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SPRING/SUMMER 2008 NEWS:
This season we give back to the community with a concert with our dear friend Jen Chapin on Saturday May 17th 3-5pm @The Lower East Side Girls Club. Here we will perform a few songs on our own and together. Really looking forward to sharing the stage together again, Jen, Stefan along with Aaron, AB and I shared some duo/trio shows together in the midwest a few years ago, we had a blast!

LA CASITA @ Lincoln Center August 2008
We will have 2 FREE concerts this summer as part of the Lincoln Center Out Of Doors festival. They are part of La Casita series as described below. The first will be SATURDAY afternoon, AUGUST 9th from 1-1:30pm at the Lincoln Center Plaza and the second will be on MONDAY evening, Aug 11th from 5-7:30pm at the Bowling Green plaza in front of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in downtown Manhattan. I will also be the MC for the programmes 3 musical acts!
LA CASITA: A HOME FOR THE HEART is now in its 8th season. It is very popular and has brought the wonderful poetry and songs of the Caribbean, Africa, Mexico, Spain, Central America and Latin America, Middle East, Asia, and voices from Native American artists, to all kinds of people. Community gardens, casitas and improvised poetry are interconnected and are an important part of many cultural traditions. The poetry includes spoken word and sung word taking many forms, including calypso, reggae, rhapso, dub, decima, son, bomba, plena, balladeers, griots, spanglish, corridos, flamenco, storytelling and ritual chants and many more. La Casita—A Home for the Heart presents over 20 different poets, troubadours, and bands during a two-day period. It is in one weekend of Lincoln Center Out of Doors, one of the Northeastern United States’ largest and oldest festivals of free music, dance, special events, projects, and children’s activities. Over 200,000 people visit Lincoln Center Out of Doors during this three week season in August.

GLOBAL ANGELS FOUNDATION
This past autumn I became a Global Angels Ambassador after meeting and spending quite a bit of time with its founder and my newest sister in spirit, Molly Bedingfield (center at right) and her lovely family. Her passion to help the needs of children around the world, her energy, drive, and her interest in getting involved with the Indigenous children here in the States touched my heart very deeply. I was honored to be invited to come on board as an ambassador along with so many wonderful musicians, artists, actors, etc, all who use our skills to spread the word about the many needs of underprivileged children of the world, particularly the HIV/AIDS epidemic. To learn more Global Angels Foundation, please click on the link.

HOUMA SUMMER CAMP '08 Looking forward to heading back to the bayou for crawfish etoufee, shrimp fricassee and traditional music for the 17th annual Houma Nation Summer Cultural Enrichment Camp. Here’s a pic from last year (below right) with the girls and me working hard all week, from sun-up to sundown with many many cultural activities, nature walks learning about all the traditional herbs we use for our medicine, beading, making blowguns, drumming, dancing, fancy shawl making, and of course, SINGING! Can't wait to see everyone!

NAT’L INDIAN GAMING CONF (NIGA)
We’re honored and delighted to be performing at The National Indian Gaming Association Conference in San Diego. NIGA is a non-profit organization of 184 Indian Nations with other non-voting associate members representing organizations, tribes and businesses engaged in tribal gaming enterprises from around the country. The show is being held at the Hard Rock Café and will be emceed by our dear friend, comedian Charlie Hill and we’ll be performing alongside Chairman Danny Tucker of the Sycua Kumeyaay Nation.

REZ BLUES TV2
We went up to Hamilton, Ontario just outside Toronto last Spring to film our segment for the wonderful APTN Music TV series REZ BLUES thanks to producer Elaine Bomberry. We played as a trio with Aaron Whitby on piano and Alan “AB” Burroughs on guitar and vocals. The show aired on April 5th and will be airing again in the fall, we will then be able to get copies to upload for those outside of Canada to see.

JUNE 2007 UNITED HOUMA NATION SUMMER CAMP - Just got back from my week-long music workshop for the teens of Houma Nation. These guys worked hard all week, from sun-up to sundown doing all kinds of cultural activities, from Nature walks learning about all the natural herbs we use for our medicine, beading, making blowguns, drumming, sewing fancy shawls, and of course, my part, SINGING!

May 2007 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival was an ABSOLUTE BLAST- we will also gave a performance for the children of the United Houma Nation as part of the Arts & Educational Program, sharing our music and being a part of the strong spirit of the people in the bayous as they rebuild their lives after Katrina & Rita was overwhelming. I will be heading back there to give a week long music workshop for teens in June!

BIG THANKS to DAN DODDS' dedication to the cause, our song Boyfriend from Home of the Brave is on a new compilation in the UK called Soul and the City on Expansion Records, a collection of some of the finest on the indie soul scene. Click on the link and learn more.

As a musician we give our time and our music as medicine, to heal, bring joy and touch lives for years to come. In stating this, a modern music medicine woman I will try to be. Please let us spend a portion of our time on community events. Most importantly, do not wait until another natural disaster strikes before we decide to do something for someone else. Remember, here at home the victims of Katrina & Rita are STILL in crisis. They STILL do not have homes, or jobs, or any means of support. Towns STILL need rebuilding along the Gulf Coast, this has not gone away in time. Darfur, the Sudan, there are states of emergency everywhere. Let us try to do all we can. Let us continue to HEAL THE NATIONS, for all people. Love Martha

HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO LATELY...
Back to the Bayou, home of the UNITED HOUMA NATION where we gave abenefit concert in Sedona AZ to help towards funds for home & roof repairs in the bayous. We also presented Principal Chief Brenda Dardar Robichaux with a very special ceremonial drum as a gift to her nation's people. The drum cannot rebuild houses or renew lives but hopefully can help rebuild the spirit. This beautiful drum was made by Dennis Banks, his son Tatanka, and nephew Miguel Arrow from buffalo hide. It was then painted by reknowned fine artist and friend SYNTHIA SAINT JAMES, who blessed the drum with a colorful image of the MOTHER SPIRIT OF HEALING. BIG THANKS TO CLYDE BELLECOURT for inviting us to perform with Floyd Red Crow Westerman and Red Pony for the 2nd Annual CLYDE BELLECOURT SCHOLARSHIP FUND, $130,000 was raised to send 12 outstanding Native students to college. Thanks Clyde, for truly paving the RED ROAD.

SKINTALK CD News:
SKINTALK is now officially released in the UK on Dome Records, you can find it in HMV, Virgin and great specialist stores such as Soulbrother Records and Crazy Beat Records. Also please listen out for songs airing on many Radio 2 shows, Smooth FM, Solar Radio, regional BBC stations and also Trevor NelsonÕs Soul Nation on Radio 1 and Richard BlackwoodÕs show on Choice FM. Please request it when you hear it! WeÕll be back in the UK for more shows later this spring and again in the fall. Looking forward to seeing yÕall. J Also a big SHOUT OUT to Chris Wells of ECHOES Magazine & BLUES & SOUL for the hottadef CD reviews and incredible support.

AND in JAPAN-SKINTALK is available on P-Vine Records in Japan and can be found at HMV and other good stores. Thanks you to Tokyo FM and North Wave Radio for their great support.

OTHER PROJECTS:
I am an advocate for the National HIV/AIDS Partnership along with Native personalities Wilma Mankiller, Adam Beach, Wes Studi, Rita Coolidge and Floyd Red Crow Westerman. We try to bring awareness and education of the disease to youth in both Native & African American communities and I am extremely honored to be able to tell you that I have been awarded a Red Ribbon Award for this work from the heart. The ceremony was held at the UN and the legendary jazz singer Nancy Wilson was the guest of honor making it a triple thrill!!

Aaron and I laid vocals and music on a tribute album for Native folk legend Peter LeFarge with our good friend and Native Blues legend Keith Secola and legendary drummer John Densmore of The Doors.
I cut a duet with NY alternative punksters, SHRINE FOR THE BLACK MADONNA, for their upcoming album. Thanks for the invite, Brian, I had a blast!!!
BIGBIG Thanks to the designers who generously share their beautiful outfits for our performances. They are:
ONDIE (OndieTownUSA.com), Sedona, AZ
Harriet's Alter Ego, Brooklyn, NY

Let's hear it for the Underdogs!!! 2006 INDIAN SUMMER MUSIC AWARD Best Pop Album Big THANKS to ISMA for their support and belief in our music.

And please write and say hello or join the mailing list. And if you would like to hear a song on the radio near you, or to be able to buy the albums in a local stores please write and tell us so we, at Blackfeet Industries Inc :-), can make it happen.

More UPCOMING SHOWS... Please check the shows page for all details...............

Keep the faith!! MARTHA

Watch out for sneak performances as a duo, trio, quad or whatever the day brings… Just click on shows for details on gigs.

We-sha-cat-we-lo-ke-we-la-wapa (Shawnee) Let us always do good for the world...