Night Sky back home 2007

Night Sky back home (Goose Break, 2007)

Amanda T. Sam 2007, DSC03300.jpg
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iiyiyiyu aschii

Computer Art: 03-02-2013

Amanda T. Sam, Computer Art: 03-02-2013
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Computer Art: 02-04-2013

Amanda T. Sam :// 02-04-2013. web: 72 DPI (800 × 1200)
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Computer Art: IIYIYIYU Article 14 FEB1 2013

iiyiyiuyimiu (she speaks Cree)

Once upon a time, 

at an event in MTL,

being slightly nervous, 

I read this article out loud,

Spoken in the language** of my ancestors.

Amanda T. Sam,
Title: IIYIYIYU Article 14 FEB1 2013
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English Version://Article 14

1. "Indigenous peoples have the right to establish and control their educational systems and institutions providing education in their own languages, in a manner appropriate to their cultural methods of teaching and learning.
   
2. Indigenous individuals, particularly children, have the right to all levels and forms of education of the State without discrimination.
   
3. States shall, in conjunction with indigenous peoples, take effective measures, in order for indigenous individuals, particularly children, including those living outside their communities, to have access, when possible, to an education in their own culture and provided in their own language."
   
   
   - Article 14, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

   
   

   URL: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf
   
   

**I am very grateful for learning the language from my teachers, my late-grandparents Nancy & Ronnie. Everyday offers a better understanding on how to maintain language and its teachings...

Computer Art: Camp Ahead... 01302013

Amanda T. Sam, title: Camp Ahead... 01302013, 1300x861
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Hard candy wisdom

Although I do not agree with green peace all the time, I like this list of GMOs and it is an easy read. It is a good list of consumable products that we see on grocery shelves. So, the next time you go grocery shopping, take a closer look whether you are feeding yourself and your family GMOs or even request to your market to provide safer foods.
 Once, I remember elders say that we rarely got sick with various diseases back in the day because we stuck to our simple and ancient diet that has carried us forward since time immemorial. I use to think that they were simply being cheap with their hard candies when I asked them for síutís then, they would respond back with metaphors and a story or two. I know people back home who drink pop like it's water, I have seen that with my own 4 eyes. Pop is also addictive due to the biochemical reaction between our bodies and the high fructose syrup content found in his carbonated drinks. Consuming pop has also been linked to osteoperosis (decay of bone density). Aspartame (fake sugar substitute) is known to lower IQs, induce apetite (munchies), and induce migraines (first taste of diet pop as a teenager gave me this evidence). Today in íyiyiyu aschích, 9/10 Crees are considered overweight-obese. I continue to work out to manage my own weight and lost 80lbs for the past 5 years by getting to know my body's metabolism and dietary limits. I try my best to balance my food energy input and output with physical activity. We as Crees cannot properly process complex carbohydrates, like bidats (love them but bidatseh don't like my metabolism), and other modern industrialized foods that were altered by industries and we have yet to discover the full extent of our long term health effects. Step by step, we have to apply ethics of what we consume, educate ourselves about the foods we eat today, including industrial meat products. I also ask myself this question of whether our entities would ever consider investing more towards having accessible safer foods to accompany our traditional núchimí diet. And yes, my brain still craves pop from time to time, I admit I miss eating poutine too, and recently got sick from having a can of pop for quick energy. My digestive system paid the price for days. I believe people will be the faster catalyst for improvement.
 According to this list provided below, Werthers original candy that my late núkúm use to eat are safe candies that I still enjoy and keep in my messenger bag. Let us all continue to work together to bring overall fitness and wellness back into our daily living as a thriving people; socially, physically, emotionally, intellectually, metaphysically, and philosophically in-tune with our roots in order to reflect a stronger bridge for the next seven generations to build upon. Slowly getting to achieve my own fitness and wellness goal at dab íyiyiyu level; where I could be able to match the strength and endurance of our hunting ancestors by gathering information from our people, our stories, all schools, work, studies, marital arts, philosophy, as a Lemon Cree trainer, life experience, and our pursuit to improve our outcome to thrive as a íyiyiyuj/human beings.
 Enjoy your holidays. The love for our food should never disappear. I love to eat good food and share a meal with others. This is a cultural and social basis as Crees and as a family. I was always reminded to give thanks for simply being able to eat food. Stay safe and do not forget to burn off your epic feasts with exercise, stay hydrated with water, sleep well, and share more laughter with loved ones and friends. I am looking forward to sharing (mostly eating than cooking) home cooked meals, rest to recover my injuries (it happens), take in some natural landscape, and to lmao with relatives and friends back in Chaasiipii soon over the break.
I like wethers original candy, beaver, speedy recovery, tea, and more peace throughout aschích for the holidays.

Shopper's guide on how to avoid genetically engineered Food by Green Peace.
http://gmoguide.greenpeace.ca/shoppers_guide.pdf

James Bay Cree Nation Responds to Licensing Decision of the CanadianNuclear Safety Commission

James Bay Cree Nation Responds to Licensing Decision of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

"On October 17, 2012 the CNSC announced that it would issue a licence to Strateco Resources Inc. to proceed with an advanced exploration project at the Matoush uranium ore body site, located near the Cree community of Mistissini. Strateco Resources Inc.'s project at Matoush is the most advanced proposed uranium project to date in Eeyou Istchee, and also in Quebec."

Click on link to read the response.
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1054607/james-bay-cree-nation-responds-to-licensing-decision-of-the-canadian-nuclear-safety-commission

Scribbles 10152012

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