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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 - Part Two by Ruth Steinberger, Lakota Journal Dr. Larry Brendtro, Director of Reclaiming Youth International of Sioux Falls, SD, works with programs for at-risk youth. Brendtro told Lakota Journal, "This is the dynamics of a program operating on wrong methods and untrained staff. Unfortunately, many states have moved youth into adult facilities, and at the same time have moved adult types of facilities into youth programs. In a youth system, this type of the use of OC [pepper spray] indicates that no one really knows what they're doing." Brendtro continued, "A place that uses toxic chemicals in the faces of kids is much more toxic in what it's doing to the entire kid. There's not one study anywhere in the world to show pepper spraying kids is good for rehabilitation." Referencing the trial for assault, and the numerous times he was pepper sprayed before the incident leading to assault charges, Dexter Turntoes said, "I never got to say anything about the incidents, information was just put together to be able to charge me." Turntoes said that guards mostly went after Mexican and Indian youth. He said that guards acted as though they enjoyed the sprayings. ---------------------------------------------------- Will They EVER Get It? by Vicki Lockard My article addresses some issues that are quite important to me. One is the fairly common practice of portraying Natives as historic, past tense, and/or extinct. For the past three years, my partner and I have been producing "Canku Ota" (Many Paths), a website/ezine for and about Native youth. We began this project, in part, because we were so frustrated by some of the websites that we had run across. Many of them were school sites. One in particular stands out. This site, by a teacher, in West Virginia, talked at length about the Hopi and kachinas. Everything was past tense ... as in "the Hopi were, the Hopi used to, the Hopi did..." Then, she had her class make kachinas. ---------------------------------------------------- Frontier Justice By Ruth Steinberger, Lakota Times HB 1113, a bill originally aimed at accreditation for the state juvenile corrections facilities, passed both the South Dakota house and senate during the legislative session but was vetoed by Governor Janklow. HB 1113 had been amended to require that state facilities meet the Performance-based Standards Program offered by the Department of Justice, a program that the Department of Justice pays for states to utilize. The bill had overwhelming support in the senate, passing with a vote of 28 to 7. The house vote was 36 to 31. The fact that the state Department of Corrections claimed to have already been working to implement the standards set forth in HB 1113, along with politically charged timing of the veto, leaves those who supported the bill questioning the real reasons that Governor Janklow vetoed the bill. Janklow's message said the policy outlined in HB 1113 conflicts directly with the states decision to ignore federal standards for juvenile incarceration that separates adults from juvenile offenders. ---------------------------------------------------- Vanished Voices - NEVER AGAIN! Project by Waabnong Kwe In light of the recent media awareness of how the Vancouver Police Dept. failed to fully investigate the cases of the now 50 listed missing women from downtown eastside Vancouver, I have begun to research the 500 or so estimated cases of missing First Nations women in Canada over the past 15 years or so. I hope to compile all the facts known about each of these cases and make them public. Hopefully with enough information put out publicly, the media, police enforcement agencies, politicians, etc. will begin to focus on the truth - that First Nations women are missing and no one is doing anything about it. Our sisters are not dispensable! ---------------------------------------------------- DISMANTLING ACADEMIC FREEDOM by Philip P. Arnold, Religion, Syracuse University A memorandum, dated 30 November 2001, was sent from Governor Pataki's office through the SUNY University Counsel to all presidents of New York State operated campuses and community colleges. It stated that all contacts with Indian people (including anyone who purports to represent, speak on behalf of, or in any way is affiliated with an Indian tribe or nation) should be immediately reported to the University Counsel's office. After reporting such interaction all campus personnel should "await further instructions from us before engaging in any further contact" including replying to correspondence, returning phone calls, holding meetings, or sharing information of any kind. ---------------------------------------------------- Endless Trail of Tears - A Poem by Kay Onefeather ---------------------------------------------------- American Indians in the race Indians back Sioux governor for South Dakota, Seminole governor for Oklahoma and Natives for Congress by Pechanga Net LOS ANGELES -- Native Americans have the chance to capture five important political seats this year. A Sioux member is running for governor in South Dakota while a Seminole is fighting for the same spot in Oklahoma. In this year's congressional races Native Americans are hoping to represent voters from Arizona, Oklahoma and South Dakota. All the candidates believe they stand a strong chance if they can get American Indians out to vote. "They understand that they can have a voice and they want their vote to be their voice," said South Dakota gubernatorial candidate Sen. Ron J. Volesky, D-Huron. "It doesn't mean giving up their Indianness." ---------------------------------------------------- Vocal support with an MTV beat by Diana Campbell Staff Reporter Fairbanks Daily News Miner The crowd moved in as Robby Romero, also known as Red Thunder, began to sing at a reception for him sponsored by Tanana Chiefs Conference. A yelp of recognition came from the back of the crowd as Romero began the chorus of "Heartbeat," a song made famous by a statewide television show called "Heartbeat Alaska." "There's a heartbeat, loud as thunder," Romero sang as he strummed his acoustic guitar, adorned with a single eagle feather. ---------------------------------------------------- Ten Most Endangered Parks in America collected by Kasey WolfWeaver For the fourth straight year the Great Smoky Mountain National Park in Tennessee has been included in the National Parks Conservation Association's "America's Ten Most Endangered National Parks." The list released this month highlight what is believed to be the most threatened within the National Park Service's 385 sites. The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) was established in 1919 to be a "watchdog" for the National Park Service. Striving to protect our nation's wildlife, natural wonders, historic and cultural heritage, the NPCA uses multiple resources to safeguard and educate the public about the largest park system in the world. ---------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Opportunities collected by Kasey WolfWeaver ---------------------------------------------------- Craft Series - Regalia - Outerwear - Delaware, Fox and Huron by Lynne Sageflower Pennington ---------------------------------------------------- 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! The Many Voices Staff, Lynne Pennington, Webmaster, Arts and Crafts Donna Ennis, Health Issues Kasey Weaver, Environmental and Health Issues Jamie Lockard, Environmental Issues Raven Weaver, News Research & Administration Vicki Lockard, Legal & Political Issues Paul Barry, Go-Fer "We Have Many Voices" is a free, bi-weekly, online Newsletter addressing issues of interest to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and First Nations people. We do not provide subscriber or visitor names to anyone. Some articles presented in "We Have Many Voices" may contain copyright material. We have received appropriate permissions for republishing any articles. Material appearing here is distributed without profit or monetary gain to those who have expressed an interest. This is in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107 Fair Use doctrine of international copyright law. 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