From gars@netcom.com Sat Jul 26 05:02:42 1997 Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 20:55:20 -0700 From: Gary Night Owl To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Subject: Wotanging Ikche--nanews05.030 _ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' O ____ _ , ___ _ , ___ O o O / ' ) / / ) ' ) / / ' O o O / /-< / /--/ /-- VOLUME 05, ISSUE 030 O o o o o O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 26 July 1997 O o O KANOHEDA ANIYVWIYA Otapi'sin Atsinikiisinaakssin O o O Es'te Opunvk'vmucvse ni-mah-mi-kwa-zoo-min 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 NAT-FILM, Paths-L & Native-L lists; Newsgroups: apc.indig.info,soc.culture.native,alt.native; UUCP email; North American Spirit Lodge; Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty 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://aises.uthscsa.edu/94_dis.html 1995: http://aises.uthscsa.edu/95_dis.html 1996: http://aises.uthscsa.edu/96_dis.html 1997: http://aises.uthscsa.edu/97_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. "My father went on talking to me in a low voice. This is how our people always talk to their children, so low and quiet, the child thinks he is dreaming. But he never forgets." __Maria Chona, Papago +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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! We are on the first leg of journey. You are receiving the newsletter when I was able to send it out. The station in question in the following message has since issued a public apology; but I include it to remind you there is a perception among many of the dominant society that Indians are "not quite as good", "not really that far removed from savage", "not really worthy of respect and dignity". It is this thinking that grants these people to think stereotypes of Native People is OK, Indians make good mascots, and treaties made way back before the turn of the century don't have any real meaning today. Date: 15 Jul 1997 19:30:28 GMT From: aimfl@aol.com (Aimfl) Subj: WQYK Racist Commentary Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native The American Indian Movement of Florida is critically concerned regarding racist commentary made yesterday (7/14) on WQYK-FM of the Tampa-St. Petersburg market. On the Tom & Rita show they were discussing the wedding of singer Marty Stewart on the Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota Reservation. Tom asked, "What is he doing with those Indians, getting drunk." Rita responded he was probably getting high using the Pipe. WQYK was the subject of a 1995 Florida AIM campaign when their weatherman said he was "speaking Indian" when he failed to use conjunctive phrases. Florida AIM today (7/15) has called upon WQYK to issue an on-air apology to the Indian people of the Tampa Bay area. If they fail to do so we will take appropriate action which will include a write/call in campaign. Anyone interested in assisting such a campaign please email the Florida AIM Information Office at SGMAIMFL@aol.com Peace! Night Owl , , Gary Night Owl gars@netcom.com (*,*) P. O. Box 672168 gars@nanews.org (`-') Marietta, GA 30067, U.S.A. gars@igc.apc.org ===w=w=== gars@bellsouth.net Fax: 770-528-9643 gars@juno.com ----------- News of the people featured in this issue ---------- Part A: Usenet and e-mail Part B: NATIVE-L list - Peltier Lobby Campaign - Conferences and Powwows - online - Big Mountain Report - Bear Lincoln Murder Case - Wal-Mart - Bear Says Cops Plan to Kill Him - Kidnapped and No Law Broken - Mexico: Second Phase-Action Alert - Notice of Intent to Repatriate - Chiapas School Update - Spoils of War/Repatriation - Court Rules Against Innu/Inuit - Keepers of the Fire at Onondaga - Menominee & Mining Impacts Office - Gustafsen Lake Inquiry Petition - Sulfide Mining Moratorium Tour - New Journal: Tribalectronics - Kickapoo Nation Summit - Moise River Alert - Full Circle - A Hundred Years Ago - Poem: The Shadows - Respect Among Natural People - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days - Conferences and Powwows - offline --------- "RE: Peltier Lobby Campaign" --------- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 97 08:04:41 GMT From: lpdc@idir.net (Peltier Defense Committee) Subj: Peltier Lobby Campaign Newsgroups: soc.culture.native,alt.native WASHINGTON, DC -- OCTOBER LOBBY CAMPAIGN!!! The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee and Leonard Peltier Freedom Campaign are organizing our FOURTH Washington, DC event to support Executive Clemency: The October Lobby Campaign. In 1994 Peltier Weekend saw several thousand supporters marching and protesting at Lafayette Park led by spiritual leaders Arvol Looking Horse, Louie Irwin, and Joe Chasing Horse. Musical performers included Kris Kristofferson. 1995's Freedom Forum saw three days worth of press coverage on C Span and in major newspapers like The Washington Post and USA Today. Events included a forum and press conference during which supporters were able to hear former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, NCAI Vice President Ernie Stevens, Jr, Congressmen Bill Richardson and John Conyers, prayers from Archie Fire Lame Deer and Grandfather Semu Huate and the inspiring and a fiery speech of Rev. Jesse Jackson. Legendary performer Pete Seeger participated in an evening concert. In 1996 we held Freedom Forum II. Learning from our previous events, we concentrated more on lobbying. We were in DC, IN FORCE. It was time to hit the Senate and House. A forum was held. Speakers included Canadian MP Warren Allmond visiting from Canada on a government to government basis to discuss the Peltier case. Also speaking were authors Peter Matthiessen and Harvey Arden, former South African political prisoner Dennis Brutus, representatives for Mumia Abu Jamal and the MOVE organization as well as Dineh activist Louise Benally. The following day, a press conference and strategizing meeting were held. People from all over the country agreed to spread lobbying informational packets to EVERY office in the House and Senate! A tremendous amount of interest and new support was generated. This October we will once again show our elected officials that the Peltier case WILL NOT GO AWAY until it is resolved. Once again we will DEMAND JUSTICE. Please join us on October 21st and 22nd for two more days of strategizing, press conferences, and a lot of hard work. There is no fee for participating in any of our planned events. If you can join us, please contact your Senators and Congresspeople to let them know you will be in town and would like a meeting. It is most effective to speak to the person to whom your vote counts. If you cannot join that day but would like to help, CALL your representatives and offer information and encouragement that they support both executive clemency and a call for oversight hearings to investigate the Peltier case further. Remember, the sacrifice of two days is nothing to ask when you consider Leonard's sacrifice of over two decades. For more information contact the LPDC at 913-842-5774 or the LPFC at 804-823-2845 --------- "RE: Big Mountain Report" --------- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 10:38:21 -0400 From: Ishgooda Subj: Big Mountain report (PBI) ---------- FORWARDED MESSAGE ---------- >From BIGMTLIST The following is taken from http://members.aol.com/WAYA94/bigmtn.htm and is reproduced here for those with only email internet access. Subj: Big Mountain report (PBI) Date: 97-06-28 14:04:20 EDT From: ABCQC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Ben Chitty, NY/VVAW) To: WAYA94@aol.com (Graywolf) A Visit to Big Mountain, Arizona - Part I - June 10, 1997 Peace Brigades International (PBI) is an international volunteer organization that offers services of unarmed protective accompaniment, nonpartisan international observers, and nonviolence training to organizations, individuals and communities threatened with violence. Navajo-Hopi "Land Dispute" Update: June 17, 1997 From Jon Norstog, the chapter's long-time correspondent on the ground at Big Mountain... Peace, -- Ben Chitty USN 65-9 VN 66-7 68 NY/VVAW ---- mailto:abcqc@cunyvm.cuny.edu ---- http://www.prairienet.org/vvaw = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = To: Clarence Fitch Chapter Subject: Navajo-Hopi "Land Dsipute" Update: 6-17-97 Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 17:32:17 (EDT) Navajo-Hopi "Land Dispute" Update: June 17, 1997 First Hopi Violation of Accommodation Agreement One of the central provisions of the "Accommodation Agreement" is that the Dine' will be allowed to practice their traditional religion without interference. What the people were told is that they would have to get a permit for construction or use of the HPL, but that it would be a formality, that the permits would be granted as a matter of course. The Hopi Tribe told this not only to the Dine' but to Congress and the Courts. I heard these assurances myself, more than once, from the mouths of the Hopi Tutsqua Team members and their attorney. Frances Bahe and her grandson stopped by my house yesterday, with their Princeton intern, Ben Bishop. Fortunately it was lunch time, so we ate everything in the refrigerator. They had all been at a ceremony the last night, and there were problems. The ceremony in question was the N'daa, otherwise known as Enemy Way or vulgarly as "Squaw Dance". It is a four-day ceremony, very expensive, and is done most commonly for veterans who suffer from the effects of war, but sometime for people whose illnesses are caused by contact with non-Dine'. It takes place in two different locations, each one has a hogan and a big fire, and usually a big brush shelter. Certain objects have to be carried by men on horseback from one location to the other, and there are a number of conditions regarding the route that has to be taken. The riders have to stop at the midway point and stay overnight, with a fire. The "Squaw Dance" part refers to the night time two step dance around the fire in a big circle, where the women pick men to dance with them and then the men have to give the women something valuable after the song is over. According to Mrs. Bahe, this particular ceremony was held for one of Albert and Rose Francis' sons. One side of it was near Ganado and the other side was on HPL in the Teesto area. The family asked the Hopi Tribe for a permit for the ceremony. They were given permission to build the hogan and shelters at the Teesto end, but were refused permission to "carry the stick" across HPL or to have the midway ceremony. As a result they had to use an alternate route. The riders had to travel along the highway, which is wrong for this reason: ambulances carrying sick or bleeding people travel on the highway, and there are places along the highway where people have been killed. This is not a good thing. It is less than 3 months since the deadline passed for signing the "Accommodation Agreement." The families who signed did so in large part because they were assured by the Navajo Nation, Congress, and the Hopi Tribe that they would be able to practice their religion without interference. So soon, and already the agreement is being violated. Three months ago the HPL was crawling with attorneys, Navajo Tribal officials and "support group" type people. Now, when the families encounter a serious problem, they have to face it alone. This is evidence to me that the "Accommodation Agreement" will not work if it depends on the Hopi Tribe's good faith. The families need full-time, on-site legal assistance, and there must be some avenue of appeal. More rain! The summer rains have come early and everything is green. You see flowers all over the place, some of them I've never seen before. Usually when you drive through Crystal, over Narbona Pass, when the view opens up onto Eastern navajo you see an endless expanse of gray and brown, any time of year. This year what you see is green. It really looks weird! Last week I left the lid off my garbage can three days and collected 2 inches of water. A lot of people are saying the rain is the result of the ceremonies which were held at Sarah Begay's place this winter and spring. jn How You can help the Big Mountain Resistors. The faxes and phone numbers for your Senators and Congressmen are at The Senate homepage link Congress - Write Your Representative Each letter and fax sent by you is equal to 150 people. The White House Also, call the White House (202) 456-1111 The Hon. William Jefferson Clinton President of the United States The White House Washington D.C. 20001 Call Clinton's comment line (202) 456 1111 ************************************************** Bob Dorman redorman@plix.com "The Activist Page" http://www.plix.com/~users/redorman/ --------- "RE: Wal-Mart" --------- Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 18:56:08 -0700 From: miketben Subj: N.A.S.L. - WAL-MART CONTINUED ************************************************************ * NORTH AMERICAN SPIRIT LODGE * FOR YOUR INFO ************************************************************ ------- FORWARD, Original message follows ------- Date: 97-07-19 08:01:00 EDT From: GHBogan Boozhoo. Haleto. We thank you for the cooperation and assistance of the North American Spirit Lodge membership. I think that after all of these centuries, it still surprises people when we all pull together rather than acting as splinter groups with many personal agendas. I met with the state archaeology staff yesterday, and found that this site has been a matter of real estate public documentation since the early 1950's. Knowing that there are burials within this 64 acres, knowing that the burials probably cover multiple acres and are very numerous, knowing that all of this information is in the title search done on the property by the realtor acting on behalf of Wal-Mart and Lowes.....maybe they should be charged in court with 'criminal stupidity'! It infuriates me that, for purposes of commercial construction in TN, there have been 2 cases of developers seeking termination of cemetery orders from the courts for slave burials, 0 cases for white cemeteries, and monthly filings against Native American burials. They even rerouted a major road to avoid a slave cemetery near here that is known to have 8 graves, and then ran the road right through the middle of a burial mound complex that is from the 1200's! And you say that you are beginning to feel militant! But I also know that the one who gets angry during battle, the one who "looses their cool "first, will be the one who looses. With that in mind, we try to remain stoic and strong. Mary, we enjoy corresponding with you, and will keep you up on each step. Pray for our success. Gerry --------- "RE: Kidnapped and No Law Broken" --------- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 23:48:27 -0500 From: tusweca Subj: How can anyone be kidnapped and no law be broken? UUCP email Press Release How can anyone be kidnapped and no law be broken? How come kidnap charges cannot be filed on a State or Federal level in Sioux Falls, SD? Does the South Dakota law only apply to a select few or certain people? Why does Vernon Moves Camp have to file civil and criminal charges, over and over, and pay money to seek release from all the various crimes committed against his person? Regarding Civil and Criminal Complaint of kidnap, falsifying and filing of perjurious documents and misuse of judicial office, all accomplished under color of law, in federal, etc.. This information is brought forth as and of fact to the following particulars of crimes committed and how great the hardship was and is in finally being able to file Civil and Criminal Complaints in the State of South Dakota: 1) Criminal complaints were sent by the United States Postal Service Sioux Falls South Dakota State Penitentiary, Sioux Falls, SD, to South Dakota's State Attorney David R. Nelson and Sioux Falls, South Dakota United States Attorney Karen E. Schreier, on the 2nd day of April 1997, but there was no response. 2) A Civil Complaint to Clerk of Courts at US District Court was mailed on the 23rd of April 1997. 3) April 30th, 1997, a letter was received from the United States District Court regarding six month old financial situation and the cost of $150 filing fee. 4) Criminal Complaint to Second Judicial Circuit, County of Minnehaha, Sioux Falls, SD, disappeared. as of May 5, 1997, within the South Dakota State Penitentiary. 5) May 9th, 1997, mail from the United States District Court, Sioux Falls, SD, as payment to cover cost of filing fees. 6) May 14th, 1997, Criminal Complaint to Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit, Sioux Falls, SD, was returned by another prisoner in the South Dakota, State Penitentiary. 7) May 22nd, 1997, received legal mail from the Second Judicial Circuit, Sioux Falls, SD- the Criminal Complaint returned. Circuit Court Judge Gene Paul Kean, returns Criminal Complaint as a denial of a decision of the Board of Pardons and Parole. 8) May 29th, 1997, a friend went to file the Complaint at the Second Judicial Circuit- Criminal Court. The Criminal Clerk of Courts would not accept the Complaint. The Complaint was then filed as a Civil Suit, filing fee- $35. (The court date is pending). Attempted to file Criminal Complaint with the Sioux Falls Police Department. Officer on Duty would not accept Criminal Complaint. 9) May 30th, 1997, a friend was told by the Sioux Falls Police Department and Criminal Court to file Criminal Complaint with the county ' where abduction had taken place. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), also said to file the Criminal Complaint in accordance to instructions of the Police Department and Criminal Court of Sioux Falls, SD. 10) Complaints were mailed to Lake Andes Tribal Police Chief Captain Parisian, and Sheriff Ray Westendorf of Charles Mix County Sheriff's Department. That herewith is an account of how one of the most heinous crimes was and is being committed against the person of Vernon Moves Camp, with total disregard being given and shown by the local law enforcement on the State and Federal level of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The scenario is this: 1) Vernon Moves Camp was a free citizen of the United States of America, just as all of the citizens are on the streets. That Vernon Moves Camp committed no crime or had been in any kind of situation to cause himself to be abducted, much less arrested. 2) On the 28th day of September, 1996, Vernon Moves Camp was on his way home to Wanblee, SD, from a class of Civil Rights Mediation Training that was held in Sioux Falls, SD, and was a passenger in a vehicle that was involved in a traffic accident. Vernon Moves Camp and the other occupants of the vehicle were taken to the local hospital of Lake Andes, while being checked for injuries the Yankton Reservation Tribal Police ran a routine check on the persons involved in the accident. The Police check was said to show that Vernon Moves Camp was wanted on a warrant by the South Dakota State Penitentiary, Sioux Falls SD. Said warrant never existed, then or now. "The realism of being kidnapped seems like a bad fantasy, almost like creating subliminal stories on air waves and claiming I was psychic for reals and could read someone's mind - or either fantasy. The illusions be gone, I was and am truly kidnapped; this was and is the order of my life since September 28th, 1996." On the 30th day of September I was transported to the Jameson Prison in Sioux Falls, SD, as a prisoner who still did not know what the meaning of justice was. Snatched off the streets, as if it was or is how things are accomplished. The came the most cruel and heinous punishment any one could face, the totally fabricated scenario of me having violated parole on June 9th, 1994, when in fact I was not even on parole on June 9th, 1994 or for the month of June 1994 period. The next lie that I had allegedly absconded to the Pine River Reservation. And so I even corrected their law that I could not have absconded to the pine River Reservation, due to there did not exist a Pine River Reservation. That the authenticity of the whole thing was and is that I was not even under any type of jurisdiction to the State of South Dakota to even be arrested for anything. Yet, a fabricated report was drafted as a legal document to portray I had absconded from a non-existing parole, to a non-existing reservation. That this fabricated document led to more and more astoundingly false fabricated documents and hearings "til the fabrications got so far fetched that soon the fabrication went to the extent that a preliminary hearing I was given was said to never have taken place. The warped fantasy I was placed in was and is so bad that stapled to the documents denying I had a preliminary hearing was a document of proof that I had a preliminary hearing". ---Vernon Moves Camp Why is it okay for Civil Servants to kidnap a Lakota Indian, and it is against the Law to kidnap anyone? A civil suit of these charges has been filed in the United States District Court, Southern division, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This kidnapping was done through the use of Law Enforcement Personnel and without any kind of warrant or paperwork filed against Vernon Moves Camp. There is no legal justification or cause for Vernon Moves Camp to be incarcerated! In 1994, he was released from parole by the Colorado Parole Board. They told him his case was closed. In September, 1996, he disappeared from our community. We discovered that he had been kidnapped, held in jail, them sent to Sioux Falls, by the South Dakota Parole Board. He had been kidnapped! We asked the Parole Board, "Why"? Their answer to us was, "He fell through the crack. We never released him from parole". Following his release from prison in 1993, Vernon Moves Camp was not charged for any crime. He has led a life that was in service to his community and to the Tribal Council. He was instrumental in the formation of the Oglala Lakota Civil Rights Commission. He was establishing new Arbitration Committees with the US Justice Department. He had just proposed a new business opportunity for the Tribe, at the August Tribal Council Meeting held in Pine Ridge. The time Vern now faces for leading this kind of life is 15 years. Why is this right, when no crime has been committed? Please address this question to : Board of Pardons and Parole South Dakota State Penitentiary PO Box 5911 Sioux Falls SD 57117 Honorable Judge Srstka Second Judicial Court Minnehaha County 425 North Dakota Avenue Sioux Falls SD 57104-2472 Honorable Judge Jones US District Court- Federal Building 400 S Phillips Ave. Sioux Falls SD 57104-6851 Please respond as soon as possible. Thank you for your support! Because papers have been conveniently lost in the past, please send a copy of your letter to; Ron Two Bulls or Walean Herman Oglala Sioux Tribal Civil Rights Commission PO Box H Pine Ridge, SD 57770 (605) 867-5821 Ti Ospaye PO Box 200 Wanblee, SD 57577 e-mail: star@gwtc.net -- TUSWECA --------- "RE: Notice of Intent to Repatriate" --------- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 15:46:46 -0500 (CDT) From: mtndream@ix.netcom.com Subj: Fwd: Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item f (fwd) This is a Good Thing, isn't it? Lately it is getting hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys and I'm feeling a bit confused! tsayonah ------Begin forward message------------------------- From: Larry Kibbey ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item from New Mexico in the Possession of the Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM AGENCY: National Park Service ACTION: Notice ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notice is hereby given under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3005 (a)(2), of the intent to repatriate a cultural item from New Mexico in the possession of the Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM which meets the definition of ``sacred object'' under Section 2 of the Act. The cultural item is a Chiricahua Apache Gahe mask of painted wood, cloth, buckskin, shell, string, metal, and a mirror. In 1996, this item was donated to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture by John and Pat Rosenwald for the purpose of repatriation. Based on consultation and evidence provided by representatives of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, this item has been determined to have been made by Mr. Eustace Fatty, a member of the Chiricahua community at Mescalero. Consultation evidence provided by representatives of the Mescalero Apache Tribe further states that this item is needed by traditional religious leaders for the practice of Native American religion by present day adherents. Mr. Eustin Murphy, grandson of Mr. Eustace Fatty, has claimed this mask as a lineal descendent, and representatives of the Mescalero Apache Tribe have indicated that Mr. Murphy is the appropriate custodian of the mask. Based on the above information, officials of the Museum of New Mexico have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), this cultural item is a specific ceremonial objects needed by traditional Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional Native American religions by their present-day adherents. Officials of the Museum of New Mexico have also determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3005 (a)(5)(A), that Mr. Eustin Murphy is the direct lineal descendant of the individual who owned this sacred object. This notice has been sent to Mr. Eustin Murphy, and officials of the Mescalero Apache Tribe and the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with this object should contact Dr. Patricia Neitfeld, NAGPRA Project Director, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Museum of New Mexico, P.O. Box 2087, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2087; telephone (505) 827-6344 ext. 559 before August 13, 1997. Repatriation of this object to the Mr. Eustin Murphy may begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward. Dated: July 8, 1997. Francis P. McManamon, Departmental Consulting Archaeologist, Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program. [FR Doc. 97-18431 Filed 7-11-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-70-F --------- "RE: Spoils of War/Repatriation" --------- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 14:57:25 -0400 (EDT) From: FirehairSS@aol.com Subj: Spoils of War--NezPerce bring home items--Repatriation LONG_____From NASC--with thanks ****** Folks, this data has been gathered by the NASC to share with you. With all the articles recently having to do with our ancestor's bones - NASC thought it best to supply you with information and links regarding Repatriation. Please pay close attention to this story. It is a good idea to follow web links and inform any news media that you can contact of this incident.... ~<>~//\/\/\\~<>~ NASC MAILING~<>~//\/\/\\~<>~ SPOILS OF WAR/CONQUEST A Call for a Code of Ethics in the Indian Art Market By Elizabeth Sackler SPOIL: 1 a (1): the plunder taking in war: material, land, or property seized or confiscated by the victor of an armed aggression... 5 a: something that is gained by strength or special effort. '' (Webster's Third New International Dictionary) In January, 1995, the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts sponsored, "The Spoils of War: World War II and Its Aftermath: The Loss, Reappearance & Recovery of Cultural Property." Panelists described four Collecting Points organized by the United States in occupied Germany during 1945. Collecting Points were responsible for the care and feeding of sixteen million works of art1 stolen by German Nazis during World War II. The one hundred twenty-four person staff was responsible for storage, inventory and the repatriation of art to owners or countries of origin. Conference panelist Walter Farmer, formerly the Director of the Wiesbaden Collecting Point, was outraged at Harry McBride, the then- Administrator of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.2 According to Farmer, McBride recommended the Army transfer of two hundred works of art "...of the greatest importance" under the guise of security and without regard for anticipation of repatriation, from the high- security warehouses in Wiesbaden, Germany, to the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. On November 6, 1946, the United States Army ordered that relocation 3 which included transport on two trains and a trans-Atlantic voyage. Farmer and his staff of Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Specialist Officers were so outraged they wrote "The Wiesbaden Manifesto" and submitted it to the United States Senate on November 7, 1946. President Harry S. Truman reviewed the protest which resulted in the two hundred masterpieces being returned to Germany and repatriation status: "We are unanimously agreed that the transportation of those works of art [to Washington, D.C.], undertaken by the United States Army, upon direction from the highest national authority, establishes a precedent which is neither morally tenable nor trustworthy... No historical grievance will rankle so long, or be the cause of so much justified bitterness, as the removal, for any reason, of a part of the heritage of any nation, even if that heritage be interpreted as a prize of war... There are yet further obligations to common justice, decency and the establishment of the power of right, not might, among civilized nations."4 Co-panelist Willi Korte5, lawyer and historian stated "...we have to make sure that everybody involved in the purchase or sale of art accepts in the end the principle that stolen works of art have no place on the art market. .." The Wiesbaden Manifesto is exemplary in moral and ethical standards that support an integrity in the marketplace. The Manifesto's commitment to the handling of those spoils of war and the issues of ownership and restitution is inspirational to the American Indian Art Market. The Indian Art Market refers to spoils of war, antique artifacts and ceremonial material created by Native Peoples all as Fine American Indian Art. Auction houses and dealers rarely provide provenance for the artifacts and ceremonial material they sell. The absence is due to lack of information, the questionable origins of material, or inappropriateness of sale. However, often spoils of war are described and purchased with gusto. Examples include child's moccasins with the provenance "Collected by Captain Alfred Mason Fuller (1852-1902), while serving with the Second Cavalry in Montana and Wyoming between 1876 and 1882."6 Or a Butterfield and Butterfield auction which was described in american indian art magazine recently as "...a spectacular sale of important Custer, Indian War and Western memorabilia in which fine and historically significant Indian items...originally part of collections assembled by two individuals who were members of Lt. Col. George Custer's command on the Sioux Expedition of 1876."7 This included a pair of Sioux moccasins recovered from Wounded Knee, circa 1890, and a Cheyenne parfleche recovered from the Custer battlefield, circa 1876. Those two items sold for a total of $11, 385. The Weisbaden Manifesto questions the status of spoils of war and the moral obligations to decency and the 'power of right'. Additionally, Native Nations that are used as 'source nations' by the Art Market object resolutely. The plundering of "art" is now under intense scrutiny by governments, lawyers, dealers, museum directors, collectors, and archaeologists.8 Enlightened historians acknowledge the effects of the first pillaging of the Americas. Hans Koning, wrote in The Conquest of America, "...it is the Europeans and their descendants who are still sitting pretty on all that loot and on the mountain of skulls. It was the looting of America that paid for the Industrial Revolution."9 For other items of unclear origin, collectors may not know that the legitimate purchase of stolen property does not establish legitimate ownership. Almost without exception, the transfer of stolen property in "a good faith" purchase does not establish title.10 Collectors of Indian art today ought to inquire about provenance from dealers, galleries and auctions houses before a purchase. Standards of the Wiesbaden Manifesto could be equaled by the Indian Art Market. A Market that ignores the existence of the human connection to its art damages the contemporary art market and collections, as well as intercultural relationships. Embracing integrity and ethical standards invites confidence and a sense of true respect for the art and its creators. Elizabeth Sackler is the Founder and President of the American Indian Repatriation Foundation and a Doctoral Candidate at the Union Institute in the field of Public History. Footnotes 1.Sol Chaneles, "The Great Betrayal" Art & Antiques, December 1987. p. 93 TO TEXT 2. Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art. A Gift to the Nation. New York: Harry Abrams, Inc. 1991. p. 170. McBride's posts included Foreign Service Officer and Assistant to the Secretary of State. TO TEXT 3. Telegram from the 7th US Army, 6 November 1945, to Office Mil Govt. for Stadtkreis Wiesbaden BT TO TEXT 4. The Wiesbaden Manifesto. Protest written on 7 November 1946 by MFA&A Officers in the office of Walter Farmer in Wiesbaden, 24 signed and 8 agreed but did not sign. U.S. Forces, European Theater Germany. TO TEXT 5. Author of Quedinburg to Texas and Back: The Black Market in Stolen Art TO TEXT 6. Sotheby's Fine American Indian Art Catalogue. New York: May 21, 1991. TO TEXT 7. Harmer Johnson, "Auction Block" american indian art magazine. Autumn 1995, p. 8. Steven Vincent, "Who Owns Arts?" Art & Auction. January, 1995. TO TEXT 9. Koning, Hans. The Conquest of America. NY: Monthly Review Press, 1993. p. 137 10.Thomas Kline, Esq., Partner Andrews and Kurth LLP, Washington. D.C. Also, Richard Perez-Pena, "Guggenheim Presses Case on Ownership of a Stolen Painting." The New York Times, The Metro Section, December 27, 1993. p. B1 <<>><<>>~<>~<<>><<>> American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation NEWS & NOTES Volume 3, Number 2; Fall/Winter 1996 - '97 This issue of News & Notes is a collaborative effort of Elizabeth Sackler, Polly Nordstrand, Kelleigh Smith, & Marilyn Ewer of MKE Enterprises. IN THIS ISSUE Southeastern Alaska & NAGPRA: An Interview with Cheryl Eldemar Welcome! by Franc Menusan Retrospect/Upcoming Nez Perce Bring Historic Collection Home Perspectives: Borrowing Cultural Images by Paul D. Gonzales Mending the Circle Update In Print About News & Notes Return to NEWS & NOTES Index Southeastern Alaska & NAGPRA: An Interview with Cheryl Eldemar The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of 1990 requires museums and other federally-funded institutions to provide summary and inventory reports of their Native American collections to all federally-recognized tribes. By Spring of 1996, these reports formed stacks that could literally be measured in feet. The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska has established a program to effectively make this data useful to its 17 communities. For the last three years they have received NAGPRA grants from the National Park Service to help analyze and disperse this information. Cheryl Eldemar, Cultural Resource Specialist for the Central Council, spoke with Polly Nordstrand of the Repatriation Foundation about the successes and challenges of their program. P.N.: The first NAGPRA grant that the Central Council received was categorized as "Clan Leader and Cultural Item Documentation." Can you describe that documentation process to me? C.E.: Much of the work involved in identifying and documenting the Clan Leaders was through asking questions and making lists. Drafts of the lists were sent to the communities for comments, then revised. The Central Council now offers a register of Clan Leaders and Clan Mothers to help identify key members in making claims. As for cultural item documentation, the Central Council contracted a Tribal Archaeologist to research and prepare draft claims. These models, or sample repatriation claims, assist clans in doing the base research required in repatriation claims. It prevents clans from having to do duplicative research for each claim. P.N.: What were the elders' opinions of NAGPRA as you went into the project? C.E.: Very cautious. They are apprehensive about the topic of human remains in museums. As far as the objects are concerned, most of the elders are positive, wanting to assist their clans with making claims through their local governments. P.N.: Who controls the collected information? C.E.: You mean regarding "cultural and intellectual property rights?" That's an interesting and sensitive area. The Central Council does not control clan owned properties; the clans own their own crests, histories, stories, etc. In the process of assisting in the preparation of claims, the Central Council may become a "gatherer" of such information. However, the sole purpose is to assist clans with retrieving their "objects" from museums. The information sent to museums in the repatriation claims includes a disclaimer stating that it is not to be reprinted or used for outside purposes. P.N.: The Central Council sends out a publication, Tribal Register, to community members about pending claims. What type of information does it provide? C.E.: We keep it very simple. It is a one page sheet with basic information about the claim: the date it was filed, the claimant (which clan or individual), the item being requested for repatriation, and the museum. Most of the objects are coming back to the group structure - the clan. The purpose of the Register is to inform communities at the beginning of the process about claims that are being made. We hope to avoid contesting claims after a lot of research and work has been done. It seems to work fairly well. P.N.: What other means are used to keep the community informed about repatriation? C.E.: The Southeastern Alaska Regional Corporation (SEAlaska Corporation) publishes a quarterly newsletter, so if it is timely we can notify people about repatriation claims that way. The Central Council has also developed a NAGPRA database with 15,000 objects to date, input from the museum reports. Computer-linked communities have direct access to the database. To find objects from their area they can make regional searches - museums may have information about where the object came from. On a monthly basis we send out an update. We also offer workshops as a platform for museum and government experts to address the clans and communities directly. <<>><<>>~<>~<<>><<>> Why Repatriate Musical Instruments? by Franc Menusan, Board of Trustees, AIRORF For 500 years in the Western Hemisphere, Indigenous peoples have waged a relentless battle for survival as distinct cultures. The right to remain Indigenous in the Americas has been continuously threatened by missionaries intent on "civilizing the Indian." To this purpose, non-Native governments have enacted various prohibitions against Native music, dance, ceremonies, and the possession of paraphernalia related to such activities. Confiscated ritual objects usually found their way into private collections, museums, or universities. Regarded as exotic artifacts, curiosities, or remnants of "dead or dying" cultures, the original purposes and meanings of these objects were often unknown or misunderstood. Sacred objects, long employed by Native medicine people for spiritual and healing ceremonies, became objects of intellectual speculation and public amusement. Sacred medicine drums, flutes, rattles and other musical ritual objects are prepared in a manner which imbues them with specific powers and purposes. Each object wears the colors, symbols and other details of the dynamic vision or dream out of which it was born. These visions are recognized as spiritual manifestations that require expression in sacred forms. And every such creation is regarded as a living being, containing not only the unique vitality of the object itself, but the life forces of each material - mineral, plant and animal - out of which it is made. Today, collectors and connoisseurs appreciate the aesthetic and monetary value of these instruments. However, "caveat emptor"; these objects are alive, and remain alive until ceremonially put to rest. They can pose a great risk to the uninitiated. It is with this understanding that Native people are requesting the repatriation of musical instruments. Return to the ceremonial cycle and the proper fulfillment of purpose is essential to traditional Native reality, in order to maintain and promote the well-being of all life. Nez Perce Bring Historic Collection Home A unique 150-year-old collection of twenty Nez Perce historic artifacts, including clothing, jewelry and a cradleboard, was purchased from the Ohio Historical Society (OHS) by the Nez Perce of Idaho. Since 1981, the collection had been on loan from the OHS to the Nez Perce National Historical Park where it was displayed. The loan was terminated by the OHS in 1995. The Nez Perce community considered the items significant for understanding their history and teaching their culture, so they began a campaign to purchase the collection, which did not meet the criteria for repatriation under NAGPRA. Gaining local and national attention, the Tribe raised the necessary $608,100 with the assistance of dozens of Idaho schools, individuals, Native musicians, rock stars, and major corporations. Nez Perce Tribal Chairman Samuel N. Penney said of the purchase, "This historic event should not be seen as an acquisition of museum artifacts. It is a restoration of an important part of the Nez Perce culture...we have seen a light of respect and compassion which suggests a greater future for our United States." Perspectives: Borrowing Cultural Images by Paul D. Gonzales, San Ildefonso Pueblo Today, there is a practice of buying, selling, and re-creating ritual objects for use in the non-Indian world. These common practices raise the question: Does any artist have the right to use sacred images as subject matter within their artwork? The Indian community is divided on this issue. Many see it as a form of censorship where others believe they are protecting their religion. Many tribal people use the word traditional as a way of trying to enforce their opinion on others, but I have yet to see someone who can explain the word traditional and how it relates to the Indian world. Throughout our history, the Pueblo people have always worked toward progress. With the intervention of the non-Indian, things changed for us dramatically, and we survived by accepting the bad with the good. The use of our religious objects has affected the balance in our lives we so dearly respect. As long as an object is being sold on the open market as art, there should be no expectation that the image represented in that object is somehow protected. The only way to maintain the sanctity of any religious object or cultural artifact is not to reproduce it for sale to the general public. The individual tribal member, whether he or she is an artist or not, has a responsibility to the community to honor the religious practices of one's tribe. If one is raised in the community with a strong orientation in the religion practiced by the tribe, that person knows when he or she crosses the line. Finally, the general public has a responsibility to understand that there is no stopping the practice of Indian religion throughout Indian country. When the tribes ask the mainstream community for support to be able to practice their religion and protect the use of ritual objects, this must be respected as anyone would respect his or her own religion. Mending the Circle Update In Print Killing the White Man's Indian: Reinventing Native Americans at the End of the Twentieth Century. Fergus M. Bordewich. New York: Doubleday, 1996. Explores contemporary Indian Country,and overturns the fallacies and myths surrounding Native Americans in the 1990's. Sweet Medicine: Sites of Indian Massacres, Battlefields, and Treaties. Photos by Drex Brooks, Essay by Patricia Nelson Limerick. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1995. Presents recent photographs of important historic sites, many of which have been transformed into recreational areas or urban spaces. Native American Art and the New York Avant-garde: A History of Cultural Primitivism. W. Jackson Rushing. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995. Examines the incorporation of Native American iconography by American modernist artists such as Marsden Hartley, John Marin, and Jackson Pollock. American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation, 463 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022. We encourage the reproduction of articles from News & Notes. Please credit the American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation and the author of the article. --------- "RE: Keepers of the Fire at Onondaga" --------- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 12:39:31 -0400 From: "Mohawk Nation News Service" Subj: For Immediate Release - Keepers of the Fire at Onondaga UUCP email Mohawk Nation Office - Kahnawake Branch ----------------------------------------------------- Keepers of the Fire at Onondaga 3963 Kennedy Road Nedrow, NY 13120 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 1997 It has been reported that Mr. Salvatore Valvo (the Staff Inspector in charge of the internal investigation of allegations of New York State Police brutality against peaceful demonstrators on the Onondaga nation on 18 May 1997), has bound that in fact, "excessive force" was used during that incident. Moreover, Mr. Valvo has accused the New York State Police of attempting to effect a "cover-up" of his findings, by dismissing him as head of the investigation. To us, as the victims of the State Police brutality, Mr. Valvo's findings are simply a confirmation of what many Central New York viewers witnessed on their news broadcasts as they watched the brutal beating of women, children and the handicapped. However, we were very surprised that "one of their own" had the courage to expose the corrupt behavior of the New York State Law Enforcement Agency. Unfortunately, our expectations of a "cover-up" were fulfilled by the dismissal of Mr. Valvo. The NYS Police's attempt to cover up the facts, makes it all the more imperative that the Justice Department in Washington, DC investigate the excessive use of force by the New York State Police. Accordingly, we are renewing our June 9, 1997 request to Mr. Richard Roberts, Director of the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Justice Department, for an investigation of the New York State Police. For it is evident that the NYS Police is incapable of investigating itself. There is an obvious parallel between the Rodney King police brutality incident and the excessive use of force by the NYS Police against the Iroquois People. Although the Rodney King incident was videotaped, such proof did not prevent the Municipal and State authorities and the courts from exonerating the criminal behavior of the police. Similarly, the events of May 18, 1997 on the Onondaga Nation are all documented on videotape. However, it is clear that that fact has not deterred the New York State Police from attempting to effect a "cover-up." We therefore appeal to the Justice Department (as a branch of the United States Government), to investigate this latest outrageous abuse of power within its States. Indeed, we hope that as we attempt to compel our leadership to follow our Nation's Great Law, that the U.S. Government will also bring to justice those who have violated the rights of the People of the Iroquois Nation. Mohawk Nation Office - Kahnawake Branch Visit our new site! http://www.cyberglobe.net/users/mnation --------- "RE: Gustafsen Lake Inquiry Petition" --------- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 05:06:27 -0800 From: sisis@envirolink.org (S.I.S.I.S.) Subj: Gustafsen Lake Inquiry petition :-:-:-:-:-:-:-Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty-:-:-:-:-:-:-: "It raised eyebrows, prompted demands for a public inquiry and blackened the image of Canada's national police force..." Gustafsen Lake Verdict, The Province, May 21, 1997 "There will be inquiries about this Supt. Len Olfert, Commanding Officer of the Gustafsen Lake Operation, RCMP "training tape," 1995 "... There may be an inquiry..." Justice Bruce Josephson, Gustafsen trial judge, transcript 1996 Even THEY know there has to be an inquiry... WE DEMAND IT! [Please print and circulate the following petition; signed sheets can be returned to the S.I.S.I.S. PO box (below). To sign this petition by email, send a message to with "petition" in the subject header, and "I support the petition for a public inquiry into Gustafsen Lake," your name, and your city of residence in the body of the message. - S.I.S.I.S.] PETITION FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO THE GUSTAFSEN LAKE CRISIS To the Premier and Legislative Assembly of British Columbia: WHEREAS evidence, testimony and witnesses relevant to the Gustafsen Lake trial were withheld from the jury's consideration or disallowed altogether, often under the pretext that they were appropriate for a public inquiry, not a trial; WHEREAS section 281 of the National Defence Act requires an inquiry whenever Canadian forces are requisitioned by a province to deal with a "civil" disturbance, as they were in the Gustafsen Lake crisis of 1995; WHEREAS most of the information currently available to the public about the Gustafsen Lake crisis can be traced to what the RCMP themselves described as their "smear and disinformation campaign"; WHEREAS allegations of police and government wrongdoing are so serious that there are grave concerns about the status of the rule of law and human rights in Canada; WE the undersigned demand a full, comprehensive, independent, public inquiry into all aspects of the Gustafsen Lake crisis, with international observers present to ensure that the process is thorough and unbiased. :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: S.I.S.I.S. Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty P.O. Box 8673, Victoria, "B.C." "Canada" V8X 3S2 ==>>NEW EMAIL : 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: New Journal: Tribalectronics" --------- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 12:36:10 -0700 From: Michael Twohorse Subj: New Journal: Tribalectronics UUCP email Hau Mitakuyepi, Mike Wilson's announcement of the forthcoming online American Indian literature journal Gohweli inspired me... With the invaluable help of my friend Elaine Cubbins , I have begun the process of creating an online journal that will accept submissions from Indian people across a broad range of fields and disciplines; the name of the journal will be Tribalectronics, and will (hopefully) be online in it's first "edition" by November 1, 1997. We are asking for submissions from all walks of life, non-fiction and fiction, poetry, criticism and reviews, cartoons and artwork. Some major departments that we'd like to see writing in are "Indians in Electronic America", dealing with issues surrounding Indian people and connectivity, etc., "Legal Issues" (obvious), and "Tribal Troubles", dealing with intratribal, intertribal and international problems faced by the tribes. The website for Tribalectronics is already set up at: http://flamestrike.hacks.arizona.edu/~twohorse/index.html ...and includes the Mission Statement and Submission Guidelines (and a plea for editorial help). I hope that as many of you as possible will submit articles for consideration for the premier edition of Tribalectronics. Please contact me at: twohorse@flamestrike.hacks.arizona.edu if you're interested in submitting an article, story, cartoon or artwork, or if you'd like to join the editorial staff. Thanks, Mike Twohorse --------- "RE: Kickapoo Nation Summit" --------- Date: 16 Jul 1997 03:49:30 GMT From: gonzale@aol.com (Gonzale) Subj: Kickapoo Nation Summit Newsgroup: alt.native PRESS RELEASE July 11, 1997 (Horton, KS) The Kickapoo Nation of the United States of America is comprised of the Traditional Kickapoo Tribe of Texas, the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma and the Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas. On the 18th, 19th and 20th of July an unprecedented event will occur when all three Kickapoo Tribes converge at the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas. The tribes will meet in a joint session of their respective tribal councils to discuss treaty rights, protection of religious sites, protection of traditional language and cooperation on national issues such as the repatriation of cultural items from federally funded museums. Other issues to be discussed include cooperation on economic development, such as gaming. The Texas Kickapoo own and operate a Class II gaming facility near Eagle Pass, Texas and the Kansas Kickapoo own and operate a Class III (Las Vegas Style) Gaming facility six miles west of Horton, Kansas. On July 19 and 20, 1997, the three tribes will convene the FIRST ANNUAL KICKAPOO NATION SUMMIT at the Golden Eagle Casino. Tribal members will also participate in the Kickapoo Nation Pow Wow held in conjunction with the Summit. The Kickapoo were forcibly removed by the Federal Government from their Illinois homelands in the early 1800s to Missouri. Later they were removed a second time to Kansas, where they purchased a reservation. Many Kickapoo were unhappy with fraud and coercion used by Government officials to secure Indian approval of land cessions in treaties signed in the 1850s and 1860s, and headed south to Mexico. They assisted the Mexican Government fight with warring Apache tribes. To show its appreciation, the Mexican Government granted dual citizenship to these Kickapoo and provided a reservation for them in Mexico. In the 1970s, a reservation was also provided for these Kickapoo near Eagle Pass, Texas. These Kickapoo are now known as the Traditional Kickapoo Tribe of Texas. Other Kickapoo were removed by the Federal Government to Oklahoma and many stayed on the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: Ms. Nancy Bear, Chairperson Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Horton, Kansas Telephone: 913-486-2131 Mr. Isidro Garza, Jr. Tribal Representative Kickapoo Tribe in Texas Telephone: 281-335-4999 --------- "RE: Moise River Alert" --------- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 15:41:24 -0400 From: Michael Posluns Subj: Moisie River in Qubec (long) PLEASE POST AND CIRCULATE ACTION ALERT MOISIE RIVER (MISHTA SHIPU): KEEP IT WILD ENVIRONMENTALISTS ON FULL ALERT AGAINST HYDRO-QUEBEC Montreal, 7 July 1997 Dear Fellow Environmentalists, As you know, here in Quebec we have recently entered a period of high tension with Hydro-Quebec and Quebec's Ministry of Natural Resources. These agencies wish to leap headlong into the newly deregulated American market for electricity, including greatly expanding electricity production for export. This expansion is almost entirely predicated on damming and diverting more rivers, here in Quebec and in Labrador. Especially urgent, Hydro-Quebec is proceeding with its plans to divert the Aux Pekans and Carheil Rivers, tributaries of the Moisie River, into the neighbouring Sainte-Marguerite river valley where the water will be impounded by the Ste-Marguerite-3 (SM-3) dam and generating station, presently under construction. These diversions were first proposed and opposed in 1987. A full environmental hearing on the SM-3 project explicitly rejected the diversions in 1993, and only approved the main dam if it could be shown that the anticipated electricity was needed. The government of the day overruled the environmental assessment a few months later, approved the project without the economic justification, and allowed for the diversions to be approved at a later date if there were no grave anticipated impacts on the Atlantic salmon which breed there. On April 14 of this year, a joint federal-provincial salmon committee dismissed the opinions of numerous experts and advised the government that there would be no grave risks. The MEF (Environment Ministry) received this report and initiated the standard 60-day waiting period during which comments were to be made by interested parties, but the interested parties were not informed, leading to suspicions that the government wanted to slip this project past its critics. This suspicion has been further fueled by recent changes in HQ's and the government's timetables. At the beginning of the year they reassured critics that any construction would be years away and that there would be fresh environmental hearings before diversions were authorized. Two weeks ago HQ announced that it was speeding up construction of the SM-3 dam and power plant so that it could impound water and come on line in May 2001 instead of November 2001. On June 20 a spokesman told Le Devoir that HQ wanted the government to authorize the Carheil/Pekans diversions two weeks after the 60-day comment period, i.e. at any time after June 29. In response to a Freedom of Information request, Hydro-Quebec confirmed on June 26 that it has written to both governments that it is "not necessary to ask for 'approval' of the diversions of the Carheil and Aux Pekans rivers, because the request for approval was already made in July 1991 as part of the whole project of hydroelectric development known as Sainte-Marguerite-3." Meanwhile, construction of the SM-3 project -- including a dam wall and a generating plant that can handle the extra Moisie water -- is proceeding on schedule. Last Thursday July 3 there was a strong unpleasant indication that the Quebec government is likely to give HQ what it wants. After a fierce political battle both inside and outside its ranks, the cabinet approved the most scandalous dam project to date -- the damming and drying up of the Chaudiere Falls near Quebec City, a favourite tourist site. The private developer will bear no risk, because he has a contract guaranteeing a high fixed price for twenty years, while Hydro-Quebec is obliged to purchase. The minister most opposed to the project, David Cliche of the MEF, was forced to go along after marathon meetings of the inner cabinet. He is the same minister who is now the last line of administrative defence against the diversions of the Moisie tributaries. It is very urgent to raise the alarm in international circles that Hydro-Quebec has once again become an expansionist monster, planning for no fewer than eight major river diversions (including the Aux Pekans and Carheil of the Moisie, and the Great Whale and Rupert rivers of the James Bay region), a second mega-project at Churchill Falls in Labrador, the Chaudiere project just described, and up to 50 similar small dam projects in southern Quebec carried out by private promoters. IN EVERY CASE THE RATIONALE FOR THE DESTRUCTION IS THE SAME: TO INCREASE ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION FOR THE AMERICAN EXPORT MARKET. The ultimate goal? To become a very large continental unregulated energy company like Enron, "to become one of the four or five biggest players in North America," in the boastful words of CEO Andre Caille. And if it cannot get all the water it wants, it has already started to talk about burning natural gas. This emerged >from a story in today's La Presse, reporting a first-time but major collaboration between HQ and Enron to offer complementary natural gas and electricity supplies to New England. Thus the earlier hard-won policy of energy conservation and sustainability that was finally accepted by the previous government has been thrown away by the present one, carried out by stealth and decree rather than by public discussion and debate. OUR MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT IS THIS, THAT EVERY INCREASE IN HYDRO-QUEBEC'S SALES TO THE U.S.A IS PAID FOR BY THE DESTRUCTION OF ANOTHER NORTHERN RIVER, LAKE, OR WATERFALL. There is nothing "clean" or "renewable" or "sustainable" about this Hydro-Quebec policy of expansion. The best thing that our American friends can do on behalf of our shared planet is to block ALL imports of Quebec hydroelectricity into the United States until we have won a decisive political victory here, i.e. that no additional wild river will ever be dammed or diverted. Please take this message to your local power company, to your state regulatory commission, to your state legislature, and to the local media. It may also be helpful to write to Minister David Cliche of the Ministry of Environment and Wildlife to ask him to reject any authorization of the Moisie diversions (see model below). It will certainly be helpful to raise the alarm in the United Sates that HQ is again trying to bring in additional amounts of hydro power for which more of the continent's remaining wild places will have to die. In doing so you will be acting in solidarity with the Quebec environmental movement, Quebec consumer groups, Hydro-Quebec's unionized employees, and Quebec's affected aboriginal people. These groups have formed a Coalition contre la denationalisation de l'electricite which intends to roll back this disastrous policy in the course of the next 18-24 months. In the meantime the stakes are very high at the Carheil and Aux Pekans rivers, and we hope that you will able to spread the alarm. Thank you for your solidarity and support. On behalf of our common planet, Tom Holzinger member, steering committee, la Coalition contre la denationalisation de l'electricite, Montreal, Quebec Coalition web site: http://www.unites.uqam.ca/cese/energie/index.htm t.holzinger@netaxis.qc.ca tel/fax: 514-271-0564 * * * * * Letters and faxes for Minister David Cliche may be sent to: M. le ministre David Cliche Ministare de l'environnement et de la faune Edifice Marie Guyart, 30e etage 675 boulevard Rene Levesque Est Quebec, Quebec Canada G1R 5V7 fax : 418-643-4143, tel : 418-643-8259 e-mail: david.cliche@mef.gouv.qc.ca With copies to: M. le premier ministre Lucien Bouchard Office du premier ministre, Gouvernement du Quebec Edifice J, 3e etage 885 Grande Allee Quebec, Quebec Canada G1A 1A2 fax : 418-643-3924, tel : 418-643-5321 * * * * * Model letter as suggested by John Clark of Vermont: Minister David Cliche Ministry of the Environnement and Wildlife Marie Guyart Buiding, 30th floor Quebec, Quebec Canada G1R 5V7 fax: 418-643-4143, tel: 418-643-8259 e-mail: david.cliche@mef.gouv.qc.ca Dear Minister Cliche, We are writing to express our alarm and indignation over Hydro-Quebec's intentions to divert the Aux Pekans and Carheil rivers, tributaries of the world-famous Moisie River, into the Sainte-Marguerite-3 dam now under construction. A decision by the government of Quebec to approve this diversion project would go against world opinion and would subvert the earlier environmental assessment process -- the first in HQ's history -- in which all sectors of the public condemned the proposal. First, the environmental review board found in 1993 that HQ's energy demand forecasting was seriously flawed. HQ has always failed to prove that there is any need for another giant hydroelectricity facility. Second, many relevant environmental studies had not been carried out. And finally, the review board found that HQ's studies of the Moisie river salmon were grossly inadequate and recommended that the Moisie diversions not be approved. Hydro-Quebec subsequently submitted a two-year study of salmon impacts to a joint commission, which recently concluded that the impacts would be insignificant. However, numerous fishery experts disagree. HQ used the Snake River in Idaho as a model for "regulated flow" management. But in fact the historic salmon runs on the Snake River are now a thing of the past. "Regulated flow" has been a failure. The Snake River sockeye salmon has recently been declared an endangered species, and the primary cause is stated to be -- HYDROELECTRIC DAMS. Finally, the aboriginal Innu people, who have never ceded their land to any government, are intricately connected to the Moisie and its salmon. It is the Innu's "Great River". To risk the death of the salmon run on this river is to gamble away the survival of the Innu people and their age-old culture. The Ste-Marguerite-3 project was the first Hydro-Quebec to go through public hearings. Now HQ has attempted to remove the debate >from the public sphere and to confine it to a team of government- appointed "experts" working behind closed doors. Apparently it has submitted its Moisie water diversion project directly to your ministry and/or the Cabinet for authorization, intending to preclude any further public comment or debate. Mr. Minister, the world's environmental community finds this to be unacceptable. We urge you to suspend construction of the whole Ste-Marguerite-3 project until all the studies specified by the environmental review board have been carried out and until the modified proposal has been subjected to a public review. We also urge you to deny, once and for all, authorization of any diversions of the Moisie or its tributaries, and to declare the Moisie River a world heritage site. To tamper with this great salmon river -- the jewel of Quebec -- for a few megawatt-hours of electricity is worse than folly. Keep it wild. Let it be. We look forward to your reply. Yours sincerely, --------- "RE: Full Circle" --------- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 97 15:08:59 -0600 From: berryj@okway.okstate.edu Subj: (FWD)F.A.C.Y.T. goes to theatre festival UUCP email Video tape of "Full Circle" will be edited in the upcoming weeks and available soon. In the meantime, David captured some really *beautiful* photos from the master tape, and they're on our web site under "Full Circle" *new*. We have bookings locally this fall at some of the junior colleges around here, and can travel during breaks to just about anyplace, if OSU might be interested... or can release play for production elsewhere if there's a local Am Ind theatre group interested. Pilamaya, Diane Way -PRESS RELEASE- A new work by award winning playwright Diane Way (Lakota/Cheyenne) will be performed as a staged reading at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina at noon on August 5th. The play, "Tisopei" (Lakota - meaning *extended family*) puts African-American and American Indian characters on common ground at The Hampton Institute during the early 1900s. This is the first known time these two races have been portrayed together, in both harmony and conflict. In addition, it is the first time American Indian work will be seen at the Festival. As a result of the Indian Education Act, initiated in the late 1800s through 1973, American Indian children were forcibly taken from their homes and shipped to mission or boarding schools across the country. Archival research shows the Hampton, originally founded as a trade school for Blacks, was one of these institutions. Reflecting upon her work, Diane Way expands "From my research of school records... even copies of students' assignments and teachers' notes, I have endeavored to do justice to the many young American Indian people who had to endure and survive these circumstances. The African-American students had similar problems, being forced into *foreign territory* far from their homes. When the two races met, there was both acceptance and conflict. The characters I have created are composites of actual persons, with some dialogue derived from the actual works of students. The cross-plot involves the story of my grandparents who met at a mission school. Because the oral history of my family is involved, I have also incorporated a traditional Trickster tale I heard growing up. This parallels the events of the story." Way is also the Artistic Director of Ableza, A Native American Arts & Film Institute which has established the First Americans Conservatory Youth Theatre in San Jose, CA. As a rule, casting for staged readings usually occurs within the first days of the Festival. This group of multi-nation American Indian youth have the rare distinction of reading the roles portrayed in "Tiospei." "About 15 of us are piling into an R.V. and van, and trekking across the country for this event." says David Yohn, Executive Director of Ableza, "Funding is tight... very tight. We have some gas money and will probably have to camp upon our arrival, plus bring our own food. But we simply couldn't afford to pass up the opportunity for our kids. We could sure use a little help." For more information about Ableza, call 408-267-4609, e-mail at Ableza@ableza.org, or visit their web site at http://www.ableza.org For information about the National Black Theatre Festival, call 910-723-2266, or fax at 910-723-2223. *+*************************************************************** * Ableza, a Native American Arts and Film Institute * * 1279 Mildred Ave. (408) 267-4609 * * San Jose, CA 95125 fax: (408) 267-9609 * * David&Diane@ableza.org http://www.ableza.org * ***************************************************************** --------- "RE: A Hundred Years Ago" --------- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 23:28:18 -0700 From: Landis Subj: A Hundred Years Ago - Week 12 Mailing List: NAT-FILM [Editorial Note: These reprints are being included in this newsletter so that you might know the mind of those who ran institutions like Carlisle.] THE INDIAN HELPER ==================================== PRINTED EVERY FRIDAY --AT THE-- Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa., BY INDIAN BOYS. ---> THE INDIAN HELPER is PRINTED by Indian boys, but EDITED by The man-on-the band-stand who is NOT an Indian. --------------------------------------------- P R I C E: --10 C E N T S A Y E A R ============================================= Entered in the P.O. at Carlisle as second class mail matter. ============================================= Address INDIAN HELPER, Carlisle, Pa. Miss M. Burgess, Manager. ============================================= Do not hesitate to take the HELPER from the Post Office for if you have not paid for it some one else has. It is paid for in advance. ============================================== VOL. XII. FRIDAY, July 23, 1897 NUMBER 41 ============================================== THE THIRD NIGHT OUT. _____________ A Sad Mid-night Hour. At Chicago there was an old man, feeble with illness, who took the berth next to ours. He had with him his wife, two grown up daughters and two small sons. He seemed feeble, as I said, but quite able to take care of himself, and to have charge of the tickets and money. Some two hours before reaching North Platte, Nebraska, (our section two hours behind) I was awakened by groans. "Ellen, Ellen! Get up Ellen! O, Ellen, get up, get up, quick!" Looking out, I saw the old man sitting on the porter's stool, alone, scarcely able to hold his head up, but with waning strength he continued the call: "Ellen, get up!" Ellen, his wife, evidently having been accustomed to being disturbed in the night by these spells, did not respond in haste, but in rather fretful tones answered--"I'm coming." O, Ellen, get up, I'm dying. O, God my stomach!" It was not profanity, but more in the nature of a prayerful outburst of distress. "Hush, pop. you'll wake everybody. I have to put on my clothing." "O, Ellen; I'm dying. I'm dying, Ellen. Come quick!" Finally she reached her husband, but did not administer comfort with that degree of grace and cheerfulness which betokens love of occupation. The whiskey bottle was resorted to, and we could see through the vent in the curtain, that she was bathing his face in cold water, but not with a professional air, and some of the time she sat a little distance from him, on a piece of baggage while he continued his groans--"I'm dying. O, Ellen, I'm dying," while his head swung loosely like one about to faint. "Keep still, pop, you're not dying," was all we could hear. "I'm dying. I'm dying." Miss Rote and I gravely debated what to do, but concluded that the young wife, (for since we have learned she was his second) had become accustomed to such groans, and as long as she called not for aid we would rest easy. It may be his way, we concluded, to raise a fuss, and being very tired we slept, altho' the dying man was not ten feet from us. A half hour must have passed, when I was probably the first to hear the woman call. "Will somebody come to help me? O, my husband is dead. He is DEAD. Is there not a Christian on the car to come to me?" Out of a sound sleep I jumped from my berth and found her wailing, with the head of the dead man in her lap. "O, is he dead? Is he DEAD?" she cried. "Feel of him. See! Tell me, is he dead?" I saw at a glance he was, and said "He is. What number is your berth?" From it I secured a pillow and assisted her to place the man's head upon it. Then she bent over the corpse, lying full length upon the floor, __________________________________________________ (Continued on last page) ================================================== Mr. Baccastow of Boiling Springs, has the flour contract for the current year. Work is still going on at the dining hall and kitchen. We hope to be very comfortable after it is finished. Miss Hunt, formerly of Carlisle, now of San Carlos, Ariz., is going to spend her vacation on the reservation. We hear that those of the faculty, who are at Chautauqua, N.Y., are enjoying the cold breeze of New York state. Hon. W.A. Jones, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has been opening bids this week in New York City, for clothing. Miss Hulme writes from Calif., that her trip was delightful and expects to visit Yellowstone Park before she returns East. It is better to use our religion as daily food than to wait until we find ourselves in an extremity, and then take it as a medicine. -[S.S. Times. Levi Jonas, of the Nez Perce tribe, who visited the school at the time his sister Julia died is about to join a party, to make a Missionary trip to Lemhi Agency. A young tailor in one of the cities in New York State must have been anxious for honey for his winter use when he tried to capture a swarm of flies which he mistook for bees. A note from Mary Beaulieu who returned to her home recently says that she arrived safely. She says that her people made great improvements while she was away at Carlisle. Among the graduates of Haskell we see the name of two of our ex-students. They are Samuel Townsend and George Bent. They were in the Commercial Class. Congratulations from Carlisle. Miss Annie H. Underwood of Carlisle called at the Printing office this week and renewed her subscriptions to the "Red Man" and HELPER. Mrs. Champlin Underwood of Philadelphia, was in company with her. Thoughtful person closely observing an oat midge crawling over the table.--"To think of a thing so small getting its own living!" Sure enough, and it does it with an energy that is admirable even though very annoying. In coming into contact with different people, there is a tendency to shun the race that we consider lower than ours and to have nothing to do with it. There is a great deal of this going on in the civil service. White employees have as little to do with those whom they consider lower, by birth, as they can, but at the same time say that they are working to uplift the down trodden race. It is hoped that the Superintendents of Indian Schools will allow no division or color line in their workers. One of the hardest things for our boys to overcome after they get here, is the desire to return to the unrestrained freedom of vice and vagabondage which many of them followed before they came here and in some cases they run away from the school. In most cases they stay and battle manfully against the old order of things and come to a realizing sense of what the end of such a life would be and mend their ways and slowly but surely drift into a higher ambition of life. Any evening after the days work is done, the boys congregate in groups in their favorite athletic grounds for field sports, such as jumping, foot-racing, throwing base ball, kicking and catching football, and high jumping. The boys are coming right up to the times in everything. Keep at it boys--we might have to compete with our pale face brothers in those sports some sweet day. W. T. Whittaker, a Cherokee Indian, is said to be raising funds, by dime contributions, for the erection of a home at Pryor Creek, Indian Territory, for the orphan children of his white brothers. We hope that Whittaker will come out successful with his project and thus, in a measure, repay for what the white man has done for the Indian children. David McFarland, one of the San Francisco Endeavorers, writes that he is now at his home in Idaho and claims to have had very pleasant time. He says that most people when they find out that he is from Carlisle, ask him questions concerning the foot ball team, and think that football is "alright." Wm. F. Campbell, class '89, who afterwards graduated from the School of Law in Minnesota has been appointed business agent for the Chippewas. This is the first instance we know of where an Indian lawyer has been appointed to such a responsible place by his own people. From the letter which was received from Mr. Thompson we judge that he is doing some hard studying. He says that he has heard some lectures which will prove valuable in his line of study. They visited Mr. Mason of Jamestown, and hope to go again. 25 cents pays for the Souvenir of our school. It contains 60 views and is the nicest thing out. Ten subscriptions for the HELPER and a two cent stamp will also secure it. Why go without a good thing when you can get it so easily? Richard Sanderville writes for the HELPER. He says that he has been trying to live up to the ways taught at Carlisle. He is trying his best not to disgrace the school. He sends his regards to the employees and students at Carlisle. ================================================================ Don't be a pessimist. Rainy weather, this week. Foot and bicycle races are the latest. New potatoes, and the pupils enjoy them, too. Enos Pego, typo, has returned from the country. The school visited Cave Hill Park on Thursday evening. George Northrop, typo, is having a turn in the hospital. Baptist Marengo left for his Montana home on Wednesday. The boys have commenced hauling and shoveling coal. Jonas Mitchell has been catching for the Carlisle baseball team. "In the Baggage Coach Ahead" is the latest song in the printing office. Fine rains during the week; this means bigger potatoes and more of them. Joseph Blackbear has been doing clerical work at the office this week. Miss Cora Wheeler has charge of the hospital in the absence of Miss Randell. Miss Ella McCarthy of Minnesota arrived last Saturday to enter the school. George Shelafo, who fell from the gymnasium roof some time ago is again at his paint brush. Bemus Pierce has returned from his home in New York State, where he has been spending his vacation. Miss Delia Randell was sent to Bucks County to attend to one of our boys, who was hurt by falling from a tree. Small boys were presented with two new sets of croquet and may now be seen on the campus in front of their quarters as well as on the base ball ground. The football field has turned out to be a place where boys try their skill in running. They have a rough place to run, but that seems to hinder very little. Four of our boys were arrested at Hancock, Md., by the authorities. They were returned to Carlisle on Thursday. The following are the boys. John Pigeon, George Whitewing, Nathanial Decorah and Walter Bigfire. On the 16th inst, Mr. Standing celebrated his 50th birthday. It was a day of pleasant surprises to him as many friends and relatives had been mindful of the day. A valuable present from Mrs. Standing, some standard historical books from the faculty, and many other remembrances marked the important day. In the evening there was a gathering of the older members of the employee force on the porch of the Standing home, ice cream and cake were passed around and a pleasant evening spent in reminiscence and conversation. Two new footballs have been received. Subscribe for the INDIAN HELPER, only ten cents a year. The girls' quarters seems to be undergoing a thorough cleaning. Miss Nana Pratt is visiting Mr. Mason and friends in Jamestown, N.Y. Miss Shaffner who is visiting the girls finds every where great improvement. Mr. Harris is absent on his vacation and Jonas Mitchell is attending to calls for blacksmith work. Capt. E. P. Zinn, who in 1863 was Captain of a company stationed at this Barracks, was an interested caller this week. Healey Wolf, our Alaskan boy, is one of the best runners among the small boys. He made 95 yards in 13:4-5 seconds. Miss Miles is attending the cooking school at Chautauqua. We hope to have extra good cooking this fall as the result. Messrs George Weber and Edward Murray came from Reading, Pa., to Carlisle on bicycles and are guests of Mr. Harry Weber. Those of the choir who are here practice three times a week. Miss Simmons has kindly offered them her time and help for the summer. The prayer meeting on Sunday evening was held in the Y.M.C.A. hall instead of in the Assembly Hall. Thomas Marshall was the leader. The vacation season now days, the teachers and pupils are enjoying as best they can at places where they can do most good to themselves. We are always glad to see the "Wotanin Kin" published at Genoa, School, and the "Indian Leader" from Haskell Inst., Lawrence, Kans. All the teachers of Carlisle School are attending summer schools to better equip themselves for the work of pushing and pulling their students into civilization. The annual coal delivery has commenced, the 250 tons of Lykens Valley Coal has been delivered by Mr. F. E. Thompson complete in four days. Mr. Lawton is to deliver 2000 tons of Anthracite coal and Victor Cushwa and Sons 350 tons of Bituminous coal. Mr. Standing says his mail was so heavy for a few days that until he can do better, he must thank his many friends through the columns of the HELPER for their congratulations and good wishes, but hopes to make the acknowledgement separately. Prof. Bakeless, who is visiting the boys on farms says that the conditions are better everywhere this year than when he visited them four years ago. The boys are more contented and better behaved. He invariably finds that when the patrons obey the rules strictly, the students and patrons are better satisfied. Where he finds discontent he finds often primarily that it comes because the patron does not enforce the rules. ==================================================== (Continued from first page) ________________________________________ stood and wrung her hands and wailed, while I sought the porter's bunk, woke him up and dispatched him for the conductor and other aid. The daughters were called and began to weep convulsively. Heads of men and women were protruding from the curtains, but no one offered assistance. One very old gentleman however caught me by the hand as I passed his berth, and pressed it in both his as he inquired most concernedly: "IS he dead?" Even to such a solemn picture there is a ludicrous side. While waiting for aid, and trying to comfort the weeping girls, the little boys not having been wakened, as after consultation it was thought best not, one of them stuck his head out of the upper berth and cried: "What's the matter, mamma?" "O, papa's dead." The boy of ten did not weep but with distressed expression of countenance lay back on his pillow. In a few moments however he interrupted his mother still in a paroxysm of weeping. "Mamma, have you got his insurance?" "Yes," said the mother, through her sobs. "That's all right, but ma'm, you left it back there for no good." They were Irish in tongue and Catholic in religion, for the one great source of grief seemed to be that he would not go to confession before he left for California. The body was taken off at North Platte, and the wife went with it to follow on next train. The children are still on the train, and at the closing of this, the older daughter is lying very ill with fever. It having developed the day after they took the train. The man evidently died of indigestion. He had eaten of ham, cheese, pickles and drank incessantly of ice water, contrary to the protests of the others. I saw the well daughter eating of boiled ham in quantity sufficient for three laboring men, and have no doubt the illness of the one lying low could be traced to imprudence in eating. M.B. ------------------------------ EXPERIENCES OF AN ALASKAN STUDENT. ______________ 1. On the Wrong Train. Many readers of the INDIAN HELPER have asked me to write once more for the paper, some of my experiences here in the states since I came as a student in 1891. In compliance with this request, I shall give what I think to convey some helpful suggestions and caution to any of my fellow students, especially among the Alaskans. I was on a sleeper all the way from Portland, Oregon, to Kansas City, Missouri. This was one of my first car travels. Although I did not know much about changing cars, checking baggage, etc., yet I boasted to the porter of being a car traveler when we passed through Denver. Before I got to Kansas City, the colored porter kindly helped me off. As there was a close connection, I did not think it well to go to the waiting rooms, but proceeded at once to the train to which the porter had pointed. There were so many trains coming and going, bells ringing and a kind of a mixed noise, that my mind was somewhat disturbed and so my way was lost. Friends, never lose your minds under any circumstances. However, without any hesitation, I boarded a train that I thought to be the one. The conductor and brakeman were somewhere and I did not see them. Dropped my big valise, hanged the umbrella, took off the over coat, sat down, wiped the perspiration off my face and plunged the hand into the inside coat pocket for the ticket. All seemed to go well. I smiled heartily thinking of the end of the long journey near at hand. There was a bell ringing and a puff ahead then a jerk and move all along. The brakeman came and to him the smiling traveler politely questioned: "Please, sir, what time tonight do we reach St. Louis?" "Reach St. Louis?" answered the brakeman bluntly, "We are not going to St. Louis, my friend, this train is for Topeka, Denver and west to California. If you want to go to St. Louis you had better get off before we move faster, and take the one that goes east." Without any further inquiry, I concluded that I was on the wrong train. With an alertness characteristic of the Indian, I gathered my things together and retraced my steps. Just as the train was moving faster, I got off and when it increased its speed and the last car passed out of sight, the smiling face faded away. But after some hours' waiting at the depot, I again resumed the journey in the right direction which ended in due time without further mistake. EDWARD MARSDEN. ======================= Enigma. I am made of 10 letters. My 1, 2 is to exist. My 3, 4, 5, 8 is a noun used in solemn or poetical style. My 10, 7, 9 is a well known domestic animal. My 9, 5, 6, 2 is thick or clotted blood. My 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 is what everybody should strive to be. ________________________ ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S ENIGMA: The Boot-legger. ===================================================== -Submitted by Barbara Landis http://www.epix.net/~landis _____________________________________________________________________________ "c" copyright original sender/author,and published Nat-Film as per header(s).| To: | Body: subscribe NAT-FILM full name | N-A Film & Ent. Service Lists:To: | Language Listservs: To:Listserv@Maelstrom.stjohns.edu, Body:info nat-script. | UNAT-DIR secured disclosure Aboriginal member group.UNAT-DIR-req| --------- "RE: Poem: The Shadows" --------- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 12:59:55 -0400 From: Larry Kibbey Subj: *The Shadows* (fwd) Mailing List: Paths-L *The Shadows* The sacred songs of life and death Are upon the four sacred winds, The seasons of life, The songs of our Ancestor's. The shadows of times gone by. Ancient customs, Ancient Belief's, Not all gone, Mainly forgotten, Or set aside, These songs of our Ancestor's. The shadows of times gone by. Our Elder's, They sing these songs, Carrying them In their heart, soul and mind. Singing them with pride and dignity, Singing them for us, Those songs Of life and death, Songs of a culture and belief, For we our Their children, Their future, And those voices from the past That sing these songs They are, The shadows of times gone by, The people of life, Our tribal elder's. By ================================================== = Larry Kibby - kibbey@sierra.net = = Elko Indian Colony = = Western Shoshone Historic Preservation Society = = 1581 Pinenut Circle, Elko, Nevada 89801 = = Phone: (702) 738-4147 Fax: (702) 738-7070 = ================================================== --------- "RE: Respect Among Natural People" --------- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 16:13:42 GMT From: flattery@primeline.com (flattery) Subj: respect among natural people Newsgroups: apc.indig.info,soc.culture.native,alt.native Respect Among Natural People The Indian prayer "All My Relations" is a prayer of respect for the Hoop of Life. Almost everyone believes respect is a good thing but few people have a clear idea of what respect means or what respect looks like. Respect is not a commodity. Respect is a way of being. Respect is in our chest not in our hand. Respect is for all of life. Respect is for every species in the world, including all four races. Respect is for all our relations. Respect means no interruption. Respect means no confrontation. Respect means no accusation. Respect means no "mocking," especially, no mocking of elders. Respect means no lies between us. Respect means no betrayal of confidence. Respect means no "ripping off." Respect means no hording. Respect means no "Lording it over" someone. Respect means no ordering around. Respect means no yelling in anger. Respect means no bad language. Respect means no name calling. Respect means controlling yourself. Respect is focusing on and dealing in "issues" and not "personalisms." Respect is focusing on "what" is right rather than "who" is right. Respect means owning our own negativity and not being a "Blame Shifter." A "Blame Shifter" is one who projects on shifts his own negativity onto someone else. This is the process of bigotry, war, and genocide. Respect is keeping the lines of communication open with those who have a different opinion, and making a sincere attempt to let them be heard and understood. Respect means listening until everyone has been heard and understood, only then is there a possibility for "Balance and Harmony," the goal of Indian spirituality. Dave Chief --------- "RE: Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days" --------- Date: Sat, 12 Jul 97 03:31:00 GMT From: dfsanders@genie.com Subj: Hawaiian Book of Days UUCP email A HAWAIIAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of July 27-August 2 IULAI (July) (Hinaiaeleele) 27 Laughter is a gift of life. 28 Music is the wind ... captured for a brief moment. 29 My heart's wings give flight to my dreams. 30 The joy of the spirit is everlasting. 31 The clouds lie upon the mountaintops like sleepy children. AUKAKE (August) (Mahoe-mua) August was the season when the ohia fruit ripened abundantly. 1 All are strangers when they come here, until the spirit of this land claims their hearts. 2 Life is the only true magic. (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, 24 July 97 08:00 -0500 From: Janet Smith (evestar@juno.com) Subj: Upcoming conferences and powwows not previously posted to Mailing List NATIVE-L UUCP email Date: 7/3/97 2:44 PM From: mcnickle@newberry.org (McNickle Center) Subj: D'Arcy McNickle Ctr 25th Anniv: 9/12, Chicago D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History 25th Anniversary Conference and Celebration September 12 - 13, 1997 On September 12 and 13, 1997, the Newberry Library will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History. Founded in 1972 to improve the teaching and writing of American Indian histories, McNickle Center programs have brought countless people to the Newberry Library to discuss and debate issues relating to American Indians. Center publications have extended this exchange beyond the doors of the Library to an even wider audience. Now after 25 years it seems appropriate to celebrate the important role the Center has played in the development of American Indian studies and to invite you to the Newberry Library to participate in this special event. We will commemorate the anniversary with an exciting schedule of activities designed to attract a large and diverse audience of educators, writers, researchers, and individuals interested in American Indian histories and cultures. Listed as a City of Chicago Festival, our anniversary activities will include song and dance demonstrations, a documentary film series, poetry readings, and an original performance by Red Path, an American Indian theater company from Chicago. We will also host a buffalo dinner and a two-day conference on the past, present, and future of American Indian histories. Renowned intellectual and scholar Vine Deloria, Jr. will deliver the conference's keynote address. Fine art galleries, book publishers, educational institutions, and local and national American Indian-related organizations will sponsor displays both days of the celebration. We will kick off the celebration with the Buffalo Feast beginning at 6:25 p.m. Friday, September 12. The dinner, featuring traditional and contemporary Native American foods, will honor 25 long-time supporters of the D'Arcy McNickle Center, including Vine Deloria, Jr. and the founding members of the Center's national advisory council. Please consider this an invitation to our 25th Anniversary Conference and Celebration. We look forward to seeing you at the Newberry Library. AGENDA Friday, September 12, 1997 9am-7pm Exhibit Booths and Documentary Film Series 11:25 am Rededication & Blessing of the Center 12:25 pm Welcoming Reception 1:25 pm Remembering Alfonso Ortiz Raymond Fogelson University of Chicago Frederick Hoxie The Newberry Library 3:25 pm Oral History of the D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History 6:25 pm Buffalo Feast/Honoring Dinner Saturday, September 13, 1997 9am-6pm Exhibit Booths and Documentary Film Series 9:25 am The Future of American Indian Histories Vine Deloria, Jr. (Lakota) University of Colorado 11:25 am Teaching American Indian Histories Donald Fixico (Seminole/Creek) Western Michigan University Joseph Stauss (Jamestown Band S'Klallam) University of Arizona Anne Terry Straus University of Chicago 1:00 pm American Indian Poetry Readings 1:25 pm Writing American Indian Histories Jack Campisi Red Hook, NY Peter Iverson Arizona State University Mark Trahant (Shoshone/Bannock) Moscow/Pullman Daily News 3:00 pm American Indian Dance Performances 3:25 pm Living American Indian Histories Kathryn Shanley (Assiniboine/Nakota) Cornell University Winona Stevenson (Cree) Saskatchewan Indian Federated College 7:00 pm Ishi and the Wood Ducks: Post Indian Trickster Stories Red Path Theater Company TICKETS (price per person) Conference Sessions Early registration by August 1, 1997 $50/$25 student Regular registration $60/$30 Buffalo Feast $75 Red Path Theater Performance $10 Tickets may be purchased by personal check, money order, MasterCard, Visa, or American Express. There will be no refunds. REGISTRATION: To receive a registration form, contact the McNickle Center at: D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History The Newberry Library 60 West Walton Street Chicago, IL 60610 (312) 255-3564 mcnickle@newberry.org ============================================= Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 19:00:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert B. Bancroft 475-2584 fax: 475-6730" Subj: A Summer Gathering SUMMER NATIVE GATHERING 1st, 2nd, 3rd, AUGUST 1997 Camping available, and an RV facility within a mile Nunda, NY, Livingston County MOLASSES HILL FARM an organic farm owned/operated by Melissa and Tim Jacobs 8546 Route 408 9 miles south of Mt. Morris, NY This is pot latch. Please bring food for yourselves, some to share. Coffee, Firehair's chili, specialities of the house will be provided. If you wish to make contributions cash wise, please contact Melissa (our Salt Mine Lady) at 716-468-3817 , or on-line, Grey Wolf at his eMail address. Friday will be set up, with buffet supper served about 7 p.m. Saturday will be breakfast, sight see, crafts, talking, lunch and munch---genealogy advice from Firehair--bring those papers!!! (no charge, this is a freebie weekend)---Lenchworth State Park is 15 min by car. Saturday night supper about 7, with a Fire, thanks for the many blessings we call receive-- some storytelling for the children. Melissa will update us on the Salt Mine situation, the burial grounds that are threatened by the proposed new mine. We will Honor the Elders who have chosen to be with us, if there are special concerns this would be the time to ask for offerings to be made at the Fire. If you have lost friends, family members, or know of our own People who have passed, this is the time to put their names in the fire, ask that they reached the Spirit World to find welcoming arms, their death songs loudly sung. Guitars, your other talents musically are welcome!!! the Stover children will be bringing, as their gift, fireworks for the kids!!! (legal in NC) Grey Wolf is a marvel with computers (and chopping logs) feel free to ask his advice. The Silver Feather people will probably be with us---their shop is a 45 minute drive, you might want to speak with them about crafts---- maybe visit them. Sunday breakfast---cheese grits WILL be served (converts--- knew it could happen), visiting, more crafts-talk, --Shut down time--whenever everyone feels they have to get "on the road" Clothes collection for the Tonawanda and Tuscarora Rez-- if you have good items that can be of use, drop them off, they will be taken to the rez for distribution. Herb growing questions, Melissa will try to help. DRUMS ARE WELCOME, WILL BE FED, BLANKET COLLECTION TAKEN FOR YOUR GAS $$$$$ If you wish to barter, that's fine!! This is a Traditional Native Gathering. No Drugs, No Alcohol, no fees, just a down home visit among our own People. ALL ARE WELCOME . Hosted by the Remnant Nation of Indigenous Tribal People ============================================= Date: 7:28 AM Jul 14, 1997 From: montler@facstaff.cas.unt.edu Subj: 32nd Int. Conf. on Salish and Neighboring Languages 32 International Conference on Salish and Neighboring Languages Port Angeles, Washington August 7-9, 1997 More conference information can be found at: http://www.cas.unt.edu/~montler/icsnl.htm PROGRAM Session 1A: 9:30am-12:30pm Thursday August 7 Jacilee Wray 'Native Tribes on the Olympic Peninsula' Jamie Valadez 'Videos documenting northwest traditions' Session 1B: 9:30am-12:30pm Thursday August 7 Judith Berman 'George Hunt and *The social organization and the secret societies of the Kwakiutl Indians*' Henry Zenk 'The *Le petit Cat?chisme des Indiens*, 1863: Manuscript of a Roman Catholic Catechism in Chinook Jargon' Dawn Bates 'Semantic Roles and referent tracking in Martha Lamont's *Pheasant and Raven*' Toby C. S. Langen 'On the predictability of Martha Lamont's *Pheasant and Raven*' Hank Nater 'Is Nuxalk /-uks/ a Chinook suffix?' Session 2A: 2:00pm-5:00pm Thursday August 7 Bill John 'Teaching a native language in the public school' Dave Wells 'Museums and community: language, culture, positive change and planning' Bill Lewis 'Intergenerational language transmission' Denny Hertata 'How the Washington state law promoting native language instruction, preservation and revitalization can work for tribes' Session 2B: 2:00pm-5:00pm Thursday August 7 M. Dale Kinkade 'Cowlitz (Salish) place names' Pamela M. Brooks 'John Peabody Harrington's Klallam and Chemakum place names' Susan J. Blake 'Another look at passives in Sliammon (Salish)' Honore Watanabe 'Mainland Comox "plurals": a working paper' Richard A. Demers 'Negation and assignment of arguments in Lummi' Session 3A: 9:30am-12:30pm Friday August 8 Joyce Silverthorne 'Achieving credentials for the teaching of native language' Bill James 'The Lummi language program' Barbara Toywelch 'Tsimshian language curriculum development and teaching strategies' Richard Demers 'Linguist, user-friendly teaching' Session 3B: 9:30am-12:30pm Friday August 8 Brent D. Galloway 'Nooksack pronouns, transitivity, and control' Tonya N. Stebbins 'Reanalysis and the Coast Tsimshian lexicon' Mercedes Q. Hinkson and Susan Norwood 'A note on the interaction between predicate semantics and lexical suffixes' Paul Kroeber 'Wh-question particles in some languages of the southern northwest coast' David Beck 'Mosan III: a problem of remote common proximity' Session 4A: 2:00pm-5:00pm Friday August 8 Bruce Miller 'The Skokomish total language immersion program' Elders' Panel `Protocol for various cultural events such as canoe landings, potlatches, name giving, funerals, etc.' Session 4B: 2:00pm-5:00pm Friday August 8 Nicola J. Bessell 'St'?t'imcets vowels and consonants: a phonetic study' Henry Davis, I-Ju Sandra Lai and Lisa Matthewson 'Cedar roots and singing detectives: attributive modification in Salish and English' Anthony Mattina and Sarah Peterson 'Diminutives in Colville-Okanagan' Nancy Mattina 'Moses-Columbia imperative constructions: a working paper' Sarah Thomason 'Plurals and transitivity in Montana Salish' Session 5: 9:00am-Noon Saturday August 9 Business meeting and Late papers Panel discussion 'The role of linguists and native language teachers in the preservation, instruction, and revitalization of native languages' Helen Harrison '"Qatawas" documentary film' ============================================= Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 11:19:50 -0500 From: Grand Master Peter Ticali Subj: Seton Falls Pow-Wow Bronx. N.Y. JULY 26th Seton Falls Pow-Wow Bronx. N.Y. All are welcome, come and help those of The Native American Warrior Society, BlackHawk Band save the rich heritage and beauty of Seton Falls Park. Once again our land is falling victem to those who would destroy it for profits. The Seton Falls preservation Coalition needs your help and support. Support our Pow-Wow, by dancing, singing, vending...or just being there. Let us not sit idle while our homeland is plundered again...let us stand show we care! venders, Dancers, Drummers, all are welcome for information mail at "oldlion@mail.idt.net ============================================= Date: 17 Jul 1997 15:11:28 -0400 From: NativeEvents@caraveo.com Subj: Native Events Newsgroup: 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 --------------------------------------------- Miller's Tree Farm Powwow 9/22/1997 State: IN Country: USA Type: Powwow Idaville, Indiana (near Monticello,In.) Benifit powwow collected items for Pine Ridge Info:(219)278-7021 or(219)278-7584 --------------------------------------------- Spirit of Peace 8/3/1997 State: IN Country: USA Type: Powwow Aug 1-3 Crown City Powwow Dunkirk city Park Dunkirk, Indiana Info:(219)459-2112 or(219)483-4700 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Dreaming Beauty 8/3/1997 State: ON Country: Canada Type: Other The Centre for Indigenous Theatre's Native Theatre School presents The Dreaming Beauty by Daniel David Moses Toronto, Ontario - The Centre for Indigenous Theatre is pleased to present it's 1997 Native Theatre School production of Daniel David Moses' award winning play The Dreaming Beauty at The Factory Theatre (125 Bathurst Street). The Toronto based company is considered by many as North America's leading Aboriginal Theatre training centre in support of actors, playwrights, directors and technical and administrative professionals. Over the 23 years of the Native Theatre School's existence, the program has produced more working Aboriginal actors then any other institution in North America. This year the Native Theatre School is featuring the talents of such artists as Krystal Cook (Alert Bay, British Columbia), Karyn Drane (Sturgeon Lake, Saskatchewan), Kimberly Halcrow (Norway House, Manitoba), Lucie Idlout (Iqaluit, Nunavut a.k.a. Northwest Territories), Lori New Breast (Heart Butte, Montana), Narsiesse Wayne Paul (Adams Lake, British Columbia). Directed by The Centre for Indigenous Theatre's Artistic Director Carol Greyeyes (Heart Of A Distant Tribe - director, Only Drunks And Children Tell The Truth (Dora Nomination), Baby Blues, Sixty Below, Romeo & Juliet, ENG, Blue Hawk - actor). Preview: July 31, 1997 - 8:00pm Run: August 1 & 2, 1997 - 8:00pm August 3, 1997 - 2:30pm Tickets: $10.00 Reservations: (416) 506-9436 Contact: Robert Scott at (416) 506-9436 or cit@interlog.com for more information on the show or students and interviews. --------------------------------------------- Red Hawk American Indian Traditional Pow wow 8/10/1997 State: OH Country: USA Type: Powwow Presented by Red Hawk American Indian Cultural Society August 9-10,1997 Willow Ranch Rt. 422- Coitsville, Ohio Host drum: Red circle other drums welcome for more info: Tony Harding (330) 782-8982 email : Harding6@juno.com vendors by invitation only Donna Wynn (330) 534-0424 --------------------------------------------- Gathering of the People Festival and Inter-Tribal Powwow 9/21/1997 State: PA Country: USA Type: Powwow September 19,20,21, 1997 host drum: Two Feather Singers Guest Drummers Invited (please call sunrise first) 18 miles east of State college 5 miles east of Centre Hall on Rt. 192 Email: pennscave@compuserve.com Penns cave: 814-364-1664 Sunrise Promotions: 717-566-9644 http://www.pennscave.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering of the People 9/1/1997 State: PA Country: USA Type: Powwow 1st Annual Labor Day Weekend Inter-Tribal Pow wow August 29-31 and September 1, 1997 Open to public free admission Master of Ceremonies: Robert Stray Wolf Host Drum: Two Feather Singers 1st Guest drum: TBA Located on City Island, during the Kipona Celebration Harrisburg PA Stray wolf (717)995-5117 Michelle Darkstar (717) 566-9644 --------------------------------------------- 1997 Invitational Native American Pow Wow - Coburg Oregon 7/18/1997 State: OR Country: USA Type: Powwow The 1997 Invitational Native American Pow Wow is conjunction with the Annual Coburg Golden Years event. Old time fiddlers jamboree, Story tellers, Indian encampment, pony rides, BBQ and childens events. Featured at the Pow Wow this year is the AZTEC dancers doing a fire dance. Schedule/Information: Head Staff Mc - Don Moccasin ( Assiniboine) Area Director - Paul Whitehead Crafts - Dorothy Young (541) 688-7946 Golden Years - Jim Lockard ( 541) 484-6488 Drums: Eagle Valley, Spirit Hawk, and others Friday warmups at 6pm Saturday Grand Entry at 1 and 6 pm Sunday Grand Entry at noon fees: booth(10x15) $75/double space $125 all 3 days $35 more after 5/15/97. Booths set by Thursday 7/17/97 3-10pm security:24 hours Information and invitational application & fees to Dorothy Young, PO Box 40685, Eugene Oregon 97404, Jim Lockard (541) 484-6488 ===================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- Notice of Copyright Clearance by Contributors: The following have granted permission for their original articles to be reposted in order to help mend the Sacred Hoop: Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, Mohawk Nation News Service, Firehair, Dave Chief via Elaine Flattery, Diane Way/Ableza via John Berry, Tusweca, Settlers in Support of Indigenous Sovereignty, Bob Dorman via Ishgooda, Mike Twohorse, Gonzale, Larry Innes, Janet Smith, John Berry, Ishgooda, Larry Kibby, Barbara Landis, Debra F. Sanders, Nicholas Wilson, Alice McCombs, Mexico Peace, Cecilia Rodriguez -//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//-- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Part B of this newsletter has already been distributed via the NATIVE-L or NATCHAT mailing lists. --------- "RE: Conferences and Powwows - online" --------- Date: Thu, 23 July 97 08:00 -0500 From: Janet Smith (evestar@juno.com) Subj: Upcoming conferences and powwows already posted to Mailing List NATIVE-L UUCP email Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 11:16:07 +0000 From: ige@igc.apc.org (Institute for Global Education) Subj: Third W. Mich. Conference on the Americas (11 October) Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS Grand Valley State University and the Latin American Studies Program invites your participation in... THE THIRD WEST MICHIGAN CONFERENCE ON THE AMERICAS "Imagining the Americas: Literature, Culture and the Arts" Time and Place: Saturday, October 11, 1997, Eberhard Center, 301 W. Fulton, in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan The identities of Latino and Indigenous peoples are imagined in the form of literature, culture and the arts. This conference explores the many ways such identities, values, and images are created, maintained, imposed, and reflected by aesthetic means-in West Michigan, North America, and throughout Latin America. Across the community, local activists, teachers and academics, students, community organizations and leaders can interact in a stimulating and useful way, exploring the links between art, culture, institutions, and interests at all levels. TRANSFORM ACTIVISM AND IDEAS INTO A MESSAGE FOR THE COMMUNITY... Featuring keynote speaker/performer Jose Cuellar "Dr. Loco" (Ph.D.) and members of his "The Rocking Jalapeno Band" Dr. Cuellar is Performer, Anthropologist, and Lecturer on Chicano Studies. Get ready for an interactive, musical, learning experience... Other special events planned: Performing Arts Festival, Film Festival, Panels and Presentations, Poster Sessions, Art Display and Student Poetry Competition, Gran Baile, and more!!! The Program Committee welcomes contributions related to the following themes: + Art, Ethnic Identity, and Response to Politics + Translating Cultures + Indigenous Culture/Native Americans + Classroom Art/Poetry/Story and its Use + Immigrant Experiences + World view and Religion + Cultural Preservation; Heritage and Artifact + Latina Culture + Encounter Day (Columbus Day) If you have an idea, propose wither a single presentation (15 minutes) or a whole session (75 minutes). We encourage various formats: reading papers, panel discussions, collaborative/audience involvement, film/slide showings, or performance. Students are encouraged to participate! Please contact Russell Rhoads at (616) 385-9929 (e-mail:f94kc01@kzoo.edu) or Walter Foote at (616) 895-3686 (e-mail: footew@gvsu.edu), or submit a written description of your proposed participation. We look forward to hearing from you by SEPTEMBER 1, 1997. Sponsored by: Grand Valley State University, Latin American Studies Program (GVSU), Latino Student Union (GVSU), Office of Minority Affairs (GVSU), Kalamazoo College Latin American Studies Program, Institute for Global Education Send correspondence to: Americas Conference 97, Latin American Studies Program, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan 49401 Submitted by: Cliff Alles-Curie, Indigenous Issues Working Group/ Institute for Global Education (IGE). Please contact me at IGE (616/454-1642) or e-mail me at: ac.jazz@lol.shareworld.com --------- "RE: Bear Lincoln Murder Case" --------- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 17:10:09 -0700 From: nwilson@mcn.org (Nicholas Wilson) Subj: Bear Lincoln murder case update Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us) *BACKGROUND Eugene "Bear" Lincoln is a Wailaki Indian on trial for capital murder of a Mendocino County Sheriff's deputy on the Round Valley Indian Reservation on April 14, 1995. Lincoln says he and his friend Leonard "Acorn" Peters were ambushed by deputies. The slain deputy had just killed Acorn Peters, mistaking him for his brother who was a suspect in another killing on the reservation earlier that evening. Lincoln turned himself in to authorities at his lawyer's office in San Francisco after avoiding capture for four months despite a $100,000 reward offered by Gov. Pete Wilson and being featured on America's Most Wanted. Lincoln claims he fired only in self-defense. Bear Lincoln Case Update by Nicholas Wilson July 3, 1997 + Attorney General to investigate jury tampering charges + Judge orders some court proceedings closed to press and public + Change of venue motion revived by defense + Prosecution ordered to return mysterious cassette tape to defense + Lincoln fired in self-defense, defense document says + Gathering for Justice July 19-21 to feature AIM leader Dennis Banks UKIAH -- In a July 2 court hearing in the Bear Lincoln murder case, prosecutor Aaron Williams told Judge John Golden that the California Attorney General's office will investigate the allegations of jury tampering by Correctional Officer Brandon Van Camp, which stunned everyone in the courtroom June 23. Defense attorney Tony Serra demanded to know the name of the responsible person in the AG's office and when the investigation will begin. Serra said the investigation needs to happen immediately while events are still fresh in the minds of participants, and said that without pressure, the AG would delay and "sweep it under the rug." The judge ordered that next Monday at 8:30 someone from the AG's office or the DA's office appear who can authoritatively identify the person in charge of the investigation and when it will begin. He also said that the scope of the investigation will include all the allegations by potential juror Harry Rothman and all the issues raised in a paper filed by the Lincoln defense. It was Rothman who told the stunned court last week that Deputy Van Camp told him in the hallway that Lincoln had confessed to the crime (which is untrue). Rothman also said that a friend of his told him about conversations with a defense jury consultant about defense theories of the case, including the "friendly fire theory" that Deputy Davis was killed by a bullet fired by Deputy Miller. Deputy Van Camp, dressed in civilian clothes, appeared in court June 26 under subpoena to answer questions about his alleged statements to Rothman. The Lincoln defense team had filed papers demanding to find out whether Van Camp said things to other potential jurors, whether he was acting under the direction of any higher up or in collusion with other deputies, and demanding that he be prosecuted for felony jury tampering if investigation warranted. The defense also filed an affidavit by defense attorney Diana Samuelson accusing Van Camp of taking advantage of the crowded conditions in the courtroom June 23 to sit very close to the defense counsel table, and to attempt to overhear and observe defense attorney consultations with each other and with Lincoln. Because Van Camp may be subject to criminal prosecution, Judge Golden would not allow him to be questioned immediately by the Lincoln defense team. Santa Rosa attorney John Shields was present to represent Van Camp, and he said he knew what the deputy would testify, and felt "confident there is no cause for criminal charges." He said Van Camp was prepared to testify and wanted to clear the air. Williams said the DA's office was prepared to look into the question of who would investigate the charges and possibly prosecute Van Camp, but the Lincoln defense charged there was an obvious conflict of interest. The judge ordered Williams to report back July 2 on the issue of who should investigate, and suggested the AG might be called in. Williams reported that the AG would indeed take over the investigation. Van Camp was ordered to return for possible questioning July 11. *JUDGE ORDERS SOME HEARINGS CLOSED TO PUBLIC AND PRESS When court convened the morning of Tuesday, July 1, Judge Golden told counsel that, over previous objections of both defense and prosecution, he has ordered that future hearings on whether certain evidence is admissible in the trial will be closed to press and public, and documents and transcripts related to those proceedings will be sealed from public inspection. Serra renewed his objection on the basis of the First and Sixth Amendments. In his order, the judge explained that due to the high profile of the case in the local media, evidence which he ruled inadmissible reached some members of the jury panel through headlines, resulting in several being excused after they said they could not put the information out of their minds and reach a verdict based only on the evidence presented in court during the trial. In giving the justification for the order, Judge Golden wrote that the interests of the prosecution and defense in a completely open and public trial are outweighed by the court's interest in providing a fair trial before an unbiased jury. He ruled out such extreme alternative measures as sequestering the 12 jurors and 6 alternates for the duration of the four-month trial as being too much of a burden on the jurors and on the court. He also wrote that the defense had ruled out another alternative by withdrawing its motion for a venue change. It appears the defense took that statement as a cue to revive its effort to move the trial to another county. *DEFENSE RENEWS CHANGE OF VENUE MOTION Hours after Golden's order was made known, attorney Samuelson filed papers to renew the motion for change of venue. Because of the total gag order, the attorneys are unable to comment on what's happening in the case or why, but it appears that the order closing some of the hearings was the last straw for the defense, coming after the jury tampering shocker of last week, the gag order, and also reflecting how difficult and slow it has been trying to choose a jury. Individual jury candidate questioning resumed Monday (June 30) and will continue for two to three more weeks, or until about 35 additional members of the jury panel are qualified. Nearly 40 out of the previously qualified panel of 89 were excused last week based on new information they had learned about the case through the media or overhearing conversations of others, or second thoughts about whether they could consider imposing the death penalty. *MYSTERIOUS RECORDING ORDERED RETURNED TO DEJONG In yet another bizarre development, the prosecution a few weeks ago obtained a cassette recording of defense attorney Philip DeJong, apparently either giving dictation or speaking to someone in his office about the Lincoln case. Prosecutor Williams filed a motion asking the judge to listen to the tape and determine if it contained information which should be turned over to the prosecution. The prosecution said it got the tape when a Round Valley resident named Doug Hutt approached a prosecution investigator and said he got the tape from an unnamed person who offered to sell it to him for $15. The investigator wrote in a sworn affidavit that when he began to listen to the tape and recognized DeJong's voice, he immediately stopped the tape. In a hearing on the motion June 26, DeJong stated that he had never released any recording of his voice to anyone, and the only way it could have been obtained was by burglarizing or bugging his office. He vehemently objected to the prosecution claiming any right to the fruits of a felony crime, and argued the prosecution had received stolen property. Williams responded that the prosecution had done nothing illegal, and had done the honorable thing in asking the court whether the prosecution could hear the rest of the tape. Judge Golden agreed with the defense and ordered the prosecution to turn the tape over to DeJong "forthwith." *DEFENSE CASE SUMMARY FILED On June 18 the defense filed with the court a required brief summary of the case. It states: that the deputies began shooting without warning or identifying themselves the night of April 14, 1995, killing Bear Lincoln's lifelong friend Acorn Peters, who never fired the rifle he was carrying. After a brief interval the deputies fired at Bear Lincoln who was some distance down the road. Lincoln "fired back in self-defense and fled the scene." "The defense asserts that (1) Mr. Lincoln did not provoke this incident in any manner, (2) the prosecut