_ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' 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 026 O o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 18 September 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. "They say I am a bad Indian. What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and unfed? Who has ever seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? .... is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux; because I was born where my father lived; because I would die for my people and my country?" -- Chief Sitting Bull O'siyo Brothers and Sisters! If you do nothing else with this issue, put the first few articles before as many eyes as possible. There have been terrible injustices perpetrated on Native Americans throughout United States and Canadian history. Among the most outrageous are those heaped on our brothers Clifford Dann and Leonard Peltier. This issue of Wotanging Ikche contains a message from Leonard Peltier that is so poignant it can not be read without misting eyes. I have prefaced it with a plea from my dear friend and one of my principle spiritual guides on the Red Road, Chief Distant Eagle. Read these words, my brothers and sisters. Do everything in your power to insure they are read by others. It could well be the next such letter will be written by you or me, and who will heed our message? Mitaquye Oyasin! Night Owl ------------------ clip here for news feature -- 8< ----------- --------- "RE: A Plea from Chief Distant Eagle" --------- From: J.AUDLIN James D. Audlin (Chief Distant Eagle) Subj: Plea in Support of Leonard Peltier GE Electronic Mail O'siyo, everyone! I speak occasionally as "just me", and occasionally as Chief. This time I speak as Chief. The injustice against our brother, Leonard Peltier, has gone on for far too long, in the face of abundant evidence of the gross miscarriage of justice on the basis of fabricated evidence and improper extradition from Canada. We must come together as a \single\ Native nation, notwithstanding our tribal heritages, and speak with a \single\ voice demanding justice for our brother. I beg everyone to heed his words that will be published in \Wotanging Ikche\, and to distribute them as widely as possible, so all our people may come together on this matter. Wado! --Distant Eagle, Tribal Council Chief of the Free Cherokees --------- "RE: Statement from Leonard Peltier" --------- From: milo@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Michele Lord) Subj: Statement from Leonard Peltier Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) The following is from the 'Spirit of Crazy Horse', the official newsletter of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. Published bi-monthly, it is filled with important information about the LPDC and Native American movement. Subscription rates are: $10/year (6 issues); $20 for international subscriptions; $5 for seniors; and no charge for prisoners. Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, P.O. Box 583, Lawrence, KS 66044. Make check payable to: Crazy Horse Spirit, Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STATEMENT OF LEONARD PELTIER Greetings Sisters, Brothers, Friends, It is hard to put into words the feeling I got when I walked into the visiting room on July 7th and saw the pain in my wife's eyes. I knew even before a word had passed between us that it could only mean one thing. My appeal had been denied. My mind clouded with so many thoughts. How could they do this? How could they stand and call themselves the champions of justice when they'd heard the prosecutor go on and on about the lack of evidence against me and the fact that they don;t know who killed the FBI agents? How could they uphold a conviction that has been proven to have been based solely on fabricated, coerced and perjured evidence? Where is justice? Am I to serve twice my natural life in prison even though I can prove my innocence? Is this my fate? Will I die here? I admit, it was hard to hold back my tears. I am a strong man, but I am not superhuman. My wife held my hand; I could barely force myself to look at her. Softly I told her, "You are young and beautiful. You shouldn't be wasting your life waiting for me. You should go out and find someone you can be with that can give you a family. I can't give you these things." She made a deal with me. She told me that she still has ten good years on her biological clock. If I'm still in prison at that time, she'll think about moving on. It made me feel a little better, but not a whole lot. I feared that many of my supporters would at last throw in the towel and that I would be doomed to this hell forever. But this is not the case. I witnessed a marvelous and wonderful thing. My supporters were angry and wanted to fight. Letter writing increased, new support groups sprang up, old groups reformed and regionalized. My attorneys held closed meetings to strategize future moves, and so many people wrote to cheer me up that once again I found faith. My long journey does not end behind prison bars. On November 21st there will be a demonstration in Washington, D.C. I ask anyone who cares about justice, the Constitution, racial equality under the law, and our future generations to be there. This day will be important and historic. It will be a day in which all races of humankind will join in unity to demand that our civil rights be protected and that mine be restored. I have suffered a long time. I want to go home. Please, join us on November 21st to prove to the world that we will not tolerate injustices to any citizen in this country. It is vital that we have the numbers. We will literally need thousands of people there that day. And when I am a free man, the real work will begin. Prison has not prevented me from trying to help my people. I organize clothing, food and toy drives year round, support women's shelters and Head Start programs. I have established a scholarship for Native law students at NYU and also helped to fund a newspaper by and for Indian children. I am a foster parent to two young boys in Guatemala and El Salvador. Dr. Stuart Selkin and I have been working on ways to improve the health care system on the Rosebud Reservation, and recently I have become involved with Harvard Professor Jeffrey Timmons on economic reform for Pine Ridge. Still I am limited in what I can do. My dream is to rejoin the people and build community centers offering after school activities and counseling. I want to work with specialists from around the world to help deal with FAS and FAE, and to prevent alcoholism. I want to help create jobs and job training. It is so frustrating to hear over and over again about teen suicide, drug abuse, unemployment and poverty. I think, what is my sacrifice for. My own children have grown up without me. I missed everything from training wheels to high school graduations. Today I have two of my grandchildren. Will I get to see them in the school play? Will I ever go to parent-teacher conferences? They had been growing up in a place not sympathetic to their needs. Like so many poor children in the world, they've seen terrible things and suffered hard. Now, through my wife and Committee volunteers Michele and Koen, they have a chance to achieve. I only wish I could be there to help them. I want to thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak to you today. I have prayed hard for unity amongst all people. I am sure that is the only way toward progress and peace and a secure future for ALL of our grandchildren. Today is a fine example of a step in that direction. Thank you. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, Leonard Gwarth-ee-las Peltier ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *^*^*^* MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR LEONARD PELTIER *^*^*^* On November 21, 1993 there will be a march and demonstration for jailed Indian leader Leonard Peltier, a man who has spent over seventeen years incarcerated for a crime he did not commit. Evidence was fabricated, witnesses coerced, and evidence of his innocence withheld. The prosecuting attorney has admitted three time in a court of law "we don't know who killed those agents." Yet, there seems to be little hope for justice in the judicial system. On July 7th, 1993, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, once again, rejected Leonard's claims, not because they were invalid, but because they had not been filed in a timely fashion. Now we must join together to request from our elected officials that a political remedy be initiated. Leonard is too good a man to languish in prison. He needs to rejoin his children and grandchildren, and work hands-on for his (and all) people. Please write to your local Congresspeople. Ask them to look into the case and voice their support. Suggest that they contact Senators Daniel Inouye, Paul Wellstone, or Congressmen Ronald Dellums or Don Edwards. Send a check or money order today to the LPDC LEGAL STRATEGY to ensure that our expenses for such an enormous operation can be paid, AND BE THERE ON THE 21ST! We urge you to try to attend this important event. Without you physically being there for Leonard, there's a chance we will not be taken seriously. We will literally need thousands of supporters to join us that day. By keeping in touch with us we will be able to give you updates and information to help make this less of a burden to you. Local Support Groups will be organizing caravans and bus rentals and arrangements will be made for food and shelter. Leonard Peltier has given up one third of his life. The least we can do is sacrifice one weekend for him. ____________________________________________________________________ Yes, I will contribute to the effort! Here is my donation of $______ I am committed to being there: name_________________________ address______________________ telephone____________________ PLEASE KEEP ME INFORMED AND UPDATED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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: Prayer Vigil, Washington DC" --------- From: milo@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Michele Lord) Subj: Prayer Vigil, Washington DC Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) *******FROM THE CIRCLE******* Native American Assistance Fund 56 Joaquin Miller Ct. Oakland, CA 94611 Ph: 510-531-7527 FAX: 510-531-7478 ++++++++++ PRAYER & CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ++++++++++ For Future Generations of Indigenous and All People Sunrise October 9 - Sunrise October 10, 1993 The Mall in Washington, DC (Between the Washington Monument and The White House) At Sunrise on October 9, 1993, we will begin a Prayer Vigil to honor the preservation of indigenous spirituality. Avrol Looking Horse, Keeper of the Sacred Buffalo Calf Pipe, his wife Carole Anne Looking Horse, Sequoia True Blood and others will be joining us. We invite all those who have worked for and believe in the preservation of Indigenous spirituality throughout the world. This is year ONE of the next 500 years and together we can plant a prayerful seed for future generations. Teepees will be erected to honor the Seventh Generation. We invite elders and traditional people to help us. Please bring your drum group, runners, walkers and all those who have contributed to the preservation of indigenous spirituality. All people who believe in this prayer are invited. Please bring your own candles and a paper plate to go underneath the candle. This vigil will be held every year for four years. Proposed dates are Oct 8-9, 1994; Oct. 7-8, 1995 and Oct.12-13, 1996. If you are unable to join us in Washington, you can create your own Vigil wherever you are. Bev Archibald of The Four Worlds Institute is organizing one in Canada. One is being organized in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Please let us know if you do this so we can share with each other. Cheap airfare to Washington, DC round trip from most large cities west of the Mississippi is $330.00. Contact this travel agency and ask for Natalie. Departures (Travel Agency): 1-800-654-1130 (In California): 1-800-660-4797 For more information contact: FROM THE CIRCLE at the above address or e-mail ddalcorso@igc.apc.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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: Lakota language and crafts" --------- From: librik@cory.EECS.Berkeley.EDU (David Librik) Subj: Lakota language and crafts Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) mbb6090@u.cc.utah.edu (Maha Blanchard) writes: >In article <26p78j$8cm@news.u.washington.edu> talltree@stein1.u.washington.edu (Talltree) writes: >>Does anyone know where I can find a Lakota/English dictionary, >>and/or other Lakota language books? Here's some information on Lakhota books. - David Librik librik@cs.Berkeley.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~From: LOCKE::IN%"nn.lang@gnosys.svle.ma.us" 28-MAR-1991 20:44 Subj: Lakhota Instructional Materials ~Date: Thu, 28 Mar 91 08:41:06 MST ~From: NativeNet@gnosys.svle.ma.us ~Subject: Lakhota Instructional Materials ~Reply-to: nn.lang@gnosys.svle.ma.us >From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz) ~Newsgroups: native.lang In response to Jim Wilson's query, materials for learning Lakota: A variety of books and tapes on the Lakhota dialect of Dakota are available from the C.U. Lakhota Project at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Beginning Lakhota I (337 pp.) $18 US Beginning Lakhota II (331 pp.) $18 US Vols I and II together $35 US Elementary Bilingual Dictionary: English-Lakhota, Lakhota-English (317 pp.) $12 US Lakhota Wayawapi, Graded Readings (134 pp.) $10 US Tapes to accompany Beg. Lakh. I (6 tapes, c. 1 hr. each) $30 US Note that tapes are for the previous edition of the lessons and do not match the present edition exactly. They are, however, thoroughly usable. Order from: C.U. Lakhota Project Dept. of Linguistics Campus Box 239 Univ. of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309 Makes checks payable to "C.U. Lakhota Project." Customer is billed after shipping for postage and handling charges. This information from SSILA Newsletter VIII.3:13a. Disclosure: I am a part time employee of the Center for the Study of the Native Languages of the Plains and Southwest, an affiliate of the Dept. of Linguistics at the University of Colorado. Conceivably, I may benefit indirectly from purchases of C.U. Lakhota Project purchases. Lakhota vs. Lakota: The Dakotan dialects contrast aspirated and unaspirated stops (ph vs. p, th vs. t, ch vs c, kh vs. k), whereas English does not. The spelling Lakhota, used in the orthography of the CULP materials reflects the fact that the k in Lakhota is aspirated. Lakota is the English spelling. Some systems of Lakhota spelling that do not mark aspiration also write Lakota. Other materials: The A. Ross tape Dakota Language mentioned in the 1-MAR-91 NativeNet contribution by Gary Trujillo is nice, but deals with the Dakhota or Santee dialect (one of the d-dialects of Dakotan, as opposed to Lakhota, the l-dialect). The best published descriptive grammar of Lakhota: Boas, Franz; Deloria, Ella. 1941. Dakota grammar. National Academy of Sciences, Memoir 23, Pt. 2. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. Reprinted 1979, Vermillion, SD: The Dakota Press. The best published dictionary of Lakhota: Buechel, Eugene, compiler; Manhart, Paul, ed. 1970. A diction- ary of the Teton Dakota Sioux language ... Lakota-English; English-Lakota. Vermillion abd Pine Ridge, SD: Institute of Indian Studies, University of South Dakota & Red Cloud Indian School, Inc., of Holy Rosary Mission. The English-Lakota section is an index to the Lakota-English section, not a dictionary in its own right. The orthography of this dictionary does not mark aspiration consistently, but it is often possible to deduce its presence even when it is not marked, by cross comparing entries, noting part of speech, etc. There are some systematic differences in orthography between the headwords of the Lakota-English section and other contexts. Traditional Texts: Deloria, Ella C. 1932. Dakota texts. Publications of the American Ethnological Society, No. 14. New York,: G.E. Stechert. Reprinted 1974, New York: AMS Press. In the orthography of Boas & Deloria. Bibliography: Reuse, Willem J. de. 1987. One hundred years of Lakota linguistics (1887-1987). Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics 12:13-42. Reuse, Willem J. de. 1990. A supplementary bibliography of Lakota language and linguistics (1887-1990). Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics 15.2:146-165. KWPL is available from the Linguistics Graduate Student Asso- ciation at the Unversity of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Willem de Reuse's e-mail address: wdereuse@ccit.arizona.edu --------- "RE: UW-Madison Policy on Native American Mascots" --------- From: um.cc.umich.edu!Tristine.Lee.Smart Subj: UW-Madison Policy on Native American Mascots Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Source: On Wisconsin: The Magazine for UW-Madison Alumni and Friends, Volume 94, Number 6, September/October 1993, p.6 (copied without permission) Letter from Jim Hoyt, Chair, UW Athletic Board The Athletic Board concluded its policy on American Indian mascots and nicknames at its July 9 meeting by adding a fifth element to a four-part policy adopted in May. That policy states the following, that UW-Madison: 1) encourages all schools to respect American Indian people by not bringing their mascots, playing or singing war chants, or using symbols that are disrespectful to Indian people; 2) discourages users of UW facilities to hold events that purport to represent American Indian symbols, names, and activities if that use is disrespectful; 3) discourages the sale of athletic wear or other souvenirs with American Indian mascots or logos on the grounds of UW athletic facilities; and, 4) calls on UW representatives to the Big Ten Conference and WCHA Conference to present the policy to other members of the conference and the Board of Regents. The additional and fifth point states that Wisconsin will not compete during the regular season against teams with American Indian nicknames, mascots, or logos, other than members of our conferences or traditional rivals. The new policy was adopted following extensive deliberations, and responded to a resolution passed unanimously by the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, which represents all eleven Indian tribes in Wisconsin. UW students, faculty, and staff conveyed similar messages: that the use of American Indian-related symbols by sports teams degrades and insults their culture and can turn many of their religious and ceremonial symbols into ludicrous caricatures and representations of generally sacred traditions. The policy does not address any specific university by name, nor is it an attempt to be politically correct. We believe it is a reasonable and clear statement of principle that responds to an important constituency of our university. At the same time, we are confident that this policy does not go so far as to infringe on rights of expression at this or any other institution. --------- "RE: New Name for Haskell Indian Junior College" --------- From: "E. Gaele Gillespie" Subj: New Name for Haskell Indian Junior College Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) HASKELL INDIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE BECOMES HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Earlier this month, it was announced that final approval was granted for Haskell Indian Junior College to officially change its name to Haskell Indian Nations University. Officials, faculty, and students feel that the new name better reflects the goals and mission of the school, as well as the entire native community for which it exists. The name change also marks the beginning of planned changes in curriculum and direction that will be implemented gradually over the coming years within this unique educational institution. Additional information will be posted in future; it seemed of more immediate importance to announce the new name. -- Gaele E. Gaele Gillespie / University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045-2800 GGILLESP@UKANVM.BITNET GGILLESP@UKANVM.CC.UKANS.INTERNET --------- "RE: AIUB Director Search - Univ. of Colo. at Boulder" --------- From: Tim Neese Subj: AIUB Director Search - Univ. of Colo. at Boulder Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Position Announcement Project Director American Indian Upward Bound Program Responsibilities: The Project Director has primary responsibility for direct delivery of grant services to target population including academic advising/counseling/monitoring, and dissemination of information related to college preparation for disadvantaged high school students. The Project Director has primary responsibility for federal grant account including fiscal and program management, supervision of program staff, decision-making policy, program evaluation, and reporting functions, and has signature authority on all Upward Bound documents. Project Director is the primary program contact with the U.S. Department of Education, University of Colorado Office of Contract and Grants, Association of Special Programs in Region Eight, National Council of Education Opportunity Associations, various college admissions officers, parents, and tribal entities. This person has overall responsibility for program implementation including academic year and summer scheduling, student recruitment/orientation, selection, and evaluation. He/she also functions as legal guardian for student participants requiring the implementation of safe and effective procedures to maintain student safety and well-being. Because the target population is spread over an eight-state area, extensive travel is required. Experience Qualifications: Candidate must have at least two years experience in the following areas: Candidate must have a range of experience working in secondary or post-secondary education including teaching, counseling, or administration of high school programs; Also required is experience working with disadvantaged youth, especially those from rurally isolated areas. The candidate must be able provide leadership and form positive bonds with college-bound high school students from reservation schools. Experience in program administration is desirable. Minimum Education Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Education, Social Sciences, Humanities, or related fields is required. Master's Degree in Educational Administration, Public Policy Administration, or Counseling is highly desirable. Salary range: $30,000-36,000, depending on qualifications. Qualified applicants are asked to submit a current curriculum vita and the names, addresses and phone number of three references, no later than October 7, 1993, to: Christopher Pacheco, Chair AIUB Director Search Committee University of Colorado Campus Box 107 Boulder, CO 80309-0107. pacheco@spot.colorado.edu The University of Colorado at Boulder has a strong institutional commitment to the principle of diversity in all areas. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of people, including women, members of ethnic minorities and disabled individuals. --------- "RE: Indian Doctor Nominated To Head IHS" --------- From: JANS Janet McNeely Subj: Indian Doctor Nominated To Head IHS GE Electronic Mail Indian Doctor Nominated To Head IHS The front page of this week's _Albuquerque (NM) Journal_ features Dr. Michael Trujillo, a member of the Laguna Pueblo, who is nominated by President Clinton to head the Indian Health Service. Dr. Trujillo is the first full-blooded Native American ever proposed to head this agency. His major focus is on the tribes themselves assuming more responsibility for providing health care. "The resources are getting scarce. We need cooperation," he is quoted as saying. "People at the community level need to be involved so that they are in control of the situation." Dr. Trujillo cites the cooperation between federal, state, and tribal agencies in combating the Hantavirus as a model for solving other serious health problems -- like rising teen pregnancy, alcoholism, diabetes, and AIDS. While the House Appropriations Committee has actually increased the budget for the IHS next year (by $100,000), they have also recommended cutting 700 people from its staff, and assigning money directly to some tribes, letting them take care of their own administration and contracting. Dr. Trujillo favors this approach. In regard to the health-care reform pending, Trujillo says the government should respect the Indian nations' sovereignty and preserve their health-care system apart from that for the U.S. in general. --------- "RE: URGENT ACTION Lil'wat nation" --------- From: cfuv@web.apc.org Subj: URGENT ACTION Lil'wat nation Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) September 13, 1993 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxURG ACTIONxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------- Once again the Lil'wat nation is facing a renewed assault by International Forest Products Limited upon the last stand of its old growth forests. The Lil'Wat are a Sovereign Indigenous People in the south-west British Columbia. Although existing natural, international, and constitutional law all recognize and protect Lil'wat's sovereign status, the non-Native judiciary and governments of British Columbia and Canada refuse to address the law to which they are bound. International Forest Products is preparing to roadbuild into the unceded sacred burial area of the Lil'Wat. As in the past, police power will be used to crush the resistance that the Lil'watemcs are bound and entitled to put up. Canada's genocidal pogrom against the First Nations Peoples is a matter of record. As the last of the ancient forests fall, the beleaguered Native nationalists are facing an additional attack by an imposed elite of Indian Act collaborators, which act as administrative units of the colonial governments. These puppets conduct 'negotiations' with their white masters to provide the illusion of consent to the holocaust. By and large, environmental and social justice organizations have refused to deal with the inherent heritage governments of Native Nations, preferring to support the alien and imposed D.I.A. [Department of Indian Affairs] system. The Lil'wat people are prisoners of Canadian 'democracy.' They are facing a last stand situation. Please demand that the governments of Canada and British Columbia stop the ecocide, and begin honourable nation-to-nation negotiations with Lil'wat. --Prime Minister Kim Campbell [House of Commons, Ottawa, ONT, K1A 0A6, CANADA] or UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali [United Nations Building, New York, NY, 10017, USA] or contact -Lil'wat Estken, PO Box 208, Mount Currie, (via) B.C., V0N 2K0, CANADA. Harold Pascal (Tsemhu7qw) tel. (604) 894-6640 ph/fax. ----------------------------------------------------------------- xxxxxTO BE SILENT IS TO BE AN ACCOMPLICE TO THE DESTRUCTIONxxxxx - 30 --------- "RE: Directory of Grant Support for NA Initiatives" --------- From: g9192706@helen.nmsu.edu () Subj: DIRECTORY OF GRANT SUPPORT FOR NATIVE AMERICAN INITIATIVES Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) DIRECTORY OF GRANT SUPPORT & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NATIVE AMERICAN INITIATIVES. Researcher at New Mexico State University's Center for Economic Development Research and Assistance (CEDRA) have completed the latest edition of the Directory of Grant Support and Technical Assistance for Native American Initiatives. The publication contains over 800 sources for financial and technical assistance available to Native Americans. Through applied research, on-line computer searches, and expert interviews, project members have obtained descriptions, as well as contact names and addresses for agencies interested in supporting Native American Initiatives in the following areas. -Administration and Management -Conservation of Resources -Cultural Activity and the Arts -Economic Development -Education -Energy Management -Environmental Contamination -Handicapped and and Hazards Disabled - Health Care -Housing -Human Resources and -Information/Research Development Liaison -Public Building and Works -Transportation -Small Business Opportunities -Water Availability and Quality As a nonprofit entity, CEDRA has made the directory available at our production cost of $50.00. For more information contact CEDRA, Box 30001/Dept. 3CR/ Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001 telephone: (505)646-6315. Thanks. --------- "RE: Conferences and Powwows" --------- From: "ANTHONY GULIG, UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN" Subj: Oral Traditions Conference Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) ORAL TRADITIONS/LES TRADITIONS ORALES A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE [Humanities Research Unit, University of Saskatchewan] University of Saskatchewan and Wanuskewin Heritage Park Saskatoon, Saskatchewan October 28 to 30, 1993 THURSDAY, 28 OCTOBER: Afternoon [Place Riel Theatre, University of Saskatchewan] 1:00-2:00 Registration 2:00-2:15 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME President George Ivany, University of Saskatchewan Len Findlay, Director, Humanities Research Unit 2:15-3:00 ORAL TRADITIONS AND THE ACADEMY TODAY "The View from Anthropology" R.G. Williamson (University of Saskatchewan) 3:00-3:15 Coffee 3:15-5:15 CLASSICAL TRADITIONS "Ex Occidente Lux: Catastrophic Volcanism in Greek and Dene Oral Tradition" Rory Egan (University of Manitoba) "Caging the Muses: Some Aspects of Oral and Literate Epic Narrative" Christopher Brown (University of Western Ontario) "Orality in the Tradition of Archaic Lyric Poetry" Alison Maingon (University of Saskatchewan) "Concepts of Personality in Ancient Oral Cultures: Implications for Modern Personality Trait Theory" Theresa Skrip (University of Saskatchewan) THURSDAY, 28 OCTOBER: Evening [Oak Room, Park Town Motor Hotel] 7:30-9:00 "Comparative Oral Traditions and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter" John Foley (University of Missouri, Columbus) 9:00-10:00 Reception FRIDAY, 29 OCTOBER: Morning and Afternoon [Wanuskewin Heritage Park] 9:00 Bus from Park Town Hotel to Wanuskewin 9:30-10:00 WELCOME TO WANUSKEWIN Ernest Walker (University of Saskatchewan) 10:00-Noon THE VALIDITY OF ORAL CULTURE "The Validity of Oral History" Keith Goulet (Associate Minister of Education) "Oral Traditions and Native Studies Research" Elizabeth Perrott (OISE) "Oral Traditions and Environmental Education" James St. Arnold (Keweena, Michigan) Noon-1:30 LUNCH AND TOUR OF WANUSKEWIN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES 1:30-3:00 IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND ORAL TRADITION "Immigrant Women and the Arts of Oral History: Notes from a Historian of Italian-Canadians" Franca Iacovetta (University of Toronto) "'If I Don't Tell, Who Will?': Preserving the Stories of Survivors of the Holocaust" Paula Draper (OISE) 3:00-3:15 COFFEE 3:15-5:15 GENDER, APPROPRIATION, ORAL TRADITION "Dene Oral Traditions" Joanne Barnaby (Dene Cultural Institute, Hay River, NWT) "Race, Sex, Culture: Inuit Women and Non-Inuit Researchers" Linda Archibald (Carleton University) "Listening to the Voices: Batoche and Pangnirtung" Diane Payment (Environment Canada, Winnipeg) "Inuit Myths of the Vikings" Karla Williamson (University of Saskatchewan) 5:30 Bus back to Park Town Hotel FRIDAY, 29 OCTOBER: Evening [Oak Room, Park Town Motor Hotel] "Immigrant Women Speaking: Telling Our Stories Ourselves" Coordinator Joanne Lee (University of Saskatchewan) "La Voix, clef du projet litte'raire symboliste" Myriam Watthee-Delmotte (Catholic University of Louvain) "La Tradition orale dans les re'cits de Panai Istrati" Mariana Ionescu (University of Western Ontario) 12:15-1:30 Lunch 1:30-2:45 ORAL HISTORY AND THE NORTHWEST REBELLION "An Incident from 1885: Another View of the North-West Rebellion" Blair Stonechild (Saskatchewan Indian Federated College) and W.A. Waiser (University of Saskatchewan) "Reflections on Historical Evidence" Thomas Flanagan (University of Calgary) 2:45-3:00 Coffee 3:00-4:15 ORAL HISTORY METHODS "'Remembering the North': Non-Native Memories of Life in the Canadian Northwest" Ken Coates (University of Northern British Columbia) "History, Rights and the Oral Record: Testimony from the Voigt Case" Tony Gulig (University of Saskatchewan) "The Interview Experience" Lu Johns Penikett (Whitehorse, Yukon) 4:15-5:30 LAW AND ORAL TRADITION "Supreme Law Versus Grand Law: A Consideration of the Discursive Processes Acknowledging Plural Legalisms" Jo Anne Fiske (University of Northern British Columbia) "Pauktuutit and Violence Against Inuit Women" Mary Crnkovich (Arctic Resources Committee, Ottawa) "Judging History Again" Robin Fisher (University of Northern British Columbia) SATURDAY, 30 OCTOBER: Evening [Oak Room, Park Town Motor Hotel] 7:30 Conference Dinner ADDRESS Edward Chamberlin (University of Toronto, Director, General History Project, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples) Entertainment Oral and Musical _______________________ REGISTRATION Registration for the conference is $70.00 Can ($50.00 Can without the conference dinner); $35.00 Can for students, unemployed and underemployed persons ($15.00 Can without the conference dinner). To facilitate organization of transportation to Wanuskewin and social events, please register by September 25, 1993. Cheques made payable to the University of Saskatchewan should be sent to Len Findlay, Director, Humanities Research Unit, Dept. of English, University of Saskatchewan, S7N 0W0. The conference hotel is: The Park Town Motor Hotel, 924 Spadina Crescent East, Saskatoon, SK S7K 3P7. Mailing address: P.O. Box 1445, Saskatoon, SK S7K 3H5. Tel: (306) 244-5564. Reservations: 1-800-667- 3999. Rates before October 1, 1993: $52.00 Can for a single (plus tax), $60.00 Can for a double (plus tax). ______________________________ For more information contact Len Findlay, Director, Humanities Research Unit, Dept. of English, University of Saskatchewan, S7N 0W0. or via E-mail, Tony Gulig Gulig@sask.usask.ca ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ From: JANS Janet McNeely Subj: Upcoming conferences and powwows GE Electronic Mail =Gatherings and Powwows= September 16-19 Shemitzun II Sponsor: Mashantucket Pequot Reservation Info: Wayne Reels, 203/536-2681 September 17-19 Indian Springs, GA 4th Annual Powwow (Lower Creek Nation) Info: 404/775-6734 September 25-26 8th Annual Traditional Inter-Tribal Sponsor: Eagle Press, Watertown, CT Info: The Eagle Press 203/729-0035 September 25 Wakanyeja Powwow (Featured artist, Kevin Locke) Sponsor: St. Joseph's Indian School, Chamberlain, SD Info: 605/734-3484 September 25-26 Chicahominy Festival, Charles City, VA Info: 804/829-2261 October 9-11 4th Annual Intertribal Arts Dayton, OH 513/376-4358 Send notices of forthcoming powwows, conferences and gatherings to: jans@genie.geis.com jans%glsdk@wolves.durham.nc.us ....duke!wolves!glsdk!jans