It's funny, when I sent a letter to the Edmonton Journal regarding the killing of Kinling Robin Fire March 30th in Edmonton. I mentioned racial profiling, and nothing published. The Mainstream media only prints what the masses want to hear with respect to justice and policing, and if we point out the motion of racial profiling, it is dismissed immediately. It is how the Affirmative Culture reifies the notion of what is normal, the everyday, and how meaning and control is learned through family, church and state. Where all the apparatuses of institutional signification are utilized to create classes relations, economic and ethnic, and racial definitions, historical place and contained thru the perpetuation of conquering definitions, and cultural conflict bantering, i.e.: 'Once he gets off the reservation, " Don't go NDN on me!", "Red N#$er!", Savages, etc, etc! The authorities rookies, chiefs, administrators and working police grow up on this "Indian" positioning, the media grows on this historical positioning, and it stays ingrained in the masses heads, minds and hearts, because, well they are the conquerors, all because of the Papal Creeds from the Vatican, Letters of Patents from Kings, and all those dammed Mercantilists who saw the $$$$$ in New World,
So through the high art forms, and the low art media, the New world savage was slowly being torn down bottle by bottle, barrel by barrel, and debased lower and lower as our people drank rum from the grounds of their ancestors. Devious men, traders, voyageurs, and everyone else in history learned of the noble savage, and how alcohol and infected blankets were the weapons of choice. As our people were politicised onto reserves through broken treaties and stolen land, the new world order thought they had it made.
Who was going to hire a NDN if they left the reserve? It was hard for our ancestors who paved the road through colonial Ville, and the New Euro-cities throughout Turtle Island. Once the early Chromographiques and early camera apparatuses captured our bodies on the land and in their cities, our place in society was sealed forever into the mass sub consciousness of popular culture, education forms, and political legislation. Genocide in a bottle, a skid row hotel, and through domestic violence development because once these societal leaders took our land, family, voice and mother tongue away, How did we communicate in this new world of capitalism, and democracy? Through the self-destruction of ourselves because of how worthless the systems apparatuses leaders and teachers felt about us and positioned us, Worthless, , For my brother and I, a Grade one Teacher told our foster parents once “Oh, those Morin brothers will never amount to anything” Fostering and reservations systems worked their hardest to kill the Indian in the child. Sadly many of us did not survive, and sadly many of us have lived and grown up with this worthlessness positioning. With Kinling Robin Fire, I never met the man, but his family is close to families from my extended family relations even though, the system separated us, we were still connected.
Even though all the victims were in an altered state of mind and body, the police have a duty to serve and protect us, not to blatantly kill us. They can disarm us in others ways than certain death kills. Just as the Native eleven year old boy, they tasered in Prince George. These policing methods of containment are part of a whole system failure to us as Canada’s First People.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Friday, April 08, 2011
Convicted killer won't play on Canadian stage
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/04/08/bertrand-cantat.html
I am just a man, at times a foolish man, wise man, or a fun kind of guy. I have made mistakes in the past which I regret when it comes to male female relationships, and how emotionality and physicality overcome the senses and pushing and shoving turns to a swing. ON bother sides of the party too. Unacceptable and undeniably part of the human existence since we learned about possessions, pride, power, etc etc, that makes us human. Laws created, prisons created, time served is time released, and then the human attempts to get back on his feet. IN any society, we are taught to forgive through our Creator. I see here nothing but bitterness, resentment, restitution, and deniability in this affair which has nothing to do with our Creator, forgiveness, giving people a second chance, and allowing life to move forward even though our memories and mistakes never leave us. As Cain has done, this man has done, sadly a victim dies, and time was served. By allowing all this fear mongering, pointing fingers, and transferring ones own anger and retribution to others shows that evil is winning in today’s life and we are no longer living our life in according to our Creator. We must start each day with honesty, humility, and respect for life and all that can be good, or should be. If Jesus, Buddha, or Allah can forgive, why can't we. Must we continue to live by the irrational senses defined through our flesh and lack of it through death, so we strive to embrace life as tight as possible? I have had family members who were killed. Yes I am angry, sad and lost without them. But to wake up each day with potential for goodness and helping others, then we should do that here and globally. Miigweech, O'Siem Gala Kensal, all my relations
I am just a man, at times a foolish man, wise man, or a fun kind of guy. I have made mistakes in the past which I regret when it comes to male female relationships, and how emotionality and physicality overcome the senses and pushing and shoving turns to a swing. ON bother sides of the party too. Unacceptable and undeniably part of the human existence since we learned about possessions, pride, power, etc etc, that makes us human. Laws created, prisons created, time served is time released, and then the human attempts to get back on his feet. IN any society, we are taught to forgive through our Creator. I see here nothing but bitterness, resentment, restitution, and deniability in this affair which has nothing to do with our Creator, forgiveness, giving people a second chance, and allowing life to move forward even though our memories and mistakes never leave us. As Cain has done, this man has done, sadly a victim dies, and time was served. By allowing all this fear mongering, pointing fingers, and transferring ones own anger and retribution to others shows that evil is winning in today’s life and we are no longer living our life in according to our Creator. We must start each day with honesty, humility, and respect for life and all that can be good, or should be. If Jesus, Buddha, or Allah can forgive, why can't we. Must we continue to live by the irrational senses defined through our flesh and lack of it through death, so we strive to embrace life as tight as possible? I have had family members who were killed. Yes I am angry, sad and lost without them. But to wake up each day with potential for goodness and helping others, then we should do that here and globally. Miigweech, O'Siem Gala Kensal, all my relations
Sunday, April 03, 2011
Edmonton Journal story about Police association says man shot dead by officer was carrying a pipe
What I find disappointing in this story regarding this indigenous man is the decision to kill a man, who needs help. I would ask; is this a case of racial profiling against aboriginal people in Edmonton? After two days of speculation about the details of the shooting and aggravating circumstances, we now read that the victim was carrying a pipe. And we are expected to take the word of a police association member, who rationalizes the actions of the young limited experienced police officers? Far too often, Canada's first people are in a position of seeking help through inappropriate actions, that are detrimental to themselves and people around them, but does that give the police permission to shoot and kill a man who needs help? Why did the police officers aim at a body extremity that would not cause a fatal wound, which would have disarmed the victims handling of a "pipe" but no, the officers shoot and kill the man and ask questions. In my opinion, this is a case of racial profiling and an independent investigation should be initiated by professionals who are arms length from the police or any police association who is there to protect their officers with no regard for helping this man and his family. Shame on the police and their trigger happy officers who see Canada's first people through the colonial racist beliefs of the 19th and 20th century, which has no place today in the 21st century. Miigweech, all my relations
Saturday, April 02, 2011
Condemming Mr Jones burning of hte Koran
Terry Jones' church, Dove Outreach Center
http://www.doveworld.org/
Well, Mr Jones, you really messed up this time. To utilize the actions of using fire to burn the holy words of our Creator is not part of God's plan and is actually just part of the Devil's work I would say that you are actually a wolf in sheep’s clothing to decide to use the auspice of your unholy church to disrespect the holy words of our Creator. Your narrow minded world view just caused the death of innocent people of the UN, and you do not realize what your stupid callous acts have started.
As you I assume know, the word is the word, and the spirit of the word is part of God's tools and that we humans here on earth may call our creator different names, but God, Allah and Buddha are one and the same but painted through different aspects of history and cultures. God is very angry with your actions and I would suggest that you apologize to the people overseas that your stupid callous acts angered. I cannot believe that you and your associates would do such a stupid, hateful act because of your narrow self righteous point of view. You will be held accountable by God, and brought swift and condemning justice
http://www.doveworld.org/
Well, Mr Jones, you really messed up this time. To utilize the actions of using fire to burn the holy words of our Creator is not part of God's plan and is actually just part of the Devil's work I would say that you are actually a wolf in sheep’s clothing to decide to use the auspice of your unholy church to disrespect the holy words of our Creator. Your narrow minded world view just caused the death of innocent people of the UN, and you do not realize what your stupid callous acts have started.
As you I assume know, the word is the word, and the spirit of the word is part of God's tools and that we humans here on earth may call our creator different names, but God, Allah and Buddha are one and the same but painted through different aspects of history and cultures. God is very angry with your actions and I would suggest that you apologize to the people overseas that your stupid callous acts angered. I cannot believe that you and your associates would do such a stupid, hateful act because of your narrow self righteous point of view. You will be held accountable by God, and brought swift and condemning justice
Friday, April 01, 2011
Adapted Greek tragedy banned on Sask. reserve - Saskatchewan - CBC News
Adapted Greek tragedy banned on Sask. reserve - Saskatchewan - CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2011/03/31/sk-play-banned-first-nation-110331.html?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d9548b16d1de468%2C0
This banning of a contemporary interpretation of Shakespeare's play is akin the burning of books in the 20th century in Germany, where a people's voice was denied. The actions of these community leaders is completely unacceptable and the Canadian theatre community should hold these Chiefs and Band leaders accountable and demand immediate resignation of their community position as respectable community leaders
One would ask a simple question; why was the play banned? Reading the news story, it is because of the theatre company’s interpretative direction, of which these people in power did not like what the artists painted. And that is what we do as artists, we paint a picture of the world we share, scars and all, and people do not like the picture of themselves due to negative perceptions, then, the people in power must change and admit failure due to their past indiscretions, and learn again to regain the trust of the community they govern.
If the mirror artists’ paint is to close for comfort, then there is a ring of truth on the contemporary version of Shakespeare’s words.
And that is what we are dealing with here colleagues, friends and enemies, the power of the written word, the freedom to express ourselves in a democratic society. With this closure and banning of the play before it opens, these leaders’ actions are parallel to the actions of leaders in another time, where voicing one’s opinion against the people in power can have you imprisoned, shot, or just simply disappear. And of course throughout history we have many incidents where people in power abused their authority against artists, writers or others who spoke up against the social, political and economic injustices carried out due to abuse of power, greed and the corrupt actions of people in power.
And what do these actions by these so called leaders create in the minds of our children who live in our communities and have the potential in life to do great things for society? They will see that if they expression themselves in a view that is not favourable by those in positions of trust and leadership, that they will be punished. They may then settle with life instead of realizing their potential in life.
Perhaps we can look at these people who banned the play as insecure, subconsciously dysfunction due to the century of intergeneration colonial conditioning of Canada’s first people due to the residential schools abuses and assimilation policies of the 19th and 20th century, but I would basically say, that these people’s actions are due to not wanting to see the truth versions of themselves due to their abuse of power and control. Rather fascist in today’s society and void of any sense of dignity, honesty, humility, respect or grace. Let’s hold these people accountable
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2011/03/31/sk-play-banned-first-nation-110331.html?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d9548b16d1de468%2C0
This banning of a contemporary interpretation of Shakespeare's play is akin the burning of books in the 20th century in Germany, where a people's voice was denied. The actions of these community leaders is completely unacceptable and the Canadian theatre community should hold these Chiefs and Band leaders accountable and demand immediate resignation of their community position as respectable community leaders
One would ask a simple question; why was the play banned? Reading the news story, it is because of the theatre company’s interpretative direction, of which these people in power did not like what the artists painted. And that is what we do as artists, we paint a picture of the world we share, scars and all, and people do not like the picture of themselves due to negative perceptions, then, the people in power must change and admit failure due to their past indiscretions, and learn again to regain the trust of the community they govern.
If the mirror artists’ paint is to close for comfort, then there is a ring of truth on the contemporary version of Shakespeare’s words.
And that is what we are dealing with here colleagues, friends and enemies, the power of the written word, the freedom to express ourselves in a democratic society. With this closure and banning of the play before it opens, these leaders’ actions are parallel to the actions of leaders in another time, where voicing one’s opinion against the people in power can have you imprisoned, shot, or just simply disappear. And of course throughout history we have many incidents where people in power abused their authority against artists, writers or others who spoke up against the social, political and economic injustices carried out due to abuse of power, greed and the corrupt actions of people in power.
And what do these actions by these so called leaders create in the minds of our children who live in our communities and have the potential in life to do great things for society? They will see that if they expression themselves in a view that is not favourable by those in positions of trust and leadership, that they will be punished. They may then settle with life instead of realizing their potential in life.
Perhaps we can look at these people who banned the play as insecure, subconsciously dysfunction due to the century of intergeneration colonial conditioning of Canada’s first people due to the residential schools abuses and assimilation policies of the 19th and 20th century, but I would basically say, that these people’s actions are due to not wanting to see the truth versions of themselves due to their abuse of power and control. Rather fascist in today’s society and void of any sense of dignity, honesty, humility, respect or grace. Let’s hold these people accountable
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
B.C. lawsuit challenges solitary confinement rules : MY Reply to the naysayers commenting on my comment of Globe and Mail article of March 7th., 2011
MY Reply to the naysayers commenting on my comment of Globe and Mail article of March 7th., 2011
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-lawsuit-challenges-solitary-confinement-rules/article1931853/
GlynnMhor of Skywall, Northern Princess, and you others who negatively applied to my comments. I heard all your illogical reasoning b4. Redneck, self righteous, arrogant, sarcastic, self-serving, indignant, incredulous, colonial, and reeking of all that euro-centric validation of whose right and whose wrong. I would say It is the system's fault why this woman is the way she is, intergenerational abuse due to residential schools, abusive foster homes, family members whose language and culture were beat out of them, and drugs and alcohol replaces spiritual values, because the government and its system of churches, schools, prisons and justice servers had it in their legislative mind and policies to kill the NDN in the child. Grey nuns who used religion, guilt and physical abuse to destroy the worth and life of our children.
All you say that; we got to get over it, others have been successful, get a job, get educated, while northern princess fool, systemic “Indian” racism is invisible and insidious, and un-seeable by the black, yellow and white race because colonialism has positioned the Indian below all other cultures due to how the historical real, the spectacle real and the erotic real defined the “Indian” in popular culture. You colonial simple minded , limited educated euro-Canadian simpletons, can get an education if you do not understand how semiotics, signs, ideology and cultural propaganda has helped define that little brain you people use to write your simplistic, sarcastic replies to my comment about this G and M articles.
You all may not take the blame for what happened, but your simplicity in reasoning has made you all complicit to the tragedy of Canada’s first people, I still say, you people void of compassion and understanding of all the issues involved with this native women who is in isolation , can go to your Christina hell, because of your lack of empathy and your fullness of pride and illogical hatred of who we are as one of God’s chosen people to help each other in these troubled times.
To the ones who understand my writing , peace be with you all too. Miigweech
BELOW, my first comment on articel and commenters on my words:
DAM_ba
3:47 PM on March 7, 2011
As an aboriginal person, who was as well abused as a child, I empathize with this woman's pain. a system takes a person's language, culture, hertiage, and family away, and gives them abuse, hate and life devoid of any love , you would develvop into similar conditions, assimilation policies are the reason's for this woman's pain, Give the abuse and hate that was given to this person as a child, you tend to give it back to the "other" because that is all a person is taught when you deal with the failed assimilation policeis fo Canada
For all you people void of any understanding or empathy to why this woman is the way she is; can go to hell, because your lack of compassion will take you there
Friendly Anglo
I also was abused by a family member. Doesn't mean I have to become one.
I survived not because of my upbring, but in spite of it.
Ned Chiwalski
So what you're saying is that it's society's fault for creating the animal that she is??
Nice try!
Bendygirl
Dam_ba - abuse can destroy the soul of any person it touches. Truly. It is painful and traumatic. I know this from personal experience myself. My compassion ends where a person believes that their past entitles them to harm other human beings with impugnity - aboriginal or not. There are many aboriginal people in this country who were subject to abuse and assimilation policies who do not behave in this manner - and they may have mental illnesses, and post traumatic stress disorders and they are also haunted by terrible demons. They do not inflict their pain on those who did not cause that pain. That is the salient point here.
Peace to you.
GlynnMhor of Skywall
That's a typical Politically Correct indian response to just about any problem:
Blame Whitey.
The logic goes:
My life is messed up (waaa, waaa).
Somebody Else messed up my life (waaa, waaa).
So Somebody Else has to fix my life for me.
And I don't need to change.
Northern Princess
Oh come off it people. I will not take any blame for what happened in this country 3-400 years ago, sorry! Times were different, thinking was different and reactions were different, get over it. Sick and tired of hearing how the poor aboriginal was treated. Heck they could live better than some of us with all that the government gives them. Some have done extremely well in their lives and don't blame anyone for their lot in lives. Get a job, get educated (which I know that the government can pay for that for you) and do something with your life. We all have to do it, why not you? Get over yourselves.
How about moving to Lybia where the government treats his people so much better than you have been treated in Canada? Now that might be a great experience. No houses given, no ski-doos or 4-wheelers, no net fishing, no unrestricted hunting there either, but you can protest all you want and maybe you'll get away with your life and freedom. Life is so hard for you in Canada isn't it? Give me a break.
Allan Ross
6:49 AM on March 8, 2011
It wasn't hundreds of years ago NP - it was within the lives of the survivors of residential schools. I'm not exonerating the natives from some personal responsibility but you can't ignore the systematic destruction of their society and culture by the predominantly white government. If we actually want to improve our country then we need to take responsibility for what has happened within our lifetimes and work to improve the future for First Nations peoples.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-lawsuit-challenges-solitary-confinement-rules/article1931853/
GlynnMhor of Skywall, Northern Princess, and you others who negatively applied to my comments. I heard all your illogical reasoning b4. Redneck, self righteous, arrogant, sarcastic, self-serving, indignant, incredulous, colonial, and reeking of all that euro-centric validation of whose right and whose wrong. I would say It is the system's fault why this woman is the way she is, intergenerational abuse due to residential schools, abusive foster homes, family members whose language and culture were beat out of them, and drugs and alcohol replaces spiritual values, because the government and its system of churches, schools, prisons and justice servers had it in their legislative mind and policies to kill the NDN in the child. Grey nuns who used religion, guilt and physical abuse to destroy the worth and life of our children.
All you say that; we got to get over it, others have been successful, get a job, get educated, while northern princess fool, systemic “Indian” racism is invisible and insidious, and un-seeable by the black, yellow and white race because colonialism has positioned the Indian below all other cultures due to how the historical real, the spectacle real and the erotic real defined the “Indian” in popular culture. You colonial simple minded , limited educated euro-Canadian simpletons, can get an education if you do not understand how semiotics, signs, ideology and cultural propaganda has helped define that little brain you people use to write your simplistic, sarcastic replies to my comment about this G and M articles.
You all may not take the blame for what happened, but your simplicity in reasoning has made you all complicit to the tragedy of Canada’s first people, I still say, you people void of compassion and understanding of all the issues involved with this native women who is in isolation , can go to your Christina hell, because of your lack of empathy and your fullness of pride and illogical hatred of who we are as one of God’s chosen people to help each other in these troubled times.
To the ones who understand my writing , peace be with you all too. Miigweech
BELOW, my first comment on articel and commenters on my words:
DAM_ba
3:47 PM on March 7, 2011
As an aboriginal person, who was as well abused as a child, I empathize with this woman's pain. a system takes a person's language, culture, hertiage, and family away, and gives them abuse, hate and life devoid of any love , you would develvop into similar conditions, assimilation policies are the reason's for this woman's pain, Give the abuse and hate that was given to this person as a child, you tend to give it back to the "other" because that is all a person is taught when you deal with the failed assimilation policeis fo Canada
For all you people void of any understanding or empathy to why this woman is the way she is; can go to hell, because your lack of compassion will take you there
Friendly Anglo
I also was abused by a family member. Doesn't mean I have to become one.
I survived not because of my upbring, but in spite of it.
Ned Chiwalski
So what you're saying is that it's society's fault for creating the animal that she is??
Nice try!
Bendygirl
Dam_ba - abuse can destroy the soul of any person it touches. Truly. It is painful and traumatic. I know this from personal experience myself. My compassion ends where a person believes that their past entitles them to harm other human beings with impugnity - aboriginal or not. There are many aboriginal people in this country who were subject to abuse and assimilation policies who do not behave in this manner - and they may have mental illnesses, and post traumatic stress disorders and they are also haunted by terrible demons. They do not inflict their pain on those who did not cause that pain. That is the salient point here.
Peace to you.
GlynnMhor of Skywall
That's a typical Politically Correct indian response to just about any problem:
Blame Whitey.
The logic goes:
My life is messed up (waaa, waaa).
Somebody Else messed up my life (waaa, waaa).
So Somebody Else has to fix my life for me.
And I don't need to change.
Northern Princess
Oh come off it people. I will not take any blame for what happened in this country 3-400 years ago, sorry! Times were different, thinking was different and reactions were different, get over it. Sick and tired of hearing how the poor aboriginal was treated. Heck they could live better than some of us with all that the government gives them. Some have done extremely well in their lives and don't blame anyone for their lot in lives. Get a job, get educated (which I know that the government can pay for that for you) and do something with your life. We all have to do it, why not you? Get over yourselves.
How about moving to Lybia where the government treats his people so much better than you have been treated in Canada? Now that might be a great experience. No houses given, no ski-doos or 4-wheelers, no net fishing, no unrestricted hunting there either, but you can protest all you want and maybe you'll get away with your life and freedom. Life is so hard for you in Canada isn't it? Give me a break.
Allan Ross
6:49 AM on March 8, 2011
It wasn't hundreds of years ago NP - it was within the lives of the survivors of residential schools. I'm not exonerating the natives from some personal responsibility but you can't ignore the systematic destruction of their society and culture by the predominantly white government. If we actually want to improve our country then we need to take responsibility for what has happened within our lifetimes and work to improve the future for First Nations peoples.
Thursday, March 03, 2011
NDNs & DOGS, A MOMENT DEDICATED TO FRIEND
Dedicated to the late Lisa Sazama
I was shocked to hear about Lisa's passing Sandy Scofield informed me, and I am sadden by this news. I met Lisa around 1991 - 92 through my former artistic partner. Jimy Sidlar. Jimy is a great singer songer writer performer and actor. I first saw Jimy as an actor in Peter Barnes Noon Day Demon and hired him for the role of Danny Dog in the Experimental multi-media work NDNs and DOGs. NDNs and DOGs was a chaotic and intense performance script adapted from the poems and writings of Neil Benson and Donald Morin after Donald Ghostkeeper asked me to do a performance event based on the indigenous issues of the day (1989-onward) After dialogue with Neil and studying all my writings and plays, the script was re-written numerous times till the first 1990 performance event at the International Pitt Gallery in Vancouver, then at the Earth Voice Festival 1992, and then at the 1994 National Native Youth and Multicultural conference at The Hotel Vancouver. As an inter-disciplinary artist, I directed the first two events of which both were learning experiences in accordance to the Aesthetics of Performance, It was with the 1994 event that Lisa was the theatrical director of the Hotel Vancouver Show, while I constructed the multimedia around the direction of her two actors, Jimy and Donald.
She was an extraordinary artist who had a strong and clear methodology regarding her directing and her involvement in the rehearsals and her direction created in my humble opinion, the best performance of the three produced shows of my work as a writer/producer/director.
You can see and hear her briefly at my NDNs and DOGS web-documentary of this unique period of my life. My condolensces to her loved ones at this sad time of all of us, who were touched by her grace, her artistic geniosity, and her kind and caring nature.
NDNs and DOGs Hi-Res Digital Release-May09
Donald_Morin | Myspace Video
I was shocked to hear about Lisa's passing Sandy Scofield informed me, and I am sadden by this news. I met Lisa around 1991 - 92 through my former artistic partner. Jimy Sidlar. Jimy is a great singer songer writer performer and actor. I first saw Jimy as an actor in Peter Barnes Noon Day Demon and hired him for the role of Danny Dog in the Experimental multi-media work NDNs and DOGs. NDNs and DOGs was a chaotic and intense performance script adapted from the poems and writings of Neil Benson and Donald Morin after Donald Ghostkeeper asked me to do a performance event based on the indigenous issues of the day (1989-onward) After dialogue with Neil and studying all my writings and plays, the script was re-written numerous times till the first 1990 performance event at the International Pitt Gallery in Vancouver, then at the Earth Voice Festival 1992, and then at the 1994 National Native Youth and Multicultural conference at The Hotel Vancouver. As an inter-disciplinary artist, I directed the first two events of which both were learning experiences in accordance to the Aesthetics of Performance, It was with the 1994 event that Lisa was the theatrical director of the Hotel Vancouver Show, while I constructed the multimedia around the direction of her two actors, Jimy and Donald.
She was an extraordinary artist who had a strong and clear methodology regarding her directing and her involvement in the rehearsals and her direction created in my humble opinion, the best performance of the three produced shows of my work as a writer/producer/director.
You can see and hear her briefly at my NDNs and DOGS web-documentary of this unique period of my life. My condolensces to her loved ones at this sad time of all of us, who were touched by her grace, her artistic geniosity, and her kind and caring nature.
NDNs and DOGs Hi-Res Digital Release-May09
Donald_Morin | Myspace Video
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Lecturing and Teaching with Skype; A First at The University of the Fraser Valley
Hats off to Sophie Isbister for her seamless writing and editing at the cascade student paper about my online lecture and presentation of my media work. Here is the link: http://ufvcascade.ca/2011/02/15/teaching-with-skype-a-first-at-ufv/comment-page-1/#comment-3170
Christine Elsey's work is important at the academic level of deconstruction, evaluation, and applying direct action and ideas to how we manufacture literacy.
Manufacturing Literacy as in The Literacy Manufacturing Company, of which was part of and is part of my ideas as an artist today and since the 1990s. Beyond the systemic conventional terms of a dying colonial world, we manufacture our literacy through our connection to the Great Spirit, the Creator, and to his/her angels and how we teach our children Yes the Affirmative Culture Literacy has always existed and its system with all its apparatuseses of definition and control. great and small are being exposed in the new WikiLeaks literacy and that is good.
Chaos happens today now in the Middle East because it is the time of the end, the slow march towards the end of time. A New Literacy is being created, so stop, stay alert and be prepared to do great work in all you do. Hy Hy The cyber surveillance tools of all the terrologues in the free world may watch us and look out for the agitators, anarchists, militants, sabatours, provocateurs and terrorists, but hell, they have been calling us those signifiers every since they got lost in these woods during contact. So stand up, show your power, and that you are not afraid to fight the terror machine. Feed the poor, heal the sick and get ready for the war! Hy Hy, O'SIem, Gila Kesla, All my relations.
Christine Elsey's work is important at the academic level of deconstruction, evaluation, and applying direct action and ideas to how we manufacture literacy.
Manufacturing Literacy as in The Literacy Manufacturing Company, of which was part of and is part of my ideas as an artist today and since the 1990s. Beyond the systemic conventional terms of a dying colonial world, we manufacture our literacy through our connection to the Great Spirit, the Creator, and to his/her angels and how we teach our children Yes the Affirmative Culture Literacy has always existed and its system with all its apparatuseses of definition and control. great and small are being exposed in the new WikiLeaks literacy and that is good.
Chaos happens today now in the Middle East because it is the time of the end, the slow march towards the end of time. A New Literacy is being created, so stop, stay alert and be prepared to do great work in all you do. Hy Hy The cyber surveillance tools of all the terrologues in the free world may watch us and look out for the agitators, anarchists, militants, sabatours, provocateurs and terrorists, but hell, they have been calling us those signifiers every since they got lost in these woods during contact. So stand up, show your power, and that you are not afraid to fight the terror machine. Feed the poor, heal the sick and get ready for the war! Hy Hy, O'SIem, Gila Kesla, All my relations.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
CBC News - Saskatchewan - Sask. First Nations call cigarette seizures 'unconstitutional'#socialcomments
Finally More of our People are taking a stand againest the colonial monopoly Canada has on our sacred tobacco. The time is right for revolution, stand up against the system of decay around us that they call Canada. Take back what is ours now!
CBC
News - Saskatchewan - Sask. First Nations call cigarette seizures 'unconstitutional'#socialcomments
CBC
News - Saskatchewan - Sask. First Nations call cigarette seizures 'unconstitutional'#socialcomments
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
lecture video excerpt from U of FV presentation.wmv
Online Interview of Christine Elsey published in UFV student rag and online at Interview pertains to Online lecture and media presentation I did for Native Studies Class at University of Fraser Valley
http://ufvcascade.ca/2011/02/15/teaching-with-skype-a-first-at-ufv/
http://ufvcascade.ca/2011/02/15/teaching-with-skype-a-first-at-ufv/
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Harper says 'Canada shone' in 2010
Right. After a discussion this morning with professionals in the various services of working with Canada's first people, we all agreed that Canada's relationship with Canada's first people has not succeeded and that systemic racism invisible and visible is in Canadian society. So, PM Harper, quit spreading the lies you create. You only perpetuate the status quo of systemic racism in Canadian society and pulling the wool over all non-native Canadians, who buy into the current lie about native/non-native relations in Canada, and North American society.
Sunday, December 05, 2010
The day a Slain yachtsman's daughter [who is] 'pretty tough' made the news
Theses commenters lost the point of the news and made it a social discourse of left and right winged political debating.
Commenters!, What exactly is the problem here? It is a news story that happened. Done with , victims and crimnals. A fact of life on this world. Why judge the two sides? Let the Creator settle justice in his/her time. Let us take care of the survivor, mourn the dead, and let the proper authorities capture the perpertrators,. If that is humanly impossible, for what ever reason, let it be. If we truly search to understand the Great Mystery of Life, we would work hard, help others, and judge no more. That is why we have the sytem today. Our imperfect human form of life, justice and death, but that is allwe have, and we all pick sides, right or wrong.
Good luck in your argumentative state, but do you feel better where it counts or in an instant physical emotional gratification from trying to beat down a way of thinking that is not your own? Take care
Commenters!, What exactly is the problem here? It is a news story that happened. Done with , victims and crimnals. A fact of life on this world. Why judge the two sides? Let the Creator settle justice in his/her time. Let us take care of the survivor, mourn the dead, and let the proper authorities capture the perpertrators,. If that is humanly impossible, for what ever reason, let it be. If we truly search to understand the Great Mystery of Life, we would work hard, help others, and judge no more. That is why we have the sytem today. Our imperfect human form of life, justice and death, but that is allwe have, and we all pick sides, right or wrong.
Good luck in your argumentative state, but do you feel better where it counts or in an instant physical emotional gratification from trying to beat down a way of thinking that is not your own? Take care
Saturday, December 04, 2010
wasted resources spent on Cariboo grow-ops targeted by B.C. RCMP
Const. Michael McLaughlin says, These newcomers to the pristine Caribou region have no regard for the land that they occupy; streams are being diverted, growth-enhancing chemicals and pesticides are leaching into the soil, and garbage is being left behind,"
Sounds like he is talking about the capitalist expansionists who are ravaging this land. Sounds like he is talking about Canadian society and what they did to this land after contact
The plant is part of the Creator's garden, it is the white system that is criminalizing a part of the Creator's garden, why should we believe an ideological based law that is not part of the Creator's will?
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/12/03/bc-rcmp-grow-op-crackdown.html#ixzz17A0xBiNK
Sounds like he is talking about the capitalist expansionists who are ravaging this land. Sounds like he is talking about Canadian society and what they did to this land after contact
The plant is part of the Creator's garden, it is the white system that is criminalizing a part of the Creator's garden, why should we believe an ideological based law that is not part of the Creator's will?
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/12/03/bc-rcmp-grow-op-crackdown.html#ixzz17A0xBiNK
Friday, December 03, 2010
Some words regarding the the opinions from the CBC commenters pertaining to the Dec 3rd. CBC story of First Nations group, province disputing child welfare.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2010/12/02/sk-foster-care-reserve-1011.html
Canadian farmer writes: "If the tribal councils don't care how the kids are doing, why should we?"
That is not what the news story mentions you opinionated person. Quit putting words in the mouths of our leaders. As a survivor of the fostering system, I say after provincial social agencies created a genocidal pattern of abuse in the foster homes of non-native people who used the system as an adoption wheel to bring in extra money, and abusing our children, why in the world would we let our children with you people again?
We have a right to take care of our own children, and all you Naysayers can keep your stinky euro-centric Canadian nose out of it!
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2010/12/02/sk-foster-care-reserve-1011.html
Canadian farmer writes: "If the tribal councils don't care how the kids are doing, why should we?"
That is not what the news story mentions you opinionated person. Quit putting words in the mouths of our leaders. As a survivor of the fostering system, I say after provincial social agencies created a genocidal pattern of abuse in the foster homes of non-native people who used the system as an adoption wheel to bring in extra money, and abusing our children, why in the world would we let our children with you people again?
We have a right to take care of our own children, and all you Naysayers can keep your stinky euro-centric Canadian nose out of it!
Sunday, November 28, 2010
CBC closes commenting on the WikiLeaks stories
CBC's comment tool is closed for these wikileaks stories! Why is that? The true colours of the USA are being exposed, the arrogance, the roughshodding, the bullying, the racist sense of superiority of military and diplomatic might from the beast of the belly
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Shaking Our Artistic Hands with the Devil
Shaking Our Artistic Hands with the Devil
From Alumni SFU Inter-disciplinary Indigenous Métis Artist: Donald Morin, BA
Re: SFU Visual Arts & Goldcorp: "Framing Cultural Capital
Attention: Jeff Derksen, Ian Angus, Alexandra Henao, Cecily Nicholson, Irwin Oostindie, Jayce Salloum, Carole Taylor, and all other interested individuals and colleagues
Dear Associated Colleagues of SFU and Salish Territory now know as the lower mainland of British Columbia
As a SFU graduate and artist who has studied two semesters of visual arts along with my performing arts and the SFU film program, I raise my hands up to all of you who help create this upcoming dialogue forum regarding Goldcorps 10 mil donation. Miigweech.
I personally find it deplorable that SFU has accepted this buy off donation from Godcorps.
What is more incredulous is the trilateral position already taken by the university:
• the immediate designation of naming the SFU downtown campus to the Goldcorps Centre for the Arts,
• half of the funds going towards the capital costs of running the facilities,
• and the endowment created to support programs aimed at community engagement in the DTES
Without even asking the downtown eastside community for some input in how such a donation can help the community before accepting the money.
Considering, the whole notion of Goldcorps past history in its mining developments, I am ashamed of being part of SFU's history for their immediate acceptance of this sellout donation without proper consideration of the more urgent needs of the residents of the Downtown East, the lack of cultural protocol with respect to the first people of Salish Territory, and the lack on including a Salish First Nations Artist to this important dialogue event.
As a first nations man who spent close to thirty years on Salish Territory and many years in the downtown eastside as an activist/artist and community member, I learned much about cultural respect and my self worth as an "Indian" man who moved to Vancouver 1980 from Edmonton to realize my potential in life. Where at that time, society's expectation of native people then were only seeing us as drunks, in jail or dead. Moving back to Edmonton Dec 2009, it is sad to still see the judicial system still stereotyping native people in the same light, and certain members of Canadian society still have systemic racist views of Canada's first people.
It is good to see that people are concerned about this donation, but are they the right concerns? Will this dialogue event be seen as a lame afterthought, when it comes to the lateness of the press release, because suddenly people hear about this donation are of concern, and SFU organizers realize they do not have proper community discussions and involvement when Goldcorps first put the money on the table?
And then there is the issue of cultural protocol. Considering the sad and sordid history of the Downtown Eastside Missing women and the strong percentage of aboriginal people in the area, where do these people fit in with this donation?
An artist paints a picture of a missing woman, a dying native on the street, and we all done our part in helping less fortunate people through our work as artists?
I see this late release as a case of poor insight and planning to be sending this press release out now considering the date of this event. I can only assume that there may be a limited crowd of people involved due to this later publication of this event.
What will the result of this event be? Considering the language of the press release, I see it as a rather pretentious event of artists, moderators, and intellectuals complaining about the ethics of such a donation to real people with real concerns, but still the money has been taken, plans have been initiated and discussed, and we can all go away thinking that we are doing some good for the community talking about it.
Meanwhile the residents of the DTES are struggling to survive, eat, maintain a roof and wean themselves of the substances some have fallen into, while the old timers in the area area sit in their rooms they have and will never see the benefits of this sellout donation.
My critics will say, well, there are already many social agencies out there helping these people, and I am missing the point of this donation and discussion. But I would refute that argument, by saying that the university can go against the status quo of community relations, and use that money in a context that will take all your departmental disciplines in consideration, and use that capital to build and improve the current housing conditions for the residents, create all types of employment for the residents, invest in improving the health, body and mind of the residents, and use that endowment fund to help all the people of the DTES instead of just the artists and their subjects.
Any further real concrete action for the university and this discussion panel to do is to tell the university to give back that money to Goldcorps and instruct the corporation to go into the downtown eastside community, and create real change for the residents without any sort of public acknowledgment or recognition.
Does the university have to be involved at all? No, I see this as a public relations ploy by this corporation and my former university, and now with all you colleagues being involved, everyone is grandstanding themselves around this donation because, it is a news worthy item and we can all get something out of this fiasco, and the residents get nothing but what is offered later, much later, once the money is implemented in the system and the infra structure develops and everyone gets their piece of the pie, and the status quo remains the same.
In closing, while I accept and give credit to the organizers of this event for creating dialogue in [demanding] " a more active role in shaping [their] position at the university and [their] relationship to the community, nothing is really going to change for the residents of the community outside of the artists who will utilize the downtown SFU Centre for the Arts.
I apologize of I have offended anyone in this dialogue, but what is our role as artists in contemporary society if we do not address immediate basic issues of survival for our fellow humans accepting nothing in return. Miigweech, Gila Kesla, O’Siem, Hy hy, all my relations
Miigweech Donald Morin, BA
http://www.isuma.tv/dammedia http://myspace.com/donaldmorin
http://www.google.com/profiles/donaldmorin http://www.youtube.com/Willy2Frencheater
From Alumni SFU Inter-disciplinary Indigenous Métis Artist: Donald Morin, BA
Re: SFU Visual Arts & Goldcorp: "Framing Cultural Capital
Attention: Jeff Derksen, Ian Angus, Alexandra Henao, Cecily Nicholson, Irwin Oostindie, Jayce Salloum, Carole Taylor, and all other interested individuals and colleagues
Dear Associated Colleagues of SFU and Salish Territory now know as the lower mainland of British Columbia
As a SFU graduate and artist who has studied two semesters of visual arts along with my performing arts and the SFU film program, I raise my hands up to all of you who help create this upcoming dialogue forum regarding Goldcorps 10 mil donation. Miigweech.
I personally find it deplorable that SFU has accepted this buy off donation from Godcorps.
What is more incredulous is the trilateral position already taken by the university:
• the immediate designation of naming the SFU downtown campus to the Goldcorps Centre for the Arts,
• half of the funds going towards the capital costs of running the facilities,
• and the endowment created to support programs aimed at community engagement in the DTES
Without even asking the downtown eastside community for some input in how such a donation can help the community before accepting the money.
Considering, the whole notion of Goldcorps past history in its mining developments, I am ashamed of being part of SFU's history for their immediate acceptance of this sellout donation without proper consideration of the more urgent needs of the residents of the Downtown East, the lack of cultural protocol with respect to the first people of Salish Territory, and the lack on including a Salish First Nations Artist to this important dialogue event.
As a first nations man who spent close to thirty years on Salish Territory and many years in the downtown eastside as an activist/artist and community member, I learned much about cultural respect and my self worth as an "Indian" man who moved to Vancouver 1980 from Edmonton to realize my potential in life. Where at that time, society's expectation of native people then were only seeing us as drunks, in jail or dead. Moving back to Edmonton Dec 2009, it is sad to still see the judicial system still stereotyping native people in the same light, and certain members of Canadian society still have systemic racist views of Canada's first people.
It is good to see that people are concerned about this donation, but are they the right concerns? Will this dialogue event be seen as a lame afterthought, when it comes to the lateness of the press release, because suddenly people hear about this donation are of concern, and SFU organizers realize they do not have proper community discussions and involvement when Goldcorps first put the money on the table?
And then there is the issue of cultural protocol. Considering the sad and sordid history of the Downtown Eastside Missing women and the strong percentage of aboriginal people in the area, where do these people fit in with this donation?
An artist paints a picture of a missing woman, a dying native on the street, and we all done our part in helping less fortunate people through our work as artists?
I see this late release as a case of poor insight and planning to be sending this press release out now considering the date of this event. I can only assume that there may be a limited crowd of people involved due to this later publication of this event.
What will the result of this event be? Considering the language of the press release, I see it as a rather pretentious event of artists, moderators, and intellectuals complaining about the ethics of such a donation to real people with real concerns, but still the money has been taken, plans have been initiated and discussed, and we can all go away thinking that we are doing some good for the community talking about it.
Meanwhile the residents of the DTES are struggling to survive, eat, maintain a roof and wean themselves of the substances some have fallen into, while the old timers in the area area sit in their rooms they have and will never see the benefits of this sellout donation.
My critics will say, well, there are already many social agencies out there helping these people, and I am missing the point of this donation and discussion. But I would refute that argument, by saying that the university can go against the status quo of community relations, and use that money in a context that will take all your departmental disciplines in consideration, and use that capital to build and improve the current housing conditions for the residents, create all types of employment for the residents, invest in improving the health, body and mind of the residents, and use that endowment fund to help all the people of the DTES instead of just the artists and their subjects.
Any further real concrete action for the university and this discussion panel to do is to tell the university to give back that money to Goldcorps and instruct the corporation to go into the downtown eastside community, and create real change for the residents without any sort of public acknowledgment or recognition.
Does the university have to be involved at all? No, I see this as a public relations ploy by this corporation and my former university, and now with all you colleagues being involved, everyone is grandstanding themselves around this donation because, it is a news worthy item and we can all get something out of this fiasco, and the residents get nothing but what is offered later, much later, once the money is implemented in the system and the infra structure develops and everyone gets their piece of the pie, and the status quo remains the same.
In closing, while I accept and give credit to the organizers of this event for creating dialogue in [demanding] " a more active role in shaping [their] position at the university and [their] relationship to the community, nothing is really going to change for the residents of the community outside of the artists who will utilize the downtown SFU Centre for the Arts.
I apologize of I have offended anyone in this dialogue, but what is our role as artists in contemporary society if we do not address immediate basic issues of survival for our fellow humans accepting nothing in return. Miigweech, Gila Kesla, O’Siem, Hy hy, all my relations
Miigweech Donald Morin, BA
http://www.isuma.tv/dammedia http://myspace.com/donaldmorin
http://www.google.com/profiles/donaldmorin http://www.youtube.com/Willy2Frencheater
Thursday, November 04, 2010
DAM Comments on CBC story of U.S. pornographer targets Winnipeg aboriginals
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/11/04/man-winnipeg-aboriginal-pornography-website.html#socialcomments-submit#ixzz14MTYRmWB
DAM COM
Regardless of accusers’ talk of victims taking substances, who has not sinned and is able to judge these victims? We as aboriginal people were taken from a language, a land, family, extended families and place in horrible homes where the adoption parents used the cheques on themselves and left the children to struggle and struggle trying to be the assimilated person like the euro-Canadian immigrants, and travelers who came here and stole what was not theirs. THE assimilators stole our true Identity, our mother tongue. An identity as a people which goes back to the days of Jesus among us, and the Great Spirit who made you and I writing here. Grow up you zealots of the new century, the time has come to separate the left from the right, the light from the dark, and we will see who judges who!!
DAM COM
Regardless of accusers’ talk of victims taking substances, who has not sinned and is able to judge these victims? We as aboriginal people were taken from a language, a land, family, extended families and place in horrible homes where the adoption parents used the cheques on themselves and left the children to struggle and struggle trying to be the assimilated person like the euro-Canadian immigrants, and travelers who came here and stole what was not theirs. THE assimilators stole our true Identity, our mother tongue. An identity as a people which goes back to the days of Jesus among us, and the Great Spirit who made you and I writing here. Grow up you zealots of the new century, the time has come to separate the left from the right, the light from the dark, and we will see who judges who!!
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