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swaneagle
swaneagle harijan
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An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind-Gondi
Female
59 years old
KETTLE FALLS, WASHINGTON
United States
Last Login: 5/21/2009
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| Status: | Single | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Zodiac Sign: | Taurus | | Children: | Proud parent | | Occupation: | Activist/Artist/Mother |
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THE NIGHTMARE OF ALL TIME
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Anti Oppression/EMERGENCY!!!!
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Globalized Femicide
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Oaxaca Struggle: Interview with Tomas Cruz
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Swaneagle Harijan is an artist with a mission. One might label her as an activist-artist, but labeling is something that transcends her persona; she's not easily categorized. Regardless, the Danish philosopher and theologian Soren Kierkegaard said, "Once you label me you negate me". Yet, she is, by her own description, "an odd woman". Swaneagle lends her voice to disenfranchised people everywhere. Also, she is very passionate about being a force in society for Indigenous people. When she speaks about the atrocities in our world today, she is extremely articulate and knowledgeable about her subject.
Her art is a response to those atrocities and injustices she sees all around her. Other people and other artists may shy away from the tough issues of our times. They may look the other way when they encounter injustice, racism or any kind of conflict with their fellow humans. Swaneagle does not. She faces the difficult realities we now live in and around head-on. And, because of her mutli-racial children, she has experienced racism first-hand, with her children teaching her many valuable lessons. Their courage and determination is commendable in the onslaught of unsound race relations that is the "norm" for our country today. Although some might argue that racism is non-existant at best or subtle at worst. Swaneagle is cognizant of the dominant majority culture and how the world is shaped by the hand that rocks the cradle. The deeply xenophobic culture that is America today is distubing to some people, but to this self-described "Hippie", it is especially disconcerting. As a mother, artist, and activist, she feels very deeply about the issues in our contry and how it treats the most marginalized and those citizens who are the most vulnerable.
With the advent of the first wave of "back to nature" homesteaders from the idealistic 60's era, many Hippies moved to Northeastern Washington state in the 70's. Here they found cheap land, people of like-mind and the ability to live their lives how they deemed fit. As long as they weren't bothering their neighbor, all was well. Swaneagle, born in Spokane, rejected her Christian name and through a series of profound events in her life, which included a stint in jail for "civil disobedience", she announced her new name, and with it, her new goal in life which was/is: "peace and justice for all living beings".
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