Chairman McNamara has said he intends to sign the bill approving same-sex marriage. This information is from an email forwarded to me by a tribal member.
The previous post is here.
Author: Ann Tweedy
Leonard Masten on why PacifiCorp should remove its Klamath River Dams
Here.
Information Request on Tribal Same-Sex Marriage Laws and Proposals
I’m researching tribal laws and legislative proposals related to same-sex marriage. If you are interested in helping and have information on actual tribal laws or proposed laws relating to same-sex marriage (either allowing it or prohibiting it), please email me at atweedy01@hamline.edu. I’m interested in proposals that failed as well as those that passed. Any non-confidential information, such as the text of the laws or proposals, legislative history, or anecdotal information on how the process worked or how it was initiated would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Coverage of First Nations’ Meeting with Harper and Separate Meeting with Johnston
Here.
The Great Plains Emerging Tribal Writers Award Has an Extended Deadline
For any writers out there, here’s the info. I received from a listserv:
Great Plains Emerging Tribal Writers Award
EXTENDED DEADLINE WITH NEW SUBMISSION CRITERIA
The Great Plains Writers Conference, in cooperation with South Dakota State University’s American Indian Studies Program and American Indian Education and Cultural Center, announces the inaugural competition for a new annual award to encourage tribal writers in the early phases of their writing lives and to honor those of extraordinary merit and promise.
The winner, judged by AIS and AIECC, will receive an award of $500 and be invited to read at the Great Plains Writers’ Conference at SDSU March 24-26, 2013. This year’s conference focuses on examining the legacy of Vine Deloria, Jr.
WHO CAN SUBMIT: Writers from the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Minnesota who have not yet published a book of creative writing.
WORK ACCEPTED: Fiction, creative nonfiction, drama, or the screenplay (20 double-spaced pages maximum) or poetry (15 pages maximum).
LOGISTICS: Send materials by February 8, 2013 to Emerging Tribal Writers Award, English Department, South Dakota State University, Scobey Hall (014) Box 504, Brookings, SD 57007. There is no application fee. Finalists will be asked to demonstrate tribal enrollment to the AIS and AIECC. For further information on the GPWC visit http://greatplainswritersconference.wordpress.com
A denigrating and assimilationist opinion piece on the Chief Spence hunger strike from a Canadian media outlet
This opinion piece by Peter Worthington disfavorably compares Chief Spence’s strike with IRA hunger strikes, concluding that Chief Spence’s strike is not genuine like the IRA strikes. It’s disheartening to see that these types of attitudes persist and are still given prominent airing. One has to wonder at the implication that white complaints about colonization are more valid than Native complaints. Is that because it’s somehow considered valid by mainstream standards to colonize Natives, while it’s anomalous to colonize whites?
Eastern Quebec Rail Line Blocked by Chief Spence Supporters
BBC coverage is here.
Press Release from Attawapiskat First Nation on Chief Spence’s Hunger Strike and Demand to Meet with Canada’s Prime Minister
Here.
Letter from Chiefs of Ontario to Queen of England
The letter requests the Queen’s intervention to protect First Nations from Canada’s federal government.
COO Urgent Open Letter to Her Majesty the Queen – Dec 20 2012
California Network of Marine Reserves Now Complete
The article from the LA Times, here, describes how the last section, which just became official today, required an agreement with tribes, fishers, and others.
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