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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/ ---------------------------------------------------- Juvenile Justice in Montana by Ruth Steinberger, Lakota Journal Revelations of extensive use of pepper spray against Indian youth in Pine Hills Juvenile Correctional Facility in Miles City, Montana, surfaced earlier this year when five Native American youth were moved to an adult facility following an incident at the juvenile facility. The assault charges against Turntoes and four other Native American boys stemmed from an incident on May 11, 2000, at Pine Hills in which Turntoes had obtained an empty can of pepper spray and attempted to fire it at guards. No staff were injured in the attempted spraying by the youth, however Turntoes was charged as an adult with assault and was transferred to an adult jail, along with four other Native American youth. The incident followed a two year period in which Turntoes had been pepper sprayed at least ten times by guards and staff at the facility. ---------------------------------------------------- And Justice for Some by Vicki Lockard Once again, the juvenile justice system in South Dakota has made headlines. Last week, the case of seventeen year old Adelia Godfrey brought to light the distressing realities of the dual system that seems to flourish in South Dakota. A member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Nation, of South Dakota, Adelia was removed from her basement cell to a juvenile facility. Adelia Godfrey's placement in the windowless cell in Milbank angered the tribe and youth advocates. She faces felony charges for allegedly assaulting officers at a jail and may be sent to an adult prison. If convicted, she could be sentenced to 30 years in prison. ---------------------------------------------------- Fightin' Whities gain national attention Story By Julio Ochoa, Greeley Tribune Solomon Little Owl hasn't had much rest since Monday. That's when the national media began calling about his University of Northern Colorado intramural basketball team named The Fightin' Whities. Since then, Little Owl, team member and leader of UNC's Native American Student Services, has answered phone calls from talk shows and news organizations around the country. "The attention is overwhelming," Little Owl said. "It's gone beyond all of our intentions." ----------------------------------------------------- THE LONG RED ROAD - A Poem by Kay Onefeather ---------------------------------------------------- Enviro-Rants From an All Natural Soapbox by Jamie Lockard Greetings once again my faithful flock. I don't feel very well today, so I will dispense with the pleasantries and get right down to business. I am aggravated this afternoon for many reasons. Work sucks, I don't feel well, the Earth is going to Hell in a Hand-basket, etc, etc. (I tend to get a little pessimistic when I am sick so bear with me). I am really aggravated with many of the so-called "environmental activist groups". Let me tell you why. ---------------------------------------------------- The Environment Our Children Live In - Part Two by Kasey Wolf Weaver The national statistic is staggering if you think about it. One in five children in America live in poverty. Most of these children are of American Indian, Hispanic or African American descent. Three to four million of these children, one out of every four, live within one mile of a hazardous waste site. Exposure to toxic chemicals has become a daily part of life for many children. The chemicals are all around, in the air they breathe, the food they eat, the water they drink and the soil they live on. It's even in the toys they play with. ---------------------------------------------------- Environmental Alerts collected by Kasey WolfWeaver ---------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Opportunities collected by Kasey WolfWeaver ---------------------------------------------------- Craft Series - Regalia - Outerwear - Abenaki and Chippewa 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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