From gars@speakeasy.org Wed Apr 30 02:59:06 2003 Date: 30 Apr 2003 00:01:02 -0000 From: Gary Night Owl To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Subject: Wotanging Ikche--nanews11.018 _ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' ____ _ , ___ _ , ___ / ' ) / / ) ' ) / / ' VOLUME 11, ISSUE 018 / /-< / /--/ /-- __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, WOTANGING IKCHE - Lakota - Common News Wotanging Ikche and Native American News Copyright c. 1996-2003 nanews.org Aboriginal/AmerIndian Perspective about the First Nations of Turtle Island May 3, 2003 Cree aligipizun/frog moon Algonquin moonesquanimock kesos/moon when women weed corn +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Much more happens in Indian Country than is reported | | in this weekly newsletter. 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If there is but one religion, why do you white people differ so much about it? Why not all agreed, as you can all read the Book? __ Sogoyewapha, "Red Jacket", Senaca +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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! One of the quotes most often attributed to Henry Ford (though it has never been proven he actually said it) regarding the Model T was, "You can paint it any color, so long as it's black!". Reports are emerging regarding some of the "justice" being meted out by the rebuilding/occupation forces in Iraq. One I have often seen is about the naked men with "thief" marked on their bodies forced to parade through the streets. A Norwegian journalist said one of the men said he was not stealing; and he was so insulted that he will go find a grenade and gun, and blow up as many Americans as he can. I have no evidence to support any of the above, but if Indian Country is any example, not much will surprise me. Maybe of more importance is the fact the U. S. has stated they have "freed" Iraq to chose their own government. Now, that it appears Iraq may choose a Shiite theocracy ala Iran the "coalition" is balking. Having seen BIA instituted governments at work I can only conclude Iraq will be allowed to "have any guv'mint they want, so long as it's made in Amerikka." Dohiyi Ani Oginalii , , Gary Night Owl gars@nanews.org (*,*) P. O. Box 672168 gars@speakeasy.org (`-') Marietta, GA 30008, U.S.A. ===w=w=== ----------- News of the people featured in this issue ---------- - Charles Deegan Junior - More charges in - Gerald F. (Butch) Brun B.C. Residential Abuse Case - Crossings - Indian Act: - Paiutes Rediscovering Chiefs warn of potential Violence their Heritage - Fundraiser for Alex White Plume - Meskwakis invite - Trial in Aquash Murder Case Federal Intervention scheduled for June - Judge Rules Work can start - Innocent Eyes Are Watching at Indian Burial Site - Tribe wants Control - MARILYN HAGERTY: over non-Indians within Rez Uproar over Sitting Bull's Bones - Oglala National Healing - JODI RAVE LEE: and Peltier's Release Soldier's death helped... Natives - Native Prisoner - Reorganization of BIA Criticized -- Request for Assistance - Lawyers get lesson in Tribal Law - Rustywire: - Elouise Cobell What would it be Like to be Free assesses Lawsuit at UM - Poem: Today my Home is on the Road - Cobell v. Norton Update - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days - Update on Montes Azules - Preserving a Culture --------- "RE: Charles Deegan Junior" --------- Date: Tue, Apr 23 2003 08:10:06 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CHARLES DEEGAN JUNIOR" http://www.kare11.com/news/news-article.asp?NEWS_ID=45575 AIM Founder Deegan Dies at 67 Charles Deegan Junior, one of the founding members of the American Indian Movement and a national health care leader for urban Indians, has died. Deegan died Saturday during heart surgery at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. He was 67. Deegan grew on the White Earth Reservation and moved to Minneapolis as a teenager. In 1968, he helped form AIM and served as its first vice chairman. Deegan worked with hospitals to create an Indian advocate at what is now Hennepin County Medical Center. He also helped initiate the Indian Health Board of Minneapolis. In the early 1970s, he created the American Indian Health Care Association and worked with former Congressman Don Fraser to create an additional 32 urban health care centers across the nation. He was recruited in 1976 for a job in Chicago in the first American Indian liaison office with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Deegan lived the last ten years in Sacramento, California, with his wife Barbara. A wake is planned today at the Upper Midwest Indian Center in Minneapolis. Services are tomorrow. Copyright c. 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright c. 1998-2003 KARE 11. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Gerald F. (Butch) Brun" --------- Date: Mon, Apr 28 2003 08:28:11 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="BUTCH BRUN" http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3850534.html Gerald (Butch) Brun, Red Lake tribal chairman Associated Press April 28, 2003 Gerald F. (Butch) Brun, 64, tribal chairman of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa, died Saturday after being hospitalized for a week in Grand Forks, N.D. "His death is a grievous loss to the entire Red Lake Nation," Tribal Secretary Judy Roy said in a statement. "He was the center of a large circle of loyal and loving friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends." A reviewal will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Red Lake Community Center. The funeral will be 2 p.m. at the Red Lake Middle School, with burial at the Red Lake Catholic Cemetery. Brun suffered a stroke days after winning election in July as tribal chairman, defeating incumbent Bobby Whitefeather with 57 percent of the vote. Brun later recovered and was sworn into office. In 1990, Brun narrowly defeated Tribal Chairman Roger Jourdain, who had served as the tribe's first and only chairman since 1959. Brun chose not to seek reelection in 1994, setting up Whitefeather for his first win. Brun also served 16 years on the Tribal Council before his first election as chairman. Red Lake Nation flags were ordered to half-staff. There is no provision for succession of office in the event of the chairman's death, Roy said, although the Tribal Council has authority to appoint a successor. "We'll be all right," Roy said. "He had faith in us, and we'll carry on. This is a time for mourning and a time to observe our leader's passing with all the honor and dignity that he richly deserves." A public meeting will be held the day after Brun's funeral so members of the Red Lake Band can express their views on an appointed successor. The Red Lake Reservation is in northwestern Minnesota, just north of Bemidji. Staff writer Nolan Zavoral contributed to this report. Copyright c. 2003 Star Tribune. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Crossings" --------- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 08:10:52 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CROSSINGS" April 25, 2003 Beverly A. One Bear Beverly A. One Bear, 43, of Tokio, ND, died early Wednesday morning, April 23, 2003 at the Good Samaritan Center, Devils Lake. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Tokio Recreation Center, Tokio. Rev. David Lewis will officiate and burial will be in the Dakotah Oyate Lutheran Cemetery, rural Tokio. A Wake service will be held Friday beginning at 5 p.m. at the Tokio Recreation Center with a Prayer Service at 7 p.m. Pallbearers will be Daniel Redroad, Lincoln Redroad, Casey Redroad, Virgil Feather, Blaince Left Bear and Michael One Bear. Honorary pallbearers will be all of Beverly's family and friends. Beverly Ann One Bear was born on May 11, 1959 at Fargo, ND. She was reared at Tokio. She graduated from high school in Fargo, ND. She attended the Haskell Indian College in Lawrence, KS, where she received her degree. She later attended a Lutheran School in Seattle, WA, where she lived and worked for several years. For the past two years, Beverly has been living at Tokio with her mother, Florence. She held various jobs throughout her life. Beverly is survived by her mother, Florence One Bear of Tokio, and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake, is in charge of the arrangements. Copyright c. 2003 Devils Lake Daily Journal. -=-=-=- April 28, 2003 Charles Running Bear FORT YATES -- Charles L. Running Bear, 49, Fort Yates, died, April 23, 2003, at a Bismarck hospital. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Old School Gym, Fort Yates. Burial will be in Reed Cemetery, Fort Yates. He is survived by two daughters, Delta Rose and Chantaille Running Bear, both of Devils Lake; five sons, Reuben Dale, Fort Yates, Phillip, Bismarck, Tyson and Chance Lane, both of Devils Lake, and Bryce Lee, Rapid City, S.D. ; three sisters, Arverdell See Walker, LaDene Chapman and LaVonne Running Bear, all of Fort Yates; one brother, Virgil Running Bear, Mandan; and two grandchildren. (Perry Funeral Home, Mandan) Copyright c. 2003 Bismarck Tribune. -=-=-=- April 23, 2003 M. Rose White Magpie OGLALA - M. Rose White Magpie, 93, Oglala, died Friday, April 18, 2003, at Pine Ridge Hospital. Survivors include three daughters, Dorothy White Magpie, Rosalind Blindman and Yvonne Standing Crow, all of Oglala; one brother, Pete Blacksmith, Oglala; one sister, Louise Long Soldier, Oglala; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A two-night wake will begin at 1 p.m. today at Oglala Recreation Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, April 25, at the recreation center, with the Rev. Abraham Tobacco and the Rev. Pedro Sharp Fish officiating. Burial will be at White Magpie Family Cemetery in Oglala. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. April 25, 2003 Robert W. Belt-Tirado WINDSOR, Calif. - Robert W. Belt-Tirado, 32, Windsor, died Sunday, March 30, 2003, in San Francisco. Survivors include his father, Ronald Tirado, Windsor; his mother and stepfather, Caroline and Don Slow Bear, Rapid City; two brothers, Alden Tirado, Windsor, and Tyler Slow Bear, Rapid City; one sister, Mure Browning, Anaheim; and one son, Robert Tirado Jr., Anaheim. A one-night wake will begin at 1 p.m. today at the Red Shirt School gymnasium in Red Shirt Village, S.D. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 26, in the gymnasium, with the Rev. Robert Two Bulls and Darlene Red Elk-Myers officiating. Burial will be at Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery in Red Shirt Village. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge, S.D., is in charge of arrangements. April 26, 2003 Albert Kills Right Sr. PORCUPINE - Albert Kills Right Sr., 59, Porcupine, died Friday, April 25, 2003, at Hot Springs Veterans Affairs Medical Care Center. Arrangements are pending with Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge. April 27, 2003 Antoinette "Toni" Mesteth RAPID CITY - Antoinette "Toni" Mesteth, 24, Rapid City, died Saturday, April 26, 2003, at a local nursing home. Survivors include her father, Orlin Mesteth, Pine Ridge; and one brother, Arnold Mesteth, Minneapolis. Visitation will be one hour before services, which will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, at Osheim-Catron Funeral Home in Rapid City, with Chaplain Dan Island officiating. Wake services will begin at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, at Billy Mills Hall in Pine Ridge. A second service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 1, at the hall. Burial will be at Slim Buttes. Copyright c. 2003 the Rapid City Journal. -=-=-=- April 22, 2003 Lucinda Rael Lucinda Rael, of Ignacio, died Saturday, April 19, 2003, in Ignacio. She was 38. The cause of death was cancer. Ms. Rael was born April 7, 1965, in Durango. She lived in Ignacio most of her life, and was a member of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. She worked for several tribal departments and organizations. Ms. Rael enjoyed cooking, canning, fishing, camping, gardening, spending time with her family and riding her motorcycle. She is survived by her children, Jontique Velasco, Jacob Velasco, Roger Brassard and Hunter Brassard, all of Ignacio; her mother, Phyllis Escalanti of Bayfield; her grandmother, Mary B. Chavez of Bayfield; her brothers, David Rael of Phoenix, Alfred Rael of Phoenix and Irvin Casias of Bayfield; her sisters, Yvonne Phillips of Ignacio, Becky Rael-Thompson of Ignacio, Corleen Rael of Ignacio and Toni Rael of Albuquerque; her former husband, Roger Brassard Sr., of Ignacio; and numerous nieces and nephews. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Ignacio Baptist Church Maranatha in Ignacio. Burial will be at the Bayfield Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 931, Durango, CO 81302. Copyright c. 2003 Durango Herald. -=-=-=- April 25, 2003 Aldon Lee Marlow Sr. Aldon Lee Marlow Sr., former Red Rock resident, died Wednesday morning, April 23, 2003, at the Integris Health Baptist Medical Center of Oklahoma City. He was 60. An evening prayer service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Otoe- Missouria Tribal Complex. The traditional funeral feast will be at noon on Saturday, April 26, at the Otoe-Missouria Tribal Complex. Burial will follow in the Otoe-Missouria Tribal Cemetery with the Rev. Toby A. Blackstar, co-pastor of Otoe Baptist Church of Red Rock, officiating. Services are under direction of Grace Memorial Chapel. Aldon Lee Marlow Sr. was born in Wichita, Kan., on April 21, 1943, the son of Henry John and Lucy White Cloud Marlow. He was reared in Red Rock and attended Pawnee Indian Schools. He was employed as a muffler repairman and lived in Oklahoma City. He was a member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe and enjoyed being with his family, baby sitting for his family and attending powwows. Survivors include one daughter, Angela Maynard of Oklahoma City; one son, Aldon Lee Marlow Jr. of Oklahoma City; three sisters, Alma Warrior, Annabelle Pratt and Mary Hayes, all of Red Rock; four brothers, Lelus Marlow, LeRoy Marlow and Freeman Dean Marlow, all of Oklahoma City and Henry Marlow of Red Rock; six grandchildren; one great-grandson; and a number of other relatives. He was preceded in death by his is parents. Edward Luke Smith Edward Luke Smith, former Ponca City resident, left this world to enter into his heavenly world on April 24, 2003. He was 44. The evening prayer service will be held tonight and Saturday at 7:30 at Ponca Indian United Methodist Church. The traditional funeral feast will be held at noon on Sunday, April 27, followed by the funeral service at 2 p.m. at the Ponca Indian United Methodist Church. The Rev. Toby A. Blackstar, co-pastor of Otoe Baptist Church, will officiate assisted by the Rev. Francine Biggoose. Burial will be in the Ponca Tribal Cemetery under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel. Luke was born on Nov. 18, 1958, in Pawnee, the son of Adeline Smith and Tennyson Overland. He attended Fort Sill Indian Schools. Luke worked for Indian Health Service in Lawton and Oklahoma City before moving to Ponca City, where he worked for Nickles Machine. On May 2, 1992, he married Cheryl Baker in Ponca City. They made their home in Tahlequah. Luke had been plagued with ill health the last several years. Luke made many friends during his lifetime and never met a stranger. He is survived by his wife, Cheryl of the home; one stepson, Tyler Baker of the home; one sister, Crystal Lee Warrior of Oklahoma City; one brother, Leon Warrior of Dallas, Texas; two aunts, Amelia Warrior of Oklahoma City and Brenda Smith of Ponca City; two grandmothers, Thelma Smith-Perez of Oklahoma City and Elsie Green of Marland; two nieces, Breanna and Lexi of Oklahoma City; and several cousins and many friends. He was preceded in death by his mother, Adeline Smith; a grandmother, Lenora Buffalohead; and an aunt, Darlene Blevins. Casket bearers will be Lamont "NDN" Brown, Lamont "Sonny Boy" Brown III, B.J. Roughface, Nelson Roughface, Freddie "Big Dawg" Others, and Galvis White Eagle. Honorary bearers will be Jessie LeClair Jr. and Dale Buffalohead. Copyright c. 1998-2003 The Ponca City News. -=-=-=- April 24, 2003 Randolph S. Halfbreed Randolph S. Halfbreed of Miami died at 4:14 a.m. Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at Integris Baptist Regional Health Center in Miami. He was 84. Halfbreed was born Jan. 19, 1919, in Salina to Webster and Minta (Hanna) Halfbreed. He lived in Miami for 15 years, moving from Tulsa. He graduated from Pond Creek High School, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in Miami, Connors College in Muskogee and Greg Business College in Phoenix, Ariz. He was a World War II veteran of the Army during which he was a prisoner of war and held by the Japanese for more than three years. He was the Golden Glove featherweight champion of Oklahoma in 1940. He was a member of the Blind Veterans Association and the Disabled American Veterans. He married Joan Barnes on Feb. 12, 1946, in Columbus, Kan. She survives, of the home. Additional survivors include one brother, Walter McGhee of Sacramento, Calif.; one daughter-in-law, Paula Lopez of Broken Arrow; five grandchildren, Shauna Elrod, Quillina Halfbreed, Shane Cantrell, Sarah Smith and Alysha Lopez, and one great-granddaughter, Abigail Kleo Elrod. He was preceded in death by one son, Quilaky Halfbreed. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Mount Hope Cemetery in Afton. Military rites will be conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 147 Funeral Detail. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the Paul Thomas Funeral Home in Miami. April 28, 2003 David Lee Jones David Lee Jones of Fairland died at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 25, 2003, at Integris Baptist Regional Health Center in Miami. He was 57. Jones was born Oct. 15, 1945, in Fairland to David Wilbert Jones and Nathalia (Brumback) Jones. He married Ruby Ann Jones Burnside on April 10, 1964. He was a self employed landscaper and lived in Fairland most of his life. He was a member of Baptist Church of Gladewater, Texas and was an Ottawa Indian. Survivors include wife, Ruby Ann Jones of the home; four sons, Rick Jones of Afton, Dusty Jones of Fairland, Randy Jones of Miami, and Jerry Jones of Fairland; one daughter, Angela Schulte of Afton; two brothers, Billy Jones of Bigsby, and Dale Jones of Claremore; three sisters, Daneta Cox of Fairland, Ginger Roberts of Grove and Claudette Sala of Miami and 10 grandchildren. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Hickory Grove Cemetery, northwest of Grove, with the Rev. Carol Holden officiating. Burial will follow. Pallbearers will be Ralph Morris, Justin Mahurin, Lloyd Cox, Chuck Bradford, John Maxson and Charlie Jones. The family will receive friends from 3 to 4 p.m. today at the Paul Thomas Funeral Home of Miami. Copyright c. 2003 The Miami News-Record. -=-=-=- April 22, 2003 Rose Mary Benally Aug. 18, 1940 - April 19, 2003 Rose Mary Benally, 62, of Red Valley, Ariz., went home to be with her Heavenly Father Saturday, April 19, 2003, in Shiprock. She was born Aug. 18, 1940, in Red Valley. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home Chapel, 103 E. Ute, Farmington. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home of Shiprock, (505) 368-4607. April 25, 2003 James Natatchez Feb. 2, 1940 - April 23, 2003 James Natatchez, 63, of Rock Point, Ariz., passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock. James was born Feb. 2, 1940, in Rock Point to Eugene and Martha Begay. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, April, 26, 2003, at the House of Prayer Lutheran Mission in Rock Point with Wesley Begay officiating. Burial will be at the family cemtery in Rock Point. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Chapel of Memories Funeral Home of Kirtland, (505) 598-9636. Leroy Dennison, Jr. June 30, 1929 - April 22, 2003 Leroy Dennison, Jr., 73, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2003, in Albuquerque. He was born June 30, 1929, in Burnham, into the Ute clan, for the Folded-Arm clan. Leroy attended school at Navajo mission in Farmington. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a life-long resident of Upper Fruitland, where he loved to work on the family farm. His hobbies were artwork, welding, working with horses, and "tinkering" with things (as he called it.) He is survived by his wife, Lucy; his sons, Ira and family of Albuquerque, and Ernest and family of Arizona; his daughters, Lucille and family and Sandy, all of Fruitland; his brothers, Jim of California and Robert of Aztec; and his sisters, Helen of Aztec, Berniece of Bloomfield and Harriet of Farmington. He is also survived by 15 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 26, 2003, at the First Church of the Nazarene in Farmington, 2600 N. Sullivan. Graveside military honors will be conducted by VFW Post No. 2182 at Greenlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be family members. Perry Allen Feb. 22, 1927 - April 21, 2003 Perry Allen, 76, a resident of Fort Defiance, Ariz., and formerly of Shiprock, passed away Monday, April 21, 2003, at PHS Hospital in Fort Defiance. Mr. Allen was born Feb. 22, 1927, in Rattlesnake near Shiprock. He was the son of Joseph Allen and Katherine (Benally) Allen. Perry attended Rehoboth and Wingate schools, Loyola University in Las Angeles, Calif. He was the first chief prosecutor for the Navajo Nation and was active many years with the National District Attorney Association. He retired in 1977, but remained active working for veterans health benefits and education for Native American Youth. He served his country in the U.S. Marines during World War II and received an honorable discharge. Perry was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle and most of all a good friend. He was loved by young and old, stranger or friend. He will truly be missed by all his family and friends. Perry is survived by his wife, Marie (Tso) Allen of Fort Defiance; twin sons, Carlos Allen and girlfriend, Paula Yoe, also of Fort Defiance, and Ramon Allen of Window Rock, Ariz; two daughters, Charlene Lizer and husband, Darrell, and Ramona Allen, all of Fort Defiance; eight grandchildren, one great-grandson; sister Sylvia A. Manus of Shiprock; and uncle, John C. Sells and wife, Alice also of Shiprock. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Woodrow Allen and Eugene F. Allen; sister, Irene Johnson; uncles, John Cato Sells, Cato Sells, and Luther Sells; and aunts, Angela T. Sells and Ida Benally. Rosary services will be held at 2 p.m., today, April 25, 2003, at St. Michael's Catholic Church, St. Michael's, Ariz., with Father Meldon Hickey reciting. Friends and family invite those who loved Perry to celebrate his life with Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 26, 2003, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 2100 E. 20th St., in Farmington with Monsignor Leo Gomez, V.G., as celebrant. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery with full military honors being provided by VFW Post No. 2182. Pallbearers will be Robert W. Manus, Richard Allen, Chris Sells, Robert Allen, Lawrence Sells and Gary Sells. Honorary pallbearers will be Ramon Allen, John C. Sells, Carlos Allen, Sylvia Manus, Mike Enfield, Dr. Timothy Domer and Tony Nunes. Funeral arrangements are with Cope Memorial Chapel of Farmington, 404 W. Arrington St., (505) 327-5142. Copyright c. 1999-2003 MediaNews Group, Inc./Farmington, NM. -=-=-=- April 22, 2003 Caroline Bahe GANADO, Ariz. - Services for Caroline Bahe, 40, will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, April 25 at Ganado Presbyterian Church. Pastor Paul Stone will officiate. Burial will follow at Ganado Community Cemetery. Bahe died April 17 in Phoenix. She was born Jan. 20, 1963 in Ganado, Ariz. into the Coyote People Clan for the Edgewater People Clan. Bahe attended Toyei Boarding School and Wingate High School. She was employed with warehouse production. Her hobbies included playing basketball, poker, drawing, arts & crafts, singing, reading and joking. Survivors include her sons, Jeremiah Bitsui and Tharon Lee John both of Phoenix; daughter, Julander Ann Bitsui of Phoenix; parents, Lillie B. Miller and Frank Bahe; brothers, Lester Bahe, Eddie Bahe and Fredrick Wilson all of Ganado, Ariz.; sisters, Lucy Nez of Ganado, Annette Martinez of Grants, Donna Hunch and Kathy Anderson both of Gallup; and one grandchild. Bahe was preceded in death by her brothers, Taylor Bahe and George Bahe; and grandparents, Chischilly Bitai and Allen Shorty. Pallbearers will be Lester Bahe, Jeremiah Bitsui, Julius Bitsui, Marty R. James, Tharon Lee John and Fredrick Wilson. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Lillie's Miller's residence, one mile south of Burnside junction. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Emmerson L. Shirley FORT DEFIANCE, Ariz. - Services for Emmerson Shirley, 56, will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 23 at the Hilltop Mission Church. Rev. Lawrence Harper will officiate. Burial will follow at the private family cemetery, Goat Springs, Ariz. Shirley died April 19 in Albuquerque. He was born July 29, 1948 in Ganado, Ariz. into the Coyote Pass People Clan for the Red Running into the Water People Clan. Shirley graduated from Window Rock High School in 1966 and attended Greer Tech., Chicago. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during the Vietnam War. He was employed with P & M Coal Mining company until his retirement after 24 years. His hobbies included the outdoors, hunting and fishing. Survivors include his wife, Effie Shirley of Goat Springs; sons, Warren Shirley of Goat Springs, Murvyn Hoskie and Jim Shirley both of Fort Defiance; daughters, Cheryl Lowery of Goat Springs, Michelle Mikszta of Phoenix and Melissa Neil of Reno, Nev.; sister, Letha Thompson of Goat Springs; and 12 grandchildren. Shirley was preceded in death by his parents, Agnes Damon and Lorenzo Shirley. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Rose Mary Benally RED VALLEY, Ariz. - Services for Rose Mary Benally, 62, will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, April 23 at Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home Chapel, Farmington. Rev. Sherman Manuelito will officiate. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery, Farmington. Benally died April 19 in Shiprock. She was born Aug. 18, 1940 in Red Valley. Survivors include her daughter, Gaylene Benally of Crownpoint; parents, Woodrow and Helen Benally of Red Valley; brothers, Chavez and Nelson Benally; sisters, Helen Yazzie, Nancy Benally and Helena Benally all of Red Valley and two grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Craig A. Benally, Colby J. DeVore, Jeremy Yazzie, Bryan W. Kinsel and Shadrack Dee. Rena Mae Vandever GRANTS - Services for Rena Vandever, 49, will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 23 at New Life Pentecostal Church, Thoreau. Jimson Lee will officiate. Burial will follow at Grants Memorial Park. Visitation will be held at 2 p.m. at Cope Memorial. Vandever died Saturday April 19 in Grants. She was born Feb. 15, 1954 in Canoncito into the Salt People Clan for the Water Edge People Clan. Vandever attended school in Utah and at Thoreau High School. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Jerry Vandever of Haystack; sons, Jerald Vandever of Church Rock and Fitzgerald Vandever of Albuquerque; daughters, Priscilla Antonio of Milan and Crystal Lee of Grants; father, James Chaco of Smith Lake; sisters, Pauline Delgarito of Whitehorse and Darlene Chaco of Smith Lake; six great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. Vandever was preceded in death by her mother, Mae Chaco; daughter, Patricia Mae Vandever and grandparents, Kenneth and Mary Antonio. Pallbearers will be Jerald Vandever, Cody Pablo, Anderson Delgarito, John Wood, Darrell Juanico and Emmanuel Haswood II. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Daniel K. Yazzie LUKACHUKAI, Ariz. - Services for Daniel Yazzie, 49, will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, April 24 at St. Isabel Mission, Lukachukai, Ariz. Father Caron will officiate. Burial will follow at Lukachukai Community Cemetery. Yazzie was born Feb. 1, 1954 in Shiprock into the Water Flows Together People Clan for the Near Water People Clan. Survivors include his parents, Sam and Katherine Yazzie; brothers, Raymond K. Yazzie Sr. and Alvin J. Yazzie and Christopher Yazzie; sisters, Virginia Yazzie, Rose K. Yazzie, Kathleer Frazier, Kim M. Clark and Bertha Jishie. Pallbearers will be Dewayne Yazzie, Freeland Jishie, Melvin Kellywood, Harlen Yazzie, Lawrence Kellywood and George Kellywood Jr. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services one-fourth of a mile of Lukachukai Chapter House. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Lawrence L. Benavidez GRANTS - Graveside services for Lawrence Benavidez, 66, were held at 1 p.m., today at La Morada Cemetery. Benavidez died April 15 in Grants. He was born Aug. 10, 1936 in Estancia. Benavidez was a miner. Survivors include his wife, Dionella Benavidez; sons, Sikey, Jason, Lawrence Jr. and Manuel; daughter, Debi Murillo; stepson, Ronnie Jaramillo; stepdaughter Geraldine Jaramillo; sisters, Louisa Candlaria and Leo Benavidez; and seven grandchildren. Pallbearers were Nathan Gonzales, Larry Candelaria, Ralph Gonzales, Rick Polaco, Gilbert Chavez and Brian Murrietta. Mt. Taylor Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Guy James KLAGETOH, Ariz. - Services for Guy James, 88, will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, April 23 at Ganado Glory Temple. Sammie K. Begay will officiate. Burial will follow at Klagetoh Community Cemetery. James died April 19 in Flagstaff, Ariz. He was born July 16, 1915 in Klagetoh into the Towering House People Clan. James was a rancher all his life. Survivors include his wife, Lillie James; sons, Donald, Dave and Leonard; daughters, Colleen Roanhorse, Blanche Raymond, Julia Lamacuho and Fernada James. Pallbearers will be Don James, Ernest Kee, Travis Francisco, Mathew James, Wes James and Reggie James. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. William Yazzie COYOTE CANYON - Services for William Yazzie, 92, will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 23 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Tohatchi. Rev. John Mittelstadt will officiate. Burial will follow at private family cemetery, Coyote Canyon. A rosary will be recited at 6 p.m., tonight at Rollie Mortuary. Yazzie died April 19 in Gallup. He was born March 22, 1911 in St. Michaels, Ariz. into the Many Goats People Clan for the Charcoal Streaked Division of the Red Running into the Water People Clan. Yazzie was employed with the Union Pacific, Santa Fe Railroad, Fort Wingate Ordnance and the Inter-Tribal Ceremonial Association and retired from GSA-Public Health Services in 1962. Yazzie was a jockey, a ranchhand, raised and herd sheep in Coyote Canyon. His hobbies included breaking, grooming horses, doing leather braiding for harnesses and bridles. Survivors include his daughters, Laura M. Ike of Albuquerque, Irene Jones of Page, Ariz., Margaret Sekaquamtewa of Peoria, Ariz., June R. Shondee of Ganado, Ariz., Donna M. Williams of Farmington, Lucille Yazzie- Deschiney and Dianna M. Yazzie-Nez both of Galup, Lilian A. Avery and Beverly V. Yazzie both of Coyote Canyon; 53 grandchildren; 123 great- grandchildren and 18 great-great grandchildren. Yazzie was preceded in death by his wife, Florence Martha Yazzie; parents, Altsadezba and Dilawushin Bitsuie Yazzie; sons, Reginald A. Begay, Herman Wm. Yazzie Sr., Michael Yazzie, Richard Yazzie and Stanley Yazzie; daughters, Berenice V. Ranger, Lucy M. Yazzie, and Rosie M. Yazzie and sister, Danaba Yazzie. Pallbearers will be Glen A. Avery Jr., Budford B. Henry, Herman William Livingston, John Livingston Jr., Tom M. Ranger Jr., Duane H. Williams, Herman Wm. Yazzie and Tyrone Wm. Yazzie. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. April 24, 2003 Julian Morgan PINEDALE - Services for Julian Morgan, 53, will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, April 25 at Cope Memorial Chapel. Kee Keyanne will officiate. Burial will follow at Gallup City Cemetery. Morgan died April 21 in Gallup. He was born July 14, 1949 in Crownpoint into the Meadow People Clan for the Near the Mountain People Clan. Morgan attended Church Rock Elementary School and JFK Middle School. He was employed with the Santa Fe Burlington Railroad and was a silversmith. His hobbies included playing cards, working outdoors and watching T.V. Survivors include his wife, Corena Morgan of Pinedale, Juliuseta Morgan and Joleen Morgan; parents, Mary and Grant Tom both of Pinedale; brothers, Timothy Tom of Mariano Lake; sisters, Lorraine Martinez of Pinedale; and six grandchildren. Morgan was preceded in death by his sister, Katherine Tom. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Pinedale Chapter House. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Grace Muskett Thomas MEXICAN SPRINGS - Services for Grace Thomas, 74, were held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 23 at the Christian Reform Church, Tohatchi. Pastor Stanley Jim officiated. Burial followed on family cemetery, Mexican Springs. Thomas died April 19 in Farmington. She was born April 20, 1928 in Mexican Springs into the Tlogeii People Clan for the Red Running into the Water People Clan. Thomas was a rug weaver. Survivors include her sons, Arthur Thomas Jr., Ernest Thomas, Vincent Thomas, Leo Thomas, Anthony Thomas and Arnold Thomas; daughters, Rosalita Thomas, Sarah Pete and Virginia Begay; brothers, Wilson Muskett and Kee Muskett; sisters, Rose M. Begay; 24 grandchildren and nine great- grandchildren. Thomas was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Thomas Sr.; son, Melvin Thomas; parents, Hosteen Muskett and Dan As Bah; and four brothers, and sister. Pallbearers will be Manuel T. Begay Jr., Edison Muskett, Vincent Muskett, Johnson Muskett, Roland Begay and Wilfred Becenti. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Thomas's residence, Mexican Springs. Cope Memorial Chapel of Farmington is in charge of arrangements. April 25, 2003 Clifford Etsitty MEXICAN SPRINGS - Services for Clifford Etsitty, 84, will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 26 at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Father John Mittelstadt will officiate. Burial will follow at Lone Pine Cemetery, Mexican Springs. Visitation will be held at 6:30 p.m., tonight at Cope Memorial Chapel. Etsitty died April 20 in Gallup. He was born May 5, 1918 in Mexican Springs into the Red Running People Clan for the Hairy People Clan. Etsitty was employed with the BIA Maintiance, Navajo Nation, Tohatchi and Mexican Springs Trading Posts. He received numerous awards, European, African, Middle Eastern Service Medal, Asiatic Pacific Service Medal, purple heart medal and silver star medal. His hobbies included playing cards, bingo and walking. Survivors include his sons, Michael Etsitty of Mexican Springs and Lawrence Etsitty of Naschitti; daughters, Beverly Etsitty of Navajo, N.M., Carmen Nez, Pauline Thompson and Dianna Norton all of Tohatchi; brother, Roy Tom Etsitty of Mexican Springs; 30 grandchildren; 73 great- grandchildren and ten great-great grandchildren. Etsitty was preceded in death by his wife, Desbah Delores Etsitty; son, Clifford Etsitty Jr.; daughters, Roseline Etsitty and Lou Ella Thompson; parents, Ahanibah and Jim Etsitty; brother, Luke Etsitty; and sisters, Ellen Johnson. Pallbearers will be Marcus Etsitty, Gerald Jim, Leslie Upshaw, Carnell Begay, Marc Etsitty, Gales Thompson, Donald Norton and Donavan Norton. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Perry Allen FARMINGTON - Services for Perry Allen, 75, will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 26 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, E. 20th Farmington. Mosig. Leo Gomez will officiate. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery. A rosary will be recited at 2 p.m., today at St. Michaels Catholic Church, St. Michaels, Ariz. Allen died April 22 in Fort Defiance, Ariz. He was born April 22, 1927 in Rattlesnake into the Bitter Water People Clan for the Red Cheek Hand Left People Clan. Allen attended Rehoboth, Wingate Schools, and Loyola University, Los Angeles. He was the first Chief Prosecutor for the Navajo Nation and a member of the National District Attorney Association. He worked for the Veterans Health Benefits and Education. Survivors include his wife, Marie Tso Allen of Fort Defiance; sons, Carlos and Ramon Allen both of Fort Defiance; daughter, Charlene Lizer of Fort Defiance; parents, Katherine and Joseph Allen; sisters, Sylvia Manus of Shiprock; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Pallbearers will be Robert W. Manus, Richard Allen, Chris Sells, Robert Allen, Lawrence Sells and Gary Sells. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at St. Mary's Parish Center, 2100 E. 20th St., Farmington. Cope Memorial Chapel of Farmington is in charge of arrangements. April 27, 2003 Will Sherman FORT DEFIANCE, Ariz. - Graveside services for Will Sherman, 64, will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, April 28 at Veteran's Cemetery, Fort Defiance. Sherman died April 16 in Fort Defiance. He was born May 6 in Newcomb into the Bitterwater People Clan for the Mud People Clan. Sheman graduated from Wingate High School in 1957. He served in the U.S. Army 1961-1963. He was employed with ACME Technical Inst., Cleveland, Ohio, Navajo Land Department, Window Rock, U.S. Public Health Service, BIA Realty Office, Window Rock and Tuba City, Ariz. His hobbies included movies, playing games on the computers, and outdoors. Survivors include his wife, Alice James of Fort Defiance; daughter, Lucinda James of Fort Defiance; stepson Clarence James of Rock Springs;brother, Tony Sherman of Newcomb; and four grandchildren. Sherman was preceded in death by his parents, Louise and Thomas Sherman; brothers, John Wilson Sherman and Wade Sherman. Pallbearers will be Honor Guards. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Mutual Help Housing, Old Red Lake Rd. Hse. #7, Fort Defiance. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Harry Watchman SANDERS, Ariz. - Services for Harry Watchman, 60, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, April 28 in Tse Bonito. Burial will follow at family plot, Sanders. Watchman died April 21 in Sanders. He was born Aug. 1, 1942 in Sanders into the One Who Walks Around People Clan for the Bitter Water People Clan. Watchman attended Sanders Elementary and an Indian School in Oregon. Survivors include his brothers, Henry Watchman of Sanders; sisters, Betty Nez and Marie Watchman both of Sanders. Watchman was preceded in death by his parents, Marie Goldtooth and John Watchman; brothers, George Watchman, Paul Silversmith and Tom Silversmith; and sister, Mary Begay and Eleanor Footracer. Pallbearers will be Mervyn Silversmith, Melvin Silversmith, Melvina Silversmith, Benny Smith, Alfred Footracer and Jimmy Lee. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Betty Nez's residence. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Elizabeth "Auntie" Benally WINDOW ROCK - Services for Elizabeth Benally, 84, will be announced at a later date. Benally died April 25 in Fort Defiance, Ariz. She was born June 17, 1918 in Lake Springs into the Folded Arms People Clan for the Towering House People Clan. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. April 28, 2003 Elizabeth "Auntie" Benally WINDOW ROCK - Services for Elizabeth Benally, 84, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 29 at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Father Jim Walker will officiate. Burial will follow on private family cemetery, Lake Springs. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m., tonight at Rollie Mortuary. Benally died April 25 in Fort Defiance, Ariz. She was born June 17, 1918 in Lake Springs into the Folded Arms People Clan for the Towering House People Clan. Survivors include her brothers, John Benally and Joe Francis both of Lake Springs; sisters, Lucy Curley of Thoreau, Anita Benally and Marian Skeet both of Lake Springs; 31 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren. Benally was preceded in death by her parents, Ashi Bitsi and Belidaalbai-N Benalli (Black Mustache); brothers, Bah Begay, Timothy Benally, Kee Chee, Moncisco Frank, Ben Joe, Btaani Nez, Tquill Tso and Tolichee Yazzie; and sisters, Pauline Begay, Beatrice Bitselly, Mary Thomas, Zonnie Tully, Elsie Yazzie and Mary Yazzie. Pallbearers will be Calvin Analla Jr., Patrick Annalla, Clint Begay, Notah Begay III, Malcolm Begaye, Michael Callan, Roger Damon, Seth D. Damon and Derrick Watchman. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2003 the Gallup Independent. -=-=-=- April 25, 2003 Annie Moreno Millard Annie Moreno Millard, 73, passed away April 16, 2003, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. Born January 11, 1930 in Somerton, Arizona. She was a homemaker who has love for animals and gardening, as well as caring for her family. She is survived by her daughter, Willa Scott, son Eldred Millard and granddaughter, Valveri Scott all of Ft. Yuma Quechan Indian Reservation. Mother Rosen Wilson of Yuma, brother Paul Wilson of Sun Valley, California and niece, Neva Escalanti of Lamedeer, Montana. She was preceded in death by her father, Harvey Moreno and sons Garvin Scott and Ernie Millard. Private family viewing will be Thursday, April 24 from 3-4 p.m. at Kammann Mortuary. Tribal rites will begin at 4:30 p.m. at the Quechan Indian Reservation Big House. Cremation will be at 6:00 a.m. Friday, April 25 at the Quechan Cemetery Grounds. Kammann Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Pall bearers and honorary bearers will be relatives and friends. She will be greatly missed by those who loved and cared for her. Especially by our cat, Wookie. Copyright c. 2003 The Yuma Sun, Sun Freedom Newspapers of Southwestern Arizona. -=-=-=- April 25, 2003 Thomas Leland White Jr. ETHETE - Funeral services for Ethete resident Thomas Leland White Jr., 47, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 26, in Blue Sky Hall in Ethete. Interment will follow in St. Michael's Mission Cemetery. Litany services will be at 7 p.m. today, April 25, in the hall; followed by a wake at 413 Blue Sky Hiway. He died April 22, 2003, at his home. Born April 16, 1956, in Lander, he was the son of Thomas Leland Sr. and Martha (Yellowbear) White; graduated from Wyoming Indian High School; and participated in football and basketball. He attended Morgan Community College for two years and received certification for appliance repair. He was a repairman for the Northern Arapahoe Tribe for seven years and a Sho-Rap firefighter for many years. His interests included hunting, fishing, horn-hunting, being with family, and watching movies and television. Survivors include two children, Keith Smith of Kinnear and Thomas White III; former wife, Charlotte Armour; six siblings, Roland Yellowbear of Fort Washakie and Kenneth White, Joan White, Debbie Antelope and Sandra and Pat Ironcloud, all of Ethete; eight nephews and nieces; five uncles; six aunts; foster parents, Norman and Zona Moss, Felix and Irma Groesbeck and Burton and Joyce Hutchinson; grandmothers, Margaret Spoonhunter and Mary Bear; and 11 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his mother, grandfathers, and numerous other family members. Duane Cady Sr. FORT WASHAKIE - Memorial services for Duane Cady Sr., 73, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 26, in Wind Dancer Funeral Home Chapel in Fort Washakie. Burial will follow in Wind Dancer Cemetery. He died April 21, 2003, at Riverton Memorial Hospital. Born Dec. 18, 1929, in Caryhurst, he was the son of Pearl and Curtis Cady. A hunting guide and horseshoer, he worked at Elshires in Fort Washakie as a meat cutter and bartender. He later moved the family to western Montana, where he worked as a meat cutter for Stevensville Cold Storage. Also, he worked for John R. Daley Meat Co. of Missoula, Mont., and Hamilton, Mont., Packing Co. The family returned to Wyoming and he continued to cut meat at Dubois Cold Storage and was a bartender at the Rustic Pine Tavern in Dubois, until his retirement. He enjoyed ice-fishing, raising horses, and visiting with family and friends. Survivors include his mother of Casper; two sons, Duane Jr. and his wife of Lander and Moe Cady and his companion of Owyhee, Nev.; daughter, Marlys Andrews, and her husband of Riverton; six grandchildren; a great- grandchild; four sisters, Elta Mae LeClair of Fort Washakie, Irene Brooks and Loletta Edwards of Casper and Pat Stohn of Stigler, Okla.; four brothers, Frank Cady of Riverton, Burdette Cady of Casper and Harry and Jan Cady, both of Bakersfield, Calif.; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his wife, Orbana Cady; father; adopted son, Cody D. Cady; and other relatives. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lander-Riverton Home Health Care, in care of Wind Dancer Funeral Home, Box 303, Lander 82520. Services also were provided by Davis Funeral Home in Riverton and Bustard's Funeral Home in Casper. Copyright c. 2003 Casper Star-Tribune published by Lee Publications, Inc., a subsidiary of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated. -=-=-=- Golden Triangle On-Line Obituaries The following obituaries appeared in the Cut Bank Pioneer Press, Shelby Promoter or Glacier Reporter this week. Clarence Joseph Hirst, Sr. Clarence "Boze" Hirst, of Heart Butte, 82, a World War II Army Veteran, died April 16 at the Browning Hospital from complications of diabetes. Rosary was Friday, April 18 at 7 p.m. at the Heart Butte Community Center. Funeral services were 11 a.m. Saturday, April 19 at St. Ann's Parish in Heart Butte, with burial with military honors at Lakeview Cemetery in Valier. Whitted Funeral Chapel of Shelby is in charge of funeral arrangements. Clarence was born at the family home in Blackfoot, Mont. October 2, 1920. He attended elementary schools in Blackfoot and Browning and high school at Pierre Indian School in South Dakota. Clarence served in the Army from 1941 to 1945, participating in the North African Campaign, where he was wounded in action, and in Europe. As a young man, Clarence worked on a construction crew building the Logan Pass road. He also worked on the Civilian Conservation Corp. Prior to joining the Army in 1941. After the war, Clarence returned home and began ranching. In March 1946, he married Minnie Rutherford. They had eight children. Clarence worked at many jobs and occupations during his lifetime; he worked at the Heart Butte School, the Community Action Program in Browning and Sanitation Department of Indian Health Service. Clarence is survived by his wife, Minnie, of Heart Butte; four daughters, Margie Fisher of Meriweather, Linda Hirst of Browning, Karen Woldstad of Birch Creek and Cathy Bird of Bemidji, Minn.; four sons; Clarence "Bimbo" Hirst, Jr. of Badger Creek, Mike Hirst of Dickinson, N.D., Ron Hirst of Ashland, and William "Charlie" Hirst of Valier; twenty-one grandchildren and two great-grandsons. He was preceded in death by his parents, Al and Maggie Hirst, his sister, Frances Thompson, and brother, Jack Hirst. Curtis Wayne Smith Curtis Wayne Smith, 58, of Browning, a radiology administrator, died of a heart attack Friday, April 18, 2003 at his home. His funeral was 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, at the Methodist Church in Browning, with cremation to follow. Day Family Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Survivors include his wife, Beth A. Smith; daughters Ashley Samora of Pocatello, Idaho, Lindsey Smith of Cleveland, Minn., and Christine Ramirez of Dallas; a son Micah Smith of Pocatello; sisters Diana Fields of Kevin, Alma Faye Chippewa of Great Falls, Pauline Sure Chief, Carol Douglas, Rosemary Huston and Bonnie Sue Wagner, all of Browning, and Freda Stone of Cut Bank; brothers Kenneth Still Smoking and Lyle MacDonald, of Browning, Ivan MacDonald of Parker, Ariz., James McDonald of Missoula and Jeffrey McDonald of Great Falls; and six grandchildren. Betty Jean Augare Betty Jean (Bremner) Augare, 68, of Browning, a former florist, died of complications due to cancer Thursday at a local hospital. Rosary begins 7 p.m. Wednesday at Little Flower Parish. Her wake is being held at Glacier Homes prior to the rosary. Cremation will follow the rosary. Funeral Mass is 2 p.m. Thursday at the church, with burial in Willow Creek Cemetery. Schnider Funeral Home of Great Falls is handling arrangements. She was born Jan. 5, 1935, in Browning and raised in Greasewood, Mont. She was educated at Cut Bank boarding school, Flandreau, South Dakota and Blackfeet Community College. She married Edmund Wishie Augare in 1951 in Sedro-Wooley, Wash.; they later divorced. She worked as a nurses' aide, a homemaker, a teachers' aide, a bookkeeper, a florist, a cook and a food service supervisor. Her doors were always open to other children coming to stay. She enjoyed angel collecting, crocheting, knitting, watching the Denver Broncos, sewing, making chaps, making flowers, bingo, shopping and spending time with her children and grandchildren. Survivors include a daughter, Joni Augare of Browning; sons Mark Augare of Independence, Mo., Ronnie Augare, Terry Augare, Paul Augare, Mike Augare and Little Ron Augare, all of Browning, Dan Augare of Seville, Mont. George Augare of Kansas City, Mo., and Tim Augare of Elko, Nev.; sisters Carol Faye Ollinger and Alfreda Racine, both of Browning; a brother, Clarence Bremner of Browning; 41 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Sandra "Sissy" Augare; her parents, George and Ida Bremner; grandchildren Adam and Levi Augare; great-grandchildren Tessa Hand, Wyatt Augare; a sister, Ramona Gordon; and brothers Cecil and Sonny Bremner. Anthony Curtis Cut Finger Anthony Curtis Cut Finger, 29, passed away Monday, March 14, 2003 from injuries sustained in an auto accident. Anthony was born to Ernest Cut Finger Sr. and Leeann (Sheridan) Nicolai October 11, 1973, in Missoula. He was raised in Arlee, a member of the Blackfeet Nation and a descendant of the Salish Pend Orielle Nation. He graduated from high school in Arlee in 1993. He was an outstanding athlete during this years as an Arlee Warrior. He was a wrestler from kindergarten up to his senior year. He played football and basketball and was a member of the track team, and he also was a member of the drama club in which he played a lead role in his senior year. Among his numerous trophies and medals, he was awarded a plaque in his senior year for being the fourth student in Montana to have a wrestling move named after him, the "Cut Finger Single." He played Down Under Ball his senior year in Australia to represent a nationwide group of American Indian athletes. Anthony, or "Tone," attended fishing tournaments always being self supporting for his extra activities. He worked on ranches and farms, bucking bails, changing pipes and farming trees. Also he did work as a sawyer, auto mechanic, carpenter, post and pole man, broke horses and hunted around the reservation. Tone's loves were his truck, the wonderful women in his life, his nieces and nephews, the mountains, lakes and streams, and Mom's fry bread and cheesecake. He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents John Vanderburg, Adeline Fyant, Eli and Dora Sheridan, George and Ida Every Body Talks About and Sam Cut Finger; grandparents Mickey Sheridan, Rose Vanderburg, Jess Labuff Sr. and Virginia Cut Finger; aunts Barbara Young Running Crane, Pewee Mason and Peggy Big Sam; uncles Eddy Vanderburg, Everett, Jimmy and Butch Fyant, Randy Christopher and John Sheridan; his unborn sister Angel Lozeau; nephew Jesse Lee Cut Finger; cousin Sheila Marie Fyant; and many others too numerous to mention. He is survived by his parents Ernest and Dawn Cut Finger, Lee Ann and Wendal Nicolai, Harry Lozeau and Rusty Whitworth; brothers Ernest Jr. and Cheryl, Jesse and Leandrea, Harley Cut Finger, Isaac Lozeau, Chris Standing Rock, Jonathan Whitworth and Jeremiah James; sisters Adeline (Elijah), Caroline Lozeau, Misty and Carrie Whitworth, Tamara and Kimberly Standing Rock and Nicole and Sarah James; grandparents Yaya Frances Vanderburg, Katie Nick, Joe and Theola Old Chief, Edna Rose, Florentino and Dorothy Flores, and Ursula Thomas; great uncles Ben (Betty), Art (Jan), Gordon (Gale), Bobby Fyant, Jesse (Cleo), Thomas Cut Finger, Dusty (Marcelene), Windy and Fredrick Old Chief, Gabby, Tony, Reuben and Junior Cut Finger; great-aunts Marie Fyant, Virgina (Kenny) Phillips, Loretta, Joyce, Darlene, Marlene, Geraldine, Lulu, Joanne, Debra, Joanne Old Chief, Patsy (Nelson) Big Sam, Jeannei Cut Finger, Rosemary (Richard) Calf Robe and Becky (Cecil) Crawford; uncles Tom (Linda) Sheridan, Frank Sheridan, Jesse Sheridan, Sam Sheridan, Sam Matt, David Vallee, Terry Lozeau, Ed (Mooney) Stasso, Gordon (Gloria) Shay, Toni, Darrell, Bodge (Glenda) Whitworth, John Butler, Jay and Louis Fyant, Vernon Christopher, Wayne Vanderburg, Gabe Phillips, Steve and Brian, Buzzy, Butch and Willie Fyant and John Miller; aunts, Cheryl (Les) Clairmont, Nicole (Bob) Doty, Lori Ann Weaselhead, Linda (Keon) Weaselhead, Weezee Cote, Sany Christpher, Karen and Myrna Whitworth, Naida Lefthand, Roberta (Jim) Steele, Shelly Fyant, Claudette (Rodney) Bird, Malissa (Dane) Morigeau, Jennifer (Rowdy) Snyder, Veita and Claudia, Tina Lozeau, Josie Stasso, Valdena (Dave) Anderson, Marilyn, (Jim) McDonald, and Suzie and Lisa Vallee, and others too numerous to mention; nephews Ryan, Julian, Stanley, Arlen, Sinjiin, Xavier and Brandon; nieces Briana, Rozaline, Vayda, Ali, Jaylyn, Adrianna, Haley, Alexandrianna and Emily Lynn; cousins Lisa Luis, Bridget, Lakota, Marietta Tellier, Rosalie, Shannon (Carlos), Eli (Susette) Sheridan, Su- sep Morigeau, Zachary and Alisha Sheridan, Josh, Kisha, Rosie Sheridan- Gurule, Devlin Marcus, Jaydean, and Ashley Sheridan, the Fish family, Many Hides family, Radosa family, Young Running Crane family, and so many others just too numerous to mention. A traditional Salish wake was held at the Arlee Indian Elderly Center, as well as services and rosary. Internment was held at the Sheridan Family Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dave and TJ Haynes, Robert and Brian Rogers, Kevin Pierre, Tommy, Cody and Basil Tanner, Shane Fiddler, Kevin Howard and Leonard Two Teeth. The honorary pallbearers were John Butler, Bob Woodcock, Bill Tanner, Frank Wright, Jason Pierre, Arlen Auld, Brian Brian Auld, Steven Peone, Jeremy Belcourte, Elijah Alexander, Coach Earl Beck, his fire crew in Texas, all his uncles, nephews, cousins, brothers and all the women that he loved. The Honor Drum was Sunrise Drum. Betty Lou Red Fox Betty Lou (Griffin) Red Fox, 58, of Missoula died at her home on Monday, April 14, 2003 of natural causes. Services were held Monday, April 21 at Little Flower Parish with burial following at Willow Creek Cemetery. She is survived by her husband Larry Red Fox, daughters Michelle York and Andrea York, sons Scooner Red Fox, Timothy York and Tony York Jr., sisters Margie Putts, Pat Moenin and Dawn Bloomquist, brothers Starr Griffin, Bill Racine, Ted Racine and Boss Racine, 15 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by a son Tracy York, a sister Dale Ann Griffin, parents Ed Griffin and Josphine Griffin and grandfather Mike Bad Old Man. Terrie Ellen Rundle Terrie Ellen (Lillevig) Rundle, 48, died on Monday, April 14, 2003 at her home near Bigfork of Ovarian Cancer. A celebration service will be held at The Bigfork Playhouse, 526 Electric Avenue in Bigfork. The service will be non-traditional and a non- somber occasion, as Terrie wanted. The time of the service will be at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6 (immediately after school so that her students may easily attend.) Anyone and everyone is invited to come. Terrie was born on Feb. 5, 1955 in Detroit, Mich., but grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. At the time of her graduation from high school she entered the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music with her primary instrument being the organ, with piano as secondary. After her first year at the Conservatory she decided to take a hiatus from music study and to travel around the country by herself for two years. After this she returned to Ohio where she finished up with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from the University of Miami. For a time after graduation from college she taught at private schools in Ohio. She was then recruited by a friend to come out to San Francisco and work as a secretary for an up and coming retail computer company called Businessland (the pay was much better.) Within a short period of time Terrie was promoted to the position senior accounts manager for a store in Seattle. Dale was working as a Registered Nurse at the University of Washington Medical Center at this time. Dale and Terrie, both avid folk and contra dancers soon met at a dance at the Mountaineers Hall in Seattle. During a round dance, where everyone changes partners after every 32 measures, each man and woman makes a half turn to begin dancing with their new partner. This is how Terrie met Dale; just a half turn is what started the whole thing! Terrie and Dale courted for 16 months and then were married on July 16, 1988. Terrie and Dale went to Glacier National Park for their honeymoon, traveling through Bigfork on the way and even spending one night there at the O'Duchain Country Inn. They then made there home in Seattle where all of their children were born: Abby was born on Dec. 4, 1989, Josie was born Aug. 5, 1993, and Avery was born Dec. 28, 1995. In 1999 the wanderlust got a hold of Terrie again and the family was fortunate enough to be able to move to Bigfork. Dale took a job with the Blackfeet Service Unit of the Indian Health Service while Terrie began teaching part-time for the Bigfork schools as soon as her youngest child, Avery, entered kindergarten. Though Terrie's time in the community and at the school has been short, her impact has been substantial. While there she raised the money herself to purchase instruments necessary to create a Creative Drumming Program. The public performances for her choirs were highly regarded and showed the flair, compassion, and commitment that Terrie was known for. It was these qualities, which so endeared her to the community. To her many students she was known affectionately as Mrs. "T." She often amused her students coming to class in various characters, such as Charlie Chaplin, Pierre, the famous film director from Beegfork, and even once she appeared hilariously as Mr. "T", complete with mohawk and bulging biceps. Terrie loved life, she loved her children, she loved her husband, and she loved the children and adults of this community. Her life was much too short. Terrie was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in November 2002. The cancer quickly consumed her body but will never extinguish the bright light of her spirit. Someday we will be together again, but until then we will love you, remember you, and we miss you with great sorrow. Survivors include Dale E. Rundle, husband; Abigail Rundle, daughter; Josephine Rundle, daughter; and Avery Rundle, son; all of Bigfork. Also surviving: Dr. Joel Lillevig, brother of Paducah, Ky.; Beth Lewis, sister of Jacksonville, Fla.; James Lillevig, father, and Mary Ann Lillevig, mother of Lexington, Ky. Donations to benefit Terrie's children can be made to the Terrie Rundle Fund at the Bigfork branch of Flathead Bank, 800 Grand Avenue, Bigfork, MT 59911 or 406-837-1600. Copyright c. 2003 Golden Triangle Newspapers. -=-=-=- April 23, 2003 William James Blankenship SAN JUAN PUEBLO, N.M. - William James Blankenship, formerly of Billings, died April 16, 2003, at Veterans Hospital in San Juan Pueblo. "Bill" was born to Leonard and Rose Kennedy Blankenship on July 22, 1924. He attended Billings schools and served in the U.S. Army during WWII, where he received a Purple Heart. After his discharge, he married Geraldine F. "Jerry" Bolton on Jan. 1, 1946. He moved to San Francisco, where he worked for Olso Cadillac until he retired and moved to San Juan Pueblo. Bill was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Lawrence and Albert; and sister, Mary Jane Roe. Bill is survived by his wife Ann of San Juan Pueblo; sons and daughter, Tom, Don and Donna Blankenship of Billings; sisters, Verda Blankenship of Billings, Katherine Jansma and Charlotte "Penny" Luper of Laurel, Connie Jerke of Del Rapids, S.D.; and brother Donald Blankenship of Salem, Ore. Services and interment have taken place in San Juan Pueblo. Bill will be remembered for his contagious smile, warm heart and great sense of humor. He had a special musical gift and will be remembered for playing his guitar in the band he formed called "The Rocky Mountain Playboys." Bill loved playing music and singing with his brothers Albert and Donald, who were also musicians. April 24, 2003 Kyle Franklin Martell POPLAR - Kyle F. Martell, age 19, died April 22, 2003, as a result of a motor vehicle accident near Ft. Kipp. He was born April 10, 1984, in Poplar, to Rudolph Martell and Kayleen Headdress. Kyle went to school in Crow Agency, Hardin and then Poplar, where he has lived since 1995. He loved the computer and spending time visiting chat rooms with friends. He also enjoyed spending time with friends and family, from Frazer to Ft. Kipp. Kyle is survived by his father Rudolph Martell of Ft. Kipp; his mother and stepfather, Kayleen and Dale M. Headdress of Poplar; two brothers, Tony (Melissa) Headdress of Wolf Point and Lane Headdress of Poplar; two sisters, Luane Pearl (Bill) Four Bear and Norma P. Headdress, both of Poplar; two adopted sisters, Winona Ross and Amber Hopkins, both of Poplar. Also surviving are grandparents, Henry and Violet Buck Elk of Ft. Kipp and Raymond and Marietta Four Bear of Brockton, and great-grandmother Kathleen Blount; seven uncles and 10 aunts. Also surviving is his special friend, Pvt. Mabel Clark of Poplar who is stationed in Ft. Jackson, S.C. Visitation will be held on Friday, April 25, at the Poplar Cultural Center from 3 to 8 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m. and no wake service. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 26, at 10 a.m. at the Poplar Cultural Center, with Pastor Ken Azure officiating. Interment will be in the Ft. Kipp Cemetery. Clayton Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. April 25, 2003 Etna Feather WORLAND, Wyo. - Etna J. Feather, 79, of Worland, died Thursday, April 24, 2003, at Washakie Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 26, at Grace Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in Riverview Cemetery. Veile Mortuary of Worland is in charge. Copyright c. The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises. -=-=-=- April 22, 2003 Quentin Roy Fox Sr. HAYS - World War II veteran Quentin Roy Fox, Sr., 79, of Hays, whose Native American name is ANee ah Ha Tsits Etha Athan, meaning Takes His Mother-In-Law Meat, a heavy equipment operator, died after a long illness Sunday at the Phillips County Good Samaritan Home in Malta. Rosary is 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Quentin Fox Sr. residence followed by his wake at 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul's Recreation Center in Hays. His Funeral Mass is 1 p.m. Wednesday at the center, with burial in Lodge Pole Cemetery. Edwards Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Quentin is survived by his wife Lillian Fox of Hays; daughters, Mary Agnes (Joe "Fiddles") Blackcrow, Elizabeth Ann Fox, Katherine Irene Fox and Rebecca Frances (Raymond "Ted") Standing Bear, all of Hays; son Robert Lee (Margaret "Peggy") Fox, of Hays; adopted daughters Margaret (John R.) Strike of Fort Belknap and Brenda (Charles) Farnell of England, Ill.; an adopted son, Paul (Lisa) Never Misses A Shot of Great Falls; special nephews Sherman Talks Different of Hays and James Firemoon of Fort Belknap; sisters, Margaret Fox Big Leggins and Louella Fox Stiffarm both of Hays; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews. Quentin was born on Jan. 13, 1924, to George J. Sr., and Mary Agnes (Umstot) Fox in Hays. He was raised in Hays until the death of his mother and was then raised by his grandparents Belknap and Rebecca Fox. Quentin enlisted in the U.S. Army on Jan. 15, 1942, and was honorably discharged Oct. 5, 1945. He re-enlisted Dec. 14, 1945, and was honorably discharged Feb. 2, 1946. His military duty was heavy machine gunner 605. He was in Co. A 21st Engineer Regiment. He served in Algeria-French Morroco-Tunisia, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, and Rome-Arno battles and campaigns. During his tour of duty, he had the opportunity to see the Roman Catholic Pope in Rome, Italy. After his military career, he returned home and married Lillian Talks Different on April 22, 1946, in Hays. Quentin has worked as a ranch hand, miner, logger, heavy equipment operator, wildland firefighter and carpenter. All of his occupations allowed him to work where he loved it most, the outdoors and also staying close to his beloved family. He enjoyed driving around the countryside and being in the mountains. Quentin was a very generous man who would offer whatever he had to anyone in need. He was always concerned about the well-being of others. He inspired and encouraged his children and grandchildren to finish school, after earning his own high school diploma after returning from the service. He was proud of his children and grandchildren in whatever endeavors they pursed. He was preceded in death by his parents, son Quentin R. "Sacker" Fox, Jr. and first grandson Quentin Joseph Blackcrow, brothers Preston Rufus Fox, Robert Fox, Stephen Fox Sr., George Fox Jr., and Ed Nicholson Sr. and a sister Katherine Fox. "Ant-Na-Ha-Ban, I will see you again! " Curtis Wayne Smith BROWNING - Curtis Wayne Smith, 58, of Browning, a radiology administrator died of a heart attack Friday at his home. His funeral is 2 p.m. today at the Methodist Church in Browning, with cremation to follow. Day Family Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Survivors include his wife, Beth A. Smith; daughters Ashley Samora of Pocatello, Idaho, Lindsey Smith of Cleveland, Minn., and Christine Ramirez of Dallas; a son Micah Smith of Pocatello; sisters Diana Fields of Kevin, Alma Faye Chippewa of Great Falls, Pauline Sure Chief, Carol Douglas, Rosemary Huston and Bonnie Sue Wagner, all of Browning, and Freda Stone of Cut Bank; brothers Kenneth Still Smoking and Lyle MacDonald, of Browning, Ivan MacDonald of Parker, Ariz., James McDonald of Missoula and Jeffrey McDonald of Great Falls; and six grandchildren. April 25, 2003 Dominick Stump ROCKY BOY - Dominick Stump, infant son of Vanity and Edward Stump of Rocky Boy, died of spinal meningitis Wednesday at a hospital in Salt Lake City. Wake services begin at 7 this evening at Rocky Boy Catholic Church. His funeral is 10 a.m. Saturday at the church, with burial in Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home of Havre is in charge of arrangements. In addition to his parents, Dominick is survived by his maternal grandmother, Mary St. Pierre, paternal grandparents Sam and Rhonda Caplette, and maternal great-grandmother Linda Luna, all of Rocky Boy; several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Dominick was born April 15, 2003, to Edward and Vanity (LaRocque) Stump, in Havre, Mont. Shortly after his birth, he was transferred to a Great Falls hospital and then to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, where he passed away at the age of eight days. Dominick was a strong boy and endured much during his short life. Copyright c. 2003 Great Falls Tribune, a division of Lee Enterprises. -=-=-=- April 24, 2003 Raymond Fernie Thomas Sakimay First Nation December 10, 1925 - April 20, 2003 It is with great sadness we announce the sudden passing of our Dad, Uncle, Mushum and Godfather Fernie Thomas on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2003. He was predeceased by his wife Janet Thomas, two sons Morley, and Lawrence in infancy, his parents Donald Thomas and Edith Ochapowace, stepfather Dan Ochapowace, two sisters Agnes Redwood and Leita Henry, his special niece Myrna (Redwood) Moise, numerous relatives, nieces, nephews, cousins and in laws. Fernie is survived by his adopted daughters: Geraldine, Julie, Ginger Sangwais, Darlene Bunnie, stepsister Edith Redwood, adopted son Calvin Sangwais and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and in laws. The wake will commence on Thursday, April 24, 2003 at the Sakimay Complex, Sakimay First Nation. The funeral service will be held in the Complex on Friday, April 25, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Hector Bunnie officiating. Interment in the Sakimay Cemetery. April 28, 2003 Emerance Stevenson Cowessess First Nation, SK STEVENSON - Mrs. Emerance Stevenson of the Cowessess Reserve passed away in Edmonton on April 24, 2003 at the age of 99 years. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother who will be missed. Emerance was predeceased by her husband, John in 1986 and sons, Jack in 2002 and Nurie in 1928. She is survived by her children, Robert (Theresa) of Broadview, SK; Hazel, Charles (Bridget), Lill Gault (Larken Ronan) and Georgina (Don) Hemmerling all of Edmonton and Wilfred (Rita) Gordon of Toronto. She also leaves her special niece, Alma Hammerstom of Richmond, BC; 18 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and 17 great-great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews. A prayer service will be held Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 8:00 p.m. at Matthews Funeral Home, Whitewood, SK. The funeral service will be held Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at 11:00 at Jacob Bear United Church, with interment at the Kahkewistahaw Cemetery, Broadview, SK. Reverend Hector Bunnie will officiate at both services. Memorial donations may be made to the charity of one's choice. Arrangements are entrusted to Matthews Funeral Home, Whitewood. Copyright c. 2000-2003 Regina Leader Post Group Inc. --------- "RE: Paiutes Rediscovering their Heritage" --------- Date: Mon, Apr 21 2003 08:12:44 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="PAIUTE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Apr/04212003/utah/utah.asp Paiutes are Developing Their Land and Rediscovering Their Heritage By Tim Sullivan The Salt Lake Tribune At the Indian Peaks Paiute Reservation, a square of rippled, juniper- covered slope in western Beaver County, it is Restoration Day. On April 3, 1980, the U.S. government reinstated the Utah Paiutes as an official tribe after having dropped them 26 years earlier. Among the restored was the tribe's Indian Peaks Band, whose ancestors lived in cedar houses scattered over this remote range where they farmed potatoes, turnips and wheat. But there is no one here today. "We used to celebrate, but the weather was always bad," says Travis Parashonts, the Paiutes' economic development director. Wearing a yellow fleece embroidered with "Paiute Tribe," his ponytail tucked under a Cleveland Indians baseball cap rimmed with red, blue, white and black beadwork, Parashonts sits in a burger joint 70 miles away in Cedar City, home of the tribe's headquarters. In lieu of a powwow or dinner, the tribe has simply given its employees the day off. True to Parashonts' word, the skies outside have whitened, producing a momentary blizzard. "Now," he says, "we wait until June." The displacement of one of the Paiutes' most important holidays is strangely appropriate -- there is not much among them that hasn't been removed, put back and removed again. While history has taken its toll -- shifting federal policies have left the tribe's bands, families and scraps of undeveloped land scattered all over southwestern Utah -- the state's Paiutes remain resilient. The tribe has asserted itself in the past five years as a cohesive force, with young leaders (most elders have died), housing, health and youth projects and an effort to hold on to its identity. In the 1860s, the U.S. government tried to lure the tribe -- whose ancestral homeland stretches from the Grand Canyon to Nephi and from Blanding to Ely, Nev. -- to the Ute Reservation in eastern Utah. When few Paiutes moved there, the government tried the same thing on a new reservation in southern Nevada with a similar result. The government then created separate reservations for Utah's Paiutes, but in 1954 "terminated" the tribe -- withdrawing financial assistance and reservation status of the land -- in an attempt to meld several American Indian tribes into mainstream society. Finally, in 1980, after decades of increasing poverty and nine hard years of lobbying, a core group of Paiutes won back recognition from Congress, allowing the tribe access to housing funds and social services while re-creating its reservations. In the meantime, the U.S. government had taken many of the children of the termination era from their families and placed them in Anglo foster homes, helping erase the Paiutes' language and culture. "We had to depend on our grandmas, but we don't have any more grandmas," says Cyndi Charles, chairwoman of the tribe's Koosharem Band, who was removed from her family and placed with a white family in Morgan. "I don't have anyone else to send my son to." Now, Charles and others placed in foster families have returned home to take tribal leadership, contributing to a broader Paiute revitalization. The tribe also has grown. In 1980, its membership was around 490 and it was losing three members for every new one, Parashonts says. Now, the rolls show 816. At this month's tribal council meeting, the council approved four new members. And the culture of past generations is coming back like memory after amnesia. For four years, the tribe ran a language school for kids and adults who spoke only English. Elders also conducted workshops on Paiute crafts, such as baskets and cradle boards. "I've even made a cradle," says tribal chairwoman Lora Tom with a hearty laugh. Originally from Brigham City, Tom worked in the tribe's health department for 10 years before she was elected chairwoman 2 1/2 years ago. She succeeded Parashonts, Alex O. Shepherd and the late Geneal Anderson, a key figure in restoring the tribe who served as chairwoman for the majority of the new tribe's first two decades. Paiutes today face perhaps more identity challenges than other tribes. They are organized in five bands -- Shivwits, Cedar, Kanosh, Koosharem and Indian Peaks. Each band has its own council and has autonomy over its reservations, but most Paiute services are administered through the tribe. Often the lines between tribe, band and family are unclear. Many members have a parent from another tribe or a spouse from another band and have to decide where to register their children. Indeed, for many who have joined the rolls since 1980, being Paiute is a choice. Reclaiming an identity: Like footprints in the red Dixie sand, the Paiutes' recent history of displacement and assertion is visible in the lives of their leaders. For Glenn Rogers, the Shivwits Band's chairman, it has been a rough path. A full-blooded Shivwits Paiute, Rogers grew up in Enterprise and spent much of his summers at the Shivwits reservation in the lava fields east of St. George. Back then, the only structures on the land were shacks without electricity or plumbing. As a kid, Rogers partied, drank and did drugs, bouncing from Enterprise to the Kaibab Paiute Reservation in Fredonia, Ariz., to Cedar City. But after he went to rehab and cleaned up, he became curious about tribal affairs. He became a regular in the back benches during band meetings. He won a council seat and four years later, in 1997, was elected band chairman. When he took that post, Rogers says, he "stepped into a lot of trouble." The Shivwits were in the middle of a difficult bargaining process with the city of St. George to procure water rights for the reservation so the band could continue replacing the shacks on its land with sturdy brick homes. Sometimes, the pressure became too much for Rogers, and he considered resigning. But he found help in unlikely places. As a baptized Mormon, Rogers' church activity was sporadic. But he found that getting to know Anglos through church gave him patience and observation skills. He became confident as a Paiute liaison, and the band got its water. Though he says the Shivwits still feel condescension from St. George Anglos, Rogers is comfortable moving through both worlds. The tribe recently helped the Bureau of Land Management put on a show at the Shivwits headquarters called "Paiute Origins of Life," and dozens of white St. George residents came to see it. Rogers is proud of his ancestry. "Our identity is in our beliefs," he says. "In the animals, the plants and the old people -- how did they exist? They existed the way we do today, with the water. I stand for them." Standing for ancestors often means holding on to their land, as small, uninhabited and undeveloped as the reservations are. "It becomes something personal to you," Parashonts says. "It gives you a sense of pride and a sense of belonging." This is perhaps most true for the Indian Peaks Band, the tribe's smallest, which has no building or significant revenue source among its 38 members. But the band -- "One big family," as Indian Peaks Chairwoman Anthonia Tom says -- holds its land close. "It's our heritage, it's our past. It's a place for us," Tom says of her band's remote reservation. The band journeys there once or twice a year, in spring or late fall, in part as an homage to its ancestors. There is a cemetery in the scrub forest, and a rock that is supposed to cure headaches. And in the northern reaches of Paiute country, seven miles off Interstate 15 just south of Fillmore, the Kanosh Band is trying to buy 734 acres of aboriginal land. It was part of the original Kanosh reservation, but the tribe lost it when it was terminated. Phil Pikyavit, the Kanosh chairman, points to a faded photograph titled "Kanosh Indian Camp, circa 1860" that shows a line of Paiutes backed by tepees, huts and the same mountain visible out the band building's back window. "I've had my eye on it," says Pikyavit, a retired Utah Department of Transportation road worker, "ever since we lost it." Community economics: As with other Utah tribes, the Paiutes have high unemployment and low median household income, at 17 percent and $10,800, respectively. Most tribal members eke out jobs in construction and the motel industry, Parashonts says. And as he points out, the Paiutes are further disadvantaged by their lack of a large land base with coal, oil or timber reserves. But development is happening slowly. It began with the construction of a large headquarters building in Cedar City six years ago and radiated outward to housing and water systems. The Cedar Band is one of the most aggressive in pursuing economic development. Recently, it created its own tech company, Suh'dutsing Technologies, which could create up to 55 jobs. The band is studying the feasibility of a golf course and trying to attract a developer for a convenience store or a truck stop. The band has built six houses on its land south of Cedar City. Delice Tom, a convenience store worker originally from Nevada, recently moved into one of them. "I wanted to be closer to my grandkids. Now they can walk over," says Tom, adding that she knows more Cedar Band people who want to move to the neighborhood. "Our band, we are so close," Tom says. "We're somewhat scattered, but the communication is real good." That affinity is reinforced on a tribal level each April, a week after Restoration Day, when the Paiute Classic Basketball Tournament pulls in Paiutes from all over southern Utah, Nevada, Salt Lake City and beyond. Pitting 11 all-Paiute teams against one another in the tribal gym -- whose Paiute logo at center court hints at the import of basketball -- the two- day event is a sort of powwow with hard fouls. It is a time to cheer relatives and heckle their opponents. Outside the gym, groups of teenagers huddle around pickup trucks and lone elders are welcomed into bleacher picnics inside. The tournament is an annual reunion for Loujeanne Charles and her four sisters, who live in Cedar City, Richfield and Salt Lake. Charles' son and nephew play for the Cedar Band's team and she knows everyone on the team as well as most of their opponents. "I don't see them all that often," she says before screaming, "Go Blue! Go Blue! Come on, get the rebound!" For the kids on the teams, who are often a small minority at their public schools, it's a chance to nourish tribal friendships. "It's fun to play against people you know," says Benny Wero Jr., a sharp-shooting 15- year-old Paiute-Ute with a waist-length ponytail that he grew for powwows. Glenn Rogers is here, too. He is a senior member of the Shivwits team called "Sham City," the Shivwits Reservation's nickname, and takes the court with teenagers. He hustles up and down and shanks a few free throws. When the game is over, he stays in the bleachers to cheer on other teams. For Rogers, the basketball tournament is good times, but the real challenge starts when it comes time to venture outside the gym. "I want people to understand who we are," he says, sitting in his band building as dusk descends on Sham City. "I want people to know we're just doing our best to survive." Copyright c. 2003 The Salt Lake Tribune. --------- "RE: Meskwakis invite Federal Intervention" --------- Date: Thu, Apr 24 2003 08:12:27 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="COUP ATTEMPT" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1011263&l=1&t=Opinion Meskwakis invite federal intervention By QUAD-CITY TIMES STAFF April 23, 2003 Meskwakis invite federal intervention A coup attempt within the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa typically would be off-limits to the United States government, which steers clear of internal tribal disputes. But there are 100 million reasons the federal government needs to get involved here on the behalf of the rest of us, a reason for each dollar taken in by the Meskwaki Bingo, Hotel and Casino, Iowa's biggest gambling operations. The money changes everything. A group of tribal members upset with the ways of elected tribal leader Albert Walker Jr., asked him to hold recall elections. The incumbent declined, so the dissident group simply assumed control, moved into the offices and took over management of the casino. Homer Bear Jr. now leads the 1,000-member tribe, based mainly on his claim of popular support and backing by tribal hereditary chief Charles Old Bear. It always has been awkward, but absolutely imperative that American Indian tribes retain the sovereignty guaranteed by federal law and owed a people routinely screwed over by our federal government. After routing French attempts for conquest in the upper Mississippi Valley, the Sac and Fox themselves were routed from the Quad-Cities in the Black Hawk War of 1832 and ultimately evicted to a Kansas reservation. Stragglers remaining in Iowa bought property near Tama, which was expanded into a sovereign reservation. That sovereignty permitted the tribe to open the state's largest casino. By building a successful casino business largely on the gambling of Iowans, the tribe has given up a measure of their independence by encouraging an even more powerful force: A trade relationship with their Iowa gambling customers. The self-appointed leadership is asking the National Indian Gaming Commission to butt out, but it's too late. The tribe's inability to resolve internal dispute makes the commission's involvement necessary, even helpful, to Iowa, Tama and the tribe. A half a world away from Iraq, and about two hours from the Quad-Cities, another regime change is challenging the notion of a sovereign nation's relationship with the U.S. federal government. Copyright c. 2003 Quad-City Times, Davenport, IA. --------- "RE: Judge Rules Work can start at Indian Burial Site" --------- Date: Tue, Apr 23 2003 08:10:06 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="BURIAL SITE DESECRATION" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.yankton.net/stories/042303/new_20030423013.shtml Judge Rules Work Can Start At Indian Burial Site SIOUX FALLS (AP) - State workers can start building a waste dump and fish-cleaning area for campers on land along the Missouri River that includes an American Indian burial site, a federal judge has ruled. Federal District Judge Lawrence Piersol also said in a ruling on Friday that the state can resume construction at a second campground location if workers first return fill dirt taken from the original burial site. State officials must notify the Yankton Sioux Tribe when the dirt is be moved to allow time for burial ceremonies before resuming construction resumes, Piersol said. Tribal officials criticized Piersol's ruling and will meet as early as Thursday to discuss a possible appeal, according to Mary Wynne, tribal lawyer. "To build a sewer on top of the remains of ancestors is beyond what the Lakota culture can comprehend," Wynne said. "It creates a large gap between the plaintiffs and the defendants." The dispute involves the North Point Recreation Area, a state-run campground located along the Missouri River near Pickstown. On May 14, 2002, workers were moving dirt from the area to use as fill for campground construction projects when the remains of two children, a woman and other funerary objects were unearthed. The Yankton Sioux Tribe sued the state and the Army Corps of Engineers to stop work in the area and to order that remains be returned to the original burial site. Piersol issued a preliminary injunction last June, which halted construction at North Point. The judge also set conditions under which the injunction might be lifted, including an assurance from the state that proposed future construction would not further damage the area. Piersol also said the state must examine fill dirt taken from the original burial site to ensure that it did not contain Indian cultural items. Later the state returned to court asking for permission to resume work on a dump station planned on land in the disputed area. A state archaeologist said the dirt at that site had "almost no chance" of containing human remains or funerary objects. A state lawyer argued the new sanitation station was necessary so campers could empty recreational vehicles holding tanks before leaving the park. The old dumping station had been removed and the next nearest station for North Point visitors would be four to six miles away, a state parks official said. North Point attracted 231,000 visitors in 2001, making it the fifth most visited park in South Dakota. During a hearing on the issue last week, state lawyers presented an archaeologist's report stating that while dirt taken to the site of a planned campground registration building contained human remains, there was "almost no chance" of remains or artifacts being located in the sewage dump station site. John Guhin, a lawyer for the state, also told the judge that a group made up of Yankton Sioux tribal members once had planned to build a resort on the site now in question. "How can it be sacred land and be developed?" he asked. Wynne argued the tribe's general council never approved that plan and without that approval, it was incorrect to say the tribe pursued the resort construction plan. In his order, Piersol said the state must provide written notice to tribal officials of the date when the fill dirt from the original burial site would be returned. After the tribe receives the state's notice, they will have seven days to conduct ceremonies at both sites. The dispute isn't over, Wynne said. "I believe strongly in the position of the tribe and the powers at work of the ancestors who have come before, " she said. Much of the area along the Missouri River was flooded when the federal government built reservoirs in the 1950s. The drought has caused water levels to fall in recent years, exposing the old burial sites. Copyright c. 2003 Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan. --------- "RE: MARILYN HAGERTY: Uproar over Sitting Bull's Bones" --------- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 22:54:14 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SITTING BULL" http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforksherald/news/opinion/5686401.htm THAT REMINDS ME: Uproar over Sitting Bull's bones continues smoldering to this day By Marilyn Hagerty COLUMNIST MARILYN HAGERTY Sitting Bull stirred up a lot of trouble for the settlers when he was alive. And even in death, he was causing problems. Fifty years ago, a battle between North and South Dakota over his bones stopped just short of civil war. There were many news accounts. It all started when Gov. Sigurd Anderson of South Dakota called on Gov. Norman Brunsdale of North Dakota to give up the bones of the medicine man. The North Dakotans were not willing to have the bones removed from the place where he had been buried at Ft. Yates, N.D., 67 years earlier. In a level-headed editorial in the Grand Forks Herald, M.M. Oppegard wrote, in part: "His original burial did not bring any protest from South Dakota. He was killed there. The medicine man had, however, left the reservation at Fort Yates and the body was returned there by a detachment of regular soldiers who had pursued him into the Black Hills. If Sitting Bull's relatives and the people of South Dakota had wanted his remains, that would have been the time to claim them." Oppegard commented that the attitude toward the medicine man had changed with the years. "For some reason, he became sort of a hero. In life he was a ruthless enemy probably mainly responsible for the massacre of Custer's troops on the Little Big Horn." Oppegard speculated, "There must be some reason for the request that Sitting Bull's grave be moved. The argument that it might be flooded by water from the dams seems to have been refuted by the engineers. The relatives who have been contacted certainly didn't originate the demand. They have been drawn into the struggle. "It is not a nice thing to suggest the remains of a human being might be used for commercial purposes, but the suspicion exists that all the sudden interest in the bones of Sitting Bull may have a commercial angle. South Dakota is making a big effort to attract tourists and with some success. Should that be the motive behind the demand for the bones of the medicine man, they are better left where they are." An Associated Press story at the time said North Dakota and South Dakota should quit fighting over the bones of the Indian buried at Fort Yates. The story said he was buried in quicklime, which is not a preservative, so there was a question of whether there were any remains. Another story said there were two Sitting Bulls and that the second Sitting Bull was peaceful - unlike the warrior who helped wipe out Custer's troops in Montana in 1876. The other Sitting Bull was killed and buried at Miles City, Mont. On April 8, 1953, a group from South Dakota took Sitting Bull's remains in a surprise raid. Clarence Grey Eagle of Bullhead, S.D., who led the raid, said he had made a plea to the North Dakota governor. It was not granted because Gov. Brunsdale insisted on a court order. "I was tired of the white man's red tape," Grey Eagle declared. "North Dakota has done nothing to honor our great leader. So we went and got him." At the time, a mortician said the bones of Sitting Bull were in an advanced stage of decomposition. Nevertheless, they were encased in 20 tons of steel and concrete five miles east of Mobridge on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. "It will take an A-Bomb to move them now," said Walter Tuntland of the South Dakota Memorial Association. And the governor of South Dakota said he hoped it would not be necessary to call out the National Guard. Later, the North Dakota attorney general ruled the law was broken and that the South Dakotans had not been given authority to remove the bones by the health officials. Mark Halvorson of the North Dakota State Historical Society says even in these times, there are two schools of thoughts about Sitting Bull's bones. The people at Mobridge believe they have his bones, and the people at Ft. Yates are not sure they have the bones. They believe Sitting Bull is there with them in spirit. Reach Marilyn Hagerty at mhagerty@gfherald.com or telephone 772-1055 or 780-1124. Copyright c. 2003 Grand Forks Herald. --------- "RE: JODI RAVE LEE: Soldier's death helped... Natives" --------- Date: Tue, Apr 23 2003 08:10:06 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="JODI RAVE LEE: SOLDIER'S DEATH" http://www.journalstar.com/native.php?story_id=41378 JODI RAVE LEE: Soldier's death helped better America for Natives Like others, I penned my signature in the bright green condolence booklet with Lori Piestewa's photo on it. Staff at the Lincoln Indian Center assembled it, pages filled with signature blocks, poems and photos of the 23-year-old Army private killed in Iraq. The booklet - and a monetary collection - will be sent next week to the Piestewa family on behalf of the center. It's yet another gesture in a tremendous outpouring of support from communities around the country, a display of honor for the soldier woman from Arizona. Call her a hero. Call her a warrior. Call her a mother. But, please, don't call this young Hopi woman a "squaw." Some would recognize the plea. I make it on behalf of my little Hidatsa nieces, my Lakota sisters, my Omaha friends ... a call for respect towards Native women. Others have made similar requests, seeking the removal of the word squaw from landmarks, such as those used to name rivers and mountains. States such as Wisconsin, Nebraska, Montana, Oklahoma, Maine and Oregon have all passed legislation, or public policy, to eliminate the squaw word from places within their borders. Arizona entered those ranks Thursday when the State Board on Geographic and Historic Names agreed to rename Squaw Peak, a Phoenix landmark, in honor of Lori Piestewa. Thank you, Gov. Janet Napolitano. Gratitude is in order because Napolitano helped push the renaming through hell's fury. Some questioned if Piestewa was worthy. Several insisted on a five-year waiting period before assigning a deceased person's name to a place. Others questioned if the word squaw was derogatory at all. As for Algonquin linguists: Some say squaw means vagina; some say it means woman. By dictionary accounts: It's an offensive and disparaging term used to describe a Native woman. In my experience: I've yet to meet a Native woman who would let anyone call her a squaw. Changing the peak's name will help set a new course for the treatment of Native women in the United States. It's hard to believe we are still arguing about whether the use of the squaw word is acceptable. It's not. The word's origins lead some, like Robert Nelson of the Phoenix New Times, down a lurid path to discussing women's anatomy. An area he has given much thought. He came up with suggestions for a new name for Squaw Peak in a Thursday column. "Although 'Oft Penetrated Native American Vagina Peak' has a nice ring to it, it would not be an appropriate new name for Squaw Peak," he wrote. The name should be left as is, said Nelson. He blames the American Indian Movement for likening squaw to mean "Indian whore." And he assures the reader that squaw is not a "gringo term for a Native American woman's honeypot." Nelson insists squaw means "young woman." He says others know full well what it means when someone says they "hiked up Squaw Peak during lunch." The white columnist digresses further but he makes a good point. He's reason alone to eliminate the word from public places. Nelson's thought of an "oft penetrated" Native vagina peak is no joke. White men commit 82 percent of all rapes or sexual assaults against Native women, according to a recent Department of Justice report. With continued efforts, the word squaw will be squeezed from the common vernacular of landmarks in America. Despite opposition to the Squaw Peak name change, a state and country will march forward. Piestewa's death moved a nation. It also moved a mountain. And soon it will bear a fitting name - Piestewa in the Hopi language is said to mean "the rainwater that collects on the desert floor after a heavy downpour." A downpour of political ugliness surrounded the name change, but from those desert pools of water, something good will grow. Thank you, Lori Piestewa. Reach Jodi Rave at 402-473-7240 or jrave@journalstar.com. Copyright c. Lincoln Journal Star. --------- "RE: YELLOW BIRD: Loved One nears Completion of Circle" --------- Date: Tue, Apr 23 2003 08:10:06 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="DORREEN YELLOW BIRD: COMPLETION of CIRCLE" http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/columnists/dorreen_yellow_bird/ COLUMNIST DORREEN YELLOW BIRD: A loved one nears the completion of the circle There are times in our lives when we actually can see the pages of our lives turn. When I saw my mother in the hospital Sunday, I could almost feel the slight breeze created as those pages turned. My mother, Dorothy, was healthy most of her life. She has outlived all but two of her sisters and she is the oldest of her family. But this last year hasn't been good for her. She has had bouts of an illness that seems mysterious and has put her in the hospital. During those episodes, she seems to go into her own world. This weekend, we were told she probably needs special equipment that we can't deal with at home, which means a nursing home may be the only option. So the family set the next steps in motion. Before I left the hospital and after the rest of the family had gone, I went to her room to give her a hug and kiss. She looked so small lying in that white hospital bed with two quilts tucked tightly around her, even though it was warm on that Easter day. She knew me, I know, and closed her eyes as I leaned toward her. I left quickly because I was blinking back tears. While driving those five hours back to Grand Forks, memories of her flashed in my mind as if I was sorting through dozens of digital photographs of her. I saw her wrinkle up her nose and smile a silly smile. She did that when she knew I had to do something I didn't want to do. You couldn't be too angry with her when she looked at you like that. My father was the iron hand in the house. He was strict and had a temper sometimes. When he "raised the roof" she would just say in a firm and low voice, "Grover!" And he would calm down. We always knew that when we were in trouble with Dad, it was best to have Mom there, too. Mom spent most of her early married years struggling to make ends meet. There were 13 children and only the small income from my father's work at the local veterans' hospital. So she always saves things - plastic grocery bags, tin foil, brown paper bags and even left-over food from restaurants. She doesn't waste anything. When she went into the hospital a few weeks ago, she was in one of those unresponsive stages, but they soon had her almost back to normal. We were thinking, "Now she will be better, come home and be the same as she was before." We all believed that. We believed it even more when she told the nurse to bring her the sausage sandwich she had saved from breakfast that day - and the nurse did. In the past we might find a piece of fried chicken she saved from lunch in her big, over-stuffed purse while we were looking for some important paper. Opening her refrigerator could be scary, too. We never were sure what we'd find in there. We enjoy teasing her about her habit of saving or recycling things. I guess that's something children like to do when they are adults and their parents are at their mercy, so to speak. The life pictures of her continued to appear in my mind. I saw Mom in an apron bending over, punching down yeasty bread dough; standing on the porch of our Minot home with hands on her hips yelling at the dogs to stop barking; sitting in a brown wooden pew at the White Shield Catholic church, praying with a sweet gentleness on her face. In pictures from later years, I saw her holding a bingo dauber and squinting while trying to find all the numbers on her card. I realized on my trip home that day that she had moved into my grandmother's space. She is now the woman closest to the edge. Crossing over is coming; I saw that on her face Sunday. I realized, too, that I am getting to the place where she was 20 years ago and my daughters have moved into my current chapter. Her grandchildren are women now with her own children. The little ones see Great-Grandma as a stranger. They have a hard time relating to her. They are at the beginning of the book and she is in the final chapter. When she reaches "the end" the generations will move unto a fresh page of a new book. Yellow Bird writes columns Tuesday and Saturday. Reach her at 780-1228, (800) 477-6572 ext. 228 or dyellowbird@gfherald.com. Copyright c. 2003 Grand Forks Herald, Knight Ridder, Inc. --------- "RE: Reorganization of BIA Criticized" --------- Date: Tue, Apr 22:09:25 2003 08:12:44 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="BIA REORGANIZATION" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.okit.com/news/2003/april/reorgcriticized.html REORGANIZATION OF BIA CRITICIZED CONGRESSMAN SAYS INTERIOR ACTING IMPROPERLY SAM LEWIN - 04/21/2003 A New Jersey congressman is asking Interior Secretary Gail Norton to stop a massive reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. "Once again I find myself strongly objecting to your agency's handling of the trust reform issue. It has been brought to my attention by various tribal leaders that you are proceeding to reorganize the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the name of trust reform even though Indian Country is overwhelmingly opposed to your efforts." said Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N. J., in a letter dated April 19. "As a justification for your agency's actions, Interior has asserted that Judge Lamberth in the Cobell v Norton case has ordered you to reorganize. This could not be further from the truth...It seems quite apparent that your agency was only instructed by Judge Lamberth to file a proposal for reorganization. In no way can any of the Judge's latest orders be interpreted as requiring your agency's current reorganization strategy." The congressman's criticism highlights a deep division in the Native community over how to proceed with the case. Earl Old Person, a member of the original class action lawsuit, recently asked to have himself dismissed as a plaintiff. In doing so, Old Person joined a chorus of Native leaders in decrying a decision to put individual Indian Trust Fund monies into receivership. Five tribal chairmen also signed a letter blasting the receivership move. Interior Spokesman Dan DuBray doesn't agree with Pallone's comments. "I don't think that's correct. Mr. Pallone was not at any of the task force meetings last year. Consensus was not reached on every aspect, but there was thorough and broad consultation. It's disingenuous to say this appeared in a vacuum and that Native leaders were not a party to this case." Still, the congressman's letter has raised some eyebrows. Joseph Kleffer, the "Special Master" appointed by the court to monitor the Trust reform, has written to Interior attorneys. "I request copies of any and all directives or other materials that relate to or incorporate the Department's direction to it's employees to carry out the reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs addressed by Representative Frank Pallone Jr., in his April 17, 2002 letter to secretary of the Interior Gail Norton." Native American Times Copyright c. 2000-2001 Oklahoma Indian Times, Inc. --------- "RE: Lawyers get lesson in Tribal Law" --------- Date: Tue, Apr 22:09:25 2003 08:12:44 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="TRIBAL LAW" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.okit.com/news/2003/april/lawyertraining.html LAWYERS GET LESSON IN TRIBAL LAW OFT-MISUNDERSTOOD SYSTEM EXPLAINED SAM LEWIN - 04/18/2003 Deep in Creek Nation, nestled behind the intersections of Highways 56 and 73, sits the Mounds building, the heart and soul of Indian tribal law. It is here that a handful of Tulsa area attorneys took a crash course in what is often misunderstood by both Natives and non-Natives alike: Justice in Indian Country. The American Inns of Court, a legal organization, sponsored the trip. Lawyers used to dealing with the intricacies of Oklahoma courts traveled half an hour away to a place where no state in the union has a law that applies. "We are a bona fide government, we are a sovereign nation", says Wilbur Gouge, Speaker of the Muscogee Creek Nation. "We like to say that the United States Government is patterned after the Muscogee Creek Nation." The Creek Nation formally codified a constitution in 1979, but the principles behind that constitution have been in place for decades. Creek Law is under the jurisdiction of the federal government. Any law passed by municipal, county or state officials, with one small exception, simply has no bearing on what takes place in the tribal court. That exception is probate and land lease cases. Everything else is all Indian-from divorce to murder. Federal courts hesitate to interfere in tribal court cases, pointing out the tribe's status as sovereign nations. That means Indian courts have been able to take non-Indians to court. In 1996, the Crow tribal court in Montana slapped a railroad company with damages in excess of 200 million dollars for a train accident. In 1997, attorneys for several of the nations largest tobacco companies, facing a lawsuit from the Creek Nation, tried to shift the case from tribal court to federal court. The high- powered attorneys learned a lesson: tribal courts matter; the case was tried in the Creek courtroom. Although mysterious to outsiders, tribal law mirrors the functions of the US government. The Creeks have one courtroom, one District Judge and six Supreme Court Justices. Patrick Moore, District Judge of the Muscogee Creek Nation, describes the make-up of the Supreme Court as "Four lawyers, one educator and one traditionalist." What is a traditionalist? "Real Indians. They go to ceremonial grounds, they know the old ways." Moore isn't a traditionalist, but he is busy. He handles all criminal, civil and juvenile cases. One recent morning his docket featured five divorce cases. The tribal court has held up to 7 million dollars in escrow. Nine law students help out with the workload. Those who sit on the Supreme Court are appointed, but come up for reconfirmation every six years. The current Chief Justice is Amos McNac. There are more then 150 tribal courts in the United States today. Perhaps the chief difference is that tribal courts use both written and un-written codes of laws. For example, a tribal judge would consider testimony about customs and traditions from an elder without demanding documentary evidence, as Anglo courts tend to do. NOT JUST FOR INDIANS Perhaps the main question about the courts is jurisdiction. Who can be prosecuted? As the tobacco companies found out to their chagrin in the 90's, you don't have to be Native. The Creek Nation has authored legislation stating non-Indian companies doing business on reservation and trust fund lands must agree to iron out any differences in tribal court. Tribal police officers have the same power as cops in other cities. The Creek Nation, mirroring a national trend, has started cross-deputizing its officers, meaning they can assist law enforcement in other jurisdictions. The Creek Nation has an agreement with most of the surrounding municipalities. The City of Tulsa is not one of them. Gouge says most of the Creek Nations 42,000 members in Oklahoma understand and appreciate the rule of tribal law. He enjoys telling the story of Timothy Jack, a 1920's-era member of the tribe. Jack murdered someone and was tried and sentenced to death in a tribal court. Citing tradition, the judge allowed Jack several months to take care of his affairs. No bond was issued; no money was put up as collateral. Jack simply gave his word to return. When the execution date rolled around, Jack showed up on time and was promptly put to death for the murder. "Now that," says Gouge, "is respect for the court." Native American Times Copyright c. 2000-2001 Oklahoma Indian Times, Inc. --------- "RE: Elouise Cobell assesses Lawsuit at UM" --------- Date: Tue, Apr 23 2003 08:10:06 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ELOUISE COBELL SPEAKS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.kaimin.org/test2.php?ardate=20030422&id=1480 Speaker assesses lawsuit Lead plantiff in Cobell v. Norton speaks at UM Katherine Sather Montana Kaimin April 23, 2003 Next week Elouise Cobell will witness the results of seven years of her efforts for justice in Indian country. In the second phase of Cobell v. Norton, judges will force the federal government to account for billions of dollars that the lawsuit alleges belong to 500,000 American Indians and their heirs. The trial begins May 1. Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet tribe in Browning, is the lead plaintiff in the class action lawsuit being brought against Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton. Cobell spoke about the case to about 45 law school students and faculty in the basement of the Law School library Tuesday. The lecture was part of Indian Law Week. "We're gonna win this one," she said. "And I'll be there." The grounds for the lawsuit date back to the 19th century, when Congress passed the Dawes Act. The Dawes Act allotted American Indians 80 to 160 acre plots of land on reservations but denied them ownership. Instead, the federal government established an individual Indian trust, assuming the responsibility of managing the 11 million acres and the distribution of revenues generated by natural resources on the land, including mining, gas extractions and timber operations. The lawsuit alleges that because of careless record keeping, the government lost or misplaced more than $100 billion in land royalties that should have gone to Indians. "This trust has been horribly mismanaged," said Denise Juneau, a member of the Native American Law Students Association, who gave an introduction to Cobell's lecture. "In her capacity as the Blackfeet Nation's treasurer, Elouise began noticing that Indians were not receiving the money the government owed them for the trust. So she began to ask questions." Cobell filed suit on June 1, 1996, in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. "The stars were aligned for it," she said. "I happened to be the person leading it, but Indian people for years were asking the right questions." Cobell won the first phase of the lawsuit in 1999, when U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ordered reform of the government's accounting system. Former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, as well as his assistant secretary and treasury secretary, were held in contempt of court for their department's destruction of documents and misrepresentations to the court in sworn testimony. "They could make Enron look like a little tiny pimple," Cobell said. "They started destroying documents because they saw we were coming with a lawsuit." Lamberth also ruled that the Indian plaintiffs should have input on how much restitution is made. The federal government wants to account for only current account holders, while the plaintiffs want restitution for their ancestors, to an amount of $137 billion. "This is the trial that determines what plan is going to go forward," Cobell said. "For the first time, Indians will have a piece of paper that says what kind of land they have, what's on the land, and the revenue it's generated." She said she never knew the extent of the problem until she began investigating in the 1990s. "The government was running a bank that was totally out of control," said Cobell, who was president of a bank on the Blackfeet Reservation. "Nobody was regulating the way it managed the trusts." She said she's been inspired to educate American Indians about the lawsuit and its origins so they know about their past. She's coordinated a program with law students from Gonzaga University who will earn college credits by teaching people on Indian reservations about Cobell v. Norton. She hopes to involve University of Montana law students as well. "A lot of nonIndians know more about the case than a lot of Indians at home," she said. "The real challenge will be to educate our people on what has happened. Since 1887, when the trusts were taken over by the government, our people were kept in the dark." She compared the situation to an abusive spousal relationship. "If people don't know any better, they will keep going back," she said. Copyright c. 2003 The Montana Kaimin. The University of Montana, Missoula School of Journalism. --------- "RE: Cobell v. Norton Update" --------- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 10:48:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Indian Trust ListServ Subj: Cobell v. Norton Update Mailing List: Indian Trust ListServ WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Dennis M. Gingold, lead attorney for Indians seeking a full accounting of individual trust funds held by the government, said today that the appeals court decision to remove a court-appointed special master from the case will have little impact on the litigation. His complete statement: On April 24, 2003, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard oral argument on Secretary Norton's appeal of the September 17, 2002, decision of Judge Lamberth. The judge had held her in civil contempt and found that she engaged in litigation misconduct and perpetrated fraud on the court. The Court of Appeals expressed concern about the dual role of Joseph Kieffer as Court Monitor and Special Master and suspended him until further notice. The Court of Appeals raised no question about his findings. In fact, Mr. Keiffer has performed an important function as court monitor in this litigation. His investigations revealed serious misconduct by both Secretary Norton and former Secretary Babbitt and their aides. Indeed, the Court of Appeals raised no concerns about the findings of Mr. Kieffer in his role as Court Monitor, a role that was explicitly consented to by Secretary Norton and the Department of Justice from April 16, 2001, through September 16, 2002. Therefore, it is unlikely that the findings made by Mr. Kieffer and adopted by the Court will be disturbed because they have been confirmed by substantial evidence. The actions and findings of Special Master Alan Balaran have not been questioned. He was appointed by the Court on February 24, 1999, following the decision of Judge Lamberth to hold former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, and former Assistant Interior Secretary Kevin Gover in civil contempt for failing to produce documents required to be produced under a court order and for covering-up that failure. Mr. Balaran's findings are supported by overwhelming evidence. Issues were raised by the Court of Appeals concerning Secretary Norton's responsibility for the misconduct of her predecessor. However, only two of the five counts of civil contempt relate to actions soley taken by Mr. Babbitt. For example, 4 of the 7 quarterly reports that were found by Judge Lamberth to be materially false and misleading were filed by Secretary Norton, not former secretary Babbitt. Moreover, the Court of Appeals suggested that a criminal - not a civil - contempt proceeding might have been more appropriate. None of the matters on appeal - which are limited to the contempt conviction of Secretary Norton and contempt investigations of other officials - is expected to change the course of the Cobell litigation which seeks an accounting and rehabilitation of the failed Individual Indian Trust management systems. For additional information: Bill McAllister 703-385-6996 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To view the latest information concerning this case, go to www.indiantrust.com --------- "RE: Update on Montes Azules" --------- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 07:33:28 -0500 (CDT) From: owner-chiapas95-english@eco.utexas.edu Subj: Update on Montes Azules:More threats,Apr 16 Mailing List: Chiapas95-English This message is forwarded to you by the editors of the Chiapas95 newslists. To contact the editors or to submit material for posting send to: . Sender: "Mexico News email List" From: Mexico Program Dear friends, Recent events in the Montes Azules Biosphere mark a rise in hostilities with a new attempt to forcibly relocate independent indigenous communities located within the Biosphere. The latest move, led by a joint group of Mexican government agencies, including the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), the Federal Attorney for Protection of the Environment (Profepa) and the National Coordinator for Natural Protected Areas (CONANP), transporting over 40 armed Lacandon and Chol Indigenous people to the community Nuevo San Rafael on April 12th, a Zapatista community, threatening to violently displace them if they do not relocate by Saturday, April 19th. Nuevo San Rafael, also known as Ignacio Allende, is composed of 20 Zapatista families, displaced from both the Chiapas highlands and northern zone by paramilitary groups. Despite the openly violent threats by the Lacandones and Choles, Mexican government officials did not intervene, nor do they propose a peaceful solution via dialogue or negotiation. Below please find the Urgent Action update prepared by the Social Justice Committee in Montreal, Canada, and take the time to send the letters to the addresses of Mexican President Vincente Fox and other Mexican officials. Alternatively you can send a fax to President Fox at: http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/mexico/biodiversity/foxfax.html Also included at the end of this message is a press release from the Global Exchange sponsored delegation to Montes Azules in March this year. Fore more background to the situation in Montes Azules please see: http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/mexico/biodiversity/ 20021002_371.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mexico Urgent Action: Montes Azules The Canada Central America/Mexico Urgent Action Network A letter from you can make a difference for social justice and the defense of human rights in Central America and Mexico. Our ability to respond to human rights violations depends on the commitment of hundreds of people across Canada who belong to the Urgent Action Network. These people contribute by writing and sending letters and faxes, urging national and international authorities to respond immediately to the most recent incidents of human rights abuse. Contact the Social Justice Committee if you want to become a member, or to get more information. This report comes from the Network of Community Defenders of Human Rights, in San Cristobal de Las Casas, and refers to the imminent expulsion of the community of Nuevo San Rafael, located within the perimeter of the biosphere rese