And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [Note: some addresses are blind copied] Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 10:22:10 -0600 (MDT) From: joseph c winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: $[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: nativenews V2 #504 In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Please let your readers know that the University of New Mexico has ordered the immediate shutdown of the "Traditional Native American Tobacco Seed Bank and Education Program." Among other things, the university questions the "propriety" of a university-based program that provides traditional tobacco and other medicinal plants to Native Americans in prisons and other institutions. Thousands of Native Americans have been helped by the program, which has become so popular that it sends monthly packages of tobacco and other plants, along with culture and health education information, to over 100 religious groups, mainly in local, state, and federal prisons, not only here in the U.S. but also in Canada. The director of the program is appealing the decision but is not hopeful. Letters of support can be sent to him at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thankyou. ************************************************************************ Joseph C. Winter Phone: 505-277-5853 Director, Traditional Native American Tobacco FAX: 505-277-6726 Seed Bank and Education Program email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of New Mexico 1717 Lomas Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA http://www.unm.edu/~jwinter/tnat.htm ************************************************************************