Sunday, February 27, 2011

Getting Head Start on Nature






This dog got the heads up on the big Earthquake arriving.


Monday, January 31, 2011

Egyptian Protest
















There is a huge protest that just started over Tuesday, January 25, 2011. After watching the news, it just started out simply by Facebook. A simple peace march that blew up into a huge international march demanding equal rights, removal of Mubarak, democracy, and jobs. Then the internet was disconnected and now even more tension. Twitter again is getting peoples word out on whats happening. Again another country trying to disconnect twitter. Its the power of the internet. Even a Google executive twitter guy is missing Facebook is changing the world because it is linking people feelings together and bypassing the newspapers who are mostly controlled by professional people who can make their papers sound diplomatic or toned down. Another amazing internet revolution that affected another country.  

Sunday, January 23, 2011

SuperVolcano at Yellowstone Bulging

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/01/110119-yellowstone-park-supervolcano-eruption-magma-science/

Monday, November 8, 2010

Professional Bull Riders - 2010


I had went to this event PBR Finals in Las Vegas last Month October 2012. Check out Bones! I remember I was watching this bull. He had a facial expression of surprise when the rider sat on him on the big screen. I thought that this was the funniest thing I had ever seen. I never knew a bull could make a facial expression of surprise look. Then, you can see Bones ear goes back and ready to buck off the rider.  I saw this Bull leap up in the air. This was shocking. A 2000 lb bull that leaps up in the air like a cat. Top 5 Bull Riders was bucked off in 2 seconds flat.
Marchi (2008 PBR champion) ridden Bones and got bucked off in 2008, 2009, and last month 2010.





Its good to know whats happening in the Native community about rodeos. Recently they had suffered a setback from one of their own. A two time champion at the INFR and toughest cowboy, Nelson Tsosie, had passed on from reasons still under investigation. Support INFR.
If you ever do go to the PBR, you might meet the Dancing Clown who basically stole the show except Voodoo Child and Bushwacker.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

CombiChrist


Awesome Concert! I just attended the CombiChrist concert last night and it was awesome! This band had alot of great music that is very futuristic. It reminds me of the songs from the last two films of Matrix Trilogy. The drummer likes to pour water on his drums and play thru it. The water would make splash each time he hit the drums which was just add to the chaos. The way ive discovered this band was thru watching a scary movie that looked interesting. The cover looked interesting and decided what is up with this movie since my birthday is on Halloween and spice it up! The movie is called "The Collector" about a month ago. It had an interesting plot that was really crazy. It basically was a plot between a burglar and a pycho in a house. The burglar becomes a victim doing what he does best is to rob the jews but finds himself that his the fly in the web. So the them of the music was interesting and next it was CombiChrist. They have a good sense of creating music that just fits the chaos order of the situation. I know one thing for sure is if your driving back from Las Vegas to Phoenix and very tired. Put in their track and it will keep you up! It just motivates you to do your best and "Never Surrender"(one of their music). Oh cool found a link of those photos and youtube of that concert! Here
There also good at making themes for situations (Youtube). God Warrior Youtube Link1 for Link2 


COMBICHRIST-WHAT THE FU*K IS WRONG WITH YOU
Uploaded by VEGAGIRL5. - Music videos, artist interviews, concerts and more.

The band before them was Ivardensphere. They played superb music that was very spiritual in nature. The beat was mixture of deep rooted traditional Japanese beat and I swear I also heard Navajo voice. This was my first time ever seeing a techno dance concert style with Ivardensphere. I never knew that he could just turn knobs and on this wired machine. That look like very wild with tons of wires all over the place on this machine. Similar to a machine picture below almost like a mainframe back in the 1950's with wires. It was very tribal music. Jam out!




Thursday, August 26, 2010

Sunspot - July, 2010

This is a picture taken of the sun showing a sunspot in July 1,2, 2010 at Big Bear Solar Observatory. Its really great detail from the telescope in Big Bear National Park, CA. The Discovery Center is awesome to see and understand the Serrano Tribal Nation history.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

P90X

okay, this is the year to get healthy!! The main goal is to just get healthy to do the fun stuff like walking and sight seeing. Theres so much to see out there. After visiting New York City past month. I was shocked and impressed that everyone was walking. They all looked like athletes and I didnt see any obese people. Its funny you dont hear that anywhere or maybe I just missed it on the news. I was surprise that every look fit and walking with good cloths too. So, I am like ive got to do something and get motivated. I already learning not to say "try" and change that to "will". I will work out this year and make it a normal habit of just generally being healthy. Its also part of being eating right also. Time to let go of the mcdonalds, sonic, and carls jr. Say hello to subway or supermarket with healthy food. This is all about health is the main goal. If you are really good at it then you can really excel yourself to do more. Launch date is July 5, 2009 because theres a group of people launching called "July 5 Start Date" to begin the long process of the 90 days workout on the P90X website community.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Oil Countries - Barrels per Day

Rank Countries Amount Date LINK> 2007 Consumption
# 1 United States: 20,680,000 bbl/day 2007
# 3 China: 7,578,000 bbl/day 2007
# 4 Japan: 5,007,000 bbl/day 2007
# 5 Russia: 2,858,000 bbl/day 2007
# 6 India: 2,722,000 bbl/day 2007
# 7 Germany: 2,456,000 bbl/day 2007
# 8 Brazil: 2,372,000 bbl/day 2007
# 9 Canada: 2,371,000 bbl/day 2007
# 10 Saudi Arabia: 2,311,000 bbl/day 2007
# 11 Korea, South: 2,214,000 bbl/day 2007
# 12 Mexico: 2,119,000 bbl/day 2007
# 13 France: 1,950,000 bbl/day 2007
# 14 United Kingdom: 1,763,000 bbl/day 2007
# 15 Italy: 1,702,000 bbl/day 2007
# 16 Spain: 1,611,000 bbl/day 2007
# 17 Netherlands: 984,200 bbl/day 2007
# 18 Australia: 966,200 bbl/day 2007
# 19 Venezuela: 738,300 bbl/day 2007
# 20 Turkey: 676,600 bbl/day 2007
# 21 Belgium: 628,500 bbl/day 2007
# 22 Poland: 524,000 bbl/day 2007
# 23 Greece: 441,400 bbl/day 2007
# 24 Sweden: 353,700 bbl/day 2007
# 25 Portugal: 301,000 bbl/day 2007
# 26 Iraq: 295,000 bbl/day 2007
# 27 Austria: 289,400 bbl/day 2007
# 28 Vietnam: 271,100 bbl/day 2007
# 29 Switzerland: 244,900 bbl/day 2007
# 30 Syria: 229,000 bbl/day 2007
# 31 Finland: 228,200 bbl/day 2007
# 32 Norway: 224,500 bbl/day 2007
# 33 Puerto Rico: 215,000 bbl/day 2007
# 34 Czech Republic: 207,400 bbl/day 2007
# 35 Ireland: 200,900 bbl/day 2007
# 36 Denmark: 190,600 bbl/day 2007
# 37 Hungary: 162,800 bbl/day 2007
# 38 Azerbaijan: 160,000 bbl/day 2007
# 39 New Zealand: 158,400 bbl/day 2007
# 40 Turkmenistan: 156,000 bbl/day 2007
# 41 Virgin Islands: 91,680 bbl/day 2007
# 42 Slovakia: 82,860 bbl/day 2007
# 43 Luxembourg: 60,640 bbl/day 2007
# 44 Uruguay: 33,400 bbl/day 2007
# 45 Bolivia: 31,500 bbl/day 2007
# 46 Paraguay: 28,000 bbl/day 2007
# 47 Trinidad and Tobago: 24,770 bbl/day 2007
# 48 Macedonia, Republic of: 21,700 bbl/day 2007
# 49 Iceland: 21,120 bbl/day 2007
# 50 Guam: 12,780 bbl/day 2007
# 51 Benin: 9,232 bbl/day 2007
# 52 Tajikistan: 8,000 bbl/day 2007
# 53 Djibouti: 5,066 bbl/day 2007

Total: 68,991,848bbl/day

Total: 68,991,848bbl/day
Weighted average: 1,301,733.0 bbl/day
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 14,390,000 bbl/day

This is the 2007 CONSUMPTION THIRST for Oil in 2007 by BARRELS PER DAY. The Oil gusher in Gulf of Mexico would fulfill the consumption rate of country like Kenya in 2005. By comparison, The US would need like 333 of those Gulf of Mexico Oil Gushers to meet the demand consumption. We need to have wind farms every 100 miles for electric cars that run off batteries.We really need to get into alternative energy immediately.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Earthquakes and Volcanos WorldWide


This has been an eventful month with volcanoes erupting in Iceland and one near Italy. The one in Italy hasn't erupted ever since it been has been last recorded. That is something else to take note! I think its all stems from the major earthquake that took place in Sumtra in 2005 and then the moon eclipse that was pulling on the Earth for over 6 minutes 39 seconds. It was heading from India down over across northern Australia towards Chile. Its just an opinion. That thought of "the earth is big to not fail" meaning that people expect do harm to the Earth and expect nothing to happened seems to be small in comparison to natures furies. There's traditions of how the world is all web together and how ecosystems interact with each other. This is something that I know for sure a real life Neanderthal would not understand. I think that movie 2012 did scare a lot of people around the world because all the suddenly there is major earthquakes happening all the time now. Its all part of the process that is normal. I know one think for sure that the winds,hurricanes,earthquakes, and regular storms have a much more powerful punch worldwide. I also read an New Moore Island article that the ocean is rising and ended a dispute between two countries on who owns the land. Next, it disappears and ocean reclaim its right.
For now, we need jobs in America! We need to have a television show dedicated to jobs and get people assign to jobs immediately. Thats it for now.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Donations


Fuel sources are DANGEROUSLY LOW or are DEPLETED on the Rez. Can you HELP? on One Spirit's TwitWall



    Your Donation Is Urgently Needed

    With rising fuel prices and a cold winter predicted, the Lakota Sioux Indians need your help. Donations at this time of year go primarily to the Heat Assistance Program, where it is needed the most.
    In addition to the Heat Assistance Program, donations to ONE Spirit also support Food Share America, a food co-op progam that helps provide food to supplement the diets of Lakota Indians. Many Lakota in South Dakota are at risk of disease due in part to a nutritionally deficient diet lacking in both quantity and quality of food.
    One of the largest at-risk groups among Lakota Indians are the young people. Suicides among teenagers on reservations is more than five times the national average. In our community are many young people who are very talented in traditional cultural arts and who have visions, dreams, and hopes for a better future. Donations to One Spirit support the My Buffalo Land's Children Program, which works with the Lakota youth to help keep their hopes and dreams alive.
    Your donation can go along way towards helping the Lakota Indians, both young and old. PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY TODAY.

Friday, January 1, 2010

Hoover Dam Dec 2009




I was driving back from Las Vegas NV at end of December 2009. I remember back in late 70's it was full and early 1980's. In late 70's, there was a  drivers would cross the bridge one at a time because the water was over flowing the dam.  It went down in early 90's but now it has gotten down to new lows. (Click on Picture to see a clearer photo)

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Avatar



I just saw Avatar and its a great movie. Its just like Native Americans but without the small pox that wiped out over 80 percent or more tribes. The movie would be considered like the movie "Pathfinder". I liked the technology and indigenous communities but wheres the natives or minorities? This just make it that Native Americans need to have their own technology space ship. haha can you imagine a hillbilly rezzies in a space ship? They might get those people on that blue planet drunk huh. Next they be all rezzed out? Who knows but I think it would be better. Too bad they took out that cool tree. I know Natives have trees that were 379.1(115.56 meter) feet tall high and over 3,500 years old.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Global Warming - Climate Change

Its amazing how people do not understand Global Warming. Just because it says its "Global Warming" meaning that the earth is warming up. Then people complain that the earth is not warming but cooling down. Global Warming is the overall terminology of the bigger picture. It includes the cooling down too meaning things will cool down more in record temperatures but is taking part in the process of Global Warming in the bigger picture. Global Warming means basically the whole world is messed up. There will be fluctuations in temperatures going up and down extremely but the main essence of the Earth is warming because of these massive temperature changes. The ice in north and south poles are melting but then freeze up quickly and show more snow. People are still confuse and say the earth is cooling down extreme and its cooling down but not Global Warming. It still considered Global Warming because this fast temperature only freezes the snow or ice bergs up in north and south pole thinly. That's the key word. Thinly. When you have massive ice that freezes thinly then its not a real quality original snow freeze as it once was in the past centuries. The more ice that freezes thinly then thats serious news because that means it will melt even faster than ever before. The qualityness of solid ice or ice bergs is gone. This is setting up for great catastrophe meaning it all could melt quickly or meaning New York could easily be under water just as quickly. Remember Global Warming does not happening slowly meaning water trickles down and melts. These are huge ice that are freezing thinly and all they need is a very hot record breaking temperatures and they will come tumbling down quickly like house of cards. This is serious stuff. There are many signs the Earth is melting very fast like more jellyfish in water, glaciers melting falling in oceans, more mosquitoes or bugs eating forest, rising sea levels in pacific ocean, glaciers ramming the ocean beach in Alaska, and more Hurricanes with higher force. The two word "Climate Change" is a word that describes extreme temperatures either high or low to satisfy people who cannot comprehend the words "Global Warming" who get confuse with the literal meaning. I think it should be change to "Global Climate Change Warming". Climate change to me sounds localized meaning the weather always changes when you look outside but Global Climate Change means this is serious situation that needs to be averted. We honestly do not know what we are doing to the Mother Earth. All this masses of water is being transferred to another place on Earth. We do not know what this will do to the the earth's tilt when we tilt 23 degrees during Winter. What does this mean? The earth is closer to the sun in our solar system during Winter. When we have huge transfer of weight to other sides of the world. Does this mean that this will slow down the earth spinning? Change our tilt 23 degrees every year for winter(which is why it gets darker early in evening)? Native Americans from all across the nations in America all talk about something happening to the earth from weather. Natives took care of the Earth for centuries and have traditions of observing. Ive heard that Natives had took care of the forests. I think Global Climate Change needs to be number priority. We need save the arctic from melting and slow it down. This neanderthal theory is real and true. People who do not think really do destroy their future because their too ignorant of the future. I remember 30 years ago when people talk about this from Roberta Blackgoat said this and Hopi Elders talk about this specifically down about how we are not suppose to be disturbing the Earths guts and that something will happen. Then one day a small storm cross Florida and came back as Hurricane and raised gas prices. Katrina was one of the worst storm on record and we do not want 100 Katrina's. Philippines this year saw 4 Hurricanes or Typhoons in one month alone in 2009. I hope all the countries figure a way to keep the Earth as it once was millions of years ago when things were great when the Earth was pure and in balance. The Copenhagen Climate Change conference needs to address this because billions of lives are at stake.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Navajo Rug Show 2009

Here are some clips from the Navajo rug show in Salt Lake City, Utah on November 2009. This is the 20th anniversary of the rug show. These are the 3 founders of Navajo rug show who help with adopting the elder program.



Rosaita, 22 flew from Europe, found the elders on website and wanted to be adopted into navajo family. She was 19 and flew to Navajo rug show 2007. She was determined despite her parents objections. This is her 3rd year at Navajo rug show and painted this painting for the Navajo rug show. Actor Jay Tavare from movie "Pathfinder" attended Navajo rug show and also interested in helping the Apache youths in New Mexico with culture.




The local kids from the school came down to learn from the elders on the stories and culture. They even had car wash to donate to elder family for them to use for gas to drive from the Navajo reservation to show them how they weave for 400 dollars.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Mercury in Fish


I just saw an article on Mercury in FISH. I was wondering how mercury got into fish and its all from coal power plants and dumping into water. Here is some stats quote " An estimated two-thirds of human-generated mercury comes from stationary combustion, mostly of coal. Other important human-generated sources include gold production, non-ferrous metal production, cement,production, waste disposal,, crematoria, caustic soda production, pig iron and steel production, mercury production (mostly for batteries), and biomass burning. It basically comes down to pollution. The Western Hemisphere was the most beautiful place in the Universe and now Neanderthals are poisoning the water and fish. We need more scrubbers and better technology to take responsibility of every waste. Its interesting to note that Chief Martin had talked about how their Tribal Nation invented the scrubber to clean the environment while at a AISES conference.We need to live in a more cleaner world.
News Article Mercury in Fish

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Prius - RedWood Forest

I remember way back in 2000 when I was in San Francisco, California visiting friends. They had let me drive the Prius first generation hybrid car to the RedWood Forest which was like 35 miles north of San Francisco. It was a great experience to drive the hybrid car. I didnt notice any difference in hybrid car and it felt like a normal driving car. It had blinking lights on the dash counter that showed real time data on how much electricity it is generating. I thought it was cool to be in a Prius and drive it to the RedWood National Forest. Then, when we got there I drove carefully around towards the parking lot and there was a group of 30 naturalist people watching the RedWood. Then, they all turned and stared at us as I pulled up. They were all amazed. They seem to be distracted that they didnt hear a engine noise. We walked out of the car. The crowd came over and were asking many questions about the car. Many didnt even know there that the engine could be turned off and still drive quietly thru the tall majestic Redwood forest. It was cool to be there. It was so peaceful to have windows down and see nature as it was intended to be with no car noise. You have to really think to yourself. Where in the Universe can you find the most gigantic healthy beautiful trees? Here on Mother Earth. I am sure the RedWood forest appreciate it driving thru and around without putting out pollution in its leaves, trees, and all the plants around them. I remember told many people about this hybrid technology and some people thought it was a experimental car that was just only for greenest only. Now, people want this car because it makes them feel good. The Prius has came along way in which there technology has vastly improved in which the engine and space has expanded. When you drive in a hybrid car like Honda 2009 Hybrid also makes you feel like you living in 2009 in which mankind has thought out every problem that arises in terms of how energy is conserve and put into battery. Now, I hear all the car makers are finally going into hybrid technology. As a Native American, Ive seen so many people come to Native Americans and ask how they can conserve and find ways to go green and eat healthy. Back growing up that was part or way of life to always think ways to save. Now, People are starting to catch on and that commercial really hit me to see people so like control by gas companies and this car shows up and gives people incentive to start going green even in their everyday lives when they turn green and stand up. The Hurricane Katrina really woke up many people about going green because they saw how gas can change their ways of same ole gas guzzlers. Its awesome to stay green and think green because you empower more things in what you do in the long run like food, exercise, saving unique species, inventing greener technologies and of-course make a better place for MotherEarth to breath. :D

This is a cool making of commercial for the Toyota Prius. This is a cool car. I like the commercial alot and decided how did they make it. It gets 51 mpg city and if you hyper-mile then you can get more than 60mpg that's if you drive slow and not too aggressive. In the commercial, there are green grass that is made up of people in a flowing background manner. The car just drives forward and behind it is nothing but green people blossoming along it. It represents a metaphor of green cars saving the environment and offering a great way to save money on gas from the high gas prices. Its like leaving a smaller footprint of wasting gas which equals to huge savings if all people decided to do this. This will literally save an extra super tanker arriving to America each year or more. If you really like this commercial then you got to see the Prius Website. The commercial is actually part of the Prius website or extension of it. Thats whats makes it so cool. The website is like a commercial also and actually shows the car performance in mini settings. Click on "MPG INNOVATION" and hear the harmony of the song. Also, understand how the American made engine(Patent company TRW)saves gas.

Friday, July 31, 2009

Comet flew into Jupiter


This is truly amazing how no one caught in a telescope that a asteroid or comet flew inside the solar system and landed into Jupiter. Thank goodness we have Jupiter. Jupiter is so massive that its gravity actually pulls majors asteroids or comets to itself. Then it acts as a savior. We do no know how many times the past 4 billions of years since the earth was created that Jupiter pulled many asteroids or comets away from Earth. This just happened last week.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

World Freedom

World Wide events like Iran's Election shows people want freedom like America's Freedom. It doesnt even have to be exactly like America's freedom but even near. The past week has been very dramatic to witness how people value freedom. We natives in America have over 1,000 Native Nations across America before we were so-called discovered. We already celebrating freedom with each tribal people celebrating their own religion and native tongue language. Thats its important for natives to volunteer for native organizations to help the people.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Drinking


I just had a thought about drinking that seems to be bug me. I just notice that natives are more successful if they don't drink and will excel more. That's basically it. It sounds simple but this is serious stuff meaning I think that drinking can actually destroy a generation of natives believe it or not. I know for sure that drinking can destroy a bond within a family between a man and women when a guy drinks. Unless that native gal has a addictive behavior to actually supply the beer. Now this bring in a whole set of weird behavior. This is where I stop about getting too much ghetto especially when living with someone and see bottles of beer laying around. That is too ghetto but some find it very normal but I am glad my mom institute values of preventing that type of behavior that is not normal.
I suggest native really look into drinking as being a major weapon to their demeanor or future successes. Drinking actually brings you into a false world where everything is "alright". I met alot of natives who could have become very successful but they were stuck in doing basic things like drinking and accepting things as there is. That is unacceptable to me. Drinking is a drug and same has mary jane. People seem to smoke it and again live in a world where everything is just "alright". I think natives needs to really understand why family bond is very important to protect family. A guy thinks he can drink and get away with it but his future generation "accepts" him as a failure or someone who just drinks and can handle it. This is still unacceptable simply because that kid or younger generation has no bond to move on to succeed in keeping a bond with others either in friends, family, or relationship. I don't accept friends or family near me who drink. Period. Its weird but it works. It allows me to focus on major issues on human rights, community development, education teaching of culture at university speaking, volunteering of nonprofit organizations, or networking to succeed to be creative entrepreneur. Some natives simply don't think this is possible to think like this. That's their failure to believe. It's just what Yoda said on Star Wars when Luke Skywalker could not lift his space craft from the swamp. I suggest native never drink or don't train their body to drink "once a month" or sustain a liquor in their system for period of time that is repeating. To me, drinking is one of the top 5 things that can destroy a native culture which is 1. drinking beer/liquor, 2. domestic abuse, 3. doing drugs, 4. being a hardcore non-native religious nut freak, and 5. being a hardcore right winger type following a conservative ideology. To me, these things will destroy a family in the long run and I am very serious about this. I will explain each more fully in my blog but for now I am focusing on why drinking is terrible to carry to family and friends. I never accept a phone call from friends who have a drinking tone voice. Never accept that type of their behavior to your world. To me, that is just too ghetto or disrespectful as person on how they look upon you in the future. Why did I all the suddenly spoke up about this. It just hit me how successful natives were back in 1930's or 40's. They all had a common goal to succeed to survive in the world in Olympics and WWII. Nowadays, I notice drinking seems to come back and bring out bad attitudes that they secretly harboring. This is one of the many reasons why drinking is bad. I am very serious about drinking or bottle can simply wipe out a generation of natives. It already has broken bonds that connects family. I suggest natives in future try to figure out ways to stop drinking on rez and further focus on preventing drinking behavior. I never drink myself. I might have had the same as the Pope takes wine during New Years once in 2 decades. It never appeal to me and my lifestyle prevented me to focus on a bottle. But, I noticed how powerful a bottle is compared to a drug that a native may take. I heard many stories how natives who were very successful and already achieved their success just drank 1 bottle and turned their life backwards forever either with meeting the wrong guy at a bar or drunk driving. The only beverages I drink is Ice tea, Coke, Pepsi, Sobe, water, fruit drink, and minute maid lemonade. I suggest natives who want to live a life of pure excitement in life where the sky is always blue and cool people respect you is not getting involve with drinking or drugs. People can still tell if you drink once a month believe or not by the way your slur of speech, redness of face, or behavior of denial attitude towards interest of conservations. Some native may laugh when I say sky is always blue but it sure is blue. I had a great child hood experience that I would not trade in for a zillion dollars. I have said this statement like thousands times. When you grew up as a kid, your senses are new and strive wanting to learn many new things growing up. I suggest natives stay this way because it will propel you thru bad times that makes it seem like it is a mosquito. You really realize how important you are compared to drinking rather than feeling sorry for self. When you are young, you're a seeker of new opportunities. This formula will propel you thru many bad times and create new opportunities either in jobs or new lasting bonds of friends or organizations. Why did I bring this up? Because I heard that many natives told me that I was unique. I was an only child and I always assumed all natives were like this. Then I found out growing up more that Natives have problems. I actually thought it can be solve easily but I found out that their bad experiences is rooted deeply in their values or core values or personalities. This is sad and is reason why I suggest natives find ways to be a warrior at a young age of being in a bubble of pursing happiness. I am very proud to be Native American. It's just not being proud but proud in a different way of being loyal or being carrying my ancient family roots ways. When, I met my family like my aunt and uncle late in life. They asked me if I conduct myself in high degree. I said, I always did but I do have my fantasy of crazy times which is my own right. hehe. I know how to have fun but I also know to never let myself be a "cheap" or "low-budget" or 3rd world behavior. I always felt in my gut that being native is more than material things. Its more about family ties and being loyal to nation to whole of educated elders or educated traditional natives. It could be my Maya blood, Navajo blood, or Aztec blood but I think its my Maya blood that drives me to always strive demand respect in any situation or how you conduct your love life. Its like building a huge a building or structure and that you show respect too because there's a responsible connection. Or my Navajo blood that you go about it the right way and talk about it openly if you have questions. That's where I am talking about. Natives need to find that responsibilities connection to conduct their love life to a higher degree meaning not being extinct basically. It may appear too strong but its real or this is what actually makes future generation survive. If natives were numbered in billions like other races then it seem like it would be not useful but still again. It has to do with keeping the native blood live forever in the right direction. I felt in my heart I had to say this because I have not read it anywhere yet. So, I thought I just say what's on my mind on this new blog.

Native Movies - Apocalypto



Okay now! I am back on my own website after Yahoo blog went out of commission or basically downgraded to footnote on my page. So, I am decided to turn my blog into a real blog how bout that!
Okay.. I saw a movie a year ago and I never was able to post a comment. Its called Apocalypto. What a complicated screen title to name a movie about Maya people. Maya is a simple word to remember and rolls off tongue just right. But Apocalypto, you will keep saying it many ways. This movie is a joke except there are certain things in the movie that are very much real. I thought the whole movie was good start to get on the map of movies but again we are back in 1940's but this time with color. I even bought the dvd and listen to the directors comments about the movie. It was interesting to hear because I am Maya on my grand father side. So, I thought I would really listen to the movies actualy stuff. You know in this day of age, a native gets happy just putting a real native in movie and thats sad in this day of age to be excited about that there are real natives on a major motion picture movie. I actually thought that the natives were either part Maya or at least full Maya something to more authenticity to it. But, I found out that they were Canadians Natives eh. hehe. They still were cool but were tall but that fit the look of the ancient hierglyphs paintings. The Maya elder was real and the painting of the walls when the capture slaves walking thru was real after reading what the DVD commentary said. That was cool part of the movie. To me, It was like a 20 minute documentary film of Maya and rest was just plan science fantasy fiction by Mel Gibson and Mickey Mouse(Disney Land owns Touchstone Pictures). You know Disney or Mickey Mouse always tries to patent something about Native Americans especially Pocohantas and now Maya since the 2012 Calender is coming up. I remembered watching a documentary of an art director who was asked to create or draw the most beautiful native women in cartoon. But it sounds great huh but not really because you see Disney wants to patent. So, if your native and want to draw a native women then disney might be there to take that drawing away from you. Same way with Maya people, disney is making own version of Maya history and patenting it. Disney is always fascinated in turning people or animals into german soldiers meaning they all bark the same order or bow down at the same time. They had the Maya priest made it appear that everyone was on drugs and were in awe. I never seen native people act like that any where on Western Hemisphere. Mel Gibson got the priest to wave his hand and arms around like Moussiliani and Hitler. Gee, Excellent choice of dictators to make Maya people proud. I remembered when the movie first came out, they actually showed a baby being thrown up in air and some Maya warrior caught it with a spear. Then I went to the movie again about month later and they removed the scene. So, Disney micky mouse is really desperate for some cash. Then, the ending was way way way off by about 1500 years when Europeans showed up in a boat. They didnt look hungry and lost? wonder why Mel Gibson. So, using Mels Gibson logic or Mickey Mouse Disney logic, if we are 1500 years off.. then lets get a Maya flying a jet shooting at the boats and native with flame thrower waiting at shores. We need more Native movies to really give you a feeling of appreciation. I swear this movie felt like a comedy you know the air plane or those wayne brothers movies.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Volunteer for Organizations

Hello, Welcome. I just updated the latest events that been happening since I've last heard so far.- Also, another news with the Arctic Wildlife Refuge -  http://www.gwichinsteeringcommittee.org/

Land is Life - http://www.landislife.org/ - This organization I had also volunteered for Ecuador natives like the Hourani live in Ecuador. Ecuador and Bolivia is said to be most biodiversity of species than any place on the universe as we know it. While working at Save Americas forests organization. I've volunteered to tech support for this organization to support natives located in Amazon.

Save Americas Forest - http://www.saveamericasforests.org/ The latest I've heard so far while reading n January 2007 that two indigenous tribes have been awarded reservations south of the Yasuni Forest but the Horouni Tribe who live north of the Yasuni Forest still need protection.

Four Winds Weavers - http://www.fourwindsweavers.org/ This organization is another grass root organization that Ive managed to volunteer also in creating website and at least getting message out of helping people display their rugs and little education.

I suggest people volunteer to their local organization and lets make this a safer world.