Subject: nanews02.042 From: gars@netcom.com (Gary Night Owl) To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Message-ID: _ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' O ____ _ , ___ _ , ___ O o O / ' ) / / ) ' ) / / ' O o O / /-< / /--/ /-- VOLUME 02, ISSUE 042 O o o o o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 15 October 1994 O o O O o O K A N O H E D A A N I Y V W I Y A O ( N A T I V E A M E R I C A N N E W S ) This issue contains articles from FidoNet Indian Affairs Conference, NATIVE-L & NATCHAT Mailing Lists, UUCP & Genie (General Electric) e-mail, UseNet newsgroups alt.native & soc.culture.native. <----<<<< >>>>----> This newsletter is a way of keeping the brothers and sisters 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. "He, our Father, He has shown His mercy unto me. In peace I walk the straight road" __ Morning Song, Cheyenne +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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! It is tradition to repeat words that matter. Help an elder survive this winter. Write a letter to _anyone_ on behalf of Leonard Peltier, Tony Rios, Little Rock Reed, Eddie Hatcher and the countless other brothers and the countless other brothers and sisters in the iron house whose basic truths are not heard. Make them count. Make your vote count. Do what you can to mend the hoop. Dohiyi Oginalii Night Owl , , (*,*) Gary Night Owl gars@genie.geis.com (`-') P. O. Box 672168 gars@netcom.com ===w=w=== Marietta, GA 30067, U.S.A. gars@igc.apc.org ----------- News of the people featured in this issue ---------- Part A: Usenet and e-mail Part B: NATCHAT and NATIVE-L lists - What About the Children - Native American Studies - Speak Up - Land Grant Status - Letter from David Dellinger for Tribal Colleges re. Peltier - Walking the Mixed Blood Road - Buffalo Extermination - Eddie Hatcher Info - CASTS Request - Another Apology - Legacy of Land & Liberty - Mount Shasta in Danger - Poem: Tree Singing - Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days - Conferences and Powwows - offline ------------------ clip here for news feature -- 8< ------------ --------- "RE: What About the Children" --------- Date: Mon Oct 10 18:44 EDT 1994 From: alarcold@eckerd.edu, alarcold@acasun (Louis D. Alarcon) Subj: What about the Children? UUCP E-mail Gary: Below is the letter I contacted you about earlier today. Please forward it as you see necessary. Thank you so much for your commitment and spirit-filled concern. Louis LETTER My name is Linda Alarcon and I am proud to be a Native American of the Choctaw tribe. We try to teach among our people not only pride in our heritage, but compassion for one another regardless of race or nationality. We try to look out for each other and take care of our own whenever we can. It is not my nature to be radical, to get upon my soapbox and preach about indignations against humanity, but there is a situation happening at this time, right now as you read this that is in desperate need of attention, and because of white man's laws, rules, regulation and habit of sweeping certain issues under the carpet, that is going practically un-noticed. There is a family of five Klamath Indian children, currently in the care and custody of their white mother and mother's white boyfriend in the state of California, Siskiyou County. Their father, who is Klamath and belongs to the Klamath tribe in Oregon is poor, unemployed, struggling to find a way out of his situation so he can learn consistent job skills so he might find employment, and currently dealing with the emotional roller coaster ride a parent would take upon leaning his or her children are being sexually molested by the mother's boyfriend. The interesting thing here is, it's not any big secret. Other children in the family have witnessed it happening to one another, family members know it's occurring, and perhaps most shocking of all, the bureaucracy of Children's Services Division and Protective Services of Siskiyou County California is Dorris knows this is happening. They know it's happening because in July 1993, CSD pulled these children out of the home once already when it was discovered the mother was choosing to ignore what was happening to her children. They were placed with their father at this time with the reassurance to the father that there would never be a worry that she would have the children again. Attempts to change custody from the mother to the father by the father was long, tedious and frustrating. Having no money for attorneys or any legal help or representation meant trying to rely on Legal Services in Oregon to get appropriate paperwork and instruction. It also meant tears of frustration and hopelessness because the legal jargon used in these complicated documents was like trying to understand a foreign language. Then there was money to have papers filed, finding someone to serve the mother who lived an hour away. No body wanted to help, no one wanted to get involved, the tribe stayed neutral, until one day, the mother breezed in after nearly a year and simply took the children away, because she knew that she could. And White laws would protect her rights. The custody issue still was not resolved, and every thing in these young kids' lives hang in the balance. Why? because of money, because the white man requires money to do the right thing, because of a lack of education on the part of the father who only knew Indian law and Indian ways, and because of government red tape in regards to the programs that are funded to take care of problems just like this. A promise was made nearly a year ago that this would never happen to these children again. That promise was irrevocably broken to the children by the system. Their civil rights severely violated, the innocence of their youth is gone. No one can turn time back and pretend it didn't happen, and these children and their father live with the daily nightmare that the abuse will occur again, and again, and again. This goes beyond a custody battle, it goes beyond two people, anger, hurt and lashing out at each other because of their pasts, divorced now but still connected because of the children. WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN??? The father has begged the system to get his children out of the abusive hands of their mother's boyfriend. Put them with other Klamath families if the system must, until this can be settled legally. The response by the Siskiyou County Children's Services Division? Even after talking with the children, they remain unconvinced this is occurring in the home. They aren't sure. They have to take time, check into it further, make absolutely sure they don't infringe on the rights of the mother and her live-in boyfriend. Every "i" must be dotted, every "t" must be crossed before these children can earn protection, before they can get a decent night's sleep, before their chance to grow into happy, productive members of adult society is so permanently damaged there is no hope of every getting it back, before their father can rest in any kind of peace... I spent 2 1/2 months in Oregon this year. And I tried to help the father of these beautiful Indian children as much as I could with the legal paperwork. I also witnessed first hand the reluctance of people to get involved in this. I saw promises made and broken repeatedly over and over again. I talked with the staff at Oregon Legal Services many times trying to get paperwork done correctly and sensed their frustration with us because we weren't literate in legal terms, not familiar with legal paperwork, and because we were taking up so much of their time. Time better spent with paying "White" customers. The purpose of this letter to my Native brothers and sisters is three-fold. One, I hope and pray someone reading this tragedy can perhaps spy a kind of hope and contact me with ideas or help for this family. Two, if those reading this are unable to help, your prayers to our Creator, the Great Spirit would be a comfort. And three, this is a reminder that we cannot take our children for granted. They are our future and the legacy to carry on our ways and our traditions. Without them, we cannot survive... Please contact me with any information at (813) 894-7839 or send email to Louis at . Thank you. --------- "RE: Speak Up" --------- Date: 10-03-94 15:18:00 From: Frosty Deere (frosty.deere@f502.n167.z1.fidonet.org) Subj: Once again FidoNet Indian Affairs Conference MASS NATIVE RALLIES URGED VIRDEN, Man. (CP)-Aboriginal people should stage marches and demonstrations protesting the Federal government's apathy toward native issues, says the grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations. We have to stand together with force," Ovide Mercredi said to a Tuesday meeting of Dakota chiefs from the Prairies. "It is time for our people to _ get involved in marches and demonstrations." Mereredi said he tried to work within the political process the last three years,but the Liberals aren't much different than the Former Progressive Conservative administration. "Democracy does not work For our people.. majority rule is a tyrant." He added demonstrations should be non-violent and hoped there would be support from non-aboriginals. "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!" "Indians are lazy and should not be allowed to live off government money any longer." "I'm tired of Indians crying about Racism and lack of opportunity-they should stop living off the backs of the people who made this country grow." Join with your Brothers & Sisters and protest Preston Manning and The Reform Party. Origin: Igloo Station (514) 632-5556 (1:167/502) --------- "RE: Letter from David Dellinger re. Peltier" --------- Date: Sat, 08 Oct 94 16:42:54 EDT From: AM7524A@american.edu (Anthony W. Murawski) Subj: Letter from David Dellinger re. Peltier Newsgroup: alt.native I had the great pleasure of meeting David Dellinger last night in Washington, DC, at a talk by Michael Parenti. Mr. Dellinger gave me an open letter which explains the reasons for his fast. I felt it would be appropriate to post it here. Sincerely, Anthony Murawski "SUPPORT FOR LEONARD PELTIER IN OCTOBER AND BEYOND" Open letter from David Dellinger David Dellinger is a veteran pacifist leader and Vermont resident whose most recent book is _From Yale to Jail_ Why am I and dozens of others going to fast from October 1 through October 12, along with hundreds of others who plan to be fasting during part of that time? Why are hundreds of us, fasters and non-fasters, going to march from Lawrence, Kansas, to Leavenworth Penitentiary on October 11 and stay there through October 12? To demand freedom for Leonard Peltier. Leonard Peltier has spent 18 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. It has been proven that at his trial in 1975 the FBI withheld evidence proving his innocence. The prosecution has admitted it does not know who killed the FBI agents who entered the American Indian Movement (AIM) camp and started firing at its occupants. The government has even admitted that it extradited Peltier from Canada under affidavits that it knew were false. Despite these facts, Peltier has been denied a new trial and denied parole. So we are demanding that President Clinton declare Executive Clemency *now*! There are some personal reasons why I will go to DC and Leavenworth. Already committed to fasting from October 1-12 for Peltier's freedom and for changing the name of October 12's national holiday from Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day, I attended two different June and July weekends when American Indians held sacred ceremonies, first in natural settings in Virginia and then, after short marches, in DC. "Short marches" for people like me, but the second weekend included people who had left Alcatraz Island on February 11 and walked 3,800 miles to the Lincoln Memorial in a spiritual Walk for Justice. Other participants had walked from Florida to DC. For some time, I have been comparing the present period with the '50s. Then, as now, people were discouraged because injustice was rampant, the right was vocal and growing, and the media mocked and down played the social protest movements. But when, in December 1955, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a segregated bus, her action, to everyone's surprise (including hers), became the spark that inspired a nationwide, massive civil rights movement and played a major role in producing the soul-searching, activist '60s. Sooner or later, I have told audiences, some action I could not predict would have the same dramatic effect as did Rosa Parks'. On the Peltier Weekend, the spirit was such and the audience so diverse, unified and powerful that I began to feel a successful Movement to Free Leonard Peltier might become that action. As a speaker at the June and July events, I said that in many ways Leonard Peltier is our Nelson Mandela. Given the history of our treatment of the American Indians, freeing Peltier could be as important for us as releasing Mandela was for South Africa. Freeing Peltier could have the positive, reconciling, forward-looking effects here that freeing Mandela has had there. Not that this country would automatically achieve justice for Indians and all the rest of its oppressed people--anymore than we should expect utopia to be established in South Africa. But freeing Leonard Peltier can be a significant step in an urgently needed direction, a step with continuing consequences. Many people responded positively and I repeated the comparison in Colorado shortly afterward. Speaking after me was Dennis Brutus, the South African activist who spent considerable time in prison there before living in exile here. He immediately said that the parallel was so striking that, building on it, we should be able to succeed in freeing Peltier during the October fast. Now it has been announced that Mandela will be in DC on October 4 to receive The Africa Prize for Leadership. Many of us will be there on October 3-5 making a public appeal for Peltier's freedom. With Dennis Brutus' help, we hope to have a delegation meet with Mandela and ask him to make a public appeal to Clinton to Free Leonard Peltier now! For further information on the fast and other plans for support, contact the People's Fast for Justice, PO Box 170610, Brooklyn, NY. Be in touch with the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, PO Box 583, Lawrence, KS 66044; (913) 842-5774. Or contact President Bill Clinton, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington DC 20500, to request Executive Clemency; (tel) (202) 456-1111 or (fax) (202) 456-2461 or (email) President@whitehouse.gov --------- "RE: Buffalo Extermination" --------- Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 16:36:12 GMT From: dean@vexcel.com (Dean Alaska) Subj: Buffalo extermination and the US govt Newsgroup: soc.culture.native It seems quite clear that attempts to protect the buffalo were blocked due to an understanding that this would help the Indian. Furthermore, the army unofficially, though enthusiastically, helped buffalo hunters according to books written by such hunters. Selected quotes follow. The Secretary of the Interior in the Grant Administration said in his annual report of 1873: I would not seriously regret the total disappearance of the buffalo from our western praries, in its effect upon the Indians, regarding it rather as a means of hastening their sense of dependence upon the product of the soil and their own labors. After the failure to get a federal law, some states attempted to pass their own laws. When such a law was introduced in Texas, Gen. Sheridan rushed to address the assembly: Instead of stopping the hunters, they ought to give them a hearty, unanimous vote of thanks, and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to strike and present to each one a medal of bronze, with a dead buffalo on one side, and a discouraged Indian on the other and These men have done more in the last ten years, and will do in the next year, more to settle the vexed Indian question than the entire regular army has done in the last 30 years. They are destroying the Indians commissary; and it is a well-known fact that an army losing its base of supplies is placed at a great disadvantage. Send them powder and lead, if you will; but for the sake of a lasting peace, let them kill, skin and sell until the buffaloes are exterminated. Then your prairies can be covered with speckled cattle and the festive cowboy, who follows the hunter as a second forerunner of an advanced civilization. In his book, "The Buffalo Harvest," Frank Mayer says: The army officers in charge of plains operations encouraged the slaughter of buffalo in every possible way. Part of this encouragement was of a practical nature that we runners appreciated. It consisted of ammunition, free ammunition, all you could use, all you wanted, more than you needed. All you had to do to get it was apply at any frontier army post and say you were short of ammunition, and plenty would be given to you. I received thousands of rounds this way. In the book, The Buffalo Book," it says: Also, it was common knowledge in Washington that the two western military chiefs, Generals Sheridan and Sherman, held the position that the only way to force the Indians to comply with military orders was to clear the plains and prairies of buffalo. President Grant himself privately supported his old comrades, Sheridan and Sherman, but publicly said as little as possible on the subject. It was also the Army's position to say as little as possible in public. -- -- Dean Myerson "Whoever we are, wherever we're from, (dean@vexcel.com) We should've noticed by now, our behavior is dumb" - FZ --------- "RE: CASTS Request" --------- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 94 09:10:06 -0400 From: nobody@Kodak.COM Subj: Canadian Aboriginal Science and Technology Society UUCP E-mail To: gars@netcom.com >From: David G. Morrison, DRM ; Database Administration CICS/IDEAL/DATACOM - MC/01221 4/15/KO 42672 Subject: Canadian Aboriginal Science and Technology Society Sago, Gary! I receive your newsletter via NATIVE-L (it's great and I know it takes a lot of time) and I'd like to thank you for referencing my article on CASTS. I was at the Annual CASTS Conference in Edmonton Alberta a few weeks ago and was elected to the Board of Directors. I'm trying to get more publicity for CASTS in eastern Canada; right now it's based primarily in Alberta and B.C.. If you get any questions or comments relating to CASTS and would care to contact me, I'd appreciate the opportunity to discuss CASTS. E-mail or call me, or pass both my e-mail address and/or phone number along if there's an interest. I'm a Mohawk banded at the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve in Canada and if I can help you out with anything, just let me know. NYA:WEH!! Dave --------- "RE: Legacy of Land & Liberty" --------- Date: 10 Oct 1994 03:30:12 GMT From: flprop1@gate.net (Steven Botscheller) Subj: Legacy of Land & Liberty Newsgroup: alt.native Legacy of Land & Liberty [ The Ancient Tradition of Tribal Gathering -- ] [ ...Public Land and the Exercise of Freedom .] /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// <> THERE IS AN AMERICAN LEGACY OF LAND AND LIBERTY... It goes way back -- from the millennia of the Red ancestors living in the Spirit of earth and sky, through the centuries of Whites and Colors who came to speak and pray as they believed. The Landscapes and Freedoms of America are linked in the eyes of the world, in the hearts of the people. As the country grew & settled, the call rose to preserve this heritage. The National Forests were founded in that spirit -- as public lands in trust, where our Natural bounties and Constitutional rights would be protected. Over the past 90 years, the Trustees have changed their tune: Mountainsides are stripped bare, the gifts of Nature sold & soils washed away -- and the Forest Service says It's 'Government Land', Not 'Public': They have made policies to oppose free assembly, and now they want to be in the Police Bizness, bigtime... <> THE LEGACY LIVES ON IN OUR TIMES... In 1972 the ancient tradition was revived -- Gathering in communion and consensus on the Land. Every 4th of July since then, thousands have come in pilgrimage to a Gathering in the National Forest* joining in the Sanctuary of Nature to celebrate freedom & pray for peace, share heartsongs & care for the land. This new tradition fulfills Native American prophesies of a Rainbow Tribe that would join peoples of all colors to heal the Earth. And it is an historic experiment in Social Ecology and Consensus Democracy. The Law shows up too* Gatherers cooperate with local Rangers and leave sites clean, restored, and replanted, yet USFS officials have upheld a policy of selective enforcement and harassment, in some cases severe. And they have tried to take legal control over assembly on public land, and stop the Gatherings. The US Forest Service has proposed two new regulations to amend the Federal Code; both are under review before enactment, and widely opposed... 'Group Use' Rules 'Law Enforcement' Rules 36 CFR Parts 251 & 261 36 CFR Parts 261 & 262 {Fed.Reg. 58:86; 5/6/93} {Fed. Reg. 59:32; 2/16/94} These rules would make it a crime gather peaceably on public land without a permit, and create sweeping enforcement powers to deny citizen access. They pose unprecedented agency authorities over the exercise of freedoms protected under the Bill of Rights. <> THIS IS THE THIRD TIME SINCE THE EARLY 1980'S THAT THE FOREST SERVICE HAS PROPOSED RULES RESTRICTING CONSTITUTIONAL & CIVIL RIGHTS. * Both prior 'Group Use' measures (1984, 1988) were struck down in Federal Court tests: -- "Such a regulation impermissibly singles out those who wish to gather in order to exercise their First Amendment rights* ...[and] is therefore UNCONSTITUTIONAL." {U.S. v. Israel, No. Cr.-86-027-TUC-RMB, Dist. Ariz. May 1000, 1986.} -- "...public Forest Service lands are the type of forum in which expressive activity has historically occurred, and in which public expression of views must be tolerated to a maximum extent." {U.S. v. Rainbow Family, 695 F.Supp. 294, E.D. Tex. 1988; at 308.} * USFS enforcement has been hostile and invasive: Peaceful assemblies have suffered illegal roadblocks, searches, surveillance, and military incursions. In 1991, Vermont locals complained of "...an unnecessary show of authority that turned their community into a police state". {U.S.Forest Service: 1991 Rainbow Gathering Report, pg. 26.} <> THESE POLICIES ARE OUT OF STEP WITH THE TIMES AND SPIRIT OF AMERICA. * The 'Group Use' rules face growing opposition, including the ACLU, America the Beautiful Fund, Kentucky Resources Council, Independent Voters of Illinois, and others. * They are condemned by the House Judiciary Committee as "*the latest in a series of Forest Service actions that have threatened to infringe on the First Amendment". [Subcommittee Chair Don Edwards (D-CA), 11/1/93] * The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (PL 103-141) was signed in November '93, restoring a stringent "compelling interest" test upon laws restraining spiritual belief and ritual. The Native American Free Exercise of Religion Act is now pending (S.1021); it would recognize and protect sacred gathering sites. * The USFS has new leadership, with some progressive ideas for National Forest environments* <> IT'S TIME FOR PROGRESSIVE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICIES AS WELL, TO ALLY CITIZENS & PUBLIC SERVANTS IN COOPERATION AND SHARED STEWARDSHIP FOR LANDS IN THE COMMON TRUST. ________________________________ PCU // Freedom of Assembly Project For further information... <<>> PEOPLE FOR COMPASSION AND UNDERSTANDING <<>> PO Box 27217 -- Washington, DC 20038 PO Box 6625 -- Chicago, IL 60680 202-462-0757, 202-265-5389 (Fax) Hotline: 312-409-0018 (prop1@ uujobs.com) (scott_addison@alphabets.com) --------- "RE: Mount Shasta in Danger" --------- Date: 6 Oct 94 21:02:34 GMT From: milo@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Michele Lord) Subj: MOUNT SHASTA IN DANGER - Letters Needed! Newsgroup: alt.native *** RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE DESIGNATION OF MOUNT SHASTA AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT *** WHEREAS Mount Shasta, one of the sacred mountains of the Earth, was designated by the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places (Department of the Interior) in March 1994 as a Historic District, based on its significance to Native American traditional cultures; WHEREAS private interest groups who want to use the mountain for their own commercial agendas are waging all-out opposition to the Historic District; WHEREAS they are pressuring the Keeper of the National Register to reconsider the Historic District designation, and the Keeper has issued a Request for Comments to b received by October 29, 1994; WHEREAS these private interest groups also want to remove sections of the National Historic Preservation Act that protect Native American traditional cultural sites, affecting all Native American sites nationwide; WHEREAS there exists the threat of development on Mount Shasta - including plans for commercial skiing, condominium villages, hotels, shopping centers, and a golf course; and whereas Mount Shasta's forest are being diminished through logging; WHEREAS Mount Shasta is vital and necessary to the cultural and spiritual way of life of Native Peoples of Northern California and Southern Oregon, and to more distant tribes; WHEREAS it is of supreme importance to preserve Mount Shasta's whole primeval environs - including its forests, meadows, animals and water; and to live up to our responsibility as Native peoples, given by the Creator, to be caretakers of the Earth; WHEREAS all tribes hold Mount Shasta sacred and are uniting to protect it; BE IT RESOLVED that we the undersigned endorse the protection of Mount Shasta in its entirety as a National Historic District; and urge the Keeper of the National Register to stand fast by his March 1994 decision to recognize and honor Mount Shasta's traditional cultural significance, uphold the National Historic Preservation Act as amended in 1992, and keep his promise to Native Americans. ENDORSEMENT Name: Signature: Organization: Date: Address: Phone: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE SEND BY OCTOBER 15, 1994 TO: WAKA NUNIE TUKI WUKI COALITION Native Coalition for the Preservation of Mount Shasta P.O. Box 1143, Mount Shasta CA 96067 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OR SEND LETTERS OF SUPPORT, BY OCT. 29, 1994 TO: KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127 + PLEASE send a COPY of your letter to the WAKA NUNIE TUKI WUKI COALITION. Thank you. + The mission of the Native Coalition is to protect, preserve and restore Mount Shasta, around, above and below; and to revitalize cultural values, communities, traditional life ways, practices and Native livelihoods. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Alpha Institute has additional information about the coalition's efforts. Please contact us if you'd like more background. The Coalition does not yet have e-mail access. If you'd like to contact them their phone number is 916-842-5654. -Michele] ~+*~+*~+*~+*~+~+*~+*~+*~+*~+~+*~+*~+*~+*~+~+*~+*~+*~+*~+~+*~+*~+*~+*+ "When we walk upon Mother Earth, we always plant our feet carefully because we know the faces of our future generations are looking up at us from beneath the ground. We never forget them." -Oren Lyons, Onondaga Nation ~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+*~+~ + Alpha Institute + Tel: 303-343-4114 + P.O. Box 110998 alphai@scicom.alphacdc.com + Aurora CO 80042 + Fax: 303-360-9118 +*+ +*+ +*+ +*+ +*+ +*+ --------- "RE: Poem: Tree Singing" --------- Date: 18 Jul 1994 16:26:48 -0500 From: turtle@aicap.s21.com (Turtle Heart) Subj: Tree Singing Newsgroup: alt.native some have said they could go into the earth and sit there singing some have said they would go up into trees standing stone people were the ones who sent them there sitting high up in the trees trees grown from the sacred roots where they were one day sitting inside the earth and singing with those stones (Tree Singing:Ahnishinabeg) ______________________________________________________ Turtle Heart turtle@soft21.s21.com (Ahnishinabeg) American Indian Computer Art Project BBS 619-374-2100 PO Box 111 Johannesburg CA 93528-0111 Land of Kaw-ii-su ancestor: Land of Light --------- "RE: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days" --------- Date: 94/10/08 21:38 From: Kepola (dfsanders@genie.geis.com) Subj: A HAWAI'IAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of October 16-22 GE Electronic Mail A HAWAI'IAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of October 16-22 OKAKOPA (October) (Ikuwa) 16 The wind whispers over the mountains and through the leaves of the trees below. 17 The land trembles -- Pele is awakening! 18 The ocean is the source of all life. 19 We bless the earth ... and are blessed by it. 20 If you would see all the world, climb to the mountain's pinnacle. 21 The solitude of the wilderness helps me find myself. 22 Pele builds and re-builds the land until she is satisfied with her creation. (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, 13 October 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= Powwow season's winding down...after a search through 4-5 Native American newspapers, here's what I found listed for the next two weeks in _News From Indian Country_, and _The Spike_. The former is an excellent biweekly out of Wisconsin (write News From Indian Country at Rt. 2 Box 2900-A, Hayward, WI, 54843 for subscription information). The paper covers much of Indian Country well -- but their best focus is on the Dakota area. Each issue contains a 2-3 page section that lists powwows around the country for the coming quarter. _The Spike_ is totally different. It's a monthly that focuses almost exclusively on Powwow listings along the east coast, complete with a pretty reliable (in my experience) ranking of the powwows, and as much information about who and what will be there as I have seen anywhere. There are also often comments about the powwow circuit and east coast Natives written by _The Spike's_ editor, Jimmy Boy Dial. For the serious powwow-goer in the Eastern states, this newsletter is a bargain at $25/year US and $27/year Canadian. For subscriptions, write The Spike, P.O. Box 368, Milltown, NJ, 08850-0074. Oct 21-23 Meherrin Powwow, Winton, N.C. Info: 919-358-4375 Oct 22 17th Autumn Powwow, Milwaukee, WI Info: 414-229-5880 Oct 28 American Indian Heritage Powwow, Chicago, IL Info: 312-996-4515 Oct 28-30 Mid-Columbia River Powwow, Celilo, OR Info: 503-298-1559 Oct 22-23 Best of the Best Powwow, Suffern, NY Info: 704-497-3370 Oct 21-22 11th Annual Father Sky Native American Heritage Committee Festival, New York, NY Info: 718-379-6026 Oct 27-30 6th Annual Native American Inter Tribal Powwow Elgin Air Force Base, FL Info: 904-678-1639 Last minute additions: Got Lac du Flambeau News today, which offers: Oct 22-23 7th AITA Powwow, Toledo, OH Info: 419-245-2601 and Oct 29-30 12th Michigan Celebration Powwow, Detroit, MI Info: 313-535-2966 Also got the _Char Koosta News_, which has Oct 21-22 Annual Wardance Championships, St. Ignatius, MT Info: 745-3525 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, Jay Brummett, via the NATIVE-L or NATCHAT mailing lists. --------- "RE: Native American Studies" --------- Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 19:36:00 EDT From: infi.net!jsd (Dick Shovel, Ltd.) Subj: Native American Studies Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Re: Native American Studies A short time ago, in response to a query re Native American Studies Programs, someone mentioned that the Journal of the Association For The Study of American Indian Literature recently published a "supplement" to their journal entitled "A Guide to Native American Studies Programs in the United States." This led me to Robert M. Nelson, Box 112, Univ. of Richmond, Va., 23173 fax- 804-289-8313. I subscribed to ASAIL's journal and have received the supplement. Am including here the supplements listing of Studies Programs listed by region for those who might find the data of interest: Eastern U.S. - Dartmouth, New Hampshire Pembroke State University, North Carolina Central U.S. - Univ. of Illinois, Chicago Bemidji State University, Minn. College of St. Scholastica, Minn. Univ. of Minnesota Moorhead State Univ., Minn Univ. of Wisconsin at Eau Clare Univ.. of Wisconsin at Madison Univ. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Western U.S.: Univ. of Alaska at Fairbanks Univ. of Arizona Univ.. of California at Berkeley Univ. of California at Davis California State Univ. at Chico California State Univ. at Fresno California State Univ. at Long Beach California State Univ. at Sacramento California State Univ. at San Bernadino Humboldt State University Mills College San Diego State University Fort Lewis Collage, Colorado Eastern Montana Univ. Montana State Univ. Univ. of New Mexico Univ. of North Dakota Northeastern State Univ., Oklahoma Univ.. of Washington Washington State Univ. As per the supplement notes, this list is not intended to be all inclusive. Each school has more detailed info in the supplement which I'd be happy to fwd if requested. Vol. contents for the four '93 issues are: Spring, '93-Storyteller as Hopi Basket by Toby C.S. Langen...Ko-pat Ka-nat by John M. Gunn...He Said/She Said:Writing Oral Tradition in John Gunn's "Ko-pot Ka-nat" and Leslie Silko's Storyteller...Teaching with Storyteller at the Center by Helen Jaskoski...A Lajuna Portfolio by Lee Marmon...Halfact by Diane Glancy Forum: There Is No Word For Goodbye by Helen Jaskoski...Looking Before and After by Rodney Simard...ASAIL President's Report on the 1992 MLA by Hertha D. Wong Reviews: Mohawk Trail by Beth Brant - reviewed by Linda Danielson...Food & Spirits by Beth Brant - reviewed by Annette Van Dyke...Madonna Swan: A Lakota Woman's Story reviewed by Sandra Sprayberry...Mud Woman: Poem From The Clay by Nora Natanjo-Morse - reviewed by Lawrence Abbott...Other Council Fires Were Here Before Ours reviewed by Roger Weaver ---------------------------- Summer, '93 - A Wilderness Unlittered by Academic Trash by Rodney Simard...Indian Literature and Critical Responsibility by Elaine Jahner...A Good Day To Be Alive: Some Observations On Contemporary American Indian Writing by Joseph W. Bruchac III...Ray Young Bear: Tribal History and Personal Vision by Gretchen M. Bataille...American Indian Literature: A Tradition Of Renewal by Peter Nabokov...Blue Stones, Bones, and Troubled Silver: The Poetic Craft of Wendy Rose by Andrew Wiget...Paula Gunn Allen's "The One Who Skins Cats": An Inquiry into Spiritedness...Gerald Vizenor: Compassionate Trickster by A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff...Blackening the Robe by Maurice Kenny...Topic of Transformation: Some Aspects of Myth and Metaphor by Susan Lepselter...Earth's Mind by Roger Dunsmore...Bha'a and The Death of Jim Loney...Oral Narrative in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Karl Kroeber... ------------------------------------ Fall: Coffee House Discourse by Rodney Simard...The "Person" in Postmodern Fiction: Gibson, Le Guin, and Vizenor by Patricia Linton...Chance and Ritual: The Gambler in the Texts of Gerald Vizenor by Nora Barry...Textual Stimulation: Gerald Vizenor's Use of Law in Advocacy Literature by Irene Gonzales...Suppressive Narrator and Multiple Narratees in Gerald Vizenor's "Thomas White Hawk" by Winona Stevenson..."I Defy Analysis:" A Conversation with Gerald Vizenor...Harold of Orange: A Screenplay by Gerald Vizenor... Reviews: On the Translation of Native American Literatures, editor Brian Swann reviewed by William Bright...Forked Tongues: Speech, Writing and Representation in North American Indian Texts by David Murray, reviewed by James Ruppert...Black Eagle Child: The Facepaint Narratives by Ray A. Young Bear, reviewed by Robert Gish...another distance: new and selected poems by Lance Henson, reviewed by Norma Wilson... ------------------------------- Winter, '93 - Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin): A Power(full) Literary Voice by Dorothea Susag...Acceptance and Rejection of Assimilation in the Works of Standing Bear by Frederick Hale...The Great Spirit Goddess by Raven Hail...William Apess and Writing White by Randall Moon...Trickster: Shaman of the Liminal by Larry Ellis...Communion in James Welch's Winter in the Blood by Betty Tardieu... Reviews: Native American Literatures edited by Laura Coltelli reviewed by Kenneth Lincoln...Alex Posy: Creek Poet, Journalist, and Humorist by Daniel Littlefield, Jr. reviewed by John Purdy...Sending My Heart Back Across the Years: Tradition and Innovation in Native American Autobiography by Hertha Dawn Wong reviewed by Susan Scarberry-Garcia...Choteau Creek: A Sioux Reminiscence by Joseph Iron Eye [and] Not First in Anybody's Heart: The Life Story of a Contemporary Chippewa by Ron Paquin and Robert Doherty reviewed by Robley Evans... IMO a subscription to the ASAIL journal looks like a must. Peace...Jordan --------- "RE: Land Grant Status for Tribal Colleges" --------- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 11:56:43 -0600 From: (Anj Petto) Subj: Land Grant Status for tribal colleges Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) >As a matter of fact the land grant status for tribal colleges was just >recently passed by Congress. I don't have all the details at the >present time. But in any case it is reality, not a likely failure I lost the bill (S.1345) in the clutter. It became S. 1513, then got absorbed into H.R. 6, a general educational improvement act. H.R. 6 was passed by the House on Friday, Oct. 7. It will go to the President imminently (the Senate also signed off on H.R. 6, apparently without needing to go to conference committee!). Thanks to Gerard Vandeberg for the information. Text of H.R. 6 is still on the House gopher. I will try to download it today in order to have text available for those who don't have access to the House gopher. Cheers, Anj Andrew J. Petto, PhD Associate Director Center for Biology Education 666 WARF, University of Wisconsin 610 North Walnut Street MADISON WI 53705-2397 Voice: 608.263-0478 Fax: 608.262-0014 Internet: ajpetto@macc.wisc.edu Bitnet: ajpetto@wiscmacc --------- "RE: Walking the Mixed Blood Road" --------- Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 09:24:03 -0700 From: Keith Idso Subj: walking the mixed blood road Mailing List: NATCHAT (natchat@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Hau Jean and Others, The road that mixed-bloods travel on is never an easy one to follow. Patience is one of the hardest lessons we learn. Long ago I too struggled with my emotions and felt that I needed to show my allegiance to other mixed-bloods and full-bloods within the urban Indian community. Acceptance came slowly and sometimes it never came at all. There are some full-bloods who will never completely accept mixed-bloods, and that hurts. But that is also their choice and it should be honored respectfully. The greatest acceptance you can find is located within yourself. You know who you are, and Grandfather knows you personally. This in itself is all that really matters. Once you have this acceptance, it will be easier for those around you to also accept you for who you are --a mixed-blood trying to find your way back onto the red road. Mitakuye Oyasin, Keith --------- "RE: Eddie Hatcher Info" --------- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 09:22:46 -0700 From: Center For World Indigenous Studies Subj: Eddie Hatcher info Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) +++++Moderation Note++++ I have combined several submissions into one article. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++item1: EDDIE HATCHER DEFENSE COMMITTEE P.O. Box 1491 Hamlet, NC 28345 Tele & Fax 910-582-0017 *** A C T I O N A L E R T *** FREE EDDIE HATCHER NATIVE AMERICAN POLITICAL PRISONER IN NORTH CAROLINA On September 27, 1994, North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt led a delegation of NC leaders on an 11-day trip to South Africa to "drum up some business for North Carolina." [Raleigh News and Observer] Governor Hunt, who now holds Native American Eddie Hatcher in a NC prison, who the NC Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches recognizes and declared a Political Prisoner, intends on convincing President Nelson Mandella to trade with North Carolina. President Nelson Mandella was held as a political prisoner for 27 years by the former Apartheid government of South Africa. President Mandella knows firsthand the evils of racist, corrupt, greedy governments and must be reminded the state of NC, which national journalists call "hell's backyard", practices and promotes the most racist, unjust and corrupt system now existing in the United States. President Mandella is familiar with the plight of Eddie Hatcher and his family. We ask that you immediately contact President Mandella and urge him to investigate the case of Eddie Hatcher and the practices of NC before supporting any trade between his government and NC. President Nelson Mandella, Union Building, Pretoria 0001, South Africa, Fax 011-27-12-326-2719 or 011-27-12-323-8292. If you wish you can send copies of your letters and faxes to: Governor Jim Hunt, Office of the Governor, Raleigh, NC 27603-8001, Fax 919-733-2120. We thank you for your continued support. +++++item2: Eddie Hatcher - Stop the Thornburg's Judgeship Original Sender: Center For World Indigenous Studies EDDIE HATCHER DEFENSE COMMITTEE P.O. Box 1491 Hamlet, N.C. 28345 Tele & Fax-910-582-0017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 26, 1994 LACY THORNBURG, former NC Attorney General is now being considered for a Federal judgeship. We, at the EHDC, through a concerted effort of religious leaders, groups and organizations nationwide have launched a campaign to block the appointment of this man to any position of power, including a federal judgeship. During and after the Eddie Hatcher case, which struggled to expose and end the corruption of law enforcement in Robeson County, NC and their involvement in major cocaine trade and the murders of many minorities, then NC Attorney General Thornburg ignored the facts and moreso, aided those officials in covering-up their countless illegal acts. From February 1, 1988, the day of the Takeover of the Robesonian, until Thornburg's departure from office, ROBESON COUNTY SHERIFF HUBERT STONE, CERTAIN STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AGENTS AND OTHERS INVOLVED WERE PROVIDED A BLANKET OF PROTECTION BY THORNBURG. During the two months immediately after the Takeover, when at least nine [9] witnesses to the allegations made by Hatcher were killed or died under mysterious circumstances Thornburg actively worked in condoning and squashing the involvement of Robeson County and state officials in those deaths and their cover-up. Immediately after HATCHER WAS ACQUITTED IN FEDERAL COURT by a federal jury of all charges, he returned to Robeson County leading a petition drive to remove Sheriff Stone. For at least six weeks, under the assistance of SBI agents and Robeson County officials, Thornburg gathered and allowed the gathering of license tag numbers of cars belonging to citizens attending the petition drive meetings. Following those meetings, citizens were harassed and threatened by SBI agents under the direction and protection of Lacy Thornburg. During the Eddie Hatcher case, countless affidavits and depositions were presented to Thornburg detailing the consistent pattern of illegal, unconstitutional and oppressive acts by Robeson County officials and his, Thornburgs, agents yet, Thornburg not only ignored this documentation but heightened the campaign of terror against minority people in Robeson County. MOREOVER, THORNBURG LED THE MOVEMENT TO HAVE ALL ATTORNEYS ASSISTING THE PETITION WORKERS FINED MORE THAN $120,000, ALLEGING THAT THE ALLEGATIONS WERE FRIVOLOUS. Thornburg's association with corrupt Robeson County officials was detailed in a sworn affidavit given by former Robeson County Assistant District Attorney, Charles Bodenheimer and Woodberry Bowen, wherein they attested that it was Joe Freeman Britt, former District Attorney who directed Thornburg to remove himself from the 1984 NC governor's race and seek the NC Attorney General position instead. THORNBURG'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEEP ROOTED CORRUPTION IN ROBESON COUNTY HAS BEEN CLEARLY DOCUMENTED TIME AND TIME AGAIN. In April 1993, prior to any press reports, we learned of Sheriff Hubert Stone's nomination to be U.S. Marshall for the Eastern district of NC. We immediately began a nationwide campaign to block this appointment which would have been a direct slap in the face to minority and justice minded people everywhere. After a year of heavy lobbying and pleas by individuals, leaders and organizations, we saw that our efforts prevailed. In fact, Congressman Charlie Rose acknowledged that Eddie Hatcher had led the blocking of Stone to this position as this was reported in the press. NOW, WITH YOUR HELP, we again feel we shall be successful in blocking yet another appointment which would also be a slap in the face to minority and justice minded citizens everywhere. Thank you for your support and hard work. For more information contact: Thelma Clark, Director Tel/Fax 910-582-0017 +++++item 3 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: This file has been created under the loving care of :: :: -= THE FOURTH WORLD DOCUMENTATION PROJECT =- :: :: :: :: Questions and comments on FWDP may be addressed to: :: :: :: :: John Burrows jburrows@halcyon.com :: :: P.O. Box 2574 :: :: Olympia, Wa Fido Net 1:352/333 :: :: 98507-2574 206-786-9629 :: :: USA The Quarto Mundista BBS :: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: [Ed. Note: I received a letter from Eddie a day after receiving the following information. [I have been] "moved rather quickly this week to another prison because of serious threats against my life...only a day after Robeson Co. Sheriff Hubert Stone got turned down by Clinton for the U.S. Marshall position." Eddie's NEW address is: P.O. Box 805, Carthage, NC 28327] MESSAGE FROM EDDIE HATCHER Native American Political Prisoner in North Carolina Eddie Hatcher Defense Committee P.O. Box 1491 Hamlet, NC 28345 Tel & Fax 910-582-0017 September 1994 The minority and justice-minded people of Robeson County and North Carolina are bracing for a possible slap in the face. As if it was not enough that Sheriff Hubert Stone was nominated last year for the U.S. Marshall position [ which we successfully blocked ] now, we learn that former NC Attorney General Lacy Thornburg is being considered for a federal judgeship which would be a lifetime appointment. I ask, how this culprit of evil, who led one of the longest, dirtiest, most deadly reigns of terror against Native and African Americans in Robeson County can be seriously considered for any position of power? Right now, it's not really important though as to how, but only that he be stopped. HE MUST BE STOPPED. This man, for years, not only protected the corruption existing in Robeson County and NC but promoted countless illegal, unconstitutional and debased acts by Sheriff Hubert Stone, his department and numerous NC SBI agents who were under the direct helm of Lacy Thornburg. Countless unsolved murders of Native and African American people of Robeson County, most killed execution style, were never solved thanks to the cleverly orchestrated cover-ups by Thornburg. The movement of thousands of pounds of cocaine and hundreds of millions of dollars in drug money was protected by Thornburg and his cattle. Justice minded people of Robeson County who sought the removal of Sheriff Hubert Stone were watched and monitored by Thornburg's agents and these people were ultimately harassed and threatened. Many were placed in fear of losing their jobs if they continued to support the removal of Stone. All, under the directive of Lacy Thornburg. Throughout my entire case, attorneys presented affidavits, testimony and depositions of corruption, murder and drug trafficking by Robeson County officials and NC - SBI agents. Yet, each time, Thornburg only heightened the campaign of terror against minorities in Robeson County. In fact, Thornburg led the bloodsucking brigade against all of our attorneys which brought about fines of more than $122,000 against them. There's not enough space in this letter to detail or describe the unending list of activities of Lacy Thornburg. But, the main thing is, HE MUST BE STOPPED. I am asking you to please, first, contact U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, [see address, phone, fax on last page] and ask that the investigation and background check into Lacy Thornburg, which will be presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee, include his association and involvement with Robeson County officials as well as his financial situation when campaigning for the Attorney General position. It was former Robeson County District Attorney Joe Freeman Britt who directed Thornburg to withdraw from the 1984 NC Governor's race and seek the NC Attorney General position instead. Secondly, I have listed each member of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee [ see last page ] and am asking you to please contact them demanding that Thornburg NOT be appointed to a federal judgeship in NC. Please help stop this man who blatantly harnessed power only to be used against minority and justice minded people in Robeson County and NC, to further the corruption and cocaine trafficking of government officials. From February 1, 1988 up to this day, my allegations against Robeson County officials and certain NC officials and certain federal officials have not wavered. NEVER!! At no time, whether during a newspaper interview, radio or television interview, magazines, national or international, have my allegations changed. Nothing added to nor nothing taken away. These allegations, in the beginning and since have been supported by more evidence than what has been used by the government to put thousands in prison. In fact, the evidence existing on February 1, 1988 and thereafter was so convincing that at least nine [9] of our witnesses were murdered or died under mysterious circumstances. The evidence was so overwhelming that all levels of government mounted one of the most intense campaigns ever, designed to destroy my credibility. The evidence was so strong that some reporters, one of whom quit her job at one of the prominent television news shows because her reports were squashed by then governor Jim Martin, feared for their lives. Their cars and homes were ransacked. Constant threats were received. My allegations and existing evidence was so solid in fact, that recently in our yearlong battle to block Sheriff Hubert Stone from gaining the appointment to U.S. Marshall, Congressman Charlie Rose acknowledged this. On February 22, 1994 the press reported Congressman Rose stating, "some of the allegations leveled against Stone by Eddie Hatcher are causing some folks in the White House to get concerned with the nomination of Stone to the U.S. Marshall position." One of the main allegations I leveled against officials was and is, that the large amounts of cocaine, in its almost purest form, which was dumped into rural Robeson County beginning predominantly around 1986, was part of the many shipments of cocaine being moved and guided by Col. Oliver North, via the ranch of John Hull in Costa Rica with the funds raised from the cocaine used to finance the Contras. Secondly, that certain N.C. and federal officials such as Joe Dean, former N.C. Secretary of Crime and Public Safety; Governor Jim Martin; and U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese, were directly involved in protecting these shipments and protecting Robeson County officials. Moreover, that the route of the cocaine, from Homestead Air Force Base to Robeson County was as well protected to secrecy. So, it was no surprise when the Associated Press reported on June 17, 1994 that Celerino "Cele" Castillo, a former supervisor with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency in El Salvador has come forward attesting that Col. Oliver North "knew large shipments of cocaine were being smuggled into the United States by mercenary pilots he had hired to assist Contras in Nicaragua." Castillo declared that "Oliver North was running the operation. His pilots were known drug traffickers listed in government files and these people were being given U.S. Visas." Castillo also states that he did inform then Vice- President Bush of North's drug smuggling in the Contra supply operations. As has been documented, North was involved in an illegal operation that sold arms to Iran using the money to finance the Contras. However, these funds proved minimal and the funds, according to Castillo, were supplemented with the money raised in the sale of cocaine. Sales in the streets, communities and rural counties of the U.S. and N.C., originating mainly in Robeson County. In a recent interview, Castillo stated "When I found out North was being called a hero, I was thinking how little the U.S. citizens knew about North being involved in drug trafficking and money laundering." Castillo further said, "I risked my life to fight the war on drugs and watched him turn his head." Castillo repeatedly attempted to bring North's actions to the open, yet the DEA and other top federal officials such as Edwin Corr, a U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador at the time, suppressed Castillo's reports and told him to "back off." The U.S. Government has a grand reputation of discrediting allegations such as those I have raised. The Christic Institute which spent years and millions of dollars to expose North's activities as well as others involved such as Meese, Poindexter, Secord, etc. was eventually forced into financial ruin by the U.S. Government. The question I have had for some time now has been why the United States government has fought so adamantly to block the extradition of John Hull to Costa Rica. John Hull, who owned the ranch in Costa Rica which was used by North's pilots to fly the cocaine to Homestead AF Base, was in fact indicted by the Costa Rican government on major drug trafficking charges among other things. Hull, a CIA operative from Indiana remains free in the U.S. In 1992, I contacted the Costa Rican government concerning the status of Hull's extradition. The Costa Rican government supplied me with a letter, endorsed by 22 U.S. Congressmen to Rafael Calderon, President of Costa Rica. Wherein the Congressmen attempted to disengage the extradition warrant on John Hull, stating that Hull was a respected U.S. citizen. President Calderon, in return, replied to those Congressmen that Costa Rica would not be intimidated by the U.S. when they ( Costa Rica ) were truly attempting to stop the trafficking of cocaine and it was obvious that the U.S. was only purporting to be concerned with cocaine trafficking. It was a very powerful and moving letter by President Calderon. One of the 22 Congressmen who endorsed the letter of support for John Hull was N.C.'s own Cass Ballenger of Hickory, Republican, protege of Senator Jesse Helms. With the Clinton administration almost at the halfway mark, I wonder why John Hull has still not been extradited. I wonder how the government can blast the tubes and newspapers each day over this anti-crime bill, wanting to fill more and more prisons with minorities and poor white penny-ante drug dealers when the men responsible for bringing it in by the plane-loads and subsequently protecting such bloodsuckers as Sheriff Hubert Stone and his demented lynch man, Joe Freeman Britt, remain free. I wonder how Congressman Cass Ballenger or any Congressman can be allowed to saunter down the isle of the Capitol proclaiming swift justice for "criminals" when they serve as the gestapo to protect the Oliver Norths and John Hulls. I guess it all boils down to one thing - they're credible and I ain't!!!! If you would like a copy of the letter endorsed by Congressman Cass Ballenger and the others and Costa Rica's President Calderon's reply, send a self addressed stamped envelope to the Eddie Hatcher Defense Committee, P.O. Box 1491, Hamlet, N.C. 28345. Please, if you would like to help me distribute this message, just contact the Defense Committee, and 100 or more will be mailed to you, postage paid. If you can help us with the printing cost and postage, please send stamps or donations to the EHDC. I sincerely thank you for your continued support and a special thanks to Mama for her unending love and hard work in the battle against this corrupt government. 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Box 2574 Olympia, WA U.S.A. 98507-2574 BBS: 206-786-9629 FAX: 206-956-1087 OCR Provided by Caere Corporation's OmniPage Professional //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// John Burrows, Executive Director jburrows@halcyon.com Center For World Indigenous Studies The Quarto Mundista BBS ftp://ftp.halcyon.com/pub/FWDP/WWW/fwdp.html FidoNet 1:352/333 206-786-9629 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ --------- "RE: Another Apology" --------- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 12:50:44 EDT From: Trevor Falk Subj: Another Apology Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) In July, Karr Tuttle Campbell requested information about apologies. I provided the text of two apologies in Canada that I was aware of -- one from the United Church, the second from Ontario Hydro. Recently, at its Winnipeg convention, the Presbyterian Church approved the following statement: Our Confession The Holy Spirit, speaking in and through Scripture, calls the Presbyterian Church in Canada to confession. This confession is our response to the word of God. We understand our mission and ministry in new ways, in part because of the testimony of Aboriginal peoples. 1. We, the 120th General Assembly of The Presbyterian Church in Canada, seeking the guidance of the Spirit of God, and aware of our own sin and shortcomings, are called to speak to the Church we love. We do this, out of new understandings of our past, not out of any sense of being superior to those who have gone before us, nor out of any sense that we would have done things differently in the same context. It is with deep humility and in great sorrow that we come before God and our Aboriginal brothers and sisters with our confession. 2. We acknowledge that the stated policy of the Government of Canada was to assimilate Aboriginal peoples to the dominant culture, and that The Presbyterian Church in Canada cooperated in this policy. We acknowledge that the roots of the harm we have done are found in the attitudes and values of western European colonialism, and the assumption that what was not yet moulded in our image was to be discovered and exploited. As part of that policy we, with other churches, encouraged the Government to ban some important spiritual practices through which Aboriginal peoples experienced the presence of the creator God. For the church's complicity in this policy we ask forgiveness. 3. We recognize that there were many members of The Presbyterian Church in Canada who, in good faith, gave unstintingly of themselves in love and compassion for their aboriginal brothers and sisters. We acknowledge their devotion and commend them for their work. We recognize that there were some who, with prophetic insight, were aware of the damage that was being done and protested, but their efforts were thwarted. We acknowledge their insight. For the times we did not support them adequately nor hear their cries for justice, we ask forgiveness. 4. We confess that The Presbyterian Church in Canada presumed to know better than Aboriginal peoples what was needed for life. The Church said of our Aboriginal brothers and sisters, "If they could be like us, if they could think like us, talk like us, worship like us, sing like us, work like us, they would know God as we know God and therefore would have life abundant." In our cultural arrogance we have been blind to the ways in which our own understanding of the Gospel has been culturally conditioned, and because of our insensitivity to aboriginal cultures, we have demanded more of Aboriginal peoples than the gospel requires, and have thus misrepresented Jesus Christ who loves all peoples with compassionate, suffering love that all may come to God through him. For the church's presumption we ask forgiveness. 5. We confess that, with the encouragement and assistance of the Government of Canada, The Presbyterian Church in Canada agreed to take the children of Aboriginal peoples from their own homes and place them in Residential Schools. In these schools, children were deprived of their traditional ways, which were replaced with Euro-Canadian customs that were helpful in the process of assimilation. To carry out this process, The Presbyterian Church in Canada used disciplinary practices which were foreign to Aboriginal peoples, and open to exploitation in physical and psychological punishment beyond any Christian maxim of care and discipline. In a setting of obedience and acquiescence there was opportunity for sexual abuse, and some were so abused. The effect of all this, for Aboriginal peoples, was the loss of cultural identity and the loss of a secure sense of self. For the Church's insensitivity we ask forgiveness. 6. We regret that there are those whose lives have been deeply scarred by the effects of the mission and ministry of The Presbyterian Church in Canada. For our Church we ask forgiveness of God. It is our prayer that God, who is merciful, will guide us in compassionate ways towards helping them to heal. 7. We ask, also, for forgiveness from Aboriginal peoples. What we have heard we acknowledge. It is our hope that those whom we have wronged with a hurt too deep for telling will accept what we have to say. With God's guidance our Church will seek opportunities to walk with Aboriginal peoples to find healing and wholeness together as God's people. Trevor Falk phone (416) 425-6343 Water's Edge Consulting fax (416) 425-6712 32 Lankin Boulevard E-Mail: Trevor_Falk@eyenet.north.net Toronto, ON M4J 4W8