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Entering the sprawling finely manicured campus acres is like entering Zen meditation. Still, I can’t help but feel out of place, a minority student, poor, and parent of eight children, attending classes in one of (if not the) richest (and whitest) communities in the state...

more here...
http://carriemedina.blogspot.com/

Added by adem medina cardona on May 14, 2009 at 10:05pm — No Comments

When is abusive behavior acceptable?

These questions have been running around my head for a couple of weeks now... I had to put them out there. Just thoughts to ponder....

Is the good that a person does reason enough to accept abuse and disrespect from them?

Does the fact that a person chooses to sacrifice and give so much of his/her time and effort to a people, compensate for that person becoming dictatorial or tyrannical?

Do great strides allow a government the freedom to trample upon rights they… Continue

Added by Anita Pagan on May 10, 2009 at 12:41pm — 11 Comments

http://karisko-insert.blogspot.com

We decide to help in our association Karisko, people in social difficulties.
This blog is a presentation of our actions.

Marie-Line Mouriesse-Boulogne.

Added by MOURIESSE on May 6, 2009 at 1:13pm — 1 Comment

Scoping the Amazon: Image, Icon, and Ethnography - Book Review

Since the founding of anthropology as a social science in the late 19th century up through the end of the 20th century, the field has been one of the primary brokers of culture and the industry that surrounds it. Beginning with the founding “fathers” of the field and their desire to define culture and its subsequent particulars, up until recently with struggles over identity and who has the right to define that identity, anthropology has played a major role. This is particularly true in… Continue

Added by Peter N. Jones on April 28, 2009 at 5:48pm — No Comments

Request for Support

I have been fearful of water all my life. There has been a reoccurring dream since I was 9 in which I drown. I am very frightened in the dream.

When I turned 40 a friend asked me to keep an eye on his kayaks while he was away from our island. I took one kayak out to Lago Guajataka and paddled across the lake. There came about a spiritual transformation on that water that cannot be put to words.

I have since spent many mornings hauling my kayak down to the water at 5 m so… Continue

Added by adem medina cardona on April 28, 2009 at 3:00pm — 7 Comments

The Lost Taino Tribe Documentary - Being Created From The Input Of The Global Community

I am a filmmaker - born on the island of Vieques, P.R.

According to history - The last Native Taíno revolt against the Spanish crown took place in Vieques

(Taino: Bieques Borikén). The cacique brothers, Cacimar and Yaurèibo, fought to the death on this island.

In recent contemporary history for over half a century my people of Vieques revolted against the U.S. military's use of using their island as target practise by… Continue

Added by Alex Zacarias on April 21, 2009 at 4:56pm — 4 Comments

Time for Being

Blessings to All!

The following is an older post of mine, but I'd like to repost here , along with a few adjustments....

In the Spirit of Our Age-- it is my feeling that this is the Time for Reflection, Action, Being....

Many of us are becoming Aware of not only of ourselves but of our surroundings and of Mother Earth..

It is Time to Reflect upon Our:

Triumphs

Failures

Deeds

Misdeeds

Good Times

Not-So-Good… Continue

Added by Priscilla (Pbutter72) on April 12, 2009 at 9:52pm — No Comments

Blessings in the Water

43 freaking years old. Freezing my patooty off in the dark, in the rain, away from home, learning drills, trying to keep up with the experienced, or the younger, or the better, or the whatever paddlers, trying to remember not to use my kayaking techniques because I am a dragon boat racer now. Hungry, cold, wet, tired, sore, sick, frustrated at my inability to do it just like the lead coach, Alden, who never bends that inside elbow and does his trunk rotaion with perfection...

WHAT am… Continue

Added by adem medina cardona on April 9, 2009 at 2:10am — 6 Comments

Dragon Wings

Last Wednesday my 6 month old grandaughter passed away. Possibly Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Two years ago on the same date my teen son passed away. These moments challenge us spiritually in ways we can never imagine until we are there. A well known artist in Japan and a good Canadian friend sent me a sculpted dragon (usually sells for $5,000.00 USD) in honor of my son. I was told that many Japanese believe the human spirit after death soars with… Continue

Added by adem medina cardona on April 3, 2009 at 5:00pm — 4 Comments

HACIA DONDE NOS LLEVA EL PROGRESO ?

Por la carretera #2 de Puerto Nuevo hacia Bayamon .Caparra esta totalmente sepultada.Solo dejaron un pedazo de lo que era esta estructura

El progresso nos han quitado y utrajado un legado historico.Y sabra Dios que mas hay sepultado en mi pais.Todo es el progresso que no han dejado sin areas de bosques .Un plumon nesesario para descontaminar el ambiente.

Pero esto sigue pasando y nadie hace nada por parar esta situacion .

Yo… Continue

Added by Iris Antongiorgi Concepcion on March 28, 2009 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Health Care In Indigenous Guatemala: Book Review

Indigenous peoples around the world are at the center of many conflicts: natural resource management, intellectual property rights, sovereignty, identity, and health care to name just a few. In each country, and among each indigenous group, these conflicts differ. Adding to the complexity of each idiosyncratic conflict is the continued encroachment of non-indigenous (primarily Western) cultural practices, exacerbating specific situations for each indigenous group. The country and indigenous… Continue

Added by Peter N. Jones on March 7, 2009 at 9:44am — 4 Comments

http://ioumoulicou.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/le-projet-youmoulikou/

Last year, we crossed the channel beetween Martinica and Dominica. We did it in six hours, with paddles, in a kalinago pirogue. This blog is explaining our preparation and our adventure.
We project to do the same adventure (with our pirogue) but we'll arrived at Boriken.

I hope you understand my english, because, I'm french and it's not easy for me to write english.
Excuse me for that.

Added by MOURIESSE on March 2, 2009 at 11:03pm — 1 Comment

The Persistance of Our Tradition

Tau My Relatives

We often refer to something called "Taino Resurgence", a movement that awakened in the hearts of many of our relatives the fervent desire to return to the roots of their Indigenous heritage. The Resurgence has taken many paths and like many such social movements it suffers from growing pains, the greatest of which is disunity. That is not abnormal, and in a sense, there are many in the movement who are making great headway in… Continue

Added by Miguel Sague Jr on March 2, 2009 at 9:04am — 10 Comments

10 Billion Beats

Thanks to YOUniverse, I am participating in this event and organizing a group in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area...
if you are interested please call me or email me
thank you
~c

http://www.10billionbeats.com/

Added by adem medina cardona on March 1, 2009 at 4:52pm — No Comments

Jaguars in the Caribbean??

photo of jaguar in French Guyanan jungle credited to Dr Zoltan Takacs, original drawing of Caribbean Indigen wearing a jaguar tooth necklace and montage "Taino Jaguar Spirit" by Miguel Sague

Tau My Relatives

Not long ago the BBC television programing unit called NATURE featured a series entitled "SPIRITS OF THE JAGUAR". This beautifully photographed sequence of programs was narrated by David Attenborough and focused attention on…

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Added by Miguel Sague Jr on February 23, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

Tying the Knot; the tradition of tying sacred objects together in ancient Taino culture

My Relatives

As many of you already are aware, we in the Caney Indigenous Spiritual Circle celebrate the Spring Equinox with a ceremony that includes the act of separating two traditinal Taino sculpted images which have been kept tied together throughout the winter season.

One of those two images is the sculptural item popularly known by scholars as a "stone collar". We in th Caney Circle call them Coa Hoops. Coa Hoops were… Continue

Added by Miguel Sague Jr on February 22, 2009 at 10:00am — 6 Comments

Upcoming Significant Mayan Venus Cycle Date

Tau My Relatives

We are arriving at a very important nexus date of the on-going Maya Calendar Venus Cycle. The Venus Cycle is a significant series of astronomical events which manifest themselves in asociation with the repetitive movements of the planet Venus, one of the brightest objects of the night sky. The series in question includes a significant, regularly predictable number of days that the planet appears as a morningstar… Continue

Added by Miguel Sague Jr on February 16, 2009 at 8:00pm — 7 Comments

The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)

The Power of Chocolate

Saturday & Sunday

February 14 & 15, 2009

The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) celebrates one of the world's most beloved foods—chocolate. To the Maya and Aztec peoples, Theobroma cacao, as its Latin name indicates, was a "food of the gods." These programs present a rare opportunity for museum visitors to explore chocolate's culture, history, and place in contemporary society.

The 2009 Power of Chocolate… Continue

Added by adem medina cardona on February 13, 2009 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments

Modern Indian Boys - a poem

Modern Indian boys meet General Custer at the principal's office in high school and this time lose the battle.

War dances are held in front of the 7/11 while holding on to a 40 oz. for good luck.

Gang colors are the new traditional regalia as they fight each other instead of the true enemy.

Manhood ceremonies are now called hazings or gang bangs.

Modern Indian boys cut their hair short and wear bandannas around their heads that are now symbols of… Continue

Added by Rixturey on February 7, 2009 at 11:00pm — 3 Comments

noticias (2) Animal Smugglers - English

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – From the live snakes that smugglers stuff with packets of cocaine to the white tigers drug lords keep as exotic pets, rare animals are being increasingly sucked into Mexico's deadly narcotics trade.

Drug gang leaders like to show off rarities like sea turtle skin boots and build ostentatious private zoos at their mansions.

They also reap additional profits by sharing routes with animal traffickers who cram humming birds into cigarette packs and baby… Continue

Added by adem medina cardona on February 6, 2009 at 11:42pm — 5 Comments