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12, 2002
UPDATE:
We Have Many Voices, Volume 2 Issue 19, October 12, 2002
We Have Many Voices - Native American Ezine
Announcment From The bi-monthly ezine "We Have Many Voices"
We have updated our website where we bring you the news behind the news.
A brief description of each article is listed below, and you may read
them in their entirety at our web page:
We Have Many Voices Ezine
http://www.turtletrack.org/ManyVoices/
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Indians Urged to Use Ancestral Diet
by Jim Killackey - The Oklahoman
TULSA -- Oklahoma's American Indians, who
develop diabetes at a rate four times higher than the general population, will
be urged today to return to an ancestral diet stressing leaner bison meat,
green vegetables and nuts instead of fast food, soft drinks and sugary
breakfast cereals.
"Prior to 1936, there were no known cases of diabetes among Native
Americans," said Liz Gray, coordinator of the second "Return to Your
Roots" conference for representatives of the state's 39 Indian
tribes.
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I live in Hollywood but I am still Indian
by Roscoe Pond
I don’t know how much of our lives we are allowed to choose. The belief that
our paths are paved for us at birth is sometimes true and other times
questionable. I have to believe that I had no choice in this life. I was born
into tradition, culture and respect. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest on the
Umatilla (Yuma-till-a) Indian Reservation. I know now that my life was made
possible by the Elders of my youth.
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Pathways to Better Health:
A Feature of the Pick Your Path to Health Campaign
by Cathy McCarthy
Mitakuye Oyasin, All My Relations
On my drive into work, I see my cousin walking down the street, and pick her
up. She tells me she’s on the way to the store to buy vegetables for Grandma
who is back home looking after my sister’s kids. My sister works at two jobs in
order to make enough to support Grandma and two elderly aunts as well as her
own family. I drop my cousin at the store knowing that some other family member
will pass by and give her a lift back to Grandma’s.
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Lakota and Arapaho Carry Sovereignty Message Through Heartland
by Brenda Norrell
PINE RIDGE, S.D. – Stretching to join the Sovereignty Run across America, Lakotas Shawn Yankton
and Douglas Pourier, both 24, say running to carry an urgent message is nothing
new for Lakota.
"It's what our people used to do. It is our tradition," Pourier says
as this link begins in the bordertown of Scenic.
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Bands call for mediation
by Brett Larson, Mille Lacs Messenger Staff Writer
The latest letter from the Ojibwe bands’ biologists to officials with the
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources expressed dissatisfaction with the
DNR’s plan to deal with a 70,000-pound overharvest of walleye on Mille Lacs Lake. The Sept. 13 letter
suggested mediation between the bands and the state and provided a list of
potential mediators.
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Legacy of George Catlin
by Kasey Wolf Weaver
Last week while looking for something to do, I came across the web page for the
Smithsonian American Art Museum. It featured highlights from its current exhibit of artwork by
George Catlin. George Catlin became known for his depiction of Indian people,
portraits of leaders and record of manners and customs. The Smithsonian
features an almost complete collection of Catlin’s first Indian Art Gallery originally painted in
the 1830’s.
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Enviro-Rants >From an All Natural Soapbox
by Jamie Lockard
DENVER - Near
a poisonous patch of ground in the shadow of Colorado's Rocky Mountains, mule deer graze on
native prairie grasses, bald eagles build their nests, and foxes and coyotes
hunt prairie dogs.
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The "How To" Series
by Lynne Sageflower Pennington
Lynne is feeling a little under the weather. We wish her a speedy
recovery.
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Action Alerts
collected from various sources
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The "Stoic" Indian
by Paul Barry
In each issue, you will find a funny
story here. Perhaps, even a true story
or one with a moral.
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Moccasin Telegraph - News of Interest from Indian Country
Gathered by Raven Weaver
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