From gars@speakeasy.org Wed Jan 16 21:13:08 2002 Date: 21 Nov 2001 02:28:21 -0000 From: Gary Night Owl To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Subject: Wotanging Ikche--nanews09.047 WOTANGING IKCHE -- Lakota -- Common News Kanoheda Aniyvwiya -- Cherokee -- Journal of the People Otapi'sin Atsinikiisinaakssin -- Blackfeet -- News for All the People Es'te Opunvk'vmucvse -- Creek -- People's New News Aunchemokauhettittea -- Naragansett -- Let Us Share News Ni-mah-mi-kwa-zoo-min -- Ojibwe -- We Are Talking About Ourselves Ha-Sah-Sliltha -- Ditidaht Nation -- News of the People Un Chota -- Susquehannic Seneca -- The People Speak Ximopanolti tehuatzin, inin Mexika tlahtolli -- Nahuatl -- For you we offer these words It-hah-pe-hah Ah-num pah-le -- Chickasaw -- Together We Are Talking Sho-da-ku-ye -- Teehahnahmah -- Talking Birchbark Native American News -- Language of the Occupation Forces ==>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 O +-----------------------------+ O o O | Much more happens in Indian | O o O VOLUME 09, ISSUE 047 | Country than is reported in | O o o o o O | this weekly newsletter. For | O o O November 24, 2001 | For daily updates & events | O o O | go http://www.owlstar.com/ | O | dailyheadlines.htm | Ho-chunk little bear's moon +-----------------------------+ Lakota moon of the falling leaves <================<<<< >>>>================> This issue contains articles from www.pechanga.net; www.owlstar.com; www.indianz.com; Native American, Paths-L, ndn-aim, Innu-L, RezLife, and LPDC 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.'" "The earth is our mother. She should not be disturbed by hoe or plough. We want only to subsist on what she freely gives us." __ Hinmatooya-Iahtqit (Thunder Rising over the Mountains) Chief Joseph, Nez Perce +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | Indian Pledge of Allegiance | The Indian Pledge of Alleg- | | iance was first presented | I pledge allegiance to my Tribe,| on 2 December '93 during the | to the democratic principles | opening address of the Nat- | of the Republic | ional Congress of American | and to the individual freedoms | Indian Tribal-States Relat- | borrowed from the Iroquois and | ions Panel in Reno, NV. NCAI | Choctaw Confederacies, | plans distribution of the | as incorporated in the United | Indian Pledge to all Indian | States Constitution, | Nations. | so that my forefathers | | shall not have died in vain | Walk in Beauty! Night Owl +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | Journey | In the summer and early fall | The Bloodline | of 1998 the Treaty Unity Riders | | rode a thousand miles on horse- | For all that live and live by law | back, carrying a staff and | We Stand, we Call, We Ride | praying each step of the way. | For All that fear and fear by sight | | We Hear, we Listen, we Ride | These prayers were offered for | For all that pray and pray by strength| each of us, and that the Unity | We Feel, we Move, we Ride | of all Peoples might happen. | For all that die and die by greed | | We Hurt, we Cry, we Ride | Tatanka Cante forwarded this | For all that birth and birth by right | poem on behalf of all the Unity | We Smile, we Hold, we Ride | Riders that we might stop and | For all that need and need by heart | ask if the next words we say, the | We Came, we Went, we Rode. | next act we make is for the good | | of the People or is it from ego | Treaty Unity Riders | for self. +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ O'siyo Brothers and Sisters! The editorial in Issue 09.038 of this newsletter, sent out shortly after the events of September 11, pointed out this is not the first time people in this country had been subjected to biological warfare (remember smallpox blankets?) or terrorism. An editorial piece in this issue by Jodi Rave Lee on this same subject is a must read. We also revisit the "real" Thanksgiving. PLEASE send copies to teachers in your local school district. That will force one of three actions. The truth will be taught, no lessons will be given regarding Thanksgiving or the lies will be perpetuated; but now the teachers will know they are liars. =================================== If you have names and addresses of trustworthy collectors of food, money and clothing gifts at the various reservations please forward them soon. The winter winds already have come down from the north. -=-=-=- I send thanks to my friend, Crazy Bull, for passing along a contact for those who wish to donate food, clothing or fuel money to elders in need on the Rez's. Wopila Russell. Evelynn Charging P O Box #170 Lower Brule, SD 57548 if no answer call Grandmother Charging at Phone: 605-473-5377 the Golden Buffalo Casino 605-473-5577 -=-=-=- From: "Kay" For those of you who wish to 'Give A Gift,' here is the address: Eastern Cherokee Alliance 5411 Laureltree Place Louisville, Ky. 40229 Marty Soaring Eagle said he would distribute/deliver. 1-502-966-8046 Thank you Kay -=-=-=- From: "Nimchira" I am collecting items for the Rosebud Reservation if anyone is interested. Below is a small list of items needed before first snow fall. The first part of the list is what they need now, they have plenty of clothing so far....however there is a shortage of warm jackets, food is also an important need right now...... again, I thank you.... Nim Toiletries: Bath Soap Shampoo and Conditioner Deodorants Tooth brushes, Paste Feminine products Mens Shaving items Bath Towels and wash cloths Non-perishables Food items: Boxed goods Canned goods Bottled Water Baby foods Warm Clothing: Childrens Winter Wear in good repair Men and Womens Winter coats or jackets Gloves, mittens, scarves, hats [knit or crocheted] Other items of warm outer wear. Baby items, diapers Blankets, lots of blankets. For more information you can call Nimchira Webb at: 1-620-278-3842 Items can be left in care of: J. Porter Selman 217 So. 2nd. St. Sterling, Kansas -=-=-=- From: "Brigitte Thimiakis" Subj: Lame Deer Reservation Greetings Gary, I hope this finds you well. I have just received the address for your list(Lame Deer Reservation). I hope it is not too late!=20 There are a couple of thousand children there, many single mothers too. There is a shelter for children up to 15-16 years old. Ann gives them all the assistance she can. Beside toys, warm clothes like jackets, gloves, hats, socks, coats, etc for children and blankets, would be much appreciated. The toys will be distributed during the Christmas give away but the clothes and blankets will be distributed right away. Address for Truck (only): GPTA Building Cheyenne Ave and Ridgewalker Lame Deer, MT Please ask for Ann Booker Only Monday through Friday 9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. Someone looking for the building could ask anyone they see where the GPTA Building is and they should be able to direct them. Ann Booker works in the office where they work with assistance, etc. [If needed please contact thimiakischool@the.forthnet.gr before the boxes arrive at the office and we can let Ann know in advance.] - Address for shipping items by mail: Ann Booker P.O. Box 1004 LAME DEER MONTANA 59043 Ann's home address is available off list for anyone who would like to send items by UPS (United Parcel Service), at the above email address. -=-=-=- From: dfinstead@setaim.com Elders and children will suffer this winter if they don't receive help. Warm clothing and blankets are needed as well as money for fuel. Also personal needs, soap, toothbrushes, diapers, etc. Please remember to send toys to the children for Christmas. PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP AND PASS THIS ON TO OTHER LIST, FRIENDS AND FAMILY. >>>>>>> Bonnie Whitesinger Box 1073 Hotevilla, AZ 86030 Would be able to handle fuel donations for Big Mountain. > >>>>>>>>>>>>> There is a needs list on www.blackmesais.org/needslist.html Black Mesa Indigenous Support P.O Box 23501 Flaggstaff Arizona 86002 >>>>>> New Mexico Southwest Indian Foundation, 100 W. Coal, Gallup, NM 87301. > >>>>>> Eastern Cherokee Alliance 5411 Laureltree Place Louisville, KY 40229 Taking clothing, food, and toys >>>>> PINE RIDGE PTI Propane P,O, Box 1987 PIne Ridge, SD 57770 Ph: 1-605-867-5199 >>>> Bennett County Coop P.O. Box T Pine Ridge,SD 57551 ph: 1-605-685-6711 Fuel >>>> I have several families that I buy fuel for in Wanblee.(Pine Ridge) If you'd like to help out with that, it would be appreciated. The money goes directly to the Co-op in Martin, and they deliver the amount paid for, either by credit card, check or M.O. Contact me off list if you want to be a part of that. jdkc@woptura.com J. D. CHIPPS >>>>>> ROSEBUD RES. Alfred Bone Shirt P.O. Box 283 Mission, S.D. 57555, I can be contacted at this email address or by telephone 605-747-4443, For fuel >>>>>>>>> J. Porter Selman [Nim] 217 So. 2nd. St. Sterling, Ks 67579 All donations go to Rose Bud res. >>>>>>>>> ANGEL HAVEN MISSION C/OF GRACE DEEL RT 1 BOX 433 VANSANT VA >>>>> St. Bridgets Catholic Church General Delivery Rosebud Res., SD >>>>>>>>>>>>> ndn-aim list fund (Erth handles it, reciepts sent and amounts posted) For emergency assistance and fuel fund. ndn-aim fund c/o box 1334 Rapid City, SD 57709 I also have address to send clothing, food, ect, to Pine Ridge and Rose Bud (Carter Camp), I will give out off list. These are individuals who can be trusted to distribute to those with needs. You may contact me at dfinstead@setaim.com for these address. Dodie === To subscribe to this group,send an email to: ndn-aim-subscribe@egroups.com -=-=-=- From: "Carter " Ah-Ho Relations, A couple of weeks ago Dodie asked me if I could help some list members by distributing some gifts they had gathered. I said I could because my wife and I know plenty of needy people. After thirty years as a Sundance society leader it seems like hundreds of people call me 'Uncle' or 'Grampa' around here. Anyway both Maureen and Ken have sent some very nice things up and Linda has distributed them. Yesterday she was happy because she had taken a box of things to a young single mother who said her car was broken down and the baby was on her last diaper(in the box was some pampers). She has three kids, no husband and is trying to go to school so she could use the entire box of assorted kid stuff. It was great for Linda and I too, our kids are grown so making these kids happy feels good. Anyway, yesterday I read an article on some lady who delivered a whole semi-truck load of things to Pine Ridge. Along with it was an article comparing the rez to Afganistan, with starving malnourished elders and children shivering in their log cabins. That is just not true, we are poor here but we're American poor not Afganistan poor. There's a big difference, our kids have the basics even if their folks have to scramble for it. Our elders do too though they are often too proud to seek help. Our needs aren't for rice or wheat in bulk or for left-over, used clothing. Our needs are for basics but not THAT basic. The new coats and baby things Maureen sent and the pretty little girls outfit that Ken and his wife sent are the kinds of gifts needed. So far, Linda said, all those we have passed these things on to are single parents. My wife has a gift for befriending young mothers so we serve as emergency babysitters and such. If some of you on this list want us to distribute gifts for you we'll do it if you keep what I said in mind. We can't handle a big truckload but we do know many people who are in need, mostly young and with several children. And most of them are from the circle of traditionals that I know from the Sundance. If you want me to pass your gifts along make sure they're things you would give face to face and it will be fine. Winter clothes and toys for xmas. What we don't give to aquaintances we'll give to the various communities and vets center. Carter 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 ---------- - Chief Charles George Shunatona - Delaware Referendum leaves - Porky White Tribe Undecided on Roll - Melody Lightfeather Watson - Judge revives Towns' Lawsuit - Arctic Village Chief Moses Sam - Chinooks strive for Recognition - Crossings - Davis Inlet: One Year Later - Attacks parallel - Assaults by Oneida Police Tragedies Native People faced - Police out of control - The True Story of Thanksgiving in Sun Peaks Arrests - Turkey Time - No Jail for Logger - Ways to teach about Thanksgiving who cut Cultural Trees - Creek Elder provides Link to Past - Tulalip Police get Greater Power - Interior creates Trust Fund Unit - Aborginal Justice - BIA Plan called Desperate Commission Launched - Indians skeptical of Trust Reform - Tom's Death Case - Tribe accused of - Four Brazilians get 14 Years building on Burial Ground for burning Indian - Bill would give Inuit - Native Prisoner back their Names -- Peltier Gift Drive! - Snoqualmie Trust Application -- Inmate Support prompts Visit - Rustywire: Warm Chestnuts - Osage receive Fraction - Poem: We Dance of Oil Settlement - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days - Crees Divided over Hydro Deals - Upcoming Events --------- "RE: Chief Charles George Shunatona" --------- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:10:38 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="GEORGE SHUNATONA" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.kcstar.com/item/pages/printer.pat,local/3acd23b5.b15,.html Indian advocate dies The Associated Press Date: 11/15/01 10:30 WICHITA, Kan. -- Outspoken American Indian advocate Chief Charles George Shunatona died Monday at age 84. "When I first came here, he and his wife, Mary, were the people who did things for Native American people," said Jerry Shaw, instructor of minority studies at Wichita State University. "Back then there were so many Hollywood movies that were false. He told the true story. ... He kept the Indian community moving." Chief Shunatona had served as chief of the Oklahoma Pawnees and chairman of the Governor's Advisory Committee on Indian Affairs for Kansas. His funeral was Wednesday in Pawnee, Okla. His wife, Mary, died in 1994. Shunatona was born in 1917 on the Otoe reservation near Red Rock, Okla. As a child, he attended the Chilocco Institute in Oklahoma and the Pawnee Indian Boarding School near Pawnee. Copyright c. 2001 The Kansas City Star. --------- "RE: Porky White" --------- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 12:01:56 -0600 From: wittstock@migizi.org Subj: Porky White Mailing List: Native American Minneapolis, MN November 14, 2001 CONTACT INFORMATION: Rosy Simas nnic.com 612/721-6631ext 219 612/385-6631 Further information available at http://www.nativeview.com Photo available upon request or online at http://www.nativeview.com REVERED AMERICAN INDIAN SPIRITUAL LEADER PORKY WHITE DIES Walter White, known to thousands by his Ojibwe names Gay gway da kamigishkang (Prancing Horse) and Gahgoonse (Porky or Little Porcupine) died peacefully on November 13, 2001. He was born at Federal Dam, Minnesota on October 18, 1919, the youngest son of Jenny and George White. As a boy of five, he accompanied his mother to her sugar bush stand at Sugar Point on the Leech Lake Reservation in Minnesota. He learned the complex process of making sugar from the sap of maple trees, and he practiced this skill in an annual camp located at Lake Independence, Minnesota from 1976 to 2001. His wife Deb ably assisted him in these camps as did his camp co-director, the late Madeline Moose of East Lake, Mille Lacs, Minnesota. His keen sense of timing and solid understanding of the sugaring process is documented in the book Ininatig's Gift of Sugar, Traditional Native Sugarmaking (Lerner, 1993). (The book is available from Amazon.) Porky won several Golden Gloves titles including 1937 Lightweight, 1938 and 1939 Junior Welterweight and the 1943 National Championship while in the U.S. Army. He joined in 1941 and served in the famous Tenth Mountain Division Ski troops and Engineers. Although highly trained, he was not shipped overseas for combat duty. His abilities extended to traditional pow wow dancing and even film roles. He sang and danced in pow wows across the United States and in Canada. His film credits include "Roanoke," 1986 for PBS and other video and audio productions. For many years, Porky guided hunting and fishing parties who came to the north Minnesota woods for its rich game reserves. His expertise, unfailing hunting eye and knowledge of the backwoods helped spread his fame far and wide as an outstanding expert of the outdoors. In 1975 he left for St. Paul, Minnesota and a brand new school called the Red School House, an alternative program for American Indian students. The multi-talented Porky taught language, culture, instituted his famous sugar bush as well as rice, fish, and berry camps to teach his young students the traditional life of the Anishinabe people. From that point on, as he moved from Red School House out into a greater teaching circle, Porky's life was willingly given over to his people. As word of his spiritual counseling and cultural knowledge grew, thousands came from all over the country to learn or gain insight. He married couples, named children and adults, and conducted sweat lodges, funerals, and pipe ceremonies, all while continuing to teach safe hunting, crafts, and how to prepare natural foods for preservation and use animal hides for clothing and implements. His genius for all things connected to the outdoors and his broad smile endeared him to all those in his proximity. To many, he was perhaps best known for his lectures on Anishinabe life. In a quiet and determined manner he laid out the form and substance that has held the Anishinabe people together so strongly over the centuries that have included wars, starvation, and violent contact with Europeans. He had struggled with the effects of diabetes for several years. At age 82, he could look back on a full life, fully lived. Only last Saturday, he traveled north for a day of hunting. Porky directed that he have a handcrafted coffin when he was ready for his journey. He asked that his bed be turned west, the direction to which he would go when his journey time came. Friends and family were at his side. A funeral ceremony will be held at Cass Lake Veteran's Hall on Saturday, November 17th, 2001 at 9:00 am with burial at the Battle Point Cemetery, Sugar Point, Leech Lake Reservation. -- Best wishes, Laura Waterman Wittstock wittstock@migizi.org Minneapolis, MN --------- "RE: Melody Lightfeather Watson" --------- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:10:38 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="MELODY LIGHTFEATHER" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.cia-g.com/~gallpind/todaysnews.html#anchor5 Internationally acclaimed artist killed in I-40 traffic accident ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Melody Lightfeather Watson, an internationally acclaimed Pima Indian artist whose work has appeared in the White House and Smithsonian Institution, was killed Nov. 7 in a car crash. She was 49. Lightfeather, of Albuquerque, was a passenger a car that veered into the median of Interstate 40 and rolled several times just west of Santa Rosa, state police said. Lightfeather and the driver, Natalie A. Acita, 36, of Paris, Texas, were thrown from the car, officers said. Acita also was killed, state police said. Lightfeather's acrylics and watercolors, based on ancient Indian symbols and the history of New Mexico, have been shown in galleries and permanent collections in the United States and Europe... Copyright c. 2001 The Gallup Independent. --------- "RE: Arctic Village Chief Moses Sam" --------- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 17:19:58 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CHIEF MOSES SAM" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/736001p-783915c.html Longtime Arctic Village chief Moses Sam dies at 89 OUTSPOKEN: Native leader saw that alcohol laws were enforced. The Associated Press (Published: November 17, 2001) Fairbanks -- The longtime traditional chief of Arctic Village has died at 89. Moses Sam Sr., an outspoken leader, was in Fairbanks visiting relatives Wednesday when he died of natural causes. In keeping with Arctic Village traditions, Sam had chosen his successor before his death. The new chief will be named at a later date. "He was a good traditional chief," Arctic Village resident Marion Swaney said. "I learned a lot from him. He taught a lot of youngsters our traditional way of life." An accomplished storyteller, Sam loved sharing tales of his upbringing in Tsuk'oo, about 50 miles from Venetie. He promoted the Native traditions of letting the seasons dictate activities: hunting fowl in the spring, fishing in the summer and getting meat in the fall. He taught generations of Arctic Village and Venetie children how to make and use snowshoes, fish wheels, sleds and traps. Sam, the son of Samuel and Lucy Kah, grew up trapping, fishing and hunting, and from a young age helped raise his younger siblings. He married Jenny Simon in 1933, and the couple had nine children and numerous grandchildren. His wife preceded him in death. Sam was a firefighter, locksmith, tribal officer and fisherman. He also worked on the railroad and did maintenance at the Hudson Stuck Hospital in Fort Yukon. He helped build the Arctic Village school. He enjoyed dancing to fiddle music and Native drumming. He was also a member of the Episcopal Church. Isaac Tritt, when he was traditional chief, chose Sam as his replacement in 1987. The position is one of high honor, and such leaders are chosen for their example, wisdom and experience, said Pete Peter, a grandson-in- law of Sam. One of Sam's big pushes was to keep Arctic Village alcohol-free, Peter said. "He wanted to make sure alcohol laws were enforced on the reservation," Peter told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. "He was worried about the new generation." A memorial service will be held today in Fairbanks and a funeral Monday in Arctic Village. Copyright c. 2001 The Anchorage Daily News. --------- "RE: Crossings" --------- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 08:19:54 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CROSSINGS" November 13, 2001 Leonard H. Lee RED ROCK - Services for Leonard Lee, 45, will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14 at Gallup Church of God. Rev. Larry Kincheloe will officiate. Burial will follow at Gallup City Cemetery. Lee died Nov. 9 in Gallup. He was born Dec. 1, 1955 in Fort Defiance, Ariz. into the Kinyaa'aanii for the Tsinnajinnii. Lee attended Thoreau Elementary, Fort Wingate High School, Gallup High School and Crownpoint Institute of Technology (CIT). He was employed with Union Pacific and the Santa Fe Railroads. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, was a bullrider and participated in rodeo activities. His hobby include playing guitar. Survivors include his son, Leander Lynn Lee of Lukachukai, Ariz.; daughters, Lisa Lynn Lee, Krystal Lynn Lee and Adrienne Fay Neal all of Lukachukai; mother, Elsie Lee of Red Rock; brothers, Arthur Lee, Larry Lee, Harrison Lee, Anderson Lee and James Hoskie all of Red Rock; and sister, Ida M. Nelson, Roselyn Morgan and Sadie Spencer all of Red Rock. Lee was preceded in death by his father, Harry Lee and grandmothers, Mary Jack and Asdz Nz. Pallbearers will be Gabriel Lee, Garrett Lee, Jay Spencer, Gordon Lee, Patrick Nelson and Larry Lee Jr. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at the Gallup Church of God. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Michael David Arviso-Yazza CROWNPOINT - Services for Michael Arviso-Yazza, 29, will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14 at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saint, Crownpoint. President Lewis A. Munson will officiate. Burial will follow at family plot, Becenti. Arviso-Yazza was born May 20, 1972 in Gallup into the Salt People for the Edgewater People. Survivors include his wife, Samantha Arviso-Yazza; mother, Jane Arviso; daughters, Mykell and Myka Arviso-Yazza; sisters, Amber Krystal Cheschilly and grandfather, Raymond W. Arviso Sr. Arviso-Yazza was preceded in death by his father, Kinsey Yazza; grandparents, Dorothy J. Arviso, Vincent and Emma Yazza. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Crownpoint Chapter House. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Louise Shorty FORT DEFIANCE, Ariz. - Services for Louise Shorty, 83, will be held at noon, Wednesday, Nov. 14 at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saint, St. Michaels, Ariz. Brother Romero Brown will officiate. Burial will follow at the Kinlichee Community Cemetery, Kinlichee, Ariz. Shorty died Nov. 10 in Gallup. She was born June 15, 1918 in Kinlichee of the Coyote Pass-Jemez People into the Bitter Water Clan. Shorty was a homemaker. Survivors included her daughter, Catherine Anthony of Fort Defiance; son, Henry L. Shorty of Cross Canyon, Ariz.; 15 grandchildren; 31 great- grandchildren and ten great-great-grandchildren. Shorty was preceded in death by her husband, Tom Shorty; son, Thomas L. Shorty; father, Jimmie James and brothers, Leonard James and Phillip James. Pallbearers will be Jefferson L. Shorty, Raymond L. Shorty, Richard Johnson, Benjamin L. Shorty, Harry Harlow and Kirby Leany. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Henry L. Shorty's residence, Cross Canyon, Ariz. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Phillip Francis PINE SPRINGS, Ariz. - Services for Phillip Francis, 77, will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14 at St. Anselm Catholic Church, Houck, Ariz. Father Carmac will officiate. Burial will follow at Community Cemetery, Houck. Francis died Nov. 8 in BlanDine'g, Utah. He was born May 24, 1924 in Pine Springs into the Edgewater Clan for the One Who Walks Around You. Francis attended Pine Springs Day School. He was employed in Micnay, Ariz., as a logger. Survivors include his son, Phillip Francis Jr.; daughter, Annie K. Francis; brothers, Charley Francis Sr. and Chee Joe; and sister, Linda Trujillo. Francis was preceded in death by his parents, Jim K. Francis and Annie H. Hosteen. Pallbearers will be family and friends. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Houck Community Chapter House. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. November 14, 2001 Shivonne Tsinnijinne NAZLANI, Ariz. - Services for Shivonne Tsinnijinne, infant, will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 15 in Canyon Family Church, 1/4 mile north of Church's Chicken, Chinle, Ariz. Pastor Ron Rajca will officiate. Burial will follow on private family cemetary, Nazlini. Tsinnijinne died Nov. 11 in Ganado, Ariz. She was born Oct. 27 in Ganado into the Bitter Water People Clan for the Near the Water People Clan. Survivors include her parents, Justina Wilson and Steven Tsinnijinne both of Nazlini, brothers, Donovan Wilson and Tyrin Wilson both of Nazlini; and grandparents, Fannie Tsinnijinne, Justin Wilson Sr. and Sam Wilson all of Nazlini and Eunice Wilson of Chinle, Ariz. Pallbearers will be Felix Tsinnijinne, Jackson Wilson, Jazz Wilson and Justin Wilson Jr. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Garrett "Gar" Jones WIDE RUINS, Ariz. - Services for Garrett Jones, 22, will be announced at a later date. Jones died Nov. 11 in Chambers, Ariz. He was born June 3, 1979 in Shiprock into the Towering House Clan for the Water Flows Together. A family meeting will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday at Houck Chapter House, Houck, Ariz. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. November 15, 2001 Eligahjuan Shaqueem Martinez FORT WINGATE - Services for Eligahjuan Martinez, 16 months, will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Nov. 16 at the Gospel Light House, Iyanbito. Pastor Mark Thomas will officiate. Burial will follow at Thoreau Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2-5 p.m., today at Cope Memorial Chapel. Martinez died Nov. 11 in Thoreau. He was born June 25, 2000 in Albuquerque into the Towering House People for the Edge Water People. Survivors include his parents, Rhonda C. Delgarito and Shawn Martinez of Fort Wingate; brothers, Raydaynold Ale Yazzie, Shawnessy Reynolds Martinez and Shiquille Shaqeem Martinez all of Fort Wingate; sister, Laurencita Christeen Isabella Martinez of Fort Wingate; and grandparents, Delcita and Jimmy Yazzie and Kenneth and Marlene Martinez. Martinez was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ronald M. Delgarito, Alice Yazzie, Christine D. Martinez, Johnny Delgarito, Kabah Martinez, Priscilliano Martinez and Don Martinez. Pallbearers will be Jason Martinez, David Martinez, Ranndy C. Delgarito and Randall C. Delgarito. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Edward Clement Bobelu APACHE, Okla. - Services for Edward Bobelu, 58, were held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 10 at Comanche Reformed Church, Lawton, Okla. Rev. Charles Spencer officiated. Burial followed at Highland Cemetery, Lawton. Bobelu died Nov. 8 at Lawton. He was born Jan. 15, 1943 in Zuni. Bobelu attended Zuni High School. He was a production welder and a silversmith, specializing in jewerly design. He was a member of the Kiowa Warrior Descendants dance group. Survivors include his wife, Pamela Bobelu of Apache; sons, Anthony Bobelu of Edmond, Okla.; daughters, Michel Smith of Oklahoma City, Okla. and Stephanie Enamorado of Fort Worth, Texas; sister, Carolyn Starks of Zuni; and seven grandchildren. Bobelu was preceded in death by his parents, Floyd Anthony and Mabel Rose Bobelu, brother, Roy Anthony Bobelu and sister, GeralDine'e Judy Smith. Pallbearers will be Buggs Neconie, Ronald Wockmetooah, Mario Enamorado, Greg Suina, Kenneth Tahah and Murray Rhoads. Felecia Falena Begay PINEDALE - Services for Felecia Begay, infant, will be held at noon, Nov. 16 at Rollie Mortuary, Memorial Chapel. Arlinda Keyonnie will officiate. Burial will follow at Gallup City Cemetery. Begay died Nov. 10 in Gallup. She was born Nov. 10 in Gallup. Survivors include her parents, Michael Begay Jr. and Darlene Yazzie both of Pinedale; and brothers, Byron Begay and Myron Begay both of Pinedale. Begay was preceded in death by his grandparents, Lillie Jones, Dan Yazzie and Irene Yazzie. Pallbearers will be Michael Begay Jr. and Kenneth Jones Jr. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Doreen Lynn Begay NAZLINI, Ariz. - Services for Doreen Begay, 22, will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Chinle Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Chinle Cemetery, Chinle. Begay died Nov. 10 in Phoenix. She was born April 6, 1979 in Ganado, Ariz. into the Water's Edge Clan for the Water Flow Together. Survivors include her husband, Jerome Skeets; sons, Jasiah Eskeets and Darneen Eskeets; daughters, Jefawn Eskeets; parents, Darlene Gorman and Robert Lee Begay; brothers, Nathaniel Begay and Darrell Begay both of Nazlini; sister, Cassandra Begay of Nazlini; and grandparents, Nillie Wauneka, Charlotte Begay, Dottie C. Begay and Robert Begay Sr.; seven grandchildren. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Marjie Price's residence, 2 1/2 miles, SW of Chinle, Hwy. 191. November 16, 2001 Clarence L. Cleveland COALMINE - Services for Clarence Cleveland, 93, will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 17 at Bethlehem Christian Reformed, Tolakai. Bobby Boyd will officiate. Burial will follow on family land, Rock Springs. Cleveland died Nov. 12. He was born Dec. 25, 1907 in Coalmine into the Red Running Into the Water for the Edge Water. Cleveland attended Tohatchi BoarDine'g School, Fort Wingate BoarDine'g School and Santa Fe Indian School. He was a silversmith. Survivors include his sisters, Sarah Long of Rock Springs, Nillie Orllie, Ruby Begay and Marie Yazzia all of Tolakai. Cleveland was preceded in death by his brothers, Coolidge Begay and Howard Begay. Pallbearers will be Jon R. Hunt, Johnathan Hunt, Walter Watson, Russell Bitsuie, Salvador Fernando and Barry Yazza. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Garrett Jones WIDE RUINS, Ariz. - Services for Garrett Jones, 22, will be held at 1 p. m., Saturday, Nov. 17 at Navajo Assembly of God, Houck, Ariz. Pastor Allen Goetjen will officiate. Burial will follow at McCarroll Cemetery, Chambers, Ariz. Jones died Nov. 11 in Chambers, Ariz. He was born June 3, 1979 in Shiprock into Towering House for the Water Flows Together. Jones attended school in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was employed as a Truss builder for Sun State, Kingman, Ariz. His hobbies included basketball and softball. Survivors include his sons, Gabriel Jones and Garrick Jones; parents, Virginia Sam and Wilfred Jones; brothers, Willis Jones, Willie Jones and Dustin Sam; sisters, Cheryl Jones and Rachelle Sam; and grandmother, Mary Cleveland. Jones was preceded in death by his grandparents, Bertha L. and Tom Billy. Pallbearers will be Lynferd Begay, William Bright, Jimmy Lee, Willie Jones Jr., Mike Parker, Darryl Lee and Micha Bright. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Navajo Assembly of God. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Velma Jean Clark CHINLE, Ariz. - Services for Velma Clark, 38, will be held at 2 p.m. today, Nov. 16 at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, Chinle. Burial will follow at Virginia Carroll residents, 7 1/2 miles east of Thunderbird. Clark was born Feb. 17, 1963 in Ganado, Ariz. into the Big Water for the Water Edge Clan. Clark received her GED on Sept. 11, 1997. Survivors include her sons, Nathiel Gorman of Chinle, Gene Bryant Clark and Eugene Clark; daughter, Valcita Clark of Chinle; parents, Billie and Comicia Gorman both of Chinle; and sisters, Virginia Carroll, Patricia Gorman, Rosita Jones and Veronica Lewis of Chinle. Pallbearers will be Nathaniel Gorman, Gene Bryant Clark, Johnson Lewis, Richard Charley, Casey Brown and Peter Clark. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Virginia Carroll resident's. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2001 The Gallup Independent -=-=-=- November 14, 2001 Cynthia Runs Above PINE RIDGE - Cynthia Runs Above, 41, Pine Ridge, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001, in Minneapolis. Survivors include three sons, Eldon No Moccasin III, Lincoln, Neb., and Colton Runs Above and Cruz Granillo, both of Sioux Falls; three daughters, Robin Chase Alone, Hermosa, Aldena Ollinger, Rapid City, and Kamelia No Moccasin, Manderson; and two grandchildren. Two-night wake begins at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at Wakpamni CAP office in Pine Ridge. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at the CAP office, with the Rev. Ben Tyon, the Rev. Agnes Tyon and the Rev. Fred Mesteth officiating. Vincent Brings Plenty will officiate at traditional ceremonies. Burial will be at Holy Cross Episcopal Cemetery in Pine Ridge. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Carolyn F. 'Koko' Saknikent MANDERSON - Carolyn F. "Koko" Saknikent, 60, Manderson, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2001, in Rapid City. Survivors include one son, Josef Saknikent, Manderson; one daughter, Tia Mai Saknikent, Manderson; four brothers, Faron Runs Against, Manderson, Merrill Fast Horse, Rapid City, James Hawk, Okreek, and Michael Lucio, Morton, Minn.; three sisters, Helene McClosky, St. Francis, Donnalyn Snider, Manderson, and Juanita Lucio, Rapid City; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Two-night wake begins at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at St. Agnes Catholic Hall in Manderson. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at the hall, with the Rev. Jim Ryan officiating. Rick Two Dogs will officiate at traditional services. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Pamela Jean LeBeaux PINE RIDGE - Pamela Jean LeBeaux, 47, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, died Sunday, November 11, 2001, at Hot Springs VA Hospital. Pam was born on March 18, 1954, in Igloo, S.D., to Wesley "Hotshot" and Carol (Pourier) Jacobs of Porcupine, S.D. She grew up on the Pine Ridge Reservation. She attended Our Lady of Lourdes, Stephan, and graduated from Holy Rosary Mission in 1972, where she received the majority of her education. After high school she attended college in Spearfish, S.D., where she met and married Paul LeBeaux in 1973. After her marriage, she and her husband joined the U.S. Army and were stationed at the Fort Carson Army Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They were the first Native American married couple to enlist in the U.S. Army in the state of South Dakota. In 1975, she moved back home and started working for the Pine Ridge Elementary School, where she worked for many years. She later worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service. In 1996, she rece ived an honorary certificate for her 20 years of service with the United States Government. During her career with the government, she and her husband began their family. Her daughter, Cherise, was born on October 20, 1975. After a couple of years, her first son, Jesse, was born, on May 16, 1977, and then on January 9, 1980, she had her youngest son, Justin. Grateful to have shared in her life are her husband, Paul, of Pine Ridge; her children, Cherise, of Pine Ridge, Jesse of Huron, S.D., and Justin of Bismarck, N.D.; her seven grandchildren, Tiarra, Tyler, Jesse Jr, Shania, Christian, Koty and Paris; her parents, Hotshot and Carol Jacobs of Porcupine, S.D.; three brothers, Chuck Jacobs of Porcupine, Tim Jacobs of Pine Ridge, and Jim Jacobs of Porcupine; two sisters, Cindy Jacobs of Porcupine and Linda Hamilton of Conneaut, Ohio; maternal grandmother Olivia Pourier; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Whopper and Tom-Tom Jacobs; her maternal grandparents, Hobart and Isabel Pourier; and her paternal grandparents, William and Eva Jacobs. Wake and rosary services will be held at Our Lady of Lourdes Gymnasium in Porcupine, S.D., at 8 p.m. on November 14, 2001. Funeral services will be held at Our Lady of Lourdes Gymnasium at 11 a.m. on November 15, 2001, with burial at the Jacobs Family Cemetery, 2-1/2 miles south of Porcupine. Funeral arrangements are by Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge. November 15, 2001 Eugene E. High Hawk Jr. WOUNDED KNEE - Eugene E. High Hawk Jr., 10, Pine Ridge, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2001, at St. Luke's Medical Center in Denver. Survivors include numerous grandparents; his parents, Eugene High Hawk Sr. and Crystal High Hawk, Wounded Knee; three sisters, Michelle High Hawk, Nicole High Hawk and Aquinnah High Hawk, all of Wounded Knee; and two brothers, Warfield High Hawk and Spencer High Hawk, both of Wounded Knee. A three-night wake will begin at 2 p.m. today. The first two nights will be at Messiah Episcopal Church in Wounded Knee. The third day will begin at noon Saturday, Nov. 17, and will be at the Batesland School Gym. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, at the school gym. John Around Him will officiate over traditional ceremonies. Burial will be at Messiah Episcopal Cemetery in Wounded Knee. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. November 16, 2001 Homer Chasing Crow RAPID CITY - Homer Chasing Crow, 72, Rapid City, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2001, at his home. Survivors include one son, James Bordeaux White, Meredosia, Ill.; one grandchild; and one step-grandchild. Graveside services, with military honors by the Sturgis Honor Guard, will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. Kirk Funeral Home of Rapid City is in charge of arrangements. Dustin Michael Chief OGLALA - Dustin Michael Chief, 22, Oglala, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2001, in Pine Ridge. Survivors include his father, Robert Chief, Rapid City; his mother, Delores Red Nest, Scottsbluff, Neb.; three sons, Jesse Pulliam and Chance Pulliam, both of Chadron, Neb., and Jaden Poor Bear, Brookings; two brothers, Wyatt Wolfe and John Wolfe Jr., both of Scottsbluff; nine sisters, Linda Hawk Wing, Misty Red Nest and Justine Wolfe, all of Scottsbluff, and Jennifer Wolfe, Krystal Wolfe, Juanita Wolfe, Esther Wolfe, Shaylee Wolfe and Inez Wolfe, all of Pierre. A two-night wake will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Billy Mills Hall in Pine Ridge. The second night will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, at Brother Rene Catholic Hall in Oglala. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 19, at Brother Rene Catholic Cemetery in Oglala, with the Rev. Bill Pauly officiating. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. November 18, 2001 Charlene Faye Janis PINE RIDGE - Charlene Faye Janis, 46, Pine Ridge, died Friday, Nov. 16, 2001, at Pine Ridge Hospital. Survivors include her husband, Steve Martin, Pine Ridge; three sons, Corey Clifford, Rapid City, Marcus Mesteth, Rushville, Neb., and Derek Janis, Pine Ridge; five daughters, Martia Lynn Janis, Fort Drum, N.Y., Amber Dawn Mesteth and Daneen Ray Martin, both of Pine Ridge, Linette Gibbons and Mandy Janis, both of Rapid City; her parents, Kenneth Charles Janis Sr. and Bertha Yellow Hawk, Pine Ridge; five sisters, Arlette Janis, Scottsbluff, Neb., Patricia Janis, Pam Janis and Wilma Colhoff, all of Pine Ridge, and Danelle Stewart, Oglala; seven brothers, Robert Janis, Ann Arbor, Mich., Garry Janis and Rodney Janis, both of Pine Ridge, Clifford Twiss, Don Twiss, Rich Twiss and James Twiss, all of Rockyford; and nine grandchildren. Two-night wake services will begin at 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19 at Billy Mills Hall in Pine Ridge. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21, at Billy Mills Hall, with the Rev. Ben Tyon officiating, and traditional services by Floyd Hand. Burial will be at Holy Cross Episcopal Cemetery in Pine Ridge. Sioux Funeral Home in Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Philenae R. Chipps-Escamilla MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Philenae R. Chipps-Escamilla, 28, Milwaukee, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2001, as the result of an auto accident in Anberg. Survivors include her husband, Arturo Escamilla Sr., Milwaukee; four sons, Brandon Massell, Salina, Kan., Jeremiah Whitewash, Oglala, S.D., Trenton Chipps, Wanblee, S.D., and Arturo Escamilla Jr., Milwaukee; one daughter, Eva Escamilla, Milwaukee; her mother, Victoria Chipps, Wanblee, S.D.; four brothers, Philip Chipps II., Manderson, S.D., Philip Chipps III, Anberg, Brian Chipps, Iron Mountain, Mich., and Paige Chipps, Wanblee. Two-night wake services will begin at 11 a.m. today at the Wanblee CAP office. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, at the Wanblee CAP office, with the Rev. Gilford Noisy Hawk officiating and traditional services by Richard Moves Camp. Burial will be at the Chipps family cemetery in Wanblee. Sioux Funeral Home in Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. November 20, 2001 Ruth Means ALLEN - Ruth Means, 45, Allen, died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2001, in Rapid City. Survivors include one son, Steve Flood, Allen; one daughter, Marla Flood, Allen; five sisters, Martha DuBray and Veronica Means, both of Allen, Marilyn Means, Pine Ridge, Josephine White Crane, Potato Creek, and Melvina Glade, Viewfield; and three brothers, Maverick Means, Allen, Elvis Means, Rapid City, and Walter Means, White River. A one-night wake will begin at 1 p.m. today at the Allen CAP office. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21, at the CAP office, with the Rev. Cordelia Red Owl officiating. Burial will be at Trinity Episcopal Cemetery in Allen. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. The Rapid City Journal. -=-=-=- November 14, 2001 Doreen Begay Doreen Begay, 22, of Nazlini, Ariz., died Nov. 10, 2001, in Phoenix, Ariz. She was born April 6, 1979, in Ganado, Ariz. Survivors include sons, Jaslah Eskeets and Darnell Eskeets; daughter, JeFawn Eskeets; parents, Robert Begay Jr. and Darleen Gorman; grandparents, Robert Begay Sr. and Dottie C. Begay; sister, Cassandra Begay; and brothers, Nathaniel Begay and Darrell Begay. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2001, at Chinle Presbyterian Church in Chinle, Ariz. Burial will follow at Chinle Cemetery. Arrangements are with Tse Bonito Funeral Home, (505) 371-5565. Mary Wash Yazzie Mary Wash Yazzie, 69, of Nenahnezad died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001, at San Juan Manor in Farmington. She is survived by her children, Lorenzo Yazzie, Arkie Yazzie and Pertina Yazzie, and her adopted children, Cecil Dobey, Marie Gould and Delphine Newman. She is also survived by one brother, Billy Begay Sr.; one sister, Elsie Dobey; and 13 grandchildren. Funeral services will start at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 16, 2001. Burial will be at the family cemetery at Chaco Wash. Pallbearers will be Lorenzo Yazzie, Arkie Yazzie, Cecil Dobey, Alton Cambridge and Johnny Dobey. Arrangements are with Chapel of Memories Funeral Home in Kirtland, (505) 598-9636. November 15, 2001 Ida C. Benally Ida C. Benally, 90, of Shiprock died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001, at Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock. She is survived by her sons, Nat D. Benally of Shiprock, Johnson D. Benally and wife, Betty, of Window Rock, Ariz., and Robert H. Benally and wife, Sarah, of Holbrook, Ariz.; her daughter, Lucinda Henry and husband, Jeffrey, of Yatahey; two brothers, Capitan Benally and wife, Fannie, of Red Valley, Ariz., and John C. Sells and wife, Alice, of Shiprock. She was blessed with 25 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and four great- great-grandchildren. Ida was a very accomplished weaver of Navajo rugs. In her younger years, she was a rancher and took great care of her livestock. She was a very loving and caring grandmother. She was preceded in death by three sons, Lee, Jimmy and Earl Benally; and one daughter, Lola Bekis. Funeral services will be conducted starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, at Bethel Christian Reformed Church of Shiprock. Pastor Howard Begay will officiate. Burial will follow at Shiprock Community Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Arik Henry, Markus Henry, Darrick Henry, Lawrence Benally, Tyrone Benally and Jasper Benally. Alternate pallbearers will be Robert Deal and Leonard Benally. Honorary pallbearers will be Robert H. Benally, Nat D. Benally, Johnson D. Benally, Jeffrey Henry, Stanley Benally, Floyd Benally, Stanford Benally, Capitan Benally, John C. Sells, Jimmy Benally and Eugene Manus. Funeral arrangements are with Chapel of Memories Funeral Home in Kirtland, (505) 598-9636. Copyright c. 1999-2001 MediaNews Group, Inc/The Farmington Daily Times. -=-=-=- November 18, 2001 Ruth Chester Gay Ruth Chester Gay died Saturday in Tecumseh at the age of 83. Services for the Tecumseh resident will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Cooper Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Kenny Myers will officiate. Burial will be at Tecumseh Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home. Copyright c. 1997-2001The Shawnee News-Star. --------- "RE: Attacks parallel Tragedies Native People faced" --------- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 08:23:16 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="TRAGEDIES" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.journalstar.com/native?story_id=116&date Attacks parallel tragedies that Native people faced BY JODI RAVE LEE Lincoln Journal Star OAKLAND, Calif. - Only a few hours earlier I had left the Midwest for a Bay Area meeting. Upon arrival, I caught the subway to my hotel. Once there, I was California dreaming about how much more ground I put between myself and East Coast terrorist activities. I had barely unpacked Nov. 1 when I turned on the TV - just in time to witness breaking news reports that West Coast suspension bridges were the next likely target for terrorist activities. Terrorism, real and imagined, had now linked East to West. Even as National Guard troops swooped into position at the Golden Gate and Bay bridges, life moved forward, a testament proven by thousands of Bay Area-commuters who continued to traverse the bridges, one side to the other. More telling, however, was the maxim we've been hearing of late: Life in America is forever changed. Terrorism had banged on America's front door, then entered. Sept. 11 has since left an indelible mark on the collective conscience of America. It took the random loss of some 5,500 lives in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania for people to quickly surmise life would never be the same. The loss of lives two months ago today were felt around the country. America mourned, and still hasn't finished. As hundreds of clinical psychologists, religious leaders, therapists and others work to ease the grip of pain on the heart and soul of U.S. citizens, it seems much can be learned about death and tragedy. Much can be understood how tragedy can create a grieving psyche among millions people, many who never knew even one person who died Sept. 11. For a moment, let's turn the tables. For a moment, let's seize the opportunity to try and relate the tragic deaths on the East Coast to the loss of lives suffered by millions of U.S. indigenous people since the arrival of Columbus, and the loss of indigenous lives that continued in this country throughout the 19th century. Life for Native people forever changed. Today, we represent a microcosm about what is good and bad in America. We have some of the richest and most beautiful cultures, beliefs, languages and spiritual people in the world. We also have some of the most abysmal statistics. Alcohol abuse, sexual abuse, child abuse, domestic abuse, suicides, accidental deaths, diabetes, smoking and unemployment rates are among the highest of all groups in the country. What needs to be understood is that North American indigenous people are just now coming off the downside of 500 years of death, disease and destruction - the demise of a way of life. We are still recovering from life as we once knew it. Healing is an ongoing process in many of our Native communities. Jared Diamond in "Guns, Germs, and Steel" says many schoolchildren were taught that only a million indigenous people lived in North America upon European arrival. "That low number was useful in justifying the white conquest of what could be viewed as an almost empty continent," writes the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. When, in fact, archeological evidence suggests there were at least 20 million people, of which 95 percent died in the two centuries following Columbus' arrival. The spiraling destruction didn't end there. My own tribes, the Mandan and Hidatsa of North Dakota, were nearly wiped out in 1837 following our own experience with bioterrorism. Smallpox- infected blankets were sent up the Missouri River by steamboat to our villages. One Mandan village "plummeted from 2,000 to fewer than 40 within a few weeks," Diamond said. In "The Hidatsa," Mary Jane Schneider writes: "The smallpox epidemic of 1837 caused physical death and psychological trauma," wiping out 60 percent to 70 percent of the Mandan and Hidatsa people. An intricate social system and elaborate culture had been nearly destroyed, almost overnight. The destruction continued up to the 1950s, when the majority of the Mandan and Hidatsa's ancestral lands were flooded for the Garrison Dam project. Those memories don't fade easily. They affect our culture today. We've been left with unresolved grief that has passed from generation to generation. We had no army of psychologists to help with the suffering. But like other tribes, we did have a strong spiritual base that enabled to us to be here today. For those who feel Indians should get over the loss of their land, language and culture and a way of life as they once knew it, they should ask themselves: How long will it take them to heal over the loss of 5,500 people they never knew? For those people who find it hard to understand the plight of modern day Native people, one need only look to New York. Lost lives and fear of lost freedoms have changed the way many Americans view life. Spirituality has allowed Native people to survive, and it will likely help U.S. citizens as they search for theirs. When I recently found myself in the midst of a possible West Coast terrorist attack, I felt no apprehension. I merely experienced the perceived threat of terrorism transcend from East to West, just as it did 500 years ago, only this time on a much smaller scale. Jodi Rave Lee can be reached at 473-7240 or jrave@journalstar.com. Copyright c. 2001, Lincoln Journal Star. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: The True Story of Thanksgiving" --------- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:20:44 -0800 From: "Andre P. Cramblit" Subj: The true story of Thanksgiving Mailing List: Paths-L http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/lesson-plan.html http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/celthanksgiving.htm http://www.childfun.com/themes/thanks.shtml http://lycoszone.lycos.com/dir/Entertainment_and_Fun/Society_and_Holidays/ Holidays/Thanksgiving/Thanksgiving_Activities/websites.html http://www.angelfire.com/ks/tonyaskinner/kbthanksgiving.html http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/misc_thanksgiving.html http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/misc_thanksgiving.html The true story of Thanksgiving By Richard B. Williams Nov. 1, 2000 - One day in 1605, a young Patuxet Indian boy named Tisquantum and his dog were out hunting Owhen they spotted a large English merchant ship off the coast of Plymouth, Mass. Tisquantum, who later became known as Squanto, had no idea that life as he knew it was about to change forever. His role in helping the Pilgrims to survive the harsh New England winter and celebrate the "first" Thanksgiving has been much storied as a legend of happy endings, with the English and the Indians coming together at the same table in racial harmony. Few people, however, know the story of Squanto's sad life and the demise of his tribe as a result of its generosity. Each year, as the nation sits down to a meal that is celebrated by all cultures and races - the day we know as Thanksgiving - the story of Squanto and the fate of the Patuxet tribe is a footnote in history that deserves re-examination. The day that Capt. George Weymouth anchored off the coast of Massachusetts, he and his sailors captured Squanto and four other tribesmen and took them back to England as slaves because Weymouth thought his financial backers "might like to see" some Indians. Squanto was taken to live with Sir Ferdinando Gorges, owner of the Plymouth Company. Gorges quickly saw Squanto's value to his company's exploits in the new world and taught his young charge to speak English so that his captains could negotiate trade deals with the Indians. In 1614, Squanto was brought back to America to act as a guide and interpreter to assist in the mapping of the New England coast, but was kidnapped along with 27 other Indians and taken to Malaga, Spain, to be sold as slaves for about $25 a piece. When local priests learned of the fate of the Indians, they took them from the slave traders, Christianized them and eventually sent them back to America in 1618. But his return home was short-lived. Squanto was recognized by one of Gorges' captains, was captured a third time and sent back to England as Gorges' slave. He was later sent back to New England with Thomas Dermer to finish mapping the coast, after which he was promised his freedom. In 1619, however, upon returning to his homeland, Squanto learned that his entire tribe had been wiped out by smallpox contracted from the Europeans two years before. He was the last surviving member of his tribe. In November 1620, the Pilgrims made their now-famous voyage to the coast of Plymouth, which had previously been the center of Patuxet culture. The next year, on March 22, 1621, Squanto was sent to negotiate a peace treaty between the Wampanoag Confederation of tribes and the Pilgrims. We also know that Squanto's skills as a fisherman and farmer were crucial to the survival of the Pilgrims that first year - contributions which changed history. But in November 1622, Squanto himself would also succumb to smallpox during a trading expedition to the Massachusetts Indians. The Patuxet, like so many other tribes, had become extinct. The lesson of Squanto and the Pilgrims is not one of bitter remembrance, but rather a celebration of the generosity of Indian people. Under the guidance of Squanto, the Pilgrims followed a longstanding Indian tradition of offering thanks. Although we celebrate Thanksgiving as an "American" holiday, its beginnings are Native to the core. Feasts of gratitude and giving thanks have been a part of Indian culture for thousands of years. In Lakota culture, it's called a Wopila; in Navajo, it's Hozhoni; in Cherokee, it's Selu i-tse-i; and in Ho Chunk it's Wicawas warocu sto waroc. Each tribe, each Indian nation, has its own form of Thanksgiving. But for Indian culture, Thanksgiving doesn't end when the dishes are put away. It is something we celebrate all year long - at the birth of a baby, a safe journey, a new home. So when you sit down to Thanksgiving dinner this year, remember Squanto and the great sacrifices made by him and his tribe to a people they didn't know. That is the legacy of the Indian people of New England - one that we can all enjoy. Richard B. Williams is the executive director of the American Indian College Fund, a historian, educator and the founder of the Upward Bound Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Members of the Compass panel are selected each spring. ---------------------------------------- To subscribe to the "Paths-L" mailing list send a message to Majordomo@YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net In the body of the message type: subscribe paths-l --------- "RE: Turkey Time" --------- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:01:51 -0800 From: "Andre P. Cramblit" Subj: Turkey Time Mailing List: Paths-L How it all got started. The year was 1637 700 men, women and children of the Pequot Tribe, gathered for their "Annual Green Corn Dance" in the area that is now known as Groton, Conn. While they were gathered in this place of meeting, they were surrounded and attacked by mercenaries of the English and Dutch. The Indians were ordered from the building and as they came forth, they were shot down. The rest were burned alive in the building. The next day, the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony declared: "A day of Thanksgiving, thanking God that they had eliminated over 700 men, women and children. For the next 100 years, every "Thanksgiving Day" ordained by a Governor or President was to honor that victory, thanking God that the "battle" had been won. Source: Documents of Holland, 13 Volume Colonial Documentary History, letters and reports form colonial officials to their superiors and the King in England and the private papers of Sir William Johnson, British Indian agent for the New York colony for 30 years. Researched by William B. Newell (Penobscot Tribe) Former Chairman of the University of Connecticut Anthropology Department. ---------------------------------------- To subscribe to the "Paths-L" mailing list send a message to Majordomo@YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net In the body of the message type: subscribe paths-l --------- "RE: Ways to teach about Thanksgiving" --------- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:27:49 -0800 From: "Andre P. Cramblit" Subj: Ways To Teach About Thanksgiving Mailing List: Paths-L TEACHING ABOUT THANKSGIVING http://www.2020tech.com/thanks/temp.html#top Dr. Frank B. Brouillet Superintendent of Public Instruction State of Washington Cheryl Chow Assistant Superintendent Division of Instructional Programs and Services Warren H. Burton Director Office for Multicultural and Equity Education Dr. Willard E. Bill Supervisor of Indian Education Originally written and developed by Cathy Ross, Mary Robertson, Chuck Larsen, and Roger Fernandes Indian Education, Highline School District With an introduction by: Chuck Larsen Tacoma School District Printed: September, 1986 Reprinted: May, 1987 AN INTRODUCTION FOR TEACHERS This is a particularly difficult introduction to write. I have been a public schools teacher for twelve years, and I am also a historian and have written several books on American and Native American history. I also just happen to be Quebeque French, Metis, Ojibwa, and Iroquois. Because my Indian ancestors were on both sides of the struggle between the Puritans and the New England Indians and I am well versed in my cultural heritage and history both as an Anishnabeg (Algokin) and Hodenosione (Iroquois), it was felt that I could bring a unique insight to the project. For an Indian, who is also a school teacher, Thanksgiving was never an easy holiday for me to deal with in class. I sometimes have felt like I learned too much about "the Pilgrims and the Indians." Every year I have been faced with the professional and moral dilemma of just how to be honest and informative with my children at Thanksgiving without passing on historical distortions, and racial and cultural stereotypes. STUDY AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. Who lived on the rocky shores where the Pilgrims landed? 2. The Wampanoags were part of what culture area? 3. In what type of homes did the Wampanoags live? 4. Explain what the Wampanoags did to obtain food during the different seasons of the year? 5. What was the basic dress for the Wampanoag people? 6. Describe the Iroquois system of government. 7. Who later used this system of government as a model? 8. What courtesies did the Wampanoag people extend toward all visitors? 9. Who was "Tisquantum" and what village was he from? 10. Explain how Squanto learned to speak English. 11. Why did Squanto and Samoset go to live with another Wampanoag village? 12. Tell four ways in which Squanto helped the Pilgrims. 13. Describe the "First Thanksgiving" in your own words. 14. Why was this really the fifth thanksgiving feast for the Indians that year? 15. What do you think would have happened to the Pilgrims if they had not been helped by the Indians? 16. After studying about the culture of the Wampanoags, how would you react to a thanksgiving picture showing tipis and Indians wearing feathered headdresses? 17. Quickly re-read the lesson and as you read, make a list of vocabulary words that are new to you and write a definition for each one. IDEAS FOR ENRICHMENT * Study harvest celebrations in other cultures: Asia (New Year), Northwest Coast Indians (salmon feast), and Europe (Oktoberfest). For further information, contact the Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest, 1107 NE 45th, Suite 315A, Seattle, Washington, 98105, 206/633-3239. * Imagine for a moment that people from different cultures have come to your neighborhood. How will you make them feel welcome? How might you share your possessions with them? What kinds of things could you do to build feelings of friendship and harmony with them? * Investigate agriculture in your local community. What crops are grown? What time of year are they harvested? What harvest fairs are celebrated in your area? * Discuss religious and cultural intolerance as evidenced by the problems that developed between the Indians and the Pilgrims in the years following the first thanksgiving at Plymouth. How do the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights safeguard the freedom of religion and the rights of all citizens in America today? HOW TO AVOID OLD STEREOTYPES If you enact the story of the first thanksgiving as a pageant or drama in your classroom, here are some things to consider: * Indians should wear appropriate clothing (see dolls on pages 31 and 35). NO WARBONNETS! A blanket draped over one shoulder is accurate for a simple outfit. * Squanto and Samoset spoke excellent English. Other Indians would have said things in the Algonkian language. These people were noted for their formal speaking style. A good example of their oratory would be the prayers on page 23. Someone could read this as part of the drama. * Indians in the Woodlands area did not have tipis or horses, so these should not be part of any scenery or backdrop. * Any food served should be authentic. The following would be appropriate: -- corn soup (see recipe on page 28) -- succotash (see recipe on page 28) -- white fish -- red meat -- various fowl (turkey, partridge, duck) -- berries (including whole cranberries) -- maple sugar candies -- corn starch candy (believe it or not, candy corn is almost authentic except for the colored dyes) -- watercress -- any kind of bean (red, black, green, pinto) -- squash -- corn -- sweet potato -- pumpkin A THANKSGIVING PRAYER FROM THE IROQUOIS (SENECA) PEOPLE Gwa! Gwa! Gwa! Now the time has come! Hear us, Lord of the Sky! We are here to speak the truth, for you do not hear lies, We are your children, Lord of the Sky. Now begins the Gayant' gogwus This sacred fire and sacred tobacco And through this smoke We offer our prayers We are your children, Lord of the Sky. Now in the beginning of all things You provided that we inherit your creation You said: I shall make the earth on which people shall live And they shall look to the earth as their mother And they shall say, "It is she who supports us." You said that we should always be thankful For our earth and for each other So it is that we are gathered here We are your children, Lord of the Sky. Now again the smoke rises And again we offer prayers You said that food should be placed beside us And it should be ours in exchange for our labor. You thought that ours should be a world where green grass of many kinds should grow You said that some should be medicines And that one should be Ona'o the sacred food, our sister corn You gave to her two clinging sisters beautiful Oa'geta, our sister beans and bountiful Nyo'sowane, our sister squash The three sacred sisters; they who sustain us. This is what you thought, Lord of the Sky. Thus did you think to provide for us And you ordered that when the warm season comes, That we should see the return of life And remember you, and be thankful, and gather here by the sacred fire. So now again the smoke arises We the people offer our prayers We speak to you through the rising smoke We are thankful, Lord of the Sky. (Liberally translated) Chuck Larsen, Seneca Indigenous Studies Publication Catalogue sent to you via e-mail, send a request to jburrows@halcyon.com FTP ftp.halcyon.com /pub/FWDP/CWIS Center For World Indigenous Studies P.O. Box 2574 Olympia, WA U.S.A. 98507-2574 BBS: 206-786-9629 OCR Provided by Caere Corporation's PageKeeper ---------------------------------------- To subscribe to the "Paths-L" mailing list send a message to Majordomo@YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net In the body of the message type: subscribe paths-l --------- "RE: Creek Elder provides Link to Past" --------- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 08:10:38 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CREEK ELDER FIXICO" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.news-star.com/stories/111301/com_13.shtml Creek Indian, 99, provides link to past YEAGER, Okla. (AP) -- At age 99, California Fixico is one of the last living links to one of the most important events in Oklahoma history. He is one of a handful of remaining American Indians who were allotted land by the federal government in the early 1900s as it broke up tribal holdings. As a member of the Creek Nation, Fixico received a share of the tribe's 3 million acres. His mind is still sharp, but he is nearly deaf, is growing blind and is confined to a wheelchair. Beginning in 1887 with the passage of the General Allotment Act, the federal government began breaking up all tribal holdings in the U.S. and forcing American Indians to accept individual land ownership. Indian Territory -- roughly the eastern half of present-day Oklahoma -- was exempt from the General Allotment Act, but in 1893 President Grover Cleveland appointed what became known as the Dawes Commission to negotiate separate agreements with the Five Civilized Tribes. The commission compiled tribal rolls, surveyed and allotted the tribal land and broke up the tribal governments. The idea was to make Indians financially independent farmers, landowners and entrepreneurs. For the most part, it left them poor and landless. From 1887 to 1934, some 87 million acres passed from the Indians' possession, leaving them even more dependent upon the federal government. California Fixico's allotment was near Paden. He had to give it up years ago. Since 1942 Fixico has lived on the allotment of his late wife, Winey Yahola, in the sand hills and postoaks northeast of Holdenville in Hughes County. Winey died in 1997 and is buried in a little family cemetery about 25 yards from his home. the neat but aging oilfield camp house California Fixico moved onto the property in the 1970s. Fixico's daughters speak Creek. His grandchildren do not. Fixico spends most days outside, hoeing weeds or collecting walnuts or just looking out across the country his people have inhabited for 170 years. Copyright c. 1997-2001 The Shawnee News-Star. --------- "RE: Interior creates Indian Trust Fund Unit" --------- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:10:38 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="TRUST FUND UNIT" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&news_id=reu U.S. Interior Dept creates Indian trust fund unit Thursday November 15, 4:07 PM EST WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton unveiled on Thursday plans to reorganize and consolidate management of the Indian trust funds overseen by the department into a new unit. Congress, the courts and American Indians have criticized the Interior Department for mismanaging billions of dollars in royalties collected on 56 million acres of Indian lands from oil drilling, mining, logging and grazing. Under the proposed plan, oversight of the trust funds will be organized into the new Bureau of Indian Trust Assets Management, which will report to a new assistant secretary who will report directly to Norton. "This administration is committed to taking action now that will chart a new course for positive, productive trust reform that will work to benefit American Indian tribes," Norton said. Copyright c. 1999, 2000, 2001 iWon, Inc. --------- "RE: BIA Plan called Desperate" --------- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:49:17 EST From: ErthAvengr@aol.com Subj: BIA Plan Called ' Desperate': Norton's Proposal to Strip BIA of Trust Duties Mailing List: ndn-aim http://www.indianz.com BIA plan called 'desperate' FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2001 Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's proposal to strip the Bureau of Indian Affairs of its trust duties is a "desparate" attempt to prove she has addressed longstanding problems, an attorney representing 300,000 American Indians said on Thursday. Dennis Gingold also told The Washington Post the proposal was a Titanic ship doomed for failure. He is a Washington, D.C., attorney representing the plaintiffs in the Cobell v. Norton lawsuit that spurred the reorganization Norton has offered. Elouise Cobell, the lead plaintiff, said in a statement that the plan was a "typical, last-minute, backs-to-the-wall effort." -- - - - By Bill Miller Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, November 16, 2001; Page A45 Facing pressure from a federal judge, Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton yesterday said she will create a new office to focus entirely on straightening out problems in a trust fund maintained for roughly 300,000 Native Americans. Norton said she intends to appoint an assistant interior secretary who will have direct responsibility for managing hundreds of millions of dollars in the trust accounts and reforming an accounting system that has been in disarray for decades. The new office, called the Bureau of Indian Trust Assets Management, will centralize the work done by various Interior agencies and speed reform efforts, Norton said. "This new approach will help us move ahead with trust reform," Norton said in an interview after announcing the moves. "It will allow better coordination so that we can have a solid game plan for trust reform and put it into effect." The actions come at a time when U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth is showing impatience with Norton's handling of the trust fund, which was set up more than 100 years ago to compensate Native Americans for use of their land. He has threatened to hold Norton and 38 other current and former government officials and lawyers in contempt of court for allegedly misleading him about the extent of problems and the status of the reform efforts. Lamberth is presiding over a lawsuit filed five years ago by Indians who contend they are owed up to $10 billion because of chronic accounting failures. He ordered the Interior Department to repair the system in a December 1999 ruling that detailed a history of incompetence and neglect. Although Norton didn't take office until January, the judge has said he would hold her accountable for continuing problems. At a hearing last month, Lamberth said it wasn't clear to him who was even in charge of trust reform efforts and remarked, "If it's allegedly the secretary, she sure doesn't act like it." He has threatened to name an outside receiver to manage the trust. Lamberth demanded a response from government lawyers by yesterday, and Norton's reorganization plan was detailed in a filing submitted to the court. According to the court papers, the plan will be put into effect after officials get further input from Congress, Indian tribes, and Interior workers and their unions. The judge has ordered both sides to return to court Nov. 30. Elouise P. Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet tribe of Montana and the lead plaintiff in the case, said yesterday that she will continue to push Lamberth to appoint an outside receiver to run the trust system. Norton's plan, Cobell said, "sounds like another last-ditch effort to keep control when they know they can't manage it." Norton's predecessor Bruce Babbitt launched his own reorganization in 1999 just before Lamberth convened court hearings. Despite those efforts, the Interior Department still can't provide an accurate accounting of trust assets for account-holders. The Bureau of Indian Affairs traditionally has played a critical part in managing and collecting royalties from the sale of petroleum, natural gas, timber and other natural resources, and a total of roughly $500 million is pumped into the trust fund accounts each year. Norton's plan, which came after a management consultant's study, takes the BIA out of trust fund management and shifts those duties to the new office. But many of the BIA employees now involved in trust management will move to the new office, Norton said. Dennis M. Gingold, a lawyer for the Indians, likened the planned changes to "rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic." He noted that Native Americans make up 90 percent of the BIA's workforce and said the BIA's diminished role would cause mistrust. "This is a desperate attempt to convince the judge that because they've proposed something, they've addressed the problem," he said. ". . . This demonstrates [Norton] does not understand what needs to be done to manage the trust properly or to address issues unique to Native Americans." ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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: Indians skeptical of Trust Reform" --------- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 17:19:58 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="TRUST REFORM" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=111601 Indians skeptical of trust reform Interior secretary wants changes in royalty system Robert Gehrke - Associated Press WASHINGTON _ Interior Secretary Gale Norton has ordered sweeping changes to a system that was created to manage billions of dollars in royalties from Indian land, but continues to fail in its mission. Norton created the Bureau of Indian Trust Assets Management and will appoint an official, reporting directly to Norton, to manage overhaul of the trust system. The action comes beneath the looming threat that Norton and other government officials could be held in contempt of court for failing to comply with the court-ordered reform of the mismanaged system of Indian trust funds. The department notified U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth of the changes in a filing late Wednesday after Lamberth scolded government attorneys earlier this month for Interior's bungling of the trust reform. "I understand that reorganization by itself does not solve the numerous problems of trust reform, but it does provide an avenue for developing solutions," Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles said in court documents. Griles said that he has taken temporary responsibility for trust reform. The new policy was crafted without input from tribes and raises many unanswered questions, said Ron Allen, vice president of the National Congress of American Indians. "They're trying to appear as if they're trying to do something responsible when they have not even consulted with the tribes about this proposal," he said. "We think this action is a bit premature." Dennis Gingold, a lawyer for the Indians, called the changes a reactionary effort to convince Lamberth that Interior can manage the trust. "They're panicking," he said. "This is pie-in-the-sky and it doesn't show any intelligence and it doesn't respond to the court's concern." Nearly two years ago, Lamberth ordered Interior to piece together how much it owes the Indians and to overhaul its accounting system. Neither has happened, despite $614 million spent by Interior in the effort, according to a series of reports in recent months by a court- appointed watchdog. Moreover, Interior officials have misled the court about the status of reform efforts, the reports say. The Indians' attorneys want nearly 50 government officials held in contempt and possibly jailed on grounds they have obstructed the reform and misled the court. In 1999, Lamberth held President Clinton's interior secretary, Bruce Babbitt, and treasury secretary, Robert Rubin, in contempt of court and fined them $600,000 for failing to turn over documents related to the case. Copyright c. 2001 The Spokesman Review. --------- "RE: Tribe accused of building on Burial Ground" --------- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:10:38 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CREEK BURIAL GROUND" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.okit.com/news/2001/nov/burialground.html Tribe accuses another of building on Burial Ground by Wilhelm Murg (Wetumpka, AL) -- In an unusual twist of events, a tribe is requesting that another not build on their ancestral burial grounds. Eddie L. Tullis, the Chairman of the Poarch Creek Indians in Alabama, is accused of building a Bingo Hall on the ancestral ceremonial and burial ground of the the Creek Nation, the Hickory Ground in Wetumpka, Alabama. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the Mayor of Wetumpka, and the Alabama Historic Commission have all attempted to stop the desecration of the burial site, along with Principal Chief R. Perry Beaver of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation who has apparently written a letter to the Poarch Creeks expressing his wish that they not build the hall on the sacred site. Charles and Sonia Landers live near Wetumpka and have organized a grass roots campaign to protest the desecration of the site. "The Hickory Grounds here in Alabama, which was the Creek burial / ceremonial grounds bef ore removal, has been put in trust for 20 years to the Poarch Creeks, in South Alabama," Sonia Landers said. "Chairman Tullis is building a Bingo hall on the land and has signed a contact with Harrah's to build a casino. To my understanding, the casino is still an issue with the BIA, but the bingo hall is on the land and almost operational." "They've started to run electricity out there, and they brought out a backhoe and started running their waterlines," Said Charles Landers. "Because there have been remains taken away from that place, the NAGPRA act kicks in." According to both Landers and Corky Allen of the Inter- Tribal Sacred Land Trust in Tennessee, Poarch Creek bones have been removed under Tullis's reign. Mayor R. Scott Golden of Watumpka recently put up a fight against the Poarch Creek. "The city wants to stop it, but Mr. Tullis's attorney says they would have to pass a multi-million dollar bond to give to the Poarch Creeks to make up for lost revenue," Sonia said. "Watumpka is a small town and they really didn't have the revenue to do it. So they stopped the injunction. The city offered to buy the land for $900,000, and the offer was refused. This was not even the Porch-Creek's land historically." The couple's group has demonstrated everyday at the site, sometimes with only one person picketing. Principal Chief R. Perry Beaver of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation said that the Oklahoma Creeks have have had very little input into the controversy. "We have an ordinance that specifies that the Hickory Ground is one of our old grounds, and we are asking them to reconsider because it is a sacred ground to our people," the Chief said. Karen Mudan, who is with the National Parks Services's National NAGPRA (the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act)Division, said that the act usually comes into play when human remains are unearthed, but that there are basic philosophical questions in this case. "NAGPRA may not apply if the remains that are being removed are of the same cultural group as the people who are removing the remains, because the goal of NAGPRA is to reunite human remains and objects that have been alienated from their cultural group," Mudan said. "It seems a little unusual in this instance that a Native American group is behaving in such a way towards remains of their ancestors. I don't think I really have all of the information to comment on it." Chairman Tullis's office was contacted repeatedly, but Chief Tullis would not return any of the phone calls left by Native American Times. No one else at the agency would comment. Native American Times is c. Copyright 2000-2001 Oklahoma Indian Times, Inc. --------- "RE: Bill would give Inuit Back their Names" --------- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 17:19:58 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="INUIT NAMES" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.canoe.ca/NationalTicker/CANOE-wire.Nunavut-Names.html November 18, 2001 Bill would give Inuit their names back after 30-year-old government mistakes IQALUIT, Nunavut (CP) -- For three decades, Inuit in every part of Nunavut have lived with officially assigned names they knew were not their own. Now, the territorial government is considering legislation to make it easier for them to get their real names back. "People are very interested in correcting their names," says Sandra Omik, a law student who worked on the commission that recommended the Change of Name Act, which is expected to be debated during the current sitting of the Nunavut legislature. "It's offensive to people because they're not the ones who made the mistake." The current problem dates back to the infamous "Eskimo numbers" issued to Inuit by the federal government during the 1950s. Then, Inuit were issued a disc with their E-disc number stamped on it, which is how they were then referred to on official records. In 1969, Ottawa discarded the E-disc numbers and initiated Project Surname, an attempt to restore names to the records. Although the project was largely successful, dozens of mistakes were made: -- A Hall Beach woman was given a man's name because non-Inuktitut- speaking registrars misunderstood her. -- In Iglulik, a woman got the surname Tiglik because she was told the village had too many Tikiviks already. -- A man in Coral Harbour, nicknamed Johnnykallak (Little Johnny), wound up with Kallak as his surname instead of Arnatuu. -- In several cases, brothers and sisters found their surnames didn't match. Even more common are mistakes in spelling and in dates of birth. Many such dates are off by months and in several cases the birthdays of husband and wife were switched. "So many people went through the process that many were given mistakes," Omik says. "It's all over Nunavut." The errors are more than just insulting, says Omik, who spent six months visiting communities and talking with people about their experience with Project Surname. The mistakes have caused problems with pension and other benefit payments. Tax filings and social insurance numbers have been fouled up. The government of Nunavut has tried to address the problem by waiving fees for people to change their names. Between June and October 2000, 65 people applied for corrections. But changing a name or date of birth still required a sitting of the Nunavut Court of Justice, a travelling court that only appears periodically in most communities. It also required reams of paperwork -- as much as 20 pages to remove a single letter, says Omik. The Change of Name Act under consideration removes the court requirement and makes the paperwork much easier, says Wayne Govereau with the territorial Department of Health and Social Services. "We'll change it from a court process to an administrative process," he says. The bill has gone through public hearings and awaits amendments before going back before the legislature. It remains on the order paper for this session, Govereau said. The Change of Name Act was one of the first acts recommended by Nunavut's Law Reform Commission, a group looking at how the territory's laws -- largely inherited from the old Northwest Territories -- meet the needs of Nunavut. "Perhaps it is not unusual that language and identity should be at the top of people's list of concerns," Omik wrote in her report. Copyright c. 2001, Canoe Limited Partnership. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Snoqualmie Trust Application prompts Visit" --------- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2001 08:19:11 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SNOQUALMIE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2605881&BRD=965&PAG Tribe trust application prompts visits By: Barry Rochford November 08, 2001 SNOQUALMIE - Officials with the Snoqualmie Tribe have met with representatives of Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn's Mercer Island office to discuss their application to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to place two parcels of land near Snoqualmie in a trust, and they plan on paying a similar visit to the Snoqualmie City Council at its next meeting. News of the visits followed concerns raised by 5th District legislators about how they were informed of the application, which, if approved, would establish a reservation for the Snoqualmies. Jen Burita, Dunn's press secretary in Washington, D.C., said Snoqualmie Tribe leaders paid a "courtesy" visit to Dunn's office in Mercer Island on Oct. 30. Dunn, a Republican, serves the 8th District in the House of Representatives. Burita added that the Tribe didn't ask for any help concerning its application, but said, "Jennifer will certainly be monitoring this situation as the application moves through the process." Locally, Snoqualmie Mayor Fuzzy Fletcher said Tribe leaders talked with city officials last week about appearing before the City Council at its Nov. 13 meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. in the Police Division building. This summer, the Tribe applied to the BIA to consider placing in a trust three parcels of land totaling about 56 acres, located along Southeast North Bend Way near Interstate 90's Exit 27. According to a BIA letter dated July 12, the Tribe plans to build a casino on the site. The two largest parcels, which total about 55 acres, are owned by Snoqualmie Hills Joint Venture. Sheila Barker, who lives on 378th Avenue Southeast, owns the third parcel, which is an acre. The land lies in the city's urban growth boundary and is zoned urban reserve. Together, the three parcels have been appraised at more than $1.3 million. After the Valley Record published a story about the application to the BIA on Sept. 6, Barker said she was told the Tribe was not interested in her property. Stephen Walker, managing director of Seattle-based Heartland Real Estate Inc., a partner in Snoqualmie Hills Joint Venture, confirmed that the Tribe has discussed buying the two larger parcels. "We've been talking with them on and off for about a year," he said. Stanley Surridge, acting superintendent of the BIA's Puget Sound Agency in Everett, which will decide on the application, said before the land could be placed in a trust, the Tribe must first acquire it. Snoqualmie Hills Joint Venture has owned the two parcels since 1991. Another parcel owned by the joint venture - 37 acres near the old winery site, south of I-90 - became part of the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust last year. Walker said his company had planned to build a residential development on the two parcels, and had talked with Snoqualmie city officials about possibly annexing the land. Snoqualmie Tribe Councilman Ray Mullen was in a staff meeting Tuesday morning and was not able to return a call to the Valley Record before its publication deadline, but in an earlier interview he said the application to the BIA was part of an ongoing effort to find land that would be suitable for the Tribe's growing administrative staff, which currently uses a small office in Fall City. He said the Tribe would likely consider building a casino, but the needs of tribal members would come first. "We're going to do whatever's good for the people," he said in September. Reps. Cheryl Pflug, R-Maple Valley, and Glenn Anderson, R-Fall City, say they are troubled with how the BIA and Gov. Gary Locke's Office of Indian Affairs informed them of the Tribe's application. In a column that appeared in the Oct. 25 edition of the Valley Record, Pflug said the BIA notified the Office of Indian Affairs of the application, but that agency failed to pass along the information in a timely matter to 5th District legislators. Anderson, in an Oct. 16 letter to Kimberly Craven of the governor's Office of Indian Affairs, said the delay in notifying him of the application prohibited those who would be affected by the proposal from commenting on it. "Your letter, which included BIA's initial notice, was dated Sept. 13, 2001. This was a full 59 days after BIA's July 12, 2001, notification to your office. "This delay in receiving the Bureau of Indian Affairs' information cost my constituency any opportunity to participate in the 30-day comment period." Pflug, likewise, said more people should have been told of the application. "A comment period that the public doesn't know about is not a comment period," she said. Anderson said as a good neighbor, the Tribe should have discussed the proposal with local residents before submitting its application to the BIA. He acknowledged that as a federally recognized tribe, the Snoqualmies have a right to be reinvested in land, but the idea of a casino in the Valley might not be acceptable to everyone. "The idea of a neon casino with a huge parking lot is not necessarily my idea of what it compatible with our quality of life here in the Valley," he said. Pflug agreed, saying, "I'm not aware of very many casinos that are inconspicuous." In her column, Pflug stated the Tribe was already engaged in creating an environmental impact statement (EIS), which would detail how the land in question would be affected by development and any mitigation needed to offset that development. She added once the EIS is submitted to the BIA's Puget Sound Agency in Everett, there would be a 30-day comment period for people to give their opinions on the document. However, Surridge said he was not aware of the Tribe starting the EIS process. "We have not seen anything yet," he said. He added that the Tribe could be conducting an environmental assessment, which analyzes the vegetation, soils, wildlife and any rivers or streams that are found on the land. Once that is completed, he said, "There'll be other opportunities for folks to comment on the environmental documents when those are presented [to the BIA]." If the BIA signs off on the Snoqualmie Tribe's application, it would go to Interior Secretary Gale Norton for final approval. You can reach Barry Rochford at (425) 888-2311, or e-mail him at barry.-rochford@valleyrecord.com. Copyright c. 2001 Snoqualmie Valley Record. --------- "RE: Osage receive Fraction of Oil Settlement" --------- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:10:38 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="OSAGE SETTLEMENT" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.okit.com/news/2001/nov/osagefraction.html Osages Receive Fraction of $25 Million Settlement by Wilhelm Murg Native American Times reported that a $25 million settlement is being divided-up from Koch Industries from a case alleging under-reported oil. While 44% of the oil allegedly came from The Osage Nation, the tribe will only receive $3,678,549.36, a little over 6.7% of the settlement. According to one member of the Department of the Interior, if the case had gone to a jury, the penalties could have had a statutory maximum of $350 Million. Ken Vogel, who runs the Office of Enforcement for the Mineral Management Service made sure that the tribes involved got a part of the settlement. "The Treasury, under the false claims act, is obligated to repay the agencies the damages that they actually lost. We believe that the Minerals Management Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs lost money we would have remitted to the federal treasury, and to the state, from federal lands, and also the money we would have remitted to Indians on Indian land, " said Vogel. Out of the $25 Million, $6,562,309.62 will be given back to the leaseholders. This includes the Fort Peck Tribes, which will receive $20, 668.84, The Northern Ute Tribe, which will receive $148,779.41, and non- Koch derived leases that will receive $251,888.28. As an example of the calculations, the $3,678,549.36 the Osage tribe will receive came from taking the royalty value derived by the MMS, which was $21,643,704.40, multiplying it by a damage factor of 0.05064649, then adding interest, which was $2,582,371.47. "The jury gave a verdict of over a half a million dollars, and that was just how much was due on the royalties," Vogel said. "We took that amount of royalties that was paid on those leases and figured out what the verdict presumed was the underpayment percentage based upon that amount of royalties being paid. It was about 5.06%. Then we took that 5.06% and applied that to the royalties paid on Indian lands and calculated what the single damage would be." "If you just follow the jury verdict, that would have been a half- million dollars there. That would have been tripled under the false claims act to get $1.5 million dollars to be paid to the Federal Government, to distribute to Federal leases, and that would have been the end of it. But because it is an open issue as to whether money is owed to Indians, what we have calculated is what the verdict implies should have gone to Indians, " Vogel said. "I'm not sure there was any formal representation of any Indians in the case." Both Principal Chief Charles Tillman and Councilman Joe Trumbly of the Osage Nation have said that there was no underreporting by Koch Oil in the company's dealings with the tribe. Tillman has reported a line of credit that he has with Koch Oil, but he doesn't see his financial dealings with Koch as a conflict of interest with being the Chief of the tribe. "It sounds like Tillman got paid-off, big-time," said Sue Butler, a headright holder from the Osage Nation. "I would be outraged if they didn't give part of it to the lease owners; that's where the money came from to begin with so it should back to the people it was taken from in the first place. We don't know if we're going to get any of this money of not?" "To the best of my understanding the money has been sent from the Department of Justice to the Office of Trust Fund Management, and the Office of Trust Fund Management sent it to the tribe," Vogel said. "From talking to the tribe, their intent was to then distribute it." Chief Tillman and Councilman Trumbly did not return phone calls at press time. Native American Times is c. Copyright 2000-2001 Oklahoma Indian Times, Inc. --------- "RE: Crees Divided over Hydro Deals" --------- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 17:19:58 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CREE/HYDRO" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://montreal.cbc.ca/editorServlets/View?filename=cree011116 Nov 16 2001 07:51 AM CST Crees divided over hydro deals Montreal - Quebec's Northern Crees are divided over the agreement in principle to build multi-billion dollar projects in Northern Quebec. The agreement was signed between the Quebec government and the Crees in October and it allows Hydro-Quebec to build hydroelectric projects on the Eastmain and Rupert rivers. The agreement-in-principle pays Quebec's northern Crees $3.5 billion over the next 50 years, and a share of all revenue from future projects in the James Bay region. In exchange, the Crees agree to drop or settle all lawsuits against the provincial government involving economic development in the region. Deputy Grand Chief Matthew Mukash says the cree need more time to study the draft agreement. "A lot of people are concerned, they're confused. They don't understand the information," Mukash said. "I think if we make a decision in one month towards a final agreement, I think it will be reached because people wil have been misinformed." Mukash says many Cree decided at the general assembly in June there should be no more major development of natural resources. Grand Chief Ted Moses says Mukash does not represent the position of the Grand council of the Crees or the Cree nation. "I think everyone is entitled to express their opinion. We're all entitled to make decisions, that's his decision as an individual. He speaks out in his individual capacity." Moses says the Cree people will continue to be consulted, even after the draft agreement is presented in December. Copyright c. 2001 CBC. All Rights Reserved. --------- "RE: Delaware Referendum Leaves Tribe Undecided on Roll" --------- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:10:38 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="DELAWARE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.okit.com/news/2001/nov/delaware.html Delaware Referendum Leaves Tribe Undecided on Roll By Louis Gray A referendum all but forced on the Delaware tribe by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) failed to produce the hoped for results leaving them with dual citizenship with the Cherokee Nation. The election held November 6 was postponed until November 10 to allow for absentee voters to get their ballots in. Because of anthrax poisoning of postal workers, all mail is taking longer than usual. According to Delaware Chief Dee Ketchum the vote was 163 for and 160 against having Delawares deciding on whether or not they should be either Delaware or Cherokee. Currently most Delawares are not Cherokee even though they are on the rolls as Cherokees. Ketchum theorized the vote might have reached the needed 2/3 majority needed to pass the referendum had the Cherokee Nation administration not given out misinformation. Some suspected that health and other services would be denied to Delawares if they picked Delaware citizenship over Cherokee. "The wrong information was spread that federal program services would be denied of they voted to be Delaware, those programs don't have anything to do with citizenship," Ketchum said. Making this even more complex is that many voters were actually Cherokees and Delaware. Many thought tribal membership was tied to eligibility for services. Tribal councilwoman Sally Farley said those and other fears were unfounded. "Besides, even if they voted yes this weekend for a separate roll it wouldn't have been permanent, they could have gone back to being Cherokee at anytime," Farley said. She said no matter what happens next she is prepared to wait for the challenge. "Indians make good waiters since it seems that is all we do," she said. Ketchem said, "I'm very disappointed to say the least, we were voting for the strength of the tribe and we were looking for a clearer definition of who we are." Ketchem laid the blame for the election on "propaganda" meant to scare Delaware citizens. "They put out a lot of threats and it had some of our people wondering if they could continue to go to Claremore Indian Hospital or take part in Cherokee programs providing services," Ketchum said. The Chief said he doesn't know what will happen next until he sits down and talks with the council. "I want to talk to them first, I know many of them are extremely disappointed, we were looking to strengthening our nation, it reminds me what "President Kennedy said 'ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country'," Ketchum said. Ketchum also suggest that there are many Cherokees working in high places within the BIA and that they are "clogging up the process." A sentiment shared by Farley who described Cherokee interference was always "creating a snag." Ketchum said the BIA is "putting a lot of pressure on us to get this done, but I'm hopeful we can act like the Loyal Shawnees and choose to separate." Ketchum said he didn't know when any decision would be made in regard to their next move regarding separate membership. Meanwhile the two tribes are still in federal court over Delaware attempts to separate themselves from the Cherokee Nation. Some officials within the Cherokee Nation worry that the loss of Delawares on their rolls would create a downturn in Tribal grant monies. Native American Times is Copyright c. 2000-2001 Oklahoma Indian Times, Inc. --------- "RE: Judge revives Towns' Lawsuit" --------- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2001 08:23:16 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LAWSUIT REVIVED" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.theday.com/news/ts-re.asp?NewsUID=5E5FC4DE-BCC1-47F9-BC93 Judge revives towns' lawsuit against adding to reservation By Eileen McNamara Published on 11/14/2001 A federal judge has reactivated a lawsuit filed by three local towns seeking to block expansion of the Mashantucket Pequot reservation. U.S. District Court Judge Robert N. Chatigny has notified lawyers for the state, the towns and the U.S. Department of Justice that by Nov. 26 they must file motions with him updating the original arguments in the lawsuit. The case was idle for months this year while officials from Preston, Ledyard and North Stonington met with the Mashantuckets to discuss a possible settlement of the lawsuit. The talks fell apart about two months ago when the leaders of Ledyard and North Stonington, complaining that the public sessions were unproductive and a waste of time, refused to continue attending them. Although Preston First Selectman Robert M. Congdon has vowed that his town will continue to meet with the tribe, Chatigny had warned that if the meetings did not hold the promise of resolving the lawsuit he would resume active consideration of it. The towns' Washington, D.C., lawyers on Tuesday met for three hours with the municipal leaders to discuss Chatigny's new timetable and to review other options for settling the long-standing land dispute with the Mashantuckets. All three leaders said they intend to actively pursue one of the options -- congressional intervention. The town leaders said they intend to meet soon with Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., to enlist his aid. Lieberman has previously filed bills seeking to set final borders for the Mashantucket reservation, but his efforts won little support in Congress. The town leaders say they also want to discuss with Lieberman a promise they say he made more than a year ago to pursue new legislation if the courts rejected the towns' argument that the Mashantucket settlement act established final reservation boundaries. Congdon and the other town leaders have said Lieberman made that vow in a private meeting with them when they visited Washington last year to discuss the land dispute with several members of Connecticut's congressional delegation. The U.S. Supreme Court this year refused the state's request to review a federal appeals court decision upholding the government's right to take lands outside the settlement area into trust for the Mashantuckets. That issue, however, was one of many contained in the state's and towns' lawsuit to overturn the U.S. Department of the Interior's decision in 1995 to add 165 acres on Route 2 to the tribe's reservation. It was, however, the only issue Chatigny ruled on in 1998 when he said the government could not take into trust for the tribe lands outside the settlement boundary. An appeals court in 2000 overturned Chatigny's ruling, and sent the case back to him for review of the remaining issues. Chatigny delayed action on the lawsuit when the state and towns last year asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case, and later when the towns began meeting publicly with the tribe to talk about the issue. Chatigny has now established a series of deadlines over the next few months that the towns, the state and the federal government must meet for filing new motions and briefs. He also has tentatively scheduled oral arguments for March. Guy Martin, one of the three lawyers who met with the towns Tuesday in a closed-door session, said the meeting was scheduled to update town leaders on the status of the lawsuit and to present other avenues of resolving the land dispute. Besides seeking congressional action, Martin said he and his two colleagues also discussed with the town leaders the benefits of meeting with the tribe again. The towns' lawyers have consistently urged officials to negotiate with the tribe, arguing it is important to keep open lines of communication. But Ledyard Mayor Wesley J. Johnson and North Stonington First Selectman Nicholas H. Mullane II said after the meeting that they would not meet with the tribe. "My position remains the same, I will not return to the table to talk" to the tribe, Johnson said. "We want to go back to court." "We have a good lawsuit. We're going back to court," Mullane added. "We've always said we were willing to talk to the tribe if it's something of substance. But we have gotten nothing but rhetoric from them." The tribe this summer offered to limit its land trust requests to 880 acres over the next 35 years. The Mashantuckets also offered to pay taxes on any lands outside the settlement area that they seek to place in trust and to abide by all zoning laws for any building that takes place on those lands. Martin said Tuesday that the Mashantuckets made "significant proposals," but that the final agreement the tribe submitted to the towns did not represent a formal agreement. The towns had asked the tribe to submit in writing a formal proposal that could be sent to voters in all three towns. Congdon said he supports the lawsuit, but believes the towns should keep talking to the tribe. He has met once privately with Tribal Chairman Kenneth Reels and said he intends to meet with him again soon. e.mcnamara@theday.com Copyright c. 1998-2001 The Day Publishing Co. --------- "RE: Chinooks strive for Recognition" --------- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 22:04:46 -0800 From: "Jess Hansen" Subj: "Chinooks, who fed Lewis & Clark, strive for recognition" Mailing List: ndn-aim http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi Friday, November 16, 2001 "Chinooks, who fed Lewis & Clark, strive for recognition" By SEAN P. MURPHY, Boston Globe CHINOOK, Wash. -- "In a beat-up old schoolhouse, under the constant gaze of pictured ancestors, a group of Indians awaits its fate as a tribe. They are Chinook, descendants of the native people who met Lewis and Clark in 1804 when the explorers were on the verge of starvation. Their Chinook ancestors inhabited the land at the mouth of a great river, which the explorers named the Columbia. All around, tidal flats teemed with oysters and razor clams, and the waters with a majestic fish now known as the Chinook salmon. The Chinook descendants know the story well. Capt. Meriwether Lewis, Lt. William Clark and their Corps of Discovery, having trekked through thousands of miles of wilderness, arrived at the shores in desperate straits. In sturdy dug-out canoes and open-handed friendship, the Chinook came to their assistance. Lewis and Clark survived a harsh winter in their embrace. They are Chinook, and they know the stories. After Lewis and Clark came more outsiders, some aboard tall sailing ships from a place called Boston; to this day, the word means "non-Indian" in their language. Their lands soon became territories, then states, Oregon one side of the great river, Washington the other. There were treaties, some signed with an "X" by the Chinook representatives. "Our families have always been here," said Gary Johnson, chairman of the Chinook Tribal Council. "But as the years went by, our people got pushed off the river." Johnson is the keeper of the flame. It is he who fixed the photographs of sure-eyed ancestors on the walls of the one-room schoolhouse. It is a faded, disrepaired building, owned by the county but loaned without rent to the Chinook. Johnson and others have campaigned from this room for a generation for one thing: official recognition as a tribe. Such a designation can only come from the federal government in Washington, which seems, Johnson said, "like the other side of the world to us." The Chinook case is not a simple one. According to historians at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Chinook are not a tribe at all. Descendants of those who saved Lewis and Clark surely remain -- Johnson is, no doubt, one, the historians say. But the tribe as a distinct and functioning social and political community passed away more than a century ago, they said. The absence of a historical tribal record is proof, they said. But then came Kevin Gover, a Clinton administration appointee as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Gover was willing to buck the professionals in his bureaucracy, and as his last official act in office in January, he overturned the work of the bureau's historians to recognize the Chinook. In the absence of a historical record, Gover said, he relied on inference. The Chinook, he said, deserved a break. Gover's ruling came as the Chinook contemplated opening a casino. And while Johnson says a casino is hardly a factor in his group's long quest for recognition, others in the tribe have worked toward that goal, including Linda Amelia, a friend of Gover's who had a hand in arranging lucrative private legal work for Gover upon his return to work as an Indian gaming lawyer-lobbyist. In most parts of the country, a casino can legally operate only under the auspices of a federally recognized Indian tribe, and during Gover's tenure, the Indian gaming industry was vastly expanded. Gover's willingness to buck the historians came sharply into play in New England, where he or his top assistant found his own basis for recognizing two Connecticut-based tribes, as well as the Nipmuc Nation of central Massachusetts. All have ambitious plans to open world-class casinos. The entanglement of recognition and gaming issues has not served the Chinook well. In the months after Gover recognized them, Congress and the Bush administration scrutinized Gover's actions and those of his former top assistant, Michael J. Anderson, who also now works as an Indian gaming lawyer-lobbyist. As a result, the eleventh hour recognitions of the Nipmuc and the Duwamish Tribe of Seattle have been reversed by Neal McCaleb, Gover's successor as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. And whether Gover acted properly in recognizing the Chinook will probably be decided this week. For Johnson, the wait is agonizing. His long, neat ponytail is streaked with gray. A soft-spoken retired educator, he tours this sparsely populated, wind-swept spit of land telling stories from days past. It is his patrimony. He sees irony in his predicament. "We were made to live the white man's way, and now they have come back years later to say, 'Sorry, but you didn't maintain your tribal ways.'" Copyright c. 2001 San Francisco Chronicle. ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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: Davis Inlet: One Year Later" --------- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 07:10:32 -0400 From: Larry Innes Subj: News: Davis Inlet, one year later Mailing List: Innu People Forum list It has been about a year since Canadians were stunned by the sounds and images of children sniffing gasoline in Davis Inlet. Millions of dollars have been poured into the community for treatment, but critics say the money has been wasted. Critics say that no amount of money will cure the deep seated problem in Davis Inlet. [ "Ann Megan Rich, 13-year-old sniffer"; "Simeon Tshakapesh, Davis Inlet Chief"; "Joseph Andrew, former alcoholic" ] Program: ST JOHNS MORNING -2 Media: CBN-AM Reporter: STEPHEN PUDDICOMBE Air Date: Thu, Nov 15 Anchor: JIM BROWN Air Time: 7:44:00 AM Duration: 6:00 Jim Brown: It's been about a year since Canadians were stunned by the sounds and images of children sniffing gas in Davis Inlet. Millions of dollars have been poured into the community for treatment. Critics say the money has been wasted, that no amount of money will cure the deep-seeded problems in Davis. Stephen Puddicomb revisited the community and he has this report. Ann Megan Rich: I'm never going to stop sniffing. Stephen Puddicomb: It was the sounds of children like 13 year old Ann Megan Rich that shocked people last year. Rich is one of dozens of Innu children caught in a web of addiction. Hers was holding a plastic grocery bag filled with gasoline up to her face and sniffing. The fumes can cause severe brain damage or kill. She says she hopes not to sniff again. Most of the kids she knows have stopped. It made her sick. You have to try hard to find anyone openly sniffing gas in Davis Inlet these days. Chances are you won't even if you try. No one claims there's been a miraculous turnaround in a year. The community still faces major problems. Alcohol abuse among adults is common. Just last week during the Innu Nation election there were allocations booze was used to buy votes. Alcohol related crime is on the rise. It's hard to figure out if the kids have really stopped sniffing gas. Many have just returned from treatment programs. Some say, give it time and they will start again because the problems in the community, like alcohol abuse, are still there. But that frustrates Simeon Tshakapesh, the Chief of Davis Inlet. Simeon Tshakapesh: I mean, we did something for the kids. I mean, they're not sniffing. I mean, you don't see a hundred kids on the road today sniffing. A lot of those critics are going to say well Davis Inlet is going to be a big failure. But I think if the critics are going to say look well the kids are going to go back to sniffing, sure they're going to go back to sniffing. That's what they want. That's what the critics want, that's what they're going to get. Stephen Puddicomb: Tshakapesh believes the key to keeping the kids off gas is keeping their parents off alcohol. Joseph Andrew and his wife Naomi were heavy drinkers. Three of their ten children sniff gas. Social Services took several of their kids away. They all got treatment. Some of the kids are back home now and have been off gas for months. The Andrews have fallen off the wagon at least once, but they keep trying because they are scared of the alternative, living in a drunken haze, their children out all night sniffing gas. Andrew Joseph says the treatment worked, now it's up to him and his wife to stay clean and hopefully their children will as well. Joseph Andrew: I'm not saying they're never going back. It's up to them I guess to know what they have been through with programs. I think they're done. I know alcohol can kill you too I guess, like for example, I'm diabetic. *** my drink. Stephen Puddicomb: But many of the Innu leaders know the children who have just returned from treatment face an enormous battle. Mark Nui ran one of the programs. He is hopeful things will finally work out for Davis Inlet, but he says things need to change here first. Mark Nui: It was sad to see those youth, you know, a year ago when they were, would, the bags that was filled with gas. The community is filled with negative stuff and things that are happening in the community. It could be overwhelming for us as well. If the community doesn't really change, people are going to fall back into the paths of what's been happening here in the community. Stephen Puddicomb: Not everyone in Davis is convinced the community is on the road to recovery. There has been criticism of the treatment programs. Some people in the community say they're little more than family trips with no real counselling. The police have not seen a drop in crime, despite the apparent drop in sniffing. Justine Jacques has Tribal Police Officer in Davis Inlet for five years. Justine Jacques: The alcohol, it's still there too and especially on election day too. I see some people sometimes, they stop drinking for a couple of months and they go back at it again. But still, they're trying to help themselves with drinking. Stephen Puddicomb: Many people, both Innu and non-natives, are searching for the answers to the problems that have plagued this community for years. Some say it's a loss of culture, others blame the pressures of non-native society. But for Joyce Rich, mother of two girls, it is none of those reasons. The teacher's aide from Davis Inlet says it's all about caring for your children. Joyce Rich: So I'm just doing my best to keep them busy at the home instead of going out. So for this program like I offer gym like in the evenings, I come here with them and go back home with them. Like they know that I'm going to be here every night with them. That's one of the main things for me is for my girls to be happy. Stephen Puddicomb: Some believe it may take decades to solve the problems in Davis Inlet. But even with the many critics, there is a little girl who many thought would be dead by now. Instead Ann Megan Rich is gas free and doing what ordinary children do, playing, smiling, and just having fun. For the Morning Show, I'm Stephen Puddicomb in Davis Inlet. --------- "RE: Assaults by Oneida Police" --------- Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:45:50 EST From: ShngSprt@aol.com Subj: ASSAULTS BY ONEIDA NATION POLICE/ Halbritter's goons stirke again. Well, Halbritter is going to get that land, come fire or high water. To heck with tradition, Tribal law, what ever. We don't have to worry about what the BIA/Federal government is going to do to Indians, our own are wading in with avarice, greed and who cares attitudes. and too many of us let them. Firehair In a message dated 11/19/01 12:25:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, Seyelneyoo writes: > Subj: ASSAULTS BY THE ONEIDA NATION POLICE Firehair, I don't know if you got this one, I've been out of town this weekend and am still weeding through my mail. It is another story of an attack by the Oneida Nation Police..... << PRESS RELEASE ONEIDA NATION CLANMOTHER ASSULATED BY ONEIDA NATION POLICE November 17, 2001 - Oneida Indian Territory, Oneida, New York Danielle Patterson, an Oneida Indian and mother of three children, ages 7, 9, and 10, was forcibly and violently removed from her home and arrested last Friday evening by armed Oneida Nation Police for not allowing them to enter her 1985 home to inspect it. She feared if her home was inspected, it would face the fate of 11 other homes on the Oneida Indian Territory all of which were inspected, condemned and immediately demolished. Approximately 30 armed Oneida Nation Police officers arrived at her home. While Danielle stood in front of the door of her home, the police officers attacked her physically when she asked why they were there. They yanked her mother, 69 year-old Wolf Clanmother Maisie Shenandoah off the porch while 5-7 of the officers shoved Ms. Patterson repeatedly against the door. They grabbed her from all sides and forced her off her porch while they yanked her arms, back and neck and pulled out chunks of her hair. One proclaimed "You are under arrest for resisting arrest". Her glasses were broken and her heavy silver bracelet was bent out of shape as they slapped handcuffs her. When she screamed that they were hurting her and that she was not provokingthem, one of the officers threatened her by shoving a can of mace in her face before she was hustled into one of the police cars. One of the officers took a crowbar and pried her door open and the police forcibly swarmed into her home to inspect it. The door is now broken beyond repair and cannot be closed. During the inspection, the police ripped open her bedroom drawers throwing her clothes all over the floor, broke a lamp, dismantled her kitchen pipes and ripped out a triangular door in the bathroom. Ms. Patterson was not read the Miranda rights nor charged with contempt of a court order until she arrived at the Oneida Nation Police headquarters in Canastota. This attack was led by Oneida Nation "Public Safety Commissioner" Art Pierce who takes his orders directly from Oneida Indian Nation CEO Arthur Ramon Halbritter. Mr. Pierce and the entire 54-member Oneida Nation Police force are not Native American and are United States citizens. Last week, after Ms. Patterson's furnace malfunctioned, Stoneleigh Housing, a contractor with Madison County, had approved Ms. Patterson for a furnacee. However, Pierce threatened to take away Ms. Patterson's children cause she had no heat, then wrote a letter to Stoneleigh Housing, ordering them not to have the furnace delivered until the Oneida Nation Police carried out their inspection. Since then, there have been two to four Oneida Nation Police cars stationed 24 hours at the front of the Territory to prevent any furnace delivery, and periodically stop vehicles to check if they carry any furnaces. Last month, Oneida Nation Judge Hancock, an Oneida Nation employee, ruled that inspections by the Oneida Nation Police on the Oneida Nation Territory are legal. Many of the homes previously demolished were in excellent condition, the residents of which are now denied a new home on the Territory. Ms. Patterson had been trying to fix her home on her meager income, doing beadwork. The Oneida Nation refused to comply with a 1998 Madison Court Order to garnish her ex-husband's paycheck, who is an Oneida Nation employee, because of Ms. Patterson's political views. Nor has she received any help from the Oneida Indian Nation over the past 7 years because of her political views. Ms. Patterson's children have been traumatized over this constant harassment by the Oneida Nation Police. The children had been living with Ms. Patterson's sister since Mr. Pierce's threat over a week ago. One of the children, 7-year old Jolene fully witnessed this recent attack on her mother. Ms. Patterson went to the Oneida City Emergency Room on Friday evening and was treated for severe bruising, neck and back injuries and emotional trauma resulting from the arrest. For more information, please call Vickie Schenandoah at (315) 361-4383. --------- "RE: Police out of control in Sun Peaks Arrests" --------- Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 20:24:29 EST From: "sumerwcree1@aol.com" Subj: POLICE OUT OF CONROL IN BRUTAL SUN PEAKS ARRESTS Mailing List: RezLife , >From: jrbilly@mail.ocis.net (Janice Billy) PRESS RELEASE POLICE OUT OF CONROL IN BRUTAL SUN PEAKS ARRESTS "IT IS OUR LAND," SAY SECWEPEMC ELDERS. "WE WILL NOT BE DRIVEN OFF." (Secwepemc Territory. Saturday, November 17, 2001) "It was a shameful way to act," says Chief Arthur Manuel of the out-of-control RCMP officers at the Secwepemc McGillivray Lake village near Sun Peaks. "Our people found their brutality terrifying. But they will not buckle under to police terror tactics. Our Elders, land-users and youth have made it very clear they will not be bullied or intimidated into leaving our McGillivray Lake village." Chief Manuel was referring to an incident that occurred yesterday afternoon when six RCMP officers accompanied B.C. Assets and Land Corporation officials, and officials from Sun Peaks Resort, to seize all of the goods, dwellings and materials of the Secwepemc McGillivray Lake village. After an angry exchange of words with the residents, the police went "out of control" Secwepemc witnesses said, in attempting to arrest a youth for wearing what they said was camouflage clothing. "They used pepper spray and brutally threw a young woman to the ground," said Janice Billy, the spokesperson for the Skwelkwek'welt Protection Centre. "It was terrifying to see the hatred in their eyes as they assaulted our people." --------- "RE: No Jail for Logger who cut Cultural Trees" --------- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 17:19:58 -0600 From: Gary Smith