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hi everyone
hope you are doing well, things here are fine.

however I was disturbed to find lots of violence in the headlines today. folks in the reading zone may be interested to know that a new school is opening locally to help make these kinds of headlines go away.

(not the "away" that headlines go to when censors decide they are inconvenient, but a much more tangible and meaningful and healing "away".)

the school is free and qualified scholars can get free school supplies. and if you think you might like to teach there, your living expenses may decrease dramatically.

I will let you know more about this school as time and circumstances permit, and invite you now to consider what you are going to do with the rest of your 12-31-07.

rumor has it that a famous celebrity has been lured into considering making a guest appearance at the Shouseki gala planned for this evening. I am not able to give you many details beyond that but hope you will plan on joining the gala, either in person or in spirit.

this famous celebrity will read the answers to some Trail of No Tears Jokes Etc. to entertain guests at the party and in the listening zone. if you are not able to join us at this event, and your audio equipment does not pick up Katuah National Radio, I hope you will not be too blue because the answers to the Trail of No Tears Jokes Etc. are designed to find and amuse you regardless of your location and your listening and/or reading abilities.

so, if you are in a situation where you are cut off from most or all of your Shouseki pals please don't worry, we are working on a solution.

bye, thanks for reading and have a wonderful day.
-Suzy

Hello my friend 12-30-07!

and a warm hello to readers, too.

have you made friends yet with 12-30-07? I know I have!

the first cool thing that happened to me on 12-30-07 is that I had access to coffee. this routine yet extremely important event in my day was the first highlight in what is looking to be a substantial flurry of blessings. because guess what happened after that...I checked out the new Republic of Lakota website and saw that those folks just got a sweet new digital makeover.

I can't wait to find out what will be next on a day that is clearly as auspicious as today.

many thanks to the visitors that helped to make yesterday's exhibit opening such a success. the exhibit is ongoing and ambient so don't worry if you were not able to make it to yesterday's event. we will try to hang on to some astronaut food for you and give it to you for free, unless you provide the wrong answers to the Trail of No Tears jokes in which case you should expect to pay through the nose for it. (Sorry, Trail of No Tears rules!)

maybe some of you are wondering what you should do to celebrate the New Year. my opinion is that you should probably do something, even if you don't go anywhere, or turn on a TV, or hang out with friends, or get drunk. just because you don't feel like doing any of these things, or can't, or are smart enough not to, doesn't mean you should let such an important celebration opportunity go by this 12-31-07.

why not download some jokes from the Trail to serve at your New Year's party of one or more? these can be an awesome way to break the ice at any festivity...especially festivities that seem a bit crummy, or sparsely attended.

this coming year is the year of the Earth Rat, a fact I find hilarious, utterly fitting, and extremely inspiring. my plan for this 12-31-07 is to work on some homemade "Earth Rat" board games while enjoying the Russell Means & Friends Gig on Katuah National Radio. maybe the resources I need to realize this plan will materialize and maybe they won't but either way, I just know I am going to successfully party my socks off while bidding "sayonara" to Y2K + 7.

bye, have a wonderful day, thanks for reading.

-Suzy

exhibit news etc.

hi everyone

hope you are doing well

a new Shouseki exhibit is being set up; this will happen on Brush and Pilot Mountains.
more info will be posted when time permits. Below is a short release on the project.

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Shouseki-Ten Katuah
the post 12-18-07 show

Featuring work by...

Bradley Whitney
Matthew Correll
Mitsunori Koike
Wes Wenger
Howard Wenger

...and many others...

A celebration feast will begin on 12-30-07
Yoroshiku Onegaitashimasu

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Now speaking of 12-19-07 I hope there is nobody out there panicking because they are suddenly afraid that their deed is not clearly held, and that the land they have purchased was initially obtained because squatters and/or murderers fulfilled their land rape goals long ago. Please, please, please do not freak out about this. Especially if the bank is the actual owner of this parcel.

There are simple ways you can take action to remedy the string of bad luck and ill that this sort of land "deal" engenders. To begin with, learn everything you can about the title to your homestead, and then once you know more about its history, start taking reparation measures. Perhaps this sounds mysterious and daunting but it is truly not such a difficult thing to do. I am working on some reparation strategies for homestead owners who wish to re-value the land in this way, and will publish them as time permits.

Now about the taking action thing. I know the world of real estate is rather intimidating to some and it involves visits to county offices but too much is at stake when your homestead is at risk to let your distaste for The Man get in the way of completing good research.

The last thing I want to do on a day like today is flaunt my realty credentials in front of the public but please listen to me for a moment: I sort of know what I am talking about when I say that State and Federal real estate laws do have embedded in them certain language which helps to protect folks from getting in a cloudy title situations.

Let's say "Tim" and "Betty" sign a contract to buy a quaint little house from a Realtor and some time later it turns out to contain title defects which the Realtor knew about, but did not disclose. Can "Tim" and "Betty" weasel out of their contract and get all their money back? "Tim" and "Betty" should really ask a judge that. The answer may surprise them.

What can "Tim" and "Betty" do if they are uninterested in the response of a judge, and just want to get all the bad ju-ju to flow AWAY from their home rather than TOWARD it? Again, the answer may surprise them. Especially if they have been observing the Shouseki tabus carefully. "Tim" and "Betty" should really follow up on this. Who knows? Perhaps there is some free frybread in it for them.

I need to go now but wish you all well, please take care & have a beautiful day. -Suzy

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hi everyone
here is a link to a post about the media blackout surrounding the Lakota Freedom declaration. A short history of Lakota-US relations is included in the post.
bye, have a beautiful day. -suzy

Views from the Pine Ridge Reservation
Arlette Loud Hawk & Russell Blacksmith

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Happy solstice!

Hi everyone, hope you are having a very happy solstice!

Here are a few handy Lakota words for folks who are looking to enrich their vocabulary in that language...

Haumikole! Hello my friend!
Mitaku Oyasin! We are all related!

Bye, have a beautiful day.
-Suzy

Lakota Mall

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Lakota heritage pride sticker

I know it looks bad, but...

…The tree was doomed anyway, and was culled from underneath an AEP Power line on a Proudly Working farm on 250 acres smack in the middle of the urbanized wastelands that Big Coal has left in a certain unnamed region in the Virginias. It graces the home of a kindly and hospitable Brush Mountain family who have shown great kindness and mercy toward water empaths and others known to lurk in the Brush Mountain area. The image was taken just a day or so after Lakota Liberation Day 2007, and the dog in the picture just landed her dream job!

So please, Tree sitters and Others, don’t hate me because I think this Christmas tree is beautiful.

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