( N A T I V E A M E R I C A N N E W S )
This issue contains articles from IND-NET, NATIVELIT, NATIVE-L &
NATCHAT Mailing Lists, Genie (General Electric) & UUCP 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
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This is a test site, and at some point in the future the location of these
files will change.
"We are grateful, O Mother Earth, for the mountains and the streams
where the deer, by command of Thy Breath of Life, wander. Wishing
for you the fullness life, we shall go forth prayerfully upon the
the trails of our Earth Mother."
__ Zuni Prayer
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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 article in part B of this issue is disheartening. It is one
that many assumed would never be written. It is about youth of the First
Nations becoming involved in gangs.
You know and I know this is the result of urbanization and assimilation.
It is about traditional values being lost in the conquering society's
broken way of being.
You also know you can not make anyone, young or old, walk a path he or
she does not choose to. What I will tell you is that you can answer the
questions that are asked. You can take the time to include those youths,
at 4, 8 14 or whatever age, who seek to know you. Never forget the young
ones are keepers of our future just as surely as we are keepers of theirs.
Dohiyi Oginalii! Night Owl
, , Gary Night Owl gars@genie.geis.com
(*,*) P. O. Box 672168 gars@netcom.com
(`-') Marietta, GA 30067, U.S.A. gars@igc.apc.org
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----------- News of the people featured in this issue ----------
Part A: Usenet and e-mail Part B: NATCHAT and NATIVE-L lists
- Elder's Statement About - American Indian Gangs
Burial Grounds - Eagle Feather Use
- Help with Documentary - PhD fellowships in Ecology/Geography
- Native Activists Confront - Honyere Tehawenkarogwen:
"Pilgrims" Head Warrior of Oriska
- More from Bella Coola - 7th Grade "Historical Simulation"
- Gov. Lowry's Peltier Letter Update
- Review: TALES FROM THE GREAT TURTLE - 10 Worst Stereotypes (so far)
- Medicine Wheel Alliance - Leonard Peltier Freedom Office Open
- NativeNet WWW Progress Report - Zedillo on Chiapas
- Poem: Sharp Knife
(left in the Shadows)
- Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days
- Conferences and Powwows - offline
--------- "RE: Elder's Statement About Burial Grounds" ---------
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 1994 11:37:56 -0500 (EST)
From: "M. Council" <council@luna.cas.usf.edu>
Subj: Elder's Statement About Burial Grounds
UUCP email
greetings!
I have attached the Bobby's statement.
I spoke with him yesterday, and have his permission to reprint as
widely as possible among the 'right people.' Bobby is anxious to get
responses from people. He asks for people to send him their names,
their Nations, and the number of people who support these ideas
where they are.
The meetings he is referring to are meetings that were held to talk
about NAGPRA, to which traditional people were not invited.
[Editor Note: NAGPRA is the Native American Grave Protection/Restoration]
Peace! And thanks for your effort in disseminating this information.
A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS AND THEIR
RIGHTS TO PROTECT THEIR BURIAL GROUNDS
by Bobby C. Billie, Spiritual Leader
Indigenous Person, August 30, 1994
This meeting that we found out about by accident through some
people in Tallahassee is an important one to the Indigenous
People. I am angry that we were not invited. These are matters of
importance and it is my deep feeling that it is the Indigenous
people that most certainly should have a voice in this meeting.
The American people have continually done things illegally
especially where Indigenous People are concerned. When are you
people going to stop these illegal actions. When are you going to
be honest and do the right thing?
The burial grounds are resting places of our Ancestors and should
be respected and left untouched. The rights of these people must
be honored and respected. The burial grounds which have been
disturbed should be put back as they originally were and those
items which have no safe place to be returned should be put back
in the earth not in museums or sold as collector's items. These
items and remains must be respected and returned to the earth in
the right and respectful way.
These crimes against the Indigenous peoples' resting grounds must
stop. I am sure that our Ancestors are with us today asking you
to do the right thing.
It is only you people that continue to do this. Most people are
shocked that our Burial Grounds are still being dug up and do not
support what you are doing.
We cannot understand why you people cannot respect our resting
grounds. Is it because they do not have stone markers? Would this
make a difference? You put up markers on empty graves of military
people who aren't even buried there and you respect an empty
grave. Why can't you respect ours?
American people and the Tribe are trying to stop me from my
rights, and a lot of history has been spoken, but a lot of that
history is not true. We have our own history and we know what
happened between American people, Spanish people, French people,
British people, and other different Nations.
War between American people and Red people - We know what
happened. The American reporters can never get near where the
Indian people are. How can they get near to the kind of
information they write about? They couldn't. During that time
they were killing each other. They were enemies to each other.
Whoever wrote that history - sometimes it is not true because
they sit down and they wrote this is how they think it happened,
how they move and all that.
Because of this, they just wrote their history out of their
minds. Our history is passed on from generation to generation, it
is the history of not just between white people and other people,
our history comes from the beginning of the Earth.
They talk about Recognized Tribes, but these people who have
passed on what we are talking about, a lot of them, I know were
unrecognized tribes. Independent. It is these people's law I am
speaking for. These people believed in the Creator's Law. They
believed in the Water, they believed in the Air, they believed in
the Trees, the food, the animals, the fish, the grass. I can
continue all the things they have died for, but the Creator's
Law, no matter how much your enemy has done to you, you can
forgive him, and you can always love them, and lend a hand as the
Creator.
When the first Americans came onto my Land they came with
nothing. We trusted them, and we cared and loved them, and we
gave them food, we gave them the way to survive, how to grow
food, but a lot of things can be twisted, the stories get
twisted, and that is what happened.
This is just part of my history, just a little of it, but that is
what the Independent Traditional People stand for THE RIGHTS OF
ALL LIFE ON EARTH. For that I think each of you needs to look
back into your backgrounds, trace down your history and you can
find out and see who you are.
And I know some of you American people have a heart, eyes, and
ears, and a brain, and use it to do good things for your future,
for your kid's future, for your kid's kid's future, and beyond
the future. That is what the Red People's future stands for. I
ask you to do that.
When I walked into the Historical Museum yesterday -- it made me
sad.
When I looked at the boxes and plastic bags, and they held up
some of the plastic bags and they told us they are deer bones,
and turtles and other animal bones, I'm thinking they have a
right to their freedom too. To be back into the Earth. Not just
the artifacts. I'm speaking for those animals. They need to be
back into the Earth. That is the reason I am giving this message
because that is what they want.
And then we walked into another room with belongings of people
who have passed on. And they spoke of this room like it was a
library, certain numbers on the plastic bags and boxes, and I was
thinking about it - If I go into their graves, their grandma or
grandpa or their ancestor's graves and take their shoes, take
their watches, their eye glasses and take their bones, what would
the American people do to me? That answer, I know. They would
hang me - no question. They will do that if they follow their
law, but what we believe is the Creator's law which is Protection
of All Rights on Earth.
And then in another room they talked about computers. They
weren't using this computer before. Now they are using it. Sounds
like great things are happening. But when I hear that, I'm
thinking, they are going to keep on digging up our graves because
they have this computer now.
I don't know how you take care of your grandpa, your grandma,
your aunts, your sisters and brothers, and your children, but I
think it is wrong what you are doing to my people.
But sometimes I've heard you burn the bodies, or sometimes you
put the bodies into the water. I don't know what else you do to
your people, but we don't do it that way.
We treat them in a respectful way. We put them nicely into the
Earth. Spiritually. Their items, their belongings, all special
things to him, to her. That is how we do our people who have
passed on. We don't just dump them.
In the war time, they were fighting for their rights. Sometimes
they died in the woods, but that is where they found their
resting place, and that is their right. Even the non-Indian
people, Black, or White, any color, it doesn't matter -- that is
where they found their resting place.
We call ourselves human beings. We should act like human beings
and care for our families and ancestors in a respectful way.
Whatever we have said, we never have changed. It's our Law. Many
times you have said a lot of things, but you never respect your
own laws. For once respect your Law.
I told you in my statement yesterday what I think should be done
with the collections you have stored in boxes and plastic bags. I
hope you understand that you need to return these things back to
Mother Earth.
I know who took these items out of the Earth -- American People,
and I am telling you to take them back. And when you do that, we
want to be there to see that it is done right when you put them
into the Earth.
And I hope when you do that you apologize to these People.
And for that, if you do that, I thank you.
--------- "RE: Help with Documentary" ---------
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 1994 16:28:47 -0500
From: Eugene Marner <gene@PIPELINE.COM>
Subj: Looking for help with documentary
Mailing List: IND-NET <IND-NET%WSUVM1.BITNET@cmsa.Berkeley.EDU>
We are filmmakers with very modest development funds, preparing
a public television series of six half-hour documentaries
exploring the diversity of American life. Each program will be
shot in a luncheonette. The luncheonette, however, is not
itself the primary subject of the program. Rather, it will be
the context and location for a discussion. The topic of the
discussion -- different in each location -- will be a hot issue
in the area at the time of shooting. We stress that this will
be a matter in the public domain; we're not looking for gossip.
We expect that the stories we choose will resonate across
state lines and regional divisions, providing insight into
aspects of American culture and character.
For the past week or ten days, we have been posting messages in
a variety of Usenet groups around the country, trying to find
half a dozen luncheonettes where people gather not only to eat,
but also to meet friends, exchange stories, argue about
politics, keep in touch with their communities.
Scores of responses have given us what sounds like a variety of
interesting places to choose from, populated by colorful people
-- good talkers with strong opinions. Many of the suggestions
seem to represent, as we had hoped, the demographic changes
occurring in America: the juxtaposition of peoples and places
that would once have been surprising and are now increasingly
the rule. There have been, however, no suggestions that
involve Native Americans.
I set out to fill this gap by a little net surfing and found my
way to this list. Do you know a place that might work for us
-- somewhere in the Mid-West or the West? Locations in areas
where the topics of discussion might center around Native
American rights -- land, hunting, fishing, treaty -- would, for
example, be particularly illuminating for our audience. But we
are open to all suggestions.
Our newsgroup postings have been posted under the subject
GUARANTEED FREE LUNCH, which is meant to be eye-catching and in
which we promise to buy lunch for whoever helps us find a
location that we use. The offer stands of course. :-).
Carole Lucia Satrina & Eugene Marner
Red Hook Picture Company, Inc.
gene@pipeline.com
--------- "RE: Native Activists Confront "Pilgrims"" ---------
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 1994 05:40:38 GMT
From: ww@blythe.org (Workers World Service)
Subj: Native Activists Confront "Pilgrims"
Newsgroup: soc.culture.native
Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit
Day of Mourning:
NATIVE ACTIVISTS CONFRONT "PILGRIMS"
By Workers World Boston Bureau
Plymouth, Mass.
On Nov. 24, a group of Native people and their supporters
disrupted the "Pilgrims Progress Parade."
Chanting, "Thou shall not kill," "Thou shall not steal," and
"Pilgrim bigots we say no, racism has got to go!" the activists
blocked the parade participants with their bodies and a banner
that read: "You Are on Indian Land."
The Pilgrims Progress Parade is held every year in Plymouth,
Mass., on Thanksgiving Day to commemorate the 51 Pilgrims who
survived their first winter in the "New World."
According to Moonanum James (Wampanoag), Sachem of United
American Indians of New England (UAINE), the parade "is an insult
to our people. It perpetuates the myth that Native people gave up
our lands willingly to the European colonists and that everyone
lived happily ever after.
"It is nothing but a glorification of genocide."
UAINE organized the Nov. 24 protest. Supporters included the
All-Peoples Congress, Workers World Party, Revolutionary Youth,
and Cape Cod-ers Against Racism.
Despite police efforts to push the protesters onto the sidewalk,
the activists disrupted the parade for over 10 minutes. They then
surged forward to the Church of the Pilgrim, where an
interdenominational service was scheduled to take place.
The church minister and cops tried unsuccessfully to prevent the
activists from entering. The protestors sat in the front seats of
the church, which had been reserved for the "Pilgrims."
The minister was forced to let the demonstrators speak. Armed
cops stood by ready to arrest the Native leadership if the
service was disrupted.
Mahtowin (Oglala Lakota) and Sam Sapier (Penobscot) drew
applause from the congregation when they explained why the parade
had been disrupted.
"We are angry that you are honoring, and teaching your children
to honor, the beginnings of racism and class hatred on this
continent," said Mahtowin.
After speaking, the protesters left the church and met at the
statue of Massasoit, where for the 25th year the National Day of
Mourning was observed. At the noon rally, Native people from
North and South America spoke of their struggles.
The program began with a moving presentation by Wamsutta James,
Wampanoag elder and the leading organizer of every Day of
Mourning. After explaining the origins and history of the
protest, he turned the program over to the new sachem of UAINE,
Moonanum James.
Activists from Northeast Quebec to Massachusetts to Chile told of
their fight to combat the oppression of colonial governments. A
Native representative from Chiapas, Mexico, gave an inspiring
speech detailing the Zaptistas' struggle.
Bob Gustafson (Mohawk) made special mention of the need to free
Leonard Peltier, an Anishnabe/Lakota warrior falsely imprisoned
by the U.S. government for the last 18 years.
-30-
(Copyright Workers World Service: Permission to reprint granted
if source is cited. For more information contact Workers World,
55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: ww@wwp.blythe.org.)
--------- "RE: More from Bella Coola" ---------
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 23:24:50 -0800 (PST)
From: "Joseph M. Dibee" <dibee@seattleu.edu>
Subj: More from Bella Coola
UUCP email
To: gars@igc.apc.org
++++++++++++++++++ PLEASE DISTRIBUTE AS WIDE AS POSSIBLE +++++++++++++
NUXIMLAYC (Hereditary Chief Lawrence Pootlass)
"First of all I would like to acknowledge Tatau, the Creator,
through Manakays, the Great Spirit, for all that he has provided
us since the beginning of time and still provides today."
The Nuxalk Nation is located in central mid-coast of what is
known as "British Columbia, Canada". Currently the Nuxalk are
in a fight which will determine the cultural and physical
survival of their people. The Nuxalk depend on their forests for
clean salmon streams, food and medicine. In the name of progress
and corporate returns multinational corporations, often in
collusion with the BC Government, are devastating the land
through clearcutting. These companies operate with impunity
because the remote nature of the area hides them from public
scrutiny. Thus little is generally known about what goes on
there. A campaign to develop a greater awareness of the area is
currently underway, but in the meantime the corporations are liquidating
the forest as fast as they can. One of the prime culprits in this
destruction is
International Forest Products(InterFor). The south and east
portions of the Nuxalk territory are being aggressively logged by
InterFor. Brian Simpson and Hans Granander personally oversee InterFor's
operation in this area. They operate as they do because they know
they are out of public view.
SLICXWLIQW' (Hereditary Chief Charlie Nelson)
"We the Nuxalk Nation are a nation! We have our own tribal laws,
songs, dances, stories, land and history that make us a nation.
All this was given to us is a sacred gift from Tatau, the
Creator, and it was not given to us from any foreign government."
Please call or write them and let them know that though they
maybe CURRENTLY OUT or SIGHT THEY ARE CERTAINLY NOT OUT 0F MIND,
and that people from all over care about the area and the
traditional people who live there. Below are listed their phone#'s and
addresses
Please call them and ask them to stop violating Nuxalk's forests. If you
are phoning them and they aren't in the office please call them at home.
They absolutely need to hear
from us.
QWATSINAS(Hereditary Chief Edward Moody)
"We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and
children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those
who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish
and trees."
Hans Granander
Hm (604) 982-2515
InterFor (604) 982-2323
Brian Simpson
(604) 982-2686
International Forest Products (InterFor)
Bella Coola Division
Mid-Coast Operation
Box 50
Hagensborg BC
V0T-1H0
_____________________________________________________________________
"Stumps don't LIE!!!" snail mail: Joe Dibee
2229 Fedeal Ave E
email: jdibee@envirolink.org Seattle WA 98102
OR
dibee@seattleu.edu TEL# (206) 329-5313
--------- "RE: Gov. Lowry's Peltier Letter" ---------
Date: 1 Dec 1994 21:18:07 -0800
From: bmoreld@news.seattleu.edu (Brian P. Moreland)
Subj: Gov. Lowry's Peltier Letter
Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native
[I was given a copy of the letter by Frank White Eagle, a member of the
Leonard Peltier NW Support Group. They were given a copy of the letter
by Gov. Lowry's office. There should be no reason, that I can see, to
prohibit you from including it in WI/KA. Brian]
[STATE SEAL]
STATE OF WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
P.O. Box 40002 * Olympia, Washington 98504-0002 * (206) 753-6780
November 14, 1994
The Honorable Bill Clinton
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
I am writing in reference to the executive clemency application submitted
on behalf of Leonard Peltier in November 1993.
I am joining several members of Congress as well as hundreds of individuals
in asking you to give Mr. Peltier's clemency application consideration. I
know one of your major priorities is public safety and crime reduction, and
you would not move forward on a petition unless the evidence clearly
suggested such action. Although I have not seen or know all of the
circumstances surrounding the original case, I do believe that the evidence
thus far produced in Mr. Peltier's defense makes this case worthy of an
investigation.
As Governor, I appreciate the difficulty in any petition for clemency or
pardon and understand all of the interests you must balance.
I appreciate your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
[S I G N A T U R E]
MIKE LOWRY
Governor
--------- "RE: Review: TALES FROM THE GREAT TURTLE" ---------
Date: Thu, 1 December 94 07:55 -0500
From: James Audlin (j.audlin@genie.geis.com)
Subj: Review of TALES FROM THE GREAT TURTLE
GE Electronic Mail
O'siyo, brother! Here is the review for \WI\.
Book Review of TALES FROM THE GREAT TURTLE, edited by Piers Anthony and
Richard Gilliam (New York: Tor (Tom Doherty Associates), December 1994).
ISBN 0-312-85628-8. $22.95 in hardcover. Paperback forthcoming. Review by
James David Audlin / Distant Eagle.
This large new anthology includes several stories by well-known fantasy and
science fiction writers (Jane Yolen, Mike Resnick, Esther M. Friesner,
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, etc.), horror and mystery writers (Ed Gorman, Billie
Sue Mosiman, Alan Rodgers,, William Sanders, etc.), and Native American
writers (Owl Goingback, Gabriel Horn, Merle Apassingok, Debra White Plume,
etc.). There is also a good sampling of writers being published here for the
first time. Many of the authors are of Native American ancestry. All of the
stories are about Native Americans. The quality is uniformly excellent, and
the variety of characters and styles is wide. The editors are to be
commended on their excellent judgement. The first section of the anthology
has stories that are mythopoetic in style, about the ancient times. The
succeeding sections are progressively more somber in tone, detailing the
interrelationships between Natives and Whites through the centuries and even
into the far future. "Counting Coup", by Jack Dann, "Mother Called it
Daddy's Junkyard", by Debra White Plume, "Patterns", by Esther M. Friesner,
and "Paints Her Dreams", by Gabriel Horn are among the finest short stories
this reader has encountered in years. While Piers Anthony provided an
unnecessarily silly introduction to the volume, his leadoff story is a fine
retelling of an ancient mythological theme. This book is heartily
recommended for those who want to read samples of new fiction by and about
Native Americans, or simply high quality fantastic and experimental fiction.
[Disclaimer: one of the stories in this collection is by the author of this
review, and the above comments are written ignoring the presence of that
story.]
--------- "RE: Medicine Wheel Alliance" ---------
Date: 5 Dec 94 03:00:08 GMT
From: milo@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Michele Lord)
Subj: Medicine Wheel Alliance Newsletter
Newsgroup: alt.native
Medicine Wheel Alliance
PO Box 37, Huntley, MT 59037
PO Box 763, Lame Deer, MT 59043
OCTOBER 1994 NEWSLETTER
It has been such a busy year and so much has happened. I kept
saying I need to do a newsletter but just never enough hours in the
day. ITS EITHER BE IN THE FORE FRONT AND BE AN ACTIVIST OR SIT
BEHIND THE COMPUTER AND WRITE. I MUCH PREFER THE TRENCHES. Good
things happened for the Medicine Wheel & Mountain this summer after
a lot of push and shove of the Big Horn Forest Service. We lost the
District Ranger on the Medicine Wheel District to serious
harassment from the local communities. They felt he had become an
'Indian Lover' and threatened not only his life but his family. Not
a good situation. The Alliance has also been harassed but not quite
to that extent. So anyway we've lost a good person who was at least
listening to our concerns and was willing to stand up for us on
some things. We can't say the same thing for the Forest Supervisor,
Larry Keown, he turned out to be a real jerk; he played a lot of
games in getting another MOA signed by July 1; pulled all his
political strings. He is tied into the anti-Indian Movement and
Wise Use from Wyoming and so that makes the job harder. The only
good thing is he showed his hand and a lot of people needed to see
that. Before the second MOA got signed, we had Mr. Tallbull up
protecting the Mountain from the locals of Lovell who threatened to
destroy the site. As I said its been an exciting time. The good
part is we did get a second MOA signed and on September 1, 1994, we
got the Programmatic agreement signed which makes the Big Horn
Forest prepare an Historic Preservation Plan by June of 1996; put
together the amendment to their Forest Plan by June of 1996 &
submit a new nomination to the Keep of the National Register to
make the Medicine Wheel and Medicine Mountain a National Historic
District. SO YES WE'VE HAD A WIN!!! Management of the site will
stay the same as in the first OA and a temporary boundary of 2 1/2
miles also stayed in place. In fact it was the reason the Big Horn
County Commissioners wouldn't sign the PA and therefore have cut
themselves out of the consulting process.
But as you may have guessed, to get me to sit down and write there
are other fish to fry right now and it will take all of us to help
maintain what little we've gained. So here goes.
RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT OF 1992 AND
REGULATIONS TO THESE ACTS PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ON OCT.
3, CALLED "PART VI, ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION; 36 CFR
PART 800; PROTECTION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES, PROPOSED RULE.
The regulation to date have been done with little or no Native
American input. When Mr. Tallbull, Northern Cheyenne, was appointed
to the 20th seat on this Council by President Clinton in March; he
immediately request to be appointed to the Task Force putting these
regulations together. A little of what Bill wanted are in there;
but minimal changes were made and these regulations have been put
on the fast track for comment and completion.
Everyone needs to be concerned about these regulations in light on
the 1992 amendments which were basically written for more
participation by Native Americans in the consultation process with
federal agencies and more general public participation, also.
Real issues put up with quick thoughts are:
1. They are not user friendly by the general public and Traditional
Native American Communities in general.
2. The State Historic Preservation Office (or SHPOs) and Federal
Agencies will be given the right to make determinations on all
cultural resources sites or traditional cultural properties without
the Tribes having any decision making authority in this process.
States vs. Tribal Sovereignty.
3. Tribes will be allowed to set up their own Historic Preservation
Offices and State SHPOs want to be able to review decisions. The
same is not happening with Tribes being able to review SHPOs
decisions when areas are of concern to them.
4. The Regional Advisory Councils of which there is an East and
West Division; will be taken out of the review and compliance of
decisions by states and federal agency to the detriment of all of
us. They are our only recourse to date when Agencies and State
Historic Preservation Offices are not doing what "we" want to see
happen.
5. State SHPOS and Agencies will be making determinations on
Traditional Cultural Properties and pre-historic & historic sites
without any expertise to make these kinds of determinations and
"We" believe the only ones who can do this are the Native Americans
themselves.
TO GET YOUR COPY OF REGULATIONS CALL ROBERT BUSH OR JOHN FOWLER AT
202-606-8515 ADDRESS": ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION,
THE OLD POST OFFICE BLDG, 1100 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. NW, SUITE 809,
WASHINGTON DC 20004.
On Sept. 1, 1994; a Programmatic Agreement was signed by the US
Forest Service, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Medicine
Wheel Alliance, Medicine Wheel Coalition, Federal Aviation
Administration. This was 6 out of the 7 parties to the original
MOA. The County Commissioners of Big Horn County would not sign
this agreement as it went against what they declared to be their
"State Rights".
In this agreement the US Forest Service within two years will have
to produce an Historic Preservation Plan for the Medicine Wheel and
Medicine Mountain; and amendment to their forest plan; and a new
nomination for this site and area to the National Register. This
also put them on line to have to pay for Phrase (3) of the
Ethnographic Study and hire a permanent person to just write this.
A tentative boundary of 2 1/2 miles was left in place until new
boundaries are established under the new nomination (which we look
at is the whole of the mountain) and guidelines on the how the site
will be maintained in the interim two years. The PA also had
language in it that any undertakings within the 2 1/2 miles would
have to have the signatures of all of the signing parties. The
interpreters at the site of which the majority are to the Native
American. Training by Tribal Elders for these interpreters.
Opening dates of at least June 15 and closing dates of around Oct.
15th. Access for handicapped or elderly is allowed by allowing them
to drive slowly to the site and only 3 cars at one time. This is
requiring a road closure that is maintained by interpreters from
the hours of 7 am to 7 pm.
It also requires the US Forest Service to make available for Native
Americans (3) days each Solstice and Equinox and (12) days from
July 1 thru Sept 15, for private ceremonial time on the site and
mountain.
The Medicine Wheel Alliance feels that after almost 8 years of work
on this issue that "we" have won a great victory in a very small way
and even as "a small victory" it will not let us let our guard
down but will help others who fight battles similar to ours to take
"HEART" and have the courage to go forward.
So "KEEP THE SPIRIT" SUPPORT OUR CAUSE WITH YOUR MEMBERSHIPS, WHICH
BY NOW ARE ALL DUE TO THE TUNE OF $30.00 AND KEEP US GOING FOR THE
NEXT YEAR OR SO. SLOWLY! SLOWLY! WE GET THERE.
Nicol Price
Coordinator
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MORE NEWS:
In March of 1994, Mr. Tallbull, our Chairman and long time defender
of the Medicine Wheel was appointed by President Clinton to be the
first Native American to sit on the Board of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation at the national level. This is the first time
that a Native American has appeared on this Board of 19 since its
inaction in 1968. Quite an honor for us and our region. "SO IF YOU
HAVE ANY HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONCERNS HE'S THE ONE TO CALL AND
ASK FOR HELP."
The Sweet Grass Hills was given a (5) year moratorium this past
summer by the BLM. I would have liked to see them have to settle
the issue before the next election but this is what happened.
The Crystal Creek Rest Stop purposed for Medicine Mtn. went through
its EA this past summer and its still rearing its ugly head. It will
definitely be a snowmobile warming hut and the proposal is for a
parking lot for a minimum of (60) vehicles with trailers. This one
is going to take some doing and may be the undoing of the PA that
was signed on the Medicine Wheel this summer. Supervisor Keown and
the Lovell Community are in bed on this one and we are waiting for
the termination of the PA if push comes to shove. As the PA is
written right now, nothing can take place within the 2 1/2 mile
boundary without all signatory parties agreeing to it. As you may
remember form the last newsletter MWA did submit a site for this;
when all the paperwork came out the BHFS absolutely refused to
address Cultural Concerns for the site and had not put in
mitigations asked for and so MWA had no other recourse but to say
"NO!"
The Tongue River Railroad and Montco Mine have reared their ugly
heads again this past summer and we have to really work to keep on
top of this one. Montco Mine would be one of the biggest coal mines
in the world; covering the 7 sections of land to start. They are
requesting an extension of the permit through the State lands Dept.
of Montana.
We keep talking about Bear Butte and that seems to be all we get
done. Hoping with Mr. Tallbull now part of the Advisory Council
that we can work in Washington DC to at least get them to reopen
the process for an updated ethnographic study. There was work and
Federal Involvement on a water pipeline that some of the property
owners around the Butter wanted installed this past summer. With
the Federal involvement different parties were brought into the
process and the MOA was signed with the Feds & State kicking in
some monies toward an ethnographic study so maybe just maybe, we're
on our way.
MWA this past summer has been working with another group and have
pinpointed the attachment of Wise Use Movement People with the
Anti-Indian Movement People.
I would like to pass on from the Honor Digest "Wise Use" statements
regarding American Indians.
"Many treaties between the federal government and American Indian
tribes are null and void because they offer preferential rights to
Indians based solely on race. Moreover, Indian tribal sovereignty
is a myth. There is no constitutional basis for tribal governance
over non-Indian people either on or off the reservations.
The first step to countering a movement is to recognize it. Stay
alert in your area. Keep us informed with any clippings about "wise
use" especially as it pertains to Indian rights and lands. Another
group that functions solely for the purpose of undermining Indian
lands and issues is CERA (Citizens for Equal Rights Alliance);
which we are seeing more of in the Western part of our state.
So as we work towards the protection of Sacred Lands, there are
many out there who want to see all this work fail for their own
short term gains.
Please!! write in support of Mount Shasta; its imperative that you
and as many others to do it as possible.
Thanks for all the support you've given us over the past (7) years
looks like we only have 4 more to go.
KEEP THE SPIRIT
NICOL
coordinator
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"When we walk upon Mother Earth, we always plant our feet carefully
because we know the faces of our future generations are looking
up at us from beneath the ground. We never forget them."
-Oren Lyons, Onondaga Nation
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--------- "RE: NativeNet WWW Progress Report" ---------
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 08:00:32 -0800
From: Marc Becker (mbecker@uclink2.berkeley.edu)
Subj: NativeNet WWW Progress Report
UUCP email
Things are beginning to move along on the Web site. These are people who
have volunteered to work on different aspects (Gary: I think you should add
them to the nn.gopher list if they are not already there):
Glenn Welker (gwelker@mail.lmi.org)
Native Literature, Mexico
Al Webster (awebster@holonet.net)
Language
Edward H Hammond III (perezoso@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu)
Biodiversity and Peru Oil News
betsy (betsy@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu)
Genome project, heredity, and genetic diseases
Gary Smith (gars@netcom.com)
Native American News (newsletter)
I hope I haven't missed anyone. If you want to join one of these projects
already in progress, contact the person listed. If you would like to work
on another topic (and at this point, you can choose just about anything)
please let me know.
Marking documents up in HTML format so that they can be displayed with
Mosaic clients on the World-Wide Web is fairly straight forward. Two good
introductory guides are:
The HTML Quick Reference Guide
(http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/lynx_help/HTML_quick.html)
Beginner's Guide to HTML (http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/demoweb/html-primer.html)
If you have a WWW browser (such as lynx or Mosaic or Netscape) look them up.
You can also get to them by telneting to www.cc.ukans.edu, login as www and
hit the "?" key for help. If need be, I can also email them to people.
As we go along, you will have questions and please don't hesitate to ask.
You can either ask me privately, although the nn.gopher list is a good forum
for such questions.
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Marc Becker Current address: mbecker@uclink2.berkeley.edu
Visiting Scholar Home address: marc@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu
Center for Latin American Studies
UC-Berkeley Home page: http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~marc
--------- "RE: Poem: Sharp Knife (left in the Shadows)" ---------
Date: 26 Nov 1994 20:11:45 -0600
From: turtle@aicap.s21.com (Turtle Heart)
Subj: Sharp Knife (left in the Shadows)
Newsgroup: alt.native
Corn Child
our bowls are never empty
a heart's brave journey
casts no shadows across the fires
which warm the soul
unarmed
unsharpened
I carry the sweet corn in my belly
from the peace
and gift of my dreaming
I know you well
and I see you often
Tobacco Indian
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AICAP Pages copyright 1994 (c)AICAP
http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/aises/aicap/archive/aicap.html
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
--------- "RE: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days" ---------
Date: 94/12/02 21:33
From: Kepola (dfsanders@genie.geis.com)
Subj: A HAWAI'IAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of December 11-17
GE Electronic Mail
A HAWAI'IAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of December 11-17
KEKEMAPA
(December)
(Makalii)
11
If we can achieve a meeting of minds, then all our other differences
are meaningless.
12
Welcome new possibilities -- they are the zest of life.
13
Enjoy your dreams, for they come from a very special part of you.
14
Be creative in every aspect of your life.
15
Expect fulfillment, and you will achieve it.
16
Help others to achieve their goals.
17
Banish winter from your spirit, and spring will fill the void.
(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, 8 December 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=
There is an Indian Fair held every year at the Heard Museum. This year
(1995), it will be on March 4 & 5 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Heard is located at 22 E. Monte Vista Rd. in Phoenix, and the
phone number for information is 602-252-8840.
-- Barbara L. Ward /\/\ 5-3470
icblw@asuvm.inre.asu.edu ___.-////
Arizona State University Libraries \_>
___Tempe, AZ______________________________________''
From: aisesnet@bioc02.uthscsa.edu (AISESnet General List)
Subject: Conference Announcement
Original Sender: Dorothy Roberts Arvizu <KSUVM.KSU.EDU!DARMHK>
from Mailing List: NAT-EDU (nat-edu@gnosys.svle.ma.us)
Council fires III: The circle grows...
A national celebration of Native teaching and learning
March 4 - 7, 1995 Lawrence, Ks. Lawrence Holidome
Keynote address: Henrietta Mann, Interm Dean of Instruction,
Haskell Indian Nations University
Scheduled speakers:
Joyce & Turner Bear, Cherokee Nation, Curriculum development for Native
peoples, and goal development for K - 16.
Carol Ann Heart, Technical Assistance Center, Bismarck, ND.
Tribal cultural diversity
Luke Enemy Hunter, Research Associates, Overland Park, Ks.
Teaching the whole child: Holistic learning and teaching
Hap Gilliland, Billings, MT.
Teaching the Native American student. Working with Native students
for non-Native teachers.
Nina Jean Bear Crane, tribal attorney, Blackfeet Tribe,
American Indian education and the law; what's happening with ESEA,
impact aid, preschool - higher ed, language, etc.
Tentative schedule:
Sat, Mar 4 - Pow-wow, Coffin Complex, Haskell
Sun, Mar 5 - Registration
Team building with Billy Rogers;
Banquet; opening address
Sweats (an introductory learning experience)
Optional and voluntary
Mon, Mar 6 & 7 - learning sessions in AM, repeated in PM
FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact Debbie Woods, Equity Outcomes Team
Kansas State Board of Education
120 SE 10th Street
Topeka, Ks. 66612
Phone: 913-296-2424
From: EIRP News <EIRPnews@COOPEXT.CAHE.WSU.EDU>
Subject: NW Indian Youth Conf.
"WITHIN THE SACRED COLORS OF MOTHER EARTH"
20TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST INDIAN YOUTH CONFERENCE
++ Pow-wow ++ Royalty ++ Banquet ++ Dance ++ Scholastic Bowl ++
Hosted By: American Falls & Blackfoot High School Indian Clubs &
SHOSHONE-BANNOCK TRIBES
Where: Idaho State University, Pocatello Idaho
When: April 3-7, 1995
Fee: $50.00 due before March 1, 1995, after March 1, 1995 $65.00
For More Information Contact the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe's Extension Indian
Reservation Office:
Nola Cates
P.O. Box 1004
Fort Hall, Idaho 83203
Ph. 208.238.3776 Fax 208.238.3777
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From =The Spike=
Dec. 16-34 Indian Market 94, American Indian Community House Gallery
New York, NY
Info: 212-598-0100
Dec 17 Thunderbird American Indian Dancers' Holiday Party
New York, NY - covered dish social
Info: 201-587-9633
Dec 31 New Year's Powwow, Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Sault Ste Marie, MI
Info: 906-635-6075/6074
Dec 31-Jan 3 Inter-Tribal Osh Kwi Keenonawin (New Year's Powwow)
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Info: 1-807-623-6789
Dec 15-18 First Annual Sunset Harbor Native American Powwow
Lady Lake, FL
Info: 904-753-0258
Dec 26-Jan 1 Miccosukee Tribe 20th Annual Miccosukee Arts Festival
25 mi. W of Miami, FL on the Miccosukee Reservation
Info: 305-223-8380
Dec 30-Jan 1 Second Annual Traditional Sobriety Powwow
Covington, KY
Info: Sacred Run Foundation: 606-581-9456
From =Char-Koosta News=
Dec 30-Jan 1 New Year's Pow Wow, Tucson AZ
Info: 602-622-4900
From =News From Indian Country=
Dec 17-18 The Hot Springs Christmas Powwow, Hot Springs, AR
Info: 501-760-2944
Dec 29-Jan 1 White Swan New Years Powwow, White Swan, WA
Info: 509-855-5121
Dec 31-Jan 1 On the Red Road New Year's Celebration of Sobriety
Minneapolis, MN
Info: 612-724-3129
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The following have granted permission for their original articles to
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Michele Lord/Alpha Institute, Brian P. Moreland, James Audlin,
Keploa, Workers World Service, Janet Smith, Marc Becker, Joseph M. Dibee,
Turtle Heart(mending the Sacred Hoop with songs)
John Berry, Oneida Indian Nation of NY ,Jim Postema, David Rayson,
Glenn Welker, John Stroebel, Bonnie Williamson, Deanna(1-5068@wwiv.ness.com)
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