"that good fox woman"

I'd like to meet:

:: tsapat kiwaku'rahe :: :: that good fox woman ::

...that good fox woman is on the road and will be back in a few weeks...

Nawa. In this lifetime, I hope to fight for causes much larger than myself. In between ironing, cooking, my teen-ager, the saga that is my car, and everything else that occurs in life, I advocate: the Pawnee nation ||| Native Peoples ||| sovereignty & respectful coexistence ||| conflict resolution ||| children ||| radical connectedness ||| Native people in the trenches ||| social justice ||| empathy and compassion ||| students ||| the equitable exchange of culture and ideas ||| Indigenous nationhood. ("Peek-a-Boo or Despair?" photo taken by AJ, February 2008).
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Currently, I am able to serve all Indigenous Nations and Tribal communities through my work as a faculty member in the Indigenous and American Indian Studies (AIS) Program at Haskell Indian Nations University. I am committed to carrying out the work of the visionaries who led the American Indian Studies movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s. This movement is based upon a tribal empowerment model which, in part, provides students with an intellectually-charged, academically-rigorous, and pro-Native scholarly environment in which to prepare for a variety of tribal, professional, and community opportunities and responsibilities.

There exist those who will not comprehend the need for a stand-alone AIS entity---and, in fact, work to destroy it and other pro-Native initiatives and peoples. Yet I remain fortunate to engage with relatives, colleagues, and students who recognize and contribute in good ways to AIS, which is our relative, and to the positive connections between it and our respective tribal communities and to our shared struggles as we move forward to stablize Sovereignty and maintain our right to exist.
At Haskell, I teach "Introduction to American Indian Studies" and courses that include research methods, colonization and sovereignty, and conflict resolution. Message me if you would like copies of my syllabi (or just the reading lists). Email Here.

I completely support the Pawnee Nation College and the Tribal College Movement.

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"The only dream worth having is to dream that you will live while you are alive, and die only when you are dead. To love, to be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of the 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

The Funky Bunch

The Vitals NATION :: Pawnee!
BAND :: Kitkehahki
FAMILY :: Curly Chief; Buffalo Chief (William Mathews) & Nannie Curlychief Mathews; Theodore & Gertrude Good Fox; Theda, Kathy, Susie, Jim, and Sam; Tasha
MY TEENAGER :: she is awesome!
MOTTO :: thank god for the Pawnee Nation!
EDUCATION :: GED; Ph.D. candidate
CURRENT PROJECTS :: Dissertation! Many Horses handbooks; other items in the queue
RESEARCH INTERESTS :: Pawnee studies || Indigenous Nations studies, including Native rights activism || Indian Territory and Oklahoma || Health, Science, Technology, including Social Dimensions of Climate Change || Theories of Violence, Conflict, and Peace
ENDORSEMENTS :: Creative Commons, Firefox, del.icio.us
STATUS :: me, my memories, and a few friends
AGE :: have circled the sun 40 41 times & counting; so far, this is the oldest I have ever been!
SIGN :: Fire Horse
OCCUPATION :: think | listen | read | write | sometimes lecture
"How about it? Let's raise some hell!" - Clyde Warrior (Ponca)

Inspiration Courage Intellectual Creative EAST :: Pawnee Nation || Haskell students || LaNada War Jack || Paulo Freire || Myles Horton || Angie Debo || Dann sisters || Winona LaDuke || Punchy Hart || Elizabeth Cook-Lynn || my AIS 310.02 (Fall 2006) class || Edward Valandra || my AIS 360 (Spring 2006) class || Joane Nagel || bell hooks || Faith Spotted Eagle

WEST :: Curly Chief || Clyde Warrior || Che Guevera || Dann sisters || Ken Saro-Wiwa || Tommie Smith || Benazir Buhtto || Tank Man || Mario Savio || Evo Morales || Dietrich Bonhoeffer

SOUTH :: James Riding In || Venida Chenault || Alexander Cockburn || Znet || Garland and Martha Blaine || Waziyatawin || Daniel Wildcat || Bill Tuttle || David Katzman || Vinay Dharwadker || Andrea Smith || Sherrie Tucker || Melissa Holder || Angelique Eagle Woman || Taiaike || Ngugi wa Thiong'o || Susan Sontag || John Topping

NORTH :: My mother and siblings || Brian Eno || Vine Deloria, Jr. || Kai Krause || The Long Now Foundation || Stewart Brand || Bruce Lee || Edward R. Tufte || Michael Yellow Bird || Guerilla Girls || Antithesis

Musical Interests

in 2008, still: don't you blame me for your problems in 2008, still, the task force... "Just don't go and fall in love with a sell-out at the BIA." - Natasha

inheavy rotation Solidarity :: Antithesis - click HERE
I Love U :: Larry Tee
Mercy :: Duffy
Love Will Tear Us Apart :: Jose Gonzales
Drifting Down the Runway :: Space Station Lounge - click HERE
Magic Bus :: The Who
Once I Was :: Tim Buckley
Tangled Up in Blue :: Bob Dylan
(last updated: 12 April 2008)
music sets Southern! || Youngbird || Sizzortail || Surf guitars and garage bands || Beethoven || Derrick White's mixes || Let's talk recording minutiae, beginning with microphones and cables || Shuggie Otis || Producers ought to be household names! || Read Ben Fong-Torres || Tomoyasu Hotei || Read Lester Bangs || The Beatles! || The 1970s || David & David || Carl Hancock Rux || Producers: Brian Eno, Nelson Riddle, Jimmy Miller, Niles Rodgers, Rick Rubin || Ryuichi Sakamoto || Lounge and cocktail || Thievery Corporation || Segues on free-form radio || 13th Floor Elevators || John Bonham over Keith Moon, most days || Billy Strange || Ben Vaughn || Kennedy || A3 || Pirate radio || The Mermen || Bruce Dickinson, yes, the Bruce Dickinson || 900 ft. Jesus || Bono || Jimi (goes without saying) || Film scores || Roy Clark || John Lennon's jukebook || John Lennon || the 1920s-30s || Johnny Hallyday || Air

Top10 in1991 (This album list was compiled by B92, a radical Serbian radio station resistant to Milosevic's government): Nirvana's Nevermind || REM's Out of Time || Teenage Fanclub's Bandwagonesque || Primal Scream's Screamadelica || Massive Attack's Blue Lines || Metallica's Metallica || Electronic's Electronic || Urban Dance Squad's Life 'N' Perspectives of a Genuine Crossover || Prince's Diamonds and Pearls || PM Dawn's Of the Heart, Of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience

5Random Songs Joy Division's "Transmission" || Mano De Bango's "Sol Makossa" || Yoko Ono's "Walking on Thin Ice" || Hotei's "The Immigrant Song" || Donna Summer's "Rumour Has It"
Liner Notes 1st LP purchased: Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band || Last CD purchased: White Stripes' Icky Thump || 1st concert: KISS (Norman, OK; I was 13!) || Last concert: Yo La Tengo (Lawrence, KS; I was 40!)

Reading Interests

book stores My favorite bookstores: Full Circle (Oklahoma City) || Changing Hands (Tempe) || Whistler's (Kansas City, now gone, but not from my heart) || Shakespeare & Co. (NYC) || Prairie Avenue Bookshop (Chicago) || Dusty Bookshelf (Lawrence, KS) || Strand Bookstore (NYC) || Reading Reptile (Kansas City) || Vertigo Books (College Park, MD) || Olsson's (DC) || still have yet to visit Powell's Bookstore (Portland)
on "teaching" Myles Horton :: The Myles Horton Reader: Education for Social Change; We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change
Paulo Freire :: Pedagogy of the Oppressed; Pedagogy of Hope; Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy and Civic Courage
(last updated: 30 April 2008)
reading thoughts Read Tolstoy to learn about the world, read Shakespeare to learn more about the human condition. Molière said that everyone should write poetry, but not everyone should share their poetry. Learn as much as you can from your tribe or nation's storytellers and historians (this involves listening and memorizing, as well as reading).

Cinematic Interests

2008Picture Shows Control... I don't go to the movie house very often. But I really enjoyed Control. I also have seen Persepolis. And I liked that film, too.
5Random DVDs Tin Man || The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) || Second City Television, vol. 2 || Across the Universe || Music and Lyrics
Film People Billy Wilder ||::|| Charlie Chaplin ||::|| Hayao Miyazaki ||::|| Mira Nair ||::|| Akira Kurosawa ||::|| Marx Brothers ||::|| Julia Phillips ||::|| People responsible for the Dexter Riley series ||::|| John Sayles ||::|| documentaries ||::|| filmmakers that promote social justice || Coen Brothers || Philip Seymour Hoffman ||::|| Peter Sellers ||::|| Jack Lemmon ||::|| Bette Davis (post-1950s) ||::|| Theda Bara ||::|| Elvis Mitchell ||::|| Stephen Root
Random TV CARTOONS :: Boondocks || Space Ghost Coast to Coast (Zorak!) || Family Guy || Aqua Teen Hunger Force || The Tick (Mad Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight!) || Moral Orael ||
COMEDIES :: 30 Rock || Arrested Development || Mary Tyler Moore Show || Bob Newhart Show || Carol Burnett Show || SCTV || SNL (1988 – 1998) || Larry Sanders || Dick Van Dyke Show || Dean Martin's shows and specials || Pete and Pete || The Gilmore Girls || Scrubs || Dave Chappell

MORE :: Frontline || Merv Griffin || Mike Douglas || Dinah Shore || Johnny Carson || Phil Hartman || Julia Child || Dick Cavett || I read Tom Shales || I get most of my news from the radio, internet, and print…except for the weather. I like to be surprised each day.

Random Curios what you must know about me if you're going to like me: I like lists and diagrams! || I can READ ALL DAY, and I will! || coffee || I REALLY like the MUSIC || visual culture || Jason Bentley is an excellent radio DJ but Ben Fong-Torres is the best! craaazy… || I'm all about eating || I laugh too loud, if you're funny enough || I like designs || 3-D! || wikis || architecture || dreams, intuition, and insights || Ethiopian food is my favorite! || I enjoy software || frybread does not frighten me! || separatist || blacklight posters and psychedelia || i really miss that DJ Spacin' Jason || I had to put the Second Life game on hold :( || video games! || mash-ups || album covers are my favorite artistic genre || talking salons || OpenCourseWare

New Friends

Radical Quotes Films for ActionGive LoveEmma-LenaLucas Elk SoldierJacobson House InsurgentesWillie Nelson Peace InstituteSHAWLFaithTanka BarWomen International Afro Lez

Larry ville

lawrence.comEastside MarketMidnight FilmsKJHK Allied Resistance Third Planet KS Mutual Aid

Sovereignty Now

Treaty Council IEN Revolution Buffalo Campaign Defend Bear Butte Indigenous Mapping

in Solidarity

Solidarity Center Juarez Klee Axis of Justice Rutherford Notebook Army NACLA Amnesty Int'l Jordan

Our Home

Honor the Earth Earth First! Watershed Project Tornado Live

Our Media

Backpack Media Democracy Now! IndyMediaFree Speech TV KILL Radio AIROS Native AM Calling Narco News NAICABanksy

Hit Replay

Antithesis Space Station Old Indian Trick

More Music

Youngbird Sizzortail Black Bear CreekRed CrowAjilvsgaNEW! DuffyNEW! J. GonzalezMojo Magazine KCRW Culture Shock Blackfire Lady Binx Savage Family Pamyua Chuck DukowskiHank ShockleeSystem Down Fish FryCrippled Dick U2 Flaming Lips AstralwerksLos Lobos Thieves Dread Zepplin Tonemah

My Writers

Umberto Eco Simon Ortiz Henning Mankell Gore Vidal Anna Politkovskaya Robert Greene Brenda Norrell William L. Shirer Dostoevsky Jacquelyn Susann Jose Saramago George S. Kaufman Chinua Achebe Tina Fey

Our Events

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My Space

Home Email MeLet's Be Friends Photos & ImagesInvite Me There! My Blog Favorites

Cool school

Highlander Michael Eric Dyson Noam Chomsky Haskell AIS Club Haskell News Save DQ

My BookStores

Powell's Olsson's Strand

Our Health

MDs, no Borders Give Love

Our Sustainability

Kiva Oxfam America UNICEFJobs with Justice Youth Vs. Poverty NonProfit Orgs. Food Not Bombs

No Militarism

Sir! No Sir!Close the SOAIraq Veterans Against the WarIVAW--LAYouth and Militarism End OccupationBooks, Not Bombs! Stop the War

In carceration

Children in Prison Incarceration Nation

My Films

Sir! No Sir!ScreamersMeditate & DestroyJoe StrummerPersepolisCriterion FilmsCult Movies Drive-In Fearless Freaks

My PopCulture

Bust Magazine Demetri Martin Aaron McGruder RE/Search Impalas Club American Life Andy Warhol

My Teams

Tornado Alley KC Roller Warriors GC Roller Girls

Try It

Threadless JotSpot Box Storage LinkedIn UNEASYsilence The Long Now Edge of the world

My Disclaimers

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