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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/ ---------------------------------------------------- The BEAR Project: Strong medicine for Indians with AIDS Copyright: Brenda Norrell Pechanga.net LAME DEER, MT. - The road to Lame Deer begins in Seattle, in the home of Robert Free (Galvan), where American Indians are battling the loss of lives and happiness to HIV/AIDS. Free, a veteran of Alcatraz and Wounded Knee, is part of an informal group of AIDS activists guided by spiritual elders the past 12 years. In his living room, surrounded by Northwest coast art, Leonard Peltier posters, and photos of his children, Free says it's not just the disease that's killing Indian people, but fear and ignorance of the disease. ---------------------------------------------------- Diabetes teaches us important life lessons by Doreen Yellow Bird Diabetes on reservations is so common that if you lived there, you would be more likely to become diabetic than you would be to catch the flu during flu season. Native Americans who live in North Dakota will develop Type II diabetes at a rate four to five times greater than the rest of the U.S. population, some of the websites about diabetes tell me. So I guess I shouldn't be surprised that most of the people that I know have diabetes. Unfortunately, the incidence is changing from older people to teen-agers and even some young children. ---------------------------------------------------- The Sculptures and Spirit of Allan Houser Haozous Displayed at the Olympics by Suzanne Westerly, Photojournalist Upon entering the 2002 Winter Olympics, athletes from all over the world were welcomed by the powerfully moving, larger-than-life bronze sculpture, Sacred Rain Arrow, created by one of the most important American artists of the 20th century, the internationally respected Master sculptor Allan Houser Haozous. A Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache, Allan Houser was very proud of his heritage, captivatingly portrayed in Sacred Rain Arrow, a sculpture of a young Apache warrior shooting his arrow towards the heavens with the hope of carrying a prayer for rain to the Spirit World. ---------------------------------------------------- Indigenous message at United Nations is dignity and self-determination Report by Eulynda Toledo-Benalli NideezBaa', Dine' Nation The United Nations is holding its first ever forum on indigenous people, more than eighty years after Hopi tribal elders sought a global audience for their issues. Rebuffed in 1920 by what was then called the League of Nations, traditional teachings dictated that it would take four attempts before the voices of the Hopi would be heard. In New York City, whose status as an international symbol of freedom, democracy and rights has solidified since the September 11 terrorist attacks, the prophecy was fulfilled on May 13, with the opening of a two-week session devoted to a wide range of issues affecting indigenous people throughout the world. ---------------------------------------------------- Enviro-Rants >From an All Natural Soapbox by Jamie Lockard Greetings this week from the lifestyles of the poor and democratic. Apparently, cyberspace ate my homework last issue, so I do apologize. I know I've been missed. Okay, you can stop snickering now. ---------------------------------------------------- "NOT IN OUR MOTHER EARTH!" by Kasey Wolf Weaver "Putting the [nuclear] waste in our Mother Earth at Yucca Mountain and placing our people and environment at severe risk is unacceptable. To this we say "NOT IN OUR MOTHER EARTH!" --Statement from Citizen Alert Native American Program. ---------------------------------------------------- Federal Judge Rules That Cattle Grazing on Public Lands Prompting Buffalo Slaughter Should Be Halted gathered by Kasey Wolf Weaver WASHINGTON, D.C. - United States Magistrate Judge John Facciola today ruled that livestock grazing on the Horse Butte allotment near Yellowstone Park that has prompted continued slaughter of Yellowstone's buffalo should be temporarily halted. In a fifteen-page opinion, Judge Facciola ruled that the Forest Service had violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to do any environmental analysis before re-issuing a 10-year grazing permit on December 19, 2000 for the Horse Butte allotment just west of Yellowstone National Park. Magistrate Judge Facciola's findings and recommendations now go to federal district court judge Ricardo Urbina for final approval. ---------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Opportunities collected by Kasey WolfWeaver ---------------------------------------------------- Craft Series by Lynne Sageflower Pennington In this Men's Regalia Article the Potawatomi, Sauk and Shawnee, before and after the 1800's are covered. ---------------------------------------------------- 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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