From gars@speakeasy.org Wed Jul 2 11:07:03 2003 Date: 1 Jul 2003 23:38:43 -0000 From: Gary Night Owl To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Subject: Wotanging Ikche--nanews11.027 _ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' ____ _ , ___ _ , ___ / ' ) / / ) ' ) / / ' VOLUME 11, ISSUE 027 / /-< / /--/ /-- __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, WOTANGING IKCHE - Lakota - Common News Wotanging Ikche and Native American News Copyright c. 1996-2003 nanews.org Aboriginal/AmerIndian Perspective about the First Nations of Turtle Island July 5, 2003 Hopi Kelmuya/fledgling raptor moon Zuni Dayamcho yachunne/moon when limbs of are trees broken by fruit +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Much more happens in Indian Country than is reported | | in this weekly newsletter. 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We must all learn to live and respect each other. For us, this means to stop imposing and forcing an alien way of life upon us." "The Indian world is a real world and we would like to keep on living. We don't need pollution, greed, false power, atomic bombs, nuclear plants, missiles, and a ruling system of "blind leading the blind". __ Vivian Olds, Northern Paiute +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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. 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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! I was asked why some past editorials referred to the U. S. justice system as "Amerikkan Just-us". I will answer with two simple examples. This week Marlon Taylor was acquitted of most of the counts he faced for the murder of Shane Dean Zotigh, a 20-year-old Kiowa dancer. He faces four years in prison for "taking place in the assault," but the jury was unconvinced that he actually killed Zotigh. On November 9, 1992, Lynn Crook, the US prosecutor who helped send Leonard Peltier to prison for life for the killing of two FBI agents, admitted to an appellate court: "We don't know who killed the agents," but he pointed out that Peltier was on the scene and knew who did it. Despite this open admission Leonard Peltier, an Ojibway/Dakota, remains in Maximum Security for the June 26, 1975 murder of two FBI agents in a fire fight at the seige of Wounded Knee. The facts of the cases are remarkably similar, in spite of 30 years passage of time and a remarkably dissimilar verdict. In both cases, somebody with a clean, productive life died, and somebody was in proximity to the killing. In both cases, there were others involved. But in the Zotigh case, the victim was Indian and the defendant was not, in the Peltier case, the victim was not Indian, but the defendant was. June 18, 2002 a human-caused fire, the Rodeo Fire, broke out in east- central Arizona. June 20, a second human-caused fire, the Chediski Fire, broke out. The combined Rodeo-Chediski fires destroyed over 470, 000 acres of timber, largely on the Fort Apache Reservation. A white woman considered to be mentally competent, Valinda Jo Elliott, who was trespassing on Apache land started the Chediski fire, but was never charged. (Late breaking news: This week the tribe filed a civil suit against Ms. Elliot for her role in the fire on the same day she was sentened to 60 days in jail for repeated drunk and unlicensed driving convictions). An Apache, Leonard Greg, just cleared competancy hearings after a year of therapy and intensive tutoring and will now stand trial for several felony counts related to the Rodeo fire. There is nothing I can add to the two examples cited above. You either understand why Natives feel that Justice is a myth if you are not a member of the dominant society, or your blinders are firmly in place and you refuse to see or believe the truth. Articles in this issue will clearly demonstrate, to those with eyes and heart, "Just-Us" also is a reality in Canada. Dohiyi Ani Oginalii , , Gary Night Owl gars@nanews.org (*,*) P. O. Box 672168 gars@speakeasy.org (`-') Marietta, GA 30008, U.S.A. ===w=w=== ----------- News of the people featured in this issue ---------- - A Struggle for History - Washoe Indian Tribe - Family ties - Six in Navajo Social Unit still bound by Battle are investigated by FBI - Zuni Bones Stuck in Legal Limbo - Appeals Court rules - Zuni Sacred Lake on Indian Burial Ground 1 of 11 most at Risk - Trial for Second Suspect - Tribes want to give in murder of Kiowa Buffalo New Home - Different standards - Thames Oneida buy land in New York for NA Prisoners in Texas - Oglala Riders retrace History - Native Prisoner - Indian Trackers fear Customs Role -- Do First Nations Prisoners - Swimmer challenged need Support? on Bush reform Plans -- Prisoner wants pen pal - Judge orders shutdown - Rustywire: Where are the You? of Interior Web Sites - Poem: I am an Indian, - Natives want Lumber Tariffs not unlike you - New Prison will address - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days Aboriginal Problems - Turbines generating Dreams - Native Groups for Tribe demand Justice Overhaul - Wampanoag revived - Aboriginal Policing Grads and not forgotten ready to serve - Honoring our Keeper - Two evicted from Pine Ridge - Love of Tribe Shared - White Mt. Apaches - This Week on First Peoples TV sue Chediski Fire starter - Upcoming Events --------- "RE: A Struggle for History" --------- Date: Thu, 26 June 2003 08:05:49 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LITTLE BIGHORN BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL MONUMENT" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usind263346052 A Struggle for History A people who survived now seek to thrive in the 21st century By Andrew Metz STAFF CORRESPONDENT June 26, 2003 First in an occasional series on American Indians in the 21st century Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Mont. - In the sagebrush and tall grass that reach to the edge of the mountains beyond here, the grandsons and granddaughters of great Indian warriors greeted the first light of day like victors. As sun warmed the hard Plains yesterday, they trudged on foot and horseback, up hills and berms soaked with the spirits of their forefathers and those of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's Seventh Cavalry, who were wiped out 127 years ago in the legendary Battle of Little Bighorn. With meditation and cheers, drum-beating and song, Indians in the thousands - men, women and children - symbolically reclaimed this sacred ground and a place at the shrine to one of America's most storied skirmishes. "It took 127 years to get this," said Geofredo Little Bird, a Northern Cheyenne Indian, leading daybreak prayers on a ridge below a dramatic bronze memorial dedicated yesterday to the warriors and their victory June 25, 1876. "They were trying to exterminate all the tribes from the face of the earth. But we are still here." For more than a century, the austere battlefield on the Crow Indian Reservation has had a memorial and grave markers for Custer and more than 260 troopers, while any trace of the Indians' participation, as winners or as scouts who died alongside the cavalrymen, was largely invisible. Now, after years of controversy, foot-dragging and prejudice, American Indians can finally point to this site and see something of their own here, too: a sculpture of three "spirit warriors" on horseback with a woman trailing behind and a circular stone dugout with plaques for the names of the warriors who fell. "This is the moment we have been waiting for," said Little Bird, who traces his relatives to the Bighorn warriors and is a spiritual adviser to his tribe's leader. "This memorial shows us as we are today, Native American people. We belong here now." The dedication of the $2.3 million memorial filled the rolling hills with Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow and Arikara and is a major achievement for the Indians, who persisted in the face of an oppression that pushed them toward extinction. In broader terms, the long campaign to round out the historical record of that iconic battle reflects a new, dynamic time in Indian Country, where Indians from New York - home to the sixth largest Indian population in the nation - to the Great Plains are making strides unseen in generations. All across the United States, on reservations and in cities, a world of achievement is quietly under way, even as the shackles of history continue to pull on America's first people. As an ethnic minority, the more than 2.5 million Indians still occupy the outer reaches of most mainstream indices: they live in more crowded conditions and far deeper poverty, receive less schooling and suffer from higher rates of social and medical ills than other Americans. The cornerstones of their identity - language, culture and sovereignty - are still fragile and struggling for solid footing. But at the same time, fresh energy is promising a new place for American Indians in the 21st century. "We have come through extraordinarily trying times over these two centuries, and we have emerged strong ... In the face of policies aimed at ensuring our destruction, we have chosen survival," Tex Hall, president of the National Congress of American Indians, said in an address earlier this year. "Now we seek not just to survive but to thrive." The events taking place in Indian County are as varied as the more than 500 tribes themselves, but from New Mexico to New England, educators and activists, entrepreneurs and academics, progressives and traditionalists are sounding similar chords. Beyond the popular stories of wealth that a small collection of tribes has earned from casino gambling in recent years, economic and social development is spreading, from bed-and-breakfasts and construction firms, to media outlets and banking. American Indians are making headway at reviving native languages and culture through immersion programs and Indian colleges. The American Indian population is actually growing and outpacing other ethnic minorities. And as American Indian lawyers and activists are fighting harder than ever against perceived injustices, there have been important resolutions to age-old land claims and advances in the courtrooms of this country, most notably in the pursuit of billions of dollars in unaccounted-for Indian money held in trust by the federal government. Like the fight to have Indians recognized at the Little Bighorn, much of the action has taken years to gain momentum and has been met with stiff resistance. "A lot of things that have been percolating in Indian Country for some time are coming together now and beginning to attract some attention," said C. Matthew Snipp, an American Indian demographer at Stanford University. "The whole idea of the vanishing American was a major cultural trope through the 19th and much of the 20th century and that has now become sort of a quaint notion that was more wishful thinking than anything else." "The fight over Little Bighorn memorial," he said, "and how it was to be portrayed is emblematic of the struggle for history; here is this cultural struggle between Indian people on the one hand and this glorified history that has come to be accepted as the truth." Indeed, generations of Americans were introduced to this battle as Custer's Last Stand, a moniker that persists today. The ceremonies yesterday seemed as much about setting the record straight as celebration and reverence. "One hundred and twenty-seven years ago, our warriors defended our beliefs, and we are here to honor, not mourn these warriors," George Amiotte, an Oglala Sioux told hundreds of his people gathered in a circle around the memorial. As prayers and dances and drumming echoed through the valley along the Little Big Horn River, where as many as 7,000 Indians were said to be camped when they were attacked by Custer, many in the crowd spoke of the tragic irony of the famous Indian victory being honored. "Even though the battle was won, our way of life completely changed forever," said Clifford Long Sioux, a Northern Cheyenne Indian and early advocate for the memorial. After Custer's stunning defeat, in which fewer than 100 Indians were believed killed, the U.S. government stepped up its campaign against the tribes, exacting a treacherous toll that American Indians consider nothing short of attempted genocide. Secretary of the Interior Gail Norton, whose agency has long borne the brunt of the criticism for the handling of Indian affairs, suggested to the audience that the memorial would help speed overdue reconciliation. "Of course, we cannot reclaim or change the past. The wrongs, the battles and the broken promises remain as they are written into history," Norton said. But, she said, "today's ceremony finally lets healing songs begin in this place." The fight for the memorial is almost as epic as the battle itself. As far back as 1925, descendants of the Indian warriors were calling for official recognition. Over the years, there were attempts to plant plaques and markers, but it wasn't until 1991 that Congress, spurred on by the persistence of the lone Indian representative, Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.), approved changing the name of the site from Custer National to the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. At that time they also authorized an Indian memorial, but no funds were appropriated until two years ago. Every step was met with controversy, from the location across from the granite Custer obelisk to the design, which was done by a non-Indian, to the funding, which unlike many other memorials was paid for with public money. And amid the elation yesterday, there were still lingering critics of the end result. "Unfortunately, this battleground and the Seventh Cavalry have become lightning rods for all the troubles that the government has laid at the doorsteps of the Indians," said Kevin Connelly, president of the Custer Battlefield Historical Museum Association, which long opposed the memorial. Connelly, who was milling around the grounds, said he was not opposed to marking the Indian role in the battle, but disagreed with the placement and the public funding. "At this point it is a done deal," he said. "It has come to pass and it is reality." Even with shrill victory calls echoing off the hills and traditional dress everywhere, some Indians, too, regarded the site with a tinge of resignation. "There will never be a day when everything will be made up to us," said Emmanuel Red Bear, a great-great-grandson of both Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, two of the most fabled leaders of the battle, who accompanied members of his Sioux tribe in traditional songs with a buffalo hide drum. "But coming back here is like a healing for us." Gerard Baker, a Mandan-Hidatsa Indian from North Dakota and a former superintendent of the national monument who was instrumental in pushing for it, said the criticism is healthy and understandable. "Sure I have bitterness. The bitterness I have is we people in reservations who don't have adequate water, adequate housing, adequate health care. But it's a start and it's progress," he said. "We're taking steps in the right direction." The Legacy Of Little Bighorn The Battle of Little Bighorn, June 25-26, 1876, was one of the most famous engagements ever fought on American soil. Yesterday, the National Park Service dedicated a memorial to the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians who fought on both sides to preserve their lands and culture. Prelude to Confrontation Rising tensions between native Sioux and Cheyenne and white settlers came to a head at Little Bighorn in June 1876. 1862: Montana gold rush brings white settlers onto sacred Sioux lands. 1868: Treaty with U.S. government establishes Great Sioux Reservation in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Some Sioux refuse to sign treaty. 1874: Gold is discovered in Black Hills. More whites flock to Sioux lands, forcing outraged Sioux and Cheyenne to leave their reservations. 1875: U.S. government tells Sioux to return to reservation by January 1876 or be forcibly removed. Non-treaty Sioux ignore decree. 1876: Sioux and some reservation Indians gather in protest under Sitting Bull. Decision is made to force Sioux onto reservation. The Battle Plan The Army's plan to relocate the Sioux seemed doomed from the start. Two Sioux victories in 1875 emboldened Sitting Bull's forces to fight on. The Army responded with a three-pronged plan of attack. 1. Gen. Alfred Terry leads a column, including Custer's Seventh Cavalry, from Fort Abraham Lincoln in Dakota Territory. 2. Gen. George Crook leads a column north from Fort Fetterman in Wyoming Territory. 3. Col. John Gibbon leads a column southeast from Fort Ellis in Montana Territory. He meets Terry along Yellowstone River. The Last Stand Ordered to pursue hostile Indians, Custer departs from main army's advance on June 22. Three days later, Custer's scouts notice a gathering of Indians to the west. Custer immediately rides toward the Indians, a disastrous miscalculation. 4. From a point called the Crow's Nest, Custer spots a Sioux village 15 miles away along Rosebud Creek. He also spies a nearby group of warriors. 5. Custer ignores an order to wait and attacks, fearing the warriors will alert the main party. He underestimates size of the warrior force. 6. Sioux and Cheyenne counterattack. Another force, led by Crazy Horse, moves downstream and traps Custer. As Indians close in, Custer orders his men to shoot their horses and stack the carcasses to form a wall, but they provide little protection against Indian bullets. In less than an hour, Custer and his 210 men are killed. SOURCES: Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association, Ibis Communications (Eye Witness), Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, National Park Service Building an Indian Memorial Events leading to yesterday's dedication of the Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument: June 25-26, 1876: Battle of Little Bighorn January 1879: Secretary of War George McCrary orders establishment of a national cemetery and construction of a monument on site of the battle. 1881: A granite monument is placed on a mass grave at Last Stand Hill to memorialize soldiers, U.S. Indian scouts and civilians attached to Seventh Cavalry. December 1886: President Grover Cleveland issues an executive order setting forth boundaries of Custer Battlefield National Cemetery. July 27, 1925: Mrs. Thomas Beaverheart, a Northern Cheyenne, requests a marker to show where her father, Lame White Man, died along Battle Ridge. Request is denied. March 1946: Custer Battlefield National Cemetery is designated Custer Battlefield National Monument. June 25, 1988: The American Indian Movement protests lack of an Indian memorial by cementing an iron plaque at the Seventh U.S. Cavalry Monument. Dec. 10, 1991: Law changes name of Custer Battlefield National Monument to Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. February 1997: Indian Memorial Advisory Committee recommends the memorial design of John Collins and Alison Towers of Philadelphia. Nov. 11, 1999: Groundbreaking ceremonies held at site of planned Indian memorial. Fall 2001: Interior appropriations bill approves $2.3 million to build an Indian memorial. Spring 2002: Construction begins. Yesterday: Memorial is dedicated. Copyright c. 2003, Newsday, Inc. --------- "RE: Family ties still bound by Battle" --------- Date: Tue, 24 June 2003 08:24:10 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="BATTLE of LITTLE BIG HORN" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2003/06/24/ Sioux legacy: Family ties still bound by Battle of the Little Bighorn By LORNA THACKERAY Of The Gazette Staff June 24, 2003 After Minniconjou warrior Dog's Backbone's skull was shattered by a Seventh Cavalry bullet on June 26, 1876, his orphaned children were dispersed throughout the Sioux Nation. A. Gay Kingman's grandfather, only a boy when Dog's Backbone died at the Little Bighorn, was swept to Canada with Sitting Bull in the aftermath of the great battle. Some of his three sisters may have fled north, too, Kingman said. But, when they returned, they were strewn across the Dakotas. Her grandfather, Harry Kingman, spent his life as a tribal leader on the Cheyenne River Reservation. After the storm of history passed, his sisters and their families landed at the Standing Rock, Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations, she said. Dog's Backbone will bring his family back together on June 26, when a red granite headstone marking the spot where he fell will be dedicated in ceremonies planned at Little Bighorn National Monument. Kingman, her son, her grandchildren and cousins from all over the country, plan to make the pilgrimage to Montana on the 127th anniversary of his death. "I am so proud of having this legacy," said Kingman, of Rapid City. "I'm telling my grandchildren and hope it will be an influence for them because they come from such honorable people." Dog's Backbone and a nameless Sioux warrior who died in the attack at Last Stand Hill will be honored June 25 and 26 as part of christening ceremonies for the new Indian Memorial honoring all the warriors and scouts who died in the fighting. The nameless warrior, whose death was witnessed by a Cheyenne ally, Wooden Leg, will be remembered with a special ceremony on June 25, the anniversary of the day he died. Ceremonies for Dog's Backbone are scheduled for June 26. He was shot while Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors laid siege to seven companies of Custer's divided force on a bluff about six miles from where Custer and 220 men under his direct command were killed. Most of the troops under Maj. Marcus Reno and Capt. Frederick Benteen survived. Kingman has asked Cheyenne River medicine and ceremonial men who will be traveling to the battlefield for dedication of the Indian Memorial to stay an extra day and bless the memorial to Dog's Backbone. She doesn't plan to take part in many other activities while in Montana for the dedication. "I just want to go and pray and just walk the grounds," she said. Kingman learned of Dog's Backbone from her grandfather's stories. Harry Kingman, one of the first of his tribe to be educated in the white world, helped his school, the Hampton Institute of Virginia, raise funds by traveling the East Coast to talk about the battle and his father's death, she said. Her grandfather told her that Dog's Back Bone was killed on the day the tribes were breaking camp to leave the valley of the Little Bighorn River. Although only a child at the time, Harry Kingman remembered that his father must have been an important man because of the care and ceremony given his body. Like other Sioux killed in the battle, he was probably laid to rest in his best clothes on a scaffold in his tepee, Gay Kingman said. His war horse probably would have been killed to join him in the next world. And, like other dead warriors left in the camp, his remains were probably desecrated by troops who arrived at the battlefield two days later. Dog's Backbone's world was shattered on the afternoon of June 25, 1876, when three companies of the 7th Cavalry under Maj. Marcus Reno charged across the river into the Indian camp. Dog's Backbone may have been near the heart of the attack, which had struck near Sitting Bull's Hunkpapa village. The Minniconjou and Hunkpapas were camped next to each other on the banks of the Little Bighorn. What part Dog's Backbone played in sending Reno's troops back up the river and into the bluffs was not recorded. The warrior may well have battled Reno's troopers, and then, with hundreds of other warriors, galloped a few miles north to confront troops under Custer. History does record that the next day, after all of Custer's command was dead, Dog's Backbone was at the Reno-Benteen site exhorting young warriors to be careful of the troopers trapped on the bluffs. The soldiers were firing with some accuracy at long range. White Bull, Sitting Bull's nephew, told his biographer Stanley Vestal that Dog's Backbone was riding among his comrades and admonishing them, "Look out, now, boys. Those soldiers are a good way off, but their bullets are coming over mighty fierce." Just as Dog's Backbone finished his warning, a ball fired from a soldier's gun hit him in the forehead, White Bull said. That night, those left in the village mourned their dead. Deeds of the unnamed Sioux warrior who died during the Custer fight at Last Stand Hill were recorded by Cheyenne warrior Wooden Leg, who recounted the battle for his biographer, Thomas Marquis. Battlefield Chief Historian John Doerner said a cairn, a small pile of stones that the Sioux placed on the site of the man's death, was recently found. The headstone honoring the warrior will be placed there. According to Wooden Leg, he saw a Sioux wearing a war bonnet lying down behind a clump of sagebrush on a knoll just north of Last Stand Hill. "He was about half the length of my lariat rope up ahead of me," he said. "The Sioux was peeping up and firing a rifle from time to time. At one of these times, a solider bullet hit him exactly in the middle of the forehead. His arms and legs jumped in spasms for a few moments, then he died." The war bonnet indicated that the man Wooden Leg saw was an experienced warrior, Doerner said. But his name has been lost to history. Like Dog's Backbone, the fallen warrior's family probably carried him from the field and laid him out on a scaffold in the camp. Markers for Dog's Backbone and the unknown Sioux warrior will join three others - those of Cheyenne warriors Lame Whiteman and Noisy Walking, dedicated in 1999, and of Long Road, a Sans Arc who died at the Reno- Benteen site, dedicated in 2001. Doerner designed the granite markers to match those of the other warriors and to distinguish them from those of he fallen troopers. The unknown warrior's marker will be inscribed with a war bonnet modeled on one worn by Sitting Bull. The inscription will read, "An unknown Sioux warrior died here on June 25, 1876, while defending the Sioux way of life." A new interpretive sign near the Indian Memorial will provide a narrative of what happened on the knoll, now called Wooden Leg Hill, where the Sioux warrior was killed. The marker for Dog's Backbone will include the Cheyenne River Sioux official symbol. It will be inscribed with his Indian name, Sunka Cankohan, as well as its translation, Dog's Backbone. Imprinted on the stone will be: "A Minniconjou Sioux warrior died here on June 26, 1876, while defending the Sioux way of life." Lorna Thackeray can be reached 657-1314 or at lthackeray@billingsgazette.com. Copyright c. The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises. --------- "RE: Zuni Bones Stuck in Legal Limbo" --------- Date: Thu, 26 June 2003 08:05:49 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="DESECRATION" http://www.sfnewmexican.com/~/ArticleID=29067 Indian Bones Stuck in Legal Limbo Zunis claim remains unearthed last summer by utility company, but government awaiting direction from tribe By BEN NEARY | The New Mexican Thursday, June 26, 2003 Zuni Pueblo members are pained that an Arizona utility company dug up the prehistoric remains of seven American Indians the pueblo believes are its ancestors and still hasn't reburied them after nearly a year, a tribal councilman says. But federal regulators and a utility-company spokesman say they've been frustrated in trying to get Zuni and other tribes to agree to rebury the remains. The Salt River Project, the Arizona utility company, is pushing to develop an 18,000-acre coal strip mine in western New Mexico. The mine is proposed for development near a lake the Zunis and other Southwestern tribes hold sacred. Fearing the mining could harm the flow of salt-water brine into the lake, the Zunis have mounted an all-out effort to block the project. Archaeologists working for SRP unearthed the human remains in eastern Arizona last summer while excavating a site along a proposed rail line. The company intends to build nearly 50 miles of rail line to carry coal from the mine to its power plant, just across the state line in St. John's, Ariz. Since digging up the human remains, SRP has stored them at the power plant while it has tried to work out an agreement with Zuni and other area tribes on how to rebury them. "Leaving them out like that is a real heartache to those of us who know about it," Dan Simplicio, a member of the Zuni Pueblo Council said Wednesday. "We have already mentioned this to our community that that is what's going on," Simplicio said. "Certainly that is felt by every tribal member, about what our beliefs of burials are all about." Simplicio said the pueblo believes the remains are Zuni ancestors because of their location. While the Zunis have land in New Mexico, Congress also restored some of the tribe's most important lands in eastern Arizona in the 1980s. Simplicio said Indian burials aren't given the same respect as non- Indian cemeteries. "That's been our challenge, to try to get that understanding that this is a true violation that's occurring that's truly affecting our people down here in Zuni," Simplicio said. "But we have laws that are not adequate to protect them." State and federal agencies as well as SRP signed a memorandum of agreement in the mid-1990s specifying how to handle human remains SRP expected to encounter during the mine project. Zuni Pueblo, Acoma Pueblo and the Hopi Tribe participated in early meetings on the agreement but never signed it. The burial agreement, now only signed by government agencies and SRP, calls for the Hopi to rebury any human remains unearthed during the project no later than 16 days after their discovery. Simplicio said SRP and the government agencies were in a hurry to get the tribes to sign onto the agreement. However, he said the prospect of reburying ancestors is not a simple thing for Zuni. "Zuni made a big statement about that, that we do need to have some sort of signed documentation in place -- that whoever did the reburial, there should be some sort of signed documentation in place before they do that," Simplicio said Charles Carroll, planning and environmental coordinator with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Socorro, said he has tried since last year to work with the tribes to get the human remains reburied. The human remains were found on private land in Arizona, and Carroll emphasized his agency would have no role in their disposition except that it signed the memorandum agreement. "We thought that the tribes were going to step up to the plate and participate," Carroll said. The remains will be moved from the power plant to the Arizona State Museum in Tucson, perhaps this week, Carroll said. He said they will be professionally cared for at the museum until an agreement on their reburial can be worked out with the tribes. "It's the tribes' wish to rebury," Carroll said. "We're just bending over backward to give them their wish to rebury. We're not about to rebury without their participation." Carroll said he can't specify what the tribes want before they will agree to rebury the remains because negotiations with the tribes are ongoing. Speaking of the tribes' desires for handling of human remains, Carroll said, "Basically, in the simplest form, they don't want them disturbed at all. But if they are going to be disturbed at all, they want them disturbed for the shortest time possible." Carroll said he has heard that the issue has been portrayed somehow as the state or federal agencies holding the burials hostage. "It's just utter nonsense," he said of that interpretation. "We've been pleading with the tribes to do something about this." Salt River Project has set aside land in New Mexico and Arizona for reburial of remains it encounters in the mine project, Carroll said. The company doesn't anticipate encountering many more human remains during actual mining in New Mexico, he said. Bob Barnard, mine-project manager for SRP in Phoenix, said Wednesday that the company had no choice but to store the remains at the power plant after the Hopi declined to bury them. He said Hopi officials told the company that they wouldn't rebury the remains because Zuni Pueblo had asked them not to do so. Barnard said he has seen letters from the Zunis stating that they want to negotiate a new burial agreement with the state and federal government agencies. "Either the tribes will finally decide that they're willing to do what they negotiated, which is rebury them, or the bodies will be stored in the Arizona museum, which is where they go according to state law," Barnard said. Barnard said SRP intends to move the human remains from the power plant to the museum as soon as it gets permission from the BLM to do so. An attempt to reach an official at the Arizona museum for comment was unsuccessful on Wednesday. Content c. 2003 Santa Fe New Mexican. --------- "RE: Zuni Sacred Lake 1 of 11 most at Risk" --------- Date: Sat, Jun 28 2003 09:18:40 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SACRED ZUNI SALT LAKE" http://www.pechanga.net/ http://www.gallupindependent.com/06-27-03zunisacredlake.html Zuni sacred lake 1 of 11 most at risk Lake's plight to air on TV Tom Purdom Staff Writer PUEBLO OF ZUNI - The plight of sacred Zuni Salt Lake will be part of a History Channel presentation July 12 entitled "America's Most Endangered." It's no accident the lake is on this particular show. In May the National Trust for Historic Preservation placed Zuni Salt Lake on its 2003 list of the 11 most endangered sites in America. The Zuni Nation, the Sierra Club, and a huge coalition of Native American tribal supporters from Mexico to Florida are in a pitched battle with the Salt River Project, the nation's third-largest electric utility. SRP wants to open a coal strip mine which will straddle Cibola and Catron counties and the Zuni's are fighting to keep it from ever happening because of Zuni Salt Lake, about 11 miles from the proposed mine. According to the Zuni Nation, SRP's planned 18,119-acre mine, called the Fence Lake Coal Mine will lower the lake water level and ruin it. Zuni religion places Zuni Salt Lake as home of Zuni Salt Mother, a deity of peace called Ma'l Oyattsik'i. Zuni Salt Lake is about 60 miles south of the Pueblo of Zuni. The lake is an actual salt lake. Far below the earth's surface water from the Dakota Aquifer which feeds the lake bubbles up through porous rock containing salt. Water and salt mix and travel into the bottom of the lake. Natural evaporation from the environment leave large deposits of salt. Dan Simplicio, Zuni tribal council member, said Wednesday the television show and historic preservation status, will help in the Native American fight against SRP's proposed Fence Lake Mine. SRP officials said the mine will boost the area economy through jobs. To get coal from New Mexico to Arizona, where it will be burned in SRP's Coronado Generating Station near St. Johns, Ariz., the utility giant also plans to build a 44-mile railroad, which will cross a 5,000 acre area surrounding Zuni Salt Lake. Known in Zuni culture as The Sanctuary, and in Zuni as A:shiwi A:wan Ma'k'yay'a dap an'ullapna Dek'ohannan Dehyakya, the area is crisscrossed with ancient trails, contains burial grounds and shrines. The Sanctuary is widely known for ages in Native American cultures as a traditional neutral zone where warring tribes could come together without fear of conflict. People from the Pueblo of Zuni, Navajo, Hopi, the Pueblo of Laguna and the Pueblo of Acoma used ancient trails leading across The Sanctuary to reach the sacred lake, where they gathered salt for religious purposes. SRP's Fence Lake Coal Mine is expected to produce more than 81 million tons of coal from the 18,119 acres in Cibola and Catron counties. The total project also includes coal handling systems, a rail loadout station, silos for explosive materials used in blasting, offices, a shop, and even a 69-kilovolt power line leading from the Coronado Generating Station back to the mine. Zuni documents show that railroad construction began in 2002 and in the first two weeks alone remains of four humans were disturbed. Mine plans call for a process requiring 85 gallons of water a minute (44, 676,600 gallons of water annually) to be pumped from the Atarque Aquifer, which lies in close proximity to the Dakota Aquifer. The mine is expected to have a 38-year life. The Dakota directly feeds the Zuni Salt Lake. No hydrological studies have been done to see if a link exists between the Atarque and Dakota aquifers. According to a New Mexico coal mining study taking water from the aquifer will have no effect on Zuni Salt Lake. But the Zuni Nation hired a hydrologist of its own and the hydrologist's study shows the mine's need for water would have a negative effect on the lake. What's more, a Bureau of Indian Affairs study shows the lake could be damaged by taking water from the aquifer, but the Office of Surface Mining took issue with the BIA study. The oddity is, both the BIA and OSM are part of the Department of the Interior and the interior department later gave SRC the go-ahead to start building the mine. Even though SRP has the permits its needs, the court system is available to fight the process and in a previous interview Simplicio said the matter is far from over. "This could be tied up for years," Simplicio said. Copyright c. 2003 the Gallup Independent. --------- "RE: Tribes want to give Buffalo New Home" --------- Date: Fri, 27 June 2003 08:35:06 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="UMATILLA" http://www.indianz.com/News/ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/135104213_buffalo27m.html Tribes want to give buffalo new home in which to roam By Lynda V. Mapes Seattle Times staff reporter Friday, June 27, 2003 POVERTY FLATS, Ore. - Used to be, this tribe snugged by the foothills of the Blue Mountains had to travel by horseback to Montana to get buffalo, prized for its meat, hide and sinew, said to create the fastest bows. But lately, the buffalo are grazing toward them - hopefully all the way into a baited trap, where the tribe would like to round them up, possibly to become tourist attractions at its casino. The saga began in April. A man caring for the buffalo herd turned it loose and moved to Mexico after the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation cited the operation for violating its environmental- health rules. Carl Scheeler, manager of wildlife programs for the confederation - comprised of the Cayuse, Walla Walla and Umatilla tribes - hasn't had a normal day since. Instead of managing paperwork in the office, he has been calling around to tribes who know about keeping buffalo, treasured symbols of the Old West that once were almost extinct. The Umatilla have a long history of hunting the animals to use for food, tools and clothing, but no tradition of raising buffalo, which are native to the Great Plains. The tribes' board of trustees decided earlier this month to round up the unruly herd of about 32 animals, which has been roaming free on lush spring pasture. Baiting the animals into a corral made of 8-foot-high panels has been tricky: with all the delicious, fresh grass, the buffalo aren't much interested in grain, alfalfa or salt. "They've got filet mignon, and we are offering them beef jerky," Scheeler says. The tribe is going to try apple-flavored treats for horses next, to up the ante. "You can't herd them; if you push them like cattle, the dominant bulls will knock you right over," Scheeler said. Letting the buffalo roam isn't an option: they break through fences, strip trees for fun, and could charge people - not good with animals that can weigh as much as a ton and have been clocked at 35 mph. This is also calving season, which makes the cows aggressive. "You can't have a roving, fence-mutilating team out there completely unregulated," Scheeler said. He has been putting out bait for weeks, always leaving the door open, hoping the animals get used to the trap. The plan is to yank the door shut on the trap - a 100-foot-wide corral - once enough animals are inside. "All of this depends on the bisons' cooperation," Scheeler said. "I could be out here for months trying to trap these things." On this fine summer day, with a butterfly flitting over blue cornflower and purple vetch twining in the grass, that doesn't seem a terrible fate. "It's actually fun," Scheeler had to admit of his new role as tribal bison coordinator. "I usually spend a great deal of my time behind a desk." The bison have been the talk of the reservation. They are front-page news in the tribe's newspaper, the Confederated Umatilla Journal. The New York Times, The Associated Press and Oregon Public Broadcasting all have sicced reporters on the bison. "I think they thought we'd have a big bunch of people chasing them around," said Debra Croswell, the tribe's public-affairs officer, making a lassoing motion with her arm. But so far it's just a few staff members, the bait, and the buffalo, sunning themselves, swishing their tails and snoozing contentedly in the grass - at a safe distance from the trap. The herd includes some calves born this spring. There were more than 70 animals originally. As many as 10 may already have been killed by poachers. Dozens of other buffalo wandered back into their old corral, where they met their fate in a mobile slaughter unit set up by the property owner. Just what to do with the remaining buffalo, assuming they are rounded up, is another question. Options under discussion include keeping a small herd for tribal subsistence and confining some of the animals near the tribe's Tamastslikt Cultural Institute and Wildhorse Resort & Casino, as an educational and tourist attraction. No final decision has been made. But Scheeler has one plan of his own: In the buffalo pies in the grass, he sees a memento in the making. "I'm going to collect one of those babies and shellac it." Lynda V. Mapes: 206-464-2736 or lmapes@seattletimes.com Copyright c. 2003 The Seattle Times Company. --------- "RE: Thames Oneida buy land in New York" --------- Date: Tue, 24 June 2003 08:24:10 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CANADA ONEIDA" http://www.indianz.com/ http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/~/1056443875148374.xml Thames Oneida buy land in CNY Indians living in Canada say house in Oneida County will be used by nation members. By Glenn Coin Staff writer Oneida Indians who left New York hundreds of years ago for Canada are beginning their journey home. The Oneida of the Thames, based in Ontario, recently bought a house on Route 5 in Oneida Castle for $61,000. Tribal spokesman Bob Antone said it's the first step for hundreds of Oneidas who want to return to the land of their ancestors. "We've been looking for years to get a place in the homelands," Antone said. "This is probably the first in our acquisitions of sites throughout the original territory." The house at the corner of routes 5 and 365 sits in what once was the center of an Oneida village, Antone said. The tribe will use the house as a cultural center and a way station for Thames Oneidas moving to the area. The Oneida Castle purchase makes the Thames band the last of the three Oneida tribes to own land in the area. Over the past 10 years, the Oneida Indian Nation of New York has accumulated more than 15,000 acres in Madison and Oneida counties. The Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin bought a former bed and breakfast inn on Route 31 in Lenox in 1996. The three tribes are suing Madison and Oneida counties for the return of 250,000 acres the Oneidas say were taken illegally from them in the 18th and 19th centuries. The U.S. Supreme Court gave the tribes a preliminary victory in 1985, but the case has yet to come to trial. Antone said about 150 Thames families, with a total of about 600 people, have said they are ready to move back to Central New York. He said tribal members would eventually like to live together in one area here. "Our big concern is moving and developing a community and returning back to the homelands, and we're going to do that in a way that builds relationships with local authorities and local people," Antone said. "Now we've got a starting point to make that a reality." The tribe has about 5,000 members, Antone said. About 500 already live in New York, he said, and 2,000 live on the tribe's reservation near London, Ontario. The rest are scattered across Canada and the United States, he said. Unlike the other two Oneida tribes, the Thames Oneida do not run a casino and have no other tribal businesses. Money to buy land comes from "scrimping and saving," Antone said. Local government leaders say they haven't spoken with the Thames Oneida. "I don't know what their intentions are," said Myron Thurston, supervisor of the town of Vernon. "I heard they had purchased that house on the corner, but that's all I know." The Thames band has been the least visible of the three Oneida tribes. The Oneidas of New York run the Turning Stone casino and have a chain of 12 convenience stores and gas stations. The Wisconsin tribe last year filed separate land claim suits against 60 people and businesses in the area. Although the three tribes claim the same heritage, they have fought in court and in the media for years. Thames Oneida leaders were angry in early 2000 when their tribe was cut out of a proposed land claim settlement. In 1996, the New York Oneidas adopted an ordinance requiring the other two tribes to obtain a license before buying land in the land claim area. New York Oneida leader Ray Halbritter sent a letter to local real estate agents, cautioning them against brokering land deals involving the other tribes. Vaughn Lang, the lawyer who represented the Thames Oneida in the land sale, said the tribe did not seek permission from the New York Oneidas before buying the Oneida Castle house on March 31. Copyright c. 2003 The Post-Standard. Used with permission. --------- "RE: Oglala Riders retrace History" --------- Date: Wed, 25 June 2003 08:57:22 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="VICTORY RIDERS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.billingsgazette.com/~/2003/06/25/build/local/30-lbh-riders.inc Oglala riders retrace history By JAMES HAGENGRUBER Of The Gazette Staff June 25, 2003 CROW AGENCY - The descendants of Crazy Horse trotted across 360 miles of prairie for a chance to charge up Last Stand Hill early this morning. The 20 riders of the Great Sioux Nation Victory Ride set out June 9 from the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. They wanted to take a slow, contemplative path to the battlefield where their ancestors found victory 127 years ago. It was a chance to remind the tribe's young people of the one unmistakable outcome of the battle, rider Doug War Eagle said. "We're still here," he said. Tuesday night the riders pitched tents in a cottonwood grove along the Little Bighorn River, about 400 yards from where Crazy Horse and his family camped. Not far away camps were filled with horsemen and women from other tribes. They will all be galloping across the battlefield today to mark the Indian Memorial dedication. Horses were vital in Plains Indian culture, and it's only fitting they play a starring role in the dedication, said Kitty Belle Deernose, curator of the battlefield museum. "Indian people are still very much a horse culture," she said. The Crow are sending 200 riders, including one riderless horse to honor Pfc. Lori Piestewa, a Hopi soldier who was mortally wounded in a March 23 ambush in Iraq. She was the first American Indian servicewoman killed in action. The Oglala Sioux have sent 39 riders. The Northern Cheyenne will decorate 20 horses before riding up to the monument to honor their fallen warriors. The Cheyenne-Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma have also sent a horse, Deernose said. Mel Lonehill, of Batesland, S.D., is part of the Oglala delegation, "Lokal Oyate Kawilau," which translates to "Gathering of the Traditional People." The group began riding on battle anniversaries 10 years ago. "We honor our ancestors by riding," Lonehill said. Horses came to the Plains Indians with the Spanish conquistadors. The Sioux called them the "holy dog," Lonehill said. "The horse came to our people and said he would travel with us if we would respect him." Re-enacting a horse charge up Last Stand Hill is an amazing feeling, Lonehill said. If the rider is focused and spiritually prepared, he can visualize oncoming enemy warriors, even with tourists as spectators. The Cheyenne River Sioux riders used their horseback journey to the battlefield as a chance to educate young people on traditional values. During the two weeks of the Great Sioux Nation Victory Ride, the descendants of Crazy Horse camped in sites once covered by their ancestors' teepees. They told stories each night and paid respects to their traditional allies, the Northern Cheyenne. A support crew drove ahead each day to set up camps. The riders raised their own money but received food and places to stay along the way. The horses spent every third day at rest in a trailer, said rider Scott Dupree. The riders weren't always so lucky. "I was sore by the time we got here," he said. The days were long and hard, but spirits surged at the sight of the Deer Medicine Rocks outside of Lame Deer, said rider Floyd Clown. The group was given permission to camp next to the sacred rock formations, which bear prophetic drawings of the battle and the eventual murder of Sitting Bull. The ride was mostly to infuse traditional values in the young people, Clown said. Marking the Indian memorial dedication is just a side event. "Our monument is already there," Clown said. "That big, white monument up on Last Stand Hill shows our victory. It shows that our grandfathers were already here." Copyright c. The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises. --------- "RE: Indian Trackers fear Customs Role" --------- Date: Wed, 25 June 2003 08:57:22 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SHADOW WOLVES" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0625shadowwolves25.html Indian trackers fear customs role Billy House Republic Washington Bureau Jun. 25, 2003 WASHINGTON - Despite assurances from an Arizona congressman, an elite group of 21 Native American customs agents known as the Shadow Wolves says it remains concerned about its role within the new Department of Homeland Security. After 30 years in customs enforcement, the Shadow Wolves are worried that moving to the department's Bureau of Customs will mean a change in their emphasis from investigating and tracking illegal narcotics traffic to more-regulated border-patrolling duties. "We won't feel comfortable within the Border Patrol," a Shadow Wolves supervisor, Marvin Eleando, said Tuesday. The unit's concerns prompted Rep. John Shadegg, R-Ariz., a member of the U.S. House Select Committee on Homeland Security, to meet last week with Robert Bonner, commissioner of the new Bureau of Customs and Border Protection. According to Shadegg, Bonner "looked me in the eye and committed to me that the mission and function of the Shadow Wolves would continue." But Eleando said his group as of Tuesday still had seen nothing "in black and white that shows us that we are going to continue to do what we've been doing." Spokesmen for the Bureau of Customs and Border Patrol had no comment Tuesday. The Shadow Wolves, established by Congress in 1972, are based on the Tohono O'odham Nation in southern Arizona. The unit has received renown for its success in traditional tracking techniques instead of using the latest high-tech equipment. According to Shadegg's office, the unit last year seized 105,063 pounds of illegal drugs and another 84,697 pounds this year. The group made the seizures while covering the 76-mile long border within the Tohono O'odham reservation. Copyright c. 2003 The Arizona Republic. --------- "RE: Swimmer challenged on Bush reform Plans" --------- Date: Thu, June 26, 2003 15:23 From: "Bill McAllister" Subj: Judge Expresses Concern Over Yet Another Plan for Trust Reform For Immediate Release: JUDGE EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER YET ANOTHER PLAN FOR TRUST REFORM WASHINGTON, June 26 --- U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth expressed frustration this week as the Interior Department presented him with yet another plan to reform the broken Indian Trust system. "I'm pretty pessimistic," the judge declared Wednesday. Lamberth said the new plans from the Bush administration are identical to plans he heard from the Clinton administration four years ago. Ross O. Swimmer, the government's final witness in the latest trial over the trust system, conceded that much of what he was saying about the need for a new computer system to resolve programs with the trust system was similar to what his predecessors had told the judge in 1999. "I am, your honor, saying the same thing," said Swimmer, Interior's special trustee charged with overseeing the trust system. Twice during Swimmer's testimony, the judge told him his plans to reform the system had a familiar ring. "The people who were sitting in your seat said the same thing to me in 1999," the judge said. "...I don't see the difference, do you?" Lamberth said he regretted not listening then to the testimony presented to him by experts for Elouise Cobell and the class of all past and present individual Indian trust beneficiaries. Those experts were skeptical of the Clinton administration's plans for a new, $40 million trust management computer system. But Lamberth said he accepted the arguments of Interior officials who assured him their computers would work. They didn't, Swimmer acknowledged. When the judge asked Swimmer, how long his proposed trust information system would take to become operational, Swimmer replied: "I'd be hard-pressed to say." He then added it was "a good 12 months away." Whether such a promise is acceptable is one of the key issues before Lamberth. Since May 1, he has been holding a trial on how to best reform the trust system. Swimmer confirmed a $6 million shortage in the current pool of individual Indian trust accounts, held at the Treasury Department. A group of Indians suing the government have said that their accounts may be billions of dollars short, the result of massive mismanagement of their accounts and missing records. The accounts were established in 1887 to hold the proceeds from the leases of Indian lands in the West for oil, gas, mineral and grazing leases, as well as timber sales. Numerous studies dating almost from the trust's inception showed that the individual Indian trust accounts have been, and continues to be, plagued by malfeasance, systematic records destruction, fraud and incompetence. Swimmer, the former assistant Interior secretary for Indian affairs, will remain on the stand for the rest of the week. The trial is expected to end July 8. For additional information Bill McAllister 703-385-6996 202-257-5385 --------- "RE: Judge orders shutdown of Interior Web Sites" --------- Date: Sat, Jun 28 2003 09:18:40 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="INTERIOR WEB SHUTDOWN" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0628interior28.html Judge orders shutdown of Interior Web sites Associated Press Jun. 28, 2003 12:00 AM WASHINGTON - A federal judge pulled the plug Friday on many of the Interior Department's Internet systems - the second time the judge has ordered such a shutdown to keep hackers from reaching $1 billion in American Indian money managed by the department. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said the government left him little choice when it refused to allow a court-appointed special master to test the measures in place to protect the Indian money. Dennis Gingold, the attorney for the Indian plaintiffs, argued that without the tests, there could be no assurances the Indian money is safe from hackers. In December 2001, Lamberth ordered the department to disconnect nearly all of its computers from the Internet after special master Alan Balaran hacked the department's porous security system. Many of the systems were down for months, including popular Web sites that contained information about National Parks and other public lands. It took months to install security fixes that allowed the sites to go back online. The Bureau of Indian Affairs Web site has still not been restored. Copyright c. 2003 The Arizona Republic. --------- "RE: Natives want Lumber Tariffs" --------- Date: Sat, Jun 28 2003 09:18:40 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="OUR LAND/OUR TARIFFS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm hhttp://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/news/20030628/20030628n2.html Natives want lumber tariffs Saturday, June 28, 2003 by GORDON HOEKSTRA Citizen staff A northern B.C. First Nations group said this week they want the hundreds of millions of U.S. tariffs already collected on softwood lumber exports. "On the basis of our aboriginal title we have a legal interest in the timber resources on our territories," said Justa Monk, co-chair of the Northwest Tribal Treaty Nations. "Funds associated with what I view as illegal logging on our territories should flow back to First Nations." Monk said the treaty group has not had any discussions with the province on their demand. The tariffs -- about $1.5 billion in total -- are currently in the hands of the U.S. federal government. What will happen to the tariffs is part of the discussion between the U.S. and Canada on how to resolve the long- running trade fight. The American lumber industry wants to keep the majority of the funds. Canada also wants the duties back, which would be distributed back to the companies that paid them. About half of the duties originate in B.C., and of that, about $300 million have been paid by companies in the Northern Interior of B.C., the largest lumber-producing region in Canada. Forests Minister Mike de Jong said he's not interested in linking the issues of the already-collected softwood duties with the province's oblgiation to consult and accomodate First Nations land and title interests. "The funds being held in trust in the U.S. relate to a trade dispute involving two countries and their forest industries, and that's where that issue needs to be resolved," he said. The northwest treaty group made a series of other demands last March, including that they wanted half of the stumpage revenues from their traditional territories in northern B.C. and half of the annual allowable harvest. Copyright c. 2002 Prince George Citizen. --------- "RE: New Prison will address Aboriginal Problems" --------- Date: Thu, 26 June 2003 08:05:49 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ABORIGINAL PRISON" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=a01b5955-687e-4b93 New prison will address aboriginal problems Silas Polkinghorne The StarPhoenix June 26, 2003 Saskatchewan's first federal minimum security penitentiary for aboriginal men officially opened Wednesday. The Willow Cree Healing Lodge on the Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation Reserve aims to prepare offenders for reintegration into society through Native spiritual and cultural interventions. It's been about 15 years in the making, and officials say the lodge can address the disproportionate number of aboriginal people incarcerated in federal prisons. According to the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), 39 per cent of federal offenders in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the North West Territories and northwestern Ontario are of aboriginal descent. The goal is to help offenders become law-abiding, productive citizens. 'We have a vision of creating a healthy aboriginal community," said Garnet Eyahpaise, chief of Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation. Solicitor general of Canada Wayne Easter and commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Lucie McClung, oversaw the opening ceremony. Drums pounded and aboriginal dancers led the dignitaries in a grand march after a traditional pipe ceremony. Elders, veterans, and First Nations leaders also took part in the event at the 40-bed facility, located on a 30-hectare area 90 kilometres north of Saskatoon, near Duck Lake. "We know the jails are filled by our people," said Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde, during the ceremony. "That's not right," he said, adding high social costs will continue is the existing situation isn't corrected. "There need to be a change in that justice system." Dormitory-style housing, complete with kitchen and laundry facilities, will provide offenders with a more "normal" environment. Inmates will also have access to elders' teachings and spiritual ceremonies. "I believe we are making gains," said Easter. According to Easter, incarcerating offenders and throwing away the key is not how Canadian corrections operates. A similar facility for women in Saskatchewan houses 28 women on the Nekeneet First Nation in the Cypress Hills. A healing lodge for 60 male offenders is located near Hobbema, Alta., on the Samson Cree Nation. McClung said she is encouraged by a "slight reduction" in reoffending rates during the supervision period among offenders who return to society after staying at healing lodges. Sherle Gamble is the chair of the community advisory committee for the lodge. She has a grandson in a maximum security penitentiary. She said she hopes her grandson can someday enter a healing lodge and gain an understanding of First Nations culture. "It's up to him. He has to make up his own mind," she said. "He'll have a lot of support, but he has to be responsible for his own actions." For inmates to be referred to Willow Cree, they must pose a low escape and public safety risk and show progress in their correctional program. Gamble also said people need to understand the purpose of the healing lodge. "They have to recognize that there's good in everybody and you have to draw out that good and work on it." The budget for the lodge was $6.6 million and it will cost $3 million to operate annually, employing 46 full-time staff. Offenders will begin arriving in September. Copyright c. 2003 The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon). --------- "RE: Native Groups demand Justice Overhaul" --------- Date: Tue, 1 July 2003 08:33:48 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SEXUAL ASSAULT ACQUITTAL" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/abdt/interface/interface2.nsf/ Acquittal 'outrageous': FSIN official Native groups demand justice overhaul in wake of sexual assault trial Jason Warick Saskatchewan News Network Saturday, June 28, 2003 A fiery debate over race and jury selection has been ignited after two white men were acquitted Thursday of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old aboriginal girl near Tisdale. The justice system needs to do more to ensure aboriginal people are represented on juries, say various groups. "It's a system that's sick and we've got to do some work on it together here to cure it," said Bob Hughes, president of the Saskatchewan Coalition Against Racism. The jury was all white, and there was only one visibly aboriginal person in the pool of more than 100 potential jurors the lawyers chose from. Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations vice-chief Lawrence Joseph called the decision to acquit Jeffrey Brown and Jeffrey Kindrat "outrageous." "(Aboriginal people) should have been part of that. There was not one First Nations member of that jury," Joseph said. "This exemplifies why First Nations are calling for a total revamping of the justice system." A relative of the girl told reporters outside court that the "all-white jury" did not give the girl the justice she deserves. "We take a look at this country and the way the justice system has served us -- it's served us now by an all-white jury. It's open season on our young aboriginal girls," he said. "I know the justice system has to change." Potential jurors are selected by the provincial government based on a random draw of health card numbers for the judicial area. In Melfort's case, that area extends past Hudson Bay to the east and the Northwest Territories to the north. Notices are then mailed to the potential jurors. Travel costs to the selection and trial are covered by Saskatchewan Justice. Those excluded from the list are elected officials and their spouses, justice officials such as police officers and lawyers, people confined to an institution, people judged mentally incompetent, and those who cannot understand the language the trial is conducted in. The Justice Department regards it as the "least biased database in the province." Alberta, for example, selects from a database of drivers' licences, which excludes a significant number of people. There was also an all-white jury at the trial of a third man accused in the incident, Dean Edmondson. Edmondson was found guilty but has filed an appeal. Regardless of that result, more needs to be done, say critics. Some, such as Joseph, think quotas or other measures might be necessary. Even Mark Brayford, who successfully defended Jeffrey Brown, thinks public perception would be improved if juries were more representative. Brayford, however, said the justice system currently does an "admirable" job of being neutral and unbiased when it comes to issues of race. University of Saskatchewan Prof. Norman Zlotkin said the aboriginal justice commission under way in Saskatchewan should make this one of its priorities to study. "It is a concern. People are complaining about it," Zlotkin said. "It's definitely worth looking at." Zlotkin noted there have been requests to stage trials on reserves or to move them to communities with greater aboriginal representation, but no judge has ever granted such a request. Zlotkin isn't sure why the current method with health cards doesn't seem to yield more aboriginal jurors. He said the system was much worse 20 years ago before the current system was adopted. The individual sheriff could pick and choose as he saw fit. But some have also argued the opposite, that this would give the sheriff the latitude to ensure aboriginal people for the jury pool. Kripa Sekhar of the Saskatchewan Action Committee on the Status of Women called Thursday a "tragic day in our justice system. "It's very important to have a jury that is balanced, where you do have aboriginal people who can relate." The gender composition of juries was an issue at the start of the first trial, where nearly all men sat in judgment of Dean Edmondson. However, they found him guilty, while a mostly female jury acquitted Brown and Kindrat this week. Copyright c. 2003 The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon) --------- "RE: Aboriginal Policing Grads ready to serve" --------- Date: Tue, 1 July 2003 08:33:48 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="RCMP GRADS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/abdt/interface/interface2.nsf/ Aboriginal policing grads ready to serve Innovative college program prepares RCMP applicants for rigorous training Sutton Eaves The Edmonton Journal Sunday, June 29, 2003 EDMONTON - In Cree, they are simakins. The Metis call them lee polis. They are also the first class to graduate from Alberta's newest college program for aspiring aboriginal police officers. And if the next nine months go as expected, they will be members of the RCMP's aboriginal policing unit. "I think that the group that we're sending there, because of their tight relationship and because of the courses we've chosen to give them in their training here, are going to stand a very high chance of completing and graduating in February (from RCMP training)," said Dave Patterson, chair of the aboriginal police studies program at Grant MacEwan College. The certificate program, the first of its kind in Alberta, is the brain child of Ron Hepperle, of the Solicitor General's Office, and Sgt. Don Ladouceur, of K-Division's aboriginal policing unit. "We felt obligated to help aboriginal people because there was nothing like it" to help the disproportionate number of unsuccessful aboriginal applicants to the RCMP. "When they write the test they fail it all the time," said Ladouceur. Often, for those from rural communities, "their Grade 12 doesn't compare the same to anybody in a big urban centre like around the hub city of Edmonton," said the Lac la Biche native. Aware of the burgeoning demand for more aboriginal officers to police the First Nations community, he developed a program to equip applicants with the skills to pass the rigorous examination. "If you can fine-tune those tools and bring them back in a college program, then you are going to get success when you come to write the exam," said Ladouceur. Five graduates of the Grant MacEwan program are slated to begin training with the RCMP in September. After the mandatory six months at Regina's RCMP training facility, called DEPO, they hope to graduate and become full-time officers. Michael Carr says he is more than just hopeful, he is ready. "I want to work right now, but I still have to go through summer student and then DEPO," said Carr from the Leduc RCMP detachment where he is an intern. The son of a Metis air force member, Carr has been waiting since he was 13 to become an officer. "When we were little kids growing up in smaller communities, it was always the RCMP (we saw). There's never been any other police force I've ever wanted to apply for." For Jennifer Kroetsch, her future was less definite. Standing 5-foot-1, she was the smallest member of the class and an unlikely candidate for passing the intense physical exam needed for entry into the RCMP. On her first try she was stonewalled by the push-pull machine, unable to move 36 kilograms of dead weight in the required time. "Because I'm so short, it was all arm strength. It was really difficult and I couldn't finish it the first couple of times," said Kroetsch. Discouraged but persistent, she took kickboxing and grappling to build up her strength. By April, she passed the test with a minute to spare. Today, she shares an office with Carr at the Leduc detachment. "What the community wants and what they need is kind of the (policing) approach the RCMP is looking at. And if you have an aboriginal background and you are dealing with an aboriginal community, you can get closer to those needs and those wants, you'll understand that they want this and need this because they have different beliefs," said Kroetsch, whose parents are Metis. "They have a completely different plan for their community than down here." Approved by Alberta Learning last year, the aboriginal police studies program is offered at Grant MacEwan College, NorQuest in Hinton and Northern Lakes in Groard. Students undergo 10 months of intensive law enforcement training, including criminal law, police protocol and aboriginal issues. The curriculum also includes a monthly physical police entrance test in preparation for the grueling final exam. Despite the large demand for aboriginal officers to police their own communities, the colleges struggled to find enough students -- the program can take more than 60, but only 27 registered. "There's still youth that don't like police, they don't want to be a part of it. "But there's a good side to it, you know, to help your community and give back to them," said Kroetsch, who is proud to be part of a group of trend setters breaking down an age-old stigma. She and Carr speak enthusiastically about bridging the gap between the aboriginal community and the officers who police them. "A lot of people are intimidated by the police because they think that when you deal with a police officer it's because you are getting in trouble," said Carr. "We kind of want to change that idea, and it goes the same with aboriginal policing where we want the community to be able to come talk to us and not be nervous or afraid that we're out to get them." Neither one shies away from the label role model. They see that as their responsibility as police officers and the essence of community policing. Both are aware of the unique needs of the communities where they will be working, including mentors for their youth. "We can let them know that there are better things out there. And we have that connection with those people, 'cause a lot of times they're not going to leave that community. They're not going to get out there to see the bigger picture and that they can be something they want to be," said Kroetsch. Patterson said he can't think of any better ambassadors for that message. "As we have more aboriginal students show success and become role models in the community" more individuals will be inspired to get involved in the program, in policing and in the wellness of their community said Patterson. seaves@thejournal.canwest.com Copyright c. 2003 Edmonton Journal. --------- "RE: Two evicted from Pine Ridge" --------- Date: Fri, Jun 27, 2003, 11:10 AM From: tlagiloi Subj: Two evicted from Pine Ridge Newsgroup: alt.native Two evicted from Pine Ridge LAKOTA JOURNAL http://www.lakotajournal.com WOUNDED KNEE -- Accusations continue to be hurled at the different factions involved with what started out to be a Community based-project, but now has developed into a fight between AIM Chapters, Oglala Sioux Tribal officials and members of the Wounded Knee community. The Wounded Knee community recently celebrated a groundbreaking for their new Community Center and Head Start building that was being erected with donated funds that the community had raised on it's own. There was no funding from the Oglala Sioux Tribe or other government agencies. Derek Whirlwind, also known as Derek Diskin, had arrived from New York to donate his time and expertise in erecting the outer portion of the Community Center. He and his associate, Barbara Nixon were staying with a local family while in Wounded Knee. Whirlwind claims to be the Regional Director of the Northeast Chapter of the American Indian Movement and said he also owns and operates a construction business in New York. Nixon, also from New York, is his Public Relations Officer and said she is a journalist. Both were "escorted" off the Pine Ridge Reservation June 13, by OST Public Safety Officials. The order for "Removal of Non-Members" was given and signed by John Yellow Bird Steele, OST President. Alberta E. Miller, OST Attorney General drew up the paperwork. Neither Steele or Miller could be reached for comment about the situation, but Debbie Blue Bird, secretary to Steele, confirmed that he had issued the order and signed the document. "They were asked to leave the reservation because they had been disruptive at a Council meeting in Martin over certain issues. They spoke out of order and interrupted the meeting. You have to ask permission to speak at the Council meeting," Blue Bird said. According to the signed document, Whirlwind and Nixon were ordered off the reservation in a "Removal of Trespassers" order. It stated in part that, "Both individuals are engaged in conducting business on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation without permission from the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council and therefore, are in violation of the section referenced above," which was a paragraph detailing reasons that non- members could be requested to leave the reservation. Those reasons include, "...all persons hunting, fishing, cutting wood, driving livestock, peddling, or doing any commercial business on Trust Indian Allotments without the permission of the owner, or Tribal land on this Reservation without the permission of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council, may be forcibly ejected from the Pine Ridge Reservation by a police officer, officer of the United States Indian Service, or Tribal Police, and may be turned over to the custody of the United States Marshall or Sheriff or other officer of the State of South Dakota or Nebraska, for prosecution under Federal or State law." The order stated that, "Derek Whirlwind a.k.a. Diskin has represented himself to be a construction contractor and has interfered with construction of a tribal Head Start Center in Wounded Knee. Barbara Nixon has represented herself as a journalist and has also interfered with the activities of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council." Therefore, the OST Public Safety Department was ordered to remove the two individuals "in the best interest of the OST." Whirlwind said the tribal police came to the home of Julie Shot to Pieces where he and Nixon had been invited to stay during their time in Wounded Knee. They were told to get their personal belongings together and be ready to leave in 20 minutes. "Three officers came--a commander, lieutenant and another guy--they said 'it's time for you to go--to leave. I have a tribal order,' and they wanted us to go immediately. I told them we had to have some time to get our things together. They gave us 20 minutes and then two of them escorted us off the reservation," Whirlwind said of the experience. He added that, "Their allegations that I was trespassing and doing business there was totally false--it has been known since February that I was coming there as a volunteer only. I was not conducting any business on the reservation. Barbara and I were invited guests of members of that tribe." Speaking from their New York home Nixon said, "I didn't feel safe until we were out of the state of South Dakota. It was very upsetting." She emphasized her belief that there are many more issues than just a Community Center building going on in the area with tribal politics and control from the National Grand Governing Council of AIM, which Vernon Bellecourt is the head spokesperson. "The bigger issue is the tribal corruption going on there. It's economic oppression for the people on that reservation with the tribal government in control. People lose their jobs if they speak out against the corruption," Nixon said. Nixon was referring to Phyllis Hollow Horn who was recently terminated from her position as secretary for the OST Judiciary Committee. Hollow Horn has been outspoken about the current political situation and the lack of help from the tribal government in supporting the rebuilding of the Wounded Knee community. She said that her two-year, full-time temporary position was terminated without any written documentation of reason for the termination, even though she had requested several times for it. Nixon said that Whirlwind had confronted Steele the day of the Council meeting in Martin and asked him when the last time he was in a Sweat Lodge or walked traditionally with his heart and not with his hand in his pocket. They said that it was on that day after some confrontation with a few council members outside the meeting place that Whirlwind was arrested before leaving town and was taken to the tribal jail in Kyle where he was incarcerated until paying bail and was released. "I was kicked out of the meeting and arrested, now I've been evicted and yet I'm ordered to appear on July 8, in Tribal Court in Kyle on those charges and since I was kicked off the reservation, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do or how that will work," Whirlwind said. He believes that several illegal charges took place, including false arrest, illegal detainment and illegal removal. "I'm looking at all of my options right now. They violated my rights with obstruction of Justice and obstruction of the judiciary process. They have no regards even for their own laws." Hollow Horn said, "They said Derek was interfering with the building of the Community Center--and he wasn't interfering--he came here to help build it." She added, "It's all about the land--the land site really is the real issue and I don't know why. We had three acres where we were going to build the Center and the Head Start on, but the tribe wanted the land site for their Head Start and they didn't have the paperwork for the site, yet they got the land back and what they gave us in return is full of rock and requires more excavation to prepare it before we can build." Hollow Horn emphasized again, "All of this started from the land issue and that's a mystery why the Tribe didn't want us to build on that!" Another blow to the community was the recent unexpected death of William "Bill" Loafer. Hollow Horn said that Loafer had agreed to donate his time and equipment to do the foundation for the Community Center and now, they don't know what will happen in that part of the construction, either. "It's the kids in the community that will suffer the most from all of this, but the Tribe don't seem to care about our young people. Right now it's discouraging to a lot of people in the community. The kids are upset and afraid that it's not going to happen. We were all so excited about this--something that was giving us hope and bringing healing to our community--now the tribal politics have gotten in the way again and they've turned it into an AIM issue," Hollow Horn said. She explained that the community would probably have a meeting to determine what their next step will be, but it would be after Loafer's funeral. "He was really upset about the Tribe's behavior and about Derek being run off the reservation." Hollow Horn said that Loafer was also going to donate all of the plumbing for the building. "His death is another blow." She said there was already some talk in the community about the possibility of trying to impeach Steele and another discussion was to have a Hunka ceremony to adopt Whirlwind into a family of a tribal member. In that way, he would have a right to be on the reservation. The rift between Bellecourt and Whirlwind goes back to July of 2001 when Whirlwind was on the National Board of Directors along with Bellecourt, his brother Clyde, Dennis Banks and others. Bellecourt claims that Whirlwind was never a part of AIM, but copies of documents of minutes from a meeting at that time lists members who were present, including Whirlwind. At that same meeting, it's recorded that Banks was voted to serve as National Chairman and Vernon Bellecourt was voted to serve as International Director. "Motion to close that nomination was made by Susan LaMorie and seconded by Derek Whirlwind." In a letter dated December 8, 2002, Nixon wrote to Paul Shaverson, Executive Producer of "Crossing Over" and refers to Whirlwind as the Northeast Regional Director of AIM. She stated, "...Although an elder of the AIM and involved as that of the director of International Affairs on Racism and Bias in Sports and Media, Mr. Bellecourt is not that closely involved with the internal networking of the new Leadership that has emerged through the visionary efforts of the Movement's Chairman, Dennis Banks." However, Bellecourt said he has received several inquiries from the Northeast region asking if Whirlwind was indeed who and what he represents himself to be and also alleging that he and Nixon are causing trouble among the Native Americans in the East. Bellecourt furnished copies of documents supporting his claims. He responded to one inquiry and wrote, "...that Derek Diskin who goes by the name, Derek Whirlwind, and fraudulently represents himself as the Northeastern director of the American Indian Movement...We are putting you on notice that Derek Diskin has no authority from the American Indian Movement Grand Governing Council, which is the leadership of our Movement." Bellecourt continued, "Mr. Diskin has no authority to represent the American Indian Movement in any capacity. He is self-appointed...it is doubtful that Mr. Diskin is a member of any Indian tribe." Another individual wrote Bellecourt that Whirlwind claimed he was sent to the Northeast Chapter by his "uncles" Vernon and Clyde (Bellecourt) and Dennis (Banks) to find out what AIM could do for the people in that area. The writer, Bonnie Spencer also stated in the letter, "...There is a lot of trouble out this way with various groups and a lot of fighting and people trying to shut down pow wows and such." Spencer also wrote, "Our people have enough to deal with as it is without all this garbage and infighting going on. It seems we don't need the white man to destroy us, we are capable of self-destruction all on our own! It saddens me." Bellecourt said that the claim that he and his brother or Banks were "uncles" of Whirlwind were lies and mis-information. He also claims that Whirlwind is not of Indian heritage, but Whirlwind claims to be from the Mayan ancestry and has been a Sundancer at Pipestone, Minnesota for many years. In a copy supplied by Nixon and Whirlwind of minutes from a meeting during the World Peace and Prayer Rally in Washington, D.C., it states that, "At the behest of Clyde Bellecourt and Dennis Banks, Derek Whirlwind was summoned to Washington, D.C. to discuss Derek's position and title in the Northeast. Clyde Bellecourt stating to me, Barbara Nixon, that, 'Dennis would really like to see Derek come to D.C. for the prayer conference and that some issues needed to be discussed.'" There's more notes stating who attended and what some of the discussion was about at that meeting. But, Bellecourt holds that Whirlwind has never represented AIM in any capacity. Bellecourt admitted that Steele had called him about the disruption at the Council meeting and about Whirlwind getting arrested and put in jail in addition to what Steele described as disrupting the Wounded Knee community. Accusations continue to fly back and forth between the individuals and the groups involved. In the meantime a couple of questions remain--what is going to happen to the building of the new Community Center in Wounded Knee--and why was the original few acres of land such an issue to the OST President and Council? Reprinted under the Fair Use http://nativenewsonline.org/fairuse.htm --------- "RE: White Mt. Apaches sue Chediski Fire starter" --------- Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 14:10:45 -0700 From: "Chris Milda (_Akimel O`odham_)" Subj: White Mt. Apaches sue Chediski Fire starter (Fwd) >To: gars@speakeasy.org - - - - - - -- - - - - - - From: News Gathering Subj: White Mt. Apaches sue Chediski Fire starter http://www.azstarnet.com/star/sat/30628WILDFIRE2fLAWSUIT.html White Mt. Apaches sue Chediski Fire starter THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tucson, Arizona Saturday, 28 June 2003 An American Indian tribe filed a civil complaint against a woman who started a fire that later merged into the largest wildfire in Arizona history, officials said Friday. Valinda Jo Elliott was served with the tribe's six-count civil complaint Friday as she left a court in Tolleson after receiving a 60-day jail sentence for a drunken driving conviction. She remains free while a judge considers other legal issues raised by her lawyers. The civil complaint alleges Elliott disobeyed an executive order banning nearly all people from certain areas of the reservation because of extreme fire danger. Last summer's 469,000-acre Rodeo-Chediski Fire destroyed 491 homes and forced the evacuation of 30,000 people. Elliott started the Chediski Fire as she tried to get the attention of a television news helicopter after being lost on White Mountain Apache land for two days. Elliott, 32, wasn't criminally prosecuted for starting the fire because federal prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence of criminal intent on Elliott's part. Copyright c. 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 AzStarNet, Arizona Daily Star and its wire services and suppliers and may not be republished without permission. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Washoe Indian Tribe" --------- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 10:47:35 -0700 From: "lkibby1" Subj: Washoe Indian Tribe For Immediate Release Wednesday, June 25, 2003 CONTACT: Tessa Hafen (202)224-9521 PROTECTION OF WASHOE LANDS AROUND LAKE TAHOE CLEARS SENATE COMMITTEE WASHINGTON - An effort by Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign to preserve ancestral lands of the Washoe Indian Tribe while protecting Lake Tahoe cleared a major milestone today. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved a bill sponsored by Nevada's Senators that would convey land at Lake Tahoe to the Washoe Tribe for cultural purposes The legislation, which was first introduced by Reid in 2000, would transfer 24 acres from the Secretary of Agriculture\U.S. National Forest to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for the Washoe Tribe. The legislation passed the Senate unanimously in 2000 and 2002, and a version also passed the House in 2000, but the measure has never achieved final passage. "I'm going to keep fighting for this bill until it passes," said Sen. Reid. "Not only does it guarantee the Washoe access to their ancient ancestral lands, it also protects undeveloped land around Lake Tahoe." "I am pleased that the committee recognized the importance of approving this legislation," Ensign said. "This is a great victory for the Washoe tribe in their efforts to practice and preserve their culture." On being told that the Washoe Tribe bill had been reported out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Brian Wallace, the Chairman of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada said, "This is wonderful news. It has been almost a century and a half sine the Washoe people were forcibly removed from Lake Tahoe. The lake is a place to which we have sacred connections and is the source of much of our culture. The Washoe people - especially the elders - are going to be very pleased. We are happy that Senators Reid and Ensign introduced this legislation again and were able to get it reported out of Committee today. We are gratified with the support we have received this measure from our neighbors throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin." The transfer of the land to a trust for the Washoe was included in the recommendations of a 1997 forum that Reid helped convene to discuss the future of the Lake Tahoe Basin. The forum committed to support the Washoe Tribe's traditional uses of the area and to ensure that members of the Tribe would have access to the shore of Lake Tahoe to engage in traditional cultural practices. Under the proposed legislation, Sen. Reid said, the 24-acre parcel will be protected from development and managed according to the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan. The transfer of the land would not hinder public access to the lake, Reid added. After approval by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the bill will head to the full Senate. --------- "RE: Six in Navajo Social Unit are investigated by FBI" --------- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 23:10:58 -0700 From: "Chris Milda (_Akimel O`odham_)" Subj: 6 in Navajo social unit are investigated by FBI (Fwd) - - - - - - -- - - - - - - Date: Jun. 27, 2003 12:00 AM http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/~/0627azroundup27.html Arizona news briefs Jun. 27, 2003 12:00 AM 6 in Navajo social unit are investigated by FBI WINDOW ROCK - Six employees of the Navajo Nation social services division have been suspended as an investigation into possible fraud is conducted, a tribal spokeswoman said Thursday. Deana Jackson, spokeswoman for Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr., said the FBI has been investigating possible misuse of child care development and block grant funds. A call to the FBI in Phoenix wasn't immediately returned Thursday. Jackson said the FBI seized documents at the social services agency. No charges have been filed. Wire services --------- "RE: Appeals Court rules on Indian Burial Ground" --------- Date: Wed, 25 June 2003 08:57:22 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="OLD HICKORY DESECRATIONS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section_id=9&screen=news&news_id=24111 Appeals Court rules on Indian burial ground By Amanda Wardle, awardle@nashvillecitypaper.com June 25, 2003 Tennessee Native Americans involved in a long-standing dispute over an Indian burial ground near the Old Hickory Boulevard and Hillsboro Road intersection do not qualify as "interested parties" who might have the right to intervene in procedural legal action over the property, Tennessee Court of Appeals officials ruled this week. Members of the Alliance for Native American Indian Rights of Tennessee sought relief from state appellate court officials after being denied the right to intervene in a case over whether the state would be granted permission to pursue road construction on the newly discovered Indian burial site in 1999. Members of the alliance held that they had interest in the site, located on the border of Davidson and Williamson Counties, and should therefore be given the right to fight the state's use of the property. State officials requested in 1999 that they be allowed to move the remains from the site in order to complete a road widening project in the area, a prospect that Tennessee's Native American community felt violated their ancient beliefs. The state later dismissed their case, saying they would not have to remove the remains after all, but could simply "encapsulate" and then pave over the burial site. The encapsulation was completed, and that construction project was finished last year, said Tennessee Department of Transportation Public Information Officer Kim Keelor. Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbes Lyle denied the Native Americans' request to intervene in the case, saying they could be given "friends of the court" status, which would allow them only limited involvement. Their case has already been before the appellate court once, and blamed at one point for delaying construction and causing road congestion for more than a year. While members of the alliance asked the Court of Appeals to determine the constitutionality of the Termination of Use of Land as Cemetery Act, which allows the state to request permission to disinter human remains in cases where the land is being requested for other official purposes, the court did not review that issue, saying instead that the issue of whether Native Americans could intervene in the case was the only issue that was "properly before this court." The state argued the act doesn't implicate Native Americans' fundamental rights. But members of the alliance plan to continue fighting to determine the constitutionality of several issues, including the Termination of Use of Land as Cemetery Act. Attorney Joe Johnston said the Native American Indians would appeal this week's dismissal to the Tennessee Supreme Court, and alliance President Pat Cummins said there may be appeals on other issues, including the constitutionality of the "encapsulation" process. "This has been going on since '99 and we don't see it ending anytime soon," Cummins said. Copyright c. 2003 The City Paper,LLC/Nashville, TN. --------- "RE: Trial for Second Suspect in murder of Kiowa" --------- Date: Wed, 25 June 2003 08:57:22 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="MURDER" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.nativetimes.com/index.asp?action=displayarticle&article_id=2501 Trial for second suspect in murder of Kiowa man to start First suspect will be sentenced tomorrow LONG BEACH CA SAM LEWIN 6/24/2003 Sentencing for one of the two men accused in the death of a 20-year-old Kiowa dancer in southern California is set for tomorrow. Meanwhile, the preliminary hearing for the second suspect in the slaying was postponed today. 20-year-old Marlon Taylor was acquitted of most of the counts he faced for the murder of Shane Dean Zotigh, a member of the Kiowa Tribe who made a living performing traditional dances across the country. A Long Beach jury found Taylor guilty of assault with a deadly weapon, but exonerated him of charges carrying much stiffer penalties: first degree murder and attempted murder. Taylor will be sentenced on the assault conviction tomorrow. He faces 4 years in state prison. The preliminary hearing for his alleged accomplice, Toncko Jamel Williams, was postponed today because one of the attorneys was sick. Los Angeles County prosecutors blamed the failure to gain the serious convictions against Taylor on a reluctant eyewitness, Julio Ortiz. Ortiz testified he was intoxicated the night of the shooting and could not identify the man who shot Zotigh. Some investigators have privately stated they believe Ortiz intentionally lied for fear of retribution. Zotigh's uncle, Ben Wolfe, will speak during Taylor's sentencing, but he says the case has left him with a bitter taste in his mouth. Wolfe is confident, as are many of the police involved in the case, that Taylor murdered Zotigh. "I'm very angry, very disappointed and frustrated. There is just a sense of hopelessness. We have been cheated and robbed," Wolfe told the Native American Times Tuesday. Police have publicly theorized that Zotigh was killed because he may have been mistaken for a Latino gang member by one of Long Beach's African-American gangs. The city has seen a serious increase in violence between warring groups of ethnic gangs. Tensions rose so high during the first trial that the judge ordered the courtroom cleared after the verdict to prevent violence. Native American Times is Copyright c. 2003 Oklahoma Indian Times, Inc. --------- "RE: Different standards for NA Prisoners in Texas" --------- Date: Fri, 27 June 2003 22:43:57 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="TEXAS PRISONS" http://www.nativetimes.com/index.asp?action=displayarticle&article_id=2518 Different standards for Native American prisoners in Texas Indian chaplain defends policy AUSTIN TX SAM LEWIN 6/27/2003 When a Christian or Muslim inmate enters the Texas prison system, he or she is allowed to attend services simply by stating their religion. Not so for Native American inmates. They are one of two religions required to take a test to pray traditionally. That change in policy comes as Texas officials are cutting back the number of prison chaplains administering in the system. Cherokee inmate James Franklin is incarcerated at the Daniel Unit in Snyder. "We have a Native American circle in our unit that (at one time) met every Wednesday. A couple of weeks ago they stopped giving half of us passes to attend the circle. They say we must take and pass some Native American test before they will let us start going again," wrote Franklin. Officials with the Texas Department of Justice confirmed there has been a change in policy. "Those who wish to practice the Native American religious ceremonies must accept and complete a study packet that explains the practices of that religion," DOJ spokesman Larry Todd told the Native American Times. Todd said only one other religion, Judaism, places a similar restriction. No other denomination requires Texas inmates to pass a test to pray. "This is not a policy to prevent offenders from practicing their religion. It is to ensure that they study and understand the religion," said Todd. Franklin doesn't buy that. "No other religion has to take a test, why us?" The policy change came from the DOJ's Director of Chaplains, Bill Pierce. Contacted by the Native American Times, Pierce was unable to answer a central question: Other religions consider their practices just as sacred as Native Americans consider the prayer circle. Why can, say, a Catholic prisoner attend organized prayer simply by claiming to be Catholic, and not have to prove knowledge of Catholicism? Pierce referred those questions to Ron Teal, the chaplain contracted by the DOJ to conduct Native American prayer services. Teal, Cherokee and Creek, said the change was instituted following a prison break in Connolly. That prison was placed on lockdown, with inmates confined to their cells. Teal said a large contingent of gang members claimed to Native Americans so they could be shipped out to a Native American unit. Inmates are placed in units depending on their stated religion. "They were saying `if I claim to be Indian, I can go to another unit.' All of a sudden we have all these black Crip gang members attending our prayer service," said Teal. Teal maintains the test is not difficult. He says questions include: What nation are you from? What is smoked inside the pipe? Meanwhile, Texas officials are in the process of slashing jobs in the state prison system. 1500 employees are being laid off, including 66 chaplains. That means that even if an Indian inmate passes the test, the frequency of prayer services is decreasing. Franklin said services have been cut back to once a month, when they used to be held every week. Teal confirms that is correct. Despite the reasoning for DOJ officials on requiring a test, Franklin believes it means prisoners needing spirituality in a hellish environment won't get it. "I'm not taking a test and most of the others won't either. Some guys are looking to the law for help. I don't know yet what I'm going to do." Native American Times is Copyright c. 2003 Oklahoma Indian Times, Inc. --------- "RE: Native Prisoner" --------- Date: Mon, Jun 30 2003 19:18:40 -0700 From: Janet Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="NATIVE PRISONER" ===== Date: Sunday, June 22, 2003 4:50 PM From: "Brigitte Thimiakis" Subj: Do First Nations Prisoners need Support? Greetings, About the campaigns supporting the Prayer Warriors : I would like to say that some of the Native prisoners at Montana State Prison have been working very hard to have their religious issues improved, even when it was very risky, and they are still struggling using the legal ways. By saying this, I just want to make sure that no one thinks they are *only* counting on outside support to solve their problems. Our support is to back up their own struggle, using the same avenues they are pursuing. Awareness and campaigns have made the MT officials realize they could not easily get away with the discrimination against the Native Americans prisoners. This has happened in other States too. Most people who are in prison have made mistakes but they should still have the right to practise their spiritual ways. It is proven that the Native prisoners have a better chance of rehabilitation if they are allowed to practice their traditional spiritual ways in prison, and that they are much less likely to re-offend. Unfortunately the system does not aim to reduce recidivism, but rather to fill up more and more prisons, because prisons mean *big* money, and of course their first choice is the people of color. This is wrong, and everyone in the USA should try to stop this because there is no telling who will be caught in that faulty system next, relatives, children, friends - a system that is another form of genocide against the First Nations. This is why it is important that many people support the struggle of First Nations prisoners, and let the officials know that their system is under watch. Thank you to all of you who support their struggle. Respectfully, Brigitte <>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o "Honor Your Spirit, Protect the Children" Manuel Redwoman, Northern Cheyenne/Lakota/Arapaho http://www.geocities.com/honoryourspirit/home.html STOP CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT http://www.geocities.com/honoryourspirit/stopabuse.html <>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o<>o From Kim at khoward0723@netscape.net: Assistance requested for two Native American online organizations: 1) a Native American prisoner site dedicated to assisting prisoners obtain outside support through pen pals, and displaying/promoting NA artwork, crafts, and writings; and 2) a non profit organization dedicated to issues concerning violations of NA religious rights violations. General computer equipment and skills/experience needed. Legal / website knowledge and/or knowledge of legal/web resource people (preferably Native) a plus. Will include receiving/answering prisoner correspondence, printing/mailing page print outs. Anyone interested and able to offer assistance please contact Kim at naprisoners@netscape.net or khoward0723@netscape.net. As I have been told the khoward netscape address has been bouncing please cc to catrelkim@yahoo.com. Additional details provided to those seriously interested. ======================================== Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 13:54:51 -0700 (PDT) From: "THUNDERINGDRUMS@webtv.net" Subj: [IRONHOUSEDRUMS] Prisoner wants pen pal Here's my information: 1/3 Cherokee and a good, caring man, Mr. Anthony Byarse 320-269 S.O.C.F. P.O. Box 45699 Lucasville, Ohio 45699 The Creator gave you two ears and one mouth... so you can listen twice as much as you speak. ~Two Hawks' Grandfather~ ~Thundering Drums~ http://www.angelfire.com/wy/nainmatessupportgrp/index.html "To those of us locked away in here, there's nothing more important than being remembered." Leonard Peltier September 1998 Leavenworth Prison "Prison Writings...My Life Is My Sun Dance" =<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>= "Freedom For All Of Our Warriors" =<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>= http://www.angelfire.com/wy/nainmatessupportgrp/index.html =<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>+<+><+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=< Shortcut URL to Group Home: IRONHOUSEDRUMS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IRONHOUSEDRUMS/ --------- "RE: Rustywire: Where are the You?" --------- Date: Tue, Jun 24 2003 09:02 AM Subj: Where are the you? From: rustywire@yahoo.com (john rustywire) Newsgroup: alt.native It was in a place where the walls are silent and the voices cary far, and I was looking for people, the first born of this country, natives to the soil where they live from the eastern shore, and travel to the west. Looking North I can see the those that live way up high and to the South cousins from an America we sometimes think of as another country, but yet they are kin. I wonder about them, the way of life, the stories of old and the songs they sing, in this I am looking to see a little of their life, how it is with them and maybe to glimpse into their world. The old man used to say, that there are others out there, they have stories like us and they travel the same road. You will find many lost out there looking to teach you things you shouldn't know, calling them their own ways and all the time asking you abut yours and one day they tell you what you told them and they have become you knowing more than you. He told me to stay away from them, they will steal your heart and mind. I remember asking where are the good hearts? He told me look to the morning sun, in the early light of day when yesterday is washed away and in the glowing colors of pink, gold and blue chasing the night away you will see them just at the horizon, they are calling out to you to join them. It is a life long quest to travel that road, but yet each morning we catch a glimpse of them, just a touch of what dreams are made of, the beautyway. In the light of early dawn I stood this morning and thought on these things and remembered his face and the steady gaze he held looking to the horizon, singing old songs and yet in all this he rubbed my head and said look, it is there. Coming here, where are the songs, the stories, and lifeways of natives? Tell me about your life, the way of living that I might get glimpse. Where are you, native I see many but the words are dark and twisted talk leaving no good feeling. So I am wondering where are those that used to come and visit? --------- "RE: Poem: I am an Indian, not unlike you" --------- Date: Wed, June 18, 2003 11:14 From: "Lema, Ronald J. (Contractor)" Subj: I am an Indian, not unlike you. >To: I am an Indian, not unlike you. I have brown hair where yours is black. I have blue eyes where yours are brown. I have light skin, where yours is tan. Yet my blood is red as is yours. And my heart beats as does yours. I speak differently then you, but say the same thing. I look different then you, but appear the same. Yet, I am an Indian, much different then you. I believe in the Great Spirit, as do you. I worship Mother Earth the same as you. My totems are different, but the same as yours. While our medicine is different, they follow the same path. I am an Indian, much different then you. I have honor and respect for my heritage, as do you. I respect and honor my elders, as you do. I here the cries of our ancestors, as do you. I feel the pain of our tribes, much like you. Yet, I am an Indian, much different then you. I was raised in a city, where you were raised on a reservation. I was raised a white man, and you as an Indian. I walk this earth in mystery, where your eyes are clear I have learned little, where you have experienced more. Yet, I am young as you are. Yet, I am an Indian, much different then you. I work to learn the old ways, as do you, Yet where I cannot, you can. I raise a voice against atrocities against our people, as do you. I raise a fist and cry in pain at the death of our kind, much like you. Yet, I am an Indian, much different then you. You have blood quantum where I do not. And because of that, you are Indian, where I am not. The Government dictates my laws, as it does you. It states I am not Indian, because I do not have the required blood, Yet I am an Indian much like you. I suffer the same prejudices against me, yet different then you. I have light skin, where yours is brown. The white man holds no prejudices against me it is you. Yet, I am an Indian, different then you. While we may appear different in every way, Our blood is still red, And we breathe the same air, Please my brothers, remember.... I am an Indian, not unlike you. Ron Red Eagle "If you take the Christian Bible and put it out in the wind and the rain, soon the paper on which the words are printed will disintegrate and the words will be gone. Our bible IS the wind and the rain." Statement by an anonymous Native woman. Before a Mountain can be moved, the pebble must move first. Are you willing to be that pebble? ~ron red eagle~ "This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind...let it be something good." Author Unknown --------- "RE: Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days" --------- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 11:32:08 -1000 From: Debbie Sanders Subj: Hawaiian Book of Days A HAWAI`I BOOK OF DAYS, week of July 7-July 13 IULAI July Hinaia`ele`ele 7 Dance joyously in the memory of your ancestors, your kupuna. 8 Life is all around us, ... and within. 9 I weave a lei of maile leaves to celebrate the new day! 10 My flute echoes the cry of the wind. 11 The mantis pauses for a moment in its journey to bless those it encounters. 12 Night passes a veil of introspection over the land. 13 To welcome the future, you must first release the burdens of the past. (c) Copyright 1991 by D. F. Sanders Me ke aloha i ka nani, ... Moe'uhanekeanuenue (With love and beauty, ... Rainbow Dream) --------- "RE: Turbines generating Dreams for Tribe" --------- Date: Fri, 27 June 2003 08:35:06 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="WIND TURBINES" http://www.indianz.com/News/ http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/06/27/news/state/state03.txt Turbines generating dreams for tribe By Lisa Chamley, Pierre Capital Journal June 27, 2003 On the Rosebud Sioux reservation, a wind turbine project is generating dreams of clean energy and economic progress for an American Indian tribe. "The wind is a gift and a blessing; that's how we feel about this," Pat Spears, a consultant for the tribe, said. "It's a natural gift from the creator, and it should be used more, same as the sun, same as solar power, same as geothermal power." In late February, the turbine was installed near the Rosebud Casino and Hotel. On March 3, the blades that circle 190 feet into the air began generating enough electricity for at least 220 homes. The turbine was the culmination of eight years of work. It was named in honor of Alex "Little Soldier" Lunderman, a former Rosebud Sioux president who died in 1999. Lunderman believed the tribe could use technology and natural-resources compatibly with tribal history, philosophy and values. Basin Electric and Ellsworth Air Force Base are the turbine's first customers, the latter of which has a contract to buy energy from the turbine for five years. "We're selling all of the power to Basin Electric," Spears said. "Part of that, the energy for 450 kilowatts, is going to Ellsworth, the remainder to Basin." In addition to the energy, Ellsworth also bought "green tags," which are dollars spent on investments in clean-energy projects. The turbine has a life expectancy of 25 years. The project was funded through a complicated combination of a matching grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, "green tag" purchases by Ellsworth and Native Energy, a Vermont company that promotes tribal energy projects and a loan from the U.S. Rural Utility Service. The Rosebud Sioux turbine is one of the first American Indian-owned and operated turbines in the country and is also the first part of a plan to develop wind power on tribal lands throughout the Northern Plains. That is the plan of the Intertribal Council On Utility Policy, of which Spears is president. Intertribal COUP consists of federally-recognized tribes in North and South Dakota and their affiliates throughout the plains. The organization is headquartered on the Rosebud reservation. The second phase is a project at St. Francis, and the third phase for projects on as many as eight reservations has been chosen as an Environmental Justice Community Revitalization Group, which involves 15 federal agencies, according to Spears. To move the energy it generates around to its markets, the tribe wants to use the transmission infrastructure already in place owned by the Western Area Power Administration. "The need is in transmission buildout," Spears said. "We don't have the transmission capacity to move to the urban markets, that's the problem." The tribe feels that the WAPA system has the capacity for the additional energy generated. Spears said Intertribal COUP has written a study on the possible merger of wind and hydropower in the Missouri River system. In order to fulfill its energy contracts, WAPA now buys energy in the "spot market" when generation is low. Spears said WAPA should buy its backup energy from the tribes, rather than the high-priced spot market. The reservations on the Northern Great Plains have the potential to generate more than 100 times what the dams on the Missouri River can generate. "Just on tribal lands alone, that's the potential," Spears said. "If you look at all of the land in the Northern Plains, North and South Dakota, we could produce one-third of the energy needs of the entire U.S." "The equipment is the cost, and it's an upfront cost, so it's known and decided," he said. "That price per kilowatt hour is known and can be projected for 20 to 30 years with no increase. No other source of fuel can claim that." Coal-fired electricity accounts for most of the energy used in this part of the country, according to NativeEnergy.com. Spears said fossil fuel costs will continue to rise. The fuels are becoming more scarce and also negatively impact the environment. "We're at the top of the headwaters of a large windshed. We want to see clean energy here, because we respect the earth. We want to maintain the balance," Spears said. "We also want the economic benefit that can be recognized with wind energy." Fossil fuels should be used to back up wind energy and other clean- -energy sources such as geothermal energy, not vice versa, he said. "It's all there if we put it together right and get serious about development," Spears said. The wind energy business can employ people on the reservations and boost the economy in one of the country's most depressed areas. According to NativeEnergy.com, more than 14 percent of American Indian households are without electricity, which is 10 times the national average. "We see wind energy producing jobs and other opportunities," Spears said. "The economics of wind can work." Copyright c. 2003 the Rapid City Journal. --------- "RE: Wampanoag revived and not forgotten" --------- Date: Wed, 25 June 2003 08:57:22 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="WAMPANOAG LANGUAGE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/revivedand24.htm Revived and not forgotten Woman crusades to restore Wampanoag language By JOE KILLIAN, Contributing Writer June 25, 2003 MASHPEE - Wampanoag folklore speaks of a language prophecy. It is said that the tribe's native language, not spoken for more than a century, will return to the people. Thanks to a Wampanoag linguist and her burgeoning language program, that prophecy seems closer than ever to actual fulfillment. "We're the first tribe on this continent to reclaim a language with no speakers," said Jessie Little Doe Fermino, Wampanoag language teacher. "It's a difficult process, but we've had a lot of interest and a lot of success." On Sunday, 21 students graduated from Fermino's program as speakers of Wopanaak, the Wampanoag native language. They joined the more than 70 other graduates who have completed the course in the last four years. "I feel like this is my place, this is what I'm supposed to be doing," said Fermino, a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe. "But it's really our ancestors who are responsible for the return of the language." Fermino traces the return of the Wampanoag language to a dream 10 years ago where her ancestors asked her to help revive the language. "I spoke with the tribal elders and they agreed," she said "So that's when I began working to put together a way to teach this language that no longer has any native speakers." This desire drove Fermino to earn a master's degree in linguistics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In her studies, she literally resurrected the Wopanaak language. "I wrote a layperson's grammar of the language for my master's thesis," Fermino said "I had to, because otherwise only linguists could have read any documents in the native language." Wopanaak is one of 33 variations of the Algonquin language, prominent all along the East Coast before the arrival of European settlers. When she started writing her studies, Fermino said she worried there wouldn't be many surviving documents written in Wopanaak. As it turned out there were more than enough. "We had a surprising wealth of documents to work from trying to reconstruct the language," she said. "From wills and marriage documents to treaties and histories. In fact the first Bible written on this continent was in Wopanaak."John Elliot, a missionary working with two translators, wrote that version of the Bible in 1663, she said. Fermino began the classes, which are open only to Wampanoag tribal members and their families, slowly at first. Her students learned simple vocabulary and grammar, eventually moving on to reading native documents and learning to write the language. The courses, which run in six-week blocks, are taught in Mashpee and on Martha's Vineyard and range in difficulty from beginner to advanced levels. Some students have gone on to immersion classes where no English is allowed. Reclaiming their native language is a large part of reclaiming their identities as Wampanoag people, Fermino said. "Having a shared language is part of being a community. That's what the prophecy is about," she said. "When the language returns to the community, the community is more whole." Copyright c. 2003 Cape Cod Times. --------- "RE: Honoring our Keeper" --------- Date: Mon, Jun 30 2003 08:17:03 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="REDEDICATION" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/6200379.htm Honoring our Keeper Indians rededicate beloved sculpture BY MOLLY MCMILLIN The Wichita Eagle June 30, 2003 Nearly 30 years ago, representatives from 17 tribes performed at the original dedication of artist Blackbear Bosin's 44-foot Keeper of the Plains sculpture. On Sunday, Bosin's family and some of the original members of the Mid-America All-Indian Center gathered at the weathered steel sculpture in a rededication ceremony at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers. Bosin's statue has become a symbol of Wichita and Sedgwick County, the Indian Center's cultural programs coordinator, Vernon "Cy" Ahtone, told a small group gathered at the foot of the statue. Using the aromatic smoke from burning dried cedar -- one of Mother Earth's gifts -- Ahtone asked blessings of the Earth in a symbolic purification ceremony. The cedar, gathered in Oklahoma, was mixed with coals in a shovel. While Ahtone's cousin held the shovel, Ahtone fanned the coals with an eagle's feather. He then prayed that the Keeper would continue to unify the American Indian community so members can support one another in their undertakings. The sculpture is a symbol "of our lasting culture and lasting traditions, " Ahtone told those present. Then they formed a line and took turns cupping their hands and fanning the smoke over their arms and face. In that way, they breathe in the prayers, then release them to the spirit world, Ahtone explained. Bosin's niece, Susan Seal, who helped plan the rededication ceremony, said the Keeper -- with his palms raised to the sky -- was enthusiastically welcomed by the city 29 years ago. But she and others worry that many have forgotten about the statue and its significance to the city, she said. Erected in 1974, the sculpture was built as a tribute to the area's first inhabitants and to beautify the city. Sunday's event, which also included a powwow, dancing and a potluck dinner, drew about 150 people. Seal is coordinator of a committee planning a 30th anniversary celebration for next year. Bosin's son, Niles Bosin, was one of three Bosin children who attended, along with nieces, nephews and grandchildren. Bosin died in 1980. "It really makes the whole family feel really good that he was so respected and loved," Niles Bosin said. Copyright c. 2003 The Wichita Eagle. --------- "RE: Love of Tribe Shared" --------- Date: Mon, Jun 30 2003 08:17:03 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LOVE of TRIBE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.journalstar.com/local.php?story_id=59421 Love of tribe shared all in the family BY MARGARET REIST / Lincoln Journal Star There's a wealth of Ponca tribal history stored in the mind of Donna Wendzillo. Memories that have accumulated there since she was born, 76 years ago, on her grandmother's kitchen table in the farmhouse on what was then the Niobrara reservation. Stories she's shared with her seven children, 20 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. A history the Sioux City, Iowa, woman has brought, for most of the last 13 years, to the Ponca Tribal Council, the governmental body of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska. "We're glad to have an elder on the council," said Mark Peniska, the council chairman. In November, Wendzillo brought something else. Her granddaughter. Rebecca White, 36, of Omaha was elected to the council in November. The Ponca council already was unusual because so many of the members are distantly related. "About six of us on the council have the same great-grandparents," Wendzillo said. For some, that's great-great- grandparents. But having the intergenerational grandmother-granddaughter team is even more unusual. Not that they always agree on council issues. "Sometimes we don't vote the same," Wendzillo said. But they do agree on the importance of helping the tribe grow and on maintaining its history and culture. Much of that was lost when the tribe was terminated by Congress in 1965. "We were like the Israelites:We just wandered until we were reinstated," Wendzillo said. That happened in 1990, and Wendzillo was on the interim council and has been elected several times since. Because the tribe was terminated, White -- like many others in her generation -- grew up with no chance to put her cultural heritage into practice. White knew only the stories her grandmother told her. "There was no basis to know what our culture was, no way to learn our language or traditions, except through the elders," she said. And today, there are few elders left. Because the tribe is so scattered now, it is organized differently with service areas across the state, rather than a reservation as a base. But Niobrara, where Wendzillo grew up and where the reservation was once located, is the headquarters. There, Wendzillo was instrumental in establishing a museum and having a refurbished community building added to the National Register of Historical Places. The tribe also has established a bison herd, something particularly important to Wendzillo. "I wanted to bring the buffalo back to our people," she said. "That was everything to them." (Bison are more commonly referred to as buffalo.) And now, as the herd grows and the tribe considers its economic benefits, Wendzillo said, she wants to make sure the cultural importance of the buffalo remains a priority. White is not the only member of Wendzillo's family to be involved with the tribe. Two of Wendzillo's children hold positions: son Phillip Wendzillo is cultural director and daughter (White's mother) Patricia Eichberger is the education specialist. White's sister Candy Schott manages the health clinic in Omaha. White said she has been involved with the tribe since 1994, serving on various committees until she decided to run for office. And she and her grandmother are doing something else together working on a tribal history, taking the boxes of newspaper articles and memorabilia in Wendzillo's attic and sorting them, putting them into books for the museum. And they're taking Wendzillo's memories and personal history -- of losing the family farm over a $300 grocery debt, of traveling with her parents and weaving willow furniture, of being the 100th child her grandmother delivered -- and recording them. For posterity. "She said, `You'll have to do a story on me when I'm gone,'" White said of her grandmother. "I said, `No, we'll do it while you're here.'" Reach Margaret Reist at 473-7226 or mreist@journalstar.com. Copyright c. 2003 Lincoln Journal Star. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: This Week on First Peoples TV" --------- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 08:03:22 2003 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - - - - - - - - - filename="WORLD LINK TV" Available on DirecTV (800-531-5000), Channel 375, and on EchoStar/Dish Network (800-333-3474), channel 9410 = = = = = = = = = Human Faces Behind the Rainforest This program's length is: 1.00 hour You can see this program at the following times: Mon, Jun 30, 8:00 PM ET (Mon, Jun 30, 5:00 PM PT) Tue, Jul 01, 2:00 AM ET (Mon, Jun 30, 11:00 PM PT) Tue, Jul 01, 8:00 AM ET (Tue, Jul 01, 5:00 AM PT) Tue, Jul 01, 2:00 PM ET (Tue, Jul 01, 11:00 AM PT) --------------------------------------------------------------------- First Peoples' TV: Circles In the Yukon, an innovative program is bringing together circle sentencing, a traditional form of Aboriginal justice, and the Canadian justice system. Sentencing circles don't focus on punishment. Instead, they bring together the perpetrator of a crime, his or her victims, and peers and family in an effort to bring healing to the community. Brothers Harold and Phil Gatensby, who have both done their share of jail time, now participate in circles as a way to allow offenders to break the cycle of crime, court, prison, and allow them to reconnect with their spiritual traditions. Circles works so well that Aboriginals from the Yukon have helped set up similar programs elsewhere in Canada and in the US. With its potential to bring community members together, the circle is a powerful alternative to prison terms imposed by courts - not only for Aboriginal people but, potentially, for all communities. The film is available from the National Film Board of Canada. "Circles" is part of the "First Peoples' TV"series made possible by DreamCatchers, a non-profit organization working to bring Native films to a wider audience. --------- "RE: Upcoming Events" --------- Date: Mon, 30 June 2003 15:39:14 -0 From: Gary Smith (gars@speakeasy.org) Subj: Upcoming Events =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= EVENTS ARE FEATURED IN ODD NUMBERED ISSUES ONLY =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Lists from Jim Anderson, OCB Tracker and Whispering Wind are listed here for 60 days. Each web site is listed if you need a more complete list. =================================== Date: Saturday, January 01, 2000 08:07 pm From: "Edna H. King" Subj: Island in the Sun Inter-Tribal Pow Wow >To: gars@speakeasy.org Island in the Sun Inter-Tribal Pow Wow Boozhoo! Can you please add our Pow Wow to your listing? Beausoleil First Nation is hosting it's annual Island in the Sun Inter-Tribal Pow Wow on July 5th and 6th, 2003. Beausoleil First Nation is located in the beautiful Georgian Bay in Ontario. Camping sites are available. Grand Entry is 1:00 pm - 7:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at 12:00 noon Here is a link to the BFN Pow Wow Site. http://islandinthesunpowwow.tripod.com./ For more information contact: Nadine Kidd -- (705) 247-2535 (no collect calls please) Fax -- (705)247-2536 Email: revelationhunter@hotmail.com Miigwech, Edna H. King =================================== Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:19:38 -0800 (PST) From: "margrett okelley" Subj: Comanche Homecoming 3rd week in July 2003 >To: gars@nanews.org Dear Sir: Please include the Comanche Homecoming dates in your calendar of events. The Comanche Homecoming will be July 17,18,19, & 20, 2003 at Sultan Park, Walters, Oklahoma This will be the 50th annual homecoming... free parking, camping, rations, contests, and parade. Thank you. Margrett O. Kelley =================================== 52nd ANNUAL NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN DAYS JULY 10-13, 2003 BROWNING, MONTANA SPONSORED BY BLACKFEET TRIBAL BUSINESS COUNCIL MC'S earl old person, blackfeet jay st. goddard, blackfeet kenny scabby robe, sr., blackfeet HOST DRUMS american host: mandaree, international singing champions canadian host: high noon, world singing champions ARENA DIRECTORS lucky white grass, frank goings, kevin kicking woman, clarence comes at night DANCE SPECIALS alvin yellow owl iii, men's traditional $1,000 winner take all miss blackfeet - myalyn spoonhunter, 2002 world champion teen girl's, jingle dress special 16-25, in memory of peter tatsey ld style shawl dance, 40 & over, 3 places & gifts, in honor of first miss blackfeet, gail sharp, 1979-80, sponsored by leona sharp & family audrey white grass scabby robe, drumming contest special & hand drum contest, women's traditional contest, for more information contact: lucky white grass at (406) 338-7552 prairie chicken dance showdown, sponsored by clinton croff, 1st place champion jacket plus $1,000 plus, consolation prizes addes, for more information contact: clintor or Justine croff at (406) 338-3703 women's golden age dance special - honoring the memory of bertha sharp turle-ackerman, 1926-1987, first woman to dance modern style CARNIVAL sponsored by: candy apple amusement; rides: avalance, zipper, octopus, tilt-a-whirl, scrambler, ferris wheel, kid ville, jolly frog, much, much, much more!!!! TWO MEDICINE RUNNING CLUB FUN RUN saturday, july 12, 2003 at 2:00 p.m., contact: wendy or diana at (406) 338-7870 or 338-3876 N.A.I.D. GOLF TOURNAMENT contact: vic hall at (406) 338-7440 REEVIS/WEBBER FAMILY BREAKFAST in memory of "beatrice bear medicine, friday july 11, 2003 7:00 - 10:00 a.m., campground arbor N.A.I.D. RODEO multi-sanctioned july 11, 12, 13, 2003, $15,000 added & buckles per major event, all- around saddles, youth rodeo & team roping jackpot on thursday, july 10th, contact: mike tatsey at (406) 472-3398 or 338-5525 INDIAN RELAY/HORSE RACES july 11, 12, 13, 2003 $15,000 cash & prizes, buckles & cooler blankets, contact: Geri osbourne at (406) 338-3232, phillip rattler at 338-7748, tony carlson at 291-0348, ernie fitz at 338-3489 STICK GAME TOURNAMENT 1st - $5,000 2nd - $3,000 3rd - $1,500 4th - $500 contact: jodi wippert at 338-7103 or myra knople at 338-7191 PARADE saturday, july 12, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. contact : jim mcneely at 338-7521 GIVEAWAYS giveaways will be held on thursday and friday, july 10, 11, 2003 contact: jim mcneely at 338-7521 TEEPEES PAID DAILY SECURITY & EMS PROVIDED SEARCH & RESCUE TASK FORCE ARTS & CRAFT BOOTHS RATIONS/DAILY DISTRIBUTIONS BLACKJACK TABLES CATHOLIC SUNDAY MASS sunday, july 13, 2003 at 10:00 A.M. BISHOP ROBERT MORLINO, CELEBRANT CAMPGROUND ARBOR BROWNING UNITED METHODIST PARISH SUNDAY SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE CHURCH AT 11:00 A.M. VETERAN'S DAY FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2003, WILL HONOR KOREAN WAR VETERANS, PRESENTATION BY: MAJOR GENERAL JOHN E. PENDERGAST N.R.M.A. OLD TIME DANCE CCD CENTER, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2003 AT 7:00 P.M., CONTACT: GALEN SINCLAIR AT 338-5456 COMPETITION CATEGORIES MEN'S TRADITIONAL AGE 18-39 AND 40-54 MEN'S GRASS DANCE/CHICKEN DANCE FANCY MEN'S BUCKSKIN/WOMEN'S BUCKSKIN 55 & OLDER WOMEN'S TRADITIONAL/FANCY/JINGLE DRESS GOLDEN AGE 55 & OLDER BOY'S TRADITIONAL/FANCY/GRASS DANCE YOUNG MEN'S TRADITIONAL/FANCY/GRASSDANCE GIRL'S TRADITIONAL/FANCY/JINGLE DRESS YOUNG WOMEN'S TRADITIONAL/FANCY/JINGLE For more information on 52nd annual north american indian days contact: jodi wippert at (406) 338-7103 the north american indian days committee & the blackfeet tribe are not responsible for travelers aid, weather damages, accidents, or lost/stolen property. =================================== 2ND SALINE RIVER BENEFIT POW WOW AUG. 08-09-10 2003 ALL DANCERS DRUMS and GENERAL PUBLIC WELCOME at the SALINE COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS BENTON ARKANSAS Special kids American Indian Educators Educators will be demonstrating bow making, using adlatle and styles of lodging ARENA DIRECTOR--------------KIETH LITTLE BADGER-FLA. MCEE----------------------------------GARY SMITH-GA. HEAD MAN----------------------GARY THUNDER WOLF ALA. HEAD LADY--------------------------VALERIE COOPER-AL. HOST DRUM---------------------------------Shadow Wolf HOST DRUM----------------------------Red Hawk Singers ALL DRUMS AND DANCERS WELCOME ALL TYPES OF CRAFTS FEATURING CHIEF LITTLE HORSE FILM STAR WE WILL BE HONORING ALL ELDERS,VETERANS, Volunteer FIRE FIGHTERS WHO THE POW WOW IS FOR WILL BE OFFERING FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKs ADMISSION: 5.00 ADULTS ___________3.00 CHILDREN UNDER 12 and SENIORS 55 AND UP Fri. Aug 08-12 pm till 4 pm kids day all admission free Fri Aug 08 gates open at 5 pm grand entry at 7 pm inter-tribal till 10 pm Sat.Aug. 09 gates open at 10 am gourd dancing 12pm till 1 pm grand entry and inter-tribal dancing till 6 pm 6 pm till 7 pm gourd dancing 7 pm till 10 pm grand entry and inter-tribal Sun. Aug 10 gates open at 10 am 12 pm till 1 pm gourd dancing 1 pm till 5pm grand entry and inter-tribal dancing BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS AND SPEND THE DAY FRY BREAD AND INDIAN TACOS ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREE EVENT FOR MORE INFO OR DIRECTION CONTACT ROBERT BELLINGER 501-860-7220 JIMMY 870-879-1396 or LARRY 501-868-4108 HOST MOTEL TO BE ANNOUNCED =================================== Aaron's Powwow Calendar Updated May 14, 2003 http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/9173/powwows.html July 2003 July 4-6 - Hobby Horse Ranch Native American Festival Location: Rt. 73, Fleetwood, Pennsylvania. Contact: (610) 944-5797. July 18 - 1st Annual Lheidli T'enneh Tannot'enne Society Competition Powwow Location: Kin Centres I and II, 1040 Whenun Road, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. Notes: Over $45,000 prize money. Camping available. Contact: (250) 963-8451; Fax (250) 963-8490; vanessaw@telus.net. July 18-20 - The Lenape/Renape Wampanoo Confederacy Powwow Location: The Ancoda Farm, Tuckachawan, Connecticut. Contact: (860) 935-9226. August 2003 August 29-31 - 22nd Annual Stockton Communiy Labor Day Weekend Powwow Location: Webster Middle School Field, Stockton, California. Contact: (209) 953-4803, Fax (209) 953-4261; clydehodge@earthlink.net; www.geocities.com/nativeteacher/. September 2003 September 17-20 - First Annual Miss Indian Rodeo America Pageant Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Notes: CDIB card required. Contact: Deborah Robertson rodeobest@aol.com; www.rodeobest.com/apic. September 26-28 - 2003 Richmond Powwow Location: Richmond, Kentucky. Notes: Intertribal dancing. Contact: (859) 623-6076; richmondpowwow@hotmail.com; www.homestead.com/richmondpowwowassn/. September 27-28 - Gathering of the People Powwow Location: Vigo Conservation Club, Terre Haute, Indiana. Contact: (812) 694-8745. October 2003 October 10-12 - Fifth Annual Northern Lights Casino Thanksgiving Powwow Location: Prince Albert Communiplex, 6th Avenue North, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. Notes: Dance and drum contests. Mc, Russel Standingrock and Tommy Christian; Host Northern Drum, Whitefish Jrs. Categories include: Mens Fancy, Traditional, Grass; Womens Fancy Shawl, Jingle. Contact: (306) 764-4777; ctyrellstanding@hotmail.com. October 11-12 - First Annual American Indian Powwow Location: Faulkner Park, 3 miles north of Lindale, Texas. Notes: Intertribal dancing, everyone welcome. Vendor space available. Contact: m.l.bailey@prodigy.net; cheroke2@earthlink.net. ========================================================================= Aboriginal Multi-Media Society Updated May 14, 2003 Aboriginal Community Events Listing http://www.ammsa.com/ammsaevents.html July 2003 Kainai Indian Days Standoff, Alberta (403) 737-3753 July 3 - 6, 2003 Miapukek 8th Annual Powwow Ktaqmkuk Mi'kmaq Traditional Gathering Powwow Grounds Conne River, Newfoundland Kelly: (709) 882-2470 / 2710 July 4-6, 2003 Wahpeton Dakota Nation Powwow. north of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan 306-764-6649 Erminskin Annual Powwow Hobbema, Alberta Emily: (780) 585-3835 Leech Lake 4th of July Powwow Cass Lake, Minnesota (218) 335-8200 White Bear Powwow 2003 Celebrations White Bear First Nation, SK Irene: (306) 577-4553 Wildhorse 9th Annual Powwow Umatilla Indian Reserve Pendleton, Oregon 1 (800) 654-9453 Yukon International Storytelling 16th Annual Festival Rotary Peace Park, Yukon Territory Lilyan: (867) 633-7550 www.yukonstory.com Flathead Nation Powwow Arlee, Montana (406) 745-2700 Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Wacipi 136th Annual Sisseton, North Dakota (605) 698-3942 Northern Cheyenne Annual July 4th Powwow Lame Deer, Montana (406) 477-6284 July 4-13, 2003 Calgary Stampede and World Famous Rodeo Calgary, Alberta 1-800-661-1767 July 5 - 6, 2003 Munsee-Delaware Nation 9th Annual Traditional Gathering Munsee-Delaware Nation Park and Gathering Grounds Carmen/Floyd: (800) 257-7279 or (519) 289-5396 14th Annual Traditional Powwow Sheguiandah First Nation Hwy #6, Sheguiandah, Ontario, Manitoulin Island (705) 368-2781 July 10-13, 2003 North American Indian Days Blackfeet Browning, Montana (406) 338-7276 40th Annual Sac & Fox Powwow Stroud, Oklahoma Kim: (405) 968-9531 July 11-13, 2003 Sagamok Anishnabek 19th Annual Traditional Powwow Sagamok Spiritual Grounds 12km South of Massey, Ontario Linda (705) 865-2172 Carl (705) 865-1553 One Arrow Traditional Powwow east of Rosthern & Batoche, Saskatchewan (306) 423-5493 White Shield Powwow White Shield, North Dakota (701) 743-4535 Cold Lake Treaty Days Cold Lake First Nation, Alberta Noella: 1-888-222-7183 Enoch Annual Competition Powwow Enoch, Alberta (780) 470-4505 Echoes of a Proud Nation 13th Annual Powwow Kahnawake Territory, Quebec Laurie: (450) 632-8667 July 12 - 13, 2003 Mississaugas of Scugog 7th Annual Powwow Mississaugas of Scugog Island, Ontario Anne: (905) 985-1826 July 15-17, 2003 Assembly of First Nations 24th Annual General Assembly Shaw Conference Centre Edmonton, Alberta Bonny Maracle: (613) 241-6789 x 297 July 17-20, 2003 Standing Arrow Powwow Elmo, Montana (406) 849-5968 July 17 - 26, 2003 Klondike Days Edmonton, Alberta 1 (888) 800-7275 July 18, 2003 20th Anniversary Open House Windspeaker Aboriginal Multi-Media Society 13245 - 146 Street Edmonton, Alberta 780-455-2700 July 18-20, 2003 Mandaree Hidatsa Celebration Powwow Mandaree, North Dakota (701) 759-3277 Carry The Kettle Powwow South of Sintaluta, Saskatchewan (306) 727-2169 Onion Lake First Nation Powwow Onion Lake, Saskatchewan (306) 344-2149 Standing Arrow Powwow & Horse Games Elmo, Montana (406) 849-6018 Wahcinca Dakota Oyate Powwow Fort Peck Res. Poplar, Montana (406) 768-5186 Sioux Valley Competition Powwow & Games Sioux Valley, Manitoba Anna: (204) 855-2671 July 22-24, 2003 Sturgeon Lake Powwow near Shellbrook, Saskatchewan (306) 764-1872 July 25-27, 2003 Back To Batoche Metis Days near Batoche, Saskatchewan (306) 343-8285 The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians 10th Annual Anishinaabe Family Language & Culture Camp Powwow Grounds, Manistee, Michigan Kenny: (231) 933-4406 www.Anishinaabemowin.org Touchwood Agency Tribal Council Powwow near Raymore, Saskatchewan (306) 835-2125 Keeweena Bay Powwow Ojibway Campgrounds Baraga, Michigan (906) 353-6623 La Ronge 1st Powwow Lac La Ronge, Saskatchewan (306) 835-2125 Bitteroot Valley All Nations Powwow 10th Annual Hamilton, Montana (406) 363-5383 Wendake, Carrefour des Nations Wendake (near Quebec City) Contact: Marjolaine McKenzie Phone: (418) 843-5550 Fax: (418) 843-2666 E-mail: pow.wow@cnhw.qc.ca Native Contemporary Art Festival the 25th 2nd Annual Powwow 26th-27th July 26-27, 2003 Milk River Indian Days Fort Belknap, Montana (406) 353-2886 Grand River Powwow Chiefswwod Tent & Trailer Park Six Nations of the Grand River Brant County Road 54 Ohsweken, Ontario 1(866) 393-3001 or (519) 445-4061 Web Site: www.grpowwow.com Gathering of Nations Powwow Brunswick House FN & Chapleau Cree FN host Powwow during Chapleau's Nature Festival Margaret: (705) 864-0174 Gagaguwon Powwow Oscoda, Michigan Joe/Sue: (906) 739-1994 August 2003 August TBA Crooked Lake Powwow Bradview, Saskatchewan Colleen: (306) 696-3581 Aug.1-3, 2003 Little Red River Powwow near LaRonge, Saskatchewan (306) 953-7200 10th Annual Traditional Pow Wow Thessalon First Nation, Ontario Melva Bissaillion: (705) 842-2670 Thessalon First Nation 10th Annual Traditional Powwow Thessalon First Nation Powwow Grounds, Ontario Melva: (705) 842-2670 Oglala Lakota Powwow & Rodeo Pine Ridge, South Dakota 605-867-5821 Kamloopa Days Kamloops, British Columbia Carrie: (250) 828-9700 Rocky Boy's Annual Powwow Rocky Boy's Agency near Box Elder, Montana (406) 395-4690 August 1 - 4, 2003 Lac La Biche Powwow Lac La Biche, Alberta (780) 623-4255 Wikwemikong 43rd Annual Cultural Celebrations 2 Days Competition, 1 Day Traditional Powwow Wikwemikong Thunderbird Park Manitoulin Island, Ontario Cynthis: (705) 859-2385 August 2 - 3, 2003 10th Annual Rekindling Our Traditions Powwow Fort Erie, Ontario Lila: (905) 871-8931 19th Annual First Peoples Festival Royal BC Museum Victoria, British Columbia Leslie: (250) 384-2311 August 8th, 2003 Standing Buffalo Powwow Fort Qu' Appelle, Saskatchewan (306) 332-4685 August 4-10, 2003 Norway House Cree Nation Treaty & York Boat Days Norway House, Manitoba Anthony: (204) 359-4729 August 7-10, 2003 Siksaka First Nation Powwow near Gliechen, Alberta (403) 734-5315 Hays Annual Powwow Hays, Montana (406) 673-3158 Omak Stampede and World Famous Suicide Race Omak, Washington Contact: 1 (800) 933-6625 August 8th, 2003 Standing Buffalo First Nation Powwow Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan (306) 332-4685 August 8-10, 2003 Big Island Lake Powwow (formerly Joseph BigHead) near Pierceland, Saskatchewan (306) 839-2277 Genaabaajing 13th Annual Traditional Powwow Serpent River First Nation, Ontario Fran: (705) 844-2418 Heart Lake 4th Annual Competition Powwow Heart Lake First Nation, Alberta Paula or Sam: (780) 623-2130 Millbrook First Nation 6th Annual Traditional Powwow Truro, Nova Scotia Lavinia: (902) 897-0958 Big Grassy Powwow Big Grassy, Ontario Daryl / Gary: (807) 488-5614 Songhees Powwow Maple Bank Park, British Columbia Angela: (250) 385-3938 August 9 & 10, 2003 Saugeen Competition Powwow Saugeen First Nation, Onario (519) 797-2781 August 9-10, 2003 16th Annual Traditional Pow Wow Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario Sharon John: (613) 966-5602 August 12-14, 2003 Cowessess Powwow near Broadview, Saskatchewan 306-696-2520 August 13-18, 2003 Crow Fair & RodeoCrow Agency 60 miles south of Billings, Montana (406) 638-3793 August 14-17, 2003 Algonquins of Pikwa'kanaga'n Traditional Powwow Pikwa'kanaga'n (Golden Lake), Ontario (613) 625-2800 Shakopee Powwow Prior Lake, Minnesota (952) 445-8900 August 15-17, 2003 Kahkewistahaw Powwow near Broadview, Saskatchewan (306) 696-3291 Muskoday First Nation Powwow Veterans Memorial Park Muskoday First Nation, Saskatchewan Leroy: (306) 764-1282 Island Thunder Powwow Khotwutsun Soccer Field Duncan, British Columbia (250) 748-9404 Aug. 16&17, 2003 Thunder Mountain Lenape Nation 5th Annual Native American Festival Location: Saltsburg, PA Contact: (724) 459-5276 Chippewas of the Thames First Nation 27th Annual Competition Powwow 30km Southwest of London Thames First Nation, Ontario (519) 289-2232 8th Wahnapitae First Nation Traditional Powwow Wahnapitae First Nation, Ontario (705) 858-0610 10th Whitefish River Powwow Sunshine Alley, Birch Island, Ontario (705) 285-4321 Bernie Metecheah Memorial Rodeo Halfway River First Nation Wonowon, British Columbia Info: Jeff: (250)261-7276 Joe: (250) 743-7743 Office: (250) 772-5050 August 18-21, 2003 Nekaneet International Healing & Medicene Gathering Maple Creek, Saskatchewan Vonnie: (306) 662-3660 August 20-22, 2003 27th Annual Aboriginal Elders Gathering Town Center Stadium Coquitlam, British Columbia (250) 544-1667 August 21-24, 2003 Schemitzun 2003 Mashantucket, Connecticut (860) 396-6188 / 6290 August 22-24, 2003 Mistawasis First Nation Powwow near Leask, Saskatchewan (306) 466-4800 6th Rapid River Anishinabe Powwow Hiawatha Forest, Rapid River, Michigan (906) 474-9910 19th Annual Northern Gathering Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation Heron Bay, Ontario (807) 229-1749 www.picriver.com 3rd Annual Spirit of The North Celebration Shooting Star Casino & Event Center - - Mahnomen, Minnesota Special Hotel Rate - Call (800)453-STAR All Craft Vendors Welcome Info.: (218) 846-0957 20th Annual Kehewin Cree Nation Competition Pow Wow & Handgame Tournament Contact: Irvin Kehewin E-mail: irvinkehewin@yahoo.ca Fort Kipp Celebration 45th Year Fort Peck Reservation Poplar, Montana (406) 768-5155 August 23-24, 2003 Shawanaga First Nation Healing Center 6th Annual Powwow Shawanaga First Nation, Ontario (705) 366-2378 Silver Lake 9th Annual Traditional Powwow Silver Lake, Ontario (613) 548-1500 August 24-27, 2003 137th Winnebago Homecoming Winnebago, NE (402) 878-3222 August 29-31, 2003 Poplar Indian Days Fort Peck Reservation Poplar, Montana (406) 768-3826 The Minwaashin Lodge Women's Gathering Ottawa, Ontario (613) 741-5590 August 30-31, 2003 Frog Lake Labour Day Powwow Frog Lake , Alberta (780) 943-2173 Labor Day Powwow Cass Lake, Minnesota (218) 335-8200 21st Annual Labor Day Powwow Grove City, Ohio Carol: (614) 443-6120 September 2003 September 3-7, 2003 57th Annual Navajo Nation Fair Window Rock, Arizona (928) 871-6478 www.navajonationfair.com September 6 & 7, 2003 Grand Valley American Indian Lodge 42nd Annual Traditional Powwow Riverside Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan (616) 364-4697 Email: wabushna@aol.com September 12-14, 2003 Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory County Fair Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, ON WM. J. Brant : (613) 967-1129 (613) 396-3800 / 967-3603 September 16-19, 2003 10th Annual National Conference and AGM The Drum is Calling...Journey to New Horizons CANDO Whitehorse, Yukon Phone: (780) 990-0303 Email: cando@edo.ca Web site: www.edo.ca September 19-21, 2003 Gathering of Veteran's Neillsville, Wisconsin Mark: (715) 743-4224 Moosomin First Nations Powwow. near Cochin, Saskatchewan 1-800-252-4977 Sept. 26-28, 2003 Last Chance Community Powwow Helena, Montana (406) 439-5631 Gathering of the Good Minds A Celebration of First Nations Arts and Wisdon FREE ADMISSION London, Ontario Dan & Mary (519) 659-4682 Email: dsmoke@uwo.ca Mid-America All Indian Center Powwow Wichita, Kansas (316) 262-5221 September 27 & 28, 2003 10th Anniversary Native American Foundation Inter-Tribal Powwow Waimea Ballfield Waimea, Hawaii Email: waimeapowwow@yahoo.com October 2003 October 10-12, 2003 5th Annual Northern Lights Casino Thanksgiving Pow Wow Location: Prince Albert Communiplex Prince Albert, Saskatchewan MC Russel Standingrock Rockyboy,MT Tom Christian Popular,MT Additional Info:1-306-764-4777 Email: nlcchampionship2k3@hotmail.com Website: http://www.siga.sk.ca/NorthernLights/AboutUS.aspx October 15-17 2003 School Days October 17-19 2003 Powwow Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe Tama Trible Town Whigham, Georgia 39897 Phone: (229) 762-3165 Email: cate_esse@yahoo.com web site: http://www.rose.net/~mvr October 18-19, 2003 Wahta Mohawks 3rd Annual Powwow 2003 Iroquois Cranberry Growers, Hwy #69 North Mactier Bill: (705) 756-2354 ========================================================================= Updated May 14, 2003 Andersons-web.com http://andersons-web.com/native_events.htm July 5 - 6, 2003: Wagon Trails Pow-Wow Wagon Trails Resort 4051 State Route 46, Jefferson, Ohio. For information call: 330-326-3248. August 16 - 17, 2003: 5th Annual Thunder Mountain Lenape Nation Festival in Saltsburg, PA. You can look this event up on the web at: http://www. questpublish.com/thundermountain . For information call 724-459-5276 or e-mail: thundermountain@questpublish.com or write Thunder Mountain Lenape Nation, 1200 Nowrytown Rd., Saltsburg, PA 15681. August 16 - 17, 2003: Dance Till Dark Pow Wow by the Red Hawk American Indian Society at the Willow Ranch South Hubbard Road, just off Rt. 422, Coitsville Township, Ohio. For more information call: Donna Wynn 1-330- 534-0424 or e-mail: WhBuffaloEagle@aol.com September 20 - 21, 2003: 15th Annual "Everything is Sacred" Pow Wow Gathering - 2003 at the Borchard Community Park 190 No. Reino Road, Thousand Oaks, California. Check it out at http://www.everythingissacred. com Hosted by the California Indian Council Foundation. For more information contact 805-493-2863 or e-mail: TheWHITEHAWK@MSN.com October 15 - 19, 2003: Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe Powwow at Tama Trible Town, Whigham, Georgia 39897. Contact 229-762-3165 e-mail: cate_esse@yahoo. com Seen on the web at: http://www.rose.net/~mvr October 24 - 26, 2003: Southeastern Intertribal Powwow, Friendly City Park/EB Hamilton Complex, Trifton, Georgia (I-75 @ 2nd Street, exit 63A & west 2 miles) Contact Jerry Laney 229-787-5180 evenings or e-mail Jerry@NativeWayProductions.com on the web at http://www. NativeWayProductions.com November 14 - 16. 2003: Tullahoma Intertribal Powwow, South Jackson Civic Center grounds, Tullahoma, Tennessee. Contact Jerry Laney 229-787-5180 evenings or e-mail Jerry@NativeWayProductions.com this can be seen on the web at: http://www.NativeWayProductions.com A word of advice, no matter how hard we try, mistakes happen! Please try to get in contact with the event staff and verify the important information before leaving for it. ========================================================================= OCB TRACKER Updated May 14, 2003 California's Native News www.ocbtracker.com http://www.ocbtracker.com/index.htmlMay 21th, 2003 July 4th - 6th, 2003 Pechanga Casino Powwow Pechanga Casino - Activity Field Temecula, CA Info: (888) PECHANGA Contest powwow, arts and crafts booths, native foods. July 4th - 6th, 2003 Three Rivers Powwow 13505 S Union Manteca, CA Info: (209) 858-2421 July 11-13, 2003 19th Annual Taos Pueblo Pow Wow Taos Pueblo, New Mexico Taos, New Mexico A contemporary contest pow wow held on the grassy fields a few miles from historic Taos Pueblo. Arts and crafts vendors and a wide variety of food vendors to be sampled! djlujan@laplaza.org Info: Taos Pueblo Tourism 505-758-1028 July 16th, 2003 American Indian Chamber of Commerce Monthly Meeting (every third Wednesday) 11138 Valley Mall Suite 200 El Monte, CA Upstairs at the Bank of America building Meetings starts 6:30 potluck social, 7:30 call to order. Info: (626) 442-3701 or (714) 898-6364 July 17, 18, 19, 2003 Nevada Indian Days Powwow Churchill County Fairgrounds Scheckler Road & Hwy 95 South Fallon, NV Competition Dancing, Men's Fancy Spotlight Special, Princess Contest, Gourd Dancing, Native Arts & Crafts, Vendor applications please call or email. Info: Francine Tohannie 775-427-2014 or 775-423-2949 July 19th - 20th,2003 12th Annual Lake Casitas Pow Wow Lake Casitas Lake Casitas Recreation Area Ojai, CA Contest pow wow, all drums welcome, camping, fishing, boating, M.C.Tom Phillips. Head Staff TBA www.goldcoastfestivals.com Admission $10 adults, $5 children Info: Dick (805) 496-6036 July 25th-27th,2003 Bitterroot Valley All Nations 10th Anniversary Powwow BMX track/ driving range 4 miles south of Victor , MT. or 4 miles N. of Hamilton, MT. right along the Lewis and Clark trail ( hwy.93) Victor, Montana Traditional and competition dancing, first 10 drums paid. All dancers and drummers are welcome, We offer dry camping for dancers, drummers and vendors. Food vendors and native American arts and crafts market. Please call for a vendor application if you are interested in vending at our event www.allnationsmt.homestead.com Info: Beckie : (406) 363-5383 July 25 - 27, 2003 1st Annual Competition La Ronge, Saskatchewan Info: Call Rose (306) 425-2157, Doris (306) 425-3284 or Anne (306) 425-3645 July 27th - 28th, 2003 8th Annual Big Time Shingle Springs Rancheria Hwy 50 east of Sacramento Shingle Springs, CA Free and open the public. Native dancers, vendors Info: (530) 391-2540 August 16th - 17th, 2003 Thunder Motain Lenape Nation 5th Annual Native Ameican Festival Saltsburg, PA Join us for a Cultural Heritage Experience Proceeds Benefit Thunder Mountain Programs & Land Purchase Grand Entry Noon both days-Dancing until 5 p.m. Shop for Unique Gifts & Collectibles: Native Arts & Crafts Hear, See, Experience: Traditional Drumming, Dancing & Singing Treat Your Tastebuds: Native Foods Have Fun: Children's Activities & Dances, Public Participation Dances, Storytelling Learn - Native American Heritage: Hands-on Living History Area with Wigwams, Tipi, Reproduction Artifacts, Garden thundermountain@questpublish.com www.questpublish.com/thundermountain Info: Call Pat (724)-459-5276 August 20th, 2003 American Indian Chamber of Commerce Monthly Meeting (every third Wednesday) 11138 Valley Mall Suite 200 El Monte, CA Upstairs at the Bank of America building Meetings starts 6:30 potluck social, 7:30 call to order. Info: (626) 442-3701 or (714) 898-6364 August 22nd - 24th, 2003 34th Annual Southern California Indian Center Powwow Orange County Fairgrounds Fair Drive Costa Mesa, CA Info: (714) 962-6673 email: scicgg@indiancenter.net web: http://www.indiancenter.net August 29th - 31st, 2003 Barona Powwow Barona Ball Field, past Barona Casino Lakeside, CA Contest dancing, food booths, craft booths, camping Info: (619) 561-5560 August 29 - 31, 2003 Stockton Labor Day PowWow Stockton Stockton, CA web site: www.geocities.com/native teacher e-mail: twolegsx2@yahoo.com Info: NAIC (209) 953-4803; or Julie (209) 477-5383 September 5th - 7th, 2003 Sycuan Pow Wow Sycuan Reservation Alpine, CA Contest dancing, food booths, craft booths, camping Info: (619) 445-7776 Sept 6th -7th 2003 7th annual Traditional family Pow-wow Lake Silverwood, Black Oak area Highway 138 Hesperia, Ca Saturday 12:00pm -9:00pm. Grand entry 12:00 noon. Dinner break 5:30,grand entry 6:30pm Sunday 12:00pm-7:00pm. Grand entry 12:00 noon. This a family event and we strongly encourage our young dancers. All drums, dancers and public welcome!! Head staff TBA. Specials TBA Info: (909) 887-6006 September 13th - 14th, 2003 9th Annual Precious Sunset Pow-wow Recreation Point Bass Lake Bass Lake, CA Arts and crafts, food, hand drum contest, princess contest, team dancing contest. Camping available. MC: Wallace Coffey; Arena Director: Art Martinez. Info: (559) 855-2705; fax: (559) 855-2695 September 17th, 2003 American Indian Chamber of Commerce Monthly Meeting (every third Wednesday) 11138 Valley Mall Suite 200 El Monte, CA Upstairs at the Bank of America building Meetings starts 6:30 potluck social, 7:30 call to order. Info: (626) 442-3701 or (714) 898-6364 Sept 20 - 21, 2003 15th "Everything is Sacred Pow Wow Gathering" Borchard Park 190 No. Reino Rd. Thousand Oaks, CA MC, Brian Brightcloud, Headman Anthony Sanchez, Host Drum-Stronghold Singers-Cree Nation, Lead Singer-Val Shadowhawk, Honored Guest-Mr. Joe Morris, Sr. Navaho Code Talker, Arena Director, Dean Webster, Chicken Dance Contest-Winner takes all! Free Admission & Parking. More to be announced. http://everythingissacred.com Info: Call Richard (805) 493-2863 September 26, 27 and 28 Bishop Paiute Tribe Annual Handgame Tournament Tribal Gym 390 North Barlow lane Bishop CA All Handgame Players are welcome to come and compete for the guaranteed cash and bragging rights for your tribe, last years reigning champs were the Fish Lake Shoshones, This year will host yet another True Double Elimination, $175 entry fee per team, 2 to 5 players per team, www.paiute.com Info: (760) 872-1823 October 10th - 12th, 2003 5th Annual Northern Lights Casino Thanksgiving Powwow Prince Albert Communiplex Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Info: (306) 764-4777 Email: nlcchampionship2k3@hotmail.com Website: http://www.siga.sk.ca/NorthernLights/AboutUS.aspx Oct. 11-12, 2003 1st Annual Native American Intertribal Fellowship Powwow William Carey International University 1539 E. Howard Pasadena, CA Info: Bryan BrightCloud 818/870-0000 October 25, 2003 1st American Indian Pow Wow Faulkner Park 3 mi. North of Lindale Lindale,Texas Update Date has changed. from 10/11/03 to 10/25/03. Electricity is available around Pavilion only so Food Vendors will be limied. Spaces with electricity $45.00 without electric $40.00. Those needing power bring heavy duty extension cords. Wooded area with small lake, camping allowed. Our people will provide security. Contact Louise Bailey m.l.bailey@prodigy.net or Pat Barbour cheroke2@earthlink.net Info: 903 882 8380 January 2-3,2004 After the New Year Contest Pow Wow Shonto Preparatory School hwy 98/160 Shonto, Az M/C-Dennis Bowen-Tuba City AZ;A/D-Lee Williams, Tempe AZ; Host Northern Drum-Eagle Creek Singers, Dennehotso AZ; HeadMan/Lady-pick per session; Grand Entry-Fri(Jan 2) 7 pm, Sat(Jan 3) 1 & 7 pm; Special Contest-Men's Grass Dance Special and Drum Contest; Flag Ceremony and Veterans Give-Away Info: 928/672-2652 ============================================================ Whispering Winds Updated May 14, 2003 A Magazine of American Indian Crafts*Material Culture*Powwow http://www.whisperingwind.com/ JULY 2003 3-5 Trail of Tears Drama. Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK. Info: (918) 456-1995. www.cherokeeheritage.org 3-6 4th Annual July Celebration. Powwow Road, Arlee, NT. Info: (406) 745-4984 3-6 Northern Cheyenne Powwow. Powwow Grounds, Lame Deer, MT. Info: (406) 477-6284 3-6 Oneida Powwow. Norbert Hill Center, Oneida, WI. Info: (800) 236-2214 4 Bear Soldier Powwow. Bear Soldier District, McLaughlin, SD. Info: (701) 854-7202. 4-6 Traditional Chippewa Powwow. Skunk Road Powwow Grounds, Sault Ste Mari, MI. Info: (906) 632-6280 July 4th Weekend - Quapaw Powwow. Beaver Springs Park, Quapaw, OK. Info: (918) 542-1853 July 4th Weekend - Leech Lake Powwow. Memorial Grounds, Cass Lake, MN. Info: (218) 335-8289. 4-6 Calico Dancers Good Time Powwow. Harry J. Betar Jr. Recreational Park, South Glens Falls, NY. Info: (518) 793-1693 4-6 Mashpee Wampanoag Powwow. Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Tribal Lands, Mashpee, MA. Info: (508) 477-0208 4-6 Toppenish Powwow & Rodeo. Rodeo Grounds, Toppenish, WA. Info: (509) 865-7588 4-6 9th Annual Woldhorse Powwow. Wildhorse Resort & Casino, Pendleton, OR. Info: 541-1510. 5-6 Sussex County Powwow. Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, NJ 11-13 First Annual Medicine Eagle Gathering of the People Powwow. Rank Park, Keokuk, Iowa. Info: Dee Hagmeier, Pow wow Director (319) 526-3846 or (319)463-7367. 11-13 Honor all Children Pow-wow. Negaunee Michigan (old airport grounds off of US 41). Info: CathyMorningLight Woman at Cathymorninglite@yahoo.com 11-13 FirstAnnual "Medicine Eagle" Gathering of the People Powwow. Rand Park, Keokuk, IA. Info: (319) 526-3846 or (319) 463-7367 11-13 5th Annual Circle of Nations "Pauline R. Hunt" Powwow. Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Lake, Queens, NY. Info: (516) 292-9447. redballer76@yahoo.com 12-13 Gathering of The People sponsored by United Cherokee of Ohio, Inc. Preble County Fairgrounds, Eaton, OH. Info: Chief Laughing Bear Lawson two_bears45005@yahoo.com 18-20 The Lenape/Renape Wampanoo Confederacy Powwow. The Ancoda Farm, Tuckachawan, CT. Info: (860) 450-1587 18-20 45th Annual Little Beaver Celebration Powwow. Dulce, NM. Info:(505) 759-4322 18-20 Nevada Indian Days Pow Wow. Fallon, Nevada (located 1 hour east of Reno, NV). Info: Fran Tohannie 775-427-2014 or ftohannie@hotmail.com 18-20 White Buffalo Society Pow Wow. The Gaston Fairgrounds in Indiana for information contact mohrman@wesnet.com 18-20 Tamkaliks Celebration. Wallowa Band nez Perce Trail, Wallowa, OR. Info: (541) 886-3101 18-20 Corn Creek Annual Traditional Powwow. Corn Creek, SD. Info: (605) 747-2381 18-20 Mandaree Celebration & Powwow. Powwow Grounds. Info: (701) 759-3311. 18-27 Cheyenne Frontier Days. Frontier Park, Cheyenne, WY. Info: (800) 227-6336. www.cfdrodeo.com AUGUST 2003 1-3 Fort Randall Traditional Wacipi. Powwow Grounds, Lake Andes, SD. Info: (605) 384-3641. 1-3 Menominee Nation Contest Powwow. Woodland Bowl Powwow Grounds, Keshena, WI. Info: (715) 799-5645 1-3 19th Annual Little Elk's Retreat Powwow. Saginaw Chippewa Campgrounds, Mt. Pleasant, MI. Info: (989) 775-4072 1-3 Peigan Nation Celebration Powwow. Powwow Grounds, Brocket, AB, Canada. Info: (403) 965-3940 1-3 Lake of the Eagles Traditional Powwow. Eagle Lake First Nation, Ontario, Canada. Info: (807) 755-5526 1-3 Oklahoma Indian Powwow. Concho, OK. Info: (405) 262-0345 2-3 American Powwow. Indian Hall Grounds, Kingston, RI. Info: (401) 732-0621 3-4 Saco River Intertribal Powwow. Hussey Field, North Conway, NH. Info: (603) 356-9075 6-10 82nd Intertribal Indian Ceremonial. Red Rock State Park, Gallup, NM. Info: (505) 863-3698 7-9 Trail of Tears Drama. Chereokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK. Info: (918) 456-1995 7-10 Shoshone Bannock Powwow. Fort Hall, ID. Info: (208) 238-3700 7-10 Meskwaki Indian Pwwow. Tama, IA. Info: (641) 484-5366 7-11 Gallup Intertribal Indian Ceremonial. Gallup, NM. Info: (800) 233-4528 8-9 Parmelee Community Traditional Wacipi. Powoww Grounds, Parmelee, SD. Info: ((605) 856-2538 8-10 26th Annual IICOT Powwow of Champions. Tulsa State Fairgrounds, Expo Bldg., Tulsa, OK. Info: (918) 836-1523 www.iicot.org 9-10 22nd Annual Paumanauke Powwow. Tanner Park, Copiague, Long Island. Info: (631) 661-7558 9-10 Triangle Native American Society (TNAS) Powwow. Dorton Arena @ NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC. Info: sandonlee@earthlink.net; (919) 225-7751; vendors: 4locks@bellsouth.net 16-17 Thunder Mountain Lenape Nation 5th Annual Native American Festival. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m, Location: Avonmore, PA. Info: 724-459-5276, thundermountain@questpublish.com or visit: www.questpublish.com 16-17 Mohegan Wigwam Pow wow. Fort Shantok Uncasville, CT. info 1-800-MOHEGAN ext 6277 18-20 World Summit of Indigenous Entrepreneurs - The first ever World Summit of Indigenous Entrepreneurs (WSIE) - in honour of the United Nations Decade of the World's Indigenous People, will be held at the BMO Financial Group Institute for Learning in Toronto, Canada. There will be entrepreneurs representing over 40 countries. Info: http://wsie.wtuglobal.org/intro.php. or contact Ms. Dana Snell at 416-736-5646 22-23 3rd Annual Spirit of The North Celebration. Shooting Star Casino & Event Center, Mahnomen, MN. Info: Thomas Mason (218)846-0957 ortmas34@hotmail.com 22-24 6th Annual Rapid River Anishinabeg Traditional Pow-Wow. Rapid River MI - Upper Peninsula, 8 miles north of Rapid River in the Hiawatha National Forest. Spiritual conference on Friday. Free Admission. Info: (906) 235-1812 or (734) 623-0686 22-24 5th Annual West Valley City Native American Assn. Inc., Festival and Contest Pow Wow. Cultural Celebration Center, 1350 West 3300 South. West Valley City, Utah. Info: Harry James Sr. (801) 973-2078; Vendor: Chrishel James, (801) 973-2078 26-28 12th Annual American Indian Council Spring Traditional Powwow. Boone County 4-H Grounds, Community Bldg.,Lebanon, IN. Info: (765) 482-3315. 29-31 22nd Annual Stockton Community Labor Day Weekend PowWow. Webster Middle School Field, Stockton, CA. Info: (209)953-4803 FAX: (209)953-4261; clydehodge@earthlink.net or www.geocities.com/nativeteacher 29- 30 33rd Annual LIHA Powwow, on the Dulac Land Trust, "Home of LIHA", Sanbornton, NH. Info: (603) 934-4537 or tipihill@yahoo.com 30-31 43rd Annual Tecumseh Lodge Powwow, Tipton, Indiana 30-31 12th Annual Sounds of Thunder Mountain Contest Pow Wow. Kaibab Indian Reservation, Pipe Spring, AZ. Info: (928) 643-7245 or cbulletts74@yahoo.com Aug30-Sept.1,2003 at the Heimat Haus 4555 Jackson Pike St.Rt.104 Grove City,Ohio. Sponsored by the Native American Indian Center Of Central Ohio PO Box 07705 Columbus,Ohio 43207-0705 (614) 443-6120 naicco@aol.com SEPTEMBER 2003 5-7 First Annual Contest Powwow sponsored by the Eastern Missouri All Nations American Indian Council. Woodson Terrace City Park, Woodson Terrace, MO. Info: pawneewarrior@hotmail.com or call 636-978-8732. 6-7 13th Annual Powwow, Keepers of the Circle. 1180 Main St, Rotterdam Junction, NY 12150. Info: ckeepers@aol.com 11-13 DRUMS ON THE POCOMOKE Native American Festival and Pow Wow. Cypress Park, Pocomoke, MD. Info: Gail Fox (757)331-2188 midnightstar002@msn.com Diane Baldwin (757)824-3060 firewolf@intercom.net Trudy Smack (302)732-9350 pokey9350@aol.com 13 Cannes Brulee Native American Village Powwow. 10am-6pm. Kenner's Rivertown, Kenner, LA. Info: (504) 468-7231 ext 220 13-14 9th Annual Precious Sunset Powwow. Recreation Point, Bass Lake, CA. Info: (559) 855-2705 13-14 11th Annual Four Winds Powwow. Killeen Special Events Center, Killeen/Ft. Hood, Tx. Info: Four Winds - Box 10035 - Killeen, Texas 76547-0035 (254) 618-5132 - e-mail fourwinds@seacove.net. Web site www.fourwindstx.org 17-20 First Annual Miss Indian Rodeo America Pageant. Oklahoma City OK, CDIB card required. www. rodeobest.com/aipc Email Contact: National Director, Deborah Robertson rodeobest@aol.com 19-21 2nd Annual Crystal Valley Native American Pow-Wow. Romney, WV. Info: www.crystalvalleypowwow.com 20-21 FDR PowWow, FDR State Park, Westchester, NY. 27-28 10th Annual Hart of the West Intertribal Pow Wow. William S. Hart Park & Museum, Newhall, California. Info: (661)255-9295, email: rmschultz@mindspring.com 27-28 Gathering of the People Powwow. Vigo Conservation Club, Terre Haute, IN. Info: (812) 694-8745 27-28, 2003: Mt. Juliet Powwow. Mt. Juliet Horse Arena Mt. Juliet, TN. Info: (615) 443-1537. 27-28 10th Anniversary Native American Foundation Inter-Tribal Powwow. Waimea Ballfield, Waimea, Hawaii. Info: email:waimeapowwow@yahoo.com OCTOBER 2003 4 11th Annual Nemki Friendship Pow-Wow. 2003 at the the Batavia Middle School, 1501 S Raddant Rd, Batavia, IL 60510. Info: (815)667-4976 or Jeff Glaser (630)879-0117. 4-5 6TH Annual Choerkee Nation of New Jersey Powwow. 40th Street Park, Irvington, NJ. Info: (973) 351-1210. 4-5 First Outdoor Powwow in Perrysburg, Ohio, "They Walked Here Before Us - A Woodland Indian Celebration". Buttonwood Park, Perrysburg, OH. Info: (419) 874-9378 or perrysburgpowwow@hotmail.com 24-26 Southeastern Intertribal Powwow. Friendly City Park/EB Hamilton Complex, Tifton, GA (I-75 @ 2nd Street, exit 63A & west 2 miles). Info: Jerry 229-787-5180 www.NativeWayProductions.com or email nativeway@mindspring.com NOVEMBER 2003 1-2 First Annual Native American Indian Gathering 2003 sponsored by The Four Bay Winds. The Lockhouse, Havre de Grace, MD.Traders by invitation only. Info: Amy Paul (Blessing Bird) 410-942-0542 14-16 Tullahoma Intertribal Powwow. South Jackson Civic Center grounds, Tullahoma, TN. Info Jerry 229-787-5180 www.NativeWayProductions.com or email nativeway@mindspring.com 15 Third Annual Cherokee Youth Center Pow Wow. Cherokee Youth Center, Cherokee, NC. Info: Helen Martin (828) 497-3119, or email: singerdad@GONmail.com. JANUARY 2004 Dec 31-Jan 11 Thunder in the Desert. 10,000 years of culture, 150 tribal nations, 13 days, 1 location - Rillito Raceway Park, Tucson, AZ. Info. www.usaindianinfo.org or call (520) 622-4900 MARCH 2004 5-7 Middle Tennessee State University 5th American Indian Festival, Tennessee Livestock Center, Murfreesboro, TN - Website:http://www.mtsu.edu/~powwow email: powwow@mtsu.edu phone: 615-898-2872. All dancers welcome. All drums welcome. Venders by invitation only. 2003 Powwows in the United Kingdom JULY 13th / 14th BUFFALO FARM BUSH FARM, WEST KNOYLE, WILTSHIRE 01747 830263 AUGUST 16th.WATTLEHURST FARM, A24, DORKING ROAD, KINGSFOLD, WEST SUSSEX 01322 386423 01322 386423 NOVEMBER 8th NORTHAMPTON CLIFTONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, CLIFTONVILLE ROAD NORTHAMPTION 01604 414155 DECEMBER 6th MILTON KEYNES KINGSTHORPE MIDDLE SCHOOL, NORTHFIELD WAY, NORTHAMPTON 01752 845092 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//- 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, Bill McAllister, Tlagiloi, Chris Milda, Brigitte Thimiakis, Larry Kibby, Janet Smith, Carol/Thundering Drums, Ronald J. Lema, Debbie Sanders, Johnny Rustywire, Edna H. King, Margrett O'Kelley --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//- Subject: Native Crossings--nanews11.027 From: gars@speakeasy.org (Gary Night Owl) To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Message-ID: _ __ __ _ / | / /___ _/ /_(_) __ __ / |/ / __ \ __/ / | / / _ \ / /| / /_/ / /_/ /| |/ / __/ /_/ |_/\__,_/\__/_/ |___/\___/ ______ _ / ____/____ ___ __________(_)___ ____ _____ / / / ___/ __ \/ ___/ ___/ / __ \/ __ \/ ___/ / /___/ / / /_/ /__ /__ / / / / / /_/ /__ / \____/_/ \____/____/____/_/_/ /_/\__, /____/ Volume 11, Issue 027 /____/ July 5, 2003 Native Crossings (c) is a separately emailed suppliment to Wotanging Ikche (c) Native American News (c) dedicated to the memory of those in Indian Country who have begun their spirit journeys It may be subscribed to via email by sending a request from your own internet addressable account to gars@speakeasy.org <================<<<< >>>>================> This newsletter is produced in straight ASCII text for greatest portability across platforms. Read it with a fixed-pitch font, such as Courier, Monaco, FixedSys or CG Times. Proportional fonts will be difficult to read. <================<<<< >>>>================> IMPORTANT!! ----------- In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, all material appearing in this newsletter is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for educational purposes. <================<<<< >>>>================> --------- "RE: Crossings" --------- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 08:10:52 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CROSSINGS" June 26, 2003 James C. Webster James C. Webster, age 33, Stevens Point, formerly of De Pere, died at home in Stevens Point after a courageous 13-year struggle adjusting to a heart transplant. James was born January 28, 1970, in Green Bay to Cletus Webster and the late Arlyss (Jordan) Webster. James' strength and bravery in facing medical challenges was much admired. His new heart had provided James opportunities to experience an active life. He earned a black belt in karate, and was an avid hunter and Packer fan. Survivors include his grandparents, Alvira and Donald Wishart; aunt, Carol Silva; cousin Anthony Silva; uncle, Terry Jordan (Josephine); great uncles, Gordon Wishart (Geraldine), Harold King (Beatrice) and Luke Stevens; his very special friend and companion, Betsy Jacobson; father, Cletus Webster (Kathy); half-brother, Joseph Webster; half-sister, Julie (Webster) Schweiner (Jason); and his niece, Abigail Schweiner; step-sister, Jenny Hanson; and step-brothers, Jon Miller and Ben Webster; his paternal uncles, Ken Webster (Susan), Adam Webster (Sandy, Deceased); his paternal aunts, Alice Smith (Carrol, deceased), Charlotte Walschinski (Mark), Mary Prescott (Duane), Genevieve Gollnick (Bill), Teyulelu Debra Cornelius (Weston), Catherine Webster; and many cousins. James was preceded in death by his mother; aunt, Connie (Webster) Delgado (Joseph); and uncles, Kelly Jordan, Lavern Webster (Rita), Gerald Webster (Jackie), and Tom Webster. Friends may call from 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Thursday at the RYAN FUNERAL HOME, De Pere, with Oneida Indian Singing at 6:30 p.m. Visitation will continue after 9 a.m. Friday at Zion Lutheran Church, Oneida, until the time of service at 10 a.m. with Rev. Allen Stoll officiating burial in the church cemetery. Online condolences may be expressed at ryanfh.com. Copyright c. 2003 Green Bay News-Chronicle. -=-=-=- June 28, 2003 Edwardine Big Bear Augusta, Ga. Edwardine Big Bear, 53, Augusta, Ga., formerly of Wagner, died Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at the Medical College, of Georgia, Augusta, Ga. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the McBride Legion Center, Wagner. Burial will be in Holy Fellowship Episcopal Cemetery, rural Greenwood. Wake services begin tonight at the Center. Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home, Wagner, is handling arrangements. Copyright c. 2003 The Daily Republic/Mitchell, South Dakota. -=-=-=- June 24, 2003 James J. Iron Horse WANBLEE - James J. Iron Horse, 39, Wanblee, died Sunday, June 1, 2003, in Sioux Falls. Survivors include four daughters, Sharon Iron Horse, Kayla Iron Horse, Ashley Iron Horse and Emily Iron Horse, all of Wanblee; his father, Marvin Iron Horse, Pine Ridge; his mother, Lavina Between Lodge, Wanblee; two brothers, Jarrod Iron Horse and Victor Iron Horse, both of Wanblee; and four sisters, Arvelle Iron Horse and Angie Between Lodge, both of Wanblee, Jackie Waldner, Wamsutter, Wyo., and Woniya Herrera, Minitare, Neb. A two-night wake began Monday, June 23, at Crazy Horse School in Wanblee. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 25, at the school, with Mr. Sonny Richards officiating. Burial will be at St. Ignatius Catholic Cemetery in Wanblee. Sioux Funeral Home in Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. June 25, 2003 Elizabeth Belt OGLALA - Elizabeth Belt, 76, Oglala, died Sunday, June 22, 2003, in Rapid City. Survivors include one son, Ambrose "Cowboy" Belt Jr., Oglala; six daughters, Caroline Slow Bear, Barbara Belt and Jacqueline White Calf, all of Rapid City, Mary Lacota, Pine Ridge, and Charlotte Weasel Bear and Ruby Star Comes Out, both of Oglala; five brothers, Robert Two Bulls, Red Shirt, Peter Two Bulls Jr., Custer, Francis Two Bulls, Pine Ridge, and Franklin Two Bulls and Sam Two Bulls, both of Oglala; two sisters, Julia Garnier, Oglala, and Ramona Colhoff, Rapid City; 32 grandchildren; and 41 great- grandchildren. A two-night wake will begin at 1 p.m. Thursday, June 26, at Brother Rene Church Hall in Oglala. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 28, at the church hall, with the Rev. Robert Two Bulls officiating. Burial will be at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery in Oglala. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. June 30, 2003 Virgil L. Standing Elk RAPID CITY - Virgil L. Standing Elk, 73, Rapid City, died Saturday, June 28, 2003, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Clara Standing Elk, Rapid City; four sons, Terrence Standing Elk and Kelly Standing Elk, both of San Jose, Calif., David Standing Elk, San Francisco, and Joe Standing Elk, Bismarck, N.D.; one daughter, Jennifer Standing Elk Ledesma, San Jose; two brothers, Darrell Standing Elk, Davis, Calif., and Velmer Standing Elk,, White River; four sisters, Esther Moves Camp, Wanblee, Vivian Brave, Flandreau, Violet Medicine Bear and Alvena Standing Elk, both of White River; 13 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Arrangements are pending with Osheim-Catron Funeral Home in Rapid City. Copyright c. 2003 the Rapid City Journal. -=-=-=- June 28, 2003 Jeffery "Two Dogs" Price Jeffery "Two Dogs" Price, a longtime Ignacio resident, died Saturday, June 21, 2003, at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque of cancer. He was 41. Mr. Price was born March 12, 1962, in Cortez. He graduated from the Intermountain Indian School, in Brigham City, Utah, in 1980 and joined the U.S. Navy the same year. He served until 1984. After he left the service, Mr. Price moved to Ignacio, where he lived the rest of his life. He worked for the Southern Ute Tribe. "Now he's stronger than ever and finally free and probably running over mountains barefoot with only a couple of Pecan Sandies in his pocket," said Edward Esparza, Jr., Mr. Price's longtime friend. Mr. Price played basketball and volleyball and ran marathons. A few months before his death he ran a marathon in Tucson, Ariz. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and pow wows, and he participated in American Indian dances. Mr. Price spent his last month with caregivers Tina and Gus Velasquez. He is survived by his mother, Violet Weaver of Ignacio; his father, James Price Sr., of Cortez; his grandfather, George Serafin of Pagosa Springs; his brother, James Price Jr., of Ignacio; and his three sisters: Marlene Carel, Yvonne Price and Georgeanne Price, all of Ignacio; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. A memorial service will be held 5 p.m. Friday at Ute Park, behind the Sky Ute Casino, in Ignacio. Cremation will take place at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 3801 Main Ave., Durango. Copyright c. 2003 Durango Herald. -=-=-=- June 27, 2003 Betty York MOUNTAIN VIEW - Funeral for Betty York, 77, Mountain View, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hobart First American Baptist Church. A wake service will be at 7 p.m. today at the church. Mrs. York died Wednesday, June 25, 2003, in Lawton. Burial will be at Saddle Mountain Cemetery, near Lawton, under direction of Hackney-Gish Funeral Home, Hobart. She was born June 5, 1926, in Saddle Mountain, to Frank and Grace Odlepaugh Doyeto. She lived in Lawton many years before moving to Mountain View. Survivors include her husband, Lee York, of the home; seven daughters and sons-in-law: Charlotte and Henry Kaulaity Sr., Jacqueline and Chris Newton, Sandra and Rod Hodges, Kathy and Leon Jarnigan, Virgie and Joel Kotay, Beth and Keith Nordeng and Mildred and Hussein Alysa; four sons and two daughters-in-law: Daniel Lee and Pamela York, Morris Wesley, David Marian and Terrance and Lucinda York; a brother, Victor Doyeto; and a sister, Bonnie Redbird. Copyright c. 2003 The Lawton Constitution. -=-=-=- June 28, 2003 Bessie Martin July 14, 1933 - June 24, 2003 Bessie Martin, 69, of Shiprock, went home to be with her Heavenly Father Tuesday, June 24, 2003, in Farmington. She was born July 14, 1933, in Shiprock, where she was raised and made her life. She raised and tended her heard of sheep in Shiprock. She was a homemaker, a seamstress and a farmer. She was of the Bitter Water clan, born for the Deeshchiinii clan. Survivors include her sister, Mary Nolan of Shiprock and two grandsons whom she raised. She is also survived by two nephews, six nieces, 29 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jim and Mary Corn; husband, James Martin; a daughter, five brothers and four sisters. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., today, Saturday, June 28, 2003, at First Baptist Church in Shiprock. Pastor Marvin Martin will officiate. Interment will follow at the Shiprock Community Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Kenny Kuhn, Ray Nolan, Raymus Harrison, Kenneth Light, Gary Jay and Jeffrey Nelson. Alternate pallbearers are John Jay Jr., and John Willie. Honorary pallbearers will be Eugene Kuhn, Everett Etsitty, Willie Jim, Jerome H. Peterson, James Joe, Ernie Begay, Andy Begaye, Anthony Dearly, Curtis Garnenez Jr., Cory Garnenez, Jarred Peterson, Huron Etsitty, Teryl Johnson, Leland Noland, Matthew Dearly, Ryan Begaye and Ronnie Begaye. A reception will be held at the First Baptist Church Fellowship after the graveside services. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home of Shiprock, (505) 368-4607. Copyright c. 1999-2003 MediaNews Group, Inc./Farmington, New Mexico. -=-=-=- June 23, 2003 Emma Lou Jim BUFFALO SPRINGS - Services for Emma Lou Jim, 61, will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 24 at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Father John Mittelstadt will officiate. Burial will follow on family land, Buffalo Springs. A rosary will be recited at 6 tonight at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Jim died June 19 in Buffalo Springs. She was born April 10, 1942, in Tohatchi into the Tangle People Clan for the Sleeping Rock People Clan. Jim attended Sherman Indian School, Arizona State, UNM-Gallup and Dine' College. She was employed with Crownpoint Community School, Fort Wingate Elementary and Chuska Community schools. Her hobbies included cooking, sewing and crocheting. Survivors include her husband, Harvey Jim Sr. of Tohatchi; sons, Darrell Jim of Phoenix and Harvey Jim Jr. of Mexican Springs; daughters, Beverly Jim and Barbara Jim-Tabaha both of Tohatchi; and six grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Chester Carl, Jimmy Carl, Gene Carl, C.J. Carl , Dewayne Carl, Clifford Big Thumb, Ernest Big Thumb, Emmett Big Thumb, Donovan Becenti, Bill Becenti Sr., Emerick Moore, Darrell Jim and Valvis Billy. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Kordell Sam Jim TOHATCHI - Services for Kordell Jim, 16, will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 24 at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Father John Mittelstadt will officiate. Burial will follow on family land, Buffalo Springs. A rosary will be recited at 6tonight at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Jim died June 19. He was born May 18, 1987, in Gallup into the Red Bottom People Clan for the Tangle People Clan. Jim attended Tohatchi High School. His hobbies included playing the guitar, and music. Survivors include his parents, Darrell Jim of Phoenix and Carol Charlie of Farmington; brother, Clayton Jim of Navajo, N.M.; sisters, Cardell Jim of Tohatchi and Nicola Jim of Navajo, N.M. and grandfather, Harry Jim Sr. of Tohatchi. Pallbearers will be Chester Carl, Jimmy Carl, Gene Carl, C.J. Carl , Dewayne Carl, Clifford Big Thumb, Ernest Big Thumb, Emmett Big Thumb, Donovan Becenti, Bill Becenti Sr., Emerick Moore, Darrell Jim and Valvis Billy. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Ernell Jim Tabaha BUFFALO SPRINGS - Services for Ernell Tabaha, 7, will be10 a.m., Tuesday, June 24 at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Father John Mittelstadt will officiate. Burial will follow on family land, Buffalo Springs. A rosary will be recited at 6 tonight at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Tabaha died June 19 in Buffalo Springs. He was born Sept. 4, 1995, in Gallup into the Tangle People Clan for the Water Flow Together People Clan. Tabaha was class president. He had perfect attendance. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Erron Tabaha both of Tohatchi; and grandparents, Harvey Jim Sr. of Tohatchi and Jeannie Becenti of Crownpoint. Pallbearers will be Chester Carl, Jimmy Carl, Gene Carl, C.J. Carl , Dewayne Carl, Clifford Big Thumb, Ernest Big Thumb, Emmett Big Thumb, Donovan Becenti, Bill Becenti Sr., Emerick Moore, Darrell Jim and Valvis Billy. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Ernessa Emma Tabaha BUFFALO SPRINGS - Services for Ernessa Tabaha, 4, will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 24 at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Father John Mittelstadt will officiate. Burial will follow on family land, Buffalo Springs. A rosary will be recited at 6 tonight at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Tabaha died June 19 in Buffalo Springs. She was born July 20, 1998, in Gallup into the Tangle People Clan for the Water Flow Together People Clan. Tabaha graduated from Tohatchi Pre-school. Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Erron Tabaha both of Tohatchi; and grandparents, Harvey Jim Sr. of Tohatchi and Jeannie Becenti of Crownpoint. Pallbearers will Chester Carl, Jimmy Carl, Gene Carl, C.J. Carl , Dewayne Carl, Clifford Big Thumb, Ernest Big Thumb, Emmett Big Thumb, Donovan Becenti, Bill Becenti Sr., Emerick Moore, Darrell Jim and Valvis Billy. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Erin Jean Tabaha BUFFALO SPRINGS - Services for Erin Tabaha, infant, will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 24 at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Father John Mittelstadt will officiate. Burial will follow on family land, Buffalo Springs. A rosary will be recited at 6 tonight at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Tabaha died June 19 in Buffalo Springs. She was born Sept. 30, 2002, in Gallup into the Tangle People Clan for the Water Flow Together People Clan. Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Erron Tabaha both of Tohatchi; and grandparents, Harvey Jim Sr. of Tohatchi and Jeannie Becenti of Crownpoint. Pallbearers will Chester Carl, Jimmy Carl, Gene Carl, C.J. Carl , Dewayne Carl, Clifford Big Thumb, Ernest Big Thumb, Emmett Big Thumb, Donovan Becenti, Bill Becenti Sr., Emerick Moore, Darrell Jim and Valvis Billy. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. June 24, 2003 Glessie Jean Little CHICHILTAH - Services for Glessie Little, 76, will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 25 at St. Patrick Catholic Church. Father Jeff King will officiate. Burial will follow at the family cemetery, Chichiltah. Little died June 21 in Gallup. She was born Nov. 28, 1926 in Two Wells into the Red Bottom People Clan for the Towering House People Clan. Little was employed at Manuelito Hall, Gallup Dorm and Wingate Dorm for the BIA. Her hobbies included cooking, sewing, rodeos and camping. Survivors include her husband, George Little Sr. of Vanderwagen; sons, Gene R. Little of San Antonio, Texas, George Little Jr. of Phoenix; daughters, Georgianna Thompson of Gallup and Gloria Yepa of Albuquerque; brothers, Larry Yazzie of Breadsprings and Paul Yazzie of Chichiltah; sisters, Rita Vallo of Barstow, Calif., Nina Begay of St. Michaels, Ariz., Nan Lee Burch of Fairfield, Calif., Maggie Pino of Albuquerque, Sadie Calvin, Sarah DuBoise and Marian Pino all of Chichiltah; and seven grandchildren. Little was preceded in death by her parents, Anita and Charley Yazzie; brother, Tim Yazzie and sister, Jane Etsicitty and a grandchild. Pallbearers will be Gene R. Little, George Little Jr., Gregory Little, Neil Little, Garron Yepa and Jason Yepa. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Orville Reid Sr. GANADO, Ariz. - Services for Orville Reid Sr., 87, will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, June 25 at the Ganado Presbyterian Church. Rev. Paul Stone will officiate. Burial will follow at Kinlichee Cemetery. Reid Sr. died June 21 in Albuquerque. He was born Sept. 15, 1915 in Ganado into the Honeycomb People Clan for the Water Edge People Clan. Reid graduated from Albuquerque Indian School. He was employed as a construction worker and rancher. He was a World War II vet, serving in the U.S. Army, in the Pacific. His hobbies included the outdoors and livestock. Survivors include his sons, Orville Reid Jr., Morris Reid, Richard Reid, Malcolm Reid and Gordon Reid; daughters, Elizabeth Reid, Elaine Reid- Ettner, Paulette Reid-Clark and Juanita Reid; brothers, Dale Reid and Harry Reid; 31 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Reid was preceded in death by his wife, Mary W. Reid; son, Mitchell Reid; parents, John and Nonabah Reid; and brother, Bahe Reid. Pallbearers will be family members. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Reid's residence, Woodsprings, Ariz. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Lucy Manuelito Tsosie NEWCOMB - Services for Lucy Tsosie, 75, were 10 a.m., Monday, June 23 at Newcomb Assembly of God Church. Pastor Fred Yazzie officiated. Burial followed at the family cemetery. Tsosie died June 18. She was born March 15, 1928. Tsosie was a rug weaver and silversmith. Her hobbies included sewing and traveling. Survivors include her sons, Kenneth Tsosie, Larry Tsosie, Jerry Tsosie, Harry Tsosie, Ben Tsosie Jr., and Nelson Tsosie; daughters, LaVerne Williams, Clara Tsosie, Yvonne J. Claude, and Carolyn Attakai; brother, Roger J. Manuelito of Shiprock; sisters, Nellie M. John and Ruby Manuelito of Newcomb; 38 grandchildren and 60 great-grandchildren. Tsosie was preceded in death by her husband, Ben Tsosie Sr.; son, Henry Tsosie; parents, Frances and Frank Manuelito Sr.; brother, Frank Manuelito Jr.; and sister, Irene Williams. Pallbearers were Jerry Tsosie, Nelson Tsosie, Virgil Claude, Devin Davis, Larry Tsosie and Leroy Attakai. June 25, 2003 Linoy C. Vicenti CROWNPOINT - Services for Linoy Vicenti, 74, will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, June 26 at the Christian Reformed Church, Crownpoint. Burial will follow at Crownpoint Community Cemetery. Vicenti was born July 17, 1928 in Pinedale into the Two Waters that Flow Together People Clan for the Folded Arms People Clan. Vicenti attended Crownpoint Boarding School. He was a rancher, a resident advisor at the Navajo Community College, Tsaile, Ariz., and a railroad worker. He was certified in Artificial Insemination for cattle. His hobbies included leather work, rope tieing, 4-H involvement, and breaking horses. Survivors include his sons, Leonard C. Vicenti of Calham, Colo.; daughters, Orlinda D. Vicenti-Johnson of Newcomb; brothers, Dan Vicenti of Window Rock, Willetto Vecenti and Vincent Vecenti both of Lukachukai, Ariz. , Benny Shorty Cowboy of Pinedale, Tom Cowboy of Crownpoint and Ernie Cowboy of Coyote Canyon; sisters, Loretta Benally, Louise Becenti, and Nancy V. Norton all of Crownpoint, Loretta Blatchford of Tuba City, Ariz. and Nuse C. Capitian of Coyote Canyon. Vicenti was preceded in death by his wife, Eleanor Jane; son, John Anthony Vicenti; daughters Rosemary Vicenti and Unabelle Vicenti; parents Mary C. Vicenti and Cowboy Vicenti; brothers Richard Cowboy and Jimmie G. Vicenti; and sister, Martha V. Yazzie. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. June 26, 2003 Grace Marie Antonio PINEDALE - Services for Grace Antonio, 58, will be at 10 a.m., Friday, June 27 at Rollie Mortuary Palm Chapel. Thomas and Margaret Bill will officiate. Burial will follow at a private family cemetery. Antonio died June 23 in Crownpoint. She was born Sept. 1, 1944, in Pinedale into the Mountain Cove People Clan for the Tangle People Clan. Survivors include her husband, Arthur Gray of Church Rock; son, Peter Anderson of Sundance; daughters, Peggy Baker of Clovis and Francita Becenti of Pinedale; brothers, Henry Antonio and James Antonio both of Pinedale and sisters, Jennie P. Begay and Jessie Largo both of Pinedale; and seven grandchildren. Antonio was preceded in death by his parents, Mary Wauneka Gruber and Jimmie Antonio; brother, Leonard Antonio and sister, Elsie Barney and Pauline Lee. Pallbearers will be Henry Antonio, James Antonio, Jones Begay, Brandon Lee, Tulley Lee And Arthur Grey. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Adeline Marie Brown TWIN LAKES - Services for Adeline Marie Brown, 58, will be at 10 a.m. Friday, June 27, at Cope Memorial Chapel, Gallup. Burial will follow on private land in Twin Lakes. Brown died June 23 in Phoenix. She was born March 7, 1945, in Mexican Springs into the Water's Edge People Clan for the Black Streak Wood People Clan. Brown attended Intermountain School in Brigham, Utah. She was a shoemaker for a tennis shoe factory, a rugweaver, traditional basket maker and a rancher. Survivors include her husband Freddie S. Brown of Twin Lakes; son, Frederick Brown of Twin Lakes; daughters Ophelia Long of Chandler, Ariz., Loucinda Delgarito of Twin Lakes; brother Leslie Upshaw of Navajo, N.M.; sisters Caroline Wilson of Mexican Springs, Charlotte Baca of Tuba City, Ariz., and Virginia Mars of Pinehill, N.M. and 11 grandchildren. Brown was preceded in death by her sons Leterick Brown and Freddie Brown Jr. Pallbearers will be family members. The family will receive relatives and friends at the Twin Lakes Chapter House after the services. Cope Memorial is in charge of arrangements. June 27, 2003 Lillian D. Charley HAYSTACK - Services for Lillian Charley, 85, will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 28 at Thoreau Church of God. Harry Cayaditto will officiate. Burial will follow at Thoreau Community Cemetery. Charley died June 22 in Albuquerque. She was born July 19, 1917 in Haystack into the Sagebrush People Clan for the Towering House People Clan. Charley was a homemaker. Her hobbies included sewing and puzzles. Survivors include her son, Frankie Charley of Grants; daughters, Gladys Thompson of Thoreau; brothers, Roy Delgarito of Grants; sisters, Mary McDonald of Prewitt; and 39 grandchildren. Charley was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Charley; parents, Yiltha des bah and Antonio Delgarito. Pallbearers will be Nick Charley, Liebert Charlie, Samuel McDonald, Eddie Charley, Darryl Yazzie and Manuel McDonald. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Thoreau Chapter House. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Alice Curley Bluehouse GANADO, Ariz. - Services for Alice Bluehouse, 91, will be at 1 p.m., today. Irvinson Jones officiated. Burial followed at the family plot. Bluehouse died June 23 in Flagstaff, Ariz. She was born in Ganado into the Many Goats People Clan for the Cliff Dewellers People Clan. Bluehouse was a homemaker, rancher and farmer. Survivors include her sons, Milton Bluehouse and Philmer Bluehouse; daughters, Lorraine Wilson, Laura Gould and Mary Burnside; sister, Dorothy Curley Lovato; 17 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Bluehouse was preceded in death by her husband, Sam Bluehouse; parents, Elizabeth Shepard and John W. Curley; sons, Homer Bluehouse; daughter, Roberta Bluehouse; brother, David Curley and sisters, Margaret Ansaldo and Diddy Bah MacLemore. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. June 30, 2003 Vernon L. Pinto VANDERWAGEN - Services for Vernon Pinto, 35, will be at 11 a.m., Tuesday, July 1 at First United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. Pinto died June 25 in Albuquerque. He was born Sept. 15, 1967 in Gallup into the Bitter Water People Clan for the Mexican People Clan. Pinto graduated from Gallup High School in 1985. He was employed with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Union Lodge No. 2400. His hobbies included playing the guitar, basketball, and building model cars. Survivors include his wife, Sheila Nelson-Pinto of Gallup; sons, Shaun Pinto and Sheldon Pinto both of Vanderwagen; mother, Elsie Etsitty of Vanderwagen; brothers, Fredrick Morris of Tohajillee, Ronald Pinto of Iyanibito, Arnold Pinto and Marvin Pinto Jr. both of Zuni; sisters, Regina Pinto-Bahe of Vanderwagen, Geri Pinto-Martinez of Albuquerque, Miranda Pinto and Vera Pinto-Marianito both of Gallup; and grandmother, Desbah Samuel of Vanderwagen. Pinto was preceded in death by his father, Marvin Pinto; and grandparents, Bertha Adakai-Pinto, Tucson Samuel and George Pinto. Pallbearers will be Stephen Bahe, Roderick Marianito, Frederick Morris, Arnold Pinto, Marvin Pinto Jr. and Ronald Pinto. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Wilmer Dennison Williams STEAMBOAT, Ariz. - Services for Wilmer Williams, 48, will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 1 at St. Michaels Catholic Church. Father Gilbert will officiate. Burial will follow on private family cemetery. Williams died June 27 in Chinle, Ariz. He was born May 11, 1955 in Ganado, Ariz. into the Edge Water People Clan for the Big Water People Clan. Survivors include his wife, Orlinda Arthur-Williams of Gallup; son, Lyle Williams of Steamboat; daughters, Jamilynn Williams, Levina Williams and Lynelle Williams-Lopez all of Steamboat; brothers, Paul Williams and Victor Williams both of Steamboat; sisters, Dorothy Lee of Window Rock, Leona Williams-Strayhorn of Gallup, Verdie Lee, Verna Peterson and Adeline Tsosie all of Steamboat; and two grandchildren. Williams was preceded in death by his father, Paul Williams Sr. Pallbearers will be Ross Johnson, William Lee, Christopher Tsosie, Adrian Williams, Daryl Williams and Lyle Williams. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Mary A. Davis ZUNI - Services for Mary Davis, 89, will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 1 at St. Daniel the Prophet Catholic Church, 7923 E. Latham St., Scottsdale, Ariz. Burial will follow at Green Acres Mortuary, 401 N. Hayden Rd., Scottdale. Davis died June 26 in Zuni. She was born Dec. 25, 1913 in Winkelman, Ariz. Survivors include her children, Jeanette Davis of Zuni, Charles A. Davis of Fallbrook, Calif., Richard J. Davis of Queen Creek, Ariz., Johnny Davis of Winslow, Ariz., Russell Davis of St. George, Utah, Kenneth Davis, Ruby Mendalland Alice Davis all of Clay Springs, Ariz., Betty Yarbrough of Kingman, Ariz., Bessie Bowler of Perry, Utah; brother, Andrew Lopez of Winkelman, Ariz.; sisters, Lilly Araiza of Tuscon, Ariz., Isabelle Sosa of Phoenix; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.Luciano RicoOJO ENCINO Services for Luciano Rico, 87, will be at 11 a.m., today at Torreon Mission Church. Pastor David Skiles officiated. Burial followed at Torreon Mission Cemetery. Survivors include his children, David B. Rico, Bobby G. Rico, Ella McCabe and Mary A. Acevedo; brother, James Rico; sister, Mary J. Castillo; 20 grandchildren; and 43 great-grandchildren. Copyright c. 2003 the Gallup Independent. -=-=-=- June 24, 2003 Tiana Bighorse-Butler Tuba City resident Tiana Diana Bighorse-Butler, 86, died June 21, 2003. She was a homemaker, weaver, author and teacher. She belonged to the Navajo clans of Deer Springs and born for Rocky Gap. Butler wrote, "Bighorse, the Warrior," a biography about the late Gus Bighorse, a publication edited by Noel Bennett. Survivors include her daughters Sallie Butler-Maloney of Tuba City, Maybelle Butler-Weeks of Page, Loretta Harrison of Virginia; and sons Billy, Raymond, Harvey of Tuba City and Leornard of Window Rock; 36 grandchildren and 63 great-grandchildren. Services will be today at 10 a.m. (daylight saving time) at the Tuba City LDS Church on Monave Road. Valley Ridge Mortuary is handling the services. Copyright c. 2000-2003 Arizona Daily Sun. -=-=-=- June 27, 2003 Esther Silvas She was the youngest in her family, but her strength and commitment to her culture propelled Esther Lillian Silvas to positions of leadership in both her family and her tribe, the Middletown Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians. Silvas, who devoted her life to helping fellow American Indians and fostering a preservation of their culture, died Saturday at a Santa Rosa hospital after suffering from complications related to treatment for leukemia. She was 59. She was well-known in the North Bay for her work with a variety of agencies and organizations during the past 25 years, from the Sonoma County Indian Health Clinic to the National Indian Child Welfare Association, which she helped bring to both Sonoma and Lake counties. According to the association's Web site, the program addresses issues of child abuse and neglect through training, research, public policy and grass-roots community development, and seeks to keep American Indian children with American Indian families. "Esther was a very generous person who was quite immersed in her cultures and traditions," said Joe Myers, who oversees the National Indian Justice Center in Santa Rosa. "And by her work, she allowed children to maintain access to their tribal heritage." A descendent of Lake Miwok Indians, she was born on the Middletown Rancheria in southern Lake County. When her mother died, Silvas, the youngest of three girls, went to live with her older sisters in Sebastopol. After graduating from Analy High School, she moved to San Francisco and became a dental hygienist. With her first husband, Stan Reyes, she had three daughters. The couple lived on the peninsula before returning north so Silvas could work with the Sonoma County Indian Health Project. She was instrumental in securing funding to bring the National Indian Child Welfare Association to Sonoma County. "My mom was a very strong preservationist when it came to her culture," daughter Stephanie Reyes said. "She felt there was a difference in the way native people versus non-native people raised and taught their children. She thought it was always important to keep native children with native people to help them develop their culture." With her second husband, the late Lanny Pinola, she worked at the re- created Coast Miwok Village at Point Reyes National Seashore. The couple also started a traditional Pomo dance group that traveled and performed across the state in the 1980s. In addition, Silvas worked with archeologists and government agencies to guide them in the proper treatment of Indian artifacts and remains, to ensure they were handled and reburied with respect and within the traditions of their particular tribe, her daughter said. In her later years, she was a leader in an organization aimed at helping American Indians who were going into the medical profession and built a bridge between conventional medicine and traditional forms of healing, hoping to integrate the old ways with the new. She emerged as a leader of her own tribe, taking on key roles after moving back to Middletown in 1994. As a tribal elder, she served in many leadership positions, including tribal chairwoman. At the same time, she stepped forward to help create a Tribal Elder Disability Program and to restructure the foundering Lake County Tribal Health Clinic. "She helped us remember what we learned in the past about our culture and traditions, and to keep that alive and move that into our future by living it every day," her daughter recalled. Her survivors also include daughters Pamela Reyes and Melanie Reyes, both of Middletown; sisters Josephine Sanchez and Pauline Vasquez, both of Santa Rosa, four grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. A graveside service for Silvas was held Wednesday at Middletown Cemetery. -- Meg McConahey Copyright c. 2003 The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA. -=-=-=- June 26, 2003 Selena Rose Surrell FORT WASHAKIE - Traditional Indian funeral services for Selena Rose Surrell, 35, will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 26 at the family home, #25 Granite Drive, Boulder Flats, with Harrison Shoyo, Sr. officiating. Interment will be in the Sacajawea Cemetery. She died June 21, 2003, in the Johnston, Colo. area following a traffic accident. Born Oct. 28, 1967, in Ft. Worth, Texas, she was the daughter of Peggy Surrell and Arvin Jorgenson, Sr. She was raised on the Wind River Indian Reservation. She attended school at Lander Valley High School, Wyoming Indian High School and Kicking Horse Job Corp in Mont. She worked at Morning Star Manor, Pronghorn Lodge and at the time of her death was employed as an aide at Wyoming State Training School. She enjoyed beading, fishing, traveling, the outdoors and particularly the mountains and being with family and friends. Survivors include her companion, Marvin Tidzump; her parents, Peggy Surrell and John Surrell, Sr; biological father, Arvin Jorgenson; a daughter, Veronica Louise Surrell; a son, Darin David Surrell; six sisters, Leah Jorgenson, Lily and Emily Surrell, Jennifer Tressler and Rosanne and Olivia Jorgenson; 13 brothers, Arvin, Daroline, Tyrone and John Surrell Jr. and Rodney, Winston, Kenneth, Preston, Edgar, James, Finncelious Jorgenson and Austin Jorgenson Hill. She was preceded in death by her grandparents; and other family members. Wind Dancer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. June 27, 2003 Eddie Piper LANDER - Funeral services for Eddie Piper, 54, will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 30 at St. Stephen's Catholic Mission. A Rosary will be said at a Vigil for the Deceased on Sunday, June 29 at 7 p.m. in Blue Sky Hall in Ethete. Interment will follow services in St. Stephen's Cemetery. He died June 24, 2003. Born Feb. 26, 1949, in Ashland, Mont., he was the son of Joseph and Mary (Tangledyellowhair) Piper. He grew up in Riverton, attending schools there and at St. Stephen's. He worked in Idaho as a sheepherder and in the potato fields. In the 1970s, he worked for Maz's House and Mobile Home Movers. He later started his own business landscaping and cutting fuel woods for the elderly residents of the Wind River Indian Reservation. He enjoyed being with his family and grandchildren. He loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing and walking. He also enjoyed Arapaho activities and Sundances. Survivors include his wife, Shyrle; three sons, Joseph and Edward of Lander and Tyson Kimber of Fort Washakie; one daughter, Kaylena of Lander; two grandchildren; and an uncle and aunt. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Maureen; and three uncles. Copyright c. 2003 Casper Star-Tribune published by Lee Publications, Inc., a subsidiary of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated. -=-=-=- June 24, 2003 Jennifer Lynn DeCoteau ROCKY BOY - Jennifer Lynn DeCoteau, 28, of Rocky Boy, who worked for the Rocky Boy Health Board as a personal care attendant, died from injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle accident Sunday evening. Her funeral is 11 a.m. Wednesday at Rocky Boy Catholic Church, with burial in Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home in Havre is handling arrangements. Survivors include daughters Kaycee and Krista Chiefstick, both of Rocky Boy; her mother Kathy Sutherland of Rocky Boy; her father Raphael De Coteau of Dunseith, N.D.; brothers Derek and Tyrell Henderson of Rocky Boy and Tyrell and Josh DeCoteau of Dunseith; a sister, Torrie DeCoteau of Dunseith; grandparents Clifford and Lydia Sutherland of Rocky Boy; and a great-grandmother, Angeline Sutherland of Rocky Boy. John Roasting Stick Sr. ROCKY BOY - John Roasting Stick Sr., 67, a former construction worker and firefighter and a Montana State certified Cree language teacher, died of congestive heart failure Sunday at a Havre Hospital. His funeral is 10 a.m. today at Rocky Boy Lutheran Church, with burial in Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home in Havre is handling arrangements. He was preceded in death by an infant granddaughter. Survivors include his wife, Georgiana Peggy Roasting Stick; sons John Jr. , Thomas and Sam Roasting Stick, all of Rocky Boy, Dean Roasting Stick of Fort Belknap and Richard Roasting Stick of Arapaho, Wyo.; daughters Debbie Simon of Greeley, Colo., Rachel and JonAnnRoasting Stick of Mescalero, N.M. , and Holly Watson of Rocky Boy; a sister , Ruby Gopher of Rocky Boy; adopted brothers Ben Oldman of Arapaho, and Everett "Jumbo" Light Foot of Canada; 21 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. June 25, 2003 Annie Walks ST. XAVIER - Annie Walks, 81, Walks family matriarch of St. Xavier, passed away Monday, June 23, 2003 in the Big Horn County Memorial Hospital. Baaptatche Awushdahkuush "Builds a Sweat Bath Daily" was born March 20, 1922, in the St. Xavier area, a daughter of Frank He Does It and Helen Cross Bear in a house on the banks of Soap Creek and the Big Horn River. At the age of 2, she was adopted and raised in the Big Horn Valley by Bull Over the Hill and Split Ear. She received her education at the Warman School near Fort Smith and later at St. Ignatius Boarding School. She was the closest remaining relative of Plenty Coups. Annie married Charles Walks in 1939 and the couple made their home in St. Xavier, where they raised their 11 children. Her parents, adopted parents; several brothers and sisters; husband; eight sons and daughters; and two grandchildren preceded Annie in death. She was a traditional Crow woman who was often given the opportunity to give Crow names to the numerous children, grandchildren and great- grandchildren whom she raised. She enjoyed traditional hand games and was a member of the Big Horn District Hand Games team. Annie was of small stature, however she was a mighty lady who was a licensed daycare provider. Her home was always open for family Sunday and holiday gatherings. She enjoyed beading, word puzzles, teasing her friends and being with her family. Annie was a devoted member of the St. Xavier Mission Catholic Church, an associate member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Oldenburg, a member of the Greasy Mouth Clan, a child of the Big Lodge Clan, Sacred Tobacco Society and the Native American Church. She took great pride in her trips to Texas and Old Mexico to retrieve peyote for her Native American Church activities. The late Henry Big Day and her Tobacco Society brother and sister Robert and Lucy Little Light adopted her into the Sacred Tobacco Society During her younger days, she enjoyed the outdoors, especially picking berries and preparing traditional dried meat. As she grew older, Annie handmade beautiful quilts for her children and her many generations of grandchildren. Survivors include her daughters, Mary (Vincent) Crooked Arm, Raphaelle, Brenda and Virginia He Does It, Bradie Pretty Weasel, Vera (Tommy) Half, Roselyn (Ronnie) Yellowmule, Verlie (Carson) Walks Over Ice, Stella (Greely) Not Afraid, Mary Adams, Lena Brown, Twyla Grant, Winnie Melkus and Whittni White; her sons, Alfred (Roberta) and Floyd Walks, Marty (Faylene) He Does It, Oliver (Ellen) Hill, Willie Man Brown, Francis (Bertha) Bear Claw, Gerald Reed, Zack Fighter and Rhys Fulenwider; her adopted son and best friend, Crawford Reed; her brother, George (Edith) Reed, Jr.; her sister, Alice Mae LaForge; three special friends, Sister Ehren Claver, Irene Reed and Johnann Reed, whom she affectionately called "Olga"; 16 grandchildren; 53 great-grandchildren and five great-great- grandchildren. She is also survived by the children whom she raised, including Maynard, Sylvester, Lenora, Jennie and Franky Hill; Kathy, Everette (Kimmy) and Rosie Walks, Charles, Sarah (Clyde) Red Woman, Jennifer (Bruce) White, Jr., Allison (Tracey) Jr., Karl Big Hair, Allen Plain Bull, Bryan Knows Ground, Jr. and Gary Dale Bouyer; her sister-in- law, Laura He Does It; as well as her extended family including the Hugs, Little Owl, Medicine Horse, Little Light and Reed families. Rosary will be recited 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, in the Bullis Funeral Chapel. Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Thursday, June 26, in the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Mission church. Rite of committal will follow in the Mission Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements. June 28, 2003 Agnes Alphonses Kennedy Burshia ('E-ah-he-napi Wen' Comes Out Talking) WILLISTON, N.D. - Agnes Alphonses Kennedy Burshia "E-ah-he-napi Wen" (Comes Out Talking) passed away on June 25, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center in Williston. She succumbed after a short but valiant fight with cancer. Her 98 years of life were filled with strength, courage and indomitable spirit. Agnes was born to Adele Malatare and Henry Kennedy on March 27, 1905, in the Dakota Presbyterian Manse in Poplar, Mont. When Agnes was 5 years old, she was sent to Mission Boarding School in Santee, Neb. She later attended school in Wahpeton, and graduated from high school in Chemawa, Ore., in 1924. Agnes married Ben Burshia in 1926. They had two daughters, Lillian (Burshia) Summers and Sophia (Burshia) Loudermilk. She started her career in the U.S. government hospital in Poplar in 1943. Her primary job was head cook, but she was often called upon to assist with surgeries, deliveries, and to attend quarantined patients in special housing units near the hospital. When the hospital closed, she transferred to the Public Health Service Hospital in Crow Agency. After her retirement from PHS, she was employed by the Poplar Community Hospital. Both Ben and Agnes were avid outdoorsmen and shared their love and knowledge of the outdoors with their family. There were married for 60 years before Ben preceded her in death. Agnes was an accomplished cook who enjoyed baking and canning for her family and friends. She had numerous interests such as sewing, needlework, beading, quilting, gardening and woodworking. Her two daughters, seven grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren and a half-brother, Donald Walking Eagle, survive her. She was well loved and cherished by her family and friends. She will be deeply missed. Visitation will be held on Sunday, June 29, at the Lindsay Memorial Presbyterian Church in Poplar, from 5 to 8 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 30, at the Lindsay Memorial Presbyterian Church, at 10 a.m., with Rev. Enright Bighorn officiating. Interment will be in the Poplar City Cemetery. For people unable to attend services, tributes can be sent to the family through our web site at www.stevensonsandsons.com. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel in Wolf Point is handling the arrangements. Ada Rides Horse LODGE GRASS - Ada Rides Horse, 72, of Lodge Grass, died early Thursday morning, June 26, 2003, in the Billings St. Vincent Healthcare. She was born Dec. 1, 1930, in Crow Agency, a daughter of Pete Whiteman and Susie White Hip. She was raised as a traditional Crow woman while receiving her education in Lodge Grass. Ada married Henry Rides Horse, Sr. on Aug. 27, 1953, in Sheridan, Wyo., and the couple made their home in Lodge Grass. Mr. Rides Horse died in 1984. She was a member of the Big Lodge Clan, a child of the Big Lodge Clan, a faithful member of the Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church, Parish Council, Sacred Tobacco Society, Ree Society, as well as participating in several Sun Dances. Her traditional talents included the art of beading. Ada always opened her home to law enforcement officers for coffee and a break station, her home was known as the "Lodge Grass Substation." Ada raised four of her grandchildren, Dezmond, Raphael, Whitney and Tiger. She was a proud "Kaala" and was extremely delighted to travel with Dezmond to numerous powwow competitions, where he performed Traditional and Chicken dances. She also enjoyed being visited by Diana Old Elk, Buddine Bends, Joann and Rhonda Horn. Her parents; stepfather, Harry Beads Don't Mix; brothers, Raphael and Clifford; twin sisters, Thelma and Delma; sister, Rita; aunt, Clara Bends; and nephew, Francis, preceded Ada in death. Survivors include four daughters, Luanna (Marvin) Stewart, Rhonda Rides Horse, Christine (Reuben) DeCrane and Ursula (Barry) Russell; six sons, Henry (Laura), Robert (Alberta) and Harold Rides Horse and Adrian Whiteman, Manuel (Linda) and Bernard (Delia) Covers Up; her adopted children; Raphael Rides Horse, Henry "Sargie," Jack and Debbie Old Horn, Theresa Haun, Carla Wilson, "Moke" Eagle Feathers, Aaron, Marlon, Elmer, Deno (Marie) and Tom Yarlott; her sisters, Clara Nomee, Annette Anderson, Emma Bad Horse, Mary Helen (Alex) Medicine Horse and Harriett Don't Mix; her brothers, Jerome (Lois) and Vincent White Hip, Ivan Don't Mix, Sr., Thomas (Lois) Whiteman and William Gros Ventre; her adopted brothers and sisters, Dora Rides Horse, Paul and Joy Matt; her Traditional Crow mother, Lillian Hogan; her grandchildren, Stephanie (TR), Robin, CJ, Tanisha, Mikey, Stephanie, Alan, Bethany, Martin, Frankie, LJ, Harold Jr., Selena, Juilianna, Delbert, Adriano, Melanie, Sidney, Thomas, Nina, Stephen, Amber, Rocelle, Jon, Suzie, and Henry; her great-grandchildren, Thea, Tia, Tashon, Arella, Ervin, Aaliyah, Cyrilla, Andre, Romello, Michael and Daniel; her nieces, Georgine (Ronald) Falls Down, Natalie (Irvin) Sings Good, Annie (Cyrus) Leider, Mary and Tracy White Hip, Marie (Preston) Onion, Ardith (Lloyd) Hogan and Carmen (Clayton) LaForge; her nephews, Ryder, Neil (Michelle), Frazier, Gary and Steven White Hip; her extended family, including the Grey Bull, Cummings, Blaine, Horn, Hill and Little Nest families. Rosary will be recited 4 p.m. Sunday, June 29, in the Bullis Funeral Chapel. Rite of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 a.m. Monday, June 30, in the Lodge Grass Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church. Rite of Committal will follow in the Lodge Grass Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements. Copyright c. The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises. -=-=-=- June 25, 2003 Angie F. Swan ROCKY BOY - Angie F. Swan, 24, a nursing assistant and waitress who enjoyed attending pow-wows and listening to music, died Sunday in a motor vehicle accident north of Rocky Boy. Her funeral is 11 a.m. today at Rocky Boy Catholic Church, with burial in Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include a daughter, De'on Swan of Havre; sons Colten Small of Havre and Isaiah Doney of Fort Belknap; her parents, Clifford Swan and Margorie Cochran of Rocky Boy; brothers Carlos Swan and Adam Swan of Rocky Boy, Shano Swan of New Mexico, Nathan Verellen and Daniel Swan of Washington; sisters Nicole Swan of Rocky Boy and Ellisa Swan of New Mexico. June 26, 2003 Ronald D. 'Baby Ron' Eagleman Jr. ROCKY BOY - Ronald D. "Baby Ron" Eagleman Jr., 5, of Rocky Boy, a devoted Spiderman and Scooby Doo fan, died of brain cancer Wednesday at a Havre hospital. A wake is in progress at Rocky Boy Lutheran Church. His funeral is 10 a. m. Friday at the church, with burial in Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Ronnie is survived by his parents, Ronald Eagleman and Lorena The Boy; brothers Lacey The Boy, Justin The Boy and Michael Eagleman; a sister, LaNaya Eagleman; and grandparents William The Boy Sr. and Galen and Elaine Eagleman, all of Rocky Boy. Ronnie was born June 13, 1998, in Havre, to Ronald Eagleman Sr. and Lorena The Boy. He attended Head Start School in Rocky Boy. Ronnie liked playing basketball, collecting Matchbox cars and playing X Box with his brothers and sisters. He was a very outgoing little boy until he got sick. He was preceded in death by his aunt, Corrine The Boy; a grandmother, Judith Windy Boy, great-grandfathers Roger Windy Boy Sr. and Edward Eagleman, and a great-grandmother, Rosie Windy Boy. June 29, 2003 LaVern Jerry Alfrey POPLAR - Army veteran LaVern Jerry Alfrey, 60, of Poplar, who enjoyed boxing, fishing, powwows and traditional dancing, died of blood disorders Friday at a Poplar hospital. His wake begins 7 p.m. Tuesday at Poplar Cultural Center. His funeral is 10 a.m. Wednesday at the center, with burial in Poplar City Cemetery. Bell Mortuary in Glasgow is handling arrangements. Survivors include his wife, Eunice Alfrey; a son, Scottie Harrington; stepdaughters Sandra Birthmark and Diane Martin; stepsons Sheldon and Nolan Birthmark, all of Poplar; adopted sons Tommy Christian, John Morsette and Randy Firemoon, all of Poplar; sisters Darlene Loma and Sharon Nazarro of Toppenish, Wash., Theda Scott and Julie Crow, both of Pendleton, Ore., and Denna Holt of Lapwai, Idaho; brothers Lyman Scott Jr., Gib Scott, Alison Keith Scott, David Scott, Roderick Scott and Tom Alfrey, all of Lapwai, and Harold Scott of Plummer, Idaho; 11 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by stepsons Lynn T. Birthmark Sr. and Darryl Birthmark; a stepdaughter, Joyce Birthmark; and two grandchildren. June 30, 2003 Edward James Arkinson ROCKY BOY - Edward James Arkinson, 50, a native of Rocky Boy who enjoyed hand games, arts and crafts, died of complications of diabetes Sunday at a Havre Hospital. His wake begins Sunday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church at Rocky Boy. Traditional funeral services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Burial will follow the service at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home in Havre is handling arrangements. Edward is survived by a brother, Earl Arkinson of Rocky Boy; an adopted brother, Roger Wind Boy Jr. of Rocky Boy; and sisters Pauline Bridges, Pearl Whitford, Darlene Belgarde and Marlene Piapot, all of Rocky Boy and Arlene Arkinson of Bozeman. Sunshine Zoey Sutton: 'Sha Win Mahpya' WOLF POINT - Sunshine Zoey Sutton, whose Indian name was "Sha Win Mahpya," which means Red Cloud Woman, 4-month-old daughter of Walter and Wilma (Sugar) Sutton of Wolf Point, died of complications from birth defects Saturday at a Great Falls hospital. Sunshine's wake begins today at the home of Arleda The Boy. Her funeral is 10 a.m. Tuesday at Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel in Wolf Point, with burial in Lodge Pole Cemetery. A four-day feast will be held starting Tuesday at Arleda The Boy's residence. In addition to her parents, Sunshine is survived by sisters Tia and Alisha Justine Sutton of Wolf Point; grandparents Arleda Feather Earring and Ted and Margaret The Boy, all of Wolf Point; aunts Arleda and Thelma The Boy and Dale Fish, all of Wolf Point; a special adopted aunt, Kelly Lien of Wolf Point; uncles Theodore (Karen) The Boy Jr. of Deer Lodge, Adam The Boy of Wolf Point and Herb Fish of Glasgow. She was preceded in death by her great-grandmother, M. Rose Marie Comes Last; her grandfather, Stanley Fish and her great-grandfather Herb Fish. Copyright c. 2003 Great Falls Tribune, a division of Lee Enterprises. -=-=-=- June 28, 2003 Darlene Pelletier Regina, SK PELLETIER - Darlene late of Regina, SK. passed away on Thursday, June 26, 2003 at the age of 42years. Darlene was predeceased by her grandparents Charlie Papequash, Isabel, (nee Gordon), William Key and Agnes Key, her sisters Linda and Clara, her brothers Wayne and William and special friend Tom Tanner. Darlene is survived by her children; Alvira (Peter) Ernest, Melanie (Shawn) Pelletier and Cody. Her grandchildren; Jonah, Jordana, Josiah, and Acadia. Her parents Evelyn Papequash, and Desmond Key. Brothers; Patrick (Jeannette) O'Soup, Lyman (Carol) Papequash, Reginald Papequash, Ronald (Judy) Papequash, Daniel (Tina) Key. Sisters; Muriel (Geno) Brazeau, Barbara (Herb) Dewalt, Delilah Papequash (Dale), Charlene (Garner) Papequash, special friend Ernie and lots of nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles and many, many friends. The Wake will be held on Saturday, June 28, 2003 at 4:00 PM at the Indian Metis Christian Fellowship Centre, 3131 Dewdney Avenue, Regina, SK. The Funeral Service will be held on Monday, June 30, 2003 at 2:00 PM at the Indian Metis Christian Fellowship Centre. Burial to follow at Riverside Memorial Park, Regina, SK. Arrangments are in the care of LEE FUNERAL HOME 757-8645 Copyright c. 2000-2003 Regina Leader Post Group Inc. -=-=-=- June 27, 2003 Tyler "Many Grey Horses" Harvey TYLER HARVEY `Na tah you' passed away peacefully in Calgary on Monday, June 23, 2003 at the age of 32 years. Beloved son, brother, & nephew of Many Grey Horses family. Tyler is survived by his mother, Martha of Albuquerque, New Mexico and his adopted grandparents, Chris and Suzie Strangling Wolf of Siksika, AB. Funeral arrangements to be announced when completed. June 28, 2003 Thomas Medicine Crane THOMAS MEDICINE CRANE beloved son of the late Albert and Winnie Panther Bone, answered the Lord's call on Saturday, June 21, 2003 at the Lethbridge Regional Hospital at the age of 51 years. He was born to biological parents, Tom Medicine Crane and Alice Hairy Bull on March 18, 1952 at the Blood Indian Hospital. Their love for Thomas prompted Winnie and Albert to take him home from the hospital when his mother Alice took sick. Albert and Winnie cherished and raised Thomas as one of their own. They taught him values that he practiced until his passing - to respect people, be kind, assist when needed without seeking payment. He loved and respected his grandmother, Cecile Stripped Wolf as his did all elders he met in his lifetime. Thomas attended St. Mary's Residential School until he turned sixteen. While at home, he worked alongside his parents in whatever chores he was expected to do and became their personal chauffeur as he would drive them to shop, visit, and to various gospel and camp meetings both near and far. He enjoyed being with his parents and making life enjoyable for them. Being versatile in his ability to adapt to whatever work was available, he worked for their neighbor, the late Frank Sloan, the late Forest Bevans as well as numerous farmers in the area. He also worked alongside his brother in law, Andrew Bull Calf at the Norfab Trailer plant in Fort Macleod, worked for Jimmy Gladstone at his roping arena and assisted Stu Healy with his Healy Basements business. At the time of his passing, he worked as Security for the Moccasin Flat Plaza. Thomas loved sports and was no sideliner as he participated and competed with the best of them. He played on the Cardston teams in hockey and baseball in the minor leagues. He excelled in whatever sports that challenged him. He was instrumental in forming the Mustang Hockey Club and was Goalie for them. Thomas loved all kinds of sports including Fastball, where he played with the Moses Lake Hawks. Later in his life, his involvement with sports focused on his nephews as well as other children in the community, either coaching or transporting the youth in their seasonal sports. He could be seen lugging in hockey equipment into the arenas for his son, Robbie, whom he adopted in the traditional manner. Thomas supported his nephews and nieces in soccer, basketball or whatever sport they were currently involved in. The love of sports led him to spend many hours at the Moses Lake gym and ball diamond, either competing or interacting with the young and old. Being brought up traditionally with cultural values, he was a chicken dancer with the Youth Society in the 70s, and travel many miles in the pow-wow circuit. His love of Pow-wow singing and drumming led to his membership with the Bid Corner Drum Group, traveling throughout western Canada and USA representing the Blood Tribe. He was an original member of the Moccasin Flat Drum group. Together, they traveled to Arizona, New Mexico and locally. In 1986, they competed in the International Powwow in Bismarck, ND where they lost to the Mandaree drum group by a mere one point in the Championship placing them in second. Nevertheless, that was quite impressive. In 1998, they were the only Blackfoot Drum group represented at the Canadian Championships in Saskatoon, SK. This led to an invite to the Grand Daddy of all Pow-wows, Hartford, Conn, in 1998. However, circumstances beyond their control prevented their trip there to compete for the World titles. They hosted the Iron Ring celebration in Poplar, MT. Bragging rights included being nominees for the Grammy Music Awards for 1999-2000. He leaves to mourn his passing, his adopted son, Robbie (Teralee) Heavy Runner; his brothers, Max (Loretta) Medicine Crane, James (Ruby) Medicine Crane, Rodney (Lorilee) Medicine Crane, Clinton (Cynthia) Medicine Crane, Raymond Panther Bone, Lawrence (Joan) Panther Bone, Lambert (Carol) Panther Bone, Elroy Crieghton, Charles and Richard Cole; sisters, Holly (Andrew) Bull Calf, Violet (Kelvin) Black Horse, Francis (Jordan) Heavy Runner, Stephanie Brown Weasel, Tashia Healy Runner, Patsy Panther Bone, Gabrielle (Japer) Buckskin, Doreen (Tom) Walls, Dorothy Medicine Crane, Lorna (Kurt) White Quills, Judy (Lenny) First Rider, Colette Black Face; uncle, Sam Red Crow; aunts, Mary White Quills, Rachel Crying Head, Margaret Young Pine, and Mrs. Micki M. Thompson of Spokane, WA.; special nephews Frankie, Alvin Medicine Crane and Jerome Heavy Runner; a special niece Joyce Medicine Crane. Thomas was predeceased by his parents; Albert and Winnie Panther Bone, his biological parents, Tom Medicine Crane and Alice Hairy Bull; his brothers, Herman and Bernard Medicine Crane; grandparents, Frank and Annie Red Crow, Cecile and Nick Striped Wolf; uncles, Bert and Bob Medicine Crane, Louis Panther Bone Sr., Melvin Many Grey Horses, Lawrence, Paul & Leo Hairy Bull, Albert Wolf Child, Frank Cole; stepmother, Katherine Medicine Crane; aunt, Mary Rose Low Horn and Kim Panther Bone. The Wake Service will be held at the Moses Lake Hall, Blood Reserve on Sunday, June 29th from 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 Midnight. The Funeral Service will be held at the Moses Lake Hall, Blood Reserve on Monday, June 30th at 2:00 p.m. Interment in the Blood Band Cemetery. Copyright c. 2000 Alberta Newspaper Group, Inc./Lethbridge Herald.