From gars@speakeasy.org Thu Jul 18 02:25:31 2002 Date: 17 Jul 2002 00:07:19 -0000 From: Gary Night Owl To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Subject: Wotanging Ikche--nanews10.029 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 Dineh jii' adah' ho'nil'e'gii ba' ha' neh -- Navajo Nation -- What's Happening among The People News 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 029 | Country than is reported in | O o o o o O | this weekly newsletter. 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Proportional fonts will be difficult to read. <================<<<< >>>>================> This issue contains articles from www.pechanga.net; www.owlstar.com; www.indianz.com; Big Mountain, Minnesota Indian Affairs, Rez Life, ndn-aim, Iron Natives and Tn-Ind Mailing Lists; UUCP email IMPORTANT!! ----------- In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, all material appearing in this newsletter is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for educational purposes. <================<<<< >>>>================> This newsletter is a way of keeping the brothers and sisters who share our Spirit informed about current events within the lives of those who walk the Red Road. ++ It may be subscribed to via email by sending a request from your own internet addressable account to gars@speakeasy.org ++ It is archived at http://www.nanews.org <================<<<< >>>>================> As historian Patricia Nelson Limerick summarized in The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West, "Set the blood quantum at one-quarter, hold to it as a rigid definition of Indians, let intermarriage proceed as it had for centuries, and eventually Indians will be defined out of existence. When that happens, the federal government will be freed of its persistent 'Indian problem.'" "All things in the world are two. In our minds we are two-good and evil. With our eyes we see two things, things that are fair and things that are ugly. We have the right hand that strikes and makes for evil and the left hand full of kindness, near the heart. One foot may lead us to an evil way, the other foot may lead us to a good. So are all things, two, all two." __ Eagle Chief (Letakots-Lesa), Pawnee +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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! For months I have been watching as the dominant society willingly gave up personal freedoms, even applauded and waved flags and beat their proud chests as one constitutionally guaranteed right after the other was stripped in the name of "Fighting Terrorism". Incidentally, I will believe there is a sincere effort to eliminate terrorism when that breeding ground for assassins and butchers is eliminated at Ft. Benning, Georgia. I have watched as practices taken straight from the pages of the covert witch hunts of the 50's, 60's and 70's were reinstituted. It may not be called COINTELPRO, but when the U.S. Government institutes locking people up for "suspicious activities" and answers to not one entity in the interest of the Patriot Act, it is "same stuff, different day" as far as I'm concerned. Attorney General Ashcroft has taken on the personna so completely I think of him as J. Edgar Ashcroft. I am not the only or even the first to ask why the target of "profiling" has never been white people when so many terrorists/mass murderers have been white. Weren't Timothy McVey and Terry Nichols white? What about Jeffrey Dahlmer? Or the Unibomber or alleged Olympic/abortion clinic bomber Eric Rudolph? Hell, the last time Indians came close to causing that many deaths it was called a massacre and every soldier available rode into the Black Hills with blood in their eye. It took over 150 years for anyone to admit how cowardly and senseless Sand Creek was. If the U.S. is going to institute a practice of unconstitutional targetting of any particular group (and don't kid yourself--what is allowed for Arabs today will be implemented against any "inconvenient" group, including Indians if we ever get close to real power in the future--that's what erosion is all about), why not target the "real problem" ethnos? Because it wouldn't be tolerated by whites--that's why not. And nor should we Indians tolerate it now simply because we are not yet the named victims. I have been wondering how I was going to tie this implosion of personal liberties to events in Indian Country when a gift was handed to me. A recent press release from the plaintiffs in the "Indian Trust" case exposes the White House's bold proposal before Congress to remove officials from liability for the breach of Indian Trust and willfull destruction of documents. The process of absolving officials from blame for stealing from Indians is already started. The entire article is below: "White House asks Congress to Shield Administration" full title: "WHITE HOUSE ASKS CONGRESS TO SHIELD ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS FROM PENALTIES FOR BREACH OF TRUST AND DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION" 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 ---------- --------- "RE: Aline Yellow Bull Little Standing Buffalo Roy" --------- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 14:32:14 -0500 From: "Carter Camp" Subj: Oldest Ponca Woman Dies Mailing-List: ndn-aim This is a big blow to my family and the Ponca, this lady, my Aunt, was a treasure trove of our history. Aline Yellow Bull Little Standing Buffalo Roy Aline Yellow Bull Little Standing Buffalo Roy, who was the oldest living member of the Ponca Indian tribe, died Friday morning, July 12, 2002, at the Via Christi Oklahoma Regional Medical Center. She was 93. A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday evening, July 14, at the Ponca Indian Cultural Center. A noon feast will be held Monday, July 15, at the Ponca Indian Cultural Center followed by the funeral at 2 p.m. Burial will follow in the Ponca Tribal Cemetery under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel. Aline Yellow Bull Little Standing Buffalo Roy was born April 5, 1909, on the Ponca Indian Reservation, the daughter of Obie Yellow Bull Little Standing Buffalo and Mary Roy. Her given Indian name was Mee-'He'n-dah- bhe'. She was educated in the Pawnee Indian School, the Cantonement Indian Boarding School of Canton and the Chilocco Indian School. She was married to Harrison Roy on Sept. 9, 1940, in Newkirk. In the 1940s, she was one of the first women to work in the aircraft plants as a result of World War II, working at Beech Aircraft Company of Wichita, Kan. She had taught pre-school at Pleasant View grade school, north of Ponca City and was one of the teachers of the Ponca native language. She had worked as the outreach certification worker for the Ponca Tribal Housing and with the senior citizens state nutrition program. She also served for years on the Ponca Council. She was the oldest charter member of the Ponca Indian Methodist Church and the Methodist Women's organization. She also had been a member of several tribal organizations through the years, that included the Wahunthinga Senior Citizens Club of the Ponca Nation and the Women's Auxiliary Buffalo Post 38. She enjoyed children, hand games, playing bingo, collecting owls and, in earlier years, was active in Indian dancing and powwow activities. She is survived by 10 children, Vernon Rhodd Sr., Penny Rhodd Sr., Lemuel Rhodd Sr., Douglas Rhodd Sr., Gene Zaitshik Rhodd, Henry Rhodd Sr. and Louise Roy, all of Ponca City, and Mary Akers of Delaware, Okla., and Cecelia Howard and Sharon Dawson, both of Tulsa; one sister, Estelline Warrior of Ponca City; 64 grandchildren; 102 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two sons, Carlton and Pete Rhodd; three brothers, Beeman, Ted and Orville Yellow Bull Little Standing Buffalo; and four sisters, Mariah Yellow Bull Little Standing Buffalo, Theadosia Roberson, Iva J. Rhodd and Ida Mae Little Raven. Casket bearers will be Douglas Rhodd Jr., Russell Rhodd Sr., Enos Rhodd, Bobby Rhodd, Eagle Rhodd and Randy Rhodd. Copyright c. 1998-2002 The Ponca City News. ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe to this group,send an email to: ndn-aim-subscribe@egroups.com Archived on line at: http://www.eScribe.com FREE LEONARD PELTIER --------- "RE: Robert Bennett" --------- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 16:22:28 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ROBERT BENNETT" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.santafenewmexican.com/site/news Former Bureau of Indian Affairs commissioner Bennett dead at 89 The Associated Press 07/14/2002 ALBUQUERQUE - Robert Bennett, an Oneida Indian and former commissioner of Indian Affairs who helped improve American Indian education, has died at a local hospital. Bennett died Thursday after a possible stroke and heart attack at Presbyterian Hospital. He was 89. Bennett was born on the Oneida Reservation in Wisconsin. He moved to Albuquerque in 1969 after retiring from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Bennett, who served as the bureau's commissioner from 1966-69, was the first Indian commissioner since Gen. Ely Parker during President Ulysses S. Grant's administration, said Sam Deloria, director of the American Indian Law Center. "He never strutted around and said, 'I made history,' but he did," Deloria said. President Lyndon Johnson appointed Bennett to head the bureau, Deloria said. Bennett's mother was Oneida and his father was white. Bennett's wife, Cleota, said his big achievement was that "he wanted to get individuals to develop themselves and to be self-sufficient. You couldn't undo what happened (in the past) to Indians." She said Bennett worked to improve education for Indians and helped to move the tribes "into the mainstream of society." Survivors include his wife, four sons - William, Leo, David and Robert - and a daughter, JoAnne Bennett. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Monday at French Mortuary in Albuquerque and services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the mortuary. Bennett will be buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Copyright c. 2002 Santa Fe New Mexican. --------- "RE: Crossings" --------- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 08:10:52 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CROSSINGS" July 12, 2002 Alvin Nickaboine Alvin Nickaboine (Kiwenz) 67, of Aitkin, died Thursday, July 4, at his home. Funeral services were July 9 at the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Community Center North of Onamia, with Lee Staples presiding. Burial was at the Vineland Cemetery. His grandchildren served as the casketbearers. Arrangements were with the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Onamia. Alvin Nickaboine is survived by his sons Mike Nickaboine of Detroit Lakes, Kevin Thompson of Wayzata; daughters Dana Nickaboine of Brooklyn Park, Linda Nickaboine of Onamia; brothers Ole Nickaboine of Onamia, Mike Nickaboine of Onamia, A.J. Nickaboine of Onamia; sisters Evelyn Kegg of Minneapolis, Marion Merrill of Milwaukee, Wis., Theresa Nickaboine of Milaca, Margaret Dorr of Onamia; 11 grandchildren and one great- granddaughter. Alvin was preceded in death by his wife, Carol on May 18, 2002; parents; son, Alvin Nickaboine Jr. in 1980; brother, Alfred Nickaboine. Alvin Nickaboine was born Dec. 15, 1934, near Onamia, the son of the late Frank and Sadie (Gahbow) Nickaboine. He grew up near Onamia and attended school there. Alvin entered the U.S. Army on July 7, 1952, and served until his honorable discharge on June 29, 1955. He married Carol Jean Thompson in 1960 near Onamia. The couple moved to Oakland, Calif., where Alvin worked at Dart Plating Co. as a metal polisher. In 1971, the couple moved to Minneapolis. Alvin was employed at the FMC Co. in Fridley as a metal fabricator for 16 years. In 1991, the couple moved to Bennettville Township, North of Garrison. Alvin enjoyed hunting, fishing and family gatherings. Copyright c. 2002 Mille Lacs Messenger. -=-=-=- July 12, 2002 Naomi Rehm Naomi Rehm, 77, of Parks died Sunday, July 7, 2002. She was born Aug. 31, 1924, on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Laveen, and had lived in Parks for more than 50 years. She worked at the Navajo Army Depot for 10 years. Survivors include her daughter, Vivian Rehm, of Parks; stepdaughter Elizabeth Rehm of Hermiston, Ore.; two grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Stewart Chapel, 117 S. Slagel St., Williams. Visitation will be one hour before the services at the chapel. Copyright c. 2000-2002 Arizona Daily Sun. -=-=-=- July 11, 2002 JOSE DOLORES NARANJO Jose Dolores Naranjo, 93, of Santa Clara Pueblo, died Tuesday. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbarita T. Naranjo, and a son, Nathaniel Naranjo. He is survived by two daughters, Mary C. Scarborough and Veronica Naranjo both of Santa Clara Pueblo; a grandson, Kevin Scarborough of Santa Clara Pueblo, godson whom he and his wife raised, Tim Baca of Santa Clara Pueblo; and many other relatives and friends. Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. today at the Santa Clara Catholic Church. Burial will follow at the Pueblo Cemetery. Salazar Family of Block-Salazar Mortuary. Copyright c. 1997 - 2002 Albuquerque Journal: Albuquerque, New Mexico. -=-=-=- July 11, 2002 Lorraine Day Child ROCKY BOY -- Rocky Boy native Lorraine Day Child, 66, who worked in a drycleaning and laundry business in Helena for 20 years, died of brain cancer Wednesday at her home in Rocky Boy. Her wake begins today at her home. Her funeral is 10 a.m. Friday at her home, with burial in Rocky Boy Cemetery. A luncheon follows at her home. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home of Havre is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include her children, Valerie "Penny" Denny, Garren Denny, Greg Raining Bird, Simmer Raining Bird and Dave Wirth, all of Rocky Boy, Richard Denny of Seattle, Sandra Coonfare of Billings, Henry Bushman of Grand Portage, Minn., and James Day Child of Great Falls; a brother, William Day Child of Phoenix; sisters Bernice Singer of Billings, Patsy Raining Bird of Rocky Boy and Marge Eastman Huber of Phoenix; 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Additional survivors include an aunt, Minnie Sangrey, and her children, of Rocky Boy; and numerous nieces and nephews. Lorraine was born Oct. 5, 1935, in Rocky Boy, to Joe and Agnes (Gopher) Day Child. She was educated at Rocky Boy and graduated from Flandreau Indian High School in Flandreau, S.D. Lorraine enjoyed playing bingo, playing machines, and attending pow-wows to watch her nephews, Sparky and Jerry Raining Bird, dance. Lorraine was known for her happy disposition and sense of humor. She was always smiling or laughing. Lorraine was a great admirer of the cowboy way. She loved to attend rodeos, especially Indian rodeos. She advised her children and grandchildren of traditional ways and told them stories. She was preceded in death by her parents and by sisters Carol Crabtree and Alice Day Child Yellow Wolf. Delwyn S. Firemoon FRAZER -- Delwyn Sibley Firemoon, 71, an Air Force veteran and founder of the Native American Missions Corp. on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, died Tuesday at a Wolf Point hospital. His wake is 7 this evening at Frazer Community Hall. His funeral is 10 a.m. Friday at Frazer Community Hall, with burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Clayton Memorial Chapel of Wolf Point is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include a brother, Ernie Manning of China; and a sister, Beatrice Potter of Glasgow. Copyright c. 2002 Great Falls Tribune. -=-=-=- July 10, 2002 Anthony C.H. Bear DODSON - Anthony C.H. Bear, 18, of Dodson and Malta, died Saturday, July 6, 2002. His wake and Pipe ceremony will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, in the Dodson High School Gym. Funeral Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 11, in the Dodson High School Gym. Burial will be at the Matte-Bear Cemetery off Route 8. Adams Funeral Home of Malta is in charge. July 11, 2002 Bryant Curley LAME DEER - Bryant Ty-Jay Curley, infant son of Billford J. Curley Jr. and Aryn Bement, was stillborn Tuesday July 9, 2002, in Billings. Kooheooso (Standing motionless) is survived by his parents of Lame Deer; his grandparents, Georgie Ann Burns of Helena, Elizabeth Fisher, Allen Little Coyote, Billford (Debbie) Curley, Sr. of Lame Deer and Robert J. Bement of Illinois; his great-grandparents, Floyd (Louise) Fisher, Annie Burns, Maretha Charette, Llevando (Phyllis) Fisher and Emmeline Spang; his Cheyenne grandmothers, Elizabeth and Danetta Fisher, Ruth Phillips, Myra Jackson, Avis Prentice, Georgia (Lynn Mellic) Burns, Bonnie (Wesley Spotted Elk) Burns, Rita Shoulderblade, Barbara (Harlen) Tallbull, Mary Ann Eagle, Tera Curley, Audrey (Oliver) Haugen and Iris Buffalo; his Cheyenne grandfathers, Allen Little Coyote, Tex, Kevin, Jody, Terry and Logan Curley,Sr., Robbie and Ronnie (Bernadette), Jimmy, J.D. and Jackie (Terry) Burns, Dean Rondeau, Daryl Scalpane, Travis Aimsback, Mike and John Charette, Dr. Zane Rising Sun, Oliver Haugen, Morris (Madonna) and Ike (Henrietta) Bement; his aunts, Allarie Little Coyote, Stacibeth and Faith Spotted Elk, Melanie (David) Powell, Phyllis (Brand) Jackman, Melissa (Hubert) Blackwolf, Stacie (Ed) Joiner, Jayna (Melborne) Lamewoman, Rhonda (Floyd) American Horse, Georgette, Cassie, Tavin and Cheyenne Curley; his uncles, Waylon, Kyle and Josh (Whitecow) Burns, James (Sharon), Monte, (Germaine), Lafe (Lujuana), Ronald, Joseph, Jr. and Joseph (Lola) Haugen, Sr. He is also survived by a great-great-great-grandmother, Ruth Harris. Wake services will be held 7 p.m. Friday, July 12, in the Busby White River Mennonite Church. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, July 13, in the Church. Interment will follow in the Burns Family Cemetery, east of Lame Deer. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements. Delwyn Sibley Firemoon FRAZER - Delwyn Sibley Firemoon, 71, passed away on July 9, 2002, at the Northeast Montana Health Services Facility in Wolf Point. Del was born on Feb. 7, 1931, in Poplar, the son of Kenneth and Mabel (Cox) Firemoon. He lived with his grandparents in Frazer and attended grade school there. He moved to Philadelphia and graduated from high school. Del joined the U.S. Air Force and served for three years during the Korean Conflict. He then traveled to various places across the United States. In the summer of 1976, he returned to Frazer, but also lived in Helena for some time. He has lived in Frazer for the last eight or nine years. Del was founder of the Native American Missions Corporation on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. He was also a member of the VFW. Del was a very humorous person and loved to tell jokes. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Martha Beltrone and Pearl Firemoon Bird; and one brother, Maynard Firemoon Jackson. Survivors include one brother, Ernie Manning of China; and a sister, Beatrice Potter of Glasgow; and 14 nieces and nephews. A wake will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 11, at the Frazer Community Hall. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 12, at the Frazer Community Hall, with Steve Gray Hawk Sr. officiating. Interment will be in the St. Joseph's Cemetery. Clayton Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. July 13, 2002 Mortimer S. Dreamer CROW AGENCY - Mortimer Sidney Dreamer, 66, of Crow Agency, passed away July 11, 2002, in the Crow Agency IHS Hospital, surrounded by his family. ChiitdeeXia'ssee (Well Known Scout) was born Oct. 3, 1935, in Crow Agency, a son of Daniel M. Dreamer and Edith Longears. He grew up in the Crow Agency area and attended schools in Crow Agency and Hardin, graduating from Hardin High School in 1954. Following his education, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and received his honorable discharge in 1957. On July 16, 1958, he married Deanna Doyle in Billings. Mortimer began his college career at the University of Kansas and received his bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Montana State University in 1968. He then began a career with the Bureau of Reclamation at the Grand Coulee Dam, before transferring to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington D.C., retiring in 1994 and returning to the Crow Agency area. During his younger days, he actively participated in all sports and was a member of the Lodge Grass Saints. As he grew older, he enjoyed reading, beading, attending bull riding events, traveling to all Hardin Bulldog games with Deanna and, of course, spending as much time as possible with his grandchildren, whom he cherished. He was an avid Dallas Cowboy and LA Dodger fan. He was a traditional person who took part in area powwows, often displaying his own beadwork. The Crow Tribe currently employed him as an advisor to Chairman Birdinground. Mort was a member of the St. Dennis Catholic Church, was an ordained deacon of the church, a member of the Whistling Water Clan and a child of the Whistling Water Clan. His grandmother, Rose Bush; father, Daniel Dreamer; stepfather, Gilbert Birdinground, Sr.; brother, Menford Birdinground; and special nephew, Lance Birdinground, preceded Mortimer in death. Survivors include his wife, Deanna of the family home; two daughters, Jonni and Kasey Dreamer of Billings; a son, Lansing Dreamer of Bozeman; his mother, Edith Birdinground of Garryowen; three sisters, Carmaleta Birdinground of Crow Agency, Beldean (Larry) Beneker of Billings and Agnes (Edward) Lockhart of Sheridan, Wyo.; five brothers, Donald (Ethelyne) Dreamer of Lodge Grass, Thurlow (Zena) Birdinground of Dunmore, Wilford (Lorna) Birdinground, Gilbert (Kathy) Birdinground, Jr. and Quintin Birdinground of Garryowen; his adopted brothers, Scott, (Diane) James, John (Verna) Fitzpatrick, Michael (Minnie) Fitzpatrick and Sidney (LaVonne) Fitzpatrick; three grandchildren, Shannon, Dakota and Daniel; and one great-grandson, Matthew. Rosary will be recited 4 p.m. Sunday, July 14, in the Bullis Funeral Chapel. Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Monday, July 15, in the Crow Agency St. Dennis Catholic Church. Interment with military honors will follow in the Crow Agency Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements. Copyright c. The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises. -=-=-=- July 10, 2002 Abigail Yellow Boy PINE RIDGE - Abigail Yellow Boy, 53, Pine Ridge, died Monday, July 8, 2002, in Rapid City. Survivors include her husband, Emery Arapahoe, Pine Ridge; four sons, Russell Running Hawk, Kyle, and Larry Running Hawk, Alex Running Hawk and Robert Running Hawk, all of Pine Ridge; four daughters, Roberta Yellow Boy, Allen, April Adams, Martin, and Rexann Holy Dance and Helen Holy Dance, both of Slim Buttes; one brother, Wilson Yellow Boy, Martin; one sister, Sophie Yellow Boy, Wolf Creek; and 11 grandchildren. A one-night wake begins at 2 p.m. Friday, July 12, at the Wakpamni CAP building in Pine Ridge. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 13, at the Wakpamni CAP building, with the Rev. Abraham Tobacco officiating. Burial will be at First Body of Christ Cemetery in Pine Ridge. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Evonne Jean New PINE RIDGE - Evonne Jean New, 57, Pine Ridge, died Saturday, July 6, 2002, in St. Paul, Minn. Survivors include one son, Montgomery New, Minneapolis. One-night wake begins at 2 p.m. today at the Wakpamni CAP building in Pine Ridge. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 11, at the Wakpmani CAP building, with the Rev. Darrell New officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetery in Pass Creek. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. July 11, 2002 Donroy J. Shangreaux PINE RIDGE - Donroy J. Shangreaux, 81, Pine Ridge, died Tuesday, July 9, 2002, in Sturgis. Survivors include his wife, Gladys Shangreaux, Pine Ridge; three sons, Donroy Shangreaux Jr., Provo, Utah, LynDale Shangreaux, Jackson Hole, Wyo., and Jimmy Shangreaux, Pine Ridge; one daughter, Susan Shangreaux, Pine Ridge; five stepdaughters, Lindy Trueblood, Evelyn Eagle Bull, Darrelyn Yellow Bird and Shanna Palmier, all of Pine Ridge, and Gloria Goggles, Ethete, Wyo.; two brothers, Robert Palmier, Kyle, and Dennis Palmier, Pine Ridge; and two sisters, Joan Palmier, Rapid City, and Renee Janis, Kyle. One-night wake begins at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 14, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pine Ridge. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 9 a.m. Monday, July 15, at the church, with the Rev. Steve Sanford officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Monday at St. Stephen's Catholic Cemetery in Kyle. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Richard Lee Glenn RAPID CITY - Richard Lee Glenn, 44, Rapid City, died Sunday, July 7, 2002, in Wanblee. Survivors include his wife, Mercy Glenn, Rapid City; two daughters, Amber Glenn and DeAnna Glenn, both of Rapid City; three sons, Emery Good Shot, Jeremey Good Shot and Prince Glenn, all of Rapid City; one brother, David Glenn, Wanblee; one sister, Kathy Glenn, Wanblee; and nine grandchildren. A wake will be this evening at Atonement Lutheran Church in Rapid City. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 12, at the church. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Rapid City. Behrens Mortuary of Rapid City is in charge of arrangements. July 14, 2002 Donroy J. `Bosco' Shangreaux PINE RIDGE - Donroy J. "Bosco" Shangreaux of Pine Ridge, and formerly Kyle, South Dakota, died on July 9, 2002, at the Ft. Meade VA Hospital in Sturgis, SD. Donroy "Bosco" Shangreaux was born on 5/8/21. He made his primary home in Kyle, SD, until 22 years ago, when he joined his best friend and wife Gladys Ecoffey in Pine Ridge, SD. Donroy is survived by his wife Gladys Shangreaux; two sisters, Renee Janis, Kyle, SD, Joan Palmier, Rapid City, SD; two brothers, Robert Palmier of Kyle, SD, and Dennis Palmier of Pine Ridge, SD. He has four children, Donroy Shangreaux Jr., Provo, Utah, Lindale Shangreaux, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Susie Shangreaux, Pine Ridge, SD, Jimmy "Soup" Shangreaux, Pine Ridge, SD, and five stepdaughters, Evelyn Eagle Bull, Lindy Trueblood, Tinky Steele, Shannon Palmier, all of Pine Ridge, SD, and Gloria Goggles of Ethete, Wyoming. Donroy is also survived by many grandchildren and great-grandchildren that he referred to as "too many to keep track of." Donroy was proud of the fact that he served his country as a very young man. He willingly shared his memories of his time as a POW and survivor of the Bataan Death March with Steve Miller in the May 6th issue of the Rapid City Journal. His wife Gladys proudly shares the kind words of people who sent thank you letters to him in response to the article in the Journal. Those thank you letters meant a great deal to him and the family. We are saddened that he was injured in a fall shortly thereafter which resulted in pneumonia that he just couldn't beat this time. Donroy was proud to have worked with the Pine Ridge College Center as a Custodian/Maintenance Man for 5 years prior to settling down on his front porch in Pine Ridge Village with his black & white cat and many friends. He enjoyed traveling to the recent dedications honoring WWII Veterans at Mount Rushmore and Pierre, SD. He wore his military colors with great pride. His stepdaughters took turns taking him to the many military honorings to receive the recognition he so greatly deserved and especially looked forward to the local veteran celebrations in the community. Another favorite pastime of his was cruising his pickup and making minor repairs at the homes of his children and their yards. A one-night wake will be held at 3 p.m. until midnight on Sunday, July 14, 2002, at the Sacred Heart Church in Pine Ridge, SD. The funeral service will be at 9 a.m. on Monday at the Sacred Heart Church in Pine Ridge, SD, followed by a dinner. He will then be laid to rest in Kyle, SD, at the St. Stevens Cemetery, a place he called "God's Country." Sioux Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2002 The Rapid City Journal. -=-=-=- July 10, 2002 Audra Tapaha Wentz Farmington Jan. 25, 1978 - July 4, 2002 Audra Tapaha Wentz, 24, of Farmington went home to heaven July 4, 2002. She was born Jan. 25, 1978, in Phoenix, Ariz., to Antonio Rivas Jr. and Elsie Curley. She was born to Bit'ahniih Clan and born for Naakai Clan. Audra was adopted by Kee and Marie Tapaha of Borrego Pass. She was a 1995 graduate of Thoreau High School where she was a cheerleader and was active in choir. She attended San Juan College, and was employed by DYNO TUNE in the accounting department. Audra loved to travel, go shopping and have her nails done. She was a song leader during Vacation Bible School at Borrego Pass Christian Church, and a cheerleader coach at Navajo Prep. Audra is survived by her husband, Jason Wentz of Farmington; biological mother, Elsie Curley; adopted parents, Kee and Marie Tapaha; eight brothers, Feliciano Rivas, Eleano Rivas, Franklin Bodie, Harrison Charley, Larrison Charley, Tyson Charley, Ronnie Tapaha and Aaron Tapaha; two sisters, Charlotte Hood and Cheryl Tapaha. Services will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 11, 2002, at Sunrise Christian Church, 1501 Sunrise Parkway, with Vernon Hollett officiating. Burial will follow service at Memory Gardens of Farmington. Pallbearers will be Feliciano Rivas, Brent Day, Jesse Wentz, Aaron Tapaha, Eleano Rivas, Melvin Curley, Ronnie Tapaha and Lorenzo Mariano. Arrangements are entrusted to Cope Memorial Chapel of Farmington, 404 W. Arrington St., (505) 327-5142. July 11, 2002 Stewart Norberto Feb. 5, 1958 - July 8, 2002 Stewart Norberto, 44, of Bloomfield passed away Monday, July 8, 2002, in Shiprock. He was born Feb. 5, 1958, in Ganado, Ariz., to Nelson and Louise S. Norberto. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 13, 2002, at Bloomfield Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 804 N. Blanco. Peter Yazzie of Steamboat, Ariz., will officiate. Burial will be at Bloomfield Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jesper Yazzie, Brian Norberto, Bryon Norberto, James Brown, Jimmie "J.T." Toney and Tyrone Norberto Stewart is survived by his parents, Nelson Norberto Sr. and Louise Norberto; brothers, Benjamin Norberto and Nelson Norberto Jr.; niece, Anita Watchman, and nephews, Alex Watchman and Brian Norberto. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Cope Memorial Chapel of Farmington, (505) 327-5142. Copyright c. 1999-2002 MediaNews Group, Inc./Farmington, NM. -=-=-=- July 8, 2002 Kathleen Wynette Martinez PINEHILL - Services for Kathleen Martinez, 12, will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, July 9 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Ramah. Bloomfield will officiate. Burial will follow at private family cemetery. Martinez died July 2 in Mariano Lake. She was born Dec. 23, 1989 in Zuni into the Bitterwater People Clan for the Salt People Clan. Visitation will be held prior to services. Survivors include her parents, Thelma C. Martinez of Pine Hill and Vernard Martinez of Ramah; brothers, Jerome B. Martinez and Vernard Martinez Jr. both of Pine Hill; sisters, Collen L. Martinez and Wilhelmina A. Martinez both of Pine Hill; grandparents, Mary and Stanley A. Charley both of Pine Hill and Estella N. and David Martinez Sr. both of Ramah. Martinez was preceded in death by her grandmother, Bessie R. Tom; great- grandparents, Alice Charley, Joe Kee Charley, Antonio Martine, Luta Philamino, Jennie Tom and John Tom. Pallbearers will be Tony Archer, Wes Corley, Steven Diaz, Ricky Etsitty, Henry Miller and Wil Shepherd. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Wade Lee Ashley HOUCK, Ariz. - Services for Wade Lee Ashley, 19, will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 9 at St. John the Vangelist Catholic Church, Houck. Father Cormac will officiate. Burial will follow at Houck Community Cemetery. Ashley died July 5 in St. Michaels, Ariz. He was born June 18, 1983 in Shiprock into the Black Sheep People Clan for the Coyote Pass People Clan. Survivors include his parents, Leona Ashley of Houck and Henderson Begay of Greasewood, Ariz.; sisters, Kelly Ashely and Alexandra Smith. Ashley was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ambrose Ashley and Margaret Ashley. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. July 9, 2002 Herbert Lee Wilson JONES RANCH - Services for Herbert Wilson, 40, will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, July 10 at the Spring Valley View Church, Jones Ranch. Jake Yazzie Sr. will officiate. Burial will follow at Jones Ranch Family Land. Wilson died June 27 in Albuquerque. He was born June 23, 1962 in Gallup into the One Who Walks Around People Clan for the Black Streak People Clan. Wilson worked as a handyman, silversmith, carperter and was in Jones Ranch Singers. Survivors include his mother, Ella Wilson; brother, Roger Wilson of Jones Ranch; sisters, Elousie Wilson of Jones Ranch, Lori Lei Wilson of Phoenix and Evangeline Wilson of Lupton, Ariz. and grandmother, Mary N. Begay of Lupton, Ariz. Wilson was preceded in death by his parents, Ella Yazzie and Joe Lee Wilson. Pallbearers will be Julius Begay, Art Silversmith, Robinson White, Harold Begay Sr., Marcus Begay and Nathaniel Baker. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Gabriel Francis NAVAJO SPRINGS, Ariz. - Services for Gabriel Francis, 19, will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, July 10 at St. Johns Catholic Church, Houck, Ariz. Father Cormac will officiate. Burial will follow at New Lands Cemetery, Sanders, Ariz. Francis died July 5 in Gallup. He was born July 26, 1982 in Tuba City, Ariz. into the Towering House People Clan for the Coyote Pass People Clan. Francis graduated from Valley High School in 2002 and was currently employed with the BIA Forestry Service. Survivors include his parents, Lena and Ben Lee Chapo of Navajo Springs, Ariz.; brothers, Abran Chapo of Casamero Lake, Dwann Jim Francis of Querino, Ariz., Dustin Lee Chapo and Sheldon Lee Chapo both of Navajo Springs; sisters, Lynette Jean Chapo, Cassandra Dayea Francis, Cynthia Francis, Cinibah Simpson and Briana Jane Chapo all of Navajo Springs; grandparents, Zonnie Yazzie Nez, Kee Roy Bahe and Big Cigar Horseherder all of Navajo Springs and Raymond Keyana of Hard Rock, Ariz. Pallbearers will be Dwann Jim Francis, Kee Roy Keyanna Jr., Keevin Keyanna, Clifford Martin, Keith Miller and Rentzel Troy Simpson. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Billie Owens CROSS CANYON, Ariz. - Services for Billie Owens, 85,was held at 10 a.m., today at Tse Bonito Chapel. Burial followed at Community Cemetery, Kinlichee, Ariz. Owens died July 5 in Ganado, Ariz. He born July 6, 1918 in Cross Canyon, Ariz. into the Edgewater People Clan for the White People Clan. Owens served in the U.S. Army and was employed as a lumber jack. His hobbies included farming, playing cards, singing and joking. Survivors include his wife, Myrtle Owens; son, Wilmer Curley of Pinedale; daughters, Mary La Rose of Winslow, Ariz., Rosie Marie Teller and Christine Whitegoat both of Cross Canyon; brother, John Owens Sr. of Cross Canyon, sister, Helena David of Cross Canyon; 20 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren. Owens was preceded in death by her parents, John Owens I and Minnie Owens; daughter, Alta Marie Owens and brothers, Kenneth Owens, Robert Owens I and Tom Owens. Pallbearers will be Wilmer Curley, Levin Nez, Brett Owens, Marvin Owens, Richard Owens, and Richard David. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Helena David's residence. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Edward R. Begay LUKACHUKAI, Ariz. - Services for Edward Begay, 70, were held at 10 a.m., today at St. Isabel Catholic Church, Lukachukai, Ariz. Father Caron Vollmer officiated. Burial followed at St. Isabel Catholic Church Cemetery. Begay died July 5 in Shiprock. He was born in May, 1932 in Round Rock, Ariz. into the Big Water People Clan for the Edgewater People Clan. Begay served in the U.S. Navy in the Korean War. Survivors include his wife, Lula Cambridge Begay; sons, Donavon Curley and Erwin Begay; daughters, Laverne Ybarra, Vera Galaviz, Myra Marquez, Marie Begay and Patty Begay; brothers Chee A. Begay, Harry Begay, James Begay and Billy Faber; sister, Mary F. Begay; 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Begay was preceded in death by his parents, Tsilagai Badani and Olihaba and brother, Mike R. Begay. Pallbearers will be Arnold Ybarra, Guadalupe Galaviz, Manny Marquez, Erwin Begay, Rodrick Begay, Johnson Begay, Woodrow Begay and Mike Begay Jr. Eleanor Leuppe BUFFALO SPRINGS - Services for Eleanor Leuppe, will be announced at a later date. Leuppe died July 6 in Farmington. She was born Feb. 20, 1938 in Buffalo Springs into the Bitter Water People Clan for the Towering House People Clan. A family meeting will be held at 6 p.m., tonight at Tohatchi Chapter House. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Lee T. Ashley HOUCK, Ariz. - Services for Lee Ashley, 42, will be held announced at a later date. Ashley died June 27 in Mesa, Ariz. He was born June 20, 1960 into the Bitter Water People Clan for the One Who Walks Around People Clan. A family meeting will be held at 6 p.m., tonight at the Houck Chapter House. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2002 the Gallup Independent. --------- "RE: White House asks Congress to Shield Administration" --------- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 08:21:31 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="BREACH OF TRUST" http://www.indiantrust.com/releases.cfm?press_id=71 July 11, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mia Merrick (402) 878-4244 WHITE HOUSE ASKS CONGRESS TO SHIELD ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS FROM PENALTIES FOR BREACH OF TRUST AND DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION In stark contrast to President Bush's urgent call for "corporate responsibility," and to stop the scandals rocking Wall Street, The White House along with Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General are seeking legislation to obstruct the ability of the United States District Court in the landmark Indian trust lawsuit, Cobell v. Norton, to uncover the full scope of malfeasance in the government's mismanagement of billions of dollars of assets held in trust for 500,000 individual Indian trust beneficiaries. Specifically, the White House has asked Congress to appropriate millions of dollars in tax revenue to hire private attorneys to protect government officials who have breached their fiduciary responsibilities and have covered-up their misconduct by destroying tens of thousands of boxes of documents and electronic trust records throughout the six-year case. Worse still, the government deliberately has failed to provide adequate information technology (IT) security for individual Indian trust funds, exposing billions of dollars of trust monies to theft, loss, and misappropriation. At the same time, the White House has requested that Congress cut off funds for judicial officers who have begun to expose the nature and scope of this massive government financial scandal and has asked Congress to cut off funds for the full accounting ordered by United States District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth and the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The malfeasance committed by the government exceeds in aggregate the financial losses and document destruction that have been reported for Enron, Global Crossing and MCI-WorldCom. Lead plaintiff Elouise Cobell expressed anger and frustration in this unprecedented effort to protect administration officials who deliberately violate the law and breach their trust duties: "It is very strange that the President acts aggressively to prosecute chief executive officers of public companies for their corrupt activities at the same time the President attempts to protect government officials who engage in precisely the same misconduct. If the President is correct that this behavior is criminal and must be stopped now, and he is, why is cooking the books and cover-up acceptable when done by officials in his Administration? Congress should send a clear message to the White House that this will not be tolerated. And, the public should be outraged by this naked abuse of power." For further information, contact: visit http://www.indiantrust.com or contact Mia Merrick at (402) 878.4244 --------- "RE: Open Letter to Wayne Taylor" --------- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 22:45:25 +0000 From: Robert Dorman Subj: BIGMTLIST update; open letter to Wayne Taylor Mailing List: Big Mountain List Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 16:54:59 EDT From: CLEMENSBYRON000@aol.com Subj: Marsha's court case; water; help Fact Check Addendum: Tom Bedonie is home at Big Mountain recovering from knee surgery (not cancer). The surgery was performed in the midwest. Your prayers are welcome but Tom's medical situation is far from critical. ------------------------------- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 11:32:56 -0600 From: "Marsha Monestersky" Subj: Open Letter to the Hopi Tribe and The Honorable Wayne Taylor Dear Big Mountain Supporters, After some consideration about what I wanted to do upon the loss of my case in Hopi tribal court, I drafted this Open Letter to the Hopi Tribe and the Honorable Chairman of the Hopi Tribal Council, ET AL via the Letter to the Editor. It has been sent to the Navajo Hopi Observer, the Navajo Times and the Gallup Independent. Yours sincerely, Marsha Monestersky July 7, 2002 LETTER TO THE EDITOR OPEN LETTER TO THE HOPI TRIBE AND THE HONORABLE WAYNE TAYLOR, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOPI TRIBAL COUNCIL On June 27, 2002, the Hopi Appellate Court entered into record an Order in the case Marsha Monestersky, Appellant vs. The Hopi Tribe and the Honorable Wayne Taylor, Chairman of The Hopi Tribal Council, ET AL. In their conclusion, it states, "The Hopi Tribal Court had jurisdiction to review the order of exclusion at issue on this case. The lower court found that there was no due process violations during Appellant's exclusion process. Therefore, it is hereby ordered that the judgment of the trial court, affirming Appellee's order excluding Appellant from the Hopi Reservation is affirmed." I, Marsha Monestersky, hereby wish by way of this Open Letter to give written notice to the Hopi Tribe and the Honorable Wayne Taylor, Chairman of the Hopi Tribal Council, ET AL, that I do not recognize your authority to enforce your exclusion order against me and banish me from Hopi lands for as long as I shall live, nor do I recognize your authority to deprive my Dineh clients of counsel. I intend to return to the Hopi reservation if my clients ask me to and in order to assist attorneys for my clients in a para legal capacity which is specifically exempt in Hopi tribal exclusion ordinance #46. Therefore, if you wish to enforce your exclusion order against me you must bring forth a new cause of action, first going before the Hopi village leaders to see if they wish to hold a village hearing since your Hopi tribal and appellate court decisions affirm that village leaders from villages that do not participate in the Hopi Tribal Council like Hotevilla have SOLE and PROPER authority to hear such matters. Yours sincerely, Marsha Monestersky Consultant to Sovereign Dineh Nation, Black Mesa, AZ AND Programme Director, NGO Human Rights Caucus at the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development For verification contact: Marsha Monestersky, P.O. Box 2943, Tuba City, AZ 86045 ========================================= 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 redorman@theofficenet.com. To subscribe, send an email to: BIGMTLIST-subscribe@topica.com. This email was sent to: gars@speakeasy.org --------- "RE: Hopi Rangers fence off Sun Dance Grounds" --------- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:36:53 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CAMP ANNA MAE FENCED" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.thenavajotimes.com/tribalnws.html Hopi rangers fence off Sun Dance grounds Big Mountain Navajos fear tactics will lead to forced eviction By Brenda Norrell Special to the Times BIG MOUNTAIN, Ariz. July 11, 2002 Hopi police on Monday fenced off the Camp Anna Mae Sun Dance grounds and a nearby sweat lodge, taking an action that Navajos resisting relocation fear will lead to forced eviction for those remaining on the land. "They are trying to slowly starve us out," said Louise Benally, whose hogan is adjacent to the sun dance grounds. "They have already eliminated the majority of our sheep and cattle. Now they want to starve our spirituality by fencing our sacred sites. "We will not be intimidated by their para-military tactics," she said. "We will remain true to our ancestral and spiritual birthright to our mother, Big Mountain." Hopi public relations officer Claire Heywood did not return phone calls to the reporter by press time. Benally made an emergency phone call for help to the Dineh Bidziil Coalition, a coalition of 19 grassroots organizations. The coalition called on tribal, state and federal authorities to halt the violation of religious freedom. Benally said she is monitored at her hogan, adjacent to Camp Anna Mae, four times a day by Hopi rangers. She said there are no illegal activities that warrant such show of force at her residence, where she tends to her goats, chickens, small garden and hauling water. The rangers have posted notices on cedar trees around her home stating: "No trespassing" and "No water hauling." Benally said, "It's very difficult to ignore their daily harassment activities. They, the Hopi rangers, are trying to provoke us into some kind of trouble. Their daily drive-bys and arrogant attitude are driving us insane. "The Hopi Tribal Council and their heavily-armed Hopi rangers need to give us our freedom of movement to go about our daily lives and live in peace." The majority of the Navajo remaining on the land and resisting relocation are vulnerable, elderly and women with children. Benally said the actions constitute a violation of the peoples' most basic civil liberties and freedom of religion. She said religious issues are out of the jurisdiction of the Hopi Tribe. "The Hopis are wasting their resources on us, while they should be insuring the safety of the people, looking out for drunk drivers, issuing traffic tickets on the highways and responding to emergencies or domestic violence," she said. "Instead, the Hopi Tribe and Hopi rangers are violating our basic human rights to live in peace and dignity," she said. "They are violating our freedom of religion and criminalizing our sacred ceremonies. They are littering our home areas with huge paper notices and warnings on just about every other tree that surrounds our homes." Benally said it is another tactic to instigate trouble among the residents, primarily with the threat of jail time and is likely to continue until someone gets hurt. Last year, five Navajo women, including elders Pauline Whitesinger and Ruth Benally, were arrested bringing in the Sun Dance Tree. Then, Hopi rangers, Navajo County Sheriff officers and BIA police, bulldozed the sun dance grounds and decimated the Sun Dance Tree in August 2001, arresting Benally's teenage son who attempted to photograph the destruction. Benally said it is considered a sacred holy site frequented by thousands of Native Americans and Navajo people who come to offer prayers of renewal. It is considered "sacred ground" recognized by many spiritual leaders from indigenous nations across the world, as well as tribal nations in United States and Canada. Also on July 8, Hopi rangers harassed Ruby Biakeddy at a sweat lodge ceremony, she said, and told her to put out the fire. The rangers said they thought it was a forest fire. "The fencing crew came in three trucks loads." Benally said if anyone objects or gets in the way of the crews they will be arrested and jailed for interfering with a Hopi Partitioned Lands fencing project. "We have no freedom nor peace from the Hopi Tribe, as we are threatened daily by the Hopi rangers words, attitudes and threats," she said. Navajos in the region called for direct action from state and federal authorities and for the Navajo Nation president to protect Navajo families and elderly who live on the land. Copyright c. 1999-2002 Navajo Times/Navajo Nation. --------- "RE: OpEd: So many Lakota are Dying without Dignity" --------- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:36:53 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="DIGNITY" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.journalstar.com/opinion.php?story_id=11440 OPINION: So many Lakota are dying without dignity way before their time I saw a news film years ago about one of the concentration camps in Poland after World War II had ended. The bulldozers shoving the bodies of the skeletal, naked dead of the Jewish inmates into open pits haunted me for a very long time. Such an undignified way to die. Such an undignified way to be remembered. My thoughts turned to the surviving family members. Those lifeless corpses tossed into the shallow pits were human beings at one time who had laughed, cried, danced, enjoyed good music and good food, and who loved and had been loved. Now they were reduced to skeletal cadavers with haunting eyes that still stared at a sky they once found to be beautiful in life. Surely there were surviving family members who viewed these shocking movies and could identify the emaciated corpses as a father, mother, brother, sister, aunt, uncle or as a cousin. To most of us as casual observers of this Holocaust, these were just the bodies of people who had suffered horribly and were now experiencing the final act of all the indignities that had been heaped upon them by their Nazi oppressors. To members of their families, this final indignity must have been something few of us can ever imagine. I am horrified by the way human beings suffer a loss of dignity at the end of their lives by a medical profession that is seemingly more intent upon making money than in providing those facing certain death with final acts of kindness. It seems to me that we, as patients, have become faceless objects to a profession too busy and too afraid of lawsuits to really carry out the promises of their Hippocratic oath. My mother was a very proud woman. She always dressed neatly, wore her hair just so, and always took great care to make a good appearance. The hospital where she died 21 years ago took that away. The medication given to her caused blisters on her tongue and lips. The hair she groomed with pride was allowed to become dirty and uncombed. And how she suffered as she fought for the last breath of life. It was a very undignified way to treat my mother and I have a hard time going near that hospital even to this day. Lakota women were very modest. I can only imagine their embarrassment the first time they went to the office of a white, male doctor and were told to disrobe. One Lakota lady told me this was one of the most embarrassing moments in her life. "And then," she said, "the doctor had the nerve to ask other people to come into the room to observe." The most humble Lakota are those gifted people known as Wicasa Wakan or Wicasa Winyan, Holy men and Holy women. They have been called Shaman and medicine men, but to our ancestors, they were holy or Wakan. They were also very poor. Their life was one of caring and sharing. They did not seek material gain, ever. For untold centuries they cared for the ill. They treated them with herbs, and with song and encouragement. They treated the mind as well as the body. And above all, they respected the dignity of their patients. Two hundred years ago it was not uncommon to find men and women in a Lakota village 100-years old and older. Now, with all of the advancements in medicine, the Lakota have one of the shortest life expectancies on this continent. Diabetes is epidemic amongst our people. Some of the causes were brought upon us by ourselves, but much of it was caused by the loss of the high protein, low fat diet that had sustained us for generations. When the U. S. Department of Agriculture first introduced food commodities to the Native reservations, they may as well have injected poison into the veins of the Lakota recipients. Whenever I have had the occasion to visit the Indian Health Service Hospitals in places like Rapid City or Albuquerque or Phoenix, I have witnessed a scene that compares to the emergency wards of any major city. Patients sit in the lobby for hours waiting to be seen by a physician. I recall that I was placed on a gurney in a room without shoes on a very cold day for two hours waiting to be seen. Native patients are oftentimes treated like a number or like cattle. The harried Indian Health Service doctors probably do their best, but with funds constantly being reduced and qualified doctors at a premium, it is very difficult for the federal government to carry out the mandates guaranteed to the Lakota under the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. There are those who would say, "What in the heck are those Indians complaining about? They get their health services free." Then why is it that Natives have the highest infant mortality rate and the shortest life expectancy? We paid 100 times over for the supposed free health care when we gave up millions of acres of land and let the federal government incarcerate our Holy Men and Women, our doctors. They were incarcerated because they practiced spirituality along with healing and spirituality was outlawed to us. Many Lakota died when their healthcare givers were taken from them. Like those bodies I saw in the film about the holocaust, so many Lakota die without dignity. Across Indian Country they lie in graves without crosses. They are poked and probed by doctors who care little about their modesty or their culture. And like the victims of the holocaust, so many Natives are dying way before their time. Copyright c. 2002, Lincoln Journal Star. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Duwamish will take their Case to Congress" --------- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 08:22:33 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="DUWAMISH RECOGNITION" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/77794_tribes09.shtml Duwamish will take their case for recognition to Congress Tribe decides to sidestep White House in its effort to gain recognition; Chinook also rejected Tuesday, July 9, 2002 By PAUL SHUKOVSKY SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER The Duwamish Tribe, consigned to official extinction by the Bush administration, plans to bypass the White House by going directly to Congress to gain federal recognition. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., has agreed to introduce such legislation, and the tribe is appealing for political and monetary support in a campaign to get the measure through Congress. On Friday, the Bush administration also declared that the Chinook -- the native people who helped Lewis and Clark survive a brutal winter on the banks of the Columbia River almost two centuries ago -- no longer exists as a tribe, either. The people the government calls "Chinook descendants" are reeling from the recent decision and have yet to decide whether to litigate or seek legislation like the Duwamish, said tribal chairman Gary Johnson. But the Democratic congressman for Southwest Washington, Rep. Brian Baird, made it clear yesterday that he is ready to come to the tribe's aid. Baird said he will be discussing what steps to take with Chinook leadership soon. And he said introducing legislation to recognize the tribe is "certainly a possibility." "You can imagine what a terrible black eye it would be if the tribe that helped save Lewis and Clark is not recognized when we commemorate the bicentennial" of the explorers' trek across America, Baird said. Both tribes were granted federal recognition in the waning days of the Clinton administration, only to have the actions put on hold when President Bush took office. Both decisions were then overturned. Such a ruling can be a death blow to a modern-day Indian tribe. Indians are among the most impoverished ethnic groups in the nation and rely on treaties that give them rights to hunt, fish and live on a reservation to maintain cultural cohesion. Government aid and the right to open a casino help bring sorely needed dollars to communities where unemployment often soars well above 50 percent. Attorney Dennis Whittlesey, who represents both the Duwamish and the Chinook, said yesterday that the Bush administration's actions "undermine the integrity of the decision-making process." "You now have one administration second-guessing the decisions of a previous administration," he said. The only alternative to congressional action is to file suit in federal court to reverse the decision of the secretary and assistant secretary of the Department of the Interior. Such a course would take several years and cost money the two tribes would be hard-pressed to raise. Whittlesey said he will forward draft legislation to recognize the Duwamish to McDermott's office within 10 days. Baird yesterday took the White House to task for its decision on the Chinook. "How is it that one administration recognizes the tribe and the next doesn't recognize the tribe? I think it is a terrible precedent and a terrible practice," Baird said. Baird recalled being in Washington, D.C., when Chinook tribal members came to celebrate the government's acknowledgment of the tribe in January 2001. "Then they had the rug pulled out from under them by a change of administrations. It's almost too painfully similar ... to this long history of unfair dealings and duplicity with tribes." On Friday, Assistant Secretary of the Interior Neal McCaleb said although he has a deep appreciation of the legacy of the Chinook Indian tribe in American history, a careful re-evaluation of the evidence shows the tribe does not meet three criteria for federal acknowledgment. McCaleb ruled that the Chinook did not show a continued political influence over its members from historic times to the present; that a predominant portion of its members constitute a distinct social community; or that the tribe has been continuously identified as an Indian entity by outside observers. McCaleb said the decision by the Clinton administration to recognize the Chinook was based on improper interpretation of old U.S. laws that name the tribe. Now, just days after Johnson and his wife were invited by Bush and his wife to a July 3 White House luncheon on the upcoming Lewis and Clark bicentennial celebration, the administration has declared the Chinook dead as a tribe. Johnson calls it a "betrayal." "Given about 151 years of anti-Indian policy, we're not surprised," he said. "But we are certainly angry and frustrated." P-I reporter Paul Shukovsky can be reached at 206-448-8072 or paulshukovsky@seattlepi.com Copyright c. 1999-2002 Seattle Post-Intelligencer --------- "RE: Chinook may skip Lewis and Clark Salute" --------- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 16:22:28 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CHINOOK" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134492827_chinooks13.html Tribe may skip Lewis and Clark salute By Newhouse News Service Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 12:00 a.m. Pacific In 1805, the Chinook Indians greeted Lewis and Clark at the mouth of the Columbia River, where the powerful, canoe-traveling people were renowned for their skill as traders and fishermen. The descendants of the Chinooks aren't likely to extend the same welcome in 2005 to the tourists expected to follow in the footsteps of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in celebrating the expedition's bicentennial. The U.S. Department of the Interior stripped the Chinook Indian Tribe of Washington of its federal recognition last week - two days after tribal Chairman Gary Johnson had dined at the White House with other tribal leaders to help launch the Lewis and Clark celebration. Johnson said tribal leaders plan to meet today to consider appealing the July 5 ruling. He said the tribe would reconsider earlier plans to play a big role in the upcoming Lewis and Clark festivities. Stephen Dow Beckham, chairman of the history department at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, called the ruling a fatal blow to the Chinooks' involvement in the bicentennial. Beckham said the government gave the tribe little incentive to participate, particularly after being denied just days after lunching with President Bush. "That's a real slap in the face." Tribal representatives have participated in planning meetings and ceremonies along the Lewis and Clark Trail at the request of the Department of Interior. The absence of the Chinooks during the three-year commemoration that begins in 2003 would leave a glaring gap for visitors along the final leg of the journey. The Chinooks played a vital role for the expedition when the explorers hunkered down at Fort Clatsop in present-day Warrenton, Ore., during a brutal winter. "The survival of that expedition, to a large degree, was contingent on the friendship and support and trade of the Chinook Tribe," Beckham said. Given their involvement with the expedition and location at the terminus of the exploration at the mouth of the Columbia River, interest in the tribe is already high. The Chinooks' status was expected to gain even more attention after the National Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Council named the lower Columbia River as one of a few sites along the trail that will be nationally spotlighted. Michelle Bussard, executive director of the Portland-based council, said the Chinooks won't be able to afford full participation without federal recognition. "Lewis and Clark met and recognized them as a nation," Bussard said. "Why we can't do that 200 years later, I don't know." The Interior Department said the Chinooks had failed to meet three criteria among those needed for federal recognition: showing they have maintained political influence over their members since historical times, that a predominant portion of their members comprise a distinct social community and that outside observers have historically identified them as an Indian entity. Copyright c. 2002 The Seattle Times Company --------- "RE: Elder Care Study shows Worsening Problems" --------- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 08:21:31 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ELDER CARE" http://www.indianz.com/News/ Elder care study shows worsening problems THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2002 American Indians and Alaska Natives can expect tougher lives, high rates of chronic disease and lack of adequate care as they grow older, according to a new nationwide study. Research performed by the University of North Dakota presents a disparate health care system affecting Native elders. Based on data collected from over 80 tribes and 8,500 individual respondents, problems are only getting worse. Life expectancy of Native elders ranges from a low of 64.3 years to a high of 76.3 years, the school found. Regional variances were noted, with Plains tribes having the worst rate, according to the research. In either case, American Indian and Alaska Native elders are behind the rest of the country. The average life expectancy for the general population is 76.9 years, according to the research. Despite the shorter life cycle, Indian Country is more susceptible to chronic diseases, the study found. For example, Native elders are 19.5 percent more likely than the general population to experience arthritis, 48.7 percent more likely to experience congestive heart failure, 17.7 percent more likely to report high blood pressure, 17.5 percent more likely to have experienced stroke, 44.3 percent more likely to report asthma and 173 percent more likely to be afflicted with diabetes. Only cataracts, an eye condition, were higher in the general population, Leander McDonald of UND's National Resource Center on Native American Aging told the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs yesterday. "So, the Native elder is sicker from chronic disease," he said, "but is at least able to see a little better than their U.S. general counterparts." Compounding the problem, added Richard Ludtke, the director of the center, is a lack of long-term care options for Indian Country. "As the population ages," he said, "there will be an increased need for long term care services." By age 85, according to the research, Native elders are plagued with "moderately severe" and "severe" conditions. Health providers should expect a 51 percent increase in these two status categories by 2010, the school said. The one positive noted was that life expectancy will increase over the years. But researchers said this will strain services because a larger group of Native elders will need them. Yesterday's hearing was the first many could recall on elder care issues. Once revered in tribal culture, other witnesses testified that elder abuse and neglect is often the norm these days. "Times are still very hard for Indian elders," said Dave Baldridge, executive director of the National Indian Council on Aging. Copyright c. 2000-2002 Noble Savage Media, LLC/Indianz.Com. --------- "RE: Fire Management pays off for Mescalero Apaches" --------- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 08:21:31 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="MESCALERO FIRE CONTROL" http://www.roswell-record.com/ Fire management pays off for tribe Gregory M. Jones Record Staff Writer Active use of intense fire management procedures has paid great dividends for the Mescalero Apache Indian Tribe and Reservation. "We use a lot of thinning and prescribed burnings to minimize the threat of fires," said David Kirgan, fire management officer for the Mescalero Reservation. "It makes sense to lower density with prescribed fires." Thinning is a process in which underbrush, small trees and shrubs and dead foliage is removed from the forest floor because smaller trees and dead vegetation is highly flammable. A prescribed burning is the burning of underbrush to clear out the forest floor as well. The technique mimics the natural forest fire process. Another technique to control fires is the use of fuel breaks. An area marked for a fuel break is cleared of almost all vegetation. A fuel break is designed to force a fire to drop to the forest floor or prevent it from climbing up into the forest crown. "We used to use fuel breaks, but we have started going to thinning," Kirgan said. "Now we primarily use thinning and ground management." Fred Rossbach, Resources Protection Bureau chief for the Energy Mineral and Natural Resources Division, said the Mescalero forest management is very active. "The Mescalero forest management is pretty darn good," Rossbach said. "They have an excellent tradition, great firefighters and are extremely active with thinning." If the Mescalero Apaches have such great fire management, it begs the question as to why federal forests have not been so successful in preventing fires. "The Forest Service was very active in thinning in the 80's," Rossbach said. "But in the late 80's and early 90's it slowed down." According to Rossbach, one reason for the slow down of thinning in federal forests is intense pressure by environmental groups. "There has been some debate about the effectiveness of active management," Rossbach said. "But it seems logical that if there is less fuel, there will be less fire." Rossbach said the impact of man is one of the main reasons for the magnitude of modern forest fires. Logging companies took the large trees that were fire resistant and replaced them with smaller trees that were fire prone. Rossbach said the area around Ruidoso has been thinned over the past couple of years and that some efforts have been made to protect property. "We've been creating defensible space for land owners whose property runs up to federal land," Rossbach said. "People can also thin around their homes by raking needles and cutting weeds so they don't have a complete fuel line to their house." The Forrest Service is now trying to figure out the right combination of methods to best reduce loss of life and property in fires. The unpredictable nature of fire means there is no real way to guarantee they do not start or spread. "Anecdotal evidence shows us that there is no way to completely control fires," Rossbach said. "We've seen fires blow through areas that have been thinned." He also said that spotting, the jumping of sparks between trees, of more than one mile has occurred before. This reduces the effectiveness of fuel breaks. Ultimately, there is no foolproof way to constrain or prevent fires. As Kirgan said, "Once the fire starts, you just have to deal with the consequences." Copyright c. 2001 Roswell Daily Record. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Ancient Bones halt Excavation Project" --------- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 08:22:33 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="BONES HALT DIG" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.startribune.com/stories/568/3042542.html Ancient bones halt excavation project in southern Wisconsin Statewire Published Jul 7, 2002 JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) -- Ancient bones found near a lake in southern Wisconsin temporarily halted a homeowner' s plan to build a garage. State archaeologists found a jaw bone and bone flakes when they sifted through dirt in the homeowner' s front yard. They will rebury whatever they find. "Under state law, this area will be protected as a burial site," said Robert Birmingham, archaeologist with the Wisconsin Historical Society' s preservation division. The construction project can continue after everything is documented and surveyed at the site along Lake Koshkonong, more than 10 miles north of Janesville in Jefferson County. The homeowner, who declined to discuss the find with The Janesville Gazette, must redesign the construction project so it does not disturb the site, Birmingham said. Archaeologists believe an ancient American Indian home and burial ground once stood on the spot, Birmingham said. Bones and bone fragments are often found near Lake Koshkonong, which has a history of ancient burial discoveries and is on the National Register of Historical Places, said Leslie Eisenberg, the society' s burial site program coordinator. Archaeologists were monitoring the excavation because the property is protected by a covenant signed by the homeowner, Eisenberg said. The homeowner receives a property tax exemption in exchange for allowing archaeologists to be present during any ground disturbance on the property, Eisenberg said. Copyright c. 2002 Star Tribune. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Ottawa Aims to restart Stalled Treaty Talks" --------- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:36:53 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="OTTAWA TALKS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.canada.com/search/site/story Ottawa aims to restart stalled treaty talks 'Need to get back to work' Luiza Chwialkowska National Post Thursday, July 11, 2002 OTTAWA - Robert Nault, the Indian Affairs Minister, has requested an informal meeting later this month with B.C.'s Attorney-General and First Nations representatives to restart treaty negotiations in the wake of a divisive referendum on treaty rights. Mr. Nault wants to meet in Vancouver on July 22 with Geoff Plant, the B.C. Attorney-General, and the executive of the First Nations Summit, which represents all the B.C. First Nations involved in treaty negotiations. "We've invited them to the table to discuss the negotiating position and to get the ball rolling on the treaty negotiations," said Allister Mullin, a spokesman for Mr. Nault. "We need to get back to work," he said. Asked whether the federal government expects the principles endorsed in the referendum will be an obstacle to negotiation, Mr. Mullin said, "We won't know until we get there." Mr. Plant says the province is eager to revive the negotiations using new principles, be would not elaborate. "We are in the process of preparing a new set of instructions. I look forward to discussing them at the meeting," he said. Some First Nations had threatened to pull out of the 10-year treaty process after the provincial referendum endorsed principles they say preclude good-faith bargaining over the right of self-government, and do not represent the views of the majority of eligible voters who chose not to vote. But the First Nations Summit is eager to move forward, said Edward John, an executive member of the Summit and Grand Chief of the Tlazten First Nation. "We still oppose the referendum, but it is history," said Chief John. "We want to get on with the process of negotiation," he said. The three principals to the treaty process meet several times each year to discuss progress of negotiations, Chief John said, but Mr. Nault's letter asks for an informal meeting without a set agenda to allow a frank conversation. "The really important question on our minds is how [the referendum] translates into instructions for the province's negotiators, and whether or not this changes the character in any fundamental way the negotiation process that we had set up and agreed to in 1991," Chief John said. "We want to know what's on the table," he said, citing key issues such as compensation for third parties whose land is expropriated, and First Nations access to offshore oil and gas resources located in traditional lands. Negotiations have been repeatedly stymied by federal and provincial elections that delay the process by more than a year at a time, he said. The process has stalled for the last year and a half due to elections and the referendum, he said. "The government keeps telling us that the treaty process is not working and we keep reminding them they should look in the mirror to determine why it's not working," he said. Mr. Plant denied that the negotiation process has stalled. "The completion of the referendum creates an opportunity to look at the changes to the process," he said. Copyright c. 2002 National Post. --------- "RE: Burnt Church Men lose Court Battle" --------- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 08:19:11 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LOBSTER WAR" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.canoe.ca/NationalTicker/CANOE-wire.CRIME-Native-Fishing.html N.B. native men lose court battle over right to fish lobster out of season July 9, 2002 MIRAMICHI, N.B. (CP) -- Two aboriginal men have lost a court battle over what they say is their aboriginal right to fish lobster, even outside the regulated season. On Tuesday, Marc Simon and John Stephen William Duplessie were found guilty of fishing lobster, possessing lobster, and having lobster traps on a boat during a closed season. Both men are from the Burnt Church First Nation in northern New Brunswick. Along with breaching the federal Fisheries Act, Simon and Duplessie were charged with contravening provisions of an aboriginal communal licence. Judge William McCarroll found both men guilty of the charges that stemmed from incidents in October 2000. They were each fined $2,000 each and given three months probation. During the trial, the men didn't dispute the facts of the Crown's case, but argued they had an aboriginal right to fish. The Burnt Church First Nation adopted its own fisheries policy in July 2000. The federal Fisheries Department countered that its responsibility for conserving lobster stocks provides legal grounds to infringe on any aboriginal right the men claimed. Burnt Church, a Mi'kmaq reserve of about 1,300 people, has refused to sign a fisheries agreement with Ottawa and has demanded the treaty right to fish under its own management plan. The reserve's defiance has led to violent clashes on the water in the past three years, both with non-native commercial fishermen and with fisheries officers. Copyright c. 2002, Canoe, a division of Netgraphe Inc. --------- "RE: Comment about Ipperwash Occupiers Outrageous" --------- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 08:19:11 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="IPPERWASH" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.canoe.ca/OntQueTicker/CANOE-wire.Ipperwash-Terrorist.html Lawyer's comment about Ipperwash occupiers 'outrageous,' says Liberal July 9, 2002 TORONTO (CP) -- An Ontario government lawyer's suggestion that an aboriginal man suing the province over the death of his brother at Ipperwash Provincial Park is a terrorist is an outrage, Liberal Gerry Phillips said Tuesday. In a letter to Premier Ernie Eves, Phillips called the remarks offensive and "the final straw" and urged him to call a public inquiry as a way to end the "unfortunate" suit against former premier Mike Harris and several Conservative cabinet ministers. The comments by lawyer John Zarudny were made during the civil action launched by the brother of Dudley George, who police shot dead during a raid on the park in September 1995. Recently released documents from the proceedings show Zarudny, who represents one former and two current Tory cabinet ministers, was questioning Sam George in January about his motivation for the lawsuit. "Governments don't bargain with terrorists and I'm not here to bargain with the plaintiffs," the documents show Zarudny as saying. When the lawyer repeated the remarks, George left the room. "I was extremely shocked," George said in an affidavit. "It was a terrible blow and it hit me very hard emotionally." Zarudny later attempted to apologize by suggesting he was "clumsily" trying to explain his unwillingness to negotiate over the production of a piece of evidence. However, Phillips said Zarudny's behaviour was inexcusable and "truly an outrage." "I am incensed by the treatment Mr. Sam George has been receiving from the government's lawyers as he valiantly attempts to get at the truth about what happened at Ipperwash," Phillips said in his letter to Eves. "It is time you ended this gross injustice by calling a public inquiry." The wrongful death suit alleges that Harris and other senior government officials urged provincial police to use force on about two-dozen unarmed natives occupying the park, the site of a sacred burial ground. Harris has denied giving any direction to police. Hours later, police raided the park and Dudley George was shot dead. The officer who fired the bullet was later convicted of criminal negligence. Although George has offered to drop the suit in exchange for an inquiry, Harris and Eves have both refused, arguing the proceedings have progressed too far. Like Harris, Eves has said he would consider an inquiry if the civil suit fails to answer all the outstanding questions. Taxpayers have already spent more than $1 million defending Harris in the wrongful death suit, government documents show. "There is not a lawyer in Ontario -- aside from those representing the government -- who believe that a civil case is a better way of getting at the truth than a public inquiry," said Phillips. Copyright c. 2002, Canoe, a division of Netgraphe Inc. --------- "RE: Yankton Sioux and Corps to discuss Remains" --------- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 08:19:11 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="YANKTON/CORPS" http://www.argusleader.com/news/Wednesdayarticle4.shtml Corps, tribe to discuss remains John-John Williams IV Argus Leader published: 7/10/2002 Meeting set for July 25 will negotiate excavation, transfer of custody The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has set a July 25 meeting to discuss the excavation of Native American remains from the North Point Recreation Area near Pickstown. The public meeting to be held at 1 p.m. at the South Dakota National Guard Armory in Wagner is among several steps required by federal law before removing or transferring Native American remains. "We want to handle this as expeditiously and respectfully as possible," said Larry Janis, the corps' Omaha District Cultural Resources Program Manager. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) requires notification to descendants and tribal members and outlines the process of disposition of remains. In a news release, Janis said the corps believes the burial site unearthed during construction activities at the Missouri River campground is affiliated with the Yankton Sioux Tribe. He said the corps has posted a notice of the meeting in area newspapers. The notice also informs the public of the corps' intent to excavate the remains and transfer custody of them to the tribe. The Yankton Sioux Tribe filed a lawsuit against the state and the corps last month, asking a judge to stop work in the North Point area, where remains of two children and a woman and funerary objects had been unearthed. Judge Lawrence Piersol granted a preliminary injunction June 28 that stopped construction at three locations in the North Point Public Recreation Area. The tribe wants a permanent injunction issued and the remains that have already been removed returned to the site. Piersol's order allows for the lifting of the injunction if the parties negotiate an alternative plan that is approved by the court. Piersol also ordered that the Yankton Sioux Tribe, the state and the corps enter into mediation to resolve the dispute and said no tribal members can be barred from the site. "By notifying the public of the affiliation determination that has been made, we can get closer to the point where the corps can work with the affiliated tribes or individuals to transfer custody of the items as required by law," Janis said. "It is important that we allow for the respectful protection and disposition of the remains." Mary Wynne, lawyer for the Yankton Sioux Tribe, said she would reserve comment on the corps' statement until she talks to her clients. The corps' release said security measures would remain in place at the site until a decision on the final disposition of the remains is reached. Reach reporter John-John Williams IV at jjwilliams@argusleader.com or 331-2328. Copyright c. 2002 Copyright Argus Leader. --------- "RE: Letter to Editor: Science on Sacred Site" --------- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 12:23:12 -0500 From: "Vikki M. Howard" Subj: Editorial Mailing List: Minnesota Indian Affairs Star and Tribune - Letters From Readers July 9, 2002 Science on sacred site We Apaches want Minnesotans to know how distressed we are that the University of Minnesota is contemplating joining a University of Arizona telescope project on top of a most sacred Apache mountain, Mount Graham ("Telescope prompts protest," Jan. 24). Though the University of Arizona will never get first place in astronomy because of the mountain's bad visibility, it has achieved several firsts for a U.S. university: * The first university to arrest a Native American for praying on this mountain, a mountain the U.S. government ruled sacred. * The first university to demand prayer permits from Native Americans praying on Mount Graham. * The first university to produce a written plan to eliminate the religion and traditional culture of the Apaches. * The first university to lobby to exempt itself from U.S. Native American cultural and religious protection law and U.S. environmental law. * The first university to fight against listing an endangered animal species. We beseech Minnesotans not to let their state's university inflict this harm upon us. -- Ruth Rogers, San Carlos, Ariz. --------- "RE: Wakpa Sica Project bridges Court Systems" --------- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 16:22:28 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="WAKPA SICA" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.zwire.com/site/news' Tribal sovereignty - Wakpa Sica project bridges court systems By MARY GALES ASKREN, Capital Journal Staff July 12, 2002 Imagine for a moment a game in which you were expected to follow everyone else's rules, but no one had to follow yours. Imagine being powerless to change this situation because someone else decided whose rules should be followed. Sound a bit unfair? Many of those involved with tribal judicial matters think so, too, but that's their reality. "The (United States Supreme) court has said the tribes cannot exercise any inherent powers that are inconsistent with their status," said John LaVelle, associate professor of law at the University of South Dakota School of Law. "What is their status?" he continued. "That the court itself determines. The court has used that language, then, to rule in case after case that tribes have inferior status relative to state or federal governments and therefore do not have the same sovereign authority as those other governments." Last year, for example, in Nevada v. Hicks, the Supreme Court determined that a tribal court did not have the authority to rule in a civil case brought against a sheriff when a tribal member alleged that his property was damaged in an illegal search. Before this decision, legal experts would have said that tribes had jurisdiction over conduct which occurred on tribal land within reservation boundaries, according to LaVelle. "The court stripped away a portion of the tribe's inherent jurisdiction," he said, explaining the impact of the ruling. Those involved in developing the judicial aspects of the Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place hope the project "will strengthen the bulwark against the continuing (legal) assault on tribal sovereignty, jurisdiction and self-determination," according to a planning and development report prepared by LaVelle and Frank Pommersheim, professor of law at the USD School of Law. In other words, stronger tribal courts could strengthen tribes. "Federal law can be adjusted to give more jurisdiction back to the tribes," LaVelle said. "That may be something that will happen in the future if the tribes have the capacity to receive back such jurisdiction." Fledgling Courts One of the challenges faced by tribal courts is their relative newness. Until the early 1970s, funding mechanisms did not exist which would allow tribes to have their own courts, according to Mike Swallow, a tribal attorney, tribal judge and enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. As a result, tribal courts are still evolving. "Tribal governments have not fully realized or learned how to develop the judicial systems," he said. In part, this is true because current tribal courts are modeled after state and federal courts which are not consistent with traditional methods of conflict resolution, Swallow said. Traditionally, tribes resolved disputes and handled criminal matters through consensus. However, after the reservations were established, the U.S. Department of Interior created a Court of Indian Offenses because the federal government decided traditional methods did not include an adequate element of punishment. In 1934, the government's approach changed. Tribes were encouraged by the Indian Reorganization Act to establish their own justice systems. Most chose Code of Federal Regulations courts operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs because the tribes did not have the resources to establish their own courts. When tribes were given the financial resources to establish their own courts, they did not have law-trained tribal members to adjudicate cases. "I know that as far as history goes, a lot of the courts, when they first got started, had non-law- trained lay people as judges and prosecutors, etc.," said Sherman Marshall, chief judge for the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Court. However, as tribes recognize the link between their court systems and tribal sovereignty, they are recognizing the need to hire law-trained professionals and to strengthen their fledgling courts. Those working on the Wakpa Sica project also understand this. "The idea of sovereignty - if that is truly an idea that we aspire to, then the judiciary is such an important factor," said Michael Jandreau at a round-table conference in Fort Pierre last October. Jandreau is the chairman of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and a member of the Wakpa Sica Historical Society. Lack of Resources However, a second and more fundamental challenge tribal courts face is a shortage of resources. "To say Tribal Courts have needs is to understate the severity of their needs," Swallow wrote in a needs assessment survey conducted in 2000 by the University of North Dakota School of Law and the Northern Plains Judicial Training Institute. Most tribal courts do not have tools as basic as computers or Internet access, Swallow wrote. Tribal judges also do not have easy access to reference materials such as publications which review significant decisions by other judges. Even courts like the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Court, which established a law library with assistance from the Bush Foundation, struggle to maintain current subscriptions on important publications. "We tried to get some books that we could keep up, but even that - after a while, we just did not have the money to do it," said Marshall. This situation is not new or limited to tribal courts in South Dakota, according to Marshall. In the mid-1990s, the National American Indian Court Judges Association worked to get legislation through Congress that would provide direct support for tribal courts, he said. No funding was ever appropriated. Tribal courts continue to be funded through the block grant each tribe receives from the BIA for tribal operations. "We have to compete with other tribal programs for money," Marshall said. "We're always short of resources." Judicial Support Center Those involved with the Wakpa Sica project aren't waiting for a building to begin addressing some of these needs. "We're operating under the concept of a virtual judicial support center that doesn't exist at any one place in particular," said Jane Murphy, executive director of the Wakpa Sica Historical Society. They are building what Pommersheim calls "a bridge" between the existing, under-funded, under-staffed court systems and the Sioux Nation Supreme Court authorized under the law which established the Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place. "If you just went from (the current) situation, without providing any assistance to existing tribal courts, and went to the notion of a Sioux Nation Supreme Court without any body to effectuate a successful transition or relationship - that's probably not going to work," he said. The virtual support center is providing resources taken for granted by state and federal judges, resources that did not exist for tribal judges. Among those resources is manpower. "Oftentimes tribal judges don't have the availability of law clerks as state and federal judges do. Law clerks do a lot of very important and significant research," Pommersheim said. With a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, through the Wakpa Sica Historical Society, second- and third-year law students will be available to do research for tribal judges, he said. Even though the virtual support center is encouraging to Marshall, he looks forward to the finished project. "It's really going to be helpful when Wakpa Sica, when they get a center open up there that helps tribal judges, for research, and having a place where we can all send our opinions," he said. Contact staff writer Mary Gales Askren by phone at 224-7301 or via e-mail at news@capjournal.com. Copyright c. 2002 Pierre Capital Journal, South Dakota newspapers. --------- "RE: BIA Officer kills Man on Crow Reservation" --------- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 01:33:53 -0700 From: "mikola 18" Subj: MT - "BIA officer kills man on reservation" Mailing List: ndn-aim http://www.billingsgazette.com "BIA officer kills man on reservation" Sunday, July 14, 2002 "A man was shot and killed by a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer Saturday afternoon in Bighorn County." The shooting occurred at 2:30 p.m. Saturday on the Crow Reservation 14 miles southwest of Lodge Grass in the Willow Creek Reservoir area, according to Darren Cruzan, BIA police chief in Crow Agency. Cruzan would not say how many times the man was shot, what the circumstances of the shooting were, who the BIA officer is or what type of gun was used. He did say that the victim was dead at the scene and that the officer is on paid administrative leave during the investigation. There were other officers on the scene from the BIA and the Bighorn County sheriff's office. Cruzan would not say how many officers were at the site or why they were called to the area. No officers were hurt in the incident, he said. Bighorn County Sheriff T. Larson Medicinehorse said the investigation has been turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A dispatcher at the FBI regional office in Salt Lake City would not release any information about the shooting. Messages left at the Billings FBI office Saturday went unanswered." Copyright c. 2002, The Billings Gazette _______________________________________________________. To subscribe to this group,send an email to: ndn-aim-subscribe@egroups.com Archived on line at: http://www.eScribe.com FREE LEONARD PELTIER --------- "RE: Leonard Peltier's Health" --------- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 16:22:28 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="PELTIER" http://www.freepeltier.org/0_update062502.htm#health 1. URGENT ACTION Regarding Leonard Peltier's Health Leonard Peltier has for over a year now been quietly enduring a BONE SPUR in his heel. He has sought treatment for this painful condition, yet none of the remedies offered by the federal US Bureau of Prisons has worked. Bone spurs occur when muscle tension in the foot pulls a bone out of place. The condition is worsened by poor-quality footwear and by stressing the foot. In Leonard's case, after a cortisone shot over a year ago had no effect, he was given low quality foam inserts. A second cortisone shot more recently also had no effect. Leonard is forced to work at the UNICOR factory, the federal prison labor operation that produces a vast array of goods for sale to US government agencies. In the Leavenworth UNICOR furniture factory, Leonard must stand on his feet all day, which causes severe pain. When he asked for transfer to a position that did not cause him pain, he was told that he would stay where he was for six more years. The prison clinician has recommended a simple surgical procedure to correct the bone spur, but the Bureau of Prisons medical facility in Springfield, Missouri has denied the request, and the Leavenworth warden has denied a request for treatment at a Kansas City hospital that regularly treats Leavenworth inmates. Leonard seeks immediately special gel-foam inserts for his shoe and the necessary surgery to correct the bone spur. The LPDC asks that you call, fax, email or write: Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, Director Bureau Of Prisons 320 First St. NW, Washington, DC 20534 Telephone: 202-307-3198 Fax: 202-514-6878 E-mail: khawk@bop.gov . Also contact: Capt. Newton E. Kendig II, Medical Director Health Services Division Bureau of Prisons Phone: 202-307-3055 Fax: 202-307-0826 Email: nkendig@bop.gov Demand immediately at least the level of care recommended by their own clinician in Leavenworth to the painful bone spur that is currently causing suffering to Leonard Peltier, USPL #89637-132. Send a copy of your letter to: Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations complaint@jcaho.org Fax: (630) 792-5636 ( It should be noted that June 26th is also the United Nations' International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. An excerpt from today's statement from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reads as follows: "The optional protocol is designed to assist States parties in implementing their obligation under the Convention to prevent torture by providing for the establishment of effective international and national mechanisms for visiting places where persons are or may be deprived of their liberty. Visits to such places by independent multidisciplinary teams of experts have proved to be a very effective way to prevent treatment of detainees that violates international standards." See http://www.unhchr.ch ) ===== Copyright c. 2000 LPDC The International Office of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee All Rights Reserved. --------- "RE: Native Prisoner" --------- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 08:19:12 -0600 From: Janet Smith Subj: Native Prisoner ===== Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 19:38:30 EDT From: "MJLaBurt@aol.com" Subj: Phillip Dog Soldier Acquitted Mailing List: ndn-aim Alfred just gave word that the jury came back with an acquittal and thanks everyone for all their help. I spoke briefly with Phillip Dog Soldier, who is relieved and exhausted and back with his family now. Maureen -=-=-=- Date: Saturday, July 13, 2002 6:26 PM From: Brigitte Thimiakis Subj: Annual Feast at Crossroads Correctional Center Mailing List: Iron Natives From Valerie Scott ===== Announcement: Annual Feast at Crossroads Correctional Center The Native Circle at Crossroads will celebrate their annual feast on 21 September 2002, and wish to extend an invitation to interested parties. The members are allowed 12 guests and look forward to outside visitors. Those who are interested should contact the inmate listed below, to request the appropriate form, which must be filled out and returned to the Chaplain's Office (Chaplain Jack Hayes) at the facility. Forms need to be returned no later than 30 days prior to the event. Please try to support this event, as it is always disappointing for the inmates to make preparations and have few people attend. And time is ticking for the submission deadline! Valerie Scott, NAPS Contact Person: Charles Hawk Jeremiah #152651 Crossroads Correctional Center 1115 E. Pence Road, 3B-121 Cameron, MO 64429 -=-=-=- Date: Saturday, July 13, 2002 6:27 PM From: Brigitte Thimiakis Subj: Request for Help from San Quentin Mailing List: Iron Natives From Valerie Scott ===== Prisoners on Death Row Need Spiritual Advisor I am a Native on Death Row at San Quentin in California and for many years we here had a Native American cultural/spiritual advisor who wasn't very interested in doing anything for us her on Death Row. After years of complaining, he has resigned, but that leaves us with no one now and an opportunity to find someone who isn't interested in it for the money, but is interested in helping us condemned prepare for our eventual executions. Our need is immediate, and the advisor would be responsible for conducting sweats and other activities for the mainline inmates (unknown number), and also for us here on Death Row (approximately 15). We would hope that since the Brothers on the mainline aren't as shut in as we are, that the advisor would pay a little more attention to us. Thank you for any assistance that you can offer. Have a great day! Daniel Fire Arrow Frederickson P.O. Box K - 81800 San Quentin, CA 94974 ===== NAPS (Native American Prisoner Support) http://www.hri.ca/partners/naps/ URGENT!!! Sign petition for Alex Montana: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/ajm40/petition.html --------- "RE: Rustywire:Heard any Thunder or Seen any Lightning" --------- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 01:21:21 -0000 From: "John Rustywire" Subj: has anyone heard any thunder or seen any lightning? Mailing List: RezLife I wonder if there has been any thunder or lightning yet somewhere on the rez...I am wondering if it has come and gone... I wonder because I remember one time a long time ago, maybe by Agathla Peak by Kayenta or Cedar Ridge, or maybe by Grand Falls, or was it over by Borrego Pass way before there were any Beliganas (White Men) in the area, there were two brothers who travelled across the this land called Dinetah. One brother while camping with the other was introduced to relations, an old man, one they would call Che, explained to the boys that the Mountain Rising to the East, a mountain with black streaks was not a good place to visit, that it was not a safe place to go. This in the days when Holy Beings followed closely the people, the Dine' living within a place where it was bordered by Four Sacred Mountains. They came in many forms to teach, to talk and to warn people on how they should live. This was done through song, ceremony and teaching. An old man told these two young boys to be careful and that this mountain was not a place to be. When the boys sat in camp, they talked about going different places to visit the Arrow People, where they lived at the Head of the Earth. The one brother left that way on his own and the other sat around the fire, as he sat there he made bread by throwing the bread made from what is now called drop seeds and fashioned this into a cake and placed it in the ashes of the fire to cook. The wood used as juniper. They were taught to use juniper, because scientists now days would find that the blue ash given off is a form of calcium that can only be found in this way, juniper ash and when it coated this bread it provided a needed nutrient to these people. It was not written then, but they were told to do this and so they did. This young man thought about going up on the mountain and the words and said to himself..."I wonder why they told me not to go up there?" He sat there and thought about it to himself. "I wonder why they told me not go up there? It is a mountain like any other" He sat there and thought about it and said, "I am young, I am strong, I am fast and I know more about these things. Those old people don't really know anything, they are superstitious. I know more. I don't under stand them, I don't need to....so I will go up there and see for myself" He went to sleep and slept under the stars and the Wind whispered to him, because the Wind was a carrier of messages, that is why the Navajo have the Windway Ceremony. Anyway, he went to sleep and when he woke, he could hear the sound of thunder, rolling from the East, then the South, then the West and then to the North. He got up and rubbed his eyes and after gathering himself set out for the mountain he was told not to go to...." As he went he picked up some arrows and pointed them down to the ground as he put them in his quiver, and that is when his trouble started...." The stories, myths and legends of these people called Navajo with funny names for places have some truth in them, it is through storytelling that some things are taught. I am no expert on the Navajo Way, but some things I remember. rustywire... ----- For Rezlife egroups http://www.egroups.com/group/rezlife --------- "RE: Poem: The Orcas" --------- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 09:09:12 -0500 (EST) From: Spiritdove Subj: The Orcas THE ORCAS Out of ocean gleaming black majestically they came dorsal fins straight as sails ; white underbellies shining Dodging boats of people there who'd heard about their fame they dove and rose in front of us; on fresh salmon dining I called to them with my heart and they came closer still two popped up right in front ; leaving us all cheering Then the waves engulfed them as they vanished in the swill leaving us to guess where they'd surface next; all peering Just about to give up hope of seeing them again a giant male jumped straight up; plunging back in showers He triumped gracefully cruising by with six foot fin as if to say, " I could go on like this for hours ! " The dusk was cold with brilliant moon against a starry sky we watched a group of three; frollic in the moonlit bay With hearts and spirits satisfied it was time to say "Goodbye" it was the ending to a perfect; extraordinary day! <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> What more can I say? I had one of those amazing days where one feels like a part of the circle! Creator, creation, creature.....all together.....and such a magnificent display! My heart is full. Love to all......Spiritdove. --------- "RE: Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days" --------- Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 06:18:14 -1000 From: Debbie Sanders Subj: Hawaiian Book of Days A HAWAI'I BOOK OF DAYS, week of July 22-28 IULAI (July) (Hinaiaeleele) 22 No victory is beyond our grasp. 23 Rise with the dawn if you would take full measure of the new day. 24 The mountains watch over this land, silent sentinels of the Gods. 25 Here is the place where magic dwells. 26 Let the children lead you to wonder. 27 Laughter is a gift of life. 28 Music is the wind ... captured for a brief moment. (c) Copyright 1991 by D. F. Sanders Me ke aloha i ka nani, ... Moe'uhanekeanuenue (With love and beauty, ... Rainbow Dream) --------- "RE: Native America Calling" --------- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:29:01 -0500 From: Eric Martin Subj: NAC Topics + Meet part of the AIROS.org crew and get a free AIROS.org bumpersticker + more ... 1) Meet part of the AIROS.org crew and get a free AIROS.org bumpersticker 2) NAC Topics for 7/15 - 7/19 3) Voices From The Circle - Music to Heal and to Honor 4) Different Drums - Nammy Nominees 5) Oyate Ta Olowan: Anita Anquo (Kiowa) 6) Earthsongs - Koljademo (Part 2) 1) Meet part of the AIROS.org crew and get a free AIROS.org bumpersticker at the 2002 Seafair Indian Days Powwow Yahay AIROS.org listeners! The American Indian Radio On Satellite will be attending the 17th Annual SEAFAIR INDIAN DAYS POWWOW in Seattle Washington, July 19, 20 and 21. AIROS Assistant Manager and host and producer of Native Sounds - Native Voices, National Edition - John Gregg, Sr. will be there along with the newest member of the NAPT Management staff - Mike Lach, NAPT Web Development Manager. So if you are planning to attend, or happen to be in the Seattle Area July 19-21, stop in and meet with John and Mike at the AIROS booth. The booth will be located in the outermost ring, just look for the AIROS Banners. John and Mike look forward to meeting and greeting, and sharing of frybread grease, so put on your best powwow duds and join the AIROS guys at the booth for pictures and fun! Come on out and tell us what you want to see on our website, and don't forget your business cards, or simply sign-up for the daily drawings. You could win a CD or video at the drawings! We have a limited supply of new bumperstickers to give away, so come early! See you there! To get a look at the new AIROS.org bumpersticker, go to airos.org To find out more info on the Seafair Indian Days Powwow, go to www.seafair.com 2) NAC Topics for 7/15 - 7/19 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 - 7/15: Recruiting Native American Teachers: Although parents are often a child's first role models, aunties, uncles, and grandparents are also some of the first teachers in Native children's lives. The moral, cultural, and life skill knowledge they gain from these "first teachers" are invaluable. However, schoolteachers are the next most likely role models for Native children. Not only do teachers teach academic skills, but they also, teach moral and life skills. Some even teach cultural knowledge. The population of Native teachers, unfortunately, is disproportionate. How important is having Native teachers in schools with a high native student population? What efforts are being made to recruit more Native teachers? How do we get more Native teachers in our schools? Guest includes Dr. David Beaulieu, Minnesota Chippewa, of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. TUE - 7/16: Native Sisterhood: Women in all societies are often the caregivers; they usually are the ones who provide the balance in family and community. Many of these women often have close relationships with other females, whether it's their mother, sister, aunt, grandmother or a female friend. These relationships provide a sense of sisterhood. Sisterhood is where everything, including emotions, secrets, jokes, love, and trust are shared. Does Native sisterhood differ from that of other races? Does Native culture and tradition add depth and power to Native sisterhood? Are relationships between Native women more open and honest? Guest includes Valerie Taliman, Navajo, Indian Country Today Southwest Region Bureau Chief. WED - 7/17: Music Maker: Arigon Starr: Too hot to handle and hot off winning a Nammy for Song of the Year at last year's Native American Music Awards for the song, "Junior Frybread," Arigon Starr has a new release that is getting plenty of air time on radio stations across the nation. Backflip, Arigon's latest CD release, is that recognizable voice and rock style of the Kickapoo singer/ songwriter. Starr and special guest BR549 turn up the heat with this collection of folk and rock mixed with Native lyrics - a sure winner. Join us with noted Native Diva, Arigon Starr, in Studio 49 as our Music Maker of the Month. THU - 7/18: Indian in the Spotlight: John Herrington: In just a few months John Herrington will be the first Native American to blast off into space. The Chickasaw Nation tribal member from Oklahoma will travel on the shuttle Endeavor for a 10-day space mission. He will carry with him an eagle feather, which he says represents the first Americans. What is the purpose of his mission? Will he have an opportunity to walk in space? What message does this astronaut have for Native American youth? Join us as we talk with our Indian in the Spotlight - John Herrington, NASA Astronaut. FRI - 7/19: Gasping For Relief: Asthma and Seasonal Allergies: Ah, ah, ah, chewwww. That's the sound of someone who has something in his or her nose. That something is pollen or some other allergen that is causing many to have runny noses, constant sniffles, and the persistent ah-chew. It's allergy season, again! It also means there are many who are suffering from another respiratory ailment, asthma. Asthma and seasonal allergies have many factors that trigger events, which can be minimal or life threatening to many Native people. Are Native people becoming more susceptible to these illnesses? What effect does smoking have on asthma and allergies? 3) Voices From The Circle - Music to Heal and to Honor This week, VOICES FROM THE CIRCLE/AIROS listeners can expect a show which honors and heals. Jim Boyd honors those on the other side and the heroes who remain behind in a song dedicated to the 9/11 tragedy ... "September Morning." R. Carlos Nakai and Peter Kater post the musical question "If Men Were at Peace." The Spirit of Song Singers take us to the pow wow trail with a One's Own Deeds Song ... a "Flag Song." Annishnabe Keith Secola plays us the theme song from the documentary "Homeland." Menominee Wade Fernandez introduces himself to us in his tribal language and then sings and plays an honor song with "Chant for the People." Bill Miller takes us to "Every Corner Of The Forest." Bill also rejoices in the return of the sacred dancers with "Ghost Dance." Marlooee Mirandah takes us way south to the Amazon basin for a "Morning Song" of the Parakan Indians. Joseph Fire Crow and the Goodhouse Family get us together with a "Round Dance." Keith Secola returns to show us the "Northern Lights." Primeaux and Mike help those with lost loves to heal with "Standing All Alone." Our last selection honors a toon from the creative mind of Charles Schultz as R. Carlos Nakai, Mary Redhouse and Amo Chip Dabney play "Schroder." Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET) Monday - 7/15: 4pm, 10pm Tuesday - 7/16: 4am Saturday - 7/20: 3pm Sunday - 7/21: 4am, 3pm Monday - 7/22: 4am 4) Different Drums - Nammy Nominees The finalists have been announced and the voting has begun, for this year's Native American Music Awards. This week Different Drums offers a sampling of the final nominees in this year's Nammy competition. We'll hear from all the finalists for Artist of the Year, plus songs from some of the nominees for Best Male and Female Artist, Debut Artist of the Year, and several other categories as well. Some of these artists will go home with top honors, at this year's Nammy Awards ceremony on Sept 7. For more information about the awards competition and to help choose the winners, visit the Nammy website at www.nammys.com. And for some of the finest music coming out of NDN Country during the past year, tune in this week to Different Drums. Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET) Tuesday 7/16: 10am, 4pm, 10pm Wednesday 7/17: 4am Saturday 7/20: 5pm Sunday 7/21: 6am, 5pm Monday 7/22: 6am 5) Oyate Ta Olowan: Anita Anquo (Kiowa) This week Oyate Ta Olowan visits with Anita Anquo (Kiowa) who lives just outside of Oklahoma City in the small town of Salpulpa. Anita is an older woman with a very youthful presence. Her mannerisms are quick and sharp, she laughs a lot, and when she "lulus" it can be heard from far away. There were nine in her family and when her mother and father died, their lands were split among the siblings. Today, the land is leased out and she and her brothers and sisters receive lease payments each year. She says when she gets those small checks, her eyes fill with tears because it is from their land. The name "Kiowa," like so many names of native tribes, has no basis in the Kiowa language. The name they give themselves is Kwu-da and Tep-da, which means "coming out" (probably referring to their creation stories). The Kiowa were originally a nomadic Plains tribe. Initially, they had no horses but used the dog and travois to move from place to place. They hunted buffalo by herding the animals into a corral and then running them over the edge of a cliff. The buffalo was a major source of food, clothing, and shelter for the Kiowa as well as other Plains tribes. Later, they acquired horses and would ranged across the Great Plains as far north as Canada and as far south as Mexico. Eventually, with the buffalo being driven nearly to extinction by white settlers and trophy hunters the Kiowa had to change their way of life again and in the end they were forced to settle in Oklahoma. Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET) Wednesday 7/17: 7pm Thursday 7/18: 1am, 7am Friday 7/19: 10am, 4pm, 10pm Saturday 7/20: 4am, 2pm Sunday 7/21: 3am, 2pm Monday 7/22: 3am 6) Earthsongs - Koljademo (Part 2) Next time on Earthsongs we'll continue our conversation with Pomo bassist Lennie Gomes of Koljademo. And we'll also explore new music by Lucie Idlout, Chief Ragga, Los Lobos, Bill Miller, Bezhig and Janice-Marie. 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 7/18: 10am, 4pm, 10pm Friday 7/19: 4am Saturday 7/20: 4pm Sunday 7/21: 5am, 4pm Monday 7/22: 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: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 15:39:14 -0 From: Gary Smith (gars@speakeasy.org) Subj: Upcoming Events =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= EVENTS ARE FEATURED IN ODD NUMBERED ISSUES ONLY =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Lists from Jim Anderson, Aaron, OCB Tracker and Whispering Wind are listed here for 60 days. Each web site is listed if you need a more complete list. =================================== Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 09:57:42 -0700 From: John Berry Subj: Chicago Powwow - Nov. & Vets invitation Can you send an invitation to our brothers and sisters: WWII Veterans honored at the American Indian Center Presentation by : Navajo Code Talker John Brown Jr. and family Recipient of the Congressional Gold Metal of Honor More details and press release at: www.aic-chicago.org This is going to be a joint event with the Chicago Japanese Community. Chicago's 49th Annual Powwow American Indian Center of Chicago Where: Northeastern University, directions on the AIC website. When:November 15, 16, 17 Everyone welcome to the largest Native Cultural Education of the Year!!! Sincerely, Joseph Podlasek Executive and Technical Director American Indian Center of Chicago 773-275-5871, fax 773-275-5874 email: joep@aic-chicago.org web: www.aic-chicago.org "Worried about our future? Do not fear. Look into the eyes of our children." John D. Berry, NAS Librarian, UC Berkeley American Indian Library Assocation - Listserv Manager American Library Association - Councilor at Large =================================== Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 21:35:45 -0500 From: "raven davis" Subj: Oxford 2003 To: Hello Gary: Please add this to NA news Native Solutions 5th Annual Intertribal Pow Wow April 25-27, 2003 Proudly Presents an evening with: Joanne Shenandoah on Saturday April 26, 2003 at 8:00 p.m. Oxford Civic Center, Oxford, AL Opening for Joanne is Larry Campbell Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Tickers now on sale contact: Mark or Ruth (256) 820-6315 or email ravenspiritwalker@yahoo.com; thunderhawk2062@yahoo.com; Tony ( 256) 835-0110; Cindy (256) 831-9373 Northern Host Drum-Greywolf singers Southern Host Drum-Buffalo Heart Headman-Don Redbear Headlady-TBA M/C- Gary Smith A/D-Buck Tucker Native American Warrior Society and Honor Guard All Drums and Dancers Welcome Vendors by invitation only =================================== Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 14:40:39 -0500 From: "D. Mitchell" Subj: More upcoming powwows & festivals Mailing List: Tn-Ind Here are more event listings transcribed from powwow flyers: Sep. 28-29: Eagle's Message 8th Annual Powwow; at the Limestone County Sherif's Arena, Hwy. 99, just off New Cut Road, in Athens, AL. HD - Red Hawk Singers; Four Directions Prayer & other ceremonies by Walter Hill & Louise Green; Native American crafts, food, intertribal dancing, storytelling, and demonstrations. Hours: Saturday, 10:00 am - 7:00 pm; Sunday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. Admission: $3.00 (adults over 12 & under 55), $2.00 (children 6-12 & seniors over 55), free for children under 6. Info: Marie Hill (256) 729-1968, or Les Tate (256) 764-5608 or LTATE@HIWAAY.NET. October 12-13: The 10th Annual Fort Payne Depot Museum Indian Festival; at Union Park in downtown Fort Payne, AL. This is a special honoring and healing powwow dedicated to all veterans, and hosted by the Native American Honor Guard and Warrior Society. No admission charged. HD - Buffalo Heart; HM - Jerry Smith; HL - Ellen Rosco; MC - Gary Smith. This event features intertribal dancing, storytellers, flute players, demonstrations, arts & crafts, and Native foods. All veterans invited; all dancers welcome. Hours: Saturday & Sunday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. Info: Jerry Lang (256) 492-5217. Oct. 25-27: 3rd Annual Buffalo River Powwow; 277A1 Airport Road, Linden, TN. HD - Medicine River Singers; GD - Gunpowder River Singers; MC - John Little Hawk; ST - Bonnie Redbird Feather; AD - Doug "Red" Kirby; HV - Clyde Maize; Honored Elder - Earl Bear Taylor, warrior; HM & HL - TBA. Admission: $5.00 (adults over 12), $3.00 (children 12 & under, senior citizens) - maximum of $16.00 per family. Dancers in regalia admitted free. Hours: Friday (Children's Day), 9:00 am - 3:00 pm; Saturday, 10:00 am - ? (GE at 12:00 noon & 7:00 pm); Sunday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm (GE at 12:00 noon). All hours are Central Time. Getting there: on I-40 between Jackson, TN & Dickson, TN, take Exit 143, go south on Hwy. 13 about 21 miles to Linden, turn west on Hwy. 412 towards Parsons; go thru town, and at top of hill on west side take a left on Airport Road; continue 1.6 miles to powwow. Events include Native American dancing, arts & crafts vedors, Native American food, bow & arrow demonstration, and hawk throwing demo. Motels: Deerfield Inn, Parsons, 901-847-4700; Deerfield Inn, Hohenwald, 931-796-1500; & Jakes Motor Inn, Hwy. 412 West, 901-847-6387. Info: Spotted Horse Trading Co., P.O. Box 277, Linden, TN 37096; Ray or Sharon Benge (931) 589-5876 or rbenge@tds.net. -=-=-=- Here are more upcoming Indian Festivals. These were from e-mails & event links that were sent to me by various parties connected to these events: Aug. 14-18: 3rd Annual Chikamaka-Cherokee Indian Festival (Pony Meeks Memoriam); to be held at the Fritz Flury Ballfield in Tracy City, TN. There will be craft vendors, artist demonstrations, Southeastern-style social dances, storytellers & traditional-style food. Schedule: Wednesday, 5:00pm - 9:00pm - Randy Woodley of Eagle's Wings Ministries; Thursday, 5:00pm - 9:00pm - Mato Toyelo, flutist, in concert; Friday, 9:30am - 10:00pm - Children's Day. Saturday, 9:30am - ?; Sunday, 12:30pm - 5:00pm. Admission will be charged, starting on Saturday, at $2.00 per person. Dances will consist of animal & bird dances and other social dances of the Southeaste