build the house. It was hard to do with all the working but we managed to move into our new freshly built home when I was 5 months pregnant with my daughter Debbie.
No offense intended for any individuals or tribes.
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Traditional, Cultural and Spiritual Teachings
When We Were Young
By Gram Selma, Ocali
As we age and the wrinkles on our faces show wrinkles in our heart and soul starts to be felt more. Some of us tend to forget what simple pleasures surround us even on the worst of days.
What joy we experienced as a child while playing in a stream or even a water puddle. Our amazement in watching tadpoles and our disbelief when adults told us they would grow into frogs !!!
We tend to forget our first thrill at chasing and trying to catch a butterfly and then an adult telling us that if we caught them that it would kill them as the fuzz would come off their wings !!!
So, we learned to simply watch them and if one landed on us to marvel in sheer joy, remembering not to touch it in fear of killing it.
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Changing Vibrations
by Magdala Rameriz, Maya Priestess
In the journey of being human, people encounter in the space of time many ways to perceive their reality. The mother has changed and will continue to change her vibration and the adaptation of all the life forms are taking place. It is a renewal of ones perception of self.
It is indeed, challenging times for the many, the battle inside of the self has become strong in the world of oneness. Unresolved issues as well as the wrong beliefs are popping out and human being are ready to use the old force as an stepping stone to jump into the new world. Trusting and hoping and of course the most important to believe in the self.
Inside of the true human resides a force that recognizes this time and allows this force to take place in your being. Inside, you know that you have all the assistance that you need. Recognition of this means that you are already passing through it.
Solar-Power Breakthrough
Researchers find a cheap and easy way to store the energy made by solar power.
By Kevin Bullis
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Daniel Nocera poses with a device for breaking down water into hydrogen and oxygen. The device uses an inexpensive catalyst he developed. Photo: Donna Coveney, MIT. |
Researchers have made a major advance in inorganic chemistry that could lead to a cheap way to store energy from the sun. In so doing, they have solved one of the key problems in making solor energy a dominant source of electricity.
Daniel Nocera, a professor of chemistry at MIT, has developed a catalyst that can generate oxygen from a glass of water by splitting water molecules. The reaction frees hydrogen ions to make hydrogen gas. The catalyst, which is easy and cheap to make, could be used to generate vast amounts of hydrogen using sunlight to power the reactions. The hydrogen can then be burned or run through a fuel cell to generate electricity whenever it's needed, including when the sun isn't shining.
Solar power is ultimately limited by the fact that the solar cells only produce their peak output for a few hours each day. The proposed solution of using sunlight to split water, storing solar energy in the form of hydrogen, hasn't been practical because the reaction required too much energy, and suitable catalysts were too expensive or used extremely rare materials. Nocera's catalyst clears the way for cheap and abundant water-splitting technologies.
MEDITATION
Inside the womb of the mother Returning to the fetus the original power Omnipotent
In the paradise of the womb The mother is the eternal ovum Consciousness is Water Omnipresent
Enter the sacred chamber of the womb Remember Omniscient
Return to primordial zero In the sea of love The womb undoes denial In the womb man is woman. Where gender is time entranced
In the womb I am my mother. I am my mother inside my grandmother I am the cycle of birth and earth and heart In the womb, wombness, all this is Mother
Carol Perez Petersen Clan Mother Deer Nation rainbowmedicineblanket@yahoo.com
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Money for Native Americans, but Health Care Improvements Still Stalled
Congress added much needed funds for Native Americans to legislation expected to be signed into law, but the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (H.R. 1328) is still stalled in the House. We begin this Native American Legislative Update with some recent positive news:
Positive Legislative Developments
Additional Money. Two
billion dollars in additional funding for Indian health, law
enforcement, and water supply and safety projects were included in a
$50 billion global health initiative approved by Congress and sent
to the president in late July. These funds were secured through a
bipartisan effort in the Senate. The president is expected to sign
the appropriations bill.
Continuation of Diabetes Funding.
The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act includes a
two-year reauthorization of the Special Diabetes Program for Native
Americans at the current funding level, $150 million per year. The
Senate voted 70-26 to override the president's veto of the Medicare
bill.
Heightened Attention to Victims of Crime. On June 19 and July 23, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held hearings on law enforcement problems. Committee chair Byron Dorgan (ND) introduced the "Tribal Law and Order Act" to help improve law enforcement. It has 12 sponsors.
Friends Committee on National Legislation http://www.fcnl.org/index.htm
Gambling off the table, Virginia
tribes should gain federal recognition.
Governor Tim Kaine has put his weight
behind a move in the U.S. Senate to grant federal recognition to six
Virginia Indian tribes. It's a honor that's well overdue.
For years, the argument against
recognition centered around one major bugaboo: gaming. In other
parts of the United States, federal status has opened the door to
casinos on reservations, which bring with them many unintended
consequences, like attracting organized crime, encouraging gambling
addiction, failure to alleviate poverty on the reservation, and
other social woes. Many Indian leaders share these concerns,
including officials of the Navajo Nation, which remains casino-free.
The Virginia tribes have made it clear they will not establish gaming facilities on their reservations. Chief Stephen Adkins of the Chickahominy tribe told the Richmond Times-Dispatch, "I'm a deacon in my church, and I probably would be kicked out of my church if we brought gambling to the community We have said we would never game as long as the commonwealth says 'No.'"
The six tribes--the Upper Mattaponi, Monacan, Chickahominy,
Chickahominy-Eastern Division, Nansemond, and Rappahannock--would
benefit by gaining access to scholarships and educational grants.
Then, too, there is the question of
honor and equity: Most Indian tribes achieved federal recognition
when they signed peace treaties with the U.S. government. Virginia's
Indians signed their treaties with the British crown. They predated
the emergence of the United States as a nation. In other words, they
were a nation before we were.
Now that gambling is off the table, the argument against federal recognition is moot. Virginia's tribes should be given full status--and better late than never.
Source: Free Lance-Star, http://www.fredricksburg.com Date published: 7/28/2008
Submitted by Helen Red Wing Vinson
TEACHING ABOUT AMERICAN INDIANS
Teaching Resources for Educators
Here are resources if you've ever wanted classroom-teaching activities on
American Indians beyond the Thanksgiving holiday or the history of American
Indian Education or best teaching practices addressing American Indian learners.
Resources include books, magazines, articles, bibliographies, maps, etc.
Although often times there is overlap, these resources are organized in four
categories:
Teaching About American Indians
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for American Indian Learners
Researching American Indian Education
Other Resources
I Believe
I believe - That sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
I believe- That you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
I believe- That you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
I believe- That it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.
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