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Aztlan Underground Native American Music Awards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Aztlan Underground Nominated for Four NAMMY Awards

The band will perform at this year’s Native American Music Awards
at Seneca Niagara Hotel and Casino, Niagara Falls, NY
Friday, November 12, 2010

Los Angeles (October 4, 2010) — Aztlan Underground is honored and humbled to receive four Native American Music Award (N.A.M.A.) nominations for this year’s event to be held in Niagara Falls, NY, on November 12, 2010. Voted on by over 300 National Advisory members and paid public members, Aztlan Undergrounds’ self-titled album Aztlan Underground (2009) received nominations in the Best Rock, Best Spoken Word, Best Duo or Group, and Best World Music Recording categories. Aztlan Underground will be present to witness the awards and also perform songs from their new album.

“Its a great honor to be recognized by the Native community and to be acknowledged as Native artists,” said band vocalist Yaolt. “The fact that the NAMMYs are inclined to view, understand, and erase any political borders and dividing boundaries when it comes to Native artistry is a big step in the decolonization process. It is the art of music that unities us and brings a higher consciousness to all Native people here and around the world. This is the profound importance of these four nominations.” The 12th Annual NAMMY Awards show is a celebration of music honoring the outstanding achievements of today’s leading Native American artists. The program features over a dozen performances by some of today’s leading Native American artists along with awards presentations in over 30 categories.

Inspired by the recent political distress in the southwestern state of Arizona, Aztlan Underground has been on the road with their “We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges” Tour this year, and joined The Sound Strike boycott— a musician-led boycott of the state. Also this summer, the band members led an anti-drugs educational and music workshop for the Nuu chah nulth Nation in Canada and have been promoting their new album to new and loyal fans. The new self-titled album features an evolution towards a more global, humanitarian struggle. Traditional indigenous rhythms, modern industrial sounds, and the hypnotizing sense of timelessness of the songs stretch the boundaries from standard compositions to become 8- to 9-minute nonconformist journeys. Collaborating as a circle with no bosses and no leaders, each member contributes their personal story to the creation of a song. Four versions of the same story are told in four different ways at the same time. The bilingual English and Nahuatl (language of the Aztecs) album, Aztlan Underground (2009), is available now on iTunes and in select stores.

LINKS

Aztlan Undergroundwww.aztlanunderground.net

Facebook: www.facebook.com/aztlanunderground

YouTube: www.youtube.com/aztlanug

N.A.M.A.: www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com

The Sound Strike: www.thesoundstrike.net

About the NAMMY Awards

Founded in 1998, the NAMMYs is the world’s first official and largest awards show for Native American music initiatives.N.A.M.A. celebrates the rich cultural heritage of this nation’s first people and promotes cultural preservation and renewal on a national level. The organization is committed to preserving Native American culture and continuing the traditions through music initiatives. They aim to raise the awareness level and appreciation for the history and culture of all Native American people to the public at large, both nationally and internationally.

About Aztlan Underground

Aztlan Underground’s music reveals the unrestrained voices of global indigenous peoples combining hypnotic Native rhythms with modern industrial sounds. For 20 years, they have cultivated a grassroots audience across the world from Europe to Australia and Canada to Venezuela. At home, they are an institution influencing a new generation of musicians, bands, and free-thinkers. They challenge their audience to look within, to their own life-giving forces, and human potential. Their new self-titled album features an evolution towards a global, humanitarian struggle while remaining true to their name and beliefs by playing political rallies, underground venues, and anywhere the doors open.

Collaborating as a circle with no bosses and no leaders, each member contributes their personal story to the creation of a song. Four versions of the same story are told in four different ways at the same time. With this ritual, Aztlan Underground has independently produced and distributed three albums: Decolonize (1995), Sub-Verses (2001), and the self-titled album Aztlan Underground (2009). The band’s albums reflect a process of self-discovery and realization evolving from the anger of Decolonize to the new self-titled album featuring an evolution towards a more global, humanitarian struggle. The new album maintains the indigenous infusion of sounds and timelessness where the songs stretch the boundaries of the standard composition and become 8- to 9-minute nonconformist journeys.

**The new self-titled album “Aztlan Underground” (2009) is available now on iTunes and available in select stores including Amoeba Records.

***Images, album and select downloadable songs available to press upon request.

Management/Booking: (818) 219-3441

NAMA 12 PUBLIC VOTING LAUNCHED & OPEN TO ALL

The 2010 N.A.M.A. Nominees have been announced and tracks from their nominated recordings are now featured on our website, www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com for the general public to listen and cast their votes.

The general public and N.A.M.A. Advisory Board Members are invited to log into our website, visit the VOTE NOW page, register as an online member (registration is free) and cast their votes. All voters are requested to select one finalist as a winner in each Awards category. It is highly recommended that everyone listen to the music before casting their votes. The Voting Deadline is November 11th.

The Twelfth Annual Native American Music Awards Show is scheduled for Friday, November 12th at the Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino in Niagara Falls, NY (NAMA 12 NOV 12). The show is being held this year in November to commemorate National Native American Heritage Month.as proclaimed by the President of the United States. Tickets are on-sale now through Ticketmaster.com, all ticketmaster outlets, and at the Seneca box office (716) 501 2444. Tickets are $25.00, $35.00 and $50.00. Special discounted hotel rates are available for NAMA attendees at $159.00 plus tax and fees per night on a first come first serve basis and by calling 716-299-1100 or 1-877-8SENECA (73-6322).

All nominees and Advisory Board members who are planning on attending the Awards ceremony should first contact the NAMA office in order to ensure they receive their special membership discounts and complimentary VIP post-show party passes. They can call 212.228.8300 or email Nammys@aol.com

The Native American Music Awards & Association congratulates each and every nominee and wishes them much success and worldwide exposure throughout the year and beyond.

To date, top countries that are visiting the Awards website include; U.S., Canada, Ireland, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, and Senegal. The most visited public categories include; Artist of the Year, Debut Artist of the Year, Best Male Artist, Flutist of the Year, Best Blues Recording and Best Pow Wow Recording.

Thank you for supporting the World’s Leading Resource for Contemporary and Traditional Native American Music Initiatives! Good luck to all our artists!
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The Native American Music Awards would like to extend their appreciation to this year’s sponsors:

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation and The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

The Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino

WGWE-FM Radio

NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 Nominees Announced for the
Twelfth Annual Music Awards
To Be Held On Friday, November 12, 2010
At Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino
In Niagara Falls

Featuring Performances By Top Nominees & Special Red Carpet Event By Radio Partner WGWE-FM

September 20, 2010 – New York, NY. Nominations for the 12th Annual Native American Music Awards (NAMA) were announced today by The Native American Music Association & Awards, reflecting the combined votes of the NAMA Advisory Board Membership Nominating Committee.

The 12th Annual Native American Music Awards will be held on Friday, November 12, 2010 at the Seneca Entertainment Center in the Seneca Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls, New York.

Tickets are on-sale now through www.Ticketmaster.com, all ticketmaster outlets, and at the Seneca box office (716) 501 2444.
Tickets are $25.00, $35.00 and $50.00. Special discounted hotel rates are available for NAMA attendees at $159.00 plus tax and fees per night on a first come first serve basis and by calling 716-299-1100 or 1-877-8SENECA (73-6322).

Both new and established artists share the list of nominations throughout a diverse array of 30 music categories spanning all genres. This year’s top nominees are the cause-driven; Jan Michael Looking Wolf with his CD, "Breakin Free" and Joseph FireCrow with his distinctly new sound on "Face The Music" who are both tied with five (5) nominations and are both contenders in the Record of the Year category.

Other leading nominees feature the slightly more edgier bands; Aztlan Underground with their self-titled recording, and Digging Roots with "We Are" who both received four (4) nominations each alongside solo artists Michael Bucher for his "Believe" CD and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Nokie Edwards of The Ventures (Wipe Out, Hawaii Five-O) who also received 4 nods for his solo instrumental effort, "Hitchin’ A Ride."

Country artists like Shane Yellowbird (3), Quatisi (3), and new artist Victoria Blackie (2) dominante as multiple nominees. Leading with three (3) nominations each are; R. Carlos Nakai, Jim Boyd, Johnny Whitehorse, Eagle & Hawk, Samantha Crain and composerBrad Clonch of Injunity. Joanne Shenandoah is featured on a collaborative effort with Shiela Applegate and received two (2) nominations for her musical work as well as did a young group from the Rosebud Reservation, Nake Nula Waun and their producer/creator, Frank Waln who have been trying to fight the teen suicide epidemic on their reservation by performing for free and giving away CDs to their peers.

All with two (2) nominations are; Allen Mose Jr. & Orion Jay Mose, Gabriel Ayala, Anthony Betoney, BlueDog, Douglas Blue Feather & Danny Voris, Indigie Femme, JJ Kent, Kelly Montijo Fink, Kicking Woman Singers, Lone Bear, Mwalim, Plex, Sayani, Segweh, Spiritwing, and Yvonne St. Germaine.

"These nominations throughout all 30 music categories reflect an impressive and diverse array of talent from across the country," said Awards President Ellen Bello. "We have received entries from artists overseas and in Europe as well.

This year will also feature a new music category for Waila Music, or Chicken Scratch, a form of dance and polka music from Southern Arizona. It’s truly an exciting year for Native American music and we look forward to nothing less than a spectacular Awards celebration this year.”

Public voting to determine the winner of each category will commence in the next few days and will be open to the general public. Anyone interested in voting can visit the Awards website, www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com. Music from all nominees is currently featured on the audio players on the website.

Tentatively scheduled to perform at this year’s 12th Annual Native American Music Awards show taking place on 11/12/10 will be top nominees; Joseph FireCrow, Jan Michael Looking Wolf Band, Digging Roots, new artist Victoria Blackie and American idol semi-finalist Charly Lowry with her band, Dark Water Rising with more to be announced. 

See below for a complete list of official nominees for the 12th Annual Native American Awards:

A

ARTIST OF THE YEAR 
JJ Kent – The Other Side of JJ Kent 
Joanne Shenandoah – Enchanted Garden 
Johnny Whitehorse – Riders of the Healing Band 
Joseph FireCrow – Face The Music 
Michael Bucher – Believe 
Shane Yellowbird – It’s About Time 
 
B

BEST BLUES RECORDING 
Get Up & Get Out – Bluedog 
Guitar & Vocals – Larry Burnett w/Don Chapman 
If That’s All Right With You – Twice As Good 
Indian Casino – Blackhawk Blues Band 
Let Me Be – The Graywolf Blues Band 
Shades of Gray – Cecil Gray & The Flying Eagle Blues Band 
 
 
C

BEST COMPILATION RECORDING 
Colours of My Life – Stephanie Harpe, Jason Burnstick, W.T. Goodspirt,
Don Amoro, Tewanee Jospeh 
Moon of the Drum – Terry Lee Whetstone 
Rise Up – Various 
The Best of Drumgroups.com NAC Compilation Vol 1 – Various 
The Night Before; The Best of David Searching Owl – David Searching Owl 
Walking With the Spirits – Randy McGinnis 
 
 
D

BEST COUNTRY RECORDING 
Hitchin’ A Ride – Nokie Edwards 
It’s About Time – Shane Yellowbird 
Moving On – John McLeod 
The Other Side of JJ Kent – JJ Kent 
SOS – Quatisi 
Wanted Man – Victoria Blackie 
 
E

DEBUT ARTIST OF THE YEAR 
Chris Ferree – Unbound 
Cody Sunbear Blackbird – Raven Speaks 
Joseph Strider – Meanings Within Meanings, Within Meanings 
Marc Brown – Long Time Coming 
Samantha Crain – Songs In The Night by Samantha Crain 
Victoria Blackie – Wanted Man 
 
 
F

DEBUT DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR 
Dark Water Rising – Dark Water Rising 
Indigie Femme – Indian Souvenir 
Kicking Woman Singers – The 4th Coming 
Nake Nula Waun – Always Ready 
Sayani – Sacred Fire 
Segweh – Segweh 
 
 
G

BEST FEMALE ARTIST 
Deborah New Moon Rising – Stories From The Social Fire 
Kelly Montijo Fink – Songs of War & Victory 
Quatisi – SOS 
Shanise – Okeymow Maskiki Vol III 
Tinesha Begaye – Horses Are Our Journey 
Yvonne St. Germaine – Turning My Day Around 
 
 
H

BEST FOLK RECORDING 
Amor Deveras – Yolanda Martinez 
Believe – Michael Bucher 
Hiding Behind The Sun – Peter Sackaney 
Indian Souvenir – Indigie Femme 
Scrapbook – Bobby Bullet st Germaine (Strawberry Island) 
Songs In The Night by Samantha Crain – Samantha Crain 
 
 
I

FLUTIST OF THE YEAR 
John Bear – Pure Passion 
John Two-Hawks – Wind Songs 
Johnny Whitehorse – Riders of the Healing Road 
Jonny Lipford – Turn The Page 
Joseph FireCrow – Face The Music 
R. Carlos Nakai – Dancing Into Silence 
 
 
J

BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL RECORDING 
Doo Lado Shi diyin da – Larry Kaibetoney 
Hoop of Life – RainSong: Terry & Darlene Wildman 
Out of the Rainshadow – Rainshadow 
Sacred Fire – Sayani 
Songs of War & Victory – Kelly Montijo Fink 
Turning My Day Around – Yvonne St. Germaine 
 
 
K

DUO – GROUP OF THE YEAR 
Allen Mose Jr. & Orion Jay Mose – Holistic Blessings 
Aztlan Underground – Aztlan Underground 
Bluedog – Get Up & Get Out 
Digging Roots – We Are 
Fawn Wood & Dallas Washkahat – ‘Til The End 
Injunuity – Fight For Survival 
 
 
L

BEST INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING 
A Tribute To Walter Flett – Me’tis Fiddler Quartet 
Fight For Survival – Injunity 
Hitchin’ A Ride – Nokie Edwards 
Red River Jig – Arvel Bird 
Remembrance – Gabriel Ayala 
Rollin’ Like Thunder – Douglas Blue Feather & Danny Voris 
 
M

BEST MALE ARTIST 
Anthony Betoney – That’s An Old Song 
Jay Begaye – Horses Are Our Journey 
Glen Ahhaitty – No More Lies 
Kevin Yazzie – Hope 
Lone Bear – NDN Moon 
Mike Sullivan Sr– Love, Lies & Lullabies 
 
N

BEST NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH RECORDING 
A Time for Healing – Cecile Moosomin 
Dakota/Lakota Traditional Church Songs – Sacred Harmonies 
Hope – Kevin Yazzie 
Okeymow Maskiki Vol III – Shanise 
Reconnected – Brian Stoner & Verdell Primeaux 
Unity – Alex Turtle & Johnny Monroe 
 
 
O

BEST NEW AGE RECORDING 
Jim Boyd – Voices From The Lakes 
Sheila Applegate w/music by Joanne Shenandoah – Enchanted Garden 
Joseph FireCrow – Face The Music 
R. Carlos Nakai – Dancing Into Silence 
Johnny Whitehorse – Riders of the Healing Road 
Ron Warren, Dawn Avery, Ash Dargan – Red Moon 
 
 
P

BEST POP RECORDING 
A Sunny Day – SpiritWing 
Lifestyle Muzik – Bigg B 
Nightwatch – Sentinel 
SOS – Quatisi 
The Liberation Sessions – Mwalim 
We Are – Digging Roots 
 
 
Q

BEST POW WOW RECORDING 
Boys Will Be Boyz – The Boyz 
Live In Alexis – Blackstone 
Many Tribes, One Nation – Warscout 
One Voice, One Nation – Thunder Mountain Singers 
The 4th Coming – Kicking Woman Singers 
The Elk Dreamers – Elk Soldier 
 
 
R

BEST PRODUCER 
A Michael Martinez, Lee Herrera, Mac Suazo, Tom Bee – neXt eXit 
Frank Waln – Always Ready 
George Parker – Late Night Sessions 
Gloria Larocque – Colours of My Life 
Jan Michael Looking Wolf, Donald Blackfox, Shawn Justice – Breakin’ Free 
Robert Doyle– Dancing Into Silence 
 
 
S

BEST RAP / HIP HOP RECORDING 
BrainStorm – Plex 
I Love California – Short Dawg Tha Native 
It Comes Natural – Lady Xplicit 
Sex, Drunks & Hip Hop – Night Shield 
Tribal Tribulations – Chase Monchamp/Chase Manhattan 
Voice The Vision – Native Era Presents Arielle Tiensvold n Mista Futuristic 

T

RECORD OF THE YEAR 
Believe – Michael Bucher 
Breakin’ Free – Jan Michael Looking Wolf Band 
Dancing Into Silence – R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton & Will Clipman 
Face The Music – Joseph FireCrow 
It’s About Time – Shane Yellowbird 
True Blue – Northern Cree 
 
 
U

BEST ROCK RECORDING 
Aztlan Underground – Aztlan Underground 
Breakin’ Free – Jan Michael Looking Wolf Band 
Need Your Love – Robe Williams 
Segweh – Segweh 
The Great Unknown – Eagle & Hawk 
We Are – Digging Roots 
 
 
V

SONG/SINGLE OF THE YEAR 
“Cherokee Smoke” – Nokie Edwards 
“Grandfather” – Windwalker 
“Lizard Blues” – Joseph FireCrow 
“We Are Sinixt” – Jim Boyd 
“What If We Could” – Eagle & Hawk 
“What The World Needs” – Jan Michael Looking Wolf Band 
 
 
W

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR 
Brad Clonch – Fight For Survival 
Douglas Blue Feather– Rollin Like Thunder 
Michael Bucher – Believe 
Nokie Edwards – Hitchin’ A Ride 
Samantha Crain – Songs In The Night by Samantha Crain 
Vince Fontaine, Chris Burke-Gaffney – The Great Unknown 
 
 
 
X

BEST SPOKEN WORD RECORDING 
Aztlan Underground – Aztlan Underground 
Firewater – Janet Rogers 
Moon of the Drum – TerryLee Whetstone 
Nightwatch – Sentinel
Red Earth – Lowery Begaye
Stories From The Social Fire – The Story Tellers

Y BEST TRADITIONAL RECORDING
Cultural Legacy – Wakinyan Oyate
Holistic Blessings – Allen Mose Jr. & Orion Jay
Kee-Tsa-Gya – Zotigh Singers
Rebuilding The Fire – Bo Taylor
That’s An Old Song – Anthony Betoney
Utopia – Todi Neesh Zhee Singers

Z BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Barefeet On The Blacktop – Shane Yellowbird
Breakin’ Free/Addiction– The Jan Michael Looking Wolf Band
By The Water – Donna Kay
Sacred Warrior – Tom Bee
Shock Town – Jim Boyd
Spring To Come – Digging Roots

AA BEST WAILA RECORDING (NEW CATEGORY)
Gortie & the TO Boyz – A Tribute To Augustine Lopez Sr
Native Creed – Cumbiafied Nativez
Native Thunder – Get’n Down
Papago Warrior – Papago Warriors 5
The Cisco Band – T.C.O.B.
Tohono O’odham Braves – 25 Years of Waila Music

BB BEST WORLD MUSIC RECORDING
A Sunny Day – SpiritWing
Aztlan Underground – Aztlan Underground
BrainStorm – Plex
Red Moon – Ron Warren, Dawn Avery, Ash Dargan
Remembrance – Gabriel Ayala
The Liberation Sessions – Mwalim

CC NATIVE HEART (Non-Native Artist)
Big City Indians – Tribal Vision
Denise Johanson – Cave Spirits
Jeff Ball Band – Ghost Town
Peter Phippen –Woodnotes Wyld
Scott Tweedie – Long Island Sound
Wind & Fire – Mark Holland/N. Scott Robinson

The Native American Music Awards congratulates all of this year’s nominees.

NAMA 12 is sponsored by: The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation, The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino, WGWE, 105.9 FM, a commercial and FCC-licensed radio station owned by Seneca Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Seneca Holdings and Bandzoogle who will be offering a special promotion to all NAMMY artists in the coming weeks.

Help us win a NAMMY and vote for us!!!

http://www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com/votenow.cfm

The X codex

AMOXTLI X – THE X CODEX

In Lak Ech, Panche Be & Hunab Ku & The Forgotten 1524 Debate

Eagle Feather Research Institute 2010 Collective Copyright

By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez, Arnoldo Vento, PhD, Vivian Garcia Lopez, PhD, Mixelle Rascon, Pricila Rodriguez, Norma Gonzalez, Crystal Terriquez, Jo Anna Mixpe Ley, Grecia Ramirez & Luis A Valdez

SAVE ETHNIC/RAZA STUDIES

 

Why did several communities support a run from Tucson to Phoenix through the Arizona desert in 115-degree heat in the middle of the summer last year? Probably for the same reason 15 of us were arrested for criminal trespass at Tucson’s state building this May: We did it to combat the effort to terminate, via HB 2281, Tucson’s highly successful Raza Studies program. This came on the heels of the anti-immigrant bill, SB 1070. One attacks our bodies; the other, our spirits.

While the bill was dropped in 2009, this year, the know-nothing Republican-dominated state legislature passed both bills, whereas the state’s unelected governor, Jan Brewer, promptly signed both “laws.” HB 2281 is particularly onerous because it is a Dark Ages-era law that attacks the thinking/teaching/learning process. It also creates an Inquisition-style mechanism to approve acceptable books and curriculums. Arizona State Schools Superintendent, Tom Horne, who has never set foot in an Ethnic/Raza Studies classroom, first mounted his campaign in 2006 when Dolores Huerta stated at Tucson HS that Republicans hate Latinos. Since then, he has isolated Rodolfo Acuña’s Occupied America and Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, as examples of books that promote hate, segregation and advocate anti-American views while calling for the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. He is claiming that Raza Studies is out of compliance of the new law and is now calling on TUSD to force Raza Studies to videotape its classes.

Lost in this “debate” is the nature or contents of Raza Studies and its philosophical foundation. As a result, a collaborative mini-book: Amoxtli X – The X Codex, has been written to provide such an answer. The book stresses the concepts of In Lak Ech – tu eres mi otro yo – you are my other self – Panche Be – Buscar la Raiz en la Verdad – To Seek the Root of the Truth – and Hunab Ku – a view of the world that explains the nature of the universe.

These concepts are part of a maiz-based philosophy and curriculum that stress a human rights ethos. Maiz is the only food in history that was created by human beings, and the peoples of this continent – Cemanahuak or Abya Yalla – are the only peoples to have created their own food. Horne insists that Greco-Roman knowledge – as opposed to the maiz-based AmerIndigenous knowledge taught in Raza Studies-TUSD – should be exclusively taught in Arizona schools. For the past several years, these ethos have been in full display as Raza Studies youths have led the protests against both bills. More than protest, they have fully lived their peaceful meaning.

“This philosophy comes direct from the cereal that was created by the ancient settlers of the continent: maiz… yes, the maiz, that creation of the savage beast, and that thanks to them, lies the hope for humanity.” – Maya Linguist, Domingo Martinez Paredez, 1960.

Amoxtli X – The X Codex, in part, was also created to raise funds to combat HB 2281. Aside from forthcoming trials for the 15 of us, a lawsuit against the state is forthcoming. If you would like a copy, please make a $10 check per copy to: Save Ethnic Studies Inc, and mail it to: SAVE ETHNIC STUDIES, INC., 2114 W. Grant Rd. PMB 125, Tucson, AZ 85745. If you would like to donate more, either add a greater amount to check or buy more books. (Discounted class sets are available. For more info re books: 520-626-0824 XColumn@gmail.com).  If you wish to receive more info re the effort to combat the anti-ethnic studies law, go to: saveethnicstudiesaz.org


Thanks & Sincerely
Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez
Column of the Americas
PO BOX 3812
Tucson, AZ 83722

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4 Nammy nominations!!!!

We are so proud,humbled, and honored to be nominated in 4 categories at this years Nammys!! We have been nominated for best Rock, Best Group, Best Spoken word, and Best World music!!!

We are so happy to be acknowledged for our contribution to the legacy of Native music…

For more information and to vote go to Nammys.com

“Aztlan”

“For us Aztlan is not a territory. For if we were to define it that way then we would subscribe to the western paradigm of “owning” land. What Aztlan means for us is the right to live according to the laws of nature and its habitats. This does not negate the traditional ties of native people but in fact enforces it. Anyone who refers to aztlan as specific territory to be taken over is sorely mistaken. It is awareness of identity and connection not coercion or reconquest as many minutemen espouse.”

The Farce of July

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Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks and Pacific Rim Arts Society Present

[ July 10, 2010; 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm. 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm. ]

  • July 9 – 12.  AUG Performance July 10:
    • Vancouver Island, BC, Canada Pacific Rim Festival (including educational workshops and outreach)
      • Nashuk Youth Council digital story telling at 7pm
      • Aztlan underground on stage at 9pm, with musical guests:
      • Kalilah
      • Victor E of El Vuh (Conscious Hip-Hop)
      • Old School Hip-Hop by DJ Krazy Fish
    • July 10 at the Tofino Community Hall
      351 Arnet Rd., Tofino (doors at 6:30 PM):
    • Tickets $10 at the door
    • $5 discount for all Tla-o-qui-aht Youth
    • Non-licensed Event
    • Presented by Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks and Pacific Rim Arts Society

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For more information call Terry Dorward-Seitcher 250-726-3736.

We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges Tour: Summer 2010

[ June 17, 2010 12:00 am to July 12, 2010 11:59 pm. June 17, 2010 12:00 am to July 12, 2010 11:59 pm. June 17, 2010 12:00 am to July 12, 2010 11:59 pm. June 17, 2010 12:00 am to July 12, 2010 11:59 pm. ]

  • June 17:
    • Fresno, CA
  • June 18:
    • Watsonville Bike Shack, Watsonville, CA ("Watsonville Rox, Arizona Sux")
    • Featuring:
      • Aztlan Underground
      • Fitter
      • Los Dryheavers
      • Pop Bottle Bombers
      • Esik from Realization
    • $8 Donation. Bring your cans for some graffiti art & Express yourself against the racist Arizona laws!
  • June 19:
    • Coyote Valley Gym, Ukia, CA ("Death to Meth")
    • Featuring:
      • Aztlan Underground
      • Overload
      • Fitter
      • The Broadcasters
      • TyBox
      • Marvin Helper
      • Zero Tolerance
      • Casey, Giao & Flyn
      • Pop Bottle Bombers
      • Gina Bankz & Stylez
      • Mc Komodo
  • July 9 – 12:
    • Vancouver Island, BC, Canada (uu Chah Nulth Nation, Pacific Rim Festival (including Educational workshops and outreach)
      • Nashuk Youth Council digital story telling at 7pm
      • Aztlan underground on stage at 9pm, with musical guests:
      • Kalilah
      • Victor E of El Vuh (Conscious Hip-Hop)
      • Old School Hip-Hop by DJ Krazy Fish
    • July 10 at the Tofino Community Hall
      351 Arnet Rd., Tofino (doors at 6:30 PM):
    • Tickets $10 at the door
    • $5 discount for all Tla-o-qui-aht Youth
    • Non-licensed Event
    • Presented by Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks and Pacific Rim Arts Society
    • For more information call Terry Dorward-Seitcher 250-726-3736

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    More venue still info to come.