[NN-Dialogue] Wotanging Ikche--nanews10.051
Gary Night Owl
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Wed Dec 18 01:04:07 CST 2002
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| As historian Patricia Nelson | | Once a language is lost, it is |
| Limerick summarized in "The | | gone forever |
| Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken | | * Of the 300 original Native |
| Past of the American West... | | languages in North America, |
| "Set the blood quantum at | | only 175 exist today. |
| one-quarter, hold to it as a | | * 125 of these are no longer |
| rigid definition of Indians, | | learned by children. |
| let intermarriage proceed as | | * 55 are spoken by 1 to 6 elders;|
| it had for centuries, and | | when they die, their language |
| eventually Indians will be | | will disappear. |
| defined out of existence." | | * Without action, only 20 |
| "When that happens, the federal | | languages will survive the next|
| government will be freed of | | 50 years. |
| its persistent 'Indian problem.'"| | Source: Indigenous Language |
+-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --+ | Institute |
|http://www.indigenous-language.org|
This issue's Elder Quote: + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
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"I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a
man to depend simply upon himself."
__ Lone Man, Teton Sioux
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| Indian Pledge of Allegiance | The Indian Pledge of Alleg-
| | iance was first presented
| I pledge allegiance to my Tribe,| on 2 December '93 during the
| to the democratic principles | opening address of the Nat-
| of the Republic | ional Congress of American
| and to the individual freedoms | Indian Tribal-States Relat-
| borrowed from the Iroquois and | ions Panel in Reno, NV. NCAI
| Choctaw Confederacies, | plans distribution of the
| as incorporated in the United | Indian Pledge to all Indian
| States Constitution, | Nations.
| so that my forefathers |
| shall not have died in vain | Walk in Beauty! Night Owl
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| Journey | In the summer and early fall
| The Bloodline | of 1998 the Treaty Unity Riders
| | rode a thousand miles on horse-
| For all that live and live by law | back, carrying a staff and
| We Stand, we Call, We Ride | praying each step of the way.
| For All that fear and fear by sight |
| We Hear, we Listen, we Ride | These prayers were offered for
| For all that pray and pray by strength| each of us, and that the Unity
| We Feel, we Move, we Ride | of all Peoples might happen.
| For all that die and die by greed |
| We Hurt, we Cry, we Ride | Tatanka Cante forwarded this
| For all that birth and birth by right | poem on behalf of all the Unity
| We Smile, we Hold, we Ride | Riders that we might stop and
| For all that need and need by heart | ask if the next words we say, the
| We Came, we Went, we Rode. | next act we make is for the good
| | of the People or is it from ego
| Treaty Unity Riders | for self.
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O'siyo Brothers and Sisters!
My wife, Janet, took exception, as did many, to the words of Delphine
Red Shirt printed in the December 8 issue of the Hartford Courant and
reproduced here. Janet's comments follow those of Mrs. Red Shirt's.
>From the Hartford Courant - December 8, 2002
http://www.ctnow.com/news/opinion/op_ed/hc-indian1208.artdec
"Other Opinion" by Delphine Red Shirt
I've lived in Connecticut for a decade now. That is longer than I have
lived anywhere else. I've never lived in the South, but have lived 20
miles from Berkeley, Calif. I've also lived in Nebraska, South Dakota,
Colorado and Ann Arbor, Mich.
When I came east, I thought it would be for just a short while. Here it
is, 10 years later. I like it here better than I've liked anywhere I've
lived. I like teaching as an adjunct professor.
What I don't like is Connecticut's definition of "Indian." Why? Because
I am an Indian. I grew up Indian, look Indian, even speak Indian. So it
offends me to come east and to see how "Indian" is defined in this state
that I now call home.
What offends me? That on the outside (where it counts in America's
racially conscious society), Indians in Connecticut do not appear Indian.
In fact, the Indians in Connecticut look more like they come from European
or African stock. When I see them, whether they are Pequot, Mohegan,
Paugussett, Paucatuck or Schaghticoke, I want to say, "These are not
Indians." But I've kept quiet.
I can't stay quiet any longer. These are not Indians.
The federal recognition process has become a new arena for profit-making,
as any venture capitalist in America can see. What had been an obscure
Bureau of Indian Affairs process has become a loophole for speculators and
opportunistic individuals forming "tribes." These speculators are willing
to bankroll these questionable "tribes" for mutual gain.
Connecticut has been doing it now for a decade. People who had been
indigent elsewhere can come here and claim lineage and book a cruise to
the Caribbean islands or move into a spanking new retirement home on
casino income as a tribal member.
There are no remnants left of the indigenous peoples that had proudly
lived in Connecticut. What is here is all legally created. The blood is
gone.
So, who are they? They are descendants, perhaps - though even that seems
questionable - of the once proud people who lived in this state called
"Quinecktecut." These races have died out. Here's how:
What if, in 1700, a Pequot married a European or African, and 30 years
later their half-blood offspring married another European or African and
so on? By the early 1800s, that blood would be less than 1/32 Indian. By
2002, if the pattern continued, that Indian blood would be virtually
nonexistent. Yet, a person could identify herself as a descendent of that
1/32 Pequot and be considered Indian according to a questionable and
flawed federal recognition process.
Is she? I say no.
We from the West called ourselves "Treaty Indians" to remove ourselves
from the influx of so-called "newly born" Indians who had not identified
themselves as Indian until it became profitable to do so.
I am Indian and have had to live all that means. I do not claim to
descend from a full-blooded Indian. I am it. What I am witnessing in this
casino-mad state is a corruption of my heritage. I am outraged by it.
These are not Indians.
I hope that the residents of Connecticut see these new casino tribe
members for who they are. I challenge all the press and TV stations to
include photos and footage of these individuals who claim Native American
heritage. Let the public see these people for who they are (certainly not
Indian) and see what a sham the federal recognition process has become at
a time when real Indians are facing extreme poverty and neglect.
Delphine Red Shirt of Guilford is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, an
adjunct professor of American studies at Yale University and author of
"Turtle Lung Woman's Granddaughter" (University of Nebraska Press, 2002).
My opinion:
Delphine Red Shirt should have stayed quiet. I respect the intellect
and the discipline it took to rise out of one of the most desperately poor
and demoralizing "concentration camps" in this country to become a Yale
professor. However respectability does not make Ms. Red Shirt infallable,
and she's totally out of line when she advises descendants of the thieves
who stole from the New England tribes in the first place, that the Indian
nations they acknowledge are "not Indian" because they don't "look Indian."
She cites the "American racially conscious society," as if that were a
good traditional Indian value--which it wasn't until it was imposed from
the outside.
And did you notice the several citations of African heritage? I got the
distinct impression it offended her more than anything else that some
Connecticut tribes intermingled with blacks, and it showed in their
descendants' appearance. That kind of pandering to the underbelly of white
racism is unconscionable. Her comments serve a race-based attack on
tribal sovereignty in the east that will eventually move westward to bite
her own people where the sun don't shine. She wouldn't be the first
educated Indian embraced by the invaders' academia to betray her own.
There's no wonder New England tribal people don't appear the same as Ms.
Red Shirt's people, the Lakota. It doesn't require great education to
figure that one out. The Connecticut tribes, so far as I know, have not
applied for enrollment in any Lakota nation, anyway. The wonder is that a
person capable of winning a professorial appointment at Yale expects that
nations separated by thousands of miles, dissimilar land and resources,
and dissimilar history could hold much in common simply because they
originated on the same large continent. It makes as much sense as
expecting the Spanish to hold to the same cultural (or appearance)
standards as the Dutch because both countries are in Europe, and their
inhabitants are sometimes deemed "European."
Hoardes of immigrants infiltrated New England tribes' lands,
appropriating their ways, displacing them, and in some cases,
intermarrying with them, centuries before locomotives started bringing in
more than a handful of explorers to Lakota territories (just as, for
instance, north Africans established a presence and a cultural influence
in southern Spain, but never made it to Holland). Would it be considered
appropriate for a professor to come from Amsterdam to teach at a Madrid
university, and after taking a look at the locals, go to the international
press and challenge Spain's right national sovereignty because "a lot of
these folks don't look or act European?" Of course not. The Spanish
would be in an uproar over this interloper's presumption, and rightly so.
Ms. Red Shirt is from a nation, the Oglala Sioux Tribe, that is nearly
as far distant from Connecticut as is England. She looked at the
resident nations in her new home who are linked to her only by that
deceptive "blanket" word -- "Indian." And she's announced to the media
that she's offended because these folks don't look like her people. What
gives her the right to extend the obvious non-relationship to the
conclusion that she needs to be offended that different people are
entitled to sovereign national status? If she has a problem with the race-
based "Indian" blanket, then argue with that -- at least that's something
she has a right to be offended about.
She has nothing to do with another tribe's status, though, and she
shouldn't have anything to do with it, any more than Canada should have a
voice in the U.S.'s relationship with Mexico. Her nation has a treaty
with the U.S. The Connecticut tribes also are recognized as nations by
the U.S. If you want to get down to who has priority, the Connecticut
tribes were known Indian nations several hundred years prior to hers.
She plays the "I paid my dues" card, noting that she grew up on a real
reservation with all the deprivations that entailed, and she knows her
language. Okay. I'll grant all that. Good for her and good for her tribe.
That still doesn't entitle her to judge the legitimacy of another nation.
Nor does it credit what the Connecticut tribes may have suffered, albeit
not on a reservation. And it most certainly does not her grant the right
to, by making that judgement, erode sovereignty of one group of nations,
and by extension, diminish the voice of Indigenous people on this
continent.
If she just can't look past her own (Indian looking) nose, she needs to
consider how this will come to damage her own people eventually. Does she
think the nations she's helped disenfranchise will have the voice to help
protect the Lakota when their turn comes? Has she read history at all?
Has she looked at how the U.S. has used us against each other from the
very beginning? The U.S. government and the non-Indians who stole our
land and as much of our identity as they could, are absolutely livid that
we haven't died off or assimilated away so they could steal the little
that was left us.
I wonder if Ms. Red Shirt has visited the home that entitles her to
"Indianness" recently enough to notice what's happening to her language on
her own reservation after only a hundred years or so of having it beaten
out of them? Of course she's in that Ivory Tower, a few thousand miles
away from being with her own people where she could help preserve that
language, now isn't she? I wonder just why it is that she's gone as far
as she possibly can from her own reservation to teach somebody else's kids,
when it is undeniable that her own nation could use her knowledge?
Is she still "Indian" now that she has abandoned her nation for a bigger
paycheck and the academic status that comes from an Ivy League university
appointment? When her child marries out of nation, and her grandchildren
do the same (and living in New England, odds are they'll do just that--or
maybe marry a Pequot), will she then look at HER great-grandbabies and
say "you aren't mine?"
Ms. Red Shirt needs to take another look at those nice white folks in
Connecticut she's so comfortable with and who are so interested in her
opinion now. They don't care one bit for Indians that aren't useful to
them. Oh, they're fawning over her now. She's their trophy Indian--much
like Pocahontas, who was feted throughout Europe. The Lakota are far
enough away that they, and she, are no threat. When she's served her
purpose, she'll have a choice. Assimilate and become an interestingly-
colored wasichu like them (sounds like she's already nicely on that path),
or they'll be quite satisfied to see her go back to being an impoverished
savage like the rest of us.
Note to Ms. Red Shirt. Your Oglala have a casino, too. South Dakota is
full of bigots who still won't touch your nicely manicured hand to get
change in the local Wal-Mart in Rapid City (which is probably why you like
Connecticut better). What makes you think they are going to be any
happier than your new Yankee neighbors if Pine Ridge manages to ride the
casino (or anything else) out of poverty? Maybe you will celebrate as the
last bottle is passed and the Oglala are bred out of existence. You can
be a part of history -- one of the last fullblood Lakota. Maybe the
great-grandkids can honor their heritage by adapting your books into
movies and establishing a museum exhibit about you in a couple of
generations.
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Winter is here.
Elders in those areas already need assistance... remember Secretary of
Interior Norton withheld checks after the court appointed monitor broke
into DoI computers.
If you know of a reliable point where funds can be sent to assist
these precious elders please drop me a note at gars at nanews.org
and make the subject (all caps) WINTER HELP.
-----> this list will remain up through January ----->
PLEASE email gars at nanews.org with any updates/additions
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 20:46:06 -0510
From: Dodie <dodiefinstead at ev1.net>
Subj: fuel fund
Gary:
At this time this is the only fuel fund I have. If I receive more I will
pass them along to you. Thank you for including it. If you need addresses
for donations just let me know.
Dodie
Ndn-AIM Fund
c/o box 1334
Rapid City, SD 57709
At 04:20 AM 10/1/2002, you wrote:
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Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 02:35:47 -0000
From: "Dodie Finstead" <dodiefinstead at ev1.net>
After less than one year, the Northern Cheyenne School, who this time
last year had never received donations, with children often going
without supplies and clothing, now have more than they can handle and
store. They have requested that no more donations be sent to them at
this time as Vicki gave us a head up on. I want to thank Vicki, they
had not been able to contact us.
My suggestion would be the other fund in MT or to Carter Camp if you
were planning on sending to the Northern Cheyenne school. Please be
sure if you send used thing they are in very good condition.
If you do chose one of these two, please let them know you are sending
things so they can be expecting them.
Dodie
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Honor Your Spirit - Protect the Children
% Sue Buck
PO Box 901
Great Falls, MT 59403-0901
suemontana at mcn.net
The same needs as the other school, clothing, school supplies,
blankets, etc. Oh, don't forget the toys. :)
Carter Camp
P.O.Box 1012,
Rosebud S.D. 57570
cartercamp at yahoo.com
Carter and his wife distribute to families with children. So clothing
for all age children are need, from infants up. The basic needs toys,
blankets, warm things, diapers, panties, tooth brushes, hats, socks, etc.
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 11:43:21 +0300
From: "Brigitte Thimiakis" <thimiakischool at the.forthnet.gr>
Subj: IMPORTANT Note to Winter Request
From: Sue Buck - Please Read, and Forward -
IMPORTANT NOTE regarding the Urgent Winter Request for Donations
for Children and Elders
Recently we were all very happy to read that a large amount of donations
was sent to the Northern Cheyenne schools in MT. This was great news!
However, due to a recent inquiry about whether or not our project still
needed donations, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that
there are still great needs on the reservation. Please note that our
request and aim is to try and help the abandoned children's shelter and
elders' center on the reservation, which are totally separate from the
Northern Cheyenne tribal schools. They have great needs (also for the
most part, different from the needs of the tribal Schools). Please read
our list below. These needs have not been catered for and these children
and elders are still in need of warm clothing items for the winter. Toys
are also much needed so that the children at the shelter can have a
Christmas give-away .
After reading our request below, please do everything you can to support
these children and elders.
Many thanks for your time and help,
Respectfully,
Sue Buck
"Honor Your Spirit - Protect the Children"
[ PLEASE FORWARD where needed - thank you ]
Urgent Winter Request for Donations
Greetings,
If you wish to make a difference and help children and elders through
the harsh winter months in Montana, please take the time to read this
request. On behalf of reliable Northern Cheyenne contacts from Lame
Deer, we are once again collecting donations for the children's shelter
and senior citizens center on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation.
Our goal is to collect new and good quality used items for the shelter
and senior center, as well as toys which can be used for the children's
shelter at Christmas time. The toys will be distributed during the
Christmas give away but the clothes and blankets will be distributed
right away. During Montana winters, the temperature can drop to 30 or
40 degrees below zero so warm winter clothing can be lifesaving. Often,
when a child arrives at the shelter, all they have is what they are
wearing. This is very sad, but it is the reality these children have to
face. When a child leaves to go to a foster home, or some other place,
the people at the shelter try to send a weeks' worth of clothing with
the child so they will at least have something. In other words, what
ever is sent to the shelter can be used and there is a great need.
There is a very high turnover rate due to the extreme poverty in the Big
Horn and Rosebud Counties.
The senior citizens center is in special need of
- blankets
- warm winter coats
also needed by the seniors are socks, gloves, boots, hats and scarves
The children's shelter is in special need of
- warm winter coats and clothing
- a baby crib and related bedding
- twin size bedding of all types,
- blankets
- toys
The children range in age from 0 to 12 years.
Since they have school for the children at the shelter, there is also a
need for:
- educational toys,
- writing paper,
- pencils,
- crayons
or anything else used in schools.
They can also use grooming supplies like toothpaste, tooth brushes,
soaps and shampoos, combs, hair brushes, hair barrettes, rubber bands or
other types of hair or pony tail holders. Last but not least : pampers
diapers or pull-ups.
Please note that we have changed and reorganized our mailing
instructions from those suggested last year. Contact suemontana at mcn.net
for mailing information other than regular US Mail service. (Also
please include your name and address if you would like for us to
acknowledge/confirm receipt of your donations)
Donations can be sent to the following address:
Honor Your Spirit - Protect the Children
% Sue Buck
PO Box 901
Great Falls, MT 59403-0901
USA
The priority of our group, "Honor your Spirit - Protect the Children" is
to make sure all donations get to where they are supposed to and
recognized. It is very important to us to make sure that everything is
distributed fairly and to those in the greatest need.
Additional contact information:
Brigitte Thimiakis, Greece
thimiakischool at the.forthnet.gr
Celine Branchard, France
littlered at club-internet.fr
Sue Buck, Project Coordinator, MT
suemontana at mcn.net
Thank you for any assistance you can give.
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Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 19:39:02 -0400
From: "floyd perkins" <rezrollers at gpcom.net>
Subj: Housing
Dear Gary
Greetings, my name is Alice Perkins. I am a member of the Oglala Sioux
Tribe, Pine Ridge Reservation. Recently, my husband and I started
working with a couple of individuals out of Michigan and Denver, CO.,
to bring liveable, affordable housing to the reservation and to
create jobs for our people. Our efforts have been rewarding, but we
are struggling. Let me first give you an overview of our business.
Our fund receives donated or we buy lowcost mobile homes (used) from
individuals. We pay all the costs incurred to transport these homes to
the Pine Ridge Reservation. Costs include labor, driver payment,
fuel, food/shelter, cleanup cost, dumpster, permits, lot rent etc. The
cost varies with each mobile home we get. After delivering the mobile
homes to the reservation site, we inspect the homes for maintenance
and repair needs such as hotwater heater, furnace, roof, plumbing, floor
and windows etc... We fix these at our cost. Once the mobile home
is in liveable condition, we sell it at the total cost we paid out
for the home (delivery plus repair costs). These sales prices are
affordable, ranging from $3500 to $6500. Since we hire reservation Lakota
people to transport and repair these homes, we have created jobs
for drivers, laborers, prep workers, construction, plumbers, electricians,
escort, ect... The mobile homes are for buyers who do not qualify for
loans through the banks because of bad credit, no credit, slow credit or
whatever the reason. And these people are on a fixed income. Our
payments are set according to their income and what they can afford --
usually about $100 to $200 a month until paid in full. We work with the
buyers so that their payments go towards owning their own homes, which
otherwise would be impossible. This also helps to reestablish credit.
We also receive donor-directed homes (all costs are covered by the
donor, who chooses the individual who will receive the donated home).
Our problem is that we need funds to continue our efforts.
We are seeking donations to help with transportation costs and
supplies such as hotwater heaters, furnaces--any help would be
appreciated. Winter is coming and we have many families waiting for a
home. We have approximately 110 families on our waiting list, all of
whom are in great need of shelter. Immediately we need 3 furnaces and
5 hotwater heaters. Visit our web site at
http://www.americanindianhousing.com We had a very nice lady help set
this up for us.
Thank you.
Alice Perkins
HC 64 Box 58
Batesland, SD 57716
(605) 685-3362
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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 07:33:45 EST
From: Dnnfvpks at aol.com
Subject: WINTER HELP
>To: gars at nanews.org
Dear Gary
My name is Dianne Mountain. I'm with Wolf Band of Norfolk, Va. and
Tidewater Native American Support Group of Virginia. I'm writing a request
for help on the Rosebud Reservation, Norris S.D. our group helps out as
much possible with assistance to our extended family at Norris. I work with
an elder and she helps distributes clothing, money to the children and
elders in her community. I would love to give you her address so that if
you can help with some fuel assistance that would be a blessing. They can
only get a delivery where they are at if there is at least 5 other family
in need for fuel. Your help would be very much appreciated.
Blessings Dianne Mountain
Teresa Ammiotte
PO Box / House #15
Norris , S.D. 57560
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Date: Saturday, November 16, 2002 12:00 AM
From: Dodie Finstead [mailto:dodiefinstead at ev1.net]
Subj: Please help-Coats for Kids from the Cherokee Nation
Mailing List: Native Lifeways <native-lifeways at yahoogroups.com>
Please repost.
Cherokee Nation is working to provide a Coats for Kids in Sequoyah County
this winter. Any and all help is appreciated and desperately needed.
This project was supposed to end today (Nov. 15) but the project has run
short in its goal and is asking for everyone's help. For more information
on this special project please review the following news story:
> http://www.cherokee.org/CurentNewsRelease.asp?ID=719
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 10:46:30 EST
From: Itsshngsprt2 at aol.com
Subj: Crow Rez --some needs for those who might wish to donate???
I asked Randy, on the Crow Rez in Montana. I've known him, his family
for years, face to face, in my house.
He sent the following in response to my question of need.
Firehair
In a message dated 12/8/02 2:46:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
PastorRB at earthlink.net writes: <= email here for mailing address
Projects:
Could always use kids HEAVY coats, blankets, and such. We have commodities
sponsored by the Gov. and we have a food bank through the church, so food
is not generally a problem. Financial issues are most prevailing, but lots
of time it is due to mis-management of funds.
wishing all of "Our Family" a Very Merry Christmas!!
Randy
Dohiyi Ani Oginalii
, , Gary Night Owl gars at nanews.org
(*,*) P. O. Box 672168 gars at speakeasy.org
(`-') Marietta, GA 30007, U.S.A. gars at olagrande.net
===w=w=== gars at sdf.lonestar.org
----------- News of the people featured in this issue ----------
- Leonard George Bear King - Court rules Canada in
- Historian, Novelist Breach to First Nation
dead at the Age of 94 - Suspect in Rodeo Blaze
- Crossings not Competent
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Leonard George Bear King
December 16, 2002
MOBRIDGE - Leonard G. Bear King was born Dec. 15, 1929, in Kenel, S.D.,
to George Bear King and Laura White Bear King. He passed away Dec. 13,
2002, at MedCenter One Hospital in Bismarck, N.D., after an extended
illness.
Leonard attended several elementary schools on the Standing Rock Indian
Reservation and he credited an aunt and uncle of his for instilling in him
the virtues of hard work, spirituality, integrity, generosity and courage.
He learned his Lakota values and used those values to guide him the rest
of his life. One of his most endearing traits was his humility. Leonard
accomplished many things during his life, but never felt the need to
discuss his accomplishments. He graduated from Standing Rock Community
School in Fort Yates, N.D., at a young age, as he had skipped two grades
in school because of his academic ability.
After finishing high school, Leonard was encouraged by a high school
teacher and coach, Maynard Olson, to enter college at Mayville. He was
awarded an athletic scholarship and was pushing a wheelbarrow for work on
the same day he registered for classes. At the time he did this, there
were no scholarships for Indian students. He maintained an interest in
competing in area rodeos from childhood through college, and he felt that
these experiences contributed to his educational successes. After
graduating from college at age 20 with his Bachelor's of Science degree,
Leonard enlisted in the Army for two years and went to Germany. He earned
the Army Occupation Medal, National Defense Service Medal and played
football for the Army. Some of the players Leonard competed against later
became professionals. He was honorably discharged from the Army in 1954.
Following his Army service, Leonard went to work as a public school
teacher and coach for several schools. He continued his education, earning
a Master's degree from the University of Minnesota and was a public school
superintendent by age 29. During this period of his life, he married and
fathered four children. He lived in several communities and contributed to
them all. He originated boys and girls' clubs, directed a local and
district golden gloves program, and served as a Boy Scout master. He
always enjoyed helping youths, and always made the time to do so.
During the 1960s, Leonard continued his education at the University of
New Mexico in Albuquerque. He spent two years working toward a doctoral
degree, and one year in law school. Leonard felt education was a lifelong
process. He continued taking college coursework in various courses of
study until 1988. Leonard's accomplishments in Indian education were truly
groundbreaking. In 1969, he was recruited to serve as a field director for
a study of Native children's educational funds. The result was a book, "An
Even Chance"; it exposed a number of violations and forced reforms
nationwide.
By the 1970s, Leonard was an assistant professor at the University of
Montana, University of South Dakota, and University of North Dakota. He
was instrumental in securing Title III funding to start community colleges
at Fort Berthold and Spirit Lake. He served on a task force that drafted
what is now known as the 1978 Self Determination Act. During the 1980s, he
worked for the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River tribes in various
leadership capacities before finally retiring in 1992.
In 1993, Leonard was asked to run for office on the Standing Rock
Reservation and was on the tribal council from 1993 to 1997. His most
recent efforts were grants he wrote for the Cheyenne River tribe. One
grant was for Headstart and one was an American Indian Teacher Corps, to
train Indian teachers. He also worked for Si Tanka College; this was his
last place of employment.
Leonard's educational career was long and satisfying. He received many
awards over the years, most recently was his selection by the National
Indian Education Association to be the "Elder of the Year" for 2000. The
award was based on his lifelong contributions to Indian education.
His parents and siblings Harvey (USN), Evelyn, Lavonne, Wanda, and
Loretta preceded Leonard in death. His survivors include his four
children: Gerald W. Bear King, Dean Bear King, ReNae Bear King, and Sheri
Bear King Baker (Biron Baker); four grandchildren; two sisters, Virginia
Burnett and Vera May Janis; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Wake services will begin at 6 p.m., with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service,
Monday, Dec. 16, at the Kenel Church. Funeral services will be at 10:30
a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, at the church. Burial will be at 10 a.m. MST
Wednesday, Dec. 18, at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.
Casket Bearers: Daryl No Heart, Miles Allard, Vance Gillette, Everett
Iron Eyes, Gordon Spotted Horse, Ronald George No Heart.
Kesling Funeral Home in Mobridge is in charge of arrangements.
Copyright c. 2002 the Rapid City Journal.
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Historian, novelist dead at the age of 94
By PEGGY HARRIS
The Associated Press
12/13/02 1:37 AM
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Dee Brown, whose novel "Bury My Heart at
Wounded Knee" helped bring atrocities against Indians to the attention of
an American public accustomed to tales of heroic cowboys and savage
natives, died Thursday. He was 94.
Brown, who suffered from heart disease, was a resident at a hospice.
Brown said in a 1998 interview that he preferred writing non-fiction to
fiction. He wrote 29 books, all on a manual typewriter.
His works examined the history of the American West and drew attention
to the decline of American Indian culture. An expert on the American
frontier, Brown also was a consultant for documentary film makers.
"Most of the fiction was because I couldn't find enough out to write the
non-fiction book," he said. "In the novel, if you don't know what happened,
you can make something up."
In his best seller, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of
the American West," Brown used eyewitness accounts and quotes from Indians
who lived during the period. The book, which sold more than 5 million
copies and was translated into 15 languages, is a history of the American
government's mistreatment of the continent's indigenous people.
Published in 1971, it is considered a classic, although some have
criticized it as being historically inaccurate and biased in favor of the
Indians and against white people. Brown defended "Wounded Knee," saying,
"I had a document for everything in the book."
The New York Times praised an anthology of Brown's work as "readable
narrative, uncluttered by ... the disputes of academic historians."
"These stories confirm that the Old West was, indeed, in Brown's words,
`a place of magic and wonders,"' the Times wrote.
Born Dee Alexander Brown in Alberta, La., Brown had a love of words that
went back to an early age. In an interview with the Arkansas Democrat-
Gazette, he recalled sitting on his grandmother's lap when he was 5, and
learning how to read. He described his discovery of words as "the most
startling event of my childhood."
Brown's father, Daniel Alexander Brown, died when Brown was 4. His
family moved to Stephens in Ouachita County, where his mother, Lula
Cranford Brown, had relatives. As a boy, Brown hung around the offices of
the weekly Stephens News and eventually learned the skills of a printer.
Brown graduated from Little Rock Central High School and moved to
Harrison, working for two years as a printer and reporter for the Harrison
Daily Times.
He attended the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, working in the
school's library. He received a bachelor's degree in library science from
George Washington University in 1937 and a master's degree from the
University of Illinois in 1952.
In 1934, Brown married Sara Baird Stroud of Wilson. They had two
children, James Mitchell and Linda.
Brown was a library assistant from 1934-42 for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, served in the Army from 1942-45, then worked as a technical
librarian for the U.S. War Department from 1945-48.
He spent from 1948-72 as librarian of agriculture for the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and was a professor there from 1962-72.
Three of his early books, "Fighting Indians of the West," "Trail Driving
Days," and "The Settlers' West," were coauthored with Martin F. Schmitt
and were based on historic photographs the two men discovered in the
National Archives.
Other works by Brown include the history "The Gentle Tamers" and the
novels "Creek Mary's Blood," "Killdeer Mountain."
"Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow: Railroads in the West," a history,
turned out to be an expose of the treacherous dealings of the railroad
companies in the development of the West. Union Pacific was so upset with
Brown's manuscript that they denied him access to their company library
for further research.
In 1993, Brown wrote "When the Century Was Young: A Writer's Notebook,"
a memoir of his life as a writing man. In reflecting on it, Brown said
that the nice thing was the memoir didn't take much research.
"You just sit there and remember," he said. "And if there are any bad
things that I don't want to remember, well, I just obliterate them."
His most recent work was a novel, "The Way to Bright Star," published in
1998, which follows a teen-age boy's travails helping transport camels
from northwestern Arkansas to a Union officer's farm in the midwest after
the battle of Pea Ridge in 1862. The book also provides glimpses of life
in Little Rock shortly after the turn of the century, as the grown man
looks back on the events of 40 years earlier.
Copyright c. 2002 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Copyright c. 2002 New OrleansNet LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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Wallace Shingobe
Wallace Thomas Shingobe, 68, of St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton,
N.D., died Dec. 5, 2002, in St. Francis Medical Center, Breckenridge, Minn.
Services were Dec. 9 in Ivers-Landblom Funeral Home Chapel, Fargo.
Burial was at Oakwood Cemetery, rural Harwood, N.D.
He is survived by one sister, Gladys Ray, Fargo; one brother, Sylvester
Shingobe, Wahpeton, N.D.; many nieces and nephews and the caregivers at St.
Catherine's Living Center. He was preceded in death by his parents; two
sisters, Theresa Pendegayosh and Rose Barstow and three brothers, James,
Ernest and Phillip Shingobe.
Wallace was born Sept. 28, 1934, in Mahnomen County, the son of Thomas J.
and Mary (Hutchinson) Shingobe. He grew up in Mahnomen County and attended
country school and Flandreau Indian Vocational High School where he
graduated in 1952. He worked for Armours Packing Company in Grand Fords, N.
D. He entered and served in the US. Army from Oct. 23, 1956 until Aug. 21,
1958. After service, he returned to Grand Forks.
Wallace married Julie Green in 1960. He later moved to California and
Minneapolis where he worked as a machinist. In 1980, Wallace married Kathy
Walker. He moved to Fargo in 1986 and later to St. Catherine's Living
Center in Wahpeton where he resided until his death.
Copyright c. 2002 Mille Lacs Messenger/Isle, MN.
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December 11, 2002
George Chase Alone Sr.
MANDERSON - George Chase Alone Sr., 68, Manderson, died Sunday,
Dec. 8, 2002, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Chase Alone, Manderson; four sons,
George Chase Alone Jr., Denver, Leonard Chase Alone and Homer Chase Alone,
both of Manderson, and Robert Chase Alone, Rushville, Neb.; three
daughters, Elizabeth Chase Alone and Sonia Chase Alone, both of Manderson,
and Jennifer Takes War Bonnet, Wounded Knee; three sisters, Freida Big
Road, Rapid City, and Margaret Yankton and Emma West, both of Manderson;
28 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
A two-night wake will begin at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at Wounded
Knee District School in Manderson.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at the school, with the
Rev. Bill Pauly and Mike Little Boy officiating.
Burial will be at St. Agnes Catholic Cemetery in Manderson.
Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements.
December 13, 2002
Kyle Jason Henry
TULSA, Okla. - Kyle Jason Henry, 18, Tulsa and formerly of Rapid City,
died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2002, in Tulsa.
He served in the U.S. Army.
Survivors include his parents, Elmer and Gertie Henry, Tulsa.
A wake service was held Nov. 21 at All Tribes Community Church, Tulsa.
Services were held Nov. 22 at Red Fork Baptist Church in Tulsa.
Amis-Kennard Funeral Service of Broken Arrow was in charge of
arrangements.
Copyright c. 2002 the Rapid City Journal.
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December 12, 2002
Francis J. Holiday, Sr.
Francis Jefferson Holiday Sr., 81, of Kayenta died Tuesday, Dec. 10,
2002. Mr. Holiday was born April 16, 1921, in Rough Rock, and graduated
from Wingate High School in 1941.
Mr. Holiday served as a machine gunner light 604 during World War II in
Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe from 1942 to 1945.
He was awarded the American Theater Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern
Medal, Good Conduct Medal and Victory Medal by the U.S. military with
honorable discharge.
Mr. Holiday worked for the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, and as a heavy equipment operator for the Office of
Facilities Management. He worked with other facility engineers and land
surveyors constructing stock and irrigation ponds. He retired in 1986 and
lived out his life in Kayenta. He was a member of the Veteran of Foreign
Wars and American Legion.
Survivors include his wife, Louise, of Kayenta; sons Gordon of Flagstaff,
Francis Jr. of Stafford, Va., Adrian of Phoenix and Marlon of Kayenta;
daughters Marjorie of Holbrook; Marie of Kayenta, Maybelle of Waterflow,
N.M., Delight of Kayenta, Marilyn of Farmington, N.M., Rita of Shiprock,
N.M., and Jacqueline of Kayenta; sisters Susie Deal of Douglas Mesa, Utah,
and Marjorie Haycock of Oljato, Utah; 22 grandchildren, and 10 great-
grandchildren.
There will be a funeral service at 10 a.m. Friday at the First Assmbly
of God in Flagstaff, 3500 N. Fourth St. The family requests that in lieu
of flowers, donations can be made to the Holiday family.
Norvel Owens Mortuary of Flagstaff is in charge of arrangements.
Copyright c. 2000-2002 Arizona Daily Sun.
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December 11, 2002
Joseph Lloyd Cata
JOSEPH LLOYD CATA , 36, of Espanola and originally of San Juan, died
Monday following injuries from an automobile accident.
He was employed with Bechtel Nevada as a fiber optic technician.
He was a graduate of Santa Fe Indian School and was a member of the
Victory Faith Church.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Johnny J. and
Petrolina Aguino; and paternal grandfather, Jose Isidoro Cata.
He is survived by his wife, Angela Cata; sons, Gavin and Cameron Cata;
parents, Donald and Mabel Cata; brothers and sisters, Allen Cata and wife
Regina, Donna Cata Ortiz and husband Max, Martin Cata and wife Christine,
Donald Cata Jr. and wife Myra all of San Juan; 27 nieces and nephews; and
many other relatives and friends.
Visitation will begin at 3:30 p.m. today at the residence of Donald and
Mabel Cata in San Juan with a devotional service to follow at 7 p.m. at
the Victory Faith Church.
Funeral service will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday also at the Victory Faith
Church. Burial will follow at the San Juan Pueblo Cemetery. DeVargas
Funeral Home of the Espanola Valley.
December 12, 2002
Edward M. Thomas
Edward M. Thomas, 53, of Laguna Pueblo, passed away early Tuesday
December 10, 2002.
He is survived by his daughters, Nissa L. Thomas and Lorin H. Thomas;
two grandchildren, Mariah and Matthew; and five sisters, Dorothy Thomas,
Edwina Thomas, Patricia Thomas, Vannessa Caspar and Natalie Thomas.
Edward was born on December 28, 1948 to Mary E. Thomas and Edward W.
Thomas who preceded him in death. He graduated from Laguna-Acoma High
School in 1967 and served in the US Army in Germany and Vietnam. Edward
received his degree in Sociology from UNM and later worked as a caseworker
for the NM Dept. of Corrections, a residential advisor at Southwestern
Indian Polytechnic Institute and as an advocate for persons with
disabilities at the Independent Living Resource Center.
A Burial Service will be held at the village of Paguate Cemetery in
Paguate, NM on Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 11:00 a.m.
December 16, 2002
Robert Lee"White Eagle" Canard
Robert Lee"White Eagle" Canard, beloved father, son, and brother, passed
to the Spirit World December 9, 2002, after several years of declining
health and energy.
Bob was born in Washington, DC, on February 3, 1942, the first child of
Virgil V. and Ruth Swamp Canard.
He was a member of the Oneida Indian Nation through his mother and of
the Creek Nation, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, through his father. His
grandfather, Roly Canard, was principal chief of the Creek Nation, an
honor that Bob was very proud of. In 1981, Bob was chief of the
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.
Bob attended public schools in Albuquerque and graduated from UNM in
1969 with a degree in Biology. He attended the University of Utah Medical
School for two years, and then graduated with an MSW from the University
of Utah in 1977.
He was a Lt. in the NM National Guard for seven years.
He is survived by his two children from his former marriage, a son,
Robert Brandon Canard (spouse, Andrea) of West Jordan, UT; and a daughter,
Tracy Leigh Canard (fiance, L.T. Goodluck) of Chinle, AZ. He is also
survived by four grandchildren, Brandon, Bobbie, Cassidie, and Cody Canard,
all of West Jordan, UT. In addition, he is survived by his mother, Ruth
Swamp Canard, Albuquerque; brother, Roger Canard (Denise), Los Lunas; two
sisters, Patti Canard, Albuquerque, and Linda Doering (Allen) of Moenkopi,
AZ; two nephews, Jason Romero and Mekko Doering (Tammi); and an uncle,
Curtis Canard (Diane).
His father, Virgil"Buck" Canard, preceded him in death.
Bob loved his children more than anything in the world, and their
accomplishments gave him much joy. He was close to them throughout his
life, even when distant geographically from them.
He also took great joy in helping other people. He was a medicine man,
healer, and counselor.
He held several jobs in the social work field until recent years. His
caring especially extended to his mother.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Albuquerque
Indian Center, First Nations Community Health Center, or a charity of your
choice.
Cremation has taken place by Sunrise Society. A Memorial Service will be
held at St. Marks-on-the-Mesa Episcopal Church, 431 Richmond Dr NE,
Albuquerque, on Monday, December 16, 2002, at 3:00 p.m. A reception will
follow in the parish hall.
December 17, 2002
Ralph N. Salazar
RALPH N. SALAZAR , 48, of Chamita, died Saturday.
He served in the Air Force during the Vietnam Era.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Rafaelita 'Lita' Salazar.
He is survived by his wife, Rosemary; his children, Jeremiah, Julianna
and Anna Liza all of the home in Chamita; his father, Richard Salazar of
Chamita; brothers and sisters, Roberta Grider and husband Roger of Lincoln
City, Ore., Richard Salazar Jr. and wife Janet of Collegeville, Pa.,
Tonita Elder and husband Ren of Dallas, and William R. Salazar and wife
Marcia of Denver; and many other relatives and friends.
A rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. today at the Saint John the
Baptist Church in San Juan Pueblo.
Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the same church in San
Juan Pueblo. Burial of cremains will follow at the San Pedro Cemetery in
Chamita with full military honors. Salazar Family of Block-Salazar
Mortuary.
Copyright c. 1997 - 2002 Albuquerque Journal: Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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December 16, 2002
Herbert Yazzie
July 25, 1954 - Dec. 11, 2002
Herbert "Herb" C. Yazzie, 48, of Kirtland died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002,
in Norwich, Conn., from an accident.
He is survived by his children, Heather C. and Hardison C. Yazzie, of
the family home; his mother, Fannie Yazzie of Oak Springs; his brothers,
Robert O. Yazzie of Kirtland, Wallace H. Yazziee of Oak Springs, Harrison
Yazzie of Shiprock and Marvin D. Yazzie of Bloomfield; and eight sisters,
Annie F. Coots of Red Valley, Ariz., Pollyann Notah of Long Dale, Calif.,
Edith Ann Hightower of Altadena, Calif, Anglena Chase and Christine Yazzie
of Oak Springs, Ariz., Thelma Voigt of Prairie City, Ore., Roselyn Yazzie
of Farmington and Yvonne V. Thomas of Shiprock.
He was preceded in death by his father, Clifford H. Yazzie; one brother,
Kevin Wayne Yazzie; and his great-grandfather, Hosteen Tse Tah Begay.
Funeral services are scheduled at 10 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002 at
the Bethel Christian Reformed Church of Shiprock with the Rev. Burt
Blackburn officiating. Burial will follow at the family cemetery in Oak
Springs, Ariz., with the pallbearers being Marvin Yazziee, Wally Yazziee,
Robert Yazzie, Kevin Keelan, Robbie Chase and Hy Yazzie. Honorary
pallbearers will be his nieces and nephews. Serving as ushers will be
Robert Chase and Nathan Notah.
Funeral arrangements are with Chapel of Memories Funeral Home of
Kirtland, (505) 598-9636.
Tony H. Mike
Dec. 15, 1945 - Dec. 14, 2002
Tony Mike passed away peacefully at home in Chinle, Ariz., on Dec. 14,
2002. He was born at home in the winter of 1945 on Dec. 15, to Dan and
Marie Mike. He was of the Hoghanlini (Many Hogans People) clan and born
for the Ta'nee'szah'nii People (Tangle People) clan.
Funeral services are being planned for Friday, Dec. 20, 2002, by Chapel
of Memories Funeral Home of Kirtland, (505) 598-9538.
Copyright c. 1999-2002 MediaNews Group, Inc./Farmington, NM.
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December 11, 2002
Evelyn T. Laurita
COTTONWOOD, Ariz. - Graveside services for Evelyn Laurita, 80, will be
held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at Black Mountain Community Cemetery.
Father Blaine will officiate.
Laurita died Dec. 3 in San Francisco, Calif. She was born March 22, 1922
in Salina Springs, Ariz. into the Towering House People Clan for the
Bitter Water People Clan.
Laurita attended Fort Wingate School and was a homemaker.
Survivors include his daughters, Joaquina Mina, Regina Abarquez both of
San Francisco, Calif.; 21 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Laurita was preceded in death by her brother, Keith Alfred Tsosie Sr.
Pallbearers will be Keith A. Tsosie Jr., Dwayne Billsie, Dwaine Billsie,
Keith A. Tsosie IV, Fernando Billsie and Ritchie Tsosie.
The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services
at Regina Sones' residence, Chinle, Ariz.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Copyright c. 2002 the Gallup Independent.
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December 12, 2002
Ramona Stewart
Funeral services for Konawa native Ramona Ruth (Pennokee) Stewart are
scheduled for 2 p.m Saturday at Bird Creek Indian Baptist Church.
A wake service is set for 7 p.m. tonight at the Glorieta Baptist Church
in Oklahoma City. The body will be taken to Bird Creek Indian Baptist
Church on Friday afternoon to lay in state until service time on
Saturday. Burial is to be at the Wilson Family Cemetery under the di-
rection of Pickard-Swearingen Funeral Home.
Stewart died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002 at her residence at the age of
45.
She was born May 21, 1957 in Ada to Richmond and Virginia (Wolfe)
Pennokee.
She was a certified medication aide.
Stewart was a member of Glo-rieta Baptist Church in Oklahoma City.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers. She is
survived by two daughters, Monica Stewart and Alicia DeLana, both of
Oklahoma City; four sisters, Nancy Musser, Susan Cardoza, Belva Pennokee,
and Rachel Pennokee, all of Oklahoma City; three brothers, Richard
Pennokee, Gary Pennokee, and Nathan Pennokee, all of Oklahoma City; and
five grandchildren.
The Seminole Producer/Copyright c. 1999-2000 Arizona Newspapers Assn.
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December 11, 2002
Lida Sue Buck Elk
CULBERTSON - Lida Sue Buck Elk, 41, died Monday, Dec. 9, 2002, at the
Roosevelt Memorial Medical Center in Culbertson.
A wake will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at the James Black Dog
Activity Center in Ft. Kipp. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday,
Dec. 13, at the James Black Dog Activity Center. Interment will be in the
Ft. Kipp Cemetery. Clayton Memorial Chapel is in charge.
Chester A. Other Medicine
CROW AGENCY - Chester A. Other Medicine, 58, of Crow Agency, passed away
Monday Dec. 9, 2002, in the Crow Agency IHS Hospital. He was named by the
Rev. Chester Arthur Bentley, pastor of the Crow Baptist Church.
AAKDU'XIILESH, Going to Battle, a name given to him by James Door, was
born June 2, 1944, in Crow Agency, a son of Chester Other Medicine, Sr.
and Lucy Yarlott. He grew up and received his education in Crow Agency. He
received heavy equipment training and worked on local construction
projects. He later worked for the IHS, Eastern Montana College and the
Crow Tribe as a custodian for many years.
Chet was a member of the Baptist Church, Greasy Mouth Clan and a child
of the Piegan Clan. During his younger years, he enjoyed boxing, skiing,
hunting and leather craft, as well as traditional arrow throwing games.
His parents; sister, Corine Little Light; and three brothers, Jensen
Other Medicine, Walter and John Onion, preceded Chet in death.
Survivors include an adopted son, Jerry Little Light; his sisters,
Lucille, Ardena, Dineen and Violet Other Medicine, Avone Dawes, Sandra
(David) Bravo, Sarah (William) House, Louise Three Irons, Laura Pickett,
Ramona Falls Down and Phyllis (Merle) Big Medicine; his brothers, James
Onion, Alvin Oliver Yarlott, Alonzo Ten Bear, Emmett, John Paul and Robert
Other Medicine; his uncle, David Yarlott, Sr.; his nephews and nieces,
Bruce and Gerald Little Light, Jr., Shannon Other Medicine, Preston, Pete
and Thomas Onion, Renee and Gloria Little Light, Geraldine LaPlant, Dora
Hugs, Clara Martinez, Dora Plenty Hawk, Elsie Half, Johnann Meeks,
Jennifer Onion, Audrey Jim, Rochelle and Emery Other Medicine. He is also
survived by the children of Elmer Yarlott, Sr., Rosaline Morrison, Winona
and Jenny Other Medicine.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13, in the Bullis
Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in the Crow Agency Cemetery. Bullis
Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements.
December 17, 2002
Genevieve Walks Knows The Ground
ST. XAVIER - Genevieve Walks Knows The Ground, 46, of St. Xavier, went
to be with all her loved ones who went before her, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2002,
at the Billings Deaconess Hospital.
Iishusshiwia, "Plume Woman," a name given to her by her late great-uncle,
Martin He Does It, was born Nov. 30, 1956, in Crow Agency, a daughter of
Charles and Annie He Does It Walks. She grew up and received her education
in Montana and Oklahoma. She worked as a certified nurses' aide.
Genevieve was a member of the St. Xavier Catholic Church, Native
American Church, Big Horn District Hand Game Team, Greasy Mouth Clan and a
Child of Big Lodge Clan.
She married Bryan Knows the Ground, Sr. on Nov. 9, 1979, in Billings,
and the couple made their home in St. Xavier.
Her father, Charles Walks; husband Bryan Knows the Ground, Sr.; seven
brothers and sisters; and all her maternal and paternal aunts and uncles
preceded her in death.
Genevieve was a tender and loving person whose sense of humor was
appreciated. She will be remembered as a generous person who treasured the
love and talents of her children and grandchildren. She was always willing
to assist a family member or friend.
She leaves a void in the hearts of her mother, Annie Walks; her children,
Rosie, Allen, Bryan "Babe" Knows Ground and Baby Lace Hill; a special
friend, Dennis Madill; her adopted sons, Everett Walks, Karl Big Hair,
Allison Bouyer, Conrad Stands and Karl Spotted; her adopted daughters,
Kathy Walks, Vera and Alfredine Crooked Arm, Sarah (Clyde) Red Woman,
Jennifer (Bruce) White, Jr., Stella Walks, Sharon Roehl and Mavis Covers
Up; her sisters, Mary (Vincent) Crooked Arm, Irma Jane Moccasin, Mary Lucy
Little Light, Brenda, Vera, Raphelle and Virginia He Does It, Helen Old
Coyote, Rhoda Bright Wings, Roselyn Yellowmule, Stella Not Afraid and
Susie Walks Over Ice; her grandmothers, Francis and Ruth Back Bone. She
was also known as "Kaala Mom" by her many grandkids, Isaiah, Ie'shia,
Taylor, Cameron, Tyril, DeAndre, Jonah Dale, Honor, Pride, Paris, Bryan
(Handsome), III, Stacey, Wayne, Timothy, Shanna, Delvin, Charles, Adelia
Rae, Vincent, BloomingRose, Arianna, Whittni, Karlan, Karl, III, Marshae,
Myers, Jr., Varian, Varina, Georgette, Tamara, Woody Joe, Daniel, Danielle,
Leo, Nia, Sonny, Katelyn and Erin; and her great-grandson, Tomas Wyatt.
She is also survived by the He Does It, Walks, Hill, Reed, Hugs, Little
Owl, Takes the Gun, Left Hand, Alden, Back Bone and Bends families.
With tearful eyes and broken hearts we watched her fade away. Although
we loved her dearly it would be selfish to make her stay. A golden heart
stopped beating, hard working hands now laid to rest; God broke our hearts
to prove to us he only takes the best.
Rosary will be recited 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the Bullis Funeral
Chapel. Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, at the
St. Xavier Catholic Church. Interment will follow in the St. Xavier
Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Copyright c. 2002 The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises.
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December 11, 2002
Martin 'Marty Keno' Standing Rock
ROCKY BOY - Martin "Marty Keno" Standing Rock, 29, who had worked for
Chippewa Cree Housing, Stone Child College and the Chippewa Cree Tribe and
was a student at Blackfeet Community College, died Sunday in Browning. The
coroner has not determined the cause of death. Funeral services, with
traditional Indian ceremony, are 10 a.m. Thursday at the Russell Standing
Rock home in Rocky Boy, with burial in Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland and
Bonine Funeral Home of Havre is in charge of arrangements.
He was a 1992 graduate of Rocky Boy High School.
Survivors include his father, Russell Standing Rock of Rocky Boy; his
mother, Eloise Baptiste of Pendleton, Ore.; brothers Brian, Duane, Boose,
Toto, Joe and Terrence, all of Rocky Boy; sisters Marvina, Kisser, Sister
Standing Rock and ShelleyDenny, all of Rocky Boy; and his grandmother,
Jenny LaSalle of Rocky Boy.
William 'Sonny' Still Smoking
BROWNING - William "Sonny" Still Smoking, 71, a laborer, died of natural
causes Monday at a Browning hospital.
A rosary is 7 this evening at Day Family Funeral Home in Browning.
Funeral Mass is 2 p.m. Thursday at Little Flower Parish, with burial in
Willow Creek Cemetery.
Survivors, all of Browning, include Curtis Smith, Diana Fields, Kenneth
Still Smoking, Alma Faye Chippewa, Pauline Sure Chief, Carol Douglas, Ivan
MacDonald Sr., Lyle MacDonald, Jeffrey MacDonald, Joe Still Smoking, James
MacDonald, Rosemary MacDonald and Clifford Still Smoking, all of whom he
raised.
December 12, 2002
Minerva Big Day
CROW AGENCY - Minerva Big Day, Baannaschixiiassaash "Known to do good
beadwork," 38, of Crow Agency, passed away Tuesday morning, Dec. 10, 2002,
at the Crow Agency Nursing Home.
"Known to do good beadwork" was born March 19, 1964, in Crow Agency, a
daughter of Raymond Big Day, Sr. and Lanette Spotted. She received her
early education at the St. Xavier Catholic Mission School. Attended school
at Twin Bridges located by Butte with extended family members, Randy
Pretty Weasel, Paulett Not Afraid, Marilyn Not Afraid and Raymond Big Day,
Jr., and completed her education at Seeley Lake.
She was an independent person who lived a simple life. She enjoyed
socializing with her friends and family. She was a member of the Catholic
Church, Big Lodge Clan and a child of the Piegan Clan.
Survivors include her companion, Ricky Don Stops; her father, Raymond
Big Day, Sr.; her grandfather, Cyril Not Afraid; her sisters, Billie
(Hubert) Two Leggin, Mary (Mike) Long Roach, Cheryl (Edward) Eastman,
Michaelyn (Robin) Iron, Susette Nanto, Donna (Gavin) Jefferson, Geraldine
(Pete) Schinderline, Fredia Bird Hat, Barbara and Aleen BirdHat and Rena
Faye Blaine; her brothers, Raymond (Jenny) Big Day, Jr., Collins Big Day,
Earl and Tim BirdHat, David Blaine, Sr., Gene Dreamer, Charles Blaine,
Donovan and John BullinSight, III, Daniel Dreamer and Leland McConnell;
her adopted brother, Maynard Crooked Arm; her adopted sister, Meann Smith;
her adopted grandfather, Pius Crooked Arm; her aunts, Linda (Grant)
Bulltail, Doris (Lee) Plain Feather, Evelyne (James) Limpy and Elizabeth
(Ruben) Stewart; her uncles, Garrett and Donald Door, Kenneth (Barbara)
Spotted, John (Carol) Bullinsight, Buster (Elise) Leider and Joseph
(Lorraine) Bear Cloud; as well as numerous grandchildren, nieces and
nephews.
We all live our life the way we want to live. We choose our way of life,
sometimes we live a hard life and we go through obstacles but we learn not
to give up. Minerva never gave up. She used her will power to live harder
and longer. That is how Minerva lived and her way of life is that she
lived a simple life. She made sure that her life was never complicated and
learned to live freely. She knew that she had a family that cared for her
but she did what she wanted to do. Things had to be done her way and it
had to be her way only. You could never tell her what to do because
Minerva was a very independent and very stubborn person. We as family
members respected her, accepted her way of living and who she was. She is
going to be greatly missed by her family members and especially her close
friends, who are Wilamina Big Medicine, Khristy Alden, Jenny Bravo, Emily
Pretty Weasel, Kathy Walks, Dora Falls Down, Misty Kellum, Constance
Stewart and Cary Grant Rides The Horse.
Minerva has suffered long enough; she has gone home to be with our
Father in heaven, where she is rejoicing with other family members that
have passed on to be with our Heavenly Father.
We will deeply miss Minerva. That smile, that laughter and those jokes
that she expressed. Minerva had a great sense of humor.
We would like to express our thanks to all that helped and cared for
Minerva when she needed help and for those that were there for her. I know
she is looking down at all of us and is missing us, but she is at a better
place and is starting a new life with our Heavenly Father.
We love you and we will miss you.
FAREWELL SISTER, 'TIL WE MEET AGAIN.
MAY YOU REST IN PEACE.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13, in the Crow
Agency St. Dennis Catholic Church. Interment will follow in the Crow
Agency Cemetery.
Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Copyright c. 2002 Great Falls Tribune.
--------- "RE: Response to Delphine Red Shirt" ---------
Date: Saturday, December 14, 2002 12:22 AM
From: "Edward Gould Burton" <genealogy at CLEARWATERPEACE.ORG>
Subj: Delphine Red Shirt (copy of letter to Courant)
Mailing List: Indian Heritage <INDIAN-HERITAGE-L at LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU>
Ms. Red Shirt is an authentic Oglala person, and protests that
persons she sees labeled as Pequots and such 'are not Indians'
because the look too White or look too Black.
She is of a tribe that was at war with the US little more than 100
years ago, the Little Big Horn/Greasy Grass and all that. Back East
the Pequot Tribe and the Narragansett Tribe had already suffered
terribly in wars toward the end of the 1600's, victims of the Euro
tactic of divide and conquer. That was 325 and more years ago. Four
times as many generations ago. Ms. Red Shirt should look closely at
the New England Tribes, for in their faces she will see what the
Oglala will look like by the year 2228.
The Tribes were from earliest times usually hospitable to washed up
shipwrecked fisherman; and after the Euro invasion, freed Blacks, and
Whites who preferred the Indian lifestyle were also welcome. Tribes
were political entities. "Race" as such was unknown to the Eastern
Woodlands. The concept of "race" was taught to Indians by Euros, and
race is a very nasty and phoney sort of classification. The long term
result of those events was that the genetic pool of original
inhabitants was admixed with Euro and Black. In Alaska I have seen
the terrible confusion when disease kills off everyone of the clan
into which you were supposed to marry, and leaves as an eligible
partner only someone from the clan you are not supposed to marry
into. Disease and war can create a situation in which there simply is
no one left of the opposite sex in your age group in your village,
and a marriage partner must be found elsewhere. It does not follow
that those in question are no longer a tribe. A tribe is an Indian
political and Indian family thing, not a race thing.
The entire reason that equal protection of the law does not entitled
a White person to Indian benefits has to do with the fact that the
Supreme Court has made plain that Indian is a political
classification. It is not race, color, creed, or national origin on
which tax exemptions and appropriations are extended to Indians; it
is a political classification, and survives because it is a political
classification (arising from the fact of war and expropriation
involving those who were here 10,000 years and more before the Euros;
Indians are the previous owners, not members of the new owner's
family). If Indian is a 'race' classification, then equal protection
applies and bye bye tax exemptions and special budgets.
I also find it interesting that one may claim German-American
ancestry, Italian-American ancestry, English-American ancestry, or
Portuguese-American ancestry, one, several, or all, and no will cross
examine you as to the truth and accuracy of that claim; they take
your word for it. If one has a smidgen of Black, however, one tends
to be called Black. A smidgen of Black equals Black; it is curious in
my mind why it's not a majority vote for White. But say that your
ancestors include Indians, and the race experts not jailed at
Nuremburg pull out their color charts and demand paperwork nobody
issued three hundred years ago. America's sense of race is nearer to
that of a historical Central European country, than it is to Indian.
It is a rotten shame when a fine and well-educated Indian lady buys
into that claptrap. Blood quotient is a conqueror's tool designed
over time to eliminate the Indian from political America, and cause
the Tribes slowly to depopulate themselves. Love and lust will doom
any 'race.' It need not doom a nation, be that nation a tribe, or the
US itself.
--------- "RE: Indian Beneficiaries deserve Accountability" ---------
Date: Tue 17 Dec, 2002 08:06:43 -0700
From: Gary Smith <gars at Speakeasy.org>
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Guest Opinion: Indian beneficiaries deserve federal accountability
By NEAL A. McCALEB
Formerly of Department of Indian Affairs
Sunday, December 15, 2002
Throughout our nation's history, the relationship between the U.S.
Government and American Indians has left a troubling and contentious
legacy that continues to this day. A feeling of hopelessness on many
reservations - where unemployment is often staggering and the associated
ills of alcoholism and lawlessness spiral out of control - underscore this
climate of mistrust. Tribal leaders struggle to cope in this difficult
environment, presiding over marginal economies in remote locations.
Fractionated interests
Many tribes and individual tribal members build economies utilizing land
and natural resources held in trust on their behalf by the government. Yet,
the management of individual land-based trust accounts has grown
increasingly difficult over the past decades as new generations of account
holders arise, creating complicated, fractionated interests of Indian
allotments. In some cases, ownership shares of these properties can be
measured by the 10-thousandth or less - a mind-boggling prospect to the
average American, yet it is a reality that contributes to confusion and
even the stagnation of economic goals in Indian country.
As the task of overseeing the Indian trust has become more complex,
however, the federal government's management structure has remained more
or less intact. But this month, the Interior Department has taken a bold
step to move Indian trust management into a new era, with increased
accountability, new checks and balances to protect Indian interests, and
better access at the local level for tribal and individual Indian trust
beneficiaries.
Reform task force
Through this major initiative to reorganize the duties of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians,
the department is building on a strong, productive and ongoing dialogue
with tribal leaders. Over most of the past year, for example, the
department held more than 45 meetings with tribal leaders on this subject
and participated in a joint tribal/DOI task force on Indian trust reform
at locations throughout Indian country. During that time, we have
collected more than 5,500 pages of transcripts and dedicated more than 1,
500 hours of senior staff time to these meetings alone. As a result, the
Indian trust management plan we are advancing builds upon the ideas and
concepts that were generated from those meetings and uses what we learned
during recent congressional hearings on this important subject.
The plan I have developed jointly with Special Trustee Donna Erwin
greatly enhances our ability to provide direct and efficient services to
Indian trust beneficiaries. The plan dedicates the personnel and the
necessary resources to streamline beneficiary services. At the same time,
we have preserved our emphasis on tribal contracting and compacting to
deliver many trust-related services. The plan preserves the existing staff
and monetary resources of BIA and OST.
Encouraging economic development
In my view, one of the most important aspects of this plan is its
emphasis on economic development - creating the position of assistant
secretary of the Interior for American Indian economic development. As we
learned during our historic summit meeting in Phoenix this past September,
tribes who best utilize their strengths and resources have the best
opportunity for success. It is the federal government's responsibility, in
its role as trustee, to do its utmost to encourage economic development in
Indian country.
At the same time, we have a moral and legal responsibility to introduce
a new level of accountability to Indian trust management. A federal court
that has taken up the issue of trust fund accounting requires the
department to submit a strategic plan on the matter by Jan. 6. This
deadline leaves no time for Congress to act on any legislative elements of
reform. The department has now taken action to the greatest extent allowed
under our current statutory framework.
The blueprint we have developed is a foundation of our strategic plan to
perform an historical accounting of the hundreds of thousands of
individual trust accounts now on the books. This organizational blueprint
strengthens management accountability while focusing on the efficient
delivery of trust services.
As you have read in the pages of this newspaper, I will retire from
public service at the end of this month. I am proud of the Herculean
effort that has been brought to bear on improving the management of the
Indian trust and salute tribal leaders for their guidance in the creation
of this plan. It represents the dedication of Secretary Gale Norton and
the senior management team of the department, but would not be possible
without our continued partnership and consultation with tribal leadership.
Neal A. McCaleb is a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma.
Copyright c. 2000-2002 Montana Standard and Lee Enterprises.
--------- "RE: Eagle Study raises ANWR Concerns" ---------
Date: Mon 16 Dec, 2002 08:46:11 -0700
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Eagle study raises ANWR concerns
MIGRATION:
Young golden eagles summer on the Arctic coastal plain, research finds.
By Mary Pemberton
The Associated Press
December 16, 2002
Young golden eagles migrating for the first time don't return to their
birthplace in Denali National Park and Preserve in central Alaska, but
summer instead in oil-rich areas in the Arctic.
The surprise finding was part of a $250,000, four-year study funded by
the National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey to track for the
first time the migration routes of Alaska's golden eagles.
The results of the study again raise concerns about oil development on
Alaska's North Slope and in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, and
about the increased pressure to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
to drilling.
"We are really afraid we will lose what's special about the western
Arctic before we even understand what is there," said Sara Chapell,
spokeswoman for the Sierra Club in Alaska.
After wintering in the south, the young eagles headed north, bypassing
the 6 million-acre national park and flying another 450-600 miles to
summer on the Arctic coastal plain. A few ended up near the Alaska Range
in the Interior or on the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage, but most
flew north.
"They were all across the North Slope," said Carol McIntrye, a 44-year-
old wildlife biologist at Denali who has been studying eagles since 1987.
The park is home to at least 100 breeding pairs of golden eagles.
Golden eagles weigh 8-12 pounds and have gold and buff-colored feathers
on the crown and nape of the neck. They are found in the northern part of
the Northern Hemisphere and have been protected in the United States since
1963.
McIntyre said in 1997 and 1999 tiny Teflon backpacks containing small
satellite transmitters costing $2,500 each were attached to the backs of
45 golden eagles just prior to their first migration.
Weights and measurements were taken on the young birds before they left
their nests in late July to mid-August. The eagles didn't depart Denali
until late September and early October, a time when the parents continue
to feed and protect them and the young practice their flying and hunting
skills.
McIntyre and Michael Collopy, a former USGS scientist who now is
department chairman of Environmental and Resource Sciences at the
University of Nevada in Reno, tracked the birds as they flew south from
central Alaska, wintering anywhere from southern Canada to northern Mexico.
Twelve of the 45 eagles survived their first year, often migrating more
than 5,000 miles. Most of those that died starved, but some also were hit
by cars, electrocuted by power lines, accidentally poisoned and shot,
McIntyre said.
McIntyre said the young eagles probably bypass Denali because the park's
adult eagles would drive them off. Their Arctic destination holds a wealth
of immature waterfowl, Arctic ground squirrels and caribou calves that
make easy prey for the inexperienced hunters.
McIntyre worries that golden eagles, which are much less tolerant of
human beings than bald eagles, won't be able to adapt to increased
development in the wilderness, whether it's on Alaska's North Slope or
wintering grounds in Canada, northeastern Washington, Idaho, Montana,
North and South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas and New Mexico.
"We are kind of choking them out of where they live," she said.
Collopy is most concerned about changes caused by recent wildfires in
the West. The fires in the area between the Sierra Nevada and Rocky
Mountains are killing the sagebrush, which is being replaced by exotic
weeds, particularly cheatgrass from Europe and Asia.
Without sagebrush, there are no jackrabbits -- the golden eagles' main
food, Collopy said.
Drilling for oil in the Alaska refuge is a key part of the Bush
administration energy plan, which likely has a better chance of passing
next session when Republicans control both the House and Senate.
The Bush administration, meanwhile, has called for increased exploration
in the 23 million-acre oil reserve, designated in 1923 specifically for
oil development. The USGS said in May the reserve has four times as much
oil as previously estimated.
In June, several oil companies successfully bid to lease 579,269 acres
in the NPR-A. The Bureau of Land Management plans two more lease sales in
the next four years.
Copyright c. 2002 The Anchorage Daily News.
--------- "RE: Open Letter to Ray Halbritter" ---------
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:35:30 -0500
From: "John Finlay" <finlayjn at sympatico.ca>
Subj: letter to the editor
<To: <gars at nanews.org>
To the editor;
What follows is an "open letter" which was surface mailed to Ray
Halbritter, CEO of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York on September 12.
I was at Oneida as a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams to assist in
efforts to reduce the potential for violence.
This letter comes from one individual who spent time there and not from
CPT. The author claims no unique expertise in this situation, rather it is
a reflection of his insights and experiences gained through interaction
with both the native and non-native communities on and near the
traditional Oneida territory.
John Finlay
131 Hinks St. Box 2145
Walkerton, Ontario
519-881-1399 (home)
519-889-1399 (cell)
finlayjn at sympatico.ca
Dear Mr. Halbritter;
I spent three weeks in the Oneida area of New York during September, and
have recently returned for another two weeks. I have spoken with many
people in the City of Oneida itself, including the mayor, the police chief,
and ministerial members of the community.
I have also worshipped, celebrated, eaten, talked, and worried with
those who describe themselves as the traditional Haudenasaunee and live on
the 32-acre plot of ancestral land.
During my time here, and also my time between trips here, I have learned
about the Great Law of Peace and its importance as a foundation of what we
call our common approach to democratic principles. There can be little
doubt that the turbulent times in which we live would be much less so if
the principles of Righteousness, Health, and Power as described in the
Great Law were the ones which guided our thoughts and actions in personal,
local, and even international matters.
Whatever your designs may be for that particular small piece of land,
and however you may choose to describe some of the people who continue to
live there; thus far you seem to have missed the point. None of the chosen
descriptors used to vilify those people which I have heard and/or read,
except possibly one, match what I have experienced. That one being
dissidents.
Indeed, they are uncomfortable with the direction which the Oneida
Indian Nation of New York has taken and are willing to say so. That taking
a position opposed to yours would justify eliminating their status, rights,
and privileges as Oneida is only comparable to your country's actions
toward the so-called war combatants in Afghanistan.
Thus far you have managed to arrest and spirit away (many people I know
would say kidnap) one person and then coerce her into leaving her home so
it could be demolished. So much for the Great Law and its principles.
I belong to, but do not speak for, an organization which your director
of communication at one point effectively described as "dupes". Surely
someone with his education and purported expertise could do better than
that. Perhaps though, the seductive power of avarice has addled his mind
as completely as those who leave your Turning Stone facility with
literally nothing because they gambled until the casino owned even the car
they arrived in.
The main point which has seemed to escape you so far is that, no matter
how much those who remain on the ancestral territory may be worried or
afraid about pending actions undertaken at your behest by your "Men's
Council," or "Tribal Court," or your entirely non-native Nation Police
Force, they still do not fear you. As a matter of fact, they all still
love you. They pray for you daily around the Prayer Circle.
You are not an item of ridicule, scorn, or hatred, and never will be.
Those people are your family in that they are your aunt and first cousins,
and they care for you. The actions of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York
may have bent, bruised, and assaulted their dignity and, to some extent
their bodies, but their hearts remain loyal and honest and that's where
they keep their feelings toward you.
Have the courage and wisdom to do what you know is right Ray.
I spent three weeks in the Oneida area of New York during September, and
have recently returned for another two weeks. I have spoken with many
people in the City of Oneida itself, including the mayor, the police chief,
and ministerial members of the community.
I have also worshipped, celebrated, eaten, talked, and worried with
those who describe themselves as the traditional Haudenasaunee and live on
the 32-acre plot of ancestral land.
During my time here, and also my time between trips here, I have learned
about the Great Law of Peace and its importance as a foundation of what we
call our common approach to democratic principles. There can be little
doubt that the turbulent times in which we live would be much less so if
the principles of Righteousness, Health, and Power as described in the
Great Law were the ones which guided our thoughts and actions in personal,
local, and even international matters.
Whatever your designs may be for that particular small piece of land,
and however you may choose to describe some of the people who continue to
live there; thus far you seem to have missed the point. None of the chosen
descriptors used to vilify those people which I have heard and/or read,
except possibly one, match what I have experienced. That one being
dissidents.
Indeed, they are uncomfortable with the direction which the Oneida
Indian Nation of New York has taken and are willing to say so. That taking
a position opposed to yours would justify eliminating their status, rights,
and privileges as Oneida is only comparable to your country's actions
toward the so-called war combatants in Afghanistan.
Thus far you have managed to arrest and spirit away (many people I know
would say kidnap) one person and then coerce her into leaving her home so
it could be demolished. So much for the Great Law and its principles.
I belong to, but do not speak for, an organization which your director
of communication at one point effectively described as "dupes". Surely
someone with his education and purported expertise could do better than
that. Perhaps though, the seductive power of avarice has addled his mind
as completely as those who leave your Turning Stone facility with
literally nothing because they gambled until the casino owned even the car
they arrived in.
The main point which has seemed to escape you so far is that, no matter
how much those who remain on the ancestral territory may be worried or
afraid about pending actions undertaken at your behest by your "Men's
Council," or "Tribal Court," or your entirely non-native Nation Police
Force, they still do not fear you. As a matter of fact, they all still
love you. They pray for you daily around the Prayer Circle.
You are not an item of ridicule, scorn, or hatred, and never will be.
Those people are your family in that they are your aunt and first cousins,
and they care for you. The actions of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York
may have bent, bruised, and assaulted their dignity and, to some extent
their bodies, but their hearts remain loyal and honest and that's where
they keep their feelings toward you.
Have the courage and wisdom to do what you know is right Ray.
John Finlay
--------- "RE: EPA appraised of Tribal Fisheries Situation" ---------
Date: Fri 13 Dec, 2002 08:23:54 -0700
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EPA appraised of tribal fisheries situation
12/12/02
by Gary King
Unable to meet effluent standards for discharging water to St. Croix
River, the St. Croix Tribe has trucked more than 4 million gallons of
water to a treatment facility in Superior during past year; options being
studied
DANBURY - The Environmental Protection Agency has been appraised of the
St. Croix Tribe's struggle to meet pollution standards with the water they
are discharging from its year-old fisheries operation. Pete Prusak of the
Department of Natural Resources said his department has contacted the
federal agency to let them know of the ongoing failure by the fisheries to
meet effluent standards in the water disharged after it is used to raise
yellow perch for mass marketing. "We've contacted the EPA just to get them
up to speed on all the facts," Prusak said. "They are involved and they
are concerned." According to original plans for the fisheries, water, once
it is used to raise the fish, was to be discharged into the nearby St.
Croix River. The river, however, is categorized as an `outstanding
resource,' and under that classification, demands "extremely stringent
effluent limits," according to Prusak. Currently the DNR has been involved
in what Prusak described as an "informal enforcement process," with the
tribe. It involves going through the violation notices and looking at
possible modifications that could remedy the problem in filtering the
water for discharge. The tribe has until Dec. 20 to respond to the DNR in
writing with a plan to remedy the situation. Two options have been
discussed, Prusak said. Upgrading the present facility and continue with
the original plan to discharge to the St. Croix River - or going to a land
disposal type of discharge of the water. A land disposal would create the
need for a site and a seepage cell, not unlike that of many wastewater
treatment facilities operated by municipalities. One option, he said,
would be to cease production, particularly if there was no long-term
solution planned.
Full production by spring Dave LaBomascus, hired this past June as the
new operations manager for the facility, said he doesn't expect the
fisheries to hit full production until late spring or early summer of 2003.
Full production, according to initial plans, is the growing of 2.2 million
pounds of yellow perch and 1.1 million pounds of Atlantic salmon each year.
Thus far the facility has been able to produce enough perch to sell to the
Adventures restaurant in Siren and to serve at the tribe's St. Croix
Casino in Turtle Lake. A consultant has been working with the tribe on
possible solutions. Like any new aquaculture facility, LaBomascus said, it
takes time to reach full production.
Primary problem Prusak said the water being discharged from the plant is
meeting the biological standards for discharge to the river, including all
toxic and metal standards, but not the concentration standards for
dissolved solutes such as nitrates, phosphates and chloride. Salt used in
the raising of fish, while beneficial to the process, is creating some of
the concentrations raising concerns. There are no problems with the fish
being raised, Prusak noted.
Hauling discharged water Because water cannot legally be discharged to
the St. Croix River the tribe has transported 4.3 million gallons of water
from its fisheries north of Danbury to the City of Superior's Wastewater
Treatment plant this past year. That facility treats the water and
discharges it into the Lake Superior Bay. The plant is charging the tribe
$8.16 per 1,000 gallons, according to Safety and pretreatment Coordinator
Diane Thompson. That involves six tanker loads a day - Monday through
Sunday. "Right now they bring us more water than normal because of an
evaporator that isn't up and running," Thompson said. "The plan is
apparently to evaporate (the effluent) and make the waste into a
fertilizer." That fertilizer could then be sold, Thompson noted.
More construction? It could take more construction at the plant to
provide the extra filtration in order to discharge into the river, Prusak
said. "It's going to be a long time in my mind, but I don't know yet what
their plan is." Prusak said until that time, the DNR will be working
closely with the tribe in resolving the issue. "We want them to be
successful," Prusak said. "Everybody does. But they've got to protect the
environment and I believe they are committed to doing that."
Copyright c. 2002 The Inter-County Leader/Frederic, WI.
--------- "RE: URGENT: Attack on Bamaca Family" ---------
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:24:08 -0800 (PST)
From: Carter Camp <cartercamp at yahoo.com
Subj: THIS IS TRUELY URGENT! !
Urgent Message & Call to Action from Jennifer Harbury
Mailing List: ndn-aim <ndn-aim at yahoogroups.com>
[Editorial Comment: Just an Old Man has spoken of this very sort
of terrorism many times. This newsletter has
warned of the deathsquads trained in Ft. Benning
at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security
Cooperation (WHISC), formerly U.S. Army School
of the Americas. This is a call for you to sit
down and write a letter to your congressional
representative. Either that, or accept the fact
your silence is seen as tacit approval by those
who perpetuate this program of shame.]
Ah-ho my Relations,
We really need to respond to this plea. Jennifer Harbury does not
say these things unless her life is in danger. These ndn people are
being hunted in the dark... a call or letter or fax from us can shine
some light on what they are doing. I am once more asking all of you
to do what you can to save these poor people from being killed. Even
if you've called once please do so again... and spread this plea
around every list you can. We need to generate as much light as we
possibly can, contact politicians, news media and do the things asked
below. THIS IS TRULY URGENT! Do everything you can today my friends,
Carter Camp
----- Original Message -----
From: Jennifer Harbury
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 6:54 AM
Dear Friends...As you read this I am heading for guatemala. My
family has been attacked there. We urgently need as many calls as you
and your friends can possibly make to the Guatemalan embassy this
week, starting Monday morning....THANKS....Jennifer
December 12, 2002
EXTREMELY URGENT : ATTACK ON BAMACA FAMILY
Dear Friends,
I am writing to ask you for your emergency calls for
protection for my family down in Guatemala. All three of my sisters
in law have been threatened and one was badly battered a few days
ago in front of her small children. She is now in hiding with her
entire family. I am leaving for Guatemala in a day or so to see
work with the MINUGUA team and other human rights groups; and to
lodge my formal protest with the government. The army knows
everyone is getting ready to leave for the holidays, and they are
testing the waters to see what they can get away with in terms of
retaliation against my family. They also hope that given the Sept.
11 backlash, that they can do whatever they please nowadays. All
this is happening because they are up against the deadline the
Inter American Court gave them for complying with the reparations
order in Everardo's case, and they are very, very angry. I fear
that someone is going to be killed or badly hurt if there is not an
immediate and powerful response from all of us. Has not the
Bamaca family suffered enough?
Ironically, all of this started with what appeared to
be a startling victory. A few weeks ago, Copredeh ,( the
government's defense lawyers in the case), called us to say that
the government was willing to pay the money damages award ordered
by the Inter-American Court. We were all astounded by this news,
needless to say. I have always assumed that it would take me twenty
years to get this particular government to comply in this
particular case. The Court, of course, had also ordered that
Everardo's body be returned to me, and that the Court's findings
and fact and law about what really happened be published in the
main Guatemalan newspapers. But when we asked about these portions
of the order, we were told that there was no time for discussion
about these issues. The Copredeh people also insisted that I arrive
in Guatemala at once to sign the papers, and that there should
be no publicity. This caused some obvious concern, but I did go
down, and met with both the family and Copredeh lawyers. We decided
that for the sake of the family's safety, we would keep all this
secret until they could move to a more protected area. We were,
frankly, all amazed when the funds were actually transferred later
that week. The Guatemalan government has paid the damages in
Everardo's case.
Unfortunately, they are evidently now bent on making us pay too.
Some of the reprisals began even before we had heard from the
government.
Several months ago, my sister in law Alberta Velasquez,
Efrain's half sister, reported several disturbing incidents. She
and her family had fled from the remote finca where they grew up as
a result of the army repression in the area. They have lived
quietly in a small barrio in the Capital until recently. Then the
neighbors began to report that armed men were looking for her
husband and asking where he lived. Friends told her son that he
should hide, that a car with black glass windows was circling the
area, and had asked where he lived. The car was full of armed men.
Strangers she had never seen before began speaking loudly in the
streets about the Bamaca case, swearing they would kill any
relatives if they ever found them. She and her family once again fled
their home, and are now in a new location.
When I was in Guatemala two weeks ago, I learned that
my other sister in law, Josefina Bamaca Velasquez, had also fled
her home as well, over a month ago. Armed men had broken into her
small hut on the remote finca where she still lived, terrifying
her, and searching everywhere, for what she did not know. Needless
to say, a robbery by a large group of well armed men in a tiny
and impoverished peasant community is very unusual, given that the
residents would have virtually nothing to steal. Such assaults
have traditionally been politically motivated and carried out by
the army or other state security sectors.
On Wednesday, December 11, my sister in law Egidia
Bamaca Velasquez was attacked in her home in a small barrio just
outside of Malacatan. Six well armed men wearing ski masks, and
bearing guns and machetes entered her house and beat her in front of
her children, threatening to kill her. This is a very tiny and
frail woman who suffered from severe malnutrition for most of her
life. The style of the attack is very much that of the military.
Once again they tore up the house, searching for something, and
lamenting that they had not found it. I presume they were searching
for her bank book, intending to take away the very funds they
had just been forced to pay in reparations.
Obviously, the military is furious and also mortified
by the payment of the reparation portion of the award and now
intends to seek "vengeance". They know that the best way to hurt me
is to hurt the family. They also wouldn't mind if a "common
criminal" kidnapped someone to take the money back, or killed
someone to "teach me a lesson". I have now met most of my 21 nieces
and nephews, from baby Everardo, two years old, to the young
adults. It would be difficult for me to imagine a brighter, more
talented group of young Mayans, and I am so pleased to think that
my share of the reparations award will send each and every one of
them to the University. ( I signed years ago to give all of my
share to the new generation and will honor that commitment.) If
they live. I could , of course, try to bring them here, and will
do so if they wish. But exile was not part of the Court's concept
of justice in this case; and Guatemala has already lost three
generations of its best and brightest, either to the death
squads or as refugees. This has to end.
------
I will, as I say, be leaving for Guatemala either
Monday or Tuesday. I have notified some Congressional offices, but
remain concerned that the army may try to arrest me or charge me
with "illegal speech", as they have been doing with so many other
human rights leaders recently. It is the new fashion to bring
charges for criminal defamation, incitement to riot, or even
treason... .as we have seen in the cases of Rigoberta Menchu, Rosario
Pu, Bruce Harris, and many others. We have already notified the
Court that the family needs protection at once. However, your
calls to the Guatemalan Embassy, as of early Monday morning and
throughout this week, are the most important of all. The government
needs to know that this case has not been forgotten, and that
our own commitment to human rights for all people is as strong as
ever. They are waiting to evaluate our response. Your calls will
keep people alive over the Christmas holidays, quite literally.
PLEASE CALL OR WRITE THE GUATEMALAN EMBASSY AT ONCE.
TELEPHONE : 202-745-4952
ADDRESS : 2220 R St. NW Washington D.C. 20008
EMAIL : ambassador at g...
Fax: 1 202 745 1908
MESSAGE :
(1) Please tell the Guatemalan government that we will not
tolerate acts of state terrorism and reprisals against any
persons seeking justice.
(2) We demand guarantees of safety for all members of the Bamaca
family.
(3) We demand safe passage for Jennifer while she seeks to
protect her family.
(4) Should there be further actions of this nature, we will ask
our Congresspersons to move for the extradition of military
officers implicated in the drug trade in Guatemala.
(5) If this is how Guatemala respects the international judicial
system, we will start up a campaign to have Guatemala expelled
from the OAS.
IF YOU WISH TO MAKE CALLS TO CONGRESS TO ASK THEM TO CONTACT THE
GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT , PLEASE DO SO. THE SWITCHBOARD NUMBER IS
202-224-3121.
THANK YOU, EVERONE FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT.
ABRAZOS JENNIFER
--------- "RE: Lubicon: Citizens for Public Justice" ---------
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 02:51:52 -0500
From: fol at tao.ca <Friends of the Lubicon>
Subj: Citizens for Public Justice weigh in on Lubicon settlement
Mailing List: FoL-L <fol-l at lists.tao.ca>
Friends of the Lubicon
P.O. Box 444, Stn. D,
Etobicoke, ON
Canada, M9A 4X4
Tel: 416-763-7500
Fax: 416-535-7810
Email: fol at tao.ca
Web: www.tao.ca/~fol
December 11, 2002
Attached below is an excellent letter to Prime Minister Chretien
regarding settlement of Lubicon Lake Indian Nation land rights from the
Executive Director of the Citizens for Public Justice. Along with
sending their own letter, CPJ also published the attached article in
their most recent newsletter encouraging their members across Canada to
write similar letters to the Prime Minister.
* * * * * * * *
Nov. 26, 2002
Right Hon. Jean Chretien
Prime Minister
Government of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Mr. Chretien:
Our organization is one of the many groups and individuals who have
monitored the situation of the Lubicon Lake First Nation for many years,
as one of Canada's most pressing human and environmental rights
concerns. We are writing to encourage you to make every effort possible
to resolve this longstanding land rights dispute.
We are very familiar with the history of the Lubicon struggle for a just
land rights settlement, the 60-plus years of failed attempts to settle
their land rights, and the national and international concerns that this
tragic situation has evoked. Over the years, we have covered the story
many times in our publications and have made presentations to tribunals
and organizations in Alberta, nationally and internationally to suggest
ways of resolving this conflict. There are two articles on the Lubicon
campaign in the new edition of the Aboriginal issues anthology, Nation
to Nation: Aboriginal Sovereignty and the Future of Canada, published by
our sister organization, the Public Justice Resource Centre. We have
also organized public events across Canada to inform Canadians about the
Lubicon campaign.
The Lubicon land rights case has remained unsettled for far too long.
This has become a matter of national and international human rights
embarrassment. You wrote to the Lubicon nine years ago, promising to
act quickly on a land settlement. You said that "time is wasting" and
that it was "time for action", and that you considered the Lubicon claim
to be "a priority."
We were very encouraged by the slow but steady progress since 1998, when
Brad Morse was appointed as a federal negotiator by your government and
the Lubicon land claims talks resumed. In fact, we met with Mr. Morse
at one point to discuss our concerns about this longstanding Aboriginal
rights dispute and our concern that a settlement is reached. We were
pleased to report to our members across Canada, who had been following
this situation for over twenty years, that a settlement seemed imminent.
More recently, we have been encouraged by reports that the Lubicon and
your government have reached agreement on the bilateral issues involving
how Lubicon band membership is to be determined, as well as on details
for a new community at Lubicon Lake.
You have made clear your concern for the plight of Canada's Aboriginal
people. This is an opportunity to leave a legacy by which your years of
public service will be remembered. Your personal values and goals, and
those of the Lubicon, mesh well at this critical time. We believe that a
settlement can be reached if you personally ensure that the remaining
obstacles are cleared away and that a fair settlement is reached.
We look forward to your personal response and to celebrating a public
justice solution for the Lubicon, before you leave office.
Sincerely,
Harry J. Kits
Executive Director, CPJ
cc Chief B. Ominayak, Lubicon Lake First Nation
* * * * * * *
>From the Catalyst, published by Citizens for Public Justice, www.cpj.ca
Lubicon treaty within reach?
If Prime Minister Chretien is serious about leaving a legacy of justice
for Aboriginal people, he could start with a settlement between the
Lubicon Lake Indian Nation in northern Alberta and the federal
government.
The Lubicon have been struggling to have their Aboriginal land rights
recognized for 63 years. Their saga has attracted international
attention, with Canada being condemned for its treatment of the band.
However, there are cautious grounds for optimism, with the government
and the Lubicon recently reaching agreement on the portion of a final
settlement agreement that deals with building a new community for the
Lubicon Nation. This breakthrough clears the way for discussions on
other outstanding issues like economic development, compensation, a
trappers' support program, and other elements of a final settlement
agreement. The Alberta government has also been invited to join the
negotiations to discuss reserve lands, wildlife and environmental
management, and other issues.
If the government has the will to settle Lubicon land rights, a
settlement should be possible within a relatively short time frame.
That's why Lubicon supporters are urging Prime Minister Chretien to
fulfil his promise of resolving Lubicon land rights before he leaves
office. Letters to Mr. Chretien encouraging him to push for a settlement
are still needed. For more information on what Mr. Chretien promised and
how to encourage him to keep his promises, visit the Friends of the
Lubicon website, www.tao.ca/~fol.
* The book Nation to Nation: Aboriginal Sovereignty and the Future of
Canada, published by CPJ's partner, the Public Justice Resource Centre,
contains two articles on the Lubicon campaign. It's available from the
PJRC, info at publicjustice.ca, for $26.95.
--------- "RE: B.C. must consult First Nations in Timber transfer" ---------
Date: Fri 13 Dec, 2002 08:23:54 -0700
From: Gary Smith <gars at Speakeasy.org>
Subj: NA News Item
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filename="TIMBER LICENCE"
http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm
http://cnews.canoe.ca/WesternTicker/CANOE-wire.Skeena-Gitxsan.html
Court: B.C. must consult First Nations in transfer of Skeena timber licence
Friday, Dec. 13, 2002
VANCOUVER (CP) - The provincial government has been ordered to consult
with northern B.C. First Nations affected by the sale of bankrupt Skeena
Cellulose.
In a ruling handed down Tuesday in Smithers, B.C., Justice David Tysoe
of B.C. Supreme Court accepted a claim by Gitxsan hereditary chiefs that
they must be consulted about resource activities on their traditional
territory.
The 10,000-member Gitxsan Nation and other bands claim 30,000 square
kilometres of northwestern British Columbia that includes Skeena's
provincial timber licence area.
Skeena, which was rescued by the B.C. government from bankruptcy in 1997,
was sold last spring to NWBC Timber and Pulp Co. for $6 million.
The company's Prince Rupert pulp mill and three sawmills, along with its
logging operations, have been idle for more than a year.
The new owners plan to restart the mills in May, preceded by renewed
logging.
The government approved the transfer of Skeena's licences to harvest
Crown timber last June, prompting the Gitanyow First Nation to apply for a
court injunction. It wasn't granted, but a hearing was scheduled and it
took place in September.
Tysoe ruled the First Nations have a good prima facie case of aboriginal
rights and title over areas covered by Skeena's forest licences, and that
the minister of forests failed to consult with them before transferring
the rights to NWBC.
The minister, he ruled, has "a legally enforceable duty" to consult with
First Nations in good faith and seek "workable accommodations" between
their aboriginal interests and the short- and long-term objectives of the
Crown to manage public lands.
A series of court rulings, most recently a B.C. Appeal Court decision in
favour of the Haida Nation and forest company Weyerhaeuser Co., have found
First Nations must be consulted about activities in their traditional
territories even if aboriginal claims have not been confirmed.
Despite the ruling, Tysoe did not quash the Skeena timber licence
transfer. He adjourned the decision but left the door open for First
Nations to reapply if they believe the minister is not fulfilling his duty
to consult, said Gordon Sebastian, the Gitxsan's lawyer.
NWBC president Dan Veniez said the ruling does not throw a wrench into
plans to reopen Skeena.
"This doesn't have any material adverse effect on Skeena," he said from
Prince Rupert. "Basically it's a decision telling the government that it
has to consult in a way that is more consistent with the Court of Appeal's
decision."
A Forests Ministry spokeswoman said officials will study the decision
before commenting.
"Obviously the province would prefer to negotiate rather than litigate,"
she said.
Sebastian said the Gitxsan, who have an active treaty claim, want the
government to provide $5 million for the First Nation to conduct an
inventory of the territory in advance of talks.
The Gitxsan will also propose setting up an aboriginal rights review
board to work out conflicts between the Gitxsan and any government
ministry related to claimed territory.
Copyright c.2002, CANOE, a division of Netgraphe Inc.
--------- "RE: Nuxalkmc Native Youth Movement on Fish Farms" ---------
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 07:29:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Carter Camp <cartercamp at yahoo.com>
Subj: Fwd: Nuxalkmc Native Youth Movement Press Release on Fish Farms
Mailing List: ndn-aim <ndn-aim at yahoogroups.com>
INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2002
NUXALK NATION
--NATIVE YOUTH MOVEMENT--
Bella Coola
WHAT:
Members of the Nuxalk Native Youth Movement participated in a road-
blockade which was initiated by the Nuxalk Hereditary leadership, with the
purpose of stopping the transportation of Atlantic farmed salmon through
their Traditional unceded Territory. The salmon was harvested from an
Atlantic fish farm located in Klemtu, "BC".
HOW:
A freezer semi-truck, barged to Bella Coola from Klemtu, en route to
Vancouver, carrying a load of 'diseased' Atlantic farmed salmon, was
detoured off of Highway 20, and stopped within a part of the Nuxalk
Reservation. The truck halted where it was met with approximately 40
Nuxalkmc people, and held for 9 hours.
WHY:
Amongst the purpose of the blockade was the statement that Nuxalk would
no longer tolerate the transportation of this species through their
Traditional territory, nor give condolence to the practice of 'farmed
salmon'. It is strongly believed that this very practice will have a
detrimental and unrecoverable effect within the existing Wild salmon stock
habitat, population and surrounding environment which the Nuxalk people
are caretakers for and dependant upon for survival. Not only will the Wild
stock salmon be contaminated, but all of the other winged (eagles, ravens,
etc) and legged (bears, wolves, etc.) creatures that eat salmon will be
poisoned and contaminated from the unnatural diseases born within the
practice of farmed salmon.
BACKGROUND OF ATLANTIC FARMED SALMON
Norway was the leading country of salmon aqua-culture. Norweigians have
been farming salmon for almost 30 years. In August of 1998, 40% of all
fish farms were shut down, and millions of fish were slaughtered to stop
the spread of an incurable disease known as infectious salmon anaemia.
Twenty (20) Norwegian rivers have been treated with rotenone since 1981;
the river systems were poisoned to eradicate a farm salmon parasite and
killed almost all other wild life as well as the diseased salmon.
Farmed fish contain high levels of contaminants including 10 times more
polychlorinated, biphenyls, P.C.B's than wild fish. The U$ federal
government has recently advised pregnant women not to eat farmed fish
since 60,000 children in the U$ have brain injury from their mothers
eating fish with high levels of mercury.
RESULTS OF BLOCKADE
Klemtu complied to the demand of the Nuxalk. The Atlantic farmed salmon
will no longer be shipped and transported within Nuxalk territory.
Beforehand, under protest as well, an alternate route was required after a
demand that the fish no longer be transported through the port facilities
of Port Hardy. Now, one of the only transportation routes would be further
north extending to the waters around Prince Rupert. Further action will be
required to achieve the future goal of stopping altogether the practices
of farmed salmon within the entire coast of what is known as "BC", which
is all Indian land. Native Youth Movement is calling for an international
boycott of farmed salmon. NYM is Calling on all Indian people to stand up
and protect our sacred waters.
Nuxalk Native Youth Movement
Contact:
nuxalkmc at redpride.com
Box 382 Bella Coola, Nuxalk Nation V0T 1C0
--------- "RE: Court rules Canada in Breach to First Nation" ---------
Date: Thu 12 Dec, 2002 09:05:22 -0700
From: Gary Smith <gars at Speakeasy.org>
Subj: NA News Item
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filename="NAULT/BREACH"
http://www.indianz.com/News/show.asp?ID=2002/12/12/nault
Court rules Canada in breach to First Nation
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2002
A federal court in Canada last week blasted the government's top Indian
affairs official for meddling in the management of a financially strapped
First Nation.
In April 2001, Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault appointed a third-
party manager to take over federal funding and other programs for the
Pikangikum First Nation. At the time, Nault said the arrangement was
necessary to help the Ojibwe band, based in Ontario, resolve long-standing
problems.
But in a ruling released December 2, Federal Justice John A. O'Keefe
said Nault violated his responsibility to the First Nation. Calling it
"patently unreasonable," the court invalidated the arrangement "due to a
breach of the duty of procedural fairness."
The decision is a bittersweet victory for the Pikangikum. The remote
community of 2,000 has been riddled with a number of environmental,
financial and social problems, which band leaders said were exacerbated by
last year's federal takeover.
A flood in October 2000 led to a state of emergency. Bottled water had
to be flown in because there was no alternative source.
The reserve's school had to be closed earlier in the year due to an oil
spill. Children went uneducated, according to Nault, until January 2001,
when the school was finally reopened.
At one point, the band owed more than $300,000 in heating bills. Reserve
residents were prepared to lose their utilities until the third-party
manager paid the bill last summer.
But it's the high suicide rate that has probably drawn the most
attention. Considered one of the highest in the world, the reserve's rate
is 36 times the national average. At one point, Nault suggested the band's
outreach to the media was leading to more suicides.
Despite the problems, band leaders insisted they should be able to
handle their own affairs. They employed the services of a co-management
firm up until Nault appointed the receiver.
According to court documents, the First Nation receives $12 million to
$14 million in federal funds from the Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development. Audits during the late 1990s showed deficits in the
millions but band leaders said they have cleared up the problems.
The Assembly of First Nations, the largest Aboriginal organization,
supported the Pikangikum throughout the ordeal. A resolution accused the
government of "usurping the authority" of the band.
Copyright c. 2000-2002 Noble Savage Media, LLC/Indianz.Com.
--------- "RE: Suspect in Rodeo Blaze not Competent" ---------
Date: Tue 17 Dec, 2002 08:06:43 -0700
From: Gary Smith <gars at Speakeasy.org>
Subj: NA News Item
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filename="FIRES"
http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1217gregg17.html
Suspect in 'Rodeo' blaze not competent
Faces mental tests; Jan. trial canceled
Judy Nichols
The Arizona Republic
Dec. 17, 2002 12:00 AM
Leonard Gregg, the Apache firefighter accused of setting part of the
state's largest wildfire, has been found incompetent to stand trial.
U.S. District Judge James Teilborg on Monday canceled Gregg's trial,
scheduled for Jan. 7, and ordered Gregg sent to a federal Bureau of
Prisons hospital for up to four months for further evaluation. After the
longer evaluation, Teilborg could set a new trial date or find that Gregg
still is incompetent.
Gregg, of Cibecue, was charged with setting the eastern portion of the
"Rodeo-Chediski" fire, which destroyed 467 homes and blackened nearly 470,
000 acres of national forest and land on the Fort Apache Reservation.
Valley resident Valinda Jo Elliot admitted starting the Chediski part of
the blaze when she set a signal fire in the wilderness south of Heber
after being lost for two nights. Some members of the Apache tribe, as well
as White Mountain residents, were infuriated when federal prosecutors
decided not to charge Elliott with a crime.
"Personally, I think both of them ought to be charged with something,"
said Carol Timmerman of Show Low. "Even if he wasn't in his right mind, he
ought to be held accountable. We're kind of a tourist area up here, and
the fire ruined a lot of scenery. I hope after he spends his time in the
hospital that they do find him competent."
Teilborg said he found inconsistencies in the doctors' reports, which he
ordered sealed, but said there were enough questions about Gregg's
competency that the additional evaluation was warranted.
Gregg's attorney, Deborah Euler-Ajayi, said after the hearing that the
doctors who evaluated him have very strong reservations that Gregg will
ever be competent to stand trial. Gregg, dressed in a black-and-white-
striped jail jumpsuit, sat quietly next to his attorney as a court-
appointed translator spoke to him in his native Apache. He could face up
to six years in prison on two counts of arson if convicted.
About 20 members of Gregg's family and friends came to the federal
courthouse, but some were unable to attend the hearing because they didn't
have picture identification.
None of the family members would speak to the press.
Friends of the family, Al Homer and Ivan Lewis, said they believe Gregg
is a scapegoat and Elliott also should be facing charges.
"She's competent and she walks," Lewis said. "He's incompetent and he's
still locked up. What's the deal?"
Homer said the family didn't understand why Gregg couldn't be released
on his own recognizance.
"It's double standards, double justice," Homer said.
According to investigators, Gregg set the fire because he was angry
about his parents' alcoholism and because he hoped to make money working
as a fire crew member for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
In court papers, Euler-Ajayi had stated that Gregg "has many symptoms of
fetal alcohol syndrome, his mental functioning is very low, he has poor
capacity for abstract thinking (and) he functions emotionally as well as
intellectually at a very primitive level."
Euler-Ajayi said Monday that, after the issue of competency is decided,
the court might take up the issue of statements Gregg made to
investigators after being arrested.
"I don't see how he could knowingly, intelligently waive his rights,"
she said.
U.S. Prosecutor Vincent Kirby told the judge he would not object to the
motion.
"I have reviewed the report and the issues raised need to be addressed,"
Kirby said. "It is the prudent course."
Kirby said Gregg should be in a facility where he would get treatment
for his problems.
Gregg has been in jail since about 10 days after the fires started.
"He's very homesick and lonely, but he's doing fine," Euler-Ajayi said.
Reporter Tom Zoellner contributed to this article.
Copyright c. 2002, azcentral.com. All rights reserved.
--------- "RE: Statement of Leonard Peltier" ---------
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 20:33:55 -0500
From: Alfred Bone Shirt <huhoogle at gwtc.net>
Subj: Fwd: Statement of Leonard Peltier
Mailing List: D/L/N <Dakota_Lakota_Nakota_Advocacy at yahoogroups.com>
December Statement of Leonard Peltier
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Greetings Friends & Supporters:
Well here we are once again, at the end of my 26th year behind these
prison walls. As I reflect back on this past year I am amazed to see all
the legal motion that is now happening in my case. After Clinton walked
out on us in 2001, I almost felt that I didn't have any avenues of redress
left and I wasn't sure if the campaign for my freedom could continue. I
wasn't really sure that there would be any more options to pursue. There
was the office transition and a lull in activity this past summer. But
now, thanks to my great legal team I see that there are still more battles
to be fought and if fought hard enough, won. And I hope you are all ready
to continue this work because I sure am ready for the next go round.
I know that the political climate, the impending war and the state of
the economy is going to make this work a lot more difficult for all of us.
However, we must remember that the people have always had to struggle for
every little gain that has been won and it isn't going to be any different
this time. We must continue our work to expose the FBI's illegal conduct
not only in my case, but also for all the people who are unjustly
incarcerated for their political beliefs.
This past summer I put out a call for Native youth to come out and take
on some responsibility for the movement to free me and to make sure
Indigenous issues are kept alive. I am happy to report that a number of
students from Haskell Indian Nations University took up the challenge.
They have formed the Peltier Indigenous Justice Alliance (PIJA). This
endeavor by these students makes me feel proud. I hope that others will
join them to carry on the work of those who have already worked so
tirelessly all their lives for justice. Remember it was a hand-full of
students from the Bay Area who helped organize the takeover of Alcatraz,
which gave spark to the movement, which led to many of the demonstrations
that would bring our issues before the public.
I also want to tell you how proud and happy to have my daughter
Marquetta working in the office coordinating my campaign and being on the
speakers' bureau. She has taken on a tremendous responsibility is doing a
fine job. Thanks to her this Christmas I will be able to have more of my
grandchildren with me. It hasn't been easy watching my children and now
my grandchildren grow up through photos. Now I can actually have them
with me and be able to spend some time talking and playing with them for a
few hours a week. Believe me this is a welcome break from this daily
oppressive life I live in here.
Now that the holidays are once again upon us I would once again ask you
to support the Christmas Drive for the children of the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation. So many children would have gone without a gift, had it not
been for your generosity these past years.
And last but far from least I want to thank each and every one of you
for hanging in there with me through the good and the hard times. I am
counting on all of you to be with me for this next campaign. No effort can
move forward without your continued support. Together we can and will
succeed. And in closing I want to wish you and yours safe and happy
holidays and a prosperous New Year.
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse,
Leonard Peltier
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Annual Christmas Drive 2002
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Indigenous Political Prisoner, Leonard Peltier, has organized his annual
gift drive for the children of the Pine Ridge Lakota Nation in South
Dakota. This is one way Leonard continues his humanitarian work for his
people despite his incarceration. Help Leonard Peltier reach out beyond
the bars that imprison him.
You can send gifts such as new toys and practical, new winter clothing
(gloves, jeans, thermal underwear, sweaters, socks, hats, scarves, jackets,
boots, and blankets, etc.) to the addresses listed below. Your gifts will
be distributed to the people of Pine Ridge in Leonard's name.
Thanks to Peltier's supporters, last years gift drive was very successful.
Many families wrote Leonard to both thank him and tell him how the gifts
brightened the families' holidays.
Some supporters collected donations from stores who were willing to help
after learning that Pine Ridge continues to be the most impoverished
community in the United States. Some organized collections by asking
friends and co-workers to sponsor a child by contributing a gift. Others
simply purchased gifts out of pocket.
The gift drives don't only help the families, but also help Leonard keep
his spirits strong through the difficult holiday season.
Gifts may be sent to the persons listed below. They will be responsible
for the distribution of these gifts to different areas of the community.
Thank You and have a safe holiday!
Geraldine Janis
Box 525
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
Fedelia Cross
Box 42
Oglala, SD 57764
Roslyn Jumping Bull
Box 207
Oglala, SD 57764
Until Freedom Is Won!
The New Leonard Peltier Justice Campaign
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
PO Box 583
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-842-5774
http://www.freepeltier.org
To subscribe, send a blank message to lpdc-on at mail-list.com
--------- "RE: U.S. Court rejects Peltier's Appeal" ---------
Date: Fri 13 Dec, 2002 08:23:54 -0700
From: Gary Smith <gars at Speakeasy.org>
Subj: NA News Item
- - - - - - -<Forwarded news>- - - - - - -
filename="PELTIER APPEAL REJECTED"
http://www.canada.com/news/story.asp
U.S. court rejects native activist Peltier's appeal for reduced sentence
Canadian Press
Thursday, December 12, 2002
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A U.S. federal appeals court rejected native activist
Leonard Peltier's request Thursday for reductions in the two consecutive
life sentences he was given in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents, saying
the appeal came far too late.
A lawyer for Peltier has argued ballistics evidence not considered by
his client's sentencing judge could have led to two concurrent life
sentences, not the back-to-back ones Peltier has been serving since his
1977 conviction and sentencing.
Under concurrent terms, his lawyer has argued, Peltier would have been
eligible for parole a decade ago. Now imprisoned in Leavenworth, Kan.,
Peltier is scheduled for his next full parole hearing in 2008.
Earlier appeals, including a sentence-reduction request, have been
denied.
On Thursday, a three-judge 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel
unanimously ruled Peltier's time for arguing the "new" ballistics evidence
he has known of since 1985 long has passed.
"And equity does not support extending the 120-day filing period for the
17 years it has taken Mr. Peltier to file his renewed...motion," 8th
Circuit Judge Morris Sheppard Arnold wrote.
The 8th Circuit also said Peltier's sentences were not illegal.
Peltier's lawyer, Eric Seitz of Honolulu, called Thursday's ruling "a
disgrace" and proof "nobody who seems to care about Leonard is in a
position of responsibility or authority."
"I'm utterly disgusted with the callousness in which everyone seems to
treat this situation," Seitz said.
"These are all procedural hurdles that we supposedly have to overcome
and I think it's disgraceful that someone has to serve time under these
circumstances when it's clear the case was handled ineptly and dishonestly
by the government."
Seitz said it was unclear whether he would ask the 8th Circuit to
reconsider or if he would take the matter to the U.S. Supreme Court.
"I'm not particularly optimistic that any of the judges now sitting have
any compassion or willingness to do the right thing here," he said.
"They're more inclined to let him rot in prison."
Peltier, a member of the American Indian Movement, was convicted in the
June 1975 slayings of FBI agents Ron Williams and Jack Coler on South
Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Both agents, who the FBI said were
searching for robbery suspects, were shot in the head at point-blank range
after they were injured. Their bodies were left on a dirt road.
Peltier, 57, was charged with taking part in the slayings but whether he
fired the fatal shots was never proved.
After fleeing to Canada and being extradited to the United States, he
was convicted and sentenced in 1977, despite defence claims evidence
against him had been falsified.
Two suspects were acquitted and a third was freed for lack of evidence.
On appeal, Peltier has insisted he never had the chance to argue his
sentences should be based on the theory he, at most, aided others in the
1975 killings, or that he acted in self-defence.
In arguing in October for the sentence-reduction, Seitz said if the
federal district judge who presided over Peltier's original trial knew
Peltier couldn't be directly linked to the shootings, he would have given
Peltier concurrent - not consecutive - sentences.
Lynn Crooks, a former assistant U.S. attorney who argued against a
resentencing, said Peltier was raising issues already rejected in previous
hearings. And, Crooks said, Peltier missed his deadline to appeal.
Just before leaving office in January 2001, former president Bill
Clinton considered granting Peltier clemency but decided against it, after
then-FBI director Louis Freeh argued scrapping Peltier's life sentence
would "signal disrespect" for law enforcers and the public.
Copyright c. 2002 The Canadian Press.
--------- "RE: Native Prisoner" ---------
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:19:12 -0600
From: Janet Smith <owlstar at speakeasy.org>
Subj: Native Prisoner
=====
Date: Monday, December 16, 2002 9:30 AM
From: Brigitte Thimiakis
Subj: UPDATE ON TIMOTHY HAS NO HORSE - LETTERS REQUIRED
>From khoward
Please read and forward, thank you,
Brigitte
===========================================
UPDATE ON TIMOTHY HAS NO HORSE - LETTERS REQUIRED
Timothy Has No Horse #06897-073 (Sioux from Pine Ridge), USP Atwater,
requires assistance in obtaining a hardship transfer. Timothy's mother
recently passed on, and he was denied a pass to attend her burial,
despite the efforts of his spiritual advisor, and tribe (who raised $8000
of the $13,000 required for the bond). Timothy has only 16 months left
to his sentence, has not had a write-up since 1999, and is not considered
a security risk. In addition, his father is medically ill.
When the pass was denied, Timothy requested a transfer in order to be
closer to his family during this trying time. However, Chaplain Barnes did
nothing to assist, and the prisoner has now been informed that he has also
been denied a transfer.
Timothy would like to be transferred to one of the following units, a
move supported by his spiritual advisor:
FMC Rochester, Minnesota
or FCI Sandstone, Minnesota
Timothy meets the criteria for a hardship transfer and should be
eligible for transfer as per BOP Policy Statement 5100.07, Transfer and
Classification, Chapter 10, Page 6. For a lesser security transfer, the
inmate will ordinarily be transferred, even when there is no available
bed in a facility, within the 500-mile radius from the inmate's legal
residence.
We would ask that supporters contact:
Robert M. Maro (Regional Director)
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Western Regional Office
7950 Dublin Blvd., Third Floor
Dublin, CA 94568
Fax: 1-925-803-4802
Those of you with further questions, have permission to contact Timothy's
spiritual advisor, Mr. Lenny Chavez, at (209) 966-6404.
We thank you for your assistance.
Valerie Scott
Director, NAPS
=====
NAPS (Native American Prisoner Support)
http://www.hri.ca/partners/naps/
URGENT!!! Sign petition for Alex Montana:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/ajm40/petition.html
--------- "RE: History: Carlisle Indian School" ---------
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 23:02:31 -0500
From: Barbara Landis <blandis at epix.net>
Subj: INDIAN HELPER, NOVEMBER 1, 1889 - CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL.
[Editorial Note: These reprints are being included in this
newsletter so that you might know the mind of those who
ran institutions like Carlisle.]
THE INDIAN HELPER
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A WEEKLY LETTER FROM THE CARLISLE INDIAN
SCHOOL TO BOYS AND GIRLS
CARLISLE, PA.
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VOLUME V NUMBER 11
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FRIDAY, November 1, 1889.
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Oh, what am I but an engine shod
With muscle and flesh by the hand of God,
Speeding on through the dense, dark night,
Guided alone by the soul's white light?
Often and often my mad heart tires,
And hates its way with a bitter hate,
And longs to follow its own desires
And leave the end in the hands of fate.
O ponderous engine of steel and steam;
O human engine of flesh and bone;
Follow the white light's certain beam,-
There lies safety, and there alone.
The narrow track of fearless truth,
Lit the eye's great eye of light,
O passionate heart of restless youth;,
Alone will carry you through the night.
-[Ella Wheeler.
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HOW AN INDIAN GIRL MIGHT TELL HER OWN STORY IF SHE HAD THE CHANCE
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Founded on Actual Observations of the Man-on-the-band-stand's Chief
Clerk.
(Continued from Last week.)
We went to the door and listened.
On yonder housetop stood an old man, the crier of the village,
calling at the top of his voice:
"A dance! A dance! This afternoon, in so-and-so's house! Everybody
come! The Governors orders!"
He repeated the words over and over again each time louder than the
time before until one would think his throat would burst.
"One of those disgraceful dances" I said, turning to Annie. "I
thought they had given them up in our two villages."
"That is what Belle wrote me before we started home, but since this
new Governor was elected she said things have been going backward."
"I had not heard it."
"Yes," continued Annie, '"Belle wrote that this Governor has around
him a lot of old time officers who believe in the old Indian ways, and
the people are again talking about the dances.
"I suppose, then, this is the first dance of the season. Isn't it too
bad, that the Indians who have gotten ahead somewhat have to follow such
a leader as this Governor who seems to he trying to lead them back where
they were in the first place.
"It certainly is a shame, and I think something ought to be done to
prevent it," said Annie.
"Maybe there will be sometime. Have you seen Belle, yet?" I asked.
"No, she left for the Albuquerque school before we arrived. She went
away from here as soon as she could, and I wish we were out of this too,
don't you? Just listen to that horrid man ! Did you ever go to a dance,
Mollie?"
"Not this kind."
"Neither did I, because before we went to Carlisle we were too
little. But I have heard they are forcing all the girls who came back
this summer, to go."
"That is dreadful! Although we have not been to a dance we have heard
our older girl friends tell about them and know nearly as well what they
do as if we had been there ourselves, don't we?"
"I think we do, and my heart shudders now at the terrible things I
have heard. At one time I did not think they were terrible. I can
remember crying to go with my mother to these very dances, but now I
should be ashamed to be seen in such a place."
"Do they really do such fearful things?"
"Too terrible for you and me to talk about; too bad to even think
about. Let us go in the house, Mollie. I hate to listen to that man
calling the people to go to such a place."
Just as we were about to turn to go inside, my mother came hurrying
up the ladder, all out of breath and carrying a bundle.
"Come, my daughter," she said. "Get ready! We must go!"
"Go where? Mother, this is Annie G., who came back with me from
Carlisle. She lives in Pa-hwa-ke village, you know." She looked at
Annie, shook hands and asked whose daughter she was.
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(Continued on Fourth Page.)
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(page 2 - missing)
The Indian Helper.
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INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA. BY THE
INDIAN PRINTER BOYS.
--> THE INDIAN HELPER is PRINTED by Indian boys, but EDITED by
The-Man-on-the-band-stand, who is NOT an Indian.
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The INDIAN HELPER is paid for in advance, so do not hesitate to take
the paper from the Post Office, for fear a bill will be presented.
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(page 3)
Overcoats have been repaired and issued.
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In selecting subjects for debate let us try and get something besides
Indian.
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Jack wrote his first home letter to his mamma. It was short but
exceeding sweet.
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Aren't the new evergreens back of the office and in front of the
Captain's house pretty?
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The Pan-American Conference was one of the subjects of interest this
week at the opening exercises of the school.
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J. B. Given and Johnnie, Miss Moore and Miss Hunt spent Saturday in
Philadelphia, sight-seeing and shopping.
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There is quite an epidemic of colds at the school just at present.
Among other afflicted is our new little printer James Wheelock.
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Miss Merritt, who has been ill for a week with something bordering
closely on lung fever we are happy to report is rapidly improving.
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The muskallonge from Lake Chatauqua and the persimmon in Alabama gave
interesting material for language lessons this week in the school-rooms.
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Not withstanding it poured down rain last Saturday night the dampness
outside did not interfere with the good time inside the gymnasium at the
sociable.
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This was home letter week. 500 letters sent in different directions
through the west to tell our parents and friends at home how we are
progressing.
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The machines in the sewing department are kept flying, getting ready
for winter. Flannel shirts by the hundred are turned out. The more the
work piles up the happier are the girls, for they feel they are really
doing something.
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Miss Noble has begun her month's vacation. She will leave for
Philadelphia the beginning of the week. Who more deserves rest? Three
hundred and thirty-five mornings in the year up between three and four
o'clock to supervise breakfast for our noble 500.
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That immense flash! It came all the way from Jamestown and was sent
by Mr. Mason. It weighed 28 pounds. Thirty-six people at the Teachers'
Club ate of it, and there were fragments left for supper. Miss Dixon,
the cook, showed her skill in the culinary art by preparing the fish in
the most palatable shape. Everybody left the table loud in praise of
the delicious flavor of the muskallonge, and happy that we have such a
friend as Mr. Mason.
Thomas Holliday has gone to his home, in Michigan.
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The annual account of property is now being taken.
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Mr. Jordan is altering the steam pipes in the Small Boys' Quarters.
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Susie Bond came in from the country to spend Sunday with friends.
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It has been suggested that the old chapel would make a fine
printing-office.
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The carpenters are building a slaughterhouse and a chicken-house at
the farm.
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Peter Cornelius and Thomas Metoxen are helping to fire the
steam-boilers, this winter.
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Hallow E'en last night. Yes, and we had our own fun just as though
we were not Indians.
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School room No. 6 had a very happy surprise this week, in the form of
a box of beautiful pen-wipers, made and presented by our faithful Boise.
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The brick work on the new end of Teachers' Quarters is a fourth of
the way up. The weather has interfered with the progress of the mason
work.
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Louis Bidell, Joseph Martinez, George Ladeau, Malpass Cloud, Harry
Kohpay, Paul Lovejoy, Hiram Bailey, Reuben Wolf, Charles Markan and
Frank West are the beginners in the new brass band class.
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Reuben Wolf has made and sent to Mrs. Wade, Omaha Agency, a present
of a riding bridle. This will be greatly appreciated by Mrs. Wade as
the handiwork of one of her class of boys, whom she started in the way
of education several years ago.
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Miss Stanton was a recipient of a handful of rice in the pod, and a
pomegranate from a friend in Louisiana. Both articles excited the
wholesome curiousity as they floated around through the school rooms.
We all expected a taste of the pomegranate, yes, the whole 500 of us
including the Man-on-the-band-stand; but lo! And behold the fruit, like
some people, had a false heart.
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Electric bells were placed in the Large Boys' Quarters at the expense
of the boys themselves, who volunteered the amount. No sooner were they
proven a success and a delightful convenience than the fever struck the
Small Boys' and then flew to the Girls' Quarters. A wire runs to the
Dining Hall, and Mrs. Lutkins by pressing a button can ring dozens of
bells through the quarters, to that boys and girls in their rooms
studying can have no excuse for not hearing the summons! Of course the
large bell is used for outsiders. The Man-on-the-band-stand has heard
Mr. Campbell say at least forty time, "How did we ever get along without
them?" There were put up by the boys themselves under Mr. Campbell's
supervision.
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(Continued -from First Page.)
"My mother's name is Ke-ma-net-sa," replied Annie, modestly.
"Se! Se!" my mother exclaimed "Ke-ma-net-sa! We used to be girls
together," she continued while stroking Annie's arm.
The crier again sounded his great voice through the air: "A dance! A
dance! Everybody come ! The Governor orders !"
"There!" she said with a sudden turn. "Get ready!. We must hurry."
My heart sank within me. "Mother," I said plaintively, "I do not want
to go to that dance."
"Don't be crazy," she replied. "You must go. Here are your cousin's
dress and leggings. I brought them for you. Put them on quickly and let
us go. You can't go to a dance in that dress! They would not let you
in," She added with a hard smile. "And I want to cut your hair off,
too."
Annie, without a word, got up and left. I heard her go down the
ladder, and the sound of her shoe-heels on the rocks below came back in
faint echoes as my mother and I sat there in silence, each waiting for
the other to speak.
"Come!" she finally said. "Are you not going to put on that dress?"
"Mother, you are not going to make me put it on if I don't want to,
are you?" said I almost crying.
"The Governor says you must go to the Dance."
"What right has the Governor to say I must go?"
"My daughter, we have to obey the Governor."
"That is a very bad dance and I don't want to go."
"It isn't bad," My mother replied indignantly. "It is the Indian
way, we have always been used to. You are Indian if you have been off
to school, learning the ways of the white folks. They can't make you
anything but Indian after all."
"Yes, I am Indian, mother. But I have learned better ways and I do
not have to do Indian ways any more if I don't want to, do I?"
"We will see about that," and as she spoke she flew down the ladder
and out of sight.
I was now alone.
"What shall I do?" I murmured as I paced back and forth in the little
room.
"Where has my mother gone? Perhaps for my father. Now is my time.
Shall I run away?"
I went to the door. There were men, women and children everywhere to
be seen, on the house-tops and hurrying from house to house on the rocks
below.
"No! I could not run away. I would so easily be followed and caught.
Should I run away if I could?
Never! That would not be "standing by a purpose true" as our
Superintendent used to say we must when in a hard place. Here is my
first real hard place since coming home. Here is a chance now for me to
show what I am made of."
"But, see! Who is that making such swift strides in this direction?"
"My father, my mother and the Governor as sure as I am alive."
My heart thumped as I had never felt it before. I turned and went
quickly into the house.
Picking up an apron I had started to make just before my friend Annie
arrived in the morning, I sat in apparent composure, sewing, when the
party entered.
(To be continued.)
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Enigma.
I am made of 6 letters:
My 2, 4, 5, 5, is to turn.
My 6, 1, 3 is a boy's name.
My whole is the name of a Revolutionary traitor.-[Little Subscriber.
ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S ENIGMA: Columbus.
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STANDING OFFER: - For FIVE new subscribers to the INDIAN HELPER, we
will give the person sending them a photographic group of the 15
Carlisle Indian Printer boys, on a card 4 1/2 X 6 1/2 inches, worth 20
cents when sold by itself. Name and tribe of each boy given.
(Persons wishing the above premium will please enclose a 1-cent stamp
to pay postage.)
For TEN, Two PHOTOGRAPHS, one showing a group of Pueblos as they
arrived in wild dress, and another of the same pupils three years after,
or, for the same number of names we give two photographs showing still
more marked contrast between a Navajoe as he arrived in native dress,
and as he now looks, worth 20 cents a piece.
Persons wishing the above premiums will please enclose a 2-cent stamp
to pay postage.
For FIFTEEN, we offer a GROUP of the whole school on 9x14 inch card.
Faces show distinctly, worth sixty cents.
Persons wishing the above premium will please send 5 cents to pay
postage.
For THREE new subscribers we will give the picture of Apache baby,
Eunice. Send a l-cent stamp to pay postage.
Persons sending clubs must send all the names at once. If the stamp
to pay postage on premium does not accompany the subscription list we
take it for granted that the premium is not wanted.
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At the Carlisle Indian School is published monthly an eight-page
quarto of standard size, called THE RED MAN, the mechanical part of
which is done entirely by Indian boys. This paper is valuable as a
summary of information on Indian matters and contains writings by Indian
pupils and local incidents of the school. Terms: Fifty cents a year, in
advance.
For 1, 2 and 3 subscribers for THE RED MAN we give the same premiums
offered in Standing Offer for the HELPER. Address, THE RED MAN,
Carlisle, PA.
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Transcribed weekly for distribution. [Note to recipients: from the
week of September 20 until Christmas week, the HELPER'S will include the
serialized version of what became STIYA - a book written by EMBE, aka
Marianna Burgess, aka The-Man-on-the-band-stand. With the exception of
the missing October 11th issue, I'll try to get these to you in a timely
fashion. WARNING: this material is extremely racist in tone, and
problematic in content. Thanks for your indulgence, Barbara]
Furthermore: There are several missing issues of the INDIAN HELPER'S
that include the serialization of Marianna Burgess' novel published as
STIYA, in 1891. The content of these serialized articles were almost
identical to the content of STIYA, therefore, the missing articles will
be inserted on a web page, and available for anyone interested in the
completed version.
--------- "RE: From Rustywire: Nellie goes to the Moon" ---------
Date: Sun 10 Nov, 2002 17:58:09 -0700
From: Gary Smith <gars at Speakeasy.org>
Subj: NA News Item
- - - - - - -<Forwarded news>- - - - - - -
filename="CARLISLE ESCAPE"
http://home.epix.net/~landis/moontrip.html
>From Johnny Rustywire:
This little nugget was pointed out to me in the June 27, 1890 INDIAN
HELPER by Russell Eagle Bear of Sinte Gleske College. Of all the news he
found in those papers, this is the item that caught his eye and he took a
photocopy with him. Thank you, Russell, for finding this one.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A COMPOSITION BY ONE OF OUR IMAGINATIVE SIOUX GIRLS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Of the many strange lands and queer places I have visited in my life,
the strangest and the one I have experienced more pleasure was my trip to
the moon, in 1900. I got on board an air ship which was bound for the
moon, one fine morning in June. Quite a number of people were starting
for the same place.
For many days we sailed through the air. The scenery all the way was
delightful both day and night, but the motion of the ship in air having
the same effect as the motion of the ship on water, we did not enjoy the
sights very much on the way.
After many days of travelling, we landed in a large city called Ujipa,
which means in our language, Greentown. The lunarians resemble the people
of the earth in every way but the color of their eyes and hair. The color
of their eyes is a bright green and their hair a very bright yellow. Both
men and women dress alike, in a loose gown,but you can distinguish them by
their way of wearing their hair. The men have long hair and wear it in
two or three plaits in the back. The women have short hair and wear
little caps to match their eyes. They are a very kind and polite people.
Up in the moon they have no school-houses nor books of any kind from
which to read or study. They are a blissful people. They know nothing
outside of what is going on in their own world. Money is of no use to
them there. Food of every kind grows all the year round. A sort of
fruit something like our cheese grows on trees very abundantly, and they
call it bread. Corn, potatoes, cabbage and numerous vegetables grow wild.
Watermelons, pumpkins and squashes grow on trees, apples, oranges, peaches
and grapes may be found in abundance. The people do not work very hard
for their food. Their clothes are made from the leaves of a very large
plant. These leaves measure about 20 square feet. They make very strong
and durable clothes.
The houses are built only of wood and beautiful. The people are ruled
over by their king, Nonboose Kiang, which we know as "The Man in the Moon."
He is a good, kind man and is liked by all his people.
The amusements and habits of the lunarians are very much like ours.
They were so kind to us that when the time came for us to go leave we
werevery sorry. I hope sometime in the future to take another trip and
see more things of interest.
-Nellie Robertson.
--------- "RE: Poem: PD Miranda" ---------
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 08:55:08 EST
From: HGold42734 at aol.com
Subj: ATTACK ON US: YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT
Mailing List: ndn-aim <ndn-aim at yahoogroups.com>
In a message dated 12/9/2002 8:12:52 PM Pacific Standard Time,
ErthAvengr at aol.com writes:
> Nobody disputes that the case currently before the Supreme Court
> involves coerced statements. Oliverio Martinez, the 34-year-old
> farm worker who brought the case, was interrogated in an ambulance
> and a hospital emergency room after being shot five times by police.
>
> "Ay! I am dying! . . . What are you doing to me?" an agonized
> Martinez isheard to cry out on a tape recording of the
> interrogation. Despite Martinez's insistence that he is in no
> condition to talk, the police sergeant does not stop his
> questioning. "If you are going to die, tell me what happened,"
> urges the sergeant, who is now a defendant in Martinez's
> damages suit.
PD Miranda
you have the right to remain silent,
after we knock your teeth out,
you have the right not to incriminate your self,
we'll do it for you,
you have the right to a lawyer,
if he can find you,
you have the right to a phone call,
if you can hold the phone with broken hands,
you have the right,
but we got the baton,
if your name is Miranda or Martinez,
you will disappear -
Phil Goldvarg 11/25/02
hgold42734 at aol.com
--------- "RE: Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days" ---------
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 06:21:24 -1000
From: Debbie Sanders <kepola at hgea.org>
Subj: Hawaiian Book of Days
A HAWAI'I BOOK OF DAYS, week of December 23-29
KEKEMAPA
(December)
(Makalii)
23
Pursue happiness; capture it now, and never let it go.
24
Sleep passes a mist of forgetfulness over our sorrows.
25
In peace I go forth to greet each day.
26
Snow clothes the fiery heart of the volcano.
27
Hold fast to friends, for they are the greatest of treasures.
28
May all your days be remembered in gladness.
29
The stars tonight are bright-etched in magic.
(c) Copyright 1991 by D. F. Sanders
Me ke aloha i ka nani, ... Moe'uhanekeanuenue
(With love and beauty, ... Rainbow Dream)
--------- "RE: Potawatomis learn Language through Story" ---------
Date: Mon 16 Dec, 2002 08:46:11 -0700
From: Gary Smith <gars at Speakeasy.org>
Subj: NA News Item
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filename="POTAWATOMI"
http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm
http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2002/12/15/
Lessons of a native tongue
Potawatomis learn language through story
December 15, 2002
By LOU MUMFORD
Tribune Staff Writer
DOWAGIAC -- Frank Barker likes to start his joint Native American
language and snowshoe-making programs with a story about the development
of the first pair of snowshoes.
He told the story once again Saturday, while devising small snowshoes to
get across the idea of how they're made.
Speaking at a Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians' facility on Gage
Street, Barker, a member of the Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of
Potawatomi Indians, also known as the Gun Lake Band, said a Native
American was hunting for food for his hungry family when he tracked a
rabbit into a thicket.
The story goes that the trapped but quick-thinking rabbit struck up a
conversation with the hunter, telling him his family really didn't want to
eat him because he was "all bone and gristle."
"He said, 'Oh, no, you don't want to eat me. What you want is a fat doe.
' But the hunter said, 'I didn't get a doe. I got you,' " Barker said.
"Then the rabbit says, 'I'll show you how you can get the doe.'
"The rabbit showed the hunter how the rabbit's foot was all spread
out... and how he could mimic him. And that's how the hunter was able to
get the doe."
While there's more than a small measure of doubt about the story's
veracity, it makes up for it by paving the way to Barker's real goal of
instructing Native Americans not only about snowshoe-making but their
native tongue.
Pokagon Band chairman John Miller pointed out recently there are only
two elders in the band who speak the language fluently. To preserve it,
the band sponsors programs like the one Saturday.
Prior to addressing nearly a dozen Native Americans representing three
bands of Potawatomis, Barker, a Dowagiac resident who teaches at Justus
Gage Elementary School in Dowagiac, recalled that he "picked up" the
language mainly through his contact with his late grandfather.
"When I was a kid, the older people spoke it when they didn't want the
younger people to know what they were saying," he said.
He said the language, just like English, can be tricky. For example, he
said "boon," which means snow, also means to quit or rest.
The term has its place in the Pokagon Band's annual Kee-Boon-Mein-Kaa
Powwow at St. Patrick's County Park in South Bend.
Spelled different ways, the term, translated loosely, equates to
"finished picking berries."
A term used more commonly is "boozhoo," a greeting that resembles the
French "bonjour." Barker said the Potawatomis didn't have a term for
goodbye but they'd often say "bam-ma-mien," which means "again some time."
And while it might seem the word for snowshoe would be "boon-meksen,"
for snow (boon) and shoe (meksen), Barker said it's actually "agemek."
He said the Potawatomis used snowshoes often. The key in their
manufacture is size, he said, as each shoe has to be capable of supporting
the wearer's weight.
Using a formula of one square inch per pound, each shoe would have to be
200 square inches to support a 200-pound man, he said.
He said he has used snowshoes and, while they take some getting used to,
they make it much easier to get around. Swamp-like areas also are much
easier to maneuver wearing snowshoes, he added.
Staff writer Lou Mumford: lmumford at sbtinfo.com (269) 687-7002
Copyright c. 1994-2002 South Bend Tribune.
--------- "RE: This Week on First Peoples TV" ---------
Date: Mon, Dec 16 08:03:22 2002 -0700
From: Gary Smith
Subj: NA News Item
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filename="WORLD LINK TV"
Available on DirecTV (800-531-5000), Channel 375,
and on EchoStar/Dish Network (800-333-3474), channel 9410
= = = = = = = = =
This program's length is: 1 hour 30 minutes
You can see this program at the following times:
Thu, Dec 19, 8:30 PM ET (Thu, Dec 19, 5:30 PM PT)
Fri, Dec 20, 2:30 AM ET (Thu, Dec 19, 11:30 PM PT)
Fri, Dec 20, 8:30 AM ET (Fri, Dec 20, 5:30 AM PT)
Fri, Dec 20, 2:30 PM ET (Fri, Dec 20, 11:30 AM PT)
First Peoples' TV: Tushka
In 1972, a Native American activist, involved in the popular American
Indian Movement, led a rally to the steps of the FBI headquarters in
Washington, DC. 12 Hours later his wife and children were killed in a
mysterious house fire. "Tushka" is a fictionalized drama based on these
events of the 1970's, when the FBI waged its COINTELPRO campaign
against civil rights efforts made by organizations such as the American
Indian Movement and the Black Panthers.
A raw, compelling story, "Tushka" tells of government corruption,
Indian defiance, and the power of the human spirit.
"Tushka" is part of the "First Peoples' TV"series made possible
by DreamCatchers, a non-profit organization working to bring
Native films to a wider audience.
For more information, and to purchase this film,
please contact the filmmaker:
Ian Skorodin
1801 N. Kingsley Dr. #103
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-466-7400
--------- "RE: Native America Calling" ---------
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:25:28 -0600
From: "AIROS (American Indian Radio On Satellite)" <airos at unl.edu>
Subj: NAC Topics + Add a little ha-ha-ha to your ho-ho-ho with Club Red
+ Voices From The Circle with Music for the Holiday Season + more ...
1) Add a little ha-ha-ha to your ho-ho-ho with Club Red
2) NAC Topics for 12/16 - 12/20
3) Voices From The Circle with Music for the Holiday Season
4) Different Drums: New in 2002
5) alterNative Voices
6) Earthsongs features Star Nayea
1) Add a little ha-ha-ha to your ho-ho-ho with Club Red
Due to popular demand, AIROS is providing reruns of the Club Red programs
that were ran the last week of November. This will give to those who missed
it a chance to catch it for the first time as well as create another
opportunity for those that caught it the first time around to enjoy a
little Indian Humor again.
All this week (Dec. 16 - Dec. 20) add a little ha-ha-ha to your ho-ho-ho
from 8pm ET to 9pm ET. Listen at AIROS.org
Along with Charlie's stand up and skits from the Club Red players, each
program features one artist/group known not only for their music, but their
own brand of Indian Humor:
Dec. 16: Ojibwe recording artist Keith Secola and his music including the
Fry Bread Song, Fingermonkey and ND WAZA BAT
Dec. 17: Ulali, the incredible a cappella group whose work has shaped much
of today's contemporary Indian music
Dec. 18: The incomparable Buffy Sainte Marie talks about her music and the
Cradleboard Project
Dec. 19: A one-hour concert with "Yazzie Girl," Navajo singer, Sharon
Burch. Recorded live.
Dec. 20: Joy Harjo, Muscogee poet and recording artist, includes excerpts
from "She Had Some Horses" and "Eagle Poem"
If you can't wait, just go to http://www.airos.org/clubred.html for taped
segments from the program that you can listen to online as well as links to
more audio and video clips of Charlie and the Club Red Players.
2) NAC Topics for 12/16 - 12/20
Listen live every weekday from 1-2pm ET by going to www.airos.org or tuning
into your local radio station. For a list of affiliates go to
http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/nac_affiliates.shtm
MON - 12/16: Music Maker of the Month: Derek Miller:
"Music Is The Medicine" is Derek Miller's debut full-length solo CD. Born
and raised on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, he first caught the
attention of music fans as a teenager. Since that time, he has been honing
his talents as a guitarist, songwriter and stage performer. He has been
honored with a Canadian Aboriginal Music Award for Best Male Artist, and
also won a Native American Music Award as co-producer of Keith Secola's
"Fingermonkey" CD for Best Independent Recording. The new album has just
been released on the Grammy Award winning SOAR label here in the states,
and tour dates and venues are currently being booked.
TUE - 12/17: The Business of Buffalo:
Just a few years ago, there was optimism that buffalo could replace beef as
the nation's new red meat. Many ranchers invested in buffalo in hopes of
making big profits. But today, the dream of getting rich off of bison is
wilting away as prices have sunk. Still, there are 52 tribes across the
country that own and manage their own buffalo herds. Collectively, these
tribes are raising more than 12,000 buffalo. But tribes are doing it for
more than just monetary gain; the buffalo also provide cultural and
spiritual profit. Will we see the buffalo once again vanish from the
American Plains? Guests include Dave Carter, Director of the National Bison
Association.
WED - 12/18: Giving the Gift of Health:
Children across the nation are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Christmas
morning when they can see what good ole St. Nick has left under the tree
for them. As Santa makes his list and checks it twice, many parents are
frantically searching stores for the right gift, but are some of those
gifts contributing to or leading to bad health habits for our children? A
new media campaign in Native America is encouraging children to become
active. What is the state of our children's health and what role can
parents play to improve their children's health? Guests include Dr. Kelly
Moore (Muscogee Creek) of the National IHS Diabetes Program.
THU - 12/19: Family Holiday Truce?:
Families come together for the holidays. It's a time to eat, drink and be
merry. Relatives gather together to share in holiday cheer. Warm smiles and
hugs are what greet family at this time of year. Or is it? Are warm fuzzy
feelings absent from your home because of a family feud? Do daggers fly
between relatives instead of goodwill? Can family members forgive, and
perhaps forget, spite, jealousy and hurt that ruin the family holiday
reunion? Or will thick headedness prevent you from sharing the holidays
with relatives?
FRI - 12/20: Who's Profiting from Indian Casinos:
Imagine, if you will, an outsider looking in on your privacy and then
making an erroneous conclusion because of a dirty window. So seems the case
pertaining to a controversial article in a recent edition of TIME magazine
that has kicked dirt in the eye of Indian gaming. Entitled, 'Wheel of
Misfortune', the article casts doubt on the public's impression of casinos
run by tribes. What is the public perception of Native casinos? Is the
presentation of casinos the real McCoy? If your tribe has a casino, have
you seen any benefit from the generated revenue? Guests include Phil Hogan,
Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission and Donald L. Bartlett,
reporter for TIME.
3) Voices From The Circle with Music for the Holiday Season
This week VOICES FROM THE CIRCLE listeners get musical giveaways which
reflect the sentiments and emotions of the holiday season!
We open up with music from the Southwest with Southern Scratch and a
chicken scratch version of "Feliz Navidad."
Bill Miller adds a healing song "Prayers for the Truth."
>From the Wisconsin pow wow trail, the Summer Cloud Singers bring us "First
Dream."
Flutist Tito La Rosa adds two hauntingly beautiful tunes recorded live at
Indian Summer Festival this past September.
Mary Therese sings of the strength women must have when dealing with
affairs of the heart with the title song of her "Warrior of the Heart" CD.
Red Nativity bring us "Come Faithful Ones."
NAMMY winner Miki Free still has a "Restless Heart" during the holidays.
Peter Buffet asks "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and honors "We Three Kings."
Eagleheart is still looking for comfort; "I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome, too!"
Buffy Sainte Marie concludes this VOICES FROM THE CIRCLE with a positive
look at the affairs of the heart through her Oscar-Winning song "Up Where
We Belong."
We wish you the best for the holiday season!
Jim DeNomie & Barb Jersey
VOICES FROM THE CIRCLE
Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET)
Monday - 12/16: 4pm, 10pm
Tuesday - 12/17: 4am
Saturday - 12/21: 3pm
Sunday - 12/22: 4am, 3pm
Monday - 12/23: 4am
4) Different Drums: New in 2002
This week we invite you into the Different Drums studio to hear some tunes
that were new to 2002. You'll hear smokin' blues from Rick Bartow, NDN
folk from Snoball Butler, traditional sounds from Canyon artists Xavier
Quijas Yxayotl, Radmilla Cody and Randy Wood, wailin' tribal rock from War
Eagle Society, a humorous tune from Tonemah, and a beautiful solo vocal
from Rita Coolidge. So as the year comes to the end, join Different Drums
in looking back at some of the music that was released in 2002.
Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET)
Tuesday 12/17: 10am, 4pm, 10pm
Wednesday 12/18: 4am
Saturday 12/21: 5pm
Sunday 12/22: 6am, 5pm
Monday 12/23: 6am
6) alterNative Voices
News this week about using non-English language in the work place and the
EEOC gets involved, Commander Herrington (Chickasaw) returns to the third
rock from the sun with inspiration for all earthlings.
Music this week from Bill Miller, R. Carlos Nakai, Joanne Shenandoah,
Golana, Mary Youngblood, Brule and Blackstone.
See our banner free website for more information and an up-to-date events
calendar at www.alterNativeVoices.org
Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET)
Wednesday 12/18: 10am, 4pm, 10pm
Thursday 12/19: 4am
Saturday 12/21: 6pm
Sunday 12/22: 7am, 6pm
Monday 12/23: 7am
6) Earthsongs features Star Nayea
Next on Earthsongs, Modern Music from Native America, tune in and hear
words and music from Star Nayea as well as new music from across Turtle Island.
All this and plus the Native Word of the Day. Details at www.earthsongs.net.
Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET)
Thursday 12/19: 10am, 4pm, 10pm
Friday 12/20: 4am
Saturday 12/21: 4pm
Sunday 12/22: 5am, 4pm
Monday 12/23: 5am
Listen to Indian Radio on the Internet 24 hours a day at airos.org
To subscribe to AIROS' electronic program guide e-mail airos at unl.edu with
the subject heading subscribe.
--------- "RE: Upcoming Events" ---------
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 15:39:14 -0
From: Gary Smith (gars at speakeasy.org)
Subj: Upcoming Events
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
EVENTS ARE FEATURED IN ODD NUMBERED ISSUES ONLY
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
Lists from Jim Anderson, Aaron, OCB Tracker and Whispering Wind are
listed here for 60 days. Each web site is listed if you need a more
complete list.
===================================
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 21:35:45 -0500
From: "raven davis" <ravenspiritwalker at msn.com>
Subj: Oxford 2003
To: <gars at speakeasy.org>
Hello Gary: Please add this to NA news
Native Solutions 5th Annual Intertribal Pow Wow
April 25-27, 2003
Proudly Presents an evening with:
Joanne Shenandoah on Saturday April 26, 2003 at 8:00 p.m.
Oxford Civic Center, Oxford, AL
Opening for Joanne is Larry Campbell
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Tickers now on sale contact: Mark or Ruth (256) 820-6315 or
email ravenspiritwalker at yahoo.com; thunderhawk2062 at yahoo.com;
Tony ( 256) 835-0110; Cindy (256) 831-9373
Northern Host Drum-Greywolf singers
Southern Host Drum-Buffalo Heart
Headman-Don Redbear
Headlady-TBA
M/C- Gary Smith
A/D-Buck Tucker
Native American Warrior Society and Honor Guard
All Drums and Dancers Welcome Vendors by invitation only
===================================
Aaron's Powwow Calendar
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/9173/powwows.html
Last updated on Updated 18 October 2002
December 2002
December 31 - New Year's Eve Hand Game and Ghost Dance
Location: Pawnee Nation Reserve, Pawnee, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 762-4048.
December 31 - Good Medicine Society New Year's Eve Dance
Location: Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 943-7935.
January 2003
January 18 - Morning Star Celebration
Location: John Carroll School, Bel Air, Maryland.
Notes: Benefit powwow for the St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, Montana.
Doors open at 11 am, Grand Entry 1 pm. Evening feed for participants,
dancing resumes at 5:30 pm.
MC, Don Hockeberry;
Host Southern Drum, Cades Gap;
Northern Drums, Oak Leaf Singers and Bum Kneez.
Traders by invitation only.
Contact: Gary Scholl (410) 838-8333 ext 14;
Vendors contact Linda Coates (410) 885-2800.
I have collected these listings from various places on the web and from
usenet, as well as other listings that I receive and requests from powwow
organizers. I do not take responsibility for the accuracy (or spelling) of
any of these listings. Use the contact information provided to make sure
that the powwow has not changed date, time, location, or other details. In
most cases, I have included all of the information that I have for each
listing. If you have corrections to make or would like to see your powwow
listed here, please send me an e-mail message with the appropriate
information (you must include the event name, exact date, city, state, and
a contact number or email; any additional information is helpful but not
required).
===================================
Aboriginal Multi-Media Society
Aboriginal Community Events Listing
http://www.ammsa.com/ammsaevents.html
This page updated Updated 18 October 2002
December 26, 2003 to January 4, 2004
Thunder in the Desert
10 day multicultural event showcasing and sharing of songs, dances, foods,
arts & crafts, educational and cultural exchanges of each unique nation.
An event to inspire the youth as they enter into the 21st century.
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Thunder in the Desert
POBox 27626
Tucson, Arizona 85726-7626 USA
Contact: www.usaindianinfo.org
February 4, 2003
Blueprint For The Future Aboriginal Youth Career Fair
Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre, 999 Canada Place
Youth registrations: Marisha Roman (mroman at naaf.ca)
Speaker and booth registrations: Valerie Birdgeneau (vbirdgeneau at naaf.ca)
Tel: (416) 926-0775
Fax: (416) 926-7554
Website: www.naaf.ca
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Andersons-web.com http://andersons-web.com/native_events.htm
Updated Download: Updated 18 October 2002
This page has been designed to help you find Native American Events.
We post information on Pow-Wows, Festivals, Rodeos, Art & Craft Shows,
Seminars and any other type of gathering that represents the Native
American Culture. Near the bottom of this page we have our contact
information and links to other sites that we know carry information on
Native gatherings. We hope you will use this site as your gateway to our
Native American Culture.
February 23, 2003: 1st annual Marysville Winter Pow Wow
Marysville Youth Civic Center, Marysville, California.
For information call: 530-749-6196 or e-mail jgraham at mjusd.k12.ca.us
April 24 -26, 2003: 20th Annual Gathering of Nations Pow-Wow, New Mexico.
Information can be found on their web site at:
http://www.gatheringofnations.com/powwows/index.htm
March 28 - 30, 2003: 4th Annual Circle of Friends Pow Wow
in Forest City, Arkansas.
For more information call Cinda, Frank or Max Brent at 870-295-3675
or e-mail: powwow at lakewebs.net
A word of advice, no matter how hard we try, mistakes happen! Please try
to get in contact with the event staff and verify the important
information before leaving for it.
Anderson's
11372 Timber Lane
Brooksville, Florida 34601
e-mail: powwows at andersons-web.com
===================================
Whispering Winds Updated 18 October 2002
A Magazine of American Indian Crafts*Material Culture*Powwow
http://www.whisperingwind.com/
EMAIL us your dates
For dates to appear in Whispering Wind Magazine, dates need to be
submitted at least 3 months in advance.
Last Update: March 26, 2002
These dates are published as a public service and are gathered from
flyers, emails, phone calls.
Whispering Wind or its publisher Written Heritage, Inc., are not
responsible for incorrect dates or locations.
It is always a good idea to contact the sponsoring organization for
verification.
DECEMBER 2002
21 3rd Annual Indian Education Powwow. Tualip Community Center,
Marysville, WA. Info: (360) 651-3400
27 Brave Dog Society Powwow. Senator Gladstone Hall, Standoff, Alberta,
Canada. Info: (403) 737-3163
28-31 In the Spirit of the New Year Powwow. White Earth Community Center,
Naytahwaugh, MN. Info: (218) 846-9749
31 New Year's Eve Hand Game and Ghost Dance. Pawnee, Pawnee Nation
Reserve, Info: 918-762-4048
31 Good Medicine Society's New Year's Eve Dance. Oklahoma City,
Fairgrounds, Info: 405-943-7935
29-Jan 1 Toppenish Creek New Year's Powwow. Long House, White Swan, WA.
Info: (509) 865-5121 ext 4304.
JANUARY 2003
18 Morning Star Powwow. John Carroll School in Bel Air, Maryland,
Info: Gary Scholl - 410-838-8333 ex14;
Traders contact Linda Coates - 410-885-2800.
25 Dighton Intertribal. Council Hall, Dighton, MA. Info: (508) 880-6887
25 Indian Education Powwow. Tualip Community Center, Marysville, WA.
Info: (360) 651-3400
FEBRUARY 2003
2-16 American Indian Expo. Flamingo Travellodge, Tucson, AZ.
Info: (520) 622-4900
22 11th AnnualRed Creek Mid-winter Festival. Dickinson College,
Carlisle, PA. Info: (717) 677-8026
22 Indian Education Powwow. Tualip Community Center, Marysville, WA.
Info: (360) 651-3400
22 North Carolina School Powwow. Charles R. Eilber Center, Durham, NC.
Info: (919) 286-3366
MARCH 2003
14-16 7th Annual Apache Gold Casino Pow Wow. Over $50,000 in prize monies.
San Carlos Apache Reservation, San Carlos, AZ.
Info: 1-800-APACHE 8 ext. 3259
21-23 39th Annual Florida Indian Hobbyist Association Pow Wow.
Fort Pierce, FL at the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds (Midway Road &
State Road 70). Traders (by invitational only).
Info: Chuck Haythorn, Pow Wow Chairman at 561-622-0789
or email webmaster at fiha.org.
21-23 Denver March Powwow. Denver, CO. Info: (303) 934-8045
28-30 Hozhoni Days Pow Wow. Fort Lewis College. Miller Student Building,
Durango, CO. Info: 970.247.7221
28 Indian Education Powwow. Tualip Community Center, Marysville, WA.
Info: (360) 651-3400
28-30 Fourth Annual Circle of Friends Powwow, Wiley T. Jones Fairgrounds,
Forrest City, AR. Info: (870) 295-3275.
email: powwow at lakewebs.net
http://www.geocities.com/justalittleotter/CircleofFriendsPowwow.html
APRIL 2003
11-13 Aquini's Native American 8th Annual Spring Powwow. Rice Pavilion,
Gulfport, MS. Info: (228) 826-5271
24-26 20th Gathering of Nations. The Pitt, Albuquerque, NM.
Info: (505) 836-2810
25-27 Mantle Rock Pow Wow. Crittenden Co Fairgrounds, Marion, Ky.
Info: sbckamama1 at aol.com
MAY 2003
10 The Clinton Service Unit Youth Powwow. Clinton Indian Hospital Grounds,
Clinton, OK. Info: Gladys or Tracy (59\80) 323-2884
or gladys.nowlin at mail.ihs.gov
17-18 Fort Defiance Powwow. Info: Karen or Kelly @ Defiance Tourism Bureau
1-800-686-4382 for vendor info and visitor info.
Memorial Day Weekend - Giveswater Service Club Annual Dance,
Info: Oliver Littlecook @ (580)762-5909
JULY 2003
18-19-20 white Buffalo Society Pow Wow. The Gaston Fairgrounds in Indiana
for information contact mohrman at wesnet.com
SEPTEMBER 2003
17-20 First Annual Miss Indian Rodeo America Pageant. Oklahoma City OK,
CDIB card required. www. rodeobest.com/aipc Email
Contact: National Director, Deborah Robertson rodeobest at aol.com
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