Subject: nanews02.045 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 045 O o o o o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 5 November 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 NATIVE-L & NATCHAT Mailing Lists, UUCP & Genie (General Electric) e-mail, UseNet newsgroups alt.native & soc.culture.native. Articles appearing have been previously posted for public dissemination and/or permission for inclusion has been secured. Letters of authorization are on file. A list of those granting permission to repost their words in this issue are listed at the end of part A. I thank each of you for allowing your words to be shared with the people. <----<<<< >>>>----> 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. "Toward calm and shady places I am walking on the Earth." __ Ojibway Song +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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! The Appalachians and Smokies are painted with the change of seasons. Mother Earth is dressed in a beautiful robe as she prepares for the Winter Sleep. This beauty can be deceptive. There is a cold, sharp wind pressing from the North. There have been good promises regiven. The words are beautiful. Listen very carefully to the words, and look very closely at the one who speaks them. There is a cold, sharp wind in politics, as well. Reminder: November 1828 Andrew Jackson was elected President of the United States. 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 - History CD-ROM Available - Internship Opportunities - Parti Quebecois Offers a Deal - Torres-Martinez ALERT - Cherokee Delaware or Delaware Cherokee? - Confrontation Brewing in Chiapas - Request of Imprisoned Brothers - Little Rock Reed Arrested Again] - Kahnesatake Heating Up Again - Mt. Shasta Grizzly Legend - Reviews: Children's Books - Computer Arts Project Archive - Poem: Inside a Medicine Lodge - Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days - Conferences and Powwows - offline ------------------ clip here for news feature -- 8< ------------ --------- "RE: History CD-ROM Available" --------- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 94 02:40:52 -0500 From: objectivecom@delphi.com Subj: History CD-ROM available Newsgroup: alt.native Objective Computing is offering a PC/Windows compatible CD-ROM containing approximately 10,000 pages of text and 1,000 color and black and white illustrations, on the topic of Native Americans. The core of the CD-ROM is the 4200 page original Indian encyclopedia compiled in the 1850's -- it contains hundreds of pages of vocabulary on many different native languages (especially Algonquin), in addition to various historical essays, first hand accounts, myths, etc. etc. The first and possibly best such compilation ever done, given that much of the original nature of many tribes had not yet been entirely changed or destroyed. In addition to this huge resources, there is: -- The full text of all treaties (roughly 370) -- George Catlin's 'Letters and Notes ...', with over 300 color images -- Henry Schoolcraft's autobiography -- Black Hawk's autobiography -- Biographies of famous Indian chiefs -- Civil Rights Commission's 1981 report on Indian Tribes -- Two comprehensive guides to the National Archives -- Myths of the Pacific Northwest -- Myths of North American Indians -- Various BIA statistics and tracts -- Selections of artwork from Karl Bodmer and McKenny-Hall And more, including a 450 page work on Western Indian sign language. The CD-ROM is Windows based and required 800x600 resolution. All text is fully indexed; sample search phrases can return results in well under 10 seconds, searching through 10,000 pages of text (including, for example, every treaty.) Topics are printable. The disc is positively reviewed in CD-ROM World magazine; a demo exists on the October issue of CD-ROM Today magazine's CD-ROM. The price is $59.95 for individuals, $99.95 for institutions (including libraries), and $199.95 for a LAN license. Objective Computing can be reached at 800-745-9904 or 317-475-9904, and can take Visa or M/C phone orders. You can receive a brochure by sending a snailmail address to OBJECTIVECOM@DELPHI.COM. The mailing address is: Objective Computing PO Box 51246 Indianapolis, IN 46251 ++++++ Please note that this message was posted by Objective Computing and not by a third party. We hope the topical nature of our product to this group will alleviate any offense at posting what amounts to an ad. --------- "RE: Parti Quebecois Offers a Deal" --------- Date: 94/11/02 18:11 From: Suzan Horovitch (a.horovitch@genie.geis.com) Subj: Parti Quebecois Offers a Deal GE Electronic Mail Night Owl: The Parti Quebecois, determined to show the world that it can "deal fair with its natives" has made its first offer of self government to two groups last week. They hope to have agreements before the 1995 referendum. The two groups involved are the Montagnais ( Innu) with 12 thousand members in 8 villages and the much smaller Attikamek peoples who are 4 thousand in 3 villages. Premier Jacques Parizeau said he is prepared to give "real and significant" powers over their lands and control of their economic, social and cultural development. In return, he would welcome their support of his sovereignty plans. The native leaders met Parizeau's offer with caution but said they would be willing to negotiate. It is believed by many that this is a ploy to devide and conquer and to help Quebec's stained international image. Such an offer is not on the table to the much larger groups of Cree or Mohawk. Brave Star --------- "RE: Cherokee Delaware or Delaware Cherokee? " --------- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 19:27:58 -0400 From: JACKTATUM@delphi.com Subj: Cherokee Delaware or Delaware Cherokee? UUCP email My CDIB card, and for most Delawares says Cherokee. Which is a joke, but not so funny to most Delawares. As even the Cherokee know that our culture is very different from theirs and we are not Cherokee! Long story. Put briefly, we represented the Delaware Tribe as the main group until 1979 when the BIA, at the insistence of Ross Swimmer Chief of the Western Cherokee, administratively terminated the tribe, re-interpreting an old treaty between the Cherokee and Delaware tribes where the Cherokee said they would adopt us. Since then the US Government considers us Cherokee or adopted Cherokee Delawares. We are contesting such a ridiculous,(but typical) US Gov. (BIA) position. We also want the Cherokee Nation administration to act like our adopted family and let us be who we are, Delaware, sovereign over the land that we purchased. Then we can practice our culture as Delaware. Right now we can't even have our own facilities recognized as American Indian unless its as a Cherokee facility. We even have a difficult time getting back any of our artifacts or ancestor's remains that the museums have because we are not federally recognized as Delawares but as Cherokee. Its a common story where the Government gets involved, pitting one tribe against another to cause conflict and termination. Our Loyal Shawnee brothers and sisters have a similar story, are also considered Cherokees by the BIA. All Delaware, Shawnee and any Indians that are interested in a how a tribe struggles to maintain their culture and still be terminated by the BIA are encouraged to obtain the document titled "Administrative Termination of the Delaware Tribe" from the Delaware Tribe, 108 S Seneca, Bartlesville, OK; Ph.(918)336- 5272; for the price of printing $9.30 + $4.10 for shipping. Or, hopefully by next year you can download it for free via the Internet and FTP. Jack Tatum Systems Administrator Delaware Tribe of Indians --------- "RE: Request of Imprisoned Brothers" --------- Date: 28 Oct 1994 15:01:52 GMT From: SCHAPIRO@frost.oit.umass.edu (Robert M Schapiro) Subj: request of imprisoned brothers Newsgroup: alt.native Dear Brothers and Sisters, I'm passing this along in the hope that many can respond to the request of our incarcerated Brothers. To whom it may concern: I am writing to tell you a little about our circle and to request your assistance where that is possible. Presently I am the Vice Chairman of the "Native American Spiritual Cultural Council" at the Indiana State Prison. There are 38 men in this institution who are striving to follow the Red Path. As you can well imagine, the path is hard to follow in a Maximum Security Prison. We, the brothers, represent different nations such as Lakota Sioux, Blackfoot, Cherokee, Creek, Arapahoe, Aztec, Apache, Iroquois, etc. We are trying to learn the culture of our people, and gain some knowledge from all the nations that represents or group. If it is within your power, we request that you consider helping us learn more about our traditional ways. We are in need of Native American material such as books on beadwork, cultural books on history and religion of the many different tribes. All material may be new or used. We, the inmates at the Indiana State Prison, feel that in helping us meet our needs would be a blessing from the creator, and it would help us become a more self-sufficient people. Our traditions teach us that we are a people that share with those who are less fortunate. It is in this spirit that I write this letter in hope that you may find it in your heart to help us in any way that you can. All incoming material to the "Native American Spiritual Cultural Council" must be routed through the Chaplain's Office to meet security regulations. If you are in a position to help us with a donation of Native American books, pleased send them addressed to the institutional Chaplain's Office in care of: Native American Spiritual Cultural Council C/O Chaplain's Office Indiana State Prison P.O. Box 41 Michigan City, IN 46361 Thank you for whatever assistance you might be able to offer us. We ask the Creator to protect you along your way. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Your help would be very gratefully appreciated, and it would be a blessing to our group. Respectfully Yours, Enrique Thunder Eagle #3146 --------- "RE: Little Rock Reed Arrested Again" --------- Date: 01 Nov 1994 01:34:28 GMT From: pns@sage.uucp (PrisonNews Service) Subj: Little Rock Reed arrested again Newsgroup: soc.culture.native ========================================================== | | | | |||||| PRISON NEWS SERVICE |||||| | | | | A Bulldozer Publication ====================================================== Little Rock Reed arrested again October 31st Little Rock Reed was arrested on Thursday, October 27, 1994 to be extradited back to Ohio. Little Rock is wanted for parole violation by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections and had been living in New Mexico since he fled Ohio. Little Rock, and his supporters had been asking that the Attorney General of New Mexico conduct an investigation of the extradition request by Ohio because they fear that his life in danger should he be returned into the custody of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections. But Little Rock was picked up within a week of receiving the extradition request from Ohio, without any investigation having been done. A press spokesman for Governor King of New Mexico told Prison News Service that the Supreme Court has ruled that the extradition requests are virtually automatic, and that there was little that Governor King could do. When asked whether New Mexico would extradite someone whose life would be threatened upon their return, Rich Maespas of the Governor's office said he couldn't believe that a prisoner's life would be in danger from any official. Little Rock served ten years for armed robbery in the Ohio prison system before he was paroled. During his sentence, Little Rock continually struggled for the rights of native prisoners to practice their traditional spirituality. Little Rock gained the respect of his fellow prisoners, professors, lawyers and anti-prison activists for his strength of character and the quality of his work. After his release on parole in 1992, he published "The American Indian in the Whiteman's Prison: a Story of Genocide" which describes the struggles native prisoners have waged across the United States on such simple, but basic issues as the right to wear their hair long. With a few exceptions, the native prisoners have been met with ridicule, sacrilege and violence. The irony - in the hypocritical sense of the word - is that being able to develop an interest in, and then a positive practice of, their spirituality is the best means of rehabilitation that Native prisoners can have. Little Rock was within six weeks of ending his parole when he was charged in early 1993 with "threatening" a Kentucky man, whose wife and child were willing to testify that it was Little Rock who was threatened. But that was enough for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections to charge him with parole violation. So Little Rock went underground. Shortly thereafter Lucasville prison, where Little Rock had served much of his sentence, blew up in a 10-day long stand-off that left 10 people dead. Even though he was on the run, Little Rock testified on the media as to the conditions in Lucasville which made the uprising all but inevitable. Before his release, Little Rock had documented the ways in which the then-warden, Arthur Tate, Jr. had manipulated racial tensions within the prison population so as to demonstrate the need for a "higher-security" prison. Examples of this are documented in a federal court case. Ohio prison officials are hoping that by returning Little Rock to Lucasville, he will be silenced, one way or the other. The head of the Adult Parole Authority told Little Rock that if he returns, he will serve the remaining fifteen years of his 7 to 25 year sentence even though he has already served twice as long as others convicted of similar armed robberies. Deborah Garlin of the Centre for the Advocacy of Human Rights in Ranchos de Taos in New Mexico says that they will try a variety of legal challenges to the extradition. She says that this may take as long as two or three months. Support is needed in terms of money and stamps. There is little that can be done right now in terms of support other than spreading the word. We'll post anything new that comes along. Write: Center for Advocacy of Human Rights Box 880 Ranchos de Taos, NM 87557-0880 (505) 751-0197 ///////////////////// Reprint and repost freely E-mail sage!pns@noc.tor.hookup.net Prison News Service is a 20-page tabloid, written mainly by prisoners with news and analysis from the prisons of United States and Canada. Subscriptions to Prison News Service are $10.00/6 issues (more is you can, less if you can't, nobody is ever refused a sub for lack of money.), Send a dollar or two for a sample. Write: PSC Publishers Box 5052, Stn A Toronto, Ont Canada M5W 1W4 /////End////// --------- "RE: Kahnesatake Heating Up Again" --------- Date: 94/10/31 18:04 From: Suzan Horovitch (a.horovitch@genie.geis.com Subj: Kahnesatake Heating Up Again GE Electronic Mail Kwe Kwe all... Just an update on some news. Can be published... Oct. 30, 1994 Kahnesatake is heating up again. The Minister of the PQ government for public security has ordered the SQ ( provincial police) into the community to restore order. Chief Peltier says this is an over re-action to some adolescent incidents ( gun firings in the middle of the night) both from on the reserve and from the town of Oka. Chief Peltier says the provincial police have no right to be on the reserve and refused to meet with Minister Serge Menard. The minister says it is his responsibility to keep people safe "everywhere" in Quebec. He further stated that a native police force is a "possibility" some time in the future but that it is not an immediate solution. Tensions are beginning to run high as the residents of Kahnesatake are divided over what should be done and by whom. Brave Star --------- "RE: Mt. Shasta Grizzly Legend" --------- Date: Sat Oct 08, 1994 From: [JimC in OR] (j.casto@genie.geis.com) Subj: Mt. Shasta Grizzly Legend GE Electronic Mail Before people were on the Earth, the Chief of the Great Sky Spirits grew tired of his home in the Above World because it was always cold. So he made a hole in the sky by turning a stone around and around. Through the hole he pushed snow and ice until he made a big mound. This mound was Mount Shasta. Then Sky Spirit stepped from the sky to the mountain and walked down. When he got about halfway down, he thought: "On this mountain there should be trees." So he put his finger down and eveywhere he touched, up sprang trees. Everywhere he stepped, the snow melted and became rivers. The Sky Spirit broke off the end of his big walking stick he had carried from the sky and threw the pieces in the water. The long pieces became Beaver and Otter. The smaller pieces became fish. From the other end of his stick he made the animals. Biggest of all was Grizzly Bear. They were covered with fur and had sharp claws just like today, but they could walk on their hind feet and talk. They were so fierce looking that the Sky Spirit sent them to live at the bottom of the mountain. When the leaves fell from the trees, Sky Spirit blew on them and made the birds. Then Sky Spirit decided to stay on the Earth and sent for his family. Mount Shasta became their lodge. He made a BIG fire in the middle of the mountain and a hole in the top for the smoke and sparks. Every time he threw a really big log on the fire, the Earth would tremble and sparks would fly from the top of the mountain. Late one spring, Wind Spirit was blowing so hard that it blew the smoke back down the hole and burned the eyes of Sky Spirit's family. Sky Spirit told his youngest daughter to go tell Wind Spirit not to blow so hard. Sky Spirit warned his daughter: "When you get to the top, don't poke your head out. The wind might catch your hair and pull you out. Just put your arm through and make a sign and then speak to Wind Spirit." The little girl hurried to the top of the mountain and spoke to Wind Spirit. As she started back down, she remembered that her father had told her that the ocean could be seen from the top of the mountain. He had made the ocean since moving his family to the mountain and his daughter had never seen it. She put her head out of the hole and looked to the west. The Wind Spirit caught her hair and pulled her out of the mountain. She flew over the ice and snow and landed in the scrubby fir trees at the timberline, her long red hair flowing over the snow. There Grizzly Bear found her. He carried the little girl home with him wondering who she was. Mother Grizzly Bear took care of her and brought her up with her cubs. The little girl and the cubs grew up together. When she bacame a young woman, she and the eldest son of Gizzly Bear were married. In the years that followed they had many children. The children didn't look like their father or their mother. All the grizzly bears throughout the forest were proud of these new creatures. They were so pleased, they made a new lodge for the red-haired mother and her strange looking children. They called the Lodge - Little Mount Shasta. Ater many years had passed, Mother Grizzly Bear knew that she would soon die. Fearing that she had done wrong in keeping the little girl, she felt she should send word to the Chief of the Sky Spirits and ask his forgiveness. So she gathered all the grizzlies at Little Mount Shasta and sent her oldest grandson to the top of Mount Shasta, in a cloud, to tell the Spirit Chief where he could find his daughter. The father was very glad. He came down the mountain in great strides. He hurried so fast the snow melted. His tracks can be seen to this day. As he neared the lodge, he called out for his daughter. He expected to see a little girl exactly as he saw her last. When he saw the strange creatures his daughter was taking care of, he was surprised to learn that they were his grandchildren and he was very angry. He looked so sternly at the old grandmother that she died at once. Then he cursed all the grizzlies. "Get down on your hands and knees. From this moment on all grizzlies shall walk on four feet. And you shall never talk again. You have wronged me." He drove his grandchildren out of the lodge, threw his daughter over his shoulder and climbed back up the mountain. Never again did he come to the forest. Some say he put out the fire in the center of his lodge and returned to the sky with his daughter. Those strange grandchildren scattered and wandered over the earth. They were the first Indians, the ancestors of all the Indian Tribes. That is why the Indians living around Mount Shasta never kill Grizzly Bear. Whenever one of them was killed by a grizzly bear, his body was burned on the spot. And for many years all who passed that way cast a stone there until a great pile of stones marked the place of his death. The above story about the Grizzlies was one told by Joaquin Miller. It is retold in the great book by Ella E. Clark. JimC --------- "RE: Reviews: Children's Books" --------- Date: 28 Oct 1994 00:43:56 GMT From: brock@ucsub.Colorado.EDU (BROCK STEVEN GARY) Subj: Reviews of new children's books by or about Native Americans Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native Here are short reviews of new and recent children's books by and about Native Americans: For ages 6-10: NATIVE AMERICAN TRICKSTER SERIES: HERE COMES TRICKY RABBIT AND BIG TROUBLE FOR TRICKY RABBIT, retold and illustrated by Gretchen Will Mayo. Walker and Company, 435 Hudson St., N.Y., NY 10014, (800) AT-WALKER, (212) 307-1764 FAX. Illustrated, afterword, bibliogra- phy. 48 pp., $12.95 cloth, each. "Here Comes" is 0-8027-8273-6, "Big Trouble" is 0-8027-8275-2. REVIEW Each of these volumes contains five trickster stories in large print that are perfect as first chapter books. Rabbit is sometimes clever ("Oh No, Not That!") and sometimes very foolish ("Rabbit's Tail"), but each story has something to say about proper behavior. Also included is a short explanation of the source of each story, as well as a bibliography. The stories are suitable, but the illustrations lack originality. Grade B- DOESN'T FALL OFF HIS HORSE, written and illustrated by Virginia Stroud. Dial Books, 375 Hudson St., N.Y., NY 10014, (212) 366- 2000, (212) 366-2666 FAX. Illustrated, glossary. 32 pp., $14.99 cloth. 0-8037-1634-6 REVIEW Saygee's Kiowa great-grandfather tells her the true story of how he used to play "Coup," a dangerous game of tag that showed dishonor to an enemy tribe (in this case the Comanche) for being off-guard. His raiding party tries to make off with their horses, but the Comanche give chase and wound the youth with a rifle bullet. Clinging to his horse and bleeding from the throat, the boy slumps over and makes it back to camp, earning his warrior name. A tender and graphic story, evoking the trials and perils of Indian youth, as well as respect for an elder. Grade B+ For all ages: THE GREAT BALL GAME: A MUSKOGEE STORY, retold by Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Susan L. Roth. Dial Books, 375 Hudson St., N.Y., NY 10014, (212) 366-2000, (212) 366-2666 FAX. Illustrated. 32 pp., $14.99 cloth. 0-8037-1539-0 REVIEW Native peoples occasionally settle a dispute with a competitive game such as lacrosse or soccer. In this story, Bruchac tells how the animals (who have teeth) and the birds (who have wings) settle their disagreement over who is better. The first to score a goal wins, and has to accept whatever penalty the victors devise. Which team, however, gets the bat, who has both teeth AND wings? He is accepted by the animals, but because he is so small, he has to stay out of the way. The game goes on all day with no score. As night falls, the bat is put in the game and scores because he is the only one who can see. As a result of scoring the goal, the bat gets to set the penalty: the birds must migrate every six months, and that is why they fly south each winter. The captivating story is enhanced by Roth's vibrant collages, made from papers gathered from all over the world. Grade: A- SUNPAINTERS: ECLIPSE OF THE NAVAJO SUN, written and illustrated by Baje Whitethorne. Northland Publishing, P.O. Box 1389, Flagstaff, AZ 86002-1389, (800) 346-3257, (800) 257-9082 FAX. Northland also has a line of southwestern design T-shirts. Illustrated. 32 pp., $14.95 cloth. 0-87358-587-9 REVIEW Whitethorne, Navajo illustrator of "Monster Slayer" and "Monster Birds," narrates a story as old of the universe - the traditional meanings that many Native American tribes attach to a solar eclipse. When the moon begins to pass in front of the sun, Kii's grandfather beckons him home and tells him that the sun has died. As they patiently wait for the gloom to lift and the sun to be reborn, he relates the story of Mother Earth's painters, who come from the four directions after each eclipse and repaint the universe the colors of the rainbow. "Sunpainters" is outstanding as a read-aloud, but make sure the child is able to see the shimmering colors created by the sunpainters. They will be lulled to sleep, dreaming of the bright Navajo sun shining down on blue mountains and Kii's brown hogan. Recommended for ages 5 and up, this is also one for all ages to share. Grade: A --------- "RE: Computer Arts Project Archive" --------- Date: 1 Nov 1994 00:00:03 -0000 From: turtle@aicap.s21.com Subj: Computer Arts Project Archive: Turtle Heart Newsgroup: alt.native The American Indian Computer Art Project (AICAP) now is developing an ARCHIVE site which can be accessed by MAIL messages. Each month new files are being added to this service. To obtain a list of the current files in the archive, follow these instructions: send a mail message to: mail mail-server@soft21.s21.com subject BEGIN SEND aicap/list1.txt END Please do it just that way. The list will arrive as a text message with instructions on how to obtain these files. The American Indian Computer Art Project is in existence to promote Native American interfaces with the modern world. Our main emphasis is upon art and other POSITIVE expressions. Thanks go to 21st Century Software and Mr. John Antypas for their support of this archive site and to AICAP's connection to the INTERNET. Turtle Heart Project Director Ahnishinabeg Artist Turtle Heart turtle@soft21.s21.com (Ahnishinabeg) American Indian Computer Art Project BBS 619-374-2100 Land of Kaw-ii-su ancestor: Land of Light --------- "RE: Poem: Inside a Medicine Lodge" --------- Date: 28 Oct 1994 08:25:50 -0500 From: turtle@aicap.s21.com (Turtle Heart) Subj: Inside a Medicine Lodge Newsgroup: alt.native Humbled by the stones stones, the hearts of the old ones wild and young are the waters rushing through their hearts stones, red hot burning like blood singing all at once stretching through the womb stones of hope round and hard following the smoke from the shadows out to the light again remembering everything on all fours they have gone remembering everything Tobacco Indian Tobacco Indian ________________________________________________ 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 Land of Kaw-ii-su ancestor: Land of Light --------- "RE: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days" --------- Date: 94/10/29 23:15 From: Kepola (dfsanders@genie.geis.com) Subj:A HAWAI'IAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of November 6-12 GE Electronic Mail A HAWAI'IAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of November 6-12 NOWEMAPA (November) (Welehu) 6 Our joys and our sorrows come from within, not from those around us. 7 Make your opportunities -- do not wait for them. 8 Wherever you are, let your spirit dwell in the wilderness. 9 Spend each day well -- once gone, it cannot be reclaimed. 10 Take time to enjoy the world around you. 11 The blue of the sky perfectly mirrors the blue of the ocean. 12 The reef fish dart in and out of shadows like restless dancers. (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, 3 November 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= Veterans' Day is coming up next week and there are a number of powwows listed below to honor Native American Veterans. Anyone who has danced in a Veterans Honor dance or stood while a loved one participated knows the special love we hold for our Native warriors, whether they fought for their family, clan, tribe, or adopted nation. The biggest news on the Native American "event" horizon has already happened. This past Sunday in New York City, the Heye Center of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian opened. Sun Oct 30, 1994 From: J.CASTO (bulletin board, GEnie East RT) 'Scuse, please, if this is old stuff. I don't normally read this particular Topic. Is there anyone out there "lurking" that lives in or near New York City? I am curious to hear a first-hand report on the opening of the Heye Center of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian that was scheduled to open today (Sunday, October 30, 1994). For anyone not familiar with the Heye Center, that's the branch of the Smithsonian that had/has a HUGE collection of Native American art and other artifacts. According to the Congressional Record over a million pieces. Anyway, for this exhibit, the museum is devoting twenty thousand square feet. Actually, there are three exhibits: 1. "Creation's Journey, Masterworks of Native American Identity and Belief." One hundred sixty-five rare and historically significant objects. 2. "All Roads are Good: Native Voices on Life and Culture" which will display over three hundred objects selected by twenty-three Native Americans. 3. "This Path We Travel: Celebrations of Contemporary Native American Creativity" which is an exhibition of the talents of fifteen contemporary Native Americans. The above information was taken from an article in the "Oregonian" (Portland, Oregon) for October 26, 1994. There is an excellent cover story about this exhibit in the latest issue (October 1994) of the "Smithsonian", the magazine produced by the Smithsonian Institution. You should try and locate a copy of this issue to read the story for yourself. ===================================================================== Veterans Day Powwows: Nov 5 - Veterans Day Pow Wow, Portland WA Info: 206-696-4061, ext 3413 Nov 5 - Veterans Day Pow Wow, Tacoma WA Info: 206-596-1139 Nov 5 - 2nd Veterans Pow Wow, Lac du Flambeau, WI Info: 715-588-3303 Nov 10-13 Apache Vets Day Fair, San Carlos, AZ Info: 602-475-2361 Nov 11 - LCO Veterans Pow Wow, Hayward, WI Info: 715-634-8924 Nov 11 - Flathead Reservation Veterans Powwow Kicking Horse Job Corps Nov 11 - Vets/Star Mothers Pow Wow, Cherry Cree, SD Info: 605-538-4221 Nov 11-13 41st Annual Chicago American Indian Center's Powwow Honoring all Native Veterans Info: 312-275-5871 Nov 12-13 2nd Annual North American Iroquois Veterans Assoc. Powwow at the Turtle, Niagara Falls, NY Info: 519-752-1925 More Powwows Nov 11 - The Commemoration Ceremony of the 1794 Canandaigua Treaty between the Six Nations and the United States. Canandaigua, NY Info: 716-377-1767 Nov 4-6 2nd Annual Native American Powwow-Festival, Auburn AL Info: 205-742-0210 Nov 4-6 8th Annual AIA Powwow, Orlando FL Info: 407-862-9676 Nov 7-12 2nd Annual National Native American Festival Jacksonville, FL Info: 904-269-8865 Nov 11 - Veterans Powwow, Owyhee, NV Info: 702-757-3211 --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- Notice of Copyright Clearance by Contributors: The following have granted permission for their original articles to be reposted in order to help mend the Sacred Hoop: Steven Gary Brock, Jim Casto, Art and Suzan Horovitch, Kepola, Prison News Service(Reprint and repost freely), Robert M Schapiro, Janet Smith, Jack Tatum, Turtle Heart (mending the Sacred Hoop with Song) Petr Cizek, igc-IEN, Workers World Service: Permission to reprint granted --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ all items below this line have already been distributed by our brother, Jay Brummett, via the NATIVE-L or NATCHAT mailing lists. --------- "RE: Internship Opportunities" --------- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 18:00:14 GMT From: "Petr Cizek" Subj: Internship Opportunities Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) STUDENT INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT THE DENE CULTURAL INSTITUTE In the upcoming year, the Dene Cultural Institute is offering internship opportunities to a small number of exceptional post- secondary students. We are seeking students enrolled in social and/or environmental studies programs who have a demonstrated commitment to practical work with aboriginal peoples. We would expect a minimum one month commitment and are certainly open to a longer time period. The Dene Cultural Institute was founded in 1987 as a non-profit charitable organization to co-ordinate research and educational activities that protect and promote Dene culture, languages, spirituality, heritage, traditions, and customs. Both the Denendeh Elders Council and the Board of Directors have representation from the five regions within Denendeh (western Northwest Territories). During its first five years of operation, the Institute was largely a research organization focusing on documenting traditional knowledge. Drawing on its 1993-1998 Five Year Plan, the Dene Cultural Institute has expanded to include the following program areas: Traditional Knowledge Research and Documentation New Facility Development Information Resources and Communications Healing Arts and Crafts Support for Aboriginal Languages Visitor Information Centre (seasonal) The Institute headquarters are located in two log buildings on the Hay River Dene Reserve. There is also a small branch office in Yellowknife. The Hay River Dene Band has donated a 10 acre parcel of land for the Institute's planned multi-purpose cultural complex. Full-time staff now includes: Executive Director Administrative Assistant Finance Manager Clerk Research Director Traditional Economy Sector (Arts and Crafts) Director Traditional Economy Sector (Arts and Crafts) Trainee Healing Director Trainee Healing Facilitator Healing Scheduler Additional staff are hired on a contract or consulting basis, most often for community-based projects throughout Denendeh. Although the Institute is unable to provide any financial support for interns, limited funding is available to Canadian students through the Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP) to pay for travel to and from the north, as well as modest living expenses. This program is administered by the Northern Studies Committee at most Canadian universities. The deadline is around mid-November, so applications must be submitted very soon. Using the NSTP, we had a very successful experience with a 3rd year native studies/anthropology student from Trent University who worked with us for one month last summer. She did a literature review on traditional concepts of health and wellness, researched local artisan profiles, and assisted with general office duties. Availability of rental accommodation is limited in Hay River, but we may be able to arrange billets on the reserve. We estimate that about $1000/month is required ($300/month room + $700 food/other expenses). The return airfare between Edmonton, Alberta and Hay River, NWT is about $700. If the student is under 25, he/she can fly student standby between Edmonton and Hay River for about $125 one way. The bus costs $160 one way but takes 16 hours. If you are interested in this opportunity please send us a letter outlining: your expectations and learning objectives how your skills could assist the Dene Cultural Institute any experience you may have had working with aboriginal organizations and/or community-based development Please also include a resume. We look forward to hearing from you. If you are interested in more information, back issues of the Dene Cultural Institute Quarterly are also available on the POLAR INFORMATION SOURCES GOPHER courtesy of the Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary. You can access this gopher by telneting or gophering to: gopher.ucalgary.ca Select 6 (University Library) and then select 10 (Polar Information Sources). The Quarterly is available under 5 (Polar Research and Other Institutes) or 6 (Polar Electronic Serials and Other News- letters). -- ================================================================= Petr Cizek pcizek@acs.ucalgary.ca Research Director Dene Cultural Institute Box 570 Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada X0E 0R0 Tel. (403) 874-8480 Fax. (403) 874-3867 Mod. (403) 874-3965 ================================================================= --------- "RE: Torres-Martinez ALERT" --------- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 13:32:46 -0600 From: anne jordan dashiell Subj: TORRES MARTINEZ BLOCKADE ALERT (fwd) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 21:18:51 -0400 Subject: TORRES MARTINEZ BLOCKADE ALERT /* Written 12:47 PM Oct 27, 1994 by bmosca in igc:en.alerts */ /* ---------- "TORRES MARTINEZ BLOCKADE ALERT" ---------- */ **************** BLOCKADE ALERT ********************** ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AT RISK ************* URGENT ACTION NEEDED ******************* *************** OCTOBER 27, 1994 ********************* Today marks the 11th day of ongoing action at the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian reservation in Thermal, CA near Palm Springs. For the past eleven days tribal members assisted by a diverse group of supporters have successfully blockaded an illegal sewage sludge dump located on tribal lands. Since the blockade began on Monday October 17th, no sludge trucks have entered the facility. Although the dump has been declared illegal by both the tribal and the federal governments, it continues to ignore tribal law and a federal cease and desist order demanding that all operations stop immediately. The federal government admits that the site is illegal and is dragging its feet in enforcing the law. The Department of Interior assures the Cahuilla Nation that it has submitted a request for injunctive relief to the Department of Justice, but no order has been issued to date. WHAT YOU CAN DO... 1) We ask that you call your Congressional Representative, your Senators, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the US EPA to demand enforcement of tribal sovereignty on Indian land. CALL Ronald Jaeger, Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs (909)276.6624 AND Felecia Marcus, Regional Administrator, USEPA (415)744.1004 2) A LARGE RALLY WILL BE HELD AT THE SITE OF THE CONTINUING BLOCKADE ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 29th AT 4:00PM. The Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla invite you to come stand in solidarity with tribe to support environmental justice and tribal sovereignty. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Contact the Blockade: Onsite cell phone: (415)699.3256 Messages: (619)399.5012 FAX: (619)399.5012 --------- "RE: Confrontation Brewing in Chiapas" --------- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 08:43:43 EST From: mail.lmi.org!gwelker Subj: Confrontation Brewing in Chiapas Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit 20,000 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE MARCH IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO By Gloria La Riva Oct. 12 is Indigenous Day. This year it was proudly commemorated through-out the Americas. The most significant event was a militant march of 20,000 Indigenous people through the streets of San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico. They demanded their land and social justice, and denounced the Aug. 21 electoral fraud. Indigenous people and mestizos came from all over the southern state of Chiapas. At the rally in front of the town's cathedral, Antonio Hernandez, a Tojolabal Maya, read a statement from the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) announcing its decision to break the ongoing discussions with the Mexican government. These negotiations had begun three months after the Jan. 1 uprising. The EZLN declaration read in part: "Listen, brothers and sisters, we are tired of hearing the same, we are tired of waiting for truth to win out over the lies. We have decided to break the dialogue with the bad government. "Until there is truth in the words of the government, they will find no place in the heart of truthful men and women. "Today our pain once again seeks a place in your hearts. Our thoughts ask for little: that our search for our lost dignity not be held back; that even just a tiny bit of your heart be Zapatista; that you not surrender; that you resist; that you may continue, in your place and through your own means, struggling always for dignity, against poverty, and that this be harvested in every corner of the country. "We are the original inhabitants of these lands. Everything was ours before the arrival of arrogance and money. By right everything belongs to us. We never had any problem sharing it with justice and reason. "We will never accept a government that is not ours. We prefer to die rather than live with the shame of a tyranny deciding our direction and words. "We will fight, we will die--but this long night will not continue without our light announcing the morning ... for everyone." (WW translation) CONFRONTATION BREWING Although the EZLN is made up almost entirely of Indigenous people, the most exploited and abused of Chiapas, its message was strongly for all Mexicans--Indigenous, workers and campesinos. Hernandez continued: "Our struggle, armed with hope, is not against the mestizo; it is against the race of money. It is not against the color of one's skin, but against the color of money. "It is not against a foreign language, but against the language of money. "That is why we are an army of national liberation. We fight for the Indigenous, but not just for them. "We fight for the campesinos without land, for the farm workers, for the workers in the city, for the humiliated women, for the forgotten old people, for the children without a future, for the unemployed, for the teachers, for the students, for housewives, for all those who are poor today but will have dignity in the future. "Ours is not the Zapatista Army of Chiapas Liberation, ours is the Zapatista Army of National Liberation--and until there is freedom, democracy and justice in every corner of our nation that is Mexico, we will keep waving the five-pointed red star on the black flag, and the Zapatistas will continue in the Mexican mountains." Workers World spoke by telephone with the Rev. Pablo Romo, director of the Human Rights Center at the Diocese of San Cristobal de las Casas. Romo said the situation there is critical. "The military planes haven't stopped flying overhead. And despite the cease-fire, the presence of the Mexican army is growing," he said. "They are moving into the so-called `gray zones'--areas like Altamirano and Morelia." Romo estimated there are now about 40,000 troops in the area. He explained that the EZLN announced the break of dialogue because none of its demands had been met. "The EZLN felt that there is no real answer to their demands of political reform, of social and economic issues," Romo said, adding that Bishop Samuel Ruiz recently initiated a call for a new dialogue between the Mexican government and the EZLN. So far there has been no response. Meanwhile, the Indigenous and campesinos are continuing occupations, sit-downs, road blockades, and land takeovers. "For example, Indigenous communities just took over the city halls of Simojovel and Huitiupan, near Chiapas de Corzo, and the land takeovers are gaining," Romo said. One of the main issues in Chiapas is the gubernatorial election results. An overwhelming sector of the population is demanding that the government admit opposition candidate Amador Avendaso won--and not inaugurate the ruling party's Eduardo Robledo Rincon. The New York Times reported Oct. 18 that at an EZLN gathering in the Lacandon Jungle on Oct. 15, Subcommander Marcos threatened military action otherwise. Marcos reportedly said: "If Robledo is imposed as governor, there is going to be war here. "Here means Mexico, not just Chiapas. If they want lead we'll give them lead. We are an army. ... " The Oct. 12 demonstration itself provided powerful evidence that the elections did not derail the struggle. The EZLN statement reminded participants: "Today marks 502 years of colonization, exploitation, the subjugation and extermination of our peoples, without seeing yet the light of a new day. "Long has been our night. They crushed us, they tried to rob us of our territory and resources, of our lands. ... "The Indigenous peoples say that the end of silence has arrived. The movement for our claims is profound and comprises millions of Mexicans--Indians and non-Indians. ... "The moment has arrived." (Copyright Workers World Service: Permission to reprint granted if source is cited. 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