From gars@netcom.com Thu Feb 10 23:24:42 2000 Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 18:53:04 -0800 (PST) From: Gary Night Owl To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Subject: Wotanging Ikche--nanews08.004 _ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ O ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) O o O / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ O o O (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' O o o o o O ____ _ , ___ _ , ___ VOLUME 08, ISSUE 004 O o O / ' ) / / ) ' ) / / ' January 22, 2000 O o O / /-< / /--/ /-- Ponca snow thaws moon O __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, Zuni trees broken by snow moon KANOHEDA ANIYVWIYA Ha-Sah-Sliltha Otapi'sin Atsinikiisinaakssin Un Chota Es'te Opunvk'vmucvse ni-mah-mi-kwa-zoo-min Aunchemokauhettittea Ximopanolti tehuatzin, inin Mexika tlahtolli ( N A T I V E A M E R I C A N N E W S ) This issue contains articles from Big Mountain, MinnInd, NatFilm, LPDC & Triballaw mailing lists; Newsgroup:alt.native; UUCP email; http://www.seattletimes.com/news/lifestyles/html98/jdl_19990314.html http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/reno/947566549.html http://www.seattletimes.com/news/nation-world/index_20000115.html http://www.boston.com/dailynews/017/region/Indian_nation_being_offered_12 http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/16jewlfraud.htm Articles appearing have been previously posted for public dissemination and/or permission for inclusion has been secured. 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Please make a note of the new address. The old address aisesnet_discussion@listserv.umt.edu should *NOT* be used any longer. Instead please use: nn-dialogue@nativenet.uthscsa.edu Downloading Wotanging Ikche on AOL From: MAANG1419@aol.com Just thought I would share some info. I could not download on to a .txt because I kept getting the message (when I tried to retrieve it) that the text editor could not handle the volume. This time I downloaded it on to a .doc and when I retrieved it out of file manager, IT WORKED. "We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything and that he never forgets; that hereafter he will give every man a spirit home according to his deserts. This I believe and all my people believe the same." __ Chief Joseph (Hinmaton Yalkatkit), Nez Perce +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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 +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | Journey | In the summer and early fall | The Bloodline | of 1998 the Treaty Unity Riders | | rode a thousand miles on horse- | For all that live and live by law | back, carrying a staff and | We Stand, we Call, We Ride | praying each step of the way. | For All that fear and fear by sight | | We Hear, we Listen, we Ride | These prayers were offered for | For all that pray and pray by strength| each of us, and that the Unity | We Feel, we Move, we Ride | of all Peoples might happen. | For all that die and die by greed | | We Hurt, we Cry, we Ride | Tatanka Cante forwarded this | For all that birth and birth by right | poem on behalf of all the Unity | We Smile, we Hold, we Ride | Riders that we might stop and | For all that need and need by heart | ask if the next words we say, the | We Came, we Went, we Rode. | next act we make is for the good | | of the People or is it from ego | Treaty Unity Riders | for self. +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ O'siyo Brothers and Sisters! A series of ugent messages beginning this past weekend and still ongoing claims there was a takeover of the Oglala Sioux Tribal offices by dissidents, the FBI had been called in; and a standoff was taking place. There was a peaceful takeover of tribal offices by unarmed followers of Oliver Red Cloud and other Traditional elders and leaders according to KILI radio. In a statement broadcast over KILI radio, Dale Looks Twice said they were going to occupy the Tribal Office and forbid entry to any Tribal Councilman or Executive Board member. Dale said records were being confiscated and turned over to the FBI for review and investigation and they expect the same will occur at the Tribal Office and the Department of Public Safety. In a follow-up broadcast KILI radio informed that groups from the American Indian Movement were enroute to Pine Ridge to assist in the occupation. The action was necessitated by large sums of money being looted from funds channeled through the Tribe that are supposed to be used to help the Oyate, according to Chief Oliver Red Cloud. Current Oglala Lakota Nation Chairman, Harold Salway, is with the occupation group, as is spiritual leader, Floyd Hand and about 100 other occupiers. Announcements from this group emphasize that there is no standoff--that the FBI is actually present with them in the occupied buildings and that those present are answering the phone to give callers information. Tribal police spokespersons have indicated they have no plans to remove the occupiers. News stories from other media announced today that the Tribal Council, meeting in special session at the Pine Ridge casino and led by the tribal treasurer (alleged to be one of the primary diverters of funds) had voted to demand the Tribal Police oust the occupying group. Each group has called upon supporters both within and outside the Nation for support and assistance. According to John Hussman, The Oglala Lakota Nation recently recieved a grant from the Department of Justice in the amount of 7.8 million to fund a multi-disciplinary approach to addressing social problems suffered by the people of the Tribe. The Department of Public Safety was anticipating 5.4 million from this project called, "The Circle Project". Because of Tribal government interference the project has been suspended. Other allegations of fiscal irregularities and official corruption have been exchanged between both sides of the dispute. There never has been a standoff with the FBI or the Tribal Police. In fact, the occupiers were seen helping the FBI load evidence. The occupiers are receiving food from local residents, but are asking for donations of supplies for the coffee pot and for future food donations, What this ultimately means remains to be seen. At the very least, expect changes in OST leadership. Peace! Night Owl , , Gary Night Owl gars@netcom.com (*,*) P. O. Box 672168 gars@nanews.org (`-') Marietta, GA 30417, U.S.A. gars@crl.com ===w=w== Fax: 770-528-9643 gars@wolfstar.com ----------- News of the people featured in this issue ---------- - Yankton and Army Corps - Belonging Deadlocked over Graves - Tribes Harder Hit by Welfare Cuts - Unsung Women Who Left an - Peace & Dignity Journey 2000 Indelible Stamp - Hogohegee Indian Community - National Coalition on Center Grand Opening Racism in Sports and Media - Cayuga Nation Offered $120 Million - Blackfoot Nation - Jewelry Fraud Plagues Tribes Declares Independence - Peltier Supporter Press Advisory - Congratulations - Update Letter from Eddie Hatcher to Blackfoot Nation - Little Rock Reed - Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe Killed in Auto Accident Suing Fallon - Native Prisoner - Utah has Cleanup Plan - A Hundred Years Ago - Ute Tribe gets Acres Back - Nahgebah - Black Mesa Support Update - Poem: Telling Stories - Racicot Hopeful - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days Bison Puzzle Nearly Solved - Upcoming Events - California Indian Gaming - Native America Calling --------- "RE: Yankton and Army Corps Deadlocked over Graves" --------- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 23:21:13 EST From: MarthaET@aol.com Subj: Yankton and Army Corps deadlocked over uncovered graves Mailing List: TRIBALLAW (triballaw@thecity.sfsu.edu) from Ish's Native News Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, January 11, 2000; Page A3 Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 11:33:54 -0500 (EST) CHICAGO, Jan. 10 2000 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and a small South Dakota Indian tribe were locked in a macabre dispute tonight over what to do with dozens of human skeletal remains that were unearthed from the shoreline of a reservoir along the Missouri River last month when the Corps lowered the water level by reducing the flow through a dam. After negotiating for six hours, the Army engineers and tribal leaders of the Yankton Sioux Tribe exchanged several proposals aimed at ending the impasse but were "still deadlocked," tribal attorney Mary Wynne said. No further meetings were scheduled. The tribe's members say that the exposed bones are the remains of their ancestors and that they need time to properly rebury them according to ancient tribal customs. They contend that if the federal engineers go ahead with their plan to raise the water level again, the bones will be washed away and lost forever. However, the Army engineers have maintained that if they cannot dump more water into the man-made Lake Francis Case, about 100 miles southwest of Sioux Falls, S.D., water will back up in two larger upriver reservoirs that are intended to catch the spring runoff. The result could be flooding, widespread damage of property and threats to public safety, officials asserted. "The longer it goes on, the potential for flooding is greater," said Paul Johnston, a spokesman for the Corps' Northwest division headquarters in Omaha. "We've got to move some water, but at the same time we want to be sensitive to their concerns." In addition, officials said hydroelectric power plants upriver would not be able to operate at full capacity. Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) said he had been told by the Western Area Power Administration, which operates hydroelectric dams on the Missouri River, that there was a "$3.8 million cost consequence" if the Lake Francis Case water level remains lowered through February because the power plants will not be able to put enough water through the upriver dams to maintain power output levels. The dilemma is emblematic of similar disputes across the country in which federal and state agencies and Native American tribes are arguing over how much control Indians should have over public works and other projects affecting sites the Indians regard as sacred, including ancient burial grounds. The Lummi Tribe near Blaine, Wash., has filed a claim of $30 million in damages over the removal of more than 40 skeletons during excavation for a new wastewater treatment plant and has asked the federal government to put the burial ground into trust. Near Minneapolis, militant Dakota Indian protesters have been attempting to forcibly block an $83 million state highway project they say will destroy a sacred tribal burial site. Native American advocacy groups contend that there are scores - possibly hundreds - of sacred sites at risk on or near other reservations, even though the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act was supposed to give Indians a greatly expanded role in protecting ancient burial grounds. Tribal member Faith Spotted Eagle, who said her ancestors are buried alongside the Francis Case reservoir near Pickstown, S.D., said, "The Corps of Engineers seems to believe that if people are poor enough and have no political leverage, it's okay to destroy the remains of their relatives." Spotted Eagle and other Yankton Sioux members erected a protest encampment of tepees and have been tending ceremonial fires at the grave site around the clock in an attempt to protect the bones. The tribe won a reprieve on Dec. 23 when a federal judge in Sioux Falls issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Corps of Engineers from raising the water level. However, federal mediation efforts ordered by U.S. District Judge Larry Piersol failed to resolve the dispute, and the judge, after holding a two-day trial last week to hear arguments in the Indians' lawsuit against the Corps, said he would issue his opinion Tuesday. Tribal leaders contend that, according to their oral histories, the Yankton Indians' burial of their dead at the site goes back at least to 1838 and probably centuries before that. The tribe's lawsuit argues that federal engineers promised more than 40 years ago to remove 438 Indian graves in the church cemetery before flooding the area for a reservoir when the nearby Fort Randall Dam was built. Court documents indicate that some bodies were reinterred elsewhere under a contract with a funeral home, but that apparently many were left behind. Yankton spokeswoman Tessa Lehto said tribal elders recall that when they were being evacuated from their homes on the future reservoir site in 1950, they saw partially disinterred graves with bones sticking out of the ground. "Even though the Corps had a contract to remove all the bodies and told people that they were moved, obviously they were not because human remains, including complete skulls, are there lying in the sand," Lehto said. Johnson said the origins of the dispute were "just outrageous" because the federal engineers have known about the danger of graves being opened by receding water for decades but failed to do anything about relocating the remains. "It's unfortunate that the remains were not relocated with the proper dignity in the first place, and this current situation needs to be handled in a timely fashion, but with the utmost respect for the Yankton Sioux Tribe and their ancestors," Johnson said. "Unfortunately there is a low level of trust and confidence that needs to be addressed quickly." Corps of Engineers officials said that last month the Corps lowered the level of Lake Francis Case by 18 feet to create enough capacity to hold water released at two hydroelectric generating plants at the Big Bend and the Oahe dams farther north on the Missouri River. They said the river's six dams and reservoirs operate in a coordinated system designed to create enough capacity to hold the expected watershed runoff during March thaws. Col. Mark E. Tillotson, the Corps' Omaha district commander, said his agency has sought to balance the operation of the dams with the handling of the human remains. "We will do everything possible to operate the mainstream system for the congressionally authorized purposes, while allowing sufficient time for the respectful recovering and reburial of the human remains," Tillotson said. "We are taking steps to resolve this issue respectfully, responsibly and as soon as possible." However, Lehto said that last week the Corps gave the tribe permission to have Todd Kapler, a Sioux City, Iowa, archaeologist, map the site today but then on Friday revoked the permission. Lehto said she believed that the Army reversed itself because during a brief visit to the site on Thursday, Kapler found baby coffins and a particularly grotesque, nearly intact skeleton above ground and that the Corps feared that photographs taken of the remains could cause a "public relations disaster." Maggie Oldham, a Corps spokeswoman, said the reason was that Army officials wanted to check Kapler's credentials and references. Also, she said, mapping would be "premature" in light of the resumption of negotiations. Kapler, in a telephone interview, said that besides bones, he found prehistoric artifacts, including stone tools. He said the tribe was operating on "borrowed time" because cold weather and snow could make mapping of the site impossible c. The Washington Post Company Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. --------- "RE: Unsung Women Who Left an Indelible Stamp" --------- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 11:57:43 -0800 From: John Wm Sloniker Subj: History or Herstory ?? Unsung women who left an indelible stamp http://www.seattletimes.com/news/lifestyles/html98/jdl_19990314.html By Jerry Large Times Staff Columnist We put a lot of weight on a person's abilities, on what it is he does well. And often the gauge we use to measure what a person can do well is knowledge of what he has done well in the past. You give the job to the guy who has done it well in the past; you give the ball to the man you know can take it to the hoop. That is also how we evaluate groups of people, which is why he, the man, the guy, is whom we think of more than she when we are considering achievement. We don't always learn what women have done well because we study history instead of herstory or their story or our story. For the past several centuries, women have had fewer opportunities than men to prove themselves, but even when they have excelled despite barriers, we only occasionally acknowledge women's abilities. We carry forward a gap in our perception of who can do what. There is this quotation on the opening page of the Web site of the National Women's History Project. "Women's history is the primary tool for women's emancipation." (Gerda Lerner, Ph.D., history.) We see the present through the past, and, if our view of the past is incomplete, our view of the present is necessarily fuzzy. March, of course, is National Women's History Month, and the theme this year is "Women Putting our Stamp on America." We all know about Hillary and Monica and Ally McBeal, but there really are more women to contemplate than that short list. I thought maybe you'd like to hear about some of the women who, over generations, have left their stamp on America. I picked a few from the inductees to the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, N.Y. There is Suzette La Flesche, an artist, writer and lecturer and a member of the Omaha tribe, who campaigned for Indian rights in the late 1880s and got Congress to change some of its policies toward Indians. Virginia Apgar devised the Apgar Score in 1952 as a way to tell immediately whether a newborn child needs help to survive. The test significantly improved the survival rate of infants in the United States. Ella Baker was the unseen hand behind much of Dr. Martin Luther King's success. She helped organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and ran it while the men got the headlines. Maria Mitchell discovered the orbit of a new comet in 1847. Nellie Bly, as a reporter for the New York World in the 1880s and 1890s, pioneered investigative journalism. Her reporting led to reforms in New York's mental institutions. When her husband died, Bly took over his multimillion-dollar businesses, made them more profitable and did some things that many businesses are just now contemplating. She provided gyms and health care and reading classes for her workers on the theory that treating people well was good for business. Annie Jump Cannon, an astronomer in the first half of this century, developed the star classification system her profession uses to this day. Nettie Stevens showed in a 1905 paper that X and Y chromosomes were responsible for determining gender. There have been untold others, women who as individuals or in groups changed America. One of the nation's first civil rights actions was a boycott of stores by black women in Harlem in 1931. For every Mary McLeod Bethune or Amelia Earhart, who earned a place in our history, there are numerous women whose accomplishments were not acknowledged in our history books simply because they were not the gender our culture was accustomed to seeing as heroic. And for every Emily Dickinson or Babe Zaharias, there have been too many women whose talents were lost to us because they were turned away from opportunities to excel. Whenever we make one group of Americans sit on the sidelines, we lose part of our collective potential. Men and women may not always want to do the same things, but we do deserve to have the same chances. You can reach Jerry Large c/o The Times, P.O. Box 70, Seattle, WA 98111. Phone: 206-464-3346. Fax: 206-464-2261 E-mail: jlarge@seattletimes.com Posted at 06:26 p.m. PST; Sunday, March 14, 1999 E-mail Comments to Editor : Opinion@seatimes.com Seattle Times: Table of Content http://www.seattletimes.com/news/ --------- "RE: National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media" --------- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 10:55:34 -0600 From: Cyd Crue Subj: Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/14/2000 (This release was postponed out of respect for Mr. Norman Haney Sr., elder and senior advisor to the AIM-GGC, who passed into the spirit world 1/7/2000) For more information contact: Michael S. Haney, Executive Director (612)944-7290 Vernon Bellecourt, President (612)721-3914 Paula Ostrovsky, Public Relations/Press Officer (217)344-6928 Cyd Crue, NCRSM-IL Vice President (217)355-6757 The National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media (NCRSM), a human rights organization directed by Native American leaders, congratulates Vernon Bellecourt (NCRSM President and founder; National Representative of the American Indian Movement Grand Governing Council) and Clyde Bellecourt (NCRSM National Board of Directors member, Chairman of the Board of the American Indian Movement Grand Governing Council) on their distinction as "Famous Minnesotan activists of the 20th Century" by the Saint Paul Pioneer Press. The Bellecourts were among four people to be honored in that list. In addiction, Dennis Banks (co-founder of the American Indian Movement) was distinguished by the Minneapolis Star Tribune as one of "100 Influential Minnesotans", where nominees were chosen based on the impact they had on the state. "This is a sign that times have changed for Indian people in this country. Twenty years ago the American Indian Movement (AIM) was considered a radical subversive organization by the U.S. Government. In the past few decades, AIM has successfully challenged and introduced legislations to improve the lives of Indian people, it runs job training and youth service programs. Today, those same leaders share in important National and International forums, and are a valued voice when it comes to solving problems that affect Native people", remarked Michael S. Haney, NCRSM Executive Director and also leader in AIM. The NCRSM sincerely hopes that the transformation of mainstream culture attitudes towards Indian people is completed in this new era, and that Indian people are accorded the respect and dignity all human beings deserve. AIM and NCRSM have been at the forefront of the struggle against the use of Native imagery in sports mascots and logos, and marketing of products. These practices would not be tolerated if they affected any other historically oppressed ethnic group in this country, and they are indicative of the challenges Indian people face today. National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media PO Box 337, Urbana, IL 61803 (217)344-6928 phone ncrsm@hotmail.com Website http://ncrsm.tripod.com --------- "RE: Blackfoot Nation Declares Independence" --------- Date: 01/14/2000 9:52:46 AM Pacific Standard Time From: FBOYLE@LAW.UIUC.EDU (Boyle, Francis) Subj: BLACKFOOT NATION DECLARES INDEPENDENCE! Dear Friends: I have just received word that The Blackfoot Nation has recently declared its Independence from the United States and Canada. I have also been told that the Governor General of Canada personally called a Leader of The Blackfoot Nation to acknowledge this. The Governor General also expressed her personal apologies at being unable to attend an upcoming event related to this Declaration at The Blackfoot Reservation because of a prior commitment. Although I am not licensed to practice law in Canada, I believe the Governor General is the Legal Representative of the Queen, who is the Head of State of Canada. I would now like to respectfully request President Clinton to call The Blackfoot Nation and congratulate Them upon their Declaration of Independence. I do not yet have the documentation, which is being forwarded to me. They do not yet have their email in operation. But They have asked me to put this little notice on the internet for Them. May The Great Spirit hold The Blackfoot Nation in the Palm of HisHer Hand! Francis A. Boyle Professor of International Law Counsel to The Blackfoot Nation Francis A. Boyle Law Building 504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue Champaign, Ill. 61820 217-333-7954 (voice) 217-244-1478 (fax) fboyle@law.uiuc.edu --------- "RE: Congratulations to Blackfoot Nation" --------- Date: 17 Jan 2000 18:27:35 GMT From: libyad817@aol.com (Libyad817) Subj: Re: BLACKFOOT NATION DECLARES INDEPENDENCE! (fwd) Newsgroup: alt.native Hau Brothers, We have sent congratulations to Long Standing Bear Chief in Browning, Montana, and discussions of the 1851 treaty are ongoing, with plans for a spring Council. Other signatory Nations should get in touch with us, or Browning, and the Stoneys have also expressed interest in attending. We have many things to discuss, including the recent takeover of Pine Ridge as a big step toward allying our Confederacy and reclaiming our cultures, and the Land. We cannot let divisive issues sidetrack us from the larger strategy. Hau wopila, BlackFoot Nation! David Seals Secretary, Bear Butte Council --------- "RE: Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe Suing Fallon" --------- From: MarthaET@aol.com Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 23:32:36 EST Subj: Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe suing Fallon, alleging racism Mailing List: TRIBALLAW (triballaw@thecity.sfsu.edu) from Ish's Native News I wonder if anyone else thinks this is sufficiently important to warrant a trial court amicus brief? Martha January 11th, 2000 By Frank Mullen Jr. RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/reno/947566549.html The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe is suing the city of Fallon, alleging racism is behind the city's refusal to provide utility services to tribal property in downtown Fallon. "It is racially based," said Treva J. Hearne, lawyer for the tribe. "The city claims it's an issue of sovereignty but the only people capable of having such an issue are Native Americans. Of course it's racial." Michael F. Mackedon, Fallon city attorney, said race has nothing to do with the dispute. He said the issues are far-reaching dilemmas of law. "The heart of it is that there are two sovereigns occupying the same area," he said. "This can't be reducible to racism. It's a question of an area being subject to the authority of the city or the authority of the tribe." The controversy revolves around 36 acres of land dubbed the Fox Peak development near Churchill County Hospital in Fallon. The tribe bought the land in 1997 at a cost of $1.3 million - money coming from a water settlement and specifically earmarked for the tribe's economic development. Under the federal water settlement law, the tribe was authorized to buy land for economic development purposes. The tribe - like all American Indian tribes - is a sovereign nation and the land is reservation land not subject to local laws and regulations. The land has 500 sewer connection credits. A sewer line extension, paid for by the tribe, runs through the property. The tribe wants to develop the area and long-term plans may include retail shops, office space, and an assisted-living development for elders. The first phase of the property was to be the gas station and convenience store. When the tribe applied for sewer service for those buildings last year, the city council not only refused the application but also said it would not grant the tribe any utility service on the property. Fallon's position, according to minutes of an April public hearing and council meeting, is that unless the tribe takes its land out of trust reservation status with the federal government and cedes jurisdiction to the city, Fallon won't grant any city services to the development. Hearne said taking the land out of trust reservation status and giving up sovereignty would take an act of Congress. "It's not going to happen," she said. "The tribe has a right to the same utility service as any other developer." Mackedon said other developers, unlike the tribe, are subject to the city's authority. "(The tribe) is not subject to our health codes, police powers, zoning, anything," he said. "There are so many questions to be answered before we can make this work. It's a profoundly serious matter to the city." Hearne said the tribe has offered to make contracts about all of its concerns and those contracts would be enforceable no matter who is in office on either council. She said other cities, such as Palm Springs, Calif., share land with tribes and make all kinds of agreements for fire protection, zoning, police services, and other matters. "The bottom line is that Fallon officials don't like the tribe opening up businesses in downtown Fallon," she said. "They don't like them trying to compete." Hearne said both precedent and common sense on the tribe's side. She said the tribe has a right to utility service and the federal court is sure to enforce that right. "The tribe will do whatever is suitable to the zoning and planning of the city," she said. "This is a simple issue of rights denied." Mackedon said the matter is complex and the city must study every aspect of the question before it gets in front of a judge. "This is a deep, deep controversy with profound consequences," he said. The Public Utilities Commission is scheduled to meet to discuss the tribe's petition on Jan. 27. The PUC staff has already concluded Fallon should provide the utility services and that the "island" of Indian land is no different from any other undeveloped parcel within the city. The PUC staff concluded "as a matter of federal law, denial of services to a federal enclave constitutes discriminatory treatment which could subject the city to antitrust and equal protection legal claims." Hearings on the federal lawsuit U.S. District Judge Edward Reed have not yet been scheduled. --------- "RE: Utah has Cleanup Plan" --------- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 18:43:42 -0800 From: John Wm Sloniker Subj: Utah has 'Cleanup' Plan The Salt Lake Tribune -- Water Safety Concerns Spurred Cleanup Plan Saturday, 15 Jan, 2000 BY JIM WOOLF MOAB -- Utah officials have haggled for years over what to do about the Atlas uranium mill tailings. But it wasn't until the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California got involved that the U.S. Department of Energy was willing to act. On Friday, DOE Secretary Bill Richardson made his plan for moving the tailings pile official, addressing the fears of Los Angeles water officials that the water supply for millions of Southern Californians would be threatened if the 10.5 million tons of radioactive dirt were left on the flood plain of the Colorado River. Californians won't be the only ones to benefit from Richardson's plan. The Northern Ute tribe in Utah will receive 84,000 acres in a land exchange to pay for moving the tailings. Richardson said it would be the largest voluntary return of land to American Indians in the lower 48 states in more than a century. Last year, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) decided to leave the dirt where it is and simply cover it with a protective cap of rock and soil. But water officials in California, Nevada and Arizona disagreed with the decision. "Sixty-five percent of our water comes from the Colorado River," said Phillip Pace, chairman of the powerful Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. NRC studies showed that toxic metals, solvents and radioactive material in the tailings pile would continue to seep into the Colorado. Contamination levels would be extremely low, but downstream users worried about the long-term consequences of drinking the water. So the water users joined with Utah's political leaders, who also opposed the NRC proposal, to request that the tailings be moved to a disposal site farther from the river. In addition, they asked DOE to do the work since that agency has cleaned up 22 other abandoned uranium mills around the country. "We're doing this for our children, our grandchildren and generations to come," explained Pace. Richardson gave them what they wanted Friday. He announced that DOE will request legislative approval to take control of the Atlas site and then request funding to move the waste to a specially constructed disposal site somewhere away from the river. The Grand County Council wants to see the tailings shipped by rail to a previously identified disposal site about 18 miles north of Moab, said Council Chairwoman Kimberly Schappert. Before arriving in Moab, Richardson met with leaders of the Northern Ute tribe in Fort Duchesne to announce plans to give them 84,000 acres of land in Naval Oil Shale Reserve No. 2, located east of the Green River and adjacent to the existing Uintah and Ouray Reservation. One stipulation of the transfer is that the tribe will return to DOE about 8 percent of any royalties it receives from oil and gas development on the land. The money will be used to help pay for cleaning up the Atlas site. Another stipulation is that the tribe will cooperate with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to preserve a 75-mile-long section of the Green River through Desolation and Gray canyons. The east side of the popular canyon is owned by the tribe. "Today we are doing the right thing," said Richardson. "The right thing for the environment, the right thing for the Utes, the right thing for the state of Utah and the right thing for the American people." The land, which is believed to contain oil-rich shale deposits, was given to the Utes in 1882. He offered special praise for two Utahns: Gov. Mike Leavitt for helping to move the projects along, and actor and filmmaker Robert Redford for inspiring in him an "environmental ethic." Utah Rep. Chris Cannon predicted that convincing Congress to approve the land transfer to the Utes would be "very simple." Finishing the Atlas cleanup will be more challenging, he said. While having the Clinton administration's support is "critical," Cannon said, many problems need to be resolved in Congress. For example, Cannon anticipates opposition from some key lawmakers to allowing DOE to take control of the Atlas cleanup. Some members of Congress don't want to see DOE given any more responsibilities, he said. Cannon also predicted a long struggle convincing Congress to come up with the estimated $300 million needed to clean up the Atlas site. Rep. George Miller, senior Democrat on the House Resources Committee and a California resident, issued a statement Friday praising Richardson's decision on the Atlas issue and offering his help at solving the remaining problems. "I look forward to reviewing the specifics of this proposal and working with the Secretary and my colleagues to ensure that the Department of Energy is given the tools and resources to ensure the safety of drinking water for millions of Americans," said Miller. Despite the obstacles, Cannon was optimistic the Atlas site will be cleaned up one day. Pointing toward the tailings pile, he predicted: "That won't be there in 10 or 15 years." (c) THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE --------- "RE: Ute Tribe gets Acres Back" --------- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 18:41:37 -0800 From: John Wm Sloniker Subj: Ute tribe gets acres back Northern Ute tribe gets 84,000 acres back http://www.seattletimes.com/news/nation-world/index_20000115.html Saturday, January 15, 2000, 08:53 p.m. PST by Robert Gehrke The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY - In one of the biggest givebacks of Indian land in U.S. history, the government is returning 84,000 acres to the Northern Ute tribe as part of a deal to clean up millions of tons of uranium waste along the Colorado River. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson announced the agreement yesterday at the tribe's headquarters in Fort Duchesne, about 110 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. The deal, which the Energy Department called the largest return of Indian land in the Lower 48 states in a century, is subject to congressional approval. The land, which is believed to contain oil-rich shale deposits, was given to the Utes in 1882. But in 1916, on the eve of the nation's entry into World War I, the federal government took it back to create a reserve supply of oil for the Navy fleet. The reserve was never tapped. "The land is not needed for national security anymore," Richardson said. "The right thing to do is turn it back. They're the rightful owners." Under the agreement, the Indians can open the land to oil and gas drilling, but they will have to pay a percentage of the royalties - probably about 8 percent - to the government. That money will, in turn, help the government cover the $300 million cost of relocating from nearby land about 10.5 million tons of radioactive rock and soil left over from the mining of uranium during the Cold War. "It is actually a moral issue in that the government has finally returned to us what was taken from us without our consent," said O. Roland McCook, chairman of the tribe's governing body. The Energy Department estimates that the land, which is next to the 4.4 million-acre Ute reservation, holds 6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, or about 30 percent of the natural gas used in the United States during 1998. There are no estimates of how much oil is there. The radioactive waste sits 750 feet from the Colorado River just outside Arches National Park. The pile is about 50 miles south of the land being returned to the Utes. A study by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found that toxins such as arsenic and ammonia are leaching from the pile and contaminating the river, threatening endangered species of fish. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., has also raised concern that the river contamination is tainting the drinking water for 25 million people in Arizona, Nevada and Southern California. Denver-based Atlas Corp., the company that operated the mine from 1962 to 1984, has declared bankruptcy, leaving the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to clean up the pile. The cleanup bond Atlas left behind was woefully inadequate. "This is a huge breakthrough, and we're very heartened," said Bill Hedden, chairman of the Grand Canyon Trust, an environmental group that had sued to have the tailings moved. Still, the possibility of oil and gas drilling on the land makes environmentalists uneasy. The Sierra Club is pushing to have roughly one-fourth of the parcel protected as wilderness. E-mail Comments to Editor : Opinion@seatimes.com Copyright (c) 2000 The Seattle Times Company http://www.seattletimes.com/news/general/copyright.html --------- "RE: Black Mesa Support Update" --------- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 01:44:44 PST From: "willie wallace" Subj: BMIS post Jan 13 Mailing List: Big Mountain List Dear Friends, This is the first widespread post that Black Mesa Indigenous Support is issuing, more will follow. Please read the below article, check our new web page (www.blackmesais.org) and give us any necessary input. Please let us know if you want us to link other organizations / web pages / etc...for the Black Mesa / Big Mountain Issue only!!!! Also please let us know if you have received this twice, or if you wish to be removed from our list, apologies if you have this and don't want it. If you have received this before, please only distribute this copy, changes have been made. Upcoming Events: - January 22 Pipe Ceremony and Press Conference at Camp Anna Mae, Big Mountain. Please contact 520-773-8086, leave a message and we will provide directions. All welcome (support and media included). - January 26 "SAVE BLACK MESA PRAYER WALK" (Flagstaff, Arizona to Big Mountain, Dineh Nation) START: January 27, 2000 (Thursday) from the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff, Arizona. Sunrise Ceremony at the White Vulcan Pumice Mine site on the southeastern slopes of the San Francisco Peaks. Walk will proceed down a Forest Service Road to U.S. Highway 89 North. FINISH: February 2, 2000 (Wednesday) at the Heart of the Big Mountain/Black Mesa Area. [This is a Prayer Walk: NO Alcohol, NO Drugs, NO Weapons or any expression of Violence.] FOR MORE INFO: E-mail, Bahe, at iindon49@hotmail.com, or call Diana in the evenings at (520) 779-1496. BMIS ARTICLE / UPDATE JANUARY 13,2000 FORCED NATIVE AMERICAN RELOCATION IMMINENT....???? THIS ARTICLE APPEARS IN THE EARTH FIRST! JOURNAL ( JAN/FEB ISSUE). THIS VERSION HAS BEEN AMENDED SLIGHTLY TO INCLUDE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. The New Year began with the first major snowstorm of the season. No precipitation had fallen for over 100 days, and everyone welcomed the moisture that the snow brought, crucial to the health and vitality of the People's flocks of sheep and goats, particularly during the winter and spring lambing season. The roads were nonetheless difficult to drive on, and subzero windchills humbled all. Whilst the passing of "Y2K" proved relatively calm and nothing like the apocalypse many expected, the People of Black Mesa are facing the final threatening forced-relocation deadline. February 1, 2000 is the date when all Dineh (Navajo) living on the so-called "Hopi Partition Land" (HPL) who didn't sign the Accommodation Agreement are subject to unconditional removal from ancestral homelands at the hands of federal and tribal agents. On January 5, 2000 a public announcement issued by Navajo Nation president Kelsey Begaye, Hopi Tribal Council (HTC) chairman Wayne Taylor, Jr., US Attorney for Arizona Jose deJesus Rivera, and Christopher Bavasi, mayor of Flagstaff, director of Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, stated that no forced evictions would take place on Feb.1; that-while the HTC could legally evict the Dineh as of Feb.1-they have pledged to allow the case to run through federal courts. Of course, since Resisters have already been subjected to periodic harassment by HTC and BIA officials for many years, Feb.1 could very easily usher in a new phase of intensified pressure against them that may persist for months or years. These policies are by their very nature genocidal, and must be thwarted. We're not deterring anybody from coming but it's important to understand that forced evictions are unlikely to take place on February 1st. Black Mesa Indigenous Support (BMIS) and Resisters consulted agree that it would be good to utilize incoming supporters to apply pressure in nearby cities, do networking, and to undertake on-land work projects, helping families prepare for long-term resistance and cultural survival. Regardless of the untrustworthiness of the rhetoric of bureaucrats, families facing relocation refuse to leave their ancestral homeland. Feb.1 will not change their beliefs; it is simply another tactic initiated by the government to erode the strength and morale of Resisters. The following are direct statements from resisting Dineh Elders given to BMIS volunteers during a fact-finding expedition to the Traditionals' homes in early January, 2000. Sincere apologies to those families we did not get to; everyone's views are valued. Post-storm conditions combined with many prior commitments forced us off the Reservation after visiting only 9 families. A number of Elders worked hard to present a range of diverse viewpoints, yet in no way do the following individuals pretend to express all perspectives. Among the Dineh, nobody speaks for anyone else. KEY WATCHMAN: "For those coming it may be expected that the BIA, Hopi Tribe, and State police will put up road blockades , as they have done in the past (during the annual Spring Gatherings and Sun Dances). Bring video equipment please. People here are expecting a good SNOW! Go through the (BMIS) support group before coming" ROBERTA BLACKGOAT: "We have no choice. Everything is out of our pockets. Emptying ourselves. Digging our Mother Earth, killing, making weapons. Money is also part of Mother's precious body and now turning around and trying to kill her. Now children are not respectful. (They) wanted to get rid of all these human beings; to take (Mother Earth's) hearts, intestines, which (we're) supposed to be living on. This is how it's been set by Indians' prayers; taken care of by Indians' Holy Songs and this is not being respected. Visitors not respecting this. This has to be stopped! We need our children to respect the earth. Write to congressional leaders in Washington & call them too. Their hearts have to be touched. I hear McCain is running for president. Not good! To be stopped! Also, Hopi say they will do nothing but people do not believe it. The Creator has sent us here to take care of the land. If they want us to leave then SUE THE CREATOR FIRST!" PAULINE WHITESINGER: "I have no formal education to move to the city to pay bills. Here is simple life, I need no money to live here...." We borrow this land from Mother Earth. Nobody on Earth can say it's their land. Father Sky is looking at us saying we shouldn't be saying `this is our land.' They have no right impounding (livestock) because I told them not to come over to my house or to even come to the top of the hill to look at my house or even to write to me." "What do they want? We just borrow (the Land) and live here." GLENNA BEGAY: "We the Navajos have been living here for generations and generations and the bad things that are going on are really going on! What's the real reason we are being threatened? My ancestors lived here. I was born and raised here...peace and quiet! The land was beautiful at that time. We (once) had rain and snow. Now, we don't have snow. Everything we live in belongs to us. House...animals. Why do the Hopi and BIA impound? We are not doing anything. They are the ones doing things. It's been 21 years the land disputes been going on. That's too long. And that 75-year lease they added on-I ask `Why?' Are they going to be threatening people that long? We live here! The table is here; we eat here. They come here taking our food away from us. They take the animals. I want the whole thing to end so we can live a happy life. So we can live the way we used to when I was very young. It's good to apply pressure on McCain and all the others; the UN, too. RENA BABBITT-LANE: "here' alot of pollution from Peabody Coal Mine and alot of the people are sick from it. It's our land on this Mesa-they dont need to bother us. They cannot impound anymore. What they are doing to us is making us sick. There has been destruction of grave sites. They're crushing cement foundations of people's homes that have been abandoned because of relocation. They are taking. It shows you how they are greedy. They're erasing all evidence of genocide. Two burials of our family were destroyed. They were torn down and taken away somewhere. Let them all come! Whoever can come, come! Supporters can put tents up at the roads for lookout." LOUISE BENALLY: "It's (the use of direct action) up to the people who have to live with it every day and some Navajo are scared. Apply public pressure at all levels, churches, students-an uprising in the universities. Nov. 30th: In a vision there were possibly 1,000 teepees in the clouds in the East. Later that day the sun had horns, like buffaloes, meaning `war.' It shows that the universe knows there's an imbalance. It's a global matter. Burning fossil fuel is depleting not only our culture but the planet too. People who went to Seattle we give high honors too because they stood up to...the beast. We felt we were there in spirit too. They (WTO) are disregarding the planet. This is a global issue; WTO is a big contributor (to the problem)." We can't guarantee shelter for everyone. Know when coming here you are taking a risk in regards to shelter." LETA O'DANIEL: "I know supporters have their own lives and they put that aside to help with us here and I wanted to show my appreciation. Sitting down with me and even just talking helps a lot. Supporters are always welcome into my home. Civil disobedience is good. It shows the world that our ancestral lands are being taken away. I believe if there are supporters they're (BIA) going to hold back and wait for them to leave. They don't want to be on the news, in the media because they don't want to be exposed like that. I really appreciate their support... "If it wasn't for supporters, we'd be thrown out a long time ago"...as my mother Maryrose Bedoni has said. The BIA is supposed to be taking care of us but instead they're working against us. We borrow this land from Mother Earth." Support Needed & Wanted WHEN PREPARED The struggle will continue long after this "deadline". Just as the Battle of Seattle opened the eyes of the world to the fact that `the people' can effect change, so the world will realize people can prevent the extermination of indigenous peoples, cultures, and ecosystems. Act under the guidance of families! Self sufficiency a must! BMIS has supporter packets including cultural sensitivity & outfitting/preparation info; you must have this packet before we guide you to the Rez and/or place you with a family. Communications/scanning equipment a priority. There is concern throughout `the Land' that if everyone shows only for January-February, `the authorities' will move in once support has waned-a strategy utilized in the past. It's suggested that support stagger in during the coming months. Remember, lambing season's busiest months are March through May. Demonstrations are being planned around the February deadline in Flagstaff, Phoenix and Tucson. Demonstrations are encouraged in all other cities where relevant offices exist. Please consult our web page for more information. On-land support: sheepherding/firewood/household help; homesteading work/repairs (carpentry/roofing skills greatly appreciated); auto repair/maintenance; farming and permaculture projects; fence-building/repair; eco-restoration/recovery projects; livestock monitoring/human rights-copwatch work; transportation/shuttling of supporters and resisters; medical, video, and communications/media support. Off-land support: demonstrations/direct action at key offices (see below); office/media/computer assistance (our office currently is 2 organizers' small bedroom, to be vacated, funnily enough, by Feb1!); outreach/fundraising ; letters/phone calls to key officials. Office and regrouping space is desperately needed at this time! We are spread very thinly and need help with action/demo organizing as well as needs assessments and resource procurement. We are looking for office space to extend our support network as well as residential space to accommodate visiting supporters. Prospective supporters are requested to contact BMIS first. Rides to and from the Land are available. Gas money ($40) and supporter packets are mandatory. No housing accommodations are available in Flagstaff, although there is a hostel and several very low-budget motels in town. During the winter and early spring, nights are ALWAYS well below freezing. While some days are sunny and relatively mild, many are windy and cold, and can be cloudy and wet as well. It DOES snow in northern Arizona-sometimes quite copiously-so be prepared! Stay posted for updates, historical info, etc. We have all the necessary contact info for informing the appropriate public officials both at the end of this update and on our web page. We will tell them as well as show them that we are stopping these genocidal policies. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING!!! Black Mesa Indigenous Support Box 23501 Flagstaff, AZ 86002 voice-mail: 520-773-8086 granmonta@hotmail.com www.blackmesis.org This is a NONVIOLENT effort! No weapons, alcohol, drugs, or aggression toward ANYONE! RELOCATE THIS!!! Contact info for appropriate public officials-give them no rest! Being respectful and responsible is a must, the families on the land will have to deal with the repercussions of your actions; bear that in mind. You may want to question what the Tribal Governments / BIA responsibilities are? What about the water supply; safe road conditions, i.e., for school buses? They are supposed to be helping the people, not harassing them. They won't make it easy for you however: It appears the HTC phone number doesn't work these days, & all the following BIA people seem to be on sick leave-whereabouts unknown. Wayne Taylor, Jr., Chairman: Eugene Kaye, Chairman's Chief of Staff, The Hopi Tribe P.O. Box 123 Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039 tel: 520-734-2441 (x101 Wayne Taylor) (x107 Eugene Kaye) fax: 520-734-6665 e-mail: waynetaylor@hopi.nsn.us jacquelinenahee@hopi.nsn.us (for Eugene) Kelsey Begaye, President, The Navajo Nation P.O. Box 9000 Window Rock, AZ 86515. tel: 520-871-6000 fax: 520-871-6352 Chris Bavasi, Mayor of Flagstaff AND Executive Director Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (ONHIR) (by the way, his annual salary is between $120,000 - $128,000 for his position as Kit Carson of 2000 with ONHIR) c/o City of Flagstaff 211 W. Aspen Ave. Flagstaff, AZ 86001 tel: 520-779-7600 fax: 520-774-1977 Leon Berger, former executive director of ONHIR who resigned in 1982, stated, "The forcible relocation of over 10,000 Navajo people is a tragedy of injustice that will be a blot on the conscience of this country for many generations." Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) The Bureau of Indian Affairs is the federal police force/managers of all `Indian land' held in trust by the federal Government. For example, an injunction was put on the HTC stopping them from doing livestock impoundments, so the BIA does it for them. BIA Web Page: http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html ROAD MAP TO FIND PHOENIX BIA "COME AND SEE US" http://phxao.az.bia.gov/map.htm Wayne Nordwall Regional Director, Phoenix Regional Office of the BIA Tel: 602-379-6600 fax: 602-379-3886 / 602-379-4413 P.O. Box 10 Phoenix, AZ 85001 email: WayneNordwall@bia.gov Thomas F. "Tom" Davis, Land & Water Resources Range Conservationist U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs Western Regional Office 400 North 5th Street Phoenix, AZ 85004 tel: 602-379-6600 or 379-4511 http://phxao.az.bia.gov/map.html This fellow seems like more polished brass, recently came up with a livestock impoundment team to deliver a impoundment warning note to a family. He may be coming along after so many complaints were made about the regular field agent Fred Chavez. BIA Hopi Agent Fred Chavez PO Box 158 Keams Canyon, AZ 86034 tel: 520-738-2225 ext 223 OR 520-738-2249 fax: 520-738-5187 Fred Chavez is the man `on the Land' conducting livestock impoundments, among other things. When asked how he felt about reducing families sheep numbers below sustainable levels, he stated that his job did not concern the peoples' survival, but dealt with resource management, this is his job........................... ....................apparently someone has to do it. Wendell Honani...Fred's boss, BIA Hopi Agency PO Box 158 Keams Canyon, AZ 86034 tel: 520-738-2225 or 738-2249. Mr. Kevin Gover ...Director, US Bureau of Indian Affairs 1849 C Street NW Mail Stop 4140 Washington, DC 20240 tel: 202-208-7163 fax: 202-208-6334 This is the BIA guy in Washington. Navajo-Hopi Land Commission (NHLC) Thomas Benally (Executive Director) and Staff (e.g., Roman Bitsui) of the NHLC Navajo Nation P.O. Box 2549, Window Rock, AZ 86515 tel: 520-871-6277 NHLC does on-land liaison, they were very active last deadline (March, 1997) driving around with federal officials, pressuring families into signing the Accommodation Agreement. We may have allies here. Senator McCain in Washington, D.C.: Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) 241 Russell-Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 tel: 202-224-2235 fax: 202-228-2862 http://www.senate.gov/~mccain Jill Peters (Washington, D.C. office) is handling Black Mesa issues. Although McCain has recently denied knowledge and evaded questions on the relocation issue, he was the main sponsor of the 1996 Accommodation Agreement (P.L. 104-301). He talks rhetoric about honouring `Indian Treaties' while sponsoring genocidal policies and violating human rights in his `home state'. Please flood every press conference etc.. he has for his presidential campaign, use this opportunity!!! Senator McCain in Arizona (3 offices): Senator McCain (Tucson) 450 West Paseo Redondo, Ste. 200 Tucson, AZ 85701 tel: 520-670-6334 Senator McCain also has 2 offices in the Phoenix area. Congressional Leaders By zip code: http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ziptoit.html or you can search by state at http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html. You can also find your representatives at http://congress.nw.dc.us/innovate/index.html "EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE-NOTHING FOR OURSELVES!!" ------------------------- This is a BIGMTLIST post. Email addresses--- To Post message: BIGMTLIST@onelist.com To Subscribe: BIGMTLIST-subscribe@onelist.com To Unsubscribe: BIGMTLIST-unsubscribe@onelist.com For more information on this on-going human rights crisis in the United States, visit my web page at http://www.theofficenet.com/~redorman/pagea~1.htm --------- "RE: Racicot Hopeful Bison Puzzle Nearly Solved" --------- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 22:44:39 -0600 From: "Brooke Schiavi" Subj: Racicot 'hopeful' bison puzzle nearly solved Racicot 'hopeful' bison puzzle nearly solved By WILL RIZZO Enterprise Staff Writer and The Associated Press As the next round of negotiations on bison management nears, Gov. Marc Racicot said Friday the state will "willingly accept the risk" of bison roaming from Yellowstone National Park into Montana, but the state first needs a guarantee its cattle producers will be protected from potential financial harm. "We have to be assured that our producers will not be harmed and we need a partner in this," Racicot said. In a Friday interview with The Enterprise, Racicot said the majority of management issues save been resolved but federal agencies and the state still differ on several key aspects of the clan. The state and Montana's cattle producers need a guarantee they will be protected- through federal legal action or reimbursement -if other states impose sanctions over Montana's brucellosis-free status, Racicot said. Federal agencies have also tried unsuccessfully to convince the national association of state veterinarians that allowing untested bison outside Yellowstone does not pose a serious risk to the health of Montana's cattle herd, Racicot said. Racicot added he is "hopeful" for a resolution at an upcoming hearing. "We've made an extraordinarily large amount of progress," he said. Last week, U.S. District Judge Charles C. Lovell in Helena said he will oversee a hearing between state and federal agencies on Jan. 28 to resolve their differences over creating a management plan for bison leaving Yellowstone. Lovell also ruled in favor of a request fit Montana to prevent the U.S. departments of Interior and Agriculture from continuing develop a bison management plan without state's participation. On Dec. 13, federal agencies filed to abandon the cooperative effort in response to what they say was Montana's firm opposition to allowing untested bison outside the park. Brucellosis is believed to cause livestock abort fetuses and cause undulant fever humans. The Montana Department of Livestock estimates half of Yellowstone National Pa: bison herd is infected with brucellosis. Since 1996 roughly 1,200 bison have been shot or shipped to slaughter. Spokesmen for the U.S. Department of Interior and the Animal and Plant Heath Inspection Service could not be reached for comment. --------- "RE: California Indian Gaming" --------- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 11:08:55 EST From: MarthaET@aol.com Subj: Prop. 1A not in the bag yet;Opposition to gaming measure said almost nonexistent Mailing List: TRIBALLAW (triballaw@thecity.sfsu.edu) >From Victor (quote him!) Rocha's California Indian Gaming News Prop. 1A not in the bag yet By Tim O'Leary The Press-Enterprise PECHANGA INDIAN RESERVATION Passing out pens, lapel pins and bumper stickers before a buffet flanked by ice swans, seahorses and dolphins, one of California's largest casinos lobbied local politicians and others for support of a pro-gaming initiative. Indian officials Friday pitched for passage of Prop. 1A, which would grant them a monopoly on slot machines next March. While initial opposition to the new measure has been scant, tribal members are not letting down their guard. "We're still the underdog," said Victor Rocha, a member of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians who has created an Internet site on gaming issues. He scoffed at news reports that a victory at the polls last year on Prop. 5 has prompted Las Vegas casinos to bow out of the high-stakes battle over Indian gaming. "I don't buy it," Rocha said. "It's do or die. We're fighting this like our backs are against the wall." Among the guests at the luncheon in the tribe's bingo pavilion were two state assemblymen, three Temecula City Council members and two from Murrieta. Lunch speakers included Mark Macarro, Pechanga tribal chairman and star of the pro Prop. 1A television campaign. Though critics say the measure will expand gaming, Macarro touted the benefits of gaming revenues to his tribe and the Temecula Valley. That money has helped reduce Indian unemployment, alcoholism and suicides and has improved reservation housing, fire protection and senior-citizen and youth services, Macarro said. In Riverside and San Bernardino counties, gaming has created 6,000 jobs that pay workers $90 million a year, according to figures quoted by Macarro and other proponents. Inland casinos also donate more than $3 million a year to local charities and scholarships, proponents said. "That is absolutely incredible," Macarro said. "If this isn't reason alone to support Prop. 1A, I don't know what is." Terry Gilmore, a Temecula car dealer and president of the Murrieta Valley Chamber of Commerce, estimated that jobs created by Pechanga Entertainment Center have boosted his dealership's sales by $10 million since the casino opened nearly five years ago. "I think it (Indian gaming) is working," he said. "I don't see any negatives." The two state legislators agreed. "If there were problems, we'd see them by now," said Assemblyman Rod Pacheco, R-Riverside. Assemblyman Bill Leonard, R-San Bernardino, predicted that Prop. 1A will pass, but the luncheon and other such get-out-the-vote efforts are important. "I think this will be a much easier campaign, but I never take any campaigns for granted," he said. The amendment to the state Constitution would ratify the governor's gambling deal with tribes by granting Indian casinos a monopoly on slot machines now banned in California. Unlike the battle last year over Prop. 5, which sanctioned Indian gaming, Prop. 1A is supported by the state. The new state regulations would set limits on the number of slot machines, require gaming tribes to share revenues with those that do not have casinos and permit labor unions to organize casino workers. Prop. 5 was passed by voters in November but was ruled unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court. Tim O'Leary can be reached by e-mail at toleary@pe.com or by phone at (909) 587-3133. Published 1/15/2000 Contact the metro/news staff. Copyright 2000 The Press-Enterprise Company. Designed and hosted by PE.net. --------- "RE: Belonging" --------- Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 16:11:36 -0500 From: not@inthe.game (justanoldman) Subj: Belonging.. Newsgroup: alt.native dlaan'te' Long time no see to all my friends here, but I'm not staying.. just passin' through.. I've been travelling a lot since my last visit, most recently with relations among the Pikanii of the great Siksika Confederacy (with the Peigan of the Blackfoot Confederacy for the academics here). I had the pleasure of sharing good talk & strong coffee with the representatives, young & old, of many families, & I was heartened by the fires that refuse to be extinguished. It was especially good to meet some new (to these eyes) members of the Small Legs family. It's always strange to meet grown men who now have place in council who were only 5, 6 years old last time I saw them. I hold a special place in my heart for the Small Legs family. This family is still strong as it was in Nelson's day, still living as the old ones meant, as a family that is one of the family-of-families that constitute the Nation. All that I met & smoked with know that it isn't just being born that makes someone a son or daughter of the Nation - it's what you do with that gift of life *on behalf of the Nation & for the common good* that earns one the right to belong... I just want to comment on one of the emails sent to me along my travels, then I'm off again to northern BC.. The email mentioned that someone on this ng had asked, "What makes one an Indian?", & someone whose fingers obviously type faster than their brains can move gave the flippant answer, ".. birth." No names were mentioned, so I'm not sure what planet the reply came from folks, but I think that everyone on this planet knows that besides birth, marriage & adoption are the other two thirds of the equation that forms family here. Apparently they propagate without marriage or adoption, like bacteria, on that other world. It is family that has the *only* legitimate right to say who is & who is not a member of that family. That is a fact of life in *every* culture humanity has developed since time began. It is undeniable. Who dares dictate to me as to who is my son or daughter, or my wife or your husband? The governments of Germany from 1933-1945 & in South Africa until the fall of apartheid are the most glaring examples of 'authorities' that held to such warped presumptions. Those evil regimes actually held the absurd belief that one's skin colour or "blood" had something to do with one's ability to exercise rights. The BIA & DIA on this continent chose this eratz science as a great tool to administer Indian files & cut down on the expense of maintaining treaty rights of the Nations, given that adherence to such stupidity inevitably leads to a "racially pure" Nation's disappearance within a relatively short century or two. Unfortunately, a few of the true Nations of this land have begun to swallow that make-believe nonsense about the existence of more than just the human race - extending the divisions of humanity into some weird pseudo-science that pretends that there is some sort of significance to the superficial & ridiculously minor variations among mebers of the human race such as skin tone, DNA sequences or even the shape of teeth. They (the few among the Nations that have fallen into this trap) forget that (quite rightfully) the world has no tolerance for "race-based rights." Again, the regimes of Nazi Germany & pre-liberation South Africa are the most glaring examples of where such "race-think" leads (& good riddance to such destructive ignorance/arrogance too). "Purity of bloodlines" is talk fit for cattle breeders, not human beings. The rights of the First Nations/Tribes are based on *political* realities, on the fact that the Tribes/First Nations of this hemisphere are NATIONS, *not* on the horse-manure make-believe about "race". The traditional governing structures of most of the Nations of this hemisphere are family-based, the Nation comprised of a family-of-families. Leadership so designated by those families is accountable to those families, *not* to some vague notion of "public" & certainly not meant to pander to the family/Nation destroying notion of "individual-as-paramount". How much difference is there between the make-up of my DNA strands & that of any other member of the human race..? A whopping 0.00003%. .. "Tooth shapes?!" Having no teeth, that idiocy would classify me as non-human I guess. And my skin tone varies from dark brown in some places to white, pink & even blue in others. The notion of "clour-based" differences in humans is so absurd that whenever I meet anyone who thinks that skin colour means something I sometimes offer to let them kiss my pink parts, anytime. It usually shuts them up pretty quick, so go ahead & try it for yourself if the "thoroughbred animal breeders" bother you.. The far right (ie, neo-Nazis such as the Reform Party of Canada, many Republican Party House & Senate leeches in the USA, Australia First Party, etc..) have begun using the monster illusion about "race" & "race-based rights" as a lever in the continuing war to destroy the true Nations of this land & to extinguish the rights of their citizens/members. For years these same dimwits have used the crap about "race" to attack the Nations by using it as the basis for exclusionary policies (eg, assimilate or starve). Now they want to use the same nonsense to destroy them by inclusion (ie, assimilate because your rights are "race-based"). Beware of the trap of "race". It is as fatal as the swords of the conquistadors & the bullets of the 7th cavalry. Your rights as citizens/members of a Tribe/First Nation are yours because your family & others who share that land, language & customs were, are NATIONS! .. NOT because of "bloodlines" or "DNA". Nations long, long before those terms even existed. And "birth" is just one of the three (3) means of admission; you have to *earn* your right to belong, every single day. No rights without responsibilities..! As I'd mentioned often during my time here on this newsgroup, I know many of different colours who are full-fledged members of various Nations of this land. And I dare *anyone* who has the slightest understanding of the meaning of sovereignty of the Nations to declare to these Nations that they are wrong, that they are not permitted to say anyone is a member of their families because of some superficial detail such as "DNA" or "skin colour" or because of the shape of their teeth or of their "retinal cones"... So all those who still believe in the principles handed down by countless generations, who refuse to play the "race game," sing along with me, a song I've sung many times before in my years on this ng.. All together now.. anawun, anatoo.. "It ain't DNA, BIA or DIA.. it's FAMILY!!" .. Good.. Now again.. Louder!! with respect to those that know.., & my prayers as always for those that I know.. (I'll be back in a month or 2 or 3..) jaom/e'ne'thekwe' --------- "RE: Tribes Harder Hit by Welfare Cuts" --------- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 08:08:59 -0600 From: berryj@okstate.edu Subj: (FWD)Indian News 01-11-2000 Roger Iron Cloud FirstNations Listserv 202.358.3252 rironcloud@acf.dhhs.gov Tribes Harder Hit by Welfare Cuts c. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS January 10, 2000 Indians -- particularly Utes -- will have a more difficult time dealing with the loss of welfare benefits than other segments of the population, a University of Utah researcher says. "The Utes, as well as other ethnic groups, not only suffer from living in rural areas where jobs are scarce but face discrimination when they apply for work," said Laurie DiPadova, head of the university's Center for Public Policy and Administration. Unemployment rates tend to be higher on reservations than in neighboring, depressed rural economies and Indians typically earn less, she said. The median income for a Ute is $14,500 a year, according to state statistics. Hundreds of Utah residents will no longer be eligible for cash payments through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. The state imposed a three-year lifetime limit on public assistance in connection with federal welfare reform measures. The first group of welfare recipients, including two Ute families, hit the deadline New Year's Eve. The state Department of Workforce Services, which administers welfare in Utah, has worked with people for months, trying to prepare them for the transition. Many qualify for hardship extensions. Some families will immediately feel the impact of losing benefits, but DiPadova said she is more concerned about the long-term effects of welfare reform. The system lacks a way to track the progress of people who move off public assistance, she said. "We have no clear way of documenting gaps in service provision or of determining how to meet the changing needs of the poor, much less measuring the effectiveness of welfare reform," she said. The Social Research Institute at the university's Graduate School of Social Work has been following groups of former and soon-to-be former welfare recipients. Though helpful and necessary, the studies are inconclusive and whole populations, notably Ute Indians, are not covered by the data, DiPadova said. DiPadova says the Utes are particularly vulnerable. A tribe is eligible for a welfare extension if its unemployment rate is higher than 50 percent. Such is the case with Navajos. But the Utes are geographically spread out, living in what DiPadova calls a "checkerboard" reservation. The law isn't applied the same to dispersed reservations as to intact reservations, making their allowances different, she said. The average unemployment rate on Ute reservations is 77 percent, she said. The rate in Duchesne County, where many Utes live, is 7.1 percent, still well above the state average, DiPadova said. Drain Brush, Workforce Services spokesman, said there is disagreement over which unemployment rate should be applied because the Ute reservations lie on Indian trust lands in Uintah and Duchesne counties that encompass more than the reservations. Workforce Services administrators, tribal leaders and others are meeting to decide on the rate. Workforce Services is working with the Navajo Nation to take over some welfare programs, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Brush said. The agency, however, is not doing the same with the Ute Tribe. --------- "RE: Peace & Dignity Journey 2000" --------- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 08:51:45 -0600 From: "Frank Blazquez" Subj: Peace & Dignity Journey 2000 Tiahui & A'ho Gary, Hope all is well for you and Janet. I have enclosed some information concerning the Peace and Dignity 2000 Journey. Could you please post the info on the NA News web site. As you will read we are extremely interested in the participation and inclusion of inmates. Tlazohkamati, Frank (Tekpatltzin) I am posting the following information pertaining to the Peace and Dignity Journey (Run) 2000. This journey (and some of you may be familiar with this project already) began in 1992 with the goal of uniting the Indigenous Nations of the North (Eagle) and the South (Condor). Eagle staffs were carried by lead runners of many nations and the sacred run began, simultaneously, in Alaska and Peru, with the eventual meeting of all runners and staffs on October 12, 1992 at the pyramids of Teotihuakan, Mexico. There is of course much more history with the journey. If any of you are interested in reading more and also participating this year there is a web site: WWW.peace-dignity2000.net/index.htm As we enter a new Sun the indigenous spirit is strong and continues to awaken many of the people. Whether it's in the urban areas or the reservations, the midwest, the southwest or the east coast we are starting to see a strong sense of awareness and pride in one's ancestors. The Great Spirit, Ometeotl, has provided each of us with the gift of life and spirit. Many obstacles have been placed in front of us in the last 508 years but it is time to come together for the purpose of uniting all people, huge task that it is. Runners and volunteers are needed. The coordinating office for the Northern Journey this year is in Denver (Rocky Rodriguez). Tributaries are being organized for the west and east coasts and through the midwest and Chicago. The runs are scheduled to begin in May and end jointly in Mexico in October. This time around the runners will attempt to run by as many prisons and sacred sites as possible. We are going to encourage inmates to join us by running behind the walls for the five or so months of this journey. One idea proposed is that each runner carry the name of an inmate and carry that to the end of the run in Mexico. As runners approach the prisons prayers will be offered quite possibly a song. There is more information coming at the end of the month. Tlazohkamati, Tekpatltzin Kalpulli Yetlanezi-Tolteka 13 frank_blazquez@ipsd.org mexicapride@earthlink.net THE PRAYER FOR PEACE & DIGNITY! The Prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor is told by many Native nations in the Western Hemisphere. The following is an elaboration from the Peace and Dignity Journeys Confederation of the Eagle and Condor Coordinating Council. The Elders of this continent remember and talk about a prophecy that foretold how we will come together and reunite as one. We are like a body that was broken into pieces and this body will come back together to be whole again. They speak about this in the South, Center and North. Our Elders tell us that we will unite and get our strength back like many arrows that will not be broken. They remember the history to keep the fire alive. We have to come together to be one, to have complete understanding. The main tool used was the arrow because our ancestors all over the continent were hunters. In time they added this arrow to a sacred bow. This bow is used all over this continent and is what we call the half moon. They knew we would be around and this bow would be again in the center, marking the direction that we should take. If we take a step we send this arrow to follow. All of our people have to make a new design for our children and the future generations. They said it is written in the stars and we have to make this work so they can move the spiritual energy. This will begin a new time when we can take the Spirit in our own hands when the Eagle and Condor reunite. Our leaders said that we should not forget to pass this message to our children. We will reunite our family and our people. Their Sun will be a new light. When this is done the people will fulfill their destiny. The pieces will be in place. There is a space for everybody and they will be apart of this prophecy. The majority of our leaders say don't forget to teach our children. All of the last leaders that were in command said to keep the family together. We will be standing in this new design. We will hold this in our home one day. Teach from Father to Son, from Mother to Daughter. It is very simple to understand. The Encounter of the Condor of Urin and the Eagle of Hanan This Prophecy was related during the First Encuentro of Indigenous Peoples in Quito, Ecuador in 1990. In the unfolding of the life of the Indian Nations, every five centuries produces transformations of both foundations and forms. With these changes, life does not lose its essence. It becomes covered with new skin. The old is rejuvenated. It is nourished with pure energy. This energy Is transmitted by the great spirits of Allpa Mama and Pacha Mama, that Is, of nature and of the Universe, in general. Thousands of years ago, when life Initiated its vital cycle, Pachakamak (God of Time) created Intl (the sun) and Quilla (the moon) out of the union of it's tears and, thus, gave birth to the Runas, to the people, of this continent Appla-Yala and In this birth emerged the Condor and the Eagle, the Kuntur of Urin and the Anga de Hanan, their spirits continually enriching the veins of the Runas of this continent. Their strength motivated the north and south to unite. The union of the people of the North with the South also signifies the union of the Condor and the Eagle. The Condor and the Eagle join their tears from Jahanpacha (the sky) to Ucupacha (the underground.) Out of this union sprang Central America. In this piece of earth was concentrated the wisdom of Hana and Urin. New nations developed, whose inhabitants had the capacity to sow the earth In the middle of a great ocean and convert it into what is today Central America. These peoples, oriented by the laws of Allpa Mana and Pacha Mama, had to pass through difficult situations, one of which was the splitting of its nations into four parts. After this tragedy, the Willak Umus (prophets) instructed their Amautas, Curacas, Arawikus or wise men to create prophecies that would orient and guide our peoples. These prophecies would teach the Indian nations to maintain themselves solid, united and, above all, to search for the most appropriate paths for their liberation. The beginning of the liberation of the Indian people would be symbolized by different prophecies, one of which Is the union of the tears of the Condor of Urin and the Eagle of Hanan. The union of these tears would cauterize our wounds and fortify our spirit, body and thought. The great spirit would open furrows and in each furrow would water its seed, and In each step would spring battalions of men who would bare their chests to fend off the daggers of the enemy. They would reach out with their hands to erase oppression, exploitation and Injustice, and they would write on the huge page of the sky the sacred word of liberty. The union of the Condor and Eagle, according to the prophecy, should occur in this time. The ensuing time period will be born with a new spirit. This new spirit will unite once again the red nations of North, Central and South parts of the hemisphere. It is important to understand the interpretation of the prophecy in order to understand the purpose and scope of the Peace and Dignity Journeys mandate which the intercontinental run is a part. There are many steps that will and are being taken by our peoples in this time. The Peace and Dignity runs are some of these steps. All steps are part of the Vision, Dreams and Prayer that we are making to carry out the instructions of our ancestors and to fulfill the prophecy by active participation in these steps. This is the prayer of Peace and Dignity that the Eagle and Condor Confederation be reestablished again. --------- "RE: Hogohegee Indian Community Center Grand Opening" --------- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 21:15:16 EST From: Jisqua@aol.com Subj: Re: press release PRESS RELEASE For more information contact: The Hogohegee Indian Community Center at (256)905-0444 or Millard Shelton at (256) 292-3423 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Indian Community Center Grand Opening a great success Moulton, Alabama - January, 8th, 2000 - The Grand Opening of the Hogohegee Indian Community Center at 14395 Court Street in Moulton, Alabama was a great success with about 500 people venturing out in the rain to visit the first of its kind Community center in North Alabama and possibly the State. Millard Shelton, Chief of the Blue Clan of the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama started the festivities with a prayer in Cherokee and English and Steve Bison a member of the Echota Tribe of Alabama sang a Cherokee starting song to bless the beginning of a new era in Alabama history. Children colored pictures while adults and children alike sampled traditional American Indian foods, prepared by Laurie Wheeler who is of the Lakota Nation, and Klieta Bagwell of the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama, and listened to the singers and drum. Some folks checked out the library while others just sat and visited. This was a great start to bringing the Native American Community Back together and establishing a visible presence in the Lawrence County area. Check out our web site at, http://www.creativewebsolutions.com/Hogohegee.org --------- "RE: Cayuga Nation Offered $120 Million" --------- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 07:40:51 -0500 From: Pat Morris Subj: Cayuga Nation Offered $120 Million http://www.boston.com/dailynews/017/region/ Indian_nation_being_offered_12:.shtml Indian nation being offered $120 million settlement in land claim By Associated Press, 1/17/2000 00:19 SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) The Cayuga Indian Nation has been offered about $120 million to settle its 19-year-old land claim out of court, according to an Oklahoma-based American Indian chief who says he would urge the nation to accept. "It's not enough for what the land is worth, but it may be the last, best chance to settle this without dragging it on to the appeals court and possibly to the Supreme Court," Chief Jerry Dilliner of the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma told the Syracuse newspapers Friday. Michael McKeon, spokesman for Gov. George E. Pataki, emphasized Saturday that the reported offer "is not one that comes from the state." State officials have so far spoken in support of a jury trial to determine the damages. State Sen. Michael F. Nozzolio, who represents all of Cayuga and Seneca counties and lives within the claim area, has said that the Cayugas feel any acquired lands would be exempt from state, federal, or environmental laws. "If that is their attitude, there is no benefit to the counties to settle the matter. I'm not aware of the terms of this new proposal, but it doesn't surprise me the mediator is making an 11th hour desperate attempt to come up with a proposal. It should stay in court," he said The proposal was reportedly tendered Wednesday by court-appointed Mediator Eric. E. van Loon of Boston, Mass. Jury selection for the damages phase of the trial is scheduled to begin on Tuesday. Opponents to the land claim criticized van Loon for excluding them from the settlement efforts. "The talks are continuing without the people it effects. It's a sad scenario," Seneca County Supervisor Richard L. Ricci said. In a case that is being closely watched by native Americans, property owners, and public officials across the country, the approximately 3,200- member Oklahoma tribe and the approximately 500-member Cayuga Nation of New York are suing for return of their former reservation. The tract in question includes 64,015 acres spanning two counties and encompassing about 7,000 private property owners and 11,000 residents. In a 1980 lawsuit, the Cayugas claimed that the state illegally snatched the land from their ancestors by violating a 1790 federal law requiring the federal government to approve all land treaties. Their claim was upheld in 1994, and this is the first time a land claim filed by Native Americans has reached the stage of a damages trial before a jury. --------- "RE: Jewelry Fraud Plagues Tribes" --------- Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 09:19:45 -0500 From: Pat Morris Subj: Jewelry fraud plagues tribes http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/16jewlfraud.htm Sunday, 16 January 2000 Jewelry fraud plagues tribes By Pauline Arrillaga The Associated Press GALLUP, N.M. - Bob Lawson has hydrochloric acid behind the counter at Navajo Trading Co. When an unknown artist wants to sell jewelry, Law splashes a drop on each piece to determine if it's sterling silver or nickel. When dropped on silver, it dissolves without a trace. But when the acid is applied to nickel, the metal turns an aqua color, an indication that the jewelry he has isn't the real thing. Shoppers can compare Next door to Lawson's shop, the owners of Richardson's Trading Co., in business for 86 years, have begun purchasing fake Navajo rugs to show customers who want to be sure what they're buying is authentic. Their own weavers are now instructed to tag their creations with photographs and biographies. Other craftspeople, such as Zuni Indian silversmiths Jan and Wilda Boone, are branding their pieces with initials and symbols - anything to prove that their work is indeed their own. In the town renowned as the retail center for authentic Indian arts and crafts, shopkeepers and artisans are going to battle against a growing threat: the importation and sale of impostor products. It is a foe as old as the Indian arts trade itself but a foe many who work in the industry have only begun to take on, driven by the government' s failure to enforce laws meant to protect their products and livelihoods. "It has gone unaddressed for so long that it is taking a very strong hold on our ability to put out authentic handmade products," says Andy Abeita, a sculptor in New Mexico's Isleta Pueblo who has become a leader in the fight against the misrepresentation of Indian-style wares. "We're talking about artists who may not have the opportunity to teach their children the trade that their fathers taught them and, possibly, their fathers before them." Abeita was talking about artists like the Boones, who make earrings and bracelets in a makeshift workshop at their home in the Zuni Pueblo, south of Gallup. Jan's parents were silversmiths, as were his grandparents before. Wilda's made animal carvings, as the couple's 22-year-old daughter does now. Although their trade has been passed down from generation to generation, the Boones would prefer their two youngest children find another way to make a living. Imitations have changed their business forever, they say, causing buyers to be more wary of their own creations, which like most Indian jewelry can run anywhere from $10 for a pair of small earrings to several hundred dollars for large necklaces. "It's hard to go into a store and try to sell something that you've worked so hard on and they're like, `Uh huh.' It breaks your heart," says Jan Boone, who is studying construction and plans to leave the jewelry trade. The imitations, he says, are "cutting right down into our way of life, let alone our way to make a living, and taking food out of our kids' mouths." Gallup grew around trade Gallup, a borough of 20,000 people between the Navajo and Zuni Indian reservations in western New Mexico, was a product of the Indian arts industry. Trading post entrepreneurs were among the first settlers here in the late 1800s, and quickly found fortune purchasing Indian-made goods. Items ranged from guns, saddles and buckskins to jewelry, blankets and carvings. Even in those days glass beads made to look like turquoise were being produced in Czechoslovakia and Japan, says Martin Link, publisher of the Indian Trader, a monthly industry newspaper in Gallup, where more than 100 trading posts and galleries still line a two-block stretch of downtown. But back then, says Link, "the look-alikes and the fakes were obviously look-alikes and fakes." As the popularity of Indian-made jewelry grew in the 1970s and '80s, copies became more sophisticated and retailers less candid about whether their wares were indeed authentic. Soon imitation Navajo rugs, Hopi kachina dolls and other crafts were being sold as handmade Indian products. Imitation is widespread Today up to half of the Indian-style arts and crafts sold in the United States - an industry that generates $1 billion annually - may not be authentic, according to the Albuquerque-based Indian Arts and Crafts Association. Some 80 percent of the jewelry sold in Gallup is thought to be cast reproductions rather than authentic handmade, Abeita says. Fed up with the influx of impostors, American Indians persuaded Congress in 1990 to rewrite a decades-old law to stiffen penalties for misrepresenting a product as Indian-made. Complaints are reviewed by the Interior Department's Indian Arts and Crafts Board, which can then forward cases to the Justice Department for prosecution. Violators face a $250,000 fine and a five-year prison term. Businesses can be fined up to $1 million. Since the law took effect in November 1996, no cases have been referred for prosecution. The board has received 46 complaints, including 20 in writing, over the past three years. Only written complaints are investigated. "People are quick to complain about their neighbor down the block, but to actually sit down and formally accuse them of breaking the law, that takes a commitment," says Acting IACB director Meridith Stanton. State law protection Ten states, including Arizona, have statutes similar to the federal law, although state prosecutions also are rare, says Abeita, who last year worked as a consultant to the New Mexico attorney general, coordinating investigations of impostor goods. His work culminated in six civil lawsuits earlier this year against businesses in Gallup, Santa Fe and Taos. Four cases resulted in fines ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 and one business, a repeat offender, was shut down for two years. The other two cases are pending. Prior to those, cases against unscrupulous retailers were rare, admits Bennett Cohn, of the New Mexico Attorney General's Office, which periodically performs "buys" at some of the more than 500 Indian arts and crafts dealers in the state and tests the products for authenticity. Abeita admits artists and retailers are hesitant to turn in their own because of fears the bad publicity will negatively affect the entire industry. However, he also insists authorities are lax on enforcement. Spotting phonies Over the past few years, Abeita has traveled to U.S. Customs ports in New Mexico, Arizona, Alaska and California to teach inspectors how to spot Indian-style products, which must be indelibly marked with the country of origin in order to be legally imported. Items not marked can be confiscated. "The problem is that once a product has been identified and an exporter has been made aware, they simply port-shop somewhere else," Abeita says. In Gallup, stores post signs warning customers to beware of imitations. In the Zuni Pueblo, an art museum prominently displays plastic stones and imitation jewelry made in "Zuni, Philippines." Abeita is working with the Zuni, Navajo and Hopi tribes to patent their own trademarks. http://wolfseeker.com http://www.insidetheweb.com/mbs.cgi/mb629759 http://www.sunlink.net/~wlfskr -- - - - Indianz at http://www.egroups.com - a group for, by, and about Indianz --------- "RE: Peltier Supporter Press Advisory" --------- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 17:20:15 -0600 From: "LPDC" Subj: Urgent Action! Mailing List: LPDC Dear Leonard Peltier Supporters, Below is a press advisory for a very important support building mission which will be carried out by top officials of the Assembly of First Nations and National Congress of American Indians this Thursday, January 20. The delegation will meet with Leonard in prison to strategize for his release. Please fax it to your local media contacts. We will send out a press release Thursday afternoon to let you and the media know how the visit went. We hope everyone's organizing plans for February 6, which marks Leonard's 24th year in prison, are going well. This year the LPDC has proposed that supporters pull together organizing meetings in order to broaden our bases of support and build coalitions. We also proposed that the focus be on the upcoming parole hearing, which will likely be in May, not March as we had thought. In order to use the February 6 events to maximize support for the upcoming parole review hearing, it is important to build coalitions and make numerous contacts with people and organizations who will be able to organize phone banks, letter writing campaigns, and visit Congresspeople. We will need numerous letters from unions, Native Nations, churches, human rights organizations, etc. on letter head in support of Leonard's release by parole to be sent to the LPDC. Attorney Jennifer Harbury has prepared all sample letters and phone banking instructions in this regard and we are just waiting for the parole attorneys' okay before we send them out. You will receive them very soon. Meanwhile, please let us know where your meetings will be held, who the contact person is, and any other important details because we are receiving numerous requests as to what is going on in what area. If you are already organizing a march or vigil for February 6th, that is good, but please try put some time aside for a strategizing session with the participants if possible. Thank you for all of your work and here is the press advisory mentioned earlier. ----The LPDC Delegation of Leading Tribal Officials from Canada and U.S Will Investigate the Situation of Native American, Leonard Peltier In Prison Contact: The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee Gina Chiala, LPDC campaign co-coordinator 785-842-5774 What: Press Conference with top officials of the Assembly of First Nations of Canada and the National Congress of American Indians of the US When: January 20, 2000 at 2:00pm Where: Across the street from the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary Who: Phil Fontaine, the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Ernie Stevens, top official of the National Congress of the American Indians, Jean Day, spokesperson of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee and survivor of the 1975 Oglala shoot out aftermath, and Jennifer Harbury, attorney and renowned human rights activist. Why: Phil Fontaine, the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations of Canada, his delegation, and Ernie Stevens of the National Congress of American Indians of the U.S. will be meeting with Leonard Peltier in prison. The two groups are the largest Native American Organizations in North America, representing the majority of tribes on the continent and they are insisting that President Clinton release Leonard Peltier through a grant of Executive Clemency. They will be meeting with Leonard Peltier in prison to strategize methods for his release and will afterward address the press. Leonard Peltier was convicted of murdering two FBI agents in 1977 in one of the most controversial trials of the century. When faced with previously withheld evidence on appeal casting serious doubt on Mr. Peltier's guilt, the US prosecutor established on record that he in fact could not prove who actually shot the agents. Amnesty International considers Mr. Peltier to be a political prisoner who should be "immediately and unconditionally released." Call the White House Comments Line Today Demand Justice for Leonard Peltier! 202-456-1111 Leonard Peltier Defense Committee PO Box 583 Lawrence, KS 66044 785-842-5774 www.freepeltier.org To subscribe, send a blank message to < lpdc-on@mail-list.com > To unsubscribe, send a blank message to < lpdc-off@mail-list.com > To change your email address, send a message to < lpdc-change@mail-list.com > with your old address in the Subject line ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe, send a blank message to lpdc-on@mail-list.com --------- "RE: Update Letter from Eddie Hatcher" --------- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 20:54:23 -0500 (EST) From: ME Shaiman Subj: Eddie Hatcher Update Letter from Eddie Hatcher Jan 3, 2000 Court Hearing On January 3, 2000, I appeared before Robeson County Judge Frank Floyd. The hearing was the result of a petition which I filed before the NC Supreme Court asking for basic legal necessities as a pro se defendant. On December 2, 1999, the High Court issued a ruling in my favor ordering that the Superior Court determine my rights to have access to a law library, access to a telephone to talk with defense witnesses, contact visits with defense witnesses and uncensored mail. Also, the NC Supreme Court took it upon its own to issue an additional ruling that the court should redetermine if it was not more appropriate that I be held in Robeson County, where I could prepare an adequate pro se defense, instead of Central Prison. The state called two witnesses to the stand, jail Doctor Strawcutter and Chief Jailer Pete Williams, to show that because of my HIV status and because of my conduct in the county jail in 1989 during the hostage taking case the jail was not equipped to house me. Under oath Dr. Strawcutter admitted that there were prisoners at the jail with HIV. I submitted my medication into evidence and the doctor had to admit that the medication created no hardship to the jail. Basically, I had to defend my disability and demonstrate why I should not be discriminated against because of HIV. The judge almost apologized to Johnson Britt, District Attorney, because he had no choice but to rule in my favor. He also ordered that if my health status changed, I would be sent back to Central Prison. I, and other residents of Robeson County, are participating in a drive for the removal of the Robeson County District Attorney, Johnson Britt. This campaign is being headed up by the Eddie Hatcher Defense Committee. This effort involves a great deal of printing, postage and supplies. I am issuing a personal appeal asking 50 people to please give $20.00 to help cover the cost. We will be issuing regular updates on this campaign. Thank you for helping us fight the plague of injustice in Robeson County. Please send your donations to the Eddie Hatcher Defense Committee, P.O. Box 2702, Pembroke, NC 28732. Visit his website at www.eddiehatcher.org for other contact email and snailmail addresses. The site owners have set up a listserve and also an email to request pamphlets and other written materials. --------- "RE: Little Rock Reed Killed in Auto Accident" --------- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 18:37:59 GMT From: sjerry@rocketmail.com Subj: "Little Rock" Reed Killed in Auto Accident Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native Don't have all the details, but Little Rock was killed this week end in an automobile accident in Albuquerque, N.M. Jerry --------- "RE: Native Prisoner" --------- Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 19:41:37 -0520 From: "Janet Smith" Subj: Contacting those in the Ironhouse Tell a Native American Prisoner someone cares! The following is a portion of the list of Native American Prisoners incarcerated in prisons throughout the United States. The full list is found at the Native Prisoners Pen Pal list the following web site: http://www.brooks.simplenet.com/penpal.html. The list is compiled from contributions by Wotanging Ikche readers, other friends and from Laura Brooks' research on Native American Spiritual Freedom in Prison. If you know of a Native prisoner who would like to be included here, please e-mail Janet Smith at jans@atlcom.net. My thanks to Laura Brooks for giving this list a home on the web. -- - - - The following arrived in this week's mail. Please add this brother to your list of those you write and send strength to in the ironhouse. Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 10:51:56 -0500 From: "bola akadiri" Subj: native american prisoner needs comfort and communion with spiritually connected people. Dear webmaster: I am an attorney (african, from nigeria) in cincinnati. i don't know if you remember me, but i requested your magazine because i feel spirirual oneness with your people. can you help davis james wounded-eye? he is incarcerated in a federal institution in minnesota. they snatched him out of the jurisdiction of his sovereign nation by invoking the bogus "major crimes act". davis will be out soon, but he hungers for contact with his people. his address is: Mr. Davis James Wounded Eye #01021-046 B-Unit Federal Correctional Institution P. O. Box 1000 Sandstone, MN 55072 Davis is from the Northern Cheyenne Nation in Lame Deer, MT. Thank you for your help. bola akadiri -- - - - New! Native American Prisoners' Penpal Network: http://members.tripod.com/~foltz.k/pages/atlantahome.html Right now, it contains applications submitted by native inmates of the USP Atlanta federal prison with the high hopes of obtaining pen pals and communication with the outside world. Most, if not all, these men, are incarcerated very far from home, isolated, and away from their families and contact. Remember, when contacting an inmate, if you want to send something to them, make sure ahead of time what can and cannot be sent. Items such as money, stamps, tobacco, sage, etc. cannot. Some items have to be designated for group use rather than individual, so please be sure to check ahead of time. Keep them in your prayers and let them know they are NOT forgotten. Janet Smith --------------------------------- Please especially remember - this is the "Year of Leonard". Leonard Peltier #89637-132, Box 1000, Leavenworth, KS 66052 --------------------------------- Write Eddie Hatcher directly at North Carolina Central Prison: Eddie Hatcher, 1300 Western Blvd., Raleigh --------- "RE: A Hundred Years Ago" --------- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 22:48:12 -0800 From: Brabara Landis Subj: [NAT-FILM] History: A Hundred Years Ago - Carlisle - Jan 5, 1900 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 ~%^%~ A WEEKLY LETTER -FROM THE- Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa. ================================================ VOL. XV. FRIDAY, January 5, 1900 NUMBER 10 ================================================ A GOOD NEW YEAR PRAYER. -------------- Teach me, father, how to go Softly as the grasses grow; Hush my soul to meet the shock Of the wild world as a rock; But my spirit, propped with power, Make as simple as a flower. Let the dry heart fill its cup, Like a poppy looking up; Let life lightly wear her crown, Like a poppy looking down When its heart is filled with dew And its life begins anew. -EDWIN MARKHAM. =========== CHIPS FROM CHRISTMAS '99 ------------- The real life of the day began as early as four o'clock Monday morning. Sweet Carol singing by a band of girls was the ushering in of the festivities and merry making, and proved a signal for Santa Claus, who went in person to the girls' quarters and to the small boys' quarters, but to the large boys and to the teachers and officers he sent his gifts by special messengers. There are no chimneys at the small boys' quarters, about which he complained quite a little. He does not like the new fangled steam pipes. He could not get through them with his pack, but finding a chimney at the girls' building his heart was delighted and down it he flew and across the campus, making his boys very happy with presents and witty talk. He found in both Assembly rooms trees heavily laden with the presents he had sent on before, and the walls were decorated with evergreens in a manner that he liked. The day was mild and beautiful. The usual Chirstmas services were held in the chapel at 9 o'clock. Dinner came at 12:30. It is said that more covers were laid in the students' cheerily trimmed dining-hall, this year, than ever before - 692. The rest of our 1026 students ate Christmas dinners at family tables in country homes. The teachers' club dinner was the usual festive spread, in a room decorated with evergreens. The tables were set in the form of an X and the edibles with which they were laden gave bountiful satisfaction to all who partook. The afternoon? All had a free time, and grouped themselves in happy companies to chat and be merry. The small fry as well as some of the older people were glad to go to bed early, having had a FULL day in every sense of the word. The Week. The first good news that carried downright pleasure to the hearts of the students was that the pond was freezing. Down, down, down went the mercury, and on Tuesday morning word went the round as if by magic that the ice was strong enough to bear. Skating lasted the entire week, giving a most happy round of pleasure. ---------- On Tuesday night the school was entertained by a very interesting stereopticon exhibit, Mr. Standing being the slide manipulator and lecturer of the evening. In the selection of slides were the faces of many of our old time Indian friends and chiefs of numerous tribes, dressed in the picturesque style of olden days. They were heroic in size, and so natural that the student body seemed paralyzed into breathless silence, listening for the words which all felt must come from lips to life-like. There IS something about an Indian chief that commands respect and attention. What is it? The strong character of a GOOD chief and leader as stamped upon his face speaks for itself. ----------- On Wednesday there was held the annual sociable at which refreshments of candy, fruit and nuts were served. It required between seven and eight bushels ================================================ (page 2) 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. ------------------------------------------------ Price: -- 10 Cents per Year ================================================ Entered in the P.O. at Carlisle as second class mail matter. ================================================ Address INDIAN HELPER, Carlisle, Pa. Miss M. Burgess, Supt. of Printing. ================================================ 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. ================================================ Our game with the Berkley team at San Francisco on Christmas Day, resulted in a victory for us by a score of 2-0. Charles F. Humerich, Insurance and Real Estate Agent, on West Main St., was around this week with calendars. They are large, plainly lettered and just the kind we like. "Thank you," say all. Louisa Provost spent the holidays with her country friends at Kennett Square. Mr. and Mrs. Larkin presented her with a large number of beaautiful carnations and sent some to friends at the school when she returned. The Oneida students received a very pleasing Christmas greeting from the Episcopal Missionary there, Rev. F.W. Merrill, in the shape of an illustrated souvenir, taking in the most interesting features and faces of the Hobart Mission and vicinity. The wedding announcement for January 1st, of Ellen Thomas, class '98, and Mr. John Prophet at the Red Lake Government School, Minnesota has been recieved. She has the warm congratulations and well wishes of a great many old friends and students at Carlisle. Dahney George, class '98, now of the West Chester Normal, studies until after ten o'clock at night, and rises about 4:30 in order to finish her housework before school. She is carrying five studies, and is working well, and as hard work rarely injures a person, she will come out with a feeling, surely, that she has earned her way to success. The School Entertainment, which came just before the holidays, was notable for excellent declamations, giving evidence of hard study and drill. The sentiment of many of the selections was such as to inspire lofty aspirations and manly and womanly effort. The singing by the school received applause from the faculty. The Mandolin Club played well. The choir singing was excellent. Singing without the piano requires a great deal of accuracy of tone, and is much more enjoyed than when the instrument is obliged to be used to keep the singers up to the proper key. For this reason the rendition of Gaul's "Jack Frost," was thoroughly enjoyed. The Glee Club, pleased all as usual. Miss Senseney with the choir and large school, and Professor Bland with his Glee Club are doing great work with the singing, while Mrs. Sawyer, Professor Morrow, and the Wheelock borthers with piano, band and orchestra are bringing out the true spirit and feeling in instrumental renditions. Through an oversight the excellent lecture on the Indians of the Amazon River which took place before the holdiays was unnoted. The lecturer was Rev. R. Witte, and the subject with stereopticon views was intensely interesting. There are two and a half millions of Indian in Brazil alone and 230 different tribes and languages. The governing authorities of the province of Para are favorable in a school on the basis of Carlisle. There are 30,000 miles of navigable waters on the Amazon and its tributaries. All welcomed the gentleman who was with the Rev. Witte, the Rev. G.W. Chamberlain of the Presbyterian Mission Board. His 'Ola! Ven ca!' still rings in our ears. Those who spent Christmas Day, and some of the holidays away from the school were: Major and Mrs. Pratt and the Misses Pratt, Steelton; Misses Wood and Stewart, New York City; Mrs. Sawyer, Norwalk, Conn.; Miss Cutter, Philadelphia; Miss Senseney, Baltimore; Miss Luckenbach, Bethlehem; Mrs. Cook and son, Hobart, Wallingford, Conn.; Miss Paull, Blairsville; Miss Cochran, Millerstown; Mr. Snyder, Lockhaven; Professor Bakeless, Milroy with his family; Mrs. Beitzel, Williams Grove; Miss Newcomer, Shippensburg; Miss Miller, Philadelphia; Miss Clara Smith, Erie; Mrs. Rumsport, Huntingdon. Very encouraging letters from Mr. Thompson, Mr. Hudson and others of the football travellers tell of their good times. Mr. Thomspon makes particular mention of the fine way in which they were treated at Perris, California they having just left there. The band was out and they were "recepted" in great style. They played a game of baseball with the Perris boys and defeated them. We will hear about the other schools visited, when they come. The boys of the Harness shop call their place of work the Kemp University, and their instructor, President Kemp. So an item comes to us this week in these words: "President Kemp, of the Kemp University was presented with a handsome crayon portrait of himself, a Christmas gift from his students." We learn that John Garrick was the artist. George Connor has purchased the Leahy harness shop and is now doing business on his own responsibility. George is a master hand in the harness business, having learned his trade while attending school at Carlisle, and learned it thoroughly. One of the best samples of work is that set of $35 harness which he recently turned out for Colonel Pollock's team of blacks. -[The Osage Journal The hospital is grateful to Miss Lillian Franz, Lancaster, for a box of magazines. ================================================ (p 3) The new flags are fine. Mrs. Bowersox is visiting her daughter. Miss Hill spent a day with friends in Chambersburg. Katie Johson visited relatives at Washington, D.C. last week. Miss Anna Noble, of Jenkintown, was a guest of Miss Hulme, last week. Several of the teachers were the recipients of handsome presents from their classes. Seventy-six girls attended the Methodist Church entertainment on Christmas evening. Miss Richenda Pratt spent part of her Wilson College vacation with friends in Lockhaven. Howard Gansworth, '94, now a Princeton University Junior, spent his holidays at the school. Many of the little boys and girls in the art class made their own Christmas cards, in water colors. Misses Clara and Mary Anthony, of West College St. ate Christmas dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Standing. Dr. C.A. Rahter, of Harrisburg, was a guest of Dr. Diven on Tuesday, and paid the printing office a call. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, of the near farm, ate Christmas dinner with the teachers, on the invitation of Major Pratt. Miss Ranco, of Philadelphia, has been visiting her cousin Edith Ranco and Ada Sackheson in the girls' quarters. The Mandolin and Guitar club is working hard. Earney Wilber leads the guitars and Ella Romero the mandolins. Zenia Tibbetts, who has been homing with Miss Edge, and is now in for a brief visit, thinks that her home is "a fine school." Miss Luckenbach gave an informal reception in her room to Howard Gansworth and a few of his friends, Tuesday night. A portrait of the late Thomas Marshall, has been placed upon the wall of the Y.M.C.A. hall, a gift from Josephine Jannies. One of the small visitors of holiday week was William Royal of Girard College, who takes the HELPER and reads it with interest. Miss Edith Smith, of West Chester Normal and graduate of Carlisle, class '96, was the guest of Martha Owl, during the holidays. Daniel W. Shanks, of Hampton Normal Institute, was among the holiday visitors. He is a Seneca Indian and is learning to be a machinist. Tonight Miss Senseney and Miss Sarah Smith visit the Invincibles; Miss Seonia and Miss Paull the Standards; Miss Peter and Miss Robertson the Susans. Miss Susie McDougall '95, made her friends very happy by coming to see them on her holiday vacation. Susie is now a teacher in the Mt. Pleasant School, Michigan. Through Mr. Lavant Mason, of Jamestown, New York, the HELEPR office has another one of those elegant Monday Afternoon Club Calendar's similar to the one received last year, and which was read daily for its splendid sentiments. "I have 26 presents. How many have you?" was a query overheard in the hall of the girls' quarters, and the answer was: "Oh, so MANY more than I deserve." Chief Wheelock of our mailing department is taking a brief leave, with clarinet in hand, to play with the Dickinson College Orchestra and Glee Club, now out on a little trip. We have not room to give the names of the visiting girls to and from country homes, but they were welcome guests at both ends of the line and from all that could be learned, they had a good time. When little Esanetuck, one of the Alaskan girls, saw Santa in the hall early Monday morning, she flew to her bed, hid her head in teh pillow and sobbed with excitement and joy. The other girls flocked around him crying: "Oh, Santa! Santa! We KNEW you would come!" The services of John Miller, the indefatigable and faithful janitor of the school building was so appreciated by the principal and teachers that they made up a handsome purse of silver dollars for a Christmas present, and he wishes to extend, throught the HELPER columns, his heartfelt thanks for the same. On Saturday last, Mrs. Dorsett was "at home" from three to five o'clock, to her officers and to several of the visiting girls. Chocolate, ice-cream and cake were served, and the girls were entertained with progressive essays and games. Esther Parker proved a charming little maid for the occasion. Ulysses Ferris spent a very pleasant holiday vacation in Brooklyn, N.Y., a guest of Major B.H. Toby of that city. He expressed a great deal of gratitude for the honor thus shown him by his newly acquired friend, the Major. He saw many new and interesting things and enjoyed society experiences ever to be remembered. Mr. Richard Heyl, of Philadelphia, an Apache Indian who has been living in that city for more than a decade, was among the visitors of the week. He went through the public schools of the city and then took a four years' apprenticeship in the Pennsylvania Railroad shops. He is a full fledged machinist, and a gentleman of culture and refinement. Dr. Eastman arrived from the west on Christmas Day, having had a round among the agencies of the northwest. He secured a number of students for us and created a good impression among Indians in favor of education in general and the getting of Indians out, in particular. He took cold on his way in and has since been critically ill with double pneumonia. We are happy to say at this writing that he is improving. A fine opportunity was afforded the school on Wednesday all day to see the productions of the Philippine Islands, a palace car fitted up as a museum coming upon the school side track. Photographs and products of the Islands gave to the students an exceptional and attractive educational exhibit. The car was under the directorship of the war correspondent Wanton Stanley Webb, who addressed the school on Wednesday evening, giving an interesting story of his travels and experiences. ================================================ (page 4) of peanuts to give a taste to each student. A game of basket ball between Companies A and C, enlivened the occasion, Company C winning by a score of 9 to 0. The evening was ushered in by exhilarating music from the Band. -------- On Thursday night Mr. James Wheelock and his orchestra of thirteen pieces, Professor John R. Bland of Carlisle, and his Glee club of 16 young Indian singers, Professor Frank Morrow of Harrisburg and his Mandolin Club consisting of 34 young Indian maidens, filled two hours with great enjoyment. Professor Bland sang very acceptably and was encored. ----------- On Friday night the societies held meetings, the Standards and Invincibles combining in a comical farce and music. They met in the Standard Hall. ---------- On Saturday night, Director Dennison Wheelock, with his brass Band in full force, gave a program in Assembly Hall. Several new pieces were played, the description of which appeared upon the printed programs, making the rendition of the various parts doubly interesting. A number of the pieces were encored, and the entertainment as a whole was a fitting and merry close of a week of unstinted pleasure. ============= A CHRISTMAS LETTER FROM MISS ERICSON IN PORTO RICO. ------------- Miss Ericson is spending her first Christmas in Porto Rico, and she says that although the calendar would remind us that it is Christmas time she can hardly believe it. I must shut my eyes for a few minutes and think hard to bring before my inner eye the old familiar sights from home (Helsingfors, Finland) and Christmas in Carlisle. Recent letters from carlisle tell me how winter and cold weather is settling down with you. How strange it sounds! Cold weather! We have it perfectly charming here for the present. Just enough of the northerly breezes to make the air dry and lovely. I am very happy here. I like the new life exceedingly. I do not know what homesickness is, and hope never to learn it. One beautiful moonlight evening, I was invited out for a boat ride on the bay. It was perfectly enchanting there and I was in an ecstasy of delight. After a while I put my hand down into the water. "For goodness sake, don't do that!" exclaimed my companion. "Why?" "Don't you know that the bay is full of sharks?" How quickly do you think that my hand was drawn from the wet element? I am extremely fond of my school and pupils, although they give me a good deal more to do as far as discipline is concerned than the Indians. After New Year we will move finally into our new building, and then, but not before, can I begin my regular school work - Sloyd. I teach drawing, only, now. Some of my pupils are real little geniuses in art. Russell Whitebear has been to see me several times. He is a nice, gentlemanly, sober boy, with the best reputation. Such a name means a great deal here where the soldiers so often disgrace themselves in one way or another. I am proud of Russell and find from my talks with him that he is making good use of what he learned at Carlisle, and that he is very fond of his old school. He looks well and it has done him good to be out and to have seen the world a little. I wish you could have been with us one day when a party of ladies and gentlemen went up the Bayamoon River in one of these little boats of the natives. It was a perfect summer day in December. A typical tropical landscape was before us. We visited the ruins of an old church founded by Ponce de Leon, now overgrown with vines and tropical flora. Returning, we stopped at a palm grove, for we were thirsty. A native boy climbed a tall tree as quickly as a monkey could and with well trained hand cut down a nubmer of big nuts. There is nothing so cool and delicious as the milk of the cocoa-nut to quench thirst. It amused me to see a cat hovering near, waiting for her share. The way she relished the drink showed that she was certainly a Porto Rican cat. I doubt whether Kitty Lizzie or Patrick Henry at Carlisle would have enjoyed it more. My address is Lock Box 63, San Juan, Porto Rico. =========== Enigma. I am made of 9 letters. My 1, 3, 4, we do if we go out much in the hot sun. My 9, 2, 3, 5, 6 is the way that our football boys made Berkley feel, and the way in which the whole State of California seemed to sympathize while they were there. My 7, 8, 1 is where Indians must get. My whole were encouragingly numerous at the school this year. --------- ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S ENIGMA: Jumping Jack. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ For more information about the Carlisle Indian School students, email Barbara Landis: blandis@epix.net or visit CIIS Research page at http://www.epix.net/~landis --------- "RE: Nahgebah" --------- Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2000 00:17:56 GMT From: "rustywire" Subj: Nahgebah Newsgroup: alt.native Nahgebah It was the time of year for joy and thanksgiving, but Ashie was concerned about how to make payments on this months bills, and with Christmas coming there was not enough money to cover the rent even, and there still was the light bill to go. The kids were looking forward to Christmas but he thought I wish it had already gone by. He was far from home, this native to Four Corners and from time to time he would look to the South at the horizon, beyond that is where home really was, in the nestle of red rocks, cedar trees and dusty roads. He had not been home since his mother had suffered a stroke and the boys, his three brothers and him decided to board up the house. It was more than a year ago, he got a call that his mother had been found on the floor at the house in Two Gray Hills and flown from Shiprock to Albuquerque. He drove all night and got there after they had operated on her at the University Hospital at the University of New Mexico. He stayed there with her. The doctors said she would come out of the deep sleep she was in. He thought that maybe by talking to her, that she might know his voice and come back. She just layed there, all her gray hair was cut off. He did not recognize her with her hair all gone. As a boy he watched her comb her hair out, early in the morning. She was careful to pick up all the loose ends and put them someplace safe lest they fall into the wrong hands. She took care of her hair and kept it up in the bun all day, tied up traditional style. Now she just layed her with no hair and did not move.. He stayed as long he could sleeping in his car in the parking lot and pawning his belt buckle and some silver jewelry to get back home. His boss had let him off and paid him for two extra weeks while he was gone, but since his job as a trucker paid no benefits, he was in debt to his boss and could not visit her anymore. She was put in a long term nursing home and moved to Phoenix, his brothers and he had decided that was best, because the good hospitals were down there They boarded up the house and put away all the things in there, but they couldn't really touch the things in her room. They left it just like they had their father's room. His father liked to put up pictures of Indians, any kind of Indian and one wall was a collage of Indian pictures, years ago when he passed away, no one in the family had the heart to take them down and so they were still up there, along with his hat, his drum and rattles. Anyway he had chance to drive a load to Albuquerque just before the Holidays and it would be extra pay, and he needed the money so he said ok. He told his wife and she wasn't too happy about it. "What about Christmas, the kids are expecting.", but her voice trailed off because she knew as well they needed the money. She said, I will think of something. He said I wish I could give you a better Christmas than this but I have to take this trip. It is a hard thing when you know that no matter what you do you can not do anything more that you can do to bring more money home and this Christmas was going to be a bust. He touched the kids hair as they slept, it was early before daylight when he left. Ashie got to the yard and saw the dispatcher, got his paper work and found a rig with a Cummins diesel. It was noisy but after it warmed up a while it purred like a kitten. He looked around and thought, looks like I am the only one here today. He put it in gear and started to head out. The dispatcher ran over to him and flagged him down, he stopped. The old white guy could move pretty good when he wanted to. He asked Ashie, what is your cell number. Ashie told him I don't have a cell phone, I will have to call you when I stop. The dispatcher looked at him and did not say anything and he headed out and drove South looking for the freeway. In a few hours he would be looking for the red rocks of home. It was the beginning of a new day, the earth was new in many ways and the early light of dawn was just beginning to reach it's fingers to the west. He felt his pocket and the nub of deerskin that held yellow powder, Tah-Dah-Deen, was small in it. If he had a chance he would have to find some to refill it. He thought about this sunrise, reached into the small deerskin pouch and offered a prayer. From my chest may the pollen of dawn help me to learn. He looked to the western horizon as he entered the freeway. From my back may the pollen of yellow evening light help me to learn. as he shifted gears the words came.. From the soles of my feet may the pollen of whirlwind help me to learn. He looked at the dawn in the east as the sky was pink and pale blue From the top of my head reaching toward the sky, toward sunlight and blue birds pollen being hemp me to learn so that I may walk and go this way with it. Let these things I see help me to learn and let me the pollen of wind touch my tongue and guide me in proper way I should go. He stretched and sat up and breathed in the fresh air of a new day. Now restored to youth a little I can go about this day, pollen help me to learn how to walk in beauty this day - he repeated it again as he drove down the highway. Old lady Nahgebah was her name, she came into the extended care nursing home in Phoenix. She was on Medicare, long term and she became known as the Old Navajo woman in bed 6B. They had gone to Gallup and eaten at the All You Can Eat Chinese Place by the Old WalMart she didn't feel too good and thought it was just a long day. When she got home, she put her things away and went to the door to take a look at the sheep. Her youngest son had left to go to Newcomb. She felt strange and then she fell to to the floor. It was a strange place, half in shadows and half twilight. In the distance she could see movement but could not reach there, she was on a mountain and they were across the valley and did not see her. Who were these people she tried to talk to them but they would look at her and say nothing. She watched them and some of the looked like monsters. Ashie drove through the mountains driving South, the roads were full of families headed to visit, some had Christmas presents in the back windows and the kids would stick their arms out the windows and pump them up and down. He would reach for the string and the long sound of a diesel horn would bellow out and they would wave. All he could think about were his kids at home, who were just now waking up and finding him gone. There were going to check the tree for new presents but there was just one for each and then they would go to the kitchen for cereal. It was a play, it looked like from where Nahgebah stood, she say a giant talking to a woman, and while she was out gathering plant food from country that looked like Lukachukai, a broad valley with a mountain rising up to the East, she wandered at the foot of it and gathered, drop seed plants for soup. The monster came and she hid and the monster went by her and travelled on. Her shape changed and she moved and there she found a place and dwelt in it. After a time the one who calls himself the Sun went into her place, he was there a long time and then he left. This woman came out and then found a place with dripping water and layed under it. When she did this she could see this was Changing Woman. She was witnessing the conception of the twins, the father came and she conceived them. It was to rid the world of these monsters, she could see them in the distance wandering around. So this is how they came to be...one child conceived with a powerful name, Monster Slayer. When this child was born there was a storm all around the place, there were dark clouds and lightning flashed clockwise starting in the East then the South, then West and to the North in a clockwise fashion.. When the second child was born, there was just gentle thunder starting from the East. She stood there and watched this, and heard the names of these children, the first born to kill monsters, he was called Monster Slayer and the other for soft gentle dripping water, Child Born for Water. She could see them when they were small and when monsters came to the place of the mother the boys were hidden. These monsters had heard there was a new force with power born but were not sure where it came from and searched all over for what it was but could not find it. Ashie drove on down through Ute Mountain and could see the spire of Shiprock to the South and felt at home, even with all his worries it felt good to see this place. It was not too far from home. He remembered then that no one was there anymore, just an empty boarded up house. He remembered telling his mother when he as a child, "I will build you a house some day Shima", she would look at him and just laugh and say ok, we will see. He felt bad about the whole thing because he was the eldest son, the one in charge and life did not work out how he planned it. Now she was a vegetable in a strange place. Nahgebah could see the boys grow up in a short time as if by magic and they were strong, and quick, they could see her and she would wave at them and they would wave back. She could not tell how long she had been at this place but she was growing tired of it. She looked to the East and could see some light and strained her eyes to see beyond it. The Twin boys grew and asked their mother who their father was, after three times she finally told them the fourth time they asked. She told them the Sun, and from their the story of their journeys Nahgebah saw, each one, the tests of going to the canyon where men get thrown from the rocks, the place where reeds cut like knives on those that crossed them, the crossing of a river that gets wider when you try to cross it. She saw how the Wind became their ally and how they had the magic of travelling on a rainbow. She watched these boys grow and she could see the light of day becoming better in the East. Ashie turned off the road South of Shiprock and drove west. He was thinking that somewhere in an office in Reno, a guy was drinking coffee and looking at a computer screen watching a map with little blip leave the road off the trail to Albuquerque and he was reaching for the phone. Ashie smiled and was glad he did not have cell phone, but the box above his head mounted outside was telling on him, but he turned down that narrow ribbon of road and headed west anyway. An older Navajo woman herding sheep on a nearby hill at Burnham turnoff wondered what a diesel truck was doing way out here. He waved to her, but she just looked at him and he laughed about it to himself and drove own down the road... Nahgebah could see the Twins approaching the Sand Dunes where when one walks it swallows you up but she felt the rush of Wind as it went by her and it lifted them up and over the sand and she laughed to see it. The boys heard her and they looked at her and then went on to the East. She could see better and the sound of what was gong on outside started to come slowly. She could see the boys travel over the mountains, four of them and she could see them clearly and then they went over the hill she closed her eyes and could see them, she knew they were going to see their father at his place, a hogan hidden to the East and that he would test them to see if they really were his sons. she could see this in her mind. The big rig could not go beyond the turn by the trading post, so Ashie parked the big rig there and walked from there to the a little house to East from there. The trader came out and wondered if maybe he forgot about a delivery there. Ashie waved and pointed to the East and walked on, the trader stood on the steps watching him pass the old Reverand K's place and walk toward the Natani's place and disappear into the trees. Ashie could see the road into the place had not been used for a while and the house was still boarded up, he expected to feel at home, but it was like coming to an abandoned place, no one had been there for some time, the road was little used. He was home but there was nothing there. He looked at the corral and it was empty. He closed his eyes and remembered all the family used to gather and visit, now they were all gone separated. No one was coming here for Christmas anymore. He walked around the place and then walked back to the rig, in four hours he would be in Albuquerque. Nahgebah could see that she was in a nursing home but could not talk. She had seen daylight and walked toward it from the place on that strange mountain and found herself in bed. She was weak, and did not know these people, she heard them call her the Old Navajo Woman in 6B. She thought is this how it is to be old, where are my children, why haven't they come to see me. She thought I have to exercise, but did so at night in the quiet of it, moving every so slowly to get her legs and arms moving again. She did not talk to the people around her, but they could she was looking at them but they talked like she wasn't there. When she slept she could see the Twins, Monster Slayer and Born for Water, and she watched them in their travels. She could see the medicines they carried, their lightening arrows of straight lightning, spotted lightning, and straight lightning and their armor of flint that covered their heads, body and feet. They would look toward her every now and then, but would not wave, because they had outgrown such things. She was stronger now and she made her way to near where they were. She heard the talking there. Their Father was saying, this mush inside this basket is powerful, from four directions, it is there and you have eat it a certain way he said. If you do this you will be restored. It is from the pollen of what is called restoration, a restoration of youth and in beauty it is done. It will give you strength. She watched them as they ate this and after they had left saw the small morsels left behind. She felt she should eat it but then it was too powerful so she skimmed just the dew off it and tasted just a little bit of it and then left... Ashie got to Albuquerque, the yard was closed, he crawled over the fence and dropped the paper work in the door slot and unhooked the trailer and left it there. He drove on down to Central to the Tewa Lodge and got a room, it was almost Christmas. There was a bar not too far off, the Blue Spruce, he saw some Indian people standing outside and thought about going in there but then thought nothing good will come of it and fell asleep watching tv. He did not call home because he nothing to say, he felt bad he had nothing for his family for Christmas and let his tired body carry him off to sleep. Nahgebah felt the hand of a young girl, a teenager, she had blue eyes, she was brushing her hair as she was in bed and tied it in the back. She could hear music, Bing Crosby playing down the hall. It was early about breakfast time, the Candy Stripers were delivering presents to the old folks there. Nahgebah got up and looked outside and saw the packages of clothes sitting on chairs and she took one back to her room. She moved around, she looked in the mirror and saw her hair was all white, and she dressed herself and looked down the hall. One of the young girls forgot something in her car and ran out the door to get it, Nahgebah was right behind her. You could not tell she was 83, she move quickly and walked to the bus stop. The bus came and it was free ride day. She told the driver she was going to the Phoenix Indian Hospital and needed to get there. The lady driver looked at her with tired eyes handed her a ticket and told her to sit behind her. She said I will let you know when you change buses. Nahgebah sat down and looked around. Ashie waited for the terminal to open and it finally did and he got his papers for his return load, he called in and the dispatcher said he needed to call his sister in Phoenix, but he did not want to talk to her. She had given him a hard time about putting their mother in a nursing home and had been mad at him for not visiting her. He tried to say he didn't have enough money but it did no good, he did not want to talk to her. He went looking for his load at the address he got and there was a sign on the gate that said Closed for Christmas. He went back and got the same room for the night; he thought about calling home but it would only make him feel bad so he didn't, he just watched tv. In the waiting room, an old lady with white hair sat down at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center. When people came by she spoke to them. One young couple from Nageezi was there and she spoke with them. She asked for a ride home. They looked at her with suspicion, she told them she got out of the hospital and her family had no phone so she was trying to find a way home, it was on their way. After a minute or two the couple told her to come with them. She crawled into the back of their camper and they gassed up and bought her a sandwich and pop and they took off, heading North and they traveled through Payson and then Showlow and kept going North. She fell asleep and she found herself on that strange mountain. Where is Ashie, his sister said on the phone to his wife. I don't know she said he is on the road and hasn't called. I need to get a hold of him, Mom took off from the nursing home, she is wandering around Phoenix somewhere, no one knows where she it at. Do you know where he is . No, she said. Alright, I am calling the my other brothers and tell them. So she called them, one in Denver, one in Kansas City and one in San Francisco, she told them. All them were calling each other, where was Ashie? The one in Denver decided to drive down and had just bought a new car. He thought about what to do with the other one, it was good and he thought to sell it but he decided maybe Ashie could use it and so he sent his son to take it to Ashie's wife and so he left to drive over there. Nahgebah got off at the junction, it was evening and she started to walk west on the highway to her mountain. She kept walking, no one was on the highway. She thought about the history of her people, of how the Navajos who were taken to Fort Sumner in 1868 suffered there. They were broken hearted and when they heard they were free to go home they were so glad to be going home. She remembered that when they had traveled and saw Mount Taylor one of the Sacred Mountains, they asked is that our mountain, and they said yes. The old people, the men and woman fell to the ground and wept at the sight of it they were so happy. She reached down and grabbed a handful of dirt, and it became corn pollen and offered it to this place, and she could see the mountain of her home and she was so glad to see it again. She had not noticed but the Bitsillies had stopped and looked at her with wide eyes as she got in and she said she was going home. They could not believe it was her and she closed the door and they drove off. Ashie picked up his load and got a message to call home, he thought about it and tried to call home, but there was no answer, so he left early that morning. The dispatcher said something about his wife asking him to go to the old place and check it. It was important he go by there, they would meet him there. He thought I wonder what happened he was worried and left heading down the road to Gallup his mind full of questions. He got to the Giant Truck Stop and called home but still no answer so he gassed up and headed North, he got to Gallup and drove North. I hope no one is hurt or something worse. He almost drove by the turnoff, without turning but thought I better wait for them there. He pulled off the road and headed west. He drove up to the trading post and parked the rig and started to head down through the cedars. He could smell smoke from a pinon tree and it was from up ahead. When he stepped into the clearing there were all these vehicles parked there and the house was open. He could smell coffee and the boards covering the windows were taken down. He walked to the front and there was talking going on inside. He thought something is going on, who is in there. You leave something and Maaiis, coyotes move in and take it over. He thought about knocking but just walked in. He opened the door and there was the trader, and Rev. K, and the Bitsillies, and the Upshaws, Tauglechees and the table was covered with food. He stood there and they all looked at him, he did not know what to say. Then he heard a voice from the other room, it sounded like his wife, she said, Come Here! What is this, what is she doing here. He stepped toward the sound of her voice and in the next room the beds were set up and a table, and his wife was there and their three kids who were giggling, and a makeshift tree full of presents underneath. He was so surprised. There in front of him sat a woman with her back to him, She had long white hair, tied up in the traditional way. She turned to him and it was his mother, Nahgebah. He reached out and took her in his arms, and just stood there and held her. They did not say anything, they couldn't, he just stood there and they all wept. There is nothing really in life that is as important as family. This is what it is all about, what makes us travel so far from early morning to late night, enduring hardship, hunger and some pain but the thought of home and all them there. Is there anything better than this. Nothing else matters, all else vanishes like a mist. He stood there and cried for a long while. Oh, Shima, my mother. It is a home again, and all those that were there laughed cuz it was a miracle in this out of the way place. In the way of saying it, she had "run after them", meaning she was chasing after them and in doing so they had all followed her here. So it goes the story of an old woman named Nahgebah. --------- "RE: Poem: Telling Stories" --------- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 14:14:28 -0600 From: berryj@okstate.edu Subj: Telling Stories Telling Stories Many things, are not in books. Now, listen, carefully, those elders said. This is important, remember it well. Then, they would say, what needed saying. Those stories, would be told, to you. Every year, sometimes, it is how things are. Tales of Rabbit, and fox, and others. Just stories, many, might say. But, each one, has many lessons. If you heard it right, and remembered well. One day, you, will be asked to tell. Those stories, and you will say. This is important, remember it well. The little ones, will listen then. With wonder, and eyes wide. John Berry, 1999, Oklahoma --------- "RE: Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days" --------- Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 01:07:00 GMT From: dfsanders@genie.com Subj: Hawaiian Book of Days A HAWAIIAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of January 23-29 IANUALI (January) (Kaelo) 23 In the heart of the mountain burns the fire of new life. 24 The earth's fire, a wave's caress, the never-ceasing kiss of the wind -- of these things is my island born. 25 The morning dew baptizes the grass; a thousand glistening beads reflect the rays of the rising sun. 26 I am the wild spirit that greets the dawning of this day. 27 I see the thread of mana which passes from me to all those I hold dear -- we are family -- we are `ohana. 28 If I feel hunger or thirst, the land will provide; if my spirit is troubled, the wind and the sea will comfort me; if I am afraid, Pele will protect me. 29 Each morning is a celebration of beginnings. (c) Copyright 1991 by D. F. Sanders Me ke aloha i ka nani, ... Moe'uhanekeanuenue (With love and beauty, ... Rainbow Dream) --------- "RE: Upcoming Events" --------- Date: Sun, 16 January 15:39:14 -0 From: Gary Smith (gars@netcom.com) Subj: Upcoming Events Since the question has been asked... Janet and I will not be hosting Blackjack Mountain Festival this coming April, nor are there plans to host another event. =================================== May 6 - 7 Creek Removal Commemorative Motorcycle Ride and Festival RIDE: From Ft. Toulouse to Tuscumbia, AL Riding historic Mitchell Trace FESTIVAL: Big Spring Park Tuscumbia, AL Perry White (205) 672-0361 or Millard Shelton (256) 350-9162 or Larry Smith (877) 818-3120 =================================== Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 09:08:09 -0600 From: "lenapelady" Subj: Canadian conference Newsgroup: alt.native Decolonizing Canadian Educational Foundations: A Postcolonial Challenge in the New Millennium An Aboriginal Education Symposium February 7 - 10, 2000 Symposium Summary This symposium explores the contours of colonialism in the Canadian policy environment and in Canadian educational foundations. It will seek to explain and illustrate how Eurocentrism creates a colonial consciousness that envelops and binds its members, creating obstacles for change. For all those attempting to create an Aboriginal presence and space in institutions, the symposium will examine and seek to displace colonialism and its strategies, in its examination of education, with an emerging constitutional, postcolonial consciousness. This consciousness is unfolding an Indigenous renaissance that is reclaiming, restoring and renewing relationships with the earth, heritages and languages and stimulating a new paradigm and intercultural diplomacy. Exploring some decolonizing models, approaches and strategies will stimulate our imagination and creativity for change in multiple spaces. A High Impact Program for: - Elected leaders, senior managers, politicians from Canadian and Aboriginal communities who seek to develop a postcolonial policy environment to create an equitable Canadian society. - Educators, at all institutional levels who are forging Aboriginal educational or professional development initiatives - Administrators and government leaders seeking to empower Indigenous peoples and their knowledge - First Nations school board members and other community leaders Symposium Highlights - To explore and understand the foundations of Eurocentrism in knowledge production, diffusion, and resistance - To explore decolonizing theory and practice for empowering First Nation knowledge, peoples, and education - To hear of emerging models for empowering Aboriginal epistemology in education and sciences (Indigenous science education model/Alaskan Indigenous Knowledge Project) - To imagine, dream and create postcolonial strategies for Aboriginal education and institutions Faculty Leader: Dr. Marie Battiste is Professor at the College of Education, University of Saskatchewan. A Mi'kmaq educator, Marie is well known for her research interests in Aboriginal languages, epistemology, curriculum, cognitive imperialism and research ethics. Recent publications include: Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision; First Nations Education in Canada: The Circle Unfolds; and Protecting Indigenous Knowledge. Her research and experience working in First Nations schools in administration, curriculum development, and Aboriginal languages have provided a solid foundation for addressing the postcolonial challenges for the next century. Tuition: $500 + GST= $535 Room and Meals: $640 + GST + Alberta Hotel Tax = $703.80 Tracy Whattam ~ Nisgaa Nation Regional Coordinator Coordinator, 1st Nations Support Services Metro Region New Westminster Secondary School Aboriginal Education Branch P:(604)517-6316 F: " 517-6204 Email: twhattam@helix.net =================================== Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2000 00:31:03 -0800 From: Barbara Landis Subj: Powwow 2000: Remembering Carlisle Indian School To all my weekly INDIAN HELPER recipients: POWWOW 2000 Plans are in full swing for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend powwow at the Carlisle Barracks, site of the former Carlisle Indian School. Take a minute to check out what's happening in Carlisle May 26-May 28 by visiting the web site at http://www.epix.net/~landis/powwow.html. There is still vendor space available for anyone interested in participating. Registration forms for dancers and vendor applications may be downloaded at the web site. Other activities surrounding the events include special features in the May 2000 issue of Central Pennsylvania Magazine, and a film festival featuring Native American films at the Carlisle Theatre in downtown Carlisle. Hope to see you in May! Barbara =================================== Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 16:42:15 -0520 From: "Deborah Richards" Subj: submission to Wotanging-Ikche--nanews Gary, I received this posting from the H-Amindian Digest. Hope all is well. Debbie Richards ------- FORWARD, Original message follows ------- Subj: SYMP: Relating Black and Indian (Hi)stories, Dartmouth College, 4.20-22.00 "Eating Out of the Same Pot" Relating Black and Indian (Hi)stories A Cross-cultural Symposium at Dartmouth College April 20-22, 2000 The El Hajj Malik El Shabazz African American Center, the African and African American Studies Program, and the Native American Studies Program at Dartmouth College invite you to participate in a unique symposium the weekend of April 20-22, 2000. This symposium will explore the complex relations, histories and experiences shared by Africans/African Americans and Native Americans in the United States. Academics, creative artists, and activists from a variety of disciplines and communities will be speaking on this subject from professional and personal perspectives. Topics include: Black-Native literature; shared and overlapping histories; political organizing and social change; mixed-race identity formation and negotiation; symbolic representations of Blacks by Indians and Indians by Blacks; and contemporary political issues and tensions. In addition to panel presentations and discussion sessions, there will also be a photography exhibition and films related to Black and Native identities and histories. Speakers will include, among esteemed others: Historians: Theda Perdue and Jack Forbes Literary Scholars: Robert Warrior, Sharon Holland, and Ron Welburn Writer/Activist: Jewelle Gomez Political Theorist: David Wilkins Legal Theorist: Russel Barsh Cultural Critic: Ward Churchill Community Organizer: Don Davenport Genealogist: Angela Walton-Raji Filmmaker: Malinda Maynor For a complete list of speakers and general information, visit the Shabazz Center website at Dartmouth College (which will be up after November 20th): http://www.dartmouth.edu/~aam/ Choose the "Shabazz Center" selection. You may also contact conference organizers by email: Tiya Miles, African and African American Studies/ Native American Studies, Dartmouth College: Tiya.A.Miles@Dartmouth.edu Celia Naylor-Ojurongbe, Women's Studies, University of New Mexico: celia@nmia.com Diandra Benally, Native American Students at Dartmouth: Diandra.D.Benally@Dartmouth.edu Heather McMillan, Native American Students at Dartmouth: Heather.L.McMillan@Dartmouth.edu Shasta Smith, Afro-American Society, Dartmouth College Shasta.T.Smith@Dartmouth.edu =================================== Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 18:10:31 EST From: Wanige@aol.com Subj: Special Events announcement Special Announcements of Upcoming Events of interest to Native Americans May 5-7, 2000: East Tennessee Indian League's American Indian Celebration Pow Wow, at the Farmer's Market in Knoxville, TN. (Take Exit 8 off of I-640) Head Man: Lowery Begay; Head Lady: Jo Anne Steele; MC: JoJo Rice; Arena Director: Josh Squirrel; Senior Princess: Kikki StandingDeer; Junior Princess: Shenelle Feather; Host Drum: Cedartree Singers; There will be Dance, Drum, Hoop, & Tipi Competitions, with over $7,000.00 in prizes to be awarded. Free onsite camping, with showers! Advance ticket prices: $2.00 adult/$1.00 students. Gate prices: $4.00 adult/$2.00 students. (Pre-K & under are free.) Advance ticket sales end April 30th. In the event of rain, dancing & vendors will be set up under a roof. Craft Vendors may contact Martha at rlspi@icx.net or call (423) 687-9675; Food Vendors may contact Tim at TWDBear@aol.com or call (423) 475-9286; For info on the Arena, call Vickie at (423) 609-7009. For info on Family Day (Friday), or to book school groups or youth groups, contact Carol at (423) 995-9933; For further information, call (423) 579-1384 or contact jrouam@lock-net.com or visit the website at http://www.wisdomkeepers.org/etil/. =================================== Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 23:31:19 -0400 From: ossahatchee@mindspring.com Subj: Ossahatchee Please include us in your Pow Wow Calendar for October 2000. The Fourth Annual Ossahatchee Indian Festival & Pow-Wow will be held October 20-22, 2000 in Hamilton, Georgia. Hosted by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, you are invited to witness an American Indian Pow Wow. Over $12,000 In Prize Money: DRUM COMPETITION, $800 First Place. DANCE COMPETITION, $500 First Place, Proper Regalia Required. TIPI COMPETITION, $200 First Place. Primitive Skills from basket weaving to weaponry will be demonstrated. American Indian Arts, Crafts and Foods. The festival is truly a family event, educational and entertaining for young and old alike. The festival offers a School Day Program for students, K-8th grades, Friday 9am-3pm, gate opens Friday night 6pm-10pm, Saturday 10am-10pm, and Sunday 10am-5pm. Admission: Adults $6, 6-12yrs $3, 5 & Under Free. For information call (706) 628-5400 or look on the Web at www.hamiltonchamber.org Ossahatchee Committee of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce PO Box 3, Hamilton, GA 31811 For Information call (706) 628-5400 or e-mail: ossahatchee@hamiltonchamber.org Web-site: http://www.hamiltonchamber.org/ossahatchee.htm Thank you, Tracie Moore =================================== From: Montana's Travel Guide March 1999 MSU-Billings Annual Inter-Tribal PowWow 3/19/99-3/20/99 Billings, Montana 406-657-2561 April Indian Powwow- MSU Indian Club 4/2/99-4/3/99 Bozeman, Montana 406-782-0461 May Buffalo Feast & Powwow 5/14/99-5/16/99 St. Ignatius, MT 406-745-2951 Flathead Reservation Great Falls Powwow 5/28/99 Great Falls, Montana 406-761-3165 June Red Bottom Celebration 6/17/99-6/20/99 Frazer, Montana 406-768-5557 Fort Peck Reservation Badlands Celebration 6/25/99-6/27/99 Brockton, Montana 406-768-5155 Fort Peck Reservation Little Bighorn Days 6/23/99-6/28/99 Hardin, Montana 406-665-1672 Crow Reservation 101st Annual Arlee Celebration 6/30/99-7/4/99 Arlee, Montana 406-745-4984 Flathead Reservation July Valley of the Chiefs Pow Wow and Rodeo 7/1/99-7/5/99 Crow Agency, Montana 406-638-2601 Crow Reservation Poplar River Days 7/3/99-7/5/99 Poplar, Montana 406-448-2570 Fort Peck Reservation North American Indian Days 7/8/99-7/11/99 Blackfeet Tribal Fairgrounds Browning, Montana 406-338-7179 Blackfeet Reservation Standing Arrow Pow Wow 7/16/99-7/18/99 Elmo, Montana 406-675-0160 Flathead Reservation Milk River Indian Days 7/22/99-7/25/99 Fort Belknap, Montana 406-353-2901 Fort Belknap Reservation Bitterroot Valley Good Nations Pow Wow 7/23/99-7/25/99 Hamilton, Montana 406-961-4705 Flathead Reservation Standing Bear Celebration 7/24/99-7/26/99 Poplar, Montana 406-768-3506 Fort Peck Reservation August Rocky Boy's Annual Pow Wow 8/6/99-8/8/99 Rocky Boy's Agency, Montana 406-265-4282 Rocky Boy's Reservation Wadopana Celebration 8/6/99-8/8/99 Wolf Point, Montana 406-768-5131 Fort Peck Reservation 121st Commemoration of the Big Hole 8/9/99 Wisdom, Montana 406-689-3155 Crow Fair Powwow & Rodeo 8/20/99-8/22/99 Crow Agency, Montana 406-638-2601 Crow Reservation Fort Kipp Celebration 8/26/99-8/29/99 Fort Kipp, Montana 406-768-5155 Fort Peck Reservation September Chief Plenty Coups Day of Honor 9/4/99 Pryor, Montana 406-252-1289 Crow Reservation Poplar Indian Days 9/4/99-9/6/99 Poplar, Montana 406-768-5155 Fort Peck Reservation Canyon Creek Battlefield Pipe Ceremony 9/13/99 Laurel, Montana 406-628-8105 North American Indian Alliance Pow Wow 9/17/99-9/18/99 Butte, Montana 406-782-0461 Native American Awareness Week 9/20/99-9/24/99 Pablo, Montana 406-675-0160 Flathead Reservation Last Chance Community Pow-Wow 9/24/99-9/26/99 Helena, Montana 406-442-9267 =================================== MANITOBA FIRST PERSPECTIVE, First Nations Events Calender POW WOWS & FESTIVALS We are not responsible for cancellations of these events. Please call for verification prior to attendance. The First Perspective does it's best to obtain accurate information for these events. Ekosi! ALBERTA Jan 21-23 Fri-Sun: Pincher Creek, AB. Napi Pow Wow, Host Drum: Eya-Hey-Nakoda-1999 Napi Pow Wow Drum Champs. Call (403)627-4224, Fax (403)627-2564. MANITOBA Jan 28-30 Fri-Sun: Brandon, MB. The 3rd Annual First Nation Winter Celebration. (204)855-2436. June 3-4 Sat-Sun: Selkirk, MB. Henry Shingoose Traditional Pow Wow. Call (204)269-3430. USA Apr 21-23 Fri-Sun: Tempe, AZ. 14th Annual Arizona State University Spring Competition Pow Wow. (480)965-5224. Apr 26-29 Wed-Sat: Albuqueque, NM. Gathering of Nations Pow Wow & Miss Indian World Pageant "The Millennium Celebration." Ph. (505)836-2810, Fax (505)839-0475, or visit our website www.gatheringofnations.org =================================== Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 22:27:31 EST From: Wanige@aol.com Subj: Winter 2000 Pow Wow list Native American Events Listings ~Winter, 1999-2000~ >Southeast< ~*~ Note I: These mailings are sent out upon request. Anyone wishing to have their name added to or deleted from this list may send an e-mail to Wanige@aol.com. The same contact may be used to send events or corrections for inclusion in future mailings. Please feel free to copy and/or forward these mailings with my blessings. And don't forget to call ahead to verify dates! ~**~ Note II: These listings are usually sent out in two parts. Part one generally covers Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, and Missouri; part two covers North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. Events in Washington, DC, are sometimes included in these mailings as well. In addition: Due to a lack of time, and difficulty involved in maintaining such a broad-based list, I will no longer actively seek to obtain listings from the District of Columbia, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Texas. I will occasionally continue to list events from these states (and others) when convenience allows. ~v~v~v~ Key to abbreviations: HD - Host Drum, HND - Host Northern Drum, HSD: Host Southern Drum, HM: Head Man, HL - Head Lady, HG: Head Gourd Dancer, HS: Head Singer, HH: Host Motel/Hotel, AD - Arena Director, GO - Gates Open, GC - Gates Close, GE - Grand Entry, FP: Flute Player, ST: Story Teller, MC: Master of Ceremonies, WS: Warrior Society/Honor Guard, HV - Head veteran. ~*~ _______ ALABAMA Now, through May: Cotton Blossom Classroom Cruises, on the Cotton Blossom Riverboat, departing from the docks at the Mobile Convention Center, Mobile. One hour and one & 1/2 hour educational cruises, featuring lectures on ecology, archaeology and history. Hours TBA. Admission charged. Contact: Terri Gresham (334) 438-3060. Now, through June 26: High Stakes Indian Bingo, at the Creek Bingo Palace on the Poarch Creek Indian Reservation, Atmore. Each Saturday & Sunday at 1:00pm, and Mondays at 5:00pm. Admission charged. Info: (800) 826-9121. Jan. 14-16, 21-23, & 28-30: Eagle Awareness & More, at Lake Guntersville & Joe Wheeler State Parks, Guntersville. An organized weekend of field trips & presentations revolving around the wintering population of Bald Eagles at the parks. Admission charged. Contact Linda Reynolds, Park Naturalist, 7966 Alabama Hwy. 227, Guntersville, AL 35976-9126 or call (256) 571-5444. Note: For more information on Alabama events, contact the Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel, PO Box 4927, Montgomery, AL 36103-4927 or call 1-800-ALABAMA, or visit online at www.touralabama.org. _______ ARKANSAS No current listings. _______ FLORIDA Jan. 14-16: Festival of the Buffalo Pow Wow, at International Market World, 1052 Hwy. 92 West, Auburndale. Info: (941) 665-0062. Jan. 28-30: Indian River Native American Festival, at Silver Sands Arena, New Smyrna Beach. Info: (904) 424-0860. Feb. 10-13: Seminole Tribal Fair, Seminole Tribal Fairgrounds, Hollywood. Info: (954) 967-3706.# Feb. 11-14: Seminole Tribal Festival & Rodeo, Hollywood. Info: (954) 966-6300, ext. 1305.# # - these two listings probably refer to the same event. It would be a good idea to call & confirm. Feb. 18-20: St. Augustine American Indian Festival, on the Festival Field, St. Augustine. Info: Frank Moore (813) 654-9158 or (904) 756-7900. Feb. 25-27: Vero Beach Intertribal Pow Wow, Indian River County Fairgrounds, 58th Ave., near Kiwanis-Hobart Park, Vero Beach. Info: (561) 778-8128 or (561) 567-1995 after 6pm. _______ GEORGIA No current listings. _______ KENTUCKY Jan. 15-16, 26-27, & 29-30: Bald Eagle Excursions, at Land Between the Lakes, Golden Pond. Info: (800) 525-7077. _______ LOUISIANA Mar. 10-12: Honor the Ancestors Pow Wow, at the Bogalusa Sports Complex, Avenue B, Bogalusa. Hosted by the Medicine Wheel Intertribal Society. HM: Spirit Horse; HL: Frances Johnson; H. Little Boy: Trent Dardar; H. Little Girl: Paige Chaisson; HD: Caney Creek Singers. All drums, dancers, staffs & princesses welcome. Info: Michelle (504) 732-3484/fax: 735-8744 or Frances (225) 675-6184, or e-mail: okanowa@bellsouth.net. Mar. 17-19: Calling of All Tribes Pow Wow, at Grand Bois Park, Bourg. Info: (504) 879-2373. Apr. 1: Native American Day Camp, Houma Connection, 6484 Hwy. 22, Sorrento. Info: Frances Johnson (225) 675-6184. _______ MISSISSIPPI Mar. 25-26: Grand Village of the Natchez Indians Pow Wow, at the Grand Village of the Natchez, on Jefferson Davis Blvd., Natchez. Info: (601) 442-0200. Apr. 21-23: Aquini's 5th Annual Spring Indian Pow Wow, at the Rice Pavillion, Gulfport. Info: Irene Delancey (228) 826-5271. _______ MISSOURI Apr. 8: Kathryn Buder Center for American Indian Studies Pow Wow, at Washigton University, St. Louis. This is a contest pow wow sponsored by the Kathryn Bruder Center for American Indian Studies & the George Warren Brown School of Social Work. HD: The Tribe. Contestants must make both Grand Entries & be in full regalia. There will also be a Drum contest, and all drums are welcome. Info: (314) 935-4510 or e-mail: gourddancer1@hotmail.com. Apr. 21-23: 1st Annual Pow Wow, at the Rodeo Arena, Wyaconda. General admission is $3.00. Vendor spaces are $50.00 each; electricity is available. Info: (660) 479-5604. Feb. 19: American Indian Center of St. Louis Pow Wow, at Grants Shelter, inside Jefferson Barracks Park, St. Louis. Info: (314) 773-3316/fax: 773-3160, or e-mail: gourddancer1@hotmail.com. _______ NORTH CAROLINA Jan. 21-22: Statesville Pow Wow, sponsored by Eswau Huppeday Lodge, Statesville. Several good drums and a large number of dancers are expected at this event, along with workshops on everything from regalia to tipis. Info: Tim Deane (423) 475-9286, or e-mail: TWDBear@aol.com. _______ OKLAHOMA Feb. 5: Seminole Nation Honor Color Guard Memorial Dance for Matthew Reed, Tecumseh Square Building, Tecumseh. MC: Marvin Alexander (Seminole); HM: Charlie Harjo (Seminole); HL: Mary Carter (Sac & Fox/Kickapoo); HG: Justin Yearby (Choctaw); HD: Rough Arrow; WS: Wichita Warrior Society; AD: Madison Jefferson (Choctaw); Co-host: Shawnee Elders. Agenda: 1:00pm - Gourd Dancing; 5:00pm - Dinner Served; 6:00pm - Gourd Dancing; 7:00pm - Grand Entry; dancing until whenever.... All drums welcome, all princesses welcome. Free & open to the public. Contests for Men's Straight & Men's Fancy, Women's Cloth & Junior Boy's Grass. No fee for arts & crafts booths, but donations would be appreciated. Info: Chebon Mitchell (405) 878-1283, Jimmy Johnson (918) 656-3462, or Charlie Harjo (918) 756-7958. Apr. 29: Graduation Honor Pow Wow, at the Community Building in Tahlequah, OK. Honorees are Paul Daw and Lena Nells of Moody, OK. Both are members of the National Honor Society. MC: Archie Mason (Osage/Cherokee); HM: Dallas Wallowing Bull (Northern Arapaho); HL: Aileen Gonzales (Cheyenne); HG: Rod Gwoompi (Kiowa); HD: Northern Arapaho Eagle Drum, Arapaho, WY; H. Gourd Drum: Drumbuster, Tahlequah, OK. Special Winner Takes-All contests in Men's Traditional and Women's Buckskin: $150.00 + a jacket. Vendor fee is $20.00 + raffle items. All drums, dancers & vendors welcome. Schedule: 2pm-4:30pm, Gourd Dance; 4:30pm-6:00pm, Dinner; 6pm-7pm, Gourd Dance; 7:30pm-11pm, Intertribal & Contest Dancing. Info: James or Elana Nells (918) 458-6384. _______ SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE No current listings. _______ VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA No current listings. _______ SOUTH CAROLINA No current listings. _______ TENNESSEE Feb. 5: 8th Annual Cherokee Indian Heritage Day & Sandhill Crane Viewing Day, Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge, Birchwood. Info: (423) 334-5850 or (423) 499-3584. _______ TEXAS Jan. 22: TIHA Winter Pow Wow, at Wurst Halle, New Braunfels. General info: (817) 797-8152; Trader info: (830) 665-9309. Feb. 19-20: United San Antonio Pow Wow, San Antonio. Info: (210) 736-3702. Mar. 24-26: 11th Annual Texas Indian Market & Southwest Showcase, Arlington Convention Center, Arlington, TX. Info: Texas Indian Markets, 4205 Kingston, Amarillo, TX 79109 or (806) 355-1610, or e-mail: txindmrkts@tcac.net or visit the website at www.indianmarket.net. ------ VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA No current listings. _______ Note: updates will be posted as more information becomes available. Spring listings (for March-April-May) are being prepared. Special Announcement: I may soon be switching my internet service provider. I will attempt to let everyone know my new ISP & screen name as soon as possible. In the meantime, you may continue sending your requests & info to wanige@aol.com. _______ ELSEWHERE Mar. 31-Apr. 2: 9th Annual Kansas City Indian Market & Southwest Showcase, at Overland Park International Trade Center, Overland Park, KS. Info: visit the website at www.indianmarket.net or e-mail: txindmkts@tcac.net. --------- "RE: Native America Calling" --------- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 12:09:25 -0600 From: Christine Penney Subj: NAC Program Schedule for Jan 17-21 Mailing List: Minnesota Indian Affairs >>> Eric Martin 01/17/00 11:26AM >>> LIVE M - F, 1pm - 2pm EST NAC website: www.nativecalling.org HOST: HARLAN McKOSATO WELLNESS HOST: SHARON McCONNELL PROGRAM SCHEDULE for January 17-21, 2000 MON - 1/17: Marketing Native America Overseas: Marketing Native America oversees is becoming a lucrative industry. But how does Native America take advantage of the opportunity without selling its very identity? Or the culture it is trying to protect? Guest include Gordon Bronitsky Ph.D., of Bronitsky and Associates Marketing Firm. TUE - 1/18: Return of Navajo Boy: Antique film footage of a Navajo family has resurfaced and is the subject of a new film release at the Sundance Film Festival. The work looks at the changes the Cly family underwent since their predecessors were filmed decades ago. Guests include producers Jeff Spitz and Benny Klain. WED - 1/19: Indian in the Spotlight: Vincent Craig: Vincent Craig is best known for his humor and music. But did you know that this Navajo entertainer serves as Justice Commissioner for the White Mountain Apache? Or that he was former prosecutor for the Navajo Nation. On this "Indian in the Spotlight" Edition, we visit with Comedian/musician Vincent Craig and discuss how he transforms hardship into humor. THU - 1/20: Parental Rights: The plight of the young Cuban refugee, Elian Gonzales, has America wondering what rights and powers do parents have when it comes to their children; but it's a question that Native America has been dealing with for years. In the past federal agencies have stripped Indian children away from their parents for menial and benign reasons and sent them off to boarding schools and foster homes. Can this still happen today? What protections do parents have if the US government feels they are not good parents? Guests TBA. FRI - 01/21: Dial-A-Doc: Our doctors, David Baines and Tom Nighswander, are back again for another round of Dial-a-Doc. This is your chance to call in and ask any health or medical related questions you may have. 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