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Eve Andree Laramee

As part of their  ongoing season “Half Life: Patterns of Change,” the Santa Fe Art Institute presents interdisciplinary artist and educator, Eve Andree Laramee to lecture at Tipton Hall on Friday, April 29 at 6pm. Eve will also hold a workshop Saturday and Sunday April 30th & May 1st.

Eve Andree Laramee is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher, and activist working at the confluence of art and science, specializing in the environmental and health impacts of Cold War atomic legacy sites.

At her lecture, Eve will be speaking about her most recent projects dealing with the environmental and health impacts of our atomic legacy, including her 2009 installation, “Halfway to Invisible” about uranium mining in the Grants, NM area; and her current work in progress, “Slouching Towards Yucca Mountain” a Sci-Fi Western dealing with the problem of radioactive waste from the nuclear power industry and nuclear weapons.

The lecture/workshop will also expand upon her collaborations with environmental scientists mapping the waterborne radioactive plume beneath the Fernald uranium foundry site in Ohio; and a water filter project in collaboration with a materials scientist. Workshop participants will visit the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, and if access is permitted, Kirtland Airforce Base.

Schedule of Events

For More Information

Visit the Santa Fe Art Institute’s website or blog

or call (505) 424-5050

From Groundswell Educational Films

The Return of Navajo Boy is the first film selected for the inaugural Uranium Film Festival called Uranio Em Moviemento.

The director of the festival also invited Groundswell’s Jeff Spitz (director of The Return of Navajo Boy) and a Navajo representative to attend the festival in May and take part in panel discussions about the impacts of uranium mining on indigenous peoples.

The festival, which features films from around the world, will take place from May 21st to 28th in Rio De Janeiro and June 2nd through 9th in Sao Paulo. Films featured in the festival will also be donated to a new program called The Yellow Archives, which will subtitle them in Portuguese and provide them to schools in Portuguese-speaking countries.

For more information, visit the Uranium Film Festival website: Uranium Film Festival website

The Return of Navajo Boy chronicles an extraordinary chain of events, beginning with the appearance of a 1950s film reel, which lead to the return of a long lost brother to his Navajo family.

Living for more than six decades in Monument Valley (on the Arizona/Utah border), the Cly family has an extraordinary history in pictures. Since the1930′s, family members have appeared as unidentified subjects in countless photographs and films shot in Monument Valley including various postcards, Hollywood Westerns and a rare home-movie by legendary director John Ford. But it is the sudden appearance of a rarely seen vintage film that affects their lives the most.

This week, Native America Calling is featuring two energy shows. You’re invited to listen and to call-in to participate in the conversations;  The phone number to participate is 1-800-996-2848

Monday, April 4, 2011– Tribal Energy Programs:
There is a national debate about increasing domestic energy production and many eyes are focused on tribal lands. Some of this country’s most valuable natural resources are located in Native America. The Department of Energy’s Office of Indian Energy is holding a series of meetings with tribal leaders about tribal energy programs. Where does your tribe stand when it comes to renewable energy, and oil and gas development? How do tribes mobilize their energy plans and programs in an effort to become self-sufficient? Guests include Marc Hess, Director of Sustainability and Energy Programs/Kaatsima.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011– Radiation Nations:
Last month’s earthquake that rocked Japan set in motion an unprecedented release of toxic radiation into the atmosphere and into the environment, including the ocean and groundwater. The effects of the catastrophe in Japan may not be known for years. In the U.S., the largest release of nuclear waste happened on the Navajo reservation in Church Rock, N.M. in 1979. People continue to live with contaminated water and soil. What are the effects of radiation sickness? Is it possible to clean up contaminated water? Will the radiation coming from Japan adversely affect people in the U.S.? Guests TBA.

Show Information:

The show airs from 11 AM to 12 PM, Mountain Time.

The phone number to participate is 1-800-996-2848, or 1-800-99-NATIVE

The show is available online at www.nv1.org or www.mytribetv.com

After the shows have aired they will be available for free  listening online at www.nativeamericacalling.com

In the Four Corners area you can listen on the following radio stations:

MASE community organizer, Nadine Padilla spoke at a SOS rally last  Thursday, Feb. 3rd. The goal of the rally was to send a message  to representatives about the importance of preserving our water, air and communities in New Mexico. Participants brough a plastic or glass bottle with a message concerning the importance of water in our state. The messages were then delivered to the legislators at the end of the rally.

Tomorrow, February 11th, women from all over New Mexico will gather in Santa Fe to march to the State Capitol. Their goal is to make their voices heard on issues such as protecting the environment and ensuring New Mexico’s families and communities are being considered by the administration of Gov. Susana Martinez

The march will begin at 12:00 PM and start at the Railyard Park, located at the intersection of Cerrillos Road and Guadalupe Street. From there the women will march to the Roundhouse for a rally, to be followed by a press conference, at 2:30 PM in the Rotunda.

All are welcome to march: men, women, young and old.

For additional information contact:

In Southern NM
Veronica Carmona, (CDC)
575-647-2744 ext. 1005
luciavcarmona@gmail.com

In Northern NM
Marcela Diaz, (Somos Un Pueblo Unido)
505-670-9301
marcela@rt66.com

In Albuquerque
Diana Dorn Jones, (USB Corp)
505-764-8867 ext. 224
ddj5050@att.net