[22 Apr 2009 | 2 Comments | 207 views]
Never Sell Your Land

Chief Joseph (March 3, 1840 – September 21, 1904) was the chief of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce during General Oliver O. Howard’s attempt to forcibly remove his band and the other “non-treaty” Nez Perce to a reservation in Idaho. For his principled resistance to the removal, he became renowned as a humanitarian and peacemaker.

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[6 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 36 views]

It has.
Through training for Tribal Journeys, working on art, and other activties, my activity on Liberated Yet? has been quiet. Well, it’s been an abundance of thought and events happening since I last posted. In the coming weeks, expect new posts covers all different kinds of things.
Thank you all for reading my site.  Hope you enjoy the coming thought-provoking idea’s, projects, and events.

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[22 Apr 2009 | 2 Comments | 207 views]
Never Sell Your Land

Chief Joseph (March 3, 1840 – September 21, 1904) was the chief of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce during General Oliver O. Howard’s attempt to forcibly remove his band and the other “non-treaty” Nez Perce to a reservation in Idaho. For his principled resistance to the removal, he became renowned as a humanitarian and peacemaker.

Featured, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Traditional singing »

[6 Apr 2009 | No Comment | 92 views]
Tem’tem Slulum tina7 ta Sḵwxwú7mesh-ulh

(Snowbird Song from the Sḵwxwú7mesh people)

Sḵwxwú7mesh-ulh slulem kwakwín smilha7 slulum na tl’a chewash ta Chief Billy. ta Sḵwxwú7mesh-ulh swe’ham chet an x_aý stl’alkem smilha7 slulum. Na tl’a Puýam úxumixw. na ta tem’tem slulum.
[This song is a old Sḵwxwú7mesh-ulh (Squamish) song from the wife of Chief Billy. It comes from our ancestors. It is a very sacred song. It comes from the village of Puýam. It is the "Snowbird" song]
This was filmed April 4th, 2009 at the Joe Mathias Centre for the Tribal Journeys Canoe Meeting, where the Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish people) …

Community Dialogue, Conversations that Matter, Hosting, Open Space »

[1 Apr 2009 | 5 Comments | 166 views]
Hosting Community Dialogue and Conversations Proposal

This is a proposal I wrote for the Squamish Nation Trust, but was denied. I am not sure if it’s acceptable to post denied proposals on a blog, but I thought I would to share with you all my idea. It can be done with little or a lot. One way or another, I can and will be done. If your intrigued by this and want to learn more. Leave a message in the comments. Hope you enjoy.

Politics, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Uncategorized »

[31 Mar 2009 | 2 Comments | 93 views]

To my people of Skwxwu7mesh-ulh,
At least months General Meeting, the community identified and created 6 Community Committee’s.  They are

Governance
Membership
Distribution
Education
Financial
Housing

Some of these committee’s are quite large.  They are also very important.  What is the purpose of these committee’s you may ask?  Some, within the staff level, have feared they are about micromanaging our Departments.  I highly doubt this is the case.  But these are “our” committee’s.  These are Community Committee’s for a brighter future.  They could be about creating motions for future General Meetings.  They could be about identifying what information …