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Red Road.
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This is a test site, and at some point in the future the location of these
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"The great man wanted only a little, little land, on which to
raise greens for his soup, just as much as a bullock's hide would
cover. Here we first might have observed their deceitful spirit."
__ Deleware oral tradition describing the
arrival of the Dutch at Manhattan Island
+- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+
| 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
+- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -+
O'siyo Brothers and Sisters!
We enjoyed a great powwow this last weekend at Wind Creek, Alabama.
In addition to the joy of being part of a good powwow, there was also
sorrow. Two of the members of one of the drums, Southern Warrior, lost
sisters in the Oklahoma City bombing.
There will be no comment this week. I am taking a moment of silence as
a memorial to all families who suffer such tragedies, and invite each of
you to join me.
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
- Apache War Bonnet - Conferences and Powwows - online
- Grants Pass Update/Indians Demonstrate - Oklahoma and Native Americans
- Wisconsin Attacks So-called - Kiowa Elections
EPA-Indian Threat - Cherokee Star Legends
- Journal of the Month (Red Ink) - Shootings in Chiapas
- Chief Katie Rich Convicted on Contempt - Police Harass Round Valley
- Innu Reaction to Triple Low-Level Flights Reservation
- EIR Bill Reported Out by Mass.
Energy Committee
- Anti-Indian Movement in the Northwest
- Poem: Paper Eagles
- Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days
- Conferences and Powwows - offline
--------- "RE: Apache War Bonnet" ---------
Date: 95/05/01 23:52
From: George A. Wiman (g.wiman@genie.geis.com)
Subj: Apache War Bonnet
GE Electronic Mail
[Editorial Note: I thank Karen Tinder, wherever she is, for doing
an honorable thing.]
Dear Wandering Eagle,
DANVILLE, ILLINOIS
25 years ago, Karen Tinder was given an unusual bonus by her employer
as a reward for good work; a 90-year-old Apache war bonnet. For all these
years, she has held onto it, valuing it as a true piece of American history.
The bonnet bears white buttons sewn on leather, and turkey feather
clusters. The stitching is done in sinew, and the feathers are in groupings
of fours, representing the four directions of the Earth.
The 120-year-old bonnet reputedly belonged to Taza, son of the
legendary Apache chief Cochise.
Tinder returned the bonnet to the Apache nation, giving it to Mildred
Cleghorn, chairman of the tribe. "I couldn't believe it when I saw it. I
felt like crying," said the 84-year-old Cleghorn. "It is definitely the real
thing, and I was really excited."
- Geo
--------- "RE: Grants Pass Update/Indians Demonstrate" ---------
Date: Mon, 01 May 1995 00:05:34 EDT
From: JKHT97A@prodigy.com ( CATHERINE WINDSOR)
Subject: Update: INDIANS DEMONSTRATE....
UUCP email
-- [ From: Catherine Windsor * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] --
The following article appeared in the the Saturday morning edition of
The Medford Mail Tribune, April 29, 1995. The story is written by
reporter Vicki Guarino and is presented here in its' full and original
text. Only the spelling of the man Harelson has been corrected. This
article is reprinted with permission and the blessings of the Tribune
newsroom editor. This article is the 3rd in a series covering the
archaeological and ancestral desecration of a cave burial site in
Nevada.
INDIANS DEMONSTRATE AS HARELSON CHARGED:
The Associated Press
GRANTS PASS -- American Indians protested outside the Josephine County
Courthouse during the arraignment of an insurance salesman accused of
raiding an ancient Indian burial site in Nevada.
Jack L. Harelson, 54, of Grants Pass [OR] was arraigned Thursday on
charges of artifact theft, tampering with evidence and corpse abuse.
Authorities found the partial remains of two Indian children who died
200 years ago buried in his back yard. A variety of other artifacts,
some buried with the children, were found at a home in Lebanon [OR].
Witnesses have told authorities Harelson unearthed the items from a
cave in the Black Rock Desert between 1981 and 1984.
"This kind of desecration has been going on for 500 years," said Pete
Meseth of Portland, a member of the Willamette Valley Sacred Sites
Preservation Committee.
Meseth was among about a dozen Indians who protested outside as
Harelson appeared before Judge Gerald Neufeld. Harelson did not enter
a plea. Instead, Neufeld continued the proceedings until June 12.
Harelson initially was held in jail, but had been released after
posting $15,000 cash toward a $150,000 bail.
------End of Story------
So, it continues. I will keep you posted with updates as they occur.
Dohiyi Oginalii, Grizzly Bear Woman / 8:52 pm pst
--------- "RE: Wisconsin Attacks So-called EPA-Indian Threat" ---------
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 10:00:12 -0500
From: gwchism@students.wisc.edu (Glen Chism)
Subj: Wisconsin article
UUCP email
Thanks for your interest. I hope that this is appropriate for your needs.
Wisconsin Attacks So-called EPA-Indian Threat
Glen Chism
Eight Republican Wisconsin State Legislators headed a press conference
Wednesday, April 26, 1995 to "warn" the citizens of Wisconsin about a
"threat" from Environmental Protection Agency "targeting" of Wisconsin for
potential class redesignation of air quality on Tribal lands. The press
conference participants were particularly concerned with the current
application by the Forest County Potawatomi in northeastern Wisconsin for
Class I air quality redesignation. Some business leaders from northeast
Wisconsin also spoke out against the "unfair," "unjustified," actions of
"a few greedy Indians." Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources George Meyer also spoke in support of the organizers of the
press conference at the state capital.
Representative Lorraine Seratti said, "This 'redesignation' isn't about
cleaner air in Wisconsin. This is about another arbitrary federal mandate
imposed without justification or public input." Representative Tom Ourada
expressed fears of the "threat to Wisconsin's overall economy" and "worry
about the economic well-being of these areas."
Seratti's comment is baffling in that it does not acknowledge that air
quality class redesignation is not a promulgation of regulations from the
EPA. The EPA is simply being asked to recognize a sovereign governmental
petition to assume air quality authority and to redesignate the air
quality class of their lands within the exterior boundaries of their
reservation. The Potawatomi want to be treated like a state as expressly
spelled out in 1982 'Indian' amendments to the Clean Air Act.
The state of Wisconsin is continuing to attempt to block Tribes assuming
on-reservation environmental protection authority because it would give
the Tribes some roles in development issues near reservation boundaries.
(e.g., if development is proposed upstream or upwind of a reservation, its
pollution discharge permit would have to meet Tribal standards, therefore
giving the Tribe a say in an development in areas that the state now has
full authority). Development interests (especially corporations like
Exxon, which is in the process of gaining permits for a proposed massive
zinc-copper mine near two reservations) want to deal with a state with a
pro-development governor, not pro-environment Tribal programs. Several
other Tribes in Wisconsin are in the process of applying for assumption of
Clean Air and Clean Water authority on their reservations
The press conference organizers are calling for a three-way route to
rectifying the perceived problem. First, state legislation will be
proposed requiring the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to notify
the public of Tribal applications and to facilitate public input into the
process. Second, state legislators will request that the U.S. Congress
repeal or "refine" the 'Indian amendments' of the Clean Air, Clean Water
and Safe Drinking Water Acts. Thirdly, since actions on these
environmental acts cannot take place at will, the legislators are calling
for a federal legislative moratorium on promulgation of any environmental
authority to U.S. Tribes until actions on the Indian amendments are
achieved.
The anti-federal government and anti-Indian tone to the rhetoric presented
by these 'leaders', could easily build another 'threatening' atmosphere
for the Tribes in northern Wisconsin. These tactics led to violent,
racist protests in the 1980's that came very close to intimidating
Chippewa Tribal leadership in Wisconsin into giving up much of their
treaty affirmed natural resources rights. The politician at the press
conference tried very hard to make this issue seem LIKE IT DOESN'T INVOLVE
THE TRIBES IN ANY WAY. They seem afraid that if they let this anti-
Indian genie out of the bag that Indian bashing would hurt their pro-
business objectives. Obviously, right now it is much more in vogue to
bash the EPA and the federal government's 'over regulation' than it is to
bash the Tribes.
These attacks and those on federal legislation protective of the
environment, supported by the head of the chief environmental protection
body in Wisconsin, should be a concern of the citizens of this state.
Persons wishing to voice their concerns can contact Lorraine Seratti
(608)266-3780 or Tom Ourada (608)266-7694
For more information on the press conference, the history of Tribal
consideration in federal environmental legislation, or current Tribal
environmental initiatives please feel free to contact me at 608-255-1191
or gwchism@students.wisc.edu.
--------- "RE: Journal of the Month (Red Ink)" ---------
Date: 2 May 1995 19:35:42 GMT
From: brock@ucsub.Colorado.EDU (Steve Brock)
Subj: Journal of the Month (Red Ink)
Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native
JOURNAL OF THE MONTH
APRIL, 1995
"Journal of the Month" is a continuing series in which
literary reviews and other periodicals are profiled.
This month's journal is "Red Ink," published by students at
the American Indian Graduate Center at the University of Arizona,
Tucson. "Red Ink" was established in 1989 by George Joe and Steve
Danzer under the guidance of Dr. Robert K. "Uncle Bob" Thomas,
Cherokee elder and professor of American Indian Studies. The
publication has had a rocky beginning and was issued intermittently
until last year, but has always remained a journal of high quality,
both in design and content.
"Red Ink," now guided by faculty advisor Dr. Tom Holm
(Creek/Cherokee), Associate Professor of American Indian Studies,
Glenn Johnson (Cherokee), Director of the American Indian Graduate
Center, and a nine-member editorial board. The Spring, 1995
edition will announce the addition of two additional faculty
advisors: Dr. David E. Wilkins (Lumbee), Assistant Professor of
Political Science and Dr. Barbara A. Babcok, Regents Professor of
English.
The purpose of the journal is to function as "an
interdisciplinary outlet for creative temperament and scholarly
thought," written for (and by) anyone with an interest in Native
American issues.
Recent issues have contained articles and essays on the
sterilization policies of the Indian Health Service, thoughts on
the depictions of Native Americans in western movies, Lakotas and
the Supreme Court, and oral histories from the American Indian
Language Development Institute. Each issue also includes poetry,
fiction and book reviews.
Published twice or three times per year (Spring and Fall or
Spring, Summer and Fall depending on levels of funding),
subscriptions to "Red Ink" are $10 for individuals, $15 for
departments, and $20 for libraries and museums. All subscriptions
are for three issues.
"Red Ink" is accepting manuscript submissions in the form of
articles, reviews, creative writing, poetry, graphic art, and
photography, as well as letters to the editor and opinion pieces.
More information is available from the American Indian Graduate
Center, 1610 E. Seventh St., Tucson, AZ 85719, (520) 792-8104 or
(520) 621-7989, FAX (520) 623-3233. At present, "Red Ink" doesn't
have an e-mail address, but questions, comments, etc., may be sent
to Glenn Johnson, whose e-mail address is gwjohn@ccit.arizona.edu.
--------- "RE: Chief Katie Rich Convicted on Contempt" ---------
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 17:37:19 -0300
From: Larry Innes <es051322@ORION.YORKU.CA>
Subj: CHIEF RICH CONVICTED ON CONTEMPT & RELEASED
Mailing List: INNU-L <INNU-L@odie.ccs.yorku.ca>
+ Chief Katie Rich, Nympha Byrne and Justine Noah Convicted on Contempt +
Utshimassits Chief Katie Rich, Nympha Byrne and Justine Noah appeared in
Newfoundland Supreme Court today in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
Following summations from the defence and prosecution lawyers, Judge
Seamus O' Regan found the three women guilty of contempt for their part in
the December 1993 eviction of the court and RCMP from the community.
The judge sentenced the three women to time served, and released them
from custody. Rich and Byrne had spent the past week in the Stephenville
Correctional Centre for Women after refusing to sign an undertaking.
Innu Nation Peter Penashue stated after the trial "We got what we
expected. The Innu will never obtain justice from a system that we have
never consented to, one that consistently refuses to recognize our rights."
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Katie Rich (709) 478-8827
Larry Innes es051322@orion.yorku.ca (direct to me)
Environmental Advisor innu@web.apc.org (general to Innu Nation)
Innu Nation
P.O. Box 119
Sheshatshiu, Nitassinan (Labrador) Phone: (709) 497-8398
via Canada A0P 1M0 Fax: (709) 497-8396
--------- "RE: Innu Reaction to Triple Low-Level Flights" ---------
Date: Tue, 02 May 1995 17:22:53 -0300
From: Larry Innes <es051322@ORION.YORKU.CA>
Subject: Innu Reaction to Gov't Decision to Triple Low-Level Flights
Mailing List: INNU-L <INNU-L@odie.ccs.yorku.ca>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 1995
"Innu Not Surprised by Government Decision to Triple Low-Level Flights"
(SHESHATSHIU) Innu Nation's Director of Innu Rights and Environment,
Daniel Ashini, said today that he is not at all surprised at the federal
government's response to the Panel recommendations regarding military
flight training over Quebec and Labrador. "This is the logical conclusion
of an eight-year rubber-stamping process," said Mr. Ashini. "It is not at
all surprising that the government agrees with the Panel's recommendations
to triple the number of training flights when the government is the
proponent of the training in the first place."
Mr. Ashini added, "The government stacked the deck during the environmental
review process by appointing all the Environmental Assessment Panel
members, three of whom were former federal government bureaucrats. Then, we
had kangaroo-court environmental hearings where the Panel heard mostly from
the military, politicians, bureaucrats and other people in favour of the
training. It's completely understandable that the Panel capitulated to the
Department of National Defence (DND) in making its recommendations. The
recommendations were so sympathetic to DND, it's hardly any wonder Cabinet
accepted them almost outright. It's as if DND wrote the recommendations
themselves."
According to Mr. Ashini, "the government's decision to expand the number
of training is extremely irresponsible. Contrary to its own recommendations,
the Panel noted that not very much is known the impact of the flight
training on wildlife. That's why they proposed 15 years of research on this
topic. But the government wants to go full-steam ahead with the training on
the basis of very little environmental data. This shows that the
government's commitment to environment protection is a smokescreen."
Furthermore, said Mr. Ashini, "this decision to increase the training is
extremely prejudicial to our position at the land rights negotiating table.
DND will doing everything in its power to make sure that the flight
training is protected at the table. So we have in effect lost a major
portion of our territory to flight training. In conjunction with the
present frenzied mineral exploration activity at Voisey Bay, forestry
proposals, hydroelectric dams and other industrial activities, there isn't
much of our traditional land being left for the Innu people."
As for the proposed research Institute, Mr. Ashini said "We are very
worried that the Institute will be just another public relations exercise
for DND. DND could well end up stacking all the board members of the
Institute so that it will be impossible for it to be impartial and
objective. As it stands, the Institute will not have any teeth. What we
need is a regulatory agency that will have the power to impose
environmental restrictions on DND and terminate the training should
independent research prove once and for all that wildlife and people are
being harmed. The First Nations of Quebec and Labrador who are affected by
the training must be given adequate representation on the board of the
Institute."
Finally, Mr. Ashini said, "this is just another sad chapter in the history
of relations between Europeans and First Nations. The more powerful impose
their laws and steal our lands. The only difference between the massacre at
Wounded Knee and DND's behavior in the 20th century, is that cultural
genocide against the Innu is being covered up with fancy public relations
in the form of environmental review processes. A hundred years from now,
people will look back and recognize more clearly how lands were stolen from
the Innu people, and how we fought every way we could to stop this from
happening."
Larry Innes es051322@orion.yorku.ca (direct to me)
Environmental Advisor innu@web.apc.org (general to Innu Nation)
Innu Nation
P.O. Box 119
Sheshatshiu, Nitassinan (Labrador) Phone: (709) 497-8398
via Canada A0P 1M0 Fax: (709) 497-8396
--------- "RE: EIR Bill Reported Out by Mass. Energy Committee" ---------
Date: 25 Apr 95 21:37:17 EDT
From: Ann Stewart <75361.1143@compuserve.com>
Subj: EIR Bill Reported Out by Mass. Energy Committee
UUCP email
25 April 95, State House, Boston - This afternoon the Massachusetts
legislature's joint energy committee reported H 2552 out favorably. The
bill would require out-of-state hydroelectric producers who want to sell
power to Massachusetts to submit environmental impact information for
review by the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs.
Four years ago the bill was drafted in response to growing concerns over
the lack of environmental information available on the proposed Great
Whale River hydroelectric project in James Bay, Quebec. The first phase,
La Grande, begun in the 1970s and still under construction, was built by
Quebec's state-owned utility Hydro-Quebec without any environmental
reviews.
"This is a wonderful piece of news, coming so quickly after Earth Day,"
said Paul Kress, lobbyist for Massachusetts Wildlife Federation.
At a March hearing on the bill, Deputy Chief Kenny Blacksmith of the
Grand Council of the Crees told the committee: "The people of
Massachusetts, your constituents, must have the information they need to
decide whether the environmental impacts, and especially the social and
human rights impacts, of these projects are too high a cost for them to
accept if they are buying Hydro-Quebec's power."
He added, "American interests are also best served by higher, rather
than lower environmental standards in Canada. Lower standards constitute
subsidies that distort economic relations between the US and Canada and
result in loss of opportunities for American producers and workers."
The bill now moves to the House Ways and Means Committee. Its
legislative sponsors are State Senator Robert Durand (D-Marlborough) and
Representative James Marzilli (D-Arlington).
This information is supplied by Stewartship, which is registered as an
agent of the Grand Council of the Crees with the US Department of Justice
(#4632), where the required registration statement is available for public
inspection. Registration does not indicate approval of the contents by the
US government.
--------- "RE: Anti-Indian Movement in the Northwest" ---------
Date: 95/04/27 15:15
From: Nancy Thomas (gelamp.mm@genie.geis.com)
Subj: Anti-Indian Movement in the Northwest
GE Electronic Mail
Hope you can use this. Nancy
[The Anti-Indian Movement in the Northwest is on the rise once again,
partially due to the recent decision regarding shellfish rights of Indian
Nations. This "article" appeared in a local free paper.]
TRADE INDIANS
CASINOS FOR FISH
Found in "Forum" Vol 3, No. 3, April 1995
(anonymous letter to the editor)
Indian rights, especially those rights that have been "granted" by
federal judges of late, (Rafeedie and Boldt, among others), have become
heated topics for debate among diverse sectors of the electorate. Not much
of the rhetoric has been kind to the indians.
Indians are perceived as being granted special rights. Rights that are
above and beyond those granted the rest of the citizens. Rights that, in
fact, infringe upon the enjoyment of the rights of the rest of us.
When an indian suddenly has the "right" to walk on a commercial oyster
grower's beaches, trample his cultivated bed of imported japanese oysters,
and scoop up half of the crop without ever having put anything into the
production of those oysters, then something is very rotten in the State of
Washington. The indian has gotten rights at the expense of the non-indian.
Reverse discrimination is taking place, and at a heavy cost to those
losing the use and enjoyment of their formerly private property.
Defenders of the indian will argue that these are rights that were
specifically reserved for the indians by treaty and therefore never should
have been stolen from them by a greedy state government and sold to
private citizens in the first place. The defenders are right. And, of
course, they are taking advantage of the rampant bending of the treaty
clauses to suit liberal viewpoints about how to protect the beleaguered,
yet noble, savages.
I believe the treaties were written with the intent of guaranteeing that
indians could live in Washington as they always had. That they would have
enough fish and game to stock their tables, and enough trade goods to
barter for things they couldn't make or catch. They were guaranteed that
this would be able to be accomplished in the traditional indian ways and
with traditional indian means of doing so.
The treaty didn't grant the indians nylon gill nets to choke off salmon
runs to the rivers, as has been done. It didn't grant them rights to hunt
game and sell the meat. It didn't grant them the authority to control
private timber sales on private lands. It didn't grant them the rights to
do anything OFF THE RESERVATIONS! Not even dig clams! Yet, now we are
supposed to sit back and allow this to happen, too.
I am not at all pleased.
We are dealing with a situation in which a treaty was written to put an
end to killing. One group, "the white man" was taking a whole lot of land
from another in an undeclared war. The treaty was well-meaning, perhaps,
but it was written in a simpler time, with simpler language, and no real
understanding of how fast the future was flying at them. The non-indians
thought of the Indians as willing to always live in their traditional ways.
Hunt & fish in quantity equal to what they were taking when the white men
arrived. They didn't expect the Indians to have use for anywhere near
"Half of all the fish, etc". So into the treaty goes magnanimous verbiage,
meant to sound impressive, sort of like Hollywood, I guess.
Now we're stuck with the consequences.
We are also faced with the unrealities that prevail as a result of our
country's "Indian Policy". The treatment of Indians under the old B.I.A.
was perfidious. "Indian Agents" stole from the indians to enrich
themselves. Indians were promised schooling, medicine, and everything else
under the sun to supposedly make them self-sufficient in modern society.
The actual fact of the matter is that the policy created a race of
dependents. Non-motivated, discriminated against, second-rated every step
of the way. The indian, if he ever was a noble savage, certainly is not
today.
Many white people feel that they have been, through tax dollars, feeding
and clothing irresponsible indians for a century or so, and are fed up
with what they see. Driving past indian reservation towns and seeing pile
upon pile of garbage in the yards, nearly new aluminum and fiberglass
gill net boats rotting on the beaches, houses falling apart because the
owners don't give a damn, and on and on ad nauseam. White people, or any
non-indians for that matter, are appalled. They think that these are the
people who will be walking on their beaches, taking their oysters. They
think that these are the people who are taking half their salmon.
It Ain't Necessarily So. We, as non-indians, have been paying the way
for a whole lot of paler faces. A person only has to be 1/8th indian to
qualify for all the rights of a full-blooded indian. That person doesn't
necessarily have to be a member of a treaty tribe to receive rights,
either. The famous Franks, of Frank's Landing fame, according to a Daily
Olympian story, are Montana Indians. Yet they struggled mightily for their
rights to fish the Nisqually. A lady in Shelton who is a Yakima indian was
happily helping her 100% white husband, and her sons, fish Squaxin fish
country until it was discovered that she wasn't a treaty indian.
No problemo! The Squaxins adopted her into their tribe. Now her white
husband fishes every chance he gets for his mandated treaty share of the
catch. You got it? White man catches indian fish because wife adopted by
tribe.
Who do you think runs the indian casinos, the indian hatcheries, the
indian fish companies? Clue: They don't live in junk heaps on the "Res".
It really is ridiculous. When those indians show up on private oyster
beds to get their share, how are you going to know that they aren't really
white folks from across town who want a piece of the action. After all,
you only have to claim that you are an indian to be one. Nobody ever
checks. It is not politically correct to do so!
The situation will only get worse.
I think that there are two possible solutions to the dilemma. The first
is a ridiculous tongue-in-cheek proposal. It is to begin a new indian war.
We could start by shooting whoever shows up to dig clams & oysters and
escalate it into full swing by burning a few villages, pillaging, and all
of that sort of thing. Then, when it became evident that no one wanted the
bloodshed to continue, a new peace treaty would be fashioned. The new
treaty would be fair to all remaining. Reservations would be preserved,
although slimmed down. Lands recently awarded to indians, such as in
Tacoma, would be returned to the public, modern fishing, hunting, boating,
and other gear would be stripped from the indians, and they would have
their lives restored to the state at which it was before the white man
came. No automobiles, TV's, radios, light bulbs, telephones, or other
modern conveniences would be allowed. No books. No Booze. No food stamps.
Presumably, everyone who feels that the indians got too much from the last
treaties, and current interpretations thereof, would now feel righted.
This should get us back to where the original treaties placed us. It's a
solution that no one should contemplate.
What we really want is for the indians to be on the same footing as
everyone else. No special rights. No discrimination
Indians, and nons, are laboring under the misconception that all this is
supposed to be fair. The indian can rightfully claim that his land, fish,
game and everything was stolen from him.
It was. That's war. And a lot of lying, cheating & backsliding at the
same time. It was probably not unlike the way Genghis Khan and his hordes
rolled over Europe. They just took what they wanted. Killed the resistance.
But this is America. We fought the Japanese and Germans, then built them
up to be formidable world powers. Let's do the same for the Indians!
So here is my solution. Indians want unlimited casino gambling on the
reservations. The rest of us want them out (As a special interest group)
of fishing, clamming, crabbing, logging, land claiming and everything else.
Let's make a grand compromise. Trade the unrestricted (although still
taxed) right to casino gambling for all the rights, other than the rights
to the current reservation lands, granted in former treaties.
Indians would be strictly U.S. citizens. Give them all the rights and
responsibilities that that entails. No special assistance. No hand-outs.
What they get in the future, they earn themselves. Like everyone else.
And that should be easy. The casinos now in operation have long waiting
lines of people wanting to get in to gamble. Washingtonians want more!
Since the state government ridiculously keeps this type of activity
illegal to non-indians, this is the way to have what we all want.
Happy indians making a ton of money on casinos, not caring about the
fish and crabs. Happy non-indians throwing as much money as they could at
the crap tables, shows, and other extravaganzas!
Who knows? Maybe taxing indian casinos could pay for all of the schools,
like Nevada. Maybe having one entity controlling fisheries might bring
recovery of the fish runs into focus.
Who knows Kemo Sabay? I say, "Let's try it!"
--------- "RE: Poem: Paper Eagles" ---------
Date: 1 Aug 1994 22:57:11 -0500
From: turtle@aicap.s21.com (Turtle Heart)
Subj: Paper Eagles
Newsgroup: alt.native
eagle holds the sky
between his feathers
and turtles like to eat yellow flowers
and dream
down where it is warm
near the roots
of the sacred tree
tobacco indian
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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
Land of Kaw-ii-su ancestor: Land of Light
--------- "RE: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days" ---------
Date: 95/04/27 23:24
From: Debra F. Sanders (dfsanders@genie.geis.com)
Subj: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days
GE Electronic Mail
A HAWAIIAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of May 7-13
MEI
(May)
(Ikiiki)
7
Feel the winds blowing through you, cleansing your spirit of all sorrow.
8
The joyous heart has as many blessings as the stars in the sky, na hoku.
9
Give me the wings of a bird, and I will possess all the world!
10
My heart leaps with the dolphins in the incredible blue of the ocean.
11
Sing to me a song of beginnings in this land of many rainbows!
12
Never be content with what is -- always seek to realize what might be.
13
Never close your mind to possibilities.
(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, 4 May 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
From: john.farrington@psl-online.com (John Farrington)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.native
Subject: Pow-Wows
May 6 '95 Alabama-Coushatta Tribe Benefit Pow-Wow (Texas)
Bring a covered dish dinner at 5:30 PM, gourd dancing at 6:30, Grand
Entry at 7:45. In the Indian Village Gym on the reservation, 90 miles
north of Houston on hwy 59 to Livingston, then about 17 miles east on
U.S. hwy 190 to museum & Indian Village entrance (a mile or so past the
ballpark) on the right, go in 1/4 mile to the gym.
Info: 409-563-4391 (Sharon Miller), campground reservations: 800-444-3507.
May 19-21 Sacred Spring Pow-Wow & Western Swing Concert (Texas)
At the Southwest Texas State University Stadium, San Marcos (between
Austin & San Antonio off I-35). Sponsored by First American League,
TX Dept. of Agriculture, SW TX University & City of San Marcos.
Admissions: Pow-Wow $5 per day; Western Swing awards: $18;
Aquarena Springs: $15.95; All events special: $36.
Pow-Wow:
Friday 10 AM: Smoking Ceremony. Saturday 11 AM: Grand Entry.
Sunday 1PM: Grand Entry/Pow-Wow Contest.
Over $35,000 in prize money, 16 dance categories.
Head Singer: Billy Evans Horse
Head Man Dancer: Monroe Tsatoke
Head Lady Dancer: Georgette Horse
MC's: Hammond Motah, Wallace Coffey, Thomas Chibitty
Arena Directors: Stratford Williams, Patrick Redbird
Pow-Wow info: Oklahoma - (405) 588-2741 (R.C. Ahtone)
Texas - (512) 396-2400 (Lucky Tomblin)
General info: 800-782-7653 ext 177, (512) 396-2495, (512) 392-8115
May 20-21 '95 Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb (Louisiana)
2nd Annual Pow-Wow
(Times not listed - call tribal office for information.)
By the west-central LA/TX border, near the Toledo Bend Reservoir on
the Sabine River, about 64 miles south of Shreveport on US 171 to Zwolle,
then 7 miles west on hwy 482 to Ebarb (about 3 miles before reservoir).
Drum: Bravehearts
Head Man Dancer: Douglas Williams, Jr., Alabama-Coushatta
Head Lady Dancer: Julia Morris, Alabama-Coushatta
Head Gourd Dancer: Henry Johnson, Choctaw
MC: Bertney Langley, Koasata
Arena Director: Thomas Muskrat, Western Cherokee
Info: (318) 645-2588 (Tribal office)
May 27-28 '95 Intertribal Council Of Houston
6th Annual Texas Championship Pow-Wow
Gourd dancing 12 noon to 2 PM, Grand Entry at 3 PM. Contests to evening.
At Traders Village, 7979 N. Eldridge Road, west of Houston. From West
Loop 610 (around Houston) go on hwy 290-W 8-1/2 miles northwest to the
Eldridge exit, go on feeder to 2nd light (Eldridge), then left 4 blocks
to the entrance on the right. Parking $2.
Over $6000 in prize money plus awards. Contests both days: Fancy War Dance,
Northern Traditional, Southern Straight, Grass, Ladies Buckskin, Ladies
Cloth, Ladies Northern Shawl/Jingle Dress, Junior Boys & Girls, Little
Boys & Girls, Tiny Tots. Tipi contest (full size).
Head Drum: Ponca Tribal Singers from Whiteagle, OK
Head Man Dancer: Steve Little Cook, Ponca
Head Lady Dancer: Audrey LeClair, Ponca
Head Gourd Dancer: Ed Ketcher, Cherokee
MC: Walter Celestine, Alabama-Coushatta
Info: (713) 464-1164 (Intertribal Council office)
(713) 890-5500 (Traders Village office)
Arts & Crafts exhibitors - $75 per booth before May 1, $100 after.
June 2-3 '95 Alabama-Coushatta Tribe 27th Annual Pow-Wow (Texas)
Friday & Saturday - at the reservation ballpark: go 90 miles north of
Houston on hwy 59 to Livingston, then about 16 miles east on hwy 190 to the
ballpark entrance on the left (the museum & Indian Village entrance is a
mile or two farther east).
Arts & crafts set up in AM, gourd dances at 6:30 PM, Grand Entry at 7:45 PM.
Host Southern Drum: Alabama-Coushatta Woodland Singers.
Visiting Drums invited.
Head Man Dancer: Gary Tomahsah, Comanche.
Head Lady Dancer: Rebecca Gwynn, Sac & Fox.
Head Gourd Dancer: Cliff Queton, Kiowa.
M/C: Stratford Williams, Wichita-Caddo.
Arena Director: Alva Roughface, Ponca.
(In addition, there will be gourd dances 2-5 PM on Saturday at the Indian
Village museum & tourist complex, a mile or two east of the ballpark to
the entrance on the right, go 1/4 mile in to the parking lot.)
Info: 409-563-4391 (Sharon Miller or Bryan Williams)
Campground reservations: 800-444-3507
June 9-11 '95 Red Earth Pow-Wow (Oklahoma)
At the Myriad Convention Center & Plaza, downtown Oklahoma City.
Over $55,000 in prizes, 32 dance categories. Times not listed - call.
Dancer registration (fee $10) at the Convention Center, Thurs. 8 June:
12 noon-6PM; Friday 9 June: 8 AM-6 PM; Saturday 10 June: 8 AM-12 noon.
Parade Friday 9 June, 11:30 AM.
Invited Drums:
Southern: Northern:
Cozad Family (Anadarko, OK) Blacklodge (White Swan, WA)
Rosehill (Stroud, OK) Mandaree (New Town, ND)
Yellowhammer (Ponca City, OK) Dakota Travels (Manitoba)
Southern Thunder (Pawnee, OK) White Fish, Jrs. (Saskatchewan)
Info: (405) 427-5228 (Red Earth, Inc.)
June 17 '95 Texas Cherokee Intertribal Pow-Wow
Bring a covered dish dinner at 5:30 PM, gourd dancing at 7 PM, Grand Entry
at 8 PM, in St. Jerome's Catholic Church gym, 8825 Kempwood, Houston, TX.
Go west on I-10 (Katy Freeway) 2-1/2 miles past West Loop 610 to Bingle
exit, then right on Bingle about 4 traffic lights (2-1/2 miles) to
Kempwood, then left to church.
Info: 713-429-9991 (Billy Silver Hawk Busby or Dana Busby)
June 17 '95 Bayou Indian Festival (Louisiana)
** NOT A POW-WOW ** , but will have pow-wow style competition dances
9 AM - 11 PM, arts & crafts, country & western singers. Admission $2.
At Jennings I-10 Park, Jennings, LA, about 34 miles east of Lake Charles
on I-10. Sponsored by the Bayou Indian Federation & the city of Jennings.
Info: 800-264-5521
June 23-25 '95 Memphis Pow-Wow (Tennessee)
Native American Intertribal Assoc., American Indian Council of Tennessee,
American Indian Assoc. of Millington, American Indian Affairs of Ripley.
At Shelby Farms Show Place Arena, 105 Germantown Road, Memphis, TN.
Info: 901-725-6869. Vendors call 901-635-0003.
Sept. 16-17 '95 2nd Annual Corpus Christi Intertribal Pow-Wow (Texas)
Saturday: Grand Entry at 12 noon & 7 PM
Sunday: Grand Entry at 12 noon.
In the Memorial Coliseum, South Shoreline Blvd, Corpus Christi, Texas
Info: 512-883-9980 (Vivian Trammel) $2 admission, competition prize $5000 +
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From: Christopher.A.Newell@dartmouth.edu (Chris)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.native,alt.native
Subject: Dartmouth College 23rd Annual Pow-wow
Pow-wow season is just around the corner...everyone's gettin' feverish.
Get our voices ready, repair those moccasin blowouts and come here
and let us host you for our best ever....
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE 23rd ANNUAL POW-WOW
Location: Hanover, NH on the Green (for the first time EVER!!)
Rain Location:Thompson Arena
Saturday, May 13 and Sunday May 14, 1995
Grand Entry is at noon on both days
Head Man Dancer: Marvin Burnette
Head Woman Dancer: Muriel Lewis
Master of Ceremonies: TCHIN
!!!!Host Drums!!!!
_Thundercloud_ from Wisconsin and
_Eagle Whistle_ from North Dakota
FREE ADMISSION
Community Dinner on Sunday
Many Arts& Crafts Vendors
Camping Grounds Available
Children's Dance and Giveaway
NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL!!!
Host Hotels
Days Inn (603)-448-5070
Airport Economy Inn (800)-433-3466
(Ask for the Pow-Wow Rate!!!)
Dance Competition for Prize Money!!!!
Contest Categories:
Women's Traditional
Men's Traditional/Grass Dance
Women's Fancy Shawl/Jingle Dress
Men's Fancy Dance
Tiny Tot Exhibition
All DANCERS AND DRUMS INVITED
Organized by Native Americans at Dartmouth
for more information, contact the Pow-Wow Committee (603) 646-2110
Or e-mail me at Christopher.Newell@dartmouth.edu
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From: micah@stega.smoky.ccsd.k12.co.us (Micah Champagne)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.native
Subject: Cherry Creek Pow-wow
2nd Annual Cherry Creek Title V Indian Awareness Pow-wow
This is on May 13, 1995. It's put on by a group of parents and students
in the Cherry Creek School District. We call ourselves H.O.O.P., it
stands for Hope of Our People.
The Emcee will be Tom Wind, Arena director is Acey No Braid, Host Honor
Guard is Intertribal Veterans Group, Host Northern Drum is Eagle Mountain,
Rapid City, SD., Host Southern Drum is Colorado Intertribal, Boulder, CO.,
Security is provided by American Indian Movement (Ted Roy), the Head Young
Man Dancer is Kullo Sam, the Head Young Woman Dancer is Tiffany Phelps.
There will be Student dance contests, which will be split up as
kindergarten to 4th grade, 5th to 8th grade, and 9th to 12th grade.
Within these groups it will be split up between men and women, then
traditional, fancy, and grass for the men, and traditional fancy and
jingle for the women. There will also be a special ladies fancy shawl,
for 13 yrs. and older, in honor of Head Young Lady Tiffany Phelps. Cash
prizes for first (9th-12th $100, 5th-8th $75, k-4th $50), second (9th-12th
$75, 5th-8th $50, k-4th $30), and third (9th-12th $50, 5th-8th $25, k-4th
$20). Point system will be used. All Drums and Dancers welcome. Arts and
Crafts space available for a fee of 20.00.
We are also looking for donations of any kind. It can be money or an
item. We will be holding a silent auction, for all of the item donations
we get. If you have anything you would like to give us call Debbie Phelps
at (303) 752-9407.
This will be at the Cunningham center in Denver, Colorado. It's at the
corner of Mississippi and Dayton, west of Havana. The adress is 9659
E.Mississippi Ave. Denver, Co.
THERE WILL BE NO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ALLOWED!!!!!
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From: Wanblisapa@aol.com
Subject: Gathering of Elders Announcement
Anpetu Waste, Kola (Good Day, Friend)!
Gerald Ice has asked me to send the following announcement/invitation to
you for distribution to all qualified individuals who might be interested
in participating. Feel free to distribute this to anyone you know who
fits that description.
Pilamaya (Thank you)!
Canku Luta Mani (Walk the Red Road)! Wanbli Sapa (Black Eagle)
GATHERING OF ELDERS, SPIRITUAL CAMP
We are inviting all Elders, Staff Carriers, Spiritual Leaders,
Pipe Carriers, and Medicine Men to Attend This Gathering.
WHO: Elders to talk about future guidance for all younger
generations, and to bring back our Seven Sacred Rites
WHAT: To refresh our minds to the Lakota Way of Life
WHEN: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm every day, Noon break 12:00 to 1:30pm
WHERE: Gerald Ice's residence, Wounded Knee, South Dakota
WITH RESPECT TO OUR TRADITIONAL LAKOTA WAYS, NO ALCOHOL, DRUGS, AND
WEAPONS
PLEASE COME PREPARED FOR CAMPING.
FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL (605) 867-1591
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From: kibbey@nntp.sierra.net (Larry Kibbey)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.native,alt.native
Subject: Keepers Conference
KEEPERS OF THE TREASURES
CONFERENCE
MAY 8-11, 1995
The Keepers Of The Treasures will hold its fourth annual cultural
preservation conference and membership meeting May 8-11, 1995 in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The conference will be held at the
University of South Dakota and is being co-hosted by the Yankton
Sioux Tribe. The theme of this years conference is "Honoring Our
Cultural Lifeways-Past, Present and Future."
For further information contact:
Mary Stuart McCamy-Irion
Keepers Of the Treasures
Washington, D.C.
(202) 673-4207
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From: FROSTY.DEERE@igloo.magicnet.com (FROSTY DEERE)
Subject: Summer is a coming..........
She:kon Kwe Kwe....
A few notes....
Well if anyone happens to be in the Area of Kahnawake Mohawk Territory,
located in Quebec just 10km south of Montreal, around the weekend of
July 8 and 9, there will be a Pow-wow called "Echo of a Proud Nation."
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Subject: Cry of the Eagle Indigenous Conference
Original Sender: hkoehler@web.UUCP
Mailing List: NATIVE-L (native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us)
CRY OF THE EAGLE - "PROPHECIES & PREPARATION
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May 12, 13, 14, 1995
May 12: McMaster University, Ewart Angus 106
May 13 & 14: Six Nations, Chiefswood Park
Many nations have received signs that explain the time we are now
in. It is a critical crossroads for Indigenous people. It is
time to share our knowledge with one another. The spiritual
knowledge gives us direction and guidance as we move into the
next millennium. We need to unite our energies for the seventh
generation to have peace.
MASTERS OF CEREMONY
Friday: Steve Hill - Onondaga
Saturday: Amos Keye - Seneca, Faithkeeper
Sunday: Sadie Buck - Seneca, Clanmother
- presentations by -
CREE NATIONS HAUDENOSAUNEE NATIONS
Elder Steve Moosnmin Chief Arnold General
Chief Ernest Sundown Chief Leon Shenandoah
Hobbema Elders LIL' WAT NATION
James Bay Cree Elders Fraser Andrew
The Sasknorthern Drum
HOPI NATION MAYAN NATION
Elder Thomas Banyacya Fernando Hernandez
Mayan Elder
Mayan Healer
DAKOTA NATION INNU NATION
M'Dewakanton Dakota Elder Elizabeth Penashue
Elder Chris Leith Kathleen Nuna
LAKOTA NATION ALGONQUIN NATION
Elder Dave Chief Elder William Commanda
Joseph Chasinghorse
Arvol Lookinghorse: ORANG ASLI NATION
Keeper of the Sacred Pipe MALAYSIAN RAINFOREST
Drum: Pejito Wakta Anthony Williams-Hunt
OJIBWAY NATION CHEYENNE NATION
Eddie Benton Banai Steve Brady: Keeper of
MP Elijah Harper the Sacred Buffalo Hat
Archie Mosay Bill Red Hat: Keeper of
the Sacred Drums
Sponsored by the McMaster University Indigenous Studies Program,
McMaster First Nation Student Association, E.A.G.L.E. Project -
AFN, Six Nations Community, Fort Erie Friendship Centre and the
Grand River Polytechnical Institute.
REGISTRATION: No Pre-registration - $25.00 for a three day pass
or $10.00 per day.
Camping facilities available at Chiefswood Park, Six Nations.
ACCOMMODATION:
Days Inn Brantford Quality Inn/Travel Lodge The Bear's Inn
Shuttle bus service Shuttle bus service Ohsweken
519-759-2700 519-753-7371 519-445-4133
TRANSPORTATION: Village Taxi
519-445-2525 airport and events (prebooking required)
TRAVEL AGENT: Six Nations - Constance Jamieson
1-800-363-0941 Aboriginal Owned Fash Travel
CRAFT BOOTHS: Norma General: 519-445-4225
INFORMATION: Indigenous Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton
905-525-9140 Ext 27615 or 27426 or 27459
Grand River Polytechnical, Hagersville 905-768-0448
Friday May 12 - Hamilton - Opening Ceremonies @10:30 close 5:30pm
McMaster Medical Centre, Ewart Angus Theatre,1200 Main W Hamilton
"PROPHECIES: PIECING TOGETHER OUR NATIONS' KNOWLEDGE"
Delegations to determine agenda and presentations
Two Films: HOPI PROPHECIES and WIPING THE TEARS
Dinner for elders - By Grand River Polytechnical Institute:
Six Nations Community Hall, Ohsweken
Social to Follow: ALL WELCOME.
Saturday May 13 - Six Nations - Chiefswood Park (Highway 54)
Opening Ceremony: 10:00am -(rainsite) Six Nations Community Hall
"THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS: TAKING ACTION TO SPIRITUALLY
UNITE INDIGENOUS NATIONS
Delegations to determine agenda and presentations
Dinner at Six Nations Community Hall for elders - delegations
"CONTEMPORARY NATIVE MUSIC CONCERT"
McMaster Student Association Fund Raiser
Six Nations Community Hall 8:00 TO 11:00pm
Featuring: Murray Porter, Chanti Pearce, Elizabeth Hill,
Josh Miller and Three Wheel Drive - admission $10.00
DOOR PRIZES AND RAFFLE
Sunday May 14 - Mother's Day Opening Ceremonies 12:00
Chiefswood Park (rainsite) Six Nations Community Hall
"HONOURING OUR MOTHER: WOMEN'S ROLE IN PROPHECIES & PREPARATION"
Fundraiser - Play "STOLEN LAND" - performed by Ground Zero
Production - Proceeds to Cry of the Eagle
Closing remarks of delegations
Dinner for elders/delegations: Six Nations Community Hall
provided by The Native Cuisine Entrepreneur Program
Social to follow: Community Hall - Give Away - ALL WELCOME.
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Posted by Harold P. Koehler hkoehler@web.apc.org
at the request of Dan Smoke.
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