And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 09:19:58 -0600 (MDT) From: joseph c winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (The following message is probably far too long, and I wish that I could send each supporter a personal message. Also, I am very embarrassed to ask for donations, but it is the only way we can get started again. Thankyou for passing this message on to others!!! Joe Winter) Please pass this on to your friends and readers. In response to the tremendous outpouring of support, with hundreds of letters, email messages, petitions, and phone calls made on behalf of TNAT - The Traditional Native American Tobacco Seed Bank and Education Program - I have started the program up again, but with a new name and address. It is now called THE NATIVE AMERICAN PLANT COOPERATIVE (NAPC) which reflects its broader purpose, of providing many different kinds of medicinal plants to Native Americans who need them, not just traditional tobacco. We still have a traditional tobacco seed bank, tobacco health education program, and tobacco leaf gift program, but we also have several hundred other medicinal plants, that we can provide to Native Americans who need them for healing, prayers, ceremonies and related purposes. Also, our many donors have provided us with a lot of other items, such as bison and elk hides, parrot and other feathers, beads, porcupine quills, sinew and many other things that are useful for those in need, especially in prisons and rehab programs where access is limited. So here is our new address; we do not yet have a phone number, though I can still be reached at my work number - 505-277-5853 and this email address. We need your continued support! We are starting out with a balance of 0 in our bank account, and while we have enough stamps to provide plants to member groups for about 2 weeks, we need many things that the university previously provided, and that now cost money that we don't have, e.g., post office box, phone line, copying costs, FAX line, web page, email address, and the many many other things required to set up and maintain a private, not-for-profit cooperative. So please send us your donations and support, so we can get back on our feet. Also, please consider joining our volunteer-based cooperative, which provides all member groups, each month, with as much traditional tobacco as they need, along with sage, cedar, sweetgrass, and a different educational set each month, and one other medicinal plant or other donated item from our catalogs of plants, educational materials, and related items (such as prisoner-made arts and crafts). Additional plants, educational sets, and other items can be purchased for a small price, and we have many books, posters, videos, Huichol and Tarahumara crafts and art, prisoner-made arts and crafts, and other things available at a very low cost. Finally, we still provide traditional tobacco seeds and a small amount of Blessing tobacco, in return only for postage costs (three .33 cents stamps or $1.00). You do not have to be a member to receive the seeds and gift tobacco. However, as a cooperative member you will receive many benefits. Initial membership in the cooperative is only $15.00, with a flat monthly rate of $7.50 thereafter, payable in money, stamps, arts and crafts, volunteer work, contributing traditional tobacco and other plants, making gifts, and the many other things that the cooperative will depend on. In other words, for only a little bit of effort or a little money, you can be part of an important cooperative that helps thousands of brothers and sisters in need, not only in prisons but in many other limited access facilities throughout the U.S. and Canada. So here is the new address: Native American Plant Cooperative P.O.Box 36749 Albuquerque NM 87176 Please consider donating support or even joining NAPC! Donations of $15.00 or more cover the basic cooperative enrollment fee. For the time being, checks and money orders have to be made out in my name, since we do not yet have our not-for profit status, tax ID # and all of the other bureaucratic stuff we have to go through. Also, there are many many challenges ahead of us, not the least of which is the upcoming Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms determination of whether or not our Blessing Tobacco constitutes "tobacco" in the legal sense. But with your help, we can overcome this and many other obstacles. Thank you!!! Joe Winter Director, Native American Plant Cooperative Phone: 505-277-5853 FAX: 505-277-6726 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ 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/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
