_ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' O ____ _ , ___ _ , ___ O o O / ' ) / / ) ' ) / / ' O o O / /-< / /--/ /-- VOLUME 04, ISSUE 028 O o o o o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 13 July 1996 O o O K A N O H E D A A N I Y V W I Y A O o O Otapi'sin Atsinikiisinaakssin O ( N A T I V E A M E R I C A N N E W S ) This issue contains articles from MinnInd, NATIVELIT, NativeWeb, Taino-L, NATCHAT & NATIVE-L listservers; UUCP & genie email; Newsgroups: alt.native, soc.culture.native, soc.culture.native.american,apc.indig.info 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. 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"We were taught to believe the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that He never forgets; that hereafter He will give every man a Spirit-home according to his deserts: If he has been a bad man, he will have a bad home. If he has been a good man, he will have a good home. This I believe, and all my people believe the same." __ Chief Joseph, Nee-Mee-Poo +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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 is again time to explain what this newsletter is and what criteria is used in selecting articles. Wotanging Ikche/Kanoheda Aniyvwiya/ Otapi'sin Atsinikiisinaakssin (Native American News) is intended to deliver current event news to the People of the First Nations they might not otherwise have access to. It is distributed via internet email to anyone who requests a subscription from his or her personal account. It is distributed only via email. There is not, nor will there ever be a charge for a subscription. The credit for all the news belongs to those who write the articles and to Creator, who guides me. I welcome all contributions. I do not include all contributions. Many articles, though worthy, are left out simply because there is not space. I have even wept for some I could not include. Others are not included because they are copyright protected and are sent without explicit permission of the copyright holder. My greatest criteria is based on the simple fact I was given this newsletter as a thing to give the People. All articles must be of interest to the People of the First Nations of Turtle Island and all articles must be full of truth. It is also important to clear up some misconceptions. This newsletter is not a function of any group, anywhere. There are no views represented at the exclusion of others. In fact, articles of opposing views are often included in the same or next issue. This is so you, the reader, can read and come to your own conclusions about what is or is not true. This has always been the way we seek balance and truth. It is also true I often include articles I don't agree with. This is not some big city newspaper with an editorial policy all articles and views must adhere to. It is quite the opposite. It is, as the banner states in several languages,.... the news of the People. 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=== ----------- News of the people featured in this issue ---------- Part A: Usenet and e-mail Part B: NATCHAT and NATIVE-L lists - Call for Witnesses at Sundance - Conferences and Powwows - online - Peoples Convention at Leech Lake - Clark to Speak for Gustafsen Lake - HUD Denies HACN Housing Request - Belize Mayan Indians Threatened - Etowah Site and 1st Amendment - Condoled Chief Passes Away - CNO Deputy Chief Takes Swipe - Update: Crazy Horse Malt Liquor - On Canada Day - Crazy Horse: The Movie - Mohican Site Endangered by Wal-Mart - Walk for Youth Help Line - Proposed Store on Mohican Land - New Elections for WE Chippewa - News from the IAIA - Native Movies/TV Specials - Devil's Tower Ban - NOW Supports Hawaiian Independence - Kansas Kickapoo Oppose Wyandotte - 4th of July - The Pocahontas Myth - Calls for Submissions - Poem: Assimilation - Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days - Conferences and Powwows - offline --------- "RE: Call for Witnesses at Sundance" --------- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 00:35:17 -0700 (MST) From: sky@indirect.com (Sky Crosby) Subj: SDN Urgent Update UUCP email SDN URGENT UPDATE RESIDENTS OF BIG MOUNTAIN SOVEREIGN DINE' NATION, MOSQUITO SPRINGS SOVEREIGN DINE' NATION AND CACTUS VALLEY/RED WILLOW SPRING SOVEREIGN COMMUNITIES CALL FOR OBSERVERS TO COME TO THE LAND AND WITNESS Call the SDN office 520/522-8683 URGENT UPDATE RESIDENTS OF BIG MOUNTAIN SOVEREIGN DINE' NATION, MOSQUITO SPRINGS SOVEREIGN DINE' NATION AND CACTUS VALLEY/RED WILLOW SPRING SOVEREIGN COMMUNITIES CALL FOR OBSERVERS TO COME TO THE LAND AND WITNESS Call the SDN office 520/522-8683 for more information July 8, 1996 BIG MOUNTAIN SUNDANCE PROMPTS BLOCKADE BY HOPI RANGERS AND ENFORCEMENT OF AN EXCLUSION LAW AGAINST NON-NATIVE SUPPORTERS: July 7-14, 1996, Big Mountain will be hosting two Sundances, one at the Survival Camp and one at Camp Ana Mae. Residents are calling for supporters and observers to help protect residents right to the free exercise of religion. Please protest para military activities by Hopi rangers against resisters opposed to the third proposed Accommodation Agreement, their right to freedom of religion, as well as enforcement of their civil and Constitutional rights. Please call and fax Steve Heeley, Counsel to Senator McCain, the Honorable Senator John McCain, and President Albert Hale, The Navajo Nation. Please come to the land and support the people. It is urgent that support people witness on-going aggressive activities being conducted by the Hopi rangers. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SUNDANCE IN BIG MOUNTAIN: The Survival Camp Sundance began in 1983. The end of its first four year cycle was timed to coincide with the first official relocation deadline, July 6, 1986. On that date hundreds marched from the Sundance site to the Hopi tribal headquarters. At that time supporters made a commitment to help the people resist relocation. The purpose of the Sundance has always been to support the resistance. The Sundance, while fairly recent to the Dine', has long been practiced by the Lakota Nation. PERMITS REQUIRED FOR SUNDANCE BY HOPI TRIBE: At present the Survival Camp Sundance does not have a permit. The Camp Ana Mae Sundance has a permit but cannot build any fires, including those needed for sweat lodge ceremonies. They also are not allowed to have non- native people attend. Residents question what right the Hopi tribe should have over their ability to host and practice their religious ceremonies, including prohibitions against the breaking of green boughs and the erection of ceremonial arbors? URGENT CRISIS AT HAND: July 6, 1996, represents the tenth anniversary of the date given to Hopi Partition Land (HPL) residents as the first official deadline for forced relocation. This tenth anniversary of the July 6, 1986 deadline is marked by the Hopi Tribe's demonstration of their para military presence. They are presently forming blockades to enforce an Exclusion law, stopping non-native supporters from attending the Big Mountain Sundance. The proposed Accommodation Agreement is not final. The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has not yet voted on the lease length portion of the Agreement, changing its terms from 25 years to 75 years. The peoples' case has not yet been heard before Ninth Circuit Court. Yet the Hopi rangers are demonstrating clearly to resisters on HPL, what life will be like for them under almost complete Hopi jurisdiction. Even before the Agreement is final, Hopi rangers are setting up blockades, stopping all non-native supporters from attending the Sundance. To demonstrate the extent that the Navajo Nation has abandoned their people we quote the following excerpt from a letter written by Senator John McCain to Attorney Lee Brooke Phillips, April 10, 1996. It states: "Since you want a permanent accommodation, why have you concluded that the 75-year term of the lease is the best that could be obtained under the circumstances?" July 6, 1996, Hopi rangers have been seen stationed at Rte. 264 and Dinnebeto junction, where the dirt road begins. They have already evicted a group of non-native supporters from the Survival Camp. It will be a tragedy if the hundreds of supporters who have supported the Sundance for years, some of whom travel hundreds, even thousands of miles to attend from Germany, Japan, South America, etc., are denied access to the ceremony. ANNUAL SPRING GATHERING PROMPTS HOPI RANGERS TO SET UP BLOCKADES: May 22-26, a Spring gathering held at Camp Ana Mae prompted Hopi rangers to set up blockades on all main roads to the site. For four days Hopi rangers, dressed in dark uniforms, stood poised with weapons on a hill top overlooking Camp Ana Mae. Local residents and supporters were searched for any outstanding warrants, dui's, current registration and insurance. Some people were arrested. Such actions demonstrate a violation of the peoples' right to religious and political expression. HORSES STOLEN BY HOPI INDIAN AGENCY: Sometime between Thursday, June 20 and Sunday, June 23, the Hopi rangers stole three horses from Teddy Begay, resident of Cactus Valley/Red Willow Spring Sovereign Community and a relocation resister. Robert Carolin, Superintendent of the Hopi Indian Agency admitted that he violated the law, 25 CFR 168.16 ensures the right to five days notice prior to any confiscation. On July 3, 1996, one day before the horses would have been sold at public auction, local residents were able to stop the sale. On this date Robert Carolin admitted that he provided improper notice to Teddy Begay. However he refused to release the two unbranded horses, even though proper ownership was provided. Teddy Begay was ordered to pay $553. 60 for the release of two unbranded horses. Impoundment fees are also added for each day they are there. The Navajo Nation used to pay for the release of residents livestock. President Albert Hale, The Navajo Nation does not. July 3, 1996, one illegally impounded branded horse was returned to Teddy Begay by the Hopi Indian Agency. This horse returned with a gash on its forehead, 3" across and 1" down. The white areas around the pupils of its eyes are red, swollen and look as though they will pop out of its head. There is blood on the leg and whip marks on the right rear end. No explanation was given by the Hopi ranger returning the horse. Teddy Begay and his family are concerned that the remaining two unbranded horses might also have been abused. Such retaliation by the Hopi tribe must cease. The reason their horse were unbranded is because the Navajo Nation and the Hopi tribe refuse to provide branding services. Other services, including maintenance of water wells, dirt roads and residents homes is also denied by both tribes. WHAT IS SDN? To strengthen their resistance, residents have united under Sovereign Dine' Nation (SDN), an organization begun years ago. Roberta Blackgoat is the Chairperson. SDN represents a loose affiliation of Big Mountain Sovereign Dine' Nation, Mosquito Springs Sovereign Dine' Nation and Cactus Valley/ Red Willow Spring Sovereign Communities. They are now directly communicating to the world via an Internet e-mail number and an SDN home page. RESIDENTS LIVING IN PEABODY'S MINING PERMIT AREA WIN VICTORY IN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW COURT DECISION TO REVOKE PEABODY'S KAYENTA MINE PERMIT: Pressure by the people is hampering Peabody's plans to mine Cactus Valley and Forest Lake communities. Residents are exercising their right to resist relocation by Peabody guaranteed in the original lease the Navajo Nation signed with Peabody Coal Company. They are also exercising their rights guaranteed under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). Some residents face relocation by Peabody Coal Company and the Hopi tribe at the same time. A lot of money is involved. Peabody pays the Navajo Nation and Hopi tribe 45 million dollars each year in royalties. Even though residents living in the mining permit area receive nothing but contamination of their ground and surface water, air, and land resources, and desecration of their sacred and burial sites. RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE MINING PERMIT AREA CONTINUE TO RESIST RELOCATION BY PEABODY COAL COMPANY: The Navajo Nation and Navajo Nation President Albert Hale has told the resisters 'there is no alternative', that they must sign the third proposed Accommodation Agreement by December 31 or face forced eviction. Those who continue to resist live a traditional lifestyle on land their ancestors have lived on for over eighteen generations. They depend upon their livestock and their land for their survival and continuation of their way of life. They did not participate in the drafting of the proposed Agreement. ABANDONMENT BY THE NAVAJO NATION: Since Public Law 93-531, the Relocation Act was passed in 1974, without a public hearing, over 10,000 traditional Dine' and 100 Hopi have been evicted from their ancestral land. Many people that relocated have died due to effects from alcoholism and suicide. Many others, only Dine' speaking, lost their homes due to failure to pay mortgages and utility bills. Those that continue to resist have been told by relatives and friends that relocated, 'do not give up the land'. But resisting means facing forced and coerced eviction, illegal livestock confiscations, and no basic services provided to them by both the Navajo Nation and the Hopi tribe. For over twenty years residents have been denied home improvement and new home construction, in conditions comparable to many third world countries. Sometime as many as eighteen people have been forced to live in one room without electricity, telephones and running water. Many have to haul their drinking water and water for their livestock over forty miles round trip on ungraded and poorly maintained dirt roads. PUBLIC LAW 93-531, THE RELOCATION ACT: Please help resisters kill the third proposed Accommodation Agreement. It violates their Constitutional rights, including Amendment I, Amendment IV, Amendment VI, Amendment XIV, Amendment XV. Their case will be heard sometime before Ninth Circuit Court sometime in early fall. They need your help to ensure that their voice is heard. THIS IS A CRITICAL TIME: The elders, residents and youth need you to make a commitment now to come and witness and observe. If you are able to help or want more information, please contact: e-mail: sdn@primenet.com AND phone/fax # 520/522-8683 AND by regular mail: SDN, P.O. Box 2393, Flagstaff, AZ 86003. CALL FOR SUPPORT: Please help broadcast this Update on Internet, via fax and regular mail. Please phone and fax Steve Heeley, Counsel and Aide to Senator John McCain, AND the Honorable Senator John McCain, Chairman and members, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs phone # 202/224-2251, fax # 202/228-2862 AND President Albert Hale, The Navajo Nation fax # 520/871-4025 AND David E. Lombardi, Chief Court Mediator, Settlement Program, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court, phone # 415/744-9800, fax # 415/744-9725 AND Attorney General Janet Reno, U.S. Department of Justice, fax # 202/514-4371. --------- "RE: Peoples Convention at Leech Lake" --------- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 16:08:13 -0500 From: feather eaglerock Subj: Peoples Convention at Leech Lake Mailing List: Minnesota Indian Affairs Press Release: by No. Central Minn. N.A. Vets Outreach and Resource Center Leech Lake Reservation Minnesota Chippewa Tribe On Monday, July 8, newly elected Leech Lake Tribal Chairman Eli Hunt, dismissed the three top business administrators of the Leech Lake Band and appointed new people. The remainder of the council questioned his authority to take this action. At 10 am today, Tuesday July 9, a open public meeting (people's convention) was called to order in the Paradise Room at the Palace Casino. Before calling the meeting to order Chairman Hunt asked for traditional prayers in the Ojibwe language be given by two spiritual leaders from the band. Chairman Hunt received a standing ovation from the majority of more than 400 Leech Lake Band members in attendance when he announced his action in terminating the administrators. Issues raised by the people: Band members questioned the presence of tribal lawyers, (both non-band members) and asked that they leave. When they initially refused to leave, band members asked that they be charged with criminal trespass. After a stand-off period, band members from each district stepped forward to request respective district council members to ask the lawyers to leave. Lawyers finally shook hands with the district reps and left. The construction firm out of Detroit Lakes that is building the $3 million new motel next to the Casino, employs no band members. Petitions for the recall of convicted felons, Myron Ellis and Dan Brown are still circulating. Petitions require 20% of eligible voters who live on the reservation. RBC office quoted a number of 3000+ eligible voters living on the reservation. Only 1600 ballots were ordered for the recent election. The State of Minnesota negotiated with the RBC to allow non-indians to hunt and fish on the reservation land in exchange for $5 million. Question was asked, "Where's the $5 million?" RBC was questioned about their policy of holding secret meetings off the reservation. Council member Myron Ellis denied that secret meetings are held, saying that they are 'special meetings' where confidential matters are discussed. Complaint voiced about the cultural ignorance of non-indian supervisors. Casino employee was refused leave to attend a nephew's funeral because "the relationship was not close enough." Call was made for a provision for primary elections. Call for the creation of a Reservation Constitution and an Elders Council. Questions arose about who would determine the membership of the Elders Council The people called to accept the appointments of the new administrators on interim basis and to open the positions up to application by qualified individuals. After a show of hands for support of the Chairman's action, band members were asked to sign petitions and note their districts at head table either in support of the chairman's action or to oppose it. Meeting was adjourned. Overall feeling of the people is that this is a beginning for new and open government for the Leech Lake Anishinabe. But there is much work to do. Several elders spoke up in support of the new tribal chairman and his actions. Although there were outbursts, the meeting was for the most part orderly. Many emotional issues were brought up that will have to be addressed in future meetings. Bernard J. Rock, Sr. Leech Lake Pillager Band Spotted Eagle Warrior Society North Central Minnesota Native American Veterans Outreach and Resource Center --------- "RE: HUD Denies HACN Housing Request" --------- Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 08:03:27 +0000 From: Cherokee Observer Subj: HUD Denies HACN Housing Request AGAIN Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native The Cherokee Observer--July issue lead story HUD Denies HACN Housing Request AGAIN by Managing Editor-David Cornsilk 11th Hour Application Fails Once again, the Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation (HACN) has failed to secure funding for houses from the federal department of Housing and Development (HUD). An application from HACN was submitted last month, near the end of the deadline, and hand delivered to the Oklahoma City office of HUD, by Joel Thompson, HACN executive director. According to a source close to the Oklahoma City office, Thompson's application for 150 houses was denied. The Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation has not received funding for at least three years. According to some sources, this is the fifth time the Housing Authority was denied funding for houses under Thompson's leadership. The Cherokee Observer has documented a loss of funding under Thompson's leadership twice in the past three years. According to Joe Jones, former Sec./Trea. of the Cherokee Nation, he and Thompson flew to Washington, D.C. to lobby directly for housing at the main office of HUD. Apparently this lobbying was of no use, as Thompson's application was still denied. Immediately following the decision not to fund the CNHA, Thompson is alleged to have taken an extended vacation in California. An employee of the CNHA who asked to remain unnamed stated, "Joel (Thompson) returned from his California trip and looked like Hell. He told several key staff members he intended to resign." An official statement from the CNHA indicates Thompson did not resign. "Cora Hammer and Denise Honowa (both employees of HACN) begged Joel not to leave," the source said. "They pleaded with Joel for two hours to stay so they could keep their jobs." Records obtained from the Oklahoma City Office of HUD indicate that Thompson secured 16 houses. However, this is not a net gain. The 16 houses were returned to the HACN from houses that had been rescinded or taken back by HUD due to poor performance in getting houses started. According to minutes of a meeting held with the directors of the Indian housing authorities, HUD intended to "automatically" return any rescinded houses. The application or it would be denied. The HACN applied for 51 rescinded houses and received 16. "Thompson or his staff didn't follow directions,"the source said. "All they had to do was fill out the forms right and we get back all the houses we lost and we couldn't even get that right." The source added that Thompson may be setting up a printing business and trying to get printing contracts for Cherokee Nation Bingo Outpost's paper goods. "If you ask me," said the source,"Thompson needs to be looking for something to fall back on." --------- "RE: Etowah Site and 1st Amendment" --------- Date: 28 Jun 1996 16:13:51 GMT From: John Eaton Subj: Etowah Site and 1st Amendment Newsgroups: soc.culture.native,soc.culture.native.american, My brother, Two Lands, visited the Etowah site outside of Cartersville, GA, this week, and brought back some disturbing news. On the brochure entitled "Etowah Indian Mounds" is a stamped-in-red addendum: "Any religious or spiritual activity performed in any manner is not permitted at mound area. Special first amendment right area provided with permit--see manager." Elder William White was accosted by the "management" of the Etowah site last year, for "loitering," a case which is still in litigation. He was accused as well of "devil worship" and "disturbing the peace." He is a son of Georgia, and tries to live in harmony with the Creator. Evidently, his "crime" was having prayer. I will be contacting the Etowah management soon to find out more about this new development. I was there myself last year, and there was no "set aside" First Amendment area. Since Itawa has been a sacred site for our people far longer than Washington has been on the map, I find this new turn of the imperialist worm most disturbing. Will post new news as we learn it-- John --------- "RE: CNO Deputy Chief Takes Swipe" --------- Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 18:42:35 -0700 From: Cherokee Observer Subj: FYI---CNO Deputy Chief Takes Swipe Newsgroups: soc.culture.native,alt.native The following is posted for your information-courtesy of The Cherokee Observer, your only independent Cherokee newspaper. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following article was published June 22, 1996 in the Tahlequah Times Journal written by Editor-Leon Briggs. "The Deputy Chief of the Cherokee Nation has been accused of striking a Cherokee health department employee after a heated discussion which followed a Cherokee tribal council meeting earlier this week. According to sources in the Cherokee Nation, the incident may have been caught on video as well. A reporter from the Cherokee Observer who interviewed Chief Joe Byrd afterward, told the Times-Journal that the chief confirmed the altercation and said he would investigate the matter and a statement would be issued later. Barbara Conness, tribal councilwoman from Jay, Oklahoma confirmed she was present at the altercation but had no comment when questioned except to say that she was not "pushed" by the Deputy Chief as some people have alleged. "I've heard all sorts of rumors," she said. "Some of them were pretty wild." The rumors she refers to allege that after the tribal council meeting, Deputy Chief Garland Eagle attempted to speak with the director of the Wilma P. Mankiller Health Clinic, Emmett "Spike" Kelley, concerning matters related to job activities in the health department. Kelley allegedly refused to speak with the Deputy Chief but sent him instead to speak with Dr. David Kingfisher, Health Services Director of the Cherokee Nation and Kelley's superior. Shortly after being confronted by the Deputy Chief, sources told the Times-Journal, a heated discussion occurred and Dr. Kingfisher "got in Garland's face, yelling and pointing his finger in his face..." at which time Eagle allegedly responded by swinging his satchel at Kingfisher's head striking him around the facial area. A spokesman at the Cherokee Nation Communication's department responded to the Times' Journal inquiries by saying he was unaware of the specifics of the altercation but was briefed on the confirmation of the altercation and was told an investigation is underway. THE END +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following article was published June 27, 1996 in the Muskogee Phoenix. It was written by Phoenix staff writer Donna Hales. "A protective order has been issued against Cherokee Nation Deputy Chief Garland Eagle and a hearing is scheduled for 8:30AM July 11 in Cherokee County District Court. A judge this week ordered Eagle not to injure or interfere with Dr. David J. Ricketts-Kingfisher, tribal health director, or Tammy Marshal, a tribal health employee. Marshall said in her complaint that Eagle threatened to "whip her ass." Ricketts-Kingfisher's complaint alleged that Eagle, without warning, struck Ricketts-Kingfisher from behind with a bag full of articles, making contact near his right eye "with total disregard for my well being, while I was defenseless." Eagle allegedly became upset after being denied job-related information from the administrator of a tribal health clinic under Ricketts-Kinfisher's jurisdiction. Both men allegedly lost their tempers and were engaged in a verbal altercation when Eagle hit Ricketts- Kingfisher with a cloth bag. Cherokee Nation spokesman Dan Agent said Eagle and Ricketts- Kingfisher met Wednesday morning and tried to iron out their differences. Eagle released a statement saying he had extended an apology for his behaviour on June 19 "with the goal of making a fresh start and working together in the future to serve the Cherokee people." Ricketts-Kingfisher accepted the apology, Agent said. Eagle did not return calls to his office and home. Ricketts- Kingfisher said he wouldn't talk about the incident on the telephone but would consent to a personal interview later. THE END ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following is a Cherokee Nation News Release for release June 27, 1996 "Cherokee Nation Deputy Principal Chief James "Garland" Eagle extended apologies to two staff members following an incident on June 19. The incident occurred at the W.W. Keeler Tribal Complex following a tribal council committee meeting. The two staff members involved were Dr. David Kingfisher, executive director of health services and Tammy Marshall, office manager for health services. Eagle met with Kingfisher on June 26, where he offered his apology for his behavior. "It is time to resolve our differences, and work together in the future to serve the Cherokee people," Eagle said. Kingfisher agreed, "My commitment to the Cherokee Nation is to provide the most efficient and highest quality health care for Cherokee people," Kingfisher said. "Differences in opinions should not hinder us from our responsibilities." On June 27, Eagle met with Marshall and extended an apology to her for his actions. Marshall accepted the apology and stated that she hopes we can all continue to do our jobs and not forget that the Cherokee people are the number one priority. Principal Chief Joe Byrd said, "When you have people in positions at the Cherokee Nation that truly care about Cherokee people, sometimes emotions get the best of us." Byrd said that he is glad that all parties could come together for a new beginning for the betterment of the Cherokee Nation. "I understand that things get heated at times, but we must always think of what is best for the Cherokee Nation and its citizens as we carry out our respective duties," Byrd said. THE END ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Cherokee Observer received the June 27 Press release from Cherokee Nation at 4:41PM Deputy Chief Garland Eagle was fined $500 the next morning in Cherokee Nation Tribal Court, and is scheduled to appear in tribal court again next month. --------- "RE: On Canada Day" --------- Date: 1 Jul 1996 13:10:05 GMT From: bf145@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Allen Gabriel) Subj: ON "CANADA" DAY Newsgroup: alt.native "The Government of Canada has declared June 21st of every year to be National Aboriginal Day to celebrate the contribution of Aboriginal peoples to Canadian society as Canada's First Peoples and to recognize their different cultures." -- D.I.A.N.D. Backgrounder (May 1996) The Canadian government is saying that, once a year, Canadians should celebrate the Aboriginal Peoples', "...unparalleled contributions to the development of this country...". To help everyone celebrate, Indian Affairs has taken the time to develop a list of suggested activities. This list, however, demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding on the part of the people who are supposed to be the bridge between our peoples. The "meat" of what they offer, in the form of suggested activities, can only be described as tokenism. Some of the suggestions contained on this list range from being naive and uninformed, to being outright offensive. One of my favourite suggestions is the one for a golf tournament. Being Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) from Kanesatake, my first thought was to call Jean Ouellette, Sam Elkas and Tom Siddon to set up a foursome and hit the links at the Oka Golf Course this afternoon. The only problem is, who'll caddie for us? Indian Affairs also suggests that a community feast, such as a potlatch, could be organized over the lunch hour. As far as I know, a potlatch is an elaborate celebration -- which includes ceremonies, dancing to traditional songs, a feast and giveaways -- which can last several days. It can hardly be squeezed into a lunch hour. Someone in Indian Affairs is confusing a potlatch and a potluck meal. There is a problem with the concept of a national, or international, "day". Take Earth Day, for example. Every April the world, for one day, is supposed to celebrate Mother Earth. People "tsk, tsk" the current situation, politicians make speeches and do something "environmental". This is supposed to make people feel good about their "concern" for the environment. Then, during the other 364 days of the year, the rape and desecration of her gifts to us (you probably know them as natural resources) continues as usual. No, there's something wrong with that picture, which is not at all consistent with the approach of most indigenous cultures. On a more practical level, some of these ideas may be good ones but, they'll be difficult to implement because of the I differences inherent in our respective societies and ways. The Canadian government's continued approach, in promoting an understanding and appreciation of indigenous cultures, is to "Canadianize" us. For example, many of our people take a holistic approach to life -- all segments of the Circle of Life valuable and are interconnected. Our spirituality is the fundamental basis of all we do. Our society is based on the concept of using a good mind in order to come to one mind on issues. We have a concept of leadership that is fundamentally different from yours. We use different methods to resolve conflict. We lead a harmonious existence with all of Creation. All these distinct aspects of our society flow from the original teachings we received from Sonkwaiatison, our Creator. This conflicts with the way Canadians do things. It's been my experience that attempting to incorporate "traditional activities" such as Smudging, Opening/Thanksgiving Ceremonies, etc., into a corporate setting often results in their being treated as just another agenda item. A certain amount of time is allotted to "the spiritual segment" of the day and then people go back to business as usual. If the principles inherent in our ways do not become the fundamental foundation for all we do on a daily basis, we diminish and trivialize them, and that is the height of disrespect. From our perspective, you tend to compartmentalize and segregate virtually all aspects of your daily lives. Your institutions also reflect that segmented approach and operate in that manner. I think the suggestions that deal with treaties, recreation of historical events and other educational exchanges can all be good things but only if they're done properly. Whose perspective will prevail, or be given more weight? We all know there are more than one perception of the same "historical events." One of the reasons there is such an emotional backlash to our struggle to retain our place on the earth is that few Canadians know the true history of the part of the world they call Canada. How many people know that "Canada" is derived from the Kanienkehaka word, Kanata, which means village? No doubt, this list was intended to help Canadians be aware, and sensitive, of our cultures and traditional ways. It fails miserably, however, as is demonstrated by the reaction of one Aboriginal person to whom I sent the materials: "Earlier today I started to get that queasy feeling when I saw smudges, prayers, and potlatching listed as 'lunch time activities' that could be squeezed in somehow between word processing or board meetings or whatever. This little laundry list is so fundamentally disrespectful that only a person who was totally ignorant of the significance of some of these activities could have put this list together... maybe I AM offended after all..." There's no justice in National Aboriginal Day and our people will have little to celebrate until justice is done. I can say this given your government's track record in dealing with our people. This is just as self-serving and self-legitimizing as all federal and provincial government's policies on "Aboriginal" issues. I also find it particularly ironic that Indian Affairs would close out their list of activities with the following cautionary note: "It is highly recommended that, in planning events, you involve a person knowledgeable in Aboriginal traditions." Maybe taking their own advice, and having Aboriginal people offer what would -- and wouldn't -- be appropriate, would have been one step away from tokenism. --------- "RE: Mohican Site Endangered by Wal-Mart" --------- Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 14:00:05 -0400 From: "Debra J. Winchell" Subj: Ancient Mohican Site Endangered by Wal-Mart UUCP email ANCIENT MOHICAN SITE ENDANGERED BY WAL-MART WE MUST ACT NOW! 4 WAYS WE CAN FIGHT: 1. WRITE WAL-MART Join us in protesting Wal-Mart's actions by sending e-mail protests to the Letters to the President at letters@wal-mart.com or letters to the people listed below. They only have an option to buy the property. If we apply enough pressure, perhaps they will pull out. Key People at Wal-Mart S. Robson Walton, Chairman Donald G. Soderquist, VC and COO David D. Blass, President and CEO William R. Fields, President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores Division Joseph S. Hardin, EVP, COO, Wal-Mart Stores Division John B. Menzer, EVP and CFO Nicholas J. White, EVP Supercenter Division Headquarters Address: Bentonville, AR 72716 Phone: 501-273-4000 Fax: 501-273-8650 2. WRITE THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER Local residents are circulating petitions in favor of Wal-Mart building the store on Leeds Flat. We must make our feelings known that this would be theft of Mohican history and culture. Send letters to: Voice of the People Catskill Daily Mail 30 Church Street Catskill, NY 12414 Faxed letters require fax: 518-943-2063 a signature. 3. WRITE THE U.S. ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must rule on the historic significance of this site and it has not yet issued a permit for the project, awaiting the outcome of further archaeological research and compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Please write to: Colonel Gary Thomas District Engineer U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - NY District 26 Federal Plaza New York, New York 10278 explaining you are and ask for information regarding the status of the permit review. Stress the historical and cultural significance of the site and the necessity of a fair hearing. 4. SUPPORT THE MOHICAN NATION Write, fax or e-mail the Tribal Council a message of your support. They would be glad to know they have allies in the Original Homeland. Mohican Nation Tribal Council N8467 Moh He Con Nuck Road Bowler, WI 54416 Phone: 715-793-4111 Fax: 715-793-1307 E-mail: gehman@mail.wiscnet.net For further information, please view the website at http://www.rpi.edu/~winchd/mohicans.html, contact the Mohican Nation at 715-793-4111 or Stephen Shadley of It's Not Easy Being Greene 212-243-6913. Please post elsewhere and forward to interested persons. Thank you very much for your support. Debra Winchell (winchd@rpi.edu) Mohican descent, Melrose, NY --------- "RE: Proposed Store on Mohican Land" --------- Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 06:21:14 -0700 (PDT) From: aconcert@carroll.com (Joe Campagna) Subj: Sunday Work for First Thing Monday A.M. Mailing List: NativeWeb Dear Mass Recipients: Please Solicit fax press release (not the enclosed letter) from resistance organized effort to News desks in Greenfield/Boston Mass Areas (TV/Radio News). Also please send press release for mailing list for a.m. delivery to email lists 1-a to 42-b (our list), monday. NYC news desks are interested but protest is not in viewing area. "If Massachusetts TV picks up story and the protest is big enough, and airs in Mass it may spill over to other viewing areas" - ABC News Assignment Editor, NYC. If individuals call Massachusetts News (Television/print) from work or home - the more the better. Can somebody get the numbers for all TV stations in Greenfield/Boston area? The more who can in the better the chance of news sending crew. IDEA TO BACK UP PROTEST IS TO FIND PHONE NUMBERS FAX NUMBERS AND EXTENSIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS *wall-mart personnel* AND CONTACT THEM or leave message with secretaries: S. Robson Walton, Chairman Donald G. Soderquist, VC and COO David D. Blass, President and CEO William R. Fields, President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores Division Joseph S. Hardin, EVP, COO, Wal-Mart Stores Division John B. Menzer, EVP and CFO Nicholas J. White, EVP Supercenter Division Bentonville, AR 72716 phone:? fax:? ------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 17:28:36 -0500 (CDT) From: "m_c_004b@frank.mtsu.edu" To: aconcert@carroll.com Subject: re: Proposed Store on Mohican land (fwd) Mime-Version: 1.0 )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( : : : "I must Create a System, or be "Dux Femina Facti." : enslav'd by another Man's; : - Virgil : I will not Reason and Compare: ("The leader of the enterprise : my business is to Create." : is a woman.") : (William Blake) ____________________________________ : : (m_c_004b@frank.mtsu.edu) )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( )*( ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 17:28:12 -0500 (CDT) From: m_c_004b@frank.mtsu.edu To: letters@walmart.com Cc: gehman@mail.wiscnet.net Subject: re: Proposed Store on Mohican land July 6, 1996 S. Robson Walton, Chairman Donald G. Soderquist, VC and COO David D. Blass, President and CEO William R. Fields, President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores Division Joseph S. Hardin, EVP, COO, Wal-Mart Stores Division John B. Menzer, EVP and CFO Nicholas J. White, EVP Supercenter Division Bentonville, AR 72716 Dear Sirs: As a constant Walmart patron of the past 6 years, I am alarmed to learn of the corporation's proposed plans to build a store on land that shows archaeological proof of former Mohican Indian occupancy. If you want to earn an enduring bad name for yourselves, proceed with this project. Walmart will eventually be seen as a destroyer of cultural heritage and history in the name of profit. However, if you wish to gain priceless good publicity and good will, you should cease this plan, and instead donate money to proceed with a complete archaeological dig, and perhaps even a small on-site museum or park devoted to the findings. At the very least, if you must build there, sponsor a complete and thorough dig, allowing sufficient time for it to be professionally explored. Allow all the remains to be properly removed, then build. The cost of sponsoring such an investigation, and of postponing the building, would be minimal compared to both the goodwill and publicity you would earn, and to the enmity you would be spared. Here, I will quote from the letter I received, written by Ms. Debra Winchell and Mr. Joe Campagna: "> WAL-MART MUST BE STOPPED NOW before > they destroy any more Native American history and culture. > American capitalists must stop taking from Native Americans. > Wal-Mart is anti-family, anti-Native American, anti-history. > Leeds Flat must not be destroyed to satisfy the greed of this > corporation." I would like to add that Walmart is not alone in this type of situation; many expanding businesses are faced with ethical problems such as this. I am not singling out Walmart. But this type of precious information and heritage cannot *ever* be recovered, once destroyed. And, It doesn't look very wholesome for your corporate image to be seen building a supermarket on top of a graveyard. Sincerely, Carolyn K. Martin MTSU Box 4308 Murfreesboro, TN 37132 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unsolicited Subject cc via snail mail: from JC: Barbera Striesand, Sylvestor Stallone, Gene Simmons, Jon Bon Jovi, Denzel Washington, Bill Cosby, Christopher Reeve, Solicited and approved to: Jay Leno and writers of the Tonight Show Dear Mass Recipients: Please Solicit to News desks in Greenfield Mass Areas (TV/Radio News): Footnote to Wal-Mart: Rest assured that there will be protests while the store is in operation. Joe Campagna, email dept. volunteer Reply: aconcert@carroll.com [voice 201-489-5057] United Native American Television Project http://www.jlc.net/~jcatlin/interworld/ --------- "RE: News from the IAIA" --------- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 10:38:36 -0700 From: gbird@Rt66.com (Gloria Bird) Subj: FYI: NEWS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS (IAIA) Mailing List: NATIVELIT I am posting an announcement here because I thought it would be relevant and of interest to native lit folks. You should know what is happening at the only school in this country devoted to the study of native arts and culture. On June 28, 1996, seventeen of the Institute's full-time faculty's contracts were terminated. Of the ten remaining faculty being offered contracts, only four are native, and of those, only two will actually teach an art form in the fall. Ten of the terminated faculty are native artists and writers, and include: Linda Lomahoftewa, Barney Bush, Elizabeth Woody, William Yellow Robe, Jr., Don Chunestudey, Steve LaBoueff, Manuelita Lavato, Larry McNeil and Maxx Stevens. We lost more than half of our faculty in the Creative Writing Department. Not only has the Administration cut faculty positions, it has also gutted the curriculum. We are no longer a unique institution devoted to native arts and culture. We are now a mediocre two year community college with a very expensive tuition unaffordable to most native students. On Wednesday, the Coalition to Save the IAIA will go on line in order to disseminate updates and information. I will post the address as soon as I have one. We will be soliciting support for the return of the native arts education to the hands of the faculty of the IAIA, among other things which I cannot get into here. I do have one request which maybe someone in Native American Studies might be able to help with. Are there any precedent cases on the application of the Indian Preference Policy which might help us? We need this information ASAP. As soon as the address is posted on Wed, please resend to any and all newsgroups you may subscribe to. Any further information should be directed to either myself at this address or to: jdavis@RT66.com Good thoughts Gloria Bird Creative Writing Department Institute of American Indian Arts (505) 986-5552 St. Michael's Drive gbird@RT66.com Box 20007 Santa Fe, NM 87504 --------- "RE: Devil's Tower Ban" --------- Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 15:20:48 GMT From: js_sals@alcor.concordia.ca ( JONATHAN S. SALSBERG ) Subj: Devil's Tower ban, protection of sacred sites? Newsgroups: apc.indig.info,soc.culture.native,alt.native Long Term Effects of Devil's Tower Ban What is most alarming about this court ruling is its potential to undermine all protection of Native lands which has thus far been guaranteed by federal legislation or executive order. In order for this ruling not to produce a catastrophic snowball effect, it must be overturned in appeal. Because it is a constitutional argument, it cannot be directly remedied by further executive orders, nor by congressional legislation. It is possible that other courts will choose to ignore the ruling, deeming it to apply to a very specific instance, but this is very unlikely Unfortunately, there is a sense in which this ruling can be seen to be justifiable under the U.S. Constitution. The situation, however, is not hopeless. Appeal must be made on the basis that it is not really a religious matter, but a cultural, socio-political matter involving the Federal Government and their trust responsibilities towards those nations which were here before it. Just because our society separates the institutions of religion, and politics, among others, does not mean that all societies do so. In fact, most non-European-derived cultures see all of these social elements as intertwined to the point of being simply parts of a holistic totality (in fact, centuries ago we did too). For this reason, it is arguable that preserving Native sacred sites is not an act of religious favoritism by the federal government, but one of political duty towards those Nations which it is legally bound to acknowledge. What is most likely, in the end, is that this case will be nothing more than another in a long line of infuriating setbacks to the cause of Native Rights. Although it seems alarming, a token of broken promises, or more accurately, promises the federal government is unable to keep, it may actually lead to some constitutional decisions in the higher courts which could play out favorably for Native Peoples all over the United States. --------- "RE: Kansas Kickapoo Oppose Wyandotte" --------- Date: 3 Jul 1996 21:41:54 GMT From: DZE Subj: Kansas Kickapoo Press Release RE: Casino at Indian Cemetery Newsgroup: alt.native KICKAPOO TRIBE IN KANSAS TO OPPOSE WYANDOTTE FEE-TO-TRUST ACQUISITION AT KANSAS CITY KANSAS June 28, 1996 (Horton Kansas) The Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas announced today that it will oppose the fee-to-trust land acquisition at Kansas City, Kansas by the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma. The Wyandotte Tribe (of Oklahoma) recently filed an application with the Bureau Affairs (BIA) to place approximately one-half acre of land it plans to purchase adjacent to the old Huron Indian Cemetery in trust status so it can establish and operate a Class III (Las Vegas type) Gaming facility on the land. The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act allows tribes to engage in Class III Gaming on reservation lands that are held in the name of the United States in trust for the tribe. The Huron Cemetery is located just north of City Hall in downtown Kansas City, Kansas and consists of approximately two acres that was reserved as a "public cemetery" under the 1855 Wyandotte Treaty. BIA has paid the City to maintain the cemetery over the years. In the 1950's the Oklahoma Wyandotte Tribe proposed to move the graves at the cemetery to Oklahoma and sell the cemetery land to commercial interests for over $1 million. These attempts were successfully opposed by members of the Wyandot Nation of Kansas, who live in the Kansas City area, and local civic organizations. The Oklahoma Wyandotte Oklahoma Tribe's latest attempt to capitalize on the cemetery is based on BIA's classification of the cemetery as "reservation land." If it is in fact part of the Oklahoma Wyandotte Tribe's reservation, the tribe might be eligible to purchase a one-half acre tract adjacent to the cemetery with moneys awarded by the Indian Claims Commission and have it placed in trust status for Class III Gaming purposes. The Congressional act approving disbursement of their Indian Claims Commission money provided that land purchased for the tribe "shall be placed in trust." On May 31, 1996, Governor Bill Graves of Kansas sent a letter to Secretary of Interior Babbitt requesting that the Oklahoma Wyandotte Tribe's application be held in abeyance until the complex historical and legal issues involved could be studied. This request apparently fell on deaf ears- Assistant Secretary of Interior Ada Deer published a notice in the June 12, 1996 edition of the Federal Register stating that the Wyandotte's application was approved, BIA's action was final ant that interested parties had 30 days to initiate legal proceedings against the BIA to stop placing the land in trust. Fred Thomas, Chairman of the Kickapoo Tribe, stated that politics appears top be the motivating factor behind the BIA actions. he said that "the Kickapoo Tribe has been trying to get BIA to put land in trust on our reservation for several years, yet along comes an out of state tribe that doesn't even exercise powers of self-government in Kansas and the BIA processed their application in weeks." Thomas questioned whether the two acre tract containing the cemetery even has reservation status to begin with; stated that "BIA's action is unfair to the Kansas tribes who have spent considerable amounts of time, energy and money to get their compacts approved so they could conduct gaming in the state to benefit their peoples." Thomas stated that "the Huron Cemetery and two adjacent buildings has been designated national historic sites and are on the Register of National Historic Places." He said that "the general public also has an interest in the cemetery under other federal acts, such as the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and National Environmental Protection Act. It is evident that BIA is ignoring the public's interest in favor of the commercial interests that are behind the Wyandotte Tribe's proposed gaming facility." Thomas stated that BIA has indicated that the National Environmental Protection Act is not applicable to the Wyandotte Tribe's fee-to-trust land acquisition, but I question this. " I feel that a full environmental impact statement should be demanded to assess what adverse environmental and social impacts will occur to the general public and resident Kansas tribes." Thomas indicated that he sent a June 19, 1996 letter to Governor Graves notifying him that the Kickapoo Tribe intended to initiate legal proceedings against the BIA to stop the establishment of the Oklahoma Wyandotte Tribe's proposed gaming facility at the cemetery. For more information Mr. Fred Thomas, Chairman Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas P.O. Box 271 Horton, KS 66439-0271 913-486-2131 or 486-2132 --------- "RE: The Pocahontas Myth" --------- Date: 01 Jul 96 13:26:49 EST From: "Glen WELKER" Subj: THE POCAHONTAS MYTH (fwd) Mailing List: Taino-L Source: http://www.k2nesoft.com/powhatan/pocc.html This year, Roy Disney decided to release an animated movie about a Powhatan woman known as "Pocahontas". In answer to a complaint by the Powhatan Nation, he claims the film is "responsible, accurate, and respectful." We of the Powhatan Nation disagree. The film distorts history beyond recognition. Our offers to assist Disney with cultural and historical accuracy were rejected. Our efforts urging him to reconsider his misguided mission were spurred. "Pocahontas" was a nickname, meaning "the naughty one" or "spoiled child". Her real name was Matoaka. The legend is that she saved a heroic John Smith from being clubbed to death by her father in 1607 - she would have been about 10 or 11 at the time. The truth is that Smith's fellow colonists described him as an abrasive, ambitious, self-promoting mercenary soldier. Of all of Powhatan's children, only "Pocahontas" is known, primarily because she became the hero of Euro-Americans as the "good Indian", one who saved the life of a white man. Not only is the "good Indian/bad Indian theme" inevitably given new life by Disney, but the history, as recorded by the English themselves, is badly falsified in the name of "entertainment". The truth of the matter is that the first time John Smith told the story about this rescue was 17 years after it happened, and it was but one of three reported by the pretentious Smith that he was saved from death by a prominent woman. Yet in an account Smith wrote after his winter stay with Powhatan's people, he never mentioned such an incident. In fact, the starving adventurer reported he had been kept comfortable and treated in a friendly fashion as an honored guest of Powhatan and Powhatan's brothers. Most scholars think the "Pocahontas incident" would have been highly unlikely, especially since it was part of a longer account used as justification to wage war on Powhatan's Nation. Euro-Americans must ask themselves why it has been so important to elevate Smith's fibbing to status as a national myth worthy of being recycled again by Disney. Disney even improves upon it by changing Pocahontas from a little girl into a young woman. The true Pocahontas story has a sad ending. In 1612, at the age of 17, Pocahontas was treacherously taken prisoner by the English while she was on a social visit, and was held hostage at Jamestown for over a year. During her captivity, a 28-year-old widower named John Rolfe took a "special interest" in the attractive young prisoner. As a condition of her release, she agreed to marry Rolfe, who the world can thank for commercializing tobacco. Thus, in April 1614, Matoaka, also known as "Pocahontas", daughter of Chief Powhatan, became "Rebecca Rolfe". Shortly after, they had a son, whom they named Thomas Rolfe. The descendants of Pocahontas and John Rolfe were known as the "Red Rolfes." Two years later on the spring of 1616, Rolfe took her to England where the Virginia Company of London used her in their propaganda campaign to support the colony. She was wined and dined and taken to theaters. It was recorded that on one occasion when she encountered John Smith (who was also in London at the time), she was so furious with him that she turned her back to him, hid her face, and went off by herself for several hours. Later, in a second encounter, she called him a liar and showed him the door. Rolfe, his young wife, and their son set off for Virginia in March of 1617, but "Rebecca" had to be taken off the ship at Gravesend. She died there on March 21, 1617, at the age of 21. She was buried at Gravesend, but the grave was destroyed in a reconstruction of the church. It was only after her death and her fame in London society that Smith found it convenient to invent the yarn that she had rescued him. History tells the rest. Chief Powhatan died the following spring of 1618. The people of Smith and Rolfe turned upon the people who had shared their resources with them and had shown them friendship. During Pocahontas' generation, Powhatan's people were decimated and dispersed and their lands were taken over. A clear pattern had been set which would soon spread across the American continent. Chief Roy Crazy Horse powhatan@k2nesoft.com Powhatan Renape Nation http://www.k2nesoft.com/powhatan/ It is unfortunate that this sad story, which Euro-Americans should find embarrassing, Disney makes "entertainment" and perpetuates a dishonest and self-serving myth at the expense of the Powhatan Nation. --------- "RE: Calls for Submissions" --------- Date: 3 Jul 1996 22:46:34 GMT From: kpandya@ccs.carleton.ca (kpandya) Subj: Calls for Submissions Newsgroup: soc.culture.native Dear Readers: For those of you who are poets, writers, artists, I post this calls for submissions for your information. I should also mention that the periodical in question pays its contributors in actual funds, rather than in contributor's copies :-) "Contemporary Verse 2 Calls for Submissions THEME ISSUE: WOMEN OF THE FIRST NATIONS DARE TO SPEAK DARE TO DREAM As we come into our own time, into our own place of being, we reach for words to describe who we are...and we learn...and we learn to dream. we speak our times of joy and we speak our times of sorrow we speak our victories and we speak our losses we speak our present, we speak our past and we speak our future With our diverse histories and the multi-faceted experiences of our lives, we must also learn to speak our dreams. We invite the participation of all First Nations women to contribute works of writing or art to this upcoming issue of CV2. As guest editor for this issue, I encourage Native women to take this opportunity to join our voices together, to tell our stories, to honour who we are. Poetry manuscripts should be no more than 4-6 poems. Submissions of short prose, short fiction, essays or reviews should be no more than 800 words in length. All submissions should include a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) or work cannot be returned. A one-or-two line biography should also be included in the covering letter of your submission. For a copy of guidelines please send a SASE, with your request to: CV2 Box 3062 Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3C 4E5 or call the CV2 office at (204) 949-1365 Deadline for submissions: November 15, 1996 Marie Beaumont, Guest Editor." See you in print! Kalyani. --------- "RE: Poem: Assimilation" --------- Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 16:15:18 GMT From: edward.basham@crn.iglou.com (Edward H. Basham) Subj: Assimilation Newsgroup: alt.native With regards to the current discussion about assimilation of Native beliefs into the mainstream culture: I'm not a pure traditionalist. I will discuss any topic with anyone in an appropriate setting. What I would like is for the people I meet to get to know me (maybe even my name!) before they ask about my religion. My grandmother taught me two things. How to pray, and the importance of manners. ASSIMILATION Most whites think of Indians as mystics and guides; holding the answers to fix all their lives. Nuagers and Psychics call you their friend; they don't see a person, just a means to an end. Druids and Pagans feel a kinship as well; looking for secrets in the stories they tell. Celestines and Wiccans want knowledge and power; "is is the words that you speak, or some magical hour?" But I'm not an Elder or a Medicine Man; I'm one average person doing the best that he can. The way that I pray I learned as a child; and was taught that some things should not be defiled. The power they seek is not mine to give; all I can teach is to live and let live. They have taken the land, the mountains, the streams; now they lust for our hearts, religion and dreams. All we have left are a few of our ways; please leave us alone to live out our days. Larry Cloud September 1995 (Reproduced by permission) Edward kiowa-comanche & euro sysop@crn.iglou.com --------- "RE: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days" --------- Date: 96/07/04 13:34 From: Debra F. Sanders (dfsanders@genie.geis.com) Subj: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days genie email A HAWAIIAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of July 14-20 IULAI (July) (Hinaiaeleele) 14 It is in the quiet hours of the evening that we can most nearly know our true selves. 15 The rainbow, ke anuenue, illuminates the land in beauty. 16 A waterfall plummets down the face of the cliffs, na pali, to be reborn in mist far below. 17 The mountain slopes have turned green with the blessing of rain. 18 A dragon kite soars and ripples in the summer breeze. 19 Sculptures are formed of the shifting sand ... and swiftly erased. 20 Accept what must be ... only if you cannot make it better. (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, 11 July 96 08:00 -0500 From: Janet Smith (Evening Star) (jans@genie.com) Subj: Upcoming conferences and powwows not previously posted to Mailing Lists NATCHAT or NATIVE-L genie email From: br975@freenet3.carleton.ca (John S. Brack) Subj: 21st Annual Odawa Pow Wow 21st Annual Odawa Pow Wow (Fri., May 23 to Sun., May 25, 1997). Very early announcement. Non-competitive. Put it on your calendars or in your journals. Where: Ottawa-Nepean Tent & Trailer Park, 411 Corkstown Road, Nepean, Ontario, Canada For more information, feel free to reply back here or to Odawa Native Friendship Centre 12 Stirling Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Y 1P8 Tel.:1-613-722-3811 Fax:1-613-722-4667 Please do not attempt to ask for Odawa Pow Wow Committee now. They are on summer holidays. Lookout for Traditional Winter Pow Wow, too at Odawa Native Friendship Centre. Between Christmas Day and New Years Eve. -- John S. Brack Turtle Island, Mother Earth (Ottawa, Ont., Canada) -------------------------- From: br975@freenet3.carleton.ca (John S. Brack) Subj: 2nd Annual Algonquin Park Pow Wow 2nd Annual Algonquin Park Pow Wow - Fri., Aug.9 to Sun., Aug.11, 1996. Everyone Welcome! Come and have a joyful time! All dance categories (traditional, grass, fancy, & jingle) welcome! All ages welcome! Come share this celebration in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. Come, see, experience, and enjoy Native singing, drumming, dancing, and Native Arts & Crafts. For more information, please call Bob Lavalley at 1-613-637-2830 or reply here, as more details become available, closer to the date. All the organizers of this Pow Wow wish you all a safe & pleasant summer, no matter where you are. -- John S. Brack Turtle Island, Mother Earth (Ottawa, Ont., Canada) ------------------------------------- From: ggg9@ix.netcom.com(Gerald Green) Subj: Pow-Wows in Georgia in July POW-WOWs in Georgia. July 12-14, Fri 4PM-10PM, Sat 10AM-9PM, Sun 10AM-6PM. Waleska, GA. Rhinehardt College 770-735-6275 July 19-23 10AM-9PM Every day Life Chiropractic College Marietta, GA 770-735-6275 July 26-28 Athens-Clark County Library Athens, Ga. 706-444-6810 -------------------------------- Written 9:09 PM Jul 1, 1996 by stevie@vol.cz in igc:indig.info "Freedom Run For Leonard Peltier and" ---------- Hello everyone- The Freedom Run began today in Auschwitz, Poland and will go through Poland, Austria, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Germany, France and Switzerland. I hope to keep the list updated through postings from the Run staff and Delegates, which I will forward on. The Run schedule is as follows: 1 July Auschwitz - opening ceremony at the Concentration Camp memorial site 2 July Krakow (Poland) 3 July Martin (Slovak Republic) 4 July Bratislava (Slovak Republic) 6 July Vienna (Austria) 7 July Brno (Czech Republic) 8 July Prague (Czech Republic :) 10 July Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic) 11 July Regensburg (Germany) 12 July Ellwangen (Germany) 13 July Heidleberg (Germany) 15 July Strasbourg (France) - Reception by European Parliament 18 July Freiburg 19 July Zurich (Switzerland) 20 July Bern (Switzerland) 23 July Lausanne (Switzerland) 25 July Nyon (Switzerland) 26 July Geneva (Switzerland) - Joining Indigenous Delegation for UN Working Group / Presentation of Petitions 27 July - 2 August Vigil prayer for Leonard Peltier organised in Geneva by Frank Dreaver LPDC Canada 29 July-2 August UN Working group on Indigenous Populations I am sure everyone will join with me in wishing the Runners and Delegates the best of luck (and some decent weather). Yours in peace, Stevienna de Saille for Skupina na podporu Leonarda Peltiera / Praha Leonard Peltier Support Group / Prague --------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- 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: David Cornsilk plus Leon Briggs of Tahlequah Times Journal and Donna Hales of Muskogee Phoenix via Marvin and Linda Summerfield of Cherokee Observer, Bernard J. Rock, Sr., Edward H. Basham, Allen Gabriel, Kalyani, Janet Smith, Debra Sanders, Jonathan S. Salsberg, Kansas Kickapoo(Press Release), Debra Winchell, Joe Campagna, Gloria Bird, Sky Crosby, Robert Gough(Release), Chief Roy Crazy Horse via Glenn Welker,Mohawk Nation(Release), Sam Monet, Carlos Sergio Figueiredo Tautz(ALERT), Stephen Kishewitsch, Willard Frye, I.G. Gauvreau via Susan O'Donnel, Feather Eaglerock, Ralph Ianuzzi -//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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, 11 July 96 08:00 -0500 From: Janet Smith (Evening Star) (jans@genie.com) Subj: Upcoming conferences and powwows already posted to Mailing Lists NATCHAT or NATIVE-L genie email From: nsen@web.apc.org Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) First Nations Environmental Network Fourth Annual VOICES FOR MOTHER EARTH GATHERING "Let us put our minds together and think what life we will make for our children" August 22nd to 25th, 1996 (near Edson, Alberta South west of Edmonton) The FNEN is a circle of First Nations who are committed to protecting, defending and restoring the balance of all life by honouring traditional Indigenous values and the path of our ancestor. Through traditional Indigenous values, we promote and encourage the work of protecting, defending and healing Mother earth by linking grassroots people nationally and internationally. A Spiritual Gathering of the Nations will follow on August 26th to 30th. All are invited Please come prepared to camp and be self-sufficient for this event. NO drugs, alcohol or weapons allowed. For more information please contact: Lorraine Sinclair 3855-85 St Edmonton, AB, T6K 3L5 Phone (403) 461-9532 or 477-6648 Fax (403) 479-6199 East Coast Contact: Ishbel Munro (902) 922-3314 Fax: 922-2283 email: nsen@web.net West Coast Contact: Susanne Hare (604) 725-2996 --------- "RE: Belize Mayan Indians Threatened" --------- Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 09:23:51 -0500 From: tautz@ax.apc.org Subj: Belize Mayan Indians threatened Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) A C T I O N A L E R T ! THE FOLLOWING ALERT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION: NEW DANGER TO RAINFORESTS AND MAYAN PEOPLE OF BELIZE! THE BELIZE GOVERNMENT IS ALLOWING THE DESTRUCTION OF TRADITIONAL MAYAN HOMELANDS AND THREATENING THE CULTURAL SURVIVAL OF MAYAN PEOPLE IN BELIZE BY CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE LICENSE OF A MALAYSIAN COMPANY INDISCRIMINATELY LOGGING IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER FOREST RESERVE. In Belize, descendants of the original Maya live in villages around the Columbia River Forest Reserve in the remote Toledo District. The Mayan people are treated as the lowest class of citizens in Belize and are among the poorest people in Central America. Earning an average daily wage of US $9/day, they are dependent on the forest for their basic needs. Without notifying the Mayan people, the Belize government gave a Malaysian logging company, Atlantic Industries, a concession to selectively log mahogany in 200,000 acres of the Columbia River Forest Reserve for a reported 60 cents US per acre! Logging began in September 1995. Although a weak management plan was established, Atlantic Industries immediately began violating important provisions of this plan. ATLANTIC INDUSTRIES' BLATANT VIOLATIONS INCLUDE: ++ Cutting prohibited species and untagged trees in prohibited areas. ++ Bulldozing to create roads in prohibited areas. ++ Failing to obtain local community support for the management plan. ++ Cutting during the rainy season, thus accelerating environmental damage. ++ Constructing a new sawmill without a legally required environmental impact statement. This mill has greatly increased the volume and intensity of logging in this region. INDISCRIMINATE LOGGING OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER FOREST RESERVE WILL SEVERELY HURT THE MAYAN PEOPLE. In a recent Statement of Resolutions And Recommendations presented to the Prime Minister of Belize, Mayan leaders voiced their concerns. The following (in quotations) are excerpts from this statement. "WE REPRESENT THE VOICE OF A VOICELESS PEOPLE. [We] the Mayan people are the original inhabitants of this territory that is currently controlled by the State [and currently being destroyed by indiscriminate logging operations allowed by the State]. This territory is the place where we find our origin, being, philosophy, science, and the roots of our languages. --- We have agreed to claim the land that we inhabit legally and that the 1992 Lands Act be amended to serve this purpose." "We are opposed to logging even a fraction of the Columbia River Forest Reserve and all Indian Lands at this point in time for the following reasons:" "ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE - We have nothing to gain...from this venture. - We are manipulated by a few real beneficiaries of the timber activities -- those who use us as a cheap labor force. - Our position is: no logging until the Maya people are trained to manage logging operations." "TRADITIONAL PERSPECTIVE - We [are] custodians of the forests; if any logging is to be done by us, we cherish the area and are sensitive to it because we depend on...forest products and medicinal herbs. - We use this area for [sustainable] hunting and fishing. This [is where] our rivers and streams find their origins. - We regard as sacred the rivers, wildlife, birds, mountains, caves and Mayan ruins in the Columbia River Forest Reserve." "ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE - This reserve is a critical watershed that reaps and recycles the heavy rainfall so important to the productivity of agricultural lands in [the] Toledo [district]. - The rainforest is the Earth's lungs. - Scientists from Conservation International, Missouri Botanical Garden, and the Belize Center for Environmental Studies reiterated: "We can say without hesitation that the evergreen forests of this area... are of great national and international importance as a reservoir of biological diversity...the most species-rich plant and animal communities occur in the Columbia River Forest Reserve." * Indiscriminate logging of this area could alter rainfall patterns resulting in a lowered water table which would create severe hardship for Mayan communities dependent on their rivers for washing, bathing, and transportation. * Wildlife near Mayan communities will be greatly reduced. * Future opportunities for ecotourism will be eliminated. * Logging opens the door for further exploitation of Mayan lands. "RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE" as outlined by the Mayan people living in and around the Columbia River Forest Reserve. "1. We would like the Mayan people to become the true beneficiaries of logging operations or business activity related to forest products [i.e. chicle or ecotourism]. 2. We ask the government to find resources to...train Mayan people in [sustainable methods of] forest management, saw milling, engineering, tour guiding, road building, and all areas relevant to this topic. 3. A development corporation should be set up to assist business- minded Mayans [and others living in this region]. 4. For any [logging] concession to be given, [the local] people must be involved in the decision-making process. 5. We ask that we be given legal jurisdiction over all [traditional] Indian Lands. We would log sustainably, not as foreigners do." IN SPITE OF CALLS FROM THE MAYAN PEOPLE AND THE BELIZE AUDUBON SOCIETY, THE BELIZE GOVERNMENT HAS TURNED A BLIND EYE. NOT ONLY HAVE THEY REFUSED TO CANCEL ATLANTIC INDUSTRIES' LICENSE, BUT IN JUNE OF 1996, THEY GRANTED ANOTHER CONCESSION TO A BRANCH OF ATLANTIC INDUSTRIES. THIS TIME THE LICENSE OPENLY PERMITS UNSUPERVISED CUTTING! IN ADDITION, IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT THE BELIZE GOVERNMENT GRANTED TEN MORE LOGGING CONCESSIONS ON MAYAN LAND IN THE TOLEDO DISTRICT! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Belize government needs to know that people outside of the country are aware of what's going on! The government needs to hear from you! Write to: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rt. Honorable Manuel Esquivel Prime Minister of Belize Prime Minister's Office Belmopan, Belize SAMPLE LETTER: Dear President Esquivel, I was encouraged to hear that the Government of Belize is about to begin an open dialogue with the Mayan people regarding logging of their land and recognition of Mayan land rights. The idea of allowing the Mayan people to manage logging on the Columbia River Forest Reserve is brilliant. As they have deep cultural respect for the rainforest, it follows that the Mayan people will best manage the land. As Atlantic Industries has repeatedly violated your government sanctioned management plan and taken advantage of Belize's natural resources, I will be gratified to hear when their contract is canceled. With continued progress in this area, I am certain that a great many people throughout the world, like myself, will again consider Belize as a desirable travel destination. Thank you for planning a more sustainable and equitable future for the people of Belize. Sincerely, Name Also Write To: Honorable Minister Dito Juan Ministry Of Natural Resources Prime Minister's Office Belmopan, Belize FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Julian Cho, Chairman Santiago Coh, Chairman Toledo Maya Cultural Council Toledo Alcades Association Box 104 Silver Creek Punta Gorda Town Belize, Central America Belize, Central America 011-501-72-22199 fax 011-501-72-2102 work (messages) 011-501-72-2199 fax Shaun Paul, Program Director Deborah Schaaf EcoLogic Development Fund Staff Attorney PO Box 3405 Indian Law Resource Center Cambridge, MA 02238-3405 USA 602 N. Ewing Street (617) 441-6300 Helena, Montana 59601 USA (617) 441-6307 fax (406) 449-2006 spaul@ecologic.org (406) 449-2031 fax ilrc@mt.net #################################################################### This alert was provided by the ECOLOGIC DEVELOPMENT FUND (news@ecologic.org), P.O. Box 3405, Cambridge, MA 02238-3405 USA EcoLogic is a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing the destruction of biodiverse tropical ecosystems by advancing economic development and self-determination among local communities in threatened habitats. #################################################################### --------- "RE: Clark to Speak for Gustafsen Lake" --------- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 14:05:44 -0600 From: odonnels@ccmail.dcu.ie Subj: Ramsay Clark will speak for Gustafsen Lake (British Columbia) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Author: Gwethalyn Gauvreau at MAIL_GATEWAY Date: 03/07/96 19:30 Ramsay Clark (former Attorney General of the United States and civil rights campaigner) has confirmed that he will be in Vancouver August 5, 6, and 7 (other dates as well to be confirmed) to speak in support of the Gustafsen Lake Defenders. We are in communication with Howard Zinn and will let people know. He is the author of The People's History of the United States. Any nations or groups that can e-mail me notes of support, please do so as we will be including support statements in the backgrounder we are preparing for the press. Things are going very well. The Defenders may have very well opened the Western Gate. Wolverine, in jail now for almost a year (aka William Ignace "Jonesy") told me when I asked him what happens when we win that the next step will be according to Prophecy, the Council Fires which will the beginning of working out a new way of working together - all the peoples' of the world in peace and with respect for the earth. FREEMEDIA FOR THE TS'PETEN DEFENDERS I.G. Gauvreau gauvreau@unixg.ubc.ca - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Comments from NativeNet listowner, Gary Trujillo (gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us): For background information about this subject (an armed standoff at the land used annually for pow wows at Gustafsen Lake, British Columbia), in the fall of 1995, please refer to the index of articles posted to NATIVE-L at the time at "http://bioc09.uthscsa.edu/natnet/archive/nl/gustafsen.html" via the World Wide Web. --------- "RE: Condoled Chief Passes Away" --------- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 16:26:44 -0400 From: mnation@axess.com Subj: Condoled Chief Passes Away Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Condoled Chief of Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy Passes Away Condoled Chief of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy, Edward Delaronde Sr. passed away on July 7, 1996 at the age of 94. Eddy Delaronde was a long time advocate in the struggle to reestablish the sovereignty of the Mohawk People. He was one of the leaders in the conflict between the Mohawk People and the New York State Authorities over the reoccupation of land, known as the Kanienkeh Mohawk Territory. This is the only time in modern history that land has been reclaimed by the Indians. He lived in the reoccupied territory for the past 22 years. Eddy was also involved with the stopping of the expansion of Highway 81 through Onondaga Territory. The Delaronde family has always been involved in the struggle for the reestablishment of the sovereignty of the Mohawk Nation. Eddy and his late wife Ida, had 14 children and many, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His persistence in maintaining our Sovereign rights has left us with a responsibility to continue this work for future generations. Eddy Delaronde will be buried Tuesday July 9, in the Kanienkeh Mohawk Territory. --------- "RE: Update: Crazy Horse Malt Liquor" --------- Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 19:40:07 -0400 From: rpwgough@aol.com Subj: Crazy Horse Malt Liquor update rpwgough@aol.com Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) CRAZY HORSE UPDATE 2 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HEADLINE: ROSEBUD TRIBE JOINS MALT LIQUOR LAWSUIT CONTACT: Robert Gough, Attorney for Estate of Tasunke Witko ROSEBUD, SD -- On June 26, 1996, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe filed a motion with the Rosebud Tribal Court to join the tiospaye and Estate of Tasunke Witko as a party in the lawsuit against the makers of "The Original Crazy Horse Malt Liquor." Rosebud President William Kindle directed the formal action, authorized by tribal resolution, and filed by Eric Antoine, Tribal Attorney, which states that the "brewing companies and individuals, without permission or authorization, have and continue to purposefully and intentionally misappropriate the good name of Crazy Horse, a national hero of the Lakota Oyate, for the purpose of commercial exploitation of his name for the promotion, labeling and sale of a malt liquor beverage against the expressed desires and to the detriment of the Estate, family and the Lakota Oyate." "The Rosebud Sioux Tribe has firmly opposed this misuse of the name of one of our greatest leaders, and by this action the Rosebud Sioux Tribe takes a strong stand in support of Lakota families in the protection of their rights and property," Kindle said. Descendants of the tiospaye reside on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation, where the Estate of Tasunke Witko is in probate. Relations also live on the Pine Ridge and Cheyenne River reservations, and in the Rapid City area of South Dakota. The malt liquor is produced by the G. Heileman Brewing Company, Hornell Brewing Company, and by Mr. John Ferolito and Mr. Don Vultaggio, as Ferolito, Vultaggio & Sons, of Wisconsin, Maryland and New York. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe's motion cites federal law, including violations of Indian Arts and Crafts Act, P.L. 101-644, Title I, Sec. 104, and title 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1159, "Misrepresentation of Indian produced goods and products," and of the second paragraph of Article 1 of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, commonly known as "the bad men" clause, as grounds for its interest in the lawsuit. Antoine said that the Indian Arts and Crafts Act "prohibits false suggestions that a product is Indian produced, an Indian product, of Indian origin, or the product of a particular Indian or Indian Tribe." "The federal statute provides for treble damages for violations, and a tribe may file an action on it own and on behalf of tribal members" Antoine noted. Under the recent Rosebud Tribal Supreme Court ruling, the Estate won the right to bring four of its five causes of action for trial in the tribal court. The Estate's claim under the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, however, was dismissed for lack of standing, since the Rosebud Supreme Court ruled that only the U.S. Attorney General or a Tribe may bring suit under the specific language of the statute. The high court reversed the lower court's dismissal on jurisdictional grounds, and affirmed the lower court's holding on lack of standing under the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. "These beer-makers reached into Lakota country and have taken the name of Crazy Horse for commercial use over their objections of the family, and in violation of federal law," said Robert Gough, Attorney for the Estate. "It is fully appropriate that the Tribe joins with the descendants to protect Indian rights under federal statute and treaty provisions," said Gough. The Tribe also filed under a little used provision of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, which provides for federal protection of Indian personal and property rights. The Treaty article states in part: "If bad men among the whites, or among other people subject to the authority of the United States, shall commit any wrong upon the person or property of the Indians, the United States will, upon proof made to the agent and forwarded to the Commissioner of Indian affairs at Washington City, proceed at once to cause the offender to be arrested and punished according to the laws of the United States, and also reimburse the injured person for the loss sustained." Seth H. Big Crow, Sr., Administrator of the Estate, applauded the Tribe's filing. "United under Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and our other great leaders, we were able to defeat a powerful enemy 120 years ago. We can do the same today." he said, encouraging the other tribes to rally in the defense of Crazy Horse. The Cheyenne River Tribe participated in the lower court action as an amicus on behalf of the Estate, and the Oglala Tribal Council has also formally supported the Estate's efforts. A tribal court trial in Rosebud is expected before the end of the year. --------- "RE: Crazy Horse: The Movie" --------- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 18:35:46 -0500 From: frye@smtplink.ipfw.indiana.edu Subj: Crazy Horse -The movie Mailing List: NATCHAT (natchat@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Sago, To clarify something, I would like to say that I don't think the broadcasting station has anything to do with a movies reception among Native American peoples. So I don't think "Crazy Horse" the movie would have gotten received better if it were being aired on PBS. I believe something was missed here. The reason that this movie has gotten a lot of bashing from Native Americans is that it was to be done in such a way as to be an "inaccurate" portrayal of "Crazy Horse". This is why such a strong protest. Also, some Native American segments believe that your are not to speak of the deceased and this movie clearly does that. "Crazy Horse" himself, belonged to one of those Native Nations whom held those beliefs strongly. "Whites" feel that they can go around our beliefs and portray us and our dead no matter what our concern is. Ted Turner claimed that he was a friend of the Native American. But to turn his back on all the Natives who protested this production proves that "he" is no friend. He would have respected the Native peoples wishes if he were a FRIEND. We'll have to wait and see how the response is after the movie's showing now. Remember also that Wes Studi is cherokee and their beliefs are much different from the Lakota. Turner didn't need to ask the Cherokee for permission he should have asked the Lakota and heeded their cries. I am Mohawk and my beliefs are different as well, yet I will not tread on my neighbor's yard or put my nose in his business, unless he asks me to do so. Onen, Willard Frye --------- "RE: Walk for Youth Help Line" --------- Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 00:41:51 -0500 From: stevek@web.apc.org Subj: Walk for youth help line, join in! Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Beads of Hope Foundation and walk for Native youth Two years ago Singing Wolf, a Plains Cree man from Edmonton, Alberta started walking across Canada to try and raise funding for a 1-800 support line for Native youth. A father of three himself, he fears that many young people are going to lose their Native identity and their way in life by their mid-teens if they don't have access to counselling. "We're losing too many young people to drugs, alcohol and suicide," he says. "They need to know there are other ways to live." As part of his task he has been meeting elders and youth councilors along the way and adding them to a database he is forming, to be used in the support line. The present youth support line, available to people of all origins, is being swamped with 4000 calls a day, four times what they are equipped to handle, and is looking forward to seeing his project succeed. He is also getting people to add to a string of beads he is carrying, one apiece. The string is now over 460 feet long. People can join Singing Wolf on his walk for a few hours or a day. He would especially like to see young people participate. In addition, he is counting the miles others walk with him as part of his trek, which will allow him to move faster. He is also hurrying to get to Oka, site of the 1989 confrontation with the army and the Surete du Quebec, in time for the anniversary, so this would be a great help. Singing Wolf is presently (July 6) in eastern Ontario, heading eastwards toward Ottawa. On Sunday, July 7 Singing Wolf expects to stay in Sharbot Lake, near the junction of highways 7 and 38. He will be walking along Highway 7. He is hoping to be in Ottawa on Monday July 8 and Tuesday the 9th, and then to be following route 417 to Oka. To get an update, call Monica at the Congress of Aboriginal People that will be happening in Ottawa Monday, and at which he will be present. The number there is (613) 238-3511. There is also updated information at 1-800-808-WOLF (-9653). That number is also a pledge line, which people can call to contribute to his fund. The Royal Bank has also created a country-wide bank account in which people can deposit donations. The account number for the Beads of Hope Fund is 0800-103-4735. The Beads of Hope Foundation, which he has set up, is administering the fund. --------- "RE: New Elections for WE Chippewa" --------- Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 23:38:19 -0500 From: eaglerok@northernnet.com (feather eaglerock) Subj: Minnesota: New Elections for WE Chippewa Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) On Tuesday, Election Appeals Judge Yvonne Novack ordered a new election for the White Earth Reservation citing "substantial and grave irregularities" regarding absentee ballots. On Wednesday U.S. District Judge Michael Davis refused to reinstate ousted Tribal Chairman Darrell "Chip" Wadena. One of Wadena's attorneys argued that Wadena should be reinstalled as chairman, at least until election challenges are sorted out. Wadena's attorneys contending "Allowing the BIA to proceed as it has [recognizing the interim government at WE] sets a terrible precedent. It encourages, across the United States, virtual anarchy by anyone who would claim to be the leader of an Indian tribe, nation or band." BIA attorney Robert Small said the agency's action was reasonable, in light of convictions of a quorum of the five council members. "This was an unprecedented action because the (BIA's) director was faced with unprecedented circumstances." Former federal Judge Miles Lord, now a special legal council to the interim White Earth Tribal Council, also argued that other factors are at play. He told Judge Davis that Wadena is challenging the election in hopes that one of his supporters will win and grant him amnesty for the hundreds of thousands of dollars Wadena was convicted of stealing. [Wadena's son, Tony, still holds a position on the White Earth Tribal Council.] feather eaglerock, leech lake rez --------- "RE: Native Movies/TV Specials" --------- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 12:27:43 -0800 From: temp@prep.net (Ralph Ianuzzi) Subj: anymore native movies/TV specials Mailing List: NATCHAT (natchat@gnosys.svle.ma.us) I belong to the Lost Bird Society (those NAtive children who were adopted out of the NAtive community) and we're planning to have a gathering on the Pine Ridge location of the Society's founder, Marie Fouche. Some of you know that a while back I was attempting to promote my book of poetry, "What I Have To Say" One Native American's Viewpoint, to whomever on this list as well as any other NAtive site or chat line. Well, what has come of that is, a friend of mine, who co-owns the Info-Share Network is producing it in full color on diskette. Now, it comes to pass that a friend of his in Hollywood, CA either directs or actually shoots documentaries, and it was suggested to me that I could have *my* adoption story documented on videotape. I thought about it awhile and realized that maybe the entire Lost Bird Society gathering could be documented with all, or at least some, of us telling our individual stories so I passed that suggestion along to Marie -- no response as of yet. However, if we could get backing for as many of the everyday, real-life type of situations of as many separate or pan-tribal stories as we can, then maybe in this way we could pass along our experiences to others like us (and believe me, there are many, many such people, most of whom probably think they are going through this all by themselves), and we could exchange cultural ideas and keep each other informed as to what we are all going through. Over all we know things are bad for us, but this way, maybe we'd be able to encourage those of us who are succeeding and help others who may need assistance. . . Anyhow, it's a rough idea, but maybe. . .(like the song says. . .if you don't have a dream, how're you going to make a dream come true). Comments? Mi Gwetch! Ralph REMEMBER YOUR ROOTS -- THE FUTURE OF THIS FOREST HINGES ON THEM!!! --------- "RE: NOW Supports Hawaiian Independence" --------- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 10:19:23 -1000 From: monet@aloha.net (Sam Monet) Subj: National Org. of Women resolution supports Hawaiian Independence Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) I am happy to report that on June 30th, 1996, the National Organization of Women, (a U.S. based non-governmental organization with a membership of 250,000 women) passed the following resolution by unanimous consensus during their 30th Anniversary Conference: INDIGENOUS Hawaiian PEOPLES RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian peoples are the indigenous peoples of the islands of Hawai`i; and WHEREAS, Queen Lili'uokalani did not abdicate her throne, but was forced to relinquish it on January 16th, 1893, in order to protect her Hawaiian peoples from certain violence and genocide; and WHEREAS, in the 1993 Apology Bill to the Native Hawaiian peoples, President Clinton acknowledged the illegal overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai`i and formally recognized the American and the Hawaiian societies; and WHEREAS, prior to statehood, Hawai`i was scheduled to become an independent nation recognized by the United Nations; and WHEREAS, under statehood the children of the indigenous Hawaiian peoples have experienced a U.S. government-imposed, two tiered system of discrimination based on fifty percent blood quantum, both below and above, which has divided the indigenous Hawaiian peoples; and WHEREAS, the indigenous Hawaiian peoples have been deprived of the exercise of their sovereignty, including self-determination, control of their islands and ocean resources, use of their language, and exercise of their cultural and religious practices; and WHEREAS, the self-determining indigenous Hawaiian rights movement has sustained momentum from the first contact with other nations; and WHEREAS, the Hawai`i National Organization for Women (NOW) has formally recognized the existence and work of the independent indigenous Hawaiian peoples' NOW VISION SUMMIT self-determining grassroots sovereignty movement since October 1, 1994; and WHEREAS, the U.S. government is currently conducting a sovereignty vote through the State Office of Hawaiian Affairs (SOHA); THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that NOW provide moral support for and encourage political recognition of the self-determining indigenous Hawaiian peoples and the newly forming independent indigenous Hawaiian women's non-governmental organization. Submitted by: Racial and Ethnic Diversity Committee Author: Audrey E. Keesing, MPH, President of Hawai`i NOW I have been informed that the independent indigenous Hawaiian women's non-governmental organization has been named by a 91 year old kupuna and it is open to all indigenous Hawaiian women of one drop Hawaiian blood. The name of the women's organization is 'Na Wahine O Ke Anuenue,' literally "Women of the Rainbow," whose kuleana(sp?) is Ho'omau Pono, "Perpetuating Righteousness." This is the first and only resolution on the indigenous Hawaiian peoples civil and human rights to be submitted before NOW to my knowledge. It is my hope that it is the first of many more, because as we know from shared experience, if the civil rights of Hawaiian women are not upheld, then Hawaiian and women's human rights are not upheld. I think the timing of the passage of this resolution could not be better. The time is Hawai`i NOW:)! I would like to thank the indigenous Hawaiian people for their hospitality and generosity to five generations of my family, (including my ancestors Thomas Jaggar, volcanologist, Felix M. Keesing, founder of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Hawai`i, and Roger M Keesing, a Solomon Islands anthropologist and a hanai spiritual ancestral guide interned with the indigenous Kwaio peoples) and for teaching me and mine the meaning of Ho'omau Pono. With best wishes...May all your dreams and prayers come true through love, harmony, peace, and understanding. Aloha and mahalo, Audrey E. Keesing President, Hawai`i NOW (808) 735-3786 Sam & Julie Monet P.O. Box 309 Haleiwa, Hawai`i 96712 Sam: Ph 808-638-8934 Julie: Ph 808-638-7299 Fax: 808-638-8018 email: monet@aloha.net --------- "RE: 4th of July" --------- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 15:05:34 -0500 From: frye@smtplink.ipfw.indiana.edu Subj: 4th of July Mailing List: NATCHAT (natchat@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Sago all, This has sparked my interest because I have recently posted a poster all over the University campus at which I am employed. Here is what it states: --------------------------------------------- 4th of July & Native American Opinion ---------------------------------------------- As you celebrate the Independence of the United States this Thursday, do not forget your Native American brothers and sisters whom lost THEIR freedom on that very day, courtesy of the United States. Is it right for one to take freedom from another and then bestow it upon himself? I feel that "...one who takes freedom from another DOES NOT deserve it for himself.". I, myself, am a descendant of the Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) people of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Six Nations Confederacy) and DO NOT celebrate Independence day. My family does observe the fireworks display for sake of giving in to our children, but I do so with a sad heart. This celebration has a much different meaning to me than to it's celebrants and, while you celebrate, it is clear to me that the American people have forgotten about us and our dilemma. You see us, only, as a "dead" part of history, but we have gone nowhere. We have survived the holocaust initiated against us. WE STILL EXIST. Yet, many of us exist under the most extreme conditions placed upon us by YOUR Government.The meaning of this holiday is clear to me...it is one of subjugation and dictatorial rule over my, once independent and proud, people. This is what YOU celebrate and do not even realize. The United States still dictates it's laws to my people (ie; the forms of government we are allowed to initiate, where and how we can live as a free people,....and even "who can or cannot be recognized as citizens of our Nations,...and much, much more). You live under, what you call, a democracy while we live under a dictatorship ruled by greedy tyrants who do in their OWN best interest and not the interest of MY people and we are protected by few, if any, from the Federal Government and it's agencies as well as State and Local Governments. The 4th of July is a sad day for US. It is a sad day for US ALL. Onen, Willard M. Frye