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"In Whose Honor?"
The Cleveland Indians. Washington Redskins. Atlanta Braves. What's wrong
with Native American sports mascots? "In Whose Honor?" takes a critical look
at the long-running practice of "honoring" American Indians as mascots and
nicknames in sports. It follows the story of Native American mother Charlene
Teters, and her transformation into the leader some are calling the "Rosa
Parks of Native Americans" as she struggles to protect her cultural symbols
and identity. The film explores issues of racism, stereotypes, minority
representation and the powerful effects of mass-media imagery, and the
extent to which one university will go to defend and justify its mascot.
THIS WEEKS SCREENING TIMES
Thu, Jul 04, 10:00 PM ET (Thu, Jul 04, 7:00 PM PT)
Fri, Jul 05, 4:00 AM ET (Fri, Jul 05, 1:00 AM PT)
Fri, Jul 05, 10:00 AM ET (Fri, Jul 05, 7:00 AM PT)
Fri, Jul 05, 4:00 PM ET (Fri, Jul 05, 1:00 PM PT)
TO ORDER A VHS CASSETTE
For educational use from New Day Films at (888) 367 9154,
and for home video use from Jay Rosenstein (e-mail jrosenst@uiuc.edu)
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FIRST PEOPLES TV & WORLDLINK TV:
For program descriptions visit http://www.dreamcatchers.org/fptv
or for program schedules visit http://www.worldlinktv.org
FIRST PEOPLES TV
WorldLink TV (http://www.worldlinktv.org), the first nationwide television network
providing Americans with global perspectives on news, events and culture, is
broadcasting a new weekly series by and about the tribal peoples of the
world. "First Peoples TV" features 26 award-winning documentaries and dramas
focusing on the lives of contemporary Native and Aboriginal people and the
issues they face.
WorldLink's programming consists of first run documentaries, foreign feature
films, global news reports and eight hours of world music each day. Launched
in December 1999, the channel is available in over 17 million U.S. homes via
basic service on the direct-to-home satellite services DIRECTV® (Channel
375) and EchoStar's DISH Network® (Channel 9410). "First Peoples TV" is the
first time a regularly scheduled TV series concerning tribal peoples will be
accessible to all urban areas, including the territories of every Indigenous
nation in the United States.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Addicted to War is not only a witty and entertaining portrait of our
war-dependent economy, but a relevant insight not available in the
mainstream media, something our children should know before they must make
their choice whether or not to become fodder for the military machine."
- - Susan Sarandon, Actress
Rhino here:
"ADDICTED To WAR" is a comic book which in a very few pages, and in a clear
and straight focus, describes the long history of how certain people and
business entities make lots of money by making war. You may not agree with
all of it, but there's a lot here no one can deny.
Xmas stuffers for the kids?
View a sample page:
http://www.addictedtowar.com/images/image55.JPG
We Are Proud to Announce That The New 2002 Updated Edition of
ADDICTED To WAR - WHY THE U.S. CAN'T KICK MILITARISM
by Joel Andreas
Has Been Endorsed by The Veterans For Peace and IS NOW AVAILABLE!
http://www.addictedtowar.com
ADDICTED To WAR takes on the most active, powerful and destructive military
in the world. Hard-hitting, carefully documented, and heavily illustrated,
it reveals why the U.S. has been involved in more wars in recent years than
any other country. Read ADDICTED To WAR to find out who benefits from these
military adventures, who pays and who dies.
This brilliant 64-page illustrated expose, first written in 1993, has been
updated and is now available, including a new chapter called "The War on
Terrorism". Addicted to War has been endorsed by Howard Zinn, Michael
Parenti, Ed Asner, Blase Bonpane, Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen,
S. Brian Willson, VFP and many others.
"The U.S., with 4.5% of the world's population, arrogantly plunders the
world's resources and cultures to support it's American Way Of Life.
Addicted To War illustrates why the U.S. is NECESSARILY dependent upon war
to feed its shameful consumption patterns."
S. Brian Willson, Vietnam Veteran & Anti-War Activist
To order one copy of Addicted To War please send $9.
To order two copies send $15.
To order three copies send $20 to address below:
These prices all include postage and handling.
We are looking for people who are interested in getting Addicted to War out
to teachers in high schools, middle schools and colleges. Also to the media,
the entertainment industry, book stores, libraries, churches, Peace and
Justice organizations and other groups in our society.
Frank Dorrel
Veteran For Peace Publisher
P.O. Box 3261
Culver City, Calif. 90231-3261
310-838-8131
fdorrel@addictedtowar.com
http://www.addictedtowar.com
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"It is well to remember that the entire universe,
with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
- - John Andrew Holmes
Rhino here:
Good Sunday. I've mentioned previously, the struggle between astronomers
from The Vatican Observatory and University of Arizona, and Indians from The
San Carlos Apache Tribe. To me its a new twist on the old science vs.
religion, since The Vatican is on the side of science. When asked why The
Church is involved in astronomy, one of the leading Jesuit Astrophysicists
claimed that if and when extraterrestrials were contacted, they wanted to be
there, and be able to ask if they had knowledge of original sin and/or
Jesus, and they wanted to be able to baptize them.
Following is a portion of an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education
which gives a good summary and update. For the entire article, go to:
http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i42/42a02101.htm
The Chronicle of Higher Education
June 28, 2002
"On a Mountaintop, a Fight Between Science and Religion"
By SARA HEBEL
The Universities of Minnesota and Virginia are caught between
a mountain and a hard place as they debate whether to
participate in a major telescope project located on land
considered sacred by some American Indian tribes.
They are torn between two groups of people who seek greater
clarity through nature, and in doing so have become locked in
a classic clash of science and religion. Both universities
expect to decide over the next several months whether they
will become the latest institutions to buy time on what will
be one of the world's largest and most powerful binocular
telescopes, located on U.S. Forest Service land on Mount
Graham in the Pinaleno Mountains of southeastern Arizona.
Astronomers at both universities view participation in the
project as a crucial opportunity. They say having access to
the large telescope being built and two other telescopes
already on the mountain would help them attract more top-notch
researchers and graduate students and open up types of studies
that have been unavailable to them, such as examining the
origins of galaxies.
Apache Indians in Arizona, meanwhile, have traditionally held
religious ceremonies on Mount Graham and consider the
telescope construction there to be desecration of sacred
ground. University officials in Minnesota and Virginia worry
that participating in the telescope project could harm ties
that the institutions and some of their departments, such as
American Indian studies and anthropology, have forged with
various American Indian tribes.
Many environmental groups also oppose construction on the
mountain, arguing that it threatens an endangered species of
red squirrel and harms the ecosystem of the mountain, which
they say is home to more life zones and vegetative communities
than any other isolated North American mountain. Last month
eight groups wrote a letter to the presidents at Minnesota and
Virginia, suggesting that signing on to the project would
damage the institutions' "good names and respected
reputations."...
For the entire article:
http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i42/42a02101.htm
Reprinted under the Fair Use doctrine of international copyright
law ( http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html ).
All copyrights belong to original publisher.
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