Something Special We Just Had to Share

Here at the NDN Kar we received an extra special submission for Keith’s You Got Land? video. So, we just had to share. 

These beautiful pictures come from Dr. Dawn Karima who is Creek/Cherokee from the Qualla Boundary Reservation in the Great Smoky Mountains. Did we mention she’s a Native American Music Award Winner?  She is also a professor, and prominent NDN Country journalist, a documentarian, an author, a motivational speaker, a Miss American Indian Beauty, a Powwow dancer, and the list goes on and on. Wow! We feel honored here. 

You can check out Dr. Dawn Karima’s ethereal music and full bio at www.reverbnation.com/honeydawnkarima 

and her radio show at http://www.talktainmentradio.com/shows/archivedpodcasts/conversationwithdawnkarimapodcasts.html . 

Then be sure to head out and take your own pic for us for the You Got Land? video. Submissions are still open, so keep them coming! For all of you on the south side of the border, what better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than to THANK AN NDN! And for all of you on the north side, where are some Burnaby Mountain pics???? We'd love some Burnaby Mountain pics! Sending good vibes to all you warriors out there.

Here's how you can be a part of the You Got Land? video:

1.   Make a poster with the words 
        “Got Land? Thank an NDN” on it.

  2.   Take a picture of yourself holding it:

a.       at a rally

b.      your favourite place in nature

c.       an ecological war zone (i.e. tar sands, Mount Polley,
         dam sites, etc)

d.      steps of a government building

e.      any place that speaks to you  on Turtle Island

  3.   email it to us at  thendnkar@gmail.com

  4.   Please only send photos that belong to you and
        you have permission to use.

  5.   We ask for no profanity, as we would like to make  
         this video in a good way for the children and elders too.

  6.   Feel free to substitute “Thank an Inuk” for all of you far
          Northerners out there. Settler allies are welcome to 
          participate, also.

We will do our best to include every submission we receive, but cannot guarantee usage of all images submitted. Inclusion will be based on creativity and how big the statement you make is.

This Thanksgiving Thank an NDN

Keith Secola (NDN without land) standing in the removed section of the town of Parkville, MN. Behind him is where the neighborhood he grew up in used to be. It has also been removed to make way for expanding mining operations. Whole communities throughout the Mesabi and Vermillion portions of the Iron Range of Minnesota have been dismantled to make way for mineral extraction. The modern history of Turtle Island is the history of the removal of people from the land for the benefit of big business and resource extraction: It is both the history of the blood of NDNs removed through brutal, constant, and ongoing acts of genocide, and ironically it is also the history of settlers and colonizers who largely arrived on Turtle Island soaked in the sweat and tears of their own exploitation, and removed from their own homelands. Acknowledging the truth of our past will help lead us all to a better future. So, You got land? …Thank an NDN. And then let us unite against systemic greed for the sake of a better way for the next seven generations. (photograph by James Paavala 2011)

If you would like to appear in Keith's video for YOU GOT LAND? here's how:  http://www.thendnkar.blogspot.ca/2014/11/appear-in-keith-secola-music-video_4.html

First Submission for the Video!

And... we have received our first submission for Keith's You Got Land Video! We're pretty excited here in the NDN Kar! Thank you Erin Browne! You look fabulous, and the scenery is stunning. Thank you also to all of you who have been spreading the word about this grassroots project. 

If you would like to appear in the video for Keith's You Got Land? here's your chance:

1.   Make a poster with the words 
        “Got Land? Thank an NDN” on it.

  2.   Take a picture of yourself holding it:

a.       at a rally

b.      your favourite place in nature

c.       an ecological war zone (i.e. tar sands, Mount Polley,
         dam sites, etc)

d.      steps of a government building

e.      any place that speaks to you  on Turtle Island

  3.   email it to us at  thendnkar@gmail.com

  4.   Please only send photos that belong to you and
        you have permission to use.

  5.   We ask for no profanity, as we would like to make
         this video in a good way for the children and elders too.

  6.   Feel free to substitute “Thank an Inuk” for all of you far
          Northerners out there. Settler allies are welcome to 
          participate, also.

We will do our best to include every submission we receive, but cannot guarantee usage of all images submitted. Inclusion will be based on creativity and how big the statement you make is.

Appear in a Keith Secola Music Video

Want to be in a music video for 
Keith Secola’s song 

YOU GOT LAND? 

  

Here’s your chance:

  1.   Make a poster with the words 
        “Got Land? Thank an NDN” on it.

  2.   Take a picture of yourself holding it:

a.       at a rally

b.      your favourite place in nature

c.       an ecological war zone (i.e. tar sands, Mount Polley,  
         dam sites, etc)

d.      steps of a government building

e.      any place that speaks to you  on Turtle Island

  3.   email it to us at  thendnkar@gmail.com

  4.   Please only send photos that belong to you and
        you have permission to use.

  5.   We ask for no profanity, as we would like to make  
         this video in a good way for the children and elders too.

  6.   Feel free to substitute “Thank an Inuk” for all of you far
          Northerners out there. Settler allies are welcome to 
          participate, also.

We will do our best to include every submission we receive, but cannot guarantee usage of all images submitted. Inclusion will be based on creativity and how big the statement you make is.

Here’s a link to a video for YOU GOT LAND? Keith himself made for the fans this summer. (Pictures submitted will go toward making the new "official" video.)