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The smarter a man, the more he needs the Creator, to protect him from thinking he knows everything. George Webb (Pima) 1959
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By: Dorothy Boatright
We had a wonderful Elders' lunch Thursday the 14th at the CVTC Building with 34 Elders, guests, teachers, students, community members and staff present. Taco salad, Spanish rice, and a mixed fruit dessert were on the menu. Cheri Johansen and Andrea Ogburn from Southcentral Foundation joined Lisa Wade, Director of Health and Social Services, for lunch. They are facilitators for the "Access to Recovery" Program. Also joining us was Gene Agnew, Trails Coordinator with the Dept. of Environmental Stewardship for Chickaloon. He discussed cultural tourism possibilities and conducted an audience survey to get input and ideas. We also gave a birthday card and sang "Happy Birthday" to our winter snowbird, Alma Blum. Alma recently returned to Alaska after spending the winter months in the lower 48. After dessert I gave a brief presentation on "Ways to De-Stress". Some Elders and students colored large butterflies to hang on the wall. Albert Harrison entertained with his guitar, and Alma Blum and I accompanied him.
The upcoming week promises to be a very busy one. Cooking class at the Ya Ne Dah Ah School will be held on Wednesday the 20th with me and Helen Carroll assisting. They will be preparing Easter eggs for the Elders' Lunch on Thursday with a lot of decorating. On Thursday Colleen Anagick and Donna Horton from Southcentral Foundation will be attending lunch, and Donna will do a presentation. Colleen is our roaming counselor. If anyone is in need of seeing her, call 745-0704 to set up an appointment. She comes to the Dept. of Health and Social Services every third Thursday. We will be celebrating the arrival of Spring and Easter. Turkey and ham are on the lunch menu. If anyone would like to bring a salad, or dessert, they are welcome to do so.
On the 22nd of April, the Air Force Band (7 or 8 select members) will be performing at Ya Ne Dah Ah School at 1: 30PM. They will join Elders, students and teachers at noon for lunch at the school, which will be prepared by the Elder Lunch Program. Elders who plan to attend and do not have a ride should call 745-0704 for transportation.
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By: Marilyn Staggs
The Transportation Department is getting ready for the 9th Annual Tribal Transportation Symposium in Anchorage next week! Should be exciting and interesting to meet all our colleagues in the state and also to hear what the Federal government representatives have to say about our funding.
We'll also be attending a short meeting Friday afternoon with the Transit operators in the state to see what's happening in this area, too.
Driving with headlights on makes it easier for everyone to see you on the road. Be safe!
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The Chickaloon News
By: Patricia Wade - I went to the NAYA offices and offered to share our stories. The (NAYA) Native American Youth and Family Center in Portland, Oregon, works to enrich the lives of Native youth and families through education, community involvement, and culturally specific programming. They have provided educational services, cultural arts programming, and direct support to reduce poverty to the Portland metropolitan area's American Indian and Alaska Native community for over 30 years. http://www.nayapdx.org/
I hope to visit the Portland School District in the next week or two with hopes to visiting some of the many schools in this area.
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Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI) is currently recruiting for a Receptionist. If you meet the minimum qualifications and would like to apply, please submit a resume, letter of interest and a CIRI employment application: www.ciri.com. CIRI shareholders are encouraged to apply.
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TAKE WING ALASKA, a project of the ALASKA HUMANITIES FORUM, has employment opportunities for this summer, July 6-18. They are seeking energetic and fun people to be part of the lives of the students attending the Cross-Cultural Campus Immersion Experience. Take Wing Alaska culturally mentors Alaska Native high school students from the Lower Yukon and Lower Kuskokwim school districts for the transition they will make from their home village to an urban post secondary education. The Immersion takes place from July 6-18th, at Alaska Job Corps in Palmer and the UAA Campus. Deadline for submitting resume and letter of interest is April 29. Submit letter of interest and resume to amatthews@akhf.org or fax to 907-272-3979.
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You are invited to "Water is Sacred, Water is Life" The Right to Water is a Human Right Workshop Friday May 6, 2011 from 9AM to 4PM upstairs at the Chickaloon Village Health Department. Please feel free to pass this on to others that would be interested in attending. Lunch will be provided. E-mail or call if you will be attending. Tsin'aen. Kari Shaginoff (My cell number is: 907-775-0077) 907-745-4482 admin@treatycouncil.org
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Exxon-Valdez to the Gulf: Lessons Learned - Free Presentation by John S. French, PhD, Professor (ret.) UAF - School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences - Food and Drink! Monday, April 18 at 6:30 - 8:30PM - Anchorage Museum Auditorium, 625 C Street Anchorage - Learn and discuss the unforeseen consequences of oil spills. The 1-year memorial of the Gulf Oil Disaster approaches just one month after the 22nd anniversary of the Exxon-Valdez oil spill. Having lived 21 years in communities affected by the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, John has experience and knowledge to share. John holds a Ph.D. in biological chemistry and is a retired professor from UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. John has advocated for environmental protection and responsible natural resource development in Alaska for 32 years. John served on the Oil Spill Health Task Force and the EVOS-Public Advisory Group ('91-'97 & '08-'12). He represents the City of Seward on the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association Board and the PWSRCAC Board of Directors, where he also Chairs the Oil Spill Prevention and Response Committee. He is also Commissioner on the Seward Historic Preservation Commission, and represents the Resurrection Bay area on the Kenai Peninsula College Council. John is a member of the Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance, and the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
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MAT-SU FAMILY CELEBRATION FESTIVAL - APRIL 30th - 11am- 5pm@ the Curtis D. Menard Sports Center in Wasilla - Light of Hope is pleased to bring you a free, fun, family event that is bigger and better than ever before! Please join us for over 30 children's activities, live music, food, resource information, and workshops designed to increase family skills and improve parent strengths.
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Reusable Shopping Bag Workshop- GrassRoots, 1300 W Northern Lights Blvd,
Sunday, April 17 1-3PM and Friday, April 22 3:30-5:30PM - As part of their campaign to reduce plastic shopping bags, the Anchorage Chapter of the Alaska Youth for the Environment is coordinating two workshops using recycled materials to create your own reusable bags. Artists Linda Skelton and Jerelyn Miyashiro will lead participants in the process of remaking old t-shirts (laundered) and plastic bags into new bags that you won't want to be without the next time you go shopping! Bring at least two t- shirts...make one for yourself and donate one to the cause! There is a suggested donation of $10 for these workshops
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Mat-Su College Organic Gardening Series: Soils - Summer Semester 2011 - Tuesdays May 17-June 7 - 6:15-9:15PM - 745-9746 http://matsu.alaska.edu/
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APRIL 21 - PALMER - WRAP IT UP! REMOTE WALL CONSTRUCTION & ENERGY EFFICIENCY WORKSHOP will be held from 6-9pm. Speaker Margaret Subers, energy specialist, owner-builder, and weatherization assessor will present a three hour, interactive workshop to discuss energy efficiency in residential homes. Margaret has built her own home using exterior insulation technology and will share her knowledge and experience. You will see a mock up example of a wall section utilizing this technique, including some basic details for window and wall penetration techniques. Topics - Building Science overview Residential Energy Efficiency, Benefits of REMOTE wall (Residential Exterior Membrane Outside Insulation Technique) outside insulation wraps - Ventilation and Indoor Air - Register Online: www.ACAT.org $20 General Admission $10 Student $75 w/ Cont. Ed. Certificate (Scholarships Available)
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Dept. of Environmental Conservation: Fugitive Dust Workshop - Open to the Public - DEC will hold a public workshop meeting to discuss fugitive dust issues and regulation options for fugitive dust control. Thursday, April 19 at 5:30-7:30PM at Community Center / Palmer Train Depot, 610 South Valley Way, Palmer - Fugitive dust has big impacts on the health of communities. Come voice your concerns about Fugitive Dust at this meeting in Palmer.For more information visit http://www.dec.state.ak.us/air/ap/docs/Fugitive%20Dust%20Workshops2.pn.3-25-11.htm.
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May 18 - 21 - ANCHORAGE - COUNCIL OF THIRTEEN INDIGENOUS GRANDMOTHERS CONFERENCE called "HEALTH THE SPIRIT FROM THE LIGHT WITHIN" which will be held in Anchorage at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center. One of the 13 grandmothers is Alaska's very own, Rita Pitka Blumenstein. The Council is a "global alliance of prayer, education and healing for our Mother Earth, all Her inhabitants, all the children, and for the next seven generations to come." All are welcome to attend the conference. There are variable contribution levels based upon attendance. There will be Grandmother's blessings at the Sacred Fire, Youth Education, and Traditional Music. Volunteers are needed in the following areas: Registration, Moon Lodge, Assembling registration materials, tending the sacred fire, production, body workers, transportation, greeters, store, housing, blessing coordinators. To watch a video about the Grandmothers, go to http://www.forthenext7generations.com/trailer.php. For conference registration, go to http://www.grandmotherscouncil.org/. To volunteer contact Kathe Boucha at kboucha@alaska.com.
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April 20 - THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO will be shown at 4:30pm at the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3201 Turnagain Street. There is no crop that Monsanto is leaving untouched: mustard, okra, bringe oil, rice, cauliflower. Once they have established the norm: that seed can be owned as their property, royalties can be collected. We will depend on them for every seed we grow of every crop we grow. If they control seed, they control food, they know it - it's strategic. It's more powerful than bombs. It's more powerful than guns. This is the best way to control the populations of the world. The story starts in the White House, where Monsanto often got its way by exerting disproportionate influence over policymakers via the 'revolving door'. Thanks to these intimate links between Monsanto and government agencies, the US adopted GE (genetically engineered) foods and crops without proper testing, without consumer labeling and in spite of serious questions hanging over their safety. Not coincidentally, Monsanto supplies 90 percent of the GE seeds used by the US market. Monsanto's long arm stretched so far that, in the early nineties, the US Food and Drugs Agency even ignored warnings of their own scientists, who were cautioning that GE crops could cause negative health effects. Other tactics the company uses to stifle concerns about their products include misleading advertising, bribery and concealing scientific evidence. Discussion will follow the film. For more information, call Robyn at 245-1634 or Martha at 382-3264.
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Business of Clean Energy in Alaska Fair - Register here: www.BCEAconference.com Two-day conference with one day focused on Renewable Energy and one day on Energy Efficiency - April 28-29 - 8AM - 6:30PM - Dena'ina Center, Anchorage - Find out some great advances happening to create a more sustainable future in Alaska!
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Discovery of a true cure for Alzheimer's
http://presscore.ca/2011/?p=109
One out of every eight Americans gets it, and 47% of those who reach 85 years of age have it. Up to now Alzheimer's was a disease without a remedy. Sure, there are nutritional or drug based substances that slow the symptoms, but If nothing else killed you Alzheimer's would over a period of time.
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New engine sends shock waves through auto industry
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42460541/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/
However, researchers at Michigan State University have built a prototype gasoline engine that requires no transmission, crankshaft, pistons, valves, fuel compression, cooling systems or fluids. Their so-called Wave Disk Generator could greatly improve the efficiency of gas-electric hybrid automobiles and potentially decrease auto emissions up to 90 percent when compared with conventional combustion engines.
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Indians Join Fight for an Oklahoma Lake's Flow
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/science/earth/12water.html?_r=1&ref=science
A 103-year-old Supreme Court decision effectively put tribes in Western states at the head of the line in times of water shortage, or if a water basin is oversubscribed. But Interior Department officials want to be certain there are no big losers when a tribe's rights are recognized.
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UN document would give 'Mother Earth' same rights as humans
http://www.canada.com/technology/document+would+give+Mother+Earth+same+rights+humans/4597840/story.html
But while Salon said his country just seeks to achieve "harmony" with nature, he signalled that mining and other companies may come under greater scrutiny.
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Video: 'The Cancer Report' Has Been Released!
http://healthwyze.org/index.php/component/content/article/521-video-the-cancer-report-has-been-released.html
If fluoride gets into the river, it's a pollutant. If it gets into the lake, it's a pollutant, but if it gets right into your drinking water system, it isn't a pollutant. That's amazing. Dr. J. William Hirzy, E. P. A.
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Choose organics to avoid artificial dyes, pesticides linked to ADHD
http://www.naturalnews.com/032077_food_dyes_ADHD.html#ixzz1JVnaiEyA
The US food supply is riddled with petroleum-based, artificial food dyes and synthetic chemical pesticides, both of which have been linked to causing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other behavioral problems in children. So in order to avoid them, the Organic Trade Association (OTA) is urging parents to shop certified organic, as this is the only food category that is designed to be free of these harmful toxins.
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Radiation disease - here are the symptoms and causes
http://www.naturalnews.com/032087_radiation_sickness_symptoms.html#ixzz1Jbs9cDtK
What does radiation do to us? It burns the cells, kind of like burning down a house. It is well known that radiation burns our cells by creating too much free radical damage. Now of course this is like talking Greek to medical officials and professors because if they knew this they would be on the bullhorn telling the public what to do to minimize free radical damage.
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Disadvantages of Coal Energy- Biggest Contributor to Global Warming is Coal's Biggest Drawback
http://greenworldinvestor.com/2011/04/09/disadvantages-of-coal-energy-biggest-contributor-to-global-warming-is-coals-biggest-drawback/
The Cheapness and Ease of Coal has managed to effectively suppress the many harmful effects of Coal Mining and Combustion. Coal causes Human Deaths in the Thousands each year directly through Mining Deaths and Indirectly through Human Diseases like Lung Cancer, Mercury and Arsenic Poisoning. The costs of Coal are artificially low because these costs are passed onto society and not explicitly added onto the cost of coal powered electricity or coal products like Steel and Cement. Reducing Coal Usage gradually is a big necessity but given the growing hunger for energy by India and China and lack of a Climate Agreement that looks unlikely in the near future.
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Yurok tribe buys coastal forest in Humboldt County
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17848331?nclick_check=1
Tribal Chairman Thomas...O'Rourke says tribe plans to create a salmon sanctuary and use tribal management practices to protect wildlife habitat and restore water quality.
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Recycling and Ever Becoming: A Goldfish's Story~ with Dawn Baumann Brunke
http://www.timelessspirit.com/MAY11/lifetalks.shtml Several years ago one of my favourite fish was dying - a goldfish who lived with others in a large aquarium. As I moved him to a smaller bowl, he related that since he was not quite ready to die, he would like to tell me something to share with other humans. At the time I was writing a chapter for my third book about the death process. So, of course, I was very interested to hear what the little fish had to say.
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Living By The Bell - One of the most distinctive and pervasive characteristics of federal Indian boarding schools was the military regimentation. The children were closely controlled around the clock, living by the bell almost every minute of the day. Boarding schools such as Haskell comprised a tightly controlled space that served to discipline, compartmentalize, and individualize the students. Haskell was laid out like a military camp, a world filled with squares, corners, and lines; square or rectangle desks, tables, and beds (all carefully arranged in straight rows) filled with square or rectangular classrooms, dormitories, and dining rooms. The same was true for the school grounds, where the Western concept of human dominance over nature became apparent in contoured gardens, cured lawns, and trimmed trees. The student was constantly under surveillance, and their daily routine was characterized by a relentless regimentation. Every aspect of their daily life - sleeping, eating, learning, working, singing, and praying - was rigidly controlled. Bells gave the rhythm for a seemingly endless number of required responses.
One of the most important instruments of discipline was the clock. The division of every practice into quarters of an hour, minutes, and seconds came to increasingly govern their life. The students were expected to comply with white conceptions of time, obedience, and military forms of training. Their behavior was constantly recorded and under surveillance, and their progress was subject to meticulous examination. Noncompliance led to various forms of punishment, ranging from corporal punishment such as whipping to isolation through confinement in a school jail or guardhouse. Frequently school officials employed punishment techniques that were directly related to the disciplinary lessons they were hoping to teach. Boys were forced to march for long periods of time; girls had to cut the school grass with scissors or were assigned extra chores such as scrubbing the floors or cleaning up the school grounds.
The western opinion of the time was that the only way to house, feed, teach, and especially control several hundred "savage" youngsters was through strict discipline and harsh punishments. The preferred method of controlling the students was the platoon system of organization for mass movements of the children from the dormitories to the dining halls, dining halls to the classrooms, and from the classrooms to the work details.
Haskell used a demerit system for offenses such as sloppy detail work or loitering in the halls on their way to class. Students had to work their demerits off by doing menial tasks such as cleaning the toilets or polishing the assembly hall. Company officers were responsible for random checks and white-glove inspections in the students' dormitories - the boys in the female quarters and the girls in the boys' quarters.
American Indian children's bodies were the very targets of transformation: their hair, their clothes, their way of movement, their diet, their medical practices, their forms of personal hygiene - in short, all bodily practices were made part of the education assault. In the mind of the Indian educators, the children's bodies had to be transformed, subjected, used, and improved, to make them "civilized," docile, and productive members of American society or, more specifically, the American working class. As one student recalled, "The supervisors were all non-Indian, and I suppose they felt that the Indian was dirty and filthy; and so they gave us brushes and we scrubbed the floors until there was no varnish or finish on them. From VOICES FROM HASKELL - M Vuckovic
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May Creator Guide Our Footsteps,
Patricia Wade
Chickaloon Village |
21117 East Meyers Ave, Brown Bldg.
Sutton, Alaska 99674
907-745-0749
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