Subject: nanews03.017 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 017 O o o o o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 29 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, INNU-L & NATIVE-L Mailing Lists, Genie (General Electric) & UUCP email, NativeNet(Fido), 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 "A nation is not conquered Until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then it is finished, No matter how brave its warriors Or how strong their weapons." __Cheyenne proverb +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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! A sister wrote after issue 016 was distributed last week, taking exception to some comments about the James Bay Cree. She said it is important not to give the impression there is violence or the threat of violence, especially at this time of critical negotiations. She added our words must be chosen carefully, so that there is no misunderstanding and our words are always seen as being full of truth. Sharing views of our lives with others is a guiding purpose of this newsletter, as is making available to People of the First Nations news they might otherwise be denied. Above all, is the need to bring all together in a way that helps mend the Sacred Hoop. Our sister is right about this: Our words must be full of truth and chosen in a way that others will not misunderstand and will not twist to their own purposes. 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 - Statement of Leonard Peltier - Conferences and Powwows - online - Subject to Change - Native America Calling - Indians, Oregon State Police - Who Made You Hope to Find Skulls - Blood - How We Are Different - Davis Inlet Chief Jailed - Scholarship Support Needed - Book Review: The Tree People - Pastors for Peace Attacked - Settlement in Navajo Mineral Rights Case - Joint Statement from San Miguel - Powwow Rules - Poem: Walking Into the Wind - Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days - Conferences and Powwows - offline --------- "RE: Statement of Leonard Peltier" --------- Date: 19 Apr 95 17:39:03 GMT From: lucas@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Kevin Lucas Lord) Subj: Statement of Leonard Peltier Newsgroup: soc.culture.native [Editorial note: Kevin granted permission to share this only after he learned Lisa Hellwig of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee and Michele Lord of Alpha Institute have already granted permission for articles to be redistributed. He is concerned for our brother, and he is equally concerned statements by Leonard are not redistributed by those who may not have his best interest at heart. I wish to thank Kevin for his concern, and for allowing you to read about our brother who languishes in the iron house, praying for the justice he has been denied.] Statement of Leonard Peltier Greetings My Friends and Supporters, The weather is not the only thing heating up these days. Unfortunately, so is the political right. I do not have to explain to you what the disastrous results of the "Contract With America" and the Crime Bill will be. We are already beginning to see it as youngsters are being denied school lunches and their parents refused affordable housing, as their brothers are marched off to jail. What are we building for our children? Not schools or playgrounds, not safe and adequate housing, not systems to clean the air and water. We are allowing the government to rip these rights from our childrens' hands. We are letting our elected officials build prisons in which they will store our young people until they are old enough to grow angry over the system they are forced to live within. They are trying to tell you that this is not only what America wants but what America needs. How long will you let them patronize you and lie in your face? Just over 30% of the population voted last election day. The simple conclusion is that this is NOT what the majority of citizens want, but they were too lazy to say so. Now is the time to make amends for past inaction, because if we wait on the sidelines it will be too late. The Constitution is being breached. Your rights are dwindling away. This is not a police state, but apathy will ensure that it becomes one. I ask you please to take action now and let those in Washington, D.C. know you will not stand for their inane political hyperbole. You can take them out of office by voting. You have that power. I encourage you to contact the National People's Campaign on page 4 of this newsletter. (Typists note: The mentioned article appears at the end of this letter.) I also ask that you make every attempt to join us once again in Washington, D.C. for Peltier Weekend. Amnesty International has offered to co-host an event that is shaping up to be both powerful and enlightening. If you are interested in attending, simply contact my LPDC for additional information as the organizing continues. We must make our impact felt in the nation's capital. It is imperative if we are to succeed in our efforts. Finally, I want to thank those of you who continue to participate in the Executive Clemency Campaign. Your work has been vital to keeping my case on the President's mind. Your support means the world to me as I wait for my freedom. You keep hope alive! In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, Leonard Peltier ____________________________________________________________________ Call To Action As 1995 begins, we face a very dangerous situation, one which threatens the welfare and very lives of tens of millions of people in the United States. The forces of racism and reaction are seeking to turn back the clock, back to before the civil rights movement, before Stonewall, before the women's movement, before the CIO and NLRB, before the New Deal. The "Contract With America" is really the program of corporate America. It will destroy already inadequate nutrition, housing, disability, for the unemployed poor, especially women. The "Contract" would mean millions more people in prison, and millions fewer in college. It would mean a further expansion of the already bloated Pentagon budget. The proposed legislation would take away economic social and political rights won through years of great sacrifice. Gingrich's "ContracT" is not designed to overcome the budget deficit, it is in reality the cold-blooded transfer of wealth from working and poor people to the rich. The Clinton administration has shown little sign of opposing this program and, in fact, has embraced key elements of the right-wing Republican platform. The right-wing offensive can and must be challenged! We need a new movement which affirms that a job, good income, housing, education, and healthcare are basic human rights. One that rejects racism, sexism, homophobia, and anti-immigrant attacks. The National People's Campaign aims to be a vigorous activist coalition, bringing together all those who want to oppose the "Contract." A coalition made up of working people, the poor, those excluded from society, and our youth. We will organize local, regional and national actions with the goal of giving voice to the majority sentiment in this country which rejects the right's program. What is needed is mass action. It was the mobilization of the people that won the voting and civil rights bills, welfare, unemployment, insurance, social security, freedom to unionize, legalization of abortion, limited rights for homosexuals, and affirmative action. We call upon all those who want to defend and expand these rights, to join with the National People's Campaign. Together we can win. [If you are interested in having your name added to the National People's Campaign Call to Action, fill out the provided sheet, and send it to the address below] ------------------------------------------------------------------ Add my name to the Nation People's Campaign Call to Action: Name: __________________________________________________ ~Title: _________________________________________________ Organization: __________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________ City: __________________________ State: ________________ Zip: ________________ Phone: ___________________________ Fax Number: ____________________________________________ Send to: National People's Campaign 39 West 14th, rm 206, New York, NY, 10011 The National People's Campaign can be reached by phone at 212-633-6646, or by fax at 212-633-2889. --------- "RE: Subject to Change" --------- Date: 95/04/19 20:25 From: Suzan Horovitch(a.horovitch@genie.geis.com) Night Owl: I had an article from the Eastern Door beside me to send to you on just this topic... but I think we can let Frosty say it... with his opinions added.. better. I have asked for cross posting permission. Originally posted on NaNet From: Frosty Deere Date: Apr-18-95 18:24:00 Subj: Subject to change ? The government of Canada's Department of Indian Affairs has asked or intends to ask 600 elected Band Chiefs to help remove some of the offensive parts of the Indian Act. As much as many Bands want nothing to do with the act, many want it to remain as they believe it protects the present treaty rights. By moving forward to what is called self-government, many treaties could be effected and this is what is feared. Many times back in 1990 I pointed out that there was two laws in Canada, one that covered non-natives and one that covers natives. The problem was that natives fell under both laws and so it made thing even tougher to strive for success. The Indian is racist, patronizing and is out of date with todays world. It's what someone might call apartheid because its a law for a race of people that live in Canada. There is no such law for any other race of people in Canada but still this law will hang around for many years. Now the government of Canada is sending out letters to the Chiefs and the AFN ( Assembly of First Nations ) is not happy over this. The letters are asking the Chief's to respond by May 1st if they would like to help in removing part of the Act. The AFN feel the government is trying to move around them and even avoiding them. The AFN do not want it amended. The AFN feel that if the ACT is only amended that it will never abolished One major problem with the ACT is that Bands have to go to the Minister of Indian Affairs to get approval. At the present time the minister has powers over bands, and their is no reason he should have these powers. Did you know under the act that Native farmers can not sell wheat without the government permission. This is 1995 and this is law I wrote about over a year ago and people then thought I was nuts. One law that they want amend it "non-natives can be chief's of the band. Such was the case and was struck down in the Federal Court od Appeal just last week. One other problem and I am not sure most bands will agree to this but the want to raise the terms to four a council. The present system is only for 2 years. Traditional members want to used the traditional method and in that a chief could be for a day or life. It all depends on how he uses the power given to him by the women. The AFN wants changes only if what ever replaces it has set rules and lays out responsibilities by the government for native people's. I wish or hope that would include those living off the reservation. See my feeling is that a native person should have the right to live on or off the reservation and have the same right's. If the land in Canada belongs to natives, then we should have the right to live and work anyplace in and on it. If these rights were law, we would find those living in the cities getting better education, housing and working to improve the communities from which they come from. Well, when I get a report on the possible changes I will get back to you all. Sken:nen. Origin: Igloo Station (514) 632-5556 (90:167/0) --------- "RE: Indians, Oregon State Police Hope to Find Skulls" --------- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 23:21:36 EDT From: JKHT97A@prodigy.com ( CATHERINE WINDSOR) Subj: Follow-up Story: INDIANS, OSP HOPE TO FIND SKULLS... UUCP email O'siyo... The following is a follow-up story of the previous one I sent about the Grants Pass graverobber which appeared in this morning's edition of The Medford Mail Tribune, April 20, 1995. The story is by Paul Fattig of the Mail Tribune. Reprint of this article is authorized by the Tribune as long as the original article remains in tact with source cited. So, it is ok to reprint in your newsletter. I called the paper today to make sure :-): INDIANS, OSP HOPE TO FIND STOLEN SKULLS: Paiute children's skeletons incomplete. GRANTS PASS [OREGON] -- American Indians have joined authorities seeking information leading to the recovery of skulls missing from the remains of two Indian children taken from the Nevada desert. Although Oregon State Police investigators initially thought they had recovered all the skeletal remains last week, they reported Wednesday that they have been unable to locate the skulls of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Indian children. The remains were recovered from the garden of Jack Lee Harrelson, 54, of grants pass, who was charged with abuse of a corpse, theft, unlawful possession of an illegal gambling device and tampering with evidence. He is free on $150,000 bail. The theft of the remains of the Paiute children from the desert cave, which police say occurred in 1982, has upset Oregon's Indian community, which wants all the remains returned, said LaVonne Lobertedmo, chairwoman of the Oregon Legislative Commission on Indian Services. "If this were to happen at a pioneer cemetery, there would be so much outrage," she said. "We find it difficult to understand that it's OK to do this to Indian burial places. It is so alien for us, to either steal from the dead or disturb the dead, that we have a hard time comprehending this," she added. "It's very frustrating." Anyone with information about the missing skulls is asked to call the Oregon State Police's Fish and Wildlife Division at 378-3387 or toll- free at 1-800-452-7888. A member of the Klamath Tribe, Chiloquin-born Lobertedmo said that her culture places great importance on recovering all the remains. "If you believe the cycle of life is circular, like we do, then the cycle has been broken, " said Lobertedmo, an Indian education specialist in the Salem-area schools. "If you have a break in your circle, it will disturb and harm your people." Eagle Point resident Dennis Martinez, a local Indian activist, agreed. "We're linked to the ancestors," he said. "When that linkage is severed and disrupted, that can come back on the people who do the damage." Indian skulls can bring many thousands of dollars to collectors in Europe, he said. "There is big, big money in skulls," he said. Although state police say they believe the skulls were originally buried with the remains, they haven't determined yet if the skull were sold. In addition to the cultural concerns, the skulls are needed to make a clear connection within the Pyramid Lake Paiute hierarchy, police said, adding that a cultural resource expert with the tribe believes the children were descendants of a prominent person in the tribe. Contacted at his home by the Associated Press, Harrelson said he couldn't comment on the skulls until he talked to his lawyer. However, he said last week that he didn't know the baskets contained the remains of two children until he got home. He added that he tried to return them to the proper people, but didn't know how to do it without getting in trouble. An archaeologist has estimated the remains are from children who died about 200 years ago, judging from the style of baskets they were buried in . Other artifacts, such as obsidian points, date back as far as 5, 000 years. The children were buried with moccasins, a net for catching rabbits, and a necklace of hooves from an unborn antelope. Catherine / Grizzly Bear Woman / 7:56 pm pst --------- "RE: Davis Inlet Chief Jailed" --------- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 16:42:27 -0300 From: Larry Innes Subj: DAVIS INLET CHIEF JAILED : URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED Mailing List: Innu people forum list + + + DAVIS INLET CHIEF JAILED + + + + + + URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED + + + April 21, 1995 Once again, Innu people have been jailed for standing up for their rights. Katie Rich and Nympha Byrne from Utshimassit (Davis Inlet) are now in custody at the Stephenville Women's Correctional Centre. They are charged with contempt of court for evicting a provincial court judge from their community in December, 1993. The two women leave 4 and 6 children behind. The women could be in jail for the next 3 weeks. "When we try to stand up for ourselves, we are branded as criminals and put in jail," said Katie Rich, yesterday, in the Newfoundland Supreme Court in Goose Bay. "My people have been crying for a long time. No one has listened. We keep saying the same thing over and over. I didn't think if I wrote a letter about the conditions and conduct of the court circuit, that anyone would have listened. We took this action because we felt we had to do something." The action did help to force the government to sit down and talk about justice issues. An interim policing agreement has been signed, but the courts issue remains outstanding, and governments have suspended all negotiations on land rights and relocation until the court returns to Utshimassit. This is a political issue. The Innu should be negotiating Nation-to-Nation between governments, not being held in jail like criminals. The women have refused to sign undertakings for their release on principle. "I don't understand you people, your system, your government policies," said Nympha Byrne. "My people have been pushed around too much. It's like we are the puppets of the government. Everything has to be on paper. They have to have a name and a signature. In our culture, we don't need signatures. I did what I did because I wanted to be there for my people." "It is very difficult what these women are doing," said Elizabeth Penashue, who spent time in jail in 1989 for her role in the protests against NATO's military flight training over our homeland. "The women are making personal sacrifices, leaving children and husbands, to help their people. They are sacrificing now for the future, because if changes don't happen, the future of our children does not look very good." Please send letters requesting governments: 1) to withdraw their charges against the women, and 2) to resume immediate negotiations on an Innu justice system, relocation of Utshimassit and land rights: Premier Clyde Wells Ron Irwin PO Box 8700 Minister of Indian & Northern Affairs Confederation Building Ottawa, ON St. John's, NF K1A 0A6=20 A1B 4J6=20 tel:(613) 992-6418 tel: (709) 729-3571 fax: (613) 953-4941 fax: (709) 729-5875 Prime Minister Jean Chretien Government of Canada Ottawa, ON K1A OA6=20 tel: (613) 992-4211 fax: (613) 957-5556 Send letters of support to Katie and Nympha at: c/o Bay St. George Status of Women P.O. Box 501, 54 St. Claire Ave. Stephenville, NF A2N 3B4 fax: (709) 643-4495 Please pass this message on. BACKGROUNDER: The whole thing started in 1992 when two of our young people took the initiative to travel to the First Nations Tribal Police Institute in British Columbia to train as peacekeepers. The community was being policed by RCMP, and we approached the provincial government for recognition of our peacekeepers and six weeks of on-the-job training. The province refused and threatened to charge our peacekeepers with impersonating a police officer. But the two peacekeepers, under the direction of the Band Council, started their duties anyway, and three more went out for training. The government's refusal to cooperate led us to really question the jurisdiction of both governments on our lives since Innu people have never signed any agreements or treaties. On December 16, 1993 we took another important step in asserting control over the justice system. We evicted the judge and his court from the community. We were saying the whole justice system does not work for the Innu and does not meet our needs to heal. We should be the ones who should judge our own people. We should be able to have our own law enforcement and have our own laws. We want to deal with the root causes of these problems through healing circles and treatment programs. Punishing people is not the answer. A couple of days later, Chief Judge Luther issued a statement saying those involved would have to pay. Two weeks later, charges were laid against Peacekeeper Justine Noah, Chief Katie Rich and Nympha Byrne. In the summer of 1994, Newfoundland Justice Minister Ed Roberts attempted to bring the court back to the community. On two occasions, he ordered RCMP in full riot gear to escort Chief Judge Donald Luther into the community to hold court. He also received permission from the federal Minister of National Defense to access helicopters so that 100 RCMP and military could enter the community. He got the Federal Department of Transport to close the airstrip, and stop all air traffic from coming within seven miles from the community. We held strategy sessions in the community. We decided no planes would land in the community at all including military planes, so we barricaded the airstrip with oil drums, lumber and trucks. The whole community participated, giving ideas, making placards with our messages to the outside world. Both Canadian and Newfoundland flags were hung upside down. We considered the actions of the governments a military invasion. The youth vandalized the RCMP patrol cabin in anger saying "So what? We are going to die tomorrow anyway." Seeing the resistance of the Innu, the Minister abandoned his plans for an invasion. He had other plans. He travelled to Ottawa and convinced the federal government to suspend all talks with the Innu. Negotiations on land claims, relocation and the devolution of social programs as of today are still suspended in both Utshimassit and Sheshatshit. Before these negotiations can resume, governments are saying we will have to allow the court back into the community. We want the court back in our community, but we want it to help us in our healing, not stand in our way. We feel our basic human rights have been violated from day one, and this is how we have come to this place of despair where our children want to die. As we become stronger to make Utshimassit (Davis Inlet) a better place to live for our children, we are making our voices heard across Canada and around the world. Each day, we see more of our people healing. We are making choices and decisions. We are seeking out elders to help us. We will be a Nation that our children will be proud of. - Chief Katie Rich Larry Innes es051322@orion.yorku.ca (direct to me) Environmental Advisor innu@web.apc.org (general to Innu Nation) Innu Nation P.O. Box 119 Sheshatshiu, Nitassinan (Labrador) Phone: (709) 497-8398 via Canada A0P 1M0 Fax: (709) 497-8396 --------- "RE: Book Review: The Tree People" --------- Date: 18 Apr 1995 01:48:37 GMT From: brock@ucsub.Colorado.EDU (Steve Brock) Subj: Review of The Tree People by Stokes (fiction, mystery, Nat. Am.) Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native THE TREE PEOPLE by Naomi M. Stokes. Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, 175 Fifth Ave, N.Y., NY 10010, (800) 221-7945, (212) 420-9314 FAX. 413 pp., $22.95 cloth. 0-312-85633-4 Reviewed by Steve Brock I'm not a big fan of Jane Auel, and when I found her name on the cover of "The Tree People," saying that the book was "Totally fascinating," I was not happy. "Here's another syrupy-sweet tale of an ancient people struggling with their emerging ability to reason," I thought. But I tunneled through the Auelish triggering of the plot, in which a "bad" Quinault shaman is buried alive in 1490 and a cedar tree planted on his grave to trap his soul, and resurfaced into the series of grisly murders that occur in the present-day when the soul is liberated in the 1990s on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. With a hefty dose of myth and an almost hypnotic sense of place, Stokes relates how a 500-year-old sacred cedar is toppled by the employee of a white-owned logging company, and the Quinault policeman who must locate her guardian spirit and journey to the "Land of the Dead" in order to force the shaman's spirit back into the ground. If the reader overlooks the long passages on saving old-growth forests and the Author's Notes (in which Stokes seeks to validate several of her plot devices which don't need to be legitimized), they will find a thrilling tale that fittingly delineates the danger, and the necessity, of retaining "the old ways." Grade: B. Also by Stokes: "The Castrated Woman: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Hysterectomy" (1986). --------- "RE: Settlement in Navajo Mineral Rights Case" --------- Date: 15 Apr 1995 23:51:13 -0400 From: ndallen@io.org (Nigel Allen) Subj: Settlement in Navajo Mineral Rights Case Newsgroup: soc.culture.native Here is a press release from the U.S. Department of the Interior. I downloaded the press release from the U.S. Newswire BBS in Maryland at (410) 363-0834. I do not work for the U.S. government. Interior Department Signs Agreement with Navajo Allottees, Settling Long Standing Lawsuit To: National Desk Contact: Lee Scurry of the Department of the Interior, 202-208-3983 WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) have reached an agreement with Navajo allottees to settle a 1984 class action suit, Interior officials announced today. "This agreement is a landmark in Indian minerals management," said Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Sylvia Baca, "and as such, major components of the agreement will be implemented for all Indian mineral leases, not just the Navajo allottees who brought the suit. It also signals the Administration's and the Department's continued efforts to work with Indian Tribes and their members." Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Ada Deer said, "This reaffirms the commitment of all Interior Department agencies to work together to fulfill federal trust responsibilities for American Indians. The advancements in the tri-bureau office in Farmington, N.M., strengthen our ability to meet these responsibilities." The case alleged that the Department was not in compliance with the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act (FOGRMA) and was not properly accounting for Indian mineral resources. A 1989 consent decree settled certain general issues, but disagreements remained on specific Interior responsibilities. The final agreement addresses all issues raised in the dispute by the Navajo allottees and provides for: -- Increased internal controls on royalty data and payments. -- Revisions to audit and valuation procedures. -- Enhanced of Interior's trust responsibility via the tri-bureau office in Farmington. -- Establishment of procedures to distribute interest from funds in certain Indian accounts. -- New procedures for production verification. "The process of getting to this agreement -- working jointly among our three bureaus and with the allottees -- emphasizes the effectiveness of our improved coordination between the Department and Indian allottees. After 11 years of often contentious litigation, we are finally putting aside past differences and charting a course for the successful future of Indian minerals management," said MMS Director Cynthia Quarterman. -- Nigel Allen ndallen@io.org --------- "RE: Joint Statement from San Miguel" --------- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 09:52:32 -0700 From: National Commission for Democracy in Mexico Subj: Peace TAlk Agreement Text Mailing List: chiapas-l@profmexis.dgsca.unam.mx JOINT STATEMENT FROM SAN MIGUEL In San Miguel, in the municipality of Ocosingo, Chiapas; today on April 9th delegations from the Federal Government and the EZLN met. CONAI offered its services as mediator, with the support and witness of COMPOCA. As in accordance with the agreements developed during the letter exchanges, the agenda of the dialogue consisted of a discussion and agreement regarding the Basic Principles for Dialogue and Negotiation, as well as the place, date and agenda of the next meeting. The agreements which the parties arrived at are the following: 1) Rather than calling them "Bases for Dialogue and Negotiation" the parties agreed to call them "PROTOCOL FOR BASES FOR DIALOGUE AND NEGOTIATION OF AN AGREEMENT OF HARMONY AND PACIFICATION WITH JUSTICE AND DIGNITY. 2) From the Principles of this Protocol of Bases, the following was agreed: The parties committed to participate in the Dialogue and Negotiation of the Agreement for Harmony and Pacification with Justice and Dignity, adjusting their conduct and actions to the following basic principles: 1. Good faith in all treatment, exchange, contact, action, understanding, agreement or commitment between the Parties, and in all action of each one of them that could affect the Dialogue and the Negotiation of the Agreement of Harmony and Pacification with Justice and Dignity. 2. Mutual Respect in the actions and interactions of the (according to the person posting the Spanish version, THIS PART IS UNREADABLE IN THE SPANISH FAX) 4. Clarification of the differences that, as a consequence, of actions or omissions of either Party results in contradictions to the Dialogue and Negotiation, by means of previous consultations with the reaction of the affected Party; 5. Overcoming incidents that could interrupt or create obstacles to the Dialogue and the Negotiation, resorting to CONAI. For its part the Commission of Harmony and Pacification will carry out the functions which have been designated to it by law. 6. Willingness as manifested by giving, generating and reconciling proposals of commitments to an Agreement of Harmony and Pacification with Justice and Dignity as well as the mechanisms for following up and verifying the capacities to guarantee their implementation and fulfillment. 7. Clear will to take on the necessary commitments to restore peace with justice and dignity, and to promote development and democracy in an environment of liberty to which the indigenous and all Mexicans have the right. 8. Appropriate reciprocity in the actions of the Parties participating in the Dialogue and Negotiation. 9. Objectivity in the Public Information that the Parties transmit, and that it be fair and balanced and be clearly distinguished from the materials of propaganda. 3) The permanent site of the Dialogue and Negotiation will be San Andres Larrainzar, Chiapas. The next meeting will be April 20, 1995, with the following agenda: -Reciprocal and Proportional Means of Reducing Tensions -Rules for Proceeding with the "Protocol of Bases for the Dialogue and Negotiation of an Agreement of Harmony and Pacification with Justice and Dignity". 4) With this meeting and the agreements developed during it, the conditions for Article 4 of the Law for the Dialogue, Reconciliation and Dignified Peace in Chiapas have been met, in which it was stated: "The mentioned suspensions (of the arrest orders and judicial investigations) will be continued, as long as the negotiations for the development of an Agreement for Harmony and Pacification continue as referred to in this Law". The advancement of our work will depend on these conditions continuing to exist until there is a just, dignified and enduring peace. For the Federal Government: Ambassador Gustavo Iruegas Attorney Jorge del Valle Attorney Francisco Javier Zenteno For the EZLN: Comandante Tacho Comandante David Comandante Ramon Comandante Zebedeo Comandante Ruben Comandante Fernando Comandante Rafael For CONAI: Samuel Ruiz G. (and other signatures whose names are illegible according to the person posting the Spanish version) Translated by Cindy Arnold, volunteer --------- "RE: Powwow Rules" --------- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 07:21:50 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Shupe Subj: Powwow Rules UUCP email [Editorial note: It is powwow season. Some simply do not understand powwows, or how to conduct themselves while at one. I thank those who share this knowledge.] The following is a composition of other peoples' posts. White Coyote did the rules. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Powwow general rules for first timers. It should be noted that every POWWOW is different so the first rule is the most important. The key is respect, and many "first timers" don't have access to the life-long teachings that we take for granted. Here is the "Charley's 16 rules", hope you enjoy. The following are general rules I give to follow when going to a POWWOW. 1) Listen to the Master of Ceremonies. 2) Do not sit within the arena. The chairs inside the arena are reserved for the dancers. Use the outside circle or bleachers if provided. 3) If you want to take pictures, check with the POWWOW host first, then check with the person you are taking pictures of and ASK THEIR PERMISSION. Under no circumstances may you enter the arena to take photos. Put your camera down for all memorial dances. 4) All tape recording must be done with the permission of the Master of Ceremonies and the Lead (or Head) Singer of EACH drum. When a new drum starts, do not enter the arena to get to the other drum. Don't run. Miss the song and wait for the next one to take your time getting to the drum. Nothing is more rude than "Recorder-runners" ganging around a drum. Many Powwow disallow this anyway (fine by me!). 5) If you are not wearing traditional Regalia, you may dance only on social songs (like Two-Step, Blanket Dance, Honoring Songs, Circle, etc..) Sometimes a blanket dance is held to gather money. You may enter the circle to donate. 6) Only those with the permission of the Lead Singer may sit at a drum. (And it's a good idea to know the songs because it's often a habit to ask the "stranger" to lead one.) 7) Stand and men must remove their hat (unless traditional head gear) during the Grand Entry, Flag Songs, Invocation, Memorial, Veterans Songs, and the Closing Song. 8) During the Gourd Dancing, only Gourd Dancers and Gourd Dance Societies are to enter the Dance arena. Owning a gourd rattle does not make one a Gourd Dancer. Check with the local Societies. 9) Please do not permit your children to enter the dance circle unless they are dancing. 10) Do not touch anyones dance Regalia without their permission. These clothes are not "costumes" and yes we use modern things like safety pins and such because we are a "living" culture, our Regalia is subject to change. Leave your stereotypes at home. (Yes there are some blond tribal enrolled Indians... no ones fault that life goes on!) 11) If you are asked to dance by an elder, do so. It is rude and disrespectful to say, "I don't know how." How can you learn if you turn the elders down? 12) Most all Powwows do not allow Alcoholic beverages, Gold Paint cans, or drugs here. The Powwow is a time of joyful gathering and celebration of life. Alcohol and drugs are destroying our way of life and these "bad" spirits are not welcome. 13) It's funny how much trash we as people drop. Make an extra effort to walk to the trash can. Respect Mother Earth. 14) Remember always: Native American Indian dances are more than the word "dance" can describe. They are a ceremony and a prayer which all life encompasses and produce many emotional and spiritual reactions. Some dances are old, some are brand new... the culture continues to live and evolve. 15) Urban Powwows are much more "tense" than Powwows on the rez. As people are away from the comfort of culture, they tend to take things more seriously. Abide by peoples wishes and requests. We as Indian people believe differently. Some dance around clock-wise, others counter clock-wise. If our host asks, we sometimes voluntarily show our respect by temporarily changing our way(s). Show your respect by doing the same. 16) Have fun. Buy something from the vendors. Donate if you can. And most of all don't be so uptight and relax. The whole universe comes together this day to celebrate. You are invited to join in. Please remember, these are general rules when there is no other ground work to proceed from. Hope this helps. Addendum to list on Pow-wow rules: Some groups believe that children should make their own way around the dance ring, so they frown on carrying your child as you dance. I have always carried my grand children, whether the group likes it or not. But, then I'm a tribal member. If I were a "visitor" I guess I'd follow "the rules." In addition, some groups don't believe that people should touch each other when they dance, except for the "49" or Two Step dances. This is a rule that I respect, except when someone is truly reluctant to get up and try it. Then I offer to link arms and they soon get over their shyness. --WhiteCoyote:Anishnabe MOST OF ALL: when the announcer calls an Intertribal dance, the persons who have come to pow-wow as "visitors" should respect the call and get out on the dance ring. There is a reason for this. It is not polite to "watch" as others "perform." Pow-wow is really about honoring the circle, not letting others do the honoring for you. I realize that some folks feel self conscious about getting the moves right, but I have never witnessed any ridicule of anyone's dancing. A good Anishinabe friend of mine suggests that we each develop the policy of leaving our egos on the seat when we get up to dance. That way, they can't be influenced by the thought that we might look "out of place." No one is out of place in the circle.--Mary Ritchie:Potawatomi I am a Northern Traditional Dancer from Pine Ridge SD. I have danced at pow-wows since the age of 5years. Having danced Fancy and Grass styles and run the White Wolf Singers out of Denver CO, I know a few things about pow-wows. 1) Pow-wows are NOT I repeat NOT traditional in any way. The modern day pow-wow was formed in Oklahoma after the traders decided that they could bring tourists into their areas by having the people play Indian. Although the dances derive from traditional ceremonies and dress, a person from the 1800s would not recognize any part of a modern pow-wow. 2) I have seen so much change, I remember seeing what was called a bustle dance. The traditional dancers would remove their eagle feather bustle and place them on the floor and then dance around it! Now when even one Eagle feather drops the pow-wow is stopped and the feather is picked up with more or less ceremony. This ceremony is now (traditional). 3) I always hear people complain about prize money. The contest is what pow-wows are about today. The things that we love about dances is all the bright colors and lots of dancers, the more the better in fact. If no prize money was offered at the pow-wow the outfits would not be so flashy and fun. (remember the old fluffy bustles of the 60s). Also most of those dancers came from some other city, rez, state, or Country do you think the Jonathan Windyboy, Eli Tail, Terry Fiddler, and others travel all summer with Government checks. The pow-wow circuit lasts from March to Sept so you can bet that they don't have jobs. Prize money allows everyone to see the best dancers and here the best singers of North America in your home town. Two years ago I met a jingle dress dancer from Alberta at the Oglala Nation Fair in Pine Ridge she said "I have made 22 thousand dollars so far this year we wont go hungry this winter." So in as few words as possible NO CASH NO BIG POW-WOWS. 4)public invited all drums and dancers welcome. Read your flyers most should have that statement on or near the bottom. I support any dancer that takes the time and effort to make a good outfit and dances with respect, every dancer should feel the same way. The more dancers the better the pow-wow. If a dancer is mistreated for amy reason that dancer should leave the arena or arbor and forget about ever attending or supporting that pow-wow committee or group ever again. If there is prejudice or Mixed blood Full blood craziness forget it they are not worth your time. Hang out with your friends meet people and engage in some friendly competition, that is what pow-wows are all about today. -- David Browneyes ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The above text contains my opinions, not IBM's. Unless otherwise stated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mitakuye Oyasin, JT Waya Gola Shupe <*> Tele: 507/253-4318 AFS ID: shupe@rchland INTERNET: jt_wayagola_shupe@vnet.ibm.com --------- "RE: Poem: Walking Into the Wind" --------- Date: 6 Sep 1994 15:52:37 -0500 From: turtle@aicap.s21.com (Turtle Heart) Subj: Walking Into the Wind Newsgroup: alt.native Walking into the wind i was not blinded by the dust whirling in the bright lights of where I had been I followed the roots of the tall tree where I had been born singing into the sky singing an opening into the misty path 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: 95/04/21 23:59 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 30-May 6 APELILA (April) (Welo) 30 Nothing ever truly ends. In the memories we preserve and in the traditions we perpetuate, there is always something new beginning somewhere. MEI (May) (Ikiiki) May was the first month of the Kau season, which ran from May through October. May was the time when the Na Huihui, or Pleiades, set at sunrise. The Pleiades are also known as the Makali'i stars. 1 Be reborn in the beauty of spring. 2 The past teaches; the present motivates; the future inspires. 3 True peace lives within the wondering heart. 4 There was never a dreamer, never a visionary, who did not know the virtues of nature. 5 Find the perfect music of the spirit, and know fulfillment. 6 Dance the joy your heart feels. (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, 27 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: WILSON BRETT HUNTINGTON The following describes a major fundraising event for many Native groups as well as an event to raise awareness of some issues. If anyone feels like it would be appropriate for another list please feel free to post it. Brett Wilson wilsonbh@csf.colorado.edu HONOR THE EARTH 1995 Indigenous Women's Network, 2120 Canyon Blvd., Suite #100, Boulder, CO 80302 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Lori Pourier April 21,1995 (303) 473-0421 INDIGO GIRLS TOUR NATIONALLY TO HONOR THE EARTH The Indigenous Women's Network and the Seventh Generation Fund announced plans for an unprecedented benefit concert tour featuring Epic recording duo the Indigo Girls (Amy Ray and Emily Saliers). Every performance of the 21-stop HONOR THE EARTH TOUR will benefit American Indian Communities working to protect their land bases and cultures, as well as raise public awareness of community initiatives working to "protect endangered peoples and endangered species." The tour will kick-off in Madison, Wisconsin on May 8, 1995 and will end with a grand finale at the Gorge in Washington state on June 2, 1995. Special visits to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota, the Jemez Reservation in New Mexico, the Hopi reservation in Arizona, and the Native Village of Eyak in Alaska will be included in the tour. The HONOR THE EARTH TOUR is not the first project the Indigo Girls have been involved in concerning Native people and environmental protection. In 1991 the duo performed at "Ban the Dam Jam," a benefit concert in New York City which drew attention to the James Bay Hydro Electric Project. The benefit concert combined with extensive legal representation and lobbying by the Cree and the environmental community resulted in the cancellation of the James Bay II Project in November of 1994--a major victory for the Cree and other Native people who would be adversely affected by the Dam. In 1993 the Indigo Girls completed a three-city concert tour of the Midwest that raised $56,000 for the Indigenous Women's Network and its "Honor the Earth Campaign." "Amy and Emily have an extraordinary commitment to Native people and environmental protection," says Winona LaDuke of the Indigenous Women's Network. "Although Indian people are in the forefront of environmental protection in this country--opposing mining operations, clear-cutting, toxic waste dumping, and nuclear waste storage, they often do this work on a voluntary basis with very limited funding or political support. The Indigo girls are using their music to help meet critical financial and political needs." The HONOR THE EARTH TOUR is sponsored by the Indigenous Women's Network, a coalition of more than 400 Indian women activists and organizations, and the Seventh Generation Fund, a Native controlled public foundation providing funding, advocacy, and capacity building for American Indian environmental, social justice, and cultural organizations. The Tour dates follow. Date City Venue May 8 Madison, WI Civic Center May 9 Minneapolis, MN Northrop Auditorium May 11 White Earth Reservation, MN Circle of Life School May 12 Duluth, MN Duluth Convention Center May 13 Winnepeg, Canada Walker Theater May 14 Fargo, ND Civic Center May 16 Pine Ridge Reservation, SD Little Wound School May 17 Bozeman, MT Brick Reeded Fieldhouse May 18 Jackson Hole, WY Snow King Resort May 19 Park City, UT Wolf Mountain May 20 Boulder, CO Reception, TBA May 21 Redrocks, CO Redrocks Amphitheatre May 22 Pueblo visit TBA May 23 Santa Fe, NM Paolo Soleri May 24 Dine/Hopi Reservations, AZ Tour of the Hopi Solar Project May 25 Phoeniz, AZ Phoenix Symphony Hall May 26 San Diego, CA Pops Bowl May 27 Santa Monica, Ca Civic Center May 30 & 31 Anchorage, AK Atwood Concert Hall May 31 Alaskan Native Comm. visit TBA June 2 Seattle, WA The Gorge ========================================================================== From: berryj@Okway.okstate.edu (John Berry) 4TH ANNUAL FALLEAF STOMPDANCE Saturday, April 29, 1995 6:00PM Fall-Leaf Powwow Grounds, Copan, Oklahoma MC ---------------------------Joe Rice, Meeker, OK MC ---------------------------Thoma Chibitty, Moore, OK Northern Drum ----------------Blackbird, Norman, OK Southern Drum ----------------Berky Monossey, Shawnee, OK Head Man Dancer --------------Michael Kidder, Weatherford, OK Head Lady Dancer -------------Estee Tallbear, Konawa, OK Potawatomi Powwow Princess ---Ginger Schmidlkofer Host Gourd Clan --------------Cedar Lodge For further info. call Teresa Thompson (918)532-4816 Cheevers Coffey (918)534-1340 Steve Falleaf (918)337-9124 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Be Well All, John Berry =========================================================================== From: "William E. Day" Subject: Tsalagi Elections Heytanni Cherokee Election Dates are: April 17-May 19 Absentee Ballots May 26 Registration June 17 Election Day July 29 Runoff Election if Necessary Louise Imerbthama is now running for Council seat District #8 Nova Beck is now running for Deputy Chief. ====================================================================== From _Char-Koosta News_ Apr 28-29 27th Annual Kyi-Yo Powwow Univ. of Montana, Missoula, MT Info: 406-243-5831 Apr 28-29 Highlands Univ. Celebration Los Vegas, NV Info: 505-454-3188 May 5-6 Indian Heritage Pow Wow Edmens Comm. College, Lynnwood, WA Info: 206-298-7895 May 6 Kicking Horse Job Corps Celebration Flathead Reservation Info: 644-2217 May 13 Honoring our Children Pow Wow Kelso High School, Kelso, WA Info: 206-577-3451 From _The Spike_ May 6 Second Annual American Heritage Powwow at Mt. Trashmore Virginia Beach, VA Info: 804-471-7654 May 5-7 4th Annual Metrolina Native American Assn. Powwow Charlotte, NC Info: 704-231-4818 May 11-14 4th Annual Mothers Day Powwow, Dade City, FL Info: 904-583-3388 May 12-14 South Eastern Spring Blow Out, Canton, GA Info: 404-735-6275 May 12-13 Occaneechi State Park Heritage Festival Clarksville, VA Info: 804-374-2210 May 13-14 6th Annual Traditional Powwow, Middleboro, MA Info: 617-884-4227 May 13-14 5th Annual NAIC Center Traditional Powwow, Cleveland OH Info: 1-216-724-1280 May 20-21 Hiawatha First Annual Powwow, Peterborough, Canada Info: 1-705-295-4421 May 20-21 Second Annual Native American Indian Festival and Powwow Pokomoke City, MD Info: 1-410-651-1740 ========================================================================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- 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: Paul Fattig, Medford Mail Tribune(via Catherine Windsor), Kevin Lucas Lord, Frosty Deere, Debra F. Sanders(Kepola), Janet Smith(Evening Star), Turtle Heart(Mending the Sacred Hoop with song poems), Jim Shupe, Chief Harvey Longboat-Six Nations(via Debbie Longboat), Linda Ross, Peoples Weekly World(redistribute with credit)(via Glenn Welker), National Commission for Democracy in Mexico , Steve Brock, Department of Interior(Press Release)(via Nigel Allen) --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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, 27 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 = ============================================================= 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 - 10:00 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 Original Sender: nlclark@aol.com Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) The Minnetrista Council for Great Lakes Native American Studies will sponsor the 5th Annual Woodland Nations Gathering, June 18 to 25, 1995 at Minnetrista Cultural Center, Muncie, Indiana. MCGLNAS is a consortium of 20 Woodland Tribes that are presently, or at one time, lived near the Great Lakes. The Gathering is composed of two events: The Woodland Nations Arts and Crafts Workshops and the Woodland Nations Traditional Pow Wow. MCGLNAS asks different sponsoring Nations to appoint one arts and crafts tradition bearer, to come to Minnetrista and teach workshops from Monday through Friday. Those invited to teach in 1995 are: Mr. Jerry Maulson, Lac du Flambeau Chippewa - Birch Bark Baskets Ms. Evelyn Scott, Miami of Oklahoma, Brick Stitch Beadwork Chief Richard Snake, Moraviantown Delaware and Deputy Grand Chief, Delaware Council of North America, Delaware History and Customs Tim Sameniego, Apache in Ohio, Men's Traditional Dancing Ms. Margaret Ann Bird, Osage and adopted Delaware of Oklahoma, Peyote Beaded Fan Handles Ms. Gwen Yeaman, Chippewa, Ottawa, Penobscot, Woven Sweet Grass Seed Bottles Ms. Anna and Ms. Kayle Crampton, Saginaw Chippewa, Black Ash Baskets Ms. Elaine Rice, Winnebago of Nebraska, Wool Finger Weaving Mr. Don Secondine, Delaware of Oklahoma, Advance Woodland Silverwork Mr. Eugene Brown, Miami of Indiana, River Cane Flutes Ms. Laurie Houseman-Whitehawk, Winnebago of Nebraska, Traditional Gauche Watercolor Painting Each of the tradition bearers teaches the same class twice during the week. Class One is from Monday through Wednesday noon, and Class Two is from Wednesday noon to Friday evening. The class fee is $50.00 per student. All fees go towards paying the tradition bearers an honorarium and travel expenses. There are 25 $50.00 scholarships available to Woodland Native Americans. During the week, tradition bearers hold sharing sessions at noon each day. In the evening, there is informal singing, dancing and storytelling. The Woodland Nations Traditional Pow Wow is held on Saturday and Sunday, June 24 and 25. The pow wow is not a contest pow wow but is rather a homecoming for Woodland people. Because of the removal during the 1830s, many Woodland tribes were moved to Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. The pow wow brings together those who were removed with those tribes who remain. It's like a big family reunion. Between 3,000 and 5,000 attend annually. Although Northern Woodland Pow Wow Traditions are observed, the pow wow is a blending of Northern and Southern songs and dancing. Since the pow wow is held on the traditional homeland of the Miami Indians, the Miami of Indiana are the Host Hation and provide the Friday evening Welcome Feast for the Pow Wow. The Twigh Twee Drum of the Miami of Indiana is the Host Nation Drum. The Northern Drum of Honor is the Delaware Singers, from Moraviantown and Munseytown, Canada with Mr. Jim Tobias as the lead singer. The Southern Drum of Honor is the Shawnee Nations Drum from Bartlesville and White Oak, Oklahoma with Mr. Troy Littleaxe, lead singer. Other invited drums are the White Thunder Singers of the Three Fires, with Mr. John Warren, lead singer; the Yellow River Drum of the Three Fires, with Mr. Tiq Bush, lead singer. Head Veteran Dancer will be Mr. Frank Bush, Pokagon Potawatomi. Uncle Frank is a veteran of the United States Marine Corp in World War II and is a respected spiritual leader throughout the Great Lakes. Head Man Dancer will be Mr. Daryl Baldwin, Missoula, Montana. Daryl is the sixth great grandson of the Great Miami War Chief Little Turtle and a Miami of Indiana. He has been active in the preservation of the Miami language and culture. Head Woman Dancer will be Ms. Joanne Littleaxe, Prairie Band Potawatomi of Kansas. Ms. Littleaxe has been a traditional dancer for many years and helps judge pow wow traditional women's dancing for many pow wows. Junior Head Man Dancer will be Mr. David Martin, Pokagon Potawatomi of Indiana and Michigan. David is a singer on the White Thunder Drum and has been a traditional dancer most of his life. Junior Head Woman Dancer will be Miss Lacey Crawford, Loyal Band Shawnee of Oklahoma. Ms. Crawford was Loyal Band Shawnee Tribal Princess in 1994 and has been a traditional dancer most of her life. The Master of Ceremonies will be Mr. Henry "Tiq" Bush, who for the last 20 years has been providing the talking for Great Lakes Pow Wows. Tiq is a veteran and is active in the spiritual life of the Pokagon Potawatomi, where he is JTPA director. Mr. Greg Ballew is the Arena Director and is Pokagon Potawatomi. The Flag Bearer Honor Guard is composed of Chief Floyd Leonard, Miami of Oklahoma; Chief George J. Captain, Eastern Shawnee of Oklahoma; Chief Charles Dawes, Ottawa of Oklahoma, and Eagle Clan Chief George Dorin, Miami of Indiana. Camped nearby will be the eight lodges of the Ke-Shook-Co-To-Qua, the Miami of Indiana heritage group. These folks have authentic grass mat wigwams, wear Miami Indian clothing of the late 1700s and early 1800s and show visitors how their Woodland ancestors lived during that period of time. They were honored to be invited to the White House to participate in the Earth Day Ceremonies in April of 1995. Primitive and Motor Home camping is available adjacent to the Minnetrista Center's pow wow grounds. Grand Entries will be at 1:00pm and 7:00pm on Saturday, June 24 and at 1:00pm on Sunday, June 25. For more information and free brochures, please call or write: Minnetrista Council for Great Lakes Native American Studies, P. O. Box 1527, Muncie, IN 47308 - 1-800-428-5887. Nick Clark, Chair --------- "RE: Native America Calling" --------- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 11:20:18 -0400 (EDT) From: "LISA A. MITTEN" Subj: NATIVE AMERICA CALLING Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Mailing List: AISESnet Discussion List (aisesnet@victor.umt.edu) >>>>>FIRST DAILY RADIO NATIVE TALK SHOW<<<< (Lincoln, NB) - After an extensive nationwide search, George TIger, Muscogee (Creek) has been named as the host for NATIVE AMERICA CALLING, a live radio call-in program that will begin daily production early summer. Tiger will lead noted guests and experts in discussions that will explore the full range of Native American life and culture, with topics such as tribal politics, art, music, humor, storytelling, gaming, and religious freedom. Of his appointment, Tiger said, "It's an honor to be selected as host for NATIVE AMERICA CALLING. It is very exciting to be a part of a national program that will enable us as Native people to share with all people across the country. Tiger has worked in many Native and commercial broadcasting projects as talk show personality, sportscaster, and independent producer. He formerly served as the host producer of "Inside Native America" on the Tulsa KOTV - channel 6, and as sports director of KOKL-AM in Okmulgee. Outside of broadcasting, Tiger is President of Haskell Indian Nations University Board of Regents and is a member of the Oklahoma Martin Luther King Commission. He is past coordinator of the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and American Indian COmmission Member to the Goodwill Games. Tiger also owns Original TUrf SIdeline Productions, a radio and television sports broadcasting company. NATIVE AMERICA CALLING will be produced in the facilities of the public radio station KUNM on the campus of the University of New Mexico in ALbuquerque. NATIVE AMERICA CALLING is a co-production of the Native American Public Broadcasting COnsortium and the Alaska Public Radio Network, and will be distributed nationally by the American Indian Radio on Satellite (AIROS) Network. Substantial startup funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. --------- "RE: Who Made You" --------- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 14:35:00 -0500 From: frosty.deere@igloo.magicnet.com (FROSTY DEERE) Subj: Karoniaktajen: Who Made You ? Mailing List: NATCHAT (natchat@gnosys.svle.ma.us) These are some things written by Karoniaktajen and I think you will enjoy this Mohawk Elder words.. Think about these words then next time you think about how native people came to live here. WHO MADE YOU ? The white man says Indians came from Asia by way of the Bering Strait. If they were Indians maybe, an Indian being a native of India. The particular Indian were talking about is the Onkwehonwe, you know the native American. They say the red man crossed over from Asia on a "land bridge" or steppings islands ( like stepping stones ). Our mighty ancestors took mighty strides. The master story tellers say the time of this migration was 12,000 years ago. Since it's a scientific estimation, therefore, its impressive. They came to this conclusion by reading the rocks. Now you guys, you wanna watch out and avoid rocks. They can betray your passage even if you passed 12,000 years ago. The scientists can even detect, if slightly, your ancient fragrance that you left behind as you passed the rocks. Another set of scientists, after much reading and smelling the rocks, said that many moons ago, there was an Ice Age that lasted about one million years and covered the north American continent whit a sheet of ice four miles high, half way down to Mexico from the Canadian border. They estimated that the ice receded 10,000 years ago. If thats so, then simple arithmetic tells us the the ice bound Canada was covered with ice over four miles thick. Let us envision the ancestors coming over in the rarefied air, four miles high and refrigerated atmosphere at least 100 below zero, in thermal suits and space helmets with bottles of oxygen strapped to their backs. It was a tremendous trip of thousands of miles. Scientists are resourceful fellow. The first bunch decided to stick to their guns regarding the 12,000 year estimate. They took a leaf from the Holy Scriptures where Moses with his magic wand struck the Red Sea which, thereupon parted and allowed the Israelites to walk through, after which the sea returned and swallowed the Egyptian army pursuing the Israelites refugees. The Egyptian protest the story saying there's nothing in their history about such an event. The scientists disregard that and have the leader of future Indians in possession on an equally magical wand which parted the ice and allowed the wanderers through. The scientists didn't say it in quite that way but they revised the ice picture and have an ice free alley through which they have our ancestors walling out the Bering Strait theory. We, too protest there's nothing in our history about such an event. As far as we're concerned, our ancestors made their debut into this valley of happiness right here on this land of Onkwehonwekeh (America) just as the white man originated in southern Europe, the blacks in africa and the Asiatics in Asia. The Bering Strait theory is a tongue in cheek propaganda to make the Onkwehonwe think that they also are aliens in their own land and that they, the Europeans have just as much right to be in America. The scientists are trying to justify in the white people's mind their presence on Red man's land.. By Louis Hall, now with the Creator --------- "RE: Blood - How We Are Different" --------- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 11:48:32 EDT From: dlongboat@eng.nyt.nynex.com (DEBBIE LONGBOAT) Subj: blood-how we are different Mailing List: NATCHAT (natchat@gnosys.svle.ma.us) The Natural World teaming with life allows each species to live & to be different. Differences do not cause conflict as much as disrespect. The following are Cultural differences that Hodenasaunee have and they are offered for your consideration and understanding. 1) Our cultural knowledge explains that our two people were created separately on two different continents. We did not come across the Bering Strait. To be placed on a progressive continuum is in itself the purest form of racism. 2) We begin to travel in two paths with understanding,respect and cooperation,the bench mark of separation. 3) We have two distinct legacies of life. We each have an entirely different way of viewing the world. These differences have led us to deal with each other in a sometimes bizarre manner. 4) Aboriginal world view contains a greater sense of the current completeness of existence. 5) Aboriginal people have a different way of seeing reality. Any discussion of land becomes a discussion of religion,kinship and is our view of land. We view everything as possessing a life and we look to the unity of whole as the completeness of existence. All life comes from Mother Earth. 6) Belief is more important then what they can prove. 7) Land does not belong to us. It belongs to the coming faces (generations to come). In this sense,we cannot own,sell buy and give land away. It belongs to all. 8) Everything is related and survival depends on how one exercises the use of resources. We only take what we can use. 9) Our view of time and space is different. The spirts allow us to return to the origins of ceremonies and as long as we do them in completeness we can draw on that original power and strength. It seeks harmony in a cyclical contact over time. We are concerned with being and maintaining rather than becoming developing,changing,making and storing. 10) Every Hodenasaunee person has a personal relation with nature and does not strive to control it. there is no connection of land, labour and wealth. 11) The future does not contain the stimulating prospect of progress. 12) To meet the Non-Native halfway is to self destruct. 13) Why is the option of leading a separate cultural domain into the future so shocking? Reaction would be pure racism. Any one wants to be different. Work on understanding the difference. Form a partnership not a marriage. written by Chief Harvey Longboat-Six nations --------- "RE: Scholarship Support Needed" --------- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 22:46:00 -0400 From: lross@ccs.carleton.ca (Linda Ross) Subj: Urgent Request for Support! Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) URGENT The Canadian government has recently announced the cancellation of the justice scholarships for metis and non-status indians for law degrees. We are asking for support to show our concern over government breaches to treaty and fiduciary responsibilities in the fundamentally critical area of education. The effect of this decision will be to pull funding from persons who are part way through their degrees and effectively stop any aboriginal person for accessing funding who has not got an indian affairs recognition and a number in the future. We are asking for support in insisting that this decision be reversed. by doing one of two things. 1.Please phone (613) 957-4223 and ask for the Justice Project or 2.Mail directly to: Minister of Justice 239 Wellington Street Justice Building 3 rd Floor Ottawa, Ontario K1A OH8 Thank you for your support in advance Megwetch --------- "RE: Pastors for Peace Attacked" --------- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1995 17:08:00 EST From: gwelker@mail.lmi.org Subj: Pastors for Peace attacked by terrorists in Mexico (fwd) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) ++Pastors for Peace attacked by terrorists in Mexico++ By Jose Palacios A caravan with humanitarian aid for Chiapas' displaced refugees in Mexico was attacked on March 26 by heavily armed men, Pastors for Peace, the organizer of this and other humanitarian projects, said this week. "Twelve terrorists armed with automatic weapons fired into vehicles transporting nearly 200 'caravanistas,' wounding one 17-year-old in the head," Pastors for Peace denounced in a statement. "Caravanistas were robbed of nearly $3,000. The terrorists shouted political slogans in favor of Mexican army presence in Chiapas, threatened caravanistas if they ever returned to Chiapas and demanded to know the political affiliation of members of the caravan." Tens of thousands of Indian peasants have been forced to flee their lands since the conflict between the Zapatista National Liberation Army and the Mexican troops unfolded in January 1994. Although the Mexican government insists that the army no longer occupies peasants' villages and farmlands, and that those who fled are returning, evidence to the contrary abounds. "The Mexican army still occupies the vast majority of Chiapas and maintains a strong presence in and around civilian towns throughout the region," the caravan's statement charges. "Pastors for Peace observed strong military presence in and around the towns of Morelia, La Realidad, Guadalupe Tepeyac and others." Journalists and other observers have confirmed heavy military presence. "It was a very moving experience," said caravan leader Elizabeth Flannery in relation to the human rights situation in Chiapas. "The people are very afraid of the army, and asked us to continue sending international observers to Chiapas to help them defend their human rights. " Last year, caravans with humanitarian aid for the displaced came from Mexico City and other parts of the country, as well as the U.S. This was the first by Pastors for Peace, a Minneapolis-based group and leading champion in the organizing of caravans to Central America and Cuba. The attack, Pastors for Peace asserts, was politically motivated and intended to discourage support for Mexico's war victims, and particularly to Bishop Samuel Ruiz of San Cristobal de las Casas, who has been advocating peace in the war torn state. But, besides it's dastardliness, the action is seen as basically of great inhuman nature. Many of those for whom the humanitarian aid is aimed are now living a subhuman existence. In one example, the members of the caravan gave this account: "In one civilian refuge, members of Pastors for Peace encountered a pregnant woman who was unable to complete her labor because she hadn't eaten for 20 days. She was in a severely dehydrated condition and the dead fetus was still in her womb. Caravanistas transported her to a hospital in the middle of the night for treatment. She was expected to recover." (This article reprinted from the April 15 issue of the **People's Weekly World**. For subscription information see below. All rights reserved - may be used with PWW credits.) Source: PNEWS