NATIVE_NEWS: ANNA MAE PICTOU-AWUASH Wounded Knee
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 07:09:20 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Lynne Moss-Sharman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ANNA MAE PICTOU-AWUASH Wounded Knee Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" June 13, 1999 Justice at last for Anna Mae? DNA evidence may finally solve the 1976 murder of a Canadian Indian woman By PETER WORTHINGTON -- Toronto Sun The bizarre murder of a Canadian Indian woman nearly 24 years ago on South Dakota's Pine Ridge reservation, near Wounded Knee, is today closer to being solved, thanks to a Denver detective and DNA evidence. It was a sensational mystery at the time. The case has never been closed, and now three middle-aged Indians who were wild, status-seeking teenagers in the mid-'70s, may soon be indicted by a Colorado grand jury if Denver detective Abe Alonzo has his way. Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash, a charismatic, controversial 30-year-old Micmac from Shubenacadie, near Halifax, made headlines when her decomposing body was finally identified in February, 1976. At the time hers was just one of some 300 Indian deaths at Pine Ridge between the 71-day siege at Wounded Knee in 1973, and the murders of two FBI agents in 1975, while a mini-war raged. A dispute over whether uranium-rich Sioux land should go to the U.S. government involved traditional Indians who sought help from the militant American Indian Movement (AIM). The Bureau of Indian Agency (BIA) police, paramilitary Guardians of the Oglala Nation, U.S. marshals, the FBI, SWAT teams and assorted vigilantes were all in confrontation, with the National Guard in the wings. Most of the Indian deaths, usually by gunshot, were designated as being from "exposure." Of 63 identified bodies, 47 were of AIM supporters. Only the shooting deaths of two FBI agents were investigated. Initially, Anna Mae was one of the unidentified Indian dead. When her body was discovered by rancher Roger Amiotte in a remote corner of the reservation on Feb. 24, 1976, police and the FBI uncharacteristically swarmed the scene. UNUSUAL PROCEDURE The local pathologist ruled she'd died from exposure - probably drunk - and that she'd recently had sex but wasn't raped. In an unusual procedure, the FBI had her hands amputated and sent to Washington for fingerprint identification. (Normally, if the FBI wants ID, the finger tips are cut off and sent in the matching fingers of a surgeon's glove.) FBI agents had repeatedly interviewed Anna Mae and tried to recruit her as an informant. A warrant was out for her arrest on a weapons charge. Many Indians now believe that when Anna Mae refused to co-operate, the FBI planted rumours that she was an informer. This technique was successful in causing dissension and spreading suspicions among Indians. It helped destabilize AIM which, as it turned out, was thoroughly penetrated by the FBI. After Anna Mae was buried in an unmarked grave as "Jane Doe," the FBI notified the Canadian government and relatives in Nova Scotia of her death. The family, knowing Anna Mae was too experienced to die of exposure, contacted a lawyer, had the body exhumed and got an independent pathologist to do an autopsy. Dr. Garry Peterson of St. Paul Hospital in Minnesota discovered a bullet wound in the back of her head, and a .32 slug bulging above her left cheek. Blood tests showed no alcohol or drugs. Dr. Peterson suspected she'd been raped. Rumours flew. Some felt the FBI had "executed" Anna Mae in revenge for agents Ron Williams and Jack Coler being killed the previous June, and/or because she wouldn't co-operate. Others felt Indians had killed her because they thought she was an informer. The FBI later made an unusual public statement that she wasn't an informer. Three federal grand juries (1976, 1983, 1994) failed to indict anyone. For years, the case was going nowhere. Then along came a determined U.S. marshal for South Dakota, Bob Ecoffey. In 1994, he sought assistance from Alonzo, an equally resolute Denver detective, in running down how Anna Mae was "kidnapped" or abducted from Denver in December, 1975 and taken to Pine Ridge. The investigation narrowed to three Indians, teenagers at the time, anxious to make a name for themselves as AIM "dog soldiers" or warriors. Under orders or on their own, they forcibly took Anna Mae to Pine Ridge for questioning about being an informer. USING THE INTERNET Alonzo, a 27-year detective, has taken the unprecedented route of going on the Internet to ask for information and witnesses. He's had a surprising response, "mostly from Indians," and has knitted together many unconnected details which give a solid picture. He is convinced he knows the murderers, or abductors, and expects a Colorado grand jury to soon be convened. "It's unusual that the federal government turns over a grand jury investigation to a state, but that's what's happened," he said when I called him. What's changed in the case is
NATIVE_NEWS: OPP lying DUDLEY GEORGE
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 07:10:54 -0400 From: Lynne Moss-Sharman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OPP lying DUDLEY GEORGE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" EDITORIAL TORONTO STAR June 13, 1999 Police misconduct We demand a lot of our police officers, but most of all, we demand that they're honest. So when officers violate this basic tenet of their profession, their supervisors cannot turn a blind eye. It seems, though, that's exactly what has happened in the case of two Ontario Provincial Police officers accused of giving dishonest testimony at a court trial. Judge Hugh Fraser presided over the 1997 trial of Acting Sergeant Kenneth Deane who was charged, and later convicted, of criminal negligence in the shooting death of Dudley George. Fraser ruled that Deane was ``not honest'' in his statements to investigators and the court. And the judge said the evidence of Constable Chris Cossett, was ``clearly fabricated and implausible.'' This conduct by both officers warranted swift discipline. But now, two years after the trial, the force says it will not take action against Cossett or Deane, who remains on the force while he appeals his conviction. OPP brass seem to be saying that it's okay for officers to be dishonest and fabricate evidence. That's unacceptable. If they are unwilling to act, then the solicitor-general must. "Let Us Consider The Human Brain As A Very Complex Photographic Plate" 1957 G.H. Estabrooks www.angelfire.com/mn/mcap/bc.html FOR K A R E N #01182 who died fighting 4/23/99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.aches-mc.org 807-622-5407 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/
NATIVE_NEWS: [FN] Fwd: Ariz. Wildfire Scorches 5,000 Acres
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: Piercing Eyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] forwarded for informational purposes only..contents have not been verified.. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 11:56:28 EDT Subject: Ariz. Wildfire Scorches 5,000 Acres Ariz. Wildfire Scorches 5,000 Acres .c The Associated Press By The Associated Press Fire crews in Arizona were nearing containment today of a 4,470-acre wildfire that has forced 100 people from their homes on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. About 800 firefighters formed a preliminary containment line this morning that has stopped the spread of the fire, U.S. Forest Service spokesman Bob Dyson said. But, he added: ``When the winds come up today, we're anticipating spot fires across the line. Every ember that we've got is burning.'' The fire, which was sparked Friday, has charred 4,470 acres of pine trees and heavy brush north of the town of Whiteriver, about 130 miles northeast of Phoenix. Twelve buildings, including some homes, have been destroyed, Dyson said. The 100 evacuees were staying in two shelters in Whiteriver. Officials were worried that heavy smoke could cause breathing problems for some people, including the elderly, Dyson said. ``We're sucking lots of smoke in all the valleys,'' he said. Meanwhile, a wildfire ignited by lightning on June 3 had burned 600 acres of Ponderosa pine near the north rim of the Grand Canyon by late Friday afternoon. Officials said the fire had spread slowly to a mile east of the Mount Logan Wilderness Area but would be allowed to burn itself out. AP-NY-06-12-99 1156EDT Copyright 1999 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without prior written authority of The Associated Press. 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/
NATIVE_NEWS: En;IPS,New military incursion into La Realidad,Jun 12
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This message is forwarded to you as a service of Zapatistas Online. Comments and volunteers are welcome. Write [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 10:47:17 -0700 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Major Void [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New Military Incursions into Indigenous Villages New Military Incursions into Indigenous Villages By Pilar Franco Inter Press Service 11-JUN-99 MEXICO CITY, (Jun. 10) IPS - Human rights groups denounced new military occupations of areas of southeastern Mexico inhabited by indigenous sympathizers of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN). The town of La Realidad, considered the political stronghold of the Zapatista rebels in the southeastern state of Chiapas, was invaded by around 800 soldiers and police yesterday, while 700 security agents, backed by helicopters, entered La Trinidad. Human rights and church groups like the Fray Bartolome de las Casas center said the local residents did not put up resistance to the security forces. The occupations followed similar operations in nearby villages by security agents last week, which forced hundreds of indigenous people to take refuge in the bush surrounding their villages, where they remained today without food or shelter. Rights groups calculate the total number of people displaced by the violence in Chiapas over the past four years at 15,000. Since the EZLN burst onto the scene in the impoverished southeastern state on January 1, 1994 and agreed to an armed truce with the government after 12 days of fighting, the rebels and their supporters have declared a number of local municipalities autonomous. The incursions by police and army troops into autonomous villages and towns could lead to arbitrary searches and arrests of indigenous residents, local activists warned. The parliamentary peace commission decided last night to ask the government for detailed information on army operations in the conflict-ridden state of Chiapas. "We must know precisely what is happening, so that a new problem does not take us by surprise later," said Senator Carlos Payan. The lawmaker's concern was based on previous incidents, such as the killings a year ago of eight indigenous residents of the villages of Union Progreso and Chavajeval, in the municipality of El Bosque, and the December 22, 1997 massacre of 45 displaced indigenous people in Acteal. "The El Bosque killings were a sequel to what occurred in Acteal," according to the Fray Bartolome de las Casas human rights center. "In both cases authorities attempted to distort and cover up events, and impunity has reigned." No one has been punished for the killings in Union Progreso and Chavajeval or the consequent ransacking of the communities. And the Fray Bartolome de las Casas center stated yesterday that the Acteal massacre was the work of Chiapas police officers. The rights organization is defending 85 indigenous people it considers innocent, who were arrested and tried in connection with the Acteal massacre. Five of the indigenous prisoners submitted a document to the federal judge presiding over the case, "blaming police for the massacre that took place in the Catholic church of Acteal," said Arturo Farela, president of the Fraternity of Evangelical Churches. The Jesuits, meanwhile, demanded the release of two indigenous catechists arrested 10 days ago along a road in the Chiapas municipality of Chilon. "The attacks, provocations and hostilities must end," the Jesuits stated in a communique released today. "Serious and committed dialogue is the only route to achieving peace with justice and dignity in Chiapas and throughout the entire country." Peace talks between the EZLN and the government of Ernesto Zedillo have been suspended since mid-1996. The communique "vigorously protests" not only the detention of the two catechists, but "the climate of harassment" which it said had forced thousands of local Chiapas residents to flee their homes. Catholic priest Heriberto Cruz reported the murder of an indigenous man in another Chiapas community, Guadalupe Jolnapa, in the context of an attack on the village on June 7 by paramilitary groups and police. In another southern state, Oaxaca, more than 100 women and children in the area of Loxichas have been seeking for the past two years the release of their husbands and other family members accused of belonging to a smaller insurgent group, the Popular Revolutionary Army, which made its first public appearance in June 1996, and operates in the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero. ~~~ NPC Information Associates "Intelligence for the Underdog!" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 770-457-6758 Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit)
NATIVE_NEWS: SD: Correction
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: "John E Hussman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] One correction, change" 600 people" to read:" 600 families". Ditto for "well over 1000 people".
NATIVE_NEWS: ENVIRO BRIEFS
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Activist Mailing List - http://get.to/activist 1) Struggle to protect land along Missouri River in South Dakota 2) State of the World's Forests 1999 3) Intersexed rodents found at Kesterton National Wildlife Refuge 4) Vote for Jet Skis as Worst Idea of the Century ~~~ Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 19:19:02 -0600 From: Paul Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: struggle to protect land along Missouri River in South Dakota Dear Earth First, We are struggling to stop the largest ever turnover of treaty land (currently under federal control) to the state of South Dakota per Title VI of the 1999 Omnibus Appropriations Act enacted in October 1998. There is a spiritual camp on LaFramboise Island just south of Pierre SD on the Missouri River and five tribes are working to stop this transfer to SD which has a terrible record of destroying the environment. Land to be transferred is delicate and contains cultural remains and burials. All will be more in danger than now if the minimal federal protections are lost, which will happen if the transfer to state of SD goes through. Please consider adding our site to your link list. We are at www.fireonprairie.org Pilamaya (thank you), Eileen H. Iron Cloud and Paul Robertson for the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council Committee Against the Mitigation Act and Fire on the Prairie. === Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 18:37:57 -0600 Sender: "Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news" [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: David Inouye [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: State of the World's Forests 3. State of the World's Forests 1999 (SOFO) [.pdf, 154p.] http://www.fao.org/fo/sofo/sofo99/default.htm The latest edition of this biannual publication from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (last reviewed in the May 9, 1997 Scout Report offers one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date reviews of new developments in forestry and the condition of forests worldwide. SOFO 1999 reports on a number of significant events and developments of 1997-98, including "the latest figures on global forest cover; current efforts to assess forest resources; the forest fires of 1997 and 1998; recent trends in forest management; the significance to forestry of the Kyoto Protocol of the Framework Convention on Climate Change; current and projected forest products production, consumption and trade; recent trends in forest policy, legislation and institutions; and the international dialogue and initiatives on forests, among other topics." Aimed at policy-makers, academics, and the informed public, the report is offered in .pdf format, broken down into numerous sections. While this presentation strategy speeds initial download, it can slow navigation within the document. [MD] From the Scout Report. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/hotnews/stories/11/ kest Intersexed rodents found at Kesterton Friday, June 11, 1999 By Eric Brazil OF THE EXAMINER STAFF Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge, already infamous as the place where selenium poisoned thousands of birds, has just presented scientists with a startling environmental puzzle: an outbreak of hermaphroditic rodents. A third of the 87 field mice, house mice, deer mice and California voles trapped during the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's annual biological monitoring study at the Merced County refuge had both male and female reproductive organs. Although all of the rodents examined had elevated levels of selenium in their livers, scientists doubt that the element caused the duplication of their reproductive systems. Studies of selenium's effect on laboratory mice have not induced similar deformities. The number of intersex mammals "was something we found very unexpectedly, and we're not sure what to make of it yet," said biologist Gary Santolo of the Sacramento consulting firm of C2HMHill, who headed the Kesterson field study. What makes the discovery even more mysterious is that it was evidently not caused by genetic mutation, Santolo said. "If the intersex abnormality was seen across four species, it is unlikely that it is the result of a genetic mutation, and it is probably the result of environmental influences," the report said. Hermaphroditism is a condition only rarely encountered at Kesterson in the annual biological monitoring studies that have been under way for more than a decade. "Why did we see more in '98 than in other years? What was different? It's going to take us a while to figure that out," Santolo said. Because Kesterson is a fairly closed system and no longer receives drain water from San Joaquin Valley farms, it has no obvious contaminant sources. Consequently, the report says, "naturally occurring agents should also be considered as having a role in this phenomenon." "It's fair to say that if it happened in four species
NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: SMALLPOX FOUND IN ROGUE GOVERNMENT BIO ARSENALS
And now:Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 19:21:27 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (austin) Subject: SMALLPOX FOUND IN ROGUE GOVERNMENT BIO ARSENALS Khwe Ish: An article on the front page of today's (Sunday) NY Times: "Govt. Report Says 3 nations Hide Stocks of Smallpox" I don't have the energy to retype the whole thing, but feel its something of interest to Turtle Islanders, (perhaps someone could scan it?)since 9 out of 10 American Indians died from this horrible pestilence, often deliberately infected...And now the world seems to be gearing up for another round of Cold War, this time with bio weapons. On Tuesday, the NY Times Science section is running a comprehensive article on smallpox. This scares the hell out of me. Native immune systems weren't much against this virus in 1492. Who knows how they'll fare today? Blessings...in lak ech, Laughing Crow The following excerpts from the New York Times is the main ideas presented in this multi part series. Each section has further links on the pages. I agree with Laughing Crow, this may be something to seriously keep in awareness. the truth is no one under the age of ten (or perhaps even older) has been vaccinated in this country since it was declared eradicated in the wild. http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/global/061399intel-report.html By WILLIAM J. BROAD and JUDITH MILLER secret Federal intelligence assessment completed late last year concludes that Iraq, North Korea and Russia are probably concealing the deadly smallpox virus for military use, Government officials say. The assessment, the officials say, is based on evidence that includes disclosures by a senior Soviet defector, blood samples from North Korean soldiers that show smallpox vaccinations and the fairly recent manufacture of smallpox vaccine by Iraq. The officials say the warning was an important factor in President Clinton's recent decision to reverse course and forgo destruction of American stocks of the virus. Besides the United States, only Russia retains openly declared stocks of the virus now, nearly 20 years after the disease was declared to be eradicated. The intelligence assessment concludes that Russia is most likely hiding additional stocks of the virus at military sites. http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/global/060299anthrax-island.html By JUDITH MILLER OZROZHDENIYE ISLAND, Uzbekistan -- In the spring of 1988, germ scientists 850 miles east of Moscow were ordered to undertake their most critical mission. Working in great haste and total secrecy, the scientists in the city of Sverdlovsk transferred hundreds of tons of anthrax bacteria -- enough to destroy the world many times over -- into giant stainless-steel canisters, poured bleach into them to decontaminate the deadly pink powder, packed the canisters onto a train two dozen cars long and sent the illicit cargo almost a thousand miles across Russia and Kazakhstan to this remote island in the heart of the inland Aral Sea, American and Central Asian officials say. Here Russian soldiers dug huge pits and poured the sludge into the ground, burying the germs and, Moscow hoped, a grave political threat. While Mikhail S. Gorbachev was pressing his glasnost and perestroika campaign and warming ties with the West, intelligence evidence was mounting in Washington that the Soviet Union, contrary to its treaty pledges, was producing tons of deadly germs for weapons that the world had banned. The stockpile had to be destroyed in case the United States and Britain demanded an inspection, Russian scientists close to the program said. Vozrozhdeniye Island was a natural choice. Until the military left here for good in 1992, Renaissance Island, as it translates from the Russian, had been the Soviet Union's major open-air testing site. Today, Renaissance Island, which the former Soviet republics of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan now share, is the world's largest anthrax burial ground. http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/052599hth-doctors.html By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D. mallpox, the ancient disease, was eradicated 20 years ago. Smallpox, the virus, is on death row, frozen in two highly protected laboratories in the United States and Russia. Like lawyers filing last-minute briefs, American scientists have come up with new arguments for reprieve. Monday, with the backing of Russia and other governments, the World Health Organization formally bowed to their wishes and granted the virus yet
