NativeRadio.com, your portal to the beauty and mystery of Native American music.
NativeRadio.com was born out of our love for the music, the artists, and most of all... the people.
Native American music crosses many styles including; traditional, new age, blues, pop/rock, folk/country, rap/hip-hop, and more. Perhaps this is why, after Celtic music, contemporary Native American music is the second biggest seller in this country (*Native American Music Awards).
Our goal is to reach as wide an audience as possible. Currently our music is being streamed in high quality Mp3 and Microsoft audio formats. We are in the process of creating multiple listening channels so you can listen to the exact type of music you wish to hear. NativeRadio.com plans to host an hourly "live" program with listener calls.
We have tried to provide a forum with which you can learn about:
*The artists behind the music, their albums and concerts, and their message.
*The artists who have created the cover art and their amazing artwork.
*The labels behind these artists. Native American record labels deserve much of the credit for keeping the tradition of story telling alive today.
*The history of the indigenous people of this country. Their 500 year struggle for justice....then and now.
*You will also learn about how you can contribute to various Native Americans causes.
We hope you enjoy your journey in NativeRadio.com. It was created to please your senses, and tug at your heart. We hope we have succeeded.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Today in history...
1534: Jacques Cartier erects a thirty-three foot high cross on a small island in Gaspe Harbor. He then claims the area for France.
1836: Georgia militia and Creek Indians have a brief fight near Wesley Chapel in Stewart County, Georgia. The Creeks appear to have won.
1836: Georgia militia and Creek Indians have a brief fight near Wesley Chapel in Stewart County, Georgia. The Creeks appear to have won.
100 Native Americans Who Shaped American History
Winona LaDuke - Native American Activist, Environmentalist, Writer 1959-
“The essence of the problem is about consumption, recognizing that a society that consumes one third of the world’s resources is unsustainable. This level of consumption requires constant intervention into other people’s lands. That’s what’s going on.”
Winona LaDuke grew up in Los Angeles, California. She is an enrolled member of the Mississippi Band Anishinaabeg of the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota. Her father was an actor in westerns as well as an Indian activist. Her mother was a Jewish art professor. She credits her parents for passing the spirit of activism on to her. LaDuke became involved in Native American environmental issues after meeting Cherokee activist Jimmy Durham as a student at Harvard. She began making a political name for herself at age 18 when she addressed the United Nations on Indian issues.
After graduating from Harvard in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in native economic development, LaDuke moved to White Earth. There, she founded the White Earth Land Recovery Project to reclaim Anishinaabeg lands that had been promised by an 1867 federal treaty but had been slowly stolen and parceled by the U.S. government at the behest of the logging industry. Although LaDuke often found herself embroiled in losing legal battles, she persevered, securing grants and winning a Reebok Human Rights Award. With these funds, she and White Earth have reclaimed 1,000 acres and hope to acquire 30,000 more in the next 15 years.
The challenge is huge. More than 90 percent of White Earth’s original 837,000 acres remain in the hands of non-Indians. LaDuke says if a people do not have control of their land they do not control their destiny.
In 1994, Time magazine named LaDuke one of the nation’s 50 most promising leaders under the age of 40. Today, she is known as a voice for American Indian economic and environmental concerns throughout the United States and internationally.
She also made the list of 100 Native Americans Who Shaped American History (published 2002)
“The essence of the problem is about consumption, recognizing that a society that consumes one third of the world’s resources is unsustainable. This level of consumption requires constant intervention into other people’s lands. That’s what’s going on.”
Winona LaDuke grew up in Los Angeles, California. She is an enrolled member of the Mississippi Band Anishinaabeg of the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota. Her father was an actor in westerns as well as an Indian activist. Her mother was a Jewish art professor. She credits her parents for passing the spirit of activism on to her. LaDuke became involved in Native American environmental issues after meeting Cherokee activist Jimmy Durham as a student at Harvard. She began making a political name for herself at age 18 when she addressed the United Nations on Indian issues.
After graduating from Harvard in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in native economic development, LaDuke moved to White Earth. There, she founded the White Earth Land Recovery Project to reclaim Anishinaabeg lands that had been promised by an 1867 federal treaty but had been slowly stolen and parceled by the U.S. government at the behest of the logging industry. Although LaDuke often found herself embroiled in losing legal battles, she persevered, securing grants and winning a Reebok Human Rights Award. With these funds, she and White Earth have reclaimed 1,000 acres and hope to acquire 30,000 more in the next 15 years.
The challenge is huge. More than 90 percent of White Earth’s original 837,000 acres remain in the hands of non-Indians. LaDuke says if a people do not have control of their land they do not control their destiny.
In 1994, Time magazine named LaDuke one of the nation’s 50 most promising leaders under the age of 40. Today, she is known as a voice for American Indian economic and environmental concerns throughout the United States and internationally.
She also made the list of 100 Native Americans Who Shaped American History (published 2002)
Local governments slapped with offensive names complaints
By: Gale Courey Toensing
AUGUSTA, Maine - Since the state Legislature banned the use of the offensive word ''squaw'' six years ago, 36 place names have been changed in compliance.
On July 11, the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission filed complaints with the Maine Human Rights Commission against two local governments that have dragged their feet in ridding landmarks in their areas of the derogatory word that offends American Indians and their supporters.
''The only communities that are technically - and I want to stress technically - not in compliance are Stockton Springs and Washington County,'' said MITSC Executive Director John Dieffenbacher-Krall, who filed the complaints following a vote by commissioners.
This is the first time MITSC has filed complaints under the offensive names act that was introduced by Donald Soctomah, the Passamaquoddy tribal representative to the state Legislature, and passed in 2001.
The law bans the use of the word ''squaw'' in all circumstances, but allows the use of ''squa'' in combination with other letters as long as they form one word.
''Apparently, there is a legitimate [in the Algonquin language] word 'squapan,' so the law allows s-q-u-a in combination without a space. But I think some people view that as a loophole and I think that's what's going on in Stockton Springs,'' Dieffenbacher-Krall said.
There's more here: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096415423
AUGUSTA, Maine - Since the state Legislature banned the use of the offensive word ''squaw'' six years ago, 36 place names have been changed in compliance.
On July 11, the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission filed complaints with the Maine Human Rights Commission against two local governments that have dragged their feet in ridding landmarks in their areas of the derogatory word that offends American Indians and their supporters.
''The only communities that are technically - and I want to stress technically - not in compliance are Stockton Springs and Washington County,'' said MITSC Executive Director John Dieffenbacher-Krall, who filed the complaints following a vote by commissioners.
This is the first time MITSC has filed complaints under the offensive names act that was introduced by Donald Soctomah, the Passamaquoddy tribal representative to the state Legislature, and passed in 2001.
The law bans the use of the word ''squaw'' in all circumstances, but allows the use of ''squa'' in combination with other letters as long as they form one word.
''Apparently, there is a legitimate [in the Algonquin language] word 'squapan,' so the law allows s-q-u-a in combination without a space. But I think some people view that as a loophole and I think that's what's going on in Stockton Springs,'' Dieffenbacher-Krall said.
There's more here: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096415423
Featured Artist - Charlie Wayne Watson
Charlie Wayne is a Native American Flutist, of Choctaw descent. Charlie has produced a total of Five (5), Native American Flute CDs. Each CD, is over an hour long. Charlie Wayne's music is ideal for meditation, spiritual healing, massage, Yoga, etc. A spiritual journey through music.
"It is my belief, that my music, is a manifestation from a single prayer to our Creator. I am proud to share, this prayer was a humble request that I be blessed with the ability to play the Native American Flute. I know, without a single doubt, that I have been blessed, that my prayer was answered in an amazing way. I feel that the reason for this gift, was to provide yet another channel for our Creator to heal not only my spirit, but, to heal other souls and bring peace to them as well"
Check out his music here: http://cdbaby.com/group/flutes
"It is my belief, that my music, is a manifestation from a single prayer to our Creator. I am proud to share, this prayer was a humble request that I be blessed with the ability to play the Native American Flute. I know, without a single doubt, that I have been blessed, that my prayer was answered in an amazing way. I feel that the reason for this gift, was to provide yet another channel for our Creator to heal not only my spirit, but, to heal other souls and bring peace to them as well"
Check out his music here: http://cdbaby.com/group/flutes
Court sides with Narragansetts in key ruling on land
By Katie Mulvaney
An appeals court ruled yesterday that the federal government could take 31 acres into trust for the Narragansett Indian Tribe in a case at the crux of a struggle between the state and the tribe over control of tribal lands.
A divided 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the U.S. Department of Interior could hold the land for the Narragansetts, freeing it from state and local laws and placing it solely under tribal and federal authority.
The property sits across Kings Factory Road from the tribe’s other 1,800 acres in Charlestown. Set on a hillside just north of Route 1, it is the site of a troubled housing project for the tribe’s poor elders.
While Narragansett leaders celebrated the decision as an affirmation of the tribe’s rights, state and local officials declared it “devastating” for Rhode Island. They promised to appeal.
“Attorney General [Patrick] Lynch thinks that these issues are so important and have such far-reaching impacts on Indian law both locally and nationally that he plans to appeal to the [U.S.] Supreme Court,” his spokesman Michael J. Healey said of the closely watched case.
Read the full article: http://www.projo.com/news/content/TRUST_LAND_07-21-07_NP6F0I7.31dc049.html
An appeals court ruled yesterday that the federal government could take 31 acres into trust for the Narragansett Indian Tribe in a case at the crux of a struggle between the state and the tribe over control of tribal lands.
A divided 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the U.S. Department of Interior could hold the land for the Narragansetts, freeing it from state and local laws and placing it solely under tribal and federal authority.
The property sits across Kings Factory Road from the tribe’s other 1,800 acres in Charlestown. Set on a hillside just north of Route 1, it is the site of a troubled housing project for the tribe’s poor elders.
While Narragansett leaders celebrated the decision as an affirmation of the tribe’s rights, state and local officials declared it “devastating” for Rhode Island. They promised to appeal.
“Attorney General [Patrick] Lynch thinks that these issues are so important and have such far-reaching impacts on Indian law both locally and nationally that he plans to appeal to the [U.S.] Supreme Court,” his spokesman Michael J. Healey said of the closely watched case.
Read the full article: http://www.projo.com/news/content/TRUST_LAND_07-21-07_NP6F0I7.31dc049.html
Featured Artist - L. David Eveningthunder
L. David Eveningthunder spent his early childhood on the Shoshone-Bannock Reservation in Fort Hall, Idaho. The spiritual guidance he received from his father and grandfather, both medicine people, helped him maintain his identity even after he became orphaned at a young age and was taken away from his people.
David's first pencils were given to him by his uncles, all gifted artists who never became known by the public. He feels that he owes his success to them. David now resides in Alabama, and is active in the Pow Wow circuit. He is best known for his portrayals of dancers, most of whom he knows personally.
"My art, is paying tribute to the contemporary Indian dancers who are keeping the traditions of our ancestors alive. I feel that the modern-day Pow Wow brings about important social interchange between the nemah (We People) and di-eeh vohn (White People). As well as the exchange of culture, the camaraderie between different tribes helps to form a stronger bond and cohesive foundation for our children."
Want to see more of his work? Click here: http://www.artnatam.com/evnthun/index.html
David's first pencils were given to him by his uncles, all gifted artists who never became known by the public. He feels that he owes his success to them. David now resides in Alabama, and is active in the Pow Wow circuit. He is best known for his portrayals of dancers, most of whom he knows personally.
"My art, is paying tribute to the contemporary Indian dancers who are keeping the traditions of our ancestors alive. I feel that the modern-day Pow Wow brings about important social interchange between the nemah (We People) and di-eeh vohn (White People). As well as the exchange of culture, the camaraderie between different tribes helps to form a stronger bond and cohesive foundation for our children."
Want to see more of his work? Click here: http://www.artnatam.com/evnthun/index.html
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