The Haunani-Kay Trask _We are not happy Natives_ interview is online.

Posted by Drittens.

This video interview was originally released almost 25 years ago on CD-ROM; finally here it is on the internet:

www.pinkyshow.org/projectarchives/2024/2/19/haunani-kay-trask-we-are-not-happy-natives-education-and-decolonization-in-hawaii

It’s an “old” interview now, but everything Dr. Trask was fighting for in 2001 has only become even more critically important today. I sincerely hope many people will watch & read the whole thing, and allow themselves to reflect deeply on what she is saying.

We want to send a special thank you to Tim Sakamoto at in-D press for making this project possible, and also for allowing us to re-present these materials online. Kēhaulani Pu'u, Shane Pale, and Healani Sonoda - all ex-students of Haunani-Kay Trask - graciously allowed us to include their commentary. We also want to thank media revolutionaries Joan Lander and Puhipau of Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina, who gave us permission to include the footage of Haunani-Kay Trask’s January 17, 1993 sovereignty speech at ʻIolani Palace. They’ve actually helped us out many times over the years, always so much generosity and kindness.

After working on these January & February projects, I really feel like I’m ready to re-think what it is I should be doing with the last part of my life here on Earth.

Haunani-Kay Trask project: done!

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Wow, that was really difficult project! So many technical problems, and it just turned out to be way more work than I thought it’d be. But the great part was going through the material over and over again as I was putting everything together. I learned a lot. The more I think about what she’s saying the more amazing she becomes.

I just have to track down a couple more people for the sake of permissions - hopefully I can reach them on the telephone soon. I’ll make an announcement here when it goes live.

February project: Haunani-Kay Trask

Posted by Drittens.

I’m in the middle of working on our “February project.” I’m guessing a lot Pinky Show friends probably already know Haunani-Kay Trask (1949-2021) as a political leader, activist, writer, poet, and so on. But the material I’m working on focuses more on her work as an educator.

Daisy gave us a few boxes of notes, files, and video tapes from a project he did with Haunani-Kay Trask over 20 years ago. Part of what makes it a difficult project for me is because there’s a lot of technical issues that have to be overcome - for example, lots of the source material is on tapes, CD-ROMS, and (dead) hard drives that can’t easily be accessed. But the information is very important, so I’m trying to get it out there.

Wish me luck! :)

Book: _Elements of Indigenous Style_ (2018, Gregory Younging)

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I don’t usually recommend books because, well, what’s the point? It’d almost make more sense for me to make a list of which books I think people should avoid. Anyway.

It’s kind of shocking that I didn’t know this book existed until about a month ago - Elements of Indigenous Style, by Gregory Younging (1961-2019). This is part of the summary from the back cover:

“Elements of Indigenous Style offers Indigenous writers and editors - and everyone creating works about Indigenous Peoples - the first published guide to common questions and issues of style and process…”

Depending on who you are, you’re probably thinking right now, “Wow I really need that…” or maybe “Wow that sounds so boring…”

If you think you might need this book, then yes, I promise you need it even more than you already imagine. And if you think it’s probably boring, you’re going to be thrilled at how wrong you are as soon as you start reading it. It’s not only exciting because of how useful it is, it’s also fascinating because of how the author chose to present the information. It’s filled with excellent teaching. I’m learning so much about colonialism, history, epistemology, writing, and more. I send my sincere gratitude to Dr. Younging for this important treasure.

We don’t have any good bookstores around here. I had to walk almost 200 miles to get this book. Totally worth it, though.

Posted: Pinky's interview with Dr. Patrick Wolfe: What is settler colonialism?

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Pinky interviewed Dr. Patrick Wolfe back in 2009. That interview sat on a hard drive, for almost 15 years. But recently Pinky & I have been talking about doing work on the internet again, and we decided that putting Dr. Wolfe’s interview online would be a good thing to start with. So, long story short, I posted it to the “Dialogues” section of our PROJECT ARCHIVE a few minutes ago.

I hope a lot of people read this interview. Settler colonialism is one of the most important things settlers living in the U.S.A. could ever learn about.

You can read the interview here.

The first part of 2024 will focus on settler colonialism

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Pinky interviewed Patrick Wolfe in 2011 about settler colonialism. I’ll be posting that as soon as I finish editing it. It’s a pretty long read (by internet standards, I guess) but it’s filled with lots of great information. This is my “big internet project” for January 2024.

Happy New Year! Minizine #1 of 2024 : )

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Good morning! It’s a new year - “2024.” I wish everyone - all animals, plants, rocks, waters, and even germs a good year. Pinky, Kim, Susie, Nora, and even Daisy are all back at the Pinky Show office to reconnect, which is just another way to say we’re going to be eating a lot and relaxing together for a few days. This is my favorite time of the year.

Unless something disastrous happens we’re planning on 2024 to be an “internet year.” Today we’re starting off small with a new mini-zine. We made this one with college students in mind. These mini-zines line up and fold nicely if you print them at 100% size on standard letter-sized (typical “U.S.A. size”) paper. I hope you like it.

[ go to the mini-zine ]

And, in case you forgot:

[ How to fold the mini-zine. ]