#Andrew Curley

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

In rural Arizona’s La Paz County, on the state’s rugged border with California, the decision by a Saudi-owned dairy company to grow alfalfa in the American Southwest for livestock in the Gulf kingdom first raised eyebrows nearly a decade ago. Now, worsening drought has focused new attention on the company and whether Arizona should be doing more to protect its groundwater resources.

Amid a broader investigation by the state attorney general, Arizona last week rescinded a pair of permits that would have allowed Fondomonte Arizona, a subsidiary of Almarai Co., to drill more than 1,000 feet (305 meters) into the water table to pump up to 3,000 gallons (11 kiloliters) of water per minute to irrigate its forage crops.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Attorney General Kris Mayes said she thought most Arizonans see it as “outrageous” that the state is allowing foreign-owned companies “to stick a straw in our ground and use our water for free to grow alfalfa and send it home to Saudi Arabia. We just can’t — in the midst of an epic drought — afford to do dumb things with water in the state of Arizona anymore.”

Mayes, a Democrat, sought the revocations after she said her office had found inconsistencies in the permit applications. Mayes vowed to look into Fondomonte’s operations and water use last year after the Arizona Republic reported that the Arizona State Land Department leased the company thousands of acres of farmland for below market value.

Fondomonte did not respond to multiple requests for comment from the AP. Its lawyers have said previously that the company legally leased and purchased land in the U.S. and spent millions on infrastructure improvements.

Years of drought have ratcheted up pressure on water users across the West, particularly in states like Arizona, which relies heavily on the dwindling Colorado River. The drought has also made groundwater — long used by farmers and rural residents with little restriction — even more important for users across the state.

Saudi Arabia, struggling with its own water shortages in the past decade, restricted the growth of some forage crops in the country. That Fondomonte chose Arizona as a place to grow such crops has angered some in the state, which has faced two consecutive years of federal water cuts from the Colorado River, a primary water source for the state.

Officials from both parties have criticized the use of state water by foreign-owned entities, with Gov. Katie Hobbs, also a Democrat, saying in her January state of the state address that she, too, would look into the practice. The state’s groundwater, Hobbs said, “should be used to support Arizonans, not foreign business interests.”

That same month, Republican state legislators introduced a bill to prohibit sales of state lands to foreign governments, state enterprises and any company based in China, Russia or Saudi Arabia.

“There’s a perception that water goes to local uses,” said Andrew Curley, a professor of geography and the environment at the University of Arizona. “When you recognize it’s going far away, that the products and benefits of this water are exported overseas, that really provokes people’s attention.”

Foreign entities and individuals control roughly 3% of U.S. farmland, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Canada is the largest holder — mainly of forestland. Fourteen U.S. states have restrictions on foreign individuals or entities owning farmland, but limitations vary widely and no state completely prohibits it.

Fondomonte also farms in California’s Palo Verde Valley, an area that gets its water from the Colorado River. Those operations have attracted less scrutiny. And it’s not the only foreign company that farms in the Southwest. The United Arab Emirates-owned Al Dahra ACX Global Inc. grows forage crops in Arizona and California, and is a major North American exporter of hay.

U.S. farmers themselves export hay and other forage crops to the Middle East — mainly to Saudi Arabia. China is the primary export market for U.S. hay.

In Arizona, renewed attention to Fondomonte’s water use is raising questions about the state’s lack of regulation around pumping groundwater in rural parts of the state.

Phoenix, Tucson and other Arizona cities have restrictions on how much groundwater they can pump under a 1980 state law aimed at protecting the state’s aquifers. But in rural areas, little is required of water users besides registering wells with the state and using the water for activities, including farming that are deemed a “beneficial use.”

“Frankly, I believe they are not doing their jobs,” Mayes said about Arizona’s Department of Water Resources’ oversight of rural areas. The Department declined to comment on the revoked drilling permits or the need for more groundwater regulation.

Mayes, along with hydrologists and environmental advocates, says more studies are needed of groundwater basins in rural areas — such as La Paz County, an agricultural county of about 16,000 people. Currently, Arizona doesn’t measure how much groundwater users pump in such areas, which means there is little understanding of how much water an operation like Fondomonte — or other farms — uses.

Almarai’s holdings in the Southwest are just one example of the farmland the company and its subsidiaries operate outside Saudi Arabia. It farms tens of thousands of acres in Argentina, which has also faced severe drought conditions in recent years.

Holly Irwin, a member of the La Paz County Board of Supervisors, has long opposed Fondomonte using water in the county. She said she’s fielded complaints from residents for years that it’s getting harder to pump water in nearby wells and has repeatedly asked the state to do something about it.

“We need to have some sort of regulation so it’s not all just being pumped out of the ground,” Irwin said.

#us politics #news #the associated press #ap news #Arizona #2023 #saudi arabia #La Paz County #Fondomonte Arizona #Almarai Co. #drought #groundwater resources #foreign companies using domestic resources #Kris Mayes #Arizona State Land Department #Colorado River #Gov. Katie Hobbs #Andrew Curley #Department of Agriculture #Al Dahra ACX Global Inc. #Arizona Department Of Water Resources

[best-childhood-book]

Suggestions for fantasy books:

In Other Lands - Sarah Rees Brennan

Beauty - Robin McKinley

Uprooted - Naomi Novik

The Broken Earth (series) - N.K. Jemisin

The Princess Bride - William Goldman

The Deep - River Solomon

Poison - Chris Wooding

Inkeeper Chronicles (series) - Ilona Andrews

The Witcher (series) - Andrzej Sapkowski

The Poppy War (series) - R. F. Kuang

The Live Ship Traders (series) - Robin Hobb

Sorceror Royal (series) - Zen Cho

The New Moon's Arms - Nalo Hopkinson

The Curse Workers (series) - Holly Black

Alice (duology) & Lost Boy - Christina Henry

Ring Shout - P. Djèli Clark

Kingkiller Chronicle (series) - Patrick Rothfuss

Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree

Iron Widow - Jay Zhao

Coraline - Neil Gaiman

Pet - Akwaeke Emezi

Thursday Next (series) - Jasper Fforde

A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness

The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter

The Dark is Rising (series) - Susan Cooper

Wicked - Gregory Maguire

East - Edith Pattou

Knights of Liofwende (series) & The Welkin Weasels (series) - Garry Kilworth

Old Magic - Marianne Curley

Book of the Crow (series) - Catherine Fisher

Mongrels - Stephen Graham Jones

The Last Binding (series) - Freya Marske

Sorry, I know that's a lot! Anyway, thank you for running these polls and breaking my heart again and again, lol.

What a list! You've got a lot of great ones in here (I love you, Poppy War, Uprooted, and Iron Widow). I've added them all, though some of the names changed due to series vs book titles

#ask #submission #in other lands #beauty #uprooted #the broken earth #the princess bride #the deep #poison #innkeeper chronicles #the witcher #the poppy war #the liveship traders #sorcerer royal #the new moon's arms #curse workers #alice #lost boy #ring shout #the kingkiller chronicles #legends and lattes #iron widow #coraline #pet #thursday next #a monster calls #the bloody chamber #the dark is rising #wicked #east

[missanthropicprinciple]

Oklahoma! lyrics

Eller: They couldn't pick a better time as that in life

Andrew: It ain't too early and it ain't too late

Laurey: Startin' as a farmer with a brand new wife

Curley: Soon'll be livin' in a brand new state

Company: Brand new state! Brand new state, gonna treat you great!

#ted lasso #ted lasso spoilers #Oklahoma lyrics #I'm just saying #tedbecca

[tsmom1219]

Dams and tribal land loss in the United States

Heather Randell and Andrew Curley (2023). “Dams and tribal land loss in the United States.” Environmental Research Letters. 18(9), 094001. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/acd268 [open access] Abstract: Indigenous peoples in the United States have faced continued land dispossession for centuries. Through the reservation system as well as policies including forced removal and allotment, colonial settlers…

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[stuartelden]

Andrew Curley, Carbon Sovereignty: Coal, Development, and Energy Transition in the Navajo - University of Arizona Press, April 2023

Andrew Curley, Carbon Sovereignty: Coal, Development, and Energy Transition in the Navajo – University of Arizona Press, April 2023 For almost fifty years, coal dominated the Navajo economy. But in 2019 one of the Navajo Nation’s largest coal plants closed. This comprehensive new work offers a deep dive into the complex inner workings of energy shift in the Navajo Nation. Geographer Andrew…

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[celtfather]

You Can Irish Dance If You Want To #558

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Andrew Finn Magill, Marc Gunn, Sam Gillogly, David Curley & Mick Broderick, Bua, Eireann's Call, Emma Langford, Dark Patrick, Sybil and Sorley, The Breath, Jolly's, Clover's Revenge, Sons of Malarkey, Hugh Morrison, Highlander Celtic Rock Band Australia, Clann An Drumma

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5:49 - Marc Gunn / Sam Gillogly "Hobbit Polka" from Dancing With Hobbits

9:04 - David Curley & Mick Broderick "Could You Be the One (feat. Jeffrey Hill)" from A Brand New Day

11:42 - Bua "The Hag with the Money / East at Glendart" from Down the Green Fields

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18:32 - FEEDBACK

20:37 - Emma Langford "You Are Not Mine" from Sowing Acorns

24:19 - Dark Patrick "Metelytsta  -  An Dro" from Fainne Gael an Lae

27:23 - Sybil and Sorley "Greenland Whale Fisheries" from Street Side Songs

30:47 - The Breath "Will You Wait (Acoustic)" from Only Stories (Let the Cards Fall Revisited)

34:59 - Jolly's "Are ye sleeping Maggie" from True Irish Spirit

38:41 - THANKS

40:36 - CELTIC STORIES  -  ATLANTA IRISH DANCE

My daughter started Irish dancing last year. She did her first Feis this month as a beginner and came in third place for Light Jig among 11 other kids. We were pretty excited.

Before the Feis, I had a LOT of questions. I was not raised on Irish dance. I really know nothing about it. So last month, I contacted Emma Burke of Atlanta Irish Dance to find out more.

Emma Burke was born in Dublin, Ireland and grew up in Atlanta. She is a former litigation attorney in the area and a classically trained flautist. Now she is co - founder of Atlanta Irish dance and is a certified Irish dance teacher and internationally certified Irish dance adjudicator, which allows her to judge Irish dance competitions world wide. During her Irish dancing career, Emma competed all over the world, winning titles throughout. Emma is also a four time Southern Region Champion, consistently placed top 5 in the North American Nationals, and competed in the World Championships of Irish dance many times where her highest placement was 13th, earning her a coveted World Medal.

I asked her to tell me more about Irish dance.

41:52 - WHAT IS IRISH DANCE?

Since I also wanted to know what to expect at a Feis, I asked Emma what a Feis is and what happens at a Burke Connolly Feis. I’ll let her tell you more about it.

45:51 - MORE ABOUT BURKE CONNOLLY FEIS

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48:34 - Clover's Revenge "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" from Gotta Get O'Raggednized

52:29 - Sons of Malarkey "Tripping Father" from Presenting Sons of Malarkey

55:53 - Hugh Morrison "Down the Dunes" from Lift Your Head Up

59:51 - Highlander Celtic Rock Band Australia "The Craic Fiddle" from North of the Wall

1:04:19 - CLOSING

1:06:00 - Clann An Drumma "Lion Tyrant" from Order of the Stag

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[michigandrifter]

In Old Colorado 1941

#in old colorado #william boyd #hopalong cassidy #russell hayden #andy clyde #margaret hayes #morris ankrum #eddie waller #sarah padden #cliff nazarro #stanley andrews #james seay #morgan wallace #weldon heyburn #john beach #dick dickinson #curley dresden #art felix #bill nestell #philip van zandt #ted wells #henry wills #wen wright #westerns #western #western movie #western movies

[fatehbaz]

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From The Salt Lake Tribune:

Water managers in the Upper Colorado River Basin know the number by heart: 3,525. It refers to an elevation, a topographic ring around the shores and walls of Lake Powell, and it signals a crisis. At 3,525 feet above sea level, the federally owned reservoir could only spare another 40-foot drop before reaching “dead pool” — where power generation at the Glen Canyon Dam becomes impossible. Below that lies a worst-case scenario where hundreds of billions of gallons of water would be trapped with no easy way to release them into the Grand Canyon below.

The reservoir is currently 40% full and its elevation is 50 feet above 3,525, but that level could be exposed in just a couple of bad snow years in the river’s headwaters, given the continued demands of the 40 million people across seven states, two countries and 29 Native American nations who rely on the river. [...]

The question, and the point where consensus begins to fracture, is what to do. Many see a need to continue what’s always been done in the river basin: the hashing out of differences in board meetings and conference halls [...].  Others hear a death knell for Glen Canyon Dam.

But another controversial vision has roared back to life in recent months that would upend nearly a century and a half of precedent. Hedge funds and other Wall Street interests want to rewrite the “Law of the River” in the Colorado River Basin and use the free market to solve the problem of scarcity — while potentially raking in immense profits.

Privatizing water resources has long been the dream of l!bertarian-leaning think tanks, and publications from the F!nancial Times to F0rbes have referred to water as “the next oil.” If geopolitical conflicts and vast swaths of the global economy in the 20th century were driven by fossil fuels, some analysts predict a repeat in this century with a different commodity.

Partners at Water Asset Management (WAM), a New York-based hedge fund that invests in water around the world, have been involved with Western water since the 1990s. [...] “I have seen time and again the wisdom of using incentives that attract private-sector investment and innovation,” James Eklund, legal counsel for WAM, recently told The New York Times. [...] Eklund formerly served as a top water negotiator for Colorado, and his comments in the article set off a flurry of rebuttals [...].

WAM had invested $300 million in farmland in Colorado, California, Arizona and Nevada as of last year, including $16.6 million on 2,220 acres of farmland with senior water rights in Colorado’s Grand Valley just upstream from where the Colorado River crosses into Utah. So far, farming has continued on the hedge fund’s plots in the Grand Valley [...].

They also expect a hefty return on investment. The hedge fund’s co-founder and president, Matthew D!ser!o, has called water in the United States “a trillion-dollar market opportunity.” [...] D!sque De@ne Jr., another partner at WAM, told ProPublica in 2016 that he is interested in freeing up rules that regulate water trading. Deane argued that commodifying water and making it a tradable asset on the market would encourage conservation, rewarding those who cut back on use and enabling them to sell it to others who would in turn be encouraged to conserve during droughts. [...]

The same report in The New York Times noted that lobbyists are pushing for the creation of private “accounts” in Lake Powell, a move that would partially privatize the federally owned reservoir. If that happened, investors could theoretically dry up farmlands, which use the vast majority of water in the basin, and store the savings in the reservoir to sell to cities during shortages. Eklund has since denied that WAM’s goal is the creation of a private account in Lake Powell, though the hedge fund has used rotational fallowing on its farmland in Arizona to divert over 2 billion gallons to an account in Lake Mead, according to a presentation one of its partners gave last year.

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Headline, image, caption, and text excerpt published by: Zak Podmore. “Exclusive: Hedge funds eye water markets that could net billions, as levels drop in Lake Powell.” The Salt Lake Tribune. 7 February 2021.

First screenshot (”The Colorado River forms 76 miles of the Reservation’s western border ...”) from: Navajo Reservation profile, GRCA History, Arizona State University. Second screenshot (”Today, national media is focused on Navajo water insecurity ...”) from: Andrew Curley. “Contested water settlements ...” H/C/N. 11 August 2020.

[doubleattitude]

Radix Dance Convention Nationals, Las Vegas 2021 Results

Core Performer:

(Top 3/4 in Bold)

Mini Female

Top 20:

Emily Jungmann

Isabella Kouznetsova

Skylar Wong

Madelyn Murphy

Carrigan Paylor

Kate Baldwin

Madison Carmody

Karyna Majeroni

Elizabeth Bilecki

Sasha Milstein

Diana Kouznetsova

Ellary Day Szyndlar

Tiara Sherman

Fiona Wu

Savannah Manzel

Camila Giraldo

Victoria Martinez

Georgia Beth Peters

Addison Price

Regan Gerena

Winner: Carrigan Paylor

Mini Male

Top 7:

Elias Elkind

Karson Koller

Santiago Sosa

Julian Aranda

Michael Cash Savio

Nico Dahl

Josh Lundy

Winner: Michael Cash Savio

Junior Female

Top 20:

Kendyl Fay

Daniela SanGiacomo

Kinley Andrews

Laci Stoico

Haileigh Brennan

Crystal Huang

Giselle Gandarilla

Kira Chan

Rylee Young

Kaili Kester

Taytum Ruckle

Maddie Ortega

Angelina Elliott

Anya Inger

Gracyn French

Aaliyah Dixon

Brinkley Pittman

Breanna Bieler

Alexis Mayer

Madison Ronquillo

Winner: Crystal Huang

Junior Male

Top 6:

Johnny Gray

Zachary Gibson

Haiden Neuville

Wyatt Brisson

Ayden Nguyen

Coltrane Vodicka

Winner: Coltrane Vodicka

Teen Female

Top 25:

Destanye Diaz

Izzy Howard

Kaitlyn Ortega

Jada Specht

Emily Madden

Harlow Ganz

Sabine Nehls

Dyllan Blackburn

Antonia Gonzalez

Brooklyn Law

Isabella Lynch

Avery Cashen

Charlie Kautzer

Valadie Cammack

Kiarra Waidelich

Isabel Joves

Olivia Magni

Rachel Loiselle

Mia Ibach

Cydney Heard

Madison Marshall

Kaylinn Rees

Hayden Frazier

Addison Middleton

Carly Thinfen

Winner: Kiarra Waidelich

Teen Male

Top 21:

Trent Grappe

Jack Brokaw

Luke Barrett

Nathan Scott

Antony Curley

Sam Fine

Louis Sloot

Rosendo Archiga

Harrison Robinson

Christian De Jesus

Xander Perone

Noah Ayden Grady

Jonah Daquigan

Samuel Sharp Jr

Jackson Koressel

Gavin Warfield

AJ Storey

Nicholas Bustos

Tucker Gokey

Ronnie Lewis

Sam Suro

Winner: Antony Curley

Senior Female

Top 22:

Camille Fehr

Rina Kanamaki

Elisabeth Pabich

Kayla Pereira

Sara Eberhardt

Ava La France

Selena Hamilton

Anna Miller

Skye Notary

Priscilla Tom

Mackenzie Jarrett

Libby Wiley

Makayla D’Ambrosio

Camryn Bridges

Maddie Thanos

Lola Coghill

Zoe Lemelman

Makenna Okamoto

Vanessa Valenzuela

Peyton Martineau

Erin Wienke

Izzy Burton

Winner: Erin Wienke

Senior Male

Top 13:

Wysdem Caesar

Garren Garcia

John Mays

Seth Gibson

Raiden King

Alec Brown

Bronson Dahmer

Jackson Roloff-Hafenbreadl

Sam McWilliams

Levi Sherman

Konnor Kelly

Zach Buri

Thiago Pacheco

Winner: Sam McWilliams

Finals:

High Scores by Age:

Cash Prizes:

1st: $200

2nd: $100

3rd: $50

Rookie Solo

1st: Mila Renae-’Soldier’

2nd: Lucia Piedrahita-’Fields of Gold’

2nd: Aliya Yen-’Loyal, Brave and True’

3rd: Melina Biltz-’Welcome Home’

4th: Zoey Brooks-’My Boyfriend’s Back’

5th: Lexi Menjivar-’I Will Survive’

6th: Moriah Peralta-’Up, Up & Away’

7th: Kaiya Carrillo-’Love Shack’

8th: Kinsey Fitts-’Can You Imagine That’

8th: Shale Herrera-’Dream’

9th: Madison Skapyak-’Songbird’

10th: Eden Hernandez-’Chocolate Box’

Mini Solo

1st: Camila Giraldo-’Welcome to Miami’

2nd: Skylar Wong-’Lovefooll’

3rd: Carrigan Paylor-’Orange Colored Sky’

4th: Regan Gerena-’My Boyfriend’s Back’

4th: Michael Cash Savio-’Rhythm’

5th: Tiara Sherman-’Cielo’

6th: Isabella Kouznetsova-’Trouble’

6th: Emily Jungmann-’You Sleep On’

7th: Winter Eberts-’Hit The Road Jack’

7th: Esme Chou-’Unravel’

8th: Addison Price-’Je Te Laisserai Des Mots’

9th: Avery Maycunich-’Wild is the Wind’

10th: Abigail Pucylowski-’Menace’

Junior Solo

1st: Crystal Huang-’Moonlight Sonata’

2nd: Gracyn French-’A Character of Quiet’

3rd: Angelina Elliot-’Out’

4th: Aaliyah Dixon-’That’s Life’

4th: Alexis Mayer-’Vanished’

5th: Laci Stoico-’Mein Herr’

6th: Daniela SanGiacomo-’Restless’

7th: Lexi Godwin-’Debut’

7th: Brenna Bieler-’Moonlight Sonata’

8th: Naia Parker-’Lit’

9th: Vivienne Robillard-’Immigration’

9th: Zoe Zielinski-’Z’

10th: Maddie Ortega-’A Winged Victory’

10th: Zachary Gibson-’Unknown’

Teen Solo

1st: Sophia Cobo-’Do You Feel Real’

1st: Izzy Howard-’Mer de Velours’

1st: Cydney Heard-’Je T'aime’

1st: Kiarra Waidelich-’The Resemblance is Uncanny’

2nd: Angelika Edejer-’One Giant Leap’

3rd: Kaitlyn Ortega-’Ain’t No Sunshine’

3rd: Harlow Ganz-’Breaking the Surface’

3rd: Antonia Gonzalez-’Like The Wind’

4th: Xander Perone-’Elijah’

4th: Dyllan Blackburn-’Silver Screen’

5th: Charli Ortiz-Ringenbach-’Is This Love’

6th: Ava Greendwaldt-’Countdown’

6th: Sammi Chung-’Eight’

6th: Isabella Warfield-’Nicest Thing’

6th: Jadyn Saigusa-’Wonderlust’

7th: June Hurley-’Don’t Think Of Me Like That’

7th: Kenzie Jones-’Flightless Bird’

8th: Finley Williams-’We’ll See’

9th: Sarah Laskowski-’For You’

10th: Addison Middleton-’ERROR’

10th: Rosendo Arechiga-’Thanks for Asking’

Senior Solo

1st: Thiago Pacheco-’The Poet’

2nd: Selena Hamilton-’Black Car’

3rd: Jackson Roloff-Hafenbreadl-’Darkness’

4th: Maddie Nemeth-’Sycamore Tree’

5th: Olivya Sessing-’House on the Hill’

6th: Sheridan Naugle-’Irreplaceable’

6th: Mia Tassani-’Mam’

6th: Seth Gibson-’Mind Bugs’

7th: Makayla D’Ambrosio-’Consider’

8th: Leigha Agins-’Prerogative’

9th: Milan Furtado-’As We Appear’

9th: Georgi Carmack-’Creature’

9th: Minda Li-’On Her Shoulders’

9th: Britton Moore-’Radiator’

9th: Libby Wiley-’Running Up That Hill’

9th: Sara Eberhardt-’Sticks and stone’

10th: Yasmine Quintana-’Hate’

Rookie Duo/Trio

1st: Danceplex-’Stand By Me’

2nd: AVANTI Dance Company-’It Must Be Love’

3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Never Enough’

4th: Notion Dance Concepts-’MILK $’

5th: The Industry Dance Academy-’Don’t Go Without Me’

Mini Duo/Trio

1st: Woodbury Dance Center-’Yesterday’

2nd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Something’s Gotta Change’

3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Gracious’

4th: Studio X-’Vogue’

5th: Studio 19 Dance Complex-’Gonna Get Ya’

Junior Duo/Trio

1st: AVANTI Dance Company-’Go Girl’

2nd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Everything Is In Line’

3rd: Elements Dance Space-’Separate’

4th: Danceplex-’This Is Me Trying’

5th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Wild Life’

Teen Duo/Trio

1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’Make Me High’

2nd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Last Light’

3rd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Hey’

4th: Evolution Dance Complex-’Before You Go’

5th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Crystalized’

Senior Duo/Trio

1st: Mather Dance Company-’Trust Me Again’

2nd: The Difference Dance Company-’3′

3rd: MVP Dance Elite-’Bitter

3rd: CanDance Studios-’Revolution’

4th: The Difference Dance Company-’June 7th’

5th: Studio 413-’Black Flies’

Rookie Group

1st: Danceplex-’Little Wonders’

2nd: Danceplex-’Lets Hear It For the Boy’

3rd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Lullaby’

4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Girls Night Out’

5th: Notion Dance Concepts-’Firework’

Mini Group

1st: Project 21-’Fan Tan Fannie’

2nd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Searching For...’

3rd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Don’t Give Up On Me’

4th: Evoke Dance Movement-’I Think I Love You’

5th: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Queen Bees’

Junior Group

1st: Project 21-’No Fear But Anticipation’

2nd: Project 21-’Stuff Like That There’

2nd: Orange County Performing Arts Academy-’Wind It Up’

3rd: Prodigy Training Center-’School of Prodigy’

3rd: Orange County Performing Arts Academy-’Sing, Sing, Sing’

3rd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Un Momento Finale’

4th: Cypress Dance Project-’What Is Love?’

4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Wolves’

5th: The Difference Dance Company-’1977′

5th: Woodbury Dance Center-’Alright’

Teen Group

1st: Project 21-’Bring On the Men’

2nd: Project 21-’Girls, Girls, Girls’

3rd: The Difference Dance Company-’Cellophane’

3rd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Heavenly Bodies’

3rd: Mather Dance Company-’Overdose’

3rd: The Difference Dance Company-’Unchained’

4th: AVANTI Dance Company-’The Cuckoo’s Nest’

5th: Orange County Performing Arts Academy-’Boom POW’

Senior Group

1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Prague’

2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’I Love America’

2nd: Mather Dance Company-’We The Soldiers’

3rd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Hard Voices’

4th: Impact Dance Studio-’Fame’

4th: The Industry Dance Academy-’When Dirt Meets Water’

4th: The Difference Dance Company-’Wolves’

5th: Mather Dance Company-’For All We Know’

Rookie Line

1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’Innana’

2nd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Ooh La La’

3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Wash & Set’

4th: Cypress Dance Project-’Bat Dance’

Mini Line

1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’6 Out of Six’

1st: Project 21-’Dive In the Pool’

2nd: Impact Dance Studio-’Go Your Own Way’

2nd: Impact Dance Studio-’You Can’t Stop the Beat’

3rd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Always’

4th: Woodbury Dance Center-’Booty Swing’

5th: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Distance’

Junior Line

1st: Impact Dance Studio-’Derniere Danse’

2nd: Impact Dance Studio-’Mein Herr’

2nd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Whole Lotta Woman’

3rd: Project 21-’Proud Mary’

4th: Impact Dance Studio-’Hallelujah’

5th: The Rock Center for Dance-’All Good People’

5th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’It Wasn’t Always Like This’

5th: Woodbury Dance Center-’Mahala’

Teen Line

1st: Impact Dance Studio-’New York New York’

2nd: Studio 413-’Hold On Tight’

3rd: Project 21-’Post That’

4th: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Dream Girls’

5th: The Rock Center for Dance-’Hey!’

Senior Line

1st: Impact Dance Studio-’Here Comes the Rain’

2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’No Colors Anymore’

3rd: Mather Dance Company-’Voice of God’

4th: Project 21-’The Dictator’s Dream’

5th: The Difference Dance Company-’Cody Banks’

Rookie Extended Line

1st: AVANTI Dance Company-’Brave’

2nd: The Industry Dance Academy-’Hard Knock Life’

Mini Extended Line

1st: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Trouble’

2nd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Settle Down’

3rd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Choo Choo’

4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Boy Meets Girl’

5th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Dream In Color’

Junior Extended Line

1st: Evoke Dance Movement-’Purse First’

2nd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Hold Your Own’

3rd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Better Than Ever’

4th: Studio 413-’Girl Boss’

5th: Studio 413-’Goodbye’

5th: Evoke Dance Movement-’Lose Control’

Teen Extended Line

1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Euphoric’

2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Hush Up’

3rd: Project 21-’Desoleil’

4th: CanDance Studios-’Throw It Back’

5th: Evoke Dance Movement-’Adios’

5th: CanDance Studios-’The Colony’

Senior Extended Line

1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’My House, My Rules’

2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’So What Now?’

2nd: The Difference Dance Company-’The Ravens’

3rd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Terrified’

Junior Production

1st: Impact Dance Studio-’One More Time’

2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Eminence’

3rd: Studio 413-’Electricity’

Teen Production

1st: Woodbury Dance Center-’Fly Away’

1st: AVANTI Dance Company-’Gone Too Soon’

High Scores by Performance Division:

Rookie Jazz

1st: Danceplex-’Lets Hear It For the Boy’

2nd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Girls Night Out’

3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Ooh La La’

4th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Wash & Set’

4th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Spice Up Your Life’

5th: The Industry Dance Academy-’Material Girl’

Rookie Contemporary

1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’Innana’

Rookie Lyrical

1st: Danceplex-’Little Wonders’

2nd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Lullaby’

3rd: Notion Dance Concepts-’Firework’

4th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Brave’

Rookie Musical Theatre

1st: The Industry Dance Academy-’Hard Knock Life’

Rookie Specialty

1st: Cypress Dance Project-’Bat Dance’

Mini Jazz

1st: Project 21-’Dive In the Pool’

2nd: Impact Dance Studio-’You Can’t Stop the Beat’

3rd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Trouble’

4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’What Have You Done For Me Lately’

5th: Evoke Dance Movement-’Money Heist’

Mini Ballet

1st: Summit Dance Shoppe-’This Way’

2nd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Whistle A Happy Tune’

3rd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Rosamunde’

4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Cats’

5th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’A Lovely Night’

Mini Hip-Hop

1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Queen Bees’

2nd: Prodigy Training Center-’JR Prodigy’

3rd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Get Up’

4th: Prodigy Training Center-’Money’

5th: Heat Dance Studio-’Work It Out’

Mini Tap

1st: Studio 19 Dance Complex-’L.O.V.E’

2nd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Booty Swing’

2nd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Choo Choo’

3rd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Swing in the Mood’

4th: Studio 413-’Critical Level’

4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Charleston Charlie’

5th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Aye Carumba’

Mini Contemporary

1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’6 Out of Six’

2nd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Searching For...’

3rd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Distance’

4th: The Difference Dance Company-’Lying’

5th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Glad It’s Raining’

Mini Lyrical

1st: Impact Dance Studio-’Go Your Own Way’

2nd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Don’t Give Up On Me’

3rd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Always’

4th: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Lego House’

5th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Soon You’ll Get Better’

5th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Dream In Color’

5th: Artistic Motion Dance-’What A Wonderful World’

Mini Musical Theatre

1st: Project 21-’Fan Tan Fannie’

2nd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Wedding Bells’

3rd: The Industry Dance Academy-’Revolting Children’

4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’I’ve Got Rhythm’

4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’All That Jazz’

Mini Specialty

1st: Evoke Dance Movement-’I Think I Love You’

2nd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Settle Down’

3rd: Studio 19 Dance Complex-’Come Little Children’

4th: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Youth Strong’

5th: Studio 19 Dance Complex-’Child of Light’

Junior Jazz

1st: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Whole Lotta Woman’

1st: Impact Dance Studio-’One More Time’

2nd: Project 21-’Proud Mary’

3rd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Purse First’

4th: Project 21-’Stuff Like That There’

4th: Orange County Performing Arts Academy-’Wind It Up’

4th: Woodbury Dance Center-’Mahala’

5th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Can You Dig It?’

Junior Ballet

1st: Woodbury Dance Center-’Combust’

2nd: The Industry Dance Academy-’Spring’

3rd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Bathers’

Junior Hip-Hop

1st: Prodigy Training Center-’School of Prodigy’

1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Eminence’

2nd: Studio 413-’Girl Boss’

3rd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Lose Control’

4th: Cypress Dance Project-’Plain Jane’

5th: Heat Dance Studio-’Up’

Junior Tap

1st: Cypress Dance Project-’What Is Love?’

2nd: Woodbury Dance Center-’I Love It’

3rd: Studio 413-’Into The Night’

4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Valerie’

5th: Cypress Dance Project-’Halftime’

Junior Contemporary

1st: Project 21-’No Fear But Anticipation’

2nd: The Rock Center for Dance-’All Good People’

2nd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Hold Your Own’

2nd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’It Wasn’t Always Like This’

3rd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Un Momento Finale’

4th: Woodbury Dance Center-’Wasted Air’

4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Wolves’

5th: Studio 413-’Goodbye’

5th: Woodbury Dance Center-’Alright’

Junior Lyrical

1st: Impact Dance Studio-’Hallelujah’

2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’You Are The Reason’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio-’Dawn of Love’

3rd: Impact Dance Studio-’Time After Time’

4th: To The Pointe Dance Centre-’It’s All Coming Back To Me’

5th: Studio 19 Dance Complex-’When I Look At You’

Junior Musical Theatre

1st: Impact Dance Studio-’Mein Herr’

2nd: Cypress Dance Project-’Elle’s Big Day’

3rd: The Industry Dance Academy-’West Side Story’

Junior Specialty

1st Impact Dance Studio-’Derniere Danse’

2nd: Orange County Performing Arts Academy-’Sing, Sing, Sing’

2nd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Better Than Ever’

3rd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’You’re Mine’

4th: The Difference Dance Company-’1977′

5th: Stars Dance Studio-’Spa’

Teen Jazz

1st: Project 21-’Bring On the Men’

2nd: Project 21-’Post That’

3rd: CanDance Studios-’Throw It Back’

4th: Orange County Performing Arts Academy-’Boom POW’

5th: Studio 413-’Social Media Overload’

Teen Ballet

1st: The Industry Dance Academy-’To The Pointe’

2nd: Cypress Dance Project-’Hunted’

Teen Hip-Hop

1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Hush Up’

2nd: CanDance Studios-’Panaramic’

3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Runnin’

4th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Clones’

5th: Studio 413-’Ready or Not’

5th: Studio 413-’Savage’

Teen Tap

1st: Studio 413-’No One’

2nd: Woodbury Dance Center-’I’

3rd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Go’

3rd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’25 Miles’

Teen Contemporary

1st: Studio 413-’Hold On Tight’

1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Euphoric’

2nd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Hey!’

3rd: Project 21-’Desoleil’

4th: Project 21-’Girls, Girls, Girls’

5th: CanDance Studios-’Can I’

5th: The Difference Dance Company-’Unchained’

5th: The Difference Dance Company-’Cellophane’

5th: Stars Dance Studio-’Through our Strength’

5th: The Rock Center for Dance-’Heavenly Bodies’

Teen Lyrical

1st: Mather Dance Company-’Overdose’

2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Take Me’

3rd: Studio 19 Dance Complex-’Particles’

4th: Danceplex-’If I Say’

5th: Heat Dance Studio-’He Loves Me’

Teen Musical Theatre

1st: Impact Dance Studio-’New York New York’

2nd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Singular Sensation’

3rd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Almost Like Being In Love’

Teen Ballroom

1st: CanDance Studios-’I Got the Boom’

Teen Specialty

1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Dream Girls’

2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’The Future Is Female’

3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Gone Too Soon’

4th: Heat Dance Studio-’Freedom’

4th: The Difference Dance Company-’Pale’

5th: The Industry Dance Academy-’Flashing Lights’

Senior Jazz

1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’My House, My Rules’

2nd: Impact Dance Studio-’Fame’

3rd: Mather Dance Company-’Prisoner’

4th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Need U Tonight’

5th: Woodbury Dance Center-’Cleopatrs in New York’

Senior Ballet

1st: Woodbury Dance Center-’Illumination’

Senior Hip-Hop

1st: Woodbury Dance Center-’CrAzY’

Senior Tap

1st: Woodbury Dance Center-’Funkytown’

Senior Contemporary

1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’No Colors Anymore’

2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’I Love America’

2nd: Mather Dance Company-’We The Soldiers’

3rd: Project 21-’The Dictator’s Dream’

3rd: The Difference Dance Company-’Wolves’

3rd: The Industry Dance Academy-’When Dirt Meets Water’

4th: The Difference Dance Company-’The Ravens’

5th: The Difference Dance Company-’The First Time’

Senior Lyrical

1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Prague’

2nd: Impact Dance Studio-’Here Comes the Rain’

3rd: Mather Dance Company-’Voice of God’

4th: Mather Dance Company-’For All We Know’

5th: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Wash’

Senior Specialty

1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Hard Voices’

2nd: The Difference Dance Company-’Cody Banks’

3rd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’So What Now?’

4th: CanDance Studios-’I Won’t Complain’

5th: Cypress Dance Project-’To This Day’

Best of Radix:

Rookie

Winners: 

The Rock Center for Dance-’Innana’

Danceplex-’Little Wonders’

Mini

1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’6 Out of Six’

2nd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Searching For...’

3rd: Project 21-’Dive In the Pool’

4th: Impact Dance Studio-’You Can’t Stop the Beat’

5th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Trouble’

6th: Woodbury Dance Center-’Don’t Give Up On Me’

Junior

1st: Impact Dance Studio-’Derniere Danse’

2nd: Project 21-’Proud Mary’

3rd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Mahala’

4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Whole Lotta Woman’

5th: Evoke Dance Movement-’Purse First’

6th: The Rock Center for Dance-’All Good People’

7th: Orange County Performing Arts Academy-’Wind It Up’

Teen

1st: Impact Dance Studio-’New York New York’

2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Euphoric’

3rd: Project 21-’Bring On the Men’

4th: Studio 413-’Hold On Tight’

5th: The Rock Center for Dance-’Hey!’

Senior

1st: Impact Dance Studio-’Here Comes the Rain’

1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Prague’

2nd: Mather Dance Company-’Voice of God’

3rd: Project 21-’The Dictator’s Dream’

3rd: The Difference Dance Company-’Wolves’

4th: The Industry Dance Academy-’When Dirt Meets Water’

Best in Show ($10 000):

Winner: Impact Dance Studio-’New York New York’

#radix dance convention #nationals #las vegas #2021 #dance #dance competition

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from Grist:

Over the years, Horseherder has attended public hearings and testified in front of lawmakers, from the reservation to Washington, D.C., advocating for an end to extractive energy economies. She’s often been the lone voice in the room — confronting not only the coal companies and private interests, but also her own neighbors and tribal government. Now that the Navajo Generating Station has closed and other power plants in the region are soon to follow, her vision of a more sustainable energy economy — one powered by wind and solar — is coming more clearly into view. “No matter how frustrated I get, sometimes with the way tribal government works or with how hard it is sometimes to educate people and the community — still, it’s the right thing to do,” Horseherder told me. “And it’s a worthwhile thing to do.”

Though some states like New Mexico and Colorado have recently passed laws that together provide millions of dollars for workforce training and economic support for coal-dependent communities, other states, including Arizona and Nevada, have not. Horseherder is demanding support directly from utilities and industry. It’s a moral imperative, she says. “We’re trying to compel them to provide some kind of transition support for the Navajo Nation instead of just walking away and leaving — leaving the NGS plant and leaving the communities behind,” Horseherder said.

The demolition of the Navajo Generating Station marks the decline of coal in the West. And, if Horseherder is successful in her work, it will also symbolize the beginning of what she calls “a just transition”: a new, more equitable relationship with the energy economy — “one in which there is mutual benefit between the Navajo Nation and its partners,” Horseherder said.

With NGS shuttered, Horseherder is focusing on clean energy for the Navajo Nation by building support for renewable energy projects. Her organization and other grassroots groups, including the Black Mesa Water Coalition and Diné CARE, have pushed the Navajo Nation to develop a more progressive energy policy in recent years. “They’ve succeeded in making the conversation about transition,” said Andrew Curley, a Diné scholar and assistant professor at the University of Arizona who studies the relationship between coal and the Navajo Nation. “There was even reluctance about that initially. There was a perspective that coal doesn’t need to transition.”

That transition has been painful. The Navajo Generating Station and Peabody paid approximately $40 million in the 2019 fiscal year to the Navajo Nation and millions more to the Hopi. (In 2016, money from the industry accounted for nearly 80% of the tribe’s budget.) These royalties and leasing income funded essential government services like education and health care. “Everybody wants to talk in the language of economics,” Curley said. But it’s more than that; people forge identities around coal. “The dynamics that are often underappreciated are the social (and) political dynamics.”

#Navajo Nation #coal #renewable energy #mining

[bigprincess-energy]

is it too clown to submit an essay on Andrew Carnes and the impact his ruling in the trial of Curley may be invalid due to the territory/statehood transition of Oklahoma as my application essay to any law school in that state

#asking for a friend #oli.speaks #cant believe im axtually gonna try to go to law school jfc

[atheistcartoons]

Thanks to the heroic work of Catherine Corless, here are the names of the seven hundred and ninety-six children who died in a Tuam mother and baby home run by the Catholic Church in collusion with the government in Ireland, and whose bodies were thrown into a septic tank at the site pictured above.��

This was one mother and baby home. There is evidence to suggest that we can expect similar results from the many other Irish mother and baby homes (and this is without talking about Magdalene Laundries).

I’m not putting any of this under a Read More link. I’m just not.

1925

Patrick Derrane 5 months Mary Blake 4 months Matthew Griffin 3 months Mary Kelly 6 months Peter Lally 11 months Julia Hynes 1 year James Murray 1 month

1926

Joseph McWilliam 6 months John Mullen 3 months Mary Wade 3 years Maud McTigue 6 years Bernard Lynch 3 years Martin Shaughnessy 18 months Bridget Glynn 1 year Margaret Glynn 1 year Patrick Gorham 21 months Patrick O’Connell 1 year John Carty 21 months Madeline Bernard 2 years Maureen Kenny 8 years Kathleen Donohue 1 year Thomas Donelan 2 years Mary Quilan 2 years Mary King 9 months Mary Warde 21 months George Coyne 2 years Julia Cummins 18 months Barbara Fola/ Wallace 9 months Pauline Carter 11 months Mary Walsh 1 year Annie Stankard 10 months John Connelly 9 months Anthony Cooke 1 month Michael Casey 3 years Annie McCarron 2 months Patricia Dunne 2 months John Carty 3 months Peter McNamara 7 weeks Mary Shaughnessy 4 months Joseph Coen 5 months Mary Murphy 2 months Patrick Kelly 2 months Martin Rabbitte 6 weeks Kathleen Quinn 7 months Patrick Halpin 2 months Martin McGuinness 6 months

1927

Mary Kate Connell 3 months Patrick Raftery 7 months Patrick Paterson 5 months James Murray 1 month Colman O’ Loughlin 5 months Agnes Canavan 18 months Christina Lynch 15 months Mary O’Loughlin 6 months Annie O’ Connor 15 months John Greally 11 months Joseph Fenigan 4 years Mary Connolly 2 months James Muldoon 4 months Joseph Madden 3 months Mary Devaney 18 months

1928

Michael Gannon 6 months Bridget Cunningham 2 months Margaret Conneely 18 months Patrick Warren 8 months James Mulryan 1 month Mary Kate Fahey 3 years Mary Mahon 1 month Martin Flanagan 1 month Mary Forde 4 months Patrick Hannon 20 months Michael Donellan 6 months Joseph Ward 7 months Walter Jordan 3 years Mary Mullins 1 month

1929

Peter Christian 7 months Mary Cunningham 5 months James Ryan 9 months Patrick O’Donnell 9 months Mary Monaghan 4 years Patrick O’Malley 1 year Philomena Healy 11 months Michael Ryan 1 year Patrick Curran 6 months Patrick Fahy 2 months Laurence Molloy 5 months Patrick Lynskey 6 months Vincent Nally 21 months Mary Grady 18 months Martin Gould 21 months Patrick Kelly 2 months

1930

Bridget Quinn 1 year William Reilly 9 months George Lestrange 7 months Christy Walshe 15 months Margaret Mary Gagen 1 year Patrick Moran 4 months Celia Healy 5months James Quinn 4 years Bridget Walsh 15months

1931

Patrick Shiels 4 months Mary Teresa Drury 1 year Peter O’Brien 18 months Peter Malone 18 months Carmel Moylan 8 months Mary Burke 10 months Mary Josephine Garvey 5 months Mary Warde 10 months Catherine Howley 9 months Michael Pat McKenna 3 months Richard Raftery 3 months

1932

Margaret Doorhy 8 months Patrick Leonard 9 months Mary Coyne 1 year Mary Kate Walsh 2 years Christina Burke 1 year Mary Margaret Jordan 18 months John Joseph McCann 8 months Teresa McMullan 1 year George Gavin 1 year Joseph O’Boyle 2 months Peter Nash 1 year Bridget Galvin 3 months Margaret Niland 3 years Christina Quinn 3 months Kathleen Cloran 9 years Annie Sullivan 8 months Patricia Judge 1 year Mary Birmingham 9 months Laurence Hill 11 months Brendan Patrick Pender 1 month Kate Fitzmaurice 4 months Baby Mulkerrins 5 days Angela Madden 3 months Mary McDonagh 1 year

1933

Mary C Shaughnessy 1 month Mary Moloney 11 months Patrick Joseph Brennan 1 months Anthony O’Toole 2 months Mary Cloherty 9days Joseph Fahy 10 months Mary Finola Cunniffe 6 months Martin Cassidy 5 months Francis Walsh 3 months Mary Garvey 4 months Kathleen Gilchrist 8 months Mary Kate Walsh 1 months Eileen Fallon 18 months Harry Leonard 3 years Mary Kate Guilfoyle 3 months John Callinan 3 months John Kilmartin 2 months Julia Shaughnessy 3 months Patrick Prendergast 6 months Bridgid Holland 2 months Bridgid Moran 15 months Margaret Mary Fahy 15 months Bridgid Ryan 9 months Mary Brennan 4 months Mary Conole 1 months John Flattery 2 years Margaret Donohue 10 months Joseph Dunn 3 years Owen Lenane 2 months Josephine Steed 3 months Mary Meeneghan 3 months James McIntyre 4 months

1934

John Joseph Murphy 4 months Margaret Mary O’Gara 2 months Eileen Butler 2 months Thomas Molloy 2 months James Joseph Bodkin 6 months John Kelly 2 months Mary Walshe 6 months Mary Jo Colohan 4 months Florence Conneely 7 months Norah McCann 1 months Mary Kelly 9 months Rose O’Dowd 6 months Mary Egan 4 months Michael Concannon 4 months Paul Joyce 10 months Mary Christina Kennedy 4 months Bridget Finnegan 2 months Mary Flaherty 3 months Thomas McDonagh 4 months Joseph Hoey 1 year Sheila Tuohy 9 years Teresa Cunniffe 3 months Joseph Clohessy 2 months Mary Kiely 4 months Thomas Cloran 6 months Mary Burke 3 months Mary Marg Flaherty 4 months John Keane 17 days Luke Ward 15 months Mary O’Reilly 5 months

1935

Ellen Mountgomery 18 months Mary Elizabeth Lydon 4 months Brigid Madden 1 month Mary Margaret Murphy 4 months Mary Nealon 7 months Stephen Linnane 4 months Josephine Walsh 1 years Kate Cunningham 2 months Mary Bernadet Hibbett 1 month Thomas Linnane 4 months Patrick Lane 3 months Mary Anne Conway 2 months James Kane 8 months Christopher Leech 3 months Elizabeth Ann McCann 5 months Margaret Mary Coen 2 months Michael Linnane 15months Bridget Glenane 5 weeks

1936

John O’Toole 7 months John Creshal 4 months Mary Teresa Egan 3 months Michael Boyle 3 months Anthony Mannion 6 weeks Donald Dowd 5 months Peter Ridge 4 months Eileen Collins 2 months Mary Brennan 2 months James Fahy 5 months Mary Bridget Larkin 8 months Margaret Scanlon 3 years Brian O’Malley 4 months Michael Madden 6 months

1937

Mary Kate Cahill 2 weeks Mary Margaret Lydon 3 months Festus Sullivan 1 month Annie Curley 3 weeks Nuala Lydon 5 months Bridget Collins 5 weeks Patrick Joseph Coleman 1 month Joseph Hannon 6 weeks Henry Monaghan 3 weeks Michael Joseph Shiels 7 weeks Martin Sheridan 5 weeks John Patrick Loftus 10 months Patrick Joseph Murphy 3 months Catherine McHugh 4 months Mary Patricia Toher 4 months Mary Kate Sheridan 4 months Mary Flaherty 19 months Mary Anne Walsh 14 months Eileen Quinn 2 years Patrick Burke 9 months Margaret Holland 2 days Joseph Langan 6 months Sabina Pauline O’Grady 6 months Patrick Qualter 3 years Mary King 5 months Eileen Conry 1 year

1938

Mary Nee 4 months Martin Andrew Larkin 14 months Mary Keane 3 weeks Kathleen V Cuffe 6 months Margaret Linnane 4 months Teresa Heneghan 3 months John Neary 7 months Patrick Madden 4 months Mary Cafferty 2 months Mary Kate Keane 3 months Patrick Hynes 3 weeks Annie Solan 2 months Charles Lydon 9 months Margaret Mullins 7 months Mary Mulligan 2 months Anthony Lally 5 months Joseph Spelman 6 weeks Annie Begley 3 months Vincent Egan 1 week Nora Murphy 5 months Patrick Garvey 6 months Patricia Burke 4 months Winifred Barret 2 years Agnes Marron 3 months Christopher Kennedy 5 months Patrick Harrington 1 week

1939

Kathleen Devine 2 years Vincent Garaghan 1 month Ellen Gibbons 6 months Michael McGrath 4 months Edward Fraser 3 months Bridget Lally 1 year Patrick McLoughlin 5 months Martin Healy 4 months Nora Duffy 3 months Margaret Higgins 1 week Patrick Egan 6 months Vincent Farragher 11 months Patrick Joseph Jordan 3 months Michael Hanley 1 month Catherine Gilmore 3 months Baby Carney 1 day Annie Coyne 3 months Helena Cosgrave 5 months Thomas Walsh 2 months Baby Walsh 1 day Kathleen Hession 4 months Brigid Hurley 11 months Ellen Beegan 2 months Mary Keogh 1 year Bridget Burke 3 months

1940

Martin Reilly 9 months Martin Hughes 11 months Mary Connolly 1 month Mary Kate Ruane 1 month Joseph Mulchrone 3 months Michael Williams 14 months Martin Moran 7 weeks Josephine Mahony 2 months James Henry 5 weeks Bridget Staunton 5 months John Creaven 2 weeks Peter Lydon 6 weeks Patrick Joseph Ruane 4 months Michael Quinn 8 months Julia Coen 1 week Annie McAndrew 5 months John Walsh 3 months Patrick Flaherty 6 months Bernadette Purcell 2 years Joseph Macklin 1 day Thomas Duffy 2 days Elizabeth Fahy 4 months James Kelly 2 months Nora Gallagher 4 months Kathleen Cannon 4 months Winifred Tighe 8 months Christopher Williams 1 year Joseph Lynch 1 year Andrew McHugh 15 months William Glennan 18 months Michael J Kelly 5 months Patrick Gallagher 3 months Michael Gerard Keane 2 months Ellen Lawless 6 months

1941

Mary Finn 3 months Martin Timlin 3 months Mary McLoughlin 1 month Mary Brennan 5 months Patrick Dominic Egan 1 month Nora Thornton 17 months Anne Joyce 1 year Catherine Kelly 10 months Michael Monaghan 8 months Simon John Hargraves 6 months Baby Forde 1 day Joseph Byrne 2 months Patrick Hegarty 4 months Patrick Corcoran 1 month James Leonard 16 days Jane Gormley 22 days Anne Ruane 11 days Patrick Munnelly 3 months John Lavelle 6 weeks Patrick Ruane 24 days Patrick Joseph Quinn 3 months Joseph Kennelly 15 days Kathleen Monaghan 3 months Baby Quinn 2 days Anthony Roche 4 months Annie Roughneen 3 weeks Anne Kate O’Hara 4 months Patrick Joseph Nevin 3 months John Joseph Hopkins 3 months Thomas Gibbons 1 month Winifred McTigue 7 months Thomas Joseph Begley 2 months

1942

Kathleen Heneghan 25 days Elizabeth Murphy 4 months Nora Farnan 1 month Teresa Tarpey 1 month Margaret Carey 11 months John Garvey 6 weeks Bridget Goldrick 4 months Bridget White 3 months Noel Slattery 1 month Mary T Connaughton 4 months Nora McCormack 6 weeks Joseph Hefferon 5 months Mary Higgins 9 days Mary Farrell 21 days Mary McDonnell 1 month Geraldine Cunniffe 11 weeks Michael Mannion 3 months Bridget McHugh 7 months Mary McEvady 18 months Helena Walsh 3 months William McDoell 2 days Michael Finn 14 months Mary Murphy 10 months Gertrude Glynn 6 months Joseph Flaherty 7 weeks Mary O’Malley 4 years John P Callanan 13 days Baby McDonnell 1 day Female McDonnell 1 day Christopher Burke 9 months Stephen Connolly 8 months Mary Atkinson 6 months Mary Anne Finegan 7 weeks Francis Richardson 15 months Michael John Rice 6 months Nora Carr 4 months William Walsh 16 months Vincent Cunnane 14 months Eileen Coady 10 months Female Roache 1 day Male Roache 1 day Patrick Flannery 2 months John Dermody 3 months Margaret Spellman 4 months Austin Nally 3 months Margaret Dolan 3 months Vincent Finn 9 months Bridget Grogan 6 months

1943

Thomas Patrick Cloran 9 weeks Catherine Devere 1 month Mary Josephine Glynn 1 day Annie Connolly 9 months Martin Cosgrove 7 weeks Catherine Cunningham 2 years Bridget Hardiman 2 months Mary Grier 5 months Mary P McCormick 2 months Brendan Muldoon 5 weeks Nora Moran 7 months Joseph Maher 20 days Teresa Dooley 3 months Daniel Tully 7 months Brendan Durkan 1 month Sheila O’Connor 3 months Annie Coen 6 months Patrick J Kennedy 6 days Thomas Walsh 2 months Patrick Rice 1 year Edward McGowan 10 months Brendan Egan 10 months Margaret McDonagh 1 month Annie J Donellan 10 months Thomas Walsh 14 days Bridget Quinn 6 months Mary Mulkerins 5 weeks Kathleen Parkinson 10 months Sheila Madeline Flynn 4 months Patrick Joseph Maloney 2 months Bridget Carney 7 months Mary M O’Connor 6 months Joseph Geraghty 3 months Annie Coen 10 months Martin Joseph Feeney 4 months Anthony Finnegan 3 months Patrick Coady 3 months Baby Cunningham 1 day Annie Fahy 3 months Baby Byrne 1 day Patrick Mullaney 18 months Thomas Connelly 3 months Mary Larkin 2 months Margaret Kelly 4 months Barbara McDonagh 4 months Mary O’Brien 4 months Keiran Hennelly 14 months Annie Folan 4 months Baby McNamara 1 day Julia Murphy 3 months

1944

John Rockford 4 months Vincent Geraghty 1 year Male O’Brien 2 days Anthony Deane 2 days Mary Teresa O’Brien 15 days John Connelly 3 months Bridget Murphy 3 months Patricia Dunne 2 months Francis Kinahan 1 month Joseph Sweeney 20 days Josephine O’Hagan 6 months Patrick Lavin 1 month Annie Maria Glynn 13 months Kate Agnes Moore 2 months Kevin Kearns 15 months Thomas Doocey 15 months William Conneely 8 months Margaret Spelman 16 months Mary Kate Cullen 22 months Kathleen Brown 3 years Julia Kelly 19 months Mary Connolly 7 years Catherine Harrison 2 years Eileen Forde 21 months Michael Monaghan 2 years Mary Frances Lenihan 3 days Anthony Byrne 6 months Jarlath Thornton 7 weeks John Kelly 6 days Joseph O’Brien 18 months Anthony Hyland 3 months Male Murray 1 day Female Murray 1 day Joseph F McDonnell 11 days Mary Walsh 15 months Baby Glynn 1 day James Gaughan 14 months Margaret Walsh 4 months Mary P Moran 9 days John Francis Malone 7 days

1945

Michael F Dempsey 7 weeks Christina M Greally 4 months Teresa Donnellan 1 month Rose Anne King 5 weeks Christopher J Joyce 2 months James Mannion 8 months Mary T Sullivan 3 weeks Patrick Holohan 11 months Michael Joseph Keane 1 month Bridget Keaney 2 months Joseph Flaherty 8 days Baby Mahady 3 days James Rogers 10 days Kathleen F Taylor 9 months Gerard C Hogan 7 months Kathleen Corrigan 2 months Mary Connolly 3 months Patrick J Farrell 5 months Patrick Laffey 3 years Fabian Hynes 8 months John Joseph Grehan 2 years Edward O’Malley 3 months Mary Fleming 6 months Bridget F McHugh 3 months Michael Folan 18 months Oliver Holland 6 months Ellen Nevin 7 months Margaret Horan 6 months Peter Mullarky 4 months Mary P O’Brien 4 months Teresa Francis O’Brien 4 months Mary Kennedy 18 months Sarah Ann Carroll 4 months Baby Maye 5 days

1946

Mary Devaney 21 days Anthony McDonnell 6 months Vincent Molloy 7 days John Patrick Lyons 5 months Gerald Aidan Timlin 3 days Patrick Costelloe 17 days John Francis O’Grady 1 month Bridget Mary Flaherty 12 days Josephine Finnegan 20 months Martin McGrath 3 days Baby Haugh 1 day James Frayne 1 month Mary Frances Crealy 14 days Mary Davey 2 months Patrick Joseph Hoban 11 days Angela Dolan 3 months Mary Lyden 5 months Bridget Coneely 4 months Austin O’Toole 4 months Bernard Laffey 5 months Mary Ellen Waldron 8 months Terence O’Boyle 3 months Mary Frances O’Hara 1 month Martin Dermott Henry 43 days Mary Devaney 3 months Bridget Foley 6 months Martin Kilkelly 40 days Theresa Monica Hehir 6 weeks Patrick A Mitchell 3 months John Kearney 5 months John Joseph Kelly 3 months John Conneely 4 months Stephen L O’Toole 2 months Thomas A Buckley 5 weeks Michael John Gilmore 3 months Patrick J Monaghan 3 months Mary Teresa Murray 2 months Patrick McKeighe 2 months John Raymond Feeney 3 months Finbar Noone 2 months John O’Brien 21 days Beatrice Keane 5 years Mary P Veale 5 weeks Winifred Gillespie 1 year Anthony Coen 10 weeks Michael F Sheridan 3 months Anne Holden 3 months Martin Joseph O’Brien 7 weeks Winifred Larkin 1 month

1947

Patrick Thomas Coen 1 month Mary Bridget Joyce 8 months Geraldine Collins 13 months Mary Flaherty 5 days Vincent Keogh 5 months John Francis Healy 10 days Martin J Kennelly 1 month Patrick Keaveney 2 months Philomena Flynn 2 months William Reilly 9 months Margaret N Concannon 1 year Patrick J Fitzpatrick 14days Joseph Cunningham 2 months Mary J Flaherty 13 months Kathleen Murray 3 years John O’Connell 2 years Alphonsus Hanley 21 months Bridget P Muldoon 11 months Patricia C Higgins 5 months Catherine B Kennedy 2 months John Desmond Dolan 15 months Stephen Joynt 2 years Catherine T Kearns 2 years Margaret Hurney 2 years John Patton 2 years Patrick J Williams 15 months Nora Hynes 8 months Anthony Donohue 2 years Brendan McGreal 1 year Anthony Cafferky 23 days Nora Cullinane 18 months Kathleen Daly 2 years Nora Conneely 15 months Mary Teresa Joyce 13 months Kenneth A Ellesmere 1 day Mary P Carroll 4 months Thomas Collins 17 months Margaret M Moloney 3 months Josephine Tierney 8 months Margaret M Deasy 3 months Martin Francis Bane 3 months Bridget Agatha Kenny 2 months Baby Kelly 1 day Mary Teresa Judge 15 months Paul Dominick Bennett 3 months Mary Bridget Giblin 18 months

1948

Kathleen Madden 2 months Mary P Byrne 8 weeks Joseph Byrce 4 months Joseph Byrne 11 months Kathleen Glynn 4 months Augustine Jordan 9 months Michael F Dwyer 18 months Noel C Murphy 14 months Margaret McNamee 6 months Patrick Grealish 6 weeks Bernadette O’Reilly 7 months John Joseph Carr 3 weeks Paul Gardiner 10 months Simon Thomas Folan 9 weeks Joseph Ferguson 3 months Peter Heffernan 4 months Patrick J Killeen 14 weeks Stephen Halloran 7 months Teresa Grealish 5 months John Keane 4 months Mary Burke 9 months Brigid McTigue 3 months Margaret R Broderick 8 months Martin Mannion 3 months 1949

Mary Margaret Riddell 8 months Thomas J Noonan 7 weeks Peter Casey 10 months Michael Scully 3 months Baby Lyons 5 days Hubert McLoughlin 4 months Mary M Finnegan 3 months Nicholas P Morley 3 months Teresa Bane 6 months Patrick J Kennedy 5 weeks Michael Francis Ryan 3 days John Forde 2 years Mary P Cunnane 3 months Margaret P Sheridan 4 months Patrick Joseph Nevin 3 months Joseph Nally 5 months Christopher Burke 3 months Anne Madden 7 weeks Bridget T Madden 7 weeks Thomas Murphy 3 months Francis Carroll 2 months Bridget J Linnan 9 months Josephine Staunton 8 days Mary Ellen McKeigue 7 weeks

1950

Mary J Mulchrone 3 months Catherine Higgins 4 years Catherine Anne Egan 3 months Thomas McQuaid 4 months Dermott Muldoo 4 months Martin Hanley 9 weeks John Joseph Lally 3 months Brendan Larkin 5 months Baby Bell 1 day Mary J Larkin 7 months Annie Fleming 9 months Colm A McNulty 1 month Walter Flaherty 3 months Sarah Burke 15 days Mary Ann Boyle 5 months John Anthony Murphy 5 months Joseph A Colohan 4 months Christopher Begley 18 days

1951

Catherine A Meehan 4 months Martin McLynskey 6 months Mary J Crehan 3 months Mary Ann McDonagh 2 months Joseph Folan 22 days Evelyn Barrett 4 months Paul Morris 4 months Peter Morris 4 months Mary Martyna Joyce 18 months Mary Margaret Lane 7 months

1952

John Noone 4 months Anne J McDonnell 6 months Joseph Anthony Burke 6 months Patrick Hardiman 6 months Patrick Naughton 12 days Josephine T Staunton 21 days John Joseph Mills 5 months

1953

Baby Hastings 1 day Mary Donlon 4 months Nora Connolly 15 months

1954

Anne Heneghan 3 months Mary Keville 9 months Martin Murphy 5 months Mary Barbara Murphy 5 months Mary P Logue 5 months Margaret E Cooke 6 months Mary Ann Broderick 14 months Ann Marian Fahy 4 months Anne Dillon 4 months Imelda Halloran 2 years

1955

Joseph Gavin 10 months Marian Brigid Mulryan 10 months Mary C Rafferty 3 months Nora Mary Howard 4 months Joseph Dempsey 3 months Patrick Walsh 3 weeks Francis M Heaney 3 years

1956

Dermot Gavin 2 weeks Mary C Burke 3 years Patrick Burke 1 year Paul Henry Nee 5 months Oliver Reilly 4 months Gerard Connaughton 11 months Rose Marie Murphy 2 years

1957

Margaret Connaire 4 months Stephen Noel Browne 2 years Baby Fallon 4 days

1958

Geraldine O’Malley 6 months

1959

Dolores Conneely 7 months Mary Maloney 4 months

1960

Mary Carty 5 months

#Tuam babies #Catholic Church #Ireland #misogyny #child abuse

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Preventing Movements from Being Overlooked in the Age of Activism

Contemporary social movements have a higher chance of fading into the background now more than ever. Benjamin Sáenz, a professor at the University of Texas at El Paso, says “There is no [Chicano] movement per se. That doesn’t mean there is nothing happening” (Guerrero, 61). This holds true for many modern-day movements where people have the Internet to aid in spreading information faster than traditional methods. It’s easy to be forgotten when activists can be branded far-left SJWs (social justice warriors) as a tactic to ignore the message. The racists that many of today’s movements are fighting against can have entire pages taken down after false reports of hate speech. In a country founded on the beliefs of the white, Christian majority we often see the issues that stick are what these people are in direct opposition with – black vs white, gay vs straight, rich vs poor, Christian vs savage. Movements like Black Lives Matter see huge success because they are right – there’s an issue that needs to be addressed – but also because this country thrives on the continued white against black narrative that raises white inhabitants higher on their pedestals. While all social movements of the future have to worry about whether the public regards their goals as positive or negative, it is especially the movements of smaller groups that are vulnerable to being left behind. In addition to the fading of news that inevitably happens with a 24-hour global news cycle, active erasure now occurs with a few clicks.

Because I am not Black, Mexican, or Asian it isn’t my place to speak on the movements of those groups beyond observations of them. I can, however, speak to the many movements of my people. Okla Chahta ohoyo hapia hoke. I am a proud woman from the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. All through school I had teachers ask me if I knew that Native Americans made up just 1-2% of the entire United States population. It was hurtful to always be stared at as if I belonged in some sort of museum, and pushed me to look deeper into the needs of Indian Country as a whole. Issues my tribe doesn’t face, others do; and where there is trouble, there is generally a movement to change the cause for a better outcome. Since the very first colony settled on these lands in 1492, Indigenous peoples have been at risk for becoming one of these aforementioned forgotten groups.

Diminishing the power of those who make up today’s 566+ federally recognized tribes was the goal from day one and that’s obvious when you look at our numbers in the broad population. Even so, this has not stopped the fires burning among us. Every day we fight for a different facet of the erasure and oppression we face: Standing Rock, Bears Ears, Mauna Kea, Native mascots, tribal sovereignty, missing and murdered Indigenous women. The goal is to start these movements and prevent them from disappearing before anything can be accomplished. But how can we ensure that when even movements like that of Colin Kaepernick – who had the attention and support of millions of football fans – can be warped and forced out of the spotlight?

Journalist Jacqueline Keeler, of Navajo and Dakota decent, spoke briefly with me on the issue of staying relevant and being heard. Much of her beliefs appear to lie in the idea that our strength manifests in numbers.

I think that it’s not going to be easy and this is not the natural course of things. The exertion of sovereignty [and] something which I really advocate for: an Indigenous tribal government. I think that we need to organize politically because we’re talking about political rights, you know? Our safety, our security, our identity is only going to be protected politically. All of this is permeable as long as we are not politically strong, so we need to strengthen ourselves politically. Obviously we are talking about several hundred different nations, but we are stronger together and we have more at stake in common than we do apart.

Strengthening ourselves politically is an important idea to consider because tribal sovereignty is already ignored in day to day life. We need leaders who aren’t afraid to assert their power, and from there we need to work together to get our best into the U.S. government. Politics are at a turning point where things will either improve for those experiencing injustice or history will repeat itself.

National headlines detailing Standing Rock Reservation and the protection of sacred sites that were desecrated for the Dakota Access Pipeline proves that this idea of strength in unification is on the right track. Standing Rock is shared by Yanktonai Dakota, Hunkpapa Lakota, and Sihasapa Lakota. People from these tribes united and rallied for help in protecting their lands and burial grounds that were being threatened. Tribe after tribe sent letters of support and representatives to aid in the work that was happening up north. I sent packages of supplies to the very first wave of protectors in April 2016 while urging my tribal leaders to pen their support and send help. I observed Linda Black Elk, of the Standing Rock Sioux, use her background in Ethnobotany as an EMT for the protectors. I watched as needed roles were filled and veterans showed up to stand on the front lines following Trump’s executive order that reversed Obama’s protections. Although the pipeline has been completed, the events at Standing Rock are an inspiring example of strength in numbers. If we can come together and turn the public’s attention to the injustices we face, we can come together and work from inside the corrupt system that holds us down.

A Lakota youth advocate, Megan Red Shirt-Shaw, has worked admissions at multiple universities and is using her experience to work on a project designed to connect Natives pursuing their Ph.D. with mentors in their desired field. This came to mind when reading about Sáenz and Guerrero discussing how “Many of the young leaders of yesterday went to school and are now our doctors, lawyers, educators, and writers” (Guerrero, 61). If wielding our collective power to change societal tradition is key to the social movements of the future, avenues to and participation in academia is necessary. Education will be the foot in the door for minorities in politics; without which nothing will change about the lack of diversity in our representatives. The statistics for politicians in the United States proves that the diversity of the country is not reflected. In 2015 I read a Washington Post article titled “The new Congress is 80 percent white, 80 percent male and 92 percent Christian” that went on to detail the exact numbers of the 114th Congress. This country is not in a crisis where our population of women is severely lacking in numbers, so why is it that our government doesn’t more accurately reflect the diversity of the current population? Activism taking center stage in conversations across these lands means more youth are likely to actively pursue higher education and get involved in politics. As these numbers rise there is higher potential for the government to accurately represent this nation’s inhabitants.

By working together toward the ultimate power of representation we will eventually be able to reinvent the foundation of this country without a radical anarchy. And that’s how it should be done – slowly and with enough thought that everyone can benefit – otherwise we run the risk of someone being left out or these lands being damaged further. “Critics will rightly contend that co-management is not an ideal status for tribes. We are indigenous to the land and by right should have complete authority. But the political reality is that we don’t” (Curley, 72). I don’t believe there is a need to speak of something as severe as overthrowing and abolishing the government while minorities are at such a clear disadvantage. Though a nice fantasy to dwell in, a slow trickle into spaces that don’t currently have their doors open to us will be much easier.

While it is less than ideal to have to work so much harder than those currently in power just for the chance to enter their stadium, it’s worth it when we look at the cause. The root of any social movement examined corresponds with lack of power and that’s why we must focus on taking back said power and distributing it where deserved. Without that we will only see movements grow silent and fade out like the Chicano movement and the water protectors at Standing Rock. Movements visible to those who are involved, but otherwise unseen. We can choose to let the media pit us against other movements, break us from the inside, and turn onlookers against us or we can cease to feed that monster and focus on feeding ourselves. The majority will look away when comfortable and it is in those moments that we can choose to stay down where they want us or build up.

Works Cited Bump, Phillip. “The New Congress is 80 Percent White, 80 Percent Male, and 92 Percent Christian.” Washington Post. 5 January 2017. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the- fix/wp/2015/01/05/the-new-congress-is-80-percent-white-80-percent-male-and-92- percent-christian. January 2017.

Curley, Andrew. “Some Thoughts on a Long-Term Strategy for Bears Ears.” In Edge of Morning: Native Voices Speak for the Bears Ears, (pp. 66-73). Jacqueline Keeler. Salt Lake City, Utah: Torrey House Press. May 2017.

Guerrero, Salvador. “The Chicano Movement – Alive and Evolving.” In English One Reader, (pp. 61-62). Charles Brown. (Original work published 2011)

PROMPT: to be added. Blog & posts under construction/revision.

#paper two: social movements #grade: excellent #native american #college #english one #essay #personal #cultural #september 2018

[butchysterics]

thinking too hard about seeing the proper noun Transition used as loaded, multifaceted more-than-literal symbol of change/resilience/futurism in two dif contexts this week—‘resources is just another word for colonialism’ by andrew curley, talking about the ideal of energy transition for indigenous sovereignty in the US, and also the intro to transgender marxism (“Transition is not a dive into unbounded expansiveness, but a mess that a thousand failed attempts at comprehensible sociology have tried to push out of view. A persistent irritant, disturbing the smoothness of grand narratives.”)

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TDA Vegas Predictions

Just for fun/ to see how close I get! Again I didn’t know a lot of names so this is probably inaccurate but whatever 

Bold is top 3/4, * is who I think will win/want to win

Seniors Female top 20: Charity Anderson, Stephanie Sosa, Morgan Quinn, Sarah Reasons, Aaliyah Zolina, Bethany Violett, Tayler McGuire, Marissa Ferm Top 10: Shelby Patterson, Alexis Warr, Lucy Vallely*, Lauren Yakima, Talia Seitel, Jada German, Chau, Bella Allen, Jamie Bacon*, Gerianna LoTempio, Aria Terango Males: Andres Penata, Zeke Lindsley, Yadiel Figueroa, Jaxon Willard, Ferris Schley, Jake McAuley, Julian Lombardi, Scott Autry, Ezra Sosa, Christian Smith*

Teen Female top 20: Alexis Weldner, Courtney McColley, Kailyn Yi, Paige Litle, Summer Vu, Alex Andrada, Reyna Pine, Michelle Siemienowski, Jade Bucci, Kamryn Funk, Madalin Autry, Charlotte Foldes Top 10: Ava Brooks, Tate McRae*, Taylor Nunez, Ella Horan*, Sophia Frilot, Jenna Valenzuela, Mia Maxwell, Emmy Cheung, Brooke Judge, Carlee Schield, Aysia Ianero  Males: Brian Hooper, Holden Maples, Zach Cordova, Easton Magliarditi, Alexander Shulman, Carter Williams*, Sam McWilliams, Zach Sommer, Joziah German, Jemoni Powe

Junior (I realize I have way too many but I am just struggling to narrow it down) Female top 20: Ally Cheung, Athena Andrade, Farrah Hirsch, Milla Fabirkiewicz, Madelyn Munz, Summer O’Haver, Paige Kracht, Zoe Ridge, Kate Deschler, Vanessa Francis, Tegan Chou, Bryten Belka, Emma Donnelly, Lola Iglesias, Ava Lynn, Top 10: Aimee Cho, Marion Norris, Courtney Chiu, Allie Andrew, Sabine Nehls, Tegan Chou, Brooke Shaw, Addison Leitch, Brooklin Cooley, Hailey Meyers*, Ellianna Manella, Emma Hellenkamp, Sabine Nehls Male: Anthony Curley*, Devin Mar, Jonah Benyamin, Ashur Taylor, Jonathan Paula, Marcus Taylor

Mini Female top 10: Ellianna Walmsley, Gracyn French, Izzy Howard, Savannah Kristich*, Harlow Ganz, Rachel Loiselle, Crystal Huang, Sophia Sands, Avery Watson, Addison Jones, Brooklynn Jones, Kamri Peterson, Bella Sor Males: Nathaniel Chua, Gavin Miele, Tristan Gerzon*, Ethan Huang

#this was so mf hard i literally spent 2 hours just staring at names

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THE DANCE AWARDS FOOTAGE

ALL BEST DANCER DANCE-OFFS

these are all of the dance-offs i could find, it seems there aren’t any from 2012, 2011 or 2013 (other than mini female). likewise, any others that i couldn’t find i’ve indicated with an asterisk - if you can find these let me know and i’ll add them to the list.

MINI FEMALE

2013 / NEW YORK  tate mcrae, sophia lucia, kayla mak, brynn rumfallo, rosie elliott, madison foley, paige litle, carlee schield, madi toney, jaycee wilkins

2014 / NEW YORK kayla mak, charlee fagan, ruby castro, emily roman, destiny kluck, sarah moore, isabella baldino, kelsey cook, makenna miller, camila schwarz

2014 / LAS VEGAS brynn rumfallo, bostyn brown, dabria aguilar, keara nichols, courtney mccolley, jezzaeyah slack, jenna valenzuela, amber skaggs, ysabella reyes, emma york, carlee schield

2015 / NEW YORK jezzaeyah slack, bella klassen, ashley vallejo, ava brooks, ying lei pham, eliana hayward, halle lum, courtney lam, sarah moore, malli grace lackey

2015 / LAS VEGAS avery gay, kaylee quinn, peyton macdonald, brooklin cooley, kiarra waidelich, jessamina piazza, haley beck, ava dipretoro, cami ritzler, christian burse

2016 / ORLANDO diana pombo, destanye diaz, casey tran, alexis adair, brooke shaw, dyllan blackburn, ella saunders, hailey bills, madison brown, rachel leon

2016 / LAS VEGAS kiarra waidelich, brooklin cooley, hailey meyers, brightyn brems, alexis de lucas, bryten belka, carly allyn, samantha eve, summer montenegro, vanessa francis

2017 / ORLANDO hailey bills, dyllan blackburn, mariella saunders, cameron voorhees, brightyn rines, kaitlyn winnell, casey tran, lucy charlton, alexis adair, elliana walmsley

2017 / LAS VEGAS brightyn brems, sabine nehls, brooklin cooley, summer montenegro, crystal huang, aimee cho, ali ogle, alexis de lucas, savannah kristich, charlotte cogan

MINI MALE

2014 / NEW YORK brady farrar, zachary doran, charlie macdonald, jonah benyamin, devin mar,  liam ramdeen

2014 / LAS VEGAS joziah german, tristan ianiero, summit geiselman, sam kurtz, artyon celestine, morgan stowell

2015 / NEW YORK* tristan ianiero, jonathan paula, nicholas jacobsen, justin stillwagon, zachary doran, ryan scalero, garris munoz, ethan thai

2015 / LAS VEGAS gavin morales, artyon celestine, devin mar, lawson sharrer, mason kolontay, ramsey morrell, andrew imm, morgan stowell, collin benning, diego garcia, anthony curley, cristian ponder, andrew nash

2016 / ORLANDO jonathan paula, stefano bonomo, jackson foley, david consuegra, hayden mucha, sam fleshler, saverio tedesco, shawn taylor, tj beal, william huguet

2016 / LAS VEGAS artyon celestine, nathaniel chua, anthony curley, amadeus tiesling, arthur celestine, devin mar, diego garcia, jonah smith, timmy zvifel, wyatt moss

2017 / ORLANDO stephano bonomo, nicholas bustos, luke barrett, david consuegra, jason patryluk, william huguet, timothy zvifel, brady amaya, tristan gerzon, talen tsigaris, nathaniel chua

2017 / LAS VEGAS jt church, marcus taylor, roman pesino, degie setnes, jonah benyamin, patricio lopez, landon incorvaia, shane wexelman, nathan coish, asher morgado, oscar moreno, merce meynardie, ethan huang

JUNIOR FEMALE

2014 / NEW YORK sophia lucia, talia seitel, olivia alboher, rachael anderson, grace lethbridge, vivian ruiz, amy benedetto, mims mckee, anessa zivic, gabreille woodall

2014 / LAS VEGAS emma sutherland, jaycee wilkins, lauren yakima, brynklie brown, keely meyers, megan goldstein, michelle siemienowski, lucy vallely, lauren shaw, alexis watson

2015 / NEW YORK tate mcrae, lily gentile, emma york, maddie ziegler, madison foley, madi toney, gabrielle woodall, faith huguet, jenna waller, skye ayala

2015 / LAS VEGAS jaycee wilkins, quinn starner, bostyn brown, emmy cheung, eva igo, sophia frilot, courtney mccolley, jenna valenzuela, mia maxwell, dabria aguilar, julia depretoro, keely meyers, paige litle

2016 / ORLANDO bostyn brown, bella klassen, kayla mak, burkelle, reighard, camila schwarz, charlee fagan, courtney mccolley, destiny kluck, hallie green, isabella baldino, lizzy zaritsky, malli grace lackey

2016 / LAS VEGAS emma york, haley beck, abbey mcwhirter, alexandra andrada, alexis weldner, ava brooks, carlee schield, ella horan, emmy cheung, jade bucci, samantha mcgowan

2017 / ORLANDO bella klassen, jezzaeyah slack, brooke judge, lindsey wade, elliana mannella, bella mills, ava arbuckle, josabella morton, olivia deangelo, emma johnson

2017 / LAS VEGAS avery gay, ella horan, ava brooks, christian burse, ava wagner, brooke shaw, hailey meyers, haley beck, peyton macdonald, brooke cheeke, bennet espinda

JUNIOR MALE

2014 / NEW YORK findlay mcconnell, tristan simpson, julian sanchez, giovanni castellon, jacob lipke, anthony kelly, jeffrey lapira, adam iantorno, spencer seebach, brian hooper

2014 / LAS VEGAS carter williams, ryan maw, nate milledge, alec mittenthal, beni gottesman, yadiel figueroa, zach cordova

2015 / NEW YORK murphy lee, parker garrison, holden maples, nate milledge, aydin eyikan, justin luca, hayden luedde, kyler durrence, landen glass, daniel paula, marcel cavaliere

2015 / LAS VEGAS ryan maw, sage rosen, summit geiselman, alex cohoon, tj williams, mikey tua, zach cordova, michael filgas, justin renaud, joshua ukura, carter musselman

2016 / ORLANDO parker garrison, joziah german, daniel paula, daniel vargas, david keingatti, ethan thai, jackson rolof, jared grospe, russell schuller, ryan fiore, zachary doran

2016 / LAS VEGAS holden maples, easton magliarditi, ryan williams, alexander shulman, ashton eatchel, ethan taylor, holden kunowski, jemoni powe, moses rankine, sky bleeker

2017 / ORLANDO brady farrar, jackson rolof, hans anderson, jalen scriven, shawn taylor,  john mays, anthony dessables, tyreke holt, russell shuller, eliazar jimenez, anthony mattson, hayden mucha

2017 / LAS VEGAS tristan ianiero, easton magliarditi, jackson foley, holden kunowski, jonah smith, morgan stowell, colin benning, tai pampo, garris munoz, amadeus tiesling, rylen besler, isaiah wilson

TEEN FEMALE

2014 / NEW YORK jayci kalb, payton johnson, briar nolet, taylor sieve, madelyn link, makayla ryan, katrina khachi, kierstyn typa, madison macgregor, kerrynton jones, jessy lipke

2014 / LAS VEGAS simrin player, ashley green, addison moffett, kenedy kallas, alexis warr,  lexi tonniges, mackenzie meldrum, sam grayson, ambry mehr, olivia gieringer

2015 / NEW YORK payton johnson, kennedy kallas, ariana mcclure, jamie bacon, makayla ryan, anessa zivic, alexis warr, morgan higgins, paylina macias, ali deucher

2015 / LAS VEGAS lucy vallely, lauren yakima, kalani hilliker, mackenzie meldrum, mykayla hicks, sidney ramsey, aaliyah zolina, lauren shaw, emma janus, megan goldstein, talia seitel, kennedy huff

2016 / ORLANDO morgan higgins, quinn starner, samantha soto, lauren yakima, anessa zivic, bridget lee, camille cabrera, lauren shaw, lily gentile, rosie elliott, skye ayala, sydney burtis, vivan ruiz

2016 / LAS VEGAS emma sutherland, bella allen, kalani hilliker, denise goping, elise monson, ellie wagner, maria rosenberg, megan goldstein, olivia aboher, shelby patterson, talia seitel, taylor nunez

2017 / ORLANDO quinn starner, kelis robinson, vivian ruiz, anessa zivic, emily valencia, lily gentile, jenna meilman, ruby castro, trinity bonilla, skye ayala

2017 / LAS VEGAS megan goldstein, lauren yakima, chau, eva igo, briana del mundo, emmy cheung, mia maxwell, taylor nunez, ellie wagner, lauren shaw, madison foley

TEEN MALE

2014 / NEW YORK julian elia, jonathan wade, jhaleil swaby, ty forhan, liam melady, niko martinez, dean husted, d’angelo castro, mariano zamora, myles erlick

2014 / LAS VEGAS lex ishimoto, justin pham, nathan hirschaut, braxton hew-len, dylan slamka, spencer mccarrey, christian smith, michael artiga, quintin hugate, vince castillo

2015 / NEW YORK logan hernandez, eli alford, stefano gallelli, ezra soso, joey socci, wyeth walker, alex swader, scott autry, joseph harrington, shamus moriarty, scott dudas

2015 / LAS VEGAS graham feeny, d’angelo castro, christian smith, nathan hirschaut, anthony tette, julian lombardi, tristan simpson, evan iguanez, yadiel figueroa, emanuel dostine

2016 / ORLANDO d’angelo castro, gino cosculluela, findlay mcconnell, jamaii melvin, anthony kelly, harrison knostman, kyle anders, stefano gallelli, stephen myers, tim blankenship, troy martin

2016 / LAS VEGAS sage rosen, christian smith, carter williams, andres penate, brian hooper, ezra sosa, ferris schley, jaxon willard, nate milledge, tyler smith, zach cordova

2017 / ORLANDO* findlay mcconnell, joziah german, julian lombardi, sam mcwilliams, stefano gallelli, julian sanchez, anthony kelly, kyle anders, tj williams, daniel paula, murphy lee, tyler smith

2017 / LAS VEGAS* ryan maw, jaxon willard, carter williams, yadiel figueroa, jemoni powe, alexander shulman, brian hooper, spencer seebach, zack sommer, joshua ukura

SENIOR FEMALE

2014 / NEW YORK brianne sellars, briana morrison, chantelle good, jessica ferretti, candace vincent, vanessa kiriakou, alexa barzuna, selena lucchese, zoe hollinshead, audrianna martin del campo

2014 / LAS VEGAS alyssa allen, aika doone, hayden hopkins, cassidy fulmer, taylor labruzzo, lily leyva, nadia antonangeli, bostyn asjian, savannah latimer, paulina meneses, ale perciago, mccall olsen

2015 / NEW YORK jazzmin james, briar nolet, zoe hollinshead, christine mirando, sami eismont, kae kae lee, takia hopson, kalyn langford, ellen giffings, selena lucchese

2015 / LAS VEGAS ashley green, aika doone, taylor sieve, amanda sun, addison moffett, natasha wells, bostyn ashjian, ambry mehr, jennie palomo, alex brooks

2016 / ORLANDO jayci kalb, mackenzie meldrum, paulina macias, sidney ramsey, amanda baez, andrea ward, ashley coulson, kae kae lee, kaylin maggard, makayla ryan

2016 / LAS VEGAS taylor sieve, kailyn rogers, simrin player, justice moore, kennedy huff, kierra kelp, michaela horger, mykayla hicks, nichole bennis, nicole ishimaru, olivia gleringer

2017 / ORLANDO payton johnson, jessy lipke, sidney ramsey, megan caines, allie best, ashley coulson, ali stevens, mykayla hicks, paulina macias, samantha soto, makayla ryan

2017 / LAS VEGAS simrin player, elise monson, jamie bacon, ariana mcclure, jaida underwood, mindy platt, taylor payne, aubrey mccleary, aria terango, lexus johnson

SENIOR MALE

2014 / NEW YORK keanu uchida, kyle patrick clarke, issac lupien, shannon womble, jack moore, tristan ghostkeeper, wesley tang, matthew taylor, ethan colangelo, devon brown, derek piquette

2014 / LAS VEGAS eric schloesser, moises parra, jeremy platt, mathew rogers, ben green, lucas santhon, zane green, omar rivera, peter elakis, daniel bordonali

2015 / NEW YORK kyle patrick clarke, myles erlick, jay jay dixonbey, devon brown, liam melady, barry gans, shannon womble, niko martinez, dean husted, mariano zamora, jeremy platt

2015 / LAS VEGAS michael hall, chase bowden, nico lonetree, justin pham, andres cruz, eliott trahan, keegan hill, aaron williams, riley kurilko, evan morash, andrew mulet, damian terriquez, zane green

2016 / ORLANDO jonathan wade, nick daniels, nathan hirschaut, alex swader, david wright, dean husted, eli alford, howard johnson, niko martinez, shannon womble, asten stewart

2016 / LAS VEGAS lex ishimoto, jay jay dixonbey, riley kuriko, andres cruz, justin pham, luke kamppila, maclean frey, michael garcia, michael novitski, michael thurin, nico lonetree, samuel hall, scott autry, todd baker

2017 / ORLANDO wyeth walker, michael novitski, benjamin peralta, alex swader, tyrese parker, shamus moriarty, ian sanford, brendan moran, eli alford, tyler hutchings,  conner chastain

2017 / LAS VEGAS timmy blankenship, sam hall, christian smith, emiliano jimenez, tucker ferguson, riley kirlko, scott autry, david wright, ezra sosa, joshua bergner

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