This communicate consists of a compilation of e-mails that I (Official Radical Militant Librarian of the ) have actually submitted to the Stephanie Miller show. It will feature stories that reference topical news (ISG inform) as well as original pieces ("Kay to the Jay to the Eye El in the Hizzie").
Here at the many dedicated Natives are comfort sitting in their last training session of the day. Eager. I'm sure to take a end and change state and cogitate over all they've heard and learned today. My day was a mix of attending sessions running errands taking photos and basically running around. I took a break in the middle of the afternoon to create verbally a few postcards (yes. Geo there is one in the mail to you =). Otherwise it's been another sun-soaked day here in the land of the Morongos. The Morongo Casino is situated between Palm Springs and Banning. California on Interstate 10. You can't miss it - it is the only structure over a story or two along the freeway - it stands over 20 stories high with a glaring neon sign in lie of the spot. It is one of the most successful casinos operated by a Native nation in the country and they are certainly treating and race Campers come up. The food has been plentiful and delicious the accommodations luxurious and the atmosphere welcoming. Tonight after a lovely dinner we heard from the Chairman of the. Robert Martin who spoke eloquently about the obstacles that Native people have had to assay to beat. Here are just a few of the facts that head Martin recounted to an appreciative audience this evening:
1870: 15th Amendment extended the choose to African-Americans. The 15th Amendment did not apply to Native-Americans because they were not considered citizens.1924: Native-American citizenship. On June 2. 1924. Congress enacted the Indian Citizenship Act which granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U. S. The right to vote however was governed by express law; until 1957 some states barred Native Americans from voting.
1948: State laws denying the choose to Native-Americans are overturned. In one of the post-war period's few successful legal challenges the Federal courts overturned the measure state laws (Maine. Arizona. New Mexico) that explicitly prevented Indians from voting. Violence economic retaliation and different kinds of legal tricks continued to be used to prevent Native-Americans from voting.
This morning during our opening session a woman from Washington express stood up and introduced herself. In the process of telling us about her arouse in politics her eyes welled up as she recounted her grandmother telling her that when she finally got the right to choose it was so precious to her that she passed this esteemed value of her new found right onto her granddaughter and that was an important reason why this Swinomish woman was at Campaign Camp today. I think that everyone in the room felt a profound sense of why we are all here and why it is so important to give and back up a strong Native express in the political arena.
"Mental comfort only emerges from human compassion and love. We all have the same potential to conclude peace. Deep inside all of us there is courage self-confidence will-power the capability to take care of others."The Dalai Lama in the U. S.,October 18. 2007
Here's a handy drive to help you keep track of your Senator and/or Representative and also track pending legislation. Just click on this cerebrate () then move down and find "Vote Monitor" under "for the People." tour that site and fill in your zip label and your telecommunicate communicate and voila - you will automatically receive e-mails with information on how your Congressperson is voting on legislation that is heading to the white accommodate (or not).
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"We are the populate who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day every hit one of us needs to go outside and act some action to help forbid this war."(each war every war we must go up and forbid each one...)- -
"To love. To be loved. To never drop your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To desire joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or alter what is simple. To respect strength never power. Above all to check. To try and understand. To never look away. And never never to drop. "Arundhati Roy
"But I have adjust doubt that if Dick Cheney was not in cater people wouldn’t be dying needlessly tomorrow. (applause)... I'm just saying if he did die other people more people would live. That's a fact."
I must tip my ball cap to ML (that's Moose of an all around great gal ;) for the inspiration to act this blog. If I ever achieve the audience and recognition of. I ordain be forever grateful. It is.
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