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In spirit, the Lakota were humble and meek. 'Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth' -- this was true for the Lakota, and from the earth they inherited secrets long since forgotten. Their religion was sane, natural, and human." __Luther Standing Bear (1868-1939) Oglala Sioux chief +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | Indian Pledge of Allegiance | The Indian Pledge of Alleg- | | iance was first presented | I pledge allegiance to my Tribe,| on 2 December '93 during the | to the democratic principles | opening address of the Nat- | of the Republic | ional Congress of American | and to the individual freedoms | Indian Tribal-States Relat- | borrowed from the Iroquois and | ions Panel in Reno, NV. NCAI | Choctaw Confederacies, | plans distribution of the | as incorporated in the United | Indian Pledge to all Indian | States Constitution, | Nations. | so that my forefathers | | shall not have died in vain | Walk in Beauty! 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A congressional resolution is gradually winding its way through Congress that will officially apolgize for the "violence, maltreatment and neglect" inflicted upon the tribes for centuries. A resolution of formal apology for "a long history of official depradations and ill-conceived policies" has been quietly cleared for a Senate vote. There are no federal reparations or claim settlements associated with the resolution - just a formal apology. It now appears it will win approval in both halves of Congress, and in an election year where many "swing vote" states have large Native populations, it is also likely the resolution will receive a presidential signature. There was an officail apology to Japanese Americans for the forced internment of their ancestors and relatives during World War II - and there should have been. There has been an apology by the Methodist Church for the attack by Chivington (a Methodist minister) and his forces for the massacre of women and children at Sand Springs - and there well should have been. The Catholic Church and Anglican Church have apologized for the rapes of many innocents sent to them, although they wriggled, wrangled and begged out of court awarded reparations. With just the mere words serving as the only "cost" to the dominant society, what is the delay? Why hasn't this apology been rendered with sincerety long before now? I don't have an answer, but I do have a strong suspicion. Arrogance, like greed, seems to be traits the dominant society brings with it to every issue. I don't think it's any different here. What is right is not always what is forthcoming when admission of wrong clouds your self-image of perfection. They can keep their apology. Just hand over the billions of stolen trust dollars and quit breaking treaties with the Tribes. Dohiyi Oginalii , , Gary Smith (*,*) gars@speakeasy.org P. O. Box 672168 (`-') gars@nanews.org Marietta, GA 30008, U.S.A. ===w=w=== http://www.nanews.org ----------- News of the people featured in this issue ---------- - Cobell says - Judge rejects Wadena's Trust Mediation not working out challenge of election - S.D. Tribe files Trust Lawsuit - Northern Cheyenne Riders - The Long Trail to Apology to honor Ancestors - Opinion: The Ku Klux Klan - Utah High Court of Indian Country OKs non-Indian Peyote use - McSloy and Bassen: - YELLOW BIRD: A Great Nation breaks its Word Tribal Governments can work - Navajo Pilgrims - Sahtu and Metis spend a night among Ancestors mark Land-claim Anniversary - Navajo Nation seeks $900M - Aboriginals'opposition for Water Settlement to Tories mounting - PhD Project uses - Martin celebrates unique recruiting methods National Aboriginal Day - Citizens fight back - AFN Budget could swell after Indian sites looted under new Management - Shooters target Pictographs - The Women we've failed - New Tribal look - Native American Prison probe - Sharing a Tradition - Native Prisoner - Kids learn ancient ways -- Anderson: Indian jails at Hohokam Experience need attention now - Quebec Native Women - History: Carlisle Indian School offer Mediation - Rustywire: Go On and On and On - Keetoowah Band Council - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days to continue Impeachment - Hawkdancer Poem: Wind Talker - Indian Burial Ground discovered - Upcoming Events --------- "RE: Cobell says Trust Mediation not working out" --------- Date: Wed, 23 June 2004 08:14:38 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="DIS-TRUST" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.nativetimes.com/index.asp?action=displayarticle&article_id=4617 Cobell says trust mediation not working out DOI says they are "committed to the mediation process." Sam Lewin June 22, 2004 The Blackfeet Tribe of Montana elder credited with bringing the Indian trust issue to the public consciousness is again accusing the government of negotiating in bad faith during attempts to solve the long running dispute. In an open letter addressed to all trust beneficiaries, Eloise Cobell delivers a critical indictment of the last six months of talks between plaintiffs in the case and the Department of Interior. "I wish I could report that we have made progress in our negotiations with the government. Unfortunately, the government has, so far, acted with the same bad faith in mediation that they have shown in administering the trust and litigating the Cobell case. It is self-evident that to have any chance of success, mediation must have two participants who want to resolve the conflict. In this mediation, it has become obvious the government wants to resolve nothing," Cobell writes. "The truth is that the government likes using our money. Their own expert has estimated that up to $40 billion is owed. With a sweetheart deal like this, why would they want to voluntarily resolve the issue?" Interior spokesman Dan Dubray said DOI would not comment on the letter. "When it comes to mediation, we do that in private," Dubray told the Native American Times. "The Interior Department is not going to discuss this issue in a public forum. We are committed to the mediation process and we are fully engaged in it." The mediation between the two sides is the latest in a massive class action lawsuit that has lasted nearly a decade. The case was filed in 1996 and sought to force the government to account for billions of dollars in money supposedly held in trust for American Indians. Cobell filed the lawsuit to account for the money and reform the system. Judge Charles Renfew and John Bickerman are co-mediating the case. Renfew has been a federal district court judge in California and was Deputy Attorney General during the presidency of Jimmy Carter. Bickerman is a full time attorney- mediator based out of Washington, D.C. He has written a book on conflict resolution. The text of the Cobell's letter appears below. My fellow trust beneficiaries, As you know, with the urging of our friends in Congress, we entered into mediation with the U.S. government to resolve the individual Indian trust litigation. I am writing you today to give you an update on the status of the mediation process and the challenges we face in this six-month-old process. I wish I could report that we have made progress in our negotiations with the government. Unfortunately, the government has, so far, acted with the same bad faith in mediation that they have shown in administering the trust and litigating the Cobell case. It is self-evident that to have any chance of success, mediation must have two participants who want to resolve the conflict. In this mediation, it has become obvious the government wants to resolve nothing. The truth is that the government likes using our money. Their own expert has estimated that up to $40 billion is owed. With a sweetheart deal like this, why would they want to voluntarily resolve the issue? The truth is that the gove rnment leases our land and assets far below market to Fortune 500 energy companies. The truth is that fraud, graft and corruption have pervaded the management of our trust assets for over 100 years. The truth is that the current trustee-delegates have proven themselves incompetent and dishonest, like their predecessors. These are not mere allegation's, they are facts established in a court of law. Many call me naive for hoping that the government would finally agree to a just resolution through mediation for the over 500,000 individual Indian trust beneficiaries. Well, I'd rather be naive than wrong. Every day more of our beneficiary-friends die without seeing justice or a complete and accurate accounting of their trust assets. If there is a chance that mediation may bring a fair and just resolution of this case to Indian Country faster than the court system, I owe it to you to try. What is a fair and just resolution? The government would try and resolve this case for a couple billion dollars. And why not, from their perspective, when we are owed so much more? But a token settlement like this would be an insult to our people and a continuation of decades of injustice. We know what is fair. We have retained the most sophisticated resources and financial experts to tell us what a fair and just resolution would be. Here's what they tell me: At one time more than 50 million acres of land was allotted and held in trust for you. That equals land mass could swallow the states of Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland and Washington, D.C. with room to spare. Today, there is less than 11 million acres held in trust for you and the government can't explain where 39 million acres went. Much of the 50 million acres was and is among the most fertile and mineral rich lands west of the Mississippi (and that is why it is gone today). In the early-1900's almost the entire state of Oklahoma (the then-oil capital of the world) was made up of individual Indian trust allotments. Remember this: the government is not doing us any favors by resolving this case. They have taken our property and our money and mismanaged it for more than a century. We are not asking for entitlement, for reparations or for special treatment. We only want what is ours: money generated from our land. The U.S. government doesn't need to appropriate the funds to pay us. They already have the money. They took it from us. What is a fair and just resolution you ask? A complete and accurate accounting of our trust assets, nothing more and nothing less. If the government wants us to give up our rights to that complete and accurate accounting, it must compensate each of the individual Indian beneficiaries. It is that simple. I want to make a pledge to you, my fellow beneficiaries. I will not sell our trust,"the legacy of our ancestors" down the river for even a few billion dollars in settlement. To do so would make me no better than them--and I will not breach the trust you have shown in me. I will continue the fight in the courts and wherever else until justice is done. And, I will continue to mediate as long as there is a chance for a fair and just resolution there, too. It is our money and it is our right. Sincerely, Elouise Cobell Native American Times is Copyright c. 2004 Oklahoma Indian Times, Inc. --------- "RE: S.D. Tribe files Trust Lawsuit" --------- Date: Tue, 29 June 2004 08:48:11 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="OST FILES SUIT" http://www.indianz.com/News/ http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/~/2004/06/29/news/state/top/news01.txt S.D. tribe files trust lawsuit By Chet Brokaw, Associated Press Writer June 29, 2004 PIERRE - The Oglala Sioux Tribe has filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to force the U.S. Interior Department to give a full accounting of land and money it is responsible for managing for the tribe. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the District of Columbia, alleges that the Interior Department and the U.S. Treasury Department have failed to account for land it holds in trust for the tribe and the money earned from leases and other uses of that land. "Defendants have kept and continue to keep the Tribe, as the trust beneficiary, uninformed as to the trust property it owns, what income the trust property has produced, and what disposition has been made of the income," according to the lawsuit. The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council recently voted to start the lawsuit. Gary Frischer, a legal consultant involved in the lawsuit, said the Santee Sioux Tribe, the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Omaha Tribe also are pursuing the trust fund issue in court. A 1996 class-action lawsuit, filed on behalf of more than 300,000 Indians nationwide, also seeks federal accounting for trust funds owed to individual Indians. A federal judge has found that the Interior Department breached its trust responsibility and has ordered the department to tally what the Indians are owed. The 1996 suit alleges that for more than a century, the government has mismanaged, misplaced or stolen billions of dollars in oil, gas, timber and grazing royalties that the department, by law and treaty, was assigned to manage on the Indians' behalf. The Oglala Sioux lawsuit seeks the same accounting for land and money held in trust for the tribe itself. The lawsuit says the extent of the tribe's loss is unknown because federal officials have failed to maintain accurate records, lost or destroyed some records and failed to disclose some information. Frischer said he cannot estimate the tribe's loss, except to say, "We're in the hundreds of millions of dollars." Lydia Bear Killer, one of tribal council members who helped lead the effort to file the lawsuit, said the attempt to get a financial accounting started when some tribal members seized the tribal council building in Pine Ridge several years ago. Tribal members need to know what has happened to land and money that the federal government holds in trust for the tribe, Bear Killer said. "Hopefully, this is one step that will bring the people back together," she said. "We're concerned a full historical accounting with assets and finances needs to happen for the tribe." Congress has passed laws in the past two decades requiring the Interior Department to conduct audits and give reports on trust funds, but that accounting has not been done, according to the lawsuit. The Oglala Sioux lawsuit seeks a court order requiring federal officials to give a full and complete accounting of land and money held in trust for the tribe. In the nationwide lawsuit dealing with money owed to individual Indians, the Interior Department has said it will take at least five years to account for all the money. Copyright c. 2004 The Rapid City Journal. --------- "RE: The Long Trail to Apology" --------- Date: Mon, 28 June 2004 08:22:54 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="APOLOGY BY US" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/28/opinion/28MON4.html The Long Trail to Apology June 28, 2004 All manner of unusual things can happen in Washington in an election year, but few seem so refreshing as a proposed official apology from the federal government to American Indians - the first ever - for the "violence, maltreatment and neglect" inflicted upon the tribes for centuries. A resolution of formal apology for "a long history of official depradations and ill-conceived policies" has been quietly cleared for a Senate vote, with proponents predicting passage. Tribal leaders have been offering mixed reactions of wariness ("words on paper") and approval somewhat short of delight ("a good first step"). True, no federal reparations or claim settlements are at stake. But the rhetoric of the resolution pulls few punches about the genocidal wounds American Indians suffered in being uprooted for the New World. The Trail of Tears, the Long Walk, the Wounded Knee Massacre and other travails are specified in the resolution, which calls on President Bush to "bring healing to this land" by acknowledging the government's offensive history. The apology would have been received as fighting words at the Capitol in the Indian war era, when the government pursued military domination and tribes fought back. But times change, albeit very slowly sometimes, and this time it is significant that the political clout of Native Americans has never been clearer. The parties are vying for support in key political arenas, with the narrowly divided Senate particularly in play. Native Americans' power is considerable in tribal bases like South Dakota, where their turnout was crucial in electing Senator Tim Johnson in 2002; in Alaska, where they are 16 percent of eligible voters; and in tight presidential states like Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada. Severe health, education and economic troubles still bedevil the reservations, despite the casino riches of a minority. Accordingly, the tribes must aim for more than an apology as they pursue ambitious voter- enrollment programs. An official apology is indeed words on paper. But approval by Congress would be an acknowledgment of modern tribal power, especially if the president presented it this September at the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington. Copyright c. 2004 The New York Times Company. --------- "RE: Opinion: The Ku Klux Klan of Indian Country" --------- Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:56:02 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="KKK of INDIAN COUNTRY" http://www.pechanga.net/ http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml%3Fi=20040712&s=newfield Opinion: The Ku Klux Klan of Indian Country Dave Lundgren June 14, 2004 Anti-Indian hate groups are desperately attempting to gain a foothold in American politics by attacking tribal self-governance. This disturbing trend is being allowed to happen, unchecked. Recently the hate group Citizens Equal Rights Alliance (CERA) held a Mother's Day conference in Washington, D.C. entitled "Confronting Federal Indian Policy." While tribes are appalled that such organizations even exist, these groups are eliciting from their members contributions to shore up their attacks against federally-protected rights and to finance campaigns of their favored candidates. It's time we labeled these groups for what they really are: hate groups. CERA's sister organization, Citizen's Equal Rights Foundation (CERF), recently filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case U.S. v. Lara before the United States Supreme Court. CERF urged the Court to find that Congress had no power to recognize inherent powers of tribes. This group is also seeking the attention of congressional leaders who do not really understand the despicable implications of their activities. But before candidates accept political contributions from these racist organizations, they should look deeper. Who are these people and what are they so afraid of? These groups are comprised mainly of non-Indian landowners on Indian reservations. They are afraid of being regulated by brown people, and by the efforts of tribes under federal law to reclaim lost homelands. These non-Indians often acquired their property within the "permanent homelands" of tribes through the General Allotment Act, the national disgrace. The Allotment Act, passed by Congress not long after slavery was abolished in an effort to dismantle tribal governments and "assimilate" Indian people, was the single most significant breach of every treaty made with tribes. It authorized the carving up of reservations into allotments and threw open the "surplus lands" to non-Indian acquisition. Many call it "a national theft." Senate Joint Resolution 76, introduced on April 6, would finally offer an apology for what the United States did to tribes and Indian people under the 1887 Allotment Act. SJR 76 would "acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes." It expressly names the General Allotment Act as one of those depredations. Even without a formal apology, the fact that non-Indian land owners acquired title through the condemned policies of the Allotment Act cannot be ignored. Treaties entered with tribes under the Constitution recognized tribes as governments. By 1934, Congress came to recognize the devastating effects of the Allotment Act, and expressly condemned its assimilationist policies in favor of policies recognizing tribal self-governance. To reverse the effects of the Allotment Act, Congress provided statutory methods by which alienated homelands could be restored to Indian ownership. Since the early 1970s, tribal self-governance has been the cornerstone of numerous federal statutes. The policy of self-governance, therefore, is a constitutionally and federally protected right of tribes. The goal of these hate groups is to attack those federally and constitutionally protected rights. They prefer to hearken to the condemned Allotment policies. These hate groups pride themselves in having among their members Indian people who have become disillusioned with their own tribal councils. By having brown people among their ranks, they can claim their hat red toward tribes is not race-based. But these beneficiaries of the national disgrace are functioning on fear. Tribes are reacquiring their homelands at ever- increasing rates. Ask those non-Indian landowners if they would like to welcome in those Indian members as neighbors and you are likely to get a different response. It is one thing to have Indians join their groups, but quite another to have them join their neighborhoods. There was a time in our recent history when racist organizations used tactics that were more blatant and open. Now their messages of hatred are subtler, and are shrouded in legal arguments and campaign contributions. Rather than burning crosses and marching in white hoods, these hate- mongers are using direct mailings with slogans about constitutional rights. Where once such organizations met in secret at night around bonfires in the deep woods, these new groups meet openly on Mother's Day in Washington, D.C. and surround congressional leaders. Visit CERA's Web site and you'll see tactics used by terrorist groups. The group urges people to form cells in their own regions to carry out the group's objectives. Why is the Justice Department turning a blind eye to these purveyors of hate? An organization whose sole purpose is to attack rights protected by federal and constitutional law is not any different than the Ku Klux Klan. It is time we identified these groups for what they really are. Rather than engage in their ridiculous debates about the fundamentals of federal Indian law, which would only help legitimize them, we need to question their very existence. Their cries for help, however, may provide an opportunity to educate the public on why a national apology for the General Allotment Act is necessary. The title history on the property of these non-Indian landowners tells the story. Whenever they speak, before their questions are addressed, ask them where their lands are located and trace how they got there. Only in that context can we have an informed discussion. Dave Lundgren maintains an Indian law practice in Oregon. He can be reached at bandonlawyer@aol.com. Native American Times is Copyright c. 2004 Oklahoma Indian Times, Inc. --------- "RE: McSloy and Bassen: A Great Nation breaks its Word" --------- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:18:08 EDT From: MJLaBurt@aol.com Subj: McSloy and Bassen: A great nation breaks its word: Indians, unions and the NLRB Mailing List: ndn-aim http://www.indiancountry.com/?1088166880 McSloy and Bassen: A great nation breaks its word: Indians, unions and the NLRB June 25, 2004 by: Steven Paul McSloy / Counsel / Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP by: Ned H. Bassen / Chair / Labor and Employment Practice / Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP In 1960 in Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora, the Supreme Court allowed Tuscarora lands to be taken and flooded for a dam, holding that the relevant federal statute did not expressly exempt Indian nations. This decision was so violative of Indian sovereignty that Justice Black was moved to passionately dissent, writing that "Great nations, like great men, should keep their word," and the so-called "Tuscarora rule" of interpreting federal statutes of general applicability to be binding upon Indian nations has not often been followed. Indian people were thus shocked last month when in San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino, the National Labor Relations Board applied the Tuscarora rule and asserted jurisdiction over tribally owned and operated commercial enterprises, regardless of whether they are located on or off reservation land. The 3 - 1 decision overruling nearly 30 years of precedent is an illogical stray from well-established Indian sovereignty principles and threatens to dramatically impact tribal sovereignty. The majority's distinction between governmental and proprietary functions does not grasp the unique character of tribal sovereignty, and the board's new case-by- case method of determining jurisdiction leaves the door open to jeopardize both tribal sovereignty and the basic right of a sovereign to control internal matters that affect its members. The decision comes at a time when many tribes, including the San Manuel Band, are operating successful gaming operations and employing a large number of non-Indians. Because of their newfound success, tribes are being penalized for participating in the national economy and reaching economic self-sufficiency. The NLRB's decision is a far cry from the federal Indian policy of self-determination and is a dangerous step towards limiting tribal sovereignty. The NLRB's view that tribally owned and operated commercial enterprises affecting interstate commerce do not implicate the special attributes of sovereignty is a misjudgment, to say the least. The majority too easily separates commercial aspects of tribal businesses from tribal governmental functions, when in fact the two are essentially inseparable. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act requires tribal gaming revenues to be used to fund tribal government operations and programs, including health, education, human services, law enforcement, roads, water and sewer projects and tribal courts. This fact alone suggests that proprietary and governmental functions are inextricably linked. Providing for the general welfare of the tribe and its members is critically tied to the success of tribally owned and operated commercial enterprises. Tribal dependence on commercial enterprises for revenue stems from the fact that Indian tribal governments generally are unable to fund important government services through the collection of property and income taxes. Peter Schaumber, the lone dissenting NLRB member, understood the distinctive nature of tribal governments and stated that "operation of the casino clearly furthers the repeatedly expressed Congressional objective of encouraging tribal self- sufficiency and economic development, which can only occur through commercial activity." The majority's insistence on separating commercial from governmental functions promotes dependence on the federal government rather than tribal self-sufficiency and economic development. Surely, that is not the path Congress envisioned tribal nations would follow in the 21st century. Furthermore, because tribal commercial enterprise revenues fund tribal governmental programs, the assertion of NLRB jurisdiction regarding labor relations could endanger vital tribal services in the future. Labor unions have been forging strong campaigns to organize tribal casinos and other tribally owned operations. Labor union organization at tribal enterprises represents a threat not only to the tribal business operations but more importantly can imperil the tribe and its members in general and cast a shadow over the tribe's ability to control its internal matters and protect its members. The NLRB majority's approach towards tribes acting in a commercial manner seems to suggest that tribes do not adequately provide for its employees, specifically non-Indians. The common accusation that tribally operated facilities, including casinos, are permitted to mistreat employees under the guise of tribal sovereign immunity coincides with the majority's biased opinion of tribal labor relations. The NLRB majority however, conveniently overlooked the fact that the San Manuel Band's comprehensive Tribal Labor Relations Ordinance (TLRO) already regulates labor relations at the casino. In fact, in the San Manuel case, the dispute revolved around the Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union's objection to not being given access to casino employees for organizing purposes, because the tribe had given access to another union. Many tribes throughout the country have adopted similar ordinances that provide employees with the right to self-organization, to join employee organizations and to choose their representatives to collectively bargain for them. Since TLROs essentially replicate the protections afforded by the National Labor Relations Act, the NLRB's new assertion of jurisdiction is unnecessary. The question becomes, what can tribes do to either get around the decision or to satisfy the NLRB's new Tuscarora rule analysis? One of the more appealing options would be for the decision to be reversed on appeal. Hopefully, a federal court will apply the traditional principles of Indian sovereignty and reach a different result from the NLRB. However, leaving the decision to the federal courts is not always the most promising option. Another alternative would be a direct request to Congress to revise the National Labor Relations Act's provision for NLRB jurisdiction so as to expressly exempt Indian tribes from the Act's coverage. One small glimmer of hope that the San Manuel decision offers is the NLRB's emphasis on a case-by-case analysis. While the NLRB seems to be steadfast its distinction between commercial and governmental functions, there is still the possibility that a tribe's business relations could fall under one of the Tuscarora rule's exemptions, specifically the treaty exemption. For instance, in the San Manuel case, the band did not have a treaty with the United States and therefore had no possibility of qualifying under the treaty exemption. Tribes that do have treaties with the United States might be able to claim the treaty exemption if application of the NLRA would abrogate those treaty rights. This still leaves a large number of tribes operating without treaties vulnerable to NLRB jurisdiction. Regardless of the method tribes choose to follow, the road will certainly not be an easy one. Although the NLRB has stated that careful balancing is required to determine whether or not to assert jurisdiction, the odds seem likely that the NLRB will begin to intervene in labor matters at tribal enterprises. NLRB assertion of jurisdiction is not only an attack on tribal sovereignty but also a significant obstacle for tribes seeking to become self-sufficient and economically independent. ----- Steven Paul McSloy is the co-chair of the Native American practice at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP in New York City. Ned H. Bassen is chair of the Labor and Employment practice at Hughes Hubbard. Jason Habinsky of Hughes Hubbard and Katie Morgan (Ponca Tribe of Nebraska), a Hughes Hubbard summer associate, assisted in the preparation of this article. ----- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. --------- "RE: Navajo Pilgrims spend a night among Ancestors" --------- Date: Mon, 28 June 2004 08:22:54 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="BOSQUE REDONDO" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.daily-times.com/artman/publish/article_12264.shtml Navajo pilgrims spend a night among their ancestors By Valarie Lee/For The Daily Times June 28, 2004 FORT SUMNER - As the voluminous dark clouds disappeared in the far north, people spoke softly to each other. The only other sound was the tinkling of a bell worn by a small lamb, the pet of a tiny Navajo girl, and the wind's continuous blowing. Currently under construction is a 5,000-square-foot center that will allow a more in-depth discourse in regard to the history of the Navajo and their stay at Fort Sumner. Park Ranger Scott Smith said Phase 1 of the center is set to be completed in two months and, appropriately, the architect of the museum is a Navajo man named David Sloan. As the sun set in the west and night began to set in, the Long Run participants set up camp near the interpretive center. Tents were scattered on the lawn in front of the center and a microphone and speakers were set up for those who wanted to share their thoughts about the day. One elderly Navajo man shared a story about how hard it was living there at Hweeldi, but even harder was the walk home. The story originally was told by his grandparents. In Navajo, he said they lived on wild carrots, wild onions, prairie dogs, wild berries, horse meat and sometimes even donkey meat. Another Navajo man said he heard from his grandfather about how, when they were heading home, the cavalry provided an escort part of the way. Grandfather said some of the women and younger girls were raped and nine months later, they had babies from the soldiers. Some of those descendants (the babies) know about their heritage and while it's not exactly a shame, it's still a part of the history of the Navajo and served as another example of the brutality of some of the soldiers. Many gave talks about how grateful they were to come back and give thanks to their ancestors for being strong and endearing. Many of the talks mentioned how different it might have been if they never went to Hweeldi. Close to midnight, the talk session ended with some choosing to camp in tents near the museum, while others make their way back to Fort Sumner to sleep in motels. As the sun came over the horizon, many had already been up for over an hour. Some were habitual early risers and some wanted to offer prayers to the Navajo holy people. Several people said they didn't sleep well and sort of felt restless. For Leon Curley of Jamestown his stay was somewhat different. "I had a restless night. I had weird dreams, it seemed like I was going down a long road that never ends." Curley said this was his first time visiting Fort Sumner and, despite being warned about visiting, came anyway. "I was told this was a place that was forbidden and was best that we stay away. I thought it was going to be one big graveyard. What I seen was really different." Curley said his second day was better than the first. "Yesterday was kind of somber. Today it's different, everyone's laughing, joking and I think we came over our fears. It wasn't what I expected to see," Curley said in reference to the beautiful grounds and calm waters of the Pecos River. Arviso said she slept well and had nothing to fear. "We were being taken care of through the night, why should we fear our ancestors?" Arviso said in reference to comments made about how it was recommended that no one should sleep at the site. "My sister and I got up before dawn and offered prayers and made an offering. We felt good about all this and if there was any negativity, we didn't feel it, and we would've felt it," said Arviso, who came with her family and one small little lamb. "This is important to our children being. This is their history and here we are 136 years later, our ancestors were the strong ones and I say it's not a game we're playing and we're very sincere and some people don't want to accept that," said Arviso, who understands it's a part of life to have controversy. After a breakfast and closing remarks by park rangers and Long Run coordinators, the group headed back to Navajoland. They were given a warm welcome by the Sky City Casino and Miss Indian New Mexico, Pauline Shebala, and then made their way back to the capitol of the Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Ariz. As the bikers made their way into Window Rock, they were joined by dozens of other bikers who wanted to escort them to the Navajo Nation Veterans Memorial Park. Over 60 bikers in all arrived at the veterans park. Most people were happy to be home and were glad they went to Hweeldi. Others said they probably won't go back, but would encourage others to make the trip at least once. "I don't think I'd go back. Maybe my kids or grandkids, I'd rather have them go to learn a part of their history," Curley said. The Bosque Redondo monument is currently in the process of being completed as federal and state officials search for more money for the site. In 2002, the Defense Department gave $2 million to help with the completion of the monument. Copyright c. 2004 Farmington Daily Times, a Gannett Co., Inc. newspaper. --------- "RE: Navajo Nation seeks $900M for Water Settlement" --------- Date: Tue, 29 June 2004 08:48:11 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="NAVAJO WATER" http://www.indianz.com/News/2004/003153.asp http://www.daily-times.com/artman/publish/article_12284.shtml Bingaman meets with Navajos on settlement By Jim Snyder/The Daily Times June 29, 2004 FARMINGTON - Navajo Nation Vice President Frank Dayish Jr. told U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., the Navajo Nation will need the senator's help in getting approximately $900 million passed by Congress next year. The money is to build the Navajo-Gallup pipeline, to complete the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project and to fund other federal water projects tied to the proposed Navajo Nation water rights settlement on the San Juan Basin. The settlement seeks 55 percent of annual diverted water on the basin - more than 600,000 acre-feet. "We're only asking in terms of dollars - four days in Iraq," Dayish said. "The Navajo Nation is planning for an infusion of cash," he added, since the U.S. handed back sovereignty to the Iraqi people Monday and therefore would have more money for domestic use. "I wouldn't spend the money yet," Bingaman said, rhetorically asking if the U.S. spent less money in Iraq, did that make the settlement any less expensive? "We have a very difficult fiscal situation in Washington," he said earlier in the meeting Monday with approximately 20 Navajo and New Mexico officials at the Farmington Civic Center. "We're spending a lot more money than we're taking in. You can keep that up for a time but sooner or later it catches up to you." Bingaman, expected to co-sponsor the Navajo water rights settlement legislation next year with Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., said the purpose of the meeting was to be briefed about what the Navajo Nation expected from Congress. Navajo Council Delegate George Arthur, chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, asked for Bingaman's intervention in getting the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Department of the Interior actively behind the settlement. "We're getting mixed signals on the federal side," Arthur told Bingaman, adding, "The federal team has to play a role in the settlement." "Is the Department of the Interior involved?" Bingaman asked. "I think they're just aware this is going on," Dayish said. Navajo Water Commission Chairman Ray Gilmore told Bingaman a revised draft of the settlement could be publicly released this week or next. The original draft was released Dec. 5. The public submitted more than 300 pages in comments on what they wanted to see changed. The Navajo Nation, the Interstate Stream Commission and the state engineer have been negotiating - behind closed doors - on a revised draft since the spring. "There are a couple of kinks still we feel have to be negotiated," Dayish added. "We have to educate the public on the water settlement," added Interstate Stream Commission Chairman Jim Dunlap. "We cannot allow these outspoken critics to rule the day and not allow this to go forward." Navajo Council Speaker Lawrence Morgan added he might call a special session of the Council in mid-July so the 88-member Council can be briefed on the new draft and vote on it. The regular Council summer session is July 19-23 in Window Rock, Ariz. State Engineer John D'Antonio added the legislation could then be introduced to Congress in September. His office, however, does not expect the legislation to actually move forward until the 109th Congress meets next year. "Once we have something to review that would be the time to take some action on it," Bingaman said. "I'm very encouraged. Everybody's on the same page," he said to the Navajo and state officials. Bingaman said he was under the impression the meeting was public, however, Jack Scott, an Aztec resident, told The Daily Times he tried to attend but was told it was closed to the public. Jim Snyder: jims@daily-times.com Copyright c. 2004 Farmington Daily Times, a Gannett Co., Inc. newspaper. --------- "RE: PhD Project uses unique recruiting methods" --------- Date: Sunday, June 27, 2004 02:43 pm From: Kahente Subj: PhD Project uses unique recruiting methods Mailing List: Frostys AmerIndian http://www.indiancountry.com/?1088023816 Ph.D. Project uses unique recruiting methods June 23, 2004 by: James May / Indian Country Today SACRAMENTO, Calif. - For the past 10 years an ambitious project has sought to recruit minorities, including American Indians, to give up their careers to earn their business doctoral degrees in an effort to increase minority faculty at the nation's institutions of higher learning. Most such projects seek to recruit American Indians already in school and persuade them to go on to get higher degrees. The PhD Project, as it is commonly known, seeks to recruit people already in the professional world. The PhD Project is actually an alliance of several business groups, including, but not limited to the Ford Motor Company, the Fannie Mae Foundation and Merrill Lynch. The main player is the accounting corporation, KPMG, perhaps best known as a figure in the corporate scandals of the past few years. In January of last year KPMG was found guilty in court of fraud in a suit brought about by the Securities and Exchange Commission for their relationship with the troubled Xerox Corporation. Though no scholarship money is available through the PhD Project, funds are available through a charitable foundation set up by KPMG for candidates. "Obviously, the PhD Project helps attract minority students to business school but it also benefits whites as well," said KPMG president Bernie Milano. "Whites are helped when their first authority figure from a minority community doesn't occur when they go out into the business world." Billed as an "information clearinghouse for underrepresented minorities" the emphasis of the PhD Project is on business and their aim is to steer qualified minority candidates toward a business degree. The PhD Project began in 1994 and organizers of the project claim that they have more than doubled the number of minority faculty in business and accounting schools and has tripled the number of American Indians, though their numbers still lag fare behind their percentage of the overall population. For example, there are currently 33,000 business school professors and doctoral students. Out of these only 45 are American Indian. However, Ph.D. Project organizers claim that 10 years ago there were only 15 such people. The way the Ph.D. Project works is that it holds and annual convention each November in Chicago in which potential Ph.D. candidates from the various minority communities are invited to attend an intensive weekend- long conference complete with workshops that help to steer potential candidates through the Ph.D. process. After they are successfully admitted into Ph.D. programs, the candidates are then organized into four different groups according to their field of study, including Accounting, Finance, Marketing and Management. These groups are support networks that link candidates and mentors through an e- mail list where candidates can ask questions and receive help. Milano likes to refer to the project as an "aggressive marketing campaign" and maintains that advertisements are put out at African American colleges as well as through Hispanic MBA associations. American Indians, said Milano, are a little harder to recruit because of the relatively few professional organizations of American Indians as compared to other minority groups. Though the Ph.D. Project is advertised in several American Indian oriented publications, the project concentrates much of its effort in the American Indian community through the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), where Milano said that the group conducts recruiting efforts at its annual meeting. Matthew Rodgers, Oneida, attends Cornell University and is about a year away from his PhD in Management in Organizational Behavior. He was one of the candidates recruited through AISCES. He said that he was "enthralled" and wanted to make a contribution. "It's been a fantastic experience for me," said Rodgers, who said that he was so taken with the program that he now is involved in recruiting efforts for American Indian students. Perhaps the most difficult facts of economics for those that decide to get involved in the project is that many have to take pay cuts after being in the professional world. One such person is Gavin Clarkson, who is currently an assistant professor at the University of Michigan and found out the day after he was interviewed that he would be receiving his Ph.D. next month. Clarkson, an enrolled Chocktaw who also claims Cherokee ancestry, formerly ran a fairly lucrative software company with his mother in Austin, Texas. He formerly held a DBA, the equivalent of a master's degree from Harvard and was a perfect fit for the PhD Project. Despite the pay cut, Clarkson said that returning to academic life has allowed him to explore issues and ideas that the business world would never have allowed. For example, Clarkson is currently studying tribal economies and said that it was easy for him to find a niche in the academic world. One of the problems that he has uncovered in his Ph.D. studies is that lack of access tribes have to borrowing money and that unlike municipalities tribes have to pay higher interest rates. "This is the kind of thing that I could never have done in the business world. It's amazing how many aspects of tribal economies that have been untouched by academic study," said Clarkson. Clarkson estimates that African Americans make up the largest ethic group among PhD Project members. He muses that the reason that the PhD Project has had more success in recruiting African Americans is because of the deep roots in academics many in that group have because of the historically African American colleges. Clarkson, whose grandmother graduated from the University of Alabama in the 1920s, maintains that many American Indians do not have the same ties to academia. Currently many tribal colleges do not offer four-year degrees and the lack of deep historical roots in education is one of the barriers to creating an academic culture. A self-described, "nerdy Native" Clarkson said the organization is making a concerted effort to reach American Indians. "We're going to look everywhere to find other nerdy Natives," he said. For more information, visit http://www.phd project.com. Copyright c. 2004 Indian Country Today. --------- "RE: Citizens fight back after Indian sites looted" --------- Date: Tue, 22 June 2004 08:09:51 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="VANDALISM" http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20040622-0027-plunderingpast.html Citizens groups fight back after American Indian historic sites looted By Martin Griffith ASSOCIATED PRESS June 22, 2004 RENO, Nev. - Mysterious petroglyphs etched in hundreds of volcanic boulders east of Reno have survived the elements for centuries. Volunteers are now hoping the artifacts will survive the ravages of modern man. The American Indian artwork - depicting bighorn sheep and stick-people figures - is endangered by vandals and collectors as Nevada's sprawling growth and a soaring number of off-road vehicles have taken civilization to the doorstep of once remote backcountry sites. The volunteers are mobilizing to preserve the 4,000-year-old site in a corner of the parched Pah Rah Range claimed by the Paiute and Washoe tribes. They also are expanding their efforts across the state. "People are getting tired of a few people wrecking things that we love about Nevada," said Alanah Woody, an anthropologist at the Nevada State Museum and the executive director of the Nevada Rock Art Foundation. "We're serious about making people stop this." Woody's 400-member group plans to record Nevada's more than 1,000 rock art sites and set up a network of volunteers to ward off looters. Citizens groups like his - along with tribes and federal agencies across the West - are stepping up efforts to protect remote archaeological sites from thieves and vandals. Among other measures, the Bureau of Land Management plans to extend a higher level of federal protection to designated sensitive areas, qualifying them for extra law enforcement patrols, agency archaeologist Pat Barker said. Looting is widespread across the nation due to professionals looking for a big payday, particularly in the West, said Frank McManamon, chief archaeologist for the Park Service in Washington, D.C. "I think the cases are on the upswing," McManamon said. "But I think what we hear about is only the tip of the iceberg. These crimes often take place in remote areas like Nevada where they go undetected." The number of prosecutions for looting on federal lands averaged 230 a year from 1998 to 2001, almost four times the number from 1984 to 1998, the National Park Service reported. One of the largest archaeological cases ever investigated involved a five-member ring convicted of stealing more than 11,000 artifacts primarily in southern Nevada from 1997 to 2001. Its ringleader, Bobbie Wilkie, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced to three years in federal prison in December - the longest term ever for a first- time offender of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act. In another case, Jack Harelson of Grants Pass, Ore., is accused of stealing more than 2,000 relics from a cave in northern Nevada's Black Rock Desert in the early 1980s. In April, Harelson lost a bid to overturn a $2.5 million fine - the fourth largest ever assessed for archaeological theft. Among artifacts taken by looters were the bodies of a young boy and girl, and 10,000-year-old sandals that possibly were the oldest footwear found on Earth. Recently, two men were tried in federal court in Reno and convicted of stealing government property after two boulders bearing petroglyphs were found used as landscape ornaments in one of the men's front yards. Arlan Melendez, chairman of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, said tribal members are outraged and want more done to thwart thefts. Some tribes have closed archaeological sites on reservations to the public. "We're appalled at what's happening to sacred sites," Melendez said. "They remind us of where we came from and stimulate our mind as to what it was like before." With only 18 rangers for the 48 million acres it manages in Nevada - 67 percent of the state - the BLM acknowledges it can't fight looting alone. That's why the BLM and other federal agencies are trying to set up site stewardship programs statewide and hiring a full-time coordinator to oversee the programs. Having volunteers monitor sensitive sites has proved successful in other states, said Mark Michel, president of the Archaeological Conservancy based in Albuquerque, N.M. His preservation group acquires archaeological sites on private property. "With the tight federal budget, it's a trend to get the public involved to protect resources," Michel said. "A lot of other states are putting them in place, too. The only problem is that the more remote the place is, the more difficult it is to monitor." Archaeologists praised prosecutors and judges for aggressively pursuing cases against looters, saying they sent a strong message that it won't be tolerated. "This is a crime against history," said Fred Frampton, a U.S. Forest Service archaeologist. "It's like tearing the pages out of a history book not yet written." Copyright c. 2004 Union-Tribune Publishing Co. --------- "RE: Shooters target Pictographs" --------- Date: Tue, 29 June 2004 08:48:11 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="VANDALS SOUGHT" http://www.indianz.com/News/2004/003152.asp http://www.daily-times.com/artman/publish/article_12282.shtml Shooters target pictographs By Darren Marcy/The Daily Times June 29, 2004 DELGADITO CANYON - When Larry Baker made his last stop while leading a tour of early Navajo sites Thursday, he was excited to see the snakehead man, one of the pictographs on a wall of rock art in Delgadito Canyon. Instead, what he found sickened him. The site had been used as target practice with eight of 12 shots centering on the painted art on the sandstone rock wall. Pictographs are painted on the rock, as compared to petroglyphs, which are etchings in the rock. The damaged pictograph is found in a remote section of Delgadito Canyon, which is a side canyon off Carrizo Canyon in the Largo area east of Blanco. Bullet pocks can be seen in handprints painted on the walls and other figures. "I was really depressed and angry," Baker said. He is executive director of Salmon Ruins Museum. "It's such senseless vandalism." The panel that was damaged is estimated to be 300 to 400 years old and includes a human figure with something flowing from the top of its head. It could be a snake or hair or something else, but the significance of the site is clear to Jim Copeland, lead archeologist with the Bureau of Land Management's Farmington Field Office. "It could be commemorative or it could be telling a story," Copeland said of the BLM site. Copeland said the destruction was deliberate and pointed out a sign warning visitors to appreciate and preserve the site. "This thing was completely unmarred and untouched," Copeland said. "This is damage that can never be repaired." Tom Whitson, director of the Site Stewards Program for northwest New Mexico, said the rock art panel is essentially destroyed. "Eight of the 12 shots are in the painted area," Whitson said. "It pretty much destroyed an irreplaceable rock art panel." The Site Steward Program matches volunteers with pueblitos and rock art locations throughout the area. Volunteers visit the sites looking for damage - both man-made and natural - and report their findings to the appropriate land management agency. A site steward visited the site in early June and it was fine, Copeland said, meaning the damage occurred in the past two or three weeks. Copeland said evidence was collected at the scene and will be analyzed to try to find who is responsible for the destruction. If the value of the damage is determined to be more than $500, the crime will be a felony. "This clearly does," Copeland said. Although the rock art itself could be considered priceless, Copeland said, it will be very easy to prove the $500 threshold was topped because of the cost of the investigation, estimates for conservation techniques and restoration, if that is done. The bullet holes chipped out a piece of rock at impact. Filling in the bullet wounds wouldn't work, Copeland said, and the best effort could only disguise the damage somewhat to make it less noticeable. "To do nothing can often send the signal that nobody cares," Copeland said. The BLM would consult with the Navajo Nation before any repairs would be initiated. "In some cases they've asked us to just leave it alone and let it stand as a testimony to ignorance," he said. Whoever is responsible for the damage could face federal charges for destruction of federal property and for a violation of the Archeological Resources Protection Act. Beyond the legal violations, Baker said the act was senseless destruction of an important piece of American history, comparing the vandalism to someone shooting up the Lincoln Memorial. "We're not just talking about our New Mexico heritage or talking about our Four Corners heritage, we're talking about our national heritage," Baker said. "This is a nonrenewable resource. I'm truly outraged and it's got to stop." Copeland said the remote nature of the rock art site and others like it usually provides some protection. In many ways the remoteness of these canyons has helped these drawings escape this type of behavior," Copeland said. "This kind of damage, particularly way out here in the canyons, isn't particularly common." ---- Anyone with information on the pictograph destruction can call Crime Stoppers at (505) 334-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous and could earn a reward. Information: Copeland, (505) 599-8900. Darren Marcy: darrenm@daily-times.com Copyright c. 2004 Farmington Daily Times, a Gannett Co., Inc. newspaper. --------- "RE: New Tribal look" --------- Date: Thursday, June 24, 2004 02:06 am From: Chris Milda (_Akimel O`odham_) http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/news/26823.php Nine reservations in Arizona are now headed by women By Stephanie Innes ARIZONA DAILY STAR June 20, 2004 Herminia Frias on June 10 became the first woman ever elected to the job of leading the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, but statewide she's got company - nine of the state's 22 federally recognized tribes have female leaders. The second- and third-largest Arizona tribes in terms of membership, the Tohono O'odham Nation and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona - both with reservations in the Tucson area - have each broken with a long history of patriarchal tribal governments to elect chairwomen instead of men. The Navajo Nation, which is the state's largest American Indian tribe in terms of both membership and size, has yet to elect a female leader. Frias' election to lead the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, which has a tiny square- mile reservation 15 miles southwest of downtown Tucson, ends a tribal history of male leadership not only in government, but in culture as well. "Culturally and traditionally speaking, we're not accustomed to having women leaders, but she's definitely got my support. I think some elders are just stuck in old ways of thinking," said 27-year-old Francisco Valencia, treasurer for the newly elected Pascua Yaqui Tribal Council. "I've heard from a lot of mothers already who say their daughters didn't know a woman could be the chair of the tribe," said Frias, 31, whose tribe has about 14,000 members. "It brings a different perspective and it doesn't take anything away from the men." Vivian Juan-Saunders last year became the first chairwoman of the 28,000-member Tohono O'odham Nation, which has nearly 3 million acres of reservation land southwest of Tucson. "For me in my generation, I was starting to see windows of opportunity but it was such that we had to take it one step at a time," said Juan- Saunders, 44. "It didn't happen overnight and took a lot of work to get to a comfort level, especially the elders, where they could see women in these very important leadership roles. . . . It's my feeling that people still are getting used to me being elected, even a year later." Two other American Indian tribes in Arizona have also recently broken tradition by electing women leaders - in December 2002 Joni Ramos was inaugurated as the first woman elected as president of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Scottsdale, and in January 2003 Kathleen Wesley-Kitcheyan became the first chairwoman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe in San Carlos. Juan-Saunders said women have always played a key role in overall tribal communities. But in many tribes political leadership roles were a long established job for men. Young women like Frias are going to permanently change such stereotypes, she said. "It's the same thing that's been happening in the private sector in the last few years - you know, the good ol' boy network is slowly coming apart, " said Kermit Palmer, administrator for the Cocopah Tribe in Somerton, which elected its first female leader - Sherry Cordova - during the 1990s. Cordova still holds the job. Frias, who is known by the nickname "Minnie," did not enter this year's Pascua Yaqui Tribal Council election with the intention of making history. She had initially hoped to gain one of the tribe's 11 council seats - no easy task itself since 66 candidates were in the running. But once she'd gained a council seat, Frias threw her name in the ring for chairwoman and to her surprise, she won. "It is different, I know that. It was a shock to the community and to myself. But I think it has inspired people, having all this diversity," Frias said. Culturally, Yaquis grow up seeing men in key tribal leadership roles. One of the hallmarks of Pascua Yaqui culture is its annual Easter Ceremony, which blends Catholicism and traditional Yaqui spirituality and is performed predominantly by male tribal members who are part of revered all-male "societies." Throughout the year, ceremonial events for the Yaquis are in the hands of the societies. Women and girls have roles in the Easter ceremonies but they are less prominent. And men have always run the Pascua Yaqui government. "The changes are harder for our elders, I believe," said 32-year-old Priscilla Flores, one of three women, including Frias, elected to the new Yaqui council. "But I think we will all see results within six months. All of us on this council are open to listening. . . . I think this election showed that demographics are changing and no disrespect to the tribe, but some change is needed." Frias is the first elected chairwoman but not the first woman to lead her tribe. In 1994 Octaviana Trujillo, a tribal vice chairwoman, automatically ascended to the top post after the sudden death of then- Chairman Albert V. Garcia. But Trujillo lasted just two months in the job before she was voted out in favor of Arcadio Gastelum. Frias anticipates keeping her job at least through her four-year term, if not longer. As chairwoman, she leads a Tribal Council whose mission is to ensure the well-being and advancement of the tribe through self- government. Among the council's top jobs is overseeing the tribe's two casinos and the distribution of casino profits. Bernard "Bunny" Fontana , an anthropologist and retired Arizona State Museum ethnologist, noted that strong female American Indian leaders are not unprecedented. In Arizona, they have included Viola Jimulla of the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe, the first woman ever to become chief of a North American tribe. She served as chief from 1940 until her death in 1966 and was known for advocating equality for indigenous people. Fontana also cited Nora McDowell, the current chairwoman of the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, who has long been an outspoken advocate for American Indian rights. "My impression is that on most reservations, people are looking, for a lack of a better term, for educated leadership - someone who can cope with the outside world," Fontana said. "I don't think it's a coincidence that these two women (Juan-Saunders and Frias) both have solid college education." The new Pascua Yaqui council includes four former chairmen but is overall a younger group than previous years, with four members under age 35, and more than half of the council members have college degrees, signaling a more educated council. Frias, a Cholla High School graduate, holds a degree in biochemistry from the University of Arizona, is completing a master's in public health, also from the UA, and until she made the decision to run for tribal council she'd been preparing to apply to medical school - something she hasn't ruled out for the future. In 2002, Frias was awarded a Kaiser Family Foundation Native American Health Policy Fellowship and worked in Washington, D.C., as an aide to Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M. She also spent two years as a tribal social worker and is well-acquainted with stressors that continue to be serious problems for American Indians across the country - poverty, teen pregnancy, lack of education and unemployment. Frias says her experience in social work will affect her work as chairwoman. Before making any decision she will seriously weigh the impact on families, she said. One of six children, Frias grew up in Tucson and spent a lot of time in Old Pascua near I-10 and Grant Road and on the tribe's reservation land, called New Pascua Pueblo. Frias said she's been too busy to think about settling down. "My family is great. They always say, 'No Minnie, you wait, you can borrow our kids,' " Frias said. "Someone once asked my dear grandma, who just passed away, they asked her if she wanted me to hurry up and marry and have children. Grandma said, 'No! Minnie is a career woman. Minnie has work to do, changes are needed. Minnie needs to be out there making those changes.'" Contact reporter Stephanie Innes at 573-4134 or sinnes@azstarnet.com. Copyright c. 1999-2004 AzStarNet, Arizona Daily Star and its wire services. --------- "RE: Sharing a Tradition" --------- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 23:21:00 -0700 From: "Chris Milda (_Akimel O`odham_)" Subj: SHARING A TRADITION: O'odham's fruitful harvest: Indian educators learn to pick saguaro fruit Mailing List: News & Info Distribution http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/~3Dlocal&story_id=3D062304a4_saguaro SHARING A TRADITION: O'odham's fruitful harvest Indian educators learn to pick saguaro fruit PAUL L. ALLEN pallen@tucsoncitizen.com June 23, 2004 American Indians from around the United States and Canada are lending a hand with this year's saguaro fruit harvest. The traditional annual event dates to the hunter-gatherer era among the Tohono O'odham of southern Arizona and northern Mexico's Sonora state. The helpers are participants in the University of Arizona's American Indian Language Development Institute, now in its 25th year. They are educators who work with American Indian children, and the event gives them a taste of the local beginning-of-summer cultural practice as part of a four-week summer program here. O'odham tribal member Stella Tucker, 56, has harvested the fruit at her family's camp in Saguaro National Park-Tucson Mountains District for many years, following in the footsteps of her grandmother, the late Juanita Ahil. Regina L. Siquieros, senior program coordinator for the UA institute, said it is important for the students to become familiar with each other's traditions. "We share methods," she said. "These are people who touch the lives of our children." As tribal members have done for centuries, Tucker and family members, as well as friends, detach the fruit from the ends of saguaro arms with a long, wooden tool called a ku'ipaD. It is fashioned from two saguaro ribs, these days joined with baling wire and topped with a cross-piece made of creosote wood, also attached with wire. The fruit is caught in buckets or picked up from the ground, pods slit open with the sharp edge of its stem and the fruit - a rich red color, with round black seeds - is saved. Once back at camp, the pulp is cooked, then strained through screen and cheesecloth to remove fiber and seeds. The resulting juice is cooked over a mesquite fire to thicken it into a syrup that can be eaten as is, or made into jams, jellies or wine. The fiber and seeds are dried - the fiber used to thicken jams, and the seeds ground up to thicken gravies and other foods. This year's teacher-students had two hours of hands-on experience, coming to Tucker's camp at 6 a.m. Monday to take advantage of the cooler morning temperatures. Some found just a few minutes of the work to be sufficient, but others were more enthusiastic and worked longer, Tucker said. One of the "guest pickers," Clyde Vincenti, an Apache from Dulce, N.M., in the Four Corners area, smiled as he manipulated one of the cactus-rib picking tools. "I saw pictures, but I never thought I'd be doing this," he said. Tucker is one of the few O'odham who continues the tradition. She spends about six weeks a year at the harvest camp - something she is able to do because her job with the San Xavier Mission School allows her a 2 1/2- month hiatus each summer. This year's harvest is lighter and later than usual, she said, because of the weather. She keeps some of the saguaro syrup for herself and relatives and distributes some to tribal elders no longer able to participate in the harvest. Copyright c. 2004 Tuscon Citizen. --------- "RE: Kids learn ancient ways at Hohokam Experience" --------- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 23:18:32 -0700 From: "Chris Milda (_Akimel O`odham_)" Subj: Kids learn ancient ways at Hohokam Experience Mailing List: News & Info Distribution http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/~/0623bored0623Z5.html Kids learn ancient ways at Hohokam Experience Mikaela Crank The Arizona Republic June 23, 2004 A room of 15 kids scrambled for glitter, glue, paper and markers. The chaos didn't seem to bother 11-year-old Nick Rossman's concentration as he painted and assembled his Hohokam village. "It's my third time here, and I like the arts and crafts. I enjoy painting," he said. The Hohokam Experience Camp kicked off its 26th year at the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park last week. Children ages 7-14 can become an archaeologist in a different themed camp each week through July 29. The four-day camps focus on various aspects of the Hohokam people. Three instructors guide the half-day camp. Last week's theme was "A Week in the Life of a Hohokam," and participants explored how the ancient Hohokam survived in the desert. They created their own village, dug a canal and made arrowheads and shell necklaces. They strolled through the museum's exhibits and realistic village. "It's a great educational experience," said Stacey Ray, the museum's visitor services supervisor. "They (kids) learn about history through a different style setting, unlike the usual classroom. The kids get to walk away with knowledge and understanding of the Hohokam. They also get to have a lot of fun." Participants are recommended to bring water, use sunscreen and wear comfortable shoes and clothes. Snacks, drinks and supplies are provided at the camp. Registration is limited to 30 kids per week and can be done over the phone. "We would like more kids to join," Ray said. "It's a chance to learn about the prehistoric past and have a good time." Reach the reporter at mikaela.crank@arizonarepublic.com or (602) 444-4968. Copyright c. 2000-2004 Arizona Republic. --------- "RE: Quebec Native Women offer Mediation" --------- Date: Mon, 28 June 2004 08:22:54 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="KANEHSATAKE" http://www.easterndoor.com/story2.htm Quebec Native Women Offer Mediation By: Kenneth Deer Eastern Door Volume 13 Number 22 June 18, 2004 The Quebec Native Women's Association has offered mediation for the ongoing situation in Kanehsatake and it has received both positive and negative responses. Ellen Gabriel, president of the association, announced that, because of pressure from some of the members of the association, the have proposed that Patricia Gabel of the Institute of conflict Transformation and Negotiation at Concordia University try to mediate the situation. "We are inviting all members of the Kanesatake Band Council to participate, within a neutral and safe environment to have their voices heard and resolve their conflicts," said Gabriel. "It is important to all residents of Kanehsatake that this process be met with open minds and a willingness by all parties to participate through a neutral party." Gabriel, who is also a resident of Kanehsatake, hopes that the mediation will eventually include Native people from other communities to help with the cultural aspects of the process. "Myself and the association are not part of the mediation team. We are only offering the services of Patricia Gabel and her vast experience. It is up to the participants to find the right combination of people that are acceptable to all," said Gabriel. Gabel is an American international lawyer who has been in practice for 30 years. She has a consulting practice in conflict analysis and trained at Harvard University at the Center for International Affairs. She is a special adviser on conflict analysis and management also teaches a graduate seminar on conflict transformation. Gabriel stated that she has had positive responses from both the Quebec Ministers of Public Security, Jacques Chagnon, and Native Affairs, Benoit Pelletier, as well as the vice-chief Ghislain Picard of the AFNQL. Also, importantly, Grand Chief James Gabriel and Chiefs Doreen Canatonquin, Marie Che'ne', and Clarence Simon have welcomed the offer of mediation. In a press statement, they said that they support any objective, just, fair and rigorous process that will contribute to the return of security to their territory. However, not all parties are happy with the process. Chief Steven Bonspille said that he and the other Chiefs have not yet received an invitation or any material on the process. "We took a step back and decided that we don't need mediation at this time. We believe an election will resolve everything," said Bonspille. "We are not going to the meeting scheduled for Friday with Ministers Pelletier and Chagnon. We asked to meet with them before and they refused. What has changed now, that they want to meet?" Bonspille went on to state that the mandate to mediate has to come from Kanehsatake. Ellen Gabriel said that the mediation process has nothing to do with the elections. The purpose is to bring peace and security to the community. The election procedures are not tied to the mediation process. No dates have been set for the election. The first meeting to explain the mediation process is to happen today but Chiefs Bonspille, John Harding and Pearl Bonspille from Kanehsatake will not attend. easterndoor@axess.com Copyright c. 1997-2000 The Eastern Door - Kahnawake, QC, Mohawk Territory. --------- "RE: Keetoowah Band Council to continue Impeachment" --------- Date: Thu, 24 June 2004 08:25:23 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="UKB COUNCIL IGNORES STAY ORDER" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=1269844 Keetoowah Band Council to continue impeachment The Associated Press June 24, 2004 MUSKOGEE - Eight members of the United Keetoowah Band Council say they will move forward with impeachment proceedings for two elected tribal officers despite a temporary restraining order signed by a tribal judge. Tribal Judge Dewayne Littlejohn issued the restraining order Saturday against the council's action. Council members voted 8-3 in favor of impeaching Keetoowah tribal Treasurer Julie Moss and tribal Secretary Ernestine Berry. Officials allege Moss is a member of the Keetoowah Band and the Cherokee Nation and violated Keetoowah laws by taking office and not giving up her Cherokee membership. Moss is also accused of not keeping adequate records, mishandling funds and concealing an audit from the tribal council. Berry has been accused of violating tribal bylaws in attaining her position, not keeping adequate records, unauthorized approval and signature on various legal documents without council approval and abuse of power. Both voted against the resolution earlier this month. Tribal Rep. Eddie Sacks also opposed the resolution. "I voted against it because it's unconstitutional," Sacks said. "I believe a lot of it is politically motivated." Tribal Rep. Don Adair, however, said regardless of Littlejohn's restraining order, the Keetoowah council "is the governing body" and has broad powers - including the establishment of rules, regulations and laws. There is no mandate for a court system in the UKB Constitution and bylaws. Copyright c. 2004 NEWS 9/The Oklahoman, Produced by NewsOK. --------- "RE: Indian Burial Ground discovered" --------- Date: Wed, 23 June 2004 08:14:38 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="BAY AREA CONSTRUCTION SITE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20040622-1409-ca-indianremains.html Indian burial ground discovered at Bay Area construction site ASSOCIATED PRESS 2:09 p.m. June 22, 2004 LAFAYETTE - A centuries-old American Indian burial ground has been discovered at a construction site east of San Francisco, offering new clues about the people who inhabited the region long before the Spanish arrived. About 80 sets of human remains and artifacts have already been unearthed, and at least as many are believed to be hidden beneath Lafayette's Hidden Oaks housing development, where two dozen upscale homes are planned. Construction on the two-acre site was halted last week when the first remains were uncovered, so Lafayette officials could review the project and ask experts to study the discovery's significance. Archeologists said they may have found one of the San Francisco Bay area's last, mostly intact Indian burial sites of significant size. Among the items recovered are projectile points, stone mortars and beads. "I would not be surprised if in the inner Bay Area ... I never saw another one of this caliber for the rest of my life," Allen Pastron, an Oakland archaeologist who is leading the dig, told the San Francisco Chronicle. The area where the remains were found was the site of a sacred burial ground more than 1,000 years ago. It was declared an archaeological site a century ago, and bones and artifacts have routinely surfaced since. The site once bordered the territories of the Miwok and Ohlone tribes, but it's still unclear to which tribe the human remains belong. The archeologists believe American Indians lived in the area between 1000 and 1400 and abandoned it about three centuries before Spanish started building missions throughout California in the late 1700s. The find could offer new insight about how Bay Area natives lived, what they ate, what tools they used, with whom they traded and how far they traveled, Pastron said. Archeologists would not disclose where the remains have been sent or the site's exact location, fearing that looters might dig up artifacts left behind when construction resumes. Larry Myers, executive secretary of the California Native American Heritage Commission, said he hadn't heard about Hidden Oaks, but regretted that the remains had to be disturbed and the homes built. "In a perfect world what they should do is redesign the project," Myers said. "Can't we honor burials that are here by putting them in a park or something?" The Hidden Oaks discovery isn't the first major burial site found in the Bay Area. In 1997, 275 sets of human remains were unearthed in San Jose, and a 2,000 year-old Indian shellmound was discovered in Emeryville in 1999. Copyright c. 2004 The San Diego Union-Tribune, Union-Tribune Publishing Co. --------- "RE: Judge rejects Wadena's challenge of election" --------- Date: Thu, 24 June 2004 08:25:23 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ELECTION RESULTS STAND" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/8997514.htm Judge rejects Wadena's challenge of White Earth election Associated Press June 24, 2004 MAHNOMEN, Minn. - A judge on Wednesday upheld the election of White Earth tribal chairwoman Erma Vizenor, rejecting claims of voting irregularities coming from her opponent, former chairman Darrell "Chip" Wadena. Wadena accused Vizenor of receiving votes from deceased and non-enrolled tribal members and from absentee voters who did not request ballots. He also accused the tribe's election board of misconduct in the June 8 election, which he lost by 611 votes. During a two-hour hearing at the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, Betty Laverdure, a judge from the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota, listened as Wadena lodged 11 complaints. In the end, Laverdure rejected all of Wadena's challenges. Wadena said after the hearing he may file a second appeal for review by a panel of judges from other Minnesota Chippewa bands. Vizenor, 59, said she was pleased Laverdure confirmed "the credibility of our elections." Vizenor received 59.4 percent of the vote to defeat Wadena by a margin of 1,930-1,319. Wadena took more votes on the reservation, but Vizenor captured an overwhelming majority of absentee votes - 879 compared with 176 for Wadena - many of which are cast by members living off the reservation. Wadena, 65, was the most prominent American Indian leader in Minnesota for more than two decades - before his 1996 conviction in federal court for bid-rigging and other crimes related to his tribe's casino gambling business. Released in 1998 after serving nearly three years in prison, Wadena said earlier this month he had not heard he's a target of an investigation into an alleged title fraud scheme used to register vehicles on the White Earth and Red Lake reservations. But Wadena, who said he buys and sells used cars, alienated members of the White Earth council when he blamed the tribe for any faulty titles he might have had. Copyright c. 2004 Duluth News Tribune. --------- "RE: Northern Cheyenne Riders to honor Ancestors" --------- Date: Fri, 25 June 2004 08:33:48 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="NORTHERN CHEYENNE RIDERS" http://www.billingsgazette.com/~/build/wyoming/55-riders.inc Northern Cheyenne riders to honor ancestors June 25, 2004 Between 25 and 50 Northern Cheyenne riders will mount their horses at 8 a. m. today and head for Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. They will gather at the Northern Cheyenne-Crow reservation line at Busby and expect to arrive at the battlefield's new Indian Memorial by mid- afternoon. Once there, tribal members will conduct ceremonies honoring ancestors who died in a pitched battle with the Seventh Cavalry, Winfield Russell, a leader of the group, said. Other riders from the Dakotas have arrived and plan to participate at Friday's commemoration of the 128th anniversary of the June 25, 1876, Battle of the Little Bighorn. A color guard of Northern Cheyenne veterans will lead the procession from the battlefield gate to the Indian Memorial at 10 a.m. Friday morning. Copyright c. The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises. --------- "RE: Utah High Court OKs non-Indian Peyote use" --------- Date: Wed, 23 June 2004 08:14:38 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="MEDICINE DECISION" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4234230,00.html Utah High Court OKs Non-Indian Peyote Use By DEBBIE HUMMEL Associated Press Writer June 23, 2004 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Utah Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that non- American Indian members of the Native American Church can use peyote in religious ceremonies. In a unanimous decision, the court found in favor of a couple charged in 2000 with drug distribution for providing peyote to members and visitors at their church in Benjamin, about 50 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. Officers confiscated about 12,000 peyote buttons from the six-acre complex that serves as home to the Oklevueha Earthwalks Native American Church. James and Linda Mooney were charged with more than 10 first-degree felony counts of operating a controlled-substance criminal enterprise and one second-degree count of racketeering. They were never tried, and Tuesday's ruling stemmed from a defense request to dismiss the case. Federal law allows tribal Indians and members of the Native American Church to use peyote in religious ceremonies. The Mooneys' church is affiliated with the Native American Church, though they are not members of a federally recognized tribe. Attorneys for the state argued there is no exception in state law for the use of peyote by Indians and said that even if the court ruled there was such an exception, it could not be extended to cover non-Indians. The high court ruled that state law incorporates the federal regulation but does not specify a restriction on peyote use only by members of federally recognized tribes. Use of the hallucinogenic drug is limited to bona fide religious ceremonies as part of the Native American Church, Justice Jill Parrish wrote. The court also said that permitting the exemption for some church members and not others would violate the equal-protection clause in the United States Constitution. James Mooney said in a statement released by his attorney that the decision "will help to preserve the religious diversity on which our nation and this state were founded." Assistant Attorney General Kris Leonard said her office had not fully reviewed the opinion. Guardian Unlimited Copyright c. 2004 Guardian Newspapers Limited. --------- "RE: YELLOW BIRD: Tribal Governments can work" --------- Date: Mon, 28 June 2004 08:22:54 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="YELLOW BIRD: TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS" http://www.grandforks.com/~/dorreen_yellow_bird/9017262.htm DORREEN YELLOW BIRD COLUMN: Despite their faults, tribal governments can work June 26, 2004 During another time in my life, I managed a tribal newspaper and radio station in New Town, N.D. I was ousted from my position as executive director because I didn't agree with the tribal chairman. After a few years in office, the chairman apologized to me for what had happened. What were my misdeeds? Recording tribal council meetings and reporting on some questionable situations in the tribe. Because of the authority and jurisdiction of the tribe, there was no court that would or could take a "freedom of the press" case. I threw up my hands, disillusioned, then walked away with an armload of documents for a case that never would see the light of day. The Supreme Court's April decision in "U.S. v. Lara" is one that affirms tribal authority - perhaps the same authority that violated my rights to be heard in a court. The Lara case is complicated. Here are some facts. Billy Jo Lara, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in Belcourt, N.D., lived or was arrested on the Spirit Lake reservation at Ft. Totten, N.D. He was arrested for punching a police officer and was forbidden to set foot on the Spirit Lake reservation. One of the questions that arose is, Can Indian tribes prosecute nonmember Indians? In deciding Lara, the court "affirmed tribal authority to prosecute all Indians, regardless of affiliation, for crimes that occur on the reservation," according to a news report on the Web site, www. Indianz.com. In other words, the decision supports tribal sovereignty. That decision has brought forward other cases that challenge the jurisdiction of tribes. American Indian Movement activist Russell Means is challenging the Navajo Nation's jurisdiction to prosecute him for an alleged assault. One of the groups that disagrees with the court's decision is the Citizens Equal Rights Alliance of Ronan, Mont. The alliance "is an educational and legal advocacy organization dedicated to promoting equal protection of the law for all citizens," according to www.citizensalliance. org, the group's Web site. The group opposes tribal sovereignty. It says, "Federal Indian policy is unaccountable, destructive, racist and unconstitutional." Tribes should not have special laws and protection, according to the alliance. And you might think I would agree with them, after my skirmish with the tribe. But I don't. When this nation was developing a system of government, tribal nations had tight and well-organized governments. Historical documents indicate these systems were thousands of years old and seemed to work well. Many of the tribal governments changed with disruption from war and disease that took large number of their people including leaders. Their lifestyles and culture were at risk. In the 1930s, the federal government told tribes they must develop a system of government like the federal system, including a constitution and bylaws. At first, those new tribal governments were loosely organized with tribes still maintaining some of their old systems. At the Three Affiliated Tribes in New Town, N.D., men had to be recruited into new federally developed governments. They didn't want to be council members or chairmen; they still were organized by chief, band or clan leaders and medicine men and women. The old systems helped maintain the culture and language of the people. That was more than 60 years ago. Today we are well entrenched in systems similar to those in the rest of the nation. In fact, as we become more assimilated, the lines between tribes and the rest of the nation seems to be melting and blurring. Tribal governments today are not unlike city, state and federal governments in structure. The cry of the CERA is that tribes and the rest of the nation be one - under one law. But state and city governments are not "one." For example, Moorhead, Minn., recently passed a law banning smoking in public places. It affects that city but does not affect Fargo across the river. North Dakota's hunting laws differ from Minnesota. In other words, city by city and state by state, laws govern different units of government differently. In many ways, that is not unlike a tribal government, although tribal governments are more like separate nations. For tribes, sovereignty will maintain who we are. Tribes should, however, heed the warning: They need to tighten individual laws and root out corruption. We need be an example for what a good government is, not a target for those who want to erode sovereignty. ----- Yellow Bird writes Tuesday and Saturday columns. Reach her at 780-1228, (800) 477-6572 ext. 228 or dyellowbird@gfherald.com. Copyright c. 2004 Grand Forks Herald/Grand Forks, ND. --------- "RE: Sahtu and Metis mark Land-claim Anniversary" --------- Date: Wed, 23 June 2004 08:14:38 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SAHTU DENE/METIS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://north.cbc.ca/regional/~nwt-sahtucelebrate06232004 Sahtu mark land-claim anniversary June 23, 2004 YELLOWKNIFE - Sahtu Dene and Metis people are celebrating 10th anniversary of the signing of the region's land claim. Many people are marking the day off from work with feasts and drum dancing. Under the agreement, the Sahtu people own and manage 41,000 square kilometers of land. It also gives them $75 million over 15 years. In the last decade, the Sahtu has gained control over the environmental board and renewable resources. This also marks the time when the agreement has to be reviewed. But the last ten years haven't been without struggles. There have been some challenges implementing the land claim over mineral rights and royalties from oil and gas revenues. --- sidebar: The Sahtu Dene Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement Background: In July 1993, the Sahtu Dene and Metis approved the Sahtu Dene Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, which was subsequently approved by the governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories and signed on September 6, 1993 in Tulita (formerly Fort Norman). The Sahtu Dene and Metis Land Claim Settlement Act came into effect on June 23, 1994. The Land Claim Agreement can be accessed here. Features: The agreement provides the Sahtu Dene and Metis with title to 41,437 square kilometers of land in the Northwest Territories, an area slightly larger that Vancouver Island. Subsurface rights are included on 1,813 square kilometers of this land. In addition, the Sahtu Dene and Metis will, over a 15 year period, receive financial payments of $75 million (in 1990 dollars) and share the resource royalties paid to governments each year in the Mackenzie Valley. The agreement confirms hunting and fishing rights of the the Sahtu Dene and Metis throughout the Sahtu Settlement Area (SSA), and establishes their exclusive trapping rights. The agreements guarantees the Sahtu Dene and Metis participation in institutions of public government for renewable resource management, land use planning and land and water use in the SSA, and participation in environmental impact assessment and review in the Mackenzie Valley. The Agreement also provides for negotiation of self-government agreements that will be brought into effect through federal and/or territorial legislation. Copyright c. 2004 CBC. --------- "RE: Aboriginals'opposition to Tories mounting" --------- Date: Thu, 24 June 2004 08:25:23 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ANTI-TORIES MOVEMENT" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.theglobeandmail.com/~/ELECNATIVES24//?query=aboriginal Aboriginals'opposition to Tories mounting Leaders fear minority government led by Conservatives will erode native rights By KIM LUNMAN June 24, 2004 OTTAWA - Native leaders across Canada are mounting political opposition to the Conservatives, fearing a Tory-led minority government will erode aboriginal rights. In recent days, native leaders across Canada have publicly endorsed the Liberal Party while Cree leader Ted Moses backed the Bloc Que'be'cois, saying the party would be a boon for Quebec natives in a minority government situation. The Anishinabek Nation, which represents 45,000 aboriginals in Northern Ontario, the Me'tis Nation of Ontario and the Manitoba Me'tis Federation have all publicly endorsed the Liberal Party. Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, has said he will not endorse a party in Monday's election but made it clear at a news conference in Ottawa this week that he has serious concerns Conservative Leader Stephen Harper has not spelled out a comprehensive aboriginal agenda. Native leaders are worried that a Conservative-led government will mean cuts to funding for aboriginals, said Penticton Indian Band Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of B.C. Chiefs. He also had some criticism of the Liberals. "It's a Catch-22 for first nations people," he said. "On the one hand, we're faced with facing off with a Conservative government. Yet we can't afford another 10 years of broken promises." Joe Dion, former chief of the Kehewin Cree Nation and a Liberal candidate in northern Alberta, said the Tories don't have a solid platform to address native issues. "It scares first nations big time," said Mr. Dion, whose Westlock-St. Paul riding has 15 per cent aboriginal population. While the Liberals have faced opposition from aboriginals for not implementing recommendations from the 1996 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Mr. Dion said Mr. Martin has demonstrated a commitment to natives. "Paul Martin has made it clear aboriginal issues are a top priority." But William Stairs, a Conservative strategist, said the Tories' platform on aboriginal issues is "very positive." This week Manitoba Me'tis leader David Chartrand compared a senior Harper adviser to Adolf Hitler for his views on aboriginal affairs. He made the comment about Calgary academic Tom Flanagan at a news conference to endorse the Liberals. The remark was denounced by Mr. Fontaine as "completely unacceptable" and offensive. But at the same time, Mr. Fontaine described the views of Mr. Flanagan as racist. In his 2000 book First Nations? Second Thoughts, Mr. Flanagan argues that Indians don't deserve special treatment. Mr. Harper has said he accepts the constitutional rights of natives respects the fact that treaty rights are enshrined. "We are concerned about the lack of attention on native issues in this federal election," Mr. Fontaine said. Noting that the native vote could sway the results of the close election race, he encouraged aboriginals to cast a ballot. NDP native affairs critic Pat Martin said aboriginal issues are not a priority for the Tories. "The Conservatives have gone to ground on this issue for the very reason they're concerned about the zealots in their party." The Liberals have created a permanent cabinet committee on aboriginal affairs. In April, the Prime Minister and 26 cabinet ministers met with senior members of the aboriginal community to set an agenda for action. Copyright c. 2004 Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved. --------- "RE: Martin celebrates National Aboriginal Day" --------- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 01:16:37 -0000 From: "frostyca2000" Subj: Martin celebrates National Aboriginal Day; Manitoba Aboriginal groups back Liberals Mailing List: Frostys AmerIndian Martin celebrates National Aboriginal Day; Manitoba Aboriginal groups back Liberals June 21, 2004 Prime Minister Paul Martin takes part in a drumming circle HUNTSVILLE - The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) and the Manitoba Metis Federation took an unprecedented step today by throwing their full support behind Paul Martin and the Liberal Party, saying they cannot support a party like the Alliance-Conservatives whose senior advisor does not support Aboriginal people. In a statement released by the AMC, Grand Chief Dennis White Bird stated that the Liberal Party best represents a Canada that respects diversity, rights and Aboriginal people. "If we put our voice together as one, it will be heard," stated Chief White Bird. "We have not voted extensively in the past. Now is the time to change that. We must break past traditions and come out and speak very forcefully and strongly in favour of the Liberal Party." Meanwhile, Martin spent part of his day at Muskoka Heritage Place in Huntsville celebrating National Aboriginal Day with the Honourable Andy Mitchell, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Hank Rowlinson, Co-President of the Aboriginal Peoples' Commission, and Aboriginal Liberal candidate for Churchill, Chief Ron Evans. "Aboriginal Canadians represent the fastest growing segment of our population," said Martin. "They also represent the youngest. And so whether you're talking about health care, education, governance or economic development=85let's not kid ourselves, there are tremendous problems to be solved." But with those problems, there is also ample room for opportunity and advancement of Aboriginal peoples. "We are also talking about what a huge opportunity we have as a country to take the youngest segment of our population and allow them to carry us along to greater economic growth, and greater social fairness," said Martin who has made sincere commitments to helping Aboriginal people and their communities, and kept his word. In April, he took part in the first-ever Canada-Aboriginal Peoples' Round Table. And the Party's election platform clearly lays out a solid plan to help advance the lives of Aboriginal people. In 1990, the Liberal Party became the first and only political party to give Aboriginals the opportunity to represent themselves in a political party with the creation of the Aboriginal Peoples' Commission. In 1998, the Commission launched the Aboriginal Electoral Endowment Fund which supports and encourages Aboriginal Liberal candidates in federal elections. Dave Hudson, Mitchell's campaign manager said Aboriginal communities are pleased with the work Mitchell, Martin and the Liberal Party have done to improve the lives and circumstances of Aboriginals. "Aboriginal people are extremely supportive of the prime minister and the Liberal approach to helping with their situation," he said. "Ensuring that Aboriginal people have the best quality of life possible is right up there with other important issues. It's something that we, as a nation, have to make right. And the prime minister is doing the right thing." --------- "RE: AFN Budget could swell under new Management" --------- Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:22 am From: frostyca2000 Subj: AFN budget could swell under new management Mailing List: Frostys AmerIndian AFN budget could swell under new management Paul Barnsley, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Saskatoon A long list of new (or newly revived) initiatives that the Assembly of First Nations hopes to undertake over the coming months will cost a fist-full of money, some say upwards of $20 million. Inquiries have shown that budgets for few of the initiatives have been finalized, but there is talk that the money flowing through AFN will again swell to an amount not seen since National Chief Phil Fontaine held office in the late 1990s. The department of Indian Affairs (INAC), which provides most of the AFN's funding, scaled things down dramatically when Matthew Coon Come was national chief. Coon Come claimed it was a government tactic employed to punish him for criticizing the government for its lack of action on treaty and Aboriginal rights. The AFN budget provided by INAC when Fontaine was elected in 1997 was just $3.6 million, the highest amount former national chief Ovide Mercredi had managed to negotiate during his previous three years in office. Fontaine's first budget with INAC in 1997-98 was $6.8 million. It rose the next year to $15 million and then again to $19.9 million the following year. In his last year before being defeated by Coon Come, the budget was $20.4 million. Coon Come presided over a precipitous drop to $10.7 million and then to $8.9 million in 2002-2003. Fontaine managed to get the numbers up slightly after being re- elected last July, but there's a huge number of proposals being discussed that could raise the stakes significantly. INAC sources say 2004-05 funding for the AFN from the department is $9 million, but Dianne Laursen, an INAC communications officer, said negotiation on special programs continues on a project-by-project basis. During the three-day confederacy in Saskatoon in May, Fontaine said the AFN will create the following positions or programs: an auditor general for First Nations, a First Nations ombudsman and a chief medical officer for First Nations' health matters. He also said he will re-establish the women's and Elders' councils and create an urban desk, a northern secretariat and a Newfoundland secretariat. Windspeaker asked Fontaine if the announcements were an indication that the AFN budget had been increased. "Well, it's an interesting question because it took us a long while to resolve budget-related issues the previous year," he replied. "Because I came in mid-stream, so we had Minister Nault for five months, and we didn't conclude our negotiations until recently. And now we're working on . . . well, we have achieved some good success in terms of the current fiscal year. And we're in a much better position than we were when I was re-elected in July." During his speech to the chiefs at the confederacy, Indian Affairs Minister Andy Mitchell referred to an AFN document that is currently being developed called Building a Joint Agenda. The minister also said the creation of a joint "AFN/INAC co-ordinating committee at a senior level is, I think, essential." The national chief also talked about increased AFN activity at international bodies in Geneva, New York and Washington, and said the AFN was planning trade missions to China and India. Any budget that would allow that to happen has not been disclosed. One additional item that is part of the budget is the AFN renewal process, which has been funded over two years for a total of $2 million. Don Kelly, AFN director of communications, said there was no money yet allocated to most of the new initiatives announced by the national chief in Saskatoon. He said there were proposals that had been submitted to government for the Elders', women's and youth councils. The women's council "is already active and has been resourced out of our existing budgets" he added, but more money is being sought. Money for the AFN's health secretariat from Health Canada has not been confirmed and is not included in the global budget figure for this year. In past years, the health secretariat has been funded at about $2 million annually. Kelly said it was likely that no funding decisions would be made until after the election because bureaucrats do not want to commit the future minister to any agreements. "They don't want to tie any minister to any process that he or she may not want to pursue," he explained. "There's meetings going on but progress is sort of incremental." Money for the planned increased activity at the international level could be sought from the Foreign Affairs department. Additions to the budget could continue right up to the end of the current fiscal year in April 2005, Kelly added, saying that last year the budget wasn't finalized until the very end of the fiscal year. --------- "RE: The Women we've failed" --------- Date: Thu, 24 June 2004 08:25:23 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SAVING NATIVE WOMEN" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.theglobeandmail.com/~/COLAURA24//?query=aboriginal The women we've failed This week's $2.8-million report on Saskatchewan's justice system didn't deal with the law's inability to protect native women from murder. By LAURA ROBINSON June 24, 2004 There's a poster in a pool hall/Internet cafe' in downtown Saskatoon: "$5000.00 reward is being offered in regards to information leading to the location of Daleen Kay Bosse (Muskego). Missing since: Tuesday, May 18, 2004. Last seen: Friday, May 21, at the ScotiaBank in the Circle on 8th St. Mall, Saskatoon. Member of Onion Lake First Nation. The family would like Daleen to know that they are very concerned of her well-being and would like her to return safely." In Northern and Western Canadian towns, posters asking for help finding a missing aboriginal woman aren't uncommon. The guy behind the pool hall counter doesn't know Daleen. He says he's never seen her before. As of June 21, National Aboriginal Day, the private investigator listed on the poster said it had been exactly one month since she was last seen. The chances of an aboriginal woman disappearing in Saskatoon and turning up alive and unharmed more than a month later are not good. In the early 1990s, while the rest of the country was preoccupied with the abductions, rapes and murders committed by Ontario's Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, aboriginal women were disappearing in Saskatoon. As I was running along Saskatoon's river valley in 1994, I saw a piece of paper attached to a post. It had drawings of what artists imagined two aboriginal women had looked like while alive, based on the proportions of their skulls, discovered outside the city. While each discovery of a Bernardo victim made sensational front-page news, the discovery of the bodies in Saskatoon barely caused a ripple. As aboriginal activist Emma LaRoque wrote, "The portrait of the squaw is one of the most degraded, most despised and most dehumanized anywhere in the world." John Crawford was eventually apprehended for killing the two native women; he'd killed two others and was suspected in the deaths of three more. He was known to the police - in fact, two officers investigating his crimes were alleged to have watched him rape Theresa Kematch, a first nations woman. The police denied the allegations. Ms. Kematch sued the police, but died two years ago of pneumonia, before the suit was settled. For the past two years, the $2.8-million Commission on First Nations and Me'tis People and Justice Reform has heard thousands of submissions on the justice system, the police and aboriginal people in Saskatchewan. The commission was charged to "include in its scope of consideration all components of the criminal justice system including, but not limited to: policing, courts, prosecution, alternative measures, access to legal counsel, corrections including community corrections, youth justice, community justice processes and victims services." This charge was given after the frozen bodies of several aboriginal men were found on the outskirts of Saskatoon in the depths of winter, men last seen in police custody. The commission, which reported this week, was scathing on the subject of racism among some police. Nowhere did it grapple with the violence aboriginal women face at the hands of white men in the larger community. Yet Saskatchewan has no shortage of such cases. Dean Edmondson of Tisdale was recently convicted on sexual-abuse charges after a 12-year-old girl from the Yellow Quill First Nation went to the police in the fall of 2001 about the rape she said she endured at the hands of three white men. Mr. Edmondson received house arrest, a sentence the Crown is appealing. The fact that Mr. Edmondson's lawyer, Hugh Harradence, is a member of the Saskatchewan aboriginal justice commission, has raised eyebrows. So does the fact that he is appealing the decision, especially among those who know the facts of the case. Mr. Edmondson and two friends picked the child up in their truck, fed her plenty of alcohol and eventually dropped her off at a friend's place. The friend wrote down their licence-plate number. The girl was immediately taken to hospital; she bled from her genital area and had trouble walking. She was able to testify against Mr. Edmondson, but like many children in traumatic sexual-abuse cases, she could not face the other two defendants in yet another trial. Because the Crown is appealing these decisions as well, no one from the Justice Department, the defence, the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, or the Crown's office will talk about the case. Where the police were in all of this? Didn't they know that it was too much to ask of a child to testify in two traumatic trials? Where were their videotaped interviews of her when she first went to the police about what happened that night? A lack of diligence in crimes against aboriginal women is not uncommon. In the mid-1990s, I interviewed an aboriginal girl who said five members of the Saskatoon Blades junior hockey team had raped her. Both the girl and her counsellor at the rape crisis centre spoke of intimidation by the police, who, they said, accused her of lying, and threatened to arrest her if she didn't give them samples of her pubic hair. No charges were laid, and the hockey team continued the season, with two Saskatoon city police officers as assistant coaches. In April, 1995, two university basketball players, Steven Kummerfield and Alex Ternowetsky picked up Pamela Jean George, who sometimes worked as a prostitute in Regina. They beat her so badly her family had to have a closed casket at her funeral. As the jury members were leaving to decide the verdict in the trial, the judge reminded them that Ms. George "indeed was a prostitute." Mr. Kummerfeld received a six-and-a-half-year sentence, and had served four years of it when the National Parole Board wrote, "at this point, the board does not see you as an undue risk," and released him. So the posters about missing aboriginal women flutter from Saskatoon street posts, leaving many who read them with a sense of despair. They should leave feelings of outrage. Laura Robinson writes for the Canadian and foreign press about first nations issues. Copyright c. 2004 Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved. --------- "RE: Native American Prison probe" --------- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 03:39:04 -0500 From: "Sicangusun" Subj: Death in Indian Jails... Mailing List: ndn-aim Native American prison probe: At least 16 deaths since 2001 By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY June 24, 2004 WASHINGTON - U.S. authorities have identified at least 16 prisoners who have died in Native American detention centers since 2001, according to a senior federal official involved in an investigation of conditions at the facilities. The Interior Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has been gathering the information for the past several weeks as part of a wide- ranging review of allegations of neglect and abuse within the network of 74 detention centers that are scattered across the United States. Details about the causes of death were not immediately available. But at least some of the fatalities were attributed to overdoses of alcohol or other toxic substances that were consumed prior to the prisoners' arrests, said the official, who asked not to be identified because the information is central to ongoing inquiries. The Interior Department's inspector general has been investigating a range of allegations involving conditions at the centers, including the death of a young girl while she was in custody at a facility attached to an Oregon boarding school. Also, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has scheduled a hearing Wednesday to review conditions at Native American detention centers. The causes of death were expected to be provided to the committee by the BIA, which oversees management of the facilities across the country. But the official involved in the investigation said the lack of automated records and poor management in many of the facilities have made it difficult to account for the prisoners and their welfare. Copyright c. 2004 USA Today. --------- "RE: Native Prisoner" --------- Date: Mon, Jun 28 2004 10:53:36 -0700 From: Janet Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - Monday, June 28, 2004 09:58 am http://www.billingsgazette.com//06/24/build/state/30-indian-jails.inc Indian jails need attention now, BIA leader says - Billings Gazette - Associated Press, June 24, 2004 Before attending Wednesday's congressional hearing on tribal jails, Dave Anderson traveled to the Crow and Northern Cheyenne reservations to take a look for himself. Anderson, the Department of Interior's assistant secretary for Indian affairs, came to Montana late last week in the hopes of finding out more about jail conditions. "It was important for me to see firsthand what our tribes are dealing with," Anderson said Wednesday. "Some of these detention centers have been around for a number of years. We're seeing aging infrastructure being compounded by growing tribes." Conditions at tribal jails have been gaining attention recently, largely because of a 10-minute video produced by Ed Naranjo, a Billings resident and former Bureau of Indian Affairs agent who commissioned the video in an effort to draw attention to the decaying conditions at many jails. The video has been distributed to the media and others by Naranjo, who has said he was frustrated that nothing had been done after his earlier complaints. The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a hearing Wednesday about the tribal jails. After attending, Anderson said it appears Congress is taking the issue seriously. "I think they're as interested as we are to address these concerns," Anderson said. Anderson, appointed in February, said he acted immediately when he heard about jail conditions a few weeks later. "The first thing that came to mind is we have to do something, and we have to do it now," Anderson said, adding that he can't be responsible for what did or did not happen before his arrival. About 100 people in the BIA have been mobilized to investigate conditions at tribal jails and began putting together a report to deal with the situation, Anderson said. In the last several months, Anderson said he has traveled to 30 to 40 Indian reservations. Most recently, he visited facilities at Crow and Northern Cheyenne reservations. He said he was impressed by recent improvements at the facilities - including repairs, painting and cleaning - and those who work there. "One of the things that really came through is that we have dedicated officers doing a wonderful job. Many times they're having to do the work of two people," Anderson said. New facilities are scheduled to be built at some reservations. Others, though need attention. Anderson said there is a "sense of urgency" about completing the BIA's investigation of the jails and putting together a plan to make improvements. Anderson, who founded the restaurant chain "Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que" in 1994, said that just like in the restaurant business, human health is a crucial part of the mission. "Safety and welfare is of utmost importance," he said. Copyright c. 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved. The full text of Asst. Secretary of Indian Affairs David Anderson's testimony before the Senate on Tribal detention facilities can be found at http://indian.senate.gov/2004hrgs/062304hrg/anderson.pdf --------- "RE: History: Carlisle Indian School" --------- Date: Monday, June 21, 2004 12:34 pm From: Barbara Landis Subj: May 29, 1891 INDIAN HELPER, Carlisle Indian School. [Editorial Note: These reprints are being included in this newsletter so that you might know the mind of those who ran institutions like Carlisle.] THE INDIAN HELPER ~%^%~ A WEEKLY LETTER FROM THE Carlisle Indian Industrial School To Boys and Girls. ================================================ VOL. VI. FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1891 NUMBER 38 ================================================ A RECIPE FOR A DAY. ------- (By request.) TAKE a little dash of water cold And a little leaven of prayer, And a little bit of morning gold Dissolved in the morning air. Add to your meal some merriment And a thought for kith and kin, And then, as your prime ingredient, A plenty of work thrown in. But spice it all with the essence of love And a little whiff of play, Let a wise old book and a glance above Complete the well-made day. -*Housekeepers' Weekly.* ----*--^--*---- EXLOITS OF SPOTTED HORSE. ------- ALMOST IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY. ------- Big Spotted Horse of the Pawnees, whose life came to a tragic end a few years since at the hands of a United States Marshal, although by many considered the terror of the South West, was one of the bravest Indians that ever lived. Being the father of one of our faithful, quiet boys, (now at home in the Indian Territory,) the following account of a thrilling incident in his eventful life cannot but prove of interest to our readers. The writer of the story is well known to the Man-on-the-band-stand's chief clerk, who also had a personal acquaintance with Spotted Horse and can vouch for the truth of the incident related. At this time "thiry-two years of age, of splendid physique, above the medium stature, robust, athletic, symmetrically proportioned, with straight nose, round, expressive dark eyes, good mouth, perfect teeth and raven hair falling in a mangle about his naked form, such was Asau-wuky Led-e-hooro, the Big Spotted Horse of the Pawnees, 'Left hand,' The Raider,' the hero of our sketch," says the writer. At the time of our story (not twenty years ago,) when the Pawnees led a wild, roving life, and every surrounding tribe in Nebraska was their enemy, the bravest man was he who could steal the most horses from the enemy. This story is a description of such a raid upon the Cheyennes: Travelling on foot, only by night, and hiding during the day, a little band of thirteen Pawnee warriors, with Spotted Horse as their leader, had journeyed hundreds of miles and arrived at a temporary destination in Indian Territory where they waited the dawn of night (their day of action.) Dried buffalo meat and extra moccasins were their only burdens. They kneeled beside the flowing streams for drink. As they approached the land of their adventure, Iron Shirt, a chief of the Cheyennes, who, thinking to find a valuable pony that had turned up lost at daylight, was scouring the bluffs in person hove suddenly in sight as he was returning from the vain search. The great chief's mind was clouded by the fact that he had tracked the horse to the river bank but found no trace beyond. As he in silence jogged along toward home his attention was suddenly drawn toward the sunset by what very much resembled a file of men emerging from the timber and stealing along the distant bluff. Bringing his steed to a halt, swift as the lightning he shot that terrible glance of the native plainsman, which penetrates distance, solves mystery and never errs. But it was only the sporting wolves. The chief extended his hand toward the animals and exclaimed: "Blessing brothers! Ye would surprise me like the Pawnees. But we are brothers!" (The Pawnees were known among the plains Indians as "The Wolves" and so skilful were they in taking the part of the wolf that they could deceive the most acute.) Iron Shirt galloped into camp. The wolf had warned his brother. He looked back but once. All was quiet. Darkness was falling upon the hills and the valley. The wolves ceased their play. ------------------------------------- (Continued on Fourth Page.) ====================================== (p.2) The Indian Helper. ----------------------------- PRINTED EVERY FRIDAY, AT THE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA. BY THE INDIAN PRINTER BOYS. --> THE INDIAN HELPER is PRINTED by Indian boys, but EDITED by The-Man-on-the-band-stand, who is NOT an Indian. ----------------------------- Price: - 10 cents a year. ============================== Address INDIAN HELPER, Carlisle, Pa. Miss M. Burgess, Manager. ============================== Entered in the P.O. at Carlisle as second class mail matter. ============================== The INDIAN HELPER is paid for in advance, so do not hesitate to take the paper from the Post Office, for fear a bill will be presented. ============================= Think before you strike a beast that cannot speak. --------- A well trained mind will succeed where muscles fail. --------- Encouraging news comes from Ulysses Paisano. He is interested in his home work and is gaining health, for which his friends at Carlisle rejoice. --------- A Haskell student sending 10 cts. for HELPER writes in a rather intimidating way: "Our Indian baseball club is so good one that any ball club cannot do up our club in State of Kansas." We have two clubs who after reading the above no doubt will extend a hearty invitation to the Haskellites to come over to Pennsylvania and try a game. --------- In the death of Mrs. Olive H. Hopkins at Washington, D.C. on the 17th inst, the HELPER has lost a dear friend. Mrs. Hopkins always read the little paper with a great deal of interest and gave expressions of disappointment when it did not reach her on time or if a paper was missed. She subscribed for a number of her friends. --------- The Indian children in the Totten Industrial school observed Arbor Day with appropriate excercises and planted a number of trees, one of which, a stately elm, was named in honor of Gen. Morgan, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Such events are a sign that civilization is coming to the Indians and show the good work accomplished by the industrial schools. -[*Devils Lake Inter-Ocean.* --------- The name of the Chilocco School, Indian Territory has been changed to Haworth Institute, in honor of its founder, Mr. Haworth. Sixty-two of their pupils subscribed this week for the INDIAN HELPER, the list being sent by Miss Ida M. Roberts. We hope they will start a paper some day and then we shall be glad to return the compliment. The Carlisle school printing office started with a ten-dollar press and ten dollars worth of type. The plant has grown until today it is worth at least $2000, not one cent of which has been put in by the Government except the steam fixtures. What Commissioner Morgan Says of Stiya. "I have read it with a great deal of interest. It is beautifully written and I am sure it will do good. I wish it might be read by every Indian girl in all or our schools." --------- From "The Pipe of Peace," Published at Grant's Institute, the Indian School at Genoa, Nebraska. One of our teachers has received a copy of "Stiya" an account of an Indian girl's experience at her home after a few years at Carlisle. The story is written by one of the Carlisle teachers, and is replete with interesting facts, giving a very graphic description of the trials of a young girl and the strength and fortitutde with which she met the barbarism and cruelty of her own people, and nobly stood up for the right. It should be read by every Indian girl and boy. --------- Stiya is honored with a very nice notice in the San Francisco Weekly *Bulletin* which is too long to reprint. Those wishing the little book to examine for themselves enclose fifty-seven cents in a letter addresses to THE INDIAN HELPER, Carlisle, PA. Price fifty cents; by mail fifty-seven cents. --------- A newsy letter from George Means, Class '90, who is interpreter and copyist at Pine Ridge agency, Dak., says that the pupils educated off the reservation and now at Pine Ridge have organized an "Indian Alumni Association." Doctor Dorchester, Superintendent of all Indian Schools, acted as chairman at the first meeting. A member of each school was selected to get up a list of the returned students of the school that he or she represents. "I was appointed chairman of the committee to get up the list of the Carlisle returned students," he says, and also reports that the boys there are doing well as far as he knows. --------- The new dormitory for the girls at the Genoa Indian school, is to be a four story brick. The Man-on-the-band-stand is glad he will not have to live in it in that land of "hasty breezes with stem-winding procilivities." They are going to have another building at that institution, to be used as dining-room, kitchen and chapel. Isn't that an odd combination? There is one thing about it, however, the cook can attend the chapel exercises and when the pudding burns she can smell it and run and take it off the fire. --------- One of the terachers who requires a great deal of "write about it," in her school work, said the other day to the smallnumber of pupils then present," I think we must clean our school-room." one of the small boys replied in a mournful tone, "Then I suppose we will have to *write* about it." ---------------------------------------------------- At the Carlisle Indian school, is published monthly an eight-page quarto of standard size, called THE RED MAN, the mechanical part of which is done entirely by Indian boys. This paper is valuable as a summary of information on Indian matters, and contains writings by Indian pupils, and local incidents of the school. Terms: Fifty cents a year, in advance. For 1, 2, and 3 subscribers for THE RED MAN we give the same premium in Standing Offer for the HELPER. Address, THE RED MAN, Carlisle, PA. ========================================= (page 3) Oh! Yes, sociable tonight. Decoration Day tomorrow. Only four days before Commencement. Answer to enigma sent by A.G.P. is right. We thought last week it was time for Spring coats but this week it is winter again. Miss Carter's school enjoyed a quiet little walk to the farm on Friday, where many things of interest were seen and talked about. Martin Archiquette is the valedictorian, and Charlie Dagenett, salutatorian of class '91, the graduating exercises of which will be held next Wednesday. The portable engine is doing good service just outside of the printing office, in furnishing steam for the presses, while the regular boiler is off on a vacation. Forty-five boys left for country homes on Saturday. Mr. Campbell accompanied them as far as Philadelphia, and from there went to New York on business. Plans to enlarge the girls' quarters are on the way. The building will be thoroughly renovated and extended back as far the gymnasium, by the addition of two wings. The dining-hall has now on its clean Spring dress. We don't believe Mr. Jordan thinks it is any fun to kalsomine such a large, high room, but who ever heard him grumble? Some inconvenience is frequently experienced in Miss Ely's office by receiving money orders unaccompanied by the name of the sender making it next to impossible to place the credit where it belongs. Any who do not think that Frank Everett likes chicken leg, should have peeped into the teacher's kitchen last Sunday and they would have changed their minds. No wonder he likes to do the milking when George is away. The rain last Saturday disappointed our base-ballers who expected to play in Harrisburg, and were feeling in first rate winning trim. A number of the boys of the school went over to attend the Gilmore concert given in the evening. Sunday dinner at the club came near being a fizzle, because the fire it did sizzle, and the chicken would not frizzle, nor gravy make. The water-back was broke, which the cooks thought was *no* joke, but the fire they did poke and schtopped the "lake." Little Rachel Regina Middleton, is again visiting the school with her mamma. We all know who Mrs. Middleton is. Don't you remember Miss Maggie Jordan? and Rachel Regina is her little baby. Every one says she is too sweet for any thing. The flower-bed around the walnut tree, which is esteemed as the father of all the trees on the campus, is again filled with plants. That grand old "monarch of all its surveys," deserves all the petting and fixing-up and beautifying that we can bestow upon it and around it. Little Sarah Pratt who lives in Steelton now could not come by her little self to see her friends at the school who want so much to see her, so she sent her picture, and it looks just like her, and every one said "How cute" and "Thank you." It was a very nice way indeed to remember us. Will tomorrow be a holiday? Mary Parkhurst has gone to her home in Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Granville Henry and daughter were guests of Miss Luckenbach this week. The thirsty grass is very grateful for the drinks which the clouds have been giving it recently. There will be quite a parade in town tomorrow and flowers will be strewn upon the graves of soldiers. A good heart is the sun and the moon, - or, rather, the sun; for it shines bright, and never changes. -Shakespeare. "We bought Stiya at Wanamaker's. Tabitha says she is going to be a second Stiya. We enjoyed reading it very much." -Farm Patron. Mrs. Griffith, organizer of missions in the Methodist church was on the grounds Monday and visited all the departments of work and school. Students on farms are not expected to come in to attend the graduating exercises this year, owing to the busy time of the year for farmers. Mr. Locke, in charge of a large industrial school in Boston, was among the visitors this week. He is on his way to Montana, to spend his vacation in helping forward the interests of the Unitarian school on the Crow reservation. The Y.M.C.A. held their monthly Missionary meeting last evening in place of the regular Thursday evening prayer meeting. Rev. Mr. Mapes kindly consented to favor the meeting with a talk on general mission work. The bright pretty boxes of plants in front of Mr. Standing's house, and the star flowerbed by Mrs. Given's adds greatly to the appearance of that part of the grounds. Some improvements are being made in front of the hospital. A spirited debate took place on Friday in No. 4 upon the question "Resolved that timber was more useful than metal." Both girls and boys took part and the arguments were brought out with as much vigor as if the young disputants were members of a "truly" debating society. the affirmative side won the day. A kind visitor this week left a 5-dollar bill with which to furnish "Stiyas" to Indian girls at their homes in the west. There are hundreds of partially educated Indian boys and girls who would enjoy reading the book and could do so with great benefit to themselves, and this noble lady may feel that her little gift will do great good as far as it will reach. Thanks indeed. The class which will receive diplomas next Wednesday numbers ten and is as follows according to standing: 1. Martin D. Archiquette, Oneida; 2. Charlie Dagenett, Peoria; 3. Etta Robertson, Sioux; 4. Henry standing Bear, Sioux; 5. John Tyler, Cheyenne; 6. Yamie Leeds, Pueblo, 7. Josiah Powlas, Oneida; 8. Levi St. Cyr, Winnebago; 9. Harry Kohpay, Osage; 10. William H. Froman, Miami. =============================================== (Continued from the First Page.) ----------------------------------------------- But what of the little band of Pawnees? As the sun descended the West, the warriors were feasting from their simple store of meat. After the feast came the customary savage ceremonies of lighting the pipe, and then came the smoke of peace before the battle. The darkening shadows about their secluded spot told the warriors that their inverted day of business was approaching. Big Spotted Horse arose after replacing the pipe in its case and addressed these words to his all attentive disciples: "Children, it is well! The time is upon us! The sun is going out of sight. Hear! The enemy is gay. We are not come to visit. We are every one poor. Blessing, children! Brothers! We are on foot. The gods willing ye shall stride select horses from yonder herds. Now I go!" whereupon the band emerged from the wood leaving no traces as they went. It was at this juncture that Iron Shirt, the lone horseman, had glanced toward the end of the timber, but he had been seen first by the Pawnees. Spotted Horse was taking his fourth step in kangaroo posture, with one hand shading his eyes, when in a tragic whisper he exclaimed "Chee-roo!" and instantly five warriors were upon the ground frolicking perfectly like wolves; and when the Cheyenne rode on they crawled back under cover. Iron Shirt turned his pony into the herd and went directly to White Shield's lodge. Soon after, young boys astride of horses were seen bringing that greater chief's herd of 400 ponies toward camp. The news was soon current that the Iron Shirt had probably seen signs of the enemy; and the herds, aggregating several thousand head were brought nearer the camp. As is the Indian custom, all the stock had been driven to water long before sundown, and afterward taken to good pasture for the night. War horses were marked by a feather at the foretop, or on the tail; or a tiny bell or a fox's tail danging from the neck was an insignia of rank in fleetness. All that had taken place in the Cheyenne camp had been discerned by the band of Pawnees in their woody rendezvous. The last traces of the day faded from the West. In one of the principal lodges the Cheyennes were singing and drumming the songs of the grand dance of the Wild Horses - a weird melody, rising and falling in tenor tones and semi-tones and with minor strains resembling the whistling wind among the rocks. Fifty voices and the beating of a dozen drums blended into one, and without boisterousness or discord the un-noted overture continued. A disturbance! Dogs barked. Instantly every voice and drum was silent and every ear listened. The staked horses were whinnying wildly. The whole Cheyenne camp was on the *qui vive*. (*To be continued.*) -------------------- Enigma. I am made of 12 letters. My 8, 9, 10 is sometimes 2,000 lbs. My 8, 5, 6 is a metal. My 7, 5, 6 is a drink. My 3, 9, 11, 2 is used in cooking. My 11, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 is the way the fire engines go. My 1, 2, 3, 4 you will find by supplying the missing word in the following sentence "On Monday I _____ my clothes. My 6, 5, 7, 4, 8 is the time we should be in bed. My 12, 9, 8 is something to sleep on. My whole is the name of an important city in the United States, which nearly all Indians know about. SUBSCRIBER. --------------------- MR. OSBORN'S PUZZLES. ----- 1. Multiply 23456789 by a single figure which will make the product 888888888. 2. Put down any number of figures in a horizontal line: add them together; put the sum under the right hand figures and subtract it from the upper line; cross out one of the figures of the lowest line, add together the figures that are left in the lowest line and send the amount to the Man-on-the-band-stand. He will tell in next week's paper the figure you crossed out. No ciphers must be used in the first line of figures. NOTE: Mr. Osborn gave the Man-on-the-band-stand this secret. Should there be a number sending in answers, to save time and space given a fictitious name of not more than three letters. In two weeks from this issue we will give the solution of this wonderful problem. 3. Demonstrate that majesty is but a jest deprived of its externals. -------------------- ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S ENIGMA: Catching eels. ================================================= STANDING OFFER: - For FIVE new subscribers to the INDIAN HELPER, we will give the person sending them a photographic group of the 17 Carlisle Indian Printer boys, on a card 4 1/2 X 6 1/2 inches, worth 20 cents when sold by itself. Name and tribe of each boy given. (Persons wishing the above premium will please enclose a 1-cent stamp to pay postage.) For TEN, Two PHOTOGRAPHS, one showing a group of Pueblos as they arrived in wild dress, and another of the same pupils three years after, or, for the same number of names we give two photographs showing still more marked contrast between a Navajoe as he arrived in native dress, and as he now looks, worth 20 cents a piece. The new combination picture showing all our buildings and band-stand, (boudoir) will also be given for TEN subscribers. (Persons wishing the above premiums will please enclose a 2-cent stamp to pay postage.) For FIFTEEN, we offer a GROUP of the whole school on 9x14 inch card. Faces show distinctly, worth sixty cents. For FIFTEEN, the new combination picture 8x10 showing all our buildings. (Persons wishing the above premium will please send 6 cents to pay postage.) For TWO Subscribers and a One-cent stamp, we send the printed copy of the Apache contrast. For ONE Subscriber and a Two-cent stamp we will send the printed copy of Pueblo contrast. Persons sending clubs must send all the names at once. ================================================= Transcribed from the original by Barbara Landis-- http://www.carlisleindianschool.org Click on "Home" to get rid of the pesky ad. There is a discussion page linked among the menu options on the web pages. ================================================== Barbara C. Landis Carlisle Indian School Research Pages http://www.epix.net/~landis Tel: 717.418.2158 (cell) --------- "RE: Rustywire: Go On and On and On" --------- Date: Tue, Apr 22:09:25 2003 08:12:44 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="RUSTYWIRE: GO ON" www.geocities.com/rustywire/starship/gogo.html Go On and On and On by Johnny Rustywire I have been thinking about a dream and a discussion I had with Spirit Dove, it was about standing with those of our people who died at the hands of the cavalry, some who were slaughtered and their lives cut short by hate and ignorance. I see that in standing with them that there is a link, a tie that binds us to them and that is to survive. In many of the songs, stories and healing rights, the beautyway overcomes the plagues, demons and sicknesses caused by desire, greed, selfishness, and external forces that reek havoc on the human body and spirit. In thinking this way I think we are tied to the land, to the world, the spirit of it and so it is a part of us. Sometimes these forces place us in a position where our spirits desire to leave our body. The word survival comes to mind, in the songs, of my own people and those of others dealt with overcoming our own frailties to restore balance, harmony and control by ourselves our body, spirit and how we deal with the environment. In a real sense, we are here today surviving the last century and the beginning of new millenium because one of our grandmothers and grandfathers endured pain, hardship, cold and hunger. I often times can see them just as if they were here with me and ot just in a dream. I can not tell you or describe at times the thoughts that come to mind in the way of living they made when hard times came to them. In our stories the Twin Heros, Monster Slayer and Child Born for Water, these two fought creatures who brought death and destruction to men, but also sought out those beings that are responsible for famine, old age, hunger, sickness, greed and others. When they cornered them, these beings said, if you destroy us then men will not know what it is to know these things. When you look at it, the stories are old and come from a time when there was not a written language but just oral history. But yet they persist and some have been lost, but they continue like us because they have survived. These beings as they were confronted came forward and said if we are gone then the people will not know what it is like to have known life, to taste sweetness, caring, compassion and survival of the body and spirit. We go about this world confronted on many sides by things that overwhelm the body and spirit and each of these afflictions is known to each person regardless of where we come from or our he ritage. Grandmothers, Grandfathers and my grandchildren, Life is about the bright spirits I have known who knew what it was like to enjoy a summer day, a cool breeze and life with it's good days and bad. Many, oh so many are not here anymore. I am not sure why or where they gave up or had their lives taken from them, but they are no longer here. I see them in my mind and remember their smiles and good days. When I go home sometimes I find that more have gone on and they are no longer here. What is it to survive to overcome our own pettiness and self doubt. I have seen death, sickness, suicide, unhappiness, wanton lust, selfishness, and greed mixed with alcohol, recklessness and despair. Where are some I have known, and cousins, those that I grew up with, they are gone, all of them, they live in my stories but they are not here anymore. I sometimes cry out of loneliness for them, because I miss them so. We laughed, played and lived together and had such dreams. Suicide, drinking, car accidents, sickness, and being victims of violence have taken them all from me. Shi Dine' nshli', I am Navajo, I have survived. My hopes, dreams and taste for a better life are all I have to offer my children. I do not know where they will go and I have not seen the faces of my great grandchildren but I want them to know that I have survived for them to give them life and it has not come without it's price. Where are these that have gone on before, who suffered so much and now are gone. Where are their dreams, good days and hopes. They lie in me and that is why we have to go on, to survive. I would like so much to have more, to be better off, to know all there is to know, to experiance life in all places, to see the earth. I think I would like to see it through your eyes. It sounds crazy but often I find myself looking at those around me and wonder how it would be to be them for just a moment. We go about as strangers to one another but there is so much to see in just one life. We cannot know what life is about unless we reach out. I am not a preacher or know about all the things of my people, the legends stories and practices. They sometimes come to me like a long lost memory and as I get older I see the value to it all. The thoughts of survival of the human spirit are eternal, and with it the balance of life where I stand not above it all, but that the taste of red earth is in my mouth, that the plants, trees and rocks run with the red of my blood, that when I speak the I am just one voice and that it sounds out like a bird taking flight, the sound of a mountain lion, the squeek of mouse and we go on all of us together. Where are those hopes for a better life, where is the glory of life, the beautyway taking the best of life and continuing. It is in each of us and we have to strive to make life better for us, our family, in each day as it comes. In standing with you in your dream, I would tell you if we were faced with a volley from the cavalry, I would push you and tell you to run, to live, to go on and speak about life, and tell your children that we lived so that we may continue on until we are nothing but a thought and in this we have survived and all those that came before. We have to go on and we do through you. So take heart, touch your hand and face and know that all that came before live through you. Take heart, life and know it's sweet taste and go on and on and on. Copyright c. 1999, Johnny Rustywire, all rights reserved. --------- "RE: Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days" --------- Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 13:23:20 -1000 From: Debbie Sanders Subj: Book of Days A HAWAI`I BOOK OF DAYS, week of June 28-July 4 IUNE June Ka`aona 28 In the chant of the ages lies the secret heart of the people. 29 The mountains stand like sentinels above my valley. 30 All space and time live within me. IULAI July Hinaia`ele`ele July was the month in which the `ohia fruit first ripened. 1 I am the moon's child, born of starlight and dewfall. 2 The beauty of the wilderness renews my spirit. 3 We were all born in the stars. 4 Rejoice with the storms of the earth; shout joy with the voice of the thunders! (c) Copyright 1991 by D. F. Sanders Me ke aloha i ka nani, ... Moe'uhanekeanuenue (With love and beauty, ... Rainbow Dream) --------- "Re: Hawkdancer Poem: Wind Talker" --------- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 19:18:16 EDT From: Charles Hawkdancer Myrick Subj: Poem: Wind Talker Mailing List: INDIAN-HERITAGE-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Siyo nigada (Hello everyone) Here is a poem I just finished while walking in the yard. I hope you all like it. Hawkdancer of the AniKawi (`\o/`) Tsalagi ale utlvquodi vhnai nasgi (Cherokee and proud of it) ========================= Wind talker By: Hawkdancer Wind talker, what does it say. Legend of old, what does it say. Lesson of new, what does it say. Wind talker, what does it say. Lessons of life, what does it teach. Way of life, what does it teach. --------- "RE: Upcoming Events" --------- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:39:14 -0700 From: Gary Smith (gars@speakeasy.org) Subj: Upcoming Events =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= EVENTS ARE FEATURED IN ODD NUMBERED ISSUES ONLY =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Events are too numerous to list for the entire year and are updated periodically. =================================== Euharlee Native American Festival Osborne Park, Downtown Euharlee, GA Special Tribute to ALL veterans. ALL VETERANS INVITED!!! October 22 - 24, 2004 Grand Entry Sat 12 Noon Sun 1 PM Hosted by Native American Honor Guard & Warrior Society Host Drum: Buffalo Heart Guest Drum: Aracoma Lightning Head Man: Jerry Smith Head Lady: Ellen Rasco Emcee: Gary Smith AD: Tommy Smith No Drugs, Alcohol or bad attitudes. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs. Info: Joey Pierce 404 377 4950 or Sam Hinson 770 546 7191 or Jerry Lang 256 492 5217 =================================== Andersons-web.com http://andersons-web.com/native_events.htm Updated June 1, 2004 September 18 -19, 2004: 16th Annual "Everything is Sacred" Pow Wow Gathering in Borchard Community Park 190 No. Reino Rd., Thousand Oaks California. For more information contact Blackbear @ 805-493-2863. September 25 -26, 2004: Walmea Pow Wow by the Native American Foundation Waimea Ball Park, Big Island, Hawaii. For more information e-mail: waimeapowwow@yahoo.com October 2 -3, 2004: 30th Annual American Indian Association Pow Wow Thomas Square, Honolulu, Hawaii. For more information call Dan at 808-734-5171 or e-mail: Nativewinds1152@aol.com October 4, 2004: 5th Annual Native American Flute & Storytelling Concert at the Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawaii-Manoa Campus, Hawaii. For more information call Native Winds at 808-734-8018 or e-mail: Nativewinds1152@aol.com October 9 -10, 2004: 6th Annual Kauai Pow Wow Kapa 'a Beach Park Hawaii. For more information check the web page: kauaipowwow.com October 22 - 24, 2004: Euharlee Native America Festival in Osborne Park, Downtown Euharlee, Georgia. For more information call Joey Pierce 404-377-4950, Sam Hinson 770-546-7191 or Jerry Lang 256-492-5217. November 4 - 7, 2004: 5th Annual Stone Mountain Pow Wow and Indian Festival at Stone Mountain Park, Highway 78 East, Atlanta, Georgia. For more information contact Linda Whittington lwhittington@stonemountainpark.com January 14 -16, 2005: The 1st Annual Tennessee American Indian WinterFest & Powwow by NAIA in Shelbyville, Tennessee at the Calsonic Indoor Arena. For more information visit the web site at: http://tennesseewinterfestpowwow.gem-of-r.com You can e-mail: tuhaniesa@charter.net July 6 - 9, 2005: National Powwow 13 Vermillion County Fairgrounds Danville, Illinois. See the web site at: http://www.nationalpowwow.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. ========================================================================= Crazy Crow Trading Post Updated June 1, 2004 http://www.crazycrow.com/events_nativeamerican/ NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN POWWOW CALENDAR This Native American Indian powwow calendar and related events listing is brought to you as a courtesy of Crazy Crow Trading Post to help keep you up-to-date on the latest powwows & events. We will do our best to validate the accuracy of the information provided, including checking links to web sites, but cannot be responsible for inaccuracies. Check with the contact names and website links of powwow event sponsors for the latest info. J U L Y 2 0 0 4 July 1-4: 36th Annual Northern Ute Tribe 4th of July Pow-wow Location: Pow-wow Grounds, Ft. Duchesne, UT 84026 Event Detail: Host Drums: Meskwaki Nation, Little Island Cree and Zotigh Singers. Contest in all Categories. Events: All Indian Softball Tournament, Handgame Tournament. Pow-wow Parade, princess contest, All Indian Cowboy Rodeo. Drum Contest 1st-4th. MC Chris Eaglehewk, & Herschel Kaulity. Denver March Score System. Ft. Duchesne is 160 miles east of Salt Lake City and 360 miles west of Denver Colorado on HY 40. Camping and showers available. Saturday Buffalo feast. All singers and dancers welcome. Contact: Ron Cuch, phone: 435-545-256, email: utebulletin@ubtanet.com July 1-4: 137th Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Annual Pow Wow Location: Agency Village, 8 miles South, Sisseton, SD 57262 Event Detail: Free. Longest-running powwow in South Dakota. 2004 marks the 137th year. Contact: Lisa RedWing, phone: 605-698-4901, email: talentsearch25@hotmail.com July 2-4: 3rd Annual Hobby Horse Ranch Native American Festival Location: 428 Hartz Rd., Fleetwood (Reading), PA 19522 Map/Directions as well as the latest news are on the website. Contact: Jim, phone: 610-944-5797, email: willowearth@att.net July 2-4: Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow Location: Tanana Valley Fairgrounds, Fairbanks, AK Event Detail: General public welcome. Host Drum: Walking Hawk (Fairbanks) Guest Drums: 101 Drum and Singers (Maine) Young Kingbird (Minnesota) Invited: Flute & Guitar: David Whitewolf Trezak Flag Bearers: Alaska Native Veterans United Nations Staff Mc: Paul "Whirling Thunder" Bullock (Wabanaki) Arena Director: Chris Charlebois Evening Grand Entry: Friday at 7pm Daytime Grand Entry: Saturday and Sunday at 12 Noon Alaska Native Dance & Drum Performances: Saturday at 7pm Interested Drum and Dance groups call (907) 488-2436 All Alaskans and Alaskan Visitors welcome to attend. Camping available for registered participants Native American & Alaska Native vendors. Contact: phone (907) 456-2245 or 488-2436, email: info@midnightsunpowwow.org July 2-4: 27th Annual Three Rivers Indian Lodge Pow Wow Location: Three Rivers Indian Lodge, 13505 S. Union Road, Manteca, CA 95336 Event Detail: Friday, July 2 - 6:00-11:30; Saturday, July 3 - 11:00- 11:30; Sunday, July 4 - 11:00- 7:30. See website for more info. Contact: Ramona Valadez, phone: 209-858-2421, email: mona3riverslodge@aol.com July 2-4: Pechanga Pow Wow Location: Pechanga Resort, Pechanga Reservation, Temecula, CA, 92593 Event Detail: Full range of dance categories, golden age, northern and southern style, gourd dancing, drum contest, peon contest, fire works, enjoy California's Best reservation facility and fully grassed arena and surrounding area. Large prize money, great food, a family event for all. Camping, showers, RV parking. Contact: Norman Pico Sr., phone: 909-693-1819, email: npico@pechanga-pgc.com July 2-5: Annual 4th Of July, Rodeo & Pow-Wow Location: Toppenish, WA Notes: This is also an Annual event for The Sierra Nevada Guns For Hire, Old West Re-enactment group. Comical Skits and Gunfights, Gun safety show, Gun-Spinning, and Lots more... Contact: Bandit Bob leafam@inreach.com July 3-4: 9th Annual Eastern Woodland Intertribal PowWow Location: River Road, (off Rt. 202) Lebanon, ME near the E. Rochester, NH border Event Detail: Located on the banks of the Salmon Falls River, private setting. Shaded arbor, just bring a chair and your moc's. Open to the public starting at 9am to 5pm daily. Grand Entry at Noon both days. Admission $4.00. Would like a Hoop Dancer as a feature guest. Traders by invitation. Native food booths. Contact: Contact: Nightfeather - (207) 457-1955, nightfeather@gwi.net July 3-4: Little River Band of Odawa Indian 10th Annual Pow Wow Location: Gathering Grounds across from Little River Casino/Resort, Manistee, Michigan 49660 Event Detail: Along Lake Hand Drum Championships, Mid night Two Step Championship, Drum and Dance Contest. Contact: Cultural Preservation Committee, phone 1-888-723-8288, email:cpc@lrboi.com July 3-4: The Sequicentennial 2004 Pow Wow Location: Olmsted County Historical Center 1195 W. Circle Dr SW, Rochester, MN Event Detail: Wagon Train will arrive around 3pm on Saturday. Free Primitive Camping Available. Dancers / Drums Call (507) 367-2697 Vendors Call (507) 208-6195. Contact: General Info Call (507) 292-1718 or nacsemn@charter.net July 4-11: 4th annual Chata Inter-tribal Powwow Location: The Neshoba County Coliseum, 12000 HWY.15 N. Suite 1, Philadelphia, MS 39350 Event Detail: The powwow is also known as the pre-fair powwow as it is setup in conjuction with the 54th Annual Choctaw Indian Fair! The dates for the fair is July 14 thru July 17. Contact: Dan Isaac, phone: (601) 389-9986, email: wlins2002@aol.com July 8-11: Sac & Fox Nation Annual Powwow Location: Sac & Fox Nation Powwow Grounds, Stroud, OK Event Detail: Contests in all dance categories & Drum Contest. MC-Dean Whitebreast & Archie Mason, HS-Brian Queton, HM-TBA, HL-Carol B. Mack Contact: Henry Walker, Jr., phone: 405-619-7250 July 9-11 - Swan Lake First Nation Annual Pow Wow Location: Swan Lake, Manitoba, Canada Event Detail: Grand Entry: Friday @ 7:00 pm, Saturday & Sunday @ 1:00 pm & 7:00 pm Dance Contest, Singing Contest & other Specials - TBA. Contact: Wanda McKinney, phone: 204-836-2897, 204-836-2621, email: slfnlamb@mts.net July 9-11: 2nd Annual Medicine Eagle Gathering of the People Location: Rand Park, Keokuk, IA Event Detail: Grand Entries: 7 p.m. Friday; 1 p.m. & 7 p.m. Saturday; noon Sunday Contest Pow Wow Host Drum: Crazy Horse Singers Emcee: Chris Eaglehawk Arena Director: Terry Spoon Hunter Head man/woman dancer: TBA All drums, dancers and the public welcome Free camping. Contact: Dee Hagmeier, director: (319) 524-8144 or (319) 463-7367. July 9, 10, 11: 4th Annual Chata Inter-Tribal Traditional Pow-Wow Location: Neshoba County Coliseum, HWY 15 North , Philadelphia, MS 39350 Event Detail:Limited Arts & Crafts booth available. General Public Invited. Sponsored by Choctaw Housing Authority/DRUG Elimination Program and Concerned Citizens for a Drug-Free Native American Society. Contact: Daniel Isaac, phone: 601-656-6617, email: choctaw_5@yahoo.com July 10-11: 11th Annual Howard County Pow-Wow Location: West Friendship, MD Event Detail: We expect over 100 dancers and drummers to attend. Hours are: Saturday 11:00AM-8:00PM and Sunday 11:00PM-6:00PM. Over $8,000 in dance and drum contest money for fancy, grass, traditional and jingle categories. Admission. Contact: Barry Richardson, phone: (252) 257-5383, email: powwow@vance.net July 10-11: 3rd Annual Gathering of the People Location: Preble County Fairgrounds, Eaton, OH 47374 Event Hosted by The Ohio Bear Band of Metis. Donations at the gate. Hours are Saturday 10am- 8pm and Sunday 10am - 5pm. MC: Ron Guidry Arena Director: William "Laughing Bear" Lawson/Head Male Dancer: Mike Floyd Head Female Dancer: Debbie "Snow Owl" Carpenter/Head Veteran Dancer: Martin "Tall Horse" Chambers/Honored Male Elder: Ron "Standing Bear" Sexton Honored Female Elder: Janice "Evening Star" Ditmer/Host Drum: Morning Star Invited Drums: New Day, Mingo River, Southern Singers, White Oak Singers (ALL DRUMS WELCOME) Invited Guest Speakers from Ontario Metis Aboriginal Association: President Michael McGuire, 1st Vice President Henry Wetelainen Grand Entry: Saturday 12noon and 5pm, Sunday 1pm. Contact: Hawk Wolf Woman, phone: 937-657-3399, email: clanlawton@yahoo.com July 10-11: Bison Farm Pow-wow Location: Bush Farm Bison Centre, West Knoyle, Warminster, Wiltshire, England UK BA12 6AE Well established Hobbyist Pow-wow which has many Native American supporters who visit us regularly. Contact: Colin or Penny Ellis, phone: +44 1747 830263, email: info@bisonfarm.co.uk July 10-11: Sussex County Location: Sussex county fairgrounds, Branchville, NJ Event Detail: Rain or shine no registration fee Sat & Sun 1pm grand entry adult - (traditional, grass, jingle, fancy) (18+) 1st-$700 2nd-$500 3rd-$250 4th-$150 teens-(traditional, grass, jingle, fancy) (13-17) 1st-$300 2nd-$200 3rd-$100 jr boys combined & jr girls combined (6-12) 1st-$150 2nd-$100 3rd-$75 tiny tots mechanical bull riding contest specials men smoke dance women smoke dance women's jingle. Camping available on grounds. Contact: phone: 718-686-9297, email: redhawkarts@mindspring.com July 10-11: 15th Annual Echoes of a Proud Nation Location: Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada. Event Detail: Gates open 9:00 AM, Grand Entry 12:00 Noon, Spectacular Native Dance Competition! Over 70 Native Craft booths. Over 30 Native food booths. July 10, 2004: American University WINS Powwow Location: American University Main Campus, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016 Contact: Julius Othole, phone: 301-443-6066, email: othole@hotmail.com July 15-18: Wahcinca Dakota Oyate Celebration Location: Camping Grounds, Off Highway 2, Poplar, MT 59255 Event Detail: Camping Day begins on July 15. We will be having a street clothes contest sponsored by the Wahcinca committee along with the family specials and regular contest. Contact: Sunee Smith/JoAnne Browning, phone: 406-768-5722/5186, email: sunee_smith@yahoo.com July 16-17: Forth Annual Diahoga First Nations Summer Festival Location: Whitneyville Fairgrounds, Whitneyville, PA 16933 Event Detail: Gates open at 10:30a- close at 6pm. Adults are $4- children under 12 are free; senior citizens- half price on Sunday. Public/dancers and busses are welcome. Food crafts and vendors will be there. Wild bird exibit. There will be storytelling by Vicky Schenandoeh. Host drum Iroquios Thunderhart, guest drum Clear Water. Come and enjoy the fun. Contact: Carol Snowbird, phone: 570-663-3924, email: wanttoofly@hotmail.com July 16-18: Annual Nevada Indian Days Pow Wow Location: Fallon, NV Event Detail: Competition dancing. All drums & public welcome. On site camping available. Also this weekend, there will be an All Indian Rodeo and Parade. Contact: Francine Tohannie, email: ftohannie@hotmail.com July 16-18: 14th Missouri State Powwow Location: Missouri State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, MO Event Detail: The powwow is free. We feed dancers. There is gourd dancing from morning to noon. Then on Saturday night we do grand entry. We hope see you there. Wado! Traders by invite only. Contact: Bob Woolery, phone: (660)826-5608, email: dwoolery@aol.com July 16-18: Wahcinca Dakota Oyate Celebration Location: Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Poplar, MT Event Detail: Come to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and join us in the celebration of our Native ways. The first Grand Entry start at 7:00 p.m. July 16. Besides the regular contest, there will be family specials and the Wahcinca Committee will be hosting a "Street Clothes" contest. Contact: Joanne Browning, phone: 406-768-5186, email: sunee_smith@yahoo.com July 16-18: 9th Annual All Nations Powwow Location: Los Vaqueros Rodeo Arena, Off Highway 38, turn on Zaca Rd., Big Bear City, CA 92399 Event Detail: Powwow Hours: Fri (6pm-10pm), Sat (10am-11pm), Sun (10am-6pm); Admission: 10 and over: $5, Seniors: $3, Under 10: Free. Contest Dancing for cash prizes. Drum Contest for cash prizes and new Powwow Drum for 1st place winner. Sponsored by Bear Valley Native American Association. Contact: Faye Roman, phone: 909-790-7115, email: gfuentes@crafton.sbccd.cc.ca.us July 17-18 - 4th annual Utenin Diahoga Native American PowWow Location: Tioga County Fair Grounds/ Whitneyville, PA Event Detail: Gates open at 10am and close at 6pm. Admission: adults are $4, children under 12 are free. Sunday senior citizens are half price. Busses welcome, dancers welcome, public invited. Contact: Carol Snowburd, phone: 570-662-3924. July 17-18: 6th Annual White Buffalo Society Pow Wow Location: Gaston Lions Fairgrounds, Gaston, IN 47396 Event Detail: We have camping sites. Please email or call for more Information! Traders are welcome. Call or Email for space and cost. Contact: Rebecca Devers, phone: 765-759-7684, email: wbs_indiana@hotmail.com July 22-25: Wahcinca Dakota Oyate Celebration Location: Poplar Camping Grounds, Off Highway 2, Poplar, MT 59255 Event Detail: Camping Day starts July 22. There will be contest for all catagories along with other family specials. Wahcinca will also be holding a "Street Clothes Contest." Contact: Sunee Smith or JoAnne Browning, phone: 406-768-5722/5186, email: sunee_smith@yahoo.com July 22-25: Wendake's Annual Meeting Ground of Nations Location: Wendake, Quebec, Canada. Event Detail: On July 22nd & July 23rd (starting at 6:00pm), The Native Contemporary Art Festival will start: We will present different types of shows (TBA) + crafts. On July 24th and 25th (starting at 10:00am), The 2004 Annual Powwow of Wendake: - Dance competitions Canoe race - Lacrosse match - Crafts Admission fee: (TBA). Contact: Louis Karl P. Sioui, phone: (418) 843-5550, email: louiskarl.sioui@cnhw.qc.ca July 23-25: 2nd Annual Native American Festival Location: Sam Johnson Park, Canyon Street, Redmond, OR 97756 Event Detail: We will have Calvin Standing Bear, and Wild Ride, performing for us. Crafters, food vendors, still looking for some performers and vendors. Camping and showere. Please come join us. Contact: Barbara, phone: 541-504-0193, email: BLUEFEATHERIND@AOL.COM July 23-25 - Southern Exposure: A Celebration of Indigenous America Location: Knoxville, TN Notes: Juried Indian Art Market & Show, Artists' Brunch, Reception, Gala Awards Dinner, & Charity Auction, Two Concerts, Ongoing Entertainment & Cultural Demonstrations, Native American Businessman's Brunch, and Intertribal Contest Powwow. Special activities on "Family Friday." Powwow Saturday & Sunday. Contact: Valerie, phone: 865-609-0574, email: nagi@wisdomkeepers.orgbr> July 31-Aug 1: AAIWV Wapacoli-Ani Powwow Location: Valley of Learning and Salem International University, Salem, WV 26426 Event Detail: This Pow Wow is being given by Wapacoli-Ani Regional gathering - Northern part of West Virginia of A.A.I.W.V. this is open to the public on Sat. before our evening meal there is a wedding being planed for Steven Lone wolf and Ann Eagle Songs Winston. Contact: Wynona RainDance, phone: 304-278-7959, email: RainDance58@hotmail.com July 30 - August 1: 11th Annual Yellow Wolf Powwow Location: 800 Stelly's x Rd., Vancouver Island, Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada V8M1R6 Event Detail: Other contacts:Vendor info, call Angel Sampson at 250-652-6992 or Murray Sampson: 250-652-5287. Grand Entry: Fri July 30th Start: 7pm; Sat July 31 Start: 1pm and 7pm. Sun Aug 1 Start: 1pm. MC: Dale Delorme Cold Lake Alberta, Whipman: Ernie Alphonse- Tsartlip BC; Host Drum picked each session. Contact: John Sampson, phone: 250-652-4635, email: johnnysampson@hotmail.com ========================================================================== Aboriginal Multi-Media Society Updated June 1, 2004 Aboriginal Community Events Listing http://www.ammsa.com/ammsaevents.html JULY July 1 - 4, 2004 Miapukek 9th Annual Powwow Ktaqmkuk Mi'kmaq Traditional Gathering Powwow Grounds Conne River, Newfoundland Kelly: (709) 882-2470 / 2710 July 1 - 4, 2004 Navajo Nation Fair Rodeo, wild horse race, music and entertainment for the whole family Navajo Nation Fair Grounds Window Rock, Arizona Info: (928) 871-6647 Web: www.navajonationfair.com July 2 and 3, 2004 First Annual Crabfest Gingolx, (Nisga'a Territory), B.C. (160 km north of Terrace, B.C.) Music and cultural festival featuring Buffy Sainte-Marie, Tom Jackson, REDDNATION, WARPARTY, Debbie McNeil, Chug-A-Lugs, Adam Gagnion, Theresa Fenger, Mik Battie and First Nations dance groups, comedians and magicians. Tickets $20 for one day or $30 for both days. Contact Nadine at 250-326-2388 or visit www.gingolx.ca July 2 - 4, 2004 Wildhorse 10th Annual Competition Pow Wow Host is the Boyz Umatilla Indian Reserve Pendleton, Oregon 1 (800) 654-9453 July 2 - 4, 2004 4th of July Celebration / Pow Wow Veteran's Memorial Grounds Cass Lake, Minnesota 1 (800) 442-3642 (218) 335-7400 July 2 -6, 2004 SIDS International Conference Edmonton, AB (604) 681-2153 July 3 - 4 2004 Dokis First Nation 4th Annual Traditional Pow Wow Dokis, Ontario On Dokis sacred Grounds Gladys Goulais: (705) 763-9939 Veronica Dokis: (705) 763-2269 July 3 - 4, 2004 4th Annual Traditional Pow Wow "Honoring Four Directions" Dokis First Nation, Ontario Gladys Goulais (706) 763-9939 Veronica Dokis (706) 763-2269 July 3 - 4 2004 15th Annual Traditional Pow Wow Sheguiandah First Nation Hwy #6, Sheguiandah, Ontario, Manitoulin Island (705) 368 - 2781 July 3 - 4, 2004 Munsee-Delaware Nation 10th Annual Traditional Gathering Munsee-Delaware Nation Park and Gathering Grounds Carmen/Floyd: (519) 289-5396 July 4th - 8th, 2004 The 45th Annual Institute on Addiction Studies Kempenfelt Conference Centre Barrie, ON Information call 1-866-278-3568 Web site: www.addictionstudies.ca July 8, 2004 Aboriginal Healing Foundation Day of Commemoration and National Gathering Edmonton, AB Contact: (819) 779-4610 1-888-725-8886 July 9 - 11, 2004 Alexis Powwow Competition Powwow Alexis, Alberta Contact: Quinton Kooteney (780) 886-3876 Email: QKooteney@hotmail.com July 9 -11 2004 White Bear Competition Pow Wow 2004 Celebrations White Bear First Nation, SK Irene: (306) 577 - 4950 July 9 - 11 2004 One Arrow 4th Annual Traditional Powwow One Arrow First Nation, Saskatchewan Mervin Daniels (306) 423-7538 Marie Joseph (306) 423 - 5900 Fax: (306) 423 - 5904 July 9 & 10, 2004 First Nations Gathering 2004, "Jesus walks among us" Kamloopa Pow wow Arbor Kamloops, BC Free Admission / Camping $10/night/family Featuring: Jonathan Maracle with Broken Walls, a leading band from Ontario. Visit with friends and relations, meet new acquaintances. Debbie - 250 - 374- 8196 or SharesTheLight@telus.net July 10 & 11, 2004 Sagamok Anishnawbek 20th Annual Traditional Powwow "Honoring The Elders" Located at the Sagamok Spiritual Grounds 12 kilometers south of Massey, Ontario, Canada. Rough Camping, Drums, Vendors, visitors welcome Contact Linda Toulouse (705) 865-2171 or Carl at (705) 865-1553 July 11, 2004 Mission Indian Friendship Centre Powwow Heritage Park in Mission Nicholas (604) 826-1281 July 15 -18, 2004 Kainai Indian Days Standoff, Alberta (403) 737-3753 July 15 - 18 2004 Wahcinca Dakota Oyate Pow Wow Fort Peck Res. Poplar, Montana American Legion Park (406) 768 - 5186 July 16-17, 2004 Cree Nation fitness challenge 2004 Nemaska, Quebec (819) 673-2512 ext. 215 July 16 - 18, 2004 Standing Arrow Competition Pow Wow And Stick Games Contest and Slow Pitch Tournament Elmo, Montana (406) 849 - 5968 (406) 849 - 5541 July 16 - 18, 2004 Carry The Kettle Powwow Annual Celebration and Open Iron Man Dance Contest South of Sintaluta, Saskatchewan (306) 727-2169 July 20-22, 2004 Sturgeon Lake Pow Wow near Shellbrook, Saskatchewan (306) 764-1872 July 20-22, 2004 Assembly of First Nations 25th Annual General Assembly Charletown PEI Bonny Maracle: (613) 241-6789 x 297 July 20-22, 2004 Sturgeon Lake Pow Wow near Shellbrook, Saskatchewan (306) 764-1872 July 22nd - July 25th 2004 3rd Annual Wendake's Meeting Ground of Nations Wendake, Quebec, Canada On July 22-23 : Native Contemporary Art Festival This activity will present different types of shows (TBA) arts and crafts. On July 24-25 : Powwow of Wendake This event is based on traditional dances contest. Native artwork sale, canoe race and a Lacrosse match. Contact: Louis-Karl P. Sioui at (418) 843-5550 E-mail: louiskarl.sioui@cnhw.qc.ca Website: www.cnhw.qc.ca July 22 - 25, 2004 34 th Annual Back To Batoche Metis Days near Batoche, Saskatchewan (306) 343-8285 July 22 - 25, 2004 138th Winnebago Homecoming Dancer and Drum Contest Winnebago, Nebraska Kay or Kathy (402) 878 - 2224 July 22 - 31, 2004 Klondike Days Edmonton, Alberta 1 (888) 800-7275 July 23 - 25, 2004 2nd Native American Festival Sam Johnson Park Redmond Oregon Please call Barbara: (541) 504-0193 or email: bluefeatherind@aol.com July 23 - 25, 2004 Grand River Champion of Champions Competition Powwow Chiefswood 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 July 23 - 25, 2004 2nd Native American Festival Sam Johnson Park Redmond Oregon Please call Barbara: (541) 504-0193 Email: bluefeatherind@aol.com July 23 - 25, 2004 Potta Trail Days (a Metis Cultural event) Mini-handgame tournament, horseshoe tournament and more Riel Beach Campground, Fishing Lake Metis Settlement, Alberta Information: Sharon (780) 484-3744 or Herb (780) 943-3483 July 27 - July 29, 2004 BC Elders Gathering Kamloops, B.C. 1-800-314-9820 July 29 to August 1st, 2004 Moosehide Gathering 2004 Dawson City, Yukon Special Events Coordinator Tr'ondek Hwech in Box 599 Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 Ph: (867) 993-5385 ext 248 Fax: (867) 993-6553 Email: special.events@gov.trondek.com July 30 & 31 - August 1 & 2, 2004 Canadian Native Fastball Championships Men's and Women's Spruce City Stadium Prince George, BC Contact: Randy (250) 563-0585 ext. 202 July 30 - Aug 1, 2004 Touchwood Agency Tribal Council Annual Competition Powwow near Raymore, Saskatchewan (306) 835-2466 July 30 - August 1, 2004 Kamloopa Days 25th Annual Kamloopa Powwow Kamloops, British Columbia 200 - 355 Yellowhead Hwy. Phone: (250) 828-9700 Fax: (250) 314-1591 www.kamloopa.com July 30 - Aug 1, 2004 The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians 11th Annual Anishinaabe Family Language & Culture Camp Powwow Grounds, Manistee, Michigan Kenny: (231) 933-4406 www.Anishinaabemowin.org July 30 - August 2, 2004 Lac La Biche Powwow Days and Fish Derby Lac La Biche, Alberta (780) 623-4255 July 31 - August 1, 2004 Aboriginal Pavilion at Heritage Days Festival Hosted by Canadian native Friendship Centre Hawrelak Park Edmonton, Alberta Info.: Erik or Debbie (780) 479-1999 Volunteers needed! July 31 - August 2, 2004 Wikwemikong 44th Annual Cultural Festival 3 Days Competition, Host Drum Battle River Singers World Men's Fancy Dance Special Wikwemikong Thunderbird Park Manitoulin Island, Ontario Jim Fox: (705) 859-2385 July 31 - August 1, 2004 11th Annual Rekindling Our Traditions Pow WowFort Erie Friendship Centre Fort Erie, Ontario (905) 871-8931 ext. 224 or 228 ========================================================================== Whispering Winds Updated June 1, 2004 A Magazine of American Indian Crafts*Material Culture*Powwow http://www.whisperingwind.com/ JULY 2004 1-4 58th Annual Pawnee Homecoming Honoring Our Veterans for 58 years. Memorial Field, Pawnee, OK. 1-4 36th Annual Northern Ute 4th of July Pow wow. Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Ft. Duchesne, UT. Info: Ron Cuch (435) 545-2156 or UIT Public Relations Robert J. Colorow 1 (435) 724-2181 or email: utebulletin@ubtanet.com. 3-4 10th Annual Little river Band of Ottawa Indians Powwow. Powwow grounds, Manistee, MI. Info: 1-888-723-8288. 3-4 36th Annual Northern Ute Powwow. Fort Duchesne, UT. Info: (435) 545-2156. 3-4 Pechanga Casino Powwow. Temecula, CA. Info: (888) PECHANGA 3-4 Three River Powwow. Manteca, CA. Info: (209) 858-2421. 2-4 Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow. Tanana Valley Fairgounds, Fairbanks, Alaska. Info: (907) 456-2245. info@midnightsunpowwow.org or visit www.midnightsunpowwow.org 3-4 The Sesquicentennial 2004 Pow Wow. Olmsted County Historical Center, Rochester, MN. Info: John Bruzek (507)292-1718. 4TH Toppenish Powwow, Toppenish, WA. Info: (509) 865-7588 8-10 1st Annual Big Bay "In Celebration of the Seven Generations" Powwow. Draver Park, Big Bay, MI., located on the southern shore of Lake Superior approximately 25 miles north of Marquette, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Info: Susan at 906-869-3859; or e-mail Susan at kabooby3@yahoo.com 8-11 Sac & Fox Nation Annual Powwow at the Sac & Fox Powwow Grounds, 5 1/2 miles south of Stroud, OK. For information email sacandfoxpowwow@hotmail.com 9-11 4th annual Chata Inter-Tribal Powwow. Neshoba County Coliseum, Philadelphia, MS. For info: (601)656-6617, ext. 12 10-11 Powwow. Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD. Info: (410) 442-1022. 10-11 3rd Annual Wellnes/Sobriety Traditional Powwow. Athens, MI. Info: (269) 729-9436. 11-12 Bison Farm Powwow. Bush Farm Bison Centre, Eest Knoyle, Warminster, Wiltshire, England. Info: Colin & Penny at info@bisonfarm.com , site www.bisonfarm.co.uk or by phone 011 44 1747 830263 14-17 Annual Choctaw Fair, Philadelphia, MS.19-21 Nevada Indian Days Powwow & Rodeo. Fallon Fairgrounds, Fallon, NV. Info: (775) 423-2949, Email: ftohannie@hotmail.com 16-18 Nevada Indian Day's Powwow. Fallon, NV. Info: (775) 423-2949. 17-18 8th Annual Sugar Island Traditional Powoww. Sugar Island, MI. Info: (906) 632-7480 22-25 2004 Wendake's Meeting Ground of Nations. Wendake, Quebec, Canada. Info: Louis-Karl P. Sioui (418) 843-5550, E-mail: louiskarl.sioui@cnhw.qc.ca Website: www.cnhw.qc.ca 23-25 2nd Annual Native American Festival. Sam Johnson Park, Redmond, OR. Info: (541) 504-0193 or bluefeatheind@aol.com 24-25 Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Powwow and Gathering Southampton County Fairgrounds, Courtland, VA. Info: Edward "Ghost Feather" Branch, Powwow Chairman email - branchedward@aol.com =================================== Char-Koosta 2004 Powwow Calendar. Updated June 1, 2004 Official News of the Flathead Reservation. http://www.charkoosta.com/pow.html J U L Y July 1 thorugh 4 4th of July Powwow Lame Deer, MT 406/477-6284 July 2, 3 and 4: Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow Tanana Valley Fairgrounds Fairbanks, AK 907/456-2245, 907/488-2436 info@midnightsunpowwow.org www.midnightsunpowwow.org July 2 through 5 Valley of the Chiefs Powwow and Rodeo Crow Agency, MT 406/638-3774 July 8 through 11 North American Indian Days Browning, MT 406/338-7103 July 15 through 18 Wahcinca Dakota Oyate Celebration Poplar, MT 406/768-5186 July 18 through 18 Standing Arrow Powwow Elmo, MT 406/675-2700 July 23, 24 and 25 Julyamsh Greyhound Park Post Falls, ID 800-523-2464 www.cdacasino.com July 23, 24 and 25 Milk River Indian Days Fort Belknap, MT 406/353-2901 July 23, 24 and 25 Southern Exposure: A Celebration of Indigenous America Knoxville Civic Coliseum and Exhibit Hall 500 Howard Baker Jr. Avenue Knoxville, TN Let us announce your Powwow. 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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: Sarah A. Tobuk" --------- Date: Wed, 23 June 2004 08:14:38 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SARAH A. TOBUK" http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113%257E7251%257E,00.html June 23, 2004 Sarah A. Tobuk Sarah Aanayak Hugo Tobuk, 93, of Anaktuvuk Pass, passed away May 19, 2004, at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. Sarah was born on the Colville River on the North Slope in 1910. She lived in Bettles for a while with her husband, James Tobuk, before her permanent residency in Anaktuvuk Pass. Sarah was humble and gentle, strong and faithful, one of the last matriarchs of the old ways. Her footsteps are all over the Brooks Range and North Slope. A quiet, loving wife and mother, she raised many of her siblings, as she was the oldest of 15 children. Anger was never in her person, only love and great compassion served with humility for all. Sarah lived a very traditional life, beginning with a nomadic lifestyle. She was well respected by her community for her ability to tan skins, sew, assist in hunting and fishing, gathering roots and berries, and many other traditional activities. Sarah witnessed many changes in her life from her nomadic lifestyle of living in skin tents to living in a permanent dwelling with an oil-fueled furnace; from eating only foods gathered and prepared by the community to foods that were bought in stores; from walking, dog mushing and boating to riding in airplanes and on snowmachines; and many other changes that took place in her life span. Sarah was preceded in death by her grandparents Kugiirak and Ludi; parents Inualuuraq and Hattie Tukayak Hugo; siblings Rebecca Mekiana, Elizabeth Paneak, Chris Hugo, Clyde Hugo, John Hugo and Samuel Kunaknana; in-laws Homer Mekiana, Billy Morry, Amos Morry, Robert Paneak, Ellen Hugo, Dora Hugo and Abraham Kakinya; nieces and nephews Danny Hugo, Willie Hugo, Kenton Mekiana, David Mekiana, Stephen Morry, Hattie Amos Morry, Peter Hugo, Richard Dean Hugo and Michael Ahgook. Sarah left behind her son, Chris Hugo Sr.; sisters Olive Morry, Maggie Morry and Marie Paneak; brothers Zaccharias Hugo and Noah Ahgook; in-laws Sarah Kunaknana, Doris Hugo, Raymond Paneak and Lela Ahgook; grandchildren Chris Hugo Jr. and Amanillia Kanayurak; and many nieces, nephews, great- nieces, great-nephews, great-great-nieces, great-great-nephews, cousins and friends. A funeral service was held at the Chapel in the Mountains Presbyterian Church in Anaktuvuk Pass on May 25, in both Inupiaq and English. Prayer and benediction took place at the Anaktuvuk Pass cemetery, where Sarah's body was laid to rest next to her sister, Rebecca Masu Mekiana. Copyright c. 1999-2004 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Inc. --------- "RE: Jacob Viarrial" --------- Date: Mon, 28 June 2004 08:22:54 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="JACOB VIARRIAL" http://www.kob.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=11948&cat=HOME Pojoaque Pueblo's governor dies Jacob Viarrial June 27, 2004 By: Todd Dukart Longtime Pojoaque Pueblo Governor Jacob Viarrial has died. A spokeswoman for the northern New Mexico tribe confirmed Viarrial's death Sunday evening but declined to give any further details. Viarrial had served as leader of the pueblo for more than 20 years. He was reelected to another two-year term earlier this year. Viarrial was known for his sense of humor and his unfaltering dedication to his tribal members. Speaker of the House Ben Lujan, a Democrat from neighboring Nambe, had worked with Viarrial on many projects. He says the governor was a tough leader who will be sorely missed. Lujan says Viarrial always had in mind what was best for his tribe. "Jacob Viarrial will be remembered as a tireless fighter for his people," said New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. "He held an uncompromising commitment to preserve the sovereignty of his pueblo, and a determination to achieve economic independence for his people." Pojoaque has been battling the state for years over a gaming compact and has been at the center of debates concerning water use in the Pojoaque Valley. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Copyright c. 2004 KOB-TV, a division of Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. LLC. --------- "RE: Crossings" --------- Date: Mon, 28 June 2004 08:10:52 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CROSSINGS" June 26, 2004 Clara Lewis Lowery, 97 A graveside service will be at 4 p.m. today at Lewis cemetery, the Rev. Greg Parker officiating. Surviving are three sons, James E. "Jim" Lowery of Atlanta, Alton C. "Al" Lowery of Bladenboro and Talton "T.C." Lowery of Wilmington; a daughter, Connie L. Gainey of Bladenboro; 12 grandchildren; 11 great- grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the home. June 28, 2004 Peter Locklear Peter Locklear, 52, of 1085 Jacobs Road, died June 25, 2004, at Scotland Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Light House Baptist Church, the Revs. Dannie Brooks Jr. and Edward Brooks officiating. Burial will follow at Locklear cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Peggy S. Locklear of Pembroke; five sons, Kenny Lockear, Brian Locklear, Trent Locklear, Brent Locklear, all of Pembroke, and Michael Lockear of Maxton; his mother, Gertrude Locklear of Maxton; three daughters, Janet Locklear of Maxton, Sherry A. Locklear of Little Rock, S.C., and Jennifer Locklear of Lumber Bridge; three brothers, Johnny Locklear and Hezzie Locklear, both of Maxton, and Ernest Locklear of Red Springs; five sisters, Louise Lowery, Mary A. Locklear, Maureen Clark and Virginia Lockear, all of Maxton, and Diane Lambert of Red Springs; and 15 grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Locklear and Son Funeral Home. Copyright c. 2004 The Robesonian, Lumberton, NC. -=-=-=- June 24, 2004 Letha S. Dial LAURINBURG - Ms. Letha Mae Strickland Dial, 80, of Laurinburg, died Tuesday, June 22, 2004, in her home. Ms. Dial was a chef at several restaurants and a homemaker. The funeral will be conducted at 4 p.m. Friday in Gray Pond Baptist Church by the Rev. Junior Quick. Burial will be in Stewartsville Cemetery. Ms. Dial is survived by two sons, Willie Dial of Laurinburg and Tommy Dial of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; four daughters, Effie Quick and Patsy Brayboy, both of Laurinburg, Ruth Sweat of Maxton and Betty Hunt of Rowland; a brother, Thomas Strickland of Aberdeen; three sisters, Ozella Borrow of Greenville, S.C., Dorothy D. Locklear of Pembroke and Dorothy M. Locklear of Maxton; 27 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren; and five great-great- grandchildren. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at Richard Boles Funeral Service in Laurinburg. June 26, 2004 Anthony D. Jacobs RED SPRINGS - Anthony David Jacobs, 48, of 2663 Mount Zion Road, died Wednesday, June 23, 2004, in his home. The funeral will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Shannon Assembly Church of God by the Revs. Gilbert Walker, Mitchell Oxendine and Roy Clark. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Jacobs is survived by his wife, Shirley Jacobs of Red Springs; two sons, Christopher D. Locklear and Mark Anthony Jacobs, both of Shannon; his mother, Eva E. Jacobs of Shannon; three brothers, Marten Jacobs Jr., James R. Jacobs and Henry M. Jacobs, all of Shannon; six sisters, Lisa Locklear and Donna Cree, both of Shannon, Judy Oxendine and Lora Jones, both of Red Springs, Marion E. Jacobs of Pembroke and Annette Locklear of Raeford; and two grandchildren. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at Thompson's Funeral Home in Pembroke. Copyright c. 2004 The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer. -=-=-=- June 28, 2004 Eugene Johnson Sr. Eugene D. Johnson Sr. (Bikojiigwiinizens), 84, of Red Lake, died on Friday, June 25, 2004, at the Jourdain/Perpich Extended Care Facility in Red Lake. Traditional service will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Ponemah Community Center in Ponemah. A wake began Monday afternoon and will continue until the time of service today at the Ponemah Community Center. Burial will be in Family Burial Grounds in Ponemah under the direction of the Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji. Copyright c. 2004 The Pioneer/Bemidji, MN. -=-=-=- June 23, 2004 Elmer P. White Jr. Elmer P. White Jr., Wambdi Naji (Standing Eagle), 46, entered the Spirit World on Sunday, June 20, 2004 at Altru hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at the St. Michaels Catholic Church with Father Joachim Mudd officiating. Interment will be at the St. Michaels Catholic Cemetary. A wake service will begin today at 5 p.m. at the St. Michaels Recreation with Rosary at 8 p.m. Those wishing to follow the procession should meet at Walmart parking lot at 4 p.m. Pallbearers will be Elmer, Kyle, Kris, Jody, Charlie and Jon White, Sheldon and Brandon Black, Sonny Jackson, Buster Fox, Bentley Jr., Cliffton and Bradley GreyBear, Darren Iceman Jr., and John Wells. Escorts will be Fred and George Longie. Honorary pallbearers will be Nathan "Buck" Jones, Chris and Roland Johnson, Charlie Morin, Joe "Cowboy" Lawrence, Frank Lovejoy, Mark Lufkins, Victor "Lee" Jackson, Soloman "Buddy" Ross, Casper Demarrias, Jacob Abraham, Terry Herman, David Lohnes, Art Thompson, Carl and Sam Merrick and all those whose lives he touched. Wambdi Naji was born Dec. 13, 1957 in Devils Lake, ND to Elmer and Evangeline (Longie) White Sr. He graduated from Ft. Totten High School in May of 1977. He attended carpenter classes through United Tribes Technical College. He worked at the Spirit Lake Housing for many years, Spirit Lake Water Resource where he received a pipe laying certificate, National Guard (pipeline project) and Events staff (Casino). Wambdi Naji started fancy dancing at an early age. He was a Traditional Whistle Carrier. He participated in pow-wows throughout the United States and Canada becoming a champion fancy dancer. Later he also became a champion grass dancer. He started singing with the high school drum group and sang with various drum groups. He was currently singing with the Lake Region drum group. He participated in rodeos. He enjoyed making traditional arts and crafts and traditional outfits. Wambdi Naji had a good sense of humor and was always making people laugh. This will be missed by all that knew him, especially family. He is survived by his mother, Evangeline White; fianc/, Clarice (Maggie) Jones; sons, Elmer III, Kyle, Kristopher, Ira, Sheldon, Brandon, Richard, and stepson Trevor; daughters, Crystal, Kathy, Krista, Kristy, Denise, Jenny, Angelita, Simone and Simona, and Darrell; grandchildren, Brianna, Destiny, Felix, Kaston and Braxton; brothers, Valentino (Renae) and Frank (Roxanne); sisters, Denice (Darren), Marsha (Roger), Janet, Melissa (Bentley), Lorraine and Bonnie (John); godchild, Leora White; aunts, Flo (Ken), Bernice, Yvonne and Frances; uncles, George (Jerri), Willie, Fred (Wanda), Ricky and Clayton (Pam); and many, many nephews, nieces, grandchildren and relatives. Survivors also include his adopted mom, Catherine SpottedBird; adopted uncle, Jim (Bonnie) Clairmont; adopted brothers, Ken Jr. and Tyson Merrick and John SpottedBird; adopted sisters, Renae Merrick, Candace SpottedBird and Jeanne (Dobbs); and adopted family, Vivian Bullhead and family. He is united in the Spirit World with sons, Patrick and A.J.; father, Elmer White Sr.; brother, Patrick; grandparents, Patrick and Dorothy White, Donald and Mae Whiteman, William and Jeanette Longie, Paul Firecloud and Joe Bullhead; uncles, Clarence White, Tim, Lil` Dave and Sam Longie and numerous other relatives. Alexander J. "Snorky" DeMarce Alexander J. "Snorky" DeMarce, 79, passed to the Spirit World on June 20, 2004 at his residence in Fort Totten, ND. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Crow Hill Recreation Center. Rev. Wilbert Robertson will officiate and burial will be in the Presbyterian Cemetery, rural Crow Hill, ND. Military Honors will be accorded by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #6547. A wake service will be held Friday, beginning at 5 p.m. at the Crow Hill Recreation Center with a prayer service at 8 p.m. The procession to the Crow Hill Recreation Center will leave from the Wal-Mart Parking Lot at 4 p.m. on Friday. Pallbearers will be Mark Fassett, Sr., Perry Fassett, Sr., Jeff Whitebuffalo, Tracy Whitebuffalo, Robert Greywater, Jr. and John Robertson. Honorary pallbearers will be Sylvia Brownshield, Solomon Sherman, Leonard Lohnes, Ambrose "Buddy" Longie, Ivan Blackcloud, Joseph Brown, Sr., Elmer Brown, all World War II Veterans and all of Snorky's many friends. Alex was born July 14, 1924 in Sisseton, SD, to Agnes Long and James DeMarce. He was raised by Martin Dunn in the Fort Totten area. He joined the military on June 9, 1942 serving in World War II with the United States Marine Corp and the Second Division until his discharge on Oct. 18, 1946. He received the Presidential Unit Citation, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three Bronze Stars and the Victory Medal. After returning from military service, Alex married Loretta Jerome and moved to Chicago for several years before returning to the Fort Totten area where he spent the rest of his life. He is survived by his sons, Jerome (Louise), Timothy and David; daughters, Lili, Francine (Russ) and Donna; sister, Virginia Woods; brothers, George Robertson and Kenneth Dunn; 25 grandchildren; 25 great- grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; sons, Conrad and Terry; daughters, Darlene and Denise; brother, Jerry Robertson; sisters, Eva and Ida; niece, Geraldine Youngman; nephews Tom and Emerson Robertson; and grandchildren, Denise, Christopher, Ryan and Samuel. Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake, is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2004 Devils Lake Daily Journal. -=-=-=- June 22, 2004 Kyle Ironroad FORT YATES - Kyle Scott Ironroad, 18, Fort Yates, died June 20, 2004, at Fort Yates. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 25, at the Youth Activity Center, Cannon Ball, with Brother George Maufort officiating. Burial will be in the Red Cedar Cemetery, Solen. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday at Perry Funeral Home, Mandan. A rosary service begins at 7 p.m. with a wake continuing Thursday at the Youth Activity Center. Kyle was born Aug. 9, 1985, at Bismarck, to Elizabeth L. Ironroad. He was raised by Elizabeth L. (Ironroad) and Gerald White in Fort Yates, where he graduated from high school in 2003. When he turned 18, he began working at Prairie Knights Casino and continued to work there until the time of his death. Kyle enjoyed listening to music, movies and lifting weights. He also enjoyed working and hanging out with his friends. He is survived by his parents, Gerald and Elizabeth; grandfathers, Gerald White Sr., and Joseph and Barb Ironroad; three sisters, Stephanie and Elizabeth Franco and Nicole Ironroad; three brothers, Mathew and Christopher Franco and Ryan Ironroad, all of Fort Yates; special cousins, Brently and William; nephew, Andrew; special aunt, Beverly Fox; special uncle, Mike Ironroad; uncles, Jeff and Mike White; and aunt, Jodie White. Kyle was preceded in death by his grandparents, Shirley White, Serena and Albert Ironroad; and five uncles, Robert, William, Perry, Timothy and Gary Ironroad. Copyright c. 2004 Bismarck Tribune. -=-=-=- Welcome to the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe/Dakota Nation Sota Iya Ye Yapi On-Line, News from the Lake Traverse Reservation Volume 35, Issue 26 Wednesday, June 30, 2004 Funeral services held for Vivian King-Wanna Funeral services for Vivian King-Wanna, 90, of Sisseton, South Dakota, were held last Thursday, June 24, 2004 at St. Catherine's Catholic Church, Sisseton, with the Rev. Fr. Walter Butor and Senior Catechist John Cloud III, Lay Reader Clyde Kampeska, and Fillmore Simon C.L.P. officiating. Active pallbearers were Justin German, Winfield Rondell, Jr., Emery White, Jr., Glen Wanna, Sr., Spencer Julius, Glen Wanna, Jr., Eric Wanna, Michael Wanna, Todd Brown, Amos White, Keith Huff, Alcott Brant, Jacob Keeble, Chris Brown, Chad Brown, Lincoln D. Wanna, Milton Renville, Winfield Thompson, Jr., Benjamin Thompson, Craig Spider, Joe Eastman, and Arness Titus. Honorary pallbearers were Ember Keeble, Anna Wanna, Darlene King, Beatrice Wanna, Alma Renville, Melvina LaBatte, Bernice Johnson, Vastana James, Ethal Spider, Tina White, Diane White, Wanda Johnson, Inez Marks, Sara Jane Siyaka, Pearl LaBatte, Geraldine Keeble, Richanda Hill, Lillian Greeley, Verzella Huckfeldt, Karen Janisch, Lydia Thompson, Alfreda Spider, Paul and Marcia Backman, and "all of Vivian's friends." Organist was Billy Kohl. Special music was provided by Butch Felix and Carl Lufkins, Sr. Interment is in the St. Matthew's Catholic Cemetery, rural Veblen, South Dakota. Wake Services were held Tuesday and Wednesday, at the Tribal Community Center, Agency Village. The Cahill Funeral Chapel of Sisseton, South Dakota, was in charge of arrangements. Vivian Effie King was born on June 26, 1913 in Sisseton, South Dakota to Amos and Ella (White) King. She attended country school in Long Hollow and grade school at Wahpeton Indian School. After her education she was united in marriage to Wilfred Brown, Sr. on October 14, 1936 in Roberts County. Vivian married Spencer Wanna on May 24, 1980 in Veblen, South Dakota. Vivian worked at Schiltz Foods and for the Green Thumb Program. She enjoyed playing bingo, cards, quilting and cooking, and loved to care for her grandchildren. Vivian passed away suddenly on June 20, 2004 in Sisseton. Vivian is survived by six children - Duane Brown of Sisseton, Allen Brown, Sr. of Browns Valley, Minnesota, Vernice Huff of Sisseton, Jacqueline Wanna of Sisseton, Spencer Wanna, Jr. of Veblen, and Charlene Wanna of Sisseton; two sisters - Tillie Brown of Sisseton and Ethel Spider of Ft. Thompson; 34 grandchildren; 59 great-grandchildren; and nine great- great-grandchildren. Vivian was preceded in death by her parents; both husbands; four sons; one grandchild; three great-grandchildren; two brothers and five sisters. Funeral services for Lucille Anderson Funeral services for Lucille M. Anderson, 71, of Waubay, South Dakota, were held last Friday, June 25, 2004 at St. James Episcopal Church, rural Waubay, South Dakota, with the Rev. John Robertson officiating. Active pallbearers were Lucille's sons Glen Anderson, Thomas Anderson, Gene Anderson, Bruce Anderson, Colin Anderson, and Dana Anderson. Honorary pallbearers were "all of Lucille's friends and relatives." Pianist was Billy Kohl. Interment is at St. James Episcopal Cemetery, rural Waubay. There were all-night wake services on Thursday at the St. James Episcopal Church Guild Hall. The Cahill Funeral Chapel of Sisseton was in charge of arrangements. Lucille Murcie Robertson was born on June 30, 1932 in Sisseton, South Dakota to Thomas Andrew and Alvina Clara (Owen) Robertson. She attended country school near Waubay. Lucille was united in marriage to Gene Alan Anderson on August 2, 1954 in Wheaton, Minnesota. Lucille stayed at home and raised her children until Gene passed away in October of 1980. She then went to work as a cook at the Waubay School and later worked as a cook at the Red Rose Restaurant at the Dakota Sioux Casino in Watertown. Lucille enjoyed sewing quilts, cooking, crossword puzzles and gardening. She was a member of the St. James Episcopal Church as well as a past President of their ladies aid. Lucille passed away peacefully on June 22, 2004 at the Bethesda Home in Webster, South Dakota, following a lengthy illness. Lucille is survived by seven children - Glen (Liz) Anderson of Sisseton, Thomas Anderson of Waubay, Gene M. Anderson of Watertown, Bruce (Lois) Anderson of Sisseton, Eileen Anderson of Watertown, Colin Anderson of Sioux Falls; and Dana Anderson of Fargo, North Dakota; two sisters, Belva (Ray) Hatley of Waubay, and Betty Eberhardt of Waubay; 21 grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Lucille was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and three brothers. Copyright c. 1999-2003 by C. D. Floro/Earth and Sky Enterprises. -=-=-=- June 23, 2004 Baby Fast Wolf ALLEN - Baby Fast Wolf, infant, Allen, was stillborn Monday, June 14, 2004, in Fort Morgan, Colo. Survivors include mother, Tamera Fast Wolf, Allen; father, Mitchell Dubray Jr., Allen; maternal grandparents, Sabrina and Tom Fast Wolf, Allen; and paternal grandparents, Mitchell Dubray Sr. and Patty Dubray, Allen. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 24, at Inestimable Gift Episcopal Church in Allen, with the Rev. Daniel Makes Good officiating. Burial will be at Inestimable Gift Episcopal Cemetery in Allen. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Etta Young Man OGLALA - Etta Young Man Afraid of His Horses, 82, Oglala, died Sunday, June 20, 2004, in Oglala. Survivors include two sons, Buzz Young Man Sr. and Donovan Young Man, both of Oglala; two daughters, Yvonne Crow and Brenda Young Man, both of Oglala; two sisters, Delores Two Bulls, Red Shirt Table, and Phyllis Dreaming Bear, Oglala; 19 grandchildren; 66 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren. A closed casket one-night wake will begin at 5 p.m. Friday, June 25, at Loneman School in Oglala. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 26, at the school, with the Rev. Simon Looking Elk and the Rev. Robert Two Bulls officiating. Burial will be at Makasan Presbyterian Cemetery in Oglala. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Shayla Elise Smith MANDAN, N.D. - Shayla Elise Smith, one-day-old daughter of Winona Irving and Clint Smith Sr. of Mandan, died Saturday, June 19, 2004, at Med Center One in Bismarck. Survivors include a twin sister. An all-night wake will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 24, at Elk Horn Congregational Church in Little Eagle, S.D. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, June 25, at the church, with the Rev. Leslie Bobtail Bear and the Rev. Norman Blue Coat officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery. Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge is in charge of arrangements. June 24, 2004 Theresa S. LeClaire Runge ROSEBUD - Theresa S. LeClaire Runge, 82, Rosebud, died Monday, June 21, 2004, at IHS Hospital in Rosebud. Wake services began Wednesday at Yankton Sioux Tribal Hall in Marty and will continue until the time of services on Friday. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday, June 25, at the tribal hall. Burial will be at Holy Fellowship Episcopal Cemetery in Greenwood. Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home of Wagner is in charge of arrangements. June 25, 2004 Parrish Janis Hakakta Win EAGLE BUTTE - Parrish Janis, Hakakta Win, 38, Eagle Butte, died Monday, June 21, 2004, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. An all-night wake will begin at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 27, at H.V. Johnston Cultural Center in Eagle Butte. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, June 28, at the cultural center, with the Rev. Jeffrey Barnes, Deacon Ted Knife Sr., Dora Bruguier and Earl Red Bird officiating. Burial will be at Bear Creek-Crook Cemetery in Bear Creek. Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge is in charge of arrangements. June 26, 2004 Lillian White Bird WANBLEE - Lillian White Bird, 91, Wanblee, died Thursday, June 24, 2004, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Arrangements are pending with Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge. June 28, 2004 Spencer S. Weston PORCUPINE - Spencer S. Weston, 69, Porcupine, died Saturday, June 26, 2004, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Eldean Weston, Porcupine; one daughter, Carmen Weston, Porcupine; four sons, Farrell Weston, Pine Ridge, Marlin Weston, Troy Weston and Lionel Weston, all of Porcupine. Arrangements are pending with Osheim-Catron Funeral Home in Rapid City. Copyright c. 2004 the Rapid City Journal. -=-=-=- June 24, 2004 Bessie Irene (Potts) Adkins TAHLEQUAH - Services for Bessie Irene (Potts) Adkins, 84, will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 23, 2004, at Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Charles Duvall officiating. Burial will follow in Lost City Cemetery under the direction of Reed-Culver Funeral Home of Tahlequah. Pallbearers will be Robert Steeber, Delmor Ray Fisher, David Smith, Jesse Barnes, Steve Thompson and Albert McMahan. Honorary pallbearers will be Buffalo Whitekiller, Willard Mitchell and Sam Howe. Bessie Irene (Potts) Adkins was born Oct. 19, 1919, in Lost City, to John F. and Carrie (Briggs) Potts. She married Daniel D. Adkins on June 17, 1942, in Alexandria, La. She enjoyed being with the Gospel Barn Group family. She also loved traveling and reading, and had a wonderful sense of humor. Bessie loved her life as a homemaker, but also found time to serve on the Lost City School Board for 35 years. Her grandchildren were the light of her life. Bessie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Daniel D. Adkins; a special nephew, Gerald Potts; a brother, Clayton Potts; four sisters, Baby Mae Potts, Pauline Steelmon, Jessie Dunlap and Wanda Watkins. She is survived by two daughters, Fonda Irene Fisher and husband Delmor Ray, and Brenda Ilene Steeber and husband Robert; three sisters, Hazel Baldridge, Fern Sisney and Bernis Ropp; four grandchildren, Robbie Steeber, Kelli Steeber, Kristal Smith and Danna Barnes; five great-grandchildren, Kristian, Lane and Elizabeth Smith, and Joseph and Hanna Steeber. Reed-Culver Funeral Home, 117 W. Delaware, 456-2551. June 28, 2004 Phyllis Ann Hornett-Deerinwater TULSA - Phyllis Ann Hornett-Deerinwater was born Oct. 21, 1943, at the Fort Apache Agency Hospital in White River, Ariz., the daughter of Frank and Winnie Hornett, and she passed away June 23, 2004, in Tulsa. Phyllis graduated from Wyandotte High School, and went on to receive her associate's degree in nursing from Bacone College in Muskogee. During her 30-year nursing career as a registered nurse, Phyllis worked for the Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah City Hospital, Muskogee Regional Medical Center, and most recently, Muskogee Hometown Hospice as a case manager. She was a great nurse and was always willing to help teach and mentor those interested in nursing. Phyllis was a former member of the Okahoma Federation of Indian Women, and was honored to be chosen the 1998 Indian Mother of the Year and the 2002 Outstanding OFIW Member. She also served as the director of the 2002 Miss Indian Oklahoma Scholarship Pageant. Her father, Frank Hornett, preceded her in death. She is survived by her loving family: Two daughters, Julie Deerinwater and Marissa Deerinwater-Pourier of Tahlequah; one son, Joel Deerinwater of Tahlequah; the father of her children and lifelong friend, William Deerinwater of Tahlequah; her mother, Winnie Hornett; and one granddaughter, Makiya "baby"; as well as a host of cherished relatives, loved ones and friends. Phyllis was very proud her wisdom, encouragement and loving support. They were able to share many happy life occasions that will be treasured always. Mom, we love you! You will forever be in our hearts and minds. Patricia Ann Snell TAHLEQUAH - Services for Patricia Ann Snell will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, June 28, 2004, at Reed-Culver Chapel, with Rev. D.J. McCarter officiating. Burial will follow at Long Prairie Cemetery in Delaware County under direction of Reed-Culver Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 3-6 p.m., Sunday, June 27, 2004, at Reed-Culver Chapel. Pallbearers include Raymond Snell, Eddie Williams, Travis Snell, Jeremy Luper, Trampas Snell and Joshua Luper. Patricia Ann Snell was born on March 17, 1931, in Salina, to Charley and Lucy (Grass) Roberts. She passed from this life on June 25, 2004, at her home in Tahlequah, at the age of 73 years. Pat loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and was a foster grandparent. She was known at Kansas Public Schools as "Grandma Pat." She loved bingo, quilting, gardening, reading, and word-search puzzles. Pat was preceded in death by her husband, Swimmer Snell; a son, Samuel Snell; two sisters, Mary Berry and Billie Lynch; and three grandchildren. Survivors include her special companion, Guy Cornshucker; five daughters, Evelyn Conley and husband Robert of Tahlequah; Virginia Tucker of Park Hill, Linda Luper of Tahlequah, Teresa Roberts of Tahlequah, and Vicki Snell of Claremore; three sons, Charles Snell and wife Ruby of Twin Oaks, Virgil Snell of Kansas, and Kenneth Snell of Kansas, Oklahoma; two sisters, Jessie DelGiorgio of Fresno, Calif., and Dorothy Stokes of Florida; six brothers, John Roberts of Foyil, Curtis Roberts of Ozark, Mo., Roy Roberts of Foyil, Paul Roberts of Claremore, Dale Roberts of Laquey, Mo., and Warren Roberts of Oologah; 22 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. Reed-Culver Funeral Home, 117 W. Delaware, 456-2551. Copyright c. 2004 Tahlequah Daily Press. -=-=-=- June 27, 2004 William B. Ricketts William B. "Blackie" Ricketts, 58, Pawhuska city manager, died Thursday at St. John Hospital in Tulsa. Ricketts will lie in state at the family residence east of Pawhuska. Rosary will be held at 7 p.m. today at the home with Father Chris Daigle officiating. Traditional Indian services will be held at 8 a.m. Monday also at the home with Ed Red Eagle Jr. officiating. Mass will be recited at 10 a.m. Monday at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of Pawhuska with Daigle officiating. Interment will be in the Pawhuska City Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home of Pawhuska. Survivors include his wife, Mary Elizabeth "Liz" of the home; a son, J.R. of Oklahoma City; four brothers and sisters-in-law, Bob and Jo Monica Burgess of Ponca City, Tommy and Connie Burgess of Ponca City, Jimmy and Dulcie Burgess of Fairfax, and Buddy and Georgeanna Ricketts of Skiatook; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Beverly and Kenneth Thurman of Skiatook, and Pearl Sanders of Oklahoma City; and numerous nieces and nephews. Copyright c. 2004 the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise. -=-=-=- June 22, 2004 Thomas Hawk Thomas Eugene Hawk of Big Cabin died Sunday, June 20, 2004, after a short illness. He was 45. Hawk was born Sept. 23, 1958, in Granite City, Ill., to Floyd Eugene and Anna Rea (Adair) Hawk. He had Indian heritage of the Quapaw, Cherokee and Winnebago tribes. He studied paralegal law and worked in law enforcement and security for the past 25 years. He was employed with Wackenhut Security Corporation as a captain for Visteon Glass Plant in Tulsa. Survivors include his wife, Sheila Hawk, of the home; two sons, Colton Hawk and Austin Hawk, of the home; one daughter, Kathryn Hawk of Bluejacket, and one sister and her husband, Marry and Francis Ott of North Carolina. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Cathey Ellick. Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Luginbuel Funeral Home chapel in Vinita with the Rev. Thom Duncan officiating. Burial will be in Big Cabin Cemetery. June 23, 2004 Virgle Albert Burgin Virgle Albert Burgin of Broken Arrow died Tuesday June 22, 2004, in Broken Arrow. He was 93. Burgin was born Jan 5, 1911, in Ottawa County to Alonzo and Maud (Pooler) Burgin. He lived east of Miami on Indian Head-rite land from 1950 until 1993 when he moved into Miami. He moved to Broken Arrow in January 2003. He worked in the lead and zinc mines during World War II. He was a farmer and raised cattle. He was employed by Root Manufacturing and was a janitor at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. He would combine wheat from the Red River to North Dakota. He attended Peoria Assembly of God Church. He married Ruth Stoner on March 14, 1931, in Columbus, Kan. She preceded him in death on Feb. 21, 2002. He was also preceded in death by an infant son, Albert Thurman Burgin, three sisters and two brothers. Survivors include one son and his wife, Buddy L. and Betty Burgin of Broken Arrow; four grandchildren and their spouses, Rhonda and Mike Cooper of Broken Arrow, Connie and Doyle Surratt of Seal Beach, Calif., Chris and Diane Burgin of Aurora, Ill., and Scott and Tammie Burgin of Tulsa, and seven great-grandchildren, Melissa Cooper, Cody Surratt, Chelsea Surratt, Paige Burgin, Brian Burgin, Tyler Burgin and Zachary Burgin. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Paul Thomas Funeral Home in Miami with the Rev. Calvin Ackerson officiating. Burial will be in Ottawa Indian Cemetery, east of Miami. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Copyright c. 2004 The Miami News-Record. -=-=-=- June 27, 2004 Rudolph Valentino Payahsape Jr. OKLAHOMA CITY - Funeral for Rudolph Valentino Payahsape Jr., 44, Oklahoma City, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Comanche Nation Funeral Home with the Rev. Jeff Haag officiating. Mr. Payahsape died Wednesday, June 23, 2004, in an Oklahoma City hospital. Burial will be at Saddle Mountain Cemetery. A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. He was born Jan. 30, 1960, to Rudy and Mary Turtle Payahsape. Survivors include three sisters: Sandra Brown, Oklahoma City; Mindy Ramos and Cindy Lopez, both of Dallas, Texas; three brothers: Ingemar R. Payahsape, McAlester; Timothy and John Allen, both of Oklahoma City; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and two grandmothers: Grace Turtle and Emma Payahsape. Copyright c. 2004 The Lawton Constitution. -=-=-=- June 22, 2004 Teddy Leo Dempsey Chaco Canyon Sept. 13, 1943 - June 19, 2004 Teddy, 60, went home to be with Our Heavenly Father from Chaco Canyon on Saturday, June 19, 2004. Teddy was born Sept. 13, 1943, in Chaco Canyon. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Dorothy Beyale Dempsey. He loved his children and grandchildren as follows: Matilda and Carlos Arviso of Bloomfield and their children Ferrari, Dwight Arviso, and his fiance'e, Toni King; Leo and Tonya Dempsey of Farmington and their children Naiyid (EB) and Noah (Bo); Leonard Dempsey of Woodway, Texas, and his son Micah Dempsey; LaBerta and Steve Funston of Bloomfield and their son Morgan (Mark) Murphy; his granddaughter, Carlita Yazzie, and her two children; his sisters, Phoebe D. Parker of Edmond, Okla., and Lorraine Begay of Phoenix, Ariz. His formal education began at Brethren in Christ Mission School and continued on to Chimawewa Indian School in Oregon, and Tacoma, Wash. He worked for the National Park Service 32 years. A majority of that service was at Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Other National Park Service sites included locations within Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. He retired in June of 2003, to continue caring for his livestock at Chaco Canyon. He liked to travel extensively in the Four Corners area with his wife, Dorothy. Viewing will be held from 1 to 5 p.m., Thursday, June 24, 2004, at Cope Memorial Chapel, in Farmington. Teddy's service will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, June 25, 2004, at Brethren in Christ Mission. Marvin G. Martin will be officiating. Our father will be laid to rest at the family plot in Chaco Canyon. The family is inviting all who knew our Dad to come and share in his final journey to be with his Heavenly Father. Arrangements are entrusted to Cope Memorial Chapel of Farmington, 404 W. Arrington St., (505) 327-5142. June 28, 2004 Marri Billie Kirtland Sept. 12, 1944 - June 26, 2004 Marri Billie, 59, of Kirtland, passed from this life on Saturday, June 26. Marri was born Sept. 12, 1944, in Beclabito, N.M., to Tom and Jessie Yazzie. Marri was married to Cecil W. Billie on July 23, 1963, at the First Baptist Church in Shiprock and had one child, Creighton W. Billie. Marri worked with the Farmington Municipal School District for 17 years as a teacher at McCormick Elementary. She also worked with the Central Consolidated School District for 4 years as a school counselor at Kirtland Central High School, Ruth N. Bond Elementary School and Grace B. Wilson Elementary School. Marri graduated from Kirtland Central High School in 1962, where she was a cheerleader and a big fan of the Broncos. She received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and a masters degree from Leslie College in Cambridge, Mass. Marri is survived by her husband Cecil W. Billie, Kirtland; mother, Jessie Yazzie, Beclabito; grandson, Cray W. Smith, Mesa, Ariz.; nephews Timothy and Raven Billie, San Jose, Calif.; sisters, Rena (Tom) Smith, Sr., Louise (John) Goldtooth, Sr., and Mae (Bert) Sandoval, all of Shiprock; brother, Vern (Helene) Gilbert, LeChee, Ariz., and daughter-in-law Kathy Smith, Mesa, Ariz. She also leaves behind numerous nephews and nieces. Marri was preceded in death by her son, Creighton W. Billie; father, Tom Yazzie; and mother-in-law Emma Billie. There will be a viewing Tuesday, June 29, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Cope Memorial Chapel, 404 W. Arrington, Farmington, N.M. Services will be Wednesday, June 30, at 10:00 a.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church with Rev. Eugene Baker and Pastor Mike Copeland officiating. Pallbearers are Cray Smith, Tom Smith, Jr., John Goldtooth, Jr., Theron Sandoval, Loren Smith, Bernard Sandoval, Eric Dick and Colby Benally. Honorary Pallbearers are Rena Smith, Louise Goldtooth, Mae Sandoval, and Vern Gilbert. Arrangements have been entrusted to Cope Memorial Chapel of Farmington, (505) 327-5142. Copyright c. 2004 Farmington Daily Times, a Gannett Co., Inc. newspaper. -=-=-=- June 22, 2004 Junior Manning YAH TA HEY - Funeral services for Junior Manning, 35 will be at 1 p.m., today, June 22, at Cope Memorial Chapel. Tom White will officiate. Burial will be on family land in Yah Ta Hey. Manning died June 16 in Yahtahey. He was born February 19, 1969 in to the Bitter Water People Clan for the Towering House People Clan. Manning is a 1988 graduate of Wingate High School. He attended the University of New Mexico and the Crownpoint Institute of Technology. Manning did work as a cement finisher, worked in construction, and did carpentry and electrical work. His hobbies included playing sports, reading, and socializing. Survivors include his brother, Daniel Vallejos; sisters, Myra Vallejos Prince, Mitchelle Chavez Morgan; grandparent, Ashley McCarthy. Pallbearers will be Tommy Manning Jr., Eddie McCarthy, Bobby Joe, Emerson Joe, Kenneth Tsosie and Clyde Peterson. The family will receive friends and relatives at the family residence in Yah Ta Hey, today at 2:30 p.m. Cope Memorial is in charge of arrangements. June 23, 2004 Theodora Begay CRYSTAL, N.M. - Services for Theodora Begay, 41, will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, June 24 at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Fort Defiance. Father Gilbert, OFM, will officiate. Burial will be on family land in Crystal. A rosary will be recited todayat 6 p.m. at Saint Berard, Navajo, N.M. Begay died June 20 in Fort Defiance. She was born December 26, 1962 in Gallup into the Folded Arm People Clan for the Red Bottom People Clan. Begay graduated from Window Rock High School in 1981. She recieved her AS degree in Elementary Education from UNM-Gallup and was employed with McKinley County Schools for 25 years. Her hobbies included collecting miniatures, crochetting and baking. Survivors include her daughters, Tanya Begay, Tamara Begay both of Crystal; parents, Amos Begay, Betty Begay of Crystal; brother, Vernon Begay of Fort Defiance; sisters, Catherine Begay of Crystal, Frances Marie Begay of Navajo, Rosalie Begay of Albuquerque; and paternal grandmother, Mary T. Begay of Crystal. Begay was preceded in death by her son, DuWayne Amos Begay; grandfather, Chischilly Tsosie Begay and maternal grandparents, Aaron and Sarah Curley. Pallbearers will be Vernon Begay, Emerson Begay, Michael Sage, John Ross Begay, Gerald Cadman, and Ross Begay Jr. The family will receive relatives and friends after services at Crystal Chapter. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Freda C. David FLAGSTAFF - Services for Freda David, 52, will be Thursday June 24 at the Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church in Crownpoint, N.M. Burial will follow on family land in Dalton Pass, N.M. David died June 19 in Flagstaff. She was born May 13, 1952 in Crownpoint into the Salt People Clan for the Meadow People Clan. Survivors include her husband Robert David of Flagstaff; sons, Gabriel David and Robert David, Jr., both of Flagstaff; parents Fannie Chiquito and Bahe Chiquito, both of Dalton Pass; brothers Raymond Chiquito of Crownpoint, Albert Chiquito of Flagstaff and Ivan Chiquito and Andrew Chiquito, both of Dalton Pass; sisters Esther C. Lewis of Dalton Pass, Mary Ann Butler of Phoenix, Pauline Chiquito Yazzie of Crownpoint and Elvina Dozier and Elviro Donner, both of Clarksdale, Tenn., and three grandchildren. David was preceded in death by her grandparents Charlie and Bah Wells. Pallbearers will be Raymond Chiquito, Andrew Chiquito, Ivan Chiquito, Robert David, Jr., Johnnie McCray, Jr. and Cordell Henry. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. June 24, 2004 Wayne John Ramone CROWNPOINT - Services for Wayne J. Ramone, 49, will be 10 a.m., Friday, June 25 at 6 miles east of Crownpoint off state Rd. 371 on Heartbutte Road. Bishop Jimson Joe will officiate. Burial will be held at thefamily cemetery. Ramone died June 20 in Crownpoint. He was born October 26, 1954 into the Tangle People Clan for the Water Edge People Clan. Ramone was employed with the Navajo Nation Police Department for over 27 years. He was currently serving as a probation officer. His hobbies included horseshoeing, rodeos and playing basketball. He was a member of the "Original Fenders" Band. Survivors include his wife, Alta Leigh Ramone; mother, Bessie Ramone of Heartbutte; son, Jerome Wayne Ramone of Gilbert, Ariz.; daughters, LuRhea Ramone, Megan Ramone, Monica Ramone, Winona Ramone all of Crownpoint; sisters, Fannie Benally and Eva Largo, both of Heartbutte, Rena Garcia of Crownpoint, Marilyn Lowe of Farmington, Annie Reynold of Dewey, Okla.; brothers, Bennie Ramone of Farmington, Benson Ramone of Lehi, Utah D.J. Ramone of Becenti, N.M., Ed Ramone of Denver, Colo., Edison Ramone of Heartbutte, Emerson Ramone of Hays, Mont., Ernest Ramone of South Jordan, Utah, Leo Ramone of Poctello, Idaho., Sandy Ramone of Heartbutte, Willie Ramone of Shiprock. Ramone was preceded in death by his father, John Ramone; great- grandmother, Nellie Ramone; grandparents, Fred Willie and Mary Willie. Pallbearers will be Benson Ramone, Emerson Ramone, Ernest Ramone, Jerome Ramone, Leo Ramone and Willie Ramone. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Larry Tsosie Begay CHINLE - Services for Larry T. Begay, 38, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 25 at the Catholic Church, Chinle. Burial will be in Chinle. A visitation and rosary will also be held Friday at 10 a.m. at the Catholic Church. Begay died June 21 in Chinle. He was born September 6, 1966 in Ganado into the Bitter Water People Clan for the Red Bottom People Clan. Begay graduated from Chinle High School in 1986 and attended Job Corps Center in San Marcos, Texas. He worked for Custom Canopies, North American Van Lines and Hydro Flame Inc. His hobbies included fishing, camping and working on vehicles. Survivors include his son, Ravis Hosteen Begay; parents, Alfred T.Begay Sr. and Rose F.Begay; brothers, Andrew T. Begay, Phillip T. Begay; sisters, Rose M. Guy, Mary T. Burbank, Carol T. Begay and Rosita Cisco. Begay was preceded in death by his brothers, Allen Begay, Alfred Begay Jr. and Herman Begay. Pallbearers will be Micheal Francis, Timothy Yazzie, Edward Whitesinger, Edwin Whitesinger, Edisin Whitesinger, Windell Yazzie, Micheal Begay and Edqert Walker. Genevieve Gilmore KAYENTA - Services for Genevieve Gilmore, 23, were 11 a.m., Thursday June 24 at the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints, Kayenta. A viewing was held from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. prior to services. Burial followed at Chilchinbeto Cemetery. Gilmore died June 20. She was born November 16, 1980 in Tuba City into the Tobacco People Clan for the Folded Arms People Clan. Gilmore was a 1999 graduate of Monument Valley High School and attended Dixie State College in St. George, Utah, where she obtained her AA in Liberal Arts and a Dental Assistance Certificate. Survivors include her parents, Edward and Jane Gilmore of Chilchinbeto; sister, Jennifer Tenakhongva of St. George, Utah; and brothers, Ervin Gilmore of Chilchinbeto, Erwin Gilmore of Northglenn, Colo. June 25, 2004 Luther Kelly WINSLOW - Funeral services for Luther Kelly, 57, will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, June 26 at the Maranatha Assembly of God, Winslow. Pastor Jon Lansa will officiate. Burial will be held at the Desert View Cemetery, Winslow. Kelly died June 23 in Albuquerque. He was born July 9, 1946 in Winslow into the Towering House People Clan for the Black Streak People Clan. Kelly graduated from Window Rock High School in 1966. He earned an Engineering Degree from Arizona Western College and served as an engineer party chief with the Santa Fe Railroad for 23 years. Survivors include his wife, Ellen M.Kelly; son Lyle Kelly of Flagstaff; daughters, Marilyn Kelly-Leekity of Mexican Springs, Marlene Kelly of South Royalton, Vt., Marion Kelly-Jim of Mexican Springs, Lynn Kelly, Cynthia Wagner, Lynette Kelly all of Winslow, Lynnae Kelly of Chicago, Ill. brother, Leroy Yazzie; sister, Sadie Kelly-Edd; and 16 grandchildren. Kelly was preceded in death by his parents, Howard and Olive Kelly; brother Robert Yazzie and first wife, Daisy Malone-Kelly. Pallbearers will be Jared Barney, Brian Rico, Patrick Leekity, Curtis Ray, Monty David and Johnny David. Copyright c. 2004 the Gallup Independent. -=-=-=- June 24, 2004 Sandra Montague Tecumseh Sandra Montague Tecumseh, 57 passed away Sunday, June 20, 2004. Sandra was born on the Ft. Yuma Indian Reservation November 21, 1946. She danced with her father, Henry Montague Sr., Quechan Bird. They traveled to different reservations to perform. Sandra was also a majorette for the Quechan Indian Band. Sandra attended San Pasqual elementary and also graduated from San Pasqual High School. Sandra loved bingo and slot machines. She was employed by the Quechan Bingo Concession as a manager. She was also employed by the Quechan Headstart as a head cook. She is survived byher husband of 32 years, Ramsey E. Tecumseh, of Ft. Yuma; daughters, Carla L. Varela and Terri A. Vasquez, of Ft. Yuma; sons, Isreal S. Tecumseh and Ty E. Tecumseh, of Ft. Yuma; brothers, Anthony S. Montague, of Yuma, Alton P. Montague, of Ft. Yuma; sister, Phyllis N. Valenzuela, of Ft. Yuma; uncles, Blase' Montague, of Ft. Yuma, Thomas Montague, of Ft. Yuma, Felix Montague, of Ft. Yuma; aunties, Emorie O'Brien, of Ft. Yuma and Rosie Johnson, of Ft. Yuma, as well as ten grandchildren. Sandra was preceded in death by her parents, Lena Benedict Montague and Henry Montague Sr.; sisters, Frances Jean Montague, Corneila Ann Montague; and brother, Henry Montague Jr. A viewing will be held at Kammann Mortuary on Friday, June 25, 2004 from 4pm-8pm. Church services will be held at the St. Thomas Indian Mission at 11am Saturday, June 26, 2004, services will then continue at the Big House. Cremation and tribal rites will be Sunday, June 27, 2004. Pallbearers will be Lionel Montague, Bruce Montague, Charles Montague, Richard Montague, Joeseph Rodriguez, Rudy Moreno, Cesar Zarate Jr., David Huck, Samuel Walls, and Marlow Jose III. Honorary pallbearers will be Ramsey Tecumseh, July Tecumsch, Nero Tecumseh, Willis Tecumseh, Paul D. Tecumseh, Anthony S. Montague, Alton P. Montague, Blase' Montague, Felix Montague, Thomas Montahue, and Aurelio Valenzuela. Sandra was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, and auntie to everyone that she deeply loved. She will be greatly missed by everyone in her family. Copyright c. 2004 The Yuma Sun, Sun Freedom Newspapers of Southwestern Arizona. -=-=-=- June 25, 2004 Gus Augustine Quintero Gus Augustine Quintero, Sr., 77, died June 1, 2004 in Whiteriver. He was born in Cedar Creek and spent his entire life in that area, except for the years he served in the US Army. He served two years; his duties included Engineer Corps basic Training, Kitchen Helper, Base Maintenance man, and Cook. Gus worked as a truck driver for the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Gus loved to Rodeo, Herding cattle, Hunting and Fishing. In recent years, Guy loved watching his grandchildren be involved in various sprots. Gus was a traditional person and held on to the Apache customs. He belonged to the Eagle Clan, born into the Bear Clan. His family will always miss having him near by. He will be remembered by many. Gus is survived by his wife, Violet Quintero; daughters, Bernaleen Titla, Kathy Antonio, Rozee Quintero, Ronda Quintero, Joleen Quintero; sons, Timo Quintero, Gus Quintero, Jr., Patrick Quintero; 18 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; sisters, Louise Fall, June Hopper; brother, Jesse Quintero, Jr.; God daughters, Shannon Tortice, Debbie Chase, Miriam Alsenay, Darilyn Burnette, Jeri Quintero; God Son, Dorian Titla; brother-in-law, Leo Fall, Sr.; son-in-law, Richardson Antonio; daughters-in-law, Rebecca Quintero, Jan V. Quintero; sister-in-law, Alice Quintero. He was preceded in death by his parents, Norman and Ella Altaha Quintero; brothers, Juan Wallace, Canyon and Howard Quintero. Funeral Services were held at 8 a.m. Monday, June 7, at the Chief Alchesay Activity Center in Whiteriver. A wake was held at 8 a.m. Sunday June 6, in Whiteriver. Internment was in the Red Hill Cemetery in Cedar Creek. Owens Mortuary of Show Low handled the arrangements. Copyright c. 2004 White Mountain Independent. -=-=-=- June 28, 2004 Delores Merle Track FORT WASHAKIE - Traditional Indian Services for Fort Washakie resident Delores Merle Track, 67, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 29, at the family home, No. 101 Crooked Creek Road, Trout Creek, Fort Washakie, by Harrison Shoyo Sr. Interment will be in the Track family cemetery on Crooked Creek. Evening service and wake will begin at 7 p.m. today, June 28, at the family home. She died June 24, 2004, at Lander Valley Regional Medical Center, from a lengthy illness. Born Dec. 16, 1936, in Fort Washakie, she was the daughter of Merle Robertson and Ethel Wesaw. She attended Roberts Mission and Fort Washakie Boarding School; Flandreau Indian School in South Dakota; and Haskell Indian College in Lawrence, Kan. In 1954, she was elected first attendant for Eastern Shoshone Indian Days. A homemaker, she enjoyed traveling; playing bingo; and being with her family, grandchildren, and friends. She always had a kind word for everyone. She was a board member for Flandreau Indian School. Survivors include her husband, Raymond Track of Fort Washakie; three daughters, Jane Yeargan of Fort Washakie, Mazie Goggles of Ethete and Mamie Track of Fort Washakie; son, Joe Track of Fort Washakie; two sisters, Marsha Allen and Elsie Norah, both of Fort Washakie; adopted brother, Robert "Bobby Joe" Goggles of Ethete; 12 grandchildren; two great- grandchildren; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Lorraine Weed; two brothers, Theodore Robertson and Alvin Leonard; son, Steve Track Sr.; a grandson; and grandparents, Mamie Tyler McAdamas, George Wesaw and Junita and Murook Hebacheeahee. Wind Dancer Funeral Home of Fort Washakie is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2004 Casper Star-Tribune published by Lee Publications, Inc., a subsidiary of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated. -=-=-=- June 22, 2004 Peggy (Little Light) Big Man CROW AGENCY - Peggy Little Light Big Man, 56, of Crow Agency, went to be with the Lord following a short illness. AwaaxaammiaItche "Beautiful Woman among the Mountains" was born to Theresa Reed Little Light and Richard Little Light, Sr. on Dec. 20, 1947, in Crow Agency. After her father's death in 1955, her mother married Ernest Hold the Enemy Sr., who began raising Peggy in the St. Xavier and Crow Agency areas. She attended junior high school in Pierre, S.D., and eventually completed her high school education in Chilocco, Okla. She returned to Montana and began working for the St. Labre Indian High School for one year. She married Alden Big Man Sr. in June of 1970 and remained by his side for the next 34 years. Together, they attended United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, N.D., and eventually returned to settle on the Crow reservation, where she lived out her life enjoying each day as it came. Peggy was a person that loved to help others, especially children, which was evident throughout her life. For several years in the late '70s, she volunteered at the Crow Head Start Center. She enjoyed helping the children and was constantly thinking about them, making sure that they were being taken care of. She also worked at the Crow CHR as well as the Senior Citizens Center in Crow Agency, where she made many friends. Her other passion in life was her beadwork, which she was very good at. Oftentimes, even up to her last days, people would ask her to do beadwork. She enjoyed this craft very much, especially outfitting her grandchildren, who took her work on the Powwow circuit, where people would comment the quality of the work. Peggy would often sit and bead for up to 16 hours a days or until the work was completed, never failing to complete a job. Many of her nieces and close friends would come to her home to visit and bead with her. She also enjoyed driving through the countryside with her husband, enjoying the scenery. Peggy loved animals and the joy that they would bring to her. Even in hard times, she would insist that the animals be taken care of, especially her cats. Horses were another love of hers and as a young lady, she would often ride horses and helped her father with his racehorses. Recently, she enjoyed sitting at the Crow Race Trac,k watching her husband, children and grandchildren tending to their horses constantly reminding them to take good care of them. She was a member of the Catholic Church, a firm believer in the Traditional Crow Culture and religion; a member of the Big Lodge Clan and a child of the Ties the Bundle Clan. Peggy always had an open door for family and friends and this will surely be missed. We will always love you Peggy. Her mother, Theresa; fathers Richard and Ernest; brothers Artie and Vincent and close and dear friend, Carol Bad Bear, preceded Peggy in death. Survivors include her husband, Alden (Poncho) Sr.; three sons, Gary Dale, Travis and Alden, Jr.; and one daughter Nina; her special daughter-in-law, Luzenia. Peggy's nine grandchildren, whom she adored, include Acacia, Alyssa, Chantina, Chelsey, Tenaya, Nyia, Caitlin, Devin and Kylee. Her siblings, whom she loved, include her brothers, Gerald, Henry (Mary) Ernie (Jane), Richard (Wyma), Al (Dawn) and her sisters, Joan, Shirley (Thomas), Una (Gene), Vina (Richard), Rosella, Vicki (Teresa) and Victoria (Charles). Peggy was constantly talking about her only remaining aunt, Rose Reed Chaves of Missouri, whom she greatly loved. Her special friends include Delores Takes Enemy, Fanny Plenty and Denise Peliter. She had several men that she took as her sons, including Garlon Williamson, Jr., Alex Birdinground, Jr., Solomon Little Owl, Jacob Big Hair, Jr., Mike Takes Enemy, Thomas Spint and Freddy Killsnight. She is also survived by several numerous nieces, nephews and in-laws, whom she loved and cared about dearly. Rosary will be recited 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, in the Bullis Funeral Chapel. Funeral mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 23, in the Crow Agency St. Dennis Catholic Church. Interment will follow in the Crow Agency Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements. Ruth Medicine Bird Harris Sevo' ka'e HARDIN - Ruth Harris, 96, oldest living Northern Cheyenne, died of natural causes on Sunday morning, June 20, 2004, at the Heritage Acres Nursing Home in Hardin. Ruth Medicine Bird was born on Dec. 21, 1907, in Ashland, the daughter of Nelson Medicine Bird and Essa Bullard. Ruth was raised in Ashland, where she attended school at the St. Labre Indian Mission. For a time, Ruth also attended school at the Genoa Boarding School in Nebraska. Ruth worked as a practical nurse at the old Lame Deer Hospital, where she met her husband Bryan. Ruth married Bryan James Harris in 1929. For the next 29 years, Ruth and Bryan Sr. raised their eight children on Greenleaf and in Lame Deer. Ruth was proficient at beading and sewing. She enjoyed preparing and drying foods in the traditional Cheyenne way. In her later years, Ruth took much joy in traveling to camp meetings and revivals. She enjoyed Christian fellowship and always had a ride to church. Ruth raised several of her grandchildren; Ron, Becky, Pam, Randy and Kenneth (Shane) Harris. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Bryan, in 1958. She was also preceded in death by her parents; stepson, Charles Carl; sons, Chester (Chuck), Gilbert, Bryan Jr. and Dale; grandchildren, Serena, Dale and Gail Harris; and brother, James Medicine Bird. She is survived by her sons, Francis (Ataloa) Harris of Lame Deer and Kenneth Harris of Colstrip; daughters, Marlene (Joe) Anderson and Connie (Leonard Sr.) Brien, both of Lame Deer. Ruth is also survived by 39 grandchildren, 101 great-grandchildren and 49 great-great-grandchildren. Among those surviving Ruth are members of the Foote, Haugen, Curley, Two Bulls, Limpy, Littlebird, Tallwhiteman, Wolfblack, Spotted Wolf, Pine, Crazymule and Seminole families, as well as the Redhat family of Oklahoma. Wake services will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 23, at the Blessed Sacrament Church in Lame Deer. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 24, at the Blessed Sacrament Church in Lame Deer, with burial at the Harris family cemetery on the Birney Divide. Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Forsyth is in charge of arrangements. June 28, 2004 Christine Bigback Christine Bigback, 53, of Busby was called home by Maheo on Friday, June 25, 2004 in the St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings. Soo'naha'ne'he'e (Kills through the Enemy Woman) was born Dec. 3, 1950 in Crow Agency, a daughter of Robert Bigback, Sr. and Gladys Mae Hadley. She was a direct descendent the Cheyenne warrior Rising Sun and the Apache Chief Geronimo. She grew up in the Busby area and graduated from Busby High School. She later attended the S.I.P.I. Technical School in New Mexico, studying secretarial skills. Following her education, she returned to the Busby-Lame Deer area, where she worked in the clerical field. Christine married Maynard LaRance and he preceded her in death. She married Mathias Michel, Jr. and the couple lived in the Flathead-Big Arm area for several years before divorcing. She then married Clyde Red Woman and the couple later divorced. During her younger years, she traveled the Pow-wow circuit with her parents, participating in dance contests, often winning. She also played softball for the Busby Women's League. Christine was a proud member Northern Cheyenne Tribe, the TisTista and Suhtiaio Bands and the White River Cheyenne Mennonite Church in Busby. She was an outgoing friendly person, who enjoyed caring for and cooking for her family and friends. Her parents; two brothers, Michael Bigback and Robert Kingfisher; and four sisters, Geraldine, Charlotte Ann and baby twin sisters preceded Christine in death. Survivors include her daughter, Bethany Redwoman of Lame Deer; her sons, Mathias Michel III of Billings, Caleb Bigback and Clyde Redwoman, Jr. of Lame Deer; her sisters, Marie (Calvin) Brady, Roberta, Gail and Jennifer Bigback; her brothers, Larry (Rowena) Bigback, Sr., Ron (Cyndi) Bigback, Sr., Robert (Michelle) Bigback, Jr., Gordon (Ruth) Bigback, Leslie Bigback, Sr. and James Bigback; a grandson, Colton; her stepmother, Frances Swallow; aunts, Marie Littlewolf and Madeline Yellowrobe; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Wake services will be 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Busby White River Cheyenne Mennonite Church. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday in the church. Interment will follow in the Busby Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements. Copyright c. 2004 The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises. -=-=-=- Golden Triangle On-Line Obituaries The following obituaries appeared in the Cut Bank Pioneer Press, Shelby Promoter, Valierian or Glacier Reporter this week. June 23, 2004 Charlee Head Charlee Head, 56, died Mon., June 21, 2004, from diabetic complications. He was born February 25, 1948, in Havre. A wake will be held June 23, at 7 p.m. at the Glacier Homes Community Center. A rosary will be on June 24 at 7 p.m. at Glacier Homes Community Center. Funeral mass will be June 25, 2004, at Little Flower Parish in Browning with burial at Willow Creek Cemetery. Head is survived by his wife, Audra Head, daughters, Cherene' of Browning, Mary Lee Jones of Pendelton, Ore.; son, Aaron Weaselhead; sister, Ann Day; brothers, George Head of Browning, Donald Head of Fairbanks, Alaska, Robert Weaselhead of Browning, Patrick Weaselhead of Missoula; and two grandchildren. In 1975, he married Audra Trombley in the first traditional Blackfeet wedding to be held in 99 years. Head obtained a B.A. of Liberal Arts from Missoula and attended graduate school at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. He worked as a sports director and teacher. Head was named the first Blackfoot All American in the North West at the All Indian Basketball Tournament for the 1968-1969 year. He enjoyed golfing, basketball, softball, fishing, youth and adult sports. He was preceded in death by a brother, James Weaselhead; sisters, Laverne Eubanks and Arlene Nickerson and his parents, George and Dora Head, and granddaughter Prisma Georgee Rae Grace Weaselhead. Josephine Hanway Rattler Rider Josephine Marie Hanway Rattler Rider, 27, of Browning, passed away June 19, 2004. A wake is being held at the family home, 222 Edkins, East Glacier Park. A rosary will be held June 25 at 7 p.m. at the Little Flower Parish in Browning. Funeral mass will be June 26 at the Church of Ascension in East Glacier Park at 11 a.m. with burial to follow at the Rider Family Cemetery, East Glacier Park. Hanway Rattler Rider was a homemaker and student. Hanway Rattler Rider is survived by a partner, William James Rider; her parents, Deborah and Leon Rattler and Paul Joseph Hanway; daughter, Lisa Rider; sons, William Rider, Jr. and Traven Rider; sisters, Idella Rattler, Missoula, Catherine Hanway, Nespelem, Wash., Mary Rattler, Phoenix, Ariz.; brothers, Leon S. Rattler, Missoula, Edward Hanway, Nespelem, Wash., Sonju Rattler, Oakland, Calif.; and grandparents, Ben Stiffarm Sr. and Ida D. Stiffarm of Billings. Her death is under investigation. Eva Upham Eva Katheryn (Guardipee) Upham, 97, of Cut Bank, a homemaker, died of natural causes June 18, 2004, at Glacier Care Center. Visitation is June 21, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and June 22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Day Funeral Home in Cut Bank. Her rosary is 7 p.m. June 22 at Little Flower Parish. Funeral Mass will be held June 23, 2004, at 11 a.m. at Little Flower Parish, with burial in Willow Creek Cemetery. Upham was born March 15, 1907 in Milk River, Alberta. She married Donald "Doc" Upham on August 11, 1924 in Cut Bank. During World War II she was a "Rosie the Riveter" in Bremerton, Wash. In her spare time, Upman enjoyed knitting, sewing her grandchildren blankets, wood working and painting by numbers. Survivors include daughters Lucille Fish of Browning, Margie Ann Young of Bellingham, Wash., Mary Joy Powell of Cut Bank and March Lorraine Sellars of East Glacier; a son, Dennis LeRoy Upham; 30 grandchildren, 86 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald "Doc" Upham; a daughter, Barbara Jean Pepion; and sons Donald Upham and Galen A. Upham. Maria Davida No Runner Spotted Eagle Maria Davida No Runner Spotted Eagle, daughter of Christopher J. Spotted Eagle and Davida D. No Runner, was stillborn on June 19, 2004. A wake was held on June 21st and 22nd at the Glacier Homes Community Center. A committal service was held on June 23, 2004, at the Willow Creek Cemetery. No Runner Spotted Eagle is survived by her parents, sister, Rose M. Spotted Eagle, grandparents, David and Martina No Runner and Edward and Judy Spotted Eagle. Copyright c. 2004 Golden Triangle Newspapers. -=-=-=- June 28, 2004 Sandra Ann Matt Adams ST. IGNATIUS - Sandra Ann Matt Adams, 55, went to join her family who have gone before her and to meet Elvis, on Friday, June 25, 2004, at her home while surrounded by those who love her. She was born Nov. 1, 1948, in St. Ignatius to Isaac "Ike " Matt and Catherine Caltomee Saxa. Raised in St. Ignatius, she attended the Ursuline Academy and finished her education in Nespelem, Wash., before returning to Montana and later going to art school in Santa Fe, N.M. She later went to college to finish several courses. Always a free spirit, Sandy had many friends and a large family by her own choice. She would visit often and became well known for her fry bread and beadwork. She worked at Two Eagle River School and in various departments for the tribes including S&K Development and the Char-Koosta News before her illness forced her to slow down. An adoring wife, mother and YaYa, Sandy would always think of her family first. There were many times she did without just so her family could have things. An infectious personality and wit as well as her beautiful smile greeted you anytime one was around Sandy. Because of these wonderful things Sandy had a large adopted family; they know who they are and Sandy couldn't have asked for better friends. She was preceded in death by her grandparents and an uncle who helped raise her, Rose and John Saxa Sr., Louis and Rosalie Matt and uncle John Saxa; her uncles and aunties, Angie Matt Whitmore, Collette Matt Plouffe, Margaret Matt Vallee, Louie "Sonny" Matt, Casey Matt, Henry Matt, Elmer Matt, Basil "Uncle Bob" Matt, Peter Matt, Ignacious Saxa and Felician Saxa; as well as her parents Ike and Catherine, and mother-in-law Helen. She leaves behind her husband Dale Adams; her children, Gen (Dustin) Gatch, Lana (Chuck) Page and Mike (Dawna Jo) Morigeau; brothers Francis "Chief" (Brenda) Finley and Butch Finley; sisters Juanita "Deeda" (Neil) Adams and Sonia Chippewa; aunts Iva Saxa, Darlene Matt and Margaret Finley Matt; uncle Joseph "Joe" (Sophie) Matt; grandchildren (Yayas) Kyle, Winter, Tyler, Monty, Kobe, Logan, Jacob, Jaeleigh, Zeke and Angus; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, extended and adopted families as well as her father-in-law Eneas and her husband's family whom she was always best friends with. All of them will miss her greatly. Traditional wake services have begun at the Longhouse, where the rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Monday. Wake closing will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Longhouse with funeral services following at the St. Ignatius Catholic Mission at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Interment will be at the St. Ignatius Catholic Cemetery. Foster & Durgeloh Funeral Home is assisting the family. Copyright c. 2004 Missoulian, a division of Lee Enterprises. -=-=-=- June 24, 2004 Alton Alexander ROCKBY BOY - Alton Boyd "Muck-tune" Alexander, 30, whose Indian name, Mistik, means tree, died Friday, June 18, 2004, at Rocky Boy. His death is under investigation by the Chouteau County Coroner's Office. A wake service began at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church with a graveside service set for 2 p.m. today at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Alton was born on March 29, 1974, in Havre to George Denny Jr. and Ila Alexander. He was raised by his mother and his grandparents, George Watson Sr. and Sitting Earth Watson, and by John Johnson Sr. and Mary Anne Small Johnson. He attended Wahpeton Indian School in Wahpeton, N.D. and graduated from the eighth grade. Then he returned to Rocky Boy and attended school. He obtained his GED and then attended Stone Child College. Muck was a certified firefighter and recently received his Type A card to be a sawyer. He loved to draw, fiddle and fix electronics, enjoyed listening to all sorts of music, and was a good conversationalist. He liked to lift weights, watch movies and spend time with family and friends. He was always willing to help anyone who needed it. He was a very handy person; he had extra compassion for his nephews and nieces. Muck-tune always had a smile and loved to make people laugh with his crazy sense of humor. He liked to cook his specialties: hangover soup and Spanish rice. He was also involved in the Sundance ceremony sweat lodge and our traditional Native ways. He had a very big heart filled with love and passion. He was preceded in death by his grandparents; uncles, Fredrick, Curtis, Allan and Orin Alexander; aunt, Mary Rose Alexander Denny; father, George Charles "Buster" Denny Jr. Survivors include his wife, Lori Stiffarm of Box Elder; mother, Ila Denny of Box Elder; daughters, Devon Alexander and Sharae Lamere, both of Box Elder; son, Delayne Alexander of Harlem; sisters, Jamie Alexander- -Mendez (Antonio) of Portland, Ore., and Bonita (Charles) Tailfeathers Jr. of Box Elder; brother, Tyson (Nicole) Denny of Butte; stepsister, Sonya Red Elk of Wolf Point; adopted brothers, Chan and Casey Big Knife of Box Elder; niece, Cree Mendez Anderson of Portland, Ore.; special friend, Robert St. Marks of Box Elder; dog, DIDTZ; and many uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and friends. Arrangements are under the direction of Holland and Bonine Funeral Home. Dennis Sangrey ROCKY BOY - Dennis Victor Sangrey, 47, died Monday, June 21, 2004, at a Havre hospital of complications from a car wreck which left him paralyzed in 1995. A wake service began Tuesday evening at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church with the funeral service set for 11 a.m. today, also at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church. Burial was to follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Dennis was born on Feb. 20, 1957, in Helena to Minnie Sangrey and Victor Lamere. He was raised in Helena and Rocky Boy. He graduated from Box Elder High School in 1976 and from Stone Child College in 1989, with an associate degree in computer science. He also graduated from Billings Vo- Tech in metals technology in 1979. In high school, Dennis participated in track, football and basketball, where he played on two teams that qualified for the state tournament. His greatest success was in high school rodeo, where he rode bulls, won the state saddle bronc championship and qualified for the high school national finals in 1975. He finished runner-up for the state championship in 1976. Dennis participated in rodeo until a car wreck in 1995. During his career, he qualified for the Indian National Finals Rodeo in the years of 1985, 1986, 1991 and 1994, at the United Indian Rodeo Association Saddle Bronc Championships throughout Montana and the Northwest. Dennis was an accomplished horseman who enjoyed training and raising horses that would later serve many cowboys in ranch and roping competitions. Dennis's love for horses and rodeo was instilled in him at a young age by his brother-in-law, a very special friend to all of the family, John E. Colliflower Sr. John and Dennis spent many long hours discussing horses, their tendencies, equipment, how to care for it and selecting the right equipment for him. They also traveled and competed together for many years. John put Dennis in the right frame of mind to become a successful, competitive saddle bronc rider. Dennis had a special bond with his nephews, John Colliflower Jr., Lyman (Patrice, Brent) Calliflower, Wade (Clintanna, Enyis) Colliflower and Jesse Colliflower. In the years flowing his accident, Dennis lived at home with his mother. He enjoyed watching basketball games and supporting his son, Dennis Jr., who competed at the collegiate level for the University of Great Falls. He also enjoyed spending time with family members following their progress through education, sports and rodeo. Dennis remained an avid rodeo fan and kept in contact with many of his lifelong friends made on various Indian and non-Indian rodeo circuits. Dennis was preceded in death by his sisters, Inez Sangrey, Charlotte Sangrey and Sybil Sangrey-Colliflower; brothers, Victor (Puc-sue) Lamere Jr., Robert Lee (Hobbs) Lamere, Melvin Lamere and Roger Saddler; and father, Victor Lamere Sr. Survivors include his mother, Minnie Sangrey; sisters, Patsy (Ivan) Raining Bird, Rena (Kenny, Ronnie, Ricky, Suzie) Gardipee, Madeline (Henry, John, Dennis, Hank, and Justin) Gardipee and Mona (Odin, Gidge, Lynn, Richard and Tisha) Henderson, all of Rocky Boy; brothers, Sam (Harriet, Mike, Steve and Marissa) Sangrey of San Diego, Calif., James Sangrey, Richard (Connie, Michelle, and Aubrey) Sangrey and Mike (Delphine, Cory, Mikey) Sangrey, all of Rocky Boy; sisters, Bette Lamere, Mildred Lamere and Judy (Martin) Parker, all of Rocky Boy; brothers, Eugene Lamere, Billy Lamere and Larry (Margaret) Denny, all of Rocky Boy; and son and daughter, Dennis Sangrey Jr. and Mackenzie Sangrey, from his marriage to Jan Mitchell. Arrangements are under the direction of Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Copyright c. 2004 Havre Daily News. -=-=-=- June 22, 2004 Edward KennethSikvayugak Edward Kenneth Sikvayugak, 61, was taken unexpectedly to be with the Lord on June 16, 2004. "Uncle Eddie" was born in Barrow on Aug. 1, 1943, to Joseph and Nelly (Akpik) Sikvayugak. He was raised in Barrow and attended the local schools. After high school, he traveled to California to attend welding school. He also attended Far North Bible College in Anchorage. During the 1980s and '90s, Eddie worked in various positions at trans- Alaska oil pipeline pump stations and in Prudhoe Bay. He was very proud of being the supervisor of the fire watch crew at the Alpine Oil Field in 1997. He moved into Fairbanks in the early 1990s, where he first shared an apartment with Dianna and Ronald Saganna, his niece and her husband. He later lived with his nephew, Felix Bolt, and his wife, Karen Bolt. Eddie was known for having a beautiful smile that cheered those around him. He was a proud and gentle man who found a friend in everyone. No one was a stranger to him. His hobbies included reading the Bible, watching movies and being with family and friends. He also enjoyed going on outings with the other seniors at the Fairbanks Native Association. He had particularly fond memories of the ice-fishing trip the group took this spring. He was very proud of the fish he caught. He came home and had them for dinner that night. Eddie was preceded in death by his parents Joseph and Nelly Sikvayugak; sisters Eva Ahvik, Dorothy Gullop and Flossie Sikvayugak; and brothers Riley, Ronald, Arthur and Thomas Sikvayugak. He is survived by his brothers and their spouses, Sherman and Deloris Sikvayugak and Jimmy and Loretta Sikvayugak; nieces and nephews and their spouses, Surjean and Mark Franklin, Mark and Dianna Saganna, Sarah and Don, and Felix and Karen Bolt; many great-nieces and great-nephews; and various relatives throughout Alaska and in California. Eddie will be laid to rest June 24 in Barrow. Copyright c. 1999-2004 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Inc. -=-=-=- June 24, 2004 Allan Lenard Lageson Jr. Kenai resident Allan Lenard Lageson Jr. died Monday, June 21, 2004, at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. He was 21. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, June 25, at Peninsula Memorial Chapel. Viewing will be from noon until the service time at the funeral home. Burial will follow in the Holy Assumption Russian Orthodox Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Clinton Lageson, Chris Vix and Micheal Vix. Mr. Lageson Jr. was born Nov. 4, 1982, in Anchorage. He was a high school graduate and worked for the Salamatof and Kenaitze Indian Tribes. He also worked for the Uptown Motel and Louie's Restaurant. He was a member of the Russian Orthodox Church and enjoyed drawing, cooking and watching movies. He also enjoyed music, skateboarding and snowboarding. "Allan is a very wonderful daddy, son, brother, cousin, nephew and grandson. He has left us with many memories. He will be missed by all. His humor and laughter will continue to bring smiles to all who love Allan. He and his dad were close and shared more than the same name, but had other similarities only a daddy could lovingly give and teach to his son. "The love he had for his mommy was something that was totally out of this world and envied by many. His love for his fiancee, Patrisha, and son, Landon, was equally as great. He was a role model for his younger brother, Clint, and sister, Babes. Allan shared many great qualities with all his siblings and friends. Allan's large family and his circle of friends will all greatly miss his warm smile, soft loving eyes and his big bear hug. He went out of his way to make everyone very comfortable and accepted. His memory will be eternal. His love for family will be consistently felt," his family said. Mr. Lageson Jr. was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Sophie Marie Moon and Eli Wilson Darien Sr. He is survived by his fiancee, Patrisha Ann Recha; son, Landon Lenard Lageson; parents, Doris Jean Lageson and Allan Lenard Lageson Sr., both of Kenai; brothers, Clinton Ray Lageson of Kenai, Michael Vix of Kenai and Christopher Vix of Minnesota; sister, Alexis Marie Lageson of Kenai; paternal grandparents, Lenard and Everal Lageson of Texas; stepgrandfather, Arnold R. Moon Sr.; uncles and aunts, Eli Wilson Darien Jr. and Florence "Beth" Darien, Diane and Bob Kestner, Vicky Krauss and Elaine and Rick Zimmerman; great aunts and uncles, Doug Darien Sr., Judy Darien and Betty and Albert Ketah; and many cousins and friends. He also is survived by his fiancee's family: mother, Ann Flanders of Kenai; stepfather, Robert Flanders of Kenai; sister, Jennifer Recha of Kenai; brothers, Chris Alsteen and Clayton DeBroux, both of Wisconsin; grandparents Kathy and Butch Alsteen of Wisconsin; and father, Jeffery Recha of Wisconsin. Memorial donations are being accepted by the family to help care for his son at AlaskaUSA Federal Credit Union, account No. 288552. Arrangements were made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel. Copyright c. 2004 Peninsula Clarion Division of Morris Communications, Kenai, AK. -=-=-=- June 22, 2004 Calvin George GEORGE - On Sunday, June 20, 2004, Calvin George, Ochapowace First Nation, Whitewood, Sask., age 68 years. The funeral service will be held in the Kakisiwew School Gymnasium, Ochapowace First Nation on Thursday, June 24, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. Interment in the Ochapowace First Nation Cemetery. A wake will be held in the School on Wednesday evening. Predeceased by his wife Matilda, his mother, Eleanor George, daughter, Brenda Maria Barr, two sisters, Winnifred George and Donna George and one brother, Beryl George. Calvin is survived by his children, Elwin George, Regina, Sask.; Steven George (Janelle Taypotat), Ochapowace First Nation; Marva (Michael) Shepherd, White Bear First Nation; Noreen (Isidor) Sarvari, Regina; and Shelly George (Thomas Johnstone), Regina, his father, Arthur George, Ochapowace First Nation, two brothers, Clifford (Brenda) George, and Melvin (Colleen) George, all of Regina, and is also survived by his grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Tubman Cremation and Funeral Services, 1-800-667-8962. June 25, 2004 Joyce Mcnab MCNAB (NEE GOFORTH) - On Wednesday June 23, 2004 Joyce Edith Marion McNab of Peepeekisis First Nation, Balcarres Sask., passed into the loving arms of the Creator at the age of 80 years old after a courageous battle with diabetes and cancer. Joyce was predeceased by her parents Margaret (Maggie) and Ernest Goforth; husband Edwin McNab, daughter Constance, son Stephen James McNab; brothers Clarence, Maxwell and James Goforth. Sisters; Rena, Maudie, Winnifred and Fern. She leaves to mourn her passing on, son Ernest Richard (Jeannie) McNab, one daughter Valarie Fern (Brian) Manitopyes, and special "son "/grandson Elwood (Woody) McNab whom she raised since birth. Also grandchildren Cheryl Ann (Clarence) Campbell, Jay Talbot Pelletier, and Trevor Jonathon Pelletier; 6 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren; sisters Dawn Pauline Starblanket and Norma Riddell; brothers Aubrey (Cecile) Goforth and Glen (Joyce) Goforth, many nieces and nephews, all of whom were special to her in their own unique special ways. Funeral service will be held in the Okanese Community Centre on Saturday June 26, 2004, at 1:00 p.m. with Rev. Melvin Stevenson, Rev. Wayne Goforth and Elder Stewart Koochicum officiating. Interment in Peepeekisis West Cemetery. Wake will be held in the Okanese Community Centre Friday evening. Tubman Cremation and Funeral Services, 1-800-667-8962. June 28, 2004 Solaya Angel Johnson JOHNSON - Solaya Angel Johnson, born June 17, 2004 and passed away on June 25, 2004. Predeceased by her great grandmother, Isabel Bruce; great grandfathers, Harvery Bruce and Leo Patrick Desnomie; and uncle, Winterhawk Johnson. She is survived by her loving parents, Deveryl Bruce and Jarrell Johnson, Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask.; great grandmother, Philimeen Moise, Muskowegan First Nation, Sask.; great grandmothers, Dorothy Lupichuk, Kamsack, Sask., Myrtle Crane, Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask. and Bernice Desnomie, Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask.; great grandparents in life, John and Lydia Desnomie, Balcarres, Sask.; grandparents, Caron Desnomie, Dan Lupichuk, Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask.; Cheryl Crane (Nelson), Regina, Sask. and Allan Bruce, Edmonton, Alta.; Godparents, Tyrone Worone, Regina, Sask. and Rosebud Johnson, Estevan, Sask.; aunties, Rosebud (Bryan), Daphne (Steven), Krystal, Ashley, Michelle, Rachelle, Natasha and Deidra; uncles, Muskwa (Shauna), Dakota and Jarvis; and numerous other relatives. A wake will be held in the Pesakastew School, Peepeekisis First Nation, Sask. on Monday evening, June 28, 2004. The funeral service will be held in the school on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. Interment in the Peepeekisis R.C. Cemetery. Tubman Cremation and Funeral Services, 1-800-667-8962. Copyright c. 2000-2004 Regina Leader Post Group Inc.