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Our land is more valuable than your money. It will last forever. It will not even perish by flames of fire. As long as the sun shines and the waters flow, this land will be here to give life to men and animals. We cannot sell the lives of men and animals; therefore we cannot sell this land. It was put here for us by the Great Spirit and we cannot sell it because it does not belong to us. You can count your money and burn it with the nod of a buffalo's head, but only the Great Spirit can count the grains of sand and the blades of grass of these plains. As a present to you, we will give you anything we have that you can take with you; but the land, never. A Chief of one of the Blackfeet Bands
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Education & Culture (Kari Shaginoff) -
Summer Day Camp is still going on. This upcoming week the kids will be building a steam bath (sezel). If you would like to attend, please let us know. Call 745-0722.
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The Chickaloon News (Patricia Wade) - I met with Mike Chmielewski to discuss
Radio Free Palmer's progress. It is coming along smashingly. In fact they have secured a nice location above Turkey Red. We will be meeting again next week for some training. Chances are I will get to have my own radio spots to share our news. I'll keep you posted...of course.
My sister, Rain Wade is amazing. She can fix just about anything, plus she has all the patience in the world and never gets mad.
I remember when we were much younger and stopped at a hardware store with mom. I was bored to tears and there the two of them were, marveling over some tools.
Rain recalled when she was about three years old and dad was building something. She was bugging him to let her help. He gave her a piece of wood, a nail and a hammer and she started pounding. Maybe that's what started her on this track. She has fixed anything in my house that needs repair. Even if she's never done the task, it doesn't stop her. She will somehow figure it out.
Just recently she decided to change the hideous 45 year old hood over my old stove. The fan didn't even work in that olive green relic. Never mind she had never done this before. I heard lots of "Aha!" from the kitchen and a loud "Yippee" when that hood was in place and working. We did our famous siwass stomp and a high five and she went on to the next project.
My sister can patch holes, install lighting fixtures, put down flooring, and probably anything else she sets her mind to. She helps me with computer problems and programs my cable TV. She thinks buying a house and fixing it up is a blast. Go figure...
My sis said she would help other people fix problem areas, or show them how to do it if that is their choice. And the best part is she won't make you feel like a stoop for not knowing things. If interested, send me an email patricia@chickaloon.org and I'll let her know.
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Environmental (Jessica Winnestaffer) - The Environmental Stewardship Department is bustling with activity this summer. Throughout May and June Brian Winnestaffer coordinated culvert replacements for fish passage and utilized staff members from other programs for this: John Corey, equipment operator with the Transportation Department, and multiple laborers from the Housing and Facilities Department (most recently Robert Black and Jason Boman). Through July and August Brian, Bill Keil, and Robert Black will be working with U.S. Fish and Wildlife employees to conduct salmon habitat surveys in the Knik Watershed.
Linda Brenner and Gene Agnew have been busy with the Tene' Ninicezet Project (Trails I am Thinking About) which is funded by the Administration for Native Americans and includes local recreation area attention, local trails attention, cultural tourism planning, and ecotourism planning. One definition of ecotourism is: Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people. Gene has been using his GPS on trails in the watershed to document their locations. Michael Williams was hired as a Campground Host and Erik VanCleve was hired as an Assistant Campground Host. Michael and Erik have been spending a lot of their time cleaning up the informal campgrounds at Moose Creek, Slipper Lake, Coyote Lake, Kings River, and others. Also they hand out garbage bags to area users and remind users to clean up their campsites when they leave.
A special thank you to all of those that participated in the Cultural Ecotourism Initial Kick-off Meetings with PROS Consulting on July 12th and 13th! Your input helped us to get off to a wonderful start in the development of our Tribal Cultural Ecotourism Guide. We will get the word out soon, on our second round of meetings that will take place in mid August. If you have particular interest or questions about this, please contact Linda Brenner at 745-0737.
Jim Shaginoff with our Renewable Energy Program has fixed the solar panel at the Ya Ne Dah Ah School and will soon fix the wind generator at the Greenhouse. Jim has a large grant proposal due in August which will be for a solar-thermal and wood-pellet boiler system.
Amelia Baker, an intern from University of California at Santa Cruz, has arrived and is learning about the Alaskan lifestyle (fishing, berry picking, etc.) and has begun helping with various tasks around our department and the Village. Amelia will be here into December.
I have been participating in a lot of meetings, writing reports and grant proposals and trying to keep up with the bustling activity in the department (and all of the related paperwork and support needed). It is exciting to see so many wonderful projects happening in our community!
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Accounting (Brandy Bunner) - A BIG Thank you to this year's CITC youth employment workers, Philip, Kendra, Byron and Rusty from the Accounting/ Administration Department! We enjoyed having you all here over the last few weeks and appreciate all of your help. We hope your experience here was positive and you have learned skills that will benefit you in all of your bright futures. We would also like to thank Athena who volunteered in our office. Her energy and enthusiasm in our department was refreshing and energizing! Thank you to Natalie who coordinated the youth workers and made our participation possible. Enjoy the rest of your summer as it will soon be time to buckle down and hit the books! Thank you once more; hope to see you all again next year.
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August 8 & 9 - PALMER - The MAT-VALLEY COALITION will hold CITIZEN ADVOCACY TRAINING from 4 to 9pm at the Church of the Covenant, 415 S Bailey St. Join professional outreach staff with experience on a local and national scale how to: set concrete and achievable goals, participate in the political process, listen to and talk with diverse audiences, effectively work with media, and more! You will also have the opportunity to take action on important energy, transportation, planning, and other community issues that need our help. The Citizen Advocacy Academy is FREE. Space is limited. Please RSVP either Christiana at christiana@alaskacoal.org or Heather McCausland, contact number 746-0128 or email mvc@mtaonline.net.
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August 1 (TELECONFERENCE SEMINAR) COAL MINING IN ALASKA: HAZARDS TO HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT will be held from 9 to 10am as part of the Alaska Collaborative on Health and the Environment teleconference seminar series. Guest Presenters MICHELE PREVOST, MD and DENNIS GANN of Cook Inletkeeper will discuss contaminants that are released during mining, processing and transportation of coal, how living near coal mines can lead to adverse health effects, and how coal mining operations contaminate drinking water and surface water. Find out more about proposed plans to develop mines at Chuitna and Wishbone Hill, why communities are concerned, and how you can get involved in protecting public health, salmon, and water quality from coal contaminants. For more information, or to join this FREE call and receive the dial-up instructions, please RSVP to ACAT at diana@akaction.org or call (907) 222-7714.
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Vaudeville Circus Comes to Town! Be amazed by magician Joey Pipia, marvel at the Chautauqua Jugglers, and be entranced by Vanessa Vortex's onstage hula hoop moves.The New Old Time Chautauqua is here for one knock-your-socks-off vaudeville show in Palmer on Saturday, July 30 at 7PM at the Palmer High School Gym.Enjoy the eclectic strains of the house band, Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra, and their zany antics. Enjoy This All Ages Show Featuring Music, Magic, Juggling, Circus and More. The New Old Time Chautauqua is an artful evening that blends the wild and the sublime-juggling, magic, folk music, acrobatic dance, new music, circus, Sousa marches, and hula-hoops. This is a not to be missed event. "The Chautauqua is a highly organized, well traveled, marvelously skilled and benign madhouse. Be careful, they're contagious. Personally, I love 'em. I wouldn't trade the Chautauqua for a spotted hog.Legendary Utah Phillips, the late, great singer, songwriter, poet and Golden Voice of the Great SouthwestLearn Magic, Juggling and More...Free - Learn some cool stuff in the free workshops: juggling, acrobatics, hula-hoop, magic, mask making, and more. You can bring your musical instrument and join in an old-fashioned Song Swap. The Band will play at the Friday Fling on July 29 at 2pm. There will be workshops at the Palmer Pride Picnic at 3 pm on July 29 and at on Saturday, July 30 from 1 to 3 at the Borough Gym.Don't Miss This One Of A Kind Opportunity - A Chautauqua is an original American form of entertainment and education--in fact, it was a cultural force. Teddy Roosevelt called it the most American thing in America. Tens of thousands of people attended traveling Chautauquas in small towns across mostly- rural America to see the latest entertainment and hear the renowned speakers of the day at the turn of the last, last century.
Audiences enjoyed vaudeville, music, opera, Broadway plays, and speakers such as Mark Twain. At one point, there were hundreds of traveling Chautauquas touring the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s. With the advent of radio, movies, and television the eclectic traveling shows all but died out. The New Old Time Chautauqua is still around, (has been around since 1981) and will be in Palmer for one show only. Don't miss it. Workshops are free. Admission to the knock-your-socks-off-show is $5 for children, $10 for adults and $25 for families. Advance tickets are available at Fireside Books or at the July 29 Friday Fling. This is a benefit for Radio Free Palmer.
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August 25 to September 5 - Help Staff the COOK INLET KEEPER BOOTH at the STATE FAIR at Palmer. Inletkeeper staff, board and volunteers will staff a booth in Raven Hall every day. Would you like to help? They are seeking friendly faces to help staff the booth, and are investigating options to house our coordinator in the Palmer area. If you'd like to help, call 907.235.4068 x27 or go to http://inletkeeper.org/blog/see-you-at-the-fair.
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The VALLEY ARTS ALLIANCE (www.ValleyArtsAlliance.com) would like to announce upcoming events...On Saturday, July 30, Valley Arts Alliance artists will be at "Valley Pottery, Etc." at the Allen & Peterson Cooking and Appliance Center, located at 990 S. Hermon Road in Wasilla, from 10am until 3pm. In addition to wonderful pottery and cookware, we will have examples of cast iron sculptures created recently at our 2011 Art on Fire Iron Pour Art Fest.
On Saturday, August 13, the Valley Arts Alliance will "Kickoff" the Third Annual VAA Cycle for the Arts 2011 event at Backcountry Bicycles, located at 101 E. Arctic Avenue in Palmer, from Noon until 5pm. Join us in supporting the arts in our community, and in helping to make our art community grow.
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Growing Nashville suburb may end water fluoridation
http://www.naturalnews.com/033086_water_fluoridation_Spring_Hill.html
The city of Spring Hill, Tenn., a suburb of Nashville located roughly 37 miles south of the Music City's central core, is reconsidering the use of toxic fluoride chemicals in its public water supply. After being asked by numerous individuals why the city still fluoridates its water, Spring Hill water superintendent Caryl Giles is now asking the same question to members of the city's Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
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Clear vision: Two principles for eye rejuvenation
http://www.naturalnews.com/033095_eye_rejuvenation_Oriental_Medicine.html
Oriental Medicine teaches us that the opening of the liver channel is in the corner of the eyes. The liver channel runs vertically from the bottom to the top of the body and opens in the eyes. Whatever effects the liver also directly effects the eyes.
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Interview with Dr. John Cannell on benefits of vitamin D
http://www.naturalnews.com/033029_John_Cannell_vitamin_D.html
Mike Adams recently interviewed the Executive Director of the Vitamin D Council, Dr. John Cannell, MD, in order to obtain more information about the nutrient which has been gaining ground as a proven necessity for cancer protection, good overall health, and a strong immune system. Vitamin D has been proven to reduce the risk of many types of cancer.
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Tata to build the world's cheapest house - 20 square metres for US$715
http://www.gizmag.com/tata-to-build-the-worlds-cheapest-house-20-square-metres-for-eur500-us715/19285/
There is absolutely no doubt that the human condition thrives on challenge. Fresh from creating the world's cheapest car, the US$2500 Tata Nano, Tata Corporation is now intending to create the world's cheapest house. The flat-roofed 20 sq meter house will cost Rs 32,000 (EUR500 - GBP440 - US$715 ), can be built in a week and came about from an aim to deliver a viable package for beneficiaries of the Indira Awaas Yojana shelter rehabilitation scheme in Tata's native India. The scheme provides Rs 40,000 per house for people below the poverty line, scheduled castes and tribes, freed bonded laborers and ex-servicemen.
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Portugal drug law show results ten years on, experts say
http://news.yahoo.com/portugal-drug-law-show-results-ten-years-experts-180013798.html
Health experts in Portugal said Friday that Portugal's decision 10 years ago to decriminalise drug use and treat addicts rather than punishing them is an experiment that has worked.
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Who's Serving Wood in Your Food?
http://healthfreedoms.org/2011/07/16/whos-serving-wood-in-your-food/
You've, no doubt, come across the ingredient cellulose on many packaged foods like ice cream, pizza, meat, macaroni, chips and more. Cellulose is also heavily found in fast food.Cellulose sounds like a friendly word, but it's actually processed virgin wood pulp, not actually digestible as we lack the appropriate enzymes. Like meat glue, it is another type of food filler to reduce costs, but also reduces nutrition and quality. The cellulose in these foods is the same product used in plastics, cleaners, kitty litter (for its absorbency), electrodes, break pads, glue, asphalt and much more.
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Murdoch's media malpractice and the genetic altering of human beings through DNA vaccines
http://www.naturalnews.com/033062_Rupert_Murdoch_Andrew_Wakefield.html
The statements included false accusations that he is opposed to all vaccinations, that he had manipulated his data, and that he is basically unfit to be a doctor, despite the fact that he is arguably one of the most well-respected and highly-educated gastroenterologists in the world. In the end, though, Dr. Wakefield ended up having his study pulled from the esteemed UK journal Lancet, and his UK medical license was revoked.
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Beets detoxify the liver
http://www.naturalnews.com/033025_beets_liver_function.html
The liver is an organ that removes toxins and other harmful substances from the body, allowing the body to function without experiencing the many illnesses and other harmful side effects that these toxins can cause. For this reason, it is crucial that individuals periodically detoxify their livers. One of the most common and effective natural liver detoxifiers is the beet. Beets have been used to fight liver toxins and to increase the overall level of health of individuals for many years, and they can be easily integrated into one`s diet to keep the liver working at an optimal level.
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Catholic Church Involved in Transnational Organized Crime
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiDFKCpLviw8dHJnczI2NG1TdkpIMnQxLTZpVFZxMVE&hl=en_US#gid=0
Transnational organized crime is considered one of the major threats to human security, impeding the social, economic, and cultural development of societies worldwide. An alarming statistical report unveiled today by the Protect Your Children Foundation proves the Catholic Church to be one of the main international instruments of organized crimes, leading the most abominable felonies against millions of children around the world. In their worldwide investigation of crimes committed unto children by priests and nuns, the Protect Your Children was able to gather alarming evidence - and as noticeable patterns began to surface, it indicated a duty to document and distribute world alerts.
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Artificially grown tooth transplanted into mouse
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20682-artificial-tooth-transplanted-into-mouse.html
It may be time to redefine the concept of false teeth. A tooth grown from embryonic cells has been successfully transplanted into the jaw of a mouse. The transplant is a step towards providing artificial replacements for donor organs that are in short supply.
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Instead of buying baby carrots, get whole organic ones, complete with the leafy greens on top. Not only can you skip the plastic bag to hold them, you can also use carrot greens the same way you'd use parsley. They add extra flavor to soups, too.
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Dear Patricia & Megan Willcox, Summer Solstice is here, June 21 @ 9:16AM. I have been thinking of you since the Winter Solstice Dec. 21 Community Recycling Blessing. I am finally taking a moment to get this note in the mail to say THANK YOU for attending and sharing your faith that day, that together, we are turning it around for the long-term good of all. We look forward to seeing you again soon. Stop by anytime. Sincerely, Carole Henry on behalf of the VCRS Recycling Team
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Sincerely, Patricia Wade, Editor
Chickaloon Village Traditional Council
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21117 East Meyers Ave, Brown Bldg.
Sutton, Alaska 99674
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