Monday, October 08, 2012

Monday News

Noongom (today) is observed as a federal holiday, but Columbus Day has a troubled meaning in Indian Country. Please take some time to familiarize yourself with the issues surrounding this controversial holiday:
This Week @ LLTC:
  • This week is advising week at LLTC. Students, please meet with your faculty advisors to discuss your educational career goals and needed coursework.
  • Chi-Miigwech to Potluck Team #3 for making the meal for Monday Drum and Potluck noongom.
  • The Parents' Study Support Group meets Tuesday and Thursday from 4-6 p.m. in Giizhiikaandag Wigamig (Cedar Hall), in the Benny Tonce Memorial Drum Room 204.
  • Everyone is welcome to the free and fun Zumba sessions led by LLTC Community Education coordinator Amy Erickson on Tuesday and Thursday from 4:15-5:15 p.m. at the Cass Lake-Bena Elementary School gymnasium.
  • An advising help session is scheduled for Aabitoose (Wednesday) at 12 noon in Giizhiikaandag Wigamig's Benny Tonce Memorial Drum Room 204.
  • The STEM Club meets Thursday at 12 noon in Mitigominzh Wigamig (Oak Hall), in Migizi Room 110.
  • Friday is the last day to officially withdraw. Please contact your advisor with any questions as soon as possible.
A letter to the Minneapolis Star Tribune by Dr. Anton Treuer (Leech Lake) talks about the strong representation of ikwewag (women) in tribal politics: http://www.startribune.com/opinion/letters/172904031.html

47 year-old Mary Beth Wabasha (Leech Lake) is remembered in this Northern Peace Funeral Home obituary: http://www.northernpeace.com/obits/obituary.php?id=211227

76 year-old Clarence Roy, Sr. (Bois Forte) is remembered in this Duluth News Tribune obituary: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/obituary/id/245661/

53 year-old Leonard Thompson, Jr. (Bois Forte) is remembered in this Duluth News Tribune obituary: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/obituary/id/245663/

Police are investigating the murder of 25 year-old Cristyna Watson, whose body was found in Fond du Lac: http://www.pinejournal.com/event/article/id/27747/

More on the wildfire burning near Red Lake:
73 year-old Albert Anthony Bellecourt (White Earth) is remembered in this Cease Family Funeral Home obituary: http://www.ceasefuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1707186&fh_id=11968

University of Minnesota American Indian Studies professor Carter Meland (White Earth) shares his thoughts on the Tea Party and its imagery implications for Native people: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ict_sbc/indians-the-cavalry-and-the-tea-party

More on how Occupy Homes Minnesota helped Anita Reyes (White Earth) when her home was foreclosed: http://www.startribune.com/business/172922241.html

A pipe ceremony held in Duluth, Minnesota, involved the return of a pipe used in the Treaty of 1854 to the Red Cliff people by way of attorney Henry Buffalo (Red Cliff): http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/245785/

South Central College in North Mankato, Minnesota, hosts its Global Connections conference which, this year, has a focus on Minnesota's Indigenous nations: http://mankatofreepress.com/local/x371808513/SCC-annual-global-conference-to-focus-on-Native-American-culture

Joseph Standing Bear Schranz (White Earth) led a blessing at the Native American Cultural Day in Elgin, Illinois: http://couriernews.suntimes.com/news/15578569-418/native-american-cultural-day-honors-bison.html

Notre Dame University hosted a Great Lakes Commons gathering regarding the protection of nibi (water): http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/making-waves/2012/10/building-bold-shared-vision-great-lakes-protection

Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, hosts the 3rd annual Writing Across the Peninsula conference and will feature a focus on diversity, including Anishinaabe-specific information: http://www.sooeveningnews.com/article/20121006/NEWS/121009631/-1/googlenewssitemap

More reviews of The Round House by Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain):
Theresa Smith speaks on her book, The Island of the Anishnaabeg: Thunderers and Water Monsters in Traditional Ojibwe Life-World, at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania: http://www.iup.edu/newsItem.aspx?id=134426&blogid=3059&utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news
The Forest Lodge Library in Cable, Wisconsin, hosts a community conversation on manoomin (wild rice): http://www.haywardwi.com/entertainment/article_bb5cd31e-0d73-11e2-9453-0019bb2963f4.html

More on Red Cliff's Frog Bay Tribal National Park:
More on the protests against Canada's Indian Act: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/10/08/anishinaabe-men-blocked-from-renouncing-status-under-apartheid-indian-act-138231

The Walking with Our Sisters group is collecting beaded makizin (moccasin) vamps for a major art project to commemorate missing and murdered Indigenous women: http://www.uptownmag.com/news-and-views/marlo-campbell/Walking-with-our-sisters-172527781.html

University of British Columbia Community, Culture, and Global Studies doctoral student Jennifer Leason (Salteaux Metis/Anishinabe) has been awarded a three-year Canadian Institute of Health Research grant to examine Indigenous women's maternal health:
Former Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation leader Terry Nelson will meet with Iranian officials:
Winnipeg columnist Colleen Simard muses on sexual abuse and how it negatively affects Indigenous girls: http://www.troymedia.com/2012/10/02/sexual-abuse-grooms-aboriginal-girls-to-become-victims/

Ontario has a school funding issue that negative impacts many First Nations youths: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2012/10/3/when-kids-can-t-go-school_23550

Ontario's post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD] resources and services do not provide sufficient coverage in rural areas: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crime/article/1267544--armand-jourdain-no-help-for-ptsd-in-northwestern-ontario

Anishinabek Nation advocates for stronger action and acknowledgement of sovereignty on environmental issues:
Batchewana and Michipicoten First Nations work to resolve a dispute regarding a wind energy project:
Grand Council Treaty #3 leader and elder Colin Wasacase has been honored as one of Ontario's outstanding senior citizens: http://www.kenoraonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3315&Itemid=4

More on the movement to have the Nepean, Ontario, Redskins football team change its sports team name: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/10/07/campaign-to-rename-nepean-redskins-grows-in-canada-136882

The Orangeville, Ontario, Public Library's Headwaters Human Library offered a "human book" exhibit and featured Debbie White (Manioulin Island Ojibwa) as a representative of First Nations' peoples and issues: http://www.citizen.on.ca/news/2012-10-04/Local_News/The_book_shelf_came_alive_at_the_library.html

34 year-old Martin Nashkawa (Sagamok Anishnawbe) drowned in a tragic boating incident:
Thunder Bay, Ontario, lacks sufficient affordable housing options for people who are in lower income brackets: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2012/10/3/housing-struggles-affecting-low-income-first-nation-people-thunder-bay_23539

The Seven Generations Education Institute in Thunder Bay, Ontario, celebrated the fall harvest: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2012/10/3/fall-harvest-another-success-seven-generations_23538

Toronto remembers missing and murdered Indigenous women: http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/johnbon/2012/10/vigil-honours-murdered-and-missing-aboriginal-women-renews-call-pub-0

The book, Nanabosho and the Butterflies, is reviewed by Wawatay News: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2012/10/3/leaves-and-butterflies_23546
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