And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 23:55:51 -0500 From: LISN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: League of Indigenous Sovereign Nations of the Western Hemisphere Sunday, November 14, 1999 MY LIFE is MY SUNDANCE Schedule: 6:30 am Sunrise Ceremony led by Arvol Looking Horse and David Chief (Ellipse park) 11:00 - 4:00pm Book Reading from Leonard Peltier's recently released book Prison Writings My Life is My Sun Dance (Lafayette square) Traditional Cultural Presentations: - Sovereign Nation Singers - Presensia Latina Taino Dance Group Monday, November 15, 1999 INDIGENOUS VOICES Schedule: 6:30 am Sunrise Ceremony (Ellipse Park) l0 am to 4pm Gathering Lafayette Park) Speakers: - Arvol Looking Horse, Lakota from the Green Grass, Cheyenne River Reservation; South Dakota, is the Keeper of the Sacred Pipe. He is a world recognized Spiritual Leader and he has established, with other indigenous representatives, the World Peace and Prayer Day which is celebrated each June 21st. - Lavon King is a resident of the Pine Ridge Lakota Nation and has done extensive research on treaty rights. She has used her knowledge to promote Native sovereignty and human rights. - Susan Harjo, is a Cheyenne author. She is working with the Apache Survival Coalition, an organization led by San Carlos Apache Elder, Ola Cassadore-Davis. The Apache Survival Coalition advocates for the respect of Apache Religious Rights and for the protection of Mount Graham. This mountain, which is sacred to the Apache tradition, is currently being desecrated by the construction of an astrophysical complex which is being built by the University of Arizona, the Max Planck Institute (Germany), the Vatican and the Arcetri Observatory(Italy) - Corbin Harney is an Elder and Spiritual leader of the Western Shoshone, a Native people indigenous to Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and California. Corbin is the author of The Way it Is: One Water, One Air, One Mother Earth. He does extensive traveling, educating people about important environmental issues and solutions. - Ben Carnes (Chahta -Choctaw- Nation) is a former prisoner and a recognized advocate of Religious rights for Native prisoners. He is the Founder and director of the Center for the Alliance of Sovereign Native People, member of the National Native American Prisoners' Rights Advocacy Coalition, of the Interfaith Council on Prison Ministries and representative of the League of Indigenous Sovereign Nations. Ben is a long time supporter of Leonard Peltier and Standing Deer and a national spokesperson for the LPDC. - Billy Tayac is the hereditary chief of the Piscataway First Nation. He is the Co-founder of the League of Indigenous Sovereign Nations, an organization advocating self determination for Indigenous Peoples. Currently, he is heavily involved with issues surrounding ancestral burial grounds. Billy is a long time supporter of Leonard Peltier. - Bear Lincoln (a Wailaki-Concow of the Round Valley Indian Nation) is a former Indigenous political prisoner. A California judge recently dismissed the charges against him, ending his four year ordeal in which he was accused of the capital murder of a deputy sheriff. Now that he is free, Bear Lincoln continues his struggle to expose police brutality and racism on the Round Valley Indian Reservation. Re is asking for an independent investigation on the death of his close friend Leonard "Acorn" Peters, killed by the police. He is also advocating for the immediate release of Leonard Peltier and Mumia Abu Jamal. - Delphine Red Shirt is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. She is the author of Bead on an Anthill: A Lakota Childhood and she currently writes a column called "Outside Looking In" in the Indian Newspaper "Indian Country Today." She is the Chairperson of the NGO, Committee on the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples. - Art Montour, is a Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) traditionalist from the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory. He took part in the famous 1990, standoff in Kanesatake/Oka, Quebec, Canada. The Mohawks took a stand to protect the graves of their ancestors and their traditional land, which was threatened by the expansion of a golf course. Similar to the Wounded Knee occupation, the Oka Crisis has become a symbol for the indigenous peoples from Canada. Art is continuing his struggle by carrying on the Mohawk tradition and language and by defending the sovereignty of the Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne Music by: - Jesse Night Hawk is an Oneida folk musician who tours college campuses raising awareness about issues facing Indigenous peoples. - Paula Horn, Lakota, will be doing a song to honor the elders. (Paula Horn is the coordinator of World Peace and Prayer Day). - Eagle Heart Singers, Cree from Toronto, Canada Tuesday, November 16, 1999 INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION Schedule: 6:30 am Sunrise Ceremony (Ellipse Park) Entire Day: Information table and distribution of literature (Lafayette Square) Drum: EAGLE HEART SINGERS Wednesday, November 17, 1999 VICTIMS OF FBI ABUSES Schedule: 6:30 am Sunrise Ceremony (Ellipse Park) 6:30 pm-9:30 pm Plymouth Congregational Church, 5301, North Capitol St. (at Riggs Rd.) - Geronimo Ji Jaga (Pratt) was a former Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Party. He is a former political prisoner who was victimized by the FBI's COINTELPRO. After 27 years in prison in California institutions for a crime he did not commit and a long legal battle, Geronimo was finally released because his defense proved that the only so-called witness they had against him was in fact a FBI informer. Since his release, Geronimo continues his fight against the racism and injustice. He has committed himself to fight for the release of all political prisoners in the US, especially Mumia Abu Jamal and Leonard Peltier. - Safiya Bukari is a former member of the Black Panther Party. She was a former political prisoner targeted by the FBI for her activities with the Black Liberation Army. While incarcerated, she helped found Mothers/Men inside Loving Kids (MILK), a group dedicated to bridging the gap between parents serving long sentences and their children. She is co-coordinator of the New York based Free Mumia Abu Jamal Coalition and of the Jericho Movement, a national campaign to gain recognition and amnesty for all political prisoners in the United States. - David Thibodeau survived the 1993 Waco catastrophe. Current documentation proves that the FBI gave falsified testimony in regard to the use of explosive tear gas canisters whose use could have contributed to the fatal fire. Survivors insist that it was the FBI's over reaction and wrong doings that lead to the death of the community members. - Jean Ann Day, of the Ho-Chunk Nation, moved to Oglala in 1975 to support and protect the traditional people who had requested help from the American Indian Movement. She witnessed the shoot out aftermath on Pine Ridge, and survived the reign of terror. She is a National spokesperson for the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. - Representative from Earth First! (Daryl Cherney or Karen Pickett) Daryl Cherney and Judi Bari, effective labor and environmental activists of Earth First!, were the victims of an explosion which occurred as the result of a bomb that was planted in their car. FBI and police falsified key evidence which covered up their possible involvement in the planting of the bomb. Judi Bari was permanently paralyzed and recently died of cancer. - Ward Churchill is the author of Agents of Repression, The FBI's Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement and the COINTELPRO Papers. He is a Professor of Political Science and he is the Director of the Educational Development Program at the University of Colorado/Boulder. Along with Glenn Morris, he coordinates the Colorado chapter of the American Indian Movement. He also works with Winona LaDuke to coordinate the Institute for Natural Progress. - Attorney Bruce Ellison, has represented Leonard Peltier since his trial in 1977. He was a member of the Wounded Knee Legal Defense/Offense Committee and he witnessed the reign of terror on the Pine Ridge Reservation during the 70's. He is well versed in the FBI's secret war against the American Indian Movement. He is a National Spokesperson for the LPDC (invited-but not yet confirmed). - Ramona Africa is the sole adult survivor of the 1985 MOVE bombing in which 6 children and 5 adults were killed. The Philadelphia police in conjunction with the FBI, dropped a fire bomb from a helicopter on the MOVE home after they refused to come out. They then allowed the fire to burn down every house on the entire block. Thursday, November 18, 1999 CALL FOR JUSTICE Location: Justice Department Schedule: 6:30 am Sunrise Ceremony (Ellipse Park) 8 am Demonstration/Honoring for the people/victims of the Pine Ridge Reign of Terror (in front of the Justice Department) Drum: EAGLE HEART SINGERS Friday, November 19, 1999 INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION Schedule: 6:30 am Sunrise Ceremony (Ellipse Park) Entire Day: Information table and distribution of literature (Lafayette Square) Drum: EAGLE HEART SINGERS Saturday, November 20, 1999 INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION Schedule: 6:30 am Sunrise Ceremony (Ellipse Park) Entire Day: Information table and distribution of literature Lafayette Square) Drum: SOVEREIGN NATIONS SINGERS Sunday, November 21, 1999 PEOPLE OF FAITH FOR JUSTICE Schedule: 6:30 am Sunrise Ceremony Ellipse Park) Gathering (Lafayette Park) Speakers: - Sammi Toineeta, National Council of Churches - Thom Whitewolf Fassett, United Methodist Church Episcopal Bishop Charleston (More to be announced) Drum: SOVEREIGN NATIONS SINGERS Monday, November 22, 1999 INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION Schedule: 6:30 am Sunrise Ceremony (Ellipse Park) Entire Day: Information table and distribution of literature Lafayette Square) Tuesday, November 23, 1999 WOMEN FOR JUSTICE Schedule: 6:30 am Sunrise Ceremony (Ellipse Park) 10:00 am-4:00 pm Gathering (Lafayette Square) Speakers: - Pemina Yellow Bird, of the Hidatsa and Arikara tribes(from the three affiliated tribes-Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation of the Berthold Reservation in North Dakota), has been a reburial activist for 15 years and is one of her tribe's NAGPRA representatives. She has played a significant role in the fight for Native burial rights and in doing so, she has contributed to major changes in legislative policies. She has four children and four grandchildren and is married to Michael Yellow Bird. - Kahn-Tineta Horn is a long time Mohawk activist from Kahnawake territory in Canada. She took part in the 78 days stand off at Kanesatake/Oka in 1990. She is the Director of the Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with Native Peoples and she coordinated the Free Wolverine Campaign. - Jean Ann Day, of the Ho-Chunk Nation, moved to Oglala in 1975 to support and protect the traditional people who had requested help from the American Indian Movement. She witnessed the shoot out aftermath on Pine Ridge, and survived the reign of terror. She is a National spokesperson for the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. - Jennifer Harbury is a Harvard trained lawyer. She is the author of "Bridge of Courage" and "Searching for Everardo." She has done extensive human rights work with Indigenous peoples of Guatemala and through out the world. Her husband was a Commandante of the guerrilla in Guatemala who was disappeared and later killed by the Guatemalan government in conjunction with the CIA. In a desperate search to find her missing husband, Jennifer launched a major grass roots political campaign in order to get answers from the Guatemalan and United States government. She has gained immense and invaluable experience through her efforts and she has now dedicated herself to seeking freedom for Leonard Peltier. - Representative of the Indigenous Women's Network (invited). The Indigenous Women's Network (IWN) was created to further the empowerment of Indigenous women, their families, Communities, and Nations within the Americas and the Pacific Basin. IWN will educate and advocate for revitalization of Indigenous languages and cultures, protection of religious and cultural practices, land recovery, and environmental protection, in the hope of eliminating all forms of oppression, attaining self-sufficiency and protecting Mother Earth. - Deborah Peebles (Red Lake Chippewa Nation, Minnesota), is an artist and a strong advocate for Native American Prisoners. She works with the United Tribes Cultural Group in Leavenworth Penitentiary where she is helping Native inmates to keep their indigenous spirituality. She is a public speaker on Native spirituality and healing. She is a freelance writer and produces a weekly radio show. She is the director of "Native America Corrections Project" and of "Operation Morningstar", a non-profit Native assistance program. - Minne Two Shoes is a journalist free lance writer and a former AIM member. She is a member of the Native American Journalist Association (NAJA). Traditional/Cultural presentation: - Deer Chaser is a Native American-Lakota dance troupe who do an educationally based stage production, which consists of Native American children 5 to 18 years of age from various bands of the Lakota Tribe's located throughout South Dakota. The production is under the direction of Marvin Clifford Sr., who is from the Oglala band of the Lakota. The nature of the program is both historical and contemporary, featuring specialty dances and songs that are inspired by ancient Native American traditions and philosophies. As each dancer performs, a narrator will guide the audience through the program to enhance their enjoyment and understanding, by interpreting the meanings of the dances, songs and regalia. Marvin Clifford has prepared a very special program to honor Indigenous women and Leonard Peltier for this event. - Wayquay is an Anishinabe musical artist who blends hip hop, traditional music, blues, and poetry into an original sound and style. She has been nominated for five Native American Music Awards and will be a featured performer at the awards ceremony in November. - The Colorado Sisters are Mayan from Mexico who do political satire with spoken word. Their animated and expressionate performances raise awareness about issues facing Indigenous Peoples with humor and dramatic impressions. They will be performing on the behalf of Leonard Peltier and speaking on the behalf of the Indigenous peoples of Chiapas. Wednesday, November 24, 1999 GATHERING OF THE DRUMS 6:30 am Sunrise Ceremony (Ellipse Park) All Day drumming (Lafayette Square) Thursday, November 25, 1999 CLOSING OF THE LEONARD PELTIER FREEDOM MONTH Location Lafayette Square Schedule: 6:30 am Sunrise Ceremony (Ellipse Park) 5pm - 8pm Vigil and Closing Prayer Ceremony (Lafayette Square) It's 1999, why is Leonard Peltier still in prison??? 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