_ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' O ( N A T I V E A M E R I C A N ) O o O ____ _ , ___ _ , ___ O o O / ' ) / / ) ' ) / / ' O o o o o O / /-< / /--/ /-- VOLUME 01, ISSUE 011 O o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 5 June 1993 O o O ( N E W S ) O <----<<<< >>>>----> This newsletter is a way of keeping the brothers and sisters of the Invisible Band and those who share our spirit informed about current events within the lives of those who walk the Red Road. It is hoped that our presence will be rewarded with a Native American RoundTable on GEnie. "Civilized people depend too much on man-made printed pages. I turn to the Great Spirit's book which is the whole of his Creation. You can read a big part of that book if you study nature." -- Tatangi Mani, Stoney O'siyo Brothers and Sisters! I would like to remind all that the Invisible Band is a living circle. _Wotanging Ikche_ is but one voice of the drum song we sing. You are each invited to add your voice and your beat to this song. Your articles and comments are always welcome. That is all I have to say. Mitaquye Oyasin! Night Owl ------------------ clip here for news feature -- 8< ----------- ---------- "Re: GEnie Gift of Time" ---------- From: JANET.LEHMAN Janet L. Lehman Sub: GEnie Gift of Time [The following directions for giving a gift of time on GEnie were emailed by Janet Lehman to Invisible Band members on the open Band mailing list. They are repeated here as a courtesy. While a gift of time may be given by anyone on GEnie to anyone else on GEnie these instructions were in response to those desiring to give such a gift to Chief Distant Eagle. Osda! Night Owl] O'siyo! In response to several requests for details, this is how to give a Gift of Time: Type "m8080" at any GEnie prompt. Select option "2" from the GiftofTime Menu. Enter the GE Mail address of the recipient (J.AUDLIN). Confirm the address by choosing "Y". Enter the amount in whole dollars, ("15" for $15). Confirm the amount by choosing "Y". That's all there is to it. A letter is sent to the recipient announcing your gift. Many and heartfelt thanks to all who are willing and able to do this. Osda! Mitaquye oyasin, Janet ---------- "Re: Navajo Deaths: Virus Source May Be " ---------- From: the _Ithaca Journal_, June 5, 1993 Sub: Navajo Deaths: Virus Source May Be Rodent Droppings Sante Fe, N.M. (AP) -- A deadly illness centered in Navajo country may be caused by a virus found in rodent droppings, health officials said Friday. They also announced they were scaling back the death toll to 11. Medical experts said people may get the disease by inhaling dried rodent droppings that become airborne. The illness, which has struck mostly young, healthy people, has baffled health investigators since a pattern of deaths was spotted about mid-May. Dr. Gary Simpson, medical director of the state Health Department's infectious diseases division, said the suspicion of viral causes was preliminary and that other causes may eventually be determined. "We realize we may be in error, but we are choosing to release the preliminary indications because may in fact be treatment implications," Simpson said. "There are anti-viral drugs that have shown activity against this class of viruses." Doctors said at a news conference that they still don't know whether this may be a new virus or an unfamiliar form of a known virus. They said they obtained the information about the virus Friday from the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Health officials urged people to avoid contact with mice and other rodents, and advised them against sweeping or cleaning houses where rodent droppings are present. They said people should not attempt cleaning up rodent burrows or woodpiles until public health authorities have established procedures. Officials expressed concern that medicine men's cleansing ceremonies on the Navajo reservation might stir up dirt and pose a danger to residents. The recommended such ceremonies not be held because dried rodent droppings may become airborne. "In New Mexico we're talking about field mice, we're talking perhaps prairie dogs, living with proximity to people in rural areas" said state Health Secretary Michael Burkhart. ----------------------------------------------------------- [Comment: You have to be thankful for the help from these scientists, but I wonder why they are so uptight about the ceremonies. What do they imagine medicine men are doing? Do they simply dislike competition? -- Mike ] ---------- "Re: Mysterious respiratory illness" ---------- From: "E. Gaele Gillespie" Sub: Mysterious respiratory illness (Summary) The following articles are being used without permission. 1) Lawrence (KS) Journal-World, Wed. 6/2/93 "State Won't Link New Mexican, Kansas Illnesses" TOPEKA (AP) -- State health officials are not linking a series of pneumonia cases with a mysterious respiratory illness that has killed 12 people in the Southwest. Fifteen residents of the Manor Care nursing hme in Wichita developed pneumo- nia in mid-May, and doctors have been unable to determine the cause, Greg Crawford, a spokesman for the state Department of Health and Environment, said Tuesday. However, Crawford said the disease appears to differ significantly from a deadly disease that has baffled officials in New Mexico and Arizona. "The mystery is how people are connecting what we have with what they have in New Mexico," Crawford said. He also said that nursing home officials asked the state agency to investigate the pneumonia cases. An official from the federal Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta has been in the state since Saturday. Crawford said health officials have taken blood and urine samples for ex- amination at federal and state laboratories. "We're going to look for any kind of bacterial or viral agent that may have caused these cases of pneumonia,' he said. "I think what happens is that we both have our mystery illness of the week. I think some junps in faith may have been made." Crawford noted that the Kansas pneumonia has not been fatal and has been contracted by a group of patients with an average age of about 80. Those patients also have a history of chronic illness, such as diabetes and heart problems. ... The illness in New Mexico, which investigators think may be caused by a virus, has attacked mainly young, healthy people and kills with frightening speed, within hours or days. Two victims remained in critical condition at an Albuquerque hospital Tuesday. At least five others have recovered. ***************** 2) "Navajo President Reassures People" SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- The leader of the Navajos went on the radio to reassure his people and plead for their cooperation as investigators tried to gigure out the cause of an illness that has killed 12 people, mostly Native Americans. "We want to urge you to seek immediate attention if you have two primary symptons of fever and muscle aches," Peterson Zah siad in a recorded statement. "We want to assure the Navajo people that the Nation's top medical investiga- tors are continuing to do all they can to diagnose this illness." The plea from the president of the Navajo Nation was to be broadcast twice each hour, in Navajo and English, by radio stations throughout the 17-million- acre Navajo reservation, situated in New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. All but one of the 19 confirmed cases of the flu-like respiratory illness involved people who lived on or near the reservation or who spent time there. About 175,000 people live on the Navajo reservation, which surrounds a 630,000 acre Hopi reservation where 12,000 people live. Doctors are also investigating reported cases in Utah of what appears to be a similar illness. The 12th death to be linked to the illness, reported Tuesday, occurred in April. The victim was a 34-year-old non-Indian man from northeastern New Mexico who spent time in the northwestern part of the state because his family owned land thre, health officials said. ***************** 3) _The Kansas City Star_ Thursday, 6/3/93 "Navajo Medicine Men to Fight Strange Illness" From Star News Services SANTA FE, N.M. -- Health authorities said Wed. that the epidemic of a mysterious disease that has terrified Arizona and New Mexico may have peaked. No new deaths or cases of life-threatening respiratory distress have been re- ported since Sat., the officials said. "I personally find it very encouraging," said Gary Simpson, chief of in- fectious diseases for the New Mexico Department of Health. But he cautioned, "These things sometimes come in waves, and it doesn't mean we are around the corner or out of the woods yet." Officials increased the number of deaths attributed to the disease -- called unexplained respiratory distress syndrome, or URDS -- to 13 with the discovery of a 23-year-old Indian man who died of the syndrome in early May. With the exception of one 87-year-old victim, all the victims have been young and apparently healthy, and more than two-thirds have been Indians. Despite their satisfaction with the apparent control of the disease, however, researchers still have no clue to what is causing it. They don't expect to have any answers until early next week, when the first test results will be available from the national Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Virtually all of the URDS cases have been linked to the large Navajo reservation in the Four Corners area of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, a region about the size of New Jersey. May Indians with flu-like symptoms have been streaming into Indian Health Service facilities throughout the region, but most have been found to have colds or influenza. Beginning Tuesday night, Peterson Zah, persident of the Navajo Nation, began a series of tape-recorded radio broadcasts urging the 219,000 members of the tribe to visit health care facilities if they show symptoms of the mystery illness. The radio messages are virtually the only way to reach many Navajos, who are scattered thinly throughlut the reservation and often live beyond the reach of electricity, television and newspapers, but do own transistor radios. Zah also said that the tribe would ask its medicine men to try to solve they mystery. "Western medicine has its limitations," he said at a news conference Wednesday. "We're going to call on some Navajo medicine people to help us analyze the situation and to see if there are other avenues that are available to us as a nation so that we can define what it is that is causing these deaths." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ E. Gaele Gillespie / University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045-2800 ---------- "Re: Colorado Sundance" ---------- From: coyote@latrans.alphai.org (Scott Robert Ladd) Sub: Colorado Sundance [ This article relayed from the Usenet "soc.culture.native" newsgroup ] ========= Sun Dance ========= Hek Ska Wanbli (White Mountain Eagle) in Memory of Rena Quick Bear Kaulaity Purification & Preparations: June 26 - 29 Tree Ceremony: June 29 Sun Dance ~~~~~~~~~ June 30 - July 3, 1993 near Baily, Colorado -------------------------------------------------------------------- There is no charge to attend this sacred event, but food and/or cash donations are warmly accepted. All donations are tax deductible. Please plan ahead for your food and camping needs. Water will be available. Absolutely NO ALCOHOL, DRUGS, CAMERAS, TAPE RECORDERS, or FIREARMS are allowed! 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Trujillo) Sub: Indian Women's Health (conf. 6/22-24/1993) I just received an announcement of a conference entitled "Indian Women's Health: Issues and Action" ("to develop strategies to assist Indian women in taking action in the political and personal processes that affect their health"). The conference is sponsored by the Indian Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and is being held at the Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 22-24 June 1993. The registration fee is $35.00. For more information, contact Indian Affiliates, Inc., Phone 801-273-3348, FAX 801-273-3343. -- Gary S. Trujillo gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us Somerville, Massachusetts {wjh12,bu.edu,spdcc,ima,cdp}!gnosys!gst ---------- "Re: New books announced" ---------- From: faw@acusd.bitnet in igc:gen.nativenet Sub: New books announced Two new publications announced. (I don't know anything about them!) Bataille, Gretchen M. Native American women: a biographical dictionary. Hamden, CT. Garland 1993 333 p. $40 ISBN: 0842052676 Werther, Guntram F.A. Self-determination in western democracies: aboriginal politics in a comparative perspective. Westport, CT. Greenwood Press 1992 113 p. $45 ISBN: 0313284326 Presents a study of claims in six countries: The U.S., Canada, Australia, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= + Franklin A. Weston Tel: 619-260-4612 + + Senior Reference Librarian FAW@ACUSD.BITNET + + Legal Research Center FAW@USDCSV.ACUSD.EDU + + University of San Diego FAX: 619-260-4616 + + 5998 Alcala Park + + San Diego, CA 92110-2492 + =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=