_ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' O ____ _ , ___ _ , ___ O o O / ' ) / / ) ' ) / / ' O o O / /-< / /--/ /-- VOLUME 04, ISSUE 038 O o o o o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 21 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 NATIVELIT-L, AISESnet, Taino-L, NativeWeb & NATIVE-L listservers; UUCP & genie email; Newsgroups: apc.indig.info,soc.culture.native,alt.native,apc.hr.indigenous, igc.indig.canada,apc.dev.mining,apc.indig.info,apc.motherearth,alt.sports Articles appearing have been previously posted for public dissemination and/or permission for inclusion has been secured. Letters of authorization are on file. A list of those granting permission to repost their words in this issue are listed at the end of part A. I thank each of you for allowing your words to be shared with the people. <----<<<< >>>>----> This newsletter is a way of keeping the brothers and sisters who share our Spirit informed about current events within the lives of those who walk the Red Road. Thanks to Don Rayment ,don.rayment@uptowne.com, Wotanging Ikche/ Kanoheda Aniyvwiya is being redistributed via a listserver. If you would like to receive Wotanging Ikche via the listserver, you can send a message to listserv@uptowne.com and include, in the body of your message "sub wotanging.ikche " Thanks to Marc Becker and David Cole issues of Wotanging Ikche/ Kanoheda Aniyvwiya are being archived at a World-Wide-Web site. - The URL is http://web.maxwell.syr.edu/nativeweb/journals/nanews Thanks to Borries Demeler all _Wotanging_Ikche_ (part a) submissions to AISESnet are archived under AISESnet and can be accessed easily by World Wide Web: 1994: http://bioc02.uthscsa.edu/94_dis.html 1995: http://bioc02.uthscsa.edu/95_dis.html 1996: http://bioc02.uthscsa.edu/96_dis.html This is a searchable index to the AISESnet Discussion mailing list database archive, and the keyword "Wotanging" will retrieve all issues for that year. "It is said that there is never enough religion in the world to make people love one another--just enough to make them hate one another. As the twentieth century draws to a close, incendiary blends of fundamentalist religion, politics, nationalism, and ethnic zealotry engender countless examples of atrocity in the name of faith and orthodoxy. If anything, religious persecution is more savage now than ever before in the history of mankind." __ James A. Haught, "Holy Horrors: an Illustrated history of Religious Murder and Madness" (New York: Prometheus Books, 1990) +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | Indian Pledge of Allegiance | The Indian Pledge of Alleg- | | iance was first presented | I pledge allegiance to my Tribe,| on 2 December '93 during the | to the democratic principles | opening address of the Nat- | of the Republic | ional Congress of American | and to the individual freedoms | Indian Tribal-States Relat- | borrowed from the Iroquois and | ions Panel in Reno, NV. NCAI | Choctaw Confederacies, | plans distribution of the | as incorporated in the United | Indian Pledge to all Indian | States Constitution, | Nations. | so that my forefathers | | shall not have died in vain | Walk in Beauty! Night Owl +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ O'siyo Brothers and Sisters! A friend shared the following with me, and asked if I thought it might be something to share with you, as well. I do, and here it is. Indians should ask more questions when hiring consultants. Forewarned is forearmed. There are still many ways by which traditional values can be undermined. It has come to our attention that the native community of Prairie Island in Wisconsin is utilizing the services of a world-wide communications firm that also represents Hydro-Quebec, the Quebec utility that has destroyed James Bay, as well as Quebec tourism (this summer's marketing campaign to get Americans to spend their dollars in the province that wants to break up Canada was called "Quebec Is Cool."). I have no doubt this public relations firm knows their business and will provide needed attention focus for Prarie Island. This is not the point nor the question my friend and I raise. If you are known by the company you keep, and that company has worked hard to undermine another nation, where does that place you? If it comes down to a battle of dollars, and your dollars cannot match those of a megabuck utility, casino management firm, or financial resource can you ever be sure it is your interests that will be served? Time after time, first nations have learned the hard way just how thin the promises are of those who came late to Turtle Island. I simply ask that more attention might be invested in knowing your enemies and friends before investing in the promises made across a mahogany table. 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 - Kahnawake Casino - Conferences and Powwows - online - IAIA Stuff - Oneida Land Claim Dispute - Sovereignty - Ward Valley Action Alert - Help Spread the Word - Innu Challenge Labrador Metis - Big Mountain: Stop Bill S.1973 - Native America Calling - School Needs Help - What Should We Be Called - Theft of NA Artifacts - Boarding School Story - Art Auction - Chippewas of Nawash - Request for Support & Donations - Community House Web Page - NA Technology Needs - Reviews: Children's Books - Poem: Ancient Elders - Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days - Conferences and Powwows - offline --------- "RE: Kahnawake Casino" --------- Date: 15 Sep 96 11:11:00 From: FROSTY.DEERE@igloo.magicnet.com (FROSTY DEERE) Subj: Kahnawake Casino Newsgroup: alt.native Well, the government of Separatist Parti Quebecois had to save face I would guess, and so they arrested some of the Non-Native Dealers. The objective was to shut the Casino down that is up and running to raise money that is needed for the youth programs in Kahnawake. On TV, a SQ Police officer stated "he didn't think one cent was going to the youth but to organized crime". They have told the public if they are seen entering they could be charged for going to a illegal gaming house. One has to wonder about Quebec and its one government that is law over anyone that is not French. I can not recall how many times this summer I have seen Casino's around this area raise money for Farmer, Youth, Building and many other things. They want to have a dialog but the dialog always has to be, "what they want, what they say, and they have to be in control". The native people are only doing what they have the right to do and in this case the Mohawks of Kahnawake, are doing just that. Will it remain open ? I am sure it will. The government will keep pressing to show that its SQ Police and its laws will be enforced in Quebec and should show the public what and how they will or could enforce things if they separate from Canada. Let's face it. They will not respect anything once they separate from anyone that is not French. Then a civil war will start in the form of personal verbal attacks, and lead up to intimidation. Peace --------- "RE: IAIA Stuff" --------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 07:23:25 -0600 (MDT) From: steve laboueff Subj: iaia stuff -- commentary column Mailing List: NATIVELIT HOWLS -- Commentary on Indian Arts Education -- An update on controversial administrative actions at the Institute for American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. 1. Congressman Bill Richardson (NM-Representative) directed President Beatrice Sanchez to announce the results of an IAIA audit for FY 1995. Last week (9/6), President Sanchez held a joint press conference with the FBI and announced that $310,000 had been embezzled from IAIA and that the FBI would conduct an investigation. As a former faculty member who is an Indian, this concerned me greatly. Seventeen out of 27 faculty members were cut from IAIA leaving only three full-time Indian faculty. In 1995, Congress cut IAIA's budget from $9.4M to $5.4M for FY 95-96. At that time nearly 50 faculty and staff were terminated. Remaining faculty members gave up their summer and much of their free time during the fall and spring semesters to meet and come up with recommendations about curriculum changes and staffing needs to meet the challenges of the reduction in funds, only to be thwarted by a reduced enrollment cap imposed by President Sanchez. At the end of the Spring, 1996 semester, a Task Force made up of faculty members again met for two weeks and submitted their recommendations for curriculum changes and faculty positions needed to teach the curriculum--they recommended that 22 out of 27 faculty be retained and that culturally-based curriculum (Indian culture) be increased. President Sanchez ignored these recommendations and instituted her own plan. She then stated to Congressional leaders that the IAIA community (faculty and students) had been consulted and approved of the changes. This is not true--faculty recommendations were ignored. Then Board of Trustees member Sanchez subsequently instituted herself as President of IAIA through a questionable search committee process (she was selected over qualified Indian candidates and members of the search committee were under her direct authority, raising conflict of interest issues). She apparently totally ignored the Indian preference law in terminating Indian faculty. Moreover, her use of criteria for retention was selective and in many cases seemingly purposeful in purging vocal critics of the Administration and IAIA Board. Many faculty members and community members have publicly campaigned for a Congressional investigation and a Government Accounting Office audit of IAIA governance, fiscal policies and procedures. I am one of them. My concern is that President Sanchez and the FBI will focus only on the $310K embezzlement. Mr. Doug Beldon of the FBI has confirmed this. President Sanchez and the Board will not be held accountable for poor management, planning, and fiscal procedures. Several IAIA departments (Native Images, the Museum, and Student Services) lost substantial amounts of monies in the past several years. The IAIA seems determined to simply move money around to cover poor management and planning. President Sanchez has publicly stated that she intends to use monies used from faculty cuts to cover the Student Services shortfall. Get a clue--what is wrong with this story?--somebody needs to be held accountable and not just cover the doodoo and look for scapegoats!! Ms. Sanchez appears more interested in damage control than problem-solving. 2 Although we had written the New Mexico delegation to Congress, only two out of five have responded--Senator Bingaman and Representative Schiff--both of those inquired of the IAIA Board Chair, Robert Ames, asking him to address the issues. Mr Ames patted himself on the back as the only Hopi to graduate from Stanford and said we should be lucky to have Ms. Sanchez as President. The tone was ingratiating to the Congressmen and implied that the faculty were just disgruntled because we lost our jobs-- y'all come and see us. Mr. Ames did NOT address the issue that Indian students were now paying $300 a credit hour for entry level, non-cultural curriculum that can be taken at any junior or community college for $17 an hour, nor did he address the issues of violation of Indian preference (terminating most of the Indian faculty) and conflict of interest (the Presidential search). We are now told that President Sanchez is preparing a public relations campaign to combat all of the negative publicity--she does not think it necessary to address the issues. 3. One of the dormitory Residential Assistants reported that Security for IAIA had approached them with photographs of three former faculty and asked if any of the three had been seen on the campus. There seems to be some fear that concerned Indian people may try to organize students into a protest? In the meantime more students are leaving IAIA--Ms. Sanchez would just regard them as having negative attitudes I suppose. There are reports of partying, drinking and fighting among the students--one student was severely beaten and had to be hospitalized. From=20my own experience in working with young people, I know that when there is confusion and little direction, anger is often turned inward, possibly they will turn on each other, or, alcohol and drug use escalates to numb themselves. We see this same pattern in many of our communities. 4. President Sanchez had touted her changes in faculty and curriculum as a response to North Central Accreditation review--IAIA was placed on a two-year probation in May, 1996. a) She had said that there were too many faculty teaching classes with hardly any students in them. Also, there were too many faculty. Ms Sanchez emphasized that she wanted to bring the faculty-student ratio into line with other similar institutions. This is how she justified her cap on recruitment and the number of faculty laid off. Reports from the campus tell a different story. Presumably there still are many courses that have from 1-5 students in them. b) Students are being bused to a pueblo cultural center for cultural courses (tuition--$25 a credit hour, compared to IAIA's $300) and the Santa Fe Community College ($17 a credit hour) to fulfill course requirements not offered by IAIA. Additionally, Ms. Sanchez wants to count the Indian faculty at the cultural center toward IAIA's Indian faculty ratio. No, no, no......it doesn't work that way, Teflon. 5. The Fall 1996 IAIA governing board of trustee's meeting apparently will not be held on campus. They will have a telephone conference call on Tuesday, 9/17, to do business. Perhaps they are afraid that the community would confront them if they met on the IAIA campus. The IAIA Board met in May, 1995. Shortly thereafter, Congress announced that it was zeroing out monies for IAIA. Faculty and staff met all summer trying to come up with a plan for survival The IAIA community in crisis did not see any IAIA Board members on campus until the fall semester at a orientation meeting for faculty and staff. They assured us that they would be there for us. They did not have another Board meeting on campus until February. There was no leadership for the IAIA community, only decisions from a distance. 6. Indian people are used to treatment like this from the BIA and other paternalistic and controlling institutions that claim to have the best interests of Indians at heart. It reminds me of an experiment where dogs were put into two groups. One group received painful electric shocks over a period of time while suspended in a harness. They had NO POWER TO CONTROL THEIR WELL BEING. These dogs were then placed with the control dogs who had not received shocks. The dogs were then placed in a pen with a metal floor. There was a barrier that divided the pen. An electrical current was sent through one half of the metal floor. The dogs began to run around to escape the shocks. The control dogs jumped over the barrier and found relief. The other dogs--those who had been conditioned to powerlessness in their suspended harnesses--did not see the possibility to get away from the painful electrical stimulus. The experiment was repeated several times. soon, those dogs who had jumped the barrier knew that they could be free from the pain and jumped the barrier as soon as the electrical current was introduced. The other dogs just LAID DOWN on the charged floor and ACCEPTED THEIR FATE. --------- "RE: Sovereignty" --------- Date: 15 Sep 96 10:17:34 EDT From: "Mark K. Bilbo" <102217.121@CompuServe.COM> Subj: Sovereignty UUCP email For those interested, the state of Louisiana is preparing to launch a new and major attack on tribal sovereignty in order to tax the tribal casinos within the state. The Lake Charles American Press of September 13, 1996 carried a story with the headline "State considers ways to tax Indian reservation casinos" which starts off: "Faced with losing tax revenue if video poker machines and casinos are shut down in some parishes, the state is looking how it might become the first to impose a tax on Indian reservation casinos. Gov. Mike Foster said that if his administration can find a way, it would face a certain court fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. 'There will be a move nationwide to look at the Indian tribes for revenue. It is a growing thing and it has never been tested in the courts. It is a distinct possibility,' Foster said." The state intends to base its attack on two new theories. The first being that state and local governments provide public services to the casinos but the state receives nothing. The second being federal rulings that exempt Indians from paying state income tax only if they both work *and live on reservations. I find the first argument absurd. The state of Louisiana *also provides "services" (as in roads, police, etc.) to residents of Texas when they drive into the state to go to casinos wether Indian or not. But they are not attempting to extend Louisiana state income tax to Texas and would be laughed out of court should they try. In *both cases, however, they do receive tax income from every purchase of gas or other items made within Louisiana by Texas visitors. In fact, the gas tax of the state is allegedly just for that purpose. To maintain roads and police and such services for those using the roads regardless of their state of residence. Additionally, while the tribal casinos do not directly pay state taxes, they are required under IGRA to reimburse the state for costs related to gaming law enforcement. All tribal casinos in Louisiana have compacts with the state that specify that the state can bill the tribes for the costs associated with maintaining "law and order" regards gaming enforcement and the State Police division over Indian Gaming is *entirely supported by tribal casinos. Further, the increase in tax revenue from related businesses off the reservations benefits the state. The parish in which I live only became able to fund road repair *after they started receiving agreed upon payments being made by the casino *and the increase in tax revenues from the increased business activities in the parish. On top of this is that the social services costs to the parish and state governments was *greatly reduced by the employment brought by the casino here. Unemployment, welfare roles, and unemployment expenditures *plummeted when the casino began operating. Formerly, this parish had almost *double digit unemployment. It is now below the national average. Far below. Land values have skyrocketed all over and non-Indians throughout the parish have realized serious capital gains on land that previously could not even be sold. The tiny little wide spot in the road called Kinder is seeing a construction boom. Two hotels and two new restaurants have opened. A new supermarket opened at the same time as the casino. Wal-Mart is talking about returning (they pulled out years ago). There's even a MacDonald's. Existing mom and pop restaurants and small motels have been refurbished and upgraded and are doing major business now when, previously, they were patronized by only a few locals. And we won't even mention the *serious increase in alcohol tax revenue. What more do they want? This weekend, I'm going to write a letter to the governor (for all the good it will do but I'm going to have my say at least) pointing out that the Coushatta (only one of the three tribal casinos) have done *more for this area economically in the past two years than the state of Louisiana and Mike Foster have *ever done. When I moved here, this area was almost at depression level unemployment. It definitely never left "recession" status. Now, even here in tiny little Elton, you see small businesses opening left and right. Every motel in a forty mile radius is packed. And they're rates are up around $80 a night at the *least in an area where $20 a night roach motels were the *norm. Not to mention the now 24 hour gas stations and convenience stores doing business seven days a week where once the streets were rolled up and put away at 6. Oh and I neglected to mention that the city of Kinder is turning a *profit on their sewage system of all things. They actually discovered that not only would they *not see an increase in tax expenditures for handling the casino's sewage but could actually make a profit on their treatment plant. Let's see the damn state pull *that off. Mike Foster was elected as a "reform" candidate in a backlash against Edwin Edwards ramming casinos down the throat of the state (I found out that gambling is *illegal under the state constitution *still, so Edwards had "gaming" legalized, not *gambling... you tell me). The possibility of parishes shutting down gambling comes from *his own campaign promises.* He won election by promising to enable the parishes to (finally) have a vote on whether they actually *want gambling or not. The tribes have neither legalized gambling nor tried to shut it down. They simply did what the state itself was doing in order to build an economic base for themselves. And the three tribes that have casinos now have taken their people *totally *off state social services rolls. The state spends *nothing on welfare and unemployment benefits for those three tribes *now. Now that Foster has backed himself into delivering the vote on gambling, he's looking for revenue to run his re-election campaign. So he wants to grab Indian money so he can pass out pork. Some reformer. Mark --------- "RE: Help Spread the Word" --------- Date: 17 Sep 96 09:29:49 EDT From: Ann Stewart <75361.1143@CompuServe.COM> Subject: Could you spread the word and make a call? UUCP email Background: Many of you have been following the debate about the breakup of Canada and are aware that three Indian nations within Quebec held their own referenda in October 1995. The results were overwhelming: each voted not to go with Quebec, should the province be ultimately successful in seceding from the Canadian confederation. Now the debate is coming to the United States. American academic specialist on Canada, Charles Doran, has written a provocative essay, "Will Canada Unravel?" in the Sept/Oct issue of Foreign Affairs. The 13- page essay is worth reading, especially if you view it as a wake-up call to Americans to pay attention to what could happen to their northern neighbor. (Interestingly, although there is brief mention of the Cree, Indian and Inuit communities in Quebec, nowhere in the article is the term "human rights" used. I have long held the belief that how Quebec/Canada "deal with" their Indians has ramifications for Indians in the US.) A California Congressman, Rep. Tom Campbell of California, has asked the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere to hold a hearing on what the effects of Quebec secession would be for US interests and what those US interests are (St. Lawrence Seaway, NAFTA, etc.; you can suggest others). The Subcommittee has invited three American academic experts to testify. Author Doran is one; the others are equally well known within their area of competence. No Canadians have been invited to testify, since that is not the purpose of this hearing. The hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, 25 September, at 2pm in room 2172 in the Rayburn Building in Washington DC. The Subcommittee's phone is: 202-226-7820. Before 25 September, would you do the following: Please call your own US House of Representatives member and request that he/she send a staff person to the hearing. Tell your Rep. that you are concerned about Quebec secession and why (Hydro-Quebec, impacts upon American aluminum industry; human rights concerns for the "ethnic minorities" within Quebec and the province's eleven Indian and Inuit nations; Voisey Bay, etc.). It will be particularly useful if you can articulate why the US should be concerned. And if you are of native descent, don't hesitate to convey your thoughts. If you know someone from the states listed below and could ask them to call their Rep, each bit of expressed concern and interest helps move Washington one step further. Thank Rep. Campbell for requesting that the Subcommittee hold this hearing: 202-225-2631. Members of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, US House of Representatives, are: Dan Burton, Chair (Indiana) Elton Gallegly, Jay Kim, Tom Lantos, Matthew Martinez (California) Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Florida) Albert Wynn (Maryland) Christopher Smith, Robert Torricelli, Robert Menendez (New Jersey) Peter King (New York) David Funderburk, Charlie Rose, Cass Ballenger (North Carolina) Thank you for the time you can give to alerting others. Sincerely yours, Ann Stewart Stewartship 75361.1143@compuserve.com (This material is prepared, edited, issued or circulated By Ann Stewart, d/b/a Stewartship, which is registered with the US Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents Act as an agent (#4632) of the Grand Council of the Crees (of Quebec), 24 Bayswater Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This material is filed with the USDOJ where the required registration statement is available for public inspection. Registration does not indicate approval of the contents of the materials by the US government.) --------- "RE: Big Mountain: Stop Bill S.1973" --------- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 17:30:00 +0200 From: INFOE-K@LINK-GL.comlink.apc.org (infoe e.V. Koeln) Subj: Big Mountain: Stop Bill S.1973 Newsgroups: apc.hr.indigenous,apc.dev.mining,apc.indig.info, apc.motherearth,soc.culture.native _____________________________________________ Institute for Ecology and Action Anthropology INFOE (Cologne branch office) Melchiorstr. 3; _____________________________________________ 50670 Cologne Germany Tel./Fax: ++49-221-739 28 71 ****************************** FAX, LETTER & E-MAIL CAMPAIGN: SUPPORT THE DINEH RESISTERS STOP BILL S. 1973 ****************************** 12th September 1996 Dear friends, We lately received alarming news about the situation on the Dineh people's land right struggle, which call for immediate action. U. S. Senate is scheduled to vote on a new bill called "S.1973 Navajo- Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996" - probably during the next 2 weeks, maybe even in the next few days. This bill if passed would provide the Hopi tribe additional means to drive the Dineh resisters off their lands and would seal the fate for the Dineh resisters, giving title to their land to the Hopi tribe. "Bill S. 1973" has been introduced by Senator Mc. Cain without any participation of the local residents, not even awaiting the results of the court hearing on the Accommodation Agreement, which the Hopi tribe wants the resisters to sign. A reason for this and the ongoing harassments at Big Mountain must be seen in the court ruling by Judge R. Child, who in March 1996 ordered the cancellation of Peabody Coal's permit to operate the Black Mesa/Kayenta mines, the largest strip mine in America. In this landmark ruling, the judge pinpointed the complete disregard of the human and environmental rights of the local residents. He ruled that the mine must have the consent of the local residents in order to operate: "Only after Peabody is able to accompany an application to mine with written consents from Petitioner Kescoli and all other like situated petitioners may the Office of Surface Mining consider such application in the future. This will remain so long as Petitioner Kescoli and similarly situated petitioners shall remain in the proposed mining area as occupants of their customary use areas." But the local residents believe that the land of Black Mesa is sacred and a coal mine is a rape of the Earth. The supporters of the coal mine know that these residents will never consent to the mine, and the only way that the mines can continue is to forcibly relocate these people. A delegation of Dineh elders is in Washington at this moment, lobbying the senators to vote "NO" on bill S.1973. Passage of S. 1973 would reaffirm P. L. 93-531, the original Relocation Act, which numerous Senators and Congresspeople have already called 'a great mistake'. What the people want instead is a thorough Congressional Oversight Investigation of S. 1973 and of P. L. 93-531, which takes into account the Human Rights of the local residents. Therefore we have agreed with the Sovereign Dineh Nation to conduct a letter writing and faxing campaign, telling the Senators that we are outraged at the human rights violations being connected with S. 1973. Please support the elders and all the resisters on HPL by telling the Senators to NO vote on S. 1973. Contact Senator Mc. Cain and as many Senators as you wish from the attached list. The Dineh resisters have already experienced what it will mean to live under Hopi regulation. They have to get permits for collecting firewood, conducting ceremonies, etc. For more than a decade they haven't been allowed to fix their homes. Even before Hopi jurisdiction is final, Hopi rangers are demonstrating their military force. They are blockading religious ceremonies, bulldozing ceremonial hogans, illegally confiscating livestock and abusing them in the impoundment yard, harassing local residents, searching cars, enforcing an Exclusion law which prohibits white people from visiting them without a permit, denying entry and searching food caravans, etc. Such actions clearly demonstrate to the resisters what the Hopi tribe has in mind for them. =========================================================== Please let the senators know that S. 1973 violates the fundamental human, religious and constitutional rights of the Dineh residents of the Hopi Partitioned Land. Some families have lived on the land for 18 generations; their title to the land must be respected as much as with other property-owning citizens. =========================================================== For further information see the Sovereign Dineh Nation Update from August 21st. http://www.primenet.com/~sdn TARGET LIST Write: The Honorable (full name) U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 USA Capitol switchboard to find out phone numbers for every Senator phone # 202/224-3121 Vice-President Gore is by title also the President of the Senate. phone # 202/224-2424 e-mail # Vice.President@whitehouse.gov President Clinton phone # 202/456-1414 e-mail # President@whitehouse.gov Phil Bakersenk and Steve Healey Aides to Senator John McCain, AZ, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs phone # 202/224-2235 fax # 202/228-2862 e-mail # senator_mccain@mccain.senate.gov Joe Trujillo, Legislative Assistant and Kay Davies, Indian Affairs Aide to Senator Pete V. Domenici, NM phone # 202/224-6621 fax # 202/224- 7371 e-mail # senator_domenici@domenici.senate.gov Tim Glazewski Aide to Senator Jon Kyl, AZ phone # 202/224-4521 Fax # 202/228-1239 e-mail # info@kyl.senate.gov Patricia Zell Aide to Senator Daniel K. Inouye, HI phone # 202/224- 3934 fax # 202/228-2589 e-mail # senator@inouye.senate.gov Gary Bohnee Aide to Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, CO phone # 202/224-5852 fax # 202/224-1933 Mia Ellis Aide to Senator Dianne Feinstein, CA phone # 202/224-3841 fax # 202/228-3954 e-mail # senator@feinstein.senate.gov Diane Hill Aide to Senator J. Robert Kerrey, NE phone # 202/224-6551 fax # 202/224-7645 e-mail # bob@kerrey.senate.gov Mike Queenan Aide to Senator John F. Kerry, MA phone # 202/224-2742 fax # 202/224-8525 e-mail # john_kerry@kerry.senate.gov Chris Miller Aide to Senator Carl Levin, MI phone # 202/224-6221 fax # 202/224-1388 e-mail # senator@levin.senate.gov Jen Lockhard Aide to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, MA phone # 202/224-4543 fax # 202/224-2417 e-mail # senator@kennedy.senate.gov Senator Barbara Boxer, CA phone # 202/224-3553 fax # 415/956- 6701 e-mail # senator@boxer.senate.gov Senator Daniel K Akaka, HI phone # 202/224-6361 fax # 202/224-2126 -- infoe eV. Koeln Institut for Ekologie und Aktions-Ethnologie (GeschEftsstelle Koeln) Melchiorstr. 3 50670 Koeln --------- "RE: School Needs Help" --------- Date: 12 Sep 1996 22:00:22 GMT From: Linda Crist Subj: School needs help Newsgroups: alt.native,alt.sports As the Director of Bare Wisdom, Inc., a support and advocate organization for Native American people and issues, I am asking for your help. I received a call a couple of days ago that the enrollment at Porcupine School on Pine Ridge Reservation has seen a tremendous increase in enrollment this year. The faculty at this school has worked hard to provide a positive environment for the lower income, high-risk youth of the area. They strive to encourage participation in activities that promote mental, physical, and spiritual health but with the increased enrollment and BIA budget cuts, materials are severely inadequate. The following is a list of items that are needed immediately. Bare Wisdom will accept donations of goods or monies to purchase the needed items. Athletic equipment (football, baseball, basketball, boxing) Equine tack for the rodeo program (bridles, saddles, halters, lead ropes, blankets, etc.) Gardening equipment for Project Grow (drip irrigation systems, rototillers, hand tools (i.e. rakes, hoes, shovels, trowels) Building materials (the faculty hopes to construct root cellars at some of the homes of the elders where students will learn how to store food) For more information, please contact me at linda@bare-wisdom.org or check out our web page at http://bare-wisdom.org. Please, if you know someone who can help, get in touch. --------- "RE: What Should We Be Called" --------- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 20:47:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Susanna Shreeve Subj: VICTOR'S ARTICLE FOR 11SEP96 (fwd) What Should We Be Called UUCP email ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 96 09:19:12 -0500 From: chieftain@uoknor.edu As Native Americans, we are often asked by well-meaning non-natives what we wish to call ourselves. Are we Indians? Native Americans? Amerinds? Skins? What are we? A few weeks ago, this question was posed to me in class by one of my instructors. As usual, I blurted out some inane and tongue-twisted cliche (...just-don't-call-me-late-for-dinner), to which the class groaned as if colicky. And just as typical, I left the room pondering what I _should_ have said (in case you didn't know it, the ocean is salted with the tears of woulda-coulda-shoulda --and most of them are probably mine). But since I am a writer more than a speaker, and since this horrible issue simply refuses to go away, I thought I'd do it justice here. This isn't so much directed at my instructor or other well-meaning non-Indians as it is my own people, who often seem the most obsessed. Many of our grandmothers used to say that no one can bicker like an Indian can. Perhaps all our quibbling over "what should we be called" indicates they may have been correct. So, what should be be called? Is this our most poignant issue of the day? Do you not realize what kind of serious trouble we, the Red People of the United States are in? And you want to argue over what to be called? Do you realize that others appropriate our culture and achievements every day? Our arts, our philosophies, even our ceremonies? Why is it that every time I go to one of our sacred places, I keep encountering bearded, beaded, yellow haired flower-children charging $50 for the sweatlodge? I can't go into bookstores without running across their New Age Sewage and fictitious "Spirit Names." Why is it I can't go anywhere without somebody telling me about Cherokee-Princess-Grandmothers? Why is it that I am constantly expected to intuit the beliefs of 1.7 million people from more than 550 tribes --each with its own specific culture-- and then boil them all down to one single, generic "Injun" point of view? Why is it almost every Skin I see wastes so much time playing basketball in Levis? By now, we should own the company, the ball, and the court! Do you think that game is going to get you a better job? Do you think those jeans are going to change your life? What should we be called?! Sometimes, I want to blame our elders for this. What happened to all your warrior's drive? How come you didn't prepare us better? How come you signed all those treaties and got us those roll numbers we still fight about today? How come you gave up your little brown-skinned babies for adoption, creating generations of undocumented Indians? How come your children use all those government-issue numbers, CDIBs, and pedigrees to discriminate against their urban kin? How come? You can blame it on the white man. He plays a part, but so do we. We need to realize that only we can change ourselves. We weren't always on welfare. We weren't always in handcuffs on the news, or passed out in some alley. We weren't always second-rate background characters in someone else's movies. The tidal wave is right behind, and we're still kicking sand: What should we be called?! Call yourself a taxi. Ride down to the Rez. Pick up some of those children you see roaming the streets, then teach them. Realize that if our situation is to be changed, we need to start with our own people --that nucklehead nephew, that sister who drinks too much, that daughter who wears too much makeup. Stop chasing that new truck, that new car, that new boat; start building something substantial. Stop wasting all your free time on the SIMPSONS, BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD and MARRIED WITH CHILDREN. Stop starving yourself on the steps of some administration building for people who obviously don't give a damn. Get up off your butt and kick some butt! Something you want to bicker about, when it's lack of drive and knowledge you should be shouting about. What should we be called?! Kill all that noise! The Nations must rise. --------- "RE: Theft of NA Artifacts" --------- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 17:46:03 GMT From: marsham@ohs.org (MARSHAM) Subj: theft of Native American artifacts (11 September, Portland, Oregon) Newsgroups: apc.indig.info,soc.culture.native,alt.native Six Native American basketry artifacts were stolen from the Oregon Historical Society (Portland, OR) on 11 September 1996. Descriptions for the items are as follows: 1. Child's berry picking basket Klickitat Coiled, imbricated; cedar root and bear grass; "mountain" design late 19th century 5-1/2" diameter, 5" high 2. Basket Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)- Makah Wrapped twining; Souvenir pitcher; cedar, bear grass, raffia; lettered "Remember Me" early 20th century 2-1/4" high x 2" diameter 3. Basket Klamath River Tribes Twined; dyed porcupine quills, bear grass, maidenhair fern; Shaped like a drinking cup with stem and base; designs in yellow & brown c. 1910 8.000 cm. depth x 14.000 cm. diameter x 14.000 cm. high 4. Brimed hat Klamath Full-turned twining; tule, deer hide; Shape of white man's hat; designs of dog and man in dark brown on beige background; deer hide edge along brim early 1900s 29.000 cm. diameter x 9.000 cm. depth 5. Basket Tlinglit Twining with false embroidery in green, orange, blue, and pale red; grasses; Shape of pedestal kerosene lantern and chimney; c. 1905 18.000 cm high 6. Basket Tlinglit Twining with false embroidery; spruce root, bear grass, maidenhair fern; Shape of 3-legged kettle; brown with black and orange triangle design c. 1900 9.500 cm. high x 10.000 cm. diameter Photographs are available. Thank you. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Marsha Matthews Director/Museum Collections Oregon Historical Society 1200 SW Park Avenue Portland, Oregon 97205 Internet: marsham@ohs.org Telephone: 503/306-5274 FAX: 503/221-2035 --------- "RE: Boarding School Story" --------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 03:05:40 -0600 From: "wesley j. p. westphal ii" Subj: Boarding school story Mailing List: AISESnet Discussion List (aisesnet@victor.umt.edu) Mishiho - As most of you know, I am a guest speaker at the DoD Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) at Patrick AFB on a frequent basis. DEOMI has just begun another 14 week course on Equal Opportunity Management and I will be a speaker for the Native American Block on October 9, 1996. The culture blocks are only one day long and DEOMI attempts to cover each culture (Native American, Black American, Asian American, Hispanic, Jewish American, etc.) for a full day, giving the students an opportunity to dwell into traditions and cultures of each minority group to, hopefully, allow the students an insight as to some of the specific difficulties each culture is presented with in day to day living. As part of the Native American block, the students (about 140) are divided into seven groups (good number, a-a-i-i-y-y?). Each student is given a brief biography of a prominent Native American (Cochise, Red Cloud, Chief Joseph, Red Bird, etc.) and during the session, the students are to attempt to respond to situations given them by the moderators from the Native American's point of view (not very original, is it?) What I would like to do, and this is where I ask for your help, is to attempt to give the students a much better reference point, through the use of visual and spoken images. I feel the students could concentrate and understand more on their responses and feelings if they were all given individual reference points. I would like to have the moderator of each group have the students sit in their chairs, completely relaxed, close their eyes, and imagine that they are the person they are hearing about. Then, I would like to have the moderators read students a story about being a young Indian child, about six or seven years old, being forcefully taken from his/her home, boarded on a wagon/bus/train/car, taken hundreds of miles from home, having their hair cut, clothes taken away from them, being given starched white clothes, forced to bed, no relatives, no language, the penalties they had to face when they broke the rules of speaking the wrong tongue, etc.. I think you get the idea. I was never in that type of situation and I can not talk or write from experience. I am asking for some of you to write a story such as the above referenced one and allow me to use it as a training/teaching guide. I ask for your permission to have the story read and have the student's experience what your story is asking them to experience. I ask the above honorably and humbly and, hopefully, in the Indian way. If you would assist me, please e-mail the story to me within the next week or so. Thank you. Ayolha wesley j. p. westphal ii warrior@digital.net --------- "RE: Art Auction" --------- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 08:14:02 -0700 From: berryj@Okway.Okstate.edu (John Berry) Subj: Memorial Scholars Art Auction to benefit Native American students UUCP email To all, A forward. Best, John B __________________________ Forward Header ______________________________ Subject: Memorial Scholars Art Auction to benefit Native American stu Author: Suzanne Fundingsland at SMTP Date: 9/11/96 1:41 PM 1996 ART AUCTION Oscar J. Howard Memorial Scholars Emergency Fund The Memorial Scholars Art Auction will be held to raise emergency and scholarship funds for North Dakota State University's Native American students. It will take place at the Doublewood Inn, 3333 13th Avenue South, Fargo, ND, on Sunday, November 17, 1996, from 1-5 p.m. The sixth annual fund-raiser is open to the public. Native Americans, community, students, faculty and staff of NDSU generously contribute to this event. Some of the items already contributed include star quilts, buffalo skulls, flutes, a feather box, beaded walking cane, and many other original items. The NDSU Multicultural Student Support program's mission is to raise funds for Native American students who have emergencies such as family illness or death, unforeseen academic costs, or other needs not covered by financial aid. We are also developing a scholarship fund to reward students for academic excellence and increase their likelihood for graduation. Finally, the auction develops bridges to the community. We are asking tribal governments, Native and non-native community members, friends, artists and craftsmen to donate articles, services, or items that can be auctioned. Thank you. For information, contact: (701)231-7314 Multicultural Student Services North Dakota State University Ceres Hall, Room 302 Box 5162 Fargo, ND 58102 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Suzanne Fundingsland NDSU Extension Service EFNEP/FNP Coordinator Youth and Family Unit 219 Family Life Center (701) 231-7254 Fargo, North Dakota 58105 --------- "RE: Chippewas of Nawash" --------- Date: 9:48 PM Sep 9, 1996 From: web:adixon Subj: PBI Report - Chippewas of Nawash/Fishing Rights Newsgroup: igc.indig.canada Peace Brigades International (PBI) is a unique organization that offers services of unarmed protective accompaniment to organizations, individuals and communities threatened with violence. This article may be freely copied or reprinted. For photos or more information about PBI, please contact PBI-NAP at "adixon@web.net"/613-230-4123. ... Observation Teams for the Chippewas of Nawash [from PBI's Project Bulletin, September, 1996] At the end of August, PBI responded to a request by the Chippewas of Nawash to provide observers to a conflict over fishing. The Nawash were monitoring sport fishing during the annual "Salmon Spectacular" fishing derby at Owen Sound, in Ontario, Canada, and were concerned there might be a repeat of last year's incidents of violence. The Chippewas of Nawash and their neighbours, the Chippewas of Saugeen, have treaty rights to the fisheries in an area around the Bruce Peninsula that divides Georgian Bay from Lake Huron. Until 1992, these treaty rights had gone unrecognized by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), who had been charging the Nawash with illegal fishing. In 1992 a federal court decision upheld the Nawash fishing rights, and directed the MNR to establish a fisheries policy that prioritized conservation, Chippewa fishing, commercial fishing, and sport fishing, in that order. Since that time, the MNR has bought out all the commercial fisheries. The Nawash are regulating their use of the fishery, amid varying statements by the MNR and the Nawash about numbers of the different fish species and whether the fishery should be closed down completely. At the same time, sport fishing has continued largely unregulated. The Nawash say that the sport fishery has a significant impact on the bay's ecology, as well as their commercial fish stocks, and asked that the fishing derby be cancelled. The MNR responded by scheduling a meeting after the derby is over. At a press conference on Friday Aug 23, the first day of the Salmon Spectacular, Ralph Akiwenzie, chief of the Chippewas of Nawash, announced that the Nawash would monitor the fishing during the derby. "We hope to come up with some very interesting statistics" to back up the idea that "conservation is a two-way street. It's not just the native people, it's everyone," said Akiwenzie. He stressed that the Nawash band wanted to avoid a confrontation with anglers on the water, while underlining its conservation concerns, and what it regards as the "unregulated" state of sports fishing in Ontario. [The Sun Times, Aug 24]. During last year's Salmon Spectacular, a number of incidents were seen by the Nawash as evidence of a violent backlash to their assertion of their fishing rights. Two of their boats were sunk in unexplained circumstances, one was burned down to the hull, several Nawash youth were stabbed with no charges being laid for ten months, and many yards of nets were lost to vandalism. Earlier in the summer, a Nawash woman selling fish at the local farmer's market was the target of an angry and violent protest by anglers. [see Project Bulletin, Sept 1995] PBI's observation work Over the two weekends of the derby PBI members travelled with the Nawash on their fisheries assessment boat as they monitored the numbers of boats and anglers in the bay. We witnessed some harassment from anglers in the form of angry gestures, but other anglers were friendly and waved. Nevertheless, in interviews with the derby co-chairs, and through informal monitoring of the feeling amongst anglers on the shore, we gathered that there is a great deal of hostility towards the Nawash. There is a real, and justified, fear amongst the anglers that the sport fishing around Owen Sound will be shut down because of the Nawash. They do not consider their sport fishing to be affecting the Nawash at all since the fish they catch are almost all from their own stocking programs. The question of how the salmon stocking affects other fish in the bay was a topic of debate during the press conference. Salmon eat their own weight in other fish each day, and the presence of large numbers of salmon is assumed by the Nawash to be creating competition with the other fish (mostly whitefish, but also some trout) for limited food stocks. More fundamentally, the two sides disagree on the ethics of putting salmon into Georgian Bay, where it is not a native species. Amongst the fisherman along the shore we heard little sympathy for the Nawash position, and a growing sense of frustration. One fishermen expressed his impatience by saying, "if you poke a bear to often, he'll fight back." This feeling - that native people are asking for and getting too much is quite common. A national poll taken a few months ago in Canada also reflected non-Native resentment towards Natives. Unfortunately, the poll results were not accompanied by some basic facts about the situation of Native people compared to non-Natives. How the hostility we witnessed might be expressed is still uncertain. At the moment, the low-level, everyday racism experienced by the Nawash is likely to increase. If the sport fishery is directly challenged, it will be even more likely that more incidents of violence, like the ones from last year, will be repeated. We hope that our visible witness of the situation as outside, independent observers has some effect in reducing the chance of such incidents. We also helped to organize local people to participate in the observation effort, and hope that this can challenge some of the local non-Native population to reconsider their views on the situation. --------- "RE: Request for Support & Donations" --------- Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 11:15:40 -0700 From: Chief Peter Guanikeyu Torres Subj: Request for SUPPORT & Donations Mailing List: Taino-L Tau Guatiaos, Hello Friends, We the Taino Indians of the Taino Inter-Tribal Council an educational and cultural Native American Non-Profit organization is in need of public and/or private financial support. Our organization does provide a number of Projects that support our Taino and other Native American communities in the Americas. We would like to give a little background on who are the Taino Indian people. It was on the 12th of Oct of 1492 that three ships were seen by our ancestors on the horizon. This would mark historically the first Columbus encounter with our people in the Caribbean & Florida region of the Americas. The Taino people faced a major genocide of mass proportion of well over 8 Million gentle human beings, well surpassing the known Jewish holocaust. Today we have pulled our Nation out of the mud, of 500 years of European domination and cultural suppression of our Native American heritage. Our people need the help and support of many good hearted human beings of our humble International community. On another note, we further would like to point out that today, the Taino people do not have any lands in the Caribbean & Florida. These ancient lands did belonged to our people 500 plus years ago. Our Taino National homelands have been stolen from us, and also the cultural Native American heritage of our beloved children. The Taino People of the First World holocaust of the Americas. PLEASE DO HELP OUR PEOPLE, THE FIRST INDIAN NATION OF THE AMERICAS! On another note: Please do pass this message on to other Newsgroups and to other good hearted people living on our Mother Earth! Please send your Charitable Tax Deductible Donations to: The Taino Inter-Tribal Council Inc. 527 Mulberry Street Millville, New Jersey 08332 Fraternally yours Chief Peter Guanikeyu Torres President & Tribal Council Chief Great Grandson of Chief Orocobix -- 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: Community House Web Page" --------- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 12:31:52 -0500 (EST) From: Carol Liu Subj: American Indian Community House web page This is all there is so far, but it's a start! --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.gate.net/~piper1/aich.html --------------------------------- American Indian Community House Serving the Native Community of New York Since 1969 [image] Haudenosaunee brave by Grasset de St. Suaveur ------------------------------------------------------- Become A Donor The American Indian Community House is proud to celebrate 26 year's of service to the New York Community. We have helped to provide food, clothing, job training, health care referrals and services, job counseling, and other necessities to a growing number of Native Americans. The success of AICH relies heavily on the dedicated work of our staff, volunteerism, and community support. All of our social needs are provided without a charge, as is our newsletter, which offers information to over 14,000 people from Native and non-Native communities across America and internationally. It serves as a source of communications central to our co-existence and survival. Many of the costs for the services we provide are not covered by funding, such as the hot lunches, some performing arts ventures, and this very newsletter. These are all important parts of AICH, and we do not want to stop serving our community. However, we do need your help with the costs. Sponsor an AICH program and see the growth and change your help allows! Our food and clothing banks and hot meals can be assisted when you become a Plymouth Rock Donor. Few descendants from the original tribal group who fed settlers at Plymouth Rock are alive today. Remember the first Thanksgiving and help us feed Indians with a $16.92 contribution. We want to continue updating you on Native community events as well as providing a forum on social and political issues from around the hemisphere. Columbus lost his way. Don't lose yours! Become a Columbus Donor for $14.92 and ensure that AICH Community Bulletin continues to reach you. Theater, music, and arts programing are always only partially funded, yet these are critical aspects of survival for Indian people in the city. The arts help us maintain a voice as well educate non-Indians in a palatable manner. Become a Manhattan Campaign Donor for only $24.00. Help us buy a piece of Manhattan and ensure that Native American culture will always have a home in NYC. Our goals for the next 25 years include maintaining our hard earned stability and expanding our services to match the growth of the NYC Native American Community. Help us to strengthen the roots of the great Tree of Peace and become an AICH supporter! + AICH BENEFACTOR $500.00 + AICH PATRON $250.00 + FRIEND OF AICH - $100.00 + ASSOCIATE - $50.00 + MANHATTAN CAMPAIGN DONOR - $24.00 + PLYMOUTH ROCK DONOR - $16.45 + COLUMBUS DONOR - $14.92 ------------------------------------------------------- Send all donations to: American Indian Community House 404 Lafayette Street,2nd. floor New York City, NY 10003 Phone (212)598-0100 ext. 229 or 224. --------- "RE: NA Technology Needs" --------- Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 11:01:07 -0400 From: Gayle Swanson Subj: Native American Technology Needs Newsgroup: alt.native I'm trying to find a way for a regional Native American association to get connected to the Internet, preferably with graphics. IOW, they need a newer computer, with more memory than they have now. The state is pushing them to get online with graphics and has sent them software to that end. They got a new modem, but their software even for text access must be updated. I'll be taking care of that over the next week - found an update of their current program (that they feel comfortable with) on the Net. However, using Netscape (as they're being encouraged to, "but y'all provide your own computer upgrades!") is pretty well out of the question. They have a 386SX with a small hard drive, and only 4MB (at most, and I wonder about that), and 40MHz ... speed? Do any of you know of any technology grants that are available that we could tap into that would relate to an organization such as this? I know we have to NOT stress just the equipment needs, when writing the grant, and that we DO need to emphasize that this will help their community reach out to more people, and to connect with other similar organizations across the state and the country, and that it can be used for education of those who come in, to help find scholarships, and other grants that can help the organization run more effectively. We've got a list of possible corporate funds, and some government grants, but we're trying to find funding opportunities that would be more in the line of the work the association does, hence, understand their needs better. We'd appreciate ANY suggestions. You can write me directly (when they got the new modem, the old software they were using became useless) until we get them at least E-mail capability to start with. Please use my gswanson@charweb.org address - that way I can connect and pick up mail when I'm at their office (once we get their new s/w installed). Gayle Swanson http://www.charweb.org/neighbors/na/na-metro.htm --------- "RE: Reviews: Children's Books" --------- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 14:10:48 -0600 (MDT) From: Steve Brock Subj: Short reviews of new/recent children's books with NA themes Mailing List: NATIVELIT Here are several short reviews of new children's books by, or about, Native Americans. All are written by Steve Brock: For ages 5-8: MUSKRAT WILL BE SWIMMING by Cheryl Savageau, illustrated by Robert Hynes. Northland Publishing, P.O. Box 1389, Flagstaff, AZ 86002- 1389, (800) 346-3257, (800) 257-9082 FAX. Northland also has a line of southwestern design T-shirts and other gifts. Illustrated, story notes. 32 pp., $14.95 cloth. 0-87358-604-2 "The kids at school call us Lake Rats," Jeannie, a young Native American girl, tells her grandfather. "...I don't like being a Lake Rat," she says. The closest thing to a lake rat Jeannie can think of is a muskrat, and her Grandfather tells her how important the muskrat is to Indian people. It is he, Grandfather says, who brought dirt up from the bottom of the water and put it on Turtle's back, creating a place for Skywoman to stand. Later, Jeannie dives into the lake and retrieves her own ball of dirt, to serve as a reminder the next time she treated with scorn. The consoling story (based on a Seneca folktale), with Hynes' delicate acrylic and colored pencil illustrations, satisfies on many levels. Includes story notes and muskrat facts. Grade: A-. For ages 5 and up: RED BIRD by Barbara Mitchell, illustrated by Todd L. W. Doney. Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, N.Y., NY 10019, (800) 843-9389, (201) 227-6849 FAX. Illustrated, author's note. 32 pp., $16.00 cloth. 0-688-10859-8 In September of each year, members of over 40 tribes gather in southern Delaware for the Nanticoke powwow, where they meet old friends and celebrate their heritage by dancing and telling stories. During the powwow, Katie, a city girl, turns into Red Bird, Nanticoke Daughter. After the powwow, Katie returns home, but the drums will beat deep in heart all year long. The respectful story is nicely accented by Doney's full-page paintings. Grade: A-. THE UNBREAKABLE CODE by Sara Hoagland Hunter, illustrated by Julia Miner. Northland Publishing, P.O. Box 1389, Flagstaff, AZ 86002- 1389, (800) 346-3257, (800) 257-9082 FAX. Northland also has a line of southwestern design T-shirts and other gifts. Illustrated, author's note, appendix. 32 pp., $14.95 cloth. 0-87358-638-7 A young boy is apprehensive about an upcoming move, and his grandfather consoles him with a story about a time long ago when he also had to leave the reservation to serve in World War II. The boy learns that his grandfather was one of the famous "Codetalkers," who used the unwritten Navajo language to communicate over the radio and helped win the war. The intriguing story, which teaches that one always has their legacy no matter where they live, contains the actual code as an appendix. Miner's oil paintings highlight the canyon walls of Navajoland, as well as scenes of battle. Grade: A-. For ages 6-10: AHAIYUTE AND CLOUD EATER by Vladimir Hulpach, illustrated by Marek Zawadzki. Harcourt Brace & Company, 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101, (800) 543-1918, (800) 235-0256 FAX. Illustrated. 32 pp., $16.00 cloth. 0-15-201237-0 A traditional Zuni tale, told by a Czechoslovakian writer and a Polish Illustrator, in which Ahaiyute, a young warrior, uses four magic feathers to slay a monster that eats clouds and has caused a draught. By killing the monster, he becomes a man. Just as the young warrior is up to his challenge, the author and illustrator, despite their distance from the area where the story takes place and their lack of a helpful mole, and an allegory that falls flat, are also up to theirs. Grade: B+. For ages 8-12: SO SINGS THE BLUE DEER by Charmayne McGee. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, N.Y., NY 10020, (800) 223-2336, FAX: (212) 698-7007. 192 pp., $14.95 cloth. 0-689- 31888-X Based on her experiences with the Huichol Indians in Mexico, McGee tells the story of thirteen-year-old Moon Feather and his quest to repopulate the Sierra Madre with white deer, who have been brought to the edge of extinction. The Huichol believe that their once-a- year ceremony (in which a white-tailed deer is sacrificed) keeps the forces of nature in harmony, and the decimation of the white deer is causing environmental devastation. Moon Feather must battle both man and nature to bring 20 deer from the Mexico City zoo back to the Huichol homeland. An exciting and evocative story that teaches respect for the natural world. Grade: A-. For all ages: WHERE THERE IS NO NAME FOR ART: THE ART OF TEWA PUEBLO CHILDREN, text and photographs by Bruce Hucko. School of American Research Press, P.O. Box 2188, 660 Garcia St., Santa Fe, NM 87504, (505) 984-0741, FAX: (505) 989-9809. Illustrated, index, map, afterword. 126 pp., $20.00 paper. 0-933452-44-6 Seventy-five Tewa artists, from ages five to thirteen, display their remarkable images, while Hucko, a Pueblo Day School "art coach," teaches them to "put the me into their images," giving each an individual perspective. From abstract concepts in latex, wood, and clay, to tempera and ink drawings of eagles and basketball games, these pictures (and the four accompanying art lessons), capture youthful exuberance, sincerity, and respect for tradition. Grade: A-. THE NATIVE AMERICAN LOOK BOOK: ART AND ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS FROM THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM, by The Brooklyn Museum. The New Press, 450 W. 41st St, N.Y., NY 10036, (800) 233-4830. Illustrated, bibliography, lists of resources. 48 pp., $15.95 cloth. 1-56584- 022-4 An introduction to Native American art and culture through art projects, such as making Kwakiutl masks, designing a Zuni logo, and weaving a Pomo basket. Though the book does an admirable job at presenting Native American culture, the activities are limited in number as well as in providing enough instruction. Grade: B-. Brief Mentions: TO SEE WITH THE HEART: THE LIFE OF SITTING BULL by Judith St. George. Putnam and Grosset Group, 200 Madison Ave., N.Y., NY 10016, (800) 847-5515, FAX: (212) 532-3693 FAX. Index, bibliography, maps. 190 pp., $17.95 cloth. 0-399-22930-2. An meticulous and compelling biography of the legendary Sioux warrior. Grade: A-. For ages 10-14. IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT: GROWING UP IN A YUP'IK ESKIMO VILLAGE IN ALASKA by Carolyn Meyer. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 866 Third Ave., N.Y., NY 10022, (800) 223-2336, FAX: (800) 445-6991. Illustrated, index, bibliography, glossary. 190 pp., $17.00 cloth. 0-689-80146-7. Meyer invents a typical Yup'ik family, rich in tradition but wary of changes they face as they try to adapt to the modern world. Grade: B+. For ages 10 to 14. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Brock Reviews are Book Reviews on the Internet available for Copyright 1996 syndication 2323 Mapleton Boulder, CO 80304 E-mail for (303) 786-7375 more info. brock@ucsub.colorado.edu Member: National Book Critic's Circle --------- "RE: Poem: Ancient Elders" --------- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 10:18:11 -0700 From: Gordon Bainbridge Subj: Ancient Elders UUCP email I was hiking today in the golden hills and through the ancient redwoods that are my neighbors. The elders among them stood before Columbus they've seen it all, Coast Miwoks living, hunting, loving here forever, believing it would always be so, Spanish conquistadors, Mexican landgrantees, Anglo pillagers and builders, and they will continue to stand silent vigil long after the last human who remembers me has passed from this earth. The elders among these trees towered over the ancient trading paths, for untold generations shared by twoleggeds and four, and still tower over them today as they slip back to simple deer trails unnoticed by those who race by on the new asphalt trails. These elders have seen their cousins cut and hauled away to rebuild San Francisco after the great quake, or to build fences, or just to clear the land, always so someone could make a few bucks, but they survived it all, and still stand mute, reminding all who will come with a soul that is open and quiet of what has gone before, and that our world too can crumble, and be forgotten overnight. -- -Gordon Bainbridge --------- "RE: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days" --------- Date: 96/09/17 23:33 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 22-28 KEPAKEMAPA (September) (Mahoe Hope) 22 For every loving soul, life brings beauty and joy. 23 This life is but a brief moment in my existence. 24 Fly with me to the high aerie of dreams. 25 Take time to hear the voices of children. 26 A symphony of birds sings together in the trees just before sunset. 27 Conquer fear; do not let fear conquer you. 28 If you want to succeed, you must first try. (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, 19 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 Benefit Performance in Atlanta: Sep 21-22, 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Gateway Productions. _Old Man Kokopelli_ Proceeds to aid the Famine Project Year 2, helping to feed Atlanta's Hungry. $10 advance, $12.50 door. Roswell Civic Center Theatre. 950 Forrest St. Roswell. 404-982-9922 for tickets. ===================================================== Date: 1:24 PM Sep 12, 1996 From: wasicuwin@aol.com Subj: Best of the Best Powwow 10/19-20 The annual Best of the Best Powwow is scheduled for October 19-20 at the Rockland Community College Fieldhouse (Indoors) on College Road in Suffern, NY. It is most easily reached by the New York Thruway to exit 14 B. Follow the signs to the powwow. Admission is $8.00; Children under 12 and senior citizens $6.00 Saturday 10am-8pm Sunday 10am-7pm Grand Entry at noon each day Traders and Dancers who wish further information may contact: General B. Grant P.O. Box 144 Cherokee, NC 704-497-3370 -------------------------------------------- Date: 5:33 PM Sep 16, 1996 From: buffalotanya Subj: Colorado pow wow end of September Pow Wow Announcement THE COUNCIL TREE POW WOW September 27-29, 1996 Delta, Colorado $27,000 in prize money 19 Traditional Pow Wow Dance Categories Drum Contest- $1,000 for 1st place Master of Ceremonies: Dale Old Horn, Crow Arena Director: Terry Fiddler, Cheyenne River Sioux Honorary Host Drums: Northern Ute, Southern Ute and Ute Mtn. Ute Outdoor Indian Market Schedule: Fri. 9/27 4 to 10 p.m. Sat., 9/28 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sun., 9/29 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday, September 27 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Celebration of Ute Nation Day Afternoon Gourd Dancing 7 p.m. Grand Entry, Contest & Exhibition Dancing Saturday, September 28 Morning Gourd Dancing 12 noon Grand Entry, Dance & Drum Contests Afternoon Gourd Dancing 7 p.m. Grand Entry, Contest & Exhibition Dancing Sunday, September 29 Morning Gourd Dancing 12 noon Grand Entry, Dance & Drum Contests Pow Wow Tickets: $5 per day or 3 day pass for $12.00 Information: Tel- 1-800-874-1741 --------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sep 5, 1996 From: berryj@okway.okstate.edu in igc:indig.health "Native American HIV/AIDS conference" 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 your there? John Berry ------------------------------------------------ Date: 1:11 AM Sep 13, 1996 From: vikey@vnet.net Subj: Indian Trail PowWow in Charlotte, NC Metrolina Native American Association presents the 13th annual INDIAN TRAIL POW-WOW (sponsored by the NC Arts & Science Council) September 27-29, 1996 Indian Trail, North Carolina (just SE of Charlotte, off US 74) Free Admission, but donations accepted. GRAND ENTRY AT 1 O'CLOCK Native American Traders and Dancers (Please bring proof of Tribal Affiliation) Native American Dance Competition Native American Arts & Crafts Native American Food Native American Music and much, MUCH more! For further information, please call Archie Lynch at (704) 331-4818, and please tell him where you saw this announcement. For additional information about Metrolina Native American Association (who is presenting this Pow Wow): http://www.charweb.org/neighbors/na/na-metro.htm ------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 12:19 PM Sep 13, 1996 From: wasicuwin@aol.com Subj: Native American Day Powwow, Queens In early August, Gov. Pataki signed a bill establishing Native American Day in NYS which will be observed on the fourth Saturday of September. The Native American Warrior Society in conjunction with Queens councilman Alfonse Stabile will present the first annual Native American Day Powwow on September 28th and 29th, rain or shine, at the: Ozone Howard Sports Complex Centerville Street and 135th Avenue Ozone Park, Queens, New York The event will take place between 11:00 am thru 8:00 pm both days Admission: Adults $6; Children, ages 5-12 $4. School or community groups of youth with appropriate supervision may make arrangements for 1/2 price admission. Indian Dance competition fee $20 **************** The powwow will feature Drums, Singers, Dancers, Archery and pony rides, Arts and Crafts, Jewelry, Storytelling, and a martial arts demonstration by world renowned Grandmasters. For information call 800-410-5309 Sken:nen kenhak, Sandy ----------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 11:23:21 -0600 (MDT) From: joseph c winter Subj: 1997 Navajo Studies Conference Joseph C. Winter Phone: 505-277-5853 Director, Traditional Native American Tobacco FAX: 505-277-6726 Seed Bank and Education Program email:jwinter@unm.edu University of New Mexico 1717 Lomas Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA http://www.treaty7.org/friends/tnat/tnat.htm PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS AND CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT TENTH ANNUAL NAVAJO STUDIES CONFERENCE WITHIN AND BEYOND THE SACRED MOUNTAINS - A DECADE OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE The University of New Mexico invites you to participate in the Tenth Annual Navajo Studies Conference, to be held from April 16-19, 1997, in Albuquerque on the campus of UNM. This is a preliminary call for papers. A more detailed announcement will be forthcoming. The deadline for Abstracts is December 16, 1996. The general conference theme is "Within and Beyond the Sacred Mountains - A Decade of Cultural Exchange." This theme recognizes 10 years of Navajo Studies Conferences, and allows for a wide range of papers. It also brings the Conference back to UNM, where the first one was held in 1986. The length of each presentation should be no more than 20 minutes, followed by a ten minute discussion period. Your paper abstracts should be no longer than 250 words. Information on concurrent sessions, workshops, session titles, tours, registration and other details will be sent out in the next few weeks. We hope that the conference can be held at the same time as UNM's Nizhoni Days, which are hosted by the American Indian Student Services and The Kiva Club. Send abstracts to: Lucille Stilwell Director, American Indian Student Services 1119 Mesa Vista Hall University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 505/277-6343 for now, email can be sent to: jwinter@unm.edu Later we will set up a special email address and url Thankyou!! --------------------------------------------------------------------- ACRA-L - American Cultural Resources Association. To unsubscribe send mail to listproc@listproc.nonprofit.net: UNSUB ACRA-L To subscribe send mail to that address: SUB ACRA-L YourFullName Report any problems to Thomas R. Wheaton ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9:20 PM Sep 16, 1996 From: tpkunesh@chattanooga.net Subj: Celebrate TN Native American Day [see http://www.chattanooga.net/cita/TN-NA-Day.html for graphics, and http://www.chattanooga.net/cita for further info on CITA] Celebrating Tennessee Native American Day Wednesday, 25 September 1996 - Chattanooga All Nations, All Peoples, One Purpose 9-10 am Camp Cherokee Recognition & Memorial UTC Scrappy Moore Practice Field Recognizing Chattanooga's concentration camp used in the 1835-1838 racial cleansing at its former site, now the University of Tennessee Chattanooga Scrappy Moore Practice Field on the Tennessee River. Purpose: to commemorate the site of Camp Cherokee for the first time publicly in 100 years, to remember the events that happened here, the burials around it, and to erect a sign to remember the site. Speakers: Chief Joyce Dugan, Eastern Band of Cherokee (invited; not confirmed) Governor Don Sunquist (invited; not confirmed) UTC Chancellor Frederick Obear (invited; not confirmed) Special Invited Guests & Traditional Flute, Otter 12-2 pm Native American Day Celebration with Clyde Bellecourt, Anishinabe Miller Park Plaza We celebrate intertribal Native American culture, promote unity, healing, and oneness-of-purpose among local and regional Native American groups and supporters, bringing together people with the goal of protecting and preserving known and yet-undiscovered Native American burial and cultural sites, and invite the general public to attend. Guest Speaker: Clyde Bellecourt, Anishinabe (Chippewa, Minnesota), a founder of the American Indian Movement and the International Indian Treaty Council, current director of the Peacemaker Center for Indian youth, organizer of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media, currently chairman of the Board of American Indian OIC. Other Speakers: State & Local Politicians Environmental Activists Special Invited Guests Join Us September 25th The Chattanooga InterTribal Association (CITA) meets the first tuesday of every month at 7pm at the TVA Solar Institute on ML King Blvd. Call 423. 954.2376 for more info. Clyde Bellecourt will be in town thursday & friday, 26 & 27 september, and is available for other speaking engagements. tom kunesh, CITA Public Relations Committee chairman, may be contacted at the following phone numbers: pager: 423. 550.8271 home: 423. 874.1798 ======================================================================== From Char-Koosta_ News: Sep 27-29 2nd Annual Council Tree Powwow. Delta, CO 800-874-1741 Sep 28-29 Northern Plains Powwow and Art Show. Sioux Falls, SD 800-658-4797 Oct 5-6 22nd Annual Powwow, Honolulu, HI 808-734-5171 Oct 12 6th Annual All-Children's Powwow, Santa Fe, NM 800-607-4636 From _Positive Notes_ Vol 3, No. 2 Sep 20-22 Native American Heritage Pow Wow, Kentucky Horse Park Campground, Exit 120 off I-75, Lexington, KY 704-497-3370 Sep 20-22 Great Mohican Pow Wow. Mohican Waterslide, Route 3 South, Loudonville, OH 419-994-4008 Sep 21-22 3rd Annual Miller's Fall Harvest Powwow, Miller's Tree Farm, 11197 East 700 North, Idaville, IN 219 278 7021 Sep 21-22 Annual Trail of Courage Festival. 4 miles north of Rochester, IN on US 31 219 223-4436 Sep 21-22 Annual Kiser Lake Pow Wow, George Rogers State Park Rt. 4, Springfield OH 513-663-4345 Sep 21-22 Ramapough Mountain Powwow, Polo Field, Rt. 202, Mahweh, NJ 201-529-1171 ================================================================ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- 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: Frosty Deere, Stephen La Boueff, David B. Bowden, Linda Crist, Janet Smith, Joseph C. Winter, Gordon Bainbridge, Victor via Susanna Shreeve, Alan Dixon, Ann Stewart, infoe e.V. Koeln, Marsha Matthews, Wesley J. P. Westphal II, Suzanne Fundingsland via John Berry, Chief Peter Guanikeyu Torres, Gayle Swanson, Steve Brock, Dan Umstead, Save Ward Valley, Larry Innes, Bernadette Chato, Carol Liu, Debra F. Sanders -//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Part B of this newsletter has already been distributed via the NATIVE-L or NATCHAT mailing lists. --------- "RE: Conferences and Powwows - online" --------- Date: Thu, 19 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: 6:43 AM Sep 13, 1996 From: l.crist@worldnet.att.net Subj: Upcoming Pow Wow Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) 2nd Annual Indian Summer Pow-Wow Presented by the Roanoke County Parks Department & George Whitewolf October 12, 1996: 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. October 13, 1996: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Green Hill Park, Salem, Virginia Admission: Adults $6.00 Children $3.00 (age 6-12) Under age 5 are free Native American dancing, storytelling, food, crafts, and art. Visit an authentic tipi village, see a live buffalo, listen to Native American flute music, and enjoy the Saturday night bonfire. And, see Javier Alarcon, the Aztec Dancer again. For more information, contact George Whitewolf at (804) 929-6911 or (804) 929-0334. Or call Roanoke County Parks and Recreation at (540) 387-6086 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 11:06:40 -0500 (CDT) From: "Dr. Eugene Norman" Subj: Northern Indiana Pow Wow - Saturday, Sept. 21 (Crown Point) (fwd) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 18:24:18 -0400 From: christina.d.black.2@nd.edu Subj: Northern Indiana Pow Wow - Saturday, Sept. 21 (Crown Point) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Keepers of the Dream will sponsor its 4TH ANNUAL BENEFIT POW WOW on Saturday, September 21 at the Lake County Fairgrounds Industrial Building in Crown Point, Indiana. Proceeds from the Pow Wow will benefit the Lakota on Pine Ridge. The Pow Wow will be held indoors and the doors open at 11:00 a.m. with Grand Entry at noon. After a dinner break from 4:00-5:30, another Grand Entry will take place at 6:00 p.m. In addition there will be craft demonstrations, food, and a raffle. SPECIAL GUESTS: LAKOTA GEORGE (Flute Player) and EDDIE SWIMMER (Hoop Dancer) HOST DRUM: WHITE THUNDER Admission: $5:00 - Adults $4.00 - Teens Elders Free Children (10 and under) Free For more information phone (219) 663-4889 <<<<<<<=====|||====|||====|||====|||====|||====|||====|||====|||====>>>>>>> Tina Black - Office of Undergraduate Studies - College of Arts & Letters 101 O'Shaughnessy Hall - University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame, IN 46530 <<<<<<<=====|||====|||====|||====|||====|||====|||====|||====|||====>>>>>>> --------- "RE: Oneida Land Claim Dispute" --------- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 16:31:25 +0000 From: umstead@oneida-nation.org (Dan Umstead) Subj: Wisconsin Tribe Leaders Jeopardize Possible Land Claim Settlement Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) [ This article is being approved without prejudice with regard to the opinions expressed herein in order to make it clear that there is at present a dispute between the New York and Wisconsin Oneidas. Unless those in Wisconsin who are spoken of here as having broken an agree- ment are able to come forward to defend their position, further such bulletins from the Oneida faction will not be carried on this list, in order that this forum not become a medium for an unbalanced treat- ment of the subject. It would seem clear that feelings on both sides are running high - but it seems unfair that those with superb access to Internet facilities be permitted a mechanism to present their side of the story without our readers being able to hear what those on the other side feel and why they feel as they do and are taking whatever action they are in fact taking in this matter. If anyone reading this article can alert the Wisconsin Oneidas to the fact of it being posted electronically and can facilitate their posting a response, please do what you can to help them get their response into this same forum so that we might understand their perspective. --Gary (gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us) ] NEWS -- NEWS -- NEWS -- NEWS September 13, 1996 For Immediate Release Wisconsin Tribe Leaders Jeopardize Possible Land Claim Settlement -Refuse to Discuss $300 Million Compensation - ONEIDA NATION TERRITORY, via Oneida, NY -- Leaders of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, Inc. are jeopardizing their share of the largest land claims case in the United States by their flat refusal to discuss a possible settlement for them in the range of $300 million. Leaders of the Oneida Indian Nation in New York State today said they were alarmed to learn that officials of the Wisconsin Oneidas are willing to undo years of sensitive negotiations and at the same time deprive their members of economic security and a brighter future for their children. Reports are that the leaders of the Wisconsin Oneidas plan to purchase land on the Oneidas' reservation in New York State in an ill-advised attempt to establish a beachhead in that state. This is a complete repudiation of an earlier written promise by Wisconsin tribe leaders who stated they would not establish a foreign government in New York and that they would not meddle in the internal affairs of the Oneida Indian Nation in New York. Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter said the Wisconsin tribe's acts would seriously threaten negotiations with New York State and the federal government. He said, "We have always supported proper restitution to be made to Oneidas for the illegal sale of their land, and now that a possible solution is at hand, it is unfortunate that the leaders of the Wisconsin Oneidas are willing to gamble the future of their own members on a totally unnecessary ploy they promised they would not do." "The land claims case has been dragging on now for decades," said Halbritter. "We finally have within reach a reasonable way to end this, a way to protect our rights to our land and that generously compensates the other parties to the lawsuit who haven't lived in New York for a long time." It is disheartening to think all of this may be sacrificed by leaders who in the past have said they want a settlement. We are distressed they have broken their word. [ There were no quotation marks in the original text of the above two paragraphs. I have guessed at where they should occur from the context of the remarks. I may have guessed wrong - but I believe that if I have erred, it is on the side of attributing fewer of those remarks to Mr. Halbritter, rather than to wrongly attribute to him something he may not actually have said and may rather have in fact only been part of the editorial comments of the press release. --Gary ] We have never objected to Oneida Wisconsin returning to the homeland. We understand their desires to return to the land of ancestors and would welcome their return. But, we cannot accept a foreign government over our people. Part of the land claim solution currently under discussion would allow the Oneida Nation of New York to establish a casino off reservation lands. Proceeds from this casino would then be used to compensate the Wisconsin Oneidas with $300 million over 10 years as their compensation in the land claim case. "This win-win solution," said Halbritter, "would relieve New York State from the burden of finding money it doesn't have to reimburse all of the parties in the land claim case." It also would preserve the Oneida Nation's rights to the land it has fought to retain, land they remained on long after the forbearers of today's Wisconsin Oneidas sold. Finally, it would give the Wisconsin Oneidas a large sum of money which could be used to ensure the economic future of the tribe's members. Other aspects of the land claim settlement are still under discussion, but major progress has been made on this solution to compensating the Wisconsin Oneidas. [ Again, it is unclear how much of the preceeding and following paragraphs represents what Mr. Halbritter actually said. I have again made the most conservative assumptions possible. --Gary ] This is a very positive solution to a difficult question, said Halbritter. That is why the Oneida People of New York are bewildered and disheartened by the refusal of the Wisconsin leadership to even talk about it. New York State officials have said they will break off talks with the leaders of the Wisconsin Oneidas and consider buying land on Oneida reservation land in New York as a hostile act by attempting to establish something they abandoned here 150 years ago. Halbritter was astonished by the willingness of the Wisconsin leaders to so quickly jeopardize the future of their members, adding that Indian leaders must have as their first duty ensuring the well-being of the Seventh Generation to the future. For more information contact Tim Close at 1-800-819-5408, Ken Zeszutko, media coordinator, Oneida Nation Communications Department, (315) 361-7896 or send email to umstead@oneida-nation.org For more information about the Oneida Indian Nation visit - http://one-web.org/oneida/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Daniel Umstead The Oneida Indian Nation Internet Coordinator "A Sovereign Nation Oneida Indian Nation in http://one-web.org/oneida/ Cyber-space!" 315-361-6300 http://one-web.org/oneida/ --------- "RE: Ward Valley Action Alert" --------- Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 18:21:21 -0700 From: savewardvalley@mail.rippers.com (Save Ward Valley) Subj: Ward Valley Action Alert Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) The five Tribes of the Lower Colorado River (Fort Mojave, Chemehuevi, Colorado River Indian Tribes, Quechan, and Cocopah) need your help in stopping the proposed Ward Valley radioactive waste dump. The nuclear power industry and their friends in Congress are again trying to force the proposed dump onto the unwilling tribes and people of California and Arizona. Plans are to dump radioactive waste in unlined trenches just 18 miles from the Colorado River on land held sacred by the nearby tribes. Ward Valley legislation will be voted on this Tuesday, September 17, at 9AM. Letters and phone calls are needed immediately! Please see attached file for more information. September 14, 1996 WARD VALLEY LEGISLATIVE ALERT!!! Action Needed this Monday! Senator Murkowski (R-AK) will attach an amendment regarding Ward Valley to the Interior Appropriations bill at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, September 17. The amendment would transfer the land at Ward Valley to the State of California for construction of a radioactive waste dump. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), opposes the Ward Valley dump and plans to filibuster the amendment by reading letters from dump opponents into the Congressional record. She is especially interested in letters from patients who feel they have benefited from nuclear medicine but oppose dumping radioactive waste into the environment. ACTIONS TO TAKE ON MONDAY: 1. Call or fax your Senators (e-mail will not be read soon enough, please take a moment to send your letters by fax or give a phone call): California citizens: Senator Dianne Feinstein 202.224.3841 phone 202.228.3954 fax Ask Senator Feinstein to support Boxer in filibustering any bill/amendment regarding Ward Valley. Arizona citizens: Senator John McCain 202.224.2235 phone 202.228.2862 fax Ask Senator McCain to support Boxer and Feinstein's filibuster against Ward Valley legislation. 2. Fax letters opposing the dump to Senator Boxer for her to read into the record during her filibuster. Make sure that your message of opposition to the Ward Valley dump is in the first sentence and is highlighted. Letters of any length are appropriate and will be very helpful! Senator Barbara Boxer Attn: Linda Delgado 202.228.0026 fax For more information contact: Save Ward Valley : 619.326.6267 or send us an e-mail at savewardvalley@rippers.com or visit our web page http://www.rippers.com/swv/valley.htm --------- "RE: Innu Challenge Labrador Metis" --------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 14:46:23 -0300 From: Larry Innes Subj: Innu Nation Challenges Aboriginal Status of Labrador Metis Association Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 1996 "Innu Nation Calls on Labrador 'Metis' Association to Prove their Aboriginality" (Sheshatshiu) Innu Nation President, Peter Penashue, called upon the Labrador "Metis" Association today to prove that its members are really Aboriginal people with Innu ancestry. Mr. Penashue said, "We're getting tired of hearing all these claims from so-called 'Metis' people that they are Aboriginal and have rights throughout Labrador when, in fact, they haven't presented a scrap of evidence to back up their claims." "The so-called 'Metis' haven't provided any land use documents or family tree information to prove they have Innu ancestry and rights in Labrador, and yet, they are trying to muscle in on scarce funding that is allocated to people of truly Aboriginal ancestry," said Mr. Penashue. "Special programs and funds are earmarked for Aboriginal people in recognition of the fact that we have special needs as colonized peoples who have suffered terribly from the impacts of European settlement. Moreover, land rights negotiations are intended to resolve outstanding issues related to the colonization of our lands. In this context, it really hurts the interests of legitimate Aboriginal people when various people of dubious Native ancestry-many of whom continue to benefit from the alienation of our lands-pretend they have Innu ancestry without a shred of evidence to back up their claims." Mr. Penashue said "the membership criteria of the Labrador 'Metis' Association are so loose that the door is left wide open to non-Aboriginal people." He pointed to a clause in the Articles of Association of the Association that states that membership is open to "Original Labradorians," meaning people "who settled in Labrador north of the Pinware River prior to 1940, who [have] remained there since, and their descendants." According to Penashue, "This criterion means that people in Port Hope Simpson, who immigrated to the region from Newfoundland after 1934 because of lumbering operations, are members of the LMA and are considered to be Aboriginal. This is completely absurd." "I understand that many of these people have a strong connection to this land, and I certainly recognize that many of them are descendants of the original Settlers, but being Aboriginal is something else entirely. I recognize the Settlers as real Labradorians, as passionate Labradorians, and as being very different than the people who have just come from away." Penashue continued, "But I also remember when being Aboriginal meant having brown skin and being stigmatized by non-Aboriginal people in Labrador, most Settlers denied any Aboriginal heritage. But the second they saw money in being Aboriginal, they all of a sudden became 'Metis', to the detriment of the Innu and Inuit." "The media are giving these people a free ride, without asking any hard questions about the validity of their claims to being Aboriginal. It's high time journalists in this province stopped accepting at face value everything Todd Russell and his colleagues say about their status," stated Penashue. In closing, Penashue said, "there's one quick way to resolve the issue of who the so-called 'Metis' really are. Let the LMA table all their historic land use and family tree information immediately with the Innu, Inuit, federal and provincial governments so that we can determine once and for all whether these people are genuinely Aboriginal or just fakes trying to grab scarce funds and programs that are supposed to be for genuinely Aboriginal people." --------- "RE: Native America Calling" --------- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 12:44:06 -0600 From: chato@unm.edu (Bernadette Chato) Subj: Schedule for Native America Calling Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Here's the latest schedule for *Native America Calling.* Since we produce a new show every day, we are always looking for knowledgeable people (preferably Native Americans) to be guests on our show. If you have a recommendation for a guest after reading the topics for upcoming shows, please e-mail our producer directly at harlan@unm.edu. Your help is appreciated. A list of stations follows the schedule. If you want to find out more about coverage in your area, please follow instructions given. Thanks. BC TO:PROGRAM DIRECTORS, GENERAL MANAGERS FR:NATIVE AMERICA CALLING DT:SEPTEMBER 6, 1996 RE:SCHEDULE FOR NATIVE AMERICA CALLING, SEPTEMBER 9-13, 1996 NATIVE AMERICA CALLING, the first national call-in radio program to focus on Native issues, began daily one-hour feeds on 6/5/95. Feed Time:M - F, 1300 - 1359 ET Channel Info:Channel 8 PEV Code 391 Digital Frequency B68.2 Galaxy 4, Transponder B Broadcast Rights: Each program is designed for live use. The fee to carry NATIVE AMERICA CALLING is determined on whether the station is a member of AIROS. There is a set fee for AIROS members; if not a member, fee is based on station's annual revenue. ---------------------------------------------------------------- **** P R O G R A M S U B J E C T T O C H A N G E **** Watch the DACS or your FAX for updates!! ---------------------------------------------------------------- HOST: TOM BEAVER WELLNESS HOST: SHARON McCONNELL PROGRAM SCHEDULE for 9/9 - 9/13: MON - 9/9: The fascination with Native Americans is stronger abroad than here in the states. Foreigners are flocking to catch a glimpse of real live Indians. Why is there such an overseas obsession with native life? Guests include international traveler Ralph Zotigh of the Kiowa Tribe. TUE - 9/10: Volumes of information about native people are being collected and stored onto databases. This information will soon be available on the Internet. Are these databases helpful or detrimental to native families and individuals? Data gatherers Carl Waln and Henrietta Stockel will join us. WED - 9/11: In a remote area of the deep South, the Mississippi Choctaw are quietly flourishing. How have these people pulled themselves out of poverty and depression? Can jobs and cash save a culture from extinction? Choctaw Chief Philip Martin will help us seek the answer. THU - 9/12: Black outs and power outages are realities we all must tolerate. We've become so reliant upon electricity...are we prepared for life without it? What alternative power sources are being developed? Guests include Anita Blue of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa reservation. FRI - 9/13: Wellness Edition: As native people move from their birthplaces to cities, available Indian health services can become a key factor in a family's financial survival. Should native people expect free health care anywhere in the country? Guests TBA. +Native America Calling+ is produced and directed by Harlan McKosato (Sac and Fox from Oklahoma). Tom Beaver (Muscogee Creek from Minnesota) is Host/Associate Producer, Features Producer/Editor is Bernadette Chato (Navajo from New Mexico), and Michelle Cody (Navajo from Arizona) serves as Associate Producer. +NAC+ is a production of Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc. Offices for *Native America Calling* are located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The program is produced at the studios of KUNM at the University of New Mexico. The staff of *Native America Calling* can be reached at 505-277-5201 or by fax at 505-277-4286. Address correspondence to PO Box 40164, Albuquerque, NM 87196, or e-mail to native@unm.edu. For information on how your local public radio station can carry the program, call John Belindo, AIROS at 1-800-571-6885 or e- mail to his attention to jbelindo@unlinfo.unl.edu. ///////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\ RADIO STATIONS AIRING *NATIVE AMERICA CALLING* Produced in Albuquerque, NM KABR 1500 AM Alamo, New Mexico KBRW 680 AM Barrow, Alaska KBSU 730 AM Boise, Idaho KCIE 90.5 FM Dulce, New Mexico KCUK 88.1 FM Chevak, Alaska KEYA 88.5 FM Belcourt, North Dakota KGHR 91.5 FM Tuba City, Arizona KGLP 91.7 FM Gallup, New Mexico KIDE 91.3 FM Hoopa, California KILI 90.1 FM Porcupine, South Dakota KNSA 930 AM Unalakleet, Alaska KOTZ 720 AM Kotzebue, Alaska KRCL 90.9 FM Salt Lake City, Utah KSKA 91.1 FM Anchorage, Alaska KSKO 870 AM McGrath, Alaska KSUT 91.3 FM Ignacio, Colorado KTDB 89.7 FM Pinehill, New Mexico KUNM 89.9 FM Albuquerque, New Mexico KWSO 91.9 FM Warm Springs, Oregon KYUK 640 AM Bethel, Alaska WYRU 1160 AM Red Springs, North Carolina Most stations carry *Native America Calling* live at 1300-1359 Eastern Time. However some stations opt to air the program on tape delay. Call the particular station for broadcast time. If you do not see a station listed for your area, consider calling your local public radio station to ask if they could carry it. The rates are VERY reasonable. Information, including rates and a demo tape, on *Native America Calling* can be obtained by calling John Belindo, manager, American Indian Radio on Satellite Network (AIROS) at 1-800-571-6885. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernadette Chato, Features Producer Snail Mail: PO Box 40164 NATIVE AMERICA CALLING Albuquerque, NM 87196 The Nation's 1st Electronic Talking Circle 505-277-5354/FAX 505-277-4286 Heard on public radio stations! E-mail: chato@unm.edu