And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 19:22:51 EDT Subject: Florida AIM mourns Aaron Two Elk's passing __ _PRESSRELEASE___ > American Indian Movement of Florida (Florida AIM) v 136 4th Street N Suite > 308 v > Saint Petersburg, FL 33701v(727) 826-6960 v Fax (727) 550-2207v EMAIL: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] vWeb Site: members.aol.com/AimflvNational web > site:www.aimovement.org > <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> > <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > DATE: July 12, 1999 > CONTACT Sheridan Murphy (State Executive Director)/Mark Madrid > (Information Director) > PHONE: (727) 826-6960 > FAX: (727) 550-2207 > <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<..>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> > <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> > FLORIDA AIM MOURNS PASSING OF AARON TWO ELK > > Saint Petersburg, FL- The American Indian Movement of Florida (Florida > AIM) is sad to announce the passing of longtime Indian rights activist > Aaron Two Elk (Oglala Lakota). Aaron passed away Friday evening at Kenneth Stone Hospital in Marietta, GA. Aaron suffered a massive coronary on March 4, 1999 and remained comatose since that time. He had contracted pneumonia while in the hospital. > > Mr. Two Elk served as President of Atlanta based Native American Land > Struggles (NALS) in Atlanta and was a longtime member of the American > Indian Movement. Aaron had worked on struggles for Indigenous rights > since he left the service after serving in the Vietnam war in the late > 1960's. Aaron was a veteran of many of AIM's actions including the 1972 > Trail of Broken Treaties occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs > building and the 1973 71-day liberation of Wounded Knee, SD. Aaron was a > longtime adviser to the Florida AIM chapter, helping the organization with > many of its most successful projects and activities. He was a frequent > speaker at Florida AIM events and spoke at both Native American Symposiums> at New College, conducted workshops on the mascot issue at Florida State > University and spoke at the University of South Florida. Aaron lead many> Indian rights struggles in George including the effort to repatriate > remains unearthed at the Dacula site and the struggle to end the stereotypical depiction of Indigenous peoples by the Atlanta baseball > team. Aaron, along with Antonio Gonzales, Vernon Bellecourt, and several others had been a driving force behind the success of Florida AIM. Aaron had also developed personal friendships with many Florida AIM organizers over the groups past decade and a half. > > Aaron is survived by his wife Debra Nobles, his sons Mike, Richard and > Don-Roy. Funeral services will be held Friday at the Pine Ridge Oglala > Lakota Reservation in South Dakota. Florida AIM Executive Director > Sheridan Murphy intends to represent the organization at his funeral. > > -30- 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/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
