_ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' 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 021 O o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 14 August 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. "I appeal to any white man to say, if he ever entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him no meat. If ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not." -- Chief Tah-gah-jute (Logan, the Mingo), Cayuga O'siyo Brothers and Sisters! Janet and I will go to a powwow hosted by the Eno-Occaneechi today. It is good to join with friends and celebrate life. We have similar friendships here through the Invisible Band. I think now is a good time to remember what these circles mean to we who choose the Red Road. Mitaquye Oyasin! Night Owl ------------------ clip here for news feature -- 8< ----------- --------- "RE: AIDS/HIV alert" --------- From: ANDY Andrew Finkenstadt Subj: AIDS/HIV alert Fwd from 05 LIVEWIRE Roundtable GE Electronic Mail at 13:51 CDT NATIVE AMERICANS AND HIV From HONOR DIGEST, March 1993, p. 7 In "AIDS Is an Indian Problem - That We Can Resolve," Ron Rowell (Choctaw/Kaskasia) notes that AIDS may not seem to be a large problem for Native Americans since at the end of 1992 there were only 448 cases reported. Of course, this number does not include all who are HIV positive, only those with clinical AIDS diagnosis. Howard cites two studies--one was a nation wide study done by the Indian Health Service and Centers for Disease Control of blood samples taken from women in predominantly rural pre-natal clinics. HIV infection among these women in the third trimester of pregnancy were from four to eight times higher than the rates of infection found among rural women of other racial backgrounds. Another study of the Department of Defense found that American Indian/Alaska Native male applicants had the third highest rate of HIV infection after African American and Hispanic applicants. He points out that AI/AN cases have been seriously under counted. Studies done by the CDC in Seattle and Los Angeles found that 75-100% of all Native American cases had been mis reported as either White or Hispanic! He believes there may by 3 to 4 times as many cases of AIDS than have been reported. Howard talks of reasons why Native Americans need to be concerned about HIV. He notes the high rates of substance abuse in the AI/AN population. Also sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are twice as high as in non-Indian populations. He calls on Native Americans to educate themselves about how to prevent HIV transmission and how to take care of those who have HIV disease. ADDRESSES Ron Rowell, executive director National Native American AIDS Prevention Center 3515 Grand Ave Suite 100 Oakland, CA 94610. AIDS: BRIEF, a quarterly newsletter for persons interested in HIV/AIDS among Native Americans c/o American Indian Health Care Association 245 East 6th St. St. Paul, MN 55101 612-293-0233 National Native American AIDS Prevention Center, Mpls. Office 1433 East Franklin Avenue Suite 3A Minneapolis, MN 55404 612-872-8855 HOTLINE: National Indian AIDSLINE at 1-800-203-2437, M-F 8:30am to 5:00 pm Pacific time. THE RED RIBBON OF HOPE Wearing a red ribbon has become a sign of awareness and support for all people affected by HIV. Western Michigan Two-Spirit artist Ed Gray's interpretation of the ribbon is crafted in copper with a red patina. To order THE RED RIBBON OF HOPE, make a donation of your choice, by check, payable to NNAAPC (National Native American AIDS Prevention Center) to Ed Gray PO Box 436, Fennville, MI 49408. 100% of all collected proceeds from the HONOR DIGEST announcement go to NNAAPC. compiled by Nancy A. Carter --------- "RE: sweat lodge question" --------- From: Carlos Rodriguez Subj: sweat lodge question Mailing List: NATCHAT (natchat@gnosys.svle.ma.us) I have been following this thread for a while, hoping that it turn into something of a learning and sharing experience. For the most part it has but there are some on the net that still are having problems. Some are slow to understand and that can be a positive because it can enable them to digest much of the information as they get it. But there are others who seem to refuse to understand and it seems that it is because the subject is not easily transferable into their cultural mode of thinking. It is not wrong to be this way, it just makes it difficult for that particular person to understand other peoples and their ways. Native American Spirituality is very difficult to explain and even more difficult to understand. This is why you will find many on the net saying that you must spend time with the elders and the medicine people on the res. For those that are truly interested in Native American Spirituality ,I mean the cold, hard, non-mythical, non-mystical truth Native American Spirituality; then there is one book that I can suggest. Mind that you will be exposed to a lot of hidden emotions that you thought that you did not have. Many of my friends have started to read this book and could not finish it because of the way it made them fell, both positive and negative. But it is an eye opener. The book is GOD IS RED by Vine Deloria. I believe it is published by the Dell Books Publishers in New York, NY. Just my 2 cents worth. Walk in Beauty! C N R --------- "RE: Native Hawaiians" --------- From: dm336@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (David W. Morgan) Subj: Native Hawaiians Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Welcome to Ka Ho'okolokolonui Kanaka Maoli - The Peoples' International Tribunal Hawai'i 1993. The Tribunal Hawai'i is the result of over 18 months of preparation and planning by more than twenty-five sponsoring organizations and dozens of dedicated individuals. It is an attempt to explain, in indigenous terms, the continuing attacks against na Kanaka Maoli and their growing resistance to those attacks. The Tribunal is part of many efforts this year to take our place alongside the indigenous peoples of the world and say "ENOUGH." --------- "RE: Job announcement" --------- From: "George Brandsberg" Subj: Job announcement Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Good morning, fellow Native-L'ers: This position announcement appeared in the folklore forum and I thought it might be of interest to some members of this list or their friends. Good luck! The National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian Institution seeks a Deputy Assistant for Cultural Resources for a term appointment not to exceed two years. The duty location is New York City. The incumbent will provide day-to-day management of activities related to research, as well as research-related publications, curatorial affairs, the collections, acquisitions planning, conservation, registration, photo archiving, and repatriation functions. Qualifications include the ability to administer and manage major museum programs, knowledge of current academic scholarship pertaining to Native American cultures, ability to coordinate curatorial efforts, ability to deal with a variety of individuals, and the ability to write scholarly and general interest papers. The salary will range from $51,754 to $79,509 per year, depending upon qualifications and experience. To apply, submit a completed SF 171 Application for Federal Employment along with a supplemental sheet giving specific examples of experience and training which apply to each of the selective and/or quality ranking factors. This experience and training must also be included in the SF-171. Send completed applications to: Smithsonian Institution, Office of Human Resources, Branch 2, P.O. Box 23293, Washington, D.C. 20026-3293. For further information, call (202) 287-2458. The application deadline is August 31st. ======================================================= George Brandsberg gbrandsb@oz.umb.ksu.edu Extension Publications 10-F Umberger Hall Kansas State University voice: 913-532-5804 Manhattan, KS 66506-3400 U.S.A fax: 913-532-6458 ======================================================= --------- "RE: Modern American religion" --------- From: Joseph.V.Kelly.Jr@dartmouth.edu (Joe Man) Subj: Modern American religion Mailing List: NATCHAT (natchat@gnosys.svle.ma.us) To me, American religious experience is typified by deep euphoria ("bliss"), and a sense of purification (from "sin", or whatever ails you). From the early fundamentalist Christian revivals, the Holy Spirit Baptisms, to the Hare Krishnas dancing in the streets, to the "New Age Novocaine" of our present culture. The desire for "GOOD FEELINGS", of internal well being are just symptoms of the culture, paralleling the "disposable good" consumer culture, the increase of substance abuse and over-eating, and the general ignorance and denial of problems on the personal level, the national level, and the world level (it's easy to IGNORE when everyone else is ignoring -- look back to Hitler's Deutschland). Americans have always maintained a quick fix philosophy. From the early days of pioneer expansion, to the near ecological disaster in the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevadas during the Gold Rush. The prospectors, so in love with the "GOOD FEELINGS" of possibly getting rich, polluted rivers, and destroyed valleys. There was no consideration of the future. No consideration of the consequences. Things haven't changed since then. We've gotten bigger and more overpopulated, and the earth is dying more and more every day. The most overlooked aspect of this dysfunctional culture is the spiritual well being of the people. What provisions did those before us set down for us? What oral tradition did Rockefeller and Carnegie pass down to us? In this age of commercialized bombardment it seems that the large corporations are out to break the remaining spirit and self esteem of the general population, just as they did to most of the Natives. When the beer commercial offers you the hope of a good happy life, with sex and "GOOD FEELING" at a beach party, do you think Anheuser Busch really gives a f*** about YOU, the consumer? I think they realize the more self-loathsome addicts there are in the world, the better the business for them. It's no wonder the people turn to quick fix solutions. It's ingrained in our minds. It's on the TV and in the newspapers. Now, to iterate my point. In Native religions, a lot of Americans see most everything they don't have for themselves: a sense of community -- a deep sense of roots; the strong use of ceremony and ritual, which I believe is a universal human need; a communion with nature; a communion with themselves; a deep personal journey for insight and experiences which transcend the mundane and shallow lifestyle; a glimpse of magic, of mystical direction in a society devoid of mystical experience. These are deep human needs, and I don't blame anyone for seeking answers and fulfillment of those needs. Native religions, however, are far far removed from the realm of the "quick fix" -- Indians have lived here for thousands and thousands of years -- how few hundreds of years has the USA existed? I have no answers to these points I brought up (however un-eloquently or mis-informed), but I've learned something from my own experience as a half-white / half Native American in active recovery from this society and that is: True happiness and contentment come from hard work and rigorous self honesty. --joe ---- Joseph.V.Kelly.Jr@dartmouth.edu ---- "The more you drive, the less intelligent you are." --------- "RE: Identifying "fake" Chief Seattle quotes" --------- From: J.CASTO James H. Casto Subj: Identifying "fake" Chief Seattle quotes GE Electronic Mail For the Wotanging Ikche: As part of the banner for Volume 1 Issue 20, Night Owl included the closing lines of a speech by Chief Seattle given in December of 1854. There are many, many, "fake" renditions of the "speech". Probably the best known is a children's book titled: "Brother Eagle - Sister Sky". Sometimes the "speech" is identified as a letter to, then President, Franklin Pierce. I call your attention to an article in the July 1993 issue of Reader's Digest titled: "The Little Green Lie" that tells the story of how the "fake" speech came into being and has propagated. If you see a document that says it is a rendition of the speech, here are a few clues to identify a fake: 1. The mention of buffaloes - we had no buffalos in the Seattle - Puget Sound area even the Nez Perce of Eastern Washington had to cross the mountains to hunt buffalo. 2. The mention of railroads (usually as an "iron horse") - there were no railroads in the Puget Sound area in 1854. 3. The mention of the telephone or telegraph (usually as "talking wire") - the telephone had not been invented by 1854. 4. The "speech" appears to be an environmental "message". The real message is much sadder. It is a eulogy for a way of life. --------- "RE: Respect, what does it mean?" --------- From: Jacqueline.F.Keeler@Dartmouth.edu (Jake) Subj: Respect, what does it mean? Mailing List: NATCHAT (natchat@gnosys.svle.ma.us) When I responded to Sally Bowles' recent posting, it reminded me of something that my lala, my grandfather Philip Lane, Sr. told me and my sisters. Here is how I recall it: "When I was a small boy there was in our community [Standing Rock Reservation, Wakpala] an old, old woman. You see, she walked with a limp and when she stood up she'd always go, (he'd make the sound like as if he was in pain) hue, hue, hue, hue and grabbed her leg like this (he'd grab his leg as if the pain were there and he was about to get up). Being a little boy I was overcome with a CURIOSITY (he'd always emphasize certain words) and so, I decided to ask my grandmother (our great-great grandmother) about this old woman. Now, grandchildren you aren't supposed to ask questions like this. These things will be REVEALED to you when you are ready, and the old people, our elders would decide this for us. So, I knew that what I was doing wasn't right, but I SO wanted to know that I went over to my grandmother's and started helping her, sweeping out her cabin, carrying water for her and helping her with other things, until she said,'Grandchild, what is it that you want? I know you want something. You've been sweeping out my cabin, carrying water for me and helping me, what is it you want?' So, I broke down and told her,'Unci [grandmother], I just wanted to know why that old woman limps and why when she stands up she grabs her leg and says hue, hue, hue, hue.' Then she answered me,'Well, first of all, you shouldn't be asking me this. These things will be revealed to you when you are ready. But, since you have asked, I will tell you, this once. In the future, though, you should not do this.'" So, she told him about how when this old woman had been a young girl of thirteen she had an older sister. This older sister had just had a baby and had another child that could just walk. The people were being chased by the U.S. Army and were on the move. They were poor and didn't have many horses, so this young aunt carried her niece all the way from the border of Canada to the reservation. Her older sister, had to carry the infant and nurse. The young girl did this with a bullet wound in her leg and since, they didn't have time to stop and remove the bullet, she walked with the bullet carrying her young niece all the way. When the people had reached their destination safely, the leaders called the people together and had a big feast and honored the young aunt and gave her a name, "Dependable woman". My lala would say, "See they named her DEPENDABLE WOMAN. See how perfect that name was! DEPENDABLE WOMAN!" Then he'd laugh, because it pleased him so much that this, which our ancestors had done was so perfect, so right. Still, he would remind us that he shouldn't have asked the question, but that it would have been revealed to him eventually. That is the way learning in the (as he'd call it) "Indian" way is, as I know it. In fact, he compared it to the wasicu way of learning, where you are thrown in and made to learn things whether you are ready or not. In the old way, you learned when you were ready and not before. I think this is something that a lot of people nowadays don't know, so that they tend to run roughshod over this and attempt to acquire (or pretend to possess) knowledge they not only don't have, but have not been deemed by the elders to be ready for. This is where the feeling of the "lack of respect" comes from. The clash between these two different ways of learning. So, when you seek to learn about these things, do keep what my lala spoke about in mind. I think that this story also exemplifies a difference in the way women were valued. Women were honored and respected for their strength, courage and their ability to dedicate these talents to their relatives in the KINSHIP SYSTEM, which was the basis of the Dakota/Lakota society. These women were not honored for having perfectly shaped bodies, large breasts, or blonde hair (like the Beauty contests of today), but for these other qualities that allowed the people to SURVIVE. As my lala pointed out to us, the soldiers had it all wrong, it wasn't by destroying the buffalo that the people would cease to exist, but the WOMEN and their ingenuity (especially in cooking spoiled beef rations and "gathering" roots, etc.)--as he'd say "kill the women and the rest is easy." --Jake --- Jacqueline.F.Keeler@Dartmouth.edu --------- "RE: Putting reservations online" --------- From: "Steven C. Perkins" Subj: Putting reservations online Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) The following is a list of companies which recycle computers. It appeared in _Chicago Computer Currents_ August 1993, p31: Alliance for Technology Access American Computer Exchange Berkeley, CA Atlanta, GA 800/992-8111 800/786-0717 Boston Computer Exchange National Computer Exchange Boston, MA NY, NY 800/262-6399 212/614-0700 Carnegie-Mellon University Computer Recycling Center Pittsburgh, PA Sunnyvale, CA 412/268-2000 408/734-5030 (volunteers and donations) Ecology Plus 408/734-5195 San Jose, CA (classes and services) 408/452-7717 East-West Education Development Foundation Boston, MA 617/542-1234 Hewlett-Packard Support Materials Organization Roseville, CA 916/785-7124 Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation Austin, TX 512/331-6200 National Cristia Foundation Greenwich, CT 203/622-600 The article was "Recycling Computers: New Life for Old PCs" by Anita Amirrezvani. The byline says you can contact her via MCI Mail (390-3005) or C/O Computer Currents, vox: 708/818-1228; fax: 708/818-0772. Connecting the Reservations to the INTERNET may not be that difficult. If AIM or someone else can develop a comprehensive plan and present it to some of the access providers like AA&T and SPRINT, and PSI and CompuServe, they might find it within their corporate interest (tax deductions) to support such a plan. Again, each Reservation speaks for itself first. Steven C. Perkins pl0124@psilink.com --------- "RE: Dann Emergency!!" --------- From: coyote@latrans.alphai.org (Scott Robert Ladd) Subj: Dann Emergency!! Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) ----------- RAID ALERT! ----------- WESTERN SHOSHONE UNDER THREAT OF ATTACK! ======================================== It appears that the U.S. government is planning a move against the Western Shoshone and the Dann family in Nevada. According to Firefly, Coordinator of the Western Shoshone Defense Project, the Battle Mountain (Nevada) newspaper contained an official notice that the BLM will confiscate all livestock found grazing without permit on "federal" lands near the Dann ranch. In addition, the local sheriff, Tom Jones, has recently installed a significant amount of high-powered radio equipment. Finally, out-of-state cowboys have been hired for a federal round-up campaign. Two weeks ago, the Shoshone were promised peace by Don Moon, who represented Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt at a Western Shoshone National Council Meeting. Considering the U.S. history of lies in the Dann case, it can only be assumed that Moon was trying to placate the Shoshone prior to a raid by U.S. agents. The Shoshone desperately need your help! If you can go to Nevada, do so IMMEDIATELY. To get instructions and directions, contact the Western Shoshone Defense Project at 702/468-0230, or call me at 719/633-5229. Go with the intent to help in whatever way you are needed. The Danns are quickly running out of funds and time; your support could tip the balance in their favor. <<<---------------------------()=()------------------------------->>> ** Scott Robert Ladd ** | internet: coyote@latrans.alphai.org Coyote Gulch Productions | fido: 1:128/112 nativenet: 90:80/3 423 North Cooper Avenue | bbs/modem: 719/578-1340 Colorado Springs, CO 80905-1120 | *** FREE CLIFFORD DANN! *** --------- "RE: Suggest Biblio(WAS: FAQ or Biblio)" --------- From: Jacqueline.F.Keeler@Dartmouth.edu (Jake) Subj: Suggest Biblio(WAS: FAQ or Biblio) Mailing List: NATCHAT (natchat@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Here is some writing by my relatives that I think is quite helpful: _Big Horse the Warrior_ by Tiana Big Horse (Navajo history, retelling of the life of my great-great grandfather's life as a warrior under Chief Manuelito) _Waterlily_ by Ella Deloria (Sioux historical novel of the life of a young Teton girl) _Speaking of Indians_ by Ella Deloria (Early pan-Indian look at issues that Native Americans were facing in the early '40s with wonderful family stories included.) _Chouteau Creek: A Sioux Reminiscence_ by Joseph Iron Eye Dudley (An excellent description of growing up on the Yankton Sioux Reservation, very accurate according to my father who was a childhood friend of Dudley's.) _God is Red_ by Vine Deloria, Jr. (Particularly applicable to the latest vein of discussion on this newsgroup.) _Dakota Texts_ by Ella Deloria (Excellent if you want to become familiar with the story/teaching method of the Dakota, although it lacks the Dakota version of the tales.) I'd also recommend the writings of Ward Churchill (_Fantasies of the Master Race_), Annette Jaimes (_The State of Native America) and Paula Gunn Allen (_The Sacred Hoop_, _Spiderwoman's Granddaughters_, and _Grandmother's of the Light_). All non-relatives, but very good! I would suggest reading only with extreme suspicion Ruth Beebe Hill (_Hanta Yo_) and Dee Brown (_Creek Mary's Blood_). --Jake ------------------- Jacqueline.F.Keeler@Dartmouth.edu --------- "RE: Serpent Mound in Danger?" --------- From: um.cc.umich.edu!Tristine.Lee.Smart Subj: Serpent Mound in Danger? Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Heather Cross described and requested more information about a plan to develop the area surrounding Serpent Mound in Ohio into a lake while "protecting" the Serpent Mound area itself by building a retaining wall. A colleague of mine who worked as an archaeologist for the Army Corp of Engineers and is knowledgeable about efforts to protect archaeological sites from destruction by water erosion told me he seriously doubts that a retaining wall can offer long-term protection for Serpent Mound. This concern is shared by other archaeologists as well. For more information about this proposed development and efforts aimed at stopping it you can contact the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus: Ohio Historical Society Ohio Historical Center 1982 Velma Ave. Columbus, OH 43211 (614) 297-2300 I spoke with a woman in the Communications Department of the Ohio Historical Society about where people can write in order to protest this development. Letters should be directed to the five government agencies that must approve the plans for the development. She also said that the major newspapers in Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Toledo have all been covering this story and that Letters to the Editor sent to these papers could also be of help. Here are the names and addresses of the developer and the five government agencies that must approve the plans for this development: DEVELOPER U.S. Concord Inc. 190 Eastwood Dr. Mt. Vernon, OH 43050 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Ohio Department of Natural Resources- Division of Water Fountain Square Columbus, OH 43224 Ohio Department of Natural Resources- Division of Wildlife (same address as above) Ohio Department of Natural Resources- Division of Natural Areas and Preserves (same address as above) Ohio Environmental Protection Agency 1800 Watermark Dr. Columbus, OH 43215 U.S. Army Corp of Engineers District Office P.O. Box 2127 Huntington, WV 25721 Tristine Lee Smart Museum of Anthropology University of Michigan Tristine.Lee.Smart@um.cc.umich.edu --------- "RE: National Native American Co-operative" --------- From: sbrock@teal.csn.org (Steve Brock) Subj: National Native American Co-operative Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) I met an exhibitor recently at the Association of American Indian Physicians conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, and want to mention some of the materials he has available for sale, as there have been many requests for similar information. The National Native American Co-op offers the following: - NATIVE AMERICAN DIRECTORY (352 pp.), containing dates of powwows and celebrations, list of national Indian organizations, list of Indian schools, libraries, and museums, list of Indian craft guilds, Native American media (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Indian culture centers, urban Indian centers, performing Indian artisans, dancers and exhibitors, list of trading posts, major Indian colleges, Indian-owned hotels and resorts, buyers list of Indian stores and galleries, and more. Available in the U.S. and Alaska for $44.95 plus $3.00 shipping, Canada for $53.95 plus $3.00 shipping, overseas for $44.95 plus $9.00 airmail shipping. A library edition, with maps, is available for $125.00. - CASSETTE TAPES, powwows, dance songs, flag songs, traditional and contemporary flute music (most by Tom Ware and Fernando Cellicion), Navajo Peyote Songs, and Legends, $15.00 for first tape, $12.00 for each additional. - INDIAN FLAG, warrior emblazoned over either U.S. or Canadian flags, $25.00. - MAILINGS, the co-op receives newspapers, newsletters, and other announcements and news of Native American activities in bulk. It will send an assortment to those who send in $6.00 and a large manila envelope. I am posting this information, not as an endorsement, but to report another source of information on Native American enterprises. To order any of the above, or for more information, write to: Native American Co-operative, P.O. Box 1000, San Carlos, AZ 85550-1000. Please say you heard about the Co-op on the Internet, and let me (or the net) know if the products are helpful. -- Steve --------- "RE: Mary Moore/Richard Erdoes Boycott" --------- From: Jacqueline.F.Keeler@Dartmouth.edu (Jake) Subj: Mary Moore/Richard Erdoes Boycott Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Hello! I would like to launch a campaign to stop the made-for-TV movie in the works based on the Richard Erdoes' penned biography of Mary Moore entitled (_Lakota Woman_). The reasons for this are as follows: --It incorrectly portrays the "traditional" values of the Lakota/Dakota people. (i.e it depicts illegitimate children as "traditional".) --It encourages a false belief in a Dakota/Lakota split between the "full-bloods" and the "half-breeds". This is an idea propagated originally by the BIA and the FBI to divide and conquer the Indian people and has little basis in the community itself. This is seen in the unity of the "full-blood" family, the Crow Dogs with Mary Moore's "half-breed" family in opposing the book. I think that the first point is important in that this book will act to provide for young Indian woman an incorrect idea of what it is to be "traditional" as propagated by a European male photographer, Richard Erdoes (I believe he is German). This will further debilitate the Indian community in the same way that negative portrayals of Indian men have led to the internalization of these stereotypes by young Indian men. (An old Dakota saying said that once the Dakota women's virtue is gone, the people would be dead.) The second point is, once again, the implementation of an alien concept of a dichotomous universe on Indian communities for the detriment of those communities. It is well known that the FBI armed the "half-breed" GOON (Guardians of the Oglala Nation) against the "full-bloods". The perpetuation of this COINTELPRO tactic and internalization of this is alarming to say the least. Indian communities are not that black and white, there is too much gray for this theory to hold any water. Please support me in the boycotting of this book and the making of this movie. I am writing to my relatives to support me on this and also would like to see the issue addressed at the upcoming AIM conference in September. I believe that the medium of the cinema, in all its forms, is a powerful force to be reckoned with. I am a film minor for this reason and would like to see films that strengthen and affirm the positive cultural strengths of the people for the sake of the next generation and the focusing of determination of the present. I am also writing to Ted Turner and Jane Fonda. I hope that something can be worked out. Thank you very much for your time and interest in this issue. -Jacqueline F. Keeler --- Jacqueline.F.Keeler@Dartmouth.edu --------- "RE: Conferences and Powwows" --------- From: nyt@blythe.org (NY Transfer News) Subj: NY Area Powwows, Aug 93 Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit NY Transfer's Best Picks from: THE NORTHSTAR FUND'S ACTIVIST'S CALENDAR AUGUST 1993 Saturday & Sunday, August 14th & 15th: PAUMANAUKEE POWWOW - sponsored by the National Museum of the American Indian & Smithsonian Institution, Copaigue NY. 516-661-7559 for information and time. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, August 27th, 28th, 29th: 9TH ANNUAL CONNECTICUT RIVER POWWOW - sponsored by National Museum of the American Indian & Smithsonian Institution. Farmington Polo Grounds, Farmington, CT. 203-684-6984 for information and time. -30- + Join Us! 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