NATIVE_NEWS: Tribal colleges receive $30 mln
And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: "J.D.K. Chipps" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FN] Tribal colleges receive $30 mln To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WASHINGTON (AP) - The Lilly Endowment Inc. is donating $30 million to American Indian tribal colleges to help with construction and renovation of often shabby campuses. The fund planned to announce the gift Tuesday as the kickoff to a $120 million campaign to raise money for improvements at 30 tribal colleges serving 26,000 students in 12 states. The drive thus far has taken in $43 million, including the Lilly gift, said Suzette Brewer, spokeswoman for the American Indian College Fund. Most of the 30 schools are community colleges run by one or more tribes and located on reservations. Non-Indians also can take classes at the schools, but the colleges get federal per-student funding only for their Indian students. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561368581-3d3 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: Ottawa: poisoning Seabed
And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: Connie Fogal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Ottawa: poisoning Seabed Comments: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URGENT PUBLIC MEETING SEPTEMBER 29,1999 Ottawa Citizen, Conference Room, 1101 Baxter road OTTAWA Wednesday September 29,1999 7:30 p.m. POISONING CANADA' S SEABED- THE US NAVY'S ILLEGAL PRESENCE Everyone who is concerned about the sovereignty of Canada and the military takeover of parts of Canada for military practice and weapons testing is invited to come to an urgent meeting and hear a report on Nanoose Bay BC. The reports from Nova Scotia confirm pollution of the seabed and lobster fishing grounds off Nova Scotia. Puerto Rico is trying to get rid of the U.S. navy use of Puerto Rican territory for deadly war games. The Chretien government has illegally seized Nanoose Bay on Vancouver Island for the continued use by the U.S. Navy for torpedo testing and military practice. Starting September 1999 U.S. Navy nuclear powered warships will be able to carry nuclear weapons into Canadian (B.C.)waters. The Human Rights Institute of Canada, located in Ottawa, (one of the Plaintiffs in the lawsuits against the expropriation of Nanoose Bay) invites everyone who is concerned about Canadian sovereignty, nuclear proliferation, and about Canadian involvement in U.S. military adventures to come to this meeting. Open session for people to express their views. Dr Marguerite Ritchie, Q.C., will give a first hand report of her challenges to these illegal operations and answer your questions. tel: 613 232 2920; 613 232 7477; Fax: 613 232 3735; E mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 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 BRIEFS
And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: excerpted from Victor Rocha's pechanga.net Gaming News Tuesday, September 28th, 1999 Senate approves Scaled-Down increase for tribal colleges http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=80959391 -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Tim Johnson says he is still hopeful that a House-Senate conference committee will restore the full amount of extra money he sought for tribal colleges. The Senate approved only $1.5 million of the $6.4 million in extra money sought by Johnson, D-S.D. As it stands now, the Senate has budgeted $33.5 million for tribal colleges, up $2.2 million from this year, thanks to Johnson' s efforts and $700, 000 added at the request of Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont. Tribal Colleges Receive $30M -- WASHINGTON (AP) http://www.accessatlanta.com/shared-cgi/stories/show.cgi?id=aponline-menus-data/National.AP.V0788.AP-Indian-Colleges.storyamp;menu=National.html --The Lilly Endowment Inc. is donating $30 million to American Indian tribal colleges to help with construction and renovation of often shabby campuses. The fund planned to announce the gift Tuesday as the kickoff to a $120 million campaign to raise money for improvements at 30 tribal colleges serving 26,000 students in 12 states. The drive thus far has taken in $43 million, including the Lilly gift, said Suzette Brewer, spokeswoman for the American Indian College Fund. Mop-up now beginning on two large wildfires in Eastern Washington http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/burn_19990927.html -- SPOKANE - Firefighters today were mopping up two Eastern Washington wildfires that blackened about 5,000 acres on the Spokane Indian Reservation and in Chelan County. The 3,000-acre fire on the reservation northwest of Spokane was contained this morning. Containment of the other blaze - a 2,000-acre fire near Omak - was expected later today. Nevada Tribes to receive COPS grants http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1999/Sep-28-Tue-1999/news/12027515.html -- The Department of Justice has announced it will give more than $1 million to eight law enforcement agencies in Nevada tribal communities to pay for the hiring of seven new officers. The money also will be used to provide training for officers and to purchase supplies in the eight communities, U.S. Sens. Harry Reid and Richard Bryan, both D- Nev., said. CATTARAUGUS INDIAN RESERVATION, N.Y. (AP) In a Sept. 24 story about the firings of four tribal councilors on the Seneca Nation of Indians, The Associated Press reported erroneously that treasurer J.C. Seneca had protested the firings by resigning as treasurer of the Seneca Nation. J.C. Seneca resigned from the Seneca Party, a political party, but did not resign his post as the nation's treasurer. Abenaki Museum developing display about sterilization http://www-messenger.together.com/news/092799_Abenaki_museum.html Facility's aims: spotlight eugenics, unveil injustice -- SWANTON - The Abenaki Tribal Museum plans to place a spotlight on a dark secret from Vermont's past -- eugenics -- an effort to eradicate bloodlines of people deemed inferior. Fred Wiseman, curator of the museum, Thursday provided the Governor's Commission on Native American Affairs with an update about facility plans. The museum, he said, is moving ahead with a display of 1930's era medical instruments, monitors and medicines used in forced sterilization prompted by the racist movement. Sleuths Learn To Hunt Archaeological Criminals http://www.abqjournal.com/news/2news09-27-99.htm -- SANTA FE -- A park ranger spies a man in camouflage carrying what looks like a shovel near an archaeological site. Minutes later a lone mountain biker clad in spandex and a "No Fear" T-shirt leaves the area. The ranger stops the innocuous biker. His hands are covered with dirt. His story doesn't jibe. There's an open gun case in a car back in the National Park Service parking lot. It's not a Tony Hillerman mystery novel. Legal woes beset ballot initiative http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1999/08/25/text/p1s1.html Direct-style democracy is dealt a new blow, as California court rejects another measure -- A california supreme court's decision to overturn the most expensive ballot-initiative campaign in United States' history - an Indian gambling measure approved overwhelmingly by California voters last November - has thrown a spotlight on both the surging popularity and the perils of direct-style citizen democracy. In recent decades, as the percentages of those who vote have declined and frustrations with the political establishment have grown, the use of ballot initiatives has increased dramatically. ** Old Story ** Financier Leaves Trail Of Deception http://www.denverpost.com/business/biz0927a.htm Tribe-Owned Bank Denies Involvement --The bank is owned by the 1,250-member Delaware Tribe, which opened the bank with $5 million in capital from a group of unnamed investors and began accepting
NATIVE_NEWS: NAC Update
And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: Eric Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: NAC Update TUE - 9/28: Book-of-the-Month: "A Peoples Ecology": Tewa author and University of New Mexico professor Greg Cajete of Santa Clara Pueblo explores sustainable living from a Native perspective through a collection of well-written modern essays. WED - 9/29: Losing the Drug War: America has poured billions of dollars into what some say is a losing war on drugs. Should we continue to throw money at a drug program that has gone up in smoke? What are the alternatives? Guests include New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson. THU - 9/30: Plastic Shamans: Unfortunately, there are people out there that feel that all it takes to be a medicine man is the ability to call yourself one. Some do it to make a quick buck, while others just don't know any better. How should Native America deal with these overnight "holy" men and the misinformation that they spread? FRI - 10/01: Traditional Food Gathering: How do we explain the spiritual aspects of traditional food gathering? For Native people, traditional foods are an essential part of who we are and extend beyond nutritional needs. October 1st marks a milestone in Alaska Native history as a decades-old battle over subsistence enters a new phase. Join our host, Sharon McConnel, and her guests as they talk about the spiritual significance of Native foods on the next "Wellness Edition" of Native America Calling. FRI - 10/08: Arthritis According to the Arthritis Foundation, nearly 43-million Americans have Arthritis That's one in every six people. People who suffer from arthritis are limited in their everyday activities such as walking, dressing, and bathing. Join host, Sharon McConnell and her guests on the next "Wellness Edition" of Native America Calling as they discuss arthritis among Native Americans and its different forms of treatment. FRI - 10/15: Raising Girls to Women in Indian Country On this "Wellness Edition" we talk about raising our Native daughters to be good women who can walk in both the traditional and western worlds. How do we teach them to draw on their traditional Native life ways when faced with contemporary challenges? Join host Sharon McConnell and her guests, on the next "Wellness Edition" of Native America Calling as they talk about raising our Native daughters to be strong women. FRI - 10/22: Acknowledging Your Native Heritage Even in this day and age, many Natives don't acknowledge their heritage. Why is this? Join Sharon McConnell, and her guests, on the next "Wellness Edition" of Native America Calling as they explore the importance of being proud of who you are. FRI - 10/29: Dial-a-Doc Our two doctors in radio-residency return to answer your questions about health and prescriptions. Doctors David Baines and Tom Nighswander will also discuss with host Sharon McConnell about the latest medical developments featured in the national media. So prepare your health questions for another "radio house call" on the next "Wellness Edition" of Native America Calling. --- Eric Martin American Indian Radio On Satellite Director of Distribution [EMAIL PROTECTED] 402.472.3287 Coming this fall from the National Museum of the American Indian: Coyote Bites Back: Indian Humor Memory and Imagination: The Legacy of Maidu Indian Artist Frank Day 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: Tornado victims PR move into new homes
And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: +=+KOLA Newslist+=+ http://kota.rapidnet.com/thestory.asp?story=3066 Tornado Victims Finally Move Into Homes 09/27/1999 - 3:21:07 PM - KOTA Territory News Almost four months after a deadly tornado ripped through the Pine Ridge town of Oglala, families are finally home. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and Indian Health Services are building a 200-unit mobile home park in Oglala. FEMA is puting in 45 of the mobile homes. IHS will add other homes in the future. As of today, about 25 families have moved into the new park. While FEMA usually just used the mobile homes as temporary housing, Pine Ridge is different from most disaster areas. There wasn't enough housing on the Oglala Sioux Tribe Reservation before the tornado struck. There is the possibility that some families may even buy the new mobile homes. +=+ http://users.skynet.be/kola/ http://kola-hq.hypermart.net +=+
NATIVE_NEWS: Jesuit Martyrs Remembered
And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jesuit Martyrs Remembered By Harvey Shepherd, Montreal Gazette MONTREAL (CP) _ It's been 350 years since the death of the Jesuit Canadian Martyrs, but they can be judged well even by today's standards, says a pastoral letter from the Canadian Council of Catholic Bishops. The eight Jesuits were seized, five near what is today Midland, Ont., and put to death by Iroquois raiders. In the letter issued to mark the anniversary of the deaths between 1642 and 1649 of six Jesuit priests from France and two lay volunteers, the council says that in the 15 years the of Huron mission the missionaries became remarkably sensitivite to Huron culture. ``What is surprising is not what they failed to understand, but all that they understood in such a short time,'' says the letter signed by Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte, archbishop of Montreal as president of the conference, and 15 other bishops. The martyrs were beatified in 1925 and canonized in 1930 by Pope Pius XI. Pius XII proclaimed them the secondary patrons of Canada in 1940; St. Joseph remains Canada's primary patron. The Roman Catholic church has set aside Sept. 26 as the martyrs' feast day in Canada; they are remembered Oct. 19 in other countries. The martyrs were lay Jesuit Rene Goupil (1642), Jesuit father Isaac Jogues (1646), lay worker Jean de La Lande (1646), Jesuit father Antoine Daniel (1648) and four Jesuit fathers killed in 1649: Jean de Brebeuf, Gabriel Lalemant, Charles Garnier and Noel Chabanel. The first three were captured and taken to an Iroquois village near present-day Albany, N.Y., and killed; the others were slain near the Sainte-Marie mission. While people today are critical of the record of Christian missionaries among Aboriginal Peoples, the bishops praise the contribution of the martyrs. They state that between 1634 and 1649, about 30 Jesuits, 20 of them priests, transformed the Aboriginal villages on Georgian Bay, and later two Huron communities in Quebec, into ``centres of religious fervour comparable to those in the early church.'' They recall that the 17th century was a period of intensive exploration by France, resulting in the foundation of Quebec in 1608 and the creation of the Company of One Hundred Associates under Cardinal Richelieu in 1627 with a threefold mandate: to encourage settlement, commercial development and evangelization. The missionaries found themselves caught between the commercial enterprises of competing European countries and the hostilities between the Huron and Iroquois. The missionaries had only one option: to declare their plans to evangelize and dissociate themselves from the commercial goals of the Europeans. Until the disintegration of the Jesuit mission in 1650, the missionaries ``refused to welcome merchants, hostelers and the fur traders known as the coureurs du bois,'' say the bishops. The letter also says the missionaries became ``inculturated'' long before the term became part of Catholic jargon. ``They found themselves confronted by a completely new culture. They would have only 15 years to decipher the Huron language and to unlock what were to them the even more impenetrable mysteries presented by the customs of the land. ``In order to be perceived as Huron in the eyes of Hurons, they adopted Huron ways of living and eating. They never once tried making the Hurons French.'' The bishops say the missionaries ``struggled blindly, yet admitted their limitations and mistakes while also correcting their judgments.'' The missionaries at first ``experienced the comforting friendship of those they had come to evangelize,'' but then encountered growing resistance, partly because of epidemics that killed thousands of Hurons between 1634 and 1640. Even so by the time of the last Iroquois offensive against the Hurons in 1649, most Hurons had become Christian. The bishops write that although the Huron mission disappeared with the martyrdom of its founders the dispersal of the Hurons after 1650 resulted in the spreading of the gospel. ``Through the Huron Christians and the blood of the Jesuit martyrs, the faith was kindled throughout North America.'' The bishops suggest that, for those Catholics who can make it, a pilgrimage to the Martyrs' Shrine in Midland ``will be an important way of marking this anniversary and rediscovering our spiritual heritage.'' INDEX: RELIGION "Command News is a product of The Canadian 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/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/
NATIVE_NEWS: Grave desecration
And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 18:04:31 EDT Subject: Grave desecration Florida AIM Files Complaints In Grave Desecration Case Hudson, FL- The American Indian Movement of Florida has filed civil and criminal complaints against a construction company who intentionally desecrated a state designated Unmarked Indian Burial site. The T.L. Hunt Construction Company began bulldozing inside of the known Reedy Burial site in Hudson last week and were confronted by Pasco County AIM members -who notified Pasco County Code Enforcement. Today Pasco County AIM Director Ruby Beaulieu filed complaints against T.L. Hunt with the Pasco County Sheriffs Office and Pinellas-Pasco County State Attorney's Office alleging that T.L. Hunt violated Florida's Unmarked human burial law as well as provisions of Florida's Archeological and Historical Resources protection laws. Florida AIM staff are reviewing T.L. Hunt's actions and may file federal complaints against T.L. Hunt for violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act. Florida AIM is incensed due to the fact that T.L. Hunt provided assurances to Florida AIM and the Pasco County Planning board that they would act in a manner to protect the known burial site and act responsibly if any unknown sites were found. The Reedy site was ravaged by grave robbers, and protected by Florida AIM in a well-publicized 1994 repatriation. Florida AIM also pursued criminal charges against a Mr. John Rabe-who was videotaped by an AIM supporter digging up the mound in a clear violation of Florida State statutes. The Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney provided carte blanche to those who rob Indigenous graves by refusing to prosecute that case. T.L. Hunts violation of the agreement made has eroded any confidence Florida AIM had that this corporation would act in a responsible manner respecting the cemetery of Indigenous peoples. We are considering demanding that the Pasco County Commission conduct a Phase I Archaeological Survey of the entire construction area, or filing an injunction against further construction if the desecration continues. Further should either the Pasco County Sheriff or Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney refuse to investigate or take appropriate action, as was done with previous grave desecration's at the site, Florida AIM fully intends to file a Writ of Mandamus to force the issue. Florida AIM will hold a press conference on site to further discuss the issue at 9:30 AM Wednesday September 29, 1999. We know that in order to respect the living one must respect those that have gone before. We are tired of waiting for the respect Indigenous people should have had 507 years ago. The time for change is now. 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: Biologists: Keep Eagle On List
And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Biologists: Keep Eagle On List Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch Virginia's top eagle biologists argued against a federal plan last night to remove the bald eagle from the federal list of threatened and endangered species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the move is warranted by the phenomenal increase of the majestic birds since the eagle was listed as an endangered species in 1973. But College of William and Mary and Virginia Tech researchers testified during a hearing that the trend will reverse, especially on the Chesapeake Bay, when federal laws to protect eagles against development expire when the eagle is taken off the list. The hearing at York High School was the first of three on the issue to be held around the country. "It's fundamental that you cannot have a species without its habitat," said Dr. James Fraser, an eagle biologist at Virginia Tech. He maintained the Fish and Wildlife Service has ignored warnings from Chesapeake Bay biologists that residential and commercial growth and development along the bay shore have replaced the threat once posed to the birds by DDT and other chemicals. "Frankly, it disturbs me that the Fish and Wildlife Service put forth a de-listing proposal when every biologist engaged in this recognizes the habitat issue," Fraser said. Dr. Mitchell Byrd, a William and Mary professor who has overseen the federal government's Chesapeake Bay bald eagle recovery plan, told federal hearing officers that habitat protection is the key to the eagle's long-term survival. He said restrictions against building and other human activities near eagle nests under the Endangered Species Act have helped bolster the bay's eagle population. The same tidal shores along the bay that are prime eagle nesting, feeding and roosting areas are also the same places where humans want to build houses, residential developments and marinas, Byrd said. Dr. Bryan Watts, Bryd's colleague at William and Mary's Center for Conservation Biology, testified that "development is rapidly eroding the capacity of the Chesapeake Bay to support eagles and other wildlife." Byrd said the eagles' habitat "will not be maintained without some plan to identify and protect critical areas." Other critics at last night's hearing reasoned that the Fish and Wildlife Service wanted to lift the eagle from the threatened and endangered list as a symbolic environmental success with little thought to the eagles' future. Agency spokesmen told the audience of about 75 bird watchers, conservationists and eagle defenders that Fish and Wildlife would consider re-listing eagles if they get into trouble. But critics of the de-listing argued that by the time government reacts to new threats, it may be too late for the birds. "People's houses are not like pesticides," said Richmond Audubon Society member Eileen Rowan. "We cannot remove them once we recognize they are a threat." The nation's eagle population has mushroomed since 1973 when the federal government listed the bird as an endangered species in most of the lower 48 states and banned the pesticide DDT. Nowhere has the recovery been as dramatic as the Chesapeake Bay, where fewer than 100 eagle pairs grew to more than 500 within 20 years. The federal ban on the pesticide DDT can be credited with much of the eagles' rebound, said Jody Millar, the Fish and Wildlife Service's bald eagle recovery coordinator who was host to last night's meeting. The agency marked the eagles' progress by "downlisting" it from endangered to threatened in 1995, she said. Now, it is proposing to remove the species from the list completely next year. Even if the agency removes the eagle from the list it will remain subject to protections under the federal Bald Eagle Protection law, Millar told the audience. That law specifically protects the eagle from shooting but Millar acknowledged in response to questions that it remains to be seen if it will have the same clout as the Endangered Species Act at protecting habitat. "The eagle act has not been tested," she said. TO COMMENT The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will accept written comments on its proposal to remove the bald eagle from the federal list of threatened and endangered species through Oct. 5. Comments may be mailed to Jody Millar, bald eagle recovery coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4469-48th Avenue Court, Rock Island, IL 61201, or sent via the Web at www.fws.gov/r3pao/eagle, or by telephone: (309) 793-5800. 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: SD: Charges Dropped in Mobridge
And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: sent by Pat South Dakota Headlines 09/28/1999 - 4:12:39 PM http://www.kotatv.com/thestory.asp?story=3069 - Associated Press (Mobridge-AP) -- A judge has dropped all charges against four teens in connection with the Robert Many Horses death in Mobridge. Layne Gisi was charged with manslaughter, assault and abuse or neglect of a disabled adult. Jody Larson, Ryan Goehring and Joy Hahne had been charged as accessories.
NATIVE_NEWS: Canada 9/28/99
And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 23:18:31 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Lynne Moss-Sharman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Canada 9/28/99 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" CONNIE AND TY JACOBS Tuesday, September 28, 1999 Jacobs feared foster care Family says child-abuse worries prompted shots at RCMP By NOVA PIERSON, CALGARY SUN TSUU T'INA NATION -- A lingering fear her children would be abused in foster care may have played a part in Connie Jacobs' decision to fire at a Mountie, her family said. "She made it clear to me she never wanted her children to be in the hands of social services," her sister Cynthia Applegarth told Jacobs' fatality inquiry yesterday. "She felt one of the children had been abused when they'd been apprehended, when they'd been in care." Applegarth and brother Brian Lambert testified they believe the decisions of two child-welfare workers and a tribal constable led to the exchange of fire between Jacobs and an Okotoks Mountie. The shotgun blast fired by Const. Dave Voller killed Jacobs and her nine-year-old son Ty instantly. Two Tsuu T'ina child-welfare workers and tribal Const. Tammy Dodginghorse, who testifies today, were trying to take Jacobs' four children and two grandchildren into custody March 22, 1998, before the shooting. "I'm not here to blame any one of the people," said Applegarth. "I'm here to find out what happened. If there's weakness in the system -- social services, the RCMP, the tribal police -- hopefully this inquiry will find them and strengthen them. "This could happen on any reserve in any community." ~~ Margaret Wente wonders who pays for the sins of the fathers MARGARET WENTE Tuesday, September 28, 1999 Globe and Mail Floyd Mowatt's story is a tragic one. At the age of 8, he was sent off to St. George's, an Anglican residential school in rural British Columbia that was responsible for the education and religious instruction of native children. His dormitory supervisor was a sexual predator, who molested Floyd Mowatt and several other boys for years. That was nearly three decades ago. The man who preyed on Mr. Mowatt, Derek Clarke, was eventually tried and convicted for his crimes and is in jail for a good long time. But the issue of who should pay for Mr. Mowatt's suffering, and that of other residential-school victims, is not so simple. It is the messiest moral and legal dilemma in Canada today, and it is going to tie up the courts and lawyers and mediators for many years to come. The size of the out-of-court settlement reached with Mr. Mowatt is confidential, but it's believed to be around $200,000. Last month a judge ruled the liability should be split 60-40 between the church and the federal government. Not all that much money -- but Mr. Mowatt's is only the first in a flood of settlements about to hit the church like a giant tidal wave. Last week, the Anglican archbishop of B.C.,David Crawley, made front-page news when he said the local diocese of Cariboo could face bankruptcy because of the liabilities it faces over St. George's. To raise the money, it may have to sell off its church buildings in Prince George, Kamloops, and dozens of other towns in northwestern B.C. "It's a sad possibility," says the archbishop. "It's not a bottomless well, and it wouldn't take long to eat up the assets." In the 26 residential schools once operated by the Anglican church, there were four known sexual predators who have since been identified and exposed. Those four alone are responsible for more than a 100 current claims of sex abuse. Those are the simple, clear-cut cases, and neither the church nor the government are contesting their validity. Settlement of those cases alone will cost millions. In addition, thousands of other former residential-school inmates are also testing the system to claim damages for a host of other crimes -- anything from physical or emotional abuse to involuntary confinement and cultural deprivation. The Catholic Church and the United Church face their own sets of claims. And on it goes. The adversarial legal system is a terrible way to resolve these disputes. It's wasteful and expensive, and it pries open old wounds. It revictimizes the vulnerable, opens the door wide open to opportunists, and fails to address the underlying emotional issues of reconciliation and healing. On that, everyone agrees. But no one agrees on a better way. Ottawa is struggling to set up pilot projects in alternative dispute resolution. But there's so much wrangling over the terms and conditions that progress has been glacial. Meantime, plaintiffs' lawyers are heaping abuse on the Anglican church and the archbishop for trying to duck their obligations. But the church isn't trying to duck. It has no pot of gold. And the practical problems are monumental. Each diocese is
NATIVE_NEWS: NY:Encephalitis virus may spread south
And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 23:37:32 -0500 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Encephalitis virus may spread south Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Encephalitis virus may spread south http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=115349 Wednesday, 29 September 1999 0:00 (GMT) (UPI Focus) Encephalitis virus may spread south NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (UPI) - The West Nile encephalitis virus that has claimed four lives in New York City may be spreading to other parts of the country as migrating birds head south for the winter. "These viruses do travel with birds, and bird migration has been in process now for a better part of the month," Dr. Duane Gubler, the director of the division of vector-borne infectious disease at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told The New York Times. "There is a good possibility that this virus has already been taken to areas further south," he said. "We are going to rethink our whole surveillance approach." Thirty-seven people have tested positive for the West Nile virus after the CDC changed it diagnosis from the St. Louis encephalitis virus, which was originally believed to be the virus responsible for the outbreak. An additional 162 suspected cases from the New York City area are still being investigated. The entire city of New York has been sprayed with the pesticide malathion at least twice. Additional rounds of pesticide spraying will continue until there is a killing frost that wipes out the mosquitoes. In addition, Westchester County is also undergoing the pesticide spraying as are parts of Connecticut. Spraying began in New Jersey today. More than 500 birds have been found to be infected with the virus in the New York City area and infected birds have also been found in New Jersey, Connecticut, upstate New York, Westchester County and Long Island. "What's more, as birds continue their fall migration, some scientists are concerned that birds carrying the virus will take it with them as they move south," said Gubler. The disease is carried by birds and passed on to humans by mosquitoes. It is normally not fatal if treated, but it can be in those with lowered immune systems. The symptoms begin with fever and headache and can lead to hallucinations and paralysis. 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/
