Friends: E-Mails -- short and trenchant -- to North Dakota Governor John Hoeven are needed just as soon as possible -- asking him to ensure that the Grand Forks, N.D. Police Department and other authorities in that general setting cooperate and help substantially and fully with the forthcoming Search for Russell Turcotte. We have been involved in this tragic situation early-on. The Gov's address is at the conclusion of this letter.
As you may know from our posts, the Search in the Grand Forks region for the 19 year old Turtle Mountain Chippewa youth, Russ Turcotte, missing mysteriously since a Grand Forks night in mid-July, will be occurring this coming weekend, October 19 and October 20. A volunteer search team, headed by Mr Tim Miller, is coming up from Texas to coordinate the horseback and motor vehicular project. Local volunteers will be involved. Grand Forks, of course, is the small city setting where, more than a year ago, three Turtle Mountain Indian men were murdered. Those cases are still unsolved. The Mayor of Grand Forks has, to our knowledge, answered no e-mails on any of this at all. But, in response to e-mails and other communications from around the United States and abroad expressing concern, North Dakota Governor John Hoeven's office -- which has been friendly -- recently called Grand Forks authorities and asked them to substantially assist the Search. The Turcotte family was given to understand that that would be the case. They gathered the Grand Forks police would provide two search centers, try to open up the fairgrounds for the horses, and would otherwise assist. Now, as per this of today [10/15] from a member of the Turcotte family, the Grand Forks Police Department may be -- for whatever reason -- backing away: "Hello Again, I have a little bad news. I just talked to Tim Miller. At this time the only thing the GF police are giving us are 6 cell phones and the topographical maps. He is hopeful other resources will become available when we actually get there. . ." [Ms. Maggie Heagy] Honorable John Hoeven Governor State of North Dakota [EMAIL PROTECTED] State Capitol Bismarck, North Dakota 58505 Further information on all of this in on our large website at http://www.hunterbear.org/NATIVE%20AMERICAN%20COMMISSION%20PAGE%204.htm Other pages in that immediate Native American Commission section of our website discuss the situation involving the three unsolved Grand Forks Native murders of September 2001 -- in which we've been quite involved from the very beginning. This is the letter just received today from Russ' aunt, Ms. Flo Turcotte: Hello Hunter, I thought I would forward this to you just to keep you updated. I received this from my sister, in Houston, just a few minutes ago. I am so frustrated with the Grand Forks PD once again! Hopefully once Mr. Miller gets to Grand Forks, he'll be able to resolve this issue. thanks to you and everyone that has stepped forward to assist us, and the other families, with your help in trying to resolve the situations. Until we talk again, Flo -------------------------------------------------- Hunter Gray [Hunterbear] [Formerly John R. Salter, Jr. Professor [Ret.] and former Chair, American Indian Studies, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks; and the 1989 recipient of the annual North Dakota Martin Luther King, Jr. Award -- given by the State King Commission and Governor George Sinner www.hunterbear.org Protected by NaŽshdoŽiŽbaŽiŽ and Ohkwari' _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
