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E-Spirit 2012

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:37:06 -0500

E-Spirit 2012

Socialnomics.

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:24:26 -0500

Socialnomics.

CONTEST: Tickets for A Tribe Called Red in Winnipeg on June 19, 2012

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:58:12 -0500

CONTEST: Tickets for A Tribe Called Red in Winnipeg on June 19, 2012:

CONTEST ALERT
We got three pairs of tickets for A Tribe Called Red at the Pyramid Cabaret on Tuesday, June 19, 2012.

We’ll draw for one pair on the following dates:
Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 6pm CST
Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 6pm CST
Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 6pm CST

Simply sign up for our enewsletter to enter the contest (by enterting your email address below and clicking “Subscribe”). We’ll email each of the winners immediately after each draw is completed.

Please note that you must be at least 18-years-old and have valid photo ID to attend the concert.

CONTEST RULES
1. Only new enewsletter subscribers will be eligible for this contest.
2. You must enter a valid email address to be eligible.
3. The contest begins May 16, 2012 at 12pm CST and ends on June 7, 2012 at 6pm CST.
4. You can only win one pair of tickets.
5. If you enter the contest before the May 24 draw and don’t win, your email will remain in the May 31 and June 7 draws, so you have three chances to win if you enter early.
6. If you win, you must pick up your tickets by June 14, 2012 or they will be donated to someone else.

CONCERT DETAILS
TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival…
A Tribe Called Red
w/ Phil Houseley & DJ Voth
Presented by Aboriginal Music Week
DATE: Tuesday, June 19, 2012
TIME: 10pm - 2am
VENUE: The Pyramid Cabaret, 176 Fort Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba
TICKETS: $18 advance, $20 at the door
18+ | ID Required

Visit jazzwinnipeg.com for more info about the concert.

The 'special relationship' of native peoples and the Crown

Tue, 22 May 2012 15:18:02 -0500

The 'special relationship' of native peoples and the Crown:

Alfred: The biggest challenge today is maintaining our sense of identity and spiritual strength in the wake of the near total loss of our homeland to settler peoples.

It is extremely difficult for any people to survive if they cannot practice their culture on their land and when they are persecuted for doing so as we are in Canada. For nationhood, for cultural survival, for human rights, for prosperity and independence … it’s all about the land, and always has been.

Palmater: They must understand that the treaties and promises made to indigenous peoples in what is now known as Canada are commitments their representatives made directly on behalf of the Crown.

Devolving those legal, political and moral obligations to the state of Canada was a unilateral decision. In so doing, the Crown broke the spirit and intent of those treaties.

AFN Chief Shawn Atleo and Prime Minister Stephen Harper at a Crown/First Nations gathering in Ottawa in January 2012. (Sean Kilpatrick / Canadian Press)

The fact that the [British] Privy Council ruled that Canada would assume all of the obligations of the Crown with regards to treaties is of no comfort given Canada’s gross neglect of that duty and the horrific conditions in which many indigenous peoples must live.

Respectfully, the Crown has a duty to address the fact that Canada did not live up to the obligations it inherited from the Crown — especially since indigenous peoples never agreed to the devolution.

Atleo: The way forward in achieving fundamental change for First Nations in Canada must involve a return to the original relationship agreed to in the treaties. This continues to be the way forward — implementing these relationships and ensuring respect and mutual partnerships.

The continued failure to move forward in this way has and continues to have devastating consequences for our territories and our peoples who face the worst socio-economic conditions of any group in Canadian society. Our work today is about renewing the vision of all our ancestors to achieve a better day for First Nations and Canadians.

LARGEST CLASS OF ABORIGINAL MDS GRADUATE FROM UBC

Tue, 22 May 2012 15:07:29 -0500

LARGEST CLASS OF ABORIGINAL MDS GRADUATE FROM UBC:

Twelve Aboriginal students will graduate with a University of British Columbia medical undergraduate degree (MD) this spring, the largest cohort of Aboriginal students to graduate in the history of the Faculty of Medicine and in the province.

Attorney general tries to stop retired aboriginal Mountie's human-rights hearing

Tue, 22 May 2012 15:05:11 -0500

Attorney general tries to stop retired aboriginal Mountie's human-rights hearing:

OTTAWA - The Harper government is trying to block the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal from hearing a retired aboriginal Mountie’s complaints about the alleged discrimination and harassment he faced over the course of his long RCMP career.

Scientists turn to genetics to find bigfoot

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:56:03 -0500

Scientists turn to genetics to find bigfoot:

Scientists are turning to genetics to see if they can prove the existence of the elusive hairy humanoid known across the world as bigfoot, yeti and sasquatch.

A joint project between Oxford University and Switzerland’s Lausanne Museum of Zoology will examine organic remains that some say belong to the creature that has been spotted in remote areas for decades.

Bill takes apart a smartphone and explains how its accelerometer...

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:25:07 -0500

Bill takes apart a smartphone and explains how its accelerometer works. He also shares the essential idea underlying the MEMS production of these devices.This video is based on a chapter from the EngineerGuy team’s latest book Eight Amazing Engineering Stories (Lear more at http://www.engineerguy.com/elements)

Aboriginal owners home after 14-year native title battle

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:17:09 -0500

Aboriginal owners home after 14-year native title battle:

ABORIGINAL elders have returned to the ruins of their childhood homes at an abandoned mission in remote South Australia to end a 14-year native title battle over a vast area incorporating Lake Eyre.

Aboriginal forum in Windsor focuses on past, current struggles

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:44:12 -0500

Aboriginal forum in Windsor focuses on past, current struggles :

WINDSOR, Ont. — Imagine being taken away from your family by strangers at four years old and being told you would never see them again. Imagine not being able to speak the only language you ever knew, but rather a new and unfamiliar one. Imagine being separated from your siblings and brought to a school where you would not only learn, but live. And imagine being brutally beaten when you tried to escape to return back home.

Sagkeeng dancers inducted into Order of the Buffalo Hunt

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:54:54 -0500

Sagkeeng dancers inducted into Order of the Buffalo Hunt:

Three dancers from Sagkeeng First Nation, fresh from winning TV’s Canada’s Got Talent competition, received a special honour from the province this afternoon.

Premier Greg Selinger officially inducted Dallas and Brandon Courchene and Vince O’Laney – Sagkeeng’s Finest – into Manitoba’s Order of the Buffalo Hunt.

The induction followed a performance by the three dancers and others on the south plaza of the Legislative Building grounds.

The Order of the Buffalo Hunt was founded in 1957 to recognize the outstanding and distinctive contributions of leaders in areas such as politics, business, sports and entertainment. The trio from Sagkeeng are believed to be the youngest members ever to be inducted into the order.

(winnipeg free press)

Food security not an issue for “Aboriginal people” because “they hunt every day,” says Aglukkaq

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:57:06 -0500

Food security not an issue for “Aboriginal people” because “they hunt every day,” says Aglukkaq:

“The UN food rapporteur says he’s seen very desperate conditions and people who are in extremely dire straits, yet the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs refused to meet with him when he came to Ottawa. How can the minister continue to deny there is a problem?” said NDP Aboriginal affairs critic Jean Crowder.

(APTN National News)

Aboriginal access to food under scrutiny UN food expert hopes report will ‘launch a national conversation’

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:04:00 -0500

Aboriginal access to food under scrutiny UN food expert hopes report will ‘launch a national conversation’:

ALEXIS FIRST NATION — A few kilometres from the shimmering blue waters of Lac Ste. Anne, Chief Cameron Alexis speaks about troubles not far from the surface.

The Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations opened consultations on food security at the Alexis Nakota Sioux Community School by talking about the nearby body of water elders called “God’s Lake.”

Digital Drum at Vision Quest and E-Spirit Youth Gathering.

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:34:00 -0500

Digital Drum will be visiting the Vision Quest Conference & Trade Show. We’ll have two new Digital Media Interns who will be covering the event and sharing the Vision.

E-Spirit is also in Winnipeg and Digital Drum will be sharing the Spirit of the Youth Gathering.

Stay tuned next week for some new videos and blogs about these two great events…

Unseen footage, untamed nature…

Wed, 09 May 2012 13:48:18 -0500

Unseen footage, untamed nature…

Nelly Furtado - Big Hoops Nelly has some traditional dancers...

Tue, 08 May 2012 13:57:26 -0500

Nelly Furtado - Big Hoops

Nelly has some traditional dancers reppin in her new video. Check it out!

Music and emotion through time.

Mon, 07 May 2012 11:47:00 -0500

Music and emotion through time.

"NFB/Interactive - God's Lake Narrows" Wins a Webby Award!!!

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:33:45 -0500

"NFB/Interactive - God's Lake Narrows" Wins a Webby Award!!!:

This interactive project for the NFB was created by Kevin Lee Burton and Alicia Smith. It’s a visual narrative that explores life in God’s Lake Narrows, one of many reservations in Canada.

Kevin’s words are lifted with well balanced images and expressive audio compositions. It allows you to feel the story Kevin is sharing of the place he grew up. Thought provoking and truthful, the piece exudes life as it may be on the thousands of reservations that cascade across Canada. It serves to break the stereotypes perceived by many about “Indians” in Canada.

VIDEO: NRG Rising – “From Darkness to Light”

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:30:41 -0500

VIDEO: NRG Rising – “From Darkness to Light”:

Check out some great music outta New Zealand!

Kinnie Starr w/ Keri Latimer @ the WECC

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:15:00 -0500

Kinnie Starr w/ Keri Latimer @ the WECC:

With a new album due to be released June 2012, the Juno Award winning producer and Juno Nominated MC/singer/musician/artist Kinnie Starr will be playing the West End Cultural Centre on June 28th, 2012 with Keri Latimer (of Nathan) opening the show.

2012 is the next phase of Kinnie Starr’s exciting journey. With a hotly anticipated new record being prepared for June release and several other recording projects nearing completion, multiple artistic projects in development, an award-laden 2011 following brightly behind her, and all kinds of fresh creative energy, Kinnie Starr is poised to soar to even greater heights.

Canadian Juno Award winning songwriter Keri Latimerʼs career began in the visual arts. While deeply immersed in an intensive graphic design program, she began to play guitar as a distraction. Since 1999, Keri has been fronting the Winnipeg based band Nathan.

Thursday June 28, 2012
Doors 7:15 pm | Show 8:00 pm
Tickets: $15 Advance | $20 Door
Tickets available at the West End Cultural Centre, Ticketmaster, Music Trader and the Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store.

Online ticket sales:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1100488A0B64CE4C?artistid=938942&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=2
WECC event link:
http://www.wecc.ca/site09/performers/Kinnie_Starr.html