From gars@speakeasy.org Wed Jun 8 07:07:13 2005 Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 19:34:02 -0700 From: Gary Night Owl To: Internet Recipients of Wotanging Ikche Subject: Wotanging Ikche--nanews13.023 _ __ _____ __ _ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ ' ) / / ') / / ) ' ) ) / ) / ' ) ) / ) / / / / / / /--/ / / / ___ / / / / ___ (_(_/ (__/ ( / (_ / (_ (___/ '__/_ / (_ (___/ ' ____ _ , ___ _ , ___ / ' ) / / ) ' ) / / ' VOLUME 13, ISSUE 023 / /-< / /--/ /-- __/_ / ) (___/ / ( (___, WOTANGING IKCHE - Lakota - Common News Wotanging Ikche and Native American News Copyright c. 1996-2005 nanews.org Aboriginal/AmerIndian Perspective about the First Nations of Turtle Island June 4, 2005 Mohawk ohiari:ha/ripening moon Passamaquoddy nipon/summer moon Blackfeet pi'kssiiksi otsitaowayiihpiaawa/moon when birds lay their eggs +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Much more happens in Indian Country than is reported | | in this weekly newsletter. 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NCAI | Choctaw Confederacies, | plans distribution of the | as incorporated in the United | Indian Pledge to all Indian | States Constitution, | Nations. | so that my forefathers | | shall not have died in vain | Walk in Beauty! Night Owl +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ | Journey | In the summer and early fall | The Bloodline | of 1998 the Treaty Unity Riders | | rode a thousand miles on horse- | For all that live and live by law | back, carrying a staff and | We Stand, we Call, We Ride | praying each step of the way. | For All that fear and fear by sight | | We Hear, we Listen, we Ride | These prayers were offered for | For all that pray and pray by strength| each of us, and that the Unity | We Feel, we Move, we Ride | of all Peoples might happen. | For all that die and die by greed | | We Hurt, we Cry, we Ride | Tatanka Cante forwarded this | For all that birth and birth by right | poem on behalf of all the Unity | We Smile, we Hold, we Ride | Riders that we might stop and | For all that need and need by heart | ask if the next words we say, the | We Came, we Went, we Rode. | next act we make is for the good | | of the People or is it from ego | Treaty Unity Riders | for self. +- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+ O'siyo Brothers and Sisters! I have the honor of serving as emcee at some powwows/festivals including The Euharlee GA Veterans' Powwow. I never fail to remind people they are at the powwow because they chose to, not because some local party chairman told them they had to be there; and the reason each of us can make such decisions is thanks to the personal sacrifices of veterans and active duty military who risked everything for our freedoms. I have focused the past two issues on including articles related to our Native veterans, knowing Memorial Day was approaching. There is no editorial this week. The following two articles say it all. The first was submitted to my wife from Bessie and Keith, the second came from Kleita Bagwell of the Cherokee River Indian Community near Moulton AL. ---- Guardsmen in Montana unit are warriors of today who honor their American Indian past By Kevin Dougherty, Stars and Stripes Kevin Dougherty / S&S Friday, May 27, 2005 HAWIJAH, Iraq - Their names alone invoke a past as vast as the Great Plains, a heritage as majestic as the Rocky Mountains that lie to the west, where the sun comes to rest and legends reside. Look at a roster of the 1st Battalion, 163rd Infantry Regiment, and you will find surnames such as Black Elk, Heavy Runner, Chief and Headdress. They fight for a nation that, to put it mildly, wasn't all that kind to their forbears. Although many of the American Indians deployed to a U.S. Army base in northern Iraq said their focus was on the present and future, they talked about the past when asked. "I come from a family of warriors," said Sgt. Jeff Jackson, a Nez Perce Indian from Lapwai, Idaho. "I was told this by a tribe member. Yellow Wolf was my great-great-grandfather." Yellow Wolf, according to Web sites, fought in the Nez Perce War against the U.S. Army, which drove the tribe from its native territory in 1877 after a treaty dispute. Jackson isn't the only soldier with a legendary figure in his ancestry. Sgt. Richard Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Indian, is related to Crazy Horse. Black Elk's great-grandfather, a cousin of the famed chief, witnessed the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana, where Gen. George Custer and his men perished. In his later years, Nicholas Black Elk penned a critically acclaimed book on the battle called "Black Elk Speaks." "He was there to see it all," Richard Black Elk said. There are at least a dozen American Indians serving in the U.S. Army at a camp named McHenry near the city of Hawijah. The Montana National Guard heads the Task Force, but its American Indian soldiers hail from others states, too, such as South Dakota and Idaho. Many are front-line infantry soldiers, while others fix vehicles or tend to the sick and wounded. Most are former active-duty soldiers carrying on a new family tradition - serving in the U.S. military. Military service in Black Elk's family goes back to World War I. Sgt. Leon Milda's uncles fought in World War II. Staff Sgt. John Crawford has cousins who have joined the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. "My maternal great-grandfather served in the Canadian army," Crawford said. "As far as I've been told, he went on the Boer War expedition [to South Africa], and everybody before that, well, they just fought the U.S. Army." Crawford couldn't help himself; he had to snicker over that last part, not out of disrespect but at the incongruity of such a statement, given that he now proudly wears the U.S. Army uniform. Pride was a theme that surfaced again and again in conversations with the American Indian troops. Spc. Wesley Headdress served three years on active duty before being recalled as a member of the Individual Ready Reserve. He since has re-enlisted, and said he might volunteer for another stint in Iraq after his current tour ends. "Some of my best buddies are still on active duty," Headdress said over breakfast one morning. "If they're going to be deployed, I would want to be with them." Jackson, who will be eligible to retire from the Idaho National Guard next month, said he accepted a voluntary reduction in grade to make it easier for his unit to send him to Iraq. It was important, the 40-year-old said, "to come out here and be a soldier and help the young men survive." "It's quite a bit of cash I'm losing," he added, "but hopefully I will talk to somebody and they will reimburse me." The American Indian tribes the soldiers come from are as varied as the men themselves. The list includes Blackfeet, Chippewa, Choctaw, Cree, Crow, Gros Ventre, Lakota, Navajo and Nez Perce. At McHenry, the unofficial leader is Crawford, who makes a point of periodically checking in on the soldiers, making sure their spirits are high and they have what they need. Crawford believes he and other American Indians in Iraq have a bit of an edge over other U.S. soldiers whenever they venture into local communities, which, in many cases, are anchored by tribal affiliations. "The customs are different," Crawford said, "but I think I can better understand some of the interactions they have." Copyright c. 2003 Stars and Stripes. All Rights Reserved. ---- http://www.blackstonedaily.com/jima.htm (sent in by Jeff Brodeur of the Korean Vets of America) "A Tale of Six Boys" Each year I am hired to go to Washington, DC, with the eighth grade class from Clinton, WI. where I grew up, to videotape their trip. I greatly enjoy visiting our nation's capitol, and each year I take some special memories back with me. This fall's trip was especially memorable. On the last night of our trip, we stopped at the Iwo Jima memorial. This memorial is the largest bronze statue in the world and depicts one of the most famous photographs in history -- that of the six brave soldiers raising the American Flag at the top of a rocky hill on the island of Iwo Jima, Japan, during WW II. Over one hundred students and chaperones piled off the buses and headed towards the memorial. I noticed a solitary figure at the base of the statue, and as I got closer he asked, "Where are you guys from?" I told him that we were from Wisconsin. "Hey, I'm a cheese head, too! Come gather around, Cheese heads, and I will tell you a story." (James Bradley just happened to be in Washington, DC, to speak at the memorial the following day. He was there that night to say good night to his dad, who has since passed away. He was just about to leave when he saw the buses pull up. I videotaped him as he spoke to us, and received his permission to share what he said from my videotape. It is one thing to tour the incredible monuments filled with history in Washington, D.C., but it is quite another to get the kind of insight we received that night.) When all had gathered around, he reverently began to speak. (Here are his words that night.) "My name is James Bradley and I'm from Antigo, Wisconsin. My dad is on that statue, and I just wrote a book called "Flags of Our Fathers" which is #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list right now. It is the story of the six boys you see behind me. "Six boys raised the flag. The first guy putting the pole in the ground is Harlon Block. Harlon was an all-state football player. He enlisted in the Marine Corps with all the senior members of his football team. They were off to play another type of game. A game called "War." But it didn't turn out to be a game. Harlon, at the age of 21, died with his intestines in his hands. I don't say that to gross you out, I say that because there are generals who stand in front of this statue and talk about the glory of war. You guys need to know that most of the boys in Iwo Jima were 17, 18, and 19 years old. (He pointed to the statue) "You see this next guy? That's Rene Gagnon from New Hampshire. If you took Rene's helmet off at the moment this photo was taken and looked in the webbing of that helmet, you would find a photograph. .. a photograph of his girlfriend. Rene put that in there for protection because he was scared. He was 18 years old. Boys won the battle of Iwo Jima. Boys. Not old men. "The next guy here, the third guy in this tableau, was Sergeant Mike Strank. Mike is my hero. He was the hero of all these guys. They called him the "old man" because he was so old. He was already 24. When Mike would motivate his boys in training camp, he didn't say, 'Let's go kill some Japanese' or 'Let s die for our country.' He knew he was talking to little boys. Instead he would say, 'You do what I say, and I'll get you home to your mothers.' "The last guy on this side of the statue is Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian from Arizona. Ira Hayes walked off Iwo Jima. He went into the White House with my dad. President Truman told him, 'You're a hero.' He told reporters, 'How can I feel like a hero when 250 of my buddies hit the island with me and only 27 of us walked off alive?' So you take your class at school, 250 of you spending a year together having fun, doing everything together. Then all 250 of you hit the beach, but only 27 of your classmates walk off alive. That was Ira Hayes. He had images of horror in his mind. Ira Hayes died dead drunk, face down at the age of 32 .. ten years after this picture was taken. "The next guy, going around the statue, is Franklin Sousley from Hilltop, Kentucky. A fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. His best friend, who is now 70, told me, 'Yeah, you know, we took two cows up on the porch of the Hilltop General Store. Then we strung wire across the stairs so the cows couldn't get down. Then we fed them Epsom salts. Those cows crapped all night. Yes, he was a fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. Franklin died on Iwo Jima at the age of 19. When the telegram came to tell his mother that he was dead, it went to the Hilltop General Store. A barefoot boy ran that telegram up to his mother's farm. The neighbors could hear her scream all night and into the morning. The neighbors lived a quarter of a mile away. "The next guy, as we continue to go around the statue, is my dad, John Bradley from Antigo, Wisconsin, where I was raised. My dad lived until 1994, but he would never give interviews. When Walter Cronkite's producers, or the New York Times would call, we were trained as little kids to say, 'No I'm sorry, sir, my dad's not here. He is in Canada fishing. No, there is no phone there, sir. No, we don't know when he is coming back.' My dad never fished or even went to Canada. Usually, he was sitting there right at the table eating his Campbell's soup. But we had to tell the press that he was out fishing He didn't want to talk to the press. "You see, my dad didn't see himself as a hero. Everyone thinks these guys are heroes, 'cause they are in a photo and on a monument. My dad knew better He was a medic. John Bradley from Wisconsin was a caregiver. In Iwo Jima he probably held over 200 boys as they died. And when boys died in Iwo Jima, they writhed and screamed in pain. "When I was a little boy, my third grade teacher told me that my dad was a hero. When I went home and told my dad that, he looked at me and said, 'I want you always to remember that the heroes of Iwo Jima are the guys who did not come back. Did NOT come back.' "So that's the story about six nice young boys. Three died on Iwo Jima, and three came back as national heroes. Overall, 7,000 boys died on Iwo Jima in the worst battle in the history of the Marine Corps. My voice is giving out, so I will end here. Thank you for your time." Suddenly, the monument wasn't just a big old piece of metal with a flag sticking out of the top. It came to life before our eyes with the heartfelt words of a son who did indeed have a father who was a hero. Maybe not a hero for the reasons most people would believe, but a hero nonetheless. We need to remember that God created this vast and glorious world for us to live in, freely, but also at great sacrifice. Let us never forget from the Revolutionary War to the current War on Terrorism and all the wars in- between that sacrifice was made for our freedom. Remember to pray praises for this great country of ours and also pray for those still in murderous unrest around the world STOP and thank God for being alive and being free at someone else's sacrifice. REMINDER: Everyday that you can wake up free, it's going to be a great day. Copyright c. 2005 Blackstone Daily News, LLC, Grafton, MA. ---- Dohiyi Ani Oginalii , , Gary Smith (*,*) wotanging@bellsouth.net P. O. Box 672168 (`-') gars@nanews.org Marietta, GA 30006, U.S.A. ===w=w=== http://www.nanews.org ----------- News of the people featured in this issue ----------- - Olsen won't let Connecticut Tribes - U.S. Judge throws out submit Evidence Columbia Dams Plan - Connecticut's Relationship - Gathering set to honor Warriors with Tribes - Indians lament River Dams, Lakes - OPINION: Fairness elusive - Santa Fe Indian Hospital for Virginia Tribes faces care shortages - Interior defends Wireless Plan - Editorial: - Attacks on Indian Sovereignty A massive failure to communicate - Native Health struggles - Nevada Tribe starts - Kept Promises wellness program for Women are better than Apologies - Wampanoag dedicates life - Oneidas denied by Supreme Court to reviving Language - Deer Island Concentration Camp - HUME: Sexual abuse Victims remembered of Native Girls widespread - Indians return to - First Nations reach Fort Apache, Court ambush a Milestone in Claim - Four Corners' silent Killers - Tribe threatens development of - County opposes Cayuga Oil-Sands Mines 'Land into Trust' - More tension in N.B. - Giving Tribal Land back Snow Crab Fishery meets resistance - Police, Marchers clash in Bolivia - Miccosukee still fighting Florida - Native Prisoner on Everglades -- High Court sides with Inmates - Miccosukees forced to - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days give up land to Restoration - Rustywire: The King and His Men - Kahnawake Mapping Project - Lee Goins Poem: - Apalachee Heirs Remove The Thorn From Your Heart seek Tribal Home in Florida - Upcoming Events --------- "RE: Olsen won't let Connecticut Tribes submit Evidence" --------- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 08:58:09 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="RECOGNITION RECONSIDERATION" http://www.indianz.com/News/ http://www.theday.com//re.aspx?re=AE6F2C84-5893-4092-8721-5EBCFBA39CE5 BIA Says Record closed For Rulings on Schaghticokes, Eastern Pequots Tribes Can't Submit More Data During Reconsideration Period May 24, 2005 A federal Bureau of Indian Affairs official told the Eastern Pequot and Schaghticoke tribes Monday that the agency would not accept additional information from the tribes or their opponents as it reconsiders their petitions for federal recognition. The agency is working hard to meet a 120-day deadline and plans to issue a final decision by Sept. 12, according to Nedra Darling, a BIA spokeswoman. "I think that's why they are requesting the petitioners and the third parties don't contact the associate deputy secretary and any other decision-makers or researchers, so they can move quickly on this," said Darling. "We want to make the deadline." Judges from the Department of the Interior's Board of Indian Appeals overturned the BIA's 2002 recognition of the Eastern Pequots and the 2004 recognition of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation earlier this month. In their unprecedented decisions, Steven K. Linscheid and Anita Vogt referred the case back to the BIA for reconsideration. The Easterns and Schaghticokes had asked the bureau if they would have a chance to submit additional information or meet with agency officials. Mike Olsen, principal deputy assistant secretary of Indian Affairs, notified them by letter Monday that the record is closed. "Unsolicited arguments, evidence, comments and briefings from the petitioners and third parties will not be accepted," Olsen wrote. He said the parties should not contact Associate Deputy Secretary James Cason, who is likely to sign off on the decision, or staff researchers. It is unclear whether Interior Secretary Gale Norton would be reviewing or signing off on the final determination. The tribes and those who had opposed their federal recognition - local towns and state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal - had been wondering what would happen next. On Monday Blumenthal called the agency's latest measure a victory, saying it streamlines the process and forces the BIA to rely on the same facts that compelled the Interior Board of Indian Affairs to hold up the recognitions. The appeals board judges cited the BIA's use of state recognition to fill gaps in the tribes' petitions and, in the case of the Schaghticokes, an alleged miscalculation of tribal intermarriage rates by BIA researchers. The judges also asked the BIA to reconsider several issues over which the judges had no jurisdiction, including the BIA's decision to recognize two factions of Eastern Pequots as a single tribe. Eastern Pequot Chairwoman Marcia Jones Flowers issued a prepared statement after receiving the BIA letter Monday afternoon. "Since the (appeals board's) opinion is fundamentally flawed in so many areas, the tribe is confident that the BIA will reaffirm their two prior positive decisions when they review the material already submitted in the record," she said. Flowers said one example of "glaring errors" in the board's opinion was its criticism of the BIA's supposed use of state recognition to prove that the tribe was a distinct community from historic times to the present. "Our evidence was so strong the BIA never even mentioned state recognition in Criteria B," Flowers said. Schaghticoke Chief Richard Velky said the BIA is simply following the rules and he is confident the agency that recognized the Schaghticokes would uphold its decision. "We wanted to make sure there wasn't anything we could possibly do to assist," the chief said. The Schaghticokes have found additional information on intermarriage rates, which the state says the BIA calculated incorrectly in the tribe's favor. A court appeal is likely regardless of the BIA's final decision. Blumenthal has said he would take the issue to the nation's highest court if necessary. The tribes have spent decades and millions of dollars to prove their continuing existence to the federal government, and they too are unwilling to give up. "If it's not in our favor, I'd be very surprised," Velky said. "But I think it would be time for us to start some court procedures of our own." North Stonington First Selectman Nicholas Mullane said the towns would be looking at their options and preparing for the future. Ledyard, North Stonington and Preston joined Blumenthal in appealing the tribe's recognition. "This is fully what we expected, that there can be no public or petitioner involvement in regard to this part of the process," Mullane said of Monday's notification. "It is entirely in the hands of BIA and secretary of the Interior. We agree with that position." k.florin@theday.com Copyright c. 1998-2005 The Day Publishing Co. --------- "RE: Connecticut's Relationship with Tribes" --------- Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 10:22:04 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CONNECTICUT" http://www.pechanga.net/ http://www.theday.com/eng/~a117fbc5-5d8a-48dc-af03-282dbecc4239 Connecticut's Relationship With Tribes In Modern Times By KAREN FLORIN Day Staff Writer, Casinos/Gambling May 29, 2005 * In 1938, the chief executive of the Indian Association of America wrote to Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin on behalf of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation. Several members had written to the Indian Association to protest a state plan to use part of their reservation as a state park. The letter from Dr. Barnabas S'hihushu said, "As one fine Indian wrote to me, he said the white people around here look upon us as dogs and worst than dogs and we cannot buy nothing, not even a cane, or anything without permission. The state authority has full charge of our bodies, not our souls, and the only thing free we have is free air to breathe." * In 1941, responsibility for state tribes was transferred from the Park and Forest Commission to the state Welfare Commission. A decade later, a state welfare official assessed the state tribes in a memorandum to another state official: "In general, there is little to distinguish the state inhabitants of the several reservations from their non-Indian neighbors, other than the housing, which may be of poorer quality and the fact that the inhabitants may be less ambitious. While the state provides assistance to a few of them, most are self-sustaining with the exception of the housing which the reservations maintain. I fear much of the glamour attributed to the `noble redman' has worn very thin." * In December 1956, Welfare Commissioner Christy Hanas summarized "Indian activities" in a memo to the chief of the state's resources and reimbursement division. The commission appropriated $7,500 for tribes that year. Hanas said there was no written policy on Indian matters. So the actual handling of reservations, Indian problems and care of needy Indians was limited to what was expedient at the time and with the thought of discouraging tribal members from returning to or settling on the reservations even though genealogies of the tribes are maintained to prevent imposters from availing themselves of the privileges of the reservations." Hanas listed the names of 10 people living on the Eastern Pequots' 220- acre reservation at the time. Two people lived on the 179-acre Mashantucket reservation, according to the document. Fourteen people resided on the 400-acre Schaghticoke reservation in Kent. Two people lived on the Golden Hill property, a house lot in Trumbull. "In general, the dwellings on the several reservations are in poor condition and of little value," she wrote. "Most, if not all of them, were built by the Indians and are of poor construction and design." * The Department of Environment (now the Department of Environmental Protection) was given responsibility for Indian matters in 1973. Before the transfer, Nicholas Norton, commissioner of Welfare, suggested turning full ownership of land and property to Indians on reservations. All land that was not claimed would be turned over to the state and designated as state parks "for the purpose of fostering public interest in Indian history, Culture and Tradition." "It is felt that this should provide that the state no longer maintain the four Indian reservations but rather turn the land on these reservations over to the Indians for whose benefit these reservations were originally established," Norton wrote. The General Assembly did not accept the plan, and the state still holds reservation property in trust today. * In May 2005, at a hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee on federal recognition, Kathleen J. Bragdon, an anthropology professor at the College of William and Mary, described some of her observations of southern New England Indians over the past 25 years. She said the "social realities" for tribes have included "detribalization, racial poverty and many kinds of social disruption." "Another difficulty is the persistent belief that there are no longer any `real' Indians left in the eastern parts of North America," Bragdon said. Copyright c. 2005 The Day Publishing Co. --------- "RE: OPINION: Fairness elusive for Virginia Tribes" --------- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 08:58:09 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="VIRGINIA RECOGNITION FAILURES" http://www.indianz.com/News/ http://www.newsadvance.com/newsadvance80x60.gif&oasDN=newsadvance.com OPINION: Fairness elusive for Virginia Indian Tribes Lynchburg News & Advance May 24, 2005 More than 550 Indian tribes in the United States have gained recognition from the federal government. But none of them is in Virginia. In the name of fairness and equality, that should change. And it should change as soon as possible. The Virginia tribes - six of them at least - have sought federal recognition through Congress since 2000. In trip after trip to Washington to testify on their own behalf, representatives of the state's tribes have been put off and put off. The chief of the Chickahominy Indians asked a Senate committee again last week to grant sovereign status to the Virginia tribes and to show federal respect for their heritage and identity. "I want my children and the next generation to have their Indian heritage honored and to move past what I experienced and my parents experienced," Chief Stephen Adkins told the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. Adkins decried state-sanctioned racism in the 20th century that included efforts to deny Indian heritage and eliminate references to Indians in vital records. Restrictive state laws, he said, forced his own parents to travel to Washington to marry as Indians. In addition to the Chickahominy, tribes seeking federal recognition through Congress are the Eastern Chickahominy, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Nansemond and the Monacan Indian Nation based in Amherst County. Tribes on two reservations in Virginia - the Pamunkey and Mattaponi - are not seeking federal recognition. Official tribal status would allow Monacans and the others access to special federal programs for housing, education, health care and economic development. Tribal leaders hope to win recognition, which they received from the state in the 1980s, before events in 2007 marking the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. Bills by Virginia lawmakers have been introduced in four successive Congresses for tribal recognition. In the House of Representatives, the measure became ensnared in arguments over whether granting such status to the tribes would lead to casino gambling on their tribal lands. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-10th, a leading foe of gambling, has expressed fear that the Virginia bill could open the door to casino gambling across the Old Dominion in violation of state law. Tribal leaders have insisted they are not interested in putting up gambling halls and have agreed to language in the bill that would prohibit such activity. Senator George Allen, R-Va., has taken up the cause in recent years, submitting the current bill that Adkins addressed last week. The Indian Affairs Committee, now chaired by Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., passed a bill to the full Senate in October 2003, but it never came to a vote because of opposition by some senators. Speaking in support of his bill at the time, Allen said, "These tribes have faced discrimination and attacks on their culture that are unheard of in most parts of the United States." The federal recognition fight has become a matter of justice that to this day has been denied the state's Indian tribes. Only Congress can grant them the recognition they so rightly deserve. The clock is ticking. The goal of winning that recognition by 2007 is only slightly more than 1 1/2 years away. Copyright c. 2005 The Lynchburg News & Advance. --------- "RE: Interior defends Wireless Plan" --------- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:37:51 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="HACKERS WILL LOVE IT" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.fcw.com/article88963-05-24-05-Web Interior defends wireless plan BY Aliya Sternstein May 24, 2005 American Indian groups and the Interior Department's inspector general may fret about potential security holes as the department plans to acquire wireless service, but department officials say they shouldn't worry because they would only get voice services. Lawyers representing a group of American Indians suing the Interior Department say wireless Internet service could grant unauthorized access to Indian trust fund account information. Interior plans to release a solicitation notice for departmentwide wireless service because it is for phones only, not Web-enabled devices, Interior spokesman Dan DuBray said. "It doesn't affect the access to any of these networks," he said today. Interior employees buy their own wireless phones, and the department reimburses them individually. Department officials want to have one contract that would place all Interior wireless phones under one carrier so the government can get better rates. The Bureau of Indian Affairs, which already has a wireless phone service contract with a single provider, will not be part of the Interior solicitation. Last week, plaintiffs suing Interior gave a federal judge an inspector general's report published in December on wireless management and security. Between October 2003 and April 2004, inspectors found that Interior networks sometimes intersected with other networks and broadcasted information to inappropriate areas and people. Based on the report, lawyers for the Indians argued that hackers could manipulate trust accounts held by 500,000 American Indians. But Interior officials say the wireless IG report makes no mention of the words "Indian" or "trust" except when identifying the Bureau of Indian Affairs. "Therefore, the assertion that the report conveys imminent harm to the trust accounts is a misrepresentation of that report," DuBray said. The IG's report states that a recent Interior memo is silent on the department's plans for handling wireless technology in the future. But that memo is a security implementation guide and was available eight months before the IG's report, which was published in final form without Interior comments, DuBray said. "We would have concerns that the production of the report was subject to extended delay and lacked the opportunity for agency comments," he said today. Interior conducts an aggressive program of routine penetration testing to identify and correct potential security issues, DuBray added. "I insist that there is currently no demonstrable instance -- not one -- in which any individual not in the employ or under contract by the federal government has accessed these systems," he said. "The penetration attempts discussed in these hearings have been part of [IG] explorations specifically requested by the department." Representatives for the Indian plaintiffs were unavailable for comment today. FCW.COM is a product of FCW Media Group. Copyright c. 2000-2005 101communications. --------- "RE: Attacks on Indian Sovereignty" --------- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:37:51 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="NIGA CHAIR ATTACKS BACK" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=47915 NIGA Chairman Addresses Attacks on Indian Sovereignty at Great Plains/ Midwest Indian Gaming Conference May 24, 2005 To: National Desk Contact: Suzette Brewer of the National Indian Gaming Association, 202-557-0976 BLOOMINGTON, Minn., May 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Addressing the Great Plains/Midwest Indian Gaming Conference in Bloomington, Minn., Ernie Stevens, Jr., chairman of the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA), today gave a national report on the challenges by some state and federal lawmakers looking to exploit Indian gaming for their own political gain. Former counsel on Indian Affairs with the House Interior Committee Frank Ducheneaux, gave the keynote address on the regulation of Indian gaming and defended the tribes' right to self-governance and the challenges they now face in Congress. "I see no crisis in the regulation of Indian gaming," said Ducheneaux, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. "Where is the corruption? Where are the scandals? There are none. And there appears to be a rush to judgment by some lawmakers to find controversy where there is none. But the ones who will suffer are the tribes." Ducheneaux said that the tribes have spent millions on regulation and have cooperated fully with state and federal regulators to protect their gaming operations from corruption. "There is an element of racism that the Indians can't regulate themselves," said Ducheneaux. "But there's no evidence of scandal in Indian gaming. There's nothing to report." Stevens, who gave a national report following Ducheneaux's remarks, reiterated that the tribes have stringent regulatory mechanisms and provided statistics on the regulation of Indian gaming. "In 2004, the tribes spent well over $220 million at the tribal level, they gave $55 million to the states and $12 million to the federal government for regulation of their gaming operations," said Stevens. "There are 3,300 regulators on the ground, operating at every level in the casinos and in the security offices. We work with the FBI, the Department of Justice, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the IRS. We are one of the most tightly regulated industries in the world." Though Stevens acknowledged that while tribes situated in remote locations across the country are prevented from fully developing their economies, he pointed out that through gaming, some tribes are only now beginning to bring economic development and stability to their communities. He said that even with the success of gaming, tribes still have a long way to go to catch up with the rest of the country in employment, housing, healthcare, education, public utility services and infrastructure. "It seems that people don't want Indians to get on their feet," said Stevens. "They liked us better in the old days when we had fewer resources and didn't know where our next meal was coming from. But that is changing and we will fight for the right of Indian tribes to pull themselves forward through economic development, now and in the future." The National Indian Gaming Association is a non-profit trade association comprised of 184 American Indian Nations and other non-voting associate members. The mission of NIGA is to advance the lives of Indian people - economically, socially and politically. NIGA operates as a clearinghouse and educational, legislative and public policy resource for tribes, policymakers and the public on Indian gaming issues and tribal community development. http://www.usnewswire.com/ Copyright c. 2005 U.S. Newswire, A Division of Medialink. --------- "RE: Native Health struggles" --------- Date: Saturday, May 28, 2005 3:52 PM From: lkibby1 [lkibby1@citlink.net] Subj: Native health struggles Mailing List: Sovereign News Mailing List: Rez News http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/7128/1/271 American Indian and Alaska Native health struggles Author: David Lawrence, People's Health People's Weekly World Newspaper May 26, 2005 The Bush administration does not care about low- and middle-income Americans, and they certainly don't care about the nation's indigenous peoples. The Indian Health Service (IHS) recently announced plans to dramatically reduce vital services at its Albuquerque, N.M., facilities using the excuse of "budget deficits," yet Albuquerque has one of the largest concentrations of urban Indian populations in the United States. Worse yet, the per capita health care funding for reservation-based populations is less than half of what is provided to those on Medicaid or in prison. Even Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) recently charged: "The federal government has continually reneged on its trust and moral obligations to meet the educational, health care, and housing needs of Indians, and these needs far outweigh the imperceptible contribution that the proposed cuts will make to reducing the deficit." The federal government has a unique relationship with American Indians and Alaska Natives that is defined by the U.S Constitution, treaties, Supreme Court cases, and legislation. The historic contract was that in exchange for tribal lands, the U.S. government agreed to provide health care to members of federally recognized tribes. The IHS, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was supposed to have fulfilled that responsibility since 1955, but in reality, it has failed miserably. American Indians/Alaska Natives are among the fastest growing populations in the United States. In the 2000 Census, 4.1 million people (about 1.5 percent of the U.S. population) identified themselves as American Indian and/or Alaska Native, solely or in combination with one or more other racial or ethnic groups. But at the same time, looking at mortality rates, American Indians and Alaska Natives die sooner than whites at each stage of the lifespan, with persistent disparities in infant mortality, life expectancy, and mortality from a variety of conditions including chronic diseases. There are also serious disparities in health care financing, access to care, and quality of care. When the IHS was established in 1955, more than 95 percent of Indian people lived on or near their home reservations. Now, despite the fact that more than 60 percent of members of U.S. tribes reside outside their home reservations at least part of the year, only 1 percent of the IHS budget is earmarked for urban Indian health care - and even that meager care is being slashed. In fiscal year 2003, the Indian Health Service had an operating budget of $2.9 billion to provide or pay for care for approximately 1.5 million of the 4.1 million people who identify themselves as American Indians or Alaska Natives. This amounts to $1,914 per patient per year, which was about $1,600 less per year than the nation spent on other public health care programs serving the non-elderly. According to one study, an additional $1.8 billion is needed to provide current IHS users with services at the same level as those provided to federal employees. Despite this history of extraordinary neglect by the federal government of Native American health issues, there is one very hopeful development. Most of the Native tribes, villages, and organizations in Alaska have banded together to form the Alaska Native Tribal Health Coalition, which cobbles together a statewide health care system by adding cash from third- party payers such as private health insurance and Medicaid. This looks a lot like a democratically operated non-profit health maintenance organization. All Americans have to join with American Indians and Alaska Natives in struggle against the decimation of their health care systems. Moreover, we need to support struggles to get local control of health care where they are taking place. Further, we must make sure that any national health plan takes into account these unique considerations and contributions. This e-mail has been prepared and sent by: Larry Kibby Elko Indian Colony, Nevada --------- "RE: Kept Promises are better than Apologies" --------- Date: Friday, May 27, 2005 11:03 AM From: MJ LaBurt [MJLaBurt@aol.com] Subj: Kept promises are better than apologies Mailing List: Sovereign Nations Mailing List: NDNAIM http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096411000 Kept promises are better than apologies by: Gale Courey Toensing / Indian Country Today May 27, 2005 WASHINGTON - A proposed official government apology to American Indians for past depredations would be meaningless without addressing ongoing depredations, tribal leaders told the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. The setting was a May 26 committee hearing to discuss "S.J. Res. 15, A joint resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States." The resolution includes a disclaimer noting that nothing in the resolution authorizes or supports any claim or settlement against the U.S. government. While tribal leaders agreed the apology would be thankfully accepted, all acknowledged it would only be a first step toward reconciliation with a federal government that has broken almost every promise, both past and present, to the country's indigenous people. In his introduction to the hearing, Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., foretold what four tribal leaders would say in their testimony. "The government has repeatedly broken its promises and caused great harm to the nation's original inhabitants. While remembering our past wrongs, it's important that we actively address those wrongs with vigorous actions and policies that actively promote the well being of Native Americans today," McCain said. McCain promised he would try to move the bill forward. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., who introduced the resolution, drew parallels between American Indians and his constituents who "care for our nation and the land of our forefathers so greatly, that we too are willing to serve and protect it, as faithful stewards of the creation God has blessed us with." The resolution, Brownback said, doesn't dismiss "the valiance" of U.S. soldiers who fought the Indians or blame one side or the other for the battles. "What this resolution does do is recognize and honor the importance of Native Americans to this land and to our nation - the past and today - and offers an apology to the Native peoples for the poor and painful choices our government sometimes made to disregard its solemn word," Brownback said. The apology, said Tex Hall, "is a long time coming." Hall is chairman of the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara) of North Dakota and president of the National Congress of American Indians, which was founded in 1944 in response to the government's termination and assimilation policies. "We all know the atrocities wrought against Native people in the United States - the holocaust, the land theft, the forced removals, the boarding school experience completely wiping out the language and cultures of our Native brothers and sisters, the broken treaties, and the attempts to undermine our status as sovereign nations," Hall said. Responses to the proposed bill from tribal leaders "demonstrate that the destructive policies addressed in this resolution are not a fading distant past for Indian peoples: they are present harms that continue to be felt in very real ways every day," Hall said. Consistent under-funding and budget cuts undermine tribes' abilities to enact programs that allow Native Americans to live as robust, healthy, self determining people, Hall said. "These programs are guaranteed to us by solemn treaties and tribes paid for these services by ceding about three billion acres of land to the federal government ... only when coupled with a continued commitment to the government-to-government relationship and to federal Indian programs like health, education and housing can the Apology Resolution truly begin to make a meaningful difference for Indian tribes," Hall said. Edward K. Thomas, president of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, questioned the sincerity of an apology "while ignoring [the] Third World conditions of so many of our people." Thomas gave a long litany of continuing problems that included, in part, the erosion of tribal sovereignty rights in favor of states' rights, the lip service of "tribal consultation," lack of funding, federal tax laws that negatively impact tribes and "management weaknesses" in the BIA. The final speaker, Dr. Negiel Bigpond Sr., a member of the Euchee (Yucci) tribe who was adopted into the Creek Nation, struck a conciliatory note. "There is a spirit in each man, woman and child. Apology, the exchange of forgiveness, and a show of respect and honor always brings a fresh freedom to our spirits, our minds and our bodies. Apology and reconciliation is good medicine to the heart of a person or a nation. America needs this heart medicine and spiritual healing. The broken promises and history of all our peoples needs healing," Bigpond said. Copyright c. 1998-2005 Indian Country Today. --------- "RE: Oneidas denied by Supreme Court" --------- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:37:51 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="TAX BILLS" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.nativetimes.com/index.asp?action=displayarticle&article_id=6502 Oneidas denied by Supreme Court, slapped with another bill Town wants hundreds of millions in unpaid taxes VERONA NY Native American Times and Associated Press May 24, 2005 When a U.S. Supreme Court ruling came down in March that said the Oneida Indian Nation does not have the authority to assert jurisdiction outside of its current reservation, a spokesman for the powerful New York tribe implied that the case was not yet over with. "Certainly, the Nation wishes the court had ruled differently. But, the Nation will do everything it can to protect the over 4,200 jobs it has created," Mark Emery said in a statement. One option has now been exhausted, as the court refused to reconsider its ruling. The request to reconsider, asked of the court by the tribe in April, was dismissed without comment. In their original 8-1 ruling, justices essentially said that Oneidas waited too long to make a land claim to the 250,000-acres they lost two centuries ago. The case involved the city of Sherrill, which foreclosed on 10 parcels owned by the Oneidas because of unpaid property taxes. The court cited the "long-standing, distinctly non-Indian character" of the city of Sherrill and surrounding areas in ruling against the Oneidas. "The Oneidas long ago relinquished the reins of government and cannot regain them through open-market purchases from current titleholders," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg wrote in the majority opinion. "Generations have passed during which non-Indians have owned and developed the area that once composed the tribe's historic reservation." Lone dissenter John Paul Stevens said that the decision is "at war with at least two bedrock principles of Indian law, that only Congress can reduce a tribe's reservation and change a reservation's tax status... without the benefit of relevant briefing from the parties, the Court has ventured into legal territory that belongs to Congress." The ruling has already had an impact on the Oneidas, with officials in another New York town using the case as a rationale for putting the tribe's casino and more than 200 other properties on local tax rolls. The Oneidas have fired back and are challenging the $384 million in assessments that leaders in the community of Verona expect them to pay. The Oneidas maintain they are a federally recognized tribe, and therefore, cannot be taxed, Verona Town Supervisor David Reed said. Oneida Nation spokesman Mark Emery told the Associated Press that the tribe had no further comment. While town officials expected the Oneida grievances, Reed said he was surprised the nation continued to maintain they do not owe any taxes at all, saying the April Supreme Court decision means the tribe must pay property taxes and obey local laws on former reservation land that they reacquire. "In light of the court decision, it seemed pretty clear that the game was up," Reed said. The tribe has a 32-acre reservation near Oneida. Since opening the casino in 1993, the Oneidas have bought 217 parcels in Verona, covering 8, 528 acres. The 12-year-old casino complex, which draws four million visitors annually, was by itself valued at $362.5 million. The property taxes on the Oneida parcels will amount to about $400,000 a year. The bill is due the first of next year. The tribe, meanwhile, has applied to the U.S. Interior Department to put all 18,000 acres it owns in Oneida and Madison counties into federal trust, a status that could bring full or partial sovereignty and exempt them from taxes. Native American Times. Copyright c. 2005 All Rights Reserved. --------- "RE: Deer Island Concentration Camp Victims remembered" --------- Date: Friday, May 27, 2005 11:02 AM From: MJ LaBurt [MJLaBurt@aol.com] Subj: Deer Island Indian concentration camp victims remembered Mailing List: Sovereign Nations Mailing List: NDNAIM http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096410998 Deer Island Indian concentration camp victims remembered by: Gale Courey Toensing / Indian Country Today May 27, 2005 DEER ISLAND, Mass. - Standing on top of a hill on Deer Island where hundreds of Indians died of starvation and exposure more than 300 years ago, John Sam Sapiel recollected their suffering. "I prayed in [my language] for all of them," Sapiel, Penobscot, said on May 24, following a commemoration ceremony to honor the Deer Island Indian concentration camp victims, who died on that desolate strip of land off Boston Harbor during the brutal winter of 1675 - '76. May 24 marked the anniversary of the 1677 repeal of the law that established the Massachusetts concentration camp for Indians. The law was signed into effect by the Massachusetts Council on Oct. 13, 1675, five months after the beginning of King Philip's War against the English settlers. The war was a devastating conflict that pitted tribes against each other, killed thousands of American Indians, and cleared the way for white settlement. Sapiel, 74, organized the commemoration ceremony, which drew around 40 people including Boston City Councilor Felix Arroyo. Arroyo placed a wreath on the site of a mass grave. "I told [the attendees] what it felt like. I said, 'We're on top of this mound of bones here that was a mass burial ground for our people. You can imagine what our people went through when they were put over here on this island and left to starve to death. Today, we're just getting a taste of it,"' Sapiel said, referring to the slashing cold 60 mph winds. The island, approximately one mile long by half a mile wide, was a smidgen of land cut off from the mainland by the frigid waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Until 1936, the only access to the island was by boat. At that time, the gap between Deer Island and the town of Winthrop, Mass. was filled and a road built. Now Deer Island is the site of a massive $3.6 billion sewer treatment plant and part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area, open to the public for recreation. King Philip, whose Wampanoag name was Metacom (aka Metacomet or Pometacom), had lived peacefully with the settlers for several years as had his father, Sachem Massasoit. But after decades of fraudulent land sales and growing conflicts with the colonists' takeover, Philip launched a war to drive the settlers from New England. Many Indians in the area were Christian converts who had lived among the English settlers all of their lives. But, like a precursor of what would happen to Japanese-Americans during World War II, the colonial government believed the Indians could not be trusted to resist joining Philip's efforts. The 1675 law ordered that all Christian Indians be rounded up and transferred to Deer Island for the duration of the war. Months later, the ethnic cleansing expanded to include all Indians, Christian and non- Christian. "The only thing my people were doing [during King Philip's War] was trying to protect our lands. This is what the settler thing was all about - trying to get the tribes to sign away their economy, their land, and their resources. They're still doing it today in Palestine and all through that area - stealing their land and trying to get their resources, " Sapiel said. These stories from the past need to be told, Sapiel said, particularly the little-known history of the Northeastern tribes who were the first to be impacted by European colonialism. "I feel great about [the commemoration ceremony]. We're starting to get some of our history in there - what happened to us a long time ago. That's the first part of it. Now we're going to be working on a lot of other things to bring the history of the American Indians into focus," Sapiel said. Part of the story that may reflect one of the most ironic projections in the history of the colonial settlers and the Northeastern tribal nations is the depiction on the 17th century seal of the Massachusetts colony - an image of an Indian juxtaposed with a quote from Acts 16:9: "Come over and help us." Copyright c. 1998-2005 Indian Country Today. All Rights Reserved. --------- "RE: Indians return to Fort Apache Court ambush" --------- Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 19:36:51 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="FORT APACHE RETURNED TO APACHE" http://www.pechanga.net/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk//news/2005/05/28/ixworld.html Indians return to Fort Apache after ambush in court By Francis Harris, at Fort Apache May 28, 2005 High in the sun-blasted mountains of Arizona the paleface and the American Indian have been fighting once again over Fort Apache. This time, however, the underdog has triumphed at America's most famous Wild West garrison. The US government has run up the white flag at last, agreeing after six years of bitterly contested legal action to transfer the site, its dozens of crumbling army buildings and a $7 million cheque to the White Mountain Apache tribe. In the days to come, the 14,000-strong tribe will meet to agree plans for the moment they take formal ownership of a fort that once symbolised their conquest and the loss of their land. Congressmen will ride in from Washington to hold hearings on the fort's future. A new heritage centre will rise on the site where the First Cavalry built a base in 1870. The Indians have every reason to celebrate. Sitting in offices some 5,000 ft above Arizona's blazing plains, the tribe's vice-chairman, Johnny Endfield, described the outcome as historic. "No longer do we win our battles with firearms or bows and arrows, but with our brains," he said. Mr Endfield said the result was a triumph for all America's 550 or so tribes, even though many of their leaders advised the Apaches to drop the case for fear of failure. "Fort Apache is one of the first legal victories that the Indians have won," Mr Endfield said. "Indians are saying, 'This was a victory for the Indian people so we want to do the same thing against the government too.' " General George Crook with one of his trusted Apache scouts The courts, America's new battleground for the great issues of the day, are currently clogged with litigation by Indians against the "Feds" over everything from water in the dry states of the south-west to the mismanagement of trusts and the alleged theft of land. By winning the legal right to run casinos on their reservations, tribes such as the Mohegans, the Mashantucket Pequot and the Choctaw have secured wealth and influence - and taken revenge on white America for past wrongs with the weapon that is the slot machine. But the Fort Apache case, which went all the way to the Supreme Court, has attracted the most attention, not least because Hollywood has made this remote spot famous the world over. It was the 1948 classic Fort Apache, with John Wayne and Henry Fonda, which first made the name resonate. The fort had a starring role in the popular television series Rin Tin Tin, about the adventures of an alsatian at the fort, in the 1950s. Toy makers began mass producing plastic Fort Apaches, bendy brown stockades complete with guard towers, which sold by the million in America and Britain. Before long the name was used to describe military outposts established deep in hostile territory and liable to sudden attack by bandits in places as far afield as Vietnam, Northern Ireland, Afghanistan and most recently at a US Marine base in Fallujah. In fact the real Fort Apache was very different from and far more peaceful than its many imitators. The Apaches attacked only once, in 1881, and were beaten off with a bloody nose. There were no palisades. Here in the mountains the defences were 100ft cliffs on two sides, a steep hill and a river. Karl Hoenig, its museum director, said Fort Apache was important because it was built by agreement between the two sides. "That agreement allowed the White Mountain Apaches to stay here [on their ancestral lands]," he said. According to Mr Hoenig, the fort's military significance was as a jumping-off point for Gen George Crook's raids against the Chiricahua Apaches, who campaigned from bases in the valleys of the high country. It was also, he said, "the first place where the army recruited Apache scouts, which allowed it to win the Indian wars". Copyright c. of Telegraph Group Limited 2005. --------- "RE: Four Corners' silent Killers" --------- Date: Friday, May 27, 2005 4:09 PM From: mikola18 [mikola18@hotmail.com] Subj: "Four Corners' silent killers" Mailing List: NDNAIM http://www.indiancountry.com//content.cfm?id=1096410997> [My comment: Screw any tribal chairman who claims that air pollution is exclusively the concern of Anglo environmentalists.] Four Corners' silent killers by: Brenda Norrell / Indian Country Today Part two SHIPROCK, N.M. - Four Corners power plants and coal mines on the Navajo Nation are some of the dirtiest power plants in the U.S. and among the nation's top 50 power plants for mercury emissions, reports show. "Mercury from power plants is harming our children," said Dr. John Fogarty. "New evidence from the Centers for Disease Control indicates that 30,000 women in New Mexico may have elevated levels of mercury in their blood." Fogarty has served as a family physician on the Navajo Nation for six years and, as a faculty member at the University of New Mexico's Masters of Public Health program, teaches courses on human rights and health care. Fogarty joins Navajos pressing for health studies correlating their diseases to existing power plants and coal mines. They say the long- overdue studies should be completed before knowingly exposing Navajo communities to more air pollutants from new coal-fired power plants, such as the Navajo Nation's proposed Desert Rock power plant in San Juan County. "Children, developing fetuses and pregnant women are at particular risk, as mercury affects the developing brain and nervous system. We know that mercury causes children to have birth defects, reduced intelligence and learning disabilities," Fogarty told Indian Country Today. Navajos point out that few studies have taken into consideration the combined health risks of the toxins released by power plants, coal mines, uranium tailings, and oil and gas discharges and river dumping in the Four Corners area. Navajos in the Four Corners area - where the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah meet - have a high death rate from pulmonary disease and cancer from working without protection in U.S. uranium mines during the Cold War. Oil and gas companies on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico and Utah are often cited and fined by the Environmental Protection Agency for excessive toxic dumping. The EPA also cited the city of Farmington for dumping excessive amounts of aluminum, chlorine and other harmful substances into the San Juan River, which flows through the Navajo Nation beginning near Shiprock, N.M. The EPA settlement in 2003 included a $5.5 million cost to the city for new waste facilities. Enei Begaye, Navajo, is water campaigner for the national action coalition Indigenous Environmental Network and among those pointing out that the Navajo Nation's air, land and water are already being poisoned by corporate polluters. Begaye said Navajo community members have consistently said they are opposed to yet another power plant in their back yards and that they are not being heard. "Coal-fired power plants, no matter what the technology, are among the worst polluters of our land, air and water: not to mention the large amounts of water that are needed simply to run the plant," Begaye told ICT. "If our tribes are serious about building a secure financial future, investing in renewable energy is the way we should be moving. If we are serious about protecting our future generations we should be aggressively safeguarding our lands and waters. "This Desert Rock power plant is yet another step towards turning the Four Corners area into a cheap energy battery for the large cities of the Southwest, while the land, water, air and the Navajo people suffer," Begaye said. Fogarty confirmed that Navajos living around existing power plants and coal mines, on and around the Navajo Nation and concentrated in a 50-mile radius of the border town of Farmington, N.M., are suffering from the emissions. "We know that emissions from power plants are associated with an increase in premature death and higher mortality rates. People living around coal plants experience more asthma attacks, respiratory problems, heart attacks and strokes. "Based on my clinical experience working in Navajo communities, the Navajo people have higher rates of pulmonary disease than the general population in America. Navajo people definitely have much higher rates of lung cancer, but also appear to have increased rates of pulmonary fibrosis [scarring of the lungs]." Four Corners power plants currently emit 35,100 tons of sulfur dioxide and 45,200 tons of nitrogen oxide each year. On the Navajo Nation, San Juan Generating Station ejects 14,500 tons of sulfur dioxide and 25,500 tons of nitrogen oxide in the air each year. And the proposed Desert Rock would put out 3,400 tons of the two substances each. The EPA released a complete report of chemical toxins for the year 2000, showing Four Corners power plants, and the coalmines, which feed those, topped the list in New Mexico's dirtiest power plants. (Continued in part three: Navajo Nation plans to control power plant emissions on tribal lands) Copyright c. 1998-2005 Indian Country Today. All Rights Reserved. --------- "RE: County opposes Cayuga 'Land into Trust'" --------- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:37:51 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CAYUGA 'LAND INTO TRUST'" http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard//news-0/11170107866271.xml County fights Indian request Legislators formally ask federal government to deny Cayugas no-tax designation. By Scott Rapp Staff writer May 25, 2005 Cayuga County took a formal stance Tuesday against the Cayuga Indian Nation's attempt to avoid having to pay taxes on its local properties. At their regular meeting, county lawmakers unanimously approved a resolution urging the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs to reject the tribe's request to put its real estate holdings in federal trust. With that designation, the tribe would not have to pay property taxes or obey local laws on its properties in the Cayuga land-claim area around the north end of Cayuga Lake. Legislator George Fearon, a Springport Republican who sponsored the resolution, said the measure is not "a feel-good resolution." Fearon said he is most concerned about land being removed from the tax rolls if the BIA grants the tribe's land-trust application for its properties in Cayuga and Seneca counties. The Cayugas own several businesses, including two high-stakes video gaming halls, and some vacant land in both counties. Several of the properties are in Union Springs. Syracuse lawyer Daniel French, who filed the trust application for the Cayugas, said the "nation recognizes the county's concerns and hopes to work with them closely on this, and other issues." He declined further comment. Legislature Chairman Herbert Marshall, R-Port Byron, said he would support the resolution but said he was concerned because it failed to state any reasons for the county's opposition. The BIA is continuing to gather information for the tribe's land-trust application and is far from making a decision, said Nedra Darling, a BIA spokeswoman. "We're in the preliminary stages of review," she said. At some point, there will be a 30-day public comment period during the review and county Legislator David Pappert, R-Auburn, urged the county "to ask and possibly demand" that a hearing be held locally so residents have an opportunity to voice their opinions. The county action stems from the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that dealt a blow to the Oneida Indian Nation of New York. The top court ruled in March that the Oneidas have to pay property taxes and obey local laws on ancestral land that the nation recently reacquired in the city of Sherrill. Governmental opposition to recent land trust applications by the Cayugas and the Oneidas is mounting. The Oneidas have applied to put about 17,000 acres in Madison and Oneida counties into trust. Last month, the state Senate approved a resolution urging the Department of Interior to reject both applications. The measure was co-sponsored by state Sens. Raymond Meier, R-Western, and Michael Nozzolio, R-Fayette. At the federal level, Reps. Sherwood Boehlert, R-New Hartford, and John McHugh, R-Pierrepont Manor, asked the Interior Department to suspend action on both land trust applications last month. Copyright c. 2005 The Post-Standard. Used with permission. Copyright c. 2005 syracuse.com. All Rights Reserved. --------- "RE: Giving Tribal Land back meets resistance" --------- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:37:51 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="FORT BERTHOLD LAND" http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/05/25/news/local/nws01.txt Giving tribal land back meets resistance By LAUREN DONOVAN, Bismarck Tribune May 25, 2005 Members of Fort Berthold Indian Reservation have waited 50 years to get back land taken from them for the permanent flooding of Lake Sakakawea. They may be within months of getting about 25 percent of that land back, but from comments at a hearing on a proposed transfer Tuesday night in Bismarck, the idea faces some stiff resistance. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it has authority to transfer land above 1,854 feet elevation within reservation boundaries that's no longer needed to maintain or operate the dam. It proposes to transfer about 36, 000 acres of the 156,000 acres originally taken when Garrison Dam was built in the 1950s. The authority comes from a 1984 federal law, the Fort Berthold Mineral Restoration Act. The transfer would be a several-step process and include more hearings and a report on the effects of the transfer before any final action, possibly later this year. Members of the Three Affiliated Tribes said the transfer helps right an old wrong, created when the reservation was forced to give nearly 70 percent of all the land needed in North Dakota to hold back the Missouri River from flooding downstream. John Danks, a reservation member, reminded the 200 or so at the hearing that the tribes were once given 12 million acres in treaty, now reduced to 450,000 acres by one taking after another. About one-third of the people who attended were tribal members. "Why does the public want these few acres in the heart of our reservation?" Danks asked. "Why would they?" The corps has leased some of that land to state and local public users over the years and several state officials stepped up to provide that answer. State Game and Fish Commissioner Dean Hildebrand said he is diametrically opposed to the transfer as proposed because of the state's investment in 7,000 wildlife management areas around the lake. The areas are managed for recreation and hunting. He said the wildlife management areas would become tribal lands and non- tribal members would have to buy tribal hunting licenses to use them. He said the state and tribes should at least have the same "sideboards" of opening seasons and bag limits. Gov. John Hoeven said the corps should not abandon its responsibility to provide recreation on Lake Sakakawea, which is outlined in the corps' master manual for Missouri River operations. Doug Prchal, director of the State Parks Department, said there are state and federal cooperative recreation projects on the lake that could be affected by the transfer. "What does the future hold should this transfer proceed?" he asked. The transfer would consist of varying widths of land, rimming the reservation on both sides of the lake. The land is closest to the water, where boat ramps and public use occurs. Prchal's question got to the heart of the matter. David Johnson, a member of a cabin owner's association at McKenzie Bay, said people simply need more information about what would happen if the tribe takes over leases like the one McKenzie County and Watford City have with the corps for a $2.5 million public and private recreation area there. Byron Holtan, owner of Indian Hills resort on the lake's north shore, raised a question of fairness. Holtan said he is a non-tribal member, living within the boundaries, whose family also had land taken for the dam. Now he's leasing some of that land back to operate a resort and said it's in jeopardy of being included in the transfer. He said his grandfather had an old farm truck in which he used to help reservation members move out of their homes ahead of the rising water. "There were a lot of tears shed in that truck," Holtan said. "Why shed tears again?" Holtan said the land should be returned to reservation and non- reservation members alike. Russell Gillette is the son of George Gillette, who was tribal chairman when the federal law was signed to flood the reservation members' ancestral home. In a photo that went around the world, George Gillette was overcome with emotion among stoic bureaucrats. Russell Gillette said the Three Affiliated Tribes are still reeling from the trauma caused by the dam. "We all have to work together," he said. "We're all human." The corps plans to make an agency-to-agency transfer to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which will hold all of the transferred land in trust. Paul Danks, tribes' natural resource manager, said the Three Affiliated Tribes still has to clarify whether it would take over the corps' leases for wildlife management areas and public recreation areas or whether those would be managed by the BIA. Tribal chairman Tex Hall sent a statement to the hearing. He said the tribe has questions about the transfer, too. "The tribes recognize and understand that many of you are fearful of the proposed transfer," Hall said. "... understand that the tribes do not have any desire to obstruct your interests as we recognize that it is in the tribes' best interest to promote economic activity on and around Lake Sakakawea." The corps will hold a hearing at 4 p.m. today at the Dickinson Days Inn and at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Williston Airport International Inn. Public comment will be taken from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Reach reporter Lauren Donovan at 888-303-5511 or lauren@westriv.com. Copyright c. 2005 The Bisbark Tribune. --------- "RE: Miccosukee still fighting Florida on Everglades" --------- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:37:51 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="FLORIDA STALLING ON COURT DECREE" http://www.indianz.com/News/ http://www.orlandosentinel.com/~26052605may26,0,6258233,print.story State says Everglades restoration is on track, but tribe disputes it By Curt Anderson The Associated Press May 26, 2005 MIAMI - The Everglades restoration project has prevented more than 2,000 tons of phosphorus from entering the vast wetlands and is on track to reduce the harmful nutrient to low long-term levels required by court order, state officials said in a court filing Wednesday. The filing in U.S. District Court by the Department of Environmental Protection and the South Florida Water Management District acknowledges that current phosphorus levels have been exceeded periodically in Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, at the northeastern edge of the Everglades. Those instances have decreased and occur mainly after the marshes are dried and then rewetted, the agencies said. "In 17 of the past 21 months in which samples could be taken, the refuge's long-term levels have been achieved -- 18 months ahead of time," they said. A 1992 court settlement overseen by U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno requires that more stringent levels of phosphorus introduced in the Loxahatchee be achieved by Dec. 31, 2006. At a May 11 hearing, Moreno expressed skepticism that goal would be met by the 30-year, $8.4 billion restoration effort. "The implementation of the projects to meet the requirements of the consent decree will not require a Hail Mary pass in the fourth quarter," the agencies said, echoing a football reference made by Moreno at the hearing. The Miccosukee Tribe and a coalition of nine environmental groups claim that the state and federal governments are violating the 1992 settlement by allowing repeated excessive discharges of phosphorus, which comes from South Florida farms, dairies and suburbs. The state agencies' filing says that 35,000 acres of stormwater- treatment areas have been built on time, with an additional 19,000 acres costing $1 billion yet to come. Combined with efforts to get farmers to reduce phosphorus runoff, about 2,000 tons of the nutrient have been kept out of the Everglades during the past decade, they said. One treatment area has encountered delays, mainly because additional earth needed to be moved, but it is scheduled to be completed in October. Moreno said he would issue a ruling by the end of May on the claims by the Miccosukees and the environmental groups. The state agencies said any problems and disputes should be resolved by those involved and not through additional judicial intervention. Copyright c. 2005 Orlando Sentinel. --------- "RE: Miccosukees forced to give up land to Restoration" --------- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 08:48:19 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="JUDGE ORDERS LAND SURRENDER" http://www.indianz.com/News/ http://www.naplesnews.com//0,2071,NPDN_14940_3809907,00.html Miccosukees forced to give up land to Glades restoration By ERIC STAATS, emstaats@naplesnews.com May 27, 2005 Florida's ambitious and controversial land buyout to make way for Southern Golden Gate Estates restoration has reached a milestone, but the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians is not celebrating. Collier County Circuit Judge Ted Brousseau signed an order May 17 forcing the tribe to give up more than 800 acres it owns in the restoration area in exchange for $2.2 million from the state. The tribe's land was the last of some 19,000 parcels the DEP has been trying to acquire since 1983 across 55,000 acres of the failed subdivision. The land cost more than $111 million, according to state figures. State and federal money paid for it. "It's the end of an era," said Nancy Payton, a field representative for the Florida Wildlife Federation. The Miccosukee decision comes after high-profile holdout landowner Jesse Hardy agreed in April to sell his 160-acre homestead in Southern Golden Gate Estates for $4.95 million. With land in hand, the DEP plans to restore natural water flows across Southern Golden Gate Estates to the Ten Thousand Islands by installing pumps, filling in canals and digging up roads that developers cut through the landscape decades ago. The Miccosukees aren't through fighting just yet though. Attorneys for the tribe filed a motion May 18 with Brousseau for a rehearing of his decision that the tribe had waived its right to object to the state's eminent domain claim. The case raised sensitive legal questions about tribal sovereignty and more practical arguments about whether the state had served tribal leaders properly with notice of the eminent domain claim. The tribe and the DEP are familiar foes. The Miccosukees have been at the forefront of legal battles over the pace of efforts to clean up the Everglades and provide more water to part of Everglades National Park. Ernie Barnett, the DEP's ecosystem restoration director, said he hopes the eminent domain case will not harm what he calls the DEP's "positive working relationship" with the tribe. The tribe acquired one Southern Golden Gate Estates parcel along U.S. 41 and the Miller Boulevard extension for $15,000 in 2001. Two other larger parcels southeast of the Estates' grid of platted lots were acquired in 1998 for $438,000. Attorneys say the tribe uses the land to collect palm fronds for traditional chickees and to gather materials for tribal medicines. A consultant for the Miccosukees took the DEP to task Thursday for forging ahead with eminent domain against the tribe instead of working out some other mechanism by which the state could use the land for restoration and the tribe still could own it. "They (tribal leaders) want to use it in its natural state," said retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Col. Terry Rice, now an engineering consultant for the Miccosukee Tribe. Col. Robert Carpenter, Jacksonville district engineer for the corps, said Thursday that he had been trying to work out such a deal. The corps is the federal partner, with the South Florida Water Management District, for Everglades restoration, which includes the Southern Golden Gate Estates project. Under a special financing scheme, Florida is using its own money to restore Southern Golden Gate Estates instead of waiting for federal money. Carpenter said he had been unable to get his talks with the tribe to the point where he could be confident that tribal activities wouldn't interfere with the restoration. "The state did what they needed to do, the right thing, to continue to move forward," Carpenter said. Barnett said it was only fair for the state to seek title to the tribe's land because the DEP had pursued title to every other parcel in the buyout area. "In the eyes of the state, they are a landowner like any other landowner," Barnett said. He said Florida allows the Miccosukees to use public land in other parts of South Florida for their tribal customs, and Southern Golden Gate Estates, also known as Picayune Strand State Forest, ought to be no different. "We would like to pursue this type of opportunity within Picayune Strand as well," Barnett said. The DEP's court fight with the Miccosukees puts a contentious cap on what has been a rocky and prolonged buyout. To this day, the buyout is a rallying cry for property rights advocates upset with the way the state treated landowners in Southern Golden Gate Estates. Southern Golden Gate Estates landowners from all over the world filed lawsuits in 1988 and 1992 charging that the state had effectively condemned their land by putting it on a state acquisition list, asking low prices for it and making it difficult to build there. In 1997, thousands of landowners agreed to a settlement by which the state and landowners would agree on new and binding appraisals. The settlement, followed by a $25 million infusion of federal cash, jump-started the buyout. Starting in 2002, Gov. Jeb Bush and the Cabinet authorized the DEP to use eminent domain to acquire land in Southern Golden Gate Estates. Collier circuit court judges handled some 1,800 eminent domain cases in Southern Golden Gate Estates. Copyright c. 2005 Naples Daily News. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Kahnawake Mapping Project" --------- Date: Friday, May 27, 2005 7:50 PM From: Kahente [kahente@paulcomm.ca] Subj: Kahnawake Mapping Project - Anyone know about it? Mailing List: Frostys AmerIndian http://www.sfu.ca/coastalstudies/linking/capacity/abstracts/KaMa.htm The Kahnawake Mapping Project: returning names to their rightful places Suzana Dragicevic Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6, suzana_dragicevic@sfu.ca Shivanand Balram Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2K6, shiv.balram@physics.org Douglas Jack Eco-Montreal Tiotiake, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2K6, eco-montreal@mcgill.ca Before the arrival of the colonizers, the Mohawks freely roamed the expanses of North America. Today, these First Nations people are confined to 'reservations' scattered across North America. Kahnawake is one such reservation located 10km south of Montreal, Canada. The objectives of this mapping project is: to identify and locate place names, and to map the territories of the Mohawk First Nations in the Montreal, Canada region; to use geographical information systems mapping techniques and participatory community planning to facilitate historical recollection; and to record the oral histories associated with the place names used by the Kahnawake Mohawk First Nations in Montreal. A participatory approach involving historical research and iterative focused group discussions with Mohawk elders was used to elicit traditional knowledge. The iterative process ensured that the historical information was verified internally. The results of this process were then developed into a digital plac e names map that represented the cultural history of the Mohawks in the Montreal region. This map will be served on the internet using ESRI's ArcIMS technology to enable collaboration among Mohawk First Nations and updating of the place names information. This resource will be beneficial to the Mohawks in their efforts to revive their culture and language, and as a tool to educate both native and non-natives. --------- "RE: Apalachee Heirs seek Tribal Home in Florida" --------- Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 19:36:51 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="APALACHEE SEEK REDRESS" http://www.pechanga.net/ http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11759666.htm Apalachee heirs seek tribal home in Florida Three hundred years after their forebears were driven out of Florida, members of a little-known tribe want to return - for their past and for the right to have casinos. BY AUDRA D.S. BURCH aburch@herald.com May 28, 2005 LIBUSE, La. - Gilmer Bennett is 73 or 74, recovering from a quintuple bypass, most pleased with his burial site here and aware that this is the last chapter of his life. But he pines for a place he doesn't really know. He wants to pack up his family in rural Louisiana - a diabetic wife, six children, 15 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and three chubby dogs - and come to Florida. Bennett has never lived in the state, but his people did - Apalachee Indian warriors so fierce that mountains and rivers and streets bear their names. The Apalachee, no longer recognized as a tribe, are fighting for reinstatement of federal recognition and a reservation in Florida or Louisiana. And they want the requisite privileges of tribal status - which include the right to build casinos. The process for federal recognition, which awards healthcare and education assistance in addition to casino rights, is slow and politicized - the Apalachees' bid has lingered for 10 years. Petitioners have long complained that already-recognized tribes lobby the government against recognizing others. And state authorities often argue that some tribes have only frayed threads of their culture left, not enough to constitute a tribal identity, but seek recognition because of the prospect of casino riches. Bennett, chief of the Apalachees, says that is not his motivation. "I want to be in my ancestral homeland before I die," Bennett said. ``I want to go back to where I come from." His ancestors lived in the crown of Florida, long before Ponce de Leon and Fernando de Soto made history. British troops drove the Spanish and Apalachees out in 1704, and the tribe - defeated, diseased and reduced to dozens - fled west, eventually settling north of Alexandria, La. SURVIVAL STRATEGIES Some blurred the past, marrying outside the tribe and passing for white or Hispanic, depending on hue; changing their surnames and, sometimes, denying their Indian heritage. It was a matter of survival. Bennett knows personally the cost of pride: His grandfather was clubbed to death by members of the Ku Klux Klan. His father was jailed for living with a white woman. The collective family memories, great and still precise, linger. But 15 generations removed from Tallahassee, with just about 300 members left, a language lost and the culture in peril, this tribe has come out of hiding, armed with a glorious history now being celebrated. The Smithsonian lists the tribe in its new edition of the Handbook of North American Indians. Its culture is part of a permanent exhibition at the San Luis Mission in Tallahassee, where the city also bestowed the tribe with a proclamation. And the Bennetts, a humble couple taking on a mighty cause, are fielding calls regularly from chroniclers of culture such as the History Channel, National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System. Each time, they oblige. 'Ten years ago, if you had asked any Florida historian or archaeologist if there were any known descendants of the Apalachee, they would have laughed. `Of course not,' they would have said,' " said Bonnie McEwan the Florida archaeologist who runs the mission, once a safe harbor for Apalachees. ``Nobody knew they existed before 10 years ago." KEEPING THE RECORD Libuse is more mile marker than town. Off one of its few roads, past a KFC, a library and a big wooden barn, the Bennetts live on 50 wooded acres. Bennett bought the land on a carpenter's salary 15 years ago, and they live modestly in a three-bedroom house. They added an office - still raw plywood - to serve as tribal headquarters, and it is enough to accommodate the seven council members, a long conference table, a computer and cabinet files thick with nearly 300 years of history. This is where Bennett's wife, Jeannette, the tribal genealogist, matriarch and cheerleader, spends much of her time, fussing over precisely filed records and committing all that history to memory despite dyslexia and old-fashioned aging. The record paints a magnificent and tragic story of war and massacre and migration and isolation and rebirth. The Apalachees were converted to Catholicism early on, so their lives were documented in church records, from the baptismal to the marital. Now, those records are the key to their survival. GETTING RECOGNITION In 1988, Congress enacted standards for federal recognition of tribes, which essentially made it much easier for reservations to open casinos. For years, Indian tribes lobbied the government, saying gambling profits would rebuild impoverished tribal communities. Since the law took effect, more than 300 groups have sought tribal recognition and more than 200 have opened casinos. U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is leading the latest look into the federal government's process of awarding recognition. At stake are highly profitable gambling rights: The take at Indian casinos in the United States exceeded $18 billion last year - an amount that fuels controversy over the process. Earlier this month, the government overturned federal recognition of the Eastern Pequot and the Schaghticokes (who are similar in number to the Apalachees), saying those groups needed to provide more evidence that the tribal identity they assert survived during the 19th and 20th centuries. The Schaghticokes want to build a waterfront casino in Bridgeport, Conn. The Easterns, with a reservation in North Stonington, would add their own casino to the two already operating in southeastern Connecticut. On paper, the petition process should take two years, but on average it lasts more than a decade, said Gary Garrison, spokesman for the Interior Department Bureau of Indian Affairs. Of the 302 petitions filed since 1978, only 57 have been processed. Of that number, 38 were approved and 19 denied. Ten years ago, the Apalachees sent the bureau more than a dozen bound volumes of history dating back to 1721. They sent what they believe is proof that the Apalachees didn't die out, that they remained a vibrant culture underground. Their case is still in the petition stage. "What we have done in all these years was about survival. For all these years, it wasn't safe to be Native American," said council member Alex Tall, 66. WANTS WHAT'S DUE Bennett says he simply wants what is due his tribe. He wants the same sovereign rights granted the Tunica-Biloxi, Mashantucket Pequot, Coushatta and Chitimacha in Louisiana as well as the Seminoles and Miccosukees in Florida. "Imagine that. I have to go to the federal government, to the white man, and prove that I am an Indian," Bennett says over a bowl of gumbo, imparting a hint of bitterness. ``Anybody can look at me and see I am Indian." The Apalachees settled in the Tallahassee area some 1,200 years ago, part of a Native American culture that once stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River. By the 1500s, the Spaniards had arrived. In the early 18th century, the British raided the Spanish missions in Florida. With the troops just days away, the Spanish and Apalachees burned Mission San Luis on July 31, 1704, and fled. Many of the Spanish returned to North Florida, but the Apalachees, hobbled by the attack, eventually made their way to Louisiana, where they settled villages on 22,000 acres - controlled by the French and Spanish - along the Red River. In 1835, the band moved again - farther out to the most remote reaches of swampland, and farther in, living almost exclusively alone. The tribe was written off and the government rescinded federal recognition. CONTEMPORARY HATE In the next century, they faced contemporary hatred - the KKK, lynchings, Jim Crow laws. Bennett still remembers the stinging spectacle of being an 8-year-old hauled into court, publicly examined along with his siblings to establish that he wasn't black. Annie Mae Charnahan, 89 and Bennett's cousin, said she was taught you simply didn't talk about who you were. You didn't ask or answer any questions. "We stayed out here in the country. We kept to ourselves," said Charnahan, who lives in a modest home on the land owned by the tribe since the 1800s. The first house built by an Apalachee pioneer, carved from cypress wood, remains on the land. Bennett recalls sitting in the back of his class in school for two years without speaking - he didn't know the language. "By the time I finally learned English, I was already two years behind," he said. About 10 years ago, though, Bennett and other tribe members decided to reclaim their heritage, in part because they had college-bound children who could use the financial assistance. "We talked about it and after all these years decided it was finally safe to come out," Bennett said. ``We want our children to get what is rightfully theirs." Copyright c. 2005 The Miami Herald, Knight-Ridder Publications, Inc. --------- "RE: U.S. Judge throws out Columbia Dams Plan" --------- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 08:48:19 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SALMON" http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/226066_columbia27.html U.S. judge throws out Columbia dams plan By JEFF BARNARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 27, 2005 GRANTS PASS, Ore. - A federal judge yesterday rejected the Bush administration's $6 billion plan to improve the Columbia Basin hydroelectric dam system, saying it violated the Endangered Species Act by failing to protect threatened and endangered salmon. Noting that federal law puts salmon "on an equal footing with power production," U.S. District Judge James Redden in Portland ruled in favor of a challenge by environmentalists, Indian tribes and fishermen to a NOAA Fisheries plan for balancing dams against salmon. That plan, called a biological opinion, contended that $6 billion in improvements to the dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers and other measures would eliminate threats to the future survival of threatened and endangered salmon. Redden rejected the underlying principle of the NOAA plan -- that the dams are part of the ecosystem. Accepting that assumption would make the government responsible only for the small percentage of mortality to salmon from changes in dam operations, not for the greater damage from the dams themselves. Salmon are often killed or injured as they pass through the dams while swimming out to sea and returning to spawn. This is the third time the courts have tossed out the government's strategy for protecting the fish. Bob Lohn, Northwest regional director of NOAA Fisheries, said the agency's efforts to protect salmon were yielding measurable improvements, restoring more than 3,000 miles of salmon habitat and producing locally generated recovery plans. The biological opinion rejected by the judge calls for spilling a full measure of water over four dams on the Columbia and two on the lower Snake to help juvenile salmon migrating to the ocean. Lohn said switching to some "untried operation" in a drought year like this "would be risky and speculative for salmon survival." Redden will hear arguments June 10 on changing dam operations now that the biological opinion has been struck down. Issues include how much water to spill over dams to help fish rather than running it through turbines to produce power. Bonneville Power Administration Administrator Steve Wright said spilling more water for fish, as plaintiffs suggest, would cost Northwest electricity customers $100 million. Environmentalists hailed Redden's decision as a major victory in their long-running battle with the Bush administration. "The agencies have to go back and come up with an honest analysis of the trade-offs between keeping obsolete dams and restoring salmon and restoring communities in the Columbia Basin," said Jan Hasselman, a lawyer for the National Wildlife Federation, one of the plaintiffs in the case. In his ruling, Redden also found that NOAA Fisheries was arbitrary and capricious in deciding that long-term improvements to critical salmon habitat, such as dam improvements, would offset other damage. The judge added that the plan stands in sharp contrast to prior plans, is not comprehensive enough to assure the protection of salmon, and does not address the prospects for salmon recovery. P-I reporter Lisa Stiffler contributed to this report. Copyright c. 1996-2005 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. --------- "RE: Gathering set to honor Warriors" --------- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 08:48:19 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="STANCE AGAINST HUNGER" http://www.newsok.com/article/1510424 Gathering set to honor warriors By Judy Gibbs Robinson The Oklahoman May 27, 2005 Hundreds of American Indians from across the country are expected to gather north of El Reno this weekend to honor ancestors imprisoned by the federal government in 1875. The men will rise early to pass a pipe at sunrise, sending their prayers heavenward with the sacred tobacco smoke. Later, the women will dance a scalp dance -- a victory celebration that never came for the warriors 130 years ago. John L. Sipe Jr., a seated Cheyenne chief who organized the event, said 300 to 400 people indicated they would attend Gathering 2005, up from about 100 at the first reunion last year. The gatherings honor 72 Arapaho, Caddo, Cheyenne, Comanche and Kiowa warriors who were imprisoned for three years because they refused to stay on their western Oklahoma reservation, where food was scarce. U.S. Calvary soldiers rounded up the warriors near Fort Sill. Most of the women already had surrendered, and Sipe believes the men knew their cause was futile. "But they had to fight for their way of life -- for the buffalo, for their family, for their freedom," he said. The soldiers put the warriors in chains and shackles and shipped them by wagon and train to Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Fla., where they got haircuts and military uniforms. They were organized into companies and taught military drills -- along with reading, writing and drawing. Sipe believes the warriors' imprisonment at Fort Marion ended the traditional Plains Indian way of life, and the sudden ending left prisoners and their descendants permanently scarred. The gatherings are a step toward healing, he said. "I think if we deal with this trauma today, we'll have a better way of dealing with this stuff that happened to all Native Americans, not just the POWs," Sipe said. Copyright c. 2005 News 9/The Oklahoman, Produced by NewsOK.Com. --------- "RE: Indians lament River Dams, Lakes" --------- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:37:51 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CULTURAL GENOCIDE" http://www.indianz.com/ http://www.argusleader.com//article?AID=/20050525/NEWS/505250341/1001 Indians lament river dams, lakes Decades-old floods took fertile land, plentiful animals from tribes TERRY WOSTER twoster@midco.net May 25, 2005 PIERRE - Native Americans who lived along the Missouri River before the huge dams were built probably lived in poverty, but they wanted for little, a former tribal chairman said Monday. Vern Ashley, 89, was a young Crow Creek Sioux Tribe leader when the dams of the Pick-Sloan Plan were being authorized and built in the 1940s and 1950s. He was among elders from several South Dakota tribes who shared memories of the Missouri River before the dams at a conference on the river in Pierre. "According to today's standards, I suppose we were living in poverty," Ashley said. "But we were never living in want." The dams and the resulting lakes they created forced Fort Thompson, headquarters of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, to be relocated from the river bottom to a higher elevation. Across the river on the west bank, Lower Brule, headquarters of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, also was relocated to higher ground when the water rose more than four decades ago. Elders who lived in those communities before the dams and the relocation described a life centered on the Missouri's waters, with stands of timber, fruit trees and bushes and wildlife of all species. They talked of saw mills and hospitals, electric plants and schools - and of all that being flooded. They said the attempt to control the river with dams created disharmony in nature. "We spent most of our time by the river," said Maxine Grass Rope of the Lower Brule Tribe. "We were rich on our reservation. We had everything." Rose McCauley, also a Lower Brule member, said she moved to California for a brief time, and when she returned, the world she knew had changed forever. "It was sad when I came back from California to see how the river had been changed to a lake," she said. "Many of our people lost their homes and lost good land." Ashley said he testified on five separate occasions before Congress on various Pick-Sloan matters. He said he's the oldest living member of his tribe and the oldest living chairman of any of the river tribes that were affected by Pick-Sloan. He described a river bottom filled with cottonwood and elm trees and "all the fruit you can think of, chokecherries, plums, grapes." He said beaver, mink and raccoons were plentiful, and his father taught him to trap those animals and sell or barter the hides for groceries. "It disrupted our Indian people's way of life - absolutely," Ashley said of the creation of the reservoir system. "Life has never been the same since then .... We lost a considerable amount of the most productive land on the reservation." Reach Terry Woster at 605-224-2760. Copyright c. 2005 Argus Leader. All rights reserved. --------- "RE: Santa Fe Indian Hospital faces care shortages" --------- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:37:51 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="FIRST ALBUQUERQUE, NOW SANTA FE" http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm http://www.kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=19373&cat=ABQMETRO Santa Fe Indian Hospital faces health care shortages By: Associated Press May 24, 2005 SANTA FE (AP) - American Indian patients who had used Albuquerque's Indian hospital or a clinic at Santa Clara Pueblo are turning to the Santa Fe Indian Hospital. Staffers at Santa Fe say that development is causing longer waits. More people are showing up at Santa Fe because a fire temporarily closed Santa Clara's facility and the Albuquerque hospital sharply reduced services after long-standing funding problems. The result is going to be a strain on all Indian health care facilities, according to Norman Ration, director of the National Indian Youth Council in Albuquerque. Ration worries that patients without alternative health care or transportation will wait until they're very sick before seeking help. Copyright c. 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright c. 2005 KOB-TV, a division of Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. LLC. --------- "RE: Editorial: A massive failure to communicate" --------- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:37:51 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="KLALLAM" http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/editorialsopinion/2002288620_tribed26.html Editorial: A massive failure to communicate May 26, 2005 For almost 3,000 years, the Klallam people have inhabited the northern Washington coast, and it took a $60 million decision to halt a state construction project for anyone to notice. One of the marvels of Seattle Times reporter Lynda Mapes' extraordinary series on the rediscovery of a rich cultural history was an element of anthropological surprise. In the mind's eye of nearby Port Angeles, and distant Olympia, the tribe's visibility, in the absence of a casino, ranked well below salmon and eel grass on pre-construction checklists for a massive dry dock planned by the state Department of Transportation. Fragmentary hints of generations of life and death held out the promise of negotiated conditions on which to keep on building. Wishful thinking was stopped by 335 intact skeletal remains. No amount of rationalization or denial could overcome the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe's connection to a place. The same flat access to the ocean that appealed to engineers in 2003 was attractive to villages of people who lived beside and were sustained by the sea. If the state can be faulted for casually surveying the ancestral homeland of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe for potential archaeological significance as a real-estate deal was closing, the tribe's own apparent failure to adequately document and preserve its history is evident as well. Oral tradition and memory have their limits in protecting tribal interests if the history is not readily retrievable by those in charge, or offered by those who possess it. The $60 million lesson is that better information is needed before the first shovel goes into the ground. The halted project consumed a hefty amount of the state's 5-cent gas-tax increase. This is a story without an easy direction to point fingers. The state is obligated by federal law to consult with the tribe, but there is no official template for a final agreement, or for reaching one. The operative option was literally to bulldoze ahead and see what happens. Both sides were using ad hoc archeological services, which meant neither the tribe nor the state had a deep, sustained database for ready reference. Unlike environmental considerations, no one seemed to anticipate the need for cultural surveys or appreciate the consequences of significant discoveries. This is a conversation state officials need to have, preferably outside of the courts, and before another 10-acre hole is dug. Given the history of this region, the opportunities and challenges will not go away. Just this week, work was halted on a road project near Arlington after the discovery of the remains of at least two American Indians who likely belonged to the Stillaguamish Tribe. This region has big projects on the horizon: Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct, Highway 520 bridge and other highly desirable and overdue widenings and improvements - even the Boeing pier at Mukilteo, with its proximity to the Tulalips. This all cannot grind to a halt, but we can be more adroit in anticipating and accommodating future discoveries. A functional conversation needs to occur with the tribes, cities and the state, sharing information in an effective, productive fashion. The political and moral climate has changed. Copyright c. 2005 The Seattle Times Company. --------- "RE: Nevada Tribe starts wellness program for Women" --------- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 08:48:19 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="WELLNESS" http://www.indianz.com/News/ http://www.lahontanvalleynews.com/article/20050527/News/105270014 Wellness program producing WiseWomen at Fallon tribe JOSH JOHNSON, jjohnson@lahontanvalleynews.com May 27, 2005 Women of the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe are taking charge of their health and learning to be a WiseWoman through a newly-implemented wellness program. WiseWoman, which stands for Well-integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation, is administered through the Centers for Disease Control's Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity as a cardiovascular health screening tool for women. The Fallon program is conducted in coordination with the Fallon Tribal Health Clinic diabetes program. Since the program's start at the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe in January, eight women have made steps to improve the health of them themselves and their families, said Jenevie Lucero, a tribal senior health advocate. "What we're trying to do is emphasize the nutritional needs, exercise and being healthy," Lucero said. "It's all built on your lifestyle and intervention. This is one of the best programs I've seen." Women first undergo a screening and evaluation session designed to identify possibly lifestyle changes. A wellness plan is created and members are matched up with others with similar needs. There are no fees and no formal measure of success. Participants monitor their own progress and are encouraged to journal. Many women use walking and exercise bands to improve their health, she said. Some are walking three miles per day as part of their daily routine. Lucero said she's looking to incorporate water aerobics into the program through the use of the Churchill County indoor pool. The program is open to any woman in Churchill County. The program has a trickle down effect, where women incorporate wellness into the lives of their families, she said. Nutrition and exercise are especially important to indigenous people, who have increased risk of diabetes. "Diabetes is very high among our people," Lucero said. "It's very important to understand the disease and the eating habits they have." The program has helped Linda Oxborrow, Lucero's sister, feel more energetic and improve her physical stamina. Though it took a while for her body to adjust, she's incorporated walking into her daily routine, especially while picking asparagus. "I have more energy," Oxborrow said. "After the initial aches and pains, you tend to have more muscular flexibility. Women need to change their diets and exercise levels to compensate for today's on-the-go lifestyle, she said. "We're a rural community. Many of us have grown up eating foods made from scratch," Oxborrow said. "We never had a lot of packaged and processed foods. Now that we've gotten supermarkets and superstores, our diets have changed." For more information on the WiseWoman program, contact Lucero at the tribal senior center at 423-7569. Josh Johnson can be contacted at jjohnson@lahotanvalleynews.com Copyright c. 2005 lahontanvalleynews.com. --------- "RE: Wampanoag dedicates life to reviving Language" --------- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:37:51 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SAVING WAMPANOAG LANGUAGE" http://www.indianz.com/News/ http://www2.townonline.com/bourne/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=252452 Found in translation By Joe Burns/ jburns@cnc.com May 26, 2005 The first time that Jessie "Little Doe" Baird heard her native language spoken is when it came out of her mouth. "We haven't had any speakers of our language for six generations," says Baird, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe who has made it her mission to return the Wampanoag tongue to her tribe. Her journey began a dozen years ago with a recurring dream. "I had visions and dreams of people that looked like my family but weren't people that I knew. They were talking to me and I didn't know what they were saying," Baird says. One day while driving along Route 28 in Falmouth she saw a street sign with the Wampanoag word Sippewissett. Misspelled and mispronounced Wampanoag words such as Matacheese, Cotuit, Santuit, Poponesset and Sippewissett are common on the Cape. But this time this word connected with Baird on a subliminal level. "When I read it, it dawned on me. I think those are Wampanoag people talking to me and I think it's Wampanoag [that they're speaking]," Baird says. That realization set Baird on a course to revive a language that hadn't been spoken in 150 years, and return it to her tribe. "There was prophesy about our language coming back. One of the prophesies that talks about our language coming back is that the ones whose families were there when the circle was broken will be the families that would heal the circle if the community wanted language back," Baird says. "My job basically was to go and ask the people of our nation if they wanted to welcome our language back into the community. I was promised that if they did, I would have all the help that I needed." Baird contacted an elder from the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe on Martha's Vineyard to see if there'd be any interest there. The response was: "I've been thinking about this for years." Encouraged, Baird polled members of both communities and again the answer was positive. "Nobody said 'I'm not interested,'" Baird says. "In a tribal community, that's a huge feat to get a consensus on anything immediately." Wampanoag is one of 33 languages in the Algonquin language family and has two dialects - Mainland and Island. And with the blessing of both communities Baird went about learning the language of her ancestors. "At the time I didn't know anything about Wampanoag [language]. I didn't know anything about the Algonquian language family. I didn't know anything about linguistics," Baird says. Taking a leave of absence from her job, Baird immersed herself in her studies, eventually earning a master's degree in linguistics from MIT. Through her research she discovered a rich written legacy from which she could draw. "I started looking around and lo and behold I found that the Wampanoag language is the first American Indian language on this continent to have a writing system," Baird says. "At a certain period in the 17th century there were more Wampanoag people that were literate in Wampanoag than there were English people in written English." Even the first Bible set to print on this continent was written in Wampanoag, Baird says. "People recorded everything from personal letters to diaries and transactions." Learning to decipher these documents gave Baird and her community insight into their history. "I got to see what position my family took on different matters hundreds of years ago. I got to see where some of our traditional behaviors come from learning the language. Reading from these native written diaries and letters, there were some really horrific things that took place around here." There was no standardized spelling at the time. But the variety of spellings proved helpful to Baird in trying to determine the sound of the words. "It can eliminate what consonants or vowels should not be present," Baird explains. She also could look to similarities in Wampanoag and in other Algonquin languages that are still spoken. There are four types of languages in the family. If you're not sure of the sound of a particular item all you have to do is look at the pronunciation of these sister languages. A language is returned "When I started there was no regularized spelling system. We have that now. We had no dictionary. We now have a 10,000-word dictionary," says Baird, who has created a curriculum through trial and error and taught the language to more than 100 members of her community in Mashpee and Martha's Vineyard. "What we're trying to do is get everybody at a conversational level so that they can have an everyday conversation with each other," Baird says. Instruction is limited to members of the Wampanoag tribe. "A lot of the elders felt that this is something that's ours and it's no less precious and important to us than our land. And it's one thing that we can probably have to ourselves if we're careful," Baird says. "It's great source of pride. People don't feel like they've lost every single thing we had." That pride can be seen in how the language is once again becoming part of the community. "It's typical now that children are named traditional Wampanoag names. Our language is being used for ceremony again, in poetry," says Baird, who has recently been asked to assist the Mashantucket Pequot of Connecticut in restoring its language. "I've helped other tribes too. For the Pequot I'm going to help them reorganize their grassroots effort and help them develop a short term and long term community fluency plan," Baird says. "I think that I was actually born to do this. This is for my community circle. This is just what I'm supposed to be doing," says Baird, who will see the Wampanoag prophesy realized when her daughter Mae Alice Weekanashq, whose Wampanoag name means sweet grass, starts to talk. "We haven't had a living native speaker until my 10-month-old daughter," Baird says. "She will be a native speaker because when we're home together during the day, that's all she gets." Copyright c. 2005 The Upper Cape Codder, Copyright of CNC and Herald Interactive Advertising Systems, Inc. --------- "RE: HUME: Sexual abuse of Native Girls widespread" --------- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 08:58:09 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="SEXUAL ABUSE" http://www.indianz.com/News/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com//20050523/BCABUSE23/TPNational/Canada Sex abuse systemic, group charges By MARK HUME May 23, 2005 VANCOUVER - The sexual abuse of young aboriginal girls in Prince George has become a systemic problem that should be the focus of a sweeping inquiry, a women's rights advocate says. "I think we have to have a real airing of what's going on here," Lee Lakeman, a spokeswoman for the Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres, said yesterday. "How many people tolerated this situation and to what degree? There's a serious need for some understanding within that community of what's happening," said Ms. Lakeman, who was reacting to a recent CTV News report that confirmed two RCMP officers are under investigation for alleged sex crimes. The case involving the two unnamed officers flowed from an investigation that culminated last year in the conviction of former provincial court judge David Ramsay. Mr. Ramsay sexually assaulted young aboriginal girls in Prince George over a 10-year period. His victims, picked up on the streets of the small town in northern British Columbia and sometimes dropped off naked in the bush, were as young as 12. Mr. Ramsay, who was sentenced to seven years in jail last June, was a prominent lawyer in Prince George before he was appointed to the bench. Ms. Lakeman said it is hard to believe that such a high-profile figure, preying on girls in a small town where the girls wait for tricks in an alley near the courthouse, could have gone undetected for so long. She wonders what the police knew and when they knew it. "From walking around Prince George, from knowing how courthouses work, I don't see that it's possible that he wasn't witnessed in this abuse," she said. "Maybe somebody could [pick up girls without being noticed], but not a high-profile judge who's got an identifiable persona and car and personhood. "It just seems very unlikely to me. When I walked around in Prince George and saw where he dumped girls and where he picked up girls, everybody knows where the strip is. I think it's very unlikely police were not cruising this area and never saw him." Ms. Lakeman said there were rumours in Prince George that police were also preying on girls. The RCMP has suspended two members pending the outcome of the current investigation. The two officers are no longer stationed in Prince George but both had served in the northern community at the time of the alleged offences. Over the weekend, RCMP spokesman Corporal Tom Seamon confirmed two officers "are under investigation for misconduct," but would not provide any more information. The Ramsay case was not the first time a prominent figure in Prince George was charged with sexually assaulting young aboriginal girls. Hubert O'Connor resigned as the Catholic bishop of Prince George in 1991 after being charged with sexually assaulting two aboriginal girls while they were students at a residential school in the late 1960s. In 1996, Mr. O'Connor was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in jail for his crimes. At the time, native leaders said they hoped the conviction of a leading figure in the community would encourage other young girls to come forward. But they didn't, and when police began to investigate rumours about Mr. Ramsay, they found it difficult to find anyone who was willing to testify. Ms. Lakeman said the situation in Prince George, where 70 per cent of sex-trade workers are young aboriginal girls, needs to be fully investigated to find out why the problem exists and why it has been allowed to fester for so long. "It's just not possible that there aren't more people in positions of influence and power who were tolerating this situation. You know maybe they tolerated it because they think prostitution is okay. Maybe they tolerated it because they thought these were throw-away children because they were aboriginal children, or maybe they tolerated it because, I don't know what, but I can't imagine anything that makes it tolerable. We need to get to the roots of this problem," she said. "Why are young girls finding it necessary to be on the street in Prince George? And why are they young aboriginal girls? What is wrong here that these people don't have access to what they need? "This is serious stuff. In the Ramsay case, these young girls were beaten, humiliated and dumped in the street." Ms. Lakeman said the girls and young women who are on the streets of Prince George are there out of desperation, and authorities should be moving to help them before they get trapped in that life. "I'm horrified by the availability of young girls on the streets of Vancouver and by how little anonymity is left to them, even in a big city, once they've been targeted and identified as young prostitutes. But can you imagine what it's like in Prince George? You have these young girls who are condemned for life by being identified as prostitutes at 13 and 14." Murry Krause, a Prince George city councillor and executive director of the Central Interior Native Health Society, said the problem is not unique to his community. "I think this is happening in small towns everywhere," he said. "I'm not saying that judges and police are allegedly abusing young sex-trade workers, but that girls are on the streets and they are being preyed on by people with money. "What's happening in Prince George is happening everywhere else too." Mr. Krause said between 30 to 50 young people are involved in the sex trade in Prince George, but the number fluctuates from day to day because the group is so transient. He said a study is now under way "to look at where they come from, their ethnicity and other factors so that when we come up with some policies we really hit the mark." Mr. Krause said federal and provincial authorities realize there is a problem, but finding solutions to such a complex problem is difficult. "That's why this research is so important," he said. "We need to know if these young women are coming from Dease Lake, or Smithers, or wherever. We need to know what led them to the streets of Prince George. We make all kinds of assumptions about that, but if we are going to be successful we need to have better information." Mr. Krause said he did not think the Ramsay case and the current case involving two former Prince George RCMP officers indicates there has been a lack of effort by police in trying to deal with the situation. "It takes time to build these cases. The police in the Ramsay investigation really did their homework and that's why they got a conviction. We don't get anywhere unless we get witnesses and complainants," he said. Copyright c. 2005 Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved. --------- "RE: First Nations reach a Milestone in Claim" --------- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 08:58:09 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="LAND CLAIM VICTORY" http://www.indianz.com/News/ http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=claim050520 First Nations reach a milestone in claim CBC News May 20, 2005 SASKATOON - The James Smith Cree Nation and two affiliated groups say they have reached a milestone in a century-old land claim. The Indian Claims Commission says thousands of acres of land were wrongly taken and people were improperly transferred to other reserves. This land claim is a complicated saga that dates back to the Northwest Rebellion of 1885. In the aftermath, the Chakastaypasin Band lost its traditional land in the Birch Hills. Its members were dispersed to other reserves including James Smith east of Prince Albert. Meanwhile, a group called the Peter Chapman band also got lumped in with James Smith. On Friday, the Indian Claims Commission says none of what happened was legal or valid. The negotiator for the bands, Sol Sanderson, puts it in stronger terms. He says what happened was the result of a massive fraud when the prairies were being settled. "That fraud activity went from Manitoba, Saskatchewan through to Alberta, " says Sanderson. "So what the three bands have achieved here today is going to have a major impact on many other bands across this province and in the other provinces." The Chakastaypasin and Peter Chapman groups want their bands legally reinstated and their separate land claims settled. Sanderson says none of the bands will be content with cash alone, but only with a deal to return the lands. Those lands are in the diamond-rich Fort a la Corne area. However, the claims commission says cash is the usual compensation. Copyright c. 2005 CBC. --------- "RE: Tribe threatens development of Oil-Sands Mines" --------- Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 19:36:51 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="DEH CHO vs PIPELINE" http://www.pechanga.net/ http://www.sitnews.us/0505news/052705/052705_shns_nativetribe.html Tribe threatens development of oil-sands mines By ROBERT COLLIER San Francisco Chronicle May 27, 2005 Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories - This town on a bend in the Mackenzie River has a general store and little else besides endless forests and distant blue mountains. Not an oil derrick is to be seen. But its angry Native tribe is standing in the way of what could be the biggest energy boom in North America's history. The tribe, the Deh Cho First Nation, is blocking an 800-mile pipeline that would pass through its lands carrying natural gas from the Arctic Ocean to the booming oil-sands mines of Alberta. The tribe says the money and development brought by the pipeline could destroy its culture while leaving little lasting economic benefit. "We have lived in these lands since time immemorial," said the Deh Cho grand chief, Herb Norwegian. "We are the rightful owners, and this pipeline should not be pushed in against our will." The Deh Cho anti-pipeline stance is spreading through Native tribes in northwest Canada, putting at risk the development of Arctic natural gas in both Canada and Alaska as well as expansion of Canada's oil sands, which are widely considered the most promising source of foreign oil for the United States in the coming decades. The oil sands need natural gas to help steam-heat oil out of the sands. With natural gas reserves and production shrinking elsewhere in Alberta and North America, a new supply from the Mackenzie River is needed to fill the gap and keep the oil sands pumping ever-increasing amounts of petroleum south to the United States. But as the Deh Cho have deftly used the Canadian courts and regulatory process to block the pipeline, their demands have had a domino effect among other tribes that own a one-third share in the project. Grassroots pressure has forced the leaders of those tribes - the Inuvialuit, Gwich'in and Sahtu Dene - to demand broad taxation powers and $40 million in additional payments from their partners in the pipeline. On April 29, the oil companies stopped all engineering work on the pipeline and threatened to call off the entire project. Michael Yeager, senior vice president of Shell, one of the pipeline partners, accused the Deh Cho and the other tribes of making excessive compensation demands for a pipeline right- of-way and payments for social benefits. "We're talking about something here that is many, many fold from what we were expecting, and into the hundreds of millions of dollars," Yeager said. He said Shell and its partners in the consortium - ExxonMobil, Conoco Phillips and Imperial Oil, a Canadian company in which ExxonMobil has a majority stake - had already spent $300 million on preparatory work, yet were way behind schedule and could no longer cope with "more and more months of slippage." The Deh Cho have held up environmental and planning approvals for the pipeline route, about 40 percent of which crosses Deh Cho lands, by filing regulatory appeals and public information requests. Yeager said his consortium has filed more than 6,500 pages of documents in response to queries from the Deh Cho, the other tribes and the government, with thousands more pages expected to be necessary. The center of the resistance is Fort Simpson, a longtime trading post that functions as the capital of the Deh Cho region. About 2,500 people live in the town, about two-thirds of them Natives. The pipeline route passes about 10 miles to the east. Many residents say they feel a special destiny to uphold the rights of Canada's indigenous minority, which has long been hobbled by poverty and social ills. Since being elected grand chief in 2001, Norwegian has blocked progress on the pipeline while insisting that he is not against the project itself. "Some people say that if this pipeline never gets built, Herb Norwegian is to blame for it," he said. "And I'm fine with that. But if it does get built, I want my people to get real benefits." Copyright c. 2005 SitNews, Ketchikan, Alaska. Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.shns.com --------- "RE: More tension in N.B. Snow Crab Fishery" --------- Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:09 AM From: frostyca2000 [frostyca2000@yahoo.com] Subj: STJOHNS.CBC.CA News - Full Story : Mailing List: Frostys AmerIndian STJOHNS.CBC.CA News - Full Story : More tension in N.B. snow crab fishery May 23 2005 FREDERICTON - Members of Madawaska Maliseet First Nation say they'll fish snow crab even if Fisheries and Oceans doesn't give the band a licence. When the Supreme Court of Canada gave First Nations the right to fish for a living, the band near Edmunston opted to open a fish hatchery in the community. It is now losing $300,000 a year, and the band figures fishing snow crab will help pay the bills. So it is asking DFO for a share of this year's snow crab allocation Several dozen people from the reserve stood alongside the main highway through northwestern New Brunswick on Sunday to demand access to crab in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The fisheries department said the crab fishery has already been allocated to other First Nation communities, and the Madawaska band made the decision to open a hatchery instead of fishing. That's left the band chief threatening to take to the water without DFO's permission. "We will be fishing on the waters, not illegally, but without an allocation," said Joanna Bernard. "They refuse to give us an allocation and it is our right to fish. And we will continue our fight to receive access to the snow crab." Bernard Theriault, who is with Fisheries and Oceans, said the allocations under the Supreme Court ruling ended more than a year ago. New boats fishing without permission will be breaking the law. "DFO has a mandate to protect the resource, has a mandate to regulate and to legislate the fisheries and based on whatever is done. We will have to make a decision at that time." Bernard said the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation has plans for more protests as early as Monday. Copyright c. 2005 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - All Rights Reserved. --------- "RE: Police, Marchers clash in Bolivia" --------- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:37:51 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="INDIAN-LED PROTEST" http://www.latimes.com//la-fg-bolivia25may25,1,4035940&ctrack=2&cset=true Police, Marchers Clash in Bolivia Indian-led protesters seek the nationalization of energy. The army tries to quash coup rumors. By Hector Tobar and Oscar Ordonez Special to The Times May 25, 2005 LA PAZ, Bolivia - Thousands of Indian-led protesters filled the streets of this capital Tuesday, challenging the Bolivian president and leaders of the country's eastern business elite amid persistent rumors of a possible military coup. Leaders of the protest, who are based mostly in the Aymara Indian- dominated suburb of El Alto, had declared an indefinite general strike in the capital the day before to demand the nationalization of Bolivia's petroleum and gas reserves. They say revenue from the country's most lucrative resource should help its poorest citizens. On Tuesday, police battled protesters in the city center with tear gas and water cannons while crowds blocked some routes into the capital. "We have the right to defend our natural gas, our natural resources," said Maria Validviezo, a 37-year-old mother of seven who marched from a village outside the city. "We live from our land. Our children can only study up to the fifth grade, and then they're left to their own devices." Some of the Indian leaders have threatened to storm Congress as early as this evening if lawmakers approved a referendum that would allow the country's oil-rich eastern provinces to declare greater political autonomy from the rest of Bolivia. Civic and business leaders in the province of Santa Cruz want more control over the oil wealth produced there. Indian protesters have opposed the autonomy movement and called instead for a constituent assembly to rewrite the nation's constitution, in part to recognize the traditional authority of Indian leaders and institutions. In a scathing editorial Tuesday in the Santa Cruz newspaper El Mundo, Publisher Ronald Mendez accused Indian and union leaders of engaging in a conspiracy against the people of Santa Cruz. "They don't want us to sell our natural gas to anyone or to any place, just so that we don't reach our full economic potential as a region," Mendez wrote. Last weekend, thousands of Santa Cruz residents demonstrated to demand regional autonomy. At the center of the conflicts stands President Carlos Mesa, the historian and onetime television commentator who more than once this year has threatened to resign in the face of protests and barricades that have periodically paralyzed the nation's transportation system. But Mesa has mostly remained silent in recent days, even as thousands of farmers and union activists marched on the capital. The La Paz newspaper La Razon expressed many people's growing frustration with the government in an editorial Tuesday. "The government negotiates, surrenders, concedes and will sign anything," the piece said. Rumors of an impending coup have become constant, the paper wrote. For reasons that were not clear, the rumors have been loudest on the weekends, causing people to rush to markets to stock up on groceries. On Sunday, with La Paz residents planning for shortages caused by the protests, Bolivia's military command took the unusual step of issuing an announcement denying the rumors. But the same statement commented at length on the competing protest movements assailing Mesa's government. Any attempt to change Bolivia's government and its law by means "outside the rules of the political constitution of the state - will not be accepted by this institution," the communique said. Tuesday's clashes between protesters and police occurred as authorities sought to keep the crowds from advancing to the Plaza Murillo, where Congress and the presidential palace are located. An "open assembly" of about 5,000 protesters met in central La Paz on Monday. The crowd listened to speeches and then voted in favor of the immediate nationalization of Bolivia's oil and gas reserves. Many waved the rainbow-colored flags of Indian nationalism. Jaime Solares, head of the Bolivian Workers Central, told the assembly that the nation's Congress should be closed immediately "because it betrayed the people." ---- Times staff writer Tobar reported from Buenos Aires and special correspondent Ordonez from La Paz. Copyright c. 2005 Los Angeles Time. --------- "RE: Native Prisoner" --------- Date: Sun 5/29/2005 11:39 PM From: Janet Smith [owlstar@bellsouth.net] Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - A Supreme Court ruling announced on May 31 was in response to a religious freedom lawsuit submitted by Ohio inmates who are not Native American. But the same 2000 Federal Law validated by this ruling, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, also guarantees Native American inmates access to traditional spiritual practices. With the constitutionality of this law finally settled by the Supreme Court, perhaps our brothers and sisters and their advisors can focus on matters of spirit, rather than a constant war of wills with prison administrators. High Court Sides With Inmates on Religion By GINA HOLLAND The Associated Press May 31, 2005 WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court sided with a witch, a Satanist and a racial separatist Tuesday, upholding a federal law requiring state prisons to accommodate the religious affiliations of inmates. The three Ohio prisoners sued under the 2000 federal law, claiming they were denied access to religious literature and ceremonial items and denied time to worship. The law says states that receive federal money must accommodate prisoners' religious beliefs, with such things as special haircuts or meals, unless wardens can show that the government has a compelling reason not to. The court's unanimous ruling addressed a narrow issue: whether the law as written is an unconstitutional government promotion of religion. It is not, justices decided, leaving the door open to future legal challenges on other grounds. "Religion plays a vital role in rehabilitation," said Derek Gaubatz, director of litigation for The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a religious liberty law firm that represents inmates. Many states have contested the law on grounds that inmate requests could make it harder to manage prisons, and the court appeared concerned as well. The law "does not elevate accommodation of religious observances over an institution's need to maintain order and safety," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said from the bench in announcing the decision. Ginsburg said judges who handle inmate cases should give deference to prison administrators. "I think this was a net win for the prisons," said Marci Hamilton, a church-state scholar at Cardoza School of Law. Douglas Cole, Ohio's solicitor, said that the ruling could inspire more inmate demands. However, he said, "we're encouraged that the court recognized that these inmate religious practices can pose significant safety concerns for prison administrators." Tuesday's decision overturns a ruling by the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which had struck down part of the law, called the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, on grounds it violated the separation of church and state. Ohio will likely continue its challenge to the law, Cole said. Elizabeth Cooke, a clinical law professor at Ohio State University who represented inmates in the court case, said they will press ahead with accommodation requests, including a five-point star for the witch, called a Wiccan, and hammer charms for prisoners who are members of Asatru and worship old Norse deities. "Inmates who practice non-mainstream religions have suffered," Cooke said. The case is Cutter v. Wilkinson, 03-9877. On the Net: The opinion in Cutter v. Wilkinson is available at: http://wid.ap.org/documents/scotus/050531cutter.pdf Copyright c. 2005 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright c. 1996-2005 The Washington Post Company. --------- "RE: Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days" --------- Date: Monday, 30 May, 2005 01:42 am From: Debbie Sanders Subj: Book of Days A HAWAI`I BOOK OF DAYS, week of May 30-June 5 MEI May Ikiiki 30 We are all voyagers in life's ocean. 31 In the tiniest of shells is found the eternal cycle. IUNE June Ka`aona June was the time when the fishermen got their `a`ei nets in readiness for catching the `opelu, procuring in advance the sticks to use for keeping its mouth open. 1 To walk between the islands is a secret of the ancients. 2 Summer rain is illuminated by the beauty of a rainbow. 3 Time is little more than a kiss of wind upon the land. 4 The lullabies of night creatures sing me to my dreams. 5 To the youthful heart, the whole world is filled with wonder. (c) Copyright 1991 by D. F. Sanders Me ke aloha i ka nani, ... Moe'uhanekeanuenue (With love and beauty, ... Rainbow Dream) --------- "RE: Rustywire: The King and His Men" --------- Date: Tue, 20 May 2005, 11:33:53 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="RUSTYWIRE: KING" http://www.rustywire.com/starship/king.html [Editorial Comment: For those who wish to read more of Johnny Rustywire's beautiful poems and stories his website has changed.... http://www.rustywire.com ] The King and His Men by Johnny Rustywire Let me see...how to start this...maybe from the beginning... There was a Navajo man and his group who travelled to Santa Fe in the 1800's to sue for peace, they entered the plaza and spoke with with the Governor there. They spoke about the need to have Navajo children and women taken from their homeland and sold as slaves in Mexico. The group was made up of family men, I guess in some ways like myself wondering about the day to day things of survival. How to provide some basic necessities and wanting a future for their children. These Navajo men were invited to eat, and as they did so sat in a circle with a Sante Fe citizen seated between them. They probably thought the words spoken were true. That maybe the Governor was a family man like themselves and that there might be some truth in his words. They were mistaken. Each was slain by his dinner partner and their bodies thrown into a wash outside the city. One of the men was able to escape and spoke of the happenings there. Today things are much different. We don't kill each other or make slaves of one another; after all we are men like others. We as natives are now US citizens, it was granted to us in 1924. We have the right to vote, even though some counties and states did not provide the vote until the 1960's. We are born free, to choose our own life and way of living. Those of us born on reservations know a little about life there. Those of us who weren't have heard of the experiences of growing up there. Maybe some went to boarding schools, some of the experiences there were bad, but in the end we learned to be self sufficient. Originally that is what they were created for so that we could learn to be better educated persons in the world. The one thing that comes to mind is that times have changed, we are now in a new millenium. The words to seek a better life, to know, to understand and get that sheepskin, a diploma will open some doors and a better life. It is in the end what we stribe for, to make a place for ourselves like any other people. It is with this mind that I grew up listening to the council of my fathers, my mothers and family to do better than them, to not be like them uneducated in the ways of the world. I remember my first experience in eating at a fancy restaurant, not konwing how to use the forks, and spoons that lined the table. Not knowing anything about skiing or tennis, or some other things that I have not experienced. In some ways I had come far, with wide open eyes and wonder at the world where I was born. I learned that you can get from here to there if you put in the effort. Maybe not always but that you keep going to try to make it better for yourself and then your children. I expected to be myself, what ever that maybe. The possibilities were endless. It came to me one time that as I was doing some curious searching at the library that there was a Navajo scout at Fort Defiance, Arizona, who was killed and buried near the fort there. It happened during the 1870's. I went looking for it go do a story for the tribal paper as correspondent meaning I was not a reporter but paid $2.00 a column inch for what was printed. As s young struggling parent it was extra money so I found myself looking for the location of the grave. Now days Fort Defiance is not a fort, not like in the old days, the old fort is gone, just one or two rock buildings are there. If you were to go there you would find the old Fort Defiance Agency buildings, a motor pool and education building and the old Fort Defiance hospital built in the 1930's. There is housing for the doctors, nurses and support people who work there. It sits in a small valley next to a place called Blue Canyon. It was near here I thought the grave might be found. I spoke to the old people around there and some said it was there on the northside. I found a fenced in yard where there were old Bailey pantoon bridges from World War II stacked in the yard. I thought it was strange to see them since there is no water around the place. Anyway I looked for someone to let me in and found a secretary in an office and she said I couldn't go in there. It was against goverment regulations. I went up on the hill and after a bit crawled under the fence and walked around. Near the middle of the yard amongst old 55 gallon drums, I found a headstone, that said Hoskie, Navajo Scout. I had found it there. I studied the rock, it was carved out of hard stone, with lichen covering it making it soft green colored. It surprised me to see it that way. I left the place and wrote a story about it for the Navajo Times and left it at that. I got a call from someone at the Bureau of Indian Affairs and was asked to show them where it was at, since I reported it was in the road shed yerd of the road department. I had a little time so I went up there and was asked to wait by the gate and that someone would be there. The day was warm, a hot summer day. I stood there and saw the gate was in need of repair and waited. After a little bit, I saw three men come out of a building at the agency. They were White men, dressed in work slacks and dress shirts. As they walked across the dirt parking lot, I could see them. They were all the same size, but the two on the side were talking to the man in the middle. He was the center of attention. I thought he looked like a minor king, with two valets escorting him. As they came closer I heard the speaking. "If there is a grave, what will we do?" "Let's see if there is one first." "Yes, you are right, we will have to see." "Is this the guy that wrote the story about it?" "I think so, maybe it is, yes I think it is." One of the men said to me, are you the reporter? No I said, I just wrote a story. One of the men ran to the gate and opened the lock. The middle man walked in first. The last one followed close behind. If the middle man had a robe, this third man would have been carrying it. "Can you show us where you found it?", he added, "You know you were tresspassing on goverment property, don't you?" "Yes, I crawled in and found it right over there." I pointed it out. The middle man pulled out a cigar, and one the men lit it. I thought this guy must be the Superintendent for the agency. He looked at me his eyes were gray, he studied me, took a puff of his cigar. "How do you know this is the grave?" I said, his name is written on it, on this side. They couldn't fit between the stacks of metak but craned their heads to look at it and saw the name. The middle man, looked at the one on his right, who looked guilty. He said to him with a raised voice, "Did you know this was here!" The man on the right mumble something, the middle man said, we will take care of it, when I asked about how they were going to preserve and protect it. The middle man, said. "You are tresspassing on government property, you know that is a federal offesne don't you." His voice was stern. He spoke to me as child. I brought up that I was writing for the paper, he smiled at me and said, come to my office and we will talk about it. The one on the right had a worried look on his face, he was going to be in trouble. His other counterpart made a point, to let him know it as they followed their boss back across the parking lot. They ran after him as if to somehow keep the reservation dust off his shoes. I was not a factor in the their conversation, until I got into the office where he made sure he explained they would fix it. He smiled at me and talked friendly as he gave me his name, making sure I got it right for the paper. As he sat there, one of the men sat attentively at his desk just across from him, waiting to hear some need he could fulfill. His face and emotions hung on every word of the middle man. I felt sorry for them, but little did I know. I finished the story and it was printed. After all these years, the grave is still there with the same Bailey bridges sitting against it. I learned that the Superintendent of the agency is a king, he controls through roughly 2000 laws, rules and regulations, how I conduct my use of the land, my home, my family matters, what law and order code applies to me, where I can cut firewood and how much. He has set up a sanctuary for the Mexican Spotted Owl that prevents my children from going into the forests whre I played as a child. In disputes he has final authority to sya what happens in land disputes, water use, livestock grazing and my education. His authority extends to his designate signing my certificate of Indian blood. He can say whether or not I can look at my birth records, family history and census data. It is April 2001, and I am an entolled Indian. This definition of Indian means literally that I can not take care of my own affairs, he is my keeper. No where is there a place like this on earth. The only similiar situation to give an idea of the situation is the form of government under the old Soviet satellite nations, where one could exist but never own the land they live on. Home ownership is just a life estate, the tribe owns everything. I am by law incompetant. This was made moreso by the recent amendments to the code of federal regulations that deal with Indian probate, Indian lands, rights of way, mineral leasing, where changes allow him to "make determinations in my best interest. If I have a piece of allotted Indian land, and don't want to lease to a white man, the king and his men can look at me and say....we decide what is in your best interests...you are an indian and nothing more. You are incompetant. We are the BIA and these changes to the regulations that govern your life give us greater power than we had before. If you should die and be buried at some future date when a young man crawls over a fence to look at your grave we will decide what is best for you. All the talk about self determination, and self sufficiency is like pouring water on sand. Copyright c. 1999, Johnny Rustywire, all rights reserved. --------- "RE: Lee Goins Poem: Remove The Thorn From Your Heart" --------- Date: Thursday, May 19, 2005 7:12 PM From: cherokee2proud [cherokee2proud@yahoo.com] Subj: Remove The Thorn From Your Heart Mailing List: N. A. Poetry Remove The Thorn From Your Heart Don't let the memory of hurt and pain taunt you Forget the past that comes to haunt you Others may rather seek revenge Like an open wound that never mends Your future depends on the choices you make Only you decide the path to take With patience the wound will close and heal Removing the anger that you feel Forgiveness will set you free like the wind Continuing on without an end Lift up your head and reach for the sky Raising your spirit and soaring high Will your heart be filled with love or hate Yu have the power to choose your fate Loosen the straps of hate that bind you Let go of the feelings that confine you Search within yourself and you will find That if you want some peace of mind Forgiveness is the way to start To remove the thorn from your heart Lee Goins Copyright c. 1994 --------- "RE: Upcoming Events" --------- Date: Mon 30 May 2005 16:43:23 -0700 From: Gary Smith (gars@speakeasy.org) Subj: Upcoming Events =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= EVENTS ARE FEATURED IN ODD NUMBERED ISSUES ONLY =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Events are too numerous to list for the entire year and are updated periodically. =================================== Date: Thursday, May 05, 2005 1:46 PM From: Dale M. [MailDale@webtv.net] Subj: May Events of Interest =================================== Andersons-web.com http://andersons-web.com/native_events.htm Updated May 7, 2005 July 6 - 9, 2005: National Powwow 13 Vermillion County Fairgrounds Danville, Illinois. See the web site at: http://www.nationalpowwow.com 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 May 7, 2005 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. JUNE 2005 June 3-5, 2005: 19th Annual Red Earth Festival Location: Oklahoma State Fair Park, Oklahoma City, OK The 19th annual Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival will be held June 3, 4, 5 2005 at the Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, OK. The Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival continues to be the main event of Red Earth, Inc. and provides an effective means to bring about an awareness of the diversity of the many Native American cultures. It has been voted in the Top 100 events to see in the United States and is the largest cultural festival of its type in Oklahoma. The Red Earth Festival was conceived in 1986 by local businessmen, civic leaders and government officials in cooperation with leaders of Oklahoma Indian tribes. Their goals and dreams have been continued by the community, 26 volunteer planning committees and over one thousand volunteers, who devote their knowledge and time throughout the year. Contact: phone: 405-427-5228, email: redearth@redearth.org June 3-5, 2005: 11th Annual Potawatomi Trail Pow Wow Location: Christian County Fairgrounds, West Spresser St, Taylorville, IL 62658 Head staff TBA, will update! Dance Contest, Princes Contest, Intertribal Pow Wow, All Drums Welcome. Lots of room for campers $10. for the 3 days, Motorhomes $20.00 for the 3 days. Water and Electric hookup and restrooms available. Contact: Hawk Hoffman, phone: 217-528-9172 (after 2pm), email: sevenhawks@netzero.net June 3-5, 2005: Standing Bear Powwow Location: Bakersfield College, 1800 Panarama Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93312 Contact: Gene Albitre, phone: 661 589 3181, email: earawhide@sbcglobal.net June 3-5, 2005: Native Arts fest & Benefit Contest Powwow Location: Oakridge, Oregon 97386 Friday - Sunday there will be a Native Arts Festival. On Saturday, June 4th we will host a Contest Powwow that will be judged by the audience making donations on behalf of their favorite dancer. The dancer who raises the most funds will receive a bronze trophy. All funds raised from the contesting will be donated to the elders of Pine Ridge Reservation to purchase their propane for heating in 2005. There will also be a frybread eating contest, raffles, and MORE! Contact: Nakima Kerchee, phone: 541-367-2227, email: medicinewindsnews@yahoo.com June 4-5, 2005: Rocky Fork's 6th Annual Traditional Open Powwow Location: Southeastern Ohio, 74411 Rocky Fork Road, Kimbolton, OH 43749 HD: Thunder Canyon; GD: Morning Star; HM: Butch Moore; MC: Brett Wilcox; HV: Bob St. Germain; POW-MIA-KIA: Shadow Wolf; Hoop Dancer: Kelli Gawhega Contact: Michelle, phone: (740) 439-4359, email: sfc.crg@verizon.net Event Website June 4-5, 2005: 8th Annual Rogue Valley Veterans Powwow Location: VA Domiciliary (Ball Park), 8495 Crater Lake Hwy., White City, OR 97503 Grand Entry at 1:pm & 7:pm Saturday and 12:noon Sunday. Gourd Dancing Saturday and Sunday morning. Camping available on sight. Motel's neer by in Medford.Many Venders With Native American Goods, and plenty of Fry Bread and Indian Taco's at the Food Booth. This a Drug and Alcohol Free event. Our Mailing Adress is: RVVP P.O. Box 3184 Central Point, Or. 97502 Contact: Jim Prevatt (chairman), phone: 541-770-8073, email: skywatcher01@msn.com June 4-5, 2005: 8th Annual Intertribal Pow Wow at the Grand Village of the Kickapoo Park Location: Site of the Grand Village at the Emmett Farm, Le Roy, IL 61752 Come to experience Native American culture, dancing, buffalo herd exhibit, children's activities over 20 vendors. This is outdoor event, tents and tipis welcome. Vendors may apply by emailing for application. Contact: Angelo Padro, phone: 309-261-3043, email: grand_village@yahoo.com June 4-5, 2005: Windsor-Mt. Ascutney Intertribal Pow Wow Location: Miller Construction Field, Historic U.S. Rte 5, Windsor, VT 05089 sponsored by: Windsor-Mt. Ascutney Chamber of Commerce. Windsor Lions Club, Windsor BPOE #1665, American Legion Post #25. No contest powwow Admission Fee: Adults $5.00, Children/Seniors $3.00. MC: Marvin Burnette, HND: Iron Rivers Drummers and Singers. All drums are welcome,please register ahead and contact Deborah Stevens at Deborah.B.Stevens@Hitchcock.ORG if interested in attending. Entertainment: Dancing, storytelling, and other Native American culture will be shared. If you have music, dancing, or other cultural aspects of your tribe that you want to share contact Rudy Hanecak III - rjhiii@sover.net. Booths and fees: 25 spaces are available on a first come first serve basis for general vendors. The fee for a booth space is $100/space There are three food spaces available, the spaces are $200/space. Please come join us on the bank of the Connecticut River and in the Shadow of Mount Ascutney in the beautiful Green Mountains for our Pow Wow. We are honored to share the Native American culture and history with our community and visitors. Contact: Rudy Hanecak III, phone: 802-674-5910, email: rjhiii@sover.net June 9-11, 2005: 49th Annual TIHA (Texas Indian Hobbyist Association) Pow Wow Location: Galloway Hammond Recreation Center, Burnet, TX : Air Conditioned Dance & Traders Arena. Gym Opens - Noon on Thursday (Traders Set Up). Covered Dish Suppers - Each of the 3 Days at 5 PM; 3 Nights of Dancing - Parade In Each Night at 7:30 PM. Business Meeting - 2 PM Friday; Annual Auction - 10:00 AM Saturday; Children's Powwow - 2:00 PM Saturday. Cake Walks - Raffles - Contests (Rotating Trophies Only); Gourd Dancing - 6:30 PM Friday & Saturday. Traders welcome - contact Don Drefke at (956) 682-5775. HMD- Don Walske, Granbury Tx; HLD- Faith Fenner, Terre Haute IN; Southern Drum- Gene Logan, Head Singer, Shawnee OK; Nothern Drum- Dave Deschenes, Teton Travlers, St Petersburg FL; MC- Tim Tallchief, Norman Ok; AD- Darsh Desilva, Round Rock TX. Contact: David Eckerman, 936-653-3116 June 10-11, 2005: 40th Annual Will Rogers Indian Club Pow Wow Location: Marshfield Equine Center, 13800 State Highway 38, Marshfield, MO 65706 Head Man - Justin Muskrat; Head Lady - Shawna Bushiea; Head Gourd - Don Stroud; Honored Veteran - Rod "Smokey" Gwoompi; Drum - Drumbusters; MC - Dub Roark; AD - Tom Snow;Princess - Tammie Durbin Contact: Dub Roark, phone: 417-256-4698, email: willrogersindianclub@yahoo.com June 11-12, 2005: 4th Annual United Metis PowWow Location: Eagle Creek Regional Park, 7840 W. 56th St., Indianapolis, IN 46254 The Nimkii Band of the United Me'tis Tribe in conjunction with the Indianapolis Board of Park are proud to announce an American Indian Gathering and Pow Wow located at Eagle Creek Park on the Northwest side of Indianapolis just off Interstate 65 and 71st street on Circle Drive pavillion D. Contact: Arthur Medicine Eagle, phone: 317-248-8458, email: arthurmedicineeagle@hotmail.com June, 11-12: Fort Ancient's Celebration Location: Fort Ancient, 7 miles SE of Lebanon, Ohio 45054 Fort Ancient's Celebration with over 3 invited drums, dancing, and flute music. Storytelling, herb talks, Native American Heritage demonstrations, flintknapping, pottery and weaving. Childrens games, crafts, and educational activities. Pottery and dreamcatcher workshops. Saturday 11a-7p, Sunday 12noon-6p Contact: Jack Blosser, phone: 513-932-4421or 1-800-283-8904, email: jblosser@ohiohistory.org June 16-19, 2005: United Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya Nation's Powwow Location: Reidsville, NC June 16th setup day for vendors. adults:$5.00,Children 11-under+Elders FREE Children 11 to 18-$3.00. Day Money for all Registered Dancers-in circle in regalia will be eligible for drawing on saturday and sunday. 25 vendors plus 2 food vendors--fees dependent on setup size Contact: Donnie Freeman, phone: 336-212-3692, email: nickise34@aol.com June 17-18, 2005: Mowa Choctaw Annual Powwow Location: Mowa Band of Choctaw Indian Reservation, 1080 West Red Fox Road Mt. Vernon, AL 36560 $5000.00 Prize Money. All vendors, dancers, drums welcome! Contact: Todd Johnston, phone: 251-944-2789, email:chatawarrior@aol.com June 17-19, 2005: The Tribal Crossroads Pow Wow Location: Grayson County Agricultural and Recreational Park, Leitchfield, KY Honored Elder- Samuel Holiday, Navajo Code Talker; Honored Guest- John Carter, Tuskegee Airman; Dave "Whitewolf" Trezak; MC The Thunderheart Singers, Host Drum-John "Spiritwolf" Kountz, Head Veteran Barry Redbird Brown, AD- Amanda Beauchamp, Head Lady Onsite Camping Available. Covered Arena. Contact: phone: 270-286-8545, email: kyshores@direcway.com Event Website June 18-19, 2005: Plains Indian Museum Powwow Location: Joe Robbie Powwow Garden, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY Come experience the music, colors and energy of the 24th Annual Plains Indian Museum Powwow in the Robbie Powwow Garden adjacent to the Historical Center. Dancers, drum groups and artisans from the Northern Plains gather to celebrate the vibrant cultural traditions and histories of the people of the Plains. Competitive dance categories include traditional, jingle dress, fancy, grass, and team dancing with men, women and children participating in various age groups. Contact: Josie Hedderman, phone: 307-587-4771 June 18-19, 2005: Fifth Annual Shenandoah Valley Powwow Location: Intersection of Interstate 81 and Exit 269, Mt. Jackson, VA 22847 Join Native Americans from all over the Country for a weekend of dancing, singing, and socializing. Shop with over 25 Native Craftmen and Artists Traditional Food Booths. Non-Competition, Traditional Powwow. Primative Camping on site for participants. Admission $ 5.00 adults - under 12 free. NO ALCOHOL...PLEASE LEAVE PETS AT H0ME. Open arena. Prestigeous Head Staff: Host Drum: Cedar Tree Singers; Invited Drums: Nux Baga Singers, Black Bear; MC: Clayton Old Elk; Arena Director: Jay Hill; Head Man: Keith Anderson Head Woman: Georgiana Old Elk. Contact: The Silver Phoenix Trading Post, phone: 540-477.9616, email: sphoenix@shentel.net June 17-19, 2005: 11th Annual Competition Powwow Location: Edgewater Park, Cleveland, OH Native American Concert, Traditional Food, Jewelry, Craft & Art Vendors, Educational Demonstrations, Storytelling, Drum Contest,Traditional Regalia, raffles and more. Open to Public, Rain or Shine. Contact: email: aiecinc@aol.com June 18-19, 2005: Chico Pow Wow Sober Nations Location: 20th Street Park -Chico, 851 Pomona Ave. #31, CHico, CA 95928 Grand Entry at 12 noon. Circle of Healing. Indian Tacos. Dance & Drum Contests. Vendors call 530-864-2792. Contact: Bebe Aquayo, phone: 530-898-8516, email: jhunter1@csuchico.edu June 18-20: 2005 Red Bottom Celebration Location: 1/2 mile east of Frazer, MT 59225 The 2005 Red Bottom Celebration is a contest Powwow with a number of specials ranging from Tiny Tot Boys to Golden Age Women. Everyone welcome. Daily feeds sponsored by various committee members. Contact: Niki Smoker, phone: 406-695-2310, email: lsmoker@nemontel.net June 23-25, 2005: 6th Annual New Windsor Intertribal Pow Wow Location: Rodeo Grounds ↦ Village Park, Village of New Windsor, New Windsor, IL 61465 No alcohol, drugs, firearms, or fireworks allowed. Limit of 20 traders. Princess, Little Princess, Warrior, and Little Warrior contests. See website for more details. Contact: Jeannie Herbert, phone: 309 667-2214, email: tribtres@winco.net June 24-26, 2005: 17th Annual Trade Days Festival Location: Old Trade School, Modock Road, Trade, TN 37691 17th year for Trade Days Festival. Multi-events will be happening all three days. Ron Colombe ~MC, HD~ Bad Water special guest: Arvel Bird & Jerry Harmon Contact: Jerry Laney, phone: 229-787-5180 evening, email: nativeway@mindspring.com June 24-26: 4th Annual Native American Gathering & Powwow 2005 Location: Ballyhoo Campground, 256 Werth Wyle Drive, Crossville, TN 38555 There is on-site camping available at the Ballyhoo Campground (931-484-0860). The host hotel for the event is Inns of the Cumberland, in Crossville (931-484-9566). MC: Dave White Wolf Trezak, Cherokee/Lakota. HL: Ellen Rasco, Echota Cherokee of Alabama. Host drum: Kah Ta Noh, Jr. from North Carolina. Head Veteran: Ronnie Johnson, from Rockwood, TN. Special guests include singer Jeff Lambert. Admission--adults $5, children to age 12 $3, under age 5 gets in free! Contact: Dana Sappier, phone: 931-788-3917, email: dsappier421@hotmail.com June 24-26, 2005: 6th Annual New Windsor Intertribal Pow Wow Location: Rodeo Grounds & Village Park, New Windsor, IL 61465 Limit of 20 vendors, not including food vendors. Free camping and showers for drums/singers, dancers, vendors, and special guests. Call for vendor fees and applications. Princess, Lil' Princess, Warrior, Lil' Warrior contests. Adults $5, Seniors $3, children 16 and under free with adult. Alcohol and drug free event. Sponsored by Central Illinois One People Organization. Bring a toy for Uncle Don's Toy Drive. Head Northern Drum: Four Nation Singers, MC: Don Hoffman, Arena Director: Kent Eyre, Head Man, Woman, and Veteran: TBA. Contact: Jeannie Herbert, phone: 309 667-2214, email: tribtres@winco.net June 24-26, 2005: Heart of the Thunderbird 14th Annual Native American Powwow Location: Central Missouri Regional Fairgrounds, 12860 Hwy 63 South, Rolla, MI 65401 Vendors and Dancers needed. Not a contest Powwow. All public and all dancers Welcome. Camping for tents, rv's available. Electricity and showers also available. Come join us for a great spiritual time. Stomp Dance on Friday night. Contact: Mona Murphy, phone: 573-422-6383, email: lenapemona@yahoo.com June 25-26, 2005: Mending the Sacred Hoop Traditional Pow Wow Location: Cal Zorn Recreation Center, 300 W. Russell Rd.. Tecumseh, MI "Mending the Sacred Hoop" hosted by The Leh-Nah-Weh Native American Organization and The City of Tecumseh. Contact: Todd Harder, phone: 517-264-1690, email: hardertodd3@aol.com June 25-26, 2005: 8th Annual Restoring The Circle Pow Wow Location: Lowell Fairgrounds,224 S. Hudson (Hwy 50 ), Lowell, MI 49331 8th annual traditional pow wow. Drug and alcohol free. "Family Friendly" event. Free admission and parking. Contact: Lori, phone: 616-364-4697, email: Wabushna@aol.com June 25-26, 2005: 2nd Annual Indian Nations University PowWow and Community Gathering Location: Near Ojai, CA, Ozema Valley, CA zip n/a This event celebrates earth mother and the vision of an earth-centered curriculum and campus at INU. The weekend activities include a sweat lodge, potluck breakfast, California traditional dance and song exhibitions' and an open fire for storytelling and singing., All dancers and drummers are welcome to participate. It'll be worth the drive! Come spend a day or stay on the land for the weekend. Tent and RV camping available. Facilities are rustic; please bring water for drinking and cooking. Contact: PowWow Committee, phone: 310-560-1187, email: PaiuteKarma@aol.com ========================================================================== Aboriginal Multi-Media Society Updated May 7, 2005 Aboriginal Community Events Listing http://www.ammsa.com/ammsaevents.html MAY 2005 May 31, 2005 to June 2, 2005 Aboriginal Consultation:`A Practical Legal Update and Step-by-Step Guide to Consulting with Aboriginal Communities Calgary, Alberta 1-877-927-7936 JUNE 2005 June 1 - 3, 2005 13 Annual NIICHRO General Assembly & Training Conference: Taking the Lead for Change - Tobacco Cessation Strategies for Aboriginal Communities Montreal, QC (540) 632-2111 Judi June 10 - 12, 2005 Sponsored by Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama Smith Lake Park - Cullman, Alabama Host Drum : Cherokee Road Singers Guest Drum: Night Eagle Singers Activities during the day, dancing & drumming in the evening Info: Tribal office: (256) 734-7337 June 22 - June 25, 2005 Dreamspeakers International Aboriginal Film Festival Planned festivities include the capturing of Aboriginal celebrations of Alberta's Centennial in selected communities across Alberta to be showcased at the 2006 Dreamspeakers Festival. Info.: Murray Jurak Dreamspeakers Film Society Edmonton, Alberta Phone: (780) 378-9609 Fax: (780) 378-9610 Email: info@dreamspeakers.org Website: www.dreamspeakers.org June 24 - 26, 2005 Sakimay First Nations Pow Wow Sakimay First Nation Pow Wow Grounds Saskatchewan Greg Rainville: (306) 697-2831 June 25 & 26, 2005 4th Annual Mending the Sacred Hoop Competition Pow Wow Calzorn Park 300 W. Russell Rd. Tecumseh, Michigan Contact Abel Cool Wind Bear Cooper (517)263-3233 E-Mail: Lehnahweh@msn.com ========================================================================== Whispering Winds Updated May 7, 2005 A Magazine of American Indian Crafts*Material Culture*Powwow JUNE 2005 * 3-5 19th Annual Red Earth Festival. Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City, OK. Info: (405) 427-5228 or redearth@redearth.org. * 3-5 Standing Bear Powwow. Bakersfield College, Bakersfield CA. Info: Gene (661) 589 3181. * 4-5 8th Annual Intertribal Powwow. Grand Village of the Kickapoo Park, Emmett Farm, LeRoy, IL. Info: (309) 261-3043. * 4-5 8th Annual Veteran's Powwow. VA Domiciliary, White City, OR. Info: 770-8073; skywatcher01@msn.com * 9 -11 49th Annual Texas Indian Hobbyist Association Dance. Galloway Hammond Recreation Center, Burnet, TX. Info: David 936-653-3116. * 10-11 Prairie Band Potawatomi Pow wow Celebration. Potawatomi Reservation, Mayetta, KS, Prairie Peoples Park. Info: (877)727-6743 for Micki or Rebekah or e-mail powwow@pbpnation.org. * 11-12 The Fort Ancient Celebration: A Gathering of Four Directions. Fort Ancient State Memorial, Lebannon, OH. Info: (800) 283-8904. www.ohiohistory.org * 17-18 Mowa Choctaw Powwow. Mowa Choctaw Reservation, Calvert, AL. Info: (251) 829-5500. * 17-19 The Tribal Crossroads Pow Wow. Grayson County Agricultural and Recreational Park. Leitchfield, KY. Info: ( 270) 286-8545. Web Site - http://www.kyshores.com/powwow Email - kyshores@direcway.com * 17-19 Gateway to Nations NYC Native American Heritage Celebration. Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY. Info: (718) 686-9297 * 18 Eagle's Message Mini Pow-wow. 8300 Snake Road, Athens, AL. Info: Judy Southard (256) 684-3014. wolfdreamin1965@aol.com * 18-19 Plains Indian Museum Powwow. Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY. www.bbhc.org/events * 18-19 Chico Pow Wow. Sober Nations, 20th St. Park off Highway 99, Chico, CA. Info: Bebe 530-566-1373 or 530-898-8516 or 893-8849. * 25-26 "The Native Bermuda Festival, Being Native; Being Yourself". St. David's Cricket Club Grounds. St. David's Island, Bermuda. Info: Stephen Tucker Chairman Phone: 441-505-4096 tsimpson@northrock.bm * 30-July 3 37th Annual Ute 4th of July Pow-wow. Pow-wow grounds off US HYW 40, Fort Duchesne UT. Info: Ron Cuch (435)722-8541, Email: utebulletin@ubtanet.com WHISPERING WIND Toll Free: 1-800-301-8009 PO BOX 1390 (Dept. 3) Voice: 985-796-5433 FOLSOM, LA 70437-1390 Fax: 985-796-9236 ========================================================================== Char-Koosta News Updated May 7, 2005 The official news publication of the Flathead Indian Nation http://www.charkoosta.com/ JUNE 3, 4 and 5 Powwow and Art Festival Oakridge, OR (on Hwy. 58) 541/367-2227 medicinewindsnews@yahoo.com JUNE 18, 19 AND 20 Red Bottom Celebration Frazer, MT 406/695-2310 lsmoker@nemontel.net JUNE 23, 24, 25 and 26 46th Annual Eastern Shoshone Indian Days Fort Washakie, WY 307/332-3532 (message phone) JUNE 24, 25 and 26 12th Annual Celebration Contest Powwow Pickstown, SD 605/487-7871, ext. 432 JUNE 30 through JULY 5 Annual 4th of July Celebration Arlee Powwow Grounds Arlee, MT 406/745-0023 JULY 14 through 17 Wahcinca Dakota Oyate Celebration Poplar, MT 406/672-5462 wahcinca@nativeweb.org JULY 15, 16 and 17 Standing Arrow Powwow Elmo, MT JULY 15, 16 and 17 10th Big Bear All-Nations Powwow Los Vaqueros Rodeo Arena Off Hwy 38 and Zaca Rd. Big Bear City, CA 909/797-1593 gfuentes@craftonhills.edu JULY 22, 23 and 24 Midnight Sun Traditional Powwow Fairbanks, AK 907/456-2245 info@ midnightsunpowwow.org www.midnightsunpowwow.org JULY 29, 30 and 31 38th Annual Powwow Fort Totten, ND 701/351-7421 AUG. 19, 20 and 21 SMSC Wacipi Prior Lake, MN 952/445-8900 www.shakopeedakota.org AUG. 27 and 28 Possum Hollow Powwow Ellwood City, PA 724/843-5001, 724/417-3078 powwowmom2000@yahoo.com SEPT. 16 and 17 Two Eagles Inaugural Powwow Rexburg, ID 208/359-8113 warriorcherokee@hotmail.com SEP. 17 and 18 Indiana Indian Movement Bluff City Powwow Rockport, IN 812/359-5303, 812/279-2335 OCT. 7, 8 and 9 19th Black Hills Powwow Rapid City, SD www.blackhillspowwow.com OCT. 22 and 23 3rd Annual Veterans Powwow Osborne Park, Euharlee, GA 404/377-4950 770/546-7191 amndn@mindspring.com www.euharlee.com/html/events.html NOV. 5 and 6 Annual Scholarship Powwow Bossier City Civic Center Bossier City, LA 318/219-8500, 318/747-2506 ElaineFairbanks@aol.com www.thundercloudtradingpost.com Let us announce your Powwow. 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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: Dan V. Lomahaftewa" --------- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:37:51 -0700 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="DAN V. LOMAHAFTEWA" http://www.indianz.com/2005/008374.asp Memorial service set for artist Dan V. Lomahaftewa May 25, 2005 A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 28, for Dan V. Lomahaftewa, the Hopi/Choctaw painter who died unexpectedly on April 14. Growing up on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona gave Lomahaftewa inspiration for his work. "From when I was very young I was surrounded by expressions of beauty accenting the homes of all my extended family," he said in recent interview. 'I was lucky to experience and be exposed to these artistic expressions which I feel has helped develop deeper appreciation for the intrinsic beauty and the aesthetics of my people." Friends and colleagues will pay tribute to Lomahaftewa's legacy at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lived. The service will be held at IAIA's Library & Technology Center from 5pm to 7pm. For more information, contact Marita Hinds at IAIA, 505-424-5704. Copyright c. 2000-2005 Indianz.Com. ----- "RE: Crossings" ----- Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 08:09:57 -0600 From: Gary Smith Subj: NA News Item - - - - - - -- - - - - - - filename="CROSSINGS" May 24, 2005 Dakota Locklear Lumberton Dakota Locklear, 2, of 2958 Oak Grove Church Road, died May 20, 2005, at Duke University Medical Center. The funeral will be 4 p.m. Tuesday at Praise and Worship Ministries, the Revs. Teddy Jacobs, Fredrick Locklear, Ricky Deese and Steve Strickland officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Airy Church Cemetery. Surviving are his parents, Jamie and Amanda Locklear of the home; a brother, Richard Garrett Watson Jr. of Rockingham; two sisters, Miranda Dawn Watson and Ashley Savannah Watson, both of the home; paternal grandparents, Rita Jacobs of Red Springs and Danny Sampson of Pembroke; paternal great-grandparents, Earlie B. and Eunice E. Locklear of Red Springs; maternal grandparents, Melba Smith of Laurel Hill and Larry Norton of Tifton, Ga.; and maternal great-grandparents, Janie Clark of Rowland and Henry Perkins of High Point. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Locklear and Son Funeral Home. May 25, 2005 Eula Mae Oxendine Hunt Fairmont Eula Mae Oxendine Hunt, 71, of Lola Road, Fairmont, died May 21, 2005, at home. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Fairpoint Baptist Church in Fairmont, the Revs. Bobby Burns and Timmy Hunt officiating. Burial will follow in the New Bethel Church Cemetery in Rowland. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Earl Hunt, and her parents, the Rev. Chesley and Mary Bell Oxendine. Surviving are a daughter, Patricia Butler of the home; seven brothers, Zeb Oxendine of Columbia, S.C., Chesley Oxendine Jr. of Arizona, Daniel James Oxendine of Lumberton, James Oxendine of Huntersville, Arnold Ray Oxendine of Fairmont, Earl Oxendine and Hearl Oxendine, both of Lumberton; six sisters, Lela Bell Hunt and Lucy Ransom, both of Greensboro, Rachael Murray of Thomasville, Betty O. Chavis of Pembroke, Shirley Smith of Thomasville and Mary Frances Huckaberry of Lumberton; a grandson; and a special friend, Mark Willoughby. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Floyd Funeral Services of Fairmont. May 26, 2005 Craig Wesley Locklear Shannon Craig Wesley Locklear, 33, of 1128 Morgan J. Road, Shannon, died May 22, 2005. The funeral will be 3 p.m. Thursday at the Crumpler Funeral Home Chapel, the Revs. Ricky Deese and Hedrick Jones officiating. Burial will follow in the Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery on Mount Tabor Road. Surviving are his father, Thurman Locklear of the home; his mother, Helen Ormsby of Fayetteville; a son, Brandon Lee Locklear of Raeford; a daughter, Haleisha Amanda Locklear of Raeford; three brothers, Michael Locklear of Fayetteville, Thurman Locklear Jr. of Lumberton and Brandon Locklear of Shannon; and six sisters, Thelma Bryant of Autryville, Juanita Spaulding of Whiteville, Tammy Hunt of Pembroke, and Angela Hardin, Helena Locklear and Jacqueline Spaulding, all of Fayetteville. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Crumpler Funeral Home in Red Springs. Vernon Locklear Lenoir Vernon "Chief" Locklear, 81, of Lenior, died May 23, 2005, at Caldwell Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be 2:30 p.m. today at Pendry's Funeral Home Chapel in Lenoir, the Revs. Julius Hall and Sam Craven officiating. Burial will follow in the Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Surviving are his wife, Ethel Bernice Burgin Locklear; four sons, Wade Locklear of Stony Point, Ronnie Locklear of Hudson, Delton Locklear and Bennett Locklear, both of Granite Falls; two daughters, Sandra Moore of Lenoir and Estelita Bollinger of Granite Falls; a brother, Neal Locklear of Pembroke; seven sisters, Shirley Eubanks and Ohma Mae Meadows, both of Maysville, Rhonda McDowell and Fannie Franks, both of Pembroke, Dorcas England of Signal Mountain, Tenn., Mary Callie Scharf of North Olmsted, Ohio, and Rose Jacobs of Supply; 14 grandchildren; and seven great- grandchildren. The family will receive friends an hour before the service at the funeral home. May 30, 2005 George Albert Locklear Pembroke George Albert Locklear, 85, of 610 George & Mollie Drive, died May 24, 2005, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. The funeral will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Airy Baptist Church, the Revs. Gerald Locklear and Harlie W. Locklear will be officiating. Burial will follow in the Locklear family cemetery. Locklear was born in Robeson County on Aug. 5, 1919. He was preceded in death by his parents, Boss and Dora Locklear; a brother, Willie Mack Locklear; and a son, Albert Lee Locklear. Surviving are his wife, Veola Locklear of the home; four sons, James Albert Locklear, Leon Carr Locklear, Marvin George Locklear, all of Pembroke, and Scottie Lynn Locklear of Lumberton; three daughters, Peggie Jean Locklear and Shirleen Briggs of Pembroke and Dora Lee Locklear of the home; a brother, Wilmer Locklear of Pembroke; 24 grandchildren; 31 great- grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; and a host of family, friends and relatives. The family will receive friends Friday 7 to 9 tonight at Locklear & Son Funeral Home in Pembroke. Liza Mae Hunt Cary Liza Mae Hunt, 63, of 101 Steel Trap Court, formerly of Robeson County, died May 26, 2005, at home. The funeral will be 1 p.m. Sunday at Fairpoint Baptist Church in Fairmont, the Revs. Dwight Deal and Bobby Deal officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. She was preceded in death by her parents, David Hunt and Leola Hammonds, a sister, Beadie Jane Deal and a son-in-law, Milton Hunt. Surviving are a son, Wilbert Daniel Strong Jr. and his wife, Tabatha, of Rowland; two daughters, Michelle Strong Foxx and her husband, Kevin, of the home, and Brenda Hunt of Lumberton; two brothers, Darryl Lynn Hunt and Earl Hammonds, both of Fairmont; two sisters, Letha Chavis of Fairmont and Kathy Rowell of Pembroke; four grandchildren, Bobby Lee Hunt, Adrienne Hunt, Daniel Strong Jr. and Trent Strong; and two great-grandchildren, Jayla Hunt and Bobby Hunt Jr. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Floyd Funeral Services of Fairmont and at other times at the home of her son, Wilbert Daniel Strong Jr., 829 W. Dew Road, Rowland. Laura Ann Hunt Oxendine Fairmont Laura Ann Hunt Oxendine, 62, of 6100 E. Raynham Road, died May 25, 2005, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. The funeral will be 3 p.m. Sunday at McDonald Pentecostal Holiness Church in McDonald, the Revs. Smith Locklear, Bruce Ransom and William Griffin officiating. Burial will follow at Fairpoint Church Cemetery in Fairmont. Surviving are his mother, Martha Hunt of Fairmont; two sons, Ardaniel "Buddy" Oxendine and Billy Oxendine, both of Fairmont; two daughters, Loura Oxendine of Fairmont and Annette Locklear and her husband, Smitty, of Raleigh; two brothers, Donald Bruce of Lumberton and Ronald and his wife, Myra, of Maxton; and five grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Floyd Funeral Services of Fairmont and at other times at the home of her daughter, Loura Oxendine, 6116 E. Raynham Road, Fairmont. Emmer Jane Locklear Maxton Emmer Jane Locklear, 85, of 2735 Fairley Road, formerly of St. Pauls, died May 27, 2005, at Scotland Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Faith Assembly of God, the Rev. Roy Clark officiating. Burial will follow in the Bullard family cemetery in Rex. Surviving are a sister, Melmire Clark of Red Springs; a grandchild; and a great-grandchild. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at McNeill Funeral Home in St. Pauls. Clayton Chavis Shannon Clayton Chavis, 56, 5053 Great Marsh Church Road, died May 26, 2005, at UNC Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. The funeral will be 3 p.m. today at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Rennert, the Revs. Anthony Oxendine and Jerry Scott officiating. Burial will follow at Barbara and Patricia Chavis family cemetery. Surviving are his parents, Harlie Chavis of Shannon and Virgie Chavis of Red Springs; two brothers, Don Chavis of Shannon and Dr. Herman Chavis of Lumberton; and three sisters, Amy Oxendine of Shannon, Patricia Lambert of Maxton and Barbara Chavis of Shelby. Harold Otis Locklear Pembroke Harold Otis Locklear, 66, of 224 Ila Mae Drive, died May 27, 2005, at Beverly Health Care. The funeral will be 4 p.m. Monday at Locklear and Son Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Steve Strickland and Brother Harlie W. Locklear officiating. Burial will follow at Lumbee Memorial Gardens. Surviving are two sisters, Jan Locklear and Judy Collins, both of Pembroke; and two brothers, Rex Locklear of Jacksonville, Fla. and Delton Locklear of Pembroke. The family will receive friends from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Copyright c. 2005 The Robesonian, Lumberton, NC. -=-=-=- May 25, 2005 Craig W. Locklear SHANNON - Craig Wesley Locklear, 33, of 1128 Morgan J Road, died Sunday, May 22, 2005. Services: Funeral, 3 p.m. Thursday in Crumpler Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Red Springs. Burial in Galilee Baptist church cemetery in Red Springs. Visitation: 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Survived by: Son, Brandon; daughter, Haleisha; father, Thurman; mother, Helen Ormsby; brothers, Michael, Thurman and Brandon; and sisters, Thelma Bryant, Angela Hardin, Tammy Hunt, Juanita Spaulding, Jacquline Spaulding and Helena. May 27, 2005 George A. Locklear PEMBROKE - George Albert Locklear, 85, of 610 George and Mollie Drive, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005, in Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton. Services: Funeral, 3 p.m. Saturday in Mount Airy Baptist Church. Burial in Locklear family cemetery. Visitation: 7 to 9 tonight at Locklear & Son Funeral Home in Pembroke. Survived by: Wife, Veola; sons, James, Albert, Leon, Marvin and Scottie; daughters, Shirleen Briggs, Peggie and Dora; brother, Wilmer; 24 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. May 28, 2005 Emmer J. Locklear MAXTON - Ms. Emmer Jane Locklear, 85, of 2735 Fairley Road, died Friday, May 27, 2005. Services: Funeral, 2 p.m. Sunday in Faith Assembly of God in St. Pauls. Burial in Bullard family cemetery in Rex. Visitation: 7 to 9 tonight at McNeill Funeral Home in St. Pauls. Survived by: Sister, Melmire Clark; a grandson; and a great-grandchild. Laura H. Oxendine FAIRMONT - Ms. Laura Ann Hunt Oxendine, 62, of 6100 E. Raynham Road, died Wednesday, May 25, 2005. Services: Funeral, 3 p.m. Sunday in McDonald Pentecostal Holiness Church in McDonald. Burial in Fairpoint Church cemetery. Visitation: 7 to 9 tonight at Floyd Funeral Services in Fairmont and at other times at the home of Loura Oxendine, 6116 E. Raynham Road. Survived by: Daughters, Annette Locklear and Loura; sons, Buddy and Billy; mother, Martha Hunt; brothers, Donald Bruce and Ronald; and five grandchildren. May 29, 2005 Harold O. Locklear PEMBROKE - Harold Otis Locklear, 66, of 224 Ila Mae Drive, died Friday, May 27, 2005. Services: Funeral, 4 p.m. Monday in Locklear & Son Funeral Home chapel in Pembroke. Burial in Lumbee Memorial Gardens in Lumberton. Viewing: 1 to 4 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Survived by: Sisters, Judy Collins and Jan; and brothers, Rex and Delton. Copyright c. 2005 The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer. -=-=-=- May 26, 2005 Catherine Bowman Bradley Cherokee - Catherine Bowman Bradley, 84, of Cherokee, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005. Visitation and funeral service will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Bill Moody Funeral Home in Bryson City. The graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Drama Cemetery. Copyright c. 2005 Asheville Citizen-Times. -=-=-=- May 30, 2005 Armella Jean Stately Armella Jean "Mella" Stately, whose Ojibwe names are "Migizi Ikwe," which means Bald Eagle Woman, and "Giniw Ikwe," which means Golden Eagle Woman, 52, of Bemidji, died on Thursday, May 26, 2005, at North Country Regional Hospital in Bemidji. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday at St. Mary's Mission Catholic Church in Red Lake with the Rev. Patrick Sullivan officiating. A visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. today at the Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji. A wake will begin in the afternoon on Saturday at the Red Lake Center in Red Lake and will continue until the time of the service on Monday. Burial will be in St. Mary's Mission Catholic Cemetery in Red Lake. Copyright c. 2005 Red Lake Net News. -=-=-=- May 25, 2005 Timothy David Beaudreau Timothy David Beaudreau, 18, of Little Falls, Minn., formerly of Cass Lake, died on Sunday, May 22, 2005, in Backus, Minn. A funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday at the Cass Lake Facility Center in Cass Lake with the Rev. George Ross officiating. A wake will begin at 4 p.m. today at the facility center and will continue on until the time of service on Thursday. Burial will be in Prince of Peace Cemetery in Cass Lake. The Cease Family Funeral Home of Cass Lake assisted the family with arrangements May 27, 2005 Armella Jean Stately Armella Jean "Mella" Stately, whose Ojibwe names are "Migizi Ikwe," which means Bald Eagle Woman, and "Giniw Ikwe," which means Golden Eagle Woman, 52, of Bemidji, died on Thursday, May 26, 2005, at North Country Regional Hospital in Bemidji. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday at St. Mary's Mission Catholic Church in Red Lake with the Rev. Patrick Sullivan officiating. A visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. today at the Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji. A wake will begin in the afternoon on Saturday at the Red Lake Center in Red Lake and will continue until the time of the service on Monday. Burial will be in St. Mary's Mission Catholic Cemetery in Red Lake. May 27, 2005 Roy Guinn Jr, Roy Guinn Jr., 29, of Bemidji, died on Monday, May 23, 2005, as a result of a car accident near Rice Lake, Minn. A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the Rice Lake Sports Complex in Rice Lake with the Rev. Lisa Smith officiating. A wake will begin at 7 p.m. today at the sports complex and will continue until the time of service on Saturday. Burial will be in Pine Bend Cemetery in Pine Bend, Minn. The Cease Family Funeral Home of Bagley assisted the family with arrangements. Chrystal Marie Guinn Chrystal Marie Guinn, 20, of West St. Paul, Minn., died on Tuesday, May 24, 2005, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in rural Bagley. Traditional Indian Way Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Circle of Life School in White Earth, Minn., with Spiritual Advisor Tommy Stillday officiating. A visitation will be held at 2 p.m. today, with a 6 p.m. evening service, and will continue until the time of service on Saturday. Burial will be in Nay Tah Waush Traditional Burial Grounds, Naytahwaush, Minn. The David-Donehower Funeral Home of Detroit Lakes, Minn., assisted the family with arrangements. Maria Guinn Maria Guinn, 20, of Bagley, died on Monday, May 23, 2005, as the result of a car accident near Rice Lake, Minn. A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the Rice Lake Sports Complex in Rice Lake with the Rev. Lisa Smith officiating. A wake will begin at 7 p.m. today at the sports complex and will continue until the time of service on Saturday. Burial will be in Pine Bend Cemetery in Pine Bend, Minn. The Cease Family Funeral Home of Bagley assisted the family with arrangements. Billy Lovejoy Billy Lovejoy, 28, of Bagley, died on Tuesday, May 24, 2005, as the result of an automobile accident near Rice Lake, Minn. A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the Rice Lake Sports Complex in Rice Lake with the Rev. Lisa Smith officiating. A wake will begin at 7 p.m. today at the sports complex and continue until the time of service on Saturday. Burial will be in St. Ann's Catholic Cemetery in Naytahwaush, Minn. The Cease Family Funeral Home of Bagley assisted the family with the arrangements. Armella Jean Stately Armella Jean "Mella" Stately, whose Ojibwe names are "Migizi Ikwe," which means Bald Eagle Woman, and "Giniw Ikwe," which means Golden Eagle Woman, 52, of Bemidji, died on Thursday, May 26, 2005, at North Country Regional Hospital in Bemidji. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday at St. Mary's Mission Catholic Church in Red Lake with the Rev. Patrick Sullivan officiating. A visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. today at the Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji. A wake will begin in the afternoon on Saturday at the Red Lake Center in Red Lake and will continue until the time of the service on Monday. Burial will be in St. Mary's Mission Catholic Cemetery in Red Lake. Copyright c. 2005 The Pioneer/Bemidji, MN. -=-=-=- May 26, 2005 Clarence Runs After Clarence Runs After, 81, Eagle Butte, S.D., died May 21, 2005, at a Rapid City, S.D., hospital. Services will be held at 10 a.m. MDT Saturday, May 28, at H.V. Johnston Cultural Center, Eagle Butte. Burial will be at Eagle Butte City Cemetery. Oster Funeral Home, Mobridge. Eiara Talks Eiara Talks, stillborn daughter of Dorothy Talks, Eagle Butte, S.D., died May 25, 2005, at a Pierre, S.D., hosptial. Arrangements are pending with Oster Funeral Home, Mobridge, S.D. May 27, 2005 Brently Dogskin Brently Thomas Dogskin, infant son of Kimberly Dogskin, Fort Yates, entered into eternal rest on May 24, 2005, at a Bismarck care center. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 28, at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Fort Yates, with the Rev. William Cosgrove officiating. Burial will be in the Joe Grey Bear Cemetery, north of Fort Yates. He is survived by his mother, Kimberly Dogskin, Fort Yates; his grandparents, Jackson and Karen Dogskin; his great-grandfather, Joe Grey Bear Sr.; and his great-grandmother, Seraphine Dogskin. He was preceded in death by his great-grandfather, Thomas Dogskin; and his great-grandmother, Emma Grey Bear. Perry Funeral Home, Mandan. Stanley Metcalf Stanley Metcalf Jr., 46, Eagle Butte, S.D., died May 22, 2005, at his home. Services will be held at 10 a.m. MDT Tuesday, May 31, at H.V. Johnston Cultural Center, Eagle Butte. Burial will be at St. Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery. Oster Funeral Home, Mobridge, S.D. Copyright c. 2005 Bismarck Tribune. -=-=-=- Teton Times, The LEGAL Newspaper of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Spirit World May 18-25, 2005 Joseph `Zipp' Village Center, Jr., 76 Han Wakute `Shoots At Night' MCLAUGHLIN - Funeral for Joseph "Zipp" Village Center, Jr., 76 was held May 16, 2005 at St. Peters Episcopal Church in McLaughlin. Rev. Frezil Westerlund, Chaplin Moe Greiner and Standing Rock Episcopal Lay Ministers officiated. Burial was in the Black Hills National Cemetery under the direction of Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge. Graveside military honors were provided by the Sturgis Honor Guard. Mr. Village Center passed away on May 9, 2005 at St. Alexius Hospital in Bismarck, N.D. Joseph Village Center, Jr. was born on Feb. 11, 1928 in Little Eagle, to Joseph and Agnes (Looking Elk) Village Center. He was adopted and raised by Antoine and Josephine Whiteman. He received his education at the Little Eagle Day School. On June 8, 1951 he was drafted into the United States Army, where he earned a United Nations Service Medal and a Korean Service Medal. Joseph was honorable discharged on March 16, 1953. He is survived by two daughters Charlotte Village Center of Little Eagle, and Loretta Village Center of McLaughlin; Three sisters Dorothy Ramirez of Tucson, Ariz., Etta Taken Alive of McLaughlin. and Mary Village Center of McLaughlin; One brother Leonard Village Center of Ft. Yates, N.D.; Grandchildren: Samantha Long Feather of Fort Yates, N.D., Christian Bear Ribs, Phyllis Has Horns, Kevin Has Horns all of McLaughlin, Alvin Kills Crow, Troy Kills Crow, Tina Kills Crow, Tiona Kills Crow, Clint Kills Crow, Terry Kills Crow, Tasha Kills Crow, Clifford Kills Crow, Leon Kills Crow all of Little Eagle, SD and eight great grand-children. He was preceded in death by his parents. one son Donald and his special companion Matilda Long Feather. Casketbearers were Vincent Village Center, Larry Village Center. Richard Long Feather, Kevin Has Horns. Russell Has Horns. Shawn Noisy Hawk, Pemell Two Hearts and Melvin Foster. Honorary casketbearers were Melvin Shoots The Enemy. Joe White Mountain. Sr.. Alex Looking Elk Everett Noisy Hawk Pat Noisy Hawk, Pat Hawk, Clyde Walking Elk. Sidney Eagle Shield, Sr., Jimmy Scares The Hawk, Leonard Village Center, Steve Scares The Hawk, Veterans Industries, Standing Rock Ambulance Service and St. Alexius Medical Center Staff. Organist was Gladys Hawk. Pearl Brings Horse, 79 Zicaluta Win `Red Squirrel Woman' EAGLE BUTTE - Funeral for Pearl Brings Horse, 79 was held May 16, 2005 at the H. V. Johnston Cultural Center in Eagle Butte. Rev. Norman Blue Coat and Rev. Tony Garter officiated. Burial was in the UCC Cemetery in LaPlant, under the direction of Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge. Pearl passed away on May 11, 2005 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Pearl Ethel Brings Horse was born on September 20, 1925 in Little Eagle, South Dakota to Moses and Louise (Iron) Bird Necklace. She grew up in Ridgeview and LaPlant, South Dakota, attending school in LaPlant. Pearl married Phillip Brings Horse in 1951; they lived in Bear Creek, LaPlant, and Eagle Butte, South Dakota. She attended the Charles Cook Theological School in Tempe, Arizona. She worked as a cook, enjoyed sewing, making blankets, quilts, and pillows; she also raised many of her grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. Since they were babies she raised her grandchildren, Carlin Brings Horse, Jr.. Brady Miller, John Miller, Melody Maynard, and Conrad Brings Horse. Pearl's favorite hymns were, "Jesus Is Waiting", "Please Help Me". "The Rose", Dakota Hymn 89, and "Sweet By and By"; her favorite Bible verse was Matthew, Chapter 5 Verses 3-11. She is survived by her children Nancy Stands For of Eagle Butte. SD. Carlin (Gloria) Brings Horse, Sr. of Promise, SD, Lavita' (Bill) Miller of Eagle Butte, SD' James Brings Horse of Eagle Butte, SD, and Monalisa Brings Horse of Eagle Butte. SD; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother Dennis Bird Necklace, sisters, Alma Rivers and Verda Bird Necklace, step daughter, Gloria Brings Horse, Husband Phillip Brings Horse in 1966, and one stillborn son, Darrel Dean Brings Horse. Casketbearers will be Brady Miller, Carlin Brings Horse, Jr., Jayme Two Crow, Dansyl Two Crow, Shane Bruguier, Trent Stands For, Francis Jewett and Tracy High Elk. Honorary casketbearers will be Westwinds home Healthcare Staff, Cecila Looking Horse/Darilee/Beatrice, Black Hills Dialysis Unit Staff and Patients, Dora Bruguier, Goldie Iron Hawk, Tony Garter, Fay and Karen Garreau, Myra Lee, Francis Lee, Yvonne Garreaux, Terri Pearman, Sharon Vogel, Sonya Holy Eagle, Catherine Silva, Dewey Bad Warrior, Gary Bad Warrior, Dr. Henderson, Dr. Lonbachen, Dr. Louis Raymond, Josephine High Elk. Lavinia Eagle Chasing, Pauline Eagle Chasing, Melvin and Melda Garreau, Gail Bird Necklace, Aldena High Bear, Arbana Thompson, Mona Demery, Cordelia Benoist, Judy Little Shield, Edith Traversie, Sharlene Iron Road and Family. John and Cynthia Howe. Mike Jewett. Clarice Miner and Family, Smokey Traversie. Elijah Jamise, Cyril Iron Road and Family, Anita Thompson, Grace Briggs, Jim Gilbert, Rose Bad Hand. Maethel Moran, Ethel Uses The Knife. Darlene Sands. Darlene Traversie. Don Two Crow, George and Althea Laundreaux, Mike and Patsy Bowker. Mary Johnson, Grace Larrabee. Harvey and Fern Hawk Eagle, Frank and Dorothy Tibbs, Alta LeClaire, Mary LuRousseau, Vernie & Kathy Martin, Clifford High Bear, Gladys Turning Heart, Beverly Scott and Family, Joe Lafferty, Ar lee and Delores High Elk and family, Trini Bird Necklace, Tricia Bird Necklace and family. Tiffany Bird Necklace, Marie Braveheart. Majel Del Rio and family, Orville Lee, and all family and friends. Special music will be provided by Toni and Byron Buffalo, Harvey Hawk Eagle and Winona Washburn. Drum group will be Wakiyan Maza. Traditional services by Orville Looking Horse. In Loving Memory of Cousin Friend `Rueben Jensen' May 16, 1989 - April 25, 2004 Missing You... Your Relatives Lee/Rhea Archambault Family Tyrell, Tyrone, Vincent, Deloria Monique & Tre'Jaun Michael Copyright c. 2005 Teton Times, McLaughlin, SD. -=-=-=- May 26, 2005 Clarence Runs After Eagle Butte - Funeral services for Clarence Runs After, 81, of Eagle Butte, will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Cultural Center in Eagle Butte. Burial will be in the Eagle Butte City Cemetery under the direction of Oster Funeral Home. Clarence Runs After passed away on May 21, 2005 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Eiara Talks Eagle Butte - Funeral arrangements for Eiara Talks, stillborn daughter of Dorothy Talks of Eagle Butte, are pending with Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge. Eiara Talks passed away on May 25, 2005 at St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre. May 27, 2005 Matt Ducheneaux Eagle Butte - Mass of Christian Burial for Matt Ducheneaux, 41, of Eagle Butte, will be Saturday, 10 a.m. MDT, at All Saints Catholic Church in Eagle Butte. Fr. Brian Lane officiating. Burial will be in St. Theresa Catholic Cemetery at White Horse under direction of Kesling Funeral Home in Mobridge. All night wake service will be Friday beginning at 6 p.m. at the church in Eagle Butte. Mr. Ducheneaux passed away May 23 at Eagle Butte. Stanley Metcalf Jr. Eagle Butte - Funeral for Stanley Metcalf, Jr. age 46 of Eagle Butte at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at the Cultural Center in Eagle Butte. Burial in the Catholic Church Cemetery in Red Scaffold, S.D. under the direction of Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge, S.D. An all night wake service will begin at 7 p.m., MDT, on Monday at the Cultural Center. Stanley passed away May 22, 2005 at his home in Eagle Butte. May 30, 2005 Eiara Eagle Horse Eagle Butte - Funeral for Eiara Eagle Horse, stillborn daughter of Dorothy Talks and Samuel Eagle Horse of Eagle Butte, at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Cultural Center in Eagle Butte. Burial in the Catholic Cemetery in Thunder Butte under the direction of Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge. Eiara died on May 25, 2005, at St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre, SD. Copyright c. 2005 Aberdeen American News. -=-=-=- Welcome to the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe/Dakota Nation Sota Iya Ye Yapi On-Line, News from the Lake Traverse Reservation Volume 36, Issue 22 Wednesday, June 1, 2005 Funeral services held for Samuel DuMarce, Jr. Funeral services for Samuel DuMarce Jr., 66, of Sisseton, SD, were held on Thursday afternoon, May 26, 2005, at the Tribal community center in Agency Village, SD, with the Rev. Phil Lawrence and Rev. Mike Simon officiating. Pianist was Billy Kohl. Active pallbearers were Bruce L. DuMarce, Michael S. DuMarce, Marlon T. DuMarce, Conrad DuMarce, Sampson DuMarce, Jr., Waylon J. DuMarce, Leonard DuMarce, Craig DuMarce, and Robert L. Blanton. Honorary pallbearers were all of Sam's friends and moccasin game players. There were wake services on Tuesday evening, and all-night on Wednesday, at the community center. Military rites were provided by the Vietnam Veterans Association. Interment is at Mayasan Presbyterian Cemetery in rural Sisseton. The Cahill Funeral Chapel, Sisseton, was in charge of the arrangements. Sam was born on March 8, 1939 to Samuel and Eva Ella (Robertson) DuMarce, Sr. in Veblen, SD. He grew up and attended school in Veblen, Wahpeton, and Flandreau. After his education, Sam entered into the Marines. He served from December 10, 1956 to December 10, 1959 when he was honorably discharged. After his discharge, Sam returned to the Sisseton area where he worked for local area farmers. Then Sam moved to Spokane, WA where he lived and worked for a little while. Sam eventually moved back to Sisseton, where he lived until his death. Sam liked to hunt, fish, trap, and to play moccasin. Sam was also an accomplished singer of the old songs. Sam passed away on May 23, 2005 at his home in Sisseton, SD. Sam is survived by three children - Perry Lufkins of Sisseton, Donita Lufkins of Minneapolis, MN, and Francine Barker of Spokane, WA; four sisters - Lily Renville of Sisseton, June Blanton of Las Vegas, NV, Clarine Everett of Knoxville, TN, and Florine Garcia of Niota, TN; two brothers - Sampson DuMarce of Sisseton, and Hazen DuMarce of Sisseton; several grandchildren; and several great grandchildren. Sam was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter, Denise, four brothers, and two sisters. Copyright c. 1999-2003 by C. D. Floro/Earth and Sky Enterprises. -=-=-=- May 24, 2005 Ronald "Louie" Ferguson Jr. PINE RIDGE - Ronald "Louie" Ferguson Jr., 23, Pine Ridge, died Friday, May 20, 2005, in Wounded Knee as a result of an automobile accident. Survivors include his wife, Norma Jo Tibbitts, Pine Ridge; three daughters, Cailee Ferguson and Chelse Ferguson, both of Pine Ridge, and Heaven Long Crow, Fort Thompson; his parents, Ronald Ferguson Sr., Kyle, and Mona Waters, Pine Ridge; one brother, Bo Ferguson, Pine Ridge; and five sisters, Kristin Waters, Pine Ridge, Sydnee Ferguson and Marvie Ferguson, both of Kyle, and Molina Ferguson and Kristy Janis, both of Sharps Corner. A one-night wake will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 26, at Billy Mills Hall in Pine Ridge. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 27, at Billy Mills Hall, with the Rev. Patrick Barker and the Rev. Rhoda Mesteth officiating. Burial will be at Waters Family Cemetery, Cheyenne Creek, Pine Ridge. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Riley J. Ferguson PINE RIDGE - Riley J. Ferguson, 3 months, Pine Ridge, died Friday, May 20, 2005, in Wounded Knee as a result of an automobile accident. Survivors include his mother, Norma Jo Tibbitts, Pine Ridge, and three sisters, Cailee Ferguson and Chelse Ferguson, both of Pine Ridge, and Heaven Long Crow, Fort Thompson. A one-night wake will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 26, at Billy Mills Hall in Pine Ridge. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 27, at Billy Mills Hall, with the Rev. Patrick Barker and the Rev. Rhoda Mesteth officiating. Burial will be at Waters Family Cemetery, Cheyenne Creek, Pine Ridge. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. George T. Ghost Bear Jr. BATESLAND - George T. Ghost Bear Jr., 54, Batesland, died Friday, May 20, 2005, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He served in the U.S. Army. Survivors include his wife, Alberta Clinchers, Rapid City; one son, Drew Kills Back, Porcupine; one daughter, Holly Red Feather, Mission Flats, Pine Ridge; one stepson, Frederick Mousseaux, Rapid City; two stepdaughters, Sherry Mousseaux and CJ Mousseaux, both of Rapid City; nine brothers, Myron Ghost Bear, Allen, Dennis Ghost Bear, Kyle, Robert Ghost Bear, Rapid City, Delbert Ghost Bear, California, and Joe Bettelyoun, Terry Bettelyoun, Marlin Parmenter, Mike Parmenter and Manuel Bettelyoun, all of Batesland; six sisters, Lucy Ghost Bear and Bernice Thomas, both of Oakland, Calif., Averial Marshall, Allen; Christine Red Cloud, Pine Ridge, and Donna Starr and Sue Bettelyoun, both of Batesland; and eight grandchildren. A two-night wake service will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, at the Batesland School gym. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 27, at Batesland School, with the Rev. Joe Brown Thunder officiating. Burial will be at Knight Family Cemetery in Batesland. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Monica Stands PINE RIDGE - Monica Stands, 87, Pine Ridge, died Friday, May 20, 2005, in Pine Ridge. Survivors include two sons, Calvin Stands and Vernon Stands, both of Pine Ridge; three daughters, Illa Red Owl, Pine Ridge, Joann Pourier, Rapid City, and Danielle Wilson, McDermitt, Nev.; one brother, Seth Irving, Rio Grande, N.M.; one sister, Cecelia Cuny, Denver; 13 grandchildren; and 34 great-grandchildren. A prayer service vigil will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pine Ridge. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 26, at the church, with the Rev. Steve Sanford officiating. Burial will be at Holy Rosary Catholic Cemetery in Pine Ridge. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. May 25, 2005 Phoebe M. Thunder Horse WOUNDED KNEE - Phoebe M. Thunder Horse, 67, Wounded Knee, died Monday, May 23, 205, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include her husband: Paul Thunder Horse, Wounded Knee; sons: Joe White Bear Claws, Wounded Knee, Rod White Bear Claws, Calico, SD, Jeff White Bear Claws, Rapid City, Harold White, Golden, Colorado; daughters: Pat White Bear Claws, Calico, Lea White Bear Claws, Wounded Knee, Marge White Bear Claws, Wolf Creek, SD; adopted daughter: Jan Little Dog, Manderson, SD; brothers: Joe Hawk and Steve Hawk of Oglala, Lambert Hawk, San Diego, CA, Vincent Ten Fingers, Chadron, NE; sisters: Sara Forney and Tillie White, Oglala, Phoebe He Crow, Pine Ridge; 24 grandchildren; and 45 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents Tal & Jennie Hawk; sons, Silas White Bear Claws, Edward White Bear Claws and Michael White Bear Claws; grandsons, Ken Rowland and Brandon Running Bear. A two night wake begins 3:00 p.m. Thursday, May 26, at Loneman School, Oglala. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 28, at Loneman School, with Fr. Bill Pauly, SJ officiating. Burial will be at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Cemetery, Oglala. Arrangements have been placed in the care of Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge. May 27, 2005 Stanley Metcalf Jr. EAGLE BUTTE - Stanley Metcalf Jr., 46, Eagle Butte, died Sunday, May 22, 2005, at his home. An all-night wake service will begin at 7 p.m. Monday, May 30, at H.V. Johnston Cultural Center in Eagle Butte. Family and friends will gather at the 4-mile junction at 5 p.m. Monday to follow in procession to the cultural center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 31, at the cultural center, with the Rev. Norman Blue Coat and the Rev. Tony Garter officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery. Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge is in charge of arrangements. May 28, 2005 Lewis Few Tails Sr. KYLE - Lewis Few Tails Sr., 62, Kyle, died Friday, May 27, 2005, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Hot Springs. Survivors include his wife, Valerie Few Tails, Kyle. Arrangements are pending with Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge. Arthur Paul LaCroix Arthur Paul LaCroix RAPID CITY - Former Mayor Arthur Paul LaCroix, 82, died on Friday, May 27, 2005, at his residence. He was born December 8, 1922, in the Devil's Nest Hills of Knox County in northeast Nebraska to Oliver and Mary LaCroix. His parents and eight brothers and sisters moved to South Dakota where they farmed north of Wall. During the Depression his family journeyed to Rapid City which became their permanent home. Art was very proud of his part Santee-Sioux heritage, and followed his visions to great leadership. In his early 20s, Art served in the United States Army in Europe during World War II where he took part in the Battle of the Bulge. He received a battlefield commission as well as the Purple Heart for being wounded in battle. He was a proud member of the 106th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop. On September 28, 1947, while serving overseas Art married his late wife Trude Ertl in Gmunden, Austria. After returning home to the States with his new bride, he remained in the Army Reserve and retired as a Major after 20 years of honorable service. In 1956 Art became a businessman as he joined Cyrus Pettigrew and Vern Lecy in partnership in the opening of the Linoleum Center. Art served his community by taking an active role in the North Rapid Civic Association which led him to become an Alderman for Ward 4. When Art decided to run for Mayor he sold his business to pursue all the responsibilities for the Mayor's position, and to avoid any conflict of interest. In 1975 Art was elected Mayor and served 12 years as Rapid City's longest active Mayor. His initial job was monumental and very challenging since Rapid City was still recovering from the devastating 1972 flood and needed rebuilding and more clean-up. Under Art's leadership the city was transformed into the Star of the West, the ravaged path of the flood turned into ball parks, bike and hiking trails, golf courses and greenbelts. Art worked on several big projects such as the airport, the Civic Center, a new main fire station and the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn Hotel. He was also instrumental in planning the city school administration building. He served on numerous boards and committees during his lifetime and was honored with many awards, including naming the LaCroix Links Golf Course and LaCroix Hall at the Civic Center in his honor. Art was also a very talented artist whose alabaster sculpture "Shuntanka" has been cited in the National Geographic and Lapidary Journal. This particular sculpture is of two fighting stallions and has been on display at the Rapid City Art Gallery in the past. Other hobbies included golfing, skiing, hunting, fishing, playing the organ and wood carving. He also enjoyed baseball as a young man. He was a member of the Westside Kiwanis Club and was presented with the George F. Hixson Fellow award. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus and served as honorary Chairperson for the Dahl Fine Arts Center campaign. Art attended St. Therese Catholic Church where he carved the beautiful rose on the altar. After Trude's death, he married Hermine "Chris" Lemon and became a member of Blessed Sacrament Church. Grateful for having shared his life are his wife Chris, son Michael LaCroix with wife Sally of Rapid City, stepson Dan Carlson and his wife Michelle of Capitol Heights, MD; stepson Levern Carlson and wife Sandra of Austin, TX; three sisters, Agnes Mousel of Rapid City, Gertrude Adams of Jacksonville, FL, and Margaret Hoggatt of Longview, WA; also three grandsons, Christopher, Anthony and James LaCroix and four granddaughters, Blaire, Ellese, Miranda and Rachel Carlson. He was preceded in death by his parents Oliver and Mary LaCroix, his first wife Trude and his brothers Francis, Leonard, Roy and Everett LaCroix. His family and friends will deeply miss Art who so unselfishly devoted his life to his family, community and country he cared for so much. We lost a wonderful man and a great leader. May he rest in peace. Visitation will be from 3:00 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Osheim- Catron Funeral Home. Christian Wake services, with Rosary, will be at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Blessed Sacrament Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Blessed Sacrament Church with Rev. Kevin Achbach presiding. Interment, with military honors provided by Rushmore VFW Post 1273, will be at the Black Hills National Cemetery. A memorial has been established for the Dahl Fine Arts Center Building Fund. Friends may offer condolences and sign the online guest book at www.osheimcatron.com. May 29, 2005 Keannu Reeves Williams PORCUPINE - Keannu Reeves Williams, infant, Porcupine, was stillborn Monday, May 23, 2005, at Pine Ridge Hospital. Survivors include his parents, Don and Geraldine Williams, Porcupine, and three sisters, Kayla Richards, Kenra Williams and Karley Williams, all of Porcupine. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 2, at Porcupine CAP Office, with the Rev. Patrick Barker officiating. Burial will be at Gethsemane Episcopal Cemetery in Wanblee. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. May 30, 2005 Eiara Faylyn Eagle Horse EAGLE BUTTE - Eiara Faylyn Eagle Horse, infant daughter of Dorothy Talks and Samuel Eagle Horse of Eagle Butte, was stillborn Wednesday, May 25, 2005, at St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 1, at H.V. Johnston Cultural Center in Eagle Butte, with the Rev. Timothy Castor officiating. Burial will be at St. Peter's Catholic Church Cemetery in Thunder Butte. Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge is in charge of arrangements. Frederick L. Marrow Bone OGLALA - Frederick L. Marrow Bone, 49, Oglala, died Monday, May 23, 2005, in Pine Ridge as a result of an automobile accident. Survivors include five aunts, Phoebe Red Elk, Manderson, and Phyllis One Feather, Geraldine Yellow Horse, Irene Pipe On Head and Darlene Kills Enemy, all of Oglala, and one uncle, James Yellow Horse, Oglala. A two-night wake began Sunday, May 29, at Brother Rene Catholic Hall in Oglala. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 31, at the hall. Burial will be at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery in Slim Buttes. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2005 The Rapid City Journal. -=-=-=- May 25, 2005 Sharla Beth "Tish" Coffee McLoud resident Sharla Beth "Tish" Coffee, 47, died Tuesday, May 24, at an Oklahoma City hospital. Tish was born April 18, 1958, in Lawton to Ben Coffee and Margaret (Neash) Downs. She was a homemaker and lived in the McLoud-Harrah area all her life. She is preceded in death by her father, stepfather, Leroy Downs, mother and brother, David Mahtapene. Survivors include four children, Ben Johnson Riley, Wachie Allen Riley, Sahaunie Nicole Coffee and Hulbutta Kotcha Riley; grandchildren, Erin Jordan Riley, Kyla Renee Robertson and Zachary Allen Riley; brother, Larry Otis Coffee, many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and "sisters." Tribal rites were held Wednesday at sunrise by the Native American Church. Burial was at the Kickapoo Tribal Cemetery. May 28, 2005 Roy John Banks Yale resident Roy John Banks, 101, died Wednesday, May 25, at Cushing Regional Hospital. Service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church, Yale, with Brother Mike Dersham officiating. Graveside service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Little Cemetery with the Rev. Steve Lopp officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Palmer and Marler Funeral Home. Copyright c. 1997-2005 The Shawnee News-Star. -=-=-=- May 30, 2005 Deyo Paddyaker DUNCAN - Funeral for Deyo Paddyaker, 93, Duncan, will be 11 a.m., Thursday, at Carter-Smart Funeral Home, Duncan, with Mitchell Paddyaker officiating. Mr. Paddyaker died Saturday, May 28, 2005, in Duncan. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery, Duncan, under direction of Comanche Nation Funeral Home. He was born January 17, 1912 to Benton and Libby Mihesuah Paddyaker. He retired from Duncan Seed and Grain in 1981. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife of 52 years, Faye; a daughter, Patsy Ruth; two brothers, Floyd and Vic Paddyaker; a sister, Ilene; and a grandson, Johnny Cockrell. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Deyo Jr. and Donna Paddyaker, Oklahoma City; two daughters: Chiquita Paddyaker, Oklahoma City; and Peggy Paddyaker, Edmond; two brothers and sisters-in-law: Carl and Bonita Paddyaker; Benton Jr. and Emily Paddyaker; three sisters and brother-in-law: Wakeah and Clay Hoahwah, Norman; Annette Mahsetsky and Marcy, Oklahoma City; and Audrey Jones, Ozark, AK; nine grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; two great-great-granddaughters; numerous nieces and nephews; and many friends. A prayer service will be held 7 p.m., Wednesday Comanche Nation Funeral Home. Copyright c. 2005 The Lawton Constitution. -=-=-=- May 28, 2005 Roy John Banks Funeral services for former Wewoka resident Roy John Banks are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Yale. Bro. Mike Dershem is set to officiate. Graveside service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Little Cemetery in Little with Rev. Steve Lopp officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Palmer and Marler Funeral Chapel in Yale. Banks died Wednesday, May 25, 2005, at Cushing Regional Hospital. He was 101 years old. He was born Aug. 29, 1903, in Goewn to Albert and Emma (Slaven) Banks. Banks married Ida Rae Stillwell on April 27, 1927, in Wewoka. In 1943, he was baptized at the Highway Baptist Church. Banks raised his son and also helped raise his nephews, Charles and Jim Woods. He moved to Yale in 1956. Banks was an active member of the First Baptist Church where he was head of the Men's Brotherhood Group, taught Sunday school for over 50 years and served as past Trustee. He came to be known as the "Candy Man" and church "Grandpa" to many children as he used to pass out suckers at the door of the church. Banks worked as a foreman for Mobil Oil Co. and retired in 1967. He was their oldest living retiree. In 1954, he traveled to Philadelphia to help organize the Magnolia/Mobil Oilfield Union. Banks was past president of the Lions Club. He was a member of the American Fishing Association and Woodsman Association. Banks was proud of his Choctaw Heritage. He went hunting and fishing. He made sweet pickles and pear relish and was known to share what he made. At the age of 100, he visited the dedication service at the Highway Baptist Church. Banks often laughed at and told jokes. He was preceded in death by his wife Ida Banks in 1997, daughter, Barbara Ann Banks, one brother and three sisters. Banks is survived by his son, Roy Banks Jr. of An-drews, Texas; sister, Elizabeth Stricker of Duncan; one grandson and one great-grandson. Memorial constibutions may be made to the Youth Department at the First Baptist Church in Yale in Banks' name. The Seminole Producer/Copyright c. 1999-2005 Arizona Newspapers Assn. -=-=-=- May 26, 2005 Barbara Pete Red Mesa, Ariz. June 22, 1954 - May 22, 2005 Barbara Pete, 50, of Red Mesa, Ariz., died Sunday, May 22, 2005, at her residence. She as born June 22, 1954, in Teec Nos Pos, Ariz. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 27, at Brewer Lee and Larkin Funeral Home Chapel in Shiprock. Interment will follow at the family cemetery in Red Mesa. Barbara is in the care of Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home of Shiprock, (505) 368-4607. May 30, 2005 Kaniah T. Garnenez Shiprock Nov. 18, 1984-May 25, 2005 Our beloved daughter, sister, auntie, niece, granddaughter and friend, Kaniah T. Garnenez, 20, of Shiprock, passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2005. Kaniah was born on Nov. 18, 1984, in Farmington. Kaniah is survived by her mother, Elsie Nolan of Shiprock; sister, Chancie Garnenez of Tempe, Ariz.; brothers, Cory Garnenez and Curtis Garnenez Jr., both of Shiprock; and niece, Delayna Garnenez of Shiprock. Kaniah is also survived by her maternal grandmother, Mary Nolan and paternal grandmother, Jean Garnenez; aunts, Bertha Etsitty and husband Everett, Alice Jim and husband, Willie, Nora Nolan, Linda Nolan, Sawnt Nelson and husband, Albert II, and Mary Woody; uncles, Ray Nolan and wife, Emma, Lavonne Garnenez and wife, Carry, Terry Garnenez, Lorenzo Garnenez, Melvin Garnenez, Alvis Garnenez and wife, Luann; cousins Ernie Begaye and wife, Sharon, Andy Begaye, Tanya, Tasha and Rayanne Nolan, Nicole, Anthony, Victoria, Dearly, Leland Nolan, Tennile Nez, Heidi and Huron Etsitty, Dasbeen Jim, Jarred and Nadia Peterson, Quolia Ross, Teryl and Twyla Johnson, Mariah Bolding, Delando and Jetta King, Albert III and Chashonya Nelson, Quanna White, Marty Woody, Gerald, Gerry, Vanecia, Jeanette, Laur, Natonya, Kee, Shalynn, Shane, Shawn, Rochelle and Micki Garnenez; and numerous nieces and nephews. Other survivors include her special uncle, Jerome Peterson; close friends, Jeffery Nelson, Shyla Willie, Renae Lee, Sandra Johnson, Ricardo Nez, Bronson Kaleohano, Sheila and Stacey Burke, Kaioni Yaris, "Choppo," Jonathan Charles, Trishella and Tami Williams, Brett Morgan, BOD crew, Michael Johnson, Rayford Tan, Larry Hogue Jr., Rickey Roanhorse, Amelinda Spencer, Crystal Lano, Mario Yazzie, Jeffery Duncan and Jose Herrera and family. Kaniah is preceded in death by her father, Curtis O. Garnenez Sr.; maternal grandfather Theodore Nolan; paternal grandfather, Samuel Garnenez Sr.; uncle Mickey Garnenez; grandmother, Bessie Martin; and cousins Shannon Garnenez and Ronnie Begaye. Kaniah "Moe" Garnenez was a thoughtful, generous, caring, unique, smart and beautiful individual. Kaniah attended school in Shiprock. She loved her nephews and nieces and everyone she knew. She loved all animals and her cat, "Hershelwood," the most. She was very protective of family and friends. Her hobbies included creative writing, poems, reading, watching movies, playing video games and she enjoyed all types of music. Her favorite band was Nine Inch Nails. Kaniah loved to box at the 11th Street Boxing Gym in Farmington. Kaniah will truly be missed by her friends and family. Funeral services are Tuesday at the Four Corners Community Church in Shiprock. The Rev. Eric Lee will officiate. Internment will follow at the Shiprock Community Cemetery, next to her beloved father, Curtis Sr. Pallbearers will be Jarred Peterson, Huron Etsitty, Jeffery Nelson, Anthony Dearly, Loren Dee, Rayburn Charley, Gerry Garnenez, Rayford Tan, Jonathan Charles, Mike Johnson, Jeremiah Smith and Jimmy Garnenez Jr. Honorary pallbearers will be Curtis Garnenez Jr., Cory Garnenez, Teryl Johnson, Leland Nolan, Matthew Dearly, the Dee family of Hogback, all aunts and uncles, Jose Herrera, 808 Hawaiian Boys, Albert John and Marty Woody. A reception will be held at the Shiprock Chapter House, after the graveside service. Kaniah is in the care of Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home of Shiprock. (505) 368-4607. Copyright c. 2005 Farmington Daily Times, a Gannett Co., Inc. newspaper. -=-=-=- May 24, 2005 Eddie Badonie TOHATCHI - Funeral services for Eddie Badonie, 75, will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 25 at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Father Joe will officiate. Burial will follow in the Tohatchi community cemetery. A rosary will be recited this evening, May 24 at 6 p.m. at Cope Memorial Chapel. Badonie died May 20 in Gallup. He was born Dec. 10, 1929 in Tohatchi into the Hairy People Clan for the Towering House People Clan. Badonie was a rancher and enjoyed being outdoors. Survivors include his brothers, Woodrow Badonie, Billy Badonie both of Tohatchi, Woody Badonie of Twin Lakes. Badonie was preceded in death by his parents, Hosteen Nez Badonie and Evelyn Allison Badonie; sisters, Loretta Badonie, and Grace Badonie Yazzie. Pallbearers will be Michael Badonie, Stacey Badonie, Derrick Badonie, Deon Ben, Darryl Badonie and Billy Badonie Jr. Cope Memorial is in charge of arrangements. Mike Allison Sr. TOHATCHI - Funeral Mass and rosary for Mike Allison Sr., 103, will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25 at the St. Mary's Catholic Church. Father John Mittelstadt will officiate. Burial will be on private land. Allison Sr. died May 21 in Farmington. He was born Sept. 12, 1901 in Tohatchi into the Weaver People Clan for the Red Streak People Clan. Allison Sr. retired from the BIA. He was a lifelong rancher and stockman. Survivors include his sons, Mike Allison, Jr. of Holbrock, Bahe Allison, Carl Allison, Edward Allison all of Tohatchi, William Allison of Yahtahey, Richard Allison of Leupp, Philip Allison of Chandler, Anthony Allison of Kirtland, Patrick Allison of Farmington; daughter, Nancy Allison-Carl of Tohatchi; brother, Isaac Allison; sister, Faye Yazzie; 37 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Allison Sr. was preceded in death by his wife, Anna Allison. Pallbearers will be Blaine Allison, John Pierce Allison, Philemon Allison, Dave Allison, Sheldon Allison, Michael Alex, Kyle Allison and Melton Allison. The family will receieve relatives and friends at the Allison residence, 7 miles northeast of Tohatchi. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Roy Tony TOHATCHI - Services for Roy Tony, 85, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 25 at Cope Memorial Chapel in Gallup. Pastor Milton Shirleson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Tohatchi Community Cemetery. Tony died May 20 in Gallup. He was born June 2, 1919 in Tohatchi into the Bitter Water People Clan for the Near the Water People Clan. Tony worked for the railroad, Navajo Forestry, Navajo Aging Program, he was a senior companion worker until his retirement. He was an outspoken community leader. Survivors include his wife Gladys Tony; sons, Sherman Tony of Gallup, Simon Tony, Amos Tony, Patrick Tony and Tom Tony, all of Tohatchi, Eugene Shirleson of Fort Defiance and Nathaniel Henry of White Clay, Ariz.; daughters, Sally Ramone of Canoncito, Loretta Dez of Sheepsprings, Martha Manuelito of Yahtahey, Alma Yazzie of Naschitti and Mary Wood of Tohatchi; 35 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren. Tony was preceded in death by his parents, Shebah Tony and Ta'neeszahnii Nez and one sister, Evelyn Mike. Pallbearers will be Brian Tony, Delbert Begay, Delton Begay, Jasper Chee, Roy Chee and Lloyd Chee. The family will receive relatives and friends at the residence of Gladys Tony, in Tohatchi after services. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. May 25, 2005 Rita Kathy Mos CRYSTAL - Funeral services for Rita Kathy Mose, 63, will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 26 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Crystal. Shane Louis will officiate. Burial will follow in the family plot in Crystal. Mose died May 21 in Gallup. She was born April 1, 1943 in Crystal into the One Who Walks Around People Clan for the Edgewater People Clan. Survivors include her sons, Bruce Mose, Bradford Mose; daughters, Ophelia Mose, Perphelia Mose; brothers, Frank Thompson, Franklin Mose; sister, Agnes Johnson and two grandchildren. Mose was preceded in death by his parents, John and Kajobah Mose; siblings, Isabelle Tsosie, Julia Livingston, Caroline Roanhorse, Ella Rose Johnson and Francis Thompson. Pallbearers will be Bruce Mose, Bradford Mose, Marvin Mose, Lionel Yazzie, Christopher Yazzie and Felic Tsosie. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Katherine C. Harrison ROUGH ROCK - Funeral services for Katherine C. Harrison, 72, will be at 10 a.m. on May 26 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Many Farms. Sister Christa will officiate. Burial will follow in the Rough Rock community cemetery. Harrison died May 21 in Chinle. She was born Nov. 11, 1932 in Rough Rock into the Red House People Clan for the Bitter Water People Clan. Harrison was a sheepherder and rug weaver. She was a dorm aide at Rough Rock community school, a parent helper and a foster grandparent. Survivors include her son, Freddie Harrison of Chinle; daughter, Martha Harrison of Rough Rock; brothers, Danny Caboni, Tom Caboni, both of Rough Rock; Melvin Lewis Caboni of Farmington; sisters, Juanita Tadytin of Le Chee, Frances Togi, Rose Harvey, Sarah Tsinijinnie, Jessie Caboni all of Rough Rock, Marlene Cly of Shonto, Susie Vallo of Albuquerque; 5 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Harrison was preceded in death by her parents, John and Mary J. Caboni and brother, Dennis Caboni. Pallbearers will be Tommy Begay, Jr., Julius Harvey, Calvin Cly, Charles Blacksheep, Rondie Charley and Patrick Tadytin. May 26, 2005 Bessie Chatto HUNTERS POINT - Funeral Mass for Bessie Sadie Chatto, 65, will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 27 at St. Michaels Catholic Church. Father Gilbert Schnieder, O.F.M. will officiate. Burial will follow in St. Michaels community cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services. Chatto died May 20 in Tucson, Ariz. She was born March 20, 1940 in Hunters Point into the Towering House People Clan for the Hairy People Clan. Chatto attended Intermountain Indian School, Brigham City, Utah. She worked as a silversmith and in various places. She enjoyed traveling. Survivors include her son, Amos Purdy; daughters, Lolita Suarez, Victoria Yazzie; brothers, Leo Yazzie, Hoskie Haswood, Robert Yazzie, Edward Yazzie; sisters, Mary Tabaha, Betty Emerson, Isabelle Kee and six grandchildren. Chatto was preceded in death by ers daughter, April Yazzie; parents, Notah and Nellie Yazzie and brother, Justin Yazzie. Pallbearers will be Amos Purdy, Jade Bencomo, Frederick Tabaha, Joedy Emerson, Colin Shorty and Stanford Shorty. The family will receive relatives and friends at Mary Tabaha's residence in Hunters Point. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. May 27, 2005 Ken Begay CHINLE - Funeral services for Ken Davis Begay, 92, will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 28 at Our Lady of Fatima Church. Burial will be on family land in Chinle. Begay died May 22 in Phoenix. He was born June 22, 1921 in Chinle into the Coyote Pass People Clan for the Edgewater People Clan. Begay attended high school in Santa Fe. He retired from the US Air Force and was employed with BIA maintenance in Chinle. Survivors include his daughter, Delores Anne Begay. Begay was preceded in death by his wife, Meda Napah; former wife, Elsie Begay; brother, Kee Attson; sons, Timothy Begay, Bennie Begay; parents, Dugai Clisto Begay and Glinbah Begay. Pallbearers will be family members. Ray Saunders COUSINS - Services for Ray Saunders, 86, will be announced at a later date. Saunders died May 26 in Cousins. He was born April 15, 1919 in San Antone Springs, N.M. into the Two Who Came to the Water People Clan for the Sleeping Rock People Clan. A family meeting will be held this evening at 6 p.m. at the family residence in Cousins. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. May 28, 2005 Archie Martinez IYANBITO - Funeral services for Archie Larry Martinez, 50, will be at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 31 at Cope Memorial Chapel. Mark Thomas will officiate. Burial will follow in the Gallup City Cemetery. Martinez died May 24 in Iyanbito. He was born May 4, 1955 in Iyanbito into the Towering House People Clan for the Sleep Rock People Clan. Martinez attended Wingate elementary and high schools. He was a silversmith and enjoyed making jewelry, and playing softball. Survivors include his son, Michael Martinez of Iyanbito; daughters, Shannon Martinez, Shannon Begay both of Gallup; mother, Bessie K. Martinez of Iyanbito; brothers, Kenneth Martinez, Albert Martinez, Donald Martinez all of Iyanbito; Rudy Martinez of Gallup, Frankie Martinez of Canoncito; sisters, Mildred Frank, Patsy Martinez, Nancy Martinez, Tonita Martinez, Tonya Martinez, all of Iyanbito and 10 grandchildren. Martinez was preceded in death by his wife, Rosie Y. Martinez and father, Don Martinez. The family will receive relatives and friends at the Iyanbito Chapter House. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Ray Saunders COUSINS, N.M. - Services for Ray Saunders, 86, will be at 1 p.m., Tuesday, May 31 at Rollie Mortuary Palm Chapel. Saunders died May 26 in Cousins. He was born April 15, 1919 in San Antone Springs, N.M. into the Two Who Came to the Water People Clan for the Sleeping Rock People Clan. Survivors include his wife, Glassie Saunders of Gallup; sons, Raymond Saunders of Zuni and Rudy Saunders of Thoreau; daughter, Susie Saunders of Cousins; sisters, Evelyn Bruce of San Antone Springs, Grace Hill of Smith Lake and Mary Saunders of San Antone Springs, and six grandchildren. Saunders was preceded in death by his parents, Willie Saunders and Tah Hah Bah Saunders; son, Rodney Saunders; sister, Alice Saunders and one brother, Joe Saunders. Pallbearers will be Benson Joe, Patrick Joe, Dewayne G. Murphey, Rodney Roy Pino, Shawn Platero, Johnson Sandoval. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Patrick Louis GALLUP - Services for Patrick "Uncle Pat" Louis, 40, will be announced at a later date. Louis died May 27 in Gallup. He was born Sept. 17, 1964 in Woodland, Calif., into the Bitter Water People Clan for the Waters Edge People clan. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Copyright c. 2005 the Gallup Independent. -=-=-=- May 25, 2005 Ramsey Goode Ramsey Goode, 44, died May 14, 2005 in Whiteriver. He was born in San Carlos and lived most of his life there. He worked as a firefighter for San Carlos and Whiteriver as a crew boss. He also worked in carpentry for Sunrise Ski Resort. Survivors include his wife, Dorinda Goode of Whiteriver; one son, Delton Goode of Whiteriver; a daughter, Marshay Goode of Whiteriver; four brothers, Pedro Goode, Harold Goode, mark Goode and Keith Goode, all of San Carlos; two sisters, Charlotte Goode and Caroline Goode Bush of San Carlos; a grandmother, Brittnay Tina Goode of Whiteriver; and one stepgrandchild. Funeral service was conducted May 22 at North Fork Miracle Church in Whiteriver. Interment was in Whiteriver Cemetery. Owens Mortuary of Show Low handled arrangements. Seymore Noline Seymore Noline, 34, of San Carlos died May 16, 2005, in San Carlos. Born in San Carlos, he worked as a firefighter. He is survived by his wife, Dinah Noline of San Carlos; one daughter, Dawn Noline of San Carlos; his foster mother, Therlene Ramos; six brothers, Arkie Noline Jr., Curtis Noline, Loren Noline and Peter Noline, all of San Carlos; Louie Noline of Monterey Park, Calif., and Alvin Noline of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and two sisters, Josephine Noline of Jay, Okla., and Mary Alice Noline of Bylas. Funeral service was conducted May 23 at American Indian Church in San Carlos. Interment followed in Northgate Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Lamont Mortuary. Copyright c. 2005 Arizona Silver Belt/Apache Moccasin. -=-=-=- May 26, 2005 Steven Perez YAKIMA - Our beloved father, brother, uncle and Grandpa, Steven Perez, age 71, passed away May 23, 2005 at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. He was born to Nicholas and Cecilia Perez on September 2, 1933 in Hardin, Montana. He was a Union Baker for 35 years. He enjoyed a vast array of activities such as baking, gardening, camping and traveling in his motor home. His friends knew Steve well for his fun-loving sense of humor, generosity and hard working ethics. He was married to Olivia Perez for 50 years as of May 21, 2005. He is survived by four children, Stella Moreno, Teresa Grazini, Mike and Edward Perez and their family members, including eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He is also survived by his brothers and sisters, Costa and Tino Perez, Donny Martinez, Bernadine and Pearl Sanchez, Star Wilcox and Stella Timmen. Steven was preceded in death by his parents, a son Nick Perez and a brother Jesse Perez. The viewing will be from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday May 26, 2005. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. on Friday May 27, 2005 at Merritt Funeral Home, 218 West 3rd Street in Wapato. Burial will be in the Reservation Community Memorial Park west of Wapato. Copyright c. 2005 Yakima Herald-Republic/Yakima, WA. -=-=-=- May 19, 2005 Joshua Shane Apodaca FORT HALL - Joshua Shane Apodaca, age 3, passed away on May 15, 2005, from an accidental drowning that occurred on Friday, May 13th. He was born to Michael and June Galloway Apodoca on July 23, 2001. Joshua lived the majority of his life on West Reservation Road of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. He loved being with his Dad, and being in the outdoors. He loved animals, especially kitties and puppies. He loved watching his favorite movies: Scooby Doo, Shrek, Mulan, Shark Tales and the Incredibles. Surviving Joshua are his siblings; Isaiah Apodaca, Gabriel Apodaca, Jarvis Apodaca, Jenewade Apodaca, Theresa Galloway, Matthew Galloway, all of Fort Hall, and Drew Whiteman of Wyoming; maternal grandmother Theora Pongah and paternal grandmother Rosanna (Jay) Osborne, plus many cousins. Preceding him in death are an aunt and uncle Carmelita and Jeffery Apodaca; grandmother/fathers; Florence R. Pebeashy McGill, Nathan and Adrian Pebeahsy, great grandparents; Rechanta Teton Pebeahsy, and Frank Rush Pebeahsy Sr., great-great grandparents; Lily Cookman Teton and Joseph Teton. The maternal great-grandparents Florence Theresa Marsh Pongah and Dietz Pongah Sr., an uncle; Steven Pongah, great-great grandparents; Ida Kelly and Frank Marsh of Owyhee, Nevada. In his short life, he gave us much joy and touched many hearts. He will be greatly missed, but not forgotten. The family received visitors at the Apodaca residence on West Reservation Road from Monday, May 16th, until burial at 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning, May 17th. A prayer service was held at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 16, 2005 at the residence. Burial was at the Good Shepherd Episcopal Mission Cemetery, Mission Road, Fort Hall. All funeral arrangements were family-directed. Copyright c. 2005 Sho-Ban News. All rights reserved. -=-=-=- May 29, 2005 Frank Backbone Sr. CROW AGENCY - Frank Backbone, Sr. was born Oct. 30, 1917, and went to be with our Lord on May 26, 2005. Frank was a lifetime deacon for the Crow Community Baptist Church. He always encouraged his children to be active in church activities. He was a child of the Greasy Mouth clan and a member of the Big Lodge clan. Frank was raised in Lodge Grass, a child of McKinley and Pearl Bloodman Backbone. He attended and graduated from Chemawa Indian High School in Salem, Ore., where he excelled in sports, setting scoring records in basketball, and was the first basketball player to introduce the one- handed shot. In track, at one time, he equaled the world record set by Jesse Owens in the 220 yard dash. After high school, he played on the Crow All-American basketball team representing the Crow Nation in the WIT basketball tournament at Lewistown, where they were champions. The Crow All-Americans went on to represent the state of Montana in the national AAU basketball tournament at Denver. He enlisted in the Army in 1942 and was honorably discharged in 1945. After being wounded in action, he received the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star Awards. He was an Adjutant and a member of the American Legion Clark Stops Post #135, Crow Agency. With all of his achievements, by special requests, he has given Indian names to many young tribal members. Frank married Pearl Deernose on Aug. 9, 1942, and they made their home in Crow Agency. He retired in 1980 after 28 years with the BIA Credit Office. In his earlier years, he enjoyed participating in the powwow circuit with his drum group, the Big Sky Singers. He was often asked to be a judge for dance contests. He and his drum group were invited to attend the Fort Wayne, Ind., Intertribal Ceremonial, and also the Gallup, N.M., Intertribal Ceremonial. He and a group of Crow Tribal members were invited in an all-expense paid trip to perform on the Steve Allen Show in Los Angeles. He and a group of others were also invited to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., to represent the Crow Tribe. Survivors include his children, Alonzo (Veronica) Ten Bear, Francine (Dave) Camden, Noreen BigHair, Darlene Backbone, Frank Jr. (Calley) Backbone, Arlene (Robert) Fitch, Nadine (Byron) Dawes, Donna ( Danny) Backbone Brien, Shawn, Sr. (Evelyn) Backbone, Cora Bends, Wilma Backbone and Shirley (Billy) Stewart; three sisters, Frances Bends, Ruth B. Alden and Mary Ann Bear Below; one brother, Tommy Backbone; three adopted sons, Dr. Gary Ostahowski, Bob Kelly and Kary Grant Rides Horse; one adopted brother Johnny Stump of Rocky Boy; five adopted daughters, Clevia Jones, Julia Wolfe, Agnes (Frank) Falls Down, Elaine Stops and Ardith (Clifford) Birdinground; one adopted grandson, Dr. David (Kristen) Mark; one adopted granddaughter, Jackie (Junior) Morrisette, as well as 24 grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildren and relatives too numerous to name. Forgive us if we forget to mention your name. Extended families include: Bear Belows, Old Crows, Left Hands, Not Afraids, Jeffersons, Birds, Pretty on Tops, Walks, Buffalos, Knows Guns and Sees the Grounds. Frank is preceded in death by his parents; his wife Pearl; two daughters, Gwendolyn and Colleen; two brothers, William Sr. and Harold Sr.; one sister, Delphine; one adopted sister, Fannie Perkins; four grandchildren, Donnie Wayne and Donita LaForge, Byron Dawes Jr. and Robert Frank Fitch. Funeral services will be held at the Crow Agency Multipurpose Building Tuesday, May 31, at 11 a.m. A prayer service will be held Monday evening, May 30, at the Crow Community Baptist Church at 6 p.m. Visitation will be held Sunday, May 29, 1 to 5 p.m., and Monday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Dahl Funeral Chapel of Hardin. May 30, 2005 Alexander Clifford Bearcrane Sr. Alexander "Percy" Bearcrane, Sr. went home to be with his Lord on Friday, May 27, 2005. He was born June 5, 1938, in Crow Agency, to Oscar and June Morning Bearcrane. He was a member of the Greasy Mouth Clan and a child of the Big Lodge Clan. As a child, he was given the name Chilaaksheennbachish (Fights in the Morning) by World War I veteran, Joe Schenderline. Percy worked in a variety of occupations, including ranch and farm work, construction, maintenance for the Indian Heath Service Hospital and as a heavy equipment operator at the Apsaalooka Mine, until an on the job injury at the mine forced him into retirement. He had a kind heart and especially enjoyed visiting with his family, particularly his grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He enjoyed his church, being with his family and performing outside activities such as branding and fencing. Another enjoyment was singing Indian gospel and Pow-wow songs, attending church services and socializing at Pow-wow gatherings. Percy enjoyed story telling to the Bearcrane children about old-time Indian legends, which he had learned from his father, Oscar and grandfather, Bear Crane. His daughter, Sandy, parents, sister, Audrey Ann and brothers, Aloysius, Claire and Tony preceded Percy in death. Survivors include his sons, Gary and Alex Bearcrane, Jr. of Crow Agency; his brother, Earl Bearcrane of Billings; his grandchildren, Alexandra, Birdie, Aloysious, Alex III, Garalyn, Ashler, Deanna and Colvin; six great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his aunt, Mae House and her family; his sister, Christine Stops-Stewart and her family; and his extended family including the Morning, Three Irons, Pretty Paint, Stops, Pretty On Top, Medicine Crow, Fighter, Black Eagle, Red Star, Big Hail and Old Crane families. Please forgive us if we have unintentionally omitted additional families. Percy and the Bearcrane family are deeply appreciative of the Billings United Pentecostal Church for their faithful visits and prayers. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 31, in the Bullis Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in the Crow Agency Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements. Copyright c. 2005 The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises. -=-=-=- May 25, 2005 Ursula Marie Vincent-Thomas MISSOULA - Ursula Marie Vincent-Thomas, 67, of Missoula, died at home Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at 4:30 p.m. Ursula was born March 23, 1938. Ursula dedicated her life to taking care of others. She worked as a nurse at St. Patrick Hospital for 32 years of her life. She enjoyed traveling to powwows and visiting with family and friends. Ursula was preceded in death by her father, John Vincent; her stepfather, Tony Joscum; mother, Adeline Squeque; great-grandmother, Mary Koltome Finley "Sackwoman"; and sisters, Mary, Christine, Tina, Mary Rose, Mary Louise, Virginia and Mable. Survivors include brothers Alex, Joe and Jim; sisters Judy and Melanie; children Mark, Deano, Monte and Terry; grandchildren Michael, Ryan, Nichole, Hope, Sheldon "Beaver," Shanay, Isaiah, LaToya, Tiffany, Kayceshea, Dakota and Charlo; and great-grandchildren, Kameron, Trinity, Kaleigh and Mike. Our mother also accepted the following children as her own: Charley Bird, Tim Harris, Nick Kammerer and ReaAnna Bear. Ursula's family would like to give a special thanks to the nurses of St. Patrick Hospital for all the support, love and care that was given to our mother. And to Kathy Applebee-Krell of Alaska -- you were our mother's angel, and in taking care of our mother you have shown us the true meaning of friendship, respect and love. May God bless you and your family. We all love you dearly. Mass was celebrated May 21 at the St. Ignatius Catholic Church. Burial was in the Jocko Cemetery thereafter. Copyright c. 2002 Lake Country Leader Advertiser/Polson, MT. -=-=-=- May 25, 2005 Angelika Jesslyn Gonzales Angelika Jesslyn Gonzales, 3-month-old daughter of Deanna Lynn Lame Bear and Anthony Jesse Gonzales of 1346 9th St. S., died Saturday at her home. Police say the baby suffocated. Seven drum services, following dressing, is 10 a.m. Thursday at Agency Longhouse in Warm Springs, Ore. Burial will be in Seeksequa Cemetery in Warm Springs. O'Connor Funeral Home is handling local arrangements. In addition to her parents, Angelika is survived by a sister, Christina Lame Bear of Mexico; brothers Juan Lame Bear, Matthew Ortiz and Rafael Ortiz, all of Great Falls, Daniel Ortiz of Phoenix and Ronald Gonzales of Warm Springs, Ore.; grandparents Thomas and Carole Lame Bear of Great Falls and Georgena Suppah and David Gonzales of Warm Springs, Ore. She was preceded in death by a grandmother, Louanna Sharon Teeman-Hines. Copyright c. 2005 Great Falls Tribune, a division of Lee Enterprises. -=-=-=- Char-Koosta News - The official publication of the Flathead Indian Nation May 2005 Obituaries Derwin Halvorson, Sr. Derwin Fredrick Halvorson, Sr. ("Din"), 85, of Hot Springs, died on May 2, 2005, at St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula. Din was born on Jan. 29, 1920, in Polson, the youngest son of Nora (MacDonald) and Fred Halvorson. Niarada, Lonepine, Hot Springs and the MacDonald Ranch were the places where he grew up. Din graduated from Hot Springs High School with the Class of '38, the first class to attend all four high school years together in the new school. On June 22, 1941, Din married Gladys Louise Dedrickson at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Missoula. Din was a member on the Nyah Grange and the Elks. He was a successful cattle rancher and a member of the Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, where he served as councilman and tribal representative from the Hot Springs area for approximately 12 years. Din was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Gladys; a brother, Louis; and a grandson, Jeremy. He is survived by his children: Derwin F. Halvorson, Jr., James J. Halvorson and Kim L. Halvorson, all of Hot Springs, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memorial services and celebration of his life was held on May 14 at the Lonepine Community Hall in Lonepine. Copyright c. 2005 Char-Koosta News. -=-=-=- May 26, 2005 Anthony Richard Iliuqhutaq Bright Ninilchik infant Anthony Richard Iliuqhutaq Bright died Monday, May 23, 2005, at Central Peninsula General Hospital in Soldotna. He was 3 months and 3 days old. Viewing will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 28, at the United Methodist Church in Ninilchik. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the church. The Rev. Martha Nanugak Blanchett will officiate. Burial will follow the service at the American Legion Cemetery in Ninilchik. His family members will serve as pallbearers. Anthony was born Feb. 20, 2005, at Providence Hospital in Anchorage. "Even though he was so young, he smiled and laughed a lot. He would talk baby talk and always had bright eyes. Anthony always smiled at his mom and dad, even when he woke up in the mornings. Anytime he heard their voices, he kept looking until he found them. He was very precious and very well loved by his family, and now has gone to be with his grandmother," his family said. Anthony was preceded in death by his grandmother, Annie Bright. He is survived by his parents, Bennie Bright and Kathy Carr of Ninilchik; grandparents, Richard and Cheri Carr of Ninilchik and Elliot Olanna of Shishmaref; aunts and uncles, George Olanna Sr., Wilfred Olanna Sr., Albert Olanna, Edward Olanna, Richard Olanna, Ralph, Warren and Perry Olanna, Sharon and Elmer Nayokpuk, Ida Weyauvanna, Marion Baumel, Minnie Olanna, Mary Olanna, Fannie Nassukand, Angi Hoskins, LaTisha Carr and Kimberly Carr; and numerous cousins in Idaho and Alaska. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial donations be sent to them at P.O. Box 39393, Ninilchik, AK 99639. The family plans to use the money to get a headstone for Anthony. Arrangements were made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai. Copyright c. 2005 Peninsula Clarion Division of Morris Communications, Kenai, AK. -=-=-=- May 24, 2005 Robert Lesperance LESPERANCE - On Friday, May 20, 2005, Robert Roy Lesperance, Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask., beloved husband of Corinne Lesperance, died accidentally at the age of 30 years. The funeral service will be held in the Abernethy Town Hall, Abernethy, Sask., on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. Officiant Rev. Brian R. Mee. Interment in the Abernethy Cemetery. A time of visitation for family and friends will be held in the Tubman Funeral Home, Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask., on Tuesday evening from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Predeceased by his grandfathers Roy Hitchens and Mike Pelletier, great grandmother Nellie Hokanson and grandmother Rose Lesperance. Robert is survived by his wife Corinne and their children Robbie and Serina, his parents, Robert Lesperance Sr. (Heather), Regina, Sask. and Nellie Lesperance (Peter), Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask., his sister Paula Lesperance (Brendan), Canmore, Alta., his brother Mark Lesperance, Abernethy. Robert is also survived by his extended family: two step sisters, Emily and Laura Ritenburg, step father Joseph Dumont Sr., Okanese First Nation, step sisters and step brothers: Mary-Lynn, Joseph, Rosie and Edward Dumont and his grandmothers Edith Hitchens, Lemberg, Sask., and Harriet Pelletier, Fort Qu'Appelle, as well as his aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews. Arrangements entrusted to Tubman Cremation & Funeral Servives, 1-800-667-8962. Edith Redwood REDWOOD - (nee Ochapowace) Edith Eleanor, formerly of Broadview Centennial Lodge, Broadview, SK. And Sakimay First Nations, passed away in Regina General Hospital on May 20, 2005 at the age of 76 years. She leaves behind her loving husband Raymond Acoose. Her children; Percy William (Stephanie) & their eight children and twenty-six grandchildren: Tyrone Jarvis and his three children and eight grandchildren; Albert Martin (Gloria) and their nineteen children and nine grandchildren; Debra Florence (Wilf) and their one child and two grandchildren; Lenvan Daniel (Marion) and their five children; Howie Trent (Lori) and their six children and two grandchildren; Jeffrey John (Colleen) and their three children. Special nieces Patsy (Simon), Judy (Ken) and other special nieces and nephews. Brothers Billy Isaac, Sam Isaac, Bud Wasacase and sister Florence Isaac, Ochapowace First Nations. Predeceased by her first husband Harry Redwood, sons Walter Grant, Errol Vance, Gordon Dean, all of Cowessess First Nations. A daughter Anne Margaret, sister Mary Anne, both from Regina, Sk., brother Albert Isaac of Ochapowace. Parents Daniel and Helen (Cummings) Ochapowace. The family from Cowessess First Nations would also like to thank the doctors and nurses of Regina General I.C.U. Also the nursing staff of the Broadview Centennial Lodge. A wake will be held at Cowessess Band Hall on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, May 26, 2005 which will be officiated by Reverent Hector Bunnie. A feast will follow afterwards. Donations may be made to the Diabetes Foundation. Arrangements entrusted to Tubman Cremation & Funeral Servives, 1-800-667-8962. Derek Evan Still STILL - On Saturday, May 14, 2005, Derek Evan Still, Ochapowace First Nation, Sask., died tragically at the age of 19 years. A traditional feast and funeral service will be held in the Kakisiwew School, Ochapowace First Nation, Sask., on Wednesday, May 25, 2005, feast at noon, funeral service to commence at approximately 2:00 p.m. officiant Rev. Hector Bunnie. Interment in the Ochapowace Cemetery. A wake will be held in the school on Tuesday evening. Predeceased by his grandmother Agnes Still, grandfather Benjamin Gordon, great grandmother Mary Caroline Still, great grandfather Joseph Still, uncle Richard Edward Still. Derek is survived by his mother Rhonda Still, Ochapowace, his father Darryl Breed, Regina, sister Dionne Still (Andrew Daniels), One Arrow First Nation, Sask., two brothers, Steven StillDorma, Ochapowace, Elias Still, Ochapowace, grandmother Beatrice Bitternose, Regina, aunt and uncles: Karen Still, Regina; James (Germaine) Still, Calgary; Joseph Still, Ochapowace; Keith Still, Ochapowace, Darren Breed and Darcy (April) Breed of Alberta and Yvonne Breed, Regina. Derek is also survived by his special nephew and nieces: Bradley Daniels, Alicia Bird and Nydia Bird. Derek's family would like to thank the search teams from the Ochapowace and One Arrow First Nations as well as the Prince Albert Search and Rescue Team for their many hours of support and courage given to the family. They would also like to thank the communities of One Arrow and Ochapowace and all their friends for the generosity, kindness and prayers shown to them during this very difficult time. Arrangements entrusted to Tubman Cremation & Funeral Servives, 1-800-667-8962. May 25, 2005 Priscilla Marie Sayer SAYER - Priscilla Marie Sayer was called home to the Triune Creator on May 23rd, 2005. Priscilla leaves to mourn her husband John Sugar and children: Tony Sayer, Storm Sayer, Shayla Sayer, Sasha Sugar, and Rochelle SayerSugar. A wake will be held 7:00 PM, Wednesday, May 25th at Indian Metis Christian Fellowship (IMCF), 3131 Dewdney Avenue, Regina, SK. Traditional funeral will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, May 26th. Burial to follow at Riverside Memorial Park. Arrangements are in the care of LEE FUNERAL HOME 757-8645. Agnes Yuzicapi YUZICAPI, AGNES - Wakan Win (Holy Woman), Cankdeska Wakan Win (Sacred Hoop Woman) On Sunday, May 22, 2005, Wakan Win (Holy Woman) was called by the Creator to continue her journey on the Red Road. She was predeceased by her parents, TJ Tawiyaka and Louise Sioux, husband John B. Yuzicapi, three sons, Percy, Leslie and Ivan, one daughter, Grace, one daughter-in-law, Bertha, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. At 98, she was the oldest member of Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation. Wakan Win's teachings are carried on by one daughter, Wilma Bear, daughter-in-laws Yvonne and Lorraine, numerous grandchildren, great- -grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. The family would like to thank Dr. Lombard, All Nations Healing Hospital and Lakeview Lodge for their care and support. The Wake will be held at the Standing Buffalo School Gym, starting at 5 P.M. on Wednesday, May 25, 2005. The funeral will take place on Thursday, May 26th at 10:00 A.M. with the burial at Our Lady of Light Cemetery. The family asks all to honour her wishes that no children be present at the wake. Arrangements entrusted to Victoria Avenue Funeral Home, 761-2727. Copyright c. 2000-2005 Regina Leader Post Group Inc. -=-=-=- May 27, 2005 Randy Victor (Weeboy) Chief Body "Pinaapisinaikowana" RANDY VICTOR (Weeboy) CHIEF BODY "Pinaapisinaikowana", beloved husband of the late Sally Shot Both Sides passed away at the Lethbridge Regional Hospital on Saturday, May 21, 2005 at the age of 46. Randy was born May 30, 1958 in Cardston, Alberta to the late Victor and Louisa Chief Body. He spent his early years in Standoff and received his education in Fort Macleod. In the late 1970s, he relocated with his parents to Lethbridge where he continued to reside until his passing. Randy was a quiet and soft-spoken person who loved to spend time with his grandsons and enjoyed reading. Randy is survived by his children Tanya (Eric) and Darwin; grandsons Aidin and Talon; brothers Brent (Sherry) and Guy Red Crane; sisters Odile (Eddie) Shouting, Lorraine (Al), and Jennifer; adopted brothers Brian and Arnold Healy; step grandmother Betty Healy, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts and relatives including the Crow Chief, Healy, Mills, Tall Man, First Rider, Weasel Moccasin, Heavy Head, Soop, Melting Tallow, Jerry, and Chief Calf families. Randy was predeceased by his spouse Sally; parents Victor and Louise Chief Body; brothers Frank and Alfred; sisters Ruby Ann and Gabrielle (Tini); grandparents Joe and Kate Chief Body; Marie and William Mills; and Art Healy Sr. Family Service will be held at Eden's Funeral Home, Fort Macleod on Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. Wake Service will be held at St. Catherine's Catholic Church, Standoff on Thursday, May 26, 2005 beginning at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Service will be held at St. Catherine's Church on Friday, May 27, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. with Father Pawal Andrasz officiating. Interment in St. Catherine's Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Edens Funeral Home, Fort Macleoad, 553-3772. Memoriam for Walter Edward Crowshoe In loving memory of WALTER EDWARD CROWSHOE, Aasta'Haksiwa "Coming Shadow" who passed away on May 26, 2004. One year has passed since the Creator called you home. No words can express the void you left in our lives. We will always miss your smile and how you made us laugh. We will always miss your words of encouragement when times were difficult. ~ Forever loved and remembered and sadly missed Jeanette, Clayton (Trina Healy), and Maria. Grandchildren: Scotty, Colden, Mitch, Dustin, Marissa, Blake, and Danika It has been a sad year, at this time the family would like to thank everyone who supported us through the passing of our beloved husband, dad, and grandfather. Copyright c. 2005 Alberta Newspaper Group, Inc./Lethbridge Herald.