by Tsalagi Red

Stacy Leeds blog:

A bill was introduced in Congress today to pull our federal funds, close our casinos, and terminate our federal recognition. It’s truly a sad day for the Cherokee Nation. The rash decisions and inconsistent legal arguments of our current administration bring us to this point.

Will the bill pass? Doubtful.

Does the introduction of the bill matter? Without a doubt.

by Tsalagi Red

An important and masterful critique of the U.S. health system, Sicko takes us from horror tales of our current system to a tour of countries with free national national health care systems, and conversations with their citizens. It is a masterful unmasking of the propaganda of the U.S. health industry and mainstream media.

by Tsalagi Red

From Wampum: A rumor started gaining steam yesterday over on John and David Cornsilk’s Cherokee board. Apparently, Chad Smith approached the lawyers for the Freedmen with a deal: Ask Congresswoman Watson to hold off on introducing her anti-Cherokee bill, and he would work to get the Freedmen separate “federal recognition” and gaming operations. Well, the Freedmen bit, and Watson put the bill back in her pocket for seven days.

by Tsalagi Red

Portland, Oregon

I could care less about the Rose Parade, and this year even more so with the blatant militarization of the parade, which will include 16 military units and a tank, for chrissake. So the issue of “reserving” a spot with duct tape might seem to be trivial. But I have always had a little voice that says, “this isn’t right” when I witness a basic social unfairness. It probably has to do with being bullied as a child.

by Tsalagi Red

Call Senator Gordon Smith and tell him to support the act.

by Tsalagi Red

One of the most important labor reforms to emerge in years is The Employee Free Choice Act. The Employee Free Choice Act (H.B. 800) was recently passed in the House of Representatives by a comfortable margin. The action is now in the Senate where S. 1041 will soon be up for a vote. All Oregon progressives should get behind this bill, which will give workers more freedom to form unions, and negotiate a fair contract.

by Tsalagi Red

This is good news. Now let’s hope the courts make it stick. The Cherokee nation has a moral, ethical, and legal responsibility to the descendants of Cherokee Slaves.

by Duane Poncy

The time has finally arrived to make our move out of Portland. Beginning on July 1st, our official address will be 401 S. Water St., Silverton, OR 97381.
For those who don’t know, Silverton is a beautiful little historic town on Silver Creek, east of Salem. It is a very literary-friendly town with its own [...]

by Tsalagi Red

The primary issue of her election campaign to lead the Cherokee Nation, says Stacy Leeds, candidate for Principal Chief, is economic mismanagement. Of the $300 million dollars netted by Cherokee Nation Industries last year, according to Leeds, only 30 percent of the $78 million profit (less than $24 million) goes to support programs of the nation. That is less than 10% of what the CNI calls “after pay-out gross,” the only figure publicly released. This begs the question, How much is payed out to contractors and others before you arrive at the $300 million figure? No one knows, because the tribal administration will not release those figures.

by Tsalagi Red

Another piece posted on Common Dreams. All Oregonians should be outraged and ashamed of Ron Wyden.

by Tsalagi Red

The 1970 killings by National Guardsmen of four students during a peaceful anti-war demonstration at Kent State University have now been shown to be cold-blooded, premeditated official murder. But the definitive proof of this monumental historic reality is not, apparently, worthy of significant analysis or comment in today’s mainstream media.

by Tsalagi Red

Are there any Cherokees in the Portland, Oregon area who are going to see Stacy Leeds and Raymond Vann in Oregon City on Tuesday? If so, I am looking for a ride.

by Tsalagi Red

Selu, The Corn Mother shed seven drops of her blood and from the spots where the blood fell grew seven stalks of corn to feed the people.

Then came the white Europeans, who took Selu’s corn and used it to feed their cattle and make plastic and sweeteners, while the people went hungry. Now they have decided to use it to feed their SUVs.

by Duane Poncy

Here are some of the blurbs we’ve received from Oregon authors who have read The Eye of the Moon.
“Shelley Davidow’s extraordinary, lyrical prose is dense with fragrance, eroticism, and the poetry of recalled passion. The short sections read like perfect snapshots of the past, holding a rhythm and deep sensuality reminiscent of French writers like [...]

by Tsalagi Red

Portland, Oregon
Besides being International Workers’ Day, Mayday is also the 8th anniversary of my marriage to PattyJo. She didn’t get the day off, so I will be our sole representative at this afternoon’s big Mayday march here in Portland. This has been an annual event for us since our first one in 2001. [...]

by Subject Minus

While it is no surprise to those of us at EcoSurvival Village that oil shock has occured, the rapidity with which the finger-pointing social decline has already begun has caught us off guard. It proves a hypothesis which some have been promoting lately: change is going to arrive at a much faster pace than [...]

by Tsalagi Red

Here is a good article I found on Common Dreams on what we need to do about global warming. It’s written by James Hansen, the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and published by The Nation.
Read it here: Why We Can’t Wait

by PattyJo Mac

There is a beeping as the ramp slides out, then the doors open. He rolls himself in. His legs are covered with a blanket. His dull blondish hair is in a ponytail and he’s got layers of clothing. Behind him is a younger man, no more than five feet six, no hair visible under his billed cap, with red marks on his face shaped like tiny cigars. He’s wearing a flannel shirt and pants torn at the knee.

by Duane Poncy

Urgent Action Needed
The US Postal Service is about to raise the rate for small magazines and publications. The new rates, proposed by Time Warner, will raise the cost for little publications by 30%. This is coming up fast (April 23rd), so please act today!
Read this article by Robert McChesney: Common Dreams Article
Send a [...]

by PattyJo Mac

Here is the context. It’s early in the 21st century in a slightly larger than midsized city. A pleasant city as they go in these times. We’re a middle-aged couple, low-income, low-need, intellectuals. Around us the world is changing, rapidly becoming hostile to human life, but as yet we are seeing only the merest edge [...]