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| Subject: | Fwd: [NativeCelebs] Digest Number 719 |
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| Date: | Thu, 20 Sep 2001 09:28:40 -0700 (PDT) |
| From: | Lenape Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |
| To: | [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
Hey guys. This is Valerie. I had to get yet ANOTHER email address for my lists. I was getting way too many on my other. Please pass this on. Something's got to be done. This has gotten way out of hand. In here you'll see the mention of A.I.M. Well, not the most ideal thought in the world, but...well....Syd, you still a member of the e-list? ----Valerie
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: 20 Sep 2001 13:36:44 -0000 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [NativeCelebs] Digest Number 719 > > Read the NativeCelebs FAQ > http://www.nativecelebs.com/lists6.htm > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > There are 9 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. Indians at risk now > From: "Annie"> 2. More stories of Native Americans at risk > From: "Annie" > 3. Re: Indians at risk now > From: Sandy Sunderland > 4. Here is my input > From: Feke Chitti > 5. Re: Indians at risk now > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 6. Re: Indians at risk now > From: "Kim" > 7. Re: Indians at risk now > From: Sandy Sunderland > 8. Re: Here is my input > From: Sandy Sunderland > 9. Re: Here is my input > From: "Nevadajo" > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 19:50:58 +0200 > From: "Annie" > Subject: Indians at risk now > > Hi guys, > > On Monday I was talking to Debby Dunn on the phone, > discussing the release from Wes Studi that I sent > through my > newsletter. > > During the conversation I started talking about > something that > had been worrying me for a few days. > > After the attacks I knew that Arabs in the US would > be facing > a tough time, and I got a bit worried because I > thought Indians > could be mistaken for Arabs. She told me not to > worry, that > Americans could distinguish between Arabs and > American > Indians. I was consoled but not completely sure. I'd > met > Duane Loken recently, and knew he could be mistaken > for an > Arab by someone who's blinded by rage. I've seen > Arabs that > look a great deal like him. Usually the hair is very > different > (Duane's hair doesn't look Arab), but sometimes it's > not that > easy to see the difference (Rod Rondeaux, for > instance). I was > worried for American Indians in general. When I > started > thinking about this it was just a theory. This is > one time I wish > I hadn't been right! > > Read the story below, I've received two versions of > it already. > This o ne was sent to me by August Schellenberg: > > Margaret? says: > > This is a friend-of-a-friend. If an Indian in > Oklahoma can be > mistaken for an Arab then it could happen anyplace! > If you > have any connections with the press,contact Lisa > Perkins, it > might help. > > Lisa Perkins says: > > Over the past week our country has endured sheer > terror and > a threat to our way of life. This is a very > difficult time for all > Americans. Some have used this tragedy as an excuse > to > exercise racism in its most extreme and disgusting > form. Over > the past weekend, an employee who works in the > Healthy > Nation office at Cherokee Nation experienced this > firsthand. > On Friday night, Kimberly Lowe, niece of Cherokee > Nation > employee Margie Burkhart, was murdered in an act of > violent > racism. > > Here is her story... > > Kimberly was a beaut iful 21 year old full blood > Creek. She and > several Native friends went out on Friday night in > Tulsa. While > driving around Tulsa they were"allegedly" followed > and > harassed by a vehicle of white males. The males were > > "allegedly" throwing items at the car and yelling > "Go back to > your own country!" Kimberely was driving and acting > as many > of us would, stopped the car and confronted the > males. Sadly, > the males "allegedly" decided to end her life. They > "allegedly" > used the car to hit Kimberly and pin her against > another > vehicle. They then "allegedly" backed up and ran > over her > again. Kimberly was pronounced dead at St. John's > hospital. > Tulsa news media and the Tulsa Police department > have yet > to deem this a "hate crime". Kimberly's family wants > to make > certain that senseless acts of violence are not > deemed > acceptable. We want the Tulsa Police department and > the > news media to cover this story and make the point > that NO > ACTS OF VIOLENCE against people of color are > acceptable. I > am outraged that so little has been done to bring > attention to > this heinous crime. We need your help. If you know > of any > sources of support to bring attention to this case > and hopefully > bring these criminals to justice, please call or > e-mail me. We > are looking for a source similar to the NAACP to > assist in > bringing the necessary attention to this crime. Any > advice or > assistance would be appreciated. Thanks, Lisa. > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Name: Lisa Perkins > E-mail: Lisa Perkins > Date: 09/17/2001 > Time: 09:55:43 > > Annie: Lisa's e-mail address was munged out of the > e-mail, > probably by August's e-mail program. Sorry! > > ------- -- > > Here's another: > > Here's the story as reported by AP: > > > 9/18/01 Associated Press (AP) Newswires 04:15:00 > > Associated Press Newswires > Copyright 2001. The Associated Press. All Rights > Reserved. > > Tuesday, September 18, 2001 > > Police arrest man who may have hit woman in fatal > road rage > incident > > TULSA, Okla. (AP) - An anonymous tip led police to a > Tulsa > man they allege drove a car involved in a deadly, > drunken road > rage incident. > > Officers arrested Edwin Doctor, 23, on a complaint > of first- > degree manslaughter Monday afternoon. Investigators > believe > Doctor drove a car into Kimberly Lowe, 21, who died > Saturday. > > > The anonymous tip police received led them to the > car > believed to have been involved in the incident. > After finding the > vehicle, investigators said they learned that D octor > may have > been driving it during the 4 a.m. incident on > Saturday. > > "Basically we had two carloads of drunk people that > became > involved in road rage," Officer Lucky Lamons, a > Tulsa police > spokesman, said. "They were yelling at each other > and > throwing things out their windows at each other." > > The motivation for the disturbance was unknown, > Lamons > said. > > At a parking lot in the 6700 block of East Archer > Street, Lowe > and her friends got out of their car and were > walking across a > parking lot, according to a police report. > > Police allege that Doctor then "deliberately" drove > his car into > Lowe, inflicting wounds that resulted in her death. > > > A man who was riding in a car with Lowe told police > that the > men in the other car had called them "Arabs" and > told them to > "go back to their country." > > Upon further investigation, police concluded that > the incident > was not racially motivated. The man and Lowe are > American > Indians. > > Doctor was charged in Tulsa County District Court > with driving > while under the influence of intoxicating liquor on > July 7, > records show. In 1998, he was convicted of attempted > larceny > of an automobile. > > Another man who was riding with Doctor was not > arrested in > connection with the death. > > The district attorney has not filed charges. > > ------------ > > I'm wondering if I should send out yet another > special alert to > the newsletter, so people are aware that they're at > risk. Any > thoughts on that? > > Regards > > Annie > > Message: 2 > > Found Lisa Perkins' e-mail address in an e-mail from > Tantoo > Cardinal: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Her e-mail also contained this forward from: > > Sophia Cleland > > Graduate Student > Molecular Biology and Genetics > Cornell University > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > My youngest siblings, my 12 year old sister and 14 > year old > brother and 14 year old cousin are also victims of > violent racial > harassment supposedly aimed at Middle Eastern > people, but I > think it is harbored racism against anyone of color > and > different from most U.S. white citizens. > > I will remind you that my family is indigenous to > these lands, > we are Lakota, Dakota and Nakota, and descendents of > the > camp that killed the great Indian killer of his > time, General > Armstrong Custer. > > Each generation of my family has endured some type > of > violent adversity. My grandparents endured the tail > end of the > U.S. massacres on Indians and the transitional > period of > violence against our own families after that. > > My parents were starved and bear the burden of > starvation, i.e. > smaller underdeveloped organs, and were not initally > allowed > educational access to be professionals in this > country, and > then, when they were, only under the condition for > the > termination of reservations. And I have endured > harassment > on my reservation from homesteaders who use our land > for > agriculture to feed the U.S. and abroad and in my > schools > from teachers who tried to deny me access to > education by > even going as far as counting homework problems > wrong > where I correctly put 9+1=10 and by Mormon > classmates in > high school who told me that I was a descendent of > Cain and > therefore evil. > > I have grown up frightened of the KKK and the Aryan > Brotherhood on my reservation in Montana and other > sioux > reservations who have killed and attempted to kill > Indians on > our reservation, and even when I return to my > reservation and > other Sioux reservations, I am harassed by police > and live > under the fear of potentially being killed by > encountering the > wrong person. And within the last three months in > Ithaca, I > have been stopped four times by the police who > harass me for > likely being a dark woman from Arizona in a SUV. > > I endure a lot of these daily encounters of racism > quietly along > with the other members of my family, but I cannot be > quiet > anymore when I see my little brothers and sisters > not > protected by their teachers when they are attacked > at school. > When will the citizens of the U.S. wake up and take > responsibility for their actions? > ; > ------ > > I have received one more forward from the > StudiGroup, after > my newsletter hit the net. Somebody wrote Debby and > told > her how her kids had been harassed at school because > they > were tagged for Arabs. > > Regards > > Annie > > Message: 3 > > These people are not ignorant. They are very much > aware that > they can be mistaken for Arabs. It has been > happening for many > years. The risks have been discussed on most native > lists. > Sken:nen kowa > Sandy > Message: 4 > > > Hi, this is Marcus. > That is story is very sad. > As you know I am too Creek, > and I have many Creek relatives right > there in Tulsa. On top of that My mother is > Lebanese(making me half), > and I am saddended by the fact someone would even > say "go back to your > own country." > It's not like thir people are from here either. > > There only group I could think of that could do > anything > would be A.I.M. > I personally would not want AIM to help but my tribe > or more tribes as a whole rather than just a group > of various Indians. > > I see this as a smarter move to go in as a tribe or > many tribes > and have Triabl Government support. As you know a > Federally Recognized > Tribe > has a Goverment ro Goverment Relationship with the > United States. > This power must be exercised, and this is a perfect > time. > > Thank you, > Marcus > Message: 5 > > thanks annie , if you want to send out some alerts > you may as well it cant > hurt. Its true tho what Sandy mentioned, i've been > mistaken for almost every > imaginable race since i was a little child (except > for maybe norweigian > . I'm already well aware of it, i and many > others i know have gotten > alot of looks lately(and its not a nice look at all) > in a few public places, > first i thought i was being paranoid again. I've not > been alone yet in a > public place besides work and i think that helps. A > guy i work with is from > Guyana and hes having pretty much the same > experience. The same goes for > certain spanish people as well as dark italians. Its > pretty pathetic but > thats how ignorance is i guess. Ignorance is NOT at > all bliss. People are > looking for someone, anyone to blame right now. > > > > Message: 6 > What a terrible tragedy, Annie. My heartfelt > condolences go out to her > family and friends. > > I must stress to everybody that if somebody is > following you around and > making threats and throwing things at you, as they > were to Kimberly, DO NOT > get out of the car and confront them, no matter how > many people you're with. > Drive immediately to the nearest police station or > flag the nea rest police > officer down or call 911 and tell them where you are > and what is happening. > You DO NOT know what these people are capable of and > what they might do to > you and what kind of weapons they might have. Don't > risk it. > > Kim > Message: 7 > > This was a "hate crime"... against Indians. In > Oklahoma, people > know what Indians look like. It should not take any > great > genius for the police to figure this out. > > Message: 8 > There > were Arab > Muslims who perished in that terrible catastrophe > along with the > citizens of over 62 nations. It truly was a "World" > Trade > Center. > > >On top of that My mother is Lebanese(making me > > half), > > and I am saddended by the fact someone would even > say "go back > > to your > > own country." > > It's not like thir people are from here either. ______________________________________ ____________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/
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