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Baby's adoption approved, despite wrongful removal at birth by DOCS
- From: The Australian
- May 30, 2010
THE New South Wales Government's welfare agency seized a baby girl from her Chinese immigrant parents and, against their wishes, adopted her out to an Australian-born couple, prompting a judge to observe that the infant may have been "wrongly taken away".
The girl, who was born in NSW in March 2005, spent less than a day with her mother before being taken into custody by the NSW Department of Community Services on medical grounds.
Last month, the NSW Supreme Court awarded custody of the child to her adoptive parents, saying "even if the baby was wrongly taken away, that is not enough on its own" to warrant her return to her birth mother.
Court documents say the girl was born to a Chinese immigrant mother who speaks no English, and was described as "fearful of government and court processes".
Her baby was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a potentially life-threatening condition colloquially known as water on the brain.
The mother initially consented to an operation to insert a shunt to drain fluid, but then withdrew her permission.
The court heard the medical team had "great difficulty" communicating with the baby's mother, "not only because of the language problem but from an attitude of severe mistrust".
"(She) took the view that immediate surgery was unnecessary and that the doctor should wait and see how the baby's condition developed," the court heard.
DOCS then intervened, taking the baby into its care so the operation could go ahead.
Four months later, when the baby was discharged from hospital, she was sent to live not with her mother but with foster parents. They have cared for her since.
The court heard the girl has "various medical problems", including a developmental delay, but she "has thrived and is making very good progress" and has formed a close bond with her foster parents and their son, who was also adopted.
The couple applied to the NSW Supreme Court last month to adopt the girl, who has not seen her mother since the day after she was born.
Read more about the baby girl wrongfully put up for adoption at birth at The Australian.
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Anne of NSW Posted at 11:16 AM May 31, 2010
You know what i think that this is a terrible thing that they did to this mum BUT and i say BUT as to take away this child from a home she is thriving in would be stupid as she would then be sent to live with parents whom cant even speak english and have little knowledge of her health conditions. As sad as it is i think she would be better off with her new adoptive parents but her birth mother should have visitation rights. You cant blame the mother for not trusting authorities and look what happened to her to prove she was right.
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Frustrated of Prejudice Posted at 11:15 AM May 31, 2010
Another racially charged comments section I see... All I can say is: if this was not racial prejudice at its worst, think what would have resulted had the races of the parents been opposite? If Chinese parents adopted the White child in exactly the same situation as above? I would bet there would be an UPROAR and street protests at DOCS and government house. Speaking English is NOT an excuse to remove a child from their birth mother! Or have we not learned anything and returned to the 'Stolen Generation' period?? Shameful.
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Ostrich In The Sand Posted at 11:13 AM May 31, 2010
Its deja vu .What shes going through is the same pain caused and experienced from the forceful removal of aboriginal children than.Dont they ever learn?
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Mother of 2 of Esk Posted at 11:08 AM May 31, 2010
That child belongs with her birth mother. Just because she can't speak english, or distrusts authority does not mean she is not a good mother. She must think she is back in China. Mind you Australia has been going down that path these past few years. The powers that be dictating everything what we can or can't do or say. Won't be longbefore They decide Who is allowed to live on this planet, or is there is already a law in existance which we are not aware of yet. The reds are alive and kicking and not under the beds either, but in Australia with their feet under every table of power.
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Nurse/Naturopath/Mum of Perth Posted at 11:02 AM May 31, 2010
How terrifying! There are many parents around the nation who question medical 'care'. From a Chinese background, was it so hard to find an interpreter? Please! I wonder if she had seen a similar case in China using traditional healing methods to treat hydrocephaly. As a naturopath AND nurse, I know of at least two methods that work well. I have also nursed babies with shunts, that died from post op infection and even dislodgment of shunt particles - resulting in stroke and death. How frightening for the mother; how atrocious of the foster parents not to keep contact. I have friends who foster and they always push for parental contact unless abuse is involved. EVERY SINGLE PARENT should be alarmed at this. The judge has basically said, we have no rights because it is not enough that we are parents, to warrant custody.
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Pawsss Posted at 11:01 AM May 31, 2010
DOC's do have a reputation for doing the right thing dont they. Perhaps the mother was better off in a communist country after all.
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Robert Clohesy of Ballarat Posted at 11:00 AM May 31, 2010
I wonder why she was fearful of government and court processes.
Comment 7 of 113
dave ingerson of Brisbane Posted at 10:50 AM May 31, 2010
Sorry, P of B but it sounds like you have no knowlage of the condition, the shunt is probably required and will need constant monitoring, fear of medical professionals is more dangerous than complete belief in them, I speak from experiance. The childs life would be endangered.
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Heidi of Sydney Posted at 10:41 AM May 31, 2010
We think we can provide a baby a better living conditions so we make the decision to take the baby away from her mum? Her parents are just difficult to communicate, but not bad parents! It's simply against against humanity, like what we did to the iniegenous people....Return the baby to her mum no matter how disadvanced they are!
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Not Old Yet of Sydney Posted at 10:39 AM May 31, 2010
This is a very sad case. I think it is horrible that a government agency can just take a baby away from its mother. This is inhumane. What is happening to our society?
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Mumsy of Adelaide Posted at 10:35 AM May 31, 2010
Absolutely disgraceful by DOCS. As a recent mother to a beautiful daughter, i'm always looking out for the best for my child. If the birth mother did not understand fully the situation and there were language difficulties, then DOCS should have tried harder (use an interpreter??) instead of yanking this child away from the mother. I hope she fights to get her back..
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Lisa of Melbourne Posted at 10:34 AM May 31, 2010
Of all Asian Doctors and Medical staff in Australia they still found it difficult to communicate with this poor woman. She has every right to decide on her child's medical treatment, it seems her language skills and fear were taken advantage of in order to take control. She is the child's mother and she may well be a better parent than the adoptive parents, what is really stopping her from having her own child?
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Peter of Melbourne Posted at 10:34 AM May 31, 2010
Another reason for it to be mandatory to speak, read and write fluent English before allowing someone to migrate to this country. We are not a Mandaring language country, no matter how much KRudd wants to sell us down the river to his Chinese overlords.
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mm Posted at 10:30 AM May 31, 2010
Think about if you were the mum, how desprate you will become when your baby girl were given to someone you never knew. That was just so sad!!!
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Katie of Perth Posted at 10:26 AM May 31, 2010
And if DOCS had left the baby with the mother, and she died, they would be slammed for not taking action. It's a lose lose situation isn't it? But maybe we should consider that all the facts are not represented in a news story, so perhaps there is more to the story.
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Eugene Posted at 10:22 AM May 31, 2010
The mother may have a right to question medical treatment, however she does not have the right to refuse treatment for a life threatening condition. DOCS in this case did was required to save the child's life.
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C OF V Posted at 10:21 AM May 31, 2010
This happens all to often DOCS have a quota to fill, and if they dont fill it they dont get kickbacks from the government. Would you be scared or afraid if you just had a baby and they wanted to shove something in you're babies head. ?? The father speaks English, why just put the mother down? I known plenty of families whom have parent's who speak little to know English and they have not had their kids taken away. Give the child back to her mother, at least the mother isn't some 15 year old high school drop out heroine addict hooker who had a baby for the baby bonus
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Graham W of North qld Posted at 10:18 AM May 31, 2010
No wonder the girl was mistrusting of "authority". She was obviously right. Does this set a precedent for a child to be taken away because of socio-political views? Religious views? The fact that you don't speak English? This woman deserves a good pro bono lawyer and a public apology. Disgusting and amoral on the part of social services.
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renee SA of South Australia Posted at 10:18 AM May 31, 2010
once again the so called 'welfare' department takes another child away from its parents and again another so called 'foster' family has more entilements than the parents of the child. you would think that being 2010 australia would start to learn from its mistakes!!!!
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Harry Mudd of Newacstle Posted at 10:15 AM May 31, 2010
there was no one at that hospital that speak mandarin? good God. This reeks of "cover-my-arse".
Comment 20 of 113
Lily of Sydney Posted at 10:15 AM May 31, 2010
If the situation had been reversed and the baby was taken away from an Australian couple and adopted by a Chinese immigrant couple - I wonder what would the reaction be there.
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Heavenly of NSW Posted at 10:15 AM May 31, 2010
While it is sad the child has never known her birth mother, it is sadder that the child would not have lived if it had remained with the birth mother and not received the operation it desperately needed. If my children needed medical attention, sure as heck I am going to get it for them, not have a wait and see attitude.
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SAgal Posted at 10:14 AM May 31, 2010
If it were a white 'Aussie' mother who had questioned the medical treatment for her child, I wonder if the baby would have been removed and fostered out so quickly. Did the hospital even try to get an interpreter??
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just-a-mum Posted at 10:14 AM May 31, 2010
Why is anyone surprised? Parents, particularly mothers', have no rights anymore; we don't know what's best for our child/children. Absurd "blanket" rules now see our kids suffering more, not less.
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mary of alice springs Posted at 10:06 AM May 31, 2010
The foster parents have only APPLIED to become adoptive parents. Someone should in all fairness consider the mother. After all the baby appears to be less than six months.
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Helen Maghee Posted at 10:05 AM May 31, 2010
I can't see that they had any right to take away this woman's baby - who do they think they are - GOD. I think this is a disgrace to us really.
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Speedy of SARCASM Posted at 10:04 AM May 31, 2010
Why is it wrong to kiddnap aboriginal children, but not Chinese?
Comment 27 of 113
Yobbo Posted at 10:01 AM May 31, 2010
Usually people who distrust authority have good reason to do so.
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Jay Posted at 10:01 AM May 31, 2010
I really feel for the biological mother, but this child was born in 2005, so is now 5 years old. The effects this would have on the child if it was taken away now has disaster written all over it. The childs natural mother cant speak english, how would she communicate with a child that has been ripped from the only family she has ever known. Very sad for all involved.
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Andrew JACKSON Posted at 10:00 AM May 31, 2010
This is a very sad situation on a number of levels, firstly the child could never be returned to her biological mother at this stage of her life as she has no real connection with her as she has never known her, she has spent her formative years with people she only knows as parents, who have loved and cared for her. Her biological mother is a complete stranger to her and at this stage of her life she could never form the bond she has formed with her adoptive parents. All this being said though, I do believe it is important for the child to get to know her biological mother so that in later life she still has some connection with her biological family. This is a very sad situation and one from which I can see there can be no winners.
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sophie of bris Posted at 9:58 AM May 31, 2010
Corsair...why would it be worse to take the child away from the adoptive parents? The girl is still a baby and the biological Mother DESERVES her back, she never gave consent for the child to be adopted in the first place! The adoptive parents would have likely known this as well, I think they should be stripped of their foster rights in this case.
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Jyp of Brisbane Posted at 9:54 AM May 31, 2010
And if DoCS had not stepped in and the young child died you all would be crying for their blood as well. They simply try and do the best thing for the child. Oh the title for this article is very misleading. The Judge said "MAY have been wrongly taken"
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Justice Posted at 9:51 AM May 31, 2010
Thw worst thing as a parent is to have your child taken away from you and not knowing how your baby is doing. This is quite sad and disheartening. What I can't understand is...why wasn't an interpreter present if language was a difficulty. The situations need to be rectified and the birth parents contacted to let them know how their baby is doing at least.
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Betty of Melbourne Posted at 9:51 AM May 31, 2010
There has to be more to this. Parental rights are very rarely revoked in Australia. And as a nurse I find it appalling that, despite the circumstances, the health team seem to be blaming the mother for lack of communication. It's not only the health professionals job but legal obligation to ensure that there are impartial translators present when dealing with patients and family that do not speak english as their first language.
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Steve of Adelaide Posted at 9:50 AM May 31, 2010
Given the way the government in this country behaves, she probably would have been better off staying in China.
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Zeiza of parramatta Posted at 9:50 AM May 31, 2010
Give the child back to the birth parents! The government departments never can get anything right, obviously DOC's needs to investigate issues further than just going around taking children of parents.
Comment 36 of 113
Charlie C of sydney Posted at 9:48 AM May 31, 2010
This is outrages. DOCS is not fit to be a department of CARES for the community. Over and over, they screw up people's life. Are they qualified to do their job?????????
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Cindy Posted at 9:47 AM May 31, 2010
The Australian government has a long history of stealing children from supposedly unfit parents so this doesn't suprise me at all. Since when is a mother obliged to let someone she doesn't trust operate on her child? Doctors love to bully people into surgery without allowing them to get all of the relevant information or even get second opinions. Obviously when the mother withdrew her consent for the operation, the hospital decided they would do whatever the hell they want regardless and had DOCS take the girl away. If her parents were white and spoke English I'm sure this would never have happened. What a bunch of ghouls these people are. I almost feel sorry for the adoptive parents except they have a stolen child so shouldn't have any rights where she is concerned. If they had any morals at all they would return the girl to her mum. Even in cases of child abuse the child isn't usually adopted out, just fostered. I wonder if DOCS even bothered to provide an intepreter when they took they girl away.
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Las Vegas Posted at 9:44 AM May 31, 2010
seems authorities can do what ever they want and the ordinary person has no rights at all. I agree that medical intervention could have been appropriate but we do have qualified interpreters that would have got the message across to this poor woman who will bear the scars forthe rest of her life. Shame on you Australia
Comment 39 of 113
Jason of Sydney Posted at 9:42 AM May 31, 2010
this is absolutely disgusting. Corsair, I don't suppose you're a parent?
Comment 40 of 113
Steve Chen Posted at 9:39 AM May 31, 2010
Another of those White Australian, Lost Children episode begins. Let the Chinese Immigrant take the NSW government to court and win some $$$$ !
Comment 41 of 113
zj Posted at 9:37 AM May 31, 2010
Happens every day with DoCS removing a child on spurious grounds, which makes adoptions by DoCS suspect and definitely not in the best interest of the child. Messasge Stick was illuminating about the manner that this takes place with no warning, just jackboots.
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mum of Sydney Posted at 9:36 AM May 31, 2010
Sometimes parents don't know best. Ocassionally authorities have to intervene. In this case the baby has done well, being the most vulnerable person in the scenario its needs over ride the mums.
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Boleh of Berwick Posted at 9:36 AM May 31, 2010
I don't understand. What is the basis for taking away the baby from the mother? Is it just because the mother could not speak English and her disapproval for her baby to be operated? Is that it???? This is daylight kidnapping
Comment 44 of 113
Kem of Sydney Posted at 9:36 AM May 31, 2010
Do you blame her for not trusting the authroties .....this is the reason why ??? look at the way they are treating her just because she doesnt speak english come on guys we are getting bad!!!
Comment 45 of 113
Ana Posted at 9:33 AM May 31, 2010
The foster parents should not have wrongfully adopted that child, disgusting attitude. The child is not property to be traded around. The mother has a right to care for her child and question doctors.
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Steph Posted at 9:32 AM May 31, 2010
That is so sad...imagine how the birth mother must feel. That is injustcice and very racist, just because the birth mother couldn't speak any English, the judge took advantage of that.
Comment 47 of 113
Vic Square of Adelaide Posted at 9:28 AM May 31, 2010
Why are the parents in Australia in the first place if they cannot speak English?
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Child First of Tasmania Posted at 9:28 AM May 31, 2010
I think you need to read carefully the whole story. Hydrocephalus is not something you can "wait" with. Water on the brain if left untreated will leave the child little more than a vegetable even dead. If the birth mother does not understand the ongoing medical care of her child, then DOC's got it right. Some immigrants take years to understand our medical system even with interpreters. It's sad, but the child's best interest came first.
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Nic of gc Posted at 9:25 AM May 31, 2010
What a disgusting situation - yet there are mothers smoking, drinking and doing drugs while pregnant - why do they get to keep their children when born? They didnt give two hoots about them when they were pregnant.
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History & Foundations of Yoga: Provides groundwork for understanding the origins, history and scope of yoga and its philosophical roots that form the basis of modern-day yoga. Patanjali's 8 limbs and the key Gods and Goddesses will also be explored. Click here to register!
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Uncover and demystify some of the the potent teachings of yoga. The sutras is a foundational yogic text, comprised of 196 terse statements containing ancient wisdom that holds relevance for our modern-day life. We will study the sutras through the lens of both classical and tantric yoga traditions with discussion and personal inquiry. Deepen your appreciation for the depth of yogic practice! Click here to register!
Bhagavad Gita: Explore one of yoga's most beloved texts, the Bhagavad Gita – an epic tale of a young warrior prince who faces a big dilemma. The Gits delves into the philosophies of yoga and the 'big questions' of life of with discussions about karma, dharma, devotion and service. Click here to register!
Anatomy & Physiology for Yoga: This module is all about the body. You will learn about body structures such as fascia, the skeleton, key joints and muscles. Learn about the anatomy behind yoga asanas and tools to find optimal alignment in your body. We will also explore how to work with some common injuries and other health concerns. Click here to register!
Subtle Anatomy: Ancient Yogis mapped out the human body in its subtle form – that which we cannot see. This weekend we explore the subtle energies at work in our bodies including the koshas (sheaths), chakras (energetic centres), kundalini and pranas. You will also be introduced to Ayurveda, the 'sister science of yoga'. Click here to register!
2015 Program Dates:
History & Foundations of Yoga: February 6-8
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: March 6-8
Bhagavad Gita: April 10-12
Anatomy & Physiology for Yoga: May 1-3
Subtle Anatomy: June 5-7


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Georgia! Thank goodness the cranky weather, cloudy, rainy holidays like St. Patrick's Day, freaky ice storms — are behind us now. Just in the nick of time. March has been a bit of a knicker-pincher in terms of the events I've hosted beginning on March 5, 2015 with Lo! The Poor Indian No More: The Trans-Atlantic Choctaw Irish Exchange 1848-1995, A Colloquium at the Russell Special Collections Library at the University of Georgia.
In 1847, the Choctaw Indians at Skullyville, Indian Territory were saddened to hear the news of the starvation in Ireland due to the potato famine. The Choctaw had experienced starvation only sixteen years earlier, when the entire Choctaw Nation of people were forced to walk west by Andrew Jackson's government. The event is known as the Trail of Tears. Choctaws were the first to be "removed" out of Southeast and their ancient homelands. The Nation lost one quarter of its population. Fast-forward to Skullyville, Indian Territory. The Choctaws collected $170.00 (or $710.00, there's a controversy about the money) and forwarded the funds to the U.S. famine relief organization.
Paul Gleeson, Consul General of Ireland, Atlanta began our event on March, 5, 4:30 p.m., at the University of Georgia and told us that incredible as it sounds, Ireland's population has never recovered from the famine disaster of 1847-1848. Before the famine Ireland's population was eight million. 168 years later the population of Ireland is barely six million.
The panelists for the colloquium were Jacki Rand, (citizen, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), associate professor of history at the University of Iowa; Padraig Kirwan, Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK; Peter D. O'Neill, Assistant professor in the Comparative Literature Department at UGA; Jace Weaver, Franklin Professor of Native American Studies and the Director of the Institute of Native American Studies at UGA, and me. We had a marvelous crowd of about 90 people, a mix of the public, students and faculty and I'm so grateful for the support everyone has shown me. The March 5 event was to kick off our book-length project on the history of the Irish Choctaw exchange. Pictured below, left to right, Padraig Kirwan, Peter O'Neill, Paul Gleeson, Jace Weaver, Jacki Rand, and me.
Following the Choctaw Irish Colloquium, the UGA Creative Writing faculty flew to Missoula, Montana for "Thinking Its Presence: The Racial Imagery" March 12-14, 2015, a conference on race in the 21st century. The panel reading was Thursday afternoon and organized by poet and fiction writer, Maggie Z. Her new book Companion Animal is coming out in a few hours, (actually April 1) congratulations Maggie. See back and front below. Cool, beans, huh!
Pictured below are the UGA creative writers, left to right, Magdalena Zurawski, Gabriel Fuentas, Shamala Gallegher, and Ed Pavlic. The next day I had to leave Missoula, Montana and fly to Albuquerque, New Mexico for the Native American Literature Symposium (NALS), March 12-14, 2015. I've been part of the organizing group that's hosted NALS for the past 16 years. We've always held the conference on Native land, another important aspect of the conference.
Pictured below are NALS regulars at the Isleta Casino where the conference was held this year. I can hardly believe it, that 16 years have passed so quickly. I'm very proud of all the literary scholars that have come through NALS over the years.
My last event to host in March at UGA is a reading by Susan Power, author of the 2013,
Sacred Wilderness, Roofwalker, and The Grass Dancer. Power's reading, March 26, 2015 will be at 4:30 p.m. at the North Auditorium on the UGA campus. Power is also reading and signing books at Avid Books in Athens, GA from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Next, the UGA CW faculty will be reading at Cine Theater on Hancock in Athens, GA March 31, 2015 from our work. 7 p.m. (I'll be reading new poems.)
On April 4, 9:30 p.m. I'll be reading at the Scissortail Creative Writing Festival, East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma. YAH!
In Passing: Greg Rodgers, 1968-2014
Summer of 2014. Early June as I recall, not too hot, not too humid. Greg Rodgers, Eman Ghanayem, and me. Two Choctaws and a Palestinian from Hebron, West Bank, out for a summer joy ride in Atoka County, Oklahoma, home to Choctaws. Eman and Greg were both graduates students at the University of Illinois. They'd come to visit me in Ada, Oklahoma. For some reason we decided to drag Eman to all the famous sites in Oklahoma. We took her to the Sonic Drive-in on Mississippi Street in Ada, Oklahoma. Then to the Choctaw Nation's headquarters in Durant. Then out to the casino and all the food courts were closed. WTF?! Greg then directed us to Boggy Depot where he pointed out the graves of his kinfolks on the Folsom side of his Choctaw family.
Pictured below, Greg Rodgers and I are standing looking at the map of Boggy Depot. You can see Eman's shadow, (left) as she snaps a picture of us studying the map of the area. We spent the afternoon looking at Choctaw headstones, calling out the names of ancestors. We walked around the site, mostly trying to steamroll Eman. Since she'd never been to Oklahoma we told her she was our "captive." She yawned. Not a good sign. Next we decided to educate her with a piece of disputed history: Thanksgiving. She tried to change the subject.
"What is the history of awkwardness?" she asked. Clever girl. Greg intervened. "What is a "derivative" in the stock market?" he countered. "Touché," I shouted. Seeing that we were deadlocked in a battle for our wits, we halted the chit-chat. Instead, we told Eman all the things Choctaw captives must do to become fully "Choctawized,"
1) Buy us lots of coca-cola.
2) Buy us lots of gasoline for the car — after all these sightseeing trips cost money.
3) Take pictures of us that make us look "wise."
4) Listen to endless boorish stories about the "greatest red people of all: The Choctaws." Did I mention that Choctaws are braggarts?
After joking around all day with Eman and Greg, I remember a profound sense of serenity came over me. That was truly a halcyon day last summer, one I will never forget.
Greg passed away quite suddenly on December 17, 2014, — he left us with nothing but good memories. He was just about to finish his MFA a the University of Illinois, where he was working on a great novel-in-progress. Illinois will grant him the MFA in Creative Writing posthumously in April 2015. He had written enough for two books.
On February 20, 2015, the Native American House at Illinois is hosting a memorial for Greg Rodgers and everyone is invited to attend. Check out the website: http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1534/32480945
Pictured above, standing, are Gwen Westerman, Eman Ghanayem, and Greg Rodgers. Seated, me and Susan Power.
It's been hard to write about Greg's passing, he was family and I dearly loved him. I'd recruited him to Illinois into the MFA program in Creative Writing in English where he excelled. We shared a passion for Choctaw history, culture and language. We liked to pretend we were the original "Choctaw chucklers," always joking around about this, that, or the other. Greg, I know you're watching us from the other side and telling the friends and family around you, "about the time . . . "
You are so right. "In the end all you are is your Story."
We miss you, chi kana.
Embodiment and Native Theatrical Praxis
Over the past four years I've been working on a new play coauthored with Monique Mojica (Rappahannock and Kuna). I say "co-authored," but I should include our design team and especially the lands we've been working on as co-collaborators in the process of developing a healing ceremony, or play. Our team includes designers Dustin Mater (Chickasaw), Marcus Amerman (Choctaw), Tyra Shackleford (Chickasaw), James Wallace (Choctaw), composer Jerod Tate, (Chickasaw), costume designer Erika Isherhoff, lighting designer Michel Charbonneau, props Tim Hill, anthropologist and embodiment praxis scholar Brenda Farnell (University of Illinois), body movement specialist Danielle Smith (Toronto), dramaturge and literary scholar Chad Allen (Ohio State University), and theater director and dramaturge Ric Knowles (University of Guelph). The four-year project, "Indigenous Knowledge and Contemporary Performance" has been funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research of Canada (SSHRC) and is about the recovery of indigenous knowledge, not Native victimization stories, per se.
The project addresses research questions about the recovery, renewal, and use of Indigenous forms and epistemologies in the creation and annotation of contemporary Native theatre and performance. Our research methodology is located within an embodied research/creation (or practice-based research process), meaning we're using our physical bodies to locate certain stories that tribes wrote into the land as they were creating mounds and Earthworks across Native North America. Since 2011, we've visited earthworks sites all across the continent from the Snake Mound in Peterborough, Ontario to the Bird Mound at Poverty Point, Louisiana and dozens of sites in between. We also visited Mai Don mound site in southwest England such as in the photograph above. Other mound sites include Nanih Waiya, (shown far below), and Newark, Ohio (below). We hope to have the new play produced in 2016. We also traveled to New York City's Coney island Sideshow School in 2013 and learned how to escape from strait jackets, (pictured below) walk on glass, swallow fire. I didn't attempt to swallow fire, I knew I would freak out, inhale, and die with collapsed lungs. All this research is going into the new play titled, "Sideshow Freaks and Circus Injuns." It's complicated, I know. Stay tuned for more updates on our progress throughout 2015!
A Night at MLA in Vancouver, BC 2015
The Modern Language Association's awards ceremony was awesome! I want to thank the judges Penny Kelsey, Chad Allen, and Dean Rader for awarding Choctalking on Other Realities (Aunt Lute Books) the first MLA Studies in Native American Literature prize for 2015. This is a great honor for my book. My friends, poet and sound artist Tracie Morris, and fiction writer Tayari Jones came to the ceremony and hosted me on the town with champagne and a festive meal at the Four Seasons in Vancouver, British Columbia. Life is sweet! Thank you all.
Happy Halloween 2014! Athens, Georgia
Whew, almost 10,000 children came to my door this Halloween, (I was dressed as the Wicked Witch of the West complete with green face paint). And I'm happy to report that no one came to my door wearing an American Indian headdress, cheesy loin cloth, Chief Illiniwek t-shirt, or Atlanta Braves-t-shirt, it was all ghosts, bumblebees, football players, Spiderman costumes, Grim Reapers, and okay, someone was dressed up like Ted Nugent . . . they probably thought he was dead. Here are some of the adorable characters that visited my home in Athens, GA.
Returned to Georgia!
After a ten-day stint in San Francisco, California giving readings and hanging out with friends at Berkeley, Oakland; I've returned to Athens, Georgia. Wow, the weather in San Francisco is so different from Athens. The air in the San Francisco is as dry as the monumental redwoods, and the air of Athens is wet and heavy with mist. I am glad to be mentally in two places at once.
I gave readings at the University of California, Berkeley; Galeria de La Raza, and at the Inter-Tribal Friendship House in Oakland, three workshops on writing to Native teens and elders. Next week: Mr. Peabody reads Blessed Harve and other stories of adventure.


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In 2011, Payson High School had 20 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Arizona average is 21 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
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well from the first day of regerstration the women in the office were very nice,But today august 4th less then a week later they are down right rude from the office to the bookstore and so on. They need to understand that alot of us have freshmen and are unsure of things we are still trying to learn this stuff to(the parents) I apologogize for not being up to par on everything my son started on Friday the 30th. so I would suggest to be more polite please! thank you make us feel welcomed that would be great! thanks for your time!
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i have had 170 cranks thats what came on my bike. if i put on some 172.5 what will i need to do? maybe lower the saddle a bit? or is it not that huge of a jump.
i have had 170 cranks thats what came on my bike. if i put on some 172.5 what will i need to do? maybe lower the saddle a bit? or is it not that huge of a jump.
It's 1/8 of an inch. That's not very much. You might not even notice.
You probably will not need to move the saddle, but the longer cranks will feel different. Maybe better, ask your knees after riding on it for a while.
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Read this whole thread (especially pages 3 and 4) for a truly exhaustive analysis of all the implications of different crank lengths.
Here's a list of pro crank lengths for you tekkies!
My guess is you will notice the difference for, maybe, 10 minutes. After that they will feel just like your 170's. I have an MTB refitted for the road that has 175 mm cranks and all of my road bikes have 170's. I barely notice the transition even when riding them back-to-back.
I am height challenged at 66" and experimented in the '70s with 175mm TA cranks and
it was noticeable and annoying compared to 170mm, mainly the slightly larger crank
circle threw me off. The torque variances are small, but larger pedaling circle lead me
rapidly back to 170mm. Altho my ATB is 175, pedaling over wildly varying terrain rather
than smooth asphalt swamps out the difference there, never noticed. A significant
variance is your height, if you are 68-72" especially, you will likely never notice the
I didn't notice the difference between my mtb, roadie, and track bike until someone told me they had different lengths (180, 172.5, and 167.5 respectively). The I felt the difference
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I had 175s briefly (because they were on hand) and it made my knees hurt. I have bikes with 165s (e.g. the fixie) and 170s, those are both fine.
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You will probably have to adjust your seat (if you are picky like me). I upsized from 172.5 to 175 and had to lower my seat a few mills.
I had 172.5 on my road bike and when I went to build up my TT bike, I bought some used 175's on ebay. I liked them so much I decided to get 175's when I upgraded my group.
But really the difference is miniscule. The percentage change between crank arm length is so small compared to other measurements. I was told to try to keep all your cranks the same length between bikes so they all feel the same. But obviously it doesnt apply to track bikes since your crank length is pretty much determined by how steep the banking is.
I have short legs (ride a Small Giant and never taller than a 51 cm frame) and I ride 175's. I used to ride 170's all around - mtb, road, track. Now I have 175's mtb, road, tandem (haven't touched the track bike in a while). I tend to spin till I'm suffering then I push (doesn't everyone?). My strength is sprinting, I can't climb or TT to save my life.
My thoughts on cranks:
Basically I would save significant ergonomic changes for the off season. Significant = crank length, perhaps shoe or pedal swaps if they are radically different. Anything to do with your hips down. bar, stem, seat, etc are not as significant and easy to change back.
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The *first* revelation this week, at least
This week's Glenn Greenwald revelation is that Britain's GCHQ JTRIG intelligence organization offers its agents and planners tools with abilities to increase the search ranking of chosen web sites, "change outcome of online polls", "masquerade Facebook Wall Posts for individuals or entire countries", and accomplish "amplification of a given message, normally video, on popular multimedia websites (Youtube)." [more inside]
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"We asked for nothing. They offered us less" - Ontario's teachers
Years of labour peace between the government of Ontario and teachers came to an end this year. Like their colleagues in British Columbia, Ontario teachers and support staff are complaining of unfair, unnecessary, and unconstitutional legislation -- the Putting Students First Act, 2012 -- that gives the Education Minister, Laura Broten, unchallenged power to ban strikes, job actions, set compensation and benefits, and to take over local school boards who are non-compliant. Ontario school boards are unanimously opposed to the Act, which reduces their power, and so are teachers and support staff, who feel the government is manufacturing a crisis. Most see this as a cynical ploy to capture public support for two by-elections this week that could nudge the Liberal government into majority status. ETFO and OSSTF, two of the teacher unions involved, have repeatedly pointed out that "the school year is not in jeopardy", that they had already accepted a wage freeze, and that local bargaining is proceeding well. As legislation looms aheads, teachers, support staff, and labour activists are wondering: is this the end of collective bargaining for the public sector? [more inside]
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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (R) has proclaimed April to be Confederate History Month in his state, without referencing slavery or civil rights. The move has angered civil rights leaders and revived a controversy that has lain dormant for eight years. FireDogLake is reporting that the neo-confederate group which lobbied Governor McDonnell to make the proclamation has ties to white supremacists. [more inside]
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"If anything, a civil rights background is considered a liability." Meet the politically-appointed career staffers of the Justice Dept.'s Civil Rights Division: ... the kinds of cases the Civil Rights Division is bringing have undergone a shift. The division is bringing fewer voting rights and employment cases involving systematic discrimination against African-Americans, and more alleging reverse discrimination against whites and religious discrimination against Christians. ... Thorough Boston Globe article on how the administration disbanded the hiring committee in 2002 to appoint lawyers with a very different vision of what civil rights are, and the ensuring and ongoing results.
Alarming Article on Security Procedures
Alarming Article on Security Procedures What is alarming is not necessarily that there is a "no-fly" list, or that we have security measures in response to a percieved terrorist threat. What's alarming is that there seems to be no accountabity or due process demanded from public officials. Without accountability, what's to stop public officials from acting arbitrarily, or for some political endeavor? (See the Plame case.) Combined with the Right's seeming position that the president is above the law in prosecuting a war, U.S. Supreme Court Case No. 03-1027 (Rumsfield v. Padilla) and Case No. 03-6696 (Hamdi v. Rumsfield), (see also the recent DOJ position papers), and for the 1st time I am becoming nervous that America might devolve into something like a police state.
Spying on US
Meet the new watchers California's National Guard has formed a new unit: Known as the Information Synchronization, Knowledge Management and Intelligence Fusion program, the project is part of an expanding nationwide effort to better integrate military intelligence into global anti-terrorism initiatives. Although Guard officials said the new unit would not collect information on American citizens, top National Guard officials have already been involved in tracking at least one recent Mother's Day anti-war rally organized by families of slain American soldiers, according to e-mails obtained by the Mercury News.
Dr. Stonedlaw: Or How I Stopped Toking and Learned to Love the Law
"Defending America's Most Vulnerable" - a new bill, introduced in the House by the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Sensenbrenner (R-WI). Among other provisions, 10-year mandatory minimum sentence for a first-time conviction of distributing a small amount of marijuana to a person under 18 years of age; virtually every drug crime committed in urban areas subject to "drug free zone" penalties that carries a five-year mandatory minimum sentence; a 2-year sentence for those who witness or learn about drug distribution near colleges and do not report it to authorities within 24 hours and do not provide full assistance investigating, apprehending, and prosecuting the offender.
Yes Virginia, There are Christian ACLU Lawyers
A call for Christian lawyers who have worked for the ACLU. The ACLU tries to be balanced , but considering the amount of effort they have put forth to inhibit Christian influence from/to the government, should a Christian lawyer work for them?
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