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 to include in the NATIVE-L lists.(part A)
It is echoed on AISESnet, IND-NET, and EIRP listservers and archived
by AISESnet.
Thanks to Marc Becker, mbecker@uclink2.berkeley.edu, issues of Wotanging
Ikche/Kanoheda Aniyvwiya are now being archived at a World-Wide-Web site.
The URL is http://ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu/~marc/journals/nanews/
This is a test site, and at some point in the future the location of these
files will change.
Thanks to Phil Duran, duranp@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu, issues are now being
archived at the Washington State University gopher in the following
directory:
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"In an eagle there is all the wisdom of the world."
__ Lame Deer, Minnicoujou
+- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+
| 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!
It took a lot of drum songs and a lot of prayer to shed some of
the intense anger I have carried since I received the call from my
brother, Red Hawk, that his second brother had died from the injuries
sustained when he, his brother who crossed over at the time, and a niece
were rammed into traffic by a bully who did not want them swimming in
"his" blue water hole. A bully who still walks free, because the DA
accepted a very low bail and refuses to revoke probation. The original
story of what happened was posted in Wotanging Ikche/Kanoheda Aniyvwiya
Volume 02, Issue 049. The lead article in this issue will tell you what
we know till now. Notice in the second article a much different
standard being exacted with regard to bail and sentencing.
I know there are many things each of you must pray for. I would ask
that you include one more for Rick, who joins his brother Paul, and for
their loved ones who still wear robes of skin and carry the grief of young
Mescalero brothers dead because they wanted to go swimming.
Peace! 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
- Rick Serna Crosses Over - Conferences and Powwows - online
- Oldman Inquiry Sought - Tipi Rings
- Support from Computer Companies New Book on the Jicarilla
- Nation of Hawaii signs Constitution - Desecration of Nuxalk Sacred
- Chasing Horse's Account of Burial Site
White Buffalo Calf Woman - Navajo-Hopi "Land Dispute"
- Wolves Finally Back in Yellowstone Update: Jan 18, 1995
- Critically Endangered Florida Panther
- Poem: Extermination of a Nation
- Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days
- Conferences and Powwows - offline
--------- "RE: Rick Serna Crosses Over" ---------
Date: Sat Jan 21, 1995 at 00:12 EST
From: Janet Smith (Evening Star) (jans@genie.geis.com)
Subj: Rick Serna Crosses Over
GE Electronic Mail
Rick Strong Cloud Serna, a Mescalero Apache, died in a convalescent home
in Georgia January 19th. He just stopped breathing and could not be
resuscitated. Some of you may recall earlier posts telling the story
of the car crash that killed Paul Serna, left Rick paralyzed for months
before he died, and seriously injured Paul's 15 year old daughter, Angela.
For those who did not see the earlier posts -- here is what happened.
This story is not one of those senseless highway tragedies you hear so much
about, but in my opinion, is about bigotry, cruel calculation, and murder.
In August of this year, Paul, Rick, and Angela went for a swim in a river
swimming hole near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Harvey Hester, a 22 year old
on probation, with no driving license, and no insurance (and a rap sheet
13 pages long -- counting only arrests since he was 18), was there
drinking beer with his buddies. He reportedly started a confrontation
with the Sernas and was heard to say he didn't want "those sand-niggers"
in the same swimming hole with him. Rather than fight, the Sernas left.
Hester wasn't done. According to witnesses, he jumped in his car and
followed the Serna car down a mountain road away from the swimming area,
repeatedly ramming it. As the Serna's car approached an intersection,
observers say he rammed it again, sending it flying into the air and
colliding with two other cars. Hester fled the scene with an onlooker in
pursuit. The onlooker got his license number.
The story gets a little unbelievable at this point. Although a grand jury
returned an indictment for first degree murder and two counts of attempted
first degree murder, Mr. Hester is now out on $25,000 bail. This is even
more unbelievable if you read his rap sheet. Several times he has gone
fugitive in the past rather than face far lesser counts. Yes, he does
eventually get caught -- but why is he free at all? He was violating
probation by driving without a license and driving without insurance --
regardless of his presumed innocence of murder. Why has his probation not
been revoked? Why was bail so low? No one seems able to answer these
questions. Monday, January 23, the Grand Jury convened again to consider
changing one of the Attempted First Degree Murder counts to a second
First Degree Murder count. Friday, January 27, Harvey Hester is scheduled
to appear before the courts for a "Settlement Hearing" (this is the hearing
where defendants enter their pleas). Paul and Rick's brother, Michael Red
Hawk Serna has been and remains afraid the State will allow Hester to plead
guilty to reduced charges rather than try the case as indicted. He points
to the State's willingness to allow Hester back out on the street for a
low (considering the charges) bail, and refusal to revoke probation as
contributing to his fears.
Rick's mother and grandfather have made another sad and lonely trip from
California to mourn the passing of yet another son. On Wednesday,
January 25th they arrived in Rossville, Georgia to attend a public
memorial service for Rick Strong Heart Serna, and then they and their
family and friends went up on Aetna Mountain to let his ashes scatter in
the winds and then settle and nourish the green ones soon to spring up
from the womb of our Mother Earth.
- Evening Star -
--------- "RE: Oldman Inquiry Sought" ---------
Date: 3:06 AM Jan 8, 1995
From: web:fyre
Subj: Oldman Inquiry sought
Mother Earth Defence Fund
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The following is transcribed on behalf of Mother Earth Defense
Fund.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Mother Earth Defense Fund
Box 53, 10024 - 82 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T6E 1Z3
ph: 403-461-9532
fax: 403-450-2665
Press Release
January 8, 1995
MORE INJUSTICES OVER OLDMAN DAM - FEDERAL INQUIRY SOUGHT
Despite no objections from the Crown prosecutor, bail was denied
Milton Born With A Tooth in a December 16 hearing by the Alberta
Court of Appeal. The Court, however, has allowed the appeal to
proceed. In allowing an appeal, it is common for the accused to be
released on bail. Another application for bail will be filed on
January 16th.
Milton was also refused a parole for this past Christmas, because,
according to prison officials, RCMP files on Milton, requested over
two months ago, had not been received. Bureaucratic and political
manipulations continue to keep the Lonefighter in jail.
This recent denial for bail is another episode in a series of
unjust circumstances in the treatment of Milton's case and his
opposition to the Oldman River Dam by the Alberta justice system
and government. At the outset, Milton was denied of bail four
times in 1990 while awaiting for his first trial; a detainment
which at the time, the Alberta Civil Liberties Association
observed, "defies belief".
Now it has been learned that Justice Martin Hoyt who was to hear
the first bail application in 1990, through a highly unusual move,
was removed from the Bench by Assistant Chief Justice Art Wood, who
then went on to deny bail. This latest revelation adds more fuel
to the ongoing requests for a Federal Inquiry into all matters
surrounding the Dam and Milton's persecution.
Calls for implementation of all of the recommendations of the court
ordered environmental review of the Dam, including the first
recommendation -- decommissioning of the Dam -- also continue. To
this day, none of the 23 recommendations have been implemented,
including reaching an agreement with the Peigan people.
"The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs are supportive of the principles
behind Milton's actions to defend his territory and the interests
of Mother Earth," said Phil Fontaine, Grand Chief of the Assembly
of Manitoba Chiefs. "The longer those in positions of power
continue to prioritise economic interests over environmental
impacts, the closer we move toward global destruction."
The Mother Earth Defense Fund is also calling on all human rights
and environmental organisations to again demand a federal inquiry
into all matters regarding the Oldman River Dam, including the
persecution of Milton Born With A Tooth.
Milton is currently serving a 16 month sentence on charges stemming
from firing two shots in the air to warn provincial officials and
RCMP of their trespass onto the Peigan Nation reserve. This
occurred September 7, 1990 at the location where the Peigan
Lonefighter Society was working along the Oldman River to protest
the province's continued construction of the Dam. Earlier in March
of 1990, the Canadian courts had pulled the licence Alberta
required for the Dam and ordered an environmental review. However
the province defied the court ruling and stepped up construction of
the Dam.
- 30 -
for more information contact:
Lorraine Sinclair. Mother Earth Defence Fund; 403-461-9532
--------- "RE: Support from Computer Companies" ---------
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 17:22:30 PST
From: "Turtle Heart" <turtle@aicap.s21.com>
Subj: Support from Computer Companies
UUCP email
[Editorial Note: It is an honor to print this clarification.
I thank Turtle Heart for allowing me to do so.]
Please post this correction. Turtle Heart did not complain
about the lack of support from computer companies
to AICAP...but to ALL reservation native communities.
The fact that ibm or others sent money to AISES, which
is not a reservation organization, but a college organization,
is not relevant to this issue.
I am really surprised at the ways, endless ways, in which
this original posting was mis-interpreted, though AICAP
speaks some of the clearest english around.
It is unimportant that AICAP does or does not receive support;
we have our own powers and resources and an international
presence that is unaffected by the giving or not giving
by computer resource people.
It is important that remote tribal communities get nothing
from the computer industry. Nothing. That was the point of
the message, and of this message.
AICAP
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http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/aises/aicap/archive/aicap.html
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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: Nation of Hawaii signs Constitution" ---------
Date: 21 Jan 1995 23:50:36 GMT
From: Scott Crawford <exec@hawaii-nation.org>
Subj: Nation of Hawaii signs Constitution
Newsgroup: soc.culture.native
NATION OF HAWAI`I PROMULGATES NEW CONSTITUTION
On Monday, January 16, 1995, a new Constitution was signed and promulgated
for the independent and sovereign Nation of Hawai`i.
Supporters of the Nation, including many Kupuna (elders), gathered at the
`Iolani Palace, the seat of the Hawaiian government, in a Celebration of
Restoration.
The first to sign the Constitution was the Head of State, Pu`uhonua
Kanahele, who was selected by the Kupuna last March to guide the Nation
to independence. After an address to the crowd calling for forgiveness
and Aloha, he placed his signature to the page. As a symbol of Peace in
the Pacific, the pen he used was the same pen used by Emperor Hirohito to
sign the surrender that ended World War II, which had been passed on to
Pu`uhonua as a gift from a Kupuna to be used for a purpose of the Nation.
(At almost exactly the same time, a tremendous earthquake struck Japan..
. our deepest sympathy and condolence go out to all who suffer from that
natural disaster.)
Following the Head of State, each Island Po`o (Head) gave a brief address
and signed the document, and then each island's delegation presented a
cultural ho`okupu (gift) and added their names. Finally, the signing was
opened to the general public as music written by Queen Lili`uokalani
played. A press conference was held, in which Pu`uhonua Kanahele placed
the state of Hawai`i on notice to end its illegal occupation of the
Hawaiian Archipelago and end the crimes against humanity continuously
being committed upon the Hawaiian people.
The new Constitution is the result of a year of work since the
Proclamation of Restoration of the Independence of the Sovereign Nation
State of Hawai`i, which was also delivered at `Iolani Palace on January
16, 1994 (which coincided with the earthquake in Los Angeles...). This
followed the United States' apology to Hawai`i in 1993, for the illegal
overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai`i in 1893.
Delegates representing districts from all the main islands created an
organic document to restore the inherent sovereignty of na Kanaka Maoli,
the Native Hawaiian people, while at the same time including those
inhabitants of Hawai`i from all nationalities who call Hawai`i home, so
that they can become citizens and participate in the new government.
As the backdrop to the event, the `Iolani Palace was draped in black
bunting, in commemoration of the arrest of Hawai`i's last sovereign, Her
Majesty Queen Lili`uokalani, exactly one hundred years ago, by the
illegitimate government which had overthrown her two years prior, for
attempting to promulgate a new constitution. At the time of her arrest,
documents calling for a new constitution, containing signatures of two-
thirds of the registered voters of Hawai`i, were stolen from her home by
the chief justice.
After her overthrow, Queen Lili`uokalani appealed to the good faith and
justice of the American people, that their government would right the
wrongs that had been done and reinstate her as the legitimate
constitutional sovereign of Hawai`i. She was not to see Hawai`i's
independence restored in her lifetime, but she prophesied that it would
be restored after one hundred years. For those present Monday, the event
was a highly emotional day, as the dreams and prophesies of the Queen
were fulfilled with the promulgation of a new Constitution for the
independent and sovereign Nation of Hawai`i.
Now the Nation of Hawai`i will continue to develop comprehensive
educational programs for the people of Hawai`i, begin to implement home
rule on each of the islands, engage the illegitimate state of Hawai`i in
a smooth and peaceful transition, and seek international recognition to
rejoin the world community of Nations.
+ + + public document - please distribute freely + + +
-------- "RE: Chasing Horse's Account of White Buffalo Calf Woman" --------
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 08:08:04 -0600
From: sweeney@ssc.wisc.edu (Kim Sweeney)
Subj: Chasing Horse's account of White Buffalo Calf Woman
UUCP email
[Editorial Note: A special thank you to Kim for obtaining permission
from Isthmus Publishing Company to post this legend
in the words of an Elder and to Isthmus Publishing
for granting permission for its redistribution in
this news for the People]
The Story of the White Buffalo Calf Woman
--as told by Joseph Chasing Horse, traditional leader of the Lakota nation
[copyright Isthmus Publishing Company (Madison, WI), 1994]
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We the Lakota people have a prophecy about the white buffalo calf, and how
that prophesy originated was that we have a sacred bundle, a sacred peace
pipe, that was brought to us about 2,000 years ago by what we know as the
White Buffalo Calf Woman.
The story goes that she appeared to two warriors at that time. These two
warriors were out hunting buffalo, hunting for food in the sacred Black
Hills of South Dakota, and they saw a big body coming toward them. And
they saw that it was a white buffalo calf. As it came closer to them, it
turned into a beautiful young Indian girl.
At that time one of the warriors thought bad in his mind, and so the young
girl told him to step forward. And when he did step forward, a black
cloud came over his body, and when the black cloud disappeared, the
warrior who had bad thoughts was left with no flesh or blood on his bones.
The other warrior kneeled and began to pray. And when he prayed, the
white buffalo calf who was now an Indian girl told him to go back to his
people and warn them that in four days she was going to bring a sacred
bundle.
So the warrior did as he was told. He went back to his people and he
gathered all the elders and all the leaders and all the people in a circle
and told them what she had instructed him to do. And sure enough, just as
she said she would, on the fourth day she came. They say a cloud came
down from the sky, and off of the cloud stepped the white buffalo calf.
As it rolled onto the earth, the calf stood up and became this beautiful
young woman who was carrying the sacred bundle in her hand.
And as she entered into the circle of the nation, she sang a sacred song
and took the sacred bundle to the people who were there to take of her.
She spent four days among our people and taught them about the sacred
bundle, the meaning of it. And she taught them seven sacred ceremonies:
one of them was the sweat lodge, or the purification ceremony. One of
them was the naming ceremony, child naming. The third was the healing
ceremony. The fourth one was the making of relatives or the adoption
ceremony. The fifth one was the marriage ceremony. The sixth one was the
vision quest. And the seventh was the sundance ceremony, the people's
ceremony for all of the nation.
She brought us these seven sacred ceremonies and taught our people the
songs and the traditional ways. And she instructed our people that as
long as we performed these ceremonies we would always remain caretakers
and guardians of sacred land. She told us that as long as we took care of
it and respected it that our people would never die and would always live.
When she was done teaching all our people, she left the way she came. She
went out of the circle, and as she was leaving she turned and told our
people that she would return one day for the sacred bundle. And she left
the sacred bundle, which we still have to this very day. And the sacred
bundle is known as the White Buffalo Calf Pipe because it was brought by
the White Buffalo Calf Woman. It is kept in a sacred place on the
Cheyenne Indian reservation in South Dakota. it's kept by a man who is
known as the keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe, and his name is Arvol
Looking Horse.
And when she promised to return again, she made some prophesies at that
time ....One of those prophesies was that the birth of a white buffalo
calf would be a sign that it would be near the time when she would return
again to purify the world. What she meant by that was that she would
bring back harmony again and balance, spiritually.
--------- "RE: Wolves Finally Back in Yellowstone" ---------
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 23:49:30 GMT
From: daholt@k12.ucs.umass.edu (David A. Holt (GCC/TEME))
Subj: Wolves finally back in Yellowstone..Ranchers ask for $500 bounty
Newsgroup: alt.native
After 60 years, the song of wolves is finally heard in
Yellowstone, this is not new news.
However, Roger Huckfeldt, member of Wyoming House of
Representatives is proposing a bill be put in place that includes
a $500 dollar bounty on any wolf found outside the park limits,
and a provision requiring the state to defend any person charged
with violating the Endangered Species Act for poaching Yellow-
stone wolves.
I urge anyone who is outraged at this blatant disrespect of
nature to voice their opinions to various members of government
and to President William Clinton, and Vice President Al Gore.
President@whitehouse.gov
Vice.President@whitehouse.gov
And please urge them to strengthen and re-authorize the
Endangered Species Act. In your letters, request that he (they)
write you back outlining what they have done and plan to do to
save endangered species, and what they intend to do in light of
this new problem.
Thank you.
Dave
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Treat The Earth Well, It Was Not Given To You By Your Parents,
It Was Loaned To You By Your Children
ancient proverb
--------- "RE: Critically Endangered Florida Panther" ---------
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 09:25:41 -0500
From: daholt@k12.oit.umass.edu (David A. Holt (GCC/TEME))
Subj: Critically endangered Florida panther
UUCP email
It has come to my attention through the internet that the
Florida panther population is in critical condition. At last
count, there are only thirty to fifty wild Florida panthers left,
and there are some plans in the works to cross breed the Florida
panther with the Texas cougar in an attempt to save some genetic
trace of the Florida panther.
This may be the only hope for the Florida panther. However it
will eliminate the Florida panther as a "genetically pure"
species. This is another sad situation. Just another example
of mans' tampering with the natural forces of Mother Earth and
nature. It is also the result of overcrowding, unchecked urban
and agricultural expansion, and disregard for anything non-human.
If more people would learn to live in balance here on Mother Earth,
situations like this would not occur.
Sincerely;
Dave Holt
--
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Treat The Earth Well, It Was Not Given To You By Your Parents,
It Was Loaned To You By Your Children
ancient proverb
--------- "RE: Poem: Extermination of a Nation (revision)" ---------
Date: 19 Jan 1995 16:36:27 GMT
From: lizfrost@carina.unm.edu (lisa frost)
Subj: extermination of a nation (revision)
Newsgroup: alt.native
extermination of a nation
hope remains
as the sun rises
and the rays
fall on this earth
for another day
and the light fades
and hope remains
for the rising of the sun again
and when the westerners came
the white men
thieves in the night
taking with one hand
and holding with the other
raping, tormenting and killing
the men and women he should have known
as his sister and his brother
killing for the land
which he has raped and destroyed
concept of unity
of which he is devoid
destruction and disregard
for the plants, the animals and the earth
this place of his birth
and in his consciousness he knows
and within his soul the disharmony grows
out of balance with the four elements
now his decedents and his children pay
as this land is ravaged by earthquake and flood
famine and fire
disease, death
and the violent spilling of blood
and as there is light
there is hope
that there is sight
hope that those who have not seen
for so long
will see
and return to a balancing way
for as
voices in song
rise from the center again
the resurrection of the living way
unsung unseen
till now and from the long march in between
from their voices, their souls
and their hearts
their song
it resonates
and the earth
and the universe
knows
and with our hope
the rest of us
join in the song
--------- "RE: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days" ---------
Date: 95/01/20 22:06
From: Kepola (dfsanders@genie.geis.com)
Subj: A HAWAI'IAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of January 29-February 4
GE Electronic Mail
A HAWAI'IAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of January 29-February 4
IANUALI
(January)
(Kaelo)
29
Each morning is a celebration of beginnings.
30
The stars, na hoku, guide me at night -- they show me the
way to my destiny.
31
The will of my ancestral spirit, my 'aumakua, speaks in all
that I say or do.
PEPELUALI
(February)
(Kau-lua)
February was the time when the anae, the mullet, spawned.
1
If you want to see the stars, you have to look up!
2
In the first golden light of dawn, nothing is impossible!
3
Music is the key to the inner spirit.
4
My feet walk the paths where kings have gone.
(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, 26 January 95 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=
Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com
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Powwow Notices in Print: _The Spike_ and _News from Indian Country_
Jan 27-29 Indian River Native American Festival, New Smyrna, FL
Info: 904-424-0660
Jan 28 1st Traditional Powwow, Bemidji, MI
Info: 218-739-3187
Jan 28-29 Winter Benefit, Dayton, OH
Info: 513-275-8599
Feb 4 Joliet Jr. College, Joliet, IL
Info: 708-882-1644
Feb 9-12 Seminole, Hollywood, FL
Info: 305-584-0400
Feb 10-11 Lincoln's Birthday Powwow, Warm Springs, OR
Info: 503-553-3393
Feb 11 4th Indian Awareness Day, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Info: 715-423-1520
Feb 11 Algonquin Social, Providence, RI
Info: 404-421-0888
Feb 11 3rd Early Spring, Tahlequah, OK
Info: 918-456-5740
Feb 11 Mid-Winter Escanaba, Escanaba, MI
Info: 906-789-0505
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Info: 419-228-1097
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The following have granted permission for their original articles to
be reposted in order to help mend the Sacred Hoop:
Lisa Frost, Kepola, Scott Crawford, Lorraine Sinclair(Press Release),
Turtle Heart(mending the Sacred Hoop with Song Poems), jn/Navajo Nation,
Janet Smith, Isthmus Publishing Company (Madison, WI) via Kim Sweeny,
David A. Holt, Sandra Mathews-Lamb, CFUV Radio(Press Release)
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