NATIVE_NEWS: Artifacts Returned To Navajo
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: Pat Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tribal ceremony to mark return of sacred artifacts By Michelle Rushlo, Associated Press, 09/17/99 05:56 PHOENIX (AP) Four sacred artifacts being returned to the Navajo Nation are but a few of many treasured items lost over the years to thieves, tribal officials say. Navajo leaders planned a public prayer ceremony today in Window Rock to mark the artifacts' return after more than a decade spent out of tribal hands. ''These artifacts were given to the Navajo people by our superiors, the powers,'' said Steven Begay, a Navajo cultural specialist. ''For other people to have those items was not what they were intended for. They don't know how to use them or what they are used for.'' The centuries-old items have been identified by federal investigators as a mask, a tortoise shell and two coverings that may be drum heads or ceremonial vessel coverings. Begay declined to say what the items were or how they are used. Dozens of items held by museums and private collectors have been returned voluntarily to the tribe since federal legislation in 1990 cracked down on looting of American Indian sites. The latest objects being returned are among the few the Navajos have received through criminal investigations. Noel Johns, an agent with the Bureau of Land Management, said investigators recovered the artifacts in 1991 after tracking them to dealers in Santa Fe, N.M., and New York. He said they had been taken from a cave in northwestern New Mexico in 1986, before it was a crime. The mask was recovered from a Tucson home. The other objects were found at a Santa Fe gallery. A New Mexico man pleaded guilty in 1992 to selling the artifacts. Johns said it has taken years to return the objects to the Navajo because federal regulations require that authorities ensure the objects are being returned to the proper tribe. http://www.boston.com/dailynews/260/nation/Tribal_ceremony_to_mark_return:.s html http://wolfseeker.com http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/mbs.cgi/mb629759 http://www.sunlink.net/~wlfskr
NATIVE_NEWS: Anna Mae--Conspiracy theory
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:28:08 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Tehaliwaskenhas-Bob Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Anna Mae--Conspiracy theory Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" http://www.nationalpost.com/news.asp?f=990917/81478s2=nationals3=news Friday, September 17, 1999 Family ID's alleged killer of Canadian activist Conspiracy theory: Anna Mae Aquash was murdered 23 years ago Rick Mofina Southam News OTTAWA - The family of a slain native-rights activist named a Canadian man yesterday they claim executed her 23 years ago in what they believe was part of a conspiracy involving the FBI and the American Indian Movement. The body of 30-year-old Anna Mae Aquash was found Feb. 24, 1976, near the South Dakota Indian reserve of Pine Ridge. She had been shot in the back of the head. No one has been charged in the Nova Scotia woman's abduction and murder. Ms. Aquash's family gathered in Ottawa to make an appeal to the Canadian government for support in pushing for charges to be laid. The family says it believes a Canadian man currently living near Whitehorse, in the Yukon, killed Ms Aquash. The family claims that FBI informants and other forces within the FBI and AIM were behind Ms. Aquash's murder, stemming from the 1975 shooting deaths of two FBI agents and a native man. In 1975, FBI agents Jack Coler and Ray Williams went to a farm near Wounded Knee, South Dakota, to investigate a theft report. An altercation ended in the deaths of the agents and a native man, Joe Stuntz, 24. Leonard Peltier, the AIM security chief who fled to Canada and was later extradited, was charged in the agents' deaths. Peltier, an American, is serving two consecutive life sentences for murder. The family believes Ms. Aquash was killed because of fears she could expose FBI informants within AIM who also participated in the conviction of Peltier. The family alleges that three people abducted Ms. Aquash and took her to South Dakota, where she was questioned about being an FBI informant prior to her death. They claim a man who now lives in the Whitehorse area was "the trigger man" and another man living in Denver and a woman living in Nebraska were accomplices. For legal reasons, the suspects cannot be named. The RCMP is helping in the investigation, a spokesman for the force said. To suggest that forces within AIM were behind Ms. Aquash's murder is wrong, said Vernon Bellecourt, national representative for AIM. "We believe very strongly that the FBI, and other government agencies on the periphery, were using extremist informants to set up what has been characterized as the execution death of Anna Mae Aquash," The FBI dismisses the accusation that it was involved in Ms. Aquash's death. Turtle Island Native Network Your Aboriginal News and Information Network on the Internet http://www.turtleisland.org Winner - 1999 Aboriginal Media Arts Award. "Let's do it before we don't do it!" Tehaliwaskenhas - G.R.(Bob) Kennedy INFOCOM Management 1 - 1986 Glenidle Road, Sooke, BC V0S 1N0 Phone: (250) 642-0277 Fax: (250) 642-0278 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.turtleisland.org Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/
NATIVE_NEWS: 'FESTIVAL OF RESISTANCE' - USA Today
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: Bob Olsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 'FESTIVAL OF RESISTANCE' - USA Today Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:10:25 -0700 From: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ACTIVISTS READY FOR 'FESTIVAL OF RESISTANCE' - USA Today USA Today September 15, 1999 ACTIVISTS READY FOR 'FESTIVAL OF RESISTANCE' Protesters plan to disrupt WTO talks By James Cox, USA TODAY It promises to be a "festival of resistance" against the evils of corporate "conquistadors," activists say. Little noticed by the public, the upcoming World Trade Organization summit has energized protesters around the world - from indigenous tribes to longshoremen - like few events before. Opposition forces are descending on Seattle from places as far- flung as Togo and Finland to express outrage at the excesses of globalization and, if possible, prevent world leaders, bureaucrats and corporate executives from meeting to talk about expanded trade. "Globalization is so out of control," says Dave Solnit of Art and Revolution, a group specializing in political theater and dance. "This is one of those critical times like there were in the civil rights and anti-war movements when regular people have to take a stand." The Nov. 30 gathering will be an eclectic party. President Clinton will host other world leaders, along with 5,000 delegates from more than 150 countries. Cuba's Fidel Castro, himself a foe of free trade and capitalism, is among the WTO's invitees. Boeing CEO Phil Condit and Microsoft's Bill Gates are heading the Seattle Host Organization. Big business is sponsoring dozens of events and receptions. But the Seattle police also expect tens of thousands of anarchists, greens, peasants, union members, consumer advocates, Christian groups, AIDS activists, biotechnology opponents and others who defy description. Activists, noting that the Northwest is a hotbed of social causes, can barely contain their glee. "They're bringing the largest corporate junket of the millennium to our home court," says John Sellers, director of the Ruckus Society. "I would have had it in Houston. It's not a very forgiving place to be an activist." Even official Seattle is not entirely open armed. The Metropolitan King County Council struggled recently to come up with a lukewarm welcome resolution. The city and county councils have passed resolutions declaring themselves "MAI Free Zones" - off-limits to trade pacts known as Multilateral Agreements on Investment. MAIs, which govern foreign investment, are on the WTO agenda for Seattle. 'Shut down this town' The Clinton administration and the Geneva-based WTO picked Seattle, a port city where one in three jobs are dependent on imports and exports, to showcase the benefits of free trade. But the city's many bridges, bodies of water and already congested freeways could leave it vulnerable. "There's going to be a wide range of rowdiness. Some people are going to try to shut down this town," says Mike Dolan, organizer for Public Citizen, Ralph Nader's consumer group. Many of the protesters are trained in "urban climbing" techniques enabling them to scale buildings and bridges to unfurl banners. Greenpeace activists prevented trawlers from heading out to Puget Sound by dangling themselves from Seattle's Aurora Bridge in 1997. Local police are brushing up on VIP protection, crowd control and traffic procedures. "I don't think you can make ironclad guarantees you'll be able to keep people off buildings and bridges. We're not going to lock the city down," says Capt. Brent Wingstrand of the Seattle Police Department. Since the end of the Cold War, liberalized trade rules and technological advances have made the world's economies more closely intertwined. Foes blame trade liberalization for exploiting workers and the environment in Third World countries and draining jobs from developed nations. They criticize the 134-nation WTO for conducting business behind closed doors. The WTO argues that the trading system it oversees promotes peace, raises incomes and living standards, provides more consumer choices and reduces the influence of special interests. "In the absence of global conflict between 'isms,' some people have chosen to focus their fury on globalism," WTO chief Michael Moore said recently. "The WTO has become a target for abuse." But many business leaders blame themselves for the public's apathy toward and ignorance about trade. "Our tendency has been to talk about trade sporadically and in an incomplete manner," says Scott Miller, a Procter Gamble lobbyist who chairs a business alliance called U.S. Trade. . Bob Olsen, Toronto [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international
NATIVE_NEWS: Black Hills Proposed Wilderness Under Attack
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:47:11 -0600 To: "Wild Rockies Alerts" [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Wild Rockies InfoNet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Black Hills Proposed Wilderness Under Attack From: Jeff Kessler mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Black Hills Proposed Wilderness Under Attack Comments Needed by SEPTEMBER 20 to Protect Beaver Park Roadless Area For the third time in two years, the U.S. Forest Service is proposing to have a massive commercial timber sale in the Beaver Park Roadless Area in the Black Hills National Forest (BHNF). Due to extensive logging everywhere else on the BHNF, Beaver Park may be the last forested Roadless Area in South Dakota that remains eligible for wilderness designation; the proposed logging would eliminate the "wilderness" eligibility. Last year, the Forest Service (USFS) issued an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and decision to log a portion of Beaver Park as part of the "Veteran/Boulder timber sale." Biodiversity Associates appealed that decision and the Veteran/Boulder sale is now on hold. However, earlier this year the Forest Service issued a draft "supplemental" EIS (SEIS) proposing to expand the Veteran/Boulder sale further into the roadless area. Even thought the first sale is currently on hold and the second proposed sale's SEIS has yet to be completed, the USFS issued an August 18, 1999 "scoping" letter announcing a proposal to have an even bigger timber sale in the Beaver Park area. The proposal allows for commercially logging on up to 4,000 acres, non-commercial logging/felling of another 2,000 acres, burning up to 2,000 acres. About half of these activities would occur inside the Roadless Area and in a part of the Forest designated for emphasis on "semi-primitive non-motorized" recreati! ! on ( so-called Management Area MA 3.32). This latest proposal--like the two before it--is being justified under the guise of suppressing purported pine beetle "epidemic" in the Beaver Park area. The USFS's scoping letter says the agency is considering 3 "action" alternatives for controlling beetles: 1) Maximum suppression--commercially logging up to 4,000 acres inside and outside the roadless area, non-commercial logging/felling of another 2,000 acres, burning up to 2,000 acres); 2) Suppression with no roads in Management Area 3.32 designated for semi-primitive backcountry recreation -- a part of the Beaver Park Roadless Area less than 5,000 acres in size; logging and road construction would still occur in other parts of the Roadless Area and would eliminate its wilderness eligibility; 3) Suppression outside the Beaver Park Roadless Area. Letters are urgently needed BY SEPTEMBER 20, 1999 to let the USFS the Beaver Park Roadless Area and MA 3.32 should NOT be logged. Here are some points you may want to make in your comments: -The Beaver Park Roadless Area is too special to be logged for any reason. The entire Roadless Area should be set aside for Wilderness or a Research Natural Area (RNA) to allow the USFS to study natural processes. -Beetles and snags (standing dead trees) are natural and important parts of the forest ecosystem; the USFS should allow these to exist in the Beaver Park area--without suppression--because of how much suppression has been done everywhere else on the Forest. -Beaver Park is not the source of the purported beetle outbreak; trees are dying in pockets in many other parts of the Black Hills, and this is OK. -Logging will not have a significant effect on beetle populations, as evidenced by the fact that areas which have been recently logged are also experiencing beetle kill. -The only thing that will control beetle populations (assuming they should be controlled) is cold weather, and this is outside of the USFS's control. Furthermore, it is likely that a cold snap will occur before the USFS completes its proposed logging activities, thereby eliminating the USFS's justification for logging. -The Beaver Park Roadless Area does not belong solely to citizens of South Dakota and should not be logged simply because some local citizens want to log it; this special place is part of a National Forest which should be managed in a natural state for the benefit of everyone. -If the USFS believes any beetle "suppression" is to be done on the Forest, tell the agency to use non-commercial logging methods such as prescribed fire and pheromone baits to lure beetles out of sensitive areas (methods the USFS has admitted can be used). -If the USFS believes any logging should be done, tell the agency you do NOT want any logging (commercial or otherwise) or road construction/reconstruction in the Beaver Park Roadless Area. -Tell the USFS it cannot "save" the Forest by cutting it down. Send your comments BY SEPTEMBER 20 to: Gary Say Acting District Ranger Spearfish/Nemo Ranger District 2014 North Main Street Spearfish, SD 57783
NATIVE_NEWS: treatyland.com
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:07:32 -0500 From: Zoltan Grossman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE MIDWEST TREATY NETWORK ANNOUNCES A NEW HOMEPAGE DOMAIN NAME : T R E A T Y L A N D . C O M *** Log on and bookmark it now ! *** The Midwest Treaty Network (MTN) is an alliance of grassroots Native and non-Native groups that has supported treaty rights and tribal sovereignty since 1989. The MTN website provides background, updates, maps, and events on Indigenous issues in the Western Great Lakes region and beyond. The website and pages are provided by the Alpha Institute at www.alphacdc.com/treaty . But now, an easily remembered shortcut to this homepage is at: http://www.treatyland.com (or simply): treatyland.com This does NOT CHANGE the URL of the Contents page at http://www.alphacdc.com/treaty/content.html or any other pages on the MTN website. The treatyland.com domain was awarded to the Midwest Treaty Network by the Grassroots Rural Online Webworks (GROW), a project developed by EarthWINS and Clean Water Action Council of Northeast Wisconsin Inc., with a grant from the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund. GROW is helping 10 Wisconsin rural grassroots groups establish their own domain name websites. EZWebtech.com in Shawano provides low cost web hosting for the GROW Project and other nonprofit, community service organizations. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or http://earthwins.com/grow Links to treatyland.com are welcome. As you can see in the MTN Contents below, treatyland.com provides information on : MTN history/readings Meetings and events Crandon mine Ojibwe treaty fishing Other Ojibwe (Chippewa) issues Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Nation Dakota/Lakota (Sioux) Nation Menominee Nation Indian mascots Native Burials Leonard Peltier Colombia Chiapas Maps Merchandise How to contribute *** C O N T E N T SP A G E THE MIDWEST TREATY NETWORK What is the Midwest Treaty Network? Midwest Treaty Network history and readings Readings on Cultural Respect Link to Native and Environmental Movements Walter Bresette passes on *Remembrances STOP RIO ALGOM'S PROPOSED CRANDON MINE IN WISCONSIN ( UPDATES ) Stop the Crandon mine powerline, Sept. 1999 [soon] Wolf River #1 endangered U.S. river, Aug. 1999 Mining moratorium action alert, Aug.-Sept. 1999 Nashville township, mining company sue each other, July 1999 State appeals Mole Lake clean water ruling, July 1999 Committee of Labor Against Sulfide Pollution, Apr. 1999 Help Nashville, Mole Lake stop Crandon mine, Feb. 1999 Example mines submitted under Moratorium law, Jan. 1999 Crandon is no place for mine, editorial Dec. 1998 Crandon mine rally in Madison, Oct. 1998 Operations Hornets' Nest: E-mail Rio Algom, May 1998 WI Mining Moratorium, April 1998 Exxon pulls out of WI - Crandon mine project continues. Feb. 1998 Gaming-environment connection, Dec. 1997 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. opposes Crandon mine, Oct. 1997 Circle Tour for Mining Moratorium, July-Sept. 1997 Wise Use movement comes to Wisconsin, August 1997 Support Potawatomi Clean Air Proposal, July 1997 Mole Lake statement to United Nations, Mar. 1997 Crandon mine rally in Rhinelander, May 1996 ( BACKGROUND ) The Wolf Watershed Educational Project Ten Points to Consider on the Crandon Mine Project impacts: *Environmental *Socio-Economic *Cultural Wisconsin's strong anti-mining movement, 1998 Examples of Grassroots Achievements, 1997 What You Can Do to Stop the Crandon Mine Mining Speakers Bureau Rio Algom's Track Record Wisconsin Review Commission Report on the Track Records of Exxon and Rio Algom Wolf River poem Link to other Crandon mine web sites *Espanol *Deutsche OJIBWE TREATY FISHING IN MINNESOTA WISCONSIN Mille Lacs Ojibwe win in Supreme Court Mar. 1999 The Miseducation of Jesse Ventura Feb. 1999 Waabanong Run from Lac du Flambeau to D.C., Nov. 1998 Minnesota Witness Alerts Aug. 1997 Minnesota Seeks Calm in Spearing, April 1997 1837 Treaty Rights Basic Issues and Facts Ojibwe Treaties: Protecting Northern Wisconsin Link to Treaty Rights in Minnesota (GLIFWC) Link to Treaty Rights: Understanding the Conflict (U. of M.) Link to The Anti-Indian Movement article OTHER OJIBWE NATION/LAKE SUPERIOR NEWS Clean up the Coal Tar in Chequamegon Bay, July 1999 Land and water grab ignores Ojibwe treaties April 1999 Seventh Generation Initiative, Feb. 1999 Native activists organize for Great Lakes Dec. 1998 Protect The Earth Journey, May-June, 1998 White Pine Mine Dead MI, May 1997 Train Blockade on Bad River Reservation, WI, to Stop Acid Shipment to MI Mine, July-Aug. 1996 Report From Keweenaw Bay, to Nov. 1997 HO-CHUNK NATION Badger Munitions claim, to Sept. 1999 Hardwood Bombing Range Expansion, May 1996 Kickapoo Valley land return, Oct. 1997 Link to map of Ho-Chunk removals, 1832-74 MENOMINEE NATION
NATIVE_NEWS: Lummis file claim against Blaine over removal of remains
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lummis file claim against Blaine over removal of remains via pechanga.net The Associated Press 09/17/99 4:57 AM Eastern BLAINE, Wash. (AP) -- The Lummi Indian tribe has notifed the city of Blaine that it intends to seek $30 million in damages over removal of the remains of more than 40 people during excavation for a new wastewater treatment plant. Tribal members contend the remains are from their ancestors. Under state law, the city has 60 days to respond to the notice before a lawsuit can be filed. "The actions of the city of Blaine and its agents have caused great emotional distress to the Lummi Nation and its members," the tribe said in its claim, which was sent to the city earlier this month. The claim seeks $10 million in compensatory damages and $20 million in punitive damages. Blaine City Manager Tony Mortillaro declined comment on the claim Thursday. Tribal representatives earlier this month asked the city to find a new site for the wastewater plant, and the tribe asked the federal government to place the burial ground on Semiahmoo Spit into trust for the tribe. The new $7.75 million wastewater treatment plant was to be built 50 feet from Blaine's existing plant, which was to be torn down. Construction was halted last month and an investigation was begun after contractors dug up the remains and failed to notify the tribe. City officials have acknowledged that the city and its hired archaeologist violated an agreement with the tribe, the state and federal officials by not notifying the tribe of the find and by continuing to work. Some of the remains were shipped out of state to the city's archaeological contractor in Denver, though all are now back in the possession of the tribe. Work was halted when tribal officials brought the situation to the attention of the state Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? We welcome your feedback. ©1999 Oregon Live LLC http://flash.oregonlive.com/cgi-bin/or_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-Parsed/OREGON_NEWS/o1442_AM_WA--IndianRemains Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/
NATIVE_NEWS: Angel -- Woman with Amnesia
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AP- AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR IDENTITY OF AMNESIA VICTIM -- Tulsa, OK She passed from one 18-wheeler to another for days, wandering. When she looked in the mirror, she didn't recognize the face staring back, nor did she recall how she ended up on a dark highway, rain-soaked and bleeding. Nearly a month after suffering a blow to the head, the mystery woman is staying at a woman's shelter with only vague notions about who she is. "It's scary. Indescribably scary," the woman said as she pushed back a lock of brown hair. "I don't know who I am, where I've been." Workers at the shelter call her Angel, for now. On Aug. 19 a truck driver brought her to a truck stop near Springer, about 80 miles south of Oklahoma City, and asked a clerk to call for help. When a sheriff's deputy arrived, Angel had only the clothes she was wearing and a $20 bill in her pocket. She wears a wedding ring, but knows nothing of a husband. She has the scars of a Caesarian section birth, but can't remember any children. She knows a lot about animals and can explain their breeding habits, their diets and their muscular structures. But when officials asked whether she perhaps could be a veterinarian, Angel didn't seem to understand what a veterinarian was. The US Bureau of Indian Affairs has taken over the investigation, partly because Angel appears to be an American Indian and partly because BIA Capt. Larry Hoklotubbe has developed a special devotion to this case. "It's the most bizarre mystery I've worked in 23 years of law enforcement," he said. "We've done everything that good police work says to do, and we've got nothing." Hoklotubbe said the FBI found no matches to Angel's fingerprints, nor did a BIA database in Carson City, Nev. She also didn't match any of the missing persons reports that were checked. While hitchhiking, Angel remembers seeing a road sing that said, "Now leaving the land of enchantment." That's New Mexico. Three doctors who have examined Angel all concluded that her amnesia resulted from a head trauma. Her face was bruised and burned when she first turned up at the truck stop, and doctors suspect those injuries came from an airbag deploying in a car accident. Under hypnosis by a psychiatrist, Angel told of crashing into a concrete embankment during a nighttime thunderstorm, but she couldn't provide any details. She says she wants to solve the mystery, but she is afraid to discover her past. "I'm scared to find out, scared I won't like myself," she said. "But I'm scared to stay this way, too, not knowing." Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/
NATIVE_NEWS: Re: Angel -- Woman with Amnesia..follow up
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 'Angel' Identified as Albuquerquean http://www.abqjournal.com/news/6news09-17-99.htm A woman seemingly suffering from amnesia and living in an Oklahoma women's shelter has been identified as a missing Albuquerque woman. An in-law's relative who lives in Oklahoma recognized Tina Martinez from her photo in a Tulsa newspaper. ...Full Story at link above Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/
NATIVE_NEWS: News Round Up:by Turtle Island Native Network
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 16:52:18 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Tehaliwaskenhas-Bob Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: News Round Up Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" As reported by Turtle Island Native Network http://www.turtleisland.org September 17th, 1999 Mel Good, Roy Joseph and Dennis Thomas,three former students who were abused at the Port Alberni Indian Residential School have settled their lawsuit with the federal government and the United Church.But the remaining 25 abuse victims are heading to B-C Supreme Court next month to have their damages determined.That process could take five months.The resolution of the Alberni lawsuit is expected to set a precedent for as many as five thousand claims pending from former students of residential schools across Canada.---A big Native Rights Victory today in the Supreme Court of Canada for Donald Marshall, a Mi'kmaq Indian. He was charged with three offences set out in the federal fishery regulations- the selling of eels without a licence, fishing without a licence and fishing during the close season with illegal nets. He admitted that he had caught and sold 463 pounds of eels without a licence and with a prohibited net within close times. The only issue at trial was whether he possessed a treaty right to catch and sell fish under the treaties of 1760-61 that exempted him from compliance with the regulations. Marshall appealed and today the Supreme Court ruled the appeal should be allowed and an acquittal entered on all charges.-The president of the Union of B-C Indian Chiefs is rejecting the province's latest bid to resolve the dispute over native logging. Forests Minister Dave Zirnhelt says the government may accelerate land claim talks on resources. But Stewart Phillip has dismissed the idea.He says more than a dozen other bands are considering joining the Westbank First Nation in logging on Crown land.---Saskatchewan's Aboriginal Affairs Minister Berny Wiens is among the victims of a river of rural revolt that has given the Saskatchewan Party a close second to the NDP. Elwin Hermanson, a farmer and former Reform MP, who was only last year elected leader of the fledgling party defeated the aboriginal affairs minister when he won his riding of Rosetown-Biggar.The once mighty N-D-P has been reduced to a minority government. The Saskatchewan Party placed a close second with 26 seats.The Liberals picked up three.The vote was split along rural and urban lines.---A chronic shortage of nurses has forced the closure of a northern Manitoba nursing station. The move leaves more than five-thousand residents of Cross Lake First Nation without medical services.The situation reached a critical stage this week when two of only four nurses booked off on stress leave with no guarantee they will return.The nearest medical facility in the area is a three-hour drive away in Thompson.---Some Mi'kmaq are demanding an investigation into a Nova Scotia native reserve's finances, after learning that tobacco-shop revenue has been used to provide more than 800-thousand dollars in loans and donations to some band members.The revelations are contained in audit reports prepared for Chief Reg Maloney and the Indian Brook band council--When a community loses a respected elder, its impact--the loss and grief are felt far and wide. All honour to Beatrice Hill, a well-respected Elder of the Oneida Nation of the Thames who recently passed over to her new life. May the Master Creator make your journey on your new path a safe one. Thanks for your goodness and kindness and all your support! Yaw ko. Tehaliwaskenhas and Luwatitalani.--This is Turtle Island Native Network...Your Aboriginal news and information network. Turtle Island Native Network Your Aboriginal News and Information Network on the Internet http://www.turtleisland.org Winner - 1999 Aboriginal Media Arts Award. "Let's do it before we don't do it!" Tehaliwaskenhas - G.R.(Bob) Kennedy INFOCOM Management 1 - 1986 Glenidle Road, Sooke, BC V0S 1N0 Phone: (250) 642-0277 Fax: (250) 642-0278 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.turtleisland.org
NATIVE_NEWS: Nebraska tribal leaders hope to have meeting with Clinton
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: provided by Mary M...thanks..:) Nebraska tribal leaders hope to have meeting with Clinton THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.journalstar.com/stories/neb/sto6 (entire story at this link) Nebraska's four American Indian tribes are working together to promote common goals and are trying to meet with President Clinton to gain his support. Representatives of the Winnebago, Santee Sioux, Omaha and Ponca tribes also will promote their causes to Gov. Mike Johanns at an Oct. 22 meeting in Lincoln. Their leading concerns are better health care, education and economic development. SNIP Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/
NATIVE_NEWS: ENVIRO BRIEFS
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AmeriScan: September 17, 1999 http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep99/1999L-09-17-09.html CLINTON SENDS OZONE PROTECTION AMENDMENT TO SENATE President Bill Clinton has asked the Senate to ratify an amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the "Montreal Protocol"). Under the 1987 Montreal Protocol, industrial nations have phased out the use of most ozone depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Developing nations have begun to enforce CFC moratoriums, with the help of almost $1 billion from the Montreal Protocols Multilateral Fund. But the ozone layer remains vulnerable, the United Nations Environment Programme says. The amendment, adopted by the Ninth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in 1997, requires countries that have signed the Montreal Protocol to implement a licensing and export system for ozone depleting substances by January 1, 2000, and bans all imports and exports of methyl bromide, an ozone depleting pesticide. The U.S. has already implemented a domestic licensing system. ~ APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS MULTIMILLION DOLLAR WATER POLLUTION FINE A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that Smithfield Foods Inc. and its subsidiaries violated the Clean Water Act by discharging illegal levels of pollutants into the Pagan River in Virginia. Smithfield appealed a series of district court rulings that the company discharged illegal amounts of slaughterhouse waste into the river. Smithfield argued that the U.S. was barred from suing the company because of an agreement between Smithfield and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality allowing the company to exceed its permit limits. But the courts rejected that argument, saying the U.S. could seek penalties for violations that "had a significant impact on the environment and the public." The district court imposed a $12.6 million penalty on Smithfield, the largest fine ever under the Clean Water Act. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has now affirmed that ruling, saying Smithfields agreement with the state did not exempt the company from federal per! ! mit and clean water rules, and approved the multimillion dollar fine. ~~~` COALITION URGES COLUMBIA TO BAR OIL DRILLING An international alliance of more than 100 groups from 24 countries has sent a letter to Colombia Environment Minister Juan Mayr, urging him to reject an oil drilling license on Uwa tribal lands. The 5,000 U'wa, who have waged a six year nonviolent campaign against oil drilling on their traditional lands, have threatened mass suicide if the oil project by Los Angeles based Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) proceeds. The letter, which included signatures from the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Oilwatch, Environmental Defense Fund, Cultural Survival, and over a dozen Colombian organizations, cited serious environmental and social impacts as grounds for denying the oil license. The groups warned Mayr, recipient of the "1993 Goldman Environmental Prize," that "granting that license now is certain to lead to more bloodshed [and] will escalate the conflict with the U'wa rather than solve it." Last month, the Colombian government granted the U'wa legal title to some of thei! ! r an cestral lands. The pending license would allow Oxy to drill its first well, "Gibraltar 1" just outside the boundaries of the new U'wa reserve but within tribal lands the U'wa hold sacred. At a ceremony marking the creation of the Unified U'wa Reserve, Roberto Perez, president of the U'wa governing body, said, "As we recover part of our territory ... we request absolute respect for our position to not allow any oil exploration or production [on our traditional lands] either inside or outside the territory that has been legally recognized as ours." ~ ENERGY DEPARTMENT SPONSORS AUTO ENGINE RESEARCH The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), together with two U.S. industry partners, launched a new initiative Thursday to develop smaller, more powerful, lighter and less expensive automotive electric motor drive systems. The DOE will contribute an initial $6 million in funding, which will be matched by the private partners, for research and development on advanced traction drive motor propulsion systems which are needed to propel advanced hybrid and fuel cell vehicles. ~~ CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR SIGNS ENVIRONMENTAL BILLS California Governor Gray Davis has signed three bills this week designed to protect Californias wild lands and wildlife. One bill will make it easier for a local conservancy to purchase and protect lands around the Coachella Valley near Palms Springs. The bill makes the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy boundaries identical to those of the local area Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan/Natural Community Conservation Plan (HCP/NCCP). This will allow the Conservancy to purchase land
NATIVE_NEWS: TSNTC Update-Treaty Gathering September 25, 1999
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 14:14:00 -0700 Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Nancy Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Paths-L Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSNTC Update-Treaty Gathering September 25, 1999 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TETON SIOUX NATION TREATY COUNCIL TREATY GATHERING AT EAGLE BUTTE UPDATE ON INTERNATIONAL WORK In order to update the community, the Teton Sioux Nation Treaty Council is hosting a Treaty Gathering on their international work at the United Nations. Discussions will include: * the 1999 Session of the Working Group on the World's Indigenous Populations held in July. * The TSNTC Gathering of Many Nations held in June 1999 at Lower Brule and international support of the World Court Case * the upcoming United Nations' meetings in October 1999 on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of the World's Indigenous Peoples * the upcoming United Nations' meeting in February 2000 on the Permanent Forum for Indigenous Peoples. We look forward to the questions and comments of the people on these efforts and hope all will attend. RESTORATION OF THE TETUWAN OYATE When: September 25, 1999 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Where: The Cultural Center in Eagle Butte, Cheyenne River [Sioux Reservation, South Dakota] For More Information Contact: Vivian High Elk, Eagle Butte, Cheyenne River, 605-964-6880 Lynn Provost, Eagle Butte, Cheyenne River, 605-964-6519 Tony Black Feather, Spokesman, Teton Sioux Nation Treaty Council, Pine Ridge, 605-867-5938 Technical Support provided by the American Indian Law Alliance, New Mexico; Contact: Kent Lebsock, 505-341-4230 Lunch will be provided. Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/
NATIVE_NEWS: October Events in MI and MN!
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [note: some addresses are blind copied] Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 15:47:19 -0700 Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Nancy Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Paths-L Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: October Events in MI and MN! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit American Indian Community Partnership Presents: EMPLOYMENT FAIR And Community Feast [for participants in the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP)] The public is also invited! Thursday September 16, 1999 2:00p.m. - 7:00p.m. Minneapolis American Indian Center 1530 East Franklin Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota To volunteer or for more information contact: Lyle Iron Moccasin , AICP, Resource Support/Service Advocate Minneapolis American Indian Center Phone: 612-879-1733 FAX: 612-879-1795 *Learn more about employment opportunities in the community *Information on resources and services available The American Indian Community Partnership is governed by the: MN American Indian Chamber of Commerce, MAIC, MN Indian Women's Resource Center, Little Earth of United Tribes, Division of Indian Work, American Indian Housing Corporation, American Indian OIC, and the City of Minneapolis. *** Returning the Gift VIII A Festival of Native American Writers Storytellers Northern Michigan University Marquette, Michigan October 21 - 24, 1999 Playwrite Daniel David Moses Filmmaker Valerie Red Horse FictionKimberly Blaeser For more information: Phone: 906-227-1557 or check out our website: http://www.nmu.edu -- -=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=- Nancy Thomas * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keeper of "the People's Paths home page!" http://www.YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net/mainindex.html NAI: News, Email Lists, Live Chat, more... the People's Internet BBS Genealogy BBS! "People's Paths Bookstore Musicstore!" -=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=-
NATIVE_NEWS: NanooseDecision 2:00pmSept21
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: Connie Fogal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: NanooseDecision 2:00pmSept21 The Human Rights Institute of Canada, Archbishop Lazar Puhalo of the Ukrainian Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada, Citizens Concerned About Free Trade, Rose-Marie Larsson, Defence of Canadian Liberty Committee, and Constance Fogal were in B.C. Supreme Court September 17,1999 to ask for an order setting aside the transfer of the Nanoose Bay lands from BC to the federal government. The B.C.Supreme Court hands down its decision Tuesday Sept 21,1999 whether it will overturn the Nanoose Bay land transfer from BC to the Federal government pending a full hearing on the legality of the expropriation. The federal government formally took possession of the land today, Friday September 17,1999. It did so by order in council made September 14,1999 by which the government reduced the number of days the federal crown is supposed to wait before taking possession of the base from 90 days to 1 day. So what is the big hurry? What great defence need exists that propels our federal government ahead so fast? Is there a promised deal already made between our executive branch of government and the United States that overrides the duty our government has to us, its citizens? Once again it is not our elected representatives making these decisions that run roughshod over us. Our Parliament is not even sitting.It is only the Prime Minister, his cabinet and a small number of bureaucrats directing the lawyers acting for them using the taxpayers money to oppose the Citizens. The main argument of the federal government lawyers on behalf of the government is that we, the citizens, have no right to ask the court for protection. (The Standing issue.). But, they say, even if we do, it is too late because the feds have already done the deed by chopping their required waiting time from 90 days to 1 day. (The mootness issue). You see, the Rule of Law does not apply, apparently, to the feds. Tune in sometime after September 21 to find out whether the BCSC has the will to find in the interest of the citizens. If you can get there , it is important that you be there. 2:00 p.m Tuesday September 21,1999 800 Smythe St Vancouver BC. Courtroom to be assigned on September 21. (We were moved five times today before they finally found a courtroom big enough to accommodate us for the hearing of our application.) Remember, the struggle continues past September 21,1999. Our show of growing strength is very important for all of us. It makes a difference. These bureaucrats in the executive arm of government who advise and direct government make their living by virtue of paycheques from our tax dollars. Similarly, the few decision makers who are elected receive their paycheques from our tax dollars. It does not hurt for us to remind them of that. Canada has not become East Timor, yet. Quizz of the day: What issue did the press gives most coverage? Medical research on the size of infant penises? Or citizens in court to get back their sovereignty? Connie Fogal DEFENCE of CANADIAN LIBERTY COMMITTEE/LE COMITÉ de la LIBERTÉ CANADIENNE C/0 CONSTANCE FOGAL LAW OFFICE, #401 -207 West Hastings St., Vancouver, B.C. V6B1H7 Tel: (604)687-0588; fax: (604) 872 -1504 or (604) 688-0550;cellular(604) 202 7334; E-MAIL[EMAIL PROTECTED]; www.canadianliberty.bc.ca The constitution of Canada does not belong either to Parliament, or to the Legislatures; it belongs to the country and it is there that the citizens of the country will find the protection of the rights to which they are entitled Supreme Court of Canada A.G. of Nova Scotia and A.G. of Canada, S.C.R. 1951 pp 32
NATIVE_NEWS: [DOEWatch] New! On the Web! From Tri-Valley CAREs!
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] New! On the Web! From Tri-Valley CAREs! Make a bookmark -- http://www.igc.org/tvc * Test your knowledge of the Dept. of Energy's Livermore Lab (hint: things are worse than you think). Take our pop quiz and get the lowdown. Click on to access the underlying facts. * See our September Citizen's Watch newsletter and: * Learn about DOE plans to increase nuclear weapons activities at Livermore, Los Alamos, Sandia and the Nevada Test Site. * Read what Livermore Lab and DOE are trying to cover up. Serious, unresolved technical difficulties are the real reason the National Ignition Facility is $300 million over budget and at least one year behind schedule. * Join us. Participate in actions -- Protest the next "subcritical" nuclear test, support efforts to take all nuclear weapons off-hair trigger alert and more. It's all in the Sept. newsletter and up on on our web site. * Fact sheets, back issues of the newsletter, action alerts -- we have it! Plus, we will be upgrading our site and adding things over the next few weeks. Visit us in cyberspace soon. No shirt or shoes required. Peace, Marylia Marylia Kelley Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment) 2582 Old First Street Livermore, CA USA 94550 http://www.igc.org/tvc/ - is our web site, please visit us there! (925) 443-7148 - is our phone (925) 443-0177 - is our fax Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear weapons. Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/
