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Raising children is like being pecked to death by a duck.

(Sign on Cuzn Mona's bathroom wall) 

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State's withdrawal of Jonesville Mine permit pleases anti-coal groups

http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2011/07/06/breaking_news/doc4e14ed5f5a120614665801.txt

Residents in the Sutton and Chickaloon areas opposed to coal mines opening there again are claiming a victory this week after the state Department of Natural Resources withdrew a renewal permit it had granted in May for the Jonesville Mine.

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Alaska puts coal mine renewal permit on hold

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/07/07/business-us-coal-mine-alaska_8553352.html

A state agency withdrew a decision to renew a permit to develop a coal mine near Chickaloon after finding that it needed to respond to comment from Alaska Natives, who have spent more than $1 million restoring salmon streams damaged by decades of coal mining.

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Groundbreaking solar plant in Spain generates 24 hours of power

http://www.grist.org/solar-power/2011-07-05-groundbreaking-solar-plant-in-spain-generates-24-hours-of-power

While Americans celebrated U.S. history on the Fourth of July yesterday, a company in Spain celebrated an historic moment for the solar industry: Torresol's 19.9 megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power plant became the first ever to generate uninterrupted electricity for 24 hours straight.

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Study: Antidepressants May Play a Role in Autism

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2011/07/study-antidepressants-may-play-a-role-in-autism.html

Antidepressants may play a role in autism, researchers say. A preliminary study by researchers at Kaiser Permanente found a doubling in the risk of autism among mothers who had filled a prescription for antidepressants at any point in the year before delivery. The risk tripled if the prescription was filled during the first trimester of pregnancy. 

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TSA screener sticks traveler's iPad down his pants, steals $50,000 in other electronics

http://www.naturalnews.com/032947_TSA_thefts.html

So while innocent airline travelers were busy being herded through naked body scanners and physically violated by other government workers who were grabbing their private parts, Santiago was rummaging through their luggage and snagging whatever appeared to be of high value.

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Sulforaphane from broccoli and cruciferous vegetables selectively destroys cancer cells

http://www.naturalnews.com/032988_sulforaphane_cancer_cells.html

Research details published in the Molecular Nutrition & Food Research journal explains the potent mechanism exhibited by cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower to ameliorate developing cancer cells. The active photochemical known as sulforaphane targets prostate and other hormone dependent cancer lines and leaves normal healthy cells unaffected. Cruciferous vegetables have long been associated with a lowered risk of prostate cancer, but this is the first study to demonstrate the `search and attack` capability of the natural chemical compound. Consuming small amounts of crucifers several times each week can help to significantly lower your risk of developing many types of potentially deadly cancer lines.

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Children's Memories of Previous Lives

http://noetic.org/noetic/issue-twelve-july/childrens-memories-of-previous-lives/

Tucker: Well, the phenomena certainly have been very impressive. These children make statements about somebody who died before they were born that turn out to be remarkably accurate. Some kids talk about being deceased family members. Others describe being strangers in other locations and share details that people who go there find match - somebody had lived and died there just as the child described. I've also been impressed by the emotional component: it is clear that for many of these kids this is not a game of make-believe but very important and meaningful for them. They talk about the people they miss. Some of the children cry daily to be taken to someone they say is their real family. I recently studied an interesting American case in which the mother had heard about these phenomena years before she had her child; she thought then that it would be "neat" to have a child with past life memories. But when she had a child who actually remembered his past life, she discovered it wasn't neat at all, because it is traumatic for the child to talk about the people and the places he misses. Her son cries every night about the life he used to have. This case has actually been filmed for a documentary.

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3D Printing

http://nhne-pulse.org/3d-printing/

3D printing is a form of additive manufacturing technology where a three dimensional object is created by laying down successive layers of material. 3D printers are generally faster, more affordable and easier to use than other additive manufacturing technologies. 3D printers offer product developers the ability to print parts and assemblies made of several materials with different mechanical and physical properties in a single build process. Advanced 3D printing technologies yield models that can serve as product prototypes.

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Star Shooting Intense Water Jets into Space Spotted By Herschel Telescope

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/17/star-shooting-water-jets-herschel_n_879211.html

A star shooting water is almost an oxymoron. But a young sun-like star seems to have been spotted 750 light-years from Earth doing just that, as researchers have apparently discovered, according to PopSci. Their findings indicate that the proto-star is shooting water from its poles at about 124,000 miles per hour.

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A First Step toward a Prosthesis for Memory

http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37873/?mod=chfeatured

Researchers have developed the first memory prosthetic device-a neural implant that, in rats, restored lost brain function and improved short-term memory retention. While human testing is still a distant goal, the implant provides evidence that the brain's complex neural code can be interpreted and reproduced to enhance cognitive function.

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Hi my name is Kendra Larson, I'm 17 years old. My earliest association with Chickaloon Village that I can recall started when I was very young, in the environmental dept. My mom, Natalie Hickel use to bring me to work with her. The things I remember about going with her is in her office building that she shared with Angie Wade, is the glass tanks that housed all different kinds of frogs. The smell of the office was warm and earthy. I use to get lectured by Angie on needing to leave the frogs alone, but I'd go right back to sitting in front of the tank, tapping on the glass. When I was ready to start kindergarten I went to the Ya Ne Dah Ah school. I remember helping Sondra (ugh, drawing a blank on her last name) with beading and cooking, learning the athabascan language and dancing, going over to Aunt Katie's house and listening to her tell stories while me and a few of the other kids sit on the floor and play, and of course going out and help pick strawberries, raspberries, and current's (and you all know how that goes with little kids, you eat 2 and put 1 in the bucket). Now all but 3 years I went to the Ya Ne Dah Ah school up until I was 15 and in the 9^th grade. I learned a lot of things while I was at the school, I learned how to properly clean fish and moose, how to cook a few traditional meals, and some of the most important things that was being taught at home and being backed up by the school. I learned respect, responsibility, cooperation with others, and most important that a lot of the younger generation has forgotten is how to listen, not just to other peers but to your elders. Now even though I no longer go to school at the Ya Ne Dah Ah I have still volunteered to help clean and organize the school, and help with the kids at the school and fish camp. Sadly this year I wasn't able to go but I hope that next year I will be able to J.

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From Athena Yannikos: ~ I'm a volunteer, but I'm also kind of a youth worker. Since I've been in the program today is the first actual day that I've worked in one of the departments as a youth worker without someone I know well in the department. I've learned a few things today. I've learned how I can actually use my Computer Applications class that I took last fall. I've learned that work can be fun. When I was about 6 years old, while other kids my age wanted to be astronauts, princesses, or even the president, my dream job was to work in a cubicle. I'm 16 now, I love answering phones and scheduling stuff. Being able to work with a computer as part of a job I think is awesome. I've learned that while computers can be used for simple stuff like playing video games, they can also be used to do professional stuff. I hope that I might someday be able to work for the accounting department. My Dad seems to think that I should run a restaurant, but I don't want to spend 8 hours a day on my feet in a hot kitchen. I can't see why people don't like Accounting, I've got a window and I can see the trees and mountains in the distance, and I don't have to stand outside to look at them, so  I can stay nice and warm inside, while the mountains can stay in the cold outdoors. A few of the people at Accounting seemed excited about me wanting to work here since I guess, not that many people like to work at Accounting. Next year I hope to work at more of the departments, so that way I can learn more about the other departments. I think it would be nice to see what happens over at the Environment or Health department. Tsin'aen

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Patricia, Hey Girl!  I was beginning to wonder if you were ever going to come home. I took a group of Minnesotans to the Palmer Tourist Center, and they were thrilled to see the Native Display that you did so much work on.  It tells a lot of history, and tourists are interested in the history of Alaska.  I thought it was a beautiful display of artwork.   C U soon!!  Thanks, Dorothy

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The Bin Laden Frenzy - I didn't know anyone killed in 9/11, but remember watching the Twin Towers collapse and knowing that I was witnessing death. That stuck with me. I didn't feel anything when Bin Laden died, no revelry, no hatred, not even a mitigated satisfaction. I think it's because so many in America have and continue to behave so badly. Has anything been learned from war, loss, and death?

From the Native perspective, what Bin Laden did is no different than what Americans have done to us. Natives are used to terrorism and worse. President Andrew Jackson's Indian policy was genocide. And now the shoe is on the other foot. And the irony is appalling. Newspapers read "Never Forget" (9/11) while history books whitewash American brutality. Cries for justice rang loud while our own cries continue to be unacknowledged. "Get over it," they say, but how can we when the very land we walk upon is named after people like Custer, Long, and Harney? The very ones who brought terror and death to our people. Would Americans appreciate Osama Bin Laden State Park? Not even for a second, but we are forced to live with it.

As a Lakota, I feel separate. I don't consider myself American because my ancestors were Lakota thousands of years before there was an America. So I just observe this society that surrounds me.

In an effort to understand, I have to think of the massacre and mutilation of innocents at Sand Creek in Colorado. All I feel is heartache and shed tears for the at least 165 people, mostly women and children, killed so monstrously in the early morning hours of November 29, 1864. No warning, no provocation, no mercy, no justice for them.

The indigenous have a valuable resource that this country cannot take away or understand. We have our wisdom that has been passed down through thousands of years. According to Proverbs, that is more precious than rubies.

In our culture, killing was never glorified. It was done only out of necessity to protect the tribe from imminent threat. That to me is the epitome of strength, honor, respect, integrity, courage and love. War and death should never be taken so lightly and callously lest we become like those we fight against.

Crystal Willcuts, Mnicoujou Lakota, in INDIAN COUNTRY

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