Native Americans disproportionately affected by predatory lending

“As Native people, we have to build our financial literacy. Dependence is not a good thing.”

A long journey

I am going to join my people

*** Composed with vlingo for BlackBerry. http://www.vlingo.com/voice

Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

This thing called life... it is a one lap race. If you remain in the pack it feels safe but you will always follow another persons path, and never feel the breeze in your face.

Break away from the pack and you will see a whole set of paths, and the breeze will always be strong in your face.

What do you do
When it's falling apart
And you knew it was gone
From the very start
Do you close your eyes
And dream about me
I need a soul to bleed on
It coulda been done
In a different kinda way
But that ain't you
You play tough when you play
It's over now
I bet you still think about me
I remember
I held you so tight
And we danced the night away
With the moves
Of two wide eyed kids

For I too am a night ranger--elsu the falcon

master lee = master dancer

1958 (Age 18): Hong Kong - Bruce wins the Crown Colony Cha-Cha Championship. .

"Just like the Hawk who delivered earth to man, we are returning the Mutsun language and culture back to our people"

Mutsun: tcahi peTTes emhe sitka yuu wak-isukma stuk oios-k pirese yuu-k hummis waakse amakma, piinaway, pirie his YSeSte.

English: Hawk flew deep down into the water and with his claws he grabbed the earth and gave it to the people, therefore, the world was created.

A journey well worth it

Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay

That sounds fair--right?

The Muwekma, who have never left their ancestral homelands, have been waiting for a response from the United States Government since 1906. In 1972, as a result of the 1928 California Indian Jurisdictional Act, the U.S. Government made a token payment of $668.51 (this sum calculated with interest back to 1852) as just compensation for the illegal acquisition (theft) of California land, minerals and resources. This payment was issued to help California Indians build their futures upon.

tomorrow morning

I have many students for tomorrows early 3d photo class. I will pray for the future of our people.

nite coming to an end

Wow or should I say pow-wow--we danced til many a headress was drenched with sweat. Grabbed a slice o pie and said good-bye.

Tonight's party

i'm putting on my dancing shoes

Not what I thought

Let me first apologize. I have enjoyed learning to master these new social media but one thing has troubled me. I have been reading some of my followers blogs on Twitter. And today I learned what this OMFG that they speak of means. I will not be using that again. And I would like to apologize on behalf of the others who have used this in the past.

I first thought that it meant "Outside My Frog Groans" and thought it was an uncanny description for the frogs I hear nightly at this time of year over the reservoir. That was not the case.

Electric Powwow 2009

Electric Powwow 2009 A 7th Annual Benefit Concert Friday, May 29, 2009, 7 pm Friendship House Great Hall, 56 Julian Avenue, San Francisco


This year’s schedule of performances includes blues guitarist and singer Phoenix; a dramatic performance from Eddie Madril; the band “The Complicated Ones” featuring Friendship House Youth Group member Edgar Santiago; guitarist and singer Richie Beltran; the band “Red Bird Giving”; flutist Juliet Small; and guitarist and singer Jeremy Goodfeather

Join in Friendship!

Native American Health Center, Inc., in partnership with Friendship House Association of American Indians, Inc., is proud to announce Electric Powwow 2009, A 7th Annual Benefit Concert. Electric Powwow is a showcase of Native American musical, singing, poetic and dramatic performances to raise funds for the Native American Health Center Scholarship Fund and the Friendship House Client Fund.

My Peeps

Tribal people around the world exemplify a strong sense of purpose, responsibility and community that has sustained them through prosperity and disaster. When food is plentiful, the whole tribe is strong. When food is scarce, the whole tribe is hungry. Without my people I am nothing

native tongues

Chochenyo was once spoken by thousands throughout much of the East and South Bay until the region fell under the influence of the Spanish-speaking Franciscan missionaries with the founding of Mission San Jose in 1797.

our people are speaking again

Chochenyo, the language of the Muwekma Ohlone people, has been silent since the 1930s, but a handful of tribal members working with mentors from the University of California, Berkeley's linguistics department are bringing it back to life.

Today, Chochenyo is being heard once again in conversation and song, and can be seen in written communications and a guidebook being prepared to help teach others.

Tribal chair Rosemary Cambra and Monica Arellano, co-chair of the Muwekma Ohlone Language Committee, will share the Muwekma Ohlone success story at the "Breath of Life: Silent No More" conference at UC Berkeley as it opens this Saturday, June 5. The five-day program is for California Indians determined to revitalize their dormant and endangered languages.

What makes me happy?

I am often happiest in my own skin. Often.