Fire Talk

Dissociative disorders are mental illnesses that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory, consciousness or awareness, identity and/or perception—mental functions that normally operate smoothly. When one or more of these functions is disrupted, symptoms can result. These symptoms can interfere with a person’s general functioning, including social and work activities, and relationships.

We will discuss the following aspects of Dissociative Disorders: Dissociative Amnesia, Dissociative Fugue, Disorder- Dissociative identity disorder (DID) and Depersonalization disorder.

Guest: Dr. Nadine Vaughan who is an Independent Filmmaking: Script writing, Producing, Directing, and Casting. In additions she specializes in Forensic Profiling & Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress

http://NativeLandProductions.com

Panel: David Little Eagle, Nell Cole and Mary Graybeal

http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/dissociative_disorders/hic_dissociative_amnesia.aspx

Note: No matter how much you “think” you or someone you know suffers from a Dissociative Disorder. Please do not ever try to self-diagnose this disorder. Please always consult a professional.

Walter Littlemoon and Jane Ridgway join us to discuss the new documentary and book:

They Called Me Uncivilized: The Memoir of an Everyday Lakota Man from Wounded Knee [Paperback]

Walter Littlemoon (Author), Jane Ridgway (Contributor)

 "The Thick Dark Fog," shines a light on the traumatic boarding school experience through the telling of personal stories. The film focuses on Walter Littlemoon, a Lakota who was forced to attend a federal government boarding school on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in the 1950s. Littlemoon says his culture, language and spirituality were brutally suppressed. 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Thick-Dark-Fog/142592455818837

Starring Walter Littlemoon

Directed/ Produced

by Randy Vasquez

webpage:

http://www.thickdarkfog.com/index-old.html

http://youtu.be/XFgQXMwKpn4

Panel: David Little Eagle, Nell Cole and Mary Graybeal.

Welcome Warrior Child Patricia Mcknight who will join us to read from her book My Justice.

This amazing story of survival will capture you from Prelude to Ending. It will shock and disturb the deepest parts of your being. In it you will walk the path of a little girl so utterly destroyed by those entrusted with her care. You will feel her strength to survive as the towns people around her ignored the child's cry. Trecia Ann will allow you into her thoughts; her exasperating fears that haunt her soul.

http://bookstore.authorhouse.com/Products/SKU-000373503/My-Justice.aspx

Check out her video and hear and see the truth of what abuse does:

Cycles of Abuse - Stop Whispering

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0vEHBO1Txc&feature=share

Check her out on blogtalkradio.com:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/dreamcatchers

Please welcome Susan Stryker. She is a researcher, writer, queer historian, artist, and a filmmaker.

We will be discussing the following:

Transgender History (Seal Studies) [Paperback]

Susan Stryker (Author)

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria (video available on amazon.com to rent or purchase)

Screaming Queens tells the forgotten story of the first collective act of militant resistance by queer people in the United States, three years before the famous gay riot at New York's Stonewall Inn.

Produced/Directed and Written by: Susan Stryker

You may contact her at:

Email

[email protected]

 

Facebookhttp://facebook.com/susan.stryker

Panel: David Little Eagle, Nell Cole and Mary Graybeal

Daphie Pooyak- Storyteller

http://www.newsoptimist.ca/article/20110710/BATTLEFORD0501/307109999/-1/battleford/intuition-guides-first-nations-fashion                                          

We welcome her to Stage Left,a Fire Talk Production,  to take us on many journeys with her Storytelling and wisdom.

She will be telling us a story about Understand our place in this world.  Please join us by the fire as we are blessed to hear her words.

Through Eagle Woman Consulting, she has facilitated several workshops, presentations and outdoor camps within Saskatchewan and Alberta, featuring storytelling, medicinal teaching, ceremonial protocol, traditional arts, Native American teaching of the land, animals and plants and respect for creation.

You may find her to Facbook:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=726728082

You may email her at:

[email protected]

http://www.thickdarkfog.com

Randy Vasquez has just finished shooting his second feature-length documentary, The Thick Dark Fog. Seven years in the making, with a projected release date of spring 2012, the film examines Wounded Knee resident Walter Littlemoon’s fight to escape the debilitating effects of the violent, authoritarian boarding schools he attended as a child on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. “The Thick Dark Fog isn’t just about that tragedy, though,” says Vasquez. “It’s about taking steps to fix yourself.”

Vasquez’s conversations with Guardado became his brilliant and devastating 2002 documentary, Testimony: The Maria Guardado Story. The award-winning film is not just about the horror, though; Vasquez shows Guardado transforming her pain into a formidable strength that has made her the conscience of rights groups in her adopted American city. In the film, she is seen marching, picketing, and sitting in—relentlessly occupying a moral high ground that is usually reserved for saints. As the movie draws to a close, a young American priest kneels before Guardado, calling her a holy woman and asking for her blessing.

http://www.peoplesworld.org/mother-a-poem/

2011 American Indian Motion Picture Award Winner - Best Documentary Feature - "The Thick Dark Fog" directed by Randy Vasquez.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1194934361/the-thick-dark-fog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOI4pYXlC-c

Randy Vasquez Demo Reel

Societal Placed Shame Toward Abuse Survivors and how the Survivors can lay down this shame and walk into a new beginning. What is it like when your childhood story is nowhere close to what other “normal” children lived?

Join us as Annie O’Sullivan survivor and Author speaks about her living with high levels of abuse in society. She has written Can You Hear Me Now?    And Can You Hear Me Now? Part Two. To learn more go to:

Email: [email protected]

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.writersportal.org/canyouhearmenow

Guest: Terri Crane Greyeyes who is Cree First Nation. She is a Residential School survivor and strong activist for child rights.

Join us as we sit and listen to Jospeh Strider music and open the mic to hear about his songs and anything else that is in his heart to speak.

Joseph Strider is an  acoustic guitarist, singer/songwriter, lyricist Chaplain/Spiritual advisor for Indigenous American Inmates of the Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections.

http://www.josephstrider.comhttp://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/JosephStrider

Author Mary Beth Egeling will be reading from both of her books.

Love-abouts by Mary Beth Egeling

Author Mary Beth Egeling gives, from her family to yours, Love-abouts, a simple and dependable tool for enriching lives and strengthening relationships. You know, one thing I love about you is...

Messages From My HandsProduct Description

There are forces working within and through our bodies that cannot be seen but unquestionably do exist. The distraction, confusion, and disharmony that define much of our existence overshadows these subtle intrinsic powers. If we learn to pay attention, we can hear them. Ms. Egeling believes the means to challenge personal discontent is encrypted in our bodies and suspended in the dynamics of our simple interactions.

Website: www.MBEgeling.com

 

She is thrilled to announce that the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children has approved her sponsorship for another year! She will continue to donate 40% of her royalties from the sale of Love-abouts directly to the NCMEC/NY. Consider purchasing a signed copy for someone you love, admire or want to thank . . . it truly is a gift that gives twice!

We will be speaking about Intergenerational PTSD with Dr. Nadine Vaughn.

While some symptoms may be shared with other disorders, it is imperative that a diagnosis is made by an experienced and licensed professional, since the wrong treatment can be harmful.

Causes of PTSD Experience of an atypical and significant traumatic event (most would have very negative & disturbed responses), accompanied by intense fear, helplessness, or horror.

Target symptoms of PTSD, are:

Intrusive Symptoms (can’t think clearly, can’t process, nightmares, feeling numbed out (Sexually, this might express in promiscuity or “frigid”)

Dissociation/Depersonalization (flashbacks, out-of-body feelings)

Hyper-Arousal (triggers anger or hurt in response to what would be considered insignificant events to others)

Transient Psychosis

Depression

Treatments for PTSD should include the following:

Direct therapeutic exposure to the trauma (e.g. systematic desensitization or flooding) or even focused group discussion, followed by cognitive reframing.

Guest: Dr. Nadine Vaughan who is an Independent Filmmaking: Script writing, Producing, Directing, and Casting. In additions she specializes in Forensic Profiling & Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress

http://NativeLandProductions.comhttp://NadineVaughan.comhttp://AmazonSage.blogspot.com

Guest: Annie O’Sullivan Author of Can You Hear Me Now? And Can You Hear Me Now Part Two?

Website: www.writersportal.org/canyouhearmenow