And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

It seems both Ron and Wilson were accustomed to frequenting the Arrowhead
Inn owned by Orville Shwarting in White Clay.  Now Orville is said to be
the kind of man who would deny any knowledge of stolen items, and scratch
his head wondering "where did that come from" when they were located on his
property.  Just a good Ol' Boy.  Seems some others in the area thought him
just a good old boy as well and were more than willing to help him out if
someone came up short on a debt, or gave him a  hassle.
Well, Ron came up short and was told it would be taken care of..And Deputy
Metcaff being just one of those good old boys..appears to be one who did
just that.
Wilson Black Elk, a quiet man, deemed timid by some of his friends and a
close friend of Ron's was along for the ride at the wrong time.  It appears
he witnessed the execution of Ron and was silenced.

Now part of the above is speculation,  part known fact and part from
witness accounts.  

LAST EVENING THE FOLLOWING WAS RECEIVED:
Tomorrow at ten am the Rally will start at Billy Mills Hall and will be
broadcast live on KILI Radio. The march will begin from Billy Mills Hall and
proceed to the Nebraska line where the bodies were discovered for prayer
services and then continue on into White Clay. Today two Nebraska State
Trooper patrol cars were parked in front of the Tribal Office. I assume our
President invited them over to try and avoid an over reaction on Nebraska's
part. The presence of two patrol vehicles was either grossly insensitive to
the situation at hand or was meant to be a show of force to let us know the
Sheriff's department will have outside support.

It seems the deputy sheriff is the only person identified as a potential
suspect at this point. Whether of not the deputy did the actual deeds are
not the only issues. The law enforcement efforts of Reservation border towns
is almost non existent when Native Americans are the victims. The Sheridan
County Sheriff said as far as he was concerned they had no unsolved murders
but it is common practice for Nebraska law enforcement  to bring assault
victims from Nebraska to our I.H.S. Hospital for medical treatment then
leave them. My brother Lynn, was beaten in Gordon Nebraska, brought back to
the Pine Ridge I.H.S. Hospital for treatment then released. In less then one
week he began coughing up blood, then died within several hours. The crime
occurred in Nebraska but it is difficult to prove the cause of death was
caused by the beating because of a lack of resources to conduct proper
investigations on the Reservation side. My brother drank heavily. Liver
damage caused by excessive drinking as the cause of death was an easy way
out for all concerned.

Several years ago when I was the police commander for a district I
encouraged my officers to swing through White Clay and even check out the
side streets. If my officers found someone passed out they would take them
home in Pine Ridge or if they lived in an outlying area we would put them up
for the night and release them early the next morning. This practice is
discouraged by our Department because of liability factors. Since we are out
of our jurisdiction we would be out of our service area and would not be
covered by our insurance providers. But we didn't have as many deaths in
White Clay as we do now.

EARLIER TODAY:
A lot of media was present in White Clay. I think it should be on the
evening news. One reporter was roughed up and his camera was broken, I don't
know what that was about.

I forgot to mention, the irony of the situation is that the store that was
burned down was one of the two stores in White Clay that did not sell
alcoholic beverages.

Deputy Sheriff Metcalf. He seems to have a reputation for brutality.
According to one of the White Clay regulars Metcalf was not thought to be
above this kind of activity.

Nebraska law enforcement has adopted a non-confrontational posture since
only property damage was at issue. They do have video tape of everyone who
participated and once everything is sorted out as far as identification is
concerned warrants will be issued. I imagine Nebraska state warrants with
complementary federal warrants will be issued. I heard Russell Means, Dennis
Banks and Clyde Belcourt made their speeches and left before the destruction
started. It seems some intoxicated individuals who were already in White
Clay started throwing rocks and busting windows. A car drove by and threw
the firebombs then continued on into Pine Ridge. I don't know what Nebraska
law is concerning Russell, Dennis', and Clyde's culpability in the situation
but it is apparent at this point everyone concerned will need access to a
legal defense fund and a battery of lawyers.
I talked to my uncle and he said when the three hundred marchers left for
White Clay the two mile stretch of White Clay road was bumper to bumper
three abreast with cars, vans and pick up  trucks. He thought about three to
five hundred people were already in White Clay before the march began.

There were about thirty Nebraska State Patrol cars going into White Clay and
about three hundred demonstrators. The store was firebombed after
demonstrators busted out windows. Everything is still quiet in White Clay.
One store burned to the ground. Protestors left White Clay  and have turned
around and are going back into White Clay. Nebraska law enforcement is
asking for assistance from Pine Ridge Police.

LATEST:
>Just got back from the Nebraska line. The Nebraska State troopers have the
>highway into White Clay barricaded so I was unable to get in and assess the
>damage. From what little I could see it didn't seem as bad as it was first
>reported. Two Pine Ridge Reservation patrol vehicles are standing near the
>state line. I don't think Nebraska State Patrol quite trust our guys. In
>these kind of events it usually comes down to race instead of uniform. After
>all, none of us were born with badges on. But we were born Native American.
>I think the younger officers are getting a taste of that.

ALSO SEE:  <www.dickshovel.com/wc.html> for a background story on problems
in White Clay

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