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This newsletter is a way of keeping the brothers and sisters who share our
spirit informed about current events within the lives of those who walk the
Red Road.
It is archived at the Native American FTP site ftp.cit.cornell.edu
in the directory /pub/special/NativeProfs/newsletters; and is being
sent to gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us (Gary S. Trujillo) should he wish to
include it in his NATIVE-L or NATCHAT lists.
"Singing, I send a voice as I walk,
Singing, I send a voice as I walk,
A sacred hoop I wear as I walk."
__ Song of the Running Elk, Lakota
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| Indian Pledge of Allegiance | The Indian Pledge of Alleg-
| | iance was first presented
| I pledge allegiance to my Tribe,| on 2 December '93 during the
| to the democratic principles | opening address of the Nat-
| of the Republic | ional Congress of American
| and to the individual freedoms | Indian Tribal-States Relat-
| borrowed from the Iroquois and | ions Panel in Reno, NV. NCAI
| Choctaw Confederacies, | plans distribution of the
| as incorporated in the United | Indian Pledge to all Indian
| States Constitution, | Nations.
| so that my forefathers |
| shall not have died in vain | Walk in Beauty! Night Owl
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O'siyo Brothers and Sisters!
The lead story in part A and in part B of this issue of Wotanging Ikche
is news of a female white buffalo calf that has just been born.
For those who hold to the vision of Black Elk, for those who hold to the
mending of the Sacred Hoop, for those who hope and trust our children's
tomorrows will be better, and for all those who keep the fire inside I need
say nothing more.
Dohiyi Oginalii Night Owl
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(*,*) Gary Night Owl gars@genie.geis.com
(`-') P. O. Box 672168 gars@netcom.com
===w=w=== Marietta, GA 30067, U.S.A. gars@igc.apc.org
----------- News of the people featured in this issue ----------
Part A: Usenet and e-mail Part B: NATCHAT and NATIVE-L lists
- White Buffalo Calf Born - Conferences and Powwows - online
- URGENT: Abenaki Nation Under Siege - White Buffalo Calf
- Mothers Of All Colors Caravan - Paper Genocide
- IHS Sterilizations - Video Documentaries
- Native American Resource Ordinance
- Buffalo Robe: Gifting the Elders
- Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days
- Conferences and Powwows - offline
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--------- "RE: White Buffalo Calf Born" ---------
Date: Fri Aug 26, 1994 at 19:57 EDT
From: Little Moose (k.thomas8@genie.geis.com)
Subj: White Buffalo Calf Born
GE Electronic Mail
O'siyo and Boozhoo to all my brothers and sisters!!
I was just listening to \As It Happens\, CBC radio's evening news-magazine.
I learned that very recently near Janesville, Wisconsin (I have been there
many times, as I have cousins who grew up on a farm in that area), a female
white buffalo calf has been born.
I do not know how this relates to this fourth age coming to an end, but I
know it =does= relate, and we should all be happy and filled with
respectful awe, as the Great Mystery has certainly given us a sign of great
importance.
We are all related,
Little Moose
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Date: Fri Aug 26, 1994 at 22:13 EDT
From: Distant Eagle (j.audlin@genie.geis.com)
That is most certainly incredible news, Little Moose!
For anyone who does not know, this event clearly has connection to the
White Buffalo Cow Woman (Pte-Ska-Winyan) who is (sometimes by different
names) known as the Bringer of the Sacred Pipe. She was an avatar from the
Great Mystery to remind us of our sacred connection to all life, and to
walk in balance. She appeared both in human form, wearing a white buffalo
skin, and as the White Buffalo Cow itself. She promised that she would
return to us some day in the future.
--Distant Eagle
--------- "RE: URGENT: Abenaki Nation Under Siege" ---------
Date: 25 Aug 1994 15:30:50 GMT
From: Neilly.A.Buckalew@dartmouth.edu (Neilly A. Buckalew)
Subject: URGENT: ABENAKI FISH-IN - UPDATE: ON DESECRATION
Newsgroup: alt.native
URGENT -- Abenaki Nation Under Siege by VT State and Vt State Judicial
System: Fish-In Protest to Counter
-- Aboriginal rights violated by the state of VT and the courts.
Abenaki people tried and convicted of fishing w/o a license. Judge
Michael Kupersmith instructed juries to not consider Aboriginal Rights
as a defense and that no Native American issues would be discussed in
his court.
-- Vermont State Game Warden upon leaving court snickered to Chief
Homer St. Francis "I have plenty more tickets." Chief St. Franics
replied "Good you're going to need them. We'll have a fish-in every
week if we have to."
-- Vermont State Supreme Court in 1991 concluded that Abenaki
Aboriginal Rights were extinguished in 1791 when Vermont became a
state.
-- Does the fact that the oppressor society chose to draw imaginary
lines on N'dakinna (our land) mean that the Abenaki People ceased to
exist? We are still here and stronger than ever!
-- On August 19,1994 a Treaty of Unification has been signed by all 11
Abenaki Council Fires in the U.S. and Canada politically unifying the
entire Abenaki Nation headed by Grand Chief Homer St. Francis. This
Treaty makes the Abenaki Nations the largest Nation of Aboriginal
Peoples in Eastern Canada and the Eastern U.S.
-- On Saturday Sep. 10, 1994 at 10 am the Abenaki Nation will sponsor a
major fish-in on the Missisquoi River in Swanton, VT. All Nations have
been asked to attend in support of the struggle being waged by the
Abenaki People for their right to exist and maintain their culture and
religion as the Great Sprit intended.
-- Yes, most likely we will dragged into the courts again. The Drum
and the remainder of the Nation will be on the courthouse steps this
time. The State of Vermont and the U.S. Government are going to
realize the Abenaki Nation was NOT extinguished in 1791. The Abenaki
Nation has had enough of genocide, eugenics, religious and racial
persecution.
-- Contact: Tribal Judge Michael Delaney
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NH State Archaeological SCRAP Excavation Update:
Communicated by Donna Charlebois of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation of
Missiquoi.
The NH State Department of Archeology had been looking for an
archaeological site to excavate along the Kwanitewk (Connecticut River)
over the past year. A member of the Ingalls family who owns a farm
along the Kwanitewk approached the State Department of Archeology.
This person had collected artifacts for years and shared their finds
with the Department of Archeology and invited them to excavate on the
Ingalls property which is locate in North Haverhil, NH. I became aware
of the proposed project on 6/4/94 after receiving a newsletter dated
5/23/94.
On 6/14 I visited the site on "private" land along the banks of the
Kwanitewk. At the time of this visit I found several areas with burial
sites and one place in particular I positively knew contained a burial
site. Soon following this visit I requested a meeting with the project
director Dick Boisvert and his supervisor Gary Hume. We met on 6/23 at
the site with both Boisvert and Hume, along with another state
archaeologist West Stintson. John Moody an ethnohisotrian who works
closely with the Abenaki Nation accompanied me. This meeting lasted
4hrs. during which an unsuccessful attempt was made to explain the
feelings and beliefs we have (the Abenaki Peoples) concerning the
desecration of a sacred place. At the time of this meeting, myself
and John Moody were told by state archaeologists that they did not
believe there were any burials on this 500-800 year old site. The
state archaeologists proposed that there could not be any skeletal
remains left due to the acidity of the soil and, contingently, the age
of the site. I told them that there were in deed burials on site. I
asked them the traditional 4 times to not excavate the site.
Excavation began on 6/27. On 6/28 the Abenaki people protested
against excavation at the location of the site while also performing
ceremony honoring the old ones there. On 7/25 a copper bead was
excavated (exhumed) at the exact place I identified as a burial. I
learned about the copper bead on 7/15. I also learned at this time
that the NH State Department of Archeology intended to take guided
tours of the the project site. Yet, from the start of the project,
both the director of the project, Boisvert, & his supervisor, Hume, had
assured me and my Peoples that the site would be concealed to prevent
looting and damage. I asked them, then, "Are the tourists going to be
blindfolded and brought in by bus?" I said "I must have misunderstood
the intent and scope of the proposed tours." After public protest and
intervention of State Representative Richard Cogswell the tours were
cancelled.
I again visited the site on 7/20 accompanied by Mr. Cogswell and John
Moody. At that time we were taken to the field lab to examine
artifacts excavated including the copper bead. I informed Boisvert I
considered the bead to be a funerary object and requested the project
be discontinued. I also contacted Hume on 7/21 with the same request.
Hume stated that if no skeletal remains were found then he did not
believe a grave site had been opened. Then, I requested that at least
the portion of the excavation where the bead was found that no more
excavating take place. This is at the southern part of the site and is
about 1/3 of the project site's size. On 7/22 Hume contacted me to say
excavation had been shut down on the southern 1/3 of the site.
On 8/5 the entire site project was closed and the excavation
backfilled. At this time, I am waiting for repatriation to the Abenaki
Nation of the artifacts (especially the copper bead for reburial).
We should all be working to the goal of extending the NAGPRA law to
prevent the excavation of our ancient sites whether on public OR private
lands. It is past the time when our ancestors should be afforded the
right to travel their journey undisturbed, at peace, and with the
respect they deserve.
End communication taken down by Neilly Buckalew director of Kwanitewk
NATIVE Resource/Network.
--------- "RE: Mothers Of All Colors Caravan" ---------
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1994 17:46:44 GMT
From: jacobson@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (someone in the family)
Subj: Mothers Of All Colors Caravan
Newsgroups: soc.culture.native,alt.native
Mothers of All Colors Caravan for Peltier's Freedom
Press Release August 30, 1994
Plans are being made now for another effort to free Leonard Peltier. A
Mothers of All Colors Caravan(s) for Peltier's Freedom is scheduled for
Monday, Oct. 25 and Tuesday, Oct. 26 in Washington, DC.
Women traditionally have the responsibility to care for future
generations. When there is injustice -- whether affecting children,
lands, families, communities, or Mother Earth -- they have always had a
strong voice.
It is this Voice of our Mothers, Grandmothers, and Sisters that needs to
be heard. It is a Voice of Reason, of Respect, of Honor, of our Nations.
It is the voice that has encouraged us to discover ourselves, healed our
wounds, and guided us through life. It is the voice that reminds us of
our responsibilities.
We will take this Voice to Washington, D.C. The government also has
responsibilities -- that of Truth and Justice! In the case of Leonard
Peltier there has been neither truth nor justice.
A joint effort of Walk For Justice and Leonard Peltier's Defense
Committee, this event will include a march from the Vietnam War Memorial to
Lafayette Park, a rally, meetings of participants to organize delegations
to visit legislators on The Hill, and a reception.
There will be a steering committee representing Native Americans, Asians,
African-Americans, Caucasians, Chicanos, and Africans who will activate
their communities' participation in the Washington Mothers' Caravans.
The Washington, DC coordinator is:
Christine Rice Tel: (202)-986-4677 FAX: (202) 234-4558
To receive more information contact Walk For Justice; P.O. Box 315;
Newport, KY 41071, Tel: (606) 581-9456 FAX: (606)581-9458
OR Leonard Peltier's Defense Committee; P.O. Box 583;
Lawrence, KS 66044 Tel: (913) 842-5774 FAX: (913) 842-5796
--
Somewhere in Rural Southeast Ohio ...
E-mail: jacobson@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
WWW: http://oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu/personal/jacobson.html
--------- "RE: IHS Sterilizations" ---------
Date: Thu, 25 August 94 08:00 -0500
From: Janet Smith (Evening Star) (jans@genie.geis.com)
Subj: IHS Sterilizations
GE Electronic Mail
Did you know that between 1973 and 1976, roughly one quarter of all
Native American women were sterilized? An article in _Indian
Country Today_, August 24, 1994, quotes U.S. General Accounting
Office study figures--figures that were underestimated, and Dr.
Constance Redbird Uri, a Choctaw-Cherokee physician who has
interviewed thousands of Native American women who were
victimized in this way.
Dr. Uri's study uncovered numerous instances of women undergoing
hysterectomies at IHS physicians' recommendation, while they were
in their twenties, and even in their teens. The rationales would
be funny if the results weren't so tragic. One IHS doctor advised
his patient she was having headaches because she worried about
getting pregnant -- so she agreed to a hysterectomy. She
actually had a brain tumor...but she didn't have to worry about
a baby anymore.
Most Native American women were sterilized immediately after giving
birth. Many gave consent while heavily sedated, and reported fearing
either that their children or their benefits would be taken from them
if they declined. Considering that many of THESE young women or
their kin probably were virtually kidnapped from their families in the
1940s-1960s to be educated in white-run boarding schools that attempted
to drub their Native culture and identity from them, or to be adopted
into white families -- it wasn't an unreasonable fear.
Women of all races have undergone needless surgeries, including
hysterectomies, for spurious reasons. Powerless women --
those without wealth or political connections, have been the most
frequent victims. But ONE QUARTER of an entire culture's women in
a period of just three years? Add this to the pile of mounting
evidence that as late as the 1970s, the U.S. government was not
content with the effects of massacres, forced marches, impoverishment
and attendant hunger and illness, drug and alcohol addiction,
and the forced removal of Native children from their culture to
eradicate the "Indian Problem." They could not wait for slow attrition
as Native American youth left the reservation and married outside their
tribe, and as =their= children and grandchildren lost the right to
claim their heritage because they lacked the required blood quantum.
Lets call all these things by their true name -- genocide. Genocide
in our own time, when U.S. leaders were decrying mans' inhumanity to
man in countries far distant.
--------- "RE: Native American Resource Ordinance" ---------
Date: Tue Aug 23, 1994 at 02:15 EDT
From: VIVIANE (viviane@genie.geis.com)
Subj: Native American Resource Ordinance
Night Owl, THIS IS A VERY LONG POST, BUT ALSO VERY IMPORTANT
I am new to GEnie and to these boards but just read your note regarding the
Native American burial sites. At a convention I attended recently, the
speaker told about a Native American Resource Ordinance that he and the
preservationists in the Malibu, CA, area had been working on for the past
four years. With the indigenous people, the Chumash, they had managed to
get some really wonderful things going. Edward was adopted into the tribe
and they have become like extended family him. With their help, he has
worked to create the position of Native American Cultural Resource Manager.
This is, according to Edward, the first time in the history of the United
States that any city has had a Native American official who is equal to the
archaeologist that the city must hire (by law) when any new construction is
done. This position was filled by a Native American woman who KNOWS the
culture.
Unfortunately, since the last election, the developers and real-estate
people have managed to obtain two seats on the city council and "this
precedent-setting law which we've been working on for the past four years,
looks like it's going to go down the tubes." Edward is trying to organize
as many people as possible so that they can get the three votes out of the
5 which they need for the Native American Resource Ordinance to pass. He
put the idea of the convention-goers sending faxes to the Mayor and City
Council in Malibu to help show grassroots support. I met with Edward a
little later and told him about the power of going "on-line" to get the
message out to even more people. There was enough support at the conference
to get the City Council to vote unanimously to postpone the final vote on
the Ordinance until September 12, 1994. NOW, we have time to really get
out the word. I hope you will help us. Here is the letter Edward wrote
from our lap-top at the conference. The only thing that has changed is the
date of the vote. It is NOW Sept 12, 1994, and there will be a public,
open forum before the vote. It is re-printed with Edward's permission and
sincere hope that people will help:
"Hi friends, my name is Edward Albert and we are trying to get a final city
council vote on an ordinance that we have been working on for the last four
years. It is to try and protect the Native American sacred sites and educate
people to the value of all our heritage in this world of chaos and
brutality.
We have a priceless and irreplaceable resource that is being destroyed by
the greed of people without the long vision that includes the children of
our children. At the last moment, a deep-pocketed syndicate of developers
have blind-sided us with a very well organized and completely unethical
attack. The laws we have made are invulnerable so they are attacking on
personal levels of innuendo and rumor. We thought that our law would be
judged on its own merit...we were naive. The syndicate has waited until the
last minute so we couldn't prepare any defense. They didn't realize we
wouldn't roll over, they didn't realize we would fight to the last, that we
would put out the call to you and to the fans whose power is unlimited. We
are certain of two city council votes, and certain that two will go against
us...that leaves one vote to convince. Her name is Councilperson Joan House,
and she is the swing vote. If she knows that the ordinance has strong grass
roots support, she will vote for us. You and I are walking across the pages
of tomorrow's history right now. We will walk proudly or with regret
depending on the choice you make right now. I plead for your help. The City
Council meeting is on Tuesday afternoon. ***(now changed to above date)***
If the vote goes against us, that is the end of it. If the vote goes for us,
it is the beginning. Please help by faxing, telegramming, anything, but
ASAP. This is my first time on-line, but if this call is answered, it won't
be my last. Thank you for your time and attention. We can make a difference,
something too rare in our time. (signed) Edward Albert.
Fax numbers: Mayor Jeff Kramer 310-457-2542
City Council 310-456-3356."
The "fans" Edward speaks of in his note were the hundreds of people
attending the "Beauty & The Beast" convention (the TV show, NOT the Disney
film.) These are people who CARE. That's why they continue the fandom.
The "Tunnel Community" as written in that program was a place where people
cared for one another, where "moral responsibility" was a reality, and
where everyone had a place and a voice. It's a heady thought, but these
people from all over the world keep that dream alive. And many of us try
to bring the ideal of the Tunnels to the world Above. A difficult thing
in these times, as Edward says. I am here on this roundtable because I am
a Wiccan and a mother who would like her children to inherit a world in
which ALL peoples may live.
Yes, Edward is an actor, and Hollywood isn't always known for it's caring
people. But I've learned over the past 6 years that the people involved
with "Beauty & The Beast" were very unique. Whether they were actors,
writers, producers, or one of the crew, they all had something in them
that helped them, as a whole, to create a very remarkable world: a world
that thousands of people still hold onto. Sort of like "Star Trek," in a
way, I guess. Anyway, I thank you for taking the time to read this
incredibly long post. And anything you can do to help the Native American
Resource Ordinance and the cultural heritage of the Chumash will be greatly
appreciated. - Viviane (Narcissa's sister)
--------- "RE: Buffalo Robe: Gifting the Elders" ---------
Date: 28 Aug 1994 20:32:24 -0500
From: turtle@aicap.s21.com (Turtle Heart)
Subj: Buffalo Robe: Gifting the Elders
Newsgroup: alt.native
Dear Friends:
Even the most wildly
frontal lobe enhanced keyboard adventurer
must
occasionally
know the opening of the Heart.
An Elder of the Santa Clara New Mexico tribal nation
has asked me to help him get a Buffalo Robe as he wants
to Buffalo Dance his nation
and his heart
is a great sacred bowl
and I want the Internet to get this for him. We have
about 1/2 of the donations we need
and
the waterfall of the open hearts
of those who are helping
must in many ways be based upon believing that
some more of you will join in
and make some donations
to this gifting of this honorable man
and in return you will get a picture of the
gifting ceremony
and a small pottery made by his ancient
corn-covered fingers.
You may donate by mail:
Moon Dreaming Thunder PO Box 111 Johannesburg CA 93528
or visa/mastercard by phone or e-mail
619-374-2208 or turtle@soft21.s21.com
Imagine the Internet
gifting the Old One. Just imagine it
and help it happen.
Turtle Heart
American Indian Computer Art project
Tobacco Indian
--
Turtle Heart turtle@soft21.s21.com (Ahnishinabeg)
American Indian Computer Art Project BBS 619-374-2100
Land of Kaw-ii-su ancestor: Land of Light
--------- "RE: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days" ---------
Date: 94/08/27 22:44
From: Kepola (dfsanders@genie.geis.com)
Subj: A HAWAI'IAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of September 4-10
GE Electronic Mail
A HAWAI'IAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of September 4-10
KEPEKEMAPA
(September)
(Mahoe-hope)
4
In our hearts, we are all children.
5
Know all there is to know, ... and cherish what you learn.
6
Never make excuses to avoid doing the things you truly love.
7
Time will not stand still for our convenience -- we must
make the time we need to build our dreams.
8
In this world, there is time enough for all things.
9
Whenever we think we know all there is to know, ... the
universe changes.
10
Each person sees the world a little differently.
(c) Copyright 1991 by D. F. Sanders
Me ke aloha i ka nani, ... Moe'uhanekeanuenue
(With love and beauty, ... Rainbow Dream)
--------- "RE: Conferences and Powwows - offline" ---------
Date: Thu, 25 August 94 08:00 -0500
From: Janet Smith (Evening Star) (jans@genie.geis.com)
Subj: Upcoming conferences and powwows not previously posted
to Mailing Lists NATCHAT or NATIVE-L
GE Electronic Mail
=POWWOWS=
From: jacobson@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (someone in the family)
Subject: Call to Artists: Native American Art Show
Walk For Justice will sponsor an Art Exhibit during the month of
February, 1995, at the Carnegie Arts Center in Covington, Kentucky.
Artists are asked to submit slides or 3x5 color photos of selected
work to be considered (max. 10). Number & label with artist's name;
type a separate list in numerical order of titles, medium, date,
dimensions.
Send a self-addressed stamped envelope with correct postage for return of
slides/photos. An entry fee of $10.00 is requested by the Center. There
is a panel of judges to select those to be exhibited. Deadline is
October 15 to be received by the WFJ Office.
Notification of acceptance will be sent out by Nov. 15. Opening night is
Friday, Feb. 3, 1995. All exhibit pieces must be received by WFJ Office
by Jan. 25, 1995. Persons selected to participate in this exhibition are
responsible for the cost of shipping their work to the WFJ Office and its
return back to the owner after the shows' completion in March.
Walk for Justice; P.O. Box 315; Newport, KY 41071
Tel: (606) 581-9456 FAX: (606) 581-9458
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From: jacobson@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (someone in the family)
Subject: Good Medicine Run/Big Mountain to Chiapas
Good Medicine Run -- Big Mountain to Chiapas -- Oct.20 - Nov.15
This year's 1994 Sacred Run travels from Big Mountain -- home of the
Dine and Hopi Nations -- to Chiapas, Mexico -- the heartland of the
Mayan people. There are two parts to this Run: the USA, Big Mountain
to Brownsville, Texas leg and the Brownsville to Chiapas leg. The Big
Mountain leg will begin October 20th arriving in Brownsville around
October 29th. The second leg to Chiapas will be November 1-15th.
Because of the rugged terrain, high altitude mountainous regions, and
intense running schedule, only EXPERIENCED runners will be selected for
the Chiapas run. (Be prepared to run 10-20 miles per day.)
This year we will be selecting a core support staff. We will need two
licensed medical personnel, six good drivers with vehicles, a mechanic
with tools, trained massage therapist, a dietician, and two interpreters
in the Spanish language. In addition, four vans, a cooking truck, and
one luggage/equipment vehicle are also needed. (All vehicles must have
proof of insurance, proof of ownership/title, plus the owner must accompany
the vehicle. Submit copies of this paperwork with application.) If you or
anybody you know has such vehicles and is free to travel from October 20th
thru November 15th, have them contact the National Run Office in Kentucky.
To participate (either as a runner or support staff) send a
self-addressed, stamped, envelope to request an application. Applications
are due back in the Sacred Run office September 1.
Each run participant (including support staff) is required to make a
contribution to help with "on-the-road" expenses of the Run (gas, food,
water,etc.) Runners on the Big Mountain leg will contribute $150.00;
runners on the Chiapas leg will contribute $300.00. As supplies must be
purchased and arranged before the Run begins, deadline for the runners'
fee is October 1st.
Sacred Run Foundation
P.O. Box 315
Newport, KY 41071 USA
TEL: (606)581-9456
FAX: (606)581-9458
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From: stevek@commonweal.com (Steve Kleinman)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.native
Subject: UN_Intergenerational_Conference
We invite your active participation in a worldwide interactive conference
(September 27-30, 1994) supported and endorsed by the United Nations
International Year of the Family. Together for Tomorrow will bring together
individuals from all sectors and ages in society on the Internet and in
person to discuss how we can practically promote intergenerational respect,
caring, and cooperation. The content of this conference is timely given
the aging of the world's population.
Internet participants will interact with 400 people gathered in Minneapolis
Together, we will produce a set of international intergenerational
principles, develop a worldwide strategy for action, and help build a
network of intergenerational thinkers and actors. Madame Jehan el Sadat
will keynote the conference. She will be followed by host of presenters
and participants who will offer practical recommendations on how to use
the intergenerational perspective to give new insights on a wide variety
of issues and worldwide concerns. These recommendations will be included
in a final report which we will submit to the United Nations, and the
upcoming, United States White House Conference on Aging in May, 1995.
This conference should be of interest to you because Aboriginal
participation is important to developing a more complete intergenerational
perspective. It will also be important to explore the numerous
contributions Aboriginal people could make to the development of
intergenerational principles, actions and how to develop networks.
Internet participation can occur in one of two ways:
Download daily summaries of the conference via FTP or email and send in
questions and comments of your own.
Log in to the UN Conference IRC channel (INTERGEN) and participate in real
time discussions at the conference.
Details will be included with the packet sent to you after we receive your
registration.
To register for the conference:
By Mail: Send mail to majordomo@commonweal.com. In the body of your
message, type "send UN". You will receive a registration form via email.
By World Wide Web (Mosaic, Cello etc.): Open http://commonweal.com/
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From Indian Country Today,
September 16-18, 1994 - A Gathering of 7th Generation Youth
Huron, SD
Events will include talks, concert, laser light show. The event will
be filmed by PBS and an Italian film company. Registration fee is
$45.00 For information call: 1-800-628-6740
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From the Char-Koosta News
Sept 16-17 20th Annual North American Indian Alliance Powwow
Butte Montana
Sept 23-24 Eastern Plains Festival and Powwow, Tonganoxie, KS
Info: 913-863-2312
Oct 1 Denver Art Museum Friendship Powwow, Denver, CO
Info: 303-839-4830
Nov 25-27 Native American Month Social Powwow, Tucson, AZ
Info: 602-622-4900
Dec 30-Jan 1, New Year's Powwow, Tucson, AZ
Info: 602-622-4900
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From News from Indian Country:
Sept 8-11 25th International, Bismarck ND
Info: 701-255-3285 ext 360
Sept 9-11 Indian Summer, Milwaukee WI
Info: 414-774-7119
Sept 9-11 5th Sycuan Powwow, El Cajon, CA
Info: 619-445-0109
Sept 10-11 Hawk Flight, Perris CA
Info: 714-492-5416
Sept 10-11 Trail of Tears Powwow, Hopkinsville, KY
Info: 502-886-8033
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From The Spike
Sept 10-11 24th Annual Powwow - Coharie Tribe, Clinton NC
Info: 919-564-6909
Sept 9-10 3rd Annual Raccoon Mountain Indian Festival
Chattanooga, TN
Info: 404-735-6275
Sept 10-11 3rd Annual Kiser Lake Powwow, Kiser Lake, OH
Info: 513-663-4345
Sept 10-11 9th Annual Iroquois Arts Festival, Rhinebeck NY
Info: 914-758-6526
Sept 10-11 33rd Annual Grand Valley American Indian Lodge
Traditional Powwow Honoring Chief Ike Peters
Grand Rapids, MI
Info: 616-538-7568
Sept 10-11 8th Annual MCNAA Inc. Chief Red Blanket Memorial
Powwow at Plug Pond, Haverhill, MA
Info: 1-508-373-0403
Sept 11-12 Seneca Indian Fall FEstival, Irving NY
Info: 716-532-5777
Send notices of forthcoming powwows, conferences and gatherings to:
jans@genie.geis.com
gars@netcom.com