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April 2011 Blog Posts (8)

Imagine

Imagine there’s no heaven

It’s easy if you try

No hell below us

Above us only sky

Imagine all the people

Living for today

Imagine there’s no countries

It isn’t hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace

You may say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one

I hope someday you’ll join us

And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions

I wonder…

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Added by heinz on April 29, 2011 at 6:47pm — 1 Comment

The Enviornmental Genocide Of the Ponca Nation

Ms. Casey Camp, a Ponca Indian woman, describes the suffering her Nation has undergone during forced relocation, and continues to experience due to corporate polluters.  Ms. Casey calls it "environmental genocide."

 

Casey Camp-Horinek, Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm8sRyiVTU8&feature=related

 

Casey Camp-Horinek, Part…

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Added by Phil Lane Jr. on April 26, 2011 at 10:34am — No Comments

Isnati Awicadowanpi (Coming of Age Ceremony) and Cante Ohitka Okodakiciye ( Brave Heart Society )

Ampa'o'win, Day Break Star Woman,(Deloria Lane Many Grey Horses) with her Auntie's Deloria Bighorn and Faith Spotted Eagle at the conclusion of the Four Day Isnati Awicadowanpi (Coming of Age Ceremony) and initiation into…

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Added by Phil Lane Jr. on April 25, 2011 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

Remembering the Life and Teachings of Jesus on Easter, 2011

 

April 19, 1912,

Talk at Bowery Mission,

227 Bowery, New York City, From Stenographic Notes.

 

Tonight I am very happy,…

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Added by Phil Lane Jr. on April 24, 2011 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

The Dreamers

They walk in human form, but they do not belong here. They come from another place and consciousness. My heroes are and have always been the dreamers. Their thoughts and expressions were under an influence greater than human limitations can endorse. They speak and we are drawn to them and listen carefully to their words. Dreamers know and greet each other in a way only they can understand.

 

An Elder once said, "We are the living dreams of our ancestors. We are the earth and…

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Added by Warren Petoskey on April 19, 2011 at 7:38pm — 2 Comments

Canada: Statement - First Nations Leaders Put Governments On Notice

Canada: Statement - First Nations Leaders Put Governments On Notice

First Nations governments are putting the Ontario and Canadian Governments on notice that they will be exercising their jurisdiction over the resources on their lands and vigorously defending this jurisdiction by direct action if required.

In November 2010, by Resolution 10/11, the Chiefs in Assembly mandated the Resource Revenue and Benefit Sharing (“RRBS”)Task Force to engage in discussions with Ontario on…

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Added by Carol Petersen on April 19, 2011 at 1:01pm — No Comments

Bolivia enshrines natural world's rights with equal status for Mother Earth

 

Law of Mother Earth expected to prompt radical new conservation and social measures in South American nation



John Vidal reports from La Paz where Bolivians are living with the effects of climate change every day Link to this video 



Bolivia is set to pass the world's first laws granting all nature equal rights to humans. The Law of Mother Earth, now agreed by politicians and grassroots social groups, redefines the country's rich mineral deposits as…

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Added by Carol Petersen on April 19, 2011 at 12:54pm — No Comments

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