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(Big Bay) – Kennecott Minerals officials at the Eagle Mine Project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula arrested Cynthia Pryor for trespassing in April 20, 2010.
The public is outraged over the jailing of this 58-year-old longtime environmentalist.
In this video, Pryor explains what happened before and after her arrest.
Cynthia Pryor of Big Bay, MI belongs to several environment groups including serving as the the Sulfide Mining Campaign Director for the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve. Her attorney, Kevin Koch of Negaunee, MI, says Pryor wants a jury trial on the misdemeanor charge.
Pryor is scheduled for a pretrial court hearing at 1 p.m. on May 6. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 30 days in jail and or a $250 fine.
The video was produced by the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, MI, which has founded numerous youth, faith and Native American related environment projects.

Petition to support Cynthia Pryor
www.savethewildup.org/jailed/petition

Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve
http//www.yellowdogwatershed.org/blog
Save the Wild U.P. (SWUP)
http//www.savethewildup.org
SWUP Facebook Page
http//www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20079015072
SWUP Causes on Facebook
http//www.causes.com/causes/46130?recruiter_id=60587135
Stand for the Land blog
http//standfortheland.com
Stand for the Land flickr
http//www.flickr.com/photos/49633257@N03

Stories by Gabriel Caplett and others on the Headwaters Citizen Journalism For the Great Lakes
http//headwaters.net

Headwaters stories include opposition to the Kennecott Eagle Mine project and alleged international crimes and bad acts by Kennecott Mining and its parent company Rio Tinto
Taking a Stand Sacred Site Celebrated Despite Citizen Arrest
http//headwatersnews.net/mining-article/taking-a-stand-sacred-site-celebrated-despite-citizen-arrest
Pryor Ordered to Leave Jail
http//headwatersnews.net/mining-article/pryor-ordered-to-leave-jail
Cynthia Prior Pleads Not Guilty
http//headwatersnews.net/mining-article/cynthia-pryor-pleads-not-guilty
Cynthia Pryor arrested at mine property
http//headwatersnews.net/mining-article/citizen-arrested-for-%E2%80%9Ctrespassing%E2%80%9D-on-public-land
Eagle Mine Concerns at Rio Tinto Meeting
http//headwatersnews.net/mining-article/audio-rio-tintos-annual-general-meeting
U.P. Mine Threatens Sacred Tribal Rights
http//headwatersnews.net/mining-blog/upper-peninsula-mine-threatens-sacred-tribal-rights

Rio Tinto Stomps on Indigenous Rights in U.P. of Michigan
http//headwatersnews.net/mining-blog/rio-tinto-stomps-out-indigenous-rights-in-upper-michigan

Kennecott Minerals parent company Rio Tinto accused of crimes: Bribery, espionage, violating mining act
http//headwatersnews.net/mining-article/uk-serious-fraud-office-to-investigate-rio-tinto
http//headwatersnews.net/mining-article/rio-tinto-employees-charged-with-industrial-espionage-and-bribery
http//headwatersnews.net/mining-article/rio-tinto-pleads-guilty-to-breach-of-mining-management-act-again-2

USA Today , Washington Post stories from Associated Press writer John Flesher about Chauncey Moran, vice chairman of the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve and volunteer stream monitor
http//www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2007-09-08-276323347_x.htm
http//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/08/AR2007090800356.html
http//www.waterkeeper.org/ht/d/OrganizationDetails/id/707
http//www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5AP05J20091126

Mining Journal:
Native Americans protest at Eagle Rock 4/25/10
http//miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/543341.html
Editorial Cooler heads must prevail 4/25/10
http//miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/543354.html
Pryor pleads not guilty to trespassing Mining 4/21/10
http//miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/543227.html
Pryor remains jailed 4/22/10
http//miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/543253.html
Rally Held at Eagle Rock
http//miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/543014.html?nav=5006
Video of Rally
http//www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/543018.html?nav=5056
http//miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/539169.html

Yellow Dog Plains via Wikipedia By Maynard Leon and Kirill Zikanov (Wiki username Kirillz)
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Dog_Plains
Trouble on the Yellow Dog Plains
http//savethewildup.org/files/swup/265.pdf

Granholm, DEQ decision condemned by U.P.
http//www.ausableanglers.org/files/members/RIVERWATCH48.pdf
Protect the Earth Part 2, Walk to Eagle Rock By Michele Bourdieu
http//keweenawnow.blogspot.com/2009/08/protect-earth-part-2-walk-to-eagle-rock.html
State of Michigan/Eagle Mine Project
http//www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3311_4111_18442-130551–,00.html
Nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute
http//www.CedarTreeInstitute.org

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Protest with Donna and I 503

Duration : 0:10:54

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http://www.SacredSpirit.Shop.ms
Beautiful Native American new age music and chants.
Sacred Spirit, the bestselling musical project by Claus Zundel, Ralf Hamm and Markus Staab. For each single Sacred Spirit album sold, we made and still continue to make a donation to the Native American Rights Fund ( http://www.NARF.org ), the oldest and largest nonprofit law firm dedicated to asserting and defending the rights of Indian tribes, organizations and individuals nationwide.

Duration : 0:4:40

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http://www.SacredSpirit.Shop.ms Sacred Spirit 2 – More Chants and Dances of Native America

Sacred Spirit II again successfully combines ancient Native American cermonial chants with modern instrumental arrangements through a cycle of CELEBRATION, WISDOM, REVERENCE, AND REBIRTH. The music focus on authentic vocal chants sung by Native American perfomers. SSII deliberately downplays specific song academia but rather allows the chants and arrangements to Affect the listener on a much more PERSONAL LEVEL–SOME THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNEXPLAINED

http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Spirit-Vol-Chants-Americans/dp/B00005176Y/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1199601503&sr=1-1

Duration : 0:4:17

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Rhythm of the Heart, Native American, Ah Nee Mah

Duration : 0:5:36

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A collection of compositions featuring the flute and reflecting the cultural heritage of the Native peoples of the Americas. The music ranges in scope from primal to symphonic and uses an array of instruments including Native American drums and rattles as well as synthesizers. A unique sound is created on various selections by several flutes playing in unison.
The CD consists of original musical compositions by Alice Gomez played on Native instruments primarily the flute and drums. Each track has a beautiful melodic line and musical passages that enhance the original lyrical quality of the piece. The music captures the listener’s attention, clears the mind, creates a clear, open, uncluttered space for enjoying the adventure into the canyons of the Southwest, the purple mountain views, seeing tall peaked snow-capped mountains in the distance, or flying condors overhead and llamas grazing on the hillsides of the Andes Mountains.

Buy it at amazon.com or at
http://www.native-americans.org/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TPBT&Product_Code=FDCD

Duration : 0:3:48

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A redo of a very popular old video. Some may remember this one from my old account. This video got 45,000 video views before, lets try that again lol

Enjoy

Peace

Duration : 0:3:8

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Fast paced, heart pounding beat. Ghost Dance by Apurimac III Nature Spirit Pride and beautiful art photos by J.D. Challenger, Frank Howell, and Howard Terpning.

The Ghost Dance was an attempt of a group of North American Indian tribes to further separate themselves from the white man and the religious doctrines they were forcing upon the tribal peoples. Among the Sioux and Arapaho, the Ghost Dance was one of the central rituals of a new religious movement that focused on the restoration of the past, as opposed to a salvation in a new future. The movement was active within limited tribes and mirrored other attempts by previous Indians to escape the civilization of the white man. The earlier movements included the Good Message of the Iroquois and the Dreamers of the Columbia River tribes. All of these movements had similar features including a rejection of the white mans civilization, especially alcohol, weapons and technology. In addition, the movements preached unity among tribes, even those that were once enemies and a revival of Indian customs that were threatened by the civilization of European peoples.

The despair and nostalgia associated with the Ghost Dance reflects that period from which the movement evolved. Plains tribes faced losing their freedom and being overtaken of their homes, their beliefs and their existence. The Ghost Dance was a resurrection of the dead, a bringing back of the customs and way of life that the Indians were trying to hold onto.

The prophet who began the movement of the Ghost Dance was Wovoka, a member of the Paiute Tribe. He was descended of a family of prophets and Shamans. Known as a medicine man, it was said that during an eclipse of the sun and while suffering from a high fever, he had a vision which inspired the development of the movement known as the Ghost Dance. The vision embodied the beliefs that inspired the followers of the movement including that the white man would disappear from the Earth after a natural catastrophe and that the Indian dead would return bringing with them the old way of life that would then last forever.

To bring these and the other beliefs into effect, the Indians had to practice the customs of the Ghost Dance movement and to renounce alcohol and farming and end mourning, since the resurrection would be coming soon. The most important practice to ensure the effectiveness of the movement was the dance itself.

The dance was unlike other Indian dances with fast steps and loud drumming. The Ghost Dance consisted of slow shuffling movements following the course of the sun. It would be performed for four or five days and was accompanied by singing and chanting, but no drumming or other musical instruments. In addition, both men and women participated in the dance, unlike others in which men were the main dancers, singers and musicians.

The first dance was held by Wovoka around 1889. Word spread quickly and the Ghost Dance was accepted by the Utes, Bannocks and Shoshone tribes. Eventually, the Plains tribes also adopted the Ghost Dance movement and the peaceful message of hope was spreading and uplifting many Indians. While adapting the movement, many tribes added specific customs and rituals to the Dance that reflected their tribes individuality. The Sioux added two specific elements including the use of hypnosis to bring about trances and aid in the communication with the dead, and a ghost shirt. Made of buckskin or cloth, the shirt was said to make the wearer immune to bullets, a weapon of death known initially only to the white man.

A famous Sioux warrior, Sitting Bull, adopted the Ghost Dance into his way of life. He was a respected leader, medicine man and warrior. His following of this movement alarmed the military and Indian Agencies. In 1890, just a few months after presiding at his first Ghost Dance, Sitting Bull was killed. His followers fled and joined the band of Kicking Bear, one of the first to practice with Wovoka. Donning their ghost shirts and with their beliefs firm in their hearts, the followers of the Ghost Dance were rounded up at Wounded Knee creek and killed while resisting arrest. Among those killed were women and children wearing their ghost shirts, which did not stop the bullets of the Indian Agencies or the Military.

The Ghost Dance continued to be danced in more southern tribes, but the end of the movement really came with the deaths at Wounded Knee. The hopes of the Indians also ended at that massacre. Many of Wovokas ideas and concepts were adopted by Peyote cults and can even be found in practice today. Indian tribes did not survive the push of the white man. Broken up and with broken dreams, the tribes were shuffled onto reservations and lost many of their customs and rituals. The Ghost Dance was one of those customs lost, but never forgotten. Resurrected from the past, the Ghost Dance and other tribal beliefs are brought to life everyday in the education of our nation.

Duration : 0:5:34

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By Robbie Robertson, flute and guitar with Native American beat. Art images by Howard Terpnng and other artists from firstnaton.us galleries used in this video are for nonprofit, educational purposes. No copyright infringement is intended.

Robbie Robertson, Music for Native Americans album on amazon.com,,,

Duration : 0:4:38

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http://www.tmwmedia.com/907.html

Explore the variety of civilizations in North America before European contact. Learn about the ways of life, government, economy, religion, and laws of the early Native Americans. This fascinating program provides your class with a trulyrelevant picture of how Native Americans lived, and dispels the myth that these were uncivilized peoples. Many parallels may be drawn between the Native American culture and our own. An exciting approach to a remarkable history topic.

• Learn the origins of the first Native Americans
• Find out which animal the West relies upon the most
• Discover the skills of Pacific Northwest Native Americans
• Learn about Incas, Mayans & Aztecs-who were they? Why and where they came to settle
• See what Europeans brought With them when they came to America

Duration : 0:2:4

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The Ghost Dance appeared during a time of desperation for the Native American Indian people. The Ghost Dance started when Paiute shaman Jack Wilson or Wovoka had a vision that if our people would dance and sing we Indians would live again. The Ghost Dance spread throughout the land. In Dec. 1890 the military panicked and massacred innocent Lakota Indian people at Wound Knee while they danced. It is one of the worse incidents in United States history. Judy Trejo – Summit Lake (Tommo Agi) and Walker River (Agi) Paiute and Anita Collins – Shoshone and Walker River Paiute speak about Wovoka. The Round Dance was a traditional Great Basin dance that spread across the land in the form of the Ghost Dance, and is now part of many celebrations. Robbie Robertson sings “Ghost Dance”.

Duration : 0:6:39

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