Bineshi Albert This is Me

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1. 1. Tolerance.org: Mix It Up: Mix It Up Stories

   www.tolerance.org/teens/storie - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/5/2002   Last Visited: 10/1/2007

   Bineshi Albert, campaign director for Albuquerque, New Mexico's SAGE Council, says, "When I was in high school, all the Native youth went to three different camps: there was the hiphop crew, the cholo crew, and the headbanger/heavy metal crew. I think it's still generally the same."
   
   This makes the task of unifying Native youth into a single movement more difficult. Albert says most of the distinctly Native artists and musicians are older, and more Native youth need to create music and art of their own.
   
   More young native rappers are coming out. Acts like Manik and Os-12 -- both members of the indigenous hiphop collective Tribal Wizdom -- are addressing Native community political issues in their music and drawing ever-larger audiences. One native rapper, Litefoot, even has his own label, Red Vinyl Records.
   
   "But it's still borrowing," Albert says. "It's not our own."
   
   This borrowing, however, could have much potential. Hip hop is resonating deeply with Native youth. Chinana uses Rock the Vote materials to encourage civic participation when she attends concerts by groups like Public Enemy to register her peers to vote.
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   "Many times, youth are organizing around environmental issues that have an impact on their culture," says Albert.

2. 2. Welcome to SAGE Council

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   Published on: 9/18/2006   Last Visited: 9/18/2006

   Bineshi Albert - Interim Director bineshi@sagecouncil.org

3. 3. Raising Change - A Social Justice Fundraising Conference

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   Published on: 2/25/2006   Last Visited: 11/3/2007

   Bineshi Albert, Campaign Director, Sage Council