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We Have Many Voices - Native American Ezine Announcment From The bi-monthly ezine "We Have Many Voices" We have updated our website where we bring you the news behind the news. A brief description of each article is listed below, and you may read them in their entirety at our web page: We Have Many Voices Ezine http://www.turtletrack.org/ManyVoices/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Voting Rights Act Hearing by Ruth Steinberger, Lakota Journal On Tuesday January 30, 2002, a three judge panel in Federal Court for the District of South Dakota in Pierre, SD, heard arguments on the first part of the two part suit, Bone Shirt, et al vs. Hazeltine, et al. This portion of the suit seeks either a temporary or permanent injunction against the implementation of the recently enacted redistricting plan for the State of South Dakota. The suit, filed on behalf of named plaintiffs Alfred Bone Shirt, Belva Black Lance, Germaine Moves Camp and Bonny High Bull, was filed by the Voting Rights Project of the ACLU, due to the failure by the state to file as required by federal law for prior approval by the Department of Justice. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 to 1973aa-6) The Voting Rights Act makes it illegal to discriminate in voting based on someone's membership in a language minority group. The idea behind the Voting Rights Act's minority language provisions is to remove language as a barrier to political participation, and to prevent voting discrimination against people who speak minority languages. The language minority provisions are contained in Sections 203 and 4(f)(4) of the Voting Rights Act. Section 203 is codified at 42 U.S.C. 1973aa-1a; Section 4(f)(4) is codified at 42 U.S.C. 1973b(f)(4). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The Story of Joel Ritchie by Jessie Metz Joel Ritchie, born on March 2, 1972, was arrested for alleged murder of his female roommate and friend, Terri Schreiber, on April 12, 1997. The girl was found dead in their apartment two days earlier, on April 10, 1997, she was killed by 14 stab wounds. Joel was incarcerated at Manitowoc County Jail in Wisconsin. His trial started in October, 1998, his attorney at that time was Mr. Parent, the DA was Mr. Fitzgerald. The evidence used against Joel was based on weak argumentation; there was no witness, and no confession. Even the attorney said that the state did not have enough proof. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The Environment Our Children Live In - Part One by Kasey Wolf Weaver In the United States, the #1 cause of deaths among infants is birth defects. Birth defects account for almost 20% of all infants' deaths each year. On February 20, 2002, Trust for America's Health (TFAH) released their report "Birth Defects Tracking and Prevention: Too Many States Are Not Making the Grade" in which it stated that most states are doing a poor job of tracking and preventing birth defects. Basically each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are given a letter grade based on efforts made in research and monitoring of birth defects. Only 8 out of the 52 received an A and over half received a C or lower. With exposure to environmental hazards playing a key role in some birth defects, the insufficient job of collecting data, providing information hinder researchers in preventing birth defects and finding their causes. Many of the states do not even explore possible links between birth defects and environmental exposures. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Enviro-Rants From an All Natural Soapbox by Jamie Lockard It's that time again kiddies. A bi-weekly look at the environmental atrocities the corporations of America continue to commit all in the name of "good product development". I struggle every week to decide what to write about. I typically tend to go with the subject that makes that vein in my forehead stick out the most. It's almost a game with my son. He will watch until my face becomes bright red as I read over the subject matter. When he laughs the loudest at the ripe tomato complexion I've obtained, I know I've got my topic. This week.was tough. There are so many corporate morons in the news today, that I could write an entire book on the subject. Perhaps I will, but I don't want to lose your interest that quickly, so I thought this week, I would do something different. Don't fret my faithful flock, there will still be a fair amount of morons we all want to go Apache on. You all know what I mean, don't look at the screen like that. This issue, I will do a follow up on several previous articles. That means, there is an above average amount of stupidity in this weeks article. Above average stupidity.an oxymoron. You know who you are. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Harvard Announces Finalists for American Indian Tribal Governance Awards CAMBRIDGE, MA The first-ever American Indian tribally operated eagle sanctuary that helps meet a pueblo's religious and ceremonial needs, an internationally recognized Native American lacrosse team whose members travel abroad using passports issued by their Indian nation, and a tribal wellness program that prevents and combats diabetes are among the 16 finalists in Harvard University's American Indian tribal governance awards program for the year 2002. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Remembering Wounded Knee-1973 by Carter Camp, Ponca Today is heavy with prayer and reminisces for me. Today is the anniversary of the night when, at the direction of the Oglala Chiefs, I went with a special squad of American Indian Movement warriors to liberate Wounded Knee in advance of the main AIM caravan. For security reasons the People had been told everyone was going to a meeting/wacipi in Porcupine, the road goes through Wounded Knee. When the People arrived at the Trading Post we had already set up a perimeter, taken eleven hostages, run the B.I.A. cops out of town, cut most phone lines, and began 73 days of the best, most free time of my life. The honor of being chosen to go first still lives strong in my heart. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Environmental Alerts Collected by Kasey WolfWeaver ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Upcoming Opportunities collected by Kasey WolfWeaver ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Craft Series - Regalia - Headwear - Part Three by Lynne Sageflower Pennington Over the next several months I will be starting to do articles on American Indian Regalia. My plans are to do the basic clothing. I wish I could cover every tribe but it would take a book to do every tribe. When it comes to regalia we want to be as authentic as possible. Due to poor preservation of articles and the limitation in archaeological research sometimes we must rely on paintings, photographs or written text to give us descriptions on what our ancestors wore. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The "Stoic" Indian by Paul Barry In each issue, you will find a funny story here. Perhaps, even a true story or one with a moral. ---------------------------------------------------- Moccasin Telegraph - News of Interest from Indian Country Gathered by Raven Weaver ---------------------------------------------------- To Subscribe, or Unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and place either "Subscribe" or "Unsubscribe" in the subject line and "Many Voices" in the body of the email. Thank you! 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