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Jenski Menominee

Hey I am a Hot MAMA!

About Me


Ahnii,Bozhoo, Tansi...brothers and sisters, I am 28 years old anishnabe-kwe, born and raised in and around Ontario. I am Pottawattami & Six Nations, Bear Clan.
WTF?? Post-Colonialism??
Have they left??

Let the truth be known and our history told. Our VOICES RAISED UP! Colonization/Imperialism has all but crippled our people and that legacy has been passed down upon us all. The idea of Manifest Destiny and dividing and conquering was successful in many ways. But 500 years and we are still here!! "We still look through these same eyes" Indigenous people have constantly struggled against the Western view of "history", we have allowed our history to be told and we become outsiders looking in. We struggle to regain our ways of knowing and doing, and attempt to reclaim our land, water,our language, OUR history are contested by the conlonizers and the colonized. History is about POWER! History is written by the Conquerors conquering!

Young Potawatomi dancers

As an Anishnabe woman, I want to teach, share and mentor our next generations to be proud of who they are and where they came from. To stop the cycle of oppression, violence, shame and guilt. We have to unite as ONE NATION strong with ONE VOICE RAISED UP!!.
Our bemidiziwan way of life is the way to heal. Our way of life is beautiful and has so much to offer us. The youth and our elders we must take care of, for they are our past, present and future, who will make choices for our seven generations to come...we must love them, listen to them and respect them. We are slowly reclaiming back our lands, language, teachings and sacred knowledge. Be Proud of who you are and never give up.
When someone asks me are you ok?
I always answer in Ojibway
Ehe, Nigichi Minokwidiye
Which means:
Yes, I Have a really Nice Ass!
I have a deep love for music of all sorts but Indigenous Music is my utmost passion and the arts are my passion so if you can dig it then i will dig you!'
Giigwabamin

My Interests

I LOVE Music, Art, Photography, Poetry, Computers, Fashion & Design, Architecture, Craft, Anything that is indigenous arts related, but Music is my number one fav, especially Indigenous music, its my number one passion i support it fully, you got that native flare for sound and verse, then I must hear it NOW!!!

Flix of Time...Spied by Me.

.:Clear Skies:.

.:Cats Tails:.

.:The Marsh:.

.:Rush:.

.:Pain & Fear:.

.:Time Passes:.

.:The Sound:.

.:IslePods:.

.:Becca:.

.:Sounds of You:.

Words of Strength and Wisdom

"I will follow the white man's trail. I will make him my friend, but I will not bend my back to his burdens. I will be cunning as a coyote. I will ask him to help me understand his ways, then I will prepare the way for my children, and their children. The Great Spirit has shown me - a day will come when they will outrun the white man in his own shoes." ~Many Horses

"So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none. ~Chief Tecumseh

To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget. ~Arundhati Roy
Indigenous Art Promoting & RED efining Indigneous Art
Thats what I am all about...


.:Menominee-Kwe:.
Hiro Chavez 2006

.:Kicking Bear:.
Hiro Chavez 2006

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Designed & Developed by Hiro Chavez

"Mother & Child"
Bunky Echo Hawk

"Sitting Bull Knows"

Awesome artist who truly is inspiring, and holds great wisdom in his work and his poetry
A great person who represents his nation well! -- Pawnee/Yakama
He's In My top 24!!
So Get to know him!!

"LA CONQUISTADORA"
Santiago
Check him out!
Truly awesome artist that captures the mind, body and spirit!

I'd like to meet:

ALL MY RELATIONS IN EVERY NATION- YES THAT MEANS YOU!!!

I always love to meet new and interesting people to call friends. People who come from all walks of life, willing to share a peice of thier lives with me and I with them.

BE BRAVE BE BOLD BE DARING NEVER HOLD BACK NEVER BACK DOWN NEVER REGRET NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR WHO YOU ARE CUZ YOUR BEAUTIFUL!!!!

OTHER PEOPLE I WOULD LIKE TO MEET ARE:


Leonard Peltier

Nelson Mendela

MORRISSEY-Wordsmith/Activist/Revoluntionary/Poet

"You lovely Eeeek and can I be your lovely rider"- Picadilly Parley~

Music:

I have had the great fortune of being introduced to all sorts of music in my life so i am very eclectic and jump from country all the way over to classical.

You can always find me listening to music with my iPod mini and traveling iDock, or in HMV looking for new tunes to listen to. I am especially big on my Indigenous music!!! Indigenous singers, songwriters, & musicians from traditional to hip hop!

This list is never ending but i will list just a few of my favs: The Smiths, Patty Smith, Morrissey, The Verve, The Police, Stompin Tom Cocrane, Susan Aglukark, Patti LeBelle, Loretta Lynn, Hot Hot Heat, The Killers, Shane Anthony's Band, Billy Joe Green, Tanya Taggaq, Bjork, Bob Marley, Roy Orbinson, Aerosmith, Guns & Roses, Tupac, Ramsay Calderon, Dean, Rufus Wainwrigth, George Leach, Digging Roots, Ray Charles, BB KING, Radio Head, Life House, Snoop Dog, 112, Sarah Salean, The Doors, Eddie Vedder, Dre, Jordis Unga, INXS, Depech Mode, Mozart, Led Zepplin, Conway Twitty, Rollin Stones, The Beatles, Kinnie Star, Burnt Project 1, Macy Gray, India Arie, Kane, Cold Play, Velvet Revolver, Mazzy Star, Gosh Gorban, Michael Bubble, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Snow Patrol, The Arcade Fire, Stevie B, Moody Blues, Eric Clapton, Tall Pine Drummers, Singers & Dancers, Joy Harjo, Stone Roses, Janet Jackson, Oasis, The Cure, Stone Temple Pilots, David Bowie, KISS, Super Tramp, DEAN, James, Sex pistons, Fleetwood Mac, Beach boys, Everly Brothers, Kim Mitchell, The Doves, Skunk Anansie, Remy zero, Nichelback, Shakira, Salena, Curtis Shingoose Jonnie, Buffy Ste Marie, Nadjiwan, Robbie Robinson, Derek Miller, Eyabay, K'naan , Skeena Reece, Hailstorm, Lyla Gilda, Randy Wood, Killa Kela, Joanne Shannondoha, Eve Casidy, Litefoot, Black Eyed Peas, N'didi, RedCloud, RezOfficial, I.T King, Lil Dre, Os 12, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Patsy Cline, Jude, Gavin Friday, The Walkmen, GENE, Life House, Marc Nadjiwan, BOND, Sloan, Lenny Kravitz, Richard Ashcroft, The Devine Comedy, Leela Gilda, No Doubt, Ella Fitzgerald, The Rat Pack, Billie Holiday, Murray Porter, Pappy John's Band, Dead Indians, CultureShock Camp, Lelah, SupaMan, Lakota Jones, QUESE IMC, Pera Fe, Tamara Pedemski, blah blah the list goes on for miles......... and miles..... days and days.......music is forever.....you should see my iTunes and ipod packed..to the brim...never bored...cuz there is always something new!


Digging Roots

Billy Joe Green

Quese IMC, DJ Shock B & 2020
of
Culture ShockCamp


Lakota Jones
&
Drezus

Shona & Tanya Tagaq Gillis

Taqralik

Lucy Idlout

George Leach

Shane Anthony

Click on the Artists names to link to their Websites or the place to be MY SPACE!!!!

More artist photos to come soon.. stay tuned...

Photos courtesy Wandering Spirit Productions All Rights Reserved (c)

Roots & Rights Influences!
Cuz All I ever have is redemption songs! Emancipate yourselves from interslavery, cuz only ourselves can free our minds!

Bob Marley -Roots Music - Photo Courtesy of bobmarley.com

Movies:



TRUDELL THE MOVIE
A must see movie people!


PSYCHO (ANY HITCHCOCK FILM!)
Casa Blanca
I am Cuba
Tokyo Story
Kill Bill I & II
Pulp Fiction (acutally any Tarantino film)
Citizen Kane (Orsen Welles)
Gone with the Wind
Resivoir Dogs
Usual Suspects
Johnny Stechino
Beautiful Life
48 hours
Delirious
Raw

Television:

Stopped watching TV-I once watched this crazy commercial with people being stuck on a escalator screaming for help....Crazy is all i got to say about TV now a days!
UTUBE ROCKS YOU CAN SEE INTERNATIONAL TV SHOWS AND FUNNIES

HARD GAY ROCKS!

Books:

Any book that interests me is virtually inhaled i am always reading.
Three Day Road - Joseph Boyden is a must read peoples!
Spirit Magazine www.spiritmag.ca


DO YOU HAVE YOUR SPIRIT!! GET IT TODAY

Almanac of the Dead-Lisa Marmon Silko
Debating Democracy Native American Legacy of Freedom -Bruce Johnson
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee -Dee Brown
Medicine River-Thomas King
Crazy Dave -Basil Johnson (Based On my family!)

Heroes:

My sisters
My Grams Grace, Mary, Rose
My ancestors, all my relations!
Great Great Great Grams Grace
My mom as a child on the rez. My constant supporter.
Great Grampa Atkins

Grampa Martin WWII
In the Canadian archives it appears as "Unkown Aboriginal soldier [centre](like that isnt obvious!!) posing with Stan so and Edward so and so and so ...." he isn't unkown!
Cousin Francis Pegahmagabow
Corporal Francis Pegahmagabow , MM and two bars, (March 9, 1891 – August 5, 1952)of Wausaksing First Nations was the aboriginal soldier most highly decorated for bravery in Canadian military history and the most effective sniper of World War I. Three times awarded the Military Medal and twice seriously wounded, he was an expert marksman and scout, credited with killing up to 378 Germans and capturing 300 more.
Canadian novelist Joseph Boyden's 2005 novel Three Day Road was inspired in part by Pegahmagabow. The novel's protagonist is a fictional character who, like Pegahmagabow, serves as a military sniper during World War I, although Pegahmagabow himself appears as a minor character as well.
Female Warriors!
Winona LaDuke
Joy Harjo
Lee Maracle
Harmony Rice
Pazhe Rice
Sharon K.
Eva Rose
ShoShona K
Tannis N.
Krystel M.
Lisa C.
Fierce Warrior Women in my life who inspire me, instill pride in me, love me, let me cry on there shoulders when i need it and vice versa, but best of all they are my friends who laugh with me in the good times and bad times together!
Menominee Chiefs
Chief Souligney
Chief Sawano
Chenannoquotp

Amisquewp
Potawatomi War Chief Wabaunseei

My Blog

Tacos, Brown Mustard, Pow Wows & NDN Summer! OH MY!

Well I just got back from NDN Summer in Milwaukee the Potawatomi Capital of the world yo! I spent four days there and had a wonderful time meeting up with old and new friends. Toured all over the plac...
Posted by Abo-digital Mama! on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:51:00 PST

WAGON BURN, THIS! PRINCESS MOONRIDER, THAT!

I WILL BE DOWN WILL YOU??WAGON BURN, THIS! PRINCESS MOONRIDER, THAT!New installations by Maria Hupfield & Terrance HouleOpening: Friday Sept. 15th 7pm w/ a performance at 7:30pmArtist Talk : Sat. ...
Posted by Abo-digital Mama! on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:55:00 PST

Yo!!!! MY PEEPS COME FIRST

Well it was a great weekend, HAPPY FIRST NATIONS DAY...and ahhh MY PEOPLE ALWAYS COME FIRST!!IF you were there, you got first hand experience a what a bunch of crazy nishes can do...and if you weren't...
Posted by Abo-digital Mama! on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:58:00 PST

x amount of barbed wire

Barbed wire,wooden stakes, scattered shratnal,strewn fallen souls,those who never made itthose who foughtfor my hearttoday i brought those baracadestumbling downwhich surrounded my heartprotecting meb...
Posted by Abo-digital Mama! on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:06:00 PST

I love this message written by my friend SandstormJa Wolofmam

hip hop Xibarrrz=newsHip Hop have been infected with a bad illness, a rescue mission is on the way so don't nobody panic.A rare disease is plaguing the hip hop world, and a dangerous and perilous viru...
Posted by Abo-digital Mama! on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 08:17:00 PST

My Zodiac Sign Revealed

  Chinese Snake Zodiac Snakes are romantic and charming. They are deep thinkers and always mysterious. Snakes are graceful and soft spoken. They love a good book and appreciate all of the arts. T...
Posted by Abo-digital Mama! on Tue, 30 May 2006 12:12:00 PST

BLACK IS THE NIGHT OF LOVE

POEM BY ADRIAN C LOUISBlack is This Night of Love"I hope we make it homebefore this storm," I say."I hope we make it homebefore this storm," you say.Me: "It's gonna be bad."You: "It's gonna be bad."It...
Posted by Abo-digital Mama! on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:29:00 PST

Strong in his silence is he...

He's standing there.As the grass flows in the breezeHis hair dancing in the sunHe is strong and proudStrong in his skin is heOn top the hill beside the tree He waits for meCalling to meOne voice Insid...
Posted by Abo-digital Mama! on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 09:03:00 PST

You will be.....

I am sitting here in my room, listening to Trudell.His words have so much power...It takes me on a journey of remembrance,a journey of struggle and pain...into the mind, body and soulso cutting and oh...
Posted by Abo-digital Mama! on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:04:00 PST

blood lines

My blood runs free, it runs so wildthrough these trees, through the great seasraising in the morning, till the setting sunrunning...tied to the land, my mother, my friendshe carries her children so lo...
Posted by Abo-digital Mama! on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 04:51:00 PST