Native Art and Bingorage.

First strawberries at farmer's market LinkyPost

2009-07-16T16:39:00.000-05:00

New water product, just in time for 25'th anniversary.

10 named to residential school 'survivor' group

"Ten former students of Canada's notorious Indian residential schools have been appointed as advisers to the federal government's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, as it prepares to begin hearing from ex-students across the country...."

It used to be a rare event, when a tornado would touch down in Canada. Even our prairie provinces were a little too far north for that. But, lately, Tornado Alley seems to be creeping northwards. Three tourists were killed last week, by a tornado, in Ear Falls, Ontario. And, that is way the hell up north of here. And by here, I mean the Ontario/Minnesota border; Minnesota, formerly being the tail end of Tornado Alley. "No climate-change"; my ass.

Interesting discovery by Japanese scientists; a single-celled predator that, essentially, turns into a plant after eating a specific algae. Later, when it reproduces by splitting, one half is predator, again, while the other daughter remains a plant. Amazing.

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Beaver dam and pond, highway #71.

Dragonfly on the beadwork, Fort Frances farmer's Market.
Dragonfly on the beadwork, Fort Frances farmer's Market. Bingorage. Broken Vulture Art.">

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What may be the oldest example of Native Art, in the Americas. Not everyone is convinced, especially since North American archaeology has been burned before by a fraudulent "mammoth etching", the "Holly Oak Pendant.

Archeological evidence of human activity found beneath Lake Huron. At the end of the last ice age, there was a land bridge across what is now part of Lake Huron, that hasi since been covered by water. There has been a recent sonar survey and underwater camera investigation that indicates that there is a surviving paleo-hunter monumental artifact, resembling caribou hunting "drive walls" from the arctic, today.

"Study shows that Maya intensively cultivated Manioc, 1400 years ago." Manioc is also known as Cassava, and is the basis for tapioca.

In the Spirit: Contemporary Northwest Native Arts Exhibit, Washington state History Museum, July 9 - August 30, 2009.

Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast, McMicheal Canadian Art Collection, June 27 - September 20, 2009. Critical review of the show at TheStar.com.

Native blog; Native American Interests.

Another Native blog; Urban Native Girl Stuff.

Here's a commercial art site, Native Art Cedar House, with great Northwest Coast pieces.

Man returns rare bowl to Sto:lo nation.

Squamish Lilwat Cultural Centre in Whistler, B.C.. Whistler was a common ground, where the two cultural areas overlapped, interior and coastal.

Right-click and "save as"; John Ralston's "We Are a Metis Nation" (mp3) segment from CBC "Ideas" program. Link may only be available for a few weeks/ a month.

ALAS Ontario; Artists’ Legal Advice Services - Ontario.

Crystal Shawanda will be joining the Native Music Rocks festival dates in August and September.

"Nelson-Atkins Opens New American Indian Galleries in November".

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I ran across a good series of articles about the looting of Native American artifacts in the Southwest: Southwest Indian relics: In search of cash
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Part 4
Part 5

Apparently; the bad economy, endemic racism and the blossoming of meth addiction in the southwest is creating a feedback loop, driving more grave-robbing.

A large, federal bust of grave-robbing family, in Utah.

"Historical sites near U.S. border at risk for looting. Strict penalties may be sending thieves north to Canada"

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"The Native Women’s Association of Canada’s Annual General Assembly (AGA) will hold a Trade Show on the evening of Friday, September 25, 2009. The Trade Show is a juried exhibition to promote a high quality event for Aboriginal female artists. The primary basis for acceptance is quality, originality and craftsmanship of the Aboriginal artwork to be sold. No percentage of the artist’s sales is retained by the organizer." Download application document.

Trickster art: The digital storytelling of Chris Bose.

"... I've collected thousands of images, many of them from archives, of residential schools -- photos of Indian children in uniform, photos of Indians being measured with rulers. Over the last fifteen years, I've worked in the buildings where residential schools used to be. I've explored these places and found secret passages, heard ghosts. I'm fascinated and traumatized by them. Residential school is our hidden holocaust. The residential school is always going to be in my art and in what I do until I figure out a way to destroy it..."

Very conservative woodlands-style artist, Stephen Snake at Tay River Art Gallery, in Perth Ontario until August 30.

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Todd Harder (Creek) is a skateboard business-owner featuring Native Art and artists on his skateboard deck designs. The pic at the end of the link features a deck design by BingoRage Fave, Bunky Echo Hawk.

These designs are being featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, this summer, in a show entitled Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America.

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Running at Urban Shaman, in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Peter Prince & Jackie Traverse, July 16 through to August 8, 2009 (link expires with show).

2009 VisionMaker Video Contest. "Elder Voices, Youth Choices" - Deadline: Sept. 1, 2009.

"... NAPT seeks to engage today’s youth by aiding in the development of their storytelling abilities through video. Contestants will produce a short video that relates to this year’s theme: Elder Voices, Youth Choices. The contest is open to legal residents of the U.S. and its territories who are 14-21 years of age at the time of entry..."

LA's Southwest Museum (major collection of Native Art) underwent renovation of building and restoration of Native Art collection.

Charles Eastman gets a crater on Mercury named after him.

Transom.Org posted a story, with clips, about the importance of radio to Native America in the hinterlands. Tribal Radio.

" This past May, we spent nine days driving around the southwestern United States visiting some of the 33 Native American reservations that have their own radio stations. We knew before the trip that tribal radio would be unique but there was no way to predict how much so. Every station we visited was a different mix of professional old hands, volunteers, elders, youth, tradition, and innovation. The more community members we spoke to, the more clear it became that radio, often dismissed as outdated for the Web 2.0 era, was the most essential medium of communication in Indian country, whether it was serving a reservation the size of a small European country or one just a few square miles long..."

Native Communications Society of the Northwest Territories Audio Library.

"... The Online Audio Library is a PERMANENT AND FREELY ACCESIBLE INTERNET RECORD not only for NWT rresidents or Canadians but also for anyone in the world interested in Northem culture, traditional lifestyle and special northem events and meetings..."

Alaska Natives / Native Americans Call for Art; "This is Displacement: Native Artists Consider the Relationship Between Land & Identity". Deadline; August 10, 2009.

Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources.

100 Awesome Open Source Tools for Writers, Journalists, and Bloggers.

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2009, OAC Northern Arts Grant Application, Supplement

2009-07-10T05:44:00.024-05:00

Heyo BingoRagers; I salute yous.

Heyo OAC jurors/panelists; welcome to the BingoRage! Thanks, in advance, for taking the time to check out this extra material, on your own time. I spent a week reading applications this spring and I appreciate the extra effort.

So, here's the deal:

I am applying for an Ontario Arts Council (OAC), Northern Arts Grant, in collaboration with Spirit Fire Park (the park"), in Devlin, Ontario.

The grant application is seeking to fund four project elements:
- The extension of a multipurpose mural-wall, with a "theatrical-stage" background element at the park.
- The delivery of a mural-painting workshop for local youth program, UMAYC (fort Frances) (with a contingent paintball event, depending on United Native Friendship Centres program safety guidelines), culminating in a two-day mural-painting event at the park.
- The construction and installation of monumental papier-mache sculpture in the park, including: a) premade elements molded on steel, foam and clay armatures, and b) smaller elements constructed onsite, with a methodology developed through the "Arthur, Warrior and his Bow, Excalibur" project.
- The public "presentation"/opening of the park's new installations, including a performance by NorthWestern Ontario's well-known musician, Rodney Brown and a guided "theatrical tour" of the park. Mr. Brown's repertoire includes historical songs about the region. The park's campground will be opened to the public in order to encourage an intimate relationship with the land and the art.

This blog-posting will be updated throughout the grants application process so that application jurors/panel will have the opportunity to review materials that wouldn't fit in the application packet. That includes updated materials that come-to-be after the application deadline and older stuff that would never fit.

As far as I know, no other OAC or CCA grant application has been, essentially, shared outside the jury process. I hope that by doing so, that the entire project will benefit by word-of-mouth and word-of-social network. As well, I hope that this publication of the effort will lead to increased grant application success in "the north", as well as for other artists outside the major urban/art centres.

Works on this site fall under a Creative Commons "Non-commercial, Share-alike" License (see sidebar). You can reuse them, with attribution, for non-commercial purposes. If you want to use it as an assist for preparing your own grant application, please attribute appropriately. If there is something in the post, or elsewhere on the blog, that you would like to make into a t-shirt or major motion picture, then we need to "par-lay".

"TinyURL" for this posting is : http://tinyurl.com/m9t6gv

[All pics click to enlarge.]

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First off; I mentioned the "test-wall" in our grant application, but didn't include a picture in the supplemental materials. We built a section of our proposed wall with sponsor, Lakewood Tire (Fort Frances), in the summer of 2007.

The mural-wall consists of: upright posts cemented into the ground by concrete, connected by plywood sheets, kept upright by 2"x4" lumber braces (until concrete dries) and protected by latex exterior paint, which also serves as a neutral background for mural installation.

My buddy, Joseph Carlson, proprietor of Spirit Fire Park and our project's engineer and landscaper.

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Recent additions to the test-wall include park logo, paintball team logos, sculptural elements and safety instruction.

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Some Google "Sketchup" mockups of the "mural-wall" extensions. The proposed actual additions will will be in a slightly different configuration (coming). For instance, the theatre stage background will be narrower, with beveled "wings" and a sand-pad "stage", instead of a poured concrete pad (for now).

The proposed layout of the mural wall will differ from these initial sketches and will be updated shortly.

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T-Bird Finally Catches Sturgeon.

2009-07-07T17:57:00.005-05:00

Heyo, all BingoRagers.
Sorry for the long drought of new material, here. I have been spending much of my time preparing a grant application for my Broken Vulture Art and my buddy, Joe's, Spirit Fire Park. Fortunately, this period has also seen the creation of much new material.

I hereby present the evolution of the newest canvas;

"T-Bird -Finally- Catches Sturgeon"

All pics click to enlarge

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I began this painting by sketching the major elements with coloured chalk on a primed canvas.

Detail of "T-Bird" head, in-progress.

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Wikipedia entries for thunderbird (T-bird) and sturgeon.

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"The PinkCanvas", part 2

2009-06-16T04:33:00.005-05:00

Welcome back to "The Pink Canvas", BingoRagers!!

Since the last posting, I have actually made progress with this piece and another painting project. Furthermore, I have started work on a sculptural installation at Spiritfire Park in Devlin. Updates on that project to follow.

I will be finishing a piece for the upcoming Renew Festival in Kenora.

Previous posting at BingoRage, "Pink Canvas" - Part 1

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All pics click to enlarge.

I wanted to use some spray paint on this canvas, so I masked-off the duckhead and took the whole shebang outside to apply it.

Add some colour to the figures.

Starting to fill in the headdress feathers.

The duck figure is not eating the human figure, but looming close to musically whisper.

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The current incarnation of "The Pink Canvas". I guess that I will have to rename it.
Maybe something like: "The Whisper"? ... "Duck Music Meat"? ... "Bubbles, Chief, Tune and Mallard"?
You know... something artsy, mysterious and full of angsty implications.
Let me know what you think, pass this post along to like-minded weirdos, etc.

:Eric

Update June 17, 2009.
Spent some time on the piece; in the studio, last night

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June frost linky post

2009-06-04T04:24:00.000-05:00

Facebook deleting accounts with Native names, assuming that they are fake. No warnings, or consultation.

A Battle Worth Fighting: The First Nation Vs. The Washington Football Team.

"... Professional teams are still using derogatory and defaming logos and names for their teams. The National Football League’s Washington D.C. Football Club and Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians are the number one culprits..."

Thunder Bay mom wants answers after teacher's aide chops off son's hair.

"... The seven-year-old boy had chin-length hair before the incident last month. His mother said staff at McKellar Park Central Public School were aware her son was letting his hair grow so that he could take part in traditional First Nations dancing..."

The Great Ethanol Scam.

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New Bingorage Links Page, for directory partners.

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Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.

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Sewing the Seeds: 200 Years of Iroquois Glass Beadwork. Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York; May 23 - October 4, 2009.

Another Native Art blog, Shawllady’s Blog.

"Native shawls, paintings and prints."

Free beading patterns. For the beginning beader.

Hate Crimes at UIUC - Beyond the Chief exhibit vandalized for 5th time on May 20, 2009 - in broad daylight.

EscapePod has an interesting, Native-themed short story this week, Harry The Crow. The story explores the theme of robot-struggling-to-be-human; humorous and almost familiar.

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New Tim Giago articles.

Memorial Day Speech at Black Hills National Cemetery

It's Time for Native Americans to Start Thinking Independent

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Native American placenames, interactive map at National Geographic.

Will Lahti sent me a fishing update from Finland.

Home site for Michael Kelley, Navajo bronze artist.

Runway Beauty Native America; applications being taken for 2011 calendar.

Minneapolis Institute of the Arts exhibit; Symbolism in Ceremony: Art Inspired by the Native American Church. March 31, 2009 - August 9, 2009.

Native Insight competition. "Thoughts on Recession, Recovery & Opportunity" Deadline; September 15, 2009.

Art Bozeman blogpost re: Molly Murphy & Friends: Native American Beading. June 5 – July 24, 2009.

Canadian Aboriginal Science and Technology Society (CASTS) 2009 conference seeking registrants. August 12, 2009 - August 14, 2009.

Ottawa Art Gallery exhibit, Burning Cold. June 18 - August 30, 2009.

"A group exhibition of up-and-coming artists, Burning Cold represents a multiplicity of voices and cutting-edge media. It explores unique aesthetic and cultural issues, and seeks to broaden the awareness and understanding of emerging contemporary art practices and issues in Northern and Southern Canada. The artists included in this exhibition employ divergent, original and sometimes unconventional artistic strategies to deal with a variety of themes and issues, such as populous and remote communities; interconnectedness and isolation in urban and rural environments; the diverse cultural, social and aesthetic experiences of northern Aboriginal peoples; and the “myths” of the North versus the “realities” of the South."

World's oldest birchbark canoe to remain in Canada.

"The 200-year-old canoe will next move to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton as part of a native art exhibit to begin June 21."

Indian Grinding Rock State Historical Park

Awesome sculpture artist, Jeniffer Maestre, using beadwork techniques (peyote stitch) to create sculpture with colouring pencils.

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Dudley George's brother, Sam George dies, shortly after Ipperwash Park is returned to First Nation.
Dudley George was killed at the Ipperwash standoff.

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"The Pink Canvas"; kinda like "The White Album", but different - part 1

2009-05-31T14:51:00.002-05:00

Pics click to enlarge.

Building the frame "box".

Tacking the canvas, at the Spiritfire Paintball Park.

Almost done stretching and stapling canvas onto boxframe.

Done.

Priming the canvas.

Pinking the canvas (oh, alright..."Fluorescent Magenta".).

Initial pencil sketch of "feathered head".

Some lines erased, others defined, some shading added, second eye area begun.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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Dad; at Helliars Resort dock. The folks at Helliars have a gorgeous location on Lake of the Woods and great fishing on their doorstep.

Dad with (his) two great walleye, after skunking me last week.

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Post walleye-opener and walleye-hunt-skunk linky post

2009-05-20T01:27:00.002-05:00

'Arctic exile' monuments to strengthen Canadian sovereignty claim. Inuit artists will help Canada stake sovereignty in the Arctic by creating and installing sculptures, ironically commemorating Inuit communities "exiled" to remote, non-traditional locations.

I think that this is actually a great idea, that the Canadian government should pursue, with vigour. Fund Canadian First Nations people to create and install monumental sculpture throughout the arctic archipelago and create a greater Canadian presence in the North.

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An island has been discovered in Mexico, with a pyramid belonging to the Apupato people, enemies of the Aztec Empire.

Ancient Gem-Studded Teeth Show Skill of Early Dentists

"...The ornamental stones—including jade—were attached with an adhesive made out of natural resins, such as plant sap, which was mixed with other chemicals and crushed bones..."

Stone Age Superglue Found -- Hints at Unknown Smarts?. The title says stone age, which is not very precise. The date for the "superglue" is 70,000 years. The ingredients are acacia resin and red iron oxide. The presence of this "red ochre" in archaeological context has long been considered evidence of ritual or artistic use in prehistoric humans. However, its use as a glue ingredient for tool manufacture means that its presence, alone, cannot be evidence for artistic development in human evolution.

A" closer look contains hints of sham artist, not a shaman". I hadn't been following the Dan Hauser story too closely; "another child of religious folks letting their offspring die from treatable disease because they elected to follow the prayer route", I figured. But, it's worse than that. His parents have fallen for some plastic shaman selling berry juice treatments under a pseudo-Native religious hoo-ha. Apparently the 13-year old is a certified elder and medicine man (after having paid his "donations").

Here is a great new resource for Native historians and treaty researchers, a digitised database of "Documents Relating to the Negotiation of Ratified and Unratified Treaties With Various Indian Tribes, 1801-1869".

'Status Indians' face threat of extinction. Loss of legal "status" through intermarriage to non-natives threatens the Rez, in Canada.

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This clip is a music video for "Indigenous Holocaust" (Link to video notes); song by Ahnishnahbeh artist Wahwahtay Benais. Video by Missy Whiteman.

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see more Lolcats and funny pictures

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Brenda Norrell's 'Censored News' podcast. Native news podcast.

I was glad to meet and work with Metis performer, Paul Chaput, while reviewing grants applications for the Ontario Arts Council.

Daphne Odjig exhibit at Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe N.M., only American venue scheduled. August-September, 2009.

Lakota Sioux woman awarded damages, based on historic treaty. Under a "bad men" provision of the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty, the woman is to be compensated for being assaulted by a military recruiter.

Pine Needle Productions to shoot feature film

"Darlene Naponse is preparing to shoot a feature film this fall in her home community of Whitefish Lake First Nation. It's a drama about a girl returning home," Naponse says, describing her upcoming film, Every Emotion Costs. It deals with identity and community..."

Another Native Blog, Radical Indian. I may have linked to this blog before, but I wanted to point you all to it again, because it has been flagged by Blogger.com and requires an extra click to view. I didn't see anything offensive on the site, other than news that may be inconvenient to the greater society.

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New Tim Giago articles at Huffington Post:

Native Americans in Black and White. Negative images in the news breeds stereotypes in society.

A Ripe and Rank Case of Dishonest Dealings. The Black Hills are not for sale; but, could they be rented?

A Holiday to Celebrate the Victory at the Little Bighorn. June 25: Death to the Morningstar-oppressor day.

Small Successes Come Hard in Battle Against Mascots. "Fan" means fanatic.

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The Right to Whale. Makah tribe continue push for traditional practice.

London gets first festival of First Nations voicesNative artists, performers and filmmakers get showcase in London, England. Ended May 17.

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video. Although these "fair use" "best practices" were developed for U.S. copyright law, they may be handy for Canadian artist's consideration.

'National treasure' may be headed home.

"... only a few dozen totem poles from that period still exist... the late 1800s was a difficult and dark chapter for the Haida. Their population was decimated by diseases such as smallpox. Missionaries and government officials also moved in and tried to separate the Haida from many of their traditions and cultural beliefs... Many were chopped down and burned while others were sold off; the bulk went to museums around the world..."

Buffy Saint Marie's homepage, Creative-Native.

Awaken100.Net "Contemporary Aboriginal Arts And Culture". A Redwire Magazine site. Not much there, yet, but some interesting artist galleries.

8-strand flat braid, at Instructables.com.

Nadya Kwandibens, Ahnishnahbeh photographer from my Rez, NWA#37. Her Myspace.

"2 Disputed Indian Wampum Belts Pulled From Auction".

"... lawyer for the Onondaga nation, said the Onondaga considered the belts community property... no Onondaga had ever had the authority to sell or transfer them... "these belts were originally taken out of these communities without proper ‘title.’... "

Rabbit and Bear Paws Colouring Contest. Any artist, age 3-15, June 1 deadline.

Native American Trade Blankets at Woodson Art Museum. Famed glass artist Dave Chihuly has a collection of 750 Native Trade Blankets, 80 of them on display until June 14 at the Woodson Museum (Wausau, Wisconsin), along with 15 of his blanket-inspired glass pieces.

TVO's "Big Ideas" lecture series presents John Ralston Saul.

"In this lecture, essayist and novelist, John Ralston Saul, presents the themes of his latest book, A Fair Country: Telling Truths about Canada. Central to his text is the argument that Canada is a Metis nation, critically influenced and shaped by aboriginal ideas. He believes we've lost touch with this essential part of our mythology and identity and appeals for a return to the original priniciples of peace, welfare, and good government."

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New life for polygon fish canvas. Ahnishnahbeh Become Maymaygwayshi.

2009-04-30T02:38:00.002-05:00

This canvas has been around the block, for a couple/few years and has undergone a couple/few changes. Just previously, I had used the canvas to help illustrate a portion of the Larry Mitchell biography, Potowatomi Tracks, in a previous Bingorage posting.

The current incarnation of the piece is a scene from an alternate future, many, many thousands of years from now, when the Ahnishnahbeh have evolved to live underwater; becoming... the Maymaygwayshi.

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Ahnishnahbeh Become Maymaygwayshi[All pics click to enlarge.]

Initial configuration:

The Potowatomi Tracks illustration:

The Migisi {Eagle} incorporation. (Look closely):

The current changes made to the piece incorporate elements from the Migisi phase (upside down):

detail

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Post-Tronna linky post

2009-04-28T01:59:00.004-05:00

A native grandmother's epic walk for the water. An Ojibway gramma is walking around the great lakes and down the St Lawrence River to raise awareness of the water system's fragility and importance to all of us.

"... 40 years ago, Akwesasne was known for its farms and fishery, which had thrived for at least 3,000 years and made it a pillar of the legendary Iroquois Confederacy. Henry Lickers, head of Akwesasne's environment department, likes to remind Torontonians that the reserve shipped its extra food to our soup kitchens during the Depression, yet we didn't even notice when its economy disappeared.

The fisherman and farmers were ruined by the industries that came with the St. Lawrence Seaway. Domtar Paper and General Motors poisoned the fish with, respectively, mercury and PCBs. Alcoa pumped so much fluoride into the air that cows' teeth grew brittle and broke, and they died. Pollution also caused the farms to go bust..." (TheStar.com)

Her website, MotherEarthWaterWalk. Josephine (Mandamin) is scheduled to finish the St. Lawrence stretch at the beginning of May.

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Air France plane forced to divert from Am3ric@n air space, because a critical journalist aboard has apparently been flagged for the US no-fly list. If so, then this is further proof that the measures that are supposed to further the safety of Am3ric@an citizens, are instead being used to silence and harass critics of US policies.

"... Do you know how to handle firearms?" I told him that the only time I held one I was very young; it was a shotgun and I was knocked down by the recoil. I never even went through military service, I said. In fact, I added, "my only weapon is my writing, especially to denounce the American government, whom I consider terrorist."
They looked at each other, and the seated man said something I already knew: "That weapon sometimes is worse than rifles and bombs..."

USA paper industry abusing "green law" to create a biofuel subsidy. Pulp and paper mills burn a byproduct called "black liquor" to heat pulp and create electricity for the manufacturing process. American mills are adding diesel fuel to the mix (very unnecessary) in order to qualify for a biofuel rebate; unfortunately increasing the overall amount of fossil fuels that they burn, in the process. The exact opposite of what the rebate was meant to do.

According to spectrographic analysis, the milky way galaxy tastes like raspberries.

"Long Now"; building the 10 000 year clock.

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From FailBlog.Org

see more pwn and owned pictures

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The following clip was found at HiddenFromHistory.org (The Canadian Holocaust). The uploader claims that this interview segment is no longer available at CBC online.

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Katimavik, still alive.

United Nations creates the World Digital Library.

"The principal objectives of the WDL are to: * Promote international and intercultural understanding; * Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet; * Provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences; * Build capacity in partner institutions to narrow the digital divide within and between countries."

Fossil seal, with legs, found in Canadian arctic.

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Graham Greene, speaking at the National Arts Centre, in Ottawa. May 11, 2009.

New Moche culture tomb excavated. "King of Bling" Tomb Sheds Light on Ancient Peru.

"... His body was covered with a tunic and train of tiny gilded copper plates, and his face was covered with two funerary masks—a first, according to Bourget. A necklace of four-inch (ten-centimeter), disk-shaped silver rattles encircled his neck. On his head was a gilded crown. Six more crowns and ten V-shaped headdresses called diadems were arrayed on top of his body..."

Alice Lazore; casino management, Mohawk, beadworker.

US National Park Service, national historic site; Hubbell Trading Post. Apply for their artist in residence position. [PDF link]

Homepage of Navajo singer, Radmilla Cody, Miss Navajo Nation 97-98.

"... Canyon Records recording artist, Indie Award Winner, Indian Summer Award Nominee, and four-time Native American Award Nominee continues to maintain Navajo culture by recording music that children sing with pride and lyrics the Diné elders can be proud of..."

Short essay on the evolution of Native American Art.

"Santa Fe Rotary Foundation for the Arts chose Naranjo Morse as its 2009 Distinguished Artist of the Year."

Native Arts and Cultures Foundation created in Portland, Oregon.

"... to foster indigenous arts in American Indian, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native communities."

New Native American museum opens in Warner Springs, California.

The Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival is now accepting submissions. Earlybird deadline is June 19, 2009, late deadline (with late fee) is July 31, 2009. Festival runs November 18-22.

NativeFilm.com

Waila, Native American polka-based music.

Coast Salish artist creates box for healing.

"... Salish artist Luke Marston of Ladysmith was commissioned by the federal Department of Indian Affairs to create a box to be the centrepiece of the meetings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission held across Canada... Participants will be invited to put whatever they want into the box, a symbolic act of letting go..."

Ontario boosts arts council budget by $5 million.

Micheal Greyeyes 'official' website.

Canadian National Arts Centre seeking artist submissions for cover of Prelude,NAC magazine. Theme is "The Arts are alive in Canada"; deadline is May 31, 2009.

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New piece in progress, for upcoming Spring art show at Fine Line Gallery: "Threads"

2009-04-16T16:04:00.003-05:00

Working on this piece for upcoming "Threads" theme spring show at Fine Line Gallery, Fort Frances. May 4-29, 2009.

A previous Bingorage posting about Pither's point Park.

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[Pics click to enlarge]
This canvas had a ton of paint ladle on it, randomly, for a while. I had no idea what it wanted to be. When I heard that the spring show theme would be "Threads", I started to get a rough idea of where it might go.

I roughly sketched a thread spool with a pen, and then started to work with it.

At this point, I tried to shape the spool a bit more with outlining and add more definition to the thread, needle and button elements.

A human(?) figure added. There are many stories around the world of "the little people" helping out with craft activities (as well as hindering the process.).

Current incarnation of the "Spool Canvas".
Dimensional definition added to button element, with light and shadow.

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Progress of central figure detail:

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Blast from the past:

Just say NO to deer-hunting with platypi.

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Closed walleye season

2009-04-14T22:49:00.004-05:00

Technically, as an Ahnishnahbeh "Indian Band" member of Grand Treaty #3 with "status", I do not have to absolutely refrain from fishing during the closed walleye season. There are those who exercise their treaty rights to harvest fish for personal use at this time... and I wholeheartedly support their right.
However, I also recognise and respect the reason for the closed season and will wait until the third Saturday in May to bring in the most-favoured meal... walleye!

Until then, sit back, look at these pictures and weep;
for Dad and I are the walleye kings.

I'd like to thank Rainy Lake Sports in Fort Frances for letting us use their scales. We get much of our tackle and bait there. (Pics click to enlarge, see video below.)

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Spring Fever Linky Post

2009-04-10T16:19:00.001-05:00

Public urged to write letters about (Pither's) Point. The 99 year lease on Fort Frances Park expires at the end of April andthe local Rainy River Bands are seeking to reclaim ownership of the land. The town is seeking to "keep" the land, and the governments of Ontario and Canada don't want to have anything to do with the mess.

I attended a "public forum", put on by Andrew Good, local videographer and filmmaker. Some progress was made in discussing the issue, but leaders from the town and First Nations did not attend.

My personal recommendation to townspeople was to contact the Mayor and Council and insist that they not contest ownership of the land, as it should inevitably revert to Band ownership/co-ownership. Contesting this, only wastes town resources.

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Teachers supplement; Alaska Native perspectives on Earth and Climate.

Make a film to explain evolution in two minutes for Discover Magazine, win recognition.

New Native Artists exhibit, REMIX, at the Art Gallery of Ontario; (Star.com review). April 4 - August 23, 2009.

Upcoming arts conference in Winnipeg, for Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario artists. May 28, 2009.

New TED Talks posted! This is a great series of informative and inspiring lectures about the direction and progress of technology, and how it will influence all of our lives.

Zion Flute & Drum Festival. May 15th, 16th, 17th, 2009. Unity Park in Ivins Utah.

Mixed Blood Theater in Minneapolis presents Red Ink. Features two prominent Canadian Native writers; Tomson Highway and Drew Hayden Taylor.

"... Red Ink is a play within a powwow, written as a series of short scenes that explore many aspects of the Native American experience, from casinos and native art to reality television shows. The play explores a side of the Native American experience that is rarely brought to the stage. Commissioned by Mixed Blood Theatre, the writers of Red Ink have been working on the piece for three years, this will be its first production..."

The Royal Conservatory's Artist Educator Skills Development Course [PDF link] supported by Ontario Arts Council. Various dates throughout May and June, various locations in Ontario.

Hugo Awards logo contest. May 31 deadline.

Indigenous news blog, Mama Radio.
Blog of theater producer for Native Theater at NMAI DC.

Short review of U.S. Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA), Protecting Natives from Knock-offs.

Native blog, Native History Native Anthology

Northwest Native Arts Market and Festival. May 1 deadline. August 8-9, Tacoma, WA.

Art of the Seminoles exhibit in Maitland Florida, until April 26.

Blackfeet artist, Farrell Cockrum showing at Sky Dog, the Artspace, throughout April. Corrales, NM.

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An interesting review of the Ward Churchill firing, in light of his recent win in court. The author speculates that the University of Colorado may be forced to rehire him. Now, I do not know much about Ward Churchill (Wikipedia link), other than he is an ardent supporter of the Free Leonard Peltier movement and a way-left academic. However, when I was living in Minneapolis, there were always rumblings in the community that he wasn't even Native American. Who Knows? The hatchet job on Ward Churchill may be the last gasp of COINTELPRO.

"... The accusations that fill its pages are the kind scholars regularly hurl at their polemical opponents. It’s part of the game. But in most cases, after you’ve trashed the guy’s work in a book or a review, you don’t get to fire him. Which is good, because if the standards for dismissal adopted by the Churchill committee were generally in force, hardly any of us professors would have jobs... there wouldn’t have been any special investigative committee poring over Churchill’s 12 single-author books, many edited collections and 100-plus articles had he not published an Internet essay on Sept. 12, 2001, saying that the attacks on the World Trade towers and the Pentagon were instances of "the chickens coming home to roost"... These incendiary remarks were not widely broadcast until four years later, when Bill O’Reilly and other conservative commentators brought them to the public’s attention. The reaction was immediate. Bill Owens, governor of Colorado, called university president Elizabeth Hoffman and ordered her to fire Churchill. She replied, "You know I can’t do that." (Not long after, she was forced to resign.) "

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Native Art vandalised, again, at University of Illinois. Perhaps in retaliation for the loss of their racist mascot.

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Smiley omelet.

Dad's great walleye. 4.5 pounds.

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Planned changes for Bingorage website.

2009-04-08T16:36:00.005-05:00

Planned Changes For Bingorage website

In order to make the main page and archive pages load faster: a) Most third party directory links will be assigned to the static "Bingorage Links Page" (BLP) and removed from the blog's template. b) There will be fewer third party scripts running on the front page and archive pages. Third party scripts may run on the BLP. c) The number of posts on the main page may be reduced and smaller, more frequent installments will be posted. e) The page design will be cleaned up, updated and made less glaring. (Not... less colourful.)

The affected link associates will have their directories -and my accounts- updated to reflect the BLP. Directories that no longer have representation on my front page and archived pages will be informed to reflect the update; such directories may remove Bingorage from their database, according to their terms of service, but most will reflect the updated account information, BPL and web site.

Links that are required by my main service providers and media hosters (Blogger, Zoto, Youtube, etc.) will be maintained on the main page and archives.

The advertising footprint will be reduced and made more harmonious with the site.

More written articles with fewer link posts will be made. More of the text will be original Bingorage content rather than quoted third party content in these posts. The news and arts "linky posts" will still have a significant proportion of quoted text, (in blockquotes).

Favourite websites and friends pages will remain in the sidebar.

The most important -or favourite- Bingorage pages will have a prominent link in a remaining, renamed sidebar list. Most important or prominent art projects should have dedicated link and description in its own 'category' list.

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Dad and I went ice-fishing on Clearwater Lake last month, off the Ross Camp property. We got some good size perch.

We found a nice place to fish near the Rainy Lake causeway. Pike and Walleye taken at this location, many lost fish.

Shovelmask contemplates his own reflection.

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Crane, Powwow Dancer (3).

2009-04-08T05:46:00.008-05:00

This piece was finished, in order to be displayed at the ARTifacts show, produced by Willendorphin, for the ARTpreneur conference in Kenora, Ontario; March 31, 2009.

A great event. Good feedback from other artists and representatives of the Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts.

Crane Powwow Dancer; Part 1 & Part 2

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{All pics click to enlarge.}

As seen at end of Part 2.

Outlining added.

Shield added.

Addition of leg bells.

Adding "bustle" to the dancer's regalia. Falling leg bell added, without detail.

Detail of sketched bustle.

Facepaint added.

There was a paint spill in front of the crane figure that I tried to use, by converting it into a snake. It didn't really work, so I ended up painting more grass detail, over it. This worked out better, visually, adding to the vertically layered look of the piece.

I wanted to incorporate beadwork into the piece. Specifically, a "collar" around the base of the rattle head. To do so, I removed the work from the wall and positioned it between a table and a large toolbox, so that I could access the underside/back of the piece. This allowed me to embroider the beadwork, sitting down. I was hampered by the placement of the brace lumber piece, but was able to work around it. I laid out the chosen colours of beads and sketched the pattern with a pen.

Detail of the finished beadwork, incorporated into the rattle.

Finished piece; exhibited at Willendorphin production for ARTpreneur conference in Kenora: ARTifacts, March 17 - April 4, 2009.

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A couple of my favourite pieces from the ARTifacts show:

"Barren Angst", by Diane Morley. Her contact info.: dianemorley@shaw.ca

Her statement (Click to enlarge):

"Fork In The Eye", by Kris Goold. Her contact info.: krisg@kmts.ca
Very cool fusion of metalwork to bone.

Her statement (Click to enlarge):

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The installed Crane... and I.

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Bingoragey Linkie Post Thingy

2009-03-30T06:20:00.004-05:00

George Washington University is investigating Guatemalan genocide, under former military regime.

NationTalk.Ca "Canada's Premier National Aboriginal Newswire and Employment Service..."

Well... this smells a little fishy. Learning Together; An Aboriginal approach to mining relationships. A cynic might wonder if this weren't just a mining industry-sponsored lobby group. They are holding a publicly accessible conference in Montreal; April 8-9, 2009. Nearly $500 Can. for late registration.

"Our mandates are as follows:
* The Corporation will work on behalf of all Canadian First Nations to organize, support, and facilitate initiatives through the mobilization of knowledge with the goal of growing long-term business relationships between Aboriginal communities and mining and exploration companies;
* The Corporation will support and coordinate learning opportunities between Aboriginal communities and mining and exploration companies to help facilitate the sharing of information to support business development opportunities;
* The Corporation will organize, provide follow-up services, and help grow forums, workshops, networking sessions, and learning opportunities related to Aboriginal mining in Canada;
* The Corporation will build relationships and coordinate activities related to its mandate with those of similar organizations, societies, and companies in Canada."

Here's a plug for an independent bookseller, Kenora's Elizabeth Campbell Books.

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Comic Art Indigène. National Museum of the American Indian. Washington, D. C. March 6, 2009 – May 31, 2009.
A review, at We Love DC.

Canadian Mohawk painter wins two awards for painting, "Waiting For The Prize".

"... awarded first place in the oil painting category at the 24th Annual Massena Artists Association juried art contest..."

Native News column; RezXtra, by Chris Tyrone Ross.

A great biography blog post at Sirlaugh's Blog, Tonto via Toronto: The Rise and Fall of Jay Silverheels.

McGill University just had a short art exhibit recognising their land's Mohawk history; Hochelaga Revisited.

5'th Annual Cowichan International Aboriginal Film Festival. April16-19, 2009.

Anthrax may be older resident of new world, than previously believed. (Nat. Geo. article) The introduction of a disease that targeted grazing animals near the end of the last glacial period may help explain the disappearance of the pleistocene megafauna.

Local Fort Frances artist and videographer collaborate on short film; The Awakening: Connie Cuthbertson.

Penn Cove Water Festival. Coupeville, WA; May 16, 2009.

"... the newly created Penn Cove Water Festival Association hopes to bring that spirit back to life by educating us on our Native community with not only tribal canoe races but increased Native arts and crafts, demonstrations, storytelling, dance performances, artist demonstrations, authentic Native foods, children's activities, and exhibits and displays..."

Araquin Design

"... Peter Boome is an enrolled member of the Upper Skagit Tribe in Washington State. Peter specializes in Coast Salish designs. In addition to the Salish designs, he also create Contemporary Intertribal Art, this influence stems from spending the latter portion of his childhood on the Northern Ute Reservation In Utah..."

Adam Beach vows to continue intervention in rash of suicides and attempts in Eskasoni, N.S.

Brown Bear Festival "art and music happening for the Monoshone Creek". Philadelphia PA, May 9, 2009.

Website for Native actor, Marcos Akiaten

THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THIRTEEN INDIGENOUS GRANDMOTHERS. What do they do? What do they want? Are they offering cookies or guilt?

"WE, THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THIRTEEN INDIGENOUS GRANDMOTHERS, represent a global alliance of prayer, education and healing for our Mother Earth, all Her inhabitants, all the children, and for the next seven generations to come. We are deeply concerned with the unprecedented destruction of our Mother Earth and the destruction of indigenous ways of life. We believe the teachings of our ancestors will light our way through an uncertain future. We look to further our vision through the realization of projects that protect our diverse cultures: lands, medicines, language and ceremonial ways of prayer and through projects that educate and nurture our children."

Researchers find the earliest evidence of domesticated maize, in Mexico. 8700 years old!

New Tim Giago article; Choclate Spraypaint and Hollywood Indians.

Terrance Houle: GIVN'R Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, March 28 to May 16, 2009.

"... Houle's examinations of cultural identity, alienation, assimilation, and Hollywood stereotypes (not to be mistaken as necessarily autobiographical) are intended to provoke. Houle's extensive body of work ranges from painting to drawing, video/film, mixed media, new media, performance and installation, often utilizing tools of mass dissemination such as billboards and vinyl bus signage..."

A Metis blog; Metis Bare Facts."A forum for Metis people to share information, events, views and issues."

I've been hearing/reading about the upcoming PBS mini-series/documentary. We Shall Remain, fo a while now. Ric Burns and Chris Eyre worked on the project; download interview/profile (right-click, "save link as"). Read a review, here.

Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Centre

I missed posting this before the festival ran. Another Native film festivalSapatq'ayn Cinema, University of Idaho.

In the Spirit: Northwest Native Arts Market and Festival. Tacoma, Washington. August 8-9, 2009. May 1 application deadline.

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre

"... Between two continents on the edge of the Arctic lay the ancient place called Beringia. It was a land of ice, giant mammals and the First People of North America... During each Ice Age, vast glaciers formed in the Northern Hemisphere, locking up much of the world's water as ice. Global sea levels dropped as much as 100 - 150 meters as a result, revealing the floor of the Bering Sea and creating a land connection between Alaska and Siberia... This land bridge was part of a larger unglaciated area called Beringia."

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Fort Frances "Relay For Life" painting; 1

2009-03-23T20:45:00.006-05:00

Bingorage quote of the day:

"JohnnyCat... Did you know that your distant ancestors spent alot of time eating my distant ancestors. Evidently we were pretty tasty and easy to catch... and now, I spend alot of good money to feed you and have you go poo on my carpet..."

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Last June, Pam Caine at the Fort Frances Museum asked me to participate in a couple of events linked to the David Thompson Brigade arrival in Fort Frances. One event was the schoolchildren's day out at Pither's Point Park learning about David Thompson, the fur trade and First Nations history, through art activities, games, music and Q&A. The link to my posting about that event and the painting that I created during the event can be found here.

The second event linked to the arrival of The Brigade, was the Fort Frances "Relay For Life". My participation in this event included building a large canvas and beginning a new painting based on my absorption of the events, the land and the people that its "birth" was embedded in.

That day and night were very wet, but I had a spot under the big tent to work in. It was important to keep the electrical cord jacks out of the puddles, but I was able to work and answer questions easily.

I ended up anchoring the canvas to a picnic table, by screwing two 1"x4" pieces to the table and then tacking them to the box structure of the canvas. I ended up leaving the canvas, unattended in the park, for 24 hours after the next morning, so that the paint could dry enough to move it.

The base background of the piece was to be a representation of the Pither's Point Park geography, as seen from the air; a peninsula surrounded on three sides by water.

View Larger Map

Most of the night was spent building and priming the canvas. In order to make a provocative change in the piece and stir my interest in it through the fog of 3AM, I turned the piece on its side and made a significant change in the colour composition.

The black strip was partly inspired by the noir of night and the small details of bright points within it were inspired by the 'lumieres', lit in memoriam to those whom had lost the fight with cancer.

As morning brightened and the numbers of people walking around increased, I finished the initial composition by sketching in some figures and objects, by scratching their outlines in the wet paint with the tail end of a brush.

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Several months passed.

This painting spent some time in my shed and a whole bunch of time in a corner of my studio; throughout deer season and the depths of winter. There was a warming in February, however, and I returned to the piece. The first pic shows the painting, unchanged from the park, but dry.

I've long been waiting to add colour to the heart element of the composition and begin to refine the face element, in "the sky.

Water/wave elements added along the 'North' shore of the PPP representation.

Filling in the David Thompson Brigade/Voyageur canoe representation.

The most prominent element of the composition (so far) has been the "stitched-together-broken-heart". For me, it represents the struggle to repair two distinct "broken hearts": There is the repairing heart of the cancer struggle, representing the 'relay for life' effort and then there is the repair of historic damages done to the land now called Pither's Point Park (burial mound bulldozed, 99 year lease, railway cutting it in half).

A brown 'hill' is added to represent the rebuilt burial mound (yet to be realised).

The 'needle' of the stitching material is being incorporated into a pelican representation, down where the pelicans congregate at the Southeast end of the peninsula.

Last of the 'black stripe' eliminated from the water element at the right side of painting.
Current incarnation of the "Relay For Life" painting, juxtaposed with 'sketch' incarnation.

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Me, silly hat and 3 lb+ walleye, caught through the ice (fish, not hat).

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Some of Bingorage's Fave Podcasts and Related Advice for Curmudgeons and Audio Cheapskates

2009-03-16T02:16:00.007-05:00

Before I get to my list of -and comments about particular- pocasts, I would like to discuss a few general points about the whole podcast thingie (Technical term; do not try at home). {Update, March 17: Most of the following suggestions contain some adult content. Check with podcast info page, if this is a concern.}[Pics click to enlarge.]

First of all; I don't really listen to music on my Mp3 player anymore. There are so many fascinating, educational and entertaining free podcasts and audiobooks available in almost every subject area, that I can listen to several somethings new every day. I prefer to do this and think about what I hear, rather than listen to the same tunes over and over as a means of tranquilising my mind and making my life pass by faster.

Secondly; I do not ipod, or itune. Its an expensive way to go and its increasingly crippled by DRM malware. The proprietary M4p format of the itunes store prevents me from listening to Apple's content on my regular Mp3 player [I know, I know; Mp3 is also a proprietary format and Ogg Vorbis is the way to go. Ogg is not very widespread for media distribution, yet, and the hardware is not locally available. So, pphhbbbltltlt.]
I cannot even play the free itunes podcast content on my player. I only paid 30 bucks for the new one. That's it; 30 Bones! Even the new ipod shuffle (4GB) can set you back a hundred bucks and ,maybe, saddle you with DRM-restricted headphones.
My last player cost $20 and I'd still be using its busted-ass, battery compartment coverless, worn-button shabbiness if the headphone jack hadn't gone wonky [Still doubles as 512 MB USB flashdrive.]{Update, March 17: Good news! The headphones were busted, my old player -seen in pics- still works!}. My current player holds 4GB, which is never filled. When I finish listening to a podcast or audiobook, it gets deleted (Unless it may be used as source material, then it gets archived on a hard drive.).

Third; I listen to free content and I pay for free content. Wait... what?
Just because I choose not to give my pittance of a disposable income to a big corporation doesn't mean that I do not pay for quality content. I have a paypal account in which I put $20 bucks or so a month, then send $5- $10 bucks to a rotation of worthy and meaningful content producers. Everyone should do this; even the rest of you audio cheapskates. People driving BMW's (and up), eating at nice restaurants weekly, spending Over $300/month at the bar, etcetera... You should put out $80+ a month.

Four; Interact with the podcast community. Like that short sci-fi story? Leave a comment on the blog... check back later, for responses (no flamey, you), enjoy human contact. Rinse, repeat.

Five; If you must listen to music, get it from someone who gives their own away for free (Not the same as "pirated".) and then give them money.

Six; if you have no idea what a podcast is or how to get one... here's what: A podcast is just like a radio show, except that it is downloaded at any time and available for listening, on demand. The topic variety is as wide as the whole internet; whatever your interests, there should be a podcast out there, for you.
Audio can be stored and played in a variety of file formats, but the most common are Mp3, M4p, WMA, WAV and OGG. Non-ipod portable media players usually use Mp3 or WMA formats. If you listen to podcasts on your computer, most media players can read a variety of formats. A good, free media player is VLC.
I prefer to build a list of podcast sites in my browser's Bookmarks/Favourites folder, accessible on the toolbar. You may choose to use a podcatcher, which is a small program that keeps track of your chosen podcast feeds for new content. Look at podcatchers, here.
To download your podcast, go to the podcast website, find the posting for the desired podcast and find the "download link", usually marked as "download", "direct download" or -occasionally- linked to a small icon. Right click the link, choose "save target/link as" and choose a folder to save it in. I set up a Podcast folder, with month/year subfolders, to save my podcasts to.

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Sci-Fi / Pulp / Speculative / Genre Fiction:

*Escape Pod - Science Fiction Podcast Magazine [http://escapepod.org/]
*Pseudopod - Horror Fiction Podcast Magazine [http://pseudopod.org/]
*PodCastle - Fantasy Fiction Podcast [http://podcastle.org/]

Great trio of podcasts put out by "Escape Artists". I love to send them money.

*Well-Told Tales - Pulp Fiction Podcast [http://welltoldtales.com/]

*Scott Sigler - Horror author, podcast novelist [http://www.scottsigler.com/]

The Future Dark Overlord of the Earth and "World's Most Consistent Podcaster" for the last thirty years.

*Spider Robinson On The Web - SciFi author / musician [http://www.spiderrobinson.com/podcast.html]

Great sci-fi author and wonderful narration voice.

*Variant Frequencies - Great genre fiction [http://www.variantfrequencies.com/]

High quality audio performances, terrific writing.

*SFF Audio - Sci-Fi reviews and aggregator [http://www.sffaudio.com/]

*Starship Sofa - Audio Fiction magazine [http://www.starshipsofa.com/audios]

*Darker projects - a "darker audio drama company" [http://www.darkerprojects.com/index.php]

Great original and fanfic series to listen to.

*Free Reads; James Patrick Kelly - Sci-fi author [http://freereads.blogspot.com/]

*The Metamor City Podcast [http://www.metamorcity.com/]

A new take on Fantasy, with adult themes and great cast performances.

*Clonepod - Sci-fi [http://www.clonepod.org/]

*Decoder Ring Theater "audio drama in the classic style" [http://decoderring.libsyn.com/]

Great radio theatre in the old-school style. Private eyes, masked heroes and Star commanders.

*One Eighteen: Migration [http://oneeighteen.libsyn.com/]

Great "zombie apocalypse" fiction with an expanding world.

*CrimeWAV - Crime short fiction [http://crimewav.com/]

Great "crime fiction" podcast, many authors reading their own material.

*Transmissions from Beyond [http://transmissionsfrombeyond.com/]

*Seth Harwood - Crime fiction author [http://sethharwood.com/]

Author of the brilliant "Jack Wakes Up", first book in the (current) Jack Palms trilogy.

*Basil Sands, Extreme Fiction [http://www.basilsands.com/drupal/]

*365 Tomorrows [http://voicesoftomorrow.libsyn.com/]

Science / Skeptic:

*The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe & Skeptics 5x5 [http://www.theskepticsguide.org/sgu.aspx]

The skeptical 'rogues' of the New England Skeptic Society bring us amusement, education and reason. Adult content in some of the "Guide" series, 5x5 is child-safe.

*The Infidel Guy [http://infidelguy.libsyn.com/]

*Point of Inquiry [http://www.pointofinquiry.org/]

Wide-ranging and balanced interviews, with scientists, philosophers and important skeptics.

Skeptoid [http://skeptoid.com/]

Short, informative and entertaining skeptical exposes of pop culture.

*The Naked Scientists [http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/]

*Astronomycast [http://feeds2.feedburner.com/astronomycast]

I love this brainy astronomer with a sexy voice.

*Skepticality [http://www.skepticality.com/p_listentopast.php]

*The Geologic Podcast [http://geologicpodcast.com/]

Hilarious musician and skeptic, George Hrab. His voice talent is incredible, tremendous range of characters and expression.

*Soccergirl, Incorporated [http://soccergirlwp.mevio.com/]

Sexy, fun, musical skeptic. One of the longest-running podcasts in the universe.

*David Suzuki Foundation [http://www.davidsuzuki.org/podcasts/default.asp]

*The 365 Days of Astronomy - Podcast of the International year of Astronomy [http://feeds2.feedburner.com/365DaysOfAstronomy]

One of the great bonuses of 2009; A new astronomy podcast every day.

History:

*Historyzine [http://historyzine.com/]

*Military History Podcast [http://www.militaryhistorypodcast.blogspot.com/]

*Dan Carlin - 'Common Sense' and 'Hardcore History' [http://www.dancarlin.com/]

This Dan Carlin guy is a new discovery of mine; I wish that I had found him sooner. His "common sense" podcast provides a great perspective on current political drift (mostly in the USA). His "hardcore history" podcast is entertaining and informative as well. What really makes this podcast riveting is his narrative delivery; compelling and lucid.

Art & Culture:

*Changesurfer Radio - Ethics, emerging technologies and transhumanism [http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/csr]

*Tricycle - The Buddhist Review [http://www.tricycle.com/web-exclusive/podcast-interview-with-sharon-salzberg]

*Long Now Foundation - Seminars About Long Term Thinking [http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/]

*Smodcast - Humour [http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/category/smodcast/]

One of my most favourite podcasts. The Smod is delivered by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier, the writer/director and producer of the Clerks/Mallrats/Dogma/Jay and Silent Bob movies and more. Kevin is a brilliant speaker whose mind tends to ramble and drag you into places you would not otherwise find yourself... and that's OK (If you don't have too many hangups, body issues, identity confusion, etcetera. Just kidding, it's great therapy. Update, March 17: Oh Yeah; I just listened to the new Smod and figured that I should mention... ADULT CONTENT!! Okay; keep reading

*Big Ideas [http://www.tvo.org/TVOsites/WebObjects/TvoMicrosite.woa?bigideas_pastepisodes]

Great lectures on a wide variety of topics.

*Out Of The Past - Investigating Film Noir [http://outofthepast.libsyn.com/]

The two hosts choose a movie from the extended library of classic and new Film Noir, then critique it in the light of Noir's: visual style, repeating themes (like loyalty and betrayal), stylised dialogue and the coded meaning of set and landscape. Very cool; puts old movies into new perspective.

*Philosophy Bites [http://philosophybites.libsyn.com/]

*The Urban Shooter - responsible "urban" gun ownership [http://urbanshooter.blogspot.com/]

Kenn Blanchard is a "Black Man With a Gun"; and he's not afraid to tell you about it. Responsible gun ownership, safe firearm instruction and navigation of firearm laws.

*The Kick Ass Mystic Ninjas - Reviewing "old school" sci-fi and fantasy [http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/]

*Nobilis Erotica [http://nobilis.libsyn.com/]

Very adult podcast; Nobilis' own works and invited authors.

*This American Life [http://feeds2.feedburner.com/talpodcast]

*The New yorker fiction podcast [http://feeds.newyorker.com/services/rss/feeds/fiction_podcast.xml?]

*CBC Radio podcasts - Arts, culture, variety [http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/pastpodcasts.html]

Just about everything available on this page, from CBC. The archive is not infinite, however, so check back often, or "set up an RSS feed" (google that phrase).

*Ask Mr. Biggs [http://askmrbiggs.com/]

Very funny faux call-in show, recycling actual calls from other shows then setting them in a new context.

*Democracy Now - underreported news [http://www.democracynow.org/podcast.xml]

Some of the best reporting, that you won't see or hear on the major networks. Amy Goodman still gets arrested while covering stories; something the talking heads would never let happen to them.

*Open Culture - "best free cultural & educational media..." [http://www.oculture.com/]

*Notes From The Psychedelic Salon [http://www.matrixmasters.net/blogs/]

Have you ever heard a story or long musing from Terence McKenna? You don't know who Terence is? You need to listen to the things he has to say, even if you don't believe him. Other lecturers available, as well.

*Sentient Developments [http://feeds2.feedburner.com/PodcastSentDev]

Great, infrequent transhumanist podcast. Well written, with great music. Sign up and bug George to podcast more often.

*Internet Archive; Old Time Radio [http://www.archive.org/details/oldtimeradio]

You want to hear Philip Marlowe adventures? Amos and Andy? Groucho Marx? This place got it all... I show you.

Audiobook collections:

*Podiobooks - Podcast novel aggregator [http://www.podiobooks.com/index.php]

*Librivox - Public domain audiobook literature [http://librivox.org/]

Native:

*Raving Native Radio [http://www.ravingnativeradio.com/]

*Angry Indian radio [http://feeds2.feedburner.com/aboriginalradyo]

*Censored News Blog Radio [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Brenda-Norrell/feed]

*AIROS audio [http://www.nativetelecom.org/podcasts_page]

Most consistent of the Native podcast producers, so far. If you know others, let me know.

If this was helpful and lead you to some great new entertainment, let people know about. Post at Stumble, Digg, etc. Thanks.
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In, like a lamb... Out, like a perch.

2009-03-09T22:16:00.005-05:00

WE’RE BAAAACK!! "JUDICIAL CHICANERY" OF FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA SIDE-SWIPED

"... The crown’s first response was to file an unprecedented countersuit for Kahentinetha and Katenies to pay for Canada's costs. To start they wanted over $20,000 on deposit before the case could be tried, plus all subsequent costs thereafter. They justified this by claiming that Kahentinetha and Katenies are "not residents of Canada". They based this deceptive false argument on an unsubstantiated article from a newspaper published on the internet that speculated that Katenies lived in the U.S. Kahentinetha and Katenies submitted evidence that they live in Akwesasne and Kahnawake which are located in the portion of the colony of Canada known as "Quebec". They are considered residents of Canada by the Canadian government. The court refused to accept the evidence..."

This may explain the bland, yet puzzling letter that I received from the federal government, after writing to complain about the treatment of these two women at the border [As I blogged, last summer.].

The government is claiming that they are not Canadian and must pay for the government to investigate this incident.

The bulls**t signature is a nice touch.

The Peter Van Loan Letter -Can. Minister of Public Safety- scans are reproduced, here (Click to enlarge):

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Pulp and paper mill stacks, Fort Frances and International Falls.

Papier mache flower, with face.

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New postings from Tim Giago:

New Tim Giago article, Who Were the Real Victims of Wounded Knee 1973?

Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Out of Consideration.

Throwing Tom Daschle Under the Bus

An Indigenous Perspective on the Fairness Doctrine.

"... When it was in full force and up for renewal in 1987, it was vetoed by President Ronald Reagan and when it came up again during the Bush administration, it was vetoed again. Will it be renewed or buried..."

Indigeous People Ask: Where is the Outrage?

"... Last week the Jesuits of Oregon Province in Alaska filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Why were they forced into this action? Because more than 60 lawsuits alleging sex abuse by Jesuit priests have been filed against them and in all, there are 200 known claimants in the five western states covered by the Province. Most of the victims are from Alaska..."

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Tim Giago archive, at Huffington Post.
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Migrations: New Directions in Native American Art, Feb. 16 to April 19, St. Peter, MN.

"... The aim of the exhibit is to support innovative, emerging artists who, while exploring their Native heritage, are engaged in work of a more experimental nature than what is generally thought of as "Native American Art."

Indian Country TV. New media site from "News From Indian Country" publication.

Shuswap actor, Darrell Dennis has one-man show in New York, "Tales of an Urban Indian". Public Theater, until March 15.
Review of 'Urban Indian', playing at New York's Public Theater, until March 15, 2009. 'Urban Indian' explores beyond Canada's reserves

The Native American Journalists Association, NAJA, is accepting "earlybird" registration for 2009 conference, until April 15, 2009. Runs July 30 - August 1.

Three new permanent exhibits to open at The Sioux City Lewis and Clark Interpretive Centre.

"... The new exhibits highlight the beauty of painted buffalo robes; the vitality of traditional Lakota games; and the persistence of the builders of the Floyd Monument...."

Regional academic helping to compile Morrisseau catalog. Daughter of great Canadian academic Marshall McLuhan among country’s most respected curators who have agreed to compile a comprehensive catalog of troubled painters' works

Powwows.com is giving away a VIP pass for gathering of Nations powwow through a online contest. Deadline March 31, 2009.

"Native film bringing home 17th award". it's got Wes Studi starring, so he's bound to bring a certain gravitas to the film.

"Older than America" is the story of a woman’s haunting visions that reveal a Catholic priest’s sinister plot to silence her mother from speaking the truth about the atrocities that occurred at a Native American Indian boarding school. "Older than America" is a suspenseful contemporary drama that delves into the lasting impact of the cultural genocide that occurred at Indian boarding schools across the United States and Canada..."

New Native Arts blog, sortof; Looking for art jobs in hawaii?

National Geographic seeking entries for its All Roads Film Festival. March 15, 2009 deadline.

Three Native designers featured during Fashion Week.

"Pictorial Beading the Nez Perce Way", through April 8, 2009.

"... exhibit that includes a retrospective of Nez Perce beadwork over the last 160 years, selections from the collections of bead artist Marcus Amerman, and new works from local bead artists will be on display at the Lewis-Clark State College’s Center for Arts & History..."

Lawton Gallery seeks Native American art for fall 2010 exhibition.

"The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Lawton Gallery, 2420 Nicolet Drive, is seeking Native American art for an exhibition for fall 2010.

Amii John and Stephen Perkins, director of the Lawton Gallery, are looking for artwork from artists living in the United States and Canada that uses traditional or non-traditional materials to highlight the concerns of contemporary Native American artists and pushes the boundaries of what is considered stereotypical Native American art..."

New Native Blog; The Buffalo Post.

"... I’m hoping I can share more news with readers via my blog. Otherwise, many of these news tidbits might not ever make it into the print edition. I also expect the blog to inspire more interaction with readers, generating an even greater exchange of information. Thanks for joining me in the launch of this new blog..."

30th Anniversary NATIVE AMERICAN FILM + VIDEO FESTIVAL, National Museum of the American Indian, NY,NY. March 26-29, 2009.

Short Czechoslovakian news review and interview with Navajo punk band, Blackfire.

A Native blog tracking American Indian Policy.

British Columbia Creative Achievement Award for Aboriginal Art. Nomination deadline March 31, 2009.

ARTpreneur; as part of this initiative, I will be hanging a new painting at the associated "Artifacts" show.

"This exciting event has been developed strictly for Northwestern Ontario's artists..."

A new Native blog, aggregating underreported Native news and opinion, Aboriginal News Group.

Manitou Island Ojibway country singer, Crystal Shawanda, to perform at the Juno awards, March 29.

Free beading graph paper, PDF downloads from Bead and Button Magazine.

The new-age scourge of "instant shamans and plastic medicine men"; addressed in posting at Shmohawk's Blog.

Short article about James Luna art installation, Take A Picture With A Real Indian.

"... he beckons the crowd once more. However, this time Luna appears in front of the camera wearing a Polo shirt, khaki pants, and loafers. Not surprisingly, the crowd seems less eager to take a photo with a man who proclaims to be Indian but looks strangely like the rest of us..."

Another Native Blog, Musings of a PostIndian Warrior.

Balance of Mother Earth Art Show, Ahtsik Art Gallery, Port Alberni, B.C. April 18th - June 15th, 2009.

An article recounting Sherman Alexie lecture describing his challenging childhood. Native American Writer Details Personal Struggle.

"... The study by Hill Strategies Research (prepared for Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council) revealed that Canada's 140,000 artists had annual incomes that were 37 per cent lower than the average Canadian worker... aboriginal artists garner 30 per cent lower earnings than all other artists at $15,900 annually. The numbers are appalling..."

How to get free radio software, to set up your own radio station. From Media Helping Media.

Aboriginal Underground Art Crawl 2009, March 13, 2009, Victoria, BC.

New York Public Radio podcast of interview with Mohawk artist, Charlotte King.

Rock Art exhibit, at High Desert Museum, Oregon, Feb. 13 - May 31.

"... The sculpture, painting, photography and archeological findings offer varying perspectives of this art form, including numerous samples from Portland artist Lillian Pitt..."

Bio. of Carl Beam.

Artist grants available to USA Native artists, at First Peoples Fund.

New website for Native American Public Telecommunications [NAPT].

Blackfoot tribe in Alberta opened a new museum, but finds obstacles in retrieving historic/prehistoric artifacts from museums and private collections.

Canadian Aboriginal Writing Challengea creative writing contest for young Aboriginal Canadians (ages 14-18 and 19-29). Deadline, March 31, 2009.

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The "Three Tenors of Frog Creek", evolved.

2009-02-26T15:44:00.003-06:00

The initial incarnation for "Three Tenors"

Recent development of the canvas, which has spent much of the last two years in storage. [Following pics click to enlarge in new tab or window.]

In order to reinspire myself, I made extreme changes to the background and the frogs, so that I could see the piece anew.

Modifying the sun in random ways kept the piece moving, even if it did not yet suggest a resolution.

While listenening to several science podcasts in the last two weeks, I repeatedly heard about the recently described, extinct giant snake, Titanoboa (Wikipedia link); the largest snake ever. It was 50 feet long and over a ton in weight! This mindboggling constrictor lived about seven million years after the dinosaurs disappeared. I imagine that it was a mammal eater and would have considered me a choice snack. Needless to say, it made an impression on me and changed the piece.

I have been waiting a long time to excavate and reestablish the musical notes of the composition; added a few new ones. Added reticulation pattern to the snake's back.

Current incarnation of Three Tenors;
Three Tenors of Frog Creek and Sun-Snake, at Dusk.

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Darwin Day, Crane-Evolution Hoedown. ["Crane, Powwow Dancer" (Part 2)]

2009-02-12T05:21:00.004-06:00

I have previously blogged about the ~~first~~ second incarnation of this canvas. This piece has seen plenty of change in the last week, but it will interest you to see how this irregular piece of canvas has changed through time. [All pics click to enlarge.]

Crane, Powwow Dancer (Part 1)

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The first incarnation of the canvas had three main elements: bronze turtle, large and vague drum, a disembodied human head...

Only the turtle element survived the canvas "repurposing". This is how the piece looked, at the end of previous posting (Part 1 link, above).

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There was an existing horizon line, I decided to start adding some foreground.

Now, I'm adding a volcanic icecap to the background, to create more space. I elongate the vertical perspective with intervening spaces.

Adding sky, stretches the perspective range further into the background.

Detail of the transmutating turtle/rattle.

Highlight "turtle".

Current incarnation:

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Find local Darwin Day events.

Most people who argue about C. Darwin and his impact on our current zeitgeist have never read his seminal book, so take some time to download and listen to the whole thing, from Librivox.Org;
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

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Bingorage Links Page [BLP]

2009-02-04T14:27:00.004-06:00

Hello there! You have landed on the Bingorage Links Page (BLP)! Click the header image to be redirected to the main front page, browse links below for directory partners, check out sidebar for links to prominent Bingorage postings. Cheer.

Native Online; great set of resources.

Inuit and Native Art Bulletin. Clint's got the latest.

Native Languages dot Org: Chippewa

Awesome drums! Young guy using traditional Northwest Coast motifs and contemporary subjects.

Cornpone's blog; Music and Illustration

Great NW Ontario artist Linda Lovisa

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Canadian Indian Art specializes in a selection of original pieces
from the Coast Salish Culture. Our goal is to present the artistic craftsmanship
of this traditional art form to collectors worldwide.

Artdesy.com - An Art Directory

Canada's most decorated "Indian" soldier. Francis Pegahmagabow

2009-01-31T04:26:00.005-06:00

Dad and I went to Ottawa for Christmas vacation, to see the sisters and my niece (Beebee!). While we were there, we also went to the Canadian War Museum. This is the first installment posting of our trip there.

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Regalia Headdress of Canada's most decorated "Indian" soldier.

Closeup view of Francis' medals.

[Canadian War Museum interpretive plaque, below:]

SNIPER

Corporal Francis Pegahmagabow is the most decorated First Peoples soldier in Canadian military history.

An Ojibwa from the Parry Island Band in Ontario, Francis Pegahmagabow enlisted in August 1914 and served until the end of the war. He was a skilled sniper and trench raider, and one of only 39 men un the entire Canadian Corps to receive the Military Medal with two bars (in other words, three times). After the war, Pegahmagabow became chief, then councilor, of the Parry Island Band.

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Francis_Pegahmagabow's Wikipedia article

Review of Three Day Road, Novel inspired by Francis.

Francis Pegahmagabow singled himself out at the Battle_of_Passchendaele

The movie, Passchendaele, has become the biggest movie of all time in Canadian cinematic history.
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Minus 40, with the mindchill

2009-01-27T04:16:00.003-06:00

Politics and Culture stuff:

Leonard Peltier moved and assaulted. his sister feels that this may be an attempt to interfere with his upcoming parole hearing.

Interviews from the "Defenders of the Land" gathering.

"... Between November 12-14, 2008, the historic Defenders of the Land gathering took place in Winnipeg. The gathering brought together dozens of grassroots activists, elders, youth, women and men from Indigenous communities across "Canada" who are in active struggle to defend their land and assert self-determination..."

Ted Haggard facing more charges of hypocrisy.

Winona LaDuke article; Uranium Mining, Native Resistance, and the Greener Path.

More than words: Can Canada's dying languages be saved?

"... there are around 50 indigenous languages spoken in Canada (other organizations reach higher figures by counting certain dialects as separate languages), and 222,210 people reported them as a mother tongue in the 2006 census. Only a handful of these languages -- principally Inuktitut, Ojibway and various dialects of Cree -- can be expected to survive without active intervention, according to linguistics experts. In 1951, 87% of aboriginal Canadians reported an indigenous language as a mother tongue compared with 21% by 2001 and 19% in 2006..."

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ GLOBAL SUMMIT ON CLIMATE CHANGE, April 20-24, 2009.

"... The purpose of the summit is to enable Indigenous peoples from all regions of the globe to exchange their knowledge and experience in adapting to the impacts of climate change, and to develop key messages and recommendations to be articulated to the world at the Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009..."

My friend, Larry Mitchell (Potowatomi, deceased) of The Native Blog, would have been very interested in this story; Daniel Inouye, American Senator, is trying to get compensation for a band of U.S. Potowatomi who fled to Canada, after being dispossessed by the ethnic cleansing of Andrew Jackson in the 1800's. U.S. senator campaigns to pay back Canada's 'lost tribe'.

"... As early as the late 1800s, petitions were being made by the Pottawatomi heirs in Canada to collect payments promised by the U.S. government at the time of the removals.
A 1908 report to Congress concluded that if the claims from Canada were judged "solely on the basis of descent, then it would seem that these Canadian Indians would be entitled to the same share in any fund arising from the claim" as U.S. Pottawatomi.
But American officials repeatedly balked at issuing payments to natives beyond the U.S. border. Although Pottawatomi descendants in the U.S. have received recognition and compensation for the displacement of their ancestors, their Canadian cousins have so far received nothing..."

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The National Film Board of Canada ~~has put~~ is putting all of its works online. This is an incredible resource that all Canadians (and the world) can now freely access.

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Artstuff:

Bingorage wishlist item at Jerry's Artarama: Item# 62532; 96" x 30 Yards, Unprimed Cotton Duck Roll.

Casting call for young Native actors, for upcoming "Twilight" sequel. January 30 deadline.

Another Native Blog; Keex' Kwan. Pics and reflections on Alaskan coastal life.

Voting Opens for Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award.

Gitxan hereditary chief and carver, Walter Harris (Simogyet Geel), died January 12.

An example of a growing problem: Norval Morrisseau works are being faked to cash in on his growing reputation. But, at the same time, real Morrisseaus may be "denounced"; collateral damage in the battle to protect the value of real works. Collectors sue gallery over disputed painting.

Native actor and playwright is turning his one-man show, Tales of an Urban Indian, into a show for APTN.

Art opportunity, for U.S. Native artists, including Hawaiian. Design NIEA blanket.

"NIEA is soliciting qualified artists and designers to participate in an open competition for works of art design to be incorporated onto the Pendleton Commemorative Blanket - A 40th Annual NIEA Pendleton Exclusive Limited edition..."

8'th Annual New Sun Conference on Aboriginal Arts: Inspiring Resilience. February 28, 2009, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Exhibit exploring the Indian Residential Schools era, at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery, in Owen Sound, Ontario. Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools. January 23 to March 8 2009

Television writing and production workshop opportunity: The Institute of American Indian Arts 2009 Television & Film Summer Workshop. March 27, 2009 deadline.

"... workshop will be divided into two separate tracks, with cross-collaboration between the Writers Workshop and the Production Workshop..."

Native Californians arts grants; Native Cultures Fund, 2009 Community Partnerships grants.

Canada Council for the Arts Aboriginal Peoples Music Program March 1, 2009 deadline.

"... Program supports activities that contribute to the career and artistic development of Aboriginal musicians, and to the continued vitality of Aboriginal music..."

Additional Canada Council for the Arts "Aboriginal Arts" grants. (Mostly May 15 deadlines.)

New England Foundation for the Arts National Native Artist Exchange. Grant for U.S. Native artists to travel within the USA.

Blogpost about early abstract work in Northwest Coast Art, specifically a piece by Doug Cranmer called "Ravens in Nest".

"... And in the mid-Seventies, who else was doing abstracts? Back then, even Bill Reid had just complete his mastery of traditional form and had yet to edge towards the free-form works of his last period. It would be almost two decades, too, before Robert Davidson would become one of the best known artists to move towards abstraction and post-modernism..."

Canadian Native music concert film, "Larger Than Life" is being shown at Cineplex theatres across Canada; one day only. January 28, 2009; tomorrow, if you are reading this posting fresh.

Young Saugeen artist, A.J. Vandrie is steeped in the "woodlands school" and uses thick, bold colours. Stuff looks fresh, even though I thought I had 'seen it all' within the "woodlands school" style.

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false melts bring high hopes

2009-01-21T06:53:00.000-06:00

You Are Being Lied To About (Somali) Pirates. Article at Huffington Post.

"... As soon as the government was gone, mysterious European ships started appearing off the coast of Somalia, dumping vast barrels into the ocean. The coastal population began to sicken. At first they suffered strange rashes, nausea and malformed babies. Then, after the 2005 tsunami, hundreds of the dumped and leaking barrels washed up on shore. People began to suffer from radiation sickness, and more than 300 died. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the UN envoy to Somalia, tells me: "Somebody is dumping nuclear material here. There is also lead, and heavy metals such as cadmium and mercury - you name it." Much of it can be traced back to European hospitals and factories, who seem to be passing it on to the Italian mafia to "dispose" of cheaply... other European ships have been looting Somalia's seas of their greatest resource: seafood. We have destroyed our own fish-stocks by over-exploitation - and now we have moved on to theirs. More than $300m worth of tuna, shrimp, lobster and other sea-life is being stolen every year by vast trawlers illegally sailing into Somalia's unprotected seas..."

Congress member suspended before he could raise (Patrick) Brazeau allegations

Earthquakes, El Ninos fatal to earliest civilization in Americas.

The Wellbriety Journey for Forgiveness

"White Bison(.org) is currently making plans for a 40-day, 6,800-mile cross-country journey to present and former Indian school sites in 2009. It's goal is to promote awareness, dialogue and forgiveness among Native peoples for the historical trauma carried home from these schools. This intergenerational trauma is believed to be at the root of substance abuse, suicides and domestic violence plaguing Native American communities today. This will be the 5th multi-state journey that the Sacred Hoop has made bringing its gifts of healing, hope, unity and forgiving the unforgivable to Native American communities across America..."

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From the lolcats (click for original posting):

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Top 13 Native American Art Events in early 2009, from Tribal Artery blog

Urban Shaman Gallery, in Winnipeg presents: This Neechi Wants You!; a series of films by Darryl Nepinak. January 16 – February 21, 2009.

AACE Logo contest. January 30, 2009; postmark deadline.

Another Native Blog, Urban Coyote TeeVee.

Interview with Ojibway poet, KATERI AKIWENZIE-DAMM.

New article from Tim Giago: A Journey to Heal and Forgive.

"... The priests at the mission school I attended first denied that I ever was a student there and when pressed admitted that "perhaps I was a student there for a short time." Some former students immediately came to the defense of the school administrators by saying they had spent 12 years at the school and had never seen any of the things happen that I wrote about. Denial, denial, denial. By attempting to kill the messenger, the priests and some former students hoped that my book would then fall into the pit of meaningless rhetoric..."

Native hip-hop singer, Kinnie Starr interview and photoshoot.

Podcast download link; Producer Profile: Chris Eyre and Ric Burns. Read the article.

Dancing Across the Page - Native American Works on Paper.
December 14, 2008 - March 15, 2009; PhilBrook Museum of Art

Monroe Tsatoke and the Art of the Kiowa FiveJanuary 18 – March 29, 2009; Jacobson House Native Art Center.

Native Art Blog, Native Art and Design

7-time NAMMY winner, Jana Mashonee released a free mp3 download of the song she sang at Inaugural Ball; "A Change Is Gonna Come". Download link [may be temporary].

New pictograph found in Tennessee cave.

"... the artist most likely lived during the Mississippian Period between A.D. 1000 and 1600 and used a paint based on a prehistoric recipe whose main ingredient was pulverized clay..."

Review of 2-day Indian mini film festival at Seattle Art Museum, with links to film productions.
Princess Angeline

"... daughter of Chief Seattle, is seen on many postcards and toward the end of her life, she lived alone, refusing to leave her homeland. What historical events led to her being one of the few Duwamish people left in Seattle by the 1890’s, only 35 years after the peace treaty?..."

Hot Docs turns spotlight on Alanis Obomsawin.

"Canadian filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, who has been focusing her camera on aboriginal stories for more than 40 years, is to be given the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2009 Hot Docs festival in Toronto..."

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Linkie post at Minus 30... celsius

2009-01-07T04:26:00.002-06:00

Gems ("Nanodiamonds")Point to Comet as Answer to Ancient Riddle

"...A thriving culture of Paleo-Americans, known as the Clovis people, vanished seemingly overnight. Gone, too, were most of the largest animals... impact hypothesis explains three major things that have been enigmatic and not particularly resolvable."
Those three things are the extinction of the megafauna, the disappearance of the Clovis culture and the climate change of the Younger Dryas (ice age extension)..."

National Geographic's: Top 10 Archaeology finds of 2008.

Here is an idea for a belated Xmas present, for me and the Bingorage: Haida carving knives.

Climate change solved? "Backyard" nuclear power.

Job opening: Native American Public Telecommunications, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. "Applicant review begins January 16."

Hunter S. Thompson motivational posters.

43 reasons we won't miss pres. Bush.

Great Old Fishing Photos Gallery. Includes Zane Grey and Hemingway.

Upcoming battle over "Native appointment" to Canadian Senate:
Patrick Brazeau's Senate appointment comes as no surprise, observers say. Stephen Harper's administration has been under fire for making numerous senate appointments in the last few weeks, considering his promises about senate reform and threat of unseating by coalition government.

... "People are wondering how much this is a recognition that the Congress supported Stephen Harper's party when they first became government and how much of it is a snub at the other national chief," said Barnsley, referring to Assembly Grand Chief Phil Fontaine...

Circle of trust: Prison resource officer just talks to inmates. Using "talking circles" in prison.

NATIVE RIGHTS UNDER LOCK & KEY. Rally in Ottawa today (January 7) to support Barriere Lake Algonquins and imprisoned chief. Rally in Quebec tommorrow.

Help plant a million 'Native' trees in the Peruvian Andes.

Ottawa considering turning grants into loans for aboriginal students.

"... Statistics Canada reported this month that the employment rate for aboriginal people who have not graduated high school is 50 per cent, but it jumps to 80 per cent for those with a post-secondary education..."

Fly-fishing blog; The Trout Underground

Native Americans in Philanthropy

"... organization that promotes, facilitates and celebrates philanthropic giving to Native communities from both Native and non-Native donors. NAP also provides professional development opportunities and support for Native Americans working in the field of philanthropy."

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Video of "eviction demonstration" in Vancouver, March 2008; Squamish peoples serve eviction notice, from Squamish lands, upon Christian churches for not fully addressing crimes of the residential school period.

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Ipperwash, official racism and the future of Ontario. Land and Jail 1, Land and Jail 2.

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New Tim Giago articles:

"... Without the language, the spirituality of the people would have died... Perhaps the missionaries knew this better than anyone else..."

Yes Virginia, There is a BIA.

Native Colleges: America's Best Kept Secret.

Indian Country Looks to Tom Daschle for Help

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Great Canadian song: Diamond Mine; by Blue Rodeo. I really love this song.

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Review of new show, Rabbit Fall, from the makers of Moccasin Flats. RF just finished its second season; I will be looking for it, now that I've seen this review.

"Rabbit Fall is based around the fictional northern community of Rabbit Fall where many super natural stories occur through the intense drama that unfolds... (Police constable) Tara (Wheaton) has been dispatched to this community but soon discovers the cases she’s taking on aren’t your average B and E’s (break and enters) or domestic abuse issues. Instead she spends her time trying to catch Weetigos or solving mysterious plagues or finding medicine men that disappear. These are just some of the strange happenings around Rabbit Fall that drive her to the brink of insanity..."

RabbitFall.Com

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Eighth Festival of Native Film & Culture. Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, March 4 - 8, 2009. [Deadline was November, 2008.]

Native Art articles resource; Native American Representational Art.

Free, huge, hi-res Earth-image downloads. True Marble.

2009 Native Radio Theater Call for Scripts. Press release PDF download. Deadline: February 13, 2009.

Indigenous World Film FestivalJanuary 9/10/2009-Alaska Native Heritage Center. Flier PDF download.

Saskatchewan Native Theatre presents: Velvet Devil. February 5, 2009.

"... Andrea Menard tells the story of the fictional Jazz singer Velvet Laurent, a gifted rebellious girl from Saskatoon who ran away to Toronto to become a star. Twelve years later, the famous singing sensation of stage and radio returns to her secret Métis roots accompanied by a flood of music, images, and feelings that have been locked away far too long..."

Another Native Blog: Unofficial News and Events of the Spokane Tribe.

5'th Annual Native Media Summit, March 31, 2009 in Portland, Oregon.

"... Participate in opportunities for staff development, skill building, networking, inspiration, new ideas, discussions and exchanges..."

Minnesota's 150th birthday is viewed through American Indian eyes in a show at Ancient Traders Gallery. Minneapolis MN, through January 24, 2009.

Another Native blog; "Make No Bones About It".

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program, 2009-2010. Deadline; January 15, 2009.

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Any Native Filmmakers willing to submit contact information to a networking database (in progress) for Native Filmmakers wanting to collaborate with other interested Native Filmmakers are now invited to reply to this post, or e-mail- nlongsoldier@hotmail.com.
I have been contacted by some veteran Native Filmmakers who are interested in bridging the gaps within the Native Filmmaking community. This is in the interest of forming an understanding betwixt Natives interested in film, who would like to begin establishing a place for Natives in the movie industry while defining that place for ourselves. I hope this message finds you well, and that you might be willing to pass this along to any and all who you might consider interested. Thank you for your time folks!
Cinematically,
N R Long Soldier

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Stolen handcrafted flutes are returned

Listing of "Native festivals and awards".

Native actor appearing in 2 Sundance premiers. Patrick D. Shining Elk; in La Mission and The Only Good Indian.

Another Native Blog; Native Talent

Are you tough enough for the official Russell Means website?

Litchfield, Arizona Native Arts Festival. DATES: January 10 & 11, 2009

WestHaven Centre For The Arts; Native Arts and Culture. January 4 - February 22, 2009.

NAMMY winner, Jana Mashonee

Native Art Blog; Red Earth Arts Photo Design.

Southern Cloud blends his native religion with art. Up through March 5, 2009, Lansing Michigan.

Another Native blog; Kumeyaay.

Crystal Shawanda the biggest winner at Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards.

Native Art blog; Eaglesbrother's Gourds and Art.

Blog for gallery specialising in Northwest Coast Art; Lattimer Gallery

Native blog; Sad Red Earth.

The Toronto Sun polled some prominent Natives to compile an Aboriginal Wishlist

Online Native arts store; Prairie Edge

The city of Tacoma has commissioned a giant carved wooden figure for public installation.

"... the sculpture will be placed in a grassy area near South 17th Street and Pacific Avenue... The sculpture, which will be carved from Old Growth Cedar from the Quinault Rain Forest, will stand 18 feet tall and atop a four foot pedestal. It will be designed by Puyallup tribal artist Shaun Peterson and master carver Greg Colfax of the Makah Nation..."

Native American Donald Montileaux takes up art. Now 60, took up art 5 years ago.

2009 Native American Student Artist Competition. Deadline is Jan. 16, 2009

Mohawk Artist Honored for His Work

"... has been making traditional Native American costumes since he was a boy. Bill Loran was recently honored by Traditional Arts in Upstate New York for his contribution to the local culture of the region..."

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Awesome beadwork!!! Dig those shoes. TERI GREEVES page, at Jane Sauer Gallery.

Kiowa bead artist, Teri Greeves beadwork. "Great Lakes Girls".