MAKING CONTEMPORARY NATIVE Jewelry, ACTIVISM.ART.PHOTOGRAPHY, taking pictures of my dog. being involved with MN Dakota history, like treaty rights, land rights..FORT SNELLING. Running at Pike Island with my man.. I also educating myself on stuff I can, asking others with the things I can't... MODELING is FUN! going to live MUSIC SHows, Hip Hop, House, DJ's, Concerts, I can always have fun at a good show. I love to see and meet people. TRAVEL hope to see the whole world continent by continent spreading the good Indian word (dont know what that means), EXPERIENCING NEW, AND SOMETIMES SCARY STUFF. BEING a productive and UNDERSTANDING person, living,surviving , and achieving as a Dakota woman these days.... Lets squash any categories amongst Native peoples, I'm about that whole idea too. All of those expectations of what makes someone more Indian than another are placed on us as Indian people by outside sources...very VERY Important stuff to me,my FRIENDS!! ++my PEOPLE, MY DAKOTA LANGUAGE.++!
Awesome indians, anyone awesome...hugo chavez, jim jarmusch, myself in person(?) my ancestors from long ago..Anyone who wants to and is learning their Native language++++++++DAKOTA PEOPLE+++..Designers, Artists.. MAKERS OF JEWELRY!!!!!!!!!
basement jaxx, POW WOW MUSIC, my boys James' drum group WOUNDED KNEE GRANDSON,NATIVE Hip HOP! culture shock camp, Meta /red lion-circa 360 from OK, INDIGOeveryone in the community doing their thing..MIA, the cure, JOY division, New Order, David Bowie, Beastie boys' pauls boutique album, jeff buckley,HOUSE MUSIC, bob marley, the meters, the skatalites, 2mex, Desmond dekker, anything indiginous, hand-made instruments, buckets as drums, flutes in anything, thelonious monk, yes, yes, um, loud beats that incorporate old jazz or blues. the white stripes..tons else. BLUES ARTISTs, like skip james, BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON, CHARLIE PATTON MUDDY WATERS HOWLIN WOLF the * ROBERT JOHNSON*.SON HOUSE, john lee hooker,
THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOOK IT UP! ITS BeAUTIFUL! CRASH, Punch Drunk Love, Blazing Saddles... Jim Jarmusch movies are all good with me... Dead Man, Mystery Train, Coffee and Cigarettes, Down By Law, Kwaidan(Japanese Horror fims) Ghost Dog the way of the Samurai...Half Baked, The Rules of Attraction, Wallace and Gromit (especially The Wrong Trousers, Akira Kurosawa.. "Ran", "Heaven and Earth". Documentaries of every sort, I'll try to watch all the ones reccommended to me, especially ones on ancient civilations,REquiem for a dream, THE FOUNTAIN, music or musical movements and just history in general,MIrrormask, was cool, surreal- like... Amores Perros, 21 grams, Donnie Darko is one of mMY FAAAVAAORITE Movies , Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, SNATCH, signs, UNBreakable,evil dead series,esp. Army of darkness, I heart Huckabees....just a few....I like to see really scary movies to see if they actually scare me...the scariest movie for me of all time is the old version of "war of the worlds", it gave me nightmares more than anything (which is kinda silly because its like 50 years old or something) I was scared of streetlights for weeks...absolutely HATED MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA...i like Zhang Ziyi though, i think shes one of th most beautiful creatures in the world...sorry y'all..NACHO LIBRE was one of my faves this year--i liked the OAXACA scenery...i DIDNT like PANS LABYRINTH ACTUALLY,
Arrested Development, the Simpsons, Tales from the Crypt, The twilight ZONE (black and whites and newer episodes), Northern Exposure, Futurama, the old Muppet Show, Jeopardy, FAMILY GUY, Chapelle show, Fraggle Rock, I LOve STARTING OVER, the Cosby Show, Next top model......Ive actually become QUITE THE "LOST" fan, I really discuss the sociological, philosophical and whatever about the episodes for some reason, I really like THE OFFICE the British version, Its onr of the funniest shows ever made ever!!!please watchn it. ) , but I really actually like the US VERSION too is OK.
I have to read school books, more school books, umm, this semester im taking a HISTORY OF BLACK MUSIC,RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS anthopology class, read lots fro them these days as well, sorta cool. like the info im learning...but some of my faves over the past few years are FOOLS CROW by James Welch, Ella Deloria; Waterlily and Speaking of Indians, THey Called it Prarie Light, While the Locust Slept by Reznor, photography books; Ansel Adams... History of the Santee Sioux..., Pretty much ANYTHING by Charles Eastman..Indian Boyhood is one of my favorites.......I also like looking at pictures in cosmo and ELLE and looking through music mags..National GEOGRAPHIC always a good staple for life long learning, that and ZOOBOOKS(anyone remember or get Zoobooks when they were little??)were the first subscription my parents got for me and my brother. BORDERS books Magazine section is my guilty pleasure-i like to look at all the magazines then put em back...
Atewaye (my dad)miss you pa, HUGO CHAVEZ BABY!!!Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Martin Luther King, Spike Lee, people who know whats up, Dalai Lama, Winona Laduke, Paul wellstone, Amy Goodman (From DEMOCRACY NOW!!) Peacekeepers and environmentalists, Anyone willing to stand up for their beliefs (as long as your not some militant cram-my-message-down-your-throat A-hole or clueless person who doesnt know where they stand in the first place...) I also really respect people who dont need to talk ALL THE TIME about their beliefs and why they are justified in having them. I like people who enjoy listening and giving an EVEN EXCHANGE of ideas and anecdotes... someone who speaks witha certain truth, cant really explain.., ..Someones who KNOWS that actions speak louder than words any day of the week. People who are compassionate and put others before themselves. not the biggest Oprah fan in the world, but saw she built a school in Africa and she's getting a lot of flack for it!???how can u get flack from that??anyways...Annie Liebovitz the photographer of real life, love and lastly, fashion.. The people in the NATIVE community that are working hard at making US as Native people more visible in the mainstream, I should specify, the ones that make Natives look GOOD , finding the balance between modern and traditional Native culture and philosophy..Mr Bunky Echo Hawk, you the man, companies like INSPIRED VISIONS and the up and coming INVIsion who make it a goal to put Native peoples in modern way....