Aboriginal art, First Nations Art, North American Native Art, Pacific Northwest Native American Art, and Native Art in general all received a huge boost in visibility as a result of world wide media coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. I have been working with native artists for many years. I was surprised to find that few people who saw these symbols and forms were able to recognize their meanings or stories. I decided to create a series of videos to provide an easy to understand resource to address this issue.
Vancouver 2010 Winter Games expose best kept secret!
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M1 (Dead Prez) on colonialism, Aboriginal Australia and solidarity – Invasion Day 2010 (3 of 3)
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M1 in Melbourne on Invasion Day 2010, expressing his solidarity with Aboriginal people and proposing a Treaty between the Hip Hop Nation and Indigenous Australia. To be ratified via YouTube! @ Melbourne Trades Hall on 26 January 2010 – aka ‘Australia Day’, ‘Invasion Day’. To see what happened earlier in the day: www.youtube.com The first speaker is Robbie Thorpe, representative of the Gunai/Kurnai people. To hear more from Robbie check out www.youtube.com and visit www.treatyrepublic.net
Stop The Intervention Sorry 13 Feb 2010 protest Sydney
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(please share this video through this link as this one has a typo www.youtube.com This marks the 2nd anniversary of the Apology to the Stolen Generations, when Prime Minister Rudd committed the government to, “a future where this Parliament resolves that the injustices of the past must never, never happen again”. But ongoing NT Intervention policies reek of the same paternalism and commitment to assimilation that created the Stolen Generations. The Intervention has been a $1.5 billion disaster. The government has taken control of Aboriginal lives and land – but has not yet built a single house. Shamefully, communities will not receive housing until they sign 40-year leases over their land. This policy is expanding nationally. The income quarantine is leading to greater poverty and social dislocation. Government statistics show reports of domestic violence are up 61%, substance abuse up 77% and 13% more infants have been hospitalised for malnutrition. Minister Macklin has said the suspension of the Racial Discrimination Act has “denied dignity” to Aboriginal people. But her changes to Intervention legislation will see the RDA suspended until December 31, 2010. Rather than do away with failing policy, new legislation will allow the compulsory welfare quarantining to be extended to “areas of disadvantage” around the country. This will start across the NT from July 2010. Draconian measures such as compulsory acquisition of Aboriginal land and extreme police powers have been …
Believe in Vancouver 2010: Thomas Cannell & Aboriginal Art (CTV)
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CTV British Columbia Vancouver 2010 Commercial…welcoming the world in 2010!
Watch Wheelchair Curling Paralympic Online 2010 Vancouver Winter Games
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Wheelchair curling is a spin off of regular curling for athletes with disabilities. This adaptation of curling is played with the same rocks and on the same ice surface as curling. One of the main differences in this event is that the rocks are thrown from a stationary position in the chair and there is no sweeping. Wheelchair curling has been an event in the Paralympics for a short time, only making its first appearance as an actual event during the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Torino. The 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championships will be held in Vancouver in the same venue that will be used for the Paralympics event.
The wheelchair curling competition is comprised of one single tournament, with both men and women competing together on mixed teams. The object of this game is to get the stones closest to the center of the rings as possible. Wheelchair curling takes place over eight ends, much the same as an inning in baseball. In each end each four person team (men & women) slide two stones per competitor for a total of 16 all together. The team with the most stones closest to the center of the rings wins the match.
Catch all the Wheelchair Curling events online here!
The wheelchair curling venue is a brand new facility located just outside of downtown Vancouver. Very close to the beautiful Queen Elizabeth Park, this venue has spectacular views of the North Shore Mountains. The capacity for this venue is 6,000. The arena construction commenced in March of 2007 and was complete in the fall of 2008.
Watch all the Wheelchair Curling Paralympic 2010 events online here.
Here is closer look at the sustainable attributes for this particular venue as presented by the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Committee:
Federal (CEAA) environmental assessment review process
Smart site selection: new facilities replace aging existing community complex and new complex located on former gravel parking area
Overall consolidation of venue footprint, revised from early designs, will reduce land impact
Re-vegetation of demolished sites during legacy conversion resulting in target of net zero green space loss. Impacted trees have been relocated to other sites within the park.
No net loss of play fields resulting from site redevelopment
Use of waste heat from the refrigeration plant to heat other building spaces and adjacent aquatics centre
Aboriginal art will be installed at the venue as part of the Vancouver 2010 Venues
Aboriginal Arts Program. The Program will feature traditional and contemporary artwork by First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists from across Canada.
This event will be a great look at how much heart and desire our impaired athletes have all over the world. Come on out and support your country and watch some fantastic curling during the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics Winter Games. See you in Vancouver.