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Are gangs a problem on your Rez?

Wakalapi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:19:53 GMT

Please answer the poll!

Happy Birthday Dazzle_me_now !!

Ta'neeszahnii Techno — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:19:55 GMT

extreme powwows-largest,etc.

mathewhebailey08 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:10:28 GMT

Before I start this a warning:No deviation from this topic,subject & thread or any other kind of troublemaking strictly not allowed in here. This is not about the warning other than what's intended so anything about the warning I'm giving is strictly not allowed in here period. I have permission from the Creator to report your post using the blue triangle with the ! mark below each of your
name & believe me I will click that button if I suspect any kind of troublemaking in here, so do not take the risk.
Now onto the intended subject which will strictly stay that way:any thing about extreme powwows_latest,etc. & what makes them so? I already know about GON (Gathering of nations)& some other things. The idea is a result of watching Extreme on Travel Channel.

Happy Birthday hogbackoutlaw!!

Ta'neeszahnii Techno — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:47:59 GMT

It my Sonny Brithday: hogbackoutlaw!! :thumbsup:

The 11th Hour...

50cal — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:22:20 GMT

The 11th Hour: The Date Behind Veterans Day

by Claudine Zap
13 hours ago

While most know that Veterans Day honors those who have served in the military, the meaning behind its exact date (November 11) may not be so familiar. Here's the backstory:
Back in 1918, in the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, a stop to hostilities was declared, ending World War I. An armistice to cease the fighting on the Western Front was signed by the Allied powers and Germany.
President Woodrow Wilson immediately proclaimed the day "Armistice Day," kicking off the annual commemoration on November 11. But over the years, with veterans returning from World War II and the Korean War, Armistice Day became Veterans Day � a day reserved to honor veterans returning from all wars. But 11/11 still represented the end of the Great War in the public's mind, and the date stuck.
In 1921, unidentified dead from the war were buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., Westminster Abbey in London, and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The tradition to honor those killed in the war but never identified continues every year in the U.S. The ceremony is held at 11 a.m. at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
Congress designated Veterans Day as a legal holiday in 1938, and since then, most Americans have come to know it as a day for store sales and parades.

To all you Veterans in every branch, Thank You!!!!............and a big Happy Birthday to yesterday to all you Devil Dogs!!!!

Happy Birthday Eyesrbrown4areason !!!

wardancer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:32:49 GMT

Happy birthday to eyesrbrown4areason ! You are the love of my life and my future wife !:KISS001:

This navajo man is confusing...advice plz...

NEVADAPAIUTE — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:07:26 GMT

I have a problema...I been talkin to this dude from NM for about 8 months now. I just decided to one about 3 months ago to not text, call or chat anymore. He had my hopes up for a moment or 2, den outta da blue he tells me that he went to Shiprock Fair with anudda female (who is justa 'friend') and buys her a necklace. Do u buy a necklace for a friend or a FRIEND?? I-unoo!! Tha MOFO-D calls me the next day to tell me about it and im like..wtf?? And that he's going to her house to cover up her AC??!!

So, then a week later he leaves a voice-message telling me WHY I DONT TEXT OR TALK NO MO!!!. I-unno, what to think...one moment he telling me about HIS FRIEND and next thing he sayin he wanna DRIVE ME CRAZY and asking for PIXZ or calls me on his lunch break?? Then all of a sudden I dont hear from him for couple weeks...and BOOM...he calls outta da blue!!

I need sum advice...please...i patiently await any response...

Help...

Mud_Woman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:54:02 GMT

im looking for a certain picture / image ... its an old picture of Geranimo standing with crown dancers ...

ive been to a few art galleries and photo galleries, but no luck ... even called the Mescalero Tribal Museum (but the lady was rude and she hung up on me).

if ya'll could look around and help me locate a copy of this picture ... i would forever be greatful :thumbsup:

Jenifer Jones

NDNQt — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:20:59 GMT

Does anyone know how to get in touch w/Jen Jones? She was working on my goddaughters outfit and I can't get in touch w/her. Any help is greatly appreciated because Richmond powwow is next week and we wanted it back by then.

Thanks! Sierra greatly appreciates it.

Other's thoughts on Halloween costumes

watchesmany — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:18:51 GMT

I'm new, so if this has come up before I'm sorry to bring up a repeat. I've been involved in a couple of debates this month over whether or not someone dressed up like some cliche movie Indian is somehow worse than them dressed up like a ninja or a dead person. I've never been bothered by what people wear on a day when zombies and mummies and undead Michael Jacksons roam my neighborhood. But I'm not the only person in the world so I'd like any thoughts on the subject. Anyone think they're something to be mad about?

Police in Peru massacre Indian protesters-1/2

polluted — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:21:29 GMT

Pow Wow'ers Help Asked for

Okwataga — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:04:58 GMT

If everyone could... please click on our
newspaper link at lest just once
who knows you might like our site and wish to check it out a bit

it will also help move our page ranking up in Google

The Cherokee One Feather | Cherokees Community Newspaper since 1966

we just got it up and running two weeks ago.. so we are adding stuff as we go as well as adding stuff from our archives.....

Sgi
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Veteren's Appreciation @ Applebees

Asmajol — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:45:21 GMT

Applebee's - Veterans and Active Duty Military Eat Free - Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11th

Applebees is givin away 1 of 6 entrees to any active duty or veteren on Wednesday November 11th

Just thought i'd share. Im takin my granpa ^_^

Follow link for details and take advantage!

Happy Birthday Mud_Woman!!

soopashinaab — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:19:34 GMT

Happy Birthday to you!!
Happy Birthday to you!!
Happy Birthday MuddyLady!!
Happy Birthday To you!!!

Enjoy you day and don't get any papercuts!! :lol: May you eat frybread til you burst!!

Geoengineering to "fix" the climate - SCARY!

NorthofAda — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:35:21 GMT

Read this today - this is even worse than giving up meat? Imagine pumping sulfur into the atmosphere to cool the earth? What happens if something goes wrong - how do you undo that?

I think this climate issue is totally out of control.

Willing to give up blue skies for climate fix?
Geoengineering gets closer look as a 'Plan B' in case emissions don't fall
Brian West / American Geophysical Union

We can probably engineer Earth's climate to cool the planet, scientists say, but are we willing to live with the downsides? Those could include creating more droughts, more ozone holes and, oh yeah, a thin cloud layer that obscures blue skies and gives astronomers fits.

With potential negatives like that it's no wonder that "geoengineering," as the technique is called, has few hardcore advocates.

Instead, a growing cadre of scientists is asking whether it should be a "Plan B" in case emissions of greenhouse gases aren't reduced in time to head off major consequences.

Experts gathered Friday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were discussing just that at a seminar called "Engineering a Cooler Earth: Can We Do It? Should We Try?"

Two key geoengineering approaches have surfaced: removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and reflecting the Sun's rays away from Earth.

The former focuses on using the oceans to absorb carbon dioxide, which takes a long time and acidifies the seas, harming corals and shellfish.

The latter is seen as more realistic, especially the leading strategy of lobbing sulfur into the atmosphere the way volcanoes do. The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines cooled the planet by 0.9 degrees Fahrenheit.

While it doesn't remove CO2 � and as a result, ocean acidification would continue � adding sulfur could reduce temperatures quickly.

Weighing pros, cons
At issue, though, is whether the benefits would outweigh the costs.

In a study published this week on the sulfur approach, a Rutgers University team stacked benefits against costs. The key pros: a cooler planet; reduced or reversed melting of ice sheets and Arctic sea ice; and increased plant productivity.

The key cons: more droughts in Africa and Asia; oceans would still be acidifying; creation of ozone holes in the Arctic; reduced solar energy production; and those less blue skies and frustrated astronomers.

"We have not calculated how hazy yet, but it would be global," lead study author Alan Robock told msnbc.com. "Injection into the tropical stratosphere would produce a global cloud. It would have to be regular with the frequency depending on the injection method and the thickness of the desired cloud."

Writing in the peer-reviewed journal Geophysical Research Letters, the team concluded that, given existing technology, the best method of lobbing aerosols would be via high-altitude military jets at a cost of several billion dollars a year.

But it also warned that more needs to be learned before society is sufficiently informed to make a decision.

"Several billion dollars per year is a lot of money, but compared to the international gross national product, this amount would not be a limiting factor in the decision of whether to proceed with geoengineering," the authors wrote. "Rather, other concerns, including reduction of Asian monsoon rainfall, ozone depletion, reduction of solar power, psychological effects of no more blue skies, and political and ethical issues, will need to be compared to the potential advantages before society can make this decision."

'Last resort' strategy
Leading scientific groups have also taken stands on the technique.

The American Meteorological Society, for one, has endorsed the idea of researching geoengineering as a Plan B.

"Geoengineering will not substitute for either aggressive mitigation or proactive adaptation," it said in a adopting a policy statement this year, "but it could contribute to a comprehensive risk management strategy to slow climate change and alleviate some of its negative impacts."

But the society is also among those emphasizing that geoengineering should not become an excuse for policymakers to back off action that reduces emissions.

"The possibility of quick and seemingly inexpensive geoengineering fixes could distract the public and policymakers from critically needed efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions," it warned.

The Institute of Physics, a nonprofit with 36,000 members, echoed that view. "Climate geoengineering at scale must be considered only as a last resort," it says in its own statement. "There should be no lessening of attempts to otherwise correct the harmful impacts of human economies on the Earth�s ecology and climate."

Geoengineering, it adds, "should be seen as a prudent precautionary measure in case all other attempts to control dangerous climate change fail or are inadequate � for whatever reason."

Robock, for one, wants increased spending. "Absolutely," said the environmental sciences professor at Rutgers. "We need a research program now to evaluate different potential engineering designs and to look in much more detail at the climate and other effects."

In the United States, policymakers are starting to listen to the scientific discussion. The House Science Committee next Thursday will hold its first hearing on the implications of geoengineering. Robock is among those set to testify.

"The hearing is by no means an endorsement of deploying geoengineering, but an effort to begin a thoughtful, in-depth conversation," committee spokesman Alexandria Dery Snider told msnbc.com. "We don�t want to shy away from the issue because it is complex and potentially controversial."

"It�s important to note that we are not looking at geoengineering as an easy way out of changing how we consume energy," Dery Snider added. "Geoengineering may, however, be a stopgap to buy us some time, if we find ourselves in a dire situation."