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This issue contains articles from NATIVE-L & NATCHAT Mailing Lists,
UUCP & Genie (General Electric) e-mail, UseNet newsgroups alt.native &
soc.culture.native. Articles appearing have been previously posted for
public dissemination and/or permission for inclusion has been secured.
Letters of authorization are on file. A list of those granting permission
to repost their words in this issue are listed at the end of part A.
I thank each of you for allowing your words to be shared with the people.
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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.
"Toward calm and shady places I am walking on the Earth."
__ Ojibway Song
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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 Appalachians and Smokies are painted with the change of seasons.
Mother Earth is dressed in a beautiful robe as she prepares for the
Winter Sleep. This beauty can be deceptive. There is a cold, sharp
wind pressing from the North.
There have been good promises regiven. The words are beautiful.
Listen very carefully to the words, and look very closely at the one
who speaks them. There is a cold, sharp wind in politics, as well.
Reminder: November 1828 Andrew Jackson was elected President of the
United States.
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
- History CD-ROM Available - Internship Opportunities
- Parti Quebecois Offers a Deal - Torres-Martinez ALERT
- Cherokee Delaware or Delaware Cherokee? - Confrontation Brewing in Chiapas
- Request of Imprisoned Brothers
- Little Rock Reed Arrested Again]
- Kahnesatake Heating Up Again
- Mt. Shasta Grizzly Legend
- Reviews: Children's Books
- Computer Arts Project Archive
- Poem: Inside a Medicine Lodge
- Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days
- Conferences and Powwows - offline
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--------- "RE: History CD-ROM Available" ---------
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 94 02:40:52 -0500
From: objectivecom@delphi.com
Subj: History CD-ROM available
Newsgroup: alt.native
Objective Computing is offering a PC/Windows compatible CD-ROM
containing approximately 10,000 pages of text and 1,000 color and
black and white illustrations, on the topic of Native Americans.
The core of the CD-ROM is the 4200 page original Indian encyclopedia
compiled in the 1850's -- it contains hundreds of pages of vocabulary
on many different native languages (especially Algonquin), in addition
to various historical essays, first hand accounts, myths, etc. etc. The
first and possibly best such compilation ever done, given that much
of the original nature of many tribes had not yet been entirely changed or
destroyed.
In addition to this huge resources, there is:
-- The full text of all treaties (roughly 370)
-- George Catlin's 'Letters and Notes ...', with over 300 color images
-- Henry Schoolcraft's autobiography
-- Black Hawk's autobiography
-- Biographies of famous Indian chiefs
-- Civil Rights Commission's 1981 report on Indian Tribes
-- Two comprehensive guides to the National Archives
-- Myths of the Pacific Northwest
-- Myths of North American Indians
-- Various BIA statistics and tracts
-- Selections of artwork from Karl Bodmer and McKenny-Hall
And more, including a 450 page work on Western Indian sign language.
The CD-ROM is Windows based and required 800x600 resolution. All
text is fully indexed; sample search phrases can return results in well
under 10 seconds, searching through 10,000 pages of text (including,
for example, every treaty.) Topics are printable.
The disc is positively reviewed in CD-ROM World magazine; a demo
exists on the October issue of CD-ROM Today magazine's CD-ROM. The price
is $59.95 for individuals, $99.95 for institutions (including libraries),
and $199.95 for a LAN license.
Objective Computing can be reached at 800-745-9904 or 317-475-9904,
and can take Visa or M/C phone orders. You can receive a brochure by
sending a snailmail address to OBJECTIVECOM@DELPHI.COM. The mailing
address is:
Objective Computing
PO Box 51246
Indianapolis, IN 46251
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Please note that this message was posted by Objective Computing and
not by a third party. We hope the topical nature of our product to
this group will alleviate any offense at posting what amounts to an
ad.
--------- "RE: Parti Quebecois Offers a Deal" ---------
Date: 94/11/02 18:11
From: Suzan Horovitch (a.horovitch@genie.geis.com)
Subj: Parti Quebecois Offers a Deal
GE Electronic Mail
Night Owl:
The Parti Quebecois, determined to show the world that it can "deal fair
with its natives" has made its first offer of self government to two groups
last week. They hope to have agreements before the 1995 referendum. The two
groups involved are the Montagnais ( Innu) with 12 thousand members in 8
villages and the much smaller Attikamek peoples who are 4 thousand in 3
villages.
Premier Jacques Parizeau said he is prepared to give "real and
significant" powers over their lands and control of their economic, social
and cultural development. In return, he would welcome their support of his
sovereignty plans.
The native leaders met Parizeau's offer with caution but said they would
be willing to negotiate. It is believed by many that this is a ploy to
devide and conquer and to help Quebec's stained international image. Such
an offer is not on the table to the much larger groups of Cree or Mohawk.
Brave Star
--------- "RE: Cherokee Delaware or Delaware Cherokee? " ---------
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 19:27:58 -0400
From: JACKTATUM@delphi.com
Subj: Cherokee Delaware or Delaware Cherokee?
UUCP email
My CDIB card, and for most Delawares says Cherokee. Which is a
joke, but not so funny to most Delawares. As even the Cherokee
know that our culture is very different from theirs and we are
not Cherokee!
Long story. Put briefly, we represented the Delaware Tribe as
the main group until 1979 when the BIA, at the insistence of Ross
Swimmer Chief of the Western Cherokee, administratively
terminated the tribe, re-interpreting an old treaty between the
Cherokee and Delaware tribes where the Cherokee said they would
adopt us. Since then the US Government considers us Cherokee or
adopted Cherokee Delawares.
We are contesting such a ridiculous,(but typical) US Gov. (BIA)
position. We also want the Cherokee Nation administration to act
like our adopted family and let us be who we are, Delaware,
sovereign over the land that we purchased. Then we can practice
our culture as Delaware. Right now we can't even have our own
facilities recognized as American Indian unless its as a Cherokee
facility. We even have a difficult time getting back any of our
artifacts or ancestor's remains that the museums have because we
are not federally recognized as Delawares but as Cherokee.
Its a common story where the Government gets involved, pitting
one tribe against another to cause conflict and termination. Our
Loyal Shawnee brothers and sisters have a similar story, are also
considered Cherokees by the BIA.
All Delaware, Shawnee and any Indians that are interested in a
how a tribe struggles to maintain their culture and still be
terminated by the BIA are encouraged to obtain the document
titled "Administrative Termination of the Delaware Tribe" from
the Delaware Tribe, 108 S Seneca, Bartlesville, OK; Ph.(918)336-
5272; for the price of printing $9.30 + $4.10 for shipping. Or,
hopefully by next year you can download it for free via the
Internet and FTP.
Jack Tatum
Systems Administrator
Delaware Tribe of Indians
--------- "RE: Request of Imprisoned Brothers" ---------
Date: 28 Oct 1994 15:01:52 GMT
From: SCHAPIRO@frost.oit.umass.edu (Robert M Schapiro)
Subj: request of imprisoned brothers
Newsgroup: alt.native
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I'm passing this along in the hope that many can respond to the request of
our incarcerated Brothers.
To whom it may concern:
I am writing to tell you a little about our circle and to request your
assistance where that is possible. Presently I am the Vice Chairman of
the "Native American Spiritual Cultural Council" at the Indiana State
Prison. There are 38 men in this institution who are striving to follow
the Red Path. As you can well imagine, the path is hard to follow in a
Maximum Security Prison.
We, the brothers, represent different nations such as Lakota Sioux,
Blackfoot, Cherokee, Creek, Arapahoe, Aztec, Apache, Iroquois, etc.
We are trying to learn the culture of our people, and gain some
knowledge from all the nations that represents or group. If it is within
your power, we request that you consider helping us learn more about
our traditional ways. We are in need of Native American material such
as books on beadwork, cultural books on history and religion of the
many different tribes. All material may be new or used.
We, the inmates at the Indiana State Prison, feel that in helping us meet
our needs would be a blessing from the creator, and it would help us
become a more self-sufficient people. Our traditions teach us that we are
a people that share with those who are less fortunate. It is in this spirit
that I write this letter in hope that you may find it in your heart to help
us in any way that you can.
All incoming material to the "Native American Spiritual Cultural
Council" must be routed through the Chaplain's Office to meet security
regulations. If you are in a position to help us with a donation of Native
American books, pleased send them addressed to the institutional
Chaplain's Office in care of:
Native American Spiritual Cultural Council
C/O Chaplain's Office
Indiana State Prison
P.O. Box 41
Michigan City, IN 46361
Thank you for whatever assistance you might be able to offer us. We
ask the Creator to protect you along your way. We look forward to
hearing from you soon. Your help would be very gratefully appreciated,
and it would be a blessing to our group.
Respectfully Yours,
Enrique Thunder Eagle #3146
--------- "RE: Little Rock Reed Arrested Again" ---------
Date: 01 Nov 1994 01:34:28 GMT
From: pns@sage.uucp (PrisonNews Service)
Subj: Little Rock Reed arrested again
Newsgroup: soc.culture.native
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A Bulldozer Publication
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Little Rock Reed arrested again
October 31st
Little Rock Reed was arrested on Thursday, October 27, 1994 to be extradited
back to Ohio. Little Rock is wanted for parole violation by the Ohio
Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections and had been living in New
Mexico since he fled Ohio.
Little Rock, and his supporters had been asking that the Attorney General of
New Mexico conduct an investigation of the extradition request by Ohio
because they fear that his life in danger should he be returned into the
custody of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections. But Little
Rock was picked up within a week of receiving the extradition request from
Ohio, without any investigation having been done. A press spokesman for
Governor King of New Mexico told Prison News Service that the Supreme Court
has ruled that the extradition requests are virtually automatic, and that
there was little that Governor King could do. When asked whether New Mexico
would extradite someone whose life would be threatened upon their return,
Rich Maespas of the Governor's office said he couldn't believe that a
prisoner's life would be in danger from any official.
Little Rock served ten years for armed robbery in the Ohio prison system
before he was paroled. During his sentence, Little Rock continually struggled
for the rights of native prisoners to practice their traditional
spirituality. Little Rock gained the respect of his fellow prisoners,
professors, lawyers and anti-prison activists for his strength of character
and the quality of his work. After his release on parole in 1992, he
published "The American Indian in the Whiteman's Prison: a Story of Genocide"
which describes the struggles native prisoners have waged across the United
States on such simple, but basic issues as the right to wear their hair long.
With a few exceptions, the native prisoners have been met with ridicule,
sacrilege and violence. The irony - in the hypocritical sense of the word -
is that being able to develop an interest in, and then a positive practice
of, their spirituality is the best means of rehabilitation that Native
prisoners can have.
Little Rock was within six weeks of ending his parole when he was charged in
early 1993 with "threatening" a Kentucky man, whose wife and child were
willing to testify that it was Little Rock who was threatened. But that was
enough for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections to charge
him with parole violation. So Little Rock went underground. Shortly
thereafter Lucasville prison, where Little Rock had served much of his
sentence, blew up in a 10-day long stand-off that left 10 people dead. Even
though he was on the run, Little Rock testified on the media as to the
conditions in Lucasville which made the uprising all but inevitable.
Before his release, Little Rock had documented the ways in which the
then-warden, Arthur Tate, Jr. had manipulated racial tensions within the
prison population so as to demonstrate the need for a "higher-security"
prison. Examples of this are documented in a federal court case. Ohio prison
officials are hoping that by returning Little Rock to Lucasville, he will be
silenced, one way or the other. The head of the Adult Parole Authority told
Little Rock that if he returns, he will serve the remaining fifteen years of
his 7 to 25 year sentence even though he has already served twice as long as
others convicted of similar armed robberies.
Deborah Garlin of the Centre for the Advocacy of Human Rights in Ranchos de
Taos in New Mexico says that they will try a variety of legal challenges to
the extradition. She says that this may take as long as two or three months.
Support is needed in terms of money and stamps. There is little that can be
done right now in terms of support other than spreading the word. We'll post
anything new that comes along.
Write:
Center for Advocacy of Human Rights
Box 880
Ranchos de Taos, NM 87557-0880
(505) 751-0197
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--------- "RE: Kahnesatake Heating Up Again" ---------
Date: 94/10/31 18:04
From: Suzan Horovitch (a.horovitch@genie.geis.com
Subj: Kahnesatake Heating Up Again
GE Electronic Mail
Kwe Kwe all...
Just an update on some news. Can be published...
Oct. 30, 1994
Kahnesatake is heating up again. The Minister of the PQ government for
public security has ordered the SQ ( provincial police) into the community
to restore order. Chief Peltier says this is an over re-action to some
adolescent incidents ( gun firings in the middle of the night) both from on
the reserve and from the town of Oka. Chief Peltier says the provincial
police have no right to be on the reserve and refused to meet with Minister
Serge Menard. The minister says it is his responsibility to keep people safe
"everywhere" in Quebec. He further stated that a native police force is a
"possibility" some time in the future but that it is not an immediate
solution.
Tensions are beginning to run high as the residents of Kahnesatake are
divided over what should be done and by whom.
Brave Star
--------- "RE: Mt. Shasta Grizzly Legend" ---------
Date: Sat Oct 08, 1994
From: [JimC in OR] (j.casto@genie.geis.com)
Subj: Mt. Shasta Grizzly Legend
GE Electronic Mail
Before people were on the Earth, the Chief of the Great Sky Spirits grew
tired of his home in the Above World because it was always cold. So he
made a hole in the sky by turning a stone around and around. Through the
hole he pushed snow and ice until he made a big mound. This mound was
Mount Shasta.
Then Sky Spirit stepped from the sky to the mountain and walked down.
When he got about halfway down, he thought: "On this mountain there
should be trees." So he put his finger down and eveywhere he touched,
up sprang trees. Everywhere he stepped, the snow melted and became
rivers.
The Sky Spirit broke off the end of his big walking stick he had carried
from the sky and threw the pieces in the water. The long pieces became
Beaver and Otter. The smaller pieces became fish. From the other end of
his stick he made the animals.
Biggest of all was Grizzly Bear. They were covered with fur and had sharp
claws just like today, but they could walk on their hind feet and talk.
They were so fierce looking that the Sky Spirit sent them to live at the
bottom of the mountain.
When the leaves fell from the trees, Sky Spirit blew on them and made the
birds.
Then Sky Spirit decided to stay on the Earth and sent for his family.
Mount Shasta became their lodge. He made a BIG fire in the middle of
the mountain and a hole in the top for the smoke and sparks. Every
time he threw a really big log on the fire, the Earth would tremble
and sparks would fly from the top of the mountain.
Late one spring, Wind Spirit was blowing so hard that it blew the smoke
back down the hole and burned the eyes of Sky Spirit's family. Sky
Spirit told his youngest daughter to go tell Wind Spirit not to blow so
hard.
Sky Spirit warned his daughter: "When you get to the top, don't poke your
head out. The wind might catch your hair and pull you out. Just put your
arm through and make a sign and then speak to Wind Spirit."
The little girl hurried to the top of the mountain and spoke to Wind
Spirit. As she started back down, she remembered that her father had told
her that the ocean could be seen from the top of the mountain. He had
made the ocean since moving his family to the mountain and his daughter
had never seen it.
She put her head out of the hole and looked to the west. The Wind Spirit
caught her hair and pulled her out of the mountain. She flew over the ice
and snow and landed in the scrubby fir trees at the timberline, her long
red hair flowing over the snow.
There Grizzly Bear found her. He carried the little girl home with him
wondering who she was. Mother Grizzly Bear took care of her and brought
her up with her cubs. The little girl and the cubs grew up together.
When she bacame a young woman, she and the eldest son of Gizzly Bear
were married. In the years that followed they had many children. The
children didn't look like their father or their mother.
All the grizzly bears throughout the forest were proud of these new
creatures. They were so pleased, they made a new lodge for the
red-haired mother and her strange looking children. They called the
Lodge - Little Mount Shasta.
Ater many years had passed, Mother Grizzly Bear knew that she would soon
die. Fearing that she had done wrong in keeping the little girl, she
felt she should send word to the Chief of the Sky Spirits and ask
his forgiveness. So she gathered all the grizzlies at Little Mount
Shasta and sent her oldest grandson to the top of Mount Shasta, in a
cloud, to tell the Spirit Chief where he could find his daughter.
The father was very glad. He came down the mountain in great strides.
He hurried so fast the snow melted. His tracks can be seen to this day.
As he neared the lodge, he called out for his daughter.
He expected to see a little girl exactly as he saw her last. When he saw
the strange creatures his daughter was taking care of, he was surprised
to learn that they were his grandchildren and he was very angry. He
looked so sternly at the old grandmother that she died at once. Then he
cursed all the grizzlies.
"Get down on your hands and knees. From this moment on all grizzlies shall
walk on four feet. And you shall never talk again. You have wronged me."
He drove his grandchildren out of the lodge, threw his daughter over his
shoulder and climbed back up the mountain. Never again did he come to the
forest. Some say he put out the fire in the center of his lodge and
returned to the sky with his daughter.
Those strange grandchildren scattered and wandered over the earth. They
were the first Indians, the ancestors of all the Indian Tribes.
That is why the Indians living around Mount Shasta never kill Grizzly
Bear. Whenever one of them was killed by a grizzly bear, his body was
burned on the spot. And for many years all who passed that way cast a
stone there until a great pile of stones marked the place of his death.
The above story about the Grizzlies was one told by Joaquin Miller.
It is retold in the great book by Ella E. Clark.
JimC
--------- "RE: Reviews: Children's Books" ---------
Date: 28 Oct 1994 00:43:56 GMT
From: brock@ucsub.Colorado.EDU (BROCK STEVEN GARY)
Subj: Reviews of new children's books by or about Native Americans
Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native
Here are short reviews of new and recent children's books by and
about Native Americans:
For ages 6-10:
NATIVE AMERICAN TRICKSTER SERIES: HERE COMES TRICKY RABBIT AND BIG
TROUBLE FOR TRICKY RABBIT, retold and illustrated by Gretchen Will
Mayo. Walker and Company, 435 Hudson St., N.Y., NY 10014, (800)
AT-WALKER, (212) 307-1764 FAX. Illustrated, afterword, bibliogra-
phy. 48 pp., $12.95 cloth, each. "Here Comes" is 0-8027-8273-6,
"Big Trouble" is 0-8027-8275-2.
REVIEW
Each of these volumes contains five trickster stories in large
print that are perfect as first chapter books. Rabbit is sometimes
clever ("Oh No, Not That!") and sometimes very foolish ("Rabbit's
Tail"), but each story has something to say about proper behavior.
Also included is a short explanation of the source of each story,
as well as a bibliography. The stories are suitable, but the
illustrations lack originality. Grade B-
DOESN'T FALL OFF HIS HORSE, written and illustrated by Virginia
Stroud. Dial Books, 375 Hudson St., N.Y., NY 10014, (212) 366-
2000, (212) 366-2666 FAX. Illustrated, glossary. 32 pp., $14.99
cloth. 0-8037-1634-6
REVIEW
Saygee's Kiowa great-grandfather tells her the true story of how he
used to play "Coup," a dangerous game of tag that showed dishonor
to an enemy tribe (in this case the Comanche) for being off-guard.
His raiding party tries to make off with their horses, but the
Comanche give chase and wound the youth with a rifle bullet.
Clinging to his horse and bleeding from the throat, the boy slumps
over and makes it back to camp, earning his warrior name. A tender
and graphic story, evoking the trials and perils of Indian youth,
as well as respect for an elder. Grade B+
For all ages:
THE GREAT BALL GAME: A MUSKOGEE STORY, retold by Joseph Bruchac,
illustrated by Susan L. Roth. Dial Books, 375 Hudson St., N.Y., NY
10014, (212) 366-2000, (212) 366-2666 FAX. Illustrated. 32 pp.,
$14.99 cloth. 0-8037-1539-0
REVIEW
Native peoples occasionally settle a dispute with a competitive
game such as lacrosse or soccer. In this story, Bruchac tells how
the animals (who have teeth) and the birds (who have wings) settle
their disagreement over who is better. The first to score a goal
wins, and has to accept whatever penalty the victors devise. Which
team, however, gets the bat, who has both teeth AND wings? He is
accepted by the animals, but because he is so small, he has to stay
out of the way. The game goes on all day with no score. As night
falls, the bat is put in the game and scores because he is the only
one who can see. As a result of scoring the goal, the bat gets to
set the penalty: the birds must migrate every six months, and that
is why they fly south each winter. The captivating story is
enhanced by Roth's vibrant collages, made from papers gathered from
all over the world. Grade: A-
SUNPAINTERS: ECLIPSE OF THE NAVAJO SUN, written and illustrated by
Baje Whitethorne. Northland Publishing, P.O. Box 1389, Flagstaff,
AZ 86002-1389, (800) 346-3257, (800) 257-9082 FAX. Northland also
has a line of southwestern design T-shirts. Illustrated. 32 pp.,
$14.95 cloth. 0-87358-587-9
REVIEW
Whitethorne, Navajo illustrator of "Monster Slayer" and "Monster
Birds," narrates a story as old of the universe - the traditional
meanings that many Native American tribes attach to a solar
eclipse. When the moon begins to pass in front of the sun, Kii's
grandfather beckons him home and tells him that the sun has died.
As they patiently wait for the gloom to lift and the sun to be
reborn, he relates the story of Mother Earth's painters, who come
from the four directions after each eclipse and repaint the
universe the colors of the rainbow. "Sunpainters" is outstanding
as a read-aloud, but make sure the child is able to see the
shimmering colors created by the sunpainters. They will be lulled
to sleep, dreaming of the bright Navajo sun shining down on blue
mountains and Kii's brown hogan. Recommended for ages 5 and up,
this is also one for all ages to share. Grade: A
--------- "RE: Computer Arts Project Archive" ---------
Date: 1 Nov 1994 00:00:03 -0000
From: turtle@aicap.s21.com
Subj: Computer Arts Project Archive: Turtle Heart
Newsgroup: alt.native
The American Indian Computer Art Project (AICAP) now is developing an
ARCHIVE site which can be accessed by MAIL messages.
Each month new files are being added to this service.
To obtain a list of the current files in the archive, follow these
instructions:
send a mail message to:
mail mail-server@soft21.s21.com
subject <none>
BEGIN
SEND aicap/list1.txt
END
Please do it just that way. The list will arrive as a text message with
instructions on how to obtain these files.
The American Indian Computer Art Project is in existence to promote
Native American interfaces with the modern world. Our main emphasis is upon
art and other POSITIVE expressions.
Thanks go to 21st Century Software and Mr. John Antypas for their support
of this archive site and to AICAP's connection to the INTERNET.
Turtle Heart
Project Director
Ahnishinabeg Artist
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: Poem: Inside a Medicine Lodge" ---------
Date: 28 Oct 1994 08:25:50 -0500
From: turtle@aicap.s21.com (Turtle Heart)
Subj: Inside a Medicine Lodge
Newsgroup: alt.native
Humbled by the stones
stones, the hearts of the old ones
wild and young are the waters
rushing through their hearts
stones, red hot burning like blood
singing all at once
stretching through the womb
stones of hope round and hard
following the smoke from the shadows
out to the light again
remembering everything
on all fours they have gone
remembering everything
Tobacco Indian
Tobacco Indian
________________________________________________
Turtle Heart turtle@soft21.s21.com (Ahnishinabeg)
American Indian Computer Art Project BBS 619-374-2100
PO Box 111 Johannesburg CA 93528-0111
Land of Kaw-ii-su ancestor: Land of Light
Land of Kaw-ii-su ancestor: Land of Light
--------- "RE: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days" ---------
Date: 94/10/29 23:15
From: Kepola (dfsanders@genie.geis.com)
Subj:A HAWAI'IAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of November 6-12
GE Electronic Mail
A HAWAI'IAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of November 6-12
NOWEMAPA
(November)
(Welehu)
6
Our joys and our sorrows come from within, not from those around us.
7
Make your opportunities -- do not wait for them.
8
Wherever you are, let your spirit dwell in the wilderness.
9
Spend each day well -- once gone, it cannot be reclaimed.
10
Take time to enjoy the world around you.
11
The blue of the sky perfectly mirrors the blue of the ocean.
12
The reef fish dart in and out of shadows like restless dancers.
(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, 3 November 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=
Veterans' Day is coming up next week and there are a number of
powwows listed below to honor Native American Veterans. Anyone who
has danced in a Veterans Honor dance or stood while a loved one
participated knows the special love we hold for our Native warriors,
whether they fought for their family, clan, tribe, or adopted nation.
The biggest news on the Native American "event" horizon has
already happened. This past Sunday in New York City, the Heye Center
of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian opened.
Sun Oct 30, 1994
From: J.CASTO (bulletin board, GEnie East RT)
'Scuse, please, if this is old stuff. I don't normally read this
particular Topic.
Is there anyone out there "lurking" that lives in or near New York City?
I am curious to hear a first-hand report on the opening of the Heye Center
of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian that was
scheduled to open today (Sunday, October 30, 1994).
For anyone not familiar with the Heye Center, that's the branch of the
Smithsonian that had/has a HUGE collection of Native American art and
other artifacts. According to the Congressional Record over a million
pieces.
Anyway, for this exhibit, the museum is devoting twenty thousand square
feet. Actually, there are three exhibits:
1. "Creation's Journey, Masterworks of Native American Identity and
Belief." One hundred sixty-five rare and historically significant
objects.
2. "All Roads are Good: Native Voices on Life and Culture" which will
display over three hundred objects selected by twenty-three Native
Americans.
3. "This Path We Travel: Celebrations of Contemporary Native American
Creativity" which is an exhibition of the talents of fifteen
contemporary Native Americans.
The above information was taken from an article in the "Oregonian"
(Portland, Oregon) for October 26, 1994.
There is an excellent cover story about this exhibit in the latest issue
(October 1994) of the "Smithsonian", the magazine produced by the
Smithsonian Institution. You should try and locate a copy of this issue
to read the story for yourself.
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Veterans Day Powwows:
Nov 5 - Veterans Day Pow Wow, Portland WA
Info: 206-696-4061, ext 3413
Nov 5 - Veterans Day Pow Wow, Tacoma WA
Info: 206-596-1139
Nov 5 - 2nd Veterans Pow Wow, Lac du Flambeau, WI
Info: 715-588-3303
Nov 10-13 Apache Vets Day Fair, San Carlos, AZ
Info: 602-475-2361
Nov 11 - LCO Veterans Pow Wow, Hayward, WI
Info: 715-634-8924
Nov 11 - Flathead Reservation Veterans Powwow
Kicking Horse Job Corps
Nov 11 - Vets/Star Mothers Pow Wow, Cherry Cree, SD
Info: 605-538-4221
Nov 11-13 41st Annual Chicago American Indian Center's Powwow
Honoring all Native Veterans
Info: 312-275-5871
Nov 12-13 2nd Annual North American Iroquois Veterans Assoc.
Powwow at the Turtle, Niagara Falls, NY
Info: 519-752-1925
More Powwows
Nov 11 - The Commemoration Ceremony of the 1794 Canandaigua Treaty
between the Six Nations and the United States.
Canandaigua, NY
Info: 716-377-1767
Nov 4-6 2nd Annual Native American Powwow-Festival, Auburn AL
Info: 205-742-0210
Nov 4-6 8th Annual AIA Powwow, Orlando FL
Info: 407-862-9676
Nov 7-12 2nd Annual National Native American Festival
Jacksonville, FL
Info: 904-269-8865
Nov 11 - Veterans Powwow, Owyhee, NV
Info: 702-757-3211
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