Subject: Wotanging Ikche--nanews03.037 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 037 O o o o o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 16 September 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 EIRP, IND-NET & NATIVE-L listservers; Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty, Media Island International; Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native,alt.activism; UUCP & Genie (General Electric) email 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://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~marc/journals/nanews/ 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 "I believe it is in the power of the Indians unassisted, but united and determined, to hold their country. We cannot expect to do this without serious losses and many privations, but we possess the spirit of our fathers, and are resolved never to be enslaved by an inferior race, and trodden under the feet of an ignorant and insolent foe, we, the Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Seminoles, and Cherokees, never can be conquered..." __ Confederate General Stand Waitie, Cherokee +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | Indian Pledge of Allegiance | The Indian Pledge of Alleg- | | iance was first presented | I pledge allegiance to my Tribe,| on 2 December '93 during the | to the democratic principles | opening address of the Nat- | of the Republic | ional Congress of American | and to the individual freedoms | Indian Tribal-States Relat- | borrowed from the Iroquois and | ions Panel in Reno, NV. NCAI | Choctaw Confederacies, | plans distribution of the | as incorporated in the United | Indian Pledge to all Indian | States Constitution, | Nations. | so that my forefathers | | shall not have died in vain | Walk in Beauty! Night Owl +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ O'siyo Brothers and Sisters! It would be a wonderful thing if this and every issue of Wotanging Ikche/ Kanoheda Aniyvwiya was a collection of beautiful prose, lessons from our Ancestors, song poems of the People and notices of gatherings of love and renewed spirit. That is not the reality of this newsletter or the various People it attempts to speak to. Even now many are under siege throughout Turtle Island. If their message does not go out to the People in this and similar newsletters, it will very likely not be heard. All that anyone would know is what the official word crafted by the spin doctors from this government or that wished to be known. Part A is so full of urgent news I have had to divide it into two segments to insure all the news makes it through all gateways. I apologize for the resultant inconvenience. After reading all of Part A, you decide which article you would have dropped as unworthy. I could not. Read the words written by those who seek your help and prayers in this and every issue. Read them and help if you can. Read them and pass them on to others, one candle of truth at a time. Read them and pray, always. 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/1: Usenet and e-mail Part B: NATCHAT and NATIVE-L lists - Shuswap Siege - Conferences and Powwows - online - Ipperwash Eyewitness Statement - Ipperwash: - LIL'WAT: Saugeen First Nation Resolution A Traditional Point of View - Ipperwash Update (Ontario, Canada) - Haudenosaunee Speaks Out - Why the Real Issue is Sovereignty - Kahnawake News - Video: "Going Back to The Circle" - Gustafsen Siege Update Sept. 12 - Penticton Indian Band Support - Shuswap Liaison Group 9/12/95 Part A/2: Usenet and e-mail - Lakota Cultural Preservation Society Petitions - Wounded Knee info - Big Mountain Legal Update 9/95 - New Tsalagi Chief - Thoughts on BIA Budget Cuts - Poem: Reservation Shoes - Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days - Conferences and Powwows - offline --------- "RE: Shuswap Siege" --------- Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 12:43 CST From: Zabaglione Goldman Subj: Shuswap Siege Mailing List: IND-NET Mailing List: EIRP September 5, 1995 - 11pm Tanks, Lap Dogs and Injunctions Early this morning, radio reports announced that armoured personnel vehicles were racing through the police roadblock toward the Sundancers' camp in unceded Shuswap territory. Many feared that the final assault had begun. After a few tense hours, the news reports began to tell a different story. The police reported that a firefight last night in the perimeter around the camp necessitated reinforcing their patrols with armoured vehicles, "to protect the officers." There were no police casualties, and no information about the defenders. "It looks like someone with Gulf War experience is advising the RCMP," said Ernie Yacub in his own internet broadcast. "They have the war zone closed up tight. The cops are feeding the media, who are dutifully regurgitating the propaganda like lap dogs, just like they did during the Gulf War." The police keep talking about a peaceful resolution while stepping up their provocative actions. The tanks arrived very early in the morning which meant that they were already close at hand. The skirmish was most probably engineered by the police in order to justify bringing in the tanks. The first good news came yesterday when the Defenders announced that an RCMP defector had joined the camp. A police dog wandered into the camp and decided to stay. Wolverine said that the dog seemed to be quite happy. "The dog is very well trained," he said. Meanwhile, their attorney, Dr. Bruce Clark has filed an injunction in the Supreme Court of Canada, pending the outcome of a scheduled September 12 court appearance to hear the argument of the constitutional question. The motion is made on the grounds that the RCMP have no jurisdiction on lands that have not yet been ceded to or purchased from the crown by the Indians, except to apprehend NON-NATIVE fugitives and committers of offences. If the injunction is not immediately granted, it is probable that there will be irreparable harm and possible loss of life. Supporters from all over Canada are making their way to 100 Mile House in the interior of British Columbia to witness the police action. A peace camp, modeled after the one set up during the Oka crisis, is being organized. It would appear that NDP premier Harcourt and attorney general Dosanjh, who continues his law and order refrain, are prepared to allow the police to starve the Defenders into submission. They have not wavered from their demand for unconditional surrender. Who, then, are the real criminals? URGENT ACTION NEEDED! -.-.-.-. Your urgent protests: **PLEASE NOTE: We have been advised that the Prime Minister and Governor General are stopping all fax receipt on this issue after receiving the cover sheet. So if possible do not include a cover sheet with your fax, or if necessary write all comments on a cover sheet only.** Prime Minister Jean Chretien Parliament Buildings Ottawa, Canada Phone: (613) 992-4211 Fax: (613) 941-6900 The Honorable Allan Rock, Minister of Justice Parliament Buildings Ottawa, Canada Phone: (613) 947-5000 Parliament Office Fax: (613) 990-7225 Main Office Fax: (613) 947-4276 Riding Fax: (416) 231-2082 Governor General of Canada His Excellency the Right Honorable Romeo Le Blanc Rideau Hall 1 Sussex Drive ********** For information: Bruce Clark, LL.B., M.A., Ph. D. (Law) Barrister & Solicitor 92 Stanley Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1M 1P4 Telephone (613) 741-7065 and Fax 741-7077 S.I.S.I.S. Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty PO Box 8673 Victoria, BC Canada V8X 3S2 Solidarity with the Mohawk, Shuswap, and all indigenous sovereign nations! Posted by Ernie Yacub yacinfo@mars.ark.com --------- "RE: Ipperwash Eyewitness Statement" --------- Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 14:27:40 GMT From: gauvreau@unixg.ubc.ca(Gwethalyn Gauvreau) Subj: Ipperwash Eyewitness Statement Newsgroup: alt.native Ipperwash Provincial Park Occupation By Pottawatiml and Ojibway men, women and children September 9, 1995 Witness who was there from beginning - Roger Abraham George On Tuesday, September 5, 1995, a group of Stoney Point people including myself and a few supporters were at the Parkview drive entrance to Ipperwash Provincial Park (Ontario, Canada). We had it blocked with a garbage dumpster. Police activity was heavy and they left. We figured something was up. They returned around 11:10 pm. Bernard George and others went down to the entrance. A few came back and reported phone wire running along. They cut it. Bernard by himself went to the front gate and others came back. He had a 2 way radio and another had a radio at another entrance. I had a police scanner and heard the cops say, "There in one along the road. I think he has a weapon" "Yes, he has a weapon." "No, it's only a stick." This is what he heard. All he heard. All he had was a 2 way radio. A car was coming down the entrance. Lots of cops in riot gear, black in colour plastic shields lined up from side to side in 2 rows. There was 10 feet between us and them. We waited for them to ask us to leave but nothing was said. They did not even try to serve any kind of papers on us. We told them to leave and get the f... off our land. We started to get on the trunk of the car making noises on a garbage container trying to get them to leave. I heard the cop yell "retreat as far as the road". They went on outside the fence. I got 10 feet away from them. The cops started hitting shields and metal riot sticks. We heard, "Attack". They attacked us. We fought for a few minutes but were outnumbered. They retreated. They yell "He slipped" (Bernard George). They were dragging him toward a vehicle and started beating and kicking him. He was on the ground and being kicked by a bunch of cops surrounding him. I heard someone say, "Get in the bus and run the bastards over." My son Nicholas Cottrelle got in the bus and hit the garbage container pushing it towards the cops. The cops were on each side of the road. The buses backed up when gun shots were fired by the cops. I assumed they were warning shots. I looked back at the flash from the guns pointed in our direction. "Holy, f...., they are shooting at us. Run." Anthony Brian George was between me and cops. Next thing I heard was that Dudley George had been hit. They carried Dudley back to the park. I directed the bus through. Put him in a car and wait for an ambulance. I was going to the store in the park to call ambulance. Somebody was already there. My son said he was OK and I saw the blood spot on his back. "Come here", and lifted up his shirt and saw a hole on the right side of his shoulder blade. "Does it hurt" I pointed to left and saw a wound 2 inches long, jumped into a car to call another ambulance. We arrived at the gatehouse. Dudley's brothers and sister were already rushing him to hospital. My wife told someone to call ambulance. We drove to the Hiway 21 roadblock. The cops refused to let us through and we almost got arrested. We had to take him through the roadblock. The cops stopped us and made the boy get out of the car and put his hands on the car. They finally took him to hospital. Statement of Roger Abraham George of Stoney Point. --------- "RE: LIL'WAT: A Traditional Point of View" --------- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 15:39:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Zabaglione Goldman Subj: LIL'WAT: A TRADITIONAL POINT OF VIEW UUCP email LIL'WAT ESTKEN 1911 Declaration..... We claim that we are the rightful OWNERS of our Tribal Territories, and EVERYTHING PERTAINING thereto...... A TRADITIONAL POINT OF VIEW As a member of LIL'WAT NATION and as a caretaker of our YET UNCEDED LAND, I have to make it known to the rest of the world that I FULLY SUPPORT THE POSITION TAKEN BY THE TRADITIONALISTS AND SOVEREIGNISTS on the UNCEDED TERRITORY at Gustafsen Lake. We Traditional People have allied our Native Law with Dr. Bruce Clark's Constitutional Law to demand that THE RULE OF LAW BE UPHELD BY *CANADIANS*. You will find, if you care to research, that the RULE OF LAW has *NOT* yet been ADDRESSED by the Canadian JUDICIAL SYSTEM. We Traditional People have *never relinquished* Our *Sovereignty* to our land and our *Responsibility* to the SEVENTH Generation. Our willingness to put our lives on the line because we believe in the Rule of Law has been termed extreme and radical, and we are described as terrorists, anarchists and thugs. I can see the people at Gustafsen Lake having their Freedom of Speech being taken away and their Rights to Freedom of Religion being taken away because the world should also know that the SUNDANCE IS A SACRED CEREMONY. It is a *religion* that some of you have yet to experience. The unceded Sundance Grounds also have some Burial sites. Is that not Sacred? WE HAVE NO TREATY WITH ANYONE OR ANY COUNTRY. We have made MANY attempts in a PEACEFUL manner to *RESOLVE OUR DIFFERENCES* with other people who have IMMIGRATED to our Country. The reason that we are against the *illegally imposed* Chiefs and Councils and other organizations speaking and making decisions that affect *our* Territory is that, until we have signed a treaty, we have full powers in our Territory, and that the *Indian Act does not apply until after a treaty has been signed.* Indian Act councils are funded and controlled by the very system that is oppressing Traditional People. In our TRADITIONAL GOVERNMENT decisions are made by a CONSENSUS OF THE PEOPLE *not by a consensus of leaders who do not express the views and decisions of the people*. We Traditional People have long resisted a life that is based on economic greed, where Mother Earth has to make a devastating sacrifices. We have been taught to take *only* what we need for today and to leave some for the next generation. We have been taught to base our life on RESPECT, never to steal and never to lie, and to help those in need based on our goodwill. But we Traditional People witness Mother Earth treated without respect: Her forests clear-cut, Her rivers polluted and Her creatures destroyed. We see the Canadian government stealing our Land before we Traditional People sign a treaty. We hear lies about the truth of the Constitutional Law which agrees with our Law. We see people only thinking about money instead of respecting each other and Mother Earth. Now at Gustafsen Lake we again hear the media distorting words and meanings to create sensations, and we see politicians trying to gain personal power instead of honestly trying to address the true issue. The Traditional People are seeking to have an IMPARTIAL AND INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY COURT ADDRESS THE TRUE ISSUE OF JURISDICTION ACCORDING TO EXISTING CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. Our people at Gustafsen Lake should be *commended not condemned* for trying to defend against the genocide of our People. They are seeking Truth and Justice for us all. 29 August 1995 Sincerely Tsemhu7qw (Harold Pascal) P.O. BOX 208, Mount Currie, Lil'Wat Territory V0N 2K0 Phone: (604) 894-6640 Fax: (604) 894-6095 /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ Solidarity with the Mohawk, Shuswap, and all indigenous sovereign nations! Posted by S.I.S.I.S. Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty PO Box 8673 Victoria, BC Canada V8X 3S2 --------- "RE: Haudenosaunee Speaks Out" --------- Date: 08 Sep 95 11:53:00 -0500 From: FROSTY DEERE Subj: HAUDENOSAUNEE SPEAKS OUT. UUCP email Editorial Note: Nicholas Cottrell, 15, referenced as among the murdered is not dead. He has been shot and is in serious condition. The fact he is alive is not a matter of conscious by the would-be assassin. It is a matter between Nicholas and Creator. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* >>>>>------> /^\ <------<<<<< -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* PRESS RELEASE FROM: THE HAUDENOSAUNEE LONGHOUSE, KAHNAWAKE MOHAWK TERRITORY To: Jean Cretien, Prime Minister of Canada Premier Mike Harcourt, British Columbia Premier Mike Harris, Ontario Be advised this date, September 7, 1995, that: - Any further violence committed against our sovereign Turtle Island Brothers and Sister of the Shuswap Nation, at Gustafsen Lake, British Columbia, or Stoney Nation at Ipperwash Park, Ontario will be answered in kind. - Those directly and indirectly responsible for the murders of our brothers ( one 15 years old boy ) at Ipperwash, Ontario, will be identified and held accountable for their actions. - Those directly and indirectly responsible for the beatings of our women and children at Ipperwash, Ontario, will be identified and held accountable for their actions. We have remained silent for some time now in the hopes that your governments could finally come to terms honorably with out rights to sovereign control of our lands and destiny. You have always said that all you need is just a little bit more time - as if 500 years is not enough. And what have you given to our people with that little more time ? You have given to us more guns, more bullets, more violence, more threats, more empty fascist rhetoric about your law and order, all at the expense of justice for our people. Even your self-government package and policing agreements drip with venomous intentions you have towards our people and their sovereignty. They are silent on our rights. They scream out your intentions to extinguish us. The are Dr. Kevorkian's tools for assisted suicide, that will kill us as surely as your guns and bullets. And so, we remain silent no more. And so, we advise you that we will not stand idly by while you continue to brutalize out people. For the civilized record: First comes the truth. Then comes justice. Then comes the mutually nourishing strength that leads to a living law and order. Only in a brutally repressive fascist state does law and order stand alone - like police state tank and bullets. The latest victims of your fascist state are: Dudley George, shot in the back; Nicholas Cottrell, 15, unharmed, executed with a bullet to the back of his head. Mohawk Nations Six Nation Confederacy Kahnawake Territory --------- "RE: Kahnawake News" --------- Date: 10 Sep 95 23:09:00 From: Haudenosaunee@igloo.magicnet.com (Haudenosaunee) Subj: Kahnawake News Newsgroup: alt.native FAX LETTER TO BE SENT IMMEDIATELY TO PARIZEAU, CHRETIEN, MENARD, GRAY, AFN AND THE MOHAWK COUNCIL OF KAHNAWAKE SOVEREIGN MOHAWK COALITION September 10, 1995 Government of Quebec NOTIFICATION With Regards to the Agreement Respecting Policing Service in the Kahnawake Territory This is to inform you that we absolutely reject the Policing Agreement that was signed by the Canadian Government's Mohawk Council of Kahnawake on July 17th 1995 and will soon be signed by Quebec and Canada. We demand that you cancel this signing immediately. It will be extremely embarrassing to say the least, if you are left holding and agreement that has been rejected by the people. For your information, the secretive manner in which this Agreement was pushed forward, not only violates Canada's own Laws but also numerous fundamental ethical standards. In addition, the Indian Self-Government Negotiation Guidelines states that there must be `open and transparent' consultation with the people in order to pass something like this policing agreement. There was no such consultation. Instead, an information gathering was held for three days on July 13, 14, and 15 1995 at the Fire Hall on the territory, where the agreement was shown to some 30 individuals who went there trying to get information. At this show and tell, exchanges were often fragmented and unclear to say the very least given the fact that some of the discussion and negotiating specialists like Arnold Goodleaf, Fire Hall employees and Peacekeepers claimed to have no direct involvement with the development and legal construction of the Policing Agreement. There was also no access to any tangible information before this show and tell charade. This is not full and proper consultation in any sense. By signing the framework "Policing Agreement" along with Canada and its Indian Act Band Council, you do a disservice to your government, your people and our people, while simultaneously sowing the seeds of conflict for year to come. On Monday September 11th 1995 a petition with approximately 2,000 signatures of Mohawk Nation residents of Kahnawake Mohawk Territory will be forwarded to you. For the record, these 2000 signatures represent close to four times the number of voters who usually vote in the local municipal elections which are held every two years. This agreement clearly destroys Mohawk Sovereignty, Mohawk Jurisdiction and Mohawk Rights. Was that the intention ? There is no way that it will be accepted. It is totally unacceptable. In your efforts to achieve the sovereignty of your people, do you not recognize the hypocrisy of your efforts to extinguish our sovereignty as the original peoples here ? While yet another political mating season is almost over in Kahnawake, the Policing Agreement still reeks of the rotten stench of hardened lubricating secretions that is the essence of what holds together this subservient Agreement. The shroud of Self-Municipalization or "Kahnawake Style Sovereignty" has yet another skin. Undeniably, should the Mohawk Council or its Policing Subcommittee continue to pursue the proposed trilateral "Policing Agreement" with the Quebec and Federal Government against the will of the people it will be viewed as a direct and unconscionable threat to the survival of the Mohawk People. As echoes of our ancestors fill our hearts and minds, our democratic system will prevail. Yesterday, community members conducted a peaceful walk which started at the Kahnawake Sports Complex. Supporters walked along all the territory to each one of its imposed highway boundaries both on route 132, and 138 to symbolically reclaim our lands and as a Public Statement in solidarity with our brothers and sisters out in Ontario (Ipperwash - Kettle and Stoney Point Chippewa). The Surete du Quebec reacted independently by blocking off access highways and the Mercier Bridge only to encourage and fuel racism and dissension. Today, another peaceful demonstration will take place within the confines of the village community area of Kahnawake (to the exclusion of route 132 and 138 highways) and further dialogues will ensue to remind the Mohawk Band Council of their roles and bring to light their unacceptable actions. The opposition will continue until the prosed "Policing Agreement" is STOPPED, along with any other Self-Government sell-out schemes. In the meantime, we demand once again that you reject and withdraw from the signing of the proposed trilateral Policing Agreement and engage in a more productive relationship. In Honor and Justice, Mohawk Sovereignty Coalition Contact: 635-8432 (Area Code 514) 638-3584 638-4545 --------- "RE: Gustafsen Siege Update Sept. 12" --------- Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 00:09:12 -0700 From: Zabaglione Goldman (by way of mediaisl@mail.halcyon.com. (Media Island International)) Subj: GUSTAFSEN SIEGE UPDATE Sept. 12 UUCP email Please forward, cross-post, etc. UPDATE - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 - NOON GUSTAFSEN LAKE - POLICE TERRORISM ESCALATES TENSIONS ONCE AGAIN Details of what occurred Monday afternoon are not yet verifiable due to a complete monopoly of info by Canadian state authorities, but it appears that ever-increasing support from the indigenous grassroots resulted in a pre-emptive strike to return the Gustafsen Lake crisis to an "emergency" situation justifying an end to negotiations and an assault upon the Shuswap Defenders. Early Monday, an emergency meeting of Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) chiefs from across BC, held in Merritt BC, was addressed by 2 Shuswap supporters - elders Bill Lightbawn, founder of United Native Nations, and Lavina White, both active sovereignists. Lavina White (Thow Hagwelth Edinsoo/Sound of Many Copper Shields-So Be It-Their Word Is Law) of the hereditary High Chieftain Family of the Haida Nation - Raven Clan - and Lightbawn called for and received unanimous support for two resolutions: 1) Deadly military force never be the final option to resolve these human rights issues 2) An international impartial UN mediator independent of the issues be appointed According to the "Vancouver Sun" Sep 12 p. A2, "what came out of the conference was some tough talk and a warning of possible further violence from Upper Nicola band chief Scotty Holmes. Holmes insisted the conference wanted to see a peaceful solution, but contrary to what the provincial government believed, 'the people at Gustafsen Lake do have our support. God, if someone came to your house with weapons, would you stand there with your finger up your ass? No goddamn way! You'd shoot back. We're not advocating violence. No way. That's the last of our options. But let's not forget, if you're forced by aggression, there's no way you can stand by and watch it. Our people have been patient for a long, long time." According to CBC TV news (Monday 6 pm), "earlier today before the gunfire at Gustafsen the natives there received a boost of support at an emergency meeting of chiefs from around the province. They got together in Merritt to encourage a peaceful settlement. But in an unexpected move the chiefs threw their support behind the militants - and are now calling for a U.N. mediator to be brought in to settle the dispute...their crisis bulletin offered unanimous support." Saul Terry: British Columbia remains unceded lands - which needs to be resolved between Canada and our Indian Nations. This has not been done and there's been all kinds of avoidance, denial and manipulation. Bill Lightbawn: It's support for those people and it's also a demand - that the police back off and let the proper resolution process take place so that everybody can live. We're just as concerned about those RCMP people as well as people in the camp. We don't want anyone murdered and it's absolutely unnecessary for anyone to die. "The native leaders said they will continue to meet across the province to show support for those involved in the standoff and try and find a peaceful solution." - Alan Edwards, CBC News, Merritt No mention was made by the assembly, however, "of the rebels' core demands - that the Queen and British Privy Council review the traditionalists' claim to the site because they don't recognize the jurisdiction of Canadian governments and courts." (Victoria Times-Colonist, Sep 12, A1) At 2:00 PM PST Monday, as a negotiating committee from the Shuswap Liaison Group approached the RCMP's final checkpoint into the camp (approx. 2-3 km from the camp), a red pick-up truck from the camp proceeded to meet the delegation. According to Gordon Sebastian, one of the liaison team: "the RCMP were well aware that these people come out of the camp, come up to the road and await the arrival of the delegation." (Canadian Press, Sep 12) The Defenders' red vehicle then apparently "drove over an 'Early Warning Device' police had put on a logging road", RCMP Sgt. Peter Montague said (Cdn Press). Police confirmed this device was an explosive, i.e. a land mine. According to Montague, "yesterday the occupants had been advised to stay within a confined area and that area was well described to them. The RCMP had tightened their security net, and they were well aware of that." (Vancouver Sun, Sept 12) We think it highly unlikely that the Defenders would have knowingly driven over a land mine! But it is known that complaints and requests concerning lack of access to firewood and water were made by the camp and were to be the subject of discussions with the Shuswap Liaison Team. According to Gordon Sebastian, native liaison member: "'when the Shuswap elders reached the meeting point, no-one was there'. Shortly after, 'there was a large discharge and we felt the wind on our faces and clothes,' Sebastian said. 'And then there was small calibre fire - about 11 or 12 shots.' At 2:15 PM PST the liaison group heard 'at the most 60 rounds...'" (Vancouver Sun) Sebastian disputed RCMP estimates of thousands of rounds being fired. According to RCMP, a firefight with a Bison heavy armored vehicle ensued. This vehicle suffered "mechanical difficulties" as a result of (return) fire from the red truck's occupants, three of whom were reportedly shot. According to the "Vancouver Sun", "after the gunfight...RCMP contacted the camp and spoke to Jonesy Ignace who goes by the name of Wolverine. Ignace told the RCMP that 3 people were injured, including an unarmed woman. 'You murdered one of our women, you bastards.'" (The woman is reportedly wounded in the arm and has refused to leave the camp.) "Later Percy Rosette, Shuswap Faithkeeper and Pipe Carrier - one of the spiritual leaders in the camp - accused police of 'double-crossing' the campers. 'Everything went wrong with your people. It was a bomb,' he said. 'You people started firing first again. Your people sent bombs.' He said no-one would come out because they believed people would kill them." (Vancouver Sun, Sept 12) As of Sept 10, the RCMP's public position was that: * The talks are proceeding well and the RCMP is still cautiously optimistic with respect to a peaceful conclusion of this situation. * As a result of the talks this morning, the delegation has again been permitted access to the armed camp to pursue their dialogue with the occupants. (from media release, RCMP Public Relations, Sept 10 12:30 pm) At 6:00 PM with various reports unconfirmed of death and/or injuries, the RCMP's previous declaration of support and optimism regarding native mediation had suddenly and dramatically changed. "'There's a criminal agenda which is continually being advanced by the criminal element in that community,' [Montague] said of the rebel campers...'They have usurped any legitimate goal and objectives of the local people with their own self-serving criminal agenda.'" (Vancouver Province, Sep 12) According to the native mediation team, composed of Jeanette Armstrong, Don Ryan (Gitksan negotiator, BC Treaty Commission) and others, the RCMP's public posturing about a peaceful solution is contradicted by all the RCMP's actions. Penticton Indian Act Band Councillor Stewart Philip said, "The RCMP are preventing the public from learning what's really going on inside the camp by keeping the media far away from site...They're able to carry on their own agenda and present to the public what they feel will find acceptable. By isolating the camp, there's no way of confirming or refuting it." (Vancouver Sun) According to Philip, Montague's vicious tirade of demonization against the Sundance Defenders was "unglued": "He seemed to be really nervous. He didn't seem sure of what he was saying. I kind of get the impression they messed up big-time and the whole thing was going to blow up in his face." The RCMP "just want to go in there and bash heads in," said Don Ryan. "They're all set to kill people." (Vancouver Sun) BC Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh responded by saying "the police have conducted themselves admirably...obviously the chances of a peaceful solution are dimming day by day....They are bent upon coming out of that camp in body bags." (Vancouver Sun) At approx. 10:30 PM PST Monday, UTV News (Vancouver) reported that 2 male native youths had been escorted out of the camp by a native liaison member - these youths were handcuffed and taken to the 100 Mile House RCMP Detachment, where they were to be taken before a magistrate today. There is still an unconfirmed report that one individual - possibly wounded - is missing. Lost in the shuffle is the Defenders' impregnable legal position which renders all non-native jurisdiction on unceded sovereign territories demonstrably fraudulent, treasonable and genocidal. In the Supreme Court of Canada today, Chief Justice Antonio Lamer insulted Defenders' counsel Dr. Bruce Clark as "a disgrace to the bar" (CBC TV Newsworld, 10 am) and refused to grant an injunction restraining RCMP actions, pending a ruling on the Shuswap's unextinguished, unsurrendered, constitutionally protected sovereignty and jurisdiction. According to one source, 10 Bison armored vehicles left the Canadian Forces Base at Comox, Vancouver Island, heading for Gustafsen Lake. RCMP would neither confirm nor deny that reinforcements were being considered, including armed forces personnel and/or vehicles. The vicious tone of Montague's press statement suggests that once again an invasion is impending. Once again we are totally dependent upon RCMP spokespeople as to what happens behind their steadily tightening "ring of fire". Media continues to report RCMP statements as fact. In conclusion, Canada is acting like the murderous settler state it is - international outrage and public condemnation of this reign of terror towards sovereign indigenous nations by federal/provincial fascistic regimes and their police must bring this offensive to an end before more Dudley Georges are murdered by Canadian colonialism. Let us come together in solidarity, resistance and HONOUR: Healing Our Nations Of United Resistance. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Yesterday, Nuxalk hereditary chiefs burned a BC Supreme Court injunction, as their nation and non-native allies continue to blockade International Forest Products near Bella Coola. An ancient old-growth temperate rainforest 3 times the size of the Clayoquot Sound area is involved. Interfor is represented by international law partnership Osler-Renault-Ladner; ex-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is a senior partner. NUXALK STRONG! NUXALK FOREVER! House of Smayusta: (604) 799-5376 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- posted by S.I.S.I.S. Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty PO Box 8673 Victoria, BC Canada V8X 3S2 NEW WEB SITE ON GUSTAFSEN LAKE! http://www.islandnet.com/~jwight/enviro/Sundancefrm.html MEDIA ISLAND INTERNATIONAL ___________________________________ mediaisl@halcyon.com Box 10041, Olympia, WA 98502 USA Jim Mateson (360) 352 8526 ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( WE need to control the MEANS OF COMMUNICATION - Acknowledging the role of "their" information systemics, we need to keep building OUR ways to educate each other. InterNet is but one of those ways.... )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) An informed public would be a step toward democracy. (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( --------- "RE: Penticton Indian Band Support" --------- Date: 13 Sep 95 13:41:56 GMT From: andrea@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Andrea Lord) Subj: IEN Bulletin - Penticton Indian Band Support Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native,alt.activism THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BEING POSTED AT THE REQUEST OF: THE INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK The following communique was received on 9/12/95 by the Penticton Indian Band, a local Native Band that is part of the alliance in support of the Shuswap Nation and the encampment at Gustafsen Lake. The communique reads as follows: Members of the Penticton Indian Band held an emergency meeting today to discuss the explosive situation at Gustafsen Lake near 100 Mile House, B.C. The members present unanimously agreed to extend their full political support to the people occupying the camp at Gustafsen Lake. Further, members agreed to offer all material support necessary to facilitate a peaceful conclusion to the standoff at Gustafsen Lake. Finally, it was agreed that a delegation of resource people be quickly organized and dispatched to 100 Mile House. Members of the community present took the position that in the event that RCMP move in and more Native Peoples are shot and killed, the entire Province would be drawn into a bloody wave of violent repercussions, retaliations and reprisals. Band members felt that the community should prepare for the worst. Contact person for this communique is: Stewart Phillip (604) 493-0048 Indigenous Environmental Network -National Office P.O. 485 Bemidji, MN. 56601 ph: 1-218-751-4967 fax:1-218-751-0561 ien@igc.apc.org --------- "RE: Shuswap Liaison Group 9/12/95" --------- Date: 13 Sep 95 14:11:05 GMT From: andrea@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Andrea Lord) Subj: IEN Bulletin - Shuswap Liaison Group 9/12/95 Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native,alt.activism THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BEING POSTED AT THE REQUEST OF: THE INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK Communique dated 9/12/95, 1:00p.m. PST was received from The Shuswap Liaison Group and the Gustafsen Lake delegation alliance. This communique was signed by: Charlene Belleau, Shuswap Nation and Member of the Shuswap Liaison Group and also signed by: Jeanette Armstrong, Okanagan-Shuswap Nation, and one of the delegation alliance members that have been going into the encampment for negotiations: The communique reads as follows: There is mounting concern that there is a national anti-terrorist presence involved with the RCMP enforcement strategy. There is outrage that the criminal element profile provided by the RCMP is being used as a justification for the anti-terrorist activities witnessed by yesterday's and today's activities, even though the majority of the people in the camp are Shuswap including innocent women and children as well as supporters (Native and non-Native). There is concern that the fundamental international human rights of the Gustafsen Lake encampment members are being violated by the refusal of the RCMP/military to grant the encampment members access to food, water and emergency medical attention. There was evidence from the contact the Shuswap Liaison Group made with the encampment that these were reasonable requests and critical to reaching a peaceful resolution to the conflict. The calling for blood and violence by the non-Native political parties, some media, along with the government, has to stop in order for a peaceful resolution to have a chance. The Shuswap Liaison Group needs to enter discussion with Canada, related to this military presence so that they can achieve a productive process towards a peaceful resolution and to ensure the preservation of the lives of innocent people. The Shuswap Liaison Group is committed to working with the RCMP on issues related to due process. However, the recent events have demonstrated the necessity for the Shuswap Liaison Group establishing direct negotiations with military involved. The recent decision in the B.C. Court of Appeals in the Degam'ukw case has established that aboriginal rights on all lands in British Columbia are unextinguished and are protected by the Canada Act 1982 Section 35. Clearly, fee simple title does not extinguish those rights. The cattle ranchers who initiated the violence in trying to evict the spiritual leaders at Gustafsen Lake had due process at their disposal which they did not exercise, resulting in the escalation of events to this point. We remind the public and the government of Canada that aboriginal rights are legal rights protected by the Constitution of Canada. Indigenous Environmental Network P.O. 485 Bemidji, MN. 56601 ph: 1-218-751-4967 fax:1-218-751-0561 ien@igc.apc.org --------- "RE: Lakota Cultural Preservation Society Petitions" --------- Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 19:23:35 -0400 From: Wanblisapa@aol.com Subj: Lakota Cultural Preservation Society Petitions UUCP email Hau, Kola! I have been asked to distribute the following 2 petitions as widely as possible. Pilamayayelo for your help! Mitakuye Oyasin! Wanbli Sapa *********************************************************************** THE NATIVE RESOURCE COALITION A BRANCH OF THE LAKOTA CULTURAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY UNINC. P.O. BOX 66 KYLE, SD 577752 PH/FAX (6050455-2390 MISSION STATEMENT WE THE UNDERSIGNED TRADITIONAL LAKOTA ELDERS, QUALIFIED AS PER LCPS MISSION STATEMENT/OUTLINE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OUR DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION TO CLEAN-UP AND PROTECT THE ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT IN ALL LAKOTA TERRITORIES WITHIN TREATY BOUNDARIES SANCTIFIED BY THE SACRED PEACE PIPE (PIPE CEREMONY CONDUCTED UPON SIGNING OF THE TREATIES). AS OUR BASIC PRAYER/CREED IS FOR GOOD WATER, GOOD FOOD, HEALTH AND HAPPINESS, WE CANNOT SEPARATE THESE CLOSELY RELATED NECESSITIES OF A QUALITY LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE AND FUTURE GENERATIONS AS WELL AS ALL LIVING BEINGS. IT IS ASKED THAT YOU EXCUSE THE COMPLEXITY (LCPS MISSION STATEMENT/ OUTLINE) THAT HAS BEEN SET IN FRONT OF YOU. HOW CAN WE DIVORCE PHYSICAL POLLUTION FROM THAT OF THE SPIRIT, MIND, AND EMOTIONAL BODY OF HUMANITY? WE, AS AN OCCUPIED/OPPRESSED SOVEREIGN PEOPLE (NOT U.S. CITIZENS), CANNOT EFFECTIVELY DEAL WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ON THE SAME BASIS AS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AS AN ABORIGINAL/NATURAL CULTURE WE, IN THE PAST, HAD NO NEED FOR A POLITICAL MOVEMENT IN REGARDS TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AS OUR SPIRITUAL INTEGRITY/CEREMONIES KEPT EVERYTHING IN BALANCE. WE ARE MUCH MORE OF A THREAT TO "THE NEW WORLD ORDER" (GOLD MINING A PRIORITY) SYSTEM AS WE NOT ONLY HOLD LEGAL DOCUMENTS(VERY FEW OF THE PROVISIONS OF WHICH HAVE BEEN MET) BUT THOSE GOV'T REPRESENTATIVES THAT SEALED THE TREATIES, WHETHER THEY WERE AWARE OF IT OR NOT, MADE A SPIRITUAL VOW TO HONOR WHAT WAS AGREED UPON. THIS RESPONSIBILITY NOW RESTS UPON THE SHOULDERS OF THEIR DESCENDANTS AND ALL U.S. CITIZENS! TODAY IF ONE WERE TO TOUR THE HIGHWAYS OF THE PINE RIDGE LAKOTA RESERVATION (BOTH "INDIAN" & "SIOUX" ARE FALSE NAMES GIVEN TO US BY OUR ENEMIES), A PERSON WOULD SEE MANY PRODUCTIVE RANCHERS/FARMS & THEREFORE THE FALSE IMPRESSION THAT THE TRADITIONAL LAKOTA POPULATION IS DOING FAIRLY WELL. THIS IS FAR FROM THE CASE BEHIND "THE BUCKSKIN CURTAIN". THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TRADITIONAL LAKOTA PEOPLE ARE OF FULL-BLOOD OR HIGH PERCENTAGE ANCESTRY. BY TREATY THE FULL-BLOOD LAKOTAS ARE SUPPOSED TO LEAD ALL AFFAIRS ON THE RESERVATION. THE QUALIFIED MIXED-BLOOD LAKOTAS ARE TO BE HELPERS. THE 1973 "WOUNDED KNEE" CONFRONTATION (SEVERAL UNSOLVED MURDERS OF TRADITIONAL LAKOTAS AT THAT TIME) WAS A RESULT OF THE COVERT SUPPORT OF THE U.S. GOV'T FOR UNQUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS TO IMPLEMENT AN ILLEGAL TRIBAL CONSTITUTION! THIS POLICY IS STILL IN FORCE! MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL AFRAID TO "SURFACE". SO, IT IS ASKED THAT PEOPLE MIGHT TRY TO PERCEIVE THE SILENT/HIDDEN SUPPORT THAT THOSE THAT HAVE EXPOSED THEMSELVES (THE LCPS OPEN COUNCIL) HAVE AMONGST THE TRADITIONAL LAKOTA PEOPLE. NCR MISSION STATEMENT PLEASE NOTE ENCIRCLED PORTIONS OF LCPS OUTLINE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNATION/EARMARKING OF FUNDS GRANTED. THE NRC BRANCH WILL MAINTAIN A SEPARATE FULLY ACCOUNTABLE SET OF BOOKS TO BE OPEN UPON REQUEST TO SPONSOR/GRANTORS AT REASONABLE INTERVALS. LET US DRY ANOTHER'S TEARS AND PUT OUR HEARTS AND MINDS TOGETHER AS ONE. HECATU ALO, LCPS ELDERS' PROVISIONAL OPEN COUNCIL SIGNED BY: MYRON ROCK FRANCIS HE CROW JAKE LITTLE THUNDER GUY H WHITE THUNDER **************PETITION TO OST GOV'T ADULT TRIBAL MEMBERS****************** *************************POSITION STATEMENT***************************** WE THE FOLLOWING ADULT ENROLLED MEMBERS OF THE OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE, HEREAFTER REFERRED TO BY US AS THE OGLALA LAKOTA TRIBE (BOTH 'INDIAN' & 'SIOUX' ARE FALSE NAMES GIVEN TO US BY OUR ENEMIES) AND RESIDENTS OF THE PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION, HEREAFTER REFERRED TO BY US AS THE PINE RIDGE LAKOTA RESERVATION, DO HEREBY DEMAND ENFORCEMENT OF THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE LAWS IN SUCH A WAY AS TO IMPRISON/BANISH BOOTLEGGERS & DRUG-DEALERS, REHABILITATE USERS, END THE CYCLE OF ABUSE TO OUR CHILDREN & ELDERS AND TO COOPERATE WITH OUR TRADITIONAL ELDERS' OPEN COUNCIL - QUALIFIED TO GUIDE THE PEOPLES' WELFARE BY VIRTUE OF THEIR CLOSE ASSOCIATION TO AND TRAINING BY THE REAL MEDICINE MEN OF THE GREAT VISIONS (1994 ERA) AS PER LAKOTA CULTURAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY MISSION STATEMENT/PROPOSAL. ***************TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY OST GOV'T ASAP********************* 1.MEET WITH LCPS ELDERS' COUNCIL CONCERNING THE ABOVE ISSUES 2.PROSECUTE SUBSTANCE DEALERS & ALL OFFICIALS THAT ENCOURAGE THEM 3.RELOCATE 'DRUNK-TANKS' IN A REHAB SETTING-TRADITIONAL LAKOTA 4.REINSTATE CURFEWS FOR MINORS & THOROUGHLY CHECK-OUT ALL VIOLATIONS ********************************HETCATU ALO,*************************** THE MEMBERS OF THE OGLALA LAKOTA TRIBE/ PINE RIDGE LAKOTA RES. *********************************************************************** DATE SIGNATURE ADDRESS --------- "RE: Wounded Knee info" --------- Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 21:54:39 -0700 From: Wanblisapa@aol.com Subj: Wounded Knee info UUCP email WHO SHOULD WE BELIEVE - TRIBAL COUNCIL, TRADITIONALS, SURVIVORS ASSOCIATIONS,NEWSPAPERS, AND OTHERS by Wanbli Sapa According to Indian Country Today, Lakota Times section, in the May 18, 1995 edition, the Wounded Knee National Park and memorial is the idea of the Pine Ridge and Cheyenne River Sioux Wounded Knee Survivors Associations. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe was the latest group to voice their support for the project. Cheyenne River Chairman Gregg Bourland is quoted as saying "We support this legislation and believe the park should be set up as a sanctuary. We don't want any tourist traps. We're opposed to that kind of behavior." The article also says that the messages showing up on the Internet in opposition to the bill are from Gerald and Pamela Ice, who have their own commercial interests in "exploitation". The article says that the Ice's are trying to raise $2.9 million to develop their own Cultural Center and Campground. This could seem terribly confusing, so, let me make some sense out of this for you. First, Indian Country Today's reporting tends to be rather biased in a number of areas, just as any newspaper's reporting can be, depending upon the opinions and ideas held by the management of the newspaper. Hopefully, you take this possibility into consideration as you read articles in Indian Country Today and any other newspaper. Also, Indian Country Today tends to be an avid supporter of tribal council. Read on to understand the implications of this. Second, there tends to be a division on the rez (Pine Ridge not being the only rez that has this division) which dates back to the pre-rez days when leaders like Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull refused to give up their traditional ways of life and so refused to settle down near the agencies. Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull led their bands in the ways that they felt were best for their people and in accordance with the wishes of the people in their bands. Because these bands lived in remote areas and maintained the old ways of living, they received little to nothing of the government aid that was promised in the treaties. Other leaders felt that what was best was to settle near the agencies (like Pine Ridge), depend upon the treaties being fulfilled, and try to adopt the new life dictated by the dominant culture. These leaders led their bands in the ways that they felt were best for their people and in accordance with the wishes of the people in their bands. Because these bands lived next to the agencies and tried to live like members of the dominant culture, they were rewarded by receiving the best and most of government aid. As time passed and the reservation system became forced upon my Lakota ancestors (and other nations), these two ways of living became more separated and looked down upon by those of each group. Those who held to the traditional ways of life and belief became the "traditionals", and that term became a contemptuous epithet used by those who were trying to live the ways of the dominant culture. Those who were adopting the dominant culture's ways became the "hang-around-the-fort Indians", and that term became a contemptuous epithet used by those who were trying to live the traditional ways of the Lakota culture. Today, this division is still present and still strong, though there are many in each group who are trying to bridge the gulf that separates the two ways and reach out to Lakota brothers and sisters on the other side of the gulf. However, because tribal council is not a governing body that was in place in the traditional Lakota culture and was forced upon the Lakota people by the dominant culture, tribal council often is filled with folks who would prefer to live the dominant culture's way and not the traditional Lakota way. Tribal council tends to often have its own private agenda. Many who live near the agencies maintain the ways of the dominant culture, too, and are still the best provisioned of those Lakota living on the rez. This tends to put tribal council and non-traditional people at odds with traditional people. Traditional folks tend to not become members of tribal council and tend to live out in the districts away from the agencies. Those out in the districts are among the poorest of the poor and have the least provisions. This tends to put traditional people at odds with tribal council and non- traditional people. [In fact, two weeks ago, impeachment of the current tribal council was being considered because actions they took were in opposition to the desires and needs of the Lakota people on the rez, traditionals and non- traditionals alike]. This situation was highly publicized in the 1970s when the tribal council of Dick Wilson openly abused and trampled on not only traditional Lakota ways, but also on those who held to those ways. Dick Wilson created the GOON Squad, who maimed, harassed, and murdered many traditionalists without hesitancy. It was that situation that led the traditional elders to ask AIM for help and ultimately led to the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee. It was also this situation that led to the death of the 2 FBI agents and the wrongful incarceration of Leonard Peltier. [This harassment continues today, though it does not receive the publicity it should.] Today, this division is in evidence in the issues surrounding turning Wounded Knee into a national park. Tribal council, who stands to make financial gains by occupying seats on the advisory committee required in the bills before Congress (the bills, by the way, were drafted solely by the tribal councils and survivors associations), and who stands to loose none of their own land holdings support the creation of the national park. The Wounded Knee Survivors Association no longer contains the majority of survivors descendants because the majority of descendants did not like the actions and positions taken by the Association, which were contrary to the respectful remembrance of the 1890 Massacre and its victims. Hence, the Survivors Association no longer represents the opinion of a majority of descendants. Like the tribal council, the Survivors Association stands to make financial gains by occupying seats on the advisory committee. I refer your attention to Section 8 of the bills (both the House and Senate versions are exact duplicates of one another), which elaborates the role of the members of the advisory committee and the financial remuneration associated with it. The vast majority of land acquired for the park will come from the land at Wounded Knee - 1800 acres, to be exact. This land will be taken in such a way that traditional landowners will lose their land and be forced to relocate. Consequently, all construction will be focused at Wounded Knee (the bill calls for a visitors center, an amphitheater, the relocation of the three main roads that intersect near the existing memorial (which was created by the survivors....), the creation of a new memorial, the reconstruction of several buildings that were in existence at the time of the 1890 massacre, and the removal of any structures not found to be historically consistent - possibly including the burial ground adjacent to the existing memorial, and finally, trails and interpretive displays). All disturbance, therefore, will be focused on the area containing the existing memorial and 5-6 mass grave sites. Virtually no land will be taken for the park on the Cheyenne River rez and no disturbance except increased tourist spending will occur in Pine Ridge. The Wounded Knee Landowners Association is composed of the landowners that would be directly or indirectly impacted by this land taking, and the Association also contains a goodly number of descendants of the survivors of the Wounded Knee massacre (who do not belong to the Wounded Knee Survivors Association for reasons I discussed earlier). The Association and/or its members were never consulted regarding this legislation, and had no voice in drafting it. There was one Congressional hearing on this issue, and again, the Association and/or its members were not invited or notified. Gerald Ice is a survivor descendent, a member of the Landowners Association, and one of the landowners who would lose his land if the park is created. He and his family have lived on this same land for generations; in fact, the cabin that Gerald and his brother were born in still stands on his property. Gerald and his wife, Pamela, walk the traditional ways though both have college degrees from the California university system, and though both have a goodly number of experiences in the world of the dominant culture, they choose to live as traditionally as possible on the rez, which means they live in poverty. The Cultural Center you refer to is the dream of the traditional members of the Wounded Knee community, who have formed Wapaha Canku Luta, Inc., to bring this dream to life. The cultural center is intended to help Lakota people rediscover their traditional culture and the strengths and benefits it provides. This is all I can speak to regarding the cultural center because it is all I know. I suggest you contact Gerald and Pamela directly for more information. I hope that this helps clear up some of the confusion caused by the various reports and opinions that are circulating regarding the creation of Wounded Knee National Park. If not, feel free to contact me and I will do what I can to get your questions answered: wanblisapa@aol.com. --------- "RE: Big Mountain Legal Update 9/95" --------- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 03:01:24 -0700 From: sky@indirect.com (Sky Crosby) Subj: Big Mountain Legal Update 9/95 UUCP email To: BIG MOUNTAIN SUPPORT NET From: Big Mountain, Dineh Alliance e-mail address: Dineh Alliance c/o sky@indirect.com Dineh Alliance, Box 810, Pinon, AZ 86510 Subject: BIG MOUNTAIN LEGAL UPDATE September, 1995 Dineh Alliance vs. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) and statutory party Peabody Western Coal Company (PWCC), U.S. District Court House, Flagstaff, AZ. Administrative Law Court Hearing, Appeal of Peabody's Kayenta mine permit renewal. Many of your e-mailed and mailed public comments on Peabody's Kayenta mine permit review are part of OSM's decision document, having been received prior to June 10, 1995 Informal Conference, Forest Lake Chapter House, Navajo Nation. They are also part of the record before the Administrative Law Court. We received comments from around the world. Many thanks. LEGAL VICTORY AT HAND Black Mesa residents were impressed by Administrative Law Judge Ramon M. Child, who presided in the hearing on Peabody Coal Company's Kayenta mine permit. The Dineh feel the judge really listened to them as they took the witness stand and presented their testimonies. The hearing lasted for five days, going each day to 8 or 9 pm, with an unusual Saturday session to conclude the proceedings. The judge on numerous occasions lent his own firepower to Dineh lay counsel Marsha Monestersky and lay co-counsel and translator Louise Benally to ask questions and continue investigation of particular issues. When the Peabody attorney, Mr. Bird, asked the judge to throw out our case alleging a lack of prima facie evidence, Judge Child replied "No, Mr. Bird, I feel that there is evidence. But Mr. Bird, you'd better prepare your case, as I just might shut Peabody down". The judge heard testimonies by Black Mesa residents about how the Navajo Nation has ignored and neglected them. And this was confirmed by Marvin J. Smith, Director, Division of Natural Resources, Navajo Nation, who under oath stated he had not conducted any site visits to homes or investigated any environmental concerns in the five years he served as director. The judge opened the court on Saturday by asking for Marvin J. Smith to appear from the day before. When the Peabody attorney stated that Smith was no longer there, Judge Child stated "I never excused Marvin J. Smith. That's too bad. I did not sleep last night, thinking about Marvin J. Smith and the Navajo Nation. And I want to tell Marvin J. Smith and the Navajo Nation what I think of them. I think the Navajo Nation is making profits while the residents of Black Mesa are suffering". At the close of the hearing, the residents declared victory, as they spoke in Dineh, with translation by community members. "More has happened in the last five days than has happened in the last twenty years". It was because a judge had finally listened to them. Dine Alliance requests: that by law the OSM decision to issue Peabody's Kayenta mining permit be set aside, and that a temporary restraining order be immediately issued against Peabody Coal Company in any further mining operations on Black Mesa. WHY THE KAYENTA MINING PERMIT SHOULD BE REVOKED Lawyers representing Peabody, a subsidiary of Hanson Holding Company, London, England, relying on teams of lawyers from Washington, D.C., and with considerable assistance by OSM, must not be allowed to keep the mine operating, as it causes imminent harm to the people, land, air, and water resources on Black Mesa, Navajo Nation, Arizona. OSM legally erred in renewing the Kayenta Mine permit. Issuance of this permit violates all applicable statutes, and unless the Kayenta Mine permit is rescinded, it constitutes criminal activity by OSM and a violation of residents civil, human and constitutional rights, as well as unethical behavior. We demand equal enforcement and applicability of all state and federal laws regarding adequate hearing notice and enforcement practices on native lands. No permit can be issued without proper and legally valid reclamation bonds, including, but not limited to slurry pipelines and railroads. It must also be demonstrated that OSM inspectors are given the freedom to perform their job and enforce mining regulations before permit issuance, until proper air quality monitoring is done for dust/particulates/selenium occurs, and until all allegations set forth by the Dineh Alliance have been adequately investigated, and all concerns adequately resolved. OUR STRUGGLE - WHERE WE ARE NOW The court has heard the voice of Black Mesa region of the Navajo Nation. For five days traditional elders and residents, with no change of clothes, eating one meal a day, and without legal representation, presented their case. Some residents slept in their cars and camped out in the cold and rain. Peabody Coal Company is desperate. The Kayenta mine permit renewal is illegal. Twelve (12) outstanding violations are still unresolved. A new, highly controversial coal mining method (Highwall Side Overburden Mining) is being considered without the required Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The unpermitted railroad continues to operate in violation of applicable federal regulations, with no reclamation bond money posted for it or the Kayenta mine site. The unpermitted and illegal slurry pipeline continues to pump over 1.3 billion gallons of pristine water annually. The unpermitted and illegal slurry pipeline continues to operate under Administrative Block, pending no continued use of the Navajo aquifer by the Hopi Tribal Council, past their permit expiration. Hopi Tribal Council Studies documents have determined that at the present rate of usage, water sources in Tuba City and surrounding communities will run dry in fifteen years. The Navajo aquifer is a sole source aquifer for the Hopi and Navajo. Burial sites of the Dineh people continue to be desecrated and human remains bulldozed by Peabody. The U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement continues to get awards for doing nothing to resolve Citizens Complaints yet it could not determine the status of current violations, (all are under appeal),under oath answering, "I don't know" to specific questions. It seems OSMRE exists to keep non-compliant coal companies afloat with the creation of it's "Green File", a dual filing system. Trust Responsibility does not apply to the Dineh people on Black Mesa, AZ. Environmental injustice is a reality. At the close of day three, while still in the courtroom, Jon Johnson, senior attorney for the Solicitor's Office, Denver, stated "I believe it's appropriate at this time for C-4's and automatic weapons". It had a chilling effect on the Black Mesa residents who brought the matter to the judge immediately. A police report was filed and a U.S. Marshall was posted in the courtroom for the remainder of the hearing. In reference to testimony of illnesses in livestock and human health, Administrative Law Judge Ramon Child asked OSMRE "Do you mean that you have allowed mining to go on in face of it?" OSMRE replied "Yes". A Hopi elder told Judge Child "There is no land dispute between traditional Hopi and Dineh people." John S. Boyden, who was an Attorney for PWCC and the Hopi Trial Council concurrently, negotiated the original leases between both parties illegally. The traditional Dineh vow to never surrender to the rape and desecration of Mother Earth caused by PWCC on their ancestral lands. We believe we have a chance to win in this court and in any other court. We have accumulated an impressive amount of evidence against both Peabody Coal Company and Office of Surface Mining (OSM), filed over 300 Citizens Complaints since October, 1993, and have Notice of Violations (NOV's) cited against Peabody for these complaints. OSM test results show toxic contamination in springs and wells. Excerpts from the Denver OSM Hydrology report, dated April 17, 1995, submitted to the court states: "OSM Water Quality Reports identify the likely source of recharge to the Benally spring as the Black Mesa Pipeline Facility". Yet no monitoring wells are located in close proximity to the Black Mesa pipeline operations. "Infiltration of process water at the Black Mesa pipeline facilities area has been suggested as a source of the recharge to the Benally spring". This facility pumps over 1.3 billion gallons of pristine Navajo aquifer each year, with over 26 billion gallons already pumped, travels over 275 miles, is illegal, unpermitted, leaking, and no environmental impact was ever done. Two unlined coal stockpiles at this location since about 1970, are identified as a source of high sulfate and acidity to infiltration in the area, with high concentrations of dissolved manganese and boron noted in water quality data". Yet the Benally Springs not identified during the permitting process and therefore, no baseline information is available. "OSM water test results confirm several chemical parameters that are high and exceed Arizona water quality standards including excesses in magnesium, sodium, nitrate, manganese, boron". The Benally Spring was used as a livestock watering source for 25 years until OSM notified complainants not to have the livestock drink the water". It is recommended that certain areas be checked, yet no field monitoring was done. Peabody's Black Mesa/Kayenta mining operations are joined and covers 103 square miles. During the EIS process the EPA voiced class III objections (the strongest) against the use of a slurry pipeline, noting hydrological concerns, including drawdown effects on the Navajo aquifer. Yet, no action was taken. The EPA wrote weak permits for Peabody's Black Mesa/Kayenta mine. WE DEMAND the EPA write enforceable permits on Peabody's Black Mesa/Kayenta mine. WE NEED ENFORCEABLE LIMITS SET FOR TOXIC CHEMICALS in NPDES permits, including, but not limited to arsenic, magnesium, manganese, nitrates, sulfates, selenium and boron. These standards need to be promulgated, whether the Navajo Nation EPA promulgates them not or not. These standards have never been set in the past by the U.S. EPA, which has by their action/lack of action demonstrated an egregious selling out of native lands. WE NEED PERMITS WITH ENFORCEABLE STANDARDS set so that monitoring can take place. Without monitoring enforcement is impossible. WE NEED WELL AND SPRING MONITORING at specific locations to monitor aquifer diminution and contamination. WE NEED MONITORING BY THE BLACK MESA PIPELINE FACILITIES and by the coal stockpiles to ensure no leachades. WE NEED TESTING to occur where citizens have complained about contaminated water. Recently we were awarded an environmental justice grant from U.S. EPA to conduct an Environmental Health Assessment Survey in the mine permit area, and establish a cellular/radio phone communications system. We hope to establish Internet access in Big Mountain. HOW YOU CAN HELP An Administrative Law Court is a difficult court to win in. Issues that we don't win in this court, we hope to bring to Federal District Court, which gives us a wider latitude to conduct discovery, obtain depositions, subpoena witnesses, etc. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT with prayers, by sending e-mail, faxes, letters to the U.S. EPA, who together with OSM has jurisdiction and trust responsibility for Native lands. EPA must exercise their jurisdiction, investigate our concerns, and address the inadequacies in the extremely weak permits they issued for Peabody's Black Mesa/Kayenta mine. We need enforceable limits for toxins written into the permit. WE NEED FUNDS to pay for legal expenses, court transcripts, xeroxing, and faxes. To obtain phone/fax/e-mail access in a remote area, we need an IBM compatible 486 computer or lap top computer, high speed modem, satellite dish, and technical help to advise us get the right equipment. We have an office, and need word processing software for donated IBM compatible 386 and 286, so local residents can become trained in the use of computers. Because residents live a traditional subsistence lifestyle, sheep herding and weaving, WE NEED MONEY for travel for the elders and residents to attend court hearings, gas and food while on travel. Tax deductible contributions can be sent to Dineh Alliance's fiscal agent, Don't Waste Arizona, Inc. Please address checks: Don't Waste Arizona Inc., on memo portion of check note: for Black Mesa Legal Fund. Don't Waste Arizona, Inc., 6205 S. 12th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85040. Please write Dineh Alliance, Box 810, Pinon, AZ 86510 for more information, newspaper articles, and if you want to help. Thank you for your support, please spread the word, for peace and environmental justice, DINE ALLIANCE chose one: cc: e-mail: Dine Alliance c/o sky@indirect.com cc: fax: ECCOSKY 520 749 0587 cc: mail: Louise Benally, President Dineh Alliance Box 810 Pinon, AZ 86510 SAMPLE SUPPORT LETTER, Please send e-mail, fax, mail to: Ms. Carol Browner, Administrator United States Environmental Protection Agency 401 M Street, SW Washington, DC 20460 Ms. Carolyn Douglas, Project Manager U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX (E-4) 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105-3901 Ms. Elizabeth Bell Office of Environmental Justice U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 401 M Street S.W. (3103) Washington, DC 20460 e-mail # Bell.Elizabeth@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV Ms. Lori Lewis Office of Environmental Justice U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX (E-4) 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105-3901 Dear Administrator Browner, Ms. Douglas, Ms. Bell, Ms. Lewis, The Black Mesa issue is the first case of environmental justice brought by Native American people to the executive branch of the United States government since President Clinton issued Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice, February 11, 1994. This Executive Order directs all federal agencies to focus on protecting environmental and human health in low-income and minority communities and to give the residents access to public information and the chance to take part in decisions about their environment and health. And while Executive Order 12898 is not legally binding and is not enforceable, it indicates a recognition and intent by the U.S. government to resolve problems with disproportionate contamination on lands belonging to people of color. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), every federal agency and the federal government must fulfill their environmental and trust responsibility to the residents of Black Mesa. These people are under siege. Protection of the environment is a fundamental human right, not a civil right. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), during the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process, voiced Class III objections (the strongest), against use of a slurry pipeline, noting hydrological concerns, including drawdown effects on the Navajo aquifer. Yet, no action was taken. The U.S. EPA wrote weak permits for Peabody's Black Mesa/Kayenta mine. We demand that the U.S. EPA write enforceable permits on Peabody Coal Company's Black mesa/Kayenta mine. We need enforceable limits set for toxic chemicals in NPDES permits, including, but not limited to, arsenic, magnesium, manganese, nitrates, sulfates, selenium, and boron. These standards need to be promulgated, whether Navajo Nation EPA promulgates them or not. These standards have never been set in the past by the EPA. The U.S. EPA has by their action/lack of action demonstrated a egregious selling out of Native lands. We need permits with enforceable standards set so that monitoring can take place. Without monitoring, enforcement is impossible. We also need well and spring monitoring at specified locations to monitor aquifer diminution and contamination. We need monitoring by the Black Mesa pipeline facilities and by the coal stockpiles to ensure no leachades. We need testing to occur where Citizens have complained about contaminated water. EPA's Multi-Media/Multi-Agency Task Force, while a historic precedent by which federal and tribal agencies came together to investigate environmental concerns, produced a report, with many of the serious issues still under investigation, and no follow-up conducted. EPA has tested only the deep N-aquifer water, not the surrounding surface or near surface water that are impacting livestock. This Task Force was specifically asked by Black Mesa residents to test this water. To date nothing has happened, and many Citizens Complaints remain unresolved years later. We understand that a Superfund investigation has begun of Peabody, called by U.S. EPA, Region IX. We hope that all chemical parameters identified and available are included in Superfund investigation parameters. Local residents must be able to effectively participate in all investigations conducted to ensure the proper sites and specific concerns of Black Mesa area residents are adequately addressed. During the Administrative hearing the Judge invited Dineh Alliance to Intervene on a case before his court. The issue is excessive stripping distances. Peabody has been stripping the land 8-10 years in advance of mining activities. Due to substantial air quality concerns resulting from mining operations and excessive stripping distances, it is imperative that air quality monitoring stations at both the Black Mesa and Kayenta mines be relocated to the valleys, near residents' homes and by the coal stock piles. Air quality monitoring stations must be upgraded to monitor for particulates in addition to coal dust, and when possible continuous monitoring should take place. Monitors should be well maintained and checked frequently for effectiveness, considering air current patterns, seasonal variations, and should be down-wind and not up-wind from mining operations. Please ensure that Black Mesa residents are allowed the right to participate in locations, sites chosen. They are directly affected. Please exercise your trust responsibility for the residents of Black Mesa living in the coal fields. Many prayers, for peace and environmental justice, DINEH ALLIANCE chose one: cc: e-mail: Dine Alliance c/o sky@indirect.com cc: fax: ECCOSKY 520 749 0587 cc: mail: Louise Benally, President Dineh Alliance Box 810 Pinon, AZ 86510 --------- "RE: New Tsalagi Chief" --------- Date: 10 Sep 1995 00:20:13 +0200 From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous) (Note of authorization received) Subj: New Tsalagi Chief Newsgroups: soc.culture.native CHEROKEE, N.C. (Sep 9, 1995 - 00:01 EDT) -- To save its future, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians just made history. Record numbers of the tribe's registered voters went to the polls Thursday and elected Joyce Conseen Dugan to be its first female chief. And just as important, the people toppled embattled incumbent Jonathan "Ed" Taylor and his political machine, which many have accused of squandering the tribe's money. "Ed Taylor did nothing but tear this tribe apart," said Missy Crowe, a spokeswoman for the Eastern Cherokee Defense League. Crowe said she missed the United Nations' Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing to participate in Thursday's election. "Our people are striving to reach the 21st century united and intact," she said. "Joyce can and will bring us together through her leadership." Dugan, director of Cherokee's schools, soundly defeated Taylor, capturing 62 percent of the vote and winning six of the seven polling precincts, including Taylor's home district. About 70 percent of registered voters participated in the election. Dugan will serve a four-year term. After celebrating her victory until 3 a.m. with her family, childhood friends, employees and well-wishers, Dugan awoke at 8 a.m. Friday to spend the day talking to journalists and tribal employees. "If people are doing their jobs, they won't lose their jobs," she said Friday afternoon in the quiet of her office in the school board building. But she is preparing to make some changes in how the tribe operates. First, she said, she will review all tribal departments and audits, and will list all jobs and their responsibilities. She said she plans to establish an ethics committee that will monitor tribal employee complaints. And she's thinking about reviving the Cherokee tradition of holding Grand Council meetings where the enrolled members set the tribe's agenda each political year. "The people voted for a person who will allow them to have a voice in tribal government, who will respect them," she said. "I feel very strongly that the ideas and opinions of the people may have been stifled in the past due to fear of repercussions." Taylor's loss doesn't spare him from an embarrassing impeachment hearing next week. As chief, Taylor has wielded broad power over tribal spending and hiring. The tribal council has accused him of abusing that power and aiding his top assistants in defrauding the tribe. If removed in his final two weeks of office, Taylor would be denied the courtesy title of chief, barred from running for political office and prohibited from collecting a pension. The tribal council started the impeachment process after The News & Observer published an investigation of tribal finances and leadership. The article showed Taylor had requested and accepted a $15,000 loan from contractors bidding to manage the tribe's high-stakes bingo hall. It also noted that Taylor had managed to acquire at least three homes and nine cars on an annual salary of $63,000. The last of the election results arrived in the tribal council house at midnight Friday, telling Dugan's supporters what they wanted to hear: Their votes and their candidate had put an end to an administration that had lost the confidence of many living on the Qualla Boundary reservation, located on the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains. Standing ovations, chants and cheers underscored the victory and inspired Dugan to address the tribe for the first time as its new chief. "I knew that I could run a clean race without having deals made with individuals and groups," she told the capacity crowd in the tribal house. "I'm not beholden to anyone and everyone will receive fair treatment." Dugan's election signals a political coming of age for a tribal government that has been run on favors and patronage for decades. "It's the common people that put her in, not the big business people," said Dugan's husband Jerry, an emergency medicine technician who plans to buy Dugan a car license tag that reads "MIZCHIEF." Dugan said her ultimate goal is to establish what is the governing document of the Eastern Band. The tribe has operated under a constitution, a state charter and an election referendum. There have been constant disputes about which set of rules and regulations the tribe should follow. "Until we are firm on one document, everything we do is weakened," she said. Before Dugan attempts to put her reforms in place, she wants the impeachment process completed. "I would like to enter office on Oct. 2 with everything behind us, so we can all look forward at a clean slate," said said. To help with that, Dugan and her campaign workers are planning the tribe's first inauguration for the first week in October. "Chiefs always just get sworn in and start to work," she said. "I'm hoping an inauguration will be a time of celebration and fellowship. At this point our people need a celebration." --------- "RE: Thoughts on BIA Budget Cuts" --------- Date: Tue Sep 12, 1995 From: J.CASTO [JimC in OR] at 12:22 EDT Subj: Thoughts on BIA Budget Cuts GE Electronic Mail "On Tuesday, National Sovereignty Day, American Indians plan a protest and a vigil on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in response to cuts planned for the Bureau of Indian Affairs." "The Oregonian" (Portland, Oregon) Tuesday, September, 12, 1995 The rest is a FULL page article about the proposed cuts and some information about sovereignty and the BIA. I thought it interesting that many people have expressed criticism of the BIA only to read that not only is the head of the BIA a Native American, but that eighty-four per cent of its employees are American Indians according to this article. Also, according to the article, it serves about nine hundred fifty thousand people in about three hundred tribes and two hundred Alaska Native village and corporations. And here is one statement from the article that maybe justifies the criticism: "Most, if not all, of the House cuts (the House had proposed a budget amount higher than the Senate, but smaller than the administration) affected the bureau's central and regional offices, a bureaucracy so inefficient that even friends estimate that only ten cents on every dollar it administers reaches the tribes." Excuse me? A bureaucracy led by a Native American and employing eighty- four percent Native Americans that can only pass on 10 cents on the dollar? If I was personally going to be impacted by these cuts, I'd be asking serious questions about exactly where this "inefficiency" is. BTW, someone check me on these figures: Administration's proposal: $1.91 billion House proposal: $1.61 billion Senate proposal: $1.4 billion Current budget: $1.7 billion IF the BIA serves 950,000 and only ten cents of every dollar gets to the tribes, how much is that per person? Also, tell me how much the individual amount would be if EVERY dime wound up in the pocket of a person. (I have a real problem dealing with all those zeroes when dealing with billions and millions. ) Also, if the BIA only serves 950,000 NAs, then over one million NAs will not be affected one way or the other by these budget cuts? (Census figures show that two million people self-identified themselves as American Indians.) Also, according to the article: "Senate ... targeted programs crafted during two decades to sidestep the BIA's bureaucracy and nurture autonomy among the tribes by funneling money directly to them." If I understand that statement correctly, there _are_ programs in place NOW that bypass the BIA and the Senate proposal wants to eliminate them? Is my interpretation correct? Incidentally, in case you haven't figured this out... The head of the Senate subcommittee that has proposed the budgets cuts is: Slade Gorton who is a Republican from the state of Washington. In case the name "Slade Gorton" doesn't ring any bells for anyone, he was the Attorney General for the state of Washington back in the 1970s that fought many a case with the Native Americans over fishing rights and criminal jurisdiction and LOST many of them. I don't suppose there is any "revenge motive" in the budget cuts. Nah... BTW, some of the information for the article came from a book titled: "American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions" by Jack Utter. Has anyone seen this book? JimC --------- "RE: Poem: Reservation Shoes" --------- Date: 26 Jul 1994 19:53:54 -0500 From: turtle@aicap.s21.com (Turtle Heart) Subj: Reservation Shoes Newsgroup: alt.native Looking for Good Fortune i went forward i was there in front of myself before me where snakes with their tails rattling at the sky and empty roads where the sun used to be wearing shoes reservation shoes I was there in front of myself old man and old man came to me and pushed his breath against the place where my heart was reaching touching the sky with my fingers I was feeling my way around falling I fell into myself I was there where his breath had taken me taken me where the sun was golden and the road was open I went away singing 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: 95/09/09 18:27 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 September 17-23 KEPAKEMAPA (September) (Mahoe Hope) 17 In this world, there is time enough for all things. 18 The road I walk is always unfolding before me; what lies around the next bend is a new adventure. 19 The dolphins leap and play upon the waves at morning; they are the eternal children of the sea. 20 The world seen from the eye of aeko, the eagle, is a vast and wondrous place. 21 Our hopes and dreams inter-weave in the intricate patterns of love, aloha. 22 For every loving soul, life brings beauty and joy. 23 This life is but a brief moment in my existence. (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, 14 Sep 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: TomWheaton@aol.com Date: Sat, 9 Sep 1995 13:15:11 -0400 Subject: ACRA Agenda The following is the Draft Agenda for the first annual conference of the American Cultural Resources Association. There is still time to register. If you would like to come, please send a check for $85 (members) or $95 (nonmembers) to ACRA, 6150 East Ponce de Leon Ave., Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083. Make checks payable to ACRA. Please include your name, address and phone number. Also include your name and company name as you would like them to appear on your name tag. AMERICAN CULTURAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATION Annual Meeting Draft Agenda October 7-8, 1995 Saturday October 7, 1995 8:00 AM Registration and Meet & Greet Continental Breakfast 9:00 AM Welcome & Introductions - Tom Wheaton, Executive Director, ACRA 9:15 AM Overview of ACRA - Charles M. Niquette, President, ACRA PLENARY SESSIONS 9:30 -10:30 AM Panel I - The Preservation Partners: Current Issues and Concerns Bob Bush, Executive Director ACHP Roland Bowers, Deputy Associate Director for Cultural Resources, NPS Eric Hertfelder, Executive Director NCSHPO 10:30-10:45 AM Break 10:45 AM-12:15 PM Panel II - Preservation Politics: New Challenges and Opportunities Loretta Neumann, President, CEHP Incorporated Nellie Longsworth, President, Preservation Action Page Miller, Executive Director, National Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of History Helen Hooper, Government Relations Director, Land Trust Alliance 12:15-1:30 PM Lunch CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 1:30-3:00 PM SESSION I - Concurrent Session - Emerging Issues in Compliance: Changes in Section 106 Moderator - Judy Robinson, Robinson & Associates Views from ACRA - Tom Lennon, Western CRM Views from Industry - Nevada Mining Association (invited) Views from the Council - Ron Anzalone, Director, Office of Preservation Education and Assistance, ACHP Views from a Federal Agency - Evan DeBloois, Historic Preservation Officer, USDA Forest Service Views from a State - David Dutton, Compliance Officer, Virginia SHPO (invited) Concurrent Session - Emerging Issues in Federal Contracting Moderator - Chrissa Wang, Hardlines: Design & Delineation ACRA's Concerns - Pat O'Bannon, Kise Franks and Straw Congress & Contracting: What's in Store - Stuart Binstock, American Institute of Architects Contracting & Changes in Professional Standards - Sue Henry, NPS The Other Side of Contracting: Being a Federal Contract Specialist - Carol Holtz, USDA Forest Service 3:30-5:00 PM SESSION II- Concurrent Session - Changing Climate for CRM Work Moderator - Dan Roberts, John Milner Associates Inc. Views from ACRA - Dana McGowan, Jones & Stokes Associates, Inc. Views from the National Trust for Historic Preservation - Elizabeth Merritt, General Counsel, NTHP Views from The National Register - Carol Shull, Keeper of the National Register, National Park Service Views from the Departmental Consulting Archeologist - Frank McManamon, National Park Service Concurrent Session - Big Ideas for Small and Growing Businesses Moderator - Tom Wheaton, New South Associates, Inc. How Insurance Can Save You from Disaster - Chris Butler, C&D Butler, Inc Accounting and Finances: The Nuts & Bolts of Small Business - Harry Harrison, Partner, Aronson, Fetridge, Weigle & Schimel Business Applications & Opportunities on the Internet - Alvin Rosenbaum, Chairman, The Rosenbaum Group Reaching for the Stars: Creating Marketing Materials That Are Out of This World - Leslie Atkins, President, Leslie Atkins Communications 5:00 - 6:30 PM Reception Sunday, October 8, 1995 8:00 AM- Continental Breakfast 9:00 AM- ACRA Membership Meeting 10:15 AM- Break 10:30 AM- ACRA Membership Meeting 11:30 AM- Conference Concludes ------------------------------------------------------------------- From: judym@iglou.iglou.com (Judy Meredith) Subject: COMPETITION POW WOW Hi All, First of all I want to apologize if this is not the correct place to tell of this Pow Wow. Previously I had located a list of Nation Wide Pow Wows and tried to locate that again but all I get is that there is no server listing. But I did want to invite everyone that could attend this upcoming Pow Wow to do so if possible. We would love to have you attend. THE DAY OF THE WOLF COMPETITION- OCTOBER 6,7,8 LOCATION: Bullitt County Fairgrounds,Shepherdsville,Kentucky. 20 Min from Louisville,Ky. Take I-65 South to Exit 112-HWY 245. Turn Left onto HWY 245. First road on the left past I-65. HOSTED BY: RED CROW INDIAN COUNCIL For more information please feel free to EMAIL me or call : IDA CREIGHTON,Council Leader : 1-502-955-7965 or The Tourist Commission : 1-543-8687 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Topic 480 Indigenous Peoples Day tglick gen.nativenet 12:55 PM Sep 11, 1995 CHANGE COLUMBUS DAY TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY! FREE LEONARD PELTIER! SUPPORT THE BIG MOUNTAIN RESISTERS! We call upon people of good will to join us in a growing campaign on behalf of these goals. You can join us by organizing local or regional events on "Columbus Day" weekend, October 7-9, by joining many of us outside Leavenworth Penitentiary on the weekend of October 14-15, by joining many in fasting from October 1 through 12 (or any part of that time), by contributing supplies or money for the indigenous people of Big Mountain, Ar. resisting forced relocation by the government, or by taking other nonviolent actions. When we honor Columbus we honor his legacy of greed and genocide. Is this the kind of thing we want to celebrate? Let's change the name of the October 12th holiday to show our determination to move toward a more just and democratic society, one that is freed from greed and all forms of oppression because of race, ethnicity, culture, gender, class, age, sexual orientation, religion (or lack of it) or other excuses. Since 1992 people of all races and nationalities have fasted and organized in scores of localities throughout the U.S. as part of a growing movement in opposition to the "Columbus way" of greed, violence, genocide and environmental destruction. We honor October 12th as Indigenous Peoples' Day, a day to remember what 503 years of the "Columbus way" has meant and continues to mean for the indigenous peoples of the Americas. To us, it is a day to recommit ourselves to the essential struggle for a new way of life, one based on economic democracy, justice, respect for the earth, nonviolence, love and sharing. We call upon our sisters and brothers in the U.S. and elsewhere to join with us in support of our immediate objectives, renaming October 12th Indigenous Peoples' Day, freedom for Leonard Peltier, and an end to the eviction of the people of Big Mountain. We urge you to let us know what you are able to do by contacting us at the address or numbers below. Together, we can speak truth to power while concretely aiding crucial efforts which need our solidarity. People's Fast for Justice, P.O. Box 170610, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217, 718-643-9603, 643-8265 (f), or tglick@igc.apc.org ------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Pablo@tribal.org (Pablo (Paul) Bristol) KEVIN LOCKE September 30, 1995 - 8:00 - 9:30 PM Ives Concert Hall - 181 White Street Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT Benefit Performance for EAGLE WING PRESS Kevin Locke (Takeya Inajin) is a Lakota of the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota. He is a pre-eminent traditional flute player and hoop dancer. A popular lecturer and story teller working to insure that his cultural heritage survives and prospers, Kevin Locke has traveled to 50 countries, sharing his high vision of balance, joy and diversity through music and dance. "THROUGH MY MUSIC AND DANCE I WISH TO GIVE VOICE TO THE BEAUTY OF THE LAND AND TO HELP DEFINE THE ROLE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT IN THE RELATION TO THE IMMENSITY OF THIS INFINITE HOOP OF LIFE." $20 Benefit Seats (first three rows) * $10 General Admission $5 Students & Elders For more info and tickets call 203-354-0103; 203-871-2817; 203-293-9498 Tell 'em Pablo sent you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: judym@iglou.iglou.com (Judy Meredith) Subject: UPDATE KY POW WOW RED CROW INDIAN COUNCIL PRESENTS DAY OF THE WOLF 5TH ANNUAL INTERTRIBAL POW-WOW $10,000 in PRIZE MONEY DANCE AND DRUM COMPETITION POW-WOW DATES 6,7,& 8 1995 Funded in Part by a grant from the Kentucky Arts Council, a State Agency. GATE ADMISSION: ADULTS: $5.00 UNDER 12: $3.00 UNDER 6: FREE SENIOR CITIZENS: $4.00 3 DAY PASS: $10.00 REGISTRATION INFORMATION CALL: 502-955-7965 OR 606-546-9091 OR(PAGER) 502-344-5441 Registration Deadline-Friday,October 6,1995-11:45am Dance Registration Deadline- Friday,October 6,1995-11:45 am Registration Fee-$4.00-Tiny Tots will not be charged Grand Entry October 7,1995-12:00 Noon LOCATION: Bullitt County Fairgrounds next to I-65 just minutes south of Louisville,Kentucky. 5 minutes south of Shepherdsville,Kentucky at the Bernheim Forest Exit 112. M.C...............................Robert White Eagle Host Drum.............................Diamond Willow Male Head Dancer.........................Chiefie Roy Female Dancer.............................Vickie Roy Arena Director.........................LeRoy Trapper Head Judge.............................Wayne Allcorn Blow Gun Demonstration-Story Telling....Fred Bradley Flint Knapping........................John H. Driver Stone Carving...........................Stanley Toom Hoop Dancing.........................To Be Announced For More Information Call the Bullitt County Tourist Commission 1-800-526-2068 ----------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mel Youckton To: IND-NET List Cc: natfood-l Subject: Salmon Homecoming >From the Office of Mel Youckton, Chairman Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All Tribal members, teachers, students, Indian and non-Indian government officials, associations, businesses, corporations and individuals are invited to take part in the Third Annual Salmon Homecoming Ceremony scheduled to take place on the Seattle waterfront and at the Seattle Aquarium, September 14-17. "This is a celebration of the cultural, spiritual and economic significance of salmon in the Northwest," said Billy Frank, Jr, chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, co-sponsor of the event with other Tribal Communities of the Pacific Northwest. "The event couldn't be more timely. It is an opportunity for everyone to take an active part in a very visible statement that we respect and care for salmon and other natural resources. If the salmon and other natural resources of this region are to survive, it will take take a team effort between the Tribes and other governments, between people of all occupations, ages and ethnic backgrounds. Salmon Homecoming provides an historic opportunity to build bridges to achieve those things." *** Everyone is invited to participate in Salmon Homecoming Activities *** * Two-day Educational/Cultural Forum * Canoe Carving *Educational Displays * Student Watershed Congress * Canoe Flotilla Also featured at the event will be the signing of a coastwide commitment to restore salmon. It is anticipated that signers will include the governors of Washington, Oregon, and California, as well as Tribal Officials and representatives of industry and non-government organizations. ========================================================================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- 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: Janet Smith, Debra F. Sanders, Wanbli Sapa, Zabaglione Goldman, Gwethalyn Gauvreau, eye@web.apc.org (Press Release), Franklin Wayne Poley, Frosty Deere, Turtle Heart(Mending the Sacred Hoop with song poems), Randy Redhawk, Jim Casto, Sky Crosby (Press Release), Andrea Lord, Haudenosaunee(Kahnawake News)(Notice), icie@web.apc.org(Release) --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Part B of this newsletter (not included) has already been distributed via the NATIVE-L or NATCHAT mailing lists. --------- "RE: Conferences and Powwows - online" --------- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 08:00 -0500 From: Janet Smith (Evening Star) (jans@genie.geis.com) Subj: Upcoming conferences and powwows already posted to Mailing Lists NATCHAT or NATIVE-L = Powwows and Gatherings From the Internet listserv groups = Subject: Chickasaw Gathering Original Sender: cox@vt8200.dnet.lsu.edu Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) The first Native American Days will be held from 10 am to 5 pm, Sept. 16-17 at Laura Plantation near Vacherie, Louisiana sponsored by members of the United Chickasaw Nation. The event celebrates Native American culture by performing ceremonial dances and sharing arts and crafts. Storytelling and games will also be part of the festival. Admission is $7.00 for adults and $4.50 for children. Food and drinks also will be available. For more information, contact James Thunder Culweel at 504-652-8618 or Roberta Rainwater at 504-652-2431. -------- Subject: Update Chickasaw Gathering Date: 13 Sep 1995 16:52:54 +0200 Original Sender: cox@vt8200.dnet.lsu.edu Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) A previous post contained information about a Native American Days festival at Laura Plantation near Vacherie, Louisiana on Sept. 16 & 17 (10 AM to 5 PM each day; admission $7 for adults and $4.50 for children -- includes a tour of the plantation). The festival is dedicated to Native Americans of the Southeast. For this inaugural year, the focus is on the Chickasaw nation. members of the United Chickasaw Nation who live in Ada, Oklahoma will perform dances, storytelling, and craft exhibits. Other Southeastern tribes, such as Seminole, Choctaw and Cherokee, also will attend. Laura Plantation was built on an Acolapissa tribal village, Tabiscania. Its existence has been documented back to the 1680s. The front yard of Laura Plantation was a ceremonial ground for the tribe. Laura Plantation adapted characteristics from the Native Americans which made this Creole plantation unique from others. The Indians remained on the sugar plantation after its founding, and their descendants continue to live on property that was once part of the plantation. All of the available crafts at the festival will bear a federal trademark indicating the craft was made by federally recognized Native American artisans. For additional information, contact Laura Plantation, 504-265-7690. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Spirit of the Indian Powwow, Crozet VA Original Sender: chudson@aol.com Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) George Whitewolf, A Monacan indian, presents the 2nd annual Spirit of the Indian Powwow at Crozet Park, Crozet, VA September 22 - 24, 1995. Located 10 miles west of Charlottesville, VA off I - 64 Friday, September 22 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (students only) Friday, September 22 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM (general public) Saturday, September 23 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM Sunday, September 24 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Grand Entry Sat. 12:00 Over $5000.00 in prize money. Contests judged by point system. Native American storytelling by Dovie Thomason. Flute Playing by Arnold Richardson. Aztec Fire Dancer Javier Alarcon. See a tipi village including a fully furnished 1850's Lakota style tipi. See live eagles, falcons, hawks, owls, and crows. Learn of their habits and plight. Lectures on Indian culture, spirituality, Indian life in the past and now. Come and enjoy indian food such as buffalo stew, fry bread, indian tacos, wild rice and buffalo burgers Many traders/crafts people including: Basket makers, Potters, Leather workers, Beadwork, stone carvers, knife makers, Antler carvers, Silversmiths. Native and non native foods available. Dance with the Indians during Saturday nights bonfire. Admission: Adults $5.00/day Children 6-12 $3.00/day Under 5 FREE! Parking fee of $1.00 to benefit the Crozet Lions Club. Contact:George Whitewolf(804)929-6911 Traci Whitewolf(804)929-0334 ABSOLUTELY NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL !!!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Chickahominy Pow-wow, 9/23-24/95 Original Sender: woodowl@aol.com Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Chickahominy Indian Tribe 44th Annual Fall Festival & Pow-wow September 23-24, 1995 Chickahominy Tribal Center, Charles City, Virginia Saturday hours: 10 AM - 6 PM (grand entry: 12 noon) Sunday hours: 1 PM - 4 PM (grand entry: 1 PM) Host drum: Stoney Creek Guest drums: Wabunogejig, Wahunsunakah, Falling Water MC's: Wes Red Cloud Owens, Lenora Adkins Native American jewelry, pottery, beadwork, clothing and leathercrafts available for sale! Public invited, bring lawn chairs. No alcohol, drugs, animals or attitudes allowed! Host hotel: Best Western Airport Inn, 5700 Williamsburg Road, Sandston, VA, 804-222-2780, rate: $31. For further information, call 804-829-2186 or 804-966-7043 E-mail contact for Chickahominy information: sradkit@vccscent.bitnet (Troy Adkins) Posted with permission by WoodOwl@aol.com (Deanna) Directions to pow-wow site available via E-mail to WoodOwl@aol.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: March for Haudenosaunee Women's Rights Original Sender: paul_antone@pch.gc.ca Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) March for Haudenosaunee Women's Rights We would like to invite you to participate in a March for Haudenosaunee Women's Rights to be held in front of the James M. Hanley Federal Building located at 100 S. Clinton St., Syracuse N. Y. on September 14, 1995 from 10:00am to 1:00pm. This location was chosen for the march because the United States Federal government, specifically the Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, is reviewing an incorporation document that will further endanger the next Seven Generations for every member of the Haudenosaunee, Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy. One role of Haudenosaunee Women in our traditional native society is, as bearers of life, to assure that a sustainable environment exists for the next Seven Generations. The Oneida Nation in New York has removed the role of Haudenosaunee women in their decision making process, even though the traditional Oneida government is a matrilineal system. It appears that a few men have been and are continuing to make decisions for the Oneida Nation ignoring the rights of women in our native society. Haudenosaunee women have no voice in decision making nation meetings, all of their concerns and input must be approved of by a designated spokesman. If the spokesman does not wish to voice an issue the women have no recourse. If the women speak out directly in meetings they risk removal by the Oneida Nation Police Force. Please be aware that the majority of the Oneida Nation members know nothing about a proposed incorporation document that will endanger their lands, moneys and rights of the Oneida people. We are inviting all women to participate in the March for Haudenosaunee Women's Rights. Haudenosaunee women have a strong role in their government. The Haudenosaunee women have the ability to raise Chiefs and remove them if they are not following the direction of the people. The Haudenosaunee women hold the title of the land. The children of the Haudenosaunee follow their mother's clan. Native women have greatly influenced the Women's Rights Movement. The role of the non-native women was much different before contact with native women many years ago. The Haudenosaunee leaders counseled the Founding Fathers of this country years ago about the role of women in the native society. The Founding Fathers adopted the structure of the Haudenosaunee government but left the role of women out of it. Come to the march and show your support. We appreciate your help in regaining the voice and respect of our Oneida women. For more information contact Lorna at (315)699-4120 or John at (315)475-9821. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Nipmuc Pow-wow (Oxford, Mass., 9-10 Sept.) Original Sender: crowley@selp.ultranet.com (Edward Crowley) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) NIPMUC POW-WOW Sept 9 & 10, 1995 11:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Held at the Greenbriar Recreational Center Rte 12 Oxford, Mass For information call (508) 865-9828 Ask for Loving One Admission: $ .99, under 12 $ .50 * Walking Bear Singers * Dancers I should be there so stop and say hello. Hope to see everyone there. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Sender: chudson@aol.com Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) The Indian Summer Powwow presented by George Whitewolf and the Roanoke County Parks and Recreation Department will be held October 14 -15, 1995 at Green Hill Park, Roanoke, VA. Saturday, October 14 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM Sunday, October 15 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Grand Entry Sat. 12:00 Over $5000.00 in prize money. Contests judged by point system. Native American storytelling by Dovie Thomason. Flute Playing by Arnold Richardson. Aztec Fire Dancer Javier Alarcon. See a tipi village including a fully furnished 1850's Lakota style tipi. Lectures on indian culture, spirituality, Indian life in the past and now. Many traders/crafts people including: Basket makers, Potters, Leather workers, Beadwork, stone carvers, knife makers, Antler carvers, Silversmiths, Native and non native foods available. Free parking. Admission: Adults $6.00/day Children 6-12 $3.00/ day Under 5 FREE! Contact:Roanoke County Parks Dept. (540) 387-6086 George Whitewolf (804)929-6911 Traci Whitewolf(804)929-0334 ABSOLUTELY NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL !!!!!SORRY, NO PETS. ----------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Saratoga, California, Pow Wow Original Sender: cavanau605@aol.com Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Just a note to people of the SF Bay area of an upcoming event. West Valley/Mission Colleges 7th Annual Pow Wow 14000 Fruitvale Ave Saratoga, CA October 7 from noon till midnight We will have that excellent M.C. Titus Frenchmen (also heard on KPFA 94.2 "living on Indian Time" fridays 8 pm) Northern drum: Mockingbird Singers Southern drum: Redhawk Singers This pow wow is to honor all students but particularly those at these two colleges and earn scholarship $ for these students. Any questions call or email 408-370-6954 --------- "RE: Ipperwash: Saugeen First Nation Resolution" --------- Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 13:45:37 -0500 From: eye@web.apc.org Subj: Ipperwash: Saugeen First Nation Resolution Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SAUGEEN FIRST NATION RESPONSE TO IPPERWASH VIOLENCE Southampton, Ontario September 7, 1995 The Saugeen First Nation Council today reacted strongly to the killing of Anthony George by OPP at Ipperwash late last night. "How many of our people must die before federal and provincial governments act swiftly and responsibly on long-standing and immediate aboriginal issues?" asked Chief Richard Kahgee. "How is it that, in a democracy, people are killed simply for exercising their civil rights?" Chief Kahgee called on governments for a completely new process of active, committed resolution. "This summer of discontent in native communities across Canada proves that we urgently need a dramatically different way of doing things. The patience of our people is finally wasted. Governments can no longer ignore the problem, or try to shoot their way out of it." Chief Kahgee noted that recent confrontations and demonstrations reflect deep frustration and impatience with the attitudes and processes of governments in dealing with native land claims, fishing rights and other jurisdictional issues. "First Nations people are demonstrating because there is no other forum for the expression of disagreement," he said. "There is no respect for native concerns. Instead, the process propagates confrontation and the police are brought in." The Saugeen Council has removed children from schools in the area, in light of the events at Ipperwash and recent hostilities toward native people in the Owen Sound area. "We won't send our children off the reserve until we are assured of their safety." About 200 adults and children marched on the reserve and on Highway 21 this afternoon to express anger, shock and deep distress. The Saugeen First Nation is a member of the Ojibway Nation, located just east of Southampton on the west side of the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario. The band is currently involved in land claims and re- establishment of its traditional fishery. for further information please contact Chief Richard Kahgee: 519-797-5675 --------- "RE: Ipperwash Update (Ontario, Canada)" --------- Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 17:40:24 -0500 From: icie@web.apc.org Subj: Ipperwash update (Ontario, Canada) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Subj: Shooting at Stoney Point UPDATES ON VIOLENCE AT STONEY POINT As reported to hands from Barb B.: Initial Info (as of 6 am Thurs.Sept 07/95) - Anthony Dudley George has been shot and killed. - Nicholas 'Ugga' George, 16 years old, shot and wounded. - Another individual has been severely beaten by OPP - last night roughly at about 12:00 (midnight). - Stoney Point people at no time had any weapons whatsoever - the police just moved in and shot and killed Dudley George and wounded Nicholas George and severely beaten another. - whole area totally sealed off. Update Info (as of 5 pm Thurs.Sept 07/95) - last night resisters were sitting around fire when police entered area dressed in camouflage (riot gear) and confronted resisters - a fight ensued with OPP officers beating a resister - as other resisters approached to stop the beating, OPP officers began shooting the unarmed resisters - result of OPP violence (above): 1 dead, 1 wounded, 1 severely beaten, 2 arrested (Carolyn Bressett and Pierre George) - Stoney Point people are going to maintain jurisdiction over their land "NO MATTER WHAT" - march of 150 supporters broke through OPP barricades to join resisters at camp - presently a standoff between OPP and resisters (joined by recent supporters who broke through barricades) at Stoney Point beach - we're under siege - our history is repeating itself over and over again - ask and send as many supporters, native and non-native to help us - we need witnesses, support, human rights observers - BRING VIDEO CAMERAS to document and curb the violence - supporters can call: (519) 786-2125 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please help get this message out to the media and supporters. For more info... email: hands@web.apc.org or tel: (519) 767-0313 Peace, aloz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------- "RE: Why the Real Issue is Sovereignty" --------- Date: 3 Sep 1995 03:18:09 +0200 From: fwp@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca (Franklin Wayne Poley) Subj: Gustaffsen Lake: why the real issue is sovereignty... Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Gustafsen Lake: why the real issue is sovereignty over the land, not ownership of the land. **************************** Dr. Franklin Wayne Poley * 404-129 E. Cordova St. * Vancouver,British Columbia * V6A 1K7;604-682-7326 * **************************** Backgrounder: Several dozen Indians and their allies ( men, women and children ) are under siege by Canadian Federal Police ( RCMP ). The Federalist leaders, Chretien, Rock et al. are trying to shift responsibility to the Province, but this is false. The RCMP is a highly politicized Federal police , with senior and even middle management officers appointed and controlled by the Federal Cabinet. Chretien and Rock told the Indians, while hypocritically calling them "First Nations", that they couldn't even have unregistered guns on their "First Nations"; that even the suspicion of this would bring unannounced RCMP search and seizure with penalties of up to 5yrs. imprisonment. What nation registers its guns with another nation?! The real issue is Sovereignty and micro-nationalism just as it is in Yugoslavia. Ownership doesn't guarantee Sovereignty. Sovereignty does guarantee ownership. What should the borders of restructured Sovereign Nations in Canada be? The Supreme Court of Canada also consists of Federal appointees and cannot fairly rule on this matter. I think we must trust the World Court in The Hague. By our example, a precedent can be set for the ending of imperialism, worldwide, including the imperialism of China over Tibet, India over Khalistan and Kashmir, Indonesia over East Timor, etc. What nation has the right to hold another in bondage....and why? If that is international law, can Britain retake S. Ireland? "A PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION". That is the foundation clause for the U.N.'s Bill of Rights. Without it, without cultural self-determination, people are collectively fish in a barrel and the individual rights of fish in a barrel come to naught. FWP. --------- "RE: Video: "Going Back to The Circle"" --------- Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 10:21:09 EST From: randy_redhawk@fc1.glfn.org (Randy Redhawk) Subj: new video: "Going Back to The Circle" Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) NEWS RELEASE - Danish director Mogen Mark Rasmussen has released GOING BACK TO THE CIRCLE, a 55 minutes VHS Video-tape featuring elders, spiritual leaders, and tribal members from the Three Fires Tribes of Michigan and tribes from Canada. (Potawatami, Ottawa, Chippewa). The Film includes dance, regalia and music by recording artists White Thunder Singers (Potawatami). Rasmussen stated, "I am joyed at the fact that I can take such a film back to Denmark. Our people need to see what the Native Americans have to say." Rasmussen donated the American rights to the film to the Not-For-Profit Michigan Intertribal Association, "If it were not for these good people, these elders, would not have even spoken to me. They laid the groundwork for speakers, music, and the actual filming. All proceeds go to MIA to help the Native American effort." The VHS Tape is available from Michigan Intertribal Association, P.O. Box 512, Galesburg, MI, 49053-0512 [ A modest donation is being requested to cover the costs of producing this video - please get in touch with this organization for details. --Gary ] FROM Randy_Redhawk@fc1.glfn.org Please distribute freely to appropriate nets