Subject: nanews03.024 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 024 O o o o o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 17 June 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 IND-NET, EIRP, AISESnet, NATCHAT & NATIVE-L Mailing Lists, UUCP & Genie (General Electric) email, Usenet Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native Articles appearing have been previously posted for public dissemination and/or permission for inclusion has been secured. Letters of authorization are on file. A list of those granting permission to repost their words in this issue are listed at the end of part A. I thank each of you for allowing your words to be shared with the people. <----<<<< >>>>----> This newsletter is a way of keeping the brothers and sisters who share our Spirit informed about current events within the lives of those who walk the Red Road. It is archived at the Native American FTP site ftp.cit.cornell.edu in the directory /pub/special/NativeProfs/newsletters; and 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 "Whenever, in the course of the daily hunt, the hunter comes upon a scene that is strikingly beautiful or sublime -- a black thundercloud with the rainbow's arch above the mountain, a white waterfall in the heart of a green gorge, a vast prairie tinged with the blood-red of the sunset -- he pauses for an instant in an attitude of worship. "He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, because to him all days are God's days." __ Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa), Santee Sioux +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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 developer near Atlanta is angry because he has been asked not to build on some mounds, at least, until there has been a test for burials. The Chattahoochee River runs red from raw, bleeding Georgia clay, as belly scrapers and water wagons level another thicket, and the developers greedily prepare another mall. I see these things in Georgia, where I live; and am sure they are not happening only here. I shop in the malls and drive on the streets, so I am not blind to their purpose. I do pray these developers will remember the floods of last year, and recall the places that were spared the worst damage were the ones that had been "developed" by Creator. He left grass and shrubs to drink some of the falling waters and slow the run-off of others. He left the graves of our ancestors alone, much as I am sure the developers would want the graves of their ancestors left alone. 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 - Dirty Water Act - Conferences and Powwows - online - Spirit - Centennial 1895 Treaty - Words for Thought - Daystar Performs at NMAI - Oneida Nation Ag. News - The "Outside" Article on Peltier - Native American Rights Fund - Blockade/Upper Nicola Band - Lucky Eagle Casino - Gwich'in Alert - Judge Won't Dismiss Lawsuit - Myths and Legends - Native American Maps Exhibit - Reviews of Children's Books - Poem: Where Eagles Fly - Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days - Conferences and Powwows - offline --------- "RE: Dirty Water Act" --------- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 21:37:56 -0400 From: Wanblisapa@aol.com Subj: HELP!!! Dirty Water Bill is still alive! :(( UUCP email Forwarded Message follows. Subj: WEEKLY ACTIVISM:Dirty Water Act Date: 95-06-07 02:57:04 EDT From: Zen7 Does everybody remember the Dirty Water bill? Well I hate to be redundant but, H.R. 961 is alive and well. We must keep pressing away at this particular issue until it is resolved.. It has just passed in the House of Representatives. What does that mean to you? It means that we will have: 1)more dioxin, lead and other chemicals pouring into our waters. The bill hands out loopholes for pollution control to giant manufacturing industries. You and I will get stuck downstream with rivers and lakes that are too dangerous to swim or fish in. 2)more sewage flowing into rivers and oceans. The bill weakens sewage treatment requirements for coastal cities and small towns. You and I will suffer from the resulting beach closings, algae blooms, and contaminated seafood. 3)more pesticides and fertilizers in our drinking water. The bill post- pones controls on the massive runoff of pollution from agriculture for decades to come. You and I will pay with our health--through increased risk of cancer, reproductive disorders and other illnesses. 4)more destruction of wetland habitat and wildlife. The bill strips protection from 60% to 80% of America's remaining wetlands. Big business will now have free rain to destroy millions more acres of vital wildlife habitat. No wonder the bills most fervent supporters include the pesticide and chemical manufacturers, mining companies, pulp and paper companies, oil and gas developers, iron and steel makers and giant agribusiness. What to do: First: We must help kill this bill in the Senate. Call your two US Senators. If you don't know their numbers contact their offices through the Capitol Hill Switchboard at 202-224-3121. Tell them that you are appalled by the House Dirty Water bill. Urge your Senators to pass a strong Clean Water Act that will protect the environment and your family's health. If you have Working Assets Long Distance, you can call your Senator for free. While your at it, if they don't have e-mail, encourage them to get it, so you can e-mail them. Second: Call the White House at 202-456-1414. Ask Clinton to veto the Clean Water Act. You can also e-mail him at president@whitehouse.gov. RFA submitted by list member wanblisapa@aol.com: Legislation has been introduced into the House and Senate to create Wounded Knee National Park (HR877 and S382). It would take1800 acres of land from the Lakota. If you want to, and can help, e-mail him for more info. If you make submissions please keep them under 250 words. Give a 1)short concise summary, 2)why the action is relevant, and 3)e-mail addresses, phone numbers, etc. of people to contact. Issues must be of a national nature, and involve Congress or the White House. Everybody must be able to participate in the action. Anybody seeking the name or address of a contact organization can ask me and I'll try and get it. Once again, EVERYONE's feedback and suggestions.Remember my motto: "If you don't speak up, nobody will hear you." Peace, and spread the word. Donovan all for one, and one for all, because all are one, the one is all --------- "RE: Spirit" --------- Date: Fri, 09 Jun 1995 22:25:44 EDT From: BTRU93A@prodigy.com (MS BROOKIE M CRAIG) Subj: Spirit UUCP email I sit, hearing the voices that cry out through the winds for Justice and whisper the pain of their betrayals in my heart. I hear these words always...and wish I could find the way for others to feel them. I think that you do. For that....I am very grateful. I have lived many seasons....seen many things...and like yanu, my fur is a bit tattered...worn and frayed, but my heart still feels the timeless beauty of the joy given by the gifts of the Sacred Ones. I have heard the words spoken...over and over...the empty promises...I have seen the hunger of my Peoples who wish only to be free in a land that promises this to all, but never allows it to be so. I am growing older...and the winters are colder now..and the songs a little harder to hear but I am thankful they are still there. There is so little time for the fire to burn brighter...for it to sweep our turtle island consuming the evil of slavery...for that is what we are as long as our right to self determine is withheld from us...slaves. And if that light does not shine on in the darkness the souls of my People will always be enslaved. The young must take the torch...run with it...never faltering in their journey to give the messages from the winds for all to hear. They have taken our Eagles....our messages are harder now to hear...I ask you to not only to record the songs the feathered People sing to your ears..but to send them to all who need the melody in their hearts. My Grandmother spoke to me of our People's demise...that someday we will no longer be able to care for the land....I hope the Ghost Dancers are right...that we shall return....but if we do not...there will be no one left to hear the Eagle's messages and tell the others of its sacred messages. I fear much for this. For when the heart of the People stops beating....the eagle plunges to Mother Earth....and all is lost. Our People are losing their hearts. Once, I was asked by a Spirit Child in our Circle..."Grandmother, what would you ask if you could have one wish?" In that question I saw the bodies of 4,000 of my People who died of the mistreatment on the Trail of Tears....the 350 frozen corpses left on the slaughter called Wounded Knee....the hundreds of women, old ones and babies butchered at Sand Creek...the thousands who had their noses cut off as bounties during the Indian "wars"....the rape of our beautiful Mother...the broken words...betrayals...and my heart immediately spoke its answer.... I would wish for someone in the Government to say..."I am sorry for what we did." I know that I shall never live to hear those words but wish someday that they may be spoken to you. REMEMBERING NATHAN JIM, JR Believe the Dream For someday I too, shall transform, and if the fire is not kept burning it shall go out for all. Hear these words well. Listen to your heart. --------- "RE: Words for Thought" --------- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 14:53:38 -0400 From: Wanblisapa@aol.com Subj: Words for Thought UUCP email Forwarded message - something for us all to think about.... I do not know the status of this bill, introduced in the 103rd Congress, at this time. Freedom of Self Determination "If the white man wants to live in peace with the indian...we can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike.... give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who is born a free man should be contented when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases. We only ask an even chance to live as other men live. We ask to be recognized as men. Let me be a free man...free to travel...free to stop...free to work...free to choose my own teachers...free to follow the religion of my Fathers...free to think and talk and act for myself." Trapped in the Bear Paw Mountains, almost at the Canadian Border to freedom, the Nez Perce Chief, Joseph refused to leave his People who were lost and dying in the snow covered mountains and instead surrendered his People. He spent the rest of his life pleading for the U.S. Government to honor their promise to free his people, but as with most of the People, he died in exile from his home. This was his speech in Lincoln Hall at Washington, DC, l879. S2269 AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT "A bill to PROTECT Native American cultures and to guarantee the FREE exercise of religion by Native Americans. This act may be cited as the Native American Cultural Protection and Free Exercise of Religion Act of 1994. "IT is the policy of the United States, in furtherance of the policy established in the joint resolution approved ....to PROTECT and PRESERVE the inherent right of any Native American to believe, express and practice his or her traditional culture and religion, including, but not limited to, access to any Native American sacred site, use and possession of sacred objects and the freedom to worship through ceremonial and traditional rites.....as part of the historic federal-Indian TRUST relationship it is the INTENT of the United States to pursue ENFORCEABLE Federal policies which will protect the Native American community and tribal vitality and cultural integrity and which will not inhibit, interfere with or infringe upon Native American traditional cultural practices or impose a burden on the free exercise of Native American religions.... Section 14...The Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Lyng v Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, 485 U.S. 439 (1988) ruled that the free exercise clause of the First Amendment does NOT restrict the Government's MANAGEMENT of it's lands, even IF CERTAIN governmental ACTIONS would INFRINGE upon or DESTROY the ability to practice religion, so long as the Government's action does not compel individuals to act in a manner which is contrary to their religious beliefs..... Where an agency determines to commence a covered federal ACTIVITY notwithstanding notice from an aggrieved party pursuant to 104(a) and (b) it shall issue a written opinion providing the basis for its decision. The issuance of this decision shall constitute FINAL agency action for purposes of judicial review pursuant to section 501. ...." "....give them all the same law....free to follow the religion of their Fathers....free to think and talk and act for MYSELF..." They still don't hear the words. --------- "RE: Oneida Nation Ag. News" --------- Date: Fri, 9 Jun 1995 14:22:10 +0000 From: rood@oneida-nation.org (Dale Rood, Turtle Clan) Subj: Oneida Nation Ag. News UUCP email NEWS --NEWS -- NEWS -- NEWS June 6, 1995 For Immediate Release A PEOPLE RETURN TO THEIR AGRICULTURAL ROOTS -- ONEIDA NATION BEGINS FARMING ON ITS LANDS ONEIDA INDIAN TERRITORY, via Oneida, NY -- A year ago, the summer breeze gently combed through the wild grasses on a small deserted crop field in Verona. Now, when the summer breeze drifts through that field, newly sprouted Indian corn stocks rustle. The Oneida Nation is farming about 1,000 acres of reacquired lands this summer. Much of this land has suffered decades of misuse, abuse, and over-farming since being systematically robbed from the Oneida People over a century ago. Initially, the Nation's newly created Agricultural Department is growing crops designed to nourish the lands. These include legumes, alfalfa, hay, and bird's-foot trefoil. Peter Zawko, Agriculture Department director, said this process should take about three years. However, Indian corn, a white kernel corn, has been planted and recently sprouted adjacent to the Agriculture Department's maintenance/storage facility. The seeds that this corn was cultivated from were given to the department by generations of Oneida Members who have continued to grow the corn since time immemorial. Over the years, Indian corn has been cross-pollinated with other varieties of corn. In a cooperative working relationship with plant scientist at Cornell University, the Nation will be developing Indian corn into a unified hybrid that is consistent to strains Oneida People have grown since they were heralded as expert farmers over two centuries ago. Zawko said this process could take up to five seasons to accomplish. Eventually, the Nation will farm a variety of crops in keeping with the tradition of the Oneida Nation. These include squash and beans which complete the Oneida tradition of the Three Sisters -- squash, corn and beans -- the sustainers of life. Starting this fall, the Nation is planning to raise beef livestock including deer and bison. Initially, harvested crops will be used by Oneida Members. In the future, crops and livestock may be used for Nation enterprises and commercial use. For more information contact Diane Stirling, director, or Ken Zeszutko, media coordinator, Oneida Nation Communications Department, (315) 829-3090 or email the nation at umstead@oneida-nation.org. Dale Rood Turtle Clan, Oneida Indian Nation Men's Council Member rood@oneida-nation.org url - http://nysernet.org/oneida/ The Oneida Indian Nation - "The first Indian Nation on the world wide web" --------- "RE: Native American Rights Fund" --------- Date: Fri, 9 Jun 1995 10:07:43 -0600 (MDT) From: HARRAGARRA DEANA Subj: Native American Rights Fund - 25th Anniversary UUCP email The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) would like to extend an invitation to private attorneys, legal services attorneys, Tribal judicial departments, Tribal governments, Indian organizations, scholars, federal and state governments, foundations, corporations and others interested in Indian law to attend the Native American Rights Fund's 25th Anniversary Indian Law Symposium. The Symposium will be held Friday, August 4, 1995, on the campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder. The Indian Law Symposium will focus on the next 25 years in Indian law and policy. Panel discussions will be held on the following topics: status of Tribes in the federal system, subsistence hunting and fishing issues, environmental issues, religious freedom, education, and Indian child welfare and protection services. August 3, 1995 Opening Reception at NARF August 4, 1995 Indian Law Symposium Speakers include Frank Dayish, Jr., President, Native American Church of North America; John Echohawk, Executive Director, NARF; Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO); Wilma Mankiller, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation; Doug Nash, Tribal Attorney, Nez Perce; Judy Shapiro, Attorney, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker; Ada Deer, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; David Lester, Executive Director, Council of Energy Resource Tribes; Robert T. Anderson, Associate Solicitor, Department of Interior; William Yellowtail, Region 8 Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Walter Echo-Hawk, Attorney, NARF; Melody McCoy, Attorney, NARF; B.J. Jones, Attorney, Dakota Plains Legal Services Dinner, Silent Auction, Anniversary Dance Hosted by Evelyn Stevenson, Tribal Attorney, Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes, Chair of NARF Board of Directors; and Richard (Skip) Hayward, Chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, Chair of NARF National Support Committee August 5, 1995 5K Run, Feast, Pow-Wow 5K Run, Billy Mills Pow-Wow, Headman Dancer, W. Richard West, Jr., Director, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Headwoman Dancer, Verna J. Teller, Former Governor, Isleta Pueblo For a copy of the 25th Anniversary Brochure, please call, write or fax: Rose Brave Native American Rights Fund 1506 Broadway Boulder, CO 80302 303/447-8760 telephone 303/443-7776 tax Or send me an e-mail with your address and I'll forward it to Rose Brave. deana harragarra waters NILL/NARF 303-447-8760 --------- "RE: Lucky Eagle Casino" --------- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1995 09:37:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Mel Youckton Subj: Lucky Eagle Casino/Chehalis Tribe Mailing List: IND-NET Mailing List: EIRP For immediate release June 10, 1995 LUCKY EAGLE CASINO NOW OPEN <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*> After months of long negotiations and hard work, The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation opened the doors to a new business endeavor. The Lucky Eagle Casino, located in Southwest Washington approximately ten miles west of the I-5 corridor at exit 88, is a 50,000 square-foot facility housing 32 gaming tables and 15 poker tables. Games include black jack, craps, roulette, Keno, wheel of fortune, and pull tabs. Betting limits are $250. Excelsior management team members say that in six months the number of gaming tables can be increased to 50 and the betting limit increased to $500. The Casino also includes a 700-seat Bingo Hall that will be open from 5 p.m. to closing Thursday through Monday. Matinee bingo sessions will take place at 1 p.m. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Two restaurants are also part of the Casino - The snack bar features burgers, hot dogs, a bagel bar and espresso. A full-service 170-seat restaurant called the Golden Eagle will offer alder smoked salmon and ribs, steak and a variety of seafood. Lucky Eagle Casino is the first Indian owned and operated casino in the South Puget Sound area. The casino's primary market is from Olympia south to Vancouver and west to Aberdeen and Ocean Shores. Its larger market stretches to Portland, Oregon to the south and Seattle, Washington to the north. ***** Come see the Legend, visit the LUCKY EAGLE CASINO! ***** For more information, contact: John Setterstom Manager 360.273.2000 --------- "RE: Judge Won't Dismiss Lawsuit" --------- Date: 95/06/14 04:50 From: paulm@ursus1.ursus.maine.edu (Pauline Mitchell) Subj: Judge Won't Dismiss Lawsuit UUCP email Hello, I have received permission from the Bangor Daily News to use this article for the newsletter, just as long as we make a mention that it can be reproduced as is from the Bangor Daily News, June 14, 1995, Wednesday, Section B. --Pauline ________________________________________________________________________ Judge won't dismiss Penobscots' lawsuit BANGOR - A federal judge on Wednesday denied a Portland law firm's motion to dismiss civil fraud charges filed last fall by the Penobscot Indian Nation. The firm of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer and Nelson is one of nine parties defending itself against a complaint filed September filed that a number of groups conspired to defraud the tribe in a failed business venture. The venture allowed the Penobscots to buy Schiavi Homes in late 1987 for $5.2 million, a deal that was financed by Key Bank. By 1989, the deal had soured, and Bernstein, Shur brokered a settlement. Among the conflict-of-interest charges raised in the lawsuit was an allegation that lawyers at Bernstein, Shur once worked for Key Bank, but never disclosed their relationship to tribal officials. But a lawyer at Bernstein, Shur said then there was no pending business between the firm and Key Bank, and five years had passed since it last worked for the bank. Besides the charges of fraud and negligence that the tribe filed against the law firm, the Penobscots also argued that their agreement with Bernstein, Shur should be declared void under a federal law that requires certain contracts be approved by the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. In its motion to dismiss the charges, Bernstein, Shur argued in part that the Penobscots' claims fell short because no tribal monies were used to pay the legal fees. U.S. District Judge Morton A. Brody, through, disagreed. --------- "RE: Native American Maps Exhibit" --------- Date: Thu, 8 Jun 1995 16:05:01 -0600 From: AISES Subj: Native American Maps Exhibit Mailing List: AISESnet Discussion List (aisesnet@victor.umt.edu) NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION: Another America: An Exhibition of Native American Maps now on tour. Another America is the first exhibition to focus exclusively on maps made by or derived from Native Americans. The exhibit features high quality photographic reproductions of Native American maps ranging from the earliest extant example, made by the Indian Miguel in 1602, to the recently published Inuit Place Names Map Series from the Nunavik region of Canada. Throughout the exhibit maps are presented as both unique pictures of geography and as windows on the history, cultures, and technologies of the native peoples of North America. As graphic items from oral cultures they offer a rare glimpse into the way space was organized and experienced by Native Americans. Maps from the Indians of the Southeast, the Great Lakes, the Plains, and the Canadian Arctic are featured in the exhibition. The exhibit includes illustrated text captions that provide contemporary geographic references, information on the history of the map, and additional examples of Native American maps and graphic art to place the exhibit in a larger historical and cultural context. These maps are important documents for both Native American and traditional North American history. The exhibit uses several themes to explore and interpret the maps. "The Native American Landscape" examines how the oral history and traditions of Native Americans are reflected in the form and content of the maps. "Maps from the Colonial Era" provides examples of maps that reflect the Native American response to the European invasion and the devastating effects of the encounter. "The Cartographic Exchange" includes maps from the French and Indian War and the European exploration of the Arctic. "The Remapping of America" examines the American Indian's contribution to the western mapping of the continent. "Maps from the Great Plains" provides examples of maps made by Plains Indians demonstrating their unique graphic systems and their experience of western expansion. "Contemporary Native American Maps" uses maps as a metaphor for the reemergence of Native American culture as a strong and significant presence in modern society. For more information on the exhibit or to inquire about rentals contact: Mark Warhus, 4071 N. Stowell Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 414-963-0821. Exhibit Schedule: May 1 to May 31, 1995 University of British Columbian Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver July 1 to July 31, 1995 Pattee Library, Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania Sept. 7 through Oct. 7, 1995 St. Cloud State University St. Cloud, Minnesota Mid Oct. through Mid-Nov, 1995 Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee Sponsored by the Tennessee Indian Education Association and the Tennessee Humanities Council Dec. 1, 1995 to Jan. 13, 1996 Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM* Jan. 15 to Feb. 28, 1996 Institute of American Indian Arts Santa Fe, NM* Mar. 1 through 30, 1996 San Juan College, Farmington, NM* * Sponsored by the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities Apr. 7 through June 7, 1996 Anasazi Heritage Center, Dolores, Colorado Sept. 3 to Oct. 7, 1996 Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio --------- "RE: Reviews of Children's Books" --------- Date: 30 May 1995 03:38:22 GMT From: brock@ucsub.Colorado.EDU (Steve Brock) Subj: Reviews of Children's Books with Native American Themes Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native Here are several short reviews of new and recent children's books about or written by Native Americans. All are written by Steve Brock: For ages 4-8: CROW AND HAWK, written by Michael Rosen, illustrated by John Clementson. Harcourt Brace & Company, 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101, (800) 543-1918, (800) 235-0256 FAX. Illus- trated. 32 pp., $15.00 cloth. 0-15-200257-X In this Pueblo Indian tale that parallels the Baby Jessica adoption case, Crow lays her eggs in a nest, tires of constantly sitting on it, and flies off. Hawk finds the eggs and decides to sit on "these poor little eggs" herself. They hatch, and Hawk rears the baby crows as her own. Later, Crow returns and wants the babies back, since she laid the eggs. Hawk replies that she sat on the eggs and fed and raised the hatchlings, so they do not belong to Crow anymore. Crow goes to Eagle, king of the birds, and is told that since she left the nest, she has "lost the children." It's hard to imagine this story being a Pueblo tale, since all of the traditional elements have been stripped away and the story reads like a newspaper report. This blandness also extends to Clementson's paper collages, which he attempts to frame with an extremely unoriginal Indian pattern. There are only a few white authors who have been successful at retelling Native American stories, and Rosen fails miserably. Though the story may or may not be authentic, his lack of feeling in telling it is quite evident. Grade: C-. HOW THUNDER AND LIGHTNING CAME TO BE, retold by Beatrice Orcutt Harrell with collages by Susan L. Roth. Dial Books for Young Readers, 375 Hudson St., N.Y., NY 10014, (212) 366-2000, (212) 366-2666 FAX. Illustrated, author's note. 32 pp., $14.99 cloth. 0-8037-1748-2 In her first published book, Choctaw writer Harrell tells the story of two foolish birds (one is big and slow, the other small and fast but clumsy) who are told by the Sun Father to warn his people about approaching weather disturbances. First, one leans out of the clouds and yells loudly. Next, they try running from village to village. The solution, of course, comes by accident, and the Sun Father is pleased at the birds inventiveness. The story is virtually taken-over, however, by Roth's vibrant collages - especially the bright, crackling lightning. I'm looking forward to more from this team. Grade: A-. DID YOU HEAR THE WIND SING YOUR NAME?: AN ONEIDA SONG OF SPRING by Sandra De Coteau Orie, illustrated by Christopher Canyon. Walker and Company, 435 Hudson St., N.Y., NY 10014, (800) AT-WALKER, (212) 307-1764 FAX. Illustrated. 32 pp., $14.95 cloth. 0-8027-8351-1 Oneida author Orie asks children to share in the signs of Spring's rebirth - the warmth of the sun, the smell of cedar, the taste of thunder, the sight of the bright orange sunset. While some of the questions should be confusing, such as "Did you see Trillium's Stars lying upon the Forest bed's heaven," they are, instead, strangely reassuring. The double-page illustrations by Canyon, a Cherokee, are outstanding. Grade: A-. For ages 6-10: COYOTE AND LITTLE TURTLE: A TRADITIONAL HOPI TALE, told by Hershel Talashoema, translated and edited by Emory Sekaquaptewa and Barbara Pepper, illustrated by Hopi children. Illustrated (90 drawings), glossaries, grammar section. 95 pp., $14.95 cloth (0-940666-84-7), $9.95 paper (0-940666-85-5). COYOTE AND THE WINNOWING BIRDS: A TRADITIONAL HOPI TALE, told by Eugene Sekaquaptewa, translated and edited by Emory Sekaquaptewa and Barbara Pepper, illustrated by Hopi children. Illustrated (75 drawings), glossaries, pronunciation section. 100 pp., $14.95 cloth (0-940666-86-7), $9.95 paper (0-940666-87-5). Both books are available from Clear Light Publishers, 823 Don Diego, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, (800) CLEAR47, (800) 253-2747, FAX: (505) 989-9519. A collaborative effort by several organizations (notably the Institute for the Preservation of the Original Languages of the Americas, the Hopi Tribe Cultural Preservation Office, the Hotevilla-Bacavi Community School, and the University of Arizona's Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology), each of these books tells a story of how coyote is tricked by his own greed. Both are illustrated by Hopi schoolchildren, contain sections on teaching Hopi language and culture, and are perfect for schools, libraries, or to commemorate a visit to the Hopi reservation or the Southwest in general. Grade for both: an enthusiastic A+. A WALK TO THE GREAT MYSTERY by Virginia Stroud. Dial Books for Young Readers, 375 Hudson St., N.Y., NY 10014, (212) 366-2000, (212) 366-2666 FAX. 32 pp., $14.99 cloth. 0-8037-1636-2 In this second book by the award-winning artist and writer, Dustin and Rosie pay a visit to their grandmother, a Cherokee medicine woman who looks at things in a special way. She takes the children into the woods to look for the Great Mystery. At first they are confused, but eventually they understand that it is the spirit of life all around them, even inside them. An enlightening story about respect and tradition, illustrated with sun-washed acrylics where almost everything is circular. Why, though, are their faces so white? Grade: B+. For all ages: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NATIVE AMERICA by Trudy Griffin-Pierce. Viking Children's Books, 375 Hudson St., N.Y., NY 10014, (212) 366-2000, (212) 366-2666 FAX. Illustrated, index, maps, list of resources, further readings. 192 pp., $25.99 cloth. 0-670-85104-3 Indian tribes are scattered all across the United States and Canada, and each one, though they share many traits and customs, is distinct. Griffin-Pierce's new reference highlights these individual characteristics while providing a coherent overview of Indian life in North America. Divided into seven cultural and geographical sections, each containing a history, language map, descriptions of specific tribes, and several sidebars that focus on special celebrations, notable leaders, or a particular issue. Includes a section on Canadian Indians. Highly recommended for public and school libraries. Grade: A-. --------- "RE: Poem: Where Eagles Fly" --------- Date: Fri, 09 Jun 1995 15:03:10 EDT From: hepayne@medea.gp.usm.edu(Helen E. Payne Spencer) Subj: Where Eagles Fly Where Eagles Fly The coolness of the mountains and the deepness of the sea The blueness of the sky, The Eagles fly - They do not flee. The long amber grasses floating in the breeze, The smell of sweet flowers are just thoughts inside of me. Where men would never venture, That's where the Eagles fly On top of purple mountains You can hear their shrieking cry. In the mountains are their nests Hidden from the prey They won't be fools or be victims Or fall along the way. They fight for life, these large strong birds, They won't let it pass them by. Examples in our life should be. To fly where Eagles fly. -Helen E. Payne Spencer Cherokee --------- "RE: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days" --------- Date: 95/06/09 22:39 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 June 18-24 IUNE (June) (Kaaona) 18 All great schemes were born of dreams. 19 Sing with the voice of the wind. 20 In the hidden places are found the rarest of flowers. 21 Summer's moon is rising now above the mountains. 22 Speak softly of your secret joys. 23 Joy is the visible expression of wonder. 24 True dreams are born of sea spray, of ehukai. (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, 15 Jun 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: KWALL30266@AOL.COM Subject: Spiritual Gathering This has been forwarded to you by Amonsoquath Tribe of Cherokee - Bear Clan. This is being organized by James Duncan "The Trail of Joy The Return" A spiritual Gathering beginning Sundown Thursday June 22 until Sunrise Saturday June 24th, 1995. Location: New E-Chota, Ga. (Thurs 22) - Red Clay, Tenn. Fri 23 and Sat. 24th. For further info call Cherokees of Georgia Chief James Young Bear Reynolds. 912-436-1605/Voice 912-438-7771\FAX. Mr. Duncan has requested us to try and reach as many Cherokee people as possible.... Addendum from Evening Star: It came to our attention June 14 that there is some question about whether this gathering will be permitted to convene at New Echota due to departmental regulations within the state government. Negotiations are continuing, but it would be wise to call for updated site information before going to New Echota. From: Wendy Huff Subject: Western Door Pow Wow The "Keeper of the Western Door" Pow-Wow will be held July 15 - 16, 1995, Allegany Indian Reservation, at Veteran's Memorial Park, Broad Street/Route 417, Salamanca, NY. (Exit 20, Route 17 Expressway, Seneca Nation of Indians) Gates Open 11:00 a.m., Grant Entry is 12:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Saturday, and 12:30 p.m. on Sunday. MC: Bill Crouse, Sr. Head Dancers: Norman, Ramona, and Shannon Roach Head Judges: Joe Plain, Madonna Thunder Hawk Arena Director: Rusty Doxtador Dance Competition, Drum Contest, Special Contests (Team, Smoke Dance), Hoop Dance Exhibition, Iroquois Social Dancing, Cake Walks, and More . . For information: Write: Pow-Wow, P.O. Box 621, Salamanca, NY 14779 Call: Salamanca Chamber of Commerce @ 716-945-2034 Becki (evenings/weekends) @ 716-945-4834 Jackie @ 716-945-4971 (h) and 716-945-1790 (w) Traders: Call/Write for an Application: Deadline is July 3, 1995 Pre-registered Traders: $75 per day/space Non-registered Traders: $100 " " (if available) Admission: Adult: (13+) $6.00/day Children $4.00/day Seniors: (60+) $4.00/day From: ron.burling@ctbbs.sccsi.com (RON BURLING) Newsgroups: alt.native Subject: Pow wow Trails June 24 & 25 Minnetrista Cultural Center Muncie,IN Call; 800-428-5887 Sault Ste. Marie 14th Annual Traditional Pow Wow and Spiritual Conf. June 30 to July 2 Pow Wow grounds on Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Reservation Shunk Rd Sault Ste. Marie, MI Call; 906-635-6050 International Year of the Indigenous People Pow Wow '95 July 1 & 2 (tentative) Longwoods Conservation Area London, Ont. Ca Call; N'Amerind 516-672-0131 22nd Annual Oneida Pow Wow July 2 & 3 Norbert Center Seminary Rd (off Highway 54) Oneida, WI Call; 414-833-6760 after 5 p.m. Annual Kettle Point & Stony Point First Nations Pow Wow July 8 & 9 Kettle Point, Ont. CA Call; 519-786-6680 22nd Annual Honor the Earth Traditional Pow Wow July 13-16 Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibway Junction of "K" & "E" Hayward, WI Call; 715-634-8924 Walpole Island Annual Pow Wow July 15 & 16 Walpole Island,Ont. CA Call; 519-627-1476 2nd Annual KalVia Traditional Native American Pow Wow Kalamazoo,MI Call; Dave Dufault 616-327-2468 or 616-657-1855 16th Annual Spiritual Conf. & Traditional Pow Wow July 22-25 Ojibway Campground Baraga,Mi. Call; 906-353-6623 11th Annual "Honoring our Heritage" Pow Wow July 22 & 23 Clio's Firemen Park Dixie Highway (Dort Highway) Flint, MI Call; 810-239-6621 3rd Annual Honoring Our Elders Pow Wow July 29 & 30 Bay County Fair Grounds Bay City, MI Call; Craig Waynee 517-846-6451 Second Annual Kekionga Gathering of the People July 29 & 30 Tahcumwah Community Center Rockhill Park Ft. Wayne, IN Call; Katrina Mitten 219-459-2112 35th Annual Wikwemikong Indian Day Pow Wow August 5 to 7 Pow Wow Grounds Manitoulin Island, Ont. Ca Call; 705-859-3122 705-859-2385 FAX: 705-859-3851 Little Elk's Retreat Traditional Pow Wow August 5 & 6 Saginaw Chippewa Campground Tomah Rd Mt. Pleasant,MI Call; 517-772-5700 4th Annual Odawa Homecoming Pow Wow August 5 & 6 Ottawa Stadium, on M-119 Harbor Springs, MI Call; 616-348-3410 days 616-526-6939 evenings (Shirley Oldman) Land of the Menominee Pow Wow August 5 & 6 Woodland Bowl Keshena, WI Call; 715-799-5114 19th Annual Traditional Leonard J. Pamp Pow Wow August 12 & 13 Burlington, MI Call; Bea Pamp 616-729-9434 Third Annual Sault Tribe Hessel Pow Wow August 18-20 Old St Ignace Rd & Three Mile Rd Hessel, MI Call; Linda Shagonabe 906-484-2888 Leona Litzner 906-484-2246 Terry LaTour 906-484-2326 Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians Peshabestown Traditional Pow Wow August 19 & 20 Suttons Bay, MI Call; Rose Weese 616-271-3538 American Indian Council 13th Annual Traditional Pow Wow August 19 & 20 Boone Co. 4H Grounds Lebanon, IN Call; Nancy Malaterre 317-482-3315 Susie Deem 317-545-5057 3rd Annual Competition Pow Wow August 26 & 27 St. Clair College Gymnasium 2000 Talbot Rd W. Windsor, Ont. Ca. Call; Allen Henry 519-948-8365 or 519-945-7943 J.B. Schuyler 519-251-0709 Michigan Inter-Tribal Association Pow Wow August 26 & 27 Timberlake Campground 7250 S 40th St Climax, MI Call; Sue 616-746-4004 Maryann 616-746-4033 6th Annual Traditional Anishnabeg Mom-Weh Indian Center Pow Wow August 25 - 27 Tri-Township School 10070 Highway #2 Rapid River,MI Call; 906-786-0556 Windsor Ontario Canada 3rd Annual Competition Pow Wow August 26 & 27 Windsor, Ont. Ca Call; Allen Henry 519-948-8365 Jean Gagnon 519-973-9192 35th Annual Tecumseh Lodge Labor Day Pow Wow Sept 1 - 3 Tipton County Fair Grounds Tipton, IN Call; 812-988-9070 Michinemackinong Traditional Pow Wow September 2 & 3 Marquette Museum and Ojibwa Museum St. Ignace, MI Call; 906-863-9831 906-643-7436 Potawatomi Indian Nation Inc. Kie Boon Mienkaa Festival Sept 2 & 3 St. Patrick's Park St Joseph County, IN Call; Sharon Winters 616-782-6323 Greg Ballew 219-233-6518 Third Annual "Honoring Our Elders" Traditional Pow Wow Sept 2 & 3 John Gurney Park Hart, MI Call; Pat Beatty 616-873-2129 B.J. Rivera 616-873-7242 Linda Cory 616-869-4362 Kie Boon Mine Kaa Pow Wow Sept 2 & 3 St Joseph County Park South Bend, IN Call; Greg Ballew 219-233-6518 U of M/Flint N.A.S.O. 3rd Annual Traditional Pow Wow Sept 9 (12 noon to 6 pm) University of Michigan/Flint Riverbank Flint, MI Call; Isabel Valero 810-762-3431 ========================================================================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- 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: Donovan Rittenbach via Black Eagle(Alert), Deana Harragarra Waters, Mel Youckton(Release), Debra F. Sanders(Kepola), Janet Smith, Dale Rood, Bangor Daily News via Pauline Mitchell, Brookie M Craig, AISES(Release), Black Eagle, Steve Brock, Dana Gazoo/Roxanne Lalonde, Ned Bobkoff(Release), Lisa Faruolo via Todd Hiatt, Phillip Manuel, Windy Stumeeks, Norma Kassi via Gwichin Steering Committee, Helen E. Payne Spencer --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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, 15 Jun 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: simcoe@camosun.bc.ca Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Greetings from Victoria! Most pleased to send on this information: 1995 ABORIGINAL WOMEN AND WELLNESS CONFERENCE: HONOURING WARRIOR WOMEN * PAST * PRESENT * AND FUTURE WORKSHOP TOPICS WILL ENCOMPASS THE MEDICINE WHEEL AND MAY INCLUDE: Maternal, Child Health, Building Emotionally Healthy Relationships, Rites of Passage, Confronting our Realities, Cultural Revitalization, Personal Power, Young Adulthood, Identity Issues, Birthing, Fostering, Strengthening our Minds, Women in Movement Evening Entertainment VICTORIA CONFERENCE CENTRE OCTOBER 11, 12, AND 13, 1995 Registration limited to 1000 For Information Contact: Tara Banaee Conference Coordinator Victoria Native Friendship Centre 533 Yates Street Victoria, BC CANADA V8W-1K7 Phone:(604) 384-3211 Fax:(604) 384-1586 It would be good to meet many of you there! Meegwetch Original Sender: djensen@yknet.yk.ca (David Jensen) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) [ From "soc.culture.native" Usenet newsgroup. --Gary ] SPIRITUAL UNITY OF THE WORLD GATHERING "A time of peace & unity among all peoples" Honouring the vision of Black Elk August 9-13, 1995 -- Tagish, Yukon, Canada Set-up camp: August 8; Camp-out: August 9-13; Clean-up: August 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------ FOR PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SPIRITUAL UNITY Since 1989, gatherings in Canada, the U.S. and Siberia, have been living demonstrations of traditional Native spiritual principles of sharing, tolerance, honor, respect and love. They are a grass-roots effort, coordinated through a voluntary network, as a gift from the heart Participate in daily opening ceremonies, featured speakers, workshops, talking circles, evening entertainment, sweat lodges, and gatherings around continually-maintained sacred fire; themes include paying tribute to the Grandmothers; each day a mid-day meal for all will be cooked and hosted by a designated region or tribe. ----------------------------------------------------------------- BRING; camping gear, eating utensils; contribution of food from your local region; instruments, costumes/ethnic, regalia,rock(s) for medicine wheel DO NOT BRING; alcohol/drugs, weapons, pets, cameras, tape recorders; proselytising of religion or politics. --------------------------------------------------------------- Fore more information please e-mail (djensen@yknet.yk.ca) or phone (403) 667-2966 --------- "RE: Centennial 1895 Treaty" --------- Date: Thu, 8 Jun 1995 13:01:53 -0600 From: lalonder@geog.ualberta.ca (Roxanne Lalonde) Subj: Centennial 1895 Treaty Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Here is another item of possible interest to NativeNetters, which appeared on the Earth-Spirit list. Date: Wed, 07 Jun 95 07:54:00 PDT From: "Gazoo, Dana" To: native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us Subject: more Native American News COMMEMORATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TREATY OF 1895 AND THE HUMAN, POLITICAL, CIVIL, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WORLDWIDE, I, CHIEF FLOYD HEAVY RUNNER, A BLACKFEET INDIAN, PRESENT TO THE WORLD COMMUNITY A PROSPECTUS FOR PEACE BETWEEN MY BLACKFEET SPEAKING NATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BASED UPON THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS. In 1870, my great, great grandfather, Heavy Runner the Elder, was murdered along with 172 other Blackfeet people, mostly women, children and the elderly of our tribe in a surprise attack of retribution on Indian people for acts it was known that our village did not commit. 125 years later we have not received a formal apology, compensation, or justice from the acknowledged leader of nations promoting democracy and human rights in the world today... the United States of America. In 1895, starving and again stricken with small pox, and under direct threat from corrupt officials of the United States with impending military presence, my great grandfather, Heavy Runner the Younger, survivor of the massacre of 1870, signed a treaty deliberately mistranslated into the Blackfeet language that gave up portions of our sacred lands, our Jerusalem, known today as the Badger-Two Medicine. Today, the world champions of human rights, the United States of America, continues to make war on myself and my people by allowing the destruction of the cathedral provided to us by our creator...permitting Chevron USA and Petrofina Belgium to destroy our last place of pre-Colombian cultural survival, the Badger-Two Medicine. In 1988, in a nearly identical situation with a tribe in California, the Supreme Court of the United States stripped away protection for Native land-based religions despite the court's admission that it would have "Devastating effects on Indian culture" in the now famous case called G-O Road. In the past six years, Congress has failed to pass laws protecting us, and industrial interests continue to attack the Northern Rockies Eco- system Protection Act which is the proposed law that would protect us and our human rights. At the present time, there is little hope with United States law, but there is a pro-spectus for peace and the salvation of my culture and the land based cultures of indigenous peoples world wide. Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights reads that "In those states in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, person belonging...shall not be denied the right...to enjoy their own culture, to...practice their own religion..." Therefore, I, Chief Floyd Heavy Runner, a Blackfeet Indian, request in the spirit of faith in the goodwill of Greater Humanity that all persons receiving a copy of this statement write a letter to the President of the United States of America asking for the pro-motion of the International Covenant, Article 27, beginning with the Badger-Two Medicine, and the right of my people, and the all other land-based cultures world-wide to continue in existence. Ask the President to issue an Executive Order permanently withdrawing drilling approval, citing violation of Article 27 of the International Covenant. And, with my payers, pass this request on to at least two or more persons. Signed, Floyd Heavy Runner ============================================================================ INSTRUCTION SHEET HEAVY RUNNER WORLDWIDE HUMAN RIGHTS LETTER CAMPAIGN All participants This instruction sheet and the associated statement of Floyd Heavy Runner relating to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights may be duplicated by any participant, in any form true to the original, including copy machine, retyping and hand written. In case of doubts conforming to the original, copies of the original may be obtained, upon request, through participating organizations, such as the various participating Human Rights and environmental organizations in the USA and Europe. Campaign letters should be addressed to: President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 USA : president@whitehouse.gov Any individual, environmental or Human Rights group, business, etc. may become a self-declared co-sponsor by providing simple notice stating participation and briefly describing who you are and what you do. Confirmation of participation addresses: Chief Floyd Heavy Runner c/o Postmaster Heart Butte, Montana 59448 Donations of monies are _not_ solicited, however, persons or organizations interested in making contributions to the Heavy Runner Human Rights Fund may do so. The fund will provide for further legal and humanitarian aid on behalf of indigenous people working to save their cultures. Donation address: Heavy Runner Human Rights Fund 600 West 7th Austin, Texas 78701 USA --------- "RE: Daystar Performs at NMAI" --------- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1995 09:47:05 -0600 From: bobkoff@chicoma.la.unm.edu (Ned Bobkoff) Subj: Daystar Performs at NMAI, holds auditions for performers Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) DAYSTAR PERFORMS AT NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN Rosalie Jones (Blackfeet/Chippewa ancestry), Artistic Direc- tor of Daystar: Contemporary Dance-Drama of Indian America, and Professor of Dance at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, will be featured at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City, July 1, 2, 3, for three perfor- mances per day, from 1pm to 5pm. Rosalie Jones (Daystar) is the recipient of a two-year NEA Choreographers Fellowship; the award was given for her original dance-drama work with Native American oral tradition over the past 25 years. The company has toured extensively throughout the United States and Canada, most recently in Wisconsin. In 1980 Rosalie Jones founded DAYSTAR, a dance company that presents native based dance-dramas with an all Native American cast. Her pioneering work has been recognized for "excellence and vitality in choreography, integrity of expression, and exemplary treatment of traditional materials." AUDITIONS FOR DAYSTAR COMPANY In New York City, Rosalie Jones (Daystar) will be auditioning Native American contemporary dancers trained in modern, ballet, gymnastics, martial arts and/or traditional Indian dances for upcoming tours. Actors trained in movement are also welcome. AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD AT AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY HOUSE 404 Lafayette St, NYC (212-5980100) 6-8pm, SUNDAY, JUNE 18TH or 7-9pm, TUESDAY, JUNE 20TH Or contact: ROSALIE JONES, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DAYSTAR DANCE-DRAMA COMPANY 505-47l-4822 in Santa Fe, New Mexico Institute of American Indian Arts, Box 20007, Santa Fe 87505 Fax # 505-986-5542 (Send resume and photo, preferably with videotape) --------- "RE: The "Outside" Article on Peltier" --------- Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 18:08:18 +0200 From: jonto@falcon.cc.ukans.edu (jonto) Subj: The "Outside" article on Peltier Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) A response by Lisa Faruolo --------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 11th, 1995 OPEN LETTER REGARDING SCOTT ANDERSON'S ARTICLE IN "OUTSIDE" MAGAZINE, JULY 1995 ISSUE Regarding Scott Anderson's ridiculous article on the case of Leonard Peltier and his promise to Leonard to forward a copy c/o Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary, don't bother yourself Mr. Anderson. Personally, I am dismayed at Mr. Anderson's lack of insight and research, despite his assertion of reading "thousands" of documents. His article manages to convey wholly inaccurate accounts of the testimony of Angie Long Visitor (must have missed those trial transcript pages marked 2668-2727), ballistics evidence, coercion of witnesses, and the fact that the Eighth Circuit Court has stated that the FBI was guilty of "a clear abuse of the investigative process" resulting in one of the judges writing the President to request a commutation of Peltier's sentence. Perhaps the most glaring and miraculous oversight is the total exclusion of the FBI's COINTEL program, which explains how Anderson simply cannot understand why the good people of the FBI would want to frame a political activist. Anderson's most glaring error is his false assertion that a red and white van belonged to Leonard Peltier. He ties Peltier to the van with the testimony of Angie Long Visitor and a thumb print on the van's mirror. What he omits is the fact that Ms. Long Visitor testified that the van belonged to Sam Loud Hawk. the prosecution, desperate to link the vehicle to Peltier, actually pointed him out in the courtroom and demanded to know if he was also known as sam Loud Hawk. Long Visitor insisted that he was not and that they were two totally different men. Sam Loud Hawk, a Lakota, was and is a resident of Pine Ridge. An AIM supporter, he allowed his van to be used by members of the camp. According to Long Visitor's testimony, everyone used it from time to time. As for Anderson's statement about Long Visitor seeing "at least part of the gun battle", all she testified to seeing was two white men firing at her home. She grabbed her children and husband and ran with her family into the woods. What vehicle was being chased? We could find out if the FBI would release the radio communications. Anderson thinks this is some great mystery when actually the source of the information is no great secret. South Dakota governor William Janklow stated it publicly. This resulted in a Freedom of Information Act request which was denied and fought in court. Attorney James Lessar won the battle and the FBI was ordered to release the transcripts. the FBI immediately appealed. Why would they do a thing like that? The writer wants us to believe that Peltier was so worried that the FBI had learned he was on the reservation, that when two agents entered the area, he reacted with malice. Are we to believe that a man who resided on the reservation, worked with the people there, went regularly into town, appeared at public events, and was well-known was trying to conceal his presence? Peltier was not hiding. He was an active participant in life on the reservation. At no point did he act like a fugitive. This contention is preposterous. It becomes even more asinine when one learns that residents of Pine Ridge witnessed an enormous build-up of FBI and police presence all heading toward Oglala hours BEFORE the shoot-out. According to Agent Coward as he testified at Peltier's trial, the number of agents assigned to the area reached its height eight days before the firefight (pg 1220, Vol VII). Does Anderson think this was just a coincidence? Describing the shoot-out itself, Anderson writes that the two agents had been following a vehicle in which they believed Jimmy Eagle was a passenger, a boy wanted for stealing used cowboy boots (not torture, Mr. Anderson). The occupants got out 250 yards away and opened fire. Anderson states, "trapped in the open, they couldn't retreat." Trapped in the open at 250 yards??? Has Anderson forgotten the agents both had CARS?!? how difficult would it have been to drive away and call for back up? Did it occur to Mr. Anderson that perhaps they remained in a dangerous position because they were well aware that other agents were close by? He also feebly tries to link the AIM group to the death of AIM supporter Gladys Bissonette. According to the FBI's own records, at least 47 people were at the camp the day of the shoot-out. Local Lakota residents came by regularly. Nowhere does Anderson provide even remote evidence as to who purchased the weapon in question nor whether the shell casings matched. He says only that a local gun shop owner said someone at Ted Lam's bought a gun capable of expelling .35 caliber ammunition. Are we to believe the shop owner kept no records? Was there no signed receipt? Did someone intending to commit murder with a rare and easily traced gun tell the gun shop owner, not his name, but where he was living in case the police wanted to know? This is inane. He writes of "witnesses" available during Peltier's trial that hadn't testified at the trial of Peltier's co-defendants, both of whom were acquitted. the new witnesses were teenaged boys who have sworn they were terrorized and coerced into giving false information. One boy became so confused during the trial that he reported to having been in three places, about two miles apart, at the exact same time. The other "new" evidence was, of course, the ballistics evidence that became, according to the prosecution, "crucial". Anderson excuses perjury by Agent Evan Hodge and calls the withheld teletype which clearly stated the ballistics evidence was false, "a badly worded report." However, the Court of Appeals wasn't nearly so forgiving. One of the judges present has appeared on "60 Minutes" to say that the FBI agent and the prosecutor had not been telling the truth about their most critical piece of evidence. The only person ever to say she saw Peltier kill the agents, a mentally disturbed woman named Myrtle Poor Bear, later said she was threatened by FBI agents who told her they would put her through a meat grinder if she refused to cooperate. she is dismissed by Anderson as a woman who merely "expanded" her story. To Judge Ross, however, the Poor Bear situation meant a whole lot more. During Peltier's second appeal, he chastised the government saying, "Anybody who read those affidavits would know that they contradict each other...and the FBI should have known...And if they are willing to do that, they must be willing to fabricate other evidence." To which government prosecutor Evan Hultman responded, "Judge Ross, I in no way do anything but agree with you totally." (pgs4-5) Anderson goes on to describe the discovery of Agent Coler's gun in a paper bag inside a motor home in Oregon. A single thumbprint of Peltier's is found on the outside. According to the FBI fingerprint expert who testified at the Peltier trial, there were as many as 24 other prints on the bag. He added that prints on paper can actually last and remain intact for years. My question, and the question Mr. Anderson should have asked, is whose prints were on the gun??? Why won't the FBI release that information? There are many more errors, falsifications, and mistruths throughout. He blames Leonard's incarceration on white people trying to help him win justice, absurd any way you look at it. He omits the fact that African, Asian, and Chicano people support Peltier as well and that over 160 Indian Nations and the National Congress of American Indians have written resolutions in support of his release. Outraged native and nonNative people are encouraged to contact the editor of "Outside", Mark Bryant, at 505-989-7100 to voice their concern. Residents of Pine Ridge are constructing a letter of condemnation. Please ask Mr. Bryant to grant equal time to these individuals, many of whom were witness to the events up to and around the Oglala firefight. The letter, upon its completion, will be posted. Demand that it be published. Leonard Peltier suggests supporters NOT PURCHASE the magazine. We do not want to support their sophomoric reporting. Simply contact the LPDC for further information if you need any. We can be reached at 913-842-5774, faxed at 913-842-5796 and written to at LPDC, Box 538, Lawrence, KS 66044. The LPDC challenges Scott Anderson to prove he is more than an average nitwit eager to be led around by his nostrils. He may feel free to contact us at any time. Lisa Faruolo LPDC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you feel the need to be outraged and you simply must read the article in question, please go to the library or read it in the store. There were many more things Anderson didn't mention, such as the District Court Judge's censure for anti-indian sentiments and Leonard's true history (he owned his own garage and was making upwards of $15/hr - not at all shabby for the early seventies.) There is a more extensive line-by-line rebuttal forthcoming. Also, the LPDC can offer proof for everything they say. This is a challenge I doubt Mr. Anderson is equal to. To me, it looks like he got most of his information right from the FBI's RESMURS booklet. Contact Robert Glattau if you would like to see how that is riddles with lies. I have his e-mail address if anyone is interested. Also, feel free to contact me at jonto@falcon.cc.ukans.edu. I'll do my best to answer any questions you may have. Todd Hiatt LPSG/KU --------- "RE: Blockade/Upper Nicola Band" --------- Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 12:29:34 PST From: pmanuel@vbcs.awinc.com (Phillip Manuel) Subj: Blockade - Upper Nicola Band - British Columbia Canada Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Sunday June 4th. The Canadian R.C.M.P. police have informed the Upper Nicola Band that the blockade must come down. The Chief Commissioner from Vancouver has spoken with Chief Scotty Holmes and ask for the bands decision. Last night the Elders of the Band (around 30) held a meeting for 4 hours. They discussed what had happened, what needed to happen, and what could happen. It was decided that we must keep the Roadblock up! That all who was in favor to raise their hand... all hands rose. So this now sets the tempo, once again, to what we call "Red Alert". We will be expecting the RCMP to arrive within the next few days. Everyone that is choosing to remain behind the blockade is aware that there may be some physical shoving. We have attempted in all ways to make what we are calling "the fight" fair. We know they will be sending many troops. We know they will have buses. So we have piled old automobiles along side one half the road which leads up to the gathering location. This means the RCMP must enter the area one vehicle at a time. In the past two confrontations... they always have come in with several vehicles side by side. The people are now preparing for a final stand. If you have any comments... experiences... suggestions... ideas... please e-mail me and I will respond whole heartedly. Even to those people who may think the native people don't deserve Aboriginal Rights... I welcome your comments. It is unfortunate that neither side is willing to give a little. We will only talk with Douglas Lake Cattle Company if they meet certain requests and the same is required of us from the Cattle Company. Yet, we cannot afford to trust the Cattle Company... they have cheated us before, they even attempt to cheat us in this very dispute. We must not give in to what they are calling "Concessions". The concession for equal negotiations is what they are calling fair and equal talks. Meanwhile they try to build a road behind our back. They tell blatant lies on national television and so many other hurting things. We will not trust their word any longer. I speak for my people when I say, "We did not ask for this to happen, we only want to live in Harmony with our Nicola Valley neighbours. But we have no choice. We must protect what little resources we do have left, for the future of all mankind." --------- "RE: Gwich'in Alert" --------- Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 02:51:45 -0500 From: fyre@web.apc.org Subj: Gwich'in Alert Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Gwich'in Testimony Interview with Norma Kassi Oil and Gas Development in Caribou Calving Grounds Arctic Refuge Under Siege Back in 1985, during the Reagan administration, the U.S. congress once again proposed to develop oil and gas in the caribou calving grounds. The Porcupine Caribou herd is about 180,000 strong right now, though it was much more than that years ago. This news came to us just as I was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Yukon to represent the Gwich'in - the Caribou People of the Lakes of Northern Canada. I also represent our people, on an international basis, with five other people from Alaska, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon, to be one of the Gwich'in spokespeople on environmental issues. We have an international Gwich'in steering committee. When I speak about our people, when I travel, it is of things I have learned from them. What I say are the words and knowledge of my people. The Gwich'in people were a relatively quiet people up until, once again, the news came that development was proposed for the Arctic Refuge in Northeastern Alaska - the caribou calving ground. We occupied the northern part of the Yukon, Northeastern Alaska and the Northwest Territories without exposing ourselves much to the world. With this threat to our livelihood, the chiefs decided we better get together. We are confronted with a slaughter that would be comparable to what happened to the plains buffalo. The chiefs got together and talked to one of the oldest grandmothers in the community - Chitzu Myra Kikavichik. She was a little over a hundred years old. They told her about the development and she said it was time to gather the people together. A long time ago, a hundred years prior, the Gwich'in used to do this, for many reasons, just like all the other indigenous groups. She said the people would have to gather and start talking about "yourselves and your history." She passed on a few days later. The chiefs took that direction and we all gathered in one of our villages, Arctic Village, in Alaska. We invited Press from everywhere in North America. We began the meeting with four days of council. After two days, Elders went around and named six to be the key spokespeople. I was one of those chosen and instructed to begin to share our history and educate people on the outside about our dependence on the caribou. For four days they counselled us on every aspect of the caribou - the purpose of the caribou, our purpose, how we live with the caribou and our spiritual connections. After the meeting we were sent out and I travelled all over to drum up support. We worked with major environmental groups even though they were seen to have caused a lot of damage over the fur issue. We had to overlook that because we had to work hard to bring worldwide support. We tried to get on every environmental agenda we possibly could, to speak. I went to the United Nations Environment Program and spoke. We brought the issue to light everywhere; we educated a lot of people. There was Jonathan Soloman, Sarah James, and Kay Wallace from Alaska, Gladys Netro from my community - Old Crow, and Johnny Charlie, Alicetine Andre from the N.W.T., and myself among many other people. The Porcupine Caribou Management Board was involved. We joined up with major groups: Sierra Club, Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, Alaska Coalition, Greenpeace, and any others we could. We sent people into the United States. We attacked the areas where the Congresspeople were very much against us - those we assumed would vote against us, because they were so adamant about opening the Arctic Refuge. We went to the grassroots people of their State with slide shows. We educated universities. All to get thousands of letters sent to that particular Congressperson. To the point that, when the piece of legislation about the development came down - almost three years ago now, we managed to win. Everyone thought, well, it's over for a while. But there has been a change in government in the U.S. At that time there was a very strong democratic government. Clinton was pretty much on our side - we still have his support; However, the Congress and the Senate is a Republican majority. The Republicans are more into development, economics of making money and the like. So, at this point, as we speak, we are back onto the issue again. Two key politicians, Senator Murkowsky and Congressman Don Young who were running the Alaska State legislature before, are now in Washington. They were on the two most powerful committees, in the Senate and the House of Representatives, that would deal with oil and gas development and revenues. They are the ones really pushing to open up the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. A bill was put forth last week, a whole budget bill for the U.S. to make billions of dollars for the U.S. Right in there, a one- line item, was to open up the Refuge. This makes the bill quite difficult for the U.S. President to veto because there are also medicare items, that are very dear to his heart, in the bill. They are pretty sneaky - but we expect this. We are back to square one. We have very little resources but there are were Gwich'in people down in Washington, working hard on Capitol Hill lobbying the senators, so they could put forth an amendment to that bill for us. Senator Roth was the champion for the amendment. We needed 50 votes of a hundred senators - We lost the vote to the amendment: 44 to 56 senators. We are working hard to get letters pouring in from all over. Hopefully, some letters will get to the top of the administration - the President - who must be able to take action. It is really a shame that they have to sacrifice another Indigenous Nation just to balance their budget deficit. I still don't feel defeated and the Gwich'in people don't feel defeated either. It makes us more determined to fight to preserve the Porcupine Caribou and our way of life. I'm staying home to keep in contact with my people and to communicate what is happening, as it goes by, through radio, by phone. The Gwich'in, since our initial international gathering in '85, meet every two years to report back to the people and they re-direct us with new strategy. We met last year but it looks like, we are going to have to call together our people this year. If they are going proceed with development, we will need a more aggressive approach. We will look for guidance from our Elders for the strategies. We can't let this attack happen on our food. We are probably one of the last group of indigenous peoples who have yet to have this done to them. We will let our people know what has been done to various indigenous groups around the world. And bring those people in to explain to our people what has been done and we'll see what our direction will become. We may have to do things that have never been done up here before. It is a very scary thought, given the history of the U.S. government, of what they have done to many Indigenous Nations around the world, to me as a Gwich'in. With a strike of a pen they can wipe my people right off the map. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Please support the Gwich'in in this fight for the Porcupine Caribou. In the U.S. send letters to President Clinton. In Canada send letters to the Prime Minister Jean Cretien, and Environment Minister Sheila Copps. Copies of your letters, messages of support to the Gwich'in, are also needed and appreciated. Send them to: Norma Kassi 7 Cronkhite Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5S9 Canada ph/fax: 403-668-4588 --------- "RE: Myths and Legends" --------- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1995 12:30:37 -0400 From: stumeeks@acs.eku.edu Subj: Myths and Legends Mailing List: NATCHAT (natchat@gnosys.svle.ma.us) While we are on the subject of Myths and Legends...I would like to add my two cents. When I was quite young and was told that all the stories in the bible were true...as bizarre as they were. I thought that if the Creator can create all the Universe, why couldn't he also perform bizarre events? So, I opened my mind and heart, and believed. Of course, some of these stories are supposed to be taken symbolically, rather than literally. Depending on which "brand" of christianity one has chosen, the meaning of the stories, have a zillion interpretations, and all these denominations are not at One with their own translation of these stories. They dispute the meaning of the bible among their own selves. If all this was really "the Word of God" then why are the ones saying that it is disputing the meaning? Apparently, a lack of unity? In my opinion this discredits much of the christianity concept...sorry, to those who choose to become offended at my opinion. I may be new to the Red Road, BUT I have yet to discover Natives disputing the course of events in the oral traditions, "Myths" or "Legends. " It irritates me that our oral stories are "labeled" this way. I am tired of plastic people trying to tell me what I should and should not believe. If the Great Spirit, Or "GOD" if you prefer can create the entire Universe and all it's wonder...If He can perform Great Wonders as described in the bible...then why should someone assume that the Great Wonders on this side of the globe are "only" Myths and Legends? Is God so small he can only be on one side of the globe? Has it ever occurred to anyone, that Jesus said he was the Great Physician, and made it a point to say that "it is the SICK who need a doctor"?...Hmmmmm, perhaps that is why the Great Physician was born over there? If the Native people were the sick "Savages!", then why was not the Great Physician born here? Isn't it strange that with all the priests over there, the Great Physician was born right in the Middle of all the sick people. Jesus wasn't talking physical sick either. Well anyway, I know that there are some on this net that believe that every word of the bible is the word of God. And that is fine with me, if you choose to believe that. Sure the bible is a wonderful book, and I do not wish to discredit it...but to say that "every word is the word of God" is just a little bit off in my opinion. Talking of MYTHS, ...now we all know that the bible was literally (and actually) written by many many "people", and not literally the HAND OF GOD. We also know that it was literally written by man,..and the bible says that no man walketh the earth in perfection". Hmmmm.... If no man walketh the earth in perfection? and the bible was literally written by man?....well then, wouldn't the unperfect man perhaps make a few mistakes? Wouldn't it be possible that while he was writing, he incorporated some of his own ideas, thoughts, and opinions? Perhaps even the very idea that "Every word of the bible is the Word of God" is actually a Myth. Just my opinion.... Windy P.S. To those who would be offended by this post: Please let down your guard for only a minute to understand my point. I am not trying to offend anyone. It's just that the Stories MY ancestors were passing down through generations for ME to hear, so I would understand the concepts of Our relationship to Our Creator in all it's Glory, which includes Great respect for ALL Creation..., (something many other denominations have forgotten) Well, when I hear these others (who cannot even agree among their own selves) discrediting the stories of My ancestors, well, I find THAT offensive...;)