This sounds great! It is good to see the topic Elder Means will be speaking on....it is way over due!
Respectfully, tulla
RUSSELL MEANS
Bio & Lecture
Russell Means has lived a life like few others in this century. He was born into a society and guided by way of life that gently denies the self in order to promote the survival and betterment of family and community. His culture is driven by tradition, which at once links the past to the present.
The L.A. Times has called him the most famous American Indian since Sitting Bull. His indomitable sense of pride and leadership has become embedded in our national character. His path has also taken him to Hollywood, thus enabling him to use different means to communicate his vital truths. Through the power of media, his vision is to create peaceful and positive images celebrating the magic and mystery of his American Indian heritage. In contemplating the fundamental issues about the world in which we live, he is committed to educating all people about our most crucial battle-the preservation on the earth.
Over thirty years ago, reflecting the consciousness of the sixties, he captured national attention when he led the 71-day armed takeover on the sacred grounds of Wounded Knee, a tiny hamlet in the heart of South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation. As the first National Director of the American Indian Movement, Means led “The Longest Walk” in 1978 to protest a new tide of anti-Indian legislation including the forced sterilization of Indian women. Following the walk, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution saying that national policy was to protect the rights of Indians, “to believe, express and exercise their traditional religions, including but not limited to access to sites, use and possession of sacred objects, and the freedom to worship through ceremonials and traditional rites.”
Russell has consulted with various Indigenous cultures of the Western Hemisphere including; Nicaragua, Hawaii, Guam and Ecuador. In 1985, he participated in the first Peace Conference held between the Indians and the Sandinista’s of Nicaragua held in Bogota, Columbia. In 1986, he negotiated with the White House, on behalf of the Indian Peoples of Nicaragua who were in an armed struggle against the Sandinista.
Russell negotiated with the White House in 1972, after the BIA take over.
In 1973, he negotiated with Assistant U.S. Attorney General, Kent Frizzell the Lakota’s 10 points that included congressional hearings into the status of the Fort Laramie Treaties, and investigation of the wholesale violations of Oglala civil rights. In 1986, Russell testified before the Senate Select Committee of Indian Affairs on the issues of Tribal Government corruption.
Russell has lectured nationally and internationally on American Indian history, law, politics and culture. He has lectured at scores of American Universities including; Harvard and Harvard Law, Stanford, University of Southern CA, UCLA, Michigan School of Law, University of FL, WA, MO, and Rice University to list a few. His international lecture tours have included; England, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary, Japan, New Zealand, Italy, and Australia.
In 1977, Russell was instrumental in the drafting of the “Declaration of Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples” presented to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. This document was the pre-curser to the “United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples” adopted by the General Assembly Resolution 61/295 on September 13, 2007.
In addition to his extensive activism, he is an actor having appeared in such films as "The Last Of The Mohicans" and "Pocohantas," and he is the author of the national bestseller "Where White Men Fear To Tread," now in its 13th printing. For more information, visit:
http://www.republicoflakotah.com/
http://www.russellmeansfreedom.com/
http://www.treatyschool.com/
http://www.russellmeans.com/
PATRIARCHY: THE ULTIMATE CONSPIRACY
MATRIARCHY: THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION
“We need paradigm shift,” says Russell Means. “What is wrong today is what is wrong tomorrow.” And, what is wrong with the world today? History---or “his-story” as Means so aptly emphasizes---over these last 6,000 years is a convenient lie. From religion to governments, we have lived under a patriarchy with the leaders at the top of the proverbial pyramid and the rest of us underneath to experience most of the suffering. This is a fact of life on our over-populated earth.
What is a patriarchy, though? It is a system that both completely lacks and completely fears the feminine. A patriarchy is an imbalanced, fear-based, war-like and truly insane structure because only a patriarchy is on top, obsessed with control and completely inhumane to everything below. What it fears it wants to control; what it can’t control it wants to terrorize and destroy. Within this strict system, there is no true freedom
What, then, is the solution to this problem? The answer is to simply return to a matriarchy, based on the feminine. Russell Means will remind the audience that women are much stronger and live longer than men; that women are the creators of life, whose cycles are naturally purifying and in tune with the universe. A matriarchy actually represents the origins of individual liberty through representative government. It is the basis for a “clan” system that allows for instant conflict resolution and naturally eliminates all negatives with no time-wasting beliefs in evil and war.
Unfortunately, because we are still living in a patriarchal matrix, the world, according to Means, is going to crash by the end of this year… that is, unless our world leaders do a virtual about-face in finance and banking; unless they quit printing money and go back to value-backed currencies. But, can and will that happen at this late stage? The market is dead as we know it.
So, how do we go back to a matriarchy? Means says that this is essentially a two-fold process. The first is to educate our children about this beautiful, but forgotten, way of life in which the concepts of evil and war are eliminated. “If you don’t believe in evil,” he states, “what’s to worry about? Those who believe in it have to address it. So, while you’re addressing evil, who is taking care of things in the village?” Part of this RE-education process is to return to an oral tradition, which naturally reinforces remembrance of what is truly important without the intrusion of the written word in books and libraries, which can be controlled.
The second way of returning to a natural, matriarchal way of life---like on Indian Reservations---is to learn how to get along. To begin this, start by building “mini-states”---or small village neighborhoods---of anywhere from two to twenty houses. Work and move together through unanimous consent, which innately ensures individual liberty and personal responsibility, along with eliminating the need for concepts like policemen, lawyers and judges. Create a new sense of family in which any lie leads only to shame and, ultimately, the destruction of both the family and the village.
This, of course, will take time. You cannot make such changes in one generation. But, native cultures have successfully built their civilizations based solely on what was taught to them by their own relatives (all their relations). Through these oral traditions, they learned about the insects, the animals, the forests and everything in the natural world that gave them what they needed. Are you planting seeds and preparing a garden? Are you learning how to live cooperatively with your neighbors? Do you share and trade with others in your village?
The solution? “Return back to where you began,” says Means, “and demand it together!”
Respectfully, tulla
RUSSELL MEANS
Bio & Lecture
Russell Means has lived a life like few others in this century. He was born into a society and guided by way of life that gently denies the self in order to promote the survival and betterment of family and community. His culture is driven by tradition, which at once links the past to the present.
The L.A. Times has called him the most famous American Indian since Sitting Bull. His indomitable sense of pride and leadership has become embedded in our national character. His path has also taken him to Hollywood, thus enabling him to use different means to communicate his vital truths. Through the power of media, his vision is to create peaceful and positive images celebrating the magic and mystery of his American Indian heritage. In contemplating the fundamental issues about the world in which we live, he is committed to educating all people about our most crucial battle-the preservation on the earth.
Over thirty years ago, reflecting the consciousness of the sixties, he captured national attention when he led the 71-day armed takeover on the sacred grounds of Wounded Knee, a tiny hamlet in the heart of South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation. As the first National Director of the American Indian Movement, Means led “The Longest Walk” in 1978 to protest a new tide of anti-Indian legislation including the forced sterilization of Indian women. Following the walk, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution saying that national policy was to protect the rights of Indians, “to believe, express and exercise their traditional religions, including but not limited to access to sites, use and possession of sacred objects, and the freedom to worship through ceremonials and traditional rites.”
Russell has consulted with various Indigenous cultures of the Western Hemisphere including; Nicaragua, Hawaii, Guam and Ecuador. In 1985, he participated in the first Peace Conference held between the Indians and the Sandinista’s of Nicaragua held in Bogota, Columbia. In 1986, he negotiated with the White House, on behalf of the Indian Peoples of Nicaragua who were in an armed struggle against the Sandinista.
Russell negotiated with the White House in 1972, after the BIA take over.
In 1973, he negotiated with Assistant U.S. Attorney General, Kent Frizzell the Lakota’s 10 points that included congressional hearings into the status of the Fort Laramie Treaties, and investigation of the wholesale violations of Oglala civil rights. In 1986, Russell testified before the Senate Select Committee of Indian Affairs on the issues of Tribal Government corruption.
Russell has lectured nationally and internationally on American Indian history, law, politics and culture. He has lectured at scores of American Universities including; Harvard and Harvard Law, Stanford, University of Southern CA, UCLA, Michigan School of Law, University of FL, WA, MO, and Rice University to list a few. His international lecture tours have included; England, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary, Japan, New Zealand, Italy, and Australia.
In 1977, Russell was instrumental in the drafting of the “Declaration of Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples” presented to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. This document was the pre-curser to the “United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples” adopted by the General Assembly Resolution 61/295 on September 13, 2007.
In addition to his extensive activism, he is an actor having appeared in such films as "The Last Of The Mohicans" and "Pocohantas," and he is the author of the national bestseller "Where White Men Fear To Tread," now in its 13th printing. For more information, visit:
http://www.republicoflakotah.com/
http://www.russellmeansfreedom.com/
http://www.treatyschool.com/
http://www.russellmeans.com/
PATRIARCHY: THE ULTIMATE CONSPIRACY
MATRIARCHY: THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION
“We need paradigm shift,” says Russell Means. “What is wrong today is what is wrong tomorrow.” And, what is wrong with the world today? History---or “his-story” as Means so aptly emphasizes---over these last 6,000 years is a convenient lie. From religion to governments, we have lived under a patriarchy with the leaders at the top of the proverbial pyramid and the rest of us underneath to experience most of the suffering. This is a fact of life on our over-populated earth.
What is a patriarchy, though? It is a system that both completely lacks and completely fears the feminine. A patriarchy is an imbalanced, fear-based, war-like and truly insane structure because only a patriarchy is on top, obsessed with control and completely inhumane to everything below. What it fears it wants to control; what it can’t control it wants to terrorize and destroy. Within this strict system, there is no true freedom
What, then, is the solution to this problem? The answer is to simply return to a matriarchy, based on the feminine. Russell Means will remind the audience that women are much stronger and live longer than men; that women are the creators of life, whose cycles are naturally purifying and in tune with the universe. A matriarchy actually represents the origins of individual liberty through representative government. It is the basis for a “clan” system that allows for instant conflict resolution and naturally eliminates all negatives with no time-wasting beliefs in evil and war.
Unfortunately, because we are still living in a patriarchal matrix, the world, according to Means, is going to crash by the end of this year… that is, unless our world leaders do a virtual about-face in finance and banking; unless they quit printing money and go back to value-backed currencies. But, can and will that happen at this late stage? The market is dead as we know it.
So, how do we go back to a matriarchy? Means says that this is essentially a two-fold process. The first is to educate our children about this beautiful, but forgotten, way of life in which the concepts of evil and war are eliminated. “If you don’t believe in evil,” he states, “what’s to worry about? Those who believe in it have to address it. So, while you’re addressing evil, who is taking care of things in the village?” Part of this RE-education process is to return to an oral tradition, which naturally reinforces remembrance of what is truly important without the intrusion of the written word in books and libraries, which can be controlled.
The second way of returning to a natural, matriarchal way of life---like on Indian Reservations---is to learn how to get along. To begin this, start by building “mini-states”---or small village neighborhoods---of anywhere from two to twenty houses. Work and move together through unanimous consent, which innately ensures individual liberty and personal responsibility, along with eliminating the need for concepts like policemen, lawyers and judges. Create a new sense of family in which any lie leads only to shame and, ultimately, the destruction of both the family and the village.
This, of course, will take time. You cannot make such changes in one generation. But, native cultures have successfully built their civilizations based solely on what was taught to them by their own relatives (all their relations). Through these oral traditions, they learned about the insects, the animals, the forests and everything in the natural world that gave them what they needed. Are you planting seeds and preparing a garden? Are you learning how to live cooperatively with your neighbors? Do you share and trade with others in your village?
The solution? “Return back to where you began,” says Means, “and demand it together!”
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I also, help my father and uncles with their art studio durring the summer. not alot of time left over for other things.![smile.gif](http://ghostchild.4.<a href="http://www.forumer.com">forumer</a>.com/html/emoticons/smile.gif)