From: Vikki Riley <riley.vikki-AT-gmail.com>
Date: 03 Jul 2009 20:35:46 UTC   (04:35:46 PM in author's locale)
To: Situationist <situationist-AT-lists.nothingness.org>

The rez I just love that word Mike.
You are spot on. Drugs alcohol and their attendant miseries are rife in
non-indigenous people's homelands... the sprawling suburbs that every
Spielberg movie features in its opening shot.
You say PowWow we say Corroboree.
Here in the North of Australia we have the Garma festival, very similar to
what you are describing.
Vikki

On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:25 AM, Mike Willey <wallmartyr-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> Every year in Albuquerque we host the Gathering of Nations, the single
> biggest pow wow in North America.
>
> It is a beautiful event with proud Natives coming from all over the country
> to share song and dance and drum.
>
> www.gatheringofnations.com/
>
> I get the impression that those Americans on this list that say Native
> America is in a pitiful state, don't live near any indians.
>
> Sure there's alcoholism. Sure there's drugs here and there. Sure there's
> poverty. In the rez, in the city and in the suburbs.
>
> There's also still a rich culture of pueblo indians in this state that
> hasn't disappeared or been run into extinction. There's the Navajo's to
> the
> west, and there's the Kiowa and Sioux to the north east.
>
> It will never be what it was, but either will Aboriginal tribes in
> Australia.
>
> Now with Casinos being allowed on reservations, there's been a chance for
> tribes to build new schools, houses, and provide college educations. I
> love
> seeing the white and hispanic folks flood into the casino to lose money at
> craps, blackjack, and slots. It's as close to reparations as it is ever
> gonna get. And it has made for many incredible imporovements on the rez.
>
> Wishing folks would stop using that stupid stereotype that indians are
> drunkards,
>
> -MIKE.
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