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

07-24-2007 - Iiyiyiyu Aschiich

© Amanda T. Sam, 2012. 07-24-2007 - Iiyiyiyu Aschiich

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The Chronicles of Jim Saahuun update 07-11-2012

I have neglected Jim Saahuun for a season, school is another full-time job itself... he is still in a coma kaw. I am working as a journalist again this summer. Another school of storytelling itself.
Mostly, I have been working on this narrative project offline; on paper and pen whenever I get the chance to sit down and think creatively.
During the winter semester at Concordia University, is where the last recent episode actually took place in an academic paper/ creative art book format for my First Peoples Sacred Stories course; where (James) Jim Taayuu presented his presentation just right after their near-fatal accident which landed Jim Saahuun in a coma. Fusing traditional and western philosophy was quite the headache however, it is workable and educational. It seems like every new episode that I write becomes even larger with every word spoken, then written, then translated, then painted. The more the setting needs the space to be created, the more time this narrative needs to flourished properly, and the histories of the characters take root even deeper than what I have initially conceived.
I am beginning to illustrate some of the characters, mostly creating Mr Saahuun, in order to give face to faceless characters and to aid me visualize their interactions. (I will need reference models pretty soon.)
This narrative project has been developing and growing on me as a storyteller for the past decade or so and I am determined to continue creating this project until it's manifested in its entirety as I originally dreamt it at the beginning.
I would like to thank all of my teachers, family, friends, even strangers that I have met along the way, who have either discouraged me (we all need motivational reasons), others who encouraged me to be creative, in mind, in spirit, on canvas, on paper, or in any or every other medium that I have been using since I began on this journey as a human being and as a Storyteller from birth. Words of encouragement are important, whether they are directed to an adult, a child, or youth, or even an elder.  You all know who you are, mishtii jiniskuumitinaawao.

Akuuda, Wachiya. nii Amanda T. Sam

Ouwaah! (kaw) News:

• "Plan Mapped Out To Sell Water to U.S" (Montreal Gazette, Thursday, July 16, 2009)

News: Hell on Earth's Top Ten

Top Ten Ecological Disaster areas around the globe... (green.sympatico.msn.ca)

http://green.sympatico.msn.ca/article.aspx?cp-documentid=740007

Guess what's no. 6? James Bay, Quebec! This is what I've been trying to say, Hydroelectric Power isn't the cleanest form of energy there is out there (despite their efforts in their latest attempts/ ads on TV). I would know, I grew up in that area. Not only did it affect the environment, it also affected the people, the Crees/ Iiyiyuuch on a physical, psychological, emotional, and on a spiritual level. I am always weary to drink from the tap, or consume fish from the river whenever am back up north.

Disrupted Harmony only breeds Chaos and Confusion. I couldn't ignore this article, and it's pretty much just a general summary of what the true details are. The photo links in the link above only has limited photographs, the rest is yet to be published. People need to educate themselves more on where their energies they utilize on a day-to-day come from. Take what you only need. Leave the rest to replenish itself. The northern 'lifeless' wilderness are nothing but. They are filled with life, people and natural splendour!

Can't help but it just reminds me of dense sadness on a collective scale. Most people try to ignore it but the feeling is must too strong to deny. Iiyiyuuch are stronger than we seem, its just the matter of digging deep within to find the strength and courage to keep on striving through this reality. Modern Civilization is the both a blessing and an awful curse. I hope it crumbles under its own weight like any other past 'great civilizations' in history - rebuilds itself anew, learning from the mistakes of the past - for the next generations to come.

Iiyiyuuch, a literal translation is: simply human. If one human suffers in one part of the world, there is a butterfly effect rippling on the other side of the coin. This was my 2-cents and random mental rant on something I read during my afternoon break and commented on. akuuda, muujiktaa, buutheejaa!

dab iiyiyuu diva glam: thigh high boots

Ooo, I found the perfect pair of water-proof thigh high boots aka [kaa'jaa'ji'baaw'ma'jii'ni'tuu'ti'naa'yaa'i'ch] with corrosion-resistant heels that can also double as fish harpoons [just stomp on them trouts & pikes] or ice picker for late-winter ice fishing! Je suis tellement prête pour le 'goose break' !!! I think I am in-luv with this pair, kaw... hypnotic gin&tonic footwear~~~

hot tea sippin'

Spring is just around the corner;
Can't wait to sit by the tiipii/miichuwaap fire,

hot tea sippin' and breathin' in the scent of

freshly laid bouse and roasted geese.

Getting hungry just thinking about it! [lol]

Akuuda bidmaa, Good Night.