The Story of Elder Katherine Siva Saubeland the Cahuilla Indians of Southern California
Director: Leigh Podgorski
57 Minutes • Documentary Feature
We are still Here documents the tenacious struggle of elder and tribal chair, Dr. Katherine Siva Saubel, and her efforts to preserve the culture, history and traditions of the Cahuilla people.
Presented through in-depth interviews with Dr. Saubel and her brother, traditional Cahuilla Bird Singer, Alvino Siva; the film also portrays the powerful Creation Stories of the Cahuilla performed by a stellar all Native American cast. Footage also includes Cahuilla festivals and traditional arts of basket weaving and pottery.
Katherine Saubel also introduces the viewer to the ethnobotany of the Cahuilla people. The Cahuilla people have preserved the tradition of their ancestors and are teachers of their language and songs that maintain their culture.
In 1999, playwright and Project Director Leigh Podgorski created a play based on her oral history of Dr. Katherine Saubel, a Cahuilla Elder living on the Morongo Indian Reservation east of Los Angeles who is both an ethno-botanist and tribal historian.
Saubel has traveled extensively around the world lecturing on Cahuilla history and culture, as well as plant foods and medicines. This project will create a DVD featuring the creation mythology from Podgorski’s play and other material about the Cahuilla, including footage of original Cahuilla territory and additional oral histories.
“By sharing Katherine Saubel’s story and the story of her people and other Cahuilla elders who have flourished in this seemingly inhospitable desert land for thousands of years, it is our hope that the public will recognize the critical need for continued preservation of this land and its people,” said Podgorski.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Indian genocide resolution stirs debate
Bill cites Sand Creek massacre, removal of Cherokees from Georgia
By: Joe Hanel
DENVER - Lawmakers paused Wednesday for the third time in a week to remember a genocide. But this time, the memorial turned into an uncomfortable debate about American history.
Senate Joint Resolution 31 recites the history of horrors that fell upon American Indians after European settlement. The native population of 18 million north of the Rio Grande in the late 1400s had plunged to about 200,000 by 1900 - nearly a 99 percent drop.
But unlike previous condemnations of genocide, Wednesday's vote wasn't unanimous.
"There's a wholesale condemnation of European settlement in this resolution that I find troubling," said Rep. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, who voted no.
Sen. Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs, made similar arguments in the Senate.
The House voted 59-4 for the resolution, and the Senate passed it 22-12.
It was the Legislature's third resolution on genocide in the last week. Lawmakers voted unanimously for a Holocaust memorial, and there was just one dissenting vote against a memorial of the Ottoman Empire's genocide of Armenians in 1915.
Lawmakers also voted unanimously for a resolution condemning China's human-rights record early last month.
"As we wagged our finger at Turkey about a week ago for not coming face-to-face with its own history, we see now how hard it is to come face-to-face with our own history," said Rep. Mike May of Parker, the House's top Republican, who voted yes.
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By: Joe Hanel
DENVER - Lawmakers paused Wednesday for the third time in a week to remember a genocide. But this time, the memorial turned into an uncomfortable debate about American history.
Senate Joint Resolution 31 recites the history of horrors that fell upon American Indians after European settlement. The native population of 18 million north of the Rio Grande in the late 1400s had plunged to about 200,000 by 1900 - nearly a 99 percent drop.
But unlike previous condemnations of genocide, Wednesday's vote wasn't unanimous.
"There's a wholesale condemnation of European settlement in this resolution that I find troubling," said Rep. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, who voted no.
Sen. Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs, made similar arguments in the Senate.
The House voted 59-4 for the resolution, and the Senate passed it 22-12.
It was the Legislature's third resolution on genocide in the last week. Lawmakers voted unanimously for a Holocaust memorial, and there was just one dissenting vote against a memorial of the Ottoman Empire's genocide of Armenians in 1915.
Lawmakers also voted unanimously for a resolution condemning China's human-rights record early last month.
"As we wagged our finger at Turkey about a week ago for not coming face-to-face with its own history, we see now how hard it is to come face-to-face with our own history," said Rep. Mike May of Parker, the House's top Republican, who voted yes.
Want to know more? Click here: http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/08/news080501_5.htm
E. Montpelier welcomes Abenaki Museum
By: Kelly Janis
"For years, they've been fighting," said Cowasuck tribe member Todd Hebert, pointing to portraits of several Abenaki tribes, situated side-by-side on the walls of the Ndakinna Cultural Center. "They've been against each other. And now, here they are in the same room, facing each other."
Such unity was apparent as members of Native American bands from across the state converged in drum circles, singing and craft demonstrations to celebrate the grand opening of the Abenaki Indian Museum - dedicated to the preservation of native heritage by means of classes, workshops and exhibitions - on April 26 and 27 in East Montpelier, Vt.
"This museum was created for the people in honor of our Grand Mothers and Grand Fathers that walked on this beautiful Mother Earth before us," reads a sign in the Campbell Museum room, which showcases a wide array of Native American artifacts, including a dugout canoe, medicine bag, turtle rattle and soapstone pipe, examples of traditional regalia, jewelry and a selection of reading materials. "The spirits of our ancestors are here with us today. They are guiding us to teach now that it is okay to share some of our secrets and some of our past."
Keep reading here: http://media.www.middleburycampus.com/media/storage/paper446/news/2008/05/01/LocalNews/E.Montpelier.Welcomes.Abenaki.Museum-3359293.shtml
"For years, they've been fighting," said Cowasuck tribe member Todd Hebert, pointing to portraits of several Abenaki tribes, situated side-by-side on the walls of the Ndakinna Cultural Center. "They've been against each other. And now, here they are in the same room, facing each other."
Such unity was apparent as members of Native American bands from across the state converged in drum circles, singing and craft demonstrations to celebrate the grand opening of the Abenaki Indian Museum - dedicated to the preservation of native heritage by means of classes, workshops and exhibitions - on April 26 and 27 in East Montpelier, Vt.
"This museum was created for the people in honor of our Grand Mothers and Grand Fathers that walked on this beautiful Mother Earth before us," reads a sign in the Campbell Museum room, which showcases a wide array of Native American artifacts, including a dugout canoe, medicine bag, turtle rattle and soapstone pipe, examples of traditional regalia, jewelry and a selection of reading materials. "The spirits of our ancestors are here with us today. They are guiding us to teach now that it is okay to share some of our secrets and some of our past."
Keep reading here: http://media.www.middleburycampus.com/media/storage/paper446/news/2008/05/01/LocalNews/E.Montpelier.Welcomes.Abenaki.Museum-3359293.shtml
Our View: Tribe should have role in Badlands
Editorial - The Daily Republic - Mitchell, SD
South Dakota’s Badlands are known for sweeping vistas, wonderful colors and roving herds of bison.
The Badlands also are known as a tourist attraction, each year drawing approximately a million visitors, some of whom hike the numerous scenic trails while the majority stick to the single paved highway that winds throughout.
But whereas Badlands National Park is one of South Dakota’s top tourist destinations, that only can be said about the North Unit, which is near Interstate 90 and an easy side trip for travelers.
The South Unit, equally majestic but lesser known because of its remote location in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, is the subject of debate as the National Park Service considers the unit’s future management.
Four options are proposed:
Leave it as is with NPS in charge and a small management role for the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
Increase the tribe’s role to more of an equal partnership.
Have the tribe take over but with technical assistance from the NPS.
End the park service’s role entirely and hand the unit over to the tribe.
Read more here: http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/articles/index.cfm?id=26467§ion=Opinion&freebie_check&CFID=31948729&CFTOKEN=12351912&jsessionid=8830cebc334c1a7e1927
South Dakota’s Badlands are known for sweeping vistas, wonderful colors and roving herds of bison.
The Badlands also are known as a tourist attraction, each year drawing approximately a million visitors, some of whom hike the numerous scenic trails while the majority stick to the single paved highway that winds throughout.
But whereas Badlands National Park is one of South Dakota’s top tourist destinations, that only can be said about the North Unit, which is near Interstate 90 and an easy side trip for travelers.
The South Unit, equally majestic but lesser known because of its remote location in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, is the subject of debate as the National Park Service considers the unit’s future management.
Four options are proposed:
Leave it as is with NPS in charge and a small management role for the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
Increase the tribe’s role to more of an equal partnership.
Have the tribe take over but with technical assistance from the NPS.
End the park service’s role entirely and hand the unit over to the tribe.
Read more here: http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/articles/index.cfm?id=26467§ion=Opinion&freebie_check&CFID=31948729&CFTOKEN=12351912&jsessionid=8830cebc334c1a7e1927
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