NORTHWOODS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

Post 5
Northwoods UU Fellowship, Brainerd/Pine River MN

June 25, 2013

Greetings, UUs and fellowtravelers:

Our last meeting was a picnic on the 16th, in the park in Pine River, across the dam. It did turn out to be a gorgeous day for once, clear, and just warm enough. Since we are on the summer schedule, and not much is going on, there are a few items to report. In July, there is a picnic planned for the 20th at the Arboretum in Brainerd, at noon. Hopefully members in Brainerd can attend, as it is not always easy to make the trip out of town.

The newsletter is in preparation, and items should be sent along to Mary for inclusion. I have a couple of notices sent out by Anton Treuer that may be of interest. First there is a  new book coming out with children's stories written in Anishiinabe, called Naadmaading; there are several native speakers contributing to this, including Anton. It will be available at Louise Erdrich's bookstore, Birchbark Books and Native Arts, in Minneapolis and online, soon. I do not have a price yet. Secondly, he announced that there will be an Ojibwe Language and Culture Camp for high school students from July 23-27, set up by BSU. The application deadline is July 12. There is a fee, also scholarships are available.
Contact person is Angie Gora, agors@bemidjistate.edu, or 218-755-2851. If you know someone who might be interested, please pass along the info.

Also when this new book is available, I will get a copy for our TTTT collection,
(Traveling Truth Telling Tour), review it first, of course. I have also purchased a book by Gerald Vizenor called The Everlasting Sky: Voices of the Anishiinabe People, to be reviewed for the collection. He is currently a professor of Native American literature at the University of California, Berkeley.  MN Historical Society Press, 2000.

The UUA General Assembly just concluded in Louisville, and passed a number of initiatives of interest for all of us on the environment, and other issues. More on this in the newsletter. A quick look notes support of an amendment to the Constitution saying Corporations are not people and Money is not speech; (hurray for that one!) Condemnation of the mass incarceration of young men of color by police; and divestment from the fossil fuel industry. (Again hurray hurray.) They did some good work.

Respectfully submitted, Mary DeYoung, News Director