Archive for the 'Native Americans/First Nations' Category
Sarah Palin: Okay, So She Did A Black Guy. That, However, May Explain a Whole Lotta Other Things
• September 16, 2011 • Comments Off on Sarah Palin: Okay, So She Did A Black Guy. That, However, May Explain a Whole Lotta Other ThingsPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Palins, The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: "Rogue: Searching for The Real Sarah Palin", "The Real Housewives of Miami", African Americans, Alaska, Baggers, Baller, Barack Obama, Basketball Player, Black Men, Blacks, Desire, Dog Whistles, Doonesbury, Frisson, Garry Trudeau, Glen Rice, Glen Rice Jr., Interracial Sex, Joe McGinniss, Kim Kardashian, Marriage, National Basketball Association, National Enquirer, Native Americans, New York Times, Oval Office, President Barack Obama, Race, Republicans, Republicans Behaving Badly, Rhetoric, Rippa, Roland Hedley, Sarah Palin, Sex, Sexuality, Susan Brison, The Eighties, The Lower 48, The Swirl, The Tea Party, The Washington Post, Todd Palin, Wasilla Alaska, White House, White Women
James Arthur Ray, Leader of Deadly Sweat Lodge Retreat, Found Guilty of Three Counts of Negligent Homicide
• June 23, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Spiritual Warrior", Altered States, Arizona, Death, Food, Hawaii, Huna, Indigenous People, James Arthur Ray, James Shore, Kirby Brown, Larry King, Law of Attraction, Liz Neuman, Manslaughter, Mind Control, Negligent Homicide, New Age, Oprah Winfrey, Peru, Psychology, Q'eros, Ray, Rituals, Samurai Game, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Sedona AZ, Self-Help Gurus, Stanislav Grof, Success, Sweat Box, Sweat Lodge, The Samurai Game, Thinking, United Indians of All Tribes, United States, Verdict, Water, Yavapai County Arizona
Shirley Sherrod Sues Right-Wing Blogger Andrew Breitbart for Libel
• February 13, 2011 • Comments Off on Shirley Sherrod Sues Right-Wing Blogger Andrew Breitbart for LibelPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black Farmers, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Discrimination, Food, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, Race, Shirley Sherrod, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Albany Movement, AOL, Arianna Huffington, Black Farmers, Black Women, Blacks, Charles Sherrod, Civil Rights, Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, Keith Olbermann, Liars, NAACP, Native Americans, New Communities of Southwest Georgia, Pigford v. Glickman, President Barack Obama, Racism, Resignation of Shirley Sherrod, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Shirley Sherrod, The Eighties, The Kibbutz Movement, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties
Cher’s “Letterman” Interview: What She Thinks About Chaz, Her Impersonators, and Lots of Other Things As Well
• November 12, 2010 • Comments Off on Cher’s “Letterman” Interview: What She Thinks About Chaz, Her Impersonators, and Lots of Other Things As WellPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Fashion, Late Night TV, Love, Music, Native Americans/First Nations, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Late Show with Dave Letterman", Affairs, Celebrity Interview, Chaz Bono, Cher, Cherilyn Sarkisian, David Letterman, Gay Icon, Gays, Interview, LGBT, Love, Motherhood, Rod 2.0, Sex, Sonny & Cher, Transgender People
Actress Pam Grier Has a New Memoir, and Is On the Book Tour Trail
• April 23, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Acting, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, Italy, Love, Memoir, Native Americans/First Nations, Pam Grier, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Philippines, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Foxy Brown", "Foxy: My Life in Three Acts", "Jackie Brown", "L.A. Times Festival of Books", "The Arena", African American Women, African Americans, Blaxsploitation Films, Denver CO, Frederico Fellini, Italy, John Lennon, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Lew Alcindor, Living Legends, Los Angeles CA, Native American Ancestry, Pam Grier, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Pryor, Roger Corman, Sexy, Single Black Women, The Eighties, The Seventies, Womanly
The Health Care Bill Passes (w/Updates)
• March 21, 2010 • Comments Off on The Health Care Bill Passes (w/Updates)Posted in American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Democrats, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race and the Health Care Debate, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Anti-Abortion, Community Health Centers, Ends Rescissions, Executive Order, Free Preventive Care, Health Care Insurance, Health Care Reform, HR No. 3590, Independent Appeals Process, Long Term Care Insurance, Medicare Part D, No Limit Coverage, Obama Administration, President Barack Obama, Primary Care Doctors, Salary Discrimination, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Tax Credits, The Uninsured
Why Only Black People Will Read and Learn From Black History…And Then, Not Even All of Us Will Get It
• March 13, 2010 • Comments Off on Why Only Black People Will Read and Learn From Black History…And Then, Not Even All of Us Will Get ItPosted in Aborigines/Blacks, African American History, Africans, American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Women
Tags: African American History, African Americans, American History, Anti-Racism, Blacks, Clinical Psychology, Dr. Joy DeGruy-Leary, European History, Evaluating Self, Healing, P.T.S.S., Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, Racism, Rape, Self-Examination, Self-Reflect
The Mardi Gras Indians Will Be Marching Tomorrow, Fat Tuesday, February 16, 2010
• February 15, 2010 • Comments Off on The Mardi Gras Indians Will Be Marching Tomorrow, Fat Tuesday, February 16, 2010Posted in Black People, Class, History, Love, Native Americans/First Nations, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Religion, Spirituality
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Baraboo WI, Big Chiefs, Black Hawk, Blacks, Flag Boy, March 19, Mardi Gras Indians, Masking Indian, Mother Leafy Anderson, Native Americans, Sacrifice, Sewing, South Claiborne Avenue, Spy Boy, St. Joseph's Day, The Black Hawk War, The Creole Wild West, The Golden Comanches, The Spiritual Church of New Orleans, The Super Dome, The Wild Magnolias, The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Working Class, WWOZ-FM 90.7
James Arthur Ray Arrested for Manslaughter in Connection with Sedona “Sweat Box” Deaths
• February 3, 2010 • Comments Off on James Arthur Ray Arrested for Manslaughter in Connection with Sedona “Sweat Box” DeathsPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Class, Crime, Health, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, Religion, Science, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Secret", James Arthur Ray, James Shore, Kirby Brown, Liz Neuman, Manslaughter, Murder, Native American Spirituality, New Age, Nichiren Buddhists, Sedona AZ, Seminars, SGI, Soka Gakkai International, Sweat Lodge, Workshops, Yavapai County
Jasmina Anema, 6, Dies of Leukemia; Spurred Bone Marrow Drives Among Blacks, People of Color, Multiracials
• January 29, 2010 • Comments Off on Jasmina Anema, 6, Dies of Leukemia; Spurred Bone Marrow Drives Among Blacks, People of Color, MultiracialsPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, Health, Leukemia, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, Science, Women
Tags: African Americans, Aggressive NK Leukemia, Asian Americans, Asians, Barack Obama, Be-The-Match Registry, BFFs, Blacks, Bone Marrow Donor, Bone Marrow Drives, Bone Marrow Transplant, CaringBridge.org, Celebrity Deaths, DKMS Americas, Donors, Hispanics, Jasmina Anema, Latinas, Latinos, Leukemia, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Michelle Williams, OneForJasmina.com, Paul Pierce, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Rihanna, Rihanna Fenty, The First Daddy, Thea Anema
Howard Zinn, Author of “A People’s History of the United States,” Dies at 87
• January 28, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cuba, Education, Haiti, History, Iran, Mexico, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Economy, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "A People's History of the United States", "Memory of Fire", "The People Speak", Alice Walker, Anti-War, Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Civil Libertarian, Dresden, Eduardo Galeano, Heart Attack, Hiroshima, Historian, Howard Zinn, Iraq, James Bond, James Carroll, Jeff Zinn, Marian Wright Edelman, Matt Damon, Myla Kabat-Zinn, Nazis, Noam Chomsky, Royan France, Spelman College, The Greatest Generation, Tokyo, Vietnam
New Book, “The Assassination of Fred Hampton” Discussed on Democracy Now!, December 4, 2009
• January 3, 2010 • Comments Off on New Book, “The Assassination of Fred Hampton” Discussed on Democracy Now!, December 4, 2009Posted in American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Books, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Documentaries, Education, Hate Crimes, History, Journalism and Ethics, Murder/Manslaughter, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Public Television, Race
Tags: "Big Brother", "Book TV", "Democracy Now!", "Eyes on the Prize", "Talking Book", Activism, Amy Goodman, Attica, Black Nationalism, Black Youth, C-Span, Chicago IL, Chicago Police Department, Coalition Politics, Deborah Johnson, Edward Hanrahan, Empowerment, FBI, Fred Hampton, Fred Hampton Jr., Jeffrey Haas, Jr., Latino Youth, Malcolm X, Mark Clark, Maywood IL, Media PA, NAACP, Oakland CA, Police Brutality, Stevie Wonder, The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther, The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, The Black Panthers, The Red Guard, The Young Lords, William O'Neal, Young Gifted and Black, Youth, YouTube
James Bain Longest-Serving Inmate Freed By DNA Evidence for Kidnapping and Molestation Crimes in 1974
• December 19, 2009 • Comments Off on James Bain Longest-Serving Inmate Freed By DNA Evidence for Kidnapping and Molestation Crimes in 1974Posted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Education, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: "St. Petersburg Times", "The Independent", 1974, Abduction, Alibi, Bartow FL, Chaunte Ott, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse, Cocaine, Crime, DNA, DNA Analysis, Dr. Pepper, Exonerated, Florida, Forest Shomberg, Frame-Up, Fried Turkey, Grand Theft, James Bain, James Bernard Bain, Jimmie Bain, Kidnapping, Lake Wales FL, Molestation, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Ralph Armstrong, Rehab, Remuneration, Robert Lee Stinson, Sarah Reed, The Innocence Project, The Seventies, Wisconsin
The History That They’re Not Teaching Us or Our Children About Thanksgiving
• November 25, 2009 • Comments Off on The History That They’re Not Teaching Us or Our Children About ThanksgivingPosted in Class, Education, History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, The Economy
Tags: Afghanistan, Alternative History, Broken Families, Death, Eddie Izzard, First Nations, Homelessness, Iraq, King Philip's War, Massasoit, Mother Earth, Myth Making, Native Americans, Propaganda, Recovering Addiction, Scott Berkun, Settlers, Smallpox, Squanto, Thanksgiving, The Atlantic Ocean, The Civil War, The Great Recession, The Holidays, The Mayflower, The Pilgrims, The Puritans
Those New Breast Cancer Guidelines: Keep Doing What YOU Are Doing Right
• November 18, 2009 • Comments Off on Those New Breast Cancer Guidelines: Keep Doing What YOU Are Doing RightPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Cancer, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Memoir, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, Women
Tags: "Dr. Oz", "The Doctors", Advocate, African American Women, Bedside Manner, Black Women, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Guidelines 2009, Canada, Cancer, Capitol Square, Family History, Healing, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Reform, Hippocratic Oath, Hormone Replacement Therapy, HRT, Mammogram, Mammograms, Mammography, Medical Rationing, Memoir, Niacin, Policosanol, Pumpkin Oil, Radiation Exposure, Self-Examination, The Nineties, The Seventies, Tumors, Vitamin D, Wisconsin
Dane County Announces Two-Day Mass Flu Inoculations in Madison
• November 16, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, H1N1/Swine Flu, Health, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Alliant Energy Center, Channel 3, Channel 3000, Children, Common Sense, Consent Forms, Dane County, Dr. Thomas Schlenker, English, Families, Flu, H1N1, Hmong, Immunization Clinics, Individuals, Influenza, Madison, Mass Inoculations, Milwaukee, Pandemic, Public Health, Public Health Madison, Spanish, Swine Flu, WISC-TV, Wisconsin
President Barack Obama at Wright Middle School in Madison, WI
• November 5, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, History, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: "Race to the Top", "The Los Angeles Times", African Americans, Ari Davis, Asian Americans, Barack Obama, Blacks, Charter School, Children, Governor Doyle, Governor Jim Doyle, Growing Up, Isthmus, James C. Wright Middle School, Latinos, Low Income, Madison WI, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Mayor Tom Barrett, Poor, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Southside Madison, The President of the United States, WhiteHouse.gov, Wisconsin, Working Poor
This Is What a Black Barbie Looks Like
• October 27, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Fashion, Health, History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Afrocentric, Afrocentricity, Anne Geddes, Barbie, Biracial, Black, Christmas, Crafts, Doll, Dollmaking, Dolls, eBay, Japan, Japanese, Mattel, Painted, Self Image, Self-Worth, Shopping, Tabloach Productions, The Borg, War, Whiteness
Sweat “Box” Survivor Steps Up to Tell Her Story
• October 23, 2009 • Comments Off on Sweat “Box” Survivor Steps Up to Tell Her StoryPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Class, Crime, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, Religion, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Early Show", 140 Degrees, Abandoned, Abandonment, CBS, Common Sense, CPR, Death by Misadventure, Dr. Beverly Bunn, Enforcers, Fasting, Guru, Harry Smith, Misuse of Native American Religion, Murder, Native Americans, New Age, Orthodontist, Physical Collapse, Playing God, Sweat Lodge, The Dream Team
Third Death Announced in Sedona, AZ Sweat Lodge Tragedy; Lakota Chief Wants Desecration of Native Spirituality to Cease
• October 18, 2009 • Comments Off on Third Death Announced in Sedona, AZ Sweat Lodge Tragedy; Lakota Chief Wants Desecration of Native Spirituality to CeasePosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Spiritual Warrior", Accidental Homicide, Canupa, Ceremony, Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Climate Change, First Nations, Genocide, Homicide, Hucksterism, Inikaga, Inyan Oyate, James Arthur Ray, James Shore, Journey Expansion Team, Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Bundle, Kirby Brown, Lakota/Dakota/Nakota, Liz Neuman, Mini Wiconi, Minneapolis MN, Minnesota, Mitakuye Oyasin, Native American Culture, Native American Spirituality, Native Americans, Non-Native Peoples, Pte San Win, Sauna, Sedona AZ, Self Help, Spiritual Genocide, Sundance, Sweat Lodge, The Freedom of Religion Act of 1978, The Sacred Eagle Feather, The Sacred Hoop, Unci Maka, Wakan Tanka
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