To Sam Friedman -- sociologist, activist, poet and writer: Thanks very much indeed, Sam, for your [as always] fine piece of social justice/social protest poetry -- to the North Dakota Gov and AG -- with respect to the still unsolved murders of the now four Turtle Mountain Chippewa men in North Dakota. I have published your piece [which I'm also sending to several other lists with this reply] on our website page devoted exclusively to that on-going and sanguinary and brutally tragic situation. http://www.hunterbear.org/NATIVE%20AMERICAN%20COMMISSION%20PAGE%204.htm
These messages to North Dakota are absolutely critical. We also now have a developing page in its own right devoted to racism here in this general Pocatello, Idaho region: http://www.hunterbear.org/NATIVE%20AMERICAN%20COMMISSION%20PAGE%205.htm Once again, communications to North Dakota urging vigorous official action to apprehend the killers and prevent further murders of Natives continue to be urgently needed. Contact officials are: The two officials are: Honorable John Hoeven, Governor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Honorable Wayne Stenehjem, Attorney General [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From Sam Friedman to the North Dakota officials on December 9, 2002: In the recent past, a number of Chippewa have been killed North Dakota without their killers having been arrested. These include Russell Turcotte, and (earlier) Jerome DeCoteau and Robert and Damian Belgarde. Please make sure that justice is done! I would like to share with you this poem which I have written about this situation: No racists infest the north country Swiftly, they must have acted, swiftly, they must have slain, when killing the three, the Turtle Mountain three, Jerome DeCoteau, and the Belgardes, the father and the son. Swiftly, they must have acted, swiftly, they must have slain, when they struck at the teenage boxer, Russell Turcotte, Russell Turcotte, growing swiftly, growing well, a Chippewa to be proud of, slain swiftly, slain swiftly, swiftly, swiftly, by killers who understood the passing of time. Only the cops crawled, crawled like sun-dazed turtles, cops creeping like glaciers, icy, dazed, and slow. Yours sincerely, Sam Friedman =========================== Fraternally / In Solidarity Hunter Gray [Hunterbear] Micmac / St Francis Abenaki / St Regis Mohawk 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
