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I've been working on our original website Oyate Ta Olowan.We've been working on adding digital downloads to the site, but it's still a challenge. Oyate is a public radio series that we did on traditional Native American music. We did 52 half hour shows and traveled over 100,000 miles collecting music from all over the Americas. It was a while ago, but people still seem to love it, so we keep offering the shows for sale.

It's all a part of our little press Many Kites Press. Life is so amazing, and so full, but we keep on trucking. I hope things are going well for all of you, and that continue to create wonderful things. Later, Milt Lee

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  • Archive for July, 2008

    Homesteading in Minnesota - unloading the logs

    Homesteading in Minnesota - unloading the logs
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    After we got the logs, we had to get them on the land. So here it is. And some more information about what kind of logs we are using.

    I have several more pieces ready to go too - one on our outdoor shower, one more tour of the land and one on the clay that we are going to be using for the plaster finish on our strawbale house.

    Homesteading - getting the logs

    Homesteading - getting the logs
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    We bought our logs the other day.  I was truly amazed at what Ken Gerke could do with a front end loader.  Now we are still playing with the design but at least we have the logs for us to use.

    Tour de Land

    Tour de Land
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    This is for my buddy Dana, who built his own place in Show Low AZ.  Jamie and I are a few years behind, but hopefully we can learn from his successes.  So this piece is really just for Dana, but you can watch it if you want.

    Blueberry Chronicles: Part Deux

    Blueberry Chronicles: Part Deux
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    It’s been a while since I posted the Blueberry chronicles.  Actually, the plants are all in and really doing fine, but here’s the second part of the saga of getting the patch ready, and the plants in the ground.  It was a real family affair with Jamie’s brother’s and nephews helping a lot.  Jeff, Rick, Ryan and Alan  - even Jim came by.


    All Time Fav's

    This is an old piece (last summer) but we keep doing the Bead People, and I just love it, so here it is! This morning we went to St. Elizabeth Seaton... This is a piece that I did as an homage to Werner Herzog and his documentary. Grizzly Man. Of course I could never duplicate the amazing. haunting...
    Beads Beads BeadsDog Man
    This is one of my all time Fav's - I had done it a while ago, and then never looked at it again. Then last fall, I dug it out, and was a bit shake... I'm working on this project again, and it seems like we are going to be able to continue doing the letters between inmates and their children. This i...
    Cowboys and IndiansVideo Letters From Prison

    Hollow Bone Films

    I've been working on a new trailer for Video Letters From Prison.  We went to a wonderful workshop with Fernanda Rossi who told us about how to make ... Yep, it's over - IT'S OVER!!!!  One more year written in the history books, and this year, I did a post every week on my blog and on Semanal.org.  S...
    Video Letters - trailer2008 - Gone Baby Gone
    We are working on a rather large project on the history of education, the path of learning, and the school systems in the United States.  When it is ... This summer, I had a chance to work with the folks at Ecospeed....
    Neurogenocide: an overviewEcospeed - Electric Assist Bikes

    Education

    Last week, we started an interview of Jackie Swanson, an 8th grade writing teacher at North Middle School, in Rapid City,  South Dakota.  During the... Jackie Swanson has been teaching for 31 years but the first 25 were not what she wants people to know about.  Calling herself a "traditional" teacher...
    The Writer's Workshop - Part 2The Writer's Workshop - part 1
     Jamie and I went to Colorado Springs to celebrate our son-in-law's graduation.  Nate Walla got his masters degree from Colorado Technical Universit... We are working on a rather large project on the history of education, the path of learning, and the school systems in the United States.  When it is ...
    Nate's GraduationNeurogenocide: an overview

    Real Rez

    A Song For Wounded Knee
    The "Voice of the Lakota Nation" had a celebration last month. It was very interesting, and probably a little strange if you don't live here. Lot... It's an old story, but it's still a good one. At the powwow, it's not always about just preserving culture, and keeping traditions alive. Lots of...
    Kili Radio 25th AnniversaryPreserving Humanity
    Back in 1974, a young Lakota guy with a big black hat came into my studio. He was a singer and wanted to record an album. I suggested that the fi...

    Just Stuff

    We just couldn't help it.  The Bead People have been traveling like crazy this year, spreading their message of inclusion and peace, but they decided...
    A Bead People XmasTom and Erica got married!
    My youngest son got married to a beautiful girl this last month.  Here's to you guys!  It is just wonderful. Love, Milt... Warning - this video has pictures of me giving blood, so if watching needles and such bothers you, DON'T watch it.  But having said that, i hope that...
    Blood GivingBead Active
    Jamie Lee has been busy again!  She designed a pack of 64 cards that expand what the Bead People do and mean.  Each card has a task that you can do....