From gars@speakeasy.org Tue Apr 24 02:15:20 2001 Date: 14 Mar 2001 00:44:03 -0000 From: Gary Night Owl To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Subject: Wotanging Ikche--nanews09.011 W O T A N G I N G I K C H E Otapi'sin Atsinikiisinaakssin KANOHEDA ANIYVWIYA O It-hah-pe-hah Ah-num pah-le Ha-Sah-Sliltha O o O ni-mah-mi-kwa-zoo-min Un Chota O o O Aunchemokauhettittea O o o o o O VOLUME 09, ISSUE 011 O o O Es'te Opunvk'vmucvse March 10, 2001 O o O Ximopanolti tehuatzin, Pomo growth begins moon O inin Mexika tlahtolli Klamath sucker fishing moon ( N A T I V E A M E R I C A N N E W S ) ==>If you want your Nation represented in the banner of this newsletter<== email gars@nanews.org with the equivalent of "News of the People" in your tribal language along with the english translation +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Much more happens in Indian Country than is reported in this weekly | | newsletter. 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When that happens, the federal government will be freed of its persistent 'Indian problem.'" "Often in the stillness of the night when all nature seems asleep about me there comes a gentle rapping at the door of my heart. I open it and a voice inquires, "Pokagon, what of your people? What will their future be?" My answer is: "Mortal man has not the power to draw aside the veil of unborn time to tell the future of his race. That gift belongs of the Divine alone. But it is given to him to closely judge the future by the present, and the past."" __ Simon Pokagon 1830-1899, Potawatomie +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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 +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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. +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ O'siyo Brothers and Sisters! Janet and I just returned from a trip to Florida. We dropped a transmission, but were within eight miles of our daughter's home. We rented a U-Haul that got damaged at the event where we set up Janet's music booth. The second day of the event got rained out. We had a wonderful visit with our daughter and granddaughter. We have a choice. We can focus on the problems, and we sure had a few on this trip. We can focus on the visit with all its moments of awe and beauty. We choose to send thanks for the good, and the lessons we received from problems. We will be wiser about some things in the future, and the joy from the visit cannot fade. Things are like that in life and in Indian Country. There is a mix of good things and those things that are not so good. We can choose to focus on either. We have problems, and these will not be ignored. They can't. Starving and malnourished elders and youth, abysmal standards at IHS hospitals and rez schools that would be a disgrace in any country must be stared in the face and corrected. The bitter infighting, much provoked by BIA regulations and blatant favoritism are problems that do NOT have to continue unless it just feels good to be marionettes at the end of the dominant society's string. We have beautiful traditions, stories of our being, and dances, songs and languages that describe life as it can be described in no other way. These we should cling to and invest every energy into preserving. What will we give to the seven generations to come if we forsake the gifts of the seven generations that preceded us? See you on the trail this year. , , Gary Night Owl gars@nanews.org (*,*) P. O. Box 672168 gars@speakeasy.org (`-') Marietta, GA 30011, U.S.A. gars@olagrande.net ===w=w=== gars@sdf.lonestar.org ----------- News of the people featured in this issue ---------- - Richard LaCourse Crosses Over - No Death Penalty in Beating Death - Big Mountain Mobilization - Jail for Rape Suspect Likely - Walmart Investigation Requested Until U.S. Trial - Mexico's Marcos Calls for Support - Oklahoma Executes Native American - Mexico: Peace Commissioner - Federal Prison Authorities Supports Indian Rights Cracking Down - Montana can not Force - Native Prisoner Tribes to Collect -- Incarcerated Juveniles: - Norton Hit on Trust Fund Mess Part 1: Lakota Journal - Norton's Retaliation - History: Carlisle Indian School Settlement Rejected - Rustywire: Smiling Eyes - Carter Camp: Oklahoma Editorial - Have You Ever Seen A Real Indian - ICT Boycott Press Release - Poem: Plastic Medicine People - Chinook Nation Eager to Tell Story - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days - Sand Creek Victory - Alaskan Marathon Fund Raising - Tribes Want Equality at - Upcoming Events Bighorn Battle Site - English-Only Challenge - Supreme Court Delivers is Turned Back Blow to Tribes - Shoshone Tribe of the - Whiteclay: Wind River Reservation A Frontier Town with No Laws - Ute Indian Tribe of the - Tribes File Giant Lawsuit Uintah & Ouray Reservation Concerning Water Rights - The Wisdom of Will Rogers - Chilean Tribe in Last Days - Native America Calling --------- "RE: Richard LaCourse Crosses Over" --------- Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 07:14:46 -0800 (PST) From: Allan Foster Subj: Richard LaCourse Mailing List: TRIBALLAW (triballaw@thecity.sfsu.edu) Mar 11, 2001 - 03:12 AM Director of American Indian Press Association Dies The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Richard LaCourse, a former director of the American Indian Press Association, has died of a stroke. He was 62. LaCourse died in Seattle on Friday, The Oregonian newspaper reported. During his 33-year career in the media, LaCourse founded at least three tribal newspapers, including ones on the Yakama and Umatilla reservations. LaCourse began his career in 1968 as a copy editor at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. In 1972, he became the first American Indian journalist to report on Congress from a tribal perspective and later became director of the American Indian Press Association in Washington, D.C. "He really captured a sense of the Indian intellectual developing a philosophy that wasn't necessarily based on European values," Mark Trahant, president of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, told The Oregonian. "He captured that Indian intellectual not only in journalism, but also in writings about history and about the community." LaCourse is survived by one daughter, three sisters and two brothers. A funeral is scheduled for Wednesday on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. AP-ES-03-11-01 0312EST -- Allan Foster He Dog's Camp, Rosebud Reservation Voicemail: 1-877-351-8921 FAX: 801-459-5471 "It is a stupid society that runs an experiment to see what its breaking points are." --------- "RE: Big Mountain Mobilization" --------- Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 10:39:51 -0800 From: Robert Dorman Subj: BIG MNT. MOBILIZATION 2001 Mailing List: Big Mountain List Moderator's Note: Please direct any questions about this post to Amy Semler and not to me. I would suggest that before you purchase any stock (this is my own opinion) that you confirm that if you purchase the Lehman Brothers stock now, you will be qualified to attend the meeting. There are many discount stock brokers and many hotels, so you might want to shop around. To save hotel expenses, if anyone on the list lives in NYC, Westchester County, Long Island, or other nearby area within commuting distance and would like to volunteer to put up people wishing to protest at this meeting, please email me (redorman@theofficenet.com) with your offers and any conditions (like no-smokers, number of people). I will post to the list. ------- FORWARD, Original message follows ------- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:02:31 -0800 (PST) From: Amy Semler Subj: BIG MNT. MOBILIZATION 2001 BIG MOUNTAIN MOBILIZATION 2001 International and National Mobilization Lehmen Brothers Corporation 3 World Financial Center, NYC RALLY April 2 10 am FRIENDLY TAKEOVER OF SHAREHOLDERS MEETING April 3 2001 10 am Statement 3: Leanard Bennalley, in solidarity with St. Louis Support To all National and International Concerned People, Again we wish to say our word with Respect and Honor to all the Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People, the resistance continues at Big Mountain, "U.S.of A." It was good to hear from all the Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People that have written to us with their support, so far that we bow our heads to you with respect that we reached you with our words. Even though you live in other lands, you are struggling too, but its good to know we are on the same path for liberty and justice for all. On Feb 26, 2001 at 10 am, we went to Lehman Bros. Corporation to meet with their leaders in a "friendly first step." So they kept their first agreement with us which is OK. I think its the right thing for them to do to listen to the little people. Because we have been ignored, lied to, given empty promises and false hope. But we the small man and woman of Big Mountain, are never going to live in silence, we are speaking out. And we have faced the first step with their representatives. And of course Peabody representatives too; they listened and recorded our demands. List the following: 1. For the Traditional Dine People to speak at the April 3 shareholders meetings, giving the Indigenous Delegation 7 to 10 minutes each as all will speak for the Resistance. 2. This initial meeting will be the first of 4 meetings with Lehmen Bros. Corp. 3. Religious Freedom Rights, Human Rights and Environmental Rights be respected buy use now of Alternative forms of energy. We requested/ demanded that with all their intelligence and money that the Lehman Bros. put Global Life first and turn to solar and wind power instead digging up more coal and destroying our Altar. We want them to give the life back to Black Mesa and the Indigenous People, Native American Indigenous Land Rights and Water rights. No more using water from the Navajo Aquifer and no more coal. LEAVE THE WATER AND THE COAL IN THE GROUND. 4. Preserve Big Mountain as a National Historic Cultural Preservation Site, instead of a National Sacrifice Area!! Change History, Respect Indigenous Traditional People and their Indigenous Land. Protect the endangered people, protect the sacred, ancient, Historical Dine Altar for Traditional Dine and Traditional Hopi People. 5. Demilitarize the areas of Big Mountain Communities of resistance on Black Mesa. a) no more armed Hopi Rangers b) no more guns, no arms around the Elders and the children any more c) no more armed BIA in the Big Mountain Resistance Areas d) Lift the ban on wood gathering for people inside the fence (the resisters) e) open more water wells inside the resistance areas f) freedom from all harassment g) NO MORE OPPRESSION! LIBERATION!! 6. Clean drinking water pumped into the homes of the Dine families who have waited 5 years, along Big Mountain Blvd. whose 3/4 completed after 5 years of waiting. 7. More clean drinking water wells open in the Sovereign Dine Nation inside the fenced areas, and water catchments for livestock for all families. 8. Solar power for all of the families who may choose it for electricity. These were the requests/demands we gave to Lehman Bros Corporate leaders on Feb. 26 2001. We are awaiting their response as they received an "overwhelming" amount of information from us; to stop the suffering at Big Mountain and to stop Global Impact. In conclusion, everyone is at stake here with this Global Impact and Global Warming, so its not only our problem out here at Big Mountain. Lehmen Brothers can make a Big difference on ending the Global Impact It's good to know now that all good and honest people are now coming together from all honest struggles. And now since we came together, now we're not gonna stop, we're not going to rest until we achieve our goals for dignified Life, Liberty, Liberty, Justice, Freedom for all. For protecting the Mother Earth against corporate greed. NOW WE MUST COME TOGETHER AT LEHMEN BROS., MEETING UNITED WITH ONE VOICE ON APRIL 2 RALLY AT 10 AM AT THREE WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER, NYC AND APRIL 3 LEHMEN BROS. SHAREHOLDERS MEETING AT THREE WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER AT 10 AM IN NYC! In closing to all the Brothers and Sisters, hopefully you will join us in New York, if you can't make it, then pray for us. And if we come together as a united effort then we can make it different for the people that are in Resistance, not only for the people at Big Mountain, but for all the displaced people or people who don't have anything. We are resistors so other brothers and sisters can live, meaning of course indigenous people. If we can come together and shout at the "Beast" so the "beast" can TREMBLE. We are not going to stop here, we will not stop until the people are free. Not only at Big Mountain but for everywhere the people need to live. So were not saying that we are the only one. This is for everybody and all living things that live from air and water. we invite you to come and stand with us that way we know we are not alone in our own world. Your invitation to NYC is open. Please come ar your own free will if you believe in these things, then we can come together and make a difference for the Indigenous People and for all Humanity. So we can free ourselves, if we can continue to heal our history here. So its time to change corporate relations toward Indigenous People, its time to respect and honor and give back to the Earth and the Original People. Freedom and Justice for All Respectfully, Leonard Bennalley for future info: weavingfree@hotmail.com If you can't make it to NY but you can make it to St. Louis to protest against Peabody Coal Co. contact guava7@hotmail.com. There will be many events in solidarity with our friendly takeover of Lehamn Bros. In NYC. ------- FORWARD, Original message follows ------- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 08:55:05 -0800 (PST) From: Amy Semler Subj: BIG MOUNTAIAN MOBILIZATION 2001 WHAT: MOBILIZATION 2001 FRIENDLY TAKE-OVER OF LEHMAN BROTHERS CORPORATION To all concerned and honest people and indigenous struggles, we are inviting you to come together so that we can have one united voice as we mobilize to demand the Preservation of Big Mountain Area as a National Historic Preservation Site. Where we are going to stand up for Human Right, Religious Freedom Rights, Environmental Rights and Water Rights! Request for the areas of: Big Mountain, Cactus valley, Red Willow Springs, Thin Rock Mesa, Blue Canyon, testo, Star Mountain, Mosquito Springs, and Low Mountain as a National Historic Preservation Site! 1) Every concerned person that would like to join us, please purchase 1 or 2 Lehman Brothers stock if possible in the following manner: Contact a broker to purchase stock. you may contact Harris Investor Line at 415-269-8488 or nationwide at 800-808-7474, or email harrisinvestorline.com Fax number 415-296-1488 2) Please join us at Lehman Brothers Corporate Shareholder's meeting on APRIL 3, 2001 WHERE: NEW YORK CITY: 3 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER 24TH FLOOR NEW YORK CITY, NY 10285 WHEN: 10:30 AM MEET AT 10:00AM We will be uniting together the day before on April 2nd, at 10 am outside the building of 3 World Financial Center to organize ourselves, united in solidarity, for the people, the sacred land, future generations and the environment. Native American leaders are urging all Environmental and Human Rights groups to come together on the issue. FOR INFORMATION: E-MAIL weavingfree@hotmail.com or bbcaim@aol.com PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EFFORT IS A NON-VIOLENT, FRIENDLY AND PEACEFUL MOBILIZATION For a place to stay you can contact the Habitat Hotel in NYC, clean and inexpensive for New York City. Located 130 East 57th Street, NY, NY 10022 212-753-8841 or 800-255-0482 info@habitatny.com ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 --------- "RE: Walmart Investigation Requested" --------- Date: 3/5/2001 11:30:26 AM Mountain Standard Time From: kolahq@SKYNET.BE (KOLA) Subj: Walmart Investigation Requested WV ATTY General Mailing List: KOLA Newslist Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 08:54:51 EST From: AIM4JUSTCE@aol.com Friends, We need your support now more than ever. Every voice counts. Yours may be the one that touches someone's heart. Thanks, Matt Sherman Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 23:20:11 EST From: ILFORCE@aol.com The Indigenous Liberation Force fully supports The Indian Heritage Conservancy and The National Field Office of The American Indian Movement in their efforts to stop Walmart from desecrating another sacred site. We stand ready to assist. ----- Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 23:06:12 EST From: AIM4JUSTCE@aol.com Subj: Walmart Investigation Requested WV ATTY General >To: ILFORCE@aol.com Walmart, Investigation Request-WV Attorney General The Indian Heritage Conservancy and The National Field Office of The American Indian Movement have requested West Virginia's Attorney General, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., to investigates reports of violations of law, coercion, and conflict of interest among the participants in Walmart's ongoing attempts to purchase a sacred Indian burial ground in Monongalia County West Virginia. The Indian coalition has determined this request to be necessary due to Walmart's recent release of false and misleading information in an attempt to gain a favorable ruling from The West Virginia Commissioner of Highways Mr. Fred VanKirk. Part of the information leading to this request is based upon a letter from The WV. Division of Culture and History. In a letter to Senator John Rockefeller, that office cited violations of WV code 29-1-8a and identifies the site as a "significant archaeological site." Walmart continues to disseminate propaganda to the opposite in order to destroy the site and build yet another SuperCenter. * This coalition of Indian groups have proceeded in a respectful manner and has had disrespect returned to them They have spoken the truth yet find themselves victims of lies. They have chosen an avenue of openness and forthrightness and have had deceit, manipulation and coercion put in their path. Its time to hold Walmart, their agents, West Virginia University Foundation, and The West Virginia University Administration accountable for their actions. You are urged to contact WV Attorney General Darrell V McGraw, JR. and demand an immediate investigation into Walmart's scheme to desecrate the sacred burial site In Monongalia County, WV Darrell V. McGraw Jr, WV Attorney General 1900 Kanawha BLVD. ROOM 26E Charleston WV. 25305-9924 (WV)1-800-368-8808 FAX 304-558-0140 consumer@wvnet.edu -please distribute- <+>=<+> KOLA Information: http://users.skynet.be/kola/index.htm KOLA Petitions: http://kola-hq.hypermart.net KOLA Greeting Cards: http://users.skynet.be/kola/cards.htm --------- "RE: Mexico's Marcos Calls for Support" --------- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 07:47:38 -0600 From: John D Berry/grad/res/Okstate Subj:: (FWD)Indian News 03-02-2001 ----- Forwarded by John D Berry/grad/res/Okstate on 03/02/2001 07:46 AM Mexico's Marcos calls for support from non-Indians By Lorraine Orlandi Reuters Feb 28, 2001 PUEBLA, Mexico - Rebel Subcommander Marcos, after denouncing Mexico's non-Indian business and political establishment in recent days, has struck a different chord in calling on Mexicans of all ethnic backgrounds to join the Indian cause as his Zapatista caravan nears the capital. "Dignity for the indigenous does not mean dominating the other who is not indigenous," he told a crowd of several thousand in the city of Puebla's sprawling central plaza on Tuesday. "The march for indigenous dignity must be a march of indigenous and non- indigenous," said the masked rebel leader, believed to be of mixed Indian and Spanish blood like Mexico's majority. "Only thus can we build a house called the world in which all of us fit, where all are equal and each one different." As the two-week, 12-state trek to the capital by 24 rebel leaders and thousands of supporters has drawn international attention, Marcos has taken a hands-off stance toward President Vicente Fox over efforts to end their seven-year-old rebellion in southern Chiapas state. While other commanders continued to snipe at Fox on Tuesday, charging him with using the country as his "private ranch" and seeking to create a "semblance of peace" for political gain, Marcos avoided any direct reference to the president. Fox, who ended 71 years of a single-party rule reviled by the Zapatistas when he took office in December, has made concessions to the rebels but not gone far enough to bring them back to the negotiating table. The tone between both sides has turned increasingly sour. On Tuesday Fox said the demands of indigenous people were at the top of his priority list, and he warned that no one could delay the peace process. "The time for peace has arrived. Society will not accept any more pretexts or conditions that will only delay the resolution of the conflict," Fox said at the closing of the World Economic Forum meeting in the southern resort of Cancun. MARCOS RENEWS CALL FOR INDIAN RIGHTS LAW The so-called Zapatour culminates on March 11 in Mexico City, where rebel leaders will lobby lawmakers for an Indian rights bill proposed by Fox in an effort to meet Zapatista conditions for reviving peace talks that stalled in 1996. The march has drawn an outpouring of support since it left the southern state of Chiapas on Sunday. Marcos entered the state of Puebla to a hero's welcome and heartfelt words of thanks from indigenous leaders for bringing the plight of Mexico's 10 million Indians to world attention with the New Years Day 1994 Zapatista uprising for indigenous rights. In the Puebla state capital he received his most raucous reception yet. He and Zapatista commanders were delayed from stepping on stage as thousands of fans mobbed their tour bus. The somewhat alcohol-soaked crowd hooted and shouted for Marcos as other commanders spoke first, and spectators forced a local Televisa reporter off the platform where he was giving an on-camera report by booing and pelting him with objects. It was the last stop of a three-city tour that also crossed into the sweltering Gulf Coast state of Veracruz. Earlier in the day, at a rally in Tehuacan in Puebla state, Marcos was adamant about about the need for a law enshrining Indian rights in the Constitution. "We are going to get the law approved," Marcos said, referring to the bill that would establish constitutional indigenous rights including the right for indigenous communities to run their affairs based on traditional customs. "Never again are we indigenous going to take orders from anyone," Marcos said. --------- "RE: Mexico: Peace Commissioner Supports Indian Rights" --------- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 23:42:53 -0800 (PST) From: Martha Elizabeth Ture Subj: Fwd: MEXICO'S PEACE COMMISSIONER SUPPORTS INDIAN RIGHTS LAW -- Mailing List: TRIBALLAW (triballaw@thecity.sfsu.edu) Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 14:39:23 EST From: MJLaBurt@aol.com http://library.northernlight.com/FB20010307770000107.html Story Filed: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 10:43 AM EST Mexico City, Mar 07, 2001 (EFE via COMTEX) -- The Mexican government's Peace Commissioner, Luis H. Alvarez, says it is "urgent" to amend the constitution to grant autonomy to the country's Indian peoples. "Constitutional reform that defines the parameters of Indian autonomy is paramount and urgent," Alvarez said. Alvarez issued his call six days before a caravan of Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) rebels led by "Subcomandante Marcos" is scheduled to arrive in Mexico City to demand enactment of the law protecting Indian rights and culture. The legislation, drafted by a multi-party committee, has already been sent to Congress by President Vicente Fox. EFE jm/mp/rm http://www.efe.es Copyright (c) 2001. Agencia EFE S.A. --------- "RE: Montana can not force Tribes to Collect" --------- Date : Sat, 3 Mar 2001 09:56:23 -0800 (PST) From: Martha Elizabeth Ture Subj: Montana can not force Salish and Kootenai Tribes to collect Mailing List: TRIBALLAW (triballaw@thecity.sfsu.edu) Judge Tosses Suit Over Tribal Resort by AP, The Associated Press By Bob Anez, Associated Press Writer HELENA (AP) - A judge has thrown out a lawsuit the state Revenue Department filed in an effort to force a tribally owned resort to resume collecting the state lodging tax from customers. State District Judge C.B. McNeil of Polson agreed with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes that he lacks authority to order tribal members or the tribal corporation operating the hotel to impose the tax. He cited a series of court cases, some of which he decided over the years, that have limited civil jurisdiction of state courts over members of American Indian tribes. Dave Woodgerd, chief attorney for the Revenue Department, said Wednesday no decision has been made yet on whether to ask McNeil to reconsider his ruling or appeal to the Montana Supreme Court. Ranald McDonald, attorney for the tribes, said the case law noted by the judge has long settled the very jurisdictional question raised in the state's lawsuit. "I'd feel confident that Judge McNeil made the proper ruling and I feel confident that the Supreme Court would support the ruling," he said. The suit, filed last October, asked that the court order KwaTaqNuk resort, on Flathead Lake, to assess the state bed tax on non-Indian guests. The complaint said officials of the tribes should be ordered to stop telling the resort it should not collect the tax. The tribe is violating Montana law by not imposing the 4 percent tax and turning the money over to the state, the state argued. McNeil did not address the state's legal claims in dismissing the complaint. The suit was filed a month after the state began listing KwaTaqNuk as a business state employees should avoid on government business. The tribes maintain sovereign Indian nations are not required to collect taxes for the state without first negotiating an agreement. The state contends the law does not impose a tax on the tribes or tribal members, but does require the tax be collected from non-Indian customers of all lodging businesses. The tribes had collected the tax in the past, but put the money into a special account. In 1997, the tribes reached a settlement with the state and turned over $245,155. Since July 8, 1997, the tribes refused to collect the tax at the 112- room KwaTaqNuk. Defendants in the suit were the resort; S&K Developments Inc., the tribal business operating the hotel; Jay Lehman, resort manager; and members of the tribal council. Copyright by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. iMinorities, Inc. Copyright c. 2000 iMinorities, Inc. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Norton Hit on Trust Fund Mess" --------- Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 14:54:03 -0000 From: Paul Pureau Subj: Norton hit on trust fund mess Mailing List: ndn-aim Indianz.Com http://www.indianz.com/SmokeSignals/Headlines/showfull.asp?ID=law/312001 Norton hit on trust fund mess MARCH 1, 2001 Secretary of Interior Gale Norton on Wednesday was hit on all sides of the trust fund debate as Senators urged action on the growing debacle and the plaintiffs in the billion dollar lawsuit against the federal government criticized her latest decision. In an appearance before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, her first before Congress, Chairman Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo) criticized Norton's department for what he called a "national disgrace." He was joined by Senator John McCain (R-Ariz), who said the Interior's handling as "the grossest kind of mismanagement" and pushed for a settlement of the issue. "We are talking billions here," said McCain said. "I applaud the decision of the courts. If I were you, I would find out where you are going to get that kind of money. And we still haven't solved the problem." Still new to the job, Norton accepted the words of the two Committee members. Her Department scrambling from last week's appellate court decision favoring the plaintiffs in the trust fund lawsuit, Norton said the Interior takes the ruling "seriously." Elouise Cobell, the Blackfeet Nation of Montana banker and the lead plaintiff in the case, had a harsh prediction if Norton didn't. "I don't think Secretary Norton can take this lightly," said Cobell. "If she doesn't get on this right away, she'll be the next in contempt of court." Former Secretary Bruce Babbitt, former Assistant Secretary Kevin Gover, and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin were all held in contempt of court by Judge Royce Lamberth in 1999. And judging by Norton's decision to accept a controversial sampling approved by Babbitt, Cobell said it looks like business as usual for the Interior. "With this directive, she is picking up right where her predecessor, Mr. Babbitt, left off," said Cobell. "She cannot be listening to the old guard [like Babbitt]. The old guard is the one that got everyone in trouble by not taking this seriously." In a December 2000 memorandum, Babbitt approved a project to conduct a statistical analysis on just 350 accounts, or 0.01 percent of the estimated 300,000 accounts held by American Indians all over the country. But Cobell and the plaintiffs claim this will only waste $70 million in taxpayer funds and has little chance of fixing the historically mismanaged system. "Statistical sampling as a means of settling hundreds of thousands of mismanaged individual Indian trust accounts is doomed to failure, since most of the documents needed for an accurate sample already have been destroyed by the government," said Cobell. The government itself doesn't know exactly how much the analysis will cost, either. The Special Trustee of American Indians, the Interior office charged with trust responsibilities, said it could cost $50,000 to $200, 000 per account, leading to anywhere between $17.5 million and $70 million in funds needed to carry out Norton's decision. President George W. Bush on Wednesday released his budget blueprint and said "additional funding" for trust reform will be included for fiscal year 2002. According to a memorandum Gover wrote before he left office, the $27.6 million trust reform budget would have to be doubled and the BIA would have to "significantly" increase its staff. But Cobell wasn't worried about budget woes and said she will continue to fight for what rightfully belongs to American Indians. "This is money that belong to Indian people," said Cobell. "What makes them think they can treat a group of people like this? It's the worst case of genocide we've ever seen. They are trying to terminate us." ----- To subscribe to this group,send an email to: ndn-aim-subscribe@egroups.com Archived on line at: http://www.eScribe.com FREE LEONARD PELTIER --------- "RE: Norton's Retaliation Settlement Rejected" --------- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 06:29:15 -0800 (PST) From: Paul Pureau Subj: Norton's retaliation settlement rejected Mailing List: ndn-aim Indianz.Com http://www.indianz.com/SmokeSignals/Headlines/showfull.asp?ID=law/372001-1 Norton's retaliation settlement rejected MARCH 7, 2001 Although she has been on the job for barely a month, Secretary of Interior Gale Norton is treading on shaky ground, a lawyer for the plaintiffs in the billion dollar trust fund lawsuit against the government said on Tuesday. And unless she or other government representatives change their ways, Norton could soon follow in the footsteps of her predecessor and face contempt of court sanctions, wrote Dennis Gingold in letter to Phillip Brooks. Brooks is a Department of Justice lawyer defending the government in the five-year-old Cobell v. Norton lawsuit. "Note well: no more threats and no more intimidation will be tolerated here," wrote Gingold. "We will not permit you or Secretary Norton to threaten or otherwise abuse the Cobell plaintiffs or witnesses who come forward courageously to assist the Court and the Special Master." The subject of the Gingold's strongly worded letter is Mona Infield, a Bureau of Indian Affairs employee who has been receiving an $80,000 salary despite not having gone to work for a year. While employed at a BIA office in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Infield one year ago this month criticized the government's attempt to clean up trust fund accounts affecting an estimated 300,000 American Indians at the center of the lawsuit. Since then, the plaintiffs allege, top BIA management have repeatedly retaliated against Infield by stripping her of her duties, forcing her to work from home, and offering her jobs below her skill level as a senior computer analyst. Now, government officials are presenting Infield with a settlement offer Gingold characterizes as "a day late and a dollar short." But while the offer may indeed have been a year in the making, the government is offering Infield considerably more than a dollar to settle her claims. In a March 2 letter, Brooks offered to pay Infield up to $100,000 in attorneys' fees and costs. Gingold, however, says the government's offer is yet another in a long line of "transparent threats of retaliation" against Infield. If she doesn't accept the settlement by March 16, the Interior "will proceed with any personnel action it deems appropriate regarding Ms. Infield," writes Brooks. As a result, Gingold has "categorically" rejected the government's "extraordinary threat." Instead, Gingold and his clients appear to be hinging hopes on a potential contempt of court trial against Norton and other government officials. Such a trial was recommended by Special Master Alan Balaran last month but Judge Royce Lamberth has yet to decide if he will hold one. In an Indian Country Today quote attributed to spokesperson Stephanie Hanna on Tuesday, the Interior is prepared to offer evidence that no retaliatory actions were taken against Infield. For now, though, Gingold is boldly proclaiming that the "culture of fear and intimidation fostered by Interior and Justice to manipulate and control Native Americans . . . is now over." Balaran's own research may indicate otherwise, however. In a March 2 letter to the Department of Justice, Balaran says a number of Interior employees are still unaware of an anti-retaliation court order intended to protect any who come forward with information about the case. ===== Paul Pureau to subscribe to ndn-aim send a blank mail to: ndn-aim-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.com ndn-aim is now archived on line at Http://www.escribe.com/life/ndn-aim/ FREE PELTIER NOW! STOP ETHNIC CLEANSING OF THE LAKOTA! --------- "RE: Carter Camp: Oklahoma Editorial" --------- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 10:58:14 -0600 From: Carter Camp Subj: Oklahoma Editorial Mailing List: ndn-aim Editor, The existence of Indian Tribes across the Nation is under attack and threatened as never before in modern times. Oklahoma Tribes particularly are in danger because the anti-Indian forces are being led by the Oklahoma Congressional delegation and supported by Oklahoma Senators. They are all Republicans except the newest. The majority of Oklahoma Indians are very conservative and many are Republicans. Eastern Tribes in particular remember that the Trail of Tears happened under a Democrat. On social issues also most Indians hold conservative views. We are probably the only minority to be pretty evenly divided between parties. So why has the Republican Party turned so viciously against people who are potentially their allies? The simple answer is money. Some Tribal business endeavors have begun to compete with the big business interests which control the Republican party. The C.E.O. of "Loves" stores and people like Donald Trump are paying big money to the Republicans to destroy our ability to complete. The Congressional extremists from Oklahoma have naturally stepped up to the plate to play John Wayne. They seem perpetually offended that we refuse to be the "Vanishing Race" of popular myth or to melt into any 'melting pot'. Every anti-Indian Bill in Congress, no matter how horrible, is supported by every Oklahoma Senator and Representative. They seem to march in lock-step, goose-stepping to the same orders. Representative Watkins and Istook are afraid to hold hearings on their anti-Indian bills here in Oklahoma. In fact the entire Oklahoma delegation have been attempting to hide their anti-Indian prejudice during the election year. The business interests, which own Representative Watkins and Istook votes, have even gone so far as to question the loyalty and patriotism of Oklahoma's 275,00 Indian people and our Governments! They also parrot the lie that our stores and bingo games cost the State billions of dollars. First the money lie: The truth is that Oklahoma Tribes produce $400 million dollars annually, all of which stays in Oklahoma. We represent 8% of the population yet we create 15% of Oklahoma gross State product. Because we have no retail infrastructure all (100%) of our incomes, ( private and individual ) are spent in towns and cities across Oklahoma, generating millions of dollars in taxes for State and local Government. Non-Indians benefit the most from this money while fully 30% of my people live in poverty. The business interests Watkins and Istook are fronting for are owned by non-Oklahomans, spend their money out of state, and pay dividends to out of state share holders. Next the issue that really makes Indian blood, boil. This entirely Republican delegation has dared allow the loyalty and patriotism of Indian people to be questioned in Congressional hearings! By the CEO of LOVE's stores. Please remember that not one of the super-patriotic, flag-waving Oklahoma Congressmen has ever been in the military! Much less dodged a bullet or dug a fox hole. These zealots were too "upwardly mobile" to be bothered with serving their country. Playing football at taxpayers expense was more important. There are 23,246 American Indian Veterans in Oklahoma. Out of eleven American Indian, Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, five are citizens of Oklahoma Tribes. American Indians in Vietnam made up double our members in the general population. They averaged 19 years of age. Over 60% of Indians` in Vietnam were Combat Infantry, Airborne, Special Forces, Force Recon, Rangers, Navy Seals and Marines. They "walked point" for America. In War World I we fought and died for democracy, but we could not vote in America. Indians were not granted citizenship until 1924. In WW I and II we set the standard with 100% of eligible men registration and my own Ponca Tribe (and many others) formally declared war against Germany and Japan. Every Tribe in Oklahoma has a War Mothers Society who still mourn the hundreds of Oklahoma Indians who died for this country, so the big business friends of Watkins and Istook would have the right to call Indians unpatriotic. Oklahoma Indians have earned the right to have full blown Congressional hearings (in Oklahoma) on any and every piece of legislation designed to destroy and cripple our Nations and our Sovereignty. Watkins and Istook would not try to secretly pass Federal laws against 275,000 Oklahoma lawyers, or oil men, or teachers, or farmers, but they feel they can attack Indians with impunity. For some reason the Republican party seems to have declared war on Indian people. The Oklahoma Congressional delegation has arranged itself as a troop of the 7th Calvary, complete with Buffalo Soldier. Carter Camp, Ponca Nation of Oklahoma ------ To subscribe to this group,send an email to: ndn-aim-subscribe@egroups.com Archived on line at: http://www.eScribe.com FREE LEONARD PELTIER --------- "RE: ICT Boycott Press Release" --------- Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 16:58:57 -0000 From: Frances Zephier Subj: ICT BOYCOTT Press Release Mailing List: NA Voices Hau the Dakota/Lakota/Nakota & all Nations, This went out yesterday. 03-06-01 On March 5,2001, members of the Dakota/Lakota/Nakota Human RIghts Advocacy Coalition, protested on Indian Country Today, because of their 1) BIAS REPORTERS SUPPRESSING GRASSROOTS PEOPLES NEWS. 2) STAGING PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS FOR PREDATORS WHO ARE EXPLOITING TRADITION, SPIRITUALITY, PEOPLE, LAND, WATER, AND CHILDREN 3) POSTING SACRED BURIAL RELICS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF ICT, AND MANY OTHER VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE GRASSROOTS PEOPLE'S TRADITIONAL LAWS. No longer will we tolerate this misconduct!!! Alfred Bone Shirt & wife, Robin Bair, Ihanktonwan Hoksina, and Myself, traveled to Rapid City. Alfred drove from Rosebud to the Yankton Sioux Rez, and then onto Rapid City. We arrived in time to eat and prepare for the protest. We stayed on schedule. We called out to people and people for some reason that we were marching on the Lakota Journal. We marched on ICT anyway. We stood as Advocates and the voice of those who are victims of many crimes, Who's news and articles are being suppressed. A special request from Della Eastman from the Sisseton Grassroots Oyate, they are all very upset with ICT and their lack of coverage on their very important issues. Due to the lack of funds and long distance, they were unable to attend, So we spoke on their behalf. We stood strong with our ancestors spirits, and our 3 month old son, Ihanktonwan Hoksina represented the wakaniza very well. He was a reminder of what we are truly fighting for. We thank all of you for your words of support and also for those negative ones that help confirm that we are doing the right thing. So thank you all. Word from the Elders, " that of which doesn't kill us only make us stronger." All My Relatives Frances Zephier ps We forgot to mention about the non-Indian news outlets, they refused to acknowledge, the truth about what is happening in Indian Country. This only confirms that media suppression exist throughout the state of S.D.. we are living in an institute of racism, and the media continue to cover it up. How long will the people allow this to go on??? _________________________________________________________________ To subscribe to this group,send an email to: ndn-aim-subscribe@egroups.com Archived on line at: http://www.eScribe.com FREE LEONARD PELTIER --------- "RE: Chinook Nation Eager to Tell Story" --------- Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 14:41:07 -0000 From: Paul Pureau Subj: Fwd: Chinook Nation eager to tell story Mailing List: Our Red Earth --- In ndn-aim@y..., paul_pureau@y... wrote: Indianz.Com http://www.indianz.com/SmokeSignals/Headlines/showfull.asp?ID=tc/322001 Chinook Nation eager to tell story MARCH 2, 2001 When Secretary of Interior Gale Norton makes her first trip out of Washington, DC, this weekend, she'll be meeting a tribe her department once said didn't exist. For years and years, members of the Chinook Nation of Washington were told they weren't an Indian tribe. The courts, history books, and even the Bureau of Indian Affairs all had a part in virtually erasing the tribe out of existence. Yet the tribe had a particular drawing power which betrayed the naysayers. Having welcomed the Lewis and Clark expedition to the Pacific Northwest, tribal leaders were constantly being asked to tell the role their ancestors played in that historic journey -- all in preparation for bicentennial celebrations to take place from 2003 to 2006. Finally recognized by the federal government, the tribe is now more eager than ever to let their voices be heard. "Out intentions are to be the Chinook storytellers and we are truly entitled to do that," said tribal councilor Peggy Disney. "Its been over 200 years worth of suffering but we don't just intend to portray the sad side, either. There's a lot of things that we are thankful for." Chinook contact with non-Indians began as early as the late 1700s and in late 1805, the tribe welcomed Lewis and Clark to their territory along the lower Columbia River. While their relationships with these early explorers were mostly peaceful, the one with the federal government wasn't always so. In 1851, the government negotiated a treaty with Chinook tribal leaders but the Senate refused to ratify it. In 1855, the government made another attempt but some tribal leaders held out because the treaty would have removed them from their aboriginal territory along the Columbia near the Oregon border. The decision to protect their land had a devastating effect: the tribe was left landless and unrecognized. After fighting for much of the past century to address what they considered a historical injustice, the tribe in 1997 was dealt what seemed like a final blow: the BIA declined to acknowledge them as a tribe. But in what Disney described as "a very documentable moment in Chinook history," the decision was reversed in early January by former Assistant Secretary Kevin Gover. Although Disney said tribal members were unsure of the BIA's direction on the issue, they were clued in by a phone call inviting them to Washington, DC. "I think the timing couldn't have been sweeter for us," said Disney. The tribe is now getting ready to take their rightful place in recounting Lewis and Clark's journey. Along with local leaders, the tribe will be meeting Secretary Norton on Saturday, who will address the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Forum at the Fort Clatsop National Memorial in Astoria, Oregon, the site of Lewis and Clark's winter camp. In addition to taking part in local and national celebrations, the tribe also plans on holding its own events to commemorate the expedition. Among other events the tribe is considering, Disney said a traditional canoe paddle is in the works and would be a fitting way to describe their own struggles. "That would be quite an event to witness: all the tribes coming together," said Disney. "It hasn't happened here for 200 years." ----- Copyright c. Indianz.Com 2000-2001. --- End forwarded message --- Thank you for your participation at Our Red Earth. To unsubscribe from our community, send an email to: OurRedEarth-unsubscribe@egroups.com --------- "RE: Sand Creek Victory" --------- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 19:46:11 EST From: BKM12345@aol.com Subj: Sand Creek Mailing List: ndn-aim SAND CREEK VICTORY The Association of American Indian Affairs, Volume 147 By: Steve Brady Sr.,President, Northern Cheyenne Sand Creek Descendants It has taken 136 years to finally memorialize the Sand Creek Massacre site in what is now near Chivington, Colorado. It was dawn, November 29, 1864, in a premeditated attack, knowing well in advance that most of the men were out hunting, in the name of God, Col. John Chivington, a Methodist Minister led the assault with more than 700 troops on the village of more than 125 Cheyenne lodges and 8-- 10 Arapaho lodges comprised of mostly women, children and elders. Under heavy fire, Cheyenne Chief, Black Kettle hastily raised a 6' x 12' U.S. flag with a white truce flag underneath it to signify that they were a band at peace with the United States. However, the Colorado troops continued with their relentless assault. The women and children were allowed to scatter in different directions and then run down by the cavalry on horseback. Children left behind or orphaned were used as target practice by the Colorado troops. Black Kettle survived, however, his colleague, Cheyenne Chief White Antelope, lay amongst his people, grotesquely mutilated, still wearing his "Peace-and-Friendship" medal given to him personally by President Abraham Lincoln. It was said by Braided Hair, a survivor, that "the entire village was burned and the area was permeated with the stench of the piles [of] burned corpses". The body parts, including private parts of the women, children and elders were displayed in downtown Denver as trophies. U.S. Congress and a military tribunal quickly condemned the atrocities committed at Sand Creek and admitted responsibility, to the extent that Congress even promised reparations through Article 6 of the Little Arkansas Treaty of the Cheyenne and Arapaho, 1865. The promise presently remains unfulfilled. In July of 1990, the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and the Northern Cheyenne SandCreek Descendants repatriated human remains from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. to Concho Agency, Concho, Oklahoma. Some of the human remains had been taken by the Cavalry from the Sand Creek Massacre, there were other sets of human remains that were also repatriated at the same time apparently taken at subsequent engagements. In late 1993, the Colorado Historical Socieity set out to find the exact location of the Sand Creek Massacre site. In the fall of 1997, the Colorado Historical Society conducted a field survey at the current alleged site, combining other methods of research including scientific and technical, the results were determined to be inconclusive. According to local oral history the area had been picked over fairly well by "Pot- Hunters". It should be noted that the Cheyenne felt and knew that they were in the correct location (Dawson Ranch)- There was no question. Early 1998, U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO), introduced a bill (S.1695) into Congress proposing to purchase the Sand Creek Massacre site. Senate held hearings on this bill in March of 1998. The end result of this proposed legislation was that in October of 1998, President Clinton signed into law the Sand Creek Massacre National HIstoric Site Study Act (P.L.105-243), authorizing the National Park Service, in consultation with the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, the Northern Arapaho Tribe and the State of Colorado to, among other things, identify the location and the extent of the massacre site. In May of 1999, once again, there was another field survey conducted just north of the CHS survey. This time, the first piece of physical evidence found was a piece of shrapnel from the spherical case shot from that of a Mountain Howitzer. From this point on, there was no question unequivocally, that this indeed was the Sand Creek Massacre site. This site study was completed in June of 2000, the National Park Service submitted the report to congress recommending that Sand Creek Massacre site be established as a National Historic Site. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell then immediately introduced S. 2950 in late July of 2000. Hearings were held on this bill on September 14, 2000 in Washington, D.C., before a Senate Subcommittee. Introduced at this hearing as evidence were 2 letters from Cavalry Officers who were at Sand Creek on the day of hte massacre and objected to what was about to occur and to what happened during the attack. These letters graphically detailed what occurred that day of November 29,1864. This evidence was very compelling.S. 2940 was passed by the U.S. Senate and the same version was subsequently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and now after nearly 136 years, on November 7,2000, William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, signed into law the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Act of 2000 (P.L.106- 465). this law authorizes the federal government by "willing seller only", to acquire more than 12,000 acres of the killing fields of Colorado to be designated as a National Historic Site where a national memorial will be erected---------And there are apparently "willing sellers". Presently,the University of Nebraska- Lincoln and the Colorado History Museum of Denver continue to hold some human remains of Cheyenne people taken at Sand Creek. Legal and culturally sensitive efforts are underway for the repatriation of our ancestors. With deep appreciation , we thank all those who have contributed to this effort in one way or another. Ha-Ho! To subscribe to this group,send an email to: ndn-aim-subscribe@egroups.com Archived on line at: http://www.eScribe.com FREE LEONARD PELTIER --------- "RE: Tribes Want Equality At Bighorn Battle Site" --------- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 07:13:07 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LITTLE BIGHORN" Tribes Want Equality At Bighorn Battle Site Tuesday, March 6, 2001 BY BECKY BOHRER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LITTLE BIGHORN BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL MONUMENT, Mont. -- Clifford Long Sioux comes to this spot on the rolling prairie of eastern Montana each year. It is how he honors his forebear, Buffalo Hump, and the other Cheyenne warriors who died defending their way of life against Lt. Col. George Custer and the 7th Cavalry. But there is no memorial here to Long Sioux's people, only a monument to Custer and his men, a granite monolith atop a flowing, grassy rise. "A memorial should have been up many, many years ago to honor the ones we lost," says Long Sioux, a Northern Cheyenne tribal member. Nearly 125 years after the battle memorialized as "Custer's Last Stand," there is little at the battlefield to acknowledge the American Indians who fought. For the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe, the battle was their last major victory in a long and eventually unsuccessful fight to save their land from seizure by whites. Even the Crow, allies of Custer, and Arikara, who had scouts who died fighting on Custer's side, believe recognition is lacking. When Congress ordered Custer's name removed from the battlefield in 1991, it also authorized an Indian memorial. But lawmakers never provided any money. Without federal aid, construction on the $2.5 million project is unlikely to begin until at least 2005. "It's a slap in the face to those of us who are descendants . . . and Native America as a whole, because it appears we may not be regarded equally to other citizens of the United States, still, in 2001," said Linda Pease, whose great-grandfather was a Crow scout for Custer. The proposed memorial includes bronze outlines of three warriors, representing the victorious Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe. It features a sunken circle and "spirit gate," meant to welcome the cavalry dead and act as a counterpoint to the soldiers' monument, about 100 yards to the south. But even the proposed memorial has proven controversial. Some Indians complain the monument, designed by whites, doesn't fully tell their stories. Many so-called "Custer buffs" believe it is poor taste to locate the Indian memorial so close to the cavalry monument. Indians say they want their children to have a fuller understanding of what happened June 25-26, 1876, on the rolling plains southeast of Billings, and to be proud. It's not about political correctness, they say, but about fairness, honesty and equality. Custer, seemingly underestimating the size of the Indian force, ordered the attack on the Indians camped in the river valley. Custer and more than 260 of his men were wiped out. "I remember going [to the battlefield] as a kid and the heroic . . . Custer was glorified," Pease said. "I remember going away thinking, 'That doesn't seem right, but maybe we're not as good as other people.' "It formed a real negative perception of myself as a Native American," she added. "And it does that generation after generation, as well as giving credence to white supremacy." The battlefield's superintendent, Neil Mangum, is working hard to get the Indian memorial built. Faced with paltry private donations, he nearly doubled the site's entrance fee in February -- from $6 to $10 a car -- to meet the 2005 construction goal. Visitors to the battlefield's museum and interpretive center do get a more balanced history lesson of the battle. But anyone visiting just the battlefield gets a skewed view. "They put up a memorial for Custer and they say that we're a part of the same United States and a part of this society," said Bob Kelly, a Crow tribal member. "Why don't they recognize the valiant effort of the Indians?" In 1988, members of the American Indian Movement put an iron plaque at the base of Custer's granite obelisk. The plaque read, in part: "In honor of our Indian patriots who fought and defeated the U.S. Cavalry in order to save our women and children from mass-murder." It was eventually removed. In 1999, two granite markers were erected to depict where two Cheyenne warriors were wounded and died. But Indians say that is not enough. Chauncey Whitwright III, a Sioux from Wolf Point, Mont., quit work on a memorial advisory committee over what he perceived as government foot- dragging. He threatened last year to tear down the Custer monument if the Indian memorial wasn't built by the 125th anniversary of the battle, this June 25. He has since recanted the threat, but remains angry. Former Rep. Pat Williams, D-Mont., who co-sponsored the bill that included the battlefield name-change, said a memorial is in the national interest and that the government should pay for it. An estimated $40,000 to $50,000 has been raised from tribes and through donations at the battlefield, Mangum said. The National Park Foundation, the fund-raising arm of the Park Service, has received small donations but "we're not close to the $2.5 million," said Jen Larson, director of public relations. Indian leaders and Mangum want Congress to contribute, even as disagreement over the memorial continues. Pease, the Crow representative on the committee that chose the design, objected to it initially because the Arikara and Crow were omitted. She gave in when the Park Service assured her parts of the memorial could be redesigned or that the scouts' stories could be "included heavily" in the interpretive portion. To others, the memorial is not only about honoring their fallen heroes, but about taking some shine off Custer, who is still considered a hero by some battlefield visitors. William Wells, who publishes a battlefield newsletter and is president of a Custer historical group, said he supports an Indian memorial. But he believes the desire to "belittle" Custer, rather than honor the Indian dead, was a motivating factor in building one and changing the battlefield name. He also believes there are better places for a memorial to the Indians, including the river valley where the Indian village was located. Legislation, however, says the Indian memorial is to be built near the cavalry monument. "It's quite a site and it's stark loneliness is the thing that impresses almost everyone," Wells said of the existing obelisk. "And I think that almost any other monument or structure or anything else in that area takes away from that." Long Sioux said his ancestors gave their lives for a more noble cause that should be recognized. "All I'm doing is trying to help recognize the fallen warriors and what they stood for, to do the honorable thing for them, honor them and recognize them for giving ultimate sacrifice," he said. Copyright c. 2001 The Salt Lake Tribune. --------- "RE: Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Tribes" --------- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 07:13:07 -0800 (PST) From: Paul Pureau Subj: Supreme Court delivers blow to tribes Mailing List: ndn-aim Indianz.Com http://www.indianz.com/SmokeSignals/Headlines/showfull.asp?ID=law/362001-1 Supreme Court delivers blow to tribes MARCH 6, 2001 In a decision the Department of Interior says could have a "chilling effect" on information it shares with tribes, the Supreme Court on Monday turned down the government's attempt to keep private some of its correspondence with tribes in Oregon and northern California. But the unanimous decision authored by Justice David Souter isn't just a blow to the tribes whose water rights were the subject of seven disputed documents at the center of the case. The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), representing over 200 tribes throughout Indian Country, was among several organizations who filed friend-of-the-court briefs hoping the Supreme Court would rule in the government's favor and keep the documents private under the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Instead, the Court sided with the Klamath Water Users Protective Association, a group of non-Indian property owners seeking to protect their water rights in the Klamath River Basin. Not only were members of the Association subject to a long-term Bureau of Reclamation water project, they were also defendants in a lawsuit the Bureau of Indian Affairs filed on behalf of the Klamath Tribe in Oregon state court. The dispute stretches back to 1995, when the Interior engaged in government-to-government consultations with the Klamath Tribe and three tribes in northern California. Like it does for tribes elsewhere, the Interior attempted to ensure the tribes' land and water interests were preserved as part of its federal trust responsibilities. During the course of their consultations, the tribes exchanged a number of documents regarding the water project and the lawsuit. The Association filed a FOIA request to obtain the correspondence and for the most part, the Interior complied. It held onto seven documents, however. Six were prepared by the Klamath Tribe at the request of the government and the seventh was prepared by a government official and given to the tribe as well as the Yurok Tribe of California. The documents, the government argued, were exempt from FOIA because they were "inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums" protected by attorney- client privilege. The government also argued -- and interested tribes and tribal organizations agreed -- that the release of the documents would negatively affect the government's trust responsibilities. But the Court rejected both arguments, first ruling that the Interior failed to satisfy the "inter-agency" privacy exemption. Since the tribes had their own lawyers, weren't employed as consultants for the government, and were advancing their own interests, the documents in question did not qualify for the exemption. The Court also said the trust relationship itself didn't overrule FOIA's "mandate of broad disclosure." The Court added: "All of this boils down to requesting that we read an 'Indian trust' exemption into the statute, a reading that is out of the question." The ruling effectively requires the government to turn over the seven documents in question. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in 1999 had done just that before the Interior appealed. But just how the decision affects future correspondence is open for question, at least in the eyes of the Department of Interior. Spokesperson Stephanie Hanna said the Department was "very disappointed" with the ruling and officials would be considering its effect on its relationship with tribes. "In the future, we will be reviewing the effect of this ruling on our ongoing communications and consultations with Tribes," said Hanna. "We will also be looking at options to remedy a situation that could have a chilling effect on information that can be shared in deliberations and consultations between the government and tribes." Copyright c. Indianz.Com 2000-2001. ===== Paul Pureau to subscribe to ndn-aim send a blank mail to: ndn-aim-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.com ndn-aim is now archived on line at Http://www.escribe.com/life/ndn-aim/ FREE PELTIER NOW! STOP ETHNIC CLEANSING OF THE LAKOTA! --------- "RE: Whiteclay: A Frontier Town with No Laws" --------- Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 04:20:01 -0000 From: Cheryl Subj: Whiteclay Mailing List: Our Red Earth Whiteclay: A Frontier Town with no laws Lakota Journal Vol. 2 Issue 9 Feb 26- Mar 4, 2001 By Ruth Red Elk Lakota Journal Staff Writer Pine Ridge Reservation--Results were less than pleasing at a meeting between Oglala Sioux Trbial members and Nebraska officials concerning alcohol sales in Whiteclay, Neb. With supporting tribal members, OST President John Yellow Bird Steele met with Governor Mike Johanns, members of the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission in Lincoln, Neb., last week. "Nothing was accomplished at this meeting," said Clinton Yellowbird, a Lakota Student Alliance and AIM member. Yellowbird said the whole affair summed up the view the commission had for President Steele. "We were supposed to meet in the executive meeting room, but it was occupied by the news press doing interviews.," he said. "Our president had to go to the basement garage of the highway patrol headquarters in the break room to hold his meeting." Regardless of what Yellowbird deemed as being treated as a second-class citizen, President Steele moved forward with his objective to refresh Nebraska official's memories of why it is important to shut down alcohol sales in Whiteclay. "Whiteclay has always been an issue back in the 1980's through the 1990's. We met with the county police and the Whiteclay establishment owners," President Steele said. "The issue came about when the tribal council and the Lakota people declared war on alcohol. The Lakota people want an alcohol and drug free leadership and workers." Whiteclay, located within two miles of the town of Pine Ridge just across the state line, receives millions of dollars in alcohol sales and sometimes favors are asked. "All the problems with alcohol are really noticeable. I have a witness ready to give testimony that when she went to purchase alcohol the establishment owner offered her free alcohol in return for sex," President Steele said. "The director of the employment assistance program, who had a VCR and TV stolen from the program found the VCR and TV at one of the establishment in Whiteclay that had the serial number on them, we reported this to the Nebraska Liquor Commission and the Nebraska Highway Patrol but nothing was done about it. We can identify the bootleggers across the reservation. These bootleggers can get credit from Whiteclay establishment, bootleggers get large quantities on credit then bring it across the reservation and sell it then pay the establishment back. People off the reservation take their checks to the establishments that allow them credit for alcohol, this is ongoing. We know our minors are buying alcohol from these establishments people that are highly intoxicated can go there and buy alcohol, step out the door and drink it. We had several, and I say several because, I know of sixteen murders that happened in Whiteclay. The families of those that were murdered have no report of any investigation being done, there is no closure to the traumatic experience. When I met with the Liquor Commission and the highway patrol, I believe it was in 1998, we were greatly concerned about the murders that were previously committed there but nothing was done about them. We told them we expected more to happen again. In 1999 it happened again to Wilson Black Elk and Ron Hard Heart. I don't know if that would have prevented the murders if some action was taken in 1988. We expect more to happen but because of the way things are being handled it's out of our jurisdiction it's Nebraska's. Rushville tried to put up a detox center in 1998. They were trying to address the people who consume alcohol. Like the United States, we are addressing the source, Whiteclay for example while the U.S. is addressing Columbia on drugs. We are taking care of our people who are alcoholic, we are building a detoxification center. Many people utilize education programs on alcoholism and are now alcohol free. The Governor of Nebraska promised to increase police presence in Whiteclay. ---- Thank you for your participation at Our Red Earth. To unsubscribe from our community, send an email to: OurRedEarth-unsubscribe@egroups.com --------- "RE: Tribes File Giant Lawsuit Concerning Water Rights" --------- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 07:28:51 -0600 From: John D Berry/grad/res/Okstate Subj: (FWD)Indian News 03-06-2001 ----- Forwarded by John D Berry/grad/res/Okstate on 03/06/2001 07:28 AM Tribes file giant lawsuit concerning water rights By Mary Perea The Associated Press 3/5/2001 Zuni Pueblo, the Navajo Nation and Ramah Navajo Band have filed suit against anyone, including the state, that claims rights or interests in surface and groundwater in the Zuni River basin. The lawsuit was filed Jan. 19 by the federal government on behalf of the tribes. However, hundreds of defendants named in the lawsuit didn't receive notification until last week, defendants said. The state will seek dismissal, State Engineer Tom Turney said. The federal government claims ownership of the rights to the water in such amounts to satisfy uses of the Cibola National Forest, El Morro National Monument, El Malpais National Monument and El Malpais National Conservation Area, according to the lawsuit. Plaintiffs "claim a prior and paramount right to divert, impound, pump or use surface waters and groundwaters of the Zuni River basin in New Mexico," the lawsuit says. Deborah Homer, who lives in El Morro Ranches subdivision about 35 miles south of Grants, received notification by mail. "They are suing over complete and total rights over the water in the Zuni River basin," said Homer, 45. "The Indians have been here for over 500 years and all of the sudden they're concerned about anybody else having a drop of water to drink," Homer said. "None of us out here have a really good feeling about this." The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C. is handling the case. Messages were left seeking comment from Justice Department officials Friday. The state engineer and commissioner of public lands are also defendants in the lawsuit. Turney said his office lacks the manpower to handle another water adjudication. "This, basically, was done without consultation with us," Turney said of the lawsuit. "There are numerous phone calls coming in here. People are very upset about it. We will request for it to be dismissed." Turney said the lawsuit seeks a hydrographic survey of the area. The survey would require the state engineer's office to measure irrigated acreage. An offer would then be made to each owner for the water rights based on the surveys. "This process takes years," Turney said. Hundreds of defendants are named in the lawsuit, Turney said. "These suits can last decades. In the end, everybody has the right to sue everybody else on it." "We'd like to ultimately see if there's some kind of negotiation that can go on with the Indian tribes," Turney said. A meeting between defendants and representatives from the state engineer's office, courts and federal government was scheduled for today at the old El Morro school. --------- "RE: Chilean Tribe in Last Days" --------- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 07:28:51 -0600 From: John D Berry/grad/res/Okstate Subj: (FWD)Indian News 03-06-2001 ----- Forwarded by John D Berry/grad/res/Okstate on 03/06/2001 07:28 AM Chilean tribe in last days 'Cultural salvage' efforts launched By KEVIN G. HALL Knight-Ridder Tribune News March 4, 2001 PUNTA ARENAS, Chile -- When an unknown 23-year-old naturalist named Charles Darwin sailed through the Strait of Magellan in December 1832, he was horrified by the nomadic Kawesqars he met here at the bottom of South America. Nearly naked in a climate where temperatures hover just above freezing, they traveled in extended families in simple canoes of tree bark, with a constant fire burning inside to keep them warm. Their faces and bodies were dabbed with white ash. "Viewing such men, one can hardly make oneself believe they are fellow- creatures, and inhabitants of the same world," wrote Darwin, author of the theory of evolution. His theory holds that all plants and animals developed from earlier species, and that the strongest ones survive. For centuries, the Kawesqars (Kah-WESH-cars) endured in this harsh land, where the bitter wind is sometimes strong enough to knock down a child, but they have not fared so well against their fellow man. Today, fewer than 20 pureblood Kawesqars survive. Diseases brought by European sheep farmers and seal hunters at the end of the 19th century killed many Kawesqars. So did alcoholism. The settlers' bounty on the heads of Kawesqars who hunted their sheep also was a factor but so was the simple act of switching to Western clothing. Discarded clothing carried Western diseases, and because the stormy Patagonia region of South America often experiences all four seasons in a day, paddling in wet clothing soon brought pulmonary diseases for which the Kawesqars had no immunity. Tuberculosis reached epidemic proportions. Today, the Kawesqars are nearly extinct, pursued by social scientists on "cultural salvage" operations to learn as much as possible about them before they disappear. With the deaths of the last surviving elders "goes all our ancestral knowledge," said Oscar Aguilera, an ethnolinguist (a student of the languages of societies) at the University of Chile in Santiago who has spent two decades among the Kawesqar. The nomadic Kawesqars had neither a tribal structure nor leaders, living instead in extended families headed by the oldest male. To the surprise of anthropologists, they also had no god or gods. "They believe in a force that gives balance to all things," said Nelson Aguilera Aguila, an anthropologist who heads the Punta Arenas office of the National Indigenous Development Corp. (Conadi), a quasi-governmental aid agency for native Chileans. When the balance is upset, Kawesqars blame a spirit called Ayayema. Alberto Achacaz Walakial, whose family guesses he is between 70 and 80, is one of the surviving elders. He lives in a flimsy shack with a car seat as his couch. To put food on the table, he carves sea lion bones into makeshift harpoon tips and sews tiny toy canoes out of sea lion skins, souvenirs for the tourist trade. Only one of Achacaz's three daughters, Veronica, speaks Kawesqar. There are almost no Kawesqars left to marry who are not blood relatives. "It would be really nice, because we understand things among ourselves that no one else does," said Veronica, 40, who married a mixed-race man. --------- "RE: No Death Penalty in Beating Death" --------- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 08:46:33 EST From: ErthAvengr@aol.com Subj: No Death Penalty in Beating Death: Rapid City Mailing List: ndn-aim http://www.rapidcityjournal.com No death penalty in beating death By Jim Holland, Journal Staff Writer RAPID CITY - Pennington County prosecutors said Monday they could not justify seeking the death penalty for the two defendants charged in the death of a Rapid City man. Jamie Ray Howard, 26, and Adrian Gilbert Black Bear, 23, are accused in the Dec. 22 beating death of Wilbur G. Johnson, 41. Investigators have said Johnson died of head injuries after being struck with a heavy, blunt object. A passing motorist found his body in an alley off East Monroe Street. Deputy State's Attorney Scott Roetzel said state law lists several aggravating circumstances that a presiding judge could include in instructions to a jury considering the death penalty. The circumstances include a defendant's prior felony convictions for a crime of violence and whether robbery was a motive. Authorities allege Howard is a habitual offender with 1995 convictions for burglary and escape. Police investigators said a motive in the death appeared based more on a disagreement among the three men than a planned robbery. "It was a senseless act, but we couldn't find an aggravating circumstance that sufficiently fit (seeking the death penalty)," Roetzel said. Howard and Black Bear are charged with first-degree murder or, in the alternative, second-degree murder. A jury could acquit them or find them guilty of just one charge. "Both first-degree murder and alternative second-degree murder charges are punishable by mandatory life in prison, so they are still facing a severe penalty," Roetzel said. Rapid City attorney Terry Pechota represents Black Bear. Howard's attorney is Becky A. Janssen of the county public defender's office. Another status hearing in the case is set for March 19. No trial dates have been set. You may call reporter Jim Holland at 394-8412 or send e-mail to jim.holland@rapidcityjournal.com. To subscribe to this group,send an email to: ndn-aim-subscribe@egroups.com Archived on line at: http://www.eScribe.com FREE LEONARD PELTIER --------- "RE: Jail for Rape Suspect Likely Until U.S. Trial" --------- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 11:30:10 -0000 From: anne.bates Subj: Jail for rape suspect likely until U.S. trial Mailing List: ndn-aim http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=content /local/rapist.inc Jail for rape suspect likely until U.S. trial By LORNA THACKERAY, Of The Gazette Staff A 27-year-old Lodge Grass man charged with raping a woman at her home on the Crow Reservation probably will be jailed until trial, U.S. Magistrate Richard Anderson ruled Thursday. Shane Plain Woman appeared before Anderson in Billings to determine if there were any conditions under which he could be released. Anderson left open the possibility of calling another hearing if new evidence develops but said that given Plain Woman's record, chances of pre-trial release do not look promising. The defendant was indicted on a federal charge of aggravated sexual abuse, which generally means that force or violence was used in commission of the assault. Bureau of Indian Affairs officers who investigated the incident said Plain Woman had accompanied the victim to her home. She expected that her husband would be there. According to investigators, when Plain Woman learned that the husband was not in the premises, he locked the door and raped the victim. The incident occurred Jan. 28 near Lodge Grass, the indictment said. Assistant U.S. Attorney Klaus Richter on Thursday asked Anderson to follow recommendations from the U.S. probation office that Plain Women remain in jail while awaiting trial. The prosecutor said the defendant, who was born and raised in Canada and whose father and grandmother still live there, presented a flight risk. Richter also argued that Plain Woman presented a danger to the community, both because of the violent nature of the offense charged and because of his extensive criminal history in Canada, which includes several violent crimes. Federal defender Mark Werner countered that Plain Woman had settled on the Crow Reservation and has lived there with his wife for several years. He said Plain Woman had no means to get to Canada and would be willing to submit to electronic monitoring to assure his presence in this country. The defense attorney said that while he had been unable to find a third- party custodian to keep an eye on Plain Woman, if a viable custodian can be found, he would like to come back before the court for a new detention hearing. Werner also said he was concerned about Plain Woman's safety. He said the victim's husband had beaten up the defendant a couple of times. Anderson said he found Plain Woman to be both a flight risk and a danger to the community and ordered him into the custody of U.S. marshals while criminal proceedings are pending. To subscribe to this group,send an email to: ndn-aim-subscribe@egroups.com Archived on line at: http://www.eScribe.com FREE LEONARD PELTIER --------- "RE: Oklahoma Executes Native American" --------- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 06:08:35 -0800 (PST) From: orion-c@webtv.net Subj: Oklahoma Executes Native American Mailing List: Iron Natives The Oklahoman Wireless Man executed for 1985 Tulsa murder 2001-03-02 By Danny M. Boyd Associated Press Writer McALESTER - A man sent to Oklahoma's death chamber two months later than planned was executed by injection Thursday for the 1985 killing of a Tulsa woman. Robert William Clayton, 40, was pronounced dead at 9:10 p.m. from a lethal dose of drugs. He was the ninth inmate executed in Oklahoma this year. Clayton was convicted of murdering Rhonda Timmons, 19, in her apartment. Timmons was stabbed 12 times and was beaten and straggled with her bathing suit top. "I want to say I'm glad I'm leaving this place and I'm going to a better place," Clayton said in his final statement. "I love my family and I'm sorry for this other lady that was killed. "You're still killing an innocent man," he said. "May God have mercy on my soul." The lethal flow of drugs began at 9:07 p.m. Clayton quickly became unconscious and was declared dead three minutes later. He was originally scheduled to be the first inmate to be put to death this year, but was granted a stay one day before his Jan. 4 execution date. The stay allowed him to pursue DNA tests on lost evidence recovered just days before he was to be strapped to a death row gurney at Oklahoma State Penitentiary. But evidence testing by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation confirmed Clayton as the killer. Timmons' stepfather and her mother, Pat Bullard, witnessed the execution. "We did not seek revenge with the death of Robert Clayton," Bullard said in a statement. "We sought justice and justice was served." Timmons' husband, Bill, found her when he came home for lunch. The inside of the couple's apartment was covered in blood, authorities said. Their infant son, now a teen-ager, was in a nearby crib. Clayton was an apartment complex groundskeeper. Prosecutors said he came upon Timmons sunbathing and was furious when she rejected his advances. He was convicted shortly after the killing, when DNA tests were not widely used. When the federal portion of his appeals began in the mid-1990s, Clayton sought DNA tests on traces of blood on a knife identified as the murder weapon and on a sock and overalls Clayton supposedly wore. Defense attorneys had said prosecutors relied on blood typing to argue for conviction. Timmons' blood type matched the type from traces of blood on the sock. Attorneys said DNA tests could be more decisive. But the evidence was lost by state officials after his trial. Tulsa County prosecutors located it in early January. Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin, acting in the temporary absence of Gov. Frank Keating, granted the stay. Two sisters, a cousin, brother-in-law and attorney witnessed the execution on Clayton's behalf. For his last meal, Clayton requested shrimp, oysters, fish with tartar sauce, a 32-ounce creme soda and one strawberry cheese pie. ---- All content copyrighted 2001 The Oklahoma Publishing Co --------- "RE: Federal Prison Authorities Cracking Down" --------- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 21:54:31 -0600 From: LPDC Subj: URGENT ALERT Mailing List: LPDC URGENT ALERT: PRISON AUTHORITIES CRACKING DOWN ON PELTIER AND ALL FEDERAL PRISONERS Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary is banning the media from interviewing Leonard Peltier. In the last week all pending interview requests from established media networks and reporters were denied. Prison authorities say they are facilitating too many press visits and their staff is unable to handle the volume. However, Peltier has not done an interview for several months. Secondly, Leonard Peltier and other prisoners received memos this week from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) stating that federal prisoners' phone calls will be restricted to 300 minutes a month, averaging to about 10 minutes a day. Already, prisoners can only call a limited amount of people who are registered on a pre-approved list. Calls cannot exceed 15 minutes, more than one call cannot be made in a half hour duration, and calls can only be made during certain segments of the day. Of course, the cost prisoners pay for the calls is exorbitant. Both phone call and visitation privileges have been gradually eroded over the past few years, and will likely diminish completely if the public does not fight back. We at the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee find these two developments to be an alarming sign that prison authorities plan to cut prisoners off from communications with the public. This dangerous trend will make prison staff even less accountable for prisoner abuse. Moreover, it will have a devastating affect on the families of prisoners and on the defense networks of political prisoners, whose voices will be largely stifled. YOUR HELP IS NEEDED! Write, fax and flood the phone lines of Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, BOP Director 320 First St. NW Washington DC 20534 202-307-3198 Fax 202-514-6878 (sample letter below) Write, fax, and phone your senators and representatives To find out who your senators and reps are and how to contact them, call the U.S. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121 Or visit these web sites: www.house.gov/ www.senate.gov/ (sample letter below) SAMPLE LETTER FOR BOP: Dear Ms. Hawk Sawyer, I am writing to oppose the upcoming implementation of new phone restrictions for federal prisoners, which limits their phone access to 300 minutes per month. Imprisonment is a harsh enough penalty for those convicted of crimes. Restricting contact with family and friends is simply cruel punishment and will greatly hinder rehabilitation. Legislation that has established longer prison sentences, the abolishment of federal parole, and the restriction of avenues for redress in the courts, has had devastating affects on millions of family members of the convicted. The existing phone and visitation privileges at least allow prisoners minimal participation in family affairs, as well as a healthy connection to the outside world. Furthermore, the emotional stress the phone restriction is bound to have on prisoners will surely interfere with the orderly conducting of daily prison affairs. Therefore, I strongly urge you not to implement what will be a devastating change. Furthermore, I have been made aware that prison officials at USP Leavenworth are denying access to all journalists and media networks who wish to interview federal prisoner Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist deemed a political prisoner by Amnesty International. The media has been in to interview Mr. Peltier in the past, and I am fully aware that such visits can be done in accordance with security concerns. A ban on media entering any BOP institution makes me wonder what the institutions might have to hide. Both of these developments are quite disturbing and signal to the public the BOP's desire to suppress the realities inside federal prisons. I can see no justification for such changes and I respectfully request that both of these matters be addressed accordingly. Thank you for your time and attention. Sincerely, SAMPLE LETTER FOR CONGRESS: Dear _____________, I am writing to oppose the BOP's plans to implement new phone restrictions for federal prisoners, which will limit their phone access to 300 minutes per month. Imprisonment is a harsh enough penalty for those convicted of crimes. Restricting contact with family and friends is simply cruel punishment and will greatly hinder rehabilitation. Legislation that has established longer prison sentences, the abolishment of federal parole, and the restriction of avenues for redress in the courts, has had devastating affects on millions of family members of the convicted. The existing phone and visitation privileges at least allow prisoners minimal participation in family affairs, as well as a healthy connection to the outside world. Furthermore, the emotional stress the phone restriction is bound to have on prisoners will surely interfere with the orderly conducting of daily prison affairs. Therefore, I strongly urge you to discourage the BOP from implementing what will be a devastating change. Furthermore, I have been made aware that prison officials at USP Leavenworth are denying access to all journalists and media networks who wish to interview federal prisoner Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist deemed a political prisoner by Amnesty International. The media has been in to interview Mr. Peltier in the past, and I am fully aware that such visits can be done in accordance with security concerns. A ban on media entering any BOP institution makes me wonder what the institutions might have to hide. Please urge the BOP to lift this ban. Both of these developments are quite disturbing and signal to the public the BOP's desire to suppress the realities inside federal prisons. I can see no justification for such changes and I respectfully request that these matters be addressed accordingly. Thank you for your time and attention. Sincerely, ----- Leonard Peltier Defense Committee PO Box 583 Lawrence, KS 66044 785-842-5774 www.freepeltier.org To subscribe, send a blank message to < lpdc-on@mail-list.com > --------- "RE: Native Prisoner" --------- Date: Mon, 12 March 2001 20:55:07 -0530 From: "Janet Smith" Subj: Native Prisoner News Tell a Native American Prisoner someone cares! -- - - - Peltier, Leonard #89637-132 Box 1000 Leavenworth, KS 66053 Birthday: 9/12/44 Ancestry: Ojibwa-Lakota -- - - - Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 08:51:55 EST From: ErthAvengr@aol.com Subj: Incarcerated Juveniles: Part 1: Lakota Journal Mailing List: ndn-aim http://www.lakotanationjournal.com INCARCERATED JUVENILES: PART 1 Part 1 of a series Incarcerated juveniles Do they have access to traditional ceremonies? By Ruth Steinberger Lakota Journal Correspondent RAPID CITY - Freedom of religion is protected under the Bill of Rights. For American Indians these rights were secured through the passage of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act in 1978. A Lakota Journal survey revealed that for incarcerated Indian youth this right may be treated as a privilege or may be unavailable altogether. The 1993 revision of this Act included religious rights for prisoners. Because of the disproportionate prosecution and ultimately confinement of both juvenile and adult Indians, figures reveal that access to religious freedom, as well as other issues relating to conditions of confinement, affect Indians deeply. With the rate of incarceration disproportionately punishing Indian youth, extensive use of force, pepper spray and extended time periods in solitary confinement have been revealed in juvenile facilities in some states with a high Native American population. The combination of issues, including circumstances of confinement, as well as being deprived of access to cultural and spiritual activities, creates a situation unique in America to Indian youth who are incarcerated. The Lakota Journal survey revealed that the situation varies greatly from state to state. This newspaper attempted to reach the Juvenile Justice Offices or the Juvenile Services under the Department of Corrections in the states of Arizona, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota and found that each state set its own policies and procedures, some recognizing the needs of Indian youth more fully than others. Phone calls to the South Dakota Department of Corrections were not returned although several calls were placed to them. The Office of Juvenile Affairs, or Juvenile Services for these states were asked the following questions: * Are traditional Native American religious or spiritual services available for youth who come from traditional, non-Christian homes? * Are these services available on a regular basis and are they easy for the child to access? * If traditional services do not exist, are Native American youth compelled, either by policy or circumstances of planning, to attend non- traditional services? * Are traditional tribal elders on the approved ministers list so that juveniles may consult with them at a time of crisis? * What percentage of confined juveniles are Native American? The states of Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana all offered scheduled sweat lodge ceremonies and other cultural activities to incarcerated juveniles, the frequency varying from Minnesota (weekly) to Montana, (every three to five weeks). Oklahoma and New Mexico offer services if the juvenile requests it, and the services are planned according to the tribal affiliation of the child. Access was available to youth within these systems to reach a spiritual elder to speak with if they requested to do so. Spokesman James Johnson, Deputy Director of Juvenile Services for the State of Oklahoma, explained that any child's request for religious services or counsel would be accommodated. Johnson explained that with 37 federally recognized tribes within Oklahoma it would be impossible to have one scheduled service on a regular basis that could accommodate the needs of all American Indian youth, therefore services reflecting the specific traditions of one tribe are not offered at the facilities. Arizona does not have spiritual/cultural activities available for Indian youth incarcerated in state facilities at this time. ---- To subscribe to this group,send an email to: ndn-aim-subscribe@egroups.com Archived on line at: http://www.eScribe.com FREE LEONARD PELTIER -- - - - Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 20:32:58 -0800 (PST) From: Valerie Scott Subj: Urgent Notice Hello Gary, The prisoners at Washington State Reformatory have asked that the following information be distributed widely for action. Valerie Scott NAPS ===================================================== URGENT NOTICE To Whom It May Concern: Immediately following the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, D.O.C. officials in Washington State responded to Congress by attacking and dismantling religious programs for Native Americans incarcerated in this state. In September of 2000, the amendments to the "RFRA" were enacted as a remedy to constitutional problems with the Act, and re-establishing the "Least Restrictive Means Test". D.O.C. response once again was to de- sensitise Native religions by dismantling religious programs at the Washington State Reformatory in order to justify less intrusive-arbitrary policies at other Washington facilities (W.S.R. has been, and should have been/remained a model for all other states in concerns of Native American religious policies). The following summarises extreme attacks on Native religious freedoms at Washington State Reformatory. 1. D.O.C. has informed Natives at W.S.R. that they will no longer be allowed any wood for sweat lodge ceremonies due to alleged legislative budget cuts. However, there has been no "Notice" of constitutional change, nor is there any evidence of D.O.C. financing wood. Please request an audit to see if D.O.C. has been charging tax payers for free/donated wood. 2. At W.S.R., it was recognised for decades that the seat lodge ceremonies began at the sunrise ceremony, or the lighting of the fire, and concluded after the sweat lodge is undressed. A new policy will allow only 2 Native prisoners the benefit of the entire ceremony, the rest being ordered back to their cells for 2 hours. Once again, D.O.C. has become an expert on Native American religions and denies Native prisoners the right to full benefit of ceremonies. 3. New policy at W.S.R. allows only one Native American to create beadwork in cell as a religious tenet. Non-Natives are allowed to purchase a licence to do beadwork. 4. Native Americans have been physically assaulted by staff (24 February 2001, 1 March 2001). The videos of these assaults have mysteriously disappeared. 5. Discrimination and threats at W.S.R. by a silent retaliation guard force against Native Americans. 6. In a sworn affidavit by a D.O.C. Superintendent, Richard Morgan has testified that Native inmates could not worship certain tenets, because other Non-Indian inmates would be affected negatively, (or could assault Natives). The Superintendents opt not to enforce State and Federal policies prohibiting hate crime acts, sending a clear message that it is O.K. to discriminate against another because of their race or religious belief. It appears that D.O.C., who is struggling for budget approvements, is attempting to establish an environment of hate and violence to gain legislative support. We urgently request your intervention before this becomes irreparable. Signed: Washington State Reformatory Native American Indians of All Tribes/Brotherhood of American Indians. Please send inquiries to: Governor Gary Locke Legislative Building P.O. Box 40002 Olympia, WA 98504-0002 Mr. Eldon Vail Deputy Secretary/D.O.C. Operations P.O. Box 41118 Olympia, WA 98504-1118 A. Fernandez D.O.C. Religious Programs Manager P.O. Box 41127 Olympia, WA 98504-1127 ===== NAPS (Native American Prisoner Support) http://www.hri.ca/partners/naps/ --------------------------------- Please especially remember Leonard. Leonard Peltier #89637-132, Box 1000, Leavenworth, KS 66053 --------------------------------- Dear Janet, Eddie Hatcher was moved from Central Prison in North Carolina to a county jail. His new address is: Eddie Hatcher, Robeson County Jail,122 Legend Road, Lumberton, NC 28358. Thanks, Marsha Shaiman On Indian Land, PO Box 2104, Seattle WA 98111 --------------------------------- Standing Deer's new address: Robert H. Wilson #640539, Estelle Unit, 264 FM 3478, Huntsville, TX 77320-3322 --------- "RE: History: Carlisle Indian School" --------- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 21:58:30 -0500 From: Barbara Landis Subj: History: A Hundred + Years Ago - Carlisle - February 24, 1888 [Note: any descendants of Carlisle students willing to be interviewed for a student history day school project, please email Jessica, Brittany, Megan, and Ashlyn at sdodson@access.mountain.net] THE INDIAN HELPER ----------------------------- ~~ FOR OUR BOYS AND GIRLS ~~ ============================= VOLUME III CARLISLE, PA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1888 NO. 28 ============================= SOWING ------ Are we sowing seeds of kindness? They will blossom bright ere long. Are we sowing seeds of discord? They will ripen into wrong. Are we sowing seeds of honor? They will bring forth golden grain. Are we sowing seeds of falsehood? We shall yet reap bitter pain. Whatsoe'er our sowing be, Reaping, we its fruit must see. We can never be too careful What the seed our hands shall sow, Love from love is sure to ripen, Hate from hate is sure to grow. Seeds of good or ill we scatter Heedlessly along our way, But a glad or grievous fruitage Waits us at the harvest day, Whatsoe'er our sowing be, Reaping, we its fruits must see. -[Selected. ----------- HOW THE LETTERS GO. --- The Man-on-the-band-stand wonders if the boys and girls have ever thought about the way the HELPER gets to its subscribers, and how letters and papers are carried all over the country, to the great cities and to all towns and the villages so small that they are not put on the map. He knows that you all here have seen the bags that go in with the mails to the Carlisle Post Office and bring out the mails to the school. All mail bags are somewhat like these, only, many are much larger and stronger; they are made for long journeys on the trains, and there is another thing some of them are made for also. It is this: All towns have mails to send, and many of these towns are on the lines of great railroads; these railroads run from one city to another express trains that will not stop at the little stations. But the people like to have their letters go as fast as possible, so they often send them by these express trains. How can they do it when the trains don't stop? Do they go very slowly by these places to give the men at the stations a chance to put on their mail bags? They rush past like the wind; the Man-on-the-band-stand knows a lady who was walking on the platform of a station one day when the train went by so fast that the breeze from it blew off her hat. And yet before the train comes, the mail bag is at the station, and when it has passed, this has gone and the other bag that it brought out from the city is lying on the platform. The two things are done in this way: When the mail is to be thrown off, a man crouches down at the open door of the mail car with the bag in his hands. As the car reaches the platform, he gives the bag a toss and it goes spinning the length of the station, and sometimes far beyond. He knows exactly how to do it, or he would go spinning too. The station master has only to send it to the post-office. But while the bag is spinning, the cars are whizzing by. The mail bag that is to be taken on board by them has been hung on a long spike driven into a high post. As the train goes flying past, a great hook reaches out of the door of the mail car, clutches the bag, sweeps it into the car, and all the while the train goes flying on as fast as ever. If people do not get quickly letters sent in this way, it is not the fault of the lightning express, nor of the postal delivery; it must be because they are not at home. ----------------- FROM ALBUQUERQUE SCHOOL. ---------- John Dixon, a former pupil of Carlisle, writes from Albuquerque: "Since I am at this school, I have been up and down almost in every Pueblo Village. The Superintendent of this school takes me as an interpreter to the Pueblo Indian villages, trying to get all the children we can get for the United States Albuquerque Indian School, but sorry to say in some villages we haven't succeeded. It seems to me, or as far as I know, most of the children in some villages are willing to come to school, ----------------------------- (Continued on Fourth Page.) ========================================== (p 2) The Indian Helper. ----------------------------- PRINTED EVERY FRIDAY, AT THE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA. BY THE INDIAN PRINTER BOYS. ----------------------------- Price: - 10 cents a year. ============================== Address INDIAN HELPER, Carlisle, Pa. Miss M. Burgess, Manager. ============================== Entered in the P.O. at Carlisle as second class mail matter. ============================== THE INDIAN HELPER is PRINTED by Indian boys, but EDITED by The-Man-on-the-band-stand, who is NOT an Indian. ============================== 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. =============================== GOD'S BIRD ---- A little Indian girl, the daughter of a chief in the Omaha tribe, who was being educated in a city, tells us this story, to show how she had learned that all living things belong to God: "I remember the first time I ever heard the name of God. I was a very little girl, playing about the tent one summer day, when I found a little bird lying hurt on the ground. It was a fledgling that had fallen from a tree and fluttered some distance from the nest. "Ah!" thought I, 'now this is mine.' I was delighted, and ran about with the little creature in my hand. "What have you there, Luzette?" asked one of the men who was at work in the field. "It is a bird of mine," I said. "He looked at it. 'No it is not yours. You must not hurt it. You have no right to it.' "Not mine?" I said. "But I found it. Whose is it?" "It is God's. You must give it back to him. "I did not dare to disobey. "Where is God? How shall I give it back to him? "He is here. Go to the high grass yonder, near its nest, and lay it down and say, "God, here is thy bird again." He will hear you." "I went to the tall grass, crying and awed, and did as he bade me. I laid it down on the grass, in a warm sunny spot, and said, "God here is thy bird again.' I never forgot that lesson." Is not this a beautiful lesson? And have all your dear children learned, we wonder, that the dogs, and the cats, and the birds, and every living thing belong to the great and good God? -[Selected. ------------------ Monthly Exhibition. The monthly exhibition came off Friday night. Over 800 of the pupils and educators of Carlisle were present. From Joe Hunterboy's amusing little speech of welcome to Laban Locojim's funny good night, more than two hours, the audience showed unflagging interest. Eva Johnson read Cecilia's well-written greeting so distinctly that everybody could hear and understand it. The two discussions were well done. The Man-on-the-band-stand is glad to know that the boys think for themselves on the questions of the day. It did his heart good to see that they were not afraid to stand up and utter their opinions before a large audience. The Apaches from No. 10 told how they planned for the "New Year," and the little "Wise Heads" from No. 5 showed us that they had something worth hearing to tell. Frank Lock's talk on the "Past, Present and Future of the Indian" was not spoken loud enough to be heard. That was a pity. The Man-on-the-band-stand knows it was good. He would have liked Abe Somers' better too, if it had been loud. Don't forget, boys and girls, the gymnasium is a very large place, and if you want to be heard and understood, YOU MUST SPEAK LOUD and VERY DISTINCTLY. It was very tantalizing to watch that nice group of girls looking so natural in their "One Hundred Years Ago," and only hear what one or two of them said. Next time walk out your voices. The Army and Navy girls and boys from No. 1 made a patriotic stir in every heart, and the marching and countermarching in the "Tambourine Drill," by the little girls, was a pretty sight. The exercise with Indian clubs was fine, and Conrad Roubidoux looked very happy, as he received the two clubs which a Wyoming lady present in the audience sent up to him because he gave the most perfect and graceful drill. As for the gymnastic exercises, one by the girls, the other by the boys, it was hard to tell which was best, they were both so good, but the dress of the girls added a brightness to the grace of movement that made theirs more beautiful. The "Real Eloquence" of the No. 9 boys was over-powering-causing hearty laughter. The singing by the whole school - the two pieces by the choir and the boys' quartette were well rendered and added much to the pleasure of the occasion. A telling six minutes' talk from Joshua Given followed by an enthusiastic, appreciative, and heartfelt speech from Rev. A.E. Winship had an inspiring effect on the workers and deepened the interest of the thoughtful ones in the audience. ======================================= p.3 Fine weather! Snow is melting. Bad sleighing. We wait for more news from California. ------ How many of the boys went to the mountains on Wednesday? ------ The new reading room in the Girls' Quarters is a very pleasant one. ------ We hear that the P.I Society will give an entertainment very soon. Good! ------ The Apache babies have been to town to have their pictures taken. ------ Correct answers to our two last enigmas received. Pleased to see an interest taken in solving them. ------ Written examinations for the quarter in the school rooms now. ------ A new board walk from the guard house to the railroad. No waiting for the mud to dry up now, in order to get to town. ------ The Rev. A.E. Winship, of the Educational Journal, Boston, spent Friday here looking through the different departments of the school. ------ Glad to have Joshua Given with us for a few days. He gave us a nice talk Saturday night in the chapel. Look out for it in the March Red Man. ------ Kias Red Wolf and Dick Wallace are making a wagon body. Frank Lock is doing the iron work. The Herdic has been handed over for a fresh coat of paint. ------ The printers, office and the school all thank our good friend Mr. Houghton, Supt. of the Southworth Paper Company for a box containing 534 pounds of excellent writing paper. ------ The following was given as a sentence with the word "pinions." -"Spread his magical pinions wide the night of the debate on railroads. Indeed, he spread his pinions to their extreme width." ------ Wednesday the 22nd was a bright, sunny holiday, which all enjoyed. Some of the boys went to the mountains and had a fine time. In the evening the Band played and at night all gathered in the Chapel where the "Magic Lantern" entertained us with views in different countries - none more interesting than those from different Indian reservations. Doing and Being. A young girl had been trying to do something very good, and had not succeeded very well. Her friend, hearing her complain said, "God gives us many things to do, but don't you think He gives something to be, just as well?" "Oh, tell me about being," said Marion, looking up. "I will think about being, if you help me." Her friend answered, "God says: "Be kindly affectioned one to another. "Be ye also patient. "Be ye thankful. "Be ye not conformed to this world. "Be ye therefore perfect. "Be careful for nothing. "Be not wise in your own conceits. "Be not overcome of evil. Marion listened, but made no reply. Twilight grew into darkness. The tea-bell sounded, bringing Marion to her feet. In the firelight Elizabeth could see that she was very serious. "I'll have a better day tomorrow. I see that doing grows out of being." "We cannot be what God loves without doing what he commands. It is easier to do with a rush than to be patient or unselfish, or humble, or just or watchful." -[Selected. ---------------------- Calvin Red Wolf, who is now at Haskell Institute, writes to Miss Fisher: "It has been very long time since I am away from Carlisle school. But still I remember at Carlisle very well, all the teachers and all the students, too. But still going to school and not give up for education. I am glad to say this, I join what they call the Y.M.C.A. I am one of the committees. I am doing the very best I can for this work. I am sorry I never received the INDIAN HELPER for a long time. I can't stand it for not hearing of anything out there. Give all my best regards and best wishes to all the teachers and children at Carlisle." ---------------------- Be Polite. The Man-on-the-band-stand sees some things that make him very sorry. For instance, when a lady is coming along the walk and meets a boy who is too lazy and impolite to raise his hat and say "good morning or "good evening." Politeness does not cost anything except a little effort on your part, and it has a large reward in the happiness it brings to yourself and others. On the walks, in the schoolroom, at work, or at play. BE POLITE. =========================================== (Continued From First Page.) but the parents are the big buck Indians who are not willing, especially the mothers. Last month the Superintendent and I have been up to my place twice, and by hard work and by the governor's effort, the first time we got five boys, and at the second time four boys. Also, just before Christmas the late governor of the same village brought two boys and a girl. And last summer I brought two girls and one of my little nephews. At the present time there are twelve boys and three girls from my place attending this school. It is queer that there are some Indians, very hard minded Indians, to make them to understand what a good thing the Government has been trying to do for them. Last week some of the San Felipe Indians were down here; and Agent M.C. Williams, the Agent, called the Indians to meet him down here. Some of those Indians have had children in this school before but just before Christmas took them home, and promised to bring them back. And one party of those Indians are opposed in bringing their children back to the school. Agent Williams, myself and the Indians took us one day's talk about the matter. Then Mr. Williams concluded it in giving a written order to the governor and his officers of that village, and told them to see if his orders are carried out. In his order he ordered them that they must bring all the children that were here before, if not, then that he will know what to do with them. The governor and some of the officers are willing to do everything what their agent wants them to do, but one party are opposed. Sheldon Jackson was down here with the Indians. Sheldon and his wife have left the school, they have gone home since before Christmas. Cyrus and I are still working in the shop. We have been making some window frames for the new building, which will be for the Superintendent of this school. And there are two buildings unfinished, we have to finish them this summer. We have plenty work out here, Cyrus and I work all day, we don't go to school at all. Cyrus' father is the governor at our place; from him we got good many children. Permit me to give you the kindest expressions from my mother, sisters, and brothers. I am going up home again tomorrow morning at seven o'clock. Please let me know how is my nephew. Also if you please, remember me to everybody in the school. I am glad to let you know that Cyrus and I are getting along first-rate in this school." Enigma. I am composed of 34 letters. My 21, 9, 19, 11 is what we hear first in the morning. My 27, 18, 5 is what a boy went to town to buy just before the last sociable. My 1, 13, 20, 26, 3, 30 is what all boys and girls should be to every one they meet. My 34, 29, 2, 17 is what some of the boys would rather do when they ought to study. My 31, 4, 28, 5 is what we like to see every one become. My 34, 14, 24, 6, 9, 29 is something we always enjoy when we are well. My 1, 13, 7, 1, 1, 23, 30 is what the little people - and some of the larger ones, too - look forward to on Thursday. My 8, 33, 32, 15, 25, 10, 5 is one of the terms used in describing a quarrel or dispute. My 16, 26, 22, 12, 19, 9 is something worn around the waist. My whole is a bit of excellent advice. -------------- ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S ENIGMA: Be sure you are right, then go ahead. ----------- One of the boys describing Indian Territory said, "Since the Indians were caught by the missionaries they cultivate the land." ----------- To rejoice in the happiness of others is to make it our own; to produce it is to make it more than our own. -James. ======================================= STANDING OFFER: - For FIVE new subscribers to the INDIAN HELPER, we will give the person sending them a photographic group of the 13 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 6 cents to pay postage. --------------- For a longer list of subscribers we have many other interesting pictures of shops, representing boys at work, schoolrooms and views of the grounds, worth from 20 to 60 cents a piece, which will be sent on request. ------------------------------ 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. SAMPLE COPIES SENT FREE. Address, THE RED MAN, Carlisle, PA. For 1, 2 and 3 subscribers for THE RED MAN we give the same premiums offered in Standing Offer for the HELPER. ======================================================================= Transcribed weekly from the newspaper collections of the US Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, PA. For more info see http://www.carlisleindianschool.org. - Barbara Landis --------- "RE: Rustywire: Smiling Eyes" --------- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 03:04:34 -0000 From: "John Rustywire" Subj: smiling eyes Mailing List: RezLife It was in November, the snow had fallen hard piling deep on the ground...it covered everything. The night was cold with a clear dark sky and I left my room to run to the gym to work out. I saw her sitting up high in the stands of the gym her head buried in a book, her hair was dark just like her eyes. She wore an old blue levi coat with a white fur collar and I went to speak to her... I had seen her first sitting on the floor in a hallway at school, a place where 500 Indians gathered to attend college from all over the US and Canada. The world was so small then, we were going to conquer it and sat for hours talking about how we would do things to help our people. She just sat just over there by the wall near the door her books sitting next to her while she studied out of some book. She was from some place up North, her eyes were dark brown and her hair was long but tied up in a pony tail covered by her coat. She didn't say anything, but every once in a while she looked up and said hello so someone. There was this one girl from San Carlos, a friend who stopped to say...hey. I said to her, who is that one sitting just over there. She looked at her and said, oh, she is just a girl and laughed at me as she walked away... A few times I saw her on campus running to class or sitting in the gym watching the basketball players practice scrimmaging up and down the court. She loved the game it seemed. I went to the movie one night alone, it was an old theater showing an old flick for 25 cents. I went in using the last dollar I had and went to sit down somewhere in the middle. It was dark and I found a seat and sat down. As I watched the screen someone poked me with an apple, somewhere to the left of me. I heard a soft voice say, would you like this. I looked hard into the darkness and saw it was this girl I had seen sitting around campus here and there. I was poor and proud and so said it was ok, so she just shrugged and ate her apple. All the time I was thinking I wished she would offer it to me again. It was a large one, big and red. I could hear it crunch, it sounded crisp. I sat there hungry and tired. I fell asleep and then the lights came on and it was time to go. She poked me again and said I was in the way. I got up and went outside, it was snowing as I stepped out. She was walking away when I called to her and said, let me walk you home. She looked at me and said, I don't walk home...I run and she took off. I ran after her as she cut across campus and ran down the steps two at a time. I told her to wait, calling after her and she just laughed at me as she left me in the dust. I called to her and she finally stopped a few blocks from campus. The snow was hanging from the trees and the stars were shining bright in the night sky. I told her, I had seen her on campus and she said, I know, you have been looking at me... I spoke to her and said I would walk her home and she just stood there and said no. I said why? She said she was already there and went inside. Her eyes twinkled in the darkness, her eyes smiled at me and I thought this Indian girl can run. It started to snow and I took off running back to my room clear on the other side of campus. I stayed in a dorm, on the first floor, I got inside and took off my coat. I looked outside my window at where I had come from and there she was standing there looking at me and she laughed. She said to me, you run like a three legged dog. I reached for my last dollar bill and went out the door to see her. She was already across the street and running back home. I called to her and she stopped and waited for me. I said I will buy you an ice cream cone at that place just over there. She looked at me and then said ...OK. I spent my last dollar on vanilla ice cream. She was an Indian girl who could run like the wind and she smiled with her eyes. It was on a night like this. It is snowing outside and the snow flakes are big and white, they hand in there as they fall to the ground moving real slow.. The world was innocent and we were full of dreams on how we were going to change the world... rustywire For Rezlife egroups http://www.egroups.com/group/rezlife --------- "RE: Have You Ever Seen A Real Indian" --------- Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 00:58:02 -0800 (PST) From: Martha Elizabeth Ture Subj: Have You Ever Seen A Real Indian? Mailing List: TRIBALLAW (triballaw@thecity.sfsu.edu) http://aolmail.aol.com/mail.dci?id=2&count=5&box=inbox&list=1-5&read.x=1 Friday March 2, 12:03 pm Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: The American Indian College Fund Have You Ever Seen A Real Indian? American Indian College Fund Advertising Campaign Challenges Stereotypes PORTLAND, Ore., March 2 /PRNewswire/ - The American Indian College Fund announced today the launch of a new advertising campaign that challenges "Indian" stereotypes by profiling strong, successful Native American people. Created by long-time College Fund advertising agency, Wieden + Kennedy/Portland, the print campaign is expected to appear in April publications. "With this campaign, it is our goal to challenge the American public's notions about who Indian people are and what they can become," said Richard Williams, Executive Director of the Denver-based nonprofit organization. "We are very proud of the achievements and contributions of the people featured in our ads and we want to illuminate those positive images." The campaign's goal, which features accomplished American Indian professionals and tribal college students, is to portray a contemporary and accurate image of Native American people. Photographed by Chris Buck, the ads feature Rick West, Founding Director, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian; Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord, Surgeon and Associate Dean, Dartmouth Medical School; Dean Bear Claw, Director/Screenwriter; Jarett Medicine Elk, Business Major; and Carly Kipp, Biology Major. Each full-page, color photograph carries the bold headline "Have You Ever Seen A Real Indian?" The copy will include a short version of each individual's resume as well as a fact about the benefits of Indian Colleges: Rick West, Southern Cheyenne. Attorney, Founding Director, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, traditional powwow dancer. Reservations can have an 85% unemployment rate. But one year after graduating, 90% of tribal college students are working or pursuing higher degrees. To contribute, call 800.880.5887 or go to collegefund.org. Carly Kipp, Blackfeet. Biology major, tutor, mom -- pursuing a doctorate in veterinary medicine, specializing in large animal surgery. Many tribal college graduates stay on the reservation. Economists project that every dollar of their incomes will turn over two and one half times. To contribute, call 800.880.5887 or go collegefund.org. The new tagline, "Invest in our Strength" is a direct call to action to support the college fund and its mission. The line also connotes that contributions are not handouts, but investments that will derive positive economic and cultural dividends for American Indians. The American Indian College Fund and Wieden + Kennedy/Portland have been collaborating for eleven years. Passion and collaboration are crucial to the success of a pro bono advertising campaign. Once the ads are completed, the agency teams with print partners to secure placement of the advertisements in national media outlets. This emotion-driven process is facilitated by the media partners' desire to promote good will. Since the American Indian College Fund and Wieden + Kennedy relationship began in 1990, approximately $14 million has been donated in media to promote the college fund. Founded in 1989, the American Indian College Fund serves approximately 26,000 Indian students across the United States. With its credo, "Educating the Mind and Spirit," the Denver-based non-profit distributes scholarships and support to 31 tribal colleges that have received growing acclaim for successfully providing education that combines accredited academics with Native culture. The College Fund also supports endowments and public awareness, as well as college programs in Native cultural preservation and teacher training. Wieden + Kennedy, founded in Portland, Oregon, is one of the largest independently owned advertising agencies with offices in New York, Amsterdam, London and Tokyo. A full-service creatively led communications company, Wieden + Kennedy has helped build some of the strongest global brands including Nike, Miller, Coca-Cola and ESPN. SOURCE: The American Indian College Fund Martha --------- "RE: Poem: Plastic Medicine People" --------- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 15:01:08 -06008 From: John D Berry/grad/res/Okstate Subj: New Poem - and comment To all, I don't know if it was covered in the Indian News or not. Ms. Brandi BlackBear of Tulsa, High School student, checked out of the school library a book on Wicca. When a teacher fell ill, the Vice Principal of the school suspended her for 15 days for practicing witchcraft. No joke - occurred in 2000. Just for fun and not related to the above - tho' poem topic is a serious concern - here's a new poem Best,John B Plastic Medicine People Hey, get your authentic, Indian name here! It's just a small sacrifice, For the honor. Just 4, new 4-wheel drive, Pickup trucks, One for each color, Of the four directions. They will bestow upon you, The wisdom of the ancients, "Never give a sucker an even break", And your Indian name! Just peel down, And step in that sweat lodge there, Made with heap big medicine, And you can sacrifice, Your booty too. Come on out, To their place and, They'll teach you to commune, With the earth, for a price. You too can receive, An original war-bonnet, Made just for you from, Authentic Arkansas eagle feathers. Yeah, won't it be great, To be a tribal member of, The WishIweres or, The Wannabes, just like them. So, from your real, Plastic Medicine People, Don't delay, Call now, 1-800-Wannabe2! John Berry, Oklahoma, 2001 --------- "RE: Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days" --------- Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 06:29:51 -1000 From: Debbie Sanders Subj: Hawaiian Book of Days A HAWAIIAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of March 18-24 MALAKI (March) (Nana) 18 Strength is the warrior within. 19 The land is rich in abundance for those who know where to look. 20 In the song of the ocean, I find healing. 21 Let me be like the dolphin -- joyous in the knowledge of my freedom! 22 The sun's light brings new life -- the moon's glow, renewal. 23 In each of us dwells the fountainhead of greatness. 24 The creative source is also the source of life. (c) Copyright 1991 by D. F. Sanders Me ke aloha i ka nani, ... Moe'uhanekeanuenue (With love and beauty, ... Rainbow Dream) --------- "RE: Alaskan Marathon Fund Raising" --------- Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 21:26:28 -0500 From: dikani@md.prestige.net Subj: Wondering Hi Gary: It's been a while. Hope all is well with you. I was wondering whether this might get a mention in Wotanging Ikche? I am currently training, (believe it or not) for the Alaskan Marathon in June. I decided to get involved in this for many reasons, I am training with the Leukemia Society's Team in Training. We are raising funds for the Leukemia Society to help with research. As you may or may not know, American Indians have one of the lowest chances of any other race to find a bone marrow match if needed. Many American Indians have died because a match could not be made. I'm training to help raise awareness to this problem. I am also training in memory of a young boy that died last year of Leukemia. My goal is to raise $4000.00 for the Leukemia Society. Here's my web site that tells the whole story. I could use help if you think it would be a good addition to the paper. Here's the url for my site: http://dikani.tripod.com/lorastntwebsite/ For more information on the bone marrow issue, a great site is: http://www.marrow.org/NMDP/aian.html Hope you can help. Lora Dikani --------- "RE: Upcoming Events" --------- Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 15:39:14 -0 From: Gary Smith (gars@speakeasy.org) Subj: Upcoming Events =================================== Date: Thursday, February 15, 2001 From: "Andre P. Cramblit" Subj: Native Story Telling Festival CISA CALIFORNIA INDIAN STORYTELLING ASSOCIATIONS First Annual Northwest California Indian Storytelling Festival Sunday, March 24th, 2001- 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Redwood Lodge Arcata Community Forest, Arcata, CA Suggested donation: $10 Adults $6 Elders and Children Everyone welcome. (Recommended for children 8 and above) For Local Information call Jack Surmani Phone: 707-442-3320 - FAX: 707-442-5352 P.O. Box 367, Bayside, CA 95524 E-mail: jsurmani@humboldt1.com A project of CISA California Indian Storytelling Association P.O. Box 267 Fremont, CA 94537 URL: http://www.cistory.orga/festival E-mail: cistory@cistory.org With funding from the Native Performance Fund -- Andre Cramblit, Operations Director The Northern California Indian Development Council (http://www.ncidc.org) NCIDC is a non-profit organization that meets the social, educational, and conomic development needs of American Indian communities. NCIDC operates a fine art gallery featuring the Tribes of N.W. California. (http://www.americanindianonline.com) =================================== Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:47:08 EST From: ClevAIM@aol.com Subj: 2001 Wahoo Demonstration OPENING DAY ANNUAL DEMONSTRATION Join the American Indian Community, its supporters, and the American Indian Movement Autonomous in the fight against Racism & Wahoo. The fight to claim American Indian dignity continues. We support Cleveland Baseball BUT CHANGE THE NAME AND LOGO. Racism has no place in our city. Join us for Opening Day Rally Monday, April 2, 201 11:00 am at Jacob's Field, Cleveland, Ohio, East 9th Street, Gate C 100ft. north of the Bob Feller Statue on the Grass Area. American Indian Movement Autonomous 216-641-8684 =================================== Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:45:10 -0800 From: Chris Mato Nunpa Subj: April Conference 2001 To Interested Native/Dakota scholars/academics: How Mitakuyapi. Owasin cantewasteya nape ciyuzapi do! ("Hello, my relatives. With a good heart, I greet all of you with a handshake") The American Indian Studies & Dakota Studies (AISDS) Program of Southwest State University, Marshall, MN will be sponsoring its 8th annual AISDS spring conference on April 6-7 (Fri. & Sat.), 2001. The conference will be titled "Remembering, Retracing, and Retelling: the Diaspora of the Dakota People from Minnesota into Canada and the Dakotas after 1862." It will be an international conference featuring six Dakota academics/ scholars from both Canada and the U.S. The six Dakota academics/scholars include, alphabetically: Barbara Feezer Buttes, Ph.D., Bdewakantunwan Dakota, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; Gwen Griffin, Ph.D., Sisitunwan Dakota, Sisseton-Wahpeton Reservation, Mankato State University, Mankato, MN; Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Ph.D., Ihanktunwan Dakota (still to be confirmed); Leo Omani, M.Ed., Wahpetunwan Dakota, Wahpetun Reserve, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada; Doris Pratt, M.Ed., Dakota, Sioux Valley Reserve, Griswold, MT, Canada; Angela Cavender Wilson, Ph.D., Wahpetunwan Dakota, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Upper Sioux Community, Granite Falls, MN. Their papers will be published in a conference proceedings book. The idea for the conference came from Leo Omani. Elders at his Reserve approached him about gathering, organizing, and writing the stories of how they got from Minnesota to Saskatchewan. Mr. Omani will be giving the keynote presentation, setting the tone and providing the context for the conference. The other speakers will then be addressing migration and forced removal issues, its impact, and how to go about doing accurate but respectful research. Hopefully, some of the Dakota academics/scholars will address how the Dakota academic community can work together with the Dakota elders in a mutually respectful and cooperative fashion. The Friday session (4/6) will be open to the public. The Saturday morning session (4/7) will be open to Dakota/Native peoples: the speakers, Dakota elders, Dakota spiritual leaders, other Dakota/Native academics/scholars, Dakota/Native graduate and undergraduate students, interested Dakota/Native community persons, and selected wasicun persons. Also, I am in the process of fund-raising for the conference. If you know of foundations and other funding sources, please let me know. More info will be forthcoming on the mnindlist serve. minn-ind@tc.umn.edu For the time being, feel free to contact me at: 320-564-4348 (h) 507-537-6118 (SSU) "matonunpa@kilowatt.net" "matonunpa@ssu.southwest.msus.edu" or Chris Mato Nunpa, Ph.D. Associate Professor American Indian Studies & Dakota Studies (AISDS) Southwest State University Marshall, MN 56258 Pidamayaye do! ("Thank you") Chris Mato Nunpa =================================== Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 08:21:00 -0600 From: "John D Berry/grad/res/Okstate" Subj: (FWD)University of Iowa Powwow American Indian Student Association 12th Annual University of Iowa Powwow April 6-8, 2001 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa HEAD STAFF: Master of Ceremonies: Jerry Dearly and TBA Arena Director: Jonathan Windyboy Head Woman Dancer: Diane Desrosiers Head Man Dancer: Dana Warrington Head Dance Judge: Leon Thompson Head Drum Judge: Ron Goodeagle Host Northern Drum: Northern Wind Host Southern Drum: Omaha Whitetail Host Iowa Drum: Lightning Boy All Drums Welcome! CATEGORIES: Men's: Senior, Traditional, Fancy, Grass Women's: Senior, Traditional, Fancy, Jingle Teen Boy's: Traditional, Fancy, Grass Teen Girl's: Traditional, Fancy, Jingle Junior Boy's Traditional, Fancy, Grass Junior Girl' Traditional, Fancy, Jingle Drum Contest: First Place, Second Place, Third Place ADMISSION: Adult 3-day pass: $15.00 Adult 1-day pass: $6.00 Child 3-day pass: $10.00 Child 1-day pass: $5.00 Dancer and Drummers: $5.00 Senior w/ID (55 & over): $5.00 Family pass (group of 4): $18.00 Group rate (limit of 10): $40.00 UI student w/ID: Free Child 5 & under: Free WEEKEND SCHEDULE: Friday, April 6, 2000: Doors open at 5pm, Grand Entry at 7pm Saturday, April 7, 2000: Doors open at 11am, Grand Entry at 1pm and 7pm Sunday, April 8, 2000: Doors open at 11am, Grand Entry at 1pm SPONSORED BY: The University of Iowa American Indian Student Association. VENDOR OR GENERAL INFORMATION CONTACT: American Indian Student Association (AISA) 308 Melrose Avenue Iowa City, IA 52242 (319) 335-6883/ 8298 Website: http://www.uiowa.edu/~ainsp/powwow HOTEL RESERVATIONS: Best Western - Coralville, Iowa 319-351-0400 Big Ten Inn - Coralville, Iowa 319-351-6131 Comfort Inn - Coralville, Iowa 319-351-8144 Days Inn - Coralville, Iowa 319-354-4400 or 1-800-Days-Inn Econo Lodge - Coralville, Iowa 319-354-6000 Heartland Inn - Coralville, Iowa 319-351-8132 or 1-800-334-3277 Motel 6 - Coralville, Iowa 319-354-0110 Super 8 Motel - Coralville, Iowa 319- 337-8388 Celebrate Sobriety - ABSOLUTELY NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL We are not responsible for accidents, theft, damages, travel expenses, or divorces. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact American Indian Student Association in advance at 319-335-6883. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tracy R. Peterson (Dine') AISES Region Five Representative Graduate Assistant - OSL 2510 Friendship St. Iowa City, IA 52245 Home Phone: (319) 339-1960 Cell Phone: (319) 621-5877 Email: tracy-peterson@uiowa.edu icndns@msn.com =================================== Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:36:59 -0700 (PDT) From: RAVEN DAVIS Subj: new pow wow listing o' si yo gary please add this to your pow wow listing. Native Solutions presents 3rd Annual Intertribal Powwow April 27-29, 2001 times- Fri 9-2, students day. Fri 5-10, dancing & storytelling. Sat 10-10, grand entry 11:00. Sun,10-5, grand entry 12:00. Oxford Lake Park, Oxford, Al... exit 185 off I-20 Native American Honor Guard & Warrior Society Admission $5 - adults FREE - seniors 55 and up & children under 10 Host Drum - Grey Wolf Singers, Choctaw, Philadelphia, Ms Headman - Don Redbear Headlady - Donna Dulaney MC - Gary Smith Arena Director - Buck Tucker Special Flute Performance by Larry Campbell Learn about early iron forging from John Williams See a primitive encampment with period items such as clothing, tools & weapons presented by Grey Squirrel Lodge. See demonstrations on beadwork and dreamcatchers. All dancers and drums welcome No Drugs or Alcohol Allowed, Bring your own lawn chairs For more information call Tony at 256-835-0110 or email sundancer@hotmail.com or call Mark or Ruth Davis at 256-820-6315. Vendors contact Mark or Ruth Davis or emial ravenspiritwalker@yahoo.com or lamehawk@yahoo.com. Thank you for including this on your listing. ravenspiritwalker =================================== Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 14:32:51 -0600 From: Lawrence Sampson Subj: CLEVELAND POW-WOW June 16 & 17, 2001 FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND American Indian Education Center's 7th Annual Competition PowWow Edgewater Park, Cleveland, Ohio Times: Saturday 11am-8pm Grand Entry at 1pm & 6pm Sunday 11am-6pm Grand Entry at 1pm Admissions: Adults $6.00 2 Day Pass $10.00 Children 6-12 $1.00 Under 6 Free Seniors $2.00 2 Day Senior Pass $3.00 TRADITIONAL REGALIA, HANDMADE JEWELRY, SILVERSMITHS, ARTS, CRAFTS, STORYTELLING, EDUCATIONAL DEMONSTRATIONS, BUFFALO BURGERS, NAVAJO TACOS, CORN SOUP Proceeds benefit: American Indians of all ages, including education, liaison with social service agencies, legal advocacy, direct services for the hungry, and information/education/employment services/BIA child welfare/cultural outreach to area schools and colleges. RAIN OR SHINE PUBLIC WELCOME American Indian Education Center, P.O. Box 605157, Cleveland, Ohio 44105-0157 (216) 281-8480 http://community.cleveland.com/cc/AIECI -or- http://www.crosswinds.net/~amerindianedctr Co-sponsored by Southwest Expressions of Ohio Inc. 25576 Mill St. Olmstead Falls, Ohio (440) 235-1177 www.southwestexpressions.net =================================== WHISPERING WINDS POWWOW DATES EMAIL us your dates (click here) For dates to appear in Whispering Wind Magazine, dates need to be submitted at least 3 months in advance Last Update: 12/4/2000 These dates are published as a public service and are gathered from a variety of sources; 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. MARCH 2001 17 Texas Gulf Coast Tia-Piah Benefit Dance. St. Pius IV Catholic Church, Pasadena, TX. Info: (713) 467-0221. 23-25 FIHA Powwow. St Lucie City Fairgrounds, Fort Pierce, FL Info: Tye Bell (561) 466-7370. email: hightyed@aol.com 24 Texas Indian Hobbyist Assn Annual Spring Powwow. Robinson Park, Llano, TX. Info: (830) 665-9309. 24-25 9th Annual West Texas Native American Assn Powwow. Fair Park Coliseum Mackenzie Park, Lubbock, TX. Info: (806) 792-0757. 24-25 Natchez Powwow. Grand Village of the Natchez Indians. 400 Jeff Davis Blvd. Natchez, MS 39120. 601-446-6502. Chuck Borum, Powwow Committee Chairman 601-442-0200 cborum@hotmail.com 30-31 14th Annual Native American Heritage Assn of Radford University Powwow. Dedmon Center Comples, Radford University campus, Radford, VA. Info: (540) 674-1989 or white_buffalo_woman@yahoo.com. APRIL 2001 7 13th Glastonbury Powwow. Crispin School Hall, Strode College Campus, Street, Somerset, England. Info: 011 44 1458 8354165. 19-22 2nd Annual All Nations Pigeon River Powwow. Sevier City Fairgrounds Sevierville, TN. Info: (423) 378-0192. email: leong@chartertn.net 20-21 Texas Gulf Coast Tia-Piah Benefit Dance. A.V. Sallas County Park, New Caney, TX. Info: (713) 467-0221. 21-22 6th Annual California Choctaw Gathering - a celebration of Choctaw Traditions - in Bakersfield, CA - open to all Choctaw people. Please visit our web page www.oklachahta.org or email oklachahta@igalaxy.net 27-29 3rd Annual Intertribal Powwow presented by Native Solutions. Oxford Lake Park, Oxford, Ala. Info: (256) 835-0110. ravenspiritwalker@yahoo.com MAY 2001 4-6 Annual Craven County Intertribal Powwow, Craven County Fairgrounds, U.S. Hwy. 70 East, New Bern, NC. Contact: Deborah Wayne, 252-244-4222 or E-mail double_d@coastalnet.com For complete powwow information go to: http://ncnativenews.tripod.com/powwow/ 11-12 21st Annual Mother's Day Powwow. Camp Linwood Hayne on Mike Padgett Parkway (Hwy 56), Augusta, GA. Info: (706) 771-1221 or email: krazywilly@mindspring.com 12 & 13 6th Traditional Annual Sobriety Pow Wow presented by Native Nations Inc/Native American Promotions Inc. A Celebration of Elders and Children, Cermak Pool Woods, 7700 W. Ogden Ave. Lyons, Illinois. For more info call: (630) 695-1292 or (773)261-7501 Email: nativenationsinc@yahoo.com Website: www.geocities.com/nativenationsinc/index.html 12-13 "Planting of the Seeds" Gathering at the Perry Farm Allotment on the Watuppa Reservation in Fall River, Massachusetts. Seeking traditional Wampanoag beaders, tanners, pottery makers, and weavers to sell and demonstrate. Call (401) 434-9473 for more detailed information 24-26 25th Annual Odawa Pow Wow. Ottawa-Nepean Tent & Trailer Park, 411 Corkstown Road, Ottawa, Ontario. Info: Fran 613-722-3811 or email: info@odawa.on.ca 25-26 Memorial Day Weekend Pow-Wow. Laredo Civic Center, Laredo;Texas. JUNE 2001 1-2 33rd Annual Alabama-Coushatta Powwow. Livingstron, TX. Info: (936) 563-4391. 1-3 Albuquerque Indian Market 2001. New Mexico Fairgrounds, Albuquerque, NM Info: (505) 836-2960 2-3 Grand Village of the Kickapoo Powwow. Emmett Farm, LeRoy, IL Info: (309) 962-2700 or email: ccranch@davesworld.net 9-10 2nd Annual Anasagunticook Intertribal Festival and Powwow. Oxford Fairgrounds, Rt26. Oxford. Maine. Info: (207) 345-3574 14-16 45th Annual Tx Indian Hobbyist Assn Powwow. Robinson Park, Llano, TX Traders welcome (830) 665-9309; other info: (512) 243-1931. 15-16 23rd Annual American Indian Cultural Assn of North Carolina Powwow. Van Hoy Family campground, Union Grove, NC. Info: Ed DeTorres, PO Box 168, Newton, NC (704) 464-5579. email: exdt@webtv.net 30-July 1 29th Annual Calico Dancers Good Time Powwow. Harry J. Betar Jr. Recreational Park, South Glens Falls, NY. Info: (518) 793-1693. caliconh@nycap.rr.com JULY 2001 13-15 Maryland Powwow. Howard County Fairgrounds, Howard County, MD. Info: (252) 257-5383 now-cdcbarry@coastalnet.com 27-29 3rd Annual Sobriety Powwow sponsored by The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Muckleshoot Indian Reservation, Auburn, Wa. Info: 253-804-8752. AUGUST 2001 11-12 6th Annual Ancestors Powwow. Heathsedge, Abbey Road Dover, Kent, England. Centreland Singers; Kim Oakshot, M.C. Info: 011 44 1304 241091 SEPTEMBER 2001 7-9 4th Annual Credit Island Traditional Pow Wow. Host drum War Pony. Hosted by Urban Indian Tribal Organization. Info: Les Miller at 319-381-3547. OCTOBER 2001 12-14 Powwow. Agriculture Center, Hagerstown, MD. Info: (252) 257-5383 now-cdcbarry@coastalnet.com NOVEMBER 2001 2-4 Powwow. Fredericksburg Fairgrounds, Fredericksburg, VA. Info: (252) 257-5383 now-cdcbarry@coastalnet.com 9-11 The Great American Indian Exposition. Showplace, Richmond, VA. Info: (252) 257-5383 now-cdcbarry@coastalnet.com National Powwow / July 2002 www.nationalpowwow.com E-mail your powwow date information to whiswind@i-55.com Whispering Wind Magazine Crafts, Material Culture, History & Powwows WHISPERING WIND Toll Free: 1-800-301-8011 PO BOX 1390 (Dept. 3) FOLSOM, LA 70437-1390 Voice: 504-796-5433 Fax: 504-796-9236 =================================== Char-Koosta News Upcoming Powwows .......... APRIL 2001 April 21 and 22, 2001: 11th Annual Humboldt State University Powwow; Arcata, CA; 707/826-4994 April 21 and 22, 2001: 6th Annual California Choctaw Gathering; Bakersfield, CA; oklachahta@igalaxy.net; http://www.oklachahta.org .......... MAY 2001 May 18, 19 and 20: Spring Powwow; Portland State University, Portland, OR; (503) 725-5671; uishe@mail.pdx.ed .......... JULY 2001 July 4 through 8, 2001: Arlee 4th of July Celebration; Arlee, MT; (406) 675-2700 July 19 through 22, 2001: Standing Arrow Powwow; Elmo, MT; (406) 675-2700 July 27, 28 and 29, 2001: 3rd Annual Sobriety Powwow; Auburn, WA; (253) 804-8752 Let us announce your Powwow. Please include a phone number or functioning e-mail address for confirmation purposes: Char-Koosta News Phone: (406) 675-3000 PO Box 98 Fax: (406) 675-3011 Pablo MT 59855-0118 E-Mail: news4u@CharKoosta.com =================================== This page has been designed to help you find Native American Events. We have posted information on Pow-Wows, Festivals, Rodeos, Art & Craft Shows, Seminars and many other types of gatherings that represents the Native American culture. Please feel free to send us information about your Gatherings to post. Please send us information on any links that we may have missed. As hard as we work to make sure the information we post is correct, mistakes seem easy to make. Therefore before you depart for a Gathering, please use the contact numbers given and verify all of the important information for yourself. We can be contacted as follows: e-mail: powwows@andersons-web.com write us at: Anderson's 11372 Timber Lane Brooksville, Florida 34601 Native American Events by Date: March 24, 2001: 4th Annual Wapashuwi Indian Seminar and Pow wow featuring Red Elk. Held in Northeast Ohio, near Canfield, Ohio. For more information call David Panko 330-847-6578 or e-mail: wapalynx@sprintmail.com March 30 - 31, 2001: Edisto Indian Cultural Festival Exchange Park Highway 78 Ladson, South Carolina. For more information call 843-871-2126 April 13 - 14, 2001: The SATETHIEDAY KHATGOMBAUGH LAND BENEFIT DANCE at the Centennial Y Ranch in Townsend, Georgia. For more information call Shay at: 912-832-3437 or e-mail at: flea@darientel.net April 13 - 15, 2001: Second annual Circle of Friends Powwow about one hour drive south of Memphis, on Hwy 79 in Marianna, Arkansas. This looks like a good one folks. For more information contact Frank or Cinda Brent at 870-295-4060 or e-mail at: CircleofFriends@the-eagles.com. April 21 - 22, 2001: 6th Annual California Choctaw Gathering in Bakersfield, California. No contact number, but a web address of: http://www.oklachahta.org May 4 - 6, 2001: Annual Craven County Intertribal Powwow Honoring all American Indians and their Cultures at the Craven County Fairgrounds Hwy. Located 70 east 3 miles east of New Bern, North Carolina. For more information call Deborah Wayne 252-244-4222 or e-mail at: double_d@coastalnet.com May 11 - 12, 2001: 21st Annual Mothers day Powwow at Camp Lindwood Hayne in Augusta, Georgia. For information call 706-771-1221 or e-mail: krazywilly@mindspring.com May 11 - 13, 2001: Native American Pow Wow at Explore Park at Milepost 115, Blue Ridge Parkway, Roanoke, Va. For information contact Lu Sadler at: 800-842-9163 or e-mail Lu at: LSADLER@explorepark.org May 12 - 13, 2001: 6th Traditional Annual Sobriety Pow Wow presented by Native Nations Inc. / Native American Promotions Inc. Lyons, Illinois. For more information call: 630-695-1292 or 773-261-7501 e-mail: nativenationsinc@yahoo.com they also have a web site at: http://www.geocities.com/nativenationsinc/index.html June 1 - 3, 2001: Albuquerque Indian Market at the Fairgrounds in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For information call 505-836-2960. June 2 - 3, 2001: 2nd Annual Woodland Indians Veterans Memorial Festival Located at Route 430/Willaims Road Erie, Pa. For More Information Call 1-814-459-8509 or 1-814-697-7792. Email at: Twowolves69@Hotmail.Com. June 2 - 3, 2001: Grand Village of the Kickapoo Powwow. Emmett Farm, LeRoy, Illinois. For information call 309-962-2700 or e-mail at: ccranch@davesworld.net June 15 - 16, 2001: 23rd annual Powwow of the American Indian Cultural Association of North Carolina. Van Hoy Family Campground Union Grove, North Carolina. For more information call 704-464-5579 or e-mail: exdt@webtv.net June 16 - 17, 2001: Cicott's Gathering Along the Wabash Pow Wow in Independence, Indiana. For more information call Linda Kinger at 765-762-2123 or e-mail at: sklinger@tctc.com June 23 - 24, 2001: Friendship Acre's Pow-Wow Honoring our Elders. Friendship Acre's Campground, Randolph, Ohio. For more information call 330-325-9527 or e-mail: FAParkinc@aol.com June 30 - July 1, 2001: 2nd Annual Great Salt City Powwow at Longbranch Park in Liverpool, New York. For more information e-mail: Gfiresong5@aol.com July 14 -15, 2001: 1st annual Cane Creek Inter-Tribal traditional Pow Wow will be held 7 miles west of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. For information call Tina Greer 573-776-1953 or e-mail at: spangler@pbmo.net August 3 - 5, 2001: Pow Wow at Frank Liske Park in Concord, North Carolina, Ridgie Tucker will lead the host Southern Drum. There will be Gourd Dancing. The famous or infamous Florida duo of Jim and Dave make an appearance once again as Jim will MC and Dave and his better half Kathy will be head man and lady. If you can put this little dance on your calendar as it has been outstanding the last few years. For more information contact George Hoyt (704)786-5705 or e-mail him at: gehoyt@concordnc.com Traders contact Gene Hall at: 336-236-1099. August 18 - 19, 2001: Red Hawk American Indian Cultural Society 2nd Annual Competition Pow Wow at Willow Ranch Coitsville Twp., Ohio. For more information contact Rose Marie Tullio at 330-755-4971 or e-mail at: CrebMogur@aol.com September 15 - 16, 2001: 9th Annual Four Winds Powwow at the Killeen Special Events Center, at Killeen, Texas. For information call 254-699- 3167 Paula Brock or e-mail at: Tameroa@nativeweb.net There is a web site at: http://www.fourwindstx.org July, 2002: Yes 2002! National Powwow 12. July, 2002 in Crescent City, Illinois. The committee is looking for input and suggestions on how to make The National Powwow experience more enjoyable and rewarding. Please send input to: J. Ford Griggs, Chairman, National Powwow 12, Rt. 3, Box 110, Bartlesville, Oklahoma 74003, Telephone 918-662-5317, Fax 918-662-5317, or e-mail at: FordGriggs@aol.com =================================== Welcome to the Pow Wow page. The following Pow Wows, Festivals and Events have been submitted by our Members. http://www.native-american-online.org/calendar.htm To submit an event, email Ed at sysop@crnky.org 8th Annual Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebard Pow Wow April 7th and 8th, 2001 7 Miles East of Zwolle, LA Details at: http://cate.50megs.com/pow01.htm -------- Fifteenth Annual Arizona State University Spring Competition POW WOW APRIL 20,21,22, 200 ASU Band Practice Field, Sixth St. & Rural Rd.,Tempe, Arizona FRIDAY 5:30 PM - Gourd Dance 7:00 Grand Entry SATURDAY 11:30 AM & 5:30 PM - Gourd Dance 1:00 & 7:00 PM - Grand Entry SUNDAY 11:30 am - Gourd Dance 1:00 PM - Grand Entry HEAD STAFF HOST NORTHERN DRUM...........Mountain Soul, Small Boy Camp, Alberta HOST SOUTHERN DRUM...........Sizzortail, Shawnee, Oklahoma HEAD GOURD DANCER............Billy Wahnee, Anadarko, Oklahoma ARENA DIRECTOR...............Randy Medicine Bear, Rosebud, South Dakota MASTER OF CEREMONIES.........Sammy Tonekei White, Anadarko, Oklahoma CO-MASTER OF CEREMONIES......Jason GoodStriker, Standoff, Alberta CONTEST CATEGORIES MENS (10-49 YRS) Northern Traditional Southern Straight Fancy Dance Grass Dance TEEN BOY'S (13-17 YRS) N & S Traditional Fancy Dance Grass Dance JUNIOR BOYS (7-12 YRS) N & S Traditional Fancy Dance Grass Dance WOMEN'S (18-49 YRS) Northern Traditional Southern Traditional Fancy Shawl Jingle Dress TEEN GIRL'S (13-17 YRS) N & S Traditional Fancy Shawl Jingle Dress JUNIOR GIRL'S (7-12 YRS) N & S Traditional Fancy Shawl Jingle Dress TINNY TOTS (6 YRS & UNDER) GOLDEN AGE (50 YRS & OVER) Men's & Women's DRUM CONTEST Bring Your Own PA's and Chairs. Committee will NOT provide chairs. --------- ASU American Indian Culture Week- April 16-22, 2001 Call 480-965-8044 For More Information. Art's & Craft Spaces Available: *Native American Artists Only Proof of Enrollment Required ADMISSION Adults $5.00 Students $2.00 3-day Pass $10.00 Under 6, 60 + FREE Singers and Dancers Registration: $5.00 For More Information Call: Lee Williams at 480-965-5224 Visit our website at: http://powwow.asu.edu Host Motel: Microtel Inn & Suites: 480-774-2500 $49.00+tax per night ASU POW WOW COMMITTEE, POST OFFICE BOX 248, TEMPE, ARIZONA, 85280-0248 -------- The D-QU Pow Wow Committee presents a series of pow wows: Deed Day Pow Wow April 7, 6 p.m. - midnight Graduation Pow Wow May 19, 6 p.m. - midnight For information, contact: Angela Grijalva Pow Wow Committee Phone:(530) 758-0470 ext 1085 Fax: (530) 758-4891 PO Box 409 Davis, CA 95617 dqu_pow_wow_committee@hotmail.com =================================== Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 19:35:03 -06008 From: D. Mitchell Subj: Spring Events >To : Gary Night Owl Wanige's Native Events Page Events of Interest to the Native American Community --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbreviations: HD - Host Drum,HND - Host Northern Drum,HSD - Host Southern Drum, InD - Invited Drum(s), HM - Head Man Dancer, HL - Head Lady Dancer, HG - Head Gourd Dancer, HGS - Head Gourd Singer, GS - Gourd Society, HS - Head Singer, HH - Host Hotel/Motel, AD - Arena Director, MC - Master of Ceremonies, WS - Warrior Society/Honor Guard, FP - Flute Player, ST - Story Teller, FP - Featured Performer/artist, HV - Head Veteran; GO - Gates Open, GC - Gates Close, GE - Grand Entry. A small "c" at the beginning of an abbreviation stands for "co-"; such as cHD = Co-Host Drum, cMC = Co-Emcee. Note: Some events may not be of Native origin, but may still be of interest to some of the readers of this page. I try to supply as much information as possible, so that readers can make an informed decision as to whether the event is of personal interest to them. This mailing contains previously listed events as well as new events. Ratings: Some of the events of which the author has personal first-hand knowledge, or has gained reference through a reputable source, will carry a rating. The codes for the ratings are as follows: WR - usually a well-run event; GC - event benefits a good cause; HH - weather at this event is often hot and/or humid, so come prepared; NR - not recommended. Reasons for the last rating could be varied, ranging from poor organization, tendencies for postponement or cancellation, to organizers with unsavory reputations. Not all events will be rated. Please note: I try to list all events that are sent to me, even if they sound a bit far-fetched. You can usually figure out the more questionable happenings by all the nifty new-age names of the organizers and/or major participants. Now, through mid-March, 2001 Reelfoot Eagle Watch Tours Reelfoot Lake State Park, Tiptonville, TN. Info: (901) 253-7756. Now, through May 31, 2001 The Paintings of Mirac Creepingbear Red Earth Museum, 2100 NE 52nd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73111. Business Phone: 405-427-5228 http://www.redearth.org . This exhibit will highlight the very best artwork of the Kiowa artist Mirac Creepingbear. Feb. 3-June 30: Mobile River Discovery Cruises Aboard the Cotton Blossom Riverboat, located at 1 South Water St., Mobile, AL. Beginning at 9:00am on Saturdays, there will be a 3 & 1/2 hour environmental & historical cruise, with continental breakfast served. Admission charged. Info: Captain Robert Enstice (334) 438-3060. Mar 4 - 31, 2001 Student Art Show Five Civilized Tribes Museum, 1101 Honor Heights Dr. Muskogee, OK 74401. E-mail: the5tribesmuseum@azalea.net Fax: 918-683-3070 Business Phone: 918-683-1701. Juried arts & crafts show for students 7th-12th grades of Five Tribes heritage. Hours & Days of Operation: Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 1-5pm. Admission: Adults $2.00; Seniors $1.75; Children $1.00. Contact (s) Clara Reekie. Mar. 15-18: Ruby Tiger Pow Wow Tampa, FL. Info: (813) 626-1692 or (813) 685-5742. Mar. 16-18: Calling of the Tribes Pow Wow Grand Bois Park, Hwy. 24, Bourg, LA. Info: (504) 851-1553 or (504) 876-7293. Mar. 16-18: Lumbee Spring Gathering N.C. Indian Cultural Center, Pembroke, NC. A Spiritual Gathering held by the Lumbee Elders Council. Info: Lumbee Elders Council (910) 521-4178. Mar. 17: Elder's Day Celebration & Social Pow Wow Cherokee Ceremonial Grounds, Cherokee, NC. Info: (828) 497-3481. Mar. 17-18: French Colonial Living History At Fort Toulouse/Jackson Park, Wetumpka, Al. (WR) Info: Ned Jenkins (334) 567-3002. Mar. 20: Deadline for contestants of Miss Indian World Pageant Albequerque, NM. The Miss Indian World Pageant is held in conjunction with the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow on April 25-28. Contestants must be Native young women, 18-25 years of age who have knowledge of tribal traditions and are single/never married. Point system judging on traditional talent presentation, private interview & public speaking, dance competition, and raffle ticket sales. For info & application, write: Miss Indian World Pageant, c/o Gathering of Nations, 3200 Coors Road NW, K235, Albuquerque, NM 87120; phone: (505) 836-2810/fax: (505) 839-0475; or check them out online at: www.gatheringofnations.com. Mar. 24-25: 187th Anniversary of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend At Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, Hwy. 49, Daviston, AL. This battle brought an end to the Creek War of 1813-14, and set the stage for the vast Indian Removals that would come in the next 20 years. Visitors can tour living history encampments of regular & militia soldiers of the period, as well as Creek & Cherokee hunting camps. There will be artillery & musketry demonstrations, and more. Hours: 10am - 4pm Saturday, 10am - 3pm Sunday. No admission charged. Info: (256) 234-7111. Mar. 24-25: 13th Annual Natchez Pow Wow Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, Natchez, MS. Info: (601) 442-0200, (601) 446-5117, or (601) 446-6502. Mar. 30-31: 23rd Annual Edisto Indian Festival At Exchange Park, Ladson, SC. Sponsored by the Four Holes Indian Organization. Info: Matthew Creel (843) 871-6740 or FHIO Tribal Office (843) 871-2126. Mar. 30-Apr.1, 2001 Tifton Intertribal Powwow At Friendly City Park (I-75 exit 63A & west 1 1/4 mile), Perry, GA. Head Staff TBA. Vendors & demonstrators contact: Native Way Productions, Jerry Laney, 8788 Gravel Hill Road, Albany, GA 31705 (229) 787-5180 (evenings). Mar. 31: 8th Annual ECU Pow Wow At College Hill Field, on the East Carolina University Campus, Greenville, NC. Sponsored by East Carolina Native American Organization. General info: Resa Crane Bizarro (252) 328-6003; Vendor info: LaTeisha Rogers (252) 353-6228 or Consuela Richardson (252) 328-8037. Apr. 7: OSU Pow Wow On the campus of Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. MC: Sammy "Tonkei" White; HSD: Sizzortail; HM: Terry Tsotigh; HL: Keri Bread. Info: (405) 744-5481 or (405) 743-3796. Apr. 7-8: 8th Annual Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb Traditional Pow Wow On LA Hwy. 482, 7 miles west of Zwolle, LA. Times: Saturday, noon until ?; Sunday, 11:00pm - 5:00pm. Head staff: TBA. All dancers & guest drums welcome. Admission: $1.00 for adults & children over age 6. Tribal & Parish Security on grounds. Info: (318) 684-2588, (318) 645-7392, or cate@cp-tel.net. Apr. 7-8: Indian Dance Festival At DeSoto Caverns Park, 5181 DeSoto Caverns Pkwy., Childersburg, AL. Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm. Native American dance competition and arts & crafts. Info: Joe Beckham (800) 933-2283. Apr. 19-22: 2nd Annual All Nations Pigeon River Pow Wow Sevierville, TN. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Apr. 20-22: Haliwa-Saponi Tribal Pow Wow Haliwa Indian School, State Road 1636, Hollister, NC. Info: Dr. Joseph Richardson (252) 586-4017. Apr. 23: North Carolina Indian Housing Authority Meeting NC Indian Housing Authority, 2125 Sapona Road, Fayetteville, NC. Info: Barbara Melvin (910) 483-5073. Apr. 27-29: Southern Band of the Cherokees Intertribal Gathering Birdsville Campground, Smithland, KY; Hwy. 137, off US Hwy. 60, on the Ohio River. HM: Barry Brown; HL: Barbara Whitehorse; HD: TBA; HV: Tim Whitehorse Info: Many Waters & Kamama (502) 969-7503, or (502) 216-6054 (cell), or karmama1@aol.com. Apr. 27-29: Native Solutions 3rd Annual Pow Wow Oxford Lake Park, Oxford, AL. (NR) Just off I-20 at Exit 185. Info: Mark or Ruth Davis (256) 820-6315, or Tony (256) 835-0110. Please note: Most people on my mailing lists are already familiar with powwow etiquette, but for those of you who aren't, please keep the following rules in mind: Weapons, drugs, alcohol or bad attitudes are not welcome at these events; Never touch anyone's regalia or other possesions without their permission; Do not take pictures without first asking permission; Listen to the emcee to find out when it's okay to enter the arena or to take photos. When in doubt, just ask. Note: For more information on Alabama events, contact the Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel, PO Box 4927, Montgomery, AL 36103-4927 or call 1-800-ALABAMA. A free Calendar of Events is available. Also check out www.touralabama.org. For more on North Carolina Indian events, contact the North Carolina Commision of Indian Affairs, 1317 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1317. Phone: (919) 733-5998; fax: (919) 733-1207. Also check out www.doa.state.nc.us/cia/indian.htm. --------- "RE: English-Only Challenge Is Turned Back" --------- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 07:13:07 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ENGLISH ONLY" English-Only Challenge Is Turned Back Tuesday, March 6, 2001 BY HEATHER MAY THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE A judge ruled Monday that Utah's "official English" law is constitutional because it does not prohibit government employees from communicating in other languages. In his ruling, 3rd District Judge Ronald Nehring said the statute, passed overwhelmingly by Utah voters in November, could be interpreted to be largely symbolic, "descriptive rather than proscriptive, prohibitive of nothing," with one exception. Nehring said state government is prevented under the statute from spending money to translate documents into other languages. At most, the state now spends $17,000 on those services. City and county governments can continue to spend money on translations, the judge said. With the ruling, Nehring lifted a preliminary injunction that had prevented the statute from being implemented. The ruling "validates the fact that it's not a discriminatory act," said Robert Wallace, an attorney for Utahns for Official English, a third party in the suit. "It's not intended to harm anyone; it's not intended to make anyone second class." The statute requires that official state and local government business be conducted in English. There are several exceptions that allow other languages to be used in schools, judicial proceedings, by police and for health and safety needs, among others. Washington, D.C.-based U.S. English funded the petition drive that placed the initiative before Utah voters. Since 1998, it has spent $282, 189 to make English the state's official language. Its chairman, Mauro Mujica, called Monday's decision "a victory for Utahns who wish to be united through a common language. I hope that new immigrants journeying to the great state of Utah will embrace and learn the English language so they can have every opportunity to achieve the American dream." Nine plaintiffs, including Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson and Sen. Pete Suazo, D-Salt Lake City, sued in December, contending the statute would prevent government officials from speaking and providing services in other languages, violating their freedom of speech. Non-English speakers could be denied access to government services, the right to petition the government and their freedom of speech under the Utah Constitution, the plaintiffs said. Their attorneys viewed Nehring's ruling as a partial victory. n. Pete Suazo, D-Salt Lake City, sued in December, contending the statute would prevent government officials from speaking and providing services in other languages, violating their freedom of speech. Non-English speakers could be denied access to government services, the right to petition the government and their freedom of speech under the Utah Constitution, the plaintiffs said. The ruling "effectively guts the statute of any prohibitive effect by saying it's largely symbolic," said Stephen Clark, an attorney for the Utah chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Clark reads the ruling to mean state and government officials can continue translating documents, sending out fliers to constituents in other languages and interpreting meetings. In addition, the judge specifically said the state Driver License Division is covered in the statute's "public safety" exception, so it can continue to offer driving exams in other languages. The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing a case in which a woman from Alabama said she was discriminated against because her state banned non-English driving tests based on its official-English law. "It is clear now that government employees who, for whatever reason, want to speak in a language other than English can do that," said Steven Marsden, who also represented the plaintiffs. However, Nehring didn't go so far as to say the statute is as symbolic as naming a state flower or cooking pot. He said the statute will serve as a tool to classify government speech as either official or unofficial. Presumably, that means if a document is written in Spanish or a meeting is conducted in Japanese, those acts are not considered "official" government business. "If you're going to be messing around in other languages, fine. That may be helpful to people. . . . But it's not official," said Wallace, Official English's attorney. If the statute were merely symbolic, there would be no need to conduct any government business in English, he said. The plaintiffs may appeal Nehring's decision to the Utah Supreme Court based on his distinction between official and unofficial business. lish's attorney. "Language minorities become legally second-class citizens," the ACLU's Clark said. An example: Salt Lake City provides employment applications and conflict-of-interest documents in other languages. "There will be no legal obligation to consider them or act upon them. A city worker could throw them in the garbage." The plaintiffs remain fearful the statute will be misinterpreted by government employees, who could wrongly deny services to non-English speakers. Already, minority advocates are complaining that public school teachers have told students they are not allowed to speak their native tongue in school hallways, playgrounds and to their friends, even though the statute exempts education. At the news conference, Robert Gallegos, chairman of the education committee for Coalition La Raza, said a Granite School District math teacher -- based on an erroneous understanding of the official-English law -- had told two Latino students he would kick them out of school if they couldn't prove they were citizens. The plaintiffs based many of their arguments against the initiative on an official-English constitutional amendment passed in Arizona in 1988. It was struck down as unconstitutional 10 years later. Nehring branded as false the premise that the Utah statute is the "evil twin of Arizona's amendment." Arizona's amendment was more restrictive, he said, mandating that all government officials and employees performing government business use English. Twenty-six states have official-English laws. e-mail: hmay@sltrib.com Copyright c. 2001 The Salt Lake Tribune. --------- "RE: Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation" --------- Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 07:33:16 -0600 From: John D Berry/grad/res/Okstate Subj: (FWD)Indian News 03-08-2001 ----- Forwarded by John D Berry/grad/res/Okstate on 03/08/2001 07:33 AM Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming Indian Country Today 3/7/2001 Amid tribal songs, drums and prayers, Chief Washakie of the Eastern Shoshone was enshrined at the state Capitol Feb. 21. Two descendants of the chief blessed a bronze 7-foot statue, fanning it with cedar smoke and a feather. James Trosper, Washakie's great-great-grandson, said that among the many things, Washakie built a girls school to pass on American Indian culture to future generations. Similar sculptures are on display in Fort Washakie and at Statuary Hall in Washington D.C. Historians say Chief Washakie rallied disparate bands of Shoshone warriors in the mid-1800s. He believed the Shoshone would need to make peace with the immigrants and press for a sanctuary. That goal was realized July 3, 1868, when he signed the Fort Bridger Treaty establishing a 3 million-acre reservation in his beloved Wind River Valley, a homeland the Eastern Shoshone share with the Northern Arapaho. About $200,000 of the $500,000 will be placed in an endowment for Shoshone youth at the University of Wyoming, Trosper said. Roberta Engavo, Shoshone tribal elder and a distant relative of Washakie, led prayers in Shoshone and English. "Whatever our needs are on the reservation, Chief Washakie will lead us in the right direction --------- "RE: Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation" --------- Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 07:33:16 -0600 From: John D Berry/grad/res/Okstate Subj: (FWD)Indian News 03-08-2001 ----- Forwarded by John D Berry/grad/res/Okstate on 03/08/2001 07:33 AM Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah Indian Country Today 3/7/2001 More than a century ago, Northern Ute Indians were forced from their lands in the Yampa Valley. Now a college wants to make sure the history is not forgotten. Colorado Mountain College started working with the Utes about four years ago. It opened the Northern Ute Cultural Affairs Office on campus. "It's extending our sense of community to include the Indigenous people who were in the valley before us," said Pam Burwell, a college administrator who is a liaison to the tribe. Plans are to develop a database to connect Ute artists, speakers and entertainers with area groups and businesses. CMC also plans to offer a Native American scholarship and ultimately have a Northern Ute member at the cultural office. The college wants to create a mentoring program for Utes who attend the college or who may visit the area with the conservation corps. Ute speakers have already talked about their Yampa Valley history. Their headquarters is in Fort Duchesne, Utah, where several Ute tribes were forced to relocate. Burwell said that tribes came to the valley to use the hot springs for hundreds of years. This was a medicine valley for them, a place they came for healing," Burwell said. --------- "RE: The Wisdom of Will Rogers" --------- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 06:53:07 -0800 From: "Teddie Seeley" Subj: The Wisdom of Will Rogers Mailing List: NA Voices Will Rogers Wisdom Some of these are repeats but some of the new ones are quite good. The Wisdom of Will Rogers Don't squat with your spurs on. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in. If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there. If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around. After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him... The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. There's two theories to arguin' with a woman. Neither one works. If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'. Never slap a man who's chewin' tobacco. It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock! of sheep. Always drink upstream from the herd. When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person, don't be surprised if they learn their lesson. When you're throwin' your weight around, be ready to have it thrown around by somebody else. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket. Never miss a good chance to shut up. There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. -----------------------------------------------------------_---> Whose voice was first sounded on this land? The voice of the red people who had but bows and arrows.. -Mahpiua Luta- --------- "RE: Native America Calling" --------- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:00:36 -0600 From: Eric Martin Subj: NAC Topics + Wellness Topics for March + War Club + more... 1) NAC Topics for March 12-16 2) NAC Wellness Topics for the Rest of March 3) Tending the Wild - Native California Land Management 4) Earthsongs - "War Club" ****************************** 1) NAC Topics for March 12-16 ****************************** Listen LIVE in RealAudio every Friday 1-2pm ET at http://nativecalling.org/ just click on "Listen LIVE Online" or "Also available for WebTV users" MON - 03/12: Retaining Native Students: The dropout rate for Native students in college continues to be sky high. Indian education leaders are meeting next month to discuss retention strategies. They say a key to increasing retention rates is to create strong frameworks of support at higher education institutions. How can we reverse the dropout trend and graduate our Native students? Guests include Molly Tovar, coordinator of the upcoming R.E.T.A.I.N. conference at the University of Oklahoma. TUE - 03/13: Music Maker: Shadowyze: How does Native America get the message of our struggle for cultural survival out to the mainstream? How about through rap lyrics? That's the avenue Muscogee/Cherokee music maker Shadowyze is taking. On his new politically-charged album Spirit Warrior he speaks out on issues such as the treatment of Mayan Indians by the Mexican government and the political imprisonment of Leonard Peltier. Although his lyrics advocate for human rights, his music will make you get up and dance. WED - 03/14: Census Recount: Minority leaders are denouncing U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans' ruling to reject any adjustment of Census numbers to make up for undercounts. Tribal leaders say as many as 150,000 American Indians and Alaska Natives have been left out. More than 12 percent of Indian Country was left off the 1990 Census. Will Native America be undercounted and underrepresented again? How will this undercount affect funding for Indian Country programs and services? Invited guests include Isleta professor Ted Jojola of the University of New Mexico. THU - 03/15: Nurturing Our Future: Women today wear many hats in the family, workplace and community. And the challenge to properly nurture the next generation of women - our daughters - involves education, respect, responsibility and spirituality. What lessons can we share to help raise strong, healthy daughters and to prepare them for the ever-important roles Native women play in our societies? Guests include Navajo educator, entrepreneur and school board member Katherine D. Arviso. FRI - 03/16: College Students and Spring Break: March Madness doesn't only refer to the college basketball tournaments going on. It also refers to the week that college students look forward to all winter -- spring break. Do you how your college-age kids are spending their week away from books...or do you even want to know? Is it okay for college kids to let loose over spring break or does it set in place lifelong destructive behaviors? Join guest host, Bernadette Chato. ********************************************** 2) NAC Wellness Topics for the Rest of March ********************************************** Listen LIVE in RealAudio every Friday 1-2pm ET at http://nativecalling.org/ just click on "Listen LIVE Online" or "Also available for WebTV users" FRI - 03/16: College Students and Spring Break: March Madness doesn't only refer to the college basketball tournaments going on. It also refers to the week that college students look forward to all winter -- spring break. Do you how your college-age kids are spending their week away from books...or do you even want to know? Is it okay for college kids to let loose over spring break or does it set in place lifelong destructive behaviors? Join guest host, Bernadette Chato. FRI - 03/23: Boarding Schools: Formal education was introduced to Native people in the form of boarding schools. There was forced removal of children from their homes and placements in foreign environments -- all designed to teach them how to live. What are the effects on individuals that went to boarding schools today and what are the effects on generations that never experienced them directly? Have boarding schools even changed the way families work today? Join guest hosts, Harlan McKosato and Bernadette Chato, live from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters Conference in San Francisco. FRI - 03/31: Growing Old Gracefully As thoughts turn to spring, you may find that you're no longer a spring chicken. So how do you go about growing older gracefully? Does it bother you that doctors now want to poke and probe you, all in an effort to see if you're still healthy... and is this a necessary process in becoming an elder? Join host, Joaqlin Estus. ********************* 3) Tending the Wild ********************* Native California Land Management -- A look at how the Native people of California have worked with plants and wildlife to maintain natural biodiversity while providing for their needs. Some of their methods may help allay the effects of modern changes in the California ecosystem. Listen in RealAudio (All Times ET) to listen just go to http://airos.org/audio.html and click on the AIROS radio or "AIROS Programming Online" Wednesdays 7pm Thursdays 1am, 7am Fridays 10am, 4pm, 10pm Saturdays 4am, 2pm Sundays 3am, 2pm Mondays 3am for more information on the California Indian Radio Project go to www.flickerfeather.org ***************************** 4) Earthsongs - "War Club" ***************************** This week on Earthsongs: Modern Music from Native America, we'll hear tracks from Nadjiwan, Star Nayaya, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Secola and Lunar Drive. Then host Gregg McVicar visits with the young political Afro-Native American hip-hop group War Club. Details, including an MP3 promo, available at www.earthsongs.net Listen online (All times ET) at either earthsongs.net or airos.org Thursday: 10am, 4pm, 10pm Friday: 4am Saturday: 4pm Sunday: 5am, 4pm Monday: 5am or Listen to Earthsongs on KNBA.ORG with Windows Media Thursdays: 8pm-9pm AK Time Saturdays: Noon-1pm AK Time or Listen to Earthsongs on KPFA.ORG in RealAudio Thursdays: 7pm-8pm PT or Listen to Earthsongs in QuickTime or RealMediaon WOJB.ORG Saturdays: noon-1pm MT --------------------------------------- Eric Martin NAPT Web Communications Specialist emartin2@unl.edu 402.472.3287 To subscribe to AIROS' electronic program guide e-mail airos@unl.edu with the subject heading subscribe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//- Notice of Copyright Clearance by Contributors: The following have granted permission for their original articles to be reposted in order to help mend the Sacred Hoop: Gary Smith, Anne Bates, Allan Foster, Robert Dorman, Amy Semler, Paul Pureau, Carter Camp, Cheryl, Martha Elizabeth Ture, KOLA Headquarters, John D Berry, Lora Dikani, Orion-c/Carol, Janet Smith, ErthAvengr, Debbie Sanders, Barbara Landis, Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, Johnnie Rustywire, Teddie Seeley, M J LaBurt via Martha Elizabeth Ture, Frances Zephier, Eric Martin --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-