And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 13:11:04 -0700 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On (date:) Tue, 13 Jul 1999 10:14:34 -0700 You wrote to: arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Regarding: Fw: Anti-Indian Text-Part1-Page 1/Please Read Many people have asked why some of us oppose what Sea Shepherd has done. The point is that they joined with the anti-Tribal campaign and one of it's main leaders Jack Metcalf. The follow detailed 5 part piece will give you some idea of why we oppose Metcalf and the anti-tribal campaign which we view as a major threat. Arthur J. Miller > > >Note: For those who are taking the time to read this, please skip down >to the color text, which is where the actual text begins. Thank you. 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Ryser > > OCCASIONAL PAPER #16 > REVISED EDITION > > A Publication of the > Center for World Indigenous Studies > June 1992 > > (C) 1992 Center for World Indigenous Studies > (Reproduced with permission) > > Transcribed for online distribution by Bill Faulk, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >OCCASIONAL PAPERS are published from time-to-time by the Center for World >Indigenous Studies. Views expressed in each monograph are those of the >individual author. Unsolicited manuscripts for publication as OCCASIONAL >PAPERS are welcomed. Address all correspondence to the Chairman of the >Center for World Indigenous Studies. > >The following is the introductory chapter for Occasional Paper #16, _The >Anti-Indian Movement on the Tribal Frontier, Special Revised Edition_ by >Rudolph C. Ryser. The full report may be purchased from CWIS for $12.00 >($US) plus $2.00 shipping and handling for the first two items and $0.50 >for each additional item thereafter. A complete catalogue of CWIS >publications is available via e-mail by sending a request to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Center For World Indigenous Studies > P.O. Box 2574 > Olympia, Washington U.S.A > 98507-2574 >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > PROLOGUE > >Ideal economic and political conditions in the middle 1970s helped create >an anti-Indian backlash in the form of the Interstate Congress for Equal >Rights and Responsibilities. Non-Indian property owners on several Indian >reservations considered themselves victims of a thoughtless government >bureaucracy. By 1973, the economy was badly shaken by oil price increases >that put people in long lines waiting for a fillup. In 1974, a federal >court issued a landmark decision saying Indian tribes owned half the salmon >and steelhead fishery. The non-Indian property owners joined forces with >the off-reservation fishers and the Anti-Indian Movement began to bloom. > >At first, only Indian tribes were aware of what some tribal leaders >called the "white backlash." A few popular news magazines reported the >"dissatisfaction of whites" with Indian tribes. The general public knew >little of the brewing controversy. By 1978, tribal leaders declared the >"white backlash" defeated. They turned their attention to the pressing >economic, political, and cultural needs of their peoples. > >By the 1980's, the Anti-Indian Movement once again commanded tribal >leader's attention. In the state of Washington some of the same activists >and property owners active in the 1970s were seeking popular support for a >public initiative that threatened the rights of Indians directly. The >Movement grew and expanded into several states linked together in a growing >network of small groups of property owners, small farmers, small >businesses, and a growing presence of right-wing provocateurs. > >The development of the Anti-Indian Movement over a generation took place >in rural areas in increasingly close connection with urban based >organizers. Each stage of development increased political sophistication >even though popular numbers in support of the organizations remained >stable. Right-wing groups and individuals joined the Movement in search of >a constituency. With its roots in property owner groups on Indian >reservations, the Anti-Indian Movement became a sophisticated movement >aimed at the dismemberment of Indian reservations. A logical consequence of >the Movement's origins was its eventual participation in the "Wise Use >Movement" as a charter member. Sponsored by the Unification Church of >Reverend Moon located in Virginia, the Wise Use Movement has become the new >coalition of right-wing groups and the authoritarian right combined with >conservation groups, survivalists, and some land and resource hungry >corporations. > >In the following pages, we give a detailed account of the development of >the Anti-Indian Movement, its ideology, its allies in government, business >and extremist political groups. > > > AUTHOR'S NOTES > >This study would not have been possible without the voluntary help of >hundreds of informants across the United States, and a few journalists >willing to report incidents, and share their information. With too many >names to mention here, we express our deepest gratitude to them all. Of >course, none of the work in this study would have been possible without the >loving support of my wife, Nancy, who through many discussions helped me >clarify connections between details of the project. I wish to express a >special thanks to Carol Minugh for her encouragement and help during most >of the term of RWAIN and to Joe Tallakson who consistently helped fill in >some blanks. I extend special thanks to the Northwest Indian Fish >Commission for its continuing interest in this project. For their >encouragement and endorsements I also thank the Puget Sound Task Force on >Human Rights in Seattle, Washington and the support and substantive >contributions by the Center for Democratic Renewal in Atlanta, Georgia. > > While I am wholly responsible for the content and interpretations in the >analysis to follow, I must acknowledge the help given by several students >from Evergreen State College who gave their time to fill in hundreds of >"document report instruments" that contributed to the RWAIN database. And >of course, this work could not have been done without the persistence and >willingness to receive small pay by two research assistants, Tina L. >Benshoof and Molly Gray. Thank you both for your excellent work. > ********************************** >Owing to the subject of this study and the ease with which the analysis >may be misunderstood, I offer the following notes of clarification as to >the use of some terms. In various parts of the study, I use the terms >conservative, right-wing (sometimes modified with the word extreme or >extremist) and Far Right. Like many descriptive political terms, these are >at best inexact. They are terms used in a wide range of political >literature and their meaning is often in flux. By the use of the term >CONSERVATIVE, I intend to apply its normative meaning: Of or pertaining to >a political philosophy stressing tradition and social stability, minimal >interference of governmental institutions in private economic activities, >but a strong influence of governmental or religious institutions in the >control of individual morality and social behavior. In the case of RIGHT- >WING, I intend perhaps a non-normative meaning: The more intellectually >rigid, uncompromising and sometimes intolerant division of conservative >political thought expressed in political parties or as movements opposed to >socialism and communism, dogmatically committed to narrow interpretations >of American political history, proponent of or at least sympathetic with >ideas of social Darwinism and intent on radically altering social, >economic, and political institutions to reflect these views achieved >through forced change or political change. Finally, I mean by FAR- RIGHT: >The avowedly violent white supremacist movement as well as the subtler >forms of bigotry practiced by so-called Christian Patriots and Christian >Identity who may or may not use violence to achieve their goals. > >Publication of what we have found will hopefully contribute to a new >measure of understanding between Indians and non-Indians. Perhaps too, our >findings will help prevent a recurrence of past Indian/non-Indian >conflicts. With the knowledge of what is hidden, perhaps a peaceful >conclusion to the present conflicts can be found in a way that increases >our collective respect for one another and our commitment to democratic >resolution of conflicts. > > >End Page 1 > >Larry Kibby, Elko Indian Colony >Home Page - http://www.angelfire.com/nv/navalues/index.html >List Page - http://www.angelfire.com/nv/navaules/NAvoices.html > > > 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/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
