The Case Against Drawing Conclusions in the Marquet Report on Embezzlement
Posted by michelelaidlaw in Accounting Issues on January 17, 2010
Of the perpetrators that were discovered and data collected for the “conclusions†of this study finding that schemes began for people in their early 40s is fairly logical. The fraud pressure triangle components of rationalization, pressure, and opportunity being present to perpetrators in this age range are likely more significant. For example, a person (non-gender specific here) who is age 40 or greater is likely to have increased rationalization if they have worked for the same company for a number of years, and haven’t received pay raises, for example, akin to their peers or entry-level colleagues. The pressure, let’s say financial pressure, is more likely as people in this age range have well-developed families, possibly higher incidences of divorce, and other financial considerations that lead to financial pressure. And lastly, the opportunity would be more likely to present itself at this age, especially for those people who have achieved a certain level of authority and trust in their position in their respective field. It’s important, sad to say, to consider that length of service does not equate to loyalty for every employee working for every company.
Fools Crow and the Interpretation of Dreams
Posted by michelelaidlaw in Critiques and Reflections, Native American Issues on January 5, 2010
Later in the novel, after Yellow Kidney’s return, and White Man’s Dog sharing his dream of the white-faced women with Mik-api, and the healing of his spirit, and his acceptance of Wolverine as his “totem†animal, after his day vision of Raven, we come to see a boy transformed to a man. This happens at the Sun Dance ceremony. He dances at the Medicine Pole and becomes a real man. It’s like a metamorphosis, in that the pain he feels is a transforming force in his life. During his recovery from the dance, he has a dream of the Wolverine, it comes to him like a brother, and his manhood is secured. This dream also brings about a resolution to a nagging problem in the story of his past attraction to his near mother, Kills-close-to-the-Lake. In the dream, a woman comes to him after Wolverine has presented him with a white stone. When he wakes, Kills-close-to-the-Lake comes to find him, and he sees he hand bandaged. She tells him she sacrificed a finger, and her dream of Wolverine coming to her and biting off her finger after she let the beast ravage her.
Mending the Sacred Hoop; a reflection on the film Wiping the Tears of 7 Generations
Posted by michelelaidlaw in Critiques and Reflections, Native American Issues on January 4, 2010
The survivors of the Wounded Knee massacre have shared their grief with many generations, and the film hopes to shed some light on just what was lost that miserable day, December 29, 1890. But it is mostly a story of accepting the past, acknowledging the grief, and healing the spiritual hurt, so that one day the sacred hoop will be mended.
Back Bone; a reflection on Earth Bone Connected to the Spirit Bone from Ceremonies of the Damned, by Adrian Louis
Posted by michelelaidlaw in Critiques and Reflections on January 3, 2010
Throughout the poem he gives us language rich with imagery. Some of the images are shocking, as they are meant to be. They are like a blow to the ego, or a vision into someone else’s soul. But isn’t that his purpose here? Inviting us into his sad soul?
My take on the Merriam Report of 1928
Posted by michelelaidlaw in Native American Issues on January 3, 2010
Allotments were the worst idea, in the history of bad ideas, regarding tribal nations, since the move to the reservations, in that they robbed the sense of common landownership from the nations, which was a central idea to the function of the societies that existed at that time.
Who is Kennewick Man?
Posted by michelelaidlaw in Native American Issues on January 2, 2010
In 1990 a federal law called the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was passed. Court cases brought by five Native American tribes (the Umatilla, Nez Perce, Yakama, Wanapum and Colville) intended to show that this ancient skeleton was found in lands that are considered native and therefore it must be considered Indian with rights of reburial under the Act. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbett held that to be true and ordered the remains returned to the tribal lands for reburial. This was the goal of the tribes. However, a district court judge ruled in favor of the scientists, who sued for continued access to the skeleton, that there was no perceivable link to the tribes in relation to the remains.
Damned If He Does; a reflection on Petroglyphs of Serena: Ceremonies of the Damned, by Adrian Louis
Posted by michelelaidlaw in Critiques and Reflections on January 2, 2010
The experience of reading this poem leaves you feeling energized by his frankness. His pen’s recognition of his heart’s desire speaks to me of a panged and hungry nature. His poem is like a boxing match and by the end leaves you feeling victorious while he goes down.
The Fall of Chief Heavy Runner: The Bear River Massacre — Atrocities of the Army under command of Colonel Baker against the Piegans – January 23, 1870
Posted by michelelaidlaw in Native American Issues on January 2, 2010
Knowing this merciless slaughter was the intention of the military, and that with prior knowledge they did seek out, plot and kill viciously, and without chance of surrender, nearly an entire band of Piegans; it begs the question, where is the justice?
Cherokee Nation V. Georgia An Examination of Word-play in the Supreme Court Decision
Posted by michelelaidlaw in Native American Issues on January 1, 2010
And the word guardian is defined as a legal term as “a person who is entrusted by law with the care of the person or property, or both, of another, as a minor or someone legally incapable of managing his or her own affairs.†Guardian is also a synonym for warden. So, basically, what it sounds like, despite all the legal jargon is that the Supreme Court said to the Cherokee Nation, and thereby all nations of Indians, that not only are they not independent sovereign nations, they are in fact dependent nations. Dependent on the government for everything; they are like immature children, and not competent to make decisions that relate to themselves or their property.
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