Walking, Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Ira Hays birthday.
(Playlist for walking,)
The Ballad of Ira Hayes – Kris Kristofferson, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Heritage – Shelley Morningsong
You Will Have Peace – Joanne Shenandoah
Honoring – Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai
The Ballad of Ira Hayes -Johnny Cash
Healing Song # 3 – Primeaux, Mike & Attson
Justice Hunters – Annie Humphrey
Golden Feather – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Brother Warrior – Sharon Burch
Calling All Warriors – Leela Gilday
Calling the Spirit Back – Joy Harjo, feat. Rahim Alhaj
Navajo Code Talkers – Jack Gladstone
Ira Hayes – Peter LaFarge
The Marines’ Hymn – United States Marine Band
The Last Post – Band Of The Royal Regiment Of New Zealand Artillery
Summertime – Eva Cassidy
Seven Spanish Angels = Willie Nelson with Ray Charles
Dragon = Jake Shimabukuro
Ireland of My Dreams – Si Kahn
Tag Archives: Native American
12 January 2025
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
6 December 2024
On this day in history–6 December 1830–the National Archives reports:
In the early 1800s, American demand for Indian nations’ land increased, and momentum grew to force American Indians further west. The first major step to relocate American Indians came when Congress passed, and President Andrew Jackson signed, the Indian Removal Act of May 28, 1830.
The Act authorized the President to negotiate removal treaties with Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi River, primarily in the states of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, and others. The goal was to remove all American Indians living in existing states and territories and send them to unsettled land in the west.
In his message on December 6, 1830, President Jackson informed Congress on the progress of the removal, stating, “It gives me pleasure to announce to Congress that the benevolent policy of the Government, steadily pursued for nearly thirty years, in relation to the removal of the Indians beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy consummation.”
This set the stage for the Trail of Tears.
Today’s playlist included the following:
Trail of Tears Song, We Will Go Together – Joy Harjo
For Those Who Cried (Cherokee Removal) – Jack Gladstone
Cherokee Morning Song – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Indian Reservation – Buddy Red Bow
Cherokee Tears – Jobel Star
Cherokee Trail of Tears -Native American Indians
We Are Still Here – Spirit Nation
Mourning Song for a Brother – Maggie Harry and Jenny Jack
Filed under Antiracism
3 November 2024
Walking. Morning movement. Chair stretching. Germantown. Gym in the apartment.
Incomplete – Pamyua
Childhood Memories – Bear Fox
Over Tokyo And Berlin – Jack Gladstone
Ghostdance – Bill Miller
Mother Of Nations – Joanne Shenandoah
Generation – Buffy Sainte-Marie
First Nation – J25
Spirit Horses – Annie Humphrey
Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad – Jana
Riding With Thunder – The Native Flute Ensemble
Resonance: Departure – R. Carlos Nakai
Sun Roof – El Vate
Tapue Shtutune – Kashtin
Unbound – Robbie Robertson
Circle of Celebration – AIRO. featuring Brule’
The Dance – Robert Mirabal
Earth Prayer – Alice Gomez
The Storm – iskwē
Rich Man’s War – John Trudell & Jesse Ed Davis
Canyon Concerto – Native Flute Ensemble
Dream Shield – Brulé
The Offering – Mary Youngblood
Stadium Pow Wow – The Halluci Nation, feat. Black Bear
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
19 October 2024
5K walk. Louisville.
Supporting Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women.
And We Can Love – Mary Youngblood
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
Calling All Warriors – Leela Gilday
I Am the Beginning and the End – Dorothy Tsatoke
The Unforgotten – Iskwē acākosīk, feat. Tanya Tagaq
Mother’s Rain Annie Humphrey
Some How – Nizhóní Girls
Through the Eyes of a Woman – Jana
Gentle Warrior – Kalolin Johnson
Indigenous – J25
Honor Song for an Older Sister – Poldine Carlo
Sinnatuumait – Elisapie
Resisto y Ya – Lido Pimienta
Fear – Joy Harjo
Strong Women’s Song – Ode’min Kwe Singers
Broken – Bear Fox
Roots And Wings – Joanne Shenandoah
For Me – Shawnee Kish
One Woman – Teagan Littlechief
Fight for the Rights – Kelly Fraser
God Created Woman – Martha Redbone
No More – Fawn Wood
Tongues – Tanya Tagaq
Grandmother’s Ways – Sharon Burch
The Warrior – Walela
Women’s Fancy Shawl – Shannon Thunderbird & Sandy Horne
One Woman: A Song for UN Women – Ana Bacalhau, Angélique Kidjo, Anoushka Shankar, Bassekou Kouyate, Bebel Gilberto, Beth Blatt, Brian Finnegan, Buika, Charice, Cherine Amr, Debi Nova, Emeline Michel, Fahan Hassan, Jane Zhang, Jim Diamond, Keith Murrell, Lance Ellington, Marta Gómez, Mari
Eagle When She Flies – Thunder Bird Sisters
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights, Louisville, Music, playlist
14 October 2024
Walking. Albuquerque.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Honour Song – Morgan Toney
Native America – J25
Turtle’s Song to the Wolf – Betty Mae
Earth Spirit – R. Carlos Nakai
Gathering of Eagles – Walela
Wind River – Andrew Vasquez
Zuni Friendship Song – Chester Mahooty B
Lakota Flute Song – Georgia Wettlin-Larsen
Pink Skies – Bear Fox
Not For Sale – Alice De Micele
We Emerged from Night in Clothes of Sunrise – Joy Harjo
Roots And Culture – Native Root
Some How – Nizhóní Girls
Noble Heart – Jack Gladstone
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
Kahawi’tha – Joanne Shenandoah
Anaa K’e Goo – Blackfire
Taos Song – William Gutierrez
Navajo Riding Song – Lillian Rainer
Drum Song – Shannon Thunderbird
Firedancer – Brulé
Mother Wolf – Fire Crow
Wounded Knee Hero – Thunder Bird Sisters
Makȟóčhe Kiŋ Thewáȟila II – Alex Fire Thunder
Have Good Dreams My Grandchild – Ojibway People
Golden Feather – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Standing Alone – Buddy Red Bow
Wovoka – Redbone
Tulsa County – Jesse Ed Davis
All Along the Watchtower – Micki Free
Filed under Antiracism, Cleveland Heights, Exercise, Movie, New Mexico, playlist
No More Stolen Relatives – #PCUSAWeekofAction2021 looks at the #MMIWG2S crisis
by Rich Copley | Presbyterian News Service
Elona Street-Stewart and the Rev. Irvin Porter celebrate communion on Native American Day on September 12, 2018, at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Gregg Brekke)
LEXINGTON, Kentucky — On Thursday, Aug. 26, the Presbyterian Week of Action will focus on an ongoing crisis in Indigenous communities in the United States, Canada, and around the world with a day themed “No More Stolen Relatives: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People.”
“The day’s events and resources will center the voices of Native American Presbyterians as well as other Indigenous peoples and allies,” says the Rev. Alexandra Zareth, Associate for Leadership Development & Recruitment for Leaders of Color in Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries. “Invitations will be offered for various ways to engage in the conversation and to learn, pray and act.
“The day will include videos from Co-Moderator Elona Street-Stewart (Delaware Nanticoke) and the Rev. Irv Porter (Pima, Nez Perce, and Tohono O’odham), Associate for Native American Intercultural Congregational Support, that help frame the crisis from a personal place. There will be a devotional featuring a Scripture reading in the Choctaw language, a poem written by an individual who has a friend counted among the Missing and Murdered of this crisis, and a Litany for Murdered and Missing Indigenous People.”
The Second Annual Presbyterian Week of Action, Aug. 23-29, is designed to bring attention and action to people and communities living under different forms of oppression, a response to the PC(USA)’s Matthew 25 invitation and Hands & Feet initiative. It is seven days with online events each day designed to illuminate the issues that the focus group for the day faces.
The Rev. Alexandra Zareth of Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) leads communion during the “Gifts of New Immigrants” service on Oct. 9, 2019 at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Kentucky. (File photo)
“We hope folx will join the cry of many who have been crying out and naming this crisis as such,” says Zareth, who is co-coordinating the day with the Rev. Mark Koenig, Internal Communications Specialist with the Administrative Services Group. “Our communities have felt the loss, the deaths, the questions, and the lack of action … this is not new to ‘us.’ But it is new to many, and we hope people will understand that we belong to each other; that all pain is shared pain; and that we are all called to mourn together and act together.”
Visit the Week of Action website for information on all days and an overview of the week
This is the schedule for the day (all times Eastern):
9:30 a.m. “No More Stolen Relatives — A Time to Learn, A Time to Act” — a brief video inviting people to participate in the day.
11:00 a.m. “Taking Action for Native Americans” — a short video
12:30 p.m. “No More Stolen Relatives — A Devotional” — a brief video featuring a Scripture reading in the Choctaw language, an original poem, and a litany for missing and murdered Indigenous persons
4:30 p.m. “We All Belong to Each Other” — a short video
All events will stream on the Week of Action webpage. Facts about the crisis will also be shared throughout the day on the PC(USA) social media pages, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Koenig notes that, “an opportunity will be provided to advocate for the passage of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021. This act has provisions that will help protect Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People.”
“Links will be provided to study resources and further information,” Zareth says. “Finally, we want to empower siblings in Christ to respond to the Holy Spirit’s invitation to act by providing them with facts and statements that are sharable on social media and will help inform hearts and minds in ways that lead to action.”
“The Indigenous communities and their allies who work to address this crisis have adopted red as the color of the movement,” Koenig notes. “We encourage you to wear red, take a selfie, and share it on social media with the hashtag #WeekofActionPCUSA.”
This is an effort that will last more than a day or a week, Zareth and Koenig say.
“Our work for this day is only the beginning of an entire year of focus,” Zareth says. “We want our siblings in Christ to know that Native American Presbyterians will lead a worship service at 9 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 22, Native American Day in the PC(USA). Information and action sessions will take place during the months to follow that will continue to inform, equip, and inspire people to respond faithfully and together as a community of faith.”
For more information, contact the Office of Leadership Development for Leaders of Color at mailto:Alexandra.Zareth@pcusa.org.
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
“I am a man”
In 1879, Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca people successfully argued that Native Americans are “persons within the meaning of the law” with the right of habeas corpus. The result of case, held in a U.S. District Court in Omaha, meant that Chief Standing Bear became the first Native American judicially granted civil rights under U.S. law.
Nebraska recently unveiled a statue of Chief Standing Bear in the U.S. Capitol. A recent story about the statue and Standing Bear in The Washington Post story quotes Standing Bear’s affirmation of common humanity during his trial:
On the second day, Chief Standing Bear was called to testify, becoming the first Native American to do so. He raised his right hand and, through an interpreter, said: “My hand is not the color of yours, but if I pierce it, I shall feel pain. If you pierce your hand, you also feel pain. The blood that will flow from mine will be the same color as yours. The same god made us both. I am a man.”
“I am a man.” – Sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennesse.
“Ain’t I a woman,” – Sojourner Truth.
“I am a person. I am a human being.” – Countless people in countless situations.
Again and again, people have had to make that assertion as they struggle for civil rights and human rights in the face of oppression, discrimination, and prejudice. The struggle continues today. It is shared across all social identities as structures grant privilege to some but not to all. Key to creating and maintaining that privilege is denying the humanity of other people. When will we ever learn that everyone – everyone – is a human being entitled to basic human rights? When will we ever learn to treat one another with respect and love?
For Chief Standing Bear and Sojourner Truth and the sanitation workers of Memphis, may we renew our efforts to eviscerate, in the word of the CoInspire Conference, racism, sexism, ageism, ableism, homophobia, and all systems of privilege and oppression.
Learn more about Chief Standing Bear:
The Trial of Standing Bear – a PBS film
Chief Standing Bear: The Trail Ahead
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Along the Graybeard Trail 