Monthly Archives: February, 2010
Carole Hart’s Healing Story
From Director/Producer Carole Hart:
Healing is a very important part of the Grandmothers work. And stories about healings can be healing in themselves. We would love to hear yours. To get you started, I’m sharing my healing story that brought me to the making of this film.
If you would like to share your story, please send [...]
An Article from Examiner.com New York
Disaster declared on Cheyenne R Sioux Reservation: Aid urgently needed
February 2, 11:23 AM
Posted by: Human Rights ExaminerDeborah Dupre’
Source: Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources
Severe Ice Storms and Freezing Temperatures Knocked Down 3,000 Utility Poles – Tribal Residents Have Been Without Electricity, Heat and Running Water for Six Days.
Chairman of Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe has declared a [...]
An Article from Survival International
‘Avatar is real’, say tribal people
25 January
Following the film ‘Avatar’’s win at the Golden Globes, tribal people have claimed that the film tells the real story of their lives today.
A Penan man from Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, told Survival, ‘The Penan people cannot live without the rainforest. The forest looks after [...]
Here’s a great article from the latest issue of Ode Magazine about the Grandmothers and “For the Next 7 Generations”
http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/68/grannies-with-a-mission/
Ode Magazine
Grannies with a mission
Diana Rico | Jan/Feb 2010 issue
“The greatest distance in the world,” Agnes Baker Pilgrim is fond of saying, “is the 14 inches from our minds to our hearts.” Grandmother Aggie, as she [...]