And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: thanks to Mike for pointers to this link..Ish Demonstration by Indians ends with disturbance at store http://www.foxnews.com/news/national/0626/d_ap_0626_93.sml 9.09 p.m. ET (109 GMT) June 26, 1999 By Carson Walker, Associated Press PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) � A demonstration by American Indian activists turned violent Saturday as people ransacked a store and set fires. Two news photographers were roughed up. The four-hour American Indian Movement rally Saturday started peacefully in Pine Ridge and ended with a two-mile walk to nearby Whiteclay, Neb. At Whiteclay, a group of people stormed VJ's Market and threw soda pop, cigarettes and other merchandise onto the street. Two fires were also set in the store but were quickly extinguished. Someone also threw rocks at law officers when they arrived. At least two news photographers were roughed up, including one from the Los Angeles Times, who had his camera and film stolen. The trouble apparently started when several people took down the "Welcome to Nebraska'' sign at the border and carried it down Whiteclay's main street. At the rally, three of the nation's best-known American Indian activists said Saturday they intend to respond to racial tensions along the South Dakota-Nebraska border � including taking back part of northern Nebraska that is legally part of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Russell Means, Dennis Banks and Clyde Bellecourt said the rally was aimed at calling attention to alleged anti-Indian prejudice and racism which they allege has contributed to the unsolved slayings of Indians along the state line. The editor of the Scottsbluff Star-Herald, Steve Miller, said he had gotten e-mails on Saturday from protesters who threatened to "take over the town'' unless Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns arrived by Sunday. "The governor doesn't deal with demands,'' said Chris Peterson, a spokesman for Johanns. "Making a demand that the governor travel two miles or two hours seems foolish, considering the governor's open-door policy. His home phone number is listed and he is always willing to listen and work with people.'' The rally took place less than two weeks before a scheduled visit by President Clinton to the reservation, which includes Shannon County, one of the poorest in the nation. A reservation villages, Oglala, was hit by tornadoes earlier this month that killed one man and destroyed about 160 buildings. Means, Banks and Bellecourt want the presidential trip to include discussion of issues other than poverty. "You will respond to a tornado. Why don't you respond to the tornado of murders?'' Bellecourt yelled at the several hundred people. Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
