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		<title>look, a cat&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/look-a-cat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PM Stephen Harper just doesn&#8217;t get it &#8211; the meaning of certain words and phrases. When he speaks about press freedom, human rights, accountability and transparency, it all sounds like a cartooon dog&#8217;s impression of human-speak: &#8220;qwa-qwau-kwonk-qua-quonk.&#8221; For examples to all of the above, keep reading.
Strangely, all it may take is a little misdirection to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&blog=3635504&post=1175&subd=shmohawk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>johnny cash, indians, and nixon</title>
		<link>http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/johnny-cash-indians-and-nixon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shmohawk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aboriginal peoples]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never heard this one, although I knew that Johnny Cash often stood up for what he believed. a great story on Salon about how Cash brought Indigenous issues to a White House much different than the one with today&#8217;s resident. The story was probably sparked by Obama&#8217;s invitation to Native Americans to spend a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&blog=3635504&post=1172&subd=shmohawk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>i was just wondering&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shmohawk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indian Head test pattern]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And there it was being discussed at Newspaper Rock &#8211; a whole lot of stuff about the old Indian Head B&#38;W test pattern that used to appear on TV after or before the sign off.
I remember CBC-TV used one of their own with a CBC/Radio-Canada logo. But I&#8217;m certain CBC used the Indian Head at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&blog=3635504&post=1165&subd=shmohawk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>another born every minute</title>
		<link>http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/another-born-every-minute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shmohawk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I vented about New Age hucksters out there, the spiritual poseurs who sell ceremonies like those &#8220;Inuit&#8221; carvings that tourist traps sell as &#8220;genuine native craft.&#8221; Here&#8217;s a relevation &#8211; they&#8217;re fakes. Nothing but cheap plaster casts painted black &#8211; not soapstone carvings. They&#8217;re mass produced and their only purpose is to cheat tourists [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&blog=3635504&post=1152&subd=shmohawk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>religious theft and other misdemeanors</title>
		<link>http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/religious-theft-and-other-misdemeanors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[plastic medicine men]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sweat lodge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post isn&#8217;t about something new, or particularly &#8220;new age.&#8221; It is about racism, exploitation, denial, cultural and
spiritual debasement, and in a some cases fraud, theft, rape and even murder. This is how the post evolved.
A couple of weeks ago near a small town in Arizona, three people died during or shortly after a &#8220;sweat [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&blog=3635504&post=1143&subd=shmohawk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>dig it</title>
		<link>http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/dig-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shmohawk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Digging Roots]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s all. I&#8217;m left breathless by the song, the performance, and the production quality of this video. I met Raven for the first time when he was just a little guy. I met him again, all grown up and making fantastic, wonderful music as part of Digging Roots. If you can&#8217;t tell by now, I&#8217;m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&blog=3635504&post=1140&subd=shmohawk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>not the only one</title>
		<link>http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/not-the-only-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manitoba]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I seem to be in good company in an earlier post about the lack of federal action to protect the lives of Indigenous women and girls, &#8220;so get off your butts, and do something!&#8221; Read the snippet below, then go read the whole story in the Calgary Herald newspaper.

OTTAWA — The federal government can&#8217;t be a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&blog=3635504&post=1137&subd=shmohawk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ladies and gents, djimon hounsou</title>
		<link>http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/ahem-ladies-and-gents-djimon-hounsou/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shmohawk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humour]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Binyavanga Wainaina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Djimon Housou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paternalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stereotypes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With an excellent primer written by Binyavanga Wainaina (a really good writer and journalist) on how NOT to write about Africa (which BTW is not a country).
Quiet on the set&#8230;. a-a-a-and action!

Posted in Africa, humour, journalism Tagged: Africa, Binyavanga Wainaina, Djimon Housou, humour, paternalism, racism, stereotypes      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&blog=3635504&post=1135&subd=shmohawk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>so get off your butts, and do something!</title>
		<link>http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/so-get-off-your-butts-and-do-something/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shmohawk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Strahl]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Helena Guergis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t you just hate it when politicians see something going on in society, something they&#8217;ve ignored for years and years, maybe even stonewalled attempts to ameliorate the situation, perhaps even cut funding for programs that might have helped groups working to improve lives, yet here they are trying to take some credit for doing something [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&blog=3635504&post=1127&subd=shmohawk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>i like</title>
		<link>http://shmohawk.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/i-like/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mainstream news]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is for all the people who think I hate everything. I know, I know. Well, I don&#8217;t hate everything. I can actually like something every now and then. Like this list of do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts for journalists who really want to change the way things work in today&#8217;s news media. Before you say: &#8220;Wait [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shmohawk.wordpress.com&blog=3635504&post=1122&subd=shmohawk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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