_ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' O ____ _ , ___ _ , ___ O o O / ' ) / / ) ' ) / / ' O o O / /-< / /--/ /-- VOLUME 04, ISSUE 037 O o o o o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 14 September 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 Es'te Opunvk'vmucvse O ( N A T I V E A M E R I C A N N E W S ) This issue contains articles from AISESnet, NATIVELIT-L, Taino-L, Uptowne, NativeWeb, Triballaw & NATIVE-L listservers; UUCP & genie email; Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native Articles appearing have been previously posted for public dissemination and/or permission for inclusion has been secured. Letters of authorization are on file. A list of those granting permission to repost their words in this issue are listed at the end of part A. 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"They have killed the buffalo, the holy food of the Indian, the buffalo, our brother, who gave his flesh so the people could live." -- Pete Catches, Oglala Medicine Man +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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! I had a conversation with someone recently, an elder I highly respect. I want to share it, in part. He spoke of the grass fires in the west, saying when the buffalo were grazing those lands they ate the tall grass that dries so quickly on the plains, thus reducing the amount of highly flammable fuel. He concluded, "Maybe Creator knew what He was doing when He placed buffalo where they could eat that grass." Tobacco wasn't a lit cigarette flipped carelessly out a car window in those days, either. My elder, my friend, made a good point we all need to hold onto. Maybe Creator knew what He was doing when He placed all things where He did. Peace! Night Owl , , Gary Night Owl gars@netcom.com (*,*) P. O. Box 672168 gars@juno.com (`-') Marietta, GA 30006, U .S.A. gars@igc.apc.org ===w=w=== gars@genie.com ----------- News of the people featured in this issue ---------- Part A: Usenet and e-mail Part B: NATCHAT and NATIVE-L lists - Peltier's Birthday - Conferences and Powwows - online - Congress Orders IAIA Investigation - Another Leech Lake Lawsuit - Confronting Genocide in Amerikkka - Mohawk Reclaim School - Resources/1996 Fire Season - Western Shoshone Hot Spring - Help Confront Racism Threatened - Support for Indian Education - Seneca Chief Crosses Over - Ipperwash Inquiry - Victim of Mental Health System - Western Psychology and NA - Finngate Felons Convicted - Wendake Election Results - A Time of Thanksgiving - Taino Arts & Crafts WorkShops - A Small Victory - Update: Seed Bank - OYATE Needs Help - Hoopa Tribe Jobs - Pequot Internship - Drawings by Children - Poem: My Ancestors - Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days - Conferences and Powwows - offline --------- "RE: Peltier's Birthday" --------- Date: 96-09-06 19:16:50 EDT From: lpdc@idir.net (Peltier Defense Committee) Subj: Peltier's Birthday UUCP email Leonard Peltier will be having another birthday behind the bars of Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. On September 12th, he will be 52 years old. Birthdays are especially hard for Leonard as he is unable to celebrate with his children and grandchildren. Please help make this birthday more tolerable by letting him know that he is in your thoughts and prayers. You can send Leonard a birthday card (no musicals, please -- they are not allowed). He can also receive postal money orders which he uses to buy commissary and pay for phone calls, photographs (excluding polaroids), and soft cover books. You can write him directly at: Leonard Peltier, #89637-132 PO Box 1000 Leavenworth, KS 66048 --------- "RE: Congress Orders IAIA Investigation" --------- Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 13:18:50 -0700 (PDT) From: stephen laboueff Subj: Congress orders IAIA investigation--$310K missing Mailing List: NativeWeb IAIA--IAIA update 9/696 IAIA President Sanchez and FBI officials met in Santa Fe today to announce a Congressionally mandated investigation into the embezzlement of $3l0,000 from the Institute of American Indian Arts. The tip of the iceberg? Perhaps the investigation will accomplish the cleansing that Indian community members have been seeking and a new IAIA will rise from the ashes. I had e-mailed Indian Country Today expressing concern about stories that IAIA Administration was trying to intimidate ICT by threatening legal action for published stories about IAIA. I received the following from David Melmer, Story Editor, ICT: quote--there is no such letter, nor is there any suit against ICT initiated by IAIA. Tim Giago, ICT Publisher, discussed this issue with me. Should we have any threats against us because of any articles or editorials we write or print, we will stand by them and most likely print them--unquote. I guess that clears the muddied waters--ICT is one of our most audible and widely distributed voices--it is good their voice cannot be silenced. Another interesting note--the following letter was published in ICT, September 2-9, 1996 on the Opinion/Editorial page. APPOINTED IAIA PRESIDENT IS REASON FOR CONCERN To the Editor: I was rather upset to read of the recent appointment of Beatrice Rivas Sanchez as president of IAIA. While I didn't go to IAIA, a cousin of mine and several friends did, and as an American Indian artist, I feel I have an interest in the IAIA. Ms. Sanchez comes to the position after a tenure as president of the Kansas City Art Institute, my alma mater. According to numerous friends of mine on the staff and faculty there, her time at KCAI was marked by quite a bit of turmoil, and she was finally asked to tender her resignation. Much of the controversy in Kansas City revolved around issues of spending priorities, i.e., capital development vs. spending money on students, recruitment, and curriculum. As these issues are already strongly at issue in the IAIA controversy, the appointment of Ms Sanchez is doubly disturbing. She may have a track record in arts school administration, but it is not a good one. Signed: Ted Garner, Chicago, Illinois Mmmmmmm!!! In our way, we are taught to know the face of our adversary. The paint of the mask that covers the spirit appears to be running. --------- "RE: Confronting Genocide in Amerikkka" --------- Date: 9 Sep 1996 23:11:16 -0400 From: erobb69997@aol.com (ERobb69997) Subj: GENOCIDE Newsgroup: soc.culture.native CONFRONTING GENOCIDE IN AMERIKKKA At the conclusion of World War Two the UNITED STATES spearheaded the effort to bring the Nazi leadership to justice not only for war crimes, but other crimes against humanity. Principally for the mass extermination of European Jewish people. This effort resulted in the Nuremberg trials, it's doctrine and eventually the codification of International law on the crime and prevention of genocide. The time has come to bring the United States and it's leaders both corporate and public to justice for the continuing wholesale extermination of the Indigenous peoples of TURTLE ISLAND (North America). Genocide is not just part of Amerikkka's past, but a living reality for those confined to your government's concentration camps, simply referred to as "Reservations". Much has been documented about the conditions of life imposed upon Indians, designed to bring about their physical destruction as distinct peoples of the world (violating the UN convention on genocide). One of the most shocking examples of genocide is taking place (in your backyard) on a remote section of the Dineh Concentration Camp (Navajo reservation) at a place called Big Mountain in northern Arizona. It is there that thousands of Indians led by elderly traditional women are defending themselves in a war of attrition. A war because your government passed a law over 20 years ago stating that these Indians must be relocated in order to satisfy an insatiable appetite for resources. On a daily basis these human beings are subjected to harassment and abuse by the forces of the United States simply because they refuse to comply with a genocidal law. Over the years, your government (at your expense-already into the billions) has made it increasingly difficult, to the point that it is impossible for the Dineh to live out their lives as they always have and to pass on their way of life to future generations. Among other things, your government has destroyed and poisoned their wells, forcing them to drive up to 45 miles for water. Your government continuously confiscates property, equipment and tools that the resisters rely upon for life, including the livestock they depend upon for food. Your government refuses to allow new construction or repair of structures on Dineh land. Your government restricts their ability to obtain firewood necessary for cooking and heat (there is no electricity or running water at Big Mountain). As a final insult, the Dineh are unable to hold traditional ceremonies without interference or even permitted to bury their dead! The corporate and government propaganda machines have continuously obscured the issue, creating a smoke screen called the "Hopi-Navajo land dispute". Yet the truth prevails. The Dineh are being forced into relocating, so multi-national corporations can mine their land for coal. The bottom line is the bottom line, and to quote a Hopi elder Thomas Banyanca "There is no Hopi-Navajo land dispute, there is only white man's endless greed". Painted on a yellow sign on a road leading to Big Mountain are the words, "RELOCATION IS GENOCIDE". Make no mistake, this is genocide within the precise meaning of international law on genocide. It is a capital offense to target distinct peoples or nation, impose conditions of life designed to bring about it's destruction in whole or part. The relocation of the Big Mountain Dineh will destroy them as distinct peoples-- they will no longer be Big Mountain Dineh, simple farmers and sheep herders living with and from their land. In fact, they will die, just not as efficiently as the Jewish people did in the Holocaust, for the Dineh, it is slow motion genocide. So far, of those who have been relocated, almost 35% are dead!!!! What shocked human consciousness about the Jewish holocaust was how both the average European citizen and public officials stood idly by and allowed this to take place. The convention on genocide makes it very clear that it is a duty upon all humanity to prevent genocide from taking place, by any means necessary, otherwise YOU are complicit in the Crime. Today, Amerikkka is taking steps to initiate a final solution for the Big Mountain Dineh. They are being told to sign yet another new "treaty" with the government by January 1, 1997 or else face forced eviction. Like all other treaties it's just another lie, the Big Mountain Dineh recognize this and refuse. The Dineh choose to live as they choose, as they always have, as free, sovereign and distinct peoples of Big Mountain and that is their right both legally and morally. Something must be done to stop the genocide at Big Mountain and all over Turtle Island. Not only must this genocidal law be repealed, but it is time to bring those responsible to justice. For Indigenous Peoples to exist unmolested by the material world and its greed, those who commit the crime of genocide must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of international law. In the United States DUSTY TENETKE THUNDER24@JUNO.COM --------- "RE: Resources/1996 Fire Season" --------- Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 15:23:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Larry Kibbey Subj: Cultural Resources/1996 Fire Season UUCP email During the summer of 1996 a large portion of the Western United States was impacted by lighting/arson caused fires, mainly lighting. Fire activity took place on what is called the Public Domain, land managed by Federal Agencies, such as the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. The Public Domain, as it is called, is also considered to be the Traditional Treaty Territories of some of the Sovereign Nations of the Native American Indians. Within these acres of charred land lie ceremonial, burial and gathering areas, significant to the history, culture and religion of the Traditional Native American Indian, historically significant to future generations of both Indian and Non- Indian and every effort must be made to preserve and protect these areas, which may be already destroyed and lost forever, which may be destroyed and lost forever during the rejuvenation process. The Federal Government must allow a consultation process to be developed with those Sovereign Nations in order for the tribes to make every feasible effort to preserve and protect sites important to their history, culture and religion. The importance of preserving and protecting these sites should not undermine what has happened on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon. The 120,000 acre fire engulfed 11 homes and destroyed valuable land as well as natural resources and here a form of tribal unity across this country should be formed to assure the Warm Springs Tribe that the Sovereign Nations will in fact stand in any support needed to assist the Tribe in every manner to help them in their endeavor to fully recover from their losses, Tribal, Personal and Natural. At this time, an effort must be arrived at, to address all losses due to the 1996 severe fire season. Not only should the cultural resources be addressed but the loses incurred to the Wildlife, such as lodging, food and water resources, natural resources vital for all wildlife, the four-legged and winged-ones, to sustain in their natural environment. In the past, such activity as Mining, Logging, Recreation, Farming, Ranching, Modern Progress, and to date, such natural activity as, the severe winter of 1995-1996, Hurricanes(1996) and Tornadoes(1996) has had a very tremendous impact on these natural and cultural resources and now with such a severe fire season(1996) that may be extended into November(1996), the Federal Government should make a justifiable decision to stop any major on-going projects, that may have a further impact on the environmental issues, until a suitable and justifiable inventory plan/project of the cultural and natural resources impacted by the severe natural elements can be amended, developed and or started by those agencies responsible for management of the so-called Public Lands. Damaged U.S. Forest Service lands by this seasons fire activity(1996) total 1,135,573 acres, land that should be inventoried, which means the U.S. Forest Service should not be allowed to continue clear-cutting or any other logging activity until a process to address the cultural and natural resources is put into place. Damaged Bureau of Land Management lands by this seasons fire activity(1996) total 2,165,398 acres, lands that should be inventoried, which means the BLM should not be allowed to authorize future projects in relation to Mining, Ranching, Farming, Land Exchanges, Recreation, until a process to address the cultural and natural resource issues is put into place. Agency Acres of Federal Lands Managed BLM 177,633,566 USFS 166,442,728 Total Managed Federal Acres = 344,076,294 Agency Federal Land Acres/Impacted by Fire(1996) BLM 2,165,398 USFS 1,135,573 Total Acres Burned = 3,300,971 To date: September 8, 1996 Total U.S. lands impacted by 1996 Fire Activity = 5,822,036 Acres (To include National Parks, private and other) Another form of this notice is being directed to other concerned parties in full. Please, if you would like to see the Cultural and Natural Resource issue addressed, please send a letter to: Ms. Jo Ann Chase, Executive Director National Congress of American Indians 2010 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Second Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 Ms. Mary Stuart Irion, Staff Coordinator Keepers Of The Treasures 1785 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Submitted by: Larry Kibby, Program Director WSHPS Elko Indian Colony 1581 Pinenut Circle Elko, Nevada 89801 Larry Kibby - kibbey@sierra.net --------- "RE: Help Confront Racism" --------- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 23:57:03 -0700 From: thompson@mind.net (Joseph Thompson) Subj: Help Confront Racism in Oklahoma (Forward) UUCP email Dear Friends of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, Once again we are called to support our Native American brothers and sisters as they confront another occurrence of blatant racism, this time in a small town newspaper in Geary, Oklahoma. The following is a column which was written and published in "The Geary Star" by the owner of the newspaper. Following that are two responses to the column from the Arapaho community in Geary. As our Cheyenne and Arapaho friends in Geary stand up to face this bigotry, please stand with them by signing the letter at the end of this communication and e-mailing it as per the accompanying instructions. Or even better still, write a letter in your own words. Let your own heart speak loud and clear to these racist remarks. ___________________________________________________ The Geary Star 114 W. Main Geary, OK 73040 A family owned newspaper Thursday, August 29, 1996 Ramblin' On..... by Fred Bingham .....Here's a thought...A friend recently returned from Taos, N. M. where he said they visited the reservations. And brought this thought home to help our economy...Said he had noticed driving through our town that a number of local Indian men and occasionally a woman or two were always sitting under the shade on the curb at the historical Ruth House on North Broadway. And appearing to be in an inebriated state thus warding off any out-a-towners from stopping...But what he learned in Taos was if we would dress these same citizens in native dress...even when a little tipsy would draw more attention possibly stopping a little traffic and visitors to the historic site...Might even want to put up a teepee or sweat lodge for tourists...With a charge of course...Not a bad idea...let us hear yours. _______________________________________________ September 4, 1996 Dear Mr. Bingham, Since you invited public comment about your ideas about using drunken Indians, sweat lodges and teepees to capture tourist dollars, I sure hope you will print mine verbatim. Perhaps you will understand how ridiculous and insensitive (that's the polite way to say racist) your statement were if I reply, "Boy, that's a good idea and let's take all of the closet drunks, white people and dress them up as settlers and walk them up and down the street. They will get some exercise and the tourists will get to see a real frontier town. Even further, we can see if there are any cancer patients in town who have lost their hair from radiation therapy and paint an "end of the trail" scene on their bald pates for tourists to take pictures of. It might sell a lot of film." A ridiculous and uncaring statement? You bet, but no different from yours. Indian drunks, white people closet drunks and cancer patients are all sick people at a point in their lives where they are unable to heal themselves. It is our prayers they need; not our thoughtless comments. I don't think you really know the depth of the insult you made or the width of your ignorance you revealed about the people you have lived with in this town all your life. As a person who is more white by blood and culture than Indian, I am ashamed for you. I don't know if there is a charge to go into the church you attend or not, but I assure you that any tourist or anybody else who wants to go into a prayer lodge (sweat lodge) only has to show up and go in. This past month supervisors from the Oklahoma WIC Program and Vietnam Veterans from the V. A. have sweated at the prayer lodge at our trailer, so apparently some white people understand and value the purpose of an Indian prayer lodge. About the teepee, I can only say that it is symbolic of the Native American church and since I know nothing of that ceremony, hopefully some one who does will choose to educate you on it. I do know that your suggestion was offensive to me, so it must have been really insulting to those that follow the Native American church way. On Sunday afternoon of September15th, my husband and I will celebrate our wedding anniversary with a prayer lodge. I, for one, will pray for you and take the hard feelings I have toward you, for your unthinking and uninformed words, and leave them in that lodge. If you, any Geary resident or tourist want to participate in an Arapaho prayer lodge (sweat lodge), the lodge at our trailer on the corner of Winnview and Rock Island is open to anyone who comes. You might enter the lodge out of curiosity, but stay four rounds and you will leave a more sensitive and sincere person. I feel assured that if you would sit in one sweat, that never again would you think of a prayer lodge as an economic development project. That is all I have to say, Dee Harrison Geary, Oklahoma -- The following is a statement by an Arapaho elder residing in Geary: Geary is approximately 10 miles north of I-40 on US 281 and 50 miles west of Oklahoma City. Old 66 has a spur running through Geary. The present population is less than 1200 with 1/3 to 1/4 being Native American, primarily Cheyenne-Arapaho. Historically, Geary is central to the Arapaho land allotments with the town being built on land donated by a half breed Arapaho/Frenchman named Geuerre. His descendants still live here. The town was incorporated in 1912 and many of the non-Indians are descendants of people that made up the land rush. Bingham's attitude is typical of the town government and most of the merchants. One thing that is very irritating is that one of the "street drunks" is a survivor of the Bataan death march and several of the others are war veterans who fought for this country so that Mr. Bingham could be on the U.S. Government payroll as a postal worker. Geary is a dying town and "The Geary Star" cannot survive from its own income, so we end up subsidizing these racist comments because our taxes pay Mr. Bingham's salary. INDIANS DO PAY TAXES! Alton L. Harrison Sr. ________________________________________________ HOW CAN YOU HELP? Please cut and paste the following letter of petition and send it as per the instructions. Or even better still, write a letter in your own words. Let your own heart speak loud and clear to these racist remarks. -------------------Begin Cut and Paste------------------- Dear Mr. Bingham, The racist comments in your "Ramblin' On" column in the August 29, 1996 edition of the "Geary Star" are an insult to the entire Native American community. I find the depth of your ignorance shocking. I urge you to print a retraction of these insensitive remarks and offer an apology to the Cheyenne and Arapaho population of Geary and to the entire Native American community of this nation. Sincerely, (Place your name, City, and State here.) ----------------------End Cut and Paste------------------------ HOW TO REGISTER YOUR SUPPORT To e-mail this letter of support, please follow these steps: 1.) Type your name, city, and state into the space provided in the above letter of support. 2.) "Copy" and "paste" this letter of support into your e-mail program as a "new message" (Please copy only the material between the dotted lines above. ) 3.) Add any additional words of support or leave as is. 4.) "Copy" and "paste" in the subject "Help Confront Racism in Oklahoma (Forward)" 5.) "Copy" and "paste" in the e-mail address which is: cheyarap@mind.net 6.) "Send" the message. 7.) "Forward" a copy of this entire message to all of your friends. (Use the "Forward" function in your e-mail program.) Be sure subject heading reads, "Help Confront Racism in Oklahoma (Forward)" --------- "RE: Support for Indian Education" --------- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:47:10 -0700 (PDT) From: mmbace@image.mit.edu (Matt Bace) Subj: AMENDMENT TO BE PROPOSED TO RESTORE $56M FOR INDIAN EDUCATION PLEASE CALL SENATORS TO GAIN THEIR SUPPORT PLEASE DISTRIBUTE ********************************************************************* Senator McCain (R-AZ) to introduce amendment to restore $56 million for Indian Education programs. Please contact your Senator immediately to gain their support for this amendment (to be introduced as early as today). Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has informed the NIEA that he plans to introduce an amendment on the Senate floor to the Interior Appropriations bill, H.R. 3662, which would restore $56 million to Indian Education programs in the Departments of Interior and Education. NIEA has worked with Senator McCain's office during the past month in urging his support for increased Indian education funding. NIEA urges all interested program directors, school administrators, tribal education committees and others to contact their Senators as soon as possible as well as members of the Senate Appropriations Committee to urge their support of this much needed amendment. Senator McCain's amendment would provide $25 million to School Operations and $14 million for new school construction in the BIA and $17 million for the Office of Indian Education (OIE) in the Department of Education. The $17 million would allow OIE to resume funding of its discretionary programs - $5 million to adult education and literacy programs and $12 million to special programs for Indian children. These programs were eliminated in the deficit reduction efforts of the last two years. The adult education funds, if restored, would allow OIE to funding at least 30 Indian adult education programs nationwide. Many of these programs are operated at tribally chartered community colleges. The $56 million amendment would bring Interior education funding levels to almost near the Administration's request for these programs. Once again, NIEA urges you to contact your Senators as well as other key Senate appropriators as soon as possible urging their support of the McCain Indian Education amendment. Please call the NIEA office at 703-838-2870 if you have any questions. Ask for Lorraine Edmo, Executive Director or Jack C. Jackson, Jr., Legislative Analyst. FYI: US Senate Committee on Appropriations 202-224-3471 202-228-0542 fax --------- "RE: Ipperwash Inquiry" --------- Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 15:51:00 +0000 From: don.rayment@uptowne.com (Don Rayment) Subj: Ipperwash Inquiry Mailing List: UpTowne Online Services Hello All Last August, you will recall that an O.P.P. SWAT team assault on a group of Native protesters at Ipperwash Provincial Park, resulted in the death of Dudley George. In addition, a teenage boy was shot in the back and had to be taken to hospital by civilians since one was not called by police and by-standers were prevented by the police from calling one for him. Accounts, of the confrontation from a number of sources, suggest gross mis-conduct on the part of the O.P.P. and individuals in the Premiers' office. Some of the allegations I have heard(some confirmed). - Alcohol was consumed by members of the SWAT team prior to the assault. Some 40 bottles, ranging from beer to hard liquor. - That the O.P.P. had been instructed directly by government officials the day before the assault to "just shoot the fuckers". - Now we know, although it is uncertain when the O.P.P. knew, the protesters had no firearms in their possession. - So far, one officer has been charged with criminal negligence causing death. A few days ago, I read an article in the Kingston Whig-Standard by Jack Aubrey. In this article, the author suggests that, the absence of public pressure supporting the call for an inquiry, might result in no inquiry being held at all. A recent public opinion poll, which indicated a drop in support for "Native causes" was cited, as something of an explanation for the reduced likelihood of an inquiry taking place. ---------------------------------------------------------- From the beginning, I have had considerable difficulty believing that these allegations were true. My first impulse was to believe them to be exaggerations by people who already had their own axes to grind. Those rumours, which surfaced, immediately after the shooting seemed just a little too extreme to be true. I could not imagine why grown-ups and professionals could ever be capable of behaviour so adolescent and utterly incompetent. The original accounts have since been, apparently, corroborated by a wide range of eye-witness, institutional and media reports. The bottom line here is, it looks like a full public inquiry should be undertaken. I want to know the truth and I think we all deserve to know the truth. For all the sanctimonious pronouncements by our leaders about the need to take responsibility for our own actions, it is starting to look like they are forsaking their own convictions. I am asking, as a member of this discussion group(i.e. not in any official capacity with Dialogue Canada), for your help in bringing pressure to bear on our government, to hold a full public inquiry into the killing of Dudley George and the wounding of that young man, by the O.P.P. at Ipperwash Provincial Park. This is my first message on this subject. I will provide specific information on the names and telephone numbers of people to call. If anyone has any comments or suggestions, I appreciate your sending them. You can submit them here, or to me privately(donr@uptowne.com). Thank You Don Rayment ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet: don.rayment@uptowne.com (Don Rayment) This message was processed by NetXpress from Merlin Systems Inc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- "RE: Western Psychology and NA" --------- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 10:54:42 -0500 (CDT) From: mary dog soldier Subj: Western Psychology and N Am Mailing List: NATIVELIT This past spring (what a memory!) we considered by what standards Native American characters' mental health could be assessed (especially in N. Scott Momaday's The Ancient Child, but in other texts as well). Some argued that a character could only be assessed in relation to the nation's standards from which the character came; others argued that western standards should be applied to all characters who reside in the US boundaries--regardless of native nation of origin. (After all, don't they choose to reside here?) This summer I came across an article by Johathan Kozol, "Distancing the Homeless." Kozol is critical of the easy application of western psychological terms. He claims such terms are often purposefully misused to distort the situation: "Terming economic victims `psychotic' or `disordered' helps to place them at a distance." We do not need to deal with our responsibility for the situation: "The reports do not tell us we have Made these people ill. They do not tell us that illness is a natural response to intolerable conditions." Kozol gives real life examples. (Now This Is Realism.) One woman was evicted and when she refused to leave she was labeled as "angry," "fixated," and "paranoid." In New York City, many people were evicted at 1:30 a.m. from a subway ramp in freezing temperatures. Once evicted, city officials "determined that their willingness to risk exposure to cold weather could be taken as further evidence of mental illness." Homeless women at the Amtrak station were denied the use of restroom facilities, and then labeled mentally ill for urinating on the floor. Kozol's examples continue. It is my own experience that this same thing occurs in prison, and doubtless in many situations: The situation is set-up to create the symptoms or conditions of mental illness, and then the person is written up. So why judge Native American characters by western standards when flagrant misuse of these standards to corner and debilitate people (especially ethnic people and the poor) have become too commonplace? Mary Battaglia-Dog Soldier --------- "RE: Wendake Election Results" --------- Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 01:51:49 -0400 From: Ishgooda Subj: HURON NEWSLETTER September 5, 1996 WENDAKE ELECTION RESULTS UUCP email Khwe akwataru, The following people have been elected to the band council at Wendake. Jean Picard Head chief Michel Gros-Louis N Roger Picard Maurice Picard Richard Sioui Marc Savard All the second chiefs of the Jean Picard party got elected. Rene Duchesneau and his party lost. This election result shows that people were disappointed this party. Jean Picard and his party won with a large majority. He said that he is against any municipalization of our reserve and that he will work to affirm our rights with the Government. Time will tell if he stands behind his words. Tarehtadeh Wendake, Quebec --------- "RE: Taino Arts & Crafts WorkShops" --------- Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 19:04:28 -0700 From: Chief Peter Guanikeyu Torres Subj: Taino Arts & Crafts WorkShops Mailing List: Taino-L Tau Natiao, O C A M A Y U K A Y E K E T A I N O ! --------------------------------------- A T E N C I O N P U E B L O T A I N O ! ----------------------------------------- A T T E N T I O N T A I N O P E O P L E ! ------------------------------------------- We are now working on setting up Taino Arts & Crafts class down in Southern New Jersey. The Taino work shops will cover all Taino traditional crafts examples are bead work, Wood work, Ceramics, basket Weaving. The Crafts will emulate all our known traditional Jatibonico style of crafts. Please do let us know if you are interested in taking our class's in Taino crafts. We are now Organizing the Taino WorkShops and are requesting that anyone who already has the artistic skills in traditional Native American crafts, to please contact our Inter-Tribal Council office in New Jersey. We do no doubt need volunteers to serve as Native Art Teachers. Respectfully yours Cacike Ciba Guanikeu President & Tribal Council Chief -- The Taino Inter-Tribal Council Inc http://www.hartford-hwp.com/taino/ NJ Jatibonuco Tribe http://www.hartford-hwp.com/taino/jatibonuco.html Taino Nation Forum, http://www.hartford-hwp.com/taino/docs/list.html TAINO COUNCIL OFFICE Tel: 609-825-7776 FAX & TAINO BBS: 609-825-7922 We Are Still Here! Taino Indigenous Nation of the Caribbean & Florida --------- "RE: A Small Victory" --------- Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 07:04:09 -0400 From: "David B. Bowden" Subj: A small victory I was in the local mall yesterday wandering around. I walked into the Omni shop. This store sells a variety of ecology earth related items, books, rocks,music tapes, the usual stuff. I browsed my way to the music section and what did I see? A collection of New age cd's with Native American symbolisms on the cover. Portraits of various native traditionals were on the front. No native musicians or production credited on this one. Just a couple of white guys. I thought hummm... Another "educational opportunity" maybe? I picked one up and walked over to the person behind the register. Who just happened to be the manager. I said: Are you aware that there is in the Native American community A problem with the using of their symbols and images on things that are not native controlled? I handed the cd to him and he started examining it. He said: "American Dreams" (the name of the cd) and started studying the description of the cd on the back. I said: "I have been reading on this subject and it really is a problem to some native people". He said:"I see what you mean" or something to that effect. I said:" I will put it back for you if you want me to". He said:" No I'll keep this " and resumed looking at the cd. Dave Henry said in the prologue to his book Stealing From Indians " There are those that mean well and those that do well" The difference is vast." I thought about that one, and from that point on decided to try and do well. In my own small way. David --------- "RE: Update: Seed Bank" --------- Date: 7 Sep 1996 15:25:28 GMT From: jwinter@indus.unm.edu (joseph c winter) Subj: UPDATE - Seed Bank Newsgroup: soc.culture.native,alt.native Another reminder about the availability of traditional tobacco seeds and leaves through our program at the University of New Mexico. Lately we have started to give away a lot of traditional leaf to pow wows, special ceremonies (e.g., a Paiute Pine Nut Blessing), and native inmates, but we are still offering seeds and leaves to any Native American requesting them, at no cost, as long as the person agrees to use the tobacco only for traditional purposes (and not for recreational smoking). It is part of our tobacco education program, which seeks to reduce the use of commercial tobacco by native youth and affirm the value of traditional tobacco. So, if you would like some, send me an email, call us, or write. Thank you. Joe Winter and Lawrence Shorty Traditional Native American Tobacco Seed Bank University of New Mexico 1717 Lomas Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM 87131 505-277-5853 jwinter@unm.edu http://www.treaty7.org/friends/tnat/tnat.htm --------- "RE: OYATE Needs Help" --------- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 08:27:23 -0700 From: berryj@okway.okstate.edu (John Berry) Subj: OYATE -- evaluates Native kidbooks -- needs help UUCP email ______________________________ Forward Header ____________________________ Subject: OYATE -- evaluates Native kidbooks -- needs help Author: Paula Giese at SMTP Date: 9/4/96 2:52 PM Those who participate in other lists or newsgroups, please post. Oyate asked me to forward this request for help, since they don't have an Internet account or even a modem. Oyate is a group of Native writers, Elders, artists, educators, and intellectuals who have been evaluating children's literature (preschool- grade 12) since the mid 1980's. They also maintain a library of "good" and "bad" example-books in Berkley, where they provide book tours for teachers and librarians. They provide in-service training on how to select and teach Native literature for kids with materials that are culturally accurate and well done. They maintain a catalog/mail sales office for recommended Native books that are hard to find. This past year, they also published several short children's books by California Native writers, as well as several instructional packets. Oyate's best-known activity is the full-length book "Through Indian Eyes: The Native American Experience in Books for Children" (New Society Publishers). The current (3rd) edition is 1992, and they are working on a new edition. Over the years, Oyate has donated around $30,000 worth of Indian books to Native schools and groups, in addition to maintaining its teaching library. Oyate needs: (1) Money, of course. For any prospective larger donors, a mission description and financial statement are available. Proposals can be prepared for funding circumscribed to donor interest areas, if parts of Oyate's general mission fit donor criteria. (2) An Internet account, perhaps through Indian studies in a Berkeley area college or university (they would need a 14.4+ kbaud modem and some help getting set up, too). Such an account would be very useful since reviewers could send in emailed reviews without the hassles of compatibility caused by Oyate's very old (Mac) computers, and new reviews wouldn't have to be retyped. (3) Oyate really needs a decent small power Mac and a laser printer. This would seem a worthy recipient, with a long track record of worthwhile efforts, for someone like Apple to support by such a donation. They presently have an old SE II with 2 megs of RAM, and the old-fashioned floppy drive, and a low-end ink-jet. The computer will not run most modern software. (4) Contact with Native curriculum and writing (for kids) projects. Oyate would like to include more of these in the teaching library, and (if available to the general public) perhaps carry them in their catalog or review them in the forthcoming book. (5) Custer cartoons (a continuing project for a small book of them). Indian artists -- want to try a Custer cartoon? (They have lots of funny ideas, if you got the drawing talent...) Oyate's 1996 catalog describes many good K-12 children's books, and is available from them for $3 with some updates of books added since. It's cross-reference indexed by author, title, and tribe. Every school should have several. Oyate is also available to provide in-service instruction for teachers on Native American children's literature. Those involved with multicultural education should have Oyate's 1993 book of essays and children's book reviews. Contact them at: Oyate 2702 Mathews St Berkeley, CA 94702 (510)848-6700 --------- "RE: Hoopa Tribe Jobs" --------- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 13:04:38 -0700 From: berryj@Okway.Okstate.edu (John Berry) Subj: Hoopa Tribe Jobs(FWD) UUCP email ______________________________ Forward Header ____________________________ Subject: Hoopa Tribe Jobs Author: ALAN MOOMAW at SMTP Date: 9/4/96 6:57 PM Forwarded announcement: From: EcoNet Environmental Justice Desk Subject: 4 Job Openings in Northern California (fwd) The Hoopa Valley Tribe is currently advertising for 4 positions. Hoopa is a 6 hour car drive north of San Francisco or 1 hour from Arcata/Eureka. The Hoopa Tribe harvests 10-14 million board feet of timber yearly. The following positions are available: ATTORNEY, Salary Neg.; Experience in Indian Law, Federal Court Litigation; Environmental Law; Submit resume and writing sample: Office of Tribal Attorney, P.O. Box 188, Hoopa, CA 95546. [Ref. Internet, ECOLECO, IMFELD] Phone: 916/625-4211 ext. 130, Fax 916/625-4847. Open until filled. NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMIC PLANNER/IRMP COORDINATOR, F/T + Ben. $25-35K; BA/BS degree in public administration, economics, business administration, natural resource management or related field; Computer experience. Deadline 9/6/96. SILVICULTURIST, F/T + Ben. Salary Neg. BS in forestry + 5 yrs experience as Silviculturist, 3 yrs supervisory experience; valid drivers license. Deadline 9/4/96. ASSISTANT SILVICULTURIST, F/T + Ben. $27-33K, AA degree or 2 yrs. college; courses with resource management emphasis and 2 yrs. prescription writing, or combination experience, education and 2 yrs. prescription writing. Valid drivers license. Deadline 9/4/96. Complete job description contact the Personnel Department, Hoopa Valley Tribal Council, P.O. Box 218, Hoopa, CA 95546 [Ref. Internet, ECOLECO, IMFELD]. Phone: 916/625-4211, ext. 108 or 144. Fax 916/625-4269. Indian Preference, Drug Policy applies. Please forward, copy and distribute this posting freely. --------- "RE: Pequot Internship" --------- Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1996 20:19:26 -0600 From: Nicole Wellman Subj: Internship (Do not reply to the above address) Mailing List: AISESnet Discussion List (aisesnet@victor.umt.edu) ****************PUBLIC POLICY INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY**************** with the MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBAL NATION The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation would like to invite highly motivated and qualified graduate and undergraduate students to apply for our Public Policy Internship Program. The program gives students a comprehensive introduction to Native American policy issues. Selected students are involved with many facets of representing the Pequot's interests before Congress as well as the interests of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives as a whole. Interns aid with congressional voter analysis, tribal political action forums, political fundraising, issues tracking and communication, and legislative analysis. The internship program is based at the Pequot's Washington, DC office, providing interns access to meetings with other Indian lobbyists, congressional hearings, and many other government officials and institutions. The internship program has twelve week terms year-round. The deadlines for application are as follows: December 1 - Winter term, March 1 - Spring term, May 1 - Summer term, and August 1 - Fall term. Compensation for the internship is a $500 weekly salary (tax deductible). Inquiries and requests for applications can be e-mailed to: c.mcneil@worldnet.att.net or sent to: Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Attn: Internship Information 1299 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 1250 Washington, DC 20004. Please address correspondence to Chris McNeil, Jr., Washington Representative & Counsel. Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to your application. --------- "RE: Drawings by Children" --------- Date: Sat, 07 Sep 1996 04:56:54 +0200 From: Iwo Gajda Subj: Present drawings by children from your cultures Newsgroups: soc.culture.native Hello Parents, Teachers and Children ! I'd like to invite you to the recently created internet resource called "The Children's Art Gallery" at: http://redfrog.norconnect.no/~cag/ The gallery presents works of art by children from various cultures and age groups. Works presented in the gallery come from such countries/cultures as: China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Norway, Poland, Scotland, South Africa, USA and Western Sahara. ... and are created by children from 3 to 14 years old. The gallery is designed to facilitate sharing of drawings made by children among all of us on the internet. Visitors can not only view the drawings that are already presented in the gallery but also present their own drawings. If you have your drawing(s) in "gif" or "jpeg" format then you can transfer it to the gallery directly from your web browser ... transferred drawings are visible immediately. Information on how to do it and where to get help when your drawing requires scanning is available on the site. The collection can be viewed in user selectable exhibitions (by child's name, age, country, year, teacher, school, project) or within pre selected exhibitions dedicated to a child, school, pupils of a teacher ... Children, teachers, schools ... that present more then 5-10 drawings are invited to present themselves within their own dedicated exhibitions. I invite you to use and enjoy the new facility. If you know about others who might be interested in the project then please, forward this invitation to them, too. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Iwo Gajda | Internet mail: | | Kantarellen Terr. 37 | | | 1286 Oslo |----------------------------------------------| | NORWAY | WWW-pages: http://notam.uio.no/~iwog/ | | Phone: +47 22618804 | http://redfrog.norconnect.no/ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- "RE: Poem: My Ancestors" --------- Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 15:44:20 -0400 From: "David B. Bowden" Subj: My Ancestors UUCP email I hear my ancestors calling softly by the wind blowing through the trees. David are you there? David can you hear? I hear my ancestors calling softly through the bubbling stream. David cant you see us? We know that you are there. I hear my ancestors calling softly by the eagle soaring through the sky. David we knew that it was only a matter of good time. The mysteries of life are many. The way of the Creator is profound. The joy that we bring to each other. A very beautifully sound. Full of the happiness of the people The ones that we hold so dear. The faces of our loved ones. full of hope and smiling cheer. I hear my ancestors calling softly in joyous harmonies David we knew you find us. the way is finally clear. I met with Firehair today. She asked me my family names Where my people were from. On my mothers side I am Native I find. I wrote this to express my feelings of finding out that the things that I felt were true. The feelings of finally knowing. The joy in my heart. David --------- "RE: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days" --------- Date: 96/09/04 23:28 From: Debra F. Sanders (dfsanders@genie.geis.com) Subj: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days genie email A HAWAIIAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of September 15-21 KEPAKEMAPA (September) (Mahoe Hope) 15 See the dance of the rain upon the leaves; hear the laughter of the waves upon the shore. 16 Be like the mountain stream -- if something blocks your path, flow around it. 17 In this world, there is time enough for all things. 18 The road I walk is always unfolding before me; what lies around the next bend is a new adventure. 19 The dolphins leap and play upon the waves at morning; they are the eternal children of the sea. 20 The world seen from the eye of aeko, the eagle, is a vast and wondrous place. 21 Our hopes and dreams inter-weave in the intricate patterns of love, aloha. (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, 12 September 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 Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 17:59:13 -0500 (CDT) From: Myra Alexander Subj: AISES Regional ANNOUNCING American Indian Science and Engineering Society Region IV Conference* Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma October 4-6, 1966 Events begin with a 6:00 PM dinner and ends on Noon, Sunday FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call AISES at 405-744-6264, or Native Americans in Biological Science at 405-744-7008 *AISES Region IV is Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Missouri ------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 15:09:35 -0700 From: berryj@okway.okstate.edu (John Berry) Subj: Conference Announcement SHARING THE VISION NATIVE AMERICAN SURVIVAL IN THE AGE OF HIV/AIDS Portland, Oregon September 23-27, 1996 MEETING DATES Monday, Sept. 23 - Friday, Sept. 27 AND TIMES: Monday - Thurs. 9:00AM - 5:00pm each day Friday 8:30AM - 12 Noon MEETING LOCATION: Red Lion Hotel Columbia River 1401 North Hayden Island Drive Portland, OR 97217 (503)283-2111 phone (503)283-4718 fax CONTACT INFO: Ms. Andrea Green Rush Tech. Assist. Coordinator National Native American AIDS Prevention Center 2100 Lake Shore Dr., Suite A Oakland, CA 94606 (510)444-2051 phone (510)444-1593 fax E-Mail: Andreagr@aol.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Maybe see you there? John Berry -------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 4 Sep 1996 12:09:58 -0400 From: rbeaul5961@aol.com (RBeaul5961) Subj: POW WOW UPSTATE NY - 9/14-15/96 5th ANNUAL KEEPERS OF THE CIRCLE Schenectady County Airport, Glenville NY Gates Open 10 - Dusk Grand Entry 12 Noon each day Host Drum: Mazipskwik/Abenaki, Other guest drums invited Storytelling by Joseph Bruchac, Author/Storyteller Crafts-Art-Food-Wildlife-Pony Rides Native American Traders Only Bring your own chair/blanket For more info: (518)489-0758 ======================================================= Northeaster and Southeastern Powwow dancers, singers, drums, traders and spectators... How'd you like to see 8 pages of powwow listings along the eastern coast that look like this: September 18-19-20-21-22/96 MASHANTUCKET, CT (Mashantucket Pequot Res) The Mashatucket Pequot Tribe Presents Schemitzun 96. Fifth Annual Feast of Green Corn and Dance. Call at 1-800-PLAYBIG, and ask for "Schemitzun Festival." (The people in this cultural office remind me of the Keystone Cops.) There is big prize money here and tons of dancers and traders. The biggest quality event in the East. Go! You don't need to know the names and players. Just enjoy. Don't bother with the cultural office. Confirmed. Wayne Reels 1-203-885-1441. 1-203-536-2681, 1-800-445-7811, and 1-800-224-CORN. Traders send resume and proof of tribal affiliation to Schemitzun Committee, P.O. Box 3161, Mashantucket, CT 06339-3161 for general details. That's typical _Spike_. Jimmy Boy Dial gives you full powwow info for your region, along with his unmistakable style. For four years, I've frequently posted partial Spike listings -- it's one way you've been getting information about powwows in your area. But now, Jimmy Boy needs subscribers to stay in business. If you've enjoyed having access to the Spike's info and would like to keep on getting information about great powwows to see and not-so-great ones to avoid in your area -- subscribe now! Subscriptions are $36 for US subscribers or $38 U.S. Postal Funds Money Order in Canada for 1 year (12 issues). Send to The Spike, P.O. Box 368 Miltown, NJ 08850 [Editorial Comment: We strongly support subscriptions to the _Spike_. Jimmy Boy is a friend of the traditional powwow dancer, singer, and vendor; and needs you to support him with your subscription.] ================================================================ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- 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: Leonard Peltier defense Committee, Stephen La Boueff, David B. Bowden, Larry Kibby, Dusty Tenetke, Joseph Thompson, Paula Giese via John Berry, Alan Moomaw via John Berry, Joseph C. Winter, Don Rayment, Debra Sanders, Janet Smith, Mary Battaglia-Dog Soldier, Nicole Wellman via AISES, Scott R. Ladd, Larry Kibby, Cacike Ciba Guanikeu, Iwo Gajda, Bernard J. Rock, Sr. via Feather Eaglerock, Joanna Soto Aviles Wesley Laughing at Me(Press Release), Dwight A. Corrin,\ -//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Part B of this newsletter has already been distributed via the NATIVE-L or NATCHAT mailing lists. --------- "RE: Conferences and Powwows - online" --------- Date: Thu, 5 September 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 Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 10:54:53 -0400 From: mnation@axess.com Subj: Honoring The Late Tadadaho of the Iroquois Confederacy (28 Sept.) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) TRIBUTE DINNER Honoring the Late TADADAHO of the Iroquois Confederacy Chief Leon Shenandoah, Sr. to be held on Native American Day Saturday, September 28, 1996 6PM-11PM The NEW Jamesville Grove Route 91 Jamesville-Pompey Road, Jamesville, New York While Leon is no longer with us, his legacy is. This evening will honor the life of Tadadaho Leon Shenandoah, Sr. and his long years of service to his people and the Confederacy. The dinner coincides with the new state holiday, Native American Day, which Governor George Pataki signed into law in memory of the late Tadadaho, Onondaga Chief Leon Shenandoah. The tribute dinner will also raise $50,000 to build a new house for Leon's wife on the Onondaga Nation Territory. The Shenandoah's current house is scheduled to be torn down to provide parking for the Onondaga Nation School. One of Leon's last wishes was that we complete a home for Thelma on their Hemlock Road property, where she can spend her remaining years. Your encouragement and gifts of support are much appreciated. Everyone is welcome. The program includes: drums and singers, opening prayers, social dance, keynote speaker, dinner, dancing, and personal reminiscences of Leon. Tribute Dinner Tickets Individual: $25.00 per ticket Sponsored tables: $200 (8 persons per table) Gifts & Contributions: All amounts will be gratefully put to work! For more information call 315/469-6243 Please send checks or U.S. money orders and reservations for the dinner by September 20, 1996, to: Housing Fund for Thelma Shenandoah, P.O. Box 56, Nedrow, New York 13120 -------------------------------------------- From: rbeaul5961@aol.com (RBeaul5961) Subj: IROQUOIS ART FESTIVAL 9/7-8/96 Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) CHRISJOHN'S 10TH ANNUAL- SEPT. 7-8-, 1996 DUTCHESS COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, RTE 9 RHINEBECK NY ADMISSION: ADULTS $6/CHILDREN & SR $4/CHILD. UNDER 5 FREE OPEN 10 AM - 6 PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY RAIN OR SHINE. FEATURING: Iroquois Social Dancing, Intertribal Dancing, Native American Songs, Story Telling, Birds of Prey, Historian Harold Dellinger, Singer/Song Writer: Tom Obomsawin, MC: Bob White Eagle, Host drum: Rocky Park Singers. For further info: call (914)758-6526 or (518)622-3324 --------- "RE: Another Leech Lake Lawsuit" --------- Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 17:50:16 -0500 From: eaglerok@northernnet.com (feather eaglerock) Subj: Another Lawsuit filed against LL Chairman Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) NEWS RELEASE: NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS OUTREACH AND RESOURCE CENTER Leech Lake Chairman Eli Hunt is being sued for the second time in his two months in office. Twin Cities law firm Jacobson, Buffalo, Schoessler & Magnuson, Ltd. receives $60,000 annual retainer and fees of $140 hour, paid with tribal funds to represent the entire tribal council. Steve Thorne and James Schoessler are currently representing four tribal council members (including two convicted felons) against the duly elected tribal chairman in a suit seeking state court intervention to enforce a Minnesota Chippewa Tribal Court order. James Schoessler also serves as general council to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, and as a former Minnesota assistant attorney general he represented the state in court against the Tribe and individual reservations. Chairman Hunt maintains that this a clear conflict of interest. On July 19, Chairman Hunt notified the law firm that their contract with Leech Lake would be suspended. He then filed a complaint with the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board. In Hunt's ethics complaint, filed prior to the current suit in state court, he accuses the firm of violating the terms of contract by billing the reservation for legal advice and services to individual RBC members, and for advice given during illegally convened Business Committee meetings. Citing professional codes for attorneys, Hunt argued that ; "Nowhere in Rule 1,13 does it allow for the possibility of having an attorney who previously represented an organization (the RBC) suing one of his own clients. The clear meaning of the Rule suggests that an attorney for the RBC cannot take sides in an internal dispute between leaders of an organization. The complaint filed against Chairman Hunt by Schoessler and Thorne in Cass County court: "Defendant Eli O, Hunt is directing, aiding and abetting a trespass on the premises of the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians and has prevented, by order and buy the physical effort of individuals under his control, the RBT/RTC from removing the trespassers. The litigation also threatens force if there is no state intervention: "It increases the likelihood of violence and physical confrontation on the Leech Lake Reservation by forcing the duly-elected government to consider using self-help to remove the trespassers from its premises..." The "trespassers" referred to in the complaint are enrolled members of the Leech Lake Reservation. They include the administrative staff that was appointed by Chairman Hunt. And the duly-elected members of the General Council. The suit against Hunt asks the court to review internal political and constitutional questions -- which the state has no jurisdiction to even consider -- and to actively side with the four conspiratorial RBC members against the reservation's highest elected official. On July 19 the council met in secret and drafted a resolution claiming to grant original jurisdiction to an appeals court of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe to "hear" and decide cases and controversies concerning the authority of the Reservation Tribal Council and of Band Officers and Employees." The resolution was signed only by Brown, although the chairman's signature is legally required on such documents. Hunt has already challenged the jurisdiction and legitimacy of the tribal court, which operates with neither constitutional authorization nor clear federal recognition. At that time Hunt also raised conflict of interest charges against Thorne and Schoessler, as well as Chief Judge Chris Anderson who is the cousin of attorney Mark Anderson of the Jacobson, Buffalo, Schoessler & Magnuson law firm. The four council members continue to refuse to meet in open forum with the people. They continue to hold secret meetings and pass illegal resolutions. These four council members continue to delay the licensing of the newly appointed gaming administrators, thus placing the casinos at risk of closure, and loss of income for many families, both on and off the reservation. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Bernard J. Rock, Sr. Leech Lake Pillager Band Spotted Eagle Warrior Society North Central Minnesota Native American Veterans Outreach and Resource Center --------- "RE: Mohawk Reclaim School" --------- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 15:28:00 EST From: wesley_laughing_at_lme@isdtcp3.hwc.ca Subj: Press Release from Mohawks of Akwesasne Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) The following press release is from the Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) people of Akwesasne regarding the education of their children. For the information of the subscribers, Akwesasne is located in New York State, and the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Akwesasne is part of the Mohawk Nation, which in turn is part of the Six Nations (Iroquois) Confederacy. After 30 years of New York State paying for all Mohawk children of Akwesasne attending New York public schools, suddenly some of the Mohawk children will have to pay to attend school. Nearly 30 years ago, Mohawk People boycotted the local New York State public schools due to conditions. Press Release September 4, 1996 The St. Regis Mohawk School was reclaimed by the community of Akwesasne this morning. It is our intent that this school will be used by our community to provide our children with a quality education. This process is being undertaken with the full support of the three governments in Akwesasne, the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs. The actions today are being taken because it is our responsibility as parents to provide our children with the best education they can get. The State of New York and the Salmon River Central School District have had almost 30 years to address the concerns of this community. Our goal is to offer more choices of education for the families of Akwesasne, both a community based school in Akwesasne and the school systems in Cornwall, Massena and Fort Covington. It is understood that some families are satisfied with the existing school systems and it is their right to send their children where they want to. However, there are a great many who believe that it is time for a unified school district in Akwesasne, a unified Board of Education and control of the education process. The residents of Fort Covington, Bombay, Massena, and Cornwall have that. We want no less. The actions taken today is not a boycott of Salmon River. It is an assertion of our rights and responsibilities as parents to educate our children. It is important to note that the community is not part of the Salmon River School District. Historically, the State has had two contracts with the district to educate our children, one for the Salmon River School and one for the St. Regis Mohawk School. The community of Akwesasne is not allowed to be a signatory on a contract that affects our children's future. It is time for the State to contract directly with the Mohawk people, not with a third party. The Salmon River Central School District leases the Mohawk School from the State of New York for $1.00 per ten years. This morning Dr. Singleton was given this money back. This school belongs to the Mohawk people. The decision to take control of this building was made yesterday at a community meeting with over one hundred people in attendance. It was the third community meeting held over the past week. More meetings will be held tonight. One will be held at the school for parents to speak and one at the HUD building for students to speak. --------- "RE: Western Shoshone Hot Spring Threatened" --------- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 19:36:42 PST From: scottrobertladd@juno.com (Scott R Ladd) Subj: Western Shoshone Hot Spring Threatened by Canadian Mining Company Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) -------------------- Action Alert!!! -------------------- Canadian Mining Company Threatens Western Shoshone Hot Spring September 8, 1996 The Dann family of the Western Shoshone Nation, the Western Shoshone Defense Project, and the Western Shoshone National Council are asking for your immediate assistance in protecting a site of cultural and spiritual significance. Oro Nevada Mining Company has filed a Notice of Intent with the Bureau of Land Management to conduct exploratory drilling for gold directly on top of a hot spring located approximately one mile south of the Dann Ranch in Crescent Valley Nevada. The drilling is scheduled to start in early September and may begin any day now. The Danns and the W.S.N.C have informed the B.L.M. and the mining company that the hot spring and the surrounding area is extremely important spiritually and culturally and requested that it not be disturbed by mining activity. In response to these requests Oro Nevada has repeatedly mislead Western Shoshone representatives and moved forward with their exploration plans. Previous exploratory drilling has destroyed other hot springs in the area. The hot spring adjacent to the Dann ranch is especially vulnerable because of its low flow. The intrusion of mining activity onto this sacred area represents an attack on freedom of religion, a right guaranteed by the United States Constitution. Public pressure mast be applied to force the BLM and Oro Nevada to respect the rights of the Western Shoshone and preserve their cultural sites. Background The U.S. Constitution states that treaties -- agreements between sovereign nations -- are the supreme law of the land. The 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley between the U.S. and the Western Shoshone Nation remains in effect, affirming the sovereign status of the Western Shoshone and recognizing the boundaries of their territory. The destruction of cultural sites and water resources was clearly not intended to be permitted through the Treaty of Ruby Valley. Oro Nevada's activities fall within the boundaries of the Western Shoshone Nation and violate the intent of the Treaty and the U.S. Constitution. Oro Nevada Mining Company first appeared in the Crescent Valley area in early Spring 1996, staking claims on most of the so-called public lands surrounding the Dann ranch. In July 1996, Oro Nevada purchased the neighboring Dean Ranch, 48,000 acres of private land spread across the Dann's traditional use area. In total, Oro Nevada controls over 94,000 acres of land in the Crescent Valley area. The company is completely owned by Oro Nevada Resources Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is selling stock through the MVP Capital Corporation, also of Toronto. They were able to raise 40 million dollars (US) almost overnight to fund the purchase of the Dean Ranch and their exploration activities in Crescent Valley. One of the founding directors is a wealthy Canadian geologist named Ian Parks, who has connections with mining ventures around the world. The Danns live in one of the few places surrounding the world famous "Carlin Trend" ore body that has not been extensively explored or impacted by gold mining ventures. These activities by Oro Nevada represent the final invasion of transnational gold mining ventures on the traditional lands of the Dann family. The potential of these activities to destroy the hot spring and other cultural sites represents not only an attack on the Dann family but on the cultural integrity of the Western Shoshone Nation. The destruction of sacred sites is an attempt at the destruction of the spirit. These acts constitute genocide against the Western Shoshone Nation. What We Are Asking Phone calls, faxes and letters are needed to the BLM and Oro Nevada. because of the immediacy of the situation. Important points to make are: + The Danns and the Western Shoshone National Council have asked that no drilling or other mining activities occur in Section 10, Township 28 North, Range 49 East, the area containing the hot spring. The United States government has still failed to provide documentation on how they acquired legal title to Western Shoshone lands. Until they prove title has been legally transferred, the Western Shoshone retain their rights and responsibilities towards their traditional territory. Mining companies and the Federal Government must respect the wishes of the Dann family and the Western Shoshone Nation. + The U.S. Constitution guarantees the freedom of religion. This freedom is meaningless if the sites connected to the practice of the religion are destroyed. Other laws protecting cultural sites such as the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act have been ignored in regards to the drilling around the hot spring. + Hot springs are rare and represent places of very significant cultural and spiritual value to the Western Shoshone. If a hot spring is destroyed it cannot be replaced. Drilling has damaged or destroyed hot springs in the past. The destruction of these sacred places represents a continued genocide against the Western Shoshone. + You support the Western Shoshone in their desire for the hot spring and other cultural areas to remain undisturbed. The following individuals and companies should be contacted immediately and frequently: Robert Allen Jones Anne Morgan President State Director Ore Nevada Mining Bureau of Land Management Company 850 Harvard Way 6490 South MeCarran Blvd. P.O. Box 12000 Building D-1, Suite 34 Reno, Nevada 89520-0006 Reno, Nevada 89509 phone: 702-785-6400 phone; 702-825-7499 fax: 702-785-6411 fax: 702-825-5277 Helen Hankins Peter M. Slocombe District Manager Investment Manager Elko BLM Oro Nevada Resources Inc. P.O. 831 20 Adelaide St. East Elko, Nevada 89803 Suite 200 phone: 702-753-0200 Toronto, Ontario M5C 2T6 fax: 702-753-0255 phone: 416-368-2985 fax: 416-368-5201 Margaret Jarniesen MVP Capital Corp. Box 28 20 Adelaide St. East Suite 200 Toronto, Ontario MSC 2T6 phone: 416-867-1100 fax: 416-867-1109 People may be needed to participate in protests or non-violent civil disobedience to protect the hot spring and other cultural sites in the area. This would be a last resort if other avenues fail to persuade the BLM or Oro Nevada. Call us if you would be able to come out to Crescent Valley to assist. Please remember that the Western Shoshone continue to abide by the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley, a treaty of "Peace and Friendship" with the United States. We are committed to non-violence. Firearms, drugs and alcohol are strictly prohibited! Please call first if you can come out. Donations of money and office supplies are always needed. Research is needed on Oro Nevada and its Canadian relations. We are especially interested in discovering what individuals and/or companies have invested in Oro Nevada Resources Inc. or MVP Capital Corp. Please contact the W.S.D.P for more information! Western Shoshone Defense Project P. O. Box 211106 Crescent Valley, NV 89821 702/468-0230 voice 702/468-0237 fax --------- "RE: Seneca Chief Crosses Over" --------- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 04:36:20 -0500 From: mohawk@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu Subj: Chief Parker of the Tonawanda Seneca Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Chief Bernard Parker, Chief of the Tonawanda Band of Seneca, died yesterday at around 3:30 P.M. The cause was listed as complications from gallbladder surgery. Bernard Parker was a traditional chief in good standing with the Six Nations Iroquois confederacy. His tenure was marked by controversy during which Seneca entrepreneurs and others competed for profits in the trade in reservation sales to non-Indians in sales of tobacco and motor fuels to non-Indians. Chief Parker favored regulation of such businesses by Indian governments and in the public interest. His political enemies raised a number of objections to his authority in public but not in the Six Nations government where the credentials of traditional chiefs have been decided for centuries. He was a tireless defender of the principle that the profits of such transactions should benefit the Indian nations and not be limited to the benefit of the individual entrepreneurs or their organizations alone. He also stood in opposition to Senecas who sought to profit from ecologically destructive schemes, such as dumping of toxic wastes on Indian reservations in defiance of Indian governments. These issues have generated enormous propaganda efforts in recent years which sought to depose Chief Parker and to deny the traditional governments the right to determine their own membership. Some such efforts are currently before the U.S. courts which could invade the powers of Indian nations to determine their own membership, an obvious invasion of Indian sovereignty. His term of office withstood a variety of claims, common within the framework of Indian politics, of profit-taking and corruption which sought to impugn his personal integrity. He was a hard working individual of generally unquestioned integrity whose work engendered great respect among the traditional chiefs and community of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy. Legalistic arguments about his standing, properly the business of the Six Nations Confederacy council, have been raised in public forums but not in the Six Nations Council where he was a fully accepted member in good standing. He will be sorely missed. --------- "RE: Victim of Mental Health System" --------- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 22:01:56 -0500 From: dcorrin@ibm.net (Dwight A. Corrin) Subj: Tarahumara victim of mental health system Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Rita Quintero, a Tarahumara who was found in Kansas, was adjudged dangerous to herself or others and put in a mental hospital in 1983. She remained there until 1995, although she was never even seen by anyone who spoke Raramari until about 1993. Her mental health was always judged as if she were a member of a European culture (spanish based culture rather than English based). The possibility Tarahumara culture included different values, which would seem unusual to Anglo culture, was not considered. I am one of the attorneys who have filed suit for Rita against many of the health professionals who we believe violated Rita's rights by keeping her institutionalized all those years. We have been able to get Rita out of the hospital and back to the State of Chihuahua, where she is hopefully becoming reintegrated into her own world. We are interested in finding mental health professionals, social workers and other professionals who could help us establish the standard of care in dealing with Native Americans who have not been swallowed by Euro-American culture. Best would be people who are able to speak Raramari. More details are available on the net. A copy of the AMENDED COMPLAINT we have filed in this case is available at: http://www.fdl.cc.mn.us/natnet/issues/rita-quintero.html Five articles which have appeared in the Kansas City Star are now also available. They do not appear here in chronological order, but in the order the Star numbered them. - Group sues over Indian woman's treatment at hospital: http://www.kcstar.com/reprints/rq1.html - Aged Indian woman to return home soon: http://www.kcstar.com/reprints/rq2.html - Breaking free from a tangle of bureaucracy Rita Quintero returns to Mexico after being in hospital for 12 years: http://www.kcstar.com/reprints/rq3.html - Group brings hope to 'mystery' woman Rita Quintero's plight prompts journey to hospital: http://www.kcstar.com/reprints/rq4.html - Mysterious case begins to unravel Mexican woman has been in a Kansas mental hospital for 12 years: http://www.kcstar.com/reprints/rq5.html This is going to be a long struggle to try to help Rita and other persons who become trapped in the mental health system. We will need all the help we can get. I know that funds appeals are not appropriate here, but we also are going to need some people who have experience in fund raising who can help us get something started to help Rita financially as well as to defray the legal costs involved in pursuing her suit. ._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. Dwight A Corrin :: P O Box 47828 :: Wichita KS 67201-7828 dcorrin@ibm.net :: 316/ 263-9706 :: fax 316/ 263-6385 --------- "RE: Finngate Felons Convicted" --------- Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 09:21:35 -0500 From: eaglerok@northernnet.com (feather eaglerock) Subj: Finngate felons convicted Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) NEWS RELEASE FROM NORTH CENTRAL NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS OUTREACH AND RESOURCE CENTER The Sentences handed down on Thursday, August 5 by U.S. District Judge Michael Davis: Former state Senator Harold "Skip" Finn sentences to 57 months in prison, three years supervised release and 60 hours of community service and was fined $100,000. Former tribal chairman Alfred "Tig" Pemberton sentenced to 33 months in prison and two years supervised release and was ordered to pay $66,4490 in restitution to the Leech Lake Band. Daniel Brown, secretary/treasurer of the Leech Lake Band was sentences to 12 months of home confinement and two years supervised release and was fined $7500. Brown was given a more lenient sentence due to his age and heart condition. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Bernard J. Rock, Sr. Leech Lake Pillager Band Spotted Eagle Warrior Society North Central Minnesota Native American Veterans Outreach and Resource Center --------- "RE: A Time of Thanksgiving" --------- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 14:10:04 -0400 From: jsaviles@voicenet.com (Joanna Soto Aviles) Subj: A Time of Thanksgiving (13 October, Allentown, PA) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) The Museum of Indian Culture 2825 Fish Hatchery Road Allentown, Pennsylvania 18103-9801 Invites the public to attend our next annual outdoor event: A Time of Thanksgiving Sunday, October 13, 1996 11:00 am - 5:00 pm Parking is a $2.00 a car donation. Please bring your own seating. NO PETS ALLOWED. Please note that the Museum is NOT open during the event. There will be drumming, dancing, food, and vendors at this event. Additional Drummers, Dancers, and Vendors are Welcome! For more information, call (610) 797-2121. ----------------------------------------------------------------- HELP PRESERVE AMERICA'S CULTURAL HERITAGE! By becoming a member of the Lenni Lenape Historical Society, you will be helping one of the finest small cultural museums in the country to preserve and share a local Indian culture. Your support will directly underwrite exhibitions and a wide variety of education programs serving pre-school, school age and special education students of this region. CALL (610) 797-2121 for details. ----------------------------------------------------------------- THE LENNI LENAPE From the beginning, the Lenni Lenape have played a part in Pennsylvania's cultural history. Their ancestors were the first people to hear the whisperings of nature as they walked through the woods and swam in the streams: their heritage touches everyone who lives in the Commonwealth today. They respected the land and learned to live with nature, developing strong ties to the land, water, air, plants, animals, and other creatures. They were able to survive many changes brought by the settlers because of these ties and beliefs. Although many of the Lenape left the area, many others stayed and today pass along the lifeways of their ancestors for others to share. In 1980, Carla J.S. Messinger and Dorothy S. Schiavone, local Lenape descendants, founded the Lenni Lenape Historical Society to provide accurate, positive information about the Lenape people. Two years later, with the help of numerous volunteers and members, they opened the Museum of Indian Culture on Fish Hatchery road, along the Little Lehigh River in Allentown. The Museum celebrates the Commonwealth's diverse population by sharing Lenape culture from the Lenape point of view, with people of all ages and abilities. The founders have been recognized for their success in sharing the Lenape cultural heritage and encouraging ecological conservation with thousands of visitors. THE MUSEUM OF INDIAN CULTURE The Museum of Indian Culture offers a place for everyone to learn about the Lenni Lenape. They are most readily known as Delaware Indians, the Native Americans who lived in harmony with nature along the Delaware and Hudson Rivers for thousands of years before the "Shouwunnok" (salty people) came. They were hunters and gatherers and then, for 1,000 years before European settlers arrived, they farmed the region of what is now New York, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. There were three geographic divisions: the Munsee, or Minnisink, lived in the Pennsylvania highlands and New York; the Unami, or river people, lived in what is today the Lehigh Valley region; and the Unilatchigo, or southern people, lived in New Jersey, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania. - EXPLORE the museum, participate in work projects, programs, or festivals, and listen to the words and memories of the Lenape who have lived in this region for thousands of years. - TOUR the Museum and grounds, participate in specialized educational programs, and/or utilize the Resource Center. - EXPERIENCE Lenape ceremonies. To interpret the importance of corn, the Society presents three annual festivals: Spring Corn Festival, 1st Sunday in May Roasting Ears of Corn Food Fest, 2nd Sunday in August Time of Thanksgiving, 2nd Sunday in October - LEARN through the Museum's Educational Services, cultural heritage programs taught from the Lenni Lenape point of view, with slides, stories, artifacts, and games. - READ and utilize the materials in the Museum's Resource Center and library. - SHOP in the newly-renovated gift shop for crafts and project kits; books on Native American culture, history, arts and crafts, as well as cooking; cassette tapes; posters and cards; and education papers and booklets written by the Society, such as "Moccasin Making," "Clothing Changes," and "The Deer and Its Uses." - RELAX in the outdoor Pavilion and enjoy the serene surroundings. (Advance reservations required.) COME TO THE MUSEUM The Lenni Lenape Historical Society is a membership organization, begun in 1980 to provide education opportunities for learning about Lenape lifeways. There are numerous opportunities for volunteers to assist with programs, research, and tours. HOURS: General Visitors: Tuesday-Sunday, 12 noon to 3 PM, unless group in progress. Group Educational Programs: Tuesday-Sunday, 10 AM to 4 PM. Call to schedule; advanced reservations required. DIRECTIONS: The Museum of Indian Culture is located in The Bieber House at 2825 Fish Hatchery Road in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It is leased to the Society by the City of Allentown and is located along the Little Lehigh River, adjacent to the Fish Hatchery. From Interstate-78, US-22, PA-309, and RT-222 (Hamilton Blvd): Cedar Crest Boulevard (RT-29) south to Fish Hatchery Road, turn left. From Emmaus: Cedar Crest Boulevard (RT-29) north to Fish Hatchery Road, turn right. From 24th Street: Turn onto Fish Hatchery Road.