From gars@netcom.com Wed Feb 26 07:02:49 1997 Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 20:24:56 -0800 From: Gary Night Owl To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Subject: Wotanging Ikche--nanews05.009 _ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' O ____ _ , ___ _ , ___ O o O / ' ) / / ) ' ) / / ' O o O / /-< / /--/ /-- VOLUME 05, ISSUE 009 O o o o o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 1 March 1997 O o O KANOHEDA ANIYVWIYA Otapi'sin Atsinikiisinaakssin O o O Es'te Opunvk'vmucvse Aunchemokauhettittea O ( N A T I V E A M E R I C A N N E W S ) This issue contains articles from Sovernet-L, Triballaw, Uptowne, NAT-FILM & NATIVE-L listservers; Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty; Newsgroups: alt.activism,soc.culture.native,soc.culture.canada,can.general, can.politics,soc.rights.human; Tribal Accountability Legal Rights Fund; UUCP and genie email Articles appearing have been previously posted for public dissemination and/or permission for inclusion has been secured. Letters of authorization are on file. A list of those granting permission to repost their words in this issue are listed at the end of part A. I thank each of you for allowing your words to be shared with the people. <----<<<< >>>>----> This newsletter is a way of keeping the brothers and sisters who share our Spirit informed about current events within the lives of those who walk the Red Road. ++ It may be subscribed to via email by sending a request from your own internet addressable account to gars@netcom.com ++ It is archived at http://www.nanews.org Note - The archive at http://web.maxwell.syr.edu/nativeweb/journals/nanews will be discontinued, and NativeWeb will link to the new archive at http://www.nanews.org. I am grateful for the archive that was kept by NativeWeb, and count those who maintain this site as friends who have enriched my life. To them I say, "Wado. Dohiyi Ani Oginalii." 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 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. "I love that land of winding waters more than all the rest of the world. A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal." __ Chief Joseph, Ni-mi-poo +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | Indian Pledge of Allegiance | The Indian Pledge of Alleg- | | iance was first presented | I pledge allegiance to my Tribe,| on 2 December '93 during the | to the democratic principles | opening address of the Nat- | of the Republic | ional Congress of American | and to the individual freedoms | Indian Tribal-States Relat- | borrowed from the Iroquois and | ions Panel in Reno, NV. NCAI | Choctaw Confederacies, | plans distribution of the | as incorporated in the United | Indian Pledge to all Indian | States Constitution, | Nations. | so that my forefathers | | shall not have died in vain | Walk in Beauty! Night Owl +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ O'siyo Brothers and Sisters! Last issue I referred to Secretary of Interior, Bruce Babbitt as Senator Bruce Babbitt. I apologize for this error. Last issue I included a referral to a website: http://members.aol.com/spikegritz/mw44/bluelodg.htm Upon further. review I must personally withdraw any endorsement of this site. I will say no more of it, though a friend I hold in high regard and honor had far stronger words against this site and those running it. As you can see from the banner, this newsletter now has its own website: http://www.nanews.org Every issue of this newsletter is archived there. Your visits and comments are encouraged and welcome. If you missed my heartfelt words about the friends who supported this newsletter at NativeWeb for so long, please grant me the privilege of repeating them here: The archive at http://web.maxwell.syr.edu/nativeweb/journals/nanews will be discontinued, and NativeWeb will link to the new archive at http://www.nanews.org. I am grateful for the archive that was kept by NativeWeb, and count those who maintain this site as friends who have enriched my life. To them I say, "Wado. Dohiyi Ani Oginalii." On to more important issues. The states of Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina are moving on their own to chart the routes moved during the illegal removal of Cherokee (and other nations) from their lands, that our People call the "ge tsi ka hv da a ne gv i" ("The Trail of Tears"). These states are doing this, because ten years ago Congress authorized the identification and marking of the Trail of Tears as a National Historic Trail, but has done little to fund the project. There is also a concern the National Parks Service will be responsible for this Trail once it has been established. This is the same NPS that wants Kiosks at Wounded Knee, and to permit camera wielding vacationers to run about a place where a massacre took place. A place the People, whose ancestors lie there, hold to be the Sacred place it is. This is the same NPS that has performed its job in such an exemplary manner at Yellowstone National Park. When will this be renamed the "Geysers and Guts National Buffalo Slaughter House"? http://www.wintercount.org, "Voices of the Wintercount" now has .jpg stills and .avi indeo video clips of the Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers video of the Yellowstone Buffalo Slaughter. Complete video clips of the slaughter are available from Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers POB 7941 Missoula, MT 59807 (406) 728-0867 (cmcr@ism.net) The videos are as follows: brokhrn.avi....yearling buffalo with horn broken from mishandling truckin.avi....red & white pickup load of buffalo heads hedauc2.avi....auctioneer kicking buffalo head he will auction for $5 only2.avi......owner of CC Meats saying, "Only two were infected." The stills are as follows: grin.jpg, 2pos.jpg, brkhorn.jpg, headkik.jpg and truck.jpg These are self-explanatory, though some include captions. Saturday Night Live, last weekend, had a skit that made a joke that cuts deep into the heart of Native Americans. It was a take-off on Menomonee, WI High School, which has a stereotypical Indian mascot. The SNL "newscaster" said "Local Indians were upset when they realized they were trying to change it to 'Drunken Indians'." We have been taught, in Traditional First Nations, that humor, at the expense of belittling others is not only disrespectful and offense, but dishonorable. Rather than raise a fuss with NBC or Saturday Night Live (thus raising their ratings with controversy) a note to their sponsors is more in order. Explain you will not support a company that thinks exploitation of a People is funny by buying their products. Explain our People, who have suffered more than any the ill effects of alcohol, do not consider their little joke funny. Then make your money talk. There is still a great need for support on the reservations. This has been a bitter, killing winter. The addresses I have for those wanting to help are as follows: Navajo Nation The Dakota Sovereign Traditional Oyate P. O. Box 308 P. O. Box 732 Window Rock, AZ 86515 Fort Yates, ND 50538-7104 (520) 871-4941 (701) 854-7165 Rosebud Reservation: PO Box 8392 M. Waln Rapid City, SD 57709 Box 283 Checks made out to Wapaha Canku Luta Parmelee, SD 57566 (a Lakota nonprofit organization) (yes this address can be used by UPS) or to Joe Chasing Horses Blackfeet Tribe PO Box 850 Browning, MT 59417 (406) 338-7406 Ishgooda sends this news of another Elder crossing over. Prayers have been offered. From: Ishgooda Subj: With Great Sorrow: Bob Splitlog Khwe Akwataru, Announcement of an Elder's passing: Robert Splitlog of Trenton, Michigan, descendant of Split Log, a signer on many of the Huron/Wyandot(te) Treaties has walked on Tuesday as a result of injuries received in a slip and fall accident this past Sunday. He is to be buried this coming Friday through the Czopek Funeral Home in Wyandotte, Michigan. Letters and cards may be sent to his wife Lillian in care of: Czopek 2157 Oak St, Wyandotte, MI 48192-5315 Phone: (313)285-9000 The Buffalo continue to be slaughtered. Leonard Peltier is still in the iron house. People are cold and hungry. These are things you can help correct. Call, write, send help. 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 - Cop Frame-Up Against Natives - Conferences and Powwows - online - Clark Sentenced to 3 Months - Lakota and Dakota People Die - Statement by Bill Lightbown - Keweenaw Bay Update - What the NPCA says about the Bison - Native Religious Freedoms - Tribal Chairman Speaks of Bison - Protect Akamiuapishk - Montana: Silence is Golden? - Through Indian Eyes - Update on Phoenix Hearings - Dineh Traditional Elders - Peltier Responds to Giago - Tribal Responsibility - Royal Commission 4-5 - Observations on the RCAP - Senator Daniel Inouye at the NCAI - Indian Reality in Canada - Poem: Eagle Feather at SeyBold - Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days - Conferences and Powwows - offline --------- "RE: Cop Frame-Up Against Natives" --------- Date: 22 Feb 1997 21:11:22 GMT From: bghauk@berlin.infomatch.com (Brian Hauk) Subj: Cop Frame-Up Against Natives Unravels In Canada Newsgroups: alt.activism,soc.culture.native,soc.culture.canada, can.general,can.politics,soc.rights.human Cop Frame-Up Against Natives Unravels In Canada +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ from the Militant, vol.61/no.9 March 3, 1997 BY ROGER ANDREWS SURREY, British Columbia - A police frame-up and violence-baiting attack against 18 fighters for Native Indian rights is rapidly unraveling in a courthouse in this Vancouver suburb. The Gustafsen 18 are facing criminal charges ranging from trespass and public mischief to possession of firearms dangerous to the public peace. Two defendants are charged with attempted murder of police officers. The charges stem from a government and police assault on an encampment celebrating Native Indian spiritualism and culture at Gustafsen Lake in central British Columbia in the summer of 1995. The celebration had become an annual event, but in July 1995, acting at the behest of a rancher with a specious claim to the land surrounding the lake, police ordered participants off the land. They refused, affirming that the land was territory Indians had not ceded. The British Columbia government, with the backing of Ottawa, then directed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canada's federal police force, to force them out by any means. The defense campaign has exposed startling evidence of the lengths to which the police and provincial and federal governments went. A damning videotape The biggest revelation to date came on January 19 when a police videotape of an RCMP strategy session on Sept. 1, 1995, became public. The cops are viewed planning a smear campaign to falsely paint the defendants as violent and criminal. They agree to publicize the criminal records of several camp participants. They discuss which officials of Native Indian organizations might cooperate in giving public denunciations of the encampment. RCMP negotiator Dennis Ryan then asks, "Did you find somebody else that could help us with a disinformation or smear campaign?" "Smear campaigns are our specialty," answers a smiling RCMP Sergeant Peter Montague. He was the officer responsible for media relations as the police carried out a planned escalation of the confrontation. Montague was challenged by defense lawyer George Wool in testimony on January 23. "You were conditioning the Canadian public - including prospective jurors - that the people at Gustafsen Lake were terrorists," the lawyer charged. "That was the message, yes," replied Montague. He described his job as striking "a balance as to what the public has a right to know and what they should know." The tape of the strategy session is part of 50 hours of filming of the standoff, which RCMP witnesses have said now serves as a training videotape for the force. Jurors at the trial first saw the tape in December. The judge quickly ordered a ban on publication of its contents. The public revelation of the tape was in defiance of that gag order. Montague's bragging about RCMP smear campaigns has embarrassed the capitalist media in the province. All news agencies faithfully repeated whatever stories the RCMP fed them during the standoff. Until the videotape revelation, they have conducted a virtual news blackout of the trial, which began last July. Police testimony last fall revealed that the rancher, Lyle James, had no legal title to land at Gustafsen Lake. The cop in charge of the local RCMP detachment testified in September that he accepted "hearsay evidence" from some local residents as his basis to support the rancher's claim. Cops, army organized violent assault Other testimony by police has shed light on the planned escalation of the conflict. A key date was August 18, when police dressed in camouflage staged an armed sortie against the encampment. Activists phoned police to complain that people they believed to be right-wing vigilantes were staging a provocation. They demanded that the police remove them. The cops denied any knowledge of what was taking place. A recording of the call was later destroyed. The next day, the cops held a press conference charging that they had come under fire from the camp and announcing a massive increase in the police siege. Four hundred cops and units of the Canadian army were eventually deployed. Once the option of escalating the conflict was decided, front-line cops had authorization to shoot to kill. "What the RCMP set in motion at Gustafsen Lake was a Waco, Texas-style shoot out," charged defense campaign spokesperson John Hill at a public meeting in Vancouver last month. "We are fortunate that our actions to defend ourselves denied them that chance." Hill was referring to the armed attack by FBI and other U.S. federal agents against a wooden complex in Waco, Texas, housing the Branch Davidian religious sect. The April 19, 1993, assault, which came after a 51-day siege of the religious group, resulted in the holocaust of the compound and the deaths of 86 people, including 17 children. Other testimony at the trial has revealed: Police lied in justifying the use of a land mine to blow up a truck driven by two participants in the encampment on September 11. They claimed that the occupants were armed and had previously fired on police helicopters. Montague admitted January 24 that the cops had no such evidence. The passengers of the truck miraculously escaped injury from the blast. In testimony on January 28, RCMP Staff Sergeant Ken Porter was slammed by defense lawyers for the force's repeated use of the word "terrorists" to describe camp participants when none had any background remotely related to terrorism. "The whole thing is hearsay," the cop admitted. The RCMP admit to firing between 10,000 and 20,000 rounds of ammunition into the encampment Sept. 11, 1995, in an unsuccessful effort to force a surrender of the activists. Following that failure, the cops considered asking for a bigger deployment of the Canadian army. "Four thousand-plus would be needed...100 to one," wrote Deputy RCMP Commissioner Dennis Farrell in a September 13 memo. The police siege ended on Sept. 17, 1995, with the peaceful arrests of the camp occupants. Defendants press for justice The 18 defendants are now calling for a judicial inquiry into the confrontation. They are also stepping up calls for the release of William (Wolverine) Ignace, one of two defendants charged with attempted murder. The trial judge has refused repeated motions to release him on bail. "We have been confident all along in winning this trial because we have the truth on our side," Bill Lightbown told the Militant. Lightbown was a participant in the encampment and one of the spokespeople for the defense campaign of the Gustafsen 18. "The only possibility for a conviction was if the judge could keep a lid on evidence of the police frame-up. But the testimony we have forced out of the RCMP witnesses has blown the cover off that. "Our concern now is that the judge may do some damage control by dismissing the charges and putting an end to the trial. We want the whole truth to come out, not only the RCMP's actions but also all of what their political masters in the provincial and federal governments said and did." Testimony by defense witnesses is due to begin later in February. To get an introductory 12-week subscription to the Militant in the U.S., send $10 US to: The Militant, 410 West Street, New York, NY 10014. For subscription rates to other countries, send e-mail to themilitant@igc.apc.org or write to the above address. Visit the Militant and other progressive net resources: The Militant gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:/11/pubs/militant The Young Socialists http://pages.prodigy.com/AHSG60C/index.html Pathfinder Press gopher://ftp.std.com/11/Book%20Sellers/Pathfinder%20Press --------- "RE: Clark Sentenced to 3 Months" --------- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 21:34:51 -0800 (PST) From: RKI Subj: URGENT UPDATE: CLARK SENTENCED TO 3 MONTHS Mailing List: TRIBALLAW (triballaw@thecity.sfsu.edu) Friday, February 21, 1997 URGENT UPDATE BRUCE CLARK SENTENCED TO 3 MONTHS CBC radio has reported that Judge Friesen has sentenced native rights lawyer Bruce Clark to 3 months in prison for contempt of court. "Everything that is happening seems to me to be impossible that it is happening in Canada. Yet it is happening to me. And it had been happening to the Indian people for a very long time. The criminalization of Indian resistance, even when it entails the bringing forward by them of existing law, is such a deeply entrenched modus operandi in the judicial genocide of indigenous people as to seem normal and irremediable. Yet we must remedy it. For not to resist genocide, when you know as we do that it exists and can not like the judges pretend not to see it, is to condone the genocide. Your stand upon principle is of importance to your people, to the indigenous people of the rest of Canada who may occupy yet unsurrendered Indian territory, to the Indians of the United States in similar positions, and to the natives of every other country in the Americas and around the world whether it be East Timor or Nigeria." -- Dr. Bruce Clark to Verna Friday, traditional Family head of the Bear Island Temagami-Anishnabe people, Dec. 11, 1995 DEFEND DR BRUCE CLARK - DEFEND WOLVERINE - DEFEND THE TS'PETEN DEFENDERS FREEDOM ! Tell these people the world is watching them: Attorney General of BC Ujjal Dosanjh The Administrative Crown Counsel Phone: (250) 387-1866 14340 57th Ave. Fax: (250) 387-6411 Surrey, BC V3X 1B2 Canada email:nlane@galaxy.gov.bc.ca Fax: (604) 572 2398 J Nicholas Friesen J Ray Hall c/o The Registry Office Regional Crown Counsel 350 Barlow Ave. Criminal Justice Branch Quesnel, BC V2J 2C1 Canada Ministry of the Attorney General Room 463 1011 4th Avenue Prince George, BC V2L 3H9 Canada Solicitor General Herb Gray Fax: (250) 565-6058 Fax: (613) 952-2240 Faxing by email: remote-printer.Herb_Gray@16139522240.iddd.tpc.int RCMP: Public Complaints Commission Phone: (604) 666-7363 or 1-800-665-6878 Williams Lake RCMP Detachment Phone: (250) 392-6211 Fax (250) 392-2994 100 Mile House Detachment - Fax: (604) 395-3605 Ottawa Detachment - Phone: (613) 993-1085 Prime Minister Jean Chretien House of Commons Ottawa, Ont. K1A OA6 Canada Phone: (613) 992-4211 Fax: (613) 941-6900 Faxing by email:remote-printer.Jean_Chretien@16139416900.iddd.tpc.int email:pm@pm.gc.ca WWW comments: http://pm.gc.ca/english/pmo/e_corres.htm Governor General Romeo Le Blanc Faxing by email:remote-printer.Romeo_Le_Blanc@16139931967.iddd.tpc.int WWW comments:http://www.schoolnet.ca/collections/governor Canadian Human Rights Commission Communications email:info@chrc.ca SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS Ts'peten Defence Committee 174-1472 Commercial Drive, Vancouver Salish Territory, V5L 3X9 Canada Phone: (604) 322-7934, Fax: (604) 323-0224 Spokespeople: Splitting the Sky - Phone/Fax: (604) 543-9661 Bill Lightbown - Phone: (604) 251-4949, Fax: (604) 251-6401 Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty (SISIS) PO Box 8673 Victoria, BC V8X 3S2 Canada email:uc389@freenet.victoria.bc.ca WWW:http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/SISmain.html Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with Native Peoples (CASNP) ATTN: Kahn-tineta Horn Phone: (416) 972-1573 Fax: (416) 972-6232 email:casnp@io.org (sample letters can be found on the SISIS site, at http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/GustLake/letter.html) --------- "RE: Statement by Bill Lightbown" --------- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 00:31:54 -0800 (PST) From: RKI Subj: Statement by Bill Lightbown (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Steve Kisby To: sovernet-l@speakeasy.org Mailing List: TRIBALLAW (triballaw@thecity.sfsu.edu) TS'PETEN DEFENCE COMMITTEE 174-1472 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Salish Territory, V5L 3X9 Phone: (604) 322-7934, Fax: (604) 323-0224 Information: http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/gustmain.html Press Release February 18, 1997 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Judicial Conspiracy? The following questions must arise in the minds of most Canadians. 1. Why has the judicial system in British Columbia made every effort to block Attorney Dr. Bruce Clark from presenting his legal argument in regards to the lack of legal jurisdiction of the Government of B.C., over unceded aboriginal territory in B.C.? 2. Why did the Government of Canada and the B.C. Government decide to send over 400 RCMP officers, and 8 Canadian Armed Forces armoured vehicles manned by Canadian soldiers, to surround the camp of the 14 spiritual Sundancers and 4 non-aboriginal supporters in the Gustafsen Lake Sundance camp and give orders to kill the occupiers in the camp? (Information source: transcripts from the Gustafsen Lake Defenders Trial). 3. Why are the RCMP, on orders from the government, so determined to intercept and stop Dr. Bruce Clark from attending and participating as the lawyer of choice of most of the defendants as their defence attorney? The RCMP smear and disinformation campaign, waged through the lies fed to the media, was intended to get public support to go into the camp and murder the occupants. Is the B.C. Law Society and the judiciary complicit in a conspiracy to use illegal and immoral tactics to block Dr. Bruce Clark from presenting his legal arguments in the B.C. courts? If it is, this is the worst case of chicanery in Canadian legal history. If the RCMP, the judicial system, and the B.C. and Canadian Governments are allowed to get away with what I consider immoral and illegal tactics in dealing with the rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada, then no one in Canadian society is safe from those illegal tactics. Canadian citizens have the right to know the truth about these issues. We demand a public inquiry and call on all Canadian citizens to support us in this demand. Statement by Bill Lightbown Kootenai Elder and Ts'peten Defence Committee spokesperson February 18, 1997 Shortly after Dr. Bruce Clark was detained by RCMP For more information: Bill Lightbown, phone: (604) 251-4949 --------- "RE: What the NPCA says about the Bison" --------- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 19:45:02 -0500 From: NPCA Subj: Yellowstone Bison UUCP email Thank you for your messages and inquiries regarding the welfare of the Yellowstone bison. Bison herds continue to dwindle--nearly 1,000 animals, in search of forage, have been killed this winter. Meanwhile, no real headway has been made among federal and state officials in reaching a more sensible and humane plan for managing Yellowstone's buffalo. Montana Governor Marc Racicot and federal officials have been trading accusations and a flurry of paper over this issue for two months while the killing has continued. Thus far, politics and perceptions have been the driving forces behind the plan that kills individuals of America's oldest free- roaming bison herd. With a meeting of federal and state authorities likely within the next week, it is imperative that Governor Racicot and others hear from Yellowstone's constituents and the American public. Bison, like all other wildlife, have a right to utilize our public lands, and they always have. Bison foraging on lands adjacent to Yellowstone Park boundaries is nothing new. Every winter buffalo leave the park in search of forage. They tend to follow the river valleys out of the park to lower elevations with less snow pack. There, feeding requires less work, and the animals conserve more energy which is critical to winter survival. Furthermore, following the path of least resistance, bison have come to know the groomed snowmobile trails in the park as preferable travelling routes. As a result, more bison are able to move outside of the park in their quest for food. Snowmobile use in Yellowstone directly affects the number of animals moving further north and west of the park. Wiser management of snowmobile use would yield a more natural bison migration and distribution and leave the necessary attrition up to natural forces. Severe winter conditions in Yellowstone this year have made it especially difficult for wildlife in the park. Due to deep snow pack followed by rain and sub zero temperatures, the snow essentially turned to concrete, making it nearly impossible for animals to reach grasses beneath it. These unfavorable conditions have been a large factor in the movement of bison to greener pastures outside of the park. The essential point is that bison are wildlife on the move. Anyone who has been to Yellowstone and watched a group of buffalo has probably observed a trend--they eat, then move, then eat some more. Moreover, like other wildlife populations, bison will attempt to occupy all suitable habitat. When they fill up their range, they will look for more. That's how they got from Eurasia to North America. Yellowstone bison, especially the Northern population, moves in that same way, regardless of how large their population is within the park. The current bureaucratic response to the movement of Yellowstone's buffalo is not only blatantly cruel but completely disrespectful of the animal's nature. The Park Service is supposed to maintain and provide for natural ecosystem processes. Additionally, no evidence exists for bison transmitting brucellosis to cattle in the wild. Most obviously, a more sound plan could be executed that manages bison as natural wildlife and protects Montana's livestock and brucellosis-free status. You can still influence this debate. Continue calling, faxing or e-mailing Montana Governor Marc Racicot, President Clinton and other officials to express your displeasure at this politically- driven process and demand a solution which protects the Yellowstone bison. Phil Voorhees Associate Director of Policy Development National Parks and Conservation Association --------- "RE: Tribal Chairman Speaks of Bison" --------- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 00:41:51 -0500 From: Sonja Keohane Subj: Tribal chairman speaks of Bison UUCP email Shields addresses Montana Legislature Tribal Chairman Caleb Shields of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation addressed a joint session of the Montana Legislature, Feb. 12. The following is the complete text of his address. Helena, Mont. - The Yellowstone Park bison herd has once again placed Montana in the national spotlight. Montana Indian Nations share a common bond with this herd. Like us, they are the last survivors. Those of our ancestors who survived the 19th century found sanctuary on reservations. In 1894, the last wild buffalo herd left in the United States - about 20 head - found sanctuary in Yellowstone Park. I speak for all Montana Indian nations when I say that the slaughter of this wild herd must stop. The killing is out of hand. Hundreds of buffalo have been slaughtered without even attempting to test them for brucellosis. Our cultures are different on this issue. Under our religion, buffalo are respected. They are good medicine. Their skills and hides still adorn our most sacred lodges. We will dance, sing and pray to them. What is occurring now outside Yellowstone Park is disrespectful. Viable alternatives to this slaughter exist that will not jeopardize Montana's brucellosis-free status. Last Friday, all three federal agencies with jurisdiction in this matter - the Park Service, Forest Service, and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - expressed support for the creation of a bison quarantine facility on tribal lands. It is not the total solution. But it is an essential piece to the solution. Without it, the slaughter will continue into the next century. Under the quarantine option, tribes agree to be the caretakers of buffalo that would otherwise be slaughtered. Once certified as brucellosis-free, these bison will be returned to tribal or public lands. Those testing positive will be killed in a respectful manner. We are very encouraged by Gov. Racicot's statements on this issue in the last week. We want to work with the governor and other officials on alternative solutions. We believe win-win solutions exist whereby Montana can retain its brucellosis-free status and the slaughter of wild buffalo can stop. Ironically, the buffalo are being slaughtered for a disease that they caught from domestic cattle. At the close of the 19th century, Indian nations did not have a seat at the table on buffalo policy. We deserve a seat at the table now. This issue is fundamental to our culture, and we believe we can contribute to this policy in a positive and respectful manner. -- Sonja --------- "RE: Montana: Silence is Golden?" --------- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 14:06:29 -0500 From: Ishgooda Subj: STATE OF MONTANA BELIEVES SILENCE IS GOLDEN?? UUCP email PRESS RELEASE Shortly after 11 PM EST, February 24, 1997, the Department of tourism in Montana angered by a boycott of the state and e-mails protesting the treatment of the Yellowstone bison has complained to Technology Dimensions Incorporated in Monroe, Michigan that they were being mail bombed by one of their subscribers. The activist's response to this accusation is that this is a publicly posted e-mail address to address concerns to the State of Montana Department of Tourism. None of these letters were duplicates..all originated from other sources. The impetus for this campaign is the ongoing slaughter of Yellowstone bison by the State of Montana, which to date has claimed nearly 1000 animals, almost half of the last free roaming buffalo herd in the continental US. The protestors have called for a boycott of the state of Montana, as well as, beef products from this state. Those who have sent letters to the Department of tourism...it would appear your government does not wish to hear from you.... again. In a campaign which involved the state of South Dakota late December the ACLU stepped in to require the state to respect First Amendment rights. The internet is a viable means for many people to address concerns to the government, and as such receives this protection. written by Ishgooda ishgooda@tdi.net PREVIOUS ARTICLE SENT REGARDING FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS: State of South Dakota Attempts Silencing of Internet Petitioners by J. Peiffer Willett In an unprecedented move, the State of South Dakota has blocked the personal Internet E-Mail address of a Native American activist to avoid a flood of petition signatures in opposition of the state's effort to limit Native American access to Sacred sites and prohibit numbers (in excess of 40) of Native Americans from congregating. The petitions were in response to an Internet Alert that indicated a meeting would take place today December 3, in Pierre South Dakota to include both Representative Volski and the Representative from Pine Ridge, as well as Arvol Looking Horse, Joe Chases Horses and other Native Leaders. The indicated intent of the hearing was the review of an earlier court order that overturned, at a state level, President Clinton's 1996 Executive Order regarding Freedom of Religion. States are not bound to adhere to an executive order. Questions arise with the action of the State blocking E-Mail petitions. Are Internet petitioners availed "equal access" to state designated representatives? Is E-Mail to be considered less credible, or a hoax, even deemed harassment by officials, though verification of signatories is available? Are Internet petitioners than afforded less than those who sign hard-copy petitions? E-Mail is both economically advantageous to many and a much faster means of having public opinion available in a timely fashion. Is the action of South Dakota's not an effort to curtail the constitutional rights of not only constituents, but those most likely to be affected by the legislative and judicial whims, the Native American populace? If the South Dakota legislature is allowed to restrict access to sites such as Bear Butte the impact will far exceed the concerns of only residents of that state. Native American religious practices are not bound by Federal or State defined political boundaries. So then, is it not feasible to not only allow but expect an outcry from more than within the State? The offenders Internet Service Provider was contacted by South Dakota State officials and asked to curtail the senders activity. When the Service Provider refused to interfere with the personal and private activity of a customer and supported their right to freedom of expression...other means were taken to allay the flood of messages. In a six o'clock CST newscast the South Dakota governor, Bill Janklow, announced that the state will organize committees to include Native people in an effort to address welfare reform, preservation of sacred site status and other issues of import. Perhaps a topic for inclusion would be the State's right to limit the voice of those on the Internet. --------- "RE: Through Indian Eyes" --------- Date: 17 Feb 97 11:48:18 From: Vern.Jordan@f0.n509.z88.fidonet.org (Vern Jordan) Subj: Through Indian Eyes 17 Feb 97/2 UUCP email Si yu all, >From time to time, I am asked for sources of material to read on Indian history by various readers of these lists. Here are some that look pretty good in most cases. Some I have read and some, I have not. These are generally for history of North Carolina's Indians but also are good for most any area. SOURCES AND SUGGESTED READING A number of works have been written on North Carolina Indians, including an earlier publication by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Stanley A. South's Indians in North Carolina (Raleigh, 1959). Others include Douglas Le Tell Rights, The American Indian in North Carolina (Durham: Duke University Press, 1947; reprinted, Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, 1957), and Ruth Y. Wetmore, First on the Land: The North Carolina Indians (Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, 1975). Teachers, in particular, will find much valuable infor- mation in Rachael Bonny, Ethnic Studies Guide and Resource Manual for the Carolinas (Charlotte: University of North Carolina at Char- lotte, 1978). A useful pamphlet, North Carolina Indians, has been pub- lished by the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs. The com- mission also issues a newspaper entitled Indian Time. Other news- papers of interest are the Carolina Indian Voice, published in Robeson County, and the Cherokee One Feather (Cherokee, North Carolina). CHAPTER 1: Native America For additional information on North Carolina prehistory and archaeology, see Mark A. Mathis and Jeffrey J. Crow (eds.), The Pre- history of North Carolina: An Archaeological Symposium (Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources, 1983); Joffre Lanning Coe, "The Cultural Sequence of the Carolina Piedmont," in Archeology of the Eastern United States, edited by James B. Griffin (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1952); Roy S. Dickens, Jr., Cherokee Prehistory: The Pisgah Phase in the Appala- chian Summit Region (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1976); James B. Griffin, "Eastern North American Archaeology: A Summary," Science, 156 (April 14, 1967), 175-191; and Bennie C. Keel, Cherokee Archaeology: A Study of the Appalachian Summit (Knox- ville: University of Tennessee Press, 1976). For children or general readers, Roy S. Dickens, Jr., and James L. McKinley's Frontiers in the Soil (Atlanta: Frontiers Publishing Company, 1979) is highly recom- mended. CHAPTER 2: The Indian Way of Life A collection of early observations of native Carolinians can be found in David Leroy Corbitt, Explorations, Descriptions, and Attempted Settlements of Carolina, 1584-1590 (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1948). Other good accounts are David B. Quinn and Alison M. Quinn, The First Colonists: Documents on the Planting of the First English Settlements in North America, 1584-1590 (Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Depart- ment of Cultural Resources, 1982); John Lawson, A New Voyage to Carolina, edited by Hugh Talmage Lefler (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1967); and James Adair, Adair's, History of the American Indian, edited by Samuel Cole Williams (Johnson City, Tenn.: Watauga Press, 1930). Charles Hudson's The Southeastern Indians (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1976) is an excel- lent study of native cultures. A good book for young readers is Jesse Burt and Robert Ferguson's Indians of the Southeast: Then and Now (Nashville and New York: Abingdon Press, 1973). CHAPTER 3: Indian-White Relations Two recent books on early Indian-white relations are J. Leitch Wright, Jr., The Only Land They Knew: The Tragic Story of the American Indians in the Old South (New York: Free Press, 1981), and Elizabeth Fenn and Peter Wood, Natives and Newcomer: The Way We Lived in North Carolina before 1770 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1983). Works on the Indian trade include Verner Winslow Crane, Tlde Southern Frontier, 1670-1732 (Durham: Duke University Press, 1928), and John Phillip Reid, A Better Kind of Hatchet: Law, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Cherokee Nation during The Early Years of European Contact (University Park, Pa.: Pennsyl- vania State University, 1976). E. Lawrence Lee's Indian Wars in North Carolina, 1663-1763 (Raleigh: Carolina Charter Tercentenary Commis- sion, 1963; reprinted, Raleigh: State Department of Archives and His- tory, 1968) is a useful survey. For additional information on the Tus- carora War, see Douglas W. Boyce, "Did a Tuscarora Confederacy Exist?" in Four Centuries of Southern Indians, edited by Charles M. Hudson (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1978), and Thomas C. Parramore, "The Tuscarora Ascendancy," North Carolina Historical Review, LIX (October, 1982), 307-326. Additional information on Cherokee alliances and enmity can be found in David H. Corkran, The Cherokee Frontier: Conflict and Survival, 1740-62 (Norman: Univer- sity of Oklahoma Press, 1962); John R. Alden, John Stuart and the Southern Colonial Frontier, 1754-1775 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1944); and James H. O'Donnell III, The Cherokees of North Carolina in the American Revolution (Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources, 1976). CHAPTER 4: The Cherokee Among the many works on Cherokee history are the following: Duane H. King (ed,), The Cherokee Indian Nation: A Troubled His- tory (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1979); Henry T. Malone, Cherokees of the Old South: A People in Transition (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1956); Theda Perdue, Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society,. 1540-1866 (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1979)-) and Grace Steele Woodward, The Cherokees (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963). The Cherokee of North Carolina are the subject of John R. Finger, The Eastern Band of Cherokees, 1819-1900 (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1984). Recommended for young readers are Glen Fleischman, The Cherokee Removal, 1838 (New York: Franklin Watts, 1971), and Peter Collier, When Shall They Rest? The Cherokees' Long Struggle with America (New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1973). CHAPTER 5: The Lumbee Scholarly works on the Lumbee include Karen I. Blu, The Lumbee Problem The Making of an American Indian People (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1980); Adolph L. Dial and David K. Ellades, The Only Land I Know.- A History of the Lumbee Indians (San Francisco: Indian Historian Press, 1975); and William McKee Evans, To Die Game: The Story of the Lowry Band, Indian Guerrillas of Reconstruction (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1971). CHAPTER 6: Native Carolinians Today Contemporary Indian Problems are dealt with in Susan M. Presti (ed.), Public Policy and Native Americans in North Carolina: Issues for the '80s (Raleigh: North Carolina Center for Public Policy Re- search, 1981). Reporter Gary Dorsey contributed a series of revealing articles to the Sentinel (Winston-Salem) between April 27 and May 5, 1981. The Lumbee are one of the tribes whose situation is examined in Report on Terminated and Nonfederally Recognized Indians: Final Report to the American Indian Policy Review Commission (Washing- ton, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1976). The following articles, which appear in Walter L. Williams (ed.), Southeastern Indians since the Removal Era (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1979), concern North Carolina Indians: Sharlotte Neely, "Acculturation and Persist- ence among North Carolina's Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians," and W. McKee Evans, "The North Carolina Lumbees: From Assimilation to Revitalization." Although dated, John Gulick's Cherokees at the Crossroads (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1960; revised edition, 1973) is still useful. -----------------end------------- Do hi yi. Quv (na) Tso da (na) vjordan@bmi.net The Moccasin Telegraph (Building The Fires) http:/www.bmi.net/vjordan/ --------- "RE: Update on Phoenix Hearings" --------- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 01:30:22 -0800 (PST) From: sdn@primenet.com Subj: BIG MOUNTAIN - UPDATE ON PHOENIX HEARINGS Mailing List: TRIBALLAW (triballaw@thecity.sfsu.edu) SOVEREIGN DINEH NATION POB 30453 Flagstaff, AZ 86003 sdn@primenet.com http://www.primenet.com/~sdn February 18, 1996 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BIG MOUNTAIN - UPDATE ON PHOENIX HEARINGS Testimony concluded in the 9th Circuit Court "Fairness" Hearings on Friday, February 14th, 1997. Resistors to relocation from the 'Hopi Partitioned Lands' on the Navajo/Hopi reservation were allocated a day and one-half to testify against the proposed Accommodation Agreement. The previous two and one-half days of testimony were allocated to the six witnesses testifying for the Agreement. Attorney Lee Phillips, who is paid by the Department of Justice through the Navajo Nation, attempted to convince Judge Earl Carroll that the present Agreement is 'the best' the Dineh could hope to achieve. Still, pro-Agreement witnesses expressed fears that sacred sites will not be protected, nor will burial at traditional grounds be allowed. Only twelve of the 100 or so Dineh who drove six hours from the reservation to testify were heard. When asked by Judge Carroll if she was interested in the history of the relocation programme, Mary Katherine Smith, spokesperson for the resistors, replied that she had "no interest in relocation or the way the people have been abused with that programme". Those who also testified against the Agreement included Roberta Blackgoat, Mae Tso, Katherine Smith, and Pauline Whitesinger, all Elders and longtime resistors; Juanita Tso, a twenty-two year old mother of two; and Alvin Clinton, an Elder and a traditional medicine man, who spoke directly to the issue of religious freedom. Members of the Navajo Nation Council, which passed a unanimous resolution supporting the resistors, were well represented among the those who came to listen. The Council will be meeting this week to decide how to implement the resolution's directives, which include an embargo on the use of Navajo Nation personnel or resources to evict residents who refuse to accept relocation benefits or sign an Agreement by March 31. While admitting that he has no power to block or extend the March 31st deadline, Judge Carroll did state before the Court that he does not believe he can make a considered decision within that time. The Hopi Tribal Council will be meeting this week to consider the judge's request for at least 60-90 days extension. Closing arguments will be heard on Friday, February 21, 1997. --------- "RE: Dineh Traditional Elders" --------- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 12:48:41 -0700 (MST) From: Rebecca Lord Subj: Urgent Action: Press Release-Dineh Traditional Elders UUCP email February 23, 1997 Hopi/ Navajo Land dispute Public Law 93-531 Accommodation Agreement: We, The Traditional Dine'h Elders', wish to make a statement to President of United States Government: Mr. Bill Clinton and Congressmen: We, the Traditional Dine'h Elders, are standing at the edge of the cliff, waiting for death, which may come anytime. Meantime: The federal Judge Earl Carroll had a so-called fairness Hearing, which is a joke and completely unfair. He only did order by ninth circuit court of Appeals P. Noonan, Pregerson and David R. Thompson. Judge Carroll accused the Navajo Nation of never having filed a first amendment case. The Many Beads case # 90-15003, a First Amendment lawsuit was filed in 1988 and dismissed by the same Judge Carroll. We attended the hearing in Federal Court in Phoenix on February 11- 14, 1997. Mr. Lee Brook Phillip supposedly has been our attorney, but turned against us and did not represent the resistors, he let people testify whom don't even reside on the lands in question. He spoke on and on for almost two days. We listened patiently waiting to be heard. We almost walked out. We attended the final argument on February 21, 1997 at 10:00am in Phoenix Arizona in Federal Court. There were no translators available to the elder Traditionals' who only speak Navajo and many left the court not knowing what had taken place and having been denied their due process. When attorney Bruce Ellison gave his opening statement on our behalf the Judge jumped all over him and was rude to attorneys Ellison, Bob Zeigler and Bob Malone. The Judge was always kind to the Hopi attorney and was especially kind to Katherine W. Hazard, attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. Katherine Hazard grossly misled the court in stating all the elders from Hopi Partition Land testified in Washington DC in 1996. Only two people went with tribal officials to Washington. Only 50 homes will be built on the new land, if people don't sign the Relocation Agreement by March 31, 1997. This so called "new land" is contaminated from the Church Rock New Mexico uranium spill. An attempt to forcibly relocate Native people to this land is genocide. There are 3500 people still affected by the impending forced relocation. The government insists on counting only the heads of households and wholly eliminating some households. There are another 1500 people already affected who have been denied relocation and are now homeless. This inhumane tactic makes the problems the Navajo are facing insurmountable. Everyone else will be evicted, any day-any time. We fear it will happen in the night time after March 31, 1997. The newborn will not be eligible for seventy-five year lease or relocation benefits. They may not stay or be forced to go under Hopi jurisdiction. So the unborn is considered already dead. We are already loosing ground. We will loose all of it. How can they say the future generations are not eligible? Hopi History The Traditional Hopi elders opposed relocation, many of them have passed on into Spirit World. The News Media would consistently black out the Hearings. This began back in 1985 and involved The Phoenix Gazette, The Albuquerque Journal and the Arizona Republic as well as local and National Radio and Television. They have been misinformed about the Navajo perspective. Beginning in 1985 the United States Senate and all listed below have worked against the Navajo Peoples: U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater U.S. Senator Eldon Rudd John Mc Cain ( Senator_McCain@mccain.senate.gov), Bob Stump, Jim Kolbe (jimkolbe@hr.house.gov) and Morris Udall Action: We are app:ealing to National and International Peoples to fax, telephone and write: President Bill Clinton 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. Washington DC 20500 president@whitehouse.gov To telephone the White House comment Line to request fair treatment for the Navajo elders dial (202)456-1111 (hit 0 to avoid the survey) Janet Reno of the Justice Department 10th St. A Constitution Ave. N.W. Washington DC 20530 202 633-2001 Please ask them Not to evict the Traditional Elder or hurt or abuse the animals with impoundment. Our Traditional's' are calling out for help. Ruth Benally Medicinelady For further information or to lend support to the Navajo elders please contact Grace Smith YellowHammer at 520-289-4968 or Elizabeth Stinson e-mail at esfuture@sonic.net [For background information see: http://bioc09.uthscsa.edu/natnet/archive/nl/9308/0065.html or http://bioc09.uthscsa.edu/natnet/archive/nl/91a/0127.html or http://www.greyhills.cc.az.us/natnet/voices/v05.html or e-mail: mosa@rapidnet.com] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- + If you have come here to help me, Rebecca Michele Lord + you are wasting your time..... LoomWork + But if you have come because http://www.ratical.com/ + your liberation is bound up with mine, mosa@rapidnet.com + then let us work together. Aboriginal Woman --------- "RE: Peltier Responds to Giago" --------- Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 23:26:39 -0500 From: Ishgooda Subj: PELTIER RESPONDS TO GIAGO UUCP email The following is taken from the first nation's URL: http://www.dickshovel.com/2.12.91.html PELTIER RESPONDS TO GIAGO This letter appeared in the Late May, 1991 Edition of News From Indian Country, Rte. 2, Box 2900-A, Hayward, WI 54843. Dear Editor, In a February 12, 1991, Lakota Times editorial, written by editor and owner Tim Giago, entitled "Misguided Advocacy Journalism Twists Facts," a great disservice has been rendered. In the guise of attacking Bob Hulteen's recent editorial in "Sojourners," Giago has mistaken his emotional fervor for reality, and the "facts" which it is composed of. Giago's decades-long vendetta against the American Indian Movement (AIM) and its imprisoned activist Leonard Peltier, has caused him to crusade endlessly in negating any and all rational discourse in regard to the events at Pine Ridge in the '70s. In Giago's attempt to establish the "Lakota Times," and thereby himself as the one true voice of Indian people, truth itself has been discarded. It is not my normal activity to reply to every outburst against AIM and myself. However, Tim Giago's recent Monologue has caused concern among many Indian people, and they have asked me to write this response. Unfortunately, in Giago's unthinking criticism of Hulteen, AIM and Leonard Peltier, he has overlooked the causes of the "war" at Pine Ridge; he has denied the deaths of hundreds of Indian people at the hands and guns of Dick Wilson, FBI founded and trained goons, the attempted political coup and expropriation of Oglala Lakota lands and resources, and the continuing struggle to bring these facts to the public. In the '60s and early '70s, the deplorable living conditions and abuse by agencies such as the B.I.A. reached a peak, with the election of Dick Wilson as tribal chairman. AIM, an organization created to fight for Indian rights, was asked to help protect the people of Pine Ridge and environs by the greatly admired and respected Traditional Elders of the Oglala Lakota people. Frank Fools Crow, Traditional Chief, made that request. Frank Fools Crow would be the first and loudest voice raised in objection to Giago's editorial. His memory is alive and he taught many of us how to speak before his passing. As Giago claims, the book In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (I.T.S.O.C.H.) was taken to Court in a suit filed by former Governor Janklow. At great cost, the publishers defended the book for years, and Judge Jones, who was himself appointed as Judge by Governor Janklow, found the book violated no principle of fact and dismissed the suit. The book has been reprinted and is now available for purchase. This attempt by Janklow, like those of ex- generals and politicians and FBI, to stifle the truth of their mis-deeds, has, fortunately, failed. But, I.T.S.O.C.H. is only one book. There are a number of books available which point out the deeds of Wilson's G.O.O.N.S., the FBI, BIA, State and federal governments and individuals. Are all of these books, which Giago doesn't mention, false? Or, is it possible, that Tim Giago is mistaken in his emotional stance against AIM and Leonard Peltier? If, Giago is a lover of "fact" and "objective" journalism, as he claims, perhaps he will take the time to actually read and study the thousands of documents produced by various FBI and government agencies. If that isn't enough, Tim Giago can watch reruns of interviews with judges, ex-G.O.O.N.S. describing their FBI support, victims of G.O.O.N.S. terror and many others present. All of these documents and facts are available for anyone truly interested in facts. These facts have proven overwhelming to Oglala Lakota tribal members, their chairpersons and governments, causing them to pass many resolutions requesting a new trial for me, based on those facts. The same facts have caused over 70 representatives of the US Congress to petition for a new trial in my case. I.T.S.O.C.H. publishes facts embarrassing to AIM as well. But, neither AIM, nor I, filed suits against the author, Peter Matthiessen, to keep people from reading them. Neither does AIM have over one and one-half million dollars to pay legal fees, as did Janklow and FBI agent David Price. One could wonder how they could afford it. Giago calls me a "convicted murderer" and unfit to serve as an example for Indian children, while he, an honest, hard-working Indian, among others, is disregarded. Tim Giago ran for tribal chairman and was overwhelmingly rejected by the Oglala Lakota people. His response: "I will never run for office again!" Many past chairmen ran for office numerous times, proving their honesty, dedication, sincerity and devotion to the People in the process. Thereby, earning their right to lead. The Oglala Lakota people may not be rich, they may not all be college educated, they may not all own newspapers; but they are the true voice of the People, not the individual - Tim Giago. The Jumping Bull family was attacked, their home is in the Wounded Knee "area," as I.T.S.O.C.H. states, clearly, and not "at" Wounded Knee, as Tim Giago claims it says. The U.S. Government has stated, on the record: "We don't know who killed the FBI Agents nor what participation Leonard Peltier had in it." These are the facts. Tim Giago reminds us of his role in establishing 1990 as a "year of reconciliation," and Governor Mickelson's endeavor to continue those efforts. I do not question Governor Mickelson's sincerity in this. I would ask, however, the same question many Lakotas are asking. Governor Mickelson, why don't you show your sincerity by returning the Black Hills with a promise and law stating no more lands will be taken nor sovereign rights of the Oglala Lakota people violated? With this effort, we can assure you, the Oglala Lakota people will give Governor Mickelson's efforts unanimous support. Tim Giago, you have made an effort to aid reconciliation between Indian and whites. Are you willing to view the truth, examine facts, and listen to the Lakota people, and many others who have taken the time to do so? Would you be willing to declare 1991 as a year of reconciliation between Indian and Indian? I remain, in the spirit of Crazy Horse, Leonard Gwarth-ee-lass Peltier --------- "RE: Tribal Responsibility" --------- From: GAYLES@delphi.com Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 22:36:13 -0500 (EST) Subj: Tribal responsibility UUCP email Tribal Accountability Legal Rights Fund Formed by Chippewa Indians ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 18 -- The following is a statement released today by the President of the newly formed Tribal Accountability Legal Rights Fund at a press conference at the Minnesota state capitol: "My name is Bill Lawrence. I am an enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, and President of the newly-formed Tribal Accountability Legal Rights Fund. "Standing here with me today are other board members and supporters, including Jill Gavle, Brent Johnson, Dan Cohen, Clinton Collins, Julie Shortridge, Gregg Abbott, Vincent Hill, Craig Greenberg, and Elaine Thunder. "Most people are not aware that Indian citizens living on reservations today do not have the same civil rights as other Americans. And most people don't realize that anyone who enters onto a reservation, including a tribal casino, also gives up their civil rights. This is an extremely dire situation. We're talking about people routinely being denied rights guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution. The federal government has granted tribal governments a higher sovereignty than the federal government itself possesses." "Consider this -- currently, tribal casinos are the only businesses in the entire world that can totally avoid legal responsibility and liability in the United States. Tribal governments use sovereign immunity to avoid accountability, deny citizens their civil rights, and even hide criminal conduct. This situation cannot be allowed to continue. "Of the 60,000 Indians currently living in Minnesota, less than 13,000 live on reservations, and only a few hundred are benefiting from this myth called tribal sovereignty. The rest of us are victims of the oppression and abusiveness sovereign immunity creates. Many of the people you see before you today have been personally victimized, and 'left out in the cold' by tribal sovereign immunity. We had hoped that tribal governments would voluntarily take steps to be accountable, but they have not. So we felt obligated to form this organization. "The Tribal Accountability Legal Rights Fund is not anti-tribal government, and is not anti-casino. We are for making tribes and casinos more accountable and responsible. "We are interested in assisting Indian and non-Indian citizens in obtaining the social justice they deserve by taking the following actions: -- Inform the public about oppression and abuse on reservations. -- Educate people about the risks they expose themselves to by entering tribal casinos. -- And, to the extent that we are financially able, fund legal actions, complaints and claims for those who have been severely wronged by tribal government abuses. "As a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, we are seeking contributions to make these efforts possible. To start our informational campaign, we will be airing radio spots in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. Tribal accountability should be an issue in this year's races for governor and attorney general. And all citizens should hold our U.S. senators and congressmen responsible for changing this ill-conceived and oppressive policy our federal government has created. "It is time to end the 'noble savage' mentality and victimization attitude that paints anyone who raises questions about tribal activities as a racist. Martin Luther King Jr. summed it up best when he said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." "We have injustice on our nation's Indian reservations, and it is a threat to us all. Help us bring civil rights to America's Indian reservations. Thank You." SOURCE Tribal Accountability Legal Rights Fund Additional materials and information about the Tribal Accountability Legal Rights Fund can be obtained by calling Julie Shortridge of the Tribal Accountability Legal Rights Fund, 612-228-1976 --------- "RE: Royal Commission 4-5" --------- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 04:59:00 +0000 From: don.rayment@uptowne.com (Don Rayment) Subj: Royal Commission 4 - 5 Mailing List: UpTowne Online Services [Editorial note: This is a continuing series of a public release of a Royal Commission Report. Paul Antone posted it to the UpTowne listserver maintained by Don Rayment.] Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Restructuring the Relationship Treaty Fulfillment and Renewal Accounts of negotiations leading to the historical treaties are full of stories of miscommunication and cross purposes. This is hardly surprising. Negotiators had no common language, no common frame of reference. Despite profoundly different cultures and world views, they were trying to figure out how to share a world. Implementation of treaty terms and promises was problematic from the start. As time passed and the balance of power between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people shifted, governments were able to ignore terms and promises that no longer suited them. For example, * The Anishnabe (Ojibwa) of Lake Huron and Lake Superior were promised that the annuity money they received for use of their traditional lands would increase if the revenues derived from their resources increased. * The people of the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia were promised that if they opened their valley to settlers, they could choose reserve lands of any size and location. * The chiefs of northwestern Ontario were promised the right to hunt and fish on Crown land forever, if they signed Treaty 9. These promises were not honoured. Canadians believe in fair dealing, and treaty fulfillment, even after all these years, is still an imperative for Canada. Treaty renewal is a way of addressing fundamental disagreements between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal authorities about the accuracy of the treaties and about their real purpose. Many Aboriginal people say that the written version of treaties fails to reflect crucial verbal agreements reached by negotiators. Further, they say that the treaties are not just records of a deal, but attempts to give shape to the infinitely complex business of sharing a country. They are agreements for living together and thus are living agreements that must be reviewed and reinterpreted periodically in light of their purpose their 'spirit and intent'. Non-Aboriginal governments take a much more restrictive view. They argue that the written treaty is the complete treaty and that it should be interpreted literally. The historical evidence is clear on the first point of disagreement: the written treaties often are not a full and fair statement of agreements reached. On the second point, the Commission has concluded that the treaties should be implemented to reflect their spirit and intent not just their words, whether spoken or written. The language of yesterday's treaties reflects yesterday's values. For example, the $5 annual treaty money a gift commemorating the agreement in Aboriginal eyes, a form of rent for use of the land in European eyes was a significant sum in its time. Or, to take another example, the promise of a medicine chest for those who signed Treaty 6 was a commitment to provide the best health care available at that time. It is deeply self-serving of Canadian authorities to insist on a literal interpretation of such clauses. If the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people is ever to be set right, the underlying intentions of treaty promises not the letter of outdated terms must guide their present-day implementation. To bring about fulfillment and renewal of the historical treaties, we recommend that Canadian governments * honour the provisions of existing treaties as recorded in treaty text and supplemented by oral evidence * interpret the terms of each treaty in a broad and liberal way, in keeping with the spirit and intent of the agreements reached * act as protectors of Aboriginal interests, not adversaries, and reconcile the interests of society as a whole with the terms of the treaties * recognize that First Nations did not consent to loss of title to their lands or to extinguish all rights to their lands when they signed treaties a more reasonable interpretation is that they consented to share and co-manage lands and resources * recognize that by entering into treaties with Aboriginal peoples, the Crown of Canada acknowledged their inherent right of self- government, their right to control their own affairs, and their right to enter into intergovernmental arrangements with other nations * establish a process for fulfilling and renewing existing treaties, on the basis of these principles Making New Treaties In the beginning, colonial and Canadian governments made treaties only with First Nations and then, only some First Nations. In recent years, Canada has come to a few new treaty-like agreements, including those with * Inuit and Crees (and later the Naskapi) of James Bay and Northern Quebec (1975 and 1978 * Inuvialuit (and later Inuit) of the Northwest Territories (1984 and 1993) * Yukon First Nations (1993) * the Nisga'a in British Columbia (1996) But many nations still have no treaty of any kind. We believe that those without a treaty, accord, compact or other agreement clarifying their relationship with Canada have the right to seek one. For its part, Canada has a duty to conclude such treaties. We propose a new treaty process to lead the way to reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people over the next 20 years. An agreed treaty process can be the mechanism for implementing virtually all the recommendations in our report indeed, it may be the only legitimate way to do so. The main objectives of a new treaty-making process would be to * establish the full jurisdiction of those nations as part of an Aboriginal order of government * expand the land and resource base under their control Canadians may ask why, after so many years of broken promises and dashed hopes, Aboriginal people would put any faith in a new process. We believe that their trust can be rekindled and their participation gained if the new treaty process is given a dramatic foundation in word and deed in keeping with its stature as a tool of statecraft. To set the stage, we recommend that Parliament declare its support for the treaty relationship in the form of a new Royal Proclamation. By itself, a new proclamation will change nothing; it needs to be backed up by companion legislation setting out guiding principles for the treaty processes and establishing new decision-making bodies, independent of government, to conduct them. One major piece of companion legislation would be an Aboriginal Treaties Implementation Act with the following provisions: * It would establish a process for recognized Aboriginal nations to renew existing treaties or negotiate new ones. * It would set out processes and principles to guide negotiation. * Its guiding principles would include a commitment to implement existing treaties according to their spirit and intent and to renegotiate treaty terms on which there was no meeting of minds when they were originally set down. * It would establish regional treaty commissions to convene and manage the negotiation process, with advice from the Aboriginal Lands and Treaties Tribunal on certain issues. To achieve legitimacy, treaty commissions would act at arm's length from government. Their job would not be to determine the outcome of negotiations but to facilitate the process. Each treaty will be the result of a political agreement, freely entered into by all parties and agreed to by their constituencies. Existing treaties can, should and must be fulfilled, and the treaty relationship should be extended to all Aboriginal nations. If done honestly and fairly, treaty making can restore the form and feeling of partnership in relations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. Canada can afford to do this. Indeed, Canada cannot afford not to do it, for the cost of maintaining Aboriginal people in a state of dependence and social disorganization measured in human distress, lost productivity and proliferating government programs is enormous, as we show in Chapter 5. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet: don.rayment@uptowne.com (Don Rayment) This message was processed by NetXpress from Merlin Systems Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This multi-part series will be presented over the next several issues. My thanks to Don and Paul for bringing this to my attention. gary --------- "RE: Observations on the RCAP" --------- Date: 97/02/24 18:50 From: Suzan Horovitch Subj: Observations on the RCAP genie email I fully meant to send you a report about the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples's hearings held at McGill last month. However, there was just so much information given there, so many debates held, so many divergent opinions given that I have not been able to organize my thoughts into something of reasonable length. I think the series of articles you have been running in WI from Don Rayment on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in Canada is excellent. For this reason I do not intend to try to inform the readers what a detailed document RCAP ( Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples) is. I would like to make a few comments, however, on the Conference on the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples that I attended at McGill University , Montreal Quebec on 31 January - 2 February called Forging a " New Relationship." The report done over five years examines almost every aspect of Aboriginal life in Canada - from the impact of the first colonists on traditional life, to the problems of displacement, poverty, substandard living conditions and government policies of assimilation. (The only main topic not covered was the problems for Quebec natives should Quebec separate from Canada). At this first major public discussion on the report, McGill brought in as many people with divergent opinions as possible. Many speakers were aboriginal leaders... some academics... some professionals. Reaction to the report was not all positive. This came from as different sources as aboriginal women who feared the band councils being given too much more power; to the advisor to the Reform Party Thomas Flanagan who called the report "politically unrealistic" and rejected the idea of recognizing independence of Aboriginal nations; to aboriginal lawyer Daniel Russell who felt the recommendations would produce little change in fact and gave aboriginal people less control of their own justice then the recommendations which were not accepted in the Charletown accord. Daniel Turp of the University of Montreal and one of the contenders for leader of the Bloc Quebecois Party tried (unsuccessfully in my view) to explain to the audience how the aims of the First Nations and those of the Quebec nationalists are one and the same and they are fighting the same war and the same side. He suggested a relationship of trust.. and true partnership with all 11 native nations in Quebec could exist. Most speakers however saw the value in taking the report's recommendations back to their home communities and beginning the debate there. Which ones and in what form should they be implemented. Mathew Coon come, Grand Chief of the James Bay Cree argued that " it's time for this country to confront history" because it is the only way " to diffuse a social time bomb". He continued " We must end the dependency syndrome on the federal government and the poverty of our people and must revisit our history so we can regain our self respect. " Assembly of First Nations Grand Chief Ovide Mercredi pointed out the Aboriginal people are made to feel they are " begging for a handful of dollars" while the rest of Canada is " getting wealthy from the resources of the First Nations of this country". " The future of our people, I'm sad to say, is going to be resisted at every turn by people who argue it costs too much money to correct the mistakes. Canada was ranked by the United Nations as the best country in the word ... but First Nations do not see this country the same way because wealth is not shared with them". Marc-Adelard Tremblay one of the authors of Hawthorne Commission on Polar affairs of 1964-67 stated that much of the situation that the native people found themselves in at the time of his report has not changed. Many of the recommendations found in his report are echoed in this report...30 years later! "Native peoples must be de-colonized so that they can become full partners" in Canadian society. Some of the 3 the reforms should be acted upon immediately.. others will take time but they must be moved upon and soon. Former Prime Minister of Canada Joe Clark was the final speaker- he felt that the document could lead to profound changes in the way Canadians view the native peoples and although large issues must still be debated the debate must go on... that " the report must not be shelved". He felt this report could be the turning point in Canadian history. " The status quo is a source of shame!... Confrontations like Oka can be contagious". Tony Penikett of the Government of Saskatchewan called the report "valuable research" and endorsed the call for a new relationship. Penikett pointed instead to Nunavut... land claims with non extinguishment of aboriginal rights and concluded that the "debate must go on for some time". Will the government heed the commission's advice? Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney gave the mandate for RCAP in 1991 after the failure of the Meech Lake Accord and increased unrest among First Nations people culminated in such crises as the Oka Stand off , forced the government to recognize that it could no longer ignore the problems facing Canada's Aboriginal populations. At the time Canada's human rights commissioner claimed Aboriginal issues were " the most glaring human rights problem in this country." It was feared at the conference that the cost of implementing RCAP recommendations would be used as an excuse to do nothing. The federal government currently spends an estimated 2.5 billion dollars annually to offset poverty of First Nations but lost income and productivity costs the economy an additional $5 billion a year. However over 50% of the Aboriginal population is under the age of 25, which will see the price of maintaining the status quo increase to a projected $11 billion a year in 20 years. RCAP report proposes an expenditure boost of $2 billion a year for the next 15 - 20 years to increase Aboriginal economic development and productivity in order to end the vicious cycle of dependence. Michele Rouleau of Montreal brought the cost of the report ($58 million) and cost of implementing the reforms into clearer focus when he compared it to the $200 million spent during the Oka crisis in 1990. How many more Oka's will happen if we do not more ahead. He spoke of the need for a change in attitude. Canadians must recognize their history and respect First Nations. He felt there was an urgent need for information in the general public to educate them on native reality and felt money spent on Canadian flags would have been better spent on this education. The debate must now be taken back to the native communities. There The People must decide on what and how they want to implement the recommendations. Then pressure must be put on the Canadian government in power at that time to move. Several things should be done immediately however by the Canadian government. The Canadian government some years back apologized to the Japanese Canadians who were mistreated during WW 11. It is time for them to acknowledge that " the main policy direction pursued... first by colonial then by Canadian governments has been wrong." Recognition of the country's true history must come before a renewed relationship between Aboriginal and non Aboriginal people. Furthermore, the provision of an adequate land and resource base are necessary for Aboriginal communities to become self-sufficient. An independent land claims tribunal, to process land claims as quickly as possible must be set up... land claims now are between peoples of uneven power and this power imbalance must be rectified. It is time for the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada to take their futures back into their own hands...and time for the People of Canada to force their government to recognize the necessary changes demanded upon them and be ready to pay for them. --------- "RE: Senator Daniel Inouye at the NCAI" --------- Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 07:30:03 -0800 (PST) From: tlingit (William E. Martin) Subj: Bruce Babbitt's speech (fwd) ------- FORWARD, Original message follows ------- From BillnNorCa@aol.com Sun Feb 9 23:09:30 1997 UUCP email Thanks to Bill for Transcribing these critical speeches from the Winter NCAI. The next few issues will include speeches from the following: 1. NCAI President Ron Allen 2. Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) 3. Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) 4. Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt... 5. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)............ NCAI Winter Session Grand Hyatt Washington Washington, DC January 21-24, 1997 Honorable Daniel Inouye(D-Hi) Vice Chairman; Senate Indian Affairs Committee Thank you very much, Mr. President. Fellow Americans, brothers and sisters, ten years ago I was first invited to address one of your conferences. I' m afraid that initial invitation was rather sad because the crowd was less than thirty. But since then the NCAI has grown in size and stature and influence and it pleases me once again to report to you on the activities of the Congress of the United States. Early this morning, just two days after the inauguration of the President of the United States, I know that many of you are here in this Capitol to celebrate, but I believe that most of your are here because you are concerned about what lies ahead. In his inaugural address the President spoke of the promise of the future, the future which as we observed to be determined first and foremost in the hearts of every citizen of this great nation. With that thought in mind, I believe it is appropriate that we gather here this morning at the beginning of the new year as well as the new session of Congress, to examine the challenges as well as the opportunities that will undoubtedly confront us in the days ahead. As to the challenges, the first warning signals have already been sent from the House of Representatives in the form of measures that have been introduced earlier this year. One of which will treat the revenues from Indian gaming as unrelated business income for the purpose of federal taxation. Another bill to propose an amendment to the Indian Gaming Act that would essentially extend the jurisdiction of the states to all aspects of any gaming that is conducted on Indian lands. In the last session of Congress, we saw acts that extended taxing authorities of state and local governments to commercial and retail activities on Indian land as well as proposals to retain federal Indian trust land on state and local property tax rolls. There was a discussion of applying a 'means test' with the allocation of federal corporation Indian programs and several studies were commissioned to determine the extend of tribal revenues that could serve as offsets for the purpose of diminishing federal responsibility for US treaty obligations. In the final days of the last Congress, a provision was included in the Interior Appropriations bill which would have authorized tribes to be sued in state and federal courts by property owners and would have waived the sovereign immunity of all tribal governments for these purposes. Although that provision did not become law, another amendment to the Interior Bill was enacted which singles out one tribe and prohibits that tribe from serving it's prerogatives under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act on the Indians own land. Note: The Tribe in reference is the Narragansett of Rhode Island. Rep. Patrick Kennedy has been actively involved in trying to correct this injustice. The T&H Executive Council joined in the protest assembly on the Capitol Grounds on January 21, 1997 These are clear and dangerous assaults on the sovereignty of Tribal governments, and this threat is not just to one tribe or one nation, but to all of Indian Country. Just bear this in mind, an attack on one tribe is an attack on all of you. And we must deal with them as such when they resurface in this session, as I'm sure they will. We can also seize upon these challenges and turn them into opportunities, as your President indicated, to educate members of the Congress and the American public with regard to the history of Federal/Indian relations. Much has happened in the last ten years. Ten years ago, I believe, there were less than twenty publications available in public book stores on Indian history or treaty relations. Today, there are literally hundreds. Books for every grade level, books of every nature. Ten years ago, there was not a single movie that presented the picture of the Native Americans in it's true light. Today, we have many. So, much has happened through work of this organization to bring about a better understanding of what happens in Indian Country. There is much more to be done, we must educate ourselves as well as members of Congress on the constitutional basis of Indian sovereignty. Most Americans don't realize that, they don't realize that your sovereignty is based upon treaties, a lot of treaties - 800 of them. Of that 800, 430 were ratified by the the Senate of the United States, 370 still lying in the vault. Of the 430 treaties that were ratified, I'm sad to report to you that we have violated provisions of every single one of them! The assault on your sovereignty is nothing new, it's been going on for many generations. But now, we have a powerful voice in this room to let the world know and the people of the United States know that there are commitments that call upon these treaties. For example, yours is the first pre-paid health insurance program. You've paid for that, not only with your land, but with your lives. So it is not a matter of begging for something, you are entitled to it by law and by treaties and by the supreme law of the land. So we should educate our fellow Americans that the reason that Tribal sovereignty to economic growth and the well being of Native communities. During the past ten years, the one word that I have repeated time and again as being the most important word in the Indian Community is sovereignty. Without that, you won't be sitting here. Sovereignty is the key word. Last September, a very highly regarded professor and student of economic development of Indian Country, Harvard professor Joseph Culp, shared the observation of his many years of study of this area in testimony before our committee. Professor Culp posed the question and he answered that question with the results of that study. His answer was so important and so clear that I want to repeat it again. We should repeat it, and repeat it until we fully realize the impact of this research: "What is it that accounts for the successful development of economic development in Indian Country." He asked this question of himself. And he said, "I'll read you what turns up a consistent pattern". " First, let me address what does not explain why some reservations sustain reasonably healthy economics and so many do not". "Simply having resources, (natural, human, or financial), does not account for what the relatively successful tribes have been able to achieve". "It is not the case that relatively successful tribes are those that have good land or resources or that have higher rate of educational attainment or have been able to get their hands on financial capital". "Up until now, all the thoughts have been on natural resources, get a lot of education, get a lot of money, the success would naturally come". "This study shows otherwise, the relatively successful tribes in the United States all have three indispensable ingredients in common". "First, sovereignty, second is capable governments, and third, a match between the type of government the tribe has and that tribe's cultural norms regarding the legitimate political power." "There should be a relationship between political power and the cultural past". "With regard to sovereignty, defacto sovereignty is a necessary prerequisite for economic development on America's Indian Reservations". "By defacto, I mean genuine decision making control over the running of tribal affairs and the use of tribal resources". "For example, who is really deciding how many trees get cut, the tribal council, or BIA?" Who is really deciding how the housing money is spent, you or Washington, D.C? Who is really deciding whether the venture will be struck with the outside investments? When the answer to these questions is, 'the tribes', defacto sovereignty was being exercised. You should ask yourself who decides what trees will be cut on you land, if the answer is Washington, D.C., then something is wrong with your sovereignty. While the legal status of Indian sovereignty waxes and wanes between the federal court systems and legislation it is still the case that an assertive and capable tribe can take primary control of many economic decisions away from the leading contenders of such power, the state government, the BIA, other federal agencies. Professor Culp said that study after study, case after case, where we see sustained economic development, tribal decision making has effectively replaced the BIA as well as other outside decision making. We cannot find a single case of sustained economic development where the tribe is not in the drivers seat. That is the key, who is in the drivers seat? The reason why tribal sovereignty is so crucial to successful development is clear, as long as the BIA or some other outside organization carries primary responsibility for economic conditions on Indian Reservations, development decisions will tend to reflect outsiders agenda, not your agenda. It will be the decision maker's agenda. If we look back on the history of federal/Indian policy in the 20th century, it is not a coincidence that it is only been in the year of self-determination that a significant number of reservations have begun to break the cycle of poverty and dependence. Sovereignty is one of the primary development resources tribes can have and the reinforcement of tribal sovereignty under self-determination should be the central thrust of public policy. That should be the central theme of this organization. One of the quickest ways to bring development to a halt and prolong the impoverished conditions of reservations would be to further undermine the sovereignty of Indian tribes. In my view, and I hope it will be your view, these findings of Professor Culps research are precisely what decision makers and policy makers at the federal level and Congress and the Executive Branch need to understand. They must see the relationship between sovereignty and success in your land. This year for the first time in our history the President will be able to exercise a new authority - the line item veto. It has never been exercised in our Nation's history so at this moment we have no idea how the President will use this new power. As it can affect the funding for Indian programs, it seems to be very critical that the President exercise his authority within the context of tribal government sovereignty as the primary decision makers on tribal lands. We must get that message to the President and to Congress on the importance of sovereignty. The same understanding of the importance of tribal sovereignty must inform the actions taken to reauthorize several of the environmental laws, including the clean water act and super fund projects. We can look at the various proposals as challenges or instead as opportunities to tell the Indian's story, to cause lawmakers and appropriators to think about the larger policy framework, the historical, legal and practical by which federal actions has and should be shaped. There, is a another focus on the federal policy that we must never forget, and which must be applied to Indian Country. The Indians, (and the President has quoted it in this way) "It is time for us to recognize the simple and profound truth, that by including the lives of women, we are making a vital investment in America's future. By investing in women, we enable them to reach their fullest potential as individuals and as members of our society. Where women thrive, their families thrive, where families thrive, communities flourish and our nation reaps the benefits." I realize that this might not be easy for some to fully adopt this or make it a policy and life because for a long time we have been deluged to the profiles of the 'brave Indian warrior' the head of the household, the supreme commander. But if you look deeply into the history of Indian affairs you will find that throughout the ages, women have not only been honored but they have been looked upon as family keepers and family makers. When it comes to education, your ancestors looked upon the women of the tribe to be in the forefront. Health care for our children and young people, and today when it comes to youth violence, crime and drug abuse, opportunity to act for working Americans, working family child care act. All of these set forth the importance of women. So these measures present an opportunity not only for the national debate to proceed on the important priorities of our society, but an opportunity to target special significance to the areas of greatest need. I need not tell you that many times the greatest need is found in Indian Country. Tribal communities have the opportunity to make sure that the refinements of last years welfare reform will respond to the needs of Indian children and Indian families. In this session of Congress, if the committee's budget will enable it, I hope that we can bring the committee to Indian Country. We will see the forums in which those of us from Congress and the Executive Branch could spend a day or two in each region of Indian Country listening to concerns and priorities of Native people, men, women, and children and young adults, and most importantly, respected elders. As I have in the past, I pledge to carry your message from your homes to the Nation's Capital. I pledge to work with each of you and those of you who represent the the shape of the future of Indian Country. Yesterday, I had the great honor of being invited to be a guest at the rededication of the special exhibit at the Pentagon, an exhibit of the Navajo Code Talkers. As I sat through the ceremony, I couldn't help but reflect that in this century many things happened that Americans didn't hear about. Not just the Code Talkers, which was a great secret until 1968, it was classified. Nobody knew about the contributions of the Navajo warriors as it made our Marines possible to have all these great victories from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima. But there is another historical fact that most Americans are not aware of. As a result, a false stereotype has been built up in America that Indians are "Gimme-Gimme-Gimme" "all they do is come to Washington and ask but never provide anything". Well, I am a veteran and I served in WWII and I made it a point to check on our fellow veterans. I found to my amazement many years ago, that on a per-capita basis, more men and women of Native American Indian ancestry put on the uniform of our country to put themselves in harms way than any other ethnic group. There were more Indians in Desert Storm on a per capita basis, than any other ethnic group. Yesterday at the small gathering, there were three men you would have been proud to see.....Tall, Strong, Handsome, they were Native American Indians in Marine Uniforms all with rows of ribbons. That's the picture you don't see in the American forum. You check yourself, you check your reservations and you'll find that many are still serving. At this moment, less than one percent of the population is serving in the armed forces, but if you check your communities, you know very well that more than one percent of your population are in the armed forces. So you have much to be proud of and if anyone says we are gimme people you just tell them we have shed more blood than any one of you. In closing, I would like to tell you that I'm looking forward to this Session because for the first time, a Native American Indian will be Chairman of The Indian Affairs Committee. It is something that many of us have dreamt about, prayed for and it is here now. And so, I look forward to the days and weeks, and months ahead when I can work together with Chairman Ben Nighthorse Campbell to bring about many of the measures that we have talked about, and make certain that shoulder-to-shoulder we can protect your sovereignty. That is item one on the agenda. The staff on the Indian Affairs Committee will be headed by chief counsel, Patricia Zell, Loretta Poole, Michael Jackson, ______ Ortiz, a small staff that has been able to cope with big problems. It's not the numbers that counts, it's the quality. Like you, if you depended upon numbers you would have been overwhelmed a long time ago. You have stood up and remembered your past, you have stood up to all the challenges, and every year you have new challenges. And finally, I say to you, I'm with you. Questions and Comments: Q. Senator, I bring to you from the Tribal leaders and the elders, the greatest respect for you. We really do appreciate you and speak for the rest of the congregation here. Did I hear you correct when you said if there was money there you would like to come to the areas of the Tribes and sit down and talk to the areas of the Tribes, and sit down and talk to the Tribes? A. I plan this every year. Naturally, because of the limitations of time, I cannot go to every region every year. I will be in two weeks going up to the Northwest to look at the damage to look at the damage done by the recent floods in Washington and Oregon. I hope to go to Arizona, the plains, New Mexico, up north and elsewhere. It's very easy for me to do that, but I was hoping that we could have more funds so that more members of the Indian Affairs Committee could go, not just myself. I will let you know when I am coming, I will give you ample time. Q. When you heard President Allen talking about unity and what we need to do , we're very concerned as Tribal Leaders as to what is coming down and what is happening to us. The Tribal Leaders what to have meetings with the House of Representatives and the Senate. Is there any way we can do this because yesterday I spend a lot of time with the Idaho and Nevada delegation and I will be back there again this afternoon, but I feel uncomfortable talking to them one-on-one. Is there any way that we can talk about educating these people because the Tribal Leaders want to do that. Is there any way that we could meet with the leaders of the House and Senate because when it comes to the budget, it seems like we're meeting with these people we're trying to educate, but they continue to cut our funding so somewhere along the line it's not working. We want to hear your suggestions, your help, Mr.Inouye, is there any way we can change it? A. It may be uncomfortable for you, but the most effective way communication with members of Congress would be one-on-one. Let me explain to you. Mimeograph letters mean nothing! If you wrote a letter to a Representative from Florida, it would also mean nothing unless you're from Florida. You should communicate with your Representative, your Senator. Most politicians respond very quickly to the perception of political power. I spoke to you when I opened this address about my first meeting with the NCAI was a small crowd. The subject of that address was political power. I suggested to the delegates there that they should go the extra mile to make their votes count. At that time, and even to this day, the best turnout for votes in Indian Country is on the election of Tribal Leaders, I think the turnout for Tribal is about 85% turnout for tribal elections. When it comes to national US elections, Senate and Congress, ten years ago the turnout was less than ten percent and in some cases, less than five percent, the average was less t han ten percent. If I were a Congressman representing the reservation with a turnout of votes less than ten percent, I would ignore you. You don't count! If your votes are big enough to make a difference, I listen to you. I don't know if you are aware of what happened in Alaska. The natives there decided to turnout for the election. They got everyone excited, all of them went to the polls, they contributed to campaign kittys, they participated in the campaigns and as a result, half of the members of the Governor's cabinet are Natives. In New Mexico it made a difference, but if it is going to be less than five percent, believe me, they will ignore you. So it should be one-on-one with the person who will represent you. Q. How would we get to the Congressional people we can get to. I know we can get to one of the Senators from the state of Washington, but we cannot get to the other. How can we get to them to educate them. A. Well, all you can do is to call the office, or write a letter saying you are coming to Washington and would like to drop by and spend a few moments to discuss the problems and concerns. If he doesn't answer you or if he says no, I don't want to meet with you, then in your next newsletter to your Tribe, put that in there. Say, I wrote a letter to Congressmen so-and-so , copy of the letter attached, asked for an appointment, he ignored us. When the Congressman sees that, he will not be too happy. He'll be calling you and saying "I think there was a mix-up in communications"! So, that's the only way. If you fail the first time, try again. You know we're often busy, often times, for example, if someone wanted to see me next Monday and Tuesday, that would be awful hard because I will out of the country on a special meeting, so it's not possible to meet with everyone, but every extra moment I have, I spend with Indians. I just looked at my watch and in just eight minutes I'm supposed to be interviewed by NBC on .......sovereignty. At this time, a robe with an Indian design was presented to Senator Inoye by President Ron Allen in a small token of appreciation for all he has done for Indian Country, and his integrity and honor. --------- "RE: Indian Reality in Canada" --------- Date: 97/02/24 18:49 From: Suzan Horovitch Subj: Indian Reality in Canada genie email A " good news" story appeared recently in the Canadian Press about one of the largest aboriginal groups in Ontario. The Anishnabek Nation's Grand Council, which represents 32,000 people from 42 Ontario aboriginal communities approved the formal inclusion of women and elders in its decision-making process. The move is one of the steps towards self-government according to Grand Chief Joe Hare . " What we really want to establish is our own agenda" Hare said. "There is an Indian reality in Canada. I think everybody has to understand that." The idea of a Youth council will be discussed in the future. The Anishnabek Nation was formerly called the Union of Ontario Indians. The name change and a renewed stress on the importance of culture and tradition is part of a strategy to pull the province's aboriginal communities together. It also falls under the recommendations of the RCAP report which suggested aboriginal combine to form approximately 60 larger groups across the country to work together. This pulling together will not be easy as many of the communities have different needs but in larger groups they can work from a better position with the Canadian government. In another report, this one on CBC radio, the Dene people announced the recommendations of a study they have done in some of their North west territory communities on Justice. They plan on taking control of the Justice system in their communities to a much larger extend. The present system is just not working for their people. At times, it sends people out of the community to jail where they can learn nothing while their system would keep them in the community with a focus on healing, re-balance and re-payment. At other times sentences for grave crimes are not strong enough. In the past someone found too violent to remain in the community would be sent out alone.... almost a death sentence as no other people would take them in. Today some men found guilty of spousal abuse are sentenced only to three months! It is hoped that getting the community involved in sentencing would help bring all people back into balance. --------- "RE: Poem: Eagle Feather at SeyBold" --------- Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 18:38:55 -0700 From: Turtle Heart Subj: Eagle Feather at SeyBold:Sept 9-13 Newsgroup: alt.native Eagle Feather at SeyBold San Francisco Reg # 175 1933 Exhibitor Badge_ September 9-13 1996 he was the one grandfather said they could have the one who had the eagle feather the one who went there eating the wind of the rushing feet making it into smoke keeping his belly covered up walking behind a feather they come up behind it not in front of it he was just passing by he was the one grandmother was sending..... Tobacco Indian copyright 1996/AICAP http://aicap.s21.com --------- "RE: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days" --------- Date: 97/02/16 23:19 From: Debra F. Sanders (dfsanders@genie.geis.com) Subj: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days genie email A HAWAIIAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of March 2-8 MALAKI (March) (Nana) 2 Listen if you would hear the music of the land. 3 Imitate nature in your art. 4 Give one blessing for every two you receive. 5 Never refuse a gift of the land. 6 Heed well the voice of your heart. 7 Give to the land more than you take. 8 The song of the sea is neverending. (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, 27 February 97 08:00 -0500 From: Janet Smith (evestar@juno.com) Subj: Upcoming conferences and powwows not previously posted to Mailing Lists NATCHAT or NATIVE-L UUCP email Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 10:52:54 -0500 From: Mohawk Nation Office - Kahnawake Branch Subj: New York State Taxation Issue League of First Nations Meeting Agenda: New York State Taxation Issue at the Radisson Hotel and Suites (Across from the Buffalo Airport) 4243 Genesee St., Buffalo, NY (716) 634-2300 Monday, February 24, 1997 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Please call: 1-800-877-8682 for registration and further information Hosted by the Native Business Association ------------------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 09:24:37 -0600 From: John Berry Subj: (FWD) KS - Ellis County Fair Inter-Tribal Pow Wow ELLIS COUNTY FAIR INTER-TRIBAL POW-WOW CONTEST POW-WOW $1,000 in Prize Money Hays, Kansas Dates: July 21-22, 1997 Location: Ellis County Fairgrounds - Hays, Kansas Exit # 157 off I-70 Food Stands Welcome Craft Stands Welcome Head Man Dancer: Jim Davis - Kickapoo Head Woman Dancer: Dee Gutierrez - Kickapoo Arena Director: Skup Noxsha - Kickapoo Pow-Wow Director: Al Nocktonick - Citizen Band, Potawatomi Master of Ceremonies: Cy Ahtone - Kiowa Head Drum: White Buffalo Singers of Oklahoma Drum Chief: Tim Tieyah - Comanche ALL DRUMS WELCOME For More Information. Please Write or Call Al Nocktonick Pow-Wow Director 708 West 11th Street Ellis, KS 67637 (913) 726-4405 EVERYONE WELCOME - PUBLIC INVITED NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS OR THEFT --------------------------------------------- Date: 23 Feb 1997 10:28:20 -0500 From: NativeEvents@caraveo.com Newsgroups: alt.native This event listing has been forwarded to you by the Native Events Calendar Visit us at http://www.caraveo.com/native/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Annual Indian Education Benefit Pow Wow Date: 5/3/1997 State: KS Country: USA Type: Powwow 1:00 - 11:00 p.m. Free Admission Haskell Indian Nations University Pow Wow Grounds Lawrence, KS Dance Contest: Grades K-12 Tiny Tots Prizes: 1st $70.00 2nd $50.00 3rd $25.00 Dance Categories: Girls: Cloth / Buckskin / Fancy / Jingle Boys: So. Straight / No. Traditional / Fancy / Grass Schedule Of Events 1:00 - 5:00 Gourd Dance 5:00 - 6:00 Supper Break 6:00 - 7:00 Gourd Dance 7:00 Grand Entry All Specials Held During Gourd Dance Master of Ceremonies - Terry Adams Bartlesville, OK Head Singer - David Powell Kansas City, MO Head Man - Norbit Bellinger Peever, SD Head Lady - Bonnie Bellinger Peever,SD Head Boy - Philip Wahwahsuck Lawrence, KS Head Girl - Shannon Wanna Lawrence, KS Head Gourd Dancer - Richard Morgan Tulsa, OK Head Boy Gourd Dancer - Jacob Coffey Bartlesville, OK Color Guard - Native American Color Guard of Broken Arrow OK NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS ALLOWED NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS For More Info Contact: Bruce & Lee Ann Martin (913) 843-5423 David Cade (913) 865-4047 Myrna Benson (913) 838-3369 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Run for Freedom Date: 6/19/1997 State: Multiple Country: USA Type: Other The American Indian Movement Support Groups of Ohio and Northern Kentucky present THE RUN FOR FREEDOM This run is in support of the "Bring Peltier Home" Campaign led by Dennis J. Banks The run will start in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 8th and arrive in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 19th - the first day of the international conference. All runners and all supporters are invited to participate in this 12 day multi-cultural event. This run will carry the clear message that it is time for Peltier Clemency NOW!! 21 YEARS IS LONG ENOUGH!!! For more information please call: Bill Boswell (513)797-8944 OR Jim Torsen (513)943-1229 OR WRITE: "Run for Freedom" 2851 Lindale-Mt. Holly Rd. Amelia, Ohio 45102 To the Four Directions Peace Note: The state codes may not be correct for Mexico and Canada listings --------------------------------------------------------------- ANNUAL EASTERN DELAWARE NATION POW-WOW Date: 6/22/1997 State: PA Country: USA Type: Powwow Sullivan County Fairgrounds (at World's End State Park) Forksville, PA. June 20,21, & 22, 1997 Admission $ 4.00 (under 12 free) Group rates or more info call: (717) 924-9082 Fri.20, Traders, Craftsmen, Jewelry, Furs, Blankets, Food Sat.21, Traditional-Grand Entry, 12 noon Sun.22, Competition- 12-2 p.m. & 4-5 p.m. More info: E-mail bear7@ptd.net ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 22 Feb 1997 13:48:45 -0500 From: NativeEvents@caraveo.com Newsgroups: alt.native This event listing has been forwarded to you by the Native Events Calendar Visit us at http://www.caraveo.com/native/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- 8th Annual U of Iowa AISA Powwow Date: 4/13/1997 State: IA Country: USA Type: Powwow University of Iowa Recreation Building on Stadium Dr. Iowa City, Iowa April 11-13 For more information, Contact American Indian Student Association @ (319)335-6883 or Tammy: tmcalpine@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu or Nicole: nwynos@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Annual POWWOW Date: 4/5/1997 State: NM Country: USA Type: Powwow NORTHERN NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2ND ANNUAL AISES POW-WOW APRIL 5TH, 1997 SPONSORED BY THE AISES CLUB WE ONCE AGAIN WELCOME ALL DANCERS DRUMS AND ARTS/CRAFTS VENDORS!!!! For more info Please Contact Pow-wow Coordinators:(by phone,smoke or E-mail) *Julia Abeyta - Native American Coordinator at: (505)747-2141 or E-mail at: jabeyta@nnm.cc.nm.us *Daniel W. Begay - President of NNMCC AISES Club at: (505)753-8200 or E-mail at: wolfgang@nnm.cc.nm.us *Charlene Tsoodle Marcus - NPI Coordinator at: (505) 747-2194 or E-mail at: charlene@nnm.cc.nm.us The Aises Club at Northern New Mexico Comm. College would like to invite all of you to the beautiful down town Espanola Valley, for our 2nd Annual Pow-wow. ---------------------------------------------------------------- CONFERENCE ON NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE Date: 5/17/1997 State: OR Country: USA Type: Conference http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~slarson/conf.html ETHNICITY AND THE PROBLEM OF MULTICULTURAL IDENTITY: "Where Do You Come From, Where Do You Go" May 15, 16, 17, 1997 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR NOTE: The Conference is sponsored by the Oregon Humanities Center, a non-profit organization. Hence there is NO REGISTRATION FEE! DESCRIPTION: There are a number of issues that co-exist with Native American literature. These issues have evolved as part of essentialization of identity, and include concerns about cultural sovereignty and ownership, as well as concerns related to cultural diversity, all of which have become part of the clash and conversation of Native American and mainstream intellectuals. "Where do you come from, where do you go," the refrain of an American Folk song titled "Cotton Eyed Joe," refers to the state of Native American intellectual history and mainstream thinking as we near the close of the century. Much has happened in modern Indian lives, as reflected in various literatures written by and about them. It also seems appropriate at this time to look to the future as a means of considering what might happen in light of what has come before. We are indeed fortunate to have so many leading Native American and mainstream intellectuals consent to gather here. The joining of such voices in reflection on insights gained from past experience, issues of present concern, and speculation about the future, is a significant unifying force. N. Scott Momaday, James Welch, Arnold Krupat,, Gerald Vizenor, among other speakers and writers will be here. Native-Lit Home Page http://www.uwm.edu/People/mwilson/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- 8th Annual Western Michigan University Powwow Date: 4/6/1997 State: MI Country: USA Type: Powwow Native American Student Organization Western Michigan University 8th Annual Contest Pow-wow April 5 and 6, 1997 University Arena M.C. Clarence Syrette, Ojibwe Head Vet. Frank Bush, Potawatomi Head Female Shannon Martin, Ojibwe-Potawatomi Host drum Whitefish Jrs. Co-Host Drum White Thunder Singers Arena Director Phil Francisco, Dakota Sioux For more Information: NASO Box 100 Faunce Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008 or call 616-387-2279 or Http://dosaweb.faunce.wmich.edu/org/naso ---------------------------------------------------------------- From: NativeEvents@caraveo.com Date: 22 Feb 1997 13:15:50 -0500 Newsgroups: alt.native ---------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Little Eagle Memorial Dance Date: 4/11/1997 State: MO Country: USA Type: Powwow Remembrance, April 11 At 6:00 p.m. April 12 & 13, 1997 William Chrisman Gym 1223 N. Noland Independence, Missouri Schedule Of Events: Friday 6:00 p.m. Remembrance Period Saturday 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. - Gourd & War Dance 5:00 p.m. - Supper Break 6:30 p.m. - Grand Entry Sunday 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. - Gourd Dance 2:00 p.m. - Grand Entry Master of Ceremonies - Manny King Co-Master of Ceremonies - Rob Dougherty Head Gourd Dancer - David Knoxsah Head Southern Singer - Steve Kinder Head Northern Singer - Eddie Padilla Head Man Dancer - Randy Falcon Head Lady Dancer - Flo Noear Head Teen Boy - Michael Harris Head Teen Girl - Tamara Woolery Head Little Boy Dancer - Haygah Noear Head Little Girl Dancer - Sarah Bechtold Arena Director - Bill Stopp ALL DRUMS WELCOME!!!! Refreshments will be served after the Remembrance on Friday Supper will be served on Saturday Bring your lawn chairs Committee will provide security personnel Arts & Crafts space (for set-up) will be on a first-come first-served basis. No alcohol or drugs on premises Not responsible for accidents or lost articles Our children are precious - please keep an eye on them Arts & Crafts information Contact : Grace Little Eagle (816) 224-4305 Program Advertising Alice Angilan (816) 697-3602 10504 S. Perdue Rd. Grain Valley, MO 64029 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tunica-Biloxi Pow Wow Date: 5/18/1997 State: LA Country: USA Type: Powwow May 16-18,1997 Festival Grounds, Tunica-Biloxi Reservation near Marksville, LA 800-946-1946, Ext.2036 Ask for John Host Southern Drum - Eagle Claw Northern Drum - Little Eagle Head Man - Gary Tomahsah Head Woman - Delaine Alley Emcee - Thomas Chibitty Arena Director - Ken Dixon Head Judge - Barry Langley Dance Competition - Up to $20,000 in Prizes Golden Age (Combined Men & Women Traditional), Adult, Junior Categories Drums Welcome - Day Money to First 8 Drums Registered by Saturday Noon Concert: Hawk Henries - Indian Flute ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 22 Feb 1997 12:30:24 -0500 From: NativeEvents@caraveo.com Newsgroups: alt.native This event listing has been forwarded to you by the Native Events Calendar Visit us at http://www.caraveo.com/native/ Note: The state codes may not be correct for Mexico and Canada listings ---------------------------------------------------------------- Native American Cultural Weekend Date: 7/13/1997 State: NH Country: USA Type: Powwow July 12 and 13, Twin Mountain New Hampshire. This is the second largest Cultural Event in the State. It is recognized by the State Dept.'s including Governor's Commission of Cultural Affairs. State Dept. of Tourism. We have awards each year and this year they are as follows, Eagle Heart Award : Roland Harris Chairman of the Mohegan Tribal Nation Living Traditions : Marvin Burnett Sliver Feather : Tantoo Cardinal White Buffalo: Nelson Tsosie Event 9 - 5 each day. Arts Crafts Dancing and Tradtional and Contemporary Music. Grand entry at noon. Thank you nhconnec@ncia.net ---------------------------------------------------------------- DeSoto Caverns Indian Dance & Craft Festival Date: 4/5/1997 State: AL Country: USA Type: Powwow Contact: Becky Grevas (205) 378-7252 Childersburg, Alabama ---------------------------------------------------------------- Horsepens 40 Native American Pow Wow - TENTATIVE Date: 4/20/1997 State: AL Country: USA Type: Powwow April 18-20, 1997 Contact: Betty Smith (205) 570-0002 Steele, Alabama ---------------------------------------------------------------- Lone Eagle's Legacy Pow Wow Date: 4/27/1997 State: AL Country: USA Type: Powwow April 25-27, 1997 at Wind Creek State Park Contact: Sandy Faulk (334) 541-2505 (after 6pm) Alexander City, Alabama ---------------------------------------------------------------- Southeastern Indian Cultural Festival Date: 5/10/1997 State: AL Country: USA Type: Powwow May 9-10, 1997 Contact: Susan Robertson (205) 237-6766 Anniston, Alabama ---------------------------------------------------------------- Lawrence County Indian Festival Date: 5/18/1997 State: AL Country: USA Type: Powwow May 16-18, 1997 Contact: Butch Walker (205) 905-2494 Moulton, Alabama [Note: May 16 is Student's Day] ---------------------------------------------------------------- MOWA Choctaw Indian Pow Wow Date: 6/21/1997 State: AL Country: USA Type: Powwow June 19-21, 1997 MOWA Choctaw Indian Pow Wow Contact: Maeola Sullivan (334) 829-5500 Mount Vernon, Alabama ---------------------------------------------------------------- Cherokees of Southeast Alabama 8th Annual Pow Wow Date: 9/7/1997 State: AL Country: USA Type: Powwow September 5-7, 1997 Contact: Sandy Faulk, (334) 541-2505 (after 6pm) Columbia, Alabama ---------------------------------------------------------------- 9th Annual Cherokee Pow Wow & Green Corn Festival Date: 9/21/1997 State: AL Country: USA Type: Powwow September 20-21, 1997 Contact: Jeanette Pike (205) 549-0351 Gadsden, Alabama ---------------------------------------------------------------- Moundville Native American Festival Date: 9/28/1997 State: AL Country: USA Type: Powwow September 24-28, 1997 at Moundville Archaeological Park Contact: Park Office (205) 371-2572 Moundville, Alabama ---------------------------------------------------------------- Indian Heritage Festival Date: 10/18/1997 State: AL Country: USA Type: Powwow October 18, 1997 Contact: Jeff Hughes (205) 536-2882 Huntsville, Alabama ---------------------------------------------------------------- Alabama Indian Affairs Commission Annual Festival & Pow Wow Date: 11/1/1997 State: AL Country: USA Type: Powwow October 31- November 1, 1997 Contact: Eloise Josey (334) 242-2831 Montgomery, Alabama ---------------------------------------------------------------- 27th Annual Thanksgiving Day Pow Wow & 5K Run Date: 11/28/1997 State: AL Country: USA Type: Powwow November 27-28, 1997 at the Poarch Creek Indian Reservation Contact: Theresa Cox (334) 368-9136 Atmore, Alabama ---------------------------------------------------------------- Yup'ik Eskimo Mask Exhibition Date: 8/17/1997 State: NY Country: USA Type: Other March 2 through August 17 Heye Center in lower Manhattan welcomes Agayuliyararput - Our Way of Making Prayer features 213 Yup'ik masks from collections around the world. 28 masks and other objects are from the NMAI collection. Other features in March include dance/theater presentations and lectures. For further information call 212-825-6922 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 17:00:20 -0600 From: berryj@okway.okstate.edu (John Berry) Subj: FWD - 8th Annual U of Iowa AISA Powwow ------- FORWARD, Original message follows ------- Author: aisesnet_drum@server.umt.edu at SMTP Original Sender: "P. Behrend" Subject: 8th Annual U of Iowa AISA Powwow 8th Annual AISA Contest Powwow University of Iowa Recreation Building on Stadium Drive Iowa City, Iowa April 11-13, 1997 Grand Entries: Friday, 1pm and 7pm Saturday, 1pm ****(Registration Closes at 2pm)**** and 7pm Sunday, Noon Head Staff: Master Of Ceremonies: Wallace Coffey, Lawton, OK Dale Old Horn, Crow Agency, MT Head Man Dancer: Mike One Star, Two Strikes, SD Head Woman Dancer: Karen Pheasant, Sudbury, Ontario Host Iowa Drum: Meskwaki Nation, Wesley Bear, Tama, IA Host Northern Drum: T.B.A. Host Southern Drum: Cozad Singers, Mr. Larry Cozad, Hominy, OK Arena Director: Larry Yazzie, Tama, IA Head Judge: Mary White Eye, Thamesville, Ontario Head Tabulator: Karen DeLeary, Ann Arbor, MI Contest Categories: Golden Age Men's and Women's Traditional Men's and Women's Traditional Men's Grass Women's Jingle Dress Men's Fancy Bustle Women's Fancy Shawl Teen and Children's Dance Categories Hand Drum Contest Clown Contest Men's Jingle/Women's Grass Specials T.B.A. ****VENDORS WELCOME********ALL DRUMS WELCOME*******PUBLIC WELCOME**** For more information, Contact American Indian Student Association @ (319) 335-6883 or Tammy: tmcalpine@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu or Nicole: nwynos@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------- From: Evening Star and Night Owl April 12-13, Tyus, Georgia The Blackjack Mountain Native American Festival and Buckskinner Rendezvous Headman - Marty Wabindato Headlady - Donna Delaney Head Drum - Shadowwolf Singers Jr. Drum - Aracoma Lightning Warrior Society - Kusa Warrior's Society MC - Gary Night Owl Smith Arena Director - Running Buck Tucker Storyteller - Billie Good in Her Eyes Tucker Special Guest - Native American Flutist, Larry Campbell Host Motel: Holiday Inn Express, Carrollton, GA, 770-838-0508 Native American and Buckskinner Vendors welcome with prior contract NO vendors admitted without contract. Guest Drums Welcome For info: call 770-528-9197 (Buckskinner vendors call 770-227-0040) e-mail jans@juno.com or gars@netcom.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 07:22:05 -0500 (EST) From: FirehairSS@aol.com Subj: Native American Heritage Days 5th ANNUAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE DAYS POW WOW 31 May, 1st, 2nd, June 1997 Pilot, NC (Franklin Co., 27 mi North East of of Raleigh) Traders welcome--$75 for 3 days, camping, elec, water provided. By contract only, must be Native No cards, no competition, no money prizes. Family event. Campfires allowed, wood provided on site. KEN CAMERON - Muskcogee - M.C. Host Drum - SOUTHERN SUN - Steve Warden - Cherokee- lead Singer Drums invited--blanket dance, meal provided for relief Drumming/singing Genealogy table on site--NC Archives short drive!! More info--contact Firehair - (919) 496-1604 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 21:21:13 -0700 From: "Chris Milda (_Akimel O`odham_)" Subj: FWD - Haskell - 4th Annual Indian Education Benefit Pow Wow (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 09:25:35 -0600 Subject: 4th Annual Indian Education Benefit Pow Wow 4th Annual Indian Education Benefit Pow Wow May 3rd, 1997 1:00 - 11:00 p.m. Free Admission Haskell Indian Nations University Pow Wow Grounds Lawrence, KS Dance Contest: Grades K-12 Tiny Tots Prizes: 1st $70.00 2nd $50.00 3rd $25.00 Dance Categories: Girls: Cloth / Buckskin / Fancy / Jingle Boys: So. Straight / No. Traditional / Fancy / Grass Schedule Of Events 1:00 - 5:00 Gourd Dance 5:00 - 6:00 Supper Break 6:00 - 7:00 Gourd Dance 7:00 Grand Entry All Specials Held During Gourd Dance Master of Ceremonies - Terry Adams Bartlesville, OK Head Singer - David Powell Kansas City, MO Head Man - Norbit Bellinger Peever, SD Head Lady - Bonnie Bellinger Peever,SD Head Boy - Philip Wahwahsuck Lawrence, KS Head Girl - Shannon Wanna Lawrence, KS Head Gourd Dancer - Richard Morgan Tulsa, OK Head Boy Gourd Dancer - Jacob Coffey Barlesville, OK Color Guard - Native American Color Guard of Broken Arrow OK NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS ALLOWED NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS For More Info Contact: Bruce & Lee Ann Martin (913) 843-5423 David Cade (913) 865-4047 Myrna Benson (913) 838-3369 ===================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- 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: Brian Hauk, Joe Don Chipps, William