From gars@speakeasy.org Wed Oct 22 13:37:55 2003 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:16:51 -0700 From: Gary Night Owl To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Subject: Wotanging Ikche--nanews11.043 _ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' ____ _ , ___ _ , ___ / ' ) / / ) ' ) / / ' VOLUME 11, ISSUE 043 / /-< / /--/ /-- __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, 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 October 25, 2003 Western Cherokee Duninhdi/harvest moon Mvskogee Otowoskv-rakko/big chestnut moon +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Much more happens in Indian Country than is reported | | in this weekly newsletter. 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Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home." __Tecumseh, Shawnee +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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! William Janklow, now charged with manslaughter, takes full credit for steering HUD funds to open a shooting range near Bear Butte, disregarding how such a range might desecrate this Sacred place of prayer, and defying of the clearly-stated opposition of many of his own constituents. This should come as zero surprise to anyone in Indian Country. Janklow has a long record of speaking out against and initiating actions unfavorable to Native Peoples. A proposal to question Janklow's moral fitness to serve in the Congress outlines the major issues well. --- Hank Adams (Assiniboine-Sioux) wrote to House leaders on Jan. 7, asking for "an inquiry into the moral Constitutional qualifications of William Janklow of South Dakota to sit as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives." Adams asked the House leaders for a qualifications inquiry into four areas: 1. "Did Mr. Janklow rape or sexually assault Jancita Eagle Deer, a minor and legal infant in his custody and care, on or about January 13, 1967, on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota?" 2. "Has Mr. Janklow persistently misrepresented to the public the nature of his offense against another minor female, as charged in juvenile criminal proceedings against him in Moody County, South Dakota, preceding his premature departure from high school and his floater enlistment in the U.S. Marines?" 3. "What was the nature and complete record of actions of Mr. Janklow, as state Attorney General - including police communications under his custodial care and purview - on June 26, 1975, in Pierre, Hot Springs and Oglala on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota - and under what varied claims of authority did he act? Did Mr. Janklow subsequently abuse his office and records control to effectually deny due process and equal protection of the law, as well as a fair trial and justice itself, to a citizen of the United States: Leonard Peltier?" 4. "Did Mr. Janklow, successively as Attorney General and as Governor of South Dakota, derelictly fail in official duties for acting to secure justice for a foreign national, Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, whose murdered remains were found on February 24, 1976, in the state of South Dakota - and whose murder is yet unprosecuted to date?" Source: "Questions from past follow Janklow into the House" Posted: January 17, 2003 - 11:30am EST by: Suzan Shown Harjo / Columnist / Indian Country Today --- One long unanswered charge concerns his "alleged" rape of Jancita Eagle Deer. At the age of 16 William Janklow was convicted of the sexual assault of a 17-year old woman. As a juvenile offense, this conviction carried little weight under U.S. law. However, in 1966, while working as the tribal attorney for the Rosebud Sioux, Janklow--aged 27--was accused of raping his children's 15-year-old babysitter, Jancita Eagle Deer, at gun point. Adult sexual offenses being more grave than this earlier recorded exploit, Janklow used his capacity as head of reservation legal services to stave off the (illegible) of formal, federal charges. He then resigned his position and left tribal jurisdiction. In October 1974 evidence was brought before Rosebud Chief Justice Mario Gonzalez seeking disbarment of Janklow based on the Jancita Eagle Deer rape charges. Judge Gonzalez issued an order to appear to Janklow, but neither Janklow nor his lawyer appeared when the case opened on October 31. Judge Gonzalez was furious that the government had defied his subpoena when the hearing opened with the testimony of Jancita Eagle Deer. He concluded in his opinion dated October 31, 1974." that "the Court is satisfied that the rape allegations against Janklow are properly proven for the purpose of the hearing held today [to determine whether or not charges should be brought] to warrant disbarment:' Jancita Eagle Deer was found dead on a Nebraska road several months after the testimony which lead to Janklow's disbarment from practicing law on the Rosebud reservation. The absolute truth about Bill Janklow's alleged offense against Jancita Eagle Deer, and suspicions about his possible involvement in her death will never be fully known; but this editor hopes his latest escapade and the provable death at his hands will land him in jail. It should certainly take another Indian-hater out of the public limelight and force him back into the shadows from which he scurried. -=-=-=- WINTER REZ HELP -=-=- WINTER REZ HELP -=-=- WINTER REZ HELP -=-=- If you know of a reliable point where funds can be sent to assist these precious elders please drop me a note at gars@nanews.org and make the subject (all caps) WINTER HELP. -----> this list will remain up until January -----> PLEASE email gars@nanews.org with any updates/additions From: wn27 Subj: Winter Clothing Mailing List: Frostys AmerIndian Good evening, I was asked to request winter clothing, coats, boots, gloves, t-shirts, sweat shirts, etc. for the Waseskun Healing Center men from anyone in the vacinity of Montreal/Kahnawake who may have extras. Many of the men do not have warm clothes and are from the north, Atlantic Canada or Ontario. We can arrange to have them picked up. We can be contacted by e-mail (staff@waseskun.net) or by phone (450-883-2034) - Jo-ann. -=-=-=- Carter Camp P.O.Box 1012, Rosebud S.D. 57570 cartercamp@yahoo.com Carter and his wife distribute to families with children. So clothing for all age children are need, from infants up. The basic needs toys, blankets, warm things, diapers, panties, tooth brushes, hats, socks, etc. -=-=-=- From: "Brigitte Thimiakis" Subj: IMPORTANT Note to Winter Request From: Sue Buck - Please Read, and Forward - [ PLEASE FORWARD where needed - thank you ] Urgent Winter Request for Donations Greetings, If you wish to make a difference and help children and elders through the harsh winter months in Montana, please take the time to read this request. On behalf of reliable Northern Cheyenne contacts from Lame Deer, we are once again collecting donations for the children's shelter and senior citizens center on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Our goal is to collect new and good quality used items for the shelter and senior center, as well as toys which can be used for the children's shelter at Christmas time. The toys will be distributed during the Christmas give away but the clothes and blankets will be distributed right away. During Montana winters, the temperature can drop to 30 or 40 degrees below zero so warm winter clothing can be lifesaving. Often, when a child arrives at the shelter, all they have is what they are wearing. This is very sad, but it is the reality these children have to face. When a child leaves to go to a foster home, or some other place, the people at the shelter try to send a weeks' worth of clothing with the child so they will at least have something. In other words, what ever is sent to the shelter can be used and there is a great need. There is a very high turnover rate due to the extreme poverty in the Big Horn and Rosebud Counties. The senior citizens center is in special need of - blankets - warm winter coats also needed by the seniors are socks, gloves, boots, hats and scarves The children's shelter is in special need of - warm winter coats and clothing - a baby crib and related bedding - twin size bedding of all types, - blankets - toys The children range in age from 0 to 12 years. Since they have school for the children at the shelter, there is also a need for: - educational toys, - writing paper, - pencils, - crayons or anything else used in schools. They can also use grooming supplies like toothpaste, tooth brushes, soaps and shampoos, combs, hair brushes, hair barrettes, rubber bands or other types of hair or pony tail holders. Last but not least : pampers diapers or pull-ups. Please note that we have changed and reorganized our mailing instructions from those suggested last year. Contact suemontana@mcn.net for mailing information other than regular US Mail service. (Also please include your name and address if you would like for us to acknowledge/confirm receipt of your donations) Donations can be sent to the following address: Honor Your Spirit - Protect the Children % Sue Buck PO Box 901 Great Falls, MT 59403-0901 USA The priority of our group, "Honor your Spirit - Protect the Children" is to make sure all donations get to where they are supposed to and recognized. It is very important to us to make sure that everything is distributed fairly and to those in the greatest need. Additional contact information: Brigitte Thimiakis, Greece thimiakischool@the.forthnet.gr Celine Branchard, France littlered@club-internet.fr Sue Buck, Project Coordinator, MT suemontana@mcn.net Thank you for any assistance you can give. -=-=-=- WINTER REZ HELP -=-=- WINTER REZ HELP -=-=- WINTER REZ HELP -=-=- If you know of a reliable point where funds can be sent to assist these precious elders please drop me a note at gars@nanews.org and make the subject (all caps) WINTER HELP. -----> this list will remain up until January -----> PLEASE email gars@nanews.org with any updates/additions Dohiyi Ani Oginalii , , Gary Smith Night Owl (*,*) gars@speakeasy.org P. O. Box 672168 (`-') gars@nanews.org Marietta, GA 30008, U.S.A. ===w=w=== http://www.nanews.org ----------- News of the people featured in this issue ---------- - Challenge to Indians Everywhere - Outrage with Racist Display - Klamath Tribes reject - Fontaine responds Private Land proposal to Nault Announcement - S'Klallam: Bring our Songs Out - Nault, Fontaine - Lost Code Talkers to get Medals to attend Land Claim Ceremony - Senate approves $143.9 Million - Hotel apologizes for Racist Memo for loss of Lands - Saskatoon Officer - Janklow defends use of Grant took Independent Polygraph Test for Shooting Range - Plea is guilty in Rodeo Wildfire - Janklow: Shooting Range Grant - Two Bulls new acting Police Chief `my idea' at Pine Ridge - Deal could end - No letup for Rez Violence Trinity River dispute - Native Prisoner - Leech Lake Band finances Aired -- Prison offerings expanded - 3 North Dakota Tribes for Native Americans selling Bison Products - History: Carlisle Indian School - Ponca Tribe builds Earthen Lodge - Rustywire: - Tribal Newspaper goes Independent For the Love of an Indian Woman - Blackfeet Tribe - Poem: 505... starts a Tribal Youth Ranch Now 508 Years of Resistance - Nisqually Tribal Hatchery - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days gives free Salmon - No One is above - Rocky Boy plans Bison, Elk Reserve our Traditional Laws - Native Hawaiians rally for Rights - Book Announcement: - Amazonian Tribes Iroquois Wars I & II seek Property Jurisdictions - A defining Moment for Tkaronto - The Slippery Politics - Upcoming Events of poached Salmon --------- "RE: Challenge to Indians Everywhere" --------- Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 14:19:46 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="BUY INDIAN" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.nativetimes.com/index.asp?action=displayarticle&article_id=3069 Challenge to Indians Everywhere Buy Indian for Seven Days in November TURTLE ISLAND US Louis Gray 10/18/2003 The week of November 16 through the 22nd should be a great time for Indian people. This is not a Federal Holiday, nor an affirmative action mandate from up high. What I'm proposing is that Indian people make a concious effort to buy from each other in every way possible. Buy an Indian newspaper. From the Native American Times, Lakota Journal, Indian Country Today, News From Indian Country and Native Journal. Buy one of each. All of us work extremely hard to bring you the news. News gathering is an expensive undertaking. We cover news that would have gone unnoticed or take the time to get the Indian side of the story. We are writing history on the run. But we need your help. With your purchase you will ensure that Indian news will continue. Buy an Indian Book. Buy it new and try to purchase a hardback. Buy some of the great works of fiction by Sherman Alexie, Louise Erdich, Joy Harjo, Joseph Bruchac, Charles Redcorn, Ron Quincy, Susan Power, Leslie Marmon Silko, Robert Conley Sara Sue Hoklotubbe and all the others. They toil away in silence telling our stories with little chance of making a decent living. But, you can change that by purchasing the great literature found in bookstores everywhere. How about works of non-fiction like Elizabeth Bird, Clyde Ellis, Eva Marie Garroutte, Maureen Trudelle Schwarz, Joyce Hifler, Yvonne Wakim Dennis, Arlene Hirschfelder, Wilma Mankiller, Tony Hollihan, Berverly Hungry Wolf, Fergus M. Bordewich, Michael Leroy Oberg, Thomas E. Mails and so many others who tell the true story of the American Indian. From scholarly works to essays on the life and times of Native people. We must keep these fine people working in documenting our world through our eyes. But this would all come to a stop of publishers thought Indian people did not read our own books. Buy them all, give them as gifts and encourage others to buy and read Indian books. Buy an Indian CD. Our music is the soundtrack to our lives. Go buy Bill Miller, Robbie Robertson, Terry Tsotigh, Tommy Ware, Cher, Wayne Newton, Ed Ames, Joseph Fire Crow, Yellow Hammer, Southern Thunder, Cozad Family, Blues Nation, Indigenous, XIT, Redbone, Red Thunder, Rita Coolidge, Litefoot, Joanne Shennendoah, Darren Geffre, Robert Mirabal, Crystal Gayle, Carlos Nakai, Tom Bee, John Trudell, Chebon Tiger, Hank Williams and the late Jimi Hendrix. There are of course tons more. Buy as many as you can. We have lost too many songs and our new singers deserve our support. Rent or buy a DVD. Of course that goes for video tapes. Indian movies are being made but few ever make into wide release. So that means renting and buying Smoke Signals, Dance Me Outside, The Business of Fancy Dancing, Skins, Dances With Wolves, Last of the Mohegans, Little Big Man, A Man Called Horse, Soldier Blue, Cheyenne Autum, Thunderheart, and other movies which tell our stories on film. The hire Indian actors, writers, directors and extras and with each good film the chances of another Chris Eyre and Adam Beach will emerge. Buy a painting from Bill Rabbit, Murv Jacobs, Gina Gray, Ray Winters, R. C. Gorman, Fritz Schroder, Dale Auger, Kugee Supernaw, Sean Standingbear, Anthony Mitchell, Jon Tiger, Robert Lewis, Fernado Padilla, Ruthie Blalock Jones, Janet Smith, Lionel Worthington, Paul Pahsetopah, Mark Redfox, Tony Abeyta, Joe Maktima, Dante Halleck, Amado M. Pena, Jr., Rhett Lynch, Gary Montgomery, Bert Seabourn, David Chethlahe Paladin, Yadeka Fields and Mars Biggoose. Buy a piece of pottery or sculpture from Mike Daniels, Anita Fields, Pat Mathiesen, Roxanne Swentzall, Sandra Victorino, Doug Hyde, Tammy Garcia, Nathan Youngblood, Virgil Ortiz, Christine McHorse, Marvin Blackmore, Jody Folwell, Michael Dean Jenkins, Dora Tsepe, Richard Zane Smith, Robert Albert, and Lucy McKelvey. More categories and ways to support Indian people and Institutions to be named later. Native American Times is Copyright c. 2003 Oklahoma Indian Times, Inc. --------- "RE: Klamath Tribes reject Private Land proposal" --------- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:52:13 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="KLAMATH WANT FOREST" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20031014-1729-wst-klamathlands.html Klamath Tribes reject private land proposal; want forest By Joseph B. Frazier ASSOCIATED PRESS October 14, 2003 PORTLAND, Ore. - The Klamath Tribes have rejected a proposal by a conservation group that would condemn private land to replace what the Klamaths lost when their reservation was terminated in 1954. The Oregon Natural Resources Council wrote to Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith on Oct. 1 to oppose a Bush administration proposal that would transfer more than 1,000 square miles of Winema-Fremont National Forest land to the tribes. "The tribes were wronged in 1954 and they were wronged a century before that," Jay Ward, ONRC conservation director, said Tuesday. He said the tribes need to be compensated "but depriving people of 1,000 square miles of national forest land is not the best way to do that." When the reservation was dissolved about 690,000 of the 1.1 million acres went to national forests and the rest went to private hands. The ONRC proposed buying back the land at market value and returning it to the tribe, which was established in 1986. People with residences could keep them and up to 40 acres. "The Klamath Tribes do not and will not support ONRC's proposed alternative," Tribal Chairman Allen Foreman wrote to Ward. "It is difficult for us to imagine how ONRC could even think that lands now private, in place of the reservation lands that were designated as national forest lands in 1961, could be a plausible solution to the taking of the Klamath Tribes homeland." Bud Ullman, the tribes' water attorney in Chiloquin, said the tribes have been talking with the Interior Department about water and other resource issues including tribal proposals to regain some of the land taken when the reservation was terminated. He said the tribes want lands now controlled by the U.S. Forest Service and that the ONRC proposal was made without consultation. Copyright c. 2003 San Diego Union-Tribune Publishing Co. --------- "RE: S'Klallam: Bring our Songs Out" --------- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:11:48 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="S'KLALLAM" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.thesunlink.com/redesign/2003-10-20/local/288529.shtml 'Bring our songs out' Two long-lost paddles are brought home in the stirring S'Klallam tribe's song ceremony. Rachel Pritchett Sun Staff October 20, 2003 It was like a giant family reunion Saturday night when about 400 Native Americans from 19 canoe nations from Canada to Oregon converged on the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribal Center. They had come to witness a historic moment as the tribe "brought out" its songs and accepted two long-lost canoe paddles. After an enormous feast of salmon, venison and crab, the mood became somber as the sacred ceremony began. Many dressed in traditional regalia of woven cedar vests, feathered hats and red button shawls and listened as Tribal Elder Oliver Jones and a large circle of drum-beating singers summoned ancestors in song. Jones apologized to the ancestors for not preserving the ancient songs of the oral-tradition society when potlatches were outlawed. "And now they are coming home," he said. In the 1800s, S'Klallam canoe paddlers visiting the northernmost tribes of British Columbia and Alaska during potlatches sang songs to their hosts. In the 1900s, when potlatches were outlawed, the northern tribes hung on to parts of the songs. Growing up in Alaska, S'Klallam friend Duane Pasco of North Kitsap remembered some of them from his childhood and has written a collection of songs for the S'Klallams, who officially performed them Saturday. "So they're grabbing bits and pieces, trying to reconstruct," Pasco said. "This is a revival." Four honored "witnesses" sat in special chairs during the ceremony, making sure the songs were performed in the right manner and remembering them for future generations. They included Guy Capoeman of the Quinaults, Connie McCloud of the Puyallups, Lester Green of Neah Bay and Edgar Charlie of the Ahousaht nation of British Columbia. The songs are written in S'Klallam language and in Chinook jargon, a universal language once used by Indians, traders and missionaries. Some simple, some complex, the songs became the property of a person or family. They were about trips made by the paddlers, killer whales (metaphors for the S'Klallam canoes), life and, or course, love. After Tribal Chairman Ron Charles welcomed the crowd, he announced, "Bring our songs out." Then began the evening of singing, drumming and dancing. A sea of red and black undulated across the tribal center as women dancers led by Francine Swift performed the traditional paddle dances. Several at a time wielded paddles as they rhythmically made their way across the floor. Men took up song, beating the drums louder and louder until they suddenly stopped. Prayers in the native language and in English were said. In one of the most stirring moments of the evening, Puyallup tribe member Raymond McCloud Sr. and his wheelchair-bound mother, Edith McCloud, presented the S'Klallams with two very old paddles, the only ones that old known to the tribe. No one knows for certain yet how old the small, pointed paddles are. They were found in 1959 in a shed on the reservation by Robert Brown of Tacoma and his father, Bill, as they were logging. They took the paddles home and forgot about them for decades until 1991, when Robert Brown rediscovered them. He contacted the nearby Puyallup tribe, who presented the paddles to the S'Klallams Saturday night. Tribal members hope to learn much from the original paddles, such as the material they were made of, their size and dimension. Brown attended the ceremony. Accepting the paddles swathed in rich, red material and tied with cedar boughs were Ron Charles and Tribal Elder Jake Jones. A tiny bell rang as the hushed crowd watched. Tribal elders held up the paddles for all to see, then women dancing to celebratory songs carried the paddles throughout the crowd. The S'Klallams' renewed song effort began in 1989, when the tribe launched its 35-foot canoe Klumachun for a paddle to Seattle during the Washington centennial. Many paddles have take place since then, and according to paddler Mary Jones, the next, to British Columbia, is slated for next summer. The need for songs has further grown as the tribal paddlers received more invitations to sing at other events. Each of the 19 canoe nations who visited Saturday received a traditional in-person invitation from Tribal Elder George Jones, according to Mary Jones. Song witness Capoeman explained, "When someone comes to you somewhere, you have to go there and help them any way you can." Honored guests were given blankets, rare and historic cobalt blue trading beads, new paddles painted in the traditional red and black of the Little Boston tribe and S'Klallam baskets filled with fish and jam. The Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe has about 300 enrolled members, according to Mary Jones. Construction of a longhouse is expected in a few days. As for the future of the S'Klallam songs, Mary Jones will be teaching some of them to students at Wolfle Elementary School in Kingston in November, Native American Awareness Month. On Thursday last week, Jake Jones sat at a stool carving in a shed near the tribal center as he listened to the S'Klallam songs on tape. "It's something that's going to make a difference in our community," he said. Copyright c. 2002 The SUN/Bremerton, WA. --------- "RE: Lost Code Talkers to get Medals" --------- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:51:48 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LOST CODE TALKERS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.daily-times.com/artman/publish/article_4240.shtml Lost Code Talkers to get medals By Jim Snyder/The Daily Times Oct 20, 2003, 10:31 pm White House confirming list of 15 recently identified WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - As many as 15 recently identified Navajo Code Talkers will receive Congressional Code Talker Silver Medals during a Nov. 11 Veterans Day ceremony in Window Rock. The Navajo Department of Veterans Affairs submitted the list to the White House to confirm the men served in the U.S. Marine Corps as Navajo Code Talkers during World War II, said John Wilson, a department program and project specialist. The department will release the names of those receiving medals once the list is confirmed. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. Speakers will include Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr., Council Speaker Lawrence Morgan and the new Navajo Chief Justice, Claudeen Bates Arthur. Her confirmation hearing goes before the Council this week. More than 300 Navajo Code Talkers - and in some cases their surviving spouses and family members - received the Congressional Code Talker Silver Medal during a ceremony Nov. 24, 2001, at Raymond Nakai Hall at the Navajo Nation Fairgrounds in Window Rock. The 15 men were not included in that ceremony because they were not found or confirmed in time. Another man, Code Talker David Tsosie of Bloomfield, was excluded by the Navajo Nation just days before the 2001 ceremony because his Code Talker status could not be confirmed. A four-month independent investigation resulted in Tsosie being awarded his medal in March 2002. "I applaud the Pentagon and the Marine Corps for taking a closer look at their records, and coming up with information that provides what we suspected all along - that Mr. Tsosie is very much worthy of a Congressional Silver Medal," U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., said at the time. Bingaman went to Tsosie's nursing home to personally award the medal. "I am gratified that David Tsosie, a Navajo Code Talker who served this nation with honor, will be presented with the medal he earned so long ago. It's very important we pay tribute to the accomplishments of those veterans," U.S. Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., said at the time. Udall later visited Tsosie in his nursing home. The original 29 Navajo Code Talkers were honored during a Congressional Gold Medal awards ceremony July 26, 2001, in Washington. President Bush recognized four of the five surviving original Navajo Code Talkers who made the trip as well as the family members and spouses of the other 24 original Code Talkers. The fifth surviving original Code Talker was too ill to attend. The four Code Talkers received their medals a short time later while they were still in Washington, said Pete Valencia, who works for Udall in Farmington. Valencia attended the Washington ceremony. Bingaman wrote the original legislation in 2000 to get the Code Talkers honored with congressional medals. His bill was sponsored by Udall in the House of Representatives. A Navajo inscription written by Navajo Code Talker Wilfred Billey of Farmington on the gold and silver medals reads: "Dine' Bizaad Yee Atah Naage'e' Yik'ah Deesdlii." It translates to "the Navajo coded language assisted the military forces to defeat the enemy." Jim Snyder: jims@daily-times.com Copyright c. 2003 Farmington Daily Times, a Gannett Co., Inc. newspaper. --------- "RE: Senate approves $143.9 Million for loss of Lands" --------- Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 14:19:46 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SHOSHONE LANDS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.reviewjournal.com/~/2003/Oct-18-Sat-2003/news/22397330.html Tribal payment gets OK Senate approves $143.9 million for loss of lands By SAMANTHA YOUNG STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU October 18, 2003 WASHINGTON - The Senate on Friday approved legislation paying Western Shoshone Indians $143.9 million for land taken from their ancestors by the U.S. government. Senators for the second consecutive year approved the distribution bill by a unanimous vote, but its future remained uncertain because of opposition among some lawmakers in the House. The legislation would permit the Interior Department to distribute about $142 million that has been sitting in a trust fund account since 1979 to an estimated 4,500 Western Shoshone, according to tribal leaders. The remaining $1.4 million would be placed in an education trust fund. Depending on the number of tribal members who qualify, individuals could receive around $30,000 apiece. Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., the chief House sponsor of the bill, said congressional leaders have promised a vote on it but have not said when. Western Shoshone have been waiting for money since the Indian Claims Commission in 1972 awarded them payment for 60 million acres of ancestral land, which spanned parts of Nevada and three other Western states. The commission concluded that the Western Shoshone had gradually lost their land because of encroachment by the U.S. settlers despite the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley that recognized it as Indian territory. In the past two decades, the issue has been tossed among courts and debated in Congress. "It's been a long time coming," said Felix Ike, chairman of the Te-Moak Tribe. "Maybe soon we can put an end to this and have closure to the issue." However, not all Western Shoshone want the money. Dissenters have been lobbying Congress to defeat the legislation, believing there are still opportunities to negotiate settlements for land and other benefits. "This is payment for the land and I don't care what they say. This is not payment for damages," said Raymond Yowell, chairman of the Western Shoshone National Council, which opposes the bill. "It will make it harder for the Shoshones to seek justice after the payment." Western Shoshone members Mary and Carrie Dann, the Winnemucca Indian Colony, the South Fork Band of the Te-Moak Tribe, and the Western Shoshone National Council, last month filed another lawsuit against the government, claiming up to 60 million acres of ancestral land. "It's taking lands that don't belong to them under the guise of a payment of 50 cents an acre," said Carrie Dann. "To me it's the biggest theft ever in the United States of America." Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., the Senate sponsor, and Gibbons say the legislation would not bar tribes from expanding their reservations through separate legislation. In a statement Friday, Reid said he would help tribes seek "a reasonable approach to meeting their land needs." Copyright c. 2003 Las Vegas Review-Journal. --------- "RE: Janklow defends use of Grant for Shooting Range" --------- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 08:27:23 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="DESECRATE BEAR BUTTE" http://www.indianz.com/ http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/10/16/~/news01.txt Janklow: CDBG not used politically By Carson Walker, Associated Press Writer SIOUX FALLS - U.S. Rep. Bill Janklow says he did not use Community Development Block Grant money for political purposes while he was South Dakota's governor. Democrats suggest that the Republican, who was elected to the state's U.S. House seat last year, handed out money where he needed support. But in a telephone interview from Washington, Janklow said he approved money for political foes as well as friends - and only where it was needed. "Tell me one that was handed out politically," he said. "Are they objecting that I gave it to Britton, that I gave it to Day County, which is a county I didn't carry in the election? "Those kinds of cheap shots should not be allowed. If people have a complaint about a grant, they should say so. Then someone can defend those." South Dakota's handling of the federal CDBG program has received scrutiny recently because of $825,000 awarded to the city of Sturgis for a shooting range. In an Aug. 18 report, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development concluded the project didn't qualify for the money. The agency also said state officials made mistakes in figuring eligibility for nine other projects that were awarded funds. Two lawsuits over the range are still in court. One claims the shooting range is a misuse of grant money and the other says building it would threaten the peace and quiet of nearby Bear Butte, a site sacred to American Indians. A complaint also was filed with HUD, which prompted the report. Janklow said he got the idea for the shooting range after talking to people in the northern Black Hills' burgeoning firearms industry. About a dozen companies that make guns and ammunition already have moved to the Sturgis and Rapid City area, and more would come if there were a place for companies to show off their guns to prospective customers, he said. The economic development would not come directly from the shooting range but through jobs created if more companies relocated, Janklow said. "Thirteen companies don't employ that many people. But there's hundreds of companies like that out there," he said. "I want them all to come to South Dakota. We don't hassle people" about gun rights. The state also has been criticized for letting CDBG dollars pile up. Janklow said much of the surplus was from nearly $58 million in added funding that Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., got for the state after heavy rains and flooding in 1997. It allowed South Dakota to use disaster money on water-related projects that annual CDBG money would have otherwise gone toward, Janklow said. In South Dakota, the governor decides how to distribute the grants. Some states have committees that consider requests and recommend how CDBG money should be granted, which is how Rapid City and Sioux Falls do it. Because both cities have populations over 50,000, they receive separate awards. The state makes grants to counties and other cities and typically gets about $8 million a year. Indian tribes get their own CDBG money. Some Democrats want Gov. Mike Rounds to appoint a panel of three Democrats and three Republicans to review and approve federal grants. Jason Schulte, executive director of the state Democratic Party, said Rounds inherited a system that allowed the misuse of federal money, and the panel would keep that from happening. "The bottom line from our perspective is we're trying to assist in putting into place a good governmental procedure. This isn't Gov. Rounds' fault," he said. Watertown Mayor Brenda Barger said she'd also like some system to make sure the money goes to growing communities but also to other parts of the state, so it's fair. "We think there are more efficient ways to do it than how it's been done in the past," she said. Barger serves on the National League of Cities board and said other states also are debating how best to award CDBG money. "It's a national issue, how they're being distributed," she said. Rounds said the Democrats' panel idea is not needed. The job of delivering the money should stay with his office, he said. "The premise was we had a problem but we don't," Rounds said. Rounds also defended Janklow, who left office in January. "I know the suggestion is he used it as Santa Claus," Rounds said. "The governor did not drain the resources." Rounds said as part of his economic development plan for the state, he wants to make better use of the CDBG money and encourage towns and counties to apply. Like Janklow, Rounds thinks the shooting range has merit, although he said he has not committed to using state economic development money. After the HUD report came out, Rounds canceled $511,200 in CDBG money awarded for the shooting range and repaid the federal government another $313,800 already spent on the project using state economic development money. Because the state responded so quickly, HUD said it will credit South Dakota's CDBG account that same amount, which means the state isn't out anything, Rounds said. Copyright c. 2003 The Rapid City Journal. --------- "RE: Janklow: Shooting Range Grant `my idea'" --------- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 08:32:21 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="BEAR BUTTE SHOOTING RANGE" http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/2003/10/17/news/local/top/news01.txt Janklow: Shooting range grant `my idea' By Denise Ross, Journal Staff Writer October 17, 2003 Former Gov. Bill Janklow said he put the wheels in motion on the now- canceled federal grant to build a $900,000 shooting range about four miles north of Bear Butte. Janklow awarded an $825,000 grant from a fund earmarked for the poor as part of his effort to lure a gun manufacturer to the Black Hills. "That grant was my idea. We were trying to recruit an individual, I believe, from Nebraska. He said, `I'd love to bring my specialty company to South Dakota, but we don't have a place where we can demonstrate our goods. So when buyers come in from all over the world to look at these very specialized rifles, there's no way we can demonstrate it,'" Janklow, now South Dakota's representative in the U.S. House, told reporters Thursday during his regular weekly conference call. "I called the mayor of Sturgis and told him I would like to give Sturgis a block grant in order to bring about the creation of this entity to bring more and better jobs to South Dakota." The unnamed maker of specialty firearms would have joined about a dozen similar companies in the area, Jank-low said. "It's a growing industry that provides quality jobs with people who come in and make an investment in South Dakota," Janklow said of firearms manufacturing. "As I looked into it and talked to the Game, Fish & Parks, I realized we didn't have a rifle range/shotgun range/ pistol range. We didn't have a good place where they could do large-scale training of women and kids and adults who wanted to learn about firearms." Sturgis Mayor Mark Zeigler was out of town and could not be reached for comment. Gov. Mike Rounds canceled the grant in the wake of a federal report issued Aug. 18. That report questioned whether the shooting range project and nine others qualified for the Community Development Block Grant money and asked the state to provide a better explanation or face punishment, including the possible loss of the state's annual $8.5 million in grant funds. Two lawsuits are pending against the project. One claims that a shooting range built to suit businesses is an illegal use of the CDBG money. Under CDBG guidelines, the grants must benefit communities where 51 percent of the population meets the definition of low- and moderate-income. The lawsuit contends that the state overstated the size of that population in its grant paperwork. The state used data collected by local officials through a telephone survey of residents of the city of Sturgis, officials have said. The second lawsuit claims the shooting range would disturb American Indians who hold Bear Butte as a sacred site. South Dakota Democratic Party executive director Jason Schulte said that Janklow's intentions were good but his methods weren't. "It's all fine and good to try to recruit businesses into South Dakota. But you need to follow the rules the federal government has put in place in order to use this money," Schulte said. "What we found and what we are experiencing is that when you don't follow the rules, which is apparently what happened, we run the risk of losing the money. I don't think anyone would disagree that would be harmful to South Dakota." The state Democratic Party has called on Rounds to create a bipartisan panel to oversee the distribution of CDBG funds, but Rounds has rejected the idea. Contact Denise Ross at 394-8438 or denise.ross@rapidcityjournal.com Copyright c. 2003 The Rapid City Journal. --------- "RE: Deal could end Trinity River dispute" --------- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:52:13 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SALMON" http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2003/10/15/news/state/10_14_0320_58_10.txt Deal could end Trinity River dispute, restore flows for salmon, tribes By: Associated Press October 14, 2003 FRESNO - A San Joaquin Valley irrigation agency is offering a settlement to a lawsuit that would restore water to the Trinity River in a deal that could end a bitter dispute pitting ancient cultures against modern-day needs and environmental concerns. The Westlands Water District presented the settlement offer in Sacramento Tuesday to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Hoopa Valley Indian tribe. The tribe claims the district is siphoning too much water to feed farmers and not leaving enough to ensure the survival of salmon -- and its culture. Westlands said its proposal would restore a significant amount of water down the Trinity, only slightly less flow than an Interior Department plan called for in 2000 but enough to keep fields irrigated throughout the Central Valley. The Trinity River, which originates in Northern California's Trinity Alps and flows into the Klamath River, has been diverted for decades to service a fast-growing population in a state where much of the water is located far from where people live and farm. Congress mandated river restoration in 1992. In 2000, the U.S. Interior department approved a plan to increase the amount of water flowing down the Trinity. But in December 2002, a federal judge blocked the plan after Westlands and several utility districts sued. The plaintiffs argued that the Interior's plan would have significantly decreased water flows that eventually reach the parched Central Valley and that the agency didn't look at alternative restoration methods. The judge agreed, noting the agency disregarded federal environmental laws by ignoring effects on farmers and species. He ordered the Interior Department to perform another environmental assessment, which is ongoing. The Interior Department had planned to move boulders in the river with fast-flowing water releases at certain times of year to create a better salmon habitat. While the plan floundered, federal officials released about 33 percent of historic flows down the river, less than what the department's original plan called for, but more than the river has received in recent years. And to fend off future salmon kills -- such as the 33,000 salmon deaths that occurred last year in the lower Klamath -- then-Interior Secretary Gale Norton arranged for even higher flows down the Trinity River. But the Hoopa Valley Tribe and the Yurok Tribe, which fishes the Klamath, are still waiting for the full return of water to flow through their reservations and nourish their dying cultures. Hoopa Valley Tribal Chairman Clifford Lyle Marshall refused comment about the Westlands settlement offer. Westlands spokesman Tupper Hull characterized the deal as a good compromise and said it would replenish the river while still providing enough water for agriculture. "One of the reasons Westlands has taken the lead here is that a small decrease in water (siphoned from the Trinity) can translate into very large decreases of allocations to agriculture," Hull said. "Westlands wants to put the Trinity River dispute behind it." Westlands encompasses 600,000 acres on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley in Fresno and Kings counties and is the largest irrigation agency in the nation to be supplied with water from the federal government. The district contracts for more than 1 million acre-feet of water annually. California produces more food than any state in the nation. "The Native American tribes clearly have an interest in the health of the fishery on the Trinity and Westlands is very sensitive to that. That's why we've made this offer," Hull added. "But the mandate from Congress was to restore the Trinity River fishery. It was not to dismantle the Trinity River project. Jeff McCracken, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which controls water in the state, said a deal reached sooner rather than later benefits everyone involved. "We've talked with Westlands in the past and we continue to listen to what they have to say and hopefully we can arrive at the right place for everybody," McCracken said. "Westlands sued because they didn't like the (Interior's) decision and now they're coming back and saying, 'We'll withdraw our lawsuit if you'll do this instead.'" Copyright c. 1997-2003 North County Times - Lee Enterprises, Serving San Diego and Riverside Counties. --------- "RE: Leech Lake Band finances Aired" --------- Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 14:19:46 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LEECH LAKE" http://www.pechanga.net/ http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/~SubSectionID=83&ArticleID=11941 Leech Lake Band finances aired By Molly Miron Staff Writer mmiron@bemidjipioneer.com October 18, 2003 Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Chairman Pete White sent press releases to newspapers, radio and television to announce that Friday's Financial State of the Band Address would be held. However, White dismissed members of the media from the meeting at the Northern Lights Hotel near Walker. In his introduction to the address, White said that with teamwork from the tribal membership he is confident of turning Leech Lake's deficit financial situation around within a year. But before going into details, he told the media representatives to leave. "Nobody needs to know our financials," White said. He said the tribe must protect its sovereignty and keep financial information from the knowledge of the government. However, printed copies of the financial reports were available. Preliminary figures indicate a indicate a $3 million budget deficit in 2003. Projections for 2004 propose a budget of $17.6 million with revenue of $21 million. Gaming profits for this year are projected at about $14 million and estimated at about $16 million for 2004. According to the report, the financial situation arose, in part, because of internal control, written policies and procedures were not fully implement in the Reservation Tribal Council and the Gaming Division; internal audit findings and recommendations not adhered to; and government money management. Plans for solving the deficit include building cash reserves for immediate and long-term cash flow; balancing the budget to operate with available resources; internal audit to protect tribal assets; and an administrative plan to set priorities. Building reserves, according to the report, will require increases in gaming revenues of 12 percent to 25 percent per year and capping governmental spending. About 100 people attended the meeting, listened to White's address and obtained copies of the report. Members of the audience questioned White's decision to expel media representatives because many who need to know about the tribe's financial situation would not have the information. Others pointed out that the information White wanted to keep private is available through the gaming audits. However, White responded that they could find out by attending meetings such as Friday's Financial State of the Band. Copyright c. 2003 The Pioneer/Bemidji, MN. --------- "RE: 3 North Dakota Tribes selling Bison Products" --------- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:52:13 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="BISON PRODUCTS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/~/build/state/30-bison.php 3 North Dakota tribes selling bison products October 15, 2003 MANDAREE, N.D. (AP) -- Bison sticks and jerky are being marketed by the Three Affiliated Tribes from the tribal bison herd. The Fort Berthold Reservation herd has about 700 bison in the Mandaree area, through an agreement with the National Park Service. Pete Hale, manager of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Buffalo Project, said that after the tribes purchased a ranch a few years ago, he and Tribal Chairman Tex Hall discussed how to make the bison marketable. One of the ideas was to make jerky, Hale said. "I think at the time, the bottom had dropped out of the buffalo market. We started with the original (flavor) first," Hale said. Three other flavors of jerky and buffalo sticks -- teriyaki, jalapeno and peppered -- have since been added. Myers Meats, a business in the Parshall-Roseglen area, processes the meat for the tribe. Bison meat is low in cholesterol and high in protein, Hale said. Each vacuum-sealed packet of buffalo jerky and sticks carries a U.S. Department of Agriculture-approved sticker. Hale said it also promotes tourism for the tribes by showing a picture of Sakagawea, the Indian woman who joined the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in North Dakota some 200 years ago. Hale said the bison meat benefits other businesses as well. He said Soltis Business Forms and Specialties, Inc., of Minot, makes the logo for the packets, and the tribes buy bison feed from Minot and other vendors. The tribally owned 4 Bears Casino & Lodge, west of New Town, buys bison from the tribal herd. The casino's general manager, Spencer Wilkinson Jr., said the meat will be featured when a new restaurant opens in December. Hale said the tribal buffalo project also sells bison meat to individuals, and he would like to expand its sales and marketing to larger meat products as well. "We're going to set it up so we can sell halves, quarters or thirds," he said. "Marketing the buffalo meat for the tribe and also working at the ranch for the tribe has given me a great respect for the animal," Hale said. "It really provided for our people and it can do it for us today if we just start changing our diets." Copyright c. 2003 Associated Press. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Ponca Tribe builds Earthen Lodge" --------- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:52:13 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="PONCA LODGE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.journalstar.com/nebraska.php?story_id=89174 Ponca Tribe builds earthen lodge The Associated Press October 15, 2003 NORFOLK -- The Ponca Tribe has built an earthen lodge like those used by its ancestors years ago. "The lodge is built as close as possible to what we know about the original Ponca lodges," tribal Chairman Mark Peniska said. Seeds for the project were planted five years ago when former tribal chairman Fred LeRoy dreamed of building an earthen lodge to help teach Ponca children about their culture and history. Peniska and Aaron Boucher of Lincoln, the tribe's director of resource development, visited the Dancing Leaf Earth Lodge at Wellfleet and thought it would be an excellent model. They and Beth Ritter, associate professor of anthropology and Native American studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, began fleshing out that vision. The tribe saw an opportunity for funding as the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial began drawing closer. Ritter, who has worked as a consultant for the tribe since 1989, used a federal grant to identify contractors, building sites and construction possibilities. She determined Lewis and Clark had visited the Ponca villages in September 1804 on their way up the Missouri River. One stop was at Grey Blanket village near the present-day Ponca Agency southwest of Niobrara. The Poncas received a $30,000 construction grant from the National Park Service, and the tribe matched it with services rendered. Les and Jan Hosick, builders of the Dancing Leaf Earth Lodge, were the contractors. The tribe's cultural director, Phil Wendzillo, is the project director. The tribe also had help from Alan J. Osborn, research professor of archaeology at the University of Nebraska Museum. Last year, the Hosicks, along with tribal members and volunteers, cut down some 400 red cedar trees on the property of a landowner near Niobrara. Construction on the lodge began last month. The site was staked out and peeled poles were erected. Dirt was excavated to form a circle, leaving a bench 10 inches high and 4 feet wide around the interior walls. Once the supporting poles were in place, green willow branches that had been cut and hauled from the old Niobrara city park were woven into place. Brome grass was layered over the willows, and that was covered with a thick layer of soil. Students from the Native American studies program at Mount Marty College in Yankton, S.D., will help with finish work. The tribe now is applying for grants to plant a demonstration garden, like one from 1804, and for interpretive materials. Shauna Bell, special projects coordinator, said she hopes to see educational programs for children to show how their ancestors lived, the foods they ate and the games they played. Copyright c. 2003 Lincoln Journal Star. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Tribal Newspaper goes Independent" --------- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 08:27:23 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="WOTANIN WOWAPI" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.helenair.com/articles/2003/10/15/montana/a07101503_03.txt Tribal newspaper goes independent BY SHAWN WHITE WOLF - IR Staff Writer October 15, 2003 Montana's oldest and award-winning tribal newspaper, Wotanin Wowapi, faced serious financial troubles in August after the Fort Peck tribal government decided to cut its funding. But instead of closing shop, the tribal newspaper staff rolled up their sleeves and trudged forward, and for the first time in its 35-year history, the newspaper became independent of its tribal government, the newspaper's editor, Bonnie Red Elk, said on Monday night. Red Elk said that as a result of tribal government budget problems, tribal officials told her two months ago that the tribes wouldn't be able to help fund the newspaper. "They informed us that they could no longer `carry' us - meaning that we were overspending our small operating budget," said Red Elk. "It was sink or swim time for us in August, with still two and a half months of fiscal year 2003 left." The newspaper, formerly owned by the tribal government, has an annual budget of $260,000, which includes the tribal funding of $40,000. Red Elk said that the newspaper, which has never closed its doors since its inception in 1968, learned how to swim, operating off income from advertisements and newspaper sales. The Wotanin Wowapi, meaning "something to read" in Dakota, is based out of Poplar and is known as the first published tribal newspaper in Montana. Today, the tribal newspaper has a circulation of more than 1,900 and employs four full-time staff. And fortunately for the newspaper, the tribal government in the end did decide to fund $40,000 to the newspaper. "The update is that the Tribes funded us at $40,000 for fiscal year 2004, which began on Oct. 1," said Red Elk. However, she said it was probably the best thing that ever happened to the newspaper, as it took its first step toward financial independence. "We plan to use the $40,000 as a start-up cost now that we are no longer a `program' but a `business' of the Tribes," Red Elk said. Reporter Shawn White Wolf can be reached at 447-4028 or shawn.whitewolf@helenair.com. Copyright c. 2003 Helena Independent Record; a division of Lee Enterprises. --------- "RE: Blackfeet Tribe starts a Tribal Youth Ranch" --------- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 08:27:23 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="YOUTH RANCH" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.goldentrianglenews.com/inn_glacier_reporter/news/news1.txt A place for youth: The Blackfeet Tribe starts a tribal youth ranch BY JOHN MCGILL GLACIER REPORTER EDITOR October 15, 2003 "We've had a vision for a number of years for a youth ranch," said Jerry Lunak of the Blackfeet Tribe's agriculture department. Lunak said since he was appointed director of the Ag department last June, he's held discussions with the Tribe and Francis Onstad of the Blackfeet Juvenile Justice Department about the plan. Lunak said he'd toured four different ranches, and when the Blackfeet Tribe resolved recently to give its Juvenile Justice department a choice for their program, they chose the King Ranch, located south of Browning and just north of Valier. Opening ceremonies for the ranch were held by the Tribal Council, Juvenile Justice and Tribal Agriculture Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the site itself. Blackfeet elder George Kicking Woman and John Day Rider offered the opening prayers, the Rawhide Orchestra performed the Honor Song, and Tawna Bradford's Vina Chattin Drum Group and Kevin Kicking Woman's Middle School Drum Group provided traditional youth singing. Webb Pepion of the Honorary Council blessed the meal, and Blackfeet Chairman Jay St. Goddard spoke about the ranch while Alvin Lunak, Francis Onstad and Shanny Augare conducted tours. A large ranch, the new facility comes with a ranch house, outbuildings, corrals and a shop. Lunak said the Juvenile Justice department will take charge of the house and outbuildings while the Ag department will conduct the actual running of the ranch, deciding what to grow and graze there. "We're trying to think outside the box," Lunak said of plans for the ranch. Besides repairs and renovations to the buildings, he said a gym and other youth facilities are being considered, and he said a grant proposal has already been submitted for $8 million to set the place up for youth activities. "We want to build a lot of therapeutic activities here on the ranch," said Shanny Augare at the ceremonies. "With the youth and families we can create a positive program. A lot of kids want to get into ranching but don't have the abilities needed to get involved, but now the doors are open to all youth and families, and you don't have to already be in a program." Augare asked interested parties to contact the Juvenile Justice Department at 338-5180 for more information. Augare noted a continuing need at the ranch for renovations and repairs, and he asked anyone who might want to donate time or materials to also contact Juvenile Justice to see how they can help. "It will benefit all our youth and they would love to be part of this youth ranch," said Lyle McDonald of the Blackfeet Boarding Dormitory, "for all our youth who have wanted to be part of ranching and horse riding." "This ranch is for all youth, Blackfeet youth and their families, and the outlying communities," said Blackfeet Chairman Jay St. Goddard. "This is all part of the plan, working with the Tribal Court, Juvenile Justice and other agencies to focus on an opportunity for youth to be turned around, to get their GED or go back to high school," added Blackfeet Secretary Gordon Monroe. According to Jerry Lunak, the ranch is currently open on "a small scale," and said the Tribe is also looking at the possibility of starting a hunting camp at Palookaville, to be incorporated with tribal ranch operations. But, said Lunak, "how fast it moves depends on grants and contributions." Copyright c. 2003 Golden Triangle Newspapers. --------- "RE: Nisqually Tribal Hatchery gives free Salmon" --------- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 08:27:23 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SALMON GIFT TO MILITARY FAMILIES" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20031015/southsound/124521.shtml Nisqually tribal hatchery gives free salmon to military families 20 turn out for annual surplus giveaway CHRISTIAN HILL, THE OLYMPIAN October 15, 2003 FORT LEWIS -- Jennifer Velez-Cruz of Lacey didn't have to fish for this great deal. She was among 20 people Tuesday who lined up at Clear Creek Fish Hatchery on the military reservation to receive the catch of the day without a catch. Volunteers for the hatchery, operated by the Nisqually Indian Tribe, give away tons of returning chinook salmon each year that tribal members consider surplus. The fish are given to active and retired soldiers, their families and civilians with base access. The giveaways started in 1995 and usually last from late September to late October. Velez-Cruz, the wife of a Fort Lewis soldier and mother of three, said the giveaway saves her money "considering salmon prices go up and down so much because it's such a seasonal thing." Chris Thibodeau, a civilian worker at Fort Lewis, said he developed a craving for salmon when he lived in Alaska. His trip to the hatchery whetted that appetite. "This is a good way to get salmon without putting a line in the water," he said. The giveaway also benefits busy soldiers and their families, Thibodeau said. "It's a good thing for them to come down when they don't have time to go fishing," he said. "It works well for them." Before donating the fish, volunteers gather the sperm and eggs from the bucks and hens to spawn the next generation that one day will swim out of the hatchery. The average weight of the donated salmon is 15 pounds, said Bill St. Jean, the tribe's chief enhancement biologist. "We've seen a couple 30-pounders this year," he said. The fish are banged up after their three- or four-year journey from the river to the ocean and back, so most residents smoke them. The giveaway started when a couple of soldiers on patrol came by the hatchery operation and asked the volunteers what they intended to do with the excess salmon, St. Jean said. "It has just snowballed since those first two guys," he said. Past giveaways have netted hundreds of people armed with coolers and garbage bags. Turnout has dwindled in recent years with tightened base security in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, although giveaways early each season can draw about 100 people. Many are individuals never allured to sport fishing, including Sgt. Gerald Lario, a mechanic with 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group. He was gathering salmon for members of his unit and his family. "I'll probably throw it in the freezer and put in on the barbecue this weekend," he said. And, like a favorite fishing hole, the hatchery remains a secret to many soldiers and military retirees. "We'd been stationed out here several times, and we didn't even know the fish hatchery existed," said Randy Tobler, a retired Fort Lewis soldier. Christian Hill covers the city of Lacey and the military for The Olympian. He can be reached at 360-754-5427 or at chhill@olympia.gannett.com. Copyright c. 2003 The Olympian. --------- "RE: Rocky Boy plans Bison, Elk Reserve" --------- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 08:27:23 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="TRIBAL GAME RESERVE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2003/10/14/local_headlines/rockyboy.txt Rocky Boy plans bison, elk reserve By Jerome Tharaud/Havre Daily News/jtharaud@havredailynews.com October 14, 2003 The tribal council passed the resolution in July, tribal clerk Janice Myers said. The next step will be to develop a management plan for the reserve, tribal council vice chair Bruce Sunchild said today. One potential obstacle to the reserve is Initiative 143, a ballot initiative passed two years ago that prohibits the issuance of new game farm licenses, the transfer of existing licenses, and the shooting of game farm animals for a fee. Jane Roybal, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who has consulted with the tribe about its plans, said the law could affect the tribe's efforts to import elk. Tribes are sovereign nations and control their own land, Roybal said, but the state could file an injunction to prevent elk from being moved to Rocky Boy from elsewhere in the state. Whether that happens, she said, would probably depend on how the tribe sets up its program, and whether the elk are intended primarily for tribal members or will be hunted by nontribal members as well. Bison are not considered wildlife and are handled under different regulations, she said, so there are no potential problems with bringing bison to the reservation. Tribal officials working on the project say they hope the reserve will be a tourist attraction. Robert Belcourt said the reserve will be kept free of motorized vehicles. Tourists will be charged an admission fee. During the winter a horse-drawn sleigh could take tourists into the reserve during feeding time, Top Sky said. It has not been decided how tourists would go through the reserve in the summer, he said. Once the herd grows enough - to at least 400 buffalo - the reserve could be opened for hunting, he said. The fencing and water will be provided by the bison cooperative, Belcourt said. Jim Good, curriculum development training facilitator at the bison cooperative, said tribes generally pay for the initial setup themselves, but that they can apply for a competitive grant to pay for things like fencing and vehicles. DuBray said the difficulty with setting up a reserve is not necessarily the logistics, but balancing a tribe's cultural relationship with the bison to their economic relationship. "A lot of times the cultural relationship takes time," he said. "The tribe has to re-establish and restore their spiritual relationship with the buffalo. Sometimes they don't anticipate the difficulty of that." If that relationship is not restored before the animals are utilized economically, sometimes the tribal membership is offended, he said. "It also requires all the membership relearning a lot of things that were set aside or forgotten," he said, adding that those things vary widely from tribe to tribe. The last time Rocky Boy attempted to raise a bison herd was in the late 1960s, Belcourt said. The tribe had about 50 buffalo, but the unit was too small to hold them, he said. The animals were breaking out of the fences, and the tribe sold them in order to buy cattle, he said. The Intertribal Bison Cooperative has a membership of 51 tribes from 16 states and a collective herd of more than 8,000 bison, according to the organization's Web site. Member tribes in Montana include the Crow, the Blackfeet Nation, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the Fort Belknap Indian Community and the Fort Peck Tribes. In the future, visitors to Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation may be able to see and even hunt animals they would be hard-pressed to find there today: bison and elk. Robert Belcourt, the tribal natural resources director, said today the tribe is planning a 1,700-acre game reserve for bison, elk, and possibly deer and antelope. They would be put in a fenced area around the base of Square Butte 5 miles east of Box Elder. "I think if we do have a game reserve there'd be a lot of spinoffs from it," Belcourt said, including tourism, economic development, jobs, and meat for tribal members. The land is now leased from the tribe to graze cattle. Belcourt said the person using the land, whom he declined to identify, has been approached about the possibility of an exchange for land elsewhere, and is receptive to the idea. Initially the reserve would be used for tourism, but eventually could be open for hunting once the herd grew enough, said Leland Top Sky, the tribe's fish and wildlife supervisor. "It's kind of a win-win situation for the Rocky Boy tribe," Top Sky said. "We would not only have a tourist site, maybe somewhere down the road we'd be able to hunt some of the animals." Top Sky said it will probably be two to three years before the reserve could open. The tribe has applied for membership in the Intertribal Bison Cooperative, which distributes surplus bison from national parks to member tribes, Top Sky said. Top Sky said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a similar program it runs to give away elk, and that the tribe would also like to put elk in the reserve. Belcourt said the tribe has also requested the service's help to put a management plan together. Fred DuBray, executive director of the bison cooperative, said today the tribe has submitted its application and fees, and that the only thing the co-op needs is proof that the tribal council has adopted a resolution stating its intent to join the co-op. Once that's received, the tribe will be admitted in January, he said, and can begin receiving animals as soon as the facilities are set up to receive them. Copyright c. 2003 Havre Daily News --------- "RE: Native Hawaiians rally for Rights" --------- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:11:48 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="NATIVE HAWAIIANS" http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/7621873p-8562457c.html Native Hawaiians to rally for rights By Stephen Magagnini -- Bee Staff Writer Saturday, October 18, 2003 Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders from throughout Northern California are rallying in Sacramento tonight in support of a federal bill that would give them the same sovereign status as American Indians and Alaska natives. They are also rallying against a lawsuit they say would strip them of what sovereignty they now enjoy and reduce them to the status of just another minority in Hawaii, said Mona Foster, founder of Hui O' Hawaii of Sacramento, Inc., which is co-sponsoring the event. Foster called the lawsuit -- filed in March 2002 by 16 Hawaiians of varying ancestries in U.S. District Court in Honolulu -- "the biggest threat since the overthrow of our (Hawaiian) monarchy." Foster, who was born in Maui, said that if the lawsuit prevails, her family in Hawaii will lose their "homestead" land and health services especially designated for native Hawaiians. It could spell the death of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, agencies created to help native Hawaiians. In 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that OHA's Hawaiians-only elections were now open to voters of all ethnicities. The suit, filed in federal court, argues that the agencies are race- based and thus illegal under the U.S. Constitution's equal protection clause. If successful, the suit would compel the agencies to turn over all land, investments and money held in trust for native Hawaiians to the state of Hawaii to benefit all its residents, Foster said. In an interview last month in Pacific Business News, Earl Arakaki, the lead plaintiff, said that though the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy was wrong, "It is still wrong today for the government to enact race-based laws... . As a taxpayer today, I don't feel I should be paying into programs that people of other races cannot participate in." To counteract the suit, native Hawaiians are backing the "Native Hawaiian Recognition Act of 2003," a bill that would federally recognize a yet-to-be-formed native Hawaiian government, much the way Indian tribes in California and other states enjoy federal recognition and the right to govern themselves. The bill would not authorize gambling on native Hawaiian lands but would allow the new native Hawaiian government to negotiate with the state of Hawaii and the federal government for the transfer of lands and resources now held in trust for native Hawaiians. The event, which is being co-sponsored by ONIPA'A, (Organization of Native Islanders of the Pacific its Alliances and Affairs), will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Taylor School, 4350 Taylor St. in Sacramento. The Bee's Stephen Magagnini can be reached at (916) 321-1072 or smagagnini@sacbee.com. Copyright c. 2003 The Sacramento Bee. --------- "RE: Amazonian Tribes seek Property Jurisdictions" --------- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:11:48 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LAND RIGHTS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=11475 Amazonian indian tribes seek property jurisdictions to guarantee rights to their habitat By: David Coleman Monday, October 20, 2003 A mixed commission of the Indigenous People's Committee (CONIVE) and the National Assembly (AN) Environmental Committee has received a dossier on the negative impacts of both legal and illegal mining activities on ethnic Venezuelans. According to CONIVE-Bolivar president Jose Luis Gonzalez inspection procedures of "opportunistic" mining developments in the La Paragua district, in particular the gold-rich Raul Leoni and Piar municipalities are further complicated by the alleged indifference of National Guard (GN) regulators. The commission reports that overflights of the expansive rainforest region have provided technical data on the negative impact on indigenous territories and its inhabitants ... from the air, it is possible to see extensive illegal mining operations which back up information from on-the- ground observers and from representatives of Amazonian indian communities about the crude realities of what they are living through. According to indian tribal leaders, the illegal miners are using mercury to extract gold and the discarded contaminants are already accumulating in dangerous quantities in jungle rivers and streams to the general detriment of the sensitive rainforest environment and the peoples who live in the jungle. Such is the proliferation of illegal mining activities throughout the Amazonian jungle (on both sides of the Brazil-Venezuela border) with Guyanese, Brazilian, Dominican and Colombian 'garimpieros' bringing in heavy machinery to extract gold, all the meanwhile eroding the waterways and causing enormous silting of chemical contaminant sediments. Add to this the ancillary 'service industries' of prostitution, drugs and crime and the jungle is becoming a reincarnation of the USA's old 'Wild West.' CONIVE's Gonzalez reports that those who dare to report abuses to the National Guard are threatened with death, destruction of their jungle dwellings (conucos) or general harassment by the illegal riverbed gold miners and their hired 'enforcers.' The mixed commission, with the assistance of the Venezuelan Guayana Corporation (CVG), has investigated the sources of the Paragua and Caroni rivers from La Periquera, El Plomo, Las Bonitas and Campo Grande to verify the indigenous community reports as true. The commissioners have therefore asked the Environment Ministry (MARN) to urgently define property jurisdictions within the jungle parameters and to appoint competent authorities to bring regulatory control into the region aimed at guaranteeing the indigenous peoples' exclusive rights to their own habitat. Copyright c. 2003 VHeadline.com All Rights Reserved. VHeadline.com Venezuela is a wholly independent e-publication promoting democracy in its fullest expression and the inalienable right of all Venezuelans to self-determination and the pursuit of sovereign independence without interference. We seek to shed light on nefarious practices and the corruption which for decades has strangled this South American nation's development and progress. Our declared editorial bias is pro-democracy and pro-Venezuela ... which some may wrongly interpret as anti-American. -- Roy S. Carson, Editor/Publisher Editor@VHeadline.com --------- "RE: The Slippery Politics of poached Salmon" --------- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:51:48 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SALMON WARS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.theglobeandmail.com/~/COHUME21//?query=aboriginal The slippery politics of poached salmon By MARK HUME Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - Page A25 Every fall, when salmon return to the rivers of British Columbia, problems come with them. The smaller the run, the bigger the conflicts, as three groups fight for one diminishing and slippery resource. Over the years, there have been many failed efforts to solve this immutable problem; the Aboriginal Fishing Strategy, commercial boat buy- backs and enough written regulations that the sports-fishing manual is as thick as a book. This winter, Peter Pearse, one of Canada's leading resource economists, is trying to devise a strategy to bring peace to the waterfront. If he doesn't get it right, there will be renewed blockades, protests and a deepening of racial divides. By law, salmon are supposed to be shared in this order: Aboriginals get first priority, commercial fishermen come second, and sports anglers third. (Trumping all these groups is a conservation card, which the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans plays when it wants to shepherdsalmon past the nets to the spawning beds.) The order of sharing reflects the cultural and economic importance of the fish. The link between salmon and the native community reaches into pre- history. B.C. archaeologists have dug up 6,000-year-old salmon bones at village sites, and there isn't a productive salmon river in the province where you can't find some sign of native settlements. But while aboriginal anglers get first claim, in fact, they fish last. That's because before they reach the rivers, salmon are available in the ocean, where economically important commercial and sports-fishing industries dominate. Fisheries managers justify the reverse order of fishing by striving to ensure enough salmon return to the rivers that aboriginals will get their share. When a run comes back smaller than anticipated, and a conservation closure is necessary, native fishermen complain bitterly. It doesn't help the mood on the river that some sports anglers catch their salmon on a day trips from expensive fishing lodges and that some of the commercial boats netting salmon are worth millions of dollars. To a native fisherman who uses a hand-pulled gill net out of a small tin boat, and who takes his salmon to market in the trunk of a beat-up old car, any closure that denies him fishing time seems unjust. So it's not surprising that native fishermen often set their nets during fishing closures. Legally, this is known as poaching, but many say it is a morally justified exercise of native rights. Either way, it helps ratchet up tensions on the river. At the same time, sports anglers, many who don't fish in the ocean and who have waited all year for a chance to catch salmon from a river bank, grow angry when native poachers are not punished. And commercial fishermen, who have boats to pay for, are dismayed when they are shut down at sea, with salmon jumping all around them. Sometimes they hold protest fisheries -- their own form of poaching. The government is accused of bungling by allowing too many fish through (or too few), of failing to meet its legal obligation to the native community, or of being racist by allowing only native people to fish. Sometimes tempers fray, rocks are thrown, guns are pointed, or nets are ripped out. In one memorable exchange, fisheries officers and native fishermen jousted mid-river with oars. Mr. Pearse is wading into these troubled waters in a joint federal/provincial attempt to tie salmon to aboriginal treaties. The initiative recognizes that salmon are so deeply important to native people, that if a settlement can be found, it will pave the way for treaty settlements in British Columbia. But at what cost? That's the question worrying sports and commercial groups. Any fishing agreement that deprives non-natives of a fair share will lead to more bitter fights and make it more difficult for governments to negotiate treaties. Mr. Pearse isn't saying how he might achieve the miracle of the fishes he seeks, but he is dropping hints. "There is a strong feeling that arriving at an allocation between aboriginal and non-aboriginal fishermen leads to a much better managed fishery," he says. What that might mean is a percentage share, as was done in Washington state, in 1974, when federal judge George Boldt allocated treaty tribes 50 per cent of the catch. Phil Eidsvik, of the B.C. Fisheries Survival Coalition, is opposed to that. He wants a plan in which the government allocates a set percentage of commercial licences to aboriginals, so that they can fish at sea. "The model we want is one fishery -- with everyone working with the same management structure and the same rules," he says. Sounds easy, but on the West Coast, where salmon mean so much to people, dividing the resource is a perilous task. Mr. Pearse hopes to have his report ready by early next year. Many here hope he will find a way to peace on the waterfront. If he doesn't, things will get ugly again, when the salmon return. mhume@globeandmail.ca Copyright c. 2003 Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved. --------- "RE: Outrage with Racist Display" --------- Date: Fri Oct 17, 2003 2:59 pm From: "Kahente" Subj: RE: I am outraged!!!!!!! Mailing List: Frostys AmerIndian This is my letter I sent to the Lineboro Fire Department. I would encourage others to do the same. Watkwanonhwerah:ton (Greetings of peace), ---- My name is Kahente Horn-Miller. I am a member of the Kanienkehaka (Mohawk Nation) at Kahnawake. We are a proud First Nations people. Myself and many others have spent many years working hard to change the stereotypes concerning native peoples. My Doctoral work in the PhD in Humanities at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada is a major effort in rewriting and re-presenting how we are portrayed in order to help build pride in our people for our culture and heritage. I want you to know that your use of the image of a `haunted warrior' is truly truly offensive to me and many others. It creates a sense of outrage in me that I want you to experience. I want you to imagine how it would feel if an image of a dead fire fighter was used as promotional material. Try to imagine an image of one of your colleagues who died during the fall of the Twin Towers on September 11th being used to promote a winter sleigh ride. See what I mean? See how that jolts you and makes you feel a sense of outrage? The use of the offensive image of a `haunted warrior' sets back our efforts each time a person views your site. I want you to stop using this image in any promotional media and materials for your hayride. As such, I am encouraging other First Nations to write to you and voice their concerns to your webmaster, the Lineboro Fire Department and local media. Nia:wen kowa, Kahente Horn-Miller, Bear Clan, Kanienkehaka (Mohawk Nation) at Kahnawake --------- "RE: Fontaine responds to Nault Announcement" --------- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:01:18 -0400 From: "Frosty" Subj: Fw: Statement by Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine on the Minister of Indian Affairs' Announcement that the First Nations Governance Act Will Not Pass Parliament Mailing List: Frostys AmerIndian ----- Original Message ----- From: Russell Diabo ----- Original Message ----- From: Rarihokwats http://www.newswire.ca/releases/October2003/14/c0762.html Canada NewsWire Give us your message. We'll give you the world. ----- Attention News Editors: Statement by Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine on the Minister of Indian Affairs' Announcement that the First Nations Governance Act Will Not Pass Parliament OTTAWA, Oct. 14 /CNW/ - "I am pleased to hear that the Federal government has indicated that the First Nations Governance Act, Bill C-7, will likely die on the Order Paper. This is the inevitable end for a piece of proposed legislation that was opposed by First Nations and many other groups and individuals across the country, including the Canadian Bar Association, the Auditor General of Canada and the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. While it is unfortunate that so much time, energy and resources have been spent on the proposed Bill C-7, we now have an historic opportunity to embark on a new process for change, to begin a new dialogue between First Nations and Canada based on partnership and mutual respect for Aboriginal and Treaty rights. We can build on existing work. We can move immediately to address urgent priorities like health, education and economic development while we work out the details of longer-term goals like Treaty implementation and nation building. We can deal with the preoccupations of accountability and transparency and do so in a context that respects Aboriginal and Treaty rights. The lesson learned from this exercise - and from history - is that the true path to real, progressive change must be mapped out in partnership and dialogue between First Nations and Canada. Working together we can truly move beyond the Indian Act and into a new era of partnership and reconciliation. This will be good for all Canadians. The First Nations agenda is Canada's agenda. Let us move on that agenda now to create new hopes and new opportunities for the future generations." -30- For further information: Phil Fontaine, National Chief, Assembly of First NationsASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS has 58 releases in this database. General Inquiries - cnw@newswire.ca Technical Issues - webmaster@newswire.ca Copyright c. 2002 Canada NewsWire Ltd. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Nault, Fontaine to attend Land Claim Ceremony" --------- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:00:53 -0400 From: "Frosty" Subj: Fw: And riding in the Challenger with Nault is . . . Mailing List: Frostys AmerIndian ----- Original Message ----- From: Russell Diabo ----- Original Message ----- From: Rarihokwats http://www.whitehorsestar.com/storyDetail.lasso?r3D47098 ----- Nault, Fontaine to attend land claim ceremony The federal minister of Indian Affairs will definitely join the country's top aboriginal leader in this weekend's signing ceremony for the Kluane First Nation. After the Star indicated last month that it would be likely, Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault's press secretary, Alastair Mullin, confirmed last Friday that the minister will travel to Burwash Landing for the ceremony, where the Kluane First Nation will ink its land claims and self-government agreements. Joining Nault at the ceremony will be Phil Fontaine, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. This will be Fontaine's first trip to the Yukon since being elected for a second stint as the leader of the aboriginal organization last July. He was the leader of the assembly between 1997 and 2000, before losing to Matthew Coon Come in the election in 2000. He defeated Coon Come in the election this past summer. Nault will represent the federal government in the ceremony, which will see the Kluane First Nation become the territory's ninth self-governing first nation. With a new prime minister on the horizon and a cabinet shuffle likely once he takes over, this may be Nault's final trip to the territory as the Indian and Northern Affairs minister. Nault and the soon-to-be prime minister, Paul Martin, engaged in a public dispute earlier this year over a piece of legislation the Indian Affairs minister had tabled in the House of Commons. On Saturday, the National Post quoted Nault as saying that act will not be approved before Martin takes office. Premier Dennis Fentie will join Nault and Fontaine for the ceremony. The events will take place in Burwash Landing on Saturday. Nault also attended the signing ceremony for the last Yukon first nation to ink a land claims deal - the Ta'an Kwach'an Council in January 2002. All content Copyright c. 1997-2003 --------- "RE: Hotel apologizes for Racist Memo" --------- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:00:40 -0400 From: "Frosty" Subj: Fw: Hotel apologizes for racist memo Mailing List: Frostys AmerIndian ----- Original Message -----= From: Russell Diabo ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Hello all For your information, I have attached the memo as it was passed out last week at the AFN Special Chiefs Assembly in Vancouver. Don -------------------------------------- http://www.timminspress.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid3D45069& catname3DLocal+News Hotel apologizes for racist memo By Bruce MacKinnon Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 07:00 Local News - A controversial memo from the Ramada Inn in Timmins, leaked to the public, has created an uproar in Northeastern Ontario. The six-week old memo posted for 12 hours behind the front desk at the Timmins hotel in August has been sent to many First Nations in Ontario by Walter MacDonald, union representative of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), based in Sudbury. The memo, written by an assistant manager on Aug. 27 to the front desk night staff, said: "Please be advised that when Natives or suspicious people check-in, they must leave a $50 deposit when paying cash and room must be checked before they get their refund." "It was written in response to an individual who had damaged a room shortly before-hand," said Stephane Groleau, hotel general manager. "It was a mistake, it was racist and foolish. We apologize to all Aboriginal people for it." The memo's author was reprimanded and nearly fired and a written reprimand is in her file, Groleau said when contacted by The Daily Press Friday. "I accept some of the responsibility, since I didn't review the memo first as I was too busy with renovations," he said. "I trusted her judgment to post an appropriate notice. I was wrong and therefore partly responsible." Groleau has published an apology in today's Daily Press and is planning to go to the James Bay coast next week to apologize in person. --------- "RE: Saskatoon Officer took Independent Polygraph Test" --------- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 08:27:23 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="STONECHILD INQUEST" http://www.indianz.com/ http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/10/15/stonechildn031015 Saskatoon officer took independent polygraph test 15 Oct 2003 21:15:46 SASKATOON - A Saskatoon police officer questioned by the RCMP about Neil Stonechild's death took a polygraph test this past summer in hopes of clearing his name. Stonechild's frozen body was found on the outskirts of Saskatoon 13 years ago. Many suspect the police had something to do with the native teenager's death. CBC News has learned that Saskatoon's police chief set up the so-called lie detector test on the eve of the public inquiry looking into Stonechild's death. The public inquiry has heard police were looking for Stonechild the night he disappeared. It has also heard dramatic testimony from Stonechild's friend about that same night. Jason Roy testified he saw Stonechild in the back of a police cruiser, his face bleeding, yelling "They're going to kill me." In 1991, the Saskatoon police service said Stonechild's death was an accident. Three years ago, the RCMP took another look at the death. The Mounties questioned Saskatoon constables Bradley Senger and Larry Hartwig about Stonechild's death nearly two dozen times. On the eve of the inquiry, hoping to clear his name, Senger took a polygraph test. Although it was independent of the RCMP's official investigation, the test was okayed by Saskatoon police Chief Russell Sabo. Whether the inquiry will ever hear about this polygraph test is up in the air. The judge in charge, has already said he doesn't want to hear about the results of a different polygraph test given to a witness who will testify in the weeks ahead. Justice David Wright says courts have ruled that polygraph tests are unreliable and that determining the truth should not be left to polygraph experts. It is his job, he said, to determine a witnesses credibility. "My understand of the ruling is that he clearly ruled that polygraph evidence would not be admissible as going to the credibility of the person submitted to the polygraph test," said Joel Hesje, legal counsel for the inquiry. The Saskatoon police department and the police union turned down interview requests. Senger's lawyer also declined to comment. Written by CBC News Online staff Copyright c. 2003 CBC. --------- "RE: Plea is guilty in Rodeo Wildfire" --------- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:51:48 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="RODEO FIRE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.azstarnet.com/star/today/31021nwildfireplea.html Plea is guilty in Rodeo wildfire THE ASSOCIATED PRESS October 21, 2003 PHOENIX - A part-time firefighter accused of trying to make work for himself by starting what became the biggest wildfire in Arizona history pleaded guilty Monday. The fire Leonard Gregg started last year combined with another to form the Rodeo-Chediski wildfire, which destroyed hundreds of homes and forced 30,000 people to evacuate as it burned 469,000 acres of private, Forest Service and Fort Apache Reservation land. Gregg, who also was charged with starting a smaller fire, pleaded guilty to two federal counts of intentionally setting a fire. He could get up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced in January. Deborah Euler-Ajayi, Gregg's attorney, said Gregg had wanted to plead guilty for some time, but she wanted to be sure he was mentally competent to make that decision. He had spent about six months at a mental health facility in North Carolina. "He wanted to get it over with, get this behind him, serve his time and make his public apologies," she said. Gregg, 31, is from the Fort Apache reservation community of Cibecue. Prosecutors said he started the Rodeo Fire to earn $8 an hour fighting it. He also has said his parents' alcoholism fueled a rage that led him to start the blaze. Copyright c. 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 AzStarNet, Arizona Daily Star. --------- "RE: Two Bulls new acting Police Chief at Pine Ridge" --------- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 08:32:21 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="BIA POLICING PINE RIDGE" http://www.lakotajournal.com/front.htm Lakota Journal, Volume 4, Issue 42, Front Page Two Bulls new acting police chief at Pine Ridge By Ernestine Chasing Hawk Lakota Journal Staff Writer Lakota Journal, Volume 4, Issue 42, Front Page October 10-17, 2003 PINE RIDGE - A new Bureau of Indian Affairs Chief of Police and a new Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian Self-determination Specialist began working with the Oglala Sioux Tribe's Department of Public Safety in Pine Ridge on Oct.1. James Two Bulls, an OST member, was named the new BIA Acting Chief of Police. Two Bulls, who has been in law enforcement for over 12 years, transferred from Lower Brule, where he had been a BIA Chief of Police. Two Bulls said he hoped to bring the OST Department of Pubic Safety out of high-risk status with its 638 contract. Duane Yellow Hawk, also an OST member, was named as the new BIA Indian Self-determination Specialist. He will have financial oversight of the OST Department of Public Safety. Yellow Hawk transferred to Pine Ridge from Truxton, Ariz. The two were hired as part of the initial steps in the implementation of a memorandum of agreement between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Bureau of Indian Affairs. They were hired as BIA assistants to the OST Department of Public Safety. They hope to get the tribe back in compliance with its public law 90-638 law enforcement contract. Richard Armstrong, Special Agent in Charge, District 1, Office of Law Enforcement Services out of Aberdeen said that under the MOA the Federal Government is to provide "efficient and effective supervision" and "on-site technical assistance," to the tribe for their law enforcement services. The MOA was approved by the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council in August. It was signed by John Steele, OST President and Robert Ecoffey, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Law Enforcement Services. The agreement became effective Oct. 1. Under the new agreement the BIA will have "complete program oversight authority" and "supervision of tribal employees." The agreement also gives the BIA "final administrative authority" of OST Department of Pubic Safety expenditures. Armstrong said he has been in Pine Ridge for the past two weeks to assist with the transition of the OST Department of Public Safety to BIA oversight. He has also been providing orientation and in-service training for the new Acting Chief of Police, the new Indian Self-determination specialist and all uniformed OST officers. Armstrong said, "Members of the Federal Law Enforcement Center, Indian Police Academy from Artesia, N.M. are also in Pine Ridge to assist with the transition." Norman Fourd Indian Self-determination Specialist said training would include use of the BIA Law Enforcement Handbook. Fourd conducted training on Thursday to explain the MOA. Copyright c. 2003 Lakota Journal/Rapid City, SD. --------- "RE: No letup for Rez Violence" --------- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 08:27:23 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="REZ VIOLENCE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=74935 No letup for Rez violence By LARRY HENDRICKS Sun Staff Reporter October 15, 2003 The cases kept coming Tuesday in federal magistrate's court in Flagstaff - 12 in all. Nine of the cases originated in the Navajo Nation -- eight felony cases ranging from murder to assault with a deadly weapon and drugs. The volume of cases was no surprise to one federal prosecutor with the Flagstaff bureau of the U.S Attorney's Office. "It's a fairly typical day," said Joe Lodge. Since the Flagstaff bureau opened, Lodge said more than 400 cases -- felony and misdemeanor -- are filed a year for the two prosecutors who staff the office to handle. "We've been here three years, and every year we've been here, there's been an increase," Lodge said, adding that a rough estimate of the annual increase would be approximately 10 percent. According to statistics prepared by staff at the Flagstaff bureau, so far this year from the Navajo Nation in Arizona, there have been 24 murder and manslaughter cases, 62 assault cases, 16 sexual abuse cases and one arson case referred to the office for charging. By comparison, the Flagstaff U.S. Attorney's Office received 31 murder cases for prosecution in 2001. That number was 34 for the first 10 months of 2002. With a population of approximately 250,000 people, the Navajo Nation consistently experiences a crime rate several times the national average. In 1996, the Navajo Nation murder rate was six times the national average. But not all murders that occur on the Navajo Nation are charged. For instance, on Sept. 25, three people were found dead near Tuba City. Federal investigators determined that one of the dead men committed suicide after killing the other two. GANGS AND BOOTLEGGING In the past, federal authorities have attempted to curb the violence by focusing on gang activity. They have also attempted to curb the violence by conducting bootlegging stings on the Navajo Nation, where alcohol is illegal to own or sell. A substantial portion of all serious crimes on the reservation -- some FBI estimates put it at 95 percent -- are alcohol-related. Federal authorities continue to look for ways to stem the tide of murders, which are compounded by poverty and isolation. The official unemployment rate on the Navajo Nation tops 20 percent. Meanwhile, the Navajo Nation has refused to allow federal authorities to wield the death penalty on the Navajo Nation. But that may be changing. This year, Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. has expressed support for the death penalty as a punishment to serious crime. The idea is being discussed in all corners of the reservation. The federal prosecutors at the Flagstaff branch continue to stay busy. Lodge and the other prosecutor, Mark Aspey, continuously attend felony initial appearances, preliminary hearings and detention hearings in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Verkamp. When the Flagstaff branch became permanent in August last year, Paul Charlton, U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, said the branch could use as many as four more prosecutors, but funding issues prevented it. The rationale for opening the Flagstaff branch was to put federal prosecutors and investigators closer to the Navajo Nation and the Grand Canyon National Park and nearby national forests so they would have shorter distances to travel in order to prepare for cases. But to complicate matters, Lodge and Aspey and all officials who investigate serious crimes on the Navajo Nation and surrounding federal jurisdictions must conclude their cases at trial in either Phoenix or Prescott -- officially designated sites for U.S. District Courts. Flagstaff is not a designated site for a U.S. District Court, so once all initial appearances and hearings are concluded in front of Verkamp, the cases are sent to Phoenix or Prescott. Families of victims and defendants, prosecutors and criminal investigators of cases from the Navajo Nation are forced to travel hundreds of miles at considerable expense of time and money to attend subsequent court proceedings once the initial phases are completed in Flagstaff. Larry Hendricks can be reached at lhendricks@azdailysun.com or 556-2262 Copyright c. 2000-2003 Arizona Daily Sun. --------- "RE: Native Prisoner" --------- Date: Mon, Oct 20 2003 19:18:40 -0700 From: Janet Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="NATIVE PRISONER" ===== Prison offerings expanded for Native Americans Aberdeen News Oct. 18, 2003 PIERRE, S.D. - The state Department of Corrections will offer a Lakota language class and expand other cultural and spiritual opportunities for Native Americans in the state prison system, Gov. Mike Rounds says. The department has reinstated furloughs for Indians to attend funerals on reservations in South Dakota, extended the length of powwows and is allowing inmates more time to practice dances and drum songs for those observances, Rounds said. He also said the prison will offer a program based on the Red Road approach to chemical dependency treatment, a method that incorporates Native American cultural and spiritual elements into the recovery process. "These are small steps, but they are steps that need to be taken," he said. Rounds outlined some policy changes recently during a statewide reconciliation gathering in Pierre. A former penitentiary counselor who works at Crow Creek Tribal High School in Stephan said more substantive changes need to be made for Native Americans in the prison system, but the improvements Rounds outlined are promising changes. "It's like climbing a ladder," Dick Kirkie said. "You take it a step at a time, and you make progress. These things are good to hear. "The inmates have been fighting a long time to get some changes that allow them more identity with their culture. There's more to do, but it's a beginning." Kirkie has long advocated a systematic program to hire more Native Americans as guards, counselors and other prison staff members. He also said he thinks race relations both inside the prison system and across South Dakota generally would improve if a Native American was named to the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Indian inmates often returned from sessions with the parole board confused and defeated, Kirkie said. "When I worked in the pen, they'd come down to my office, I'd ask how it went, and they'd say, `I don't think those people know anything about where I'm from,'" he said. "You need to be able to identify in some way with people in those authority positions, and with people in role-model positions. That's a long-term answer, but I'm delighted we're taking some steps that show sensitivity to this population." Information from: Argus Leader Copyright c. 2003 Aberdeen News. --------- "RE: History: Carlisle Indian School" --------- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 22:24:56 -0400 From: Barbara Landis Subj: October 10, 1890 INDIAN HELPER, Carlisle Indian School. [Editorial Note: These reprints are being included in this newsletter so that you might know the mind of those who ran institutions like Carlisle.] THE INDIAN HELPER ~%^%~ A WEEKLY LETTER FROM THE Carlisle Indian Industrial School To Boys and Girls. ================================================ VOL. VI. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1890 NUMBER 8 ================================================ THE RIGHT WILL RIGHT ITSELF. ------- WHEN overcome with anxious fears, And moved with passion strong, Because the right seems losing ground And everything goes wrong, How oft does admonition say: "Put trouble on the shelf," Truth will outlive the liar's day, And Right will right itself!" By all the triumphs of the past, By all the victories won, The good achieved, the progress made Each day, from sun to sun; In spite of artful ways employed By perfidy or pelf, Of one thing we can rest assured, The Right will right itself! Unshaken by our faith and zeal, 'Tis ours to do and dare, To find the place we best can fill, And serve our Maker there; For he is only brave who thus Puts trouble on the shelf, And trusts in God, for by His aid The Right will right itself. SAM FIGHTS THE GHOST. ------- "Let's go to the medicine dance, to-night," said Harvey Go-easy to Sam Fights-the-ghost as they were leaving the trading store in which both worked, situated on the very edge of their reservation. "I can't Harvey. I've got to do something else," replied Sam. "I don't believe it will be half so good a treat. What, are you going to do if it is no great secret?" asked Harvey as he gave his cane a toss. "You'll make fun of me if I tell you," replied Sam with a smile "But I don't care. "I'm not afraid to tell you, although I didn't intend to tell anyone." "Well, what is it then?" "Why," said Sam modestly. "I am going to do tonight what I do every evening - study two hours. "Study!" exclaimed Harvey. "That breaks me up," and he bent himself almost double with laughter. "I didn't know you were such a fool, Sam, to waste your time in that way. Did you get enough of study at school? I did. What on earth do you study, all by yourself?" "Oh, book-keeping," said Sam as coolly as he could after such a burst, but he could not help showing that he felt a little hurt at the way his friend treated his course of action. "What good do you suppose book-keeping will ever do you?" continued Harvey. "Pshaw! Come on! Let's go to the dance!" "No, sir, I am not going, but you come on; go with me to my room, and let us see what we can learn together!" "No, sir. You don't catch me wearing out my eyes over any such dry old study as that I am in for fun. Come on! Old Doctor Chief is going to perform some wonderful tricks. He is the man who can run a lariat rope through his back, and they say he can put his bare foot into boiling water and never wince." "What if the can put his *head* in. I don't care to see any such performance as that. I'm tired of such nonsense. What good is the Medicine Dance? You ask me what good my book-keeping will do me. It can't do me any harm, and may come of use. I am going to be ready so that if a chance comes along for me to take a book-keeper's place at better pay than we are getting now, I shall be ready for it. The Medicine Dance, the Sun Dance, and all these dances, what good are *they* doing for our people? Look at our people! Are they prosperous and happy? Look at the misery and wretchedness in your own village-the very seat of the dances. Are your Indian friends benefited by them? "Oh, well, I can't stop to talk about it now. I'm in for a good time, and, so you won't go?" "No, sir." "Well, I wish you joy, over your old bookkeeping. I'm going to the dance. Good-by," said Harvey with a flourish as he passed out the door and went off toward the village. Sam staid back a few moments and put away some things that were out of place and arranged other things which would make his work easier the next day, and then he went out. ----------------------------------------- (Continued on the Fourth Page.) =================================== (page 2) The Indian Helper. ----------------------------- PRINTED EVERY FRIDAY, AT THE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA. BY THE INDIAN PRINTER BOYS. --> THE INDIAN HELPER is PRINTED by Indian boys, but EDITED by The-Man-on-the-band-stand, who is NOT an Indian. ----------------------------- Price: - 10 cents a year. ============================== Address INDIAN HELPER, Carlisle, Pa. Miss M. Burgess, Manager. ============================== Entered in the P.O. at Carlisle as second class mail matter. ============================== The INDIAN HELPER is paid for in advance, so do not hesitate to take the paper from the Post Office, for fear a bill will be presented. ============================= A pleasant letter from Mrs. Seabrook who a few weeks since visited her niece at Carlisle, says that since she has been here and seen our work and become acquainted with our force "the HELPER comes to me like a letter from home." She doesn't wonder at those who get homesick after leaving Carlisle. ========= For the small boys and girls: --A subscriber in Philadelphia in renewing the HELPER for her two grandchildren says, "These are very small children, but they are very much interesting in the little Indian boys and girls, and hope to see them brave and true men and women. I have read the little paper to them for many months. Now they can spell much of it out for themselves and I want them to have it. -Grandma." ========= A kind friend in Philadelphia in forwarding her renewal says, "As a self-imposed fine for my tardiness in renewing I enclose a new name. If all your subscribers will do the same the [barrel] will be in need of renewing or enlarging in time. The Man-on-the-band-stand sighs and cries. "Let us burst it and get a new one!" ========= All boys and girls should read the story which the horse "Black Beauty" tells. The small boys have a copy of the book in their library. ========= The printed copy of the Apache Contrast on fine grade of paper 16x10 is really a fine picture and looks well in a frame. In sending your renewal add a new name and a one cent stamp in addition to the subscription price of the paper and secure the picture. The names of the boys and girls represented are given, although some of them are almost unpronounceable. Jemima Wheelock has taken first premium for her oil paintings at the Fair in her neighborhood, in Wisconsin. --------- The baseball game Saturday afternoon between the Standards and the Invincible was intensely interesting throughout and much of the time very exciting. At the end of the second inning when the game stood 4 to 1 in favor of the Standards the Invincibles looked somewhat discouraged, and many was the whisper, "We are beaten." But steadily they began to gain until the seventh inning when their side made four home runs making the score 9 to 5 in favor of the Invincibles. Teh Standards scored only two more runs during the remainder of the game while the Invincibles also made 2, and won the game by a score of 11 to 7. Those making runs on the Invincible side were Peter Cornelius, 3; Gary Myers, 1; Edwin Schanandore, 2; Josiah Powlas, 2; Thomas Barnett, 1; Joe Harris, 1; Walter Anallo, 1. John Tyler and Levi St. Cyr scored no runs. Those making runs on the Standard side were Robert Penn,1; Morgan Toprock, 1; Paul Lovejoy, 1; Harry Kohpay, 1; Frank Everett, 2; Mark Evarts, 1. Fred Big Horse, Eustace Esapoyet and Albert Metoxen scored no runs. The game was well played. ========= The English Breakfast given at Miss Nana Pratt's on Saturday morning was much enjoyed by the guests. Of course it was, because the guests were themselves the cooks. They belong to a cooking club, recently organized in town, and came out to the Indian School to test their first dishes, forgetting that this is where the Man-on-the-band-stand resides and knows everything. The young ladies forming the club are Misses Lyla and Jean Bosler, Misses Nannie and Jean Sponsler, Misses Ida and Martha Sellers, Miss Margaret Bosler, Miss Zug, Miss Hays, Miss Filbert, Miss Kremer, Mrs. Barnum and Miss Nana Pratt. In this instance too many cooks did not spoil the broth, for the Man-on-the-band-stand did not see any broth on the table. Everything was "perfectly elegant" according to the various cooks' own statements. The naughty apple-sauce spurted up and burnt one young lady's dainty hand, and there were a number of red faces over the preparation of various "elegant" dishes, but taking all in all the occasion was very lovely. ================================ At the Carlisle School is published monthly an eight-page quarto of standard size, called THE RED MAN, the mechanical part of which is done entirely by Indian boys. This paper is valuable as a summary of information on Indian matters, and contains writings by Indian pupils, and local incidents of the school. Terms: Fifty cents a year, in advance. For 1, 2, and 3 subscribers for THE RED MAN we give the same premium in Standing Offer for the HELPER. Address, THE RED MAN, Carlisle, PA. ================================== (page 3) Daisy Dixon goes to school to Metzger. --------- Dr. Dixon's talk Saturday night was interesting and well received. --------- Celinda Metoxen is the donor of a box of pen-wipers to No. 6 school-room for which the pupils say "Thank-you, Celinda." --------- Mr. Wm. G. McConkey, originally of Ireland, is the newly appointed stenographer and clerk in Capt. Pratt's office. --------- Aren't the new Post-office boxes beauties? Each person can now have his or her own little box under lock and key. Won't we be citifed? --------- Chester Cornelius is attending the great Mohonk Conference, held in one of the prettiest spots in New York state. We know that Chester will enjoy the treat of meeting such great intellectual heads as go there every year to discuss the Indian question. --------- The party given by Mr. and Mrs. Bennett at the farm on Thursday evening was a success in every particular. Although it poured down rain most of us managed to get there through the kindness of Mr. George Foulke, who managed the Herdic. --------- The question given at the opening exercises of the school "What three cities were most talked of as sites for the Columbian Fair of '92, and why Chicago was chosen," was well answered by several pupils, Benjamin Caswell giving the most complete account. Miss Clarke interested the school with a little talk on Chicago. --------- Miss Helen P. Clarke who has been spending several weeks at the school as sort of semi-visitor and interested helper in many ways has received the appointment by the President, as "Special Agent to make Allotments of Lands to Indians." Three cheers for Miss Clarke! May her work be crowned with success, is the wish of her new friends at Carlisle. --------- The Invincible Debating Society is increasing steadily, several new members being admitted at their last meeting. There seems to have been one intruder, however, who was put out by the Sergt.-at-Arms with a broom. Isn't this a queer weapon for "INVINCIBLES" to use? Had the girls brought such a one into play to evict the intruder that also came into their society, in the shape of an innocent little mouse, there could have been nothing said, for a broomstick is conceded to be a woman's weapon of defense. Miss Campbell is away on her vacation. --------- The new store-house is nearly ready for the roof. --------- Rev's. Enmegabowh and Wright are with us again for a short visit. --------- FIVE little two cent stamps secures a year's subscription to the INDIAN HELPER. --------- Mrs. Bremerholtz, of Waynesboro, visited the school this week, a guest of Miss Cook. --------- The little boys want to thank Mrs. Pratt for the nice case of stuffed birds donated to their reading-room. --------- Letters from Miss Ely say she arrived safely at her Kansas home, and is having a delightfully restful time. --------- Every boy and girl has a shade for the eyes to be used at study hour. They are much more useful than ornamental. --------- Have you observed how much more quiet and lady-like the girls are as they march back and forth from the school-rooms and chapel? --------- Mr. Campbell was called to Bucks County on business and Irene and Don and Herbert had no Papa, nor Mamma either, for a day. Miss Merritt kindly stepped in and did what she could to make them happy. --------- Miss Irvine came out on Friday to make a few calls. The hearty cheer that went up from the line of girls as they stood ready to march to supper showed how they appreciated even the little glimpse they got of their ex-mother as she stood upon the balcony. --------- There having been a rest on dress parade for some time the two which came off this week were watched with interest. The band needs more practice in playing while marching. The music is good when they first start but before the blowers get around in place again, Oh, My! --------- A VERY FEW people use EXCELLENT English; so those of us who are a little advanced and perhaps speak a little plainer than some of the others who have not had our advantages, let us be careful not to laugh at any blunders in pronunciation we may hear. We may make big blunders, too, and WE don't like to be laughed at. --------- The course of entertainments to be given by the Y. M. C. A., of town opens next Thursday evening. Boys! Girls! Here's your chance. Five very "first class" entertainments, which in the city, you would have to pay 75 cents and a dollar each to hear can be secured at very much cheaper rates by get ting tickets through the Y. M. C. A. ======================================= (Continued From First Page.) ---------------------------------- The two characters of the boys are already made plain. Sam Fights-the-ghost was as lively and full of fun as Harvey Go-easy, but he was more thoughtful and looked ahead farther into the future. Both had been to school in the East for several years. Each had been given opportunities out away from the school into broader fields with businessmen. Both boys had worked several months in a large Eastern store where they learned much that came of use to them in the large frontier store in which they now worked, and received $20 a month. The trader was glad to hire them at these wages. He liked the boys. There were two other stores on the line of this reservation, not far apart, but these boys attracted more white custom as well as Indian custom than any attraction the other stores could get up, and this one kept its place as the largest store, on the line. --------- Sam found out that the book-keeper in the store received much higher wages than he did, and he began to wish that he could keep books and earn better wages