Comments on: Mystic River In National Geographic Magazine

By: Raymond Coward

Raymond Coward — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:56:02 +0000

Wow, did that video bring back memories! Just hearing the AIM song took me back over 30 years to my old Red School House, Heart of the Earth and Little Earth days days when I was priviledged to be working among a handful of strong Indian women raising money for the TC AIM organizations my kids were Red School House kids, having started school there when in the Abenugee Daycare center. I still have a picture of Susie and Son sitting on the dumpster at RSH with all the other little grubby kids..brings back good memories. Feasts and 49′s every Thursday night and a real sense of community. It was from those formative years in the cities that I learned the art of grantwriting and will be forever grateful for that opportunity as it enabled me to earn an income to raise my family. Why am I telling you all this? Because the AIM I know was about teaching Indian kids first and foremost, to be proud of being Indian, and exposing them to their language and culture it was not about pitting one tribe against another, and certainly not one district against another. It was not about blood degree and ranking one’s rights in accordance with the amount of Indian blood you had. It was about advocating for basic human rights for all people and taking on issues when asked for help. This does not mean it was perfect. If it was, it would be as strong today as it was yesterday. Where it went wrong was having different rules for different people. Which is a pretty universal mistake and recipe for anarchy.

By: Octavio Howman

Octavio Howman — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:08:30 +0000

you say? That’s pretty cool $author

By: Some Yooper Beach » Presque Isle River

Some Yooper Beach » Presque Isle River — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:32:19 +0000

[...] Geographic, taken by my friend Gowtham. A link to the picture is here, and his blog posting is here. Presque Isle River [...]

By: 31: Presque Isle River « Some Yooper Beach

31: Presque Isle River « Some Yooper Beach — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:59:33 +0000

[...] Geographic, taken by my friend Gowtham. A link to the picture is here, and his blog posting is here. Presque Isle River [...]

By: Ashita Avadhani

Ashita Avadhani — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:13:47 +0000

Congratulations Gowtham. We are all happy to see your photograph in NGB. We wish u more photographs to come near future.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:10:28 +0000

This is awesome G! It looked great in print – definitely one to save for sure.

By: Gowtham :: Brain Dump v1.0 » Mystic River In Lake Superior Magazine

Gowtham :: Brain Dump v1.0 » Mystic River In Lake Superior Magazine — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:54:21 +0000

[...] the photograph below to Lake Superior Magazine’s 14th Annual Photo Contest. Following a previous incident, I was carefully reading all the emails and answered the phone call, providing them with all [...]

By: MarwaDi

MarwaDi — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:50:51 +0000

Congratulations Gowtham, what better start to the new year than this. Hopefully this will be the harbinger of many many more successes to come your way. Sigu firstu, sikki treat haaksu!