From gars@netcom.com Wed Mar 26 00:04:00 1997 Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 20:07:41 -0800 From: Gary Night Owl To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Subject: Wotanging Ikche--nanews05.013 _ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' O ____ _ , ___ _ , ___ O o O / ' ) / / ) ' ) / / ' O o O / /-< / /--/ /-- VOLUME 05, ISSUE 013 O o o o o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 29 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 Triballaw, NativeLit, NativeWeb, INDIAN-ROOTS & NATIVE-L lists; UUCP and genie email; Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty; Newsgroups: co.general,soc.rights.human,alt.native,soc.culture.native Articles appearing have been previously posted for public dissemination and/or permission for inclusion has been secured. Letters of authorization are on file. A list of those granting permission to repost their words in this issue are listed at the end of part A. 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. "Everything I know I learned by listening and watching. Nowadays people learn out of books instead. Doctors study what man has learned. I pray to understand what man has forgotten." __ Vernon Cooper, Lumbee +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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! Thomas Crews sends the folowing request: At no time in our history as it been more important for all people to stand together. Once again the Government is attempting to suppress the sovereign rights of Native Americans. The target this time is the Native American gaming conducted on Tribal lands. This does not only affect Native Americans but in California alone this action threatens to cost more than 12,000 non-Native Americans their jobs. I encourage you to visit http://www.primenet.com/~tobi and express your opinion on Native American gaming and sovereign rights in general. Its time for our government to once again become responsive to ALL Americans not just political contributors and special interest groups. Mike Wicks sends these reminders: In memory; 3.20.1975 Stacy Cotter - shot to death in an ambush at Manderson. No investigation. 3.21.1975 Edith Eagle Hawk and her two children-AIM supporter killed in an automobile accident after being run off the road by a white vigilante, Albert Coomes. Coomes was also killed in the accident. Goon Mark Clifford identified as having also been in the Coomes car, escaped. Investigation closed without questioning Clifford. 3.26.1976 Cleveland Reddest - AIM member killed at Kyle by "person or persons unknown." No investigation. 3.27.1975 Jeanette Bissonette - AIM supporter killed by sniper at Pine Ridge. Unsuccessful attempt to link AIM members to murder; no other investigation. 3.30.1975 Richard Eagle - grandson of AIM supporter Gladys Bissonette killed while playing with loaded gun kept in the house as protection from Goon attacks. 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 --------- "RE: Buffalo Hysteria" --------- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 97 20:50 EST From: Fred Sin Subj: buffalo hysteria UUCP email THE LITTLE DOC WHO CRIED "BUFFALO"!!!! Montana State Veterinarian, Clarence Siroky, claims $40 billion reasons to slaughter over 1,060 hungry stragglers (buffalo) wandering past Yellowstone National Park boundaries along a natural migration path, centuries old, into Gardiner, Montana, just outside the Yellowstone boundary gate in search of food. Doctor Siroky, nicknamed "Dr. Death" by opposing environmental forces, has waged a personal campaign of hysteria, proclaiming to the local media "Don't bring your children to Yellowstone this summer" as he continues to claim epedemic risks to Park visitors of Brucellosis, citing he too is a victim. However, doctor Siroky does not state the verifiable facts which are: 1) He accidentally injected himself with a Brucellosis strain while vaccinating cattle. 2) There have been only three cases of Undulant fever ever reported in Montana, himself and two Elk hunters who were contaminated while evicerating elk they had shot. Copies of official letters to Dr. Siroky from out of State veterinarian directors concerning this issue (velure, ND, Coffman, OR, Thorpe, SD, Hillman, ID, Meade WA) were all originally written Nov-Dec 1994, over two years ago, yet suddenly Dr. Siroky is doing a "Chicken Little-the sky is suddenly falling" rhetoric, insisting the Brucellosis issue is a critical and immediate crisis to the Montana Cattle industry without provable or substantiating scientific facts to back his claims. Further evidence of Dr. Siroky's irresponsible actions are found in an April '95 issue of "Montana Stockgrower" article, "Brucellosis in Humans" in which he is quoted as saying that the bacteria, B. Abortus can be contracted by a human and is "incurable". This is untrue. Undulant fever, the human form of Brucellosis, is treatable with a common antibiotic, tetracycline. Even in cows, who contract Brucellosis, only the first calf is aborted. All subsequent calves are born healthy. Dr. Siroky insists the public can contract Brucellosis by the mere inhalation of the air or by ingestion of the meat of positive animals. Following this logic, does this mean the public should insist that the entire state of Montana be quarantined? According to Dr. Siroky, it should. If the meat is infected, why is the State of Montana Department of Livestock contributing infected meat to Indian Tribes and charitable organizations? Dr. Siroky further states that milk from infected animals transmits the disease, yet not one single case has been reported from either inhalation of air, ingestion of meat or milk. Dr. Siroky has even stated that the semen from the bulls could drop on the ground in his attempts to justify the killing of bulls and calves. It is impossible for males to transmit this disease, yet bulls and calves are being slaughtered. When questioned why a focus was not being done on Montana Elk,also proven carriers, he responded that the sero-positive numbers were too small to be considered, yet at a verified 2% sero-positive rate of 120,000 state-wide Elk (official government count) 2,400 IS in fact larger than the 1,195 remaining live buffalo. Thus, they should be considered a high public risk. Elk hunting is a major economic base for the State of Montana. Why aren't Elk also being shot as they are a higher threat to the Montana industry feeding out of the same troughs and eating the same hay as Montana cattle, and certainly breathing the same air? The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta has taken Brucellosis off their list of infectious diseases, stating it is not a significant health threat. Obviously they have not consulted Dr. Siroky, who appears to be an expert on the subject. USDA also obviously has not spoken to Dr. Siroky, as Federal meat inspectors approve the sale of meat from infected animals slaughtered at packing plants regardless of their sero-status. In the Grande Teton area Yellowstone's sister park area former Wyoming Governor Cliff Hansan, states he has raised his own cattle herd side by side on park lands with Yellowstone Bison for over 40 years without a single case of Brucellosis. Perhaps the public should heed Dr. Siroky's dire warnings and refuse to visit the state of Montana in order to protect their families, and be sure and write the Governor of Montana and thank him for Dr. Siroky's warning. Even the Department of Livestock is unable to account for what potentially according to their own estimates could amount to $4,163,072. Department of Livestock Chief Larry Peterson obviously has lost some Buffalo. His figures are as follows: Nat'l Park Service Aerial Count 3/11 shows 1,195 Buffalo 1,059 Killed Peterson states: 532 Donated from 552 SHOT..Where are the other 512? He states they obtained a total receipt of $154,500 From Public Auction of only 19 (his figures) which is a figure of $8,131.58 from the auction sale of each of the 19 he claims were sold. Following this logic, if there are 512 additional buffalo shot which were possibly sold at an average then of $8,131, where is the $4,163,072 of revenue this should have brought in to Dept of Livestock coffers? Peterson states that out of the $154,500 he knows of from sale receipt, he paid out $35,000 in "bills" (slaughterhouse,haulers and contractors) and put $120,000 into a "Special Account" in the DOL for "travel and lodging expenses of the DOL". He is at present, unable to account accurately for this money despite repeated requests for a breakdown stating he will "look at it after all of this settles down this spring." Official Distribution of Buffalo reports as of 2/27/97 show only 454 Bison were distributed not, as was first reported, to Native Tribes, but to Christian Church Groups as well, and other organizations and private individuals with no criteria written as to what "needy" was defined as. Again, the OFFICIAL park count of the dead buffalo is 1,059. DOL states they "shot' 552, GAVE AWAY 527, auctioned only 19, used one for research. We've lost alot of buffalo somewhere. And possibly alot of money. Perhaps the loss of tourism revenue from Dr. Siroky's hysterican ravings might prove even more expensive. "Buffalogate"? --------- "RE: Way to go, Delyla" --------- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 97 07:47:05 -0600 From: "J.D.K. Chipps " Subj: Way to go, Delyla ! UUCP email --------------- Monday, March 24, 1997,(c)1997 _The Billings Gazette_ http://www.bigskywire.com/gazette/index.htm Woman tries to fling bison entrails on Racicot Gazette photo by Joe Kolman Delyla Wilson of Bozeman was arrested Sunday for attempting to throw what appeared to be bison guts on Gov. Marc Racicot, standing, and other officials Sunday. Seated in the foreground is U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman. --------------- To all supporters of the Buffalo Rescue list: I heartily applaud Delyla Wilson's actions, I only wish her aim were better. I would like to ask each and every one of you to help her out with the expense she and her husband incurred. She had to post a $510 bond for her protest. I am collecting money to help off-set this expense. If you agree with the protest that she expressed for all of us, then send what you can to help with their expense. Send your contribution to: Delyla Wilson Fund c/o J.D.K. Chipps 3900 C.R. #123 Round Rock, Tx. 78664 --------- "RE: Lady with Guts" --------- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 97 20:06:30 -0600 From: "J.D.K. Chipps " Subj: UPDATE ON THE LADY WITH GUTS! And more news UUCP email UPDATE ON MARY YARNS aka DELYLA WILSON: I spoke with Mary this morning to personally thank her for her courageous action. She is dedicated to stopping the slaughter of the buffalo. I encourage everyone to send her what you can to help with the expenses. This action of hers cost her her rent money. As far as effectiveness goes, her bold action reached newspapers across the country and did more to help bring attention to this issue than anything else so far. She is a very courageous person and is deserving of our support. She and others of the Buffalo Advocacy Group (B.A.G.) are our front line activists. And this arrest has sorely depleted their funds. They are all reaching into their own pockets to continue their protests. I implore you to help them with whatever you can spare, and I assure you that this money is being used to stop the slaughter of the buffalo in a very effective way. Mary Yarns has given me permission to post her address and phone number if any of you would like to personally thank her and send her your support. There is a possibility that she will be arrested again on "trumped up" felony charges, so call, or write her and tell her we all stand behind her and will help her in whatever way we can. Mary Yarns aka Delyla Wilson 4880 S. 19th Rd. Bozeman, Montana 59715-9501 (406) 586-9141 You can send her and B.A.G. donations directly, or to me and I will forward whatever is collected to them. My address is: J.D.K. Chipps 3900 C.R. #123 Round Rock, Tx. 78664 Once more I urge you all to do what you can to help these folks out, they are doing a fine "frontline job" of defending the buffalo. For Immediate Release March 23, 1997 Contact: Joan Moody 202-682-9400 x220 CONSERVATIONISTS URGE AGRICULTURE SECRETARY & GOVERNOR TO TAKE SPECIFIC STEPS TO END BISON SLAUGHTER Gardiner, MT As Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman prepared to meet with Montana Governor Marc Racicot and a host of congressional and agency representatives over the fate of Yellowstone's bison Sunday, Defenders of Wildlife has outlined specific steps to "stop the madness of bison slaughter." We've probably spent more taxpayers' money on killing and hazing bison than it would have cost to buy all the cattle in the immediate area," says Rodger Schlickeisen, President of Defenders. "The killing has been senseless; the smokescreen used to justify the killing has been the threat of brucellosis spreading from bison to cattle an event that has never been documented in the wild." The Yellowstone herd, the last free-roaming bison herd, has been cut in half this winter as state agents, encouraged by the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), shot or sent to slaughter more than a thousand bison as the animals left the park in search of food. Schlickeisen says, "What we are doing here on the doorstep of our nation's premiere parkland does not make sense scientifically, economically, or socially. Nonetheless, collectively our state and federal government agencies seem unable to unravel their tangled web of competing interests long enough to fulfil their responsibilities to the American people and to responsible wildlife stewardship." In short, the Defenders president said, "If APHIS would amend their scientifically unfounded regulations, the other federal and state agencies could work cooperatively to find a solution. If we think `outside the box, ' this really wouldn't be a difficult problem to solve." In the short term, Defenders urges Secretary Glickman to: - Stop APHIS from inappropriately jeopardizing Montana or other states' brucellosis-free status based upon the condition of their wildlife rather than that of their livestock. - Direct the U.S. Forest Service to transfer cattle grazing leases for forage lands critical to bison to alternative forage areas for this year and next. Defenders urges the Governor and Secretary to: - Direct the Montana Department of Livestock and US Department of Agriculture to allow for the shipping of appropriate starving bison to the Ft. Belknap or other appropriate Native American facilities. Over the long run, Defenders calls upon state and federal agencies to: - Research and use brucellosis vaccines in both bison and cattle. - Ameliorate the impact of snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park, where snowmobile trails have allowed bison to exit the park en masse. - Develop permanent access to expanded bison winter range. (\######/) J.D.K. Chipps \ o ~ / "Wokiksuye Canpe Opi" (^ ^) (Remember Wounded Knee) \*/ http://www.eden.com/~jdkc --------- "RE: Buffalo Slaughter Alert" --------- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 97 20:27:10 -0600 From: "J.D.K. Chipps " Subj: BUFFALO SLAUGHTER ALERT UUCP email Bison Advocacy Project POB 7381 Missoula, MT 59807 (406) 728-5733 bison@wildrockies.org (or e-mail me at jbarnes@wildrockies.org) WEBSITE: http://www.wildrockies.org. Today's official Winter '96-'97 bison kill-count: 1074 Some 500-700 more have died from the effects of this harsh winter: HALF THE YELLOWSTONE BISON HERD IS DEAD!!!! HELP US STOP THE BISON SLAUGHTER!!!! --DAN GLICKMAN, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE (USDA), COMES TO YELLOWSTONE. USDA RUNS APHIS, WHICH THREATENS MONTANA'S BRUCELLOSIS-FREE STATUS IF ALL WILD BISON AREN'T KILLED There will be a town meeting with Secretary Glickman and Montana personnel on Sunday, March 23 at 2:30pm at the Gardiner School in Gardiner, MT. Be there if at all possible, and we will kick off a series of three protests outside this meeting. --PROTEST IN HELENA, MONTANA MARCH 24 ON THE CAPITOL STEPS. --FORM A BORDER PATROL ON YELLOWSTONE'S NORTHERN BORDER AT GARDINER, MT MARCH 25 Anyone willing to travel to Helena and Yellowstone is welcome (urged) to join us. Sorry for the short notice, but we are really trying hard to put this together. Anyone in Montana, Idaho, or Wyoming please let us know about the extent of grassroots support we can expect. For more info, call Rocky Mountain Animal Defense at 303-449-4422 or email: rosmarin@sobek.colorado.edu This is your chance to do something about one of the most egregious massacres of wildlife this century has seen. This is your chance to yell at Montana's merciless murderer, Governor Marc Racicot. --Marc Racicot ordered bison killed nearby while activists and Native American spiritual leaders conducted a sacred ceremony in the Park--just for the sake of disrespect. --Marc Racicot is telling deliberate and obvious lies to concerned people who contact him: "a majority of them [bison] have become infected with brucellosis"--Marc Racicot. This statement is completely contradicted by all researchers, including the state veterinarian. --Marc Racicot and his paymasters, the cattle industry, want one thing--the elimination of wild bison as competitors with taxpayer-subsidized cattle on public lands. And an end to the inconvenience of wild animals to landowners bordering the park, such as the Church Universal and Triumphant which demands that the state kill all bison that cross onto its property, and which insisted that Rosalie Little Thunder, a Native elder attmpting to pray over a bison carcass, be dragged off to jail to await trial on criminal tresspass charges. DONATIONS NEEDED: Send to Bison Advocacy Project/Ecology Center,POB 7381 Missoula, MT 59807. Give these demands to the politicians and bureaucrats below! -- Halt the bison extermination program. -- Cancel cattle-grazing leases on public lands around Yellowstone. -- Allow bison to travel onto such state and federal lands as they choose. -- Transfer bison causing damage on private lands to tribal quarantines and incorporate them into tribal herds. -- Control, testand vaccinate *cattle* on private lands in the Greater Yellowstone Area. -- Transfer management of Montana's wild bison back to the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. --EMERGENCY SITUATION ONLY: Feed the remaining bison, 1) to keep more from being killed; and 2) because with groomed snowmobile trails facilitating bison migration and a test, slaughter, tag, truck, shoot, and pen operation, the Park's policy of "natural regulation" is a sham. IN CASE YOU HADN'T THOUGHT OF THIS--DON'T EAT BUFFALO! While much buffalo meat is from ranched animals (which is NOT OK), you just can't tell... Bidding for Yellowstone bison meat at auction "has mostly been dominated by RC Western Meats [605-342-0322], a Rapid City, SD, wholesale meatpacker and distributor. About 70 percent of the meat is ground for burger or snack products, said co-owner Jud Seaman. His three biggest customers are in California, Texas and New Jersey, but better cuts go all over the nation. The products aren't marketed as Yellowstone bison, he said.``Frankly, we haven't been telling them where it comes from,'' Seaman said. ``It's pretty controversial.''" BOYCOTTS OF MONTANA: -The fund for Animals has called a tourism boycott of Montana. Call the Montana Travel Bureau 1-800-847-4868 or http://travel.mt.gov (No more visits till the slaughter stops!) -BOYCOTT BEEF! Call the Montana Stockgrowers Association at (406) 442-3420 to register your distaste for beef tainted by bison extermination. ***Video clips of the slaughter are available from Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers POB 7941 Missoula, MT 59807 (406) 728-0867 cmcr@ism.net *** -APHIS Administrator Terry Medley, (202)720-2511, fax (202)720-3982 -Governor of Montana, Marc Racicot, State Capitol, Helena, MT 59620 (406) 444-3111 -Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, Mike Finley, Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, Wy 82190 (307)344-2002, e-mail: webmaster@nps.gov -Montana's US Senators Max Baucus at max@baucus.senate.gov and Conrad Burns at conrad_burns@burns.senate.gov -Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, Interior Bldg. 1849 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20240 Ph: (202) 208-7531, fax: (202) 208-6956, e-mail: Bruce_Babbitt@IOS.DOI.GOV -Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture, 200 A Whitten Bldg., 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC, Ph: (202) 720-2166, e-mail: Agsec@usda.gov BISON BELONG IN MONTANA! ------- FORWARD, End of original message ------- (\######/) J.D.K. Chipps \ o ~ / "Wokiksuye Canpe Opi" (^ ^) (Remember Wounded Knee) \*/ http://www.eden.com/~jdkc --------- "RE: Bone Marrow Testing" --------- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 15:09:57 -0600 From: Connections EAST Subj: BONE MARROW TESTING FOR NATIONAL REGISTRY OF DONORS UUCP email Gary, Ho brother. I am writing asking for your help. Since you and your words helped to at least get some people moving to provide assistance for our elders and little ones this past winter, I am hoping to be able to get some assistance in getting out some information to all First Americans concerning Bone Marrow Testing and the national donor registry. I have been working hard the past 3 months recruiting people nation wide to be tested through the Department Of Defense Bone Marrow Center as I am active duty Navy. I have gotten good results however, my First Cousin is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant and there just aren't a lot of First Americans in the military as compared to all other races. You see, his best chance for a match is from someone of Native heritage as the genetic properties of the bone marrow are a large result of ethnicity. In other words, odds are very low that someone with no Native blood will match and the majority of people on the registry are white. A little known fact: there is funding through Congress to provide bone marrow testing for minorities to include First Americans, FREE OF CHARGE. It is normally 40 to 60 dollars. To be tested, all it takes is a visit to a blood bank, fill out a consent form to have your results put on the national registry, then give two small vials of blood. Many people think bone marrow is drawn and it is a painful undertaking. This is a myth. If you end up becoming a match for someone, you are admitted to the hospital, undergo further testing and if marrow is harvested it is under anesthesia. You will be sore in the area of the harvest (hip bone) for a couple days. BUT, IT IS NOT THE AGONIZING ORDEAL MANY IMAGINE. Bottom line, everyone who is tested becomes a potential life saver. We who walk the Red Road are charged with being generous and selfless when it comes to helping our people. I can not think of a more generous act than to be the link to save the life of a brother or sister. Not only do you affect that individual, you also affect the entire family and do a major part in the mending of the Sacred Hoop. If everyone who reads this gets tested and entered on the registry and spreads the word so others do the same, we can make a big difference in many lives. If you can not publish this in the letter Brother, please, please forward it to through the proper channels to get it out to as many First Americans as possible. If one life is saved through this message and it's publication, it is good. Wado Brother and Wado to anyone who sees this message and acts on it. If there are any questions or anyone needs further information my snail and E mail addresses follow: Mitakuye Oyasin, Cetan Mato Lutah (Bill Tyrrell) 13953 Lighthouse Dr Corpus Christi, TX 78418 (512)949-1137 FAX (512)949-1140 E Mail coneast@davlin.net --------- "RE: Gustafsen: Clark Testimony" --------- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 02:43:53 -0800 (PST) From: RKI Subj: Gustafsen: Clark testimony continues Mailing List: TRIBALLAW (triballaw@thecity.sfsu.edu) March 18, 1997 S.I.S.I.S. Ts'peten Trial Notes EXTINGUISHMENT PLAN "CUNNING AND VICIOUS": REMEDY IS SELF-DEFENCE On Friday, March 14th, Native rights lawyer Dr. Bruce Clark continued his testimony at the Ts'peten trial in Surrey, BC, Canada. Clark reiterated his belief in the rule of law. "The fact that the rule of law has not functioned for them [his clients] to date does not evidence a defect in the rule of law but in its administrators." That being the case, "the first remedy is self-help:" self-defence, defence of family, and in this case, defence against genocide. Dr.Clark noted that there are two standard responses to Indian resistance: (1) massacres (2) anti-native propaganda to prejudice the public. He testified that his traditionalist clients had instructed him to take their jurisdictional arguments to courts to apprise those courts of the law and its breach. "Without third party adjudication, the rule of law is a hoax," said Clark. He then continued to relate the appalling and extensive corruption rampant in the BC courts on the indigenous rights issue. Mr Justice Lambert of the BC Court of Appeal baldly stated that there was no chance of BC judges ruling favourably on the native sovereignty argument, regardless of what the law says. The obvious conclusion is that "the rule of law is not capable of functioning in the BC Court of Appeal, in the aboriginal context." Clark noted that the rule of men, political expediency and "legal realism" have replaced the rule of law. The jury heard that when jurisdiction is challenged in law, all proceedings should end until the jurisdictional challenge is resolved. Purely the opposite has occurred. Judges are evading the law so thoroughly that in one case, BC Court Justice Walker went so far as to strike Clark's jurisdictional- constitutional arguments from the record, and ordered Clark removed from his courtroom. Walker also sought to impose a gag order on the jurisdictional argument thereafter. Judge Walker's contempt charges were dropped when Clark sought to press counter charges of fraud, treason, and complicity in genocide. Walker handed the "hot potato" to Judge Keith Libby who misperceived that the recognition of the law would "give truth to anarchy in this country." Libby claimed, "The law is more an instrument of fairness than justice." Recognition of indigenous sovereignty would "create a class of people not bound by law," argued Libby. Clark noted that Libby, as a BC judge, ironically belonged to just such a class himself. Libby felt that a judicial decision on that question would not change the world in any case. Clark argued that it would send a fundamental message to society. Judge Keith Libby concluded by responding, "I'm not going to make a decision that is essentially going to end my career, such as it is, the moment I put my signature to it." Unfortunately, stated Clark, such is the grim state of the law that Libby was the only Judge to engage the issue to the extent he did, and compared to other judges in BC, Libby was "refreshing." Dr. Clark continued his testimony by addressing the existing natural, constitutional, and international law regarding aboriginal rights of possession and jurisdiction. Unless they are subject to a treaty, Indigenous lands remain unpurchased and Indigenous nationals not subject to or within Canadian jurisdiction. Although the law is simple and straightforward, the judges evade it. "It is so profound and obvious a mistake that it is impossible that it is made honestly." Clark related 50 excerpts from BC Court transcripts evidencing judicial evasion of existing law prohibiting their usurpation of indigenous jurisdiction beyond the treaty frontier. The evasion is so consistent that the law has yet to be addressed. The reason is that the Crown "has no vestige of a credible case," said Dr. Clark. His challenge is to its illegal jurisdictional reach beyond the treaty frontier. "What the Judges pretend is that because the Crown has 'sovereignty', the Provincial and federal governments can do whatever they want." They are, rather, compelled to respect and implement their own Constitutional law. "For 130 years [in BC] the genocide of native peoples has been caused by judges," said Clark. This was accomplished by usurpation and by legitimation of genocide and colonialism. "An assumption cannot be a precedent," he cautioned. Each prejudicial case thus far has been based upon assumptions, with no legal basis in historical reality. The "legal realist" rule of men has trashed the rule of law. "There is not a chance, not a vestige of hope, of justice being served in BC courts for aboriginal peoples." Clark testified that genocide is similar worldwide. In Canada, industries and bureaucracies have been created. These consist of judiciaries, lawyers, land claims researchers and negotiators. Their work consists of and is dependent upon genocide. There have always been excuses and rationales for slavery, for the genocide of Jews, Gypsies, and Indians, with "racial and cultural terms of `us and them' and with the theft of land and resources." Clark described the landmark Delgamuukw (Gitskan Wetsuwe'ten) land claims case as "the cunning and vicious cross upon which BC intends to crucify Native Sovereignty." The BC Attorney General's arguments in the Supreme Court of Canada, namely that Delgamuukw did not address the jurisdictional law, were 180 degrees at odds with the position argued opposite Clark in the BC Courts, thus landing natives back at the provincial level. BC has attempted to trap the natives' legal challenges at the provincial level, while the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the 11 other applications for appeal based on the jurisdiction argument, as if "not of public importance to Canada". Clark noted that the lead lawyer for BC in the landmark Delgamuukw case, Michael Goldie, was elevated to the bench of the BC Court of Appeal, along with Chief Justice McEachern. The rule of law must be put back on track, said Clark. He urged the judges to desist from their conspiracy to illegally extinguish natives and their rights, "before Canada's reputation as a nation founded upon respect for the rule of law is irretrievably compromised." Clark, counsel of choice for most of the defendants in this trial, is currently serving three months in prison on trumped up charges of contempt of court. The attempt to bar Clark from the Ts'peten courtroom has failed, since Shuswap elder Wolverine has called his lawyer as an "expert witness" instead. Clark's exposition of the law respecting Aboriginal Rights to the six men, six women jury continues as the defence presents its "color of right" arguments in the Gustafsen Lake trial. With a prosecution that lasted more than eight months, this the longest criminal trial in Canadian history. 14 Natives and 4 non-Natives are charged with mischief, firearms offences, and attempted murder, stemming from a month long siege in 1995 by RCMP and Canadian Armed Forces of sacred, unceded Sundance and burial grounds near 100 Mile House, British Columbia. :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: S.I.S.I.S. Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty P.O. Box 8673, Victoria, "B.C." "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 message to For more information on sovernet-l, contact S.I.S.I.S. --------- "RE: Big Mountain Action Alert" --------- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 22:41:04 GMT From: andrea@scicom.alphacdc.com (Andrea Lord) Subj: BIG MOUNTAIN ACTION ALERT Newsgroups: co.general,alt.native,soc.culture.native THIS NOTICE IS BEING POSTED AT THE REQUEST OF DENVER AREA DINEH ALLIANCE ACTION ALERT/BIG MOUNTAIN From: Louise Benally, Santa Cruz CA. 3-16-97 Louise called Laura Naranjo en route to a UC Berkeley event with John Trudell. She has been traveling non-stop from Washington to San Diego, Claremont, Santa Cruz, the Bay Area and will then continue to Oregon and Washington state. Louise is traveling to ask for a presence on the land if it is at all possible at Ana Mae Camp. Traditional elders went to court and the report is that the judge is deadest against reversing any legal decisions, although no "final" decision has been announced yet. The deadline is March 31st. It is not known if there will be an extension on that day. Louise asked that relatives and allies put pressure on congressional leaders and legal representatives and tribal councils, as well as the media: 1) To reverse this decision that is genocidal policy and that proves apartheid exists in the U.S. on Indian lands. 2) That environmental violations exist documented by Independent investigators from Claremont, California who will issue findings on March 21st. 3) That witnesses to the removals, if there is any act of removal that takes place by U.S. Marshals, on the day of the deadline are necessary. ANA MAE CAMP: The West Coast Dineh Alliance is sending a large group which is being coordinated in Claremont, Santa Cruz and the Bay Area. Ana Mae will be a large camp with some people staying with different families to do support. NEEDS: Media coverage and public pressure in your community or place of resource. Total self sufficiency all aspects; food, water, personal, medical and vehicle. Dineh Alliance is asking that traditional supporters bring cameras, tape and video recorders to the deadline. Witness to the removals, if there is any removal that takes place by U.S. Marshals. INSTRUCTIONS: THE DIRECTION OF THE ELDERS ON THE LAND IS THAT THIS IS TO BE AN ENTIRELY NONVIOLENT EFFORT. USE OF WEAPONS AND ANY FORM OF AGGRESSION IS ENTIRELY PROHIBITED. MEETINGS: - March 18th at Sarah Begays place (elders, legal team & negotiators) - March 19th - Rally in Window Rock behind the Tribal Headquarters in Memorial Park - March 20th - Hard Rock Chapter House 8 miles south of Big Mountain with the M.F. Senators & Legal reps. - March 21st - Independent Investigators from Claremont CA. Will issue docs. On tested water, air & soil samples. - March 23rd - Meeting at Ana Mae Camp to face the planned action by Tribal Police to close the roads on the 23rd prior to the deadline. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A CAREFUL UNDERSTANDING WITH RESPECT FOR THE TRADITIONAL SUPPORT NETWORK IN PLACE. IF YOU WANT TO OFFER YOUR SUPPORT CALL; (303)455-1508 --------- "RE: Dineh Issue" --------- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 19:36:36 GMT From: fmk@xs4all.nl (Friso Koopmans) Subj: *** URGENT *** DINEH ISSUE Newsgroups: soc.rights.human,alt.native,soc.culture.native STICHTING TOLERANTIE - TOLERANCE FOUNDATION P.O. BOX 1970 - 1200 BZ Hilversum - The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0)35 69 50 667 - Fax: +31 (0)35 69 50 681 Giro 257 Postbank nv P R E S S S T A T E M E N T F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E In Black Mesa, Arizona, USA, traditional Dine' (Navajo) people face forced eviction and relocation from their homelands. Passage of the Relocation Act already affected 11,000 traditional Dine' and 100 Hopi. Now, the people concerned have been told to sign the Accommodation Agreement by March 31, 1997, or else face forced relocation from the lands by US Marshals on April 1, 1997. What has been led to believe to be a dispute between traditional Dine' (Navajo) and Hopi, turns out to be a commercial hunt for the natural resources in the area. To these people, the earth is sacred. Black Mesa is the most sacred ground in the Hopi and Navajo tradition. About 250 traditional Dine' families still live on the heavily polluted land directly surrounding the Black Mesa / Kayenta mining complex, the world s largest strip mine, operated by Peabody Western Coal Company. Livestock has died from the effects of the pollution, water is polluted and many of the residents suffer from health effects due to excessive coal dust. They resisted relocation because they live self-sufficient traditional lifestyles, and relocation to a totally different surrounding and culture would mean the end of their own culture. Relocation of the inhabitants of the region would clear the path for Peabody Western Coal Company to extend its mining operations in Northern Arizona. After previous relocations, many of the people lost their homes, called the home loss phenomena. Due to difficulties in adapting to their new surroundings and to a new culture, the traditional Dine' could not afford to pay their mortgages, and became homeless. The Academy Award winning movie Broken Rainbow presented a moving account of the forced relocation. The designated area for resettling relocatees, near the San Juan River near Shiprock, New Mexico, was part of a land fraud involved in a Congressional investigation. The area is contaminated by 1.5 million tons of uranium ore that was processed and left in contaminated waste piles covering 72 acres. The Sovereign Dineh Nation, and its political arm, Dineh Alliance, have rejected the Accommodation Agreement outright. Acception of the Accommodation Agreement will mean a violation of Freedom of Religion and of Speech for the traditional Dine' and Hopi. The Agreement would directly attack their inalienable rights as citizens of the United States, and therefore be unconstitutional, by denying them the right to vote in the elections of a local government, and by denying the right to be tried by an impartial jury. "We stand unified one with another in our opposition to this unjust and unfair law that was created to remove us from the land by any means and at any cost. This continued violation of our basic rights as human beings must not be allowed to beside the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights or the Bible," stated one Dine'. "The voice of the people must be heard for justice on Black Mesa to ensure the protection and survival of the people. The struggle is to protect sacred land, religion, and the survival of a traditional way of life from corporate interests. Relocation is genocide." The Dutch Tolerance Foundation acknowledges the fact that relocation would mean the end of the Dine' culture and strongly urges the US government to take actions, to prevent relocation from happening. The homelands are vital for the Dine' and Hopi cultures, and need to be preserved. For further information, please contact: Sovereign Dineh Nation - Dineh Alliance P.O. Box 1042 Hotevilla, AZ 86030 USA Phone/Fax: (520) 607 1449 Sovereign Dineh Nation - Dineh Alliance Sub-Office P.O. Box 2889 Window Rock, AZ 86515 USA Phone/Fax: (505) 371 5551 Sovereign Dineh Nation P.O. Box 30435 Flagstaff, AZ 86003 USA Phone: (520) 522 8683 The Tolerance Foundation P.O. Box 1970 1200 BZ Hilversum The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0)35 69 50 667 Fax: +31 (0)35 69 50 681 --------- "RE: Disrespect to Veterans & Lenape" --------- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 16:42:22 -0600 (CST) From: aconcert@carroll.com (Joe Campagna) Subj: Disrespect to Veterans & Lenape Ancestors:City of Hackensack Mailing List: NATIVELIT RE: April 27th Gathering of Vetrans of All Indian and Foriegn Wars Place: Bergen County Courthouse; Hackensack, New Jersey Grievance: City Does Not Follow Proper Protacol For Visiting Nations THIS ENTIRE DOCCUMENT FOR WIDE FREE DISTRIBUTION - No Html Placement w/o permission from To scroll copy this doccument you agree to the following copyright restrictions: The following is "c" copyright Dakotah East. This text must appear unchanged in any subsequent transmission. All contents if to be traded or used for any connection with monetary purposes will benefit the people collectively. This should in no form be transferred or content be copied or used in any way without the expressed written consent of a representataive of Dakota East which is owned by the growing collective of United Native American Television. These funds are for the children of tommorrow via a grass-roots economy. Under direction of the wisdom of elders of the project. - thank you for your cooperation. ----------------------------- Headline: City "council" of "Hackensack" who uses the name and image of Oratam, Lenape Sachem (chief) gives a cold shoulder to original inhabitants from Canada who will return to honor Veterans of Foriegn and Indian Wars this April, 27. Part 3: Request of proper Hospitality/Protacol and Consequences of Denial Part 2: The Embassy Enclosed: PART 1: Background Story In the spirit of true journalism. by Joe Campagna (written pronounciations of Lenape words not known to be exact in phonetics) (This doc has not been spellchecked) Aakingsakee, Lenapehoking (a.k.a. Hackensack NJ) - In this place where few now walk connected in blood to the earth, this area along the river; this place where canoes from as far as Ma'ata'wahon, and Seconnee-s'h in the South; from Manhatten, Kanarsee, and Shinnecock in the East; made their way past the island, where much more recently, a pretense of creation representing freedom, now lights the torch. A darkened light of coal fire that would attempt to tower over and cast cold shadows on the past, and on the future. Cohog, clams, and oysters would be brought on the incoming tides by canoe and traded - gifted; then smoked -- shared. Later, the piles of shells would be used to produce discs for wampum and other ornaments to follow the four winds; and, to the North where still connected, discs in fine memory, woven; they speak today. From points north, they came down the river from the great North to pass the cliffs and shores of other places, and around the great marsh and back up through the fields of tobacco on their way up the river to Aakingsakee. Where the sacred hill of red earth looked East to the river and West to the fast brook which lead the waters of Passaahic up to the place of Elk and winter Moose. A Pit remains North of camping grounds along the river near the Aakingsakee. When the scoops of pure white mud would be pulled up from the pit along the river where deep waters would fill, and the tired sides of the pit would colapse from the tides, it was then opened up to the river and made as a place for fish to be herded gently and with respect and prayers for the fish. The fish which were diverted by use of a wooden fence drawn across the rivers flows. What was not consumed or dried/smoked would be given to the gardens. From the West and North they came from the Parahmusse'h and brought turkey and fine fans; they came on foot with famlies. Smiling children, people laughing; lifelong commitments being sewn as the gardens dotted open fields, in forest, and meadows of black soil; where vines of beans grew up from the floor of squash blossoms and ferns. Their vines gently wrapped around the corn, and the talks around the cornstalks of children newly born. This was a place of many people who passed through, and always returned to be greated by the ever-changing familiar faces of the place where sharp ground juts up from hills over the flat grassy marsh and smooth yellow loamey, sandy beaches of the river. "A-aking'k-sakee" a word which only could have brought much happiness to the hearts of all who visited or on their way, where people camped, and lived here. This was the place where all would meet from many places. It has always been a city that grows with the breath of health with seasons of plenty which coursed through the veins of the plants and animals, and the food sparked with living taste. Now, only the sound of the breath of the sky through the cottonwoods which protect an embassy. A barred building with 8" thick doors which was made to keep civilization out, because there is almost nowhere to find the spirit of happiness which echoes through paved-over foot-trails; against the filled creek, which drains the filled lake; and, the river made narrow -- water, black with pools and ribbons of strange colors; a place where life is almost no more. The ground, all topped with unsightly buildings, some with skins of steel and glass. They only bounce the words back like the mindless ears of the persons inside them. There is one building that now stands a few steps South of the park which stood a white building which fathered it. Where it is said, in that park (then a wooden court house where Dutch Masters tyraned their witchery) there was a ceremony where a Sachem, a Chief, "gladly" (they say) gave this land which belonged to all the people and no people. It was said this man was honored, and that he was compensated well for this land. Because, the people no longer came freely after the big flat boats came up the river with their strange beasts and attire; and yet were welcomed with great interest and uncertain thought. Their trade goods were new and captured the longing of many people while others were already changed in concern and forwarning by the signs these white men gave. They were not true people in the way of the people but were respected and pitied even as the customs gave way to strange ilnesses. Many had since left. A band remained dotted here and there in Aakingsakee they needed the white medicine to keep from getting ill and for blankets. Needing to keep warm and to live like these white men who had, after being taken over and hunted and killed the people in all four directions with the help of a hungry spirit which broght words of fear, sickness, and protection from a black book. There now stands a green square which honors the brave men who fought the madness that their leaders brought upon each other. Veterans of all wars. He is the unknown soldier, he is the center of their world he was made to be who he was and molded and did the bidding of great men, yet this unknown man was the greatest of all known men and there were an uncountable number of him. To the east of this bronze sculpture sits a cannon encased in cement. Around this statue are the wars in which brave men fought but not even a acknowledgement that a Lenape was ever killed, as to say there was no war there was only a slaughter, as if to say they were no people. Lenape means people. Even when there was a special department made for war with the people of the West; still, no acknowledgement of any war. As to deny the holocaust. This man did not sign away the land of his grandfathers. Chief Oratam was doing only what he could to help what people remained near that place, survive. And survive they did. They continued to scatter over many years and to many places, yet some stayed behind. And from the 1950's until the early 1970's, a quiet cab driver named Bucky drove children to school and walked around town. He was always known to have long hair, later gray. The man with an eagle ever present on the back of his jacket. Once in a while he would stop in front of the green and talk in a strange chanting language with his hands from across the street of where the old courhouse stood. It was like he was stating his case in the heroic spirit of truth and justice with only a bronze giant to hear him. They are one in the same - they are the unknown soldier --they are the heroes. He must of thought he was the last in those fading days. Heroes Those are the people most never see, they do the things that are difficult in life. At times they overcome their situation, at times they do not. Sometimes they fall back and become part of a decaying social structure not of their making, and sometimes they excell and pull others out of the depths. Even as to try they do not forget from whence they came. It could be the person who implants a seed of wisdom from which a tree of friendship grows that bears peacul fruit. It could be a small child who smiles at an elder giving hope which is returned as resolve. They are the unknowns... the mases hurdling to keep their dignity and humanity and protect the substance in the very forms that provided for them as they became who they are. Those who strive to pass on to the next with fortitute; what they feel must remain in sight, and to be as they once were. They recognize that. As they are today who they always were and will be. They recognize that balance is like a mountain which must be delicately scaled and not leveled. Heroes have retained the beauty of what remains and hold dear the memories of what was passed in song and talk, and, through the eyes and language unheard, but seen, felt, and remembered.... Come a long way... a long, long way... Welcome home. You taught me that welcome... where ever the earth is red and the sky is blue; and water sweet... I will be there... beside the drum As when I knew no form, and no line of sky over water Inside the cliffs where you comforted me I will be there These were his words though I did not speak his language only if I have... I might have known more.... I might have fought beside him... Whaneeshi, Buck... may we call you Eagleman? They are coming to set you free... You were not the last, and they are coming to set you free, MiGwetch/Pilamaya... thay are coming to set you free Across the street to the South of the old courthouse is the steps to a magalithic romanesque giant. A giant columned cylinder sits bolted granite atop three stories of hewn blocks. Atop this, is a dome which holds the statue of a Lenape Indian and the Bronze giant, the unknown soldier stands on the pedastal of The Green at attention in honor of her as she holds the true light of freedom. All around her are bronze eagles which face the four directions. The homecoming awaits the granfathers who will visit the grounds of their ancestors. --------- "RE: Arrow Lakes-Okanagan Band" --------- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 01:33:57 -0800 (PST) From: John Brent Musgrave Subj: Arrow Lakes-Okanagan Band Mailing List: NativeWeb ARROW LAKES - OKANAGAN BAND GRAND FORKS, BRITISH COLUMBIA We the people, known henceforth as the Arrow Lakes - Okanagan Band, do here and now address our intentions and goals. Our land is where our dead Lie Buried. We are returning to our Ancestral Homelands. After smallpox and several other illnesses took many of our peoples lives, we were scattered and erroneously believed to be extinct, since 1956. We have attempted to live within the boundaries of your society and your culture. The time has come to return to our society and our culture. The Arrow Lakes - Okanagan Band has been re-established for this purpose. We intend to and will return to a traditional way of life instituting and combining our traditional ways with the knowledge and lessons that you have gifted us, blended together to make us a strong people. We will be using a Traditional Tribal Government, where the people govern ourselves, educate our own children, and pay allegiance to our Creator and the Mother Earth as a Sovereign Nation. Our Hereditary Chief and Spokesman, Mario D. George, will be advised by an Elders Council. Our language is Salish by heredity and English is our second language. The portion of our Ancestral land we are re-inhabiting is: from Kettle River to the West (119 degrees west longitude) to the Arrow Lakes to the East (118 degrees west longitude), including the Christina Range and the Midway Mountain; the United States - Canadian border (49 degrees north latitude) to the South and 50 degrees north latitude to the North. We have chosen to re-inhabit this particular area of our country because: 1. This is one of our original homes. 2. To protect the burial ground where our dead lie buried. 3. For the protection of the waters and the Salmon. 4. To protect the forests. Any archaeological items that have been removed from this area shall be immediately returned to us for reburial. We understand that some of our homelands became inhabited by other people during our absence. Privately owned lands within our territory shall stay in their owners' possession without hindrance. We reserve the right to first option to purchase lands if any owners decide to sell at any time. This is our first official declaration. We will keep you abreast of things as our re-establishing process continues. Activated this 1st day of April, 1997. By Hereditary Chief and Spokesman: Mario D. George and the People of the ARROW LAKES-OKANAGAN BAND. Any donations can be sent to: Royal Bank Branch 36024 97th Street Oliver, British Columbia V0H 1T0 Canada Bank and Account Number: 003-4080-5021407 --------- "RE: Opinion: Native Policy" --------- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 14:43:28 -0800 (PST) From: Larry Kibbey Subj: Opinion (fwd) UUCP email I look to the past as I do to the future for various reasons, mainly having to do with seeking answer to questions that deal with issues such as the injustices often spoken about daily throughout Indian Country, that are inflicted upon Indian people in this modern time by a government(tribal,state,federal), Corporate America and other parts of society. Generally, I find that not much has changed in the attitudes of a government or its legislative and policy making practices toward our Sovereign Nations and wonder what is it going to take for a government and its society to come to terms with their own self and realize that in order to construct a bridge of unity to the 21st Century that some constructive and sincere legislative and White House Administration policies must be established, to put to rest such attitudes, that are still being applied today, such as what is contained in the following. On July 1, 1880, Indian Commissioner Thomas J. Morgan in his first report filed the following, which I will only provide parts of, in order not to make this too lengthy. Qoute: "by personal observation with the practical work of the Indian field service...a few simple, well defined and strongly cherished convictions; First-The anomalous position heretofore occupied by the Indians in this country can not much longer be maintained. The reservation system belongs to a "vanishing state of things" and must soon cease to exsist. Second- The logic of events demands the absorption of the Indians into our national life, not as Indians, but as American Citizens...Fourth-The Indians must conform to "the whiteman's ways," peacebly if they will, forcibly if they must. They must adjust themselves to their environment, and conform their mode of living substantially to our civilization. This civilization may not be the best possible, but it is the best the Indian can get. They can not escape it, and must either conform to it, or be crushed by it....Sixth-The tribal realtions should be broken, socialism destroyed, and the family and the autonomy of the individual substitued. The allotments of lands in severalty, the establishment of local courts and police the devlopment of a personal sense of independence, and the universal adoption of the english language are means to this end." End Qoute. [F.S. Cohen's-Handbook of Federal Indian Law-p.22-23.] Since 1880, the attitude of the government and parts of its society, hasn't changed all that much and only now, we face new oppression by our own, whom have fallen into acts of greed for their own self, and often include family member's. The New Age Groups/Organizations have also played a major role in assisting the Government policies of distorting the culture and belief's of the Native American Indian, which has allowed a bias view of once was considered a very unique culture and belief. In hopes of paving a constructive avenue, so that our future generations will have a value of respect for our culture as we know it today, then together we must work to help build a bridge of unity to the 21st Century, so that all can cross such a bridge with a unique respect for one another as well as for the many cultures and belief's that make up this American Society. Thank you. By Larry Kibby - kibbey@sierra.net Elko Indian Colony Elko, Nevada ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "When I die, my enemies will be under me." "Kintpuash" ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --------- "RE: Sovereignty" --------- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 17:09:13 -0800 (PST) From: James BlueWolf Subj: Sovereignty Mailing List: TRIBALLAW (triballaw@thecity.sfsu.edu) In the 1970's there were three explanations by the US offered for why Native Nations were no longer Sovereign. Consider how they relate to todays arguments. A. Discovery and Occupation- In Worchester v Georgia, Chief Justice Marshall considered "extravagant and absurd the idea that landing on the East Coast of the Continent gave Europeans the 'right' to govern the Natives or occupy their land." B. Conquest- Despite the present tendency not to use this argument , nevertheless conquest does show up in Supreme Court decisions and commentaries as a basis for authority in abrigating sovereignty. Since a number of Nations were never actually forcefully subdued, and subsequent treaties were not made with 'defeated' nations the concept of conquest does not apply. Contempory law does not allow for the threat or use of force against a sovereign power. Even given the climate and legal standards of those days there were several recognized limitations to the use or threat of force. Self-protection, protection of rights, enforcement of just laws. None of these are applicable. C. Cessation/Agreement- Treaties including cessation of lands argue that sovereignty was surrendered willingly, however a State may align itself with and seek protection and aid from a stronger ally without giving up its sovereignty. This principle is affirmed by international law as well as the Supreme Court in the Worchester decision. Also the question of whether those signing the treaties were indeed the authorized representatives of the people has come into question now that education about Native forms of government and decision making processes has taken place and the coercion and fraud have been more honestly exposed to historians and politicians. I found this discussion in my papers and thought I'd share it. I also fund a blurb of History that when the IRA was passed, within two years certain California rancherias established, with the aid of BIA guidelines, their forms of government. The BIA offered this help and guidelines. It is interesting to note that on one Rancheria, within a few months of taking the BIA up on their offer- 13 new homes were constructed on the Rancheria with BIA grant monies. Was there really any choice in this decision? With the poverty and conditions of those days- no way! The BIA had a lock on the People and none of them would have even considered refusing this help with setting up their govt, especially with the carrot of new housing before their eyes. People forget that the BIA was almost totalitarian in its control over Native American decision making and economic control. There were no other options! Then the Rancherias were terminated and then subsequently reestablished- even now some bands do not have drafted and approved constitutions. The habit of relying on grant applications and BIA funding to provide economic impetus to rancheria life will be hard to break. Other than casinos, which require BIA recognized government councils/commissions to deal with the Federal Gaming Commission- where is the replacement structure for basic economics going to come from? James BlueWolf --------- "RE: Spotted Owl Victory" --------- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 19:55:24 -0700 From: "kieran suckling" (by way of Robin Silver ) Subj: spotted owl victory UUCP email WISE USERS LOSE BID TO DELIST THE THREATENED MEXICAN SPOTTED OWL A federal judge has ruled against the "Coalition of Arizona/New Mexico Counties for Stable Economic Growth" in their bid to delist the threatened Mexican spotted owl from the Endangered Species Act. The Coalition argued that the Fish and Wildlife Service made procedural and substantial errors in denying their petition to delist the owl. The Southwest Center, represented by Earthlaw, intervened in the case, arguing that the Coalition of Counties lacked standing to bring the suit. While the counties claimed the listing had caused loss of jobs, loss of Forest Service payments, and increased beetle and disease infestation, they were not able to provide any documentation of their claims. The judge agreed with the SW Center, throwing the case out for lack of standing. Special thanks to Earthlaw which has represented the SW Center and many other groups pro bono throughout the Mexican spotted owl wars, winning 4.8 million acres of critical habitat, a 16 month logging injunction on eleven National Forests, and now fighting off the wise users. _______________________________________________________________________________ Kieran Suckling ksuckling@sw-center.org Executive Director phone: 520-733-1391 Southwest Center for Biological Diversity fax: 520-733-1404 POB 17839, Tucson, AZ 85731 www.envirolink.org/orgs/sw-center --------- "RE: Whose Culture & Belief's" --------- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 14:54:02 -0800 (PST) From: Larry Kibbey Subj: What Country? Whose Culture & Belief's? UUCP email What do France, England, Japan, China, Korea, Russia, Germany, Ireland, Eygpt all have in common? They are all foreign countries, that contain cultures and religious belief's of their many occupants and because of various reasons, many of the people from such countries have found their way to the land of America, mainly because of political unrest, other's for the freedom to get rich quick that often if not leads to a very high level of disappointment, or has anyway. Why, is it, that these people coming to America from all over the world, are freely allowed to bring with them, their culture and belief's? And why is it, that as these people become U.S. Citizens, they are still allowed to maintain their culture and belief's? Interesting enough, many of these people are the very same people who protest or look down on the Indian people and the use of their culture and belief's. Fact. Why is it so hard for the government to address the concerns and interest of the Indian's effort to preserve and protect his culture and religion? Providing token laws and token agencies simply does not advocate any sincere form of justice, not when you have the Asian American, African American and others, who are allowed to enjoy every form of their culture that they have brought over to America from their own country. How can we justly preserve and protect our culture for future generations, if it is always considered to be Primitive or Prehistoric? Our culture and belief's do not have any legal protection, where as, other cultures and belief's in foreign countries are in fact safeguarded to some extent. Maybe one day, this government and its society will provide total recognition to our culture and belief's, but on the other hand, if we continue to allow others to speak on our behalf, that will be along ways off and right now, far too many new age and uncaring greedy tribal leader's, do not make any effort to allow truth to be a relevant factor towards the endeavor of many who would like to preserve and protect the culture and belief's for future generations. Maybe one day it will happen, maybe there will be a day of justice for the Traditional Native American Indian... By Larry Kibby - kibbey@sierra.net Elko Indian Colony Elko, Nevada ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "When I die, my enemies will be under me." "Kintpuash" ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --------- "RE: " --------- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 14:47:35 -0500 From: Helen Engle Subj: South Dakota BIA Records Mailing List: INDIAN-ROOTS I think a note of explanation is necessary regarding the following comments. The National Archives covers the entire nation and, as we all know, it is a very large country. Therefore, the National Archives has established fifteen regional branches throughout the United States. Each of these regions has responsibility for records created within their boundaries. This means all original textual records. Now, many times these textual records are deemed to have widespread interest through the country and they are then microflmed under the direction of the National Archives in Washington, DC. The microfilm is then distributed to all regions for use by patrons. Sometimes textual records in the posession of the regional archives branches are in very poor condition. In order to preserve them, they are microfilmed at the regional offices. However, these records are not given a National Archives microfilm publication number and they are not distributed to other regions. For all practical purposes, from the viewpoint of the researcher, these records are still textual records and are only available at the archives branch which holds them. I guess I am saying that to say this. The National Archives is not "hiding" any microfilms from the public and everything we have is listed in our guides. The majority of these materials are open to the public. Now, the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (Mormons) film many records and they also accession already filmed records of other repositories. Since they combine both of these types of microfilms at their library in Salt Lake, they give their own numbers to anything they put in their library. This often causes people to see the same records under two sets of numbers. Hopes this helps clear things up a bit. Anyone can ask me questions about this if they want. ****************************** Helen Engle, Archivist, National Archives-Northeast Region (Boston) 380 Trapelo Rd., Waltham, MA 02154 (617) 647-8100 Helen.Engle@Waltham.NARA.gov ********************************** From: Joy Fisher To: INDIAN-ROOTS genealogy list Subj: Criminal Investigation Requested of Dep Interior Secretary UUCP email March 19, 1997 Janet Napolitano, Esq. U.S. Attorney for Arizona U.S. Department of Justice Dear Ms. Napolitano, (Delivered by Receipt Confirmed Facsimile and First Class Mail) Re: Apparent violations of felony statutes by John Garamendi, Deputy Secretary of the Interior and others In your official capacity as U.S. Attorney and as representative of the U.S. Department of Justice, please examine the attached evidence of apparent felony violations by John Garamendi, Deputy Secretary of the Interior, Colonel John Reese and Lt. Colonel Jack Scherer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento, and by Mr. Chuck Williams, Kern River Watermaster. The attached evidence also implicates Clinton Administration Council on Environmental Quality Director Katie McGinty and Member of Congress Calvin Dooley. Wildlife and wildlife habitat, as trust responsibilities, belong to all Americans. When wildlife has been identified as rare and imperiled, its value and that of its necessary habitat is greatly enhanced. Garamendi, Reese, Scherer, Williams, McGinty and Dooley have all played significant roles in the destruction of endangered species and their necessary habitat. While we continue to be concerned at Justice Department's consistent failure to investigate and to prosecute other apparently obvious violations of law , you are still the U.S. Attorney and the U.S. Department of Justice representative here in Phoenix. We have no choice but to continue to present evidence to you and pray that future Justice Department efforts prove more diligent in the environmental arena. On July 23, 1993, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) proposed to protect the Southwestern willow flycatcher as endangered. Critical Habitat was also proposed at that time. Among other locations, the proposed Critical Habitat includes Lake Isabella at the confluence of the North Fork and the South Fork of the Kern River, near Bakersfield, California. The Southwestern willow flycatcher is the most endangered bird in the continental United States. In 1993, there were approximately 500 pairs of flycatchers surviving. On February 27, 1995, the FWS formalized protection of the flycatcher as endangered. At that time, FWS concluded that there were approximately 300 - 500 nesting pairs. FWS stated, however, that "Virtually all nesting groups monitored...[from the late 1980's to 1993] have continued to decline..." By December 1995, FWS officials estimated that there were approximately 300 total pairs surviving. There are now only five populations of 20 or more flycatchers. Seventy five per cent of the flycatchers are now found in groups of five or less. The five populations of 20 or more flycatchers are located in California at Lake Isabella and at Camp Pendleton, in Arizona at Roosevelt Lake and at the lower San Pedro River, and in New Mexico on the upper Gila River. Destruction of the flycatcher territories at Lake Isabella in 1995 and in 1996 have seriously affected the Lake Isabella population, as well as the flycatcher population in general. The 1995 inundation at Lake Isabella destroyed at least seven flycatcher territories. The 1996 inundation not only destroyed even more flycatcher territories, the 1996 inundation also reduced reproduction among survivors. On July 26, 1995, Susan Ramos, Acting Chief, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Resources Branch asked Fish and Wildlife Service for permission to continue the ongoing inundation of flycatcher habitat at Lake Isabella. (Exhibit #1) Destruction of endangered species or the destruction of designated or proposed Critical Habitat is illegal. Ultimately, Colonel John Reese and Lt. Colonel Jack Scherer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District Engineers, and Chuck Williams, Kern River Water Master, chose to disobey the law. Reese and Scherer, as the leaders of the federal agency responsible for oversight and licensing of the operations at Lake Isabella, did not consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service before destroying Southwestern willow flycatcher territories or proposed Critical Habitat as required by law. Reese, Scherer, and Williams inundated and destroyed flycatchers and flycatcher habitat. The requirements of the Endangered Species Act are very clear: "INTERAGENCY COOPERATION...SEC. 7...(a) FEDERAL AGENCY ACTIONS AND CONSULTATIONS. - (1) The Secretary shall review other programs administered by him and utilize such programs in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. All other Federal agencies shall, in consultation with and with the assistance of the Secretary, utilize their authorities in furtherance of the purposes of this Act by carrying out programs for the conservation of endangered species and threatened species listed pursuant to section 4 of this Act. (2) Each Federal agency shall, in consultation with and with the assistance of the Secretary, insure that any action authorized, funded, or carried out by such agency (hereinafter in this section referred to as an "agency action") is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered species or threatened species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of habitat of such species which is determined by the Secretary, after consultation as appropriate with affected States, to be critical, unless such agency has been granted an exemption for such action by the Committee pursuant to subsection (h) of this section. In fulfilling the requirements of this paragraph each agency shall use the best scientific and commercial data available. (3) Subject to such guidelines as the Secretary may establish, a Federal agency shall consult with the Secretary on any prospective agency action at the request of, and in cooperation with, the prospective permit or license applicant if the applicant has reason to believe that an endangered species or a threatened species may be present in the area affected by his project and that implementation of such action will likely affect such species. (4) Each Federal agency shall confer with the Secretary on any agency action which is likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any species proposed to be listed under section 4 or result in the destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat proposed to be designated for such species..." Intentionally destroying federally protected wildlife is a crime under the Endangered Species Act: PROHIBITED ACTS...SEC. 9...(a) GENERAL. - (1) Except as provided in sections 6(g)(2) and 10 of this Act, with respect to any endangered species of fish or wildlife listed pursuant to section 4 of this Act it is unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to - ...(B) take any such species within the United States or the territorial sea of the United States;... PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT...SEC. 11...(a) CIVIL PENALTIES. - (1) Any person who knowingly violates, and any person engaged in business as an importer or exporter of fish, wildlife, or plants who violates, any provision of this Act, or any provision of any permit or certificate issued here under, or of any regulation issued in order to implement subsection (a)(1)(A), (B), (C), (D), (E), or (F), (a)(2)(A), (B), (C), or (D), (c), (d) (other than regulation relating to record keeping or filing of reports), (f), or (g) of section 9 of this Act, may be assessed a civil penalty by the Secretary of not more than $25,000 for each violation. (b) CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS. - (1) Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this Act, of any permit or certificate issued here under, or of any regulation issued in order to implement subsection (a)(1)(A), (B), (C), (D), (E), or (F); (a)(2)(A), (B), (C), or (D), (c), (d) (other than a regulation relating to record keeping, or filing of reports), (f), or (g) of section 9 of this Act shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Any person who knowingly violates any provision of any other regulation issued under this Act shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. Defrauding the government is a felony under 18 U.S.C. 1001 (Prohibition against fraud in a Government matter): "18 U.S.C. 1001: Prohibition against fraud in a Government matter...Whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals or covers up by any trick, scheme or device a material fact, or makes any false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or representations, or makes or use any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both." Conspiracy to defraud the government is also a felony under 18 U.S.C. 371: "18 U.S.C. 371: Conspiracy to defraud United States: If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both." By October 4, 1995, FWS was expressive concerning illegal "take," threat to the flycatcher population and limitation of future conservation options: "...because the numbers are so low, and there was unauthorized take in 1995 which posed a major threat to the population...the FWS for 1996 would not authorize take and would ask for management of the reservoir to avoid inundation of habitat..." (Exhibit #2: FWS Memorandum, October 4, 1995) By October 10, 1995, FWS issued further warming to the Army Corps: "...The population of southwestern willow flycatcher on the South Fork of the Kern River is one of only two stable nesting groups of this species occurring in California...The Service thinks that the operation and management of Isabella Reservoir, including the proposed temporary encroachment, will result in "take". Without the implementation of adequate mitigation measures the action could preclude survival and recovery of the species..." (Exhibit #3: FWS correspondence, October 10, 1995 to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) No mitigation measures were implemented. By December 15, 1995, there is evidence that John Garamendi, Deputy Secretary of the Interior was openly and intimately involved. A FWS "Daily Record of Events" for Friday, December 15, 1995 states: "...I told Garamendi that there are only about 300 pairs left with 36 of these at Isabella & last year there was take of 7 pairs..." (Exhibit #4: FWS Daily Record of Events, December 15, 1995) On January 22, 1996, in a FWS Briefing Statement, the fact that illegal inundation of Lake Isabella had occurred was again confirmed: "In 1995 seven nests were known to be inundated due to high reservoir levels...The Service believes that annual inundation of habitat without mitigation measures during the breeding season may jeopardize the continued existence of the flycatcher by inundating approximately 1300 acres of breeding habitat (willow-cottonwood riparian) and directly causing "take" of 10 to 35 nesting pairs due to inundation of nest sites. Recent status reviews considered extirpation from California to be possible and at current population levels, with continuing threats, extinction is foreseeable." (Exhibit #5: FWS Briefing Statement, 1/22/96) By January 30, 1996, Garamendi's involvement resulted in documented consequence. Instead of lowering levels of Lake Isabella, the Bakersfield Californian reported that no law would get in the way of storing water: "The federal government will allow Isabella Lake to be filled to the brim this year, despite possible drowning of endangered Southwestern Willow Flycatchers. John Garamendi, a former California legislator, called the announcement a significant, common sense, win-win agreement... Last year, when the lake neared its 5700, acre-foot potential, water levels rose high enough to inundate 10 flycatcher eggs..." (Exhibit #6: Bakersfield Californian, Jim Carnal, 1/30/96) On February 1, 1996, Watermaster Williams wrote Garamendi: "With your leadership and direct intervention we have hopefully taken that first step towards securing, on a long-term basis, continued operation of Isabella Reservoir for water conservation purposes without disruption due to the Endangered Species Act." (Exhibit #7: correspondence, Watermaster to Garamendi, 2/1/96) On January 30, 1996, Watermaster Williams' attorney, Scott Kuney wrote to the Fish and Wildlife Service: "I wanted to write you this letter while memories of yesterdays meeting with Assistant Secretary Garamendi, Congressman Dooley, Colonel Scherer, the Kern River Watermaster, yourself and others, are still fresh in everyone's minds...To recap, with regard to the 1996 water year...No restrictions or conditions will be imposed on Isabella Reservoir operations. Any required avoidance, minimization or mitigation measures will be provided through alternative management techniques and not by adjustments to flood control or water conservation procedures.." (Exhibit #8: correspondence, Scott Kuney to FWS official Wayne White, 1/30/96) Because illegal inundation of Lake Isabella continued throughout 1995, options for actions in 1996 were now limited. This was confirmed in a FWS Memorandum, dated January 30, 1996: "...due to unauthorized take of 7 pairs during WY 1995, we could not afford to authorize any take this year - it would be a jeopardy situation..." (Exhibit #9: FWS Memorandum, 1/30/96) On February 2, 1996, the involvement of Katie McGinty, Clinton Administration Director of the Council on Environmental Quality became obvious. A memo from Garamendi to McGinty is clear: "Katie...Lake Isabella is taken care of..." (Exhibit #10: correspondence, John Garamendi to Katie McGinty, 2/2/96) By February 5, 1995 attorneys for water storage advocates at Lake Isabella, again confirmed Garamendi's involvement: "Feedback from Sunday mtg, on this has been good - They are looking for your follow through & supervision" (Exhibit #11: Facsimile memo, Bronson Van Wyck and Company, Bakersfield, John Garamendi, 2/5/96) By May 16, 1996, when the Fish & Wildlife Service forwarded the Biological Opinion to the Army Corps of Engineers, destruction of flycatchers and proposed Critical Habitat was no longer to be avoided for 1996. The May 16, 1996, FWS Biological Opinion states: "...Water management alternatives to avoid impacts to southwestern willow flycatchers were not addressed after January 29, 1996, when representatives of the Department of the Interior, the Corps, and the Service, made a public statement that such alternatives would not be considered for the 1996 water year..." (Exhibit #12: FWS Biological Opinion, 5/16/96) Obviously, Garamendi, and apparently McGinty and Dooley, interfered with the ability of the Fish and Wildlife Service to obey its legal mandate to protect the Southwestern willow flycatcher and its habitat. These actions conflict with several laws. Preordaining the result of an agency's consultative process is illegal. Pursuant to the Endangered Species Act, 50 C.F.R. Sec. 402.14(h)(3) states: "...A "jeopardy" biological opinion shall include reasonable and prudent alternatives, if any. If the Service is unable to develop such alternatives, it will indicate that to the best of its knowledge there are no reasonable and prudent alternatives." Violating 50 C.F.R. 402.14(h)(3) by Garamendi, and apparently McGinty and Dooley, also violates 18 U.S.C. 1505 ("Obstruction of proceedings before agencies"), as well as the 18 U.S.C. statutes noted above (18 U.S.C. 1001 Fraud in a Government matter, and 18 U.S.C. 371 Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States). 18 U.S.C. 1505: Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees states: "Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication influences, obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, obstruct or impede the due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United States, or the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either House, or any committee of either House or any joint committee of the Congress-- Shall be fined not more than $5000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both." We look forward to the results of your investigation and prosecution. We trust that the Justice Department will help remedy the tragic actions documented in this correspondence. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Robin Silver, M.D., Conservation Chair, SWCBD, P.O. Box 39629, Phoenix, AZ 85069-9629; Ph.: 602 246 4170. Sincerely, Robin D. Silver, M.D. Conservation Chair --------- "RE: Poem: Trouble" --------- Date: 22 Apr 1996 16:53:09 GMT From: JHB4450@utalrg.uta.edu(Joseph Sky Turtle) Subj: Trouble UUCP email Great Spirit I'm troubled >From every side, Do you know where I can hide? Go to the Coyote, Great Spirit replied, >From your trouble He'll Teach you to hide. So off I went Feeling just fine Until I met Coyote Tangled in a vine. How did you get there Coyote my friend? And why do I smell Trouble in the wind? Great Spirit how do I Get free from this vine? You should have heard That Coyote's smooth line! Ha! said Great Spirit, Coyote did just fine. When the vine sets you free You'll know Coyote is but me. Don't hide from your trouble, Or how will you see, That like Coyote The vine is just me. There's much trouble In this universe of mine, Stay where your at And we'll both solve it in time. JST --------- "RE: Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days" --------- Date: 97/03/16 11:17 From: Debra F. Sanders Subj: Hawaiian Book of Days genie email A HAWAIIAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of March 30-April 5 MALAKI (March) (Nana) 30 Stone remains when all else passes away. 31 Build to preserve, not to destroy. APELILA (April) (Welo) April was the last of the 6 months in the Hoo-ilo, or Winter, period of ancient times, which ran from November through April. 1 The earth's magic is a gift of wonder. 2 Never abandon your dreams. 3 Memories dwell within the soul. 4 Return to the places of childhood -- there is your cycle renewed. 5 Happiness and fulfillment are found only in our own hearts. (c) Copyright 1991 by D. F. Sanders Me ke aloha i ka nani, ... Moe'uhanekeanuenue (With love and beauty, ... Rainbow Dream) --------- "RE: Conferences and Powwows - offline" --------- Date: Thu, 27 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: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 12:04:38 GMT From: woodowl@aol.com Subj: "Bring Peltier Home" Tour Comes to Richmond, VA, April 20 Newsgroups: apc.indig.info,soc.culture.native,alt.native "Bring Peltier Home" Campaign Tour Comes to Richmond, VA The "Bring Peltier Home" Spring Tour, featuring Dennis Banks of the American Indian Movement, will be coming to the University of Richmond, Sunday, April 20, 7-10 PM. Accompanied by several Native musicians and other entertainers, Banks is headlining a road tour that stops in several Eastern Seaboard cities this spring, educating the public about the Leonard Peltier case, and supporting the national drive for President Clinton to grant executive clemency. Peltier was wrongly convicted of the shooting deaths of two U.S. government agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in 1975, and sentenced to two life sentences. Seventeen years after his conviction, the government admitted it "really doesn't know" who shot their agents. Locally sponsored by the University of Richmond's ITTOYHA: Interest in Native American Cultures, and by the Gottwald Speakers' Board, the Richmond tour stop will be held at the Camp Concert Hall in the Modlin Center for the Arts on the University of Richmond campus. Local entertainers, including the Soy Hero group, and local Native drummers and dancers will open the show, followed by tour entertainers Bernard Peoples, Geraldine Harte, Heath St. John, and Star Nayea. Dennis Banks, an AIM contemporary of Peltier and a Native activist since the 1970's, will outline Peltier's case history and cite federal documents pointing to Peltier's innocence. For more information about the University of Richmond tour stop, contact local coordinator Bryan Small at 804-662-3016. For more information about the Peltier case, read "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse" by Peter Matthiessen, rent the Robert Redford video documentary "Incident at Oglala", visit the Peltier web site at http://www.unicom.net/peltier/index.html, and contact the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee at 913-842-5774. For additional information about the "Bring Peltier Home" Spring Clemency Tour, contact the Tour office at 606-431-2346. ----------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:31:02 -0500 From: ishgooda@tdi.net Subj: SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL AIM CONFERENCE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT MIDDLE TENNESSEE SUPPORT GROUP MICHAEL SIMS, CHAIRPERSON SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL AIM CONFERENCE HOSTED BY THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE AIM SUPPORT GROUP WHEN: MAY 22TH-MAY 25TH WHERE: Red Boilings Springs, Tennessee The Middle Tennessee AIM Support Group would like to announce the upcoming Southeastern Regional Conference and extend an invitation to all. May 22-23 will be set aside for discussions and forums with AIM chapters and support groups and those wishing to form a chapter or support group. An open forum will be held on May 24th, at Deerwood Amphitheater with Dennis Banks, AIM National Field Director presiding. Closing discussions are to be held on the 25th. Primitive camping will be available. There are several turn of the century hotels and health spas available at very reasonable rates. For further information about Red Boiling Springs or hotel accommodations check http://ucbd.com/go/RBS/rbs-biz.htm. We are asking for reservations and donations. Any assistance from those planning to attend would also be greatly appreciated. For further information contact: Michael Sims (615) 621-3361 or dragonfly@multipro.com Jody Willett (205) 379-4837 or swillet@ro.com We are looking forward to seeing you there. This is an event whose time has come and you are the ones who will make it happen. ----------------------------------- Date: 23 Mar 1997 16:33:38 -0800 From: jburrows@halcyon.com (Center For World Indigenous Studies) Subj: CWIS Seminar Announcement Newsgroups: alt.native Announcing Two Seminars in Fourth World Studies Center for World Indigenous Studies FOURTH WORLD INSTITUTE Presents COLLAPSING STATES AND RE-EMERGENT NATIONS With Dr. Rudolph C. Ryser May 2-4, 1997 June 20-22, 1997 Santa Rosa Junior College First Nations House Santa Rosa, CA USA University of Toronto Toronto, ONT CANADA 1 Evening, 2 Days 1 Evening, 2 Days If you wish to apply to attend a Seminar then complete the application below, print it out and send it with your payments to CWIS-Fourth World Institute, P.O. Box 1064 Occidental, California 95465. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WHAT IS THE SEMINAR ABOUT? This seminar provides an intensive, interdisciplinary examination of the clash between the culture of nations and the idea of the state in the new international political climate after the 50 Years Cold War. The (pre)dominant world view in the "new world order" has traditionally focused on analysis that proceeds from a states position, with all the priorities and rights it accords itself as a corporate construct ruled by central authority. States rely on the ideas of mutually recognized sovereignty, military defense of artificial boundaries and suppression of cultural diversity of nations. Cultural resistance, environmental breakdown, social instability, economic breakdown, military power and levels of external threat are explained as factors in the breakdown of states. Nations, persistent peoples with a common and shared culture (cult: worship; ure: earth), acting as distinct cultural personalities contribute by their actions to the continued expansion or increasingly abrupt breakup of political states. Recent historical examples include Soviet Union, Somalia, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, and Lebanon. Conventional ideological lines, both left and right, fail to account for the Fourth World perspective on divergent forces of the state witnessed, for example, during the war in Nicaragua and its social and environmental impact on the Meskito, Sumo and Rama Indians. Lectures and discussion proceed from the perspective of Fourth World nations, their territories and resources and their willingness to resist or cooperate with the state. We examine how the success or failure of culture, the dynamic and evolving relationship between a people, the land, environment and the cosmos affects whether a state expands, breaks down, or collapses. SIMULATION DIPLOMACY: Participants engage in a stimulating experiential game called "Mental States," an opportunity for cross-cultural learning about Fourth World nations and the role of environmental preservation in the expansion or collapse of states. Participants have the opportunity to directly examine their personal identification with nations and/or states and how it impacts their world views. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ABOUT THE SEMINAR This seminar is limited to 35 people, and is designed as an intensive learning and experiential practicum structured and flexibly responsive to the academic and professional interests of the participants. The seminar begins with a Friday evening Public Lecture, and then continues for two intensive days. Participants will be able to: * Understand the relationship between Fourth World nations and international states as a factor (along side environment, economics, social order, military power and levels of external threat) determining whether states continue to expand, breakdown or collapse. * Understand the relationship between culture and environmental balance to ensure environmental security. * Explain the differences between nations and states and understand the major elements of contention between them. * Identify 3 European nations, 3 western hemispheric nations, 3 African nations and 3 Asian and Melanesian nations and comment on their relationship to the state. * Present at least one constructive alternative approach to establishing a relationship of coexistence between nations and states. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE? International Affairs professionals and students, Nation and State government officials in foreign affairs, native administration, international policy formulation and diplomacy, academics, activist and non-governmental organization representatives concerned with geography, anthropology, environmental studies, international relations, political science, sociology, cross-cultural relations, government administration as well as interdisciplinary researchers, faculty and graduate students. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WHERE WILL THE SEMINAR CONVENE? SANTA ROSA SITE: The Public Lecture and Seminar will convene on the campus of the Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa, California TORONTO, CANADA SITE: The Public Lecture and Seminar will convene on the campus of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario CANADA ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WHEN WILL THE SEMINAR CONVENE? SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE SITE: Public Lecture: Friday, May 2 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm Seminar Sessions: Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4 from 9:00am to 5:00pm UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SITE: Public Lecture: Friday, June 20 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm Seminar Sessions: Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22 from 9:00am to 5:00pm ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WHO IS SPONSORING THE SEMINAR? The Center for World Indigenous Studies-Fourth World Institute is an American Indian controlled research and education organization dedicated to the advancement of indigenous peoples' ideas and knowledge. Founded in 1984, CWIS elaborates national and international policy and through the Fourth World Institute conducts continuing education seminars and workshops in Fourth World Studies: Geopolitics, history, philosophy, human ecology, Traditional Medicine, and development. The Institute for Environmental Education and the Intercultural/ Global Studies Committee jointly serve as sponsoring hosts on the campus of Santa Rosa Junior College. The First Nations House serves as sponsoring host on the campus of the University of Toronto. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WHO IS TEACHING THE SEMINAR? Dr. Rudolph C. Ryser earned a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Union Institute. The principal architect of the discipline of Fourth World Geopolitics, Dr. Ryser (Cowlitz Indian Tribe) founded the Center for World Indigenous Studies in 1984 with Grand Chief George Manuel (Secwepemc Nation). Dr. Ryser served as negotiations advisor to resolve conflicts between indigenous governments and states in the United States, Canada, the Russian Federation, Nicaragua, Australia and Indonesia. Currently teaching university students and faculty in seminars worldwide, his research focuses on a wide variety of topics including the Anti-Indian Movement in the United States and Canada, land and water rights, political sovereignty, terrorism, cultural diversity and environmental issues including nuclear waste dumping in the Fourth World. Early in his career Dr. Ryser served in a variety of public policy, research, economic development and intergovernmental relations posts including Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians, the Small Tribes Organization of Western Washington, Special Assistant to the President of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples and Specialist on Federal Administration of Indian Affairs for the American Indian Policy Review Commission. He participated in the proceedings of the U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Populations and served as the Rapporteur drafting the International Covenant on the Rights of Indigenous Nations. He has addressed policy conferences of the Quinault Indian Nation, Lummi Indian Nation, Western Shoshone, National Aboriginal Council and Treaty Six Chiefs, and has lectured at the University of California - Berkeley, Evergreen State College. He is the author of four books and 50 journal articles and essay contributions to anthologies. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ TUITION, FEES, LODGING, TRAVEL HOUSING AND FOOD: Lodging and meals at nearby hotels and restaurants are available at reasonable rates. Supplemental information about specific hotels and restaurants will be provided upon registration TRAVEL: Santa Rosa is 60 minutes north of San Francisco using Highway 101. Shuttle flights (United Express) from San Francisco Airport arrive daily at the Santa Rosa Airport, 10 minutes from the Seminar site. TUITION & FEES: $250 (US) A non-refundable deposit of $50 is due 21 days prior to the start of the program. Full payment is due 2 weeks in advance. Upon receipt of your deposit you will receive a comprehensive packet containing a detailed schedule, seminar readings and materials. People wishing to attend only the Fri. lecture may do so for $10.00 General Admission and $5.00 for Students. Make checks payable to C.W.I.S. Fees Include: Tuition, course materials, Introductory Lecture, seminar lectures, supervised study. [Certain educational and professional advancement expenses may be tax deductible in the United States.] For more Information contact Center for World Indigenous Studies Fourth World Institute P.O. Box 1064 Occidental, CA 95465 Telephone: 707/869-3137 Email: cwislka@wco.com ^^^^^^^^^^^ APPLICATION Please fill out (PRINT) and return with your payment to the above address. If you have questions please do not hesitate to call or email. 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Box 1064 Occidental, CA 95465 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// John Burrows, Executive Director Center For World Indigenous Studies PGP Key 0xEE26CD6D available http://www.halcyon.com/FWDP/fwdp.html on key servers or via finger ====================================================================== Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 14:31:02 -0600 From: berryj@okway.okstate.edu (John Berry) Subj: 4th Annual Keeper of the Plains Pow wow, Enid, OK 4TH Annual Keeper of the Plains Pow wow A Native American Celebration April 19-20, 1997 Convention Hall Enid, Oklahoma HEAD STAFF: MC: Curtis Zunigha Head Man Dancer: Howard Todome, Jr. Head Lady Dancer: Salina Todome Host Drum: Rockin Horse Area Directors: Dennis Black & Josh Norman CONTEST CATEGORIES: Men & Junior Boys Women & Junior Girls Traditional Buckskin Straight/Grass Cloth Fancy Fancy Shawl/Jingle Men's & Women's Golden Age Tiny Tots Contest will be judged on the point system. Grand Entry times: Saturday, 1:00pm & 7:00pm; Sunday, 1:00pm CONTACTS: Linday Bolin, (405)237-6444 Arts & Crafts Bob Alwert, (405)234-8456 Concessions Marie Childs, (405)233-7509 Dance Contest John Norman, (405)233-8469 General Information GENERAL ADMISSION: $3.00 per day Co-Hosted by Keeper of the Plains & Enid Intertribal ====================================================================== Date: 21 Mar 1997 20:23:46 -0500 From: NativeEvents@caraveo.com Newsgroups: alt.native These NEW event listings have been forwarded to you by the Native Events Calendar Visit us at http://www.caraveo.com/native/ Note: The state codes may not be correct for Mexico and Canada listings ---------------------------------------------------------------- David LaSarte 05/11/1997 State: CA Country: USA Type: Other Subj: USA/CA-David LaSarte Stick Game (aka Hand Game, Bone Game) Tournament $9,000 in Prize Money at Stanford Pow Wow May 10 & 11, 1997 Mother's Day Weekend Prizes 1st Place - $5,000 2nd Place - $2,000 3rd Place - $1,250 4th Place - $750 Registration Information - Contact Dave LaSarte (415) 949-1782 - Entry Fee: $300 per team (minimum 4 players per team) - Tournament begins: Saturday, May 10, 11:00AM - Registration Deadline: Saturday, May 10, 9:00AM - Pre-Register and get 4 FREE Stanford Pow Wow caps Sponsored by: The Stanford American Indian Organization P.O. Box 2990 Stanford, CA 94309 (415) 725-6947 FAX (415) 725-6900 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stanford Stick Game Tournament 05/11/1997 State: CA Country: USA Type: Other Stick Game (Hand Game/Bone Game) Tournament $9,000 in Prize Money at Stanford Pow Wow May 10 & 11, 1997 Mother's Day Weekend Prizes 1st Place - $5,000 2nd Place - $2,000 3rd Place - $1,250 4th Place - $750 Registration Information - Contact Dave LaSarte (415) 949-1782 - Entry Fee: $300 per team (minimum 4 players per team) - Tournament begins: Saturday, May 10, 11:00AM - Registration Deadline: Saturday, May 10, 9:00AM - Pre-Register and get 4 FREE Stanford Pow Wow caps Sponsored by: The Stanford American Indian Organization P.O. Box 2990 Stanford, CA 94309 (415) 725-6947 FAX (415) 725-6900 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Annual Corpus Christi Intertribal Pow-Wow, Arts & Craft 9/27/1997 State: TX Country: USA Type: Powwow September 27, 28, 1997 4th Annual Corpus Christi Intertribal Pow-Wow, Arts & Craft Memorial Coliseum 402 S Shoreline Corpus Christi, Texas Prizes and contest for Dancers and Drummers Head Staff to be announced Venders & General information please contact: Carol 512-985-8208, Vivian 512-883-9980 or LaDonna 512-991-3063 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Native American & Southwestern Arts and Craft Exhibition 3/29/1997 State: TX Country: USA Type: Other March 29th and 30th 1997 1st Native American & Southwestern Arts and Craft Exhibition Memorial Coliseum 402 S. Shoreline Corpus Christi, Texas For information call 512-883-9980 ask for Vivian "Exhibition Dancing and Drumming ---------------------------------------------------------------- Northern Cherokee of Old Louisiana Territory 6/29/1997 State: MO Country: USA Type: Powwow Traditional POW-WOW June 27,28,and 29,1997 Boone County Fair Grounds Columbia,Missouri for more info,call 1-800-250-8694 ---------------------------------------------------------------- OUR HOUSE TO YOUR HOUSE 6/29/1997 State: NY Country: USA Type: Other OUR HOUSE TO YOUR HOUSE Issues of Land Base and Homelessness Art Exhibition includes work by: Jill Brumfield, Jim Denomie, Alan Michelson, Kent Monkman, Allan Wesaquate JAN 24 - MAR 29, 1997 American Indian Community House Gallery/Museum 708 Broadway New York, NY 10003 212.598.0100 EXT. 241 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ALL VETERANS HONORING POW WOW 9/1/1997 State: MN Country: USA Type: Powwow ALL VETERANS An INTERNATIONAL reunion will be held August 25 thru Labor Day, Sept. 1, 1997 Grand Rapids, Minnesota at the Itasca County Fairgrounds ALL VETERANS HONORING POW WOW Thursday, August 28, 1997 For vistor/camping information 1-800-472-6366 Vendor Information FAX 1-218-326-4825 Other Questions: Contact either co-chair Brian Carlson 1-218-327-1522 John Tinquist 1-218-328-6240 Or write: 1st International all-Veterans Reunion Committee P.O. Box 364 Grand Rapids, Minnesota 55744 ---------------------------------------------------------------- CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT 4/9/1997 State: NE Country: USA Type: Powwow 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- 25th Annual Symposium on the American Indian 4/5/1997 State: OK Country: USA Type: Other 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. "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 For further information see: www.nsuok.edu/native/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- OYATE Spring Powwow 4/13/1997 State: CO Country: USA Type: Powwow The most important event will be the spring pow-wow. On April 12th and 13th, Oyate will be sponsoring a pow-wow which will be held at the Coors Events Center on the CU Boulder Campus. Check back for grand entry times and further details. ---------------------------------------------------------------- North Bay Clan Memorial Day Pow-wow 05/22/1997 State: FL Country: USA Type: Powwow May 22-25 1997 All activities begin 9:30am each day Drum:Buffalo Singers Head Man Dancer: Ron Mosher Head Lady Dancer: Edna Landers No pets, drugs, alcohol. Prim. camping avail. for small donation. Vendor set up $50. plus donation for Auction, Elect. extra. More information call or write Chief Lonzo Woods POBOX 687 Lynn Haven Fl. 32444 or call (904) 763-6717 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Native American Cultural Weekend 07/13/1997 State: NH Country: USA Type: Other 5th Annual Native American Cultural Weekend Cultural Exchange Weekend which is a celebration of art song & dance. We have added a historic lecture series and have included contemporary Native musicians of todays world to give the public the correct awareness of the Native People of yesterday and today. everyone invited. $2.00 adult and children under 11 free July 12 and 13, 9 AM - 7 PM Twin Mountain, New Hampsire for more info call me directly at 603-869-3326 or for lodging info call 1-800-245-TWIN ---------------------------------------------------------------- Native American Cultural Weekend 7/13/1997 State: NH Country: USA Type: Other 5th Annual Native American Cultural Weekend July 12 and 13, 1997 Twin Mountain, N.H. Call organizer Nancy 603-869-3326 Lodging info 1-800-245-Twin Historic Lecture Series Grand entry at noon Contemporary Music when drummers and dancers break July 12th 8 PM special evening performance by Percy and Jason Tuesday from Manitoba. Awards recipients: Roland Harris Chairman of Mohegan Tribe Tantoo Cardinal Marvin Burnett Nelson Tsosie also: Three drum groups dancers Jingle Dress, Fancy, Grass, Traditional and more Other artist: 40 venders Howard Lyons Mohawk singer songwriter Inca Sapi and South American dancers Daybreak ---------------------------------------------------------------- Native American Cultural Weekend 07/13/1997 State: NH Country: USA Type: Other 5th Annual Native American Cultural Weekend July 12 and 13, 1997 Twin Mountain, N.H. Call organizer Nancy 603-869-3326 Lodging info 1-800-245-Twin Historic Lecture Series Grand entry at noon Contemporary Music when drummers and dancers break July 12th 8 PM special evening performance by Percy and Jason Tuesday from Manitoba. Awards recipients: Roland Harris Chairman of Mohegan Tribe Tantoo Cardinal Marvin Burnett Nelson Tsosie also: Three drum groups dancers Jingle Dress, Fancy, Grass, Traditional and more Other artist: 40 venders Howard Lyons Mohawk singer songwriter Inca Sapi and South American dancers Daybreak --------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 15:57:08 -0500 From: ishgooda@tdi.net Subj: FREE LEONARD PELTIER BENEFIT SATURDAY , MARCH 22, 1997 WHERE: Cass Cafe 4620 Cass Ave Detroit, Michigan WHEN: 9PM $1 DONATION call: 313-813-1400 Donations go to Leonard Peltier Defense committee PO BOX 583 Lawrence, Kansas SPONSORED BY KALAMAZOO LPDC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 10:23:45 -0500 From: NAT-FILM Announce Subj: Call for entries: Virginia Film Festival Mailing List: NAT-FILM Acknowledgements to Dr. JAY RUBY - Temple University ----------------------------------------------------- James C. Scales Asst. Director, Virginia Film Festival http://www.virginia.edu/~vafilm Asst. Business Manager, Dept. of Drama http://www.virginia.edu/~drama Contact James Scales at (804) 982-5279 for more information Call For Entries: 1997 Virginia Film Festival The tenth annual Virginia Film Festival, to be held from October 30-November 2, 1997, announces its annual call for entries. The Virginia Festival features independent media among a diverse variety of classics and feature premieres, and invites filmmakers to participate in stimulating discussions with academic and general audiences. Special consideration will be given to films relating to the Festival's annual theme, Caged: Images of Imprisonment and Freedom, although a thematic tie is not mandatory. Filmmakers such as Ross McElwee, Christine Choy, Mark Rappaport, and Su Friedrich have particiapted in past events. The Festival is soliciting 16mm and 35mm films as well as videos and CD-ROM's of all genres and lengths, completed after August 1996. Entries, on VHS or CD-ROM, must be received by July 1, 1997. Contact for entry form: Virginia Film Festival, Drama Department, Culbreth Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, call 1-800-UVA-FEST, or e-mail to FILMFEST@virginia.edu. ________________________________ by NAT-FILMgroup, UNAT & UNITED Native American Television Broadcast Council. Ask about the NAT-IMATION native language vcr/TV/web group--> Info@UNAT.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 06:09:43 -0700 (MST) From: Get your Keepers of the Fire Raffle tickets now! GREAT prizes - $1 ea Subj: Pow Wow info. Please post/forward/share/disseminate/copy/etc. KEEPERS OF THE FIRE ANIMALS, OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS 16th Annual Spring Pow Wow University of Wyoming April 5 & 6 _________________________________________________________________ Keepers of the Fire is the American Indian Club at the University of Wyoming Two of the exciting events that are held each year are the Autumn Fest, November 24-29 and the Annual Spring Pow Wow. Master of Ceremonies Lloyd Topsky, Chippewa-Cree Arena Director Wayland Bonatsie, Eastern Shoshone Visiting Host Drum Spirit Mountain Singers, Ojibwe Honor Drum River Bottom Jr.'s, Northern Arapahoe Head Man Wilifred Ferris, Eastern Shoshone Head Woman Miss Jicarilla Apache, Candy Paiz Color Gaurd Richard Pogue Post 81, Ft. Washakie Saturday 10:30am-12:30pm Gourd Dancing - Kitahaki Singers 1:00pm & 7:00pm Grand Entry Sunday 10:30am-12:30pm Gourd Dancing - Kitahaki Singers 1:00pm Grand Entry "One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk." Tashuunka Witko (Crazy Horse) _________________________________________________________________ Categories Adult Golden Age Division 50 and older Men's & Women's Adult Division 19-49 Men's & Women's Fancy Men's & Women's Traditional Teen Division 13-18 Boy's and Girl's Fancy Boy's and Girl's Traditional Junior Division 7-12 Boy's and Girl's Fancy Boy's and Girl's Traditional Childern 6-younger Sat & Sun Sponsorship Package Vendor Information is available: Ralph@UWyo.edu, Morris@UWyo.edu, visit UW Homepage _________________________________________________________________ Date: 18 Mar 1997 19:41:23 -0500 From: NativeEvents@caraveo.com Subj: USA/NM-Native American Youth Art Contest Newsgroups: alt.native This NEW event listing has been forwarded to you by the Native Events Calendar Visit us at http://www.caraveo.com/native/ Note: The state codes may not be correct for Mexico and Canada listings ---------------------------------------------------------------- Native American Youth Art Contest 04/15/1997 State: NM Country: USA Type: Other National Call for Native American Youth Art. Three entries will be chosen for the launch of Warrior Apparel's Premier children's line of clothing. Warrior Apparel is 100 Native American owned (Santa Ana Pueblo) and is found in 47 states, 10 foreign countries and JC Penney's across the US. Substantial publicity is expected for the winners in addition to: $100.00 Cash, 1 dozen Warrior Apparel T's ($240 Retail value), and a $100.00 Art supply package. Ages 18 and under are eligible. Must be a recognized of an Alaskan or Native American tribal member. Categories include drawings, paintings, and graphic arts and be themed accordingly to the artist's heritage. Please include: Name; School; Age; Grade; Tribe; Hometown; and mailing address. For more information please call Melissa Sanchez at 1-800-867-4206. Thank You! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 21:30:18 PST Subj: Blackjack Mountain Festival Blackjack Mountain Native American Festival and Buckskinner's Rendezvous Proceeds will be donated to Wapaha Canku Luta Foundation, South Dakota. April 12-13, Tyus, Georgia (west of Carrollton). For more info - call 770-528-9197. ===================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- 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: Cetan Mato Lutah, Steven C. Schiavi, Kieran Suckling via Robin Silver, Louise Benally via Andrea Lord, John Brent Musgrave(Public Declaration), Riwaasa/Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty, Friso Koopmans, James BlueWolf, Bison Advocacy Project via Joe Don Chipps, Helen Engle, Debra F. Sanders, Joseph Sky Turtle, Janet Smith, Joe Campagna, Larry Kibby, National Commission for Democracy in Mexico, Larry Innes, Bernadette Chato -//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Part B of this newsletter has already been distributed via the NATIVE-L or NATCHAT mailing lists. --------- "RE: Conferences and Powwows - online" --------- Date: Thu, 27 March 97 08:00 -0500 From: Janet Smith (evestar@juno.com) Subj: Upcoming conferences and powwows already posted to Mailing Lists NATCHAT or NATIVE-L UUCP email Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:09:35 -0800 From: ismith@unixg.ubc.ca (Isla Smith) Subj: Indigenous Perspectives Workshop (Vancouver, B.C., 15-18 June 97) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) We would like to announce an upcoming event: Indigenous Perspectives in Forestry Education Workshop University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 15 to 18 June 1997 Participants from around the world will come together to create two products: - A working network to foster communication and support - A resource guide for adding Indigenous perspectives to forestry education. Participants will include Indigenous, academic, industry, government, and community representatives. Keynote speaker: Dr. Gregory A. Cajete Dr. Cajete is of Indigenous descent (Pueblo) with extensive international experience in assisting others to design and deliver culturally relevant environmental education. Panel presentations and breakout discussion groups will address 4 topics: 1. Making it Happen 2. Program design 3. Curriculum models 4. Program delivery Interested in attending? Want more information? Please visit our web site at: http://www.forestry.ubc.ca/firstnat/workshop.html or contact: plackett@unixg.ubc.ca Pass the message on! -- Isla Smith BC Forestry Continuing Studies Network Faculty of Forestry 270 - 2357 Main Mall University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Tel: (604) 822-9282 Fax: (604) 822-3106 ----------------------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 15:59:05 -0500 From: wasicuwin@qed.net (Sandy Sunderland) Subj: "Bring Peltier Home" schedule for NY/NJ region Mailing List: NATIVE-L (na