Articles appearing have been previously posted for public dissemination
and/or permission for inclusion has been secured.
Letters of authorization are on file. A list of those granting permission
to repost their words in this issue are listed at the end of part A.
I thank each of you for allowing your words to be shared with the people.
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This newsletter is a way of keeping the brothers and sisters who share our
Spirit informed about current events within the lives of those who walk the
Red Road.
It is archived at the Native American FTP site ftp.cit.cornell.edu
in the directory /pub/special/NativeProfs/newsletters; and part A
is being sent to the NATIVE-L mailing list, one of the NativeNet
lists managed by Gary Trujillo (gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us). It is also
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:
gopher.wsu.edu /WSU Campuses Info /Public Services /Native Peoples
"The white man, who possesses this whole vast country from sea to
sea, who roams over it at pleasure and lives where he likes, cannot
know the cramp we feel in this little spot, with the underlying
remembrance of the fact, which you know as well as we, that every
foot of what you proudly call America not very long ago belonged to
the red man. The Great Spirit gave it to us. There was room for
all His many tribes, and all were happy in their freedom."
__ Chief Washakie, Shoshoni
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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!
As I put together this issue I am reminded of all the things I have
to be thankful for.
I have enough to eat. This is not true of all our brothers and sisters,
especially many elders. Pray for them. Cry for them. Help them.
I go to powwows and celebrate with others in the Circle. This is not
true for many of our ancestors who lived in fear of arrest just for
speaking their own language. Still, they kept our traditions for us.
Remember them in your prayers. Cry for them. Thank them.
I can roam about and speak to others I wish. I offer my prayers in the
way I was taught. This is not true of our brothers and sisters in the
iron house. Pray for them. Cry for them. Help them.
I am clean and sober. This is not true of many of our brothers and
sisters who hide their emptiness and pain with drugs and alcohol. Pray
for them. Cry for them. Help them.
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
- NA Woman Prisoner In Isolation - Conferences and Powwows - online
- UPDATE on Leonard Peltier - Death of an Eagle
- Black Mesa Permaculture Project - Innu and Canadian Justice System
- Mathcamp - USIA Syllabus Initiative
- Poem: Woman On a Stone - Holy Wind and Natural Law
- Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days
- Conferences and Powwows - offline
--------- "RE: NA Woman Prisoner In Isolation" ---------
Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 12:51:06 -0800
From: amt@teleport.com
Subj: NA Woman Prisoner In Isolation, Denied Spiritual Access
Newsgroups: soc.culture.native,alt.native
For more info on this issue and others concerning Native Americans, music,
the environment and other global community projects - check out URL
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Native American Woman Prisoner
Held in Isolation, Denied Spiritual Access
By Nash Araiza
In February of 1995 Loretta Hill, a young Klamath/Paiute
woman being held at the Oregon Women's Correctional Center Isolation
Segregation Unit, requested spiritual support from a representative of her
Paiute Tribe. Nash Araiza, a S. Paiute, is a State of Oregon Department of
Corrections Spiritual Advisor (OSP) to Native Am. prisoners. Nash has not
been allowed to facilitate the sacred pipe ceremony in spite of Loretta's
pleas.
Nash has been department certified as Spiritual Advisor the last three
years, has Level 5 Access which allows him to access DSU (Disciplinary
Segregation Unit) and Death Row; he has met all security standards that are
required, for the past 4 years.
He also meets with and facilitates the sacred pipe ceremony for Death Row
prison inmate, Ernie Lotches, (SID # 3649258) a Klamath Modoc.
Loretta was denied her original request for ceremony and traditional
medicine (cedar & sage) and instead given medication (Prozac) by the prison
doctors and returned to the general population. Within 2 weeks Loretta was
returned to the isolation unit facing charges of felony assault and
possession of a weapon. Nash believes that the medication was a direct
influence on her actions and the denial of her spiritual needs; a critical
factor leading to her present situation. To this date Loretta has not been
allowed the ceremonies guaranteed by the Religious Freedom Act and the First
Amendment.
Loretta and her spiritual advisor have requested letters of support and
inquiry as her spiritual needs are urgent. All cycles of her Native
womanhood have been taken from her through medication and the denial of her
traditional ceremonies. Her spirit cries for help. She is being taken away
from her people.
"I am in the hole at this time, but if at all possible to get a prayer
ceremony done, I would be grateful." This statement was made to Attn.
Barbara Creel, of Native Am. Program, Oregon legal Services. She can be
contacted at: 1-800-546-0534, (503) 223-9483.
Loretta Hill, SID # 8541159, is currently being held at Oregon Women's
Correctional Center, 2809 State St., Salem Oregon, 97310-0500 in the
isolation - segregation unit. You must include her SID # 8541159 in all
correspondence. She would very much appreciate any letters of support for
her situation and for all NA prisoners being denied access to their
ceremonies, OUR CEREMONIES! Her spirit pleads: "I don't care how it happens,
just so it happens soon.!
You may also direct letters to Loretta to this e-mail address and we will be
sure they reach her: amt@teleport.com.
Please contact the following to show support and relief for Loretta:
Father Michael W. Sprauer, Administrator Religious Services. Oregon State
Correctional Institution, 3405 Deer Park Drive, S.E., Salem, OR 97310. Phone
(503) 373-0100, Fax: (503) 378-8919.
Chaplin I. Smith Oregon Women's Correctional Center, 2809 State St., Salem
Oregon, 97310-0500. Phone: (503)373-1552
Rebecca Prinslow, Assistant Superintendent Oregon Women's Correctional
Center, 2809 State St., Salem Oregon, 97310-0500. Phone (503) 378-2379, Fax:
(503) 378-8370
Jeff Premo, Security Manager Oregon Women's Correctional Center, 2809 State
St., Salem Oregon, 97310-0500. Phone: (503) 378-2708, Fax: (503) 378-8370
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--------- "RE: UPDATE on Leonard Peltier" ---------
Date: 17 May 1995 04:24:41 GMT
From: lhellwi@interaccess.com
Subj: UPDATE on Leonard Peltier
Newsgroups: soc.culture.native
12 May 1995
From the Law Office of Kunstler and Kuby
13 Gay Street
New York, NY 10014
212-924-5651
For Release on Monday Morning, May 15, 1995
Leonard Peltier, a Native American who is serving two consecutive life
sentences for the murders of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation on June 26, 1975, will, on May 15, 1995, file a motion with
the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit for the opening
of his appeal.
The reasons for such an application are contained in the attached papers.
Peltier was one of four Native Americans accused of these crimes. Two
of his co-defendants were acquitted in 1976 in Cedar Rapids, IA, to which
their cases, as well as that of Mr. Peltier, had been transferred because
of anti-Indian prejudice in the Dakotas, while charges against a third
were dismissed for lack of evidence. After the Cedar Rapids acquittal,
Peltier's case was mysteriously transferred to Fargo, North Dakota, and
assigned to a judge known to be extremely prejudiced against Native
Americans.
On April 18, 1977, he [Peltier] was convicted by a Fargo jury of the two
homicides. Later, it was discovered that the FBI had unlawfully
suppressed a firearms report stating that the rifle attributed to him
could not possibly have fired the fatal bullets and which totally
contradicted the trial testimony of an FBI firearms expert.
Now, the appellate court which affirmed his convictions on the basis of
a misconception that a prosecution witness had placed the defendant near
the dead agents' cars on the day of the homicides, an impression that was
not corrected by either his lawyers or the government, is being asked to
open the appeal.
Mr. Peltier is represented by William M. Kunstler and Ramsey Clark of
New York, NY, both affiliated with the Center for Constitutional Rights,
a New York-based legal and educational foundation, Carl Nadler of
Washington DC, W.Lee Hill, of La Jolla, California, and Bruce Ellison of
Rapid City, SD.
For further information, please contact Lisa Faroulo at the Peltier
Defense Committee, 913-842-5774, or this office.
[NOTE: If you would prefer to save phone charges, please feel free to
email any questions you might have to me at lhellwi@interaccess.com. If I
can't answer the question directly, I will get the answer for you and
respond. Thanks! Lisa Hellwig]
Attachment #1
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Judicial Circuit
United States of America v:
No. 85-5192 Leonard Peltier, Appellant
MOTION TO OPEN
Upon the affidavit of Ronal P. Lessard and the affirmation of
William M. Kunstler, both duly executed the 18th day of April, 1995,and
all the proceedings heretofore had herein, appellant respectfully moves
this Court to permit the opening of his appeal for the purpose of
presenting new and significant material as set forth in the aforesaid
affidavit of Ronald P. Lessard, whether the within application is styled
or designated as a motion therefore, or for a Writ of Error Coram Nobis,
which could result in the Court's reconsideration of its decision of
September 11, 1986, affirming the appellant's conviction, or for such
other and further relief as may be just and proper in the premises.
Dated: New York, NY
April 1995
Lawyers
Attachment #2
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Judicial Circuit
United States of America v:
No. 85-5192 Leonard Peltier, Appellant
Ronald P. Lessard, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
1. I am a member of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee and in charge
of the Washington, DC office thereof, which is designated as the Leonard
Peltier Freedom Campaign. 2. I have been engaged in such activity sine
November of 1994, and I have made it a point to study all of the legal
and other materials relating to Mr. Peltier's case. 3. In March of 1995,
I telephoned Senior Circuit Judge Gerald W. Heaney in Duluth, Minnesota,
who had authored the first two of the opinions in Mr. Peltier's appeals
to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. 4. During
that conversation, I asked Judge Heaney whether there as anything else
that could be done legally for Mr. Peltier. He replied that he thought,
in his second appeal, that Mr. Peltier had changed his version of what
happened on the day of the killing of the two FBI agents on the Pine
Ridge Indian Reservation. 5. He told me that he thought that Mr. Peltier
had originally maintained that he had not been down near the agents'
cars when they were shot. Now, he said, he understood that the trial
evidence showed that he was indeed down at the cars at that time, a fact
that, in his opinion, made all the difference to him. He recommended
that I review the past proceedings in this case when I maintained that
something was wrong if he understood that Mr. Peltier's position had
changed to state that he was down at the cars but had fired in self-
defense. He further stated that he couldn't understand why the defense
had changed as indicated above. 6. As a result of this conversation, I
listened to a tape of the oral argument of the second appeal in 1985.
During that argument, Judge Heaney questioned William M. Kunstler, Mr.
Peltier's appellate attorney, about the fact that Norman Brown, a
government witness, had testified "of having seen Peltier and Robideau and
Butler at the scene at the automobile."
[NOTE: This tape was made by Mr. Peltier's supporters and is available
for the Court's consideration if it desires to check the accuracy of the
quoted material in this affidavit. Every effort has been made to quote
accurately from that tape.]
7. Judge Heaney asked Mr. Kunstler: "At what point did the defense first
become aware of the September 24, 1975, teletype, that outlined in some
detail the interviews between Brown and the FBI agent?" Mr. Kunstler
replied that "[W]hen the Freedom of Information Act material, '79...80,
prior to filing our habeas. It came with the FOI Act material."
Judge Heaney: The teletype had not been made available to the defense at
any time before that, right?
Mr. Kunstler: That is correct. It is, uh...I call it FOIA or Freedom of
Information Act material, and that came via the lawsuit. I don't know
the exact date, but it came long after this court affirmed the conviction.
Judge Heaney: In that memorandum...Brown speaks of having seen Peltier,
Robidea and Butler at the scene of the automobile.
Mr. Kunstler: Near the agents' cars, that's correct.
Judge Heaney: Near the agents' cars. And he said that he specifically
recalled that Leonard Peltier was armed with an AR-15 or an M-16.
Mr. Kunstler: That's correct.
8. Under further questioning by Judge Heaney, Mr. Kunstler mistakenly
agreed with him that Brown did indeed so testify.
Judge Heaney: Now I know...was Brown called as a witness?
Mr. Kunstler: Yes.
Judge Heaney: And did he substantiate the testimony ..uh...at trial
that he gave,uh, that was...
Mr. Kunstler: He did, except...
Judge Heaney: Summarized in this.
Mr. Kunstler: He did, except that he said it had been extorted out of him,
he'd been tortured...
9. Unfortunately, neither Judge Heaney nor his two colleagues were
informed that Norman Brown had not testified at the trial that Mr.
Peltier was down at the cars when the agents were shot, but that such
testimony was only given before the grand jury.
Q. In the grand jury you testified that you saw Leonard and Dino and Bob
down by the cars, isn't that a fact?
A. Right.
***
Q. Did you ever see Leonard and Dino and Bob down by the cars on June
26th, 1975?
A. No.
Trial Transcript, pp 4808-09.
*** Q. When you testified before the grand jury that you saw
Leonard and Bob and Dino down by the agents' cars, where did you get that
information from?
A. FBI
Q: Did you ever see that on June 26, 1975?
A. No.
Trial Transcript, p 4812
10. Despite this testimony, Judge Heaney, again during oral argument,
stated: "But let me put it to you this way, you still have attempted to
point out who testified that they saw Peltier, Robideau and Butler at the
automobile and that these people were shot at short range, with a high
velocity weapon, and Brown testified that, while he was watching there,
he heard three shots. Now, how do we, how do we get around that because
you exposed the duress that Brown and the other witnesses were..."
11. Mr. Kunstler then replied that "there were scores of other people
there, too, and we have indicated in the footnote in our original brief...
there were scores of people down there and I mean scores, there were
names given, the material we got from the Bureau shows, and a lot of
which was suppressed, that there were scores of other leads. This we
raised on direct appeal, there were scores of those people there."
12. However, he failed to rebut Judge Heaney's observation about Brown
and mistakenly let it stand uncontradicted in the record.
13. Judge Heaney consistently accepted the untrue fact that Brown had
placed Mr. Peltier, along with Bulter and Robideau, down at the cars when
the agents were shot and Mr. Kunstler did nothing to dispel that
misconception. Toward the end of the latter's presentation, Judge Heaney
said: "...these two Indians were positively identified by Brown, were
Darrell Dino Butler and Leonard Peltier. Brown at this time redirects
his attention towards responding officers and shortly thereafter hear
approximately three shots [when] the agents' vehicles were fixed upon."
Mr. Kunstler replied: "Shortly after, I think that's what we all recall.
And when you look at the briefs, you'll find that there were literally
scores of people around the vehicles."
14. There were no transcripts of either Mr. Peltier's trial or that of
Robideau and Butler available to the court up to and including the oral
argument. Your deponent has no knowledge as to whether the court was
ever furnished the transcripts in question.
15. If indeed Judge Heaney was mistaken as to the nature of Brown's
testimony at the trial and this error played any role in his decision
denying Mr. Peltier a new trial, then simple and elemental justice would
mandate a reopening of this appeal for further consideration by the Court.
Mr. Peltier has been incarcerated some nineteen years and this Court has
already found that the FBI was guilty of considerable misconduct during
his prosecution and that the trial judge committed serious and
significant evidentiary errors. A misconception by this Court of the
evidence below relating to Norman Brown might well have tipped the scales
against appellant in an extremely close case.
(signed) Ronald P. Lessard
Attachment #3
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Judicial Circuit
United States of America v:
No. 85-5192 Leonard Peltier, Appellant
William M. Kunstler, an attorney duly admitted to practice as
such in the courts of the State of New York and admitted pro hoc vice in
this Court, hereby affirms, under the pains and penalties of perjury, as
follows:
1. I have been associated with appellant as appellate counsel for almost
twenty years and I am submitting this affirmation in support of the
relief prayed for in the accompanying Motion.
2. I have been long convinced that this Court has agonized over this
case and that its decision of September 11, 1986, reported as 800-F2d 772
(8th Cir. 1986), cert.den.484 U.S. 822 (1987), affirming his convictions
was rendered with considerable misgivings and uncertainty. That
uncertainty may well be augmented by the Supreme Court's recent
decision in Kyles v. Whitley, No. 93-7927, 57 CrL 2003 (4/19/95),
reversing a Louisiana death penalty conviction because of the withholding
by the prosecution of Brady material, not dissimilar to what happened to
appellant as previously determined by this court. The majority opinion
discussing the "[F]our acts of materiality," under United States V.
Bagley, 473 U.S. 667 (1985), might well compel this Court to reconsider
its reliance on its analysis and interpretation of Bagley in deciding
appellant's 1985 appeal, 800 F-2d at 774-75.
3. I also know that Senior Circuit Judge Gerald W. Heaney has, in a
letter dated April 18, 1991, since recommended in writing to the
President, through Senator Daniel Inouye, that appellant's sentence be
commuted, stating that the FBI was as guilty as appellant in the events
of June 26, 1975 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation that led to the
agents' deaths and that of Native American Joseph Stuntz.
4. There can be no doubt that, as stated in this Court's said opinion,
that "the prosecution withheld evidence from the defense favorable to
Peltier," 800 F2d at 775, "the district court's evidentiary ruling
clearly hampered the defense in its efforts to point out inconsistencies
in the ... lab reports," Ibid at 777, fn 3, and "there is evidence in
this record of improper conduct on some FBI agents..." Ibid at 778.
5. The court also determined that the testimony of trial witnesses
"indicate very strongly that he [Peltier] was down by the bodies when the
shot was fired. These inferences were of course strengthened by the
trial testimony that Leonard Peltier was one of the only three
individuals seen down by the bodies that day." 800 F.2d at 779
6. During oral argument on October 15, 1985, Senior Circuit Judge Heaney
questioned me as set forth in the accompanying affidavit of Ronald P.
Lessard.
7. Because I had not tried appellant's case, I did not correct Judge
Heaney as to his mistaken assumption that Norman Brown had testified at
Mr. Peltier's trial and placed him down at the cars at the time the
agents were shot to death. I must take full responsibility for my
failure to do so but my error should not, in the slightest, be permitted
to prejudice a defendant who has spent so much of his adult life in
prison.
8. However, I had no idea that Judge Heaney would give this assumption
such significance in reaching his decision to affirm appellant's
convictions. It was only when mr. Lessard recently revealed to me the
contents of his recent telephonic conversation with Judge Heaney that I
realized that my failure to respond correctly to his question about Norman
Brown left the distinct impression that the defense agreed that the
latter had testified at the trial that appellant was down by the cars
when the agents were fatally wounded. Incidentally, the government did
nothing to correct the record on this score.
9. I have listened to the tape recording of oral argument and verified
that I failed to inform Judge Heaney that Brown had not so testified at
the trial but only before the grand jury. In fact, at the trial he
stated that he had never seen appellant near the cars at the crucial time.
10. Had I known how strongly Judge Heaney, and perhaps the entire bench,
felt that Brown had put appellant by the cars, I would have raised this
issue years ago. When I listened to Mr. Lessard, I realized that my
answers to Judge Heaney during oral argument regarding Norman Brown's
alleged testimony were not only incorrect but served to convince him
that Mr. Peltier was, along with co-defendants Robideau and Butler,
present at the place were the agents were shot to death.
11. There comes a time in the life of every human being, official or
otherwise, when he or she must, as Circuit Judge John Wisdom once
remarked, "grasp the nettle." Singleton V. Jackson Municipal Separate
School District, 348 F.2d 729, 730 (5th Cir. 1965). This is indeed such
a time and Judge Heaney now must, in the name of essential decency,
search his memory and his conscience. Leonard Peltier must not be
permitted to end his days in custody if, in truth, his appeal was decided
on a basic misconception. I take full responsibility for not furnishing
Judge Heaney with the correct information about Norman Brown's real
testimony at appellant's trial and I could not live with myself if I did
not exert my energies to do what I now can to end appellant's torment.
12. If Judge Heaney was influenced by his belief that Norman Brown had
testified at appellant's trial that he had seen the latter down by the
cars at the time of the agents' deaths, then he owes it to himself, Mr.
Peltier, and our professed standards of fair play to now come forward and
own up to a crucial misconception that tipped the scales against my
client.
13. Circuit Judge Heaney and his colleagues now have the power to do
more than merely urge that appellant's sentences be commuted, something
that has not occurred and probably will not occur during the present
Administration, but to stand up and say, if it be true, that the panel
took into consideration in reaching its decision a misconception that
seriously affected and flawed it. Honorable, sensitive and caring human
beings can do no less.
14. I do not know the precise nature of the available relief but Mr.
Lessard was informed by a court clerk that, while a motion for reargument
was not proper, one to reopen the appeal would lie. I am certain that, in
view of Mr. Peltier's long period of incarceration and the justice of
his cause, a suitable
--------- "RE: Black Mesa Permaculture Project" ---------
Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 12:44:04 -0800
From: amt@teleport.com
Subj: Black Mesa Permaculture Project on Navajo/Hopi Reservation
Newsgroups: soc.culture.native,alt.native
NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP IS FREE TO NATIVE AMERICANS!
Here is an upcoming workshop/intensive for those interested in
Permaculture. It will be held on the Navajo/Hopi Reservation and is a
project of Indigenous People living on Reservation lands. For more info
on this project and other issues concerning the environment and Indigenous
Peoples - check out URL http://www.teleport.com/~amt/planetpeace
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Black Mesa Permaculture Project
4th Annual Dryland Permaculture Intensive Design Course on the
Navajo/Hopi Reservation, May 27 - June 4
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Permaculture, or permanent (agri)culture, means working with natural forces
- wind, sun, and water - to provide food, shelter, water and other needs
with minimum labor and without depleting the land. Permaculture is a
holistic approach based on traditional agricultural practices.
The Black Mesa Permaculture Project is a project of Indigenous People
living on Reservation lands on Black Mesa in the Four Corners area of the
Southwest with assistance of concerned support groups and persons.
Permaculture techniques allow people to diversify and increase flora
production, to restore eroded lands, and to make more efficient use of
resources. We feel that this project will help us and other Native Americans
integrate self-reliance and cultural values.
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4th Annual Intensive Design Course
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Instructors
The course will have three instructors, two of which are local Native
Americans. Justin Willy and George Crittenden have both taken certified
permaculture courses and are currently enrolled in an ecoforestry program.
George has several years previous experience in fire suppression and
reforestation while Justin has taught hands-on classes and consulted on
permaculture projects in the Black Mesa for five years. Both are working on
projects in their local areas and have been doing consulting work and giving
presentations to schools and local groups on the Black Mesa for nearly three
years in an attempt to expand the role of permaculture in healing the land.
Dan Dorsey, the primary instructor for the first three workshops has a
degree in forestry and has studied regenerative systems for over ten years.
In addition to residential landscapes, he has designed sustainable projects
for Tucson City Parks and Recreation, the Tucson Community Food Bank, and
the Tohono O'Odham Indian Nation. A well-known speaker in the Tucson area,
Dan emphasizes strategies for water harvesting, re-vegetation of damaged
areas, and integrating people with a sustainable environment.
This complete course will provide you with a permaculture design
certificate. Workshop fees promote scholarships for indigenous people.
Bring: camping gear, food, rain gear, notebooks, and work gloves.
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Objectives
1. Conduct surveys of site-specific soil, water, water-shed conditions,
locally occurring native plant species, to provide a base of
information for planning permaculture systems.
2. Continue presentation of annual, comprehensive, hands-on permaculture
courses on reservations which are open to the public and free to Native
Americans.
3. Set up a tree grow out program for planting in spring and fall.
4. Design and construct with each family appropriate runoff water
diversion and collection structures, and /or spring developments, to
enable the family to make optimal use of available water resources.
5. Work with each family, level bordered or terraced fields, and organic
or garden plots in which collected runoff waters will be used for
irrigation.
6. Work to build solid fertility in their permaculture plots with locally
available organic materials.
7. Select and plant an appropriate mix of perennial trees, shrubs,
grasses, and herbs with food or medicinal value.
8. Plan and construct additional soil and water conservation and
permaculture structures, including runoff plots for annual plantings,
greenhouses to extend the growing season, and erosion control
structures.
9. Collect and ensure the survival and availability of traditional
varieties of seeds and cultivators.
10. The use of appropriate technology training will build all the needed
skills and capacities in permaculture system design and construction so
that the instructors and consultants will be primarily Native American.
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Registration
To register, send your name, address, and phone number along with $250.00 or
non refundable $50.00 deposit to: Black Mesa Permaculture Project, PO Box
26195, Tucson, AZ 85796. Make cheques payable to Black Mesa Permaculture
Project.
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Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 12:46:19 -0600
From: markf@google.dr.att.com (Mark Felton)
Subj: Mathcamp
Mailing List: AISESnet Discussion List (aisesnet@victor.umt.edu)
Once again our group is preparing for the Native American Mathcamp
that is held at the Colorado School Of Mines. We have a number of
internal projects planned and are working on some external projects.
The external wish list includes:
1> Looking for internet contacts with expertise in Rockets, Robots and
Solar & Wind Energy to serve as internet (email) contacts for
Teachers.
2> Looking for contacts in the following areas that could assist
with establishing internet hookups
a> Broken Bow, Ok
b> Norman, Ok
c> Marty, SD
d> Sells, Az
3> The Big Wish -> On a recent show on U.S. Natl. News a group was shown
that was having student follow the migration of a butterfly using
the internet. The result were posted on a Webb Site. We are looking
for something similar to do in cooperation with other Native American
summer projects. One possible idea is to pass a message through the
net and have student add a line in their native language with a
translation. I am looking for other suggestions or additions. All
ideas are welcome. I am also looking for any groups that would be
interested in participating in this project. Our Math Camp is in
June.
Regards, markf
--------- "RE: Poem: Woman On a Stone" ---------
Date: 21 Jul 1994 19:49:34 -0500
From: turtle@aicap.s21.com (Turtle Heart)
Subj: Woman On a Stone
Newsgroup: alt.native
There is a brave woman
I have seen her sitting upon a stone
warmed by the Sun
her hands hold the hard hot stone
her hands are strong
I was far away
swimming in the waters
turning over and over
playing in the sun
I saw her near the water
I saw her heart through the water
it was shining
it was bright
it was the kind of thing
you would notice
it was a light near the water
it was a good day
to be in the water...........
--
Turtle Heart turtle@soft21.s21.com (Ahnishinabeg)
American Indian Computer Art Project BBS 619-374-2100
Land of Kaw-ii-su ancestor: Land of Light
--------- "RE: Verse: Hawai'ian Book of Days" ---------
Date: 95/05/13 16:10
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 21-27
MEI
(May)
(Ikiiki)
21
The wind and the rain join together to create life.
22
Life always reveals new possibilities.
23
Feast upon the riches of the land.
24
Follow the paths of the stars, and you will never be lost.
25
When the wind has come full circle 'round the earth, it returns to the
place of its beginning.
26
The full moon reflected upon the ocean weaves a night of ancient magic.
27
No act of kindness ever goes unrewarded.
(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, 18 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: Duncan Perrote <washakie@coopext.cahe.wsu.edu>
To: American Indian Discussions <IND-NET@listproc.wsu.edu>
Rochelle Two Bulls Drum Contest
sponsored by Family
May 26, 27, 28 & 29
For more information call Karen Smith (307) 2716/2726 8 am to 5 pm
or Helen Brown (307) 332-2258
Hope some of you can make it!
Duncan Perrote
Wind River Reservation EIRP
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Univ. of Wyoming Wind River Extension washakie@coopext.cahe.wsu.edu
Ms. Duncan Perrote, Director Family Living Agent
Ms. Mary Lou Wickstrom, Administrative Assistant
PHONE: (307) 332-2681
FAX: (307) 332-2683
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From: "SPURLOCK" <MACAVITY@pine.circa.ufl.edu>
Gary,
I would like to tell you that I enjoy your news letter each week. I have
a listing for you. I belong to the American Indian Association of Florida
and we are sponsoring a benefit dance to raise money on May 20, 1995. It
will be a mini powwow with dancing and a potluck dinner. It will be held
at the Central Florida Fairgrounds on West Highway 50 in Orlando, Florida.
There is no admission charge, but donations will be accepted. Grand entry
is at 1:00 and dinner is at 5:00. We are encouraging everyone to come
out and enjoy the day. We will be under cover in case of rain. No vendors
setups-just a great day of dancing and socializing. Also we are having
our 9th Annual Powwow November 3,4,5, 1995 at the Central Florida
Fairgrounds as well. I would appreciate it if you could list this in
your newsletter. For any questions on the mini powwow please contact
Michelle McRae at 862-9676. For question with the annual powwow- vendors
contact Clara Spurlock at 407-299-1207 or for information contact
Artie McRae at 407-862-9676. Thank-you Lisa Spurlock
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From: Pine Ridge South Dakota <pineridg@coopext.cahe.wsu.edu>
Subject: Lakota Family Walk/Run
The 3rd Annual Lakota Family walk/run will be held in Pine Ridge Village,
Pine Ridge, SD on June 3, 1995. This event, sponsored by the Pine Ridge
Cooperative Extension Service, United Dairy Council of the Upper Midwest,
and the Pine Ridge Youth Coalition, was designed as a family activity
promoting the importance of health and exercise. If any of you are in
the area, come join in the fun!
A pancake feed will be following the race at the Billy Mills Hall.
Registration will begin at 8am-9am with the race starting at 9:30am. You
may contact the Pine Ridge Extension Office at (605)455-2266 for more
information and/or to register. You may also e-mail us at
pineridg@coopext.cahe.wsu.edu
-John Mills
Extension Agent-Agriculture
Pine Ridge Reservation
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From: John Berry <berryj@okway.okstate.edu>
Subject: Article Submission for W.I.
SiYo Gary,
I hope this can make the next issue before the Conference has
started. Submitted at the request of Jeff Harjo, OSU.
John Berry
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NATIVE AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION
11th Annual Conference
May 24-27, 1995 Bismark, ND
Registration Onsite: NAJA members $175.00
Students $ 50.00
Non-members $250.00
Job Fair/Exhibitors $200.00
HQ Hotel Radisson Inn Bismark (701)258-7700 or (800)333-3333
TENTATIVE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:
Sunday, May 21
Professional staff & students arrive to begin work on the Student
Newspaper Project
Monday, May 22
NAJA Board of Directors Arrive
Tuesday, May 23
12 Noon to 1:30pm NAJA Board of Directors Luncheon
2-5pm NAJA Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, May 24
12 Noon-8pm Registration outside Dakota Ballroom
2pm Opening Prayers and tobacco ceremony--United Tribes College Powwow
Grounds--invitation only.
5-6pm NAJA Opening Ceremony, Welcome song, colors, invocation, opening
speech Karen Lincoln-Michel NAJA president. Welcome remarks from
Governor of ND, Mayor of Bismark, David Gipp-United Tribes Technical
College President. Introduction of ND tribal leaders.
Recognition of NAJA board - Nancy Butterfield NAJA vice-pres. speech
Adjourn victory song
6-8pm NAJA reception,
Thursday, May 25 8am-8pm registration
8am Shoot Out-contest for Photographers begins today.
8:30-9:30am New NAJA members continental breakfast, intro. & welcoming
by NAJA board member, brief announcements, 1994/95 Board report
released. Sponsored by Dallas Morning News
9am First issue of NAJA student newspaper distributed.
10am-12 Noon Plenary Session: "A Contract with Whose America?"
12:30-1:45pm Luncheon M.C. Loren Tapahe, invocation by ND rep., CBS
rep. to speak, George Benge keynote luncheon speaker, Paul DeMain
and Patty Loew to recognize and talk about student video proj.,
Kara Briggs the student newspaper proj., Patty Talahongva the NAJA
student video proj. Sponsored by CBS
2-3:30pm
A. "Health Care Issues in Indian Country" Moderator Rita Pyrillis;
B. "Native Opinions -- Who Needs Them?"
C. "Investigative Reporting in Indian Country -- Using the Freedom of
Information Act"
D. "Improving Your Writing Skills"
E. "Marketing Native Publications"
F. "Photographer's Role in Native Communities"
G. "Ask Better Questions to Get Better News"
3:45 - 5:15pm
A. "Innovative Ways to Cover Tribal Government"
B. "Gaming Issues in the Media"
C. "Gays and Lesbians: Does Diversity Mean Color Only?"
D. "Native News Wire Service for Native Media"
E. "Video Editing on Computer"
F. "How to Write for the Ear"
G. "Native Writers Talk About Writing"
5:30-6:30pm Roundtable discussions w/ seasoned journalists for
students and people considering a journalism career.
A. "Roundtable Mentoring for Television Reporting"
B. "Roundtable Mentoring for Print Reporting"
C. "Roundtable Mentoring for Print Photographers"
D. "Roundtable Mentoring for Radio"
6:30pm Nominations Close for NAJA Board of Dir.
6:30-7pm Social Half Hour
7-9pm NAJA Silent Auction, M.C. Mark Trehant, invocation Paul DeMain;
Presentations by NY Times & Time Warner, Sponsored by Time Warner
9:30pm Casino bus tour - Prarie Knights Casino, leave casino 1:30am
Friday, May 26 8am-Noon registration
8:15-9:45am
Unity '99: Reaffirming Strength in Diversity - issues in hiring and
retention among journalists of color.
10am - 12 Noon
Plenary Session: "Mainstream Media: Storytellers or Mythmakers?"
12:30-1:45pm
Luncheon #2 M.C. Minnie Two Shoes; Kenneth Ryan - Dir. of Native
American Studies Program, Slide Show "Walking with Indigenous
Peoples", presented by Pat Locke, Mary Annette Pember, Dale Kakkak;
Sponsored by Wotanin Wowapi of Montana
2-3:30pm
A. "Covering Native American Religion"
B. "Exploring the Information Superhighway"
C. "The Coverage of Indian Child Welfare Issues"
D. "Covering Anti-Indian Groups"
E. "Newsroom Issues Related to Covering Your Own People"
F. "Basic Photography"
3:45-5:15pm
A. "Radio Critique Sessions"
B. "Struggles for a Free Press in Indian Country"
C. "Lighting Techniques in Photography"
D. "Non-Natives Covering Native Issues"
E. "Tribal Productions: Finding Their Place in the Mainstream"
F. "Public Relations"
G. "Hollywood Images of Native People"
5-8pm NAJA Elections
6:30-7pm Social Half hour
7-9pm NAJA Awards Banquet
9pm - Midnight
Entertainment - Sherman Alexie & Jim Boyd, Song Catchers
Saturday, May 27
8:30-9:45am "Pictures of Our Nobler Selves: American Indians in
the Mainstream Media"
10am - 12 Noon Membership Meeting and Breakfast Buffet
12 Noon - 5:00pm Society of Newspaper Design (SND) Short Course on
Newspaper Design
2-4pm Tours of Bismark
5:30pm Buses depart from Radisson for Ft. Yates Powwow
10:30pm Buses depart Ft. Yates for Raddisson
FOR MORE INFORMATION: NAJA (612)874-8833 or:
E-Mail NAJANUT@AOL.COM
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From: "Thomas A. Ferguson" <taf3@cornell.edu>
Subject: End of the school year
K I T I G A N Z I B I
A N I S H I N A B E K I J I G O N
P I J A S H I G !
T R A D I T I O N A L P O W W O W
Location: Kitigan Zibi's School grounds, Algonquin Indian Reserve
As usual the non-native would turn things up-side down for some unknown
reason. This is wrong --> "River Desert Band", is a French
translation. The "Garden River Band" is how the Omamiwinini, which
translates to Algonquin, and Anishinabe, translates to Indian,
translate their own words into English.
Maniwaki, Quebec, Canada.
Dates: Saturday, June 3 and Sunday, June 4, 1995.
Admission: Free.
E V E R Y O N E W E L C O M E !
Day 1 & 2 - 6:00 a.m. Sunrise Ceremony
Breakfast (to be purchased)
12:00 p.m.noon-Grand Entry
Drums (Honorarium for invited drums. Will do what we can for others.)
Dancers (Honorarium for dancers in regalia)
Day 1 only - Parade and Children's Presentation before noon.
Day 2 only - 4:00 p.m. Giveaway
5:00 p.m. Closing Ceremonies and Activities
Rough Camping is available to anyone interested.
For more information, please call Pauline or Annette at
819-449-5449 (long distance).
N O A L C O H O L N O D R U G S
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Andrea/Planet Peace, Turtle Heart(Mending the Sacred Hoop with song poems),
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