From gars@speakeasy.org Tue Apr 9 22:04:02 2002 Date: 10 Apr 2002 01:43:55 -0000 From: Gary Night Owl To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Subject: Wotanging Ikche--nanews10.015 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 015 | Country than is reported in | O o o o o O | this weekly newsletter. 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When that happens, the federal government will be freed of its persistent 'Indian problem.'" "Brother, if you white men murdered the Son of the Great Spirit, we Indians had nothing to do with it, and it is none of our affair. If he had come among us, we would not have killed him; we would have treated him well. You must make amends for that crime yourselves." __ Chief Red Jacket, Seneca +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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! If you can help these young ladies achieve this once in a lifetime dream, it will be a good thing. http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.navajohopiobserver.com/navajohopiobserver/ Hopi Girls May Run In Australia - With Your Help By Stan Bindell Polacca, Ariz.-The good news is that two Hopi High School cross country runners have been selected to run for the Arizona team in Australia. The bad news is that they each have to raise $3,000 for the trip. Hopi High School girls cross country runners Alyssa Fredericks and Tara Secakuku will be running for the Arizona team in Australia this summer. The dynamic duo will be running in the fifth annual Parkroyal Down Under International Games in Australia. George O'Scanlon, president of International Sports Specialists Inc., said they were selected based on their contributions to their community and other achievements. The 13 day trip, which begins July 1, will include one day in Sydney, Australia, seven days and seven nights in Surfer's Paradise on the Gold Coast of Australia and three days and nights in either Honolulu, Hawaii or Cairns, Australia. Copyright c. 2002 Northern Arizona Newspapers, Inc. -=-=-=- A study commissioned by the United States concluded drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wilderness would bring irreparable harm to the plants and animals, including humans, living there. That study was made over a period of several years by known experts. This did not set well with the Bush administration, who had made opening the ANWR to oil exploration one of George W. and Dick's election planks. A new study conducted by handpicked consultants concluded in one week that the original study was in error and that drilling and rolling trucks across the tundra will cause no major damage to the arctic ecosystem. Of course, only the second determination will be held as valid. ANWR will feel the bite of the diamond drill bit, a minimal impact will be made on our oil consumption, if any; and the caribou, plants, streams and people will die. 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 ---------- - G. Wayne Tapio - No more FBI Lies - Limited Arctic Drilling - Peltier seeks Jury Trial Won't Harm Caribou ??? in Case against FBI - Hill & Holler: - Native Prisoner Righting Old Wrongs -- Cease writing Governor - Big Mountain Aquifer and Coal - Rustywire: - Anglicans urged to vote No Nahgebah and Old Story in Treaty Referendum - Poem: Winged Lessons - Ottawa report says drop Charges - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days from Burnt Church - Students need to - Nez Perce Case Learn Indian Culture strengthens Sovereignty - Native America Calling - Former OST Officials on Trial - Upcoming Events --------- "RE: G. Wayne Tapio" --------- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 08:10:59 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="G. WAYNE TAPIO" http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/display/inn_obits/9513obits.txt G. Wayne Tapio April 7, 2002 Wanbli Ksapa - Wise Eagle PINE RIDGE - Gerald Wayne Tapio, well-known politician of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, passed from this world on April 3, 2002, after a long battle with cancer. G. Wayne, as everyone knew him, served on the OST Council for more than 20 years. During his career he is remembered most for his strong advocacy for the youth and elderly of the reservation. He believed strongly in education and many young people are grateful for the support he provided to them in obtaining their education. G. Wayne served several terms as mayor of Pine Ridge, which earned him the distinctive nickname of "Mayor." G. Wayne loved his work and worked tirelessly to bring about change to the reservation. G. Wayne was born to Raymond Tapio and Bertha Janis on Oct. 3, 1935. In 1954, he graduated from Oglala Community School and also married his high school sweetheart, Shirley Shangreau, at this time. G. Wayne and Shirley had five children: Dale Wayne, Lyle Martin, Harlan Louis, Letoy Ray and Robert Dean. G. Wayne earned a degree in Elementary Education from what was then Black Hills State Teacher's College in 1959. After his graduation, he moved his family to the Southwest where he taught in several BIA schools in New Mexico and Arizona. In 1970, he returned to Pine Ridge and took a position as a Home Living Director for the Oglala Community School (now Pine Ridge High School). G. Wayne was eventually drawn to the political arena and was elected to the OST Council as a councilman of the Pine Ridge district. During his terms in office he served as chairman of various committees of the tribal council. G. Wayne was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Shirley and son Harlan. He is survived by his four children; three grandsons, Myron Tapio, Roy Martinez Jr., and Derek Martinez; one granddaughter, Kristie Tapio; two great-grandsons, Mark and Marcel Tapio. He is also survived by his sisters, Catherine Steele, Jean Good Crow, Jackie Mousseau, Patricia Good Voice Flute and Betty Wilson; and one brother, Delbert Tapio. G. Wayne was the patriarch of a very large family including many nieces, nephews, great- nieces and nephews and other relatives who remember him with great love. In 1986, G. Wayne was adopted by Louie Boy Winters and family and given the name of Wanbli Ksapa by the late Matthew Two Bulls. He will always be remembered by his family, friends and the Lakota people whom he served with commitment and dedication. One-night wake begins at 3:30 p.m., with a rosary at 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 9, at Pine Ridge High School Gym in Pine Ridge. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 10, at Pine Ridge High School Gym, with Fr. Steve Sanford, S.J., as celebrant. Burial will be at the Holy Rosary Mission Catholic Cemetery in Pine Ridge. Sioux Funeral Home in Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2002 The Rapid City Journal. --------- "RE: Limited Arctic Drilling Won't Harm Caribou ???" --------- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 08:20:43 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ANWR DRILLING OK????" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-040802anwr.story Limited Arctic Drilling Won't Harm Caribou, Scientists Say By KIM MURPHY, Times Staff Writer April 8, 2002 Setting the stage for a contentious debate on oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, government scientists have concluded that oil wells limited to the northwest corner of the refuge would do little or no harm to the thousands of caribou who bear their young on the coastal plain. In a follow-up of an earlier report, the U.S. Geological Survey concluded that predictions that oil drilling would impair caribou reproduction and survival do not hold true if the eastern half of the Arctic coastal plain is left untouched, a plan now under consideration by some drilling proponents. The biologists were ordered to take another look at the issue after their earlier assessment of wildlife impacts considered a wider range of drilling scenarios that left its findings open to debate. The new report could influence the oil-drilling debate, as the Senate prepares to resume debate this week on energy legislation. For the first time, drilling proponents come to the hearings armed with scientific cover for tapping the portion of the refuge thought most likely to contain readily accessible oil. Critics dismissed the revised findings, however, saying they do not provide a realistic assessment because they look only at what happens if caribou are prevented from calving in the northwest quadrant. They do not examine whether that area might be important to caribou in other ways, said Ken Whitten, a caribou biologist who contributed to the original report. "We can be pretty confident that there would be impacts, but we don't have a model yet to measure them," Whitten said. The 123,000 caribou are the most visible of the thousands of wildlife- birds, grizzly bears, polar bears, musk oxen and others-that inhabit the narrow, 1.5 million-acre coastal plain of the Arctic refuge, America's largest wildlife reserve and its most northern. The annual migration of the herd-named after the Porcupine River-from the mountains of Canada to the Arctic coast is North America's last great mammal migration, and the spring and summer weeks spent along the coast, relatively free of insects and predators, is thought to be crucial to survival of the herd. Federal officials estimate there are 5.7 billion to 16 billion barrels of oil underneath the coastal plain, and the original USGS report looked at how wildlife would be affected under a range of five development scenarios for extracting that oil. The original findings, unveiled March 29, ranged from little to no effect on wildlife, if oil drilling is limited to the western edge of the refuge, to a decrease of as much as 8.2% in caribou calf survival, if there is massive development of the plain. Though that number seems small, biologists say it could be potentially crippling to the herd's viability. After its release, USGS Director Charles G. Groat asked the authors to go back to the table and evaluate additional scenarios. Over the last week, they looked at what would happen if oil wells were limited to the area that the USGS believes is most likely to contain exploitable oil reserves, in the northwest quadrant. The House, in its version of the energy bill, limited oil development at ANWR to 2,000 acres, presumably in the geologically accessible lands of the northwest. The authors also looked at development in lands controlled by Native Alaskans who have a share in oil reserves within the refuge. USGC biologist Brad Griffith, who authored the original caribou report, said in this latest study that the USGS computer model, which looks at what would happen if calving caribou were displaced by oil development in the northwest quadrant, found changes in calf survival rates ranging from a 1.4% improvement to a 2.9% decline, with an average of a 0.7% decline- essentially negligible. "Any displacement that's less than 10 kilometers total in the model as an average resulted in little or no change in the June calf survival," said an Interior official familiar with the report. The problem, Whitten said, is that applying the computer model to the northwest quadrant is unrealistic, because very few caribou use the quadrant for calving. On the other hand, about 30% of the herd uses that area after calving, an indication that it may provide valuable forage or insect protection that is vital but cannot be measured simply by looking at calf distribution, Whitten said. "We don't have ready-made models to estimate [impacts in this area] like we do on [the rest of] the coastal plain," he said. _ _ _ Times staff writer Elizabeth Shogren contributed to this report. Copyright c. 2002 Los Angeles Times. --------- "RE: Hill & Holler: Righting Old Wrongs" --------- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 20:30:55 -0600 (CST) From: susanbates@webtv.net (Susan) Subj: Hill & Holler: Righting Old Wrongs You might not be able to use this, but I have gotten lots of positive responses from people who have read this week's column. I thought I'd send it along for your consideration. Keep up the good work! Susan Bates Hill & Holler Column - April 4 RIGHTING OLD WRONGS There is a movement afoot to force some American companies who made their fortunes through the use of slave labor to make reparations to the black community. But I have a few questions I would like answered about the feasibility of such an action, such as, who exactly would stand to collect this money? Not every black person in this country is a descendant of slaves nor was every slave black. Many of our People were also sold into slavery. So would some of us be entitled to money? And if so, how does one prove slave descendancy? Why, Pocahontas alone has nearly a million descendants, if everyone who claims her blood is telling the truth. So what about the People who occupied this land in the first place, ..... you know, those peace loving men and women who kept a foreign race from starving to death their first years here, taught them to grow crops they had never seen before, acted as guides and protectors in a strange land and treated their illnesses using medicines the newcomers had never seen before? What was their reward for these acts of kindness - those gentle folks who felt the first waves of terrorism on this soil long before September 11? Where are their reparations? What about the more than 700 Pequot men, women and children who were murdered in 1637 while attending their Green Corn Festival? In the predawn hours they were awakened and ordered to come outside by English and Dutch mercenaries. Those who came out were shot or clubbed to death while the terrified women and children who huddled inside the longhouse were burned alive. The governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony declared "A Day Of Thanksgiving" in honor of their extermination. Where are their reparations? And what about the 110 women and children who were murdered at Ywahoo Falls in southeastern Kentucky on Friday, August 10th, 1810. For years the blood of the Cherokee People had stained our home land. In a desperate attempt to save the remaining children in the region, Cornblossom, daughter of Chief Doublehead. made arrangements to bring what was left of them to sacred Ywahoo Falls. Once all the children were gathered at the falls, they were to make the journey to Reverend Gideon Blackburn's Presbyterian Indian School at Sequatchie Valley outside of Chattanooga Tennessee and freedom. But instead they were viciously murdered by Tennessee Militiamen. Their screams can still be heard today. Where are their reparations? What about the children who were cruelly ripped from their parent's arms and sent far away to government run schools after Congress appropriated funds to "civilize and educate" Indians in 1802? Many died alone, far from home in a strange and horrible world. Where are their reparations? And what about the 38 Indians Abraham Lincoln ordered hanged on Thanksgiving, 1864, as a result of a Sioux uprising in Minnesota? Their People were starving to death and these men had no choice but to fight so they could survive. Where are their reparations? But forfeiting our land and losing our lives was not enough. Even the bones of our ancestors were coveted. Many white people wore clothes fastened with buttons made of Indian bones. Not even allowed the sanctity of a proper burial, many of our ancestor's remains are still being held hostage in museums and "private collections." Where are their reparations? One by one, every Nation on this continent was forced to make a death march of one type or another. The Trail of Tears, Sand Creek and Wounded Knee, The Long Walk of the Navajo, the list is endless. Where are their reparations? Can the present generation atone for the sins of an earlier one? I don't know. Our People are still waiting for the answer to that one. THE AMERICAN INDIAN HOLOCAUST MUSEUM What do we indigenous people want from our country? We stand over mass graves. Our collective grief makes us numb. We are waiting for the construction of our museum. We too could stack the shoes of our dead and fill a city to its thirteenth floor. What did you expect us to become? What do we indigenous people want from our country? We are waiting for the construction of our museum. We are the great-grandchildren of Sand Creek and Wounded Knee. We are the veterans of the Indian wars. We are the sons and daughters of the walking dead. We have lost everyone. What do we indigenous people want from our country? We stand over mass graves. Our collective grief makes us numb. We are waiting for the construction of our museum. ----Sherman Alexie ----- You can contact me at susanbates@webtv.net or write me at HC 73 Box 159-1, Drury, MO 65638 --------- "RE: Big Mountain Aquifer and Coal" --------- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 18:32:19 +0000 From: Moderator Subj: BIGMTLIST WATER, AQUIFER & COAL Mailing List: Big Mountain List Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 16:10:19 -0500 From: Carol Halberstadt Bob--this was posted on another list--please post to BIGMTLIST: thanks, Carol ______________________ Water wars reach Flag By JEFF TUCKER 04/06/2002 Hopi tribal activists, long opposed to groundwater pumping by Peabody Coal Co. on Black Mesa, have a new target for their ire: Their own tribal government. Beneath banners at Flagstaff City Hall depicting black, vampire-like creatures consuming water with phrases like "Peabody sucks life," Black Mesa Trust president Leonard Selestewa announced Friday the birth of what the Trust believes is a new demon. "On March 22, through a Hopi tribal resolution, I believe Peabody Junior was born," Selestewa said. "His name is Reliant." But the Hopi Tribal Council, which signed an agreement with Reliant Energy of Houston to explore building a coal-fired generating plant on Hopi lands, isn't buying that label. The tribe has committed its support to a plan that would build a $100 million pipeline from Lake Powell, bringing enough water to supply 1.3 billion gallons per year to Peabody, 800 million gallons per year for the new energy plant and augment drinking water on Hopi lands, said Hopi Chairman Wayne Taylor. "It's something the council has already endorsed," he said. Peabody, which denies that its groundwater pumping is harming Hopi springs and wells, nevertheless has alternatives in the works. One option would be to use additional "untapped" sources of groundwater; another involves piping water from a source near the Mohave generating station in Laughlin, Nev., -- the ultimate destination for the coal -- to the Hopi mesas and back with the slurry. "In terms of the Lake Powell pipeline, there are dozens of Arizona parties involved," said Beth Sutton, a Peabody spokesperson. "Due to the complexities of those discussions, we're continuing to consider other potential options on a parallel track." Regardless of which option is adopted, the Hopi Tribe has made it clear to Peabody that it won't renew the coal lease, which expires in 2005, if the mining relies on pumping the Navajo Aquifer. "What we have said (to Peabody) is that we're willing to go forward with the arrangement we have, plus provide you with additional coal, but only on the condition that you stop pumping from the N-aquifer," said Scott Canty, lead attorney for the Hopi Tribe. "(Without the alternative water source), we won't approve those additional terms, and we've said we're willing to see the mine close to get them off the N-aquifer." Those assurances notwithstanding, village leader Perry Honani said at Friday's demonstration that he will pull his three representatives from the Tribal Council in protest. "Our problem with Reliant is not with the good intentions to provide jobs and economy, because we do need that," said Vernon Masayesva, executive director of the Black Mesa Trust. "It's the manner in which they've done this that greatly disturbs us." Hopi Tribal officials say the Reliant plant, if built, could be a diamond in the rough, providing power to the reservation, 400 jobs and a $25 million payroll. "The Reliant project is not a sure thing," Canty said. "At this point all we have is a potential deal." Canty added that numerous environmental and feasibility studies are necessary before anything with Reliant can become final, and a key part of any negotiation is finding another source of water for the plant. Canty said the negotiations over the pipeline have been ongoing for close to six years and that Peabody has expressed interest in fronting most of the bill. Sutton, however, said the pipeline is only one alternative water source. She said Peabody remains interested in the Lake Powell pipeline proposal, but the company believes that it could be too complicated and time-consuming to be viable. Peabody also disputes claims by the Black Mesa Trust that its operation causes substantial damage to the aquifer. Sutton said the company has funded and will continue to fund scientific studies to be sure that the operation's effect on the aquifer is negligible. The water Peabody uses is part of its lease with the Hopi and Navajo tribes, but the tribes have jurisdiction over the water. Canty said the lease, approved in 1965, provides for enough water to make Peabody's operation viable, but the tribe is committed to stopping the use of the N-aquifer as a source for that water. The tribe is currently in negotiations with Peabody to extend its lease and allow the company to mine another portion of the mesa. Peabody has submitted its application to the Office of Surface Mining and the final approval to mine coal in the new deposits is contingent on tribal as well as OSM approval. Reporter Jeff Tucker can be reached at 556-2250 or jtucker@azdailysun.com. Copyright 2002 Arizona Daily Sun ========================================= Please visit http://www.theofficenet.com/~redorman/pagea~1.htm for more background on the Big Mountain relocation issue. To post to the list, email your message to icnb@crosswinds.net. To subscribe, send an email to: BIGMTLIST-subscribe@topica.com. --------- "RE: Anglicans urged to vote No in Treaty Referendum" --------- Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 11:19:57 -0500 From: "Frosty" Subj: Anglicans urged to vote No in treaty referendum Mailing List: Frostys AmerIndian <@yahoogroups.com http://www2.mybc.com/news/bc/fs.cfm?source_id=&id=1090754 'Pastoral letter' issued Anglicans urged to vote No in treaty referendum Apr 05, 2002 Friday , Apr 05, 2002 VANCOUVER (CP) - The Anglican Church waded into the controversial treaty referendum issue Thursday, urging its more than 200,000 members in British Columbia to vote No to the eight questions now being mailed across the province. Archbishop David Crawley, the province's top bishop, said the church was taking the unusual step of issuing a "pastoral letter" that would be read Sunday to parishioners. "In rough terms, the pastoral letter is urging all Anglicans to vote No to all questions," said Crawley. And parishioners who feel the treaty process is wrong and can't in conscience participate, said Crawley, could take the alternative step of registering a protest vote "by not marking the ballot" and instead signing it and placing it in the envelope. That way, the vote will be considered as rejected but not spoiled. "A spoiled ballot will not be counted," said Crawley. "It will not register as a protest nor do anything about preventing a Yes vote." Meantime, the First Nations Summit and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs also reiterated their vehement opposition to the referendum and sent a letter to the federal government. Crawley, who was joined by Bishop Michael Ingham of the Diocese of New Westminster at a news conference, said the Anglican church considers the referendum inappropriate. "Minority rights should not be decided by a majority referendum and the rights of the First Nations in B.C. have been accepted by the courts of the land as well established and can't be altered by a popular vote," said Crawley. The eight-question referendum ballot was mailed to an estimated 2.2 million registered B.C. voters Tuesday. The referendum was one of the Liberals' campaign promises last May. British Columbia residents will be asked, among other things, if they agree that future treaties should ensure private property is not expropriated, that hunting and fishing on Crown land will be maintained for all B.C. residents and that aboriginal self-government will have the characteristics of municipal government. In Victoria, Attorney General Geoff Plant said the Anglican Church leadership was a special interest group. "I think the leadership of the Anglican Church is as much a special interest group as any other group like that in British Columbia." The First Nations Summit held a separate news conference, reiterating its anger with the referendum. Officials with the summit, which represents dozens of First Nations involved in the treaty process, said they had sent a letter to the federal government asking that the legality and constitutionality of the referendum be referred immediately to the Supreme Court of Canada. Bill Wilson, the most outspoken member of the summit's three-member task group, likened Plant, who is responsible for treaty talks, to a "madam" who was inviting natives into a brothel. "It is equivalent to the premier opening up a house of ill-repute across the street . . . and asking everybody to go over there to talk to the madam named Geoff Plant to engage in some immoral activity." Wilson repeated the summit's long-held recommendation that all British Columbians boycott the vote. "Keep (the ballot) on your mantelpiece as a symbol of 1952 racism revisited by the new Socreds. At a third news conference, the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, whose members are not part of the treaty process, urged natives to participate in an "active boycott" of the vote. Under that strategy, natives would send their ballots to aboriginal organizations as a form of protest, rather than voting and mailing them to Victoria. "Our view is a straight-up boycott doesn't give any expression to this issue and is a waste of an opportunity," said Stewart Phillip, who was joined by other leaders who burned several ballots in protest. "Simply to throw your ballot away is not really helpful as opposed to allowing us to collect the ballots to give expression to our absolute opposition to this." Ballots must be returned by May 15 and results should be known by July 3. After almost 10 years of talks, aboriginals, the federal government and the B.C. government have failed to reach one treaty settlement with any of the province's estimated 200 First Nations. There are fewer than 20 aboriginal treaty settlements in British Columbia and most of those date back to the mid-1800s. B.C.'s first modern-day treaty was reached with the Nisga'a aboriginals of northwest B.C. in 1998 after more than 100 years of on-again, off-again talks. But it was completed outside the current treaty process. The Anglican Church has issued only one other pastoral letter in the past 12 years, and that was on an internal matter, the bishops said. "This is not something we do very frequently but we do so because as bishops, we are concerned about the potential of this referendum to divide and polarize aboriginal and non-aboriginal British Columbians," said Ingham. A spokesman for the Catholic Church's Vancouver diocese said each diocese was independent and did not have one central spokesperson like the Anglicans. The Catholic Church, which is the largest denomination in British Columbia, has not taken a stance on the referendum. Last month, a B.C. Supreme Court judge rejected a Vancouver Island First Nation's attempt to halt the ballot mailing. Judith Sayers, Hupacasath First Nation chief, said B.C.'s Liberal government could expect aboriginals to take economic and legal actions to fight the referendum. Copyright c. 2002 The Canadian Press. --------- "RE: Ottawa report says drop Charges from Burnt Church" --------- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 08:20:43 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="BURNT CHURCH" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.canoe.ca/NationalTicker/CANOE-wire.Native-Fisheries-Report.html Ottawa report says drop charges from Burnt Church N.B., violence, CBC says April 8, 2002 TORONTO (CP) -- A federal committee appointed to prevent further outbreaks of violence between native and non-native lobster fishermen in Burnt Church, N.B., says charges arising from previous confrontations should be dropped, CBC TV's The National reported Monday. In a report, which is to be released soon, the committee also proposes establishing a task force to deal with health and education issues on the native reserve, said the CBC which obtained a copy of the report. The report, prepared by a former judge and a retired native chief, further recommends that Ottawa compensate fishermen who lost traps on boats and bar native fishermen from fishing in the fall, when non-natives are not allowed to fish. Ottawa should also make native fishermen fish under a Fisheries Department licence, which would be distributed by the band. The report was welcomed by Sandy Siegel of the Maritime Fishermen's Union, spokesman for the non-native fishermen, but denounced by a Burnt Church band elder. "They know what is ours," said Lloyd Augustine, adding that the reconciliation process is being used to "take away more of what belongs to the Mi'kmaq people." In August 2000, Burnt Church became a scene of clashes between native and non-native fishermen and Fisheries Department officials. Insults and rocks were hurled as the fishermen fought bitterly over the rights to fish in the reserve's waters. The incidents were triggered by a Supreme Court of Canada decision in 1999 that said East Coast natives have a treaty right to hunt and fish for a moderate livelihood. Commercial fishermen in the area can only trap lobsters in the spring and bitterly resent the native insistence on a separate fishery. Copyright c. 2002, Canoe, a division of Netgraphe Inc. --------- "RE: Nez Perce Case strengthens Sovereignty" --------- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 08:14:03 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="NEZ PERCE CASE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/native/Article_Detail.asp?Article_ID=10153 Tribe's Lawyer Says Case Strengthens Sovereignty by AP, The Associated Press Lewiston, Idaho (AP) _ A federal appeals court's decision to reinstate the voluntary manslaughter conviction of a Lapwai man strengthens the Nez Perce Tribe's sovereignty, the tribe's attorney said. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that Izaak W. Johnson, 27, could be sentenced in federal court, even though he already has been sentenced in tribal court. Johnson, who also lives in White Swan, Wash., pleaded guilty in Nez Perce Tribal Court for his role in the 1997 beating death of 35-year-old Willis Green. After Johnson's plea, U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge ruled the federal government could not try him for the crime. To do so would be unconstitutional double jeopardy _ trying someone twice for the same crime, Lodge ruled. The courts have ruled before that a tribe exercising jurisdiction over its own members is sovereign and separate from federal prosecution, and therefore not double jeopardy. But Johnson is a member of the Colville Indian Tribe. The Nez Perce Tribal Court sentenced him to a year in the Latah County Jail, the maximum sentence for any crime in tribal law. The maximum federal sentence for voluntary manslaughter is 10 years in prison. The U.S. attorney's office for Idaho, which typically handles felony cases involving tribal members, appealed Lodge's ruling in Johnson's case. The Court of Appeals reinstated the federal conviction of Johnson, ruling that since the Nez Perce Tribe and federal governments are separate sovereign entities, a second sentence is not double jeopardy. "The tribe is pleased with the result," said Rick Eichstaedt, an attorney with the Nez Perce Tribe. "It's further recognizing the tribe's sovereignty." Eichstaedt said the ruling also clarified a somewhat gray area of Indian law concerning tribal jurisdiction over Native Americans from other tribes. Copyright c. 2002 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Copyright c. 2001 iMinorities, Inc. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Former OST Officials on Trial" --------- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 08:46:09 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="FORMER OST OFFICIALS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/archives/index.inn April 02, 2002 Former OST officials on trial By Jim Holland, Journal Staff Writer Three former Oglala Sioux Tribal Council members, including a former tribal chairman, are on trial on charges of conspiracy to commit theft of tribal-housing funds. A jury was seated Tuesday in federal district court in Rapid City to hear the case against Paul Iron Cloud, former chairman of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council and former executive director of the tribe's housing authority. Also on trial on a 13-count federal indictment are former tribal-council members Marlin G. "Moon" Weston and Gerald "Jump" Big Crow. Also charged with theft in the case is Elizabeth "Jackie" Big Crow, wife of "Jump" Big Crow. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mara M. Kohn told jurors during opening statements that Iron Cloud used his position of director of the housing authority to convert government funds to his personal use from February 1993 through August 2000. Kohn said he allowed families of the other defendants to live in the housing program for free or for lower rent than their actual income level indicated. Gerald and Elizabeth Big Crow and Weston are accused of falsifying annual-income statements. "I am sure you heard of the golden rule," Kohn told jurors. "To these defendants, those with the gold made the rules." Defense attorney Bruce Ellison of Rapid City said there was no evidence that Iron Cloud, Weston and Big Crow conspired to commit the thefts. He said Iron Cloud headed the housing authority as it grew from 35 employees to more than 150 employees, with 1,900 housing units and more than 13,000 residents. "He (Iron Cloud) acted in good faith. He tried to be a good administrator, and he tried to treat everyone the same," Ellison said. Ellison said more than $1 million in unpaid rent stemmed from the "dysfunctional nature of the government apparatus in collecting back rent." He said Iron Cloud's job as executive director was to find funds to build homes and make repairs, not to verify income and determine rental charges. The trial, being heard in the courtroom of U.S. Senior District Judge Richard Battey, is expected to last for 10 days. Contact reporter Jim Holland at 394-8415 or jim.holland@rapidcityjournal.com. Copyright c. 2002 The Rapid City Journal. --------- "RE: No more FBI Lies" --------- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 19:02:48 -0600 From: "lpdc" Subj: FREE LEONARD PELTIER! Mailing List: LPDC NO MORE FBI LIES! FREE LEONARD PELTIER! Friends, The civil rights lawsuit was filed today and there has been some valuable press coverage, including the New York Times and Associated Press. There is sure to be more tomorrow. We are doing well considering the terrible developments occurring in the Palestinian territories which are attracting dramatic press attention. Please send any press coverage generated in your areas to us so that we can keep record of it. Thank you for all your good work! Now that the complaint is filed the next phase will be the government's attempt to have the case dismissed. Bernard Kleinman, the lawyer handling the case, says a hearing to determine whether a dismissal should occur will likely be scheduled late in the year (in DC). He believes we can defeat the government's motion to dismiss. Once this occurs, we enter into the discovery phase, which requires the government to produce requested documents and answer questions during depositions. (This is where we have a chance to obtain new evidence). From there we go to trial where Louis Freeh and others will take the stand. Let's keep the momentum building through outreach and awareness activities! We want to express our solidarity with those handling the Judi Bari lawsuit against the FBI and Oakland Police. That trial begins this Monday, April 8. To learn more visit http://www.judibari.org As many of you know Judi Bari was an environmental activist who, along with Darryl Cherney, was badly injured when a car bomb exploded in her car. Judi sustained permanent injuries. The FBI and police claimed that the non-violent activists were transporting the explosives. They concealed investigatory evidence proving that the bomb had been placed directly underneath Judi's car seat by a still unknown assailant. FBI Agent Richard Held headed the San Francisco FBI office at the time. He was also involved in the framing of both Leonard Peltier and Geronimo ji jaga (formerly Geronimo Pratt). The suit argues that the FBI and police intentionally sought to destroy the reputation of Earth First!, the organization that Bari belonged to. We must continue to collectively struggle for an end to FBI abuses! 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: Peltier seeks Jury Trial in Case against FBI" --------- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 08:46:09 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="PELTIER VS FBI" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/display/inn_news/news01.txt Peltier seeks jury trial in case against FBI By Jodi Rave Lee, Lincoln Journal Star WASHINGTON -- When hundreds of FBI agents took a high-profile stand against convicted FBI killer Leonard Peltier, lawyers for the imprisoned activist took note. They are expected to file a lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., alleging the agents participated in "a campaign of misinformation." Former FBI director Louis Freeh and the FBI Agents Association are named in the suit for engaging "in a systematic, and officially sanctioned campaign of misinformation and disinformation," preventing Peltier from clemency and parole reviews that were fair. About 500 FBI agents and family members joined in an unprecedented march outside the White House Dec. 15, 2000, after former President Clinton said he would consider clemency. "That was the perfect example of the abuse of their position as FBI agents," Bernard V. Kleinman, a New York-based attorney for Peltier, said Wednesday. "It's hard to believe these agents were all quote, unquote, off duty." Said FBI Agents Association president Nancy Savage, "Every one was on annual leave." She added that she would look at the lawsuit before making further comments. Peltier, a Chippewa/Lakota from North Dakota and an active American Indian Movement member until his arrest in 1976, was convicted in 1977 of killing FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams. The agents died in a shootout on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation on June 26, 1975. Peltier -- imprisoned in Leavenworth, Kan. -- is seeking damages of $1 million and a jury trial because of the FBI's campaign against him. "It's my deepest hope that justice finally prevails," Robert Benford, chairman of the Sociology Department at Southern Illinois University- Carbondale, said. "We know about ... (government) efforts to sabotage social movements, the American Indian Movement, the Black Panthers, the women's movement. "I've always been concerned that he should have had his day in court if nothing else," said the former Lincoln, Neb. resident, who has been interested in Peltier's case for the past 25 years. Other Peltier supporters include the late Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu. An estimated 3,000 Peltier supporters marched in New York City Dec. 10, 2000, when Clinton had fewer than 40 days to make a clemency decision. Peltier's supporters claim the FBI gained a conviction by terrorizing witnesses, using false testimony and withholding a ballistic test that proved his innocence. And 8th Circuit Court Judge Gerald Heaney -- who once denied Peltier a new trial -- has since recommended clemency. Meanwhile, FBI agents have taken an active role against Peltier, broadcasting their concerns nationally on TV, in newspaper advertisements and letters, and on the Internet. A petition against clemency signed by 8,000 former and current FBI agents was sent to Clinton. "We want to impress upon the president that Leonard Peltier is not at all worthy of that kind of consideration," FBI agent John Sennett told CNN at the time. "He is the cold-blooded killer of two FBI agents in their late 20s. ... They were on the Pine Ridge Reservation looking for a fugitive, and they happened upon Leonard Peltier." Said attorney Kleinman, "To refer to him as a cold-blooded killer without providing any further information does an injustice to him and to this system. "Those statements go well beyond what is and what should be permissible for an active agent," Kleinman said. "Most FBI agents barely acknowledge they work for the bureau let alone comment on cases." Contact reporter Jodi Rave Lee at 402-473-7240 or jrave@journalstar.com. Copyright c. 2002 The Rapid City Journal. --------- "RE: Native Prisoner" --------- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 08:19:12 -0600 From: Janet Smith Subj: Native Prisoner Recently Wotanging Ikche sent out an appeal for support for a Georgia prisoner on death row. This weekend we received the note below. Bottom line is that James Captive Hawk Lee's lawyers have changed the legal strategy and do NOT want letters sent to the Governor on his behalf. I know the people following this case and if support is needed in the future, we'll be told and will let you know. Date: Saturday, April 06, 2002 8:13 PM From: Renegade Subj: James Captive Hawk Lee . . . . I received a letter from James Lee requesting that his supporters cease writing the Governor of Georgia. He said that the information I got surrounding the case was not entirely correct and he would appreciate it if we would stop mentioning any abuse to which he and his mother might have been subjected or his father. He also hopes to get a new legal team in the near future. My most sincere apologies to everyone for not verifying everything I was told. I was asked to get the information out and I did. The most important thing we can do for James right now is to be quiet and let his legal team decide what to do next. I will keep you informed as things develop. James wanted me to extent his most heart felt thinks to everyone for the cards and letters he has received and for the support he has been given in his fight for justice. Your assistance in getting this word out is greatly appreciated. WADO! Paul --------- "RE: Rustywire: Nahgebah and Old Story" --------- Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 13:31:27 -0800 From: rustywire@yahoo.com (john rustywire) Subj: Nahgebah and old story Newsgroup: alt.native It was the time of year for joy and thanksgiving, but Ashie was concerned about how to make payments on this months bills, and with Christmas coming there was not enough money to cover the rent even, and there still was the light bill to go. The kids were looking forward to Christmas but he thought I wish it had already gone by. He was far from home, this native to Four Corners and from time to time he would look to the South at the horizon, beyond that is where home really was, in the nestle of red rocks, cedar trees and dusty roads. He had not been home since his mother had suffered a stroke and the boys, his three brothers and him decided to board up the house. It was more than a year ago, he got a call that his mother had been found on the floor at the house in Two Gray Hills and flown from Shiprock to Albuquerque. He drove all night and got there after they had operated on her at the University Hospital at the University of New Mexico. He stayed there with her. The doctors said she would come out of the deep sleep she was in. He thought that maybe by talking to her, that she might know his voice and come back. She just layed there, all her gray hair was cut off. He did not recognize her with her hair all gone. As a boy he watched her comb her hair out, early in the morning. She was careful to pick up all the loose ends and put them someplace safe lest they fall into the wrong hands. She took care of her hair and kept it up in the bun all day, tied up traditional style. Now she just layed her with no hair and did not move.. He stayed as long as he could sleeping in his car in the parking lot and pawning his belt buckle and some silver jewelry to get back home. His boss had let him off and paid him for two extra weeks while he was gone, but since his job as a trucker paid no benefits; he was in debt to his boss and could not visit her anymore. Nahgegah was put in a long term nursing home and moved to Phoenix, his brothers and he had decided that was best, because the good hospitals were down there They boarded up the house and put away all the things in there, but they couldn't really touch the things in her room. They left it just like they had their father's room. His father liked to put up pictures of Indians, any kind of Indian and one wall was a collage of Indian pictures, years ago when he passed away, no one in the family had the heart to take them down and so they were still up there, along with his hat, his drum and rattles. Anyway he had chance to drive a load to Albuquerque just before the Holidays and it would be extra pay, and he needed the money so he said ok. He told his wife and she wasn't too happy about it. "What about Christmas, the kids are expecting ... .", but her voice trailed off because she knew as well they needed the money. She said, I will think of something. He said I wish I could give you a better Christmas than this but I have to take this trip. It is a hard thing when you know that no matter what you do anything more than that to bring more money home and this Christmas was going to be a bust. He touched the kid's hair as they slept, it was early before daylight when he left. Ashie got to the truckers' yard and saw the dispatcher, got his paper work and found a rig with a Cummins diesel. It was noisy but after it warmed up a while it purred like a kitten. He looked around and thought, looks like I am the only one here today. He put it in gear and started to head out. The dispatcher ran over to him and flagged him down, he stopped. The old white guy could move pretty good when he wanted to. He asked Ashie, what is your cell number. Ashie told him I don't have a cell phone, I will have to call you when I stop. The dispatcher looked at him and did not say anything and he headed out and drove South looking for the freeway. In a few hours he would be looking for the red rocks of home ... It was the beginning of a new day, the earth was new in many ways and the early light of dawn was just beginning to reach its fingers to the west. He felt his pocket and the nub of deerskin that held yellow powder, Tah-Dah-Deen, was small in it. If he had a chance he would have to find some to refill it. He thought about this sunrise, reached into the small deerskin pouch and offered a prayer ... From my chest may the pollen of dawn help me to learn. He looked to the western horizon as he entered the freeway ... From my back may the pollen of yellow evening light help me to learn. As he shifted gears the words came. From the soles of my feet may the pollen of whirlwind help me to learn. He looked at the dawn in the east as the sky was pink and pale blue. From the top of my head reaching toward the sky, toward sunlight and blue birds, pollen help me to learn so that I may walk and go this way with it. Let these things I see help me to learn and let the pollen of wind touch my tongue and guide me in proper way I should go ... He stretched and sat up and breathed in the fresh air of a new day. Now restored to youth a little I can go about this day, pollen help me to learn how to walk in beauty this day. He repeated it again as he drove down the highway. Old lady Nahgebah was her name, she came into the extended care nursing home in Phoenix. She was on Medicare, long term and she became known as the Old Navajo woman in bed 6B. They had gone to Gallup and eaten at the All You Can Eat Chinese Place by the Old WalMart she didn't feel too good and thought it was just a long day. When she got home, she put her things away and went to the door to take a look at the sheep. Her youngest son had left to go to Newcomb. She felt strange and then she fell to the floor. It was a strange place, half in shadows and half twilight. In the distance she could see movement but could not reach there, she was on a mountain and they were across the valley and did not see her. Who were these people she tried to talk to them but they would look at her and say nothing. She watched them and some of the looked like monsters ... Ashie drove through the mountains driving South, the roads were full of families headed to visit, some had Christmas presents in the back windows and the kids would stick their arms out the windows and pump them up and down. He would reach for the string and the long sound of a diesel horn would bellow out and they would wave. All he could think about were his kids at home, who were just now waking up and finding him gone. There were going to check the tree for new presents but there was just one for each and then they would go to the kitchen for cereal. It was a play, it looked like from where Nahgebah stood, she say a giant talking to a woman, and while she was out gathering plant food from country that looked like Lukachukai, a broad valley with a mountain rising up to the East, she wandered at the foot of it and gathered, drop seed plants for soup. The monster came and she hid and the monster went by her and traveled on. Her shape changed and she moved and there she found a place and dwelt in it. After a time the one who calls himself the Sun went into her place, he was there a long time and then he left. This woman came out and then found a place with dripping water and layed under it. When she did this she could see this was Changing Woman. She was witnessing the conception of the twins, the father came and she conceived them. It was to rid the world of these monsters; she could see them in the distance wandering around. So this is how they came to be. One child conceived with a powerful name, Monster Slayer. When this child was born there was a storm all around the place, there were dark clouds and lightning flashed clockwise starting in the East then the South, then West and to the North in a clockwise fashion. When the second child was born, there was just gentle thunder starting from the East. She stood there and watched this, and heard the names of these children, the first born to kill monsters, he was called Monster Slayer and the other for soft gentle dripping water, Child Born for Water. She could see them when they were small and when monsters came to the place of the mother the boys were hidden. These monsters had heard there was a new force with power born but were not sure where it came from and searched all over for what it was but could not find it. Ashie drove on down through Ute Mountain and could see the spire of Shiprock to the South and felt at home, even with all his worries it felt good to see this place. It was not too far from home. He remembered then that no one was there anymore, just an empty boarded up house. He remembered telling his mother when he as a child, "I will build you a house some day Shima", she would look at him and just laugh and say ok, we will see ... he felt bad about the whole thing because he was the eldest son, the one in charge and life did not work out how he planned it. Now she was a vegetable in a strange place. Nahgebah could see the boys grow up in a short time as if by magic and they were strong, and quick, they could see her and she would wave at them and they would wave back. She could not tell how long she had been at this place but she was growing tired of it. She looked to the East and could see some light and strained her eyes to see beyond it. The Twin boys grew and asked their mother who their father was, after three times she finally told them the fourth time they asked. She told them the Sun, and from their the story of their journeys Nahgebah saw, each one, the tests of going to the canyon where men get thrown from the rocks, the place where reeds cut like knives on those that crossed them, the crossing of a river that gets wider when you try to cross it. She saw how the Wind became their ally and how they had the magic of traveling on a rainbow. She watched these boys grow and she could see the light of day becoming better in the East. Ashie turned off the road South of Shiprock and drove west. He was thinking that somewhere in an office in Reno, a guy was drinking coffee and looking at a computer screen watching a map with little blip leave the road off the trail to Albuquerque and he was reaching for the phone. Ashie smiled and was glad he did not have cell phone, but the box above his head mounted outside was telling on him, but he turned down that narrow ribbon of road and headed west anyway. An older Navajo woman herding sheep on a nearby hill at Burnham turnoff wondered what a diesel truck was doing way out here. He waved to her, but she just looked at him and he laughed about it to himself and drove own down the road. Nahgebah could see the Twins approaching the Sand Dunes where when one walks it swallows you up but she felt the rush of Wind as it went by her and it lifted them up and over the sand and she laughed to see it. The boys heard her and they looked at her and then went on to the East. She could see better and the sound of what was gong on outside started to come slowly. She could see the boys travel over the mountains, four of them and she could see them clearly ... and then they went over the hill ... she closed her eyes and could see them, she knew they were going to see their father at his place, a hogan hidden to the East and that he would test them to see if they really were his sons. She could see this in her mind ... The big rig could not go beyond the turn by the trading post, so Ashie parked the big rig there and walked from there to the a little house to East from there. The trader came out and wondered if maybe he forgot about a delivery there. Ashie waved and pointed to the East and walked on, the trader stood on the steps watching him pass the old Reverend Kay's place and walk toward the Natani's place and disappear into the trees. Ashie could see the road into the place had not been used for a while and the house was still boarded up, he expected to feel at home, but it was like coming to an abandoned place, no one had been there for some time, the road was little used. He was home but there was nothing there. He looked at the corral and it was empty. He closed his eyes and remembered all the family used to gather and visit; now they were all gone separated. No one was coming here for Christmas anymore. He walked around the place and then walked back to the rig, in four hours he would be in Albuquerque. Nahgebah could see that she was in a nursing home but could not talk. She had seen daylight and walked toward it from the place on that strange mountain and found herself in bed. She was weak, and did not know these people; she heard them call her the Old Navajo Woman in 6B. She thought is this how it is to be old, where are my children, why haven't they come to see me. She thought I have to exercise, but did so at night in the quiet of it, moving every so slowly to get her legs and arms moving again. She did not talk to the people around her, but they could she was looking at them but they talked like she wasn't there. When she slept she could see the Twins, Monster Slayer and Born for Water, and she watched them in their travels. She could see the medicines they carried, their lightening arrows of straight lightning, spotted lightning, and straight lightning and their armor of flint that covered their heads, body and feet. They would look toward her every now and then, but would not wave, because they had outgrown such things. She was stronger now and she made her way to near where they were ... she heard the talking there, their Father was saying, this mush inside this basket is powerful, from four directions, it is there and you have eat it a certain way he said. If you do this you will be restored. It is from the pollen of what is called restoration, a restoration of youth and in beauty it is done. It will give you strength. She watched them as they ate this and after they had left saw the small morsels left behind. She felt she should eat it but then it was too powerful so she skimmed just the dew off it and tasted just a little bit of it and then left. Ashie got to Albuquerque, the yard was closed, and he crawled over the fence and dropped the paper work in the door slot and unhooked the trailer and left it there. He drove on down to Central to the Tewa Lodge and got a room, it was almost Christmas. There was a bar not too far off, the Blue Spruce, he saw some Indian people standing outside and thought about going in there but then thought nothing good will come of it and fell asleep watching tv. He did not call home because he nothing to say, he felt bad he had nothing for his family for Christmas and let his tired body carry him off to sleep ... Nahgebah felt the hand of a young girl, a teenager, she had blue eyes, she was brushing her hair as she was in bed and tied it in the back. She could hear music, Bing Crosby playing down the hall. It was early about breakfast time; the Candy Stripers were delivering presents to the old folks there. Nahgebah got up and looked outside and saw the packages of clothes sitting on chairs and she took one back to her room. She moved around, she looked in the mirror and saw her hair was all white, and she dressed herself and looked down the hall. One of the young girls forgot something in her car and ran out the door to get it, Nahgebah was right behind her. You could not tell she was 83, she move quickly and walked to the bus stop. The bus came and it was free ride day. She told the driver she was going to the Phoenix Indian Hospital and needed to get there. The lady driver looked at her with tired eyes handed her a ticket and told her to sit behind her. She said I will let you know when you change buses. Nahgebah sat down and looked around ... Ashie waited for the terminal to open and it finally did and he got his papers for his return load, he called in and the dispatcher said he needed to call his sister in Phoenix, but he did not want to talk to her. She had given him a hard time about putting their mother in a nursing home and had been mad at him for not visiting her. He tried to say he didn't have enough money but it did no good, he did not want to talk to her. He went looking for his load at the address he got and there was a sign on the gate that said Closed for Christmas. He went back and got the same room for the night; he thought about calling home but it would only make him feel bad so he didn't, he just watched tv. In the waiting room, an old lady with white hair sat down at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center. When people came by she spoke to them. One young couple from Nageezi was there and she spoke with them. She asked for a ride home. They looked at her with suspicion, she told them she got out of the hospital and her family had no phone so she was trying to find a way home, it was on their way. After a minute or two the couple told her to come with them. She crawled into the back of their camper and they gassed up and bought her a sandwich and pop and they took off, heading North and they traveled through Payson and then Showlow and kept going North. She fell asleep and she found herself on that strange mountain. Where is Ashie, his sister said on the phone to his wife. I don't know she said he is on the road and hasn't called. I need to get a hold of him, Mom took off from the nursing home, she is wandering around Phoenix somewhere, no one knows where she it at. Do you know where he is? No, she said. All right, I am calling my other brothers and tell them. So she called them, one in Denver, one in Kansas City and one in San Francisco, she told them. All them were calling each other, where was Ashie? The one in Denver, Nelson decided to drive down and had just bought a new car. He thought about what to do with the other one, it was good and he thought to sell it but he decided maybe Ashie could use it and so he sent his son to take it to Ashie's wife and so he left to drive over there. Nahgebah got off at the junction where a narrow ribbon of road headed West 16 miles to her home. It was evening and she started to walk west on the highway to her mountain. She kept walking; no one was on the highway. She thought about the history of her people, of how the Navajos who were taken to Fort Sumner in 1868 suffered there. They were broken hearted and when they heard they were free to go home they were so glad to be going home. She remembered that when they had traveled and saw Mount Taylor one of the Sacred Mountains, they asked is that our mountain, and they said yes. The old people, the men and woman fell to the ground and wept at the sight of it they were so happy. She reached down and grabbed a handful of dirt, and it became corn pollen and offered it to this place, and she could see the mountain of her home and she was so glad to see it again. She had not noticed but the Bitsillies had stopped and looked at her with wide eyes as she got in and she said she was going home. They could not believe it was her and she closed the door and they drove off. Ashie picked up his load and got a message to call home, he thought about it and tried to call home, but there was no answer, so he left early that morning. The dispatcher said something about his wife asking him to go to the old place and check it. It was important he go by there, they would meet him there. He thought I wonder what happened he was worried and left heading down the road to Gallup his mind full of questions. He got to the Giant Truck Stop and called home but still no answer so he gassed up and headed north, he got to Gallup and drove north. I hope no one is hurt or something worse. He almost drove by the turnoff, without turning but thought I better wait for them there. He pulled off the road and headed west. He drove up to the trading post and parked the rig and started to head down through the cedars. He could smell smoke from a pinon tree and it was from up ahead. When he stepped into the clearing there were all these vehicles parked there and the house was open. He could smell coffee and the boards covering the windows were taken down. He walked to the front and there was talking going on inside. He thought something is going on, who is in there. You leave something and Maaiis, coyotes move in and take it over. He thought about knocking but just walked in. He opened the door and there was the trader, and Rev. K, and the Bitsillies, and the Upshaws, Tauglechees and the table was covered with food. Ashie stood there and they all looked at him, he did not know what to say. Then he heard a voice from the other room, it sounded like his wife, she said, Come Here! What is this, what is she doing here. He stepped toward the sound of her voice and in the next room the beds were set up and a table, and his wife was there and his three kids who were giggling, and a makeshift tree full of presents underneath. He was so surprised. There in front of him sat a woman with her back to him, She had long white hair, tied up in the traditional way. She turned to him and it was his mother, Nahgebah. He reached out and took her in his arms, and just stood there and held her. They did not say anything, they couldn't, he just stood there and they all wept. There is nothing really in life that is as important as family. This is what it is all about, what makes us travel so far from early morning to late night, enduring hardship, hunger and some pain but the thought of home and all them there. Is there anything better than this? Nothing else matters, all else vanishes like a mist. He stood there and cried for a long while. Oh, Shima, my mother. It is a home again, and all those that were there laughed cuz it was a miracle in this out of the way place. In the way of saying it, she had "run after them", meaning she was chasing after them and in doing so they had all followed her here. So it goes the story of the old woman named Nahgebah. rustywire --------- "RE: Poem: Winged Lessons" --------- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 23:01:35 -0400 From: "Dreamwalker" Subj: Winged Lessons Winged Lessons In the midst of misty Moonlight on this gentle first Spring night I watch with quiet reverence as the Winged_Ones take flight A gathering of Nations with many colors bright fly swiftly through the fog of this most Sacred flight Where Winged_Ones have gathered before the Moon's new light to gather in the shadows in prayer before their flight In awe and wonder watching how simple the design and wondering what happen to us the human kind The void of human suffering the malice and the greed the fighting and the anger have taken hold it seems Where did we lose the lesson the Grandfathers held dear how have we all forgotten the Wisdom of their years My Heart in desolation watches the eerie flight of Winged_ones in motion far through the starry night Would we but sit and listen and hear our Mother's call there would be truly freedom and companion for us all But lessons of The Old Ones on deaf ears seem to fall we do not stand together so we're destined now to fall Would that all could hear me this quiet starry night would all could stop and hearten to this most Sacred flight Where one and all together regardless of the breed will fly in quiet unison and wake within the Dream Crys The Tears/Dreamwalker~Lakota copyright 2000 --------- "RE: Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days" --------- Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 06:21:42 -1000 From: Debbie Sanders Subj: Hawaiian Book of Days A HAWAIIAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of April 15-21 APELILA (April) (Welo) 15 Whale song calls me in my dreams. 16 The luminescence of the ocean at night glows like Pele's fire upon the sands. 17 The land is perpetuated in life. 18 Whisper to the wind your secret longings. 19 The blossoms of the shower tree form a golden lace upon the green grass. 20 Cherish the fragile beauty of nature -- it is ours to borrow, not to keep. 21 Sail the ocean by moonlight, and you may find the secret island of the ancients. (c) Copyright 1991 by D. F. Sanders Me ke aloha i ka nani, ... Moe'uhanekeanuenue (With love and beauty, ... Rainbow Dream) --------- "RE: Students need to Learn Indian Culture" --------- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 08:20:43 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LEARN INDIAN" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2002/04/09/ Teacher: Students need to learn Indian culture By ERICKA SCHENCK SMITH Gazette State Bureau GREAT FALLS - Indian and non-Indian students deserve a chance to learn about the culture and history of American Indians, and the state must do more to ensure that public schools teach youngsters about Montana's first residents, parents, teachers and others said during a hearing Monday. "Students need to be aware of how tribal, local, state and national governments impact the state, impact our lives," said Wilhelmina Wright, who has taught Indian studies in Arlee, on the Flathead Reservation, for 24 years. "Non-Indian students need to know how tribes assist in governance in Montana." Although state law requires public schools to teach Indian studies to all students, from kindergarten through college, many still don't. The informal title of that law, "Indian Education for All," was also the theme of the three-day Montana-Wyoming Indian Education Association conference, which wrapped up Monday with a three-hour hearing on ways the state can do better. The state has been working on a plan to make sure schools have access to lesson plans and accurate information, but there hasn't been enough money to pull all the information together. The Office of Public Instruction, Board of Public Education and the office of the commissioner of higher education all have plans to improve Indian studies in all of Montana's public schools. Monday said they hadn't learned about their own culture while they were in school, or hadn't been given correct information. "I do not know my language, and I am ashamed of that, because I should have known this a long time ago instead of now at the age of 30 picking up block one," said Molina Burdeau, of Browning, a member of the Blackfeet tribe. "I am here for my sons; I am here for my nieces; I am here for my nephews," Burdeau said. Robey Clark, also of the Blackfeet tribe, said much of what he learned in school was "patently false or highly, highly distorted." Vanessa Garfield, who teaches Indian studies in Arlee's elementary and middle schools, said teachers need better access to curriculum materials. Especially at the elementary level, she said, it is very difficult to get authentic, historically accurate lessons about American Indians. Tribes must be responsible for putting some of those materials together, several people said. "It's very difficult to really teach what we want to teach, because it's not in textbooks," said Rebecca Roberts of Browning. Students, both Indian and non-Indian, need to meet with people who can share their culture, Roberts said, adding that schools should rely on tribes for information about Montana's Indians. Elsie Standing Elk-Wick of Ashland said the reservations in Montana need to unite and decide what will be taught about Indian culture in Montana. But the initiative to teach Indian studies in all Montana schools is "about 40 years too late," she said.. "Why wasn't this being pushed when all our elders were still alive?" she asked. "They were walking encyclopedias." Copyright c. The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises. --------- "RE: Native America Calling" --------- Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 09:44:28 -0500 From: Eric Martin Subj: NAC Topics for 4/8 - 4/11 + Different Drums Honors Women + more ... 1) NAC Topics for 4/8 - 4/11 2) Voices From The Circle 3) Different Drums Honors Women 4) alterNative Voices 5) Earthsongs - Arigon Starr (Part 2) 1) NAC Topics for 4/8 - 4/11 Listen live every weekday from 1-2pm ET by going to www.airos.org or tuning into your local radio station. For a list of affiliates go to http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/nac_affiliates.shtm MON - 4/8: Current Events: Bayou Country will be dancing to the sound of the Native beat at this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. A special Native American celebration will be one of the featured attractions. The Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe will celebrate its 40th anniversary with ongoing activities throughout the month of April. The National Indian Gaming Association will tee it up at their 11th annual trade show and convention in San Diego. And April is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. TUE - 4/9: Sustainable Forestry Fund: Forests are one of our most precious natural resources. Yet, they are constantly under threat of clear cutting, fire and development. First Nations Development Institute is offering tribes looking to go into the lumber business assistance from their sustainable forestry fund. The tribes must first participate in and pass a certification assessment. The Intertribal Timber Council and others are seeking new markets for tribal forestry products, and tribes are answering the call. Can tribes set a new standard in sustainable forestry practices? Guests include Bill Wilkinson of the Forest Stewardship Council. WED - 4/10: No Place To Call Home: Native Americans pride themselves on their culture, traditions, and language. An essential part of Native life is the extended family. Natives often rely on extended family in times of need. So why are there so many homeless Native Americans? The Bush administration says ending chronic homelessness is a priority for the next 10 years. To assist in their initiative they will increase the 2003 budget that deals with homelessness to $2.2 billion, which includes $1.1 billion for HUD. What are tribes doing to bring home their homeless? THU - 4/11: Emergency Preparedness in Indian Country: For months now, the nation has been told to prepare for attacks by terrorists. There is discussion on the use of dirty bombs and germ warfare. Government health officials are arguing over the issue on whether the public masses should be given the small pox vaccination. Amidst the discussion, are there any efforts to assure that tribal emergency services are trained and prepared? Will they be prepared for handling a major public outbreak? Or are tribes even included in the plans to prepare for a nationwide emergency situation? FRI - 4/12: Education of the Kalispel: The Kalispel Reservation is home to approximately 330 tribal members. Like many other reservations Kalispel is faced with high unemployment rates, little economic development, poor housing and education, and a poor quality of life. The tribe developed the Camas Institute -- a unique training center that focuses on enriching the mind, body and spirit of the Kalispel people. One year has passed since the institute opened and pledged to change the lives of its people. Are they succeeding? Are tribal members' lives being changed? Guests include Glenn Raymond, Tina Nenema, and Gary Robinson of the Camas Institute. 2) Voices From The Circle This week VOICES FROM THE CIRCLE/AIROS radio listeners can look forward to great Indn' entertainers and Indn' news! Jim Boyd displays two facets of his musical abilities; first as a flutist on "Quest" and as a live performer on "Pow Wow Highway 49." Joanne Shenandoah brings us a traditional Haudenosaunee song honoring lifegivers and elders on "Dancing On Mother Earth." From the powwow trail, Youngbird brings us, yup, a "Change Of Life." Another flutist, Jeff Ball, plays "Whiteman's Moccasins" and "Black Hills Stomp." Daryl Tonemah and Annie Humphrey collaborate and prepare us for the time "When Fire Falls." Still another flutist, Gary Stroutsos presents "Suite For Sitting Bull." Cheyenne River Sioux David Little Elk sings "Unk'un Ca Lila Iyomakpi" in his Lakota language but with today's beat. And one more flutist, Marc Woerpel, sets the mood and lets us know what it's like to be "In Waiting." Radmilla Cody returns for a second week to sing of Dine' arranged marriages in "The Proposal and the Promise." Chicago's James Yellow Bank combines the past, present and future with "On and On." Of course, the big news is that Indian Summer Festival will host the 5th Annual Nammys on Saturday, September 7th, 2002 in the Marcus Amphitheater during the organizations 16th annual festival. Some say it's the largest of its kind on Turtle Island. Stay tuned for more information about a special AIROScast of the Nammys. Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET) Monday - 4/8: 4pm, 10pm Tuesday - 4/9: 4am Saturday - 4/13: 3pm Sunday - 4/14: 4am, 3pm Monday - 4/15: 4am 3) Different Drums Honors Women Honoring the women of the Nations with a full hour of music by female artists and words from elder women storytellers. Songs about mothers and children, powwow dancing and tradition, love and relationship - songs that reflect traditional beauty and songs featuring provocative contemporary lyrics are all included in this hour, with music by Joanne Shenandoah, Jani Lauzon, Wayquay, Buffy Sainte-Marie, CreeAtive Harmony and more. Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET) Tuesday 4/9: 10am, 4pm, 10pm Wednesday 4/10: 4am Saturday 4/13: 5pm Sunday 4/14: 6am, 5pm Monday 4/15: 6am 4) alterNative Voices This week on alterNative Voices we spin several new music CD's from Native artists: Ronald Roybal, Radmilla Cody, Randy Wood, Clan-destine, and some really good old selections from the library. This week's "Living Voices" interview is with William Mehojah, Sr. who is no longer with us. News continues about the Greeley Fighting Whites and a "triple standard" with the mascot issue. Our website is always available with events, jobs, scholarships, announcements and news you can use. www.alternativevoices.org Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET) Wednesday 4/10: 10am, 4pm, 10pm Thursday 4/11: 4am Saturday 4/13: 6pm Sunday 4/14: 7am, 6pm Monday 4/15: 7am 5) Earthsongs - Arigon Starr (Part 2) Next time on Earthsongs: Modern Music from Native America -- part two of our conversation with singer/songwriter Arigon Starr (Kickapoo) about her forthcoming album, "Backflip." Arigon delivers thoroughly modern tunes casting Natives as lead characters -- rendering folk and contemporary scenes with a blend of warm sympathy and wicked wit. Also in the mix, new music from Jim Boyd (with Alfonso Kolb), John Trudell, Tulku and Mary Youngblood. All this and plus the Native Word of the Day. Details at www.earthsongs.net. Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET) Thursday 4/11: 10am, 4pm, 10pm Friday 4/12: 4am Saturday 4/13: 4pm Sunday 4/14: 5am, 4pm Monday 4/15: 5am Eric Martin Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) Web Communications Specialist emartin2@unl.edu Listen to Indian Radio on the Internet 24 hours a day at nativetelecom.org To subscribe to AIROS' electronic program guide e-mail airos@unl.edu with the subject heading subscribe. --------- "RE: Upcoming Events" --------- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 15:39:14 -0 From: Gary Smith (gars@speakeasy.org) Subj: Upcoming Events =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= EVENTS ARE FEATURED IN ODD NUMBERED ISSUES ONLY =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 07:51:16 -0800 From: Ableza Institute Subj: Diane Way presentation Continuing to explore Native American women and their roles in society, a new work, "Raw Pearl" by San Jose playwright Diane Way, has been selected for presentation at the prestigious Native American Literature Symposium (NALS,) a division of the National American Literature Association. The NALS Conference will take place at the Mystic Lake Resort and Casino (a tribal venue) in Prior Lake, Minnesota, April 10 - 14. Other selected presenters include LeAnn Howe, Susan Power, Carter Revard, Diane Glancy, and Heid Erdrich. Way's piece, entitled "Raw Pearl", is an excerpt from a larger body of work, "Bad Medicine," which examines and exposes the more notorious aspects and lives of historic and contemporary indigenous female figures. Madams, bandits, and crooked community leaders are a few of the personas depicted. Way quips, "Some of the names have been changed to protect the guilty." The overall intent is to present the notion that Native American peoples, regardless of traditional posturing claims, have unfortunately assimilated the more nefarious and insidious undertones of Colonialism, causing wide-spread socio-disfunctionalism from generation to generation. This is Diane Way's second year in presenting her wide and varied works for NALS. She also presented at the American Literature Associations National Conference, sponsored by the Associated Studies of American Indian Literatures (ASAIL.) Diane has won several international, national, and regional awards in playwriting. The presentation of "Raw Pearl" at NALS is funded by Applied Materials Excellence in the Arts; a grants program of the Arts Council of Silicon Valley, and through a media grant of the California Arts Council. The presentation will be taped and later video-streamed on the Ableza Institute website: http://www.ableza.org . For more information about NALS 2002, and a complete program listing, please visit: http://www.english.mnsu.edu/griffin/nativelit.htm =================================== Aaron's Powwow Calendar Last updated on March 24, 2002 I have collected these listings from various places on the web and from usenet, as well as other listings that I receive and requests from powwow organizers. I do not take responsibility for the accuracy (or spelling) of any of these listings. Use the contact information provided to make sure that the powwow has not changed date, time, location, or other details. In most cases, I have included all of the information that I have for each listing. If you have corrections to make or would like to see your powwow listed here, please send me an e-mail message with the appropriate information (you must include the event name, exact date, city, state, and a contact number or email; any additional information is helpful but not required). Unless otherwise stated, you can usually assume that all of the notes sections for these powwows should include: No firearms, alcohol, drugs, fireworks or fighting. Not responsible for injuries, lost items, shortage of funds or stranded travellers. All pets must be on leashes (unless no pets is specified). No sacred items or restricted animal parts for sale. Many powwows also include no politics, and it is generally a good idea to bring your own chairs. April 2002 April 12-13 - Oklahoma University Stomp Dance and Powwow Location: Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 325-3163. April 12-13 - Second Annual Sanders Transportation Benefit & Contest Powwow Location: Sanders Valley High School Gym, Sanders, Arizona. Contact: Raymond Willie or Jerry Thompson (928) 688-4250 or (928) 688-4254. April 12-14 - Tifton Intertribal Powwow Location: Friendly City Park, E.B. Hamilton Complex, Tifton, Georgia. Notes: Princess contest. Contact: Jerry Laney (229) 787-5180 evenings; Native Way Productions, 8788 Gravel Hill Rd, Albany GA 31705, e-mail Jerry@NativeWayProductions.com; http://www.nativewayproductions.com April 14 - Lecture Series: Mainstreet Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 456-6007. April 19-20 - Twenty Fifth Annual Texas Gulf Coast Tia-Piah Powwow Location: Albert V. Sallas County Park, New Caney, Texas. Contact: (713) 475-0221; vendors contact (281) 448-8435. April 19-21 - Musical Echoes, A Native American Cultural Event and Flute Gathering Location: The Landing, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida. Notes: Flute, drum, tipi contests. Contact: (850) 243-4405. April 19-21 - Apache Rattlesnake Festival and Powwow Location: Fairgrounds, Apache, Oklahoma. Contact: (580) 588-2880. April 19-21 - Old Fort Days Heritage Festival Location: Fort Gibson Historical Site, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 478-4780. April 19-21 - Chucalissa Spring Powwow Location: Chucalissa Museum, 1987 Indian Village Dr, Memphis, Tennessee. Notes: All dancers and drums welcome. MC, Tommy Ware; Head Man, Clint Greene; Head Lady, Tammera Hicks; Arena Director, Jason Thigpen; Host Southern Drum, Wilson Ware Memorial Singers; Host Northern Drum, Grey Wolf; Head Gourd Dancer, Jimmy Williams. Dance competition on Saturday in four categories in adults and teen, day money for tiny tots. Contact: (901) 785-3160; cbell1@memphis.edu; http://www.chucalissa.org/ April 20 - Choctaw Intertribal Powwow Location: Student Activity Center, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, North 1st and Dunlap, Durant, Oklahoma. Notes: MC, Tim Tall Chief; Head Singer, Pay Oyebi; Head Man, Michael Roberts; Head Lady, Patricial Bointy; Head Gourd Dancer, Mark Wilson; Arena Director, Bill Takes Horse. Dance contests: Mens Straight/Traditional (combined) and Fancy, Womens Cloth/Buckskin (combined) and Fancy Shawl/Jingle (combined). Vendor space available. Free admission, open to the public. Gourd Dancing 3:30 pm and 7 pm, Grand Entry 8 pm. Contact: (580) 924-9411; (580) 434-5875. April 20 - Apache Tribal Princess Dance Location: Apache Tribal Building, Anadarko, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 247-7695. April 20 - Otoe Buffalo Clan Spring Dance Location: Otoe Tribal Community Center, Red Rock, Oklahoma. Notes: Host Drum, Yellowhammer; MCs, Tony Arkeketa and Aaron Gawhega. Saturday 2 pm Otoe Elo'ska Tail Dancing, 5 pm supper and singing contest, 7 pm Tail Dancing, 8 pm Intertribal dancing and contests. Dance competition for Boy's (6-17) Southern Straight and Girl's (6-17) Southern Cloth; four age groups for each category. Everyone welcome. Contact: jiwere@yahoo.com. April 20-21 - Three Rivers Intertribal Powwow Location: Mitchell Hall, UW-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Contact: Tracy Littlejohn (608) 785-8225, Hinuga1@aol.com. April 21 - Modesto Junior College Red Nations and Friends 4th Annual Powwow Location: East Campus Quad Area, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, California. Notes: MC, Val Shadowhawk; Arena Director, Greg Jimenez; Head Lady, Niko DeRoin-Davidson; Head Young Man, Marcos Ponce; Head Young Lady, Marcy Avila; Head Southern Singer, Millard Clark; Guest Southern Drum, Strictly Southern; Host Northern Drum, Spirit Ground; Guest Northern Drum, All Nations Singers. Grand Entry Noon. Contact: Eric Anthony Ivory (209) 575-6255, ivorye@yosimite.cc.ca.us, rednationsmjc@hotmail.com. April 25-26 - Indian Territory Days Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 456-6007. April 25-27 - Nineteenth Annual Gathering of Nations Powwow, Miss Indian World, and Indian Traders Market Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico. Notes: Over 3,000 Native singers and dancers and over 500 tribes from all over the world come to Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA to exchange culture and tradition and sing and dance competitively and socially. Everyone is invited. Visit the web site for information, photos, sound and video clips, history, educational information, giveaways, free e-mail, message boards, chat, free e-cards, and more. Contact: e-mail web@gatheringofnations.com; http://www.gatheringofnations.com. April 25-27 - Talihina Indian Festival and Powwow Location: Talihina School Gym, Talihina, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 567-2539. April 26-28 - Native Way Indian Festival and Powwow Location: Tobosofkee Recreation Area (Sandy Beach), Macon, Georgia. Contact: Jerry Laney (229) 787-5180 evenings; Native Way Productions, 8788 Gravel Hill Rd, Albany GA 31705, e-mail Jerry@NativeWayProductions.com; http://www.nativewayproductions.com/. April 26-28 - Native Solutions Fourth Annual Intertribal Powwow Location: Oxford Lake Park, exit 185 off I-20, Oxford, Alabama. Notes: Friday 5 to 9 pm, Saturday 10 am to 8 pm, Sunday 10 am to 5 pm. Grand Entry Saturday 11 am, Sunday 12 noon. Admission $5, over 65 or under 10 free. Host Northern Drum, Greywolf Singers; Head Southern Drum, Shadowwolf Singers; Head Man, Don Redbear; Head Lady, Donna Dulaney; MC, Gary Smith; Arena Director, Buck Tucker. Contact: Tony (256) 835-0110; Cindy (256) 831-9373; Vendors contact Mark or Ruth Davis (256) 820-6315, ravenspiritwalker@yahoo.com. April 26-28 - Second Annual Mantle Rock Intertribal Powwow Location: Birdsville Campgrounds, US 60 and 137 N, Smithland, Kentucky. Notes: Sponsored by the Southern Cherokees and the Ky Paint Clan. Host Drums, Brothers of the Pine and Changes in Breeze; MC, Barry Brown; Arena Director, Timithol Whitehorse. Contact: (502) 969-7503; sbckamama@aol.com. April 26-28 - First Intertribal Powwow Location: Gilchrist County Recreational Park, 6 miles north of Fanning Springs, Florida. Notes: Admission $3, $1 ages 6-16 and over 60. Dancing, crafts, games, story telling, auctions. Contact: (352) 490-6198, (352) 250-4615. May 2002 May 3-4 - Fifteenth Annual Indian Celebration and Powwow Location: Farmer's Market, Knoxville, Tennessee. Contact: (865) 579-1384, twdbear@aol.com. May 3-5 - Thirty Sixth Annual Louisiana Indian Heritage Association Spring Powwow Location: Hidden Oaks Family Campgrounds, Robert, Louisiana. Contact: Rose (504) 468-2145; Nita (800) 359-0940; andi4769@aol.com">; LIHA@lakota.net. May 3-5 - Wild West Show Location: PA Renaissance Faire, PA Turnpike exit 20, Lancaster, Pa. Notes: Native American dancers, blue grass music, country music. Vendor spaces. Contact: Thomas Roy (717) 665-7021 ext 127. May 3-5 - Third Annual Craven County Intertribal Powwow Location: Craven County Fairgrounds, Hwy 70, 3 miles east of New Bern, North Carolina. Notes: Foods, crafts, artists, demonstrations. Day money for dancers. Contact: Debbie Wayne (252) 244-4222. May 4-5 - Ninth Annual Choctaw Apache Traditional Powwow Location: Ebarb High School Ball Park, 53440 Hwy 482, Ebarb, Louisiana. Notes: Head Man, Oosahwe; Head Lady, Lori Barham Gray; Head Gourd Dancer, Herbert Johnson Sr.; Arena Director, Thomas Muskrat; Host Drum, Drum Busters. All dancers and drums are welcome. Contact: (318) 645-7392; fax (318) 645-2589; colton@cp-tel.net; http://cate.50megs.com/Index.htm. May 4-5 - Outdoor Indian Art Market Location: Jacobson House, Norman, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 366-1667. May 4-5 - Circle of the People Traditional Powwow Location: Vanderburgh 4-H Center, US 41 six miles north of Evansville, In Contact: Ruby Norris (812) 985-0963, http://www.geocities.com/cotpevansville. May 4-26 - Trail of Tears Art Show Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 456-6007. May 9-10 - Annual Turtle Island Storytelling Festival Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 456-6007. May 10-11 - Twenty Second Annual Augusta Powwow Location: (Note: new location) - 3J Road, Augusta, Georgia. Notes: Flyer and map on website. Contact: Bill Medeiros (706) 771-1221; krazywilly@knology.net; http://andersons-web.com/Flyer2002.gif. May 10-11 - Second Annual Bill Miller Concert Location: Laconia High School, Laconia, New Hampshire. Notes: Sponsored by the New Hampshire Inter-Tribal Native American Council All profits from the concert go to the Council's Scholarship Fund. Contact: Bev (603) 528-3005, wathinas@hotmail.com. May 10-12 - Circle of Sacred Children Powwow Second Annual Mary Jennifer Marchand Memorial Event Location: Omak Longhouse, Colville Reservaion, 5 miles east of Omak, Washington. Notes: Drum contest, dance competition in all categories, Royalty competition, 2k and 5k fun runs, 3 on 3 basketball tourney. All arts and crafts vendors welcome. Contact: Dorothy Marchand (509) 826-6889; Charissa Marchand or Walter Williams (505) 385-7579; n8ivecmg@hotmail.com. May 10-12 - Seventh Annual Mother's Day Powwow Location: Pasco County Withlacoochee River Park, 12449 Withlacoochee Blvd. Dade City, Florida. Notes: Head Man, Johnny McDonald; Head Lady, Susan McDonald; MC, John Ferguson; Host Drum, Family Drum; Contemporary Performers, Ken Keller and RedHawk. Princess (12-16) and Jr. Princess (5-11) contests. Hosted by the Withlacoochee American Indian Historical Society and the Pasco County Parks and Recreation. Proceeds benefit ongoing building projects within the historical villages of the park. Contact: Yvonne (727) 723-9345; waihs@hotmail.com; http://www.waihs.com/ May 11 - Ninth Annual Occoneechee State Park Native American Heritage Festival and Powwow Location: Buggs Island Lake, Occoneechee State Park, Clarksville, Va. Notes: Native dancing, arts and crafts and food. Everyone welcome. Contact: Julie West, Clarksville Lake Country Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 1017, Clarksville VA 23927, (804) 374-2436, (800) 557-5582; http://www.kerrlake.com/chamber/powwow. May 11-12 - Comanche Little Ponies Annual Dance Location: Museum of Great Plains, Lawton, Oklahoma. Contact: (580) 429-8229. May 11-12 - Ninth Annual Mariposa Powwow Location: Mariposa County Fairgrounds, Mariposa, California. Notes: Sponsored by the American Indian Council of Mariposa County. Contact: (209) 742-2244; http://www.visitmariposa.net/powwow/. May 12 - Painted Horse Society's Elder Celebration Location: Indian Territory Cultural Center, Wyandotte, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 678-2987. May 14 - American Indian Cultural Society Lecture: Protecting Sovereignty Location: Tribes Gallery, Norman, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 329-4442. May 17-19 - First Annual Wolf Creek Intertribal Powwow Location: Hwy. 59 Flea Market Grounds, Summerdale, Alabama. Notes: Friday 9 am to 2 pm Children's Education Day. $1500 prize money. Head Man, Charles Jones; Head Lady, Deborah Jones; MC, John Ferguson; Arena Director, Michael Raven Crowdog; Contemporary Recording Artist, Dave 'White Wolf' Trezak. Food vendors still needed [as of 1/3/02]. Contact: Chief Gene Griffith (251) 986-5433; Tribal Office (251) 989-2714; standingbull@wolfcreeksoutherncherokee.com; littlewolf@monacanindian.com; http://www.geocities.com/wolfcreekband/home.html. May 17-19 - Twenty Second De Anza Powwow Location: S-Quad, De Anza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, California. Notes: Dance, drum, switch and cradleboard contests. Open Gourd Dancing. MC, Tom Phillips; Whipman, Steve Reevis; Head Man Judge, Gary Middle Rider; Head Woman Judge, Iona Mad Plume; Head Man, Peter Joe Olney; Head Lady, Rose Olney Sampson; Head Teen Boy, Gary Olney; Head Teen Girl, Marie Olney; Host Northern Drum, Haystack Singers. Automated information system: (408) 864-8355 plus extension 868 (directions), 871 (all about the powwow), 871 (general information), 872 (vendor information), 873 (dance and drum info), 874 (entertainment), 875 (film festival). Contact: Gerri Parker or Leslie Berry (408) 864-5448, parkergerri@fhda.edu, http://www.deanzapowwow.org. May 17-19 - Kiowa Black Leggings Armed Forces Day Ceremonial Location: Indian City, Anadarko, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 247-3987. May 18-19 - Eighth Annual Tamworth Campground Powwow Location: Tamworth Family Campgrounds, Depot Rd off of Rte 16, Tamworth, New Hampshire. Notes: Sponsored by the New Hampshire Inter-Tribal Native American Council No dance contests. Grand Entry Saturday Noon and 7 pm, Sunday Noon. Potluck dinner Saturday evening. All drums and dancers welcome. Contact: Bev (603) 528-3005; Sandy (603) 539-5015; bbear13@prodigy.net, wathinas@hotmail.com; Campground information (800) 274-8031. May 24 - Apache Tribal Youth Track Meet Location: Anadarko, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 247-7695. May 24-26 - Delaware Powwow Location: Falleaf Dancegrounds, Copan, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 531-2526. May 24-26 - Vietnam Veterans Celebration and Powwow Location: Wichita Tribal Park, Anadarko, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 247-2425 ext 133. May 25 - Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 456-6007. May 25-26 - Ohio Valley Powwow Location: Hocking College, Nelsonville, Ohio. Notes: Grand Entry 1:30 pm and 7 pm Saturday and Sunday. Gourd Dancing on request. Head Man, Dave Burns; Head Lady, Nina Dukes; Head Veteran, Grant Nell; Head Southern Singer, Mel Hoefling; MC, Ed de Torres. Contact: Ray Baker (740) 592-5322; Vendors contact Don Hibbard (740) 698-3512. May 25-26 - Honor the Earth Powwow Location: Welles Park, Madison between 1st and 2nd Streets, El Cajon, California. Notes: Food, vendors, exhibition and competition dancing. Contact: Eric Runningpath (858) 621-6748 or Charlie Silverwater, silverwr@gte.net. May 25-26 - Fourth Annual Gathering of Veterans Powwow Location: 710 Apperson Drive, Salem, Virginia. Notes: Host Drum, Otter Crossing Singers (Head Singer, Ben Sanchez). Contact: Steve Roragen (540) 989-5449. May 26 - Annual Wheelock Spring Festival Location: Wheelock Academy Grounds, Millerton, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 746-2139. May 27 - Memorial Day Dance Location: Pawnee Nation Reserve, Pawnee, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 762-4048. May 31-June 1 - Annual Miami Nation Powwow Location: Ottawa County Fairgrounds, Miami, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 542-1445. May 31-June 2 - Fifty Second Annual Tulsa Powwow Location: O'Brien Park, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Contact: Jack Anquoe (918) 743-3628. June 2002 June-September - David Fitzgerald Cherokee Photograph Exhibit and Cherokee Communities Exhibit Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 456-6007. June 1-2 - Fourth Annual Native American Indian Traditional Veterans Powwow Location: Matthiessen State Park, La Salle, Illinois. Notes: Includes benefit motorcycle ride to park, call for info. Contact: (708) 493-0321, Fastbank45@msn.com. June 6-8 - Celebration 2002 Location: Juneau, Alaska. Notes: "Celebration is a monumental biennial gathering of Alaska Natives, which exemplifies the dynamics of Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimpshian cultural activities including singing, dancing, storytelling, and visual art and encourages thousands of individuals to participate in positive activities highlighting traditional singing and dancing, arts and crafts, and Native languages." Contact: Jayne Dangeli, Sealaska Heritage Foundation, One Sealaska Plaza Suite 201, Juneau AK 99801; (907) 463-4844; fax (907) 586-9293; jayne.dangeli@sealaska.com; http://www.sealaska.com/ June 6-9 - Osage Tribal Dance Location: Tribal Dancegrounds, Fairfax, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 287-4622. June 7-9 - Red Earth Cultural Festival Location: Myriad Convention Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 427-5228. June 8 - Good Medicine Society Summer Sobriety Dance Location: Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 943-7953. June 8 - Cherokee Chase Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 456-6007. June 10-July 12 - American Indian Theatre Arts and Media Institute Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 456-6007. June 11-12 - Apache Tribal Youth Camp Location: Apache Dancegrounds, Fort Cobb, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 247-7695. June 13-15 - Mowa Choctaw Annual Powwow Location: Calvert, Alabama. Notes: All dancers and vendors welcome. $5000 prize money. Contact: (251) 944-2789, (251) 829-5500, chatawarrior@aol.com. June 14-15 - Twenty Fourth Annual American Indian Cultural Association of North Carolina Powwow Location: Van Hoy Family Campground, Union Grove, North Carolina. Notes: Head Man, Paul Gowder; Head Lady, Kelli Gowder; Head Gourd Dancer, Dick Westfall; MC, Greg Vaught; Arena Director, George Hoyt; Head Southern Singer, Mel Hoefling; Host Northern Drum, Otter Crossing Singers (Head Singer, Ben Sanchez). Southern Protocol powwow, Princess contest, craft contest, Committee feeds in the evening. Contact: Ed de Torres (828) 464-5579, exdt@webtv.net; Vendors contact Karen Hoyt (704) 786-5705, kdh1993@yahoo.com. June 14-16 - Chalepah Blackfeet Society Celebration Location: Indian City, Anadarko, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 247-7695. June 14-16 - Annual Iowa Tribal Powwow Location: Powwow grounds, Perkins, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 547-1091. June 14-16 - Creek Nation Festival Location: Creek Nation Complex, Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 756-8700. June 15-16 - Cicott's Gathering Along the Wabash Powwow Location: Independence, Indiana. Notes: Head Man, Tom Johnson; Head Lady, Debbie Johnson; Head Veteran, Bill Meanor; Arena Director, Little Hawk; MC, Dave WhiteWolf Trezak; Host Drum, The Gunslingers. Contact: Linda Klinger, 10333 E 375 N, Otterbein IN 47970, (765) 762-2123, sklinger@tctc.com. June 15-16 - Twenty Third Annual Homecoming of the Three Fires Traditional Powwow Location: Riverside Park, Monroe Ave., Grand Rapids, Michigan. Notes: Presented by the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians and the City of Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department. Public welcome, free admission and parking. MC, John Bailey; Head Veteran, George Martin; Arena Director, David Shananaquet. Grand Entry Saturday 1 pm and 6 pm, Sunday Noon. Vendor space limited, preregistration required. Pets prohibited per city ordinance. Contact: Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians, 1251 Plainfield NE, Suite B, PO Box 2937, Grand Rapids MI 49501-2937,(616) 458-8759,fax (616) 458-9039, grboi3fpw@yahoo.com. June 15-16 - Eighth Annual American Indian Education Center Competition Powwow Location: Edgewater Park, Cleveland, Ohio. Notes: Grand Entry Saturday 1 pm and 6 pm, Sunday 1 pm. Hours Saturday 11 am to 8 pm, Sunday 11 am to 6 pm. Contact: (216) 341-0000, aiecinc@aol.com. June 15-16 - Peoria Tribal Powwow Location: Peoria Tribal Grounds, Miami, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 540-2535. June 21-22 - Summer Solstice Walks Location: Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, Spiro, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 962-2062. June 21-23 - Rocky Fork Recreation Center Third Annual Traditional Open Powwow Location: Rocky Fork Recreation Center, Kimbolton, Ohio. Notes: Host Drum, Mother Earth Beat Drum; Head Man, Bill Loretto; Head Lady, Sandy Loretto. Admisison $2, under 12 free. Vendor spaces open, please preregister. Contact: Michelle Hill (740) 439-4359, rockyforkpowwow@excite.com, http://www.rockyforkpowwow.freewebspace.com. June 21-23 - Prince George Native Friendship Centre Powwow Location: Massey Place Stadium, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. Notes: Dance and drum competitions. Vendor spaces available (no selling of sweetgrass or sage). Contact: Deanna Nelson, Prince George Native Friendship Centre, 1600 3rd Ave., Prince George BC, V2L 3G6, (250) 564-3568, fax (250) 563-0924, dnelson@pgnfc.com. June 21-23 - Annual Esa Rosa Whitewolf Celebration Location: Whitewolf Ceremonial Grounds, Medicine Park, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 247-2671. June 22 - Cherokee Games - Cornstalk Shoot Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 456-6007. June 22-23 - Dancing by the Riverbank Traditional Powwow Location: Louis Adado Riverfront Park, Lansing, Michigan. Notes: Free admission. MC, Larry Plamondon; Head Veteran, George Martin; Host Drum, Owashnitong Chung a Ming Grand River Singers. Grand Entry Saturday 1 pm and 7 pm, Sunday noon. Free parking at Lansing Community College ramp. Free camping (no electric, no ground fires), showers nearby. Contact: robin_menefee@yahoo.com; Vendors contact cole@ia4u.net. June 22-23 - Second Annual Gentle Wind Powwow Location: Tussey Mt High School Athletic Field, Front St., Saxton, Pa. Notes: MC, Ron Snow Owl; Head Man, Cisco; Head Lady, Amy Half Moon. Intertribal dancing, no competitions. Contact: Ron Pawuk (814) 635-3385, rpawuk@hotmail.com. June 25-28 - Osage Tribal Dance Location: Tribal Dancegrounds, Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 287-4622. June 29-30 - Tecumseh 'Mending the Sacred Hoop' Traditional Powwow Location: Cal Zorn Park, Tecumseh, Michigan. Contact: Todd Harder (517) 264-1690, hardertodd3@aol.com; Richard and Karen Snake kesodawa@aol.com. June 30-July 1 - Competitive Art Show Location: Honor Heights Dr., Muskogee, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 683-1701. July 2002 July 1-4 - Kiowa Gourd Clan Ceremonial Location: Carnegie Park, Carnegie, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 793-0958. July 4-7 - Quapaw Powwow Location: Beaver Springs Park, Quapaw, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 542-1853, (918) 673-2822. July 4-7 - Pawnee Indian Veterans Homecoming and Powwow Location: Memorial Field, Pawnee, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 762-4048. July 5-7 - Gathering of Tribes Powwow Location: Juneau, Alaska. Notes: Salmon bake July 3, parade July 4. Limited vendor space. Contact: Robert Joey (907) 586-3296; Juneau Pow Wow Club, 326 4th St, Apt. 306, Juneau AK; garfield_katasse@dot.state.ak.us. July 5-7 - Second Annual Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow Location: Tanana Valley Fairgrounds, Fairbanks, Alaska. Contact: (907) 488-2436; http://www.mosquitonet.com/~standingbear/powwow. July 6-7 - Second Annual Where the Two Rivers Meet Powwow Location: Gladwin, Michigan. Notes: Presented by the Metis of Michigan Lodge. Contact: Shirley Sari (989) 426-7388; Robyn Vanderburg (231) 898-4421; Sandy Zimmerman (517) 630-8114. July 6-7 - Wagons Trails Powwow Location: Wagon Trails Resort, 4051 SR 46, Jefferson, Ohio. Contact: (330) 326-3248. July 8-19 - Cultural Day Camp Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 456-6007. July 10-13 - National Powwow 12 Location: Iroquois County Fairgrounds, Crescent City, Illinois. Notes: Head Man, Emil Her Many Horses; Head Lady, Cathy Johnson; Head Gourd Dancer, Carl Jennings; Head Little Boy, Beau Brown; Head Little Girl, Sarah Orens. Contact: http://www.nationalpowwow.com/. July 11-14 - Sac & Fox Nation Powwow Location: Tribal Dancegrounds, Stroud, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 968-3526. July 12-14 - Twelfth International Montour Powwow Location: Western Idaho Fairgrounds, Boise, Idaho. Notes: Please note new location for 2002. Contact: James or Betty (208) 383-0125. July 12-14 - Annual Tonkawa Tribal Powwow Location: Fort Oakland, Tonkawa, Oklahoma. Contact: (580) 628-2561. July 13 - Indian Arts Appraisal Day Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 456-6007. July 13-14 - Howard County Powwow Location: Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, Maryland. Notes: Admission $7 adults, $4 children. Contact: (410) 442-1022; Barry Richardson (252) 257-5383, now-cdcbarry@coastalnet.com. July 18-21 - Standing Arrow Powwow Location: Elmo, Montana. Contact: Richard Nichols (406) 849-6018 days. July 18-21 - Otoe-Misouria Annual Powwow Location: Tribal Dancegrounds, Red Rock, Oklahoma. Contact: (580) 723-4466. July 19-21 - Missouri State Powwow Location: Sedalia, Missouri. Notes: Camping available, free to participants. Intertribal dancing. Stomp Dance after evening dances. Contact: Robert Woolery, 3222 S Washington, Sedalia MO 65301 (660) 826-5608; Ea Wollery, 103 E. 28, Sedalia MO 65301 (660) 826-4145. July 19-21 - Comanche Homecoming Location: Sultan Park, Walters, Oklahoma. Contact: (580) 492-3822. July 20-21 - Seventh Annual Gathering of the People Powwow Location: Vigo County Conservation Club, Grotto Rd, Terre Haute, Indiana. Notes: Host Drum, Eagle Boy; Head Veteran, Larry Ross; Head Man, Ross Davidson; Head Lady, Michelle Hite; Arena Director, Albert Runningwolf. Camping and showers on grounds. Limited vendor space. Contact: Vicki Rainbolt (812) 877-4670; camping and vendor info Ron Graham (812) 232-1493. July 26-28 - Fourth Annual Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Sobriety Powwow Location: Muckleshoot Ballfield, Auburn, Washington. Notes: MC, Thomas Morning Owl; Host Drum, Thunder Child. Starts Friday 6 pm. Contact: (253) 804-8752. July 26-28 - Ninth Annual Bitterroot Valley All Nations Powwow Location: Historic Daly Mansion Grounds, Hamilton, Montana. Notes: Contests and prizes in all categories. All drums and dancers welcome, first ten drums paid. Tiny Tots and Princess competitions. Vendor application on website. Contact: (406) 363-5383, http://www.allnationsmt.homestead.com. July 26-28 - Indian Hills Powwow Location: 9300 N Sooner Rd., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 787-2151. July 26-28 - Kihekah Steh Powwow Location: Skiatook, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 396-3736. July 26-28 - Oh-Ho-Mah Lodge Ceremonial Location: Indian City, Anadarko, Oklahoma. Contact: (580) 588-2356. July 27-28 - Wakichipi Richmond Powwow Location: RIR Complex, 600 E. Laburnum Ave., Fairgrounds, Richmond, Va. Notes: Admission $7 adults, $4 children. Contact: (804) 345-7223; Barry Richardson (252) 257-5383, now-cdcbarry@coastalnet.com. July 27-28 -Four Feathers Festival and Powwow Location: Riverbend Campground, Rt. 106, Leeds, Maine. Notes: Traditional pow-wow with Auction for Make A Wish Of Maine. Contact: (207) 872-5754; four_feathers@hotmail.com. August 2002 August-September - Selections from the Collection Exhibit Location: Honor Heights Dr., Muskogee, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 683-1701. August 1-5 - Second Annual Native American Powwow Location: Wilder, Tennesee. Dance contest. Looking for vendors, dancers, drums, and dance judges. Contact: (931) 445-7180, softwolfeyes@yahoo.com. August 2-3 - Ninth Annual Frank Liske Park Powwow Location: Frank Liske Park, 4001 Stought Rd., Concord, North Carolina. Notes: Traditional powwow, Southern protocol. Contact: George Hoyt (704) 786-5705, 75 Scalybark Trail, Concord NC 28027 gehoyt@concordnc.com; Vendors contact Gene Hall (336) 236-1099, 115 Sindey St., Lexington NC 27292. August 2-3 - Seventeenth Annual Bell Powwow Location: Stilwell, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 696-4480. August 2-4 - Kaw Nation Powwow Location: Tribal Grounds, Kaw City, Oklahoma. Contact: (580) 269-2552. August 2-4 - Oklahoma Indian Nation Powwow Location: Tribal Gym, Concho, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 262-0345. August 2-4 - Annual Apache Blackfoot Society Dance Location: Apache Dancegrounds, Fort Cobb, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 247-7695. August 3-4 - Fifth Annual All Nations BigTime Location: Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park, 3325 Adobe Rd., Petaluma, California. Notes: 10 am to 5 pm both days. Admission $3, $2 ages 6-12. Dance demonstrations, arts and crafts, storyteller, flute player, tours of site and archaeology tours. Contact: Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park (707) 762-4871. August 5-10 - American Indian Exposition Location: Caddo County Fairgrounds, Anadarko, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 942-3837. August 9-11 - Twenty Fifth Annual Intertribal Club's Powwow of Champions Location: Expo Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 836-1523. August 13-18 - Third Annual Chikamaka-Cherokee Indian Festival Location: Pony Meeks Auditorium, Grundy County Fairgrounds, Tracy City, Tennessee. Notes: Held in conjunction with the Grundy County Fair. Admission charged. Dances will consist of Animal and Bird dances and other social dances of the Southeastern culture. Limited camping space for vendors and demonstrators only. Contact: (615) 907-0308, (615) 366-8815; vendors contact eagleheart47@hotmail.com; host hotels, Days Inn (931) 924-2900 and Budget Inn (931) 924-2221. August 15-18 - Wichita Annual Dance Location: Wichita Tribal Grounds, Anadarko, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 247-2425 ext 133. August 17-18 - Ninth Annual Powwow by the Sea Location: Memorial Coliseum, 402 S. Shoreline, Corpus Christi, Texas. Notes: Sponsored by the Coastal Bend Council of Native Americans. Contact: cbcna@worldnet.att.net; http://home.att.net/~cbcna/cbcna002.htm. August 22-25 - Ponca Powwow Location: White Eagle Park, Ponca City, Oklahoma. Contact: (580) 762-8104. August 23-25 - Ormond Beach Native American Festival Location: Ormond Beach, Florida. Notes: No contests. Admission $4, $3 ages 3-12. Educational field day for local schools 9 am to 3 pm Friday. Contact: Betsy Hooker (386) 676-3216; Vendors contact Jim Sawgrass (386) 756-7900. August 30-September 1 - Cherokee National Holiday Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 456-6007. August 30-September 1 - Ottawa Celebration and Powwow Location: Adawe Park, Miami, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 540-1536. August 31-September 1 - Forty Second Annual Tecumseh Lodge Powwow Location: Tipton County Fairgrounds, Tipton, Indiana. Contact: (317) 745-2858, rlkmeyer@aol.com. August 31-September 1 - Cheyenne-Arapaho Labor Day Celebration Location: Colony, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 262-0345. August 30-September 2 - Choctaw Labor Day Festival Location: Tribal Capitol Grounds, Tuskahoma, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 924-8280 ext 2134. September 2002 September 2 - Celebration of the Old West and Cowboy Gathering Location: Sipokni, Reagan, Oklahoma. Contact: (580) 384-5536. September 6-8 - Wyandotte Nation Powwow Location: Tribal Grounds, Wyandotte, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 678-2297 ext 244. September 13-15 - Eastern Shawnee Tribal Dance Location: Tribal Grounds, West Seneca, Oklahoma. Contact: (417) 623-5987. September 14-15 - Tenth Annual Four Winds Powwow Location: Killeen Special Events Center, W.S. Young Dr., Killeen, Texas. Notes: $15,000 prize money (no catagories combined), Grand Entries at 1 pm and 7 pm with Gourd Dancing at 12 noon and 6 pm. Admission $1.00 ages six and up. Multi-cultural presentation during dinner hour on Saturday. Contact: Paula Brock (254) 699-3167; e-mail Fourwinds1@hotmail.com; http://www.fourwindstx.org; Fourwinds Intertribal Society, Box 10035, Killen, TX 76547-0035. September 21 - TIHA Fall Powwow Location: Robinson Park, Llano, Texas. Contact: (512) 243-1931; vendors contact (830) 665-9309. September 21-22 - Fourteenth Annual Everything is Sacred Powwow Gathering Location: Bochard Park, 190 Reino Road, Thousand Oaks, California. Notes: Free admission and parking. All drums and dancers welcome. Presented by the California Indian Council Foundation. Contact: (805) 493-2863; thewhitehawk@msn.com. September 27-29 - Fourth Annual Last Chance Community Powwow Location: Civic Center, Helena, Montana. Contact: (406) 443-4880; pcfleming@in-tch.com. September 28-29 - Adrian 'Lest Our Children Forget' Contest Powwow Location: Siena Heights University, Adrian, Michigan. Contact: Todd Harder (517) 264-1690, hardertodd3@aol.com. October 2002 October 5-6 - Abenaki Sixth Annual Mi-Te-Jo Campground Powwow Location: Mi-Te-Jo Campground, Milton, New Hampshire. Notes: Camping may be available, call ahead for reservations. Grand Entry Saturday and Sunday noon, Saturday evening to be determined. All drums and dancers welcome. Contact: (603) 473-2746. October 11-13 - Hagerstown Powwow Location: Hagerstown Fairgrounds, Hagerstown, Maryland. Notes: Admission $7 adults, $4 children. Contact: (301) 791-3246; Barry Richardson (252) 257-5383, now-cdcbarry@coastalnet.com. October 31-November 3 - Fredericksburg Powwow Location: Fairgrounds, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Notes: Admission $6 adults, $4 children. Contact: (540) 373-1776, (800) 678-4748; Barry Richardson (252) 257-5383, now-cdcbarry@coastalnet.com. November 2002 November 15-17 - Gread American Indian Exposition Location: Richmond Showplace, 3000 Mechanicsville Tpke., Richmond, Va. Notes: Over $10,000 in dance and drum prize money. Admission $7 adults, $4 children. Contact: (804) 225-8877; Barry Richardson (252) 257-5383, now-cdcbarry@coastalnet.com. December 2002 December 15 - Powwow Photograph Exhibit Location: Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, Norman, Oklahoma. Contact: (405) 325-4712. December 21 - Winter Solstice Walk Location: Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, Spiro, Oklahoma. Contact: (918) 962-2062. =================================== Aboriginal Multi-Media Society Aboriginal Community Events Listing This page updated March 21, 2002 For more information on Powwows: the traditions and dances, check out Windspeaker's Guide to Indian Country. To add your event to this listing please e-mail us at: market@ammsa.com April 12-14, 2002 10th. Annual Shadow of the Eagle Pow-Wow Forsyth, Missouri At the Shadowrock Park Booth spaces and camp ground are available Information contact: Jamie Goodthunder at (417) 561-1667 E-mail: goodthunder@inter-linc.net April 12 - 13, 2002 Northeastern State University Powwow University Campus Tahlequah, Oklahoma Phone: 918-456-5511 x 4351 April 12 - 13, 2002 Oklahoma University's Stomp Dance and Powwow Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma Phone: 405-325-3163 April 12-14, 2002 North Western Pa Gii Da Un Pow-wow Kenora Recreation Centre - Kenora, Ontario Contact Joseph Red Thunder Boy: 1-807-468-6623 Toll Free: 1-800-535-4549 Fax: 1-807-467-4645 Events Info Line: 1-807-467-4652 April 13, 2002 Aboriginal Student's Club of Grant MacEwan College 5th Annual Round Dance "Honouring Past & Present Students" Canadian Native Friendship Centre, 11205-101 Street Edmonton, Alberta Pipe Ceremony & Feast 5pm with Round Dance to follow until midnight Info. call (780) 497-5382 April 14, 2002 Lecture Series: "Mainstreet", Cherokee Heritage Center Tahlequah, Oklahoma Phone: (918) 456-6007 April 14 - 16, 2002 Tenth and Final Conference Believe in the Healing Victoria, BC Phone: (250) 598-1039 canac's 10th annual conference social justice: the essence of hiv/aids Apr. 14 - 17, Vancouver, BC (604) 682-2344 ext. 62084 April 19 - 21, 2002 Apache Rattlesnake Festival and Powwow Fairgrounds, Apache, Oklahoma Phone: (580) 588-2880 April 19-21, 2002 Sixteenth Annual Arizona State University Spring Competition Pow Wow Tempe, Arizona Phone: (480) 965-5224 Email: pow_wow@asu.edu Web site: http://powwow.asu.edu April 19 - 21, 2002 Old Fort Days Heritage Festival Fort Gibson Historic Site Fort Gibson, Oklahoma Phone: 918-478-4780 April 19 - 21, 2002 Sixteenth Annual Arizona State University Spring Competition Powwow Tempe, Arizona Phone: (480) 965-5224 April 20, 2002 Apache Tribal Princess Dance Apache Tribal Building Anadarko, Oklahoma Phone: 405-247-7695 April 25 - 26, 2002 Indian Territory Days Cherokee Heritage Center Tahlequah, Oklahoma Phone: 918-456-6007 April 25 - 26, 2002 Aboriginal Oil & Gas Ventures: Opportunities & Strategies for Success Edmonton, Alberta Phone: 1-888-777-1707 April 25 - 27, 2002 Indian Festival & Powwow Talihina School Gym Talihina, Oklahoma Phone: 918-567-2539 April 25 - 27, 2002 Gathering of Nations Powwow Albuquerque, NM Phone: (505) 836-2810 April 29-30, 2002 Band History Workshop Program 2002 The objective is to train at least one individual from each First Nation to undertake band histories. Band histories are useful documents for the interpretation and dissemination of First Nations community histories. Best Western Inn, Saskatoon SK Contact: Orenda Yuzicapi Phone: 306-546-8449 (Regina) Fax: 306-546-8436 Email: oyuzicapi@sifc.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------- May 10-11, 2002 22nd Annual Augusta Pow-Wow *NEW LOCATION* 3J Road Augusta, GA Map: http://andersons-web.com/Flyer2002.gif Contact Bill Medeiros at 706-771-1221 Email: krazywilly@knology.net May 17, 18, 19, 2002 22nd Annual De Anza College Pow Wow 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd Cupertino, CA Contacts: Gerri Parker or Leslie Berry Phone: 408-864-5448 Email: parkergerri@fhda.edu Website: www.deanzapowwow.org May 18 - 19, 2002 Bkejwanong Community Cultural Celebration Walpole Island First Nation Promotes common-unity amongst First Nation people, creates alliances with everyone attending and gives you the opportunity to purchase authentically crafted items, and taste fine traditional cuisines. Stacey Nahdee, Coordinator Phone: (519) 332-6164 Fax: (519) 627-6074 Email: wifn@hotmail.com May 26 - 29, 2002 23rd National First Nations Child & Family Services Conference Edmonton, Alberta Phone: (780) 481-7930 ext. 248 --------------------------------------------------------------------- June 14-15, 2002 24th Annual Powwow American Indian Cultural Association of North Carolina - Traditional Powwow Southern Protocol - Van Hoy Family Campground, Union Grove, North Carolina - Contact - Ed de Torres (828)464-5579 Email: exdt@webtv Traders contact - Karen Hoyt (704)786-5705 Email: kdh1993@yahoo.com June 14-21, 2002 Community Economic & Social Development Spring Institute, Algoma University, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario Info. contact Judy Syrette 705-949-2301 ext 218 or web site: www.auc.on.ca June 16 - 29, 2002 Native Researchers' Cancer Control Training Program Portland, Oregon Phone: (503) 494-2947 --------------------------------------------------------------------- July 25 - Aug. 4, 2002 2002 North American Indigenous Games Winnipeg, Manitoba Phone: 1-877-682-2002 July 25 to July 28, 2002 Moosehide Gathering Dawson City, Yukon Contact: Lue Maxwell Special Events Coordinator Box 599, Dawson City, Yukon Y0B 1G0 Phone: (867) 993-5385 Fax: (867) 993-6553 Email: luene.maxwell@gov.trondek.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- August 2-5, 2002 The Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association Fifth Reunion and Residential Gathering 1520 Queen St. East, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Algoma University CollegeI Information: Theresa Turmel Phone: (705) 949-2301 Ext. 217 Aug. 4 - 10, 2002 World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education Calgary, Alberta Phone: (403) 258-1775 August 9, 10, & 11, 2002 Red Pheasant First Nation's Competition Pow Wow 2002 Red Pheasant First Nation, Saskatchewan Contact: Mike Peeaychew 306-937-3995 Email: rpfnpowwow2002@hotmail.com August 22 - 25, 2002 Schemitzun 2002 Grand Entry Friday 12pm & 6pm Sat. 12pm & 6pm Sun. 12pm Fri. , Sat., & Sun. Bonus Points will be giv