Subject: nanews02.028 From: gars@netcom.com (Gary Night Owl) To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Message-ID: _ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' 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 02, ISSUE 028 O o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 2 July 1994 O o O ( N E W S ) O This issue contains articles from NATIVE-L Mailing List, Usenet alt.native Newsgroup, FidoNet Indian Affairs Conference, 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 archived at the Native American FTP site ftp.cit.cornell.edu in the directory /pub/special/NativeProfs/newsletters; 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. "From Wakan Tanka, the Great Spirit, there came a great unifying life force that flowed in and through all things -- the flowers of the plains, blowing winds, rocks, trees, birds, animals -- and was the same force that had been breathed into the first man. Thus all things were kindred, and were brought together by the same Great Mystery. "Kinship with all creatures of the earth, sky and water was a real and active principle. In the animal and bird world there existed a brotherly feeling that kept the Lakota safe among them. And so close did some of the Lakotas come to their feathered and furred friends that in true brotherhood they spoke a common tongue. "The animals had rights -- the right of man's protection, the right to live, the right to multiply, the right to freedom, and the right to man's indebtedness -- and in recognition of these rights the Lakota never enslaved an animal and spared all life that was not needed for food and clothing. "This concept of life and its relations was humanizing and gave to the Lakota an abiding love. It filled his being with the joy and mystery of living; it gave him reverence for all life; it made a place for all things in the scheme of existence with equal importance to all. "The Lakota could despise no creature, for all were of one blood, made by the same hand, and filled with the essence of the Great Mystery. In spirit, the Lakota were humble and meek. 'Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth' -- this was true for the Lakota, and from the earth they inherited secrets long since forgotten. Their religion was sane, natural, and human." __ Chief Luther Standing Bear, Teton +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | Indian Pledge of Allegiance | The Indian Pledge of Alleg- | | iance was first presented | I pledge allegiance to my Tribe,| on 2 December '93 during the | to the democratic principles | opening address of the Nat- | of the Republic | ional Congress of American | and to the individual freedoms | Indian Tribal-States Relat- | borrowed from the Iroquois and | ions Panel in Reno, NV. NCAI | Choctaw Confederacies, | plans distribution of the | as incorporated in the United | Indian Pledge to all Indian | States Constitution, | Nations. | so that my forefathers | | shall not have died in vain | Walk in Beauty! Night Owl +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ O'siyo Brothers and Sisters! I will quote a brother incarcerated in Attica, New York Prison. His name is RedStar, and his story was in Volume II, Number 1, 1994 of "The Four Directions" (Snowbird Publishing Company, P.O.Box 729, Tellico Plains, TN) "Before the whiteman came to my land, we had no laws, or they _claim_ we had no laws, but actually what they were saying is that they would not respect the natural social laws we already had worked out and instilled within ourselves." "I knew not to steal, fight and hurt people of my land and Nation." If there is one word that best describes the way of being of Native Americans it is "respect." If there is one word almost completely NOT understood by non-Indians it is "respect". Not the "yes, sir" stuff, though that is also important, but real respect for all beings and all others. You don't see Indians throw garbage on the ground at powwows and other social gatherings. You don't see Indians gutting a forest of 100 year old trees. Respect. Mitakuye Oyasin! Night Owl , , (*,*) Gary Night Owl gars%owlstar.UUCP@mathcs.emory.edu (`-') P. O. Box 672168 gars@genie.geis.com ===w=w=== Marietta, GA 30067, U.S.A. gars@netcom.com ----------- News of the people featured in this issue ---------- Part A: FidoNet, Usenet and e-mail Part B: NATCHAT and NATIVE-L lists - Wandering Ends for Souls - Onondaga Nations Banishes Three Law - Coalition of Nitassinan Violators - Daishowa Boycott Update - Native Marrow Donors Needed - Liberal Party - N.A. Online Project - March for Leonard - Poetry: Sky Song (Dog) - Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days - Conferences and Powwows - offline ------------------ clip here for news feature -- 8< ------------ --------- "RE: Wandering Ends for Souls" --------- Date: Jun-28-94 15:00:42 From: Saitmonte (saitmonte@f59.n147.z1.fidonet.org) Subj: Wandering Ends for Souls FidoNet Indian Affairs Conference ARAPAHO TRIBE BURIES BONES By David Lonstreath - Associated Press Writer CONCHO, OKLAHOMA - An aging white Cadillac hearse sits on the Cheyenne-Arapaho reservation next a ceremonial tepee, contrasting sharply against an early morning sky. The remains of eight Arapaho Indians await burial and an end to wandering for the souls tribal elders say have been forced to wander the Earth for 130 years. Arapaho tribal elder and "Medicine Wheel Keeper" Virgil Franklin looks on as others busy themselves with grave preparation and other duties. He speaks softly of the Indian Repatriation Act. "We knew they had some of our people up there," he said. Franklin is speaking of the Smithsonian Institution. He goes on to tell of the trip to Washington, D.C. and the remains of eight Arapaho Indians kept by the museum. He describes the remains as eight skulls. At lease three from the Sand Creek massacre show head wounds - "massive head wounds," a woman adds. Later, inside the teepee, Franklin and other Arapaho elders begin the ceremony and offer prayers for the souls of the dead. They, like other native cultures, believe that the soul is doomed to wander until as Franklin describes, "all flesh and bone is buried." Outside, the eight freshly dug graves are marked with tiny placards. Only one bears a name: Wauk-a-bet. The according to Smithsonian catalog cards translates to Medicine Bear. As for the others, only skulls were returned. The whereabouts of the remainder of the bodies are unknown. As two Arapaho men kneel and pray outside the teepee, a yellow hawk circles slowly directly overhead, catching the updrafts as the day heats up. The yellow hawk then disappears into the clouds in the thermal updrafts. Inside, tribal elders transfer the remains to small, wooden coffins for burial. Each soon will be placed in the grave as prayers and songs are called out. "We are the same as anybody else," says tribal elder Archie Hoffman. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=- [CyberZone]: WE ARE STILL BURYING THE DEAD FROM THE INDIAN WARS! --- VFIDO 6.20.00 Gamma Candidate 5 Origin: -=} CyberZone {=- (1:147/59) --------- "RE: Daishowa Boycott Update" --------- Date: Jul-02-94 10:42:28 From: Fred Towner (fred.towner@f73.n134.z1.fidonet.org) Subj: Daishowa Boycott Update FidoNet Indian Affairs Conference Lubicon Lake Indian Nation Little Buffalo Lake, AB 403-629-3945 FAX: 403-629-3939 Mailing address: 3536 - 106 Street Edmonton, AB T6J 1A4 403-436-5652 FAX: 403-437-0719 April 28, 1994 Friends of the Lubicon Toronto launched a national boycott of Daishowa products on November 28, 1991. To date the following organizations support the boycott: CANADA The Assembly of First Nations The Native Women's Association of Canada The National Association of Japanese Canadians Chiefs of Ontario Indian Association of Alberta Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs The Action Canada Network The David Suzuki Foundation Chinese Canadian National Council United Farmworkers of America The Native Canadian Centre of Toronto The Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with Native People (CASNP) Leonard Peltier Canadian Defense Committee Aboriginal Urban Alliance The Toronto Branch of the United Nations Human Rights Committee Greenpeace Environment Probe Western Canada Wilderness Committee Valhalla Society Alberta Environmental Alliance Calgary Labour Council Calgary Rainforest Action Group Calgary Committee Against Racism Missionary Oblates Northern Lights (Calgary) Ottawa-Carleton OPIRG Indigenous Peoples International (Montreal) The Turtle Island Support Group Toronto Environmental Alliance Toronto Tools for Peace Toronto Socialist Feminist Action Hospital for Sick Children's Multicultural Initiative Committee Environmental Concerns Group - Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) The University of Toronto Student Christian Movement ANC - Mandela Support Coalition ACT for Disarmament The El Salvador Information Office The Unit on Public Responsibility of the Anglican Church of Canada Christian Resource - Self Help The Jewish Women's Committee Against the Occupation of the Gaza and the West Strip INTERNATIONAL The Wilderness Action Group (Australia) The Working Circle for North American Indians (AKIN) (Austria) The Austrian Society for Endangered Peoples Co-ordinated Indigenous Affairs Working Group (KWIA) (Belgium) Catholic Action for Native Americans (Britain) Survival for Tribal Peoples (Britain) The German Green Party Greenpeace (Germany) The Association for the Support of North American Indians (Germany) BUND (Germany) The Society for Endangered Peoples (Germany) The Big Mountain Action Group (Germany -- BMAG is co-ordinating Lubicon support in Europe, involving organizations in countries such as France, England, Luxembourg, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Poland and Czechoslovakia) The Munich Society for Endangered Peoples (Germany) The Institute for Applied Ecology, Action and Anthropology (INFOE) (Germany) Friends of the Earth Japan The Japan Tropical Forest Network (JATAN) The National Christian Council in Japan (NCC-J) Iwerliewen (Luxembourg) Incomindios (Switzerland) Native Forest Network (Montana USA) FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF COMPANIES PARTICIPATING IN THE BOYCOTT OF DAISHOWA PRODUCTS. When you shop at these establishments, it would be good to let them know that one of the reasons you continue to shop there is their support of the Daishowa boycott. Liquor Control Board of Ontario Calgary Co-Op Safeway (Alberta) The Body Shop (National) Cultures Fresh Food Restaurants (National) Ho-Lee-Chow Fast Food Restaurants (Ontario) Knechtels Warehouse Foods (Steinburg -- Ontario) YWCA (Toronto) NOW Magazine (Toronto) Mr. C's Donuts (Toronto) Pizza Pizza (Ontario) Country Style Donuts (Toronto head office, national company) Earth Harvest Co-Op (Calgary) Bellamere Farm Market (Hamilton, Ontario) The Water Sports Store Ltd. (Toronto) Bootlegger (National) A&W Restaurants (National) Cowboy Chuck's (Toronto) Kentucky Fried Chicken (National) The Added Touch (Ontario) Cumberland Terrace (Toronto) Maison Du Fromage (Toronto) The Hudson's Bay Centre Merchants' Association (Ontario -- Bramalea Corporation) Hospital For Sick Children (Toronto) Cruickshank's Inc. (Toronto) Bowring (National) (including the Canadianna Shoppe) Woolworth Canada Inc. (which owns and operates Kinney Canada, Woolworth, Northern Reflections, Northern Traditions, Northern Getaway, Lady Footlocker, Casuals, Footlocker, Champs Sports, Randy River, Ashbrooks, Reflexions, Woolco, Karuba, Canary Island, Fredelle, Willow Ridge, Silk and Satin, The Best of Times) Roots (National) Club Monaco Holt Renfrew (National) FOLLOWING ARE COMPANIES WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS USING DAISHOWA PAPER PRODUCTS AND HAVE STILL NOT AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BOYCOTT. For those wanting to support the Lubicon boycott of Daishowa products, if you do business at any of these establishments, it is suggested that you let them know you object to their continued use of Daishowa products and request that they use an alternate supplier. Mill Woods Pizza (Edmonton) Food For Less (Edmonton) (owned by Safeway) McGavin's Bakery (Alberta) YWCA -- West end (Edmonton) Lee Gardens, 317 Woodvale Road, West, Edmonton, 450-8888 College Copy Shop (Edmonton) Natural Bread Store (Calgary) Peter's Drive-In (Calgary) Company's Coming Bakery/Cafe (Ontario/Alberta) various Best Western Hotels (National) Italian Bakery (Victoria, British Columbia) Sunnyside Nursery (Calgary) University of Calgary Bookstore Inns of Banff Park hotel (purchasing agent Ms. Ledger) Riders' Habit (Toronto) Ronald's Printers (Ed. Tel phone books) Rapid Paper (Edmonton) Please let the Lubicon office know of any establishments that you identify and ask for a written statement from any establishment agreeing to stop using Daishowa products. Fred, VE6XX --- GoldED 2.42.G0615+ Origin: The Messhall BBS * Calgary, AB * 403-286-7545 (1:134/73) --------- "RE: Coalition of Nitassinan" --------- Date: 94/07/06 19:08 From: Art Horovitch (Brave Star)(a.horovitch@genie.geis.com) Subj: GE Electronic Mail Coalition Pour Nitassinan 182 de l"Eglise Mani-Utenam, Nitassinan Canada G4R 4K2 Tel 418-927-2234 Fax 418-927-2102 Dated June 29, 1994 Hello We are writing you in the name of the Coalition of nitassinan and the families who decided to stand up to Hydro Quebec and occupy our Land to block the construction of the Sainte Marguerite III (SM111) hydro project. May May 29, we established a camp on the access road leading to the SM111 construction site. The Coalition for Nitassinan is composed of 700 Innu from different communities who have come together in order to maintain their traditional hunting and fishing practices. The SM-111 project will flood vast areas of our Land, Nitassinan, and Hydro Quebec is planning the diversion of the Carheil and aux Pekans rivers in the future; two important tributaries of the Moisie River. This will provoke negative impacts on the salmon of that river and on our fishing practices. On June 13 and 14, our members behind the barricade on kilometre 24 of the SM-111 access road were all arrested by the Surete du Quebec, including Viviane Moichel, 8 1/2 months pregnant, her children, Jeanenette Pilot, her brother Gilbert, Andy Canape, Ken M Subj: A HAWAI'IAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of July 3-9. GE Electronic Mail A HAWAI'IAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of July 10-16. IULAI (July) (Hinaiaeleele) 10 My flute echoes the cry of the wind. 11 The mantis pauses for a moment in its journey to bless those it encounters. 12 Night passes a veil of introspection over the land. 13 To welcome the future, you must first release the burdens of the past. 14 It is in the quiet hours of the evening that we can most nearly know our true selves. 15 The rainbow, ke anuenue, illuminates the land in beauty. 16 A waterfall plummets down the face of the cliffs, na pali, to be reborn in mist far below. (c) Copyright 1991 by D. F. Sanders Me ke aloha i ka nani, ... Moe'uhanekeanuenue (With love and beauty, ... Rainbow Dream) --------- "RE: Conferences and Powwows - offline" --------- Date: Thu, 7 July 94 08:00 -0500 From: Janet Smith (Evening Star) (jans@genie.geis.com) Subj: Upcoming conferences and powwows not previously posted to Mailing Lists NATCHAT or NATIVE-L GE Electronic Mail =POWWOWS= What's _The Spike?_ It's a regularly published newsletter (10/year) publicizing powwows in the Eastern part of the U.S. and Canada. Editor Jimmy Boy Dial has definite opinions about what a powwow ought and ought not to be. You may not always agree with him, but his ranking system at least lets you know what to expect. Too bad there aren't similar newsletters for other areas of the continent! Subscription is $25/year U.S., and $27US on Postal Money Order in Canada. Send Name, address, and subscription funds to The Spike, P.O. Box 368, Milltown, NJ 08850. Good/Top events recommended by The Spike! July 9-10 3rd Annual Narrangansett Intertribal Powwow and Health Fair, Westerly, Rhode Island Info: 401-364-1100 July 9-10 4th Annual Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow-Wow Kahnawake Reserve, Canada Info: 514-632-8667 July 12-14 Pequis Powwow "94", Pequis Indian Reserve, Manitoba Info: 204-645-2359 July 16-17 Seneca Nation's Keeper of the Western Door Powwow Salamanca, NY Info: 716-945-4971 July 16-17 8th Annual Weengushk (Sweetgrass) Celebration Powwow Walpole Island, Canada Info: 519-627-2737 July 15-17 Tut's Mountain Indian Festival and Powwow Clayton, GA Info: 404-735-6275 - - - - - - - - - - And from _News From Indian Country_ July 7-10 8th Black Hills, Rapid City, SD Info: 605-341-0925 32nd Kansas City Info: 816-421-7618 Prairie Island, Prairie Island Info: 800-222-7077 Taos Pueblo, Taos Pueblo, NM Info: 505-758-1028 Narragansett, Westerly, RI Info: 401-364-1100 ------------- July 14-17 7th International Brotherhood Days Porcupine, SD Info: 703-250-4161 Hiawagha, Ironwood, MI Info: 906-932-1122 21st Honor the Earth, Hayward, WI Info: 715-634-8924 Return to Beaver Creek, Belvidere, NJ Info: 908-475-3872 32nd Flandreau Santee, Flandreau, SD Info: 605-997-3891 24th Lone Feather Council, Colorado Springs, CO Info: 719-475-8896 2nd Monacan Indian (July 16 only) Big Island, VA Info: 804-929-6911 Send notices of forthcoming powwows, conferences and gatherings to: jans@genie.geis.com gars@netcom.com ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ all items below this line have already been distributed by our brother, Gary Trujillo, via the NATIVE-L or NATCHAT mailing lists. --------- "RE: Onondaga Nations Banishes Three Law Violators" --------- Date: Tue, 5 Jul 1994 20:18:30 GMT From: aol.com!EJZ Subj: Onondaga Nations Banishes Three Law Violators Mailing List: NATIVE-L I was asked to post this..... EJZ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (Letterhead of the Haudenosaunee - Onondaga Nation) (Hemlock Rd. - Box 319B - Via Nedrow, N.Y. 13120) Press Release For Immediate Release July 2, 1994 ONONDAGA NATION BANISHES THREE LAW VIOLATORS Council of Chiefs offers cooperation to state officials Onondaga Nation-In a democratic process more ancient than the U.S. Bill of Rights, the Council of Chiefs on the Onondaga Nation banished three members of the Nation for gross violation of Indian laws, and for jeopardizing the Nation's working relationships with County and New York State officials. The three defiant would-be business owners: Kenneth Papineau, Veronica Beckman, proprietors of Smoke Signals, and, Oliver Hill, Jr., of OR's Fuel; were formally stripped of their membership or citizenship of the Nation. Their rights, property and protection under the ancient Haudenosaunee ( Iroquois ) Law of Onondaga territory are gone forever. They have been permanently severed from their community and families. Meanwhile, however, they have stashed away millions of dollars in hidden funds without being held accountable to the nation or to government authorities. A fourth person, Donald Rockwell, of Drive In Cigarettes, could not be found to be served and his banishment proceedings remain pending. Over the past six years the four have defied the Council and the people of the Onondaga Nation by setting up businesses on Indian land claiming exemption from Federal and New York State laws and taxes. The four sought to avoid New York State laws and taxes by hiding behind the Onondaga National sovereignty. When the Council initiated the lengthy Indian judicial process to impose discipline on these errant members, the four responded with violence against Council Chiefs and Clan mothers, destruction of Indian property, defiance of tribal customs and authority, and numerous legal actions-all to overturn the Onondaga traditional system of rule. The sovereign authority of the Onondaga to operate as a nation stems from the Constitution of the Haudenosaunee called the Gaiannenh sa go:nah, the Great law of Peace, circa 1,000 AD. The United States recognized their independent national status in the Canandaigua Treaty of November 11, 1794, signed by President George Washington with the Onondaga and their six neighboring nations composing the famed Six Nation Iroquois Confederacy. Article 7 of this Treaty provides the process for dealing with this issue. The Confederacy and its customs and laws were cited as examples of sophisticated governmental practices by Benjamin Franklin during the early debates of the American Continental Congress. The power of the Treaty has been upheld by Federal and state courts, and laws for nearly two centuries. The White House is planning a recognition of the bicentennial of the Treaty this coming fall. The centuries old practice of the Onondaga require extensive face to face consultation, counseling, negotiation, open discussion, fair notification, offers of reconciliation and finally consensus of the whole community before taking the extreme step of total banishment. Even parents and members of their own families supported the Council of Chiefs in its final action of removing the lawbreakers from their midst. Without the protection of Onondaga sovereignty Papineau, Beckman, and Hill, fall into the hands of county, state and federal criminal investigators who will be investigation numerous violations of business, environmental, criminal, and tax laws. Federal and State law has long recognized the exemption of Indian territory from taxation and has endorsed this practice as a means of providing economic incentives for development of environmentally compatible business and industry on Native American lands. The business must be operated according to recognized Indian customs and authority, and profits are to be shared with whole Indian community-a practice consistent with Native American culture. In recent years, however, the possibility of enormous profits from tax free sales of cigarettes, fuels and other products, and from the opening of gambling casinos, has created open rebellion by certain greedy Indians who are willing to deny their own families and culture to make a fast buck. With the Onondagas and their compatriots in the Confederation, the decision to enter these businesses is democratically decided by a consensus vote of the whole Indian community. Unfortunately, unscrupulous politicians, and "businessmen" with questionable connections, smelling the possibility of new revenues get into the act and seek to make deals with Indians willing to sell out their own people. The Onondagas have watched with dismay as states exert great leverage by using gaming compacts to breach Indian sovereignty. Some native American groups have seen their culture and social structure destroyed with the introduction of casino gambling. Governor Mario Cuomo, acting under his interpretation of provisions of the federal Indian Gaming Act of 1986, has sought to force Indian nations to enter into negotiations with him to open casinos. He has stated that his intent is to gain control over Indian life and the revenues from gambling. In spite of his commitment to the diverse and multicultural community of New York State, Cuomo seems eager to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors by violating Indian rights in pursuit of the almighty dollar-the same dollar which bears the image of the signer of the Treaty of 1794. --------- "RE: Native Marrow Donors Needed" --------- Date: Fri, 24 Jun 94 10:50:04 cst From: native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us Subj: Native Marrow Donors Needed! Mailing List: NATIVE-L Debra Parsons, Seneca sends this request to all Native people: Dear friends, I am writing to you about something that is very precious, and although it is a private matter, I can not deal with it that way because it requires the help of everyone. You see, I have a twelve year old son who may not have long to live. My son Sean is a Native American from the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation in New York state, a member of the Wolf Clan. He is in junior high and a sports fanatic who wants to be a great lacrosse or football player. But on April 3, 1992, he was diagnosed with leukemia. The doctors can't tell us what caused it, but they do know the cure--a bone marrow transplant from a matching marrow donor. Without a transplant my son's life expectancy is three to five years. He needs to find someone whose marrow type is the same as his--and someone who would be willing to save his life by becoming a marrow donor. Because marrow type is inherited, Sean is most likely to find a match with another Native person. The odds are only about one in 20,000 that any person would match him, and so far, no one on the National Registry of marrow donors has the same marrow type. There are so few Native people on the National Registry, but you could help. If you aren't the miracle we are searching for, maybe you will be for one of the other Native Americans and Canadians in search of the gift of life. Please help me save my son's life. Sincerely, Debra Parsons -- Marrow is the blood-like substance that makes healthy blood. A marrow donor gives less than 5% of their marrow, and their body replaces it in less than 3 weeks. It is removed from the small of the back by means of a needle while the donor is under anesthesia, so it doesn't hurt. When the anesthesia wears off, the donor feels stiff and sore for about 3 days to 3 weeks, and then is back to normal. But this marrow can heal a dying child. Please call 1-800-MARROW-3 and ask for Carol Field to learn more about the marrow program and the chance for native people to join the national registry. Thank you. [ I have edited this bulletin a bit, based on a hardcopy of the original text, which I received from Carol Field at the National Marrow Donor Program (Eastern Regional Office, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1410, Bethesda, Maryland 20814). --Gary ] --------- "RE: N.A. Online Project" --------- Date: Mon, 4 Jul 1994 11:28:14 -0700 (PDT) From: jeannie milnes Subj: Introduction ("N.A. Online" project) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) I am a high school computer instructor in a small remote district in southern Washington state. I will be moderating a pilot project with 30 schools in Washington state on cultures and history of Native Americans from Washington State and looking for Internet contacts and suggestions. The goals of this on-line Internet project are to bring an awareness and understanding of Native Americans and to utilize telecommunications with students. The schools are a mixture of Native American reservation schools and other schools throughout WA state. Many of the schools have Native American students. I am hoping that this project like those proposed by Gary Trujillo and others in this group will provide students with access to meaningful dialog, materials, and resources on Native Americans today and in the past as well as contacts with Native American Elders opening up curriculum possibilities. We hope to involve local Native American Elders and other community members with the students in their research efforts. Students often do not realize the wealth of knowledge available to them in their community. This information will then be shared to other schools throughout the state. We will be looking to connect with the public if possible at Tribal Councils, senior housing, public libraries, etc. Many of our teachers are new to Internet and have limited computer equipment and Internet access (modem dial-ups). This project is one of 8 on-line projects sponsored by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in WA state to encourage student use of technology and telecommunications in relevant, community-based learning. We hope to be able to provide teachers and students with an electronic field trip as well, with multimedia file transfers. Many of us in small school districts are dealing with limited and/or antiquated equipment, but a dedication to kids keeps us trying new projects and pushing our equipment to the limit. We have found that the remote nature of many of our districts and limited funding prevents many of our students from opportunities to communicate or visit with Native Americans in other areas. We hope this project will overcome this isolation. I look forward to learning from and participating in this group. Jeannie Milnes Moderator for Native American On-line Project with OSPI Business Education Instructor/Technology Coordinator Columbia High School 1455 NW Bruin Country Road White Salmon WA 98672 jmilnes@esd112.wednet.edu "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." Emerson