From gars@netcom.com Wed Mar 19 10:19:47 1997 Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 21:06:28 -0800 From: Gary Night Owl To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Subject: Wotanging Ikche--nanews05.012 _ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' O ____ _ , ___ _ , ___ O o O / ' ) / / ) ' ) / / ' O o O / /-< / /--/ /-- VOLUME 05, ISSUE 012 O o o o o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 22 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 insap, NAT-EDU, Uptowne & NATIVE-L lists; Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty; Prison News Service; North American Spirit Lodge; UUCP and genie email; Newsgroup:igc.saiic.indio 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 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. "This isn't an Indian issue, nor is it a white issue. It's everybody's issue. Everybody has to take care of that water. The women are the ones who are the keepers of that water. I ask all women to stand up and support that and realize that if it weren't for the water none of us would be here today because when we first started out in life, we were born in that water in our mother's womb. And that's what they're going to pollute." __ Francis Van Zile, Anishinabekwe (Chippewa woman) "The Yellowstone herd are the survivors of the massacre of the Bison in the 1800's. They're being massacred again. I am a survivor of massacres in the 1800's. There is an unbreakable spiritual link between the Bison and the Lakota People. What does this foreshadow for The People?" __ Rosalie Little Thunder, Lakota Elder, 18 March 1997 +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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! The quote above by Francis Van Zile is more than appropriate. It is an urgent call to save our Mother Earth. As difficult as it may be to believe, one of the greatest lakes in South America, Lake Titikaka, is in serious danger of drying up due to diversion of its head waters by Chile and Peru. The following is quoted from an article written by Erik Loza in _Bolivian_ Times Thursday February 27,1997: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Charana is now nothing but a parched thruway for contraband trafficking. The majority of the once flush population has evacuated the desiccated area, migrating to La Paz and El Alto. Those who stayed have dedicated themselves to smuggling illegal Chilean products into Bolivia. What happened to this once fulsome Aymara community is a practice that has already left the Aral Sea bone dry and is slowly depleting Lake Titicaca? Chile and Peru have surreptitiously rerouted the subsidiary rivers that once fed Charana's grasslands. Bolivian TIMES takes a look at this illegal practice that is destroying much of Bolivia's farmland. Between Peru's Proyecto Especial Tacna (PET) and Chile's Proyecto Especial Arica (PEA), approximately 12 waterways have been deviated away from Bolivia. The rivers Cajon, Torito, Kenua, Kocha, Silala, Ollague, Olka Pusuta, Cabaray, Macaya Lauca are some of them. It seems Peru and Chile, managing their own decertification dilemmas and higher populations along their coasts, have decided they need the water more than Bolivia does. Using dikes, wells and subterranean tunnels, PET and PEA are pilfering more than their share of water of hydropower and drinking supply. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Don't make the mistake of smugly assuming this is only happening in South and Central America. The Yellowstone National Park Buffalo herd has been reduced to less than half in a matter of weeks by the state of Montana. The last free standing rain forest on the coast of British Columbia is being destroyed. We human beings are killing our Mother Earth. Don't point and say, "It's those cattlemen, not me." The _only_ person I know for sure to have taken a personal stand against this slaughter is a Lakota Elder, Rosalie Little Thunder. She dared to pray for the Buffalo while standing on church property, and the church had her arrested for criminal trespass. Think about it for just one moment, a Lakota Grandmother dared to pray for the Buffalo on church property and was arrested for doing so. Just this week her arraignment trial was delayed, adding the burden of miles and the cost of traveling them for yet another trip. This all adds up. It can be financially and mentally wearing. On March 13 I received the following: There are only 1,195 Buffalo left alive according today from the aerial count by the National Park Service. Time is running out. Half the herd is gone. Many have written and asked how they can help in our struggle to protect our Brothers, the Buffalo. Contributions would be greatly appreciated. Send Directly to Rosalie Little Thunder c/o Inter Tribal Bison Cooperative, PO Box 8105 Rapid City, SD 57709. There are expenses needed for both Rosalie and our Spiritual leaders, gas, food, lodging costs, phone bills etc, for both Arvol Looking Horse and Joe Chasing Horse. Rosalie will ensure that all contributions are placed in an emergency fund to help. We appreciate the help and concern of all World Peoples. Please continue your fight to help First Nations stand in Honor, to protect our Sacred Brothers, the Pte (Buffalo) Nation. Those who were concerned regarding Floyd Westerman's heart problems will be happy to know the many prayers offered for his healing have been answered, and he is again working to help free Leonard Peltier. Prayers of thanks have been offered in our home. (for publication if you wish...) Grandfather Grey Horse, a respected elder of Mohegan and Mohawk ancestry, will be turning 90 soon. A party will be held on 1 June. Those interested in honoring him on the occasion may send written greetings to me, and I will present them to him. Send them by snail mail to me at P.O. Box #1945, Lakeville, Conn. 06039-1945, or by e-mail to me at DEANDFS@AOL.COM. (Please do not use these addresses for any other purposes without my permission.) --Distant Eagle Osiyo Gary, Julia White suggested that i write to you. I wish to introduce you to the Longhouse Foundation. It would probably save a lot of your time if you checked out our page at: http://www.ntplx.net/~lhfpts and some more infor at: http://www.bearclawproductions.com/personal/AI/longhouse We are in danger of losing the bulk of our financing and i really need to get some publicity to get some tie over money until grants come through. If you think the program is worth while, i'd be happy to answer any questions which would help you compose an article. My e-mail address is lhfpts@ntplx.net or my telephone number Work (860) 295-8848 Home (203) 754-3299 Thank you very much -Thomas 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 - Stop the Slaughter - Conferences and Powwows - online - Call to Sundancers - Mattaponi Need Help - Second Call to Sundancers - Keweenaw Bay Update - Day of Prayer Organized - Stoney Point Trial Update - Beef Boycott - Fifty Calibre Weapons Ordered - Focus on Peltier Part B - Salmon Population Decline - Gustafsen: Judicial Genocide - Montana Anti Affirmative Action - Apology to Micmaq Teen - National Indigenous Congress/Mexico - Royal Commission 5-6 - Poem: Buffalo - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days - Conferences and Powwows - offline --------- "RE: Stop the Slaughter" --------- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 17:51:43 -0700 (MST) From: InterTribal Bison Cooperative Subj: Stop the Slaughter UUCP email "It is imperative to stop the slaughter" said Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt in the March 17th news release. But the killing of buffalo goes on. Buffalo that tested negative and were painted with white stripes on their back were killed. Most are not tested at all before slaughter. Montana Department of Livestock refuses Park Service offers to haze buffalo back into park boundaries. Bulls that couldn't possibly transmit brucellosis (through the placenta or milk) are being killed. And what could have possibly been on their minds and in their hearts when they (Montana officials) conducted a kill so near the Prayer Ceremonies on March 6th? For all the brucellosis madness, why is the infectious material (guts) left in open fields after the butchery? This action was contemptuous and provocative. InterTribal Bison Cooperative pushes on with its efforts to raise the necessary funds to construct facilities to quarantine, test, and relocate the healthy buffalo to tribal lands. Meanwhile, the Tokala Society of the Lakota Nation is meeting in Rapid City, SD on March 22, 1997 to finalize plans to help patrol the border and to test the buffalo for brucellosis. The Rocky Mountain Animal Defense group is staging a protest in Helena on March 24th beginning at 9:00 AM. Rosalie Little Thunder goes to her arraignment on March 21 after a week's postponement due to a funeral. What are her thoughts? She says, "The killing that day so near the ceremony and the laughing of the killers...its the Phil Sheridan nightmare all over again". (Note: Phil Sheridan ordered and participated in the 1800's slaughter of millions of buffalo to bring the Indian people to their knees.) "This slaughter is the result of that same mentality, combined with political paralysis. Common sense and direct action is desperately needed to save what's left of the herd." A March 11th flight count showed that only 1,195 buffalo were left in the park, out of 3,400. --------- "RE: Call to Sundancers" --------- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 18:11:54 -0700 (MST) From: Joe Chasing Horses via Gary Smith (gars@netcom.com) Subj: Call to Sundancers I have been granted the honor of passing on this message from Joe Chasing Horses, Lakota Elder, on behalf of the Dine'. To ALL Sundancers everywhere, especially to those who dance at Camp Ana Mae, Big Mountain, Az. You are requested to make preparations for your stay on Black Mesa with the Resistance to meet the March 31, 1997 "Deadline" and proposed evictions and relocation of Dine' on April 01, and to fulfill your commitment. "We the Dine' Resistance of Big Mountain and the Hopi Partitioned Land (HPL) on Black Mesa, extend this reminder to those who have made their commitment at Camp Ana Mae and to those who dance elsewhere. We have been under a state of martial law and currently exist without any human, civil or religious rights. This will be challenged, and you will play a crucial role in the strategy that will be laid out in a meeting that has been set for March 28, 29, 30 and 31st at Camp Ana Mae with The People and Chief Joe Chasing His Horse. Joe will bring a letter written by Lakota people who have confirmed their support to the Big Mountain Elders and the annual Sundance ceremony. There will also be a protection ceremony and you are urged to attend. For those of you who have access to the Internet, (Sovereign Dineh Nation-Dineh Alliance: http://www.primenet.com/~cineh/index.html). Our e-mail address is dineh@primenet.com but the best way to contact us is by phone (505-371-5551) or by writing to our sub-office at P.O. Box 2889 Window Rock, Az 86515. Our position with the Sundance has always been for perpetual use by The People, we stand in spiritual solidarity with the Lakota Nation and wish to state: "The Dine' and Lakota ceremonies must continue on the land of our ancestors where our roots are deep. We acknowledge only the Laws of Creator and the Natural laws and we are thankful for all the good things we have been given. Our prayers and offerings, our Way of Life and Religion, and our rightful heritage as Caretakers of our Mother Earth will be passed on to future generations. The things of the spirit cannot be touched by those who are against us." Mitakuye Oyasin We need peaceful, nonviolent and attention getting actions, protests, demonstrations or other creative events in your area in solidarity with us at this critical time. The situation and conditions are brutal for some of us already. The safety of The People is priority! The directives from our elders tell us this is to be a nonviolent and humble event, a time that we have all lived for and sacrificed for. There is to be no aggression on our part but you, the Sundancers, are asked to provide the buffer zone of protection, not only for The People but for the Sundance grounds as well. Some of you will be asked to provide the security at Camp Ana Mae which will be very tight because you are our first line of defense. The time for you to fulfill your commitment has come, we await your reply. SDN Resistance through Joe Chasing Horse --------- "RE: Second Call to Sundancers" --------- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 18:20:42 -0700 (MST) From: Joe Chasing Horses via Gary Smith (gars@netcom.com) Subj: Second Call to Sundancers I have been granted the honor of passing on this message from Joe Chasing Horses, Lakota Elder. THIS IS A CALL TO ALL SUNDANCERS, SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE WHO DANCE AT CAMP ANA MAE, BIG MOUNTAIN, AZ. The time has come to get your house in order and prepare for April 1, 1997, the day of proposed forced evictions and relocation of our Dine' people on HPL. There have been Dine' and Lakota ceremonies on the land and messages have been received by The Resistance; we have also followed the elders instructions and have carried out the task of opening up all channels, official and otherwise, to prepare for the first of April and you must know, it would be best to obtain life insurance at this time. From the Lakota Lowampi Ceremony, the two messages began with "heed my warning well"; the First: "flee the land before the first snow and make preparations for the elders. The warriors must return to the land."; the Second: "There is a great plague coming over the land like a tidal wave, many shall be slain by it." If it snows, the conditions will be very harsh and forbidding for some. The roads become impassable at times, no one will be able to get in or out unless they walk in and can get around the multijurisdictional task force that will be in place. Please come prepared and be self-sufficient, bring food supplies, camping gear, warm clothing and blankets. Communications are crucial and AA batteries are always needed. Do not bring weapons or anything that looks like a weapon, the U.S. Marshals Office and the rest of the Department of "Justice's Law Enforcement" Agencies will see this as an opportunity to open fire on everyone. And they will. They will undoubtedly be heavily armed and well-equipped to quell any resistance to the forced evictions of our people, bringing along with them, plenty of body bags. U.S. Federal Mediator Judge Harry McCue told us (The Resistors) that if we did not sign the Agreement, there would be "another Waco." Family is now against family, community against community, Indigenous organization against each other, and so on. There is selective harassment and enforcement towards those of us who reject the Accommodation Agreement and have not signed. 1996 was a critical year for the feds to get the land deal through! We have sent out word by mail, Internet, fax, etc. We need adequate media coverage to avoid "another Waco" and if you can, call the television talk shows and media. Tell them to talk to The People of The Land only! Call, write, phone, fax, etc. the officials and alert your contacts. This is a very critical time for us! The elders must be protected by all means available, this means resources must be coordinated. We will facilitate as much as we can with what we have and invite you to join us in preparing for April 01, 1997. If you intend to be at Camp Ana Mae, please coordinate. E mail: dineh@primenet.com and PO Box 2889 Window Rock Az 86515. We are relatives to all! Released through Joe Chasing Horse --------- "RE: Day of Prayer Organized" --------- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 15:09:57 -0500 (EST) From: Fred Sinkevich Subj: Day of Prayer (FWD) ------- FORWARD, Original message follows ------- From: Gigi Porter and/or Reggie Bannister Subj: Day of Prayer Organized UUCP email 4450 California Place #315 Long Beach, CA 90807 Native Americans Protests Slaughter of Yellowstone Buffalo National Day of Prayer Organized Locally For Immediate Release Thursday, March 06, 1997 Contact:Gigi Porter (310) 428-7966 or (310) 422-8068 [LONG BEACH, CA](Native American Indians, and non-Native Americans alike, organized participation locally in a National Day of Prayer in protest of the Yellowstone National Park buffalo slaughter. The prayer, held simultaneously across nation, was organized by the InterTribal Bison Cooperative as a peaceful means to gain public support to stop the killing of a national treasure, the bison. The prayer, which will have Native American representatives from an area stretching from the San Fernando Valley and Big Bear to San Diego, took place locally at the Black Horse Trading Post in Bellflower. Ceremonies took place in Montana in Missoula, and Gardner, and nationally in Washington, DC; Austin, Texas; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Chicago, Illinois and Rapid City, South Dakota. Other states included New York, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico and Ohio. Local residents, Gigi Porter and Reggie Bannister launched a personal crusade last month after learning of the Yellowstone National Park situation in a news column. After pleas to the White House, representatives for the state of Montana and agricultural officials fell on deaf ears, they produced Love Thats Gone, a music video (based on the song of the same name on Bannister's new album, Fool's Paradise) which weaves Native American culture with graphic scenes of buffalo being slaughtered in killing pens in Montana in hopes of heightening public awareness and stop the killings. The video is scheduled for release by months end. As of this writing, the official buffalo death count is 995. An aerial survey was conducted earlier this week and, of the original estimated 3000-3300 Yellowstone National Park herd, only an estimated 1700 remain according to park officials. Another 147 are in a holding pen in Billings, Montana awaiting transport to slaughter where they will be auctioned. At previous auctions, buffalo meat (which retails for as much as $17 per pound) has gone for as little as $1 per pound, heads and hides for $200- $300, and a full cape (head and full hide together) for as little as $500- $600, according to video footage shot by Mike Mease of Missoula, Montana. The money from these auctions is returned to the Department of Livestock which hosts the auction. Native American culture believes buffalo to be of religious significance. "We're not animal activists", says Porter. In fact, were not activists at all. But, we have to find some way to call attention to this cause. Many Native Americans feel that the buffalo are our spiritual children. I feel like I've lost a child every time another buffalo dies. She adds: "Reggie and I have done everything humanly possible to get through to Governor Racicot (Montana), APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) - even President Clinton and Vice President Gore - to try to change minds and order the killing to stop before its too late. Its in the Creators hands now." Porter added that, according to the Department of Fish and Game in Montana, resenting 20 minutes to die. IF WE MANAGED TUBERCULOSIS THE WAY BRUCELLOSIS IS BEING MANAGED HERE, YOU'D BE SHOT WHEN YOU LEFT YOUR HOUSE. Mike Finely - Yellowstone National Park Superintendent IMAGES: Buffalo being hauled out of a makeshift death pen by its hind legs and throat cut while still alive. There are still other images: IMAGE: 100 participants in the National Day of Prayer in Billings, Montana on Thursday, March 6th, elder makes plea to President Clinton and Governor Marc Racicot. FACT: Footage was taken by Mike Mease of 12 bison shot by Department of Livestock on Church of Universal Triumphant property while prayer ceremony took place. Rosalie Little Thunder (65 year old Lakota traditional) arrested for trespassing when she approached to save the buffalo. IMAGE: : Buffalo Grazing By Sign: It Reads, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. BACKGROUND: Local participation in California simultaneously of Long Beach, California, organized a core group of local Native American friends and relatives in the Southern California area and . The video provided by Mike Mease who, personally, shot the footage, The slaughter footage is available immediately. The Footage is available immediately on 3/4 and 1/2 VHS tapes. The media release of Love That's Gone is available on 3/4 BETA or 1/2 VHS tapes.(Portions of the proceeds from both benefit Native American charities.) Interviews are available by Mike Mease of Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers, (videographer), Gigi Porter and Reggie Bannister of Production Magic, Incorporated (writers and producers of Love Thats Gone and others. To those involved, the correlation existing between the Holocaust victims, Native American Indians, and the Yellowstone National Park Bison is clear. TIME SENSITIVE MATERIAL! Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt has postponed a previous press conference to Monday, March 17. It is felt that the optimum impact on the public of the information contained in these videos, as well as interviews with the individuals involved, would be to air the story prior to Secretary Babbitt's conference on Monday. Additional considerations are that every week, another hundred bison are slaughtered or downed in the fields. --------- "RE: Beef Boycott" --------- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 13:43:04 -0600 From: cmcr@ism.net Subj: Beef Boycott UUCP email It seems that the cattle industry has an all points bulletin out on Montana's buffalo. They are convincing other states to demand brucellosis testing of all cattle coming from Montana. This is clearly a tactic to remove Montana's brucellosis free status or to eliminate the threat ie. (buffalo). Our only defense, as I see it, is to BOYCOTT BEEF. This plea is being sent out by Michael S. Mease of Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers. Cattle have devastated our public land everywhere, killed endangered species (wolves, grizzly bears, etc.) and are very unhealthy to eat. The time has come to say enough is enough and BOYCOTT BEEF. If you or your group is willing to take this stand please let us know. Please call your local cattlemen's ass. and let them know that you are BOYCOTTING BEEF and why. But please don't stop there, let your Congress, Senate and another state officials know what is up. For far to long our country has prioritized these non-native European beasts and made the US tax payer foot the bill. The end has come and until no more buffalo are kill no more beef will be purchased. For the Buffalo, Michael S. Mease Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers Box 7941 Missoula Montana USA 59807 406-728-0867 phone & fax cmcr@ism.net --------- "RE: Focus on Peltier Part B" --------- Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 02:58:28 -0500 (EST) From: Miketben@aol.com Subj: N.A.S.L. - FOCUS ON PELTIER - # 3(B) UUCP email NORTH AMERICAN SPIRIT LODGE * FOR YOUR INFO * +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FOCUS ON LEONARD PELTIER #3 (B) - CONTINUED --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) FABRICATED & WITHHELD EVIDENCE: PELTIER WAS NOT THE SHOOTER Peltier's case was based entirely upon circumstantial evidence. The basis for the prosecution's claim is the tenuous claim that the agents were killed by only one type of bullet, that all these .223 caliber bullets were shot from a single AR-15 rifle, that no other AR-15 was present at the shootout, and that the only man seen carrying any AR-15 that day was Peltier. CONTRAST THIS WITH THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTED FACTS: The coroner's autopsy reports were unable to specify the type of weapon used, other than small caliber, high velocity; these estimates were made by a second coroner after the FBI was displeased with the different findings of the original coroner. The only slug ever recovered from the bodies was a .44 caliber. A half-melted AR-15 was recovered from the ashes of the stationwagon that belonged to one of the other two defendants, after it blew up. FBI agents somehow decided (with NO evidence) that this was the AR-15 that Peltier used the day of the shootout. On 2 October 1975, a cable from the FBI director to the Rapid City office states that firing-pin tests (which is 100% scientifically conclusive, like a fingerprint) were performed with this AR-15 and did not match any of the shells recovered from the shootout scene, and that they should test the shells against a second AR-15 found at the shootout site. On October 31st, an FBI lab report signed by FBI ballistics expert Evan Hodge reaffirmed that the AR-15 could not be linked to any of the shell casings. On November 14th, when Peltier narrowly escaped arrest in Oregon, his own AR-15 that was registered to him was recovered in his vehicle. An FBI teletype dated three days later requested an analysis with this third AR-15, which they now called the "probable murder weapon", because all tests with the other two AR-15's had come up negative. However, firing-pin tests with Peltier's own AR-15 also came up negative. [It was not until 1981 that all this exculpatory evidence became known to the defense, having been illegally withheld by the FBI.] On 10 February 1976, months after the conclusive firing-pin tests came out negative for "all shells" with all three AR-15's, a single cartridge casing mysteriously appeared. This casing was purported to have been found during the investigation immediately after the shootout, in the trunk of Agent Coler's car (apparently having been ejected from a nearby AR-15 when the agents were shot). This casing, which the prosecution referred to in court as "the most important piece of evidence in this case, " was not on the original list of ammunition components found at the scene, was missing from the charter jet shipment of "important evidence" shipped to the Washington D.C. lab, and was missing from the list of "all .223 casings" from the scene that Hodge tested. FBI documents and testimony claim it was found by two different officers on two different days. The FBI does not know to whom this piece of evidence was given, nor how it showed up at the FBI crime lab in Washington D.C. Although contrary to protocols of evidence handling, no one could attest that the casing "tested" was the same supposedly found in the vehicle's trunk. If the FBI's story were really true, why was the most obvious and probable piece of evidence never "tested" until many months after all the rest? Why did the earlier memos withheld from the trial imply that all cartridges in evidence had been tested? Interestingly, this highly suspect cartridge the only purported match supposedly gets "tested" only days after Peltier was found in Canada, and the U.S. government was scrambling to put together sufficient grounds to convince Canada to extradite him. In the trial, FBI agent Evan Hodge claimed that the original AR-15 was too damaged to permit a firing-pin test (the defense was not aware that this was a lie, since the results from the many prior firing-pin tests they did perform with this gun were illegally withheld). Hodge claimed to have removed the bolt, inserted it into another AR-15, and performed an extractor-mark test, producing a "likely" match (the extractor-mark test is much less reliable than the conclusive firing-pin test). Although a minimum of three shots from short range killed the agents, this suspicious casing was the only one ever "found" that could produce a likely match to any of the three AR-15's; never mind that the match wasn't even to Peltier's own AR-15, but to the burned one for which there is no evidence to indicate if Peltier had ever even touched it. In the second appeal (October 1984) Peltier's defense attorneys were finally able to present the formerly suppressed FBI evidence that revealed the blatant perjury by FBI agents at the original trial. FBI Agent Hodge the ballistics "expert" changed his story numerous times, contradicting himself from one moment to the next. The new evidence also referred to other cartridge casings found at the scene that were fired from at least two other AR-15's that have never been identified. The prosecution at this point, realizing their case against Peltier was demolished, suddenly decided to change the basis of the case to an "aiding and abetting" charge, (much to the annoyance of the judge). Prosecutor Lynn Crooks admitted numerous times (as he also did later during the 1991 appeal) that the government doesn't know who shot the officers, nor what participation Peltier may have had; Crooks even admitted this on national TV (CBS) on November 19, 1992. Although the appeals court ruled that the alleged murder weapon had probably been fabricated, and that Judge Benson of the original trial had erred in his rulings and tactics (detailed above in Section Three) rejecting virtually every point of the prosecution's case the appeals judges reluctantly let the original verdict stand, citing an abstract legal principle called the Bagley standard. This rather vague legal criterion requires that, in order for a new trial to be justified, the appeals judges must believe that the original jury probably would have rendered a different decision if they had known about the withheld evidence (as opposed to possibly ). In other words, the judges must be fairly certain that a retrial would produce a different result, rather than just a strong possibility. This Bagley standard has since come under considerable criticism by legal theorists, often citing the Peltier case as the primary example of its injustice (see especially Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Leonard Peltier and the Sub legal System in the Boston College Law Review, July, 1993). At the time, the appeal judges admitted to considerable discomfort with letting the verdict stand; the presiding judge has since written letters to the President in support of clemency for Peltier, and has even stated his support for Peltier on national TV. FBI Framing Of Leonard Peltier Was Politically Motivated PERHAPS THE MOST UNUSUAL ASPECT OF THE EFFORT TO FRAME PELTIER IS THAT THE FBI HAD CONSIDERABLY BETTER EVIDENCE AGAINST OTHERS WHO WERE NEVER PROSECUTED. At least five witnesses claimed that Jimmy Eagle had boasted to them that he had killed the two agents. It was his vehicle (a red International Scout) that the agents mentioned in radio communications shortly before the shootout began. The case against Eagle was the strongest, but the charges were dropped "so that the full prosecutive weight of the federal government could be directed against Leonard Peltier" according to an FBI memo. FBI reports indicate another, David Sky, was "probably present at and participated in the shooting of Agents Coler & Williams"; an undisclosed informant who claimed to be eyewitness says Sky "fired on Williams, pulled him from the car." Yet Sky was never even charged. There were also approximately six others for whom the evidence of being the shooter(s) was substantial at least considerably better than the virtually nonexistent evidence against Peltier, Butler, and Robideau yet these others were never even charged. WHY? The FBI was determined to frame Peltier, Butler, and Robideau, because they were national AIM activists and close friends of Dennis Banks, AIM's most prominent leader (the AIM camp at Oglala was Banks'; he avoided being framed too, only because he was not there at the time of the shootout). The eight or so mentioned above against whom the evidence was strongest were only local AIM supporters, of little political significance to the FBI. During these years, the FBI was expending considerable energy in their illegal COINTELPRO operations. The goal of these operations was to eliminate political groups whose philosophies were disliked by the highest FBI leadership and other political leaders. Their notorious actions against AIM, the Black Panthers, Vietnam war protestors, and other political movements have been well-documented in later years, including involvement in the murders of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, Black Panther Party (BPP) leaders in Chicago, and the very similar framing and false imprisonment of Los Angeles BPP leader Elmer G. "Geronimo" Pratt (still in prison after more than 25 years). Some of the harassment tactics against AIM leaders has already been described above in Section Two, as well as the attack of Peltier by the Milwaukee policemen in 1972 (Section Three). At least two years before the Oglala shootout, internal FBI memos had specifically mentioned Peltier as one of the AIM leaders to be targeted. With this opportunity to silence some of AIM's national leaders, the FBI was thus determined to frame Peltier (and Butler & Robideau) as scapegoats for political reasons. On July 17th, just three weeks after the shootout, the Rapid City FBI office reported to the national office in D.C. that one of its primary goals was to "develop information to lock Peltier and Black Horse into this case" despite the considerable evidence that someone else had done the shooting. As part of this effort to re-define what happened in order to serve their agenda, the FBI claimed (and still claims today) that the vehicle being followed by the agents, and then initiated the gunfire, was a red- and-white Chevy van belonging to Sam Loud Hawk, which they mistakenly claim belonged to Peltier. Yet the 302 report of FBI Agent David Price, and other agents' official FBI reports, mention only Jimmy Eagle's red International Scout, and also a red pickup that managed to leave the scene while avoiding the FBI roadblocks. Both of these vehicles are mentioned numerous times, while the van they mistakenly claim was Peltier's is never mentioned even once. These reports were also withheld from the defense at the original trial; when they were released years later, some copies had the vehicle description blotted out. FBI Agent Adams' testimony at both trials also describe Eagle's vehicle (despite prosecution efforts to lead witnesses into revising their description to resemble Loud Hawk's van instead). Prosecutors insisted that Eagle's vehicle was a "junked" vehicle, already stalled at the scene; yet FBI reports stated the red Scout "started easily and was found to be operative." The red-and-white van that the agents were alleged to have been following, that was supposedly stopped "out in the open" when the agents "fired back" at them, somehow had no bullet holes. However the "non-target" Scout, found pulled into a row of truly-junked cars where it was fairly protected from the agents' cars, received "approximately ten bullet holes" in the gunfire. Transcriptions of Agent Williams radio communications made by the Rapid City office also indicate he was following Eagle's vehicle, though the FBI insists that this description was due to stenographer error. Of course, the audio tapes that are made of all law enforcement radio communications would set the record straight. State Attorney General William Janklow verified that the transmissions had indeed been taped, but that he was ordered by the FBI not to disclose what was on them; now the FBI conveniently claims that no such tapes ever existed. After extensive investigation, Amnesty International declared that "the FBI....appears willing to fabricate evidence against its 'targets' and to withhold information which, according to law, should have been disclosed. It is, moreover, clear that the FBI have abused their power by producing false evidence and infiltrating the defense teams of people indicted on serious charges." --Proposal for a Commission of Inquiry into the Effects of Domestic Intelligence Activities on Criminal Trials in the United States of America, Amnesty International Publications, October 1981. 5) THE AMERICAN GESTAPO: OTHER DISTURBING FBI ACTIONS Immediately after the Oglala shootout, the Indians on the local reservations were terrorized by the FBI (and other law enforcement supervised by the FBI) for ten weeks; they were threatened and physically assaulted, homes were searched without warrants, religious ceremonies were disrupted and mocked, and private property was wantonly destroyed, in what the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights condemned as "a large scale vendetta." Numerous people were arrested on illegal "John Doe" warrants, and suspects were told by agents that if they were ever caught alone the FBI agents would kill them. Certain influential AIM members were mysteriously murdered in particularly grisly fashion, with no investigation. The Eighth Circuit (federal) Court of Appeals called the FBI's misconduct "a clear abuse of the investigative process." In order to bias the public against the AIM community, the FBI spread exaggerations and outright lies to the news media immediately after the shootout, resulting in false front-page headlines in the newspapers. Days later when evidence to the contrary came out exposing the disinformation campaign, retractions by FBI director Clarence Kelley were run on the back pages of newspapers. In May of 1978, The head prison warden and another outside authority (implied by the warden to be an FBI agent) solicited Robert Hugh Wilson to assassinate Peltier in Marion Federal Penitentiary, in exchange for parole. Wilson, a multiple felon already serving multiple life sentences, and whose prison records listed him as "the most dangerous man ever apprehended in Chicago", was facing up to seven additional consecutive life sentences on pending charges. When he agreed to the deal and began following the arrangements, the charges he was facing were suddenly and mysteriously dropped, and arrangements were made to transfer him to a lesser-security prison. (However, after getting to know Peltier, Wilson felt guilty and backed out, despite threats from prison officials.) On 11 February 1979, national AIM spokesman John Trudell burned an upside-down flag on the steps of the FBI building in Washington D.C. during a demonstration for Peltier; 12 hours later, his wife, mother-in- law, and three children were killed in an arsonist's attack on their home on a Nevada reservation. Although clearly within the jurisdiction of the FBI, no investigation of these murders was ever made. On December 1st, 1980, Bobby Garcia a close friend of Peltier in prison who had helped him escape when a second assassination plot on Peltier's life was discovered, and whose legal group worked to protect Peltier's rights was suddenly removed from the general prison population for no apparent reason. Eleven days later he was moved to the prison hospital unit, in an isolation cell that had no sheets or linen of any type. That night he was drugged with 8 different types of drugs, then strangled with a bed sheet. All the other patients in the nearby units were immediately removed and scattered among other prisons. When Robert Hugh Wilson tried to publicize the execution of Garcia, he was taken to a psychiatric hospital and threatened with a lobotomy. In 1984, shortly after Penguin Books first published In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (the most extensively documented research of the events surrounding Peltier's case), the FBI and one of its agents filed a libel lawsuit to keep the book from public access (as did the Governor of South Dakota, whose notorious deeds are also detailed therein). After enormous legal cost millions of dollars to the publisher and author, all trials and appeals rendered the same judgement: that the book was free of libel, was fair, balanced, and protected as neutral reportage. Nevertheless, during the eight years of lawsuits, the FBI had succeeded in keeping the record of their misdeeds from the public, essentially censoring the facts of the case so that they could freely misinform the public. In 1987 a benefit concert (for Peltier's legal costs) was scheduled in California, with performances by Jackson Browne, Robin Williams, Willie Nelson, and others. Multiple bomb threats were received, frightening many away from attendance. On 27 September 1991, during a time of considerable media attention to the case (the suppressed evidence documenting the FBI improprieties had just been released), six FBI agents forcibly entered the apartment of one of the Indians who had been in the AIM camp during the shootout; they put a pistol to his throat and threatened him for over an hour. During this period, another Indian named Wish Draper (who as a teenage AIM member was part of the Oglala shootout) swore affidavits that the FBI had threatened and coerced him to testify falsely against Peltier at the original trial. In October, he was murdered by "unknown" assailants. On 15 July 1994, the FBI had a full-page advertisement published in Washington Post, overflowing with at least 33 factual errors & misrepresentations, and unsubstantiated allegations, despite the conclusive evidence to the contrary that had come out of their own files. About the same time, an FBI agent visited (unsolicited) a reporter of the Virginia Star-Ledger, offering blatantly false information on the case, information that FBI evidence had already disproved. 6) SELF-DEFENSE: THE FBI INTENDED AND STARTED THE SHOOTOUT In order to keep Dick Wilson (the BIA's puppet dictator) in power, the FBI supplied his GOON squads with high-tech weaponry, ammunition, and intelligence information. In the aftermath of the embarrassment over the Trail of Broken Treaties demonstrations in 1972, the U.S. government generously subsidized these violent repression squads through highway safety funds, and provided additional brutality through the BIA police, and occasionally with FBI agents themselves. In the three years between Wilson's election and the Oglala shootout, more than sixty opponents of Wilson were murdered, and hundreds more were physically attacked and beaten up (including many non-Indian attorneys who had come to the reservation to assist the locals and to investigate). According to Amnesty International, the U.S. Government is at the very least guilty of complicity in the 61 documented murders (and possibly many others who disappeared), not to mention the hundreds of nonfatal beatings and rapes, and destruction of property. In this atmosphere of terror by far the highest violent crime rate in the U.S. during those years the local people asked for AIM to come and help provide them with protection, since all appeals to the government and BIA law enforcement for protection was useless (much of the brutality in fact came from these officials). AIM members came from around the country and set up camps, not only to provide physical protection, but also to chop wood, establish and tend community gardens, provide mechanical and construction repairs, conduct traditional religious ceremonies, and encourage abstinence from alcohol and drugs. This particular camp was headed by AIM founder Dennis Banks, the primary target of FBI attacks for many years already. Officer Stoldt testified before a grand jury that he had stopped a car with Peltier in it one week before the shootout, knowing who he was, but was ordered not to arrest him. Two days prior to the shootout, large paramilitary troops began amassing in the area, consisting of FBI SWAT teams, state troopers, U.S. federal marshals, BIA police, and Dick Wilson's ever-present GOONs. Oglala residents became suspicious and alarmed, fearing that "something big was going to happen." Only three weeks earlier, an internal FBI memo had discussed the tactics and high- powered weaponry necessary for a successful assault on AIM enclaves, though the camp was only a collection of tents in the woods. The day before the shootout, the two agents (Williams & Coler) went to the Jumping Bull property where the shootout would occur the next day; the FBI claims their purpose was to arrest Jimmy Eagle for "kidnapping, aggravated assault, and robbery." No warrant had even been issued, and when one was finally issued two weeks later, it was for petty theft of a pair of cowboy boots from one of Jimmy's friends (although the FBI has no jurisdiction on an Indian reservation for petty theft). Instead, the agents took three of the non-local members of the AIM camp to BIA police headquarters, "to see if one of them was Eagle" (Agent Williams already knew that none of them were: he knew Jimmy Eagle, and had questioned Eagle recently at the very same Jumping Bull property). Using this excuse, the agents never asked a single question about Eagle, but rather about which AIM members, and how many, were living down in the AIM camp of tents. When the first two agents entered the Jumping Bull property on the 26th, they were driving unmarked cars and wearing civilian clothes. They had been observing activity at the houses, when several people they had been watching got into a vehicle and started down the hill. According to witnesses, the agents initiated the shootout, firing with a rifle. The Indians in the vehicle returned fire and drove away; although no longer under fire, the FBI agents continued to shoot at the fleeing vehicle, while never identifying their authority. They pursued the attack further onto the Jumping Bull property. Because of the frequent attacks from GOON squads and white vigilantes, those nearby who heard the gunfire rushed to the scene with weapons and began shooting back at the unidentified attackers. Federal reinforcements arrived almost immediately, suggesting that they had been anticipating a shootout. In fact, a SWAT team "just happened to be" on maneuvers within a few hundred yards right before the shootout started! The radio transmissions from Agent Williams, heard by many citizens with scanners, indicated that the two agents were expecting just such rapid backup support. Later, it was discovered that the agents killed in the gunfire had a map of the property in their possession, with the AIM camp ominously highlighted and marked. Much to the embarrassment of the FBI, all of the approximately 15 Indians in the shootout managed to escape, despite being surrounded by over 150 law enforcement officers within minutes (nearly 350 officers in the next few days) with helicopter reconnaissance and radio communication. One Indian Joe Stuntz was killed in the gunfire. The other two defendants in the "murders" of the agents, Dino Butler & Bob Robideau, went to trial while Peltier was seeking refuge in Canada. They were acquitted by an all-white jury, in a city known for its anti- Indian sentiment, on the grounds that they had fired back at the two agents in self-defense. Federal Judge Gerald Heaney, who presided over Peltier's trial appeals and arguably knows more about the case than anyone, wrote in a letter to Senator Daniel Inouye (18 April 1991) that "the U.S. Government must share in the responsibility for the June 26 firefight." He also said in a TV interview on CBS News that "the FBI was equally to blame for the shootout." Judge Heaney has written the President requesting executive clemency for Peltier. 7) SUPPORTERS IN FAVOR OF PELTIER'S CLEMENCY & IMMEDIATE RELEASE The World Council of Churches, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dalai Lama, Mother Theresa, Bishop Desmond Tutu; Amnesty International, The Carter Center, Human Rights Commission of Spain, and other human rights organizations; The European Parliament (Resolution #B4-0499/94, December 1994); Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark (currently the lead attorney for Peltier's legal team); Federal Judge Gerald Heaney (presided over the Eighth Circuit Court panel that tried Peltier's appeals); Nelson Mandela, Mikhael Gorbachev, various Nobel Peace Prize laureates, and other world leaders; More than 50 Senators & Representatives of the U.S. Congress, and 55 members of the Canadian Parliament; Plus more than 27 MILLION petition signers, across five continents! BIBLIOGRAPHY - sources of more information: - In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, by Peter Matthiessen (National Book Award Winner); - Agents of Repression: The FBI's Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party & the American Indian Movement, by Ward Churchill & Jim Vander Wall; A Warrior Caged, by Jim Vander Wall [chapter 10 in The State of Native America, edited by M. Annette Jaimes]; Blood of the Land: Government & Corporate Wars Against the American Indian Movement, by Rex Weyler; It Did Happen Here: Recollections of Political Repression in America, by Bud Schulz. The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee P.O. Box 583; Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0583 Phone: (913) 842-5774 E-mail: lpdc@idir.net --------- "RE: Salmon Population Decline" --------- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 14:41:14 -0800 (PST) From: Larry Kibbey Subj: Salmon Population Decline UUCP email The Coho salmon, once a key West Coast commercial fishery, will likely be off-limits to most fishermen again this year whether or not it is added to the endangered species list. The Pacific Fishery Management Council held a meeting the first week of March to propose a set of options for commercial, recreational and Indian tribe fishing for salmon in the Pacific Ocean. Biologist blame a variety of factors, including ocean conditions that have disrupted the food chain, past droughts, too much fishing and loss of fresh water habitat to logging, agriculture and urban development. Over the years, such issues as the one above details the possible near extinction of not only wildlife, but as well the aquatic life, all being heavily impacted due to modern progress, and greed for the almighty dollar. Losing the environment, as well as watching the deer, elk, buffalo, moose, bears, wolves, coyotes, ducks, geese disappear into places such as zoos or preserves, does not promote any relevant justice of what man is doing and some effort must be arrived at, to take better control of our environment and four-legged, winged and water life relations. The culture and belief's of the Native American Indian once greatly centered around the environment and wildlife, though not evident within these modern times, Indian people still depend on being allowed to gather various wild foods for social gatherings, medicines and do have a valid concern and interest in their traditional areas, as well as for their relations of the wildlife. Please take some time to understand, that preserving and protecting the environment is a very serious issue and one that needs our attention, and remember, within most of this country, there are as well many ceremonial and burial sites of our people, that are not prehistoric, but are areas which are still used in some manner today by the Traditional Native American Indian. You can help. Take the time to write a letter to people who can assist us in this endeavor to protect the environment. Let them know how important preserving and protecting the environment is. Let them know that it is time now, before it is too late, to stop the illegal logging(clear-cutting) of the national forest and of other areas such as the traditional Pinenut trees. That mining must be reformed with such measures to stop the destruction it does to the land and the impact it has on the wildlife habitat areas they use for food and water. Modern progress is taking its toll on the land and some legal effort must be made to help stop the destruction of the Traditional Territories of the Native American Indian. President William J. Clinton Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs The White House U.S. Dept. of the Interior 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. SW 19th and C St. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500 Washington, D.C. 20240 Ron Allen, President Keepers of The treasures NCAI 1785 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. 2010 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Second Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 Thank you. By Larry Kibby - kibbey@sierra.net Elko Indian Colony Elko, Nevada ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "When I die, my enemies will be under me." "Kintpuash" ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --------- "RE: Gustafsen: Judicial Genocide" --------- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 04:04:26 -0500 (EST) From: RKI Subj: Gustafsen: JUDICIAL GENOCIDE Mailing List: Insap Thursday, March 13, 1997 S.I.S.I.S. UPDATE/NOTES "JUDICIAL GENOCIDE": THE CLARK TESTIMONY CONTINUES Native rights lawyer Dr. Bruce Clark resumed testimony at the Ts'peten (Gustafsen Lake) trial today, and discussed the processes and conditions under which Positive Law(s) [Legislative] can be changed: (1) Repeal: only by legislation of equal or greater force or effect than the law to be repealed. That is, a Provincial Court cannot repeal constitutional law, but an Imperial court could. The only competent repealing authority in Constitutional law is Parliament. This has not been done. Though judicial decisions can create law if it is an original address of a point of law, a judicial decision cannot change or repeal existing law, and it is a legal impossibility for a judge to change Constitutional law. (2) Obsolescence: old and irrelevant laws may cease to have effect. However obsolescence is not relevant to constitutional law, which is by definition constitutive, alive and relevant. This was reaffirmed in the Constitution Act of 1982. In the context of existing aboriginal rights and existing constitutional law, Dr. Clark evidenced transcripts of court appearances from 1990-1995, in which the judges in every instance did one of two things: (1) refused outright to address the law respecting aboriginal rights and jurisdiction. (2) declared, usually in concert with the crown, that the issues of sovereignty and jurisdiction were addressed in Delgamuukw, the infamous Gitskan Wetsu'weten land claims case. The dominant assumption was that Delgamuukw had repealed previously established constitutional law, something which a provincial court doesn't have the jurisdiction to do. The other flawed assumption was that Delgamuukw had addressed and and resolved the issue of jurisdiction. However, for a provincial court to rule on the question of its own "jurisdiction" is a profound structural conflict of interest. On September 12, 1995, the Supreme Court of Canada decided that Delgamuukw was irrelevant to the jurisdiction question, saying that the issue had not been raised or addressed in the courts below. While this SCC decision overruled the provincial judiciary's position that Delgamuukw had dispensed with the jurisdictional question, the Supreme Court of Canada used this argument as an excuse not to itself address the law. It maintained that the question of law had allegedly not climbed the appellant ladder from provincial to federal court. This legal chicanery attempts to force those asserting aboriginal rights to "chase their tails," in a vain attempt to find a domestic remedy. Clark characterized the Crown's bald contradiction by saying "even Crown attorneys can't suck and blow at the same time." Delgamuukw "cannot even pretend " to have the effect Crown claimed. Clark said the message is clear:If you attempt to exercise your aboriginal rights, "we will use the criminal law system as a criminal weapon." This was definitely the case at Mt. Currie, Lil'Wat territory, in 1990. Unarmed Lil'Wat protesters discovered a heavily armed, covert ERT probe in the vicinity of their peaceful blockade. An RCMP officer perjured himself in court, initially denying that ERT members were carrying AR-15 assault rifles, then admitting to it the next day. Inspector Kembal, who gave shoot to kill orders at Gustafsen Lake, was Emergency Response Team (ERT) commander at Mt. Currie. Superintendent Len Olfert, RCMP site commander at Gustafsen, was commanding officer at Mt. Currie. There, RCMP smeared Clark's co-counsel Lynn Crompton as "mindless, irresponsible, off the wall." Also, as in Gustafsen Lake, the Department of Indian Affairs Band Council muscled their way into the court process to undermine the traditional sovereignists and sabotage the jurisdictional challenge. On November 30, 1990, Justice McDonald reneged on a commitment made to address the jurisdiction question. Despite these endemic abuses of process by the corporate-judicial complex of BC, Clark still maintains that the best hopes lie with truth and the rule of law. Dr. Clark testified today that he advised his clients "that they were legally entitled to do what they did at Gustafsen Lake...to defend against the genocide taking place under the auspices of federal and provincial law - the Indian Act and Criminal Code. He addressed the role of the jury, in Common Law "the people." "You are the ultimate safety net", he said, and offered that this jury has the power to recommend Third Party Adjudication, not just declare a verdict of guilty or not guilty. Clark then spoke about the profound differences between Western Euro- American philosophy -- Christ, Socrates, Heidegger, Sartre, Wittgenstein, Chomsky -- and indigenous cultural systems. He contrasted the life- through-death language of the philosophers to the chanting of a Sundance. Clark noted this goes beyond language to the resonance of the universe, beyond the words "spirit" and "matter" to ultimate reality and light. Dr. Clark recounted the history of the "Chilcotin massacre" at Butte inlet near the Neimiah valley. Surveyors trespassing into unceded territory raped and murdered a Chilcotin national. They were confronted, conflict ensued, and the surveyors were killed. Then Judge Matthew Begbie hung a delegation of Chilcotin Chiefs ostensibly invited by Begbie to make treaty at Williams Lake. In effect a group of travelling peace emissaries were the victims of judicial murder in 1864. Clark evidenced how cunning judges were at evading the rule of law, refusing to address legal questions, basing decisions upon the pleasure of the particular judge, regardless of existing legislative and natural law. They act like absolute monarchs, while committing the crimes of fraud constitutional treason, and arguably genocide. Since at least the Magna Carta, judges are not above the law. Dr. Clark recalled Judge McDonald's statement that the sooner Indian Sovereignty was addressed the better, then the denial of leave to appeal, reneging on McDonald's own commitment. He argued on the basis of historical practice, as if there were no question of law, and was echoed by Judge McFarlane's "decision" regarding Indian Sovereignty that "I need not answer that question". Judge Wetmore followed suit in the case regarding the Ure Creek Lil'Wat blockade, ordering Clark not to mention the words "constitution" nor "sovereignty," then granting an injunction to remove the blockade. Clark then recounted the case of John Shafer, arrested for breaking an injunction forbidding interference with Fletcher Challenge logging operations in the Carmanah-Walbran valley. Shafer "very much an ally" and "mutual friend" of Dr. Clark and Jones Ignace, came before the same Judge Josephson who is now presiding over the Ts'peten trial. Justice Josephson refused to accept the submissions of the defence on the grounds that although the criminal trial was proceeding in Victoria, the documents should have been stamped in the Vancouver Registry, where the civil proceedings began. Josephson appeared to take pleasure at Clark's frustration with his procedural chicanery. (See transcripts at ) Clark noted that there is a repetitive return to the same old song of 1864 and BC's first Chief Justice "hanging judge Begbie." From BC to Alberta, to Ontario, Quebec, Nevada, Central and South America, "that's how the west was won." Recently Ontario Judge Bolen, formerly a North Bay lawyer who works adjacent to a land claim area, disqualified himself from sitting a case involving aboriginal rights on the grounds that he found himself in an obvious conflict of interest. Clark felt the decision is appropriate and asked, "So why are we here?," referring to Josephson's conflict and demonstrated bias to the jurisdictional question in the Shafer case. "Perhaps the genocide is beginning to come to an end," Clark suggested hopefully. "It may be that this jury's decision can set us firmly in that direction." :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:--:-:-:-:-:-: S.I.S.I.S. Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty PO Box 8673, Victoria, BC Canada V8X 3S2 Email: or WWW: http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/SISmain.html SOVERNET-L is a news only listserv concerned with indigenous sovereigntist struggles around the world. To subscribe, send "subscribe sovernet-l" in the body of an email to For more information on sovernet-l, contact S.I.S.I.S. --------- "RE: Montana Anti Affirmative Action" --------- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 20:41:13 -0600 From: "David O. Born" Subj: FWD: Montana House Bill 299 and House Bill 303 - UPDATE ------- FORWARD, Original message follows ------- From: eswaney@oche.oche.montana.edu Subj: Montana House Bill 299 and House Bill 303 - UPDATE Mailing List: NAT-EDU (nat-edu@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Briefly for your information: House Bill 299 - an anti affirmative action bill modeled after a similar proposition in California and House Bill 303 - an anti Indian bill which includes language to do away with the Montana Indian Fee Waiver were heard this morning, April 17, 1997 in the Montana Senate Judiciary Committee. We do not yet know the outcome or when these two bills will be acted upon by the committee. If you have children who benefited from the Montana Indian fee waiver or were formally a recipient of it, we in Montana would appreciate your support. Please call in your opposition to these bills to the Montana Legislature. You may leave individual messages for individual legislators at 406-444-4800. You may also fax letters of opposition to the bills to the Senate Judiciary Committee at 1-900-252-1600 - this will cost you 70 cents a minute! Briefly, currently - 114 Black students, 1094 American Indian/Alaskan Native, 277 Asian, and 413 Hispanic students in the Montana University System - this also includes those student in the Colleges of Technology as well as the three community colleges. Our total enrollment this fall was 37006. In academic year 1995-96 we had 618 students who received the fee waiver. This fee waiver was first offered in 1951 with 12 waivers. Board of Regents policy makes this fee waiver available to " any person of one-fourth Indian blood or more. Such person must have been a bonafide resident of the State of Montana for a least one year prior to enrollment in the Montana University System and must demonstrate financial need". In addition the individual units of the system make additional rules - usually a gpa or "good standing" rule. The fee waiver is currently worth around $1800. This amount is critical to students who come from impoverished homes and communities. In Montana approximately 10% of the population live below the poverty line. For Indians in Montana it is 40% !! We appreciate your prayers and letters of support. +++++++ Ellen Swaney Director American Indian/Minority Achievement Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education Montana University System 2500 Broadway Helena, MT 59620-3101 phone 406-444-6570 fax 406-444-1469 E-mail - eswaney@oche.montana.edu _\ /_ ( o o ) ----------------o00----- (_) -----00o---------------- I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to. Jimi Hendrix ----------------------------------------------------- David O. Born Professor and Chair Division of Health Ecology Univ. of Minn. School of Dentistry 15-136 Moos Tower Minneapolis, MN 55455 612-625-9438 612-626-6096 (fax) --------- "RE: Apology to Micmaq Teen" --------- Date: 97/03/17 21:42 From: Suzan Horovitch Subj: Formal Apology to Micmaq Teen genie email On March 11, Micmaq teenager Melissa Labrador was told by a guard that she couldn't enter the House of Commons with her eagle feather because the guard feared she might throw it at the prime minister and MP's below the gallery. The teen who was visiting Ottawa with a group of 120 teens from across Canada to participate in the Forum for Young Canadians, left the Parliament buildings in tears, refusing to conceal the feather saying: "I'm not going to conceal who I am." She brought the feather in order to feel secure in a big city and also to fight being homesick as she lives with her grandparents in Nova Scotia. Shortly after the incident the speaker of the house, Gilbert Parent and the Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin joined Labrador in a back room to extend their personal apologies, but she insisted on a public apology because she felt all aboriginal people had been insulted. In an emotional scene, Parent asked her to join him on his platform in the House so he could hold her eagle feather. With the other students looking on - some were crying - Speaker Gilbert Parent told the House his grandmother was Ojibwa and his father was Metis. He promised such an incident would never happen again. Ron Irwin, Minister of Indian Affairs delivered the apology to all aboriginal people right after question period, saying the sacred eagle feather represent courage, strength, wisdom and vision. Indian liberal MP Elijah Harper later presented Parent with a feather in thanks for his prompt action. Harper is best remembered for holding a feather while he delayed the Meech Lake accord in the Manitoba legislature as an MLA in 1990 long enough to kill the constitutional agreement. --------- "RE: National Indigenous Congress/Mexico" --------- Date: 12:39 PM Mar 12, 1997 From: saiic@igc.apc.org (SAIIC) Subj: National Indigenous Congress/Mexico Newsgroup: igc.saiic.indio NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS Follow-Up Commission 10 March 1997. To the People of Mexico: To the Peoples and Governments of the World: To the National and International Press: Sisters and Brothers: This past March 8th, in Palenque, the Chiapas state police kidnapped the companeros Geronimo Hernandez Lopez, Gonzalo Rosas Morales, Francisco Gonzalez Gutierrez, and Ramon Parcero Martinez. After they were beaten and held incommunicado, it was finally possible to locate them in the installations of the Chiapas state judicial police, which had previously denied holding them. Apparently, they are accused of participation in violent acts which occurred following the violent removal of peasants carried out by the police on two landholdings in the Palenque region, when Geronimo Hernandez and Gonzalo Rosas were more than two and a half hours away from the place where the police themselves say they were attacked and two of their members killed. Geronimo Hernandez is a member of the Follow-up Commission of the CNI and a participant in the Working Group on Justice and Human Rights. Both he and Gonzalo Rosas have worked for many years in the promotion and defense of the rights of the indigenous peoples in Chiapas, especially at the side of the indigenous organization Xi'nich ("Ant that Walks"). Francisco Gonzalez Gutierrez and Ramon Parcero Martinez are part of Xi'nich, which is a member organization of this National Indigenous Congress since its inception, and which has characterized itself for struggling peacefully in favor of the true solutions for the grave conditions of life suffered by the Tzeltal and Chol peoples in the region and by all the indigenous peoples of Mexico. These arbitrary detentions, carried out without judicial warrants, with in communication and beatings, apparently charging them with actions in which they simply could not have participated since they were in another town at the time, and without making the official charges known up until now, are inscribed within the policies of repression and harassment against the indigenous peoples and communities who justly demand the recognition and respect of their individual and collective rights. In the middle of a grave crisis of the San Andres Dialogue, for which Geronimo Hernandez was an advisor for the EZLN in the talks on "Indigenous Rights and Culture", and of a growing lack of credibility for the position that the government supports a solution which guarantees a peace with justice and dignity, the local power is determined to continue its acts of intimidation, violent removals of campesinos, and the detention of leaders and representatives, complicating even more the decomposed climate of violations to our minimal individual guarantees and the in existence of the State of Law which is lacking in Chiapas and in the whole country. We call upon all of our brothers and sisters, and upon all organizations to publicly manifest themselves and to sign and send public letters, telegrams, and faxes directed to: Ernesto Zedillo, Presidente de Mexico. Fax: (52-5) 271-1764, and (52-5) 515-1794 Email: webadmon@op.presidencia.gob.mx Emilio Chuayffet, Secretario de Gobernacion Fax: (52-5) 546-5350 Julio Cesar Ruiz Ferro, Gobernador de Chiapas Fax: (52-961) 2-09-17 Dra. Mireille Roccatti, Presidenta de la Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos Fax: (52-5) 681-71-99 We demand the immediate liberation of the companeros Geronimo Hernandez Lopez, Gonzalo Rosas Morales, Francisco Gonzalez Gutierrez, and Ramon Parcero Martinez, illegally detained, held incommunicado, and beaten by elements of the state police forces since March 8th, without the legal causes of their arbitrary detention being known until now; and we further demand the punishment of those responsible for these actions of provocation and State terrorism. We demand an end to the policies of repression and harrassment against the people of Mexico, and in particular against the representatives and members of the indigenous communities and organizations throughout the country. We demand the immediate liberation of all unjustly imprisoned indigenous peoples, and the annulment of all arrest warrants issued against those who struggle for social justice and whom, following a peaceful path, have led the struggle of our peoples. We demand the unconditional respect for the rights of the indigenous peoples of the country, consecrated in Covenant 169 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) which is the Supreme Law of the Nation, as well as their constitutional recognition. We demand the unconditional fulfillment of the San Andreas Accords on Indigenous Rights and Culture. Honor the Word!! Never Again a Mexico Without Us!! National Indigenous Congress Follow-Up Commission Working Group on the Implementation and Verification of the San Andres Accords. Responsible: Adelfo Regino Montes, mixe. Working Group on Indigenous Legislation. Responsible: Melquiades Rosas, mazateco. Working Group on Justice and Human Rights. Responsible: Carlos Beas, zapoteco. Working Group on Lands and Territories. Responsible: Efren Capiz, purepecha. Working Group on Self-Development, Well-being, and Relationship with the Mother Earth. Responsible: Carlos Manzo, zapoteco. Working Group on Culture and Education. Responsible: Gregorio Hernandez, cuicateco. Working Group on Communication. Responsible: Juan Anzaldo Meneses, nahua. Working Group on Women. Responsible: Sofia Robles, mixe. Working Group on Youth. Responsible: Victor Chavira, nahua. _________________________________________________________________ English Translation: J. Paulson, 3/11/97 ------------- South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) P.O. Box 28703 Oakland CA, 94604 Phone: (510)834-4263 Fax: (510)834-4264 Email: saiic@igc.apc.org Office: 1714 Franklin Street, 3rd Floor, Oakland Home Page: http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/nativeweb/abyayala/orgs/saiic For more information about SAIIC, send an empty email message to: saiic-info@igc.apc.org --------- "RE: Royal Commission 5-6" --------- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 04:59:00 +0000 From: don.rayment@uptowne.com (Don Rayment) Subj: Royal Commission 5 - 6 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 Gathering Strength Living Languages Language is one of the main instruments for transmitting culture from one generation to another and for communicating meaning and making sense of collective experience. In Canada, there are 11 Aboriginal language families and more than 50 different languages. The number of Aboriginal language speakers is only a fraction of the Aboriginal population: about one person in three over the age of five. Most are middle-aged or older. Even the languages in most frequent use MiEkmaq, Montagnais, Cree, Ojibwa, Inuktitut and some Dene languages are in danger of extinction because of declining fluency in the young. Minority languages all over the world are declining in the face of culturally dominant languages especially those used in the media and popular culture. Aboriginal languages suffered a severe blow during the era when every child was forced by school policy to speak English or French. The threat of their languages disappearing means that Aboriginal people's distinctive world view, the wisdom of their ancestors and their ways of being human could vanish as well. Language protection requires * maintaining or increasing the number of fluent speakers * using the language as a medium of communication in everyday life especially in the family Where languages are declining or severely threatened, school immersion programs can help but a language will not live if it is not used in everyday life. It must be the medium of communication at work, in school, in the media, in government and most of all, at home. Each Aboriginal nation will have to decide how far it can go in preserving its languages and develop policies to match. In the meantime, the speakers of Aboriginal languages are aging and dying. We propose the establishment of an Aboriginal Languages Foundation to document, study and conserve Aboriginal languages and to help Aboriginal people arrest and reverse the loss of languages that has already occurred. Communications Canada has always been held together in part by its communication links from the river systems of the fur traders to the transcontinental railroad to the satellite signals linking us today. The information passing along these channels shapes and defines our view of the world and of one another. The need for accurate information and realistic portrayals of Aboriginal people is evident. But Aboriginal people are not well represented by or in the media. Many Canadians know Aboriginal people only as noble environmentalists, angry warriors or pitiful victims. A full picture of their humanity is simply not available in the media. Mainstream media do not reflect Aboriginal realities very well. Nor do they offer much space to Aboriginal people to tell their own stories as broadcasters, journalists, commentators, poets or story tellers. Aboriginal people have little opportunity to o tell Canadians in their own ways and their own words who they are. Because Canadians do not hear Aboriginal points of view, they are often left with mistaken impressions about Aboriginal people's lives and aspirations and the reasons for their actions. Aboriginal people are also severely limited in their opportunities to communicate with one another. They have few media services of their own and even those lost almost all their funding in recent cuts. Domination of the media by the imagery and preoccupations of non-Aboriginal people contributes to the weakening of Aboriginal cultures. In the North, for example, the arrival of television in the 1960s helped transform the society in just one generation. We make proposals in four areas: * The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission should require those who hold broadcast licences in areas with significant Aboriginal populations to provide air time for an Aboriginal presence. * Mainstream media, both public and private, should provide for a greater Aboriginal presence in their offerings. * The federal government should support training of Aboriginal people for media positions. * The federal government should provide core funding for Aboriginal-controlled media and incentives for private support for these media. Visual and Performing Arts For Aboriginal people, as for all people, the arts are both a reflection and an extension of their history, mythology and spirituality. They are a mirror Aboriginal people hold up to see themselves more clearly and a window they hold open to let others see in. Whether they explore traditional forms of expression, modern forms or both, Aboriginal artists, performers and writers are contributing to their own cultures and to Canada's cultural identity as well. Given their importance, it is perhaps surprising how little public or private support Aboriginal arts and artists actually receive. * The great majority of the books about Aboriginal people marketed each year by major Canadian publishers are written by non- Aboriginal authors. * Aboriginal publishers report difficulty securing support from government agencies that support publishing. * Aboriginal arts that were once part of everyday life and ceremonial use are relegated to the status of crafts and artifacts and housed predominantly in museums, rather than displayed in art galleries. * The Indian affairs department has been instrumental in creating a market for Inuit arts and crafts and provided general support for training in the visual and performing arts. But it offers minimal help in mounting productions, which are a crucial part of training. * Arts funding agencies are only beginning to look for ways to judge Aboriginal forms and artistic creations, at least in part according to culture-specific criteria. The expression of Aboriginal voice, rooted in unique cultures and world views, was actively suppressed in the era of domination and assimilation. Even in this era of renewal, Aboriginal arts and artists are neglected by Canadian institutions, both public and private. The Commission sees a need for active support for at least a generation, to encourage revitalization and development of visual, literary and performing arts. We propose establishment of an Aboriginal Arts Council, a review of granting criteria in mainstream institutions, and increased support for training and facilities for display and performance. Better Lives for Aboriginal People Discussions of Aboriginal affairs sometimes seem weighted toward issues of governance, law, constitution making and institution building. But the real point of these mechanisms is to make Aboriginal lives better. Over the years, much time and energy and many dollars have been spent trying to do this. Yet serious problems of ill health, miseducation and disturbed family life remain. Aboriginal people and communities are worn down by the persistence of these problems. Canadians feel them as a drag on national progress. Are the social problems of Aboriginal people intransigent? Hopeless? Certainly not. But ways of organizing and delivering human services for Aboriginal people must change fundamentally. Patterns of distress, violence and self-destructive behaviour will never shift fully toward well-being without a concomitant shift of power, control and resources. But Aboriginal control is not a panacea self-government is not a magic wand, and it is no guarantee of good results. It is always possible that Aboriginal control will be exercised badly from time to time. In any case, it will take time for self- government to have an impact. In the meantime, improving the lives and strengthening the capacities of Aboriginal people is a worthwhile end in itself. It is also part of making aboriginal control work, as illustrated by the circle of well- being described at the beginning of this chapter. How can it be done? In four ways: * Canadian governments can make room for Aboriginal initiative and control. * Leaders at all levels can give greater prominence to social policy. * Human services can be shifted from piecemeal to holistic programming. * Individuals in need of housing, healing, schooling and other kinds of help can be provided for along the lines proposed by the Commission. end of _Gathering Strength_ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet: don.rayment@uptowne.com (Don Rayment) This message was processed by NetXpress from Merlin Systems Inc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- "RE: Poem: Buffalo" --------- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 22:42:58 -0800 From: "Karen J. Gould" Subj: Buffalo UUCP email Ran across this poem today and had to share it with all of you: BUFFALO They are the earth we have forgotten And the great continent of the head knows this and will look right through you from out the brown stones of the eyes. And I would know them as a child knows the brown-humped land that listens for the prairie wind that is the bellows of their lungs. Nolan and I once stopped, astonished by the mile long herd, and by the slow train of the hooves drumming up an expiring music like wind like God like sun. Still I marvel as the late Nebraska light gilds the horns and the ponderous mass of fur, while the foothills blue recalling the cold declining length of the rifle's bore. They are the color of the earth thrust up, and history still roams in the matted rags of hair, in the bleached litter of bones, and in the chalky cliffs of the skull. -- Mark Irwin -- from _The Nation_ 2/3/97 I hope this is ok, since this isn't being "reproduced" for commercial profit, and I give full credit to the author, Mark Irwin, and the publisher, "The Nation" magazine. But this poem brought tears to my eyes, in light of the current slaughter, and I had to share it with you. Karen --------- "RE: Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days" --------- Date: 97/03/10 03:23 From: Debra F. Sanders Subj: Hawaiian Book of Days genie email A HAWAIIAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of March 23-29 MALAKI (March) (Nana) 23 In each of us dwells the fountainhead of greatness. 24 The creative source is also the source of life. 25 Each of us must aspire to the heights of our own abilities. 26 Our spirits are reborn in the land. 27 What benefits the Earth, Ke Au Nei, benefits all life. 28 Find the good in every aspect of life. 29 The wind bides for a spell in this place, then it seeks other lands to explore. (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, 20 March 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: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 12:01:06 CST From: "dborn@maroon.tc.umn.edu" Subj: Am Indian Chamber of Commerce Conference and Dinner Mailing List: Minnesota Indian Affairs The Minnesota American Indian Chamber of Commerce will be holding the 1997 Business Development Conference and Annual Dinner on May 15, 1997 at the Treasure Island Casino in Red Wing, MN 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. The conference features workshops designed to help American Indian Entrepreneurs to discuss the issues important to them. It serves as an opportunity for American Indian owned and operated businesses to learn about the skills and strategies needed to succeed in the ever changing business climate. The conference also provides an opportunity for entrepreneurs to extend their business networks to include important contacts crucial to the future success and growth of their businesses. For additional information on the conference, please contact Amy or Tina 612-333-0500, Fax 612-333-0330 E-mail: maicc@tc.umn.edu or check out or Web Home Page at http://nnic.com/maicc/index.html _\ /_ ( o o ) -----------------------oOO----- (_) -----OOo---------------------- "I beg you, friend, be happy. I have the vague sense that on your capacity to be happy hangs our only hope." Milan Kundera, __Slowness__ _______________________________________________ David O. Born Professor and Director Division of Health Ecology 15-136 Moos Tower University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 612 - 625-9438 Voice 612 - 626-6096 Fax e:mail dborn@tc.umn.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 12:10:42 -0500 From: Mohawk Nation Office - Kahnawake Branch Subj: Haudenosaunee Women's Meeting Everyone is invited to a meeting of the Haudenosaunee Women on Saturday March 15, 1997 At 10 AM in Akwesasne at the Longhouse in Hogansburg On the Agenda: Taxation Its time to get involved in your community. We want to hear your voice on major issues affecting the confederacy. **************************************************** * Mohawk Nation Office - Kahnawake Branch * * http://www.axess.com/users/mnation/ * ***************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 14:20:19 -0500 (EST) From: jeagles@bangornews.infi.net (John Eagle Smith) Subj: ATTENTION EASTERNERS NATIVE AMERICAN APPRECIATION DAYS FESTIVAL AND POW-WOW 9:00 am. to 6 pm. both days - rain or shine MARCH 22ND AND 23RD, 1997 STEVENS AVENUE ARMORY PORTLAND, MAINE Admission $3.00, children 6-12, $2.00 call: Scotty Wilcox @ 207-339-9520 for more info.. Hey y'all....come on down....hope to meet you there.... JES ------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 13:54:37 -0800 (PST) From: MICHELE HELENE MAAS Subj: SKINS SFSU 24th POW WOW the student kouncil of inter-tribal nations will celebrate our 24th annual powow saturday march 22, 1997 from 10: am. to 11:00 pm..grand entry will be at noon.. host northern drum..Mockingbird host southern drum...Bad Medicine...MC Denny Stanley..arena director Russel Bohay...head man: Leno McGurk...Head Woman: Elayine Snow....contest dancing... all are welcome to this clean and sober event... see ya this saturday....michele *********************************************** * michele maas@mercury.sfsu.edu * * student kouncil of inter-tribal nations * * at san francisco state university * * 415-338-1929 all opinions are mine unless * * stated otherwise.. * *********************************************** ------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 19:19:57 -6 From: "Craig Presson" Subj: Spring pow wow at Sequoyah Caverns AL -- pass it on Here's the full bull(etin) on my tribe's Spring Powwow: Sequoyah Caverns Indian Spring Festival, May 16-17-18, presented by the Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama. MC: Doug Ayers, Host Drum: Shadow Wolf. Admission: $3.00 age 12+, $1.00 age 6 to 11. Friday is a special day for school children with many educational activities. Starts 10 am each day. Directions: 18 mi. N. of Ft. Payne, AL; take exit 231 or 239 off I-59 and follow signs. Vendors by invitation only; for more info call Charlene Tuckaleeche Story (205) 681-0080 or Shlynn White (205) 895-0095. Thank you for passing this on. Dancin' ------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 10:53:51 -0700 (MST) From: halsey@bvsd.k12.co.us (Theresa Halsey) Subj: Oyate Powwow Oyate Indian Club Powwow ------------------------ University of Colorado-Boulder Coors Event Center Red Nations Cultural Unity Powwow Saturday and Sunday, April 12 and 13, 1997. Gourd dancing Saturday 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. The Grand entries are Saturday 1 and 7 p.m. Sunday at 1 p.m. Dance Contest. Registration for dancers starts at 10 a.m. Saturday and will end 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free and open to the public, however donations will be accepted. Host Northern Drum ... The Boyz from the Twin Citys, Minn. Host Southern ........ Yellowhammer, Ponca City, OK Host Canadian Drum ... Stoney Park from Morlet, Alberta Club can be contacted at: Camps Box 207, Boulder, CO 80309. (303) 492-8874 or Oyate @ucsub.Colorado.EDU ------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 14:52:33 -0600 From: "Terry W. Battiest" Subj: AILYC Pow Wow American Indian Leaders Youth Council SPRING POW-WOW April 5, 1997 McCurtain County Sports Complex Broken Bow, Oklahoma Gourd Dance 1:00 - 5:30 Grand Entry 6:30 Head Staff: MC: Archie Mason, Tulsa, OK Head Singer: Pat Oyebi (& Drumbusters), Stilwell, OK Host Drum: Blackbirds, Norman, OK Host Gourd Dance Clan: Cedar Lodge Color Guard: Seminole Nation Color Guard Head Man Dancer: Keven Haywahe, Carry the Kettle, SK Honorary Head Man Dancer: Cliff Wilson, Broken Bow, OK Head Lady Dancer: Julie Deerinwater, Tahlequah, OK Miss Indian Oklahoma Honorary Head Lady Dancer: Natalie Jefferson, Broken Bow, OK Arena Director: Micky Weryackwe, Broken Bow, OK $ Contest Categories $ (Combined) Men's Traditional & Straight Men's Fancy - Grass Ladies Buckskin - Cloth Ladies Fancy - Jingle Teen Boys Traditional - Straight Teen Boys Fancy - Grass Teen Girls Buckskin - Cloth Teen Girls Fancy - Jingle Jr. Boys Traditional - Straight Jr. Boys Fancy - Grass Jr. Girls Buckskin - Cloth Jr. Girls Fancy - Jingle Tiny Tots Cash Contest: Sponsored by Dennis and Faith Parra All Drums Welcome Arts & Crafts Invited: Booths: $25.00 Provide Own Table & Chairs Contact: Dennis Parra (405) 584-3703 Monica Billy (405) 584-2324 Special Invitation to: All Native American Seniors All Native American High School Clubs All Princesses Raffles - Donations Welcome AILYC not responsible for accidents, injury or theft Security Provided Concessions: AILYC Drugs and Alcohol Prohibited SPECIAL HOTEL RATES Available: Broken Bow Inn Ask for: "Pow-Wow Rate" For More Information, Contact: Micky Weryackwe (405) 584-5491 Curtis Billy (405) 584-2324 ------------------------------------------------------ Date: 13 Mar 1997 14:59:32 -0500 From: NativeEvents@caraveo.com Subj: USA/CO-Northern Colorado Intertribal Pow-wow Assoc. Newsgroups: alt.native These event listings have been forwarded 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Northern Colorado Intertribal Pow-wow Assoc. 04/19/1997 State: CO Country: USA Type: Powwow Northern Colorado Intertribal Pow-wow Association Inc. 5th Annual Spring Contest Pow-wow April 19-20, 1997 Northside Aztlan Community Center, 112 E. Willow, Ft. Collins CO "Honoring Our Veterans" Honor Guard - American Indian Veterans of Colorado Spiritual Advisor - John Pretty on Top, Crow Announcer - George Howell, Pawnee/Cheyenne Head Gourd Dancer- Allen Mose, Navajo Head Man Dancer - Vernon Harragarra, Otoe-Missouria Head Woman Dancer- A.J. Gillette No Braid, Arikara Head Boy Dancer - Lewis Perkins, Witchita/Comanche/Choctaw Head Girl dancer - Diana Grant, Ponca/Otoe-Missouria Arena Director - Kenny Shane, Crow/Shawnee Security - American Indian Movement Security Host Northern Drum - NightHawk Singers, Montana Host Southern Drum - Yellowhammer, Oklahoma Special Guest Drums- Denver Singers, Colorado - Eagle Mountain Singers, S.Dakota - Eagle Plume Singers, Colorado - Red Spirit Singers, Utah Pow-wow Info: Jan at (970) 223-4356 Vendors Info: Meg at (970) 663-1377 ex 2387 Public Invited! Free Admission! Bring your own chairs ---------------------------------------------------------------- 25th Annual Symposium on the American Indian 4/1/1997 State: OK Country: USA Type: Conference The 25th Symposium on the American Indian is a week of activities (April 1-5) that focuses on the accomplishments and contributions of the American Indian People. Activities include: Academic lectures and workshops; Indian Symposium Run; Arts and crafts show; American Indian contemporary fashion show; Productions by American Indian performers; American Indian Book Display; two-day Intertribal pow-wow. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 25th Annual Symposium on the American Indian 4/1/1997 State: OK Country: USA Type: Conference 25th Annual Symposium on the American Indian "IN RETROSPECT" Northeastern State University Tahlequah, Oklahoma April 1-5, 1997 SATURDAY, March 29 Indian Symposium Run TUESDAY, April 1 First Nations Festival (outdoor activities) WEDNESDAY, April 2 - Friday, April 4 Lectures and presentations. Speakers include: Larry Echo Hawk (Pawnee); Seidel Standing Elk (N. Cheyenne); George Blue Spruce (San Juan/ Laguna Pueblo); Joseph M. Marshall (Rosebud Sioux); Lydia Wyckoff; Lee Francis (Laguna Pueblo); Gregory H. Bigler (Euchee); Cornel Pewewardy (Comanche/Kiowa); Drew Edmondson; Michael Yellow Bird (Sahnish/Hidatsa); Virginia Stroud (Cherokee/Creek) SATURDAY, April 5 Intertribal Pow-wow $500 Winner takes all, Traditional Dancer $500 Winner takes all, Fancy Dancer Head Ceremonial Singer - Jerome Tahhahwah Head Gourd Dancer - Melvin Kerchee Jr. Head Fancy Dancer - Kevin Connywerdy Head Traditional Dancer - Cricket Shields Head Grass Dancer - Willie RedElk Head Straight Dancer - Frank Suminski Head Lady - Carla WildCat Host Gourd Clan - Comanche War Scouts Arena Director - Creighton Moore -------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIAL GATHERING AND POW-WOW 3/15/1997 State: AZ Country: USA Type: Powwow AIM, ARIZONA CHAPTER IN COOPERATION WITH THE AIM GRAND COUNCIL PROUDLY ADDS TO THE AGENDA OF THE GRAND COUNCIL MEETING: IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE SOCIAL GATHERING AND POW-WOW DEDICATED TO LEONARD PELTIER SATURDAY, MARCH 15TH, 1997 AT THE BALLPARK IN GUADALUPE, ARIZONA TENTATIVE START TIME 5:00 P.M. SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY STEVEN SEGAL A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY FLOYD "RED CROW" WESTERMAN WILL PROBABLY BE CANCELLED DUE TO MR. WESTERMAN'S CURRENT RECUPERATION FROM HEART SURGERY THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE AIM GRAND COUNCIL & AIM, ARIZONA CHAPTER DUE TO THE TRADITIONAL NATURE OF THE YACQUI PEOPLE OF GUADALUPE NO CAMERAS (STILL OR VIDEO) WILL BE ALLOWED AT THIS EVENT. **********INFORMATION REGARDING FLOYD "RED CROW" WESTERMAN******** MR. WESTERMAN IS CURRENT RECUPERATING FROM SUCCESSFUL HEART SURGERY AT SAN PEDRO HOSPITAL. HE IS IN THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT AND THEREFORE, CANNOT RECEIVE FLOWERS. HOWEVER, CARDS AND LETTERS CAN BE SENT TO CRITICAL CARE UNIT FLOYD "RED CROW" WESTERMAN SAN PEDRO HOSPITAL 1300 W. 7TH ST. SAN PEDRO, CA. 90732 (310) 832-3311 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Choctaw-Apache Fourth Annual Traditional PowWow 5/18/1997 State: LA Country: USA Type: Powwow May 17-18, Ebarb Louisiana, 70 miles south of Shreveport, LA Headman Rodney Poncho, Headlady Lori Barham Head Gourd Dancer Marvin Johnson Emcee Walter Celsstine Arena Director Thomas Muskrat Drum Southern Singers, Anadarko Ok For More Info Contact the Tribal Office at 318-645-2588 No Drugs Or Alcohol Allowed. Tribal Security Will be on the Grounds. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Circle of Honor Pow Wow 11/1/1997 State: IL Country: USA Type: Powwow Native American Student Organization's 2nd Annual "Circle of Honor Pow Wow" at the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana Grand Entries at 1pm and 7pm Vendors, drums, dancers, or advertisers for our pow wow brochure contact: Bill Winneshiek at 217 344-6419 or email: winneshi@students.uiuc.edu Brian Rainer at 217 333-4714 or email: b-rainer@staff.uiuc.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Annual Halifax Area Traditional Native American Festival 7/20/1997 State: PA Country: USA Type: Powwow 4th Annual Halifax Area Traditional Native American Festival on the grounds of Lake Tobias Wildlife Park, Halifax, PA July 19/20 1997 Drums: Lenape Red Thunder, New Buffalo, Roaring River Singers & Voices in the Wind (all female drum group) Head Dancers: Female: Anna Bear Heart, Male: Larry Blue Bear MC: Ron "Snow Owl" Flood Sat. July 19, 1997, Grand Entry 12 Noon Sunday July 20, 1997, Grand Entry 12 Noon Admission: Adults $4.00, Children under 12 $2.00 For more information, call Faith Miller (717) 362-3595 or Rain Bear (717)627-1077 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Fifth American Indian Festival 4/26/1997 State: MD Country: USA Type: Powwow Fifth American Indian Festival April 26, 1997 - 11 AM to 6 PM Dancers Lecturers, Traders and foods Admission Free Drum: Cades Gap Blanket money for dancers Location, Conowingo Visitors Center, Conowingo Dam, Maryland Silver Otter Enterprises: Linda Coates Sponsored by PECO Energy ---------------------------------------------------------------- ANNUAL OPERATION EAGLE Powwow 4/12/1997 State: OK Country: USA Type: Powwow Washington County Fair Building Dewey, Oklahoma Head Singer: Arlan Litefoot Head Man Dancer: Bruce Martin Head Lady Dancer: Red Day Thomas Head Little Boy Dancer: Bear Tompkins Head Little Girl Dancer: Kristin Morrison Princess: Martina Thomas Host Northern Drum: Red Land MC: Terry Adams Arena Director: Ray Thompkins Host Gourd Clan: Lenape Gourd Dance Society NOTES: All Contestants must dance in the Grand Entry! All Specials must be from 1pm - 7:30pm. ARTS & CRAFTS: OPERATION EAGLE Furnish own tables Concession STand *****$15.00 Fee*** NO FOOD BOOTHS Admittance is Free**********Come Join the Fun For more information call or write: Lilly Tyner Arts & Crafts Operation Eagle Kelly Hainline 1536 S. Keeler, McKinley School (918)333-1121 Bartlesville, OK 74003 (918)337-0130 or (918)337-0138 OPERATION EAGLE AND/OR THE BARTLESVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS OR THEFTS! ------------------------------------------------------------- First Nations Ways symposium 3/20/1997 State: ON Country: Canada Type: Conference We would like to inform you about the First Nations Ways symposium which is taking place in Ottawa on March the 20th. It is sponsored by Arts for Schools and Communities (MASC). The symposium is designed for, but not limited to, students of all heritages, grades 11 - O.A.C. (grades 12 and 13) Group and class registrations are welcome. Participants will spend a day with Odawa Pipe Carrier Wilfred Peltier and other elders, living and learning something of the traditional beliefs and customs of Canada's Native Peoples. It will be a unique learning and sharing opportunity. The symposium takes place on Thursday March 20, 1997 at Lakeside Gardens, Brittania Park, Ottawa from 9:00 to 9:30 pm. Registration is limited to 75, so those interested should register as soon as possible. The Fee is only $15. Cheques should be made out to MASC. For more information, please contact : Esther Vangennip dh199@freenet.carleton.ca ---------------------------------------------------------------- Earth Week 97 4/26/1997 State: IL Country: USA Type: Other Sauk Valley Community College invites Native American artists and crafters to participate in our Earth Week 97. The college is located on a 140 acre site on the Rock River in northwestern Illinois. We are about 100 miles west of Chicago, 90 miles east of the Quad Cities, 50 miles south of Rockford. Dates: April 23 - 26, 1997 at Sauk Valley Community College, 173 IL Rt.2, Dixon, IL 61021. 815/288-5511 ext. 203. This is the fifth annual event we have sponsored. Our college is designed kind of like a huge shopping center with an east and west mall -- all under one roof. We role out the red carpet for our vendors during the observance. It is an opportunity for artists and crafters to display, teach about and sell their work in a very pleasant, dry, wind-free environment in April before the weekend festivals and pow wows really get rolling. We charge a modest fee ($35=one day, $40=two days, $45 for three or more days. We do not collect a percentage of the sales. For more information visit the "upcoming Events" section of SVCC's Web Page: http://www.svcc.cc.il.us or e-mail back to me if you would like an information packet sent out to you. woodhoj@svcc.cc.il.us (Jan Woodhouse) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Spring Competition 3/30/1997 State: AZ Country: USA Type: Powwow NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY & COCONINO HIGH SCHOOL SPRING COMPETITION POW-WOW March 29 & 30, 1997 Coconino High School Flagstaff, Arizona HOST NORTHERN DRUM HOST SOUTHERN DRUM Shadow Prey Jeddito, AZ Southern Medicine Window Rock,AZ Admission: Two Day Pass- Adults $8.00 Students $5.00 One Day Pass- Adults $5.00 Students $3.00 SENIOR CITIZENS, CHILDREN 6 AND UNDER ARE FREE ARTS AND CRAFTS TABLES $50.00 ONE DAY $75.00 TWO DAYS DRUM CONTEST WOMEN'S FANCY SHAWL SPECIAL FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL (520)527-8827, OR EMAIL sc9@dana.ucc.nau.edu ----------------------------------------------------------- Spirit Four Indian Center Contest Pow Wow 4/20/1997 State: KS Country: USA Type: Powwow April 19 & 20 1997 Washburn University Whiting Fieldhouse Topeka, Kansas $5,000 In Prize Money Head Staff: Host Drum : Little Soldier Creek Singers Head Man Dancer : Issac Shuckahosee Jr. - Tama, Iowa Head Lady Dancer : TBA Master Of Ceremonies : Ray Kingfisher - Hiawatha, Kansas Arena Director : David Knoxsah - Horton, Kansas Pow Wow Info. Don Mzhickteno (913) 843-1595 Evening Hours Vender Info. Robert Shuckahosee (913) 235-8032 Evening Hours ------------------------------------------------------- Oglala Lakota Vietnam Veterans Pow-wow 6/8/1997 State: SD Country: USA Type: Powwow June 2-8 Pine Ridge South Dakota This year will be special for the pow-wow mainly because it is the 10th anniversary of our and we are trying to bring the Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall to this pow-wow. Many of our elderly would like to see this wall and remember their loved ones who died while trying to serve our country. In the past all of the pow-wow expenses have been taken care of by donations, but we are expecting much larger crowds this year. Special arrangements are also necessary to bring the wall here. All of this has increased our need for more funds. We are requesting a donation or sponsorship from any persons or organizations. We would appreciate your donation small or large. If you are able to help, please except our "Wopila Tanka" (Big Thanks!). The Vietnam Veterans Association has managed, with the help of people like you to keep this event going for the past 10 years. You may send your donation to the following persons: Oglala Lakota Vietnam Veterans PO Box 710 Pine Ridge, So. Dak. 57770 C/O Mary or Jennifer Irving OR Oglala Lakota Vietnam Veterans 1221 Midway St. Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 C/O Eileen or Jennilee Bissonette We need to raise $9,918.76 just for the moving wall display. But if you know of a veteran in your family and would like to sponsor a category in our dance contest you can also do this. In Memory or In Honor For more information: Contact Vernon Stands at the following phone numbers: (605) 867-1265 or (605) 867-5409 evenings. I would like to invite any Vietnam Veterans out there to come and take part in the 10th anniversary of this Pow-Wow!! Wopila Tanka! All my relations!! Jennilee M. Bissonette Miss Oglala Lakota Vietnam Veterans Princess ------------------------------------------------------------ 27th Annual Pow Wow 3/15/1997 State: CA Country: USA Type: Powwow California State University of Long Beach 27th Annual Pow Wow Long Beach, CA March 15th & 16th, 1997 All dancers and drums welcomed! For more information, please call the american indian student council at (310) 985-4963. ------------------------------------------------------------ Inter-tribal Student Council 25th Anniversary 3/23/1997 State: CA Country: USA Type: Powwow Cal State Fullerton's Inter-tribal Student Council 25th Anniversary Fullerton, CA March 22 & 23, 1997 Saturday, noon-10pm & Sunday, noon-7pm Sponsored by Inter-Tribal Student Council, AICA & ASI Head Staff: MC - Dan Tom (Pomo/Paiute) Arena Director - RandyAngeles (Tarasan) Northern Host Drum - Soldier Boyz Southern Host Drum - The SoonerNation Head Man Dancer - Thomas Parrilla (Apache/Tobono O'Odham) Head Woman Dancer - Liz Whipple (Navajo/Sioux) Head Man Gourd Dancer - Larry Brown (Apache) Head Boy Dancer - Christopher Quan (Zuni/Lakota/Otoe) Head Girl Dancer - Amanda Campos (Kiowa) Head Judge - Phyllis Big Left Hand (Cheyenne) Coordinator - Chris Sandoval (Acjacjemen) Free Admission For more information call Chris Sandoval at (714) 545-5135 ---------------------------------------------------------------- HEALING THE EARTH POW WOW 4/13/1997 State: CA Country: USA Type: Powwow Cal Poly Pomona's 2nd annual, HEALING THE EARTH POW WOW Cal State Pomona Pomona, CA April 12-13 (subject to change) All staff - TBA for more info. and/or vendor info. call: Fern Mathias (213) 257-2246 ------------------------------------------------------------ Haskell Indian Art Market 3/12/1997 State: KS Country: USA Type: Other Lawrence Indian Arts Show Ninth Annual Haskell Indian Art Market Haskell Indian Nations University September 13 & 14, 1997 Establish and promote an annual, two day Indian Art Market on the campus of Haskell Indian Nations University. Encourage the display and sale of Native American Art. Encourage the performances and demonstrations of traditional art forms by Native American Artists. 150 Booth spaces available on a first come, first served basis. For Further Information and official entry form, please write: Haskell Indian Art Market Haskell Indian Nations University 155 Indian Ave. #5004 Lawrence, KS. 66046 Phone: (913) 749-8467 ------------------------------------------------------------ The Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations 4/5/1997 State: MA Country: USA Type: Conference American Minorities in Science, Engineering and Mathematics in the Twenty-First Century April 4-5, 1997, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Conference Agenda Friday, April 4 11:00-12:15 Registration, Science Center 12:30-2:30 Honorary luncheon and reception for keynote speaker: Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, Chairman of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Pforzheimer House 3:00-5:00 Graduate/undergraduate research talks, Science Center 5:00-5:45 Dinner break (dinner available for visiting students in Loker Commons) 6:00-7:45 Science Education and Training for African American Youth: Seeking New Opportunities in the Twenty-First Century Panelists: Dr. John Allen, North Carolina A & T State University; Dr. Harold Amos, Harvard Medical School; Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Dr. Ambrose Jearld, Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Dr. Kenneth Manning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dr. Kennedy Reed, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Dr. Jean Stanley, Wellesley College; Dr. S. Allen Counter, Associate Professor of Neuroscience (moderator), Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard 8:00 Student Social Saturday, April 5 University; Dr. Harold Amos, Harvard Medical School; Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Dr. Ambrose Jearld, Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Dr. Kenneth Manning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dr. Kennedy Reed, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Dr. Jean Stanley, Wellesley College; Dr. S. Allen Counter, Associate Professor of Neuroscience (moderator), Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard 8:00 Student Social Saturday, April 5 Greenhouse Cafe, Science Center 2:00-2:50 Workshops, Science Center a. "Networking in Science: Contacts, Advice, Guidance and Support Seminar" b. "In the Classroom: Challenges and Successes for Women in Science Academics" c. "Strategies for Presenting Your Research" d. "The Future of Scientific Endeavors in Developing Nations" e. "Taking the GRE's" 3:00-5:00 Science Education and Training for Native American, Latino/Hispanic, and Asian American Youth: Seeking New Opportunities in the Twenty-First Century. Panelists include: Dr. Walter Frontero, Harvard Medical School; Dr Howard Hu, School of Public Health, Harvard University; Mr. Luis Martinez, doctoral candidate in Chemistry, Harvard University; Dr. Joseph Montoya, Harvard University; Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, MPH candidate, Harvard School of Public Health; Ms Carol Tomlinson, doctoral candidate in Biology, Harvard University; Dr. S. Allen Counter, Associate Professor of Neuroscience (moderator) Science Center 5:00 Closing Remarks ---------------------------------------------------------------- Spirit of the Wolf Pow-Wow 6/8/1997 State: MA Country: USA Type: Powwow June 7 and 8, 1997 Saima Park, Fitchburg, Massachusetts Saturday 10 AM - 6 PM Sunday 10 AM - 6 PM Host Drum -- Otter Trail and other invited drums Also Featuring Live Wolves - Wolf Talk, Intertribal Dancing and Singing, Native American Artists, Storyteller - Loril, MoonDream, Educational Exhibits, Tipi Village & much more For more information, call 508 345-9944 or visit http://www.weblabs.com/wolf ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 13:07:32 -0700 From: christopher claude toya Subject: KIVA CLUB (UNM) POW WOW Here's a message to all the skins out there, The KIVA CLUB at the University of New Mexico will be hosting a benefit Pow Wow that Friday of the AISES Region III Conference. The KIVA CLUB is a non profit organization chartered since 1955. The Club's goal is recruitment and retention of Native American students here at UNM. The Club is open to Native Americans and Non-Natives who are interested in the goals and interests of the organization. This year we have about 50 members representing over 10 nations of respected Native peoples in the United States and Canada. We are looking forward to this event and would like to invite all AISES members to celebrate with the KIVA CLUB at the Pow Wow. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO CELEBRATES NIZHONNI DAYS POW WOW FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH, 1997 1 PM - 7 PM UNM JOHNSON FIELD HEAD MAN - BRUCE KLINEKOLE III (APACHE/COMANCHE) HEAD LADY - HEATHER JOHNSON (ALABAMA/COUSHATTA) M.C. & A.D. - BRUCE KLINEKOLE II HOST SOUTHERN DRUM - ALLIANCE WEST HOST NORTHERN DRUM - BLACK EAGLE GOURD DANCING - 1 - 3 PM GRAND ENTRY - 4 PM ALL DANCERS, DRUMS, VENDORS WELCOME!! FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: KIVA CLUB AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENT SERVICES MESA VISTA HALL RM. 1119 ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87131 (505)277-6343 OR 277-3550 ctoya@unm.edu goobers@unm.edu UNM AND KIVA CLUB NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THEFT, ACCIDENTS, YOUR SNAG TAKING OFF WITH SOMEONE ELSE, AND NOT BEING ASKED TO A 49. ===================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- 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: InterTribal Bison Cooperative, Joe Chasing Horses via Gary Smith, Gigi Porter and Reggie Bannister via Fred Sinkevich, Suzan Horovitch, Michael S. Mease/Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers, Sharon Saari via Nokwisa Yona, Mark Irwin via Karen J. Gould, Larry Kibby, Ellen Swaney via David O. Born, J. 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Please see Shane Caraveo's "Native Events Calendar" system at "http://www.caraveo.com/native/" in future to post and read such announcements. --Gary (gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us) ] UC Berkeley Pow Wow Saturday, April 19, 1997 10 am to 6 pm Gourd Dancing: 10 am Grand Entry: 12 Noon MC: Dennis Jennings Arena Director: Earl Neconie Host Northern: Wild Horse Singers Host Southern: No Name Drum Head Woman: Dalyah Pediguerra Head Man: TBA Vendor Booth Space Still Available! For Vendor Info Contact: Christine at (510)664-0526 or dazednuc@uclink4.berkeley.edu For Other Info Contact: Ruth Hopper (510)642-6613 or redcorn@uclink.berkeley.edu --------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 19:02:58 -0800 From: bhill@igc.apc.org (Brian Hill) Subj: The Other Economic Summit (Denver, 20-22 June 1997) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) Dear Native Americans and friends, As you may know, leaders of the world's seven richest nations will hold their annual Economic Summit in Denver this year, at which time they will undoubtedly reaffirm the corporatist policies which they represent. I am writing to alert you that The Other Economic Summit (TOES) will also happen in Denver on June 20-22. This event will provide an opportunity, as it has in 12 of the past 13 years, for practitioners of humane and sustainable economics to reach a wider audience with their stories and to learn from their fellows. We would particularly like John Trudell, Vine Deloria, Winona LaDuke and Marilyn Youngbird to participate with music, panel(s), sweats and displays. If you are interested in learning more about this conference, attending, presenting, displaying or demonstrating please contact THE OTHER ECONOMIC SUMMIT (TOES) Suite 3C, 777 United Nations Plaza New York, New York 10017 Fax: (212) 972-9878 E-mail: TOES97@igc.apc.org Home Page: http://pender.ee.upenn.edu/~rabii/toes/ Sincerely, Brian Hill, Dir Institute for Cultural Ecology --------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 21:34:24 GMT From: afallis@indian.com (Anne Fallis) Subj: 4th Annual Warrior Society Powwow (Hawai`i/Maui - end of May '97) [ As announced in a recent article, NATIVE-L will no longer be carrying pow wow announcements. Please see Shane Caraveo's "Native Events Calendar" system at "http://www.caraveo.com/native/" in future to post and read such announcements. --Gary (gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us) ] Kent Gearhiser forwarded the following: *HAWAII POWWOW UPDATE* Intertribal Council of Hawaii 4th Annual Warrior Society Powwow May 24-25, 1997 Honolulu, Hawaii May 31-June 1, 1997 Wailuku, Maui 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Aloha! Mahalo for all of those people who have responded to my emails, visited other webpages or visited our webpage at ttp://glrain.cic.net/hawapw.htm The powwow is now only two months away. Below is an update on our powwow. Special Guests: Chief Oliver Red Cloud, Oglala Lakota and his family rom Pine Ridge, South Dakota and actor Steve Reevis of "Last of the Dogmen" and "Geronimo". The Leader of the Choctaw Nation is also tentatively scheduled to visit. Headman and Headwoman: Tom Cain-Ojibwe and Vivian Delgado-Yaqui from North Dakota. Host Drum: Haystack Ramblers from Montana. Jonathan Windyboy's group. Visit our webpage to check on new drums coming to the islands. Master of Ceremonies: Tom Phillips The weekend following the Honolulu powwow, the Intertribal Council of Hawaii's (ICH) Maui chapter will be celebrating its first, and Maui's first powwow, May 31-June 1, to be held at the so plan on staying for both powwows if you can. Contact Ron Neal on Maui at (800) 832-0933 for more information or Bill Tiger at the number below. Our Host Family Program allows visiting dancers and drummers to stay with ICH members to cut down on housing expenses. If you are interested in attending and would like to stay with a Host Family, please contact Bill Tiger at (808) 947-3306 or you can email Wendy Schofield-Ching at beadmagic@aol.com and you will be sent a Host Family form to fill out and return. For vendor booth information, please contact Bill Tiger at (808) 947-3306 and a form will be sent to you. For both Honolulu and Maui travel information, please contact our Host Travel Agency, Mary & Carol Travel, at (808) 941-5033, fax (808) 951-5019. They would be more than happy to set you with hotel or car/hotel packages and let you know of our beautiful island paradise. We hope you can make it to both the Honolulu and Maui powwows this year. This is a great opportunity to experience the indigenous cultures of the Pacific. Please contact Bill Tiger at (808) 947-3306 for anything and everything you need. We look forward to seeing you here in Hawaii and don't forget to visit our website at http://glrain.cic.net/hawapw.htm Mahalo Nui Loa Kent Gearhiser -------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 15:21:33 CST From: wbabchuk@unlinfo.unl.edu (Wayne Babchuk) Subj: Indigenous Peoples Symposium (Lincoln, Nebraska - 8-9 April '97) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT Indigenous Peoples: An International Symposium sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the University of Texas-Austin, and the University of Kansas, will be held in Lincoln, Nebraska on April 8-9, 1997. Walter Echo-Hawk, Native American Rights Fund senior staff attorney, is featured in a general session in conjunction with the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues. Megan Biesele, Anthropologist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas-Austin is also featured and will give a general session titled "Cultural and Resource Rights Issues of the San of Southern Africa since 1970." The symposium includes three panel discussions titled "Human Rights, Environment, Development, and Self Determination Among Indigenous and African Peoples," "Strategies for Empowerment: Indigenous Rights and Resources in Latin America," and "Strategies of Political Resistance Among Native Americans." In addition to these panel discussions which include over 17 individual paper presentations, 18 concurrent session papers will also be presented which focus on wide range of topics including law, education, justice, natural resource strategies and other environmental issues, economic development, religion, cultural survival, social status and mobility, grassroots and community organizing, and other issues related to indigenous peoples and human rights. Presenters representing more than thirteen institutions and eleven states will participate in this two-day conference. Please direct inquiries to: Academic Conferences and Professional Programs, Division of Continuing Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68583-9600, (402) 472-2844, Fax: (402) 472-9688, E-mail: acpp@unl.edu, WWW URL is http://www.unl.edu/conted/acpp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 10:25:47 -0800 From: pamb@efn.org (Pam) Subj: Protest Rally at Environmental Law Conference (15 March) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) When: SATURDAY, MARCH 15 Time: 9:00 A.M. Where: UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, in front of the LAW SCHOOL near 12th and Kincaid in Eugene, Oregon Why: A _PEACEFUL_ rally to bring awareness of the destruction of the Land, Water, Air, and Native American Sacred Sites. People from throughout the region will speak about the impact of the destruction taking place throughout North America, Central and South America and the rest of the world. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 11:54:25 +0000 From: pduran@wsu.edu (Phil Duran 509/335-0445) Subj: 22nd Annual Pah-Loots-Pu Celebration (Pullman, WA, 5-6 April 1997) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) [ As announced in a recent article, NATIVE-L will no longer be carrying pow wow announcements. Please see Shane Caraveo's "Native Events Calendar" system at "http://www.caraveo.com/native/" in future to post and read such announcements. --Gary (gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us) ] 22nd Annual Pah-Loots-Pu Celebration April 5-6, 1997 Washington State University Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington HOST DRUMS: Black Lodge, Southern Cree (All drums welcome) Master of Ceremonies: Otis Halfmoon, Allen Slickpoo Jr. Head Man Dancer: Russell McCloud Head Woman Dancer: Thea RedBear Whip Person: Janie Pond Floor Manager: Art Scalplock SESSION I: Saturday, April 5, 19