http://www.republicoflakotah.com The Official Republic of Lakotah Web Site Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:23:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Copyright © 2010 Republic of Lakotah - Mitakuye Oyasin info@republicoflakotah.com () info@republicoflakotah.com () posts 1440 The Official Republic of Lakotah Web Site info@republicoflakotah.com No clean http://www.republicoflakotah.com/images/RoL_logosquare4.jpg http://www.republicoflakotah.com 144 144 http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/treaty-school-update-8-solar-build/ http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/treaty-school-update-8-solar-build/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:44:56 +0000 admin1 http://www.republicoflakotah.com/?p=2326 http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/treaty-school-update-8-solar-build/feed/ 0 http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/treaty-school-update-6-fall-harvest-solar-panels/ http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/treaty-school-update-6-fall-harvest-solar-panels/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:35:23 +0000 admin1 http://www.republicoflakotah.com/?p=2133 http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/treaty-school-update-6-fall-harvest-solar-panels/feed/ 0 http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/summer-build-update-6-solar-panels/ http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/summer-build-update-6-solar-panels/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:43:31 +0000 admin1 http://www.republicoflakotah.com/?p=2126 http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/summer-build-update-6-solar-panels/feed/ 0 http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/treaty-summer-update-5-spring-planting-summer-build/ http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/treaty-summer-update-5-spring-planting-summer-build/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:39:51 +0000 admin1 http://www.republicoflakotah.com/?p=1946 http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/treaty-summer-update-5-spring-planting-summer-build/feed/ 0 http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/russell-means-james-martinez-on-indian-culture-the-dissolving-of-the-us/ http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/russell-means-james-martinez-on-indian-culture-the-dissolving-of-the-us/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:06:28 +0000 admin1 http://www.republicoflakotah.com/?p=1794 http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/russell-means-james-martinez-on-indian-culture-the-dissolving-of-the-us/feed/ 0 00:01:01 Russell Means and James Martinez speak of the T.R.E.A.T.Y. School, We Shall Remain and news regarding the Republic of Lakotah. They speak as well ... Russell Means and James Martinez speak of the T.R.E.A.T.Y. School, We Shall Remain and news regarding the Republic of Lakotah. They speak as well of the coming dollar collapse, the rising tide of debts and the t-bill robbery of American Land in this hour long program. (click triangle below to play program) The following is a critique which first appeared on Oyate.org, discussing the myths and truths of the first Thanksgiving, prominently ignored in We Shall Remain: Deconstructing the Myths of ldquo;The First Thanksgivingrdquo; by Judy Dow (Abenaki) and Beverly Slapin Revised 06/12/06 What is it about the story of ldquo;The First Thanksgivingrdquo; that makes it essential to be taught in virtually every grade from preschool through high school? What is it about the story that is so seductive? Why has it become an annual elementary school tradition to hold Thanksgiving pageants, with young children dressing up in paper-bag costumes and feather-duster headdresses and marching around the schoolyard? Why is it seen as necessary for fake ldquo;pilgrimsrdquo; and fake ldquo;Indiansrdquo; (portrayed by real children, many of whom are Indian) to sit down every year to a fake feast, acting out fake scenarios and reciting fake dialogue about friendship? And why do teachers all over the country continue (for the most part, unknowingly) to perpetuate this myth year after year after year? Is it because as Americans we have a deep need to believe that the soil we live on and the country on which it is based was founded on integrity and cooperation? This belief would help contradict any feelings of guilt that could haunt us when we look at our role in more recent history in dealing with other indigenous peoples in other countries. If we dare to give up the ldquo;mythrdquo; we may have to take responsibility for our actions both concerning indigenous peoples of this land as well as those brought to this land in violation of everything that makes us human. The realization of these truths untold might crumble the foundation of what many believe is a true democracy. As good people, can we be strong enough to learn the truths of our collective past? Can we learn from our mistakes? This would be our hope. We offer these myths and facts to assist students, parents and teachers in thinking critically about this holiday, and deconstructing what we have been taught about the history of this continent and the world. (Note: We have based our ldquo;factrdquo; sections in large part on the research, both published and unpublished, that Abenaki scholar Margaret M. Bruchac developed in collaboration with the Wampanoag Indian Program at Plimoth Plantation. We thank Marge for her generosity. We thank Doris Seale and Lakota Harden for their support.) Myth #1: ldquo;The First Thanksgivingrdquo; occurred in 1621. Fact: No one knows when the ldquo;firstrdquo; thanksgiving occurred. People have been giving thanks for as long as people have existed. Indigenous nations all over the world have celebrations of the harvest that come from very old traditions; for Native peoples, thanksgiving comes not once a year, but every day, for all the gifts of life. To refer to the harvest feast of 1621 as ldquo;The First Thanksgivingrdquo; disappears Indian peoples in the eyes of non-Native children. Myth #2: The people who came across the ocean on the Mayflower were called Pilgrims. Fact: The Plimoth settlers did not refer to themselves as ldquo;Pilgrims.rdquo; Pilgrims are people who travel for religious reasons, such as Muslims who make a pilgrimage to Mecca. Most of those who arrived here from England were religious dissidents who had broken away from the Church of England. They called themselves ldquo;Saintsrdquo;; others called them ldquo;Separatists.rdquo; Some of the settlers were ldquo;Puritans,rdquo; dissidents but not separatists who wanted to ldquo;purifyrdquo; the Church. It wasnrsquo;t until around the time of the American Revolution t... 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