-Caveat Lector- This is an excellent idea. Please consider forwarding this to other potentially supportive individuals/lists. Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave -----Original Message----- From: shawneea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 2:22 AM To: Dave > ------- Blind-Carbon-Copy > cc: brunner > Subject: Status (17/12/99) of the campaign for an Indigenous TLD > Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 17:43:05 -0500 > From: Eric Brunner <brunner> > > Oki everyone, > > There are 143 of you who have provided a favorable comment on Position > Paper E as of today Friday Dec 17, 1999. The comment period closes on > January 10, so I urge you all to get your family, friends, co-workers, > your Clan, Tribe or Band members, your email correspondents (lists & > newsgroups, "buddy lists", chat roomies, etc.), your dance partners, > your chorus and drum members, your class mates, even your pets (those > with email) to add to this number. As a petitioning body, having between > 150 and 200 we're bigger than any ICANN has encountered, but hitting a > thousand would be a milestone in ICANN's history, it would shake the sky. > > Every few days I'm going to be putting something which I hope each of > you will be able to use in your mailboxes. I'm starting with Lorraine > Brooks' comment. She reminded me of just how powerful this idea is. > > Please forward this as widely as you can. Put it in your Christmas > cards. Send it (or the more formal "Call" you received earlier) to your > lists. This all depends upon you and your abilities to get out the vote. > > The short form is: > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: I support Position Paper E > > Kitakitamatsinopowaw, (I'll see you all again, in Siksika/Blackfeet) > Eric Brunner > Principal Author, Position Paper E > > Miss Brooks' comment follows. > > ========================================================================= > > I am a library technician employed by the Union of British Columbia > Indian Chiefs in their Vancouver, BC, Canada office. My duties include > providing reference and research assistance for the nations of BC, as > well as to students of the Institute of Indigenous Government, a > post-secondary college dedicated to decolonization of 'all' minds, as > well as teaching students the skills needed for community and someday > national self-government. > > For myself, as an information seeker and provider, having DNS for > Indigenous peoples of North America would make research simpler. All I > would have to do is go to sites with the Indigenous peoples DNS. I could > ignore the false-lead .coms and .orgs. > > Also, I would know that when I point a student to an "Indigenous DNS" > site I am assured they are going to find genuine, approved, factual > information. It is going to be information which has not been > misappropriated, e.g. oral stories, songs, spiritual teachings or > ceremonies recounted without permission, or which should not be public > knowledge at all. Views and opinions, working models, position papers, > case studies, statistics, etc. etc. etc. on the legal, economic, > political, social, cultural issues and concerns of Indigenous peoples > will be from the people involved. I would know I and my students are > getting real firsthand facts from the people who are experiencing and > formulating the knowledge before offering it online. > > And yes, having a primary Indigenous server puts the Indigenous > peoples/nations where they belong--independant and sovereign not > subordinate to the Colonizer. > > An Indigneous peoples DNS is a necessity if the world is to hear the > "genuine voices" of the Indigenous peoples of North America (and > worldwide). > > Sincerely > Lorraine Brooks > Ooriginal message received: Tribal College Librarians listserv - > University of Montana) > > ------- End of Blind-Carbon-Copy > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > Wish to Leave? See <http://www.dickshovel.com/mailinglist.html>. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! 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