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The whole country changed with only a handful of raggedly-ass pilgrims that came over here in the 1500s. And it can take a handful of raggedy-ass Indians to do the same, and I intend to be one of those raggedy-ass Indians." __ Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, Mi'kmaq +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | 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! 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It has been suggested I comment about Tito Naranjo, a Santa Clara tribal member, being banished from his wife's tribe, Pueblo of Taos, for writing an essay about Taos Pueblo's sacred deer dance. The story appears in this issue as "Tribe banishes Man for writing about Ceremony." The first thing I must say is I am not Pueblan. I am originally from New Mexico, but that means only I have some familiarity with the various pueblos from the outside. To assume anything beyond that would be like expecting an Italian, any Italian born in Italy, to be an authority on the Vatican; and especially the College of Cardinals. For those that do not know, while there are similarities between the Pueblos there are also great differences. In this case, the two pueblos are not even of the same tribal affiliation. Taos is Tiwa and Santa Clara is Tewa. I can assure you the differences are more than just one letter. One thing both Santa Clara and Taos do have in common is they are goverened by a tribal council. That council is the final authority on what is or is not acceptible practice among its citizens. This means Mr. Naranjo knew going in that he was violating standing tradition. In fact, he calls himself "the man that killed the deer dance" because he took that which was sacred to Taos Pueblo, passed down dancer-to-dancer, and not spoken of outside of the ceremony and published it for the world to read about and know. The Taos Tribal Council has banished Mr. Naranjo for this violation, I would even say desecration. The Taos Tribal Council is the governing body of Taos Pueblo and they have spoken. That is as it should be. My final words are this. It is not only the crystal twinkies we must protect our ways from. We must also protect them from those from within who would give them to the outside where they can (will) be corrupted and misused by those who do not understand what they mean to the heart and spirit of the people they belong to. 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 ---------- - Murder Trial - Alaska Tribal Leaders revives intrigue of 70's AIM thought Grants Jeopardized - Looking Cloud Defense: - Living Conditions for Natives Wrong Place at Wrong Time still shameful - Please help Anna Mae Aquash - Health Benefits - Jury convicts Looking Cloud no longer tied to Consent Forms in 1975 Murder - Chiefs accuse Gabriel of - Montana, Salish and Kootemai Police Deal with Devil Land Trade - Timing right - Soothing the Souls at Last for Tribal-law Symposium - Bison killed on Private Property - Police seek FBI's help - New BIA Leader says his Story to identify slain NA Woman is One of Hope - Laguna Man charged - Tex Hall, NCAI Clear Vision with hacking Mother to Death - Tribe banishes Man - Janklow for writing about Ceremony begins serving Prison Sentence - House creates Cabinet-level - KENT: Indian Affairs Dept. Rationalizing Randy Scott's death - Feds sued over OK for Drilling - Native Prisoner - Dine' Curriculum Guide -- Volounteer Badge Pulled is a Milestone - History: Carlisle Indian School - Salish Languages reveal Culture - Rustywire: Navajo Girl - YELLOW BIRD: - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days Devils Lake Outlet seems Risky - Larry Kibby Poem: Ancestral Child - NICK COLEMAN: - Hoop Dance Contest Shades of Custer, Black Hills Gold held at Heard Museum - Upcoming Events --------- "RE: Murder Trial revives intrigue of 70's AIM" --------- Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:13:13 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ANNA MAE MURDER TRIAL" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.nytimes.com/~en=c1a87ff9e1371dc0&ei=5006&partner=ALTAVISTA1 Murder Trial Revives Intrigue of the 70's Indian Movement By MONICA DAVEY and CHARLIE LeDUFF February 3, 2004 RAPID CITY, S.D. - Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, a young mother and American Indian activist, was shot in the head and left to die on the Pine Ridge Reservation in the winter of 1975. The trial of one of two men accused of killing her begins here on Tuesday. Between those moments, decades apart, lies a mystery, and a bitter struggle. Law enforcement authorities and Indians across the country are watching closely, not just for what the trial will reveal about Ms. Pictou Aquash's death, but for what it threatens to expose about suspicion and violence inside the American Indian Movement, or AIM, the militant group whose clashes with federal authorities drew the eyes of the world to the Pine Ridge Reservation in the 1970's. Ms. Pictou Aquash was a member of AIM, one of scores who seized the Sioux village of Wounded Knee in 1973, demanding civil rights for Indians while holding federal officials at bay for 71 days. The men indicted in her murder, Arlo Looking Cloud and John Graham, were in AIM, too. Did the movement kill one of its own? Or was Ms. Pictou Aquash a victim of corrupt, even murderous, federal law enforcement? On the eve of the trial, Indians are clashing over these questions - in newspaper and magazine articles, in television interviews, on the Web and in court. AIM leaders insist, as they always have, that federal agents engineered the killing as part of their conflict with AIM. Other Indians point the finger at the movement itself, saying they believe that AIM leaders ordered her killed because they suspected she was a federal informer. The editor of a national Indian newspaper has made an even more explosive accusation: that the trial will lead back to one of the American Indian Movement's best-known members, Leonard Peltier, whose life imprisonment in the killings of two federal agents at Pine Ridge has made him an international human-rights celebrity among those who believe he was framed by vengeful federal authorities. The editor, Paul DeMain, has written in News From Indian Country that he believes that Ms. Pictou Aquash knew too much about Mr. Peltier's case and may have been killed by AIM members to protect Mr. Peltier. Mr. Peltier has sued Mr. DeMain for libel, denying any connection to the killing of the agents or of Ms. Pictou Aquash. Being at the heart of such fire is familiar territory for AIM, a polarizing force in Indian country since its birth in Minneapolis in 1968. AIM's founders demanded civil rights, treaty recognition and a return to traditional ways. Warlike in attitude and dress, they won admirers and enemies on reservations. For many, AIM meant pride and cultural rebirth, but others criticized its tactics - like the siege at Wounded Knee - as too radical and violent. Wounded Knee ended in a truce, but the armed conflict at Pine Ridge dragged on for years. Among the bloody incidents, one stirred an intense manhunt. On June 26, 1975, two F.B.I. agents, Jack Coler and Ronald Williams, were trying to arrest a robbery suspect on a farm. In a gun battle, an AIM member and both agents died. The agents, lying wounded by their car, were finished off by bullets in the head at close range. Several Indians were later arrested, but only Mr. Peltier was convicted. Another Pine Ridge killing drew less notice. On Feb. 24, 1976, a rancher found the body of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash curled in a gully. Ms. Pictou Aquash was 30, with a broad smile and a sharp, determined attitude. She believed in AIM, family members said, and was close to AIM leaders. Indians here and on other reservations immediately suspected federal agents or the Guardians of the Oglala Nation, a security force allied with the tribal government and federal authorities. Peculiar circumstances fueled those suspicions: at first the authorities said they could not identify the body, though they had questioned Ms. Pictou Aquash in the past. A coroner said she had died of exposure, overlooking the bullet wound, which was found only when her body was exhumed for a second autopsy. Vernon Bellecourt, a longtime AIM leader and its spokesman, said recently that he still believed federal authorities were responsible for her death. "How they did it? I don't know," Mr. Bellecourt said. "How they set it up? I don't know." Among Indians, there was another theory. Ms. Pictou Aquash's daughter said she heard it: that AIM itself might have killed Ms. Pictou Aquash, thinking she was a spy. At the height of the Pine Ridge conflict, federal authorities wanted inside information, and AIM members often suspected their own of talking. Robert D. Ecoffey, now deputy director of law enforcement services at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, heard the whispers many times, too, in decades of pursuing the Pictou Aquash case. But they went nowhere, Mr. Ecoffey and other law enforcement officials said, because most people on the reservation would not talk, perhaps fearing retribution, perhaps to keep a united front for AIM. "The case would be dead for a long time, then it would come back to life and you would hear something," said James E. McMahon, the United States attorney in South Dakota. "But then that would not pan out." Finally, not long ago, Mr. McMahon said, people once inside AIM spoke up. "Feelings changed," said Mr. Ecoffey, a Lakota who grew up in Pine Ridge. "There had been a distrust between those who had the knowledge and the F.B. I. People realized now that justice had to be done for Anna Mae." Last year, the authorities indicted Mr. Looking Cloud and Mr. Graham. Mr. Graham, arrested in Canada, will fight extradition in a hearing in March, said his lawyer, Terry La Liberte'. "There's no evidence in this case," Mr. La Liberte' said. "What we have is a bunch of hearsay, innuendo and politics." Mr. Looking Cloud, who goes to trial on Tuesday, has a straightforward defense, said his lawyer, Tim Rensch: "He didn't do it." Law enforcement authorities declined to discuss their theory of the motive in the case before the trial. But they said they did not believe that Mr. Looking Cloud, a low-level AIM member who became a drifter after leaving Pine Ridge, plotted the killing on his own. And even a former AIM leader, Russell Means, has publicly said he believes that AIM leaders ordered the killing. Mr. Bellecourt, the spokesman, in turn accused Mr. Means of being a "C.I. A. snoop." He said his group had posted an "urgent appeal" on the Web for money for Mr. Looking Cloud's defense after Mr. Looking Cloud's family sought help to prove his innocence. Mr. DeMain, the editor, said he once undertook a similar mission for Mr. Peltier. Mr. DeMain, an Oneida-Ojibwe, said he began researching the case a dozen years ago, hoping to prove - as Robert Redford, the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and others have insisted over the decades - that Mr. Peltier was unjustly imprisoned. Mr. DeMain said he believed that ballistic evidence against Mr. Peltier was flawed, and that a witness had lied. But after years of interviews, he said, he became convinced that Mr. Peltier, now serving consecutive life terms in the federal prison in Leavenworth, Kan., was a murderer. "What I found was not a case where the government may have framed an innocent man, but where the government may have framed a guilty man," he said in an interview at his home in Hayward, Wis. Mr. DeMain said he had determined from interviews that Ms. Pictou Aquash had at one point heard Mr. Peltier brag about shooting both F.B.I. agents, and even re-enacted the crime. That knowledge made her a target of AIM, Mr. DeMain said. Last year, Mr. DeMain published as much in his newspaper, writing that the "primary motive" behind the killing was Ms. Pictou Aquash's knowledge of what Mr. Peltier claimed to have done. Another person who was once close to AIM leaders and who declined to be named in this article, saying she feared for her safety, said that she, too, had seen Mr. Peltier brag in front of Ms. Pictou Aquash and others about shooting the agents. That person has been summoned as a witness at the trial. Mr. Peltier has sued Mr. DeMain for libel in federal court in Minneapolis. Mr. Peltier's lawyer, Barry A. Bachrach, said that after years of court appeals, even the government had said it could not prove that Mr. Peltier executed the agents. The government, Mr. Bachrach said, has argued merely that he "aided and abetted" in their deaths. The 1975 shootout, Mr. Bachrach said, was chaotic and confusing, with many people firing guns, some in self-defense. "It was a war zone," he said. Eric F. Melgren, the United States attorney in Kansas, argued the government's side in a hearing last fall. He said that to persuade appeals courts to uphold the murder convictions, some prosecutors had asserted that the government needed only to show that Mr. Peltier at least aided and abetted in the killings. The government still believes that Mr. Peltier fired the fatal shots, he said. Mr. Bachrach said his client rejected the government's allegations and any ties to Ms. Pictou Aquash's death. "He denies shooting the agents and thus denies that a motive for the murder of Anna Mae was because he supposedly admitted to her that he killed the agents," Mr. Bachrach said. "You can get people to say anything. But it's a falsehood that Anna Mae was murdered as a result of something Leonard supposedly admitted to her." Besides, Mr. Bachrach said, Mr. Peltier considered Ms. Pictou Aquash a friend. The 28th anniversary of Mr. Peltier's imprisonment is next week, with events planned in Boston, Toronto and Tacoma, Wash. His legal battle, meanwhile, goes on. Among Indians, especially here in southwest South Dakota, the coming trial has stirred painful memories. "It's awesome to know hundreds of people knew intimate details," said Richard Two Elk, who grew up with Mr. Looking Cloud. "How the community knew all this time. And how a massive orchestra was conducted to hide it." AIM, meanwhile, splintered. Some leaders went off to Hollywood or the lecture circuit. Nevertheless, Mr. Bellecourt, 72, said AIM was alive and well. He said its legacy was vast - culturally, economically and philosophically. "We've changed things forever," he said. Denise Maloney Pictou was 11 when her mother died. Her mother believed firmly in AIM values, she said: human rights, treaty recognition, tradition. Ms. Maloney Pictou said she was struggling to mesh those values with the thought that AIM could have killed her mother. "I really do believe in their purpose in what they started out to be," Ms. Maloney Pictou, now 39, said. "I cannot believe that everything they did back there is in vain." Still, she said, she suspects there may be more revelations ahead. "I truly believe that this is just the tip of the iceberg," she said. "If Anna Mae opens up the door to the rest of the injustices, I'll be there to push forward." Copyright c. 2004 The New York Times Company. --------- "RE: Looking Cloud Defense: Wrong Place at Wrong Time" --------- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 08:30:44 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LOOKING CLOUD DEFENSE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.kotatv.com/localnews/story.asp?ID=17993 Defense says Looking Cloud in wrong place at wrong time Jennifer Steiskal February 3, 2004 50-year old Arlo Looking Cloud is one of two men suspected of kidnapping and killing Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash, an AIM activist killed on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in December of 1975. A rancher found Pictou- Aquash's frozen body near Wambli two and a half months after she was shot in the back of the head. At first, investigators didn't learn much about the crime, but bits and pieces of the story have come out over the years. Looking Cloud was arrested in Denver in April last year and charged with murder, and aiding and abetting murder. Today, only two potential jurors said they had never heard about this case, and several remembered hearing about AIM activities during the 1970s, even those who lived out of state at the time. One potential juror was excused after saying he didn't think a Native American could get a fair trial in federal court. Defense attorney Tim Rensch asked jurors if they had changed a lot since they were 20 and if they had ever been part of a social movement. Opening statements were also given this afternoon. Prosecutors say Looking Cloud, along with John Graham, took Pictou-Aquash to the top of a cliff. While she prayed at the edge of that cliff, she was shot in the head. Defense attorneys say Looking Cloud was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. He didn't know Graham was planning to shoot Pictou-Aquash. The trial continues tomorrow. It's expected to wrap up next week. Copyright c. 2004 KOTA, Duhamel Broadcasting, Inc. --------- "RE: Please help Anna Mae Aquash" --------- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 07:15:49 -0500 From: "Jordan S. Dill" Subj: Please help Anna Mae Aquash Mailing List: FN Fwd: Indigenous Women For Justice Anna Mae Aquash, a Mi'q Maw Indian from Canada, and mother of two little girls, was kidnapped, beaten, raped, shot in the head and left for dead near a South Dakota highway 28 years ago, and although the leadership of the American Indian Movement have always announced this was an FBI conspiracy, fingers are firmly pointing back in their own direction as finally, Indian people, many ex-AIM members are coming forward to say no more lies, no more rumours; Annie Mae was indeed murdered by subordinates within the Movement who were ordered to do so by some members of the leadership, simply because she knew too much about their wrong-doings and they believed she was an informer. For the record, she was not an informer. The controversy, propaganda and intimidation that surrounds her death has led to the formation of a new organisation - Indigenous Women for Justice, a group of strong women who will no longer be silent about what really happened to our sister Anna Mae. While we are eager for next week's trial of Arlo Looking Cloud, the first of two men charged with her murder, to bring some closure to Annie Mae's family, we are dismayed at the continued torrent of lies emitting from the camp of the second, John Graham and his supporters. We felt we had to do something to stem the flow. This weekend we launched our website www.indigenouswomenforjustice.org and we ask you to visit the site and read the challenge we send to John Graham; self-proclaimed environmental activist who is currently fighting extradition from Canada to the United States to avoid trial for Annie Mae's murder. Unbelievably, his publicity campaign has turned the tables, using some very cheap tactics to make it seem that John Graham is the unfortunate victim, not the woman who was brutalised and murdered - Annie Mae! We come to you, as people known to have an interest in the Native Peoples of this continent, to ask that you join our fight for justice for Annie Mae. Violence against women is not traditional, and if you are able to stand with us, please contact us via our e mail sisters@indigenouswomenforjustice.org. We don't ask for your money, we have no t-shirts or buttons to sell to you and we have no need for you to march down Main Street. Membership of Indigenous Women for Justice is in your heart and in your prayers. We need your messages of support and what we ask is not only do you email your own message to us, but pass the word to anyone and everyone you know, have them look at our site, and send their own messages. You don't need to be indigenous, nor a woman, to see that justice for Anna Mae must happen. Please stand with us: "Anyone who thinks that stepping forward for Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash is wrong, must, by association, believe that a young Indian mother's life is expendable. If strong, indigenous women had not stepped forward, those who murdered Anna Mae would never have had to answer for her death, and those who conspired to kill her would have continued to profit from her name, adding insult to injury, and making a mockery of the justice her daughters seek." Indigenous Women For Justice --- Jordan S. Dill, Editor The Native American Village < http://tinyurl.com/9qj5 > PGP public key ____________ Maintain your subscription at http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=first_nations&A=1 --------- "RE: Jury convicts Looking Cloud in 1975 Murder" --------- Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 12:44:54 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LOOKING CLOUD CONVICTED" http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/7895628.htm Jury convicts Looking Cloud in 1975 murder CARSON WALKER Associated Press February 6, 2004 RAPID CITY, S.D. - A federal jury on Friday convicted Arlo Looking Cloud in the 1975 execution-style slaying of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, thought by some at the time to be a government informant against the American Indian Movement. The jury of seven women and five men deliberated about seven hours. Looking Cloud, 50, looked straight ahead and showed no emotion when the verdict was read. Some of his family members hung their heads. An aunt who raised him cried quietly. He will be sentenced April 23 to a mandatory life prison term. Aquash's frozen body was found in February 1976 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The 30-year-old Canadian woman had been shot in the head. Federal agents investigated for years but didn't bring an indictment until March 2003, when Denver police arrested Looking Cloud. Another man charged in the case, John Graham, was arrested in December in Vancouver, British Columbia, and plans to fight extradition. They were charged with first-degree murder committed in the perpetration of a kidnapping. Looking Cloud's attorney, Tim Rensch, said he will appeal and believes there is a good chance of winning an appeal because of hearsay evidence introduced in the trial. He said prosecutors also put in a lot of prejudicial evidence that "had nothing to do with the case and could provide a substantial river of reasons for appeal." U.S. Attorney Jim McMahon thanked all the law enforcement officers who have worked on the case the past 28 years, and he complimented the people who came forward to testify about what happened. "I just talked with Denise (Maloney), Annie Mae's daughter, and she told me this brings a little closure for them. And that makes it all worthwhile," McMahon said. McMahon said he's confident the case will stand up on appeal. He would not comment when asked if more indictments are coming. "We're looking forward to a visit by Mr. Graham to South Dakota and then we'll take it one step at a time." McMahon said Bob Ecoffey "opened up a lot of lines of communication on the reservation." Ecoffey, a former U.S. marshal who now oversees Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement, started working the case in the 1990s and was the prosecution's final witness. Ecoffey, who is likely to testify in the future, said only: "I'd just like to say that this case and this trial is not about the American Indian Movement. It's about justice for Anna Mae and her family." Indian activist Russell Means, a former member of AIM, said he was angered at the verdict. "I thought that South Dakota had raised some level above Neanderthalism. It's business as usual in the courts of South Dakota," Means said. "Our culture is disregarded and not included and one of the most pathetic men in the city of Denver is given the sole responsibility for the murder ordered by a leader of the American Indian Movement," he said. In closing arguments, McMahon said the case boils down to the fact that Looking Cloud helped take Aquash to the place where Graham killed her - despite opportunities to get away. "She gets to the edge of the cliff and asks to pray and she's shot in the back of the head. You don't have to go any further in this case than that there. Because to haul somebody that distance to the edge of the cliff is premeditated, cold-blooded murder. There weren't any surprises. She begged all the way up," he said. "He wasn't the outsider. He was the insider, along with the others." Rensch argued that his client didn't know Aquash was going to be killed and that prosecutors have not proven he knowingly took part in it - something the law requires for a conviction. Merely being present isn't enough, he said. "They have to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that in his mind he wanted Miss Pictou Aquash to die," Rensch said. "Tagging along isn't enough. "Arlo Looking Cloud killed no one. Arlo Looking Cloud didn't pull the trigger that killed Miss Pictou Aquash." Rensch said that if his client had been an active participant, he wouldn't have been so cooperative with investigators. "Why would he take the authorities out there and show exactly what happened unless he was at the wrong place at the wrong time," he said. Rensch said the killing was horrible. But he argued that Looking Cloud was young and didn't stick up for himself when he was told to help drive Aquash to Rapid City and eventually to the place where she was killed. Being a witness to the killing ruined Looking Cloud's life, Rensch said. His voice cracked as he criticized prosecutors for testimony about the violence of the American Indian Movement that he said had nothing to do with whether Looking Cloud was guilty. "This is a little man. He's a little, short man. He's disadvantaged. He's lived on the streets. He's abused alcohol and drugs. He's all alone. The United States government is on the other side," Rensch said. "They've taken a lightning rod of prejudice ... of the American Indian Movement from the early 1970s and they've taken that lightning rod and hung it over his head." In rebuttal, McMahon said the evidence about AIM was intended to lay the background for allegations among its members at the time that Aquash was a government spy. "Which is why she was killed," he said. McMahon said he was offended by Rensch's description of Looking Cloud. "What about poor Annie Mae? What about the lady they shot in the head? What about her 8-year-old and 10-year-old daughters?" he told jurors. "There's no hiding behind what he did. It's time to pay the price." Copyright c. 2004 Aberdeen News, Division Knight-Rider, Inc. --------- "RE: Montana, Salish and Kootemai Land Trade" --------- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 08:57:03 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LAND SWAP" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.leaderadvertiser.com/index.asp?Sec=News&str=1888 State and tribes to implement land trade By Jim Blow of the Leader February 5, 2004 A land swap between the state of Montana and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes cleared a formal hurdle with the final decision on an Environmental Assessment. A Finding of No Significant Impact was promulgated last week by the Montana Department of Transportation, which announced MDT's decision to implement the proposed action of land swaps with the tribes. Last fall, MDT proposed to transfer excess property it owns on the Flathead Indian Reservation to CSKT in exchange for a wetlands easement at the Hoskins Landing Wetland Mitigation Site near Dixon. The state will also receive right-of-way needed for ongoing and future highway-related projects within the boundaries of the reservation in exchange for the transfer of the property. EA approval allows MDT to further discuss and implement, either in whole or in part, exchanges of lands with the Tribes for known and future MDT highway projects on the reservation. Most apparent and pressing right-of-way needs are associated with eight U.S. 93 highway projects underway between Evaro and Polson. Those projects will require preparation of separate environmental documents. This decision follows an agreement reached between the state and the Tribes in January of 2002. In exchange for the property transfer, the state will receive a 25-year easement on the 48.23-acre Hoskins Landing property, located near Dixon in Sanders County. The easement is needed to allow MDT to continue with the planned Dixon-West and Paradise-East & West highway projects. MDT received the executed wetland easement at the time the agreement was reached. Under the agreement, CSKT received the opportunity to select properties from the excess MDT properties list, which includes four Perma area tracts, two Schley Creek area tracts, the Melita Island overlook and two tracts along Round Butte Road. The Perma tracts were acquired by MDT from the Department of Natural Resources in March, 2003. The Tribes indicated their first priority is to acquire the four Perma tracts, totaling 367.62 acres, to complete the exchange. However, since the value of the Perma tracts is significantly larger than the value of the easement, MDT would be owed the difference. "CSKT and MDT would prefer to settle this debt with land-for-land exchanges rather than through a cash payment from CSKT to MDT since MDT intends to acquire right-of-way from CSKT for reconstruction of US Highway 93 from Evaro to Polson," Mark Lambrecht of Robert Peccia & Associates, Inc., said last year. Although not specifically identified, other easements across CSKT "tribal trust" or "tribal fee" land would be acquired with the balance of value. MDT will identify its right-of-way and wetland mitigation requirements as the US 93 projects develop. Any and all exchanges will be completed on a dollar-for-dollar basis, according to the decision. Comments were limited to one person at a Dec. 4 meeting in St. Ignatius. No other formal comments were received. ---- For more information or to review the final EA, visit www.rpa-hln.com or www.mdt.state.mt.us, or contact Mark Lambrecht, Robert Peccia and Associates, Inc., PO Box 5653, Helena, MT 59604, call him at (406) 447-5000, or email him at markl@rpa-hln.com Copyright c. 2002 Lake Country Leader Advertiser/Polson, MT. --------- "RE: Soothing the Souls at Last" --------- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 08:11:29 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SAND CREEK" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://news.yahoo.com/~/20040210/ts_latimes/soothingthesoulsatlast Soothing the Souls at Last By David Kelly Times Staff Writer February 10, 2004 EADS, Colo. - Silence and emptiness abound on this great sea of grass stretching to the pale blue horizon. Tumbleweeds spin past, hawks gaze from rusted fence posts. On mornings like this, when all is still, Indian pilgrims sometimes walk along the crooked course of Sand Creek and listen. They say they can hear screams and sobs. "There is a small group of us who hear spirits all the time," said Laird Cometsevah, a Cheyenne chief who comes here each year. "Some hear women, I hear children." Cheyennes and Arapaho have long journeyed to this lonesome prairie to remember the 163 Indians shot and hacked to death by Colorado cavalrymen during the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. The slaughter, initially hailed as a great military victory, set off a dozen years of warfare across the Great Plains. Investigations later revealed that two-thirds of those killed were women, children and infants. Eyewitness accounts told of fingers and ears lopped off as trophies, babies left to die in freezing fields and women clinging to soldiers' legs begging in vain for mercy. "You would think it impossible for white men to butcher and mutilate human beings as they did there," wrote Capt. Silas Soule, a soldier who saw the massacre. "But every word I have told you is the truth that they do not deny." The Indians have long tried to gain possession of the site and soothe the restless souls they say still wander it. About 20 years ago, the descendants of Sand Creek victims organized and sought ways to buy the land. In December, a businessman with ties to the tribes bought the massacre site and donated it to them. They in turn leased it to the National Park Service, which is creating the country's first national historic site dedicated solely to a massacre. "We are making history here," said Alexa Roberts, superintendent of the site. "This has been one of the most controversial episodes in the history of the West. It's like Little Bighorn, and among Indian tribal peoples it's never been forgotten." Park officials expect 30,000 visitors a year to the site, which they say will encompass 12,500 acres, including an interpretive center and markers detailing the sequence of events. It will probably open within three years. Sitting about 12 miles from the small ranching town of Eads in southeastern Colorado, Sand Creek has changed little since the massacre. A few cottonwood trees have grown up in the last century, but the sharp bends in the dry creek and the swaying grasslands remain largely as they were. Life has changed, though. A place once teeming with cowboys and Indians has just cowboys now, and they're fading fast. The buffalo are gone, the saloons nearly gone and, of course, the Indians are gone. Atop a bluff overlooking the creek, a small monument reads, "Sand Creek Battle Ground. Nov. 29 & 30. 1864." Historians say it was no battle, it was slaughter. "The soldiers split into two columns and came up on the tepees," said Roberts, pointing toward the creek. "It was a running engagement, the people fled up the creek and the killing took place over a five-mile area." In the months preceding the massacre, tensions between Indians and whites in the Colorado territory were running high. Soldiers and Indians clashed repeatedly. There were raids, atrocities and retaliation. Many confrontations were between the U.S. military and renegade Cheyenne Dog Soldiers, highly skilled warriors and horse thieves who operated outside tribal law. The most notorious incident involved a group of Arapaho who killed a white ranching family near Denver. The father, Ward Hungate, was shot and scalped, the mother raped and repeatedly stabbed and their 4-year-old daughter and baby nearly decapitated. All were mutilated. The Hungate Massacre inflamed public opinion against all Indians, warlike or not. Theologians openly debated whether Indians had souls. Into this chaotic world rode Col. John M. Chivington, a tall, burly man running for Congress while simultaneously chasing Indians across the Plains. David Halaas, a former Colorado state historian and massacre expert, said Chivington promised to go to Sand Creek village and check for hostile Indians before attacking. Black Kettle, the village chief, was told to hoist a white flag of surrender along with an American flag and he would be safe. He did. Riding all night, Chivington and 725 volunteer cavalrymen arrived at the edge of Sand Creek about 8 a.m. The Indian men were off hunting buffalo, leaving mostly women, children and the elderly behind. Most were Cheyennes mixed with some Arapaho. "They opened up with howitzers and charged through the village," Halaas said. "There was no order. About 163 people were killed outright. It was a scene right out of hell." Capt. Soule and Lt. Joseph Cramer were serving that day and later wrote to commanding officer Maj. Ned Wynkoop describing the scene. Their unedited letters have been entered into the Congressional Record. "It was hard to see little children on their knees have their brains beat out by men professing to be civilized," wrote Soule. "One squaw was wounded and a fellow took a hatchet to finish her, she held her arms up to defend her, and he cut one arm off and held the other with one hand and dashed the hatchet through her brain." Soule said the massacre lasted six to eight hours. "I saw two Indians hold one another's hands, chased until they were exhausted, when they kneeled down, and clasped each other around the neck and were both shot together," he wrote. "One woman was cut open and the child inside of her taken out of her, and scalped." Cramer said he was threatened with death for failing to take part. "I told the colonel that I thought it murder to jump them friendly Indians," Cramer wrote. "He says in reply: 'Damn any man who are in sympathy with them.' " Black Kettle survived the massacre; his wife was shot nine times but lived. He was killed four years later along the Washita River in what's now Oklahoma, during a battle with Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. Chivington, meanwhile, was hailed as a hero in Denver. Indian body parts were displayed in a local theater. But a few months later, as news of the slaughter spread, Congress launched an investigation. In a rare act of contrition, the U.S. government described the killings as a massacre and promised reparations. The Indians were never paid. "The massacre was a turning point. People began to understand why white people were here and that was to take everything," said Steve Brady, president of the Northern Cheyenne Sand Creek Descendants in Lame Deer, Mont. The Cheyenne allied themselves with the Lakota, Kiowa, Arapaho and Comanche. They attacked on a 100-mile front, knocking out every ranch, wagon train and telegraph station they found, Halaas said. Years of war culminated in the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn in southeastern Montana, where Custer and his 197 men were wiped out by a coalition of Indians - Cheyenne, Lakota Sioux and Arapaho. The glory and freedom were fleeting. In the early 1880s, the Cheyenne and Arapaho were moved to reservations in Montana, Wyoming and Oklahoma. With the Indians gone, the memory of Sand Creek faded. The site became a favorite place to shoot rabbits, scavenge artifacts and have Sunday picnics. "I remember when I was a Boy Scout we used to camp out there at night," said Monte Richardson, 43, of Eads. "We used to hunt for arrowheads." In 1964, William Dawson, a rancher, bought the land. It wasn't long before Indians came knocking at his door. "They were always very polite. They would say they had relatives who died here and could they go look at the site," he recalled. "I never said no to an Indian." The tribal members held ceremonies atop the bluff. "I had one come up to me and say, 'Did you hear that scream?' " said 63- year-old Dawson. "I said I didn't, but I won't say they didn't hear it." Cometsevah, the Cheyenne chief, came each year on the anniversary of the massacre. He would fly colorful cloths, hold forth a child's moccasin, offer food and sing. The chief's great-grandfather escaped the massacre. "When he went back he found his peace pipe, and he couldn't save anything else," Cometsevah said. "He saw people cut up, lots of blood here and there. He said all he could do was say a prayer and sing a chief song. Then he left." Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (news, bio, voting record) (R-Colo.) also visited. "I have been there six or eight times," said Campbell, who is part Cheyenne. "You go because your blood and thoughts are there. You can't not go." Dawson eventually sold the 1,465-acre site for $1.5 million to James Druck, who turned the land over to the Indians. Druck, a 62-year-old lawyer and owner of Minnesota-based Southwest Entertainment Inc., manages three casinos in Oklahoma with the Cheyenne and Arapaho. "I owe my company to these tribes," Druck said. "I know how they feel when they go to Sand Creek. I watched their faces and it made me feel the way I did when I visited Dachau 10 years ago. I felt crushed, overwhelmed and saddened that people could do this to other people." For tiny Eads, population 747, a major historic site in their backyard has raised both hope for a better economy and fear of being flooded with tourists. The threadbare prairie town, 130 miles east of Pueblo, could use a break. A three-year drought has devastated ranching and agriculture, leaving just a school, a small hospital and city hall as the major employers. "There is a right way and a wrong way to adapt to a national historic site coming in," said Rod Johnson, chairman of the Kiowa County Economic Development Foundation. "We don't want to be profiting off the Sand Creek Massacre, which has a sort of negative connotation. People out here on the Plains also like their small-town atmosphere. It's not something we want to lose." Mayor Larry Michael, owner of a truck stop and diner, rolled some tires into his shop. "It will probably be popular with history buffs," he said. "There has always been a lot of interest, but access was difficult. Thirty thousand people would certainly impact local businesses and motels." For many, Sand Creek is part of the landscape, something they rarely think about. The neighboring, nearly deserted hamlet of Chivington was named shortly after the massacre in honor of the colonel who perpetrated the killings. Dana Brown, 43, spent 20 years there before moving to Eads. "I learned the site was in our backyard in junior high school," she said. "I have never seen it." Thomas Davis, 52, a local pharmacist, also learned of Sand Creek in history class. "It amazes me that people will take their vacations through here just to see the site," he said. "I'm surprised by all the attention it's getting; maybe it's some kind of closure for the Indians." Cometsevah believes it is, one long overdue. "Now we will take care of the spirits there so they can no longer be disturbed," he said. "Now they can rest." Copyright c. 2004 Los Angeles Times Copyright c. 2004 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Bison killed on Private Property" --------- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2004 08:51:48 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="MONTANA DOL" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2004/02/06/news/03bisonbzbigs.txt Bison killed on private property north of Yellowstone By SCOTT McMILLION, Chronicle Staff Writer February 6, 2004 The Montana Department of Livestock shot and killed a bull bison near Gardiner Thursday after the animal refused to be hazed from private property, DOL spokeswoman Karen Cooper said Thursday. Rangers had tried to haze the animal Wednesday evening, Yellowstone spokeswoman Cheryl Matthews said. About 100 bison have been lingering in the Jardine area outside the park for weeks. The joint state/federal bison management plan allows bison to stay in that area, where there are no cattle, as long as they don't go too far. "As long as Montana maintains a zero tolerance policy towards wild buffalo, we will continue to see buffalo being killed for following their instincts," said Ted Fellman, of the Buffalo Field Campaign, a protest group. Cooper said a field test showed the animal tested positive for exposure to brucellosis. Bull bison can contract brucellosis, but aren't considered a major threat of spreading the disease, which usually is distributed through contact with birthing materials. Meanwhile, DOL is also erecting a temporary bison trap in the Horse Butte area north of West Yellowstone. The management plan gives DOL the option of using that trap to test animals for brucellosis and release a limited number that have no sign of the disease. It also has the option, because the Yellowstone National Park herd is so big, to ship bison to slaughter without testing them. The herd now numbers about 4,000 animals. DOL did not erect the trap last winter. Few animals have left the park on the west side this winter, Cooper said. They traditionally move out later in the winter, on that side. "A lot of focus is on the Gardiner area" now, Cooper said, because bison are moving there. The National Park Service also has a trap northwest of Gardiner, inside the park, in the Stephens Creek area. Matthews said 32 bison were hazed into the park's interior Thursday in the Stephens Creek area. "We've been busy," she said. The meat, hide and head of the animal killed Thursday will be donated to tribal organizations or to food banks, Cooper said. Scott McMillion is at scottm@dailychronicle.com Copyright c. 2004 the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. --------- "RE: New BIA Leader says his Story is One of Hope" --------- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 08:30:44 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="DAVE ANDERSON" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/159204_bia04.html New BIA leader says his story is one of hope By KEVIN DIAZ MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL STAR TRIBUNE February 4, 2004 WASHINGTON - A new voice was broadcast throughout Indian Country early this week, a quiet, unassuming voice intended to convey a sense of hope. "This is Dave," said Dave Anderson, host of Native America Calling, a syndicated radio show heard mostly on Native American reservations throughout the West. Just two hours earlier, he was sworn in as the Interior Department's Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, making him the new head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. "I feel very grateful and humbled and awestruck all at the same time," the Minnesota resident told about 1 million listeners. "My story really is one of hope, because I wasn't born on the right side of the tracks," he continued, speaking from an Interior Department broadcasting booth two blocks from the White House. "But today, I live my life in gratefulness and sobriety." It's a story that's become familiar to many of his fellow Native American listeners: A down-on-his-luck drinker who picked up the pieces of his life, found business success starting casinos and restaurants, and then got the nod from President Bush to turn around the nation's troubled Native American agency. Although the call came from the White House, Anderson said he believes his new job was "a God-ordained thing." He acknowledged that, at times, the magnitude of the mission made his mouth dry up. "I always knew there was something higher than selling ribs," he said. Best known in Minnesota as the founder of the Famous Dave's Barbeque chain, Anderson assumed his new duties Monday running the BIA, which manages 55 million acres of land held in trust among 562 tribal groups. The agency also runs about 300 schools with a combined enrollment of 48, 000 Native American students. Litigation over alleged land trust mismanagement has occupied much of the BIA's attention recently, but Anderson said he wants to put a renewed emphasis on reaching out to youth and improving the agency's schools. "The youth in those schools will be the future of Indian Country," he said in an interview. "If you're going to make a difference, you've got to get to the youth." The message he wants to impart to young Native Americans: "It doesn't matter where you were born, it doesn't matter what you've been through, the only thing that matters is that as Native Americans we hold on to our dreams and hold on to our passion and that we go to work. It's just incredible what we can accomplish if we never, ever give up." His message to older Native Americans: "This burden doesn't just rest on my shoulders, but all of our as a people. I want to ask everyone to have me in their prayers, because I can't go on this journey alone." Despite a first day packed with "more meetings than I've had in the past 10 years," Anderson said he does not want to become a Washington bureaucrat. Rather, he wants to use his business acumen to get out of the office, travel on reservations and learn from his new "customers." Copyright c. 1996-2004 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. --------- "RE: Tex Hall, NCAI Clear Vision" --------- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 08:44:57 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="NCAI VISION" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.helenair.com/articles/2004/02/08/top/a01020804_01.txt Clear vision BY SHAWN WHITE WOLF - IR Staff Writer February 8, 2004 Tex Hall, president of the National Congress of American Indians, stressed in a recent visit to Montana that the time is now for American Indians to help elect a president who can ensure federal policies are fair to America's "invisible race." NCAI is the nation's oldest and largest American Indian lobbying organization. Tex Hall was invited to the Fort Belknap Agency in January to speak with the tribal leaders from each of Montana's eight tribal governments. He focused on issues facing Montana's American Indians in the 2004 election, court cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and Bush Administration Indian policies. "My priority is to mobilize one million Indians to vote," said Hall. "If they don't think we aren't engaging, they won't stop." Throughout his speech, Hall said he thought Gen. Wesley Clark or Sen. John Kerry would be the best suited to address needs in Indian country because he said they have already demonstrated that they understand Indian issues. During President Bush's State of the Union address, Hall was critical of the lack of attention that Bush gave tribal government issues. While sitting only several feet from Bush during his speech to the country, Hall said only three American Indians were in the audience. In conversations with Kerry, Hall said he was impressed that Kerry was interested in appointing an American Indian in a top level cabinet position in the White House. Hall said Kerry's offer resonates throughout Indian country. "When you have presidential candidates calling our cell phones - that's never happened before - let's see where it goes," said Hall. Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, and Tony Plummer, director of Cherish Our Indian Children, were also asked to provide the tribal leaders an overview of the impacts of the 2003 Montana State Legislature to the nearly 60,000 Indian people throughout Montana. However, only representatives from Rocky Boy's tribal government were able to attend because of freezing temperatures, road closures and icy roads. "Tribes of the Great Plains lobbied to get Tex Hall re-elected for a second term to the NACI," said Ben Speakthunder, chairman of the Fort Belknap tribe during his introduction of Hall. Hall has served as chairman of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara nations since 1998. He was superintendent and principal at Mandaree School for 11 years and was named North Dakota's Indian Educator of the Year in 1995. In addition, he has served on numerous national committees and boards. First elected in 2001, Hall's administration has been credited for its leadership in the fight against the Bush's administration's efforts to reorganize the BIA without the approval of the tribes. The administration also took the lead in ensuring NCAI members' voices were heard in the Cobell vs. Norton - a lawsuit concerning decades of Bureau of Indian affairs accounting practices - and addressing what they see as the lack of funding and inclusion of tribes in the Homeland Security funding. In addition, Hall has focused his efforts in the areas of transportation, Indian gaming, appropriations, sacred lands protection, state raids of tribal smoke shops and international issues. Hall gave the first State of the Indian Nations Address at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. in January 2003. He was there again this year to continue getting his message out. As he starts his second term, Hall has been instrumental in mobilizing NACI member tribes to take a more active role in America's political process. "This nation's commitments to tribal nations are just as important as rebuilding Iraq or revisiting the moon," he said. "Our nation must square its shoulders and make a commitment to the First Americans a priority in the budget process." Reporter Shawn White Wolf can be reached at 447-4028 or shawn.whitewolf@helenair.com. Copyright c. 2003 Associated Press. All rights reserved. Copyright c. Helena Independent Record; a division of Lee Enterprises. --------- "RE: Tribe banishes Man for writing about Ceremony" --------- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2004 08:51:48 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SANTA CLARA PUEBLO BANISMENT" http://www.indianz.com/ http://www.sfnewmexican.com/print.asp?ArticleID=39945 Dancing With Fire Santa Clara tribal member banished from Taos Pueblo for writing essay about tribe's sacred deer dance By MARISSA STONE | The New Mexican February 6, 2004 TAOS - In his own words, Tito Naranjo is "the man who killed the deer dance." Days after an essay the American Indian wrote about Taos Pueblo's deer dance ran in a local newspaper, Naranjo received an order of exclusion from the pueblo. The order, which means Naranjo is banished from Taos Pueblo, states he could be arrested if he crosses onto tribal land. "Tito Naranjo caused irreparable harm to the sensible nature of the religious activity through exploitation," the order states. Naranjo, 66, a Santa Clara tribal member, is married to a woman from Taos Pueblo. The couple, who live in Mora, have three children. But Naranjo's father-in-law resides in Taos Pueblo. Naranjo said he was so inspired by the dance performed at Christmas at Taos Pueblo that he submitted a short essay to The New Mexican for a holiday-writing contest this past December. Before he wrote the essay, Naranjo thought about the consequences for his family members who live at Taos Pueblo, he said. "I thought immediately, Taos Pueblo is going to disagree," said the longtime college teacher. "Am I going to be a wimp, or am I going to write about this?" Naranjo concluded that the dance - which he considers to be on the level of a Shakespearean drama - is so beautiful that it must be shared. "There's a complexity expressed in the dance that I didn't even get to - these people who created the dance were pueblo geniuses." Naranjo's essay begins: "The soft chant is ancient, coming perhaps, before the Tanoan dialects split Tewa, Tiwa, Towa and Tampiro. The beat is kept with a rhythmic clapping of the hands. A method older than the introduction of the large, dark drum, it predates the beating of a staff on a rolled buffalo or elk hide." The essay won first place in the contest's adult category and earned $100 for Naranjo. It was featured in the newspaper's Dec. 21 edition. After the story ran, Taos Pueblo spiritual leader David Gomez Sr. filed a verbal complaint about Naranjo. "Tito Naranjo used a Taos Pueblo religious activity for self promotion by writing an essay of a sensitive activity for publication in The New Mexican," the exclusion order states. Gomez could not be reached for comment. Naranjo didn't obtain permission from tribal officials to submit the essay, said the order, which was signed by former Taos Pueblo Gov. AllenMartinez and war chief Joseph Lujan. Taos Pueblo Gov. John Mirabal declined to comment on the matter. A New Mexican reporter went to Taos Pueblo and met briefly with Mirabal to discuss Naranjo's story, but the governor declined further comment on the matter. At least 10 subsequent telephone calls to the governor and other members of his staff were not returned. On a cold winter day last month, Naranjo sat at a Taos restaurant and spoke of the need for Taos Pueblo, as well as other Indian tribes, to preserve customs that are carried on orally. Because Taos tribal members are beginning to live outside the pueblo, Indian children are losing their connection to elders within the historic tribal square, Naranjo said. "Young tribal members are watching television instead of doing community work and going down into the kivas." The only way to preserve traditions is by writing about them and recording them, Naranjo said. "CD-Rom will record the entire language of the elders and preserve precise intonations and authenticity of the language for future generations." "Literacy changes consciousness, and all of Taos Pueblo is becoming literate," he added. "This newly gained consciousness demands new freedoms." "Jewish religious traditions have survived more than 5,000 years because they have been written down," Naranjo said. "Taos Pueblo has nothing written down to pass on. This worries me considerably. Taos Pueblo is not going to be able to withstand the onslaught of the wage economy and information-processing society." Naranjo, a former professor at New Mexico Highlands University, now teaches Native American studies at The University of New Mexico at Taos. He is the author of the children's story Day With a Pueblo. Many tribes in New Mexico prohibit the reproduction of sacred dances through photographs and stories - saying the retelling of something sacred detracts from its spiritual significance. Those leaders also fear tribes can be exploited for monetary gain when images of the dances are reproduced. Some leaders from Indian pueblos say the reason their traditions have been kept alive for so many centuries is they have been carried on orally. "Essentially," Naranjo said, "Tiwa spoken words have life and power, while the written word is perceived to kill the live and living nature of words, song and dance." Others have celebrated Taos Pueblo's deer dance, including artist Dorothy Eugenie Brett and writer Frank Waters. The dance was also immortalized by Taos Pueblo artist Lorenzo Lujan, whose painting was paired with Naranjo's story in the newspaper. Naranjo doesn't consider himself a lone voice, crying out about the urgency for Indian tribes to record their traditions. "Lots of people are saying this," he said. Naranjo doesn't regret for "one minute that I wrote that essay," he said. "I'm going to keep going to the pueblo." In fact, he visited the pueblo recently and wasn't arrested. When they were a young couple, Naranjo and his wife made the decision to live outside the boundaries of their tribes. "We decided not to live by the social checks that apply to all the people on the reservation," he said. Nevertheless, Naranjo hopes his order of exclusion will be revoked. For that to happen, the tribal council would have to vote in favor of it. "They said I did irreparable harm to the deer dance - they're saying if I did irreparable harm, I must have killed the deer dance. But I didn't kill it. It's still alive and well." Copyright c. 2004 The Santa Fe New Mexican, Inc. --------- "RE: House creates Cabinet-level Indian Affairs Dept." --------- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2004 08:51:48 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="NEW MEXICO FIRST CABINET LEVEL INDIAN AFFAIRS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.daily-times.com/artman/publish/article_8388.shtml House creates cabinet-level Indian Affairs Department By Jim Snyder/Santa Fe Bureau February 6, 2004 SANTA FE - The House passed a bill, in a 50-4 vote Thursday, to create a state cabinet-level Indian Affairs Department - believed to be the first in the United States. There was no floor debate. "This is a long-time coming," said Navajo Shiprock Chapter House President Duane "Chili" Yazzie, who watched the House members vote in the Roundhouse. "We need to have that high level of representation of status for native nations, which gives us an opportunity to meet the needs of our people." The bill included a $527,000 appropriation. The Indian Affairs Department would be comprised of two divisions: administrative and program service. The department would administer approximately 200 capital outlay projects worth more than $20 million. "The state of New Mexico, I believe, is first in regard to its tribal- state relationships," and in recognizing tribal sovereignty, said Rep. James Roger Madalena, D-Je'mez Pueblo, the bill's sponsor. He added the state had numerous Native Americans in state positions and on commissions. The tribes want a greater voice in state government, Madalena said. "It is important this piece of legislation pass during this session," he added. More than 1,000 bills were introduced in the first two weeks of the session, which ends Feb. 19. Approximately 10 percent of the state's population is Native American. There are 22 tribes and pueblos, including a portion of the Navajo Nation, the country's largest tribe, in New Mexico. The department would be the coordinating agency for intergovernmental and interagency programs concerning tribal governments and the state, according to the bill. Rep. Ray Begaye, D-Shiprock, a Navajo, voiced his support for the bill on the House floor shortly before the vote. "I do support this bill ... I urge the members of the body to support it," he said. The bill now proceeds to the Senate. If passed, it would create a Secretary of Indian Affairs position in Gov. Bill Richardson's cabinet upon his signature. Madalena said the Senate has a similar bill sponsored by Sen. Leonard Tsosie, D-Crownpoint. The difference, he said, is the Senate version recognized the Indian Affairs Advisory Board as an advisory panel while the House bill removed the word "advisory" and creates an Indian Affairs Commission. The commission would consist of 10 New Mexico residents appointed by Richardson: three Pueblo Indians, three Navajos, two Apaches, one urban Native American and one non-Native American. All of the members, except for the urban Native American and the non-Native American would be chosen by their tribal or pueblo councils. The Indian Affairs Commission, according to the House bill, would: * Conduct meetings to provide an opportunity for the presentation and exchange of ideas with respect to Indian affairs by any interested party that result in the promotion of the welfare of the Indian people; * Receive and disseminate information on issues that significantly impact the welfare of the Indian people; * Apprise the secretary of the conditions in Native American communities in New Mexico; and * Advise the secretary on policy matters related to the department's powers and duties. In addition, the department would investigate, study, consider and act upon the entire subject of Indian conditions and relations within New Mexico, including problems of health, economy and education and the effect of local, state and federal legislative, executive and judicial actions, House Bill 39 states. Jim Snyder: jims@daily-times.com Copyright c. 2004 Farmington Daily Times, a Gannett Co., Inc. newspaper. --------- "RE: Feds sued over OK for Drilling" --------- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 08:57:03 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="DINE' SUE BLM" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~1936013,00.html Feds sued over OK for drilling in N.M. Coalition: Wells will hurt Indian sites, environment By Electa Draper Denver Post Four Corners Bureau February 5, 2004 FOUR CORNERS - Navajo Nation chapters, environmental groups and ranchers are suing the Department of the Interior for approving industry plans for almost 10,000 new oil and gas wells on public lands in northwestern New Mexico. The coalition alleges that the 20- year development plan for one of the largest natural gas reserves in North America would destroy the region's air quality, thousands of Native American cultural sites and the local ranching economy. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, claims that Interior and the Bureau of Land Management violated federal laws protecting the environment and cultural resources by deciding in December to allow that many wells and more than 12,500 new compressors, 1, 000 miles of new roads and 75,000 tons of air contaminants. This would be added to existing development, which includes 18,000 active wells and more compressors. "The BLM is approving massive new development, yet they are clearly not able to handle the soil, range, water, air and wildlife impacts that are overwhelming communities throughout the basin from existing development alone," said Treciafaye "Tweeti" Blancett, one of two ranchers who are plaintiffs in the suit. BLM officials have said they cannot comment on pending litigation. But they defended approval of the plan last year by saying that development of the energy resource will occur incrementally over 20 years, and that the BLM will not allow full development if impacts violate federal standards. Blancett and another New Mexico rancher, Don Schreiber, allege that the BLM's lax permitting practices and failure to enforce its own rules have imposed an extreme hardship on their operations, from the uncontrolled spread of noxious weeds to ruined roads and unfenced hazards. Two Durango-based environmental groups, the San Juan Citizens Alliance and the Oil and Gas Accountability Project, have joined with the Natural Resources Defense Council and Dine Care of the Navajo Nation to make a case that existing oil and gas operations already threaten to emit ozone in excess of federal safety limits. More development, they say, ensures that will happen. They also say such expansive operations scar entire landscapes, destroy ecosystems and ruin grazing lands. Officials of three Navajo chapters, which are units of local government on the reservation, said they object to proposed drilling on two mesas sacred to them, Gobernador Knob and Huerfano. "The BLM's proposal will directly impact thousands of cultural sites, many of which hold great importance to the members of the Dine (Navajo people), yet we were not consulted," said Sam Sage of the Pueblo Pintado Chapter. The other two chapters bringing the suit are Counselor and Huerfano. Environmentalists said the BLM's environmental study was flawed and incomplete. They said it did not look at the big picture for the region, which, they said, is staggering in terms of cumulative impacts such as air pollution. The BLM plan that drew the lawsuit is out of its Farmington, N.M., field office. It calls for the 10,000 new wells on 1.4 million acres of public lands, and is just one development plan among many. The BLM and Forest Service are studying development plans for 300 new gas wells on federal leases in southwestern Colorado. And the Southern Ute Tribe has planned for more than 700 new wells on its reservation in southwestern Colorado. Copyright c. 2004 The Denver Post or other copyright holders. --------- "RE: Dine' Curriculum Guide is a Milestone" --------- Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:13:13 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="TEACHING NAVAJO" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.daily-times.com/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=273&num=8243 Dine curriculum guide is a milestone for indigenous lanugages By Carol Cohea/The Daily Times February 2, 2004 FARMINGTON - Once they walk into the bilingual portable at McKinley Elementary after 3:30 in the afternoon, the pupils are immersed in reading, writing, speaking and listening in Navajo. One recent evening for parents, some pupils were reading and speaking quickly and easily. Some were just beginning to understand the words and wrap their tongues around the glottal stops, dipthongs and high and low nasal tones. Others were struggling. Some were beginning to read words together to make sentences. "Your jaw muscles have to adjust to Navajo language, the glottal stops and high tones," explained Carole Yazzie. She and Mary Lou Yazzie are in charge of the Afterschool Bilingual Program. Parents were getting a look at what their youngsters do in the afterschool program. This night children were reading from a worksheet they'd done earlier in the week, introducing themselves by clan, describing their clothing and colors and talking about food. Elthea Charles said daughter Ashlynn Atcitty, 9, considered the class a treat. "She's communicating with her grandparents. It's opening new horizons for her. I feel lucky she's got the class. She's picking up a lot of things," Charles said. "Last year it was really just an arts and crafts program. This year I see a lot more knowledge coming back," she said. Linda Jim said she speaks fluent Navajo, but raised her three children speaking English. Her own daughter, Shianne Jim, 9, wrote her a letter asking her permission to come to Navajo class, so she could communicate with her grandmother. "She loves the class. It's wonderful. I tell her I'm learning a lot from her. She's bringing home books and we're learning to read the language," Jim said. "It's fun. Its my first time doing this," Shianne said. Jarred Billy, 10, is enthusiastic about coming to class. "I want to learn more Navajo words. It helps pull up my grades in regular classes," he said. "I like it. I think my son is learning a lot. All we talk is English. He likes coming here and he's trying to teach me the language," said mom Lisa Jones. Parent Alfreda Scott said a child's knowledge of two languages gives the child an ability to look at life more colorfully. "They can see the world in colors compared to just one way or another. It opens their eyes to other opportunities out there for Navajo language speakers and in society itself. Language gives them a strong background," she said. In November the Farmington School District became the first district in New Mexico and the U.S. to have an indigenous language curriculum guide which meets the state Department of Education Standards and Benchmarks. The school board approved the kindergarten through grade 12 Dine Bilingual Language Culture and History Curriculum Guide. "A lot of school districts are asking for it. We are copyrighting it and will offer it for sale at $30 a copy," said Arlene Kirstine, director of Farmington Schools Bilingual and Indian Education Program. The guide was developed by Bernice Casaus, as curriculum consultant, along with her team of co-developers, Sharon Becenti, Karen Begay, Donna Irvin, Videna John, Jenny Kaye, Herbert Platero, Jennie Platero, Barbara Sorensen, Nellie Storer, Jeanette Wauneka, Betty Williams and Mary Gregori. The guide includes language and culture components on Navajo history, government, fundamental philosophy and parent involvement. It complies with Farmington Schools Education Plan for Student Success, state Department of Education Standards and Benchmarks and the Navajo Nation Education Policy. As lesson plans and materials are developed, they are taken directly to the pupils, in this case the 15 pupils at McKinley Elementary and the program teachers Carole Yazzie and Mary Lou Yazzie. Casaus began her professional career as an English teacher, teaching second language learners how to speak English. For the last 10 years she has taught Navajo language to teachers. Before that she volunteered her time at Swinburne Elementary. "When my kids started at Swinburne I was a home room mother, making cookies and Koolaid. In the afternoons I volunteered time to work with kids. I'd hear that the language of Navajo kids was not up to par. I decided I would see how I could help. I was going to teach them English," she said. Over the years she realized that learning Navajo was the way to get the children to learn correct English. "When kids know both languages they realize the importance of the sound and importance of correct English," she said. "If they know two languages, they have something to compare to. The two vocabularies can be compared and they are able to draw from both." She pointed out that Navajo is written in English phonetics. It takes some children who have had no experience with Navajo a while to get their tongues moving and to begin to verbalize Navajo, she said. Then she and Carole Yazzie and Mary Lou Yazzie begin to introduce them to the high tones and low tones and to mix them up. "In English, for example, mom is a nasal tone; bank and sky are falling tones, high is a high tone. Once they hear that and get the idea of high and low tones, the speaking and reading will come quickly for them," Casaus said. Casaus wants to make the lessons meaningful to the children in the area and uses animals and structures they see. Some lessons involve teaching through the use of a plastic diorama of a farm scene with animals and corral fences. It's used for teaching post positions, prepositions, such as over, under, beside, near, and by. Through the diorama children also learn nouns, placement of objects, handling verbs and names of domestic animals. Colors and numbers are integrated for review. At another time Casaus brings out her back of tricks - a white flour sack, emptied of flour, now filled with an assortment of stuffed and plastic animals and objects. She pulls these from it, asking the children to name the object in Navajo and say it's color. She asks questions of them and waits for their responses. "If you can do hands-on, it sticks. Abstract doesn't work," she said. The hour-long after-school class is at the point now where it's taught almost totally in Navajo. "The kids are smart. If you're going to do English translations between the Navajo, the kids are going to wait for the translations," she said. The work on the lesson plans will continue this summer for upper grades and staff will be trained on how to use it. "Each level will progress with more detail and more complex thinking," she said. Carol Cohea: carolc@daily-times.com Copyright c. 2004 Farmington Daily Times, a Gannett Co., Inc. newspaper. --------- "RE: Salish Languages reveal Culture" --------- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 08:30:44 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LANGUAGE RELATES TO SURROUNDINGS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.spokesmanreview.com/~s1482520&cat=section.Tribal_news What people call things around them Salish languages reveal culture, close ties to natural surroundings John Craig Staff writer February 3, 2004 While Kalispel tribal leaders try to preserve their language by teaching young people, tribal natural resources director Deane Osterman is generating public interest one fish at a time. Osterman, who is not Native American, has been studying the Interior Salish languages in this region for 15 years as a means of understanding the relationship between culture and biology. "The best way to do that is through language," according to Osterman, who recently lectured on the Kalispel language in Newport, Wash. What people call the things around them says a lot about the importance they attach to those things, Osterman said. Fish must be important to people who have names even for sculpin so scrawny you'd need a half-dozen to make a sandwich. "They knew this resource like the back of their hand," Osterman said. "There's a lot of specificity in their fish nomenclature." For example, he said there are three names for varieties of sculpin, all referring in some way to the barbels, or whiskers, on their upper lips. To begin to appreciate the names, one must understand that Salish words -- both nouns and verbs -- are formed by tacking prefixes and suffixes onto descriptive roots, Osterman said. Plurals are formed by doubling the root. Thus, a "hairy-mouthed" fish has "upup" (pronounced oop-oop), or more than one hair, as part of its name. It is remarkable how similar the Kalispel fish classification system is to modern scientific designations, Osterman said. Kalispel and other Salish names "all key in on how these animals look," he said. That kind of insight is why Newport-area resident John Stuart was among some 15 people who turned out for the WSU/Pend Oreille Cooperative Extension program last week at the CREATE arts center in Newport. Stuart is active in a conservation group and hoped to learn shades of meaning from Kalispel animal and plant names. His adult son, Tighe Stuart, shared that motive as well as an interest in linguistics, having visited some Latin American countries after studying Spanish in high school. Tighe Stuart said one of his friends is an avid linguist, and "knowing someone else is excited about it makes you wonder what's there." Cathy Stolarik, manager of a Newport title insurance office, said she has always been fascinated by languages and attended Osterman's lecture as a way "to further humble me." She was humbled when Osterman discussed the sounds used in the Kalispel language and the parts of the mouth used to produce them. "What do you do with that thing in the back of your mouth?" Stolarik asked. "Oh, that sound," she said, prompting laughter, when Osterman attempted to demonstrate a sound that doesn't come naturally to non-native speakers. Osterman knows all the international phonetic symbols used to represent Kalispel and other American Indian languages and recognizes the sounds when he hears them. But some of the sounds in the "consonant-rich" language just won't come out of his mouth, he said. Sue Finley has the opposite problem. She's one of only 10 or so tribal members who still speak Kalispel, but some of the symbols used to write the language still elude her. "Just to sit down and write a letter in Indian, I couldn't do that," Finley said in an interview from the tribe's cultural office. Despite the difficulty, she translated eight children's books last year as part of the tribe's effort to teach its language to schoolchildren during summer breaks. Pronouncing the words seems "pretty simple" to Finley, who didn't learn English until she started grade school at the Indian Day School on the reservation across the Pend Oreille River from Cusick, Wash. But, she acknowledges, "a lot of people tell me it's hard." To help beginners learn some of the unfamiliar sounds, Finley resorts to instructions such as, "Make the sound like you're going to cough or you're clearing your throat or something like that." Osterman's instruction began with a year of classes from Spokane tribal elder Pauline Flett at Eastern Washington University, where he earned a master's degree combining anthropology, biology and linguistics in 1994. The Spokanes have an "R" sound that the Kalispels don't have and they pronounce some words differently, but native speakers of both tribes as well as the Montana Flatheads can communicate easily. Those tribes speak dialects of the same language, according to Raymond Brinkman, director of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe's language program. Brinkman wasn't surprised that Finley sometimes can and sometimes can't understand native speakers from the Coeur d'Alene Tribe. The Coeur d'Alenes have a separate Salish language, as distinct from Kalispel as Portuguese is from Spanish, he said. Since the 19th century, the Coeur d'Alenes and other tribes throughout the region have used Kalispel as a lingua franca, or trade language, when they want to be more widely understood, Brinkman said. Still, all the Salish languages in the Inland Northwest have much in common. That's why Rathdrum, Idaho, resident Laura Hunter felt at home when Osterman listed the four words Kalispels use for grandparents -- words that mean mother's mother, mother's father, father's mother and father's father. Hunter is a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, and the Arrow Lakes Band words her father taught her were essentially the same. She said she is interested in learning more of her tribal language. Hunter's 14-year-old son, Zach, said he didn't get much from Osterman's lecture. He may have wished he had. "We home-school," Laura Hunter said. "There might be a little quiz tomorrow." -- Spokane, Wash., Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and the Inland Northwest Copyright c. 2004, The Spokesman-Review. --------- "RE: YELLOW BIRD: Devils Lake Outlet seems Risky" --------- Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:13:13 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="YELLOW BIRD: DEVILS LAKE OUTLET" http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforksherald/news/columnists/7860516.htm DORREEN YELLOW BIRD COLUMN: Devils Lake outlet still seems like a risky business When I read Secretary of State Colin Powell's recent letter about the Devils Lake outlet, I was not convinced that the need for the outlet outweighed the concerns of Canada, the state of Minnesota, the activist group People to Save the Sheyenne and the Spirit Lake Tribe. That's a lot of objections. After discussion and research, I feel better about the issue - but still uneasy. We are talking about Devils Lake, a 3,810-square mile basin in the central part of North Dakota. Since the glaciers retreated, the lake level has fluctuated from about 1,459 feet (which is the level at which the lake spills naturally into Stump Lake and eventually the Sheyenne River) to 1, 400 feet. The recent rise in the lake level has caused people and whole towns to load up their belongings and move to higher ground. It has taken farmland and fishing docks, too. The proposed answer to the flooding is an outlet that would take the top off the lake and keep it from overflowing. I am pleased that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' federal project seems to be off the table. That's the opinion of many state and federal people I talked to. It is too costly - over $180 million. Something that affects so few people but carries such a big price tag probably would not pass Congress, I was told. The state outlet, which will be completed in 2005, is a "done deal." It is going to be completed. They have started moving dirt and pounding nails, so to speak. To me, that seems arrogant on the part of the state people. There are objections to the outlet, yet their answers to opponents' questions are not as reassuring as they could be. State people do have some points that comfort me about the outlet, though. For example, Canada is concerned about Devils Lake biota affecting the Canadian commercial fishing industry. They are rightly concerned that something like the striped bass might get into their waters, said Terry Steinwand, fisheries chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. "We can't document them," Steinwand said of striped bass in Devils Lake. "We don't know if they are here or not. So the risk is very, very small, but there is no guarantee." Canada would like a guarantee. He understands their concern, but doesn't agree that it is a viable risk. The risk, as small as it is, is Canada's risk. Salinity is another issue that concerns the opposition groups. A high salinity level not only causes problems with the fish, but also can act as a laxative for those who drink it. There is a high degree of salinity in Devils Lake, especially in the eastern side of the lake. The outlet mostly will take fresh water from near the lake surface. The salinity will be within the natural range, said David Glott, chief environmental health officer for North Dakota Department of Health. They will be monitoring the levels in the Sheyenne River, as well as the Red River north of Fargo, through Grand Forks and to the U.S. and Canadian border. "We don't think it will be a big issue," he told me. I also questioned the run-off from the agricultural area that feeds into Devils Lake through Channel A. The channel is a drainage ditch that helps drain croplands so farmers can plant those lands early in the spring. Studies indicate some of the fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides can cause diseases like cancer. All are within normal limits, Glott said. Besides, critics also have to look at the run-off that occurs naturally up and down the Sheyenne and Red rivers, from such causes as rain and melting snow. They don't control that run off, Glott said. How could I argue with that? Still, my concern is that years from now - after money is spent and the outlet is pumping - striped bass will be gnawing commercial fish or we will have half a state of sulfate-filled people and sterile fish. Yet, those experts I talked with did seem to know their business. Let's hope so. We can hold them accountable. ---- Yellow Bird writes columns. Reach her at 780-1228, (800) 477-6572 ext. 228 or dyellowbird@gfherald.com. Copyright c. 2004 Devils Lake Daily Journal. --------- "RE: NICK COLEMAN: Shades of Custer, Black Hills Gold" --------- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2004 08:51:48 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="COLEMAN: WASICU GREED" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.startribune.com/stories/357/4361238.html Nick Coleman: Shades of Custer, Black Hills gold Nick Coleman, Star Tribune February 6, 2004 Two years before he lost his hair, George Armstrong Custer led an Army expedition into the Black Hills to look around and see if there was anything to all those rumors about gold being practically ready to pick up and stuff in your saddlebags. Now, the state of Minnesota is fixing to follow in his path. During Thursday's State of the State address, Gov. Tim Pawlenty opened a can of trouble: raising the possibility of radically changing the state agreements that allow Indian tribes to use gaming revenues to provide jobs, build infrastructure and have their voice heard in the halls of power. For Indians, it's de'ja vu, all over again. It was greed that lured Custer into the Black Hills, which had been promised to the Sioux and Cheyenne for "as long as the grass grows" by the Fort Laramie treaty of 1868. As it turned out, the grass stopped growing as soon as the white guys found gold: The Black Hills were too valuable to be left alone to Indians. A University of Minnesota professor named Donaldson accompanied Custer on the 1874 expedition and sent back reports to the leading Minnesota newspaper at the time, the St. Paul Pioneer. He called the Black Hills an Eden and wrote that the area was too rich and too valuable - gold! - to allow it to remain in the hands of "obstinately depraved nomad[s]." Instead, the professor argued, the Black Hills rightfully belonged to the "thousands through whose veins thrills the noble Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian and German blood." There might be an argument as to whether Scandinavian blood is still as thrilling as it was in the 1870s, but Pawlenty's words would be familiar to anyone who lived in Custer's time: Indians have something that is starting to look pretty good to us. The governor hasn't revealed how far he wants to go in changing - or competing with - tribal gaming. But he is definitely pandering to those who don't think Indians should have the bounty to themselves. And by raising the possibility of revising the agreements, he is pouring gas on a bonfire of enviousness. "The compacts negotiated with the American Indian tribes almost 15 years ago do not reflect current circumstances, and we need to address that issue," he said Thursday. Prof. Donaldson might have been pithier: "The agreements we made with Indians were written BEFORE we knew how much money there is to be made." The lie about Indian gaming is that the state gets nothing in return. Really? It gets thousands of jobs. It gets millions in tax revenues. Millions in tourist spending. And it gets the Minnesota State Lottery, which has raised more than $1 billion. No one seems to remember that the state allowed the tribes to have casinos because it wanted to move into legalized gambling itself. The state got horse racing, expanded charitable gambling and the lottery. The tribes got what was seen as a risky but historic opportunity to help raise Indians out of the poverty to which they had been relegated by centuries of broken treaties. Now Minnesota is getting ready to break another one. And Gen. Pawlenty is leading the charge. Too bad. Up until now, the state and the tribes have shared in the winnings. The bounty won't last if the state gets greedy. Nick Coleman is at ncoleman@startribune.com. Copyright c. Minneapolis Star-Tribune. --------- "RE: Alaska Tribal Leaders thought Grants Jeopardized" --------- Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 12:44:54 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="EPA LETTER" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/4715304p-4665367c.html Governor to clarify stance in EPA letter UPROAR: Tribal leaders thought grants jeopardized. By LIZ RUSKIN Anchorage Daily News February 7, 2004 WASHINGTON - Gov. Frank Murkowski angered Alaska tribal leaders with a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency last month that appeared aimed at cutting off $13.5 million in grants to 150 Alaska tribes. But Friday, after a teleconference with Native and rural representatives, the governor has agreed to send a clarifying letter to the EPA, said his spokesman, John Manly. "There was confusion created with this (first) letter," Manly said. The governor's Jan. 7 letter resulted from the concerns of Ernesta Ballard, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. "Our beef really was more with our sister agency (the EPA)," DEC spokeswoman Lynda Giguere said. "It wasn't meant to be a jab at tribes." But that's how it was taken. "The smoke signals were really going off through e-mail throughout the Native community," said Rep. Mary Kapsner, D-Bethel. "It was turning into kind of a mushroom cloud." Kapsner said Native leaders who read the Jan. 7 letter thought the governor was trying to end EPA grants to tribes. At issue are EPA tribal "capacity building" grants, which can be used to fund administrative expenses, training and planning to support a tribe's environmental programs. Murkowski, in his letter, told the EPA that Alaska tribes are different from tribes in the Lower 48 because they lack "Indian country" powers. He said the EPA grants would be building tribes up to assume regulatory and enforcement authority that belongs to the state. "EPA encouragement of capacity building in these areas runs counter to the law and undermines state authority," the letter read. "Therefore, EPA should discontinue funding of capacity building programs that are designed to allow tribal governments to take over state responsibilities relating to environmental quality." Glenn Fredericks was one of the tribal leaders incensed by the letter. The grants help tribes run cleanup and recycling programs and plan solid waste dump sites, he said. "These are working, and Murkowski wants to cut that out, and what has the state ever done out there in rural Alaska to help?" said Fredericks, president of the Native Village of Georgetown, which is working to re- establish its largely abandoned village on the Kuskokwim River. His tribe of 107 members receives $110,000 from the EPA and $120,000 from a federal grant for small and needy tribes. It has paid some of its money to the state in recording fees and to review well specifications, he said. "How much money does the state get from EPA? We don't see none of it," Frederick said. "I don't know what's wrong with (Murkowski). He's been our senator and he knows our problems out there and yet he attacks everything we do." Murkowski's letter follows Sen. Ted Stevens' effort last year to divert tribal housing and law enforcement grants to the state, an initiative he eventually backed away from. Giguere, the spokeswoman for the state DEC, said Ballard does not want to stop grants that help tribes run cleanup or recycling projects or any number of worthy environmental programs now under way. In fact, she said, the department didn't know of any instance of an Alaska tribe using an EPA grant to support work that encroached on the state's jurisdiction. "The tribes aren't doing anything they are not supposed to be doing," she said. "It's more that there's $13 million coming into Alaska and we really don't know what it all does, where it all goes, whether it's something we can complement with state funds. ... We aren't being asked to sit at the table when the money is being considered so we can help." Kapsner said Ballard's explanation in a teleconference with Native leaders from across the state went a long way to soothe concerns. "To Ernesta's credit, she apologized. She explained that (the state) didn't want the money, or a percentage of the money, or for grants to go away for the tribes, and that was a huge relief," Kapsner said. "It wasn't 'Kumbaya' but I think people are more relaxed on this issue." She said she'll look forward to reading the governor's revised letter. Reporter Liz Ruskin can be reached at lruskin@ adn.com or 1-202-383-0007. Copyright c. 2004 The Anchorage Daily News. --------- "RE: Living Conditions for Natives still shameful" --------- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 08:30:44 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LIVING CONDITIONS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.theglobeandmail.com/~/ABORIGINAL03//?query=aboriginal&disp=e&end Living conditions for natives still shameful, Ottawa admits By KIM LUNMAN February 3, 2004 OTTAWA - Calling conditions in Canada's native communities "shameful," Prime Minister Paul Martin promised yesterday to improve the lives of natives. "Aboriginal Canadians have not fully shared in our nation's good fortune, " said Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson, who delivered Mr. Martin's first Throne Speech in the Senate. "While some progress has been made, the conditions in far too many aboriginal communities can only be described as shameful. This offends our values. It is in our collective interest to turn the corner. And we must start now." The speech announced that the federal government will establish an independent Centre for First Nations Government to address concerns about fiscal and electoral accountability on more than 600 of the country's reserves. He also said safeguarding Canadians from health concerns such as contaminated water -- a big problem on some reserves -- is a "top priority" of the government. Earlier this year, the Liberal government announced it would scrap an unpopular bill introduced under former prime minister Jean Chre'tien. The legislation, which would have amended the Indian Act, angered native leaders and sparked protests. The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Phil Fontaine, applauded the government for taking a more conciliatory approach. "Imposed change does not work," he said. "A far better way is to put the onus on where it has ought to be all along, on us. The very strong resistance we witnessed had to do with the imposition of will on the government." He also credited Mr. Martin for admitting that conditions in native communities are "shameful." "What we heard today in the Throne Speech gives me cause to be optimistic." Mr. Martin has already established a cabinet committee on aboriginal affairs and pledged yesterday to improve education and economic opportunities for natives. "When the Governor-General actually admits on behalf of the federal government that the treatment of aboriginal people is shameful, then obviously they have to do something about it," said Jose Kusugak of Inuit Advocacy in Canada. The government also vowed to engage other levels of government and Me'tis leaders on the place of the Me'tis in its policies. "It's been a very long time since the Me'tis have been mentioned in the Throne Speech," said Me'tis National Council President Clement Chartier. "I think it's almost been 20 years. I believe that mentioning Me'tis in the Throne Speech by Mr. Martin was signalling a new era for the Me'tis." Last year, the Supreme Court of Canada recognized the rights of the country's estimated 300,000 Me'tis under Section 35 of the Constitution Act of 1982. Copyright c. 2004 Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved. --------- "RE: Health Benefits no longer tied to Consent Forms" --------- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2004 08:51:48 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="NO MORE CONSENT FORM REQUIREMENT" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://north.cbc.ca/regional/~feb05healthbene02052004&disp=e&end Health benefits no longer tied to consent forms February 5, 2004 IQALUIT - Health Canada has dropped a requirement that Inuit and First Nations people must sign a consent form to receive non-insured health benefits. 'Sometimes we win and this is one of those days' - Jose Kusugak The form would have given the federal government permission to share a patient's medical information. However Health Canada says the forms are no longer required in order to receive benefits. "The written consent forms are not necessary, so there's no more of a March 1 deadline and people aren't required to sign forms, which is very good and it means people's benefits continue," says Bill Erasmus, a regional vice-chief of the Assembly of First Nations in the N.W.T.. Erasmus says the only people who have a history of prescription drug fraud will be required to fill out forms. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Jose Kusugak has been battling the federal government on this issue for months. He's pleased with the outcome. "Sometimes we win and this is one of those days," he says. "No other Canadians have to provide consent of this nature in terms of providing personal information to a number of health professionals so I think it's great news." Nunavut's Health Minister, Ed Picco, says he met recently with Health Minister Pierre Pettigrew, and again raised the issue of the consent forms. "I guess it's a great announcement for Inuit that the NIHB program will continue without having the consent form initiative having to be done and signed off," he says. Health Canada is circulating its privacy code to First Nations and Inuit organizations for comment. In it the government hopes to clearly explain why and how personal health information is collected, used and protected. Copyright c. 2002 CBC. All Rights Reserved. --------- "RE: Chiefs accuse Gabriel of Police Deal with Devil" --------- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 02:33:30 -0500 From: Frosty Subj: Kanehsatake Chiefs Accuse Gabriel of Signing Police Deal With Devil Mailing List: Frostys AmerIndian Kanehsatake Chiefs Accuse Gabriel of Signing Police Deal With Devil By: Ross Montour Volume 13 Issue 2 - January 30, 2004 Two of the three Chiefs remaining within Kanehsatake say they have received a copy of a policing deal being secretly negotiated by Grand Chief James Gabriel and the Quebec government. The deal, if signed would replace the Kanesatake Mohawk Police and the community-appointed commission that governs it with an entity to be known as the Kanehsatake Public Security Commission. "James is attempting to create an entity that would allow him to get rid of the community policing as we know it in Kanehsatake and replace it with a partnership with the SQ and RCMP under his total control," Chief John Harding charged yesterday. Fellow Kanehsatake Chief Pearl Bonspille called the secretly negotiated deal "A recipe for bloodshed." According to Harding, he and Bonspille received a copy of the deal Wednesday, late in the afternoon. Harding said that Chief Steven Bonspille had not yet seen the copy of Gabriel's deal. According to reports received by them, most of the police that swarmed into Kanehsatake on January 12 remain by Gabriel's side. She said that Gabriel is intent on creating a police state in Kanehsatake under the control of himself, Larry Ross and Terry Isaac. Bonspille, Harding and Steve Bonspille issued a press release on Wednesday blasting Quebec Indian Affairs Minister Benoit Pelletier for his part in the deal. "The recent announcement by Mr. Pelletier, who made public his secret deal with only four members of the seven-member Mohawk Council of Kanesatake has been criticized and condemned by the remaining three, duly elected Chiefs of the Mohawk Council of Kanehsatake who feel they have been excluded from these discussions willfully and in bad faith by the government of Quebec," reads the statement. Bonspille, Harding and Steven Bonspille say that deal-making done without the participation of all elected Council members and without consultation with the Mohawk People of Kanehsatake is the cause for the deep division that exists within the community. It is no wonder, they say, that there is such a high level of mistrust of the federal and provincial governments. They blame Gabriel and his three supporting Chiefs, along with the outside governments for the "string of recent crises in Kanehsatake." The Eastern Door received a draft copy of the deal dated December 24, 2003. The draft was completed only two weeks prior to the January 12 crisis spurred by Gabriel's deal with the Solicitor General of Canada's office to bring in a 60-man police force headed by Terry Isaac and Larry Ross to take over the existing Kanehsatake Mohawk Police Force. This is not the first instance where Gabriel appears to have conducted business on peculiar dates. The Kanesatake Band Council Resolution empowering Isaac and Ross to re-enter the community was signed on January 2, 2004, a day when most government offices, including the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake were closed. Under the deal, if signed, the newly selected Kanehsatake Police Chief would have to make reports directly to the Quebec Minister of Public Security, in effect bringing the community under Quebec policing jurisdiction, notwithstanding the document's wording regarding responsibility for policing in the area by RCMP, SQ and Kanehsatake police forces. The document also has ominous overtones for Kahnawake. Section 3.3 of the document states: The Council (Kanesatake) undertakes to conclude an agreement with the other Native community (Kahnawake) also having jurisdiction over the territory of Doncastor (Tioweroton) with a view to ensuring the application of the present agreement in that territory." Plain reading of the subsection quoted, gives clear indication of an attempt to assert the jurisdiction of the Gabriel - Quebec - Canada deal over that of Kahnawake's in the jointly held territory. "Discussions, decisions and implementation plans by the respective federal and provincial governments disrespecting our culture, excluding the community's input and taking place with only part of its leadership present are null and void, as well as illegal," Harding argued Wednesday. Steven Bonspille echoed Harding's sentiment - "When a portion of the community leadership has been excluded from discussions, (and) with Quebec and Canada playing favourites, do you think wise decisions are being made? We are in the community with our people. We have never left, unlike the other four Chiefs who are deceiving the outside governments, (by) claiming support by the population. Yet, they have abandoned the community for more than four weeks now while we take care of our nation's business." Harding, Bonspille and Steve Bonspille accuse Gabriel of running the community by remote control and question what Gabriel and his three supporting council members are getting out of the deal. In contrast to Gabriel's actions, Harding and his group say that they are striving to get back to working with Kanehsatake's sister communities on the tri-Community Mohawk policing table that Gabriel suddenly turned his back on in 1996. "Quebec hasn't learned anything from the last crisis in our community. Where are the meaningful discussions? This (agreement) sets back relations 100 years," Steven Bonspille said Wednesday. Judging from Peltier's comments to the media Wednesday, the Quebec government hasn't learned anything. Betraying its near total lack of understanding of the nature of band political structure, Peltier said, "The Quebec government still recognizes Gabriel as the sole legitimate authority in Kanehsatake." Meanwhile, Chantal Bernier, the Assistant Deputy Solicitor General of Canada, is the person who signed the November 13, 2003 contribution agreement that allowed for extraordinary police measures with $900,000 of funding to be expended between November of last year and July 2004. Bernier was quoted on the program 'Comment on Lapoint.' When quizzed, she said she was unable to answer a question about what the specific purpose of the funding deal was, according to Harding. Whether she meant that she was not authorized to disclose the information or that she frankly didn't know, is not known. However, according to Harding, Bernier said that she was relatively certain that the funding was granted for a good reason. Gabriel did not return a call placed to his cell phone yesterday. Copyright c. 1997-2000 The Eastern Door. --------- "RE: Timing right for Tribal-law Symposium" --------- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 08:57:03 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="INDIAN LAW SEMINAR" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.spokesmanreview.com/~s1482708&cat=section.Tribal_news Timing right for tribal-law symposium Two-day seminar, which could position UI as Indian-law resource, comes in wake of big story Hannelore Sudermann Staff writer February 4, 2004 This week, a legal challenge filed by the Nez Perce and two other tribes to stop a housing development near a tribal cemetery in Oregon made national news. Last year, a big story out of Washington state was of Makah Indians wanting to exercise their treaty-specified right to hunt whales off the coast. And the U.S. Supreme Court is currently mulling a case about an Indian tribe's prosecution of a non-member Indian tried for the same crime in federal court. Those are the big stories, but issues of Indian law are everywhere -- touching business, crime, taxes, property rights, child custody and all other areas of law. Many of these issues will come up this week at the Symposium on Tribal Law at the University of Idaho, an event UI hopes will establish its law school as a resource for Indian law. The two-day seminar, starting Feb. 5, will be held in conjunction with the Indian Law Section meetings of the Washington, Idaho and Oregon Bar Associations. As many as 100 attorneys, students, professors and tribal leaders are expected to attend. Indian law used to be focused on treaty rights, said Gabriel S. Galanda, a Seattle attorney who specializes in litigation and Indian law. "It was about rights to land, rights to water and rights to fish," he said. "Now the focus is shifting to commercial matters." Since the late 1980s, there has been a tremendous boom in tribal economic development, said Galanda, past president of the Northwest Indian Bar Association. "It's starting to draw the non-Indian public to the reservations," he said. "As there is increased interaction, there is an increase in litigation, in business and in regulatory matters." Coinciding with the increase in Indian law cases, there has been an increase in Native American lawyers. Douglas Nash, an Idaho attorney, UI law professor and Nez Perce Indian, said that when he started law school in the late 1960s, he could count the number of Indian lawyers on one hand. And non-Indian attorneys who practiced Indian law also were rare. Today 17 Washington attorneys and 10 Idaho attorneys are registered with the National Native American Bar Association. But the field is growing. More than 150 Indian law attorneys are working in Seattle now, and nearly half of them are Native American, said Galanda. While they might not be experts in the laws for different reservations, they know that every tribe has its own unique set of laws, said Galanda. They're also versed in Indian law as it relates to civil, local and federal applications. The Supreme Court case currently under review centers around Billy Jo Lara, a Chippewa from North Dakota who punched a tribal officer on another reservation. Lara's assault case went to the other tribe's court as well as to North Dakota federal district court. The term for being tried in two separate courts for the same crime is double jeopardy, a civil rights violation. Now the Supreme Court will rule on whether the law that allowed for both trials violates Lara's Fifth Amendment rights. The seminar this week will discuss U.S. v. Lara as well as look at the federal process for taking land into trust for tribes, creating Indian Country for jurisdictional purposes. Attendees will discuss how to increase the number of Native American attorneys, and hear an update on the litigation related to the Kennewick Man, a 9,300-year-old skeleton found in the Columbia River in 1996. Though scientists would like to examine the skeleton, several tribes are claiming the bones are sacred and should be buried as soon as possible. One of the hottest topics will be the question of adding Indian law to the Washington, Oregon and Idaho state bar exams. Last year, the New Mexico bar became the first to include Indian law in its licensing test. Now there's a push for Northwest states to do the same. "Indian law has become such a part of mainstream law in states like Washington, Oregon and Idaho, the states need to make sure attorneys have a general understanding of it," said Galanda. "The best way to (ensure an understanding) is to test it on the bar exam." The conference meetings are open to the public and begin at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 5 and 8 a.m. Feb. 6 at UI's law school. Hannelore Sudermann can be reached toll-free at (866) 332-3674 or by e-mail at hannelores@spokesman.com. -- Spokane, Wash., Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and the Inland Northwest Copyright c. 2004, The Spokesman-Review. --------- "RE: Police seek FBI's help to identify slain NA Woman" --------- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 08:30:44 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="STRANGLED NA WOMAN" http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/~/northeast/7871766.htm Police seek FBI's help to identify slain woman By Domingo Ramirez Jr. Star-Telegram Staff Writer February 4, 2004 GRAPEVINE - Investigators sought the help of the FBI on Tuesday to identify a woman whose nude body was found in a creek bed during the weekend. The woman's fingerprints were sent to the FBI for possible identification, Grapevine police Sgt. Todd Dearing said. She had been strangled, according to a preliminary autopsy report by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office. Investigators believe that the woman's body was dropped from a bridge on Texas 360 into the creek bed. "We have a few leads that we've been checking, but we haven't been able to come up with a name," Dearing said. Police said there was no identification near the body, which had been in the creek bed near Big Bear Creek just a few hours before she was found, police said. A motorist called police shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday and reported seeing the body near Big Bear Creek in the 3800 block of Texas 360. Police described the woman as being of American Indian descent, between 18 and 30 years old, 5 feet, 8 inches tall and about 108 pounds, with shoulder-length wavy black hair and blue eyes. The woman's body had several tattoos including the word C-Bear on her left thigh, two teardrops on her upper right arm, Seminole on her inside left forearm and the word Bonez on her upper left arm. Grapevine authorities have received no information about a possible missing woman from area law enforcement agencies, Dearing said. Anyone with information should call the Grapevine Police Department at (817) 410-8127. Copyright c. 2004 Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Knight Ridder Inc. --------- "RE: Laguna Man charged with hacking Mother to Death" --------- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2004 08:51:48 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LAGUNA MURDER ARREST" http://www.gallupindependent.com/020504Laguna.html Laguna man charged with hacking mother to death By Tom Purdom Staff Writer February 5, 2004 PUEBLO OF LAGUNA - The 44-year-old son of an elderly pueblo woman missing since Jan. 8, has been charged in her gruesome ax murder. Louis P. Romero, who lived with his 72-year-old mother Maria Sophia Romero, is thought to have hacked up his mother with an ax, burned the pieces in a wood-burning heating stove in the small two-bedroom home and distributed the charred remains around the home and in a nearby abandoned corral. The corral is near the Old Laguna High School Housing Units on the Pueblo of Laguna. Maria Romero was last seen alive on Jan. 5. Maria Romero lived on the pueblo, but was a tribal member of the Pueblo of Isleta, as is her son. Based on probable cause unearthed during extensive investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Laguna Police Department, Louis Romero was charged Tuesday with second degree murder on an Indian Reservation. No motive for the murder was listed, however, it may have been money-related. His first court appearance was Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge W. Daniel Schneider. Schneider ordered Romero be held by the U.S. Marshal's Service in the Sandoval County Detention Center in Bernalillo, pending further proceedings. According to a United States District Court case documents, tribal police went to Romero's house Jan. 12, with concerned family members to check on the elderly woman's welfare. Police knocked on the door of the home several times, but got no answer. Court documents show once officers entered the house they found Louis Romero, who told the officers he was drunk. A background check revealed Louis Romero was a fugitive from the Laguna Pueblo Justice System on unrelated charges and he was taken into tribal custody. On Jan. 13, Laguna Police contacted the BIA in Albuquerque asking for help in a missing persons case. The FBI was also called into the case because an alleged crime happened on a reservation. A search of the home that evening produced what authorities believe are blood-stained items of clothing as well as a kitchen butcher knife. The following day, John Romero, Louis Romero's brother, told investigators he had "fear that his brother, Louis P. Romero, may have hurt Maria Sophia Romero," a court affidavit states. The brother told investigators he witnessed arguments between his mother and his brother, arguments which turned violent, forcing John Romero to protect his mother. Investigators searched Romero's home again and discovered the inside of the wood heating-stove appeared to have been scrubbed clean. The affidavit states the clean stove alerted investigators to look at burned material near the house. An FBI emergency response team found what appeared to be a pair of wire-framed glasses similar to those worn by the elderly Romero in a pile of ashes near the house. On Jan. 15, a forensic anthropologist from the University of New Mexico confirmed human bone fragments were in the ashes. FBI Supervisory Special Agent Doug Beldon said forensic evidence was instrumental in the identification of Maria Romero's remains. Investigators went back to the house for another search. The FBI CSI crew used Luminol inside the house to find remnants of blood in Louis Romero's bedroom, inside the home's one bathroom, in the main hallway, in the kitchen and in the dining area, the affidavit states. Subsequent searches turned up more ashes, bone fragments and an ax, as well as jewelry identified by friends as having belonged to Marie Romero. Although authorities say Louis Romero is not saying much, investigators discovered Maria Romero got a check for $2,000 on Jan. 2, and that she cashed the check before she last was seen alive on Jan. 5. Court documents state when Louis Romero was arrested on unrelated tribal charges on Jan. 13, he had $185 in his pocket. He told investigators he sold a calf for $400 in November and the $185 in his pocket was the amount which remained from the sale. According to court documents, people who know Louis Romero said he has no regular employment and rarely has such quantities of cash on him and that his mother does not give him large amounts of cash. Copyright c. 2004 the Gallup Independent. --------- "RE: Janklow begins serving Prison Sentence" --------- Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 12:44:54 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="100 DAY WRIST SLAP" http://www.pechanga.net/ http://www.fresnobee.com/24hour/nation/story/1141734p-7953125c.html Former Rep. Bill Janklow begins serving prison sentence By DENNIS GALE, Associated Press February 7, 2004 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Bill Janklow reported to jail Saturday to start serving his 100-day sentence for a manslaughter conviction from a crash that killed a motorcyclist. Accompanied by his son, Russ, and a longtime friend, Janklow walked past a group of reporters and camera crews and into the Minnehaha County Public Safety Building at 9 a.m., took a right turn and checked in. Janklow, a former four-term South Dakota governor, was found guilty in December of second-degree manslaughter, reckless driving, speeding and running a stop sign for the collision that killed motorcyclist Randy Scott of Hardwick, Minn. Circuit Judge Rodney Steele sentenced Janklow to 100 days in jail. After 30 days, he can leave the jail during the day to do court-approved community service. Janklow will do some reading while he is serving his sentence, said Marc Tobias, a friend who accompanied Janklow Saturday. Also, the one-time lawyer will probably do some work preparing to defend himself against a wrongful death suit filed by Scott's family, according to Tobias. Copyright c. 2004, The Fresno Bee. --------- "RE: KENT: Rationalizing Randy Scott's death" --------- Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 12:44:54 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="KENT: RANDY SCOTT" http://www.pechanga.net/ http://www.indiancountry.com/?1076089312 Kent: Rationalizing Randy Scott's death February 6, 2004 by: Jim Kent / Guest columnist Rationalizing, it is said, is the reduction of ideals to the level of one's conduct. It's also what occurred on Jan. 22, when former South Dakota Congressman William "Wild Bill" Janklow was sentenced for killing motorcyclist Randy Scott. That the 100 days the man will spend behind bars will be inconvenient to him, there is no doubt. But if "justice" is defined by a balancing of scales, one would ask what weight of measure was used to determine that a man's life - Scott's in this case - is worth a mere 100 days? Many across this state, including those in the Moody County Courthouse that day, noted Janklow's age, poor health, loss of attorney's license, loss of his Congressional seat and the lawsuit filed against him by Scott's family as factors that should be and, apparently were, weighed into the decision on the sentence to be handed down to the man. Yet, three of those factors exist solely as a result of the irresponsible behavior the four-term South Dakota Governor displayed on Aug. 16, 2003 that resulted in the loss of another man's life. And whether from an arrogant "I own the roads" attitude or from failing to take care of his own health (per his "diabetes defense"), Scott's death came as a result of choices Janklow did - or did not - make that warm summer day. To use the destructive waters that flowed back on him from the tidal wave of irresponsibility Janklow created that afternoon as a reason to temper this criminal's - yes, criminal's - punishment is as absurd as rationalizing (the key word here) that the "peripheral punishment" received by Saddam Hussein from the loss of his dictator's seat and his time spent in a hole trying to escape American forces are circumstances to be considered in his favor when judgement is finally passed on him. Age as a factor? Not for Scott, He stopped aging on Aug. 16, 2003. Physical disease as a factor? Scott, fortunately, will no longer endure the physical agony he was dealt by Janklow which, even if for a brief moment, is unimaginable. Moreover, if - as has been suggested - we are to forget about Janklow's 30-year history of speeding when considering his "punishment" for killing Scott, why should we take into account his 30 years of political service to the state (where Scott was not even a resident)? Are we staying in the present, or bringing in the past? And if we're bringing in the past, is it only a selective examination of the past? One would hope that there would be at least as much consistency in any court of law in South Dakota as there is in - South Dakota's weather. Enough said. As the son of a police officer, and as a former Marine MP, I was taught - both as a child and while in the Corps - that those in positions of authority should be held to a higher standard than any "average" citizen. As a "cop," you should be expected to enforce - not break - the law. As a legislator, you should be expected to create and acknowledge - not dismiss and ignore - legislation. On two occasions while serving as a Corrections Specialist during my time in the military, I saw fellow MPs brought into prison handcuffed and shackled. In both cases, they'd been caught dealing in contraband with convicts. Both had "excuses" for their irresponsible behavior, but it was explained to both of these young men that the moment they put on their badge, they made themselves a part of the law, not above it. Or, to put it another way, "if you can't do the time, don't do the crime." The same applies for seasoned elected officials, and the same applies to Janklow. For more than three decades and, by his own admission, even after he killed Scott, Janklow ignored the speeding laws of the very state he served at the discretion of the people of South Dakota. Had he been a law- abiding citizen during his tenure to the state (excessive speeding as a norm is not abiding the law), had he no record of speeding tickets, accidents, etc., and had he possessed enough strength of character and respect for the man he "accidentally" killed to come forward at the scene of the crime - or immediately afterward - to admit his guilt and ask forgiveness, I might be of a different opinion regarding his sentence. So might many others. But since Janklow didn't show enough respect for Scott, his family or the people of this state to present himself with the courage and integrity of a true leader, I'll never know how such honesty might have changed my view of the man. Quite frankly, I have no sympathy for Janklow or the fate - minimal in effect as it may be - that he has created for himself. I do regret the negative impact his actions have had not only on the people of South Dakota but on the country as a whole. He was, after all, a part of the legislative body that represents every American. I also regret the impact his irresponsibility has had on his own family - the full extent of which I'm not sure they fully realize. Most of all, I regret the precedent that has been set by a judicial system that has chosen to value a man's life at 100 days - cheap, by anyone's standards - be it in South Dakota or on the streets of Baghdad. But if there's one aspect of Judge Rodney Steele's sentencing that casts a shadow over the passing of Scott more than any other, it's his decision to expunge Janklow's record after a three year probation period is completed. Yes. I'm aware it's South Dakota law to do so when sentences are suspended, but it was Judge Steele who chose to suspend Janklow's sentence. Who, may I ask, can suspend the maximum sentence Janklow levied on Scott on a lonely stretch of South Dakota highway one warm August afternoon? Who can expunge Scott's "record" - as a part of eternity? Aristotle once said "the only stable state is one where all men are equal before the law." I question the stability of any state where the scales of justice have determined that one man's "sentence" of death isn't worth more than 100 days of inconvenience for the man who killed him, followed by an official denial that the incident ever occurred. Yes boys - let's keep those records clean. In the typical Western European credo, "as long as it's not written down, it didn't really happen." Now, click your shoes three times - "I don't remember anything, I don't remember anything." Poof! We're over the rainbow, in South Dakota. ---- Jim Kent is a freelance writer and radio journalist who is regularly heard on National Native News Radio and Free Speech Radio News. He lives in Hot Springs, S.D. Copyright c. 2004 Indian Country Today. --------- "RE: Native Prisoner" --------- Date: Mon, Feb 9 2004 19:18:40 -0700 From: Janet Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - Note: For those not familiar with chaplain volunteers, a quick background may be helpful. State and federal corrections systems typically do not have traditional tribal spiritual leaders or elders employed as chaplains in their institutions. In order to fulfill their responsibility to meet the spiritual needs of inmates, most prisons have volunteers from the Native community come as visiting chaplains to serve this community. "Badging" is the process of authorizing a volunteer. Generally a security clearance is needed, and volunteers have rules that must be followed. If prison believes a rule has been violated, or even if they simply think its in the institution's best interest, they may withdraw a volunteer's badge (permission to come in to the institution). I don't know any particulars about this situation beyond what is written here, nor do I know what could be or should be done to help. Please contact Rebecca (the writer of the original request, whose e-mail address is at the bottom of this message, for more information. I do know the last few sentences are true. A bond of trust develops over time, and trust is something Native inmates in particular have a hard time finding in non- Indian facilities. When a volunteer is taken away (or even when one leaves voluntarily), it has a negative effect on the entire program that can extend for months. When the support of spiritual programs is weakened, some inmates may fall back on old coping mechanisms. Janet ----- Date: Sunday, February 01, 2004 11:30 AM From: "Brigitte Thimiakis" Subj: FW: Badge Pulled - Request for Advice Mailing List: Iron Natives From Justicenetwork Please reply to Rebecca directly if you can help. Thank you. (2 messages below) ----------------------------------------------------------------- From: ni_yool_yith_ah_jish To: justicenetwork@ifrance.com Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 11:24 PM A friend of mine who has been going into the prisons for many years had her badge pulled last week. She has not yet been told why. This has happened to her many years back and they held her badge for five years. She was told that time that she had too much influence on the men. She did tell me that the men had recently put a complaint in on the chaplain. I think that the complaint was in regards to holding of a drum that was gifted to them. The drum had warriors painted on it to symbolize veterans. The chaplain was not going to let the drum through but another chaplain when told the importance of the warriors on the drum let the men have the drum. But now they are with holding the badge and and in doing this the men suffer. Do you have any contact we might reach in order to see that the badge is returnt in a speedy fashion? Subj: Badge Pulled To: justicenetwork@ifrance.net You may send this out to other places who may be able to help. This was a Kansas prison. A high profile prison. My firend does not wish to upset anyone. She just wants to return to being able to help the men as she has. She mentioned that she had been at the table talking on the phone and she heard a noice outside. So she ended the converstation and went outside to look and a helicopter was flying real low over her farm. Since she lives out in the woods there was no reason for this. It happened once before when she was builting the lodge in place. The drum was a gift. We had no control over any design. It was all innocent in design. My friend is a Sun Dancer and a very good person. I know she has done no harm. I think that this is just a sensitive time for a prisoner...and that another high profile case just concluded at court. But can they just jerk innocent people around as they wish pulling badges when they like? It will anger the men and the men will then get into trouble. We do not wish this at all. Thank you. RebeccaWestgate@webtv.net --------- "RE: History: Carlisle Indian School" --------- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 23:37:54 -0500 From: Barbara Landis Subj: January 16, 1891 INDIAN HELPER, Carlisle Indian School Newspaper. [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, JANUARY 16, 1891 NUMBER 19 ================================================ ONE of the wee boys in the small boys' quarters declares that the following lines "just came into his head." He wrote them for his teacher only, but the M.O.T.B.S. caught them up, thinking that the readers of his paper would enjoy the rhythmic effusions of an Indian youth so full of promise. Poetry The little bee flies from buds to flowers, Seeking his store for the winter hours, Seeing as he goes his way, His friend, the grasshopper, slender and gay, Who never thinks of the winter hours, Nor gathers his food from the buds and flowers. Poetry. Live for something,little man, Always do the best you can. Never slight your work at all, For the good Lord made us all, But by trying you will win, If you throw off your load of sin. ============= JOHNNIE SCHMOKER. -------- A Peep at the Cheyenne Agency, I.T. Our good friend Mr. Seger again favors the readers of the Indian Helper with one of his bright letters about his work and about the doings of some of our returned students. He says: At the writer's last visit to the Agency, as he entered the Agent's office, a pleasing sight met his eyes, for there sat Cleaver Warden industriously writing, and a little way from him at another desk sat Robert Burns, also engaged in clerical work. Another desk was occupied by Paul Boynton. The very look on each face showed that they meant business. It did not take my mind long to flit back some fifteen years and to see these same boys as they were brought to me at the Agency school. They wore long hair and were dressed like hundreds of other Cheyenne and Arapahoe boys in full Indian costume. By the aid of a tub of water, comb and shears they were ready in a short time to put on their suits of jean, when they had the appearance of fresh hatched school-boys. From that time on their faces have been turned toward the paths of civilized life. But the change was not yet. Paul Boynton served an apprenticeship as type-setter at the office of the *Red Man*, and persevered until he became proficient as typesetter and became a good penman, which with his knowledge of the English language fits him for the position he now holds. Robert Burns did not commence clerking in the Agent's office the next day after entering school, strange as it may seem. After attending the school at the Agency for two or three years he went to Carlisle, Pa. After spending some time in this school, he attended college and graduated with honors. Cleaver Warden was also a student of Carlisle, where as a leading disputant in a debate he said, "The American Indian should be exterminated," and said he "I will be the first one to jump into the Atlantic Ocean." But now are not these three Indians trying to exterminate the Indians within themselves, by leading industrious lives? As such thoughts as these flash through my mind, I am interrupted by the cry of "Johnnie Schmoker," from a number of Indians, who were seated outside of the office-railing. After shaking hands with them I passed in behind the railing and there was eagerly greeted by my old school-boys, who had grown to be men. Cleaver laid down his pen and turned around in his chair, facing me and said "Why do the Indians call you Johnnie Schmoker" I have often wondered why they did this but have never before inquired." "Well, your curiosity shall be satisfied, at least," said I. "That name was given me by the Arapahoes in the year 1873. "It happened this way: "I had not been at the Agency long, when I visited the Arapahoe school. "The superintendent was a Quaker gentleman and a good friend of mine, as well as an old acquaintance. "It was in the evening and the children were so wild and restless that the superintendent shut them in the playroom and locked the door, for the double purpose of keeping ---------------------------------------------- (Continued on 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. ============================= Frank Locke, of Rosebud Agency, Dak. does not agree with the theory advanced by Prof. Nitobe, of Japan while here, that the North American Indian possibly came from Japan. He says, "When we look at the formation and color of the Japanese and compare with that of the North American Indian we cannot be induced to indorse what our friend the HELPER has said about the two races." --------- Although a little late we wish our readers to see the following commendation of one of the boys who came in for a Christmas visit. A letter he brought says: "Capt. Pratt: A__ is a good boy and deserves to have a good time, and he feels that the greatest enjoyment will be to spend the holidays with the ones he loves best. He attends school regularly. We have always found him to be an honest, truthful boy; no bad habits that we are aware of; willing to take advice and profit by it; and we trust he may realize as much pleasure at Carlisle as he has anticipated since deciding to go. J__ goes with him. He also has made many friends since he has been among us. We can heartily congratulate you on the success of the Indian Training School You are doing a good work." --------- Michael Burns Thinks the Apaches Need a Missionary. Michael Burns, one of our first Apache pupils writes from the San Carlos Agency, Arizona: "I thought it would be worthy of record to state in the little Indian paper, that a Christmas was opened here at the Apache Boarding School. It is the first time ever the Apaches witnessed a Christmas tree which stood in the school yard. The relatives of the children were admitted to and partook of the dinner. Most every one of the old feeble Apaches went home with some presents from the Superintendent and the teachers. I expect that most of them wished that Christmas would come soon again, though they do not know why the white people have such a day set apart. They do not know that the blessed Saviour was born on that day. I should think it is time for the Christian people to come out here and try to teach the Apaches something about Christ. The Apaches have a record of a wild people, but they are not as bad as the white people making up statements throughout the country. Of course it is the same with us as with every class of white people, there are some bad ones who commit wrongs and get punished for them, but many of the Apaches living on the White Mountain Reservation are a just, kind and innocent people. I ask to be remembered to my old school-mates." --------- Carlisle Pupils at the Seat of War. Mrs. James F. Cross, Missionary at Rosebud Agency, Dak, in a letter just received, says: "We are in a bad shape out here. I do not know how matters could be worse, and I do not know when and how they are to become better. I had my plans about matured for changing my place of work, but this confusion and disorder came. The state of affairs has become worse since it seemed sure that the peaceful settlement would be reached. Now no one can tell when the matter will be settled. Rosebud is at present out of danger, but no telling when a party will endeavor to wipe us off the earth. Intense prejudice will arise against Indians as a whole, so I have tabled my plan to leave and shall push on anew for their welfare. So far as I have been able to find out the Carlisle students have done good work in keeping friends and parents quiet and at home." But the army of Carlisle pupils who have remained quietly at home and done the good work above referred to by Mr. Cross will never be heard from. If there be a possible one or two, however, who have been over persuaded by their parents to join the hostiles, the fact is spread abroad, while a small circle of pessimists sit back in their comfortable chairs and sneer at the whole system of education of Indian youth. Had there been an hundred times as many Sioux boys and girls educated away from their tribes as there have been in the past ten years - a plan which was strongly urged by Senator Teller when he was Secretary of the Interior and with which the present honorable Secretary is in full sympathy, the disgraceful war now being enacted in the North West, never could have occurred. --------- "Do you use bad words before Capt. Pratt?" "Oh, no." "Why not?" "Because he would not like to hear me." "Oh! But you say, 'I just can not help saying bad words.' Now if you can help it one time you can help it another time. Keep from saying bad words and you will have much greater respect for yourself. It is a terrible habit. ============================= At the Carlisle Indian school, is published monthly an eight-page quarto of standard size, called THE RED MAN, the mechanical part of which is done entirely by Indian boys. This paper is valuable as a summary of information on Indian matters, and 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) To do so no more is the truest repentance. -Luther. ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S ENIGMA: Christmas Holidays. Miss Dittes led the Sunday evening service very acceptably. "O! Did you see her spit on the floor of the balcony? Shocking! December and January *Red Man* will be printed as one number the last of the month. Mr. W.R. Claudy, of town is helping with the desk work at the printing office. The Girls' Society was favored with a well rendered selection by Clara Faber, last meeting. Phillip Lavatta and William Beaulieu are recruits to the printers' corps. Three handsomely framed pictures a gift of a Sunday School Class of young ladies of Linden Hall, Lititz, look very pretty on the walls of the hospital. Mrs. Given spent Sunday in Philadelphia. Miss Fisher accompanied her on Saturday but returned early Sunday morning, having missed the train out of Broad St. Saturday night. Messrs. Thos. McCauley, Henry Blackbird and Wa-ja-pa, delegates from the Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska, sent to Washington on business connected with that tribe spent a few hours with us on their return west. The Invincible Debating Society at their last meeting elected the following officers for the ensuing term: President, Howard Logan; Vice President, Peter Cornelius; Secretary, Henry Standing Bear; Treasurer, Martin Archiquette; Critic, Mr. William Campbell; Sergeant-at-arms, Levi St. Cyr; Reporter, John B. Tyler. Rev. Dr. Chamberlain, of San Paulo, Brazil, has favored the school with another short visit. He says he likes to come to see the Indian boys and girls and we are sure they like to have him come and speak to them. A number of the teachers and pupils went to hear Dr. Chamberlain speak at the First Presbyterian Church in town Wednesday evening. It is due Miss Hunt to say that the chief clerk made a big blunder in giving what the M.O.T.B.S. said last week in regard to the costume committee of the Christmas cantata. Miss Hunt was the chairman of the committee and suggested many of the pretty costumes, laboring most arduously with the others to make the scene the complete success that it was. "Want to buy" blanks will be passed to the boys in a few days. On them they will state what they wish to buy, how much money they wish to spend, how much they have in bank before taking any out and how much they will have left after they take out what they wish to. This is all very good, but let us keep in mind that any fool can *make* money and *spend* it, but it takes a wise, careful person to SAVE his money, Save! Save! Save! should be our watch word. Rumor comes from the Pawnee Agency that Susie Gray is married to George Howell, brother of Rose Howell. A letter from Rosebud Agency, Dak, brings the sad news of the death of Paul Eagle Star, who was killed in a fight with the soldiers. Zippa Metoxen has been promoted at the hospital to the position of Assistant Nurse where she has great responsibilities, and carries them well. The new cupboard in Miss Ely's office DOESN'T look like a dish cupboard, and it is a splendid place for the reports and photographs. This has been a long felt need of the office. The papers have it that Miss Goodale is about to marry Dr. Eastman, an educated Sioux Indian at Pine Ridge Agency, Dak. Mr. Standing sighs and says, "Another brilliant career ends in Sioux-i-cide." Every time a person fails to do a piece of work as well as he or she can, no matter how small the work or how unpleasant it may be, the failure tells AGAINST that person. EVERY TIME!!! Last winter it was La Grippe at the hospital about this time, but this winter it is Pneumonia. The beds are full but all the occupants are getting better and not a case lost. This speaks well for both Dr. and nurses. Clara Faber who does not return to Millersville for a term is taking Miss Carter's place in the school-room and finds it an excellent opportunity to put into practice her Millersville Normal training. The sad news come through letters from Pine Ridge Agency, Dak, that White Horse, Little Bull and Mack Kutepi have been killed, and that Clayton Brave is wounded. The letter does not state upon which side these Carlisle pupils were engaged whether with the hostile or friendly Indians. Walter Anallo was called by telegram to the bed side of his dying sister, Mrs. Robert Marmon, at Laguna, New Mexico, but did not reach there in time to see her. Walter writes an affectionate letter expressing great grief at not being able to look once more into the dear face of his loved sister. In the letter he speaks of several Carlisle boys and girls as follows: William Paisano is keeping a store of his own, so is Henry Kendall; Charles Carr is doing well; Samuel Keryte is working in Albuquerque at blacksmithing, learned at Carlisle and is earning plenty of money; James Miller and Frank Paisano are also in Albuquerque, so are Laura Reed and her sister. Maria, Walter's sister who spent five years at Carlisle, and whose loving face and remembrance has been an employee at the Government school at Santa Fe, but was called home on account of the sickness of Mrs. Marmon, and now that she has left several small children Maria feels it right to stay and take care of them. Mrs. Marmon was one of the dearest little women the write ever met. An Indian woman, uneducated but most amiable, faithful, efficient and untiring, a loving wife and a fond mother. Our sympathy goes out toward the little family so sadly bereft. =============================================== p 4. (Continued from the First Page) ---------------------------------------------- the children in and the camp Indians out. "I soon found that visiting with my friend was out of the question, for the children kept up such a din and noise, dancing and drumming on the stove, benches or anything that would vibrate, until I could hardly think, let alone talk. "Yet I did think a little, regardless of the noise. "I thought how pleasant and smiling the superintendent looked, then I thought how wild and noisy the children were. "What a contrast! "It was like a placid lake beside a raging cataract. "I could not help thinking if that placid lake and cataract could mingle, how much more pleasant it would be! "While thoughts like these occupied my mind, the orchestra ceased playing. In other words, the children stopped. "This called for another distortion of my countenance, which set two boys giggling, and by this time I had the attention of all the scholars, when they would cry in Arapahoe: 'Do it again! Do it again!' "I was so in ready to change the programme and did so by stepping to the middle of the floor and singing, accompanying with gestures the old school song 'Johnnie Schmoker.' "The children formed a ring around me and gave me their undivided attention while I sang about my drum, fife and cymbal. "But at the conclusion of the song, when I reached out my arm and crooked my finger to represent a pipe and gave three hearty puffs of pretended smoke in the air, the children danced with glee, for they had grasped an idea. "They shouted for an encore, and as the song was repeated, several followed the gestures and tried to repeat the words. "Before the winter was over the children were singing 'Johnnie Schmoker' in camp as well as on the play ground, and I was called Johnnie Schmoker by both old and young Indians. "Now, if the readers of the HELPER find anything in this letter to interest them. I will write again and tell them how the writer sang himself into the superintendency of the Arapahoe Manual Labor and boarding School, where he remained in charge for five years without interruption." ========== GREETINGS FROM MRS. GRINNELL. ------- PASADENA, CALIF., Dec. 18, '90 DEAR HELPER: Maybe you think we have quite forgotten you in our far-away home, but I wish the printer boy who mails a number each week to our address could see the rush when the "mail-man" at this end of the route blows his whistle. Joe and Bessie and Fordy make a stampede across the garden to see which one will get to the box first and if the HELPER is, there they shout in a chorus: "HELPER! HELPER!" so loud I can hear it from anywhere in the house. Then we proceed to read every bit of it. Fordy and Bessie are as interested as any one, and sit on the arms of the chair looking over somebody's shoulder while it is being read aloud. After it is finished, Fordy always picks it up and reads over again as much as he can make out. He always turns to the enigmas and though he cannot understand them, he thinks it is very funny that "My 2, 2, 3, 4 and 5 is the name of a boy." He always did think the Indians had very funny names. As Christmas comes near, we especially remember Carlisle, for we were with you one year ago. I am sure you will have happy times this year. Santa Claus will come to you with his white fur and his reindeer sledge, - but to *us* he will come on a gentle sea-breeze -- probably the same that brought Captain and Mrs. Pratt home from Japan. The old Saint will wear orange blossoms in his hair and have rose-buds as big as June apples for sleigh-bells. ========== Enigma. I am made of 23 letters. My 10, 9, 16, 17 is what some of the choir boys and girls do well. My 23, 22, 8 is a color that some white ladies and a few Indians like to paint their cheeks. My 18, 3, 21 is a word that gamblers use and one that the Man-on-the-band-stand does not like to hear his boys and girls use so much. My 4, 6, 15, 14, 19 is what nearly every Carlisle boy and girl can do with a pencil. My 11, 5, 7, 8 is a yellow metal we all like plenty of. My 7, 12, 1, 13, 22, 6 is what teachers as well as pupils like to find in their P.O. box. My 2, 5, 20 is the way our radiators feel sometimes. My whole is what Mr. Standing plainly and forcibly proved Saturday night in his talk. ================================================= STANDING OFFER: - For FIVE new subscribers to the INDIAN HELPER, we will give the person sending them a photographic group of the 17 Carlisle Indian Printer boys, on a card 4 1/2 X 6 1/2 inches, worth 20 cents when sold by itself. Name and tribe of each boy given. (Persons wishing the above premium will please enclose a 1-cent stamp to pay postage.) For TEN, Two PHOTOGRAPHS, one showing a group of Pueblos as they arrived in wild dress, and another of the same pupils three years after, or, for the same number of names we give two photographs showing still more marked contrast between a Navajoe as he arrived in native dress, and as he now looks, worth 20 cents a piece. The new combination picture showing all our buildings and band-stand, (boudoir) will also be given for TEN subscribers. (Persons wishing the above premiums will please enclose a 2-cent stamp to pay postage.) For FIFTEEN, we offer a GROUP of the whole school on 9x14 inch card. Faces show distinctly, worth sixty cents. For FIFTEEN, the new combination picture 8x10 showing all our buildings. (Persons wishing the above premium will please send 6 cents to pay postage.) For TWO Subscribers and a One-cent stamp, we send the printed copy of the Apache contrast. For ONE Subscriber and a Two-cent stamp we will send the printed copy of Pueblo contrast. Persons sending clubs must send all the names at once. ======================================== Transcribed from the original by Barbara Landis-- http://www.carlisleindianschool.org --------- "RE: Rustywire: Navajo Girl" --------- Date: Tue, July 1, 2003 11:18 PM From: rustywire@yahoo.com (john rustywire) Subj: Navajo Girl Newsgroup: alt.native Navajo Girl by Johnny Rustywire Come with me tonight and I will show you a place where there are Navajo Spaceships, Star Mountain, owls and other things... Come with me to Star Mountain, an ancient place where a star fell to earth and smashed into a Mesa that bears the name Tso Sila Butte,(Star Mountain) a place to make dreams and where they come true. In the still of the night you can see the owls fly, they were placed there to warn the Twin Heros, Monster Slayer and Child Born for Water, when they came to this site to use the flint to make shields and body armor against fire breathing monsters, Winged Monster Bird (Tse Nahl Ye' He') over by Shiprock. Near the spot of what is now called Dine College, Tsaile Arizona, where a Navajo Spaceship from ancient days hides in one of the buildings there waiting to take flight. Tonight when the sky is dark and trees very still and no sound is made I will stand at this place Star Mountain and become, Monster Slayer and I will travel by shooting star to the Milky Way. There I will meet Navajo Girl from long ago and we will laugh and talk once more, we will skip from star to star and dance from the song of ages. She will join me tonight from long ago and we will two step until dawn. So if you have nothing to do and want to join take a look at the stars tonight, to what is called the Seven sisters, Pleides by the Greeks, and look closely we will be there.......laughing. --------- "RE: Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days" --------- Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 14:29:40 -1000 From: Debbie Sanders Subj: Hawaiian Book of Days A HAWAI`I BOOK OF DAYS, week of February 9-15 PEPELUALI February Kaulua 9 Our seasons are the cycles of the moon, mahina, and the stars, na hoku. 10 Ask the Gods before taking from the land; ask not to take from Pele, for what is hers belongs to no other. 11 To a place of worship, a heiau, always bring a gift of stone. 12 The wind has learned the secrets of the ages. 13 Mano, the shark god, guides me to a safe harbor. 14 Abundant are the fruits of this land. 15 If you would find the perfect place of your dreams, moe`uhane, ... look within. (c) Copyright 1991 by D. F. Sanders Me ke aloha i ka nani, ... Moe'uhanekeanuenue (With love and beauty, ... Rainbow Dream) --------- "RE: Larry Kibby Poem: Ancestral Child" --------- Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 4:27 AM From: Subj: stories2 Mailing List: Rez Life Ancestral Child by Larry Kibby Hear me children of the dark! Your alcohol abuse is not very smart, And your drug misuse spoils the heart, So dare not to feast of the wild, For you are an ancestral child. Wine, whiskey and beer, Generates a deadly fear, And the pains of death you hear, Will bring a sadden tear. So dare not to feast of the wild, For you are an ancestral child. Coke, crack and weed, Addictive cravings soon you'll need, And your heart will begin to bleed, Sadden by the lustful greed. So dare not to feast of the wild, For you are an ancestral child. So look to the grandfather's of time, Awaken your Indian mind, Step aside those wicked kind, And walk the ancestral line, Because you do not need to feast on society's wild, For you are forever an Ancestral Indian Child! --------- "RE: Hoop Dance Contest held at Heard Museum" --------- Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 12:57:58 -0700 From: "Chris Milda (_Akimel O`odham_)" Subj: Hoop Dance Contest held at Heard Museum (Fwd) Mailing List: News and Information Distribution http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/~/articles/0207Phxbriefs07.html Phoenix news briefs Feb. 7, 2004 12:00 AM Hoop Dance Contest held at Heard Museum CENTRAL PHOENIX - Intricate footwork, creative designs and Native American traditions will be showcased at the 14th-annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest. The event is being held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today and Sunday at the Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Ave. Tickets are $7, $6 for seniors and $3 for children ages 4-12. Heard Museum members and Native Americans get in for $5. Details: www.heard.org or (602) 252-8848. --------- "RE: Upcoming Events" --------- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 15:39:14 -0700 From: Gary Smith (gars@speakeasy.org) Subj: Upcoming Events =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= EVENTS ARE FEATURED IN ODD NUMBERED ISSUES ONLY =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= NATIVE SOLUTIONS PRESENTS: 6TH ANNUAL INTERTRIBAL POW WOW APRIL 23-25, 2004 TIMES FRI 5-9 DANCING & STORYTELLING SAT 10-8 GRAND ENTRY 11:00 SUN 10-6 GRAND ENTRY 12:00 HEFLIN FOOTBALL FIELD, HEFLIN, AL FORMERLY OXFORD LAKE PARK NATIVE AMERICAN WARRIOR SOCIETY AND HONOR GUARD ADMISSION - $5 - ADULTS SENIORS 65 AND UP & CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER - FREE HEADMAN - TONY WALKINGSTICK HEADLADY - CHRISTINA POWELL M.C. - GARY SMITH A.D. - BUCK TUCKER DRUM COMPETITION - 1ST $1000.00, 2ND - $500.00, 3RD - 250.00 ALL SINGERS MUST BE REGISTERED BY 10:30 ON SATURDAY ALL DANCERS WELCOME ALL DRUMS WELCOME NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL ALLOWED FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL TONY AT (256) 835-0110; MARK OR RUTH AT (256) 820-6315. VENDORS BY INVITATION ONLY CALL MARK OR RUTH OR EMAIL ravenspiritwalker@yahoo.com or thunderhawk2062@yahoo.com. HOST MOTEL IS HOWARD JOHNSON'S CALL (256) 463-2900 DIRECTIONS: I-20 EXIT 199 GO PAST HOWARD JOHNSON'S AND TEXACO AT THE END OF THE ROAD TURN RIGHT ONTO HWY 78 EAST GO PAST JACK'S TURN RIGHT AT METRO BANK ONTO COLEMAN ST TURN LEFT ON EVANS ST FOOTBALL FIELD WILL BE ON THE RIGHT =================================== Augusta Pow-Wow May 7-8, 2004 Sponsored by the Augusta Pow-Wow Association Please come join us at our new location: The AJCC on Three J Road Augusta, GA Head Singer - Billy Horse Head Man - Mark Alexander Head lady - Teresa Alexander Arena Director - Orville Gates Craft Contest - Raffles & Auction Approximated Times: Friday 6:30PM - Grand Entry Saturday 12:30-3PM - Gourd Dance 3:00-4:30 - Intertribal 7:00PM - Grand Entry Auction to Immediately follow Saturday Night Dance Information: Bill Medeiros (706) 771-1221 Email: krazywilly@knology.net Pets welcomed on a leash (Owners MUST clean up behind their pets) =================================== Euharlee Native American Festival Osborne Park, Downtown Euharlee, GA Special Tribute to ALL veterans. ALL VETERANS INVITED!!! October 22 - 24, 2004 Grand Entry Sat 12 Noon Sun 1 PM Hosted by Native American Honor Guard & Warrior Society Host Drum: Buffalo Heart Guest Drum: Aracoma Lightning Head Man: Jerry Smith Head Lady: Ellen Rasco Emcee: Gary Smith AD: Maggot No Drugs, Alcohol or bad attitudes. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs. Info: Joey Pierce 404 377 4950 or Sam Hinson 770 546 7191 or Jerry Lang 256 492 5217 =================================== June 4-6, 2004 Blackwater Creek American Indian Festival and Pow-wow At Black Water Creek RV Park off Airport Road & Curry Highway (Hwy. 257) Jasper, Alabama This event is sponsored by Native American Girl Scout Troop #389 and Aracoma Boy Scout Drum and Dance Team. Admission donation: $5.00 - adults; $1.00 for Seniors & students. Head Man: Bill Jolly (Ojibwa); Head Lady: Betsy Jolly (Echota Cherokee); Head Veteran: don Nelson (Potawami): Junior Head Man: TBD; Junior Head Lady: TBD; Arena Director: Little Hawk Gatty (Cherokee); Emcee: John Ferguson (Creek); Storyteller: Vickie King (Cherokee Tribe of NE Alabama) and Steve Bison (CRIC); Host Northern Drum: TBD; Host Southern Drum: Caney Creek Singers; Invited Drums include: Gun Powder River singers; Aracoma Lightning Singers & NoNaMe Singers. All traditional drums are welcome. Ambassador contest for those age 11 to 21 at time of event. This is for males and females. Contact kcooper@uabmc.edu related to details. Gourd dance will be available at 10 AM on Saturday and 12 Noon on Sunday. Prayer Circle will be conducted by Paul Whitehawk and Elizabeth Lightwalker. Host Motel: Holiday Inn Express 205-302-6400 ($57.00 + tax); RV camping is $12.00 per night, tent camping is $5.00 per night. Schedule: Friday: gates open at 4pm, Call-in Songs & Opening Ceremonies at 6 PM, Social Dancing begins at 7 PM, Round Robin Trade Blanket at 9:30 PM. Saturday: Gates Open at 9 AM; Grand Entry at 10:30 AM, Benefit Auction/Flute Playing/Story Telling begin at 2 PM, Dancing resumes at 3 PM, Benefit Auction/Storytelling at 5 PM, Evening Grand Entry at 6 PM, Round Robin Trade Blanket at 9:30 PM. Sunday: Gates Open/Church Services at 10 AM, Benefit Auction at noon, Grand Entry at 1 PM, Closing at 4:30pm. For more information, call Karen Cooper at 205-648-2529 Paul Eulenstein at 205-221-9071 E-mail kcooper@uabmc.edu Or check out the website at http://children.1accesshost.com The Blackwater Creek site is a beautiful one, with RV sites and primitive camping areas along a creek. The RV park was developed from a family farm owned by Mr Deavor's father and grandfather. He developed it to do Blue grass festivals and it is only 3 years old. On the hill up from the RV sites is the showers and the dance circle. There is electricitry at this area and limited water hook-up. =================================== Andersons-web.com http://andersons-web.com/native_events.htm Updated December 5, 2004 March 5 - 7, 2004: Middle Tennessee State Universtiy 5th American Indian Festival Tennessee Livestock Center Murfreesboro, Tennessee. For information call 615-898-2872. March 26 - 28, 2004: Third annual Indian University Powwow Bloomington, In. April 24 - 25, 2004: 2nd Annual Tennessee Native Veterans Society Powwow Sparta, Tennessee. May 7 - 9, 2004: 16th Annual ETIL American Indian Powwow Knoxville, Tenn. May 29 - 30, 2004: Eastern Delaware Nations Whispering Maples Powwow Lovelton, PA. June 4 - 6, 2004: Blackwater Creek American Indian Festival and Powwow. Jasper, Alabama. June 18 - 20, 2004: Eastern Deleware Nations Powwow Forksville, PA. June 18 - 20, 2004: AICA of North Carolina 26th Annual Powwow Union Grove North Carolina. A word of advice, no matter how hard we try, mistakes happen! Please try to get in contact with the event staff and verify the important information before leaving for it. ========================================================================= Crazy Crow Trading Post Updated December 5, 2004 http://www.crazycrow.com/events_nativeamerican/ NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN POWWOW CALENDAR This Native American Indian powwow calendar and related events listing is brought to you as a courtesy of Crazy Crow Trading Post to help keep you up-to-date on the latest powwows & events. We will do our best to validate the accuracy of the information provided, including checking links to web sites, but cannot be responsible for inaccuracies. Check with the contact names and website links of powwow event sponsors for the latest info. F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 4 Feb 14-15: 7th Annual United San Antonio Powwow Location: Crossroad of San Antonio Convention Center, Fredricksburg & Loop 410, San Antonio, TX Event Detail: See website for detail. Contact: Ewrin De Luna, phone: 210-736-3702, email: erwin@unitedsanantoniopowwow.org Event Website Feb 20-22: 2nd Annual FSU Spring Powwow Location: Tallahassee, FL Event Detail: American Indian Student Union Spring Powwow - Details TBA. Contact: phone: (850)644-3756, email: AISU@admin.fsu.edu Event Website Feb 21: Native American Powwow Location: NC School of Science and Mathematics, 1219 Broad Street, Durham, NC 27705 Event Detail: Grand Entries at 1p and 7p. Feast for singers and dancers at 5p. No Contests but lots of intertribal dancing. 17 Arts and Crafts vendors, 2 food stands. Contact: Joe Liles, phone: 919-416-2730, email: liles@ncssm.edu Feb 23: 13th Annual Wacipi Location: Frost Arena, SD State University, Brookings, SD Contact: 605-688-4423 Feb 27-29: Vero's "Thunder on the Beach" Powwow Location: Indian River Fairgrounds, 58th Ave., Vero Beach, FL Event Detail: Call for information . We will have performers from Australia and New Zealand and many from the US. Our fee's are $6 for adults, $4 for children and seniors. We have RV hook ups for $20 per night. Host Hotel: Days Inn-772-562-9991, will have special rates when presented with a flyer. Please e-mail me and I will e-mail you a flyer. Head man - Andrew Hunter Head Lady - Kay Taylor MC - David Whitewolf Trezak Arena Director -TBA Drum- TBA Flute Player-Ed Winddancer Storyteller. Contact: Dona, phone: 772-567-1579/ Cell Phone: 772-538-8363, email: deedee1579@aol.com Feb 27-29: Flag High Native American Club Annual Spring Contest Pow-Wow Location: Flagstaff High School, Flagstaff, AZ Event Detail: Contest in all Categories. Head Staff: TBA Contact: Jason Curley at jcurley17@hotmail.com M A R C H 2 0 0 4 Mar 5-7: University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles Intertribal Society 2nd Annual Benefit Spring Pow Wow Location: USM Sports Arena Field, Hwy 49, Hattiesburg, MS 39406 Event Detail: FREE ADMISSION (Donations Accepted), Gates Open Daily at 9a. Bring Lawn Chairs. FRI: 10:00 AM To Noon - Cultural Presentations; 1:00 To 3:00 PM - Cultural Presentations; 6:00 PM Gourd Dancing; 7:00 PM - Grand Entry. SAT: 11:00 AM Gourd Dancing; 1:00 PM Grand Entry, 5:00 PM Dinner Break, 6:00 PM Gourd Dancing, 7:00 PM Grand Entry. SUN: 11:00 AM Gourd Dancing; 1:00 PM Grand Entry; 5:00 Close. HEAD STAFF - TBA, ALL DRUMS WELCOME. Vendors: $75 Arts & Crafts (10'x10' Space), $100 Food (10'x10' Space). No Alcohol or Drugs Permitted. Contact: Joseph Bohanon, phone: 601-266-4171, email: Joseph.Bohanon@usm.edu March 5-7: 24th Annual Early Spring Celebration Pow Wow Location: Adjacent to the Ft. Yuma Quechan Reservation, Winterhaven, CA Contact: Faron Owl, phone: 760-572-0222, ext. 2228 March 6-7: Native American Heritage Festival Location: Middle Tenn. State University Campus, Murfreesboro, TN Contact: Georgia Dennis, phone: 615-898-2551 March 7-8: 30th Annual NASC Location: Field House, Utah State University, 800 E. 705 N, Logan, UT Contact: Antonio Arce or Martina Yazzie, phone: 435-563-8340 March 8: Joliet Junior College Pow Wow Location: Joliet Junior College, 1215 Houbolt Rd., Joliet, IL (815) 280-2566 March 8: Fife School Districts 11th Annual Surprise Lake Middle School Pow Wow Location: Milton, WA Contact: 253-573-7872 Mar 13-14th: CSU Long Beach 34th Annual Pow Wow Location: CSULB, Central Quad, Upper Campus, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840 Event Detail: Gourd Dancing, Contest Dancing and Hand Drum Contest. Sat March 13th, 11am to 11pm. Sunday, March 14th, 11am to 7pm. Head Southern Singer- Glenn Ahhaitty (kiowa/comanche), MC- Roy Track (assiniboine), Gourd Dancing; 11am both Sat. & Sun. Grand Entry: 1pm, 7pm Sat., 1pm Sun. This event is FREE, parking is free and the campus is handicapped accessible. It is strongly recommend that spectators bring folding chairs. Not responsible for theft, loss, accident, injury or personal expenses. Absolutely no alcohol or drugs allowed, nor overnight camping. With respect to our elders, no pets allowed. CSULB Map & Directions (and additional info), see website. Contact: American Indian Student Council, phone: 562-985-4963, email: csulb_powwow@hotmail.com March 19-21: 30th Annual Denver March Pow Wow Location: Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO Contact: 303-934-8045 March 19-21: Calling of the Tribes Pow Wow Location: Bourg/Larose Hwy, 470 Hwy 24, Bourg, LA 70343 Contact: T Dardar, phone: 985-879-2373, email: bronlaw@cajun.net A P R I L 2 0 0 4 Apr 3: 6th Annual Longhorn American Indian Council Powwow Location: University Of Texas-Austin, Texas Union Ballroom, 2247 Guadalupe Austin, TX Event Detail: See our website for more information. Contact: Johnathan Williamson, phone: 512-232-2960, email: laic@www.utexas.edu Event Website Apr 4-3: 30th Annual Pah-Loots-Pu Celebration Location: Washington State University campus, Pullman, WA Event Detail: See website for detail. Contact: Paul Orozco, Brian Tanner, Veronica Mendez, phone: 509-335-8676 email: naschome@wsunix.wsu.edu Apr 16-18: ASU's 18th Annual Spring Competition POW WOW 2004 Location: ASU Band Practice Field, East 6th St & South Rural Rd Tempe, AZ Event Detail: HOST NORTHERN DRUM- Bear Creek, Batchewana Reserve, Ontario; HOST SOUTHERN DRUM- Southern Thunder, Pawnee, Ok; HEAD GOURD DANCER-Joe Fish Dupoint, Carnegie, Ok; AD-Randy Medicine Bear, Rosebud, SD; MC- Sammy Tonekei White, Anadarko, Ok; CO-MC- Dennis Bowen, Tuba City, AZ.. See website for complete detail. Contact: Pow Wow Office: 480-965-5224, email: letspowwow@asu.edu Event Website April 22-24: 21st Annual Gathering of Nations Powwow, Miss Indian World, and Indian Trader's Market Location: In the belly of Mother Earth, at the University of New Mexico Arena ("the Pit"), Albuquerque, New Mexico Event Detail: Competition Powwow. Over $125,000 will be awarded. Plan to join us for the 21st Anniversary World Celebration! More details coming soon! Contact: 505-836-2810 ========================================================================== Aboriginal Multi-Media Society Updated December 5, 2004 Aboriginal Community Events Listing http://www.ammsa.com/ammsaevents.html FEBRUARY February 26 - March 14, 2004 Native Earth Performance: The Artshow by Alanis King Toronto, ON 416 531 1402 February 14-15, 2004 United San Antonio 2004 7th Annual Powwow Crossroad of San Antonio Convention Center Fredericksburg and Loop 410 San Antonio, TX Email: webmaster@unitedsanantoniopowwow.org MARCH March 26, 27, 28, 2004 WARRIORS ON ICE National Native Hockey Championships, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Joe Bailey Phone: (867) 920-8083 Fax: (867) 873-0622 web site: www.warriorsonice.com APRIL April 16, 17, 18, 2004 Eighteenth Annual Arizona State University Spring Competition Pow Wow Tempe, Arizona Phone: 480-965-5224 Email: letspowwow@asu.edu URL: http://powwow.asu.edu ========================================================================== Whispering Winds Updated December 5, 2004 A Magazine of American Indian Crafts*Material Culture*Powwow http://www.whisperingwind.com/ JANUARY 2004 30th-Feb 1st. Mul-Cha-Tha, Sacaton, Az. Info: Lena Rock (480)220-7161 or Gila River Recreation (520)562-6092 or 6087 29-Feb 1 2nd Annual Mystic Eagle Powwow. Oscar Scherer State Park, Osprey, FL. Info: (941) 485-9072 email: jno8363406@aol.com FEBRUARY 2004 7 Rainbow Dancers Winter Gathering. Central College, East Pearce, IL. Info: www.powwowws.2ya.com or email: walkhawk2@ntslink.net 7 5TH Annual Stockton Winter Benefit Powwow. Info: Julie (209) 477-5383 or twolegsx2@yahoo.com 20-22 Avi Kwa Ame. Lauglin, NV. Info: avikwaamepowwow_04@hotmail.com 27-29 Flag HS Native American Club Spring Powwow. Flagstaff, Az. Info: Jason Curley: jcurley17@hotmail.com 28 Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Powwow. Chelsea McBurney YMCA (no city state or contact provided). MARCH 2004 5-7 Second Annual Golden Eagles Intertribal Society Benefit Powoww. University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. Info: Joe Bohanon (601)-545-1448, 5-7 Middle Tennessee State University 5th American Indian Festival, Tennessee Livestock Center, Murfreesboro, TN - Website:http://www.mtsu.edu/~powwow email: powwow@mtsu.edu phone: 615-898-2872. All dancers welcome. All drums welcome. Venders by invitation only. 12-14 Apache Gold Casino Powwow. San Carlos, Az. Info: (928)475-7800, apachegoldcasinoresort.com 13 12th Annual Mid-Winter Red Creek Festival. Kline Center Gym, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA. Vendors by invitation. Info: (717) 677-8026 13-14 CSU Long Beach Powwow. Long Beach, Ca. Info: (562)985-4963, csulb_powwow@hotmail.com or www.csulb.edu/aux/alumni/chapter/americanindian/index 26-28 39th Annual Florida Indian Hobbyist Association Powwow. Savannah Recreational Area, Ft Pierce, FL. Vendors by invitation only. Info: Tye Bell (772) 466-7379 or email tye_bell@bellsouth.net. Visit our website at www.fiha.org APRIL 2004 2-3 27th Annual SUU Contest Pow. Cedar City, UT 2-4 University of Lethbridge/Black Horns Pow Wow. Lethbridge, Alberta , Canada 3-4 UC Davis Powwow. West Quad-One Shields Ave, Davis, CA. Info: (530)752-6656 Fax:752-7097 16-19 38th Annual Louisiana Indian Heritage Assn (LIHA) Powwow. Hidden Oaks Campground, Robert, LA. Info: (504) 367-1375; Traders: (504) 367-1375. www.liha-news.com or email andi4769@aol.com 10-11 NAU Spring Powwow. Flagstaff, Az. Info: http://nau.edu/powwow. 16-18 ASU Spring Powwow. Tempe, Az. Info: Lee Williams (480)965-5224 or letspowwow@asu.edu or http://powwow.asu.edu 16-18 6th Annual United Cherokee Native American Powwow. Guntersville National Guard Armory off Hwy 79, Guntersville, AL. Info: Powwow Committee, PO Box 754, Guntersville, AL 35976. or stilwtrs@bellsouth.net 24 Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Powwow. Chelsea McBurney YMCA (no city state or contact provided). JULY 2004 2-4 Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow. Tanana Valley Fairgounds, Fairbanks, Alaska. Info: (907) 456-2245. info@midnightsunpowwow.org or visit www.midnightsunpowwow.org AUGUST 2004 14-15 Natchez Trace Powwow & Summer Festival. Historic Leiper's Fork Village, Franklin, TN. Info: (615) 591-1682. SEPTEMBER 2004 10th-12 Eastern Missouri will host the 2nd Annual American indian Days Powwow at Woodosn Terrace,city Park. Woodson Terrace Mo. Info: Martin at 636-978-8732 or e-mail at moindiancouncil@aol.com. ========================================================================== Indian Country Today Pow-wow Calendar http://www.indiancountry.com/se/powwow2004/calendar/ Updated December 5, 2004 February 2004 Antelope Pow Wow February 8-9, Pow wow grounds, Mission, S.D. (605) 747-2381 7th Annual New Hampshire Intertribal Council Pow Wow February 15-16, Mt. Valley Mall, North Conway, N.H. (603) 528-3006 66th Washington Birthday Celebration February 19-21, Topinish, Wash. Dora Quint (509) 865-5121 124th Birthday Pow Wow February 21, Salam, Ore. Warner Austin 503) 399-5721, ext. 240 Marysville Winter Pow Wow Feb. 22, Marysville Youth and Civic Center, Marysville, Calif. (530) 749-6196 13th Annual Wacipi February 23, Frost Arena, S.D. State University, Brookings, S.D. (605) 688-4423 Arizona State University West Pow Wow February 22, ASU West at 47th Ave. and Thunderbird, Glendale, Ariz. Velma Maloney (602) 615-0445 or Elizabeth Young (602) 995-9578 9th Annual Traditional Bemidji Indian Education Programs Pow Wow February TBA, Old Bemidji High School Gymnasium, Bemidji, Minn. (218) 333-3187 March 2004 14th Annual United Amerindian Center Pow Wow March TBA, Oneida Civic Center, Oneida, Wis. (920) 436-6630 Native American Heritage Festival March 6-7, Middle Tenn. State University Campus, Murfreesboro, Tenn. Georgia Dennis (615) 898-2551 24th Annual Early Spring Celebration Pow Wow March 5-7, Adjacent to the Ft. Yuma Quechan Reservation, Winterhaven, Calif. Faron Owl (760) 572-0222, ext. 2228 30th Annual NASC March 7-8, Field House at Utah State University, 800 E. 705 N, Logan, Utah, Antonio Arce or Martina Yazzie (435) 563-8340 Joliet Junior College Pow Wow March 8, Joliet Junior College, 1215 Houbolt Rd., Joliet, Ill. (815) 280-2566 Fife School Districts 11th Annual Surprise Lake Middle School Pow Wow March 8, Milton, Wash. (253) 573-7872 Hardeeville Native American Pow Wow March 8-9, Millstone Landing on the Savannah River, Puurysburg Rd., Hardeeville, S.C. Sgt. Michael Benton (843) 784-2233 or (843) 784-2886 30th Annual Denver March Pow Wow March 19-21, Denver Coliseum, Denver, Colo. (303) 934-8045 Honor the Children Intertribal Traditional Pow Wow March TBA, Walker County Fairgrounds, Airport Rd., Jasper, Ala. Karen Cooper (205) 648-2529 kcooper@uabnc.edu 16th Annual Pow Wow March TBA, Native American Heritage Association of Radford University, The Dedmon Center, Radford University Radford, Va. Melissa Lineberry, (540) 674-1989 white_buffalo_woman@yahoo.com. April 2004 2004 Pow Wow & Earth Day Celebration April, Adams, Mass Dan Shears (413) 743-5081 ========================================================================== Gathering of Nations Powwow Calendar http://www.gatheringofnations.com/powwows/ Updated December 5, 2004 F E B R U A R Y February 1-14 - American Indian Exposition Location: Tucson, Arizona. Notes: Coming Soon! February 14 - Violet Astor Brown Little Memorial Dance & Powwow Location: Burdette Hall, San Carlos, Arizona. Notes: Scalp & Victory Dance, Gourd Dancing, Apache War Dance, Social Powwow. 11am - ?. Dancing from 11am to 7pm. Powwow starts @ 7pm. Special Contests: Golden Age Womens (60+) $300 cash, Apache Camp Dress, Burden basket - sponsored by Larry Brown. $500 Winner Take All Men's No. Trad., $500 Winner Take All Women's No. Trad. Open Straight Dance Contest, Jr.& Teen Girls So. Buckskin, Teen Boys Fancy & Grass, Tiny Tots. Special invitation to all Princesses and Royalty. ALL Singers & Dancers Welcome! Contact: Larry Brown (928) 475-5280 (no collect calls, please) February 14-15 - United San Antonio 2004 7th Annual PowWow Location: San Antonio, Texas. Notes: Crossroad of San Antonio Convention Center Fredericksburg and Loop 410. Free Admission. Contact: webmaster@unitedsanantoniopowwow.org http://www.unitedsanantoniopowwow.org February 20-22 - Avi Kwa Ame Pow Wow '04 Location: Laughin, Nevada. Contact: avikwaamepowwow04@hotmail.com February 21 - Marysville Winter Pow Wow Location: Marysville Youth and Civic Center 1830 B Street Marysville, CA 95901, Marysville, California. Notes: Open Gourd @ noon Grand Entry @ 1:00pm Retire flags 6:00pm MC-Val Shadowhawk Arena Director-Ron Rader Head Man-Allen Noel Head Woman-Jacie Snow Host Northern-TBA Host Southern-Strictly Southern This is a short winter pow wow. No contests. Lot's of fun dances and good times. Food available. All drums welcome All dancers welcome Public welcome No admission fee. Contact: 530-749-6196 or jgraham@mjusd.k12.ca.us February 27-29 - Vero's "Thunder on the Beach" Powwow Location: Vero Beach, Florida. Notes: We are located at the Indian River Fairgrounds on 58th ave. Call for information . We will have performers from Australia and New Zealand and many from the United States. Our fee's are $6.00 for adults, $4.00 for children and seniors. We have RV hook ups for $20.00 per night. Host Hotel: Days Inn-772-562-9991, will have special rates when presented with a flyer. Please e-mail me and I will e-mail you a flyer. Head man - Andrew Hunter Head Lady- Kay Taylor MC- David Whitewolf Trezak Arena Director -TBA Drum- TBA Flute Player-Ed Winddancer Storyteller. Contact: Dona: 1-772-567-1579/ Cell Phone: 1-772-538-8363/ Fax: 1-772-567-6325/ E-mail : deedee1579@aol.com February 27-29 - Flag High Native American Club Annual Spring Contest Pow-Wow Location: Flagstaff High School, Flagstaff, Arizona. Notes: Contest in all Categories. Head Staff: TBA Contact: Jason Curley at jcurley17@hotmail.com M A R C H March 5-6 - 11th Annual Madison School District Pow Wow Location: 1431 East Campbell, Phoenix, Arizona. Notes: As always there is no charge. Let us again come together and show support for young Native students in hopes they will be inspired to become successful. Sound system will be provided by David Begay. Good sound system, this man has. More info to come very soon; Contact Phone numbers, etc. Contact: E-mail: cabinstallsllc@aol.com --Web addy: In the works. March 13-14 - CSU Long Beach 34th Annual Pow Wow Location: CSULB. 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, California. Notes: Saturday, 11am - 11pm; Sunday, 11am - 7pm Inter-Tribal, Contest Dancing and Hand Drum Contest Gourd Dancing- 11am, both Saturday & Sunday Grand Entry- 1pm, 7pm Saturday, 1pm Sunday Head Southern Singer- Glenn Ahhaitty (Kiowa/Comanche) MC - Roy Track (Assiboine) Dancers Registration closes at 2pm on Saturday, 3/13. Hand Drum Contest Saturday night!! Pow Wow takes place in the Central Quad, upper campus of CSU Long Beach. This event is FREE, parking is free, and the campus is handicapped accessible. This year's featured artists include Silversmith Michael Rodgers (Bishop Paiute), Contemporary Silversmith, Larry Pacheco (Laguna Pueblo), Dineh Silversmith Leroy Begay, Contemporary Etched Pottery by Harrison Tom (Dineh), and Silversmiths Frank and Darlene Chee (Dineh). It is strongly recommended that spectators bring folding chairs. Not responsible for theft, loss, accident, injury or personal expenses. Absolutely no alcohol or drugs allowed, nor overnight camping. With respect to our elders, no pets allowed. CSULB Campus Map- http://daf.csulb.edu/maps/index.html CSULB American Indian Alumni Chapter: http://www.csulb.edu/aux/alumni/chapters/americanindian/index.html Artist and Vendors, invitation only. American Indian Artisans and vendors, please be in compliance with the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (P.L.101-644), which prohibits misrepresentation in marketing of Indian arts and crafts products within the United States. The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 is a truth-in advertising law. It is illegal to offer or display for sale, or sell any art or craft product in a manner that falsely suggests it is Indian produced, an Indian product, or the product of a particular Indian tribe. Contact: csulb_powwow@hotmail.com, (562) 985-8528. www.csulb.edu March 13-14 - Hardeeville Native American Pow Wow Location: Hardeeville, South Carolina. Notes: Located on the banks of the majestic Savannah river just north of Savannah Ga. (non contest) Intertribal Easy access from I-95 exit 5 and exit 8. Contact: Mike Benton/ email: mbenton@cityofhardeeville.com (843) 784-2886 or 784-2233. March 26-27 - University of Arizona Wild Cat Pow Wow 2004 Location: Bear Down Field, Tucson, Arizona. Notes: This is an annual Pow Wow put on by the Students of the UA Pow Wow Society. Everyone Welcome! Gourd Dancing; Dance Contest In: Golden Age 50+, Adults 18-49, Teens 13-17, Juniors 7-12, Tiny Tots paid daily. ALL DRUMS INVITED! Host So. Drum: Omaha White Tail. Host No. Drum: Black Lodge. Grand Entries: Fri. 7pm, Saturday 1 & 7pm. Contact: Native American Student Affairs at: 520-621-3835. Vendors contact: Becky Greeling 520-207-0841. March 26-27 - 2004 Flagstaff High School Native American Club Spring Contest Pow-Wow Location: Flagstaff High School, 400 w. elm ave, Flagstaff High School, Flagstaff, Arizona. Notes: Fri: Gourd Dancing 5pm, Grand Entry 7pm Sat:Gourd Dancing 10am & 5pm Grand Entry 12noon & 7pm. Specials: Team Dancing, Women's Old Style Jingle, Men's Chicken Dance. Contact: Jason Curley, jcurley17@hotmail.com, Or Josie Begay-James At (928)773-8120/8121 or jcbjames@flagstaff.apscc.k12.az.us A P R I L April 2-3 - 32nd Annual University of Utah Pow Wow Location: Salt Lake City, Utah. Notes: Friday April 2, Grand Entry 7 pm, Saturday April 3, Grand entries 1 pm and 7 pm. Contact us for further information. Contact: ashirley@sa.utah.edu, Call 801-581-5898. April 3-4 - 34th Annual UC Davis Pow Wow Location: Davis, California. Notes: UC Davis West Quad (Outdoors) April 3rd-Saturday: 10am to midnight April 4th-Sunday: 10am to 6pm. Contact: Judith Ladeaux (530)752-6656 or jaladeaux@ucdavis.edu April 16-18 - 18th Annual Arizona State University Spring Competition Pow Wow Location: Tempe, Arizona. Notes: Contest dancing, Native foods, arts& crafts, Contest dancing. Contact: Email: letspowwow@asu.edu URL: http://powwow.asu.edu Phone: 480-965-5224. May 7-8 - Coconino High-Native American Club Pow-wow Location: Flagstaff, Arizona. Notes: No Immediate Plans on Admission, Jan.2004 Will keep posted on future Info. MC.-Ricky Grey, Head Gourd-Steve Darden, A.D.-Felix "Jay" Thompson Jr. Head Man-Leeander Bia, Head Lady-Tisha Yazzie, Northern Host-Bearshield, Southern Host-Longwalk Descendants. Contact: Jolene Holgate (928) 526-7004 E-mail Contact lilmockme8821@yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//- Notice of Copyright Clearance by Contributors: The following have granted permission for their original articles to be reposted in order to help mend the Sacred Hoop: Gary Smith, Jordan S. 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Read it with a fixed-pitch font, such as Courier, Monaco, FixedSys or CG Times. Proportional fonts will be difficult to read. <================<<<< >>>>================> IMPORTANT!! ----------- In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, all material appearing in this newsletter is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for educational purposes. <================<<<< >>>>================> --------- "RE: W. Sherwin Broadhead" --------- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 08:30:44 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="W. SHERMAN BROADHEAD" http://www.legacy.com/~SubPage2.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=1877436 February 5, 2004 W. Sherwin Broadhead October 15, 1930 - January 30, 2004 W. Sherwin Broadhead spent the larger part of his life championing American Indian sovereignty and advocating for social justice. Born to a loving family in Thomas, Idaho, Sherwin joined the U.S. Air Force and served during the Korean War. Following his marriage to Carol, Sherwin put himself through George Washington University Law School working as a Capitol Hill police officer under the patronage of US Senator Frank Church. After graduation, he served as Legislative Assistant to Congressman Ralph Harding. He answered President John F. Kennedy's call to public service and was instrumental in creating VISTA, a domestic Peace Corps to fight poverty. While working for VISTA, he traveled to most of the nation's Indian Reservations where he found horrible conditions, particularly in the Bureau of Indian Affairs-operated schools. It was a level of injustice that he could not let stand. Sherwin's determination to see Native Americans regain power over their own lives took him on a mission that became his life's work. Sherwin started by helping reform the BIA from the inside - promoting Indians to positions of power and changing the values of the agency. After the Nixon Administration took power, Sherwin became Superintendent of the Colville Confederated Tribes in Washington State. Working with a visionary tribal council, they were able to stop the US Government policy of termination and create sustainable jobs for tribal members. He also moved the BIA offices from Coulee Dam to the reservation at Nespelem. Sherwin returned to Washington, DC to work for Senator Jim Abourezk as Legislative Assistant for the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. It was the mid-1970's and things were changing. Through the Committee and later with the American Indian Policy Review Commission, Sherwin was able to help shape a new US policy towards Indian Tribes known as self- determination. He strongly advocated for better Indian health care, education and child welfare issues. In 1975, Sherwin proved that you could take the boy off the farm, but you couldn't take the farm out of the boy. He moved his family to a small farm north of Reardan, WA to grow vegetables and raise animals. In 1981, he purchased the town's small grocery store. Working with his wife Carol, they built the store into a thriving business and were warmly welcomed into the community. Sherwin was a fighter until the end. He took to the streets to protest the Iraq war and was gravely concerned about the numerous injustices committed by the Bush White House. Born in Thomas, Idaho in 1930 to Mary Thomas and David Broadhead, Sherwin was preceded in death by two brothers and five sisters Alice Miller, Marian Adams, Lorraine Taylor, Lloyd Broadhead, Orva Marie Wahlen, Lynn Broadhead and Jennie Lou Van Eps. Sherwin passed on at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Washington surrounded by his family. Sherwin will be deeply missed by his wife, Carol, and their three children, Tamara, Roxane and Bill and his six grandsons, Joe, Robbie, Zack and Liam, Ronan and Finn. His grandsons were the light of his life in Sherwin's later years. Sherwin's gentle wisdom, sense of humor and strong sense of right and wrong will live forever in his family and friends. A Memorial Service will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, February 8th at Daybreak Star in Discovery Park in Seattle, WA. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made in Sherwin's honor to the Native American Rights Fund so they can continue his life's mission: 1506 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80302 or online at www.narf.org. Copyright c. 2003 The Seattle Times Company. --------- "RE: Chief Harry Johns" --------- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2004 08:51:48 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="HARRY JOHNS" http://www.adn.com/obituaries/ February 6, 2004 COPPER CENTER Harry Johns, 94 Lifelong Alaskan Chief Harry Anthony Johns, 94, died Jan. 31, 2004, at his Copper Center home of cancer. A visitation will take place at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Glennallen High School gymnasium. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the high school with the Rev. Jonathan Wilson of the Native Baptist Church of Anchorage and the Rev. Alfred Kaier Heinbaugh of Copper Center Community Chapel officiating. Chief Johns' grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will include Bell Joe, Roy Ewan, Wilbur Joe, Robert Marshall, Ben Neeley, Kenneth Thomas, Byron Mallott, Orie Williams, Jonathan Solomon, Isaac Robertson, Al Ketzler, Walter Sobeloff, Neil Charlie, Bob Hendricks, Matthew Nicolai, James Segura, Ben Nageak and Al Adams. Burial will be at Copper Center Cemetery, Ahtna Subdivision. Chief Johns was born Nov. 15, 1909, at Moses Rock, Klutina Lake. He was the traditional chief of the Ahtna Region and former pastor of Copper Center Community Chapel. His family wrote: "There are so many precious memories that we share and cherish of our wonderful husband, father and grandfather. Memories of love, warmth, comfort and hope, family celebrations, gatherings with a lot of humor and laughter, but most of all, his steadfast work for his Heavenly Father, constantly praying for each one of us." Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Ruth of Copper Center; sons, Norman Johns of Anchorage, Donald Johns and Warren Johns of Copper Center; son and daughter-in-law, Ken and Leona Johns of Tazlina; daughters, Violet Cisneros of Anchorage, Dorothy Shinn of Tazlina, Patsy Cronin of Anchorage and Vicki Johns of Copper Center; daughter and son-in-law, Rebecca and George Hobson of Tazlina; 37 grandchildren; 111 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his sons, Harry Johns Jr. and Alfred Johns; sons-in-law, Raymond Shinn and Alaska state trooper Dennis Cronin; and grandson, Arnold Johns. One of his last wishes was to start a memorial fund for building a new Copper Center Chapel. Donations can be made to Copper Center Community Chapel, Copper Center 99573. Arrangements were with Evergreen Memorial Chapel. Copyright c. 2004 The Anchorage Daily News. --------- "RE: Arthur C. Ryals" --------- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 08:44:57 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="ARTHOR C. RYALS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/~category=6420&slug=WA%20Obit%20Ryals Arthur C. Ryals, tribal mountain man goat researcher, dead at 81 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS February 9, 2004 DARRINGTON, Wash. - Arthur C. Ryals, a Saulk-Suiattle tribal activist and mountain man who used simple but effective methods to prove his beloved mountain goats were in serious decline, is dead at 81. Ryals died Jan. 18 of complications from car crash injuries, his family said. About 250 people attended a memorial service Sunday at the tribal longhouse. Ryals grew up in Everett but spent most of his life in the Cascade foothills about 55 miles northeast of Seattle, working worked as a fire crew leader and U.S. Forest Service trail builder and serving in the Marines during World War II. A nephew, Bob Howell of Monroe, said Ryals enjoyed hunting goats in the 1940s and '50s, then grew concerned in later decades as he noticed the herds were in severe decline. Ryals relied only on a sleeping bag without a tent in the alpine regions favored by the rugged animals, eating when they ate and sleeping when they slept. He hauled salt licks into the mountains and gathered droppings to be tested for parasites. "He would take eggs, suck the yolk and white out and fill them with dye, " Howell said. "Then he'd take those eggs and hit a female goat." Each goat got a different color so Ryals could track individual animals, gathering data such as the length of each pregnancy and nursing period. Late in life he admitted that his blunt efforts to protect the dwindling herds rubbed many officials the wrong way, but he saw his concerns vindicated. According to official state surveys, the goat population in the Darrington Ranger District declined from about 550 in the 1960s to an estimated 115 in recent years. Over the past few years, Ryals worked with Shari Brewer of the tribe's cultural staff to publish his mountain goat field observations from 1946 to 1991, data praised as impressive by Phyllis Reed, a local forest service biologist. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Ethel A. Ryals; sons Daniel Ryals of Winthrop and George Brown of Arlington; daughters Luana Fox of Sedro-Woolley and Helen Swilling of Oregon; sister Ruth Spratlin of Arizona; brothers Austin Ryals of Marysville and Glen Ryals of Montana; seven grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Information from: The Herald Copyright c. 1996-2004 Seattle Post-Intelligence. --------- "RE: Crossings" --------- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 08:10:52 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CROSSINGS" February 3, 2004 Louise A. Hatcher LUMBERTON - Mrs. Louise Alexander Hatcher, 91, of Lumberton, died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2004, in her home. Mrs. Hatcher was a payroll supervisor for Converse for 20 years. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Gardens of Faith Cemetery by the Rev. Charles Locklear. Mrs. Hatcher is survived by a son, Clyde P. Hatcher Jr. of Lumberton; a daughter, Linda Sanderson of Lumberton; two grandchildren; and four great- grandchildren. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at Floyd Mortuary & Crematory in Lumberton. Memorials may be made to Advantage Hospice, 405 N. Elm St., Lumberton, NC 28358. Lacy Locklear LUMBERTON - Lacy Locklear, 71, of 1769 Oak Grove Church Road, died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2004, in his home. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Oak Grove Holiness Church by the Revs. Grover Oxendine, C. Tyler and Gene Chavis. Burial will be in Oxendine Cemetery. Mr. Locklear is survived by two sons, Carl D. Locklear of Lumberton and Randy Locklear of Red Springs; six daughters, Carol Fay Jones, Cynthia Chavis, Demetris Locklear, Sandra Locklear and Betty Michell Locklear, all of Lumberton, and Freda Locklear of Cleveland; two brothers, Zeb Locklear of Lumberton and Luther Locklear of Fayetteville; two sisters, Retha Mae Locklear of Fayetteville and Betty Lou Emmanuel of Lumberton; and nine grandchildren. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at Revels Funeral Home in Lumberton. Rev. Sanford Locklear Sr. PEMBROKE - The Rev. Sanford Locklear Sr., 87, of 4520 N. Chicken Road, died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, in Scotland Memorial Hospital in Laurinburg. The funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday Mount Airy Baptist Church by the Revs. Steve Strickland, Michael Cummings, John L. Locklear Jr., William Griffin and Edward Lowry Jr. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by Locklear & Son Funeral Home of Pembroke. The Rev. Locklear is survived by four sons, Ovie L. Locklear of Rowland, Sanford Locklear Jr. and Carlton Locklear, both of Pembroke, and Earl R. Locklear of Lumberton; a daughter, Judith A. Wilkins of Lumberton; a brother, Henry L. Locklear of Pembroke; three sisters, Sarah Locklear, Goldie Lowery and Odessa Locklear, all of Pembroke; 19 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the church. February 6, 2004 Stella R. Chavis PEMBROKE - Mrs. Stella R. Chavis, 83, of 113 Dodlebug's Road, died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004. The funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in Revels Funeral Home chapel in Lumberton by the Revs. Buck Bowen, Willie Scott Jr. and Gene Chavis. Burial will be in Lumbee Memorial Gardens in Lumberton. Mrs. Chavis is survived by five sons, Albert B. Chavis Jr., Kenneth Chavis, Jimmie Chavis, Robert Chavis and Delwood Chavis, all of Pembroke; four daughters, Carrie Zabitosky, Linda C. Locklear, Wannetter Campbell and Derena K. Locklear, all of Pembroke; two stepchildren, James A. Chavis and Dora Strickland; a brother, Horace Ranson of Pembroke; and two sisters, Della Brewer and Lois Brayboy, both of Pembroke. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at the funeral home. February 7, 2004 James E. Locklear MAXTON - James Edward Locklear, 68, of 14 Island Grove Road, died Friday, Feb. 6, 2004, in Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton. The funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Thompson's Funeral Home chapel in Pembroke by the Revs. Jerry Lowery and Grady Chavis. Burial will be in Island Grove Baptist Church cemetery in Pembroke. Mr. Locklear is survived by his wife, Evelene Locklear of Pembroke; two daughters, Reba Locklear of Lumberton and Tammy Jacobs of Pembroke; four sons, Holly F. Locklear of Maxton and William A. Dial, Duey M. Dial and Alford Dial, all of Pembroke; two sisters, Hazel M. Jacobs of Pembroke and Laura F. Dial of Greenville, S.C.; five grandchildren; and three great- grandchildren. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at Thompson's Funeral Home in Pembroke. Ida M. Locklear RED SPRINGS - Ms. Ida Mae Locklear, 66, of Thunder Valley Drive, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004, in Duke University Medical Center in Durham. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in Little Mission Holiness Church in Wagram by the Revs. Hedrick Jones, Ellis Cooper and Montana Locklear. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Holiness Church cemetery. Mrs. Locklear is survived by three sons, Kerry R. Chavis, Ernie L. Locklear and Derek M. Geronimo, all of Red Springs; a daughter, Cathy Cooper of Laurinburg; two sisters, Rose E. Stultz and Mary N. Brewer, both of Red Springs; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at Heritage Funeral Home in Red Springs. Janice K. Oxendine LUMBERTON - Miss Janice Kay Oxendine, 46, of 1555 Willis Ave., died Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004. The funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday in Union Baptist Church by the Revs. Mickey Lowery and Ronnie R. Locklear. Burial will be in Lumbee Memorial Gardens. Miss Oxendine is survived by her mother, Sallie Locklear of Lumberton; two brothers, Michael Oxendine and Dwayne Locklear, both of Lumberton; and a sister, Catherine Jacobs of Lumberton. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at Floyd Mortuary & Crematory in Lumberton and at other times at the home of Michael Oxendine, 2421 Moore's Lane. Betty L. Locklear MAXTON - Mrs. Betty Lou Locklear, 57, of 4822 Red Hill Road, died Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004, in FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. The funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday in Salem Missionary Baptist Church by the Revs. Jerry Paul, Mickey Carter and Johnny Clark. Burial will be in Youth for Christ Church cemetery. Mrs. Locklear is survived by a son, Lacy Collins III of Maxton; three daughters, Carol Bullard of Rowland, Debbie S. Locklear and Anna M. Locklear, both of Maxton; four brothers, Charlie Bullard, Earl Bullard, Archie Bullard and Alton Bullard, all of Maxton; six sisters, Betty J. Bullard, Roberta Locklear, Rosie L. Bullard, Cathy Brewer, Diane Mahar and Debbie Bullard, all of Maxton; and 10 grandchildren. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at Revels Funeral Home in Pembroke. February 8, 2004 Leon Chavis LUMBERTON - Leon Chavis, 55, of 37 Canal St., died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004, in Southeastern Regional Medical Center. Arrangements will be announced by Revels Funeral Home of Lumberton. Ardell Oxendine FAIRMONT - Ardell Oxendine, 74, of 201 Yukon Road, died Friday, Feb. 6, 2004, in his home. Mr. Oxendine was an Army veteran. The funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Monday in New Bethel Holiness Methodist Church by the Revs. Johnny Locklear, James H. Woods and Elton B. Hunt. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Oxendine is survived by four sons, Jimmy Lowery of St. Pauls and John Oxendine, Nelson Oxendine and Douglas Oxendine, all of Lumberton; two daughters, Susie Pevia of Maxton and Vanessa Hunt of Alabama; two brothers, James W. Oxendine and R.J. Oxendine, both of Fairmont; three sisters, Thelma Cintron and Velma Roberge, both of Fairmont, and Allie R. Price of Jacksonville; and 11 grandchildren. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at Floyd Funeral Service in Fairmont and at other times at the home of Thelma Cintron, 7519 N.C. 130. February 9, 2004 Leon R. Chavis LUMBERTON - Leon Ray Chavis, 55, of 37 Canal St., died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004, in Southeastern Regional Medical Center. The funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Revels Funeral Home chapel in Lumberton by the Revs. Lesaundri Hunt and Crafton Chavis. Burial will be in Thompson Baptist Church cemetery. Mr. Chavis is survived by his wife, Glenda F. Chavis of the home; two sons, Darren R. Chavis of Florida and Alvie K. Chavis Jr. of the home; a daughter, Tina L. Chavis of the home; his mother, Liddie Mae Young of Lumberton; three brothers, Junior Rogers and Wallace Nichols, both of Florida, and Dale Haggins of Durham; three sisters, Janice Oxendine of Lumberton, Nita Haggins of Raleigh and Cecilia Nichols of Tennessee; and six grandchildren. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at the funeral home. Annie Jacobs PEMBROKE - Mrs. Annie Jacobs, 84, of 1551 St. Anna Road, died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004, in Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton. The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Revels Funeral Home chapel in Pembroke by the Revs. Jerry Scott, Simeon Cummings and Dufrene Cummings. Burial will be in Bear Swamp Baptist Church cemetery. Mrs. Jacobs is survived by three sons, Johnson Jacobs, William Jennings and James A. Jacobs, all of Pembroke; five daughters, Clara M. Brooks, Flora J. Lowry, Oneida J. Cummings, Diane Chavis and Betty Jane Jacobs, all of Pembroke; 29 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at the funeral home. Copyright c. 2004 The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer. -=-=-=- February 8, 2004 Eva Wolfe Cherokee - Eva "Awee" Queen Wolfe, 80, of Amber Wolfe Road, died Friday, Feb. 6, 2004, in Mission Hospitals after an extended illness. She was a native of Jackson County where she lived most of her life. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a basketmaker, a member of Qualla Arts & Crafts and a daughter of the late Jasper and Luzene Washington Queen. She was preceded in death her husband, Amble Springer Wolfe, who died in 1996; a son; three brothers; a sister; and four grandchildren. Surviving are four daughters, Stacy Wolfe, Nancy Wolfe, Jane Wolfe and Frances Maney, all of Cherokee; seven sons, Deweese Wolfe, James A. Wolfe, Noah Wolfe, Jasper Wolfe, Jonah Wolfe, Abel Wolfe and Jackson Wolfe, all of Cherokee; three sisters, Kina Littlejohn, Minnie Smith and Myrtle Bird, all of Cherokee; two brothers, Henry Queen and Lewis Queen, both of Cherokee; twenty two grandchildren, twenty six great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-great-grandchild. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Aquoni Baptist Church, of which she was a member, with the Revs. Roland Whitaker and Ray Kinsland officiating. Burial will be in Wolfe Family Cemetery in Big Cove. The body will be taken to the church at 5 p.m. Sunday to receive friends and await the service hour. Melton-Riddle Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Copyright c. 2004 Asheville Citizen-Times. -=-=-=- February 9, 2004 Alfred Ottertail Alfred Ottertail, 75, of Duluth, died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004 in St. Luke's Hospice. He was born June 8, 1929 in LacLacroix, First Nations, Ontario, Canada, the son of Jim and Emma Ottertail. He was a fishing guide and logger of pulp wood for many years. He enjoyed wrestling events on television and also live wrestling events in Duluth. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Rachelda Menson, and brother Melvin Ottertail. He is survived by daughter Connie Kaabatayand and her partner, Arthur Ottertail, a sister Helen Jordan, brothers George Ottertail, Bob Ottertail, and Albert Ottertail, all from LacLacroix First Nations, Ontario Canada, as well as sister Evelyn Lightfeather of Duluth, three Grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. VISITATION:Tuesday evening at Nett Lake Community Center, with services at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Interment at Sugarbush Cemetery, Sugarbush, Minn. Arrangements by Johnson-Crawford Funeral & Cremation Services. Copyright c. 2004 Duluth News Tribune. -=-=-=- February 5, 2004 Jason Long Jason John Long, 27, of Red Lake, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2004, at the New Andover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C. A traditional service in the Indian custom will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Little Rock Community Center in Red Lake with Spiritual Leader Tom Stillday Jr. officiating. A wake will begin at 1 p.m. today and continue until the time of service. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Red Lake under the direction of Cease Family Funeral Home, Blackduck. Copyright c. 2004 The Pioneer/Bemidji, MN. -=-=-=- February 9, 2004 Linda Many Horses St. John Linda C. Many Horses St. John, 52, Big Bend, S.D., died Feb. 5, 2004, at her home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cannon Ball Youth Activity Center. Burial will be in St. James Cemetery, Cannon Ball. She is survived by her husband, Guy; three sons, Soloman and Shawn, boht of Big Bend, and Guy Jr., Holabird, S.D.; four daughters, Levita, Big Bend, and Ellen, Rebecca and JoAnne, all of Pierre, S.D.; one sister, Yvonne St. John, Pierre; her siblings, Kyann, Mavis, Sandra, Claudia, Robert, Claude, Sidney Jr., and Sterling; and her stepfather, Sidney Ramsey. Perry Funeral Home, Mandan. Copyright c. 2004 Bismarck Tribune. -=-=-=- February 5, 2004 Sandra R. Berg Yankton Yankton - Sandra R. Berg, age 33, of Yankton, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, February 1, 2004, in Sioux City, IA. Funeral services will be 3:00 PM on February 6, 2004 at the Kostel Funeral Chapel, Yankton, with Rev. Nelson Stone officiating. Burial will be in the Yankton Cemetery. Native American prayers will be Wednesday and Thursday (February 4th and 5th) at 1215 Whiting Street, Yankton, and visitations will resume at 2:00 PM, Friday, February 6, 2004, at the Kostel Funeral Home. Copyright c. 2004 Sioux Falls Argus Leader. -=-=-=- Welcome to the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe/Dakota Nation Sota Iya Ye Yapi On-Line, News from the Lake Traverse Reservation Volume 35, Issue 6 Wednesday, February 11, 2004 Funeral mass held for Dustin Fisher Funeral mass for Dustin "Duddy" Fisher, 23, of Sisseton, South Dakota was held last Wednesday, February 4, 2004 at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Sisseton, South Dakota with the Rev. Fr. Walter Butor, Rev. Ronald Campbell, Lay Reader Clyde Kampeska, and Senior Catechist John Cloud III officiating. Active pallbearers were Marshall Loney, Ron Neil, Cory Yammerino, Corey Simon, Delbert Harris, Mark Marte, Jon Simon, and Jamie Tchida. Honorary pallbearers were "all of Dustin's family and friends." Organists were Billy Kohl and Bill Nelson, and song leader was Lunette Grimsrud. Interment is in St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery, Sisseton. Wake services were held Monday and Tuesday at St. Peter's Hall. The Cahill Funeral Chapel of Sisseton was in charge of arrangements. Dustin Robert Fisher was born on February 15, 1980 in Sisseton, South Dakota to Robert and Peggy (Simon) Fisher. He grew up and attended school in Sisseton. Even at the early age of 4, Dustin enjoyed working with his siblings in the salvage yard - changing transmissions and working on cars. Dustin later worked as a mechanic at Sisseton Auto Sales, where he worked until his death. Dustin's passion was cars, he loved to work on and drive them. He loved the challenge of working on a car to make it run. Dustin was a friend to everyone and loved to stop and visit with everyone. Dustin passed away on February 1, 2004 from injuries he received in a car accident near Sisseton, SD. Dustin is survived by his parents, Robert and Peggy Fisher of Sisseton; companion, Valene Heminger of Sisseton; two sisters - Mandi Fisher of Sisseton, and Kelli and husband Tubby Karst of Sisseton; one brother, Ryan Fisher of Sisseton; maternal grandparents, Archie and Ardeth Simon of Sisseton; paternal grandfather, O.J. Fisher of Sisseton; maternal great- grandmother, Evelyn Simon; four nieces; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. Dustin was preceded in death by his paternal grandmother, Lucille Derby-Foster. Funeral services for Nathan Tchida Nathan Tchida, 18, Sisseton, died Sunday, February 1, 2004, from injuries received in a motor vehicle crash near Sisseton. Funeral services were held last Thursday, February 5, at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Sisseton with the Rev. Fr. Norman Volk officiating. Organist was Bill Nelson and song leader was Teresa Arbach. Active pallbearers were Erik Brown, Aaron Henning, Josh Cunningham, Dane Helgeson, Louis Stevens, Jacob German, Aaron Pond, Eric Wegehaupt, John Yost, Jeremy Bailey, and Juan Casarez. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Sisseton High School Class of 2004. Interment is in the Goodwill Cemetery, rural Sisseton. The Cahill Funeral Chapel of Sisseton was in charge of arrangements. Nathan was born February 28, 1985, in Sisseton to Richard "Rick" and Sharon (Arbach) Tchida. He grew up and attended school in Sisseton and was currently a senior at Sisseton High School. Nathan attended most all Sisseton Redmen High School football and basketball games. He enjoyed rollerblading, camping and playing video games. His plans were to graduate this spring from high school, move to Brookings this summer and work, and then attend South Dakota State University this fall, majoring in civil engineering. Survivors include his parents, Rick and Sharon Tchida of Sisseton; 12 siblings: John Tchida, Mike (Kristi) Tchida, Chad (Janeen) Tchida, Jamie Tchida, Kelly (Frank) Nelson, Kari Tchida, Carissa Tchida, Nicholas Tchida, Kayla Tchida, Austin Tchida, and Cody Tchida, all of Sisseton, Robin Tchida of Huron, and Monique Duarte of Los Angeles; and maternal grandparents, Howard and Ardelle Arbach of Sisseton. Copyright c. 1999-2003 by C. D. Floro/Earth and Sky Enterprises. -=-=-=- February 4, 2004 Sophie Salway-Last Horse MARTIN - Sophie Salway-Last Horse, 70, Martin, died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, in Rapid City. Survivors include her husband, Isaac Last Horse, Martin; four sons, Harold Salway, Pine Ridge, and Alex Salway, Enos Poor Bear Jr. and Thomas Dillon, all of Martin; four stepsons, James Red Willow, Webster Poor Bear and Tom Poor Bear, all of Wanblee, and Willard Lewis, Scottsdale, Ariz.; four daughters, Mary Ritts, Great Falls, Mont., Freda Poor Bear, Long Valley, Marlene Poor Bear, Rapid City, and Michelle Yankton, Martin; two brothers, Leon Salway Jr., Hisle, and Larry Salway, Phoenix; two sisters, Myrtle Howard, Martin, and Marlene Salway, Las Vegas; 21 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. A two-night wake will begin at 2 p.m. today at LaCreek CAP Office in Martin. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at LaCreek CAP Office, with the Rev. Lyle Noisy Hawk and Mr. Larry Salway officiating, and traditional Lakota services by Mr. Rick Two Dogs. Burial will be at Grace Episcopal Cemetery in Martin. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Percy Two Bears Surround In Woods POTATO CREEK - Percy Two Bears Surround In Woods, 65, Potato Creek, died Friday, Jan. 30, 2004, in Mobridge. Survivors include one sister, Betty Two Bears, Rapid City. A two-night wake will begin at 1 p.m. today at St. Henry's Catholic Hall in Potato Creek. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at St. Henry's Catholic Hall, with the Rev. Cordelia Red Owl and the Rev. Kim Dewhurst officiating. Burial will be at St. Timothy Episcopal Cemetery in Potato Creek. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. February 6, 2004 Jeanne Bowman EAGLE BUTTE - Jeanne Bowman, 53, Eagle Butte, died Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004, in Eagle Butte. Arrangements are pending with Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge. February 9, 2004 Linda Carol Many Horses BIG BEND - Linda Carol Many Horses St. John, 52, Big Bend, died Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004, at her home. Survivors include her husband, Guy, Big Bend; seven children, Soloman "Possum," Shawn and Levita, all of Big Bend, Ellen, Rebecca and JoAnne, all of Pierre, and Guy Jr., Holabird; special sister, Yvonne St. John, Pierre; eight siblings, Kyann, Mavis, Sandra, Claudia, Robert, Claude, Sidney Jr., and Sterling; and her stepfather, Sidney Ramsey. One-night wake services will be at 7 p.m. today at Youth Activity Center in Cannon Ball, N.D. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the center, with the Rev. John Floberg officiating. Burial will be at St. James Cemetery in Cannon Ball. Perry Funeral Home in Mandan, N.D., is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2004 the Rapid City Journal. -=-=-=- February 4, 2004 Betty Ruth Faw Faw Canaday Betty Ruth Faw Faw Canaday, longtime resident of Red Rock, passed away Monday evening, Feb. 2, 2004, at Via Christi Oklahoma Regional Medical Center. She was 70. A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, at the Otoe- -Missouria Cultural Center. The noon feast will be held Thursday at the Tribal Cultural Center with the funeral to follow at 2 p.m. Burial will be at the Otoe-Missouria Cemetery under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel. Betty Ruth Faw Faw was born Nov. 3, 1933, in Pawnee, the daughter of Louis Faw Faw and Edna Dupee Faw Faw and was given the Indian name of Me- Di-Glme. She was a 1951 graduate of the Chilocco Indian School. She had been employed some 10 years as the program director for the Otoe-Missouria Senior Citizens. She was a member of the Otoe Baptist Church of Red Rock, and her enjoyments included playing handgames, attending cultural events, watching classic westerns and feeding birds. She is survived by two daughters, Debra Kay Wallace of Red Rock and Lawanda Marie Canaday of Ponca City; one sister, Colleen Baumgart of Red Rock; one brother, Louis Faw Faw Jr. of Noble; two grandchildren, Natalie Lynn Wallace and Steven Matthew Hooker, both of Ponca City; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Matthew Wayne Klossner; two sisters, Esterlene Faw Faw Wade and Velma Faw Faw Hughes; and two brothers, Leo Faw Faw and Billy Faw Faw. Casket bearers will be Charlie Faw Faw, Michael Faw Faw, Bobby Hughes, William Faw Faw, Mark Miner and Agustus Robedeaux. Honorary casket bearer will be DeWayne Burgess. February 6, 2004 Creth Louise Cries-for-Ribs McWithey Creth Louise Cries-for-Ribs McWithey, former resident of Ponca City, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2004, in Minneapolis, Minn. She was 58. The traditional funeral feast will be at noon Sunday, Feb. 8, followed by the funeral at 2 p.m. at the Ponca Indian United Methodist Church with the Rev. Phil Byington, pastor, officiating. A prayer service will be held tonight and Saturday night at 7 p.m. at the church. Burial will be in the Ponca Indian Cemetery under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel. Creth Louise was born Feb. 15, 1945, in Ponca City, the daughter of Herbert Pete Cries-for-Ribs and Dorothy Mae Little Standing Buffalo. She received her education in White Eagle. She served her family as a homemaker. Creth Louise was a member of the Methodist Church and enjoyed playing bingo and cards, shopping and spending time with her grandchildren. She is survived by one daughter, Delcia Loud of Minneapolis, Minn.; one sister, Donna Cries-for-Ribs Pappan of Marland; one brother, Solon Cries- for-Ribs of Ponca City; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Pearl Jean Cries- for-Ribs and Rosalee Cries-for-Ribs; and two brothers, Herbert Cries-for- Ribs Jr. and Clell Cries-for-Ribs. Casket bearers will be Raynard Loud, Garland "Son" Pappan, Randy Kemble, Henry Rhodd, Lemuel Rhodd and Douglas Rhodd. Honorary bearers will be Damien Goodman, Garry Goodman, Solon Cries-for-Ribs Jr., Randy Williamson II, Robert Williamson and Ronny Williamson. Copyright c. 1998-2004 The Ponca City News. -=-=-=- February 7, 2004 Casey Jo Pipestem Seminole resident Casey Jo Pipestem, 19, died Saturday, Jan. 31, in Tarrant County, Texas. Survivors include her mother, Donna Lee Gayton of Seiling; grandmother, Ida Little of Seminole; three sisters, Toni Underwood, Ruth Ann Simpson both of Shawnee and Taffney Harjo of Seiling; four brothers, Cha-chi-o Pipestem of Kelleyville, Christopher Pipestem of Ada, Lionel Simpson of Shawnee and Donald Island of Seiling. Services will be 2 p.m. today at Hitchitee Methodist Church with the Rev. Victor Underwood officiating assisted by Mike Harjo and Mike Svitak. Burial will follow at the Harjo family cemetery. Copyright c. 1997-2004 The Shawnee News-Star. -=-=-=- February 9, 2004 Rickey Dean Lyman Rickey Dean Lyman of Jay died Friday, Feb. 6, 2004, at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. He was 38. Lyman was born on May 11, 1965, in Tahlequah to Leroy Hogshooter and Joann Lyman. He attended school in the Kenwood and Kansas, Okla., school districts. He worked in the area as a laborer. Survivors include one son, Jake Lyman of Eucha; his mother, Joann Bird of Eucha; one sister, Crystal Ireland of Eucha, and one brother, Gary Bearpaw of Grove. He was preceded in death by his father; one son, Judd Hogshooter, his grandparents and two uncles. Services will be 2 p.m. today at the Steele Baptist Church. Burial will be in Cochran Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Grove. Copyright c. 2004 The Miami News-Record. -=-=-=- February 9, 2004 Peter Hoskie Toadlena Nov. 5, 1925 - Feb. 7, 2004 Peter Hoskie, 78, of Toadlena, passed away Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004, in Farmington. He was born Nov. 5, 1925, in Toadlena. Graveside services and interment will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004, at the family cemetery in Toadlena. Arrangements are entrusted to Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home of Shiprock, (505) 368-4607. Mable Begay Whiterock Aug. 20, 1924 - Feb. 6, 2004 Mable Begay, 81, of Whiterock went home to the spirit world to be with her parents, sons and sister on Friday, Feb. 6, 2004, at San Juan Regional Medical Center. She was born Aug. 20, 1924, in Bisti to John and Helen Begay. She was a member of the Ute Clan, born for the Bitter-Water Clan. She worked for the Navajo Tribe, was a homemaker raising 10 children, a rancher raising cattle, sheep and horses. She was also a master of Navajo rug weaving. Mable was the most loving mom, grandmother and auntie. Survivors include her sister, Sally Hickson of Parker, Colo.; sons, Tommy Begay and Leroy Begay, both of Farmington, Bill Begay of Lake Valley, and Edward Begay of Kayenta, Ariz.; daughters, Millie Paul and Marilyn Haun, both of Farmington, Alberta Shannah of Crownpoint, and Sharlen Jim of Whiterock; 41 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, two nieces and nine nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; sons, Tony, Colin and Harrison Begay; sister, Mary B. Pioche; and grandson, Elliott Raven Begay. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. today, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004, at Whiterock. Burial will be at the family cemetery in Whiterock. Pallbearers are Anthony Henry, Leroy Begay, Lambert Thomas, Douglas Lucas, Edward Begay and Irwin Jim. Honorary pallbearers will be Kay Ascroft, Ross Ascroft, Clarabelle Begay, Dr. Mark Bevans and staff, Divita Four Corners, San Juan Regional Acute Unit, and John Hickson. Arrangements are entrusted to Cope Memorial Chapel of Farmington, 404 W. Arrington St., (505) 327-5142. Copyright c. 2004 Farmington Daily Times, a Gannett Co., Inc. newspaper. -=-=-=- February 3, 2004 Stella Marie Wallace BLACKHAT - Services for Stella Wallace, 67, will be 10 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 4 at Cope Memorial Chapel. Father Jim Walker will officiate. Burial will follow at Gallup City Cemetery. Wallace died Jan. 31 in Gallup. She was born Aug. 22, 1936 in Blackhat into the One Who Walks Around People Clan for the Towering House People Clan. Wallace attended St. Michaels Catholic School and Intermountain School, Utah. She was a housewife. Survivors include her sons, Howard Wallace of Blackhat and Kee Wallace Sr. of Red Rock; daughters, Pearl Marie Livingston and Ruby Marie Wallace both of Blackhat; mother, Winnie Francisco of Blackhat; 15 grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren. Wallace was preceded in death by her husband, Kee Wallace Sr.; and daughter, Katherine Marie Lee. Pallbearers will be Howard Wallace, Kee Wallace Jr., Leroy Livingston, Ramsey Lee, Harrison Chone and Thomas Livingston. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Tsayatoh Chapter House. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Arliss Harrison Bia ST. MICHAELS, Ariz. - Services for Arliss Bia, 45, were 10 a.m., Monday, Feb. 2 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, St. Michaels. Burial followed in St. Michaels. Bia died Jan. 27 in Phoenix. He was born July 11, 1958 in Fort Defiance, Ariz. into the Edgewater People Clan for the One Who Walks Around You People Clan. Survivors include his daughter, Karen Bia; brother, Melvin Bia of St. Michaels; sisters, Darlene Pino and Debra Bia both of St. Michaels; and grandparents, Charlie and Nellie Teddy both of St. Michaels. Bia was preceded in death by his parents, Marie Louise and John H. Bia; brothers, Norman Van Bia and Timothy Van Bia; and sister, Theresa Ann Bia. Pallbearers were Joe Pino, Joel Pino, Jermaine Pino and Melvin Bia. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. February 4, 2004 Paul Benally CROSS CANYON, Ariz. - Services for Paul Benally, 72, were held at 10 a.m. today at All St. Hall Catholic Church. Flann O'Brian officiated. Burial followed at Ganado Community Cemetery. Benally died in Winslow, Ariz. He was born March 3, 1931 in Cross Canyon, Ariz. into the Bitter Water People Clan. Survivors include his brother, Kee Benally; and sisters, Mary Ann Begay, Wilma Benally, June Benally, Ella Johnson, Rose Ann Benally and Frances Metteba. Benally was preceded in death by his parents, Keyonnie and Julia Benally. Pallbearers were Augustine Benally, Brandon Benally and Christopher A. Yazzie. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. February 5, 2004 Larris 'Bravo' Enrico Sr. MARIANO LAKE - Services for Larris Enrico Sr., 35, will be 11 a.m., Friday, Feb. 6 at Rock of Ages Church. Pastor Harry Largo will officiate. Burial will follow in Littlewater. Enrico died Feb. 1 in Thoreau. He was born March 1, 1968 in Crownpoint into the Zia People Clan for the Tangle People Clan. Enrico attended Thoreau High School . He was a carpenter, stock contractor, wood carver, cook, handyman and mechanic. Survivors include his wife, Sandra Enrico of Mariano Lake; sons, Derek Enrico, Tyrik Enrico, Larris Enrico Jr. and Zachery Enrico all of Mariano Lake; parents, Bessie and Bennie Enrico of Littlewater; brothers, Larrison Tom and Jerry Enrico both of Littlewater; and sister, Brenda E. LaMone of Littlewater. Enrico was preceded in death by his grandparents, Little Tom, Rita Woodie and Woody Enrico. Pallbearers will be Larrison Tom, Samuel Tom, James Tom, Jayson Tom, Derek Enrico and Clinton Anderson. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Littlewater Chapter. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Clifford Arnold Elwood PAGUATE - Graveside services for Clifford Elwood, 45, will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 7 at Paguate Cemetery. Father Ulric Pax will officiate. Elwood died Feb. 1 in Elkhorn, Wis. He was born Sept. 27, 1958 in Brigham City, Utah into the Big Roadrunner Clan for the Tangle People Clan. Elwood graduated from Crownpoint High School in 1976, attended Highlands University; T.V.I., in Albuquerque; and S.I.P.I. He was a land surveyor and engineer. His hobbies included hunting, fishing and the outdoors. Survivors include his sons, Allen Elwood and Lorenzo Elwood both of Sandia Pueblo; daughters, Natalie Elwood and Jessica Elwood both of Sandia Pueblo; parents, Jerry Elwood Sr. of Standing Rock and Agnes E. Sarracino of Paguate; brother, Jerry Elwood Jr. of Albuquerque; and sisters, Theresa E. Herrera of Paguate and Lucinda Elwood of Laguna Pueblo. Elwood was preceded in death by his grandparents, Marcelina S. and Jose L. Encino. Pallbearers will be family members. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Bender Hall, Paguate Village. Isaac Shorty WIDE RUINS, Ariz - Services for Isaac Shorty, 86, will be at 10 a.m., Friday, Feb. 6 at Ganado Catholic Church, Ganado, Ariz. Father Flann will officiate. Burial will follow at Ganado Cemetery. Shorty died Jan. 31 in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was born Dec. 3, 1917 in Wide Ruins into the Red Running into the Water People Clan for the Big Water People Clan. Shorty attended St. Michaels School. He was employed as a bus driver with Wide Ruins Day School, Santa Fe Railroad, Arizona State Highway Department and retired from Sanders School District, as a bus driver. His hobbies included sheepherding, farming, football and wrestling. Survivors include his wife, Sybil Shorty of Wide Ruins; sons, George Kee of Tuba City, Ariz. and Edward Shorty of Vanderwagen; daughters, Alberta F. Sam and Virginia Shorty both of Wide Ruins; 40 grandchildren; 70 great- grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Shorty was preceded in death by his daughter, Bonita Tulley; parents; brothers, Big Shorty, Little Shorty and Tom Shorty; sisters, Nesbah Joe and a younger sister. Pallbearers will be Edward Shorty, Alvin Sam, Marvin Sam, Luther Avery, Eugene Sam, Michael Sam, Farrell Sam and Dorsell Tully. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Wide Ruins Chapter House. Louise S. Chee TWO WELLS - Services for Louise Chee, 81, will be 10 a.m., Friday, Feb. 6 at Whitewater Mission. Pastor George Logan will officiate. Burial will follow at the private family cemetery, Two Wells. Chee died Feb. 1 in Zuni. She was born Jan. 1, 1923 in Breadsprings into the Red Running into the Water People Clan for the Bitter Water People Clan. Survivors included her sons, Baldwin Chee of Toadalena Darell Chee of Smooth Mountain, Vernon Chee Sr. of Two Wells, Eddy R. Skeet and Paul Yazzie both of Salt Lake City, Utah; daughters, Jeannie Arthur of Vanderwagen, June Benally and Rena Chee both of Two Wells; brothers, Calvin Skeet of Vanderwagen and Lee Skeet of Farmington; sisters, Katherine Aguilaria of Chicago, Ill., Dorthea Livingston of Salt Lake City, Utah, Marie Cody of Flagstaff, Ariz., Mary H. Begay, Alice Francisco, Maxine Skeet, Molly Skeet, Ruth Charley and Helen Smtih all of Vanderwagen; 30 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Chee was preceded in death by her husband, Billy Chee; parents, Tessie and David Skeet; son, Donald Steven Chee; brothers, Herman Calvin and Tooley David Calvine. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. February 6, 2004 Al Smith Betone Sr. CUBA - Services for Al Betone Sr., 85, will be 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 7 at Rollie Mortuary Palm Chapel. Pastor Mike Lee will officiate. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. Betone Sr. died Feb. 1 in Albuquerque. He was born Sept. 30, 1918 in Whitehorse into the Meadow People Clan for the Mud People Clan. Betone Sr. graduated from Albuquerque Indian School in 1939. He was employed as a foreman with ONEO, Navajo Nation and also worked for the railroad. Survivors include his wife, Elsie Betone of Cuba; sons, Al Smith Betone Jr. of Torreon, Edison Betone of Whitehorse, Harrison Betone of Farmington and Andrew Hale of Flagstaff, Ariz.; daughters, Alfreda Betone of Albuquerque, Eliza Betone of Torreon, Mae Martinez of Reno, Nev., Fannie B. Little and Ella Jean Tsosie both of Flagstaff, Ariz., Lena Betone, Rena Mae Betone and Zonnie Betone all of Whitehorse Lake; brother, Leonard Betone of Albuquerque; sisters Lillie Betone of Albuquerque and Mary Sandoval of Whitehorse Lake; 38 grandchildren; 70 great-grandchildren; and 15 great-great grandchildren. Betone Sr. was preceded in death by his first wife, Alice Betone; parents, Twahasbah and Bitahni Yazzh-biyei; son, Anderson Betone; daughter, Rose B. Smith; brothers, Earl Betone Sr., Levi Betone, Lloyd Betone; and sisters, Elsie Castillo, Alice B. Chee and Martha Largo. Pallbearers will be Alan Betone, Allison Betone, Merle Betone, Aaron Little, Thomas Smith Jr. and Jordan Tsosie. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Harrison Eskeets SPRINGSTEAD - Services for Harrison Eskeets, 47, were held at 10 a.m., today at Cope Memorial Chapel. Pastor Brammel officiated. Eskeets died Feb. 4 in Springstead. He was born in Fort Defiance, Ariz. into the Zuni People for the Bitter Water People Clan. Eskeets was employed Kerr McGee. He attended S.I.P.I., and recevied an associate degree in Art from Santa Fe IAIA. Survivors include his son, Shaun Eskeets; parents, Bessie and Louis Eskeets; brothers, Johnny, Dennison, Emerson and Edison; and sisters, Irene and Lorraine. Pallbearers will be Johnny Eskeets, Dennsion Eskeets, Emerson Eskeets, Edison Eskeets, Jason Bunion and Eddie Livingston. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. February 7, 2004 Mary Antonio Pino RAMAH - Services for Mary Pino, 87, will be 10 a.m., Monday, Feb. 9 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Ramah. Bishop Douglas Bloomfield will officiate. Burial will follow at Ramah Cemetery. Pino died Feb. 4 in Pinehill. She was born Oct. 16, 1917 in Los Norias ino the Sleeping Rock People Clan for the Apache Clan. Pino was a rug weaver, sheepherder, horse tamer and herbalist. Survivors include her daughters, Elizabeth Maria of Ramah, Lola D. Pino, Lucy P. Pino and Linda Pino all of Pinehill; brother, John Antonio of Cousins; sister, Esther Coho of Pinehill; 12 grandchildren; and six great- grandchildren. Pino was preceded in death by her husband, Dan Pino; parents, Yichxidezbah and Julian Antonio; and sisters, Mary Antonio Coho; Violet Antonio Coho; Alice Antonio Pino and Elsie Pino. Pallbearers will be Michael Silversmith, Johnny Pino, Joey Frank, Tombert Frank, Olsen Pino and Donovan Diegel. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Lillian Peralto Henio PREWITT - Services for Lillian Henio, 60, will 10 a.m., Monday, Feb. 9 at Church of God, Thoreau. Ray and Florence Barker will officiate. Burial will follow at Thoreau Cemetery. Henio was born Feb. 28, 1943 in Thoreau into the Sleepy Rock People Clan for the Two Who Came to the Water People Clan. Henio attended Wingate High School. Her hobbies included arts and crafts. Survivors included her daughter, Harriett P. Etcitty; brother, Eddie Peralto; sisters, Jean Chavez, Rose Mexicano and Lucy Arviso; and five grandchildren. Henio was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Henio; parents, Martha and Frank Peralto; brother, Freddie Peralto; and sister, Esther P. Yazzie. Pallbearers will be Brian Begay Sr., Isaac Etcitty, Byron Etcitty, Kenneth Chavez Jr., Harold Peralto and James D. Peralto. The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Baca Chapter. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Marie Marilyn James RED ROCK, N.M. - Services for Marie James, 49, will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 9 at Cope Memorial Chapel, Gallup. Sister Terry Gooden will officiate. James died Feb. 4 in Gallup. She was born Jan 12, 1954 in Gallup into the Meadow People Clan for the Zuni People clan. Her hobbies included cooking, sewing and playing bingo. Survivors include her husband Ramus James; sons, Darrell James, Daren James, Darrick James, Bryant Johnson and Ray Hale; daughters Amanda James and Leann Johnson; father, Lee James; brother Henry James; and two grandchildren.James was preceded in death by her mother Lucy Hale James; sister Linda Hale and grandmother Helen Hale James. Pallbearers will by Henry James, Darrel James, Darren R. James, Ray A. Hale, Bryant T. Becenti and Brandon Willie. The family will receive relatives and friends after the services at Raymond and Catherine James residence at Superman Canyon Road 381B Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Alyse Neundorf Alyse Neundorf, 61, passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2004, at Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque. She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Ken Neundorf; her son, Joe Neundorf of Albuquerque, and her daughter, Tanda Neundorf of San Francisco. She is also survived by a sister, Agnes Goodluck of Tucson; an aunt, Mary Peshligai, currently residing in Chinle, Arizona, and 25 nieces and nephews. She was born on February 2, 1942, near Lukachukai, Arizona, and was the daughter of Hosteen Goodluck and Marie Peshligai. Her original given name was Alice, but she legally changed her name to Alyse. At the time of her death, she was an associate professor at the University of New Mexico teaching Navajo language at the campus in Gallup. She earned her bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in 1965, her master's degree from the University of Nebraska in 1970, and her doctorate in linguistics from the University of New Mexico in 1987. She was a teacher for most of her adult life, in all levels from elementary to college. Her college teaching included posts at Northern Arizona University and Navajo Community College, as well as UNM. She served for five years on the Board of Regents of Navajo Community College. She was a certified court interpreter and trained Navajo court interpreters through a program at the University of Arizona. In 2000, she coached the actors in the movie "Wind Talkers" in the speaking of Navajo words used in the film. In addition to her educational work and accomplishments, she was an artist, a writer, a former Miss Navajo, and a skilled seamstress. She loved animals and gardening, loved to travel, and was dedicated to the Navajo language, having complied a Navajo dictionary published in 1983. At her request, funeral services will not be held and cremation has taken place, but her family and friends will gather for a memorial in the near future. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in her honor to Office of Navajo Nation Scholarship and Financial Assistance, P.O. Box 1870, Window Rock, AZ 86515. Checks can be made payable to ONNSFA. Arrangements by Direct Funeral Services, 2919 4th St. NW. Albuquerque. 505-343-8008. February 9, 2004 Walter Peshlakai Sr. NAHODISHGISH - Services for Walter Peshlakai Sr., 86, were 10 a.m. today at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Crownpoint. President Rod Huston officiated. Burial followed in Nahodishgish. Peshlakai Sr. died Feb. 5 in Albuquerque. He was born April 16, 1917, in Pinedale into the Two Who Came to the Water People Clan for the Black Streak of Forest People Clan. Peshlakai Sr. attended Crownpoint Boarding School. He was employed with the Santa Fe Union Pacific, as a machine operator and taught Navajo Code Talkers translations at Fort Wingate. Walter was Nahodishgish Chapter vice president, member of the preschool, Senior Citizens, health member, community veteran and representative with DNA. His hobbies included carpentry, livestock and silversmithing. Survivors include his sons, Kenneth H. Peshlakai Sr. of Rough Rock, Benny Peshlakai Sr. of Phoenix, Otis Peshlakai and Walter Peshlakai both of Nahodishgish; daughters, Marjorie Mera of Albuquerque, Christine Interpreter, Elsie Peshlakai and Edith D. Thompson all of Nahodishgish; 28 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. Peshlakai Sr. was preceded in death by his wife, Edith Wood Peshlakai; and parents, Helen and Sam Silversmith. Pallbearers were Jeffery Peshlakai, Otis Myron Peshlakai, Jackson Toledo, Patrick Interpreter, Benny Peshlakai Jr. and Martin Hudson III. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Lena Kee Navajo LUPTON, Ariz. - Services for Lena Navajo, 84, were 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Cope Memorial. Father Cormac officiated. Burial followed at Gallup City Cemetery. Navajo died Jan. 24 in Flagstaff, Ariz. She was born April 1, 1919, in Cousins into the Edgewater People Clan for Blacksheep People Clan. Navajo was a homemaker, silversmith, weaver, medicine woman, basket weaver and seamstress. Survivors include her daughters, Nora Tsosie of Lupton, Ariz., and Matilda Wilson of Cousins; brothers, John Bee and Eugene Chato of Cousins and Jimmy Chato of Jones Ranch; sister, Louise Skeet of Cousins; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Navajo was preceded in death by her husband, Issac Navajo; sons, Jimmy Willie and Michael Navajo; and daughter, Mary A. Tsosie. Pallbearers were Jonathan Tsosie, Ricky Murphy, Samuel Wilson, Albert Wilson, Paul Y. Begaye and Isiah Tsosie. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Tommy K. Shirley Sr. HOUCK, Ariz. - Services for Tommy Shirley Sr., 62, will be announced at a later date. Shirley Sr. died Feb. 6 in Phoenix. He was born April 20, 1941, in Rehoboth into the Red Streak Running into Water People Clan for the Makes A Circle Around You People Clan. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2004 the Gallup Independent. -=-=-=- February 4, 2004 Mateo Sandoval Mateo Sandoval, 29 Metal Framer of Phoenix was tragically taken from his family on Jan 31, 2004. He is survived by his wife of ten years Tammy, his children Marissa, Andriana and Miguel, his family and many friends, Mateo was a devoted, loving husband and father who always put others before himself, and has left an irreplaceable void in the hearts of those that knew and loved him. He also enjoyed the out doors, and was very proud of his Native American Heritage. Mateo will never be forgotten and will always be Loved. Visitation is Thursday Feb 5th from 5-8pm, services beginning at 7:00pm at East Resthaven Mortuary 4310 E. Southern Ave. Phx, Az. Funeral Service will be Friday Feb 6th at 10:00 am at Primera Iglesia Methodista 701 S. 1st St. Phoenix. Burial will be at East Resthaven Cemetery. "I Love you always until we blaze again". Copyright c. 2004 The Arizona Republic. -=-=-=- February 3, 2004 Cedric Fightingbear Cedric Lee Fightingbear, age 26, of Roosevelt, died January 30, 2004 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident west of LaPoint. He was born March 13, 1977 in Roosevelt to Robert Fightingbear and Bertha John. Cedric loved to fish, do beadwork, was a singer and sang at a number of Pow Wows and Sundances; he liked to travel and loved to laugh and joke. He enjoyed reading to his children whom he dearly loved. He always enjoyed his brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews. He was a participant in the Native American Church. He worked as a fire fighter for the BIA Forest Service. He is survived by his companion, Rena Duncan; four children, Keely, Kacee, Neesah, and Kyri, mother, Bertha Wyasket; grandfathers, Herbert Fightingbear, Montana; William Wyasket, Whiterocks; and Levete Nez, Fort Duchesne. He is also survived by brothers and sisters, Soraya (Joey) Reyos, Latoya Wyasket (Nicholas Accuttoroop), Dotsy Wyasket (Sterling Tabbee), Theodore "Teddy" Wyasket, Jr., Telly Wyasket, Blossom Wyasket and Margaret Fightingbear. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert, grandmothers Margaret Standing Elk Fightingbear, Winifred Wyasket.. Graveside services held Wednesday, February 4, 2004 at 11:00 AM at the Fort Duchesne Cemetery. Viewing will be at the Hullinger Mortuary until 6:00 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday until 10:30 a.m. No viewing at the Cemetery. Copyright c. 2004 Uintah Basin Standard/Roosevelt, UT. -=-=-=- February 5, 2004 Michael Whitelaw Spokane Graveside service for Michael Whitelaw, 67, will be today at 11 a.m. at the Keller Community Cemetery in Keller, Wash. Strate Funeral Home in Grand Coulee is in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Whitelaw died Saturday. He was born in Nespelem, Wash., and lived in several reservation communities and elsewhere in Eastern Washington until his parents moved to Coulee Dam. Mr. Whitelaw graduated from Coulee Dam High School in 1954 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in forestry from Washington State University. During high school and college he worked with the Bureau of Indian Affairs firefighting crews, primarily on the Colville Indian Reservation. While in college, he also served a tour of duty in the Air National Guard. Mr. Whitelaw worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 37 years as a forester and superintendent on several Indian reservations in Washington and Montana. After retiring in 1993, he returned to Coulee Dam. Mr. Whitelaw was involved in tribal government affairs, serving tenures on the CTEC board of directors, TERO board and Colville Tribal Gaming Commission. He also served on the board of directors for the Banks Lake Golf Course and was a member of two local service clubs. He enjoyed playing golf and pool. Survivors include his wife, Marilyn; two daughters, Kelly Whitelaw of Coulee Dam and Terri LaFabre of Denver; a stepdaughter, Lynette Tom at home; a stepson, Clint Tom of Ocean Shores, Wash.; two sisters, Sheila Whitelaw of Belvedere/Swawilla Basin, Wash., and Judy Whitelaw of Anaheim, Calif.; a brother, Ray Nissen of Belvedere, Wash.; and four grandchildren. -- Spokane, Wash., Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and the Inland Northwest Copyright c. 2004, The Spokesman-Review. -=-=-=- February 7, 2004 Eloise Carol Whiting Hensley ETHETE - Funeral services for Eloise Carol Whiting Hensley, 54, will be conducted at 11 a.m. today, Feb. 7, at St. Michael's Mission in Ethete by Patricia Bergie. Interment will be in Sage/Redman Cemetery. She died Feb. 1, 2004, in Phoenix. Born Aug. 15, 1949, in Fort Washakie, she was the daughter of Gordon Shakespeare and Theresa (Spoonhunter) Whiting; and was raised and educated in Casper. Her Indian name was "One Who Sings Last." She became a licensed practical nurse in 1973 and a registered nurse in 1992. Her philosophy of being her "brother's keeper" prevailed during her health career and personal life and she raised two younger brothers and a sister. Continuing her education at Rocky Mountain College, she strove to promote health care improvement and education for her native people and all with whom she came in contact. Her positive outlook on life greatly affected others. She was a nurse at Shepherd of the Valley Care Center in Paradise Valley and Morning Star Manor in Fort Washakie; director of nursing at IHS Hospitals in Fort Peck and Crow Agency, Mont.; a nurse in Kearns Canyon, Ariz.; and director of quality professional services in Winslow, Ariz., and Shiprock, N.M. Also, she trained as a midwife in Claremore, Okla.; and served as a consultant for Hopi Tribal Health Programs. Throughout her career, she received awards for her professionalism from IHS, Hopi Health Care facility and Phoenix IHS Area. Survivors include her husband of 36 years, Richard of Cortez, Colo.; daughter, Lorrissa Hensley of Flagstaff, Ariz.; three granddaughters; five sisters, Darlene Conrad of Rough Rock, Ariz., Lordeena and Dorene Whiting of Casper, Juanita Stamp of Billings, Mont., and Georgina Gneting of Great Falls, Mont.; and five brothers, Gordon, Elliott and Allen Whiting, all of Casper, Issac Chavez of Riverton and Leonard Moss of Arapahoe. She was preceded in death by her parents; and grandparents, Bill Shakespeare and Roy and Beatrice (Trumbull) Spoonhunter. Wind Dancer Funeral Home of Fort Washakie is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2004 Casper Star-Tribune published by Lee Publications, Inc., a subsidiary of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated. -=-=-=- February 4, 2004 Karmen Rae "Goomers" Brown POPLAR - Karmen Rae Brown, "Goomers," age 29, passed away in Poplar, on Feb. 1, 2004. Karmen was born Dec. 9, 1974, to Gordon L. Brown and Lyda Bighorn Red Dog. Karmen earned her GED and continued her education at Ft. Peck Community College, where she took bookkeeping and Accounting Tech. She worked for housing (summer program), Buttreys, CNA at Faith Lutheran Home, Sunrise Lumber, Teacher Assistant, and at Tribal Express. Karmen enjoyed listening to music, visiting with friends, cooking and helping others when needed. Karmen is preceded in death by both her maternal and paternal grandparents; her father, Gordon L. Brown; and an uncle, Ritchie Brown. She is survived by her mother, Lyda Bighorn Red Dog; stepfather Lonnie Red Dog; two daughters, Rikki Brown and Stevie McClammy of Poplar; brother Billy (Theresa) Brown of Poplar; sisters Kimberly (Clay) of Billings, Kaycee (Robert) Low Dog of Billings, Loralee Red Dog of Poplar; nieces Telsa, Charley, Heavynn, Teresia, LaVanchie and LaRae; and nephews Brenden, Larin and RJ; grandmothers Rita Brown of Wolf Point, Dora Higgins of Williston, N.D., Marie (Bud) Anderson of Williston and Joyce (Lyle) Good of Wolf Point; aunts Caroline Baker of Poplar, Angie Brown of Poplar, April (Danny) Lindsay of Wolf Point, Irene Bighorn of Wolf Point and Yvonne (Ernie) Flynn of Billings; and uncles Leonard (Amanda) Crow Belt of Brockton, Dr. Robin Bighorn of Poplar, Fred (Helen) Bighorn of Brockton, Greg Bighorn of Poplar, Dennis Bighorn of Billings, Morris Brown of Wolf Point, Mike Brown of Poplar and Bruce Bauer. Karmen's prayer service will be held Feb. 5, at 7 p.m., at the Poplar Cultural Center. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Feb. 6, at 10 a. m., with Rev. Enright Big Horn and Pastor Dwight Swanson officiating. Interment will be in the Poplar City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at csmc@nemontel.net or www.stevensonandsons.com. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Jessie Wilson Halvorson CROW AGENCY - Jessie Wilson Halvorson, 85, of Crow Agency, passed to the other side on Feb. 2, 2004, in the Crow Agency Nursing Home. Ka'assaash "Serious Person" was born Feb. 14, 1918, along Reno Creek, a daughter of James A. Wilson, Sr. and Rose Old Bear. She grew up and received her early education in Crow Agency before completing high school at the Flandreau Indian School in Flandreau, S.D. Following her education, she married Dale Kindness Sr. The couple lived in Crow Agency, Cut Bank, Great Falls and Billings, while Mr. Kindness performed in a band. They were later divorced. She married Jack Halvorson in 1980 in Basin, Wyo. The couple resided in Wyoming, while Jessie worked as a motel manager. Mr. Halvorson died in 2002. She was one of the oldest members of the Greasy Mouth Clan and was a child of the Whistling Water Clan. She was a Crow speaker who was proud of the Crow heritage. She enjoyed cooking, fishing, hunting and reading. However, the joy of her life was her children. A daughter, Gale, and a son, Jimmy Kindness, preceded Jessie in death. Survivors include her four sons, Ty of Washington, Dale, Larry and Bobby Kindness of Crow Agency; her sisters, Agnes Old Bear of Benteen, Phoebe Dillon and Alice Wilson of Crow Agency; her brother, David (Kim) Yarlott, Sr. of Benteen; 30 grandchildren; 62 great-grandchildren and seven great- great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, in the Crow Community Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Crow Agency Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements. February 7, 2004 Holly Sue (Lambert) Black Eagle WOLF POINT - Holly Sue Lambert Black Eagle, 38, died in Wolf Point on Feb. 5, 2004, at Faith Lutheran Home. She was born Dec. 22, 1965, in Wolf Point, to James and Martha Lambert. She attended school in Wolf Point and earned a GED while attending Job Corps in Clearfield, Utah. She was active in ROTC while attending school, where she earned the rank of Captain. She also attended Ft. Peck Community College until her eyesight prevented her from continuing. Holly was a family-oriented woman who took pride in what her family did. She liked taking long drives in the country, visiting family and friends, especially her dog "Puppie." She was a strong-willed lady who found humor in everything. Holly was notorious for making people laugh and kept doing so up to the moment of her passing away. Holly was a sweet, loving individual who broke the mold and will be severely missed by one and all. Her beloved father, James Lambert Sr.; and her sisters, Marnita Terry Lambert and Mary Martha Lambert, preceded Holly in death. Her three children, James Black Eagle, Morgan Black Eagle and Josh Grimms survive her. She is also survived by her caring mother, Martha Lambert of Wolf Point; her sister, Nora Williamson of Billings; and brothers James Lambert, Jr., Daniel Lambert and Mike Lambert, all of Wolf Point, and Ronnie Lambert of Poplar. Numerous nephews, nieces, cousins and uncles also survive her. Visitation will be held on Sunday, Feb. 8, from 1 to 7 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel in Wolf Point. Funeral services will be held on Monday, Feb. 9, at 10 a.m. at Clayton Memorial Chapel in Wolf Point, with interment at St. Ann's Cemetery in Poplar. Condolences may be sent to the family at Box 333, Wolf Point, MT 59201 or csmc@nemontel.net or www.stevensonandsons.com. February 8, 2004 Ted Spotted Eagle HEART BUTTE - Ted Spotted Eagle, 77, of Heart Butte, a rancher and bus driver, died of natural causes Thursday at a Great Falls hospital. A wake is in progress until his service. Rosary is 7 p.m. Monday at Heart Butte Community Center. His funeral is 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Ann's Catholic Church, with burial in Spotted Eagle Cemetery at Heart Butte. Survivors include his wife, Edith Spotted Eagle; sons Glen Spotted Eagle of Browning, Roger Spotted Eagle of Cut Bank, Keith and Emerald Spotted Eagle of Heart Butte and Ivan Spotted Eagle of Birch Creek; 22 grandchildren, including Kenneth Spotted Eagle, Glen Dion Spotted Eagle, Joshua Spotted Eagle, Weston Spotted Eagle, Kyle Coyote Spotted Eagle and Little Dion, whom he raised; and 15 great-grandchildren. Virgil 'Joe' Tatsey BROWNING - Virgil "Joe" Tatsey, 66, a Browning Navy veteran and truck driver, died of natural causes Thursday at his home. A wake is in progress at the Old Eagle Shield center until his service. Rosary is 7 p.m. Tuesday at Old Eagle Shield. Funeral Mass is 1 p.m. Wednesday at Holy Family Mission in Two Medicine, with burial at Holy Family Mission. Survivors include his wife, Lilly Daniels of Browning; daughters Lois Tatsey, Susie Tatsey, Betty Fish, Karen Gray, Helen Kennerly, Evelyn Spotted Bear, Shirley Show, Sally Young Man, and Patty Daniels; sons Joseph "Wimpy" No Runner, Alfie Young Man, and Beaver Fish; sisters Ilona Vaile and Tinsey Bird Rattler; brothers John "Ugoh" Tatsey, Tom Nowlan, Jim C. Vaile, John "Jack" Vaile, Tim Vaile, Kevin Vaile, and Zeke Tatsey. February 9, 2004 Wayne Evan Not Afraid LODGE GRASS - Wayne Evan Not Afraid, 26, of Lodge Grass, died tragically at the hands of another on Feb. 6, 2004 in Hardin. He was born Sept. 21, 1977 in Crow Agency, a son of Alvin E. Not Afraid, Sr. and Mary Knows His Gun. His grandparents, Fred (Mamie) Knows His Gun, Sr. assisted in raising him. He grew up in the Crow Agency area and attended schools in St. Xavier and St. Labre. While in school, he excelled in cross country and wrestling. He later received training as a gourmet cook in Clearfield, Utah. He worked at the Marriott Hotel restaurant in Salt Lake City, before returning the Lodge Grass area. He enjoyed the outdoors, especially when he was fishing, hunting or riding horses, traditional Crow men's fancy dancing, caring for his nieces and nephews, and cooking for family gatherings. A brother, Leo; grandparents, Steve and Agnes Bird Faraway, Mamie Knows His Gun and Georgina Little Nest; brother, George Stewart; uncle, George Not Afraid; and an adopted brother, Ryan Harjo preceded Wayne in death. Survivors include his son, Trevon Not Afraid; his mother, Mary Knows His Gun of Hardin; his father, Alvin Not Afraid, Sr. of Lodge Grass; his sisters, Alisa, Christina, Cheryl and Cheranda Not Afraid, Verna (Tori) Medicine Bull and Maxine Hamburg; his brothers, Elijah (Arleen), Randall and A.J. (Carey) Not Afraid, Jr., Lyndon (Rona) Driftwood, Frank and Regis (April) Hogan, Alan, Jordan and Joe Knows His Gun; his adopted mothers, Lynn Tushka and Polly Stewart, his grandparents, Ed (Shirley) Not Afraid, Lloyd Hogan, Sr., Donna (Pete) Chavez, Fred Knows His Gun, Mary Carpenter, Caroline Miller, Gloria (Joe) Medicine Crow, Faith Faraway, Rosie (Earl) Bear Crane, Sr., Karen (Bill) Austin, Atloa (Gus) Harris, Farole (Bill) Pease, Alma (Bill) Snell, Nellie Petty, Mary (Nelson) Wallace, Mardell (Daniel) Plain Feather and Pearl Hogan; his great grandparents, Cryil (Flora) Not Afraid of Lodge Grass; his adopted brothers, Donny and Johnny Harjo, George and Fred (Mayme) Knows His Gun III, Rabbit (Diana) and Frank Knows His Gun, Jr., Les Nomee, Virgil, Tom and Richard (Camille) McCormick, Jr., Brian Knows the Ground, Franklin Takes the Horse, Jr., Michael Bear Claw, Jr., Dee Nomee and Gabriel Stewart; his adopted sisters, Indra and Misty McCormick, Francis, Helen, Freda, Brandi and Allison Knows His Gun; his aunts and uncles, Dennis, John, Ellis and Frank (Marva) Knows His Gun Sr., Ted Hogan, Pete Chavez, Jr., Edward Hamburg, Elli Rides the Horse, Donald Gardner, Jr., Richard Sr., Cameron, Darin, Alma McCormick, Beulah Hamburg, Valerie Spint, Pauline Stewart, C.J. (Jana), Marcia, Eliza, Edward (Tammy) Not Afraid, III and Wayne (Cathy) Not Afraid, Sr., Henry (Janice) Speelman, Ethel (Alex) Madill, Carlton (Loretta) and Bertha (Paul) Nomee, Lorraine (Joe) Bear Cloud, Sr., Adella Spotted Horse, Gail Red Wolf, Melvina Jefferson, Clinton (Sherry) House, Susan and Manford Gardner, Joy Buckley Myrna (Fred) Small and Regina (Leonard) Bends. He is also survived by his extended family including the Morrison, Yarlott, Hogan, Williamson, Driftwood, Snell, Jefferson, Eastman, Half, Stewart and Well Known families. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday Feb.11 in the Crow Multi- purpose Building. Interment will follow in the Crow Agency Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted wit the arrangements. Copyright c. 2004 The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises. -=-=-=- February 5, 2004 Vera Pauline Patsy Orr ST. IGNATIUS - Vera Pauline Patsy Orr, went home to be with her Lord on Jan. 28, 2004, at her home in St. Ignatius. Patsy was born July, 1926, to William Bunn and Clara Batson Traylor in Sapulpa, Okla. Her father died in 1925 prior to her birth. Her mother married Elzie Litteral in 1928 and he became the father that she adored. Patsy's family was proud of their Muskogee - Creek Tribe heritage but the family left Oklahoma in 1941, and settled in Yakima, Wash., where she met the love of her life, Alvin Orr, while working in the fruit orchards. They were married Feb. 9, 1945. She and Alvin left Washington in 1948 and settled in St. Ignatius. They bought land and built a home and raised six children, three boys and three girls. Patsy's greatest joy was supporting her children in their school activities including football and basketball. She enjoyed doing the same thing with her grandchildren in her later years. After the divorce, Patsy spent several years being a homemaker for the elderly in the St. Ignatius area. Working with these elders brought her a lot of joy and satisfaction. After suffering a stroke in 1999, she divided her time between her home in St. Ignatius and her daughter's home in Warm Springs, Ore., but she loved the Mission Mountains and always returned to her true home. Patsy was preceded in death by her father Elzie in 1969, her mother Clara in 1999, and her son Gary in 2003. Survivors include her five children: Sharon Orr of Warm Springs. Ore.; Jerry (Kathy) Orr of Missoula; Jeannie (Dean) Seyler of Pinetop, Ariz.; Anita (Shorty) Matt of Moiese, and Tim (Peggy) Orr of St. Ignatius; a daughter-in-law, Kim Orr of St. Ignatius; her grandchildren, Jodi Orr, Jori Hunter, Darren Orr, Windi Orr, Kiel Orr, Kristi Orr, Dustin Seyler, Kevin Seyler, Lakota Matt, Kendra Taylor and Danny Orr; great grandchildren, Gavin Begay, Tanner Hanes, Bridger Hanes, Coleman Taylor and Austin Taylor; an uncle, Gaith Batson of Oklahoma; aunts Alene Williams of Washington and Opal Stewart of Texcas; brother Bill (Billie) Traylor; sisters, Charlene Davis of Washington and Bobbi Tyler of Louisiana and many nieces and nephews. Patsy will be missed but the love and dedication to her family will remain forever. Funeral services were held Saturday in the St. Ignatius United Methodist Church with Rev. Donna Martin officiating. Interment was in the family cemetery near St. Ignatius. Pallbearers were Dustin Seyler, Kevin Seyler, Darren Orr, Kiel Orr, Lakota Matt and Daniel Orr. Foster and Durgeloh Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2002 Lake Country Leader Advertiser/Polson, MT. -=-=-=- February 4, 2004 Eugene Gardell Eugene Gardell, 75, of Farmington, MN, formerly of the Fort Totten, ND area, died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2004 at the Trinity Care Center, Farmington. Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake, is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2004 The Montana Standard/Butte, MT. -=-=-=- February 6, 2004 Terry Werk HARLEM - Terry "Uggy Bearcat" Werk, 42, died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004, east of Fort Belknap Agency due to a self-inflicted gunshot injury. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the St. Paul's School gymnasium with burial following at the Lamebull/Werk Family Cemetery. Rosary and wake services will begin today at 7 p.m. in the St. Paul's School gym. Terry was born on Feb. 23, 1961, to Robert and Monica (Lamebull) Werk at Fort Belknap Agency. He attended St. Paul's Mission School, Hays High School and one year at Eastern Montana College in Billings. He married Monty Leo on July 16, 1988, at St. Paul's Mission Catholic Church in Hays. Terry worked for Francis Muggli Construction crushing rock until 1990, then worked for S-K Construction until 1993 and since then has been working for the BIA in the range, road and irrigation departments. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, taking care of horses, spending time with his family and was a good friend to many. Terry was preceded in death by his father Robert Werk; granddaughter Joy Messerly; brothers Charles M., Gary, and Willie Werk; special aunt Mona King and special uncle Clyde Werk. Survivors include his mother, Monica Werk of Hays; wife, Monty Werk of Harlem; daughters, Stella Werk and Sunni Werk, both of Harlem; sons, Mike Durand and Miles Werk, both of Harlem; brothers, Andrew Werk of Fort Belknap, Robert Werk of Hays, Milton Werk of Dodson, Dean Werk, Glen Werk, Neil Werk, Greg Werk, and Wendell Werk, all of Hays, and Charles Werk of Billings; sisters, Phyllis Sills of Fort Belknap, Wilma Werk, Beverly Werk and Jeanette Bell, all of Hays; grandson, Thomas Durand of Hays; aunts, Lola Hayward of Malta, and Gertrude Werk, Louella Werk, Theresa Werk, Nellie Main, all of Hays; uncles, Harold Werk of Hays, Jimmy Lamebull of California, Ted Lamebull Sr. of Wapupo, Wash., Robert King of Harlem, and Francis Lamebull of Yakima, Wash. Copyright c. 2004 Havre Daily News. -=-=-=- February 8, 2004 Andrew S. Willock Andrew "Kooga" Sampson Willock, 70, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday evening, Feb. 3, 2004. He was born in Kotzebue on Nov. 3, 1934, to Elsie and Thomas Willock. Known as "Kooga" to the residents of Fairbanks, as a child he used to sell newspapers on Second Avenue for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Kooga was a gardener in the Fairbanks area and a member of Friendship Baptist Mission. He resided with his sister and brother-in-law, Mary A. and Robert Hirn, of Fairbanks. He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Elsie Willock, and his maternal grandparents, Punnick and Mary Pannick; nine brothers and three sisters. He is survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Robert M. Hirn of Fairbanks; sister, Sue Pechuyook Hoth of Fairbanks; niece Gracie Owens of Fairbanks; and a host of relatives and friends in the NANA region. Visitation will be held at Chapel of Chimes at 2 p.m., Monday, Feb. 9, followed by a funeral service at 3 p.m. The Revs. Rick Melner and Richard L. Wall will officiate. A reception for family and friends will be held immediately following in Murphy Hall at Immaculate Conception Church. Arrangements were by Chapel of Chimes Funeral Home. The News-Miner publishes obituaries as a public service. Obituaries are limited to 500 words and may be edited. Obituaries and photos may be dropped off in the newsroom at 200 N. Cushman St., mailed to Obituaries, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, P.O. Box 70710, Fairbanks, AK 99707, faxed to 452-7917 or e-mailed to obituary@newsminer.com. Copyright c. 1999-2004 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Inc. -=-=-=- February 3, 2004 Raymond Thiemeyer Juneau resident Raymond Clarence Thiemeyer, 64, died of cancer Jan. 28, 2004, at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka. He was born Dec. 29, 1939, in Juneau to Helen (Alberts) and William Thiemeyer Sr. He was Kaagwaantaan of Wolf House, grandchild of T'enadi Dog Salmon Clan. He moved to Sitka to attend Mt. Edgecumbe High School, graduating in 1960. He worked at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital and then at the Alaska Pulp Corp. mill until moving to Juneau in 1982. In Juneau, he fished and was a restaurant worker. He served in the Army National Guard and received an honorable discharge Dec. 6, 1966, and was a sergeant with the U.S. Army Reserves, receiving an honorable discharge Nov. 30, 1967. He was a member of American Legion Post 13, Alaska Native Brotherhood, Central Council for Tlingit and Haida Tribes of Alaska and was a shareholder of Shee Atika Inc. and Sealaska. His family said he was proud of his Native heritage and culture. They said he loved Alaska and being outdoors, hiking, hunting and fishing, and also enjoyed basketball. They said he had a beautiful smile, and most of all, he loved his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Charles Jackson; and his sister, LaVerne Rousseau. He is survived by a daughter, Raelene Randall of Spanaway, Wash.; sons, Raymond Thiemeyer Jr. of Auburn, Wash., William "Willie" Thiemeyer and Bert Thiemeyer, both of Koyuk; sisters, Marion Greer of Tacoma, Wash., Eileen Wagner of Juneau, Millie Stevens of Craig, and Marguerite Thiemeyer of Auburn, Wash.; brothers, William Thiemeyer Jr. of Klawock, Donald Thomas of Eugene, Ore., and Harold Thomas of Craig; 12 grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles. Traditional Native services were held at the Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi community house. Traditional Native graveside services will be held in Craig, where his mother, brother and sister are buried. February 4, 2004 Warren Glenn Price Kake resident Warren Glenn "Cookie" Price, 53, died unexpectedly Jan. 13, 2004, in Kake. He was Tlingit and Aleut, and his Tlingit name was Gootch Tlien. He was a father, a fisherman, hunter, a subsistence food provider, he worked on the pipeline and at the Chilkoot Lumber Company, he built two houses after creating the lumber with a chain saw mill and he learned to play the piano. He traveled across America seven times, across Canada four times and traveled to Mexico. During the 1960s, he was a hippie and motorcycle rider. Later, he wrote stories for his sons, created art, was President of the North Star Jaycees and enjoyed being a volunteer on Raven Radio in Sitka, playing blues and ballads. At the time of his death, he worked for the Organized Village of Kake on the Salmon Restoration Project. His family said they remember him as "having a deep faith in God, a love of life and finding humor in the human condition." He was preceded in death by his brothers, Joe and Steve Price; and his aunt, Elizabeth Martin. He is survived by his father, Warren Price; mother, Dorothy Stzuk; wife, Susan Price; sons, Wayne and Pattrick Price; stepchildren, Loree, Beth, Bruce and Wes Shales, Roxanne Olvera and Amelia Ruerup; brothers, Wayne, Russell and Bill Price, and Wade Martin; adopted brothers, Wayne Renfro and Kirk Albrect; sisters, Debra Stzuk-Earl, Melody Price-Yonts, Nadine Schruefer, JoAnn Price, April Hodges, Cindy Clifton and Robby Martin; as well as numerous relatives and friends. He was buried at the Grave Island Cemetery in Kake on Jan. 15. A memorial service was held Jan. 18. The Price family may be contacted at P. O. Box 133, Kake, AK 99830. Copyright c. 1997-2004 Juneau Empire/Morris Communications Corporation. -=-=-=- February 3, 2004 Loretta 'Sweet Pea' Akers Soldotna resident Loretta "Sweet Pea" Akers died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, at Alaska Native Medical Center. She was 55. No services will be held. Mrs. Akers was born Oct. 1, 1948, in Kanakanak. She was a homemaker who was an enthusiastic and talented quilter, and she quilted daily. "She was known as Sweet Pea and was a very talented person involved in many activities. She loved flowers and had many growing in her yard. She enjoyed beach fishing and smoking salmon, which she shared with many people," her family said. "Her winter activity was quilting and she made many quilts for family and friends. Sweet Pea was a very giving person and was always there with a helping hand for everyone. "Sweet Pea requested that there not be a service on her behalf. Her request is that she be remembered in life." Mrs. Akers was preceded in death by her parents, Joe Enders and Anne Snyder Enders-Zann; stepfather, Jim Zann; brother, Frank "Lincho" Kellner; and son, Ross Akers. She is survived by her husband, Tom George; sisters, Vicki Romuald of Minnesota, Ramona George of California, and Cindy Zann of Kenai; three daughters; three grandchildren; surrogate parents, Dan and Mary France of Soldotna; and friend and former husband, Tim Akers of Anchorage. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that a donation be made to the SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Foundation in her name. Arrangements were made by Evergreen Memorial Chapel in Anchorage. Copyright c. 2004 Peninsula Clarion Division of Morris Communications, Kenai, AK. -=-=-=- February 9, 2004 Muriel Suzanna Maracle (nee Clause) MARACLE, Muriel Suzanna (nee Clause) - Peacefully surrounded by her family at her home, on Friday, February 6, 2004, in her 84th year; wife of the late Russell Maracle; loving mother of Lorne and Bonnie, Allan, Melvin and Barbara, Carolyn and Dan Montour, Ron and Heather, Irving and Diane, Roger and Crystal, Brian and Evelyn, and the late Linda Davey and Baby Warren; loving mother-in-law of Mike Davey; dear grandmother of 25 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren and two great- great-grandchildren; sister of the late Mildred Westbrook; special friend of Francis Garlow and the late Christine General and Pauline White. The family will honour her life with visitation at her home, 1088 Onondaga Road after 6 p. m. Saturday until 10 a. m. Tuesday then to the HYDE & MOTT CHAPEL of R. H. B. ANDERSON FUNERAL HOMES LTD., Hagersville for Funeral Service at 1 p. m. Tuesday, February 10, 2004. Interment Stoneridge Cemetery, 4th Line, Six Nations. Copyright c. 2004 Brantford Expositor. -=-=-=- February 4, 2004 Thomas Ross Francis FRANCIS, THOMAS ROSS - passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2004 at Wascana Rehabilitation Centre. Tom was born on December 22, 1924 in Broadview, Saskatchewan and was a member of the Kahkewistahaw First Nation. As a young boy, Tom attended residential school at Round Lake, Saskatchewan. Not long after completing school Tom then joined the Canadian Air Force. Upon returning home from WWII duties, he worked as a conservation officer. It was at Cumberland House, Saskatchewan where he met his wife Helen. Tom and Helen married, attended and completed Bible school together, and then went into fulltime mission work that took them into northern communities across Canada. With this, Reverend Tom and Helen Francis dedicated the next fifty years to Christian ministry, including many years from its beginnings with the Native Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. During this time, Tom was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree in Ministries from Caronport Bible School. Dr. Francis then spent some time teaching Cree language and later, he and Helen served together as members on the Aboriginal Elders Advisory for World Vision. Tom also served as Elder Advisor for the Kahkewistahaw First Nation. Tom and Helen were married and together for over 53 years. It was not until recently that he stayed for some time in Pioneer Village, Parkside Extendicare and Wascana Rehabilitation Center in Regina. The family is grateful for the help of doctors, nurses and close friends who helped keep him comfortable during his last days with us. And we thank everyone for your prayers. Tom is survived by his wife Helen (nee Cook) and children: Linda (Darcy), Tim (Helen), Debbie, and Terry. Tom is also survived by his sisters Kay (Bert) Martin and Helen (Larry) Larson, and his brother Hughie (June) Francis. Grandchildren: Lana (Barry). Lisa (Darcy), Lawrence, Simone, Michael, Holly, Nehemiah, Curtis, Jordan, Jeremy, Landon, Keegan; and his Great Grandchildren: Serine, Elijah, Darcy, Madisson, Jasmine. Tom is predeceased by his parents Bert and Maria (nee Allary), his brother Lloyd, and sisters Selma, Myrtle, and Florence. A FUNERAL SERVICE will be held at Morning Star Ministries, 3540-6th Avenue on Friday, February 6, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. Arrangements are entrusted to Regina Funeral Home (789-8850). February 6, 2004 Edward Miller MILLER, EDWARD RALPH - passed away suddenly February 1, 2004 at the age of 68 years. Ed was predeceased by his parents Ralph and Dorothy Miller, a son Steven in 1968 and a special uncle Fred McAvena. He is survived by his children and grandchildren, Tim Bitternose (Pam) Ryanna and Kalen; Wendy Bitternose (Cory) Tyson and Casey, Val Burgess (Al) Dale and Chris. Also his uncle Leonard McAvena (Della) and aunts Jennie Swinnerton, Irene McAvena and Emily McAvena. A memorial service will be held at the DVA Veterans Hall, 1510-12th Avenue, Regina, SK on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at 2 pm with lunch to follow. The burial will take place in July, 2004 at St. Luke's cemetery, Gordon First Nation. Flowers most gratefully declined. February 9, 2004 Dawson Kequahtooway DAWSON RAIN KEQUAHTOOWAY - June 29, 2003 to February 7, 2004 Dawson will always be loved and forever missed. He was predeceased by great grandparents Philip and Angeline Desjarlais. Dawson is survived by his loving mother Caroline; two brothers Suede and Tyrell; grandparents Pearl Desjarlais and Gerald Kaye; uncles Parker (Gwen) and Chris (Ingrid); aunts Maggie (Curtis) and Raina. Special thanks to my aunt Josephine, Ingrid Tobar, Parker and Gwen. Thanks to all the people that had us in their prayers. Thank you to all the doctors and nurses at the Regina General Hospital and the Royal University Hospital in Edmonton. A wake will be held on Monday, February 9, 2004 at 3:00 PM in the Residence of Joyce Desjarlais, Kawacatoose First Nation Reserve. Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at 2:00 PM in the residence of Joyce Desjarlais with Pastor Glen Povey and Elders officiating. Interment to follow at Kawacatoose First Nation East Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to VICTORIA AVENUE FUNERAL HOME 761-2727 Copyright c. 2000-2004 Regina Leader Post Group Inc. -=-=-=- February 7, 2004 "Kiihtsipiimiakii" (Pinto Woman) Thelma "Tiny" Coon (nee Grier), beloved wife of Kenneth Coon II, passed away peacefully at the Lethbridge Regional Hospital, with loved ones at her side, on Tuesday, February 3, 2004, at the age of 60. Besides her husband Ken of 31 years, she will be lovingly remembered by her children: Kenneth III, Ruby (Clark ) Tailfeathers, Trudy (Jeff) Freeman, Ronald (Wendy) Johnson, and Leonard Grier; her sisters: Beverly Little Bear, Ann (Robert) Manyfingers, Lydia (Casey) Scott, and Marcie Grier, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. She will also be missed by the grandchildren she loved so much: Jewel, Danielle, Skyler, Craig, Cody, Willow, Alyssa and Nathan. Tiny was predeceased by her parents Bernadette and Ernie Grier, one brother Norman, and her son Ernie "Lucky" Grier. Tiny was born May 28, 1943 on the Piikani Reserve. She attended the Sacred Heart Boarding School from age 5 to 16. She attended the Tech school in Calgary for Beauty and Hairdressing. She also made a difference in the lives of many women and their children while working at the women's shelters in Calgary. She was a very kind and compassionate human being. She lived part of her life overseas in Spain and Algeria from the Mid `70's through the early `80's. She was an excellent cook, and was able to make a career out of it, dabbling in the catering business for a time. There will be a wake in her honor, Sunday and Monday, February 8th and 9th, 2004 at her residence. The Funeral Service and celebration of Tiny's life will be held on Tuesday, February 10th, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. at the St. Paul's Church in Brocket, AB. Interment to follow at the Sacred Heart Cemetery. Lunch will be provided at the Brocket Community Hall, thereafter. Copyright c. 2004 Alberta Newspaper Group, Inc./Lethbridge Herald.