_ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' 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 018 O o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 24 July 1993 O o O ( N E W S ) O This issue contains articles from NATIVE_L/NATCHAT Lists and by members of the Invisible Band. <----<<<< >>>>----> 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. It is archived at the Native American FTP site ftp.cit.cornell.edu in the directory /pub/special/NativeProfs/newsletter; and is being sent to gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us (Gary S. Trujillo) should he wish to include it in his NATIVE_L or NATCHAT lists. "We talk to Wakan tanka and are sure he hears us, and yet it is hard to explain what we believe about this." -- Mato-Kuwapi, Santee Yanktonai O'siyo Brothers and Sisters! As the first article in this issue of Wotanging Ikche will attest, we are now also tapped into the Native American Health Mailing List managed by sister Yolandra Gomez at the University of New Mexico. This is a very important addition to the resources shared in Wotanging Ikche, although it will also add to the dilemma I face weekly as I attempt to keep the size of the newsletter manageable and still present a mixture of events of importance to those on the Red Road. This always results in culling news items that also deserve your attention. This issue of size versus quality so concerns me I now ask for your considered opinion. Please take a brief moment to drop a note to GARS (gars@genie.geis.com) and advise me if you think Wotanging Ikche is... 1 - Too long, too short or about right. 2 - A good mixture, too involved with the serious, too involved with the frivolous. Mitaquye Oyasin! Night Owl ------------------ clip here for news feature -- 8< ----------- --------- "RE: Mailing List: Native Health" --------- From: carina.unm.edu!ycgomez (Yolandra Gomez) Subj: Mailing List: Native Health [note: the 'Gary' referred to in the following is Gary Trujillo, maintainer of the NATIVE_L and NATCHAT Mailing Lists] Welcome! Gary and I are pleased to welcome you all to the Native Health Discussion List. This list will be open to discussion about health issues of concern to all native peoples of the world. I will be moderating the list which means that all articles that you post will come to me first for approval and then sent to all subscribers. If you post an article and it does not make it to the list please contact me personally. I would like first for all of us to post a very short (just a couple of sentences please) introduction of who we are and why we are interested in this topic. If you have special questions or issues of concern please comment on them and hopefully this will springboard us into a vigorous discussion about Native Health issues. Post your article to the address "nn.health@gnosys.svle.ma.us". If you have any problems please contact me directly. I work at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in the Dept. of Pediatrics doing research on the health of Native children mostly in the southwest US. I have a Master of Public Health degree from Berkeley in Health Policy and Administration but most of my work is in epidemiology of risk factors for certain chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease. I am Jicarilla Apache from north central New Mexico; I was raised on the reservation and frequently go back to visit my family. Most of my interests recently focus on how the state of health in small communities in NM are related to other factors in those communities. One of the things that I see a lot is the tendency to focus only on very specific diseases that exclude the social, cultural, and economic context that those individuals live in and that all these characteristics of communities are part of an interwoven fabric of life that needs to be looked at as such. Once again welcome and I look forward to hearing from all of you. Yolandra ======================================================================== Yolandra Gomez | Business/Urgent: +1 505 277 4462 Dept. of Pediatrics UNM SOM | Fax: +1 505 277 8465 ycgomez@carina.unm.edu | Other: +1 505 256 3089 ======================================================================== --------- "RE: Friends of the Lubicon-Toronto Media Release" --------- From: lion.hsc.ucalgary.ca!leitner (Roland Leitner) Subj: Friends of the Lubicon-Toronto Media Release Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 1993 BOYCOTT WOOLWORTH DEMONSTRATION Friends of the Lubicon (FOL) will be holding a rally at the Woolworth outlet at the Intersection of Bathurst and Bloor Saturday, July 17, 1993. A solidarity rally will also be held in Calgary at 11 am Calgary time to spread the boycott to the West. FOL has called for a boycott on all stores owned by Woolworth Canada, Inc. to protest that company's use of paper bags manufactured by the transnational paper company Daishowa-Marubeni Ltd. The boycott was launched at a press conference on June 23, 1993, attended by the Chiefs of Ontario and the National Association of Japanese Canadians. Over 26 other companies, representing over 2,700 retail outlets, have now joined the boycott of Daishowa paper products to protest that company's plans to clear-cut almost the entire unceded territories of the Lubicon Lake Cree Nation in northern Alberta. The Lubicon community has been devastated by oil and gas development over the last 15 years and sees clear-cut logging as the final blow to their once self-sufficient society. The boycott has been successful in keeping Daishowa off Lubicon lands for two consecutive logging seasons. Despite months of attempted negotiations, Woolworth Canada Inc. has remained obstinate in its refusal to consider choosing another supplier for its paper bags. As past campaigns -- such as our successful three- month boycott against Pizza Pizza -- have shown, the economic impact of presenting such an issue to a company's consumers has proven effective in convincing that company to find another alternative. We hope that Woolworth Canada Inc. will listen to the rest of the buying public even if they are unwilling to listen to the concerns of First Nations here in Canada. Stores which are subject to the boycott campaign include: Kinney Canada Footlocker Karuba Woolworth Lady Footlocker Canary Island Northern Reflections Champs Sports Fredelle Northern Traditions Randy River Willow Ridge Northern Getaway Ashbrooks Silk and Satin Reflexions The Best of Times Casuals Woolco For more information please contact: Friends of the Lubicon (Toronto) 416-783-4694 or Rosemary Brown, Calgary Daishowa Boycott Coalition at 403-282-7283 --------- "RE: "Real" Indians" --------- From: JANS Janet McNeely Subj: "Real" Indians GE Electronic Mail From the July 14, 1993 issue of _Indian Country Today_, two articles by Avis Little Eagle under the common headline "Non-Indian Sun Dancers Bring Indian Protest" The Ohio Center for Native American affairs recently held a protest against a Sun Dance held by a Summerfield Ohio based group called The White Buffalo Society and Rainbow Circle and officiated by a Wanblee SD spiritual leader, Charles Chipps. Protestors, including Dennis Banks, tried to persuade Grandfather Chipps, who is a respected Native American medicine man, to abandon the ceremony and warned him that the White Buffalo Society was using his reputation to enhance their own legitimacy. Grandfather Chipps is quoted as saying he didn't know much about the sponsoring group, but that he felt the Sun Dance Ceremony should be shared with people from all walks of life. The White Buffalo Society, let by Pa'Ris'Ha Taylor, charged from $150 to $500 to attend the event -- plus a $600 "love offering." Ms. Taylor, says she is of Tsalagi descent and began the society and her practice as a medicine woman to honor her grandmother. She claims she sees chakras, thought forms and past life carryovers in the aura, can determine diseases in body tissue, and has other psychic powers. The White Buffalo Society teaches "Native Americanism," metaphysics, clinical psychology, and wholistic health, and operates a store selling everything from books and tapes to Native American Crafts. Membership fees are are $80 Canadian and $150 American ... plus any additional "tithes or love offerings" which can be brought directly to Ms. Taylor. Also, in the same issue of _Indian Country Today_, and again written by Avis Little Eagle "'Who is Indian?' Smithsonian Wants to Know." The Smithsonian Institution board members from the national museum visited Rapid City, SD on July 7 and 8 to consult with members of South Dakota Tribes. During their visit, they heard debate on the "Who is Indian?" issue. Because of concern about individuals who claim to be Indian and who are not, the museum has been urged to consider a uniform standard to define who is Indian so far as the museum is concerned. Others went further, stating that such a definition would be of value in matters of religion, politics and education as well as arts and history. Native spokespersons expressed the opinion that whatever standard the Smithsonian adopted would affect other institutions. Museum officials acknowledge that this issue is before the board repeatedly, but caution that "blood" cannot be the sole consideration. Carol and Arvol Looking Horse (Keeper of the Sacred Pipe of the Lakota) presented a general outline to define genuine medicine men to include knowing songs and prayers handed down orally in the original language, practicing their teachings as a way of life, having recognition from family and reservation members ... and perhaps most telling ... not charging for ceremonies. The board says they are leaning toward a definition that "Indians are who they say they are." Other issues discussed included tribal perspective in displays, respect in presenting cultural artifacts, and repatriation of artifacts to their home community. --------- "RE: Lakota Petition UN for Sovereignty" --------- From: nyt@blythe.org (NY Transfer News) Subj: Lakota Petition UN for Sovereignty Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) [ This article relayed from the Usenet "soc.culture.native" newsgroup ] Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Thu, 15 Jul 1993 09:45:14 -0600 (MDT) LAKOTA PETITION U.N. FOR SOVEREIGNTY by Mark Todd and Kym O'Connell-Todd Representatives of the Lakota Sioux Indians file their final documents for sovereignty with the U.N. in Geneva today. Antoine Black Feather, spokesperson for the Teton Sioux Treaty Council, will take the floor to address their struggle with the United States to regain the right of self-determination and the status of sovereignty for their people. This is Black Feather's 10th trip to Geneva on behalf of indigenous peoples of North America. The Lakota have also petitioned the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, for protection from the U.S. Government. Black Feather said his tribe has never been able to find a U.S. attorney to represent their appeal for sovereignty. As a result, he and other tribal elders have spent the past 10 years preparing documents to support their case. "The same thing is happening all over the world," Black Feather said. "There seems to be no remedy, and if that's true, people lose faith in the system. It's time to stop right here." By gaining U.N. recognition, the Sioux Treaty Council strives to focus attention on the indignities that occur on Indian reservations. Black Feather said: "Washington thinks that the Indians are doing fine. But sometimes we go hungry. We starve." According to Black Feather, "conditions on the reservations are like concentration camps." "We are all stuck with each other," Black Feather said. "We have to live according to reason. It's not just Native Americans. All people are threatened by government oppression including minorities and women. A third-world country exists right here inside the United States." The United States invalidated the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty, which deeded 2 million acres to the Sioux, according to Black Feather. The deed included portions of the Dakotas, Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana. In 1877, nine years after the Fort Laramie Treaty, the federal government forced the Sioux to reduce their land holdings. By 1924 all Indians were coerced into U.S. citizenship by The Indian Citizen Act, which allowed the government to negate all former treaties. -30- + Join Us! Support The NY Transfer News Collective + + We deliver uncensored information to your mailbox! + + Modem:718-448-2358 Fax:718-448-3423 E-mail: nyt@blythe.org + --------- "RE: Spirit Rise (music cassette)" --------- From: fyre@web.apc.org Subj: Spirit Rise (music cassette) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) In early February a cassette, called Spirit Rise, was recorded inspired by the Protectors of Mother Earth and the Canoe Lake blockade of Northern Saskatchewan. The poetry of the music and lyrics inspired me to transcribe these two songs from the cassette for your pleasure as well. (Spirit Rise lyrics transcribed by ear from the cassette my apologies to the songwriter if there are any errors). Sounds even better with music. ________________________________________________ spirit rise - songwriter: Jake Jacobsen *********** grandmother falcon gentle one I hear your voice inside the drum so wise spirit rise grandfather now I understand the carpenter's the fisherman's sacrifice spirit rise and take me with the raven as she flies and show me where the truth within me lies oh spirits rise spirit rise I love you woman you're the one with mother earth the moon the sun you are alive when the spirits rise our children of the porcupine are they yours and all her mine the light survives when the spirits rise and take me with the raven as she flies and show me where the truth within me lies oh spirits rise spirit rise the spirit walker of the sand will put his gift into your hand you are alive when the spirits rise our vision and our history the sacred pipe the sacred tree we are alive when the spirits rise and take me with the raven as she flies and show me where the truth within me lies oh spirits rise spirit rise ________________________________________________ I am Your Mother Maria Campbell, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan **************** He says you are a patriarchal religion Writes in his books your songs and your stories But look, look at me I am your mother The one he calls nature Do you see my gown of spring The colors of the young virgin Do you see my gown of summer The colors of womanhood Do you see my gown of autumn The colors of my strength Do you see my gown of winter The colors of my power Or instead do you see like him A million board feet of lumber A billion tons of paper And how many more of uranium Are your eyes blinded by The treasure taken from my womb Do you ever see me open and bleeding Raw from a hundred years of raping I am earth The bountiful female The ever giving mother I have nurtured you with food taken from my valleys and streams And my rhythms have received your dead back into my womb I have given you power Given you holistic rituals where Brother sister nature are one and not the other Why then do you forbid that power Forbid those rituals and violate my being ________________________________________________ To obtain copies of this cassette or for more information on the struggle of the Protectors of Mother Earth, contact: Saskatchewan Indigenous Coalition 824 Broadway Avenue Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada S7N 1B6 tel: (306) 664-1992 fax: (306) 933-4346 --------- "RE: Ada Deer speaks" --------- From: milo@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Michele Lord) Subj: Ada Deer speaks Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) [ This article relayed from the Usenet "soc.culture.native" newsgroup ] Copied without permission from the Denver Post, July 16, 1993. -------------------------------------------------------------- Agency Fails In Role, Says BIA Nominee By The Associated Press Washington - Ada Deer, President Clinton's pick to run the Bureau of Indian Affairs, said yesterday the agency has failed its responsibilities to tribes even though 90 percent of its employees are Indians. "We must remember that the bureau was created by non-Indians. It has not been a pro-active Indian institution," Deer told members of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. The BIA's management of Indian schools, trust funds, dam safety and other programs has been criticized sharply in Congress and the Interior Department. Clinton nominated Deer, a former chairwoman of the Menominee tribe [nation] of Wisconsin, to be assistant secretary for Indian Affairs in the Interior Department. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, chairman of the committee said the panel is certain to recommend her confirmation. She said she was committed to promoting "strong, effective tribal sovereignty. There is no reason for me or any of you to be reluctant to support the permanency of tribal sovereignty - any more than we would be reluctant to support the permanency of federal or state sovereignty." One of Deer's first trips will be to visit the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, one of the nations poorest areas, she said. "Collectively, we have a responsibility to reverse these devastating socioeconomic conditions that plague the Oglala Sioux [Lakota] and many other tribes," Deer told the committee. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michele Lord + If you have come here to help me, + you are wasting your time..... + But if you have come because + your liberation is bound up with mine, milo@scicom.alphacdc.com + then let us work together. Aboriginal Woman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------- "RE: Reviews of new books by, and about, Native Americans" ------- From: sbrock@teal.csn.org (Steve Brock) Subj: Reviews of new books by, and about, Native Americans Newsgroups: alt.books.reviews,rec.arts.books,soc.culture.native,alt.native Here are short reviews of new books by, and about, Native Ameri- cans: STATISTICAL RECORD OF NATIVE NORTH AMERICANS, edited by Marlita A. Reddy. Gale Research Inc., 835 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit, MI 48224, (800) 877-GALE (4253). Keyword index, list of sources. 1661 pp., $89.50 cloth. 0-8103-8963-0 REVIEW Prior to the publication of this book, there was a large gap in statistical information on Native Americans. For example, a few years ago, my wife was attempting to compile information on voting registration and participation in tribal elections. Several tribes responded that they didn't keep statistics on elections, other than determining who won. This book fills that gap. The "Statistical Record" is a comprehensive encyclopedia of tables containing the latest information on Native Americans in the United States and Canada in the following areas: - History - Demographics - The Family - Education - Culture and Tradition - Health and Health Care - Social and Economic Conditions - Business and Industry - Land and Water Management - Law and Law Enforcement Many of the entries tell powerful stories. Several tables in the "Health" chapter point to deplorable conditions at Indian Health Service hospitals that take more than half an hour to get to for almost one-fourth of the population. Some of the statistics, though, seem doubtful, especially the very low total U.S. Native American population estimate of 1,959,000 people. I've seen several estimates that are three times as high. Altogether, this is a well-presented treasure chest of essential data for academic and, more importantly, governmental researchers. It may take years to interpret all the information, but improvements in the lives of Native Americans won't come about unless enough information is gathered. This volume goes a long way in that direction, and it is highly recommended. I'm also confident that future editions will include a chapter on "Politics." Note: Gale is working on the transfer of this volume into an online database, a CD-ROM, computer discs, and magnetic tape. In a phone conversation on July 16, they did not yet have a date for completion. MESSENGERS OF THE GODS: TRIBAL ELDERS REVEAL THE ANCIENT WISDOM OF THE EARTH by James G. Gowan. Harmony Books (Bell Tower), 201 E. 50th St., N.Y., NY 10022, (212) 572-6120, (212) 572-6192 FAX. 209 pp., $13.00 paper. 0-517-88078-4 REVIEW From the Torres Straight, to the forests of Borneo, to the Kimberly region of Australia, Gowan consults with the traditional people, who tell him their guiding principle of life. In all cases it involves a reverence for the earth and its inhabitants. The islanders who consult with the earth in some way before taking an self-interested action that may harm a part of it; the Iban, who plant sacred rice that will enrich the earth prior to planting rice for human consumption; or the Australian policeman who guards against the killing of Yaada, the kangaroo, who gave law to the people, all are guided by a responsibility for the natural world. These stories are infused with metaphysical adventure. Recommended. SPIRIT WALKER, poems by Nancy Wood, paintings by Frank Howell. Doubleday Books For Young Readers, 1540 Broadway, N.Y., NY 10036, (800) 223-6834, (212) 492-9862 FAX. Illustrated, index of titles. 80 pp., $19.95 cloth. 0-385-30927-9 REVIEW "Dwell for a moment in a single blade of grass. Discover the secret of snowflakes. In these patterns lie harmony, my child. In harmony, the universe." -- Mother's Words These forty-four poems and short stories are special messages that echo through the boundless cosmos and into the heart of the reader, striking spiritual chords that evoke reverence for the land and its inhabitants. The luminous, flowing hair of Frank Howell's Native American women could easily be clouds that are "ten thousand winters old." One of the best books of the year and a wonderful gift for all ages, this book will be much-praised and much-honored. GROWING UP NATIVE AMERICAN: AN ANTHOLOGY, edited by Patricia Riley. William Morrow and Company, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, N.Y., NY 10019, (800) 843-9389, (201) 227-6849 FAX. This is a potent "coming of age" collection that embraces childhood memories from frontier life to the city streets, from boarding schools to urban rat packs. Each of the twenty stories, both personal histories and excerpts from fiction, depict children and the highly individual ways that they master life's lessons. The authors include Leslie Marmon Silko, N. Scott Momaday, Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, and Simon Ortiz. Highly recommended. NATIVE HEART: AN AMERICAN INDIAN ODYSSEY by Gabriel Horn (White Deer of Autumn). New World Library, 58 Paul Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903, (800) 227-3900, (800) 632-2122 (CA), (415) 472-6131 FAX. Notes. 293 pp., $13.95 paper. 1-880032-07-4 REVIEW Horn's autobiography is filled with dreams - images of his past that would float by, reminding him of his roots and tradi- tions, and the path he must walk to preserve them. Given up by his parents as a small child, Horn wandered through many foster homes from New York to California as each pair of foster parents tried to Anglicize him. This book is Horn's search for his Native American identity as he tries to teach others about his ancestors and the Circle of Life. As a teenager, Horn met Uncle Nippawanock, a literature professor at the University of South Florida, who encouraged him to get an education, in addition to forcing him to decide to place both his feet in the Red World. In a vision, Uncle Nippawanock saw a deer running through a mist singing Gabriel's name. As a result, the uncle's mother, Princess Red Wing, conducted a pipe ceremony on the day after Horn graduated from FSU, giving him the name "White Deer of Autumn." Thus began Horn's life of writing, teaching, and activism. In 1973, he joined the American Indian Movement, began teaching in Indian schools (Shoshone in Wyoming, and AIM's Heart of the Earth school in Wisconsin), and wrote several stories and poems. At an Indian center in Milwaukee, he met his wife-to-be, Simone, Loon Song. They began to follow the path side-by-side. Their children are named after extinct tribes. Horn's acts of activism and his relationship with AIM brought denunciations and death threats, so he retired back to south Florida, where he teaches at the St. Petersberg Junior College and visits elementary school classrooms with the message: "There is a balance, and we must constantly seek it." Recommended. DAWN LAND by Joseph Bruchac. Fulcrum Publishing, 350 Indiana St., Suite 350, Golden, CO 80401, (800) 992-2908, (303) 279-7111. Map. 317 pp., $19.95 cloth. 1-55591-134-X REVIEW Bruchac, an Abenaki storyteller, poet, and now novelist, has penned a dynamic mixture of fact and fiction that instills a belief that holding onto the past facilitates success in the future. Young Hunter, an Abenaki (the name means "People of the Dawn Land") who lives 10,000 years in the past, is sent on a journey through what are now the Adirondack Mountains to save his tribe from beings called the "Ancient Ones," a race of grey-skinned giants with cold hearts and a great hunger. He carries in his memory all of the legends of his tribe, as well as their history, in case they are wiped out in his absence. Accompanying him are three dogs. As the hero travels toward his goal, there are many asides which could be separate stories. There is always another adventure just over the next horizon, and Bruchac keeps the tempo at a high pitch. This lyrical circle of legends and natural history is a strong beginning for this talented storyteller. Highly recommend- ed. THE VOICE OF THE GREAT SPIRIT: PROPHECIES OF THE HOPI INDIANS by Rudolf Kaiser. Shambhala Publications, Inc., Horticultural Hall, 300 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA 02115, (800) 638-6460, (617) 236-1563. Illustrated, maps, bibliography. 143 pp., $10.00 paper. 0-87773-602-2 REVIEW Kaiser, a West German historian primarily known as the debunker of the famous environmental speech of Chief Seattle (Seattle never said, for example, that "we are part of the earth, and the earth is a part of us," although he probably felt those sentiments), wants to share Hopi prophesy with a world "on a perilous or fatal path." His desire to inform readers about this private aspect of Hopi religion apparently overrides their objections that he refrain from doing so. Kaiser even includes his challenges to their oppositions as part of the book. Yes, the Hopi have for for many years had dissent ion within their leadership, but that is no reason to pilfer their religion while their attention is diverted. While the book does outline a credible history of the Hopi, the inclusion of material that many of them vociferously do not want revealed leads me to warn readers to stay away from this book. SHOSHONE TALES, collected by Anne M. Smith, assisted by Alden Hayes. University of Utah Press, 101 University Services Building, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (800) 444-8638 ext 6771, (801) 581-3365. Illustrated, references, map. 188 pp., $24.95 cloth. 0-87480-405-1 REVIEW Anne Smith (1900-1981), an ethnographer who extensively visited the Shoshone bands in western Utah (Gosiute) and eastern Nevada in 1939, relates the stories that she collected on subse- quent trips after her graduation from Yale as the first female to receive a doctorate. In 1939, there was only one large Shoshone reservation. To the Western Shoshone, storytelling ability was a highly regarded talent, as the stories were a primary method of educating the young about their culture and desired conduct within it. These 113 short tales contain elements of creation and origin, etiology (diseases or abnormalities), the trickster, competition and conquest, cannibalism, and many others. Most common (and most amusing) are the trickster tales. Smith went to great pains to attribute each story to its teller, the translator, and the place where the story was recorded. One of Smith's favorite storytellers was Anna Premo, of Owyhee, Nevada. Her daughter, Beverly Crum, adds an appropriate after word. Recommended. Anne M. Smith wrote last year's "Ute Tales," also recommended. GIVING VOICE TO BEAR: NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN MYTHS, RITUALS, AND IMAGES OF THE BEAR by David Rockwell. Roberts Reinhart Publishers, P.O. Box 666, Niwot, CO 80544-0666, (303) 652-2921, (303) 652-3923 FAX. Illustrated, index, bibliography, notes, map. 224 pp., $25.00 cloth, $14.95 paper. 0-911797-97-1 cloth, 1-879373-48-3 paper. REVIEW This entertaining and instructive examination of the bear as a symbol to Native Americans has been recently published in a paperback edition. Rockwell investigates bear symbolism in hunts, initiations, healing, shamanism, as guardian spirits, and in dances. He also describes the correlations between European and Native American bear rituals, such as the bear dreams collected by Carl Jung in the 1940s, and the honoring of the bear after a kill. Missing, though, is the Bear symbolism used in the Cub Scouts. Altogether, this is a lively and engaging profile of the "One Who Owns the Den." Recommended. TURTLE ISLAND ALPHABET: A LEXICON OF NATIVE AMERICAN SYMBOLS AND CULTURE by Gerald Hausman. St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Ave., N.Y., NY 10010, (800) 221-7945, (212) 420-9314 FAX. Illustrated, bibliography, map. 204 pp., $19.95 cloth, $13.95 paper. 0-312- 07103-5 cloth, 0-312-09406-X paper. REVIEW Newly released in paperback, "Turtle Island Alphabet" is a selective dictionary of Native culture, from the "arrow" of a prayer flying toward the sun to the "zigzag" lightning bolt that the gods heave back as a warning, these words have many unusual manifestations. Some letters have multiple entries ("bear," "buffalo," "basket," "bead," and "blanket"), while others must, by necessity, be reached for ("Xaymaca" - now called Jamaica, one of the places where Columbus landed). This is a small, but signifi- cant, glimpse at Hausman's large collection of Native American cultural anecdotes about "Turtle Island," the earth which rides on the turtle's back. Recommended. NAVAJO: PORTRAIT OF A NATION, photography by Joe Grimes. Westcliffe Publishers, Inc., 2650 S. Zuni St., Englewood, CO 80110, (800) 523-3692, (303) 935-0903 FAX. Illustrated (150 color and black-and-white photographs). 192 pp., $45.00 cloth, $24.95 paper. 0-929969-70-7 cloth, 1-56579-005-7 paper. REVIEW The sparkling photographs and portraits of this remarkable volume depict the Navajo in many guises: craftspeople in their studios, ranchers herding sheep on an ATV, a bull rider on the rodeo circuit displaying a championship belt buckle, a retired medicine man contemplating the future, a mother and her young son posing below a wall decorated with patriotic emblems. The differences between the young and old is very distinct. Most of the elders are in traditional dress and are dignified, showing little outward feeling. The teens, especially the boys, are dressed in the clothing of the popular culture and appear rebellious and defiant. A high school drummer in a band wears a "Motley Crue" T-shirt, while Kerry Begay of Big Mountain wears his baseball hat backwards, arms crossed, and won't look at the camera. Along with these intimate portraits are breathtaking landscape photographs: an ethereal sunset over Monument Valley, a dreamlike image of rain clouds over Marble Canyon, or hallucinatory sandstone formations in Antelope Canyon. The spell of these photographs is intensified by the excerpts of Navajo songs, interviews by Navajo journalist Betty Reid, and a concise history of the people by ethnohistorians Garrick and Roberta Glenn Bailey. Grimes chose not to photograph the most important part of life to the Navajo, their sacred dances (there are photographs of dances at a Fourth of July Fair, but these are more festive than reli- gious) and religious rites. What he does capture are a proud people who walk in beauty. Highly recommended. --------- "RE: Virginia pow-wows" --------- From: "George T. Crafts" Subj: Virginia pow-wows Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Two pow-wows will soon be held in Virginia: July 24th (Sat.) and 25th (Sun.) Second Annual Rising Water-Falling Water Pow-wow Izak Walton League of America Park Route 3 Fredericksburg, Virginia For more information, call (804) 769-1018 or (804) 443-4221 August 7th (Sat.) and 8th (Sun.) Second Annual Virginia Native American Cultural Center Pow-wow Poor Farm Park Hanover, Virginia (just north of Richmond) For more information, call (804) 648-6222 or (804) 747-7071 -- George Crafts gtc@virginia.bitnet gtc@virginia.edu --------- "RE: Tyendinaga powow" --------- From: A.HOROVITCH Art Horovitch Subj: Tyendinaga powow GE Electronic Mail I recently spoke to one of the organizers of the Tyendinaga pow-wow in Ontario. Here are the details Traditional Tyendinaga Pow-wow Aug 7 & 8, 1993 Tsitkerhedodon Park Highway 401, Marysville exit, Highway 49 and 2 Turn East towards Deseronto. The park is located about 1 mile after the turn on the north side of the highway. Information: Robert (Brant) Lambert 613-396-5862 Carol Green 613-967-0848 I spoke to Robert last week, and he tells me this is a "traditional " pow-wow, with no dance competition for prizes. It is somewhat smaller than the ones held at Kanesatake and Kanewake on July 10-11. There will be storytelling, hoop dancers, and a sunrise ceremony each day at 5:30 AM. Grand entry is at 1 PM each day. Camping available at the park. It sounds like a very friendly small gathering and we plan to be there. It is located about 50 miles west of the Thousand Islands Park just north of the New York border. Art --------- "RE: Innu Music Festival" --------- From: A.HOROVITCH Art Horovitch Subj: Innu Music Festival GE Electronic Mail A recent announcement in the July Bulletin of the "Solidarity with Native People " appears as follows: Ninth Annual Native Music Festival Innu Nikamu Aug 6,7 and 8, 1993 Mani-Utenam, Nitassinan (20km east of Sept-Isles, Quebec, along Rte 138) For more information, Sylvain Vollant or Danielle Descent (418)-927-2985