redthunder

What does everyone think about her and what she does?

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quicksilverwade

I think she's a priviliged Harvard graduate who endorsed John Kerry for president.

redthunder

is that it?

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I'm interested more in self determination than gender equity. In other words, changing white men for white woman in the structures of power, does nothing to transform the opression in my community.


"You need to find yourself a girl, mate... Or, perhaps the reason you practice three hours a day is that you already found one and are otherwise incapable of wooing said strumpet. You're not a eunuch, are you? [looks down]"
-Captain Jack Sparrow

quicksilverwade

No, there's her quote:

"We don't want a bigger piece of the pie, we want a different pie."

geronimo

don't know everything about her, but she is a STRONG ndn/jewish woman advocating for natives and the environment & that ranks her high in my book -

support anyone other than megalomaniac bush and you're good in my book.......

but, the vote splitting is a real problem in tight elections that put morons like bush in office -

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Joe G

yeah and Ralph Nader would have been better????? she was on his ticket as VP during the first Bush election....morons put Bush in office, and morons almost elected Al Gore too....and did elect Bush twice...
There are NO (zero) good candidates..from which to choose...and it will probably get a lot worse soon....It's also interesting that nobody ever goes off on congress...but guess who passes ALL laws...and handles ALL money...and is absolutely totally for sale to the highest bidders, such as AMA, business, trial lawyers, CEOs and any and all with lots of $$ to get them elected/re-elected.....and congressmen can run any number of times, unlike presidents...but then again, how many people vote at all? IT's ALWAYS a low percentage....every time...encouraging? eh what??

geronimo

lesser of two evils i guess you could say - sure, gov't is/can be corrupt on all levels but i was addressing the presidency.....

and, i assure you the president can throw his weight around on capitol hill if it's something he really wants - back door deals left and right...... - ol bushie has a lot of friends and he's known to pay back favors in generous terms (i.e. appointing people to positions they're not qualified for - miers, michael brown:):))

yeah, it's a sad state of affairs, the shape of our country - this administration's turned us into a bunch of puppets......

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The following was taken from the website for the Intitute for Democratic Education and Culture under the Speakers and Artists link.

Winona LaDuke
Environmental Justice From a Native Perspective

Winona LaDuke is an Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe) enrolled member of the Mississippi Band of Anishinaabeg and is the mother of three children. She is the Program Director of Honor the Earth and the Founding Director of White Earth Land Recovery Project.

Leading Honor the Earth, LaDuke provides vision and leadership for the organization’s Regranting Program and its Strategic Initiatives. In addition, she has worked for two decades on the land issues of the White Earth Reservation, including litigation over land rights in the 1980’s.

In 1989, LaDuke received the Reebok Human Rights Award, with which, in part, she began the White Earth Land Recovery Project. In 1994, she was nominated by Time magazine as one of America’s fifty most promising leaders under forty years of age, and was also awarded the Thomas Merton Award in 1996, the Ann Bancroft Award, the 1997 Ms. Woman of the Year Award (with the Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers), the Global Green Award, and numerous other honors.

LaDuke and the White Earth Land Recovery Project recently received the prestigious international Slow Food Award for their work with protecting wild rice and local biodiversity. In both 1996 and 2000, LaDuke ran for Vice-President on the Green Party ticket with Ralph Nader.

A graduate of Harvard and Antioch Universities, she has written extensively on Native American and environmental issues. Her books include Last Standing Woman (fiction), All Our Relations (non-fiction), In the Sugarbush (children’s non-fiction), and The Winona LaDuke Reader. Her forthcoming book, Recovering the Sacred, will be released by South End Press in 2005.


Topics:

Literature
Alliance-Building
Military, Militarism
Native Americans
Corporations
Racism
Democracy
Spirituality
Economic Visions
Electoral Politics
Environment
Food/Hunger
War and Peace
History of the Americas
Women & Feminism

Engagements:

State Bar Association Conference, Yosemite, CA Oct. 22, 2005
University of Minnesota, Morris, MN Nov. 7, 2005
University of Toledo, OH Nov. 9, 2005
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Nov. 18, 2005
University of Maine, Orono, ME Dec. 6, 2005
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA Dec. 8, 2005
Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference, Grand Rapids, MI Dec. 12, 2005
University of Dayton, OH Mar. 6, 2006
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI Mar. 7, 2006
University of Akron, OH Mar. 9, 2006

For more information, you can go to:
http://www.speakoutnow.org/People/WinonaLaDuke.html

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redthunder

I know her well..

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I'm interested more in self determination than gender equity. In other words, changing white men for white woman in the structures of power, does nothing to transform the opression in my community.


"You need to find yourself a girl, mate... Or, perhaps the reason you practice three hours a day is that you already found one and are otherwise incapable of wooing said strumpet. You're not a eunuch, are you? [looks down]"
-Captain Jack Sparrow

Roobz

I've met her before and see her jamming at powwows once in a while. I think she's one strong woman and smart too.

pinkflower

I've had her in one of my classses at BSU and she's a very nice and sincere person. Everytime I see her she's very friendly and always asks how my children are doing plus she has a good bannock recipe that hasn't failed yet. She really wants to help our people and bring attention to environmental issues to ensure we have Earth for our future generations.

redthunder

It always cracks me up when she gives out her recipe! She never measures, lol...but then again, which indian measures these days? haha...

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I'm interested more in self determination than gender equity. In other words, changing white men for white woman in the structures of power, does nothing to transform the opression in my community.


"You need to find yourself a girl, mate... Or, perhaps the reason you practice three hours a day is that you already found one and are otherwise incapable of wooing said strumpet. You're not a eunuch, are you? [looks down]"
-Captain Jack Sparrow

~nativeteachin~

I know Winona, she is a good lady, with a strong spirit and mind.....she does many good things and we need more people who are active like she is. She does however, get pulled in way too many directions, making her the busiest person I know!

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musicedu77

she spoke at my university i think it was on oct. 23rd or 25th...i dunno why at university of toledo...she probably wouldve gotten a better crowd at other universities that have a bigger native population...in toledo theres barely any

redthunder

Universities and Institutes pay her to come.