From: Vikki Riley <riley.vikki-AT-gmail.com>
Date: 03 Jul 2009 20:39:10 UTC   (04:39:10 PM in author's locale)
To: Situationist <situationist-AT-lists.nothingness.org>

Mike

www.garma.telstra.com/

not too late to book your ticket brother

On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Vikki Riley <riley.vikki-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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