This week's sporkful

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Wrapping up tidbits

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I am finding myself really tempted to write about guns today, but that doesn't seem like the best idea. I can't rule out that I wi...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

NAHM 2017: Our better natures

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Having recently mentioned the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, and Canada withdrawing its objector status, I w...
Monday, February 26, 2018

NAHM 2017: Taking sides

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That title isn't exactly what it sounds like. For the Aboriginal Worldviews and Education class, I watched 8th Fire: Aboriginal People...
Friday, February 23, 2018

Band Review: Kozen

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Kozen is a progressive rock band from Toronto. I had originally thought I read hard rock, and it quickly became clear that was not the cas...
Thursday, February 22, 2018

Band Review: Melba Liston

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Convergence comes about in odd ways sometimes. Do you remember the Musical Black Girls post? I had started out wanting to feature Black w...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018

NAHM 2017 - The Apology

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There has been about a twenty year period in which Canada has technically made progress on its stance on indigenous people. I am counting th...
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

NAMH 2017 - Reverberations

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I want to briefly return to Dawn's parents initially saying they didn't have it so bad compared to others. There are reasons that co...
Monday, February 19, 2018

NAMH 2017 - Talking about it

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Getting back to Nobody Cries At Bingo , while the part about Dawn's mother loving her father more if he could speak Cree did stick in my...
Friday, February 16, 2018

Band Review: Palaceburn

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I am pretty sure that I was led to Palaceburn back in September via a Black Women Appreciation thread, because of vocalist Meredith Bell. ...
Thursday, February 15, 2018

Band Review: Delta Deep

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I came to Delta Deep in a roundabout way. Last June I went to see Tesla , Poison , and Def Leppard . One of my favorite songs from Tesla w...
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

NAHM 2017 - Language and family and worth

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"Honestly, I'd love your father more if he could speak Cree. A lot more." -- Nobody Cries At Bingo , Dawn Dumont, p. 270 I...
Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Mission memories and the primacy of language

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There was another elder I found annoying while I was on my mission. Well, plus the two yesterday, I could come up with three others pretty e...
Monday, February 12, 2018

NAHM 2017: Mission memories

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I realize that writing about my NAMH - Native American Heritage Month - reading during January, which is also when NAMM - National Associati...
Friday, February 09, 2018

Band Review: Darell Christopher and the Ingredients

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Darell Christopher and the Ingredients is the last of the bands I've been meaning to review from the Smithsonian  article by Tour é . ...
Thursday, February 08, 2018

Band Review: IAMOMNI

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For the purposes of this review, IAMOMNI is a vocalist and MC from Los Angeles. It is clear from reading more that he does other things an...
Wednesday, February 07, 2018

NAMH 2017: Other books and media

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You might expect this to just be all the books that aren't children's or comic books, but there are two twists. The first twist is...
Tuesday, February 06, 2018

NAHM 2017: Children's books

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My interest in children's books is a fairly recent development, starting with an interest in the art. As I began to have more experience...
Monday, February 05, 2018

NAMH 2017: Comic Books

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I did finish my Native American Heritage Month before Black History Month, and I started that list, so hey, I am doing pretty well. Howeve...
Friday, February 02, 2018

Band Review: Esperanza Spalding

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Esperanza Spalding is really good at what she does, but also I hate it. I don't feel good about this. I first became aware of Spalding...
Thursday, February 01, 2018

Band Review: E.O.K.

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This is really because of Contagious MindzZ. That was the Twitter follow I got. When I looked closer, it appeared to be a label instead of...
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