From gars@speakeasy.org Wed Aug 15 02:54:32 2001 Date: 14 Aug 2001 23:51:43 -0000 From: Gary Night Owl To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Subject: Wotanging Ikche--nanews09.033 W O T A N G I N G I K C H E Otapi'sin Atsinikiisinaakssin KANOHEDA ANIYVWIYA O It-hah-pe-hah Ah-num pah-le Ha-Sah-Sliltha O o O ni-mah-mi-kwa-zoo-min Un Chota O o O Aunchemokauhettittea O o o o o O VOLUME 09, ISSUE 033 O o O Es'te Opunvk'vmucvse August 18, 2001 O o O Ximopanolti tehuatzin, Omaha yellow flower moon O inin Mexika tlahtolli Lakota cherries turn black moon ( N A T I V E A M E R I C A N N E W S ) ==>If you want your Nation represented in the banner of this newsletter<== email gars@nanews.org with the equivalent of "News of the People" in your tribal language along with the english translation +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Much more happens in Indian Country than is reported | | in this weekly newsletter. For daily updates check | | http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm - also events | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ This issue contains articles from www.pechanga.net; www.owlstar.com; indianz.com; ndn-aim, Triballaw, Big Mountain, Minnesota Indian Affairs, INDIAN Heritage and RezLife mailing Lists; Newsgroup: alt.native; UUCP email IMPORTANT!! ----------- In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, all material appearing in this newsletter is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for educational purposes. <----<<<< >>>>----> This newsletter is a way of keeping the brothers and sisters who share our Spirit informed about current events within the lives of those who walk the Red Road. ++ It may be subscribed to via email by sending a request from your own internet addressable account to gars@speakeasy.org ++ It is archived at http://www.nanews.org As historian Patricia Nelson Limerick summarized in The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West, "Set the blood quantum at one-quarter, hold to it as a rigid definition of Indians, let intermarriage proceed as it had for centuries, and eventually Indians will be defined out of existence. When that happens, the federal government will be freed of its persistent 'Indian problem.'" "Nobody was interested in a level playing field when the tribes were destitute," "Treaty rights are like a contract, they are not negated by the extension of time," __ Assistant Secretary Indian Affairs Neal McCaleb +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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! With apologies to all other readers... Gail Gomez: Please contact me by email again. NOTICE: Beginning with this issue the Events will be included in odd numbered issues only. When you read an Israeli helicopter took action against Palestinian forces leaders, understand it was an Israeli pilot at the controls of a U. S. helicopter. When you read insurgents were rounded up in Colombia or Ecuador, understand U.S. advised and trained military used sophisticated search tools to hunt down Natives desperate to save their homes and homelands. The leaders of those search (and destroy) teams are trained at the College of the Americas in Ft. Benning, Georgia. One such well trained regiment tracked and killed eleven Colombians last week. Try not to let the stench of sound bites used to "justify" those killings stop you from sniffing out the truth. One truth that remains constant is there are Native Peoples living on lands that monied interests want. Those monied interests include lumber, oil and gas and other mineral extraction companies who want to displace those natives so the land can be raped, the air befouled and even more imbalance created. These efforts are not restricted to the South. The Bush administration is determined to drill in the Arctic where activity there and in the U.S. and Canada have already resulted in exceptionally high caribou miscarriages and melting of the polar cap. The Innuit, who were displaced to make way for the Thule base in the 50s and exposed to plutonium from a crashed B-52 are now being shuffled aside for "Son-of-Sky-Wars". Wake up. These are Native brothers and sisters. This is the same dominant society answering the "Indian Question" the same way they always have. Remove the Indians, send them to Euro taught schools, strip them of their heritage, enact laws that will purge their Nations in a few generations and murder those who resist. Dohiyi Ani Oginalii , , Gary Night Owl gars@nanews.org (*,*) P. O. Box 672168 gars@speakeasy.org (`-') Marietta, GA 30006, U.S.A. gars@olagrande.net ===w=w=== gars@sdf.lonestar.org ----------- News of the people featured in this issue ---------- - Another Elder who - Sacred Feathers Banned Crossed the River - Ta'an Kwachan Initial Agreement - Cherokee Community - Innu and Kayapo Encounter looses Four Youth - A Tribe Regains a Piece - Manitoba Girl Dead of its History after Tribal Police Chase - Judge shuts down - Crossings all UKB Operations - Tribal Chiefs demand Role - Tohono O'odham in Racism Session deserve Citizenship - Cobell Plantiffs - Indian Cards want Trust Accounting Trial due Uniform Standards - Interior Department Misled Court - Hemp Grower Defiant on Reforms after Crop Taken - Judge Rejects Attempt to Hide - Court hears Glacier Hunting Appeal Misconduct Report - County pulls Patrol - Western Shoshone Leaders from Meskwaki Settlement Appeal to U.N. - Custer Boot Camp Sued - Military Siege at Big Mountain over Alleged Abuses - Arvol Looking Horse - Native Prisoner on Sundance Siege -- Native Penpals - Remote Native Band Awash in Sewage - History: Carlisle Indian School - The Inuit Prepare - Rustywire: Shearing Sheep to Fight Star Wars - Poem: The Long Walk - Lobster Dispute Simmers - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days as Season Opens - Upcoming Events --------- "RE: Another Elder who Crossed the River" --------- Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 10:05:14 EDT From: "Ron Goddard" Subj: Another Elder who Crossed the River this weekend!!! >To: ShngSprt@aol.com ----- Original Message ----- She:kon All, Just a brief word prior to retiring tonight, which I am sad to announce I've heard from a reliable source about a respectable human being; Grandfather, Frank Decontie, one of our famous Elders in Algonkin Territories; has Crossed the River this weekend due to a Heart Attack!!! I wanted you all to know so prayers can be offered on his behalf towards his Journey to the Other Place where Mishoomis is.... This Man has left many good marks for us to follow in his footsteps. --------- "RE: Cherokee Community looses Four Youth" --------- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 18:26:21 +0100 From: anne.bates Subj: Cherokee Community looses Four Youth in Car Accident Mailing List: ndn aim http://www.okit.com/news/2001/august/cherokeelooses.html Cherokee Community looses Four Youth in Car Accident by Jamie Wickliffe-Ary Native Americans all over Oklahoma extend their hearts to the families of the Cherokee teenagers whose lives were tragically intercepted in a fatal car accident last week. The four departed, Kyle Lee Hutchinson, 16, Erika Jae Christie, 16, Smokey Mankiller, 16, and Chad Craig, 16, were laid to rest, leaving an entire community besieged with sadness. Marla Christie, twin sister to Erika, was the sole survivor. She received treatment for leg and trunk injuries at Saint Francis Hospital following the incident. "It's impossible to overstate how many Cherokee people are hurting and mourning with these families," said Cherokee Nation Principle Chief Chad Smith. "These children were well-respected leaders in our community and loved by many." While all else seems to stop and the world has come to a hush, loving memories rise to fill the space that lingers among those left behind. The four friends were to be juniors this year at Sequoyah and Tahlequah high schools. "They were all wonderful children," said Sherman Nofire, Counselor at Sequoyah High School. "Sometimes you hear of teenagers out drinking and doing things they shouldn't, but these kids were very special. They all came from good, loving families, and I would have trusted my son with any of them." Kyle Hutchinson and Smokey Mankiller both attended classes at Sequoyah High School. "One of the things I remember most about Smokey was his ability to entertain," said Tony Pivic, Sequoyah High School Superintendent. "When we were at regional finals last year at Chelsea, Smokey was doing flips during the half time of the girls' game, guiding the entire crowd in doing the wave-he was a real spirited kid, a gifted athlete, and an overall pleasure to be around." Mankiller, nephew of the former chief Wilma Mankiller, excelled in athletics, serving as quarterback for the football team, starting guard in basketball, and playing golf in his spare time. Nofire remembers Hutchinson as one of Sequoyah's top students. "Kyle was a teacher's delight to have in class," said the Counselor. "Not only was he an excellent young man, serving as a role model for other students, but he was the type of student that would have stepped out of this school and made a direct impact on the world." Hutchinson was notably active in the academic team, the Cherokee Bowl Team, golf, and the organization for Drug Free Youth. "One thing about Kyle-he was well educated in Cherokee history, culture, and the language," said Sequoyah High School Principal Gina Stanley. "He actually led our team to win first place in the Cherokee Bowl last year, and it was because of his knowledge." Kim Livingston, teacher and National Honor Society Sponsor at Sequoyah High School, remembers Hutchinson and Mankiller for their inviting personalities. "Both the boys were friendly and always willing to volunteer any time help was needed," said Livingston. "Smokey was either going to be a doctor or the President of the United States. He had a great smile. Kyle could be a bit bashful, but he took the time to get to know you and share himself with you each day." "Erika and Chad were both fantastic students," said Carla Livesay, Counselor at Tahlequah High School. "When they are good students, you don't see them in the counselor's office." Erika Christie, along with her twin sister Marla, was involved in a variety of athletics, both playing basketball and softball for Tahlequah High School. "Regardless of what the situation was, she always had a smile on her face," said Ronnie Rogers, Head Softball Coach at Tahlequah High School. "Well, except for the first time I took her off the bench and put her in a big game," he said chuckling. "She got a pretty serious look on her face, but of course, that smile came back after the initial shock wore off." Rogers recalls the unique relationship Erika had with her sister Marla. "Being twins and having played ball together since the second grade, they had a sense of what the other was going to do, so they always complemented each other well. They were great girls, and I never saw their parents miss a game." Chad Craig, in addition to being an excellent photographer, had dreams of attending the University of Arkansas and participating on their track team. "Even though Chad went to Tahlequah High School, his family became intertwined with mine," said Nofire. "Chad was one of my son's best friends." Nofire especially remembers how dedicated Craig was to his youth group at the church. "Most kids you can't hardly even drag to church, but Chad was committed to his youth group," said Nofire. "I recall one particular morning, the group was scheduled to do some work at a nearby cabin. Chad was late so they took off without him. Incidentally, there was a creek between his house and the church-it had rained and the water was up. About five minutes later, the pastor looked out and saw Chad trucking up carrying his wet socks in one hand and his wet shoes in the other. He had crossed that flooded creek; it made him late, but he still made it," said Nofire, giggling at the thought of it. In response to the tragedy, Principle Chief Chad Smith of the Cherokee Nation has announced that the tribe is in the process of planning a memorial garden dedicated to the memory of the departed. Nine trees will be planted at Sequoyah High School, serving as the foundation for the garden. Furthermore, Sequoyah High School will allow the students to coordinate a student-led memorial service. "Sometimes it helps to bring closure to the grieving process if the students are involved in their own memorial tribute," said Nofire. Counselors at both schools are currently available for those who need them. "Our prayers and thoughts go out to the families of the deceased," said Superintendent Tony Pivic. "They will be truly missed at Sequoyah High School and remembered forever." In an email to the Cherokee Nation's 1,800 employees Smith wrote, "It is in times such as this that we are forced to remember our priorities in life, what is important and what is not. We often get caught in the tangle foot and pettiness of daily life and forget the valuable things we have, such as our children, our health, our future and our ability to make things better for our family, friends and tribe. It is in times such as this that we cannot avoid realizing that we often do not give the time and effort to those things truly of value. Each one of these children who have us left so early had tremendous potential and had already touched many lives. Each will be missed and we will grieve at their passing. We can now only try to remember the lessons to hug our children, hold our families dear and close, support our friends and community, and enjoy those precious but few moments we have on this earth." ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe to this group,send an email to:ndn-aim-subscribe@egroups.com Archived on line at: http://www.eScribe.com FREE LEONARD PELTIER --------- "RE: Manitoba Girl Dead after Tribal Police Chase" --------- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 19:10:12 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="POLICE CHASE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSTopNews/tribal_aug10-cp.html Friday, August 10, 2001 Manitoba girl dead after tribal police chase SOURIS, Man. (CP) -- A 12-year-old girl died Friday when a car being chased by tribal police rolled, RCMP said. Another person was in serious condition in hospital. RCMP Sgt. Moe Massart said six people were in the car, which was being chased by Dakota Ojibwa tribal police. The other passengers in the care suffered numerous injuries. The fatal accident happened off the Sioux Valley First Nation reserve, about 35 kilometres southwest of Brandon. The RCMP was investigating. Dave Scott, the Dakota Ojibwa's police deputy, could not be reached for comment. Last September, an inquest into a fatal shooting in 1997 of a Long Plain First Nation man found that his death could have been avoided if tribal police had taken more care during the arrest. However, Judge Brian Giesbrecht said the man, Glen Royce Daniels, 33, was ultimately responsible for his own death at the hands of Const. Gordon Mayham because he came at the police officer in a threatening way armed with a knife. Three tribal constables had responded to a complaint that Daniels had pulled a knife on his common-law wife a day before the shooting. Daniels chased Mayham with a knife and eluded police by stealing the constable's patrol car. Police found Daniels at home the next day. Mayham tried to get him out of a bedroom, but Daniels chased him out of the house with a knife. Mayham fired two shots at Daniels when he ignored orders to stop. The officer fired two more shots as Daniels lunged forward to stab him. The judge delivered a scathing rebuke for deputy chief Warren Fontaine's comment to his officers before the failed arrest that they should just shoot the man. The RCMP investigated the shooting and the Crown's office decided in 1998 not to lay criminal charges against Mayham. Tribal police were also in the news in 1998 when all three officers stationed at the troubled Birdtail Sioux First Nation were either on sick leave or stress leave because of a rash of suicides on the reserve. Copyright c. 2001, Canoe Limited Partnership. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Crossings" --------- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 19:10:12 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="Crossing" http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/ Obituaries for August 8 Rodney Wayne LaDeaux MANDERSON - Rodney Wayne LaDeaux, 19, Manderson, died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001, in Manderson. Survivors include his stepfather, Tim Steele, Manderson; his mother, Colleen LaDeaux, Manderson; two sons, Rodney LaDeaux III and Michael LaDeaux, both of Manderson; one daughter, Stevie LaDeaux, Manderson; four brothers, Perry Steele, Josh Steele, Garfield Steele and Eldwin Steele, all of Manderson; and four sisters, Janese Steele, Sheila Steele, Tamara Steele and Willene Kills Enemy, all of Manderson. Burial will be at St. Agnes Catholic Cemetery in Manderson. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Obituaries for August 14 Delilah Dawn Plenty Holes-Singh OGLALA - Delilah Dawn Plenty Holes-Singh, 43, Oglala, died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2001, in Durango, Colo. Survivors include her husband, Balhar Singh, New York; one son, Juwan Singh, Oglala; one daughter, Misty Whiteman, Towaoc, Colo.; her mother, Regina Plenty Holes, Oglala; and two sisters, Florence Black Feather, Pine Ridge, and Olivia Plenty Holes, Rapid City. Burial will be at Plenty Holes Family Cemetery in Slim Buttes. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. --------- "RE: Tribal Chiefs demand Role in Racism Session" --------- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 19:10:12 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CHIEFS DEMAND ROLE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://web.journalgazette.net/content/fwgazette/2001/08/10/news/10i_10a_nws_unindigenouspeople.htm Tribal chiefs demand role in racism session By Dafna Linzer Associated Press UNITED NATIONS - On a special U.N. day honoring indigenous peoples, tribal chiefs from across the Americas bemoaned what they called a lack of attention from the world body and said they were being shut out of an upcoming conference on racism. "It's a constant uphill battle just to get into the room where so-called consultations are taking place," said Ted Moses, a Cree chief from Quebec. More than 700 people from across the globe gathered Thursday at the United Nations to celebrate their cultures. Arvol Looking Horse of the Lakota tribe in South Dakota opened two days of festivities with a sacred pipe ceremony. The indigenous leaders were also meeting to discuss ways to protect themselves from land exploitation and human rights abuses. "As indigenous peoples, we have had to fight, struggle and survive against marginalization and colonialism," said Buddy Gwin of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of Connecticut. "Until we are able to shed that yoke of colonialism, indigenous people around the world will continue to experience what we have experienced for over 500 years." In a report released Thursday, the seventh annual International Day of the World's Indigenous People, the human rights group Amnesty International wrote that "native peoples continue to be the victims of human rights violations." It specifically named Honduras, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela as problem countries. "Violence and threats against indigenous populations often take place in the context of disputes relating to the lands they live on and to the exploitation, by national and multinational companies, of natural resources on indigenous territories," Amnesty said. There are more than 150 million tribal people worldwide, the advocacy group Survival International said. Last year, after a study of their participation within the U.N. system, the United Nations established a permanent forum on indigenous issues. The forum will hold its first international conference in May 2002. Marcial Arias of Panama's Kuna Indians said he hoped the forum would "open the door" to the United Nations. Copyright c. 2001 Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. --------- "RE: Cobell Plantiffs want Trust Accounting Trial" --------- Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 08:40:28 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="COBELL PLANTIFFS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.indiantrust.com/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Philip Smith (202-661-6350) August 6, 2001 COBELL PLAINTIFFS ASK JUDGE TO SET DATE FOR TRIAL ON TRUST ACCOUNTING Interior, Treasury Have "Utterly Failed to Even Begin" Restatement of Accounts Ordered by Court in 1999 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Charging that unacceptable delay by the secretaries of Interior and Treasury is causing irreparable harm to individual Indian trust beneficiaries, the Cobell plaintiffs have asked a federal judge to set Jan. 8, 2002 for a trial to determine the amount owed by the government for more than a century of trust mismanagement. A court-appointed federal monitor reported last month that the Interior and Treasury secretaries have done virtually nothing to comply with a December 1999 court ruling ordering them to reform the trust and provide an historical accounting of hundreds of millions of dollars paid into the trust since the late 19th century. The government lost its appeal of the 1999 ruling by Judge Royce C. Lamberth and let the deadline pass for seeking review by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Cobell plaintiffs said in court papers filed Aug. 3. "Treasury Secretary O'Neill, Interior Secretary Norton and [BIA head Neal] McCaleb, accordingly, have no defense and must provide IIM beneficiaries with a full accounting of `all funds,' including without limitation all deposits, withdrawals and accruals in accordance with trust law and without further delay," the plaintiffs said. "Failure to set deadlines and dates for defendants means business as usual - deception, delay and disobedience. No trial date means that defendants O'Neill, Norton and McCaleb will continue to inflict irreparable harm on individual Indian trust beneficiaries. No trial date means hopelessness and futility. No trial date means defendants will continue to do nothing of substance to fulfill their duties." Testimony and evidence in the class action litigation, Cobell v. Norton, have shown that the government has lost or destroyed many of its trust records since the trust was established in 1887. Interior and Treasury have acknowledged in court that they do not know, and have no way of establishing, what became of millions of dollars in trust revenue from Indian-owned lands. The plaintiffs' motion for a trial date, and an accompanying Statement of Facts, are posted at www.indiantrust.com Copyright c. Blackfeet Reservation Development Fund, Inc --------- "RE: Interior Department Misled Court on Reforms" --------- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:12:53 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="INTERIOR LIED" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57155-2001Aug10.html Interior Dept. Misled Court On Reforms, Report Says By Bill Miller and Ellen Nakashima Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, August 10, 2001; Page A23 Senior managers and lawyers at the Interior Department misled a federal judge about the progress of Indian trust reform by failing to reveal that a highly touted new record-keeping system wasn't working, a court- appointed monitor reported yesterday. "The range of possible criticism of the senior managers and attorneys for their failure to provide this Court with a correct picture . . . covers the full legal spectrum from nonfeasance, misfeasance, to malfeasance," wrote Joseph S. Kieffer III, who spent the past few months assessing the reform efforts. Kieffer's 130-page report could provide a framework for contempt-of- court proceedings against Interior officials and attorneys. Attorneys representing Native American trust account-holders have urged U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth to take such action, charging in court papers that the government has "utterly failed" in its responsibilities. Lamberth appointed Kieffer in April to monitor the Interior Department's efforts to modernize methods for keeping track of trust accounts for more than 300,000 Native Americans. The accounts were set up more than 100 years ago to compensate Native Americans for use of their land. Royalties from the sale of petroleum, timber and other natural resources are channeled into the accounts, generating about $500 million each year. The judge has been dealing with the controversy since 1996, when the Native American Rights Fund filed a lawsuit accusing the government of making a shambles of the trust funds through decades of poor record- keeping, mismanagement and neglect. He convened a trial two years ago in which government officials, including former Interior secretary Bruce Babbitt, said they were on track to overhaul the system by March 2001. A centerpiece of the reform effort was a new computer network known as the Trust Asset and Accounting Management System, which was supposed to automatically keep track of titles, trust accounts and income generated from roughly 170,000 tracts of land. During court testimony in July 1999, Babbitt likened trust reform to a ship and said he would bring it into harbor by the end of the Clinton administration. Despite those promises, Kieffer reported yesterday, many question whether the computer system will ever work. Due to numerous glitches, officials now say the system won't be fully operational until 2004, five years behind schedule. The General Accounting Office has recommended the Interior Department consider scrapping the system entirely, after "tens of millions of dollars" were invested, Kieffer said. "Secretary of the Interior Babbitt and his direct subordinates not only did not bring the TAAMS' 'ship into the harbor,' they placed it in a turbulent sea, without compass, direction or course, in danger of impending shipwreck," Kieffer wrote. He said problems emerged soon after Babbitt's testimony, leading to a September 1999 meeting convened by Babbitt's chief of staff, Anne Shields. Managers initially said they needed to tell Lamberth of the troubles, and even prepared draft reports for him, but in the end they and Interior's attorneys did not alert him, Kieffer said. Kieffer said Interior's managers and attorneys "presented testimony and evidence to this Court that was over-optimistic at best and false at worst." In December 1999, Lamberth ordered the government to repair the trust fund system but decided against turning matters over to an outsider. At the time, the judge said he was giving the government "one last opportunity to carry through on their promises," warning he would act if officials were "less than truthful" to him. Most of Kieffer's criticism is directed at activities during the Clinton administration. Babbitt, Shields and Kevin Gover, the former assistant secretary for Indian affairs, have since left the government. But some managers and lawyers remain on the job, and Kieffer said Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton should watch over them closely. The system's difficulties came to light in March, when Dom Nessi, chief information officer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, wrote a memo saying the effort to repair the system was "slowly but surely imploding." That led to Kieffer's appointment. "What is most striking to us is you see an unbroken chain of misdeeds and lack of candor from the time of trial to the present," said Keith Harper, an attorney for the Native American account-holders. Babbitt, who joined the law firm of Latham & Watkins this year, was traveling yesterday and unavailable for comment, his secretary said. Shields said she did not want to comment on the report because she had not read it, but added, "We believed TAAMS was functioning." Norton and Neal A. McCaleb, Interior assistant secretary of Indian affairs and head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, were traveling and unavailable to discuss the report, officials said. McCaleb, Norton and Tom Slonaker, a special trustee at Interior in charge of trust reform, are scheduled to meet in Albuquerque today to learn more about how the system is operating in the field office, an agency official said. Interior officials are reviewing Kieffer's findings, according to an agency statement. Interior officials said they have "created the first- ever office of historical trust accounting and we remain committed to improving trust reform for the good of Indian country." Staff researcher Madonna Lebling contributed to this report. Copyright c. 2001 The Washington Post Company --------- "RE: Judge Rejects Attempt to Hide Misconduct Report" --------- Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 13:50:02 -0500 From: Dennis Tester Subj: Judge Rejects Treasury Attempt to Keep Misconduct Report from Public Mailing List: Minnesota Indian Affairs JUDGE REJECTS TREASURY ATTEMPT TO KEEP REPORT ON DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION and ATTORNEY MISCONDUCT FROM THE PUBLIC Ruling Also Cites Failure of Interior and Justice to Control Its Lawyers WASHINGTON, D.C. - The federal judge in the Cobell v. Norton trust litigation today rejected an attempt by the Treasury Department to keep an internal report on destruction of trust documents and government attorney misconduct from the public. U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth denied Treasury's motion to keep under seal its internal investigation of the destruction of 162 boxes of trust-related documents by Treasury employees in a Maryland warehouse - in violation of a court order to preserve such records - and the failure by six Treasury lawyers to inform the court of the destruction for five months. Although some may question whether discipline handed out internally to the Treasury lawyers went far enough, Lamberth said, "the corrective action taken by Treasury.stands in marked contrast to the dearth of corrective action taken by the Interior Department and the Justice Department. "Neither of those agencies has provided any report whatsoever - under seal or otherwise - demonstrating that they have held any attorney accountable in any way whatsoever for any misconduct in this litigation. "Some members of the public may question whether Treasury went far enough in its disciplinary proceedings," the judge added. "That remains to be determined by this Court. But the Court believes that release of this report will demonstrate to the public that Treasury has taken a step in the right direction, a step that the Interior and Justice Departments have not demonstrated." Recent reports by a special master and a federal monitor in the Cobell litigation - both appointed by Lamberth - have documented that Interior and Justice repeatedly misled the court and Congress about supposed trust reforms ordered by the judicial and legislative branches and continued to destroy trust-related evidence in violation of court orders. "Here we go again," said Elouise Cobell, lead plaintiff in the individual Indian trust litigation. "This is exactly what we have been saying for years. The government's answer to court orders and Congressional directives has been evasion, cover-up, destruction and delay. Today's ruling is another 2 by 4 between the eyes." Treasury employees destroyed 162 boxes of trust documents between November 1998 and January 1999, despite a court order to preserve and produce all such documents related to the Cobell litigation. Treasury attorneys waited until May 11 to inform the court. Revealing the destruction immediately would have been highly embarrassing for the government because the destruction occurred at the same time Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt were on trial for contempt before Lamberth for ignoring his order to preserve trust-related documents. "The public interest in being afforded access to the Sealed Documents cannot be overstated," Lamberth's ruling said. "The underlying litigation has not only brought to light the federal government's continued breach of its substantial responsibilities toward Native Americans but, in a historic proceeding, the contumacious conduct of two former Cabinet members." He added, "When the Court engages in historic proceedings that culminate in findings of contempt against United States Cabinet members for disregarding court orders, public confidence in government is undermined. When that conduct becomes a pattern exhibited by officers of the court, public confidence is further weakened. Concealing efforts undertaken to correct these problems will only serve to further erode that confidence both in the government and in the judiciary that lends its imprimatur to that concealment." --------- "RE: Western Shoshone Leaders Appeal to U.N." --------- Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 20:46:41 -0700 From: "Jess Hansen" Subj: "Western Shoshone Leaders Appeal to U.N. Over U.S. Land Policy" Mailing List: ndn-aim http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,31599,00.html "Western Shoshone Leaders Appeal to U.N. Over U.S. Land Policy" Tuesday, August 07, 2001 GENEVA (AP) - "A group of American Indians appealed Tuesday for the United Nations to condemn what they said were abuses of their ancient land rights by the U.S. federal government. Leaders of the Western Shoshone said they hoped a U.N. panel would back their case that the U.S. government is trying to chase them off their ancestral territory, causing them physical, economic and cultural hardship and violating U.N. human rights treaties. "We are here hoping that the international community can put pressure on the United States to stop its discriminatory conduct against the Western Shoshone people," said tribal elder Carrie Dann. "Indigenous people do not have any rights or constitutional guarantees. It's time the United States answered some questions about our rights." The Western Shoshone tribal members, which the government says number 6, 600 -- live mainly in central Nevada and parts of California, Idaho and Utah. Dann and her sister Mary have been a focal point of a dispute over land since the government sued them in 1974 for grazing livestock on federal acreage at their Nevada ranch. The Shoshone delegation said the U.S. government has authorized the use of environmentally damaging cyanide for gold mining and approved military testing and nuclear waste storage on Shoshone lands. Some 85 percent of Nevada is federal land, and the proposed Nevada Public Lands Act aims to sell much of it off to private companies, the Shoshone said. Western Shoshone National Council member Johnnie Bobb said that although the bill hasn't passed, gold mining companies were "lining up" to purchase land and expand their operations. The Shoshone have asked a U.N. panel -- the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination -- to condemn the United States, arguing that the U.S. action amounts to racism. The committee has been reviewing a report by U.S. authorities on the government's compliance with an international anti-discrimination treaty which the United States ratified in 1994. On Monday the U.S. Justice Department's newly confirmed civil rights head Ralph Boyd Jr. responded to the panel's questions about the Shoshone case. Boyd said that U.S. law stated that "as a result of European discovery the Native Americans had a right to occupancy and possession, but that tribal rights to complete sovereignty were necessarily diminished by the principle that discovery gave exclusive title to those who made it." But he said that given the "legal complexities" of the Shoshone case the panel's questions would "require further research and examination." At issue is the so-called 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley between the Western Shoshone and the United States which took 23.6 million acres of land away from the tribes. Tribal leaders argue that the treaty -- which they say was one of friendship -- simply granted the United States limited access to the land and did not cede it to the federal government. In 1979 the Supreme Court ruled that the Ruby Valley treaty had made the U.S. government the trustee of the Shoshone, entitled to negotiate compensation for the land on their behalf. The court also approved a government offer of $26 million to the tribes. The compensation package has accumulated interest and is now worth $130 million. Last month Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign reintroduced the Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act to direct the Interior Department to release the funds. The Nevada-sponsored bill has never received a hearing in Congress. Projections that each person could receive more than $20,000 have attracted supporters in the tribe. Three years ago some tribal leaders conducted a vote of the tribe's membership. Of those who participated, 1,230 supported the cash payments, while 53 opposed it. Dann said the Shoshone would never accept money for their land, because they believed it was sacred. A committee ruling in 1999 gave hope to indigenous groups around the world by declaring that Australia should suspend implementation of new land rights laws as they discriminated against Aborigines. The committee is expected to issue its ruling on the U.S. compliance report next week." Copyright c. 2001 Fox News Network ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe to this group,send an email to: ndn-aim-subscribe@egroups.com Archived on line at: http://www.eScribe.com FREE LEONARD PELTIER --------- "RE: Military Siege at Big Mountain" --------- Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 15:59:28 +0000 From: Robert Dorman Subj: Military siege at Big Mountain ----- forwarded message ------ From: BBCAIM@aol.com Mailing List: Big Mountain List http://www.navajotimes.com/Opinion/GuestCol/GCBigMtn/gcbigmtn.html Navajo Times Guest column Military siege at Big Mountain By Leonard Benally Big Mountain, Ariz. All politics aside, let me tell you a little story about what happened to us and our annual sacred sun dance ceremony. It has been taking place peacefully and spiritually for 16 years, praying for all mankind. And we pray and we know we cannot act out of hatred against those that have no sense. This sun dance was brought down to us by our Lakota brothers for all indigenous people. And so it is a nation-to-nation annual sacred ceremony. We have done no crime. And even (President) Kelsey Begaye acknowledges that, yes, we have a right to pray. So let's have some respect for the ceremonial itself. So we might all heal one day soon. Even though the oppression and the poverty are so severe, we are all indigenous people to this region. Why do you have to turn the water off on your own brother? And water is not the only thing they denied us during the four-day military siege. Roadblocks denied entry of food, doctors, medicine, and people who came wanting to pray with us in our sacred ceremony. Yes, we have adapted into the sun dance. Just like many Navajos adapted into (the) peyote ceremony. So it is our right to choose our own religious and spiritual beliefs. And so you cannot deny us our rights to pray with our families and the people. Even though you tried to stop us from praying, you did not succeed with your animosity. But, it is a shame your superiors had to call you back because you had gone too extreme, using your systematic excessive show of force. Even though we prayed for all humanity and all living things and healing for everybody. And you took our women on an empty promise to bring them back safely with a permit. That's what the chief of the Hopi Rangers promised us. In which he, of course, was a new person and he did not know the people that live out here. And of course there were some familiar faces on their side, but we don't see some of the old faces, perhaps they found a new and better job rather than harassing, humiliating and jailing people for unjust reason. And the Hopi Tribal Council and the "so called land team" say that they knew nothing of the ceremony. Prior to the ceremony six to eight weeks ago, I, Roberta Blackgoat, and Kee Watchman went to the Hopi Tribal Council and met with Eugene Kaye, chief of Hopi staff, for four hours. I told him the ceremony was going to take place and he told me that he was not going to give us a permit and that he was going to stop it. My response was that the sacred sun dance itself is about the indigenous ways of life and beliefs. And I told him that the ceremony was going to happen and we were going to resist all oppressions. And Eugene Kaye said to me, "If you resist, you might even get your way." What happened? I thought we had a good meeting. We agreed on one thing - that was the water rights. He also stated that Peabody was only giving him "chump change." We don't care about your "chump change" from Peabody. We care that you must drop the criminal charges against our traditional indigenous women and they were protecting all women's rights to pray. They were standing for all peoples rights to pray and Mother Earth because she's a woman herself. There were some traditional Hopi (who) wanted to come and pray because we are on the same path for justice, freedom, and liberty. I know that the traditional Hopis do not agree with the police brutality used against our elders. Let's not abuse any elders ever - we know what's wrong and what's right. Perhaps next year you can come out and pray with us, put your weapons away so we can all live in a better world where there's equal rights for everybody. You made everyone suffer but we united peacefully and spiritually. And we even prayed for all police who were turning hundreds of people away and some acknowledged that they were embarrassed of what they were doing in the roadblocks, and I imagine whoever ordered for the water to be turned off is feeling it on his own conscience now. Our prayers were stronger than anything that caused us problems from the outside. The ceremony itself is over thousands of years old and all of our ancestors and all of our ancestors' relations heard our outcry for peace and justice to come to the land. Copyright c. 1999-2001 Navajo Times/Navajo Nation --------- "RE: Arvol Looking Horse on Sundance Siege" --------- Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:43:00 -0700 From: "antoinette" Subj: arvol looking horse on Camp Anna Mae Sundance siege Newsgroup: alt.native see: http://www.blackmesais.org/anna_mae_sundance_2k1.htm Statement from Chief Arvol Looking Horse: (about the arrests at Camp Anna Mae Sundance, July 2001): I, Chief Arvol Looking Horse of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota Nation would like to offer a statement concerning the violation against the Sacred Sundance Ceremony at Big Mountain, Arizona. The Sacred White Buffalo Calf Bundle that I care for consists of the Seven Sacred Rights and one of them is the Sundance. Because of this responsibility, my work is toward World Peace and Global Healing, as our ceremonies are connected to the Sacred Mother, including her well being preserved for generations to come. The Sacred Tree represents all life upon Mother Earth. A very important protocol in putting up the Sacred Tree with it's offerings of prayers for all life including health for our relatives, is that the ceremony and energy must not be broken or stopped. This ceremony has been with Sacred Bundle for nineteen generations. We have shared this ceremony for health and well being with other Indigenous Nations to bring spiritual awareness and strength back to Nations. When I heard of the Hopi Nation's attitude and violations to a spiritual ceremony, I had to realize that it was not the Hopi Nation, but rather a group of people who have been affected by the "disease of the mind". This disease that has spread throughout Turtle Island to many Honorable Nations that have made decisions affecting relationships toward their own "brothers and sisters" of Indigenous Nations, including the violation toward our Mother Earth. In my Peace works I was honored to sit with many Hopi Traditional Elders, including the late Thomas Banyanca, who had the most deepest respect for all ceremonies, as we shared the Sacred C'anupa together. We understood that our work and message was the same. His concern for his people violating their own culture and traditions was the same as mine. There are many other "Traditional Hopi" who understand the proper protocol to ceremonies and would not think and do anything toward violating one another in interrupting a Sacred Right. So this brings my thoughts to those who do not understand who they are as a Hopi, a person that holds a bloodline to their Ancestors that walked in honor and in harmony. Many Nations, have these kinds of people that are not aware of the blood that carry in their veins and responsibility to bring honor to their people by making wise decisions based on compassion, understanding and respect. This makes me realize that the people making these decisions have another motive based on the material world, which brings unbalance to our Mother the Earth. They only need to understand that these prayers made at all ceremonies are for their children's health as well. Prayers need to be offered to "our people" that have become lost in their spirit and identity as an Indigenous Nation of this Turtle Island. Our prayers are strong and to react the same as them will not resolve anything, but bring more division and confusion. My prayer is for this issue to be resolved in a most Peaceful way and honor to all Nations represented will heal and communicate for Peace and Harmony. In a Sacred Hoop of Life, where there is no ending and beginning! Mitakuye Oyasin (all my relations), Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe --------- "RE: Remote Native Band Awash in Sewage" --------- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 09:07:07 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SEWAGE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/08/07/sewage010807 Remote native band awash in sewage WebPosted Tue Aug 7 08:08:24 2001 THUNDER BAY - A remote First Nations community in Northern Ontario is in danger of being swamped by its own sewage after septic tanks stopped working. Residents of the Neskantaga First Nation are worried about the immediate and long-term effects of being exposed to raw sewage. The septic systems of houses in the community of about 300 have been backing up into basements or leaking out into yards. "I don't know what kind of impact our kids are facing today," said Roy Moonias, a resident. "Maybe in the future they might have all kinds of sickness - we don't know." Environmental health officer Bob Klages says residents are right to be concerned. "With raw sewage - that's where you get a lot of the communicable diseases," he said. Klages says the septic tanks won't work because the ground in the community 400 kilometres north of Thunder Bay is too hard. The Department of Indian Affairs has promised a new sewage system for the community, but it will take three or four years. Right now, Klages says the First Nation is doing the only thing it can: "Disconnect the weeping beds, because they're not working anyway, and pump the sewage out and bring it to a spot away from the community so it's not posing a health risk within the community." Neskantaga has a pair of trucks taking the waste to a sewage pond. Some worry the pond will contaminate the lake that supplies the community's tap water. Written by CBC News Online staff Copyright c. 2001 CBC. All Rights Reserved --------- "RE: The Inuit Prepare to Fight Star Wars" --------- Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 07:47:39 -0000 From: "Peter S. Lopez" Subj: Evicted by the US Military, The Inuit Prepare to Fight Star Wars Mailing List: ndn-aim http://news@commondreams.org/headlines01/0807-01.htm Published on Tuesday, August 7, 2001 in the Independent / UK Evicted by the US Military, The Inuit Prepare to Fight Star Wars by Steve Boggan on MV Arctic Sunrise, Qaanaaq, Greenland The sign that greets arrivals at Thule airport in Greenland says: "Air Force Space Command's 12th Space Warning Squadron. Latitude 76 degrees 32N, Longitude 68 degrees 42W." In simple terms, this is the last place on earth you can land in a passenger jet. As the sign says, it is the home of a United States space command squadron, a group of men and women whose job involves providing America with advance warning of airborne attack. If President George Bush gets his way, it will be one of two bases outside the US - the other is at Fylingdales, North Yorkshire - that will be key to his plans for ballistic missile defense, aka "Son of Star Wars". Because of its remote location, some 800 miles north of the Arctic Circle, President Bush could be forgiven for believing this would be the less troublesome of the two foreign stations he needs permission to use if his system is to work. But he would be wrong. This base and, more importantly, a tiny community of Inuit people evicted to make way for it, are about to find themselves at the center of American foreign policy making. As Andy Warhol might have put it, these hunters in their 650-strong community at Qaanaaq, the northernmost municipality on the planet, are about to get their 15 minutes of fame. Theirs is a story of enforced eviction, a nuclear plane crash, environmental pollution and national betrayal. And, after nearly 50 years of being ignored, they view President Bush's Star Wars proposals - that will see the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia torn up, and which China has already predicted will result in a new nuclear arms race - as their last chance to have the world sit up and take notice. The Americans first became interested in Thule - also known as Pituffik - in 1946 when it became obvious the new threat to its interests would come from the Soviet Union. Inuit tribesmen remember the day they arrived. "It was in April 1946," said Aron Qaavigaq, then a 12-year-old living off the traditional Dundas mountain hunting grounds on the north-western edges of Greenland. "We saw a plane coming out of Canada. It circled and went away. Then, in July, a huge black plane came. We saw it coming lower and lower to the sea and it landed on it, throwing out an anchor like a boat. Many people were amazed to see that. They came ashore and gave us apples and told us a ship was on its way." Within months, 36 ships had arrived, an airstrip was laid, and a weather station built with the permission of the Kingdom of Denmark, of which Greenland is a part. The Inuit continued to hunt for seals, walruses, whales, narwhals, foxes and birds until, between 1951 and 1953, militarization of the base began. Finally, in May 1953, the 27 families that made up the Inuit community were told to leave to make way for American surface-to-air missile batteries. They were given between 48 hours and two weeks to get out. Mr Qaavigaq said: "We were told there were houses waiting for us in Qaanaaq [100 miles away], but those of us who didn't go voluntarily would not get one. We had no choice; we had to go. There were seven of us. I remember my mother and father were crying. We were young and very excited to be going somewhere new. But they kept crying, so we knew there was something wrong. "Everyone packed what they could on their dogsleds and set off north across the ice. After a while, my father stopped and looked back. He and my mother were crying again." In all, more than 150 people were forcibly evicted. And, when they arrived at Qaanaaq, the houses they were promised had not been built. For three months, they had only tents in which to live. "They were treated appallingly," said Christian Harlang, a Danish human rights lawyer, who has taken up their case. "Most were given just 48 hours to leave with their elderly and their children. "For decades, the Danish government lied about them, claiming they had moved voluntarily. At school, we were taught that Denmark did not mistreat Greenland the way the French and the British mistreated their colonies, yet all the time these people were suffering." But things were to get worse. Uusaqqak Qujaakitsoq, vice-president of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, and Axel Lund Olsen, deputy mayor of Qaanaaq, said the new hunting-grounds were not so good. It was too far to travel back to the old grounds (and, even then, permits were required from the Danes) and, as the next generations came along, many turned their backs on the hunting way of life. Today, unemployment in Qaanaaq is high, feelings of resentment are growing and alcoholism is becoming a serious problem. One of the reasons hunting has become so difficult, they say, is that the area has become polluted - not least because of an incident on 21 January 1968 when an American B-52 Stratofortress carrying four hydrogen bombs crashed on the ice in Bylot Sound near the Thule base. In the ensuing explosions, the bombs were fragmented, spewing radioactive debris across the snow. Despite clean-up attempts, the Americans and Danes have admitted that between 500g and 1.8kg of plutonium - enough for a whole bomb - was never recovered. Mr Qujaakitsoq said: "We are finding many deformed animals - musk oxen with deformed hooves and seals with no hair.We believe a lot of the pollution must be coming from the base, perhaps from the missing plutonium." The Danish and American governments have conducted environmental-impact studies on the base, but the results of some of them remain secret. Greenpeace, which is supporting the Qaanaaq Inuits, has tried to use Danish Freedom of Information legislation to gain access to a 4,000-page report on Thule, but to no avail. All of which makes the community fervently opposed to the Thule base being used to house the still-experimental X-band radar systems required to make President Bush's Star Wars plan a reality. For Star Wars to work, a number of American bases plus Fylingdales and Thule would operate with X-band, which is intended to track missiles during the "intermediate" phase of their trajectory, after launch but before their final attack phase. Other bases, including Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire, will perform a role, but it is the X-band radar bases that are the most controversial. The Danish government, like the British, has refused to support or oppose the US proposal, arguing that the Americans have, as yet, presented no firm plans or requests for the use of bases. The Greenlandic Home Rule Government - which must defer foreign and defense issues to Denmark - has also been quiet on the issue. But in Qaanaaq, the three main local parties are all opposed to the American plans. "People are opposed to Star Wars for two reasons," said Mr Olsen. "First, they are afraid that some day there will be a war and this whole area will be destroyed in a nuclear attack. Second, we are fighting for the Americans to clean up Thule and give it back to us. If the Danish government gives permission for the Americans to use it for Star Wars, we may never get our homeland back." The strength of feeling can be judged by the success of a Greenpeace visit to Qaanaaq. A few years ago, a ship such as the Arctic Sunrise would have been chased away by hunters who still bitterly remembered their trade in seal skins being affected by Greenpeace's campaign against the clubbing of harp seal pups in Newfoundland. This week, however, the Arctic Sunrise has been welcomed with open arms. Dan Hindsgaul, Greenpeace's disarmament campaigner, said: "It has been a powerful experience for us to meet these people - they have been pushed around for 50 years but now they have a unique opportunity to prevent a new nuclear arms race. "There are only a few of them, but they are our best chance of stopping Bush's madcap plans for Thule air base." Regardless of public opinion, the role of the Danish Supreme Court, which in the autumn of 2002 will rule on the Inuits' right to reclaim their old hunting- grounds, will be crucial. In August 1999, a Qaanaaq pressure group called Hingitaq 53 (Hingitaq means "the exiled") won an historic victory in the Danish Eastern District High Court. Mr Harlang, the group's advocate, successfully argued that, under the United Nations convention on the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples - and under the Danish constitution - the people of Qaanaaq had been unlawfully moved. They were granted paltry compensation - about $31,500 each - but the victory was hugely symbolic. They have launched an appeal seeking an increase in the compensation award and will argue that it was perverse to admit they were wrongly moved without giving them the right to return. Mr Harlang said: "I find it very odd that the court agreed with our argument yet did not agree to their rights to reclaim the land. I believe we have a sound case for the Supreme Court appeal and we should win it, but I don't know if we will. "There is enormous political pressure on the court. What you have to realize is that although we are taking on the Danish government, de facto and inter alia, this is really a case between the people of Qaanaaq and the American government; the smallest, most remote population on earth against one of the most populous and the most powerful." Mr Qaavigaq hopes for victory but believes he will never return to his home. "I don't feel bitter towards the Americans," he said. "But if Mr Bush were here now I would say, 'Mr Bush, if God wanted to end the world and to turn the mountains upside down so that they were covered by the sea, he would do it; he does not need you to do it for him'." Copyright c. 2001 Independent Digital (UK) Ltd <<<<*+*>>>>><<<<<*+*>>>>><<<<<*+*>>>>><<<<<*+*>>>>><<<<<*+*>>>>> Subscribe: HumaneRightsAgenda-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ===== To subscribe to this group,send an email to: ndn-aim-subscribe@egroups.com Archived on line at: http://www.eScribe.com FREE LEONARD PELTIER --------- "RE: Lobster Dispute Simmers as Season Opens" --------- Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 08:40:28 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LOBSTER SEASON" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.nb.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/08/07/ nb_svnati010807 Aug 7 2001 5:10 PM EDT Lobster dispute simmers as season opens BIG COVE, N.B. - Natives from the Big Cove reserve and non-native fishermen were out side-by-side on the water as the commercial lobster season opened. Further north, natives from Burnt Church say they'll start fishing soon as well, but that could mean renewed violence in the Miramichi Bay. Tuesday the atmosphere was congenial as natives and non-native fishermen shared the wharf at Richibucto. The Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans has been working hard to foster co-operation and is in the process of signing a fishing agreement with Big Cove. But it's a different story further north in Burnt Church. "The Canadian government is still taking a dictatorship approach of where I honestly feel the Canadian government does not negotiate in good faith. This is the deal, this is what we're going to give you. Take it or it's gunboat diplomacy." says Brian Bartibogue, a councillor at Burnt Church. Bartibogue says the vast majority of people in Burnt Church don't want to negotiate a fishing deal with DFO. Bartibogue says he doesn't want to see the kind of violence that broke out last year but he says fishermen from Burnt Church will be hitting the water soon whether DFO likes it or not. "We're going to fish and the rest is up to them. Our people don't want to get run over. Our people don't want to be put in jail. Our people don't want to be beaten. Our people don't want to be tear gassed. Our people don't want to be treated as criminals. We want to go into our resource, our front-line, and provide for our children, just as many others do," says Bartibogue. The chief at Burnt Church is up for re-election in a couple of weeks and won't comment if a fishing deal will be signed this year with the federal government. But DFO says it's not in any formal talks with Burnt Church. However, it says the chief and council have agreed to wait until after the band elections before they start lobster fishing. That buys DFO at least a couple weeks to negotiate a deal and perhaps avoid a repeat of last year's violence. Copyright c. 2001 CBC All Rights Reserved --------- "RE: Sacred Feathers Banned" --------- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 09:13:18 -0700 From: John Wm Sloniker Subj: Sacred feathers banned Mailing List: INDIAN Heritage The Seattle Times: Local News: Thursday, August 09, 2001 Sacred feathers banned, natives in Canada upset By Douglas Todd Religion News Service VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Terry and David McKeown were stunned when U.S. customs officers delayed their car for more than two hours, refusing to allow them to bring their sacred eagle feathers into the United States. On their way to a North American Indian powwow in Oregon last month, David and Terry, a British Columbia Indian, decided to stay in Canada rather than travel without their feathers, which they use for headdresses and other spiritual purposes. Canada's Indians are growing increasingly upset about a U.S. law that won't allow them to cross the border carrying parts of an eagle, arguably the most revered creature in their religion. The top aboriginal leader in Canada, Matthew Coon Come, head of the Assembly of First Nations, recently wrote to both the Canadian and U.S. governments, saying the confiscation of sacred eagle parts is an urgent matter. The U.S. law was enacted in 1940 to stop the poaching of eagles, which were dying out because of pesticides. But the squabble has re-surfaced because of a 1999 decision making it possible for U.S. Indians to apply for a permit to carry eagle parts across the border. Canadian Indians cannot apply for the permit. Indians across the continent have long used eagle feathers for headdresses and dance fans, and as symbols of high honor. "This is a major international issue," said Ken Young, vice chief of Canada's Assembly of First Nations. "Our people are being delayed and harassed at the border because they're carrying eagle parts." Young emphasized natives don't purposely kill eagles. They frequently take eagle parts from birds who have flown into electrical wires. And federal fish and wildlife officers often give eagle parts to native cultural groups. The issue of transporting sacred eagle parts is of special importance on the northwest coast because together British Columbia and Alaska are home to more than two-thirds of North America's eagle population. Eagles are still protected by international agreements but are no longer considered endangered. "This is a big issue because it's about cultural sensitivity," said Patricia Dwyer, a lawyer for the Canadian Wildlife Service of Environment Canada. "The bottom line is natives should be able to live their culture," said Dwyer, who is Cree. Patrick Durham, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said the problem is mostly of a legal nature and adds that he doesn't know of anyone who has recently been arrested for carrying eagle parts in or out of the U.S. Copyright (c) 2001 The Seattle Times Company ----------------------------------------------- To contact the list owner, use stephenL@indiana.edu --------- "RE: Ta'an Kwachan Initial Agreement" --------- Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 08:40:28 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="TA'AN KWACHAN" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://north.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/08/07/07link Ta'an Kwachan finally initial agreement WHITEHORSE, YT - The Ta'an Kwachan in the Yukon has initialled its land claims and self-government agreements. Again. The Ta'an, and the Yukon government announced last April there was a deal. However an official announcement only came out late Monday. Disgruntled members of the Ta'an Kwachan claim there was no initialling last April, despite the celebrations going on at the time. But Ta'an chair John Burdek says there was. He says last April's signing covered broad issues. "That's what we did back in April," he said. "The negotiators initialed the agreement. The federal government, the territorial government and Ta'an to say basically we've resolved all substantive issues between the parties." Burdek says the deal was then worked into technical and legal language. It's a technicality, according to chief federal negotiator Tim Koepke. Koepke says the latest initialling was the only official one for the Ta'an. "It wasn't an initialling back then. Maybe it was premature enthusiasm or whatever, or it was simply incorrect terminology," he said. "But the event in April was the conclusion of negotiations." This initialling triggers a ninety day ratification process. John Burdek is confident his members will approve the deal that brings Ta'an 785 square kilometers of land and $26 million over 15 years. Copyright c. 2000 CBC All Rights Reserved --------- "RE: Innu and Kayapo Encounter" --------- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:02:53 -0400 From: Amazon Alliance Subj: Brazil: Innu and Kayapo encounter For more information: Gervais Malleck (418) 968-4890 or 1-800- 910-4890 (In French and Innu languages) Felix Atencio-Gonzales (418) 865-4001 (In French, English and Portuguese languages) PRESS RELEASE The Innu and Kayapo encounter The Amazon and boreal forest: Indian territories threatened Sept-Iles, Nitassinan, July 26, 2001. Raoni, the legendary Chief of the Kayapo nation (Xingu Park, Central Amazon of Brazil) will travel to Nitassinan ("our territory" in Innu language) to tour the three communities of Mamit Innuat (on Quebec's north shore) and their territory. The Kayapo delegation will arrive at the Dorval airport, Thursday at 10:00 am and will be welcomed by the three chiefs of Mamit Innuat and other dignitaries, with traditional chants and drumming by Innu elders. The Kayapo Chiefs, in turn, will chant and dance announcing their arrival to Canada. A meeting with the media will follow. Chief Raoni, will be travelling with Chiefs Patni, Takrakudjy and Tedje', all of the Kayapo nation, on this unprecedented visit to Nitassinan (the Innu traditional territory) from August 02 to 15, 2001. The intense development of Nitassinan and the new avowed interest of Quebec for another hydroelectric megaproject, impel the Innu to continue its campaign to raise awareness of the protection of the territory. Chief Raoni and the Kayapo - contacted in the 50' and 60' - have fought physically for the protection of their traditional territory. With time, Chief Raoni learned to speak Portuguese, brought his case before four Brazilian presidents, was instrumental in ending armed confrontations and united twenty Kayapo communities. He brought together British rock singer, Sting leader Red Crow (Floyd Westerman) to do a world tour in search of funds to cover the costs of the delimitation of their territory. Chief Raoni, 75, is now coming to Quebec, to witness and support the struggle of the Innu people for the protection of their ancestral territory and the clear recognition of their rights. Brazil, which has a questionable reputation on human right issues, has accepted to delimit the Kayapo territory while Canada, which presents itself as a model country, is slow to recognize the traditional territory of the Innu. At the same time, Canada and Quebec allows the operation of diverse projects in the same territory without real consultation to the Innu people. The intense development of Nitassinan is reminiscent of the deforestation of the Amazon forest. "Both eco-systems are the lungs of Mother Earth" affirms Jean-Charles Pietacho, Chief of the Ekuanitshit community. The three Innu chiefs will be accompanying the Kayapo Chiefs during their visit to Ekuanitshit (Mingan), Pakua Shipu (St-Augustin) and Unamen Shipu (La Romaine) a visit that will be marked by important events. ************************************** Distribuido por: Distributed by: 'AMAZON ALLIANCE' FOR INDIGENOUS AND TRADITIONAL PEOPLES OF THE AMAZON BASIN 1367 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036-1860 tel (202)785-3334 fax (202)785-3335 amazon@amazonalliance.org http://www.amazonalliance.org Disclaimer: All copyrights belong to original publisher. The Amazon Alliance has not verified the accuracy of the forwarded message. Forwarding this message does not necessarily connote agreement with the positions stated there-in. This email was sent to: gars@speakeasy.org --------- "RE: A Tribe Regains a Piece of its History" --------- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 19:10:12 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="REGAIN HISTORY" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.iht.com/cgi-bin/generic.cgi?template=articleprint.tmplh&ArticleId=29024 A Tribe Regains a Piece of Its History New York Times Service Saturday, August 11, 2001 NEW YORK - On a Friday in May, Helen Rush Robinson of the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Canada, joined relatives and other members of the tribe for a long trip to Vancouver. It was the first step on their journey from Port Alberni, on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, to New York to retrieve an artifact important to the Nuu-chah-nulth and even more dear to Robinson: a painted curtain that her father, a chief of the Uchucklesaht band, had commissioned for her coming-of-age ceremony nearly 60 years ago. She had never forgotten the huge painted curtain attributed to the artist Tomiish. It showed a thunderbird filling the sky, serpents flanking it breathing lightning and a whale roaring thunder. It had disappeared from a closet in her attic shortly after her father's death in 1963. "For the Nuu-chah-nulth people, painted curtains are the most important artworks," said Alan Hoover, manager of the anthropology department at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria before retiring last month. He helped organize "Treasures of the Nuu-chah-nulth Chiefs," a two-year traveling exhibition of painted curtains and other artifacts that ended last month in Los Angeles. That exhibition brought about the discovery of Robinson's curtain. George Terasaki, a retired New York dealer of Indian art, had lent three curtains to the exhibition and told Hoover about three others that he owned. Hoover passed the information along to the Nuu-chah-nulth tribal council, and one of the curtains was identified as Robinson's. Terasaki said that when he bought the curtain 30 years ago it came without any historical documentation. "That curtain is like a book of family history," Robinson said. "It holds the proof of who I am. There are songs that go with the curtain that tell all the family stories." Robinson appeared in April with other members of the Uchucklesaht band at a meeting of the Nuu-chah-nulth tribal council, a body that represents 7,500 people in 14 nations, to ask for help in acquiring the curtain at the price Terasaki asked: $17,000. Several young women rose immediately to pledge support from different bands among the 14 nations. George Watts, the chairman, asked that each nation contribute $2,000 in Canadian currency to pay for the curtain, and all agreed. Copyright c. 2001 The International Herald Tribune --------- "RE: Judge shuts down all UKB Operations" --------- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 19:10:12 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="UKB" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid Sewell shuts down all UKB operations Bob Gibbins, Press Staff Writer August 10, 2001 Keetoowah controversy update A state court judge ordered all tribal operations of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians shut down until a dispute between two groups can be resolved. Chief District Judge Bruce Sewell said Thursday afternoon his order also freezes UKB bank accounts. Sewell said he made his decision after both sides of a tribal controversy asked him to assume jurisdiction of the case. He said checks issued by the UKB, but not paid will have to be refused and re-issued. Two factions are each claiming leadership of the UKB, and each asked Sewell to prohibit the other from taking any action as leaders of the tribe. Sewell said there has been no definitive decision from the UKB Supreme Court on the issue. The order to shut down UKB operations will remain in effect until Monday, Aug. 13. He said a new order will be issued at 9 a.m. Monday, if someone from the UKB does not appear with a certified copy of an order from the tribal Supreme Court resolving the dispute. He said both sides may appear in court with a resolution signed by those involved in the dispute. The order from the UKB tribal court must be signed by at least two justices. Sewell said he will consider appointing a receiver to oversee tribal operations, if those involved do not meet his 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 13 deadline. The court's decision comes on the heels of a lawsuit filed by the UKB against former tribal counsel Truman Carter and former UKB employee Jackie Christie. Current tribal attorneys Ken Bellmard and Diana Fishinghawk, in their lawsuit against Carter and Christie, asked for an order restraining Carter and Christie from taking any action with banking institutions, the U.S. Postal Service and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company while holding themselves out to be persons with positions of authority within the UKB. The suit alleged Carter was still holding himself out as counsel for the UKB and Christie allegedly moved the tribal telephone to her residence and has intercepted mail. It also states neither Christie nor Carter are UKB members. Copyright c. 2001 Tahlequah Daily Press --------- "RE: Tohono O'odham deserve Citizenship" --------- Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 07:50:19 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="TOHONO O'ODHAM" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.arizonarepublic.com/arizona/articles/0809citizens09.html Tohono O'odham deserve citizenship, state poll finds Associated Press Aug. 09, 2001 Efforts to provide U.S. citizenship for all members of the Tohono O'odham Nation are supported by six out of 10 Arizonans, according to a new survey. Rep. Ed Pastor, D-Ariz., has introduced legislation to change immigration law to provide full citizenship for all O'odham on tribal rolls. The tribal lands span the Arizona-Mexico border. Because about 1,400 of the tribe's 24,000 members live in Mexico, travel across the border in either direction is a constant problem. According to a Behavior Research Center poll, 61 percent of those surveyed favored the citizenship request. It was opposed by 28 percent; 11 percent were unsure or didn't care. The poll involved interviews with 702 adults statewide July 5-11. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Copyright c. 2001, The Arizona Republic. Gannett Co. Inc --------- "RE: Indian Cards due Uniform Standards" --------- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 09:07:07 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CBID" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.oklahoman.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=732053&pic=none&TP Indian cards due uniform standards 2001-08-07 By Ron Jackson Staff Writer NORMAN -- The U. S. government will unveil its proposed uniform guidelines for issuances of Certifications of Degree of Indian Blood cards Wednesday at a meeting in Norman. What happens at that point is anyone's guess. "I expect there will be an orderly, quiet meeting," said Terry Bruner, the Bureau of Indian Affairs tribal government services officer for the Southern Plains Region. "Certainly no controversy. Or, at least, I don't anticipate any problems." Tribal leaders from Oklahoma's 38 federally recognized tribes have been invited to attend the 10 a.m. meeting at Holiday Inn. Representatives from tribes in Kansas and Texas also are expected to attend. The meeting, one of a series of meetings nationwide to gather opinions on the proposal, will be open to the public. Certifications of Degree of Indian Blood cards, commonly known at CDIBs, are required by Indians to qualify for federally funded programs such as those dealing with health care and education. In the past, Bruner said the cards have been issued to different individuals under different standards. "Basically, there will now be official, uniform requirements for someone applying for a CDIB card," Bruner said. "This whole process started two years ago, and from what I understand, the Oklahoma tribes have been pretty neutral about it so far. I don't think they see it as a big deal. "I've heard some tribes in Alaska and California are concerned because they say they will have problems documenting family lineages." Applicants will have to document their ancestry through records such as birth certificates and old tribal rolls, Bruner said. The cards are independent of each tribe's enrollment process, although some tribes use them as a standard to identify members. The cards, for instance, are crucial to qualifying as a member of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes. "If they don't have a CDIB card," said Kay Mackey, the tribes' business manager, "then they can't be enrolled." Copyright c. 2001 The Oklahoma Publishing Co. --------- "RE: Hemp Grower Defiant after Crop Taken" --------- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 09:07:07 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="HEMP RESPONSE" http://www.pechanga.net/ http://www.imdiversity.com/Article_Detail.asp?Article_ID=6055 Hemp Grower Defiant After Crop Taken by AP, The Associated Press Manderson, S.D. (AP) - Federal agents have confiscated the last two industrial hemp crops Alex White Plume has planted. But the Manderson man says he'll plant it again next year. White Plume said this week he's not afraid of going to jail because he believes the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 gives him the right to grow hemp, a relative of marijuana. "We feel like we're not criminals," he said. "I don't even swear." Federal law says it's illegal to grow hemp. FBI and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents spent four hours removing hundreds of hemp plants from White Plume's farm near Manderson on Monday. White Plume said the agents removed about 330 bundles of plants, with 20 to 30 plants per bundle. "They wanted to be in and out of here in an hour, but they didn't realize how strong the plants were. They went down fighting," he said of the plants. Last August, agents confiscated 3,782 hemp plants from the White Plume farm. Cultivating 1,000 or more hemp plants is punishable by 10 years to life in prison. White Plume never was charged after last year's raid. The White Plume family had told federal authorities they were planting hemp and knew agents the planned to raid the plot. "Our family agreed that we would let them come in and cut it down," White Plume said. "We kept our agreement with them. They were real kind. They were the nicest police officers I've ever seen." But White Plume said he told Bureau of Indian Affairs criminal investigators to leave his property Monday. He said he had asked Oglala Sioux tribal police to take samples of his hemp to be tested earlier this year "Instead ... they turned it over to the BIA's criminal investigation, which are federal police officers, who then brought in the DEA," White Plume said. The BIA should have consulted with the Oglala Sioux Tribe before calling the feds, he added. Marijuana normally contains 3 percent to 15 percent or more of the psychoactive ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the substance that gives marijuana its kick. Hemp usually has 1 percent THC or less. It has been illegal to grow hemp in the United States since World War II. Government officials have said that allowing hemp farming would send mixed messages to young people and make it easier for growers to hide marijuana plants. White Plume said earlier this week he plans to file a lawsuit demanding $1,000 for each plant killed Monday. Copyright c. by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Copyright c. 2001 iMinorities, Inc. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Court hears Glacier Hunting Appeal" --------- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 19:10:12 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="HUNTING APPEAL" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.missoulian.com/display/inn_news/news11.txt Court hears Glacier hunting appeal; Blackfeet tribal member fined last year for killing bighorn sheep KALISPELL - A federal appeals court has agreed to hear the case of a Blackfeet tribal member who contends he had a right to hunt within a portion of Glacier National Park. Bailey Peterson was convicted and fined $6,500 for killing a bighorn sheep inside the park last year. He is fighting the conviction, claiming tribal members' hunting privileges still exist on park land that once belonged to the Blackfeet Tribe. Both park and tribal officials say the outcome of the appeal could have significant consequences. "I think that it's an issue of great concern to both the Blackfeet and 0the National Park Service," said Denis Davis, Glacier's assistant superintendent. "The case could set precedents in terms of defining what the rights of the Blackfeet may or may not be to utilize resources in the park." Copyright c. 2000, Missoulian, Missoula, MT A Lee Enterprises subsidiary --------- "RE: County pulls Patrol from Meskwaki Settlement" --------- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:12:53 -0500 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="NO PATROL" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4780932/15544032.html Tama County pulls patrol from Meskwaki settlement By WAILIN WONG Register Staff Writer 08/09/2001 Tama County sheriff's officials on Wednesday pulled their patrol cars from the Meskwaki Indian Settlement in a disagreement over terms of a new contract. The tribe's contract expired in October. Negotiations began in March. Tribal officials on July 2 offered Sheriff Dennis Kucera $75,000 for a one-year pact. The county wanted $118,000. Kucera said he has not heard from tribal officials since. County supervisors had set Wednesday as the last day of police protection unless the two sides could reach an agreement. "They've been exploring elsewhere, I guess," Kucera said. "There's been no communication with myself." Members of the Meskwaki Tribal Council have said they want to establish their own police and court system but need protection in the interim. Armed security officers take care of the tribe's casino. "We understand the cities' budget constraints," said the casino's general manager, Jim DeMasseo, adding that the tribe will "be honored by the presence of state troopers, should the need arise." The $118,000 would have covered training, vehicle repair and other expenses for two deputies, Kucera said. The sheriff's office was paid $141,000 to patrol the settlement last year. Of that money, $25,000 came from the state, but those funds were unavailable this year due to budget cuts. Kucera scaled down his original proposal from three officers to two, which reduced expenses to $118,000. "I'd been waiting for responses" from the tribe, he said. "I'm just trying to fill what would meet their needs as to what they wanted for coverage." Tama County deputies have been paid to provide law enforcement protection at the settlement since 1995. Meskwaki tribal officials could not be reached for comment Wednesday. Copyright c. 2001 The Des Moines Register. --------- "RE: Custer Boot Camp Sued over Alleged Abuses" --------- Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 09:45:16 +0100 From: "anne.bates" Subj: Custer Boot Camp Sued Over Alleged Abuses Mailing List: ndn-aim http://www.yankton.net/stories/080901/new_0809010008.shtml Custer Boot Camp Sued Over Alleged Abuses SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- Five former inmates of the Custer boys boot camp have filed a federal lawsuit over alleged abuses at the facility. But a state senator who has visited the site questions claims by the inmates, one of whom was later found guilty of helping cause more than $30, 000 damage at the juvenile prison in Plankinton during a 1999 riot. The new lawsuit is the latest in a series that started with the 1999 death of 14-year-old Gina Score after a forced run at the State Training School in Plankinton. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Rapid City, accuses the Custer program of strapping boys to a restraint board for hours, isolating them without clothes in a cold cell and running an asthmatic boy without his medication until he dropped. The former inmates' lawyer -- who also represented Scores' parents -- said the allegations involve events from 1996 to 1999. "At issue in this case is if the juveniles are placed for purposes of punishment or purposes of rehabilitation," said lawyer Rick Johnson of Gregory. He represents the now-adult plaintiffs. Jennifer Ring, director of the American Civil Liberties Union of the Dakotas, said she has heard complaints involving the program in Custer. "The differences between Custer and Plankinton were merely those of form, not of conduct," Ring said. She predicted more such lawsuits. "The suits are made more likely as the facts get out there." Sen. Dennis Daugaard, a Sioux Falls Republican who is vice chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said he recently toured the boot camp in Custer and saw no evidence of abuse. "The Department of Corrections would be hypervigilant at all of its sites following the incidents at Plankinton," Daugaard said. "I'm a little bit skeptical as to how well-founded the claims are." The new lawsuit claims state corrections staff violated the juveniles' civil rights. It says all five men suffer post-traumatic stress disorder and some have physical and mental damage. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. Defendants in the lawsuit are current camp director Mark Snyder; former director Clay Ramsey, who resigned in 1999; former boot camp administrative staff member Frank Wolfberg; corrections Secretary Jeff Bloomberg; and corrections Director of Research Kevin McLain. Michael Winder, a policy and information specialist for the Department of Corrections, said late Wednesday morning that officials in the department could not comment on pending litigation. It was not clear where Wolfberg and Ramsey are now. Johnson said four of the five plaintiffs are out of the juvenile corrections system: Terry Grove, Tyson Hayes, John Horton and David Pierce. The fifth boy -- Dean Honomichl, 18 -- is serving a juvenile sentence at Girls and Boys Town in Omaha. He was found guilty in the 1999 riot at Plankinton. Grove is an adult inmate at Durfee State Prison in Springfield. The lawsuit claims that: - Several boys were kept strapped to a board for hours as punishment for trying to write their families about mistreatment. They were refused access to a toilet and had to listen to loud music while restrained. - That Grove was denied treatment for an infection that developed on his leg after suffering repeated injuries from being strapped to the board. - That Hayes was abandoned next to the road after collapsing during an asthma attack, then later hospitalized. Despite a medical directive that he not be forced to run, Hayes claims he was ordered to participate in exercises and suffered more severe attacks. - That Pierce was admitted to the boot camp with a doctor-prescribed knee brace but was forced to run without it, causing permanent damage to his knee. Honomichl was sent twice to the boot camp. He has claimed he was strapped upside down in restraints, stripped and left in a bare cell, removed only for a daily shower in cold water. Score, of Canton, died of overheating July 21, 1999. After her death, the state settled a wrongful-death lawsuit with her parents and a class action lawsuit over conditions at Plankinton. ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe to this group,send an email to:ndn-aim-subscribe@egroups.com Archived on line at: http://www.eScribe.com FREE LEONARD PELTIER --------- "RE: Native Prisoner" --------- Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 7:11 PM From: "Janet Smith" Subj: Native Prisoner News Tell a Native American Prisoner someone cares! -- - - - Peltier, Leonard #89637-132 Box 1000 Leavenworth, KS 66053 Birthday: 9/12/44 Ancestry: Ojibwa-Lakota -- - - - Last night we visted our Indian brothers at the United States Prison in Atlanta. It was just a small gathering -- it usually is on Monday nights, but one incident stands out clearly. One of the brothers happily told us about his new pen pals. I can still see his smile and the sparkle in his eyes- a look that is all too rare in that place. It doesn't take much -- just a few minutes and a few words, just a little bit to show you care. But it makes a tremendous difference. This week I've discovered a new web site with names of Native prisoners seeking correspondents - here are four names from four different institutions --my thanks to the owner, Carol, for sharing: Jeff Rowan Derek Wiest #670473 G-3121 #11652-073 Hamilton Corr. Annex Federal Correctional Institution 11419 County Rd. 249 P.O. Box 6000 Unit NB Jasper, Florida 32052 Florence, Co. 81226 (21 yrs. old, from S.D Will be in Colorado, 13 more months) Robert Morales James White Eagle Robinson P-27996 C-3-231 # AK-9557 P.O. Box 921 SCI. Graterford Imperial, Ca.92251 P.O. Box 244 D-B2-022 (Chiricahua Apache Graterford, Pa. 19426-1244 age: 45, 6ft 2in tall, 224lbs. (Cherokee) artist, poet, and musician) These names and more can be found at http://www.angelfire.com/wy/nainmatessupportgrp/PEN. Also you can find here the answer to prison correspondents' most frequently asked question -- "what am I allowed to send." Carol posts regulations for several different states. --------------------------------- Standing Deer's new address: Robert H. Wilson #640539, Estelle Unit, 264 FM 3478, Huntsville, TX 77320-3322 ---------------------------------- If you know of a Native American inmate who would like to correspond with brothers or sisters on the outside - please drop me a line with whatever information about them they'd like shared. Janet Smith Owlstar Trading Post http://www.owlstar.com owlstar@speakeasy.org --------- "RE: History: Carlisle Indian School" --------- Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 21:33:46 -0400 From: Barbara Landis Subj: June 29, 1888 INDIAN HELPER - History: Carlisle Indian School. [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 ----------------------------- ~~ FOR OUR BOYS AND GIRLS ~~ =========================================== VOLUME III FRIDAY, June 29, 1888 NO. 46 CARLISLE, PA. =========================================== Selected for THE INDIAN HELPER by Mrs. Pettinos. THE SUN AND THE WIND. -------- The sun and the wind made a bet one day Which should take from a man his cloak away. "I've only to blow right strong," said the wind, And his cloak will go flying far behind." "That trick will not work at all," said the sun. "I know that the bet by me will be won. But do your own way, you blustering fellow, Then I will shine out so warm and yellow, I'm sure I will have the best of the joke For quickly the man will drop his cloak." The man jogged along, just humming a song, His coat buttoned fast to keep him warm, When, sudden the wind blew loud and strong: "Whe-ugh! Hello! Why here is a storm! Then closer around him his cloak was drawn- Still closer and closer! With head bent down He galloped off fast for the nearest town. Then the sun shone out with its golden smiles; And though it's away up - millions of miles - Yet it heard the traveler laugh and say, "Good horse, don't hurry the rest of the way." "We'll take it more easy this lovely day; But first let me put this hot cloak away." And the cloak came off! And the rest of the ride It hung and swung at the horse's side. And the wind hushed down ashamed to blow, And the sun shone on in a happy glow; While gaily the man went on his way, A singing a song that seemed to, say: "In a game where it takes the two to play, Sunshine gets the better of wind any day!" MORAL. So, boys, and girls, too, when you find yourselves rusty, And petty and fussy and cross-grained and gusty, Just remember the tale of the wind and the sun. The man and the cloak, and the way it was done! THE FOURTH OF JULY. ---------- "Bang-it-y-bang! Whang! Whang!" "What's that?" cried a little Apache, as he quickly jumped up from the ground where he with others was having a game of mumble-peg. From the expression of his face it was plain that he thought the soldiers were after him again. He nor the rest of his comrades can forget how the guns of the enemy sounded when Gen. Crook and his well-armed force were chasing the Apaches across the plains, over the bluffs and out of the mountain fortresses of Arizona. This boy was one of those Apaches, but these were not guns, only four little firecrackers. All the mumble-peggers stopped and ran to where the smoke was rising, and the questions they poured in upon the boy who started the fury nearly used him up. "What for you do dis?" "Where you get?" "Who make?" "Who going kill ?" "Again you do it." "Give me some?" But the fire-crackers were all gone. They had made a noise. The noise made excitement. The excitement brought out questions, and Our Fourth was begun a whole week in advance of the right time. Two of the larger boys sitting off some distance reading from their school histories noticed the disturbance and the following talk may have taken place: "It is not the Fourth of July yet," said Master Jim, "wonder what those boys mean, by shooting off fire-crackers, now." "Oh," responded Al, "I guess they are only having some fun. But Jim, as the Fourth is near at hand I wish you would explain what it means. I know the white folks make a big noise, and have a good time and all that, and I'm awful glad when it comes, but I don't know just. what it means." "Well, my history says the Fourth of July -------------------------------------------- (Continued on Fourth Page) ============================================= (p 2) The Indian Helper. ----------------------------- PRINTED EVERY FRIDAY, AT THE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA. BY THE INDIAN PRINTER 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 a year. ============================= Address INDIAN HELPER, Carlisle, Pa. Miss M. Burgess, Manager. ============================= Entered in the P.O. at Carlisle as second class mail matter. ============================= The INDIAN HELPER is paid for in advance, so do not hesitate to take the paper from the Post Office, for fear a bill will be presented. ============================= Frank Lock writes from his place at York, Pa. that he still likes his situation in the iron foundry very much, and is getting along well. ========= Through a letter from Pine Ridge Agency, Dak., we learn that Mr. Lewis of the Educational Home, Philadelphia, was there recently and secured eighteen pupils. ========= Fifteen girls and seventeen boys principally Oneidas have arrived from the Martinsburg Indian School to enter Carlisle. The Martinsburg School has been discontinued by the Government. ========= The Man-on-the-band-stand will give ONE DOLLAR, for the best Indian story written by an Indian boy or girl. ONE DOLLAR for the best. The story must be a short one. Only about 1000 words. ========= The Red Man for July will contain a very interesting letter from Mr. Seger, who is at the head of an Indian Colony in Indian Territory. Oscar Bull Bear, Hubbell Big Horse and Jaah, returned Carlisle students are employed by him as assistant farmers. His district is 20x25 miles. It is divided into three smaller districts with one of these boys in charge of each. "They are a great help," says Mr. Seger, "and are becoming more efficient each day." ========= General Harrison, the Republican nominee for President, is the grandson of the General Harrison who was famous in the Battle of Tippecanoe, in the War of 1812, and who afterwards became President of the United States. His great-grandfather was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, but General Harrison is running on his own merits and not for what his ancestors did. Charles Dagnett is now at the printer's case. He holds his stick and picks up type as though he was going to make a first class printer. We believe he will. -------- The pea shelling picnic back of the dining room, one day this week, had a good time, but the biggest picnic occurred inside of the dining room after Miss Noble cooked the peas. -------- Mr. Edward McFadden, for the past year student of Amherst College is with us again for the summer. The type-writer spinneth, and his many friends rejoiceth. -------- Carl Lieder has gone to New Jersey to work on a farm for the summer. This makes six of our printer boys who are now working out in that way for a change. They no doubt will return to us much benefitted in health and with an enlarged experience. -------- Guerny, Amos, Lester, Myrtie and Harry Kopay were in the party from Martinsburg. It will be remembered that they went from here to Martinsburg when that school opened. Harry already has a position on a farm. He goes to Bucks county this week. -------- A pleasant letter from Joshua Given now in Philadelphia, says he is expecting to go to Chicago in a few days to attend the Young People's Christian Endeavor Convention. The letter is full of interesting points, some of which will be printed in the July Red Man. -------- Dickinson commencement is in progress. A number of its prominent visitors have during the week come out to see our school. Among others were Hon. Clinton B. Fisk, Dr.W. Bartine, Professor in the Broad and Green St. High School of Philadelphia, and Rev. Mr. Welsh, of the same city. -------- Samuel Townsend and Willie Morgan report having had a splendid time at Washington. They stayed with the Westfalls, who have been long and faithful friends of the Pawnees. Mr. Westfall introduced the boys to the President and Willie seems particularly pleased because the President said to him, "How do you do, Willie?" -------- Since the schools were dismissed last week for the building to be torn down, the girls have been entertained in various ways, in the half-day periods they did not work. Miss Cutter and her class did putty moulding in Physiology, completing the hand, heart, and eye. Miss Lowe carried on lessons in Botany while the other teachers did Kindergarten work or read to their pupils from story books. ================================== (p. 3) If all who Intend taking the HELPER another year would please Renew Promptly after receiving notice that their time is out it would save us much time and labor, and prevent delays and the loss of papers. ------------------------------------------ Fire! A moment of excitement over a mere smoke in the Girls' Quarters. Huldah saw it first but didn't know the word. She made the signs and her school mother followed to the clothes closet. Mr. Goodyear was the first man to the front. The fire originated from an apron which had been marked and placed in the closet in a burning condition. ---------- On Wednesday, work was commenced on the float for the Fourth of July parade in Carlisle. ---------- The school was honored last week, with a visit from Anthony Comstock, the great reformer. ---------- Levi St. Cyr and Felix have gone to work in the hay field of a neighboring farmer for a week or two. ---------- The shop boys are having a turn at outside work. They are needed on the building, and then we have 157 acres to harvest. ---------- The band marched well on Tuesday, when out practicing. Their music the last few years has been exceptionally good. ---------- The girls of the Quapaw Agency had a little party one evening this week inviting as guests the young gentlemen of the same agency. ---------- A number of our teachers attended the gymnastic exercises in the Dickinson College gymnasium, Wednesday, and the commencement which came yesterday. ---------- Chester and Nancy Cornelius accompanied Pratt on his trip to Martinsburg last week. Nancy is still there, but will soon return with four more girls. ---------- The dark blue flannel roundabout coats in which the little boys appeared on Sunday for the first are very becoming and much more comfortable than the heavy uniform. ---------- The Worthingtons had a family picnic on Tuesday. When the big wagon drove up from town to take in the little folks Richenda and Johnnie could hardly contain themselves, they were so happy, and they report having a delightful time. ---------- J.B. Given received his handsome graduating document on Wednesday, after delivering the valedictory oration at the High school commencement in town. He has the congratulations of a host of friends for so brilliant a termination of a successful school period. The Standings are expected Monday. --------- They have girls in the Printing office at Hampton. --------- Carlisle town expects to have a big time on the Fourth of July --------- The school room desks are stored in the back part of the gymnasium. --------- The Fourth of July will be next Wednesday. Are you ready for a good time? --------- Twenty questions on Bible topics is an interesting and instructive game. --------- That is a lovely doll which Richenda's mamma brought her from Washington. --------- That was a beautiful hymn so sweetly sung by Mrs. Campbell on Sunday evening. --------- Mrs. Pratt of the New York City Children's Fund, spent Saturday and Sunday with us. --------- A few of the teachers will leave this week for their summer vacation. Miss Lowe expects to go to England. --------- A party of nineteen of our pupils went this week to farms for the summer. Some have found places at the seashore. --------- More Apaches are coming from Florida, and a party from the captured Crow prisoners of the Northwest are expected. --------- Dennison nearly mailed a piece of his thumb to some one last Friday. It hurt pretty badly at first but is about well now. --------- Dr. Given has gone to Wisconsin to see the Oneidas. He will probably be absent a month and visit friends and relatives in Illinois, Kansas and Iowa before he returns. --------- We do not often have occasion to whoop. Never the war whoop. But when the whole end of a school-house falls at once the occasion is an extreme one, and as on Tuesday the exultant shouts of a hundred voices might have been heard for miles. --------- On Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Campbell entertained at their house. The balcony and trees near were illuminated with Chinese lanterns, and the evening was brilliant throughout and enjoyable to the utmost. --------- The loving tribute paid to Dessie Prescott by Capt. Pratt at our last Sunday evening service was well deserved. Dessie returned to her home in Dakota some weeks ago. We had every hope of her speedy recovery from what seemed to be a temporary illness and were greatly pained to receive the intelligence a few days ago of her death at the house of Rev. Chas. Cook at Pine Ridge Agency. Many are the friends who mourn the loss of this sweet young character. =========================================== (Continued from First Page) ----------------------------------------- is the Anniversary of the Nation's Independence," said Jim with a learned air. "I know that, but can't you make it easier for me?" "Maybe I can. You remember reading about Gen. Washington's men who loved their country and fought and bled and died that this glorious United States of America might be free from English rule and be an independent Government?" "Yes." "And you remember how on the Fourth of July, 1876, a paper was signed by a number of the leading men of that time." "You mean the Declaration of Independence?" asked Al. "I do," answered Jim. "That paper said that this country shall be free, and those brave men fought to make it free." "I understand it now. I see why the fourth of July is so much loved by the American people, but, Jim, isn't it too bad that the *true* American people, the Indians, do not know about this fourth of July." "It *is* too bad," said he. "Oh! Al, if all the young men and girls of all the tribes could have the chance that the Government is giving to you and me to learn things and to get experience, it would not be long before the whole Indian people would catch the spirit of patriotism and join hands with their foreign brother - the white man, in the celebration of this great day." "Whew! A regular Fourth of July speech," cried Al. "Well, that's all right, I *believe* in it! That is the Carlisle idea. Carlisle wants the Indian to have the very best chance to see, and learn, and get a mind of his own." "That is so," said Al. "They don't try here to make us think that this way is best or that way is best or some other way is best, but they keep urging us on in our studies, and in our reading, and they throw us among people that we may find out for ourselves which is the best." "And, don't you know," added Jim, "that boys and girls educated on such a broad plan will be able to hold good positions among the business people of the world?" "Yes, but Jim, have you heard that I'm going home?" "I heard so. What are you going for? "I'd like to see the folks. you know, but really I think I'll change my mind. Your talk makes me sick to think of going back to the reservation where all intellectual life is dead, where there is *no* chance for a young man to rise. Where patriotism and loyalty to the Government is not thought of. Give me your hand, old fellow. I tell you I shall not go home. I'm going to stay right here until I get all the education and EXPERIENCE that this school and this Eastern country can give me." "Good! Good! Hurrah for Cleveland and Thurman!" cried Jim enthusiastically throwing up his hat. "Hurrah for Harrison and Morton!" shouted Al, following his friend's example. "There," said Jim, with a snap of his finger, that shows the point we were trying to make a while ago. You are a Republican. I am a Democrat. Don't you see they don't tell us here we must all he Republicans, or we must all be Democrats. The eternal cry is "Read the papers! Observe! Listen! FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF!" The bugle blew for the boys to fall in, and the talk stopped. What Jim and Al actually did on the Fourth when it came, may be given next week. --------- Square word. 1. * * * * 2. * * * * 3. * * * * 4. * * * * 1. What some little girls were detailed to shell for dinner last Tuesday. 2. How most people get their money. 3. In measuring a farm or older piece of land, what the measurement is called. 4. A branch from a tree in the bottom of river. --------- ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S ENIGMA: Our nice Indian girls do not want a *loud mouth*. ============================================= STANDING OFFER: - For FIVE new subscribers to the INDIAN HELPER, we will give the person sending them a photographic group of the 13 Carlisle Indian Printer boys, on a card 4 1/2 X 6 1/2 inches, worth 20 cents when sold by itself. Name and tribe of each boy given. (Persons wishing the above premium will please enclose a 1-cent stamp to pay postage.) For TEN, Two PHOTOGRAPHS, one showing a group of Pueblos as they arrived in wild dress, and another of the same pupils three years after, or, for the same number of names we give two photographs showing still more marked contrast between a Navajoe as he arrived in native dress, and as he now looks, worth 20 cents a piece. Persons wishing the above premiums will please enclose a 2-cent stamp to pay postage. For FIFTEEN, we offer a GROUP of the whole school on 9x14 inch card. Faces show distinctly, worth sixty cents. Persons wishing the above premium will please send 5 cents to pay postage. Persons sending clubs must send all the names at once. ============================================= At the Carlisle Indian School is published monthly an eight-page quarto of standard size, called THE RED MAN, the mechanical part of which is done entirely by Indian boys. This paper is valuable as a summary of information on Indian matters and contains writings by Indian pupils and local incidents of the school. Terms: Fifty cents a year, in advance. For 1, 2 and 3 subscribers for THE RED MAN we give the same premiums offered in Standing Offer for the HELPER. Address, THE RED MAN, Carlisle, PA. ====================================================================== Transcribed from the newspaper collections of USMHI, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, PA. For more info see http://www.carlisleindianschool.org. - Barbara Landis --------- "RE: Rustywire: Shearing Sheep" --------- Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 04:07:04 -0000 From: "John Rustywire" Subj: shearing sheep Mailing List: RezLife I read down the list and see I missed a discussion about something Mudrunner wrote. I wish I could have read it. I think an archive would be something I would like to see. On the other boards, I was questioned about what I had done for my people, rather in light of what I wrote under forgetfulness, that either I was a complainer, a watcher or a doer. I have received several responses by e-mail regarding the post and it is based on the climate of the boards. One thing that comes to me clearly is that in my family if anyone comes through our door they are welcome. As we live in a society where we can't be recluses and having felt the sting of discrimination a time or two, I have tried to struggle through it. When I was younger my anger was quick and I wouldn't allow things like mistreatment, apathy, or patronizing attitudes to go without making some issue of it. It was not so long ago and at times I still react in a vocal and poignant manner and though it raises some eyebrows. Other times the experience stung but I was not in a position to take issues due to the circumstances. I remember very clearly a youth of 14 who was advised by the Elks club boy scout troop that Indians were not allowed there, it was a long lonely walk home wondering why people were that way. I also remember not having the money or clothes to match the peers of my school where I had to hitchhike to a dance and after midnight hitchhiking home after everyone left, no one gave me a ride but I went to have a good time. I also remember eating crackers with tuna fish day after day when we had nothing else to eat, and a single ear of roasted corn. These things I remember we all go through them. The one thing that I hoped to learn as I went through these things was that when I was an adult that I might keep the mind and spirit of a child and try to treat kids in a similar situation, to make them feel at ease without making a fuss about it. In light of these things, children have come into our home, for a while we had different kids living with us, some stayed years. We didn't have them by foster care they came home with my kids. They stayed a night and kept staying. They are grown now, some have done well others have struggled with the effects of a broken home, drinking parents and poverty. It doesn't matter where we come from, the taste of earth put in your mouth to chew tastes the same wherever you are from. This brings me to Mudrunner. In all my association with him he has been forthright, concerned and taken a personal interest in the welfare of our people. I believe that we have a responsibility to ourselves to educate, welcome and provide a forum where we can learn and teach at times others who come to us. This medium is unique because the initial inquiry to get here is based on an interest in Navajos. Who are we, we are many, all shapes and sizes. We fight, struggle and go about our lives trying to survive. Shi kaah ahnilyed, I need help. When I say this I want someone to come forward, when I am wrong then I need to continue to learn how to act. My behavior is not good for myself, to you or to anyone. I should sleep with the sheep or dogs. I believe that for myself, I am not all knowing, but can say, Mudrunner is not Navajo, and he doesn't have to be. He comes from a place far from Dinetah, but he wants to learn and in doing so speaks his mind. Let him talk, if you like what he says, fine, if not then let it pass. I am so tired of the bickering, the closed society. I remember working in Window Rock and at the beginning of staff meetings, the older staff spoke only in Navajo, introductions were just in Navajo, where clans were given. There was a group of summer students who didn't speak Navajo, they were embarrassed and made fun of. When one young girl spoke she was told why even try to talk, if you can't speak don't say anything. I watched this happen and it was an ugly scene. I remember another young Navajo who took a pre-recorded Navajo message with him and learned to speak to the elders on his own, it took him years of effort, but he learned. His name was Ken White, he ran the Navajo Aging Program, he had the book learning but not the language. He had a tough skin but he made it. His family comes from White Cone area, and I knew his father and mother, they raised him in the right way. I would only hope that someone might say that about my sons someday. I hope Mudrunner and all non-natives, and some of us who are natives have tough skin, it is like sheep shearing it takes a while to learn how to do it right, you have to sit in the corral, get all smelly and at times put up with the shit as well. rustywire http://www.geocities.com/rustywire/Calenders/December2000.html For Rezlife egroups http://www.egroups.com/group/rezlife --------- "RE: Poem: The Long Walk" --------- Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 09:18:44 -0500 From: John D Berry/grad/res/Okstate Subj: The Long Walk Remembered The Long Walk So, we drove south, last friday, south in Oklahoma. Watching the counties, get poorer and poorer. To go remember, the long walk, the exile, from the homelands, to Oklahoma. To the everlasting hills, of Oklahoma, the new homelands. Remembering those, who walked, the long walk, and those who could not, and those who did not, survive it. To EagleTown, we went, to the gathering. Choctaw people, those who would, remember, those who came. We walked, just a little ways, that day, Pablo and Tora and I, to remember. So, it was a good day, in Oklahoma. Hokay! John Berry, Oklahoma, 2001 --------- "RE: Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days" --------- Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 06:26:52 -1000 From: Debbie Sanders Subj: Hawaiian Book of Days A HAWAIIAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of August 20-26 AUKAKE (August) (Mahoe-mua) 20 Sculpting molten lava is an act of devotion only a few artists can perform. 21 Nature can provide healing for many ills. 22 Deep forest of the ancient days -- sustain my spirit. 23 There are many diverse traditions in this land. 24 My dreams are shaped in the ever-changing clouds. 25 Love is a golden bird singing in a green valley. 26 For the patient spirit, life holds many rewards. (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, 12 Aug 2001 15:39:14 -0 From: Gary Smith (gars@speakeasy.org) Subj: Upcoming Events =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= EVENTS ARE FEATURED IN ODD NUMBERED ISSUES ONLY =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= =================================== Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 09:43:48 -0800 Subj: Honoring All Elders From: Andre P. Cramblit http://www.ncidc.org/nwit2001.htm September 22, 23, 2001 20th Annual Elders Gathering Honoring the Late Frank Gist Sr. California Tribal Dance Demonstration 3-6pm Saturday Redwood Acres Fairgrounds 3750 Harris St. Eureka, CA -- Andre Cramblit, Operations Director-Northern California Indian Development Council NCIDC (http://www.ncidc.org) is a non-profit that meets the development needs of American Indians and operates an art gallery featuring the art of California tribes (http://www.americanindianonline.com) =================================== Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 00:41:29 -0500 (CDT) From: susanbates@webtv.net (Susan Bates) Subj: Day of Mourning >To: gars@speakeasy.org (Gary Night Owl) The Medicine Society to which I belong is going to hold a Day Of Mourning on October 13, 2001, in Springfield, Missouri. The purpose of this event is to remember all the people who were murdered, kidnapped, raped, tortured, infected with disease and ripped from their culture since the arriving of Columbus. It is my intention to gather as many names of these people as possible. The names will be read slowly with the beat of a drum to mark their presence. If you know the names of any of your ancestors who died in this manner, please send them to me and I will see that they are honored. If you don't know the name, you may say something like, " In Memory of my Great-great grandfather who died on the Trail of Tears," or "In Memory of the 50 people who were murdered at ... by....." Now is the time to honor our Ancestors. It is up to you. 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