NATIVE_NEWS: [BIGMTLIST] DEC 4 DEMONSTRATIONS: L.A., NYC, ATLANTA
Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : From: Robert Dorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 05:11:41 -0500 To: Robert Dorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: DEC 4 DEMONSTRATIONS: L.A., NYC, ATLANTA To All Black Mesa Dine'h Supporters Just a reminder that, on Saturday, 4 December 1999, at 11:00 a.m., SENAA will hold a demonstration at the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia; at the Time-Life Building in New York City; and at the L.A. Times building in Los Angeles, California, to protest national media's failure to inform the public about the U.S. government human rights violations against and forced relocation and systematic genocide of the Dine'h (Navajo) at Black Mesa, Arizona. Forcing any group of people from their homelands onto land that is contaminated by radiation as high as 100 times the maximum safe level can be called by no other name than genocide. The fact that the U.S. government knows that the land is contaminated and STILL mandates that area as the only alternative for the Dine'h to live is a planned act. Therefore, the only proper term for this willful murder of First Americans is Systematic Genocide. The fact that the national media refuses to print a single word about these crimes against the Dine'h and willfully remains silent is complicity in those crimes. The theme for our protest is: "Genocide Is Murder. Silence Is Complicity." We will be carrying signs to that effect, as well as signs designed to inform the public about what is happening. We will also pass out flyers about the Dine'h containing contact information for those who wish to help with food and supplies for the Dine'h. We will also have petitions for people to sign that we will hand deliver to the United Nations commission on human rights and to the U.S. Congress and to the President of the United States. CNN is located at One CNN Center, Atlanta, Georgia, which is located at the corner of Marietta Street, NW and Techwood Drive, NW. The Time-Life Building is located at 1271 Avenue of the Americas (Between 50th and 51st Streets) (Rockefeller Center), in New York City, New York. The L.A. Times is located at Times Mirror Square, in downtown Los Angeles, California. The demonstrations will end at 4:30 p.m. in Atlanta, and at 3:00 p.m. in New York City and Los Angeles, to give everyone a chance to be back home before dark. Anyone who wishes to participate is welcome. This is about human beings, government corruption and hypocrisy, and the right of the public to know what is happening without interference by the U.S. government. To sign our online petition and learn the history of the Dine'h struggle, the issues involved, and what you can do to help, visit SENAA's web sites at: Home Page: http://members.xoom.com/senaa Newsletter: http://members.xoom.com/senaa/index2.html VIDEO Site: http://www.freespeech.org/senaa/ (Java or no Java pages available) SENAA West: http://members.xoom.com/senaawest/ SENAA Europe: http://members.xoom.com/senaaeurope/ May Creator bless you for any help you can give.. Donadagohv'i. Sincerely yours Al Swilling, Founder SENAA International For more information on this on-going human rights crisis in the United States, visit my web page at http://www.theofficenet.com/~redorman/pagea~1.htm
NATIVE_NEWS: Tribal Chairman Likes High Court Plan
Posted by Sonja Keohane [EMAIL PROTECTED] (by way of [EMAIL PROTECTED]) : The article below is a couple of days old, but I was wondering if anyone had heard of this proposal before or any more about it? It is interesting to me that the DOJ has provided funding for this project. Tribal Chairman Likes High Court Plan (ABC NewsWire) A tribal chairman says a proposed tribal supreme court would allow tribes to settle their own judicial problems. The U-S Justice Department has awarded 250-thousand dollars to the project. Lower Brule Sioux tribal chairman Michael Jandreau (jan-droh) says the supreme court would be located at the Wakpa Sica (SHEE'-ka) area north of Fort Pierre. Jandreau says the court would most likely include representatives from each participating reservation. He says the court would deal with tribal legal issues along with issues involving businesses. He hopes the court will have the same impact as the federal Supreme Court. - Nov 24 5:18 AM EST
NATIVE_NEWS: Remembering Sand Creek/Tribe claims Glacier on reservation
Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : From: LISN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: League of Indigenous Sovereign Nations of the Western Hemisphere LISN Web Site: http://www.lisn.net [two articles from LISN] Remembering Sand Creek Massacre 135 years later Cheyenne ceremony to mark deaths of 164 By John Sanko Denver Rocky Mountain News Capitol Bureau Lt. Gov. Joe Rogers will participate Monday in ceremonies recognizing the 135th anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre. Rogers, who chairs the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs, will participate in a Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe ceremony to remember the massacre of 164 Arapaho and Cheyenne, mostly women and children, by about 900 soldiers. The ceremonies are scheduled for 10 a.m. on the state Capitol's west steps Full story at: http://insidedenver.com:80/news/1127cree9.shtml Tribe claims Glacier on reservation Associated Press - Leaders of the Blackfeet Indian Tribe are asking to meet with top officials of the U.S. Interior Department to argue that much of eastern Glacier National Park is on the Blackfeet reservation. Talks with park officials ceased this fall. Saying those officials had no power to make decisions, the Blackfeet leaders now want to meet with people in the top reaches of the Interior Department. Letters requesting the meetings have been sent, said Bill Old Chief, chairman of the Blackfeet Nation Full story at: http://www.spokane.net/news-story-body.asp?Date=112899ID=s712932cat=section.Montana Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
NATIVE_NEWS: 135th Anniversary Sand Creek Massacre
Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Tim Hundsdorfer [EMAIL PROTECTED]sent the following URL: Today is the 135th anniversary of the massacre at Sand Creek. and the story in today's Rocky Mountain News: http://www.insidedenver.com/news/1129sand0.shtml Sand Creek stories live on Tribal leaders, activists gather to honor ancestors slain in 1864 massacre By Gary Massaro and Holly Kurtz Denver Rocky Mountain News Staff Writers Mildred Redcherries grew up with scary stories. Stories of the bow and arrow armies facing off against militiamen with guns. Stories of militiamen scalping her Northern Cheyenne ancestors. Stories of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. Redcherries, the 41-year-old vice chairwoman of the Northern Cheyenne Sand Creek descendants, joined about 70 onlookers and members of tribes from all over the nation in a candlelight vigil Sunday at the state Capitol to remember 164 American Indians killed by militiamen. "It's emotional," Redcherries said. "Our grandparents have passed away, talking about this. We talk about it. We cry about it." Members of Redcherries' Montana tribe sang and played drums as onlookers held candles. Tribal leaders and American Indian activists told the crowd they wanted to make sure future generations would learn about the massacre. At 10 a.m. today, the Capitol will be the finish line for a run that retraces the route Colorado First and Third Volunteer Cavalries took from the southeastern Colorado massacre site to Denver, where they displayed body parts as trophies. Organizers have called the trek the Sand Creek Spiritual Healing Run. "I think this is a wonderful way to end the past century that has held so many tragic events for our Indian nations," said Jonny BearCub Stiffarm, Mayor Wellington Webb's American Indian liaison, who spoke at Sunday's vigil. "It's good to hold this event because it's healing." Today marks the 135th anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre, in which about 900 soldiers -- mostly Colorado volunteers -- killed 164 Arapaho and Cheyenne, mostly women and children, in the November dawn. The Indians stood beneath Old Glory and a white flag but were slaughtered anyway. Survivors of the initial onslaught fled along the creek and tried to dig into the sand cliffs but were blasted mercilessly by the soldiers' howitzers. In May, archaeologists on a federally funded dig found artifacts at the reputed site about 35 miles north of Lamar. They found hide scrapers, musket balls, military buttons and fragments of howitzer shells. The shells are the most powerful evidence that this is the site because the only recorded use of 12-pound howitzers in the area was at the massacre, said Rich Frost of the National Park Service. The village spans three contemporary ranches, but each of the owners supports research. The artifacts were buried in the soil and sand between 2 and 10 inches. The Park Service has until July to verify the actual massacre site, report to Congress on the site's historical significance and write a management plan. Redcherries says she has been to the archaeological site. And all her life she has held on to her own personal artifacts -- stories. Militiamen shot her grandfather in the arm, she said. All he had was a bow and arrow, but he stopped to save a baby before fleeing. He wanted to save an elderly woman wandering aimlessly as well. But when he got close to her he saw it was hopeless. She had been scalped. "Every family has a story," Redcherries said. "Our family were survivors." November 29, 1999 Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
NATIVE_NEWS: American Indian Students in Macy's Parade
Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : From: "CATHERINE DAVIDS" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: The University of Michigan - Flint Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 10:45:28 EDT Subject: American Indian Students in Macy's Parade American Indian College Fund students participated in Macy's 73rd Annual Thanksgiving Parade. To remember: Thanksgiving was not a legal holiday in the United States until Abraham Lincoln "made it so" in order to create patriotism, nationalism and support for the Civil War. The entire "thanksgiving" myth is just thata myth. Lincoln and his cronies made up the entire story. Lincoln was no "savior" to people of color because on the day he signed the Emancipation Proclamation he also approved the largest mass-hanging in US history: that of 13 Santee Sioux. Let us also please remember that people who live in Central and South America are also "Americans" but they do not celebrate this holiday...this holiday is uniquely "United Statesian" not American. What we knew about the Macy's Parade: 23 American Indian students (Arapaho, Arikara, Cheyenne, Cherokee, Chippewa, Cree Choctaw, Crow, Gros Ventre, Haida, Hidatsa, Klamath, Lakota, Sioux, Lummi, Mandan, Menominee, Modoc, Mohawk, Navajo, Nez Perce, Omaha, Pueblo and Tlingit) representing the American Indian College Fund, traveled to New York City to participate in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. They were on the "Soaring Spirit Canoe" float...behind a huge marching band. The Macy's people had the idea to showcase American Indian culture. This was the first time that anybody invited American Indian people to participate in the parade and so American Indian people all over the United States were excited and many of us sat in front of our television sets to see the students and the float...which basically led the entire parade. Monroe Weso, a student at the College of the Menominee Nation said, "for all Indian people of this country, it will be a wonderful way to help celebrate Thanksgiving in a sacred way. Richard Williams (American Indian College Fund) noted that, "Indian culture is not a thing of the past...our students will show parade viewers that Indians today are making a contribution to America, while using education and modern skills to advance our culture into the next millennium." Hugh Big Knife is the top student at Stone Child College in Montana. He speaks the Cree language and is working on two degrees. Big Knife states, "not only will we be proudly representing our own traditional dance styles, but we'll also celebrate Thanksgiving, a uniquely American tradition that we all share." Irony The Macy's parade began in 1924, the same year that Congress granted "voting rights" to American Indian people. What happened Thursday morning: I turned on the television set to watch the parade. The entire first hour of the parade was a commercial featuring entertainment from Broadway shows. Once in awhile Matt and Katie would break away so that Al-The-Weatherman could give a report on the parade's progress. Finally...the big-marching-band reached the Macy's store which is located at Herald Square (34th 7th) which also serves as the official broadcasting site for NBC (which broadcasts the parade)...this is where the NBC honchos (Matt and Katie) sit. I'm ready, though. I've got a tape in the VCR, the remote is in my hand, and I'm excited because I can sort of see what looks like a big turkey behind the marching band and I'm pretty sure this is probably the float that the American Indian students are on. Katie and Matt give about 30-40 seconds to the marching band...telling where they are from, how many members in the band, how they raised the money to come to New York, etc. And...now here is the float with the American Indian college students...it comes and it goes in the blink of an eye. I thought it looked beautiful and I could see a few students in traditional regalia, but by the time I hit the "record" button on the remote...it was all over. Matt and Katie then went onto the next attraction...Millennium Snoopy...who got nearly a minute of exposure. I learned how big Snoopy is, how many people were holding Snoopy's guy- wires, how many years Snoopy has been appearing in the parade, etc. I learned that Charles Schultz has liver cancer and may not live into the year 2000. I learned all about the Peanuts cartoon strip. I learned more about Snoopy Peanuts than I ever really wanted to know. And...I sat there, with my chin on the floor, because I learned nothing about the American Indian students...hell, I didn't even see any of them except for one close up of a young woman and a couple of the guys on the drum. TELEVISION COVERAGE WAS A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT for those of us at home anxiously waiting to see the students in this historic moment. The people along the
NATIVE_NEWS: White Flag Slaughter: Sand Creek Massacre
Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : White Flag Slaughter http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/9000/Wellesley/Native/sandcreek.html Sand Creek Many have heard of the unjust slaughter of Indian men, women and children at Wounded Knee, but few know of the equally unjust slaughter of men, women and children at Sand Creek. The Sand Creek Massacre took place the dawn of November 29, 1864 on the Sand Creek reservation in South Eastern Colorado. More than two hundred Cheyenne men, women and children were killed on a reservation where they were told they would be safe. 1851--The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851, guaranteed the Cheyenne a large area of Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado. In 1859 Gold was discovered in Boulder Colorado, beginning the Pike's Peak gold rush. The discovery of gold brought an estimated 100,000 gold seekers to the to the Rockies. This led to serious white encroachments on Cheyenne lands. Rather than protect the Cheyenne from the whites as the Fort Larmie Treaty of 1851 said it would do, the Government sought to resolve the problem by demanding that the Cheyenne give up all of their lands with the exception of the small Sand Creek Reservation. A small band Southern Cheyenne of about three hundred were sectioned into an area known as the Sand Creek Reservation. Located in Southeastern Colorado. This band of Southern Cheyenne were led by thier chief Black Kettle. Black Kettle believed that white and red could co-exist with each other. Though many broken promises and attacks on his life, he still believed that his tribe could obtain peace with honor and co-exisit with the white man. In 1861 fearing that overwhelming U.S. military power might result in an even less favorable settlement, Black Kettle agreed to a new treaty and did what he could to see that the Cheyenne obeyed its provisions. The lands given as the Sand Creek reservation could not feed and clothe the tribe. The barren land was unsuitable for growing crops or supporting enough wildlife to feed the tribe. It was a breeding ground for epidemic diseases which soon swept through the Cheyenne encampments. By 1862 the nearest herd of Buffalo was over 200 miles away. Many of the young men began leaving the reservation, looking for a way to care for their families. They began to prey upon cattle of local settlers and passing wagon trains. One such raid so angered the Whites that they sent the Military to investigate and patrol the area. A hunting party of Cheyenne saw the military approching and rode up to meet them when the military opened fire on the band of Cheyenne. None of the Indians in this band had participated in the raid, This incident touched off an uncoordinated Indian uprising across the Great Plains, as Indian tribes from the Comanche in the South to the Lakota in the North took advantage of the army's involvement in the Civil War by striking back at those who had settled upon their lands. Black Kettle, however, understood white military too well to support the cause of war. He spoke with the local military commander at Fort Weld in Colorado and believed he had secured a promise of safety in exchange for leading his band back to the Sand Creek reservation. On the morning of November 29, 1864 Colonel John Chivington, leader of the Third Colorado Volunteers discourged by the fact that his troops had been unsuccessful in finding a Cheyenne band to fight, learned that Black Kettle had returned to Sand Creek. He attacked the unsuspecting encampment while the peaceful tribe slept.. Over two hundred Cheyenne died in the ensuing massacre, many of them women and children, and after the slaughter, Chivington's men sexually mutilated and scalped many of the dead, later exhibiting their trophies to cheering crowds in Denver. Black Kettle survived the raid, even after returning to resuce his seriously injured wife. He still believed peace was possible between the white man and his people. In 1868 almost 4 years to the day of the Sand Creek Massacre three columns of troops met to launch a winter campaign against the Cheyenne. With the Seventh Calvery, commanded by George Armstrong Custer selected to led the attack. Custer following the tracks of a small hunting party through the snow located an encampment of Cheyenne, and attacked at dawn. This encampment was Black Kettle's village. Setting well within the Cheyenne reservation boundries and with a white flag flying from his teepee. On November 27, 1868 Custer's troop charged the village, women and children running for their lives. Black Kettle along with his wife fell near the rivers edge their bodies riddled with bullets, and the 7th Calvery rode right over top of their bodies, pausing long enough to take the scalp of the man who always preached peace and believed that white and red could live together. Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 The United States and representatives of the Lakota, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow,
NATIVE_NEWS: MASCOT:ND:Let's grow up, change the Sioux nickname and move on
Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : From: "Robert Eurich" [EMAIL PROTECTED] From the Monday November 29, 1999 Grand Forks Herald http://www.northscape.com/news/docs00/1129/275CEA1.htm clipped excerpt Let's grow up, change the Sioux nickname and move on clipped Most students and graduates feel pride when they hear the words Fighting Sioux. Many are quite vocal about it. And some give the university lots of money. Some are so proud they'll fight on and on to keep that name, and some say they're battling out of pride. They've told me so. Never quit fighting for their pride. Listen to that, will you? Never quit fighting. For pride. I had that pride. My high school was the Grand Forks Central Redskins. Our athletes won a lot. We were very aggressive, especially in hockey. I was mad when they changed the nickname all those years ago. Pride, again. That pride is instilled in students, but not imposed on them. People court it because we think we need it. We believe that the people pride makes us are good people to be. No. Pride makes us bullheaded. Pride blinds us to atrocity. Pride is a fortress we build to shed contrary views. Pride is the greatest impediment to understanding and peace. We're wrongheaded anyway to revere warrior nicknames. Aggression and violence are necessary sometimes, but not to be celebrated. And when our thirst for conflict takes the team name Redskins or Sioux, it is based on our own misconceptions about cultures we never understood and shouldn't be arrogant enough to think we know today. The fact that some reasonable cultures are offended by the use of the Sioux nickname and want it changed should be enough to guide the actions of any thoughtful person -- and any university. University leaders, live up to the values you say you hold so highly. Shine the light of education and understanding into your own dark corners. Change the nickname and move on. Foss is a Herald staff writer. Phone him at (701) 780-1267 or (800) 477-6572, ext. 267. E-mail him at [EMAIL PROTECTED] end excerpt American Indian Sports Team Mascots http://earnestman.tripod.com/ "Little drops of rain wear away the greatest of stones."
NATIVE_NEWS: AIROS: Program Schedule for NAC (11/29 - 12/02)
Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : From: Eric Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Program Schedule for NAC (11/29 - 12/02) Program Schedule for NAC (11/29 - 12/02) Feed Time: M - F, 1300 - 1359 ET NAC website: www.nativecalling.org Listen Live in RealAudio at nativetelecom.org/realmedia HOST: HARLAN McKOSATO WELLNESS HOST: SHARON McCONNELL PROGRAM SCHEDULE for November 29 - December 2, 1999 MON - 11/29: Indians and Ecology: The idea of the Native American living in perfect harmony with nature is one of the most cherished contemporary myths. That is according to the author of a book called "Ecological Indians." He contends that in past centuries Native people were not the natural environmentalists we were made out to be. Do you agree? Our guest is author Shepard Krech III. TUE - 11/30: The Forgiveness Show: Could you use some help with how to get along with your relatives during this holiday season? How about how to let go of long-standing grudges held because of betrayal, lies and insults? How much of a part does forgiveness play in the healing process? Our guest will be Dr. Gerald Jampolsky, author of "Forgiveness: The Greatest Healer of Them All." WED - 12/1: World Trade Organization 99 Part 1 The World Trade Organization (WTO) is arguably the most powerful policy setting body on the planet and is meeting this week in Seattle. Thousands of Indigenous peoples are expected to show up and protest the WTO's proceedings saying the current trade policies up for adoption will greatly harm the world's Native cultures. WTO supporters on the other hand say globalizing the world markets will improve the quality of life for all the world's peoples. Can globalizing the world economy create a better standard of living? Or will it lead to the destruction of the Third World and its Indigenous peoples? NAC Director Joseph Leon and Associate Producer Valerie Taliman will be on location in Seattle to bring you WTO updates. Guests TBA. THU - 12/2: World Trade Organization Part 2: Native America Calling continues its discussion on the World Trade Organization (WTO) with live reports and updates from Seattle from NAC Director Joseph Leon and Associate Producer Valerie Taliman will be on location in Seattle to bring you WTO updates. Guests TBA. FRI - 12/3: Men's Health: These days it is so easy for men to fall into the trap of an unhealthy diet or not exercising enough. Men also have other problems to worry about such as hair loss, impotency, and kidney stones. Join Len Anderson on this "Wellness Edition" as he and his guest talk about avoiding such problem and give men a chance to call in with their concerns. --- Eric Martin American Indian Radio On Satellite (AIROS) Director of Distribution [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Rock n' Roll is based on revolutions going way past 33 1/3." -- John Trudell, Baby Boom Che Listen to Indian Radio in RealMedia 24hours a day at airos.org/audio.html
NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Dirty Tricks after all these years
Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:24:13 EST Subject: Dirty Tricks after all these years FROM UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE FOR RELEASE: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 26, 1999 COLUMN OF THE AMERICAS by Patrisia Gonzales and Roberto Rodriguez DIRTY TRICKS AFTER ALL THESE YEARS Few people were surprised when recently released Nixon tapes showed the president making disparaging remarks against African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Jews and gays. According to a Chicago Tribune report, Nixon told John D. Ehrlichman: "They (Mexicans) have a heritage. At the present time they steal; they're dishonest. They do have some concept of family life; they don't live like a bunch of dogs, which the Negroes do live like." It's hard to put the '60s behind us with presidential tapes like that. And meanwhile, the likes of Leonard Peltier, recognized everywhere as the world's leading political prisoner, is still locked up after 23 years for the murder of two FBI agents -- even when federal prosecutor Lynn Crooks testified in 1993 and 1995 that he had no direct evidence that Peltier had actually shot the agents on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota in 1975. In this case, it seems that the judicial system operates under the precept of "any Indian will do." Speaking of dirty tricks, last time we wrote about Peltier three years ago, the FBI publicly challenged the veracity of our column. (They wrote letters to the editor of the El Paso Times.) They claimed he's guilty, and as proof, they offered the fact that two of his associates were found with the weapons associated with the crime. Of course, it's a little unusual that the FBI would go out of its way to rebut columnists. Some might infer that they are trying to stifle free speech. Their statement was true enough, but as commentator Paul Harvey would say, here's the rest of the story. Indeed, two of Peltier's associates were found with the weapons, but they were acquitted, arguing self-defense. Yet even if they had been convicted in U.S. courts, that doesn't translate into guilt for Peltier, who was prevented from making the same defense. So, as his supporters always ask, "Why is Peltier still in prison?" Purportedly, the only reason President Clinton will not release Peltier from prison is heavy pressure from law enforcement. That strikes us as extreme interference. In Peltier's case, we should be asking whether the FBI was capable of influencing the judicial process a generation ago. Perhaps the situation in Los Angeles today may give us a clue. There, the LAPD scandal involving the anti-gang unit within the Ramparts division has already resulted in disciplinary measures for at least a dozen officers for crimes ranging from attempted murder and drug running to brutality and the frame-up of gang members. Several inmates who were subjected to frame-ups have already been released, and many more are expected to be released soon. The still-unfolding scandal has come to light as a direct result of one of its officers, Rafael A. Perez, informing on his fellow officers. For those who wonder whether law enforcement officers ever resort to frame-ups, this should end the speculation. In perhaps an even more sobering development, a former paid informant purportedly working for the New Mexico State Police has stepped forward and claimed that the deaths of Chicano Movement activists Rito Canales and Antonio Cordova in 1972 were the result of a set-up by law enforcement agents. The informant recently issued a statement on videotape describing in chilling detail how Canales and Cordova were lured to their deaths in a remote location outside of the Albuquerque city limits. As a result of this new information, a wrongful death civil rights lawsuit was filed in federal court in November against the state police and two other law enforcement agencies. On the tape, the informant says that it was he who lured the two to a construction site where they were killed by law enforcement officers who lay in wait, adding that the two were suspected of being involved in bombings. Once Canales and Cordova arrived, they were killed, purportedly in a firefight. The local district attorney and the state attorney general have not yet agreed to open up a murder investigation. It may fall upon the Department of Justice to reopen its investigation of a generation ago. "As a result of the fraud and conspiracy, the entire Hispanic community in the state of New Mexico was damaged in the denial and delay of civil rights," states the lawsuit. What can be deduced from all this is that there can be no doubt that counterinsurgency tactics were indeed part of that era. It's time to create a high-level commission to examine and rectify the abuses of that generation. COPYRIGHT 1999 UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE Gonzales Rodriguez can be reached at PO BOX 7905, Albq NM 87194-7905, 505-242-7282 or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Annie Mae book review
Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 29 14:46:29 1999 Received: from a.mx.tdi.net (a.mx.voyager.net [209.153.128.22]) by core01.mx.voyager.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA26216 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:46:25 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from imo-d04.mx.aol.com (imo-d04.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.36]) by a.mx.tdi.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA19048 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:47:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] by imo-d04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v24.4.) id 3.0.55b860a3 (4117); Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:44:16 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:44:16 EST Subject: Fwd: Annie Mae book review To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part1_0.55b860a3.25743190_boundary" X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 45 Hau, this is the first of 3 parts. [Note: the three individual messages have been consolidated as one and appear below...Ish] Black Hills Alliance Return-path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Full-name: Libyad817 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 16:36:01 EST Subject: Annie Mae book review To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part1_0.55b860a3.25743190_boundary" INDIAN MURDERS --- a book review by David Seals Who Would Unbraid Her Hair: the legend of annie mae by antoinette nora claypoole Anam Cara Press 1999, 293 pp., $21 She was just another dead Indian in the ditch. That gray and freezing winter of 1975-76 in the Black Hills was full of terrible fear and death everywhere, and I had to go up on Bear Butte to see how beautiful and clear the world could also be. From the top of the Sacred Mountain the air at the end of February, when her body was found, was as cold as crystal, and the sky was bluer than the turquoise in her New Mexico bracelets and rings. The rings that had been on her fingers, on her hands, and that were chopped off by the FBI and sent to Washington for fingerprinting or something else. I didn't know that her name was Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash until years later when Johanna Brand pioneered the quest in 'The Life and Death of Anna Mae Aquash', and then a video came out later, 'Brave Hearted Woman'. At the time I didn't even see a notice about it in the newspapers, and only the warriors who dared to confront the Beast in its Belly on Pine Ridge Reservation knew who she was. Slowly it came out that she was a cut above the other Jane Does South Dakotans sneer about, winos often found in the creeks and alleys and trash cans of the land where Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse also fought and died for Honor. I began to hear women speaking of her with special reverence, women who had worked with her to help the elders and children who were starving and alcohol-sick and mistreated worse than dogs in America, on the hidden gulag of concentration camps of the Indian Reservations deep in the intestines of the Dakotas, and Minnesota, Colorado, Boston, California, and her home territory of the MicMac Nation in Nova Scotia. She was everywhere, they said, from rallies at Plymouth Rock demanding Native Justice to the Trail of Broken Treaties leading into Washington DC, and Wounded Knee. And everywhere the whispers persisted that her death at the age of 30 in that bad winter had about it an air of mystery, of a legend of elemental War between good and evil, of honor and dishonor among thieves in both the Indian camps and the American. Antoinette Nora Claypoole captures some of the stark mythic tragedy of this story in her book 'Who Would Unbraid her Hair: the legend of annie mae'. Its modern poetic style and loose structure make me feel our bleak and beautiful South Dakota winters as Indians feel them. It is a continuation of the heroic quest to solve not only the terrible murder mystery of one woman, but also, in a way, to solve and help heal the whole continuing terrible Indian Wars that are resulting in many other murders every day. It is heroic not in the romantic hollywood corruption in which heroes are defined by millionaires like Jane Fonda and Madonna, but rather in the classical sense in which a Tragic Hero failed because of her greatness. It was not enough for a person to die to be called 'tragic' as it is routinely used today; and it was not enough alone to save somebody else's life to be called a 'hero'. Great tragic heroes like Antigone or Queen Dido of Carthage or Joan of Arc failed because of their greatness, their great love for mankind or God, their uncompromising courage in the face of certain death that leaves us all trembling with terrible pity and
NATIVE_NEWS: Invitation to comment on Indigenous Requirements of the DNS Root
Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: Invitation to comment on Indigenous Requirements of the DNS Root Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 16:32:21 -0500 From: Eric Brunner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Greetings, You are invited to comment on Position Paper E, which advocates the creation of a gTLD in the doman name system, at the level of .COM, .US and .CA to be delegated to and operated by the Indigenous Nations and Peoples of North America. The comments period opened 17 November, and closes January 10, 2000. In brief, Position Paper E provides ICANN with the mechanism to provide to the National Congress of American Indians and the Assembly of First Nations as the sponsoring bodies, to in turn provide to the Native DNS operational community the opportunity to operate a top-level domain. This is a policy goal which has been pursued by the Native DNS community since 1992. This will allow improved support for economic, cultural and social use of the Internet for rural and urban Indigenous communities. To show support simply send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line "I support Position Paper E". In the body of the mail you may add any comment you like -- Indians have been trying to get a TLD since 1992, now is when we can get one, but a lot of support needs to be shown. Position Paper E may also be found at the URL below, along with the prior (not yet successful) work to expand the protection offered within the UN System (International Labor Organization, Convention on Biodiversity, Working Group on Indigenous Populations) to the Internet. The working papers of the Indigenous Intellectual Property and DNS work parties may be found at: http://www.iipc.tp alternate http://www.world.std/~iipc This paper is one of several contained in the Interim Report of Working Group C of the Domain Names Supporting Organization (DNSO) of the new Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The text of the Interim Report may be found at: http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/19991023.NCwgc-report.html The full archives of the WG-C are on line at: http://www.dnso.org/wgroups/wg-c/Archives/maillist.html The full archives of comments on the Interim Report are on line at: http://www.dnso.org/dnso/dnsocomments/comments-gtlds/Archives/index.html Eric Brunner Principal Author, Position Paper E
NATIVE_NEWS: NEWS BRIEFS
Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : A web-based version of today's and recent news are also available at http://www.public.asu.edu/~wendel/fyi/ Chao, Julie. "Census' Complex Multiracial Nightmare," The San Francisco Examiner, November 28, 1999, A1. [" ... The next census is supposed to give a clearer picture than ever of who we are and what we look like. But the longer the melting pot stews, the fuzzier the picture gets, leaving many saying that the price for allowing people to check all that apply is a massive logistical and political quagmire. With the four traditional race categories from 1990 multiplying into 63 single- and multiple-race combinations in 2000, the Office of Management and Budget has spent the last two years trying to figure out: How should the government count people of more than one race? Most agree the 63 categories must be reduced to a more practical number, but it's undecided how that will be done and who will determine the method. About the only certainty is that it won't be the Census Bureau, which intends to release the full data. At stake are government programs that depend on accurate race data, from voting rights laws to analyses of disparity in health and education. Federal agencies are trying to come up with a way to tabulate the data that will not undermine civil rights enforcement while also respecting the newly earned right to be recognized as multiracial."] http://www.examiner.com/ Koehler, Harold P. "True Account of History Would Help Native Issues," The London Free Press, November 28, 1999, A13. ["Congratulations on the three stories on aboriginal issues in your Nov. 20 Forum section ... All of these stories suggested that the plight of native people today results from a somewhat racist attitude of many Canadians. It is unlikely that native people will get a fair deal until a fair and truthful account of Canadian history relating to unkept treaties, broken promises and land speculation is understood ... Racist attitudes are unlikely to change until our non-native schools begin to teach a fairer representation of history ... The United Church of Canada is to be congratulated on its Aboriginal Curriculum Project, designed to teach a new and more accurate interpretation of native history and culture in our schools at all levels of the native studies curriculum."] http://www.canoe.ca/LondonFreePress/home.html Koning, Jean. "Fairness Needed in Present, Though Absent in the Past," The London Free Press, November 28, 1999, A13. ["Re the column, Native problems require input from all of us (Nov. 20) ... The treaties signed by the colonizing governments of pre-Confederation Canada with various aboriginal First Nations have never been honoured, although the aboriginal treaty signatories believed they were sacred promises made between two sovereign nations. Now we are beginning to face the reality of the need to share occupancy of the country of Canada on an equal basis and we are asking aboriginal brothers and sisters to be "fair"? ... The only real hope for recognizing our differences and finding a way to co-exist in harmony is for Canadians to admit we have been less than fair as we have treatied with the First Nations; to ask forgiveness for the injustices in our present relationship, and to begin to dialogue from a position of equality -- not from the position of the oppressors and the oppressed."] http://www.canoe.ca/LondonFreePress/home.html "Lobster Season," CBC TV, Sunday Report, November 28, 1999, 10:00 p.m. EST) ["ALISON SMITH: No day is more important for commercial lobster fishers in Nova Scotia than tomorrow. That's when the season opens for eastern Canada's most lucrative fishery. But things are going to be very different this year. That's because of the recent Supreme Court decision on Native fishing rights. Laurie Graham reports. LAURIE GRAHAM: Lobster fishers are busy loading traps, packing gear, trying to get ready for tomorrow. The first day of their lobster fishery. It's the same routine every season but this year native people are taking part for the first time. Murray Robinson is a Mi'Kmaq fisher. One of only a few who've been given licenses to participate in this fishery ... After the Supreme Court of Canada issued the Marshall decision allowing Native people to fish commercially year round, non-Native fishers were outraged, saying they should have to fish in the same season. In New Brunswick they cut Native traps. There was violence on the wharf. Here in southwestern Nova Scotia, many non-Native fishers say they don't agree with the Marshall decision but they say they don't want any trouble. So they're willing to get along with Native fishers. So tomorrow they'll be fishing side by side."] http://cbc.ca/onair/ Massey, Barry. "Average Yield from New Gambling Compacts Isn't 6.4 Percent," The Associated Press State and Local Wire, November 28, 1999, Sunday, AM cycle. ["SANTA FE: When Gov. Gary Johnson
NATIVE_NEWS: ENVIRO: Most of the World's rivers are stressed
Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Most of the World's rivers are stressed, report warns Pollution, human uses endanger future water supply http://www.msnbc.com/msn/340355.asp MSNBC staff and wire reports Nov. 29 The worlds most valuable resource, fresh water, is facing greater stress as we enter the 21st century, with more than half of all major rivers taxed by pollution, human overuse or both. The warning came Monday in a draft report by an international commission charged with surveying the state of Earth's freshwater supply. THAT STRESS, according to the World Commission on Water for the 21st Century, not only impacts wildlife but also humans. Last year saw 25 million refugees from environmental disasters, much of it due to flooding, pollution and other water problems. The number marked the first time environmental refugees exceeded those from war, estimated at 21 million. The report provided examples of water stress from rivers around the world, among them: The Yellow River in China's most important farm region is severely polluted and ran dry in its lower reaches 226 days out of the year in 1997. Health problems are growing because of poor water quality. The Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers in Asia have seen their flow into the Aral Sea reduced by three-quarters, causing a catastrophic regression in sea levels 53 feet between 1962 and 1994. The region suffers the highest rate of infant mortality of all regions of the former Soviet Union because poor water flow and fertilizer runoff have fouled the seabed. The Colorado River in the United States, irrigating more than 3.7 million acres of farmland, is so exploited and polluted by agriculture that little is left to protect the ecosystem downstream, which has turned from lush green to salty and desolate marshes. The Nile River in Africa no longer sends most of its water into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest waterway in the world, yet more than 90 percent of its natural flow is used for irrigation or is lost through evaporation, primarily from reservoirs. What reaches the Mediterranean is heavily polluted with irrigation drainage and industrial and municipal waste. MORE, CLEANER WATER NEEDED The report is a draft of a final document commission experts were working on Monday at The Hague, Netherlands. Backed by the World Bank and the United Nations, the commission has been charged with finding a way to ensure there is enough water for the world's growing population in the next century. "We have to pay attention to how the world manages its water," said Arienne Naber, a geologist and commission consultant. "Production has to be increased, quality improved ... to guarantee that we can meet the water needs of all the people on Earth and protect the environment." [end excerpt] ALSO SEE: Special Report at: http://www.msnbc.com/news/ENVIRONMENT_Front.asp The final commission report and an action plan is to be presented for consideration to a world forum of government ministers and others, in March in The Hague. The preliminary report, titled "World Water Vision: Making Water Everybody's Business," is online at http://www.watervision.org Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
NATIVE_NEWS: MENDOTA: Update 11/29/99
Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : rom: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from imo-d05.mx.aol.com (imo-d05.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.37]) by a.mx.tdi.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA88584 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 29 Nov 1999 20:55:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] by imo-d05.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v24.4.) id v.0.3e46e251 (3968); Mon, 29 Nov 1999 20:44:23 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 20:44:22 EST Subject: Fwd: pdate 11/29/99 Dear Friends, Saturday some of the Sundancers and other supporters went to Pipestone, Mn to meet with Harry Charger the Sundance Chief. They prayed together in the Sweat Lodge. Harry was told by the spirits that it is time to start Ceremonies at the Four Sacred Trees. Other Elders have told us this also, and so we will do as they have asked. We will start the Ceremonies at 4:00 PM on Thursday December 2nd, and we will hold pipe ceremonies Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at dusk. We invite any of you that can be there with us to join us, or pray with us at those times. Your prayers and support has always been very powerful and has meant so much to us. We have not given up ours prayers that the trees will be spared and we will continue to pray to the Creator for this, but we also know that this is the Creator's decision, not ours, we have done all that we can. We have reached out to the whole world and they have responded with support and prayers. The rest of the world knows what this place is. It will always be Sacred to the Dakota no matter what the State Government does to try and destroy it. We will continue our struggle to protect the Sacred Spring from damage or destruction for as long as it takes. Pidamiya, Love Linda Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
NATIVE_NEWS: History: A Hundred Years Ago - Carlisle - Week 130
Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 21:20:41 -0800 From: Barbara Landis [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE INDIAN HELPER ~%^%~ A WEEKLY LETTER -FROM THE- Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa. VOL. XV. FRIDAY, November 24, 1899 NUMBER 5 For the INDIAN HELPER.] THANKSGIVING. -- For life - and life is more than meat; For health of body, more than raiment; For skilful hands and willing feet; For love of work and not of payment - For these, O Lord of all, we raise Our thankful hearts in prayer and praise! For Conscience, lighting all our sky; For Duty, sweeter far than pleasure; For strength to live, and grace to die, And joy in service beyond measure - For all that makes man's life divine, Shepherd of souls, the praise be thine! ELAINE GOODALE EASTMAN === WHAT HAVE INDIANS TO BE THANKFUL FOR? --- Before the HELPER shall reach its readers another time, the nation will have celebrated Thanksgiving Day. The President of the United States issued a proclamation setting apart Thursday, November 30th as a general thanksgiving day, - a time to give thanks for the bountiful blessings we have received as a people. The Governors of the various States did the same thing, and set apart the same day; and so next Thursday will be a State and national holiday, and a day of feasting and pleasure as well as Thanksgiving. But how about the Indians on their reservations? Do they belong to the nation? Do they belong to the State? If they are citizens there is no question about it; they come under the same proclamations as all other citizens. But if they are not citizens, then what are they? Some call the Indians wards of the Government, and the Man-on-the-band-stand does not blame the spirited Indian students and those who have passed out as graduates or non-graduates for resenting the same. But no young Indian will be called a ward of the Government when he demonstrates to the world that he is able to take care of himself, without ANY support save what he gets by the sweat of his own brow. This view of Pueblo Indian women trudging along, under the weight of heavy burdens and with solemn, bowed heads covered with blankets, shutting out the light of day and of education, tells a sad story. [photo -caption/ "Pueblo Women - Seen on the Sante Fe Route, New Mexico."] The writer has seen Indian women carrying loads of hay, under which ordinary people would stagger, making veritable horses of themselves; and for a woman to get such a great load upon her back, she would pass a strap over her head and lie down on her back upon the load; then with an almost super-human effort throw herself upon her feet, toppling with the weight until she got her balance; and as the moving object passed out of sight, one could see an animate load of hay with two moccasined feet, but no women. There are hundreds of Indian women still in darkness and carrying just such loads. They know no better. And what have THEY to be thankful for? The Indian girls of this period are learning better ways. When they become women they will not have to walk in the footsteps of the creatures in the picture. They are learning how to carry loads of responsibility, (not of hay,) in a way that is (page 2) THE INDIAN HELPER PRINTED EVERY FRIDAY --AT THE-- Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa., BY INDIAN BOYS. --- THE INDIAN HELPER is PRINTED by Indian boys, but EDITED by The man-on-the-band-stand who is NOT an Indian. P R I C E: --10 C E N T S A Y E A R Entered in the PO at Carlisle as second class mail matter. Address INDIAN HELPER, Carlisle, Pa. Miss Marianna Burgess, Manager. Do not hesitate to take the HELPER from the Post Office for if you have not paid for it some one else has. It is paid for in advance. People who say: "Let people think what they will, I care little what they think," are generally the ones who care most what people think. The fact is, we are obliged to care what people think whether we think we care or not. -- It will take 70 turkeys or about 700 pounds to give the student body a Thanksgiving feast, but a feast they must have for they deserve it. As a body of students they have been faithful and earnest in study and work, and good in conduct. --- There are six more
