Saturday, October 4, 2003

RHINO'S WEEKEND BLOG - October 4th & 5th QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - - Mark Twain THIS WEEKEND IN HISTORY October 4 , 1997 -- Demonstrations in Washington, D.C. & across the U.S protesting scheduled launch of the space probe, Cassini, with a plutonium payload. October 5, 1979 -- The Black Hills Survival Gathering: 2,000 activists demonstrate against development of uranium mines in Black Hills, South Dakota. RHINO'S MOVIE TIP: CRY OF THE SNOW LION Narrated by Martin Sheen & produced by Rhino's Blog readers & Academy Award winners, Maria Florio & Victoria Mudd ( Broken Rainbow, 1985 ) CRY OF THE SNOW LION is a 35mm feature-length documentary, 10 years in the making & filmed during 9 remarkable journeys throughout Tibet, India & Nepal. David Kehr of the NY Times called it, "Impeccably made... Breathtaking... A more concise and affecting summation of the Tibetan crisis would be hard to imagine." CRY OF THE SNOW LION brings audiences to the long-forbidden "rooftop of the world" with an unprecedented richness of imagery... from rarely-seen rituals in remote monasteries, to horse races with Khamba warriors; from brothels & slums in the holy city of Lhasa, to magnificent Himalayan peaks still traveled by nomadic yak caravans. The dark secrets of Tibet's recent past are powerfully chronicled through personal stories & interviews, & a collection of undercover & archival images never before assembled in one film. OPENING IN CITIES ACROSS THE U.S. IN OCTOBER - FOR SCREENING INFO, GO TO: http://www.cryofthesnowlion.com RHINO'S EVENT TIP: PEACEROOTS ALLIANCE BENEFIT DINNER & CONCERT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 5- 10 PM, PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA PeaceRoots Alliance is the peace activist coalition founded by members & former members of The Farm, the intentional community in Summertown, Tennessee. Founded in February of 2002 in response to 9/11 & the reactionary drums of war, PeaceRoots (with The Rhino as a founding member) has sought to effect peaceful change through a variety of projects including the placing of "PEACE IS PATRIOTIC" billboards around the U.S. During the PeaceRoots National Meeting next weekend, there will be a fundraiser dinner, silent auction & concert to promote the next round of billboards with a message of "WAKE UP, AMERICA! AND VOTE". Featured speakers include GARY RHINE (yours truly, The Rhino) , documentary producer & blogger, (www.kifaru.com) // MICHAEL O'GORMAN, President of PeaceRoots, & Director of Agroproductos del Cabo Organic Vegetables in Ensenada, Mexico // JUDY BIONDO MEEKER, Code Pink Activist, Teacher & Founder of the "More Than Warmth Quilt Project" (www.morethanwarmth.org) // TOMAS HEIKKALA, Peace Activist and Viet Nam Veteran speaking on "Military Out of Our Schools". (www.objector.us) // & ALAN GRAF, Founder of the Northwest Constitution Rights Center in Portland, OR, speaking on the power of dissent, and how oppression of free speech is tied to running a war economy. (www.hippielawyer.com). MORE INFO AT: http://www.peaceroots.org/benefit.htm  AND  http://www.peaceroots.org WEB SITE OF THE WEEK: TAKE BACK THE MEDIA FLASH ANIMATION BUSH IS NOT A NAZI - SO STOP SAYING THAT http://www.takebackthemedia.com/bushnonazi.html RHINO HERE: I want to remind you that the Rhino's Blog Web Site has a search engine which can take your selected keywords & search through the archives of the blog providing you with Rhino's rants & links on any subject. The site also features a list of web links by topic and, not to be missed, a different picture of a Rhino every day at the bottom of each post. http://www.rhinosblog.info This weekend I give you 3 articles by freelance journalist (& Rhino's Blog reader), Brenda Norrell, who was kind enough to take a bus from Arizona to Salt Lake City late last month to cover the world premiere of my new documentary, "A SEAT AT THE TABLE; Struggling For American Indian Religious Freedom." First are 2 pieces on the doc & the screening, and then an amazing piece which connects Geronimo, shrub's Grandpa Prescott Bush & the Skull & Bones society of Yale.  Hava great weekend. Delicate balance of Indian culture and life by: Brenda Norrell . Indian Country Today, October 02, 2003 SALT LAKE CITY - Revealing the delicate balance of Indian culture and life, "A Seat at the Table; Struggling for American Indian Religious Freedom," examines the essence of life from DNA to prison cells, from South Africa to Mount Graham and the Black Hills. Celebrating a renaissance in protecting the sacred, the film documents the struggles of eight American Indians at the Third Parliament of the Worlds Religions in Capetown, South Africa in Dec. 1999... MORE AT: http://www.indiancountry.com/?1065112248 Amnesty International Fest premieres 'A Seat at the Table' by: Brenda Norrell . Indian Country Today, October 02, 2003 SALT LAKE CITY - The Amnesty International Film Festival hosted the world premiere of "A Seat at the Table, Struggling for American Indian Religious Freedom," during three days of film dedicated to international human rights. During the world premiere, producer-director Gary Rhine and Guy Lopez, Crow Creek Sioux, said they hope the film will fuel the struggles for future generations and increase respect. "The film weaves together the whole fabric of our cultural and spiritual life," said Lopez, Sacred Lands Program coordinator for the Association of American Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C. "The best thing that you can do is really care for a place and not give up," said Lopez. In the film, he describes the struggle to save the Apaches' sacred Mount Graham in Arizona... MORE AT: http://IndianCountry.com/?1065113583 FOR MORE INFO ON A SEAT AT THE TABLE; Struggling For American Indian Religious Freedom, GO TO: http://www.dreamcatchers.org/aseatatthetable 7:48:44 AM    comment

RHINO'S WEEKEND BOTTOM LINE - Bush family involved in secret society holding Geronimo's skull Bush family involved in secret society holding Geronimo's skull The Skull and Bones Society allegedly robbed grave by: Brenda Norrell , Indian Country Today, September 24, 2003 MOUNT GRAHAM, Ariz. - The Skull and Bones Society admitted to Apache leaders 17 years ago that they had a skull they call "Geronimo's" in their secret cult museum in New Haven, Conn. Still, his remains have not been returned. Raleigh Thompson, former San Carlos Apache tribal councilman for 16 years, said it is time to bring Geronimo home to be buried in the mountains that he loved. "Geronimo left his rifle and peace pipe here when they took him away," Thompson said. "When Geronimo was taken from this land, he wanted to come back and be buried on San Carlos in the Triplet Mountains." During an interview at the Mount Graham Sacred Run, Thompson said he was present in New York when the Skull and Bones Society admitted that it held Geronimo's remains in 1986. "They dug up Geronimo's body in 1918. His body is at the Skull and Bones Museum. Grandfather Prescott Bush dug it up," Thompson said. The grave robbing was exposed when Apache leaders received a photo and information in the 1980s. The informant, fearing for his life and never identified, provided Apache leaders with a photo of the cult museum's display of Geronimo's remains in a glass cage. The informant also provided a copy of a Skull and Bones Society log book, in which the 1918 grave robbery was recorded. According to the Skull and Bones log book entry, Prescott Bush, grandfather of George W. Bush, and five other officers at Fort Sill, Okla., desecrated Geronimo's grave... MORE AT: http://www.indiancountry.com/?1064420579 "RHINO'S BLOG" is the responsibility of Gary Rhine. (rhino@kifaru.com) Feedback, and requests to be added or deleted from the list are encouraged. SEARCH BLOG ARCHIVES / SURF RHINO'S LINKS, AT: http://www.rhinosblog.info RHINO'S OTHER WEB SITES: http://www.dreamcatchers.org (INDIGENOUS ASSISTANCE & INTERCULTURAL DIALOG) http://www.kifaru.com (NATIVE AMERICAN RELATIONS VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES) Articles are reprinted under Fair Use Doctrine of international copyright law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html All copyrights belong to original publisher. Tell a friend about Rhino's Blog 6:37:01 AM    comment

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