Subject: nanews03.016 From: gars@netcom.com (Gary Night Owl) To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Message-ID: _ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' O ____ _ , ___ _ , ___ O o O / ' ) / / ) ' ) / / ' O o O / /-< / /--/ /-- VOLUME 03, ISSUE 016 O o o o o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 22 April 1995 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 Chiapas-L, NATCHAT, IND-NET & NATIVE-L Mailing Lists, Genie (General Electric) & UUCP email, Usenet newsgroup soc.culture.native & alt.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 part A is being sent to the NATIVE-L mailing list, one of the NativeNet lists managed by Gary Trujillo (gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us). It is also echoed on AISESnet, IND-NET, and EIRP listservers and archived by AISESnet. Thanks to Marc Becker, mbecker@uclink2.berkeley.edu, issues of Wotanging Ikche/Kanoheda Aniyvwiya are now being archived at a World-Wide-Web site. The URL is http://ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu/~marc/journals/nanews/ This is a test site, and at some point in the future the location of these files will change. Thanks to Phil Duran, duranp@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu, issues are now being archived at the Washington State University gopher in the following directory: gopher.wsu.edu /WSU Campuses Info /Public Services /Native Peoples "We are now about to take our leave and kind farewell to our native land, the country that the Great Spirit gave our Fathers, we are on the eve of leaving that country that gave us birth...it is with sorrow we are forced by the white man to quit the scenes of our childhood... we bid farewell to it and all we hold dear." __ Charles Hicks, Cherokee Vice Chief on the Trail of Tears November 4, 1838 +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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! "WILMA J. BAINES" sent the following over the IND-NET listserver: Subject: NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH HI THERE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I WOULD LIKE TO, AS PREVENTION, MAKE YOU AWARE, IF YOU AREN'T ALREADY, THAT THIS MONTH IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. THIS IS THE TIME TO MAKE OUR PRECIOUS PEOPLE AWARE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE. AND, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GUIDING THEM ALONG A HEALTHY PATH. WHAT IS YOUR COMMUNITY- TRIBE DOING? CHILD ABUSE CAN BE PREVENTED. RESPECTFULLY AND CARINGLY, WILMA J. BAINES This is a thing we have all been given to do by Spirit. It is part of our Sacred Circle to honor the seven generations before and the seven generations to come. It must start with each of us today. As this newsletter was being prepared for distribution I learned of the terrorist bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City. At the epicenter of the blast was the child care center. To whoever planted this bomb, let me say this to you. No grievance on Our Mother can justify and no people can condone the maiming and killing of these innocents. Spirit knows who you are, and in time the People will. Peace! Night Owl , , Gary Night Owl gars@genie.geis.com (*,*) P. O. Box 672168 gars@netcom.com (`-') Marietta, GA 30067, U.S.A. gars@igc.apc.org ===w=w=== NativeNet Node 90:133/2501 FidoNet 1:133/2501 ----------- News of the people featured in this issue ---------- Part A: Usenet and e-mail Part B: NATCHAT and NATIVE-L lists - Burials - Conferences and Powwows - online - The Moccasin is on the Other Foot - Blood - More Wounded Knee 1995 - Hopi Fear Risk to Traditions - Innu Update - Navajo-Hopi Update - Reviews: Children's Books on Native Americans - Contract With America - Native American Poetry - Poem: Coyote Morning - Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days - Conferences and Powwows - offline --------- "RE: Burials" --------- Date: 13 Apr 1995 05:50:12 GMT From: kibby@scs.unr.edu (Larry Kibby) Subj: BURIALS Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native BURIALS Again I approach the Public for assistance in helping preserve and protect the Native American Indian Ceremonial and Burial areas. Time and time again, I request letter's of support for the preservation and protection of our Sacred grounds and justly so. However, this time I seek letter's of a different sorts, letter's that would contain language that would incarcerate a man for a long time. Yes, I may be over-reacting, or being melodramatic, but for the most part, I do have a bias attitude right now. The organization I work for, the Western Shoshone Historic Preservation Society has established a working relationship with BLM and some Forest Service Archaeological Staff personnel, in the effort to enhance the preservation and protection of our Ceremonial and Burial Sites, and there has been a great deal of accomplishments in that area. Within this effort, this organization refuses to disclose to the Public where Burial's may be, so as to keep looter's and vandals or illegal excavations from taking place. This organization does not desire to see Burial Sites exploited for monetary, personal and for political gain, though in the past and to date this activity still goes on and is promoted by various groups and or organizations claiming to represent the interest of their or the native American Indian. Tonight(4/12/95), it was reported in the Elko Daily Free Press, a local Newspaper of Elko, Nevada, that a Grants Pass, Oregon man had been jailed on state charges of abuse of a corpse, theft, unlawful possession of an illegal gambling device and tampering with evidence in which he was released on a $150,000 bail. Bones and artifacts had been found in this man's home and were discovered to have been removed from an Ancient Indian Grave, sometime between 1981 and 1984, from a dry lake bed outside of Winnemucca, Nevada. Our Repatriation task are sensitive and emotional with the understanding that our Ancestor's Sacred Burials have been violated. That they have been put on mock display in museums and so forth, but what is even more worse, is the removal of children from their burial areas. This Grants Pass, Oregon man had dug up two small children, who were still fully intact in their traditional burial baskets. Took them to his home, removed them from their burial baskets, put them in a plastic bag, buried them in his garden and put the baskets on display in his living room. The statue of limitation has run out on federal charges protecting Ancient Artifacts and no, he didn't put the remains on display, but that is not the point here. the point is, it should not have been done to begin with. And yes, the authorities have assured tribal representatives that no further violation of any sorts will become the remains and that all will be returned to the tribal authorities, once the case is resolved. Jack Lee Harrelson(54), needs to pay for this crime. I do request that letter's be sent to the U.S. Attorney General, the Honorable Janet Reno, proclaiming that this man be made an example of and further letter's need to be sent to the Senate Committee On Indian Affairs; National Congress of American Indians; Kepper's Of The treasures; and to the assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, the Honorable Mrs. Ada deer, to help stop the destruction and desecration of our Sacred Ceremonial and Burial Grounds. Western Shoshone Historic Preservation Society Larry Kibby, Consultant/Director 1545 Silver Eagle Drive Elko, Nevada 89801 (702) 738-7070 kibby@pogonip.scs.unr.edu --------- "RE: The Moccasin is on the Other Foot" --------- Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 19:52:55 -0400 From: pbristol@TRIBAL.ORG (Pablo (Paul) Bristol) Subj: The Moccasin is on the Other Foot Mailing List: IND-NET For months now a drama has been playing out in Connecticut that must have the ancestors whooping it up in the other world. For when Richard (Skip) Hayward, Chairman of the Tribal Council of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, made the compact (Deal) with then Governor Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., they most certainly were involved. Hayward met with Weicker to find a way to have slot machines at the tribe's Foxwoods Casino. Weicker, when a US Senator in the early '80s, had fought hard for the tribe's recognition. And when Federal recognition was granted, he was all smiles and available for pictures with tribal leaders. But as Governor, Weicker had taken the position that he didn't want gambling at the tribal reservation, Mashantucket. The way the Indian Gaming regulations were, the tribe could only offer games currently legal in the state. This made little difference at first, because the tribe was straggling and trying to stay afloat. They cut and sold firewood, raised hydroponic lettuce and pigs and petitioned HUD for funds for housing that, it was hoped, would attract members back to the reservation. Nothing seemed to work well until one day, Bingo! The tribe decided to open a high stakes bingo game, (bingo was legal in the state). Successful, the tribe looked into expanding to a casino. Two problems... (1) Not enough money and (2) Governor Weicker's opposition. The banks would have nothing to do with them. And when it was ruled that charity run "Casino Nights" (Where fake money was purchased, gambled with and used to purchase prises at the completion of the evening) were enough to allow the tribe's move, Weicker threatened to abolish "Casino Night"s all together. Well the charities fought and "Casino Nights" remained. The tribe found some Malaysian financing and Mashantucket had a casino. But one thing was missing...... Slot Machines! These were not legal in the State of Connecticut. How to be a "real" casino without slots.....? Now here is where the "Deal" came in. Hayward went to see Weicker. He knew Weicker and both men respected each other. And, as luck(?) would have it, a long time friendly acquaintance, an attorney, was Weicker's chief of staff. So what might have been an hostile meeting turned into something like three long time acquaintances sitting around the camp fire, searching for answers. And the results were brilliant. Skip Hayward got his slot machines. And Weicker and the State of Connecticut got 25% of the profits from these slot machines with a cap of $160 million, in effect an unheard of 25% tax on profits. The hook...... if the State of Connecticut allows any other casino or slot machines in the state, the "Deal" is off, terminated, kaput, nada. The Mashantucket Pequots have been very successful. Situated half way between New York and Boston, it has a mammoth population to draw from. Since it's opening, it has expanded once and is about to expand again. And it is in the country and safe, unlike Atlantic City, it's nearest rival. All this has not gone unnoticed. Steve Wynne, a Connecticut native who lives in Las Vegas to be close to his investments, namely the Mirage Hotel Complex and Donald Trump, an insensitive egotist from New York and Atlantic City both have been courting the State of Connecticut for permission to build a casino. To do this, casinos would have to become legal in the state as well as slot machines. Lots of money was put into lobbying and John Rowland, the current Governor got elected in part by appearing interested in putting a casino in Bridgeport, Connecticut's largest city, which, because of crime and poverty has become an eyesore and a slum. When the boys arrived by limo to talk with the legislature, members of the Tribal Council arrived in an even bigger car. Wynne indicated that he would meet the tribal largess, which last year was $130 million, so that the state would lose nothing. But the towns and their representatives have seen the labor problems associated with Atlantic City not to mention the crime. And they know how much their share of the Pequot's millions is and what life would be like with out it. The Governor, Rowland, has been to the Mashantucket Reservation exploring the tribe's position and the possibility of the tribe building in Bridgeport. Tribal Council members have visited the Governor's mansion for lunch. Nothing. Perhaps what's missing the the former Governor's Chief of Staff. He now works with the tribe. It started out as a simple deal of convenience, good for both sides. But this time it can't be changed at the whim of the intruders. The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation holds the fate of the state. And what has become of the other 75%? $390 million plus the profits from the table games and resort facilities are going to expand the tribal horizons with diversity in business as well as to buy back the land taken from the tribe when it's ancestors were massacred in 1630 and the tribe nearly wiped out. We are taught...."What goes around comes around"! Pablo (Paul) Bristol April 1995 --------- "RE: More Wounded Knee 1995" --------- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 22:32:49 -0400 From: Wanblisapa@aol.com Subj: More Wounded Knee 1995 Anpetu Waste, Night Owl! Pilamaya for your prayers and for spreading the word of our battle. Below are the press release and media info letter that Pamela and Gerald Ice wrote regarding the peaceful demonstration we had in March. I will put you on my mailing list, and I will send more information as I get it. Tanyan Mani! Black Eagle ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ wapaha Canku luta, inc. P.O. Box 199 Wounded Knee, SD 57749-0199 Phone/Fax: (605) 867-1591 March 1, 1995 RE: Another Attempt by the U.S. Government to Reclaim Wounded Knee, South Dakota Dear _____: We would like to bring to your attention yet another attempt by the United States Government to subversively steal treaty lands from the Native Americans. What makes this attempt even more shocking is that the lands being taken are the sacred grounds of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Congressional bills S382 and HR877, introduced into Congress by Senators Daschle and Pressler and Representative Johnson, all of South Dakota, transfer ownership of the lands now comprising the Wounded Knee Lakota Reservation to the United States Government. The reason given by the US Government for taking over these lands is preserving an historic site as a National Park. However, upon careful reading of the bills, it is apparent that there are other more mundane reasons for the bill. If the sole reason is preservation of the Native American lands in their "1890 conditions," why are mineral and water rights included in the bill? Why are an unspecified number of community members and landowners being told they will be relocated to another unspecified site (with no mention of recompense as is legally required in any and all eminent domain cases)? Will the graves and sites that have no historical meaning but much cultural and religious (not to mention personal) meaning be moved or destroyed? Will the families who are planning to open small businesses in this the most impoverished area of our country for the last TWO censuses be forced to give them up as there is no private enterprise allowed on or around a National Park? A Cultural Center to be built here at Wounded Knee, our most visible memorial, will not come into existence if the land becomes a National Park. In other words, the real reason behind these bills is money -- money in the form of valuable mineral rights and possibly tourism dollars as more and more Americans become interested in the history, religion and lore of the Lakotas. The individual landowners and the Wounded Knee Landowners Association have not been contacted by either the government agencies or the tribal council about this situation. The voice of the people who will be most affected by this bill has not been heard. That is about to change. On Saturday and Sunday, March 25 and 26, the Wounded Knee Landowners Association and the Wapaha Canku Luta, Inc., will hold a peaceful demonstration at Wounded Knee. The purpose of the demonstration is to let the government and the population know, first and foremost, about the bill's existence and what it will mean to our people; secondly, that this Park is not wanted by the people who live here; and thirdly, that the residents of Wounded Knee will not give up their homes, their lives, without a fight. We will start here at the Knee and then go to Washington, DC, to fight in courts and Congress if necessary. Speakers at the March 25 and 26 demonstration will include Leonard Crow Dog, Gerald Ice, Francis He Crow, Manson Garreaux, Melvin Garreaux Sr., Jasper Spotted Elk, Walter Little Moon, Gene Poor Bear, Neva Standing Bear, and Bernard Ice. There have already been two bloody incidents at Wounded Knee -- a massacre of Indians by the cavalry in the 1890's and a bloody standoff between the Lakotas (Sioux) and FBI agents, US Marshals, tribal police, and all branches of the US Armed Forces (except the Navy) in the 1970's. By arranging this peaceful demonstration, we are trying to avoid a third incident. We urge you to consider covering the demonstrations and reasons for it in your program. We believe that both of us will benefit: we will receive the national publicity our cause so desperately needs and you will get in on the ground floor of a story that may reach historic proportions, enhance your journalistic integrity, and in all probability, deliver great ratings to your network. For more information on the demonstration, the background of the Native American point of view, Wounded Knee, the Landowners Association, or Wapaha Canku Luta, please contact Gerald or Pamela Ice (605-867-1591), Tom Clifford (605-867-1118), or Walter Little Moon (605-867-1015). Even if you decide not to cover the story, please read the bills and let your congressmen know your position and encourage others to also do so. Very Truly Yours, Pamela Ice Gerald Ice ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Press Release For Immediate Release Information Contact: Pamela Ice (605) 867-1591 March 1, 1995, WOUNDED KNEE, SOUTH DAKOTA: On Saturday and Sunday, March 25 and 26, 1995, a peaceful demonstration will be held on the sacred lands of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, by the Oglala Lakota and Cheyenne river Lakota under the auspices of the Wounded Knee Landowners Association and the Wapaha Canku Luta, Inc., to bring public attention and protest to Bill S382 and HR877, brought before Congress by Senators Daschle and Pressler and Representative Johnson, all of South Dakota. The purpose of the Bill is being presented to the American public as establishment of a National Park to honor and preserve the historic sites of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre, the trail taken by Chief big foot as he attempted to lead his people away from the extermination, and the sites associated with the Ghost Dance. There are many areas of this Bill which are being fought by the Lakota people. First and foremost, the purpose of the Bill as it is presented to the public and as it is stated on the Bill are two very different matters. The first line of the Bill reads: "To establish a Wounded Knee National Tribal Park and other purposes (emphasis added)". Only through careful reading of the Bill does one discover that the Bill intends to take an unspecified amount of land to build this Park and, in addition to the land, all mineral, water, archaeological and paleontological rights will be signed over to the government. This leads to a myriad of problems and questions, none of which are addressed or answered in the Bill: How much land? Define "site related to the Ghost Dance"? Who verified Chief Spotted Elk's trail? Indeed, through the whole Bill, Chief Spotted Elk is called by his nickname given him by the white soldiers -- "Chief Big Foot." His descendants resent this distortion. Since the parameters of land to be reclaimed are not set, unspecified numbers of landowners will be displaced. Where will they go? Will they be adequately compensated? What if they do not wish to leave their ancestral home? We all know the monument marking one of the mass graves of the Massacre victims -- it has been used in many movies, TV programs and documentaries, and is one of the most visibly identifiable signs of Wounded Knee. What will happen to the other six mass graves? After all, 375 bodies could not possibly be contained in one grave. Secondly, the Bill's representation of the history of the 1890 Massacre is distorted and watered down. 375 women, children, and old people were viciously and intentionally murdered. The chase of Chief Spotted Elk's people was a chase of a cold, starving, desperate people by a healthy, hearty and well-armed military force. The terminology used in the Bill ("journeyed") does not relate to reality in this event. Nor does the intimation that these people were traveling to a "peace meeting" at the invitation of Chief Red Cloud. There were running for their lives after the Massacre and were joined by some of Sitting bull's people who were fleeing in terror after that great chief's murder. When the Bill says the captured people e were "escorted" by the US army, it implies a friendly trip. Reality is they were under guns, starved, and terrorized the entire trip. Thirdly, why does the government need mineral, water, archaeological and paleontological rights if, as stated in the Bill, they wish to restore the land and maintain it in its 1890 condition? Also, if the land is to be maintained in 1890's condition, what will happen to the buildings and sites related to the 1973 Occupation? Are these not also "historically significant" sites? The Bill states plans to build a museum, a cultural center, and an amphitheater. Does this not contradict its stated intention of maintaining the land in its 1890 condition? Who will get the revenue from these sites? Will the Lakota people have any voice in how the history is presented in this museum? What is the express purpose of the amphitheater? Will there be concerts given? Who will be responsible for security, etc.? Does the express right to mineral rights give the government permission to grant exploitation leases? Will the Lakota be able to veto any of these leases? Will the government open the land to be developed by archaeologists? Should one of these expeditions uncover the secret burial place of Crazy Horse, who will have jurisdiction over the site and decide what will happen to the remains and relicts of this greatest Lakota war chief? Fourthly, why, after 105 years, does the US government now feel that this historic site cannot be preserved by the people who live there and are descended from the victims to be honored? Why is the monument now at the mass grave not enough? Why will the people not be consulted as to the type of monument they wish erected? Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, why were the landowners and the Wounded Knee Landowners Association expressly omitted from the one Congressional hearing on this Bill? These are the people who will be most affected by passage of this Bill. They have the right to be heard. To deny them this right is to deny them their basic guaranteed constitutional rights. After past history, it is understandable that the Lakota people do not trust the government and are willing to defend their homes by any means possible. The March demonstration is a first step in that defense. Speakers at the rally will include Leonard Crow Dog, Gerald Ice, Francis He Crow, Manson Garreaux, Melvin Garreaux Sr., Jasper Spotted Elk, Walter Little Moon, Gene Poor Bear, Neva Standing Bear, and Bernard Ice. Attached hereto is a list of groups formally supporting the demonstration and opposition to Bill S382/HR877. For more information, please contact Pamela and/or Gerald Ice at (605) 867-1591. --------- "RE: Innu Update" --------- Date: 95/04/14 18:16 From: Suzan Horovitch (a.horovitch@genie.geis.com) Subj: Innu Update GE Electronic Mail Night Owl: Bad news once again.... wish I could find more good news ECONOMIC INTERESTS OUTWEIGH INNU RIGHTS According to an article by M.J. Milloy in The McGill Daily (Montreal) of April 6, 1995 The Canadian government committee that was studying the overflights of the Innu has recommended doubling the number. This occurs in the face of continued Innu protest and international outrage. A coalition of Innu and non-Innu activist marched on Parliament Hill on March 18 to protest the low level military flights over Nitassinan - Innu territory in northern Quebec and Labrador. Several weeks later, they staged a protest in England asking the population there to ban their planes from taking part. The board recommends both doubling the number of flights and expanding eh size of the flight areas by 30%. The flights are training sessions for NATO pilots from Great Britain, Germany and the Netherlands. they are used to teach fighter crews how to avoid enemy radar systems - by flying only 30 meters above the ground. Peter Penashue, president of the Innu nation, says that " Once again aboriginal rights have taken a back seat to economic issues". The flights have caused widespread environmental destruction which has harmed the Innu economy and lifestyle. " Innu have thousands of years of accumulated experience on the land and our elders have noticed a number of serious effects on the caribou, other wildlife and on our quality of life" he continued. They believe the noise, 125 decibels, (louder than a jackhammer at 10 feet) has influence the birth rates of animals and seriously affected the migration patterns of caribou and geese; increased blood pressure and psychological stress on the people. The continued flights prevent the Innu from living off the land in a traditional way. The environmental panel has set aside the economic and social costs of continuation and preferred only to see the economic effects for the local non-native community of Goose Bay. The decision is purely economic as Goose Bay's main industry is the military base. The Innu nation refused to participate in the panel, fearing it would add legitimacy to a process they argued was biased towards the military. The decision of the panel reflects another instance of conflict between non native economic needs and the rights of indigenous people to practice their economies and continue traditional ways of life. Far from being simply an environmental issue, the low level flights illustrate the blindness of certain non native decision makers to native concerns. The Innu are determined to continue their resistance to encroachments. " I hope the Innu don't end up taking up arms to prevent the things that are happening to them" said Elizabeth Penashue, an Innu elder from Labrador who has tried to educate Canadians on the detrimental effects of the flights. unfortunately the threat or use of arms - as at Oka and Great Whale Projects - are often he only ways the provincial and federal officials can be made to see the effects of their policies. --------- "RE: Reviews: Children's Books on Native Americans" --------- Date: 31 Mar 1995 18:09:15 GMT From: brock@ucsub.Colorado.EDU (Steve Brock) Subj: Short reviews of new children's books on Native Americans Newsgroup: soc.culture.native Here are several short reviews of new children's books by or about Native Americans: For ages 4-8: GLUSKABE AND THE FOUR WISHES, retold by Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Christine Nyburg Shrader. Cobblehill Books, 375 Hudson St., N.Y., NY 10014, (800) 331-4624, FAX: (212) 366-2666. Illustrated. 32 pp., $14.99 cloth. 1-525-65164-0 Gluskabe, helper of the Great Spirit and revered by the Wabanaki peoples of New England, which includes Bruchac's Western Abenaki, grants one wish each to four visitors of his remote island: one wants many fine possessions, another desires great height, a third wishes for long life, and the last requests the ability to provide for his family by being a good hunter. Each of the four is given a pouch, to be opened only upon their arrival at home. The three who wanted things for themselves can't wait, and peek into their pouches with disastrous results. The fourth waits, and is told how to hunt by the animals themselves. The virtues of forbearance, modesty, and charity are dramatically exemplified in this pleasing folktale, though Shrader's oil illustrations are bleak and murky. Grade: A-. HOW TURTLE'S BACK WAS CRACKED: A TRADITIONAL CHEROKEE TALE, retold by Gayle Ross, paintings by Murv Jacob. Dial Books for Young Readers, 375 Hudson St., N.Y., NY 10014, (212) 366-2000, (212) 366-2666 FAX. Illustrated, afterword. 32 pp., $14.99 cloth. 0- 8037-1728-8 Long ago, turtle's shell was smooth. Always bragging that he was a great hunter, one day he takes credit for the act of another (possum killed the greedy coyote), and the wolves decide to teach him a lesson. Jacob's intricate and impressionistic acrylics (a curlicue sky, animals that wear breechcloths) lend an air of mystery and tension to the story, which teaches the folly of bragging, greed, and taking credit for the accomplishments of another. Includes an afterword on the Cherokee Nation. Grade: A-. For ages 5-8: YOUNG GOAT'S DISCOVERY, written and illustrated by Arline Warner Tinus. Red Crane Books, 2008-B Rosina St., Santa Fe, NM 87505, (800) 922-3392, (505) 989-7476 FAX. Illustrated. 32 pp., $13.95 cloth. 1-878610-38-4 A young goat finds its likeness drawn on a rock wall and leads Jeffrey to the spot. Interested in how the petroglyph got there, Jeffrey goes to the library and finds out that the Hopi drew it many, many years ago. He also learns how the Hopi lived, their ceremonies, and that the petroglyphs probably were drawn to insure a good hunt. The librarian suggests to Jeffrey and other children that there is much they can do to celebrate the carvings without touching them. Tinus's watercolor illustrations skillfully render wispy clouds that change in an instant and red rocks that hold secrets for ages. Grade: A. For ages 5 and up: SONGS ARE THOUGHTS: POEMS OF THE INUIT by Neil Philip, illustrated by Maryclare Foa. Orchard Books, 95 Madison Ave., N.Y., NY 10016, (800) 621-1115, (212) 213-6435 FAX. Illustrated. 32 pp., $15.95 cloth. 0-531-06893-5 The Inuit of northern Canada react to their harsh and frigid environment by writing compact songs that express their deep-seated emotions, ranging from joy to grief. Folklorist Philip presents ten Inuit poems that stress these feelings, including a morning prayer, hunting a polar bear, and avoiding evil with quietude. Foa's debut as an illustrator is also worth celebrating. Her textured oils and etched canvasses are stimulating to the senses. Grade: A. For ages 8-12: ONE NATION, MANY TRIBES by Kathleen Krull, photographs by David Hautzig. Lodestar Books, 375 Hudson St., N.Y., NY 10014, (800) 253-2304, (212) 366-2666 FAX. Illustrated, index, map, list of further readings. 48 pp., $15.99 cloth. 0-525-67440-3 Thirza Defoe and Shawnee Ford, Ojibwa students at the Milwaukee Indian Community Indian School (which is supported by the Potawatomi high-stakes bingo hall), describe what it's like attending a school that teaches drumming, traditional dancing, and traditional ceremonies in addition to math, computer science, and English. The unusual school, which admits students from many different tribes and stresses the similarities between them, is an appropriate example of gambling revenues put to a positive use. Also included in the book are sidebars relating Ojibwa history and Indian contributions to the world. Grade: B+. A BOY BECOMES A MAN AT WOUNDED KNEE by Ted Wood with Wanbli Numpa Afraid of Hawk. Walker and Company, 435 Hudson St., N.Y., NY 10014, (800) AT-WALKER, (212) 307-1764 FAX. Illustrated, map. 48 pp., $6.95 paper. 0-8027-7446-6 Wanbli Numpa Afraid of Hawk, an eight-year-old Oglala Lakota from the Cheyenne River Reservation, recounts the story of the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890. On the 100th anniversary of the tragic event, the boy participates in a 150-mile journey, retracing the steps of Big Foot and braving temperatures of 50 degrees-below-zero to mend the sacred hoop. When the final ceremony is over, Wanbli Numpa is a Big Foot rider. Wood's photographs depict the riders braving the frigid conditions, offering prayers, and honoring the dead warriors. A powerful document, should be required reading in classes studying Native Americans. Grade: A. For ages 8 and up: KATIE HENIO: NAVAJO SHEEPHERDER by Peggy Thomson, photographs by Paul Conklin. Cobblehill Books, 375 Hudson St., N.Y., NY 10014, (800) 331-4624, FAX: (212) 366-2666. Illustrated. 59 pp., $16.99 cloth. 1-525-65160-8 Thomson follows Katie, a member of the Ramah Navajo of west- central New Mexico, as she tends her flock of over 150 sheep: feeding them, protecting them from harm, shearing them, and weaving rugs. Katie also travels to Washington, D.C., for a "folklife" festival on the Capital Mall. Back in Ramah, she collects plants to make dyes and prepares her granddaughter for a coming-of-age ceremony. A respectful portrait of a hard-working and proud woman, who dreams of being "out at camp," where everything is in harmony. Grade: A. NATIVE AMERICAN ROCK ART: MESSAGES FROM THE PAST by Yvette La Pierre, illustrated by Lois Sloan. Thomasson-Grant, Inc., One Morton Drive, Suite 500, Charlottesville, VA 22903-6806, (800) 999-1780, (804) 977-1696 FAX. Illustrated, glossary, list of sites to visit. 48 pp., $16.95 cloth. 1-56566-064-1 La Pierre has produced a thorough, easy to read, and visually engaging investigation of pictographs and petroglyphs that are found in nearly every state in the U.S. and province of Canada. Included are explanations of how they were created, how paints were made to give them color, how they are dated, the various meanings associated with particular shapes, and problems with erosion and vandalism. Grade: A-. --------- "RE: Contract With America" --------- Date: 12 Apr 1995 17:39:11 GMT From: kibby@scs.unr.edu (Larry Kibby) Subj: Contract With America Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native GOP's Contract With America The following is information compiled by the use of media information. Fact: The GOP in it's effort to propose Budget Cuts has seemly enough Cut Tribal Programs, which on many reservations have been and are just beginning to enhance the livelihood of Tribal member's, to where these people were and are trying to put their lives together. Programs such as: housing, education, job training, nutrition programs(WIC). Some of these programs will be completely axed and no future restoration will be made available, though Block Grants are being a considered source for some. Also, the BIA is looking at a $1.4 million cut in special tribal courts funding; $2.5 million in cuts for Indian Business Development grants: $10.3 million in cuts for construction spending and $2 million for emergency shelters on reservations. The state Right's Activist; some County Commissioner's and County/City Governments; Wise-use Movement; People For The West; private Property Right's Activist; Citizens For Equal Rights Alliance; Anti-Indian Movement Forces; K.K.K. groups Of The West; Christian Fundamentalists; Mining Coalitions and the Cattlemens Associations, have all requested and received endorsement from the Republican Party. Much of the Activity that has been promoted and up-graded is and has been a plan to undo Indian Sovereignty and erode Tribal Land bases. These Republican people who attached their names to most of the proposed budget cuts directed at the Native American Indians and who have voiced support for the Anti-Indian Movement and other groups and organizations are; Rep. John Kasich, R-Ohio Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash. Rep. Gerald Solomon, R-NY Rep. Helen Chenoweth, R-Idaho Rep. Barbara Vucanovich, R-NV Rep. Bob Livingston, R-La Rep. Jim Istook, R-Okla Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Penn House Speaker, Newt Gingrich, R-Georgia Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan Rep. Jim Istook, R-Oklahoma, voiced the necessary cut of $15 million for the Job Training Program for this year and next year, stating that the Youth should get out and find their own jobs in the cities, and not use federal money. After how many years Tribal Member's have tried to keep the Youth within their own Cultural environment and in some cases, some of these Youth would not whether work in the cities but within their own environment on the reservations. Most people like Jim Istook, is still trying to enforce the process of assimilation, which is a big part of this whole activity. This movement is all about further enhancing the Governments position on assimilation, though it may not seem like it, but so far it has all the indication that this is what this is about. In an interview with Time Magazine, Gingrich stated that the Republicans will cut off all public financing for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and that he would support a GOP plan to turn over to the states in a block grant the $90 billion Washington spends on Medicaid health care for the poor, and that he is also in very strong support of Private Property Right's Activist and that the Public Lands Managed by the BLM and Forest Service should be turned over to the States. This activity is having an impact on the well being of some of the tribes and it will especially have an impact on those tribes just starting out under the Self-Governance Policy. Plus, preservation and protection of Ceremonial and Burial sites is also going to be impacted by most of this activity, what with the proposed budget cuts for the National Native American Museum, and the National Historic Preservation Act being under attack, as well as the National Endowment for Humanities. --------- "RE: Native American Poetry" --------- Date: 13 Apr 1995 17:47:45 GMT From: kibby@scs.unr.edu (Larry Kibby) Subj: NATIVE AMERICAN POETRY Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native "NATIVE AMERICAN POETRY" by Larry Kibby The Western Shoshone Historic Preservation Society is promoting "Native American Poetry", by Larry Kibby. All proceeds from the sell of this Book will benefit the Western Shoshone Historic Preservation Society. "Native American Poetry", a 35 page Book, is composed of Poetic selections from the work of Larry Kibby, an Eel River, Bear River Mattole Indian of the Wiyot Nation of California, and who is the Consultant/Director for the Western Shoshone Historic Preservation Society. To Order, on a plain piece of paper or letterhead, which ever you have or would like to use, just include the following: _____________________________ First & Last Name _____________________________ Address: St. or Box Number _____________________________ City State Zip Code Quanity:________ Cost: Donation Request @ $7.00 per Copy ____________ Shipping & Handling $3.00 ____________ Total Amount ____________ Send "MONEY ORDER" To: Western Shoshone Historic Preservation Society c/o 1581 Pinenut Circle Elko, Nevada 89801 The Western Shoshone Historic Preservation Society is a Non-Profit Organization which was established in May of 1993 and duly authorized by the Te-Moak Tribal Council, the oldest and largest representative of, and executive governing body of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada, to act in their be half towards the preservation and protection of those traditional properties having a significant value of importance to the culture and religion of the Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada. --------- "RE: Poem: Coyote Morning" --------- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 94 03:45:59 GMT From: turtle@aicap.s21.com (Turtle Heart) Subj: Coyote Morning Newsgroup: alt.native Old men and old coyote dogs boil their dreams in the sun served steaming within a bowl filled with shadows rolling sticks onto the ground and making wild songs while they smack their lips and spit out the dust blown in by the winds nameless and place-less but hard to ignore Tobacco Indian 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: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days" --------- Date: 95/04/13 23:40 From: Debra F. Sanders (dfsanders@genie.geis.com) Subj: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days GE Electronic Mail A HAWAIIAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of April 23-29 APELILA (April) (Welo) 23 Three things sustain life -- food, hope, and an abiding sense of wonder. 24 Give me the beauty of nature to restore my spirit, where the morning dew glistens in the sunlight, and the wind is the only sound that I hear. 25 A wave upon the sand takes only a little of the land and gives the blessings of the sea in return. 26 The family, ohana, goes on from generation to generation: the seeds of tradition we plant bear fruit in a thousand different ways. 27 Morning sunlight flees -- how brief my contemplation of life's mysteries. 28 Be strong when others are weak, and they will support you in your time of need. 29 The wind and the ocean sing a lullaby at night. (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 April 95 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 From: "Shadiin Garcia (ES 1997)" Subject: Yale's Spirit of Unity Gathering I just wanted to let everyone know about the Third Annual Spirit of Unity Gathering in New Haven Connecticut on April 21-22. Here is the schedule: April 21, Friday 7:00 -- Chief Wilma Mankiller will be delivering the keynote address in Battel Chapel on Old Campus. The topic is Native Americans and Human Rights. April 22, Saturday 10:00 am - 11:30 Ray Gonyea, Repatriation Coordinator of NMAI Richard Burger, Director of Peabody Museum of New Haven. This Panel is called "A Heritage Reclaimed" and it will address the issue of repatriation. 12:45-2:15 Chief Wilma Mankiller, Chief of the Cherokee Nation John Echohawk, Director of the Native AMerican Rights Fund The panel is called "Human Rights in Action" and it will seek the views of those who work to prevent violations of our human rights by producing effective changes at a policy level. 2:30- 4:00 Ingrid Washinawatok, chair of the NGO committee for the International Decade Terry Janif, Associate Lawyer of the Indian law Resource Center. This Panel is called "The UN Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples" This panel will address the human rights agenda of the United Nations and its progress. Trudy Lamb Richmond, Director of the Institute for American Indian Studies, will be opening the conference with a blessing. And there will be two drum performances by Arawak Mountain SIngers. For those of you who know about the conference, the Powwow has been postponed due to many circumstances beyond our control. There will be a powwow in the fall. ======================================================================== From: "LAKOTA JESTER" ____________________________________________________________________ 24th Annual Stanford Pow-wow Celebrating Our Youth: The Future of Native America May 12, 13, and 14 (always on Mother's Day weekend) Host Drums: Northern: Stoney Park, Alberta, Canada Southern: Yellowhammer, Oklahoma Head Dancers: Women: Lillian Good Eagle, Lakota Men: Jason Lightfoot, Pawnee Grand entries: Friday 7p Saturday 1p & 7p Sunday 1p also the 2nd Annual Fun-Run will be held @ 8:30 SUNDAY morning... The jacket designs will be the best that have ever been done in Indian Country as we know it. ORDER YOUR Pow-wow jacket NOW. Contact number: (415) 723-4078 (Pow-wow committee personnel) ___________________________________________________________________ From: tsalagi@community.net (Tony Beebe) Subject: Cherokee Candidates Forum Candidates for the position of Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation will appear Friday, April 28, 1995, 6pm-9pm, at the Beverly Grand Hotel Ballroom, 1780 Tribute Road, Sacramento, California. Candidates, George BearPaw, Chad Smith, George Wycliff, Jim Burris, Joe Byrd and Elizabeth Bingingham will be provided equal time to present their agenda for the future of the Cherokee Nation, followed by prepared questions from a Cherokees of Northern California Club panel. For more info contact: Nancy Twining 916-726-8655 or Cherokees of Northern California Club, P.O. Box 2644, Citrus Heights, CA, 95611-2644. ========================================================================= From: br975@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (John S. Brack) Subject: 19th Annual Odawa Pow Wow The Odawa Native Friendship Centre will be holding its 19th Annual Odawa Pow Wow at the Ottawa-Nepean Tent and Trailer Park from Friday, May 26 to Sunday, May 28, 1995. The theme for this year's Pow Wow is RESPECTING THE DRUM. The gates open at 4:00 p.m. on Friday and at 9:00 a.m. on Sat. and Sunday. Grand Entry will be at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Everyone is welcome to come to experience Native singing, drumming, dancing, food, arts and crafts. The admission fees are as follows: Adults (17 yrs. & up) Friday-$3.00;Saturday & Sunday-$9.00 Students/Youth with I.D.Friday-$3.00;Saturday & Sunday-$5.00 Elders/senior citizens & children 12 & under are FREE everyday There will be a $2.00 parking fee at the campground's main parking lot, which is just east of the campground's main entrance. For more information, please call Mr. Doug Comegan at (613)728-0537 or leave a message at the Odawa Native Friendship Centre (613)238-8591 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday (EST). The address and location of the campground is 411 Corkstown Road, Nepean, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north side of Hwy.417 (Qweensway) and is located west of Moodie Drive in Nepean, Ontario and east of Eagleson Road in Kanata, Ontario. You can take hwy. exit no.s 138 and 134 to reach this event. The rain-out location is Bell Centennial Arena, 50 Cedarview Road, Nepean, Ontario. NO ALCOHOL * NO DRUGS * NO PETS ======================================================================= From Lac Du Flambeau News Apr 29 Honor the Youth. St. Gertrude, Chicago, IL Info: (312) 561-6155 Apr 29 6th UW Superior Powwow, Superior, WI Info: (715) 394-8358 Apr 29 1st Annual LUHS Native American Club Traditional Powwow and Cultural Awareness. Lakeland Union High School, Minocqua, WI Info: (715) 366-7758 or (715) 588-3579 May 6-7 16th Annual United Indians of Milwaukee, Inc. Traditional Pow Wow. Milwaukee, WI Info: (414) 384-8070 or 258-3471 or 643-0650 May 6-7 Toronto International Pow-Wow, the Sky Dome, Ontario Canada Info: (519) 751-0040 From Menominee Tribal News Apr. 22 Promoting Positive Indian Images Traditional Powwow UW, Green Bay Phoenix Sports Center, WI Info: (414) 465-2720 From The Spring Creek Packet Apr 27-29 27th Talihina Indian Festival, Talihina, OK Info: (918) 567-2539 Apr 29-30 4th Traditional Spring Powwow, Lebanon, IN Sponsored by the American Indian Council, at Boone County 4-H Grounds. No phone # given. From The Spike Apr 28-30 Salute to the Woodlands Nations, Hickory NC Info: Call R.T.E. at 404-735-6275 Apr 28-30 2nd Annual Tallahassee Powwow, Tallahassee, FL Info: 912-377-2784 Apr 28-30 Lone Eagle's Legacy Powwow, Alexander AL Info: 205-541-2505 after 6 p.m. May 1-6 Native American Appreciation Week, Ackworth GA Info: 404-974-1724 May 6 28th Annual LIHA Spring Powwow, Folsom, LA Info: 504-748-4052 May 5-7 4th Annual Metrolina Native American Association Powwow Charlotte, NC Info: 704-331-4818 May 5-7 8th Annual Gathering of Nations, Knoxville, TN Info: 615-693-0079 May 6 Second Annual American Heritage Powwow, Virginia Beach, VA Info: 804-471-7654 ========================================================================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- 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: Frosty Deere, Debra F. Sanders(Kepola), Janet Smith(Evening Star), Navajo Nation(jon), Steve Brock, Glenn Welker, Suzan Horovitch(Brave Star), Turtle Heart(Mending the Sacred Hoop with song poems), Glenn Gehring, Pablo (Paul) Bristol, Pamela and Gerald Ice(via Black Eagle), Larry Kibby --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ all items below this line have already been distributed by our brother, Jay Brummett, via the NATIVE-L or NATCHAT mailing lists. --------- "RE: Conferences and Powwows - online" --------- Date: Thu, 13 April 95 08:00 -0500 From: Janet Smith (Evening Star) (jans@genie.geis.com) Subj: Upcoming conferences and powwows already posted to Mailing Lists NATCHAT or NATIVE-L = Powwows and Gatherings From the Internet listserv groups = Subject: Earth Day Videoconference Original Sender: tflavell@pbs.org (Tom Flavell) This message is being forwarded as a courtesy. PBS is not handling registration. To REGISTER and for information contact: Linda Greczy 202-401-3806 or fax 202-401-3812 or e-mail her in care of: gevans@nalusda.gov EARTH DAY VIDEOCONFERENCE On Friday, April 21, 1995, from 1300-1600 (ET), a free three hour national videoconference will be broadcast to schools, colleges, universities and communities as part of "A Gathering for the Earth" for the 25th Anniversary of Earth Day. This is a unique opportunity to make the science/technology/traditional values linkage to global environmental change. Native Elders, together with scientists, will share the wisdom that underpins thoughtful choices in response to changes in populations, habitats and environmental conditions. The program will include: a roundtable discussion with Native Elders and scientists; success stories in sustainable practices; demonstrations of Internet educational materials; student art and other exhibits; traditional storytelling, dancing and music ceremonies; and remarks from dignitaries live from the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. Those scheduled to appear include Grace Thorpe, Simon Ortiz, Puanani Burgess and Valerie Taliman. A SPECIAL FEATURE WILL INCLUDE STUDENTS FROM GLOBE SCHOOLS IN THE U.S. AND RUSSIA INTERVIEWING ASTRONAUTS AND COSMONAUTS ABOARD THE RUSSIAN MIR SPACE STATION ABOUT OUR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT. The Native Elders and scientists participating in the live discussion will include Oren Lyons, Henrietta Mann, Lee Piper, Crosslin Smith, Vine Deloria, Jr. and George Godfrey. Success stories featured include: the Menominee Sustainable Forest; Department of Agriculture's alternative agricultural product use program; Herman Miller Furniture Company's use of sustainable forest wood; Waianae Coast Community Alternative Development Corporation; and mining clean-up, land use and water monitoring in Montana. The "Gathering for the Earth" is sponsored by Project Earthlink, a public/private partnership of 13 Federal agencies under the auspices of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. The Federal agencies include the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Interior, State, the Environmental Protection Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Smithsonian Institution and the Tennessee Valley Authority. The long term mission of Project Earthlink is to increase public awareness and knowledge of global change issues. The videoconference is co-produced with Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS. The satellite videoconference portion of the "Gathering" will air free of charge from 1-4 PM Eastern Time, Friday, April 21. The videoconference may be accessed and/or videotaped on VHS for any or all of the 3 hours. Satellite down linking may be accessed on either KU- or C- Band. The satellite coordinates are: KU-Band SBS 6 TRANSPONDER 13 HORIZONTAL 95 Degrees West AUDIO 6.2-6.8 C-Band TELSTAR 302 TRANSPONDER 1 VERTICAL 85 Degrees West AUDIO 6.2-6.8 All PBS stations and related agencies (state departments of education, school and university ITFS, nonprofit educational cable systems) may down link this videoconference free of charge. Unlimited broadcast, educational off-air record and duplication rights are included. To REGISTER and for information contact: Linda Greczy, phone 202-401-3806 Fax 202-401-3812 or e-mail her in care of: gevans@nalusda.gov ========================================================================= Subject: U of A Indian Programs Conference Original Sender: cmilda@ccit.arizona.edu INDIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL THIRD ANNUAL INDIAN PROGRAMS CONFERENCE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN INDIAN COUNTRY Friday, April 21. 1995 -- 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Student Union Senior Ballroom/Rincon Room University of Arizona, Tucson ARIZONA 8:30 - 10:00 Late Registration/Coffee/Networking/Indian Programs Displays -- Senior Ballroom 10:00 - 10:30 Welcoming Address -- Rincon Room Dr. Michael Cusanovich -- Vice President for Research Mr. Arcadio Gastelum, Chairman, Pascua Yaqui Tribe THE STATUS OF RESEARCH 10:30 - 10:55 ``Anthropology and Arizona's Tribes'' Speaker to be announced 10:55 - 11:10 Break 11:15 - 11:40 ``Substance Abuse Needs Assessment on the Reservation'' Dr. Jenny Chong -- Research Instructor, Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine 11:45 - 12:10 ``The Status of Agricultural Research in Indian Country'' Dr. Eugene Maughan -- Professor of Wildlife Fisheries Science, University of Arizona College of Agriculture 12:15 - 1:45 Lunch - Senior Ballroom Guest Speaker: Mr. Raymond Stanley, Chairman, San Carlos Apache Tribe Entertainment by the San Carlos Apache Jr./Sr. High School Chorus 1:45 - 2:30 Socializing ========================================================================= Subject: Harvard U. PowWow Original Sender: corey@husc.harvard.edu (Cherrie Corey) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) The Office for the Arts at Harvard and Radcliffe, the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, the Harvard Native American Program, Native Americans at Harvard Law School, and Native American Students at Harvard and Radcliffe invite all to the First Annual HARVARD UNIVERSITY POWWOW in conjunction with Harvard's Arts First Weekend Saturday, April 29, 1995 Grand entry at 12:00 noon, ends at 7 p.m. Peabody Museum Courtyard (behind Tozzer Library) 11 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts Rain-out Location: Rockefeller Refectory, Harvard Divinity School 47 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA Emcee: Burce Curliss -- Nipmuc -- Boston, MA Host Drum: Mystic River -- Aridara/Hidatsa -- Uncasville, CT Head Dancer: Lynn Burnette, Jr. -- Cheyenne River Sioux -- Black Foot, SD Arena Director: Taylor R.M. Keen -- Omaha/Cherokee -- Cambridge, MA Public Invited Free Admission (bring your own chairs) No head staff give-aways please. Absolutely no drugs or alcohol permitted. PowWow Committee will not be responsible for any losses, thefts, or accidents. For more information, call the Harvard Native American Program (617) 495-4923 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Cherrie Corey Harvard University 617-495-2826 corey@husc.harvard.edu =========================================================================== Subject: U of A Indian Programs Conference Original Sender: cmilda@ccit.arizona.edu Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) INDIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL THIRD ANNUAL INDIAN PROGRAMS CONFERENCE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN INDIAN COUNTRY Friday, April 21. 1995 -- 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Student Union Senior Ballroom/Rincon Room University of Arizona, Tucson ARIZONA 8:30 - 10:00Late Registration/Coffee/Networking/Indian Programs Displays -- Senior Ballroom 10:00 - 10:30Welcoming Address -- Rincon Room Dr. Michael Cusanovich -- Vice President for Research Mr. Arcadio Gastelum, Chairman, Pascua Yaqui Tribe THE STATUS OF RESEARCH 10:30 - 10:55``Anthropology and Arizona's Tribes'' Speaker to be announced 10:55 - 11:10Break 11:15 - 11:40``Substance Abuse Needs Assessment on the Reservation''Dr. Jenny Chong -- Research Instructor, Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine 11:45 - 12:10``The Status of Agricultural Research in Indian Country'' Dr. Eugene Maughan -- Professor of Wildlife Fish- eries Science, University of Arizona College of Agriculture 12:15 - 1:45Lunch - Senior Ballroom Guest Speaker: Mr. Raymond Stanley, Chairman, San Carlos Apache Tribe Entertainment by the San Carlos Apache Jr./Sr. High School Chorus 1:45 - 2:30Socializing --------- "RE: Blood" --------- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 16:28:00 -0500 From: frosty.deere@igloo.magicnet.com (FROSTY DEERE) Subj: Blood Mailing List: NATCHAT (natchat@gnosys.svle.ma.us) From: SANENIONKWA Many people seen to think that the word BLOOD QUANTUM is key issue to what will prove or dis-prove who is and who is not a complete person. Anyone that has a lesser amount of blood than someone else makes them less an Indian ? I think not. We find that many times someone with less has more knowledge, speaks the language and carries themselves as being a proud of the little that have. Yet someone with more but has less knowledge will continue to degrade anyone else with even one percent less then them. This is not the Indian way, or at least that is what the culture that the white man as tried to exterminate has taught us. The blood quantum is pitting indian against indian. Wake up and do not fall into this trap. When looking at the word blood, one has to understand why is this being used to determine who is anything. Among the white race it is used to find things that are pure because among the white race being pure has value, power and greed. If I were to take a clear glass of water and a glass of red colored water, I have two separation colors. If I take the clear water and add it to the red water, that water will still be some what red. Only some what lighter but still red. If I take the red water and had it to the clear water I still will have red. My point that you can not take the red out of any Indian. You are Indian no matter the amount of blood, its what is in your heart and a way that you are willing to live your life. Its not easy being a Indian in todays world. And so its something you are born with or into. The white race puts a value on things being pure. Royal Family, horse's or dog's have a greater value then some men and women. Pure means money, or prestige and something that has to be maintained and protected with laws. Anyone that is not pure is considered contaminated or tainted. The pure are the rich and its call blue blood's, and the elite. In each case someone is trying to protect the value of their worldly goods. The crown, the land, the gold and in some cases even the people by ruling with an iron fist. By follow this route, it can only lead to disaster, hate, racism and tears. Tear loved ones out of the arms of there families, who cares ? Not those that are doing the tearing, and they will not cry in shame. No tears even if it means tossing their own children to the wind. Yes nations need to rebuild but if they are going to use BLOOD, then use to find your people and not to drive them away. Do not chastise those by going back one or even ten generation in the past. The nation needs to welcome them back and teach them what is expected in the new future. Teaching the culture as it should be, teaching the language as it should be and most of all teaching them what it is to be among the people. If one use's blood quantum then they must stop teaching these things since it goes against all traditional teaching. We have to reach out to those that are so weak so that they can come back if they so wish and are willing to learn who they are. Set those law's and rules in way they must learn before they can get recognition within the Nation. Much like some countries have to teach people before they are accepted as citizen. Failing to learn, is failure to become a citizen. But by forcing people to marry someone because they have more blood than someone else is wrong. Can you see people walking around asking some before they date, can I see your blood card. Is the next step to become a nation of killing female's or male's babies if they are out of balance. In some nations into days world girl babies are put to death because their no not enough male babies to marry them or carry the family name. Have we lost track of who we are ? If they are meet someone that they like but they do not have the right amount of blood but are members what happens then. This is not how one builds a nation, a family, or a clan. Its backwards and the white man wants you to be this way. Why ? Because Indian's are of no value to the whiteman. No matter how pure you are they will not give you anymore respect. And so by continuing to use blood to make the nations smaller in number is falling into their hands. They want native nations to become smaller. Its been there plan for over 500 years to reduce the native nations to zero. By native people to be using blood to reduce the size of your nations, is just what the whiteman wants you to do. The whiteman is screaming, natives should pay tax, not get any benefits and should be like the whiteman. Keep this up and they will make it law and many nations will be reduced to ashes of what was once a proud nation. The whiteman has failed over and over trying to rid themselves of Indian Nations. Now they may have found a simple way, let the dumb indian do it themselves. So as one nations is getting stronger other's are falling apart with infighting. Look at the nations with casino's. They are now paying the state and federal government money and in fact its a form of tax on the whiteman only the whiteman do not know it. Working on the future and fix the past but do not chastise those because the whiteman is telling you they are not pure. They are your people, and they are your history, family, cousins and the Creator tells you in your laws not to make you people suffer. I find it funny when a child can be born to a mother that is hundred percent and that child is told you are only a 50 percent. How can a child be less of a person than the mother that brought it into this world. What about a child of a mother that fifty percent ? How can the grand-parents look themselves in the face and say child you are not one of us, go and live with the whites. And with that the mother and child leave and are forgotten. Want to rebuild ? Bring back all those before a set date and say you are welcome to come and stay but these are the rules. One rule can be that if after this date you marry anyone that is not a citizen of the nation, you must move to that nation. If you marry a Cree then join that Nation, if marry a white then join that nation. But everyone before this date becomes full citizens. No more looking in to the past to find out if someone is forty-nine percent. All people are 100% and citizen of the nation. Break the laws of the nation and lose your citizenship. Its that simple. No more asking anyone how much, but asking are you a citizen and that is all that counts in re-building a nation. Stop doing what the whiteman wants you to do. Get back to being native people, native culture and government. Get rid of the whitemans' ways, racism, hate, language, blood laws and lastly get rid of his government. Their ways are not ours, their culture is not ours and blood system is no ours. It is time to live as the Creator has given us the right, that right was to be free and to respect each other as people as a nation. In fact it blood were part of native laws one would find it somewhere in the history of the native people, but do not waste your time because it not there. Native people never gave up their people that lived and spoke the culture. If you want to live like a whiteman then live among them. When reading history you find native people taking in other's to replace those lost in battle. The Nation took anyone, white, black and Indian and you will never find that later they are told to leave. Only those that broke the laws where banished. The Great Law teaches this, and their are those that like to use the words but do how many live it ? They use the Great Law as if its a way to prove they are Indians but still live like whites following white laws. If you can not live the culture, do not say its your culture. The take today, 39 children that have less than 50% blood have been told they can not attend school on the rez next year. What can the parent say to this child ? The parent happens to be 50% and the husband 25%. Both are registered with the government but do they tell the child, you are white. See what governments can do to people that at one time loved all their family and now those families are being torn apart. frosty.deere@igloo.magicnet.com --------- "RE: Hopi Fear Risk to Traditions" --------- Date: 2:54 PM Apr 13, 1995 From: gwelker@mail.lmi.org Subj: Hopi Indians Fear Risk to Traditions Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Arizona Tribe Refuses to Gamble on Casino / Hopi Indians fear risk to lifestyle, cultural traditions The Hopi tribe rejected a proposal to build a casino, in a vote leaders called an endorsement of their traditional lifestyle. "It was a loud and clear message that culture is more important and more valuable than the money," tribal Chairman Ferrell Secakuku said after the 986-to-714 vote yesterday on the reservation 190 miles northeast of Phoenix. Gambling has generated millions for some impoverished Indian tribes, and officials estimated that it could generate $15 million a year for the Hopis and create up to 600 jobs. But gambling became a divisive issue in the tiny Hopi villages perched on wind-swept mesas above the Painted Desert. The tribe's Cultural Preservation Offices circulated fliers opposing gambling as an assault on tradition, in a setting where religious and ceremonial dances weave through the year's social calendar. Elgean Joshevama, a child sex abuse prevention educator from the tribal capital of Kykotsmovi, said gambling is incompatible with the Hopi way of life. "I just don't feel comfortable as a Hopi person that we should have to live off the misfortunes -- or in other words the losses -- of people who gamble," he said. That was typical of the reaction that Daniel Honahni, an operations officer for the tribe, was expecting when the tribal government asked its people to decide if they should join 12 other Arizona tribes already in the casino business. For the past year, tribal leaders have discussed a casino as a potential way to breathe new life into a stagnant Hopi economy. Now, they are worried the Republican Party's Contract With America will cut off or reduce the flow of federal programs that support the tribe. It gets $14 million in federal funds each year -- about half its annual budget. Most of the rest -- $10 million -- comes from a Peabody coal mine on reservation land, "and that's going to run out sometime," said Robert Sakiestewa Jr., a tribal council representative from Moenkopi village. --------- "RE: Navajo-Hopi Update" --------- Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 09:54:46 -0700 From: Navajo Nation Subj: NAVAJO-HOPI UPDATE: 4/12/95 Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) NAVAJO-HOPI "LAND DISPUTE" UPDATE: APRIL 12, 1995 Council in Session The Navajo Nation Council is meeting all this week on the Nations 1996 budget. I may have mentioned that the budget session has been delayed because of opposition to Mr. Hale's "local empowerment" initiative. Council was concerned about the proposed 20% across the board cuts in tribal program budgets, and the layoff of about 250 employees. Needless to say, most of the Divisions submitted budgets which cut services and service providers, while maintaining administration and keeping the upper level employees on board. I figured out how to keep our office going with the cuts, but had to fire myself as part of the package. Anyway, Council sent THAT budget back and asked for another one, so the Nation has been operating on a "continuing resolution" since April 1. We were able to counter a last minute submission by the President's Office which would have taken out all our funding for Navajo-Hopi lobbying, plus the $100,000 we asked for to build or repair housing in the HPL. It looks like we will be able to continue into the next year, although my own position is a little shaky still. The weekend brought in the last (?) storm of winter, a little snow and a lot of cold wind. Now it is sunny, still cool, you can smell ice in the air. Window Rock is jammed with Council Delegates and their families. The big elm trees that have grown up around town are just starting to leaf out, each one a chartreuse cloud against the background of the red sandstone cliffs all around. Teesto Meting On April 5 I went to a long meeting at Teesto. It was not well attended, although Mae Tso did come and reiterate her intention to boycott the current negotiations. She is still attending meetings though, so if there is any sign of progress, she and some of the others who are staying out may come back in. There was a pretty sharp exchange between some of the Dine' Bikeya Committee people and Grace Smith. One of our field staff didn't help much by jumping into it instead of keeping her head down or trying to chill things. These things happen. The Hopis would not/could not work out a meeting schedule wit he families until April 30, so the meeting that was supposed to take place April 7 is postponed until then. In the meantime, the families will meet at Louise Begay's place in Jeddito on April 21, to adopt bylaws and a plan of operation and to elect officers. Roger Attakai and Kee Watchman were elected on an interim basis only at Hardrock Chapter House, back on March 1. It all needs to be made final. We are hoping that the groups which reject the negotiations will at least show up to make their views known. Forwarding a Message The following is a message from some of the Big Mountain people, mainly Louise Benally's group. Someone sent it to me, so I want to make certain it gets circulated. As I mentioned, some of the Big Mountain people are not participating in the current round of negotiations, for the reasons they outline below. Some corrections are in order. Claudeen Bates Arthur is Chief Legislative Counsel, Navajo Nation Council, P.O. Box 1400, Window Rock Az 86515 The main Navajo Nation address is still P.O. Box 308, Window Rock, and that is probably where any mail to President Hale should be addressed. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Newsgroups: alt.native Subject: BIG MOUNTAIN: more info Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 18:03:27 MST Organization: Primenet RE: NAVAJO HOPI LAND DISPUTE We are happy to be able to communicate with the computer networks. We are grassroots residents, resisters, living on Hopi Partition Land (HPL) and represent the communities of Big Mountain and Cactus Valley. Something not mentioned in Jon Norstag bulletins concerning the "Navajo Hopi Land Dispute" is as follows: -that the communities of Big Mountain and Cactus Valley stand in solidarity with the Navajo Nation's overwhelmingly overturn of the 75-year lease, Agreement-In-Principle (AIP). -That Roger Attike, from the Teesto community was not elected by the communities of Big Mountain and Cactus Valley to represent us and it must be recognized that we are in no way bound by any negotiation made by the him or by the community of Teesto in their negotiations with the Hopi Tribal Council. -That when Mediation fails due to the lack of our religious issues being addressed, the communities of Big Mountain and Cactus Valley will petition Congress with the support of the Navajo Nation to repeal/amend the 1974 Relocation Act, Public Law 93-531. -That when Mediation fails, so does agreement to the ten pre-conditions by the residents of Hopi Partition Land (HPL), done in good faith and not legally binding; including agreement to the pre-condition concerning accepting living under Hopi Tribal Council jurisdiction. Rather, during the Mediation process, the Hopi Tribal Council continued to conduct live- stock, wood and wood cutting tool confiscation's, has denied us home improvement for over twenty years, even in cases of demonstrated medical need, and the newly equipped Hopi Tribal Rangers are paying late night visits to elders and residents living on both Hopi Partition Land and Navajo Partition Land (NPL). -That people are being tricked by the Hopi Tribal Council into accepting the AIP. And the Navajo Nation is remaining silent, whispering that the Mediation will fail. The Chairman of the Hopi Tribe said that if we do not accept the AIP then the 1974 Relocation Act applies and that this will mean forced evictions. We need it to be known that according to Claudeen Bates Arthur, Attorney for the Navajo Nation, when President Hale met recently with President Clinton, President Clinton said there will be no forced eviction. -We cannot accept a 75 year time limit to remain on our ancestral land and hand down our problems to our children and our children's children. We cannot accept threats by the newly equipped para-military Hopi, when the word Hopi is supposed to mean Peace. We are calling for support letters to be sent to the Navajo Nation to stay strong and continue supporting the residents of Hopi Partition Land. Please tell them that we petition the Navajo Nation to live under Navajo Nation jurisdiction/or petition for joint jurisdiction by both the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe. Living under Hopi Tribal Council jurisdiction is unacceptable. Please send support letters to: ----Claudeen Bates Arthur, Attorney for the Counsel and Legislative Council The Navajo Nation, PO Box 9000, Window Rock,AZ 86515 ----President Albert Hale, The Navajo Nation, PO Box 3000, Window Rock, AZ 86515 ----Braven Dyer, Bureau of Indian Affairs, PO Box 1060, Gallup, NM 87305 Thank you for your support. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ New Book Out David Brugge, who was an anthropologist working for the Nation back during the Claims Court and the HEALING v. JONES cases has published a book: THE NAVAJO-HOPI LAND DISPUTE: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY, University of New Mexico Press, 1994. I read it all in two days, it has really changed my understanding of the early history of the "land dispute". I will write up more about the book later. There is some real dynamite in it. jn