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Articles from various web sites that discuss issues related to All of us as the HUMAN RACE.
Personal spaces of those that I feel are connected in the same way.
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November 10 Talking about YouTube - Strength Of A Woman by Shaggy
Quote YouTube - Strength Of A Woman by Shaggy April 22 Letter from Georgina Solomon - Gwich'in Nation Tansi, Boozhoo, HelloI was just finding some time at home sick from work looking over the Events that I have posted here and was welcomed by a comment from Georgina Solomon in Alaska.
She writes:
Hi, i loved this idea and i do agree that mother earth does need our help in healing her. unfortunately, i didn't get to see this video until AFTER march 21st. so my gwich'in nation tribes didn't get to participate in this. we would have loved to join in on this, i am not sure if you have heard anything about the struggle between our tribes up in Alaska with big coporations and government wanting to drill oil on our lands. but we, as the people of Sovereignty rights (our tribal councils) are strongly opposes this. our own coporation (doyon) is trying really hard to push this, no matter how much most of the shareholders oppose to a land swap with the state governmet and oil and gas explorations. our own coporation is refusing to listen to ALL of the shareholders and gives the impression that all of doyon, plus all the shareholders, are FOR the land swap and oil and gas exploration to the media up here. i wrote a letter to the editor in our local newspaper, www.newsminer.com. it isn't in there anymore but i did save a hard copy of it for myself but the best part of that, is i got a letter from a state representative telling me, he agrees that our lands should stay the way it is. so please keep in touch with me, alaska has about 250 different tribes. i don't know ALL of them but i am sure someone i know will know someone and so forth. --Georgina Solomon
I advised her that I would do some research on the issue and see what I could post here. I also stated that I believe that we all need to be aware of each others "mountains of politics". It is time that the corporations start listening to the real people who matter, maybe not on their payroll, but the ones who live and breath there. The ones who are directly affected and effected by it's corporate choices.
As I stated earlier, I will be doing some research and hope to hear from Georgina soon. I also extended this invitation to all who believe that awareness is what creates change, to share their stories here. I will do my best to keep informed and up to date with each issue.
 Ekosi, Meegwetch, Thank YouWalking Wolf March 25 Facebook sites of Interest....More to come For those of you who are on facebook here is a site I think would be of interest to those of you living in the Winnipeg area..... http://upload.facebook.com/group.php?gid=35809900004March 06 Article Feb, 2, 2008 Update. Tansi, Boozhoo, HelloI wanted to let you all know that the letter that I wrote, regarding Feb, 2, 2008 article in the Winnipeg Sun, did get published.
Here is the link to the site you can find the letter on and the response that was written in the paper (you will have to scroll down a little to see the letter) and the one that was sent to me from the Author, Chris Kitching directly.
"Hi John and Teri.
Thanks for your e-mail. Because of space issues, I wasn't able to include this comment from Steeves in the story: "I'm not blaming the person. I'm sure they have all sorts of difficulties in their life, but there has to be a better way to care for a person like that. I don't think we're doing them any favours by allowing them to be out on the streets, especially in January-type weather. As a society, we have an obligation to get out there and to make sure the person is forced into care until they can right their own ship." Based on this comment, it appears Steeves genuinely cares and is concerned about the city's homeless. I sympathize with them, as well. There is no easy solution to helping them. As a newspaper, we can only do so much. In my experience I find that many Winnipeggers have written off the city's homeless population and don't really respond to articles about the homeless. I don't know the exact reasons. Out of sight, out of mind, perhaps. Or maybe it's people being selfish or ignorant." Chris Chris Kitching Police Reporter The Winnipeg Sun Office: (204) 944-0315 Cell: (204) 291-7154 Fax: (204) 697-0759 E-mail: chris.kitching@sunmedia.ca Website: www.winnipegsun.com Notice the difference.
Hmmmmm
I invite your feedback.
Ekosi, Meegwetch, Thank YouWalking Wolf March 01 New Event Posting for 8,000 Drums Tansi, Boozhoo, HelloI would just like to add a link for the upcoming 8,000 Drum Ceremony that is taking place this March 21.
Ekosi, Meegwetch, Thank YouWalking Wolf February 02 Handful of homeless run up hefty city tab Tansi, Boozhoo, HelloWell, I must say it has been a long time since I have written anything of value on this blog site. Seems my dedication had diminished some over the last few months. I guess we all feel overwhelmed and defeated at times.
This morning I read the Winnipeg Sun, more like the Winnipeg Enquirer, and I was some upset. Here is the article.
Provincial and city authorities are spending millions of dollars on 38 chronic street people who are repeatedly transported to and lodged at Winnipeg hospitals and an inner-city drunk tank...... http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Winnipeg/2008/02/02/4808514-sun.html I wrote a letter to Chris Kitching, the writer of this story and sent the letter to the Editor in Chief and the City Editior as well as a couple of columnists from the Sun. Here is the letter. My comment is about the story printed by Chris Kitching in today's (Feb 2, 2008) paper, about Winnipeg's homeless "problem".
I wonder why Mr. Kitching did not ask Mr. Steeves about his "finance" comment...."From our perspective, financially, it is really hurting our service." WHAT???
Has either one of these men thought about the more substantial loss here before sitting down for the interview?
When will the media and the people who are elected to run this city realize that there is a greater loss here? I don’t think the people are educated enough about this specific issue. They need to realize that it is OUR responsibility to make sure that we don't have these kinds of issues in our city. There is human loss of all kinds of proportions here, physical, mental, social, emotional, all kinds. These people have not gotten here on their own: they will need the help to change. That takes strong dedicated people; they are already out there helping, where are the rest?
Are Mr. Katz and Mr. Steeves really that dedicated? They both seem to obviously be caught up in the Bourgeoisie lifestyle. We should make sure, as citizens of this city, that there are people we elect to help make sure there is no homelessness here, instead of losing funds in City Hall by mismanagement of funds and maybe we could hold off on chipping in on the Water Park and let it be up for private tender like it was intended to be.
At the end of the day, this is the city he runs, and if there were any way possible, they both should be tried in a court of law for murder and neglect to say the least. Mr. Katz needs to remember that there is a human cost here, never mind financial.
If there is only one human that is helped out of the 38 "chronic offenders" then the money was well spent. I'm sure if you ask other humans that live in this city how they feel, they would agree that a financial loss is okay as long as it saves a human life. Where is the humanity?
As I write, I feel we as Canadians have are losing our humanity.
I realized later that there were more comments made by Gord Steeves that I should have addressed. His comment about the healing..."It's way too expensive and you're never going to see people heal themselves if healing is, in fact, possible." ARE YOU SERIOUS??? This is a leader in our community? How can this be? Aren't leaders supposed to have positive outlooks, and positive attitudes? With an attitude like that no wonder our city in such disarray. No wonder people are dieing, NO WONDER........
I invite comments.
Walking Wolf
October 23 Welcome Tansi, Boozhoo, HelloI don't want to sound "cheesy" but welcome to everyone!
This page has been a work in progress for a couple of years and holds many interesting facts and information for one and all. I take great pride in the work that I have put into this page. As you can see, I do not spend time trying to "flair" it up, I spend time researching the things that I put on this page. Some entries are of personal opinion and letters that I have written for causes I have an opinion on (and for those of you that know me well, that is a lot .....). I am passionate about the things I believe in and would like to share these interests with everyone. You do not have to become as passionate as I am, but you can become AWARE.
I have not focused on one thing in particular but you will notice that there is a lot of information on this page that deals with "Aboriginal Issues." First I would like to say that it is everyone's issue when our government commits Genocide and contibutes to Global Warming and the cover ups and the propaganda surrounding a lot of this stuff. As the title of the page states. "As long as we do nothing to change it, we are still the cause of it."
I ask that you browse thru the many links located on the left and inside the blog entries that I have written. I ask that you leave a comment if you so choose and any input related to the site that you many think needs to be added or deleted.
I have inquired as to how to get more attention to this site and the issues covered within it, and I would love to have you pass the link to my site on. At some point I would like to have it made into a regular site rather than just a blog, but the time will tell with the numbers. (Refering to statistics of the site).
Ekosi, Meegwetch and Thank YouWalking Wolf
Teri Augustowich October 14 Hollow Water Standoff : More At Play Than a Few Manitoba Cottage Lots Tansi, Boozhoo, HelloI was doing some searching on the internet earlier today and came across this little quirp about Hollow Water on a Fish Lake Manitoba Narrows blog site.
Here is a little bit about what I read on the topic of Hollow Water.
There’s more at play here than a few cottage lots. The First Nations blockade near Hollow Water, now entering its third week with no end in sight, threatens to throw plans for the east side of lake Winnipeg into a shambles.
The 16-day-old protest has punted about 60 cottagers from their summer homes and postponed a long-anticipated draw for provincial cottage lots. Now, with negotiations stalled and the RCMP unwilling to clear the roads, there’s talk the blockade could escalate to include a provincial highway and even the Bissett gold mine...... The east side: Why you should care The Hollow Water reserve is at the southern tip of the so-called east side — a swath of land roughly the size of Ireland. It’s directly across Lake Winnipeg from Hecla Island. The east side has become the epicentre of several issues that continue to bedevil the provincial government — clean hydro power, aboriginal poverty, traditional land rights, the logging and mining industries, eco-tourism and the conservation of one of the last intact parcels of boreal forest on the continent. The east side is home to some of the poorest and most isolated aboriginal reserves in the province, many without running water, proper schools or even year-round road access..... The Wabanong Nakaygum Okimawin That’s WNO for short. It’s the accord on the future of the east side that was meant to avoid exactly the kind of brinkmanship now going on in Hollow Water. Last April, at a long press conference heavy on ceremony, Doer, Assembly of First Nations Grand Chief Phil Fontaine and almost all 16 chiefs from the east side gathered to sign a “landmark” planning accord that had been nearly a decade in the works...... ‘The real issue’ “I don’t believe the minister of conservation has the means or the will to talk about the real issue,” fired back Bloodvein Chief Craig Cook, whose reserve is about an hour’s drive north of Hollow Water. The real issue, said Cook, is control over land aboriginal people inhabited for thousands of years — a concept the courts and Canadian governments have barely begun to grapple with....... What’s next: For Struthers, the RCMP and cottage owners, it’s a wait-and-see game. Bushie hasn’t been in contact with Struthers for more than a week. He could not be located by the Free Press for comment, despite several messages left for him and band councillors. Staff in the band office said he was in Edmonton for the second half of the week........ Caledonia connection
The small town of Caledonia, south of Hamilton, was the scene last year of a three-month stand-off between native protesters, police and non-native residents. It frequently turned dangerous, with vandalism, police raids and violent confrontations....... Could Hollow Water be our Caledonia? It could, but there are several reasons why the Hollow Water blockade may never escalate into violence or require the Manitoba government to bail out non-native residents........
Walking Wolf October 14, 2007 Hollow Water News Tansi, Boozhoo, HelloHere is the only update I have for you so far today, if anything comes in, I will post it.
Sun, October 14, 2007 - The Winnipeg Sun
Blockade progress: Struthers - Talks to end Hollow Water First Nation blockades have "made progress," according to provincial Conservation Minister Stan Struthers.
 Ekosi, Meegwetch, Thank YouOctober 12 Hollow Water Updates Tansi, Boozhoo, Hello It has been quite some time since I have updated anything on Hollow Water so I thought it be appropriate now, considering Stuthers is actually going to meet with members of the Hollow Water First Nation in a sweat.
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| Welch, Mary Agnes | Legislature Reporter | 943-6575 | MaryAgnes.Welch@freepress.mb.ca |
And if there are those of you that would like to contact:
Kevin Engstrom
Editorial, City Editor - The Winnipeg Sun
kevin.engstrom@sunmedia.ca
Paul Turenne
Editorial, Legislative Reporter - The Winnipeg Sun
paul.turenne@sunmedia.ca
I will check out how to get a hold of Colleen Simard too, I remember sending her an email regarding an article she had written.
Ekosi, Meegwetch, Thank You
Walking Wolf
Hollow Water Updates
Tansi, Boozhoo, Hello Ekosi, Meegwetch, Thank YouHollow Water Updates....
Tansi, Boozhoo, HelloJason McIntyre
Ekosi, Meegwetch, Thank YouLocals say impact of blockades negligible
Tansi, Boozhoo, Hello Locals say impact of blockades negligible
More roads cut off Province: Hollow Water opposition recent
Ekosi, Meegwetch, Thank YouMarchers target violence against women
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Participants in the march and rally placed emphasis on violence faced by aboriginal woman. (Jason Halstead, Sun Media) |
Beneath an overcast sky and cool drizzle, marchers gathered last night to call for an end to violence against women.
"Mother Earth is crying with us," said Rita Lynn Emerson, executive director of Mother of Red Nations Women's Council of Manitoba Inc.
At the annual Take Back the Night march and rally, organizers placed emphasis on the violence faced by aboriginal women.
Emerson told the dozens of participants how aboriginal women were five times more likely to experience violence than other Canadian women.
Along with Emerson, a handful of speakers addressed the crowd outside the Manitoba Legislature.
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"We're all here to say 'that's enough,'" said Beverley Jacobs, president of the Native Women's Association of Canada.
Jacobs told Sun Media aboriginal women in Canada face a "crisis situation" with issues of poverty, health and violence causing concern. Educating the public about the challenges faced by aboriginal women is key to helping, said Jacobs.
Other speakers spoke of the need to counteract misogynistic attitudes in pop culture, while a representative from Sage House read out stories of women who had been assaulted.
'Support my daughter'
Some participants in the march and rally came on behalf of family members.
"I'm here to support my daughter," said Pat Olafson.
Olafson's daughter was attacked by a man who jumped on her car as she tried to leave work in Fort Richmond. He smashed a rear window and leapt into the backseat while yelling at her to drive. Her daughter managed to escape and run to safety.
"The message is that violence is not acceptable," said Olafson.
First held in Belgium in 1976, the Take Back the Night events have been held internationally since then, focusing on violence against women.
Participants in the event held placards that read "for our sisters, mothers, daughters" and "fight for safer streets." Aboriginal drumming and singing filled the air early in the evening.
As the speeches wrapped up, marchers hit the pavement on Broadway with the sounds of whistles blowing and a marching band pushing the crowd on.
A second walk is being held today to protest similar violence and is organized by Grandmothers Protecting Our Children. The walk is set to begin at 10 a.m., starting at the Circle of Life Thunderbird House, 715 Main St. and proceeding to The Forks along Main Street.
Ekosi, Meegwetch, Thank You
Walking Wolf
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