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NCAI | Choctaw Confederacies, | plans distribution of the | as incorporated in the United | Indian Pledge to all Indian | States Constitution, | Nations. | so that my forefathers | | shall not have died in vain | Walk in Beauty! Night Owl +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | Journey | In the summer and early fall | The Bloodline | of 1998 the Treaty Unity Riders | | rode a thousand miles on horse- | For all that live and live by law | back, carrying a staff and | We Stand, we Call, We Ride | praying each step of the way. | For All that fear and fear by sight | | We Hear, we Listen, we Ride | These prayers were offered for | For all that pray and pray by strength| each of us, and that the Unity | We Feel, we Move, we Ride | of all Peoples might happen. | For all that die and die by greed | | We Hurt, we Cry, we Ride | Tatanka Cante forwarded this | For all that birth and birth by right | poem on behalf of all the Unity | We Smile, we Hold, we Ride | Riders that we might stop and | For all that need and need by heart | ask if the next words we say, the | We Came, we Went, we Rode. | next act we make is for the good | | of the People or is it from ego | Treaty Unity Riders | for self. +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ O'siyo Brothers and Sister! I found out this past Thursday someone else I knew had chosen suicide rather than try to continue in a life she felt had no purpose and frustrated with her attempts to find that purpose. Suicide is more than just a word when it happens to someone you know and care about personally. Suicide is a step of desperation for a person who has lost hope. In each case I have had this misfortune to witness the individual begins to isolate his or herself from the very people who could provide hope and purpose. The focus is so tightly bound to self and self-despair there is no room for help, no ear for truth and no vision of the beauty of Creator's many gifts that surround each of us. Nothing is a place created for a mind and heart that have given up and no longer wish to open to a child's murmur, a bird's song, a scent of clover on a soft breeze. It is an ever swirling vortex the drowning victim deliberately sinks into, rather than step on the bank of tomorrow inches away. It is a very long term, irrevocable solution to a short term problem. If you see yourself in the words I have just typed seek help now. If you have no pity and love for yourself, grant it to your friends and family. Dohiyi Ani Oginalii , , Gary Smith (*,*) wotanging@bellsouth.net P. O. Box 672168 (`-') gars@nanews.org Marietta, GA 30006, U.S.A. ===w=w=== http://www.nanews.org ----------- News of the people featured in this issue ----------- - Trust Case headed for settlement - Barrow Seamstresses in Joint Bill sew 'Thread of Life' - No Right Number in settlement - YELLOW BIRD: of Cobell v. Norton Spirits soar on Eagles' Wings - Gale Norton stepping down - Aboriginal Apprenticeship - Dam removal could help Tribes skyrocketing in Alberta - Saving Sacred Sites - Tories must live up - Public helps shape Future to Liberal commitments of Moccasin Bend Park - Youth reach out - Tribes defend rights to Youth through Campaign over Energy access - $3 Billion Shortfall - U.N. panel backs Shoshone claim in Health Care Funding - Residents tell of - Manitoba Chiefs: Mining's tragic impact Native women lagging - Waste raises questions - Grassy Narrows steps up fight of Tribes' Sovereignty - In the Wake of the Otra - No decision on Whiteclay - Oaxaca under State of Repression Alcohol Licenses - Large Caseloads the norm - Colorado Gas at core for Arapaho CPS Office of Pipeline dispute - Additional Public Safety - Cherokee Nation distribited to Navajo accepts Freedmen ruling - Prison Officials urged - Navajo Elders celebrate to ban non-Indians new Nursing Home - Native Prisoner - IAIA welcomes new President -- Restorative Justice Circles - School Program assists extend into Schools American Indian Students - History: Carlisle Indian School - Elders share Ice Knowledge - Rustywire: Looking for Indians with Barrow Response - John Berry Poem: Work-a-day - Seward Peninsula Elder - Upcoming Events shares Caribou Culture --------- "RE: Trust Case headed for settlement in Joint Bill" --------- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 08:46:16 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LEGISLATIVE SETTLEMENT POSSIBLE" http://www.pechanga.net/ http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?feature=yes&id=1096412600 Trust case headed for settlement in joint bill by: Jerry Reynolds / Indian Country Today March 3, 2006 WASHINGTON - The trust funds lawsuit is headed for legislative settlement if a bipartisan cohort of congressional members can get its way. The message couldn't have been more clear at a rare joint hearing of Senate and House of Representatives members March 1. Rep. Richard Pombo and Sen. John McCain, both Republicans, flanked by up to a dozen lawmakers from both parties, said they will introduce identical bills: House Bill 4322 and Senate Bill 1439. Stuart Eizenstat, a former U.S. ambassador best known for helping to settle the property claims of Holocaust survivors in Europe, surveyed the gathering and said, "This speaks volumes." He urged the lawmakers to settle every possible item of the tangled lawsuit through legislation, leaving as little as possible to the courts. Otherwise, he added, "legal peace" will never be possible because "creative lawsuits" and other claims will continue to crop up. "Avoid at all costs sending this back to the federal courts ... You cannot have courts settle historical wrongs. They're not set up to do that." John Bickerman of Bickerman Dispute Resolutions, one of the mediators appointed by Congress in hopes of encouraging the plaintiff class of Indian trust beneficiaries and the defendant Interior Department to settle their differences, said the animosity between the litigants is unprecedented in his experience. Asked directly whether a court settlement can be reached, he simply said, "Never." The trust relationship between tribes and the government isn't really at issue in the case, according to Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., because the government's delegate in managing the Individual Indian Money trust - Interior - violated its trust obligations long ago and repeatedly. Neither is liability an issue, said Bickerman, adding for clarity that the government is flat-out liable for mismanaging the IIM accounts. The only issue now is money; that is, how much does the government owe Indian beneficiaries in the class action lawsuit? Many historical documents are missing in the matter, and a slew of issues around restoration of the records through forensic accounting has been debated again, and again, and yet again in the courts. Bickerman said a precise, accurate answer can never be found. Assumptions regarding error rates in the government's accounting and in historical interest rates lead to wild fluctuations in the figures. He and Eizenstat concurred that no improvement of accounting methodology, however expensive or prolonged, will ever result in a reliable figure. "With just small changes, these numbers bounce all over the place," Bickerman said. He said the plaintiff's claim to $176 billion as a starting point for negotiations had raised "unrealistic expectations," and termed Interior's attachment to much lower figures, based on extrapolation from limited statistical samplings, "somewhat suspect." According to Eizenstat, "There is a range [of compensation sums] the committee ought to be looking at." Any figure settled on by Congress is bound to show a degree of unfairness in the absence of perfect accuracy, he said. But it will also show a degree of fairness because living Indian beneficiaries will receive compensation. Otherwise, he warned, a court process will simply play out the scenario of the novel "Bleak House," the Dickens masterpiece in which the law firm of Jarndyce & Jarndyce consumes the entirety of an inheritance in lawsuits without ever settling the case. Eizenstat told McCain no one will like the settlement number, whatever it may be, and McCain emphasized at the hearing's end that Indians will not like the final bill. In the nation's constrained budgetary circumstances - with $150 million drained off daily to war costs in Iraq and $27 million a day to similar costs in Afghanistan, and with federal deficit reduction a rising congressional priority - the words took on an acute tone of warning, of lowering expectations in advance of bad news. For the record, Interior has been all but demonized in Congress, the courts and public opinion for its historical incompetence and present obfuscation in managing the IIM accounts. But the tables have turned somewhat recently as the IIM attorney team has endured a monumental beating in a series of appellate court decisions that have vacated and remanded lower court decisions favoring the plaintiff class. Bickerman said that after more than 10 years of litigation, the litigants do not agree on the meaning of even the most recent court decision. On a second panel of witnesses, representatives of United South and Eastern Tribes, the National Congress of American Indians, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians and Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association all agreed, with minor reservations on only a few points, that Congress should proceed with a legislated settlement of Cobell v. Norton. Copyright c. 1998-2006 Indian Country Today. All Rights Reserved. --------- "RE: No Right Number in settlement of Cobell v. Norton" --------- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 08:43:08 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="TRUST SETTLEMENT NUMBERS GAMES" http://www.indianz.com/News/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/2006/03/07/AR2006030701398.html Indian Claims: Pull a Number From a Hat? March 8, 2006 Just pick a number, lawmakers were told by both sides looking to Congress to resolve a lawsuit over billions of dollars in federal royalties that American Indians say they are owed. Estimates of the money owed for unpaid royalties on oil, gas, timber and other resources from Indian lands range from half a billion dollars to $27. 5 billion, a panel of negotiators and tribal leaders told Senate and House members last week, the Associated Press reported. Many people with a stake in the bitter class-action lawsuit against the Interior Department are now convinced that only Congress can settle it equitably, even if that means picking an arbitrary number. "One number's as good as another?" asked Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs. "Ultimately, this is an arbitrary solution. There is no right number," mediator John Bickerman said at a joint hearing of McCain's committee and the House Resources Committee. No one disputes that the government has done a poor job handling the Indian trust funds, he said. Congress created the federal trust to handle Indian royalties in 1887. It demanded an accounting in 1994, and two years later Elouise Cobell of the Blackfeet tribe and others filed suit when the accounting was not done. Rep. Richard W. Pombo (R-Calif.), the House committee's chairman, said it would take a miracle for either side to propose an acceptable number. "If we don't do this, the case will drag through the courts as it has dragged on for the last 10 years," he said. -- Christopher Lee Copyright c. 1996-2006 The Washington Post Company. --------- "RE: Gale Norton stepping down" --------- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 08:53:22 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="NORTON RESIGNING" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.rockymountainnews.com/DRMN_23906_4531005,00.html Gale Norton stepping down By M.E. Sprengelmeyer, Rocky Mountain News March 10, 2006 Interior Secretary Gale Norton, the former Colorado attorney general and one of President Bush's original cabinet members, announced her resignation today, ending a five-year run that included frequent clashes with environmentalists and Native American tribes. Norton, the first woman to serve in the job, said in her resignation letter to President Bush that she had achieved the goals she set out to accomplish. "Now I feel it is time for me to leave this mountain you gave me to climb, catch my breath, then set my sights on new goals to achieve in the private sector," she said. "Hopefully, my husband and I will end up closer to the mountains we love in the West." Norton said she plans to leave the president's Cabinet in March. From the start, Norton was considered one of Bush's most loyal foot- soldiers, using the position overseeing vast tracts of federal land and tribal areas to streamline and increase energy exploration. For that, she faced fierce opposition from environmentalists, and in the early days of the Bush Administration it looked as if she would be one of the most divisive figures in the cabinet. During her confirmation fight in early 2001, critics tried to label her as "James Watt in a skirt" - referring to the controversial Reagan Administration Interior Secretary who once worked with Norton at the Mountain States Legal Foundation. Norton dismissed the critics and used a well-worn mantra about her "Four C's" for lands stewardship: "consultation, cooperation, communication - all in the service of conservation." That never convinced environmentalists, but over time her non-combative, soft-spoken speaking style caused her to slip into the background. As Pete Kolbenschlag, West Slope field director for the Colorado Environmental Coalition put it in late 2004: "Our general feeling is it's administration policy that's pushing this. They can shuffle the players around. Until they change the attitude towards these types of issues in the administration, it's not likely to change." Norton was drawn into a pair of national controversies involving the Native American tribes her agency oversees. When she took the Interior Department post, she inherited the massive lawsuit over the department's alleged mismanagement of Native American trust account funds, which are supposed to compensate individual Indians for the use of their lands. The class action lawsuit seeks potentially billions of dollars in compensation over botched record-keeping and missing records for the trust accounts. The plaintiffs often tried to sanction Norton during the court case, accusing her of intentionally thwarting the judge's orders over the massive accounting, or of cutting funds from other Indian programs to pay for fighting the lawsuit. Meanwhile, in 2005, Norton's name was raised during an investigation into lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who was accused of bilking Indian tribes out of millions of dollars while they sought favorable Interior Department decisions on tribal lands and casinos. During an ongoing federal investigation, the Senate Indian Affairs Committee uncovered e-mails suggesting that a one-time Norton associate, Italia Federici, tried to act as a conduit for Abramoff, helping arrange meetings with Norton or her former top deputy, Steve Griles, and passing information back and forth. Indian Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain repeatedly told reporters that he had found no evidence that Norton had done anything wrong, but Norton still faced uncomfortable scrutiny as Federici and Griles were dragged before the committee. Norton also had to face challenges none of her predecessors could have imagined. After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when an Interior Department employee was among those killed, Norton had to shift some of her focus - and budget resources - to repairing a damaged national landmark in New York City, and to beefing up security at landmarks she oversees, including the Statue of Liberty. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina ravaged offshore oil platforms and other facilities the Interior Department manages along the Gulf Coast. Norton spent several weeks working with Energy Department officials to get the oil and gas flowing again. But it's oil drilling where Norton's role will long be remembered. She was among the most outspoken cheerleaders for controversial drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and she repeatedly raised the ire of environmentalists by making it easier - and faster - for companies to win permits to explore for resources in public lands, particularly throughout the west. Environmentalists accused her of being in a rush to help industry, regardless of the long-term consequences for pristine places. She once complained that among critics, "There seems to be an undercurrent of 'Why don't you get oil and gas from the same places you've always gotten oil and gas?'" But with traditional exploration sites being depleted, "You do need to keep looking at new areas to produce the same amount of energy." Copyright c. 2006 The E.W. Scripps Co. --------- "RE: Dam removal could help Tribes" --------- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 08:53:22 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="KLAMATH" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2006/03/09/news/local_news/local2.txt Dam removal could help Tribes By STEVE KADEL H&N Staff Writer March 9, 2006 A key piece of Klamath Tribes' history could live again if removing the Chiloquin dam helps sucker fish thrive. "These fish have had a subsistence and cultural importance to the Tribes," said Doug Tedrick of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. "They are a natural resource that is important to the Tribes. They have a treaty right to harvest these fish that they are not able to enjoy because they are endangered." A big step toward removing the dam, built in 1914, comes this summer when a pumping plant will be built next to the Sprague River. It will supply water to irrigators after the dam is gone. However, removal won't happen for at least another year because the pumping plant must undergo a 60-day test in April 2007. Tedrick, chief range conservationist for the BIA, was in Klamath Falls this week to talk with Modoc Point Irrigation District representatives and other collaborators about the dam's removal. But that is just part of efforts to bolster the sucker population. Upstream habitat restoration also is needed to get suckers off the endangered list, Tedrick said. Dave Northrup of Chiloquin worked on the crew that replaced a fish ladder on the north side of the dam in the 1960s. He visited the dam this month and watched a crew from the U.S. Geologic Survey working in the ladder - tagging and counting fish. "They told me the suckers are not running yet, but they expect them in a week or two in the ladder," Northrup said. "They did see three large trout in the ladder. "They also told me they have tracked suckers they have tagged in the ladder as far upstream as the Sycan Marsh." Northrup would hate to see the dam removed because it creates a popular fishing hole. Tedrick acknowledges that some fish get past the dam, but not enough to improve sucker numbers. "Some fish can zip right up, but others have more trouble," he said. "It doesn't block passage, but it impairs passage. It's been identified as one of the causes of their reduced population." The National Academy of Sciences' research council has given removal of Chiloquin dam high priority as a recovery effort. Tedrick said environmentalists, the Tribes, and federal, state and local officials all support removal. The BIA and Modoc Point Irrigation District are working together on the project. "We're not pushing ahead of the district," Tedrick said. "It's their private dam. We've worked hand in hand with the district to make sure they remain whole." That includes the BIA paying to build the pumping plant as well as for its maintenance. The agency also will pay electricity costs to pump water to Modoc Point, where 5,000 acres are cultivated. Copyright c. 2006 Herald and News. All Rights Reserved. --------- "RE: Saving Sacred Sites" --------- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 08:40:29 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SAVING SACRED SITES" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.thesunchronicle.com/2006/03/05/city/city1.txt Saving sacred sites By Rick Foster/Sun Chronicle Staff March 5, 2006 In a wooded area off Cumberland Road in North Attleboro, the Massachusetts Historical Commission has called for a study to determine whether an American Indian burial ground may be located on the site of a proposed 102-home subdivision. In Attleboro, a member of the Attleboro Land Trust recently pointed to the existence of ancient Indian sites near a proposed residential development off South Main Street. As a contemporary housing boom gives rise to more single-family homes and condos for growing 21st century communities, some say construction is an increasing threat to traces of homes, hunting camps and burial sites of vanquished tribes - resources that archeologists say could provide valuable information on New England's original residents. "It's happening somewhere on a daily basis," said Kevin McBride, director of the Pequot Museum in Ledyard, Conn., billed as the nation's largest museum devoted to American Indians. McBride said native home sites, artifacts and graveyards are being bulldozed at an accelerating rate, many times by accident and without the knowledge of authorities or native tribes. While Massachusetts often requires archaeological surveys when the presence of historical artifacts is known or suspected, few states or municipalities have strong safeguards. Historical authorities and local tribes point out that because of a high degree of native activity in Massachusetts dating back thousands of years, it's almost inevitable that construction will conflict with ancient sites. "You could dig almost anywhere and possibly disturb a location that was once occupied by Native Americans," said Michael Tougias of Norfolk, a lifelong New Englander and author who has written extensively on regional tribes. Nevertheless, Tougias says he feels reverence for the artifacts and heritage of natives who figure prominently in American history. Evidence of Indian habitation is particularly common along the coast, where thousands of natives lived, so as to be close to sources of food and trade. "There are literally hundreds of sites," said John Peters Jr., director of the Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs. The precise locations of archaeological finds are kept secret to ward off vandalism or looting. Many significant finds related to tribes that once thrived in the Attleboro area - such as arrow and spearheads, stone tools and bowls - are in the collection of the Robbins Museum in Middleboro. The contents of the museum, which include a large diorama of a native village, are the results of decades of excavation and work by both professional and amateur anthropologists. At the North Attleboro site, the Massachusetts Historical Society has asked the state's Executive Office of Environmental Affairs to seek an archeological survey on a 104-acre parcel off Cumberland Avenue that has been proposed for the construction of 120 homes. The request followed historical research presented to local officials by a resident indicating that American Indians had been once been present. The survey is regarded mostly as a "precaution," said Vanessa Gulati with the environmental affairs office. No major artifacts are thought to exist there, she said, although more significant sites are located nearby. In Attleboro, Ted Leach, a member of a nonprofit open space preservation group, said construction of a 36-home subdivision off South Main Street might destroy paths used by tribal hunters thousands of years ago. Regulations offer some protection, but state laws do not prohibit building on parcels merely because they contain native artifacts or other cultural assets, Peters said. State and federal laws often require archaeological or historic surveys on government construction jobs. In the private sector, the Massachusetts Environmental Planning Act allows the state to make archaeological surveys a condition of approval for certain large projects. But the discovery of ancient relics needn't pose a problem for builders, Cox said. If a significant find is excavated, scientific observations can be recorded and relics can be removed, leaving the site ready for construction. Often, members of the public who oppose development are disappointed when construction isn't stopped. "People have trouble understanding that," she said. Sometimes development can be a boon to archaeologists. A builder who accidentally stumbles on a stone ax while preparing a house lot might bring to light new information anthropologists or archeologists wouldn't otherwise have had access to, Cox said. McBride said construction workers in Connecticut uncovered a previously unknown burial ground last year while preparing for a construction project. State law does require builders and excavators who discover human remains - including ancient Indian burials - to notify authorities, however. On occasions where burial grounds are uncovered, Peters said, the commission becomes involved in negotiations to preserve the remains. That might include modifying development plans to skirt sensitive areas. In a state struggling to throw off an image of being a complicated, high-cost location in which to do business, even mention of development's encroachment on historical sites can be sensitive. The office of Secretary of State William Galvin refused to permit a Sun Chronicle reporter to speak with the historical commission or its representatives concerning native sites. "They're very busy," said Brian McNiff, a spokesman for Galvin. When asked if that meant the commission's staff would not be available to a reporter, McNiff said, "Not on this subject." No one is more concerned about preserving American Indian artifacts and culture than members of local tribes whose members have inhabited the Attleboro area for thousands of years. But a spokesman for the Seaconke Wampanoags said native tribes aren't trying to throw roadblocks in front of construction. "We're not opposed to development," said Michael Tender Heart Markley, chairman of the Seaconkes. " What we do want is for our ancestors, our heritage and our history to be respected." Indian as well as Colonial burial sites are sacred places which should be left undisturbed, Markley said. And in areas where development encroaches on suspected tribal sites, Markley said an effort should be made to find and preserve cultural artifacts before construction obliterates them. The Seaconkes, who were featured in a National Geographic article this month concerning a study of native tribes, once ranged from East Providence to what are now the Boston suburbs. One of several tribes that originally made up the Wampanoag confederation, the Seaconkes' civilization encompassed both hunter- gatherer groups and more sedentary farming lifestyles. The Seaconkes met the Italian explorer Verrazano when he appeared in Narragansett Bay in 1524, Markley said, and established trade with Europeans long before the Pilgrims bumped into Squanto in 1620. But the Wampanoags got more than they bargained for from Europeans: A deadly plague that wiped out a vast majority of their numbers and rapid subjugation by colonists, capped off by the disastrous King Philip's War of 1675. At the height of tribal civilization in New England, Markley said, there were thousands of Indians in Southeastern Massachusetts. Through pestilence, warfare and genocide, those numbers shrank to a pathetic few. "After the war, there probably were 500 to 1,000 left," Markley said. "Actually, probably closer to 500." Many of those not killed by warfare were pushed off their land, and still others were sold into slavery, he said. Markley said the tribe has three goals related to sites occupied by American Indian ancestors: survey and recover any artifacts found from parcels subject to development, leave burial grounds of Indians or Europeans undisturbed and return any artifacts found to their rightful owners. Today, the number of tribal descendants in the Attleboro area remains small in comparison with historical highs, but the Seaconkes continue to study and preserve their culture. According to the tribe's Web site, www.seaconkewampanoagtribe.com, the tribe conducts classes in native history and culture and is continuing to work toward the goal of establishing tribal-owned land. Copyright c. 2006 Sun Chronicle. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Public helps shape Future of Moccasin Bend Park" --------- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 08:53:22 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="MOCCASIN BEND" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_81760.asp Public Helps Shape Future Of Moccasin Bend Park by Suzanne Walker March 10, 2006 Approximately 60 members of the community met at the Sheraton Read House Hotel on Thursday evening to brainstorm and share ideas about the future of Moccasin Bend, since the land is now designated as part of the National Parks system. For about an hour attendees participated in workshop facilitated breakout groups, in which they discussed three questions: 1) "Why is Moccasin Bend important to the American public?"; 2) "What should visitors to Moccasin Bend experience?"; 3) "What types of interpretation and facilities are needed to provide such experiences?" Representatives from each group presented the most favorable answers. One group commented that the site should "read like a history book" since over 1,000 years of various communities and cultures have dwelled there. Many people emphasized the importance of recognizing and celebrating the Native American ties to the land. Since the land serves as burial grounds for many Native Americans, several groups said they believed it was important to observe the area as "sacred grounds." Some groups suggested that the park should also provide educational opportunities through reenactments, story telling, displays and replicated Indian villages. Planner of the Denver Service Center Carla McConnell said she has been a part of National Park projects all over the country. She said the ideas and visions that the public has put forth will be sorted into a list of "feasible alternatives" that fit with National Park policies and guidelines. She noted that the Denver Service Center works hard with the regional park's office to stay true to what the public deems to be the desired purpose for the park. While the public will have additional opportunities to participate in the planning process, Ms. McConnell said representatives from federally recognized Indian tribes are also participating. She said earlier in the week 12 representatives of various tribes met with planners to provide insight on how Moccasin Bend should be used. She said the tribe representatives were given a tour of the area. "They had a lot of insight and emotional responses." Tribal Historic Preservation Officer of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Russell Townsend shared his thoughts about Moccasin Bend during the meeting. Mr. Townsend noted that Cherokee tribes, as well as other tribes, are deeply connected to Moccasin Bend. "Moccasin Bend was historically a site for many communities, where people were born, played their games, grew their crops, prayed their prayers, lost their lives and where they were buried.... You are a part of that community now." Mr. Townsend charged listeners to "step up and shoulder that responsibility. "It is no coincidence that Moccasin Bend is situated next to Chattanooga. People are thoughtful, progressive and respectful of other cultures." In 2003 Moccasin Bend National Archeological District was added to Chattanooga and Chickamauga National Park to be protected and developed for "interpretive" and educative purposes. Since September the National Park Service has began assessing and planning for development of the site. The next public planning meeting will likely be held at the end of the summer. Copyright c. 2004 Chattanoogan. --------- "RE: Tribes defend rights over Energy access" --------- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 08:53:22 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="INDIANS BETRAYED BY DECEITFUL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.denverpost.com/ci_3578978?source=rss Tribes defend rights over energy access Ex-U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell tells how Indians again feel "betrayed" by a deceitful federal government. By Steve Raabe Denver Post Staff Writer March 8, 2006 Ben Nighthorse Campbell spoke at a meeting on energy companies' access to tribal lands. As a U.S. senator, Ben Nighthorse Campbell was a strong advocate of energy development and American Indian rights. Indian rights won out Tuesday. Campbell offered some of the day's most impassioned remarks at a federal meeting in Denver to study problems of access to tribal lands by energy and power companies. Campbell said Indian sovereignty must never be compromised to satisfy concerns over rights of way for petroleum pipelines and power lines. "Tribes feel that once again they have been betrayed by the same kind of Washington sleight-of-hand that has already separated them from most of their resources, their lands, their customs and even their religious practices and families," said Campbell, a member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe. Campbell was invited to speak at the conference by two of his Washington, D.C., law-firm clients, the Jicarilla Apache of New Mexico and the Southern Utes of Colorado. At issue is a series of disputes between tribes and energy companies over escalating easement fees. A provision in the recently passed federal energy bill calls for a government study of the issue. The act requires the U.S Energy and Interior departments to report to Congress by Aug. 7, but Indian advocates say the study is simply a prelude to federal intervention in an issue that they see as purely a tribal matter. Federal action on establishing rights-of-way fees "would be to revert to 19th-century tactics instead of the proven successful course of tribal self-determination," said David Lester of the Denver-based Council of Energy Resource Tribes. Energy companies seek a mechanism that offers "fair and equitable" valuations for access to tribal lands, said Nancy Ives of the Fair Access to Energy Coalition, which includes energy companies, other businesses and consumer groups. "Currently, negotiations with tribes have resulted in some tribes demanding inflated compensation ... up to several hundred times fair market value," Ives said. One of the highest-profile disputes concerns payments for 900 miles of natural-gas pipeline owned by El Paso Corp. on Navajo lands in New Mexico and Arizona. El Paso previously paid $2.2 million a year for the Navajo easement until the lease expired last year. The Navajos now want $22 million a year, while El Paso has offered about $10 million a year in cash and noncash investments. Copyright c. 2006 The Denver Post or other copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: U.N. panel backs Shoshone claim" --------- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 08:53:22 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="UN ANTI-RACISM PANEL BACKS SHOSHONE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.elkodaily.com/articles/2006/03/10/news/local_news/news3.txt U.N. panel backs Shoshone claim March 10, 2006 GENEVA (AP) - A United Nations' anti-racism panel today said it had evidence the U.S. government was working with industry to ride roughshod over the rights of an American Indian tribe by exploiting its ancestral land in the western United States. The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ruled that the United States was failing to respect an international anti- discrimination treaty, to which it became a party in 1994. Organizations defending the rights of the Western Shoshone hailed the decision as a victory, but the U.S. mission to the U.N. and other international organizations in Geneva had no immediate response, an official said. "Maybe this will make the United States start looking at itself and at the problem of discrimination, and make it start to look at us as people instead of subhumans," said Western Shoshone delegate Bernice Lalo of Battle Mountain. "We feel the decision will be helpful by opening the door. We will continue this struggle to give our children a better chance." The panel of independent experts said it had received "credible information alleging that the Western Shoshone indigenous people are being denied their traditional rights to land." The committee of 18 independent experts said it was concerned that the U. S. government's position is based on processes "which did not comply with contemporary human rights norms, principles and standards that govern determination of indigenous property rights." The committee said it was particularly concerned about reported legislative efforts to privatize Western Shoshone ancestral lands for transfer to multinational mining industries and energy developers, federal efforts to open a nuclear waste dump and the reported resumption of underground nuclear testing on Western Shoshone ancestral lands. The panel said it also was worried about reported intimidation of the Western Shoshone people by U.S. authorities, through the imposition of grazing fees, trespassing and collection notices, the impounding horses and livestock, restrictions on fishing and hunting as well as arrests. The committee was also unhappy that the conduct or planning of all these activities was done without consulting and despite the protests of the Western Shoshone people. Western Shoshone rights to the land - some 60 million acres stretching across Nevada, Idaho, Utah and California - were recognized by the United States in 1863 by the Treaty of Ruby Valley. However, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1979 that the treaty gave the U.S. government trusteeship over tribal lands and it now claims them as "public" or federal lands. But some Shoshone have kept up the fight, even after a majority of their fellow tribe members voted to accept a government settlement that has grown to $145 million. Jim Manley, a spokesman for bill proponent Democratic Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, said last month that the tribe had twice had voted decisively in favor of the settlement. The U.N. committee said in August that the U.S. government should respond to the tribe's argument that the U.S. policy of "gradual encroachment" amounted to racism against an indigenous people. The committee says it "regretted" the United States had failed to meet the Dec. 31, 2005, deadline to answer a list of questions and had not considered it necessary to appear before the panel to discuss the matter. The U.S. government initially failed to submit the information because it believed the case of the Western Shoshone is "an old one" and that the U.N. panel was not competent to hear it. However, the committee said the United States had since agreed to respond to the list of issues, though it did not say when. The committee oversees global compliance with the 1969 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. All countries that have signed the treaty are meant to submit regular reports showing how they respect it. There are an estimated 10,000 Western Shoshone people. Supporting the claims in Geneva were the Western Shoshone Defense Project, the Western Shoshone National Council and the rights organization Oxfam America. Copyright c. 2006 Elko Daily Free Press. --------- "RE: Residents tell of Mining's tragic impact" --------- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 08:53:22 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LEGACY OF LIES AND ILLNESS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.gallupindependent.com/2006/mar/030706trgcimpct.html Residents tell of mining's tragic impact By Kathy Helms Dine' Bureau March 8, 2006 CHURCH ROCK, N.M. - Ed Carlisle of Church Rock Chapter used to sit in the back of the wagon and go with his grandfather to haul water. "He'd park in the lake and he would give me water to put in the barrel, and I had this barrel covered with a piece of cloth," he said. "He used to pour the water in the barrel to get the tadpoles out. Now, we're pretty much doing the same thing. Water is really precious and scarce," Carlisle told U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and New Mexico Environment Department, and Navajo Nation EPA officials, who were at the chapter Friday to listen to community concerns regarding cleanup of the Northeast Church Rock Mine. But this time, it's not tadpoles in the water they're worried about. It's radionuclides and heavy metals. And it's been there for years. So many years, in fact, Navajo residents were not necessarily impressed with EPA's accelerated cleanup plan, which ideally would wipe clean nearly 40 years of uranium mining in the area in one year. Community member Robert Dodson told EPA, "The reason I wanted to come here today is to tell the people that are not from around here that there is a big issue about this uranium" that those "from 'civilization,' where you people are from," don't see. "In these remote areas, people are still in need of electricity and water. And when people come in to develop something to make money on, on Indian land, and they go home and get rich on that, like Mr. George Bush, it hurts me. Because they leave here people sick. "And you come here and tell us you're going to do this in one year it's not going to happen in one year," Dodson said. "The sickness people are getting is going to continue because of the vegetation, the ground. The uranium that soaked into the ground is going to take years. How are you going to clean that? It's not going to happen." Dodson worked for the Kerr-McGee uranium mine in the 1960s and 1970s. "I used to be an underground electrician. We used to run blasting wire and I used to work down there and eat down there. We even drank water down there because the water was cool. We weren't aware of all this contamination that had gone on with uranium and underground water. "When they do blasting, you know, you go in there and pull your blasting wire back out of there not knowing that you're being contaminated from all the dust particles that goes on. And today, you go to the hospital and you get an exam. The guy before me was talking about asthma. Yes, I have that, and the doctor says, 'There's nothing wrong with you.' "Our medicine man in return tries to help us. Our medicine man tells us those are the herbs that will help us for maybe two months, two years, to be well again. I went to the hospital for a physical examination. I told my doctor, 'I don't know why I come over here. My medicine man tells me it's from this. I get herbs and I feel better again. When I go to the hospital, they give me medicine. I don't feel better. "It costs money to pay for these medicine men. And do you know what the doctor told me: 'Just keep on doing what you're doing. Go see your medicine man.' And he's getting paid by the government to tell me that. So if you're here today to say that you guys are going to help us, I feel sorry for you," Dodson said. Oh, that smell Raphael Martin of Pinedale Chapter told state and federal officials, "At times, in continuation today, we smell what we smelled about 25 years ago. We smell the odor of the ponds. The odor of the dried-up ponds continues to blow over the mountain of where we live. "In driving through that location today, it's going to make me wonder," he said. It's going to make me wonder excuse my language when in the hell is this place going to ever get cleaned? "How long are we going to talk about what we're talking about today? When is someone going to really mean business to clean up that area? When? Nobody seems to have the answer." Martin said he was serving as a council delegate when the first meeting was held after the July 1979 tailings spill released about 93 million gallons of tailings and pond water into the Rio Puerco. "They had a timeline (for cleanup), and for some reason, those timelines have maybe got covered by the wind or something, the dust. "There seems to be no end. We just talk, talk, talk. Bring the people together, bring a sandwich and all that, saying we're going to do this, we're going to do that again there's no end to this. "So many investigations have taken place. So many studies are continuing today. All that's doing is giving employment to those that are involved, because the investigations, the studies there's no end." Martin said the Pinedale community wants to know when they are going to complete the cleanup. "We're depending on Navajo Nation EPA alot, but what are the productivities from there? What are the productivities of the Nation? None, as far as I know, other than the studies that we have currently going on. So far, there is nothing going on, but the wind is continuing to blow." He told EPA's Andrew Bain that in order to complete the accelerated cleanup, they would have to collect data. How long is that going to take? Another 25 years? And then we're going to have to show disposal options. Where are they going to dump what they're going to collect? "And then we're going to have a heck of a time meeting the local requirements, the county requirements, the state and the federal requirements. Which way are they (wastes) going to go? It's for darned sure they aren't going to fly, because we don't have an airport out there, " he said. "Our recommendation is we need to come together a little bit more, not to just talk and have sandwiches. We need to get to where we want to get. There's a mess back there and we just talk about it. Let's do something. I'd like to see some results." Out of harmony John Benally told EPA he lives where all the drainage comes together from the Church Rock mine. "I'm concerned about the people, the livestock, the land. Whoever signed the agreement for the mining of uranium, they compromised the health and safety of the people," he said. "The uranium was used in a negative way. They used it as an atomic weapon. Unless we can fix that problem we will still have these problems. . .. We should respect Mother Earth. This desecration of Mother Earth ... you fall out of harmony with Nature. "I know. I worked down in the mine. There was a rock that came down. Maybe that was sort of a punishment. So I had to get the services of a medicine man," he said. Benally worked in the mine 11 years, doing various jobs. "Before the mine was put up, they had exploration. They drilled holes here and there. They drilled wells every thousand feet so they could locate the uranium. And during that process they desecrated gravesites," he said. The spill Lorraine Livingston told EPA that back in the 40s and 50s, the mine area was a beautiful place to live. "Every home had sheep. My neighbor had a lot of sheep, and across the arroyo, that family had sheep. Now, you don't see anything over there." The vegetation used to be good before the mine came. When they left, according to Livingston, they left the land where she lives pock-marked from drilling. The sheep used to go drink from the ponds near the mine, she said. "We lost a lot of sheep. Once they get in, they don't come back out. Whatever it is gets stuck on their wool, even after they were all covered with dirt. They would go around to where the water used to run. It would get between their hoof and they can't walk good." She said they were finally told not to go across the arroyo because of the tailings. "They put signs there, but I guess that was no good. Animals don't read." When the dam on the south cell breached, Livingston said, "They didn't notify us right away that the tailings broke. Early in the morning when I got up, I heard water running down in the arroyo. I said it must be (raining) at Pinedale, because usually it rains in Pinedale and all our soil will be going by our homes." But then she smelled something. "That water smells funny," she told her husband. "As usual, my husband didn't say nothing. ... He went to work. I guess the next day on his way to work, he came upon water still down at the arroyo. "There was rock where the sheep used to drink. He said, 'That's vanished. That water that's down there is red, or it looks like coffee,' he said. And then I said, 'Well, I told you it smells funny.' " Copyright c. the Gallup Independent. --------- "RE: Waste raises questions of Tribes' Sovereignty" --------- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 08:46:16 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="GOSHUTES NUCLEAR WASTE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/168694/ Waste raises questions of tribes' sovereignty ANNA CHANG-YEN - Daily Herald March 7, 2006 Who in their right mind would want to store highly radioactive waste in their back yard? The answer seems simple enough: no one. But what simmers beneath the surface of that question is a debate about the sovereignty of American Indian tribes in the United States, said David Rich Lewis, a Utah State University American history professor who spoke at Utah Valley State College on Monday night. He was speaking as part of the "Turning Points in History" lecture series. Just two weeks after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted permission for storage of spent nuclear fuel rods at the Goshute reservation at Skull Valley, the issue of who gets the final say about what goes on on tribal property still remains, Lewis said. And to answer that question he turns to history. From the time Mormon settlers arrived in Utah in 1847, American Indians were pushed aside, Lewis said. "Mormons drove the Goshutes into the desert hills, appropriated their land, even poisoned their water holes, all in the name of protecting white settlers, livestock and the overland trial." Today, with the 18,000-acre valley already surrounded by federal bombing ranges, nerve agent storage facilities and other dumps, the remaining members of the Goshute band who live on the reservation are left with very few options for economic development, Lewis said. The tribe's leader, Leon Bear, sees the deal with Private Fuel Storage as a way to breathe new life into his nation, Lewis said. "This agreement with PFS would bring millions of dollars annually and provide jobs." For critics of the deal, it is an issue of "environmental racism," Lewis said. "Economic or racist self-interest becomes evident. When it suited the state's interest, we have invited with open arms these kinds of operations into our state, but we refuse to discuss even the possibility with the Goshutes." What is needed, Lewis said, is a focused dialogue, grounded in mutual respect, commitment to the legal factors at play, compromise and vision. Complicating matters is a rift within the tribe, between members who support Bear and those who back his opponent, Sammy Black Bear, who doesn't want the waste on tribal lands. Rio Downs, who grew up on tribal land in Deep Creek near Wendover, Nev., said she didn't hear anything new during Lewis's talk, but the average person probably isn't familiar with the real issues facing the Goshutes. She said she keeps in touch with friends in Deep Creek and says they sympathize with their counterparts in Skull Valley. "They don't want it out there. It's just the council that wants it," Downs said. Anne Sward Hansen, of the Environmental Justice Foundation in Provo, said she's been working to help Goshutes write down their traditional form of government to meet legal requirements. Many Goshutes oppose the plan and don't believe Bear is their leader. And although the tribe's sovereignty might be in jeopardy, it is not only the government they battle, Hansen said. "When you talk about tribal sovereignty, it's being exploited by PFS keeping Leon Bear in office. It's not tribal way," he said. Lewis said he fears that if Utah politicians continue to refuse to compromise, history will be repeated. Copyright c. 2006 Daily Herald and Lee Enterprises. --------- "RE: No decision on Whiteclay Alcohol Licenses" --------- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 08:46:16 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="WHITECLAY, NB" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/7aebb01f34d0f6f68625712a001567d3.txt No decision on Whiteclay alcohol licenses March 6, 2005 RUSHVILLE, Neb. (AP) - Alcohol sales at Whiteclay devastate South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and should be stopped, Sheridan County commissioners were told Monday. American Indian activists and others rallied in Rushville on Monday to oppose automatic renewal of licenses for three stores in Whiteclay. But after hearing comments from 22 people, commissioners said they would review the testimony and announce a decision in about a week. "We haven't had the time to look at this," Commissioner Dan Kling said. Alcohol is banned on the reservation. An attorney for two of the stores defended their operation, saying the firms followed state regulations. "These are quality people running quality businesses in quality locations," Scottsbluff lawyer Andy Snyder said. And, Snyder said, the three stores are receiving more scrutiny than any other alcohol-selling businesses in Nebraska. However, most of those who spoke urged commissioners to reject the renewal. "People in Sheridan County should be ashamed ... because of the devastation that alcohol is causing," Gordon resident Phil Compton said. "I want to ask you as commissioners to consider what we are doing as a county." The commissioners can either approve the automatic renewal or recommend to the state's Liquor Commission the stores reapply for licenses. The public hearing was prompted by Nebraskans for Peace in the group's latest attempt to stop the stores from selling alcohol to American Indians. The three stores are Mike's Pioneer Service, Jumping Eagle Inn and State Line Liquor. They sell an average of more than 12,000 cans of beer a day but never should have been licensed, said Mark Vasina, president of Nebraskans for Peace. "It's quite clear that these licenses are operating in a community where there's clearly inadequate law enforcement," he said prior to the hearing. Because of that, the stores sell to minors and intoxicated people, and patrons are allowed to drink in public, Vasina said. The state of Nebraska and Oglala Sioux Tribe have signed an agreement to allow tribal officers to patrol Whiteclay but that hasn't started, he said. Besides law enforcement, commissioners are required to consider the public health and safety of people near places that sell alcohol, such as the residents of the Pine Ridge reservation, Vasina said. Others who spoke told commissioners that closing the stores would cause people to drive further to obtain alcohol, hurt tax revenues and still not resolve alcohol abuse. "Closing Whiteclay is not the problem," said Terry Hinn, a member of the Rushville City Council said. "Where do we stop?" Hinn proposed building a treatment center in Rushville. Russell Means, an Indian actor who was part of the American Indian Movement of the 1970s, led a rally outside the courthouse before the hearing. He called it "ludicrous" that the sales to Indians continue. Means said he is talking to two tribes to help fund a lawsuit similar to the one filed against the tobacco industry in the 1990s. "As you know that set an excellent precedent," Means said of the tobacco case. "(American Indians are) sick and tired of the disease your people brought over. Specifically alcohol." An unnamed New York law firm has done more than $600,000 in research on the effects of alcohol sales to American Indians, Means said. The protesters also said Whiteclay is located on the reservation according to treaty terms. "That land in Whiteclay still belongs to the Lakota," said Oliver Red Cloud, chief of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Copyright c. 2006 Sioux City Journal. --------- "RE: Colorado Gas at core of Pipeline dispute" --------- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 08:46:16 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="EL PASO GAS PIPELINE ACROSS NAVAJO LANDS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.denverpost.com/ci_3576086?source=rss Colo. gas at core of pipeline dispute Energy firms vs. tribal interests. The Navajo Nation wants to sharply raise the cost El Paso Corp. must pay for rights of way on its land. By Steve Raabe Denver Post Staff Writer March 6, 2005 The flow of energy from the Rocky Mountains to the West Coast is endangered by a series of disputes between energy companies and American Indian tribes. In one of the most notable examples, natural gas from southwestern Colorado is at the core of a high-stakes pipeline controversy between the Navajo Nation and energy transporter El Paso Corp. Several of the cases have resulted in energy companies paying huge increases for pipeline and power-line easements over tribal lands. Other negotiations are deadlocked with wide gaps in perceived valuations. The issue is viewed with sufficient concern in Washington that public meetings will be held today and Wednesday at the Adam's Mark Hotel in downtown Denver to discuss the problem and seek solutions. Energy companies say the prices being sought by tribes for rights of way are far higher than for similar nontribal lands. The tribes maintain that they deserve an increasing share of the record profits being earned on oil and gas production. Caught in the middle are energy consumers who will pick up the tab for sharp increases in energy-transportation costs. "This process is crucial to our national energy security," said Nancy Ives, executive director of the FAIR Coalition, an advocacy group for energy companies. "We're looking for a fair solution that recognizes tribal interests as well as the nation's interests." Tribal governments have held the upper hand in many of the disputes because there are no laws that limit the amount they can charge for rights of way on their lands. "'Reasonable' is in the eye of the beholder," said David Lester, executive director of the Denver-based Council of Energy Resource Tribes, which represents tribal interests in energy issues. "Our position is that Indian lands are vital to the prosperity of America," he said. "The value of the (energy) product keeps rising, and the tribes should enjoy some of that increasing value. El Paso has 900 miles of natural-gas pipeline running through the Navajo reservation in northern New Mexico and Arizona. The company previously paid $2.2 million a year for the Navajo easement until the lease expired last year. The Navajos now are asking $22 million a year, while El Paso has offered about $10 million a year in cash and noncash investments. The two sides have agreed to use the former lease terms as negotiations continue. Staff writer Steve Raabe can be reached at 303-820-1948 or sraabe@denverpost.com. Copyright c. 2006 The Denver Post or other copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Cherokee Nation accepts Freedmen ruling" --------- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 08:53:22 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="FREEDMEN CITIZENSHIP REAFFIRMED" http://www.indianz.com/News/2006/012894.asp Cherokee Nation accepts Freedmen citizenship ruling March 9, 2006 The Cherokee Nation will abide by a court ruling that reaffirmed the citizenship rights of the Freedmen, the tribe's top legal official said on Wednesday. In court, the tribe argued that the Freedmen, the descendants of African-American slaves who were made members of the tribe after the Civil War, weren't entitled to citizenship unless they could demonstrate Indian blood. But the Judicial Appeals Tribunal, the Cherokee Nation's highest court, rejected that view. In a 2-1 decision issued Tuesday, the court said the tribe's constitution that was adopted in 1975 didn't include an Indian blood requirement. "There is no ambiguity to resolve," Justice Stacy L. Leeds wrote. "The words 'by blood' or 'Cherokee by blood' do not appear." Therefore, any Freedmen descendant who can show that an ancestor appeared on the late-1800s Dawes Commission roll is entitled to citizenship, the court said. Diane Hammons, the tribe's general counsel, said the tribe will begin accepting such enrollments. "We are a strong tripartite government that respects the rule of law," Hammons said. "Our court has announced its decision, and we accept that as the law of the land." The decision is the first major victory for the Freedmen, whose numbers are made up of African-American citizens of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Creek nations. The Freedmen have suffered a series of setbacks in recent years, with the federal government and the federal courts refusing to get involved out of deference to tribal sovereignty. "It is a great day for the Cherokee Nation to take the lead regarding the rights of the Freedmen descendants," said Marilyn Vann, a Cherokee who traces her ancestry to the Dawes Rolls and serves as the president of the Descendants Of Freedmen Of The Five Civilized Tribes. It is unclear how many Cherokee Freedmen are eligible for enrollment in the tribe. In the late 1800s, approximately 3,500 Cherokee Freedmen were placed on the Dawes Roll. Vann's organization estimates that 45,000 descendants are alive today. The Cherokee Nation currently has more than 200,000 members. Vann is a plaintiff in a separate case in federal court that challenges the Bureau of Indian Affairs for allowing Cherokee Freedmen to be excluded from a 2003 constitutional election. Freedmen who could not demonstrate Indian blood weren't allowed to vote, according to the lawsuit. The constitution didn't make any changes to the status of the Freedmen - - it was the tribal council that restricted their rights through legislation, the court noted in its decision this week. "The council is empowered to enact enrollment procedures, but those laws must be consistent with the 1975 constitution," the JAT wrote. "The current legislation is contrary to the plain language of the 1975 constitution. The 2003 constitution remains in legal limbo, however, because it includes a provision that strips the BIA of its review and approval authority. The agency has withheld approval of the document for more than two years out of concern that Freedmen may have been disenfranchised. The BIA's stance has drawn considerable opposition from Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chad Smith, who had registered strong objections and planned to bring a delegation of tribal dignitaries, including former chief Wilma Mankiller, to Washington to lobby the Bush administration back in the summer of 2003. The meeting never happened but Smith as recently as last month sought approval to file a lawsuit against the BIA for the delay. The request was rejected by the tribal council. Separately, the tribe is seeking to intervene in Vann's lawsuit, citing the need to protect its sovereignty. Vann's attorneys in Washington and in Oklahoma filed a brief last month opposing the request. Despite the Cherokee Nation's official response to the JAT decision, an attorney who represented the tribe said he disagreed with it. In a story published in the Oklahoman today, Todd Hembree said it was "undoubtedly one of the biggest decisions ever handed down" by the court because it will affect the tribe's budget and the services it provides. "We only have a finite amount of money, and you can only divide the pie so many time," Hembree was quoted in the story as saying. Copyright c. 2000-2006 Indianz.Com. --------- "RE: Navajo Elders celebrate new Nursing Home" --------- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 08:46:16 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ASSISTED LIVING" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.nativetimes.com/article&article_id=7624 Elders celebrate new nursing home "We need to take care of them" CHINLE AZ Rick Abasta March 6, 2006 Community members, elders and tribal officials braved windy and cold conditions to celebrate the new facility for the Navajoland Nursing Home. The new assisted living center will house 16 elders and bring the residential capacity of the nursing home to a total of 83 clients. William Clay, vice president for the NNH Board of Directors, said the new home was created for the purpose of providing Navajo elders comfort and a space for visitations from family and friends. Speaking in Navajo, Clay said, "For a long time now, our Navajo elders, men and women, have struggled with the realities of old age. We need to take care of them. "With this new home, we will be able to provide care for 16 elders. Too many of our elders today are living at home alone. We are here to provide services for them," he added. One person who works closely with the Navajo elders of NNH has formed a bond with many of the residents. Crystal Chee is a medical records technician for the nursing home and has been working at the center for the past two years. "I like working with the elders, it's a learning experience for me," Chee said. "I like to be around my elders because it's keeping the Navajo traditions, culture and language alive. While many of the elders prefer to keep to themselves, she said once they begin socializing and opening up, there isn't a subject matter that most of these elders wouldn't discuss. Therein lies the opportunity to learn, she said. Ella Dalton, an administrator for NNH, said the home was funded through the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act block grant funds in 2002. "Because of the NAHASDA funding, we will now be able to house 16 clients in this home. We're all very appreciative of this funding for the planning and construction of this home," Dalton said. The assisted living center was designed by a Navajo architect, Loren Miller, principal architect for the LAM Corporation. Designing the home was a cinch for Miller, who said the primary concerns for the project was staying within budget. "The design was primarily based on providing housing for 16 residents, whether they are male or female," Miller said. "(NNH) wanted the central facility to be a hogan shape for the dining and living room area. "The bedrooms were put off into the two wings and we had residential- style kitchen facility," he added. Miller said the design for the facility began in the fall of 2002 and construction was initiated in the summer of 2003. Originally, NNH wanted the whole facility to be in a hogan shape, but he said it was cost prohibitive. Besides the Chinle Assisted Living Center, Miller has worked on NAHASDA- funded projects previously, constructing single family hogan-style units in 2000 on the Navajo Nation. "That project was for elders too," Miller said. "The community, elders, adults and children need to respect these new developments. This funding is not free. "Each year, we have to deal with less and less funding. You read about it in the papers every week about funding cuts. We have to appreciate what we're given," he added. Louis Shepherd, grants manager for Navajo Housing Authority Grants Management, said the initial funding from the assisted living center came in 2001, when the NNH received $172,453 from NAHASDA for planning purposes. Once everything was planned out for the center, Shepherd said NNH received an additional $1,495,583 for construction of the center. "This is a significant achievement and we commend the Navajoland Nursing Home for bringing this project to completion," Shepherd said. "There's a tremendous need for these services and facilities to address the aging Navajo population. "This is one of our success stories for providing group housing for elderly Navajos on the reservation," he added. The new assisted living center has opened doors for the construction of more group homes for the future, Shepherd said. Native American Times. Copyright c. 2005 All Rights Reserved. --------- "RE: IAIA welcomes new President" --------- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 08:53:22 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="MANUELITO-KERVLIET NEW IAIA PRESIDENT" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/news/7822581/detail.html IAIA Welcomes New President Cassandra Manuelito-Kervliet Was First Woman President Of Dine March 8, 2006 SANTA FE, N.M. - The Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe has a new president. The IAIA trustees selected 51-year-old Cassandra Manuelito-Kervliet for the job on Wednesday. She succeeds Della Warrior, who retired at the end of last year after about seven years on the job. Manuelito-Kervliet, who is Navajo, had been president of Dine College in Tsaile, Arizona, since July 2000. She was the college's first woman president. Copyright c. 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Copyright c. 2006 KOAT, The New Mexico Channel. --------- "RE: School Program assists American Indian Students" --------- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 08:53:22 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="STUDENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.cheboygannews.com/articles/2006/03/10/news/news3.txt School program assists American Indian students By ERICA KOLASKI Tribune Staff Writer March 10, 2006 CHEBOYGAN - Local American Indian students can now take advantage of financial and educational support at school through the Title VII Native American Education fund. Rose Neuman, chairwoman of the parent committee under Title VII, said that the group is hoping that more American Indian students and their parents will participate in the program. The program is currently in its first year in Cheboygan, and has received more than $34,000. "With this money, we have been able to hire three part-time aides," she said. The aides serve approximately 98 students in three area schools and provide in school tutoring and academic support. The program itself promotes American Indian culture and history resources, helps arrange for American Indian speakers and cultural activities and helps to promote interaction among American Indian students, Neuman said. She added that in order for students to qualify for the program, their parents have to fill out a 506 form which can be obtained from any school office. "The more students who are identified as Native Americans through the 506 form, the Title VII program will grow and be more able to serve the Native American students in our community," Neuman said. She said that the general purpose of the parent committee is to serve and represent the local American Indian community by offering children the most effective American Indian education program while instilling a sense of pride into American Indian children. The parent committee also works with the school administrators, recommending programs in accordance with the Indian Education Act. The Title VII program is a federal program "to support the local school district in its effort to provide Native American students the opportunity to achieve to high standards and meet the special educational and culturally related academic needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students." For additional information, contact Rose Neuman at 627-6331 or Cheboygan Area Schools Superintendent Paul Ellinger at 627-4436. Copyright c. 2006 The Cheboygan Daily Tribune. --------- "RE: Elders share Ice Knowledge with Barrow Response" --------- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 08:40:29 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ELDERS SHARE ICE KNOWLEDGE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://ap.juneauempire.com/pstories/state/ak/20060304/3689099.shtml Elders share ice knowledge with Barrow response team Randall Howell The Arctic Sounder March 4, 2006 BARROW, Alaska - The ice never stops moving. The Inupiat have always known that. That's because knowledge about the behavior of ice has been shared by the elders from generation to generation. And this generation, too, is learning about ice from its elders - elders like Charles Hopson and Lloyd Leavitt, both of Barrow. Both were an integral part of the North Slope Borough's emergency response to the ice surges that came ashore in Barrow in January. "Very early on, one of the elders said it's over ... that the ivus had done all the damage they would do," said Rob Elkins, the borough's disaster coordinator and five-year resident of Alaska's northernmost city. Elkins said that information and much more came from Hopson and Leavitt during the first of two emergency-response meetings convened that day to deal with the ice surges. By 9 a.m. that morning, Jan. 24, the ice surge stopped its onshore advance just shy of a pumping station and a playground in Barrow, Elkins said. Members of the borough's joint-agency response team "gained valuable information" from Hopson, a whaling captain, and Leavitt, a whaling co- captain, said Elkins. "Everybody listened to the elders," said Elkins, who directed the clean- up crews moving ice chunks as big as automobiles to unblock a section of Stevenson Street along the Arctic Ocean shoreline. He said U.S. Weather Service satellite photos were not clear because of cloud cover. "There was no way we could be positive the old ice had grounded," said Elkins. So the joint-agency response team was "preparing for every possibility and contingency plans, including moving people who lived close" to the ice surges. "They (the elders) said the big (multiyear) ice had pushed the young ice to the east and onshore until it hit the bottom, the shelf, where it grounded," said Elkins. "It was amazing what they knew. They knew the danger had passed. "I was very impressed," Elkins said. "The problem was identified early. We put the information together and made decisions based on what the elders said." The emergency coordinator said it was "good training time for everyone and for the youngsters to learn about how the ice moves." Elkins said team members also learned that the new ice, which can be as much as 12 feet thick, actually "acted as a cushion" between the multiyear ice and Barrow. "They explained that the old ice crushed the new ice, broke it up," Elkins said. "Then, it pushed onshore and blocked the road." Elkins said both Hopson, who serves in the borough Assembly, and Leavitt, who is a special assistant to the Barrow city mayor, shared information about winds, ocean currents, types of ice and its behavior as well as ice movements and migration patterns. "It was a marriage of art and science," said Elkins. "What they told us appeared to be dead-on and we haven't had any reason to question it." Elkins said that the borough has been working hard "to ramp up" its ability to respond to emergency situations. "It ended up being a minimal event, but the guidance from those two guys was just beautiful to see," said Elkins. "Both come from families of whalers for generations," he said. "And it was the traditional knowledge they shared that was really neat." Copyright c. 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Copyright c. 2006 Juneau Empire. --------- "RE: Seward Peninsula Elder shares Caribou Culture" --------- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 08:40:29 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ELDER SHARES CARIBOU CULTURE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://ap.juneauempire.com/pstories/state/ak/20060304/3689098.shtml Seward Peninsula elder shares caribou culture RANDALL HOWELL The Arctic Sounder March 4, 2006 NOME, Alaska - Elder Jacob Ahwinona's grandparents predicted that the caribou would come back to the Seward Peninsula, probably within their grandson's lifetime. And Ahwinona is grateful that he has been able to see their prediction come true. "I got to see the day," said Ahwinona. "They knew what they were talking about." Ahwinona, who remembers caribou hunting in western Alaska as a younger man, was "guest elder" at the recent two-day meeting of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd Working Group in Anchorage. Originally from White Mountain, east of Nome, Ahwinona reminded his listeners that he first hunted caribou by sled-dog team and with the guidance of an elder. "There were no snowmachines," he said. "I had a good dog team - a basket sled and 11 dogs. He recalled camping in the snow, stalking caribou by snowshoe and learning to "shoot downhill." He said the elder, a guide for the group, told them where to hunt, which caribou to shoot and when to shoot it. Ahwinona and his hunting group came upon 13 caribou near the mouth of a Seward Peninsula river and bagged 11 of them under the "strict" guidance of the elder. "Two got away," said Ahwinona, who indicated it was his first and last caribou hunt. "After that hunt, I went to work." Despite that, he remembers stories his parents and grandparents told of the early days, following the caribou herds. And how they summered on the Seward Peninsula. "My grandparents said they would see gold in the creeks along the way," he said. "They walked with packs on their dogs. My grandparents had 13 dogs." Ahwinona said his parents - and grandparents - would follow the herds for many years from the Seward Peninsula to Point Hope and then come back. He recalled his parents describing the Point Hope area as a calving ground for the caribou. "But over the years, the caribou disappeared," he said. "After that, my grandparents said they (the caribou) would come back down to the peninsula." Ahwinona said his grandparents and parents "utilized everything" from the caribou. "We were brought up to respect the land and subsistence living," he said. "You don't kill unless you are going to eat." He said it was a time when "we listened" to the elders and you "didn't waste" caribou. "When you see some caribou left, it hurts you," said Ahwinona, who had heard presentations at the meeting of sport hunters trophy hunting and leaving or dumping caribou meat. He also recalled stories his grandparents told of hunting caribou in the days before guns. Ahwinona said the stories detailed times when his mother's father - a fast runner - would drive the caribou into a lagoon. "Hunters in kayaks on the beach would be waiting with spears and knives," he said. "When the caribou started swimming, they would kill them." When guns arrived on the peninsula, the caribou hunting got easier, according to Ahwinona. "They no longer had to drive them into the lagoon," he said, noting that before guns arrived the "hunt" often involved the entire village. Copyright c. 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Copyright c. 2006 Juneau Empire. --------- "RE: Barrow Seamstresses sew 'Thread of Life'" --------- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 08:40:29 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="'THREAD OF LIFE' FOR WHALING CREWS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://ap.juneauempire.com/pstories/state/ak/20060304/3689096.shtml Barrow seamstresses sew 'thread of life' for whaling crews RANDALL HOWELL The Arctic Sounder March 4, 2006 BARROW, Alaska - Elder Priscilla Sage's skilled hands do sacred work. Hers are among the many skilled seamstress hands that sew the "thread of life" into the waterproof seams of skin boats used by North Slope whaling crews. Those many hands - often sore from the twisting and braiding of the sinew - keep the whaling crews safe from the cold and treacherous waters of the Arctic Ocean. "My sister's fingers are awesome," said Barrow's Roy Nageak, captain of the Akootchook Whaling Crew. "Those hands sew the thread of life to keep us away from the water," he said. "My sister's fingers are worn out, but they keep us safe while we hunt the whale." That hunt for the whale begins about mid-April. But as February fades into March, the skin boats are readied one by one with new sealskin covers that replace older worn or torn ones. Akootchook Whaling Crew's boat, and those of anywhere from 10 to 15 other crews, now are getting the careful attention of the sealskin seamstresses, who have been working at the Inupiat Culture Center since Feb. 13. That's when the season's sewing began with the sealskins for the PK13 Whaling Crew's boat. The PK13 crew is co-captained by James Ahgeak and Nate Elavgak. The cover was finished that day, and the boat has been outside drying while the seamstresses turn to the boat-cover needs of other crews, according to Ahgeak's wife, Mae, who also is a working member of the PK13 Whaling Crew. To Mae Ahgeak, who is busy now gathering food, protective clothing and other items needed for the spring hunt, the work done by Sage and her seamstresses is arduous and a vital part of the annual preparation for spring whaling season. "They inspect their work, and if they see even one stitch that's not right, they will tear out all the stitches and redo them so they are right, " said Ahgeak. In addition to Sage, the seamstress crew includes Emma Neakok, Josie Kaleak, Mary Ahkiviana, Isabel Kanayurak, Flora Brower, Doreen Ahgeak and Margaret Leavitt. The women work nonstop from eight to 20 hours to sew one skin boat cover, according to Sage's daughter-in-law, Mary. Depending on their size, five to nine bearded sealskins are use to make a boat cover. Making the crucial waterproof stitches with seal oil, the skilled seamstresses partner and begin sewing from the middle to the outer edge. As partners, the women check the quality of each other's seams. The sinew used in stitching the sealskins together is from the tendons of caribou, according to Nageak. He explained that the tendons run from the animal's Achilles heel up the rear leg to the thigh, where they fan out. Cut from the meat and bone of the caribou's rear quarters, the tendons are dried and braided together to become the sinew used in the waterproof stitches so vital to keeping the skin boats afloat, he said. Sage, a leader of the annual sewing crew, also teaches workshops in Barrow. In those workshops, she shares the Inupiat technique of extracting the tendons during the butchering of the caribou. She shares and shows in detail her traditional knowledge about drying the meat, pulling the tendon strands from the muscle and braiding the sinew. The sinew - the thread of life - and the bearded sealskins are the components of the traditional whaling boat cover used for the spring season only. Copyright c. 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Copyright c. 2006 Juneau Empire. --------- "RE: YELLOW BIRD: Spirits soar on Eagles' Wings" --------- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 08:40:29 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="YELLOW BIRD: EAGLES" http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/columnists/14015034.htm DORREEN YELLOW BIRD COLUMN: Spirits soar on eagles' wings On my way to White Shield, N.D., last weekend on the flat, open area near U.S. Highway 2, not far from the bridge crossing the Mouse River I spotted a large, dark bird soaring low against the gray misty sky. I slowed and pointed it out to my sister, and she watched. I glanced back and forth from road to sky, fascinated as the big bird circled then dropped and rose again. As it turned and flew away from the road, the bird dipped its white tail, and I knew it was mature bald eagle. When I reached Garrison, N.D., I stopped at the hospital to see my elder aunt, who is reaching the ending time in life. I told her about the eagle. She beamed and smiled and said that was a good sign for us. As I sat and talked with her, my mind kept going back to that dark bird we saw flying high earlier that day. I remember what my aunt had told us about the eagle, how we captured their feathers and what they meant to us spiritually. My aunt is a keeper of the "Sacred Bundle," and the eagle has special meaning to her. Both the golden and bald eagles have a significant place in our culture. They are important because their spirit is believed to take our prayers to the Creator (Neesaanu nachitakUs). The people valued the feathers of these great birds because they were a part of the spirit of the bird. It is like the mythical firebird, I was told; and when you capture features from the bird, these feathers are like an everglowing ember of the eagle's spirit that you can use for healing, honoring and ceremonies. Here's what we were told about how the Sahnish captured the eagle for its feathers. The people built eagle traps; these traps are to collect only the feathers without harming the bird. The eagle trap is built on a lonely hill frequented by eagles. Men dig a deep hole, cover it with sturdy poles made from ash or mature red willow, then cover the pit with sod. On the sod, they lay a carcass of some small animal such as a jackrabbit, one of eagles' favorite foods. When the eagle dropped down to pick up the carcass, the man reaches up and grabs the eagle's legs and talons. While holding him down, he plucks some of the tail or wing feathers. The eagle, in the grip of the hunter, would leave some feathers while flailing about, too. The eagle was not harmed, and as a reward for letting the hunter take some feathers, he or she would have the jackrabbit. Many times, the eagle also will leave a mark on the man with his sharp talons or beak. Those scars are marks of courage, and the men wear them with pride. The traditional stories of the people indicate that most Natives have a great respect the eagle. So, it was troubling to read about a recent slaughter of these birds. Recently in North Vancouver, B.C., an investigator with the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service found the remains of about 50 eagles in and around the Tsleil-Waututh Nation in Canada. There are other incidents in which Fish and Game and other officers have found the remains of eagles that have been stripped of their feathers, head, talons and anything else that can be sold. Some of these magnificent birds have a wing span of about 7 feet and can weight up to 8 to 14 pounds, Game and Fish information indicates. There is a black market for eagle parts. Some investigators refer to eagles as "Flying $1,000 bills," investigators told The Seattle Times. Killing an eagle also carries a $10,000 fine. Eagles are an endangered species, but soon may be reclassified because the eagle has made such a strong comeback from near extinction. I am grateful that those who care for wildlife and the eagle in this area are good at their jobs. I also am grateful to all the bird watchers who would sound the alarm if eagles were killed. I feel fortunate that I live here because the Red River is a good feeding ground for these birds, and their numbers are growing. It's not unusual to see one flying overhead while walking down the street near the Herald or to see them nesting in this area. Nahwah, arihtA, neetAHkas. ---- Dorreen Yellow Bird's column appears Tuesday and Saturday. Reach her at (701) 780-1228 or dyellowbird@gfherald.com Copyright c. 2006 Grand Forks Herald/Grand Forks, ND. --------- "RE: Aboriginal Apprenticeship skyrocketing in Alberta" --------- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 08:53:22 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="TRADE SKILLS APPRENTICESHIPS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.cochranetimes.com/story.php?id=217370 Aboriginal apprenticeship skyrocketing in Alberta Angela Anderson March 8, 2006 Cochrane Times - The severe shortage of skilled trades workers is being eased as the number of Alberta aboriginal young adults apprenticing has increased by over 400 per cent in the past four years. There are 1,126 aboriginal apprentices in the province right now, compared to just 238 in March of 2002. This is great news for leaders in the industry. "It's really a win-win situation for everyone," says Jackie Wassing, from Alberta Advanced Education. "The more aboriginals who can get involved in the trades, the more beneficial it is to them and the businesses." Wassing says the sharp increase is being partly attributed to current programs promoting skilled trades in the province. One of these programs, which is still in the pilot stage, but was introduced in 2001 in Edmonton, High Level and Fort McMurray, and then expanded to Calgary and Lethbridge in 2004, is the Alberta Aboriginal Apprenticeship Project (AAAP). It's a partnership between Aboriginal organizations, industry, the federal government and provincial government. AAAP is designed to increase participation of Aboriginal people in apprenticeship programs, which leads to successful completion as a certified journeyperson. The AAAP links employers with potential Aboriginal apprentices and provides support to help build successful working and learning relationships. "It provides them with support they need before and through training," Wassing says. The other reason skilled trades are attracting not only aboriginals, but also the general public, is because of a campaign that the government is carrying out in schools across the province. "Last year we started introducing promotional material to all the schools about trades," Wassing said. The program, called the Aboriginal Communication Strategy, increases awareness of career opportunities in trades. These include a colouring and activity book for children in Kindergarten to Grade 4, playing cards for grade 2 to 4, a comic book for grades 7 to 9, and a guide for junior and senior high school students. Interesting to know, Wassing said, is that students who are still in school can begin apprenticing, which just gets them one step ahead of the game. "They can start earning their hours while still in school," she said, and that, combined with the competitive pay and high need, is attractive to new people entering the workforce. With the high numbers of aboriginals in the province, and the fact that they are making this contribution to the local economy is just good news for everyone involved. "Reaching this milestone demonstrates that Aboriginal people are ready, willing and able to work with industry to build Alberta's economy," said Aboriginal Affairs Minister Pearl Calahasen. "Within a decade, aboriginal workers will represent one of every five new entrants into the labour market, so apprenticeships are critical to ensuring that skilled Aboriginal workers are ready to meet industry's needs." Copyright c. 2006 Cochrane Times. --------- "RE: Tories must live up to Liberal commitments" --------- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 08:53:22 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="FONTAINE SAYS TORIES MUST FULFIL COMMITMENTS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20060307/ca_pr_on_na/fontaine_b_c_2 Top aboriginal leader says Tories must live up to Liberal commitments STEVE MERTL Tue March 7, 2006 NORTH VANCOUVER (CP) - Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice has made a good first impression on Phil Fontaine but the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is waiting for the new government's first throne speech to find out what impression aboriginal issues will make on the Tory agenda. Fontaine said Tuesday aboriginal leaders expect the Conservatives to live up to commitments made by their Liberal predecessors, including the multibillion-dollar Kelowna Accord and a compensation package for native residential school abuse victims. These commitments - especially the Kelowna Accord intended to eradicate aboriginal poverty - were made with Canada, not any one political party, Fontaine told a meeting of the B.C. First Nations Summit. "That wasn't done with the Liberal party," he said. "It was an agreement with the country. This government has to honour these very important commitments." Polls suggest Canadian public opinion increasingly wants aboriginal problems tackled, Fontaine said, but the Conservatives' election campaign didn't highlight them. "This government has five priorities," he said. "We are not one of the five." But Fontaine said his meetings with Prentice - three since the cabinet was formed a month ago - have gone a long way to easing anxiety over the future of the Kelowna Accord. During the election campaign, finance critic Monte Solberg - now the immigration minister - said while the Tories accept the principles of Kelowna, they wouldn't honour a deal crafted "on the back of a napkin" on the eve of an election. The Liberals earmarked $5.1 billion for the first half of a 10-year agreement that among other things promises to close the education gap between aboriginal and non-native students, improve housing and water quality on reserves and tackle health problems such as high infant mortality, youth suicide, obesity and diabetes. "Mr. Prentice has said to me on more than one occasion he wants to put wheels on Kelowna," Fontaine told the meeting. "It's my understanding that Mr. Prentice will do all he can to ensure that the speech from the throne and the budget actually reflects Kelowna in a significant way," he told reporters later. The Conservatives' throne speech is scheduled for April 3. First Nations are looking for a Tory commitment on other issues as well, Fontaine said, including implementation of a $2-billion package to compensate residential school abuse victims. An agreement-in-principle was signed last November. Fontaine said he's been in daily contact with federal bureaucrats and final agreement is just "days away." "We have just about reached the mountain top," he said. Fontaine said he hopes the new government also will uphold a Liberal promise last May to get rid of the requirement that First Nations extinguish their aboriginal rights when new treaties are signed. The assembly is also concerned about the Conservatives' promised accountability legislation. Fontaine said his organization is developing its own accountability rules for First Nations. But the proposed legislation giving the Auditor General the power to look into any organization receiving federal tax dollars would impinge on their sovereignty. "We have a government-to-government relationship with Canada," he said. "There's an exclusion there (in the legislation) with municipal governments, for example." Prentice, who is scheduled to speak to the summit Thursday, has already committed not to reintroduce the hated First Nations Governance Act, said Fontaine. The Liberals scrapped it after an aboriginal backlash against its proposed reforms aimed at improving democracy in the band council system. Besides the meetings with Prentice, Fontaine said the new minister has been calling him. "I haven't been disappointed," he said, noting Prentice sits on the powerful cabinet planning and priorities committee and chairs the key operations committee. "We see him as an important ally. We think he's well positioned to do good things Copyright c. 2006 Canadian Press. --------- "RE: Youth reach out to Youth through Campaign" --------- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 08:46:16 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="FIRST NATION YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION" http://www.ammsa.com/birchbark/birchbark-Mar1-2006.html Youth reach out to youth through campaign By Cheryl Petten, Birchbark Writer, Thunder Bay March - 2006 The Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Decade for Youth Council has launched a suicide prevention campaign urging troubled youth to ask for help in dealing with the problems they encounter in their lives. Through the We Care Yellow Balloon campaign, the council will be working with NAN's Decade for Youth and Development department to get the message out. The Decade for Youth Council and Decade for Youth and Development program were created in 2002 as a way to try to deal with the suicide crisis within NAN communities. Yellow is the international color for suicide prevention, so the color figures prominently in the campaign, which uses yellow balloons and posters with an Ask 4 Help message to raise awareness. Organizers hope to eventually add other items like yellow T-shirts or bracelets to the list of tools at their disposal. The council members came up with the idea for the campaign as a way to do something following a tragic weekend during which two people in the same community committed suicide, said Catherine Cheechoo, a member of the council. "We knew we wanted to do something where we could tell the youth it's OK to ask for help, that there are people out there that care about them. Because a lot of the time when somebody does attempt suicide it's because they feel like they have nobody to talk to or they just feel overwhelmed by that problem at that time. So this is just a way to hopefully tell the youth that there's other things that you can do besides hurting yourself," she said. "We'd dealt with this crisis for so long and a lot of the members on the youth council have experienced suicide in their lives, either through loss of a family member or a friend or even in their community. We just feel like it's time that we need to start showing initiative in terms of dealing with the suicide crisis in our area. Helping out our own friends and our own youth." Over the past three years there has been an average of 16 suicides per year within NAN territory. In 2005, 24 people within the territory took their own lives. Organizers of the campaign are hoping communities will take an active role in helping to get the message out by organizing suicide awareness events at a local level. "We really want to counteract this culture of suicide, they call it. This idea that young people think suicide is OK, like it is a choice. But we don't want it to ever be on the radar as a choice. That's what we're really trying to do is get this message out there that they should ask for help," said Melanie Goodchild Southwind, co-ordinator of Decade for Youth and Development. The We Care Yellow Balloon campaign was launched during the Seven Sacred Teachings Youth Suicide Awareness Conference held in Thunder Bay from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3. --- For more information on the We Care Yellow Balloon campaign, visit the Decade for Youth Web site at www.nandecade.ca or call the NAN offices at (807) 623-8228 and ask for the Decade for Youth program. Copyright c. 2006 Ontario Birchbark, AMMSA-Aboriginal Multi-Media Society. --------- "RE: $3 Billion Shortfall in Health Care Funding" --------- Date: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 05:08 pm From: frostyca2000 Subj: Attention News/Health Editors: Mailing List: Frostys AmerIndian Attention News/Health Editors: $3 Billion Shortfall in Health Care Funding is Next Big Crisis for First Nations OTTAWA, March 6 /CNW Telbec/ - Most Canadians are aware that First Nations people and communities are already dealing with critical health problems related to housing and clean drinking water. An analysis by the Assembly of First Nations identifies another potential crisis that could make this critical situation even worse if not addressed immediately. The AFN Health Secretariat estimates a funding shortfall of approximately $2.85 billion over the next five years in the national budget of the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) of Health Canada, beginning April 1. "The $870 million announced during the First Ministers Meeting in Kelowna would have made an important contribution to addressing these shortfalls. This commitment needs to be immediately secured," said National Chief Fontaine. "With a growing population - approximately 130,000 children under the age of nine years - along with increasing dental and pharmacy needs, First Nations children, adults, and elders would face an uphill battle for accessing basic health care needs." "We are grateful for the $700 million in new funding, committed in September 2004, that is expected to make inroads in addressing critical health needs in First Nations communities, such as diabetes and suicide prevention," added the National Chief. Funding shortfalls include a total of about $269 million in FNIHB funding claw-backs announced in the February 2005 Budget. To avoid more claw-backs, Health Canada should also benefit from the proposed rate of inflation and population growth exemption that has been granted to INAC. "The new Conservative government will be recalling Parliament one month from now, with a Federal Budget to follow," noted the National Chief. "Health care is number one on the list of priorities for this government. We look forward to working closely with the government and with Minister Clement to ensure that this priority includes the people who need health services the most. The AFN presented detailed and strategic plans at the First Ministers Meeting and we need to see the resources required to implement those plans included in the upcoming budget. As well, we need to act now to ensure this potential shortfall is eradicated by working together cooperatively and constructively. Access to health care is a basic right for all people and a central value for all Canadians." For more information on the FNIHB funding estimates, please see the link to a Communique sent to First Nations communities: http://www.afn.ca/cmslib/general/Communique-FNIHB.pdf --- For further information: Bryan Hendry, AFN Health and Social Communications Officer, (613) 241-6789, ext. 229 or cell (613) 293-6106; Don Kelly, AFN Communications Director, (613) 241-6789, ext. 320 or cell (613) 292-2787; Ian McLeod, AFN Bilingual Communications Officer, (613) 241-6789, ext. 336 or cell (613) 859-4335 Copyright c. CNW Telbec 2006. --------- "RE: Manitoba Chiefs: Native women lagging" --------- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 08:53:22 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ABORIGINAL WOMEN" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2006/03/08/1478566-cp.html Manitoba chiefs: Native women lagging By STEVE LAMBERT March 8, 2006 WINNIPEG (CP) - While International Women's Day is celebrated around the world, Manitoba native leaders say it should also serve as a reminder that aboriginal women across Canada are struggling to live free from violence. "Aboriginal women live in more vulnerable environments," Keely Ten Fingers, a policy analyst with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, said Wednesday. "(They're) more often to be homeless, more often to not have opportunities for employment ... so these particular conditions do make them vulnerable and do place them in ... environments where they experience these acts of violence." While people of all backgrounds can go missing after living on the streets of Canada's major cities, many of those who have disappeared are aboriginal. The Native Women's Association of Canada campaigned in 2004 for $10 million in federal funds to research what it estimates are at least 500 cases of murdered or missing aboriginal women over the last 20 years. Ottawa agreed to devote $5 million over five years to the Sisters in Spirit program, which includes research, a national registry and a hotline. Amnesty International Canada has called on governments and native groups to publicly condemn the high rates of violence against indigenous women and take action. Statistics Canada reported last year that native people were three times more likely to be victims of domestic violence. Overall, 21 per cent of aboriginal respondents said they had been attacked by a current or previous spouse in the five-year period up to 2004. Seven per cent of non-native respondents reported similar abuse. Some of the problems stem from the lack of rights held by women who live on reserves, Ten Fingers told a news conference. Because provincial property rights do not apply on reserves, women and children can find themselves homeless after the breakup of a marriage or common-law relationship. "The woman does not have the right to occupy that home," Ten Fingers said. "If housing accommodations are not available on-reserve, she's often forced to leave the reserve." The assembly has called on the federal government to improve aboriginal property rights. It has also called for government funding to help improve education and economic opportunities for aboriginals. In Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper called International Women's Day a chance to reflect on the contributions women have made to the building of Canada. "It is also a chance to reiterate my government's determination to provide Canadian women with the security and sense of opportunity to which they aspire, and to reiterate our commitment to working with them to ensure the economic security, timely health care and safe streets that are so vital for raising strong families," Harper said in a prepared statement. Copyright c. 2006, Canoe Inc. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Grassy Narrows steps up fight" --------- Date: Monday, March 06, 2006 08:04 pm From: frostyca2000 Subj: Grassy Narrows steps up fight against Abitibi, Weyerhaeuser Mailing List: Frostys AmerIndian Grassy Narrows steps up fight against Abitibi, Weyerhaeuser Grassy Narrows band members are planning to take their fight against clearcutting to American boardrooms. By Mike Aiken Miner and News March 1, 2006 Grassy Narrows band members are planning to take their fight against clearcutting to American boardrooms. After three years of blocking logging roads near their community, members of the First Nation are enlisting the support of California environmentalists, who will lobby bankers and investors in an effort to save the boreal forest. "It's a warning," said band member Joe Bill Fobister Tuesday. "If they don't start listening, we're going to do what we say we're going to do," he added. In a press release issued by the Rainforest Action Network of San Francisco, the chief executives of both Weyerhaeuser and Abitibi- Consolidated are told protests will go ahead focusing on their investors, consumers, bankers and business partners, if clearcutting continues. Network spokesman David Sone said Tuesday they have convinced American giants such as Burger King and Home Depot to change their business practices after public pressure on environmental issues. "What's happening here is typical of the way Weyerhaeuser approaches its ecological responsibility to the communities they operate in," he said, adding he has visited the First Nation several times. Aside from standards set by the Ministry of Natural Resources, Weyerhaeuser spokesman Bonny Skene noted the company is meeting international criteria set by the Canadian Standards Association and the International Organization for Standardization. Abitibi spokesman Denis Leclerc added their efforts at negotiating a solution with the First Nation stalled in the fall of 2004 when the leadership asked for items beyond the company's jurisdiction. These included recognition of their traditional land use area, financial compensation for past extraction, as well as a new deal for any new resource development. Leclerc noted past offers from band council have included requests for jobs and involvement in the forestry operations in the area. Since the community's last request, Leclerc said Abitibi has not had any invitations to negotiate with the federal or provincial government, including the province's Northern Table discussions. Last year, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, a non-profit group dedicated to the protection of wilderness areas, concluded current harvesting level cannot be sustained for even 20 years, and harvest levels are too high to protect existing wildlife habitat. On its website, the Rainforest Action Network has a section dedicated to Grassy Narrows, where it encourages readers not to buy products from old growth forests. In his comments, Sone added he wasn't satisfied with regulations established by the Ministry of Natural Resources because they don't do enough to protect endangered species and the rights of First Nations. Government officials disagree. MNR spokesman Shawn Stevenson noted the Crown Lands Sustainability Act, which regulates forestry in the Whiskey Jack, includes a detailed and separate process for consultations with aboriginal communities. Stevenson added the only endangered species within the forest are eagles and caribou, and he said logging has been deferred in critical areas. Grassy Narrows band members aren't content to simply wait for action. They're planning to take their cause directly to Weyerhaeuser's annual general meeting near Seattle, which is set for April. If all goes well, one of the community members will be elected to the multi-national's board of directors, so the band will have a voice, Sone said. Weyerhaeuser says it has sales of $22.6 billion in 19 countries, where it employs 54,000. By contrast, Grassy Narrows lists 1,237 members, about 800 living on-reserve, which is about an hour's drive north of Kenora. Copyright c. 2006 Kenora Daily Miner and News. --------- "RE: In the Wake of the Otra" --------- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 13:50:50 -0600 (CST) From: owner-chiapas95@eco.utexas.edu (Chiapas95) Subj: In the Wake of the Otra,Mar 07 Mailing List: Chiapas95 -- This message is forwarded to you by the editors of the Chiapas95 newslists. To contact the editors or to submit material for posting send to: . Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 13:43:02 -0600 (CST) From: Chiapas 95 Moderators Subj: NN,In the Wake of the Otra,Mar 07 In The Wake of the Otra: Because We are all Prisoners By Nancy Davies, March 7, 2006 In the aftermath of the transit of Delegado Zero and the Zapatistas through Oaxaca in the week of February 7, 2006, dozens of small organizations were obliged to analyze their faults, their strengths, and what their rivalries mean for Oaxaca. This may be the most important outcome of the Otra Campa~a: a heightened sense of the necessity for collaboration, to achieve a united voice. Self-criticism, as well as harsh criticism of other groups, were put forth by several organizations, analyzing what happened during the campaign's visit. The adherents to the La Otra Campa~a as participating organizations include OIDHO (Organizaciones Indias por Los Derechos Humanos en Oaxaca), AMZ (Alianza Magonista Zapatista), CIPO-RFM (Consejo Indigena Popular de Oaxaca-Ricardo Flores Magon), CODEDI (Comisio'n Defensa Derechos Indigenas), Section XXII of the teachers union, UCIZONI (Unio'n de Comunidades Indigenas de Zona Istme~o); COMPA (Coordinador Oaxaca Magonista Popular Antineoliberal), plus a fluid additional alphabet soup of about sixty organizations large and small, reflecting the enormous diversity of up-til-now isolated struggles in this impoverished state. Some groups, such as OIDHO, forthrightly recognize the danger that La Otra will fail in Oaxaca as other Zapatista initiatives have, due to sectarian squabbling. As Marcos advised, "In La Otra we are not friends, we are companions, and each group must speak to its own members, about its own things, and recognize its own errors and virtues" - then join forces to present a united front. Coming together is a process of overcoming sectarian rivalries and dissent. The first ray of hope is the rally around the autonomy struggle in San Blas Atempa, and the second is the campaign to free the prisoners. When La Otra Campa~a rolled into the state, rivalries resulted in efforts by smaller groups to torpedo a proposed meeting with prisoners in Ixcotel; to hold a massive rally in the Oaxaca City's Guelaguetza auditorium - a favorite site for all the political parties - ; and to send partial and selected information to Delegate Zero regarding agreements supposedly achieved in the state coordination meetings. The result was a mishmash of changed schedules, lack of accurate information which prevented participation, problems with security people, and disappointed attendees. Harsh feelings resulted from the allegiance of groups and organizations such as UCIZONI to the PRD (Partido de la Revolucion Democratico) and the political campaign of Lopez Obrador. Criticisms were made of the sloppy security for Delegate Zero's caravan, which at one point on the highway was stalled in the middle of a herd of moving animals. Coordination for who got to speak and who did not at the interminable meetings was not satisfactory. Even one of the sites for an appearance by Marcos came in for harsh criticism: the University of La Tierra, which is run by Gustavo Esteva. Universidad de La Tierra brings USA students, local people, and many visitors to meetings to discuss Zapatista philosophy, among other subjects. Esteva, who presents himself as a long-time ally of the Zapatistas, was denounced by OIDHO for his collaboration with former governor Dio'doro Carrasco Altamirano in formulating the Indigenous Law of Oaxaca. That law served Carrasco as an excuse to gut the San Andres Accords, an unforgivable betrayal of the indigenous communities. Nevertheless, hundreds of organizations, communities, collectives, and individuals from various parts of the state attended La Otra Campa~a meetings, including an infamous meeting which resulted in media-publicized variations about what did or didn't happen in the Teachers hall, and elicited a conciliatory explanation from Marcos. It was a very sizable mess: Oaxaca is at a boil, separate bubbles pop to the surface in town after town. The Other Campaign's passage resulted in some hard lessons among those who are already screwed by government repression: come together on what can be agreed upon, and cede on hard points for the benefit of all. All the Oaxaca groups share a common history as fighters against poverty, repression, and bad government. Among the issues Oaxaca's poor and indigenous face are loss of autonomy of various towns, interference by the PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) and PRD, imposed caciques, police threats, repression by the state government, and disappearances of campesinos in opposition. Not to mention theft of government funds after events like Hurricane Stan (five months later, the Isthmus has received nothing), or normal theft such as education resources which vanish into thin air between the senders and the supposed recipients. The unending violence in February and March of this year alone involved such different Oaxaca towns as Juchitan (February14-16, twenty wounded, just one week after La Otra Camap~a passed through. The dominant issue in the Isthmus is privatization of natural resources.), and San Blas Atempa (March 1, see Narconews). Similar battles to oust PRI-appointed mayors are common. On January 26 the Oaxaca municipal police shoved around a group from the city's colonia Pueblo Nuevo when residents arrived at the municipal palace seeking an interview with the mayor because of longstanding failure to get street paving- i.e., it was a civic, not even a political protest. The brutal treatment on the doorstep of city government indicates that government violence is not limited to remote towns. Repression of dissent of any kind is a fact of life in Oaxaca. The good news is that in a hands-on city follow-up to La Otra Campa~a's visit, the indigenous teachers sector CMPIO (Coalicio'n de Maestros y Promotores Indigenes de Oaxaca) met on February 18 to formulate its plans to launch its part of the state-wide, national, and international campaign to free political prisoners and prisoners of conscience. Each state in Mexico will have to defend their prisoners according to their own ideas and resources, and unite in response to Delegado Zero's call for a common effort to pressure national and international forces. A second follow-up meeting took place on March 4, with analysis of each groups' strengths and weaknesses during the Zapatista visit, a discussion of how to approach the prisoner campaign, and an assignment of tasks. Each meeting was attended by about fifty people. The call to action, full of irony and grief, is entitled Porque Todos Somos Presos: Because We Are All Prisoners. When it comes to unity, when it comes to confronting the government corruption and repression as a unified force, Oaxaca's a bitch. It remains to be seen if the Zapatista Otra Campa~a sheds its grace on this rancorous, beleaguered state. -- To subscribe to this list send a message containing the words subscribe chiapas95 (or chiapas95-lite, or chiapas95-english, or chiapas95-espanol) to majordomo@eco.utexas.edu. Previous messages are available from http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Cleaver/chiapas95.html or gopher to Texas, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Economics, Mailing Lists. --------- "RE: Oaxaca under State of Repression" --------- Date: Sunday, March 12, 2006 05:23 pm From: Chiapas95-english Subj: Oaxaca Under State of Repression,Mar 10 Mailing List: Chiapas95-En < chiapas95-english@eco.utexas.edu> This message is forwarded to you by the editors of the Chiapas95 newslists. To contact the editors or to submit material for posting send to: . Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:22:34 +0100 From: "Dana" Subj: NN,Oaxaca Under State of Repression,Mar 10 Oaxaca Under State of Repression After the Subcomandante Marcos' Visit, PRI and State Government Attack Communities that Support the "Other Campaign" By James Daria and Dul Santamaria The Ricardo Flores Mago'n Brigade, Reporting for Narco News March 10, 2006 When Zapatista Subcomandante Marcos ("Delegate Zero") and the Zapatista Sixth Commission visited the state of Oaxaca in February as part of the Other Campaign, the purpose was to listen to the "simple and humble people who fight." What Marcos heard was a panorama of repression that the state has lived in for many years. Shortly after the visit, the people of Oaxaca again came under a wave of violent political repression against those that say "ya basta!" ("enough!") to the injustices of the bad governments. However, now the adherents to the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle are organizing to fight back. A press conference was held on Monday, March 6, 2006 by individuals and organizations that make up the Other Campaign in Oaxaca. The purpose of the conference was to shed light on the recent wave of human rights abuses and political violence in their state and promote their continued activities against political repression and the building of a campaign to free political prisoners. What follows is an outline of three of the injustices that have been committed against people or communities that participated in some way in the Other Campaign. Unmentioned here are the events in San Blas Atempa. This self-declared autonomous municipality and ally of the Other Campaign was occupied by hundreds of state police one week ago in an event already covered in the pages of Narco News. SAN JUAN BOSCO CHUXNABAN - February 19, 2006 The events of Chuxnaban have been documented in local newspapers. While the events as portrayed in the local media are accurate there are allegations of misinformation on the part of both the state and municipal governments and reporters by members of the local government. The town of San Juan Bosco Chuxnaban, a Mixe indigenous community in the Northern Sierra, is politically divided into two camps. On one side are the local members of the PRI and their cohorts and on the other side are community members who participate in the community assembly and elect their officials through the process known as "usos y costumbres." The focus of this struggle has been the control of the agencia of San Juan Bosco Chuxnaban. In Mexico, several towns and villages are often grouped together into a single "municipality." An agencia is a smaller body that governs a single town and is beneath a larger municipal government, in this case the municipality of San Miguel Quetzaltepec. On February 19 at one o'clock in the morning, according to documents released by the San Juan Bosco Chuxnaban agencia as well as a report published in the local newspaper Noticias the next day, this community suffered an invasion of over 60 heavily armed state judicial police. Under a barrage of tear gas and gunfire, this community became a war zone. The masked police shot indiscriminately throughout the community and perpetuated acts of violence against the citizens. During the operation three community members were specifically targeted and arrested and one was disappeared. Lorenzo Canseco Herna'ndez (former official in the local agencia), Anastacio Morales Vasquez (former town secretary) and Pioquinto Va'squez Martinez (current treasurer of communal properties) were arrested and members of their family beaten in the process. Filomeno Flores Sanchez could not be located after the incident and it was presumed that he was arrested. He was found alive a day later in a forest near the highway with his hands handcuffed behind his back. The pretext for such violence, according to the state Solicitor General's office, is the supposed involvement of the detainees in the rape of Cleotilde A'lvarez Peralta and the homicide of police officer Eleonides Jose' Sanchez. According to documents released by the Chuxnaban agencia on February 20, the local government denies "that our compa~eros that are now detained have committed any illegal act..Their only crime was that of having served and being at the service of our community fulfilling.the norms and mandates that our ancestors have taught us and which to us are the supreme law." Another document released the previous day states: "We know that behind these actions can be found people who want to cause division and confrontation in our community." and that "these people.are encouraged and backed by the government and the PRI." The document lists a number of local citizens who are supposedly affiliated with the PRI and have helped to divide the community. In another document released by the agencia they accuse these same people of various acts committed in the past that link them with political violence. An article that appeared in Noticias on February 27 claims that the detainees are "Zapatista leaders" and have used their past government posts to manipulate the community. This article was written by Gabino Sa`nchez Vasquez, a former municipal president of San Miguel Quetzaltepec. In this article Sa`nchez portrays the group of supposed PRI supporters as victims of the detainees. However, the Chuxnaban agencia accuses the same Gabino Sa`nchez Vasquez of being one of the main people responsible for the division of their community and of being the ringleader of the PRI supporters in the area. If the agencia's allegations are true, they hint at a smear campaign on the part of Gabino Sa`nchez. The detainees have been known Zapatista supporters who taught the community about human rights. Although it has not been confirmed, sources say that the three persons detained were present during the plenary sessions of the Other Campaign in Guelatao on the 8th of February and that the repression is a result of their participation in said conference SAN MIGUEL PANIXTLAHUACA - February 26, 2006 According to Indian Organizations for Human Rights in Oaxaca a member of the local government of San Miguel Panixtlahuaca violated the rights of one of the town's citizens. According to a document the group has released, the community of San Miguel Panixtlahuaca, a Chatina community in the district of Santa Catarina Juquila, has been facing aggression due to the abuse of power by local politicians allied with the PRI. In response to the community organizing in defense of their "usos y costumbres" and natural resources, the agents of the municipal government have armed themselves and issued death threats against members of the community, against members of the Commission for Communal Properties, and against Indian Organizations for Human Rights in Oaxaca. (This Indian Organizations for Human Rights participated in the Other Campaign and also forms part of the Oaxacan Promotor of National Unity Against Neoliberalism.) According to the details released by said organization, on Sunday February 26th, the town's assistant sports commissioner, Elias Cuevas Soriano, had an argument with citizen Enrique Ruiz Garcia. Cuevas Soriano asked Ruiz Garcia why the latter's son-in-law, Modesto Mendoza Mendoza, the deputy of the municipal president, has not participated in the local government. Ruiz Garcia responded that his son-in-law was elected by "usos y costumbres" and refuses to work in the local government now that it is controlled by members of the PRI. Elias Cuevas Soriano reacted to the remark by violently attacking and kicking the 60-year-old man. Enrique Ruiz Garcia suffered broken ribs and other injuries and was treated in a hospital in Oaxaca City. Local and state authorities have refused to investigate the case. The document released by Indian Organizations for Human Rights in Oaxaca places the blame for these actions on members of the local municipal government as well as the state government of Oaxaca. "These violations have as their goal the elimination of community organizing and also the provocation of violence in said community to create a climate of anxiety and in this way have pretexts to further repress the population, which is not willing to sell their rights to the highest bidder." SANTIAGO CUIXTLA - March 4, 2006 According to the same press conference by adherents of the Other Campaign in Oaxaca, violent acts were committed by members of the local governments in the Chatina region of the Oaxacan coast. A document released to the media on March 4 by the Oaxacan Promotor of National Unity Against Neoliberalism claims that on the same day in the indigenous Chatina community of Santiago Cuixtla in the municipality of Santos Reyes Nopala, agents of the government and police fired upon a community assembly. The community assembly was called because the day before, the municipal president of Nopala had begun excavating sand and gravel from the river belonging to Santiago Cuixtla without the authorization of the commissioner of communal properties. In this town there are two different governments - one elected by the community through "usos y costumbres" and another imposed by the PRI municipal government of Nopala. The community assembly is the governing body of the people and was called together to discuss the exploitation of their natural resources. While the community assembly was in session, the PRI mayor of Santos Reyes Nopala, Fredy Gil Pineda Gopar, town councilmen Julia'n Di'az and Miguel Villanueva, the mayor of Santiago Cuixtla imposed by the PRI against the decisions of the community assembly, Filiberto Herna'ndez Romero, and members of the police fired upon the community assembly with high powered weapons. According to said document, the municipal president, Fredy Gil Pineda Gopar led the action and personally fired at the assembly. Jesus Carmona Mijangos and Marino Cruz Canseco were severely wounded. Seven more were detained and one person, Toma's Ruiz Carmona remains disappeared. Ruiz Carmona was elected mayor of Santiago Cuixtla by the community assembly. One of the wounded and everyone who was detained are members of the organizations Popular Revolutionary Front and Indian Organizations for Human Rights in Oaxaca, both of whom played an important part in the Other Campaign in Oaxaca. The building which houses the offices of the agencia were then occupied by the illegitimate authorities of Santiago Cuixtla and their violent cohorts from Santos Reyes Nopala. The community-elected authorities of the agencia were evicted and the offices continued to be occupied by agents of the PRI. "The Struggle Continues." The state of repression under which the people of Oaxaca are suffering is largely connected with the continued authoritarianism of the PRI. As the elections are drawing near, local caciques (political bosses) are working hard to ensure PRI dominance in their regions and to do away with any and all opposition. A driving social force of opposition is the Other Campaign. While the government did not repress the public activities of the Other Campaign during the time Marcos was here, it seems the regime is working against the social bases of the alternative that the Other Campaign represents. A persistent force for social change in Oaxaca has been the Oaxacan Promoter of National Unity against Neoliberalism, often simply called "el Promotor," whose members also help to make up the Other Campaign. On March 8, International Women's Day, this organization held two marches that were violently repressed by the police. In the state capital, a peaceful march of women demanding the release of political prisoners and the cessation of political repression tried to enter the public square. The march was stopped by over 200 riot police. The women circled the square a few times trying to exercise their right to free speech. They were unsuccessful and chained themselves to the metal barricades blocking their entrance. They offered the police flowers and upon their refusal threw them at their feet. In another march in the city of Puerto Escondido, the Promotor blocked a highway trying to seal off access to the airport to call for a dialog with state authorities to solve the problems in the two Chatina communities described above and for the release of the political prisoners detained in the incident. The protesters were met with tear gas, beatings and arrests as the police attempted to break up the demonstration. The social forces of the Other Campaign and the continued presence of the Promoter have given impetus to continued struggle. The Other Campaign has expressed its commitment to building a statewide and national movement for the release of political prisoners that will begin on March 15, the International Day Against Police Brutality. The Promotor has called for a statewide struggle beginning on March 20. Whatever the organization, the citizens of Oaxaca have demonstrated their solidarity with the people and communities that suffer this violence and have joined together to demand that governor Ulises Ruiz cease the repression against the marginalized people. These people now have the hope of a just and dignified life. Their only "crime" is that of manifesting their opposition and demands to claim their individual and collective rights, not just in Oaxaca but throughout Mexico and the world as well. -- To subscribe to this list send a message containing the words subscribe chiapas95 (or chiapas95-lite, or chiapas95-english, or chiapas95-espanol) to majordomo@eco.utexas.edu. Previous messages are available from http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Cleaver/chiapas95.html or gopher to Texas, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Economics, Mailing Lists. --------- "RE: Large Caseloads the norm for Arapaho CPS Office" --------- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 08:40:29 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CHILD PROTECTION CASELOADS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.casperstartribune.net/14b687257128001aba63.txt Large caseloads the norm for Arapaho CPS office By ANTHONY LANE Star-Tribune staff writer Sunday, March 5, 2006 ARAPAHOE - The office for Northern Arapaho Child Protection Services is tucked behind tribal buildings near the southeast corner of the Wind River Indian Reservation. Access to the front door is through a gate in a chain- link fence."Are you with the telephone company?" a woman at the front desk asked last week when a Star-Tribune reporter and photographer entered the building. The need for additional phone lines at the office is clear to many who have called the agency, only to be greeted with a busy signal. Director Velma Rhodes said the phone problem will soon be resolved as employees work out kinks at the facility they've occupied for nearly a year. On a positive note, the staff is growing, Rhodes said. She said the agency now has about a dozen employees, half of them social workers. Still, the numbers those employees face are daunting. There are about 6,000 Northern Arapaho living on and around the Wind River Indian Reservation, Rhodes said. "I can tell you that right now, half of the population is under 18," Rhodes said. She estimated that social workers from her agency might be working with 500 of those children at any given time. That translates to nearly 100 caseloads per social worker in her office. Rodger McDaniel, director of Wyoming's Department of Family Services, said a typical caseload for a social worker in other parts of Wyoming might be in the mid-20s. Northern Arapaho Child Protection Services has gone through a number of changes. DFS used to contract with both the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone to provide social services on the reservation. The Northern Arapaho declined to renew that contract in 2004. In spite of the change, McDaniel said, DFS continues to work closely with the Northern Arapaho agency to improve the services it provides while making efforts to respect the tribe's sovereignty. Rhodes was reluctant to talk about the July 2, 2004, death of Marcella Hope Yellowbear, a 22-month-old who had been under the supervision of Northern Arapaho social services for much of her short life. She said the case was closed before the girl was returned to live with her parents. Once a permanent placement is made, Rhodes said, a guardian has the right to make decisions of that sort. The abuse Marcella Yellowbear suffered and her eventual death brought criticism upon the protection agency, Rhodes said. "And we can't go out and defend ourselves," Rhodes said. Andrew Yellowbear Jr. and his legal counsel will be mounting a defense this week against a charge of first-degree felony murder in connection with the his daughter's death. The girl's mother, Macalia Blackburn, has admitted to being an accessory to second-degree murder in the girl's death. Rhodes spoke of connections between the agency and the Yellowbear case. She and another employee have relatives who have children by Andrew Yellowbear. These types of connections can also be beneficial, Rhodes said. "We have the advantage because we're right here among our relatives," Rhodes said. "We know everybody on the reservation." Copyright c. 1995-2006 Casper Star Tribune - Lee Enterprises. --------- "RE: Additional Public Safety distribited to Navajo" --------- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:02:41 -0700 From: Karen Francis Subj: Additional public safety distribited to Navajo Nation Contact: Karen Francis, Public Information Officer Navajo Nation Council Office of the Speaker (928) 871-7160 karenfrancis@navajo.org www.navajonationcouncil.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Thursday, March 9, 2006 Additional Public Safety Funds Distributed to Navajo Funds Reflect Results of Extensive Efforts by the Navajo Nation Council Public Safety Committee The Bureau of Indian Affairs has announced that it will be providing the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety with an additional $670,348 to cover personnel costs. The purpose of the award is to increase law enforcement and is to be used for staffing needs to combat abuse of methamphetamine and other illegal drugs, violent crimes and for other high priority needs on the Navajo Nation. The funds now being allocated to the Navajo Nation are coming from an increase in the BIA law enforcement budget that was achieved in part by a major effort of the Navajo Nation Council Public Safety Committee over the last several years to raise awareness levels in Washington on the public safety crisis on the Navajo Nation. The results of this effort were clearly reflected in the FY 2006 Interior appropriations bill. That legislation, which provided for an increase of about half of one percent in overall funding for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, far below the inflation rate, provided for a 10.89 percent increase for Indian Country public safety, substantially above the inflation rate. "We have been in a full court press in Washington for several years now seeking additional funding for manpower and detention facilities," noted Navajo Nation Council Public Safety Committee Chairperson MacDonald- LoneTree. "It is gratifying to see this effort pay off in a tangible way for the Navajo Nation." "Unfortunately, as much as we appreciate these additional funds, the Navajo Nation still receives far less than its fair share of BIA public safety dollars," said Chairperson MacDonald-LoneTree. Currently, the Navajo Nation receives only 12 percent of BIA public safety dollars, although according to the 2000 census one-third of the on-reservation Indian population in the United States lives on the Navajo Nation. "Until this inequity is corrected, it will be difficult for the Navajo Nation to adequately address the public safety situation on the reservation, which in recent years has gone from bad to worse, principally because of an explosion in meth-amphetamine use," added Chairperson MacDonald-LoneTree. The Navajo Nation Public Safety Division is responsible for an area the size of West Virginia, with a resident population of approximately 200,000 and with tourism, a transient population of hundreds of thousands of non- Indians every year. The Navajo Nation polices this area with a small force of officers. In addition to responding to community incidents, the Navajo police force also provides protection to major dams and power plants, as well as hundreds of miles of interstate highways, high voltage transmission lines and gas pipelines. --------- "RE: Prison Officials urged to ban non-Indians" --------- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 08:53:22 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="NO SWEATS FOR NON-INDIANS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4604048&nav=menu113_1_5 Nevada prison officials urged to ban non-Indians from ceremonies CARSON CITY March 8, 2006 American Indian spiritual advisers say prison officials should bar whites from participating in Indian religious ceremonies conducted in a sweat lodge at Nevada State Prison. The spiritual advisers commented at a hearing following a background check that shows many participants in sweat lodge ceremonies for inmates segregated from the general prison population are Caucasian. Officials checked with Indian tribes in response to complaints and found most participants in the sweat lodge are white or Hispanic. The inmates are sex offenders, violent offenders and others who have been segregated from the general prison population. Throughout the hearing, called by the Nevada Indian Commission, the spiritual leaders emphasized they're sensitive to people who may not be full-blooded Indians, but want to follow the Indian ways. Copyright c. 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. Copyright c. 2006 KRNV-Reno. --------- "RE: Native Prisoner" --------- Date: Monday, March 06, 2006 7:47 AM From: Janet Smith [owlstar@bellsouth.net] Subj: NA News Item -- Restorative Justice Circles extend into Schools http://www.coastreporter.net/C588257125007C8E2E?OpenDocument Restorative justice circles extend into schools PILOT PROGRAM By Patricia Hall/Staff Writer The restorative justice model of repairing harm has successfully been brought into schools through a pilot program and is expected to continue to expand as an alternative to suspensions. In a workshop at Chatelech Secondary School last week, a group of 20 RCMP officers, teachers and community members were training to be facilitators for restorative justice circles. The circles, which have been taking place at Chat since last year, include both the youth who caused harm, the youth harmed, a school administrator, support people for each youth, a facilitator, a co-facilitator and an RCMP officer for criminal offences. The program is an extension and partnership of the restorative justice model in the community that RCMP have been using as a potential alternative to court for offenders, depending on seriousness and remorse, since the 90s. Examples of offences referred to alternative measures include theft under $5,000, uttering threats, mischief, fraud, drug possession and obstruction. Circles have a huge success rate and show low rates of re-offending, according to Suzette Stevenson, Sunshine Coast Community Justice Program co-ordinator. The volunteer-run program, based at the Sunshine Coast RCMP detachment in Sechelt, operates with minimal financial costs, receiving a $2,500 grant from the provincial Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General per year, as well as grants-in-aid from the Sunshine Coast Regional District and the District of Sechelt. The Youth Criminal Justice Act mandates that alternative measures be considered for first-time offences, Suzette said, which could include circles or writing letters. The goal of restorative justice is to intervene early and have offenders realize the impacts of their actions, to take responsibility and to repair harm. "It's not the answer for everybody, but if you can intervene at a certain point, you can make a difference," Stevenson said. Involvement of both victim and offender in a circle is entirely voluntary, after police or the school refer the matter to a circle. The offender must show remorse to be referred. Circles in the schools can take place for non-criminal issues such as bullying. Discussions for the pilot project at Chat began last May and the program took off in September. Now teachers from other schools are getting trained to bring the program to more schools in the district. The pilot's continuation will be reassessed in June. In her experience facilitating circles, Stevenson has found youths and parents were satisfied with the results. The parents appreciate the learning experience for their children of talking about how they reached that point and realizing how their actions affected other people and their community. In the circles, the victims, or those who were harmed, can feel heard, talk about and gain an understanding of what happened and often realize the incident was random rather than targeted against them, Stevenson explained. Everyone in the circle must agree on a contract for the offender to fulfill to repair the harm. The circle then assigns one of the participants to supervise and support the person through completion of the contract. The non-judgmental process allows the youths doing the harm to gain an understanding of what took place and to successfully re-integrate into the community and the school. The restorative justice model originated from the Maori people in New Zealand and has now spread throughout the world. The circles are similar to Aboriginal sentencing and healing circles but are more structured and are scripted, Stevenson explained. Two of the Sunshine Coast RCMP officers recently trained as facilitators have an Aboriginal background, Stevenson said. The circles are also useful for elementary school students because offenders under age 12 cannot be criminally charged, so this process deals with the issue, she said. Halfmoon Bay (HMB) Com-munity School has taken on a restorative justice approach to discipline through a restitution model. The school identifies core values, then teachers go over the values in the classroom. If there is an incident, they can then go back to the core values, explained HMB co-ordinator Sue Lamb. The question they ask in restitution is, "Are you being the person you want to be?" "The goal is to strengthen the individuals rather than punish," Lamb said. And so far, the model has proven successful. "Incidences of students being sent to the office has dropped dramatically," Lamb said. She has also facilitated circles. "In the circle, you have to face the people you've harmed," Lamb said. "You're helped to see the effects your behaviour may have on others." Circles have also taken place at the Sunshine Coast Alternative School. Principal Sally Thicke has found the process had positive effects on students' behaviour and the school culture. "The goal is to bring about a resolution when there has been some conduct or behaviour that has affected one person or the school community, to bring accountability," Thicke said. "The process has shown to have little recidivism." At the beginning, the youth find the circles uncomfortable and difficult, but by the end they are thankful because they have made amends and experienced forgiveness, she said. The person who has done harm is reintegrated into the community rather than being labelled as a "bad guy," she added. "I haven't seen or heard anything more effective than this in dealing with bullying," Thicke concluded. Chat vice-principal Ann Skelcher has taken an active role in the program, sitting in on about 15 to 20 circles in the school so far. A major goal of the program, she said, is to help students take full responsibility for what happened and to find a way to give back and restore. Suspensions will push students away, leave them angry, and leave the parents with full responsibility for discipline. "I think that is the very worst thing we can do for kids is to push them away," Skelcher said. The school must still follow school board policies for suspensions, such as school safety incidents or use of weapons, but those incidents can also go to an RCMP-referred circle in the school. Detentions and suspensions don't help the students fix the problem, she said. "We decided to try it and it's been very successful," she said. "Ninety- five per cent of the parents have been extremely supportive and very grateful to have that opportunity to be involved in the circle." She hopes the program will go well beyond June and noted a need to train more facilitators in the schools. "We're really grateful to Suzette and the community facilitators because without them we would not have been able to make this move," Skelcher said. Sandra Hawkins, a trainer of community justice facilitators for the RCMP provincially, was teaching the workshop at Chat last week. Hawkins, who is a retired teacher, was visiting from Williams Lake. She trains facilitators throughout the province. "I particularly enjoyed doing the Sechelt training, not only because it is such a beautiful place, but because there is a lot of enthusiasm for Restorative Justice here," Hawkins said. "It is evident that the local RCMP are supporting the program and other community members are assisting where they can." The three-day training session involved information, discussion and simulation circles. The only cost to the community was the expenses from presenting the workshop. Copyright c. 2004 by Coast Reporter Newspaper. --------- "RE: History: Carlisle Indian School" --------- Date: Monday, February 20, 2006 04:57 am From: Barbara Landis Subj: February 3, 1893 INDIAN HELPER, Carlisle Indian School Newpaper [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 Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa. =============================================== VOL. VIII. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1893, No. 20 =============================================== A BIT OF POTTERY. ------ THE potter stood at his daily work, One patient foot on the ground; The other with never slackening speed Turning his swift wheel round. Silent we stood beside him there, Watching the restless knee, Till my friend said low, in pitying voice, "How tired his foot must be!" The potter never paused in his work, Shaping the wondrous thing; 'Twas only a common flower pot, But perfect in fashioning. Slowly he raised his patient eyes, With homely truth inspired: "No, marm; it isn't the foot that kicks; The one that stands gets tired!" --------- After all depend upon it, it is better to be worn out with work in a thronged community than to perish with inaction in a stagnant solitude; take this truth into consideration whenever you get tired of work and bustle. CHARLOTTE BRONTE ============== GRANDMAMMA'S STOCKING. ------ By special request of a good friend of the HELPER, we reprint from the *Bombay Guardian* the following touching story of the eminent and lamented Philip P. Bliss. Being too long for one issue of our little paper we run it through two numbers: Just whenever Sankey's songs and solos are sung, there the name of Philip P. Bliss is familiar and dear. Philip was a poor boy. At the age of fourteen he left his home and commenced work on his own account on a farm and in lumber woods, getting as little sometimes as five dollars per month and board, saving carefully all of his earnings and using them for an education. In the course of time he began to study music, and finally wishing to attend a normal music school at Genesee, N.Y., he attempted to raise the needed money, when he met with discouragements. He was living at the time in Rome, Pa., with a very respectable Christian farmer, whose daughter he afterward married. A portion of the farmhouse was occupied by the grandmother. Grandma and Mr. Bliss were great friends. One day, being discouraged in trying to get money for the music school, he went into grandma's room, and throwing himself down upon the old-fashioned lounge gave vent to tears. Grandma was astonished, as she had never seen him otherwise than good humored and bubbling over with mirth and fun. Grandma was a little, short, straight, kind-hearted old lady; she wore a white frilled cap and a large white apron. She came to the lounge and said:- "Why, Phil, what is the matter? Has there anything happened? I didn't know you could cry so. Tell me what it is, quick?" - standing with her hands upon her hips and her face stamped with deepest concern. Phil answered, "Oh nothing, grandma; it will be all over in a minute." But grandma insisted upon knowing all about it at once. So Mr. Bliss opened his heart and told her of his ambitious desire to go to the music school, which would most likely have brought a rebuke from any other member of the family but grandma. He told her of his inability to raise the necessary fund, and that after a good cry he would give it up, and grandma should see no more tears. "Well, Phil," said grandma, "how much money do you suppose it would take to go to the ___ what kind of a school did you call it?" "It would take a good deal, grandma." "Well, how much?" "It would take as much as thirty dollars." "Thirty dollars! why, Phil, thirty dollars would buy a good cow." "Yes, grandma, I know it, and I'll give it up." "Thirty dollars," said grandma. "How much have you got?" ------------------------------------------ (*Continued on the Fourth Page.*) ================================================================ (p. 2) The Indian Helper.. ----------------------------- PRINTED EVERY FRIDAY, -AT THE- INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA. BY INDIAN 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. ============================= Wilkinson Johnson, who writes from Tuscarora for the HELPER to be sent him, says he is improving in health since he arrived home and hopes to be able to get so well that he can come back to us in the spring. ---------- Miss Bratton of town subscribes for a little friend saying "She is one of the many little girls who have enjoyed hearing the HELPER read to them by others and now she says she 'wants one of her very own.'" ---------- Yesterday was Ground Hog Day. The tradition is that if the ground hog sees his shadow on February 2nd the weather will be bad for forty days, but if the day is cloudy and he fails to see it the weather will be good for the same period. Did you see him? ---------- Mr. Wolfe an Omaha Indian is visiting our school. He is a graduate of Carlisle, Pa. Mr. Wolfe is tall; straight as an arrow, dresses in the latest style and has none of that cowboy manner common to so many of the Indian boys. -[Pipe of Peace, Genoa, Nebr. ---------- Complete Volumes for 1891 of *Littell's Living Age* and the *Forum* have been contributed to our Reading Rooms by the Salem Book Club, for which those of our boys and girls who are intelligent enough to appreciate the deep reading therein contained are truly grateful. -------- "Stiya" is a story of an Indian girl who came to Carlisle from a Pueblo village, New Mexico, and after a few years of civilization went back to her people to fight a desperate battle for the right. This book has been sold for fifty cents postage paid by the purchaser, but the same will now be sent post paid on the receipt of fifty cents. Address HELPER. -------- Extracts from two home letters: "I like it very well to stay here Carlisle School it is so pleasant. I never think to go back to my home it seems to me sometimes this is my home, only I don't see you, mother." "I don't know when I shall go home for it is very hard to go away from this school after anybody had been here long and learned to love this school." Rev. Dr. Lippincott, Pastor of the Broad and Arch St. Methodist Church of Philadelphia, and wife, will be entertained at luncheon today, by Capt. and Mrs. Pratt. It has seemed a long time since we regularly listened to Dr. Lippincott's instructive and interesting talks to us in our chapel, when he was Professor of Mathematics in Dickinson College. Most of the Faculty and a large number of the students of our school participated in the exercises yesterday at the Bosler Memorial Hall in observation of the day of Prayer for Colleges at which the Rev. Dr. Lippincott preached a most forcible and eloquent sermon. --------- Solomon Brown's Sunday School teacher at Newtown, Miss Fanny Rubinkam, writes that he has not missed one Sunday since the first of October. Others mentioned as being quite regular in attendance and much interested are Daniel and Victor Bear and Alexander Manabove. Knox Nostlin comes when he can, is very gentlemanly and says he is not Indian any more. Gilbert Pusher took dinner with his teacher on Sunday. She hears from Col. Horn occasionally. He was married on Nov. 3rd to Maud Chief Killer and is still at the Cheyenne Mission. Both Col. Horn and Maud are ex-students of Carlisle. --------- A letter from Randall Delchay gives the startling news that Almo Cottonwood who went to his home at San Carlos, Arizona, but a few weeks ago was murdered, the particulars of which Randall did not know at the time he wrote. The Carlisle boys there are stricken with grief at the loss of their friend. Almo was one of Carlisle's good and faithful Apache boys and would have done credit to the school and to himself, had he been permitted to live. Many are his friends at the school whose hearts have been touched with grief at the sad news. --------- Mr. Colins' memorable comparison of two weeks ago between education and and people with big eyes standing on the top of a high hill, in connection with last Friday's amusing story told by Mr. Williams in which "Ain't it Cholly" appeared so many times, has caused "big eyes" and "Ain't it Cholly," to be very popular expressions in the last few days. The latest was brought out by a picture of an owl in No. 7 at which David Tipsico gazed for a moment and then began to laugh. "He must be very well educated, he has such big eyes. He must be on top of the hill,' ejaculated David, then turning suddenly to his companion said, "Ain't it Coolly?" which completed the ludicrous scene and caused a burst of laughter from all who heard the remark. --------- Miss Luckenbach and Miss McAfee went over to Harrisburg Tuesday evening to attend the Conference of the Young People of the Presbytery of Carlisle on Christian Endeavor work. Among the eminent speakers they had the pleasure of listening to were Mr. Robert E. Speer, whose Bible Classes at Northfield some of our boys have enjoyed, and Mr. L.D. Wishard, the Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. international Committee, who has been around the world in his Missionary work. =================================================== (p. 3) ? Who? Who made the best speech of the evening at the Public Debate? William Denomie. Who had the wittiest speech? Samuel Sixkiller. Who can make the best chocolate cake you ever ate? Minnie Topi. Who greased the pan for Minnie's cake, and is as good as gold in her line of work? Carrie Cornelius. Who likes wintergreen lozenges? Grace Dixon and Jack Standing. Who has sold more Stiyas than any other Indian boy? Solomon Collins. Who sets and distributes type by time losing no minutes? Timothy Henry. Who can skate a backward ring, and fling the foot to the perfection of grace? Felix. Who was the best looking guest at the desk reception on Monday evening? Wasn't it Cholly? Who has a fine new Stenographer's chair - the perfection of business comfort? Miss Nana. Who is Mrs. Sage's standby these days? Julia Given. Who can eat the most pot pie? William Petoskey. Who, of the horses, has been the longest and most faithful of Carlisle workers? "Ain't it Cholly?" Who was always willing and did the best she could while waiting upon table last month? Alpha Scott. Who is the most business-like little orderly the captain has had for many a day? Homer Patterson. Who enjoys a walk to the lower farm and back on a cool evening? Not the breakers of school regulations. Who was "good old reliable" at teachers' club last month, and is found so in everything she undertakes? Sallie Face. Who likes to stand out on the school balcony to sharpen pencils and are not in a hurry to get back to their seats? Some boys. Who asked the Captain for a "wake up" clock, the other day, meaning an alarm clock? The M.O.T.B.S. will never tell. Who always begin their home letters "I thought I would write you a few lines, etc." just as though the person to whom they are writing did not KNOW that? SEVERAL. Who went to Harrisburg to attend an Equal Rights meeting in the House of Representatives and found when they got there that they were only a month too early? Echo answers, "Who?" Who, on her way found a neatly done up package in the lane and thinking it belonged to some Indian shoppers she had just passed, gathered up the bundle, toted into the first store, and carefully labeled it Indian School, to find in the package upon opening it the next day a dead opossum, and that she had been the victim of a practical joke? Miss Ely. Pay-day, Wednesday. S p r e c h e n S i e D e u t s c h ? The girls' quarters are being refloored. The ice is going and soon will be gone. Miss Carter is suffering from an attack of tonsilitis. The mist on Wednesday was quite equal to a London fog. They have an orchestra at the Genoa Indian School, in Nebraska. The trees rained icicles, Sunday morning, and the sight was beautiful to behold. There is a promise of a drop of fifteen or twenty degrees in temperature before tonight. Get out the skates! A tremendous bonfire of old condemned trash was one of the interesting sights to some of our pupils Saturday morning. If the expected cold wave arrives soon we will have numerous frozen puddles for skating ponds. The recent thaw has been kind to us. There is to be a public Sale of Condemned property here a week from tomorrow. Among the most valuable condemned articles to be sold are four sewing-machines and a farm horse. The Crescent Banjo Club of Boston, consisting of six of the most sensible traveling women we ever met, discoursed sweet music for the ears of the Indian boys and girls on Friday last. A part of the entertainment were side-splitting impersonations by Mr. Williams the only gentleman of the Company. Harry Kohpay has gone to Eastman Business College, at Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and takes with him the best wishes of a host of friends at Carlisle for the success of his undertaking to get a good business education. By close economy Harry will manage to pay his own way which is by far the best business part of his whole business scheme. Miss Carter having received one of the extensively advertised Chautauqua Desks through the Larkin Soap Manufacturing Company of Buffalo, was asked daily until it came if the desk had arrived. When it did come last Monday she held an after study-hour reception in honor of its arrival, and to satisfy the curiosity of her friends as to the returns she got for the money expended. The desk is all that it claimed to be, was much admired by her guests and the reception most thoroughly enjoyed. The Invincibles gave a public debate last Friday evening upon the question "Resolved, That all the Indian pupils in the United States should salute the United States flag on the 8th day of February in honor of the Dawes Bill." The principal speakers were Affirmative: Julius Brown, William Petoskey, William Denomie, and Edwin Schanandore; Negative; Samuel Six-killer, Martin Archiquette, William Leighton, and Benjamin Caswell. There were many strong as well as witty sentiments uttered favoring both sides which we wish there was room to record in our little paper, the Judges, Messers, Standing, Kensler and Big Horse rendered a decision on the merits of the argument in favor of the Negative. =================================================== (Continued from First Page.) --------------------------------------------------- "Only five dollars that is all," and the tears started again. Grandma was twisting the corners of her apron nervously. "Thirty dollars. S-h, Keep still. Phil, if I'll tell you something won't you never tell?" His curiosity was touched. "No, grandma, what is it?" "Wait now, Phil, till I pull down the curtain and lock the door. Somebody might look in or come in," and she pulled the curtains down and locked the door. "Now, Phil, you won't never tell anybody will you, if I tell you? I thought I never would tell anybody. But a long time ago I hung up an old stocking. La-me, it must be five years ago." She started after the stocking, when she stopped and returning said: "I do believe it was ten years ago, and I have been putting a dime in now and then; I thought I might want a little medicine sometime, so when I sold a few eggs I put the money into the old stocking. I shouldn't wonder if it was all of *fifteen* years since I hung up the old stocking." She went to a clothes-press under a back stairway where cast off and extra clothing hung, and from a dark corner she brought forth the old stocking. "My! but it is awful heavy, Phil!" It was one of the two-story kind. Grandma turned it bottom side upon the floor and its contents lay in a heap before them, and they were both surprised. (*concluded next week*) ====================== HATTIE INDIGNANT, AND SHE HAD A RIGHT TO BE. --------- Hattie Longwolf, class '92, who is now attending the Normal School at Madison, Dakota, was made very indignant the other day by the public remarks of a visitor who said of Indians that he had visited an Indian school somewhere but he did not believe in educating them, as they sit in one corner, pick their teeth and let the Government feed them. He did not know that an Indian was in the audience. Hattie says, "I sat there and was obliged to listen to all that he had to say about my relatives. Then he heard me recite, and I was so angry at him that I was ready to speak for my people should he say any more about the Indians. He found out that an Indian can stand where a white man can stand. He sat in his seat and stared at me. I came home down hearted that day." --------- The smell of tobacco on a Christian's breath never does the Lord any good. ---------- Give a lie the right of way and it would wreck the universe. ---------- It is very easy to find reasons why other persons should be patient. ---------- The devil is sure of the man who believes he can stand in slippery places. ---------- A good way to find out how much religion people have is to watch them when they can't have their own way. ---------- Enigma. I am made of 16 letters. My 4, 8, 9 is a noise. My 1, 2, 14, 13, 12 is what will begin to show its green head ere long. My 16, 7, 3, 15 is to stop in one place. My 6, 10, 5, 11 is what many of the Indian Territory boys and girls suffer when at home, and what some brought with them to Carlisle. My whole is what is troubling about six of our boys and girls at present. --------- ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S ENIGMA: Opportunity. ====================================================== STANDING OFFER. Premiums will be forwarded free to persons sending subscriptions for the INDIAN HELPER, as follows: 1. For one subscription and a 2-cent stamp extra, a printed copy of the Pueblo photo advertised below in paragraph 5. 2. For two subscriptions and a 1-cent stamp extra, the printed copy of Apache contrast, the original photo of which, composing two groups, on separate cards (8x10), may be had by sending 30 subscriptions and 5 cents extra. (This is the most popular photograph we have ever had taken, as it shows such a decided contrast between a group of Apaches as they arrived and the same pupils four months later.) 3. For five subscriptions and a 1-cent stamp extra, a group of the 17 Indian printer boys. Name and tribe of each given. Or, pretty faced pappoose in Indian cradle. Or, Richard Davis and family. 4. For seven subscriptions and a 2-cent stamp extra, a boudoir combination showing all our prominent buildings. 5. For ten subscriptions and a 2-cent stamp extra, two photographs, one showing a group of Pueblos as they arrived in their Indian dress and another of the same pupils three years after, showing marked and interesting contrast. Or, a contrast of a Navajo boy as he arrived and a few years after. 6. For fifteen subscriptions and 5-cents extra, a group of the whole school (9x14), faces show distinctly. Or, 8x10 photo of prominent Sioux chiefs. Or, 8x10 photo of Indian baseball club. Or, 8x10 photo of graduating classes, choice of '89, '90, '91. Or, 8x10 photo of buildings. 7. For forty subscriptions and 7-cents extra, a copy of "Stiya, a returned Carlisle Indian girl at home." Without accompanying extra for postage, premiums will not be sent. -------------------------------------------------- For THE RED MAN, an 8-page periodical containing a summary of all Indian news and selections from the best writers upon the subject, address RED MAN, Carlisle Pa. Terms, fifty cents a year of twelve numbers. The same premium is given for ONE subscription and accompanying extra for postage as is offered for five names for the HELPER. ================================================= Transcribed from the original by Barbara Landis-- http://www.carlisleindianschool.org There is a blog with space for comments linked among the menu options on the web pages. *indicates word between asterisks is italicized in the original text. -- Barbara C. Landis PO Box 1451, Carlisle PA 17013 Carlisle Indian School Research Pages http://www.carlisleindianschool.org Tel: 717.418.2158 (cell) --------- "RE: Rustywire: Looking for Indians" --------- Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:43:34 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="RUSTYWIRE: LOOKING" http://www.rustywire.com/Starmtn/looking.html Looking for Indians by Johnny Rustywire I am looking for Indians, those who walked these lands way before I was born. Tell me about their grandfather stories and songs of old. Sing me your song and tell me about your people and their hearts. I want to see you speak of your children and how we live for them. I am a visitor from lands far off and I have journeyed long to learn about you. I am not looking to become you but I want to hear of your people. I want to hear your songs and I will sing mine, I want to know how you have survived and I will tell you about wind mesas and sand washes... I want to listen to your chants, the beating of your hearts and the dreams, hopes and places you would like to see, because I can not see them without your eyes. Whereever you may be from, the valleys and hilltops, mountains and seaways.... call my name in the wind and I will hear you and want to see where have lived, loved, and continue on as a child of this land..... tell me, I wait to hear your voices... Copyright c. 1999, Johnny Rustywire, all rights reserved. --------- "RE: John Berry Poem: Work-a-day" --------- Date: 2005/12/16 Fri PM 01:32:50 EST From: "John D. Berry" Subj: Work-a-day Mailing List: NetRez-L Work-a-day Chilly dawn today, Full moon wrapped, In fluffy clouds. Rather than, Being on the road, In this cold. I'd rather be, Snuggled down, Entwined with you. So, I blow you, A kiss and wish for you, Sweet dreams. John D. Berry, December, 2005 --------- "RE: Upcoming Events" --------- Date: Mon March 12, 2006 14:45:22 -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. --------- "RE: Penn Cove Water Festival" --------- Date: 2006/02/28 Tue PM 11:04:52 EST From: Lynda Spiritdove Imburgia Subj: Tribal Invitation... Official All Tribe Open Invitation...Feel Free To Copy & Send! We Welcome You!!! You and your families are invited to attend our annual Historical "Penn Cove Water Festival!" This is a time to open our hearts in friendship and sharing. A time to welcome our First Nations Neighbors! We will be joining our Ancestors on Whidbey Island in the town of Coupeville by welcoming you and sharing our gifts and talents together. We wish for you to mark this day on your calendars and copy and send this invitation far and wide! We request the honor of your presence with open arms. THE PENN COVE WATER FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MAY 6TH, 2005. IT WILL BE HELD IN THE TOWN OF COUPEVILLE, WA. ON WHIDBEY ISLAND. THE HOURS WILL BE FROM 11AM TO 6PM. THERE WILL BE CANOE RACES, PERFORMERS, FRY BREAD, VENDORS, CHILDRENS ACTIVITIES, CARING FOR THE EARTH EDUCATIONAL DISPLAYS & MORE!!! The Penn Cove Water Festival has been going on for generations. It is the ONLY well known Native American Event on Whidbey Island! We wish to see it continue for our children and our childrens? children. It is vitally important to us to experience this special time together so our ties will remain unbroken. What can you do? Come and Share! Join us! We respect all of you. We want you to encourage your canoe racers and other canoes, your talented men, women and children who only you know personally. Your Veterans, dancers, singers, drums, artists, environmentalists...and any and all who are willing to come and share with us! Please call us to sign up ASAP! Thanks. We always have great hospitality with treats and coffee for signed-up participants. We will be prepared to hand out free tee shirts to all who register as canoe racers and bring thier teams and canoes. Cash Prizes for canoe winners! These gifts as well as a free after Festival Dinner put on by the town of Coupeville are all ways of saying, ?We Honor You!? The canoe races will take place down at the park as always. We will have free programs with maps to help everyone. The main Festival activities, other than the canoe races, will take place in town only a short walk from the park...we also have in place a shuttle bus that will stop at the park and in town regularly to pick up and drop off all who wish to use it. We encourage all of you who attend to come and join us in both places! Experience Everything! The Live Entertainment will be onstage near the museum and the dock in town. There will be Storytellers for children as well. Art, food and craft vendors will be present in town. We would love to invite all of you to our annual event. It is a wonderful time to make new friends and to share our gifts and talents. A True Celebration... Rain or Shine! See you There! To Contact us for any questions, sign-ups or whatever...Please call... Susan Berta-(360)678-3451 or susan@orcanetwork.org...For Canoe Races Cheryl Bradkin-(360)678-5239 or bradkin@whidbey.net... Food, Arts & Craft Vendors Lynda Imburgia-(360)321-7863 or imburgia@whidbey.com... Tribal Liason/Performers Benye Weber-(360)678-4602 or jOhnwebernahma@coupeville.net... Any Questions?? **No Alcohol or Drugs Allowed...This is a Family Event! **Visit our Website! http://www.penncovewaterfestival.com/index.php --------- "RE: Kent Ware, Sr. Memorial" --------- Cherokee River Indian Community: (CRIC) 6th Annual Kent Ware, Sr. Memorial & Homecoming Festival March 30 Vendors and Campers' Setup Day March 31-- April 2, 2006 Activities Admission: $3.00 Day Rate or $5.00 Weekend-Pays Festival Utilities\Clean-up Vendor Space $40.00 a day, $90.00 for 3 days; Please contact us for an application. Free to Dancers in or with Regalia Children 12 and Under Free Friday Kid?s Day: Children arriving by school bus or van get in free. Free Primitive Camping Veterans, Drums, Youth groups and the Public are invited to enjoy this weekend.. A special invitation goes to mental health consumers and families. Dancers are encouraged to attend & receive special door prizes Join Us In Our Celebrations Including: "Memorial Service Honoring Our Elders" "Veteran & Children Honor Services" HEMSI Search & Rescue Dogs, Indian Crafts, Native Food, Intertribal Dancing, Storytelling, Demonstrations, Fire Engine Photos, Blowgun Shoot, Horseshoes, Gold Panning, Games, Vendors, Flute Playing, Friday Night's Trade Blanket, Bingo, Bond Fire, and much more... Head Staff: Head Man: TBA each day M.C: Charles La Hey Head Lady: TBA each day Arena Director: TBA Head Veterans: Gene Bagwell, Juanita Lusk & Vernon Jay Host Drum: Aracoma The Best Vendor Booth Prize starts this year voted on by people?s choice. Horseshoe pitching contest by the SilverWolf Horse Sanctuary; Blowgun contest held by CRIC Hatchet Throw contest is sponsored by HCWC HCWC Booth that mental health consumers families will enjoy Raffles, Prizes, Bingo, Fun, Fun, fun! We are located between Moulton & Double Springs, AL on Hwy 33, between the 15 and 16-mile markers. Moulton is located south of and between Decatur and Florence in the Northwest part of AL at the cross roads of State Hwy. 33, Hwy 24 & Hwy 157. - If coming from Interstate 65, exit at the Hartselle, AL onto Hwy 36, go west about 20+ miles and turn left (south) on Hwy 33. Follow the mile markers until you are about 1/2 mile pass the 16 ml. mkr. Turn left (east) at the CRIC sign go 3 miles. Call for more directions 1050 County Road 67, Moulton, AL 35650 Phone 256 292-3584, 256 566-3818, fax 256 292-3528 E-mail kbagwell@cric.org Website: www.cric.org Event Sponsored by Cherokee River Volunteer Fire Department --------- "RE: BellSouth Mosaic Career Fair" --------- Date: Narch 3, 2006 8:12 AM From: Daughtry, Chuck Subj: Mosaic Career Fair BellSouth is co-sponsoring a minority career fair for college students in the Southeast. It's entitled the Mosaic Career Fair, planned for April 7, 2006, 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET at BellSouth's Midtown II location (725 W. Peachtree St. - Auditorium) in Atlanta. This event is co-sponsored with the American Advertising Federation and is the third event of its kind sponsored by BellSouth. The Mosaic Career Fair targets minority college students from the Southeast, who are interested in entry level career opportunities and internships in advertising, marketing and other communication related fields. If you know of promising minority students, who are interested, please forward the information to them. Encourage them to RSVP and attach their resume, as soon as possible, as space is limited. (Student registration deadline is March 27, 2006.) Visit the American Advertising Federation web site to register: http://www.aaf.org/multi/mosaic_fair.html This event is free for both students and recruiters and is an excellent opportunity to connect the best and brightest students with top companies in the area. A full day (8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) is planned, with a seminar addressing interviewing skills, networking and resume writing tips, interviewing opportunities with the recruiters, lunch for the students and more. The attached link to the Mosaic Career Fair web site includes the recruiter and student registration forms and additional information. http://www.aaf.org/multi/mosaic_fair.html --------- "RE: Sacred Sites Run" --------- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 03:32:18 -0600 From: Dale M. Subj: the Sacred Sites Run http://www.sacredsitesrun.org/index.html Sacred Sites Run 2006 United to Reaffirm and to Preserve our Sacred Places by Educating America about First Nations' Ancient Past and Natural Worldviews The Sacred Sites Run evolves from the damages caused by the ruthless march of a new civilization that has leveled many sacred places and today, threatens to destroy more sacred sites of the original inhabitants of this country. The run will focus on educating the public with the traveling exhibit of Ancient North American Civilization and the existing and potential sites to be recognized by governing agencies. We will gather data at places where sites once existed and record why they were destroyed. The runners will be gathering soil near many Mississippian cultural sites and other sacred places to establish a memorial in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This manner of bringing awareness to specific places is the first of a series of peaceful symbolic actions that is to remind the public that the descendants of mound builders continue to hold these ancient places sacred. Understanding and respecting our ancient American heritage through preservation of sacred sites fosters cultural and biological diversity. The existences of these ancient earthworks on the American landscape are the physical link to the past and today's competing values are at the core of the problems with current land stewardship resulting in the further destruction of such sites. Our technological industrialized society's use of natural resources depends on our ability to balance our needs with the natural world. Through the human capacity to harmonize with the ecology we may leave our future generations something we can be proud of. Saturday, 18 March: arrive at Pinson Mounds and prepare for the Vernal Equinox activities on Sunday, 19 March and run with the Sacred Sites Runners after the sunrise ceremony in Pinson TN. This run will reserve Fridays and Saturdays as education days for the public and allow local supporters to run with the eagle staff for a day. Schedule available at http://www.sacredsitesrun.org/schedule.html --------- "RE: Indian Summer Festival" --------- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 03:32:18 -0600 From: Dale M. Subject: Indian Summer Festival http://www.indiansummer.org/ INDIAN SUMMER FESTIVAL SEPT. 9-11 MILWAUKEE - Indian Indian Summer Festival celebrates this year's theme, "Gathering by the Waters," Sept. 9-11 at Milwaukee's beautiful lakefront Henry Maier Festival Park. Festgoers of all ages will enjoy cultural demonstrators, five entertainment stages with a wide range of music, lacrosse games and demonstrations, fine arts area, marketplace, American Indian foods, herbal area, voyageurs encampment, and more. Families appreciate the fact that since festival areas where cultural activities occur are blessed and thus considered sacred, alcoholic beverages are allowed only in the areas around contemporary music stages. New this year is a "Gathering by the Waters Parade," to be held on Saturday at 3 p.m. Veterans groups, marching bands, tribal "royalty," tribal governments, schools drum groups, dancers and American Indian organizations will walk together from the southern end of the festival grounds to the pow-wow arena on the north end. American Indian nations and organizations can download a registration form at www.indiansummer.org or phone 414-229-5880. The festival's entertainment stages will present a vast range of music, including: Asani, three-person, all-women, drums and rattle; Keith Secola, folk; Brule, contemporary; Eagle and Hawk (Canada) rock; C-Weed, county & western; Litefoot, rap and Red Feather Woman, folk. Other entertainment includes a Pawnee stomp group; Winston Wuttunee, comedian; Aztec dancers; and an Aztec storyteller. This year, the presentation for the third Indian Summer Film and Video Image Awards and the second Indian Summer Music Awards will be presented at an awards ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 10. The excitement is building for both events, which will draw some of the "best and brightest" to Milwaukee. The music and film & video awards programs are the result of a partnership between Indian Summer Festival (North America's largest American Indian festival), and the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Office of American Indian Student Services. Screenings of the winning films and videos will be part of the Milwaukee Public Museum's special programming on American Indians. This film festival will be part of the museum experience, included free with museum admission. Films also will be viewed at the Holiday Folk Fair in November. The music awards are sponsored by Mohican North Star Bingo and Casino. The Indian Summer Music Awards and the Film and Video Image Awards are presented at the same awards ceremony, sponsored and produced by Looking Glass Productions. For the second time, Olympic-style, amateur boxing will be part of the festival action. Indian Summer's Regional Boxing Tournament, sponsored by the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican, will be held on Saturday and Sunday. Indian Summer Festivals and the Mohican Boxing Club are co-hosting the invitational. There will be lacrosse demonstrations, and 3-on-3 basketball tournament with prize money. While Indian Summer has hosted a collegiate lacrosse tournament in the past, this year the emphasis is on youth players, with members of area lacrosse high school teams participating. Festivalgoers are drawn to the drama and pageantry of the festival's competition pow-wow, with more than $37,000 in prize money. The pow-wow amazes with its glorious mix of sights and sounds. During special "Intertribal" dances, audience members are invited to join in the dancing. Grand Entries are held at 7 p.m. Friday, 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday, and 1 p.m. Sunday. Friday, a fiddle and jig competition will be held, and will include a new junior division. A hand drum contest, launched last year, will continue this year. A spectacular fireworks display is now being planned for Friday and Saturday evenings. In addition, Indian Summer Festival continues to expand its photo tribute to American Indians in Wisconsin who are veterans. A "Mission Welcome Home" area for veterans will provide a meeting place and information on veterans benefits. All veterans, whether they are American Indian or not. Are invited to the center, as well as all families of service personnel. Visitors to the festival can watch people from many different American Indian nations demonstrate traditional skills that were, in many cases, learned from parents or grandparents. Families can watch and ask questions as artisans do quillwork, demonstrate basket making, explain finger- weaving, carve totem poles, and weave blankets. The popular hands-on workshops for all ages where visitors can make drums, rain sticks, gourd artworks and dream catchers again will be offered at The Gathering Place. Indian Summer's villages, where traditional dwellings are recreated, bring to life time-honored traditions. Nearby, a rustic encampment captures the daily life of the traders and settlers that lived and worked with American Indians. The Circle of Fine Art Exhibition displays fine art with American Indian themes. Many of the country's best-known American Indian artists display works for viewing and for purchase. The range of media represented by this elite group of artists truly makes this a "festival within a festival." The Indian Summer Marketplace is one of the most popular areas at the festival. Vendors from throughout the U.S. and Canada offer an array of Native American-inspired crafts, artwork, books, music, pottery, blankets, jewelry, toys and beads. Eating always is a favorite festival activity. Traditional American Indian foods are available, including Indian Tacos, Buffalo, Venison, Turkey, Wild Rice, Corn Soup, Wojape (pudding), and Fry Bread in a variety of flavors. Festgoers can choose from American Indian Foods, Pizza, Chili, Burgers, Hot Dogs, Popcorn, Ice Cream and other desserts. On Sunday, there is a non-denominational Prayer Ceremony at 10 a.m. in the festival's pow-wow arena. Those attending the ceremony are admitted to the festival free of charge. Admittance to the festival grounds for the ceremony begins at 9:30 a.m. No one will be admitted free after 10 a.m. Dylan's 5K Run & Walk for Autism again is a part of the festival on Sunday. The event is a 5K Run & Walk around the Summerfest grounds, followed with free entry into Indian Summer Festival and an awards ceremony at the Miller Stage. The goal of Dylan's Run is to heighten awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorders, raise funds for the Autism Society of Southeastern Wisconsin (ASSEW) and autism research. For more information contact the Autism Society of Southeastern Wisconsin at (414) 427-9345 or visit assew@execpc.com During the day on Friday, the grounds are only open to school children and their teachers. At the end of Education Day, those groups exit the grounds, and the fest re-opens to the general public at 4 p.m. In partnership with Indian Summer Festivals, the Milwaukee Indian Education Committee (MIEC) will be collecting donations of new school supplies at the entrance to the festival on Friday, from 4-6 p.m. and again prior to the prayer ceremony on Sunday, from 9:30-10 a.m. Entrance to the festival is free during these times. Major sponsors for the festival include Potawatomi Bingo Casino, Oneida Bingo and Casino, Miller Brewing Company, Looking Glass Productions, North Star Casino, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Stockbridge Munsee, Von Briesen & Roper, S.C. and Lake of the Torches. Regular festival hours are 4 p.m. to midnight Friday, noon to midnight Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. Ticket prices are $9 (advance) $10 (gate) for adults, children 12 and under are free. The Indian Summer office is located at 10809 W. Lincoln Ave., Suite #101, West Allis, WI 53227. For more information, phone (414) 604-1000 or visit the Web site at www.indiansummer.org =================================== Anderson's Web Updated February 17, 2006 http://andersons-web.com/native_events.htm This page has been designed to help you find Native American Events. We post information on Pow-Wows, Festivals, Rodeos, Art & Craft Shows, Seminars and any other type of gathering that represents the Native American Culture. April 1 - 3 , 2006: 6th Annual Powwow First Nations @ Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Gourd Dancing. April 22, 2006: 6th Annual Celebration of Life for All People Pow Wow at Red Wing Park 1398 General Booth Blvd. Virgina Beach, Virginia. For more information contact Debra Vick at 757-427-2990 or e-mail: dvick@vbgov.com April 29, 2006: South Umpqua 27th Annual Pow Wow at South Umpqua High School, Myrtle Creek, Oregon. For more information contact James Marshall at 541-672-0314 or e-mail: rogercub@wizzards.net June, 2 - 3 2006: AICA Pow Wow. AICA has had to make a choice between keeping the wonderful camp grounds for their event or keeping their Fathers Day date. They have chosen to keep the site and move the weekend they hold their event to the first of June. This is the same great gathering with the same great people involved at the same great place. So mark your calendar now and come to North Carolina a few weeks earlier this summer for a great Southern Style Dance. We will post more information as the date gets closer for now we wanted the new date to get out to everyone as soon as possible. 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 home. =================================== Crazy Crow Trading Post Updated February 17, 2006 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. MARCH 2006 March 25, 2006: TIHA Spring Powwow Location: Galloway Hammond Recreation Center 1601 S Water St. Burnet, Texas 79611 Event Detail: Traders contact: 956-682-5775 Rv's contact: 512-756-6180 Tent sites available Contact: David Eckerman 936-653-3116, email: davideckerman@eastex.net webaddress: tihasmokesignals@yahoo.com March 25, 2006: Guiding Eagles nationwide indian youth talent contest Location: Nationwide, US All 50 states Event Detail: The 4th annual Guiding Eagles contest is in full swing and is open to youth ages 6-18. The contest is free to enter and requires no traveling. For more details visit the website at www.guidingeagles.com Contact: Suzanne Hegarty 866-480-0635, email: Contest@guidingeagles.com, March 25-26, 2006: Big Spring Pow wow Location: Howard College ColiseumBig Spring, Texas 79720 Event Detail: Contest pow wow head dancer Robert Soto Sharon Roberts Drums Southern renragade eagle point singers. Contact: Robert Downing 432-263-3255, email: rodond@cox.net, webaddress: www.geucities.com/powwowbigspring March 25-26, 2006:18th Annual Natchez Powwow Location: Grand Village of Natches Indians, 400 Jefferson Davis Blvd Natchez, MS 39120 Event Detail: No Contests; Just lots of Good Singing, Dancing and Fun! MC-Bo Limbaugh, AD-Darsh DeSilva, HS-Brian Queton, HM-Jason Skinner. Contact: Committee 601-442-0200, email: cborum@hotmail.com, webaddress: http://groups.msn.com/natchezpowwow March 25-26, 2006: Natchez powwow Location: Grand Village of Natchez Indians 400 Jefferson Davis Blvd. Natchez, Mississippi 39120 Event Detail: Non-Contest Intertribal Powwow, MC-Bo Limbaugh, AD-Darsh DeSilva, HS-Brian Queton, Northern-Greywolf, HM-Jason Skinner, HL-TBA, HG-TBA. Contact: Chuck Borum 601-442-020x, email: cborum@hotmail.com, webaddress: http://groups.msn.com/natchezpowwow March 31st, April 1st, 2nd, 2006: 26th Chambers Farm Spring Pow Wow Location: Chambers Farm 22400 NE CR 315 Ft. McCoy, Florida 32134 Event Detail: Youth day March 31st with camp feed. Veteran's Honor day April 1st(Ft.McCoy VFW).Host Drum: Otto Mahsetkey. Feature Drum: Those Guys(Oklahoma).Feature Entertainer:2004 NAMMY Winner:Billy Whitefox. Head Lady:Maria Whitehorse. Head Man:Duane Whitehorse. MC:RonColombe. AD:RickShawnee. Honor Head Lady:Marguirite Big Mountain escorted by son Teeny Big Mountain. Head Veteran:Jim "Grayhawk" Armogost.Admission:Free.Parking:Free.Camping: Free.Family oriented event.Bring chairs as seating is limited. Located from I-75 Exit 368 go east 18 mi. to CR315 and turn right, go 1 mile to Chambers Farm. Contact: Donna Rowland, 352-222-6990, email: chambersfarms@hotmail.com, webaddress: chambersfarm.org APRIL 2006 April 8-9, 2006: 27th Annual UMass Amherst Powwow Location: Curry Hicks Cage University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 Event Detail: Our 27th annual powwow date has been moved from Sept. 18-19,2005! This change was requested by our current students so that we as a community with our families and friends can congradualte our graduating students and welcome prospective students who be visiting the campus at that time. New Date: Saturday April 8- Sunday April 9, 2006, Time: 10AM-6PM (rain or Shine) Location: Curry Hicks Cage (a gym on campus) Grand Entries at noon both days Admission: 5.00 general public, 2.00 5 colleges students w/ID, Free: Senior Citizens, Free: Children 12 and under For hotel reservations contact the Campus Center Hotel at 413-549-6000 Dancers: Day Money and Competition Prize Money!Dancers can only register for one or the other, not both) For vendor contracts please email dvincent@acad.umass.edu or michelle@acad.umass.edu or call 413-577-0980 or fax to 413-577-0950. Please wait until the 2nd week of September to request a vendor's contract. Vendor fees: Crafts/Arts 100.00, Food 150.00 Non-Profit Native concerns info booths 50.00. There is a 10.00 charge for each electric hookup needed. Please submit your interest to vend by October 30th, 2005. Food vendors must have required libility insurance and must submit a copy of a current food licence and foods items for sale (fax 413-577-0950). Intersted drum groups and performers please fax your info sheet with your required fees and tech requirements and hotel room requirements (We do NOT cover travel cost) and hotel rooms are limited to 3 doubles for 2 nights for Drum Groups and 2 double for 2 nights for Performers. Drum groups need to have at least five singers in order to be considered. Please submit your query by September 30th, 2005. Contact: Native American Student Services 413-577-0980, email: native@acad.umass.edu April 15,2006: 22nd Annual Apple Blossom Contest Pow Wow Location: Mc Gee Park Collisum Farmington, New Mexico 87401 Contact: Carmelita Munoz (505) 326-5115, email: carmelitam2004@yahoo.com April 22, 2006: 6th Annual "Celebration of Life for All People" Pow Wow Location: Red Wing Park 1398 General Booth Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA. 2345 Event Detail: 11am - 7pm, MC - Clark Stewart, HM - Michar Richardson, HF- Nokomis Lemons, AD - Thomas Lewis, Host Drum - Falling Water, Guest Drum - Edisto River Singers. Traditional Pow Wow, American Indian dancing, educational displays and exhibits, arts & crafts, and authentic foods. FREE ADMISSION AND PARKING!!! Contact: Debra Vick 757 427-2990, email: dvick@vbgov.com April 28th to 29th 2006: Mantle Rock Powwow Location: Crittenden County Fairgrounds Marion, KY 42064 Event Detail: us 60 onto 120 in Marion follow powwow signs Contact: Kamama Sutton 270-965-9432 www.mantlerock.org, email: kamamasutton@aol.com April 29 & 30, 2006: Regional Native Community Spring PowWow Location: 34 Ponderosa Dr. Olive Hill, KY 41164 Event Detail: We have 25 vending spaces available. A vending application can be printed from our web site. Vending fee is $70.00 and you must have at least 75% of your items must be hand made - exceptions are listed on our web site. All dancers are welcome and other drum groups are welcome to play for blanket money. Hope to see you there. Contact: Morning Rain Danysh, 304-272-5722, email: morningrain@frontiernet.net webaddress: www.rncpowwowinfo.bravehost.com ========================================================================== Aboriginal Multi-Media Society Updated February 17, 2006 Aboriginal Community Events Listing http://www.ammsa.com/ammsaevents.html MARCH 2006 March 14th, 15th & 16th, 2006 Maintenance Conference 2006 Prince Albert Grand Council Engineering and Technical Services Prince Albert Inn, Prince Albert, SK FEE: $100.00 per person. Info: Gary Harris or Vera Roy Phone: 1-306-953-7242 Fax: 1-306-922-1710 March 16 & 17, 2006 Aboriginal Leadership Institute: Governing - Contemporary Issues & Challenges Winnipeg Manitoba (204) 940-1700 March 18, 2006 Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society's Annual Rounddance "Honouring our Community Partners" Saturday, 5pm-12am At the Hangar Building on Kingsway Ave. Edmonton, Alberta Call 481-3451 for info. March 19 - 24, 2006 Aboriginal Music Program (AMP) Camp Gimli, Manitoba 204-975-0284 Email: alan@manitobamusic.com or call 250-388-5522 March 21 - 22, 206 [French conference] Forum Autochtone: Identite autochtone Gouvernance - Developpement economique et social - Commission royale surles peoples autochtones Quebec, QC Ph. 1.888.777.1707 March 24 - 31, 2006 2006 Manitoba Indigenous Winter Games Peguis First Nation, MB Fisher River Cree Nation, MB - both communities Ph: 204-925-5622 Winnipeg Ph: 204-677-0326 Thompson March 31, April 1 & 2, 2006 Aboriginal Curling League of Winnipeg's 13th Annual Mixed Curling Bonspiel Winnipeg, MB 204-956-0610 Loretta Ross APRIL 2006 April 3 - 4, 2006 3rd Annual inSight Aboriginal Housing Conference Calgary, AB 1-888-777-1707 April 7 - 9, 2006 2006 Indigenous Minor Hockey Tournament Winnipeg, MB Phone: (204) 925-5622 or Email: masrc@sport.mb.ca April 18-20, 2006 Moving Towards Best Practices in Oil & Gas and Aboriginal Partnerships Radisson Hotel Calgary Airport, Calgary, Alberta www.iqpc.com/na-2428-01 800-882-8684 April 20 - 21, 2006 Aboriginal Forum: Safe Water For First Nations Toronto, ON Ph.800.443.6452 or 416.925.0866 April 22, 2006 6th Annual Celebration of Life for All People Pow Wow 11am -7pm Red Wing Park 1398 General Booth Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA 23451 Info. contact Debra Vick (757) 427-2990 or dvick@vbgov.com April 18-20, 2006 Moving Towards Best Practices in Oil & Gas and Aboriginal Partnerships Radisson Hotel Calgary Airport, Calgary, Alberta www.iqpc.com/na-2428-01 800-882-8684 April 21,22,23, 2006 Twentieth Annual Arizona State University Spring Competition Pow Wow Tempe, Arizona Phone: 480-965-5224 Email: letspowwow@asu.edu URL: http://powwow.asu.edu April 24 - 25, 2006 5th Annual inSight Aboriginal Oil & Gas Conference Edmonton, AB 1-888-777-1707 April 28 - 30, 2006 Mantle Rock Powwow Crittenden County Fairgrounds Marion, Kentucky Phone: (270) 965-9432 Email: Kamamasutton@aol.com ========================================================================== Whispering Winds Updated February 17, 2006 http://www.whisperingwind.com/ A Magazine of American Indian Crafts*Material Culture*Powwow MARCH 2006 * 18-19 14th Annual "Learning To Walk Together" Traditional Powwow. Vandament Arena - Northern Michigan University (NMU), Marquette, MI. Info: 906-227-1397; cnas@nmu.edu or www.nmu.edu/nativeamericans * 24-26 Denver March Powwow. Denver, CO. Info: (303) 934-8045. * 25 2nd Annual Spring Gatheing Powwow. Carson Colony Gym, Carson City, NV. Info: (775) 841-3182 * 25 Texas Indian Hobbyist Association Spring Powwow. Galloway Hammond Recreation Center, Burnet, TX. Info: (936) 653-3116, Traders (956) 682-5775 or tihasmokesignals@yahoo.com * 25-26 18th Annual Natchez Powwow. Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, Natchez, MS. Info: (601) 442-0200 or cborum@hotmail.com * 25-26 Big Spring Powwow. Howard College Coliseum, Big Spring, TX. Info: (432) 263-3255 or rodond@cox.net APRIL 2006 * 5-8 34th Annual Symposium on the American Indian & Powwow. Northeastern State Univesity Center, Tahlequah, OK. Info: (918) 456-5511 * 6-8 Cherokee of Georgia 26th Annual Spring Powwow. Cherokee of Gerogia Tribal Grounds, St. George, Ga. Info: 912-843-2230 or email: ebrock63@hotmail.com * 6-9 1st annual Northeast Florida Powwow. Jacksonville, Fla. Info: (904) 803-9931. * 8 Cannes Brulee Powwow. Native American Village, Louisiana Wildlife Museum, Rivertown, Kenner, LA. Info (504) 468-7231. * 8 16th Annual Kathryn M. Buder Center Powwow. St. Louis, MO. Info: (314) 935-6288 or cyarholar@gwb.wustl.edu or http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/buder/events.html * 8 Cherokee Heritage Day Powwow. Gainesville Convention Center, Fainesville, TX. Info: (940) 482-3381 dougwalp@advantexmail.net * 21-23 40th Annual LIHA (LA. Indian Heritage Assn) Powwow. Hidden Oaks Campground, Robert, LA. Info: (504) 367-1375 or email: andi4769@aol.com or www.liha-news.com * 21-23 20th Annual Spring Competition ASU Powwow. Tempe, AZ. Info: (408) 965-5224 * 22 6th Annual Celebration of Life for All People Pow Wow, Red Wing Park 1398 General Booth, Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA. Info: (757) 427-2990. * 22 Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Powwow, Winston Prep School, New York City, NY. Info: (201) 587-9633. * 27-29 Gathering of Nations. Albuquerque, NM. Info: (505) 836-2810 * 28-30 Mantle Rock Powwow. Crittenden County Fairgrounds, Marion, KY. Info: kamamasutton@aol.com 270/965-9432 or 270/965-5882 * 29-30 AICC Powwow. CSU-Fresno, CA. Info: (559) 85-2705 * 29 Louisiana State University - Native American Students Assoc. Powwow LSU Parade Grounds, Baton Rouge, LA. Info: Derek (985)791-9259 WHISPERING WIND Toll Free: 1-800-301-8009 PO BOX 1390 (Dept. 3) Voice: 985-796-5433 FOLSOM, LA 70437-1390 Fax: 985-796-9236 =================================== First Perspective Updated February 17, 2006 Canada's #1 Source for Aboriginal Information, News and Analysis http://www.firstperspective.ca/pow_wows.html APRIL 2006 April 14 - 16, 2006 Chilliwack Pow Wow Chilliwack, BC Call (604) 824 9927 MAY 2006 May 6, 2006 The Seventeenth Annual Traditional Graduation Pow-Wow University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB Call (204) 474-8850 Website: http://www.umanitoba.ca/student/asc/events/pow-wow.html JUNE 2006 June 17 - 18, 2006 Honouring Our Youth Traditional Pow Wow New Liskeard, Quebec Call (819) 723-5206 Email dawnish2467@hotmail.com JULY 2006 July 14 - 16, 2006 Khowutzun Warmland Traditional Pow Wow Duncan, BC Call (250) 709-2248 Email lejdej@hotmail.com July 26 - 30, 2006 Meeting Ground of Nations & Pow Wow Wendake, Quebec Call (418) 843-5550 Email louiskarl.sioui@cnhw.qc.ca Website www.wendake.cawww.wendake.ca/tourisme/eng/carrefour-des-nations/ carrefour-des-nations.htm July, 2006 Whitefish Bay Pow Wow Sioux Narrows, ON July, 2006 Onigaming Pow Wow Nestor Falls, ON AUGUST 2006 August 5-7, 2006 Wikwemikong Annual Cultural Festival Wikwemikong, Ontario Call (705) 859-2385 Email dpeltier@wikwemikongheritage.org August 19-20, 2006 Ojibwa Keeshigun Native Festival Thunder Bay, ON Call Krista Power-Metcalfe (807) 473-2357 Email krista.power-metcalfe@fwhp.ca SEPTEMBER 2006 September 2 - 4, 2006 Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation Traditional Pow Wow Wabigoon Lake, ON Call Mary Rose (807) 938-6684 September 2006 Curve Lake Pow Wow Whetung Ojibwa IR, Ontario ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//- Notice of Copyright Clearance by Contributors: The following have granted permission for their original articles to be reposted in order to help mend the Sacred Hoop: Dale Mitchell, Gary Smith, Janet Smith, Frosty Deere, Chiapas 95 Moderators, Dana Aldea, Debbie Sanders, Karen Francis, Johnny Rustywire, Barbara Landis, John D. 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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: Doran L. Morris Sr." --------- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 08:53:22 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="DORRAN MORRIS SR." http://www.indianz.com/News/ http://www.journalstar.com/doc440f683ea81ac905934331.txt Former Omaha tribal chairman dies By the Lincoln Journal Star March 9, 2006 A former chairman of the Omaha Tribe who served on the tribe's council for 32 years died Sunday from complications due to diabetes, and kidney and heart failure. Doran L. Morris Sr., 63, was surrounded by his wife, children, relatives and friends at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa, according to a press release from the tribe. Born and raised on the Omaha Indian Reservation in northeast Nebraska, Morris had served as the tribe's chairman during the 1980s. As chairman, Morris was instrumental in recovering title to the Omaha Tribe's ancestral land in Iowa, the tribe said. Morris also led the tribe toward greater self-sufficiency by pursuing a gaming operation that eventually became Casino Omaha in Onawa, Iowa, the tribe said. Casino Omaha opened in 1992, bringing sorely needed revenue and employment opportunities to the tribe, the press release stated. Morris represented the Omaha Tribe in the National Congress of American Indians, the National Indian Gaming Association and the Mni Sose Intertribal Water Rights Coalition. He also served as a roadman and director of the Omaha Tribe's Native American Church. Morris was awarded an honorary doctorate in humanities in 1992 by the Nebraska Indian Community College in recognition for his service to the tribe. Services for Morris will be held at noon today at the Omaha Nation School in Macy. Copyright c. 2002-2006 Lincoln Journal Star. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Luis Many Bears" --------- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 01:51:33 EST From: Corinaroberts@aol.com Subj: Luis Bonet crosses over On March 7, Luis Many Bears crossed over to the spirit world. He had suffered a massive heart attack on March 4. His family and friends were with him throughout the four day vigil at the hospital. Luis was Lakota and poured water for a sweat lodge on his property in Littlerock, California for many years. He helped a great many people and his family accomodated and fed whoever needed it. We will miss Luis greatly. The following letter contains details of a benefit being held for Luis on March 11. If you are unable to attend the event but would still like to help the Bonet family, or send your condolences, you may make donations payable to Redbird, P.O. Box 702, Simi Valley, CA 93062. Please write "Bonet" on your check. You may also make a contribution through paypal to redbirds_ vision@hotmail.com (indicate "Bonet" in the message portion). All proceeds will go directly to the family. Mitakuye Oyasin, Corina Beloved Friends, Luis Many Bears, a beautiful Lakota Leader and Teacher has passed away. His days have passed into the setting sun and he has now moved into the Great Sky Place. His family is desperate need of our loving support. Four Crows of Tustin, 420 El Camino Real in Olde Towne Tustin, will be holding a Drum Circle and Fund Raiser on Saturday March 11, 2006 at 6-8pm to raise much needed canned goods and money for Many Bears family. You may call Darrell , of Four Crows at (714) 505-4414 for more information. For more information, please call us. If you wish to make donations, we are happy to receive them in honor of the family and will pass them along for you. Many Bears has been a powerful sweat leader and teacher in Palmdale for many years. He and his loving family have provided food, shelter, love, warmth, & teaching of the Lakota way to many, many people throughout the years. He has shared so freely of all that he has. Many Bears never charged for his spiritual teachings and welcomed all. In exchange for his many freely given gifts, it is time for us to step up and help his family. His dear loving wife, Tonia, and his children are in need of support. Many Bears was hospitalized after suffering several heart attacks and suffered severe brain damage. He finally lost his battle on Tuesday night March 7, 2006. He was the sole support of his family. If you feel moved to share your abundance with the family of a great spiritual teacher... please, please do. Call Bear Lopez (909) 238-7242 Stacy Lopez (951) 538-2824 --------- "RE: Crossings" --------- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:50:01 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CROSSINGS" March 7, 2006 Dwight Locklear - Laurinburg Dwight Locklear, 56, of Laurinburg, died March 5, 2006, at home. The funeral will be 8 p.m. Tuesday at Richard Boles Funeral Service Chapel, the Rev. Daniel Locklear officiating. A private interment will be held at a later date. Locklear was born in Scotland County, the son of the late Earl and Lessie R. Locklear. He was self-employed in the tree service business. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Tonya Locklear. Surviving are a special friend, Gerlene Butler of the home; three sons, Cary Locklear of Maxton, Kevin Locklear and Gregory Jones, both of Pembroke; a daughter, Nicole Locklear of Pembroke; four brothers, David Locklear of Pembroke, Earl Franklin Locklear of Badin, Bobby Locklear of Red Springs and Jim Locklear of Yorktown, Va.; four sisters, Becky Cook of Scotsville, Va., Nancy Ratliff and Earlene Jacobs, both of Raeford, and Lessie Mae Schanze of Tampa, Fla.; five grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. before the service on Tuesday at Richard Boles Funeral Service in Laurinburg and other times at the home of Bobby Locklear, 208 Treetop Lane, Red Springs. March 13, 2006 Graham Hunt - Rowland Graham Hunt, 84, of 2687 South Robeson Road, died March 9, 2006, at Carolinas Hospital System in Florence, S.C. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Boles Funeral Home Chapel, the Revs. Ricky Burnett and Tracey Locklear officiating. Burial will follow at the Hunt family cemetery. Born Oct. 5, 1921, in Robeson County, he was a son of the late Duckery and Melenda Revels Hunt. He was a member of Hickory Hill Freewill Baptist Church and was a United States Army veteran serving during World War II. Surviving are two sons, Anthony G. Hunt of Rowland and Jason G. Hunt and his wife, Patsy, of Rowland; six daughters, Mary E. Strong and her husband, Wilbert, Shirley M. Casenaro and her husband, Antonio, Ruby M. Delfyette and her friend, Lewis, Betty L. Williams and her husband, Benje, Geraldine Hunt and her husband, Norris, and Glenda H. Locklear, all of Rowland; three brothers, James E. Hunt of Baltimore, Rufus Hunt of St. Pauls, and George Hunt of Rowland; a sister, Kathleen Little of Greenville, S.C.; a special friend, Shelia Bartlee; a special cousin, Peggy Ivey; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at Boles Funeral Home in Rowland. Harry Jacobs - Pembroke Harry F. "Jack" Jacobs, 63, of 419 Shand Drive, died March 8, 2006, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Bear Swamp Baptist Church, the Revs. Timmy Chavis and Randy Revels officiating. Burial will follow at Lumbee Memorial Gardens. Jacobs was born March 15, 1942. He was preceded in death by his mother, Lelar Jacobs; a brother, Linwood Jacobs; and a sister, Lois Jacobs Hales. Surviving are his wife, Alice Brooks Jacobs; two daughters, Bonita Locklear of Pembroke and June Collins and her husband, Terry, of Shannon; three brothers, Clifton Jacobs, Delwood Jacobs and Jerry Jacobs, all of Fairmont; two sisters, Vashtie Gilliland of Alabama and Zula Scott of Lumberton; and six grandchildren, Ericka, Jessica, Allison, Victoria, Brittany and Brandon. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Revels Funeral Home in Pembroke and at other times at te home. Eva Jane Locklear - Pembroke Eva Jane Locklear, 95, of 679 Lonnie Farm Road, died March 7, 2006, at home. The funeral will be 3 p.m. Friday at Mt. Airy Baptist Church. Burial will follow at the Locklear family cemetery. Her family said: "She was a proud member of Mt. Airy Baptist Church, loving mother, grandmother and friend." She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Locklear; three sons, Gerald Gray Locklear, Robert Earl Locklear and Tony B. Locklear. Surviving are four sons, Johnny Wayne Locklear and his wife, Mary, Billy Dean Locklear and his wife, Annie Marie, and Christopher Locklear, all of Pembroke, and Earl Ray Locklear and his wife, Darlene, of Maxton; three daughters, Edith R. Deese and Molly Rogers, both of Pembroke, and Carol Jean Locklear of Raeford; 28 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and two special friends, Rebecca B. Chavis and Norma Fox. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Revels Funeral Home in Pembroke and at other times at the home. Perry Jacobs - Pembroke Perry Jacobs, 50, of 73 West Robeson Acres on Deep Branch Road, died March 4, 2006, at home. The funeral will be 3 p.m. Thursday at Oak Grove Holiness Church in Pembroke. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. He was preceded in death by his father, Curtis Jacobs; and his brother, Curtis Jr. Jacobs. Surviving are his mother, Minnie Jacobs of Pembroke; five brothers, Gerald Wayne Jacobs of Lumberton, Ronnie, Ricky, Randy and Roy Jacobs, all of Pembroke; five sisters, Betty Carol Locklear, Marie, Michelle, Glenda and Heather Jacobs, all of Pembroke; a daughter, Emmunlle Hammonds of Pembroke; a granddaughter, Elizabeth Hammonds of Pembroke; special nieces and nephews; and a host of relatives and friends. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Revels Funeral Home in Pembroke and at other times at the home. William Ray Locklear - Lumberton William Ray Locklear, 54, of 3015 Saddletree Road, died March 7, 2006, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. The funeral will be 3 p.m. Thursday at Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Kathy Locklear of the home; two sons, William G. Locklear and Jason L. Locklear, both of Charleston, S.C.; a sister, Lucy Brooks of Lumberton; a brother, Donald R. Locklear of Lumberton; and four grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Revels Funeral Home in Lumberton. Copyright c. 2006 The Robesonian, Lumberton, NC. -=-=-=- March 8, 2006 Perry Jacobs PEMBROKE - Perry Jacobs, 50, of 73 W. Robeson Road, died Saturday, March 4, 2006, in his home. Services: Funeral, 3 p.m. Thursday in Oak Grove Holiness Church. Burial in church cemetery. Visitation: 7 to 9 tonight at Revels Funeral Home in Pembroke. Survived by: Daughter, Emmunlle Hammonds; mother, Minnie; brothers, Gerald, Ronnie, Ricky, Randy, and Roy; sisters, Betty Locklear, Marie, Michelle, Glenda and Heather; and a grandchild. William R. Locklear LUMBERTON - William Ray Locklear, 54, of 3015 Saddletree Road, died Tuesday, March 7, 2006, in Southeastern Regional Medical Center. Services: Funeral, 3 p.m. Thursday in Mount Olive Baptist Church. Burial in church cemetery. Visitation: 7 to 9 tonight at Revels Funeral Home in Lumberton. Survived by: Wife, Kathy; sons, William and Jason; sister, Lucy Brooks; brother, Donald; and four grandchildren. March 9, 2006 Eva J. Locklear PEMBROKE - Mrs. Eva Jane Locklear, 94, of 697 Lonnie Farm Road, died Tuesday, March 7, 2006, in her home. Services: Funeral, 3 p.m. Friday in Mount Airy Baptist Church. Burial in Locklear family cemetery. Visitation: 7 to 9 tonight at Revels Funeral Home in Pembroke. Survived by: Sons, Johnnie, Billy and Earl; daughters, Edith Deese, Molly Rogers and Carol; 28 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. March 10, 2006 Harry F. Jacobs PEMBROKE - Harry F. "Jack" Jacobs, 63, of 419 Shand Drive, died Wednesday, March 8, 2006, in Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton. Services: Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday in Bear Swamp Baptist Church. Burial in Lumbee Memorial Gardens in Lumberton. Visitation: 7 to 9 tonight at Revels Funeral Home in Pembroke. Survived by: Wife, Alice; daughters, Bonita Locklear and June Collins; brothers, Clifton, Delwood and Jerry; sisters, Vashtie Gilliland and Zula Scott; and six grandchildren. March 11, 2006 Theresa N. Chavis LAURINBURG - Miss Theresa Nicole Chavis, 16, of Laurinburg, died Thursday, March 9, 2006. Theresa was a junior at Scotland High School. Services: Graveside, 3:30 p.m. Monday in Hillside Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Richard Boles Funeral Service in Laurinburg. Survived by: Parents, Jerry and Wendy; brother, Jerry; maternal grandparents, Dewayne and Elisa Jernigan; paternal grandparents, Ronnie and Lois; maternal great-grandmother, Irene Jernigan; and paternal great- grandmothers, Edith Hudson and Kathleen Quick. Copyright c. 2006 The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer. -=-=-=- March 12, 2006 Mary Green Cherokee - Mary Green, of the Big Cove community, died Friday, March 10, 2006. Melton-Riddle Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2006 Asheville Citizen-Times. -=-=-=- March 8, 2006 Bobby Billy Services for Bobby Billy were held Saturday, March 4, 2006, at 10 a.m. from Redwater Gym in Carthage. The Rev. Carl Wilson officiated. Burial was in Mt. Zion Indian Baptist Cemetery under the direction of John E. Stephens Chapel Funeral Services. Mr. Billy, 64, died Wednesday, March 1, 2006, in Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was preceded in death by his parents, Tom and Sally Stoliby Billie; two sisters, Rosalie Tubby and Loraine Allen; and two brothers, Robert Billy and Hubert Billy. Survivors include his wife, Nellie Billy of Carthage; one daughter, Bobbie Nell Watkins of Carthage; two sons, Jamie Dwight Billy of Choctaw and Stacey Shawn Billy of Carthage; two sisters, Nan Isaac of Philadelphia and Loni Comby of Carthage; one brother, James Billy of Philadelphia; four grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Cillo Cotton Services for Cillo Cotton of Preston were held Friday, March 3, 2006, at 10 a.m. from Bogue Chitto Facility Building. Burial was in Crystal Ridge Cemetery under the direction of John E. Stephens Chapel Funeral Services. Mr. Cotton, 54, died Wednesday, March 1, 2006, in Choctaw Health Center in Choctaw. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Cotton and Hattie Chapman Cotton; and one brother, Jimmy Cotton. Survivors include four daughters, Stephanie Lonjose, Solvia Cotton, Catina Cotton and Cheryl Cotton, all of Philadelphia; three sons, Cillo Cotton, Jr. of Mobile, Ala., Christopher Shane Cotton of Union and Luppie Cotton of Philadelphia; seven grandchildren; four sisters, Rosie Sam, Ora Mae Galvan, Sarah Cotton and Elaine Isaac, all of Louisville; and three brothers, Junior Cotton, Willie Cotton and James Cotton, all of Louisville. Copyright c. 2006 Neshoba Democrat Publishing Co. Inc., Philadelphia, MS. -=-=-=- March 10, 2006 Pamela Margaret White, 60 Pamela Margaret White, 60, of Cass Lake, died on Thursday, March 9, 2006, at her home in Cass Lake. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Veteran's Memorial Building in Cass Lake with Rev. Gerald Algers officiating. A visitation will be held from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday at the Veteran's Memorial Building in Cass Lake. A spring burial will be in Battle Point Cemetery in Federal Dam, Minn., following cremation. The Cease Family Funeral Home in Cass Lake assisted the family with arrangements. Copyright c. 2006 The Pioneer/Bemidji, MN. -=-=-=- March 13, 2006 Lynn Marie Spottedwolf Lynn Marie Spottedwolf, 51, of Ft. Totten, ND, died Friday, March 10, 2006, at her home under hospice care. Services will be Wednesday, March 15, 2006 10:00 a.m. at the Crow Hill Recreation Center in Crow Hill. There will be a wake beginning at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday at the center. A procession to the center will leave from Minnewaukan at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday. Nelson Funeral Home of Minnewaukan is in charge of the arrangements. Copyright c. 2006 Devils Lake Daily Journal. -=-=-=- March 9, 2006 Geraldine Montclair FORT YATES - Geraldine Montclair, 76, Fort Yates, died March 5, 2006, at her home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. today, March 9, at the Community Center, Wakpala, S.D. Burial will be in St. Elizabeth's Cemetery, Mobridge, S.D. Further arrangements are pending with Kesling Funeral Home, Mobridge. Denise White Eyes Denise V. White Eyes, 45, Eagle Butte, S.D., died March 6, 2006, at her residence. Services will be held at 11 a.m. MST Saturday, March 11, at St. John's Episcopal Church, Eagle Butte. Burial will be at the Eagle Butte City Cemetery. Further arrangements are pending with Oster Funeral Home, Mobridge, S.D. Copyright c. 2006 Bismarck Tribune. -=-=-=- March 9, 2006 Stephan Taken Alive rites set Thursday By Wendy Thorstenson Stephen Taken Alive of McLaughlin enjoyed many things including hunting, fishing, playing bingo, fixing cars, picking grapes and wild berries and spending time with his grandson. His time enjoying those things came to an end when he died Friday, March 3, 2006 at the IHS Hospital in Fort Yates, N.D. He was 51 years old. Stephen Taken Alive was born July 29, 1954 in Little Eagle to William and Florence (White) Taken Alive. He attended school in Little Eagle until seventh grade and in McLaughlin until 9th grade. He graduated from Standing Rock High School in Fort Yates. He attended college in Dickinson, N.D. and Lawrence, Kan., before receiving his Associate's Degree from Sitting Bull College. He is survived by his wife Theresa of McLaughlin; a daughter Caroline Taken Alive of McLaughlin; three stepdaughters, Irene Little Bear, Bullhead, Trina Little Bear, and Tracey Hettich, both of McLaughlin; a stepson, Thomas Otter Robe Jr. of Fort Thompson; two sisters, Debbie Looking Back of Mobridge, and Melda Looking Back of Little Eagle, two uncles, Jacob White and Maynard Taken Alive both of Little Eagle; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, John Taken Alive and Clement Looking Back; three sisters, Wilma Little Bear, Norma Red Fox and Roberta Looking Back. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 9, 2006 at the Blue Gym in Little Eagle. The Rev. Norman Blue Coat and Pastor Harvey Schmeichel will officiate. Burial will be in the Elk Horn Congregational Cemetery in Little Eagle under the direction of Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge. There will be a prayer service at 7 p.m. central time on Wednesday, March 8 (today), at Oster Funeral Home. Family and friends will be meeting at 11 a.m. Thursday at Oster Funeral Home to follow in procession to Little Eagle. Casketbearers will be Leroy White, Lyle White, Hank Taken Alive, Virgil Taken Alive, Jesse Jay Taken Alive, Robert Taken Alive, Waldo Red Fox and Gillard White. Honorary casketbearers will be Pastor Harvey, Alfred Agard, Reuben White Bull, Jasper Iron Cloud, Crawford Taken Alive, Dani Rose Black Fox, Faith Taken Alive and Frank Reed, Imogene Taken Alive, Ira Hanson, Jake White Bull, Buddy Archambault, Walter Taken Alive, Tony Taken Alive, Bobby Little Bear, Maurice Little Bear, Kenny Deputy, James Shields, Kenny Hendricks, Nelson Little Bear, Norman Red Legs, Grandson Jacob Hanson, Patrick Hettich, Dana and Dawn Otter Robe and all his nephews, nieces, family and friends. Special music will be provided by Patti Schmeichel. Evelyn Slides Off was always kind, considerate By Jo Hall Evelyn Slides Off of Eagle Butte, despite her health problems, always had a sense of humor and a smile. A doting mother of four, she was a kind and considerate person and her six brothers lovingly helped care for her as her health declined. Toward the end of her life she entered the Beverly Healthcare Center in Rapid City, where she died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006, at the age of 38. She was born March 17, 1967, in Eagle Butte to Marlene (Blue Coat) Dog With Horns and Herman Slides Off Sr. She attended school in Idaho, Dupree and Eagle Butte. As a girl, she enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, collecting rocks and feeding birds. Survivors are her mother, Marlene Dog With Horns; father, Herman Slides Off Sr.; four children, Karstin Slides Off, and Vida, Armando and Angel Hernandez; brothers, Myron, Jerome, Lowell, Herman Jr., and Randy Slides Off; two sisters, Raegean Cota and Rita Little Bird; grandmothers, Elsie Slides Off and Marian Egna; aunts, Aldena Provential, Lorna Blue Coat and Corrine Blue Coat; uncles, Sam Blue Coat Jr., Milford Slader, Wilfred Skinner and family, and Jack and Marian Slides Off; adopted aunt, Alta Pumpkin Seed; aunts Marie and Chris Brave Heart Sr., Adrienne and Ivan Bruguier, and Ione and Paul Betone Sr.; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her brother, Emery Slides Off; cousin, Delma Bruguier; uncles Donald and Sidney Slides Off; aunt, Delma Slides Off; grandfather, Own Slides Off; maternal grandfather, Sam Blue Coat Sr., and maternal grandmother, Evelyn Bernice High Elk. The funeral for Evelyn was Friday, March 3, at St. John's Episcopal Church in Eagle Butte. Mother Marion Rectenwald, the Rev. Norman Blue Coat and Deacon Dora Bruguier officiated. Herman Slides Off Sr. provided special music and there were other musicians and singers. Hymns were "Sweet Hour of Prayer," "Welcome Voice" and other hymns from the Episcopal hymnal. Casketbearers were Armando Hernandez, Thaden Slides Off, Myron Slides Off Sr., Jerome Slides Off, Lowell Slides Off, Randy Slides Off, Herman Slides Off Jr. and Ricky DeHorse. The staff and residents of Beverly Healthcare Center, Women's Halfway House, and all Evelyn's relatives and friends were considered honorary bearers. Burial was in St. Peter's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Thunder Butte under the direction of Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge. An all night wake service began Thursday evening at the church following a procession of family and friends from the four-mile junction east of Eagle Butte. Sybil Mae Iron had gift of song By Jo Hall Throughout her lifetime, Sybil Mae Iron, her parents and brother were musicians and sang in church as a group. She was gifted with a talent to sing, she loved to sing and people enjoyed her singing. She was a great support to the powwow drum groups with her voice. Now her voice has been stilled. Sybil died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006, at Beverly Healthcare Center in Mobridge. She was 73 and had been in failing health. The daughter of John and Elizabeth Kate (Red Legs) Iron, Sybil was born Aug. 7, 1932, in rural Little Eagle. Her native name was "Ti el wota pi win." She grew up in Little Eagle and attended Day School and High School in Fort Yates, N.D. In the mid 1950s, she met Miles Little Dog and they lived in Chicago for a time. After returning to Little Eagle, she married Maurice Archambault and they continued to make their home in Little Eagle until she entered the Mobridge care facility. Sybil was a proud supporter of all local veterans groups. She had a strong love for nature and environment, even in the face of hard times. She made sure she stayed in the area for her family and friends. She enjoyed making star quilts and made many friends during her lifetime. Survivors are her sons, Bryan Swift Cloud of Little Eagle, Fred Little Dog of Swift Bird, Frank Archambault of Oxford, Wis., Emil Little Dog of Terre Haute, Ind., and Jerry Archambault of Springfield, Mich.; daughters, Leta Little Dog of McLaughlin and Priscilla Little Dog of Timber Lake; adopted children, Alex High Elk of Green Grass, Kenneth Madison of Lower Brule, Marlys Madison of Little Eagle, Adrian Kills Crow of Little Eagle; adopted granddaughter Shelly McGuinness; one brother, Tom Iron of McLaughlin; 34 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. Her parents, her husband Miles in 1973, son Walter Little Dog Sr., three daughters, Linda Kaye Iron, Veta Iron and Leta Iron, brothers Leslie, Louelle, Nelson and Jerry and one sister, Priscilla, preceded her in death. Funeral services for Sybil were Saturday, March 4, at the Elk Horn Congregational Church in Little Eagle. The Rev. Leslie Bobtail Bear and the Rev. Norman Blue Coat officiated. Lay readers were Ted Eagle, Sylvan "Chuck" Brown, Harvey Hawk Eagle and Verdilia American Horse. Gladys Hawk was organist and Charlie Brown was soloist. Casketbearers were Allen Little Eagle Sr., Emanuel Red Bear, Donavan Red Legs Sr., Trinny Bird Necklace, Mike Iron, Wayne Thompson, Adrian Kills Crow, Carlin Brings Horse, Sr., Virgil Taken Alive, William Yellow Earrings and Todd Cameron. Honorary bearers were all Sybil's friends and relatives. Burial was in the Elk Horn Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. An all night wake service began Friday evening at the church. Veldon Hollow Horn reaped rodeo awards By Jo Hall Veldon Emery Hollow Horn Grey Horse enjoyed a lifetime of sports but excelled greatly in basketball and rodeo where he received numerous buckles, trophies and ribbons. He was a member of the Lil'Britches rodeo team, FFA and the local 4-H Club. While at Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, he had the opportunity to play in the State A basketball tournament, after the team won the district and regional championships. In 1983, he and his team roping partner, Del Maynard, broke the South Dakota State Finals team roping record time and advanced to the National High School Rodeo Finals in Douglas, Wyo. They performed a similar feat in the 4-H Rodeo Finals in Ft. Pierre, also setting a record time in team roping. He continued roping after high school and became a member of GPIRA and SDRA. His native name was Tasunka Hota ma Kinu, He Stole His Grey Horse) but those close to him called him "Sheep." Veldon died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital at the age off 41. "Veldon was quite the charismatic soul who made many friends over the years, young and old," friends said of him. "Although his life on this earth was brief, it was not without fulfillment." He was born Dec. 12, 1964, to Pearl (Condon) Hollow Horn and the late Emmett Hollow Horn. He spent his early year near Rattlesnake Creek on the Hollow Horn ranch. He attended Head Start in Red Scaffold, elementary school at St. Joseph's Indian school, and junior high in Red Scaffold until eighth grade, and then graduated from C-EB High School in 1983. After high school, he enrolled at Western Dakota Technical College in Sturgis, and achieved an Associate degree in Agricultural Technology. He was the first in the family to receive this honor. By trade, he was a skilled welder and heavy equipment operator. Survivors are his wife, June, of Cherry Creek; children, Kristen Hollow Horn, Weldon Hollow Horn Jr., Charles Hollow Horn, Emily Hollow Horn and Renatta Little Shield; stepchildren, Marcus Hollow Horn, Maureen Two Dogs, Kaleb Hollow Horn and Maurisa Hollow Horn; mother, Pearl Hollow Horn; two brothers, Zigmond and Maurice Hollow Horn; three sisters, Candace and Janelle Hollow Horn and Mary Little Sky; adopted mother, Estherline Low Dog; numerous grandchildren, nieces and nephews. His father, Emmett Hollow Horn; brothers, Terrance Hollow Horn and John Hollow Horn; grandfather, Jacob Hollow Horn; nephew, Jacob Hollow Horn and niece, Charlie Chasing Hawk preceded Veldon in death. The funeral for Veldon was Monday, March 6, at the gymnasium in Cherry Creek. Father Brian Lane, Deacon Ted Knife and Stanley Hollow Horn officiated. The Honor Song was sung by the Screaming Eagles. Casketbearers were James Bear Stop, Murphy Runs After, Del Maynard, Sullivan White Wolf Jr., Norris Widow, Randall Knife, Burtis White Wolf, Donald Bobtail Bear, Milton Jefferies and Micky White Feather. Honorary bearers were the Class of 1983 graduates and all Veldon's friends and family. Burial was in St. Andrew's Episcopal Cemetery in Cherry Creek under the direction of Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge. All night wake services began Saturday, March 4, continuing Sunday at the gymnasium in Cherry Creek. Copyright c. 2006 Mobridge Tribune. -=-=-=- March 8, 2006 Louie Dubray Eagle Butte - Louie Dubray, 65, of Eagle Butte died Tuesday, March 7, 2006, at the Indian Health Service Hospital in Eagle Butte. Arrangements are pending with Kesling Funeral Home in Mobridge. Geraldine Montclair Fort Yates, N.D. - Funeral services for Geraldine Montclair, 76, of Fort Yates, N.D., will be 11 a.m. Thursday, March 9, at the community center in Wakpala. There will be an all-night wake on Wednesday starting at 6 p.m. at the community center. Bishop Barry Glum will officiate. Burial will be in St. Elizabeth's Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home in Mobridge. Geraldine passed away March 5 at her home in Fort Yates. March 9, 2006 Denise Velara White Eyes Eagle Butte - Funeral services for Denise Velara White Eyes, age 45, of Eagle Butte, S.D., will be Saturday at 11 a.m. MST at St. John's Episcopal Church in Eagle Butte. Burial at the Eagle Butte City Cemetery under the direction of Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge. An all night wake service will begin at 7 p.m. MST on Friday, March 10, 2006, at the church. Denise White Eyes passed away on March 6, 2006. March 10, 2006 Edward J. Iron Eyes Fort Yates, N.D. - Mass of Christian Burial for Edward J. Iron Eyes will be Friday at 2 p.m. at St. Peters Catholic Church in Fort Yates, N.D. Father Bill Cosgrove officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Visitation will start at 5 p.m. and a rosary service beginning at 7 p.m. Mr. Iron Eyes passed away on March 7, 2006, at the Beverly Health Care Center in Mobridge. Karen Larrabee Eagle Butte - Funeral arrangements for Karen Larrabee, age 58, of Eagle Butte, S.D., are pending with Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge, S.D. Karen passed away on March 9, 2006, at her home in Eagle Butte, S.D. Copyright c. 2006 Aberdeen American News. -=-=-=- Welcome to the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe/Dakota Nation Sota Iya Ye Yapi On-Line, News from the Lake Traverse Reservation Volume 37, Issue 11 Wednesday, March 15, 2006 Funeral services held for "Pete" Janisch Lawrence "Pete" Janisch, age 76, of Sisseton, South Dakota entered the Spirit World on Friday, March 3, 2006 at his residence. He was born on September 22, 1929 in Sisseton, the son of Frank and Elizabeth Schlekeway Janisch. On May 15, 1961, Lawrence "Pete" Janisch and Karen White Elton were joined in holy marriage at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Sisseton. Pete engaged in farming his entire life. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, the out of doors and loved visiting with his friends and neighbors. Pete belonged to St. Peter's Catholic Church in Sisseton. He is survived by his loving wife of nearly forty-five years Karen Janisch; children - Faith (Joe) Just of Sisseton, Roy (Julie) Janisch of Arizona, Elizabeth Janisch of Sisseton, Jo Beth (Mike) Roberts of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Donovan White Janisch of Sisseton; eleven grandchildren, four great grandchildren; a brother, Francis (Barb) Janisch, of Britton; a sister, Delores (Howard) Rice, of Britton; and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents Frank and Elizabeth Janisch, an infant brother Hubert; and brothers Alphonse "Bob" Janisch and Quintin Janisch. Funeral services for Lawrence "Pete" Janisch were held on Tuesday, March 7th at 10:30 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Sisseton. Father Norm Volk, OMI, officiated. Interment followed at St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery. Entrance and recessional hymns were sung by "Butch" Felix. Lector for the funeral service was Murdean Olson. "Amazing Grace" and "Danny Boy" were instrumental selections by Clint Valnes. The eulogy was given by Rod Westby. An all-night wake began on Monday, at the community center at Old Agency. Further visitation was held on Tuesday morning, one hour prior to services at the church. Honorary casket bearers were all of Pete's friends. Casket bearers were Roy Janisch, Mike Roberts, Donovan White Janisch, Jim Janisch, Joe Just, Clint Valnes, Cheyenne Barse, and Jim Cochran. Copyright c. 1999-2003 by C. D. Floro/Earth and Sky Enterprises. -=-=-=- March 7, 2006 Isabel J. Brown Bull ALLEN - Isabel J. Brown Bull, infant, Allen, was stillborn Saturday, March 4, 2006, at Pine Ridge Hospital. Survivors include her parents, Ira Brown Bull and Jodie Waters, Allen; two sisters, Mariah Brown Bull and Rosalind Brown Bull, both of Allen; her paternal grandparents, Harold Brown Bull, Martin, and Mona Mesteth, Porcupine; and her maternal grandparents, Anthony Waters, Martin, and Nancy Broken Rope, Allen. A two-night wake will begin at 1 p.m. today at St. John of the Cross Catholic Church in Allen. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 8, at the church. Burial will be at Waters Family Cemetery in Allen. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Bill Good Eagle Sr. LITTLE EAGLE - Bill Good Eagle Sr., 54, Little Eagle, died Thursday, March 2, 2006, as a result of an auto accident. He served in the U.S. Army from Feb. 13, 1969, to Feb. 10, 1972. Survivors include four sons, William Good Eagle Jr., Porcupine, Shelby Good Eagle, Eagle Butte, Sheldon Good Eagle, Red Scaffold, and Francis Buckman, Oglala; 13 grandchildren; his father, Dan Good Eagle, Mobridge; his mother, Mildred White Mountain; five sisters, Pattie Eagle Shield, Marie Brown, Martha Brown, Hattie Brown and Rachel Brown, all of McLaughlin; and one brother, Edwin Brown Jr., Little Eagle. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, at Behrens-Wilson Funeral Home in Rapid City. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, at the funeral home, with Darrell New officiating. Burial will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. March 8, 2006 Boyd White Bull WANBLEE - Boyd White Bull, 51, Wanblee, died Saturday, March 4, 2006, in Rapid City. He served in the U.S. Navy. Survivors include two brothers, Melvin "Choppa" White Bull, Pine Ridge, and George White Bull, Wanblee, and five sisters, Sylvia Brown, Isabell Brown and Mae White Bull, all of Wanblee, Rose Standing Bear, Rapid City, and Fay LeMay, White River. A first-night wake begins at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 9, at Wanblee CAP Office. A second-night wake begins at 1 p.m. Friday, March 10, at Crazy Horse School in Wanblee. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at the school, with the Rev. Lyle Noisy Hawk officiating. Burial will be at Red Kettle-White Bull Family Cemetery in Wanblee. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. March 9, 2006 Christopher Beane PINE RIDGE - Christopher Beane, 76, Pine Ridge, died Wednesday, March 8, 2006, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Arrangements are pending with Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge. Denise Velara White Eyes EAGLE BUTTE - Denise Velara White Eyes, 45, Eagle Butte, died Monday, March 6, 2006, at her home. An all-night wake service will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, March 10, at St. John's Episcopal Church in Eagle Butte. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 11, at the church, with the Rev. Jeffry Barnes officiating. Burial will be at Eagle Butte City Cemetery. Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge is in charge of arrangements. March 11, 2006 Louis Benjamin DuBray Jr. EAGLE BUTTE - Louis Benjamin DuBray Jr., "Mni Kola Kiya" (Friend of the Water), 65, Eagle Butte, died Tuesday, March 7, 2006, at IHS Hospital in Eagle Butte. A procession will gather at 5 p.m. Sunday, March 12, at the 4-mile corner, and a prayer service will begin at 7 p.m. Sunday at All Saints Catholic Church in Eagle Butte. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday, March 13, at the church, with the Rev. Brian Lane officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge is in charge of arrangements. March 13, 2006 Mike Witt PINE RIDGE - Mike Witt, 51, Pine Ridge, died Saturday, March 11, 2006, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Arrangements are pending with Sioux Funeral Home. Copyright c. 2006 The Rapid City Journal. -=-=-=- March 8, 2006 Lawrence Dempsey Micco 1938 - 2006 Services for Dempsey Micco, 67, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Micco died Thursday, March 9, 2006, at his home. He was born March 25, 1938, near Henrietta, Okla., the son of Hempsey Roberts Micco and Mattie Loney Micco Fisher. Mr. Micco was a painter at Haskell Indian Nations University and retired in 1999. He was a charter member of Indian Avenue Baptist Church, where he was elected deacon in February. He belonged to the Creek and Seminole Tribe. He was a member of Sequoyah V.O.C. Indian School Alumni Assn., Lawrence Haskell Alumni Chapter, Arizona Haskell Alumni Assn., Oklahoma Chapter of Haskell Alumni, New Mexico Haskell Alumni Assn. and Haskell Interfaith Council of Student Ministries. Mr. Micco received the Outstanding Haskell Alumni 2005 Award and was on the Douglas County Council of Aging as an advocate for American Indians. He was a Vista volunteer and Pelathe board member. He was a former member of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles and a former sponsor of ACCES Club. He married Ramona E. Mattwaoshe on June 8, 1963, in Lawrence. She survives, of the home. Other survivors include a daughter, Diana Wynn Pinegar, Kansas City, Kan. ; a son, Douglas L., Canon City, Colo.; five sisters, Alice Roberts, Dustin, Okla., Anne Hickey, Bryant, Okla., Nell English, Okmulgee, Okla., and Sarah Micco and Rainey Micco Marks, both of Weleetka, Okla.; three brothers, Robert F. Micco, Grove, Okla., and Johnny Micco and Tommy Dale Fisher, both of Weleetka; and three grandchildren. A daughter, Danielle Cristi Micco, died earlier. An American Indian Creek service will be at 6 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary, where the family will receive friends after the service until 8 p.m. The family suggests memorials to a charity of the donor's choice, sent in care of the mortuary. Online condolences may be sent to info@warrenmcelwain.com, subject: Micco. Copyright c. 2006 The Lawrence, KS Journal-World. -=-=-=- March 12, 2006 Mary Frances Taylor Mary Frances Taylor died of natural causes Friday, March 10, 2006, at her home in Ignacio. She was 61. Mrs. Taylor was born June 18, 1944, in Pueblo to Henry Taylor Sr., and Floy Box Valdez. She married Johnny Fasano in Los Angeles in 1978. She thoroughly enjoyed spending time with her family, attending church and going to the casino. She was a member of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. She is survived by daughter Stefanie Fasano of Ignacio; granddaughter Tristian Jefferson of Bloomfield, N.M.; grandson Robert Jefferson Jr., of Glenwood Springs; brothers Erwin Taylor of Bayfield, Buddy Taylor of Ignacio, Gene Valdez of Ignacio, Henry Taylor Jr., of Cortez and Laddie Taylor of Denver; sisters Marilyn Cotton of Ignacio, Marie Rivas of Pagosa Springs, Sunny Waratza of Ignacio and Henrietta Taylor of Denver; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Fasano, in 1993; daughter Pamela Taylor; sister Eva O'John and brothers Raymond A. Valdez, Frederick Taylor, Jason Taylor and Dean Taylor. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 13, 2006, at Hood Mortuary. A funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 14, 2006, at Rolling Thunder Hall in Ignacio. The Rev. Kelly Winlock of Baptist Indian Mission will officiate. Cremation will follow at Hood Mortuary Crematory. Copyright c. 2006 Durango Herald. -=-=-=- March 2006 * Cherokee Phoenix In Memorium James Morrison, 56 June 16, 1949, Claremore, Okla. - Feb. 13, 2006, Tulsa, Okla. President of Oaks School Board & longterm Executive Director of Oaks Mission Golda Ahaniwake Wright Rains, 83 Dec. 27, 1922,Westville, Okla. - Feb. 2, 2006,Westville, Okla. Licensed beautician and member Order of the Eastern Star Jesus "Jesse" C. Romero, 77 July 12, 1928, Scottsdale,Ariz. - Jan. 31, 2006, Tahlequah, Okla. US Army, City of Salina employee Lester Keith Sellers Jr, 32 June 2, 1973, Tulsa, Okla. - Feb. 8, 2006,Welling, Okla. Truck driver, Former Cherokee Nation firefighter This listing is complimentary to Cherokee Nation citizens. Copyright c. 2006 Cherokee Phoenix. -=-=-=- March 10, 2006 Johnie Raincrow TAHLEQUAH - Johnie Raincrow passed from this life Tuesday, March 7, 2006, in Tahlequah, at the age of 94 years. He was born Dec. 17, 1911, in Qualls, to Cornelius and Dona (Coppinger) Raincrow. Johnie married Mallie Marie (Poor) on Nov. 22, 1940. He worked as a general laborer in the construction industry. He was a member of Sellers Mission Church, where he taught Sunday School and Bible study for years. Johnie loved working in the garden, studying the Bible and feeding the birds. Johnie is survived by two daughters, Betty and Susie Raincrow; two sons, Johnny L. Raincrow and Ron Raincrow and wife, Beth; two grandchildren, John Samuel Raincrow and Amanda Springstead; a great-grandchild, Malachi Springstead; two step-grandchildren, Jacob Vann and Michelle Young; three step-grandchildren, Andrew, Daniel and Etta Young; a brother-in-law, William Johnson; special friends Albert and Hanna Goats; and several nieces, nephews, extended relatives and friends. He is preceded in death by his wife of 45 years, Mallie Raincrow; an infant son; his parents; and two sisters, Jennie Monholland and Callie Johnson. Services will be 10 a.m., Friday, March 10, at Reed-Culver Chapel with Rev. Richard Weatherford officiating and Rev. Opal Conrad assisting. Burial will follow at Sellers Cemetery. Pallbearers include Bobby Moss, Bobby Musgrove, Ricki Pettit, Johnny Elkins, Mike Ballard and Jerry Silk. Honorary pallbearer will be John Samuel Raincrow. Funeral arrangements directed by Reed-Culver Funeral Home. Reed-Culver Funeral Home, 117 W. Delaware, 456-2551. Copyright c. 2006 Tahlequah Daily Press. -=-=-=- March 8, 2006 Alfred D. Tayrien Alfred D. "Al" Tayrien, retired Realtor and long-time resident of Washington and Osage Counties, died Friday, March 3, in Grove, Okla. Al and his wife, Anne, who preceded him in death by six days, moved to Grove from Bartlesville following retirement. A member of the Osage Indian Tribe, he was born August 6, 1922, in Okesa, Okla. to William D. and Flossie Tayrien, both of Whom preceded him in death. Al is survived by three children, David and wife Linda Tayrien of Grove, Nancy Poe of Grove, and Carol Cain, Tulsa. He also is survived by seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Arizona. His stepson, Larry Sitek preceded him in death. Also surviving Al are brohter Joe Tayrien of Okesa, and sisters Anne Burd of Pawhuska and Geraldine Metzgar of Bartlesville. A World War II Veteran, Al served in the U.S. Navy in both the North Atlantic and the South Pacific. Al was a member of the Highland Park Baptist Church in Bartlesville and the First Baptist Church in Pawhuska and the First Baptist Church of Grove. He and his wife Anne were owners of Tayrien's Shoes in Bartlesville and Pawhuska. Graveside services were planned for Tuesday, March 7 at the Pawhuska Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Gary Bishop, pastor of Delaware Baptist Church near Grove, will officiate. Arrangements were under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home of Pawhuska. Copyright c. 2006 the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise. -=-=-=- March 7, 2006 Ramona Louise Standsblack Barrientos Ramona Louise Standsblack Barrientos, resident of Norman and longtime resident of Ponca City, went to be with the Lord Sunday evening, March 5, 2006, at the Norman Regional Hospital. She was 45. Prayer services will be held Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Ponca Indian Baptist Church. The traditional noon feast will be held Thursday, March 9, with the funeral to follow at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the Ponca Indian Cemetery under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel. Ramona was born June 11, 1960, in Pawnee, the daughter of Clarence Romine Standsblack and Marilyn Louise LeRoy Standsblack. Ramona lived in the Ponca City area almost all her life, where she received her education. She enjoyed working on various jobs and her hobbies were sewing, cooking and writing in her journals, and, most of all, she enjoyed being with her daughters, Maria and Sweet and her husband, Oswaldo Barrientos. She also enjoyed being with all her other family members and her friends. She loved watching her all time favorite football team, the Oklahoma Sooners. Roni is survived by her husband, Oswaldo of the home; her daughters, Maria Sofia and Sweet Marilyn and stepdaughter, Sandra. She is also survived by her sisters, Faith and husband Kennis Headman of Ponca City, Annie and husband Frank Tillman of Fort Washakie, Wyo., Gami Martinez of Norman, Mingo and husband Sergio Gutierrez of Ponca City; and one brother, Clarence and wife Janice Standsblack of Minco. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews as well as 14 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Marilyn Standsblack, two sisters, one nephew and one granddaughter. Casket bearers will be Maria Standsblack, Sweet Barrientos, Faith Headman, Brenda Standsblack, Shakira Standsblack and Romine Billy. Honorary casket bearers will be Branden and Mark Standsblack. March 10, 2006 Victor White Eagle Victor White Eagle, former resident of Ponca City, died Wednesday, March 8, 2006, in Dallas, Texas. He was 66. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 11, 2006, at the Ponca Indian Tribal Cemetery at White Eagle. Arrangements are under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel. Victor White Eagle was born Feb. 16, 1940, in Ponca City, the son of Zachariah Smith and Ethel Bears Ear Smith. He was a graduate of the Chilocco Indian School. He moved from the Ponca City area in the mid 1960s. He is survived by numerous nieces and nephews and was preceded in death by his parents; six brothers and sisters, Priscilla Shirley, Claremore "Cowboy" Smith, Nellie Rose, Calvin Smith, Lillian and Abe "Bitsey" White. March 12, 2006 Marion Phillips Marion "Ed" Phillips, 60, died Monday, March 6, 2006, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County, Rock Springs after a sudden illness. Marion was born Jan. 31, 1946, the son of John H. and Bessie Henning Phillips in Oklahoma City. He attended schools in Oklahoma and graduated from Star Spenser High School in Spenser with the class of 1964. He also attended North Central Vo-Tech in Tonkawa. He married Clarice Pickering on Sept. 18, 1979, in Pawnee. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He was employed at Benchmark as a truck driver. He was a member of the Reliance Volunteer Fire Department and was a volunteer with American Red Cross and FEMA. He was also a member of the Baptist Church. His interests included fishing, traveling, and his family. Survivors include his wife Clarice Phillips of Rock Springs; father, John Phillips of Quartsite, Ariz.; one son, Shawn Phillips of Pawnee; two daughters, Leah Hoover and husband Chip of Oklahoma City and Cherise Bakkala of Kentucky; one brother, Roy Phillips and wife Laele of Vernal, Utah; six sisters, Benita Hardinger and husband Orrin of Rock Springs, Gloria Hester and husband Fred of Quartsite, Ariz., Gaile Hemibuch and husband Gordon of Plevna, Mont., Glenda Nadwornick and husband Ron of Bozeman, Mont., Cathy Grywalski of Oklahoma City, Linda Wilson and husband Billy of Orlando, Fla.; and five grandchildren, Kyle and Brittney Phillips of Oklahoma City, Bryton Phillips of Muskogee, Kelli Gawhega of Kentucky, and DeNita Leclair of Ponca City. He was preceded in death by his mother, Bessie Phillips; stepmother, Betty Piatt Phillips; and grandparents, Edward Scott and Lula Mae Henning and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Phillips. The funeral will be held at noon Monday, March 13, at the Otoe-Missouria Cultural Center in Red Rock with Marvin Diamond and Billy Wilson officiating. Interment will be at the Otoe-Missouria Cemetery in Red Rock under the direction of Poteet Funeral Home of Pawnee. Copyright c. 1998-2006 The Ponca City News. -=-=-=- March 8, 2006 Linda Faye Hardee Prague resident Linda Faye Hardee, 54, departed this life on Sunday, March 5, in Prague. She was born March 29, 1951, in Okemah to Wadie Wilburn and Anna Pearl (Quary) Wallace. Linda was a juvenile correctional worker with the Sac & Fox Nation. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, James A. and Theresa Hardee of Prague; mother, Pearl Lopez of Prague; brothers, Charles and Brad Swinford, John, Thomas Dwayne and Wade Wallace, all of Prague; sisters, Mary Ford of Prague and Judy Owens of Plano, Texas; granddaughter, Melissa Gallagher of Prague. Service will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Parks Brothers Funeral Chapel in Prague with the Rev. Kevin Wehrli officiating. Burial will follow at the Prague Cemetery under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Service, Prague. A guest book is available to share your memories on-line. Please visit www.ParksBrothers.net Copyright c. 1997-2006 The Shawnee News-Star. -=-=-=- March 7, 2006 Susie Ahpeahtone Wilson OKLAHOMA CITY - Funeral for Susie Ahpeahtone, Oklahoma City, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Billy Hooton United Methodist Church, 1st Street and Terrance, Oklahoma City, with Toby A. Taptto-Blackstar, grandson, officiating. Ms. Wilson died early Friday morning, March 3, 2006, in an Oklahoma City hospital. An all night wake service will begin at 7 p.m. today at the Angie Smith Memorial United Methodist Church, Oklahoma City. Burial will be in Arlington Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Midwest City, under direction of Comanche Nation Funeral Home, Lawton. She was born April 26, 1921, in Apache, to Oscar and Sadie Aunko Ahpeahtone. She was a member of the Sand Creek Massacre descendants and grew up around the Verden area. She spoke the Kiowa language and told her family stories. She married Warren Gieonety. They had two sons. She later married Tom Wilson and had a daughter and two sons. She was of the Pentecostal faith and was a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma. Survivors include a daughter and a son-in-law, Sandra and Joe Billy of McAlester; three sons, Robert Geionety, Donald Geionety and Titus Wilson, all of Oklahoma City; four nieces: Brenda Doyeto Myers, Oklahoma City, and Glenda Doyeto Morgan, Phoenix; Nancy Tartsah, and Edwina Johnson; and five nephews: Clifford Doyeto, Tulsa; Tommy Tonemah, Okahoma City, and Orvie Lee Longhorn, Houston; Charles Gieonety, and Ronnie Gieonety. She was preceded in death by her husband, Tommie Wilson; a son, Darrell Dean Wilson; parents; grandparents; a brother; the Rev. Spencer Ahpeahtone; two sisters: Mae Jones, and Aileen Ahpeahtone Doyeto; two nieces, Anita Ann Longhorn and Phyllis Longhorn, and a nephew Harry Jones Jr. Copyright c. 2006 The Lawton Constitution. -=-=-=- March 11, 2006 Dempsey Micco Funeral service for former Seminole resident Dempsey Micco are scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at the Warren-Mcelwain Funeral Home located at 120 W. 13th Street Lawrence, Kan. Micco age 67, died Thursday, March 9, 2006 at his home in Lawrence, Kan. He was born March 25, 1938 to Hempsey Roberts and Mattie Looney Micco near rural Henryetta. The Micco family lived in and around Seminole throughout their youth and into their adult lives. Surviving is his wife Ramona Micco of Lawrence, Kan.; son Doug Micco of Canon City, Colo.; daughter Diana Micco-Pinegar of Kansas City, Kan.; brothers, Robert Frisco Micco of Grove, Johnny Micco of Weeletka and Tommy Fisher of Weeletka and sisters Alice Roberts of Dustin, Ann Hickey of Bryant, Sarah Micco of Weeletka, Nell English of Okmulgee and Rainey Marks of Weeletka. The Seminole Producer/Copyright c. 1999-2006 Arizona Newspapers Assn. -=-=-=- March 7, 2006 Danny R. Lansing Aneth, Utah Danny R. Lansing, of Aneth, Utah, died Sunday, March 5, 2006, at Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock. He was born in Aneth. Funeral services are pending with Brewer, Lee & Larkin Funeral Home of Shiprock, Hwy. 491, (505) 368-4607. March 8, 2006 Florence Begay Aneth, Utah Feb. 28, 1918 - March 5, 2006 Florence Begay, 88, of Aneth, Utah, died Sunday, March 5, 2006, at the Southwest Memorial Hospital of Cortez, Colo. Florence was born Feb. 28, 1918, in Aneth. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. today, Wednesday, March 8, at the Montezuma Creek LDS Chapel in Aneth. Burial will follow at the family cemetery in Aneth. Florence is in the care of Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home of Shiprock, Hwy. 491, (505), 368-4607. Copyright c. 2006 Farmington Daily Times, a MediaNews Group Newspaper. -=-=-=- March 7, 2006 Vera Lynn Belone TOHLAKAI - Funeral services for Vera Lynn Belone, 36 will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 8 at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Gallup. Father O'Keefe will officiate. Burial will be at the City Cemetery in Gallup. Belone died on March 4 in Gallup. She was born on Dec. 24, 1969 in Gallup into the Bitterwater People Clan for the Mud People Clan. Survivors include her parents, Soloman and Lucy Y. Belone of Tohlakai; brother, Christopher Belone of Tsayatoh; sisters, Virginia L. Johnson, Lisa M. Belone and Elaine Giron, all of Tohlakai. Belone was preceded in death by her grandparents, Mike and Jennie Ross Yazzie and Neil and Nanahbah Belone. Pallbearers will be family members. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Annie Joe TWIN BUTTES - Funeral services for Annie Joe, 82 will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 8 at the Twin Buttes Church of the Nazarene. Pastor Wilkson Sage will officiate. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Park in Gallup. Joe died on March 2 in Gallup. She was born on Dec. 23, 1923 in Twin Buttes into the Bitterwater People Clan for the Black Streak of Forest People Clan. She was a member of the Twin Buttes Church of the Nazarene and an artist seamstress and made Navajo dolls. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Jone C. Joe; sons, Sampson Joe, Arthur Joe and Hubbard Joe all of Gallup and Loren Joe of Crestview, NM; brothers, John Kee of Red Rock, Gee John of Albuquerque and Billy John of Crestview, NM; sisters, Emma Baker of Crestview, NM and Minnie Plummer of Gallup; 16 grandchildren; six great grandchildren. Joe was preceded in death by her sons, Peter Joe, Ebert Joe and Barton Joe; daugher, Anna Rose Joe. Pallbearers will be Lery Joe, Audris Joe, Michael Joe, Eric Joe, Larry Begay and David Begay. The family will receive relatives and friends at the Twin Buttes Church of the Nazarene following burial services. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Marie Hudson Delgarito THOREAU - Funeral services are pending for Marie Hudson Delgarito, 82. Delgarito died on March 4 in Grants. She was born on Jan. 1, 1924 in Bluewater, NM into The Sleeping Rock People Clan for the the Salt People Clan. Compassion Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. March 8, 2006 Marie Hudson Delgarito THOREAU - Funeral services for Marie Hudson Delgarito, 82 will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 9 at the Compassion Morturary in Grants. Pastor Edward King will officiate. Burial will follow at Grants Memorial Park. Delgarito died on March 4 in Grants. She was born on Jan. 1, 1924 in Bluewater Village into The Sleeping Rock People for the Salt People Clan. Survivors include her children, Ruby Billy of Thoreau; Pauline Hudson of Haystack; Ernest Hudson of Prewitt; sister, Flora Hudson-Martinez of Prewitt; 13 grandchildren; eight great grandchildren. Delgarito was preceded in death by her husband, Amos Delgarito; parents, Jack Bruce and Fannie Hudson; brothers, Lew Yazzie, Lou Hudson, Cecil Lewis Sr., Tom Bruce and Bruce Hudson. Pallbearers will be Valentino Billy, Valdis Billy, Victor Billy, Erick Largo, Lewey Yazzie Jr., and Nelvin Charley. Compassion Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Marie Mollahon Yazzie CRYSTAL - Memorial service for Marie Mollahon Yazzie, 63 will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 9 at the Our Lady of Blessed Sacrament. Father Gilbert Schneider, OFM will officiate. Burial will be in Crystal, NM (Sandsprings). Visitation will be held at 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 9. Yazzie died on March 4 in Albuquerque. She was born on October, 24, 1942 in Fort Defiance into the Blacksheep People Clan for the Near the Water Clan. She attended grade school in Crystal, Junior High in Gallup and High School at Riverside, Calif. She was employed in California and Fort Defiance with Pomona Divisions. She was also a homemaker and enjoyed spending time with family. Survivors include her husband, Eddie Yazzie; son, Herbert Brown; daughters, Cynthia A. Brown and Sylvia T. Thompson; parent, Gretchen L. Mollahon; sister, Mary L. Thompson; grandparents, Lillie and Patrick Yazzie; six grandchildren. Yazzie was preceded in death by her father, John Mollahon Sr.; brothers, Nelson Mollahon, John Mollahon Jr., and Johnson M. Mollahon; maternal grandparents, Little Doc Laughing and Bah Laughing. Pallbearers will be EmoryWauneka, Ray Yazzie, Bernard Cleveland, Freeland Yazzie, Michael Mullahon and Raymond Mullahon. The family will receive relatives and friends at the Crystal Chapter House following services. March 9, 2006 Donald Thomas Sr. MANY FARMS - Funeral services for Donald D. Thomas, Sr., 89, will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 10 at the Many Farms Full Gospel Church. Rev. Mike Lee will officiate. Burial will be on a family plot in Many Farms. Thomas died on March 5 in Gallup. He was born on May 20, 1916 in Rough Rock, Ariz., into the Salt People Clan for the Red House People Clan. Survivors include his wife, Mary K. Thomas; sons, Jonah Thomas of Tsaile and Donald Thomas of Many Farms; daughters, Ella Folsomito and Linda Begay both of Many Farms; sister, Annie Victor of Many Farms. Thomas was preceded in death by his daughter, Susie Thomas; son, Daniel Thomas. The family will receive relatives and friends at the Many Farms Full Gospel Church, five miles north of the Conoco Store. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. March 11, 2006 Ella Mae Nez NAVAJO - Funeral services for Ella Mae Nez, 36 will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 13 at the Assembly of God-Family Church in Fort Defiance. Pastor James Bennet will officiate. Burial will be on a family plot in Blue Canyon, Ariz. Nez died on March 8 in Navajo. She was born on June 5, 1969 in Fort Defiance into the Bitter Water Clan for the Red Bottom People Clan. She attended Many Farms High School and Fort Wingate High School. She worked for the Navajo Tribe and Apache County. She loved to be with her children. Survivors include her sons, Eli Nez, DarrenThomas, Shandel Tsosie and Devon Descheenie all of Navajo, NM and Jevon Descheenie of Rock Point, Ariz.; daughter, Dakota Thomas of Navajo; parents, Julius and Margaret Nez both of Blue Canyon, Ariz.; brothers, Justin Nez, Jackson Nez, Michael Nez, Andrew Nez and Buddy Nez all of Fort Defiance; sisters, Judy Nez of Leupp, Ariz., and April Hale of Fort Defiance. Nez was preceded in death by her sister, Bessie Nez; grandfather, John Catron. Pallbearers will be family members. March 13, 2006 Priscilla Singer FLATROCK, Ariz. - Funeral services for Priscilla Singer, 46, will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 14 at the Church of the Nazarene in Nazlini, Ariz. Rev. Willie Van Winkle will officiate. Burial will follow at the Nazlini Community Cemetery. Singer died on March 9 in Phoenix. She was born Jan. 27, 1960, in Denver, Colo. into the Coyote Pass People Clan for the Bitterwater People Clan. Singer attended Chinle High School. She spent most of her life raising children and caring for her home. She enjoyed cooking. Singer is survived by her sons, Gilford Tsosie, Gregory Murphy Tsosie, Geoffrey Mike Tsosie; daughters, Patricia Singer, Georgia Ann Tsosie, Gloria Ann Tsosie, Gennifer Nellie Tsosie. Singer was preceded in death by her husband, Godfrey Tsosie; anddaughter, Geraldine Tsosie. Pallbearers will be Gilford Tsosie, Gregory Tsosie, Geoffrey Tsosie, Arviso Singer, Preston Singer, Huskie Billie. The family will receive relatives and friends at the Nazlini Chapter House. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Pahe Yazzie GALLUP - Funeral services are pending for Pahe Yazzie, 88. Yazzie died March 11. He was born July 17, 1917. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2006 the Gallup Independent. -=-=-=- March 12, 2006 Abe Begay Abe Bahe Begay, 100, died Sunday, March 5, 2006, at his daughter's home in Flagstaff. He was born Nov. 24, 1905, in Tohatchi, N.M. to Asezaa Todacheeni and Hostee Bitaanii. He married Doris Nakai, and they had five children. They were later divorced. He married Rebecca Denetsosie in 1948, and they had 10 children. She died Sept. 27, 2003. Mr. Begay was a hard-working man who always did his best to care and provide for his family. He worked for the federal government in several agencies for many years, including work as a blueprint operator during the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam. He had lived in several towns around the area, including Kanab, Utah, and Page, Gap area, and Flagstaff. He is remembered for his large hard-working hands and his wonderful laugh. His great wisdom and knowledge were passed on to many. He was always willing to help those in need. He will be greatly missed by his many family and friends. He is survived by children Raymond Begay of Navajo, N.M., Richard (Teri) Begay of White Hills, Ariz., Arlene (Gene) Salazar of Flagstaff, Alberta (Carlos) Sanchez of Flagstaff, Louis (Kathy) Begay of Tennessee, Leonard Begay of Page, Ameretta (Herman) Yazzie of Flagstaff, Abel Begay of Page, Albert V. Begay of Page, Bernda (Clyde) Tsinnijinnie of Page, and Verda Kay Riddle of Page; 21 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by all eight of his brothers and sisters, his wife Becky Begay, son Abe Bahe Begay Jr., and granddaughter Teiarria. Funeral services were Thursday in Page, with burial in the Butler-Begay Family Plot about 8 miles east of Gap, Arizona. Arrangements were made with Mosdell Mortuary of Kanab, Utah. Copyright c. 2000-2006 Arizona Daily Sun. -=-=-=- March 10, 2006 Joann B. Toggie JoAnn B. Toggie of Whiteriver went home to be with the Lord on March 2, 2006 at the Whiteriver Indian Health Services Hospital. JoAnn was born on July 8, 1942 in San Carlos to the late Joseph and Violet (Mull) Bullis of Bylas, Arizona. She came to the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation when she was in the 7th grade. She attended East Fork Lutheran Mission School. She lived most of her life in Whiteriver. JoAnn is survived by her husband, McKinley Toggie; children, Leon Hood, JoNadine Hood, Tresador J. Hood; grandchildren, Kyle D. Hood, Jonidean Altaha, Jonita Altaha, Juanita Johnson, Tianna J. Hood, Reagan J. Hood; great grandchildren, Joniqua S. Altaha, Joy N. Altaha, Keith C. Altaha; step-daughter, Bernita Toggie; step-sister, Vera Hunter; many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. JoAnn was preceded in death by her father, Joseph Bullis; mother Violet Mull Bullis; brothers, Wayne Bullis and Jerry Bullis; step-bothers Andrew Kozie and Irving Kozie. A one night wake will be held at her residence in Upper East Fork on Thursday, March 9 at 10 a.m. A home funeral service will be held Friday, March 10 at 10 a.m. at her residence with Pastor Fidel Dazen officiating. Her body will be escorted back to Bylas starting at 1 p.m. for a one night wake at Vera Hunter's residence in Bylas on Friday, March 10 at 4 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 11 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Bylas. Interment will be at the North Gate Black Point Cemetery in Bylas. Silver Creek Chapel Mortuary of Whiteriver handled the arrangements. Loween Johnson Harvey Precious Memories of our beloved wife, mother, grandma, sister, aunt and friend Loween Johnson Harvey. She was born on January 25, 1944 to Grant and Helen (Perry) Johnson in Whiteriver. She went to be with the Lord on March 4, 2006 in Mesa, Arizona. She was born, raised and went to school in Whiteriver. She was married in 1982 to Artie Harvey in Show Low. She enjoyed doing bead work and was well known for her work. Loween is survived by her husband, Artie Harvey; her daughter, Angel Rose Harvey; one sister Charlene Johnson Lupe; one brother Limbert Johnson; two granddaughters Alicia Rose Harvey and Cyrina Rose Kessay; two grandsons Keisean Justin Lupe and Orlando Tio Kessay all of Whiteriver and many family and friends. She was preceded in death be her parents, two sisters and four brothers. On Wednesday, March 8, Loween's body will be brought back to the residence of her nephew Richard Hill on Riverside Circle Road at 10 a.m. Funeral services will be on Friday, March 10, 2006 at 10 a.m. at the Seven Mile Miracle Church with Dr. Timothy Hinton officiating. Internment will be at Whiteriver Cemetery. Arrangements were handled under the direction of Black's Mortuary of Show Low. Light a memory candle at www.loween-harvey.blacksmortuary.com. Copyright c. 2006 White Mountain Independent. -=-=-=- March 11, 2006 Eddy Osborne FORT HALL - Eddy Pete Osborne, 30, passed away peacefully in his sleep at the residence of a friend in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on February 22, 2006. Eddy was born November 18, 1975 to Allen "Al" Osborne and Linda Rodriquez Osborne. He grew up in Fort Hall spending a lot of time hunting and fishing in the mountains and the Fort Hall bottoms with his father. He also enjoyed camping in Island Park, Yellowstone and Jackson. He graduated from Highland High School in 1994. He later attended classes at ISU. Eddy was currently a Personal Care Provider. He worked as a Community Health Representative and various other jobs. His happiest times were spent in Salt Lake City where he worked for Morgan Stanley, Dean Whittier and various other call centers. Eddy was a member of the Shoshone Bannock Tribes. He was also very proud of his Mexican heritage. Eddy was a Sun dancer and believed in the Mother Earth and the Creator and he did his best to be spiritual. He was also a member of the Catholic Church and the Native American Church. Eddy loved his many friends and family. He enjoyed music, movies, his Impala, bingo, and the casino machines. He is survived by his mother, Linda Osborne, beloved sister, Alicia Annette Osborne and beloved niece, Alyssa Angelica Two Eagles, and Godson, Antonio Eliahs Gonzales, maternal grandparents, Pete and Viola Matsaw Rodriquez, many aunts, uncles and cousins, all of Fort Hall. He was preceded in eternal peace by his father, Al Osborne, paternal grandparents, Kathleen Stone and Malden Osborne, maternal great grandparents, Edward and Emma Hope Matsaw and Pedro and Adelina Chacon Rodriquez. Eddy also known as "Edward G" wanted to be remembered for his loud laughter, his empty eyes and his love for everyone he loved (they know who they are). He asked for them to love him always and remember him smiling and having a good time. He was taken to his home on South Bannock Road, Fort Hall, on Saturday, Feb. 25, until 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27, for Mass services at St. Anthony Chapel, and then returned to the Osborne home until traditional services at 2 p.m. Burial was at the Matsaw family cemetery on Monday, Feb. 27. Arrangements were under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 S. 4th Ave., Pocatello Deshanne Jim FORT HALL - Deshanne Deval (Tobey) LaVatta-Jim, 34, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2006 from injuries received in an automobile accident. "De De"was born to Varina & Leland Tobey June 3, 1971 in Pocatello. She was later adopted by Elsie Ann and Raymond C. LaVatta of Fort Hall, She attended Tyhee Elementary and Hawthorne Jr. High. She currently resided in the Fort Hall area. She married Nolan Jim Nov. 3, 2000. She is survived by three children, William "Billy" Andrew LaVatta, Rebecca Marie LaVatta and Justice Mercedes Varina Guitterez-Depineras. Four sisters; Tana Lynn Felsman (Dennis); Rayleen LaVatta; Bonita Marie LaVatta-Latimer (Jason Sr.);Robin Rene Stone-LaVatta (Edison Adakai Jr.). Two brothers; Charles LaVatta and Dominic Joscum. Nieces Jasmine Gussie Ann Singer & Rayne Rose Marie Singer (Robin). Angel Scown, Violet Felsman, Lana Felsman; Nephews; D. Jason Latimer Jr. and Kendall Monroe Latimer. Cody Felsman, Mark Felsman, Kaden Alred. Along with numerous aunts and uncles and extended family. She was preceded in death by her mother's Varina and Elsie; a brother William Pahneeno and a niece Honor Rae Alvarez. She was a descendent of Dave Pahneeno and Geraldine Antelope. A viewing was from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, February 24, 2006 at Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 South 4th Ave, Pocatello. A teepee service was at the Mission Cemetery in Fort Hall on Sat., February 25 from 10 a.m. to noon. She was taken to the LDS Church on Hwy 91 and services were at 1 p.m. Burial followed at Sand Hill Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home. Dora Fisher FORT HALL - Our loving Dora Dean Jackson Fisher, 48, died peacefully at her home, February 28, 2006. She was born November 11, 1957 in Pocatello, Idaho to Isaac and Amelia (Nephi) Jackson Sr. She lived as she wanted, to the fullest... leaving only fond and cherished memories for those who knew and loved her. Dora was married to Leo L. Fisher; together they had four special children, Le'Dein, Deidra (Angel), Jacob, and Camelia. She was proud of her children, in her way, love was shared. Also included in her family were her brothers, Edgar Jackson, Isaac Jackson Jr., and sister, Diana (Hilbert) Fisher. Dora was faithful to all her cousins, her friends, and extended family. Dora lived most of her life in Fort Hall. She enjoyed sharing what she knew about her culture. She enjoyed powwows, tanning deer hides, reinforcing culture and tradition to those she knew who wanted to learn about what she had to share. She was loved, and she loved in return, in her own way. She will truly be missed but never forgotten. As part of traditional services she will be at her residence, near the corner of Edmo Road and Hwy 91 from Thursday, March 2 until time of the burial service at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 4 at Gibson Cemetery. Funeral services are under the care of Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 S. 4th Ave, Pocatello. Copyright c. 2006 Sho-Ban News. All rights reserved. -=-=-=- March 11, 2006 Lynn "Pepsi" Walksontop Lynn "Pepsi" Walksontop passed away March 9, 2006. Lynn traveled many miles throughout her life, working on several different reservations. She worked in the planning department for the Spokane Tribe and as director of the Spokane Tribe Senior Citizen Program for the last 14 years. Lynn was well known throughoutIndian country. She is survived by her mother, Agnes McCrea of Wellpinit, WA; brothers, Fred McCrea of Wellpinit, WA, Rodney Nomee of Usk, WA, Gene Nomee of Usk, WA; sisters, Joanna Nomee of Usk, WA, Pat Songers of Ronan, MT, Lillian Nomee of Usk, WA; other brothers, Willard Nomee of Ford, WA, Milton Nomee of Usk, WA, Joe Nomee of Worley, ID, Calvin Nomee of Worley, ID, Alfred Nomee of Plummer, ID; other sisters, Agnes Brien of Worley, ID, Marianne Hurley of Worley, ID, Philomena Nomee of Plummer, ID, Wilma Bob of Plummer, ID, Frances Peacock of Plummer, ID; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband, Harry Walksontop; father, John Nomee; other dad, George McCrea; other mom, Adeline Burns; brother, Andy Nomee; and sister, Lydia Nomee. A Wake will be held at 7:00 pm, Sunday, March 12, and aFuneral Mass at 10:00 am, Monday, March 13, at the Spokane Tribal Longhouse. Interment at Wellpinit Catholic Cemetery. - Spokane, Wash., Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and the Inland Northwest Copyright c. 2006, The Spokesman-Review. -=-=-=- March 8, 2006 Margaret Gambler Spoonhunter ARAPAHOE - Funeral services for Margaret Gambler Spoonhunter, 96, will be held on Friday, March 10, 2006, at 10 a.m., at Great Plains Hall in Arapahoe. Catholic clergy will officiate. Interment follows at Arapaho Catholic Cemetery at St. Stephens. There will be a Rosary recited today at 7 p.m,. at Davis Funeral Home in Riverton. A second Rosary will be recited on Thursday at Great Plains Halls with a wake to follow. She died March 6, 2006, at her home in Great Plains Housing at Arapahoe. She was born May 2, 1909, in Hayes, Mont., the daughter of John Gambler and Annie (Mount) Gambler. She moved to Wyoming from Montana at age 8 and made her home in Arapahoe, attending St. Stephens Indian School. She married Ward J. Spoonhunter in 1928 in Arapahoe. She was a member of the Catholic faith. She enjoyed the traditional Arapaho ceremonial ways. She was a member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe Council of Elders, served in the Headstart grandparent program, was a foster grandparent and had worked at the Arapaho Headstart for 23 years until her death. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary No. 84 of the Arthur- Antelope-Brown Post. Among her hobbies, she enjoyed beading, craftwork, bingo, spending time with her grandchildren, cooking for and feeding all of the people who came to her house and she loved her family, grandchildren and great- grandchildren. Survivors include her sons, Stanley Spoonhunter Sr., Alfred Spoonhunter Sr., Adam H. Spoonhunter, Marlin Spoonhunter, Wendell Spoonhunter, Harvey Spoonhunter, Theron Spoonhunter and Charles Gambler; daughters, Laura Shakespeare, Alice Moss, Sarah Black, Shanna Lessert, Tillie Jenkins, Alrita Talksdifferent, Florence Trosper, Alberta Littleboy and Bernice Miller; adopted children, Burton Hutchinson Sr., Charles Manderson, Terry Spoonhunter, Mary Alice Addison, Poncho Lonedog and Eugene Limpy; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren including one serving with the U.S. Army in Texas and one serving with the U.S. Marine Corps in South Carolina; and an adopted sister, Helen Cedartree. She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Jerome Gambler and George Gambler; sisters, Josephine White, Cora Brown, Lucky C'Hair and Rita Lee and seven grandchildren. Services are under the direction of Davis Funeral Home of Riverton. Pascual 'Waldo' Sanchez Sr. ETHETE - A funeral service for Pascual "Waldo" Sanchez Sr., 64, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 7, 2006, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church with Catholic clergy officiating. A rosary will be held at 7 p.m. today at Wind Dancer Funeral Chapel with a wake to follow at the Carol Friday residence, 28 Tillman Circle, Boulder Flats. Interment will be in the Friday Cemetery at Ethete. He died Friday, March 3, 2006, at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper. He was born May 21, 1941, to Pascual and Lazara Sanchez in San Carlos, Mexico. He was a graduate of Certified Welding School of Casper. As an oil rig hand, he worked from Canada to Mexico for Thompson Drilling, ATCO, True, CAZA, Burris, Exeter, Sauer's and TIC Pipe Line. He enjoyed gardening, traveling, pow wows, collecting anything and everything, visiting with friends and being with family. Survivors include his brothers Epitacio Sanchez of Midland, Texas, Inocencio Sanchez of Albany,Texas, Francisco Sanchez of San Angelo, Texas, Fernando Sanchez of Sterling City, Texas, and Jose Sanchez of San Carlos, Mexico; sisters Romona Sanchez of San Carlos, Blasa Sanchez of Piedras Nagras, Mexico, Maria Sanchez of Lubbock, Texas, and Alicia Sanchez of Ozona, Texas; his ex-wife Carol M. Friday of Boulder Flats; daughters Alicia Juanita Sanchez of Boulder Flats, Lazara C. Sanchez-Broncho and her husband, Amy Friday of Ethete, Velinda Friday, Joanne Friday of Boulder Flats; sons Pascual Sanchez Jr. of Boulder Flats, Gerardo Javier Sanchez of Fredricksburg, Texas, and Marcus Dale Friday; his companion Jolene Alberts; his grandmother Catherine M. Friday; and other family members, godchildren and 16 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his brothers Graciano, Julio and Epifanio Sanchez; his sister Juanita Sanchez; and his parents. Services are provided by Wind Dancer Funeral Home of Fort Washakie. Copyright c. 2006 Casper Star-Tribune published by Lee Publications, Inc., a subsidiary of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated. -=-=-=- March 7, 2006 Vaneeta Deanna Bearquiver CROW AGENCY - Vaneeta Deanna Bearquiver, 48, died Sunday, March 5, 2006, in the Crow Agency IHS Hospital, following a long battle with diabetes. Traditional wake services will be held 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, in the Crow Agency Spirit of Life Four Square Church. Funeral services will be held at the Church, 11 a.m. Thursday. Interment will follow in the Lodge Grass Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements. March 12, 2006 Mark Huntsalong LAME DEER - Mark Huntsalong, age 47, of Lame Deer formerly of Mandaree, N.D. passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2006, at his home in Lame Deer. Mark was born the son of Vincent and Margie (Fredricks) Huntsalong on Aug. 24, 1958, in Minot, N.D. He grew up in Mandaree, where he received his education. Following his gradation, Mark worked as a cowboy around the Mandaree area until moving to Lame Deer where he attended Chief Dull Knife College for one semester. After his time at Dull Knife, Mark's career was being a security guard, he briefly worked at the Cheyenne Depot and later was employed at the Northern Cheyenne Service unit (Lame Deer IHS). He then started his job at the Northern Cheyenne Utilities which he remained at until the time of his death. Mark was united in marriage to Betty Jo Bird on Aug. 31, 1977. To this union, their children were born. Mark's home was in Mandaree where he wanted to return someday, but lived in Lame Deer because of the love he had for his daughters. Mark enjoyed working on his cars and doing mechanic work as well as listening to John Forgerty and Hank Williams Jr. Mark found peace in working in his garden and planted one every year. He especially loved and enjoyed his children and grandchildren. Mark is survived by his wife, Betty Jo of Lame Deer; four daughters, Tiffany Weaselbear (Elroy) of Lame Deer, Roselyn (Elijah) Rock of Lodge Grass, Roselea (Frank) Huntsalong of Lame Deer, Markita (Hub) Williamson of Lodge Grass; his brothers, Ryan Huntsalong Sr., Gerald Huntsalong Sr., Wilbur Huntsalong, Ambrose Phelan, Vernon (Blue) Youngbear, and Randy Phelan; and one sister, Emmarine (Thomas Sr.) Bigpond of Bristol, Okla.; and his mother, Margie Huntsalong of Mandaree. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Fawn, Mountain, and Elroy Jr. Weaselbear, Walter and Arhiyah Rock, and Paul Heid, as well as two special granddaughters he has helped raise, Athena and Anthea Whiteman of Lame Deer. Mark was preceded in death by his father, Vincent; his brothers, Vincent Jr., and Gary Phelan; as well as his nephew, Gerald Huntsalong Jr. A wake will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 13, in the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Lame Deer. At midnight, he will be transported to his home in Lame Deer to carry on the rest of the wake. On March 14, at 10 a.m. the family will follow him home to Mandaree. An additional wake will be on Tuesday evening, March 14, in Mandaree. Funeral services will be on Wednesday morning, March 15, at the St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Mandaree. Burial will be in the St. Anthony's Cemetery. Condolences can be sent to the Huntsalong family at www.stevensonandsons.com. Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Forsyth is in charge of the arrangements. Copyright c. 2006 The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises. -=-=-=- March 8, 2006 Shirley C. Morgan BROWNING - Shirley C. (Cut Finger) Morgan, 61, a licensed practical nurse for 33 years, died of natural causes Monday at her home in Browning. A wake is in progress at Glacier Home Center in Browning, with a rosary there at 7 p.m. Friday. Funeral Mass is 11 a.m. Saturday at Little Flower Catholic Church, with burial in Willow Creek Cemetery. Pondera Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include a son, Corey (Shelley) Morgan Sr. of Heart Butte; a sister, Tia Whitegrass of Starr School; two grandchildren, Stephanie Morgan and Corey (Joshlynn) Morgan of Fort Lewis, Wash.; and two great- grandchildren, Tahtianna and Lance Morgan of Fort Lewis. Shirley was born April 23, 1941, in Browning. She graduated from Browning High School and went on to receive her nursing degree from Flathead Valley Community College. She received an associate's degree from Blackfeet Community College. Shirley worked for the IHS Hospital, Blackfeet Nursing Home, CHR Program, Chemical Dependency Program, Home Health and Headstart in Browning. She also worked at the Indian Center in Missoula. Shirley enjoyed reading, crocheting and crafts. She was preceded in death by her parents, Peter Cut Finger Sr. and Alice Morgan; and a brother, Peter Cut Finger Jr. March 13, 2006 Lynn Spottedwolf Spottedwolf, Lynn, 51, of Fort Totten, ND, died Friday, March 10 at her home under hospice care. Nelson Funeral Home, Minnewaukan, ND. Copyright c. 2006 Great Falls Tribune, a division of Lee Enterprises. -=-=-=- March 8, 2006 Shirley C. Morgan BROWNING - Shirley C. Morgan, 64, passed away Monday, March 6, 2006, at her home in Browning of natural causes. Shirley was born April 23, 1941, in Browning. Survivors include her son, Corey (Shelley) Morgan Sr. of Heart Butte; a sister, Tia Whitegrass of Starr School; two grandchildren, Stephanie Morgan and Corey (Joshlynn) Morgan; and two great-grandchildren, Tahtianna and Lance Morgan. She graduated from Browning High School and went on to receive her nursing degree from Flathead Valley Community College. She worked at the Indian Center in Missoula. A wake is in progress at the Glacier Home Center in Browning with rosary services at 7 p.m. Friday. Funeral Mass will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Little Flower Catholic Church. Burial to follow in Willow Creek Cemetery. Pondera Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Copyright c. 2006 Missoulian, a division of Lee Enterprises. -=-=-=- March 9, 2006 Francis Anawrok, 61 Anchorage Lifelong Alaska Native and Anchorage resident Francis "Fran" L. Anawrok, 61, died of complications from cancer March 6, 2006, at Providence Alaska Medical Center, surrounded by family. A service will be at 3 p.m. today at Witzleben's Bragaw Chapel. Mr. Anawrok was born April 1, 1944, in Unalakleet. He enjoyed fishing by himself - by boat in summer and by dog team in the winter. To the end, he loved to hunt and fish, his family said. Mr. Anawrok served in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1966. He is survived by his soulmate and best friend, Nancy Hartgrove of Anchorage; brother, Ray of Long Beach, Calif.; aunts, Marge Moore of Anchorage and Rena Anawrok of Unalakleet; cousins and relatives in Anchorage and Unalakleet; and many friends all over. Memorial tributes may be made at www.mem.com. March 11, 2006 Elizabeth Mary O'Donnell, 71 Anchorage Anchorage resident Elizabeth Mary "Acif'aq" O'Donnell, 71, died March 5, 2006, at Alaska Native Medical Center. A service will be at 1 p.m. today at Evergreen Memorial Chapel, 737 E St. with the Rev. William Nicholson officiating. A one-hour visitation will be after the service. Burial will be in the spring at Anchorage Memorial Park. Mrs. O'Donnell was born Dec. 3, 1934, in Napakiak to Young and Elena Kilbuck. In the mid-1950s, she moved to Anchorage. She had worked as a maid at the Hilton Hotel in Anchorage during the 1970s. Mrs. O'Donnell enjoyed fishing, hiking and berry picking. She was a member of the Moravian church. Survivors include her sons, Leon O'Donnell Jr., George O'Donnell and his girlfriend, Rosalie Watt; stepson, David Fuller; sister, Anne Beebe; brothers, Raymond Duguquaand Oscar Kilbuck; half-brother, Donald Kilbuck; stepsister, Mary Willie; sister-in-law, Monna Carter; brother-in-law, Larry Carter; numerous nieces and nephews including June Kilbuck, Carrie Alexie, Mary Kilbuck, Elena Rath, Alaura Reynolds, Desiree Reynolds, Greg Kilbuck, Gilbert Duguqua, Scott Reynolds, and Bobby Reynolds; good friend, Christin Noller; and other relatives including Colleen and Grant Boulerjack. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Allen Kilbuck and Gregory Kilbuck; husband, Leon O'Donnell; grandson, Leon O'Donnell III; half- brother, George Kilbuck; and half-sister, Florence Cash. Copyright c. 2006 The Anchorage Daily News. -=-=-=- March 12, 2006 Kenneth C. Pitka II Our beloved Kenneth Chilson Pitka II went home to be with the Lord on March 10, 2006. Although he never lived on this earth, he was definitely his mom and dad's pride and joy and brought much joy and happiness throughout his mother's pregnancy. His parents had eagerly awaited his birth with a great deal of love and happiness and he will surely be missed, but they find comfort knowing that he is one of God's precious angels watching over his family and big sister Jaelynn. He will live on in our hearts forever and his memory will never be forgotten and we know that we will see him in heaven someday. His mom and dad would like to thank everyone for their support, love and prayers. He was greeted in heaven by his grandfathers Elman Pitka, Henry Smoke Sr. and William Pitka; grandparents Louise and Willie Juneby; uncles Henry Pitka, Frank Pitka, Kenneth Pitka and Duane Honea; aunt Vivian Pitka; and cousins Kilburn Cleaver, Todd Honea, Stephanie Bennis and Arvin Petruska. Kenneth left behind to mourn his passing his mother, Niki Honea, father, Kenneth Pitka and sister Jaelynn; maternal grandparents Karen Honea and Fred Holmberg of Ruby, Melvin Sam and Marie of Fairbanks; paternal grandparents Arlene Pitka and Ben Juneby of Fairbanks, and Wayne Smoke and Flo of Minto; maternal great-grandparents Don Honea Sr. and Clara Honea of Ruby; and Tony Sam Sr. and Emily Sam of Huslia; paternal great-grandparent Elsie Pitka of Beaver; and Jenny Smoke of Fairbanks. He also leaves behind aunts Raelene Honea, Cheyenne Honea, MaryAnn Juneby, Nellie Winer and Vivian Juneby and his cousin Elisa; uncle Arnold Holmberg; great aunts and uncles Rose and Mark Ryder, Marilyn Johnson and Al Fabian, Dawn and Darrell Greenway, Joyce and Charles Mayo, Dale and Shirley Honea, Don Jr., and Annie Honea, Daryl Honea and April Hinton, Glenn Honea, and Rocky Honea, Ada Deaton and Bub, Eliza Bush, Debbie Kozloff, Antone Pitka and Ron, Selina Petruska and Paul, Wilma Pitka, and Jennie Pitka, great uncle Richard Pitka and Bob Winer; and the Sam family of Huslia, and numerous other family members in Fairbanks, Beaver, Ruby, Huslia and Stevens Village. Nikki and Kenneth are receiving family and friends at 2004 Sandvik Street No. 308. A memorial service will be held at noon Monday, March 13 at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 15 in Ruby. Interment will be held following the service at the Ruby Hillside Cemetery. A traditional potlatch will follow that evening. Floral arrangements can be sent to the address above. Arrangements were by Fairbanks Funeral Home. Copyright c. 1999-2006 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Inc. -=-=-=- March 8, 2006 Daniel G. Moreno Sr. Juneau and Sitka resident Daniel G. Moreno Sr., 78, died March 4, 2006, at Bartlett Memorial Hospital, with his family nearby. Memorial services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 9, at the Tlingit and Haida Community Council building on old Glacier Highway. After the services, he will lie in state until 5:30 a.m. and go by ferry to Sitka, where a cultural memorial service will take place at 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, at the Sheetka Kwaan Naakahidi. Alaska Native Brotherhood services memorial services will be officiated by Kevin Lee, followed by reception. A private family burial service will be on Monday, March 13. He was born on May 8, 1927, to George and Emma (Johnson) Moreno on a fishing boat anchored at Hole in the Wall, near Kake. He was Shangukeidi from the Thunderbird House, Mexican yatgi, and Luxnaxadi dachxan. His spiritual life began at Catholic Pius X Mission in Skagway, serving as an altar boy with a beautiful tenor voice. He served in the Navy during World War II in the Thousand Mile War. Honorably discharged, he enlisted and served in the Army. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Ward, Sitka Post 13/American Legion, SheeAtika and Sealaska. He was also a delegate for Tlingit & Haida Community Council, Sitka Tribes of Alaska. He was a lifelong commercial fisherman, in the waters from Ketchikan to the Bering Sea, and a hunter. He worked for Mt. Edgecumbe High School for 13 years. Family members said, "His journey in life on earth born on a boat, with a love of the ocean, will conclude with a last boat ride from Juneau to Sitka, which he considered home." Pallbearers in Juneau will be Norman Sarabia, Norman Smith, William Brown, Walter Smith, Ed Kunz Jr. and Thomas Moreno. Pallbearers in Sitka will be Chuck Miller, Walter Smith, Norman Smith, Gilbert Sam, Phil Nielsen, Roger Ness and David Ness. Honorary pallbearers will be John Dapcevich, Bill Fawcett, Art Andrews, Peter Jack, Stan Filler, Herman Davis, David Davis, Ethel McKinnon, Loretta Ness, Mabel Pike, Elsie Brown, Helen Sarabia, Smitty Katzeek, Charlie Jimmie, Tommy Jimmie Sr., George Stevens, John Martin, Buddy Howard, Bobby Gray, Ben Hur, George Valle, Ed Valle, John Duncan Sr. and Selena Everson. He was preceded in death by his father and mother; sister, Isabel Lee Soderberg; brothers, Walter Moreno, Frederick Moreno, Matthew Lee, Tommy Peters and Bob Willis; children, Karen Lee and Teresa Ann Moreno. He is survived by his sisters Mabel Pike of Anchorage, Helen Sarabia and Elsie Brown of Juneau, Julie Huff of Port Angeles, Wash., and Flora Boyles of Anchorage; brothers Paul B. Moreno of Juneau and Phillip Moreno, Sitka; wife, Nancy Moreno; children, Sharon Lee, Janette Brakes and Matthew Lee of Juneau, Dan Jr. (Sherry) Moreno of Sitka, Paul T. (Jamie) Moreno and Dwayne Lee of Juneau; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. March 10, 2006 Anoalo Tausili Juneau resident Anoalo Tausili, 33, died Feb. 28, 2006, in Juneau. She was born March 6, 1973. She graduated from Watertown High School and Jefferson Community College in Watertown, N.Y. A Juneau resident for four years, she worked as a program specialist with the Transportation Security Administration. She is survived by her sisters, Amy Tausili and Veronica Tausili; father, High Chief Utu T.S. Tausili of Tafuna, American Samoa; and mother, Tapusagi Tausili of Juneau. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 11 at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Juneau. Pallbearers will be Meko Iamanu, Richard Marks III, Navy Nauer, Joseph Afasamoa Allen, Feleti Maka and Lawrence Fenumiai. Copyright c. 1997-2006 Juneau Empire/Morris Communications Corporation. -=-=-=- March 9, 2006 Dora Ann Kamluck Lifelong Alaskan and Port Graham resident Dora Ann Kamluck died Tuesday, March 7, 2006, at South Peninsula Hospital Long Term Care in Homer. She was 75. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 11 at St. Herman of Alaska Russian Orthodox Church in Port Graham. Father Michael Frederick will officiate. Burial will be at the church cemetery following the service. Pallbearers will include Ephim Kamluck Jr., Demetri Tanape, Ephim Anahonak Jr., Wayne Norman, Elmo Lacky II, Melvin Malchoff and Gregory McMullen. Honorary pallbearers will include Michael Anahonak, Zachary Bolton, Sean McMullen, Jacob McMullen, Elmo Lackey III and Zeth Meganack. Mrs. Kamluck was born September 10, 1930, in Nanwalek. She was a member of St. Herman Russian Orthodox Church. Mrs. Kamluck had been a cannery worker in Port Graham since 1948. She enjoyed fishing, puzzles and picking berries. "Umma Dora loved fishing and taking care of them. Her love of fishing made her feel like a kid again. Dora was such a fun-loving person who was sweet to everyone. She had a good sense of humor and was a hard-working umma. She loved living with nature and its surroundings. Dora was loved and appreciated by many and she will be missed dearly," the family said. Mrs. Kamluck was preceded in death by her husband, Dick Kamluck Jr., and her companion, Dick Anahonak. She is survived by her daughters, Jennie Tanape and Stella Meganack, both of Port Graham; son, Ephim Kamluck Sr. of Port Graham; brother, Peter Anahonak Sr.; granddaughters, Anna Marie Meganack of Seward, Laura McMullen of Sterling and Rita Meganack of Port Graham; grandsons, Demetri Tanape of Port Graham, Robert Tanape of Kenai, Lloyd Tanape of Arizona and Ryan Meganack of Seward; great-granddaughters, Anesia Kamluck of Anchorage; Ambrosia Tanape of Nanwalek, Tammy Tanape of Minto, Evelyn Tanape of Minto, Michelle Meganack of Seward, Ariana Coulson of Virginia, Lelani Lackey of Seward, Samantha, Larissa and Naomi McMullen of Sterling, Kelsey Meganack of Port Graham and Ashlen Malchoff; great-grandsons, Ephim Kamluck Jr. of Port Graham, Adrienne Tanape of Nanwalek, Elmo Lackey III of Seward, Sean and Jacob McMullen of Sterling, Michael Anahonak of Port Graham, Zachary Bolton of Canada and Zeth Meganack of Port Graham. The family requests that condolences and cards be sent to P.O. Box 5526, Port Graham, AK 99603. Arrangements were made by the Homer Funeral Home. Copyright c. 2006 Peninsula Clarion Division of Morris Communications, Kenai, AK. -=-=-=- March 9, 2006 Mary Lucinda Hill HILL, Mary Lucinda - Peacefully at the West Haldimand Hospital, Hagersville on March 7 2006, Mary (Lickers) Hill age 89 years; wife of the late Stanley B. Johnson and Robert L Hill; loving mother of Wayne Johnson, Robin and Hub Maracle and the late Elaine and Bobby Marr; dear grandmother of Elaine and Bill and the late Frank; great-great- grandmother of Frankie and Mya; sister of Bob and the late Russ Lickers; aunt of Bobby, Jamie and Robbie. Also fondly remembered by many relatives and friends. Resting at the HYDE & MOTT CHAPEL, Hagersville after 7 p. m .Thursday, where Funeral Service will be held in the Chapel on Saturday at 1 p. m. Interment Delaware Cemetery, Six Nations. Evening prayers 7 p. m. Friday. Copyright c. 2006 Brantford Expositor. -=-=-=- March 7, 2006 Agnes Benedix nee: Handorgan, of Big Island First Nation OZAAWI-MAKOONS AGNES BENEDIX (HANDORGAN) MOOZ DODEM (MOOSE CLAN) It is with great sadness that the family of Agnes Benedix (Handorgan) announce her sudden passing on Tuesday, March 7, 2006. Agnes was 60 years old and was born on February 2, 1946 in Rainy River, ON, to the late William and Clara Handorgan. She spent the early years of her life out at their traditional community at Naongashiing (Sandpoint) on Lake of the Woods. Agnes attended school in Kenora from the ages five until eighteen. Agnes was united in marriage to Ronald Strand and had three daughters. At a later date she met Melvin Kavanaugh, and they had one daughter. She met John Benedix afterwards with whom she had one daughter and married in June of 1982. In 1979, Agnes completed her Registered Nursing Assistant Certificate. She worked at LaVerendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, ON. for four years. In 1989 she started working in the social work field at Faye Peterson Transition House in Thunder Bay, ON. In 1993, she returned to her home community to work as a Family Service Worker for the First Nation. She was employed for thirteen years as a F.S.W. until the date of her passing. She was preceded in death by her parents William and Clara Handorgan; one daughter Candace Strand; and one brother, Bernard Handorgan. Agnes is survived by four daughters; Tina Strand of Crookston, MN., Carol Johnson of Thief River Falls, MN., Joline White of Winnipeg, MB., and Amy Big George of Rainy River, ON.; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren; three sisters, Gladys DeBungie of Manitou First Nation, ON., Margaret Yerxa, and Rose and husband Clifford Tuesday, all of Big Island First Nation, ON.; two brothers Myers Handorgan (Marion), and Robert Handorgan (Joanne), of Big Island First Nation, ON., and numerous nieces and nephews. A traditional burial ritual will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2006, at Megwebines School, at Big Island First Nation, Ontario. Elder Fred Kelly will officiate with interment in Big Island First Nation Cemetery. A wake will be held Saturday evening at the Megwebines School in Big Island First Nation, Ontario. Active pallbearers will be Garnet Comegan, Dennis Big George, Robert Morrison, Wesley Big George, Chris Big George, and Elvis Adams. Honourary pallbearers will be Clifford Tuesday Sr., Robert Handorgan, Myers Handorgan, Reggie Morrison, and Makade-Ginew (James Handorgan). Should family and friends so desire, in memoriam donations may be made either to LaVerendrye General Hospital, 110 Victoria Ave., Fort Frances, ON. P9A 2B7, or to the charity of your choice in care of Rainy River Funeral Home, Box 694, Rainy River, Ontario, P0W 1L0. Agnes was a woman of amazing character and strength. Her spirit drew family and friends together, to laugh, find humour and beauty in the simplest things, and above all, to love each other. Her grand children adored her and she kept each and every one of them in a special place in her heart. They were the ones to make her shine and reveal all the wonderful qualities that made her such an incredible woman. Agnes was close to all of her siblings, and she enjoyed spending time with each of them for her own special reasons. She loved spending time finding the peace and beauty that nature offers us, and she had her own special places where she would go to for her prayers and offering of tobacco. Agnes had a very kind and generous heart. She always went out of her way to help others, especially in her work with families and children. Agnes gave her love and opened her heart and that was returned to her by her friends and family. She will be greatly missed by those that love her, and she will always live in a special place in our heart. Traditional Burial Ritual Sunday, March 12, 2006, Megwebines School - Big Island First Nation. Copyright c. 2006 Kenora Daily Miner and News. -=-=-=- March 7, 2006 Leonard Dexter Ketchemonia Jr. KETCHEMONIA, LEONARD DEXTER JR., SPOCK BORN: JULY 17, 1970_ It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jr. on Friday, March 3, 2006, at the age of 35 years, 7 months. Jr. will be sadly missed by his parents, Leonard Sr. and Stella Ketchemonia and his children, Leonard III Ketchemonia, Keith Bonn Ketchemonia, Eric Riley Ketchemonia, Logan Jace Quewezance, Nicholas Halo Ketchemonia and his companion, Tanya Straightnose, whom he loved and cherished very much. He is also lovingly remembered by his sisters, Eunice (Guy), Geraldine (Allan), MaryAnn, Teresa (Kal), AnnMargaret (Leroy), Charlene (Darryle) Charity (Kirby), Marie (Merle); his brothers, Glen (Gloria), Lee Anthony (Murial), his brother-in-law, Milton Eyahpaise, his nieces and nephews, Farrah, Heather, Brittney, Glenda, Riley, Ericka, Nikita, Darla, Courtney, Stephanie, Nicole, Mariah, Meagan, Faith, Hope, Alexis, Clara, Rachel, LeeAnn, John, Glenn, Nathan, Craig, James, Victor Farmer, Kyle, Lelind, Bryce, Hunter and Clifford, plus many aunts, uncles, friends and relatives. His aunts: Brenda Sowan, Charlene Keshane, Stella Pelly, Josephine Pelly, Margaret Pelly, Judy Pelly, Linda PellyLandrie, Yvonne McLeod, Sharon Pelly and Donna Pelly. His uncles: Glen Anaquod, Eugene Anaquod, Robert Anaquod, Larry Anaquod, George Kakakaway, David Kakakaway, Arnold Pelly, Terry Pelly and Lawrence Pelly. He is predeceased by his grandparents, Joe Pelly, Maryann Ketchemonia, Therese Whitehawk (Kakakaway) (Kitchemonia), Edgar Kitchemonia and Julia Stevenson, the mother of two of his children, Josephine Quewezance; his siblings, Geraldine, Alexander, Grace, and Lorry Nolan; his nephew, Alexander; his aunties and uncles, Connie Langan, Janet Friday, Ida Bird, Joseph Pelly Jr. , John Kakakaway, Big Bob Kakakaway and Willard Anaquad. Born in Kamsack, Lenord Jr. attended school at St. Philips, St. Edward, Saskatoon and Lebret. Jr. had many passions. High on the list was hunting and fishing. When he was a young boy he had a trap line and toured the outdoors. He could hunt, fish, snare trap, fillet, pluck skin and he liked to do all his own cleaning and cooking. He also liked barbecuing, making birthdays for his kids, playing Roulette, playing the harmonica and golfing. He also loved music and rock concerts. Jr. had many friends whom he spent a lot of time with. He enjoyed working as he was one of the first workers at the site of the new Keeseekoose Chiefs' School. His mother remembers him standing in the middle of the field holding a tripod. At the time of his passing, he was employed by Big Country on the Pipline working out of Swift Current and Maple Creek. The family would like to acknowledge that he loved his children very much. He loved and cherished Tanya very much. He thought a lot of her. He enjoyed his work and recently expressed the thought of moving Tanya and Keith to be with him closer to work. The wake will be at the Cote Band Hall at Cote First Nation, starting at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, 2006. Funeral services will be at the St. Philips Parish on Wednesday, March 8 at 10 a.m. Internment will take place at the St. Philips Cemetery. The Pallbearers are Lawrence Whitehawk, Clayton Whitehawk, Wilfred Whitehawk, Lavern Kakakaway, Irvin Friday and Fletcher Stevenson. We will treasure the incredible memories, teasing and laughs that he has left us with. There will always be a heartache And a silent tear. But always precious memories Of the days when you were here. Our family circle has been broken, A link gone from our chain; And though we've parted for awhile; We know we'll meet again. We'll pray to God each day, And when he calls us home to you, Your smile will lead the way. Arrangements entrusted to Dereck Wolkowski of E. Andrychuk Funeral Home, Kamsack, Saskatchewan. Website: andrychukfuneralhom.com Darrell Wasacase WASACASE - Darrell Jack Nanny Boy May 8, 1961 March 4, 2006 Predeceased by his grandparents Louis and Vitalene Crowe, Daniel and Cecile Wasacase; father Jack Wasacase; brother Darren McArthur; uncles Stanley and Charles Crowe and aunties: Lena Whitequill, Margaret Crowe, Sylvia Crowe and Yvonne Taypotat. He is lovingly remembered by his parents Hazel and Don McArthur; children: Darrell Wasacase Jr, Christina Wasacase (Jonas), Aaron Wasacase and Melissa Agecoutay; uncles: Joseph Crowe, Ronnie Crowe and Ralph Wasacase; brothers and sisters: Vera (Allen), Marla (Claude), Linus (Myrna), Susan (Ron), Corrine (Ernie), Brian, Elaine (Craig), Gaylene (Mike), Irene (John) and Dale (Amber); special nieces: Leila (Troy) Sparvier, Sarah, Monica, Jess Wasacase; special nephews Kalton Wasacase- Delorme and Breland "Leader Post" Blackbird; special grandsons Taurell and Levi Sparvier and numerous friends and relatives. A wake will be held in the Kahkewistahaw Complex, Kahkewistahaw First Nation on Tuesday March 7, 2006 commencing at 4:00 p.m. The funeral mass will be celebrated in the complex on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. by Rev. Heinrich Sicking OMI. Internment in the Kahkewistahaw Cemetery. Glen Patrick Wolfe WOLFE, GLEN PATRICK, 63 YEARS - March 2, 2006. Glen leaves many relatives and friends to mourn his passing. Predeceased by father Walter Wolfe, mother Isabelle Keewatin; grandparents Ambrose and Virginia Wolfe. Mr. & Mrs. Bill Manitopyes; Uncle William Wolfe, auntie Lena Wolfe; several uncles and aunties; brother Bryce Wolfe, sister Priscilla Wolfe, infant sister Cheryl, Elaine Flowers, Dawn Keewatin, nephews Gordie Severight, Sheldon Irwin, niece Tricia Desjarlais, special cousin Robert Wolfe, step uncle David Campeau. Glen is survived by aunt Bertha Wolfe, brothers Marcel Wolfe, Dexter Severight, B. Keewatin, sisters Joyce and Doris Severight, Sharon and Debbie Keewatin; special cousins Mervin, Phillip and Ambrose Wolfe, Shirley Wolfe-Keller raised with Glen; cousins Eleanor Paul, Delbert Campeau, Terry, Reggie and Beverly Wolfe; nephews Lloyd, Billy, Travis, David, John, Curtis Norbert and Derald Severight. Christopher Wolfe, Bradley Smoke; close relatives Merlin and Dean Wolfe, Brian, Brad and Robbie Desjarlais, Robert Wolfe Jr., Robert P. Jr., Preston, Arron, Chrisy, Colin and Roderick Wolfe; nieces Lorna and Olivia Severight, Candice Longman, close relatives Valerie and Juanita Wolfe, Vennesa Firtane, Thona Longneck, Kam, Tasheena, Tiffany, Terilyn and Lesley Wolfe. Glen we will miss you, you helped care for us as we were growing up our children and grandchildren too. We will always remember your favorite term how could you. Wake at Lestock Town Hall on March 7. Burial at Muskawekuan Cemetery at 2pm on March 8. Church Lestock, Father Wojtkowiak officiating. March 8, 2006 Betty Ponace PONACE - On Sunday, March 5, 2006, Betty Mae Ponace, Sakimay First Nation, SK., widow of Reynold James Lavallee, died at the age of 62 years. A traditional wake will be held in the Sakimay Community Complex, Sakimay First Nation, on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. A traditional feast will also be held in the Complex on Thursday, March 9, 2006 at 12:00 p.m. with traditonal funeral service to follow, elders officiating. Interment in the Sakimay Cemetery. Predeceased by her husband Reynold Lavallee, daughter Anne Melissa (infancy). Parents Alice and John Ponace, sister Beverly June Ponace. Betty is survived by brothers Laurie (Theresa) Ponace, Edward (Zena) Ponace. Sisters Darlene (Hector) Bunnie, Maxine (Warren) Hall, Debra (Eli) Ponace, Edie Ponace. Children Tim (Dion) Ponace, Angeline (Warren) Lavallee, Todd Ponace, Annette (John) Fortner, Charles Lavallee, Charlton Lavallee, Sherrye (Robert) Ponace. Betty is also survived by the grandchildren she raised, Ashley (Charlie) Lavallee, Chaz Lavallee, Ashton Lavallee, Ashlyn Lavallee along with numerous other grandchildren to many to mention. She also leaves behind very special great granddaughters A'ishah, Montana and Gladys whom she loved very much. The family would like to give a special thank you to the nurses at the Regina General Hospital Renal Unit that showed great compassion to our sister, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Arrangements entrusted to Tubman Cremation & Funeral Services 1-800-667-8962. March 9, 2006 Gregory Irwin Yuzicapi YUZICAPI, GREGORY IRWIN (HEHAKA AHITOWAN MANI) - It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden and unexpected death of Greg Yuzicapi on Sunday, February 26, 2006 at the age of 35 years. Greg is predeceased by his father Kenneth Runns, uncle Harvey Yuzicapi, aunt Marlene, grandparents Joseph and Claudia Runns, John Yuzicapi, and grandchild Antoine. Greg will be sadly missed by his sons Geoffrey and Nathaniel and special nephew Brant. He is lovingly remembered by grandmother Susan, mother Bernice, adopted mother Josephine, sisters Kendra (Peter), Deanna, Iris; brothers Joseph (Tiffany), Courtney, Byron; aunts Sharon, Jean (Walter); uncles Earl, Delmar, Elmer and numerous relatives of the Carry The Kettle First Nation; cousins Natalie, Maureen, Timothy, Annette (Roger), Travis, Melissa, Jessica and numerous nieces, nephews and grandchildren. Also by numerous relatives and friends of the Standing Buffalo First Nation and Fort Qu'Appelle area. The family would like to extend their sincere appreciation to all those who initiated, volunteered and were part of the search effort, crisis response team, and the Fort Qu'Appelle RCMP and to all the family and friends for their support and love. Greg was fondly known by his friends as Giggles; he will always be remembered for his love of the outdoors; fishing, hunting and archery; also for his active involvement in sports, football, baseball and hockey throughout his life. The Traditional Wake will be held at Standing Buffalo Gymnasium on Friday, March 10, 2006 at 5:00 P.M. Funeral Service will be held at Standing Buffalo Gymnasium on Saturday, March 11, 2006 at 2:00 P.M. Interment in Standing Buffalo Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Victoria Avenue Funeral Home 761-2727. March 11, 2006 Roland Dustyhorn DUSTYHORN - Roland (Osawi-Maskwa Brown Bear) born May 15, 1943 passed away March 9, 2006 in Wynyard, SK at the age of 62 years. Predeceased by his parents, Thomas and Madaline Dustyhorn, John and Annie Skeboss; brother, Howard Dustyhorn; baby girl at infancy; uncle, Fredrick Dustyhorn. He is survived by his mother, Alice Dustyhorn; wife of 37 years, Mary Dustyhorn; brothers, Dennis (Doreen), Thomas (Lorri), Wayne (Loretta); sisters, Muriel, Mary, Bernice, Yolanda, Judy (Ken); auntie, Sophie Dustyhorn; children, Merlin (Didi), Thomas (Josie), Oral (Verna), Bubba (Vanessa), Noella, Ken (Tammy), Albert, Garry (Rolanda), Sheila, Brian (Lisa), Howie (Paulette), Nora, Derrick (Marlene), James (Shiela), Dennis; grandchildren, Rolanda, Ashton, Maryanne, Musqua, Kihew, Wynter, Brenda, Chaston, Hannah, Stacey, Requel, Tamara, Garette, Barry, Mackenzie, Sherise, Delaney, Dusteen, Josh, Samantha, Jesse; brothers in law, Charles (Elizabeth), Arnold (Valerie), Malcolm (Ernastine), Wesley (Rhonda), Darren (Josephine); sister in law, Shirley; cousins, Sharon (Alex), Bobby, Darryl (Angie), Donald (Freda), Stuart (Pat), Mike (Stella), Billy (Norma) and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives. A wake will be held at 4:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 11, 2006 at Kawacatoose First Nation Band Hall, Kawacatoose First Nation, SK. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, March 12, 2006 at Kawacatoose First Nation Band Hall. Paragon Funeral Services entrusted with arrangements. 359-7776 Copyright c. 2000-2006 Regina Leader Post Group Inc. -=-=-=- March 11, 2006 Gladys Marie Yellowhorn "Misamatowahsaakii" Long Time Medicine Bonnet Woman Born November 8, 1964 - Passed away peacefully March 8, 2006 after a lengthy illness with Lupus. Gladys will be sadly missed by her daughters Ellie and Lacey, husband Perry (Skipper) Warrior, mother Elsie Crowshoe, sisters Shirlee (Floyd), Joann (Emil), Velma (Jerry), Pauline (Lyle), Albertine, Jeanette. Brothers Wilfred, George (Fran). Along with Eva Bad Eagle, Eddie, Peter (Vivian), Thomas (Joanne) Yellow Horn. Her nieces, nephews and God-daughter Calyssa. Also survived by Mother-in-law Collette Warrior and in-laws Henrietta, Verna, Brenda, Krisla, Everette, Dean Warrior, step-children Junior, Jan, Monica, Rose and Taylor. Aunt Margaret Plain Eagle and Uncle Arthur Crowshoe. Gladys grew up on Piikani Nation and came from a strong traditional Blackfoot family. She received her schooling in Pincher Creek Alberta and completed a secretarial science course with Lethbridge Community College. Gladys took on many challenging employment opportunities including positions with Piikani Lands Department, Piikani Social Development, Piikani Board of Education under Noella Little Mustache, and Piikani Employment Services under the direction of Audrey Weasel Traveller and Casey Provost. The joy of Gladys' life were her two daughters Ellie and Lacey. She never hesitated to make sure they received their heart's desire, yet encouraged and supported them in gaining independence. Gladys shared a special relationship with her girls and was very proud of them. Gladys especially enjoyed family gatherings like picnics, dinners, and birthday parties. One of her favorite sayings was "yaaay, cake!" She enjoyed spending time with her nieces and nephews and never missed a birthday party. Gladys loved to share jokes and good laughs with family and friends. She will be remembered for kicking up her heels and doing the twist. We will miss her good nature and friendly smile. Gladys had a true zest for life and lived it fully. Her illness did not hinder her love of life. Gladys was predeceased by her father John Yellow Horn, brothers Warren (Sonny), Walter, Albert (Jumbo), Victor, Robert and Sister Ida. The Wake Service will be held on Sunday March 12, 2006 beginning at 2:00 pm at Elsie Crowshoe's residence. The Funeral Service will be held Monday March 13, 2006 at 1:00 pm at the Piikani Community Hall with Reverend Margaret Water Chief officiating. Interment to follow at the Brocket Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Pincher Funeral Chapel. March 13, 2006 Bernard Eagle Speaker BERNARD SYKES EAGLE SPEAKER beloved husband of Lisa Eagle Speaker of the Blood Reserve passed away suddenly Saturday, March 11, 2006 at the age of 31 years. Funeral arrangements to be announced when completed. Copyright c. 2006 Alberta Newspaper Group, Inc./Lethbridge Herald.