NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Re: $10 million to study racism
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: The University of Michigan - Flint To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 09:46:45 EDT Subject: Re: $10 million to study racism X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.53/R1) From The Flint Journal (Friday, February 5, 1999) Clinton proposes $10 million to study bigotry Associated Press President Clinton wants to examine how bigotry affects people through a $10-million resesarch program that will study anecdotal reports of racism and come up with a way to measure the impact of racial bias in everyday life. As part of his fiscal 2 budget, Clinton proposed that the money go to various federal agencies that collect or use populationd ata, from the Justice Department to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The goal is to convert anecdotes into a set of facts that can help calculate how racism affects people when they seek jobs, housing, insurance, medical care, and other services. "We need to start with a better understanding of the facts," said Harvard University lawa professor christopher Edley, who is advising Clinton as he drafts a report on race in America. "Too many people mistakenly think that discrimination is over." Initially, the agencies would look to measure straightforward discrimination, then expand into hard-to-measure forms. For example, the Department of Housing and Urban Development would try to assess discrimination in rental housing, then expand into looking at whether property insurers avoid writing policies on the basis of race or residence in low-income areas. --end-- Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
NATIVE_NEWS: Atmosphere's ability to cleanse itself studied
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: also via Martha Atmosphere's ability to cleanse itself studied Monday, February 8, 1999 Some of the measurements used in the experiment are being made at the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station in Tasmania. A team of Australian and British scientists is spending the summer down under studying the self-cleansing ability of the atmosphere as part of an international project called the Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry Experiment. The atmosphere contains naturally occurring chemicals called hydroxl radicals that react with, and destroy, a range of pollutants and natural compounds. Some scientists think that hydroxyl levels may be changing and thus increasing concentrations of ozone gas in the lower atmosphere. Ozone near the ground is both a greenhouse gas and an irritant that attacks the throat and lungs and irritates the eyes. "A change in ozone and hydroxyl radical concentrations in the lower atmosphere would certainly affect stability of the world's climate," said Professor Stuart Penkett, from the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. The experiment is giving the scientists a present-day baseline in the cleanest air present in the atmosphere against which they can check future changes, said Penkett. The Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry Experiment is taking place now because sunlight is most intense at this time of the year. The sun's energy plays a vital role in driving many of the chemical reactions in the atmosphere. The Experiment involves measurements from the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station in Tasmania, from research aircraft and from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization's research vessel the Southern Surveyor. There will also be measurement flights by a small pilotless aircraft. The 'aerosonde' will fly as high as three kilometers, collecting data on atmospheric pressure, temperature, relative humidity and wind speed. These data will be used in conjunction with observations from the Cape Grim station of both atmospheric chemistry and meteorology. The Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry Experiment is part of a major international effort to understand more about the chemistry of our atmosphere and its impact on climate. Copyright 1999, Environmental News Network, All Rights Reserved Related stories: Ozone find sends chemists back to the computer Air pollution cleanup could boost economy Australian climate researcher honored Aussies to study Indian Ocean's effect on climate Related sites: CSIRO: Climate and Atmosphere Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
NATIVE_NEWS: FS/BLM ORV EIS HEARINGS SCHEDULED
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: v04020a1bb2e51540f61a@[206.230.42.166] Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 15:27:32 -0700 To: "Wild Rockies Alerts" [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Wild Rockies InfoNet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FS/BLM ORV EIS HEARINGS SCHEDULED The Forest Service and BLM have announced a series of February and March meetings/hearings on its proposed Environmental Impact Statement to limit the use of motorized vehicles to specifically designated areas, roads and trails in Montana and the Dakotas. President Jimmy Carter gave the agencies the authority to reverse the prevalent "everything is open unless posted closed" policy to "everything is closed unless posted open," via Executive Order 11989 in 1977. Montana and the Dakotas would be among the last in the nation to take this more common-sense approach to ORV management. Montanans for Multiple Use has already flipped its lid over the proposal and is mobilizing its members, making it sound as if the proposal will close federal lands to ORVs altogether. Oh, if only that were true! Please mobilize your friends and members to attend one of the hearings listed below and consider making some of the following comments: 1. Limiting ORV use to areas, roads and trails posted "open" is an improvement over the existing policy because it provides an incentive for ORV riders to not tear down signs and provides easier and clearer proof of legal violations for law enforcement efforts. (The way it stands now, ORV riders can tear a "closed" sign down and, when caught riding in the closed area, claim that they saw no closure sign.) 2. The new policy, however, does not go far enough to remedy a failed experiment in allowing ORVs on public lands. There should be no such thing as motorized vehicles off-roads on public lands. Motorized vehicles should be allowed on open roads only and not allowed at all on either closed roads, trails or public land "areas." Insist that this be an alternative in the EIS! 3. While public land managers have long argued that terrain and vegetation have naturally limited ORV use in "open" areas, they have at the same time cast a blind eye to ORV enthusiasts illegally cutting and blazing ORV trails through the very vegetation and terrain that was supposed to prevent their use. Insist that absolutely no "user-created" trails be open to motorized use as it constitutes a reward to outlaws and a wreckless invasion of wildlife habitat. 4. The agencies are wrong to insist that the "issues involving snowmobile access are different enough to warrant a separate analysis in the future" rather than being included in the pending EIS. It is a myth that snowmobiles and snowmobilers are innocent angels floating about on clouds of white snow, leaving no trace when springtime arrives. Not wanting to be limited by vegetation and terrain, they have resorted to the same, heavy-handed, chainsaw-wielding cutting of illegal trails that summertime ORV riders have and their play areas, trails and parking areas are often strewn with trash when the snow melts. The agencies are already far behind in controlling powerful snowmobiles that are tromping the daylights out of the mid- and high-elevation habitats of rare, non-denning wildlife like lynx and wolverine. They should delay no further in prohibiting such snowmobile use 5. Be sure to include your own experiences and horror stories of ORV and snowmobile damage. The hearings thus far announced are: Feb. 22 - Kalispell at Cavanaugh's Outlaw Inn, 4-8pm Feb. 25 - Lincoln at the Community Hall, 4-7pm March 2 - Missoula at Ruby's Inn on Reserve, 3-7pm March 2 - Libby at Kootenai NF Office, 6-9pm March 3 - Trout Creek at FS Office, 6-9pm March 4 - Eureka at FS Office, 6-9pm March 9 - Hamilton at Presbyterian Church, 4-7pm Written comments can be sent BY MARCH 31 to: OHV Plan Amendment Lewiston Field Office PO Box 1160 Lewiston, MT 59457 List-Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] News Submissions or Problems: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a public service provided by WIN: http://www.wildrockies.org Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
NATIVE_NEWS: Hopi Chief Dan Evehema's Msg. to Mankind
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:46:59 EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: NACF Newsletter 02/09/99 ~ Page 4 : X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 224 Hopi Chief Dan Evehema's Msg. to Mankind Date: 2/6/99 2:56:47 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (miketben) Reply-to: A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED]/A To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Return-Path: snip Subject: Hopi Chief Dan Evehema's Msg. to Mankind The following is from Techqua Ikachi at http://www.hinduismtoday.kauai.hi.us:80/ashram/Resources/Hopi/dan's_message. html Chief Dan Evehema's Message to Mankind I am very glad to have this time to send a message to you. We are celebrating a time in our history which is both filled with joy and sadness. I am very glad that our Hindu brothers have given us this opportunity to share these feelings with you because we know many of you are having the same troubles. We Hopi believe that the human race has passed through three different worlds and life ways since the beginning. At the end of each prior world, human life has been purified or punished by the Great Spirit "Massauu" due mainly to corruption, greed and turning away from the Great Spirit's teachings. The last great destruction was the flood which destroyed all but a few faithful ones who asked and received a permission from the Great Spirit to live with Him in this new land. The Great Spirit said, "It is up to you, if you are willing to live my poor, humble and simple life way. It is hard but if you agree to live according to my teachings and instructions, if you never lose faith in the life I shall give you, you may come and live with me." The Hopi and all who were saved from the great flood made a sacred covenant with the Great Spirit at that time. We Hopi made an oath that we will never turn away from Him. For us the Creators laws never change or break down. To the Hopi the Great Spirit is all powerful. He appeared to the first people as a man and talked with them in the beginning of this creation world. He taught us how to live, to worship, where to go and what food to carry, gave us seeds to plant and harvest. He gave us a set of sacred stone tablets into which He breathed all teachings in order to safeguard his land and life. In these stone tablets were made, instructions and prophecies and warnings. This was done with the help of a Spider woman and Her two grandsons. They were wise and powerful helpers of the Great Spirit. Before the Great Spirit went into hiding, He and Spider woman put before the leaders of the different groups of people many colors and sized of corn for them to choose their food in this world. The Hopi was the last to pick and then choose their food in this world. The Hopi then choose the smallest ear of corn. Then Massauu said, "You have shown me you are wise and humble for this reason you will be called Hopi (people of peace) and I will place in your authority all land and life to guard, protect and hold trust for Me until I return to you in later days for I am the First and the Last." This why when a Hopi is ordained into the higher religious order, the earth and all living things are placed upon his hands. He becomes a parent to all life on earth. He is entitled to advise and correct his children in whatever peaceful way he can. So we can never give up knowing that our message of peace will reach our children. Then it is together with the other spiritual leaders the destiny of our future children is placed. We are instructed to hold this world in balance within the land and the many universes with special prayers and ritual which continue to this day. It was to the Spider woman's two grandsons the sacred stone tablets were given. These two brothers were then instructed to carry them to a place the Great Spirit had instructed them. The older brother was to go immediately to the east, to the rising sun and upon reaching his destination was instructed to immediately start to look for his younger brother who shall remain in the land of the Great Spirit. The Older brothers mission when he returned was to help his younger brother (Hopi) bring obout peace, brotherhood and everlasting life on his return. Hopi, the younger brother, was instructed to cover all land and mark it well with footprints and sacred markings to claim this land for the Creator and peace on earth. We established our ceremonials and sacred shrines to hold this world in balance in accordance with our first promise to the Creator. This is how our migration story goes, until we meet the Creator at Old Oribe (place that solidifies) over 1000 years ago. It was at that meeting when he gave to us these prophecies to give to you now at this closing of the Fourth World of destruction and the beginning of the Fifth World of peace. He gave us many prophecies to pass on to you and all
NATIVE_NEWS: Court delays challenge to Nisga'a trick-or-treaty
And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S.I.S.I.S.) writes: COURT CHALLENGE OF NISGA'A TREATY FACES DELAYS The Vancouver Sun, February 6, 1999 by Dianne Rinehart [S.I.S.I.S. note: The following mainstream news article may contain biased or distorted information and may be missing pertinent facts and/or context. It is provided for reference only.] Liberal Leader Gordon Campbell's court challenge of the Nisga'a treaty will not be heard until after the treaty is adopted by the B.C. legislature and Ottawa, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Paul Williamson ruled Friday. The Liberals contend the treaty violates the constitution by creating a new level of Nisga'a government with the power to enact laws that would prevail over federal and provincial laws. Campbell had asked the courts to immediately rule on the constitutionality question, rather than waste taxpayers money for a debate that might prove to be unnecessary if the treaty is ruled unconstitutional. But Williamson suggested in his 14-page decision that that would amount to interference in the rights of Parliament and legislative assemblies "to exercise unfettered freedom in the formulation, tabling, amendment and passage of legislation. "These are matters fundamental to our democratic beliefs, our history and our constitution," he wrote. "They should not be impinged upon lightly, if at all." Still, Williamson said he agreed that the Liberal opposition's argument against the treaty is a matter was "of significant public interest and should be determined as soon as possible." A trial date will be set as soon as possible after the treaty's adoption, he ruled. Campbell said he was disappointed by the delay, but believes his objection will ultimately be upheld by the courts. "We're going to carry on with this and I think we'll be successful." Meanwhile, the Liberals have not ruled out an appeal, Campbell's spokesman Mike Morton said. Campbell also attacked the government for delaying debate on the treaty in the legislature. On Monday, the government indefinitely adjourned a special sitting of the legislature -- called for the sole reason of debating the treaty -- saying it wanted to give new Aboriginal Affairs Minister Gordon Wilson a chance to get a handle on his new job. "The government strategy has been to delay and obfuscate, and that's obviously been a serious problem," Campbell said of government actions in the courts and legislature. But Thomas Berger, the lawyer representing the Nisga'a, said it would have been inappropriate for the courts to rule before the Nisga'a treaty is adopted in law. "You can see if the judge were to say I think this is valid legislation, or I think this is invalid legislation, that the court's judgment would become part of the debate. Whoever lost would be appealing, and you wouldn't have any determination until it reached the Supreme Court of Canada. And that could hamstring the legislature and Parliament for years." Nisga'a Chief Joe Gosnell said he was delighted with the court decision to delay a hearing on the constitutional question and he isn't worried about facing the Liberal challenge to his long-fought-for treaty down the road. "What bothers me is the adjournment of the provincial legislature. However, I've been assured by Mr. Wilson that they'll reconvene as quickly as possible," he said. Berger also said he believes the court ruling will be applied to two other suits that argue the Nisga'a treaty is unconstitutional -- one from the B.C. Fisheries Survival Coalition and another class action suit filed by Lloyd Brinson, a non-Nisga'a living in what will become Nisga'a territory if the treaty is adopted, and a group called B.C. Citizens First Coalition, which promotes "equality under the law for all individuals." Phil Eidsvik, a spokesman for the fisheries coalition, said no one is walking away from the court cases, despite the delay. "The average British Columbian will still have their day in court through us or through the Liberals or the B.C. Citizens First. I still think the court will rule in the end that the provisions of the treaty are unconstitutional, and it's unfortunate we couldn't get this decided in advance." The treaty would provide $190 million in cash to the Nisga'a over 15 years, cost approximately $480 million to implement, and cede about 2,000 square kilometres of land to the 6,000-member band. But its most contentious provisions are those that would establish race-based governments and fisheries. Non-Nisga'a living on the proposed Nisga'a territory will not be able to vote for the Nisga'a governments, which may be granted taxation rights over them down the road. Brinson argues the treaty effectively deprives him of his country. :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: "The purpose of the BC treaty process is to legitimize the theft of our lands." Haida Elder Lavina White More information on the fraudulent BC Treaty Commission:
NATIVE_NEWS: Testimony from Tsuu T'ina inquiry
And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S.I.S.I.S.) writes: OFFICER FOUND CHILDREN SLEEPING AFTER SHOOTING Canadian Press, February 5, 1999 by Carol Harrington [S.I.S.I.S. note: The following mainstream news article may contain biased or distorted information and may be missing pertinent facts and/or context. It is provided for reference only.] TSUU T'INA RESERVE, Alta. (CP) - Five young children were quietly sleeping in a basement while Connie Jacobs lay dead on the floor in a pool of blood upstairs. That was what RCMP Const. Terry Scotland found when he entered Jacobs home after another officer shot and killed the woman and her nine-year-old son, Ty, last March. Testifying Thursday at a fatality inquiry into the deaths, Scotland said he quickly found three children sleeping under a blanket on a hideaway bed in the basement. He then frantically searched for the two youngest children, aged six months and two years. He found them asleep under a pile of dirty clothes on the floor by the laundry area. The children were awakened by police dressed in tactical gear and carrying weapons. "They seemed to accept our presence and spoke to us like we were a friend of the family or something like that," Scotland said. Jacobs, 37, and Ty were killed by a single shotgun blast from the gun of Const. Dave Voller. Voller had been called to their home on this reserve southwest of Calgary after a band social worker and tribal police said Jacobs threatened them with a rifle. The social worker and tribal police went to the house to apprehend her four children and two grandchildren after a dispute between Jacob and her husband. Voller, a 17-year RCMP veteran, has said he found Jacobs on the porch with a rifle. He told her three times to put down the gun and when she allegedly shot at him, he returned fire. The evidence so far is inconclusive as to whether Jacobs fired the gun, a gunpowder residue expert testified earlier this week. The inquiry, headed by provincial court Judge Thomas Goodson, will try to determine what happened on the reserve southwest of Calgary and how to prevent it from happening again. He cannot lay blame. Scotland, who was the first person to enter the Jacobs house about four hours after the shooting, spent most of Thursday testifying about the crime scene and the RCMPs cross-cultural training. Scotland testified he arrived near the scene a few hours after the shooting. Voller was "stressed and upset," Scotland said. "I may have hit her. I'm not sure, I'm not sure," Voller told Scotland. In a snowstorm, RCMP approached the Jacobs house and found a bare foot sticking out the opened front door. Just inside the door, Jacobs and her son were dead, lying side by side. Jacobs head was slumped over a rifle, Scotland said. "Once I got inside the residence I knelt beside Mrs. Jacobs and there was blood smeared and smattered." Scotland said he pried the gun from Jacob's hand, then searched the basement for the children. "Blood had seeped through the cracks of the floors upstairs and collected on the basement floor," he said. Scotland was asked about the amount of cross-cultural instruction he received from the RCMP. He said when he first trained to become a police officer he learned about aboriginals, Mennonites and Hutterites, for one hour a day during a six-month period. "It was a good introduction for me," Scotland said. The Assembly of First Nations has accused the RCMP of racial bias in the shooting. An RCMP inquiry has cleared Voller of any wrongdoing and found no evidence of racism. :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only.
NATIVE_NEWS: Sundancer Wolverine gets Parole
And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S.I.S.I.S.) writes: SUNDANCER WOLVERINE GETS PAROLE Terminal City, January 22-28, 1999 by Ben Mahony "Public pressure persuades BC parole board to free Wolverine," proclaimed supporters of jailed Shuswap sovereigntist William Jones Ignace on January 13th. Their press release announced that Ignace, aka Wolverine, has been granted parole. Wolverine was sentenced to eight and a half years when he was singled out as the leader of the Gustafsen Lake protesters whose occupation of Sundance grounds near 100-Mile House BC in 1995 resulted in an armed standoff with the RCMP. The parole board decision opened "a new chapter in a drama marked by the largest police operation in BC history" according to The Globe and Mail. The report noted that Wolverine is to be released within the month. Spokespersons with the Ts'peten Defense Committee and Free the Wolverine Campaign, attributed the granting of parole to the mounting pressure for the public inquiry and the hope that freeing Wolverine might help to diffuse this pressure. Support for an inquiry into the RCMP performance at Gustafsen Lake has been growing as evidence of RCMP abuse of force has been circulating. Many observers who have followed the investigation into RCMP use of force at the now infamous "Spraypec" incident are calling for a public inquiry into Gustafsen Lake as well. While the troubled RCMP Complaints Commission inquiry into RCMP tactics at the 1997 "Spraypec" incident has been scheduled to resume on March 1st, activists and academics claim that the APEC incident is symbolic of a larger trend towards police violence. They want a commission to look at a larger pattern of what they say are heavy handed police tactics employed at APEC, Gustafsen Lake and Ipperwash, Ontario. In a pitch to CBC radio producers to look at the broader scope of RCMP behaviour, University of Lethbridge Native Studies professor Tony Hall urged reporters "to go beyond the constraints of the RCMP Public Complaints Inquiry into Spray-pec, to look more broadly at the wider question of the extent to which both the federal and provincial police forces in Canada are subject to inappropriate police manipulation." "Many of the cast of characters in the keystone cops fiasco of "spraypec", [including Hugh Stewart], are the same as at the standoff two years earlier at Gustafsen Lake. What is very different, however, is the magnitude of the alleged and proven violations of the rule of law." The Gustafsen Lake standoff took place in the summer of 1995 near 100-Mile House BC. A small group of traditional Natives claimed an area they had used for a Sun Dance as sacred Shuswap territory. A tense thirty day standoff with over 400 police ensued. The Sundancers claimed that the area in question is unceded, constitutionally guaranteed Native land. "Democracy Street", a Vancouver based group of APEC protesters, are demanding a public inquiry into alleged police wrong-doing at the 1995 standoffs with Natives at both Gustafsen Lake and the concurrent clash at Ipperwash Ontario. They characterized the Gustafsen Lake standoff as "the largest para-military action in Canadian history and a heinous abuse of force as 77,000 rounds, including hollow-point bullets were fired into a small group of traditional Sundancers." In a letter addressed to Jean Chretien and the premiers of Ontario and BC, Democracy Street stated that "While the state's actions during APEC represent a serious breach of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, we recognize that the events at Gustafsen Lake and Ipperwash were far more severe assaults." In October 1997, a London Free Press article outlined evidence likely to figure in any prospective inquiry into the 1995 Ipperwash clash between Native protesters and Ontario Provincial Police. The report noted that "A judge ruled at the trial of an officer convicted of shooting and killing a protester that the natives were unarmed and officers who said the natives were armed had fabricated the testimony." The call for an inquiry into the affair has been denied by the Harris government in Ontario. Similarly, the BC NDP government has denied the call for an inquiry into allegations of abuse at Gustafsen Lake. NDP MP Svend Robinson, who has received numerous requests to lend his name to the call for an inquiry into RCMP tactics at Gustafsen Lake, has refused. In a letter to those who have pressured him, Robinson replied that, "I am unable to support the call for a public inquiry... a cardinal principle of respect for the rights of first nations peoples in Canada must surely be recognition of the rights of those who are in positions of local leadership in a community. At Gustafsen Lake, both the hereditary and the elected first nations leadership in that area condemned the use of arms by protesters." Supporters of an inquiry say that Robinson's refusal to support the inquiry is inconsistent with statements made by Federal NDP leader Alexa McDonaugh who has issued
NATIVE_NEWS: History Enscribed on Sandstone Walls Above a New Mexico Watering Hole
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: History Enscribed on Sandstone Walls Above a New Mexico Watering Hole http://www.sltrib.com/1999/feb/02071999/travel/80453.htm BY WILL OKUN GALLUP INDEPENDENT RAMAH, N.M. -- Travelers have always been attracted to El Morro. Indians, Spanish explorers and American expeditions all used the rare water hole as a resting spot in their travels through this arid region. Last year, 80,000 people visited the national monument to enjoy the area's beauty and examine the paintings and messages left by their predecessors. Located in western New Mexico, about 45 miles south of Gallup, El Morro is a white-sandstone bluff that stretches 200 feet high. The all-important 200,000-gallon water hole is at the base. However, El Morro's major distinction results from the thousands of historical drawings and signatures carved into the sandstone sides of the bluff. The tradition of carvings dates back to the early petroglyphs of the Anasazi Indians, ancestors to the Zuni. Attracted by both the high vantage point (for purposes of defense) as well as the available water supply, the Anaszi -- known as master builders -- constructed an 875-room pueblo atop El Morro in the 13th century. One corner of the pueblo was excavated in the 1950s and the ruins are available for public viewing. The site is indeed intriguing and well-worth the mile hike to the top of the bluff. Although the Anasazi abandoned the pueblo after only 50 or 60 years, the site remains sacred to the Zuni people, who call it A'ts'ina, or "place of writings on the rock." Several Anasazi symbols and pictures can be found with the help of a published tour guide available in the visitor's center. Much easier to spot are the many messages left by Spanish explorers, soldiers and traders, who could not resist the temptation of casting their name in history. END EXCERPT Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
NATIVE_NEWS: Caddo Nation recovers the remains of 75 ancestors
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Caddo Nation recovers the remains of 75 ancestors http://www.okit.com/caddo.htm By Liz Pollard - Oklahoma Indian Times Writer BINGER, OK -- Seventy-five Caddo ancestors whose remains date back to the period 900-1400 A.D. are returning home at last. The Caddo Nation is making preparations this month for the repatriation and reburial, accompanied by a special ceremony, sometime in February, according to Stacey Halfmoon, Cultural Preservation Director for the Caddo. During the construction of Hugo Lake in 1977, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers unearthed many remains of Indian burials. They were transported to a Corps storage facility in Tulsa and preserved there. The contents of the facility was inventoried and reported to the National Park Service, a requirement of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), and the inventory was published in the Federal Register. It was there that the Caddo Nation learned of their ancestors' fate. Ms. Halfmoon says the tribe encountered few snags in their efforts to reclaim the remains, as there were no competing claims for these 75 Caddo ancestors. They know of several hundred more, however, which are still to be recovered. Ms. Halfmoon states that the tribe set about the repatriation with great care and consideration for the feelings and opinions of traditionalists and elders in their group, as well as for the opinions of more progressive tribal members. According to Ms. Halfmoon, with the help of NAGPRA funding, the Caddo Nation is building a cemetery for such reburials in each of the four states in its original territory, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. She says some tribal members argued that reburial was not necessary, as the appropriate rites had been held for them originally, but the provision of a final resting place near their homes has made sense to all. END EXCERPT Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
NATIVE_NEWS: Char Koosta: Social impacts of Y2K on the reservation to be discussed
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Social impacts of Y2K on the reservation to be discussed http://www.ronan.net/%7Eckn/news5.html PABLO -- Dec. 31, 1999, is going to be special for a number of reasons. First, it's the end of another year. Second, it's the end of the 20th century (although some say we're getting ahead of schedule by a year). Third, life might get downright inconvenient for awhile. What if computer problems result in power outages or brown-outs? What if the phone system goes down for a few days? What will you do if you can't access your local ATM for some cash? Will grocery stores run out of some things if there's a disruption in the national distribution system? The social issues surrounding the Y2K problem -- when certain computerized equipment might malfunction or quit altogether because it can't properly read "2000" as a date -- will be the subject of an afternoon workshop Feb. 19 at Salish Kootenai College here. SKC, along with other community colleges across the country, has been asked by the Department of Education to take the lead in educating its neighbors about what might happen next New Year's Day, and getting prepared for possibilities such as increased demands on local food banks, workshop organizer Jim Ereaux said recently. The goal of the afternoon session is to inform participants about possible implications locally and around the world, and to get an idea about the valley's "existing ability to provide community support," he said. The workshop will run from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Michel building and is open to the general public. For more information, call Ereaux, who is in charge of SKC's computer and telecommunications system, at 675-4800, ext. 209. Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
NATIVE_NEWS: CHAR KOOSTA: Fort Connah restoration fund progresses
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Fort Connah restoration fund progresses http://www.ronan.net/%7Eckn/news1.html PABLO -- Slowly but surely, members of the Fort Connah Restoration Society are getting close to paying off a $50,000 bank loan to complete the purchase of property that will allow public access to the historical site north of St. Ignatius. According to the group's president, George Knapp, recent donations to the cause have come from Salish Kootenai College ($10,000), the Tribal Council ($5,000), Salish Kootenai Housing Authority ($5,000), the Montana Community Foundation ($1,000), Julia Knapp Romanchak of Pennsylvania ($1,000), Doug Allard ($500) and the Plum Creek Timber Co. ($500). The Montana Arts Council has also pledged $14,000 to the cause. Once the bank note is taken care of, planning can begin on a visitors' center, Knapp said. The trading post, now the oldest standing structure in Montana, was started in 1846 by Neil McArthur for the Hudson's Bay Company. It consisted of several small log buildings, a log corral and a bastion measuring 14 square feet and was an important link between forts on the east and west of the Rocky Mountains. With new territorial lines drawn between the U.S. and Canada as a result of westward expansion, the fort was closed in 1871. Though various factors had been placed in charge of the post, the name of Scotland's Angus McDonald is the most famous. During his stay he named the post "Connen" after a river valley in his homeland. An Indian named Francois Finlay had such trouble pronouncing this that Angus later contracted the name to Connah. McDonald married a Nez Perce Indian woman named Catherine. Both Angus and Catherine are buried in an old Victorian style cemetery located near the Fort Connah site. END EXCERPT Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
NATIVE_NEWS: DUPONT TO RECEIVE MILLIONS TO CANCEL MINING AT OKEFENOKEE
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: DUPONT TO RECEIVE MILLIONS TO CANC*L MINING AT OKEFENOKEE http://www.chicagotribune.com/splash/article/0%2C1051%2CSAV-9902060200%2C00 .html From Tribune News Services February 6, 1999 ATLANTA, GEORGIA -- The DuPont Co. agreed Friday to accept tens of millions of dollars to abandon plans to mine titanium in the piney woods along the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp. The roughly $90 million plan, worked out with environmentalists and other interests, also prevents anyone else from ever mining there. DuPont would get the largest single share of the $90 million. Much of the rest of the money would go to area municipalities to make up for the tax revenue they would have received from the mining project. The price tag drew criticism from Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, who said it was inflated and unfair to taxpayers. Officials must still figure out where the money will come from. Among the potential sources: a federal conservation fund, state conservation funds, support from companies and foundations, and fees from tourists. DuPont, based in Wilmington, Del., bought the rights in the early 1990s to mine titanium ore on 38,000 acres of privately owned land on the eastern edge of the 438,000-acre Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Georgia. DuPont uses the mineral to produce white pigment for paints and plastics. Environmentalists feared that the dredging needed to mine the land would destroy the swamp's ecosystem. However, the project enjoyed wide support among area residents eager for the jobs and tax revenue. The agreement to abandon the project was tentatively reached in December by a mediation group formed by DuPont; it included representatives of environmental groups, timber and mining interests, the tourism industry, local governments and Indian tribes. DuPont signed the agreement Friday. Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Re: Demonstration in San Francisco for Leonard Peltier
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (White Feather) Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 22:27:32 -0800 (PST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Demonstration in San Francisco for Leonard Peltier Greetings Friends, The gathering at the UN Plaza in San Francisco was a very moving one as they always seem to be there. This one was exceptional however. Ofcourse many police were there which was to be expected. The energy and the love for Leonard was predominate. The speaches were wonderful and when Bobby Castillo spoke it was very powerful! We must never stop our fight. The attendence was large it was hard to say jusy how many were there as so many seemed to come and go. I would guess well over 150. The drumming was an inspiriation and you could feel the Earth move. It was Beautiful even in the pouring rain. The rain was good as it gave us strenght as it washed our Earth. I have much hope and know that all of us who are doing everything we can will succeed in seeing that our Brother Leonard will be taken to the Mayo Clinic for his medical treatment. We will not accept anything less. We will not stop fighting until he is treated medically and then we will continue to fight for his freedom! I would like to add that I have found very little on the news in our country about all that we have been doing but other countries are carrying it much more. However this really does not suprise me as this government knows how very wrong they are! Wishing you all much Peace and Love, In Solidarity Toksa ake, White Feather "WOKIKSUYE CANPE OPI" ||===||=||===||=||===||=||===||===|| Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
