And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: link provided by Steve...thanks..:) Please contact Harold Ironshield for information as to how you may help. See the website below for additional information and upcoming dates. Ish ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://home.earthlink.net/%7Eclendaniel/ The Native American Reburial Restoration Committee has had the Hiawatha Insane Asylum Cemetery, located in Canton, South Dakota, designated as a National Historic Site. It has been a long and arduous journey to receive this designation. The Committee is pleased to have completed this goal. However, the work is not over. The next goal is to have the cemetery designated a National Historic Landmark and to have National Historic markers erected near the cemetery at the cost of $3400.00. See the "Call for Action" page if you'd like to write a letter in support of the new designation and/or to make a donation to the Markers Fund to help the Committee raise the necessary money to accomplish the purchase of the markers. History In 1902 the U.S. Government opened the Hiawatha Insane Asylum for American Indians. The purpose was to care for those members of tribes who were allegedly insane. The asylum was operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Indians who made up [most of] the population of the asylum were Indians seen by the Government as "trouble makers"-- spiritual leaders, medicine men, vision quest seekers, those who resisted reservation boundaries, and boarding school students who did not conform to school policies. These individuals were termed "idiotic indians" for what they believed and continued to believe. During the years that the asylum was in existence, tribes or tribal members were clearly a relatively powerless political group who were unable to demand anything of their interest. The young women from the boarding schools were raped by white male workers and to this date no charges were ever brought against these predators. Today, many of the family members still are living in pain and grief over this unjust situation. Harold Iron Shield Native American Reburial Restoration Committee For more information, email Harold Iron Shield at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Lee Bruce at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
