From gars@speakeasy.org Tue Mar 26 23:19:16 2002 Date: 27 Mar 2002 00:40:24 -0000 From: Gary Night Owl To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Subject: Wotanging Ikche--nanews10.013 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 Acimowin -- Plains Cree -- Story or Account Native American News -- Language of the Occupation Forces Wotanging Ikche and Native American News Copyright c. 1996-2002 nanews.org ==>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 10, ISSUE 013 | Country than is reported in | O o o o o O | this weekly newsletter. 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Proportional fonts will be difficult to read. <================<<<< >>>>================> This issue contains articles from www.pechanga.net; www.owlstar.com; www.indianz.com; 1000 Tipis, ndn-aim, LPDC, Rez Life & Tsalagi_Unole Mailing Lists; 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.'" My thanks to "John GrosVenor" for this week's quote. Mailing List: 1000 Tipis <1000Tipis@yahoogroups.com Where we live, on the Colville Confederated Tribes reservation, there are the original People, the Sanpoil and the Nespelem. "With much anger and not a little irony, a SANPOIL spokesman declaimed that his People did not want their Men 'to be branded or driven like cattle from where they were born'. 'This country is ours and instead of the whites giving it to us, we have given to them what they now occupy' " "I want you to know if I thought the President was God Almighty that he should make a reservation for us. Our God has given us the land we live on, the laws we live under, He made all men equal, so that they could think for themselves. We do not want the Whites to think for us. " "We can think for ourselves. We do NOT want anything to do with your President or any of his agents. Quillenstuten [GOD] is our Agent and is all the One we want, and all the One we will listen to. We will NOT obey the laws of the United States" Chief Komotalakia --June 27, 1872 Sanpoil ---------------------------------------------------------------------~- To subscribe to this group, send an email to: 1000Tipis-subscribe@yahoogroups.com +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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! Please forgive me for sharing a personal experience, but understand sometimes we need to remind each other we can't outgive Creator. My half-side, Janet, and I have the honor of helping our brothers locked up in USP Atlanta. They need to rebuild their sweatlodge and every place I looked for willow I was coming up empty. This week I was going to appeal for help in this same editorial space. In fact, I had written the piece and was praying it would be read by someone who could help, when the phone rang. It was a friend asking if I could emcee an upcoming powwow. It falls on a date we have already committed to support the brothers in USP Atlanta as they observe the summer solstice. Janet told him so, and we asked if he knew of a source of willow. He called another friend nearby who had the needed willow. Don't try to tell me this was anything but a response to the prayers for help for these brothers who cannot go find enough willow themselves. Again, please forgive me for taking your time to share a personal moment; but I honestly cannot think of a better use for this space at this moment. Dohiyi Ani Oginalii , , Gary Night Owl gars@nanews.org (*,*) P. O. Box 672168 gars@speakeasy.org (`-') Marietta, GA 30007, U.S.A. gars@olagrande.net ===w=w=== gars@sdf.lonestar.org ----------- News of the people featured in this issue ---------- - Former Red Lake Tribal Chairman - Civil Rights violated Roger Jourdain in Miller Case - Two die/ - Three accused of firing Tribal Official hurt in Crash at BIA Officer - Crossings - Thieves loot Indian Graves - Tribal Elder's Widow - RCMP kept Secret Red Power File faces Financial Hardship - Peltier Campaign Update - Tribes push action on Sacred Sites - Native Prisoner - House Committee hears -- Assistance for USP Atwater Testimony on Native Trust -- Death Row Inmate in need - Federal Judge okays of Religious Information South Dakota Land Transfer - History: Carlisle Indian School - Owner stalls Sand Creek - Rustywire: Historic Site There was this one Hitchiker - American Indian History - Poem: Dirt comes Home from Europe - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days - Tribe votes down Akwesasne Name - Bushyhead's Stories - Klamath Tribes may get Land Back introduce Cherokee Words - Scrap Archaic Indian Act - Creek Nation aims - Native Logging Case to Revive Languages to be Appealed - Dreaming a Language Back to Life - B.C. Supreme Court rejects - Native America Calling Claim of Priest Abuse - Upcoming Events --------- "RE: Former Red Lake Tribal Chairman Roger Jourdain" --------- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 10:18:46 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ROGER JOURDAIN" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/2915751.htm Former Red Lake tribal chairman Roger Jourdain dies BY KERMIT PATTISON PIONEER PRESS Fri, Mar. 22, 2002 Roger Jourdain Roger Jourdain, who served more than 30 years as tribal chairman of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa and became an influential leader in national affairs, has died. He was 89. "He was an extraordinary person," said Bill Lawrence, owner and editor of the Native American Press/Ojibwe News. "He was extremely intelligent. He had a very keen mind. He remembered details and historical events. He was kind of a living history book of the reservation." Upon word of his death today, the Minnesota House of Representatives recognized Jourdain's contributions with a moment of silence. In 1959, Jourdain was elected the first tribal chairman in Red Lake after the previous government of hereditary chiefs was replaced by a constitutional one. He remained in office 31 years. Jourdain became an influential voice in Indian affairs. He served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention and often traveled to Washington, D.C., to lobby bureaucrats and elected leaders. In 1986, he was named Indian Man of the Year by the American Indian Heritage Foundation. Closer to home, however, his leadership increasingly faced challenges. Critics said he had grown too authoritarian and secretive. Jourdain frequently held council meetings in executive session and did not keep minutes. In 1979, a riot broke out on the reservation and Jourdain's home was burned. He moved off the reservation and resettled in Bemidji, although he continued to serve as chairman. In 1990, he faced a challenge from Gerald "Butch" Brun, a former logger and tribal council member who had supported Jourdain in every previous election. Brun won by 136 votes. Jourdain later filed a legal challenge, claiming voting irregularities and asking for a new election. The tribal court chief judge ruled against Jourdain, however, saying he could not be a bona fide candidate because he was no longer a resident of the reservation. Lawrence, Jourdain's godson, became a political foe during the latter part of his tenure. After Jourdain left office, however, the two men reconciled and Lawrence said he developed a new respect for the man he had helped drive from office. "His intentions were for the benefit of the reservation," said Lawrence. "Maybe some of the means I disagreed with at the time, but a lot of people have come to respect what he accomplished." Copyright c. 2002 St. Paul Pioneer Press. --------- "RE: Two die/Tribal Official hurt in Crash" --------- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 08:38:22 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="TWO DIE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/local/3_23_02tohono_crash.html 2 die, tribal official hurt in O'odham reservation crash DAVID L. TEIBEL Tucson Citizen March 23, 2002 Two people were killed Thursday in a six-car collision about five miles east of Sells that critically injured a Tohono O'odham judge, tribal authorities said. The tribe is not releasing the names of the dead, two men who are members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, said Alexandra Terry, executive assistant to tribal Chairman Edward D. Manuel. Tribal Deputy Chief Justice Betsy Norris was critically injured in the crash, Terry said. Norris is expected to recover, Terry said. The collision happened on the Ajo Highway about 9:30 p.m. when a westbound vehicle hit a cow in the road, Terry said. The preliminary investigation shows the second and third vehicles, also heading west, plowed into the first vehicle, Terry said. A fourth vehicle swerved to avoid the collision and collided head-on with Norris' car, she said. Investigators believe the sixth car had been eastbound behind Norris and that it rear-ended the judge's car, Terry said. All of the injured were taken to hospitals. Terry said the tribe would not identify any of the injured, except Norris. In a written statement, Manuel called the collision "a tragic accident and we are in a state of shock over losing two of our members." The collision was the second fatal wreck along the Ajo Highway near Sells this week. On Tuesday, former Tucson City Councilman Ruben Romero was killed in a one-car rollover that injured his wife and two other women. Copyright c. 2002 Tucson Citizen. --------- "RE: Crossings" --------- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 08:58:09 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CROSSINGS" March 20, 2002 Wanda Grace Yellow Boy PINE RIDGE - Wanda Grace Yellow Boy, 37, Pine Ridge, died Saturday, March 16, 2002, in Rapid City. Survivors include two daughters, Cari Black Elk and Codi Black Elk, both of Rapid City; her mother, Abigail Yellow Boy, Pine Ridge; three sons, Dawson Black Elk Jr., Pine Ridge, Dustin Black Elk, Rushville, Neb., and Lloyd Yellow Boy, Rapid City; four sisters, Roberta Yellow Boy, Allen, April Adams, Martin, and Roxanne Holy Dance and Helen Holy Dance, both of Slim Buttes; and four brothers, Russell Running Hawk, Kyle, Lawrence Running Hawk and Alex Running Hawk, both of Pine Ridge, and Robert Yellow Boy, Porcupine. A two-night wake will begin at 3 p.m. today at Billy Mills Hall in Pine Ridge. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, March 22, at Billy Mills Hall, with the Rev. Darrell New and the Rev. Abraham Tobacco officiating. Burial will be at Body of Christ Cemetery in Pine Ridge. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Robert John Brown OGLALA - Robert John Brown, 19, Oglala, died Saturday, March 16, 2002, in Pine Ridge. Survivors include three sisters, Theresa Price, Pine Ridge, and Diana Eagle Hawk and Magdalena Rojas-Riviera, both of Oglala, and three brothers, Lambert Eagle Hawk and Evans Brown, both of Oglala, and Chauncey Brown Jr., Manderson. A one-night wake will begin at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at Oglala Recreation Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 22, at the recreation center, with the Rev. Asa Wilson officiating. Burial will be at Makasan Presbyterian Cemetery in Oglala. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. March 22, 2002 Eldon Ray 'Sugar Ray' Marshall Jr. POTATO CREEK - Eldon Ray "Sugar Ray" Marshall Jr., 22, Potato Creek, died Tuesday, March 19, 2002, in Badlands National Park. Survivors include his parents, Andrea Marshall, Wall, and Eldon Marshall Sr., Allen; two sisters, Kay Bull Bear, Rapid City, and Yvonne Bull Bear, Wall; and one brother, Meltino Bull Bear, Kyle. A two-night wake will begin at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, March 24, at St. Henry's Catholic Hall in Potato Creek. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 26, at the hall, with the Rev. Daniel Makes Good and the Rev. Cordelia Red Owl officiating. Burial will be at St. Timothy's Episcopal Cemetery in Potato Creek. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2002 The Rapid City Journal. -=-=-=- March 20, 2002 Stacy Ann Cortier Stacy Ann Cortier, 27, of Dupree, SD entered the spirit world Wednesday, March 6, 2002 at her home in Dupree, SD. Funeral services were held March 15, 2002 at the Red Scaffold gymnasium in Red Scaffold, SD with Fr. Anthony Kluckman, SCJ and Deacon Ted Knife, Sr. officiating. Burial was in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Red Scaffold, SD under the direction of the Luce Funeral Home of Eagle Butte, SD. Lakota traditional services were performed by Romanus Bear Stops and Vernell Sitting Crow. Wake services were Thursday evening at the gym in Red Scaffold. Stacy Ann Cortier was born to Estrelita Mexican and Charles Cortier on January 15, 1975 at the PHS Indian Hospital, Pine Ridge, SD. Stacy lived her early life at Porcupine, SD with her parents and grandparents, Mabel and Charles Mexican. Stacy attended school at Cherry Creek, Red Scaffold, Pierre Indian Learning Center, Job Corp at Utah and graduated from Takini High School on May 26, 1996. While at Job Corp, in Utah, she married Lyndell Poleviyaoma at Ute Indian Reservation on March 13, 1994. This marriage ended in December, 1997. On June 26, 2000 she entered a blessed commitment with Wade Jefferies through a Lakota Ceremony at the Bear Stops' Sun Dance. Stacy knew her Lakota heritage and was learning the Lakota woicun through her relatives at a very young age and was very respectful of the ways. Tiospaye and kinship were very important in her life and she loved to tell stories and play sports with her many nieces, nephews, and cousins. One of her interest was bingo. She would come all the way from Pierre to Red Scaffold to pick up her grandfather and take him to bingo. Stacy will be remembered by her positive outlook, her happiness in life and her caring ways. She liked to keep people happy by her laughter, jokes and her keen sense of humor. Stacy was very good with children and she raised her nephew, Jacob Mexican, who was the center of her life. She is survived by her mother, Estrelita Mexican Hoffman; brother, Christopher Mexican; special nephew, Jacob Mexican, all of Pierre; special aunt, Veronica Holy of Howes, SD; hunka sister, Michelle His Law, and adopted father, Vern Neshiem both of Pierre; aunts, uncles cousins, nieces and nephews and grandfathers. She was preceded in death by her father, Charles Cortier; grandparents, Mabel and Charles Mexican, and Pearl and George Cortier; and a special uncle, Marvin Holy. She was loved and will be greatly missed by all her relatives and friends. Alex LeBeau Alex LeBeau, 60, of Newell, SD passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2002 near Sturgis, SD. Funeral services were held Friday, March 15, 2002 at the HV Johnston Cultural Center in Eagle Butte, SD with Rev. Norman Blue Coat and Chaplain Tony Garter officiating. Burial was at the Black Hills National Cemetery with military honors under the direction of the Luce Funeral Home of Eagle Butte. Alex LeBeau was born October 8, 1941 to Robert and Ida (Hates Him) LeBeau. He grew up along the mouth of the Moreau River and attended St. Joseph's Indian School, the Old Agency and Cheyenne-Eagle Butte School. He graduated in 1960. He was in the C-EB band and played the drums and he was also in the basketball Letterman's B's Club. He joined the Army in 1960 and returned with an honorable discharge. He traveled throughout the United States and visited many people and worked as a carpenter most of his life. His nickname was "Tom Cat." He married Elissie Kennedy and had two daughters, Patricia and April LeBeau. While living in New Mexico he helped create Unci Maka Farms. He continued his love of gardening and respect for Grandmother Earth all his life. Alex was known throughout his life as an advocate for protecting Grandmother Earth and lived to respect her. He loved the South Dakota prairies, the Moreau River, and wildlife. He cherished his dream of replenishing Earth by planting gardens and trees every spring wherever he lived. He always spoke of how wonderful and beautiful it was living on the Moreau River before the Oahe Dam was built. He spoke of the hardship he and his family suffered when they were forced to relocate. He also participated in many Lakota activities. Last year he went on the Big Foot Ride. Alex is survived by four brothers, Sam LeBeau, Titus Stands, Jacob Stands, and Richard Stands; two daughters, Patricia and April LeBeau; and numerous nieces, nephews, grandchildren and cousins. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Robert and Ida (Hates Him) LeBeau, and four brothers, Robert LeBeau, Clayton LeBeau, Paul Stands, and Alvin LeBeau. Casketbearers were Bob Pearman, Destry Iron Hawk, Garret Medicine, Warren Ducheneaux, Russell "Rusty" Pearman, Hap Marshall, Wayne Lovelette, and Gregg Baker. Honorary casketbearers were Arienna Frakes, John LeBeau, Todd LeBeau, Shannon Baker, Winona Medicine, Samual Buffalo, Alyce LaMott, Kendra Buffalo, Earl Marcelle, Lena LeBeau, Archie LeBeau, Gilbert LeBeau, Fain LeBeau, Jewel Bruner, Francine LeBeau Iron Wing, Colette LeBeau Iron Hawk, Owen Ducheneaux, Curtis Frazier, Phillip Arrow Top Knot, Patrick Kennedy, Sr., James Buffalo, Thomas Harwood, Trevor Harwood, Cassimir LeBeau, Sullivan LeBeau, Marcella LeBeau, CR Lakota Akicita, Maynard Pretty Bear, Seborne Iron Hawk, Lillian LeBeau Chase, and all friends and relatives. Copyright c. 2002 ebnews.net/Eagle Butte, SD. -=-=-=- March 19, 2002 Michael Wynn Morgan RED ROCK - Services for Michael Morgan, 21, will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 20 at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Bishop Donald E. Pelotte, SSS will officiate. Morgan died March 17 in Albuquerque. He was born Oct. 5, 1980 in Gallup into the Folded Arms People Clan for the Towering House People Clan. Morgan graduated from Gallup High School and attended the University of New Mexico-Gallup. He was a member of the Unity Club at Gallup High School. His hobbies included arts and crafts and being involved with native songs and dances. Survivors included his parents, Ray Morgan Sr. and Ella Roanhorse Morgan both of Red Rock; brothers, Red Morgan and Lynn D. Ornelas both of Red Rock and grandfather, Johnnie Morgan of Red Rock. Morgan was preceded in death by his brother, Jerry L. Harrison and grandparents, Nasbah Morgan, Ambrose Roanhorse and Garnet Roanhorse. Pallbearers will be friends and family members. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Rayland Ray Platero GANADO, Ariz. Services for Rayland Platero, 19, will be held at 10 a.m, Wednesday, March 20 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Grants. Pastor Melvin Harrold will officiate. Burial will follow at Grants Memorial Park. Platero died March 13 in Tucson, Ariz. He was born Jan. 26, 1983 in Gallup into the Chiracahua Apache People for the Edgewater People Clan. Platero graduated from Ganado High School. His hobbies included being outdoors, music, DJ-ing, traveling, learning the Navajo language, comedy, athletics and working with computers. Survivors include his parents, Gloria Platero of Ganado and Juneray Tsinnie of Window Rock and brother, Rydell Platero of Ganado. Platero was preceded in death by her grandparents, Mary Martinez Platero and Riley Platero. Pallbearers will be Jason Platero, Travis Platero, Noel Jubin Johnson, Jesse Desiderio, Matthew Gorman and Jeremy Bia. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. March 20, 2002 Marklin Joe John TWIN BUTTES - Services for Marklin John, 23, will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, March 21 at Dine' Bible Methodist Mission. Rev. Don Phoebus will officiate. Burial will follow at Gallup City Cemetery. John died March 17, in Gallup. He was born Nov. 15, 1978 in Gallup into the Black Streak Wood People Clan for the Meadow People Clan. John attended Wingate Elementary School and Dine' Mission. He was employed with Blue Beacon, Super Car Wash and worked in Farmington, Espanola, Cortez and Albuquerque. His hobbies included working with horses, working on vehicles, playing basketball and herding sheep. Survivors include his parents, Betty Jack and Joe John of Twin Buttes; brothers, Marvin Jack, Jonathan Jack and Albert John all of Twin Buttes; sisters, Lola Yazzie of Spencer Valley, Isabelle John of Rehoboth, Lillian Yazzie, Gwendolyn Spencer, Lucinda Jum and Josephine Jack all of Twin Buttes. John was preceded in death by his grandparents, Addie Jack and Billy John Jack and brother, Robert John. Pallbearers will be Marvin Jack, Albert John, John Weiss, Raymond Yazzie, Jonathan Phoebus and Steve Miller. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Thomas K. Tsosie KLAGETOH, Ariz. - Services for Thomas Tsosie, 52, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 21 at St. Anne's Catholic Church, Klagetoh. Brother Paul will officiate. Burial will follow at Community Cemetery, Klagetoh. Tsosie died Feb. 19 in Klagetoh. He was born Aug. 23, 1949 in Ganado, Ariz. into the Big Water People Clan for the Honey Comb People Clan. Tsosie attended Intermountain Indian School. He was self-employed as a rancher. He was a Vietam Veteran, 553d MPCO-Third U.S. Army. He was a member of the Catholic Church and Native American Church. His hobbies included being outdoors and watching sports on T.V. Survivors include his sons, Jamie Benally of Phoenix, Thomason Tsosie and Donovan Tsosie both of Klagetoh; daughters, Valerie Tsosie of Ft. Defiance, Ariz., Janie Benally and Gina Benally both of Phoenix; mother, Ruth K. Tsosie; brothers, Edward Tsosie of Greasewood, Ariz. and Daniel Tsosie of Wide Ruins, Ariz.; sisters, Lena Holmes of Glendale, Ariz. and Celia K. Lee of Fort Defiance, Ariz. and five grandchildren. Tsosie was preceded in death by his father, Ben Tsosie; brother, William K. Tsosie and sister, Marie K. Jim. Pallbearers will be friends and family. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. March 21, 2002 John W. Redsteer PHOENIX - Services for John Redsteer, 62, will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 23 at the Black Falls Bible Church, Rock Stand, Ariz. Burial will follow at the family cemetery, Naataanii. Redsteer died March 17 in Phoenix. He was born Sept. 18, 1939 in Sandsprings, Ariz. into the Many Goats People Clan for the Towering House People Clan. Redsteer attended Wingate High School and Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colo. He joined the U.S. Army and served in Germany. He was a founding member of the Curtis Huskon American Legion Post #112. He was a rancher and former employee of Leupp Schools. Survivors include his wife, Bessie M. Redsteer; sons, Wilford J. Redsteer and Eugene W. Redsteer; daughter, Marvelle E. Redsteer; brothers, Jack Redsteer, James Redsteer and Guy Redsteer; sister, Emily William and seven grandchildren. Eugene "Dink" Chicharello Jr. SHEEPSPRINGS - Services for Eugene Chicharello Jr., 19, will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, March 22 at Cope Memorial Chapel. Asst. Pastor Ernest Yazzie will officiate. Burial will follow at Gallup City Cemetery. Chicharello Jr. died March 17 in Gallup. He was born July 13, 1982 in Gallup into the Towering House People Clan for the Black Streak Wood People Clan. Chicharello Jr. attended Newcomb Elementary and High School. He was employed with Blue Beacon Truck Wash as a bay attendent. His hobbies included music, walking, putting together toy models and playing basketball. Survivors include his parents, Carolyn and Eugene Chicharello Sr. both Sheepsprings; brothers, Earl Chicharello of Albuquerque and Erwin Chicharello of Sheepsprings and grandparents, George Yazzie and Peggy Chicharello. Chicharello Jr. was preceded in death by his grandparents, Emma Watchman Yazzie and James Chicharello Jr. Pallbearers will be Wilfred Yazzie Sr., Edison Yazzie, Aldren Chicharello, Christopher Jarvison, Derrick Ortiz and Ronrick Ortiz. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Ross Begay Sr. CRYSTAL - Services for Ross Begay Sr., 81, will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, March 22 at the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Crystal. Burial will follow on family land, Crystal. Begay Sr. was born Jan. 15, 1921 in Crystal into the Edge Water People Clan for the Red Streak Running into the Water People Clan. Begay Sr. was a rancher. He was employed with Santa Fe Railroad, Navajo Tribal Utility Authority and Navajo Forest Product Industry. He was vice president of the Crystal Chapter, President of the Crystal Senior Citizen Association, and an officer in the Native American Church. He earned his Adult Education Certificate and feature in the book Enduring Cowboys. Survivors include his sons, Toledo R. Begay, Franklin Begay, Christopher Begay, Ross Begay Jr., John R. Begay, Richard M. Begay, Robert M. Begay, Michael S. Begay and Daryl R. Begay; daughters, Theresa A. Kedelty, Sharlynn Louise, Betty M. Roanhorse, Regina Begay, Patricia D. Begay, Sharon A. Holyan and Rose M. Begay; brother, Alvin Begay; sister, Grace Denetso; 45 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Begay Sr. was preceded in death by daughters, Deanna Ruth Begay and Rebecca J. Begay. Pallbearers will Rose Begay Jr., Franklin Begay, John Ross Begay, Richard M. Begay, Rodger Kee and Vernon Roanhorse. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Newton Brown SAWMILL, Ariz. - Services for Newton Brown, 89, will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 23 at Our Lady of Blessed Scarement. Father Gilbert Schneider O.F.M. will officiate. Burial will follow on family land, Sawmill. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services. Brown died March 19 in Fort Defiance, Ariz. He was born July 4, 1912 in Chinle, Ariz. into the Tangle People Clan for the Ute Division of the Red Running Into the Water People Clan. Brown was a tallyman and sheep rancher. His hobbies included watching wrestling, watching the Dallas Cowboys and playing cards. He was a member of the Native American Church. Survivors include his sons, Paul Brown, Herbert Brown, Francis Brown and Herman Brown; daughter, Lula M. Edison; brothers, Harry Brown and Robert Brown; 60 grandchildren, 89 great-grandchildren and 18 great-great grandchildren. Brown was preceded in death by his parents, Mark and Mary Brown; wife, Edna Brown; sons, Anslem Brown, David Brown and Norman Brown; daughters, Susie Tallwood, Helena Fuson and Annie Marie Brown. Pallbearers will be Marklin T. Edison, Aaron K. Edison, Dallas Brown, Jethro Brown, Derrick Tallwood and Elmer Tallwood. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Sawmill Chapter House. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. March 22, 2002 Margaret L. Chicharello COYOTE CANYON - Services for Margaret Chicharello, 56, will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 23 at Cope Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. Chicharello died March 19 in Gallup. She was born April 17, 1945 in Fort Defiance. Chicharello graduated from Gallup High School, attended University of Utah of Radiology School and University of New Mexico for Ultrasonographer. She was employed as an X-ray Tech at Gallup Indian Medical Center. Survivors include her sons, Ryan Chicharello of Fayetteville, N.C. and Mario Chicharello of Coyote Canyon; daughter, Jaclyn Chicharello of Coyote Canyon; and three grandchildren. Chicharello was preceded in death by her husband Felix Chicharello Jr. Pallbearers will be Mario Chicharello, Ryan Chicharello, Kris Chicharello, Micheal Chicharello, Coby Garcia and Ace Garcia. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Coyote Canyon Chapter House. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Betty Yazzie Chee COTTONWOOD, Ariz. - Services for Betty Chee, 78, will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 23 at Black Mountain Mission. Pastor Frank James will officiate. Burial will follow at Black Mountain Mission. Chee died March 19 in Payson, Ariz. She was born Dec. 25 in Hardrock Mission into the Red Bottom People Clan for the Salt People Clan. Chee was a foster grandmother. She received many certificate awards. Survivors include her husband, Wilson James Chee; sons, Danny Chee of Springfield, Mo., Paul James and Fred James of Blue Canyon, Ariz.; daughters, Marjorie Taylor of Cherokee, N.C., Earlinda Yazzie of Sanders, Ariz. and Victoria Dixon of Yarmouth, Iowa; brothers, Henry James of Blue Canyon and John James of Tolani Lake, Ariz.; sisters, Lucy Chase of Hardrock Mission, Ariz. and Bessie Yazzie of Sanders; 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Chee was preceded in death by her parents and brother. Copyright c. 2002 The Gallup Independent. -=-=-=- March 19, 2002 Mildred Nina Heflin Mildred Nina Heflin, 89, died at her home Thursday, March 14, 2002, in Flagstaff, Ariz. She was born Jan. 31, 1913, in Farmington to OJ and Jessie (Smith) Carson. Mrs. Heflin grew up in Red Rock and Carson, N.M., on the Navajo reservation. She graduated from Farmington High School and received a teaching degree in 1933 from "Old" Fort Lewis A&M College at Hesperus, Colo. She and Reuben Heflin were married in 1937, and the couple operated three different Indian trading posts between 1937 and 1966. Reuben built the Wetherill Inn in 1965 and the Holiday Inn in Kayenta. Reuben Heflin died in 1967 and Mrs. Heflin operated the Holiday Inn until 1972 when she retired to Flagstaff. With two of her children, she was part owner of two Burger King restaurants until her death. Mrs. Heflin enjoyed world travel, particularly visiting India. She loved her family, gardening, archaeology, reading, animals and environmentalism. She was a member of the Flagstaff Garden Club and Shakespeare Club, and a volunteer for Northland Hospice. Mrs. Heflin is survived by daughters, Edith Yogerst of Phoenix, Ariz., Nina Heflin of Kayenta and Sharon Heflin (Johnson) of Albuquerque; son, Richard Mike of Kayenta; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by husband, Reuben, her parents, and one grandchild, Daniel Mike. Services are at 11 a.m. today, Tuesday, at Flagstaff Mortuary Chapel, with Pastor Bill Van Loan officiating. Contributions may be made to the Arizona Humane Society or to any hospice organization. Arrangements are by Flagstaff Mortuary. Jimmy Kee Jimmy Kee "Na'hat'a'o'yil niiyah," 75, of Sweetwater, Ariz., died Sunday, March 17, 2002, at the Maricopa County Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. He was born July 1, 1926, in Sweetwater. He is survived by his mother, Mary A. Poyer of Sweetwater; four sons, Dan Kee and wife, Lucy, of Sweetwater, Nelson Kee and wife, Juanita, of Cortez, Colo., Jonas Kee of Grand Junction Colo., and Stanley Kee of Sweetwater; three daughters, Daisy Kee, Sadie Kee, and Darlene Kee and husband, Chavez Sagg, all of Sweetwater; three brothers, James Tom of Immanuel Mission, Ariz., Ned Tom of Sweetwater, and John Tom of Red Mesa, Ariz.; one sister, Jessie George of Sweetwater; 13 grandchildren, Vivian Kee, Valencia Kee and husband, Roland Hoshnic, Belinda Topaha and husband, Jimmy Topaha Jr., Brenda Jones and husband, Nathaniel Jones, Brian Kee, Brena Kee, Ryan Kee, Darrell Kee, Donovan Kee, Darren Kee, Ashley Kee, Chadley Sagg and Keenan Sagg; and five great-grandchildren, Christopher Hoshnic, Cameron Hoshnic, Jamie Topaha, Jimone Topaha and Brendan Jones. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. today, Wednesday, at Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home in Shiprock. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday morning at Brewer, Lee and Larkin Chapel in Shiprock. The Rev. Jack Nacki will officiate. Interment will follow at To'Adin Cemetery in Sweetwater. Pallbearers will be Darrell C. Kee, Donovan J. Kee, Chavez Sagg, Nelson Kee, Jimmy Topaha Jr. and Bryan J. Kee. Honorary pallbearers will be Daisy Kee, Stanley Kee, Chadley Sagg, Dan Kee, Jonas Kee, Keenan Sagg, Sadie Kee, Darlene Kee, Valencia Kee, Christopher Hoshnic, Cameron Hoshnic, Roland Hoshnic, Vivian Kee, Brena Kee, Brenda Jones, Nathaniel Jones, Brendan Jones, Belinda Topaha, Jamie Topaha, Jimone Topaha, Ryan Kee, Darren Kee, Lucy Kee, Juanita Kee, Ashley Kee, Mary Poyer, James Tom, John Tom and Jessie George. A reception will be held at Mary Poyer's residence after the graveside services. Funeral arrangements are with Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home in Shiprock, (505) 368-4607. March 22, 2002 - 1:18:01 AM MST Billy Pinto Billy Pinto, 69, of Bloomfield passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2002, in Farmington. He was born March 12, 1933, in rural Counselor to Frank and Asdzaa l Titsooi Pinto. He was a lifelong resident of Counselor. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Sam Lincoln Pinto; and one grandchild. Survivors include his wife, Mary H. Pinto of Counselor; two sons, John Pinto and wife, Eleanor, Counselor, and Fred Pinto and wife, Rhoda, of Bloomfield; one daughter, Rita Pinto Sandoval and husband, Anderson, of Counselor; two brothers, Lincoln Pinto and Alfred Pinto, of Counselor; half-brothers, Frankie Martinez of Fruitland and Myles Tso Harrison of Counselor; 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. today, Friday, March 22, at Living Springs Baptist Church in Counselor. Pastor Tom Guerito will officiate. Interment will follow at the family cemetery in Counselor. Pallbearers will be Alonzo Harvey, Dixon Harvey, Calvin Pinto, Samuel Pinto, Leslie Sam and Chester Beliditto. Alternates are Fred Pinto and Alfred Harrison. Arrangements are with Brewer, Lee & Larkin Funeral Home, 103 E. Ute St. in Farmington, (505) 325-8688. Copyright c. 1999-2002 MediaNews Group, Inc./Farmington Daily Times. --------- "RE: Tribal Elder's Widow faces Financial Hardship" --------- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 08:22:12 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ELDER'S WIDOW" http://www.pechanga.net/ http://indiancountry.com/?1016546891 Tribal elder's widow faces financial hardship Posted: March 21, 2002 - 7:00AM EST by: Kay Humphrey / Today Staff / Indian Country Today EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. -- The widow of tribal elder Leonard Fiddler, whose death on New Year's Eve or early New Year's Day aroused nationwide indignation against the Indian Health Service, is suffering from financial hardship because a death certificate hasn't been issued. Marie Fiddler's husband, 66-year-old Leonard M. Fiddler of Green Grass, S.D., a highly decorated Korean veteran and a descendent of Chief Big Foot, died waiting for medical care. Fiddler was known to nearly everyone on the reservation as a generous man who often worked to preserve tribal culture and defend tribal treaties. He suffered from a number of medical conditions including heart and kidney problems as well as cancer. He had been taking medication for diabetes for the past seven years, but it was only within the last year he began to take daily insulin injections, Mrs. Fiddler said. Family members believe he may have fallen into a diabetic coma on New Year's Eve, but they are still uncertain about the time of his death. Meanwhile, his wife can't draw his veteran's pension or social security benefits without submitting a death certificate to the federal agencies. Shirley Fiddler, the deceased tribal elder's stepdaughter, told a group of tribal officials documenting IHS problems that the absence of the income has been a severe hardship for her mother, who has no other income. Recounting the events, Shirley Fiddler said her stepfather failed to respond to his wife when she checked on him shortly after he finished injecting his regular dose of insulin. Mrs. Fiddler said in an earlier interview she noticed her husband hadn't changed positions after laying down on the bed so she attempted to wake him, but he didn't respond. The elderly woman called police for assistance. An officer arrived and attempted to resuscitate Fiddler, but the attempts to revive him ended when an ambulance crew arrived. Nearly two hours later, Mrs. Fiddler said, the ambulance workers placed Mr. Fiddler, wrapped in a sheet, in the ambulance and drove away toward the hospital, but a doctor at the IHS Hospital in Eagle Butte directed the ambulance not to take Fiddler to the hospital. According police reports, the doctor ordered the ambulance crew to take him back to his residence or "throw him on the side of the road." Shirley Fiddler of Green Grass said the family continues to be in debt after the Veterans Administration and IHS fought over the remaining balance of a bill for surgery. The woman questioned the medical care her stepfather received. She asked if the transition from taking insulin orally to an insulin injection might have sent him into a coma. In late December, he was taken to the IHS "My mother is taking it hard. No death certificate was signed. They won't give her a VA pension. The death certificate was floating around and no one wanted to sign it. She is having a hard time and she doesn't have any income. How is she going to pay her bills?" The Office of the Inspector General sent a pathologist to conduct the examination and the preliminary results indicated Fiddler died of a heart attack. Bourland said a report listing the time of death has been issued and he confirmed the death certificate hasn't been signed. Physician Janet Reid and then Ambulance Director Tim Smith were removed from the facility, but Service Unit Director Clayton Bellegarde was returned to his post, said Bourland. Copyright c. 2002 Indian Country Today. --------- "RE: Tribes push action on Sacred Sites" --------- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 08:20:19 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SACRED SITES" http://www.indianz.com/SmokeSignals/Headlines/ Tribes push action on sacred sites THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2002 The Department of Interior's sole representative at a forum on tribal lands came under fire on Wednesday for the government's record on the protection of sacred sites. Tribal leaders and representatives were unrelenting as they blasted the department for allowing what they called a wholesale destruction of their religious rights. They directed their anger at Jim Pace, a career bureaucrat filling in for Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb, who had a prior engagement. "If I went over in the Vatican," said John Brown, the historic preservation officer for the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island, "and urinated in an office or defecated in a hall, I would never get out of jail. It would be the most horrendous and horrific crime. But these things are done on our sacred sites every day and nobody cares." "I don't have the time and inclination to listen to the lies," he said, referring directly to his dealings with the Office of American Indian Trust, which is headed by Pace. Alan Jackson, President of the Quechan Nation of Arizona and California, was equally critical. His tribe has been fighting to protect hundreds of culturally significant trails and sites and convinced the Clinton administration to deny a gold mine in the area. But due to the political whims of the Bush administration, the tribe's victory was erased "like snapping a finger," he said. He accused Secretary Gale Norton and Deputy Secretary J. Steven Griles of acting to reverse the decision "without even giving a thought to meet with us." "The trust responsibility still lacks in all areas," Jackson said. He added: "In the final end, we're not going to lose. We simply won't lose. I'll tell you that right now." Pace wasn't given time to respond to the complaints, which came at the end of a panel discussion held at the Interior. But earlier, he said there has been "positive momentum" and pointed to a case involving the Hoopa Valley Tribe of California and new sentencing guidelines regarding the destruction of cultural artifacts. He also said McCaleb was reconvening a working group on the issue pursuant to an executive order signed by former President Bill Clinton. "Our society has a moral authority to protect sacred lands," he said. Other panelists agreed there has been improvements in recent years. Suzan Harjo, an activist whose work contributed to the passage of the landmark 1990 repatriation law, said federal agencies have played a role in preserving sites "acre by acre, bucket by bucket, rock by rock." "It's a very different world," she said. "How wonderful that has happened." Tex Hall, president of the National Congress of American Indians, which co-sponsored the forum, said part of the problem is tribal dependence on the federal government. Since policies and funding can change at whim, he encouraged tribes to work together because the government isn't fulfilling its obligations. "When is enough enough?" he asked. Copyright c. 2000-2001 Noble Savage Media, LLC/Indianz.Com. --------- "RE: House Committee hears Testimony on Native Trust" --------- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 08:38:22 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="TRUST/CONGRESS" http://www.journalstar.com/native?story_id=141&date= House committee hears testimony on Native trust fund BY JODI RAVE LEE Lincoln Journal Star Monday. March 25, 2002 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Resources Committee took note of tribal leaders' frustrations Wednesday with a trust fund system in total disarray, a problem Native people blamed on government malfeasance, neglect and ignorance. "It is unfortunate, but true, that through both Democrat and Republican administrations the Interior Department has acted like the Enron of federal agencies when it comes to managing Indian trust assets," said Rep. Nick Rahall, senior Democrat on the committee. Sweeping changes have been proposed for the Interior Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs, the bureaucracy charged in large part with overseeing 56 million acres of land and $1.1 billion annually in land-related revenue for tribal and individual trust accounts. Those who sat before the Resources Committee Wednesday included tribal leaders, trust fund specialists and government officials, representatives from the National Congress of American Indians, the Council of Large Land- Based Tribes and the InterTribal Monitoring Association. "The issues of trust reform and reorganization within the BIA are nothing new to us in Indian Country," said Chairman Michaeal Jandreau of South Dakota's Lower Brule Tribe. "We have endured many efforts - some well-intentioned and some clearly not - to fix, reform, adjust, improve, streamline, downsize and even terminate the BIA and its trust activities." Acknowledgment of trust fund problems resulted in the 1994 Trust Fund Management Reform Act, and more than $600 million has been spent since 1996 with what some see as few results. The Cobell vs. Norton lawsuit of 300,000 individual Native account holders has thrust the issue to a new level of scrutiny. "The lawsuit has provided a collective strong voice for the account holders, which there hasn't been before," said Suzan Shown Harjo, president of the Morning Star Institute, who first witnessed congressional hearings on trust reform in the early 1980s. By day's end Wednesday it was clear congressional intervention is likely, with suggestions including reforming the 1994 Trust Reform Act and ensuring that Interior Secretary Gale Norton doesn't reorganize the BIA without tribal input. "The Bureau of Indian Affairs has a long history of decentralized management and as a result does not have clear and unified policies and procedures relating to trust management," Norton told the committee. "The need for such clear and unified policies remains large, but very little has been done." A succession of court orders and opinions from the Cobell lawsuit has forced Norton to find a way to reconcile individual trust fund accounts. Her answer: Create the Bureau of Indian Trust Assets Management and strip the BIA of those duties. Tribes have resoundingly rejected her idea and now demand accountability. "The failure of Congress to act decisively to hold the interior secretary accountable for her malfeasance is disturbing and indefensible," said Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet Tribe of Montana and lead plaintiff in the suit. "Since we initiated class-action litigation in 1996 to enforce the trust obligations owed by the United States, I have said many times the government's bad faith and misconduct simply can't get any worse." Reach Jodi Rave Lee at 473-7240 or jrave@journalstar.com. Copyright c. 2002, Lincoln Journal Star. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Federal Judge okays South Dakota Land Transfer" --------- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:39:10 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LAND TRANSFERRED" http://www.okit.com/ Federal judge okays South Dakota land transfer By Jim Kent Fort Thompson, S.D. - That difficult climb up the steep hill of treaty compliance just got a little more demanding for South Dakota's Lakota tribes. Federal District Court Judge Paul Friedman cut short efforts by the Crow Creek Sioux tribe to stop the transfer of thousands of acres of land along the Missouri River from the Army Corps of Engineers to the state of South Dakota by giving the nod to the Congressionally-approved land action. Lakota tribes object to the transfer, known as "the Mitigation Act", and cite violations of the Fort Laramie Treaties of 1851 and 1868 - which marked the boundary of "Great Sioux Nation" at the east bank of the Missouri River. The Lakota claim the land, the water, and the historical, cultural and spiritual sites located there. The transfer is mandated under Title VI of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999. The Crow Creek Sioux tribe was able to postpone the transfer, initially scheduled to occur on December 21, 2001, by taking the Army Corps to court. On December 11, Judge Friedman agreed with the tribe's position that the Mitigation Act "may" violate the U.S. Constitution and requested further briefs on the issue to be presented to him during a February 2002 court date. One of the judge's primary concerns was whether or not federal historic preservation laws would be fully implemented if the land was transferred. He noted that the Corps couldn't transfer land to the state and execute the federal historic preservation laws at the same time. Friedman also supported the tribe's contention that the Mitigation Act violates the National Environmental Policy Act. But the judge suddenly reversed himself by ruling in favor of the transfer at a February hearing before the re-scheduled court date. "Why would the judge do that," Crow Creek tribal attorney Pete Capossela pondered. "He could've let the thing go in December, you know? Why would he put it off one time and not put it off again? I initially took his actions to mean that he had a pretty good understanding of what we were talking about. I don't know, his decision was pretty strange and I think we were all pretty stung. But he was rushing the hearing, and then he made a ruling from the bench. He said 'I'm gonna' rule right now that the Act is okay and I'm gonna' let the land transfer go through. If you guys want to appeal that, that's what you have to do, period." Capossela added that he felt the hearing was merely a formality and that a determination on the issue had been made prior to the start of the proceedings. "He made his decision before the date of the hearing," Capossela commented. "He used a hearing on whether or not to extend the stay on the transfer as an opportunity to rule on the entire case and get it off his plate." The Crow Creek tribe filed an emergency appeal to reverse the Mitigation Act and asked for a stay of the land transfer. The tribe has been joined in its lawsuit by the Rosebud Sioux tribe. The Crow Creek tribe's appeal was accepted, but the land transfer was permitted to proceed. Of the 91, 000 acres of land involved in the legislation, 16,000 acres have already been transferred to the state. Capossela said the tribes have no intention of giving up the battle, but added that it won't be an easy fight. "We were very hopeful back in December," he remarked. "But, you know, it's like we were climbing a mountain, and now we're climbing a mountain on Mars. Now the burden is just overwhelming." The Oglala Sioux tribe is also pursuing a lawsuit against the Army Corps noting that the lands proposed for transfer cannot be given to the state of South Dakota because they still belong to the Great Sioux Nation under the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe are included as defendants in that lawsuit, since both tribes would benefit by receiving land and money from the transfer. They are the only Lakota tribes in the state that will receive compensation. In his capacity as Fifth Member of the Oglala Sioux tribe, Lakota elder Johnson Holy Rock spends his day dealing with treaty issues. He said the lawsuit against the Corps and the other tribes has nothing to do with land or money. "It has to do with the treaties," he observed. "The boundaries of the Great Sioux Nation as outlined in those treaties has not been disestablished. And Senator Daschle's comments that only certain tribes have a right to speak about this land, along with the state of South Dakota is inaccurate at best. We are all a part of the Great Sioux Nation. When our neighbors on the Rosebud put on their war bonnets and prepared their war ponies and decided that they were going to join in the battle, we thought that we better get involved, too, or we'll drown in the Missouri." South Dakota Senator and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle was the sponsor of the two Congressional bills that led the way to the transfer. The first, Mitigation Act 1, was signed by President Clinton on October 21, 1998, but repealed by Congress on July 27, 1999 after protests from the five remaining Lakota tribes. But Daschle had already submitted a second version of the first bill, called Mitigation Act 2, as a rider attached to a separate piece of legislation. That version of the bill passed. The state's Republican Governor Bill Janklow has supported Daschle's transfer legislation because it will bring recreational sites along the Missouri River under state control. Janklow plans to upgrade those areas as soon as possible to add to the state's tourism revenue and in preparation for the upcoming Lewis and Clark Bi-Centennial in 2004. "Some people, including many of our own, may consider the Lakota to be a conquered people," Holy Rock observed. "But I don't. And we're going to take them to court to prove that." Native American Times is Copyright c. 2000-2001 Oklahoma Indian Times, Inc. --------- "RE: Owner stalls Sand Creek Historic Site" --------- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:39:10 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SAND CREEK" http://www.pechanga.net/ http://indiancountry.com/?1016486733 Owner stalls Sand Creek historic site March 19, 2002 - 11:00AM EST by: David Melmer / Indian Country Today CHIVINGTON, Colo. -- A rancher whose land holds numerous cultural and historic sites related to the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 has put the site up for public sale. More than 1,400 acres of William Dawson's land is key to the proposed Sand Creek National Historic Site, yet it could come under private ownership and be used for whatever the new owner decides, Dawson said. On Nov. 29, 1864 the Methodist minister and militia volunteer Colonel John M. Chivington ordered the 3rd Regiment of the Colorado Volunteers to attack the Cheyenne and Arapaho encampment along the Sandy Creek. The massacre took more than three hours and spread over 12,000 acres. In the end more than 200 women, children and elders who attempted to escape were hunted down and murdered. It became known as one of the most horrendous assaults on American Indians in history. Dawson said he preferred to have the land go to the Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, so that it could become part of the historic site. But his negotiations with the National Park Service have not been memorable, he said. "It doesn't concern me who buys the land. I would hope, and I'm working towards in the end the land would go back to the Cheyenne, because I think that's where it belongs. I would hope some philanthropic group would buy the land and donate it," Dawson said. He dropped a hint to the news media that the land could be used as a hunting club. To that thought, Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., said there had been enough killing on the site. Dawson claims that the National Park Service paid more than $1 million dollars for the Washita National Historic Site in Kansas and that his land is worth the same, $1,000 per acre. The National Park Service offered $332,000 for the property, which amounts to about $226 per acre. Dawson wants $1.5 million for the property, five times the offered price and more than five times the average per-acre land value in Kiowa County. The Kiowa County assessor's office put a value on ranch land of between $100 and $130 and more if there is water. The Sand Creek runs through Dawson's property. The assessor's valuation is based on tax evaluation, but the selling price of ranch land in the area is between $200 and $300 per acre, according to real estate figures. Dawson said he has a three-bedroom house, barns and steel corrals on the property. He said he runs cattle on the property, but declined to say how many. He also would not comment on any queries or offers he has had since he publicized the sale of the property. He claims the federal government has not negotiated in good faith. He argues that land in other states was purchased by the Park Service for $1,000 per acre. The Park Service did not confirm that purchase price. He said Sen. Campbell could go back to Congress and make changes to the offer. It was Sen. Campbell's bill that created the Sand Creek Historic Site. Dawson claims the Park Service turned him over to the Internal Revenue Service for investigation. An audit turned up nothing unusual, he said. Park Service spokespeople denied the charge. "Right now the negotiations are at a standstill," Dawson said. That's not how the Park Service looks at it nor do any of the tribes involved. The government agency is limited to offer only what the appraised value of the property permits, said Rick Frost, former project manager for the Sand Creek Historic Site. Work to put a project together like this takes time, and the Park Service will pursue the project and see it to completion, Frost said. He said work is still underway to purchase all of the land that will make up the Sand Creek Site. But he admitted the Dawson site was key to the entire project. Frost said if some group or person would buy the land for Dawson's asking price they could then sell it to the Park Service at a loss. "It is important to have a place like Sand Creek. We very much want to make this happen. It is an education for the entire country," Frost said. The Sand Creek Massacre Descendents committee has not been involved with any of the actual negotiations over money or land acquisition, but in an upcoming meeting with all the tribes involved, the Park Service and some land owners may seek to get the tribes more involved. "What went on in terms of discussions with the Park Service and Dawson is not known to the tribes. We get information second-hand," said Steve Brady, president of the Descendants association. "What we would like to do is have land set aside as a perpetual memorial, whether that will happen, I don't know for certain. We have a meeting scheduled between the tribes, NPS and state of Colorado. Hopefully we will get more information. The site acquisition is very important to the tribes." Brady added that remains coming from the World Trade Center Site are removed and treated with great respect, but remains of ancestors from Sand Creek are still lying on shelves in museums. Sen. Campbell's legislation, signed into law two years ago, stated that the 1,465-acre Dawson Site was central to the entire 12,000-acre project. Members of the Northern Cheyenne Sand Creek Descendants organization also claim that sites on the Dawson property are crucial to the site. "The Sand Creek massacre was one of the most disgraceful moments of American history," Campbell said when he introduced the legislation. Dawson said he turns in many trespassers each year, people looking for campsites. He said members of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes are welcome to come on the property and conduct ceremonies and pray, but non-tribal members are not welcome. Dawson and the Park Service are continually working with the Cheyenne and Arapaho authorities and both sides claim it is important for the tribes that this site becomes part of the historic structure of the country. Brady said the tribes have had good cooperation with Dawson and the Park Service "We are hoping the site will be completed. It is of profound significance. Also there remain unfulfilled treaty obligations. In Article 6 of the 1865 Cheyenne/Arapaho treaty, Congress promised reparations. Those remain unpaid. It was not addressed during 1998 bill negotiations; the Senators were just reminded of the obligation," Brady said. Copyright c. 2002 Indian Country Today. --------- "RE: American Indian History comes Home from Europe" --------- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:39:10 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CHICKASAW HISTORY" http://www.pechanga.net/ http://www.zwire.com/site/news American Indian history comes home from Europe March 18, 2002 ADA - Chickasaw Nation officials recently took delivery of thousands of documents and dozens of maps from Europe that will be extremely useful in reconstructing the history of the Chickasaw Nation. Dr. Jay Segel and Ronald L. Monterosso of New England Antiquarian Research & Title (NEART) discovered the documents and maps, which date from the mid 1500s to the late 1700s, after scouring repositories in England, France and Spain for records that can shed light on Chickasaw history. While Europe may seem an unlikely place to research American Indian history, Segel and Monterosso are making a career of doing just that. Monterosso said armies of bureaucrats in European capitols in the 1600s and 1700s could devote far more time to record keeping than could officials in rugged North American frontier cities who were more concerned with survival and defense. Therefore, many records, including maps, deeds, reports, correspondence, treaties and other documents concerning Native American tribes exist only in Europe. Returning from their most recent trip abroad, the pair delivered copies of thousands of letters, reports, maps and other records that will help historians, heritage preservation specialists, genealogists and others gain a more complete understanding of Chickasaw life hundreds of years ago. "It is essential that we collect as much of this valuable information as is feasible in order to provide future generations as full and complete a record of Chickasaw history as possible," said Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby. "While much of the culture, customs and accomplishments of our ancestors is already in the historical record, there is a great deal more that should be preserved for posterity." Once the material has been catalogued, tribal citizens, historians, genealogists and other interested members of the public will have access to a treasure trove of information that was previously available only in Europe. One of the most eager to peruse the documents is Chickasaw historian Richard Green. "I'm producing a book-length manuscript of the social history of the Chickasaws, so I need all the records I can get," said Green. "Because the Chickasaws didn't leave behind written records, the only written records there are were left behind by the colonials who had contact with the tribe. Starting with the English maybe as early as 1685 and the French seriously starting around 1699 and proceeding on." Chickasaws of that time period had a tradition of oral history being passed from generation to generation, and while some of that history has survived to the present day, much of it has been lost. Sadly, much of the written history of that era is also in danger of being lost, according to Segel. "These documents are very old and very rare. They literally are crumbling in our hands when we are reading a lot of them. So there is not an emergency, but it does need to be done with some sense of urgency." That sense of urgency led to many hours of arduous research, which Segel compared to finding pieces of a massive puzzle. "Basically, what we are doing, each piece we bring back, whether it be from a repository in Spain or Scotland or France, they all go to the fabric of making a whole picture. So first of all, you need to find all the pieces from the various repositories throughout the world to make the full puzzle. "This trip was a huge success. We produced documents that had to do with language, that had to do with genealogy, that had to do with positions, with culture, with customs - the green dance, the black drink. It's an amazing collection of documents." Copyright c. 2002 The Ada Evening News. --------- "RE: Tribe votes down Akwesasne Name" --------- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 08:38:22 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ST. REGIS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.pressrepublican.com/Archive/2002/03_2002/032420024.htm Tribe votes down `Akwesasne' name; future label uncertain By SUSAN TOBIAS Staff Writer March 24, 2002 AKWESASNE - In a referendum Saturday, voters rejected the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe's proposed name change to Akwesasne Mohawk Nation. In a press release, tribal spokeswoman Rowena General said 358 voters want to keep the St. Regis Mohawk name, a label given to the tribe in the 1750s when missionaries came to the area. Favoring the change were 131 voters. Seven ballots were invalid. "We were Akwesasne before they (the missionaries) came," said General. "We even had Indian names for our rivers. But the bottom line is up to the public." Earlier this month tribal leaders received approval from the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs to change the community's name. Tribal leaders said the change would eliminate any question on which form of tribal government is recognized by the U.S. government. The Akwesasne Mohawk Nation Council, headed by a three-chief system, is the decision-making arm of the community. The Tribal Council had been working on the name-change proposal since July, following years of discussions. This change allowed the tribal nation to officially change mailing addresses from Bombay, Fort Covington and Hogansburg to Akwesasne. It also allowed publication of the Akwesasne name in the Federal Entities List published by the BIA. It wasn't long before the council heard the rumblings of concern. Leaders hoped to bring a peaceful resolution to the problem with public meetings and the referendum. "At the beginning of this process, the Tribal Council reassured our community it would uphold the will of the Mohawk people. We have done our duty to allow the people to have their say through their voices," said Chief Alma Ransom in a press release.. "We're certainly disappointed that we don't have more voter participation from the silent majority. We've given it our best." But when Ransom was reached by phone later Saturday, she said the results of the referendum are not anything to be upset about. "This is not a real no," she said. "It just gives us direction on which way to go. Then we'll go to the next level. It's a long process." Ransom said the next few months will begin a new selection process, perhaps a competition to look at other names. "We could have residents propose another Indian word with several combinations. It's simply a result-oriented process." Sub-chief Harry Benedict said in the same press release that the "process has been interesting and had received organized opposition from the alliance of the Constitutional Party and the Handsome Lake Longhouse group." Benedict also pointed out that the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, the Mohawk government with Canadian jurisdiction, changed its name from "the Iroquois of St. Regis Band of Indians" through a resolution in April 1985. They did not hold a referendum on the change. "The referendum results come as a disappointment and are contrary to the requests this Tribal Council has received from the community," Benedict continued. "It is my opinion that we must protect the democratic electoral processes of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. Referendums of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe are legally binding, and we will honor the results." Constitutional Party partisan Philip Tarbell said he feels the community has rejected the leadership of the three-chief government. "People object to how they jam things down their throat," Tarbell said. "They never brought things back to the good interest of the community." Tarbell estimated about 6,000 live in the community. He said about 1,000 turn out for elections each June. "But this time 73 percent of the voters who turned out rejected the way they work," he added. "Our next step will be a re-evaluation of the situation within the BIA." Copyright c. 2002, Plattsburgh Publishing Co., Plattsburgh, NY, Division of Ottaway Newspapers, Inc., --------- "RE: Klamath Tribes may get Land Back" --------- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:39:10 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="KLAMATH LAND" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/nation/2894002.htm Klamath Tribes May Get Land Back JEFF BARNARD Associated Press Writer Tue, Mar. 19, 2002 GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Interior Secretary Gale Norton said Tuesday she is considering giving Klamath Tribes back their reservation lands as part of a strategy to balance water needs in the Northwest's drought-stricken Klamath River Basin. The tribes' have had a long-standing desire to get back 692,000 acres of reservation lands liquidated by the federal government. The land is now part of the Winema and Fremont national forests. "Klamath Tribes have property rights that must be respected and interests that must be honored as we develop solutions," Norton said in a statement from Washington. Interior Department officials will meet with tribe members as part of a Cabinet-level task force's effort to assure water for farmers as well as fish and wildlife, said agency spokesman Mark Pfeifle. Tribal Chairman Allen Foreman pledged full cooperation to Norton and the task force. The tribes believe that if their land was returned, they could manage it better than the forest service, ultimately improving the ecosystem and resolving the water conflict. When drought made water supplies tight last spring, the Endangered Species Act required the federal government to hold back water from the Klamath Reclamation Project, a federal irrigation system serving 220,000 acres of farmland straddling the Oregon-California border. The water was dedicated to endangered suckers in Upper Klamath Lake and threatened salmon in the Klamath River. The irrigation shut-off produced a long summer of confrontations among farmers, the tribes, conservationists and the federal government over how to allocate the basin's waters. The Klamath Water Users Association - representing farmers and businesses dependent on the Klamath Project - grudgingly supported talks between the Interior Department and the tribes. "We are supportive that the secretary is willing to sit down with folks," said Executive Director Dan Keppen. Copyright c. 2002 Associated Press. All rights reserved. Copyright c. 2002 Aberdeen American News. --------- "RE: Scrap Archaic Indian Act" --------- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:39:10 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ARCHAIC INDIAN ACT" http://www.pechanga.net/ http://www.canada.com/vancouver/news/story LOCAL NEWS Scrap 'archaic' Indian Act, native leader says It should be replaced with act reflecting fact most natives don't live on reserves, chief says Rick Mofina Vancouver Sun Tuesday, March 19, 2002 OTTAWA -- Most natives don't live on reserves and they want the Indian Act replaced with an Aboriginal Peoples Act to reflect reality, says the chief of one of Canada's largest aboriginal groups. "The Indian Act's time has come. It's archaic, unfair and paternalistic" says Dwight Dorey, national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples. His remarks are in notes for his appearance today before the Commons aboriginal affairs committee, which is reviewing the 126-year-old Indian Act. Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault is expected to table new First Nations' governance legislation by June. Dorey says Canadians and law makers have been ignoring "the aboriginal reality in Canada." "Namely that by far the largest number of aboriginal people do not live on Indian Act reserves, nor do we benefit from the provisions of the Indian Act," Dorey says. More than 1.1 million people have aboriginal ancestry in Canada, of which some 73 per cent do not live on Indian Act reserves, or First Nation communities, Dorey says, citing Statistics Canada figures. Some federal estimates put Canada's aboriginal population at 1.4 million with more than 900,000 living off-reserve. By his measure, Dorey says, his organization represents the interests of some 800,000 off-reserve aboriginal people living in urban, rural and remote areas throughout Canada. "Off-reserve aboriginal people want the Indian Act replaced with an Aboriginal Peoples Act that accommodates their interests as soon as possible." Such an act, as recommended by the 1996 royal commission on aboriginal peoples, would recognize aboriginal nations and implement the inherent right of self-government, Dorey says. Loosely defined, the Indian Act allows the government to determine who is a status Indian. The government can also determine a reserve, or create a native band, all of which are subject to the laws of the Indian Act. Non-status Indians may have lost their status for reasons including residency or, as was the case with women until 1985, marriage to a white man. Dorey says that while some aboriginal people regained or were granted status through Bill C-31 in the mid-1980s, his group wants the government to review its policies on band membership and review how it determines who is an Indian. In his notes, Dorey also calls for the elections of band councils to include "all band members and not just those living on Indian Act reserves." The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples joined the National Aboriginal Women's Association, other native groups and senior Indian affairs department officials on an advisory committee created by Nault to give him options to consider before he updates the Indian Act. The Assembly of First Nations, representing 630 bands, withdrew its representative from the committee in December because of objections to the process for formulating the legislation. Copyright c. 2002 Vancouver Sun. --------- "RE: Native Logging Case to be Appealed" --------- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 10:18:46 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LOGGING CASE APPEALED" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.canoe.ca/AtlanticTicker/CANOE-wire.NS-Native-Logging.html March 22, 2002 Native logging case to be appealed to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal HALIFAX (CP) -- The Assembly of Nova Scotia chiefs has launched its appeal of a court decision that ruled natives don't have the inherent right to log Crown lands. Chief Lawrence Paul, Chair of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs, said Friday the group will seek leave to appeal to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in the case of Keith Lawrence Julien. Paul said in a news release that the key issue is the fundamental right of Aboriginal people to harvest trees on Crown lands. "By not accepting our claims to treaty rights and aboriginal title, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court has denied us one of our basic rights," he said. Julien faces 40 charges of logging on Crown lands during the winter of 1998-99. The defendant claims a constitutional right to log on provincial lands based on rights established in the Mi'kmaq treaties of 1760-61, the Royal Proclamation of 1763, and aboriginal title as recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada. "The Julien case is a very important one for Nova Scotia's Mi'kmaq," said Bruce Wildsmith, co-counsel for the Assembly and a professor of law at Dalhousie University. "We are pleased to note that Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Edward Scanlan in his decision did recognize an aboriginal right to harvest trees for firewood and other modest uses, and we hope to convince the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal to recognize a reasonable extension of that right." Copyright c. 2002, Canoe, a division of Netgraphe Inc. --------- "RE: B.C. Supreme Court rejects Claim of Priest Abuse" --------- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 10:18:46 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ABUSE CLAIM REJECTED" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.canoe.ca/WesternTicker/CANOE-wire.School-Abuse-Rejected.html March 22, 2002 B.C. Supreme Court rejects native residential school claim of priest abuse VANCOUVER (CP) -- The B.C. Supreme Court has rejected a woman's claim that she was sexually abused by a priest at a native residential school. The woman, who attended the Sechelt Indian Residential School in 1967 and 1968, said she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by an Oblate priest. But Justice Kathryn Neilson found that the woman failed to prove that she was sexually assaulted by Brother Ian McDougall. The woman, a member of the Hamalco band, said she was raped two or three times a week for the first two or three months at the school after her arrival at age 14. The woman said she was physically punished, including being strapped for speaking her native language and having to scrub the floor with a toothbrush. She said two nuns at the school pushed her down the stairs when she became pregnant, causing a miscarriage. But Neilson found the woman's story inconsistent. "Having examined her answers to interrogatories, at discovery and in giving evidence at trial, I must conclude that at times the plaintiff has failed to grasp the importance of the oath," Neilson wrote in a judgment posted on the B.C. Supreme Court Web site Friday. The accused priest, however, was consistent and frank in his evidence, the judge said. "I also found him convincing in relating his shock when he heard about the plaintiff's allegations against him and the devastating effect that they have had on him," Neilson wrote. It's estimated that more than 100,000 aboriginal children aged six and up attended the national network of residential schools from 1930 until the last one closed outside Regina in 1996. Thousands of aboriginal people across the country are suing the federal government and the various churches that ran the schools. More than 4,500 lawsuits have been launched with at least 9,000 claimants who allege physical or sexual abuse. The federal government has set up Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada, a department focused on resolving the lawsuits. Fifteen trials are expected to start in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan in the next year. Copyright c. 2002, Canoe, a division of Netgraphe Inc. --------- "RE: Civil Rights violated in Miller Case" --------- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 10:18:46 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SHOOTING" http://www.pechanga.net/ http://www.argusleader.com/news/Fridayarticle1.shtml Civil rights violated in Miller case, tribe says By LEE WILLIAMS Argus Leader published: 3/22/02 Teens accused of shooting at girls should be tried as adults The Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Nation has called for a federal civil rights investigation after a court decision issued Wednesday said that two Miller teens would not be prosecuted as adults for allegedly shooting at a carload of Crow Creek girls late last year. Jacob Thompson, vice chairman of the tribe, issued a written statement calling for an immediate civil rights investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office. "The state's criminal justice system was more concerned about the rehabilitation of the non-Indian perpetrators, rather than the wrongs committed on young women who are from Indian tribes," Thompson wrote. "If even-handed justice cannot be administered in a state court, then the federal court is the next step." Michelle Tapken, acting U.S. attorney for South Dakota, declined comment. Miller city officials and law enforcement also declined comment. In Wednesday's opinion, Circuit Judge Jon Erickson ruled that the two unnamed Miller youths, age 16 and 17, should be prosecuted by the juvenile court system for the Nov. 1 shooting in Miller, which occurred after a Crow Creek basketball game. Tribal members say the decision wasn't surprising. "We're noticing a trend throughout South Dakota - an unhealthy trend - where our people are always coming up short in these types of heavy decisions," said Glenn Drapeau, a tribal council member for the Yankton Sioux Tribe. Erickson, basing his decision on the evidence presented during two days of testimony earlier this month, ruled that the youth's needs would be better met by the juvenile system than the adult court system. The prosecution did not present witnesses to the contrary. Erickson said Thursday that he is forbidden to comment about an ongoing case. The five Crow Creek High School students and their 20-year-old friend, who are Lakota and Dakota, were not injured in the shooting. Tribal leaders across the state have been watching the case. "It's being followed throughout Indian Country because precedent is being set," Drapeau said. "It's not a big mystery - those towns that are racist to us. Every time we go to these places, we see it. What do we do to the people who do these things to our children?" Erickson wrote in his decision that racial slurs and taunts were heard at the game before the incident, but the comments could not be linked to the two youths, and it did not appear as though their actions were racially motivated. Harold Frazier, vice chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, would have liked to see the youths tried as adults. "I would like to see equal justice in this state, regardless of who the people involved are," he said. Tom Iron, the vice chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, said he has seen Indian children as young as age 12 prosecuted as adults. "This case has been the buzz of Indian Country," Iron said. "Native Americans are powerless in state or federal court. Whatever the non- -Indians decide, the Indians suffer the consequences. It's been that way for many, many years." In his written statement, Thompson asks who is safeguarding the victims' rights. "These female Indian youth have been harmed emotionally by the failure of the state's criminal justice system," he wrote. Lucille Weasel Bear's daughter Arlene was one of the girls involved in the shooting. "She came home right after the shooting, and stayed home for two weeks, refusing to go back," her mother said. "She wrote ... a suicide letter. We took her to two ceremonies. She eventually went back to school." Lucille Weasel Bear, who lives in Pine Ridge, said her daughter developed her own negative racial feelings after the shooting. "She's beginning to not like white people," Weasel Bear said. "I told her she can't put down all white people based on the actions of one." Law enforcement officials in Miller have declined to comment. The sheriff, chief of police and state's attorney did not return calls for comment. Mayor Tom McGough also declined comment. The Rev. Richard Gould of United Methodist Church in Miller said he heard about the decision Thursday afternoon. "One of the positive things is that soon we'll be able to put this behind us and start dealing with it on a healing level," Gould said. The Rev. Brian Jones of First Presbyterian Church said: "I don't think any parishioners have ever expressed an opinion about whether they (the defendants) should be moved to adult court. I don't have any further comment. I have to defer to the judge's decision." Several tribal members contacted Thursday said the outcome would have been different if the races or jurisdictions of those involved had been reversed. The incident occurred Nov. 1, and the youths were not charged until Nov. 14. The delay caused some tribal members to question the handling of the case and this week's ruling added to concerns. Capt. James Two Bulls, chief of police of the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation, said his officers would arrest anyone who shoots at a carload of teens. "They'd have been arrested instantly, regardless of their color," Two Bulls said. "They'd be prosecuted in tribal court but would most likely end up in federal court." Two Bulls wouldn't go so far as to say this case represents a double standard of justice. "But I'd say it doesn't help, as far as how it looks," he said. Iron said any youth who fires a shotgun at someone on the Standing Rock reservation would be arrested. "We'd throw them in jail, charged as adults, no matter who they are," he said. Tribal leaders from the Sisseton-Wahpeton, Cheyenne River and Yankton reservations agree. "We would have arrested them and charged them as adults," said Drapeau, the Yankton tribal council member. "We would have upheld the law." Reach reporter Lee Williams at lwilliam@argusleader.com or 331-2318. Copyright c. 2002 Copyright Argus Leader. --------- "RE: Three accused of firing at BIA Officer" --------- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 10:18:46 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="FIRING AT BIA OFFICER" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/ 3 accused of firing at BIA officer GAZETTE STAFF A Crow Agency man and two boys were arrested on suspicion of shooting at a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer after a standoff early Monday. Charles Lance, 23, and two boys, one 15 and the other 16, were charged with assault, among other violations after BIA Sgt. Ed Eastman reported that his patrol car was shot. Eastman was patrolling near Crow Agency about 3:30 a.m. Monday. As he crossed the railroad tracks traveling west on Highway 1 and passed St. Dennis Hall, the Catholic church, Eastman heard gunfire and an explosivelike sound inside his patrol car, according to the BIA. Eastman realized his car was shot and radioed for other officers. A bullet had gone through the patrol car's back window, tore through the solid metal rear prisoner cage, went through the rear seat and entered part way into a second solid metal prisoner cage. It came to a stop about 6 inches from Eastman, in the area of his arm and hip, said Senior Special Agent Bob Pease. BIA and Crow Tribal officers determined that the shot came from the Interstate 90 overpass at Crow Agency, where they found a 30-06 caliber shell casing and three sets of footprints in the fresh snow. BIA K-9 officer William Fallsdown and his dog, Kelly, tracked the suspects for more than a mile into Crow Agency, south under the Little Big Horn Bridge, under a railroad bridge and to a house in the Mason Housing development. Officers surrounded the house and tried to make contact with the people inside. The officers could hear movement in the house but no one would answer the door. About 21/2 hours later, around 6:25 a.m., Lance and the two boys came out. Officers later took from the house a 30-06 caliber rifle with scope as evidence. Pease said other people, including women and children, were in the house but were not considered to be in a hostage situation and were not charged. Lance was arrested and held in Crow Agency on suspicion of aggravated assault, disorderly conduct and other tribal charges, Pease said. He posted bond and was released Thursday. Officers arrested Lance on a federal charges of assault on a federal officer and possession of an illegal firearm Friday morning in Crow Agency and took him to Yellowstone County jail. He is scheduled to appear Monday in Federal Court in Billings. The boys, Pease said, were charged with assault and other tribal violations. Friday afternoon the tribe sent the boys to a juvenile detention facility in Oklahoma, he said. The U.S. attorney may opt to bring federal charges against the boys, who Pease believed would spend several months the Oklahoma facility. Copyright c. 2002 The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises. --------- "RE: Thieves loot Indian Graves" --------- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:39:10 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="GRAVE ROBBERS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20020320-3408108.htm Thieves loot Indian graves March 20, 2002 RICHMOND (AP) - A new type of criminal is desecrating Virginia's history, and the main target is Indian remains. Looters dig up grave sites and steal ceremonial headdresses masks, jewelry, turquoise, metal, skulls and bones - anything they can get their hands on and anything they can sell for top dollar. Some collectors will pay thousands for a piece of the past. "For the collector, it's not about the ceremonial or religious value - it's about how it looks on their mantelpiece," said Robert D. Hicks, a law-enforcement specialist with the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services. "We have a huge, burgeoning national and international market for old things," Mr. Hicks said Saturday at the Conference on Indian Affairs sponsored by the Virginia Council on Indians. Stealing from burial grounds is illegal under the U.S. Archaeological Resources Protection Act. It prohibits the excavation, removal, damage, sale, purchase and transportation of items that are "of past human existence," of archaeological interest or that are more than 100 years old. The Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act also protects sites from theft and vandalism. In 1995, Mr. Hicks started a program to train law-enforcement officials how to identify and examine crime scenes involving theft of resources, which he dubbed "time crime." Mr. Hicks showed slides of holes in the ground - evidence of looters. A stray cigarette butt or beer can littered some scenes. In one photo, a young boy playing "archaeologist" posed next to the body of a young Indian he dug up. "I can't even watch, it makes me so angry," said Reeva Tilley, chairman of the Virginia Council on Indians. Indians must be particularly diligent to avoid grave desecration, Mr. Hicks said. In one Tennessee town, the sheriff deputized some members of a local Cherokee tribe to patrol an Indian cemetery frequented by grave robbers. When the patrols began, the looting stopped, he said. Virginia has countless tiny cemeteries and makeshift burial grounds that are hundreds of years old and tucked away in the woods or deep in fields. They are prime targets for looters, who sell the artifacts through a close-knit community of dealers behind the scenes at auctions, Mr. Hicks said. One antique pot from a tribe in the southwestern United States sold for $400,000. Dealers also sell illegal items online, making the job of law enforcement even more challenging. Internet auction sites allow anonymous dealing of illegal antiques, Mr. Hicks said. A quick search of a popular Web auction site produced advertisements for several high-priced Indian artifacts more than 500 years old. "It's been immensely difficult for law enforcement to penetrate the inner circle," Mr. Hicks said. Copyright c. 2002 News World Communications, Inc. --------- "RE: RCMP kept Secret Red Power File" --------- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 20:43:30 -0800 From: "mikola 18" Subj: "RCMP kept secret 'Red Power' file on dissident natives" Mailing List: ndn-aim http://www.canada.com Monday, March 18, 2002 "RCMP kept secret 'Red Power' file on dissident natives; Fear of armed confrontation with natives revealed in newly released documents from '70s" By RICK MOFINA Vancouver Sun OTTAWA -- "The RCMP monitored and compiled lists of potentially violent, politically active native Indians for inclusion in a secret "Red Power" photograph album during the 1970s, according to newly released intelligence documents. Canada's spy agency of the day, the RCMP Security Service, feared "armed confrontation" between the government and native activists, and threats to a pipeline running between Canada and the U.S., inspired by militant native actions to the south, according to the records. The RCMP intelligence records focus on the so-called Red Power movement in Canada, which was committed to radical political action. Red Power members found alliance with such U.S. groups as the National Congress of American Indians and the American Indian Movement. Those rights-based organizations called on native Indians to choose between assimilation and being Indian, and advocated that U.S. and Canadian government obligations to Indians are binding. During the 1970s, tension in which AIM played a prominent role permeated parts of North America's native community, which culminated in violence at Wounded Knee, S.D. "The appearance of the American Indian Movement (AIM) and its unifying factor in the Indian community has resulted in cross-country travel by individuals in which we maintain an interest," says a report marked "secret" and dated April 5, 1973, titled Red Power Canada. It was distributed to RCMP division commanders across the country with a request that each division submit a list of individuals it felt should be included in a Red Power photograph album being set up. "It will be difficult to select individuals to be included," cautions the report, which bears the notation "not to be disseminated outside the Force." "This album is to contain individuals whom you feel may be involved in acts of violence or whose movements we should be monitoring." Accompanying Security Service documents indicate that its concerns with native activism of the era were heightened "following the participation of Canadian Indians at the occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs offices in Washington, D.C., early November 1972," says one confidential intelligence report dated March 23, 1973. The tensions of the time were marked by an armed standoff early in 1973 for native rights led by AIM at Wounded Knee, located near the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. "The support which AIM has in Canada did not become apparent until AIM arrived at Wounded Knee," says the report. While hostilities between AIM and the U.S. government were developing, "the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan, using representatives from the Metis Society of Saskatchewan, contributed physically and financially to AIM's cause," say the records. They also say the RCMP noted that AIM received additional support from natives across Canada." Copyright c. 2002 Vancouver Sun ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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: Peltier Campaign Update" --------- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 22:27:54 -0600 From: "lpdc" Subj: PELTIER UPDATE! Mailing List: LPDC UNTIL FREEDOM IS WON! UPDATE ON THE PELTIER CAMPAIGN FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE INCLUDED IN THIS MESSAGE: Updates on the Motion to Reduce Leonard's Sentence, Progress Made Toward Obtaining New Evidence, Civil Rights Case, Government Reform Committee Dear Friends, We are writing today with both good and bad news on the case of Leonard Peltier. But before we begin we want to thank all of you who have been sponsoring LPDC speakers and organizing Peltier events in your communities. Raising awareness continues to be essential and supporters have organized several successful events. Let's keep the LPDC speakers bureau busy and word of Leonard's case flowing! We also want to let you know that there will be three important events on June 26 marking 27 years since the shoot-out occurred. They include gatherings in Oglala, South Dakota, San Francisco, California and Boston, Massachusetts. We encourage you to plan on attending one of these events or organizing something in your community. More details will be released soon. BAD NEWS, BUT NOT SURPRISING We regret to announce that the motion to reduce Leonard's sentence was denied by the U.S. District Court of North Dakota. We expected this case to be a challenge because of the many procedural obstacles it involved combined with the political nature of the Peltier case, especially in this district. However, we had hoped for more fairness given that Judge Benson, who tried Leonard, is no longer hearing cases. Judge Magnison denied the motion without a hearing based upon issues of timeliness. A motion to reduce sentence is supposed to be filed within a year following a conviction. However, we argued that filing at this late date was justified because of significant developments that occurred since trial, citing cases in which exceptions had been made due to extraordinary circumstances. The court said that the significant developments in question (government admission that it can't prove who shot agents/ballistics) had already been litigated. Judge Magnison refused to consider these issues despite the clearly different character of the case, which sought a review of sentence and not a new trial like before. Attorney Eric Seitz is appealing the decision to the Eighth Circuit. NOW WHAT? We MUST obtain new evidence and demand a new trial for Leonard Peltier. We are confident that key evidence exists in the thousands of documents that are withheld by the FBI and fortunately, we are moving closer to obtaining them. GOOD NEWS! Thanks to the persistent letters of supporters in Massachusetts, Representative Barney Frank wrote to the FBI insisting that the withheld documents be released given Clinton's Executive Order requiring the disclosure of documents after the passage of 25 years. The FBI Office of Public and Congressional Affairs responded by saying, "After receipt of your letter.the FBI consulted with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to request that the investigative records pertaining to Mr. Peltier that are 25 years or older be considered of significant historical interest subject to declassification review. NARA agreed and the process of declassification review has begun. Upon completion, the material will be accessioned to NARA and a declassified copy will be provided to your office. We anticipate completion of this project by the end of the year." Attorney Mike Kuzma, who is handling Leonard's FOIA requests, wrote to NARA to learn when the declassification would be completed. Mike also asked that he be provided copies of the documents. NARA responded, "We have been informed that the records are still in the physical and legal custody of the FBI. The FBI has completed its declassification review and is currently processing the records for transfer to NARA and their subsequent public release. The transfer is expected to occur in May of this year. Following the transfer, NARA may require additional time to prepare for the public release of the records." This is a very positive development for us and strengthens our chances for obtaining new information. Furthermore, the documents are now protected against destruction because of their historical classification. The battle is not over, as we expect the documents to be partly censored for reasons of "national security" like before. But, we plan to demand the full release and exposure of the documents in court. It should also be noted that Mike Kuzma continues to pursue the documents through the Freedom of Information Act process. Requests have been submitted to FBI headquarters and numerous field offices across the country. With the exception of Portland, Oregon, all offices have reported that they possess records. We anticipate filing one or several suits to demand the release of these documents in the near future. Mike Kuzma is also working with law students involved in the Innocence Project of Osgoode Hall and the LPDC of Canada to obtain documents generated around the extradition. MORE GOOD NEWS! The civil rights complaint against the FBI has been drafted and the finishing touches are being added now. This case argues that the FBI violated Leonard's Constitutional Rights by lying to the Department of Justice, former President Clinton, the Parole Commission, and the public with the sole intention of denying Leonard fair clemency and parole reviews, thus costing him his long deserved freedom. We plan to do a major press blitz on the day the case is filed and we will need your participation. This is our chance to undo much of the disinformation disseminated by the FBI through the press in recent years. Please be prepared to forward the press release to your local media. We will let you know when we determine the exact date it will be filed. Please stay tuned. NOTE: This case represents another opportunity to access the withheld FBI documents through discovery. KEEP PUSHING CONGRESS FOR INVESTIGATIONS! Meanwhile, a window of opportunity continues to exist with the House Committee on Government Reform. As you know this committee is planning to investigate cases of FBI misconduct leading to wrongful convictions. We must press the Reform Committee to shine its spot light on Leonard's case. Please continue to write Representative Burton on a regular basis, and cc your letters to your representative. A recent phone call to Rep Burton's office indicates that he is collecting and taking notice of our letters. Please send us copies of any response letters you receive from officials so that we can track their positions. LET US KNOW Let us know if you are organizing anything for Leonard whether it be for June 26 or any other date so that we can help by publicizing it. Do not hesitate to contact us to share your ideas and suggestions about building pressure and awareness for the freedom of Leonard Peltier! Thank you. In Solidarity, LPDC Until Freedom Is Won! The New Peltier Justice Campaign Leonard Peltier Defense Committee PO Box 583 Lawrence, KS 66044 785-842-5774 www.freepeltier.org To subscribe, send a blank message to lpdc-on@mail-list.com --------- "RE: Native Prisoner" --------- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:19:12 -0600 From: Janet Smith Subj: Native Prisoner From: "catrelkim" Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 1:37 AM Subject: Assistance at USP Atwater request I am seeking assistance for the Circle at USP Atwater (CA). The Circle there has no programs in place, no ceremony, no Spiritual Advisors, outside volunteers ... nothing. Would anyone knowing of anyone who would be willing to work with the native inmates and administration on getting programs started please contact me? Regards, Kim From: Brigitte Thimiakis Date: Friday, March 22, 2002 5:57 PM Subj: Request for Help, from George Lopez {Please forward} From Valerie Scott - NAPS - ====================================================== Please note that NAPS has removed the names of relatives to respect their privacy. Anyone willing to undertake research or to assist this prisoner in obtaining his BIA registration, should ask him for further details. George M. Lopez, #79354 3H20, SMU II - ASP Eyman, P.O. Box 3400, Florence, AZ 85232 As you can see by my return address that I am an inmate in a state prison. My situation I this: I am on Death Row, pending appeals, decisions by courts as to whether I live or die. But I am in need of religious and cultural information, as those Native Americans imprisoned in most Florence units are without a Native American contractor, as per Chaplain Kelley, Eyman Unit. First allow me to give you a brief history and maybe it can give you some insight as to the "whys" of my situation. I was born on 5 February 1953, in a home in Tombstone, Arizona, but transported to a hospital in Benson, AZ. My grandfather, AL, a Chiricahua Apache, born in the early 1870s, took me to live, learn and know the ways of the Apache, when I was 2 years old. His home was in the high mountains of the Sierra Madres, near the towns of Pierda Negra and Janos. I lived, learned with him, my nurse, a Yaqui curandera, a group of Elders and their families. When my grandfather died in 1960, I was sent to live with my family in Tombstone, AZ. I was then sent to a Catholic school to be 'rehabilitated' and taught the Christian ways, as my mother, AGML and her family were devout Catholics who had come from Spain (Barcelona or Altima). The problem I now face is that my grandmother, R, a Yaqui born in Belen, and my grandfather A had to escape to the Sierra Madres with their families. That's where they met, had children, and tried to live. But my grandmother grew tired of that life and a few years after the birth of my father, MAL, came to Tombstone, AZ. My father was born on 28 February 1928. In Tombstone, at that time, it was best to be called a 'Mexican" rather than an 'Indian', so that's how we became Mexicans. Now that I wish to receive spiritual help and cultural information, I am told by DOC and the Chaplain's Office, that I must have a BIA number to participate in this. So I have written to a list of agencies given to me by the Arizona Inter-Tribal Council for any registration of family members so that I can have this number. So far, no luck! Except information from a book entitled, "The Apache Diaries" by Goodwin & Goodwin, published by the University of Nebraska, sent to my by Don Decker, Director, Yauapai-Apache Nation, Apache Culture Office, 2400 Datsi, Camp Verde, Arizona 86322-8412. Where he states that, "If you contact the warden there, have Larry Foster of the Native American Prison Spirituality Office visit you and you can explain your situation to him. Just by the mere fact that you proved that your ancestry was from the Sierra Madres area is justification for your participation in the sweat lodges there". But I've done just that, only to be told that I don't have a number! So I am not eligible to participate in ANY Native American ceremonies, including to purchase or obtain smudging material, so I am asking for any support you or your organization can give to me, to make my stay here at SMU II a bit more tolerable. I have asked my siblings to help, but I guess they don't acknowledge that part of the bloodline. I grew up with my grandfather and the old ways, and even when I was 'rehabilitated', I secretly tried to worship in the old ways. My father asked me not to 'rock the boat', and I respected his wishes, until he passed away in 1998. Now I must do what I can to follow my heart, blood and spirit, before my life is taken. Please help me to get that number and help me find someone willing to re-teach me the ways before it is too late. Thank you! ===== NAPS (Native American Prisoner Support) http://www.hri.ca/partners/naps/ --------- "RE: History: Carlisle Indian School" --------- Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 21:54:29 -0500 From: Barbara Landis Subj: March 15, 1889 INDIAN HELPER, Carlisle Indian School. [Editorial Note: These reprints are being included in this newsletter so that you might know the mind of those who ran institutions like Carlisle.] THE INDIAN HELPER ------------------------- A WEEKLY LETTER FROM THE CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL TO BOYS AND GIRLS ============================ VOLUME IV CARLISLE, PA. ============================= FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1889 NO. 30 ============================= THINK. When you are tempted much to say An angry word, do *not* I pray. Just bite your tongue a little while And screw your face into a smile, And think. When you are tempted much to take A little thing, if bad thoughts make You covet what is not your own, Just go into a room alone And think. When you are longing much to be Like some wise person that you see, Just take your little book and read The lessons that to-day you need, And think. ----------- ARE INDIANS KIND TO ANIMALS? ------ The following story of a Carlisle girl now in the country, was overheard by the Man-on-the-band-stand the other day and answers the above question very nicely : The family doctor who had been sent for to see a sick person in the house where the girl lives, drove up to the door one cold day this winter and hastily tying his horse hurried in to the house to see what he could do for the sick. While he was in the house the Indian girl noticed that the horse stood shivering in the cold, and she went to the barn, got a blanket and put it on the horse. When the doctor came out he said: "Why some one has been very kind to blanket my horse so niceIy. I wonder who it was." "It was I," said the Indian girl modestly. "You," said the Doctor. "I thank you very much and here is ten cents for the trouble. "It was no trouble," replied the girl, but she kept the money and the next day sent it to Carlisle to pay for the INDIAN HELPER. So the Man-on-the-band-stand is glad to tell the story that the readers of his paper may see that Indians have kind hearts and that his children on farms like the INDIAN HELPER so well that they are willing to spend the last ten cents for it. SUCCESSFUL MEN. Who are they? They are those men who, when boys, were compelled to work, to help better themselves or their parents, and who, when a little older, were under the stern necessity of doing more than their legitimate share of labor, who as young men, developed their minds and wits by persistent study in moments that are ordinarily wasted. Hence, in reading the lives of eminent men who have distinguished themselves, we find the youth passed in self-denials. They sat up late, rose early to the performance of imperative duties, doing by daylight the work of one man and by night that of another. A banker of high integrity, and who started in life without shilling, said the other day: "For years I was in my place of business at sunrise, and often did not leave for fifteen or eighteen hours." "What is your secret? asked a lady of Turner, the distinguished painter. He replied: "I have no secret, madam, but hard work." Says Dr. Arnold: "The difference between one man and another is not so much in talent as in energy." "Nothing," says Reynolds, "is denied well-directed labor, and nothing is to be attained without it." "Excellence in any department," says Johnson, can now be attained by the labor of life-time but it is not to be purchased at a lesser price." "There is but one way to succeed," says Sidney Smith, "and that is by hard labor, and the man who will not pay that price for distinction had better at once dedicate himself to the pursuit of the fox." "Step by step" reads the French proverb, "one goes very far." "Nothing," says Mirabeau. "is impossible to a man who can and will. This is the only law of success." ------------ Hypocrites seldom deceive anybody. It is never difficult to detect the counterfeit. =================================== (P. 2) The Indian Helper. ----------------------------- PRINTED EVERY FRIDAY, AT THE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA. BY THE INDIAN PRINTER BOYS. --> THE INDIAN HELPER is PRINTED by Indian boys, but EDITED by The-Man-on-the-band-stand, who is NOT an Indian. ----------------------------- Price: - 10 cents a year. ============================== Address INDIAN HELPER, Carlisle, Pa. Miss M. Burgess, Manager. ============================== Entered in the P.O. at Carlisle as second class mail matter. ============================== The INDIAN HELPER is paid for in advance, so do not hesitate to take the paper from the Post Office, for fear a bill will be presented. ============================= SQUEEZED INTO SHAPE. ---- At English Speaking Meeting, on Saturday night we were again entertained by a talk from Mr. Mason Pratt. This time he took for his subject "Iron." He carried us most interestingly through all the different processes of converting iron-ore into rails for rail-road purposes and into various other shapes of usefulness. The squeezing of the huge pieces of iron into shapes, by pressing them through immense rollers, etc., gave Captain a test upon which he spoke very earnestly after Mr. Mason was through. "Squeezed into shape." No doubt, if the iron knew when it came out of the hill the amount of heat and driving and pushing and squeezing it would have to go through before it could become the iron for the rail-road or the razor or the watch-spring it would shrink from being so worked over. But it must undergo all this before it can become of much use to the civilized world. An application was made from this to the life of a growing person starting on the road to usefulness. To become useful we must submit to hard squeezing into shape. The Captain then referred to the story which Mr. Mason gave of his college friend, how after years of hard study in college, when he left college to begin business for himself he began" in a machine-shop or foundry. Where did he begin? In a high place in the foundry? No. He first wheeled sand along with common laborers. That was the only way he could get in the shop, and he saw there was a chance to work higher, so he took the wheel-barrow first. In a few weeks he was given a little higher work, that of carrying boards for the carpenter. A few weeks more he was promoted to the office where he had to work all night over large sheets of figures. He did not complain about this hard work, but kept faithfully at it. Now he is in the drafting room, where he draws parts of great locomotives and other machinery and gets good pay for his work. No doubt in a few years he will come out at the top of the heap of mechanical engineering. He is *working his own way up* by good and faithful service. He is being "squeezed into shape" like the iron and it is making a MAN of him. Let us take this lesson home to ourselves. When we leave Carlisle let us not think we know too much to begin low down in any useful work we can find. Remember the Captains' closing quotation: "He that is faithful over a few things shall be made ruler of many." =========== It is not work that wears men out prematurely. It is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more on a man than he can bear. Worry is the rust on the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.-[Beecher =========== Cornelia, who lives at Mrs. Millers's in town sent a club for the HELPER this week and promises more, soon. Several of our boys and girls out from the school have made themselves agents for the Man-on-the-band-stand's paper and it pleases the gentleman very much to see his children get thus into business habits. ----------- Jemima Two Elks writes that she enjoys going to school with white children and loves her teacher. ----------- Edwin Yastgumu, stood at the head of his spelling class when he wrote last week from his farm home in Bucks County. He takes his books home nights and studies after his work is done, and he means to get on as fast as he can. ----------- Four little hearts were made glad this week by a present of the INDIAN HELPER from a kind friend at Mittineague, Mass. They were who have not money to pay for it themselves. =================================== Capt. and Mrs. Pratt are in Jamestown, N. Y. ----------- Frank Jannies is becoming a particularly neat workman at his trade-carpentering. ----------- The painting of a new show-case has been very nicely done by Raymond Stewart. ----------- W. F. Campbell says he much prefers carpentering to painting and goes at it like an old hand. ----------- We would like to print all the Enigmas received from our little white friends, but it is impossible. We thank them, however, for showing such interest in our work. ----------- The carpenters are very busy in the shop filling the requisition for wardrobes for the boys' rooms. Those for the Large Boys' Quarters are nearly completed, then the little boys will have their turn. ----------- The new horse, Charley, is so big that he has a special set of harness made for him, which is now being done in the harness shop. He takes a twenty-two inch collar. The traces for his harness stitched by Knox Nostlin show very superior work. ----------- Asked one of our teachers of her class, "What is the difference between present, past and future time?" No one could answer. In explaining she said, "Now, next summer maybe we will go to camp again in the mountains. "What time is that?" "Summer time," was the confident reply of one of her hopefuls. ----------- THE RED MAN out to-day contains an interesting article from Miss Sparhawk, one from Dr. Given, pointed editorial matter and school notes, besides high comments from the leading papers of the day on the Indian Question and Oklahoma. It is well worth reading through and through. Subscription price, fifty cents a year, single copy five cents. ----------- One of the most remarkable features of the blind entertainment, the account of which we printed last week, was inadvertently omitted. It was the memory exercise given by a young man who for several minutes answered questions fired at him by Rev. Dr. Brown and others in reference to the content of any chapter of the Old Testaments they chanced to select. In Chronicles and Kings he was perfectly at home and made not a single failure. The young man left the platform amid the enthusiastic applause of an amused audience. Married. PRATT-CRANE--On the 14th inst. in Jamestown, N. Y., Mr. Mason D. Pratt, son of Capt. Pratt, to Miss Mabel Crane. The happy couple go directly to Dubuque, Iowa, where Mr. Pratt has engaged in business. The good wishes of the Man-on-the-band-stand and their host of friends at Carisle go with them. ----------- On Saturday Prof. Woodruff arrived from his visit among boys on farms. ----------- We can afford to talk about the weather when it is so lovely as it was for several days this week. ----------- When a room girl after she dusts the books puts them back on the shelf up-side down and does it often what can be the matter with her? ----------- Jack Standing called and renewed his subscription for the HELPER, and he did it in a real business-like way, too, just like any other man. ----------- A telegram of congratulations signed by all the teachers and officers of our school was sent to Mr. and Mrs. Mason Pratt, yesterday morning. ----------- The largest and best flag the Carlisle School can afford (and it is a beauty) waved gracefully in the breeze, yesterday, in honor of the wedding of Mr. Mason Pratt and Miss Crane. ----------- The first edition of the HELPER from which our pupils and teachers at the school are supplied comes out Thursday evenings. Who is going to attend the Missionary meeting tonight? An interesting time is anticipated. ----------- LOST.-From the printing-office, a pair of scissors. How can the Man-on-the-band-stand do his clipping from exchanges if he has no scissors? Will the boy who carried them off to cut hair please return them? Five cents reward will be given for the return of this valuable piece of property, and no questions asked. ----------- Died. EUNICE-On Saturday the 9th. inst., Eunice Sois, aged one year and five months. Our little Eunice had all that care and attention could give, and yet she was taken from us. The disease from which she suffered went to her brain and for two days she lay in a stupor from which she was not able to rally. On Sunday afternoon she was buried and many a heart sank in sorrow as the pretty little white coffin, covered with the choicest flowers and containing the remains of our beloved baby was lowered in the grave. =================================== (p. 4) DRINK AND WORK. ----- "I drink to make me work," said a young man, to which observation an old man replied thus: "That is right! You drink and it will make you work! Hearken to me a moment, and I'll tell you something that may do you good. I was once a very prosperous farmer. I had a good, loving wife, and two as fine lads as ever the sun had shone on. We had a comfortable home and used to live happily together. But we used to drink ale to make us work. Those two lads I have laid in drunkards' graves. My wife died broken-hearted, and she now lies by her two sons. I am seventy-two years of age. Had it not been for drink I might have been an independent man, but I used to drink to make me work--and it makes me work now! At seventy-two years of age, I am obliged to work for my daily bread. Drink! Drink ! and it will make you work."-[Ex. -------------- How Cigarettes are Made. It is understood that at the present time quite a number of manufacturers are making cigarettes in the following manner: Cigar stumps are-collected from the streets, bar-rooms, railroad stations, and other places by children and foreigners who make a good living in this way, it is said. When the stumps are brought in to the cigarette maker, they are first dried by being before a fire. When dry they are rubbed between the hands until they are shredded to the size of a pin's head. The stuff is then rolled in paper and sold for cigarettes, and these are what boys smoke! --------------- "The importance of fidelity in small things is seen in the fact that small occasions are coming continually, while great ones seldom occur. Thus our education in faithfulness will depend not so much on our doing right on great occasions, as in the small but frequent tests of daily life. It is these which educate us to good or evil." ------------- Don't think that your belonging to a church, being active in a Sunday School or the Y. M. C. A., is going to save you. Christ said, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."-[Y. M. C. A. Advocate. A boy of grit, of tact, of talent, will under the most adverse circumstances in this America of ours, push himself to the front, and render a good account of himself, while the boy sluggish in disposition, low in aims, a lover of ease and self-indulgence, will as easily fall into the no-account, lazy, indifferent pauper and criminal classes. ---------- The Sitka "North Star" says of one of their Indian girls: A girl who had served in the kitchen a short time and was learning to bake bread, was told to turn the bread pan around. She took the bread out of the oven and turned it up-side down on top of the stove. ---------- When respiration ceases our education is finished, and not a moment sooner. ---------- Enigma. A little boy nine years old sends the following enigma: I am made of 12 letters. My 1, 2, 3, is what I like to write with. My 8, 9, 10, 4, 11, 2, is the name of a girl. My 5, 7, 6, is what a fox is. My 8, 12, 11, 10, is what some girls are when they have new clothes. My whole is the name of a state in the Union. --------- ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S K PUZZLE: Shop bell. ============================= STANDING OFFER: - For FIVE new subscribers to the INDIAN HELPER, we will give the person sending them a photographic group of the 15 Carlisle Indian Printer boys, on a card 4 1/2 X 6 1/2 inches, worth 20 cents when sold by itself. Name and tribe of each boy given. (Persons wishing the above premium will please enclose a 1-cent stamp to pay postage.) For TEN, Two PHOTOGRAPHS, one showing a group of Pueblos as they arrived in wild dress, and another of the same pupils three years after, or, for the same number of names we give two photographs showing still more marked contrast between a Navajoe as he arrived in native dress, and as he now looks, worth 20 cents a piece. Persons wishing the above premiums will please enclose a 2-cent stamp to pay postage. For FIFTEEN, we offer a GROUP of the whole school on 9x14 inch card. Faces show distinctly, worth sixty cents. Persons wishing the above premium will please send 5 cents to pay postage. For THREE new subscribers we will give the picture of Apache baby, Eunice. Send a l-cent stamp to pay postage. Persons sending clubs must send all the names at once. If the stamp to pay postage on premium does not accompany the subscription list we take it for granted that the premium is not wanted. ============================================ At the Carlisle Indian School is published monthly an eight-page quarto of standard size, called THE RED MAN, the mechanical part of which is done entirely by Indian boys. This paper is valuable as a summary of information on Indian matters and co