This is refreshing. Michael Bryant, the Ontario Mininster of ABoriginal Affairs was up in Caledonia last week talking to non-native people about what is going on with the dispute there. He sort of live blogged his learning on YouTube, a nice candid set of relfections, although he stammers a fair bit. Would be good too if he spoke to some Haudonasaunee people as well, BUT kudos for him putting his thoughts out there like this. I think that makes for good accountability, especially if some of the folks he talked to weigh in in the comments section if they need to clarify what they told him.
Thanks to Carmen for the link.
Last week in New Mexico we were making all the predictable jokes about making this wrong turn at Albuquerque, and indeed on our way to Shiprock, we did make a wrong turn. My usually reliable wetware GPS software (in other words my traditionally infalliable sense of direction) completely abandoned me last week.
The worst however was saved for the trip home. While I came home on United via Denver, the harried ticket agent at the the counter somehow checked my bags to Denver and then on to San Francisco and Incheon, South Korea. Under the name Ji Yoon Kim.
Luckily United has a pretty good bag tracker system and it seems that my bag has been located and is due to return to Vancouver on flight 1116 from San Francisco, thence by truck and ferry over land and sea to me.
Here is a great description of Open Space as used at the Agile Open Northwest Conference.
This is a simple, inviting description of the process. Well done ANW folks!