The Plateros

For today's music spotlight I would like to focus on The Plateros from Canoncito, NM.

The Band consists of:

Levi Platero / Guitar & Vocals
Douglas Platero / Drums
Murphy Platero / Bass Guitar & Backup Vocals


There music is Indie with a dash of Blues Rock and they have played at different music festivals. Which includes the Hard Rock Casino Native Music Rocks festival as well as the upcoming San Francisco American Indian Film Festival in November 2009 and the Heard Museum's Native + You event on November 20th, 2009 . There are a great band and make sure to visit their site to get a personal taste of their music at www.myspace.com/theplateros.

NIKE N7 Shoe launch November 7, 2009

Nike will be launching their upcoming N7 shoe line on November 7, 2009 on Nikestore.com and Nike community stores.

100 percent of the shoes sale will go to Nike's non-profit organization, "Let me Play on Native lands", which helps to unleash the potential of Native American youth through the power of sport.

Above you will find pictures of the shoes which include the Air Native N7, N7 Pegasus 09 and N7 Huarache.

These Walls Are My Reservation

At the upcoming Middleton, CT Common Ground Film Festival four short films will be previewed centered around American Indian themes

The first is "These Walls Are My Reservation" by Pittsfield, MA based director Troy Phillips, Nipmuc, the films tells the story of a young man growing up in an urban environment and is "strugglign to understand what it means to be an American Indian"

The other films are Rebecca Perry-Levy, Pequot, "Casino Indian" about how the opening of Foxwoods Casion affected her life and the other is Bruce Curliss', Nipmuc, film "Survivor" a contemplation of how far American Indian culture has come and Keely Curliss', Nipmuc, film "Hope for Bigger Than 16 Seconds" is about a recclamation of a sacred mountain.

You might now Troy Phillips and Rebecca Perry-Levy from the PBS series "We Shall Remain" where Phillips portrayed Tisquantum and Perry-Levy portrayed Wootoneakanuske