Haleto Moma,
Okay gang, here we go again! We are going to send mail to the white house
again on Ft. Reno. I ask that everyone send the mail on March 1, 1996.
I contacted the Cheyenne-Arapaho email address, and let them know about us,
and that we are supporting them. I received an answer from a gentleman named
Joseph Thompson, who informed me that the tribes are not on line, but for the
time being he is handling email for them. He has become friends with Alton
and Frank Harrison. Frank is the man who wrote the letter to the President
that was forwarded to us in the original. Joseph sent me a shortened version
of the original, and I give it to you here. He asked that we send cc's to
him of all the letters we write on Ft. Reno. So, please do that for him! I
hope that each and everyone of you will be emailing letters on March 1.
Joseph also told me that the unemployment rate for the reservation there is
70%. That is really awful, so lets really push on this one. I plan to send
at least 3 or 4 emails that day! Please title each one you send "Ft. Reno."
Thanks Gang! And lets keep up the good work!
Peace, Mary
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Forwarded message:
From: cheyarap@mind.net (Joseph Thompson)
To: dakkaswan@aol.com
Date: 96-02-21 21:23:43 EST
Dear Friends of the Native American Community,
The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma seek your support on an issue
which is now of critical importance to our people. We are seeking the
return of tribal lands which were taken by the United States government in
1883 through an Executive order from President Ulysses S. Grant. These
lands were originally taken for the purpose of building a military fort for
the protection of the Cheyenne and Arapaho people. In 1908, the War
Department declared the lands surplus. It is our contention that the lands
should have reverted back to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes at that time.
Over the past 67 years, we have exhausted all of the judicial and
legislative remedies available, to no avail. We now seek the return of our
land through an Executive order from the President of the United States.
The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma need you to voice your support
at this critical juncture by e-mailing the following message to the White
House:
Copy and Paste the Following
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The Honorable William J. Clinton
The President of the United States
The White House
1600 PennsylvAnia Avenue, NW
Washington D. C. 20500
Dear Mr. President,
I strongly support the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma in their
efforts to regain possession of the Fort Reno lands through an Executive
order.
Sincerely,
(Place your name here)
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End Copy and Paste
HOW TO REGISTER YOUR SUPPORT
To e-mail this letter of support to the President, please follow these steps:
1. Type your name into the space provided in the above letter of support.
2. "Copy" and "paste" this letter of support into your e-mail program as a
"new message" (Please copy only the material between the dotted lines
above. )
3. Add any additional words of support or leave as is.
4. Write in the subject "Return Fort Reno"
5. Write in the President's e-mail address which is:
president@whitehouse.gov
6. Please include the following e-mail address as a "Cc". This will help
us gauge the volume of support letters going to the White House.
cheyarap@mind.net
7. "Send" the message to the President.