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Non-profit Turtle Island Project
The non-profit Turtle Island Project based in Munising, Michigan was founded in the summer of 2007 to promote respect for the environment and Inidgenous Peoples. The Turtle Island Project (TIP) provides an outlet for unedited messages... [more]
The non-profit Turtle Island Project based in Munising, Michigan was founded in the summer of 2007 to promote respect for the environment and Inidgenous Peoples.
The Turtle Island Project (TIP) provides an outlet for unedited messages from Native Americans and other Indigenous peoples.
The TIP holds fundraisers including free concerts to assist the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society - the oldest domestic violence shelter for women of color in the world - is located on the Lakota Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
The TIP also has friendships with the Iona Community in Scotland and the the Read the Spirit campaign near Detroit, Michigan.
The TIP was founded by Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard of Munising, Michigan and Rev. Dr. George Cairns of Chesterton, Indiana.
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What: Walter Littlemoon, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and his wife, Jane Ridgway, will describe the impact federal Indian policies have had on their lives and family history. Littlemoon will present information from his memoir, "They Call Me Uncivilized, The Memoir of an Everyday Lakota Man from Wounded Knee.
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The federal government took Walter Littlemoon from his home at the Wounded Knee Reservation in South Dakota when he was 5.
When his mother visited him at the Oglala Community High School, one of dozens of federal boarding schools established to assimilate Native Americans, several years later, he didn't recognize her.
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Timothy Lem-SmithNewsIn a talk entitled “Colonial Canada 101,” members of Defenders of the Land, a cross-Canada network fighting for the rights of indigenous peoples, exposed the audience to the origins and manifestations of the injustice faced by indigenous peoples in Canada today.
Former Daily editor Martin Lukacs and Courtney Kirkby, activists who work in the Barriere Lake community five hours northwest of Montreal, led the workshop. They...
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Josie Bird and other members of the Lakota Sioux Indian Dance Theatre perform the first of two shows for students Monday at the Juneau-Douglas High School auditorium. The group performs traditional and sacred songs, narratives and creation stories that celebrates the culture of the Lakota people. The public event is at 7 p.m. today and is presented by the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council.
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