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Phil Konstantin's February 2008 Newsletter - Part 3
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Phil Konstantin
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Start of Phil Konstantin's February 2008 Newsletter - Part 3
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Greetings,
As I mentioned in the previous newsletter, I am trying to
make up for not having a January newsletter. So, here are
a few more notices, news stories, etc.
I have also added some new things to the store section of
my website. I have found photos of various American Indians
or nature scenes that are around 100 years old. I have put
these photos (and some of my personal photos) on t-shirts,
mouse pads and other items. Each of these items is made one
at a time. I'll be adding more items as time goes by. Perhaps,
the best way to see all of the photos, designs and quotes is
to visit the store and then choose "Gift" is the menu. This
will show you the various items all displayed on mouse pads.
If you see something you like, then you can look for it in
the rest of the website. So far, there are almost 400 items
there. I'll be adding more all the time. This project is
being handled by a company called Spreadshirt. You could also
set up a store there, too.
Anything you buy here also to support this website:
You can find a link this specialized store near the top of
my main store page. Here is the direct link.
http://185992.spreadshirt.com/
Thanks,
Phil
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Notices:
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NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING
VIEJAS RESERVATION
VIEJAS TRIBAL GOVERNEMENT OFFICE - TRIBAL HALL
1 VIEJAS GRADE ROAD
ALPINE, CA 91903-0908
619-445-3810
MARCH 12, 2008
AGENDA
4:00 PM CLOSED SESSION to discuss litigation in the case
of NAHC vs. Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency
per Govt. Code 11126(e)
4:30 PM PUBLIC SESSION CALL TO ORDER
1. Welcome – Chairman Mungary
2. Traditional Opening
3. Introduction of Commissioners
NEW BUSINESS
1. Carmen Lucas and Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation
Committee request to investigate and hold a hearing and
determine Commission responsibilities and findings under
PRC 5097.94 (g) and 5097.97 (proposed action by a public
agency that may cause severe or irreparable harm to a
Native American sanctified cemetery, place of worship,
religious or ceremonial site or sacred shrine located on
public property, possible mitigation procedures, and
possible referral to Attorney General) in regards to UC
San Diego Chancellor’s House project. Larry Myers -
ACTION ITEM
PUBLIC COMMENT
COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS
AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
7:00 PM ADJOURNMENT
IN THE FUTURE WE WILL NOT BE MAILING THE AGENDA, IT WILL BE
POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE: www.nahc.ca.gov, OR EMAILED ON REQUEST
*The Native American Heritage Commission complies with the
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). If you need additional
information or assistance, please contact the Commission at
(916) 653-4082. Our email address is: nahc @ pacbell.net.
Our web site address is: www.nahc.ca.gov
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
The State of California, Native American Heritage Commission,
will conduct a closed session per Government Code Section
11126(e) on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, Viejas Reservation,
Viejas Tribal Government Office, Tribal Hall, 1 Viejas
Grade Road, Alpine, California 91903-0908, phone 619-445-3810.
The Public meeting will begin at 4:30pm. Public comments
will be accepted at the close of the Public Session, time
permitting.
Directions to Viejas Rancheria from San Diego Airport:
Interstate 5 North to Interstate 8 East to Alpine to
Willows Road exit to Viejas Grade Road
IN THE FUTURE WE WILL NOT BE MAILING THE AGENDA, IT WILL
BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE: www.nahc.ca.gov OR EMAILED ON
REQUEST.
*The Native American Heritage Commission complies with
the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). If you need
additional information or assistance, please contact the
Commission at (916) 653-4082. Our email address is:
nahc @ pacbell.net. Our web site address is: www.nahc.ca.gov
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Montgomery College – Rockville Campus Feb 23-24
POTOMAC NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE FESTIVAL
Montgomery College – Rockville Campus
Music Building
51 Mannakee Street, Rockville
Tickets: Prices vary upon attraction
703.338.2756 or www.potomacflutecircle.net
Friday:
2 pm registration for workshops
3 pm workshops commence
7:30 pm Concert: Autumn’s Child featuring Mark Holland
Saturday: 9 am-3 pm workshops
1 pm Concert: Jan Seiden & Jim Morehouse
7:30 pm Concert: R. Carlos Nakai
Sunday: 9 am-3 pm workshops
3 pm Festival closes
This is a great festival weekend to take in the Native
American spirit of the flute! Enjoy the exhibits,
concerts and several workshops held throughout the day.
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We are now accepting applications for the Native American
Astronomy Immersion Experience (NAAIE). This is a five
day observation experience open to any Native undergraduate
interested in astronomy and/or physics. This mainly an
introduction to what astronomy research is about and also
introducing a cultural component that connects our lives
to what the traditional teachings has to offer about the
night sky. A Navajo elder will spend a day with the
students telling them our teachings that are in the stars.
In this way, the Native student may find that connection
that is missing in the normal setting of a classroom.
Here is the link:
http://www.astro.indiana.edu/naaie/
If you have any further questions about anything, please
feel free to contact me. Thank you so much for you assistance.
Dennis Lamenti
Department of Astronomy
Indiana University-Bloomington
727 E. 3rd St. Swain West 319
Bloomington, Indiana-47405, USA.
(812) 856-0584 Office
(812) 339-0402 Home
dlamenti @ astro.indiana.edu
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The Longest Walk 2, walking 4,400 miles from SF to DC
(Walking from Feb 11 to July 11, 2008)
Poster Notes: The Longest Walk 2, is the 30th Anniversary
of the 1978 Longest Walk. Native American Indians will walk
from Alcatraz in San Francisco, 4,400 miles to Washington DC.
The Longest W alk officially begins symbolically at Alcatraz
Island in San Francisco on December 11. Walkers leave DQ
on December 12, 2007, and after five months on crossing the
United States, visiting Sacred Sites along the way, will
arrive in Washington D.C. on July 11, 2008. The route is
a more Southern route than taken in 1978, and the walkers
will be passing through the Inland Empire during the last
few days in February and the first two weeks of March 2008
on this walk.
Why the Longest Walk 2? Reasons are many it seems. Indians
will be walking to protect Sacred Sites, to protect Mother
Earth and for the Seventh Generation. Included below are
statements by Dennis Banks and a Statement of the
International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers
A number of people will walk the entire 4,400 mile walk.
Others will join in on the walk when it comes to their area.
Inland Empire residents may fly to the SF Bay Area if they
want to walk the entire 4,400 miles, or join the walk as it
passes through our area. But for many people their
participation may be to join the walkers for an hour, day,
or weekend when they pass through the Inland Empire area.
Plenty of advance notice from the local news media will
give local residents a chance to plan their participation
in this historical walk, whether it is just to drive by
and see and cheer the walkers or to walk a few steps or many.
For those planning to join the walk for the long haul
across the United States or some portion of it, please see
the Longest Walk 2 website information about items you will
need to bring, rules, and more. The event is a no drugs
and no alcohol event. But you can bring your dog, see the
rules.
The Longest Walk 2 organizers and walkers are in need of
varying kinds of support of this walk including sponsors,
in-kind donations, volunteers, cash donations, wish list
items, water, food, socks and more. See the website for
information on these and also to contact State coordinators
for The Longest Walk.
The Cities and Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino,
may wish to become in-kind sponsors. For example walkers
need water along the way, and may be picking up trash
along the way. So in-kind services of picking up filled
trash bags along the side of the road could be arranged in
advance with The Longest Walk organizers.. I don't know
the arrangement for ?facilities? along the way, but that
is something the two Counties may consider providing
in-kind as well. I don?t know the rules about filming
the Walk, but if it is allowed it might be good to get
some clips of this historic Walk passing though the Inland
Empire's highways that are eligible to be designated
Scenic Highways. This is a prime opportunity to share
parts of our two Counties that are not often seen with
the World.
If you go out to visit the walkers at one of their stops,
you could also personally deliver items for walkers as
such as new socks, or even envelopes, paper and stamps
so walkers can write home. Check the website for information.
TV, Radio, Cable, and Print media would do a great service
by carrying the story to area residentst. Today, December
24 there is only a little more than a month till this walk
begins. Therefore immediate notice is critical to give
help give people a chance to plan and organize their
participation in this walk. I know a few people from
the San Francisco Bay Area that will be walking the
entire 4,400 miles, including two Indian men and an Indian
mother and her young son.
Look forward to seeing some of the Inland Empire?s over
4 million residents, families and children joining the
walkers, sharing the experience of this historical walk,
walking for Sacred Sites, Walking for Mother Earth,
Walking for the Seventh Generation.
Background on The Longest Walk 2, on the first Longest
Walk in 1978, the Houma near New Orleans in Louisiana
which will be a stop of this walk
From ancient times, runs and walks were a living tradition
among Native people. As the centuries went by, the tradition
virtually disappeared. At the 1977 gathering of the Elders'
Circle, comprised of Native spiritual leaders -- Chiefs,
Clan Mothers, and Headsmen -- a statement was issued
concerning the unique balance that exists between Humankind
and our Mother the Earth; that this balance was in grave
danger! The statement called upon traditional people in
the Four Directions to strengthen the healing ceremonies
and asked people to heed the warnings of Mother Earth.
The Elders' Circle asked that this Message be taken to all
native villages and communities. It is this Message that
The Longest Walk has carried since its beginning in 1978.
The first Longest Walk trekked over 18 mountain ranges,
walked through tornado weather, 110-degree heat, rainstorms,
snowstorms. There were 100-mile running events and 24-hour
marathons. When the walkers reached Washington, D.C., they
numbered in the thousands. People of all races, Elders of
many tribes came to Washington, D.C. with the walkers.
Respected elders like Chief Shenandoa of the Six Nations,
Oren Lyons, faith keeper of the Onondaga Nation, David
Monague, Hopi, and Philip Deere, Muscogee Creek. Other
supporters included Marlon Brando, Muhammad Ali, Willie
Nelson, Stevie Wonder, Ken Norton, Buffy St. Marie, Floyd
Red Crow Westerman, Max Gail, Nichidatsu Fujii Gruji of
Nipponzan Myo Hoji sect.
Since 1978, beginning with The Longest Walk, runners and
walkers have traveled over 38,000 miles across the United
States, Japan, Europe, Australia & New Zealand, the Soviet
Union, Canada, and other countries around the world. Our
main purpose is to carry the message of the sacredness
of all life; of our relationship to all living species;
and of the need to maintain the delicate balance that
exists between humankind and Mother Earth. Walkers and
runners have crossed the U.S. in 1978, 1984, 1992
(Fairbanks to Santa Fe, possibly the longest sacred run),
in 1996, and again in 2006 -- San Francisco to Washington,
D.C.
In 2006, we visited the United Houma Nation just west of
New Orleans, where we found a proud group of American
Indians fighting to keep their culture alive. Hurricane
Katrina hit the Houma Nation on August 29, 2005. It
devastated many of the small Houma settlements, leaving
over 1,000 tribal member?s homeless due to the total
destruction of their homes. As the tribe struggled with
this disaster, Hurricane Rita hit the heart of the Houma
Nation. This storm ruined the homes of 4,000 more Houma
tribal members. FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
did not provide assistance to the Houma ? no water, no
food, no shelter, and no supplies from the federal
government.
Recovery for the Houma will take years. The Longest Walk
2 will visit, support, and focus attention on the Houma,
and make sure the Houma are not forgotten.
On February 11, 2008, The Longest Walk 2 will begin a
4,400-mile 5-month walk to raise awareness of global
warming and to the state of the environment. Join us on
November 3, 2007 at The Fillmore in San Francisco for
our benefit concert. Contact [name and phone deleted by
poster] or www.redhotpromotion s.com for information on
how you can help.
BENEFIT CONCERTS
July 7, 2007
Palace Hotel, Cass Lake, MN
July 12, 2007
Sedona Hilton, AZ
Nov! . 3, 200 7
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco, CA
COMMUNITY EVENTS
To be scheduled leading up to and throughout the walk
WALK BEGINS
Feb 11, 2008, leaves San Francisco (Kick off concert to
be announced)
CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
Each evening a cultural exchange program is presented
during which our walkers perform their different tribal
songs and dances. The local community is invited to share
their heritage and culture in return.
DAILY CEREMONIES
Each day begins with the burning of tobacco and cedar.
Walkers carry a Sacred Staff and every mile, every
kilometer is filled with prayers for all living species,
every plant, tree, and flower. We pray for our relations:
the four-legged, the winged-ones, the insects. We give
thanks to the Great Spirit for all that is given us and
pay daily respect to the Moon, the Stars, the Sun, and to
the sacredness of the Earth?s Peoples. Every evening we
gather in a circle and offer tobacco in a ceremonial way.
Purification ceremonies are conducted along the way. It
is a Walk for our young generations, a time to respect
our Elders, and to prepare the direction for the Seventh
Generation.
WALK CONCLUDES
July 11, 2008, arrives Washington D.C.
CELEBRATION CONCERT TO BE ANNOUNCED
To see official The Longest Walk 2 itineraries for each
State, click here
http://longestwalk. org/index.
php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=40&Itemid=68
Peace on Mother Earth as this year ends and the New
Year Begins. twodogkd @ yahoo. com
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Subject: Rendevous- knap-in at Illahee
4TH ANNUAL NORTH UMPQUA KNAP-IN
MAY 24TH-JUNE 1ST
FREE PRIMITAVE CAMPING ( PORTA POTTYS PROVIDED)
THIS IS THE ONLY KNAP-IN HELD ON THE WEST
SIDE OF THE CASCADES. COME JOIN US AND
LEARN HOW TO MAKE PRIMITAVE sTONE TOOLS & WEAPONS.
TAKE HWY 138 EAST ( BETWEEN DIAMOND LAKE & ROSEBURG) TO
MILEPOST 47. 1/8 MILE EAST OF DRY CREEK STORE TURN
NORTH ON A USFS GRAVEL ROAD. GO UP THE HILL ABOUT 2
MILES TO THE 2ND ROAD TO THE RIGHT. ( THERE WILL BE
SIGNS POSTED)
The dry creek store is 2 miles away & has gas,
groceries & small deli.
THIS IS A HISTORICAL GATHERING SITE FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
SO WE ASK THAT YOU BRING YOUR TARPS SO THAT WE DON’T
CONTAMINATE THE SITE.
FOR MORE INFO CONTACT BRAD BAUGHMAN AT
541-459-4313
OR bbb7707 @ yahoo.com
The Rendezvous is a label applied to annual gatherings in
North America. These are events where teachers and students
gather to teach, learn and share information about their
areas of interest. Analogous to conferences held in the
out-of-doors about things having to do with the out-of-doors.
"Rendezvous" was the name used for the annual meeting of
mountain men and fur buyers during the Western fur trade
era, where trappers would exchange beaver skins for supplies
and goods they wanted. These events occurred between the
early 1820s and the 1840s, coming to an end when the price
of beaver skins fell due to changes in fashion. It is now
used for any gathering in the buckskinning historical
re-enactment hobby.
Juliana Marez
American Indian Education Title VII
Homeless and Runaway Youth Services
Roseburg Public Schools
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A Womens' Symposium: Honoring American Indian Women of
Distinction You Are Invited - Join Us When We Honor
TONITA LARGO-GLOVER & DOROTHY RAMON
SAVE THIS DATE! MARCH 14, 2008
Join us when we honor Tonita Largo-Glover and Dorothy Ramon
at our Third Annual A Womens' Symposium:
Honoring American Indian Women of Distinction
830 AM to 2 PM
Breakfast & Lunch Served
The Performing Arts Center
Crafton Hills College
11711 Sand Canyon Road
Yucaipa, Calif.
Tickets are $45 and $30 On Sale Now
And Remember Frances Morongo, Katherine Kitchen &
Lela Arenas Madrigal
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News articles & Videos:
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‘Grandmother’ of Indian country’s newest collection
wins national award
http://observertoday.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=18175
Navajo Code Talker dead at age 82
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_8232269
Win-River hires local companies
http://www.redding.com/news/2008/feb/06/win-river-hires-local-companies/
Onondaga Nation woman gets UN post
http://www.syracuse.com/articles/news/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1201702524173100.xml&coll=1
Institutional racism is still with us
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_wes_roll_080123_institutional_racism.htm
Federal agents accuse smuggler of stealing N.M. artifacts
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_8224541
Following the trails of our Apache ancestors
http://www.eacourier.com/articles/2008/02/13/local_news/doc47b234d54d85f708649125.txt
Native American tribe seeks new resting place for
ancestors with help from Playa Vista
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2008/02/14/news_-_features/top_stories/2pv.txt
A dust-up over energy development
http://blog.hcn.org/goat/2008/02/06/a-dust-up-over-energy-development/
Southwestern treasures
http://washingtontimes.com/article/20080208/CULTURE/800954550/1015
Last fluent speaker of Wichita tribal language preserves
what’s left. In the end, one woman passes on what’s left
http://www.kumeyaay.com/?p=391
From Julia Marez:
This is beautiful!! check this out, it will make your
day! Lila-waste na Nina waste!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AW0e4sDROE
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That's it for now.
Have a great month.
Phil Konstantin
http://americanindian.net
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