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Movie: Rhymes for Young Ghouls

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Rhymes for Young Ghouls is a 2013 film showing the struggles of Native youth against white authority, as personified by the reservation agent and the boarding school he runs.  The setting is the Red Crow M’igMaq Reservation from 1969 to 1976. The film’s heroine … Continue reading →

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Night Birds Returning: Restoring Native Lands at Haida Gwaii

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Here’s a wonderful six-minute video about the restoration of Ancient Murrelets to some of the islands of Haida Gwaii (formerly called the Queen Charlotte Islands) in Canada.  This project, eradicating non-native rats, was implemented by the Haida Nation and Parks … Continue reading →

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Eduardo Galeano, 1940 – 2015

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Today Eduardo Galeano died.  He is one of my favorite writers.  A fierce advocate for the poor, the least, the indigenous, the woman, the child, some of his most famous works are: Open Veins of Latin America The epic Memory … Continue reading →

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Could a Cherokee Woman Replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 Bill?

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The vote to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill is down to the Final Four, and Wilma Mankiller is on the list!  She wasn’t even on the original ballot, but advanced to the last round as a write-in candidate. You can … Continue reading →

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Federal Court Victory for Oglala and Rosebud Sioux Children

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The Geneva Convention defines genocide as “…any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily … Continue reading →

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Hate Crime against Lakota Children in South Dakota

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

They are being charged with abuse and assault, but will they be charged with committing a hate crime? http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/57-charges-child-abuse-assault-leveled-drunken-hockey-fans-sparyed-native-youth-beer/

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Unprotecting Sacred Land in Arizona UPDATE

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

President Eisenhower specifically protected this land from mining.  The current Republican-controlled Congress is poised to sell it off to a foreign mining company.  Watch the video.  UPDATE Mar 2016:  President Obama has blocked the sale of the land to the … Continue reading →

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“Wounded Knee: A Line in the Sand”

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

While all eyes are on Ferguson (deservedly so), here comes an exciting request on Kickstarter to complete a documentary about the Wounded Knee stand-off in 1973.  Like Ferguson, it is another story from America’s underclass of a racial struggle to … Continue reading →

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Rosebud Sioux Declare Keystone XL Pipeline an Act of War

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

This is getting interesting, especially since the current planned route passes thru their reservation. http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/rosebud-sioux-tribe-house-vote-favor-keystone-xl-pipeline-act-war/

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Evo, first indigenous leader in 500 years, poised to win third term in Bolivia

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

“Este presidente es mi presidente.”  This president is my president.  Such were the words on a poster I saw in a tiny bedroom in a small village at 13,000 feet in the Altiplano, Bolivia, several years ago.  It’s a big … Continue reading →

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