 | Let Yonaguska Speak!!! This is an excerpt from the September 17th public meeting of New jersey's Commission on American Indian Affairs. There was an understanding reached that Yonaguska would be allowed to make a full presentation on behalf of his people. As you'll see, for ten minutes (actually it was more like 13 but YouTube only allows ten minute segments) the Commission members and their attorney, through all manner of procedural contortions, sought to stifle Yonaguska's presentation. They eventually settled on giving him ten minutes.....clearly, they would have been better off giving him the twenty he originally asked for as they would have been three minuted "ahead of the game". Then again, it seems that their aim may not have been simply to save time. I am putting this snip up now because there will be another meeting of this body this Wednesday November 19th...and once again, there has been an "understanding" reached to allow Yonaguska to make a full presentation. Let us hope that we don't see a repeat of the same type of fiasco you see on the video. Here's a link to something Yonaguska wrote back in August that describes his some of what he had intended to cover at the last meeting. http://www.bluejersey.com/viewRating.do?rateCommentId=36001 Here's a link to info that will get you to the meeting coming up on Wednesday morning in the State House in Trenton.... http://www.bluejersey.com/event.do?eventId=625 |
 | Petition against Indian Intervention On Sri Lanka Bodu Bala Sena Organization handed over a petition to the Indian High Commissioner in Colombo October 22nd, saying that no state has the right to intervene in the internal affairs of another independent state. The petition claims Indian intervention in the national crisis in Sri Lanka amounts to a backing of a separate Eelam state and terrorism. The organization handed over the petition after proceeding to the HC in a motorcade, after police refused it to march to the high commission. Speaking to the media, head of Bodu Bala Sena, Ven. Galagodatthe Gnanasara Thera said actions of Tamil Nadu had come barely two months after South Asian leaders pledged to eradicate terrorism. Noting that Tamil Nadu is backing separatism, he further said that this could also affect over 2,000 years of relations between India and Sri Lanka. |
 | Attack not just on Mumbai, but every Indian: Rahul http://alltimetv.net NEW YORK/LONDON: The Indian community abroad on Thursday reacted with "shock" and "disbelief" to the audacious terror strike in Mumbai, voicing concern that it will hit the country economically and demanding strong measures by the government to combat terrorism. Indian diaspora members were glued to their TV sets as the terrible events unfolded overnight. Many of them, with relatives and friends in Mumbai, were making frantic calls and checking on the internet for latest information. As a large number of foreigners and overseas Indians remained stuck in Mumbai, with many believed trapped inside the luxury hotels that were taken over by terrorists, the External Affairs Ministry opened a control room in New Delhi to answer queries from abroad. The Indian High Commission in London opened a 24-hour helpline while the Indian consulate in Dubai set up a hotline to assist relatives and friends of those in Mumbai. Strongly condemning the "heartless acts" of terrorism, the US-based Indian National Overseas Congress (INOC) called on the government to deal firmly with terrorists, their sponsors and financiers. Expressing "shock" over the attacks, Chairman of American Indians for Democracy, Sant Singh Chatwal, said they were apparently aimed at frightening foreign investors from going to India in general and the commercial |
 | The Godfeathers How the DIA and the Indian Act Industry Looks to the average Aboriginal Person in Canada.... |
 | Georges Sioui - Amistad Georges E. Sioui was born in Wendaké (Village-des-Hurons), Quebec, in 1948, and received both his MA (1987) and his Ph.D. (1991) in History from Laval University. Prior to returning to do graduate studies in 1982, Sioui was Officer of Literature and Communications and Editor of the Tawow magazine for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. He was responsible for the creation and implementation of governmental policies in matters of preservation and development of Aboriginal cultures in Canada. He has also worked as Assistant-Director General and Corporate Secretary of the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, in Chisasibi, Quebec. Georges Sioui's projects and employment have consistently been based in the Amerindian/Aboriginal/Inuit community. His writings on Indigenous philosophy, history and education have appeared in several journals, magazines and books, continent-wide and abroad. A book based on thirty essays and national and international presentations by Georges Sioui are being prepared by the Ottawa University Press. In May 1990, Georges Sioui and his four brothers obtained a landmark victory in the Supreme Court of Canada (the "Sioui Case") over territorial and traditional land use rights. From 1992 to 1997, Dr. Sioui was Associate Professor of Indian Studies and Dean of Academics of the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, at the University of Regina. From January 1999 to December 2000, he was President of the Institute of Indigenous Government in Vancouver. During 2003, he was Head of Research of the Indian Claims Commission, in Ottawa. In January 2004, he became the Coordinator of the newly-created Aboriginal Studies Program at the University of Ottawa. Georges Sioui is polyglot, an international speaker and a poet, essayist and song-writer. "It was with great pleasure that I received Georges Sioui's book, and I read it with as much interest as profit. Nothing is more important for the future of our studies than to know that our Amerindian colleagues are ready and determined to take on their own anthropology and their own history. Sioui's work is a brilliant demonstration of this undertaking." Claude Lévi-Strauss. |
 | Mumbai attacks send shockwaves among Indian diaspora 27nov.2008 http://alltimetv.net NEW YORK/LONDON: The Indian community abroad on Thursday reacted with "shock" and "disbelief" to the audacious terror strike in Mumbai, voicing concern that it will hit the country economically and demanding strong measures by the government to combat terrorism. Indian diaspora members were glued to their TV sets as the terrible events unfolded overnight. Many of them, with relatives and friends in Mumbai, were making frantic calls and checking on the internet for latest information. As a large number of foreigners and overseas Indians remained stuck in Mumbai, with many believed trapped inside the luxury hotels that were taken over by terrorists, the External Affairs Ministry opened a control room in New Delhi to answer queries from abroad. The Indian High Commission in London opened a 24-hour helpline while the Indian consulate in Dubai set up a hotline to assist relatives and friends of those in Mumbai. Strongly condemning the "heartless acts" of terrorism, the US-based Indian National Overseas Congress (INOC) called on the government to deal firmly with terrorists, their sponsors and financiers. Expressing "shock" over the attacks, Chairman of American Indians for Democracy, Sant Singh Chatwal, said they were apparently aimed at frightening foreign investors from going to India in general and the commercial capital in particular. Calling for strong measures, he said it is time for the international community to put its act together to fight terrorism as it could happen anywhere. Several Indian American Muslim leaders strongly condemned the "cowardly" terrorist attacks in Mumbai, saying the strikes constitute a crime against humanity. Demanding that the perpetrators be brought to justice at the earliest, the leaders appealed to the Indians to stay united and foil the "evil designs" of terrorists whose main aim, they said, is to fan the flames of "discord and hatred." The signatories included Shahid Ali Khan of Indian Minorities Advocacy Network, Manzoor Ghori of Indian Muslim Relief and Charities, Khursheed Mallick of American Muslim Physicians of Indian Origin and several community leaders. In Britain, religious groups, leading politicians and people of Indian origin condemned the attacks. |
 | Georges Sioui - ETSONDENON NI ATASKWAN [Together, my brother, my sister] [Juntos, mi hermano, mi herman] Georges E. Sioui was born in Wendaké (Village-des-Hurons), Quebec, in 1948, and received both his MA (1987) and his Ph.D. (1991) in History from Laval University. Prior to returning to do graduate studies in 1982, Sioui was Officer of Literature and Communications and Editor of the Tawow magazine for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. He was responsible for the creation and implementation of governmental policies in matters of preservation and development of Aboriginal cultures in Canada. He has also worked as Assistant-Director General and Corporate Secretary of the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, in Chisasibi, Quebec. Georges Sioui's projects and employment have consistently been based in the Amerindian/Aboriginal/Inuit community. His writings on Indigenous philosophy, history and education have appeared in several journals, magazines and books, continent-wide and abroad. A book based on thirty essays and national and international presentations by Georges Sioui are being prepared by the Ottawa University Press. In May 1990, Georges Sioui and his four brothers obtained a landmark victory in the Supreme Court of Canada (the "Sioui Case") over territorial and traditional land use rights. From 1992 to 1997, Dr. Sioui was Associate Professor of Indian Studies and Dean of Academics of the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, at the University of Regina. From January 1999 to December 2000, he was President of the Institute of Indigenous Government in Vancouver. During 2003, he was Head of Research of the Indian Claims Commission, in Ottawa. In January 2004, he became the Coordinator of the newly-created Aboriginal Studies Program at the University of Ottawa. Georges Sioui is polyglot, an international speaker and a poet, essayist and song-writer. "It was with great pleasure that I received Georges Sioui's book, and I read it with as much interest as profit. Nothing is more important for the future of our studies than to know that our Amerindian colleagues are ready and determined to take on their own anthropology and their own history. Sioui's work is a brilliant demonstration of this undertaking." Claude Lévi-Strauss. |
 | Oberoi rooftop. Grenade blast at Taj http://alltimetv.net NEW YORK/LONDON: The Indian community abroad on Thursday reacted with "shock" and "disbelief" to the audacious terror strike in Mumbai, voicing concern that it will hit the country economically and demanding strong measures by the government to combat terrorism. Indian diaspora members were glued to their TV sets as the terrible events unfolded overnight. Many of them, with relatives and friends in Mumbai, were making frantic calls and checking on the internet for latest information. As a large number of foreigners and overseas Indians remained stuck in Mumbai, with many believed trapped inside the luxury hotels that were taken over by terrorists, the External Affairs Ministry opened a control room in New Delhi to answer queries from abroad. The Indian High Commission in London opened a 24-hour helpline while the Indian consulate in Dubai set up a hotline to assist relatives and friends of those in Mumbai. Strongly condemning the "heartless acts" of terrorism, the US-based Indian National Overseas Congress (INOC) called on the government to deal firmly with terrorists, their sponsors and financiers. Expressing "shock" over the attacks, Chairman of American Indians for Democracy, Sant Singh Chatwal, said they were apparently aimed at frightening foreign investors from going to India in general and the commercial capital in particular. Calling for strong measures, he said it is time for the international community to put its act together to fight terrorism as it could happen anywhere. Several Indian American Muslim leaders strongly condemned the "cowardly" terrorist attacks in Mumbai, saying the strikes constitute a crime against humanity. |
 | Plain Truth for Storm Spirit & The Virtual Museum of Canada The Plain Truth: The RYBW Series In his most recent body of work, Jason Baerg has produced a series of oil paintings that reflect past, present and future iterations of our positioning in physical, physiological and virtual space. The compositions were created as part of an online commission for Urban Shaman's on-line initiative, stormspirits.ca for the Virtual Museum of Canada. http://www.stormspirits.ca/plaintruth This project concurrently draws inspiration from the themes from the Metroscope, an interactive documentary in development with APTN, the NFB and SUNTV. Created in the Unreal Game Engine in 3D, technically implemented by Project White Card, The Plain Truth was inspired from an airplane passenger's window view of the Great Plains of North America by Jason Baerg. The Plain Truth: RYBW series was designed by the Artist to encourage a sense of engagement, reflection and empowered visioning. The compositions include four colours: Red, Yellow, Black and White. Realized as paintings for a solo exhibition in Montréal in November 2007 at Galerie Sandra Goldie. The work will also be presented in Winnipeg at the Urban Shaman Gallery in the Marvin Francis Memorial Media Gallery from January18 to March 1, 2008. About Me: ARTIST BIOGRAPHY: Jason Baerg, Thankful Métis: 2008 carves an exciting passage for success as the Northern Lights; a 3D simulation of the Aurora Borealis is being co-produced by the Banff New Media Institute. Ten mobisode scripts have been created for APTN and we are gearing up for this project to be a major success. As a Visual Artist, Baerg has presented at such institutions as the Walter Philips Gallery, the Canadian Indian Art Centre in Ottawa/Hull, and The Library of Congress in Washington D.C. He has sat on numerous national art juries, for such governing bodies as Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and the Canada Council of the Arts. Jason continues to produce Art and has won numerous awards through such facilitators as the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. For more details including contact information, please visit http://www.jasonbaerg.com |
 | "A third-world country right in our own backyard" (1/4) "Negotiation or Confrontation - It's Canada's Choice." AFN National Chief Phil Fontaine makes a passionate speech to the Canadian Club of Ottawa about the desperate situation faced by many First Nations communities. In part 1, Fontaine discusses child poverty, the over-crowding in many First Nations homes, the Residential Schools settlement, children in state care due to poverty and Canada's breach of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. "For the past 11 years, there has been an arbitrary 2% cap for funding of core programs and services, housing, education and health... As a result, First Nations child welfare agencies receive 22% less funding per child than provincial agencies.... This is simply blatant fiscal discrimination. It doesn't keep pace with inflation and it's certainly outstripped by our young and growing population." (May 15, 2007. Part 1 of 4.) Part 2: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz4fGnRSLSs Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJfuuMsxmyo Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veIiPgWiKKU child welfare, child abuse, Canadian Human Rights Commission, children removed from families, parents, language, culture, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, overcrowded housing conditions, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, quality of life, socioeconomic status |
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