Con'Grats to Dan Smoke and Mary Lou. They have their own web site up and going !!. Dan's opening statement is given below
"Smoke Signals aims to educate the public about the worldview of the First Nations cultures of North America. As the Original peoples, our history has not been told from our side, and our purpose is to help in telling our stories. Our stories are the oldest stories of Turtle Island (North America) and we are the Elders of this continent. We want to help our non-Native and Native relatives to understand our way of life, our traditional ecological knowledge systems and our indigenous knowledge systems. We want to represent our image and our story from our perspective hoping to better inform the public about who we are. We share our teachings and our seasonal ceremonial life in a educational medium. We are hopeful that this positive representation will contextualize our life today as we coexist in our communities with our non-Native relatives. We hope Smoke Signals can be a healing medium by promoting greater understanding and information to educate our audience. "
Please book the web site for more news on this next generation wave of native and indigenous dialogue as it happens !! Take time to prowl the video links too !!
Btw, Dan also teaches at the University of Western Ontraio (UWO) - Faculties of First Nation Studies. Thier course is titled "the ethics of represenation" . Hey Dan can I get a free class now and then ?? P)-
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