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Source: Smith, G.H. (2003, October). Indigenous struggle for the transformation of education and schooling. Keynote presented to the Alaskan Federation of Natives Convention, Anchorage, AK. What is Sacred: This keynote talks about Kaupapa Maori and how that led and continues to lead to transformation in education and schooling in Aotearoa. I have heard Professor Smith speak several times, both in Aotearoa and in the United States. He is like Manu Meyer for the Maori. They both have truly profound words to share that are like church to me so like a good sermon, I found myself taking lots of notes and highlighting like an amateur. There is a lot of sacredness so Iʻm just putting it out there with some notes to myself. The source is above. The revolution [in New Zealand] was not so much about the stunning language revitalization initiatives. . .these were merely the outward visible signs of a much more profound revolution. The ʻrealʻ revolution of the 1...

Source: Harvey, G. (2015, June 10). Jenny Diskiʻs end notes. The New York Times Magazine . Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/magazine/jenny-diskis-end-notes.html?_r=1 What is sacred: This article by Giles Harvey is an obit essay of the author Jenny Diski through the time he spent with her at the end. I was pointed toward this article through my Austin Kleon weekly newletter and I find that he has very good taste in finding "end of life essays" that are able to connect me to some thought or emotion that drifts around unexamined. This does not go into sentimentality, but takes its time to honor the gallows humor of her wit and the power of her prose.  Although she is already dead and I have not heard of her before, I am left hungry to look up her essays and books. One sample Mr. Harvey includes of her writing is from "Stranger on a Train" (2002) where Disky rides the rails around America, dialogues with other passengers ...