Tag Archives: tribal affairs

Some History About Tribal Fishing…

Posted on Sunday, 30 January, 2011 by Ouyang Dan

For the purposes of this post, “Indians” and “Native Americans” will be used fairly interchangeably, as is indicative of my region and the history of which I am dealing. Also, “Chippewa” and “Ojibwe” or “Ojibway”, even though that is not … Continue reading →

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My Congressmand Does Not, In Fact, Rock the Casbah

Posted on Tuesday, 1 December, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

After almost a month of correspondence and petition signing, Congressman Stupak finally got around to having one of his aides respond to me. In fairness, this letter is fairly well tailored based on what I actually wrote, and yet, it … Continue reading →

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President Obama meets with Heads of Tribal Nations

Posted on Saturday, 7 November, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

05 November 2009 To mark the beginning of Native American Heritage Month, President Obama met with the Heads of First Nation  and Tribal leaders in DC.  The full transcript of his opening remarks can be found here, but something that … Continue reading →

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As a Matter of Fact, No, I Didn't…

Posted on Tuesday, 7 October, 2008 by Ouyang Dan

I have done a lot of thinking in the last week since reading of Cecelia’s encounter.  After a conversation w/ my very frustrated cousin I gave some thought to the stereotypes surrounding Native Americans.  I don’t mean the ones that … Continue reading →

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where i jump in and i get pissy about Disney

Posted on Tuesday, 15 April, 2008 by Ouyang Dan

i am a little late, i blame this silly thing called work that gets in the way of my blogging, on sharing this news, via Ojibway Migisi Bineshii:   The U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted 11-2 on Thursday to … Continue reading →

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i write letters, too

Posted on Friday, 7 March, 2008 by Ouyang Dan

Dear Senator David Vitter, Wendy Wright, and all the Democrats who voted to approve the Vitter Amendment,  Fuck you. No, really.

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redundancy rules! and it's repetitive, too!

Posted on Wednesday, 27 February, 2008 by Ouyang Dan

if you haven’t paid attention, yesterday congress passed the Vitter Amendment, named for the notorious David Vitter, anti-choice extroidanaire.  According to RH Reality Check, the language simply repeats the Hyde Amendment, which is famous for restricting Medicaid Recipients from family planning services, … Continue reading →

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violence against native american women

Posted on Sunday, 20 January, 2008 by Ouyang Dan

a while ago i wrote to the representative of my tribe for information of the Office for Preventing Violence Against Women’s meeting of tribes.  I wanted to know if we had sent any representatives and if anything came out of … Continue reading →

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also happening in october

Posted on Sunday, 28 October, 2007 by Ouyang Dan

so w/ all this argument and debate over whether halloween is slutty or for teh littlest babies, and not forgetting to squish your boobs, i forgot something that has been going on for two decades this october. october is also … Continue reading →

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