Honoring Our Own Power - Strengthening Indigenous Initiatives

Increasing the Accurate Visibility of the Native Americas

HOOP – Honoring Our Own Power, the Native American nonprofit that works to strengthen Indigenous initiatives.

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Supporting HOOP's Accuracy in Education Initiative
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HOOP - Honoring Our Own Power
@ The Edward King House
35 King Street
Newport, RI 02840

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in creating more accurate, educational media by and about contemporary Indigenous people.

Have you seen HOOP's short film on PBS? See "Indigenous Invisibility"

Honoring Our Own Power - Vision and Mission

Vision
Beginning in 1992, and incorporated as a 501 c 3 nonprofit in 1998, HOOP’s overall vision is to increase the well being of all people by increasing the accuracy in education, communications, projects, research and networking that influence the lives and livelihoods of Indigenous peoples.

HOOP respects Indigenous tribes, people and communities regarding their rights, culture and sovereignty as Indigenous people in any area where HOOP provides services and offers support.

HOOP envisions viable arts, cultural, environmental and economic development initiatives by and for Indigenous people. HOOP works to provide education through the communications, technology, projects, research & networking necessary to strengthen Indigenous initiatives.

Mission
Strengthening Indigenous Initiatives: Education, Communications, Projects, Research & Networking toward sustaining Holistic Community Development.

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Blog Posts

Wanda Jean Lord

US Representatives Support Restoring Protections for All Federally Recognized Tribes

A growing movement to assure that all federally recognized Tribal Nations are protected fairly and equally under the law is under way.

A collaborative effort by members and friends of Honoring Our Own Power and Ask Your Lawmaker shows that US Representative Kennedy (D-RI) and US Representative Kildee (D-MI) say "Yes" to supporting Tribal sovereignty.… Continue

Posted by Wanda Jean Lord on July 8, 2009 at 11:00am — 11 Comments

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Decreasing the Invisibility of Indigenous Peoples in the United States

Across the United States 75.5 million people, children and adults, are enrolled in school from nursery school to college. The US Census Bureau states that this amounts to more than 1 in 4 of all people age 3 and older in the United States.



What happens when wholly accurate, fact-based and inclusive education is not provided to the people of the United States?

Is it possible that the invisibility of American Indian/Alaska Native peoples today in the educational materia… Continue

Posted by Wanda Jean Lord on January 27, 2009 at 8:30am — 3 Comments

A HOOP is a circle - a circle is a place to come together

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Upload your own photos to be included and check back often for new people, communities, organizations, issues and friends.

HOOP requests that all our members are sure that the images you upload are yours, and that you have permission to use or distribute any images you upload to HOOP's site. Please see HOOP's Terms of Service in our Notes section for more info.

Comments or ?'s contact HOOP at 401 835 4806 or honoringourownpower@hotmail.com.

HOOP - Honoring Our Own Power

We thank our Honoring Our Own Power (HOOP) members for sharing their wisdom, esperience, insights and information here at our website and especially those who are working together in support of our upcoming First Peoples Indigenous Film Festival to be held November 20 - 22, 2009.

Our goal is to raise about $20,000.00 to support the Film Festival this year.
Can you help? Send contributions to:
HOOP - Honoriing Our Own Power
@ The Edward King House
35 King Street, Newport, RI 02840

phone: 401 835 4806
email: honoringourownpower@hotmail.com

Honoring Our Own Power’s Increasing Indigenous Visibility project is funded by Native Arts @ NEFA, a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the Ford Foundation, the Bay and Paul Foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Anonymous.

Latest Activity

In a Crows fly I have covered some territory in southern New England, just got back two days ago from the Maspee pow wow, aho! Now its time to get back to work, I will post more information on self-publishing soon. Taubut`ne, Basma Samira, I woul...
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i concur. i have been pondering the possibility of printing my own book. this would be a work of love to my family and friends. at the present, i have two pieces published in a university publication at my place of employment. i figure that as lon...
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basma samira added a blog post
****************************************************************************************** OPPORTUNITIES is compiled by the Harvard University Native American Program and includes internship, scholarship, fellowship, grant, and career opportunitie...
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Ken Leon-Guerrero and Joel joined Honoring Our Own Power - Strengthening Indigenous Initiatives
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Carolina Major Diaz San Francisc added a discussion to the group Indigenous Issues
Greetings to all Revolutionary Women, Do you like reading, writing, editing, publishing? Coming soon a New Book Club to enrich and change life for the better. To exchange visions. To explore. We can pick a book. We can read it and talk about it...
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Wanda Jean Lord updated an event
July 26, 2009 from 4pm to 7pm
Save the Date!
yesterday
Perhaps it is time for Native Nations to seek out protections with other Foreign Nations when their sovereignty is negatively affected. The problem I see is that of subjugation of a population that is presumed to by US Citizens as a prelude to dis...
on Wednesday
What is the legal status of American Indian and Alaska Native tribes? Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution vests Congress, and by extension the Executive and Judicial branches of our government, with the authority to engage in re...
on Monday
A place to post and discuss media, news articles, etc and how they impact Indigenous communities.
on Sunday
Spirit Song and JoAnn McGuire are now friends
July 4
Hi Carolina! The group where it would be best to post ideas and issues and keep things rolling would be the Indigenous Issues group - go there and sign up and post away! Thanks so much for attending - and your ideas regarding supporting Native pub...
July 3
The meeting at Newport was excellent. We talked among many things, about a panel in this website where we can write ideas and issues to keep the honoring work rolling and effective. Is it right this wall? Thanks
July 3
Star and Anne Springer joined Honoring Our Own Power - Strengthening Indigenous Initiatives
June 30
Joni Soffron is now a member of Honoring Our Own Power - Strengthening Indigenous Initiatives
June 29
July 3, 2009 to July 5, 2009
Mashpee Wampanoag Powwow_Flyer_2009.pdf Save the Date and Check Out the Flyer!
June 27
HOOP's June Gathering - 4pm at The Edward King House, Newport, RI - bring food for the potluck but most important bring you! ?'s 401 8354806
June 25
There are 212 members on Honoring Our Own Power - Strengthening Indigenous Initiatives
June 25
Wanda, do you need food?
June 25
Dyani Lookscrow Lee added a blog post
I would like to share with you a bit of my experience in choosing to self-publish. If someone were to ask, about my choice to self-publish, I would not speak negative of the choices one makes in their life. I would however, share this learning exp...
June 24
Virginia Mae Wolfe is now a member of Honoring Our Own Power - Strengthening Indigenous Initiatives
June 24

Find Your Congressional Representatives


Petition Supporting Indiigenous Communities in the United States

Honoring Our Own Power's Petition We support and respect Indigenous tribes, people and communities regarding their rights, culture and soveriegnty.

Above are the most recent signers of Honoring Our Own Power's petition to Save Indigenous Rights. Please sign it. There is also another petition that some HOOP members have created for United For Justice

The below is a link to a Radio PSA created by a HOOP member Lucas Kolasa in support of United For Justice's March - check it out: bascially_just_the_March_for_Justice_commercial.wma
 
 

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Sharing Knowledge:
"What is the legal status of American Indian and Alaska Native tribes?
Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution vests Congress, and by extension the Executive and Judicial branches of our government, with the authority to engage in relations with the tribes, thereby firmly placing tribes within the constitutional fabric of our nation. When the governmental authority of tribes was first challenged in the 1830's, U. S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall articulated the fundamental principle that has guided the evolution of federal Indian law to the present: That tribes possess a nationhood status and retain inherent powers of self-government." - Source, United States, Bureau of Indian Affairs Website

HOOP's June Gathering was a success! Watch your email for updates from the meeting and mark your calendar to attend July's HOOP Circle Sunday, July 26th @ 4pm!

For more info call
401 835 4806 or
email:
honoringourownpower
@hotmail.com

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