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Gary Night Owl
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As historian Patricia Nelson Limerick summarized in The Legacy of Conquest:
The Unbroken Past of the American West,
"Set the blood quantum at one-quarter, hold to it as a rigid definition
of Indians, let intermarriage proceed as it had for centuries, and
eventually Indians will be defined out of existence. When that happens,
the federal government will be freed of its persistent 'Indian problem.'"
"The Great Mother sent you to this country, and we hope she will be
good to us for many years. The Americans gave at first large bags
of flour, sugar, and many blankets; the next year it was only half
of the quantity; and the following years it grew less and less; and
now they give only a handful of flour."
"We want to get fifty dollars for the Chiefs and thirty dollars for
all the others, men, women, and children, and we want the same every
year for the future. We want to be paid for all the timber that the
police and whites have used, since they came to our country. If it
continues to be used as it is, soon there will be no firewood left
for the Indians. I hope, Great Father, that you will give us all
that we ask."
__ Medicine Calf, Blackfeet
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| Indian Pledge of Allegiance | The Indian Pledge of Alleg-
| | iance was first presented
| I pledge allegiance to my Tribe,| on 2 December '93 during the
| to the democratic principles | opening address of the Nat-
| of the Republic | ional Congress of American
| and to the individual freedoms | Indian Tribal-States Relat-
| borrowed from the Iroquois and | ions Panel in Reno, NV. NCAI
| Choctaw Confederacies, | plans distribution of the
| as incorporated in the United | Indian Pledge to all Indian
| States Constitution, | Nations.
| so that my forefathers |
| shall not have died in vain | Walk in Beauty! Night Owl
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| Journey | In the summer and early fall
| The Bloodline | of 1998 the Treaty Unity Riders
| | rode a thousand miles on horse-
| For all that live and live by law | back, carrying a staff and
| We Stand, we Call, We Ride | praying each step of the way.
| For All that fear and fear by sight |
| We Hear, we Listen, we Ride | These prayers were offered for
| For all that pray and pray by strength| each of us, and that the Unity
| We Feel, we Move, we Ride | of all Peoples might happen.
| For all that die and die by greed |
| We Hurt, we Cry, we Ride | Tatanka Cante forwarded this
| For all that birth and birth by right | poem on behalf of all the Unity
| We Smile, we Hold, we Ride | Riders that we might stop and
| For all that need and need by heart | ask if the next words we say, the
| We Came, we Went, we Rode. | next act we make is for the good
| | of the People or is it from ego
| Treaty Unity Riders | for self.
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O'siyo Brothers and Sisters!
This past Thursday I watched with a very heavy heart the Dreamcatcher
presentation on WorldLink TV "The Broken Rainbow." It detailed the
history of the usurpation of traditional Hopi leadership, the infiltration
by a Phoenix Attorney, and subsequent raping of Big Mountain by Kerr-McGee,
Peabody and the energy industry. The documentary clearly traced the
shameful ways the Navajo and Hopi traditional homelands and pathways have
been stripped by a greedy industry and society that does not care that
their greed has lead to cultural and actual genocide.
Then this past Friday I was greeted by a headline that Secretary of
Interior Norton has advised the Bush administration to veto the energy
bill making its way through Congress if ANWR was not "again" included in
the package. After months and months of evidence that exploring, drilling
and exporting oil from ANWR will literally destroy a very fragile
wilderness area, the Secretary has threatened to take her ball and go home
if we don't play the game her way.
Norton has already proven she has no conscience when it comes to native
people. After the court appointed monitor demonstrated DOI computers were
easy targets for penetration and record altering, she withheld trust
payments as a "pay back", claiming her hands were tied and she was simply
complying with the court's wishes. Bullshit! The distribution of those
checks did not require the public to have access to those computers. The
vulnerable ones could have been taken offline and those checks could still
be generated. After all, somehow those checks got generated before the
Internet, didn't they? And somehow the Parks service computers got back
online months before even the first Native check was issued. This was a
brat hurting those she could in a snit. Yes, people died as a result,
but they were just a bunch of old or sick Indians.
Dodd and Blumenthal also continue their quest to derecognize tribes and
stop any future recognition. After all, we can't have Indians developing
any influence or self-support when such good care is being taken of them.
Mighty white of those folks. Mighty white.
Janet and I were blessed with participation in a celebration honoring
the change of seasons with our brothers in USP Atlanta. You ever want a
little perspective on how to appreciate the joy of singing parises to
Creator and the gifts of life and breath, go help brothers or sisters in
the ironhouse, or native elders and children on the rez or in urban areas.
You will also grow in your own path, and isn't learning one of the first
instructions?
Also this weekend we learned something critical about our children at
a pow wow where we were drumming. Rachel Pashman, a Nachez working with
the state family services agency asked to speak to the group. The story
she told was chilling. There are over fifty Indian children --
acknowledged Indian, not just 'greatgrandma was an Indian princess' --
who are available for adoption in Georgia. The Georgia family services
officials didn't have Indian families asking to adopt, so they are on the
verge of making them available to non-Indian adoptive families. Fifty-
some little ones will be assimilated this year alone if Indian families
don't act.
Ms. Pashman has been charged with the task of contacting and
recruiting families from the 30,000 Indian families in Georgia to adopt
an Indian child or sibling group. She's taking the pow wow road as one
of the routes to contacting us--and is the first to do this.
We've lived in this state for close to 10 years now, and have been
deeply involved in public, especially Indian issues that whole time.
This is the FIRST we've heard of adoption-eligible Indian children in
this state. Our Alabama friend say they have never heard of this in their
state, either. But are they there, too? I'm betting yes. We knew about
states like Arizona, or New Mexico, or South Dakota where there are
reservations -- but here in our backyards? It never crossed our minds.
Indian families who are interested in having children, or more
children in their families need to be aware that even though you haven't
heard about it -- there may be children who need you in your state. We
have lost too many of our children to well-meaning adoptive homes outside
our culture. Contact your state social services departments and ASK.
They are used to prospective parents coming to them and begging for a
child. Most are not going to come looking for you as Rachel Pashman has.
If you're an Indian in Georgia and you'd like to consider adopting an
Indian child -- contact Rachel at 229-377-7473.
Dohiyi Ani Oginalii
, , Gary Night Owl gars@nanews.org
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----------- News of the people featured in this issue ----------
- Dorothy George Baker - Native Logging Appeal
- Crossings hinges on Aboriginal Claim
- Judge find Bush Officials - B.C. Government,
in Contempt on Trust First Nations talk Treaties
- Judge Lamberth's Ruling - Canadians have an Obligation
draws Mixed Review to Treaty 7 Tribes
- Cold comfort for Norton: - Cop Guilty of
Not alone in Contempt Protester's Shooting Quits
- Senate will hear Testimony - Oneida Mom stands her Ground
about Indian Trust - Crow Chairman's Brother
- ANWR and Gas Pipeline charged in Vehicle Scheme
back on the Agenda - Native Prisoner
- Indian Bill hits Potential Snag -- Arizona Dept. of Corrections
- Indian Affairs -- Pen Pals Needed
rejects Dodd Tribal Proposal - Rustywire: Stew Stands
- Indian Fee Land - Poem:
free from State Control Adumbrations on the Eve of War
- BLM seizes (steals) Cattle - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days
of Western Shoshone - Native America Calling
- Mayan Archaeological Site - This Week on First Peoples TV
hints at Epic Battle - Upcoming Events
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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 08:19:18 -0700
From: Gary Smith <gars@Speakeasy.org>
Subj: NA News Item
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Dorothy George Baker
09/23/02
FORT HALL - Dorothy George Baker, 82, of Fort Hall, passed away on Friday,
Sept. 20, 2002, at the Bannock Regional Long-term Care Center. She was the
oldest living familial descendent of Sacajawea and great granddaughter of
Chief Tendoy.
Dorothy was born on July 27, 1920, to Willie and Emma (Tendoy) George in
Fort Hall, Idaho. She was raised on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation and
attended schools at the Fort Hall Boarding School and later Chemawa Indian
School.
She grew up learning the native traditions that she carried with her
throughout her life and shared with so many people.
Her given Indian name meant "Mother Earth." She was a very loving person
that had a gift for being able to raise and care for many people
throughout her life. She married Joe R. Baker and they had one son. She
also raised two grandchildren, step daughters, and numerous nieces,
nephews and cousins' siblings as if they were her own children.
Dorothy worked as a nurse at the old Fort Hall hospital when she was
younger. She worked on the tribal health and welfare committee, was a
housing board member and served as the elderly nutrition director. She
served on the Gibson recreation committee for years and held many elected
positions.
As part of her many callings she was required to travel extensively,
which she greatly enjoyed. She made many trips to Washington, D.C., and
the Portland area office. In addition she also ranched cattle and horses.
One of the highlights of her life was traditionally dedicating the
Sacajawea Center site in Salmon, Idaho, last year to commemorate her
famous ancestral relative.
She was a devout Christian woman and loved to attend worship services,
regardless of the denomination. She attended Presbyterian church, Assembly
of God church, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as
well as the Native American Church and Sun Dance ceremonies.
She is survived by two grandchildren, Jessica and Leslie Jr. Baker of
Fort Hall; one brother, Wayne, and a sister, Eloise Lopez, both of Gibson;
two adopted brothers, Haywood Big Day of Pryor, Mont., and Jack Contor of
Fort Hall; four step daughters, Ilene (Boyd) Hootchoo, Jennifer (Stanley)
Christy, Melba (Mayo) Haskett and Geraldine (Howard) Doore, all of Fort
Hall; and numerous other family members.
She was preceded in death by her husband; one son, Leslie Baker, Sr.;
brothers, Frank, Raymond, Wilford, and Floyd; and sisters Rosalie, Rosilia,
and Ernestine.
A viewing will begin at her home in Fort Hall on Bench Road near the
Bottoms on Monday morning at 10 a.m. and will continue until funeral
services, which will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2002, at her
home. Traditional burial services will follow at 2 p.m. at the Gibson
Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Hawker Hill Funeral Home in
Blackfoot.
Copyright c. 2002 the Idaho State Journal/Pocatello, ID.
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Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:10:52 -0600
From: Gary Smith <gars@Speakeasy.org>
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September 18, 2002
Sencionita Lucier
SENCIONITA LUCIER , 71, of La Villita, died Tuesday. She was born on
December 22, 1930, in Ledoux.
She married William Lucier in Fort Collins, Colo. on February 19, 1952.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William L. Lucier; brother,
Feliciano Martinez; and her parents, Abelino and Feloniz Martinez. She is
survived by her children, Barbara Valdez and husband Paul of El Guache,
Leonard Lucier of Alcalde, Edith Garcia and husband Ross of Alcalde,
William Lucier and wife Cindy of Arroyo Seco, Irene Archuleta and husband
Richard of Taos, and Edward Lucier of La Villita; 17 grandchildren and 10
great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Consuelo Montano of Ledoux,
Martina Lucero and husband Rudy of Cheyenne, Wyo., Beatrice Trujillo and
husband Leroy of Las Vegas, Presel Romero and husband Max of Cheyenne, Wyo.
, Abelino Martinez of Ledoux, Leo Martinez and wife Delia of Santa Fe, and
Ruben Martinez and wife Elsie of Clayton; and many other relatives and
friends.
Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday and a rosary is scheduled for 7
p.m. at Block-Salazar Mortuary.
Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at the Saint John the Baptist
Church in San Juan Pueblo. Interment will follow at the Holy Cross
Cemetery. Salazar Family of Block-Salazar Mortuary.
Copyright c. 2002 Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
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September 19, 2002
Garry W. Kills Ree
PINE RIDGE - Garry W. Kills Ree, 54, Pine Ridge, died Tuesday, Sept. 17,
2002, at Gordon (Neb.) Memorial Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby Kills Ree, Pine Ridge; three sons,
Byron Kills Ree and David Kills Ree, both of Pine Ridge, and Chet Kills
Ree, Casper, Wyo.; one daughter, Cherie Ghost Bear, Ethete, Wyo.; and four
grandchildren.
First-night wake begins at 2 p.m. today at St. Agnes Catholic Church
Hall in Manderson. Second-night wake begins at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, at
St. Stephen's Catholic Church in St. Stephen's, Wyo.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at the
church, with the Rev. Dave Matzko officiating.
Burial will be at St. Stephen's Catholic Cemetery.
Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements.
September 21, 2002
Lyle J. Eagle Bull
WOUNDED KNEE - Lyle J. Eagle Bull, 67, Wounded Knee, died Wednesday,
Sept. 18, 2002, at Fort Meade.
Survivors include two brothers, John Eagle Bull, Manderson, and Marvin
Eagle Bull Sr., Scenic; one sister, Mary Sutton, Rushville, Neb.; 20
grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
One-night wake service begins at 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, at Messiah
Episcopal Church in Wounded Knee.
Services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at the church, with the
Rev. Joe Brown Thunder and the Rev. Harold Eagle Bull officiating.
Traditional Lakota services will be provided by Bill Center.
Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Black Hills National
Cemetery near Sturgis.
Sioux Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Irving Tail
PORCUPINE - Irving Tail, 79, Porcupine, died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2002,
in Rapid City.
Survivors include one son, Asa Thin Elk, Denver; two stepsons, Donald
Grass and Clifford Grass, both of Pine Ridge; and one daughter, Rosemary
High Hawk, Wheatland, Wyo.
Two-night wake services will begin at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, at
Porcupine CAP Building.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at Porcupine CAP
Building, with the Rev. Cordelia Red Owl officiating. Traditional Lakota
services will be provided by Wilmar Mesteth.
Burial will be at St. Alban's Episcopal Cemetery in Porcupine.
Sioux Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Claire D. Flying Hawk
PINE RIDGE - Claire D. Flying Hawk, 50, Pine Ridge, died Wednesday, Sept.
18, 2002, at Pine Ridge.
Survivors include one son, Jesse Janis, Pine Ridge; two daughters, Lisa
Flying Hawk and Reva Janis, both of Rapid City; one brother, David Flying
Hawk Jr., Hot Springs; and five sisters, Katherine Richards and Marcella
Cottier, both of Pine Ridge, Prudy Flying Hawk, Rapid City, Viola Delatore
and Geraldine Jarrott, both of Denver.
Two-night wake services will begin at 1 p.m. today at Billy Mills Hall
in Pine Ridge.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 23, at Billy
Mills Hall, with the Rev. Steve Sanford officiating. Burial will be at St.
Peter's Catholic Cemetery in Rockyford.
Sioux Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
September 23, 2002
Catherine E. Valandra
ROSEBUD - Catherine E. Valandra, 81, Rosebud, died Friday, Sept. 20,
2002, in Winner.
Survivors include three children, Ronald Eagleman Sr., Michelle Leach
and Kathleen Jolivette; four sisters, Cecelia Roubideaux, Virginia McClain,
Ann Vermillion and LouElla Walker; one brother, Martin Frank; nine
grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at St.
Bridget's Church in Rosebud. Cremation will follow visitation.
September 24, 2002
Lavonne M. Short Bear
PORCUPINE - Lavonne M. Short Bear, 42, Porcupine, died Friday, Sept. 20,
2002, in Franklinton, N.C.
Survivors include one son, Derek Short Bear-Gaither, Oklahoma City; two
daughters, Kimberly Short Bear-Pierce, Youngville, N.C., and Vesta Short
Bear-Gaither, Franklinton, N.C.; her adopted mother, Vicki Voemer,
Franklinton, N.C.; two brothers, Benjamin Black Bear Jr., Rosebud, and
William Wounded, Pine Ridge; one sister, Alberta Seminole, Lame Deer, Mont.
; one grandchild; and nine great-grandchildren.
One-night wake begins at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at Christ the King
Catholic Church Hall in Porcupine.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the
church hall, with the Rev. Bill Pauly officiating.
Burial will be at Christ the King Catholic Cemetery in Porcupine.
Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements.
Ramona E. Randall
WANBLEE - Ramona E. Randall, 69, Wanblee, died Friday, Sept. 20, 2002,
in Rapid City.
Survivors include one son, Kermit Randall, Wanblee; three daughters,
Carol Randall, St. George Island, Alaska, Carlette Randall-Terry,
Crookston, Neb., and Myrna Randall, Denver; one brother, Wilbur Between
Lodges, Pine Ridge; three sisters, Matilda Little Killer, Lavina Between
Lodges and Darlene Mesteth, all of Wanblee; 24 grandchildren; and nine
great-grandchildren.
Two-night wake begins at 2 p.m. today at Ramona Randall's home in
Wanblee. The second night begins at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the
Wanblee CAP building.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Wanblee CAP
building, with Gerald Bush officiating.
Burial will be at Gethsemane Episcopal Cemetery in Wanblee.
Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements.
Elizabeth A. Good Lance
WOUNDED KNEE - Elizabeth A. Good Lance, 69, Wounded Knee, died Friday,
Sept. 20, 2002, in Portland, Ore.
Survivors include four daughters, Brenda Good Lance, Wounded Knee, Marie
Llanos, Portland, Avis Good Lance, Seattle, and Bonnie Good Lance, Warm
Springs, Ore.; one brother, Aloysius Gates, Denver; 26 grandchildren; and
10 great-grandchildren.
One-night wake begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at Sacred Heart
Catholic Church in Wounded Knee.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the church, with the
Rev. Cecelia Spotted Bear officiating.
Burial will be at Wounded Knee Presbyterian Cemetery.
Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements.
Copyright c. 2002 The Rapid City Journal.
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September 17, 2002
Rayma A. Enjady
A prayer service for Rayma A. Enjady, 48, of Mescalero, was Sept. 15, at
St. Joseph's Mission, where the funeral mass was on Sept. 16. Burial
followed at the Mescalero Cemetery with the Rev. John Gibbons officiating.
Mrs. Enjady died Thursday, Sept. 12, 2002, in Mescalero. She was born Aug.
17, 1954, in Mescalero and lived there all of her life.
She had worked for the Forestry Department and was a member of St.
Joseph's Mission.
Survivors include a son, Aldon Coriz of Mescalero; a daughter, Donnelle
House of Mescalero; brothers Oliver Enjady, Eldon Enjady Jr. and Berkley
Enjady, all of Mescalero; sisters Iva Enjady, Beverly Kirgan, Doreen
Fernando, Ada Palmer, Sandra Enjady and Lurleen Enjady, all of Mescalero;
grandchildren Alyssa House, Anthony Coriz, Celene Coriz and Maelena Coriz.
Arrangements are under the direction of LaGrone Funeral Chapel of
Ruidoso.
Copyright c. 1999-2002 MediaNews Group, Inc./Ruidoso NM.
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September 20, 2002
Dooley D. Shorty, Jr.
Feb. 27, 1970 - Sept. 16, 2002
Dooley D. Shorty Jr., 32, of Albuquerque, passed away Monday, Sept. 16,
2002, in Dunlap, Iowa. He was born Feb. 27, 1970, in Brigham City, Utah,
to Dooley D. Shorty Sr. of Cornfields, Ariz., and Elsie C. Shorty of
Toadlena, who have preceded him in death. He was of the Naashashi' clan,
born for the Naaneesht ezhi tachiinii clan.
Survivors include his brothers and sisters, Lavina Shorty Clay and
Cordell Shorty of Albuquerque, Dorothy Gonzales of Los Lunas, Marcella
Shorty of Palo Alto, Calif., Benedict Shorty of Crescent City, Calif.,
Delores Healing of Polacca, Ariz., Stella Dirckschneider of Oklahoma City,
Okla., Emily Harden of Murray, Utah, Robert Shorty of Taos, Pearl Scott of
Syracuse, Utah, and Phyllis Devlin and Roland Shorty Sr., both of Tempe,
Ariz.
He is also preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Albert and
Marie Clah of Toadlena, and paternal grandparents, Ned and Alkineah Bah
Shorty of Cornfields, Ariz.
A rosary will be recited on Saturday at 11:30 a.m., with the funeral
mass to follow at noon at Christ the King Catholic Church in Shiprock.
Father John Paul Sauter will be the celebrant. Interment will follow at
the Shiprock Community Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Michael Clay, Wayne Lee, Lance Harden, Anthony Lee,
Halvin Lee and Leon Wheeler.
A reception will follow at the Catholic Center after the graveside
services.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral
Home, Shiprock, (505) 368-4607.
Copyright c. 1999-2002 MediaNews Group, Inc./Farmington, NM.
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September 23, 2002
Ace Roy Appeney
FORT HALL - Ace Roy Appeney, 26, tribal member of Shoshone-Bannock
Tribes, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2002, in Fort Hall after
sustaining injuries in a vehicle accident.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002, at the home
of Sandra Appeney on West Sheepskin Road. The family will greet friends at
the home beginning at 3 p.m. Monday and continuing until time of services
on Wednesday.
Burial will follow at the Lincoln Creek Cemetery east of Blackfoot on
the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.
Arrangements are under the direction of Hawker Hill Funeral Home in
Blackfoot.
Copyright c. 2002 the Idaho State Journal/Pocatello, ID.
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September 20, 2002
Doris Old Person
BROWNING - Doris (Bullshoe) Old Person, 64, who taught at schools in
Browning and Heart Butte as well as the former College of Great Falls and
Blackfeet Community College, died of renal cell carcinoma Sept. 17 at a
Browning hospital.
A prayer service is 7 p.m. this evening at Starr School gym. Her funeral
is noon Saturday at the Starr School gym, with burial in North Star
Cemetery. Day Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include her husband, Earl Old Person Sr. of Browning;
daughters Glenda Eagle Feathers and Erlina Old Person; sons Marty Eagle
Feathers, Alfred Eagle Feathers and Earl Old Person Jr.; her mother,
Lillian Gabriel; sisters June Tatsey, Carmen Marceau and Joan Kennerly; a
brother, Francis Bullshoe Jr.; 17 grandchildren and four great-
grandchildren.
A daughter, Roselyn Marie Eagle Feathers, has died.
She was born May 31, 1938, in Browning. She attended Flandreau Indian
School and graduated from Browning High School.
She received a bachelor's degree in education from Northern Montana
College at Havre, then a master's degree in administration from Arizona
State University at Tempe, Ariz.
She was the first director of the Head Start program in Heart Butte,
taught at Starr School (the old green log school). She then taught in
Heart Butte and Browning public schools and was a professor for the
College of Great Falls/Blackfeet Community College for 38 years.
She was also preceded in death by a brother, Gayle Lee Bullshoe; and a
sister, Mavis Salois Mitchell.
Arliss Lee Stiffarm
FORT BELKNAP - Arliss Lee Stiffarm, 59, a draftsman and Air Force
veteran, died of cancer Tuesday at a Havre hospital.
Funeral Mass is 11 a.m. today at the Red Whip Center in Fort Belknap,
with burial in Old Stiffarm Family Cemetery at Hays. Edwards Funeral Home
of Chinook is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Jo Longknife of Fort Belknap; a son,
Lee "Max" Stiffarm of San Diego; a stepson, Buzz Cochran of Old Hays; a
stepdaughter, Jamie Haakson of Old Hays; sisters Velva Doore and Avis
Spencer of Fort Belknap, Marcia Hammett of Harlem, Clarice Lamb of
Missoula, Naomi Longfox of Butte, Marlys Fisher of Browning and Jewell
Lamb of Boring, Ore.; and a brother, George Stiffarm of Fort Belknap.
September 24, 2002
William Jess Butterfly
BROWNING -- William Jess Butterfly, 19, who graduated from Sentinel High
School in Missoula and worked at Teeples IGA in Browning, died Saturday in
an auto accident near East Glacier.
Rosary is 7 p.m. Thursday at Little Flower Parish. Funeral Mass is 2 p.m.
Friday at Little Flower Parish, with burial in Butterfly Family Cemetery.
Day Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors, all of Browning, include his partner, Eileen Devereaux; his
mother, JoAnne Racine; sisters Billie Jo Myo, Delores Lynn Spotted Wolfe,
Patricia Spotted Wolfe, Cheryle Spotted Wolfe, Gail Ann Brown and Hope
Racine; and brothers Randy Paul Brown, Brian Racine and Lance Racine.
Dwight Yellow Owl
BROWNING -- Dwight Yellow Owl, 57, a Browning native and laborer, died
Saturday in an auto accident on Highway 2 near East Glacier.
Rosary is 7 p.m. Wednesday at Little Flower Parish. Funeral Mass is 2 p.
m. Thursday at Little Flower Parish, with burial in Willow Creek Cemetery.
Day Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include daughters AnnaRea Ray, Denise Yellow Owl, Geri DePache
and Kimberly Jiran; sons Wildean Yellow Owl and David Roundine; sisters
Doris Yellow Owl, Rose Marie Bull Child and Sandra DePache; brother Kenny
Yellow Owl and Donald Yellow Owl; 17 grandchildren and one great-
-grandchild.
His wife, Wynema Calf Tail Yellow Owl, has died.
Copyright c. 2002 Great Falls Tribune, a division of Lee Enterprises.
--------- "RE: Judge find Bush Officials in Contempt on Trust" ---------
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Judge find Bush officials in contempt on trust
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2002
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton on Tuesday said the Bush administration
plans to challenge a federal judge's stinging ruling which declared her
and Indian affairs aide Neal McCaleb "unfit" to manage money belonging to
500,000 Native Americans.
Speaking to reporters at an economic development conference in Arizona,
Norton refused to answer direct questions about U.S. District Judge Royce
Lamberth's rebuke. "I have not yet had the opportunity to review his
decision," she said.
Nonetheless, Norton was unwilling to accept being found in contempt of
court for her handling of the Individual Indian Money (IIM) trust. Echoing
a statement made by a Department of Justice official who disputed the
finding, she spoke of the forthcoming court dispute.
"We believe it is appropriate to seek an appeal," she said, "and so we
will be exploring the opportunities for doing so."
The response came hours after Lamberth issued a 267-page opinion that
said Norton and McCaleb "deliberately" gave false and misleading
information about attempts to fix the trust and become more accountable.
In reports to the court, the Bush officials made "fraudulent" claims of
progress, the ruling noted.
"The Department of Interior has truly outdone itself this time,"
Lamberth wrote. "The agency has indisputably proven to the court, Congress,
and the individual Indian beneficiaries that it is either unwilling or
unable to administer competently the IIM trust."
Reaction to the ruling in Indian Country was swift. Elouise Cobell, the
Blackfeet Nation of Montana banker who is the lead plaintiff in the case,
was ecstatic yesterday.
"The wait was worth it," she said, referring to Lamberth's seven-month
deliberation for the lengthy and complex ruling.
National Congress of American Indians President Tex Hall, an account
holder who testified during the trial, said the decision was a "great
victory" not just for Indian beneficiaries but for tribes whose funds are
also in disarray. He criticized Norton for moving to appeal.
"That's appalling to me," he said. "Appeal after appeal after denial
after denial. When does it end?"
Jim Gray, chief of the Osage Nation of Oklahoma, is another supporter of
the case. "What I see happening is a merging of the two agendas," he said,
referring to individual Indian and tribal trust mismanagement.
Lamberth's ruling covers actions taken by both the Clinton and Bush
administrations from the fall of 1999 to the winter of 2001. He found
Norton and McCaleb, in their official capacities as trustee-delegates,
guilty of four out of five contempt charges.
The pair were spared on a fifth specification for disobeying court
orders to account for funds owed to Indian people. But Lamberth found that
the Interior and its attorneys engaged in "litigation misconduct" for
failing to move forward with an historical accounting.
Norton has since issued a plan to correct this particular breach of
trust at a cost of $2.4 billion and a delay of 10 years. "It is a
tremendous undertaking," she proclaimed yesterday.
The IIM trust was established in 1887 when tribal lands were parceled
out to individual Indians. The account takes in about $500 million in oil,
gas, timber and other royalties every year, but the government can't for a
single penny.
The Cobell case is a class action representing all past, present and
future IIM account holders. It was filed in 1996 in the District of
Columbia.
In February 1999, Lamberth held two Clinton administration Cabinet
members in contempt for failing to produce records for the account holders.
He fined them more than $600,000, although taxpayers picked up the tab.
Attorneys for the Indian plaintiffs expect to recover millions for the
latest contempt finding.
Copyright c. 2000-2002 Noble Savage Media, LLC/Indianz.Com.
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Judge's ruling draws mixed review
By Thomas Hargrove
Tribune Reporter
September 18, 2002
WASHINGTON - Members of Congress had a mixed reaction to U.S. District
Judge Royce Lamberth's contempt-of-court citation against Interior
Secretary Gale Norton for the federal government's massive mismanagement
of royalties from Indian lands.
Lamberth made a long-pending decision on Tuesday, citing both Norton and
Bureau of Indian Affairs director Neal McCaleb for failing to follow a
court order to straighten out the royalty accounts and for lying to the
court about progress being made on the issue.
Democrats and Republicans alike concluded Norton inherited a problem
that began in 1887 when the federal government began seizing Indian lands
while promising to pay them for grazing rights, mineral extraction and
timber operations. The ultimate value of the unpaid benefits, plus
interest, could be in the billions of dollars.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, a Silver City Democrat, concluded Lamberth's
"contempt order offers further evidence that the Indian trust fund system
is a mess. This problem was many years in the making, and it will take
some time to fix."
Bingaman said the order proves the Interior Department has made "little
to no progress" in solving the problem, aggravated by sloppy or non-
existing financial records on the amount of money Indians should have been
paid over the generations.
The lawsuit being heard by lamberth was initially filed in 1996 in a
collective action by the trust account holders.
"It is my hope the administration will use today's contempt order to
take a closer look at its trust reform plan and to take some positive
steps toward resolving this issue," Bingaman said. "Indian country already
has some of the highest unemployment rates in the land. It is inexcusable
for the federal government to compound that problem with a failed trust
system. Native Americans deserve much better."
Sen. Pete Domenici, an Albuquerque Republican, chose not to make a
formal response to Lamberth's ruling.
"He is looking at the settlement decision and has asked his staff to
review it," Domenici spokesman Chris Gallegos said.
Rep. J.D. Hayworth, an Arizona Republican who is co-chairman of the
Congressional Native American Caucus and a member of the House Resources
Committee, said the judge's order is misdirected and unfair.
"I share Judge Lamberth's desire for a prompt resolution to the Indian
trust fund scandal," Hayworth said. "But to subject Secretary Norton to
this sort of judicial jawboning is unnecessary. She fully appreciates the
urgency of solving this problem."
Hayworth praised Norton's efforts while criticizing her predecessors,
including former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, who also was found in
contempt of court over the issue.
"She takes the court's consternation very seriously and she is devoting
extraordinary attention, including spending 50 percent of every day
working with tribal leaders and others, to resolve the problem," Hayworth
said. "She is making very significant progress toward that goal."
Rep. Nick Rahall, a West Virginia Democrat and the senior Democrat on
the House Resources Committee which oversees the Interior Department,
disagreed.
"While Secretary Norton inherited the long-standing problems with Indian
trust fund management and the Cobell lawsuit itself, she has been found in
contempt for actions taken on her own watch," he said in a statement. "If
they were half as good at counting the bucks as they are at passing the
buck, we would be much better off."
Norton said Tuesday she is considering an appeal of Lamberth's ruling,
which inflicts a multi-million penalty on the government by directing it
to pay the plaintiff's legal costs.
Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet Nation, who led a group of
Indians in suing the department in 1996 for squandering Indian money,
praised Lamberth's ruling and said it should serve as a warning to Norton
and her department.
"I prayed every day that this opinion would serve justice to the
individual Indian beneficiaries. the ones who have been hurting for so
long," Cobell said. "We are on the road to justice, and I'm happy for this
opinion."
The trust, which now handles royalties from 11 million acres for about
300,000 American Indians, began in 1887 when Congress took 90 million
acres from Indian tribes and gave the land to white homesteaders.
The Indians were left with allotments ranging from 40 acres to 320 acres,
with the Interior Department assigned to manage grazing, timber and oil
and gas drilling on the land. The department was to have ensured Indians
received royalties for those activities.
For more than a century, an untold amount of money meant for some of the
nation's poorest residents was lost, stolen or never collected. Indians
sued in 1996, claiming the mismanagement cost them between $10 billion and
$40 billion.
The next phase of the trial is scheduled to begin in May 2003.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
Copyright c. 2002 The Albuquerque Tribune.
--------- "RE: Cold comfort for Norton: Not alone in Contempt" ---------
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"Cold comfort for Norton: She's not alone in contempt"
Sunday, September 22, 2002
By BILL McALLISTER
Denver Post Washington Bureau Chief
WASHINGTON, D.C. - "If U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth had any good
news for Interior Secretary Gale Norton last week, he put it on Pages 212
and 213 of a scathing 267-page opinion that held Norton and her top Indian
affairs aide in civil contempt of court.
Like Norton, Lamberth is a Republican appointee, but unlike her, he
never has minced words about how the Interior Department has mishandled
the trust accounts it holds for more than 300,000 American Indians.
"It is fiscal and governmental irresponsibility in its purest form," the
judge declared in a celebrated 1999 ruling against Norton's Democratic
predecessors.
This time, the judge was irate over the way Norton and Neal McCaleb, her
assistant secretary for Indian affairs, have responded to his orders for a
full accounting of funds due the Indians. He ruled that the Bush
appointees had committed "a fraud on the court" by their inaction and by
misleading him.
It wasn't until Page 212 of that opinion that the faint praise for
Norton began. Lamberth declared that Norton was "at best marginally more
responsive than her predecessor," Democrat Bruce Babbitt.
Then the judged noted that he was citing the former Colorado attorney
general "in her official capacity" and not as an individual. "This action
is not maintained against Gale Norton as an individual, just as the
previous contempt trial was not against Bruce Babbitt in his individual
capacity," the judge said.
Indeed, Lamberth said "it did not matter who actually occupied the
office at the time."
There was more than enough bad judgment on trust issues by both the Bush
and Clinton administrations to justify sanctions against the current
officeholders, he said.
That may be small comfort to Norton. It will spare her having to pay any
penalties that are likely to result from the sanctions.
Taxpayers will have to pony up however much money Lamberth determines
the government must pay.
The judge said the penalties will cover the costs of Norton's 29-day
contempt trial earlier this year, the same assessment he gave Babbitt and
his Indian affairs aide, Kevin Gover.
Dennis Gingold, a former Denver lawyer who has been handling the case
for the Indians, predicted the total will be in the millions.
On Capitol Hill, Republican lawmakers said Norton shouldn't be punished
for a mess she inherited from Democrats. That moved Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.
Va., ranking member of the House Resources Committee, to quip: "If they
were half as good at counting the bucks as they are at passing the buck,
we would be much better off."
The fight over Indian trust money is far from over, Lamberth said. He is
going to have a special master oversee Norton's efforts to clean up the
trust and one to examine possible contempt charges against nearly 50
current and former federal officials, many of them from the Clinton
administration.
In short, Norton or her government lawyers will be back in the federal
courthouse on Pennsylvania Avenue for many days this fall."
Copyright c. 2002 The Denver Post.
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Senate will hear testimony about Indian trust fund
Billy House
Republic Washington Bureau
Sept. 22, 2002
WASHINGTON - Corporate accounting scandals have grabbed Congress'
attention this year. But on Tuesday, a Senate committee will look into a
different sort of accounting failure: the federal government's ongoing
mismanagement of trust funds held for American Indians.
"Real and immediate reform of Indian trust funds management is critical,
" Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., declared in a letter to the Senate Committee
on Indian Affairs. That letter prompted Tuesday's scheduled committee
hearing.
McCain, a committee member, was responding to the sudden ouster in late
July of Payson resident Thomas Slonaker as the Interior Department's
special trustee overseeing the trusts. Slonaker said he was forced to
resign his Interior Department post because he would not go along with
assertions that the department was successfully fixing the historically
mismanaged accounts.
Turf wars
In the weeks since, a federal judge cited Interior Secretary Gail Norton
and an assistant for contempt in seeking to conceal the lack of progress
being made in fixing the accounts. Norton was the third Cabinet-level
official to be so cited in connection with the funds since 1999.
In addition, the department inspector general's report in August said
that a volatile internal turf war and "bunker mentality" has erupted
within the department over the funds, prompting so many errors and so much
distrust that "trust reform has been derailed."
Questions remain about the department's efforts to resolve the trust
fund accounts for revenues from oil and gas, mineral, grazing and other
leases of Indian land, with some accounts dating from 1887.
There's no dispute that the government over the years has botched the
record-keeping of who is owed money and the amount. It has admitted that
much. Rather, the question has increasingly become whether the Interior
Department is chronically unwilling to or incapable of fixing the problem.
300,000 may be owed
The government's problems in determining exactly who may be owed the
money has extended through two administrations, Democrat and Republican,
and despite the pressure of a class-action lawsuit filed in 1996 by Native
Americans seeking a full accounting and overhaul of the system.
Estimates are that as many as 300,000 people are owed royalties from the
land rights.
How the Senate committee will begin to sort through this turmoil Tuesday
is uncertain.
Committee Chairman Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, declined last week to
comment, and his committee has yet to release a list of witnesses.
But Slonaker, in an interview, confirmed he's been asked to testify, and
said the panel appears ready to focus on the role and powers of the
special trustee and perhaps whether changes need to be made to increase
its effectiveness or independence.
Focus of testimony
The position of special trustee for American Indians was created by
Congress in 1994 as part of the Interior Department.
Slonaker said his predecessor, Paul Holman, who was forced to resign
during the Clinton administration, also has been called to testify Tuesday.
"I think the questions and testimony will be targeted to the role of the
special trustee, what it should be in the future," Slonaker said.
Keith Harper, an attorney for the Native American Rights Fund, one of
the groups that filed the class-action lawsuit, said last week that the
ongoing problems and recent criticisms of the department's efforts to
resolve the accounting problems suggest the department should be stripped
of its trust fund oversight altogether, and that it should be given to
some outside entity, such as a receivership.
What the department will say at the hearing is uncertain, too. Norton
will not attend. But Deputy Assistant Interior Secretary James Cason will
testify, department spokesman John Wright said.
Enforce accountability
Meanwhile, McCain spokeswoman Rebecca Hank said the senator has prepared
remarks for the hearing, but will wait until the hearing to make them. But
McCain has let some of his feelings known.
"It's shameful that we can work to reform corporate America, yet we
cannot resolve the century-old problem of returning Indian money to its
beneficiaries," McCain said after Slonaker's ouster.
"The only immediate solution is for Congress, much like the courts, to
pursue changes to enforce more accountability and finally bring resolution
to Indian beneficiaries."
Reach the reporter at billy.house@arizonarepublic.com or 1-(202)-906-8136.
Copyright c. 2002 azcentral.com. All rights reserved.
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ANWR, gas pipeline on the agenda
CONGRESS Committee to confront thorny Alaska issues in energy bill talk.
By Liz Ruskin
Anchorage Daily News
September 20, 2002
Washington -- House and Senate negotiators working on the national
energy bill expect to take up two controversial Alaska projects next week,
but the bill is already in rough waters.
Interior Secretary Gale Norton said she would recommend that the
president veto the bill if the final version does not allow drilling in
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
"From the Department of Interior perspective, if ANWR is not in the
legislation, it does almost nothing to enhance (oil) production," she told
a Reuters reporter this week.
Sen. Frank Murkowski said he is still optimistic he can convince other
members of the conference committee to vote for drilling, which he
predicted the committee will take up in the middle of next week.
"We need to turn a couple of votes around. That's all," Murkowski, R-
Alaska, said Thursday.
But time is running out on the bill. If the negotiators finish their
work on it -- which isn't a sure bet -- it would still have to pass both
houses before Congress adjourns for the year.
Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has said, to the satisfaction of
environmentalists, that he won't let a bill containing ANWR drilling pass.
The committee on Thursday approved a modest increase in fuel economy
standards for sport utility vehicles and light trucks. Advocates of
tougher standards said the change is so minor and so riddled with
loopholes that it may not produce any fuel savings.
Meanwhile, it is unclear what the bill will say to encourage
construction of a pipeline for North Slope natural gas.
In the national debate over developing Alaska's resources, the gas line
has been far less contentious than ANWR.
Environmentalists, who say the refuge should be left alone, don't have
much against the gas line, as long as it would follow the existing oil
pipeline route and not go under the Beaufort Sea.
The conference committee last week approved a ban on a Beaufort Sea
route for the pipeline. Sending the line south through the state's
Interior would have more benefits for the state, Murkowski and other
Alaska leaders have argued.
However, Murkowski now wants to convince the committee to adopt a tax
credit that will guarantee the pipeline's financiers a minimum price.
Representatives of other gas-producing states, the Canadian government
and the Bush administration have all objected to the price guarantees.
Some of the critics say such subsidies would put Alaska gas at an unfair
advantage.
Murkowski says it won't cost the government anything because the
companies would have to pay back any credit they receive once the price
rises.
A Wall Street Journal editorial on Thursday bashed both the subsidy and
the route restriction, saying that taxpayers shouldn't be on the hook and
that the private sector should be free to decide which route makes more
sense.
The editorial alleges that Daschle is supporting the pipeline in
exchange for Murkowski's support for something important to the South
Dakota Democrat -- ethanol subsidies.
It also says that Murkowski, who is running for governor, wants to bring
home the pipeline as a consolation prize in lieu of ANWR, and that Gov.
Tony Knowles and Daschle figure a pro-pipeline position helps Murkowski's
Democratic opponent, Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer.
"Let's hope this political scam dies in conference along with the rest
of the energy bill, or that Mr. Bush will put us out of its misery with a
veto," the editorial concludes.
A Murkowski spokesman said there was no ethanol-for-pipeline trade. His
advocacy for a gas pipeline dates back to his first Senate campaign in
1980.
Likewise, a Knowles spokeswoman said the governor has supported a gas
pipeline for years.
Murkowski said Thursday the editorial must have been promoted by a group
with a special interest. He said he is pleased with the progress of the
conference committee.
"Things are moving along, I think, reasonably well," he told reporters
on Capitol Hill, wearing a lapel badge that said "Energy Bill: Don't Come
Home Without it!"
A group of Alaska state legislators stood nearby to hear his pitch.
Rep. Joe Green, R-Anchorage, said they are meeting with members of the
conference committee to talk about the gas line.
"ANWR has been pretty well lobbied for quite a while, and I think the
information is there. It's just whether the attitudes are there," he said.
One of their messages is that tax incentives for oil and gas development
are common throughout the world, so the proposed credits for the Alaska
gas line are perfectly fair.
"It's not a new concept," said Sen. John Torgerson, R-Kasilof. "What's
wrong with America sticking up for Alaska?"
Reporter Liz Ruskin can be reached at 1-202-383-0007 or lruskin@adn.com
Copyright c. 2002 The Anchorage Daily News.
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Indian Bill Hits Potential Snag
By Steve Tetreault
September 19, 2002
STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
STETREAULT@stephensmedia.com
WASHINGTON - A potential snag developed Wednesday in a drive by eastern
Oklahoma Indians to repeal longstanding laws that have greatly complicated
land transactions by tribal members.
Appearing before a U.S. Senate panel, Cherokee, Choctaw and Muscogee
Creek leaders urged speedy passage of legislation that would make it
easier for members of Oklahoma's five historical nations to pass
restricted land to their heirs and protect it from legal challenges.
But two other Oklahoma tribes that have had longstanding differences
with the Cherokees asked for potentially controversial changes they said
were necessary to protect their interests.
Leaders of the Delaware Tribe and the United Keetowah Band of Cherokee
Indians told the chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee they
feared the bill would harm their sovereignty.
Delaware chief Dee Ketchum said the legislation "was written by Cherokee
lawyers," and "would further the Cherokee goal of doing away with the
Delaware tribe."
Likewise, United Keetowah Band chief Dallas Proctor said his members
would face "the prospect of having their property and inheritance
determined by a tribal government that is not their own."
The bill "would complicate their lives by transferring issues regarding
their land rights to the control of the Cherokee Nation - essentially a
change from one foreign government to another," Proctor said.
The House passed the Indian land bill on June 11. With time running
short in this year's session, Senate committee chairman Sen. Daniel Inouye,
D-Hawaii, said he wants his panel to approve the bill next week, lining it
up for possible final passage by the end of the year.
Inouye said he was uncertain how he will proceed in light of the
objections. Noting that complications at such a late date could kill the
land bill, he asked Ketchum and Proctor if they would be agreeable to have
their concerns addressed in a followup bill.
Both said they would hesitate without seeing the amendments and
assurances they would become law.
Cherokee principal chief Chad Smith said Cherokee administration of the
lands cited by the Delaware and United Keetowah Band have been settled by
the courts and he would oppose any changes.
"Their effort here is to break up the boundaries so they can cannibalize
on the Cherokee Nation," Smith said outside the hearing. "The proposition
that we would take their land is not true."
"These issues have been around for a long time," Smith said. "I think it'
s quite unfortunate they would hold (up) a bill that would benefit these
Indians at this late date."
Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., killed an earlier version last year in part
because of concerns of the two tribes, an aide said. Inhofe, a member of
the Indian Affairs Committee, may be more likely to support it now because
of changes made in recent months to appease the Delaware tribe, the aide
said.
Despite his public comments, Ketchum has told Inhofe the Delaware tribe's
remaining objections are not show-stoppers, the aide said, adding it
was not certain if anything can be done to satisfy the United Keetowah
Band.
Appearing briefly at the hearing, Inhofe stressed the bill would grant
eastern Oklahoma Indians the same treatment on land issues as tribes in
other parts of the country.
Nonetheless, the disagreement aired Wednesday threw a twist into the
legislation, which has been in the works over the past decade in talks
involving the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw and Seminole tribes, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. House and Senate, and the state of
Oklahoma.
"If passed into law it will be the first time in over 100 years that
Congress has taken a truly dramatic step toward protecting the interest of
Indian owners of restricted lands in eastern Oklahoma," Smith said.
The problem stems from the complex legal history of Indian land in the
historically tribal part of the state. A series of laws in the first half
of the 20th century chipped away at federal protections and gave Oklahoma
state courts jurisdiction over land allotted to Indians.
Muscogee Creek chief R. Perry Beaver said "countless acres" of Indian-
restricted land have been ordered sold by state judges to pay probate fees
in cases where Indians could not afford to hire attorneys to handle estate
cases in state courts.
Additionally, Indian restricted land has been lost through other forced
sales and to squatters who acquire title through adverse possession
lawsuits, Beaver said.
The legislation would re-establish federal jurisdiction, allowing
property issues to be settled through the BIA and the tribes themselves.
"The total restricted land base in eastern Oklahoma is only a tiny
fraction of what it was 98 years ago," Smith told senators.
"This bill will not increase the Indian land base, but it will reduce
the amount of land being lost," Beaver said. "By taking this step,
Congress will enable our people to keep those land few remaining acres of
restricted Indian land within their families."
Copyright c. 2002 Stephens Media Group/Fort Smith, AR.
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Indian Affairs rejects Dodd tribal proposal
Lolita C. Baldor, Register Washington Bureau
September 18, 2002
WASHINGTON - Connecticut officials, frustrated with what they called a
confusing, slow and "lawless" tribal recognition process, were rebuffed
Tuesday by key leaders of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, who said
Congressional action on the perceived problem was not likely this year.
During a committee hearing, Connecticut's two senators and State
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal argued for a one-year moratorium on
tribal recognition decisions and other changes in the procedures.
Committee Chairman Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hi., and others acknowledged
problems in the Bureau of Indian Affairs' process, but they said the
proposed changes would hurt tribes waiting for BIA decisions.
In addition, tribal leaders charged that the legislative proposals are
just more attempts to stop tribes from obtaining their rightful sovereign
status.
The issue will come to a head today when the Senate votes on the
moratorium amendment offered by Sens. Christopher J. Dodd and Joseph I.
Lieberman, both D-Conn. Inouye and Dodd have been unable to reach a
compromise on the bill.
"The matters in contention are beyond resolution," said Inouye, adding,
"I don't see any other bills coming up." Asked if he had the votes to
defeat the amendment, Inouye said, "I'm not known for losing."
Dodd said he is prepared for an up or down vote, but would "still prefer
to work something out." His spokesman, Marvin Fast, added that Dodd would
press the issue whether he wins or loses, because the system needs to be
fixed.
Faced with a growing number of state Indian groups seeking federal
recognition, Connecticut officials have gone to court and Congress for
remedies. Nine recognition petitions are pending for state groups, and two
tribes - the Mashantucket Pequots and the Mohegans - have been recognized
and operate highly successful casinos in eastern Connecticut.
The latest BIA decision granted federal recognition to the Eastern
Pequot and Paucutucks as one historical Eastern Pequot tribe. The state
will file its appeal of that decision this week, Blumenthal said.
Meanwhile, he and others blasted the BIA for failing to follow its own
procedures, overruling staff recommendations, and using a process that
confuses and frustrates the tribes, towns and anyone else involved in the
petition.
"There is a consensus from everyone that there needs to be fundamental
and far-reaching change," said Blumenthal. "This system is lawless."
The problems, said Dodd, will ultimately destroy the BIA's credibility
and lead to mistakes that will force decisions to the courts or Congress.
"If sovereignty and the right to self-governance become the booby prizes
for winning some bureaucratic crapshoot, we will have failed both Native
Americans and Americans in general," said Dodd.
But Inouye and BIA officials said the amendment would create more
problems for the agency, would take more than a year to implement and
delay recognition decisions in some cases that have court-imposed
deadlines.
And, when North Stonington First Selectman Nicholas Mullane II noted the
traffic, crime and land use problems that a tribal casino brings to a
small community, Inouye and Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Co., said the
towns "need a better lobbyist" to get more money from the state.
"Indians did not cause those things," said Campbell, referring to
Mullane's complaints about crime, prostitution and pawnshops. "Those were
built by non-Indians to prey on people."
Marcia Flowers, chairwoman of the Eastern Pequots, said "there is a
hidden agenda" in the push for a moratorium and other changes by those who
just want to block the recognition of more tribes. However, she did
endorse the bill's infusion of $10 million in additional funding.
Other tribal organizations, including the National Congress of American
Indians, also condemned the bill, saying Dodd is trying to circumvent
normal committee and hearing procedures.
"Senator Dodd's amendment is aimed at Connecticut, but it would hit
everywhere in the United States," said Tex Hall, NCAI president. "(It)
would tar everyone with the same brush. It's unfair."
Lolita C. Baldor can be reached at lbaldor@nhregister.com & (202)737-5654.
Copyright c. 2002 New Haven Register.
--------- "RE: Indian Fee Land free from State Control" ---------
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Indian fee land free from state control
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2002
A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected an "unprecedented" attempt
by a Washington county to assert jurisdiction over land on the Tulalip
Reservation.
In a unanimous opinion, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said the state
has no control over Indian property even if it is not held in trust. A
three-judge panel concluded that there are no "exceptional circumstances"
to warrant intrusion on Tulalip tribal rights.
"The policy of leaving Indians free from state jurisdiction is deeply
rooted in our nation's history," wrote Circuit Judge Stephen S. Trott for
the majority.
The court's action affirms a federal judge's ruling made in favor of Kim
Dobin and her brother Guy Madison. The siblings own a construction company
that has started housing developments on land they own in fee status.
Recently, Gobin and Madison proposed to build 25 homes on 25 acres of
fee land. After a public notice and comment process, they received
approval, subject to certain conditions, under Tulalip tribal land use
regulations.
But Snohomish County officials opposed the project and claimed
jurisdiction. County regulations would limit the number of homes to just
10.
County officials cited the non-trust status of the Gobin land and said
Congress made the land "freely alienable and encumberable." They also
claimed "exceptional circumstances" -- endangered species protection,
maintaining infrastructure and ensuring health and safety -- they said
granted them control.
The court yesterday rejected the county's position. "Congress did not
expressly authorize county jurisdiction over those lands," the panel said
in reference to the first argument.
The ruling also said the county's claimed exceptions "did not not
outweigh tribal interests in self-determination and self-sufficiency."
"Indeed, nothing could be more contrary to the well-established policy of
leaving Indians free from state jurisdiction and control," the Trott wrote.
The Tulalip Tribes intervened in the case to protect its sovereignty.
Known in Indian Country as an economic development pioneer, the tribes
have implemented a comprehensive set of land use regulations.
Gobin and Madison have benefited from the business-friendly tribal
economy. Recently though, the Tulalip board of directors has imposed a
moratorium on projects like the housing development, citing increased
growth -- Snohomish County has grown faster than any other in the state
-- and the potential for homes to be out of the price reach for tribal
members.
Gobin and Madison intend to offer homes not just to tribal members.
The ruling clears the way for financing for the project.
Of the 22,000-acre Tulalip Reservation, about half is held in trust
for the tribe. The other half is a mix of fee land owned by Indians and
non-Indians.
Copyright c. 2000-2002 Noble Savage Media, LLC/Indianz.Com.
--------- "RE: BLM seizes (steals) Cattle of Western Shoshone" ---------
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BLM seizes cattle of Western Shoshone ranchers in Nevada
By Martin Griffith
ASSOCIATED PRESS
9/22/2002 10:46 pm
As more than 30 armed federal agents stood by Sunday, Bureau of Land
Management officials seized 227 head of cattle they say two Western
Shoshone sisters were grazing illegally on public land in northeast Nevada.
Mary and Carrie Dann, who have been at odds with federal authorities for
nearly three decades over grazing and land ownership, sharply criticized
the operation in Pine Valley about 60 miles southwest of Elko.
They maintain the Western Shoshone still own much of Nevada under the
1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley and that the BLM has no jurisdiction over their
ranching operation.
"It's domestic terrorism," Carrie Dann said. "Our homelands are
threatened by the mightiest and most powerful nation in the world. To do
this and take away our livelihood is morally and ethically wrong. We are
trying to make a living off Western Shoshone land."
But BLM spokeswoman Jo Simpson said the courts have ruled the land in
question is owned by the public, not the tribe.
"The courts have extinguished the treaty and directed BLM to manage
those lands as public lands," she said. "Certainly, an impoundment is
something we don't want to do. But the Danns' continued trespass has
resulted in severe overgrazing and degradation of the land."
Simpson warned that the BLM would seize about 800 to 900 horses in the
same area in the future if the Danns fail to remove them.
Wranglers on horseback, aided by a helicopter, began the operation
shortly before 9 a.m., as BLM Nevada state Director Bob Abbey and BLM Elko
district Director Helen Hankins watched.
A group of eight Dann supporters was escorted from the site without
incident before the roundup began for safety reasons, Simpson said.
Dann supporters and the BLM later clashed over whether the federal
agency had the authority to restrict access on a dirt road leading to the
site.
Simpson insisted the BLM never closed the road but merely managed access
to the site for safety reasons.
Eureka County Sheriff Ken Jones disagreed, saying a federal vehicle
blocked the road. He maintained it was a county road that must remain open
to the public.
"As it stands now, we have an agreement that people will be allowed to
traverse the county road because all citizens have a right to use that
road," Jones said.
"But deputies are warning people they'll be subject to arrest and
prosecution if they interfere with the operations," the sheriff said.
No other major problems were reported.
More than 40 Dann supporters gathered at the sisters' ranch in nearby
Crescent Valley to consider a protest over the seizure.
Among those present was Raymond Yowell, the target of the last federal
cattle confiscation in Nevada. In May, the BLM seized 157 head of cattle
it says Yowell and the Te-Moak Band of Western Shoshone were grazing
illegally on public land in Elko County.
"We're not going to sit by and just let this happen," said Christopher
Sewall, program director of the Western Shoshone Defense Project. "However,
they (Dann sisters) do believe in non-violence and non-violent protest."
"I'm ashamed of my government. It's a sad day in American history. The
Shoshone have a legally binding treaty with the federal government that's
being ignored," Sewall added.
BLM officials ended the operation for the day late in the afternoon and
were unsure how much longer it would take to complete. They said up to 300
more Dann cows might be scattered over a wide area.
BLM officials stress that 99 percent of ranchers comply with terms of
federal grazing permits, and they only are cracking down on flagrant
violators.
"I think they fully understand what the rules are and choose not to
follow them," Simpson said. "BLM has a responsibility to maintain a
healthy and productive rangeland."
The Danns received a notice last month from the BLM that their grazing
privileges were being canceled, and an appeal period expired Sept. 16,
said Julie Fishel of the Western Shoshone Defense Project.
The Danns maintain the treaty between the Western Shoshone and United
States simply granted the U.S. limited access - not ownership - to 23.6
million acres. The Western Shoshone tribes live mainly in Nevada,
California, Idaho and Utah.
Earlier this year, a preliminary report by the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights accused the U.S. government of violating international
human rights laws in its treatment of the Danns.
Even though the report made no determination of their legal land rights,
it said the U.S. should provide the Danns an effective remedy to ensure
respect for their claims to property rights on ancestral lands.
Copyright c. 2002 Reno Gazette-Journal, a Gannett Co. Inc. Newspaper.
--------- "RE: Mayan Archaeological Site hints at Epic Battle" ---------
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Mayan archaeological site hints at epic battle
Thomas H. Maugh II
Los Angeles Times
Sept. 19, 2002
A hieroglyphic stairway exposed last fall by a hurricane at the Mayan
city of Dos Pilas tells the story of the brutal and bloody war between two
superpowers who were trying to dominate their known world.
A new translation of the epic tale fills a vital 60-year gap in Mayan
history during a period that set the stage for the ultimate collapse of
the Maya civilization.
The leaders of the Mayan cities of Tikal and Dos Pilas were brothers,
and historians have long believed that rivalry between them was at the
root of conflict between the two cities. But the newly discovered
inscriptions indicate that it was a third party - Calakmul, in what is now
Mexico - that triggered the fighting in its attempts to conquer the Mayan
empire.
"This carries back our history of the dynasty (at Dos Pilas) another 40
to 50 years and changes our entire interpretation of this region,"
archaeologist Arthur Demarest of Vanderbilt University said. "This was not
part of a dynastic struggle between two brothers, but part of a world war."
Archaeologists "are fascinated by the possibility that the Maya were
trying to create an empire, but were having difficulty making it work,"
archaeologist David Friedel of Southern Methodist University added. "We
now know that the reason they were having difficulty was because there
were two great contending rivals for overlord in this period" and neither
was able to achieve a definitive success.
Dos Pilas is deep in the Guatemalan jungle near the Pasion River, which
was the superhighway of the Maya world. Many facts about the city have
intrigued archaeologists, posing puzzles that had no clear solutions.
The city seemed to have sprung up nearly overnight, reaching a
population near 5,000. Yet soils in the region are very poor, and there
was little or no evidence of farming to support the city. It was not clear
how and why it was established.
The discovery, published in the October edition of National Geographic
magazine, seems to clear up many of those questions.
The steps themselves "are in beautiful shape," Demarest said. "Some
parts look like they were carved yesterday."
Copyright c. 2002, azcentral.com. All rights reserved.
--------- "RE: Native Logging Appeal hinges on Aboriginal Claim" ---------
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N.B. native logging appeal hinges on aboriginal claim to tiny spot of forest
CHRIS MORRIS
Canadian Press
Wednesday, September 18, 2002
FREDERICTON (CP) - A closely watched court case that could have major
ramifications for the Atlantic forestry industry hinges on an ancient
aboriginal claim to a tiny spot of New Brunswick forest.
Lawyers for the New Brunswick government began their arguments Wednesday
in the appeal by Mi'kmaq logger Joshua Bernard of his conviction for
illegally harvesting Crown timber - a case that could transform the
forestry industry in the same way the landmark Marshall decision reshaped
Atlantic fishing.
Government lawyer Keith McCormick told the New Brunswick Court of Appeal
that Bernard has not established an aboriginal title that would give him
the right to harvest wood on the fragment of Crown land known as Lot 6052,
which is where the Mi'kmaq logger cut 23 spruce logs in 1998.
McCormick said there is some archeological evidence supporting
aboriginal title to other areas around the lot in the Miramichi watershed
of central New Brunswick. But he said there's no evidence of ancient
aboriginal occupancy of the specific site in question.
"Where's the evidence of aboriginal title to that lot?" McCormick said,
noting that Bernard's lawyers say asking for such proof is unreasonable.
McCormick also argued that 18th-century treaties between British
governors and the Mi'kmaq of the Miramichi do not grant a right for the
kind of commercial harvesting Bernard was carrying out in the late 20th
century.
"This is not a firewood case. This is a case of someone cutting wood for
sale," McCormick told the court.
The court also heard Wednesday from an intervenor supporting Bernard's
claim.
Bruce Clarke, a lawyer representing the New Brunswick Aboriginal
Peoples' Council, said the Mi'kmaq people of Miramichi have aboriginal
title to the entire area based on ancient occupation and usage stretching
back at least 2,500 years.
"It includes the cut site," Clarke said. "The right to harvest logs
would flow from that aboriginal title."
As well, Clarke said, treaties entered into in 1760, 1761 and 1779
included a trade provision.
"This is just the harvest of wood and trade of logs," he said of
Bernard's activity.
The trade clause was a key element in the Supreme Court of Canada
decision in 1999 in the case of Donald Marshall, a Mi'kmaq eel fisherman
in Nova Scotia.
The court found that 18th-century treaties granted Mi'kmaq and Maliseet
people the right to hunt, fish and gather for a moderate livelihood.
The decision forced the East Coast fishery to allow more native access,
and native groups hope the Bernard case will do the same for Atlantic
forestry.
Copyright c. 2002 The Canadian Press.
--------- "RE: B.C. Government, First Nations talk Treaties" ---------
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 08:18:51 -0700
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B.C. gov't, First Nations talk treaties
canada.com
Monday, September 16, 2002
The British Columbia government must make clear to First Nations that it
recognizes aboriginal title and the inherent right to self-government or
there will be a return to court battles and disruptive direct action, a
member of the First Nations Summit said Monday.
"Our chiefs said to the premier and the cabinet, 'If we do not see
movement we are looking for in this area, then what you can look forward
to is court action, direct action on the land and uncertainty regarding
title and investment,'" said Herb George of the First Nations Summit Task
Group, which met with Premier Gordon Campbell and the cabinet for several
hours.
"Our job was to let them know that if we don't see that (recognition)
then we'll see more action."
The Liberal cabinet and the First Nations group, along with several
chiefs, met for the first time since the results of a controversial
referendum on treaties were released.
British Columbia, Ottawa and First Nations have been trying
unsuccessfully to negotiate modern-day treaties for more than a decade.
Unlike the rest of Canada, treaties for the most part were never signed in
the westernmost province.
A provincewide referendum last month conducted by the B.C. Liberal
government resulted in a 35 per cent voter turnout that suggested support
by more than 80 per cent for eight questions the province intends to use
as a guiding set of principles for provincial treaty negotiators.
Voters were asked if they favoured a municipal style of self-government
for aboriginals and hunting and fishing rights for non-aboriginals on
Crown land.
After the closed-door meeting, Campbell suggested that progress was
being made but much work needed to be done.
"We're not claiming for a moment that we're where we need to get to but
we've certainly started to make progress," the premier said. "We heard
from them today in a number of areas where we've still got lots of work to
do."
On the controversial issue of aboriginal self-government, Campbell
steered a wide course.
"I think we know that aboriginal self-government is an area where there
is significant discussion that has to take place. They clearly have not
agreed with the direction we've taken and we've got lots of work to do."
Grand Chief Ed John, along with George and the third task force member,
Lydia Hwitsum, appeared frustrated when they spoke to reporters afterwards.
"Words are not enough to change minds," said John. "We need to see
action. We need to see answers."
George was more blunt.
"We have a process that is in serious jeopardy," he said. "We have a
situation where the court is calling for the government to start to
respect the law."
George said the native leaders tried to make it clear to the government
that "we're not going to sit back and wait for action on their part."
"We're going to take action," he said, citing as examples the natives'
demand for self-government provisions in any treaty.
John suggested the B.C. government must change its fundamental objection
to recognizing aboriginal title.
"Every issue that's come before the courts in B.C. dealing with
aboriginal rights and treaty rights ... the government's position has been
consistent that it does not exist," he said. "They're breaking the law (if
they don't accept that). They're not accepting the fact that there is a
legal reality in this province."
First Nations have borrowed nearly $200 million to finance treaty
negotiations so far.
Copyright c. 2002 Canadian Press.
--------- "RE: Canadians have an Obligation to Treaty 7 Tribes" ---------
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'Canadians have an obligation to us'
Maria Canton
Calgary Herald
Tuesday, September 17, 2002
Traditional native ceremony met modern politics Monday as southern
Alberta tribal leaders delivered a brash reminder to Canadians of their
obligations on the first day of the Treaty 7 anniversary commemorations.
"This week is to remind the people of Canada they have an obligation to
us," said Siksika Chief Adrian Stimson.
"This is our land. It belongs to us, and yet we're treated like Third
World citizens," said Stimson, the first speaker at the opening day
ceremony, held on the Siksika reserve.
"We are meeting now, in 2002, not in celebration, but as a reminder that
we are still here. We're more determined than ever our treaties will stand
strong."
And so began a week of events to mark the 125th anniversary of the
signing of Treaty 7 between Ottawa and representatives of Siksika,
Kainaiwa, Piikani, Tsuu T'ina and Nakoda tribes.
More than 35 painted teepees dotted the picturesque Treaty Flats, along
the Bow River 125 kilometres southeast of Calgary, where the event is
taking place and where the treaty was signed.
The exact location where chiefs Crowfoot, Red Crow, Sitting-on-an-Eagle
Tail, Bull Head and Bear's Paw inked away their tribes' rights and titles
to traditional hunting grounds in exchange for treaty payments, education,
tools and supplies for farming, ranching and education is marked with a
simple stone monument.
"We have a lot of unfinished business with the white man. Every year our
treaties get weaker and weaker because we're not standing up for them as a
people," said Tsuu T'ina native Bruce Starlight, who attended the
centenary commemoration in 1977.
"I urge everyone to educate themselves about the treaty . . . stand up
for it because otherwise we'll be run over."
In the historic agreement, signed on Sept. 22, 1877, natives also agreed
to live on reserves allotted to them, putting an end to their nomadic way
of life, which by then was already jeopardized by the whisky trade and
dwindling bison herds that had sustained them for generations.
The deal opened southern Alberta to white settlement and made way for
the building of the transcontinental railway.
Barrie Robb, the Alberta director for the federal Department of Indian
and Northern Affairs, said the document reflects a relationship between
natives and non-natives and has been a constant source of debate for most
of the 125 years of its existence.
"It was founded on mutual trust and respect . . . and now there is a
desperate need to talk about it and educate people about it for both First
Nations and non-natives," said Robb.
In a sign of the how the times have changed since 1877, Robb presented
an electronic copy of the treaty to a member from each band before an
audience of close to 100.
A reproduction of the document, handwritten on parchment paper in blue
ink, is on display at the site until Saturday, when it will be replaced
with the original -- on loan from the National Archives of Canada Gatineau
Preservation Centre in Quebec -- for the final day.
Throughout the week, panel discussions on the future of the agreement
will be held, as well as cultural activities, including dancing and holy
games.
Premier Ralph Klein is to attend on Wednesday to break ground for a
$16-million interpretive centre.
cantonm@theherald.southam.ca
Copyright c. 2002 Calgary Herald.
--------- "RE: Cop Guilty of Protester's Shooting Quits" ---------
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Cop guilty of protester's shooting quits
Monday, September 23, 2002
ORILLIA, Ont. -- Kenneth Deane, the provincial police officer convicted
in the shooting death of aboriginal protester Dudley George in 1995, has
resigned from the force.
The announcement, made Monday in a news release by the Ontario
Provincial Police, ends an appeal by Deane of his dismissal. No reason was
given for Deane's decision to resign.
Deane launched the appeal to the Ontario Civilian Commission on Policing
Services following his conviction of criminal negligence causing death
under the Police Services Act in 2002, in which he was ordered dismissed.
He was found guilty by a provincial court judge who ruled that George
and the other two dozen native protesters occupying Ipperwash Provincial
Park were unarmed when seven officers opened fire.
The judge also ruled that other officers lied to protect Deane.
George's shooting marked the end of a 48-hour standoff at the park, the
site of a native burial ground taken from the Stoney Point natives by the
federal government in the 1940s.
Hours later, George bled to death after a brother and sister frantically
drove him 50 kilometres to hospital, where they were arrested.
He is the only native killed during a land-claims dispute in Canada in a
full century.
George's brother Sam George has launched a lawsuit against several
former senior government officials and former Ontario premier Mike Harris.
The suit alleges Harris directed provincial police to use force to evict
the protesters from the park despite top-level advice to negotiate with
them.
The allegations have not been proven in court and Harris has steadfastly
denied giving any such direction.
Family members and supporters have long called for a public inquiry into
why provincial police moved to end the occupation by force when senior
officers and provincial government officials urged patience and
negotiation.
Harris said he would consider an inquest only after the civil suit was
concluded. Premier Ernie Eves has maintained the same position, arguing
that the civil suit, which has cost taxpayers more than $1 million in
defending Harris, has been too expensive to abandon.
Sam George has said he would not drop the suit first in hopes Eves would
then call a judicial probe.
Copyright c. 2002 The Canadian Press.
--------- "RE: Oneida Mom stands her Ground" ---------
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Oneida mom stands her ground; no 'dozers yet
By MIKE BILODEAU, Dispatch Staff Writer
September 18, 2002
ONEIDA - On Monday, one day after she was ordered to vacate her home on
the Oneida Indian Nation's 32-acre Territory, Danielle Patterson and her
three children remain.
Patterson's determination to challenge an authority she questions is
undiminished.
Oneida Indian Nation Tribal Court Judge Stewart Hancock III ordered
Patterson and her children last month to vacate the home by Sept. 15.
Patterson defied the court order and awaits the bulldozers.
"How criminal is it for a mother to stand up for her home?," Patterson
asked.
Patterson said she doesn't know when the demolition team will arrive.
But she said when the Nation Police show up to remove her and her family,
she will not be intimidated.
"Those police officers are white U.S. citizens," Patterson said. "They
are coming onto Indian land, and that's wrong."
Patterson questions the authority which influenced the court order,
Nation representative and CEO of Oneida Nation Enterprises Ray Halbritter.
She doesn't believe that Halbritter has the mandate of the Oneida Indian
Nation people and as such does not have the authority to appoint the
police officers who enforce laws on Nation land.
This past November, Patterson attempted to replace a furnace in her home,
but the Nation said that the furnace could not be installed until her home
was inspected.
Patterson refused the inspection, but Oneida Nation Public Safety
Commissioner Arthur Pierce and the Oneida Indian Nation Police forcibly
removed Patterson from the home, inspected it, and subsequently condemned
it.
The next day, the home was scheduled for demolition on Dec. 15.
Patterson was arrested during an ensuing fracas and charged with
assaulting a police officer. Patterson appealed the condemnation, but her
legal challenges were unsuccessful and only served to delay the demolition
until Sept. 15.
Christian Peacemaker teams are camping on the lawn in front of the
trailer in a show of support for Patterson. They have been there since the
beginning of the month.
David Hollis, director of communications for the Oneida Indian Nation,
said the Christian Peacemakers have been "duped" by Patterson.
"All this is about is her abrogation of responsibility as a mother and a
homeowner to provide safe housing for her children and to properly
maintain her home," Hollis said. "Anywhere else, the condemnation of a
dilapidated trailer home for numerous housing code violations would not
interest Christian Peacemakers or anyone else, including the media."
Patterson counters that the demolition of her trailer is just simply a
violation and it has aroused more than just local interest.
"The world is watching," Patterson said. "They can break my door, but
they cannot break my spirit."
Copyright c. 2002 The Oneida Daily Dispatch.
--------- "RE: Crow Chairman's Brother charged in Vehicle Scheme" ---------
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Tribal chairman's brother charged in vehicle scheme
By CLAIR JOHNSON
Of The Gazette Staff
September 17, 2002
An alleged scheme to use Crow Tribal money to buy vehicles for family
members and associates of the former Tribal Chairman Clifford Birdinground
widened Tuesday with a new indictment naming Birdinground's brother,
Alexander, and others already facing charges.
Alexander Birdinground, of Lodge Grass, and co-defendant, Wayne Kimmet,
of Billings, each pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court Tuesday to a
two-count indictment charging them with conspiracy to use tribal funds to
buy a personal vehicle for the chairman's brother and theft from a tribal
organization.
If convicted, the defendants could be sentenced to a maximum of five
years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each count.
The indictment also names Clifford Birdinground and Homestead Hyundai
Subaru, which have not yet been arraigned. Clifford Birdinground, 66, the
third Crow Tribal chairman in a row to be indicted, resigned Sept. 5.
Clifford Birdinground; Kimmet, former owner of Homestead Hyundai Subaru;
and Homestead Hyundai Subaru pleaded not guilty earlier this year to a
separate indictment charging five counts in connection with a scheme to
steal tribal money to help family and associates buy vehicles.
The latest indictment says that, on July 17, 2000, Alexander
Birdinground agreed to buy a 1999 Dodge Durango from Homestead Hyundai
Subaru, to make an $8,000 down payment and to return the truck if
financing was not approved.
Twelve days later, the dealership notified Alexander Birdinground that
he would need to get his own financing for the Durango because it could
not obtain it on his behalf.
On Aug. 1, 2000, Clifford Birdinground signed a purchase agreement on
behalf of the Crow Tribal Council to buy a 1997 Chevrolet pickup truck for
$26,944.
A few days later, Homestead Hyundai accepted $102,276 from the tribe for
the purchase of several vehicles for the tribal government. A portion of
the money - $26,444 - was applied to the purchase of the 1999 Durango that
was delivered to Alexander Birdinground on July 17, 2000.
In September, the dealership returned the 1997 Chevrolet pickup to its
inventory, never having transferred title to the Crow Tribe. A few weeks
later, Alexander Birdinground traded in the Durango for a 2001 Hyundai
Santa Fe, receiving a $19,750 trade-in allowance on the truck bought 2-1/2
months earlier for $26,444.
U.S. Magistrate Richard Anderson released Alexander Birdinground and
Kimmet without bond pending trial. The case will be heard by District
Judge Richard Cebull.
Copyright c. 2002 The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises.
--------- "RE: Native Prisoner" ---------
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:19:12 -0600
From: Janet Smith <owlstar@speakeasy.org>
Subj: Native Prisoner
=====
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 23:36:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: "THUNDERINGDRUMS@webtv.net" <THUNDERINGDRUMS@webtv.net>
Subj: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Mailing List: Iron Natives <ironnatives@yahoogroups.com>
I found this site and thought I'd share it. If anyone has any more info
about this I would appreciate hearing from you. According to Arizona
policy prisoners are allowed printed material off of the internet but it
looks like they are not allowed to be on any websites themselves. I
don't know if it is all of Arizona or just this facility???
~Carol~
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
ASPC-EYMAN
TO : Inmate
______________________ADC#__________________Unit
FROM : Ray McCarthy, Supervisor, ASPC-E CIU
DATE : ______________________
SUBJECT: UNAUTHORIZED USE OF INTERNET
Sir;
It has come to this unit's attention that you are in violation of the
enclosed notice regarding
internet access on Web Site -______________________ - .
To avoid possible criminal charges and/or disciplinary sanctions
administered by the Arizona Dept. of Corrections, you are being
instructed to have your name removed from this WEB site within three (3)
weeks. This unit will view the WEB Site again on ___________ . If
your name/information etc. has not been removed from this WEB site -
_____________, or is located on any other other web site on the internet
system, disciplinary actions WILL BE administered and possible criminal
charges may result.
Respectfully,
APPROVED : ____________
Warden Charles Goldsmith
ASPC-EYMAN COMPLEX
Arizona DOC Notice to Prisoners
Address:http://www.ccadp.org/AZDOCnoticetoprisoners.htm Changed:6:02 PM
on Wednesday, August 14, 2002
Template
Address:http://www.adc.state.az.us:80/Policies/909.htm Changed:9:10 AM
on Friday, July 12, 2002
"To those of us locked away in here, there's nothing more important than
being remembered."
Leonard Peltier
September 1998
Leavenworth Prison
"Prison Writings...My Life Is My Sun Dance"
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This is the letter I received back from the Arizona DOC. Please forward
to interested lists.
Thanks,
~Carol~
E-mail message
Date: Thu, Sep 19, 2002, 2:29pm
From: CMOORER1@adc.state.az.us (CHARLES MOORER)
To: THUNDERINGDRUMS@WEBTV.NET
Cc: DIRECTOROFFICE@adc.state.az.us (DIRECTORS OFFICE)
SDONOHO@adc.state.az.us (SHERRIE DONOHO)
The following is a response to your questions dated September 18, 2002,
about inmate access to the internet.
Is it in Az. policy to deny a prisoner the right to be on a free pen pal
list on the internet?
Pursuant to A.R.S. 31-242, an inmate shall not have access to the
Internet.
Are prisoners allowed printed web pages?
This statute is intended to prohibit direct or indirect access to
websites through the internet, particularly for the purposes of
communication. Under certain circumstance's inmates may be authorized to
possess copies of material or information obtained from the internet or
other computers. Department staff, in the course of their official
duties or third parties, including friends, family or businesses may
have occasion to provide such material to an inmate.
Inmates may possess legal material or legal research material obtained
from the internet, if possession does not otherwise violate applicable
written instruction and so long as such material is not obtained
directly from a communication service provider as identified in A.R.S.
31-242. For example, an inmate's attorney may provide legal research
material in accordance with Department Order #902, Inmate Legal Access
to the Courts.
Inmates are authorized to request and receive from staff, ADC public
records or information generated by computer that is not otherwise
specifically restricted by written instruction. Additionally, inmates
may possess copies of materials from the ADC website, except that
possession of material or information from the inmate database is
strictly prohibited.
Do you have to be on an approved list before you can just write a letter
to a prisoner?
No
You may review Directors Instructions 156 in its entirety by logging
onto the Arizona Department of Corrections web page at:
ww.adc.state.az.us
Web page instructions:
After Logging onto the Arizona Department of Corrections web page, open
Features and cursor to ADC Policies. Open the ADC policy web page by
Double clicking the left side of your mouse. It will open to the web
page, System of Written Instructions. Open Directors Instructions Index
files by double clicking the icon. Directors Instructions 156, Inmate
Internet Access can be opened by Double clicking the icon.
please advise, if further assistance is needed.
"A step back to Tradition, is a step forward"
~Unknown~
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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:05:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: "THUNDERINGDRUMS@webtv.net" <THUNDERINGDRUMS@webtv.net>
Subj: new for pen pal list
Mailing List: Iron Natives <ironnatives@yahoogroups.com>
Jerry Montgomery
862428 CCH
P.O. Box 41
Michigan City, In. 46361
age:42
single, no kids, no family, been imprisoned 18 years and has no one to
write to, therefore he has no contact with the outside world.
"A step back to Tradition, is a step forward"
~Unknown~
"To those of us locked away in here, there's nothing more important than
being remembered."
Leonard Peltier
September 1998
Leavenworth Prison
"Prison Writings...My Life Is My Sun Dance"
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"Freedom For All Of Our Warriors"
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http://www.angelfire.com/wy/nainmatessupportgrp/index.html
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862428 CCH
P.O. Box 41
Michigan City, In. 46361
--------- "RE: Rustywire: Stew Stands" ---------
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 08:35:17 -0600
From: Gary Smith <gars@Speakeasy.org>
Subj: NA News Item
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filename="RUSTYWIRE/STEW STANDS"
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Nook/1574/starship/stew.html
Navajo Spaceships, Star Mountain and Life
An online journal- Star Mountain-Navajo Life
Stew Stands by Johnny Rustywire
Lunch time in Window Rock means the Motor Inn, that's what I call it,
that is the old name and I am used to it. It is the social circle of the
those in the know in Window Rock, the "rich and famous" of Navajo society
go there and have a gander at each other. There is a lot of rubber necking
going on there. I sometimes go there and have lunch usually for business
or something. It is an okay place but sometimes the atmosphere is too much
for me so I take a break and head over to the stew stands across from the
old Fed Mart parking lot.
There are a number of small camp trailers set up as kitchens with a
makeshift cafe and there you find a few tables and chairs. The floors are
dirt and the coffee is hot. You kind of step in and find a spot in the
corner, the people here are grassroots it seems, some old folks eating
stew and frybread in the corner, dressed not so fancy but there are
looking for a good meal at a good price and you find it here.
The table available has an empty spot and the folding chair has some
writing in old paint on the back, "Nativity Church" it says. It feels ok
when I sit down and the table I see is tilted just a little bit, not
really level but it's ok. I see the place looks like an extended porch off
the small trailer with plastic tarp walls with a wood stove in the middle
and on it rests one of those old time large sheepcamp coffee pots, the
kind where the grounds sit at the bottom.
A young mother, with her little girl looking from the corner where she
is playing comes up to me, "Awhee?"-coffee?. Yes and she reaches over and
pours me a cup. "We have corn stew, or vegetable stew, Navajo burgers and
mutton sandwiches" I think for a moment and see that her hair is not
straight, it sort of looks like she has been working a little bit and it
sticks out here and there. I can see she has traces of white dough on her
wrists, she is the frybread maker here it looks like. I will have the corn
stew and frybread. She writes the order down on one of those receipt books,
a green one with a number on it and goes back into the small trailer.
The screen door opens up and I see old Judge Bluehouse from Chinle. He
always wears a nice large bolo tie and cowboy hat with a silver hat band.
He looks around slowly and sees me. His face breaks into a smile showing
his gold teeth. The older Navajos back in the forties used to go to the
dentist and for $35.00 you could get gold fillings, they look good and
moreso when you have an easy smile like him. He comes over and takes a
chair across from me.
I can see the wrinkles in this face and after years of handling cases
for our people it has worn him a little I think, but he is friendly. We
shake hands and he tells me he is here to handle a few cases for the day
and will be headed home. He is one of the old timers here with the Courts
and when I was an tribal court advocate I used to battle in front of him
on divorce matters, child support, custody and land disputes, so we have
grown to know each other a little bit.
The young lady brings him coffee and he wants corn stew and fry bread.
There is no sugar on our table and he looks at the old couple across the
way and the woman there sees he is looking for it and reaches over and
hands it to him. Thank you he says and puts in two teaspoons turning it
slowly as the stew is brought to us. This is an older woman, she is from
somewhere between Ft. Defiance and Crystal, north of here. I knew her a
long time ago, when her husband would be walking on the road, he would go
to "Sagebrush", the small bar between Window Rock and Gallup. He is gone
now, the drinking I guess caught up to him. This little stew stand is her
life now and she has blessed us with this simple meal.
I look around me and this place is simple, not too fancy and not really
permanent but there is work, life and peace here as I share a meal with an
old friend. It is a good place and the corn stew was all right, it was
good and the frybread was fresh and hot. There are many stew stands there,
probably 10 or so and each has a life of it's own. It was a good meal and
refreshing and it cost me a little and gave me more than just a meal, it
helped me remember where I come from and so I leave until the next time I
get a chance for a taste of mutton not too far from home here at the stew
stands...... ..
Copyright c. 1999, Johnny Rustywire, all rights reserved.
--------- "RE: Poem: Adumbrations on the Eve of War" ---------
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 15:50:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: James Starkey <wolakota4us@yahoo.com>
Subj: Poem
Mailing List: ndn-aim <ndn-aim@yahoogroups.com>
ADUMBRATIONS ON THE EVE OF WAR
Adumbrations on the eve of war,
To settle Daddy's festering score,
Dark clouds loom, bringing death or life?
Awake they now sanity, or continue in strife?
The warhawks savor the blood in the air,
Their consumer based nation hath nary a care,
For justice they swoop and smite hard, Babylon,
And wave they their banner as god marches on,
A sight to see, all shiny and smart,
Mechanized warfare turned into art,
Eyes in the sky and bombs from above,
Iowa farmboys sign "to Saddam with love"
Smite they their satan and grab all the oil,
Partition to puppets the remainder of spoil,
Freeing the world one terror at a time,
Sovereignty is sin and speaking, a crime,
Justice is blind; they poked out her eyes,
And bound and gagged her and all of her lies,
Might makes them right, ask them you'll see,
At the sound of their voice, you're expected to flee,
But we are not silenced, for we aren't outnumbered,
Though too humble and morally encumbered,
We yet know our relatives, we know full, the tally,
Patiently awaiting nature and her ultimate rally...
James H. Starkey
www.oyateunderground.com
--------- "RE: Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days" ---------
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 06:33:29 -1000
From: Debbie Sanders <kepola@hgea.org>
Subj: Hawaiian Book of Days
A HAWAI'I BOOK OF DAYS, week of September 30-October 6
KEPAKEMAPA
(September)
(Mahoe Hope)
30
All changes in life, whether we perceive them to be good or bad, hold the
seeds for a greater good in the future.
OKAKOPA
(October)
(Ikuwa)
October was the last month of the Kau season, which ran from May through
October. The most important holiday of the Hawaiian year was the Makahiki,
which began in late October or early November, when the Pleiades or Makali'i
stars first appeared in the night sky, and lasted for four months. During
this time there was no fighting, for the Makahiki was a festival honoring
Lono, who was, among other things, a god of peace and of the harvest. It
was celebrated by prayers and offerings to the gods, followed by feasting,
games, songs and dancing.
1
Lono, grant us the rains to make our crops grow, the sunlight to make them
ripen, and the strength for us to harvest your bounty.
2
This land was born in fire and cooled by the touch of the wind and rain.
3
I cast my lei of dreams upon the ocean.
4
Every dawn begins the adventure of a new day.
5
A tiny crab scuttles across the wet sand, searching for places to hide.
6
Walk in the paths illuminated by the moon.
(c) Copyright 1991 by D. F. Sanders
Me ke aloha i ka nani, ... Moe'uhanekeanuenue
(With love and beauty, ... Rainbow Dream)
--------- "RE: Native America Calling" ---------
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:55:33 -0500
From: "AIROS (American Indian Radio On Satellite)" <airos@unl.edu>
Subj: NAC Topics + Give us your feedback on AIROS specials
+ Different Drums features Floyd Red Crow Westerman + more...
1) Give us your feedback on AIROS and AIROS.org specials
2) NAC Topics for 9/23 - 9/27
3) Voices From The Circle - Nammy Connections
4) Different Drums features Floyd Red Crow Westerman
5) alterNative Voices
6) Earthsongs Features Martha Redbone
1) Give us your feedback on AIROS and AIROS.org specials
We are working on reports for funding for AIROS and AIROS.org as well as a
news article for our newsletter - "The VisionMaker" on our recent specials
on AIROS and AIROS.org. We are looking for listener reactions and would
like to hear from you on what you thought (both good and bad) of the
following specials:
a) Live from the 2002 Schemitzun Powwow (8/23/02 - 8/25/02)
b) An Interview with Tex Hall, President of the National Congress of the
American Indian (9/6/02)
c) Live from the 2002 International United Tribes Powwow (9/7/02)
d) Indian Country Remembers 9/11 (online at
http://www.airos.org/911interviews.html )
e) Highlights from the 2002 Native American Music Awards (Nammys) (9/13/02)
f) Live from the 2002 NMAI Powwow on the National Mall in DC (9/14/02 -
9/15/02)
g) Native Voices, Native Votes (9/17/02)
We look forward to hearing from you about what you think. We are also
planning on doing repeats of some of these specials and would like to hear
from you on when you would like to hear them online.
2) NAC Topics for 9/23 - 9/27
Listen live every weekday from 1-2pm ET by going to www.airos.org or tuning
into your local radio station. For a list of affiliates go to
http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/nac_affiliates.shtm
Native America Calling will be broadcasting live from the National Summit
on Emerging Tribal Economies at the Phoenix Civic Plaza, this Monday
through Thursday.
MON - 9/23: Crisis in Chiapas:
Violence against indigenous peoples in southern Mexico is escalating,
prompting activists in the region to call for emergency peace delegations
and for the U.S. to assist in documenting and witnessing their troubles.
Leaders of the Zapatista resistance movement have been killed recently, and
the Mexican federal government is beginning to get a stranglehold on the
indigenous peoples, lands, and resources of Chiapas. What lies beneath the
land that is so highly sought after? How can Native people help to keep
history from repeating itself? Guests include Ryan Zinn, coordinator of the
Global Exchange Chiapas Program.
TUE - 9/24: Sacred Lands of the Southwest:
There is no question that America requires a ready and accessible source of
fossil fuels. Aided by the President's energy agenda, energy corporations
wantonly cast their eyes on the natural resources on Native lands. It is
also no surprise that tribes are under constant threat of exploration and
mining. In the Southwest, tribes are up against the ropes in their
continuing battle of protecting their sacred sites from resource hungry
energy companies. What is the current status of Black Mesa and the sacred
Salt Lake? Are their alternatives for an energy dependent nation? Guests
include Malcolm Bowekaty, Governor of Zuni Pueblo and Nicole Horse Herder
of the Black Mesa Coalition.
WED - 9/25: Book of the Month: "While the Locust Slept"
Unimaginable but very true, is the story of Peter Razor's young life where
he was abandoned as an infant, became a ward of the state orphanage where
he was abused, and then being indentured by the state to an abusive,
reclusive farm family where he was beaten, poorly fed, clothed in rags, and
worked like a slave. Our Book of the Month, "While the Locust Slept," is an
autobiographical account of Razor's experience in the Minnesota state
orphanage system and his struggle for survival. Join our conversation with
first time author Peter Razor of the Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwa.
THU - 9/26: Indigenous Ambassadors:
Americans for Indian Opportunity in collaboration with the Advancement of
Maori Opportunity and the Institute for 21st Century Agoras will convene an
international group of leaders in a Wisdom of the People Forum in
Washington, D.C. The topic is designing a transnational indigenous leaders
interaction in the context of globalization. They are offering a new model
of indigenous exchange, based on empowering young indigenous leaders to be
proactive change agents. Will young leadership emerge with a new vision?
Guests include LaDonna Harris of Americans for Indian Opportunity.
FRI - 9/27: Indian in the Spotlight: Dr. Charles Grim, Interim Director of
the IHS:
The Indian Health Service is under new leadership. Dr. Charles Grim has
been appointed Interim Director of the IHS by President Bush. He will
oversee a nationwide multimillion-dollar health care delivery program that
has as its charge, the health and welfare of all Native Americans and
Alaskan Natives. There are serious concerns that Native people have about
the effectiveness and accessibility of IHS services. Is the IHS able to
meet those needs? Can the IHS live up to its responsibilities? What part do
Native people play in their own health care? Join us as we spotlight Dr.
Charles Grim of the Cherokee Nation.
3) Voices From The Circle - Nammy Connections
This week, VOICES FROM THE CIRCLE listeners can look forward to hearing
from NAMMY Nominees, NAMMY winners and non-NAMMY Native performers.
VOICES opens with a cut from Jim Boyd's Record of the Year - alterNATIVES -
"Full Circle." We'll also hear the track "The More We're Together."
Staying with NAMMY winners, Joanne Shenandoah - Artist of the Year - sings
a highly personal song "Once and Again" from her Eagle Cries CD as well as
"Dancing on Mother Earth."
NAMMY nominee Randy Wood treats us to a round dance song "You Took my Heart
Away."
Brule' collaborator Arvil Bird swings a sweet fiddle on two cuts from his
Animal Totems CD, "Tatanka" and "Horses."
Wisconsin's Wolf River Band played the NAMMY Awards in a Kitty Wells Native
Music Hall Of Fame Tribute. Now hear them on a Hank Williams cover "Honky
Tonkin'."
One of the highlights of the 2002 NAMMY Awards was unquestionably the
Cherokee National Children's Choir with Rita Coolidge. On VOICES they sing
"North Wind."
Not to forget there are outstanding non-NAMMY Indian performers out there,
too... VOICES presents songs and stories by QUA-TI-SI and the "Long Blue Man."
Another potential NAMMY nominee is the Menominee Nation's Wade Fernandez
who brings us "Before Tomorrow's Today."
Past NAMMY Award recipient Bill Miller played a supporting role at this
year's ceremony. Bill displays his non-singing skills on VOICES with "Red
Bird, Yellow Sun."
VOICES concludes this weeks show with Female Artist of the Year Dine'
Radmilla Cody with "Song and Dance Romance."
May all your NAMMY dreams come true!
Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET)
Monday - 9/23: 4pm, 10pm
Tuesday - 9/24: 4am
Saturday - 9/28: 3pm
Sunday - 9/29: 4am, 3pm
Monday - 9/30: 4am
4) Different Drums features Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Floyd Red Crow Westerman, honored as a Living Legend by the Native American
Music Association at the 2002 Nammy award ceremonies, is our featured
artist this week on Different Drums. Known for his outspoken song lyrics
dealing with Indian issues over the past thirty-plus years, Westerman is
also a respected actor with dozens of film and television appearances.
For this week's show, we've dipped into the Different Drums archive of live
recordings, and will be sharing a full hour of live words and music by
Floyd Red Crow Westerman, compiled from two performances in Phoenix,
Arizona in November 1997. Floyd Red Crow Westerman tells it like it is and
sings it the way he sees it, this week on Different Drums.
Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET)
Tuesday 9/24: 10am, 4pm, 10pm
Wednesday 9/25: 4am
Saturday 9/28: 5pm
Sunday 9/29: 6am, 5pm
Monday 9/30: 6am
5) alterNative Voices
AlterNative Voices welcomes Rev. Buddy Monahan (Choctaw/Maricopa) to the
studio. Rev. Monahan is Chaplain at Menaul School in Albuquerque, NM. He is
active in the Presbyterian Church USA and tells us about Menaul School that
is no longer an Indian boarding school but a private 6-12 open enrollment
school.
At the news desk, Vernon reports on the political clout relative to dollars
in California. Issues in Indian country are under serious consideration
due to the large donations to political campaigns by casinos.
Susie brings up the discussion topic of celebrating tragic events in history.
Music by Native artists includes Red Tail Chasing Hawks, Paul Ortega and
Joanne Shenandoah, Songcatchers, Ron Roybal and the drum High Noon.
We are always available online at www.alterNativeVoices.org
Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET)
Wednesday 9/25: 10am, 4pm, 10pm
Thursday 9/26: 4am
Saturday 9/28: 6pm
Sunday 9/29: 7am, 6pm
Monday 9/30: 7am
6) Earthsongs Features Martha Redbone
Next time on Earthsongs, host Gregg McVicar interviews Martha Redbone, the
breakout R&B songwriter/vocalist who was just named "Debut Artist of the
Year" by the Native American Music Awards. Her album "Home of the Brave"
celebrates her own Afro-Native American life experiences with an old-school
feel reminiscent of Aretha and Al Green.
All this and plus the Native Word of the Day. Details at www.earthsongs.net.
Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET)
Thursday 9/26: 10am, 4pm, 10pm
Friday 9/27: 4am
Saturday 9/28: 4pm
Sunday 9/29: 5am, 4pm
Monday 9/30: 5am
Listen to Indian Radio on the Internet 24 hours a day at airos.org
To subscribe to AIROS' electronic program guide e-mail airos@unl.edu with
the subject heading subscribe.
--------- "RE: This Week on First Peoples TV" ---------
Date: Mon, Sep 23 08:03:22 2002 -0700
From: Gary Smith <gars@Speakeasy.org>
Subj: NA News Item
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filename="WORLD LINK TV"
Available on DirecTV (800-531-5000), Channel 375,
and on EchoStar/Dish Network (800-333-3474), channel 9410
= = = = = = = = =
This program's length is: 01:00
You can see this program at the following times:
Thu, Sep 26, 10:00 PM ET (Thu, Sep 26, 7:00 PM PT)
Fri, Sep 27, 4:00 AM ET (Fri, Sep 27, 1:00 AM PT)
Fri, Sep 27, 10:00 AM ET (Fri, Sep 27, 7:00 AM PT)
Fri, Sep 27, 4:00 PM ET (Fri, Sep 27, 1:00 PM PT)
First Peoples' TV: Dances For the New Generation
An Emmy Award nominated film about the journey of The American Indian
Dance Theatre, comprised of individuals from thirty Indian nations, to
learn the songs and dances of the Makah, Kwakiutl, Penobscot and Iroquois
tribes, and its return home to pow wow in North Dakota.
Filmed at ceremonials in Alert Bay, British Columbia, at a pow wow in
Newtown, North Dakota, on the Penobscot Reservation in Maine, and in
performance onstage in Boston. Along with comments from elders of these
nations, the company performs dances from the Makah, Kwakiutl, Seneca,
Penobscot, and several Plains nations.
"Dances For the New Generation" is part of the "First Peoples' TV"series
made possible by DreamCatchers, a non-profit organization working to bring
Native films to a wider audience.
The film is available from Phil Lucas Productions
PHONE (206) 979 9819
FAX (425) 557 2361
EMAIL: phil_lucas@earthlink.net
--------- "RE: Upcoming Events" ---------
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:39:14 -0
From: Gary Smith (gars@speakeasy.org)
Subj: Upcoming Events
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
EVENTS ARE FEATURED IN ODD NUMBERED ISSUES ONLY
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Lists from Jim Anderson, Aaron, OCB Tracker and Whispering Wind are
listed here for 60 days. Each web site is listed if you need a more
complete list.
===================================
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 17:20:50 -0500
From: "Powwow Committee" <permianbasinpowwow@hotmail.com>
Subj: Please add to your Powwow Calendar
>To: gars@speakeasy.org
3rd Annual Permian Basin Intertribal Powwow
Sat., Sept. 28th and Sun., Sept. 29th, 2002
Odessa College Sports Center, Odessa, TX
Free Admission: Suggested Donations - 2 cans of food to benefit
the West Texas Food Bank.
Doors open at 10:00am on Sat and noon on Sun
Thank you for your consideration!
Permian Basin Powwow Committee
===================================
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 09:57:42 -0700
From: John Berry <jberry@library.berkeley.edu>
Subj: Chicago Powwow - Nov. & Vets invitation
Can you send an invitation to our brothers and sisters:
WWII Veterans honored at the American Indian Center
Presentation by : Navajo Code Talker John Brown Jr. and family
Recipient of the Congressional Gold Metal of Honor
More details and press release at: www.aic-chicago.org
This is going to be a joint event with the Chicago Japanese Community.
Chicago's 49th Annual Powwow
American Indian Center of Chicago
Where: Northeastern University, directions on the AIC website.
When:November 15, 16, 17
Everyone welcome to the largest Native Cultural Education of the Year!!!
Sincerely,
Joseph Podlasek
Executive and Technical Director
American Indian Center of Chicago
773-275-5871, fax 773-275-5874
email: joep@aic-chicago.org
web: www.aic-chicago.org
"Worried about our future? Do not fear.
Look into the eyes of our children."
John D. Berry, NAS Librarian, UC Berkeley
American Indian Library Assocation - Listserv Manager
American Library Association - Councilor at Large
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Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 21:35:45 -0500
From: "raven davis" <ravenspiritwalker@msn.com>
Subj: Oxford 2003
To: <gars@speakeasy.org>
Hello Gary: Please add this to NA news
Native Solutions 5th Annual Intertribal Pow Wow
April 25-27, 2003
Proudly Presents an evening with:
Joanne Shenandoah on Saturday April 26, 2003 at 8:00 p.m.
Oxford Civic Center, Oxford, AL
Opening for Joanne is Larry Campbell
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Tickers now on sale contact: Mark or Ruth (256) 820-6315 or
email ravenspiritwalker@yahoo.com; thunderhawk2062@yahoo.com;
Tony ( 256) 835-0110; Cindy (256) 831-9373
Northern Host Drum-Greywolf singers
Southern Host Drum-Buffalo Heart
Headman-Don Redbear
Headlady-TBA
M/C- Gary Smith
A/D-Buck Tucker
Native American Warrior Society and Honor Guard
All Drums and Dancers Welcome Vendors by invitation only
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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 08:19:18 -0700
Subj: Georgia Powwows
Horse Creek American Indian Heritage Association
Intertribal Pow Wow and Cultural Fest
November 1, 2,& 3, 2002
195 Golf Course Road
Warrenville SC 29851
Headman: Jeff Whaley
Headlady: Lisa Kirchner
MC: Wes Hicks AD: Little Hawk
Host Drum: Buffalo Heart
Info: 803-663-9289
email: ladyhawkdreamer@yahoo.com
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Native American Festival
Banks County Recreation Park Horse Arena
Homer GA
October 26, 2002
Host Drums: Plainsmen & Buffalo Heart
Info: 706-335-2964
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From: "Maria M" <m.martinez1@chello.nlwrote>
Subj: Kentucky Pow-wows & Events (septmeber -october 2002)
Newsgroup: soc.culture.native
Hi gang
Take a look.
maria
Who can number the sand of the sea, the drops of rain, and the days of
eternity?
Kentucky Powwows & Events
(Dates & places may change. Contact event for confirmation).
ADD your event!
October 25-27, 2002
Place: Louisville,Kentucky---E.P. Tom Sawyer Park.
Event: O.R.N.A.I.C ( Ohio River Native American Intertribal Community) 6th
annual Unity Festival
Host Drum:All Nations/Invited drums, Southeastern Asso.
Of Native American People and Change Of Breeze.
Head Female Dancer:Donna Dunn
Head Male Dancer: Jeff Hatmaker
Head Veteran: Mike Dunn
Announcer: Barry Brown
There will be about 25 booths,We will also have our Kentucky Native
American Heritage Mobile Museum for you to go in and look around.
For more information please contact Randy Jackson at (502) 969-1339 or
Bruce Brading at (502) 532-7290
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Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 14:40:39 -0500
From: "D. Mitchell" <wanige1@hotmail.com>
Subj: More upcoming powwows & festivals
Mailing List: Tn-Ind <tn-ind@highertech.net>
Here are more event listings transcribed from powwow flyers:
Sep. 28-29: Eagle's Message 8th Annual Powwow; at the Limestone County
Sherif's Arena, Hwy. 99, just off New Cut Road, in Athens, AL. HD - Red Hawk
Singers; Four Directions Prayer & other ceremonies by Walter Hill & Louise
Green; Native American crafts, food, intertribal dancing, storytelling, and
demonstrations. Hours: Saturday, 10:00 am - 7:00 pm; Sunday, 10:00 am - 5:00
pm. Admission: $3.00 (adults over 12 & under 55), $2.00 (children 6-12 &
seniors over 55), free for children under 6. Info: Marie Hill (256)
729-1968, or Les Tate (256) 764-5608 or LTATE@HIWAAY.NET.
October 12-13: The 10th Annual Fort Payne Depot Museum Indian Festival; at
Union Park in downtown Fort Payne, AL. This is a special honoring and
healing powwow dedicated to all veterans, and hosted by the Native American
Honor Guard and Warrior Society. No admission charged. HD - Buffalo Heart;
HM - Jerry Smith; HL - Ellen Rosco; MC - Gary Smith. This event features
intertribal dancing, storytellers, flute players, demonstrations, arts &
crafts, and Native foods. All veterans invited; all dancers welcome. Hours:
Saturday & Sunday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. Info: Jerry Lang (256) 492-5217.
Oct. 25-27: 3rd Annual Buffalo River Powwow; 277A1 Airport Road, Linden, TN.
HD - Medicine River Singers; GD - Gunpowder River Singers; MC - John Little
Hawk; ST - Bonnie Redbird Feather; AD - Doug "Red" Kirby; HV - Clyde Maize;
Honored Elder - Earl Bear Taylor, warrior; HM & HL - TBA. Admission: $5.00
(adults over 12), $3.00 (children 12 & under, senior citizens) - maximum of
$16.00 per family. Dancers in regalia admitted free.
Hours: Friday (Children's Day), 9:00 am - 3:00 pm; Saturday, 10:00 am - ?
(GE at 12:00 noon & 7:00 pm); Sunday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm (GE at 12:00 noon).
All hours are Central Time. Getting there: on I-40 between Jackson, TN &
Dickson, TN, take Exit 143, go south on Hwy. 13 about 21 miles to Linden,
turn west on Hwy. 412 towards Parsons; go thru town, and at top of hill on
west side take a left on Airport Road; continue 1.6 miles to powwow.
Events include Native American dancing, arts & crafts vedors, Native
American food, bow & arrow demonstration, and hawk throwing demo. Motels:
Deerfield Inn, Parsons, 901-847-4700; Deerfield Inn, Hohenwald,
931-796-1500; & Jakes Motor Inn, Hwy. 412 West, 901-847-6387. Info: Spotted
Horse Trading Co., P.O. Box 277, Linden, TN 37096; Ray or Sharon Benge (931)
589-5876 or rbenge@tds.net.
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Here are more upcoming Indian Festivals. These were from e-mails & event
links that were sent to me by various parties connected to these events:
Sep. 27-29: Spirits of the Elk Historical Festival; at Elkton City Park,
Elkton, TN. Intended to "honor those who walked the Trail of Tears in Giles
County, TN," this event will feature a full-scale Plains Tipi Encampment by
IronMountain Native Educational Programs & the Big Mountain Family; Cherokee
ancient clay beadwork & basketweaving by Tammy Wildcat; the ancient Indian
art of blowguns by Lucas Wildcat; and bow & arrow demonstrations by Charlie
Wildcat.
HD - MGD; Guest Drum - TBA; HM - Jim (Snake) Eyestone; HL - Jenney Lin
Thunder; AD/MC - Jon Thunder. Special performances by: Tommy Wildcat -
Native American flute artist; award winning Hoop dancer, Daniel Tramper;
Cherokee storyteller - Fred Bradley; Grass dancer, Joseph River Wind; drum
performer - BEIKO; and Fancy Shawl dancer, Jennifer Agi Da Thla Unega
Attawa. There will also be Native American crafts, fry bread, and a variety
of food & drinks.
Schedule: Friday (Kid's Day), 9:00am - 2:00pm; Saturday, 9:00am - until ?
(GE at 10:00am); Sunday, noon - 6:00pm (GE at 1:00pm). Admission: $4.00 -
adults (17 & over); $2.00 - kids (16 & under).
Location: about 15 miles south of Pulaski, TN, and 25 miles northwest of
Huntsville, AL, on Hwy. 31. Host Motels: Comfort Inn, Pulaski, 931-424-1600;
Richland Inn, Pulaski, 931-363-0006; Budget Inn, Pulaski, 931-363-5571.
There will be a Volksmarch on Saturday to honor those who walked the Trail
of Tears. There is also an antique tractor show, and there will be an
auction of vendor donated items at 4:00pm on Saturday.
For vendor space, contact Brenda Eyestone at (256) 651-2481 or e-mail
snakeeyestone49@hotmail.com. For further info, call (931) 468-0674, e-mail
karenrussell@igiles.net or check out the web at www.elktonhistory.org.
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Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 15:51:21 -0500
From: "D. Mitchell" <wanige1@hotmail.com>
Subj: More Powwows, Festivals & related events
Powwows, Indian Festivals & other Events of Interest
Most of the following information was transcribed directly from powwow
flyers or informational brochures. Some was taken from tourism guidebooks
or shared by friends over the internet.
Feel free to copy & share with others.
Oct. 11-13: Clarksville Area Intertribal Powwow - at the N.C.C. Powwow
Grounds outside Port Royal State Park, located on the Red River, near
Adams, TN, off I-24, exit 11. Hosted by the Native American Cultural
Circle. All dancers are welcome. Vendors by invitation only.
Admission: Adults - $5.00, Children & Seniors - $2.00. HD: Medicine River.
Hours: Friday (Kid's Day) 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am - 9:00 pm,
Sunday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. Info: Ingrid Baker (931) 326-5837 or
Nccircle@aol.com, or try the website at: www.Nccircle.org.
Oct. 12-13: Fort Maurepas Living History Weekend - on Front Beach Boulevard,
Ocean Springs, MS. Reenactment of the daily life of the French Marines,
Native Americans and early settlers of the Ocean Springs area between 1699
and 1702. There will be sutlers, craftsmen, flag raising ceremonies, drill,
musket and cannon firings. No admission charge. Info: P.O. Box 187, Ocean
Springs, MS 39566. Phone: (228) 875-4424 or check out the website at
www.oceanspringschamber.com.
Oct. 26-27: 25th Annual Pioneer and Indian Festival - at the Mississippi
Crafts Center on the Natchez Trace, milepost 102.4, near Ridgeland, MS.
Enjoy arts, crafts, period music & dancing, Choctaw dance & chants,
African American spirituals, Bluegrass and Gospel music, and the aromas
and flavors of traditional foods. No admission charge.
Info: Craftsmen's Guild of Mississippi, Inc.,
P.O. Box 69, Ridgeland, MS 39158. Phone: (601) 856-7546.
Nov. 1-3: 6th Annual A.I.A. Powwow - at NSA Mid-South Navy Gym,
Millington, TN. Hosted by the American Indian Association of Millington,
this competition event will award $200.00 1st. Place and $100.00 2nd Place
prize money in Men's Straight, Fancy, Grass, and Traditional dance styles
and Women's Buckskin, Cloth, Fancy, and Jingle dance styles. $50.00 1st.
Place & $25.00 2nd Place will be awarded in Children's Classes (ages 7-15)
for Boy's Straight, Fancy, Grass, & Traditional and Girl's Buckskin, Cloth,
Fancy, & Jingle. Tiny Tots will be paid $10.00 each. Each category must
have a minimum of 4 dancers, and dancers must dance in 3 of the 4 Grand
Entries. There will be no combined categories, and all decisions by the
Dance Contest Committee are final.
HM: Grady Jones (Cherokee/Shawnee); HL: Georgie Ferguson (Pointe-au-Chien);
AD: Randy Solomon (Choctaw); MC: Ken Dixon (Choctaw); A.I.A. Princess:
Cheyenne Hartley (Comanche); Tiah Piah Gourd Society Princess: Kathleen
Mabe (Comanche); Head of Security: Ron Woodall (Cherokee);
HND: Greywolf Singers; HSD: Billy Evanshorse; ST: Bonnie Red Bird.
Hours: Friday, 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm; Saturday, 10:00 am - 10:00 pm;
Sunday, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm. First two guest drums will be paid $100.00
day money. Admission: Adults - $4.00, Seniors & Children under 12 - $2.00.
Info: (901) 876-3900.
Nov. 7-10: 21st. Annual Veteran's Day Powwow - at Lynn Haven, FL (near
Panama City). A contest powwow, sponsored by the North Bay Clan of Muskogee
Creek Tribe of Florida, 3733 County Road 2321, Lynn Haven, FL, this event
is free to the public, with a small fee for those who wish to enter the
dance competition. Judges will be chosen from vendors & dancers who are not
competing. AD: Keith Badger; HSD: The Descendants. All a bridge and look
for North Bay Clan signs. Grounds are on the right.
Info: Keith Little Badger (850) 234-2645.
Note: those seeking more information on Mississippi events may wish to
contact the Mississippi Department of Tourism at 1-800-927-6378 or log
onto the web at www.visitmississippi.org; those wanting more information
on Virginia events can try Virginia Tourism Corporation at (804) 786-2071
or www.VIRGINIA.org.
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Aaron's Powwow Calendar
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/9173/powwows.html
Last updated on Updated 12 September 2002
September 27-28 - Sanding Bear Powwow
Location: Standing Bear Park, Ponca City, Oklahoma.
Contact: (580) 762-1514.
September 27-29 - Fourth Annual Last Chance Community Powwow
Location: Civic Center, Helena, Montana.
Contact: (406) 443-4880; pcfleming@in-tch.com.
September 27-29 - Comanche Nation Fair
Location: Comanche Nation Games, Lawton, Oklahoma.
Contact: (580) 492-3822.
September 28 - Enid Intertribal Club Annual Powwow
Location: Garfield Expo Center, Enid, Oklahoma.
Contact: (580) 234-5261.
September 28-29 - Adrian 'Lest Our Children Forget' Contest Powwow
Location: Siena Heights University, Adrian, Michigan.
Contact: Todd Harder (517) 264-1690, hardertodd3@aol.com.
September 28-29 - McIntosh Festival
Location: Whitesburg, Georgia.
Notes: All drums and dancers welcome. Miss McIntosh Contest.
Contact: Frank Hall (770) 304-3344, cowcherofam@yahoo.com.
September 28-29 - Ninth Annual Intertribal Powwow
Location: Waimea Ball Park, Big Island of Hawaii, Hawaii.
Contact: (808) 885-5569.
September 28-29 - Twenty Fourth Annual Council of Three Rivers Powwow
Location: Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center, 120 Charles St.,
Dorseyville (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania.
Contact: (412) 782-4457.
September 28-29 - Third Annual Permian Basin Intertribal Powwow
Location: Odessa College Sports Center, Odessa, Texas.
Notes: Grand Entry noon. MC, Mike Gonzales; Head Man, Robert Soto;
Head Lady, Betty Russel; Head Gourd Dancer, Erwin De Luna;
Arena Director, Emiliano Flores; Host Southern Drum, Jerrid Buffalo Head.
All drums welcome.
Admission through canned goods donation
(2 cans per adult, 1 per child or senior).
All donations benefit the West Texas Food Bank.
Contact: (915) 640-6633; tprc.freeservers.com.
September 28-29 - WVRRC Third Annual Honoring the Winged Ones Powwow
Location: Bunner Ridge Park, Exit 139 off I-79, Fairmont, West Virginia.
Notes: Host Drum, Mother Earth Beat; Guest Drum, Four Winds; Head Man,
Aaron Dailey; Head Lady, Bree SonnesMakwa.
Free camping for participants and vendors.
Contact: SS353@aol.com.
September 28-30 - Honor the Children Festival
Location: Dora City Park, Dora, Alabama.
Notes: No contests. Host Drum, Native Pride Singers; MC, Tony Jennings;
Head Man, Gary Thunderwolf; Head Lady, Jacquie Ravenheart.
All dancers, drums and public welcome.
Free primitive camping for participants.
Contact: Karen Cooper (205) 648-2529, leave message.
September 28-October 5 - Chickasaw National Holiday and Festival
Location: Citywide, Tishomingo, Oklahoma.
Contact: (800) 593-3356.
October 2002
October 4-6 - Chisholm Trail First Annual Powwow
Location: Chisholm Trail Campgrounds, Altoona, Florida.
Notes: Sponsored by the Native American Cultural Society of Florida and
the Save the Land Foundation. Proceeds benefit the Wrede Wildlife Rehab
in Sebring, Florida.
Contact: Tom Wolfeyes (352) 603-4070.
October 5 - Creek Council House Art Market and Powwow
Location: Creek Council House, Okmulgee, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 756-2324.
October 5 - Tenth Annual Nemki Friendship Powwow
Location: Batavia Middle School, Batavia, Illinois.
Notes: Doors open at noon. Admission $5, dancers free.
Contact:Hayna Sine (815) 667-4976;Jeff Glaser (630) 0117;dking8602@aol.com
October 5-6 - Fifth Annual Oroville Salmon Powwow
Location: Mitchell Ave Ball Fields, 3rd and Mitchell Aves, Oroville, Cal.
Notes: Dance, drum and flute contests, Princess, Jr. Princess, and
Tiny Tot Princess contests, handgame tournament.
Salmon dinner $7 per plate. Limited camping (no showers on site).
Gourd dancing both days. MC, Tom Phillips; Arena Director, Art Martinez;
Head Man, Monty Williams; Head Lady, Shawnee Bear; Head Boy, Joseph Smith;
Head Girl, Donna Mercado; Contest Director, Gayle Johnson;
Princess Director, Lisa Benally; Host Northern Drum, Mockingbird Singers;
Host Southern Drum, Humming Bird Singers.
Contact: Lucky Preston (530) 532-1611; Oroville Salmon Pow Wow, PO Box 214,
Oroville CA 95965; salmonpowwow2002@hotmail.com; salmonpowwow.tripod.com.
October 5-6 - Abenaki Sixth Annual Mi-Te-Jo Campground Powwow
Location: Mi-Te-Jo Campground, Milton, New Hampshire.
Notes: Camping may be available, call ahead for reservations.
Grand Entry Saturday and Sunday noon, Saturday evening to be determined.
All drums and dancers welcome.
Contact: (603) 473-2746.
October 5-6 - Twenty Eighth Annual American Indian Pow Wow Association
(AIPA) Powwow
Location: Thomas Square, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
Notes: Free admission, competition dancing. Head Man, Shane Ridley-Stevens;
Head Lady, Wanda Dawson; MC, John Dawson; Arena Director, David Eagle Horse;
Host Drum, Red Thunder; Guest Drums, Wildhorse and Buffalo Creek.
Contact:
Daniel Yanagihara (808) 734-5171 from 5 pm to 10 pm Hawaii Standard Time.
October 5-6 - Fifth Annual American Indian Festival and Powwow
Location: Buffalo Hill (Buffalo Farm), Route 230 W, Madison, Virginia.
Notes: Hours 11 am to 5 pm both days, Grand Entry noon both days.
Public welcome. Admission $5, $3 ages 6-16 and over 55. No pets.
Contact: (540) 948-4209 ext 10, www.georgetownfarm.com/news_powwow.htm.
October 5-6 - Painted Leaf Powwow
Location: Wytheville Community College, Wytheville, Virginia.
Notes: Gates open at 10 am both days, dancing starts at noon.
Head Man, Emil Her Many Horses; Head Lady, Georgia Tiger;
MC, Tim Tall Chief; Arena Director, Darsch DeSilva;
Host Southern Drum, Millard Clark and the Southern Singers;
Host Northern Drum, Teton Travellers; Head Gourd Dancer, Rich Perry.
School programs October 3 and 4. Live buffalo exhibit, tipi village,
birds of prey exhibit, storytelling. Admission $5, under 12 free. No pets.
Camping available on site.
Inclement weather location, George Wythe High School.
Contact: Chris and Tara Bryant (276) 223-0047, mtnempr57@yahoo.com;
Vendors contact George Whitewolf georgewhitewolf@aol.com;
Host Hotel, Econolodge (276) 228-5517; Host Campground, KOA (276) 228-2601
October 5-December 31 - Homecoming Art Show
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 456-6007.
October 6-31 - The Masters Art Show
Location: Honor Heights Drive, Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 683-1701.
October 7 - Native American Flute and Storytelling Concert
Location:Center for Hawaiian Studies, 2645 Dole Street, Honolulu, Oahu, Hi.
Notes: Free admission. Featured flute players include Tony DeRoche,
Andrew Thomas and Shane Ridley-Stevens.
Featured storyteller Liz Campbell DeRoche.
Sponsored by AIPA and Native Winds.
Contact:
Daniel Yanagihara (808) 734-5171 from 5 pm to 10 pm Hawaii Standard Time.
October 11-12 - Fur Trade and Living History Celebration
Location: Chouteau Memorial Museum, Salina, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 434-2224.
October 11-13 - Hagerstown Powwow
Location: Hagerstown Fairgrounds, Hagerstown, Maryland.
Notes: Admission $7 adults, $4 children.
Contact: (301) 791-3246; Barry Richardson (252) 257-5383,
now-cdcbarry@coastalnet.com.
October 11-13 - Third Annual Indigenous Peoples Art Market
Location: Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
Notes: Event features Native artists competing in a juried art show and
art market with over $20,000 in prize money.
Contact: (989) 775-4121, kdcronkite@sagchip.org;
www.sagchip.org/culture/ziibiwing.
October 12 - Third Annual Cowlitz Indian Tribe Powwow
Location: Toledo High School, Toledo, Washington.
Notes: Grand Entry 1 pm and 7 pm. Participant dinner, Royalty competition.
Contact: Bob Bouchard (360) 883-0985, Rabouch@aol.com.
October 12 - Eleventh Annual Berkeley Celebration, Indigenous Peoples Day,
Powwow and Indian Market
Location: Martin Luther King Jr Park, Berkeley, California.
Notes: Open 10 am to 6 pm. Exhibition dancing 10 am to noon,
Gourd Dancing noon, Grand Entry 1 pm. Intertribal and contest dancing.
All dancers and drums welcome, open to the public. MC, Tom Phillips;
Arena Director, Henry Johnson; Head Man, Randy Shirley;
Head Lady, Leslie Deer; Host Northern Drum, Stronghold;
Host Southern Drum, Humming Bird Singers.
Contact: Shar Suke, Indigenous Peoples Day Committee,
5245 College Ave #645, Oakland CA 94618, (510) 595-5520,
ipday101202@yahoo.com.
October 12-13 - Kauai Powwow
Location: Kukui Grove Pavillion, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii.
Notes: Sponsored by the Kauai Pow Wow Council.
There are also a variety of cultural events the week preceding the powwow.
Contact: (808) 335-5427; www.kauaipowwow.com.
October 12-13 - Drums on the Pocomoke Powwow
Location: Cypress Park, Pokomoke, Maryland.
Notes: Open from 10 am to 5 pm, Grand Entry noon.
Host Drum, Gunpowder River Singers. All dancers welcome.
Admission $2, 12 and under free.
Contact: Gail Fox (757) 331-2188; Diane Baldwin (757) 824-3060;
Trudy Smack (302) 732-9350.
October 15-January 12 - Blue Gem, White Metal Jewelry Exhibit
Location: Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, Norman, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 325-4712.
October 18-20 - Kanuchi Festival
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 456-6007.
October 18-20 - Sasser Intertribal Native American Gathering
Location: Sasser Flea Market, Hwy 82 and 520, Sasser, Georgia.
Notes: Free admission, public welcome, kids day Friday.
Host Drum, Drum of the Descendents. Vendor inquiries welcome.
Contact: Chief Dream Walker (912) 338-0050 or (912) 288-1266.
October 19-20 - Ninth Annual Land of Falling Waters Traditional Powwow
Location: Parkside Middle School, 2400 Fourth St, Jackson, Michigan.
Notes: Grand Entry, Saturday 1 pm and 7 pm, Sunday 1 pm.
Head Veteran, Dale Anderson; MC, Larry Plamondon;
Arena Director, Odel Chalifoux. Head Dancers selected each session.
Contact: Linda Cypret (616) 781-6409, nimkiikwew@msn.com;
Heather Miller (517) 768-8018; landoffallingwaters@hotmail.com.
October 24-25 - Cherokee Heritage Days
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 456-6007.
October 25-27 - Tifton Intertribal Powwow
Location: Friendly City Park, E.B. Hamilton Complex, Tifton, Georgia.
Notes: Dance and drum contests. Admission $6, $3 ages 6-12. MC, Rick Bird;
Arena Director, Mike Bissonette; Veteran Dancer, Billy Lacy;
Host Northern Drum, Lake Vermilion Singers;
Head Man and Head Lady selected daily.
Contact: Jerry Laney (229) 787-5180, Jerry@NativeWayProductions.com.
October 25-27 - ORNAIC Sixth Annual Unity Festival
Location: E.P. Tom Sawyer Park, Louisville, Kentucky.
Notes: Sponsored by the Ohio River Native American Intertribal Community.
Host Drum, All Nations; Head Man, Jeff Hatmaker; Head Lady, Donna Dunn;
Head Veteran, Mike Dunn; MC, Barry Brown.
The Kentucky Native American Heritage Mobile Museum will also be present.
Contact: Randy Jackson (502) 969-1339; Bruce Brading (502) 532-7290.
October 25-27 - Remember the Elders Powwow
Location: Tama Tribal Town, Whigham, Georgia.
Contact: (229) 762-3165.
October 26 - Intertribal Gourd Dance
Location: Cleveland County Fairgrounds, Norman, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 329-4442.
October 31 - Halloween Handgame and Dance
Location: Pawnee Nation Reserve, Pawnee, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 762-4048.
October 31-November 3 - Fredericksburg Powwow
Location: Fairgrounds, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Notes: Admission $6 adults, $4 children.
Contact: (540) 373-1776, (800) 678-4748; Barry Richardson (252) 257-5383,
now-cdcbarry@coastalnet.com.
November 2002
November 2 - Esa Rosa Thanksgiving and Anniversary Powwow
Location: Comanche Community Building, Apache, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 247-2671.
November 2-3 - Alabama Native American Festival and Powwow
Location: Dora City Park, Dora, Alabama.
Notes: All dancers and drums welcome. Gates open 8 am,
Grand Entry Saturday 10 am, Sunday noon. No pets.
Contact: Skippy Smith (205) 648-8727; Bill Newton (205) 648-0962.
November 6-10 - AISES 2002 National Conference
Location: Tulsa Convention Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Contact: www.aises.org/index.html.
November 7-8 - American Indian Center of Indiana First Annual
Veteran's Day Powwow
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.
Contact: (317) 347-5160, (800) 745-5872.
November 7-10 - Twenty First Annual Veteran's Day Powwow
Location: 3733 County Road 2321, Lynn Haven, Florida.
Notes: Dance competition, small entrance fee. Free admission.
Arena Director, Keith Little Badger; Host Southern Drum, The Descendents.
All drums welcome. School programs Thursday and Friday.
Contact: Keith Little Badger (850) 234-2645.
November 8-10 - White Buffalo Society Fall Powwow
Location: Market of Marion, Rt. 441, Belleview, Florida.
Notes: Tipi contest, arts and crafts contest.
Contact: Laughing Eyes Holcomb (352) 625-2279.
November 10 - Native American Marine Corps Birthday Celebration
Location: Red Buffalo Hall, Carnegie, Oklahoma.
Contact: (580) 654-2300.
November 10-11 - Comanche Indian Veterans Association Annual Dance
Location: Comanche Community Center, Apache, Oklahoma.
Contact: (580) 588-3795.
November 10-12 - Harley Paiute Campground Powwow
Location: Harley Paiute Campground, CR 309, Georgetown, Florida.
Notes: Vendors by invitation only.
Contact: Carla (386) 328-9988; Familydrumsinger@aol.com.
November 11 - Victory Club Veteran's Day Dance
Location: Red Buffalo Hall, Carnegie, Oklahoma.
Contact: (580) 654-2156, (405) 364-1206.
November 11 - Pawnee Veteran's Day Dance
Location: Pawnee Nation Reserve, Pawnee, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 762-4048.
November 14-17 - Tullahoma Intertribal Powwow
Location: South Jackson Civic Center, Tullahoma, Tennessee.
Notes: Dance and drum contests. MC, Rick Bird; Veteran Dancer, Billy Lacy.
Contact: Jerry Laney (229) 787-5180 evenings,Jerry@NativeWayProductions.com
November 15-16 - Muscogee Film Festival
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 756-8700 ext 220.
November 15-17 - Gread American Indian Exposition
Location: Richmond Showplace, 3000 Mechanicsville Tpke., Richmond, Va.
Notes: Over $10,000 in dance and drum prize money.
Admission $7 adults, $4 children.
Contact: (804) 225-8877; Barry Richardson (252) 257-5383,
now-cdcbarry@coastalnet.com.
November 15-17 - Indian Territory Festival
Location: Indian Territory Art Gallery, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 259-1772.
November 16 - 2002 Northwest Intertribal Gathering and Elders' Dinner
Location: Redwood Acres Fairgrounds, 3750 Harris St, Eureka, California.
Notes: 10 am to 11 pm. Intertribal social powwow with dance demonstrations.
Elders' honoring ceremony, Indian card games, food, arts and crafts.
All dancers welcome. MC, Randy Edmonds.
Contact: The Norther California Indian Development Council (707) 445-8451,
www.ncidc.org.
November 16 - Fifth Annual White Star Gourd Dance Society
Gourd Dance and Social
Location: Clermont Lions Club, Clermont, Indiana.
Notes: Gourd Dancing 2-5 pm and 7-8 pm, dinner 5-7 pm,
Intertribal dancing 8-10 pm. All dancers welcome.
Head Dancers: Dick King, Teed Howard, Mel Hoefling, Rich Perry;
Head Singer, Earl Fenner. Please bring a covered dish to share for dinner,
drinks and meat provided.
Contact: Mel Hoefling (812 327-6875 after 4 pm;
whitestargourddancesociety@yahoo.com.
December 2002
December 7 - Cherokee Clothing Class and Adams Corner Christmas
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 456-6007.
December 15 - Powwow Photograph Exhibit
Location: Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, Norman, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 325-4712.
December 21 - Winter Solstice Walk
Location: Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, Spiro, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 962-2062.
December 31 - New Year's Eve Hand Game and Ghost Dance
Location: Pawnee Nation Reserve, Pawnee, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 762-4048.
December 31 - Good Medicine Society New Year's Eve Dance
Location: Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 943-7935.
I have collected these listings from various places on the web and from
usenet, as well as other listings that I receive and requests from powwow
organizers. I do not take responsibility for the accuracy (or spelling) of
any of these listings. Use the contact information provided to make sure
that the powwow has not changed date, time, location, or other details. In
most cases, I have included all of the information that I have for each
listing. If you have corrections to make or would like to see your powwow
listed here, please send me an e-mail message with the appropriate
information (you must include the event name, exact date, city, state, and
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This page updated Updated 12 September 2002
Sept 26 & 27
Leadership Symposium: Governance, Accountability and Performance
Reporting
Regina, SK
204-940-1703
Friday, September 27, 2002
Eleventh Annual SACNAS
(Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science)
Conference Pow Wow
Anaheim Marriott Hotel,
Anaheim, California
Info: 480-965-5224
or www.sacnas.org
September 28& 29, 2002
CMU Powwow
Rose Arena, Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Lisa / Todd (989) 774-2508
September 28 - October 1
American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Conference
Juneau, Alaska
Gloria (715) 588-3324
Sept. 29 - Oct. 2, 2002.
"WARRIORS OF THE NATIONS" GATHERING
Jim Ciccone Civic Centre, Prince Rupert, B.C.
1-888-310-3311 ext. 36 or 34
October 3 - 4, Calgary
October 7 - 8, Vancouver
Effective Aboriginal Human Resource and Investment Strategies Conferences
Call Sharon at (780) 444-9560 or
Email: sierra.info@sierraventures.ab.ca
Website: www.sierraventures.ab.ca/ManagementConf
October 4 - 6, 2002
The Chisholm Trail 1st Annual Pow Wow
Honoring Our Elders
Location: Hwy 19 North Altoon Florida
at the Chisholm Trail Camp grounds.
Information: Marvin Taylor
(352) 326-9294
E-Mail: AltoonaPowwow@aol.com
Tom wolfeyes cell: (352) 603-4070
E-Mail: magna700@atlantic.net
October 5, 2002
Loras College presents
The 2002 Mini Powwow & American Indian Art Exhibit
Loras College, Ballroom
Dubuque, Iowa
Campgrounds Available Nearby
Information (563) 588-7664
Oct. 5 & 6, 2002
Tecumseh Visual Arts Festival
Toronto, ON
416-466-5979
Oct. 6 - 11, 2002
Native Researchers' Cancer Control Training Program
Tucson, Arizona
Phone: (503) 494-2947
Oct. 7 - 11, 2002
Train the trainer workshop
Prince George, BC
(250) 614-4414
October 11th, 2002
12th Annual Nishnawbe Aski Nation Business Awards
Thunder Bay, ON
(807) 623-5397
October 11-13, 2002
3rd Annual Indigenous Peoples Art Market
Location: Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Contact: Kim Cronkite (989) 775-4121
Email: kdcronkite@sagchip.org
Website: www.sagchip.org/culture/ziibiwing
October 11 - 14, 2002
1st Native Women's Broomball Tournament
Thunder Bay, ON
(807) 625 0327
October 12-13, 2002
1th Annual "Honoring Tradition" Pow Wow
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI
Contact: Jayna Vineyard
Email: LaCholaja@aol.com
Oct. 17 - 19, 2002
National Aboriginal Women
in Leadership Training Conference
Vancouver, BC
(250) 652-7097
October 18 - 20, 2002
Dreamcatcher 2002 Aboriginal Youth Conference
"Celebrating Past, Present and Future Dreams"
Edmonton, Alberta
(780) 497-5188
http://dreamcatcher.gmcc.ab.ca
Oct. 21 - 24, 2002
SPIRITUALITY AND SELF-CARE CONFERENCE
Native Wellness Institute Tucson, Az
(503) 666 - 7669 Jillene Joseph
October 24 & 25
Leadership Symposium: Strategic Planning and Policy Making
Edmonton, AB
204-940-1703
October 24 & 25
International Indigenous Forum
Vancouver BC
877-730-2555
November 2 - 6
National Indian Education Association 33rd Annual Convention
Billings, Montana
Contact: (703) 838-2870
www.NIEA.org
November 6 - 10
Canadian Finals Rodeo
Edmonton, Alberta
1 (888) 800-7275
November 6, 2002
Blueprint For The Future Aboriginal Youth Career Fair
Winnipeg Convention Centre, 375 York Avenue
Youth registrations: Marisha Roman (mroman@naaf.ca)
Speaker and booth registrations: Valerie Birdgeneau (vbirdgeneau@naaf.ca)
Tel: (416) 926-0775
Fax: (416) 926-7554
Website: www.naaf.ca
November 9 - 10
Veteran's Day Powwow
Cass Lake, Minnesota
(218) 335-8200
Nov. 14 - 17, 2002
Canadian Indian Finals Rodeo
Hobbema, AB
Nov. 18 - 22, 2002
Train the Trainer Workshop
Edmonton, AB
(250) 614-4414
November 21 - 23, 2002
2nd Annual National Lands Managers Gathering
Vancouver, BC
705-657-7660 or 250-828-9732
November 27 - December 1
Canadian Aboriginal Festival
Toronto, Ontario
Ron or Catherine (519) 751-0040
Dec. 2 - 6, 2002
Native Welleness Centre, San Diago, Ca
(503) 666 - 7669 Jillene Joseph
December 5 - 8, 2002
The 6th Annual Aiokpachi Tashka Sepokni Pow Wow
Held in Leesburg Florida
Location: Hwy 27 South of Leesburg Florida
Information: Marvin T. Silver Fox (352) 326-9294
E-Mail LeesburgPowwow@aol.com Tom Wolfeyes: cell (352)603-4070
E-Mail: magna700@atlantic.net
December 26, 2003 to January 4, 2004
Thunder in the Desert
10 day multicultural event showcasing and sharing of songs, dances, foods,
arts & crafts, educational and cultural exchanges of each unique nation.
An event to inspire the youth as they enter into the 21st century.
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Thunder in the Desert
POBox 27626
Tucson, Arizona 85726-7626 USA
Contact: www.usaindianinfo.org
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Updated Download: Updated 12 September 2002
This page has been designed to help you find Native American Events.
We post information on Pow-Wows, Festivals, Rodeos, Art & Craft Shows,
Seminars and any other type of gathering that represents the Native
American Culture. Near the bottom of this page we have our contact
information and links to other sites that we know carry information on
Native gatherings. We hope you will use this site as your gateway to our
Native American Culture.
September 28 - 29, 2002: 3rd Annual Permian Basin Inter-TribL Pow-Wow
Odessa College Sports Center 201 West University Blvd. Odessa, Texas.
See us on the web at: http://tprc.freeservers.com .
For more information e-mail: permianbasinpowwow@hotmail.com
September 28 - 29, 2002: 14th annual Central Michigan Powwow in Mt.
Pleasant, MI. (Rose Arena) For more information
contact: Todd Williamson 989-774-2508, or E-Mail: willi1rt@cmich.edu
September 28 -29, 2002: McIntosh Festival near Whitesburg, Georgia. For
directions and more information call Frank Hall 770-304-3344 or
e-mail: cowcherofam@yahoo.com
October 5 - 6, 2002: Painted Leaf Pow Wow Wytheville Community College,
Wytheville, Virginia. For information contact: Chris Bryant 276-223-0047
or e-mail: mtnempr57@yahoo.com
October 11 - 13, 2002: 3rd Annual Indigenous Peoples Art Market at the
Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. For more
information call 1-800-225-8172 (ext. 54121)
or email kdcronkite@sagchip.org or visit us on the web at
www.sagchip.org/culture/ziibiwing
October 18 - 20, 2002: Satethieday Annual Dance in Anadarko, Oklahoma.
For information call: 912-832-3437
October 25 - 27, 2002: Tifton Intertribal Powwow, Friendly City park/
E.B. Hamilton Complex Tifton, Georgia. For more information call Jerry Laney
229-787-5180 evenings or e-mail: Jerry@NativeWayProductions.com You can
see us on the web at: http://NativeWayProductions.com
October 25 - 27, 2002: Lower Muskogee Creeks Tama Whigham, Georgia we are
having a POWWOW everyone is welcome.
For more information e-mail: cate_esse@yahoo.com
November 9 - 10, 2002: Third Annual Clearfield Veterans Day Pow Wow
Clearfield Middle School Clearfield, PA. For more information e-mail:
pjcrow@hotmail.com or call Paul Snyder at 814-834-6452.
See our website at: http://clearfieldvdpw.homestead.com/clearfield.html
November 14 - 17, 2002: Tullahoma Intertribal Powwow, South Jackson Civic
Center (outdoors) Tullahoma, Tennessee. For more information call Jerry
Laney 229-787-5180 evenings or e-mail: Jerry@NativeWayProductions.com
You can see us on the web at: http://NativeWayProductions.com
A word of advice, no matter how hard we try, mistakes happen! Please try
to get in contact with the event staff and verify the important
information before leaving for it.
Anderson's
11372 Timber Lane
Brooksville, Florida 34601
e-mail: powwows@andersons-web.com
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OCB TRACKER Updated 12 September 2002
California's Native News www.ocbtracker.com
http://www.ocbtracker.com/index.html
September 25th - 27th, 2002
2002 IIAC Powwow
Baseball Field
Corner of Barlow & Diaz Lanes
Bishop, CA
Phone: (760) 873-3584 or 873-8464
E-Mail: shecrazie@yahoo.com
September 27th, 2002
California Native American Celebration Day
San Bernardino, CA
Info: (909) 864-8933
September 27th - 29th, 2002
Thunder and Lightning Powwow
Morongo Casino
Cabazon, CA
Info: (800) 252-4499
Contest dancing, food booths, craft booths
September 28th - 29th, 2002
9th Annual Hart of the West Intertribal Pow Wow
William S. Hart Park & Museum
24151 N. San Fernando Rd.
Newhall, CA
Hours: Sat. 10AM-7PM Sun. 10AM-6PM
Head Staff: MC: Michael Aviles Arena Director: Victor Chavez
Eagle Staff: Alex Villalva Head Man Dancer: Mark Sanchez
Head Lady Dancer: Samantha Sanchez Host Northern Drum: Standing Brave
All Dancers & Drums Welcome! Open to the Public.
This years Pow Wow is dedicated to all Veterans!
Info: (661) 255-9295
September 28th-29th, 2002
14th Annual Central Michigan University Powwow
Rose Arena
Mt. Pleasant, MI
Grand entries: Saturday 1:00pm, and 7:00pm. Sunday 1:00pm.
Doors open at 11:00am both days
Info: (989) 774-2508
October 5th - 6th, 2002
10th Annual Tukwut Pow Wow
California State University San Marcos
333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road
San Marcos, CA
Intertribal Dancing, Native Foods, Native Arts and Crafts, Gourd Dancing,
Drum Contest.
website: www.csusm.edu/powwow; email: aisapowwow@yahoogroups.com
Info: Karin, 760-750-4056
October 5th - 6th, 2002
5th Annual Salmon Pow Wow
Mitchell Ave. Ball Fields
3rd & Mitchell Aves.
Oroville, CA
Drum, dance & flute contests, vendors,limited camping (NO showers on site)
NO Alcohol, drugs,weapons or smoking near dance arena.
salmonpowwow2002@hotmail.com
Info: 209-333-6890
October 10th - 13th, 2002
17th Annual Many Winters Gathering of Elders
Angles Gate Cultural Center
San Pedro, CA
Hours: Thursday & Friday 5pm - 9pm, Sat 1pm - 9pm, Sun 1pm - 6pm.
No cameras, or other recording equiptment allowed.
Info: (310) 548-7705 (park information)
October 10th - 13th, 2002
Indian National Finals Rodeo
Soboba Casino
Soboba Road
San Jacinto, CA
The national finals will be held here for the next three years thanks
to the generous support of the Soboba Band of Mission Indians.
Come see the best rodeo champions in all of Indian Country.
Info: (406) 338-7774 or (406) 336-2850
web: www.infrodeo.com
October 11th - 13th, 2002
People of the Pines Powwow
California State University San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
General Info: (909) 864-8933 or (909) 880-3938
Contest powwow, arts and craft booths, fry bread booths.
Hours: Friday 6pm - Midnight, Saturday 11am - Midnight, Sunday 11am - 6pm.
October 12th - 13th, 2002
San Dimas Western Days Exhibition Powwow
San Dimas Western Days, Library Park
Bonita Ave & Walnut Ave
San Dimas, CA
October 11th-13th, 2002
3rd Annual Indigenous Peoples Art Market
Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd.
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Event features Native artists competing in a juried art show and
art market with over $20,000 in prize money.
Visit website: www.sagchip.org/culture/ziibiwing
Info: (989) 775-4121
October 18th - 20th, 2002
Santa Ynez Powwow
Live Oak Park
Just south of Lake Cachuma
Santa Ynez, CA
Info: (805) 688-7997
Contest powwow, food booths, craft booths
October 19th - 20th, 2002
9th Gathering of Nations Powwow
Presented by the Four Winds Inter-Tribal Council of Indian Wells Valley
Leroy Jackson Park
Ridgecrest, CA
Public welcome, free admission, free parking. Arts and crafts, food.
Drum contest, $100 first place. Opportunity Drawing for 27" tv,
dance shawl, star quilt. Host Southern Drum: Crooked Hat Singers;
Head Man: Henry Allen; Head Woman: Arlene Allen; MC: Lorenzo Baca;
Arena Director: Dave Plunkett; spiritual advisor: Robert John.
Hours: Sat 10am - 6pm, Sun 10am - 3pm.
Info: (760) 446-4749 or (760) 375-3402
October 25th - 27th, 2002
Indio Bi-Annual Powwow
Cabazon Powwow Grounds
Fantasy Springs Casino
Indio, CA
Food, Crafts, Contest Dancing
NOTE: One month earlier than normal!!
Info: (800) 827-2946 x 3017
October 26th - 27th, 2002
Festival of the Americas Pow Wow
Placerville, CA
Info: (530) 644-0844
November 2nd - 3rd, 2002
Sejat Spirit Pow Wow
Heritage Park
12100 Mora Drive
Santa Fe Springs, CA
Info: (562) 946-6476
Sat: 11am - 10pm, Sun: 11am - 6pm. Free admission and parking.
November 9th - 10th, 2002
Southwest Intertribal Marketplace
Southwest Museum
234 Museum Dr.
Los Angeles, CA
Admission $8 public, $6 Seniors and students.
Children six and under are free.
Children's Craft Fair, $2 additional fee. Hours 10am - 5pm.
Info: (323) 221-2164 x 236
November 9th - 10th, 2002
Many Birds Powwow
Wickerd Farm
Scotts Road
Menifee Valley, CA
Info: (909) 672-3020
November 9th - 10th, 2002
1st Annual Veteran's Gathering
Whittier Narrows Regional Park
Legg Lake
Rosemead Blvd. off 60 fwy
South El Monte, CA
All drums, dancers welcome. Free admission and parking.
Special dance contests, chicken dance contest $100 winner take all,
men's jingle $100 winner take all, women's grass $100 winner take all.
Food, crafts and more. Camping for dancers, drummers and vendors.
Hours: Sat 10am - 10pm, Sun 10am - 6pm. MC: David Eaglehorse;
Arena Director: Fred Noswood; Head Man: Leo Nunez;
Head Woman: Nancy Garcia; Eagle Staff: Saginaw Grant;
Northern Host Drum: White Cloud; Southern Host Drum: Charlie Cozad.
Info: (213) 353-9429 - vendors and princess contest: (562) 422-9099B
November 16th, 2002
Northwest Intertribal Gathering and Elders' Dinner
Redwood Acres Fairgrounds
3750 Harris St.
Eureka, CA
10am - 11pm, intertribal social powwow with dance demonstrations.
Indian card games, food, arts and crafts. All dancers welcome.
MC: Randy Edmonds
Info: (707) 445-8451 web: www.ncidc.org
December 6th - 8th, 2002
29 Palms Band Powwow
Trump 29 Casino (formerly Spotlight 29)
Indio, CA
Info: (760) 775-3239
Please note-all dates in this calendar are advisory in nature. Event times,
locations, dates etc change without notice. None of these events are
produced by us. Call ahead to make sure that this information is correct.
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Whispering Winds Updated 12 September 2002
A Magazine of American Indian Crafts*Material Culture*Powwow
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Last Update: March 26, 2002
These dates are published as a public service and are gathered from
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Whispering Wind or its publisher Written Heritage, Inc., are not
responsible for incorrect dates or locations.
It is always a good idea to contact the sponsoring organization for
verification.
SEPTEMBER 2002
27-28 Standing Bear Powwow. Ponca City, Standing Bear Park,
Info: 580-762-1514
27-29 Comanche Nation Fair. Lawton, Comanche Nation Games,
Info: 580-492-3822
28 Enid Intertribal Club Annual Powwow. Enid, Garfield Expo Center,
Info: 580-234-5261
28-29 3rd Annual Permian Basin Inter-Tribal Pow-Wow. Odessa College
Sports Center, Odessa, Texas. Visit our Web Page at http://tprc.
freeservers.com
For additional information email - permianbasinpowwow@hotmail.com
27-29 4th Annual Last Chance Community Powwow, Civic Center, Helena MT.
Info: 406 443-4880 or pcfleming@in-tch.com
28-October 5 Chickasaw National Holiday & Festival. Tishomingo, Citywide,
Info: 800-593-3356
28-29 FDR Park Powwow. FDR State Park, Yorktown Heights, Westchester, NY.
Info: (718) 686-9297
28-29 9th Annual Inter-tribal Powwow. Waimea Ball Park on the Big Island
of Hawaii. Info: (808) 885-5569
28-29 California Indian Days IIAC Powwow. Bishop, CA.
Info: (760) 873-8464 Ask For Margo Huarte Email: shecrazie@yahoo.com
28-29 7 th Annual Blanchard Indian Pow Wow. An educational & cultural
pow wow! Findlay ,Ohio. Info: Billy Nelson (419) 423-8194
28-29 3rd Annual Permian Basin Powwow. Odessa College Sports Center,
Odessa, TX.
27-29 Spirits of the Elk Historical Festival, Elkton, Tn.
Info: 931-468-0674 or karenrussell@igiles.net. Web: www.elktonhistory.org
28-29 8th Annual Eagle's Message Powwow. Limestone County Sheriff's
Arena, Athens, AL. Info: (256) 764-5608.
28-29 9th Annual Hart of the West Intertribal Pow Wow. Wiliam S. Hart
Park & Museum, 24151 N. San Fernando Rd., Newhall, CA.
Info: Mary Schultz (661)255-9295 email: rmschultz@mindspring.com
OCTOBER 2002
5 Creek Council House Art Market & Powwow. Okmulgee, Creek Council House,
Info: 918-756-2324
5-6 28th Annual American Indian Powwow Assoc (AIPA) Powwow.
Thomas Square,Honolulu, HI. Info: (808) 734-8018
5 The Nemki Dancers will host the Tenth Annual Nemki Friendship Pow Wow.
Batavia Middle School in Batavia, Illinois.
Info: (815)667-4976 or (630)879-0117.
5-6 5th Annual Americna Indian Festival & Powwow. Buffalo Hill Farm,
Madison, VA. Info: (540) 948-4209 ext. 10.
11-13 16th Black Hills Expo. Rushmore Plaze, Rapid City, SD.
Info: (605) 341-0925.
11-13 Hagerstown Powwow. Hagerstown Junior College, hagerstown, MD.
Info: (252) 257-5383
12-13 9th Annual Burns Pauite Days. Burns High School, Burns, OR.
Info: (541) 573-6770
12-13 Two Great Rivers Powwow. Saline County Fair Grounds, Harrisburg, IL.
Info: (618) 252-6789
11-13 5th Annual Clarksville, Tn "Honoring the Ancesters" Powwow. Port
Royal State Park, just outside Clarksville, Tn .
Info: Doug Kirby, 931-387-4538 or jk4538@earthlink.net ;
Dave Baker, 931-326-5837 or bakerlodge@aol.com .
Host drum is Medicine River.
12 Cherokee Games - Chunkie Ball. Tahlequah, Cherokee Heritage Center,
Info: 918-456-6007
12-13 11th Annual "Honoring Tradition" Pow Wow. Eastern Michigan
University, Ypsilanti, MI. Info: Jayna Vineyard LaCholaja@aol.com
12-13 "Drums on the Pocomoke" Native American Festival and Pow Wow.
Cypress Park, Pocomoke, MD.
Info: Gail Fox 757-331-2188 midnightstar002@msn.com or
Diane Baldwin 757-824-3060 firewolf@intercom. net or
Trudy Smack 302-732-9350 pokey@9350@aol.com. Entertainment
provided by NAMMY nominated recording artist Dave White Wolf Trezak
16-20 34th Western Navajo Fair. Fair Gounds, Tuba City, AZ.
Info: (928) 283-3284
18-20 Kanuchi Festival. Tahlequah, Cherokee Heritage Center,
Info: 918-456-6007
18-20 Intertribal Native American Gathering Southern Band Of The
Cherokee Deer Clan. Sasser Flea Market Hwy 520/82. Info: Chief Dream
Walker White 912-338-0050 Or Loretta Walks Proud Jones 229-732-6236
18-20 Ossahatchee Intertribal Powwow. Hamilton, GA. Info: (706) 628-7653
19 Blow-gun Making Class. Tahlequah, Cherokee Heritage Center, Info:
Info: 918-456-6007
19-20 9th Annual Land of Falling Waters Traditional Pow Wow. Parkside
Middle School, 2400 Fourth Street, Jackson, Michigan.
Info: Contact: Linda Cypret 616-781-6409 or nimkiikwew@msn.com or
Heather Miller 517-768-8018 or landoffallingwaters@hotmail.com
19-20 5th Annual Octoraro Native American Fall Festival. Camp John Ware,
Lancaster County, PA. Info: (717) 284-3427
24-25 Cherokee Heritage Days. Tahlequah, Cherokee Heritage Center,
Info: 918-456-6007
25-27 SouthEastern Indian Intertribal Powwow. Friendly City Park, E.B.
Hamilton Complex, Tifton, GA. Info: (229) 787-5180.
26-27 3rd Annual Powoww. The Four Winds Tribe, Louisiana Cherokee
Confederacy. DeRidder, La at The Beauregard Parish Fair Grounds.
located on Hwy 171, South of Shreveport and North of Lake Charles, La.
Info: Ms Glyn Perkins, Powwow Chm. 318-634-7657, goperkins@camtel.net
25-27 3rd Annual Buffalo River Powwow. Airport Road, Linden, TN.
Info: (931) 589-5876.
26 Intertribal Gourd Dance. Norman, Cleveland County Fairgrounds,
Info: 405-329-4442
31 Halloween Handgame & Dance. Pawnee,Okla. Pawnee Nation Reserve,
Info: 918-762-4048
NOVEMBER 2002
1 American Indian Heritage Powwow. University of Illinois, chicago, IL.
Info: (312) 996-4515.
1-3 8th Annual Orme Dam Celebration. Rodeo Arena, Fort McDowell, AZ.
Info: (480) 816-7157
1-3 6th Annual American Assn Powwow. Gym on Navy Road, Millington, TN.
Info: (901) 876-3900
2 11th Annual AISD Powwow and American Indian Heritage Festival. Austin,
Texas. Contact Lee Walters 512-338-9860. or www.austinpowwow.org
2 White Bear Society Hethuska. Downer's Grove, IL.
2 Esa Rosa Thanksgiving & Anniversary Powwow. Apache, Comanche Community
Building. Info: 405-247-2671
6- 2 Handgames against the Crow Nation. Carnegie, Location varies,
Info: 580-654-2300
8-10 Honoring our Veterans. Veterans Day Powwow. Pearl River Softball
Field, Choctaw, MS. Info: (601) 656-2348 (evenings)
8-10 37th Yakama Nation Veterans Day Powwow. Pavillion, White Swan, WA.
Info: (509) 865-5121
8-10 The White Buffalo Society 8th Annual Fall Festival. Market of
Marion in Belleview Fl. Info: Laughi23@cs.com or WBS 176 or (352) 625-2279.
9-10 8th Zintkala ota Wacipi. 26852 Scott Rd., Menifee, CA
(909) 672-3020.
9-10 Third Annual Clearfield Veterans Day Powwow. Clearfield Middle
School, Clearfiled, PA. Info: (814) 834-6452 or pjcrow@hotmail.com
10 Native American Marine Corps Birthday Celebration, Carnegie, Red
Buffalo Hall, 580-654-2300
9-10 1st Annual Veteran's Gathering Powwow. Whittier Narrows Regional
park/Legg Lake, El Monte, CA. Info: (213) 353-9429 Traders: (526) 422-9099
9-11 Apache Veterans Day Fair. San Carlow Reservation, San Carolos, AZ.
Info: (928) 475-2361
10-11 Comanche Indian Veterans Association Annual Dance. Apache ,
Comanche Community Center, Info: 580-588-3795
11 Victory Club Veteran's Day Dance. Carnegie, Red Buffalo Hall,
Info: 580-654-2156 or 405-364-1206
11 Pawnee Veterans Day Dance. Pawnee, Pawnee Nation Reserve
11 Veteran's Day Powwow. Memorial Complex, White Shield, ND.
Info: (707) 743-4244
11-13 Owyhee Veterans Powwow. Tribal Gym, Owyhee, NV (775) 757-3211.
14-17 Tullahoma Intertribal Powwow. South Jackson Civic Center, Tullahoma,
TN. Info: (220) 787-5180
14-16 Silver Springs native American Festival. 5656 East Silver Springs
Blvd, Silver Springs, FL. Info: (352) 236-2121
15-17 49th Annual Chicago American indian Center Powwow. Northeastern
Illinois Univ. Info: (773) 275-5871
15-17 The Great American Indian Expo. The Showplace, Richmond, VA.
Info: (252) 257-5383
16 5th Annual White Star Gourd Dance Soceity Gourd Dance & Social.
Clermont Lions Club,Clermont, IN. Info: (812) 327-6875
22-24 Pahrump Social Powwow. Petrack Park, Pahrump, NV.
Info: (775-727-5800 or (866) 722-5800.
22-24 5th Annual American Indian Center of South Carolina Powwow.
Jamil Temple, Columbia, SC. Info: (803) 790-8214
28-29 32nd Annual Poarch Creek Indian Thanksgiving powwow . 5811 Jack
Springs Rd., Atmore, Alabama 36502 (251) 368-9136
29-Dec 1 36th Annual La Indian Heritage Assn Powwow. Hidden Oaks Camp
Ground, Robert, LA. Info: 1-800-359-0940
29-Dec 1 Canadian Aboriginal Festival. Sky Dome, Toronto, Ontario.
Info: (519) 751-0040
DECEMBER 2002
7 Dighton Winter Social. Dighton Council Hall, Digton, MA.
Info: (508) 880-6887
7 Cherokee Clothing Class & Adams Corner Christmas. Tahlequah, Cherokee
Heritage Center, Info: 918-456-6007
14-15 14th Annual North American Native Arts Festival. Vancouver
Aboriginal Friendship Center, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Info: (604) 253-1020. www.geocities.com/kakilani2000/nativeartsfestival
21 3rd Annual Indian Education Powwow. Tualip Community Center,
Marysville, WA. Info: (360) 651-3400
27 Brave Dog Society Powwow. Senator Gladstone Hall, Standoff, Alberta,
Canada. Info: (403) 737-3163
28-31 In the Spirit of the New Year Powwow. White Earth Community Center,
Naytahwaugh, MN. Info: (218) 846-9749
31 New Year's Eve Hand Game and Ghost Dance. Pawnee, Pawnee Nation
Reserve, Info: 918-762-4048
31 Good Medicine Society's New Year's Eve Dance. Oklahoma City,
Fairgrounds, Info: 405-943-7935
29-Jan 1 Toppenish Creek New Year's Powwow. Long House, White Swan, WA.
Info: (509) 865-5121 ext 4304.
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