And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 09:01:52 +0000
>From: "Andre P. Cramblit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Organization: www.ncidc.org
>Subject: [FN] ICT-San Carlos Update
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>SAN CARLOS, Ariz. - San Carlos Apache Chairman Raymond Stanley - jailed,
>stripped of power, locked out and re-elected
>twice by the people in 1998 - was inaugurated under the gaze of dozens of
>tribal police officers.
>
>Speaking at times with sorrow and a breaking voice, Chairman Stanley
>recalled advice given him four years ago by Mescalero
>President Wendell Chino, who died in October.
>
>"When you become chairman, make your own path," President Chino advised
>Stanley.
>
>"When I look back, I made my own path," Stanley said.
>
>Pleading for an end to persecutions, Stanley told the tribal council,
>"Please don't continue to hurt me. You're hurting
>me, don't you understand.
>
>"I've suffered long enough. Why do you think my wife is not here," he said,
>his voice breaking.
>
>The outgoing tribal council, however, had already passed a resolution
>placing newly sworn Vice Chairman Velasquez Sneezy
>in the position of acting chairman.
>
>During Sneezy's formal inaugural ball at the Apache Gold Casino that night,
>Sandra Rambler, a spokesperson said the vice
>chairman would assume the position of chairman.
>
>At the Dec. 1 morning inauguration, Burdette Hall was packed with more than
>1,000 Apache and friends. It was rumored that
>Chairman Stanley would be arrested by dozens of tribal police officers
>waiting at a rear door. His supporters paced,
>fearing a riot if an arrest was attempted.
>
>Camp Verde Chairman Vincent Randall spoke directly to the point during his
>inauguration address.
>
>"We do not fight the Number One enemy - the people on the outside. Instead,
>we fight among ourselves," Randall said.
>
>Urging unity among American Indians, Randall said his tribe of 1,600 Tonto
>Apache and Yavapai may be small, but they are
>there when anyone needs them.
>
>"I guarantee you that if San Carlos, White Mountain or Mescalero needs us -
>we'll be there - 1,600 strong! That is the
>kind of unity we need to develop!" Randall told a jubilant and roaring
>crowd.
>
>Randall reminded those present that the United States government replaced
>the Apache system of headmen, with a foreign
>system of governing.
>
>"The headmen, leaders in the camps, were distinguished by wisdom and
>peace," said Randall, inaugurated in October at Camp
>Verde.
>
>Speaking in a style reminiscent of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Vice
>Chairman Sneezy announced at the inauguration, "I
>will lead you into the 21st century! It will make us the strongest tribe in
>the United States!"
>
>Urging respect for oneself and others and avoidance of jealousy and gossip,
>Sneezy said he foresees a time of economic
>development when skyscrapers fill the landscape of the San Carlos valley.
>
>"The 21st century is no doomsday. It is the beginning of a new world for
>Indians throughout this country - Yes, we are
>Apaches and we will have our skyscrapers one day!"
>
>Calling for solidarity, he said, "We must build a shield between us and the
>white world."
>
>"We must not say the BIA is holding us down. We are holding ourselves down
>because we don't have a future to look forward
>to. But, remember you Apaches were the last to give up your arms."
>
>Among those uneasy in the crowd were members of A Call to Action, like
>Deborah King, arrested in Globe for disorderly
>conduct at a tribal council meeting. The charges were deemed politically
>motivated by the prosecutor and dismissed in
>November. King said the people are angry about the treatment of the
>chairman.
>
>Rhonda Nash-Yazzie said, "Chairman Stanley is the first chairman that
>thought of the people first. I think that's why they
>hate him - he is honest and puts the people first."
>
>Franklin Polk, tribal member from Seven Mile Wash District said, "I don't
>know why they don't like him. Maybe it is his
>honesty. I have trouble getting people to explain to me what it is they
>don't like about him. They say it's his attitude.
>I don't see any problem with his attitude."
>
>Polk said Stanley made public financial dealings of the tribe, including
>its $8.6 million deficit.
>
>"Chairman Stanley names names," Polk said. "They want everything covered
>up, like in the old days. But, it's the people's
>business - the people's money.
>
>"They keep charging him with some charges. Maybe they don't understand
>English. Maybe someone should explain it to them in
>Apache," Polk said.
>
>Fearing the worst now, Call to Action founder Gail Haozous said, "We found
>we live in a glass bubble. Everyone says they
>can't intervene in this because of sovereignty."
>
>"Fine. Let's turn it around and test what the realm of our sovereignty is.
>In order to do that, we have to have a
>government in place that will work for the people," Haozous said.
>
>Meanwhile, at the formal inaugural ball with live music at the casino that
>night, Rambler said the vice chairman carried
>out his first official duty as chairman when he released tribal employees
>for the remainder of the day at the close of the
>inauguration ceremony.
>
>But many, including Chairman Stanley, did not agree that the vice chairman
>was the new chairman.
>
>King was among those upset. "I am mad. We didn't elect him chairman."
>
>But Rambler said, "Velasquez is really in a Catch-22 position. This is like
>Russian roulette - do it or die."
>
>Rambler, former spokesperson for Chairman Stanley, was appointed by Vice
>Chairman Sneezy as spokesperson and tribal
>secretary.
>
>"Velasquez Sneezy is a doer. He is not one to sit back - he does it. He
>makes sure the job gets done. This is a new
>government and a new beginning," Rambler said.
>
>At the Inaugural Chicken Scratch Dance, Chairman Stanley said the tribal
>council's resolution placing the vice chairman in
>the position of acting chairman is based on a charge of sexual harassment
>that was dismissed in court. Therefore, the
>action is invalid.
>
>Stanley said he did not feel betrayed, because he knew what to expect from
>the newly elected vice chairman, who served as
>the chairman's administrative assistant this year.
>
>Stanley said they ran on separate ballots and he did not endorse anyone for
>vice chairman.
>
>"Velasquez Sneezy used me to get in office. A good-hearted man would have
>thought about this and prayed about this, and
>said, �No I can't do this to Raymond Stanley, the man I worked for.'
>
>"I am being patient. I am being optimistic," Stanley said, adding that the
>new tribal council, with four of the 10 members
>replaced in the election, will take up the issue.
>
>During the inauguration, Stanley urged the vice chairman "to stand behind
>him."
>Recalling the turmoil that began in the spring when the tribal council
>voted to remove his administrative powers, Stanley
>said that many times he felt like the black sheep of his own tribe.
>
>"I lost my office, I lost my car. I lost everything. My enemies did not
>give up. They put me in jail."
>
>Stanley said even though 41 charges brought by the tribal prosecutor were
>dismissed in tribal court in November, another
>14 were filed.
>
>Recalling his years of training as a U.S. airborne paratrooper, he said,
>"One thing I learned was never retreat - face
>your enemy."
>
>"We never quit as Apache people."
>
>"The Apache people are powerful. They are victorious."
>
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